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Detection Of Activated Platelets In Normal Pregnancy And Preeclampsia, Judy E. Herbolsheimer

Masters Theses

Normal pregnancy is a hypercoaguable state in and of itself. Evidence has shown that platelets may play a role in the pathogenesis and complications of preeclampsia. The objective of this study is to compare the presence of circulating activated platelets in normal pregnancy and preeclampsia. The subjects’ blood was fixed, washed, incubated with antibodies (which detect platelets and activation of platelets), and evaluated using flow cytometry. Results of this study showed pregnant subjects (normal and preeclamptic) to have an increased percentage of activated platelets over non-pregnant subjects. Increased platelet activation may account for platelet consumption and bleeding complications in preeclamptic …

Unlv College Of Education Multicultural & Diversity Newsletter, Porter Troutman, Nancy P. Gallavan, John Filler, Steven Grubaugh, Jennifer L. Fabbi, Kyle Higgins, Aimee Govett, Jean Henry, Lisa Bendixen, Cecilia Maldonado-Daniels, Deborah Romero, Nancy Sileo

College of Education Multicultural & Diversity Newsletter

A newsletter discussing a variety of topics dealing with multicultural topics and diversity in education.

Privacy As A Legal Principle Of Identity Maintenance, Jonathan Kahn

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Post-Atkins Problems With Enforcing The Supreme Court's Ban On Executing The Mentally Retarded, Alexis Krulish Dowling

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Merits Of The Paternalistic Justification For Restrictions On The Admissibility Of Expert Evidence, Joseph Sanders

Seton Hall Law Review

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Undermining And Unintwining: The Right To A Jury Trial And Rule 12(B)(1), Stefania A. Di Trolio

Seton Hall Law Review

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Born A Eunuch - Harmful Inheritance Practices And Human Rights, Barbara R. Hauser

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

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Breaking The Cycle: Title Vii, Domestic Violence, Workplace Discrimination, Maria Amelia Calaf

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

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Questioning The Marriage Assumptions: The Justifications For Opposite-Sex Only - Marriage As Support For The Abolition Of Marriage, Summer L. Nastich, Summer L.

Minnesota Journal of Law & Inequality

No abstract provided.

The Apparition Of Fat In Western Nutritional Theory, Ken Albala

College of the Pacific Faculty Books and Book Chapters

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Video Voyeurism And The Right To Privacy: The Time For Federal Legislation Is Now, Antonietta Vitale

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

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University Of Nevada, Las Vegas Transmutation Research Program Annual Report 2002, Anthony Hechanova, Elizabeth Johnson, Gary Cerefice

Transmutation Research Program Reports (TRP)

The UNLV Transmutation Research Program consists of four components: Program Support, Research Infrastructure Augmentation, International Collaboration, and Student Research.

In the first year of the program, the student research component was supported by the infrastructure augmentation and the program support components. In the second year of the program, the fourth leg of the support system, international collaborations, was added to the research support system.

Neutron Multiplicity Measurements Of Target/Blanket Materials, Carter D. Hull, Denis Beller

Transmutation Sciences Physics (TRP)

To optimize the performance of accelerator driven transmutation systems (ADS), engineers will need to design the system to operate with a neutron multiplication factor just below that of a critical, or self-sustaining, system. This design criteria requires particle transport codes that instill the highest level of confidence with minimal uncertainty, because the larger the uncertainties in the codes, the larger the safety margin required in the design and the lower the efficiency of the ADS transmuter. For current design efforts, the MCNPX code is used to determine neutron production and transport for spallation neutron systems.

While providing a very useful …

Development Of Dose Coefficients For Radionuclides Produced In Spallation Targets, Phillip W. Patton, Mark Rudin

Transmutation Sciences Physics (TRP)

Dose coefficients permit simple determination of radiation dose associated with various exposure scenarios, and ultimately permit radiation safety personnel to assess the health risks to workers in a nuclear facility. Specifically, radiation safety personnel use dose coefficients to determine the radiation dose incurred to a tissue or organ system from a given exposure. These parameters are often expressed in terms of Annual Limits on Intake (ALIs) and Derived Air Concentrations (DACs).

Results from this study will be used to produce ALIs and DACs for these rare radionuclides created by spallation target systems that are not included in Federal Guidance Report …

Development Of Dose Coefficients For Radionulides Produced In Spallation Neutron Sources: Annual Report, Phillip W. Patton, Mark Rudin

Transmutation Sciences Physics (TRP)

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Transmutation Research Program has been tasked to support U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) efforts to assess the health risks associated with the operation of each of their accelerator-driven nuclear facilities for both NEPA and PSAR development. Quantifying the radiological risks to workers will have to be addressed during the design and siting of each of these facilities. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Federal Guidance Report No. 11 “Limiting Values of Intake and Air Concentration and Dose Conversion Factors for Inhalation, Submersion, and Ingestion”, developed two derived guides, Annual Limit on Intake (ALI) and …

Inside Unlv, Richard Jensen, Donna Mcaleer, Jennifer Vaughan, Cate Weeks, Carol C. Harter, Jeffrey Koep

Inside UNLV

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Dialogical Inquiry In Critical Literacy: A Staff Development Intervention Study, Michelle Mcclellan Truman

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study systematically examined the journey of a group of eight elementary school teachers and their administrator as they explored the social, political, and cultural world of critical literacy and its relationship to teaching. This expedition included using texts as social tools, which facilitated participants' critical reflections of personal beliefs and practices. They also investigated through dialogical inquiry the social, historical, and political elements that comprised their own cultural and historically situated identities. Data were collected through ethnographic methods, and four case studies were developed through artifacts, writing samples, transcriptions of discussions, observations, and interviews. Four individuals were chosen to …

Postsecondary Readiness Skills: Perceptions Of Students With And Without Disabilities, Carol Mae White

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences in the perceptions of postsecondary readiness skills between students with emotional disorders, students with learning disabilities, and students with no disabilities. Participants consisted of 91 students, 12 students with emotional disorders, 47 students with learning disabilities, and 32 students without disabilities in grades 11 and 12 who were planning on transitioning to postsecondary education. Data were collected to determine if there were significant differences in perceptions of postsecondary readiness skills among the three groups of students, specifically on eight domains: general preparation, academic preparation, self-determination and advocacy, academic accommodations and …

Effects Of Classwide Peer Tutoring (Cwpt) On Social Interactions Of Children With And Without English Proficiency, Yaoying Xu

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Learning and Education occur in social contexts. The quality of children's peer relationships is an important indication of children's current and later social adjustment. Children with peer problems tend to experience higher levels of loneliness and other undesirable affective consequences, including social dissatisfaction and worrying about peer relations. Because of the limited language proficiency and cultural and ethnic differences among children with LEP, some of their social behaviors are considered inappropriate by their non-LEP teachers and peers. On the other hand, children with LEP may feel that they do not fit in a group or class activity. As a result, …

Modeling Of The Reciprocating, Pneumatic Impact Hammer, William Allan Bloxsom

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The motion of the reciprocating, pneumatic impact tool, the air-driven piston inside the tool, the chisel mounted into the tool, and the specifically designed single degree-of-freedom spring-damper-mass test fixture were modeled with a MATLAB computer code. The three tools modeled and evaluated experimentally were the Ingersoll-Rand IR-121 impact tool, the Sears Craftsman Medium Duty impact tool, and the ATSCO No.2 impact tool; The computer model of the accelerations of the tool and the test fixture mass were compared to the experimental data obtained on the actual test fixture by the three tools modeled. The correlation between the experimental data and …

The Relationship Of Job Satisfaction To Role Ambiguity And Role Conflict Among School Counselors, Lisa Marie Violanti

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Elementary and secondary school counselors in the 16 smaller school districts in Nevada, excluding Clark County, were chosen for a study which investigated the nature and extent to which school counselors were experiencing role ambiguity and role conflict. It also investigated the extent to which these factors were related to counselors overall job satisfaction. A written instrument consisting of The Role Questionnaire (Rizzo, 1970) and the Teacher Job Satisfaction Questionnaire (Lester, 1984) was used with selected full-time K--12 counselors to measure role ambiguity and role conflict and their relationship to job satisfaction specifically in the areas of: colleagues, supervision, responsibility, …

The Use Of Problem-Based Learning In Graduate Programs Of Higher Education, Lisa Ann Edler

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study was intended to discover what Problem-Based Learning (PBL) looks like in graduate departments of higher education according to faculty who use PBL methodology in their curriculum and graduate students who experience PBL in their courses. This study also attempted to further understand the advantages, disadvantages, and challenges of PBL as perceived by both faculty and graduate students; After a comprehensive review of literature, two surveys were constructed, one for faculty and one for graduate students. The questions for both surveys were composed based on the information gleaned from the review of literature. The American Association of Higher Education …

Proposed Intra-District Methodology For Funding School Sites, Eva Marie White

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to develop an intra-district allocation-funding model for the Clark County School District (CCSD). Two models, a linear formula and a formula with a non-linear component, were developed and evaluated against a set of criteria from the research literature on characteristics of optimal funding formulas. Simulations of these models' impact on elementary, middle, and high schools in the Clark County School District were performed to ascertain the redistributive effect under two separate conditions, the first keeping current funding levels constant, and the second considering additional funding; The simulations indicated that under Model II, a linear …

Language In Las Vegas: Esl Training Programs In Las Vegas Casino Hotels, Craig Hamilton Hermann

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The study was focused on ESL training for employees within the Casino hotel industry in Las Vegas, Nevada. The overall purpose of the study was to explore the degree to which ESL training programs were being implemented within and/or in use by the casino hotel industry in Las Vegas. While the a review of the literature had suggested that ESL efforts were being employed by the industry, little was known as to overall parameters of the efforts being undertaken with respect to the size, content, and modes of delivery. Therefore, the research questions underlying the study were as follows: (1) …

An Examination Of The Effect Of Ethical Climate On Ethical Optimism And Organizational Commitment, Clark S Kincaid

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The issue of unethical behavior in business is a serious concern with practitioners and researchers. The restaurant industry in particular, is vulnerable to unethical actions due to a variety of variables including the availability of large sums of cash, the presence of alcohol, and the late hours of operation. There is a paucity of ethical research in the restaurant industry and this study contributes to that body of knowledge; In this study, the effect of ethical climate in the restaurant industry on ethical optimism and organizational commitment was examined in ten restaurants. The results show that management actions have significant …

Geographic Variation And Behavorial Plasticity: Vigilance In Desert Bighorn Sheep (Ovis Canadensis Nelsoni) Populations, Kathleen Mary Longshore

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Antipredator behaviors such as vigilance are often costly because they must be traded off with other activities, such as feeDing To assess geographic patterns of vigilance behavior in bighorn sheep, I tested the large-scale hypothesis that vigilance in bighorn sheep would differ between populations as a result of spatial heterogeneity in predation regimes. Mean vigilance as well as the covariation of vigilance with environmental factors such as group size and distance from escape terrain were predicted to differ among regions with and without predators. Populations under high predation risk were three populations that had originally been translocated from a mountain …

Comparing Web-Based Instruction To Traditional Instruction For Teaching Special Education Content To General Education Preservice Teachers, Kelly Elizabeth O'Neal

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

It has been documented that there are multiple ways to offer teacher preparation course work. Incorporating technology into teacher preparation programs using Web-based instruction may help address obstacles involving distance and time. The purpose of this study was to investigate the efficacy of using Web-based instruction as an appropriate method for disseminating information and teaching undergraduates in the college of education about appropriate teaching practices for students with disabilities. Data were collected to answer three specific research questions related to student achievement, student satisfaction, and quality and quantity of discussions; There were 44 undergraduate participants in the study who were …

The Influence Of School Climate And Leadership Style On Teacher Transiency In Urban Middle Schools, Jenefer J Tirella

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This study examined teachers' perceptions of school climate, the principal's leadership style, and their influence on teacher transiency in urban middle schools. Two surveys, the Urban School Climate Survey and the Leadership Effectiveness Adaptability Questionnaire, were distributed to four middle schools within the participating school district. Fifty-eight teachers participated in the study and returned the completed surveys. Teacher interviews were conducted with participating teachers who were willing to be interviewed. The theoretical framework for this study was based on the contingency theory (Likert, 1967; Donaldson, 2001); This study determined a significant main effect for schools. School profiles were outlined to …

Cleopatra: Three Visions Of Her Infinite Variety, Katherine Lankford Baker

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This examination is a study of the characterization of Cleopatra in three early modern English plays. The three plays are the following: Mary Sidney's The Tragedie of Antonie, Samuel Daniel's The Tragedie of Cleopatra, and William Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra . Although all three playwrights shared essentially the same cultural environment and historical context, they each created a different vision of the queen of the Nile. Cleopatra's gender and race are the focus of this examination. Sidney presents us with a "white-washed" version of Cleopatra---in an effort to make her more acceptable to the Elizabethan audience. Daniel is sympathetic to …

The Impact Of Full-Day And Half-Day Kindergarten On The Language Arts Achievement Scores Of First-Grade Students, Stefanie M Kujaczynski

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Full-day kindergarten programming is an increasing trend in early childhood education settings. Many school districts are beginning to offer such programs based on the needs and opinions of teachers and parents. These districts are making substantial financial commitments to this programming prompted by the belief that full-day kindergarten will produce greater academic gains for children, more specifically at-risk children; This study investigated the impact of full-day and half-day kindergarten program enrollment on the language arts achievement scores of 237 first grade children considered to be at risk for academic failure. Gender differences and program enrollment differences were the primary categories …