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Case Study To Evaluate Effectiveness Of A Treatment Approach For Comorbid Anxiety And Depression, Maria Brent Dec 2002

Case Study To Evaluate Effectiveness Of A Treatment Approach For Comorbid Anxiety And Depression, Maria Brent

Theses and Dissertations

This case study evaluates the effectiveness of supportive-expressive therapy combined with aspects of cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of an adult female who has breast cancer and is diagnosed with comorbid Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Major Depressive Disorder. The subject had many psychosocial stressors. The subject voluntarily participated in outpatient individual psychotherapy received in a private counseling facility based on the twelve-step model of Alcoholics Anonymous. She completed various formal assessments of anxiety and depression periodically during the course of treatment, as well as a satisfaction survey following the termination of treatment. The literature review, which explored empirically supported treatments …

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Virtual Fetal Pig Dissection As An Agent Of Knowledge Acquisition And Attitudinal Change In Female High School Biology Students, Rebecca Maloney Dec 2002

Virtual Fetal Pig Dissection As An Agent Of Knowledge Acquisition And Attitudinal Change In Female High School Biology Students, Rebecca Maloney

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

One way to determine if all students can learn through the use of computers is to introduce a lesson taught completely via computers and compare the results with those gained when the same lesson is taught in a traditional manner. This study attempted to determine if a virtual fetal pig dissection can be used as a viable alternative for an actual dissection for females enrolled in high school biology classes by comparing the knowledge acquisition and attitudinal change between the experimental (virtual dissection) and control (actual dissection) groups. Two hundred and twenty four students enrolled in biology classes in a …

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The Credit Union Calamity – An Imperfect Agency Mops Up The Mess, John Kostrzewa Dec 2002

The Credit Union Calamity – An Imperfect Agency Mops Up The Mess, John Kostrzewa

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On The Effect Of Random Errors In Gridded Bathymetric Compilations, Martin Jakobsson, Brian R. Calder, Larry A. Mayer Dec 2002

On The Effect Of Random Errors In Gridded Bathymetric Compilations, Martin Jakobsson, Brian R. Calder, Larry A. Mayer

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

We address the problem of compiling bathymetric data sets with heterogeneous coverage and a range of data measurement accuracies. To generate a regularly spaced grid, we are obliged to interpolate sparse data; our objective here is to augment this product with an estimate of confidence in the interpolated bathymetry based on our knowledge of the component of random error in the bathymetric source data. Using a direct simulation Monte Carlo method, we utilize data from the International Bathymetric Chart of the Arctic Ocean database to develop a suitable methodology for assessment of the standard deviations of depths in the interpolated …

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A New Genus Of Flea Beetles From The Greater Antilles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Alexander S. Konstantinov Dec 2002

A New Genus Of Flea Beetles From The Greater Antilles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), Alexander S. Konstantinov

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The new genus Normaltica and two new species (N. obrieni from Puerto Rico and N. iviei from the Dominican Republic) are described and illustrated. A key and illustrations of these taxa are pro- vided. Morphological consequences of wing reduction are discussed. Variability of N. obrieni is illustrated and discussed.

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Expert Comment: Trent Lott's Decision To Step Down As Senate Majority Leader, Staff Dec 2002

Expert Comment: Trent Lott's Decision To Step Down As Senate Majority Leader, Staff

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Volume 38 - Issue 11 - Thursday, December 19, 2002, Rose Thorn Staff Dec 2002

Volume 38 - Issue 11 - Thursday, December 19, 2002, Rose Thorn Staff

The Rose Thorn Archive

The Rose Thorn, Rose-Hulman's independent student newspaper.

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Usf St. Petersburg A Warded Grant To Assist In U.S. Bioterrorism Preparedness, December 19, 2002, Buddy Baker Dec 2002

Usf St. Petersburg A Warded Grant To Assist In U.S. Bioterrorism Preparedness, December 19, 2002, Buddy Baker

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

No abstract provided.

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The Weekly Challenger, December 19, 2002, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Dec 2002

The Weekly Challenger, December 19, 2002, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 19, 2002, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

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Law On Budget And Financial Management, Latvian Journal Dec 2002

Law On Budget And Financial Management, Latvian Journal

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Two-Photon Bremsstrahlung Processes In Atoms: Polarization Effects And Analytic Results For The Coulomb Potential, A. A. Krylovetskiĭ, N. L. Manakov, S. I. Marmo, Anthony F. Starace Dec 2002

Two-Photon Bremsstrahlung Processes In Atoms: Polarization Effects And Analytic Results For The Coulomb Potential, A. A. Krylovetskiĭ, N. L. Manakov, S. I. Marmo, Anthony F. Starace

Anthony F. Starace Publications

The partial wave analysis of two-photon free–free (bremsstrahlung) electron transition cross sections during scattering by a static potential U(r), as well as by an atom with a nonzero angular momentum, is carried out. The dipole interaction with radiation is taken into account in the second order of perturbation theory for the general case of elliptic polarization of photons. The polarization and angular dependences of the twophoton potential scattering amplitude is presented as a combination of the scalar product of electron momenta and photon polarization vectors and five atomic parameters containing Legendre polynomials of the scattering angle as …

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A Fast Connection-Time Redirection Mechanism For Internet Application Scalability, Michael Haungs, Raju Pandey, Earl Barr, J. Fritz Barnes Dec 2002

A Fast Connection-Time Redirection Mechanism For Internet Application Scalability, Michael Haungs, Raju Pandey, Earl Barr, J. Fritz Barnes

Computer Science and Software Engineering

Applications that are distributed, fault tolerant, or perform dynamic load balancing rely on redirection techniques, such as network address translation (NAT), DNS request routing, or middleware to handle Internet scale loads. In this paper, we describe a new connection redirection mechanism that allows applications to change end-points of communication channels. The mechanism supports redirections across LANs and WANs and is application-independent. Further, it does not introduce any central bottlenecks. We have implemented the redirection mechanism using a novel end-point control session layer. The performance results show that the overhead of the mechanism is minimal. Further, Internet applications built using this …

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Curricular Affairs Committee Report #409, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate Dec 2002

Curricular Affairs Committee Report #409, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Committee Reports and Appendices

No abstract provided.

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Boot Camps, Gaylene Armstrong, Doris Layton Mackenzie Dec 2002

Boot Camps, Gaylene Armstrong, Doris Layton Mackenzie

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Sea Surface Salinity Measurements In The Historical Database, Frederick M. Bingham, Stephan D. Howden, Chester J. Koblinsky Dec 2002

Sea Surface Salinity Measurements In The Historical Database, Frederick M. Bingham, Stephan D. Howden, Chester J. Koblinsky

Faculty Publications

We have examined historical distributions of sea surface salinity (SSS) observations in a data set consisting of a combination of the World Ocean Database 1998 (WOD98) and a thermosalinograph and bucket salinity database collected from volunteer observing ships. It is well known that SSS in much of the world's ocean is measured infrequently or not at all. We find that 27% of one-degree squares in the world ocean (open and coastal, excluding the Arctic Ocean) had no observations of SSS in the historical database, and 70% had 10 or fewer. Systematic sampling of SSS (more than 10,000 observations per year …

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December 18th 2002, Hispanic News Dec 2002

December 18th 2002, Hispanic News

Inland Empire Hispanic News

No abstract provided.

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Smart Growth: Intermunicipal Innovation In Orange County, John R. Nolon Dec 2002

Smart Growth: Intermunicipal Innovation In Orange County, John R. Nolon

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

This article tells the story of the town of Warwick, a rapidly developing town in Orange County, New York, made up of three separate villages. Warwick’s proactive measures to prevent the sprawl development phenomenon through the use of an intermunicipal compact was met with much opposition by the three individual village governments, as well as individual citizens. Through the use of mediation, a popular alternative resolution dispute method, representatives from the villages negotiated an intermunicpal plan that satisfied the needs all three villages, while still meeting the original objectives of preserving open space, scenic views, and agricultural lands.

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Malariasphere: A Greenhouse-Enclosed Simulation Of A Natural Anophelesgambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) Ecosystem In Western Kenya, Bart G.J. Knols, Basilio N. Njiru, Evan M. Mathenge, Wolfgang R. Mukabana, John C. Beier, Gerry F. Killeen Dec 2002

Malariasphere: A Greenhouse-Enclosed Simulation Of A Natural Anophelesgambiae (Diptera: Culicidae) Ecosystem In Western Kenya, Bart G.J. Knols, Basilio N. Njiru, Evan M. Mathenge, Wolfgang R. Mukabana, John C. Beier, Gerry F. Killeen

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Background: The development and implementation of innovative vector control strategies for malaria control in Africa requires in-depth ecological studies in contained semi-field environments. This particularly applies to the development and release of genetically-engineered vectors that are refractory to Plasmodium infection. Here we describe a modified greenhouse, designed to simulate a natural Anopheles gambiae Giles ecosystem, and the first successful trials to complete the life-cycle of this mosquito vector therein. Methods: We constructed a local house, planted crops and created breeding sites to simulate the natural ecosystem of this vector in a screen-walled greenhouse, exposed to ambient climate conditions, in western …

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‘Toolkit' Wins Top Technical Award But Not Yet Holiday Gift Item, Tobie Baker Dec 2002

‘Toolkit' Wins Top Technical Award But Not Yet Holiday Gift Item, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Holiday shoppers won't find the Globus Toolkit available in this season's glitzy gift catalogues, but it is among the 100 most significant new technical products of the year chosen by R&D Magazine.

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Croft Institute's Visiting Professor Bales Wins Emmys For India Film, Deborah Purnell Dec 2002

Croft Institute's Visiting Professor Bales Wins Emmys For India Film, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - Kevin Bales, a visiting professor at the Croft Institute for International Studies at the University of Mississippi, was part of a team honored in New York with two Emmy awards.

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Jama/Nhlbi Study Finds Traditional Diuretics Better Than Newer Medicines, Staff Dec 2002

Jama/Nhlbi Study Finds Traditional Diuretics Better Than Newer Medicines, Staff

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Method For Inhibition Of Photocarcinogenesis Or Photoimmunosuppression Using Niacin, Elaine L. Jacobson, Helen L. Gensler Dec 2002

Method For Inhibition Of Photocarcinogenesis Or Photoimmunosuppression Using Niacin, Elaine L. Jacobson, Helen L. Gensler

Graduate Center for Nutritional Sciences Faculty Patents

The invention is directed to novel methods for the suppression of photocarcinogenesis and photoimmunosuppression in mice. The novel methods comprises the step of administering to a subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising niacin and a pharmaceutical carrier.

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Cultural And Linguistic Sensitivity In Assessment Tools: An Adaptation Of The Drinkers Inventory Of Consequences For Alaska Natives, Tony Cantil Dec 2002

Cultural And Linguistic Sensitivity In Assessment Tools: An Adaptation Of The Drinkers Inventory Of Consequences For Alaska Natives, Tony Cantil

Psychology

The purpose of this study was to determine the validity of a new assessment tool for Alaska Native clients with alcoholism. A sample of 23 Yup'ik clients at a regional treatment center were interviewed using the Drinker Inventory of Consequences for Alaska Natives (DrInC-AN), an adaption of the Drinker Inventory of Consequence (DrInC), the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT) and the Yup'ik Cultural Practices and Traditions (YCPT). These clients were selected, on a voluntary basis during the intake interview to the treatment center. Historically, assessment tools in alcoholism have not been culturally or linguistically sensitive to Alaska Native and …

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Determining The Impacts Of Storage Practice And Treatment Technology On The Formation Of Disinfection Byproducts, Greta Myerchin Mcgee Dec 2002

Determining The Impacts Of Storage Practice And Treatment Technology On The Formation Of Disinfection Byproducts, Greta Myerchin Mcgee

Theses (Unassigned)

Disinfection byproducts (DBP) are formed during the reaction of chemical disinfectants with natural organic material (NOM). DBPs are potential carcinogens and are regulated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEP A) under the Disinfectant/DBP (D/DBP) rule. High concentrations of NOM in drinking water sources used by Alaska's communities often result in the formation of DBPs during treatment. Since surface water sources in the Arctic are frozen for 6-9 months of the year, communities are often forced to store raw water for treatment during the winter or treat and store enough drinking water during the summer to last through the winter. …

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Energy‐Constrained Open‐System Magmatic Processes 3. Energy‐Constrained Recharge, Assimilation, And Fractional Crystallization (Ec‐Rafc), Frank J. Spera, Wendy A. Bohrson Dec 2002

Energy‐Constrained Open‐System Magmatic Processes 3. Energy‐Constrained Recharge, Assimilation, And Fractional Crystallization (Ec‐Rafc), Frank J. Spera, Wendy A. Bohrson

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

Geochemical data for igneous rock suites provide conclusive evidence for the occurrence of open‐system processes within thermally and compositionally evolving magma bodies. The most significant processes include magma Recharge (with possible enclave formation and magma mixing), Assimilation of anatectic melt derived from wallrock partial melting and formation of cumulates by Fractional Crystallization (RAFC). In this study, we extend the Energetically Constrained Assimilation and Fractional Crystallization (EC‐AFC) model [Spera and Bohrson, 2001; Bohrson and Spera, 2001] to include the addition of compositionally and thermally distinct recharge melt during simultaneous assimilation and fractional crystallization. Energy‐Constrained Recharge, Assimilation, and Fractional …

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Unh Faculty And Research Ranked Among The Nations Best, Amy Seif Dec 2002

Unh Faculty And Research Ranked Among The Nations Best, Amy Seif

Media Relations

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Radio Guided Seed Localization Of Imaged Lesions, Charles E. Cox, Emilia L. Dauway Dec 2002

Radio Guided Seed Localization Of Imaged Lesions, Charles E. Cox, Emilia L. Dauway

USF Patents

A method of removing lesions by implanting a radioactive seed at the location of the lesion, locating the lesion with the radioactive seed, and removing the lesion with the radioactive seed.

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Predicting Contaminant Transport Pathways In The Caribou-Poker Creek Research Watershed, Vincent Autier Dec 2002

Predicting Contaminant Transport Pathways In The Caribou-Poker Creek Research Watershed, Vincent Autier

Theses (Unassigned)

In order to evaluate the impact of natural organic matter (NOM) on drinking water, the hydrology of the Caribou-Poker Creeks Research Watershed (CPCRW) was considered. The CPCRW provided an excellent opportunity to investigate contaminant transport as it relates to hydrology in a well studied, discontinuous permafrost environment. The seasonal variation of organic chemistry of three different water sources (i.e. ground water, artesian spring and stream) was studied during the course of the year 2001. This thesis comprises three chapters, each of which seeks to gain a better understanding of the contaminant transport pathways in a boreal watershed, Caribou Poker Creeks …

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Comparison Of Geodetic And Glaciological Mass Balance On Gulkana Glacier, Alaska, Leif Harrington Cox Dec 2002

Comparison Of Geodetic And Glaciological Mass Balance On Gulkana Glacier, Alaska, Leif Harrington Cox

Geosciences

The net mass balance on Gulkana Glacier has been measured since 1966 by the glaciological method, in which seasonal balances are measured at three index sites and extrapolated over large areas of the glacier. Systematic errors accumulate through time in this method; therefore the geodetic balance, in which errors are independent of time, was calculated for comparison to and possible calibration of the glaciological method. Digital elevation models (DEMs) of the glacier in 1974, 1993, and 1999 were prepared and geodetic balances computed, giving -6.0+̲0.5 m of water equivalent (weq) from 1974 to 1993 and -11.8+̲0.5 m weq from 1974 …

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Winter Foraging Ecology Of Moose In The Tanana Flats And Alaska Range Foothills, C. Tom Seaton Dec 2002

Winter Foraging Ecology Of Moose In The Tanana Flats And Alaska Range Foothills, C. Tom Seaton

Biological Sciences

I studied woody browse distribution, production, removal, species composition, twig size, moose diets, and predicted daily intake of resident and migratory moose in the Tanana Flats and adjacent Alaska Range Foothills, Alaska, 1999-2000. Density of moose in these areas was high (1.1 moose/km²). Moose were experiencing density-dependent effects on reproduction and growth, exhibited by low adult twinning rate (6%) and absence of pregnant yearlings, yet 17.5 kg higher 10-month-old calf body weights in the migratory segment. Of all willow, poplar, and paper birch plants sampled, 74% had a broomed architecture, which I attributed to heavy use by moose. Using a …

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