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Using Social Marketing To Plan A Nutrition Education Program Targeting Teens, Gwenn Snow, Jamie Benedict

Journal of Extension

Using focus group interviews, information was gathered from teens describing their perceptions about the benefits and barriers of consuming select nutrient-dense foods, such as dark-green leafy and deep-yellow vegetables, fruits, low-fat dairy foods, and whole grains, and their preferences for learning about foods and nutrition. The article demonstrates how social marketing was used to gather, assess, and use descriptive information to plan a nutrition education program targeting teens. While the content was specific to nutrition education and teens, the concepts presented are appropriate for Extension Educators, and applicable to a broad range of health behaviors.

Assessing The Cultural Dimensions Of The Los Niños Bien Educados Parenting Program, Henry J. Ortiz, Scott W. Plunkett

Journal of Extension

A focus group evaluation was conducted on the Los Niños Bien Educados parenting course to investigate how a cultural frame of reference used in parenting classes for Latinos affects the experiences of the parents who attend them. The findings suggested that a cultural frame of reference in parenting courses for Latinos results in increased motivation to continue attending the classes, stronger connection to the course and information, improved parent-child relationships, improvement in cultural adjustment to the U.S., and improved learning of parenting skills.

Tractor Safety Using The Sc Rops Program, Charles V. Privette Iii, Henry P. Cole

Journal of Extension

The South Carolina ROPS Program was developed to increase awareness of safety issues associated with tractor rollovers and tractor-vehicle collisions, provide education on the safe operation of tractors, and determine if the program developed at the University of Kentucky could be adapted to other states. The project used and evaluated agricultural safety programming material that was developed by the University of Kentucky's Community Partners for Healthy Farming ROPS Project. The project had an impact on the participants in that many adopted safer working practices.

The Eu And The Non-Proliferation Of Nuclear Weapons: The Way To Thessaloniki And Beyond, Clara Portela

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

This paper discusses EU policies against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). The author states that at the beginning of the century, the EU began taking steps against the spread of nuclear weapons within its Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). In June 2003, the European Council adopted its first draft strategy against the proliferation of WMDs. In order to assess the significance of the strategy, the paper presents and evaluates the Union’s record in the field, reviews the strategy and makes suggestions as to how it can be improved.

Return To The Wild, John C. Jahoda

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Notes From An Eighteenth Century Courtship, Cynthia Booth Ricciardi

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Ecological Encouragement: The Role Of Agricultural Knowledge In Southern Illinois, Natalie Faris

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

The Importance Of Understanding How The Underlying Principles Of Decompression Theory Apply Differently To Dive Computers Than To Dive Tables, Matthew R. Taitt

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Maya Ritual And Myth: Human Sacrifice In The Context Of The Ballgame And The Relationship To The Popol Vuh, Jessica Zaccagnini

Honors Theses

The ballgame existed as an integral facet of Mayan life. Ritual and mythic expression are inextricably linked to the execution of the ballgame and are deeply integrated into Mayan culture. Ritual human sacrifice is an unquestionable aspect related to the ballgame. The Maya rulers extended the outcome of the ballgarne by satisfying the deities through ritual and human sacrifice (Scarborough 1991 :143). The Quiche book of epic narratives, named the Papal Vuh, is a recurring theme in the exploration of the ballgame and it is deeply weighted with mythic significance. A discussion of how this theme is interwoven into the …

Refiguring Palmares, Richard Price

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

In this methodological/poetical exercise, the author attempts a mind-game in which he reads through the primary and secondary sources on the great seventeenth-century Brazilian quilombo of Palmares, drawing on his knowledge of Maroon societies elsewhere in the Americas, in order to imagine the institutions of that quilombo from their own, rather than outside observers’, perspectives. Using oral testimonies from the descendants of Maroons in Suriname, and comparing them to outsiders’ views of those societies as recorded in archives, he tries to better evoke the cultural institutions that would have existed in Palmares.

Dans cet essai, à la fois méthodolgique et …

Load Sharing Strategies In Distributed Environments, Laurentiu Cucos

Dissertations

We investigate load sharing strategies in distributed systems based on work properties, environment and process organization. For various classes of problems we characterize the paradigms corresponding to applicable communication strategies. We develop suitable structure for the work, and work assignment techniques in order to maximize the efficiency. This research is based in part on work conducted on distributed numerical integration.

Geochemical And Isotopic Characterization Of Shallow Basinal Brines From The Makgadikgadi Pans Complex, Northeastern Botswana: Determination Of The Sources Of Salinity, Loago N. Molwalefhe

Dissertations

Isotopes and chemical tracers have been used to constrain the sources and causes of salinity in shallow groundwater brine from the Makgadikgadi Basin, northeastern Botswana. The brine is massively rich in chloride and sodium, and moderately rich in carbonates, sulphate and potassium, and is distinctively poor in divalent cationic species. Various models that have been advanced to explain the origin of the brines include evaporative enrichment at the surface and density-induced infiltration, dissolution of evaporites, and trapped connate water.

This study presents the compositional variability and behaviors of ·the stable isotopes of carbon (S¹³C) and oxygen (S^{18 …}

Synthesis Of Adenosine Derivatives As Transcription Initiators And Preparation Of 5 ' Fluorescein- And Biotin-Labeled Rna Through One-Step In Vitro Transcription, Faqing Huang, Guocan Wang, Tricia Coleman, Na Li

Faculty Publications

Expanding our previous finding of an adenosine-initiated transcription system, we now demonstrate that either the 5' site or the N6 site of adenosine nucleotides can be modified extensively without abolishing their ability to initiate transcription under the T7 phi2.5 promoter. Two series of amino derivatives of adenosine nucleotides were synthesized. Fluorescein and biotin groups were coupled to AMP derivatives through linkers of different sizes and hydrophobicities. Both fluorescein- and biotin-conjugated (at either the 5' or N6 site) adenosine nucleotides can act as efficient transcription initiators, producing fluorescein- and biotin-labeled RNA at the specific 5' end by a one-step transcription procedure, …

Student Satisfaction With Michigan Community College Distance Education Courses, Eugene H. Mckay Iii

Dissertations

Distance education courses offered by community colleges and other higher education institutions are becoming popular options for students who seek a more convenient method to obtain a college education. Community colleges are actively expanding their offerings of distance education courses, both nationally and in Michigan. Yet minimal research has been conducted on a large scale to discover the factors which contribute to satisfaction with distance education courses at community colleges.

This study consists of a cross-sectional survey of over 6000 Michigan community college students in Michigan, who completed a distance education courseduring the fall semester of 2002. Sixteen of Michigan's …

Music And Language Arts A Symbiotic Relationship, Katherine Irwin Thomas

Digitized Theses and Dissertations (prior to 2008)

A Portfolio Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Kennesaw State University in Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF EDUCATION

Tools For Building Knowledge, Cynthia Oran Pruitt

Digitized Theses and Dissertations (prior to 2008)

No abstract provided.

Dorchester Is My Hometown, Gerard F. Healey

Digitized Theses and Dissertations (prior to 2008)

This is to certify that the Portfolio of Gerard F. Healy Has been approved by the committee for the capstone requirement for the Master of Arts in Pofessional Writing in the Department of English at the December 2003 graduation

When Given Strong Wings, Any Child Can Soar, Kelly Evans

Digitized Theses and Dissertations (prior to 2008)

No abstract provided.

Knowledge Is Power, Cindy Dankewich

Digitized Theses and Dissertations (prior to 2008)

This is to certify that the Master of Education Portfolio of Cindy Dankewich has been approved by the Supervising Committee for the portfolio requirement for the Master of Education in Special Education in the Department of Special Education

El Público Del Teatro Griego Antiguo, Máximo Brioso Sánchez

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

The author deals with several aspects concerning theatre audience in classical Athens, among others its behaviour and influence on the evolution of dramatic genres, as well as its social composition and the view the playwrights had of it.

El autor examina diversos aspectos referidos al público teatral ateniense de la época clásica, entre otros su conducta y su papel en la evolución de los géneros dramáticos, así como la composición social y la visión que de él tenían los dramaturgos.

La Propuesta Teatral De Los Teatros De Arte En España, Mar Rebollo Calzada

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

The Teatros de arte appear in Spain in the twilights of the 19th century as an offer of artistic renovation against commercial theatre, following the model of Antoine. During the twenties, this model of theatre develops the most innovative productions headed by Martínez Sierra, Rivas Cherif, and groups as El Mirlo Blanco or Fantasio. The alternative answers to commercial theatre promoted new ways of stage management, interpretation and scenographic solutions, inaugurating a route towards the aesthetic change and the education of the public.

Los Teatros de Arte en España aparecen en las postrimerías del siglo XIX como propuesta de …

From República Inmoral To La Peste Fascista: Agit-Prop Theatre Of The Second Republic, Catherine O'Leary

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

This article considers the relationship between culture, specifically the theatre, and the State during the Second Republic and analyses some of the work of certain writers who employed propagandistic theatre to fUrther their political aims. It examines the purpose, both political and artistic, of this theatre before going on to demonstrate how its reception by the state"s censors during the Second Republic and the early Civil War years mirrored the political changes and confusion of the period. Finally, some conclusions are drawn about the worth of this theatre, both as art and as social document.

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Lorca, El Cubismo Y La Distorsión Del Tiempo, Huw Aled Lewis

Teatro: Revista de Estudios Escénicos / A Journal of Theater Studies

Traditionally, Lorca"s plays Comedia sin titulo. El público, and Así que pasen cinco años have been analysed as experimental works that are radically different from his rural trilogy or other, more conventional works. This article will approach Así que pasen cinco años from a dífferent viewpoint, examining it as a direct precursor of Bodas de sangre and as an experiment not only in projecting the complexities of the human mind, but also as an attempt to translate to the theatre some of the ideas that have been associated with pictorial Cubism.

Tradicionalmente, obras lorquíanas como Comedia sin titulo, …

University Reporter - Vol. 08, No. 04 - December 2003, University Of Massachusetts Boston

1996-2009, University Reporter

No abstract provided.

Mental Status And Criminal Culpability After Atkins V. Virginia, Timothy S. Hall

University of Dayton Law Review

Symposium theme — Evolving Standards of Decency in 2003: Is the Death Penalty on Life Support?

Modernizing China’S Military: A High-Stakes Gamble?, Howard M. Krawitz

Strategic Forums

This Strategic Forum paper examines the political, social, and strategic risks associated with China’s accelerated military modernization. While Beijing seeks to transform the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) into a technologically advanced, professional force capable of supporting China’s rise as a major power, the author argues that modernization may carry significant internal and regional consequences. The paper analyzes how professionalization, expanded recruitment from urban and educated populations, and enhanced military capabilities could alter the PLA’s traditional identity as the armed wing of the Chinese Communist Party. It explores potential tensions between party control and military professionalism, evolving civil-military relations, and the …

Design Review: The San Mateo County Experience, Farhad Mortazavi

Master's Projects

The purpose of this report is to develop a better understanding of the theory and process of Design Review as used by many jurisdictions, and applied to residential and commercial projects in San Mateo County as a case study. This report will explore the reasons for requiring design approval, its goals, and objectives.

Many communities, neighborhoods and areas in San Mateo County have deteriorated through poor planning, neglect of proper design standards, and the erection of buildings and structures unrelated to their sites, incompatible with the character of the neighborhood and insensitive to the natural environment. These conditions have existed …

Family Composition Of Vascular Epiphytes Varies By Directional Quadrant, December 2003, David N. Bums

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Vascular epiphytes are an extremely diverse and prevalent plant-form of neotropical cloud forests, and are strongly affected by abiotic factors including light and moisture. The goal of this study was to determine whether the family composition and diversity of vascular epiphytes living on pasture tree trunks differed by quadrant (northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest). It was hypothesized that the northeast quadrant would exhibit the greatest diversity due to the mist-laden trade winds blowing from that direction. Twenty trees in a pasture surrounded by lower montane wet forest in Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica were divided into four quadrants and sampled for …

Number 7, 2003, Palara Editors

PALARA: Publication of the Afro-Latin/American Research Association

Complete Issue

Religion, Science, And Evolution: Paul Tillich's Fourth Way, Richard Grigg

Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies Faculty Publications

In his book God After Darwin John Haught provides a useful categorization of theological approaches to evolution: some theologians actively oppose Darwinian evolution, another group maintains that science and religion have nothing to say to one another, and a third seeks to engage evolution. Haught wishes to pursue the third way. But many theological attempts to talk about divine action in the world, including divine involvement in the process of evolution, run afoul of the scientific principle of the conservation of matter-energy. Haught's reliance on the now-familiar notion that information can have causal efficacy does not in fact escape this …