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A Comparison Of Decontextualized And Contextualized Reading Skills In Persons With Severe Aphasia, Carey Smith

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A repeated measures comparative design compared the reading comprehension accuracy scores of three participants across two conditions: Condition A -- Decontextualized Stimulus Reading Task (DSRT), resembling traditional reading therapy, and Condition B -- Contextual Choice Reading Conversation (CCRC) with a communication partner. In the DSRT condition, participants read a sentence-length question prior to selecting one of 3-to-5 printed responses with no supports. In CCRC, partners presented graphic sentence stimuli representing conversational questions and response choices with the following supports: simultaneous auditory input, supplemental drawings or gestures, natural repetitions, consistent topic, and conversational order. Experimental conditions were administered in counterbalanced order …

Healing Violence In South Africa: A Textual Reading Of Kentridge's 'Drawings For Projection', Vanessa Thompson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

While the literature appears to understand trauma and violence as experienced singularly, and as effecting intrapsychic changes or reactions, latterly there has been a recognition that this understanding of the term 'trauma' may not be adequate to describe violence suffered over a prolonged period of time. Further, psychology tends to avert our attention from healing by attending to symptomatology. In South Africa, during the apartheid years (1948-1994), violence was constituted by an extraordinary threat to ongoing being and was informed by a totalitarian prejudice. Creative texts, unlike traumatic texts, show how many artists have worked with South African traumas in …

Will The Durational Element Endure - Only Time Will Tell: Temporary Regulatory Takings In The Court Of Federal Claims And Federal Circuit After Tahoe-Sierra, Heather G. Wight-Axling

Natural Resources Journal

No abstract provided.

Living With Dollarization And The Route To Dedollarization, Arturo Josè Galindo, Leonardo Leiderman

Documents

No abstract provided.

2005 Price Lab/Nu High Middle School Yearbook: Capture The Moment . . . And Never Let It Go . . ., Malcolm Price Laboratory School

Malcolm Price Laboratory School Yearbooks

The 2005 student yearbook of the Price Lab/NU High Middle School, part of the Malcolm Price Laboratory School of the University of Northern Iowa.

An Evidence-Based Occupational Therapy Intervention Protocol For Individuals With Post-Stroke Unilateral Neglect, Sarah Fischer

Occupational Therapy Capstones

No abstract provided.

Washington University Magazine, Spring 2005

Washington University Magazine

No abstract provided.

An Occupational Therapy Based Education Course For Caregivers Of Children With Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Krystal Cook

Occupational Therapy Capstones

No abstract provided.

Natsihi Yearbook 2005, Whitworth University

Natsihi Yearbook

No abstract provided.

Commencement Program 2005, Whitworth University

Commencement Programs

Undergraduate Commencement exercises of Whitworth College in May 2005.

Special Allocations And Preferential Distributions In Joint Ventures Involving Taxable And Tax Exempt Entities, Darryll K. Jones

Journal Publications

Joint ventures involving taxable and tax-exempt organizations, referred to in this article as "taxable-tax exempt joint ventures," engender conflict between the doctrinal requirements pertaining to tax exemption and the flexibility afforded joint ventures in Subchapter K.' The nonprofit partner must exercise ultimate governing control over the joint venture so that charitable goals take precedence over profit-seeking goals if the nonprofit's share of income is to remain tax exempt. On the other hand, a for-profit partner is entitled and indeed expected to pursue profit but its lack of control over the joint venture exposes the for-profit partner to greater risk of …

The Ultimate Best Interest Of The Child Enures From Parental Reinforcement: The Journey To Family Integrity, John C. Duncan Jr.

Journal Publications

Most Americans agree that we are in the midst of a dangerous decline in moral and religious values that threatens the very foundation of our society. The facts are clear: marriage as a social institution is threatened and child well-being is affected. Part II of this Article traces the best interest of the child doctrine. Part III examines what the legally recognized rights of parents have been in the past and shows how those rights have been threatened or altogether eradicated in the best interest of the child. Part IV evaluates the opposing positions of both parental rights advocates …

2005 Aasu Women's Basketball Guide, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Women's Basketball Records (Archived)

No abstract provided.

Three Questions About Corporate Codes: Problematizations, Authorizations And The Public/Private Divide, Stepan Wood

Articles & Book Chapters

No abstract provided.

Vascular Sonography Bachelor Of Health Science 2005, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

No abstract provided.

J Am Coll Dent 2005 72 1

Journal of the American College of Dentists

The Journal of the American College of Dentists (JACD) publishes scholarly articles, editorials, essays, and reflections addressing the ethical, professional, and social dimensions of dentistry. The Journal serves as a forum for advancing ethics, professionalism, leadership, and excellence within the dental community. By fostering dialogue across disciplines and perspectives, JACD provides readers with insights that encourage ethical, professional practice, lifelong learning, and service to the public, reinforcing dentistry’s commitment to advancing oral healthcare and the common good.

Four Questions On Critical Race Praxis: Lessons From Two Young Lives In Indian Country, Christine Zuni Cruz

Faculty Scholarship

The Critical Race Lawyering Symposium in New York City brings me from Albuquerque, New Mexico. As I travel the day before the symposium, I reflect on the amount of time it will take. I leave Albuquerque at 8:23 a.m. and I am scheduled to arrive in New York City at 4:05 p.m., via Chicago. Given the two-hour time difference between the East Coast and the Rocky Mountain regions, I begin my day boarding the plane as the sun is rising in the morning sky and end it at my destination where the sun is setting. Even in this day and …

Vidas Ilustres (English), Clemente Rendón De La Garza, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College

History Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Effects Of An 8-Week Training Program On Performance In Female High School Volleyball Players, Richard Armstrong

Open Access Master's Theses

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of an 8-week training program on performance measures in high school aged female volleyball players. Twenty-five female volleyball players from the Rhode Island Junior Rams volleyball club program (mean age 15.6 ± 1.15) completed the study. The subjects trained two nights per week for 8 weeks using different methods of resistance training techniques. The resistance training program involved a full body workout consisting of 2 sets of 10 exercises during each training session. Training sessions took place on court during normal practice times for the club teams using affordable and …

Cultural Values Among Mexican And Mexican-Americans Across Acculturation, Language, Generation, Age And Gender, Natalie K. Bellman

Open Access Master's Theses

The Latino population in the United States has been consistently growing over the past few years and it is estimated that it will only increase in greater numbers in the future (U.S. Census Bureau, 2002). Individuals of Mexican descent are the largest group amongst Latinos. Along with the growth of this population has come an ever-increasing need for the provision of high quality mental health services. One of the challenges often found by providers is the difference in culture between the provider and the client (Sharma & Kerl, 2001). The cultural values of familismo, personalismo, and machismo are …

Weight Loss And Health Outcome Differences Between African Americans And Caucasions Following Gastric Bypass Surgery, Wendy A. Anderson

Open Access Master's Theses

Background: Data suggest that African Americans lose less weight and show fewer improvements in cardiovascular diseases such as blood pressure following gastric bypass surgery (GBP).

Objective: The purpose of this study was to describe differences in weight loss between Caucasian and African American patients following GBP and to identify if these differences are related to dietary intake. This study also sought to identify differences in blood pressure and serum lipid levels between African Americans and Caucasians after GBP.

Methods and Subjects: This was a retrospective database review of a sample of 84 adult patients, 24 African American and 60 Caucasian …

Town Of Narragansett, Rhode Island Affordable Housing Plan, Linsey J. Cameron

Open Access Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

Geospatial Identification Of Potential Environmental Justice Concerns: Providence, Rhode Island, Joshua L. Tootoo

Open Access Master's Theses

In the early 1990's social activists driven by a concern with the uneven impacts of toxic pollution drew the attention of federal policy makers, establishing an official discourse focused on the issue of environmental justice. The concerns of these activists were supported by a number of statistical and Geographic Information System (GIS)-based studies of demographic patterns and toxic sites (Foreman, 1998).

The concept of environmental justice is based on the premise that disadvantaged groups such as the poor and racial and ethnic minorities bear a disproportionate burden of the negative externalities associated with economic development, including toxic pollution exposure …

Human Rights, Terrorism And International Law, David P. Stewart

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

2005-2007 Otterbein College Undergraduate Course Catalog, Otterbein University

Course Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Abnormalities In The Ozark Hellbender, (Cryptobranchus Alleganiensis Bishopi) In Arkansas: A Comparison Between Two Rivers With A Historical Perspective, Waylon R. Hiler, Benjamin A. Wheeler, Stanley E. Trauth

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

We documented abnormalities of Ozark hellbender (Cryptobranchus alleganiensis bishopi) populations in the Eleven Point River (Randolph County, Arkansas) and the Spring River (Fulton County, Arkansas) as part of ongoing monitoring efforts in this species. We found abnormalities in 90% (9 of 10) and 40% (36 of 97) of hellbenders in the Spring River and Eleven Point River, respectively, during the 2003-2004 field seasons. Most abnormalities found in Eleven Point hellbenders were generally less invasive and seemed to be more intrinsic to the species' natural history (i.e., vicissitudes of living), whereas those found in Spring River hellbenders were gross morphological aberrations. …

Mapping Of Ssdna Nicks Within Dsdna Genomes By Two-Dimensional Gel Electrophoresis, Wayne P. Wahls, K. Mark Dewall, Mari K. Davidson

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

DNA molecules within chromosomes undergo constant, dynamic changes yet maintain the integrity of the primary DNA sequence. DNA replication, adjustment of helical density, resolution of catenenes, repair of DNA damage, and homologous recombination each involve breakage and religation of the phosphate backbone of the double helix. Although the analysis of dsDNA breaks is facile, the analysis of ssDNA nicks is not. The principal impediment is that conventional, one-dimensional electrophoresis methods cannot readily detect ssDNA nicks in the context of dsDNA breaks. We therefore developed a two dimensional (native/denaturing) gel electrophoresis approach to map the positions of ssDNA nicks. Analysis of …

Vern Ohlman Honored, Delivered In Winter 2005, Arend D. Lubbers

Presidential Speeches

Vern Ohlman Honored, delivered in Winter 2005 by Arend D. Lubbers, who served as President of Grand Valley from 1969-2001.

Misuse Of Myth: Conscious Adherence Or Authoritative Control Mechanism, Henry H. Averhart Jr.

McNair Scholars Journal

Myths are significant in explaining the existential questions of life, but when they are adopted uncritically, they may generate more harm than good. Admittedly, there is no way out of myth; we are the mythical creature. We need, therefore, to become more aware of myth and more critical of the myths we already, if only unknowingly, have adopted. This research addresses common misconceptions of the definitions of myths, attempts to identify the conscious and unconscious use of myths in our daily lives, and ultimately introduces the concept of modified myth adoption. This is done by analyzing and synthesizing selected scholarly …

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Adhd) And Ethnicity: A Literature Review, Shanel M. Bryant

McNair Scholars Journal

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most expensive mental disorders, costing U.S. citizens $77 billion every year (Reinberg, 2004). Although ADHD effects between 3-7% of U.S. children (American Psychiatric Association [APA], 2000), there are many misconceptions about the disorder and concerns have been raised regarding appropriate diagnosis and treatment in children, adolescents, and adults. In addition to these concerns, several authors have noted that there is a lack of research regarding ethnicity and ADHD. The limited research that has been done is confusing with some studies indicating that there is no difference in rates of ADHD diagnoses …