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The Relationship Among Sense Of Humor, Defense Style, Levels Of Trait Anxiety, And Locus Of Control, Emily Averitt

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The purpose of this study was to explore the possible interrelatedness of sense of humor, defense mechanism style, level of trait-type anxiety, and locus of control; to compare any trait patterns that occur among these constructs; and to generate ideas about the significance of these patterns and their implications for clinical application. Participants were 100 individuals, 18 years of age or older, predominantly from the student body of a medium-sized southern university. Participants were asked to complete the Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale (MSHS), Defense Style Questionnaire-40 (DSQ-40), State-Trait Anxiety Inventory-Trait Scale (STAI-T), and the Rotter Internal-External Locus of Control …

Effects Of Internal Versus External Attribution And Body Mass Index On Weight Prejudice, Margaret Richardson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The primary purpose of this research was to examine the effect of internal and external attribution and a person's Body Mass Index on weight prejudice. Data for this research was obtained from an ABC News/Time Magazine Poll (2004). Logistic regression was used to analyze the data. My hypothesis that people who internally attribute the cause of being overweight or obese will be more likely to be prejudiced toward overweight or obese individuals was supported by my findings. My hypothesis that people who internally attribute the cause of obesity and have a lower Body Mass Index would be more likely to …

Creating An Assessment Tool For Muscle Dysmorphia, Jennifer Short

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Throughout the years, men have been viewed as having few body appearance problems. However, recent research has begun to acknowledge the presence of body image issues with men. In particular, Muscle Dysmorphia (MD) is a disorder that has received attention in the last decade (Pope, Gruber, Choi, Olivardia, & Phillips, 1997; Olivardia, 2001). Many of the symptoms found in eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder are similar to those seen in MD. The goal of this study is to create such an assessment tool for use in clinical settings. Pope et al. (1997) outlined and Olivardia (2001) refined the diagnostic …

Implicit And Explicit Attitudes Towards Body Images, Kenneth Brasel

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study examined the differences of men's and women's implicit and explicit attitudes towards three constructs of body images: muscular, obese, and skinny. Participants were 101 volunteers and included 31 male and 70 female college students attending Western Kentucky University. Age of the participants ranged from 18 to 59 years, with a mean of 21.23 years (SD = 6.47). All participants were given a questionnaire with a series of male and female body images along a continuum of obese-skinny-muscular. Participants were asked to first identify their current body image and then their ideal body image. They were then asked to …

Examination Of Role Satisfaction And Mental Health Of Caregiving Grandparents, Jennifer Copen

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Research has shown that the number of caregiving grandparents in America has steadily increased. If this trend continues there will be more of a need for society to recognize this population and the difficulties that they face due to the atypical structure of these households. Research has produced mixed results as to what effect raising grandchildren has on grandparent caregivers. Most research has found that raising a grandchild increases stress levels (Bowers & Myers, 1999; Musil 1998; Sands & Goldberg-Glen, 2000). Research has also shown that some caregiving grandparents possess other difficulties such as increased mental and physical health problems …

The Effects Of Usda Farm-Bill Restoration Programs On Prairie Voles (Microtus Ochrogaster) In The Barrens Region Of Kentucky, Jestin Clark

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Much of the area that is now west-central Kentucky historically existed as grass dominated ecosystems. Unfortunately, most of those grasslands are gone due mostly to disturbance suppression and conversion to agricultural lands. Federal, state, and nongovernmental agencies have, particularly within the last several decades, undertaken the responsibility and goal of preserving and attempting to restore many of North America's lost grasslands. The USDA in conjunction with local landowners has initiated the CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) and the CREP (Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program); two popular farm bill-based conservation programs. Among the many conservation practices that these programs fund is grassland restoration. …

Dinner With...Houston's Most Fascinating, Vol.19 (2) October - December 2005, Houston Academy Of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library

Library Lines (1998-2009)

No abstract provided.

Meeting Notes 2005-12-01 , Joint Policy Advisory Committee On Transportation

Joint Policy Advisory Committee on Transportation

No abstract provided.

Bartonella Bacilliformis Groel: Effect On Growth Of Human Vascular Endothelial Cells In Infected Cocultures, Laura S. Smitherman, Michael F. Minnick

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Bartonella are the only bacteria known to induce angioproliferative lesions of the human vasculature and liver during infection. Previous work from our lab suggests that GroEL participates in the mitogenic response observed in HUVEC cultures supplemented with the soluble fraction of Bartonella bacilliformis. Work in this study shows that exposure to high concentrations of the fraction is actually cytotoxic for HUVECs. To analyze this phenomenon, live B. bacilliformis-HUVEC cocultures were employed to study the effect of excess bacterial GroEL on the host cell during active infection. Four B. bacilliformis strains were generated to produce varying levels of GroEL. HUVEC cocultures …

Implementation Of Coeus Grant Management Software At The Desert Research Institute, Patricia Kingsmill

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

The Internet and electronic commerce have opened up new opportunities for efficiency in research administration. Public Law 106-107 or the Federal Financial Assistance Improvement Act signed on November 20, 1999 and the President's Management Agenda have formally charged federal grant-making agencies with creating a single electronic system to find and apply for federal grant opportunities. In response to this directive, recipient organizations will need the ability to electronically prepare and submit proposal information and receive funding data from the sponsoring agency. This project reviews the implementation of a software package, MIT's Coeus Grant Management System, as a solution to the …

Learning From Families:Transnational Report, Geraldine French, Sheila Shinman

Reports

Learning from Families- Policies and Practices to Combat Social Exclusion in Families with Young Children is a project led by Home-Start International and funded by the European Commission Community Action Programme to Combat Social Exclusion 2002 - 2006, Trans-national Exchange Programme. Home-Start International coordinated the work of a partnership between Home-Start UK, Home- Start National Office Ireland, Home-Start Hungary and the Hellenic Council for Social Care in Greece. The overall aim of Learning from Families is to address government policies and programmes from the point of view of families of young children themselves, in order to build social environments that …

Placental Expression Of Angiopoietin-1, Angiopoietin-2 And Tie-2 During Placental Development In An Ovine Model Of Placental Insufficiency-Fetal Growth Restriction., Amy S Erickson Hagen, Ryan J Orbus, Randall B Wilkening, Timothy Regnault, Russell V Anthony

Paediatrics Publications

Fetal growth restriction (FGR) is associated with increased perinatal morbidity and mortality, and often results from functional placental insufficiency. Placentation requires extensive vasculogenesis and subsequent angiogenesis, in both maternal and fetal tissues. Angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1) and Angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2) are angiogenic growth factors expressed in the placenta, and compete for binding to a common receptor, Tunica interna endothelial cell kinase-2 (Tie-2). Our objective was to examine Ang-1, Ang-2 and Tie-2 expression in ovine placental tissue obtained from normal and FGR pregnancies throughout gestation. Fetal cotyledon and maternal caruncle tissue concentrations of Ang-1, Ang-2 and Tie-2 mRNA were assessed by real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase …

The Cerebral Response During Subjective Choice With And Without Self-Reference, Sterling C. Johnson, Taylor W. Schmitz, Tisha N. Kawahara-Baccus, Howard A. Rowley, Andrew L. Alexander, Jonghoon Lee, Richard J. Davidson

Brain and Mind Institute Researchers' Publications

The anterior medial prefrontal (AMPFC) and retrosplenial (RSC) cortices are active during self-referential decision-making tasks such as when participants appraise traits and abilities, or current affect. Other appraisal tasks requiring an evaluative decision or mental representation, such as theory of mind and perspective-taking tasks, also involve these regions. In many instances, these types of decisions involve a subjective opinion or preference, but also a degree of ambiguity in the decision, rather than a strictly veridical response. However, this ambiguity is generally not controlled for in studies that examine self-referential decision-making. In this functional magnetic resonance imaging experiment with 17 healthy …

Disparate Associations Of A Functional Promoter Polymorphism In Pck1 With Carotid Wall Ultrasound Traits, Robert A. Hegele, Khalid Z. Al-Shali, Andrew A. House, Anthony J.G. Hanley, Stewart B. Harris, Mary Mamakeesick, Aaron Fenster, Bernard Zinman, Henian Cao, J. David Spence

Department of Medicine Publications

Background and Purpose - Cytosolic phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase (PEPCK; EC 4.1.1.32), encoded by PCK1, catalyzes the first committed step in gluconeogenesis. We previously showed that a -232C>G promoter polymorphism within a cis-acting element required for basal and cAMP-mediated PCK1 gene transcription results in loss of negative regulation by insulin, contributing to worsened metabolic control in the context of insulin resistance. We hypothesized that this polymorphism would be associated with carotid atherosclerosis in a sample of 150 aboriginal Canadians. Methods - Dependent variables were 2 distinct carotid traits, namely intima-media thickness (IMT) assessed using B-mode ultrasound and total carotid plaque volume …

Hypertrophy Of Ligamentum Flavum In Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Associated With Increased Proteinase Inhibitor Concentration, Jong-Beom Park, Jin-Kyung Lee, Sung-Jin Park, K. Daniel Riew

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Upper-Extremity Phocomelia Reexamined: A Longitudinal Dysplasia, Charles A. Goldfarb, Paul R. Manske, Riccardo Busa, Janith Mills, Peter Carter, Marybeth Ezaki

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Renewable Energy Technologies To Improve Energy Access In Brazil, José Goldemberg, Emili Lebre La Rovere, Suani Teixeira Coelho, André Felipe Simoes, Patricia Guardabassi, Felipe Moreira Miranda, Centro Clima/Coppe/Ufrj, Cenbio/Usp

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

This report shows the potential of Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) to help Brazil achieve it's goal to ensure the access to electricity to all citizens, and provides some recommendations of future actions to tap the RETs potential in order to make progress towards this end.

Citizen Voices On Pandemic Flu Choices: A Report Of The Public Engagement Pilot Project On Pandemic Influenza

University of Nebraska Public Policy Center: Publications

In the spring of 2005, gaps existed in the first Health and Human Services (HHS) Influenza Pandemic Plan and more guidance was considered desirable on how best to allocate the relatively meager supplies of vaccine likely to be available in the first months of a pandemic. To whom should it be given? To achieve what objectives?

This report describes the convening of a representative group of stakeholders and citizens-at-large, the structure and process of stakeholder and citizen dialogues and deliberations, and the decisions made and recommendations that were developed.

This Public Engagement Pilot Project on Pandemic Influenza (PEPPPI) was initiated …

Wsu Research News, Winter 2005, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs, Wright State University

WSU Research News

A sixteen page newsletter of the WSU Research News. The WSU Research News was published monthly beginning in June of 1968 and issued by the Office of Research Development. This newsletter was created to provide information to the WSU faculty about the availability of outside funds for research and educational programs, new developments that may affect availability of funds, and general information on research and educational activities at Wright State University.

Marriage. Elimination Of Domestic Partnership Rights. Initiative Constitutional Amendment.

Initiatives

Amends the California Constitution to provide that only marriage between one man and one woman is valid or recognized in California, whether contracted in this state or elsewhere. Voids or makes unenforceable certain rights and obligations conferred by California law on same-sex and heterosexual couples registered as domestic partners, concerning subject areas including, but not limited to, community property, intestate succession, stepparent adoption, child custody, child support, hospital visitation, health care decisions for an incapacitated partner, insurance benefits, death benefits, and recovery for wrongful death. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state …

Spatial Autocorrelation Of Deer-Vehicle Accidents In Vigo County, J. Scott Horn

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Deer-vehicle accidents (DV As) are a problem in many areas. They cause millions of dollars in property damage, personal injury, and loss of life each year. This thesis examines whether DVAs in Vigo County, Indiana during the year 2000 were spatially autocorrelated; and whether DV As selected by deer habitat were spatially autocorrelated. Specifically using Moran's I to test for spatial autocorrelation this study determined if and to what degree spatial autocorrelation existed among these DVAs. A Moran's I value of .0023 shows that the accidents occurred randomly. These DV A data were then used to plot a map which …

Equity In Access To Care: How About The Socially Vulnerable Groups In Northern Uganda, Asiimwe Denis Douglas, Ramullah N. Kasozi, Sarah Kiguli

Family and Community Medicine Research and Scholarship

Context: Primary Health Care in Uganda is provided through the Uganda National Minimum Health Care Package. UNMHCP aims to provide essential health care for all. Northern Uganda has been at war for twenty years. Setting: In 1995 Uganda created internally displaced people (IDP) camps to provide security for the population attacked by the rebel group Lord's Resistance Army. Approximately two million people (85% women and children), live in 144 IDP camps. The difficult living conditions in IDP camps may have a direct effect on health. Objectives: 1) To determine whether UNMHCP meets IDPs health needs; and 2) To highlight ways …

Issue No. 66: December 2005, Historical Society Of New Mexico

La Crónica de Nuevo México

1 Albuquerque Celebrates Tricentennial: "Duke City Founded in 1706"
1 Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
2 Brams Mail Order House Receives Award
2 Historic WPA Gymnasium at Amistad
3 Tests of Faith: Maintaining Religious Tradition in Tough Country
7 Endangered Places of New Mexico, 2005
8 Books, A German POW in New Mexico
8 Aviso! The Historic Society of New Mexico Annual Conference in Albuquerque, April 22-22, 2006
8 Books, Curandero: A Life in Mexican Folk Healing

Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 16, Número 4, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
Un Tiempo Festivo 3
El Hemisferio del Oeste 4
Conferencia sobre la Política del Idioma 5
Una Canción: Mi Ranchito 6
Personas 2
Emiliano Zapata 7
Clara Apodaca 8
Federal Writers’ Project 1
Francisco Gómez 9
¿Quién Soy? 10
Tiempos Lejanos por Dr. Nasario García 11,12
An Activity: Make a Bread Frame 13
Los Médicos y Las Médicas 14
Doctor Eric Romero 15
Un Acróstico sobre New Mexico Highlands University 16
New Mexico Department on Aging 17
Un Juego: Caras y Gestos 18
Por Qué Debemos Estar Alegres 19
Qué le Dijo y Preguntas Humorísticas 20 …

Rotunda - Vol 85, No 11 - Dec 1, 2005, Longwood University

Rotunda

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 1, 2005, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

C.N. V. Ridgewood Bd Of Ed

2005 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Fisheries Research Report No. 151 - Biology And Stock Assessment Of The Thickskin (Sandbar) Shark, Carcharhinus Plumbeus, In Western Australia And Further Refinement Of The Dusky Shark, Carcharhinus Obscurus, Stock Assessment., Rory Mcauley, R Lenanton, J. Chidlow, R. Allison, E. Heist

Fisheries Research Reports

Final FRDC Report - Project 2000/134

The purpose of this project was to collect the biological and fishery information necessary to conduct a stock assessment of the sandbar (known locally as ‘thickskin’) shark, Carcharhinus plumbeus and to improve and update the existing stock assessment for the dusky shark, Carcharhinus obscurus. Results from this project have already been used by the Western Australian Department of Fisheries to determine appropriate management arrangements for the State’s shark fisheries to ensure the sustainable exploitation of these species. Results have also assisted the WA target-shark fisheries in conducting Ecologically Sustainable Development (ESD) assessment in order …

0542 Health Care Task Force, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

0545 Interim Committee On School Finance, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.