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The "Risky Business" Of Binge Drinking Among College Students: Using Risk Models For Psas And Anti-Drinking Campaigns, Joyce M. Wolburg Jan 2001

The "Risky Business" Of Binge Drinking Among College Students: Using Risk Models For Psas And Anti-Drinking Campaigns, Joyce M. Wolburg

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

To assist creators of public service announcements and anti-drinking campaigns, this study provides an in-depth examination of the risks of binge drinking from the perspective of college students. Using current risk models for guidance, key elements from the qualitative data in the study are addressed, including perceived risks and their severity, vulnerability to risks, self-efficacy, response efficacy, benefits from ritual functions, and other costs or benefits based on students' attitudes and beliefs. An integrated risk perception model is introduced. Student participants enumerated extensive risks; however, they generally felt invulnerable to the consequences. Most adopted a management style of “taking chances” …

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Setting Limits: Medical Technology And The Law, George P. Smith Ii Jan 2001

Setting Limits: Medical Technology And The Law, George P. Smith Ii

Scholarly Articles

The allocation and rationing of health care resources is, no doubt, one of the most pressing issues confronting contemporary society. These issues considered from a micro and a macro level of economic analysis are linked inextricably to utilitarianism which, in turn, relies upon a cost-benefit analysis which balances reasonable individual needs against the availability of medical resources within the larger community. From an ethical viewpoint, the cost-benefit approach to the distribution of health care resources is impractical because it seeks to reduce (or convert) all health benefits to dollar amounts, thereby seeking very awkwardly to convert quality of life benefits …

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Adrenocorticosteroid Receptor Effects On Hippocampal Neuron Viability, Deanna Lynn Mccullers Jan 2001

Adrenocorticosteroid Receptor Effects On Hippocampal Neuron Viability, Deanna Lynn Mccullers

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

Glucocorticoid activation of two types of adrenocorticosteroid receptors (ACRs), themineralocorticoid receptor (MR) and the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), influences hippocampalneuron vulnerability to injury. Excessive activation of GR may compromise hippocampalneuron survival after several types of challenge including ischemic, metabolic, and excitotoxicinsults. In contrast, MR prevents adrenalectomy-induced loss of granule neurons in the dentategyrus. The present thesis addresses the respective roles of MR and GR in modulating neuronalsurvival following two forms of neuronal injury, excitotoxicity and traumatic brain injury. MaleSprague-Dawley rats were pretreated with MR antagonist spironolactone or GR antagonistmifepristone (RU486) and subsequently injected with kainic acid, an excitotoxic glutamateanalog, or injured …

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Raising Issues Of Property, Wealth And Inequality In The Law School: Contracts And Commercial Law School Courses, Veryl Victoria Miles Jan 2001

Raising Issues Of Property, Wealth And Inequality In The Law School: Contracts And Commercial Law School Courses, Veryl Victoria Miles

Scholarly Articles

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Median Frequency Of The Electromyographic Signal: Effects Of Window Location On A Brief Step Contraction, Christian Larivière, A. Bertrand Arsenault, Denis Gravel, Denis Gagnon, Patrick Loisel Jan 2001

Median Frequency Of The Electromyographic Signal: Effects Of Window Location On A Brief Step Contraction, Christian Larivière, A. Bertrand Arsenault, Denis Gravel, Denis Gagnon, Patrick Loisel

Études primaires

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So You Want To Work With Wolves?, John A. Shivik Jan 2001

So You Want To Work With Wolves?, John A. Shivik

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Growing up with three older sisters was a bit like being raised by wolves. One of their favorite games was called “stop hitting yourself.” To play, I was immobilized, and then with my arms overpowered, I was forced to repeatedly pummel my own noggin while they uttered the name of the game. Watching yourself hit yourself, feeling the pain and humiliation, yet being unable to stop is somewhat like being a federal biologist working with wolves. I’ve learned humility from my experiences but also formed the opinion that if you want to work with wolves, first consider medication; if that …

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Non-Target Hazard Assessment Of Using Drc-1339 Avicide To Manage Blackbirds In Sunflower, John D. Eisemann, George M. Linz, John J. Johnston Jan 2001

Non-Target Hazard Assessment Of Using Drc-1339 Avicide To Manage Blackbirds In Sunflower, John D. Eisemann, George M. Linz, John J. Johnston

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Terrestrial hazard assessments were conducted for the spring blackbird baiting program to protect sunflower crops. Risk Assessment methodology proposed by the Ecological Committee on FIFRA Risk Assessment Methods (ECOFRAM) and the method currently used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (LD50s/ft2) were compared for their predictive strengths and for the ease of adapting the assessment to site specific conditions. While the ECOFRAM and LD50s/ft2 methods identified the same groups of organisms as being at risk, the flexibility of the ECOFRAM methodology allowed more latitude in adapting the assessment to unique behaviors of individual …

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Estimation Of Red-Winged Blackbird Mortality From Toxic Bait Application, James F. Glahn, Michael L. Avery Jan 2001

Estimation Of Red-Winged Blackbird Mortality From Toxic Bait Application, James F. Glahn, Michael L. Avery

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Application of slow-acting toxic bait is one method of reducing local populations of depredating blackbirds. Estimating numbers of birds killed in such baiting operations is difficult because affected birds die off-site and are seldom recovered. We conducted bioassays and flight pen studies of red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) with a slow-acting, toxic brown rice bait to determine whether bird mortality could be predicted accurately using the Poisson and binomial discrete probability distributions. Bioassays confirmed that brown rice treated with 2% (w/w) 2-chloro-p-acetotoluidide was effective as a 1-particle lethal bait for redwings. Within a 0.2-ha flight pen, we offered this …

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Ecotoxicological Risks Of Potential Toxicants For Brown Tree Snake Control On Guam, John J. Johnston, Richard E. Mauldin, Peter J. Savarie, Joseph E. Brooks, Thomas M. Primus Jan 2001

Ecotoxicological Risks Of Potential Toxicants For Brown Tree Snake Control On Guam, John J. Johnston, Richard E. Mauldin, Peter J. Savarie, Joseph E. Brooks, Thomas M. Primus

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis) is a nocturnal, arboreal, rear-fanged, mildly venomous, colubrid snake which can reach lengths of up to 2.3 m and weigh as much as 2 kg(1). Originally, the species' range included the northern and eastern coasts of Australia, Papua New Guinea and nearby islands (2). It is believed that sometime in the 19501s, that snakes were inadvertently transported from New Guinea to Guam, where they proliferated (3). By the mid-1960’s, marked decreases in Guam's bird life were observed. By the mid-1980’s, snake densities were estimated at 50 to 100/hectare (13,000 to 26,000/sq mile), …

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Chlorophacinone Residues In Rangeland Rodents: An Assessment Of The Potential Risk Of Secondary Toxicity To Scavengers, Thomas M. Primus, John D. Eisemann, George H. Matschke, Craig Ramey, John J. Johnston Jan 2001

Chlorophacinone Residues In Rangeland Rodents: An Assessment Of The Potential Risk Of Secondary Toxicity To Scavengers, Thomas M. Primus, John D. Eisemann, George H. Matschke, Craig Ramey, John J. Johnston

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Field studies were conducted in California to assess efficacy of chlorophacinone-treated steam-rolled oats for controlling rangeland rodents. An objective of these studies was to assess the potential hazards of chlorophacinone residues in rangeland rodent carcasses and livers to mammalian and avian scavengers, especially raptors. Belding's ground squirrels, valley pocket gophers and Microtus spp. carcasses collected during the efficacy studies were analyzed for chlorophacinone residues. The method limit of detection (MLOD) for liver and carcass tissue samples averaged 0.036 μg/g and 0.034 μg/g, respectively. Chlorophacinone residues in Belding's ground squirrel (n=62) liver and carcass tissue ranged from Microtus sp. (n=3) tissue …

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Pathology Of Brucellosis In Bison From Yellowstone National Park, Jack C. Rhyan, Thomas Gidlewski, Thomas J. Roffe, Keith Aune, L. Michael Philo, Darla R. Ewalt Jan 2001

Pathology Of Brucellosis In Bison From Yellowstone National Park, Jack C. Rhyan, Thomas Gidlewski, Thomas J. Roffe, Keith Aune, L. Michael Philo, Darla R. Ewalt

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Between February 1995 and June 1999, specimens from seven aborted bison (Bison bison) fetuses or stillborn calves and their placentas, two additional placentas, three dead neonates, one 2-wk-old calf, and 35 juvenile and adult female bison from Yellowstone National Park (USA) were submitted for bacteriologic and histopathologic examination. One adult animal with a retained placenta had recently aborted. Serum samples from the 35 juvenile and adult bison were tested for Brucella spp. antibodies. Twenty-six bison, including the cow with the retained placenta, were seropositive, one was suspect, and eight were seronegative. Brucella abortus biovar 1 was isolated from …

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Cognitive Differences In Chart Reading: A Comparison Of Nurses And Physicians, Todd R. Johnson, Vimla L. Patel, James P. Turley Jan 2001

Cognitive Differences In Chart Reading: A Comparison Of Nurses And Physicians, Todd R. Johnson, Vimla L. Patel, James P. Turley

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

This pilot study compares the mental models of a patient constructed by nurses and physicians while reading an electronic medical record. Preliminary results suggest that the participants' summaries were both quantitatively and qualitatively different. The physician made more inferences and focused on deeper relationships in the record, whereas the nurse focused on the descriptive surface structure of the record.

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Copyright And Internet Music Transmissions: Existing Law, Major Controversies, Possible Solutions, R. Anthony Reese Jan 2001

Copyright And Internet Music Transmissions: Existing Law, Major Controversies, Possible Solutions, R. Anthony Reese

University of Miami Law Review

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Criminal Aliens Facing Indefinite Detention Under Ins: An Analysis Of The Review Process, Lourdes M. Guiribitey Jan 2001

Criminal Aliens Facing Indefinite Detention Under Ins: An Analysis Of The Review Process, Lourdes M. Guiribitey

University of Miami Law Review

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Narrowing The Gap Between Florida's Hearsay Exceptions For Child Declarants And Elderly Declarants: Sections 90.803(23) And 90.803(24), Florida Statutes, Meredith E. James Jan 2001

Narrowing The Gap Between Florida's Hearsay Exceptions For Child Declarants And Elderly Declarants: Sections 90.803(23) And 90.803(24), Florida Statutes, Meredith E. James

University of Miami Law Review

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Topological Lattice Model Of An Electron Coupled To A Classical Polarization Field, Scott Crockett Jan 2001

Topological Lattice Model Of An Electron Coupled To A Classical Polarization Field, Scott Crockett

Theses and Dissertations

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Speaking The Unspeakable : Attempts At Communication In Tim O'Brien's Vietnam Postwar Fiction, Robin L. David Jan 2001

Speaking The Unspeakable : Attempts At Communication In Tim O'Brien's Vietnam Postwar Fiction, Robin L. David

Theses and Dissertations

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Transition Metal Catalysis For Synthesis Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Nucleoside Adducts, Yen Q. V Dinh Jan 2001

Transition Metal Catalysis For Synthesis Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Nucleoside Adducts, Yen Q. V Dinh

Theses and Dissertations

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The Effect Of Preemptive Intramuscular Narcotic In The Operating Room On Postoperative Pain, Ann M. Baumeister Jan 2001

The Effect Of Preemptive Intramuscular Narcotic In The Operating Room On Postoperative Pain, Ann M. Baumeister

Theses and Dissertations

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Waterbird Use Of A Hydrologically Altered River System, Stefani L. Melvin Jan 2001

Waterbird Use Of A Hydrologically Altered River System, Stefani L. Melvin

Florida Field Naturalist

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Remote Sensing Of Marijuana : A Preventive Method Of Law Enforcement, Heith M. Dokken Jan 2001

Remote Sensing Of Marijuana : A Preventive Method Of Law Enforcement, Heith M. Dokken

Theses and Dissertations

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Spousal Caregivers Of Persons With Dementia : The Physical, Mental, And Emotional Impact, Charissa K. Eaton Jan 2001

Spousal Caregivers Of Persons With Dementia : The Physical, Mental, And Emotional Impact, Charissa K. Eaton

Theses and Dissertations

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Comparison Of Two Anesthetic Agents For Pain Associated With Intradermal Infiltration And Venipuncture, Robert E. Hague Jan 2001

Comparison Of Two Anesthetic Agents For Pain Associated With Intradermal Infiltration And Venipuncture, Robert E. Hague

Theses and Dissertations

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Two-Phase Flow Models For Low-Pressure Systems, Kerryanne M. B Leroux Jan 2001

Two-Phase Flow Models For Low-Pressure Systems, Kerryanne M. B Leroux

Theses and Dissertations

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In Search Of Prince Charming, Margaret F. Brinig Jan 2001

In Search Of Prince Charming, Margaret F. Brinig

Journal Articles

This response begins by addressing the different perspectives as presented by the panel “Sex, Lies and Exploitation.” One of the panelists, professor Plasencia, presented a powerful and graphic documentation of digital communication’s influence on the sex industry. Some of the images involved explicitly portrayed the sex trade while in others, it was portrayed more subtly as an arranged or mail-order marriage. The author's response to professor Plasencia is mixed. On the one hand, it is rather easy these days for one to mistakenly encounter a sexually explicit website. On the other hand, however, since little information exists on how widespread …

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Transgressing The Border Between Protection And Empowerment For Domestic Violence Victims And Older Children: Empowerment As Protection In The Foster Care System, Susan Vivian Mangold Jan 2001

Transgressing The Border Between Protection And Empowerment For Domestic Violence Victims And Older Children: Empowerment As Protection In The Foster Care System, Susan Vivian Mangold

Journal Articles

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The Story Of Henry Adams' Soul: Education And The Expression Of Associations, Richard W. Garnett Jan 2001

The Story Of Henry Adams' Soul: Education And The Expression Of Associations, Richard W. Garnett

Journal Articles

In several decisions handed down during its 1999 Term, the United States Supreme Court focused on the freedom of expressive association. Generally speaking, expressive association is regarded by courts and commentators as just another form of individual self-expression, and voluntary associations as facilitators for such self-expression.
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/="/">In this Essay, Professor Garnett suggests that a shift in focus, from individual self-expression-through-association to the expression of voluntary associations themselves. It is suggested that, in several recent decisions ­including Dale, Mitchell, and California Democratic Party - the Court has indicated an appreciation of the role played by mediating institutions in shaping …

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Transaction Fusion : A Novel Recovery Paradigm, Rajesh Yalamanchili Jan 2001

Transaction Fusion : A Novel Recovery Paradigm, Rajesh Yalamanchili

Theses and Dissertations

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Sleep Disturbances In Hospitals, Naira Rachikovna Zargarian Jan 2001

Sleep Disturbances In Hospitals, Naira Rachikovna Zargarian

Theses and Dissertations

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The Effect Of Mood Induction On Selected Physiological And Psychological Variables During Maximal Exercise, Jennifer A. Sargent Jan 2001

The Effect Of Mood Induction On Selected Physiological And Psychological Variables During Maximal Exercise, Jennifer A. Sargent

Theses and Dissertations

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