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The Contraception Misconception: Why Prescription Contraceptives Should Be Covered By Employer Insurance Plans, Jennifer N. White

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.

Nbc Peacock North Winter 2002, Peacock North Staff

NBC Peacock North Newsletter

Highlights include: SNL Emmy -- Looking Back -- Silent Microphones -- New Members

Has The Supreme Court Sacrificed Stare Decisis To Clarify Res Judicata? An "On The Merits" Evaluation Of Federal Common Law Jurisprudence After Semtek, Thomas Sciacca

Pace Law Review

No abstract provided.

Peer Nutrition Education: A Model For Nutrition Education Among Spanish-Language Participants Of The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program For Women, Infants And Children (Wic), Maximino Alfredo Mejía

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Despite the steady improvement in the health status of Americans, Hispanics are a minority in the United States with greater prevalence of several infectious and chronic diseases and less health knowledge than the average citizen. Nearly half of the Hispanics living in this country die of preventable nutrition-related conditions, with heart disease and cancer being the leading causes. Since this minority has limited access to health care and preventive services, there is a need for an inexpensive, viable model of health education for this underserved segment of the population in order to lower the excess of preventable diseases. We trained …

Biomarkers Of Bone Turnover In Vegetarians And Omnivores, Susan Kim Louie Lue

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A cross-sectional study on fasting serum and 24-hour urine samples were used to determine whether biochemical markers of bone turnover, resorption and formation, differed in a group of 50 healthy premenopausal Caucasian women eating vegan, lactoovovegetarian(LOV) and omnivorous diets.

The women, ages 20-42, had participated in a study of bone mineral density(BMD). The three groups were comparable in mean age, BMI, calorie intake, calories spent in exercise, kcal/kg body weight, protein/day, protein/kg body weight and urinary creatinine.

Biomarkers included those of bone resorption—pyridinoline, deoxypyridinoline, and N-telopeptides, and of bone turnover—serum and urinary osteocalcin(OC), skeletal alkaline phosphatase, and propeptide-type-I-carboxyterminal-procollagen(PICP). In all …

Lights And Shadows - 2002, University Of North Alabama

Lights and Shadows

Art and Literature Magazine

Studying The Functional Genomics Of Stress Responses In Loblolly Pine With The Expresso Microarray Experiment Management System, Lenwood S. Heath, Naren Ramakrishnan, Ronald R. Sederoff, Ross W. Whetten, Boris I. Chevone, Craig Struble, Vincent Y. Jouenne, Dawei Chen, Leonel Van Zyl, Ruth Grene

Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications

Conception, design, and implementation of cDNA microarray experiments present a variety of bioinformatics challenges for biologists and computational scientists. The multiple stages of data acquisition and analysis have motivated the design of Expresso, a system for microarray experiment management. Salient aspects of Expresso include support for clone replication and randomized placement; automatic gridding, extraction of expression data from each spot, and quality monitoring; flexible methods of combining data from individual spots into information about clones and functional categories; and the use of inductive logic programming for higher-level data analysis and mining. The development of Expresso is occurring in parallel with …

Medication Prescribing In Heart Failure: Trends In Drug Treatment And Evidence From The Past Ten Years, Gregory A. Low

Open Access Master's Theses

Objective: This study assessed the macro level effects of multiple and varied forms of clinical guidance for medication based treatment for heart failure. Drug mention rates for physician visits by patients with heart failure were evaluated with respect to the dates of publication of large randomized trial evidence and guidelines.

Design: Retrospective, cross-sectional series study.

Methods: We used the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey (NAMCS) for years 1993-2000, which captures a probability sample of visits to United States physicians to provide national estimates. We examined heart failure coded visit drug mentions alongside research published during the same …

Cumulative Case Legal Arguments And The Justification Of Academic Affirmative Action, R. George Wright

Pace Law Review

No abstract provided.

Rethinking Regulatory Reform After American Trucking, Daniel A. Farber

Pace Law Review

No abstract provided.

Escaping The Lion's Den And Going Back For Your Hat - Why Domestic Violence Should Be Considered In The Distribution Of Marital Property Upon Dissolution Of Marriage, Cheryl J. Lee

Pace Law Review

No abstract provided.

A Critical Inquiry Into The Traditional Uses Of Law School Evaluation, Steven Friedland

Pace Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Diet And Physical Activity For Ovarian Cancer Results From The Adventist Health Study, Fatemeh Kiani

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

A few aspects of the epidemiology of ovarian cancer are well understood, such as the inverse relationship with parity and oral contraceptive (OC) use. The role of other factors such as the potential influence of diet or physical activity is far from being established. A few studies, however, have been able to identify dietary risk factors for ovarian cancer. In this dissertation, I have conducted two studies that investigate the relationship between dietary factors and physical activity and the three endpoints: 1) nonfatal ovarian cancer (1976-1982; time to diagnosis), 2) fatal ovarian cancer (1976-1988; time to death), and 3) total …

Fish Landmarks For Chromosome 11 Of Bombyx Mori: An In Situ Analysis, Charles Eugene Mcgovern

Open Access Dissertations

Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) has been used to simultaneously identify the positions of the ribosomal DNA and the Sericin genes on chromosome 11 of Bombyx mori. The ribosomal DNA genes were detected using biotin labeled plasmid pBmR 161 and avidin-Texas Red and the Sericin 2 gene was detected using digoxigenin labeled plasmid 2002 and anti-digoxigenin-fluorescein. The position of the Sericin 1 gene was identified using the ribosomal DNA genes as a chromosomal landmark. Sericin 1 was detected using digoxigenin labeled bacterial artificial chromosome 9HJD and anti-digoxigenin-fluorescein. The chromosomal spreads were counterstained with diamindino-phenyl-indole (DAPI). The signals from the sericin …

Efficient Fpga Realizations Based On And/Xor Expressions, Seok-Bum Ko

Open Access Dissertations

In this dissertation, we propose an AND/XOR-based technology mapping method for field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Due to the fixed size of the programmable blocks in an FPGA, decomposing a circuit into sub-circuits with appropriate number of inputs can achieve excellent implementation efficiency. Specifically, the proposed technology mapping method is based on Davio expansion theorem to decompose a given Boolean circuit. The AND/XOR nature of the proposed method allows it to operate on XOR intensive circuits, such as error detecting/correcting, data encryption/decryption, and arithmetic circuits, efficiently. We design three different approaches: (1) Direct Approach, (2) AND/XOR Direct, and (3) Proposed …

Market Information And Fisheries Management: Improving Efficiency In Private Property Right Management Systems, Eyjolfur Gudmundsson

Open Access Dissertations

Fisheries economics concentrates on solving the problem of economic overexploitation in fisheries. The field took its first steps, as a specialized study area within economics, in the early 1950s. The approach since then, for solving the problem of overexploitation, has mostly been one of neo-classical economics, with emphasis on the production side of the problem. A potential solution to the overexploitation problem is the privatization of fisheries in order to maximize long-term economic benefits. Recent studies have shown that prices and certain product characteristics are an important factor for determining the optimal management of fisheries. This study tries to establish …

Papers In Spatial Analysis Of Regional Economic Growth, Andrada Ioana Pacheco

Open Access Dissertations

States, regions and communities are concerned with economic development, as well as population growth and the quality of life. The economic expansion in the last two decades created new standards of living, but also new concerns on the effects that development has on the environment. A scattered version of regional growth with carelessly spreading pattern of suburban development is recognized as "sprawl" and carries with it the notions of inefficient use of irreplaceable natural resources and redundant public facilities and infrastructure. This dissertation investigates spatial economic relationships and analyzes the spatial regional growth process in Southern New England in the …

The Strange Attraction Of Blake's Urizen, Kelly Kelleway

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

Without Contraries is no Progression. With this simple statement in The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, William Blake posited, in 1790, a process -- a Hegelian dialectic of sorts, if you will -- that has underscored much of his poetry and has revealed itself in his etchings and engravings. But what, exactly, this Blakean hypothesis means is open to debate. One way to explicate this notion is to look at it in terms of a process of reunification or recursion wherein one falls from the Blakean space of Innocence (or is dragged kicking and screaming) to the rather …

Framing Intelligibility, Identity And Selfhood: A Reconsideration Of Spatio-Temporal Models, Sally Munt

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

The relationship between intelligibility and identity over the past thirty years has largely been approached through the linguistic construct of the subject. Proposing that our subjectivities be theoretically comprehended (made intelligible) as discursive effects is now common sense. Poststructuralism, following particularly Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida and Jacques Lacan, has ensured that the subject is a cardinal category of contemporary thought; in any number of disciplines, it is one of the first concepts we teach to our undergraduates. But are we best served by continuing to insist on the intellectual primacy of the subject, formulated as it has been …

Industrial Flesh: Paul Virilio's Strategy Of Deception, A Landscape Of Events, And The Information Bomb, Davin Heckman

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

Davin Heckman reviews Paul Virilio's A Landscape of Events (2001), Strategy of Deception (2000) and The Information Bomb (2001).

Graduate Catalog 2002-2003, University Of North Florida

UNF Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Insurance Industry Developments - 2002/03; Audit Risk Alerts, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Brokers And Dealers In Securities With Conforming Changes As Of May 1, 2002; Audit And Accounting Guide:, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Stockbrokerage And Investment Banking Committee

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

Review Of Country Music Annual 2000, Rebecca Tolley

ETSU Faculty Works

Review of Tennessee’s New Deal Landscape: A Guidebook. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2001. 281 pp.

Father Seelos In The Rectory Of Two Saints, Ursula Kelly

Gathered Fragments

No abstract provided.

Epiphany In Uptown - 100 Years, James Garvey

Gathered Fragments

No abstract provided.

Nsu Earn Your Master's Degree From Home In 14 Months; ... Use What You Learn Forever. The M.S. In Education With A Specialization In Brainsmart™ Learning And Teaching [2002], Nova Southeastern University

Abraham S. Fischler College of Education and School of Criminal Justice College Archive

No abstract provided.

Checklists And Illustrative Financial Statements For State And Local Governmental Units (Non-Gasb 34 Edition) : A Financial Reporting Practice Aid, June 2002 Edition, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants. Accounting And Auditing Publications, Venita M. Wood, Leslye Givarz

Industry Guides (AAGs), Risk Alerts, and Checklists

No abstract provided.

The Face Of Human Trafficking, Aiko Joshi

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

Human trafficking has become a fast-growing global criminal activity, affecting just about every country in the world. Each year, at least four million people are trafficked worldwide, with an annual profit of up to seven billion dollars for the trafficking network. Trafficking victims often believe they are accepting jobs in different sectors, but are often taken across borders, sometimes through coercive 31 methods, where they can often end up in exploitative situations. However, not all those who leave their home countries are necessarily trafficking victims. Trafficking and migration are not the same. It is only when a person voluntarily migrates, …

The Use Of New Communications And Information Technologies For Sexual Exploitation Of Women And Children, Donna M. Hughes

UC Law SF Journal on Gender and Justice

The sexual exploitation of women and children is a global human rights crisis. New communications and information technologies facilitate the sexual exploitation of women and girls locally, nationally and transnationally. Using new technologies, sexual predators and pimps stalk women and children. New technical innovations facilitate the sexual exploitation of women and children because they enable people to easily buy, sell and exchange millions of images and videos of sexual exploitation of women and children. Advances in communications and information technologies have created a global revolution in communications, access to information, and media delivery. This technology enables sexual predators to harm …