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One-Year Client Impacts Of Quality Of Care Improvements Achieved In Peru, Federico R. Leon, Santiago Roca, Alex Rios, Adriana Zumaran, Ana Rosa Feijoo

Reproductive Health

This report presents a one-year assessment of quality-of-care improvements in Peru, following provider training on the job aids–assisted Balanced Counseling Strategy. Results showed significant enhancement of quality of care, an increase in session length, and improved client knowledge of the method chosen when this was an IUD or hormonal method. Correlational findings suggested that better impacts can be achieved in provincial primary health facilities than in larger settings like clinics or hospitals in capital cities. The results are important because: 1) other studies have failed to show significant impacts of controlled quality-of-care improvements on the use of contraception; and 2) …

Hper Biomechanics Laboratory 2002 Annual Report, Issue 1, Nebraska Biomechanics Core Facility

Biomechanics Annual Report

This issue features Development of a gait-o-gram for the assessment of gait, Promising insights on the development of posture in children, A new understanding of Parkinson’s Disease, Assessing the stability of elderly gait, Gait analysis provides the Omaha community with relief from running injuries, Custom Palm pilot software offers scientists and teachers new technology, Helping high school students appreciate science and math, Past students achieve success, Collaborative work with the Orthopedic Center of Sports Medicine at Ioannina-Greece, and 2002 Publications and Presentations

The Attitudes Of Core Subject Teachers Toward Making Technology Education A Required Subject, Michael C. Hamby

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The goals of this study were to: 1. Ascertain the definition and scope of Technology Education from the perspective of core subject teachers; 2. Gather core subject teachers' opinions concerning the ability of Technology Education to reinforce learning in their content areas; 3. Determine if Technology Education should be a core or required subject.

A Study To Determine The Relationship Between Parent's Work And Their Concern For Their Children Becoming Technologically Literate, Gerald T. Hoover

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

This study was used to gain an understanding of parent's concern for their children's technological literacy. The questions established for this research were: 1. Are parents who work in technical fields more concerned about their children's technological literacy than parents who work in non-technical fields? 2. Do parents who work in technical fields have a better understanding of what technology is over parents working in non-technical fields?

Assessing Environmental Externalities Of The Us Coal Base Load Electric Utility Industry Using Data Enveloping Analysis, Faisal Z. Ahmed

University Avenue Undergraduate Journal of Economics

This paper attempts to address two issues. First, is how to objectively measure carbon dioxide emissions from the generation of electricity that uses predominantly coal. Second, is how to incorporate these ‘environmental’ variables into an efficiency model. Using a technique called Data Enveloping Analysis (DEA) a non-parametric piecewise surface (or frontier) over the data is constructed, so as to be able to calculate technical efficiencies (which I call environmental efficiency) relative to this surface. These ‘environmental efficiency’ measures are analyzed. The technique utilized in this study may be extended to calculate each agent’s allocative and scale efficiencies in order to …

ไทยเตรียมฟ้องโลกประจานอังกฤษลอบทิ้งขยะ

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

การถ่ายทอดเทคโนโลยีของชุมชน, ธนพรรณ สุนทระ

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

สิ่งแวดล้อมวิกฤติ คุณภาพชีวิตย่ำแย่ : บทลงโทษจากธรรมชาติ, สิริพร แก่นสียา

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

Gxex1406: Kemahiran Berfikir Dan Berkomunikasi – Sistem Pemarkahan / Muhammad Faizal Abdul Rahman, Abdul Rahman Muhammad Faizal

Student Works (2000-2009)

Tajuk bagi projek yang akan dijalankan ini ialah GXEX1406 : Kemahiran berfikir dan berkomunikasi – Sistem pemarkahan. Sistem peemrkahan secara atas talian semakin luas digunakan pada masa pada masa ini. Banyak sistem dibangunkan sama ada untuk tujuan komersil atau penyelidikan di universiti. Sistem ini dapat mengurangkan sistem pemarkahan secara manual yang dipraktikan selama ini. Terdapat beberapa jenis sistem pemarkahan yang telah dikenal pasti dalam pengkajian antaranya yang melibatkan pemarkahan secara objektif, subjektif dan penilaian. Sistem yang dibangunkan ini merupakan sistem pemarkahan penilaian bagi pelajar yang mengambil kursus GXEX1406 (Thinking and Communication Skills). Sistem penilaian yang saya buat melibatkan penilaian akhir …

Envisioning Copyright Law's Digital Future, Peter S. Menell

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.

What Is The “R” In “Irac”?, Michael B. W. Sinclair

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.

Possible Cobalt-Cobalt Bridging By A Hemiacetal In The Dinuclear Cobalt Complex Bearing The Ligand Bis(3-(2-Pyridylmethyleneamino)Phenyl) Sulfone, Armando M. Guidote Jr, Tomoko Imajo, Yasuhiko Kurusu, Yoshiro Masuyama

Chemistry Faculty Publications

A dinuclear cobalt complex bearing the ligand bis(3-(2-pyridylmethyleneamino)phenyl) sulfone (BPMAPS) was prepared. It is proposed that the structure of this is [Coz(BPMAPS)(m-0AcMhemi-Et)]PF6 wherein the cobalt centers are bridged by two carboxylato groups in m-fashion and a hemiacetal with an ethoxy group (hemi-Et). This proposal is based on the similarity of the FT-IR, UV-Vis, and FAB-MS results with the crystallographically characterized dinuclear manganese complex [Mn2(BPMAPS)(m-OAcMhemi-Me)]PF6, and elemental analysis results.

Longwood University Catalog 2003-2004, Longwood University

Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Scientific And Engineering Studies Of Systems, Structures, And Components Important To Safety For A Potential Repository At Yucca Mountain, Nevada, Ian Buckle, E. Manos Maragakis

Publications (YM)

TASK 26: Upgrade of Earthquake Simulation Facilities in the Large-Scale Structures Laboratory at University of Nevada Reno The objective of this Task was to purchase, install and commission the equipment necessary to upgrade two existing shake tables in the Structures Laboratory at UNR, from uniaxial to biaxial motion. It was recognized that a parallel effort, funded by NSF and HUD, to add a third biaxial table with identical properties to the upgraded existing tables, would be undertaken at the same time.

Daubert, Proof Of A Prior, And The Soliton: Bernert Towboat Co. V. Uss Chandler (Ddg 996), Robert Birmingham, Tara Shaw, Carolyn Shields

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

Recent Developments In Evidence Law, Carolyn Shields, Tara Shaw, Robert Birmingham

Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce

No abstract provided.

Understanding Corn Yield Potential In Different Environments, Achim R. Dobermann, Timothy J. Arkebauer, Kenneth G. Cassman, Rhae A. Drijber, John L. Lindquist, James E. Specht, Daniel T. Walters, Haishun Yang, Daniel N. Miller, Darren L. Binder, Gregory J. Teichmeier, Richard B. Ferguson, Charles S. Wortmann

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

The UNL research program on Ecological intensification of irrigated maize-based cropping systems aims to (i) improve understanding of the yield potential of corn and soybean and how it is affected by management, (ii) develop a scientific basis for evaluating yield potential at different locations, (iii) develop practical technologies for managing intensive cropping systems at 70-80% of the yield potential, and (iv) conduct integrated assessment of productivity, profitability, input use efficiency, soil carbon sequestration, energy and carbon budgets, and trace gas emissions. Results of this work have been reported earlier (Arkebauer et al., 2001; Dobermann et al., 2002). In …

Effect Of Temperature On Efficiency Of In Situ Bioremediation Technology: A Laboratory Microcosm And Field Study, Javed Iqbal

LSU Master's Theses

Laboratory microcosm experiment and parallel ex situ bioremediation studies were conducted to study the effect of temperature on in situ bioremediation systems installed at Superfund site in southeast Georgia. Laboratory microcosms, inoculated with PAHs/phenols specific microorganisms, at high temperatures (42±2°C; 107±3°F) demonstrated a significant reduction of residual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and selected phenols from 4927±1356ng/g dry weight soil to 1158±530ng/g with a kinetic rate of 76.1±16.8ng/g/day (84% reduction; p≤0.01) in 49days. High temperature non-inoculated microcosms were reduced of residual PAHs and phenols from 1117±436ng/g to 341±116ng/g with a kinetic rate of 15.8±6.5ng/g/day (65% reduction; p≤0.01) in 49days. Low temperature …

Level Of Essentialness Of A Node In Flowcharts And Its Application To Program Testing, Osman Kandara

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Program testing is important to develop bug free software. A common form of program testing involves selecting test cases which execute (cover) a given set W of statements in the program. In regression testing, W typically forms a small subset of the program. It is often possible to find an alternate small set W so that execution of W' implies execution of W. We develop concepts and algorithms for finding W' as small as possible with the condition that the statements in W' are "close" to those in W in terms of program structure. These concepts generalize the notion of …

A Comparison Of Finfish Assemblages On Subtidal Oyster Shell (Cultched Oyster Lease) And Mud Bottom In Barataria Bay, Louisiana, John Plunket

LSU Master's Theses

Recent research suggests that oyster reefs provide unique three-dimensional hard bottom habitat for many fish species. Along the northern shore of the Gulf of Mexico, oyster shell bottoms are predominantly flat, subtidal and cultched, lacking the vertical relief and spatial heterogeneity provided by natural reefs. This study compared finfish assemblages, gut contents, and macroinvertebrate assemblages at subtidal oyster shell (cultched oyster lease) and mud bottoms in Barataria Bay, Louisiana. Three mud and three shell sites were sampled on seven dates from October 2001 to October 2002, using gill nets and substrate trays. Data from the gill nets were used to …

The Use Of The Bang-3 Polymer Gel To Quantify The Three-Dimensional Dose Distribution Of Imrt, Paul Anthony Bruce

LSU Master's Theses

The sophistication of radiation therapy delivery techniques at Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center (MBPCC) creates the need for an advanced dosimetric system that can quantify and verify the dose distributions in three-dimensions. Current dosimetric systems perform this dose analysis in only one or two dimensions. This paper evaluates the application of BANG-3™ polymer gel dosimetry to quantify the 3-D dose distribution of Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) using a "step and shoot" approach. The gel was irradiated by 10 MV photons at a dose rate of 400 MU/min. Relaxation rate maps were computed from proton density and T₂-weighted magnetic …

Film Cooling From Cylindrical Holes In Transverse Slots, Mohammed Altorairi

LSU Master's Theses

In this study, heat transfer coefficient and film effectiveness distributions are investigated for a film cooling hole configuration that has inclined holes discharging into a tangential slot before interactions with the mainstream. The cylindrical holes are inclined 35° along the mainstream direction. The effect of coolant-to-mainstream blowing ratio is examined for M=0.5 and M=1.0. Different slot width to hole ratios and also the effect of hole exit condition (square edge and triangular edge) is considered. The mainstream velocity and free-stream turbulence intensity in the low speed wind tunnel are 9 m/s and 7% respectively and the mainstream Reynolds number based …

Transmission Of Electromagnetic Power Through A Biological Medium, Ripan Das

LSU Master's Theses

Primary goal of this work is to study transmission of EM power through a multilayered biological medium. For a particular case study, EM power transmission from an external transmitter to a coupled receiver implanted inside a biological medium simulating a human body is studied to find solutions for factors such as optimum transmission frequency and excitation current. Different aspects of interaction of EM waves with biological bodies and tissues are discussed. Two major factors that may affect transmission of EM power through a biological body are absorption and reflection of EM waves. A simulation in which exact Maxwell's equations are …

Exploring Geometric, Kinematic And Behavioral Scalability Of Microscopic Traffic Simulation Systems, Srikanth Chakravarthy

LSU Master's Theses

Even with today's remarkable advancement in computing power, microscopic simulation modeling remains a computationally intensive process that imposes limitations on its potential use for modeling large-scale transportation networks. Research and practice have repeatedly demonstrated that microscopic simulation runs can be excessively time-consuming, depending on the network size, the number of simulated entities (vehicles), and the computational resources available. While microscopic features of a simulated system collectively define the overall system characteristics, it is argued that the microscopic simulation process itself is not necessarily free of redundancy, which if reduced, could substantially improve the computational efficiency of simulation systems without compromising …

A Risk-Averse Strategy For Blackjack Using Fractional Dynamic Programming, Ryan A. Dutsch

LSU Master's Theses

We present how blackjack is related to a discrete-time control problem, rather than a zero-sum game. Using the compiler Visual C++, we write a program for a strategy for blackjack, but instead of maximizing the expected value, we use a risk-averse approach. We briefly describe how this risk-averse strategy is solved by using a special type of dynamic programming called fractional dynamic programming.

Modeling A Mississippi River Diversion Into A Louisiana Wetland, Stephan Alexander Capps

LSU Master's Theses

Wetland loss has significant impacts. Numerous loss mechanisms have been hypothesized, and a greater number of solutions have been proposed. One proposed solution is to divert river water into a degraded area with the intent of increasing sedimentation, introducing nutrients, and/or decreasing salinity within the wetland. However, wetland hydraulics and hydrology are complex processes and any hydrologic modification may result in unintended consequences. Predicting these consequences can be problematic due to the complexity and difficulty associated with proper modeling of the hydraulics and topography. The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the suitability of established one- and two-dimensional …

Implementation Failure Of Truancy Statutes In The Fourth Judicial Circuit Of Florida: A Case Study In Street-Level Bureaucracy, Carrie Lynn Tullos

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This research utilizes the case study method to examine the effectiveness of truancy statutes recently implemented in Florida's Fourth Judicial Circuit prior to the 1999-2000 school year. The statutes were implemented state wide, but this study concentrates on the Fourth Judicial Circuit. The Fourth Judicial Circuit in Northeast Florida consists of Duval, Clay, and Nassau Counties. The legislation examined requires individual schools to conduct an initial truancy intervention when a student has accumulated 5 unexcused absences in a calendar month or 10 unexcused absences in any 90-day period.

An exploratory case study was conducted that consisted of interviews with school …

The Gatekeeping Role In Civil Litigation And The Abdication Of Legal Values In Favor Of Scientific Values, Neil B. Cohen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Occupational Therapy Program For The Homeless Population In Grand Forks, Jaime Plamann, Jelissa Holt

Occupational Therapy Capstones

No abstract provided.

Seeds And Their Sociocultural Nexus, Hugh Lacey

Philosophy Faculty Works

No abstract provided.