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Dental Hygiene Participation In Managing Incipient And Hidden Caries, Caren M. Barnes

College of Dentistry: Faculty Publications

The essence of dental hygiene practice includes the use of preventive and therapeutic methods for the promotion of good health and to prevent and control oral diseases. Dental hygienists actively promote the prevention of oral diseases through patient education that encourages self-care prevention of dental caries, supplemented by needs-related professional preventive services. Equally significant in the scope of dental hygiene practice are thorough oral examinations for disease detection. Although dental hygienists do not legally or definitively diagnose dental caries, they are responsible for detecting caries at all stages of the disease, recognizing caries risk factors, and planning management strategies. Because …

Availability Modeling And Evaluation On High Performance Cluster Computing Systems, Hertong Song

Doctoral Dissertations

Cluster computing has been attracting more and more attention from both the industrial and the academic world for its enormous computing power, cost effective, and scalability. Beowulf type cluster, for example, is a typical High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster system. Availability, as a key attribute of the system, needs to be considered at the system design stage and monitored at mission time. Moreover, system monitoring is a must to help identify the defects and ensure the system's availability requirement.

In this study, novel solutions which provide availability modeling, model evaluation, and data analysis as a single framework have been investigated. …

Agroecology Of The Naso-Teribe: The Management And Conservation Of Traditional Agroecological Systems, Maisie Ganz

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The term “agroecology” is used to describe the sustainable design and management of agricultural systems by the application of ecological concepts and principles. The resulting agroecosystems, often practiced by indigenous or poor farmers in marginal environments without access to external technologies, are systems of food production that integrate cultivated crops into surrounding ecosystems. The Naso-Teribe, an indigenous community of approximately 3,800 individuals living in the forests of western Panama, practice a complex agroecological system. The Naso farmers’ agricultural practices contribute to, and are dependent on, the biodiversity of resources available. The ways in which Naso farmers manage, maintain, and preserve …

El Vih En La Ciudad De Buenos Aires: Obstáculos En El Acceso Al Tratamiento En El Sector Público, Erica Tai-Le Bliss

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The focus of my research is the access to HIV treatment in the public health sector in Buenos Aires. HIV testing and treatment are guaranteed, by law, financed completely by the government for patients in the public health sector who do not have any private insurance or social work insurance plan. Over three quarters of the registered cases of HIV are patients in the public sector. Although health care is free in the Capital, many patients don’t take HIV tests, seek treatment or eventually stop taking their medication. To investigate the motivations of the patients, I interviewed three sectors that …

Comparing Rural And Urban Primary Education In The Mekong Delta, Helen Behr

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Over the course of one month I conducted a study of primary education in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam. I compared rural and urban schools to determine what the differences were, how they are reflected in individual schools, and what effects these differences have on individual children. I visited and studied three schools in Can Tho City and three schools in rural communities outside of Can Tho. The differences expected were in enrollment, teacher qualifications, facilities, student motivation and ambition, and curriculum.

Data was compiled from classroom observations, interviews with principals and teachers, and surveys completed by students. Results indicate …

Agricultural Situation And Outlook Fall 2005, Matt Ernst, Kenneth H. Burdine

Agricultural Situation and Outlook

No abstract provided.

School Desegregation 50 Years After Brown: Misconceptions, Lessons Learned, And Hopes For The Future, Gary Orfield

Center for the Study of Ethics in Society Papers

Papers presented for the Center of the Study of Ethics in Society Western Michigan University.

Le Développement Durable : Un Etude De Cas De L’Agenda 21 À Toulouse, Cailey Gibson

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

No abstract provided.

Newscope - Fall 2005

Newscope

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Otterbein Towers Fall 2005, Otterbein Towers

Towers Magazine

New Beginnings, Welcome! Incoming Class of ’09; Features: New Beginnings; Sharing Willowbrook; The Doctor Delivers; Regulars: College News: The Upcoming Year in Fine Arts; The 2005-06 Common Book; Summer Also a Time of Learning; New Grants Announced; Olympic Equestrian Joins Staff; Classnotes; Milestones; Philanthropy; The “O” Club; Alumni Notes, etc.

Enhancing Critical Reflection Of Students During A Clinical Internship Using The Self-S.O.A.P. Note, Deanna Dye

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Background and Purpose: Critical reflection is a skill all physical therapists need to develop to be successful in professional practice. Scholars have defined the varied processes, purposes and outcomes of reflection. Journaling is one technique for encouraging the process of critical reflection. While journaling can take many forms, a structured journal format with clear instructions and ongoing feedback has been found to be most successful in maintaining student engagement. Method Description and Evaluation: A journal structured in a S.O.A.P. note format was implemented as a weekly assignment during a clinical education experience. Students were required to submit the weekly self-S.O.A.P. …

Hong Kong Electronic Signature Law And Certification Authority Regulations: Promoting E-Commerce In The World's Most Wired City, Stephen E. Blythe

North Carolina Journal of Law & Technology

No abstract provided.

Political Constraints On Supreme Court Reform, Adrian Vermeule

Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper Series

No abstract provided.

The Voice, Fall 2005: Volume 51, Issue 1, Dordt College

The Voice Archive

Nursing Program Keeps Growing; Dordt College is Again in the Top 10 in U. S. News Listings; How Great Thou Art!; International Students Get Time to Adapt; Netz Leaves Legacy of Service; Dordt College Freshman Class Size is Up Again; Dordt Will Offer Its Own B.S.N.; NCC, Dordt College Team Up for New Engineering Option; Concert Choir Receives NC-ACDA Invitation; Dordt College 2004-2005 Scholar Athletes; Mutava's Work Will Benefit His Fellow Kenyans; Future Teachers Set Up Classrooms in Mississippi; Dordt Blades Head Into New Year; Customized Classrooms Make It Easier on Professors; Dordt is One of Seven to Receive Grant; …

Role Of Computed Tomography In Acute Pancreatitis And Its Complications Among Age Groups, Ishtiaq Ahmed Chishty, Vaqar Bari, Sajida Pasha, Dawar Burhan, Zishan Haider, Zafar Rafique

Department of Radiology

Objective: To determine value of CT scan in diagnosis of acute pancreatitis, its complications and to correlate with severity among different age groups.Methods: The study was carried out from August 2001 to August 2002 at the Radiology Department, Aga Khan University Hospital. A total of 40 patients (33 male and 7 female) with age range from 16-71 years were divided in three groups. Group I was less than 40 years (12 patients), Group II was between 40-60 years (17 patients), and Group III was more than 60 years (11 patients). CT scans were assessed for pancreatic necrosis and its complications. …

Phase Ii Compliance & Illicit Discharge Ordinances, Benjamin Corson-Knowles

Land Use Clinic

How municipalities can implement illicit discharge ordinances in compliance with Phase II of the NPDES program of the Clean Water Act.

The Western Michigan University Magazine, Fall 2005, Western Michigan University

Western Michigan University Magazine (1997-present)

• Home at last: After nearly 30 years, all of the College of Health and Human Services is together under one spectacular roof.
• Faith in history: Historian Paul Maier has spent more than half a century bridging the divide between faith and fact.
• Poetic license: Poetry is enjoying popularity nationwide, but at WMU it never stopped thriving.
• College news
• Campus places
• Classnotes/Obituaries

Uah Alumni News, Fall 2005, University Of Alabama In Huntsville

UAH Alumni News

No abstract provided.

Focus, Bob Evancho (Editor)

FOCUS on Boise State

From freshmen right out of high school to doctoral candidates, Boise State’s students contribute to the university’s stature and reputational currency, while profiting from its award-winning faculty, innovative programs and groundbreaking research. This issue of FOCUS takes a brief look at the student experience at Boise State. Cover photo of freshman Ryan Smith and student-athlete Lee Marks (below) by John Kelly.

Foreward - In Remembrance Of Former South Carolina Governor Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

In Remembrance of Former South Carolina Governor Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.

On The Importance Of Regulating The International Trade Of Pesticides: A Look At The Current Status Of Conventional Wisdom (Or Lack Thereof) On The Subject, Leticia M. Diaz, Barry Hart Dubner

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Is Voting Necessary - Organization Standing And Non-Voting Members Of Environmental Advocacy Organizations, Karl S. Coplan

Southeastern Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Significant Substantive Provisions Of The South Carolina Trust Code, S. Alan Medlin

South Carolina Law Review

No abstract provided.

Grand Valley Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 1 Fall 2005, Grand Valley State University

Grand Valley Magazine

Grand Valley Magazine is a quarterly publication about Grand Valley State University produced by University Communications since 2001.

Economic Rights, Human Development Effort And Institutions, Mwangi S. Kimenyi

Economics Working Papers

This paper focuses on the link between economic rights and institutions. Simple analysis of data is used to demonstrate countries' human development effort in advancing economics rights of the citizens. A country's human development effort is evaluated on the basis of the well-being of the poorest members of the society. An analysis of data reveals that there is a wide variation in countries' pro-poor stance. While it is accepted that positive rights are pro-poor, this paper argues that so too are negative economic rights and in fact the two are complements rather than substitutes. Classifying countries into human development income …

The Aggregate Demand For Private Health Insurance Coverage In The U.S., Carmelo Giaccotto, Rexford E. Santerre, Francis W. Ahking

Economics Working Papers

This paper estimates the aggregate demand for private health insurance coverage in the U.S. using an error-correction model and by recognizing that people are without private health insurance for voluntary, structural, frictional, and cyclical reasons and because of public alternatives. Insurance coverage is measured both by the percentage of the population enrolled in private health insurance plans and the completeness of the insurance coverage. Annual data for the period 1966-1999 are used and both short and long run price and income elasticities of demand are estimated. The empirical findings indicate that both private insurance enrollment and completeness are relatively inelastic …

A Rose Is A Rose Is...: The Thorny Case Of Morris Communications Corp. V. Professional Golf Association Tour, Inc., Shubha Ghosh

Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal

No abstract provided.

35 U.S.C. § 287(C): Language Slightly Beyond Intent, Fariba Sirjani, Dariush Keyhani

Buffalo Intellectual Property Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Orange & White - Fall 2005, University Of Texas At Brownsville, Texas Southmost College

UTB/TSC Archives - Orange & White Magazine

No abstract provided.

Utpa Commencement – Fall 2005, University Of Texas-Pan American

Edinburg Archives - Legacy Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.