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The Psychometric Properties Of The Inner Strength Questionnaire For Women With Chronic Health Conditions, Kristi Leanne Lewis Jan 2004

The Psychometric Properties Of The Inner Strength Questionnaire For Women With Chronic Health Conditions, Kristi Leanne Lewis

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to develop and test an instrument to measure or quantify the construct of inner strength. Inner strength was synthesized into a theory based on twelve years of qualitative data from direct participant quotes, defined by Roux et al. (2002) as a central human resource that promotes well-being and healing. The inner strength questionnaire (ISQ) has undergone extensive psychometric evaluation which resulted in several versions. The third version had 37-items and was believed to have four subscales that mirrored the theoretical themes that emerged through the qualitative data. The sample was composed of 281 women …

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Experimental Studies On Nucleation, Nanoparticle's Formation And Polymerization From The Vapor Phase, Victor Maher Abdelsayed Jan 2004

Experimental Studies On Nucleation, Nanoparticle's Formation And Polymerization From The Vapor Phase, Victor Maher Abdelsayed

Theses and Dissertations

This research is divided into three major parts. In part I, the critical supersaturations required for the homogeneous nucleation of 2,2,2-trifluorothanol (TFE) vapor have been measured over a temperature range (266-296 K) using an upward thermal diffusion cloud chamber (DCC). The measured supersaturations are in agreement with the predictions of both the classical and the scaled theory of nucleation. Moreover, the condensation of supersaturated TFE vapor on laser-vaporized magnesium nanoparticles has been studied under different experimental conditions, such as the supersaturation, the pressure and the electric field. In part II, the laser vaporization controlled condensation (LVCC) technique was used to …

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Additional Xps Studies On The Degradation Of Poly(Methyl Methacryalte) And Polystyrene Nanocomposites, Jianxin Du, Jianqi Wang, Shengpei Su, Charles A. Wilkie Jan 2004

Additional Xps Studies On The Degradation Of Poly(Methyl Methacryalte) And Polystyrene Nanocomposites, Jianxin Du, Jianqi Wang, Shengpei Su, Charles A. Wilkie

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

XPS studies have been undertaken on exfoliated nanocomposites of polystyrene and poly(methyl methacrylate). One can clearly see that carbon is lost and that oxygen, silicon and aluminum accumulate at the surface of the degrading polymer. The concentration of aluminum at the surface is very low at the beginning of the experiment but makes a large jump at the same temperature at which carbon is lost and oxygen begins to accumulate at the surface. It appears that the ratio of silicon to aluminum changes as the polymer is lost. A brief discussion is given to explain the origin of oxygen at …

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The Prevalence Of The Need For Esthetic Crown Lengthening In Post Orthodontically Treated Subjects, David Clark Johnson Jan 2004

The Prevalence Of The Need For Esthetic Crown Lengthening In Post Orthodontically Treated Subjects, David Clark Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

The problem of excess gingival display is difficult to diagnose and treat. By studying one aspect of excess gingival display, namely the size relationships of the clinical crowns of teeth, we can begin to quantify reasonable goals of therapy. In this study, two hundred plaster models were used as subjects. These represented two hundred patients before and after orthodontic therapy. The six anterior teeth were measured for length and width and compared to known ideals. Teeth that did not meet ideal standards may require treatment. It was found that the mean tooth length after orthodontic therapy was approximately two millimeters …

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Ucc Article Nine Revised: Priorities, Preferences, And Liens Effective Only In Bankruptcy, Richard L. Barnes Jan 2004

Ucc Article Nine Revised: Priorities, Preferences, And Liens Effective Only In Bankruptcy, Richard L. Barnes

Nebraska Law Review

This article explores two straightforward concepts, one from bankruptcy, and one from the priority scheme of Article Nine of the Uniform Commercial Code. Together these concepts show that the current revised version of Article Nine continues and even expands a conflict between Article Nine and the federal Bankruptcy Code which should cause some Article Nine provisions to be questioned. The bankruptcy provision is section 545. The expansive approach of Article Nine is most obvious in sections 9-331, 9-325, and 9-334. Part II of this article describes the conflict by looking at the origin and scope of section 9-306 of the …

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Measuring The Robustness Of A Resource Allocation, Shoukat Ali, A. A. Maciejewski, Howard Jay Siegel, Jong-Kook Kim Jan 2004

Measuring The Robustness Of A Resource Allocation, Shoukat Ali, A. A. Maciejewski, Howard Jay Siegel, Jong-Kook Kim

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Parallel and distributed systems may operate in an environment that undergoes unpredictable changes causing certain system performance features to degrade. Such systems need robustness to guarantee limited degradation despite fluctuations in the behavior of its component parts or environment. This research investigates the robustness of an allocation of resources to tasks in parallel and distributed systems. The main contributions are 1) a mathematical description of a metric for the robustness of a resource allocation with respect to desired system performance features against multiple perturbations in multiple system and environmental conditions, and 2) a procedure for deriving a robustness metric for …

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A Novel Approach To Information Security Risk Analysis, Bilge Karabacak, Ibrahim Sogukpinar Jan 2004

A Novel Approach To Information Security Risk Analysis, Bilge Karabacak, Ibrahim Sogukpinar

All Faculty and Staff Scholarship

A number of risk analysis methods became obsolete because of the profound changes in information technologies. Revolutionary changes in information technologies have converted many risk analysis methods into inconsistent, long lasting and expensive instruments. Therefore, risk analysis methods should be adaptively modified or redesigned according to the changes in information technologies, so that they meet the information security requirements of the organizations. By taking these requirements into consideration, a survey based approach is proposed for analyzing the risks of information technologies. This new method is named as Risk Analysis Method for Information Security (RAMIS). A case study is conducted to …

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The Supreme Court's Complicity In Federal Circuit Formalism, Timothy R. Holbrook Jan 2004

The Supreme Court's Complicity In Federal Circuit Formalism, Timothy R. Holbrook

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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1984 And Beyond: Two Decades Of Copyright Law, Tyler T. Ochoa Jan 2004

1984 And Beyond: Two Decades Of Copyright Law, Tyler T. Ochoa

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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Combination Trade Secrets And The Logic Of Intellectual Property, Tait Graves, Alexander Macgillivray Jan 2004

Combination Trade Secrets And The Logic Of Intellectual Property, Tait Graves, Alexander Macgillivray

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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Knocking The Eagle Off The Patent Owner's Shoulder: Chiron Holds That Jurors Don't Have To Be Told That A Patent Is Presumed Valid, David C. Bohrer Jan 2004

Knocking The Eagle Off The Patent Owner's Shoulder: Chiron Holds That Jurors Don't Have To Be Told That A Patent Is Presumed Valid, David C. Bohrer

Santa Clara High Technology Law Journal

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Summer 2004 Jan 2004

Summer 2004

University of Richmond Magazine

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Fall 2004 Jan 2004

Fall 2004

University of Richmond Magazine

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A Computational Approach To Resolving Certain Issues In Spanish Stress Placement, David Eddington Jan 2004

A Computational Approach To Resolving Certain Issues In Spanish Stress Placement, David Eddington

Faculty Publications

Previous research into Spanish stress assignment suggests that accentuation involves learning and storing individual word tokens along with their inherent stress patterns, and analogizing on stored words when the need arises to determine the stress pattern of an unknown or unavailable word. Exactly what variables are most relevant to stress assignment has been hotly debated. In the present study, a number of analogical simulations were carried out to determine whether elements of the CV tier, syllable weight, phonemic representation, or a combination of these, best accounts for accentuation in Spanish.

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Gvsu Undergraduate And Graduate Catalog, 2004-2005, Grand Valley State University Jan 2004

Gvsu Undergraduate And Graduate Catalog, 2004-2005, Grand Valley State University

Course Catalogs, 1963 - Current

Grand Valley State University 2004-2005 undergraduate and/or graduate course catalog published annually to provide students with information and guidance for enrollment.

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Analysis Of Dermatoglyphic Heritability: A Study Of Phenotypic Relationships, Constance S. Muller-Ford Jan 2004

Analysis Of Dermatoglyphic Heritability: A Study Of Phenotypic Relationships, Constance S. Muller-Ford

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

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The Influences Of Family Leisure Patterns On Perceptions Of Family Functioning*, Ramon B. Zabriskie, Bryan P. Mccormick Jan 2004

The Influences Of Family Leisure Patterns On Perceptions Of Family Functioning*, Ramon B. Zabriskie, Bryan P. Mccormick

Faculty Publications

This study conducted a preliminary test of a model of family leisure functioning by examining the relationship of core and balance family leisure patterns to family cohesion and adaptability. We hypothesized that core family leisure patterns address family needs for stability, facilitate the development of cohesive relationships, and are related to perceptions of family cohesion, whereas balance family leisure patterns address family needs for change, facilitate the development of adaptive skills, and are related to perceptions of family adaptability. Findings from 2 multiple regression analyses provided preliminary support for the model. Conclusions and implications are discussed.

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Effects Of An Antibiotic Cycling Program On Antibiotic Prescribing Practices In An Intensive Care Unit, Liana R. Merz, David K. Warren, Marin H. Kollef, Victoria J. Fraser Jan 2004

Effects Of An Antibiotic Cycling Program On Antibiotic Prescribing Practices In An Intensive Care Unit, Liana R. Merz, David K. Warren, Marin H. Kollef, Victoria J. Fraser

Open Access Publications

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Aku Newsletter : January 2004, Volume 5, Issue 1, Aga Khan University Jan 2004

Aku Newsletter : January 2004, Volume 5, Issue 1, Aga Khan University

The Aga Khan University Newsletters

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The Relationship Between Standardized Test Improvement Instruction And Stanford Nine Achievement Test Scores., Teresa R. Marsh Jan 2004

The Relationship Between Standardized Test Improvement Instruction And Stanford Nine Achievement Test Scores., Teresa R. Marsh

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This study examined the relationship between standardized test instruction programs and Stanford Achievement Test Edition Nine scores. To examine this relationship, total basic skills scores were obtained from a selected high school's class of 2003–2004 as well as total basic skills score means from four other counties' classes of 2003–2004. The data set contained 131 total basic skills scores per grades eight through eleven from the selected high school and a total basic skills score mean from the seventh grade of those students and total basic skills score means from grades 7–11 from the class of 2003–2004 from two high …

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The Selection Of Counties And Locations Of Field Site Coordinators., Lina Maria Gomez Jan 2004

The Selection Of Counties And Locations Of Field Site Coordinators., Lina Maria Gomez

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA) is a 9th to 12th grade mathematics and sciences program established in 1994, at the West Virginia University Health Sciences Center. The main purpose of this program is to increase the number of underrepresented students (i.e., African Americans, financially disadvantaged, first generation attending college, and environmentally disadvantaged- -rural) from West Virginia to pursue degrees in the health sciences fields in the state of West Virginia. An important component of HSTAís program is the field site coordinators (FSCs) whose main function is to recruit students. In order for HSTA to achieve its goal, they …

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The Land Systems Of Colonial America: European And Native American Land Tenure Issues In The Colonial Eras Of The Americas., Shane Freeman Jan 2004

The Land Systems Of Colonial America: European And Native American Land Tenure Issues In The Colonial Eras Of The Americas., Shane Freeman

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This thesis is a comparative analysis of the transference of land tenure and land claims in the colonial age of the Americas. The time frame for this work begins in 1521 with Cortes’ entrada in Mexico and ends with the formation of the United States Indian Policy concerning land. The critical analysis is concerned with the ability of Native Americans to maintain there sovereignty over land and the methods that Europeans used to effect colonization. As well as the legal and political rights that were given or retained by Native American societies. The history of the colonial Americas, here, includes …

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Spectral Analysis And Regularity Quantification Of Skeletal Muscle Signals As A Non-Invasive Assessment Of Muscle Activity., Israel Restus Hall Jan 2004

Spectral Analysis And Regularity Quantification Of Skeletal Muscle Signals As A Non-Invasive Assessment Of Muscle Activity., Israel Restus Hall

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The research presented here was carried out at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), a division of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Morgantown, West Virginia. At NIOSH, there is a strong need for modes of analyzing a wealth of biomedical data. In this particular case, that data was comprised of numerous muscleinduced force-time series, derived from two groups of experimental subjects. One group was comprised of rats exposed to vibration similar to that experienced by human workers who work with certain hand-tools or equipment. The other group was a control group, not exposed …

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On Proof Of Preferential Effect, Rafael I. Pardo Jan 2004

On Proof Of Preferential Effect, Rafael I. Pardo

Scholarship@WashULaw

This Article presents a comprehensive analysis of the manner in which the trustee of a debtor's estate may satisfy his burden of proof to demonstrate the preferential effect of a prebankruptcy transfer from a debtor to a creditor. The proposed framework, if adhered to by courts, will create a uniformity that gives preference law its proper reach and thereby reinforces its primary goal: equal treatment of similarly situated creditors (the equality principle). After examining the historical developments that have made a trustee's evidentiary burden administratively less complex, the Article discusses the Ninth Circuit's decision in Batlan v. TransAmerica Commercial Finance …

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The Sounds Of Silence : Music Education And Academic Achievement, Donny Brazile Jan 2004

The Sounds Of Silence : Music Education And Academic Achievement, Donny Brazile

Graduate Research Papers

This research began with the author's firsthand experience with regard to the value of music education. Very few deny the benefits of music education and its connection to academic achievement. In a recent poll administered by the Gallup Organization, 95 percent of Americans believe music to be a cornerstone of a quality education, and over 75 percent of those polled suggested that music education should be mandated by the schools. However, far too many music education programs are being cut, or are in grave danger of being cut, from the curriculum nationwide. Research clearly shows the importance of music education: …

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Parametric Classification In Domains Of Characters, Numerals, Punctuation, Typefaces And Image Qualities, Osama Ahmed Khan Jan 2004

Parametric Classification In Domains Of Characters, Numerals, Punctuation, Typefaces And Image Qualities, Osama Ahmed Khan

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

This thesis contributes to the Optical Font Recognition problem (OFR), by developing a classifier system to differentiate ten typefaces using a single English character ‘e’. First, features which need to be used in the classifier system are carefully selected after a thorough typographical study of global font features and previous related experiments. These features have been modeled by multivariate normal laws in order to use parameter estimation in learning. Then, the classifier system is built up on six independent schemes, each performing typeface classification using a different method. The results have shown a remarkable performance in the field of font …

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An Interdiciplinary Approach To American Indian Economic Development, Lorie M. Graham Jan 2004

An Interdiciplinary Approach To American Indian Economic Development, Lorie M. Graham

North Dakota Law Review

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Activators Of Luminescence In Speleothems As Source Of Major Mistakes In Interpretation Of Luminescent Paleoclimatic Records, Y. Y. Shopov Jan 2004

Activators Of Luminescence In Speleothems As Source Of Major Mistakes In Interpretation Of Luminescent Paleoclimatic Records, Y. Y. Shopov

International Journal of Speleology

This work summarizes the main results of the operation of the International Program “Luminescence of Cave Minerals” of the commission on Physical Chemistry and Hydrogeology of Karst of UIS of UNESCO in the field of activators of speleothem luminescence. It discusses Activators of Luminescence in Speleothems as a source of major mistakes in the interpretation of luminescent paleoclimatic records. It demonstrates the existence of 6 types of luminescence of speleothems and cave minerals in dependence of the type of the luminescence center and its incorporation in the mineral. 24 different activators of photoluminescence of speleothem calcite and 11 of aragonite …

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Trace Elements In Speleothems. A Short Review Of The State Of The Art, Sophie Verheyden Jan 2004

Trace Elements In Speleothems. A Short Review Of The State Of The Art, Sophie Verheyden

International Journal of Speleology

A state of the art of the research on trace elements of speleothems is given. First studies focussed on problems such as the colour of speleothems and the aragonite problem. Insitu studies and studies oriented towards a better understanding of vadose hydrology brought new insights in the controls on trace elemental composition of speleothems. Recent studies deal with microscale analyses and annual and intra-annual chemistry changes. Further in-situ studies should be performed to further differentiate influences, such as climate, soil/weathering and local hydrology in order to better constrain possible transfer functions between the surface and a speleothem.

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Pragmatism And Freedom Of Speech, George R. Wright Jan 2004

Pragmatism And Freedom Of Speech, George R. Wright

North Dakota Law Review

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