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The Effects Of Instructional Set On Laboratory-Induced Aggression Among Participants With Mcmi-Ii Scale 4 Elevations And Controls, Ryan Hartmann

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Using Writing To Learn In The Theatre Arts : Exploring Wac Applications And Limitations, Kevin A. Moberg

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Maternal Fear Of Childbirth And Negative Delivery Outcomes, Jennifer L. Kringlie

Theses and Dissertations

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(In)Competent Communication And Depression : Understanding The Correlation Between Deficient Communication Skills And The Healthcare Provider, Sharon M. Cline

Theses and Dissertations

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Integrating Science In Agricultural Education: Attitudes Of Indiana Agricultural Science And Business Teachers, Mark Balschweid, Gregory W. Thompson

Department of Agricultural Leadership, Education, and Communication: Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to determine how Indiana Agricultural Science and Business (ASB) teachers perceived the impact of integrating science on agricultural education programs. The population consisted of all Indiana ASB teachers employed during the fall 1999 semester (N = 243). The Integrating Science Survey Instrument developed by Thompson (1996) was used to identify the perceptions of the ASB instructors. From the data it was concluded that many of Indiana’s Agricultural Science and Business instructors have responded positively to the call for the integration of science into the agricultural education curriculum. As a result of their efforts, over …

The Artic Environmental Protection Strategy, Artic Council And Multilateral Environmental Initiatives: Tinkering While The Artic Marine Environmental Totter's, David Vanderzwaag, Rob Huebert, Stacy Ferrara

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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The 2002 Johannesburg World Summit On Sustainable Development: International Environmental Law Collides With Reality, Turning Jo'burg Unto Joke'burg, George Pring

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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The Grave New World Of Terrorism: A Lawyer's View, James A. R. Nafziger

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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Vol. 31, No. 1: Full Issue, Denver Journal Of International Law & Policy

Denver Journal of International Law & Policy

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'Can We Go Home Now?' Expediting Adoption And Termination Of Parental Rights Appeals In Ohio State Courts, Susan Wawrose

School of Law Faculty Publications

Two years ago, the Ohio Supreme Court amended its rules and those of Ohio's intermediate appellate courts in order to fast-track appeals of cases involving termination of parental rights ("TPR") and adoption of minor children. Three of Ohio's twelve appellate districts already had local rules to expedite or accelerate these types of appeals, but in some districts, the amended rules established procedures that were entirely new.

The major impetus behind the court's amendments to the rules was to move children out of foster care and into permanent adoptive homes more quickly. Further, by amending the rules of the intermediate appellate …

Baseline Study Of The Hooded Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia Minor): Its Utility As An Indicator Species Of Freshwater Wetland Habitats, Dawn Beaulac, Justin Walguamery, Ryan Meyer

All Volumes (2001-2008)

The hooded pitcher plant, Sarracenia minor, is an important member of bog and seepage savanna communities of the southeastern United States. Unfortunately these wetland communities have been damaged and are disappearing at an alarming rate. The goal of this study was to collect baseline data, which will be ultimately used to develop a model of the survivorship, growth rate, morphology and population dynamics of four populations of Sarracenia minor. The model will assess the effects of several environmental factors on changes in the morphology and population dynamics of S. minor on the UNF campus. Measurements on the survival, …

Cadmium And Mercury Uptake By Immobilized Pleurotus Sapidus, Yağmur Yalçinkaya, M. Yakup Arica, Levent Soysal, Adi̇l Deni̇zli̇, Ömer Genç, Sema Bektaş

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Pleurotus sapidus} basidiospores immobilized onto Ca-alginate beads were used for the removal of cadmium and mercury ions from aqueous solutions. The biosorption of Cd(II) and Hg(II) ions on the alginate beads and both immobilized live and heat inactivated fungal mycelia of Pleurotus sapidus} was studied from aqueous solutions in the concentration range of 30-500 mg L^{ - 1}. The biosorption of Cd(II) and Hg(II) ions by the alginate and both live and heat inactivated immobilized preparations increased as the initial concentration of the ions increased in the medium. Maximum biosorption capacity for immobilized live and heat inactivated fungal mycelia of …

Pyridine And Benzene Templated Potential Peptidomimetics, Kadi̇r Dabak

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

This study provides a new approach for the synthesis of pyridine and benzene templated potential peptidomimetics. By the attachment of various amino acid side chains in different combinations on the pyridine template at the 2- and 3- positions and on the benzene core at 1,2,4 positions, different peptidomimetics may be obtained. Arg-10, Leu-11 and Tyr-13 amino acid side chain mimics and their precursors were attached to the pyridine and benzene core with a special arrangement to produce potential peptidomimetics of omega-conotoxin MVIIA.

Affiliation Among Females In Wild Hamadryas Baboons (Papio Hamadryas Hamadryas), Larissa Swedell

Publications and Research

Previous studies of hamadryas baboons have described a “star-shaped” sociogram, whereby the strongest social bonds within hamadryas one-male units are those between a leader male and his females and bonds among females are weak by comparison. This type of social organization has also been called “cross bonding” to distinguish it from the “female bonding” found in most papionin monkeys. Models of female primate socioecology have suggested that hamadryas baboons lack female bonding due to their reliance on scarce, widely-dispersed food resources. Here I report observational data from a wild population of hamadryas baboons in Ethiopia indicating that, while females varied …

Ranging Behavior, Group Size, And Behavioral Flexibility In Ethiopian Hamadryas Baboons (Papio Hamadryas Hamadryas)., Larissa Swedell

Publications and Research

This study reports group size, home range size, daily path lengths, seasonal effects on ranging behavior and qualitative information on diet for a population of hamadryas baboons inhabiting the lowlands of the northern Rift Valley in central Ethiopia. The minimum home range size and daily path length for this population are similar to those reported for other populations of hamadryas baboons in Ethiopia and Saudi Arabia. Group sizes, however, are much larger than those in most other hamadryas populations for which published data are available. The large group sizes in this area may be related to the abundance of one …

Oxygen Transfer In Stepped Cascade Aerators, Srikanth Koduri

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Time Of Day On The Performance Of A Child With Autism In Speech And Language Therapy, Memorie M. Gosa

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Analysis Of Estrogen Receptor And Aromatase Genes In Japanese Medaka : Characterization Of Promoter Methylation, Rooha Contractor

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Vanadium-Catalyzed Selenide Oxidation With In Situ [2,3] Sigmatropic Rearrangement : Scope And Asymmetric Applications, Thomas Campbell Bourland

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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Stable Isotopes Of Carbon As An Invaluable Stratigraphic Tool: An Example From The Cambrian Of The Northern Appalachians, Usa, Bosiljka Glumac, Malkah L. Spivak-Birndorf

Geosciences: Faculty Publications

This study illustrates the usefulness of carbon isotopes in stratigraphic interpretations of poorly fossiliferous strata beyond the resolution possible by biostratigraphy. The Upper Cambrian strata of the lower Gorge Formation in northwestern Vermont have been interpreted as highly condensed continental-slope deposits with a hiatus bracketed by the trilobite fauna of the Dunderbergia zone (Steptoean) and the Saukia zone (upper Sunwaptan). This interpretation was based on information from two thin fossiliferous intervals, the occurrence of one of them being unconfirmed in a recent study. Carbon isotopes provide a means for testing this interpretation because marine carbonate rocks deposited during the Steptoean …

Summarizing Concepts About Teacher Education, Learning And Neuroscience, Terry Armstrong, Teresa J. Kennedy, Porter Coggins

Northwest Journal of Teacher Education

Despite on-going reform. teacher education today is virtually unchanged from models used in the 1920s. The achievements of the past century however have been remarkable in every way. Neuroscience records and the human genome project hold the prospect of truly expanded conceptualizations for teacher educators. This article summarizes concepts relating to the human cerebrum that speak to individual uniqueness derived from neuroscience research of the past several decades. Five areas of investigation are noted that could provide the theoretical underpinning for teacher education collaboration with neuroscientists. Neuroscience theorists are identified in anticipation that their work may provide insights to teacher …

The Efficiacy Of Various Salmonella Intervention Methods Applied To Pork Carcasses During Slaughter, Nathan C. Clayton

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

Twenty-one market-age swine slaughtered in the University of Kentuckyabattoir were inoculated with fecal slurry containing two strains of nalidixic acidresistant Salmonella typhimurium on the ham, belly, and jowl regions on eachside of the carcass. Trial 1 revealed that a 10 s hot water spray was just aseffective as the 20 s spray in removing S. typhimurium, as there was nodistinguishable difference in population. The shorter flame singe (10 s) was aseffective as the 20 s application and the two chlorine solutions (100, 200 ppm)had similar results. The 2% lactic acid spray reduced S. typhimurium populationssignificantly more than the 1% treatment. …

Compositional Perspectives On The Exchange Of Muna Slate Wares In The Late And Terminal Classic Northern Maya Lowlands, Christopher M. Gunn

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

This thesis presents the results of petrographic point counting analyses of Muna Slate ware, thepredominant slipped ceramic ware in the Northern Maya Lowlands during the Late and TerminalClassic Periods (600-1000 A.D.) of Maya prehistory. Recently, it was hypothesized that MunaSlate wares were centrally produced and distributed from the Puuc Hills site of Sayil (Smyth andDore 1994; Smyth et al. 1995). Given that Muna Slate wares may be considered utilitariansubsistence items (sensu Brumfiel and Earle 1987), this suggestion runs counter to severalarguments that ancient Maya utilitarian ceramics production is associated with outlyingcommunities and that their distribution is localized. In the research …

30_1_Frinsidecover.Pdf, Marine Ornithology

Marine Ornithology

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Biodiversity Hotspots : Threats And Conservation Efforts, Edyta Dowksza

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

Biodiversity is a fairly new word. It is a combination of the words: biological and diversity. "The contracted form 'biodiversity' was apparently coined by Walter G. Rosen in 1985 for the first planning meeting of the 'National Forum on Biodiversity' held in Washington DC in September 1986, the proceedings of which brought the notion of biodiversity to the attention of a wide field of scientists and others (Heywood, 1995).

The Design, Implementation, And Assessment Of Initial Change And Growth In A Local Voluntary Organization And Its Members, Tracy Ann Weber

Dissertations

Problem. During the past 30 years, Americans have steadily reduced their participation in the traditional forms of community involvement, such as clubs, associations, and organizations, that bring people together to effectively pursue a shared objective. In this postmodern society, leaders of community and nonprofit organizations find they are asking themselves difficult questions about the most effective methods of fulfilling their mission and simultaneously meeting members' changing needs. Participatory volunteer-run organizations, such as a local branch or chapter of a national organization, face many challenges, making it hard to establish and maintain there organizations. They demand great energy of leaders, …

The Effects Of Divorce On Children's Well Being: A Study Of Preadolescents And Adolescents, Amanda Wagner

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

Some time ago, I remember reading that every person knows at least one other person who is divorced. When I thought about how many of my friends parents are still together, I could come up with only three. It makes you wonder if maybe to keep up with the changing times and the increase in divorce, the above statement should be worded, "every person knows at least one other person who is still married".

Sex In Advertising, Christina L. Servedio

USF St. Petersburg campus Honors Program Theses (Undergraduate)

Advertisements sell a great deal more than products. They sell values, images, and concepts of success and worth, love and sexuality, popularity, and normalcy. They tell us who we are and who we should be. This paper is intended to raise the issues of how advertising uses sex appeal to sell a product or service and at what cost to society.

Effects Of Indoleacetic Acid And Kinetin On Lipid Peroxidation Levels In Various Rat Tissues, İsmai̇l Çeli̇k, Yasi̇n Tülüce, Necati̇ Özok

Turkish Journal of Biology

This study was carried out to investigate whether plant growth regulators (PGRs) could affect lipid peroxidation (Malondialdehyde = MDA level) in erythrocyte, muscle, liver, heart and kidney tissue. Eighteen Sprague-Dawley albino rats were divided into three experimental groups: control and PGR-treated (indoleacetic acid and kinetin). Seventy-five ppm of PGRs, indoleacetic acid (IAA), and kinetin were administered orally to 6 rats ad libitum for 25 days. The hormone treatments caused different effects on the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) to those of the control rats. According to the results, while liver and kidney MDA levels were increased significantly by IAA administration in …

Antimicrobial Peptides: A Potential Therapeutic Alternative For The Treatment Of Fish Diseases, Ali̇ye Sarmaşik

Turkish Journal of Biology

Fish losses from infectious diseases are a significant problem in aquaculture worldwide. However, peptide antibiotics show potent activity against a broad range of pathogens including fish pathogens. Therefore, the ability of antimicrobial peptides to protect fish against infections caused by fish pathogens clearly shows the potential for utilisation of antimicrobial peptides for the treatment of fish diseases. The strategy of overexpressing the antimicrobial peptide genes in transgenic fish may provide a method of decreasing fish disease problems in aquaculture.