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A Comparison Of Ultimate Pullout Strength Of Four Bioabsorbable Tacks, Benjamin Bleess

Physical Therapy Scholarly Projects

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the pullout strength, both parallel and perpendicular to that tack shaft, of four different bioabsorbable tacks: Suretac A, Suretac B, Bionx A, and Bionx B. These tacks were fixated into a foam block and tension was placed on each tack until point of failure between the tack-foam interface. Results indicated that the Bionx B tack withstood the greatest mean ultimate parallel pullout strength at 292.04 Nand failed at a force significantly higher than all other tack types (p=.OOO). The Bionx A failed at 150.25 N, Suretac B at 147.64 N, and Suretac …

Thermal Capsulorrhaphy Of The Shoulder: Literature Review And Clinical Outcome For One Collegiate Tennis Player, Kelsey J. Kean

Physical Therapy Scholarly Projects

Glenohumeral joint instability is a clinical problem in both the athletic and general populations. When 3 months of conservative physical therapy treatments fail to stabilize the lax shoulder joint, surgery is indicated. Recently thermal capsulorrhaphy, an arthroscopic procedure that uses a heat probe to shrink redundant capsular tissue, has been offered as one alternative to tighten the lax glenohumeral joint capsule. There are numerous published reports describing the effects of thermal energy on joint capsular tissue, but only a few clinical outcome studies have been published regarding thermal capsulorrhaphy of the shoulder. Some initial reports of this surgical technique seem …

Reliability And Validity Of Angular Joint Velocity Using Peak Motus 2000 Motion Analysis And Kin-Com Isokinetic Dynamometer, Meaghan Kuklok

Physical Therapy Scholarly Projects

Background and Purpose: Use of motion analysis systems for the study of human motion in research settings and clinical settings are becoming more prevalent. In a traditional sense, motion analysis systems are used for gait analysis; most recently, they are being utilized to analyze spinal motion, foot motion, and components of motion during sporting activities. Questions about the accuracy of these computerized motion analysis systems and the precision and reliability of the digitizing process remains. The purpose of this study is to determine the validity of the Peak Motus 2000 motion analysis system® (Peak Performance) in calculating dynamic velocities and …

Laboratory Denitrification Using Sediments From The Elk Valley Aquifer, Alison E. Kammer

Theses and Dissertations

An experiment was conducted to determine if a decrease in the content of sulfides related to denitrification could be measured in the laboratory using sediments of the Elk Valley Aquifer in eastern North Dakota. The experiment entailed analyzing sediments for sulfides and solid organic carbon and isolating them in sample containers with a nitrate solution to determine if a measurable decrease in these components could be observed.

Previous denitrification studies in the Elk Valley Aquifer showed an increase in sulfate in conjunction with a decrease in the concentration of nitrate. Sulfate is a by product of autotrophic denitrification where sulfide …

Compelled Medical Treatment Of Pregnant Women: The Balancing Of Maternal And Fetal Rights , Pamala Harris

Cleveland State Law Review

This note explores the question: is it ever permissible for a physician or a judge to compel a pregnant woman to submit to medical treatment for the benefit of her fetus? This note begins by examining the ideology of motherhood and the legal status of the fetus. This note then examines the ethical aspects and legal issues involved in compelling a pregnant woman to undergo treatment for the benefit of her fetus. This note then explores the controls of pregnancy that result in maternal-fetal conflicts. Finally, this note examines the court's use of a balancing test in reaching decisions in …

Family Law: Parent And Child, James W. Paulsen

SMU Law Review

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The Effects Of The Arkansas Leadership Academy's Strategic Leadership Institute For Teams On The Creation Of Learning Communities, Paula Griffith Cummins

Theses and Dissertations

The problem of this comparative study was to determine whether school districts that participated in the Arkansas Leadership Academy Strategic Leadership Institute for Teams exhibited more characteristics of a learning community, as identified by Hord (1997), than they did prior to participation. A secondary problem was to determine if districts that had significant participation in the Leadership Institute for Teams exhibited greater growth in the learning community characteristics than districts with no participation. The sample was drawn from Arkansas public school districts that had participated in any Leadership Institute for Teams during the identified time, with an equal number of …

Review Of Encyclopedia Of The Biosphere: Humans In The Worlds Ecosystems, John Stephen Brantley

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

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Review Of Encyclopedia Of The Biosphere: Humans In The Worlds Ecosystems, John Brantley

Faculty & Staff Research & Creative Activity

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His Story, University Of South Florida. Division Of University Relations. Office Of Public Affairs

USF Magazine Articles about USF St. Petersburg Campus

Describes the acquisition of the Norman E. Jones Papers by Special Collections and University Archives of the Nelson Poynter Memorial Library.

Barley: The Versatile Crop, Brian Young

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

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Cyperus Papyrus: From The Nile To Modern Times, Matt Burmeister

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

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Careers In Ethnobotany

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

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Cannabinoids And The Immune System, Thomas W. Klein, Catherine A. Newton, Herman Friedman

Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications

The effect of cannabimimetic agents on the function of immune cells such as T and B lymphocytes, natural killer cells and macrophages has been extensively studied over the past several decades using human and animal paradigms involving whole animal models as well as tissue culture systems. From this work, it can be concluded that these drugs have subtle yet complex effects on immune cell function and that some of the drug activity is mediated by cannabinoid receptors expressed on the various immune cell subtypes. However, the overall role of the cannabinoid system of receptors and ligands in human health and …

Stabilization Of Partially Folded Conformation During Α-Synuclein Oligomerization In Both Purified And Cytosolic Preparations, Vladimir N. Uversky, He-Jin Lee, Jie Li, Anthony L. Fink, Seung-Jae Lee

Molecular Medicine Faculty Publications

Aggregation of α-synuclein is tightly associated with many neurodegenerative diseases, such as Parkinson's disease, dementia with Lewy body, Lewy body variant of Alzheimer's disease, multiple system atrophy, and Hallervorden-Spatz disease, implicating a crucial role of aggregated forms of α-synuclein in the pathogenesis. Here, we examined the effect of elevated temperature on the oligomerization and structural changes of α-synuclein in the early stage of aggregation and show that self-assembly is crucial for the stabilization of a partially folded conformation. The efficiency of α-synuclein oligomerization increased proportional to the temperature increase, both in purified form and in crude cytosolic preparation. This oligomerization …

Holding Multinational Corporations Responsible Under International Law, Joel R. Paul

UC Law SF International Law Review

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Gentetically Engineering People: A Jewish Law Analysis Of Personhood, Michael J. Broyde

St. Thomas Law Review

The central theme and thrust of this article is that Jewish law is comfortable with humans as caretakers of nature, even if that entails "correcting" natural genetic flaws, and that the Jewish tradition has a bi-directional definition of humanness, with one being human either by being from a human mother or by being capable of human thought, and that within those parameters genetic engineering is to be treated like any other form of medical treatment, which is proper when used to benefit humanity.

On Genetic Engineering And The Idea Of The Sacred: A Secular Argument, Gregory E. Kaebnick

St. Thomas Law Review

In short, we need to be able to argue about the sacred. The next section contains a few brief remarks about the general idea of the sacred and whether we can and how we can argue about the sacred. In the remainder of the paper, consideration is given to the more specific appeal to the sacred made in discussions about genetic engineering, and some defenses of that notion.

Islam And The New Genetics, Mohamed Fadel

St. Thomas Law Review

Muslims, along with other people of conscience, have followed the recent developments in the field of genetics with a combination of awe and trepidation - awe at the ability of modem science to plumb ever more deeply into the mechanics of life, but with fear stemming from suspicion that these discoveries and the incipient technologies developing in their wake permitting the manipulation of life will not be sufficiently controlled by the higher moral purposes imposed upon us by God. Nevertheless, with the exception of human replication by cloning,' Muslim theologians across the board seem willing to adopt a "wait and …

Innocent Of Empirical Rigor, Derry Ridgway

St. Thomas Law Review

The paper begins, as the research did, with a review of published judicial decisions concerning the medical care of children. It then examines the role played by medical science in those decisions. The review suggests that when American courts make determinations about children's medical care, they customarily do so without knowing or crediting the relevant and available science - a failure of comprehension - or without applying the available empirical knowledge to the case at hand - a failure of scientific reasoning - or both. The paper concludes with a proposal that might bring future decisions into better alignment with …

Embryonic Stem Cell Research As An Ethical Issue: On The Emptiness Of Symbolic Value, Kevin P. Quinn

St. Thomas Law Review

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Community Participation And Representation In Genetic Studies: Testing The Application Of Fundamental Ethical Principles, Arturo Brito

St. Thomas Law Review

Recent advances in the Human Genome Project (HGP) and its promise for the betterment of human health has escalated public consciousness about the science of genetics as well as concern about possible misuse of information garnered from this field. However, it is important to emphasize that neither genetics nor its associated and undesirable ideology of eugenics is new. In fact, eugenics was well established by the close of the 19th century, most influenced by the interpretation of Mendel's famous breeding experiments. Foremost in these explications were the works of biologist Charles Davenport in the United States and the "Victorian polymath" …

Knowledge And Wisdom: Human Genetic Interventions With Religious Insight, Kevin Fitzgerald

St. Thomas Law Review

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Farm And Home Research: 52-1, Mary Brashier, Jerry Leslie

Farm and Home Research: 1999 - 2007

In this Issue: [Page] 1- Director’s comments [Page] 2- Ag Communications [Page] 3- Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering [Page] 4- Animal and Range Science [Page] 5- Biology and Microbiology [Page] 6- Chemistry and Biochemistry [Page] 7- Dairy Science [Page] 8- Economics [Page] 9 – College of Family and Consumer Sciences [Page] 10- Horticulture, Forestry, Landscape and Parks [Page] 11 – Plant Science [Page] 12- Rural Sociology [Page] 13- Veterinary Science [Page] 14-Wildlife and Fisheries [Page] 15- Service Labs [Page] 19- Out-State Stations [Page] 113th Annual Report

Farm & Home Research (Winter 2001), South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station

South Dakota Agricultural Experiment Station Annual Reports : 1960 - 2021

This issue of Farm and Home Research contains the 113th Agricultural Experiment Station Annual Report. People, projects and budget of the Agricultural Experiment Station for 2000.

Protection For Indigenous Knowledge: An International Law Analysis, Miriam L. Quinn

St. Thomas Law Review

A "Medicine Man"' working for the research foundation, Aston Laboratories, lost the cure for cancer. Dr. Robert Campbell, a brilliant research doctor stationed deep in the rainforests of Brazil, is on an assignment that could change the world of medicine forever. He is looking for a type of plant mutation that local medicine men, or witch doctors, use to cure cancer. The research was well-funded for many years until failure to report progress to the sponsoring foundation puts the project on hold. A young scientist, Dr. Rae Crane, goes to his rescue, learns of this magnificent cure and tries to …

The Recognition Of Indigenous Peoples' And Community Traditional Knowledge In International Law, Rosemary J. Coombe

St. Thomas Law Review

Today I want to explore some of the international law-making efforts with respect to indigenous and traditional environmental knowledge. My work over the past three years has involved the study of the ongoing efforts underway to implement state obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity ("CBD"), and the related efforts of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), to recognize, protect, and compensate for the contributions of indigenous and traditional communities' knowledge, innovations, and practices to the preservation and maintenance of biological diversity. This is a fascinating process of international lawmaking and an increasingly important field of global politics, which may …

Endangered Species Information: Access And Control, Robert L. Fischman, Vicky J. Meretsky

Articles by Maurer Faculty

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Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

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The Design, Implementation, And Assessment Of A New Capstone Course Aimed At Science Education Majors, R. Betancourt, J. Arce

Journal of Mathematics and Science: Collaborative Explorations

This paper rationalizes the selection of the concept of energy as the central theme of a new capstone course aimed at science education majors. It describes the goals of the course and the activities that preceded the course design and led to the selection of the topics, of the educational materials, and of the teaching methodologies. It presents a sequential description of the manner in which the conceptual knowledge of energy was to be developed. The specific experiments, interactive demonstrations and other educational materials utilized for the conceptual development of the concept of energy in context are described and referenced. …