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Human Resources Managers And The Family Medical Leave Act, Rhonda Taylor

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The following objectives were established to answer the problem: 1. Determine the opinions of Human Resources Managers regarding employees' use of Family Medical Leave; 2. Determine whether employees are excessively using Family Medical Leave benefits; 3. Determine Human Resources Managers topics for training on Family Medical Leave practices.

Student Reaction To The Use Of Classroom Performance And Personal Response Systems In College Level Courses, Edmund A. Donato

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The goals of this study were established to determine: 1. How do students perceive the effectiveness of the Classroom Performance System and Personal Response Systems in engaging them in the learning process? 2. How do students perceive the effectiveness of the Classroom Performance System and Personal Response Systems in aiding educators with evaluating their learning?

Effects Of Technology Education On Middle School Language Arts (Reading) Achievement, Mark A. Bolt

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The purpose of this study was to compare eighth grade students at Rachel Carson Middle School who took eighth grade Technology Education and the effect it had on student achievement on the reading section of the Virginia English Standards of Learning test.

A Study To Determine If The Tech Prep Program At Dabney S. Lancaster Community College Has Academic Benefits Using Grade Point Average As A Predictor, Susan H. Carper

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The problem of this study was to compare the grade point averages of students in the Tech Prep program at Dabney S. Lancaster Community College in Clifton Forge, Virginia, to students not in the Tech Prep program to determine if this career and technical education program has academic benefits.

Determining The Benefits Of Seeking Phlebotomy Program Approval From The National Accrediting Agency For Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Frankie Harris-Lyne

OTS Master's Level Projects & Papers

The goals of this study were to answer the following questions: Do approved programs provide access to data not available for non-approved programs? Does a change from a non-approved program to an approved program change the curriculum model? Is it financially feasible for the college to seek program approval status? Does an approved program increase credibility in recruitment? Does graduation from an approved program allow students to enter the workforce more efficiently than graduates of non-approved programs?

The Effect Of Timber Harvesting On Soil Biogeochemical And Physical Properties : Resilience Studies On Disturbed Forests And Their Associated Wetlands, Bikash Rajkarnikar

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Twin Peaks: The Effect Of Terrorism And Financial Shocks On Short-Run Fluctuations In The Risk Premium For 10-Year Corporate Bonds, Justin T. Patterson

Undergraduate Economic Review

From the 1950s to the present, the risk premium for 10-year corporate bonds vis-à-vis government bonds has gradually increased. While this long-run upward trend in the corporate bond risk premium is relatively stable, short run movements in the risk premium exhibit

significant variation. Certain periods are particularly volatile, with fluctuations in the risk premium reaching a magnitude of 100 basis points within the span of one year. In the majority of these cases, sharp changes in the risk premium occur subsequent to shocks related to political

uncertainty and/or financial market uncertainty.

This study examines the influence of financial and political …

About The Authors

Res Publica - Journal of Undergraduate Research

No abstract provided.

Itf Enhancing Human Security Annual Report 2005, Itf-Enhancy Human Security

Global CWD Repository

The journey towards SE Europe region free from the impact of mines unites various stakeholders – the mine affected communities and their mine action authorities, international and local donor communities, the implementing partners and agencies – in a harmonized cooperation towards a positive end. The mandate of raising and managing funds has been entrusted to the ITF, which proved to be a recognizable and trustworthy partner. In 2005, the ITF funded some 50% of the demining programme in Bosnia and Herzegovina, approximately 20% in Croatia, 75% in Albania and over 50% in Serbia and Montenegro (incl. Kosovo). The overall number …

The Vanishing Public Domain: Antibiotic Resistance, Pharmaceutical Innovation And Intellectual Property Law, Kevin Outterson

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Penicillin and other antibiotics were the original wonder drugs and laid the foundation of the modern pharmaceutical industry. Human health significantly improved with the introduction of antibiotics. By 1967, the U.S. Surgeon General declared victory over infectious diseases in the United States. But pride goes before a fall. The evolutionary pressure of antibiotic use selects for resistant strains. Effective drugs should be used. But when they are used, no matter how carefully, evolutionary pressure for resistance is created. The problem is not limited to antibiotics. Variants of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) develop resistance to anti-retroviral drugs. Antifungal agents face …

The Courts And The Politics Of Prison Reform, Heather L. Garvock

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

Local False Discovery Rate And Minimum Total Error Rate Approaches To Identifying Interesting Chromosomal Regions, Ritwik Sinha, Moumita Sinha, George Mathew, Robert C. Elston, Yugun Luo

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

The simultaneous testing of a large number of hypotheses in a genome scan, using individual thresholds for significance, inherently leads to inflated genome-wide false positive rates. There exist various approaches to approximating the correct genomewide p-values under various assumptions, either by way of asymptotics or simulations. We explore a philosophically different criterion, recently proposed in the literature, which controls the false discovery rate. The test statistics are assumed to arise from a mixture of distributions under the null and non-null hypotheses. We fit the mixture distribution using both a nonparametric approach and commingling analysis, and then apply the local false …

The Ictr And Justice For Rwandan Women, Mark A. Drumbl

Scholarly Articles

In this article, I hope to spring from the discussion of the ICTR's gender jurisprudence to a broader conversation that touches on the relationship between this jurisprudence and life for Rwandan women today. In particular, I'd like to consider three questions: What do both the gender jurisprudence and the jurisprudence at large of the ICTR mean to women, individually and collectively, in Rwanda? How do other modalities of accountability that operate in postgenocide Rwanda respond to gender violence and promote gender equality? What is the situation of Rwandan women today?

Lynn Magazine - Winter 2005, Lynn University

Lynn Magazine / LYNN

Main Stories:

• Forward thinking
• Learning with a difference
• The picture of good teaching

Evidence-Based Nursing Position Statement, Sigma Theta Tau International

Sigma Resource Papers

Issue being addressed: Evidence-based nursing as the foundation for professional nursing practice.

Cutaneous Hyperpigmentation Following Nonpermanent Henna Tattoo., Iqbal A. Bukhari

Saudi Medical Journal

Decorative henna skin painting can provoke severe reactions in the skin. We report 3 cases of unusual and persistent hyperpigmentation following nonpermanent henna tattoo, which alerted us to identify an additional side effect.

Book Review

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Vitamin E In The Prevention Of Coronary Events And Stroke. Meta-Analysis Of Randomized Controlled Trials, Abdullah H. Alkhenizan, Mohammed A. Al-Omran

Neurosciences

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the world. Vitamin E as an anti-oxidant vitamin, was suggested to have a role in the prevention of CVD. We did a meta-analysis, using the Cochrane Group Methodology, of all available randomized controlled trials (RCTs) to evaluate the role of vitamin E in the prevention of CVD. Nine studies met inclusion criteria, including 80,645 participants. Vitamin E supplementation was not associated with a reduction in total mortality or total CVD mortality, but it was associated with a small statistically significant reduction in non-fatal myocardial infarction in patients with …

Sleep Habits And Patterns Among Medical Students, Ahmed S. Bahammam, Omar K. Al-Khairy, Ahmed A. Al-Taweel

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: This study was designed to assess sleep patterns among male medical students at different academic levels. METHODS: Participants in this study were healthy male medical students in the first (L1), second (L2) and third (L3) academic levels of the College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The study was conducted during November 2001. A self-administered questionnaire was distributed to students to assess age, academic level, registered credit hours, sleep-wake schedule, naps, quality of sleep, total sleep time at night, possible factors affecting bedtime, and daytime sleepiness using the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS). RESULTS: The final analysis included …

Heavy Metals And Trace Elements In Hair Samples Of Autistic Children In Central Saudi Arabia, Laila Y. Al-Ayadhi

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: Autism a childhood neurodevelopmental disorder, with onset prior to 36 months old. The etiology of autism is complex, and usually, the underlying pathologic mechanisms are unknown. Recently, alteration in heavy metals and trace elements had some interest. The aim of the present study is to examine levels of trace elements and heavy metals in hair samples, of autism spectrum disorders in the Riyadh area. METHODS: The study was conducted in Riyadh area, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between September 2003 and April 2004. Seventy-seven autistic children participated in the study, all with confirmed diagnosis according to E-2 diagnostic criteria for …

Autoimmune Connection Of Autism In Central Saudi Arabia, Laila Y. Al-Ayadhi

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder with unknown etiology. The etiology of autism is complex, and the underlying pathologic mechanisms are unknown. This study tests the autoimmune mechanisms in the pathogenesis for autism in autistic children in the Riyadh area. METHODS: The study took place in the Riyadh area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between September 2003 and April 2004. Sixty-five autistic children, with a confirmed diagnosis according to E-2 diagnostic criteria for autistic spectrum disorders, participated in the study. Serological examination of antibodies to measles, mumps, rubella (MMR), and myelin basic protein (MBP) was carried out in autistic …

Clinical Profile Of Admitted Children With Febrile Seizures, Norah A. Al-Khathlan, Mohammed M. Jan

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: The objectives of this study were to evaluate the clinical profile, investigations, treatments and outcome of hospitalized children with febrile seizures. METHODS: A series of 69 consecutive children with febrile seizures was identified by chart review from 1st January 1997 to 1st January 2002 at King Abdul-Aziz University Hospital in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Clinical, laboratory, EEG, and neuroimaging data were evaluated by one investigator using a structured data collection form. RESULTS: The children’s ages ranged between 7-70 months (mean 20, SD 14), and 59.5% were males. The source of the febrile illness was evident in 65%, however, …

Schizophrenia Relapse In Relation To Drug Treatment, Abdulrazzak M. Alhamad

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To assess and compare, prospectively, schizophrenia relapse in relation to neuroleptic medication in long term maintenance therapy. METHODS: All schizophrenic patients who met the DSM-IV criteria attending King Khalid University Hospital psychiatry outpatient clinic, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in January 1994, and who fulfilled the inclusion criteria of the study, were assessed at baseline using the brief psychiatric rating scale (BPRS), quality of life scale and the extrapyramidal rating scale, and at each relapse and 6 weeks after treatment of the relapse and followed for 10 years after being allocated to one of 3 groups of neuroleptic medications …

Cervical Internal Carotid Artery Pseudoaneurysm Following Stab Injury, Jalal Vahedian, Ali Marashi, Zakieh A. Vahedian

Neurosciences

Carotid artery pseudoaneurysm is a rare complication of injury to the head and neck, which has been traditionally managed by an open surgical repair to avoid the occurrence of devastating cerebral strokes. Their treatment presents a challenge because of the risk of serious neurological events. This report presents a case of a stab penetrating injury to the left upper neck (Monson’s zone-III), which resulted in ipsilateral seventh and twelfth cranial nerve palsy and contra lateral hemiparesis, and false aneurysm of the internal carotid artery. After excision of the aneurysm, the internal carotid artery was ligated. The postoperative course was uneventful, …

Skin Findings Related To Chronic Usage Of Anti-Epileptic Drugs, Abdulkadir Kocer, Sezai Sasmaz, Nurhan Ince, Meltem Kutlar, Sultan Cagirici

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: Chronic type skin reactions are defined as unwanted effects of drugs. As there are more benign conditions, skin findings related to chronic usage of anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs) have not been studied previously. In this study, we investigate the skin findings associated with the chronic usage of AEDs. METHODS: The study was conducted in the Post, Telephone and Telegraph Training and Research Hospital between May 2002 and January 2003 during a 6-month work period. Skin lesions were first assessed individually, and then their correlations with AEDs were examined. Skin findings were then divided into skin disease groups to evaluate statistical …

Impressions And Experience Of Non-Neurologists In Neurology, Mohammed M. Jan, Omar M. Wazzan, Saleh S. Baeesa

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: Neurological disorders are common in Saudi Arabia and the demand for trained neurologists is strong. We aimed to study the impressions and experiences of general physicians in the neurology field and examine their referral practices. METHODS: We included attendees of the ‘neurology for non-neurologists’ symposium, which took place from 14-15 October 2004 at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. We designed a structured 24-item questionnaire to examine their demographics, training, practice, and referral patterns. RESULTS: One hundred and eight participants registered for the symposium, with 69 (64%) questionnaires returned. Attendee’s ages were …

Utility Of An Intervention To Detect Depression In Primary Care, Waleed A. Albedaiwi, Bruce G. Goldberg, Jodi Lapidus, John P. Muench

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To determine whether a 3-part intervention consisting of raising physicians’ awareness of depression, mass depression screening using a 2-item version of the Prime MD Questionnaire, and communicating the results of the screening to the physician, will improve detection and treatment of depression in a primary care setting. METHODS: The study took place in Hilsboro, Oregon between July 1, 2001 and September 30, 2001. We distributed educational materials to the primary care physicians 2 months before screening patients. Over a 3 month period, 3431 consecutive patients who visited Tuality Health Care primary care clinics were screened using a 2-item version …

Indirect Effect Of Electrical Stimulation Of Tibialis Anterior On Gastro-Soleus Muscles In Children With Spastic Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy, Erdogan Kavlak, Ugur Cavlak, Turker Sahiner

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the effects of tetanic faradic stimulation in an antagonist muscle (tibialis anterior) on agonist muscles (gastro-soleus). In addition, to show the effects of maintaining agonist muscle strength on antagonist spastic muscle group to improve gait parameters in children with spastic hemiplegia. METHODS: We carried out the study at Pamukkale University, School of Physical Therapy, Denizli, Turkey between June 2001 and December 2002. We included 16 ambulant cerebral palsied children with a mean of age 6.25 +/- 2.89 years in the study. Each subject practiced a 20-minute electrical stimulation session plus neurodevelopmental approach (Bobath Technique) once a day, …

South Carolina Standards And Guidelines For Archaeological Investigations, The Council Of South Carolina Professional Archaeologists, South Carolina Department Of Archives And History, State Historic Preservation Office, South Carolina Institute Of Archaeology And Anthropology--University Of South Carolina

Faculty & Staff Publications

The 2005 edition of Standards and Guidelines has been designed as an advisory framework for archaeological fieldwork and reporting in the state of South Carolina. It offers guidance to project archaeologists, administrators, and other interested parties who prepare reports and case studies like those initiated or conditioned by Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966, as amended. While this edition of Standards and Guidelines focuses on archaeological concerns, readers should note that Section 106 of the NHPA also requires the consideration of buildings, districts, structures, and objects. While this manual therefore provides an overview of the …

Manuscripts Categorization And Their Accreditation, Jamshed Akhtar, Saba Sohail

Department of Radiology

No abstract provided.