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Deafdigest: Gold Edition, August 3, 2003, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2003

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, August 3, 2003, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2003

No abstract provided.

Estudio Exploratorio Sobre Seguridad Alimenticia, Dieta, Y Percepciones Sobre La Salud Nutricional En La Zona Monteverde, August 3, 2003, Tamara B. Cranfill, Kate Bowler, Kimberly Kossler, Lynley Rappaport, Meghan Reusser, Garrett Feddersen

Monteverde Institute: Culture, Community, and Health

A study of food security in the populations of Cañitas and Cerro Plano and of what sound nutritional practices the population is aware of.

Occupational Risk Assessment Of Coffee Workers In Cañitas, August 3, 2003, Luis Duarte, Keith Farrell, Bradford William Lee, Maurice Magana, Bonnie Young

Monteverde Institute: Culture, Community, and Health

An exploratory study to assess the work related occupational and environmental risks to workers in the coffee farms in Cañitas.

The Effectiveness Of A Congestive Heart Failure Teaching Program To Community-Based Elders, Debbie Meggs

MSN Research Projects

Heart failure affects more than 4.6 million people in the United States (Dahl & Penque, 2000). While mortality from myocardial infarction is on the decline, congestive heart failure numbers continue to rise. Statistics indicate that 550,000 cases occur each year, at an estimated cost of $21.4 billion a year (National Institutes of Health, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, 2002). Elders with congestive heart failure (CHF) do not always understand their disease nor do they recognize its symptoms. Recognition of CHF symptoms can lead to improved management and self-care. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to provide basic, low-literacy …

Evaluación De Los Riesgos Ocupacionales De Los Oberos Cafetaleros De Cañitas, August 3, 2003, Luis Duarte, Keith Farrell, Bradford William Lee, Maurice Magana, Bonnie Young

Monteverde Institute: Culture, Community, and Health

An exploratory study to assess the work related occupational and environmental risks to workers in the coffee farms in Cañitas.

Actitudes Y Uso Del Tabaco Entre La Juventud En La Zona De Monteverde, Costa Rica, 2003, August 3, 2003, Stephanie Potts, Rebecca Stepan, Kelly Yarzab

Monteverde Institute: Culture, Community, and Health

Project addressing youth attitudes and beliefs regarding tobacco use, where young people get information on the effects of cigarette smoking, what groups of people are most likely to begin smoking, and who and what influences their choice to smoke.

An Exploratory Study On Food Security, Diet, And Perceptions Of Nutritional Health In The Monteverde Zone, August 3, 2003, Tamara B. Cranfill, Kate Bowler, Kimberly Kossler, Lynley Rappaport, Meghan Reusser, Garrett Feddersen

Monteverde Institute: Culture, Community, and Health

A study of food security in the populations of Cañitas and Cerro Plano and of what sound nutritional practices the population is aware of.

Health Of Migrant Nicaraguans In The Monteverde Zone, August 3, 2003, Rebecca Cashman, Elizabeth Geier, Rocio Loria, Rachel Stewart, Joan Tucker, Cassandra Workman

Monteverde Institute: Culture, Community, and Health

Health conditions and health seeking behavior of migrant Nicaraguans in the Monteverde Zone. Nicaraguan migrants are exposed to unique conditions regarding labor, hygiene, physical stresses, and appropriate housing. These conditions vary depending on displacement and migrant status (i.e., temporary or permanent.) There is a significant presence of migrant Nicaraguans in the Monteverde Zone (ZMV), and while many of them share similar experiences, the realities of others are quite distinct. This study focused specifically on health conditions and health-seeking behavior, but other important data collected included information about migratory route, employment, and living conditions. The data allowed us to gain a …

La Salud De Los Inmigrantes Nicaraguenses En La Zona Monteverde, August 3, 2003, Rebecca Cashman, Elizabeth Geier, Rocio Loria, Rachel Stewart, Joan Tucker, Cassandra Workman

Monteverde Institute: Culture, Community, and Health

Health conditions and health seeking behavior of migrant Nicaraguans in the Monteverde Zone. Nicaraguan migrants are exposed to unique conditions regarding labor, hygiene, physical stresses, and appropriate housing. These conditions vary depending on displacement and migrant status (i.e., temporary or permanent.) There is a significant presence of migrant Nicaraguans in the Monteverde Zone (ZMV), and while many of them share similar experiences, the realities of others are quite distinct. This study focused specifically on health conditions and health-seeking behavior, but other important data collected included information about migratory route, employment, and living conditions. The data allowed us to gain a …

Use Of And Attitudes Regarding Tobacco Among Youth In The Monteverde Zone, Costa Rica 2003, August 3, 2003, Stephanie Potts, Kelly Yarzab, Rebecca Stepan

Monteverde Institute: Culture, Community, and Health

Project addressing youth attitudes and beliefs regarding tobacco use, where young people get information on the effects of cigarette smoking, what groups of people are most likely to begin smoking, and who and what influences their choice to smoke.

Sexually Transmitted Diseases And Avenues For Education: Community Perspectives From Monteverde, Costa Rica, August 3, 2003, Cristina Calderon, Andrea Friedus, Kelly Gillin, James Schwar, Claudia Weiner

Monteverde Institute: Culture, Community, and Health

A study assessing and evaluating the attitudes, perceptions and beliefs of sexually transmitted diseases; how these diseases are transmitted and prevented; community awareness of high risk groups; and the more effective way of disseminating educational material about them.

August 2, 2003 (Pages 3719-3980), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 33 (2003)

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Nitric Acid Oxidation On Vapor Grown Carbon Fibers (Vgcfs). Use Of These Fibers In Epoxy Composites, Priya V. Lakshminarayanan

Theses and Dissertations

Pyrograf IIITM,/sup> fibers (PR-19-PS, Applied Sciences, Inc.) with 100-300 nm diameters and ~ 10-100 ìm lengths were used with a low viscosity aliphatic epoxy resin (Clearstream 9000, Clearstream Products, Inc.) to produce composites. The VGCFs were oxidized in 69-71 wt% nitric acid (115°C) for various times (10 min to 24 h) to modify the surface to enhance fiber/matrix adhesion. Remarkably, little fiber weight loss was detected even after 24 h of oxidation. Composites containing 19.2 volume percent (29.4 weight percent) VGCFs were prepared. Their flexural strengths and flexural moduli were obtained. The flexural strengths did not increase using oxidized VGCFs. …

Passive Acoustic Measurement Of Baseball Bat Swing Speed, Donald Kirby Nance

Theses and Dissertations

The experimental program presented in this paper explores a passive acoustic baseball bat swing speed measurement technique to aid in product development and certification and to gauge player performance. The collection of experimental information is performed in two facilities?a swing/hit facility and a wind tunnel facility. The data acquired are pressures and velocities in the vicinity of the bat. Potential flow theory is utilized to better understand the signals generated in the experimental collection of data and to determine the fundamental relations applicable to the subsequent flow field produced by a moving bat. The measured flow resembles potential flow but …

Methodology For Evaluating And Reducing Medication Administration Errors, Amanda Carrie Boone

Theses and Dissertations

Caregivers of elderly people may make errors in administering medicine. This study aims to determine a more effective method of presenting prescription instructions to caregivers and to determine if the multiple resource hypothesis holds in the context of prescription instructions by evaluating the effect a voice prescription label (that gives audio instructions) has on comprehension and memory of a drug regimen under varying training level, task complexity, and instruction format. In performing a multivariate analyses of variance on data collected among formal and informal caregivers, training level, task complexity, sound condition, and instruction format were found to significantly affect caregivers' …

Solubility Studies On The Na - F - Po4 System In Sodium Nitrate And In Sodium Hydroxide Solutions, Dinesh Kumar Selvaraj

Theses and Dissertations

The thesis investigates the solubility of various sodium salts present in the waste tanks at the Hanford nuclear site. The experiments were conducted in different concentrations of caustic and in water at 25°C and 50°C. The results obtained from these studies will be used to improve existing databases for the Environmental Simulation Program (ESP, available from OLI Systems, Inc.), thereby increasing its accuracy in predicting waste behavior under high ionic strength conditions. Experiments were performed on the following systems: 1) NaF - NaNO3 - NaOH, 2) Na3PO4 - NaNO3 - NaOH, 3) NaF - Na3PO4 - 1m NaNO3 - NaOH, …

Uncertainty Analysis For Rocket-Based Combined Cycle (Rbcc) Systems Testing, Boon Chuan Law

Theses and Dissertations

General uncertainty analysis was used to evaluate the performance of a Rocket-Based Combined Cycle (RBCC) engine system. To estimate the uncertainties of test results, uncertainties of basic measurements such as temperature, pressure, mass flow rate, and thrust were determined. The desired test results of interest included specific impulse and characteristic velocity. Various possible test facilities were reviewed to obtain background information and example test run conditions. Based on the test run conditions, five methods of determining specific impulse were evaluated. Also, theoretical and actual characteristic velocities were analyzed to evaluate C* efficiency. Initially, general uncertainty analyses were completed relative to …

The Evaluation Of Type-M Forager® Sponge Technology To Recycle Soil-Washing Amendments, Rhonda Spiess Fetters

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to determine if two commonly used soil-washing extracting agents, namely EDTA and nitric acid, could be recycled and reused in subsequent soil-washing processes. This research focuses on the removal of lead from three real-world soils collected from military installations and the evaluation of a chelating polymer termed Type-M Forager® Sponge to recycle the soil-washing effluent. The results of this experiment indicate that the EDTA soil-washing effluent was as effective at removing lead from soil after two recycle processes as it was during the initial simulated soil-washing process. The nitric acid extracting agent solution, however, …

Murray Ledger And Times, August 2, 2003, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

University Of Central Florida Commencement, August 2, 2003, University Of Central Florida

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Chemically Deposited Optical Fiber Humidity Sensor, Parikshit S. Gaikwad

Theses and Dissertations

Humidity measurement in industries is a critical factor, since it may affect the business cost of the product, end product quality, optimal functioning of equipment, and the health and safety of the personnel. Hence, humidity sensing is becoming very important, especially in the control systems for industrial processes. Since humidity is expressed in different ways, it is very difficult to come up with a reliable, consistent, and repeatable humidity measurement approach. In contrast to other sensors employed for measuring other parameters like temperature and pressure, a humidity sensor has to be in contact with the process environment and hence is …

Combined Ozone And Ultraviolet Inactivation Of Escherichia Coli, Gaurav Savant

Theses and Dissertations

The kinetics of Escherichia coli inactivation were studied using ultraviolet (UV) radiation, ozone, and UV and ozone (UVO) in combination in a batch reactor at varying pH levels (6, 7, and 8) and at a constant temperature of 25°C. The inactivation kinetics for all three treatment processes was pseudo first order, and the reaction rate constants were considered to be additive such that a combined reaction rate could be obtained by adding the kinetic rates of the processes applied and numerically small rates could be neglected in the computation of the combined rate. Statistical tests (ANOVA and student's t-test) performed …

Mph Theory & Practice Seminar Suggested Enhancements For 2003, Jonathan Eldredge

Theory and Practice Seminars 2001-2009

No abstract provided.

Kickshaws, David Morice

Word Ways

A collection of linguistic kickshaws.

August 2003, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Fitness Clubs Offer a Variety of Options

Woman Find Successful Careers in I.E. Commercial Real Estate

Commentary

Expansion and relocation

Bob Balzer Gives Credit to His Team for His Successful Publishing Career

Close-Up: Successful O’Reilly Public Relations Firm Serves Diverse Client Base

Second Page 1: Arrowhead Regional Medical Center Hosts National Youth Leadership Forum

Health

Real Estate

In the Interest of Woman

Restaurant Review

Lists: Largest Employers

Lists: Top Health Care

Lists: MBA

Nursing News: August 2003, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Patient Satisfaction

River Oaks Hospitality House

Donor Designation A Change In Practice

Friendship Ventures

Proposed Licensure Change

Avhrr-Based Spectral Vegetation Index For Quantitative Assessment Of Vegetation State And Productivity: Calibration And Validation, Felix Kogan, Anatoly A. Gitelson, Edige Zakarin, Lev Spivak, Lubov Lebed

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

The goal of the work was to estimate, quantitatively, vegetation state and productivity using AVHRR-based Vegetation Condition Index (VCI). The VCI algorithm includes application of post-launch calibration to visible channels, calculation of NDVI from channels’ reflectance, removal of high-frequency noise from NDVI’s annual time series, stratification of ecosystem resources, and separation of ecosystem and weather components in the NDVI value. The weather component was calculated by normalizing the NDVI to the difference of the extreme NDVI fluctuations (maximum and minimum), derived from multi-year data for each week and land pixel. The VCI was compared with wheat density measured in Kazakhstan. …

Field Report: Preliminary Investigation Of Educational Opportunities For Refugee Children In Egypt, Wesal Afifi

Faculty Journal Articles

The intent of this report is to provide information about and raise awareness of current educational opportunities for refugee children in Cairo. This study focuses on the administrative procedure of obtaining access to and enrolment into both public and private schools in Cairo, examining what obstacles there are to this process and exploring possible means of overcoming these obstacles. The current dearth of information on the subject of educational opportunities for refugees hinders efforts at enhancing these opportunities because without an understanding of the process of and barriers to enrolment, interventions made will either be inappropriate or insufficient. This study …

2003 Football, South Dakota State University

Jackrabbit Football Media Guides (1950-2014)

The 2003 South Dakota State University football media guide was written, edited and published by the Jackrabbit Sports Information Service and printed by the SDSU Printing Lab for distribution to media members covering SDSU and the North Central Conference.