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Volatile Organic Compound Emissions From Cooking Oils, Harinageswara Rao Katragadda

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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The Relationship Between Self-Concept And Psychological Adjustment In Preschool Children, Lara Stone

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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The Perceptions Of Socioeconomic Factors Related To School Readiness, Heather A. Mcdowell

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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What Happened?: A Look At Events And Their Impact On Memory And Suggestibility, Jennifer Marie Knopf

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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Meat On Bones: Stories About Girls And Food, Anthony Tate Fulton

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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Regulation Of Twitching Motility In Pseudomonas Aeruginosa By The Las And Rhl Quorum-Sensing Systems And The Distribution Of The Narg Gene Of Escherichia Coli Among Denitrifying Bacteria, Alex Lee Glessner

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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Looking For Kidney Angel": The Role Of Empathy In Persuasion: An Examination Of Online Descriptions Of Organ Donation Profiles ", Molly Ann Federowicz

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

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The Effect Of Age And Diet On Immune Function In Felines, Lindsay Fitz Hendey

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Aging is associated with several physiological changes. An important physiological change seen in aging is a shift in the balance between oxidants and antioxidants, in which increased oxidants, or free radicals, seen with aging lead to increased cellular damage, also called oxidative stress. Immune function of elderly individuals seems to be significantly impacted through a decline of immunologic function as well as dysregulation of inflammatory and specific immune responses. Oxidative stress and the accumulation of free radicals have been implicated in the decline of immune function seen in the aged. Antioxidants, both intracellular and exogenous, counteract free radical damage to …

Watch What You're Watching Together: The Complicated Relationship Between Family Coviewing And Family Functioning, Kymberly Booth Higgs

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This quantitative study examines a potential relationship between viewing television together as a family and family functioning. About 150 families from California, Missouri and Ohio were asked to report the amount of time they spent viewing television together (coviewing) as well as the specific programs they were likely to view as a family. The families also completed the self-report McMaster Family Assessment Device, which measures five dimensions of family functioning (communication, roles, affective involvement, behavior control and overall general functioning). Statistical analysis revealed inverse relationships between the amount of time spent coviewing and family communication, affective involvement (i.e., cohesion) and …

Women Politicians At Major Party Conventions: An Analysis Of Four Influential Speeches, Allyson Brooke Crawford

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Student Handbook 2005-2006, New York Law School

Student Handbooks

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Evaluating The Implementation Of Indiana Area ‘Communities That Care’, David Myers, Michael Arter

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

‘Communities That Care’ (CTC) is a research-based operating system designed to help communities identify and reduce risk factors, enhance protective factors, and prevent a number of adolescent problem behaviors, including delinquency, violence, substance abuse, school drop-out, and teen pregnancy. Indiana, PA, is one of approximately 125 communities throughout Pennsylvania that have chosen to use the CTC approach to promote the positive development of children and youth in the local area. This paper presents an initial review of Indiana Area CTC, in terms of the planning and implementation efforts that have taken place during the past five years.

Crawford V. Washington, The Confrontation Clause, And Hearsay: A New Paradigm For Illinois Evidence Law, 36 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 703 (2005), Ralph Ruebner, Timothy Scahill

UIC Law Open Access Faculty Scholarship

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Graduate Public Health Education In Africa: An Innovative Distance-Learning Model, Emmanuel Rudatsikira, Patricia Johnston, Richard Hart

International Journal of Global Health and Health Disparities

This article describes the development and implementation of a distance graduate public health education program in Africa by Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, U.S.A. The program started in March 2000 and ended in September 2003 with formal teaching sessions on-site held twice a year at the University of Eastern Africa, Kenya. The instruction was given in English and French. Of the cohort of 67 students from 20 African countries who started the program, 57 received an M.P.H. degree and six received a certificate in public health. The experiential learning model allowed students to immediately put into practice what they …

Latinas And Breast Cancer In The Midwest: Factors Influencing Survivorship, M. Elise Radina, Daniel R. Longo, Jane M. Armer

International Journal of Global Health and Health Disparities

Latinos are the largest ethnic minority group in the U.S. and the Midwest is experiencing the fastest growth in residents of Hispanic descent. Rural health care delivery systems in these areas must therefore respond to changing demographics and provide culturally appropriate service delivery. The incidence rate of breast cancer among Latinas is lower than that among non-Hispanic women; however an increasing number of Latinas are being diagnosed with breast cancer. Despite higher mortality rates from cancer than non-Hispanic women, more Latinas are being treated for breast cancer and are now facing their own unique survivorship experiences This paper addresses factors …

The Role Of The Insecticide Ddt In Breast Cancer, Jared D. Taylor

International Journal of Global Health and Health Disparities

Breast cancer is by far the most common cancer among black and white females, with approximately 211,000 new cases expected to be diagnosed in the U.S. in 2004 (1). More importantly, incidence has been increasing. Age-adjusted breast cancer incidence in U.S. females rose from the 88.6 per 100,000 in the early 1970s to 109.8 in the early 1990s (2). This represents a 24 percent increase over that time. This trend is only partially explained by the known risk factors for breast cancer, including advancing age, early menarche, late menopause, late age at first parturition and family history. Therefore, researchers have …

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International Journal of Global Health and Health Disparities

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Marguerite, Celeste Pottier

Short Story

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Review Of David Harris Ebenbach's Between Camelots, Ronny Noor

Short Story

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Evaluation Of Bird Shield As A Blackbird Repellent In Ripening Rice And Sunflower Fields, Scott J. Werner, H. Jeffrey Homan, Michael L. Avery, George M. Linz, Eric A. Tillman, Anthony A. Slowik, Robert J. Byrd, Thomas M. Primus, Margaret J. Goodall

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Chemical repellents sometimes can provide a nonlethal alternative for reducing wildlife impacts to agricultural production. In late summer and autumn 2002, we evaluated Bird Shield™ (active ingredient: methyl anthranilate, Bird Shield Repellent Corporation, Spokane, Wash.) as a blackbird (Icteridae) repellent in Missouri rice fields and North Dakota sunflower fields. We selected 5 pairs of ripening rice fields in southeastern Missouri and randomly allocated treatments (treated and control) within pairs. The repellent was aerially applied by fixed-winged aircraft at the recommended label rate and volume (1.17 L Bird Shield/ha and 46.7 L/ha, respectively); 1 field received 2X the label rate. We …

Exploring The Half-Life Of Internet Footnotes, Michael Bugeja, Daniela V. Dimitrova

Iowa Journal of Communication

Vanishing online references are becoming a problem for scholars. This exploratory study examines use of online citations, focusing on 2003 AEJMC conference papers accepted by the Communication Technology and Policy division. Authors analyze papers using URL reference addresses in bibliographies and document some 40% of online citations being unavailable a year later. Results show that .edu is the most stable domain. Error messages for "dead" URL addresses also are explored. Finally authors offer much needed recommendations for researchers who use Internet citations.

Unique And Ordinary Problems In Internet Research: Research Ethics, The Law, And Power Politics In Institutional Review, Mark D. Johns

Iowa Journal of Communication

While some regard Internet as public texts, much of interest to researchers is actually human social interaction, subject to institutional review. The law leaves much to the discretion of institutional review boards (IRBs). Reviews are influenced by concerns for protecting institutions from liability, negative publicity, or scrutiny from funding sources. This creates an "atmosphere of apprehension" for IRBs, and challenges Internet researchers, because their work demands innovative methods in a field unfamiliar to most IRBs. This paper is intended to offer both cautions to those anticipating internet research, as well as advice on dealing with the IRB.

Developing A Law/Business Collaboration Through Pace's Securities Arbitration Clinic, Jill I. Gross, Ronald W. Filante

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law

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Uab Magazine - Spring/Summer 2005, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

UAB Magazine

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Uab Magazine - Fall 2005, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

UAB Magazine

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Cautionary Tales Of Adoption: Addressing The Litigation Crisis At The Moment Of Adoption, Elizabeth Brandt

Articles

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Briefs, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

• Law School welcomes new Office of Public Service director
• Judges: Road to the bench getting too political
• Noam Chomsky parses 'illegal', 'legitimate'
• Former Irish President and former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson's delivery of the William W. Bishop Jr. Lecture in International Law is one of many components of an academic year that is rich in internationally oriented programs.
• U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia's visit to the Law School includes a public lecture, classroom teaching, discussions with faculty, and a question-answer session with Law School students.
• The harrowing tale of a young woman's struggle to escape …

Hands Off Policy: Equal Protection And The Contact Sports Exemption Of Title Ix, Jamal Greene

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

The disparity between what the Constitution permits of public schools and what Title IX permits of private ones is unquestionably stark. This Article calls this disparity into question. First, it asks under what circumstances, if any, allowance for sex discrimination in athletics may be justified under constitutional standards. Then, it considers the practical relevance of the disparity between how a school may lawfully discriminate under Title IX and how it may do so under the Equal Protection Clause. Finally, it offers a prescription for bringing into balance the gender equity messages sent by Title IX and the Constitution.

"Has The Millennium Yet Dawned?": A History Of Attitudes Toward Pregnant Workers In America, Courtni E. Molnar

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

This Article will focus on what might be considered the "prehistory" of the PDA in an attempt to shed new light on the equality/difference debate. Beginning as early as the nineteenth century, pregnant workers have been forced into either the equality approach or the difference approach depending mostly on race and class. This Article will show that, at times, both approaches restrained the autonomy of women and even caused harm to individual women and society by contributing to the development of the stereotypes and social attitudes that continue to permit pregnancy discrimination today.

The Death Of The Living Will, Carl E. Schneider, Angela Fagerlin

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Enough. The living will has failed, and it is time to say so.

We should have known it would fail: A notable but neglected psychological literature always provided arresting reasons to expect the policy of living wills to misfire. Given their alluring potential, perhaps they were worth trying. But a crescendoing empirical literature and persistent clinical disappointments reveal that the rewards of the campaign to promote living wills do not justify its costs.