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Deafdigest: Gold Edition, July 4, 2004, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2004

No abstract provided.

July 3, 2004 (Pages 3361-3574), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 34 (2004)

No abstract provided.

Murray Ledger And Times, July 2, 2004, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Detection, Cloning, And Analysis Of A U32 Collagenase In Streptococcus Mutans Gs-5, Marios Ioannides

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Streptococcus mutans is a recognized principal etiologic agent in coronal caries. Although S. mutans has the ability to bind collagen and degrade FALGPA, a synthetic peptide mimicking collagen substrate, its role in dental root caries has not yet been fully elucidated. Degradation of collagen fibrils in dentin was attributed to S. mutans, but a collagenase enzyme has not yet been isolated from this organism. Considering the increased incidence of dental root decay among the elderly, an understanding of the role of the pathogenic factors is necessary to the development of preventive measures. The present study has focused on the …

Cost Of Organic Pork Production: A Seasonal Analysis And Needed Price Premium For Continuous Production, James Kliebenstein, Sean P. Hurley, Ben Larson, Mark Honeyman

Agribusiness

Niche markets of agricultural products are experiencing rapid growth. One such niche market is organic pork. Organic pork production is a relatively new and expanding segment of the pork industry. Similar to some other niche markets, it has also experienced rapid growth (Organic Trade Association). It is well known that the cost of organic pork production is greater than for traditional pork production due to increased feed costs and decreased swine performance. The industry has dealt with this by paying premiums to induce producers to produce the organic product. However, it is not clear on what level or how the …

Household-Level Impacts Of Dairy Cow Ownership In Coastal Kenya, Charles F. Nicholson, Philip K. Thornton, Rahab W. Muinga

Agribusiness

This study uses heteroskedastic Tobit and Censored Least Absolute Deviations models to examine the impacts of dairy cow ownership on selected outcomes for a sample of 184 households in coastal Kenya. The outcomes examined include gross household cash income, gross non-agricultural income, consumption of dairy products, time allocated to cattlerelated tasks, number of labourers hired and total wage payments to hired labourers. The number of dairy cows owned has a large and statistically significant impact on household cash income; each cow owned increased income by at least 53% of the mean total income of households without dairy cows. Dairy cow …

Queer Cuny V Conference, Leonard Vogt, J. Elizabeth Clark

Center for LGBTQ Studies (CLAGS)

The date May 1 means different things to different people. Historically, May 1 is May Day, an international day of solidarity for workers. For Roman Catholics, May 1 is the opening day of the Month of the Virgin Mary. For queers at CUNY, May 1 was the date of the fifth annual Queer CUNY conference.

The New Promised Land: Black-White Convergence In The American South, 1940-2000, Jacob L. Vigdor

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

The black-white earnings gap has historically been larger in the South than in other regions of the United States. This paper shows that this regional gap has closed over time, and in fact reversed during the last decades of the twentieth century. Three proposed explanations for this trend focus on changing patterns of selective migration, reduced discrimination in Southern labor markets, and lower levels of school segregation and school resource disparities in the modern South relative to the North. Evidence suggests that reductions in Southern labor market discrimination explain rapid regional convergence in racial wage gaps between 1960 and 1980. …

July 2004, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

It's Not your Daddy's Desert Anymore 1

Retail Development Hits Decade High .. . Market Expected to Stay Healthy 1

Inland Empire: Private Sector Doing Fine, Govt. Sector Hurting 1

California Chamber Applauds Signing 3

Be Responsible for Your Own Financial Security 29

Take a Hike! ... at the Aerial Tramway 31

A Walk Through Victoria Gardens 31

Age-related Eye Disease: A Silent Epidemic 32

The Reference Brief, K.K. Duvivier

Sturm College of Law: Faculty Scholarship

Judges read briefs looking for guidance from the parties about the correct law and the proper resolution of a case. Although it would be nice to assume that all of the briefs provide this guidance, many do not. Some briefs are unclear and contain obvious format and substantive errors. Consequently, in sifting through the submissions for a case, the judges and their clerks often learn more heavily on one party's brief over another as a starting point for their analysis.

Nursing News: July 2004, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

St. Cloud Hospital Becomes a Magnet Hospital

Latex Allergy Emergencies

IV Therapy

Muscle-Sparing Procedure Provides Alternative for Hip Replacement Surgery

Educational and Professional Development Programs

Mormon Growth And Practices: Christian Theological Reflections, Patrick R. Keifert

Faculty Publications

Mormonism, despite its manifest departures from orthodox Christian faith, models practices of relating faith and everyday life that can be significantly instructive for Christian congregations.

Phoenix, 2004-07, Student Life

Phoenix

The Phoenix is a student newspaper published at Governors State University since August 2002. The newspaper features student reporting, opinions, news, and photos.

Healthnet News V.19:No.2 Summer 2004, Judith S. Kronick, Alberta Richetelle

Articles - Patient Care

A newsletter for public librarians and others interested in consumer health information services.

The Economic Case For Fiscal Federalism In Scotland, Ronald Macdonald, Paul Hallwood

Economics Working Papers

In this paper we consider the case for assigning tax revenues to Scotland, by which we mean that taxes levied on Scottish tax bases should be returned to the Scottish budget. The budget, however, would continue to be supplemented by transfers from the Westminster budget. This arrangement differs from the current situation whereby public spending is largely financed by a bloc grant from Westminster. Our suggestion falls short of full fiscal federalism for Scotland . meaning that Scotland had control over choice of tax base and of tax rates, and fiscal transfers from Westminster would be minimal. We use propositions …

Health Education’S New Frontier In Addressing Corporate Influences On Health: An Interview With Nicholas Freudenberg, Nicholas Freudenberg, Ellen Jones, Lori Dorfman

Publications and Research

Nick Freudenberg is Distinguished Professor of Public Health at Hunter College, City University of New York. For the past 25 years, he has worked with community organizations to develop, implement, and evaluate community interventions to improve the well-being of low-income urban communities. He has also worked for many years in the New York City jail, running programs to improve the transition from jail to the community, and advocating for policy changes related to jail conditions and postrelease drug treatment, health care, and housing. More recently, he has turned his attention to the role of corporate policies and practices on the …

Automated E-Mail Messaging As A Tool For Improving Quit Rates In An Internet Smoking Cessation Intervention, John E. Perez

Psychology

Objective: The aim of this study waS to determine whether an automated e-mail messaging system that sent individually timed educational messages (ITEMs) increased the effectiveness of an INternet smoiking cessation intervention.

Design: Using two consecutive series of particiapnts, the authors compared two Web-based style smoking cessation interventions a single-poin-in-time educational intervention and an enhanced intervention that also sent ITEMs timed to participants' quit efforts. outcomes were compared in 199 participants receiving the one-time intervention and 286 receiving ITEMs.

Measurements: Demographic factors, number of cigarettes smoked, nicotine additiction, depressive symptoms, and confidence in ability to quit were measure at entry. Twenty-four-hour …

Monitoring Maize (Zea Mays L.) Phenology With Remote Sensing, Andrés Viña, Anatoly A. Gitelson, Donald C. Rundquist, Galina P. Keydan, Bryan Leavitt, James Schepers

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Monitoring crop phenology is required for understanding intra- and interannual variations of agroecosystems, as well as for improving yield prediction models. The objective of this paper is to remotely evaluate the phenological development of maize (Zea mays L.) in terms of both biomass accumulation and reproductive organ appearance. Maize phenology was monitored by means of the recently developed visible atmospherically resistant indices, derived from spectral reflectance data. Visible atmospherically resistant indices provided significant information for crop phenology monitoring as they allowed us to detect: (i) changes due to biomass accumulation, (ii) changes induced by the appearance and development of …

New Mexico's Right To Know: The Potential For Groundwater Contaminants From Lanl To Reach The Rio Grande, Concerned Citizens For Nuclear Safety, George Rice

Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS)

This report addresses two questions:

1. Is it possible for groundwater to transport contaminants from LANL to the Rio Grande during the 61 years LANL has existed?

2. If so, have contaminants from LANL reached the Rio Grande?

The answer to the first question is yes. Contaminants traveling along fast flow paths may reach the Rio Grande in less than 61 years.

The answer to the second question is also yes. LANL-derived contaminants have been detected in springs along the Rio Grande. High explosives have been found in Ancho Spring and Spring 6 and perchlorate has been found in Springs …

Com Outlook Summer 2004, College Of Osteopathic Medicine

COM Outlook

No abstract provided.

The Explorer, Summer 2004, College Of Dental Medicine

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Consideration Of Protective Legislation On Family And Residential Care For Older Persons In Hong Kong, Cheung Ming, Alfred Chan, Chao Li

APIAS Working Paper 工作論文

Older persons, like all members of any society, have the right to be free from mistreatment at family care and residential care. Furthermore, older persons are the special collectiveness, different from children or other adults, so elder abuse or neglect is a more complicated issue. Protective legislation aiming at protecting older persons from possible mistreatment as one of the various intervention approaches is essential. By analyzing the pros and cons in applying the legislation on institutional care (i.e. family and residential places) in Hong Kong, for three case examples, plus referencing to China’s experience, the goals and contents of the …

Silence Is Golden, Leaden, And Copper, Robert Repetto

Yale School of the Environment Publications Series

No abstract provided.

Testing For A Supply Constraint To Fertility: Interpreting The Up To God Response To The Survey Question On Desired Family Size, Nistha Sinha

Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Intra-Household Redistribution Of Income And Calorie Consumption In South-Western Nigeria, Adebayo Aromolaran

Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Insecto Pequeño ¡Picadura Grande!, Servicio De Extensión Cooperativa

SDSU Extension Special Series

Este libro de actividades es una forma divertida y tranquila para enseñarle a los niños cómo protegerse a sí mismos, sus familias y amigos de una amenaza seria a la salud: el virus del Nilo Occidental. Aunque no es común en humanos, el virus del Nilo Occidental es una enfermedad que puede ser peligrosa y que se propaga por picaduras de mosquito. Es importante que todos nos informemos sobre la prevención del virus del Nilo Occidental.

Semiparametric Quantitative-Trait-Locus Mapping: I. On Functional Growth Curves, Ying Qing Chen, Rongling Wu

U.C. Berkeley Division of Biostatistics Working Paper Series

The genetic study of certain quantitative traits in growth curves as a function of time has recently been of major scientific interest to explore the developmental evolution processes of biological subjects. Various parametric approaches in the statistical literature have been proposed to study the quantitative-trait-loci (QTL) mapping of the growth curves as multivariate outcomes. In this article, we view the growth curves as functional quantitative traits and propose some semiparametric models to relax the strong parametric assumptions which may not be always practical in reality. Appropriate inference procedures are developed to estimate the parameters of interest which characterise the possible …

The Economics Of Patents And Copyright, François Lévêque, Yann Ménière

The Economics of Patents and Copyright

Economics is a powerful instrument to understand the current controversial issues on intellectual property: e.g., the extension of patents to software and business models, the lengthening of copyright protection, the compulsory licensing of pharmaceutical products or the legal suits against music downloaders.

Economics is also a powerful instrument to improve public policy. It helps to design the appropriate reform to adapt intellectual property law to the 21st century.

That is why we wrote this book and decided to deliver it for free.

In return of free access to this book, we expect two benefits: useful feedbacks and further diffusion. A …

Semiparametric Quantitative-Trait-Locus Mapping: Ii. On Censored Age-At-Onset, Ying Qing Chen, Chengcheng Hu, Rongling Wu

U.C. Berkeley Division of Biostatistics Working Paper Series

In genetic studies, the variation in genotypes may not only affect different inheritance patterns in qualitative traits, but may also affect the age-at-onset as quantitative trait. In this article, we use standard cross designs, such as backcross or F2, to propose some hazard regression models, namely, the additive hazards model in quantitative trait loci mapping for age-at-onset, although the developed method can be extended to more complex designs. With additive invariance of the additive hazards models in mixture probabilities, we develop flexible semiparametric methodologies in interval regression mapping without heavy computing burden. A recently developed multiple comparison procedures is adapted …

Taylor: A Magazine For Taylor University Alumni And Friends (Summer 2004), Taylor University

The Taylor Magazine (1963-Present)

The Summer 2004 edition of Taylor Magazine, published by Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.