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Measuring The Well-Being Of Aboriginal People: An Application Of The United Nations Human Development Index To Registered Indians In Canada, 1981–2001, Martin Cooke, Daniel Beavon, Mindy Mchardy

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

No abstract provided.

Characteristics Of Aboriginal Injecting Drug Users In Sydney, Australia: Prison History, Hepatitis C Status And Drug Treatment Experiences, Carolyn Day, Joanne Ross, Kate Dolan

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

Australian Aboriginals are overrepresented in prisons and tend to be overrepresented in studies of injecting drug users (IDU). The aim of this study was to examine differences between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal IDUs in terms of gender, prison history and hepatitis C status and testing. Secondary analyses were conducted on data from three cross-sectional studies of IDUs. These studies employed similar methodologies, with recruitment being through needle and syringe programs, methadone clinics, snowballing and street intercepts. All studies were coordinated through the National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre. Aboriginal people were overrepresented in all studies, were more likely to have been …

Growing Up In Early Utah: The Wasatch Literary Association 1874-1878, Ronald W. Walker

BYU Studies

One day in early February 1874, Jim Ferguson, sensing the forlorn hope of advancing his courtship with Minnie Horne, suggested to Ort (Orson F.) Whitney and another of the boys that they organize a reading society. Ferguson "had heard, no doubt, of fond couples 'reading life's meaning in each others eyes,'" Whitney later mused, "and that was the kind of reading that most interested him." Since the seventeen-year-old Whitney found himself "in the same box with Ferguson on the girl question," the suggestion found a ready response. Whitney immediately invited those who "would make desirable members" to meet at the …

Investigating The Environmental Risks Of Transgenic Crops, Hugh Lacey

Philosophy Faculty Works

Legitimation of public policies that support the widespread plantings of transgenic crops presuppose, among other conditions, that (1) evidence supports that there are no unmanageable environmental risks and (2) there are no better ways to produce enough nourishing food that can dispense with the transgenics-oriented ways. This paper discusses: (a) the kinds of scientific inquiry that are needed to address (1) adequately, (b) the connections between investigations of (1) and (2), and (c) how these investigations are related with controversial social values.
A legitimação de políticas públicas que apóiam o cultivo de lavouras transgênicas em larga escala pressupõe, entre outras …

Exposure To Televised Alcohol Ads And Subsequent Adolescent Alcohol Use, Alan W. Stacy, Jennifer Zogg, Jennifer Unger, Clyde W. Dent

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

Objective: To assess the impact of televised alcohol commercials on adolescents, alcohol use. Methods: Adolescents completed questionnaires about alcohol commercials and alcohol use in a prospective study. Results: A one standard deviation increase in viewing television programs containing alcohol commercials in seventh grade was associated with an excess risk of beer use (44%}, wine/liquor use (34%}, and 3-drlnk episodes (26%} in eighth grade. The strength of associations varied across exposure measures and was most consistent for beer. Conclusions: Although replication is warranted, results showed that exposure was associated with an increased risk of subsequent beer consumption and possibly other consumption …

Dear Lord, We Pray, Tony Ash

Stone-Campbell Books

No abstract provided.

Volume 1 No. 3 September 2004, Nova Southeastern University

The Beacon: The Quarterly Newsletter of the Center for Teaching and Learning

No abstract provided.

Thinking Outside The (Bricks-And-Mortar) Box(Es): Using Cyberspace Technology To Reconceptualize Schooling And Community In The Face Of Resegregation, Jonathan D. Becker

Educational Leadership Publications

As the 50th anniversary of the landmark "Brown v. Board of Education" decision arrives, a notably gesellschaftliche (individualist, freedom-oriented, rationalist) paradigm in the education policy agenda prevails. That is to say, in the wake of a series of Supreme Court decisions and the proliferation of publicly funded, ethnocentric charter schools in the past few decades, this country has moved away from "Brown's" celebrated ideals and closer to the old idea of "separate but equal." Furthermore, the disconnect is occurring along racial and cultural lines. Thus, if we are to achieve the benefits of diversity in schooling and create a more …

Montpelier: James Madison University Magazine, James Madison University

Montpelier Magazine- 2000-2005

Montpelier is an official publication of James Madison University and is produced quarterly for alumni, parents of JMU students, faculty and staff members, and friends of the university. The publication is named for the home of James and Dolley Madison. Montpelier is produced by the Division of University Advancements. Editorial and advertising offices are located at Rockingham Hall, Office 271, MSC 5718, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA 22807. Staff can be reached at (540) 568-3191 or [email protected].

Atkins Aftermath: Identifying Mentally Retarded Offenders And Excluding Them From Execution, Peggy M. Tobolowsky

Journal of Legislation

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Graphical Technique For Identifying A Monotonic Variance Stabilizing Transformation For Absolute Gene Intensity Signals, Kellie J. Archer, Catherine I. Dumur, Viswanathan Ramakrishnan

Biostatistics Publications

Background

The usefulness of log₂ transformation for cDNA microarray data has led to its widespread application to Affymetrix data. For Affymetrix data, where absolute intensities are indicative of number of transcripts, there is a systematic relationship between variance and magnitude of measurements. Application of the log₂ transformation expands the scale of genes with low intensities while compressing the scale of genes with higher intensities thus reversing the mean by variance relationship. The usefulness of these transformations needs to be examined.

Results

Using an Affymetrix GeneChip^® dataset, problems associated with applying the log₂ transformation to absolute intensity …

Faculty Senate Minutes 2004-2005, Indiana State University

Faculty Senate

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Occurrence Of Co-Colonization Or Co-Infection With Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci And Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus In A Medical Intensive Care Unit, David K. Warren, Anand Nitin, Cheri Hill

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Novel Transcription Regulatory Elements In Caenorhabditis Elegans Muscle Genes, Debraj Guhathakurta, Lawrence A. Schriefer, Robert H. Waterston, Gary D. Stormo

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

An Orfeome-Based Analysis Of Human Transcription Factor Genes And The Construction Of A Microarray To Interrogate Their Expression, David N. Messina, Jarret Glasscock, Warren Gish, Michael Lovett

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

The C-Terminal Fragment Of The Internal 110-Kilodalton Passenger Domain Of The Hap Protein Of Nontypeable Haemophilus Influenzae Is A Potential Vaccine Candidate, Dai-Fang Liu, Kathryn W. Mason, Maria Mastri, Mehran Pazirandeh, David Cutter, Doran L. Fink, Joseph W. St. Geme Iii, Duzhang Zhu, Bruce A. Green

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Distinct Roles For The Aaa Atpases Nsf And P97 In The Secretory Pathway, Seema Dalal, Meredith F.N. Rosser, Douglas M. Cyr, Phyllis I. Hanson

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Dinitroanilines Bind Α-Tubulin To Disrupt Microtubules, Naomi S. Morrissette, Arpita Mitra, David Sept, L. David Sibley

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Neuropsychological Consequences Of Regular Marijuana Use: A Twin Study, M. J. Lyons, J. L. Bar, M. S. Panizzon, R. Toomey, S. Eisen, H. Xian, M. T. Tsuang

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Living Donor Liver Transplantation: Surgical Techniques And Innovations By Koichi Tanaka, Yukihiro Inomaka, And Satoshi Kaihara, Vivian Mcalister

Data and Test Instruments

Living-donor liver transplantation combines the techniques of hepatic resection and transplantation. The principal difference between living donation of liver and resection is the absolute requirement in the former to maintain the integrity of the liver on each side of the dividing line. To do this, the surgeon must retain the vascular supply and drainage of both sides throughout the dissection, up to the moment of graft removal. In this book, Tanaka and colleagues take us through the surgery in a manner that is at once detailed and exciting, through the generous use of magnificent electronic photography.

Review Of Surgical Limits: The Life Of Gordon Murray By Shelly Mckellar, Vivian Mcalister

Data and Test Instruments

Gordon Murray ranks as Canada’s greatest surgical pioneer, to whom history has been most unkind. Shelley McKellar has written a surgical biography that goes a long way toward explaining how this came about, and gives us a good opportunity to reassess Murray’s extraordinary career.

A Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Gown Use In Controlling Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Transmission: Is It Worth The Price?, Laura A. Puzniak, Kathleen N. Gillespie, Terry Leet, Marin Kollef, Linda M. Mundy

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Structural Basis For The Restoration Of Tcr Recognition Of An Mhc Allelic Variant By Peptide Secondary Anchor Substitution, Michael J. Miley, Ilhem Messaoudi, Beatrix M. Metzner, Yudong Wu, Janko Nikolich-Žugich, Daved H. Fremont

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Treatment Of Terminal Peritoneal Carcinomatosis By A Transducible P53-Activating Peptide, Eric L. Snyder, Bryan R. Meade, Cheryl C. Saenz, Steven F. Dowdy

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Latent Class Typology Of Nicotine Withdrawal: Genetic Contributions And Association With Failed Smoking Cessation And Psychiatric Disorders, Hong Xian, Jeffrey F. Scherrer, Pamela A F Madden, Michael J. Lyons, Ming Tsuang, William R. True, Seth A. Eisen

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Mitf Links Differentiation With Cell Cycle Arrest In Melanocytes By Transcriptional Activation Of Ink4a, Amy E. Loercher, Elizabeth M.H. Tank, Rachel B. Delston, J. William Harbour

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Clinical And Laboratory Features Of Mycobacterium Porcinum, Mark F. Schinsky, Et Al

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Novel 180- And 480-Base-Pair Insertions In African And African-American Strains Of Helicobacter Pylori, Shannon L. Mcnulty, Beth M. Mole, Daiva Dailidiene, Issy Segal, Reid Ally, Rajesh Mistry, Ousman Secka, Richard A. Adegbola, Julian E. Thomas, Erik M. Lenarcic, Richard M. Peek Jr, Douglas E. Berg, Mark H. Forsyth

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Population Genetic Analysis Of Bartonella Bacilliformis Isolates From Areas Of Peru Where Carrion's Disease Is Endemic And Epidemic, Tina M. Hambuch, Scott A. Handley, Barbara Ellis, Judith Chamberlin, Sofia Romero, Russell Regnery

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Protective Role Of Interleukin-6 During Yersinia Enterocolitica Infection Is Mediated Through The Modulation Of Inflammatory Cytokines, Peter H. Dube, Scott A. Handley, James Lewis, Virginia L. Miller

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.