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To Read Or Not To Read: The Usefulness Of Informed Consent, Natasha E. Webb, Elizabeth D. Taylor

Modern Psychological Studies

Informed consent is an important ethical factor for medicine, psychology, and other needed disciplines. It is necessary for participants to understand an intended research project or procedure in which they plan to take part. This study examined the usefulness of informed consent by administering such a form prior to an irrelevant questionnaire. A simple task was inserted into the reading, which allowed assessment of whether participants actually read the form. Results obtained through the experiment supported the hypothesis that the majority of the participants would not read the consent form. While less than half of each sex actually read the …

Spleen Rna Concentration And Male Oramentation In The Wild Turkey, William Wilson Boone

Honors Theses

The spleens of adult wild turkeys {Meleagris gallopavo) are their primary immune defense organ and produce many of the antibodies used throughout the body. During parasitic infection, more antibodies must be produced to protect the body from foreign antigens. This may cause the overall mass of the spleen and/or the concentration of RNA in the spleen, which translates DNA into protein antibodies, to increase. It has previously been shown that male turkeys infected with parasites have less pronounced external head ornamentation (snood length, number of side caruncles) than those left uninfected (Buchholz 1995). This difference in external characteristics may also …

Aspects Of Schooling Behavior In The Golden Shiner, Notemigonus Crysoleucas: Nearest Neighbor Distance, Angle Of Sqimming, And Antiphasic Coupling, Megan Thomas Brown

Honors Theses

Many fish swim in schools at some point in their life. This behavior is beneficial for feeding and safety from predators, and may reduce energy expenditure during swimming. The hydrodynamic theory of schooling states that fish in a school take advantage of the wakes produced by other members of the school. This theory has been both supported and refuted in various studies. Using a swim tunnel, nearest neighbor distance, antiphasic coupling and the angle of swimming were studied in golden shiners {Notemigonus crysoleucas) while schooling. A plexiglass container placed inside the swim tunnel restricted fish to swimming in one plane …

On The Origin Of Ethics, John Ashley Kimble

Honors Theses

This essay will be an exploration of Darwin’s theory of natural selection and the implications that the theory holds for the field of ethics. It will investigate the intellectual climate of Darwin’s day and discuss how his theory was received both by his fellow scientists and by the general public. It will provide a brief background of Darwin’s life leading up to his famous voyage aboard the H.M.S. Beagle, as well as relevant biographical details from his later life. It will provide a brief history of the gene and the science of genetics and how this science has changed Darwin’s …

Optimizing Parameters For Efficient Introduction Of Transgenes Into Turfgrass, Chhandak Basu

Open Access Dissertations

Embryogenic callus was generated from seeds of turfgrass species (creeping bentgrass, cv. Penn A4 and Providence) on tissue culture medium. After 12 weeks, embryogenic calli were identified and used for bombardment with chimeric gene constructs that confer phosphinothricin resistance (bar) as a selectable marker and β-glucuronidase (GUS) as a reporter gene. After bombardment, the calli were transferred to selection medium and then to regeneration medium. Putative transgenic turfgrass plants were generated and molecular analysis (PCR) was performed to confirm presence of the transgene (bar, GUS). We analyzed reporter gene (GUS) expression in turfgrass cells over a developmental time period of …

Why We Need The Independent Sector: The Behavior, Law, And Ethics Of Not-For-Profit Hospitals, Jill R. Horwitz

Articles

Among the major forms of corporate ownership, the not-for-profit ownership form is distinct in its behavior, legal constraints, and moral obligations. A new empirical analysis of the American hospital industry, using eleven years of data for all urban general hospitals in the country, shows that corporate form accounts for large differences in the provision of specific medical services. Not-for-profit hospitals systematically provide both private and public goods that are in the public interest, and that other forms fail to provide. Two hypotheses are proposed to account for the findings, one legal and one moral. While no causal claims are made, …

Perception Of Health, Hiv Clinical Disease Status, And The Use Of Complementary And Alternative Medicines Among A Cohort Of Hiv-Positive Women, Isis S. Mikhail

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The objectives of this study are two-fold: (a) to assess the association between use of CAM and HIV clinical disease indicators; and (b) to assess the association between patient's self-perceived health status (POH) and clinical disease indicators. Clinical disease indicators were measured per CD4+ T-cell count, viral load, number of infections, CDC stage, and Karnofsky Performance Scores (KPS). This was a cross-sectional study including 391 HIV-positive women ages 18–50 years, living in Alabama and Georgia. Participants included 84% African Americans ( n = 327), 15% Caucasians ( n = 58), and 1% other races ( n = 6). A written …

A Geological And Geophysical Investigation Of Ice Mountain Algific Talus, Hampshire County, West Virginia, Kevin M. Andrews

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Ice Mountain is an algific talus slope located in Hampshire County, West Virginia, protected for its status as a biological refugium. Both the origin of the slope and the mechanism by which cold air is produced from the base of the slope have remained mysteries to local residents and tourists for many years. This research effort takes a scientific approach to exploring the mysteries of Ice Mountain. Bedrock and surficial geologic mapping provides an understanding of the physical environment of the slope area, while geophysical survey data provide clues to the subsurface of the slope. The algific talus consists of …

Global Changes In Scholarly Communication, Suzanne E. Thorin

Librarian Publications

For more than a decade, the cost of print and electronic journals, particularly in the sciences, has increased rapidly at the same time that the amount of research being reported via published articles has grown exponentially. With academic libraries being less and less able to purchase the journals needed for their communities, the use of the term scholarly communication has evolved to illustrate the breakdown of the process of traditional scholarly publication; that is, as a means to disseminate research results, the present system of scholarly communication can no longer meet the needs of the scholarly community at large.

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Effects Of Concurrent Motor, Linguistic, Or Cognitive Tasks On Speech Motor Performance, Christopher Dromey, April Benson

Faculty Publications

This study examined the influence of 3 different types of concurrent tasks on speech motor performance. The goal was to uncover potential differences in speech movements relating to the nature of the secondary task. Twenty young adults repeated sentences either with or without simultaneous distractor activities. These distractions included a motor task (putting together washers, nuts, and bolts), a linguistic task (generating verbs from nouns), and a cognitive task(performing mental arithmetic). Lip movement data collected during the experimental conditions revealed decreases in displacement and velocity during the motor task. The linguistic and cognitive tasks were associated with increased spatiotemporal variability …

Rites Of Passage In Emerging Adulthood: Perspectives Of Young Mormoons, Larry J. Nelson

Faculty Publications

This study explores the role that culture, particularly religious rites of passage, may play in emerging adulthood by examining the demographics, criteria for adulthood, identity development, and risk behavior of Mormon emerging adults.

Annual Report, Annual Survival In The Southeastern Atlantic Coastal Breeding Population Of The Painted Bunting, Circa 2003, Paul W. Sykes Jr., William L. Kendall, J. Michael Meyers

Florida Ornithological Society - Records - Full Collection

Preliminary report of annual survival statistics of Painted bunting in the Southeastern Atlantic coastal breeding population. Includes project overview, results, literature cited, map, capture information, and banding information.

Intimate Affiliation And Democracy: Beyond Marriage?, Linda C. Mcclain

Faculty Scholarship

This article takes up the question: Should family law and policy move beyond marriage? It assesses a spectrum of answers to that question. Rejecting proposals, on the one hand, to shore up traditional marriage, and, on the other, to abolish marriage, it argues that family law and policy should not move wholly beyond marriage, but should support marriage in a way that better fosters greater equality within and among families. The article is part of a symposium on "Marriage, Families, and Democracy," published in 32 Hofstra Law Review 23-421 (2003).

The Chronic Health Effects Of Smokeless Tobacco Use., Neil Allen Accortt

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An Innovative Approach To Training Hospital -Based Clinicians For Bioterrorist Attacks., Camille Hartong Filoromo

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The Role Of Syndecan-4 In Cell Adhesion., Ssang-Taek Lim

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Parameter Estimation For A Proposed Joint Distribution Of Correlated Bernoulli Trials., Yufeng Li

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Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Infection In Wild Chimpanzees., Mario Luis Santiago

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The Predictors Of Exercise Participation And Physical Fitness Levels In Firefighters In Birmingham, Alabama., Yothaka Pakapong

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The Smoking -Attributable Risk (Sar) For Low Birth Weight Infants Of Medicaid Patients In Alabama., Wendy Juanita Sykes Horn

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Nuclear Localization Of Polyglutamine Expressed In An Ectopic Context Correlates With Onset Of Abnormalities In The Mouse., Walker Scot Jackson

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Complex Transitions Between C3 And C4 Photosynthesis During The Evolution Of Paniceae: A Phylogenetic Case Study Emphasizing The Position Of Steinchisma Hians (Poaceae), A C3-C4 Intermediate, Melvin R. Duvall, Dayle E. Saar, W. Scott Grayburn, Gabriel P. Holbrook

Faculty Articles, Papers, and Other Scholarship

A two-tiered, nested molecular phylogenetic study of panicoid grasses to explore character state transitions between the C3 and C4 adaptive syndromes is presented. A broad survey of 92 panicoid species was sampled for the grass-specific insert sequence in the chloroplast RNA polymerase locus (rpoC2), combining published and unpublished sequences. This portion of the study also included an intensive phylogenetic investigation of one clade of seven species that included Steinchisma hians, which is notable for exhibiting intermediacy between the C3 and C4 photosynthetic types. Both rpoC2 data and previously published sequences of the F subunit of an NADH-dependent dehydrogenase were analyzed …

The Recovery And Characterization Of Vertebrate Dna From Forensically Important Fly Larvae: An Optimization Study., Jason Graef Linville

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Cross-Bridge Dependent Regulation Of Cardiac Muscle Affinity For Calcium., John Marshall Robinson

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Living The Coming Of Osteoporosis: Health Promotion Behaviors Of Women At Risk For Osteoporosis In Mississippi., Cynthia Hardy Luther

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Modulation Of Endothelial Cell Viability By Oxidized Low -Density Lipoprotein., Douglas Roger Moellering

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Fak Signaling Through The Ras/Mapk Pathway Promotes The Progression Of Malignant Astrocytic Tumors., Timothy Paul Hecker

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Targeted Assembly And Cytoplasmic Transport Of Mason -Pfizer Monkey Virus Capsids., Jeffrey Nicholas Sfakianos

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Population Dynamics Of Ambystoma Maculatum In East-Central Alabama., Eric A. Blackwell

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Correction Of Mouse Models Of Sickle Cell Disease And β-Thalassemia Using Stem Cell And Genetic-Based Therapy., Dana N. Levasseur

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No abstract provided.