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Staff In The Spotlight: Dan And Julia Hansen, Elizabeth Lechleitner

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Loss Of Nitrate-Nitrogen By Runoff And Leaching For Agricultural Watersheds, M. A. Elrashidi, M. D. Mays, A. Fares, C. A. Seybold, J. L. Harder, S. D. Peaslee, Pam Vanneste

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

The loss of nutrients in runoff and leaching water from agricultural land is a major cause of poor water quality in the United States. Scientists (NRCS) developed a technique to estimate the impact of agricultural watersheds on natural water resources. The objectives were to apply the technique on Wagon Train (WT) watershed in Nebraska to predict: (i) loss of water by surface runoff and subsurface leaching, (ii) loss of nitrate-N from soils by runoff and leaching, and (iii) nitrate-N loading for WT reservoir. The annual loss of water was estimated at 4.32 million m³ for runoff and 0.98 million …

Mercury Oxidation By Chlorine-Containing Species And Scrubbing In A Wet Flue Gas Desulfurization System, Yongxin Zhao

Theses and Dissertations

This research is particularly related to mercury control technologies. The state of the art in mercury emission control is generally classified into two categories: Mercury Transformation and Mercury Capture. In this research, two chapters (3 & 4) are specifically related to mercury transformation and another two (5 & 6) are related to mercury capture.

Chapter 3 investigates the capabilities of HCI and CU on Hg° oxidation. The resulting data indicated that both were effective in the combustor. However, HCI was less effective in a quartz reactor. Subsequently, the inhibitory effects of NO and S02 were identified in the quartz reactor. …

Post Merger Bank Performance Associated With Regulatory Evaluation Factors, Brian Emerson

Theses and Dissertations

The U.S. banking industry has seen an unprecedented wave of merger activity over the past decade. This study provides an investigation into performance effects of bank mergers on post merger performance from both the banking industry's and bank regulators' perspectives. Using FDIC call report data from 1992 until 2004, I assembled a data set that included 3500 mergers over this time period and found that significant overall improvements in financial performance is difficult to achieve, in agreement with past research. Specific variables showed improvement, while others did not

Southern Alumni, Siu Alumni Association

SIU Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Farm And Home Research: 56-4, Lance Nixon, Marianne Stein

Farm and Home Research: 1999 - 2007

Contents: [Page] 3- Dean’s comments [Page] 4- The Color Purple [Page] 8- Homegrown chemicals [Page] 10- Mom’s just over the fence [Page] 12- Did 1996 Farm Bill live up to its name [Page] 16- We can change our minds about bacterial behavior [Page] 18- Scaup, scuds and wetlands [Page] 22- A biofilter that stands on end

Familiar Battles For Bioethics: Facing Off Over Transplantation, Paul A. Lombardo

Faculty Publications By Year

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Montana Kaimin, December 1, 2005, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Faculty Senate Chronicle For December 1, 2005, Rose Marie Konet

The University of Akron Faculty Senate Chronicle

Minutes of the regular meeting of The University of Akron Faculty Senate on December 1, 2005.

The Critical Entrepreneurial Competencies Required By Instructors From Institution-Based Enterprises: A Jamaican Study, Raymond Dixon, Ronald L. Meier, Danny C. Brown, Rodney L. Custer

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.

Bridgewater Review, Vol. 24, No. 2, December 2005

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

The Role Of The Mortgage Industry In Economic Development, Kayode Omotosho

Economic and Financial Review

This article examines the role of the mortgage industry in economic development with a view to identifying its problems, challenges and opportunities. Possible areas of assistance from other stakeholders are also highlighted. The article discussed the evolution of mortgage banking and financing in Nigeria and the demand/market for mortgage sector finance services in Nigeria. It estimates that Nigeria needed N50 billion annually to provide an estimate of 8 million housing units in 2000. The article then examines the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) in the last decade (1990 - 2000) and National Housing Fund (NHF) as well as the …

Memory And Fragmentation In Dissociative Identity Disorder, Margaret Rose Barlow '96

Doctoral Dissertations

Dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly called multiple personalities, is a condition in which aspects of experience and memory are separated from each other and from awareness. The current study adds to the literature in this area by utilizing a broad conceptualization of memory functioning in DID, combining ecologically valid memory tests with experimental paradigms, and examining shareability, switching, and integration. Eleven women with DID participated in a two-session experiment that included a variety of memory measures. Participants were given no instructions regarding switching among alters, but were later asked how often they had switched. They reported significantly higher levels of …

Oncolog, Volume 50, Number 12, December 2005, Sunni Hosemann, Diane Witter

OncoLog MD Anderson's Report to Physicians (All issues) Archives

• Moving New Drugs from "Bench to Bedside and Back"
• House Call: When the End Is Near: Ways to Cope When a Loved One Is Terminally Ill
• After Katrina: Caring for Cancer Patients in the Wake of the Storm

Administrative Law Judge Upholds Ftc Complaint Ordering Evanston Northwesternhealthcare Corporation To Unwind Five-Year-Old Acquisition , James Lowe, Alexander Krulic

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr Antitrust Series

On October 21, 2005, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced that Administrative Law Judge Stephen J. McGuire had ordered Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation (ENH) to divest Highland Park Hospital, located in a Chicago suburb. (The decision can be found at http://www.ftc. gov/os/adjpro/d9315/051021idtextversion. pdf.) ENH had acquired Highland Park five years ago for $200 million. In an administrative complaint issued in February 2004, the FTC alleged that the acquisition had resulted in "substantially lessened competition" and higher prices for insurers and healthcare consumers for general acute care inpatient services sold to managed care organizations. In upholding part of the complaint, Judge …

High Potency And Other Alcoholic Beverage Consumption Among Adolescents, Edessa C. Jobli, Heather S. Dore, Chudley Werch, Michele Johnson Moore

Public Health Faculty Research and Scholarship

This study examined the prevalence of high potency (liquor, malt liquor, fortified wine) and other alcoholic beverage consumption (beer, wine/wine coolers) among adolescents, the impact of gender and ethnicity, and the risk and protective factors that predicted consumption. A confidential survey revealed that, among eighth grade students, wine/wine coolers were the most popular alcoholic beverages, with the highest levels of lifetime use, and the greatest current frequency and quantity of use, followed closely by beer and liquor. Minor gender differences were found, as well as notable ethnic differences, in consumption. Intentions and attitudes were important predictors of use across beverages. …

Comparative Studies On The Anthelmintic Efficacy Of The Combination Oxantel Pamoate, Pyrantel Pamoate And Praziquantel And The Combination Pyrantel Pamoate And Praziquantel Against Hookworm And Whipworm Infection In Dogs, Soontorn Kiartmanakul, Sudchit Chungpivat, Suvit Gumtorntip, Manida Viriyasiri, Wanwisa Wittayarak, Worrawan Sittiweeratam, Sirintorn Yibchok-Anun

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

This study compared the efficacy of 2 anthelmintic drugs; a mixture of oxantel pamoate, pyrantel pamoate and praziquantel (OPP) and a mixture of pyrantel pamoate and praziquantel (PP) against hookworm and whipworm infections in dogs. A group of 13 stray dogs of both sexes and older than 1 year from the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority Compound, were selected for being naturally infected with both hookworms and whipworms. They were divided into 3 groups. The first group of 3 dogs was used as untreated controls. The second group of 5 dogs was treated orally with OPP and the last group of 5 …

The Detection Of Canine Distemper Virus By A Nested Reverse Transcriptase-Polymerase Chain Reaction In Blood Samples Collected After Vaccination, Nawawan Anansuchatgul, Raweewan Buasri, Ratchaneekorn Chencharoen, Sumittra Watanodorn, Juthatip Keawcharoen, Kanisak Oraveerakul

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

The nested reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (nested RT-PCR) was used to study the canine distemper virus (CDV) could be detected in blood samples collected after vaccination. Blood samples were collected from 16 healthy puppies from 4 different litters on days 0, 3, 7, 10, 14, 17, 21, and 24, after vaccination with an attenuated, canine distemper virus, combined vaccine(Nobivac® Puppy DP) and from 3 puppies used as non-vaccinated controls. Vaccines were given subcutaneously either once on day 0 or two times on days 0 and 14, starting at the age of 8 weeks. A total of 152 blood samples were …

The Effects Of Temperature And Relative Humidity On The Conception Rate Of Cattle In Smallholder Dairy Farms In Chiang Mai, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Sorn Teepatimakorn, Khwanchai Kreusukon, Witaya Suriyasathaporn

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of temperature and humidity on the conception rate of Holstein crossbred dairy cows in smallholder farms in Chiang Mai, Thailand. 7,312 pregnancy diagnosis examinations on 3,166 dairy cows in 510 herds and artificially inseminated, were collected by Chiang Mai AI Research and Biotechnology Center. The monthly average weather data, including minimum and maximum of both temperature and humidity, were obtained from the Thai Meteorological Department for the months January 2001 to December 2002. The relationship between temperature, humidity and conception rates were analyses by using a generalized estimation equation. For …

Polymorphism Of The Kappa-Casein Gene In Dairy Sires In Thailand, Sirilux Techanoraraj, Chatree Khatiworavage, Meena Sarikaputi, Ayuth Harintaranont, Duangsmorn Suwattana

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Fifteen purebred (Holstein-Friesian) sires and 45 crossbred (75% up-grade Holstein-Friesian) sires from the Division of Artificial Insemination (AI), Department of Livestock Development were genotyped for the kappacasein gene by Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (PCR-RFLP). The allele A, B and E were found and the allelic frequencies were 0.6, 0.33 and 0.07 in the purebred sires and 0.74, 0.17 and 0.09 in the crossbred sires. The genotypes composed of AA, AB, BB, AE and BE and the genotypic frequencies were 0.34, 0.4, 0.13, 0.13 and 0 in the purebred sires and 0.56, 0.27, 0, 0.11 and 0.06 in the …

Current Parent Involvement Practices In Georgia Title I Schools As Reported By Title I District-Level School Administrators, Martha Massey Mcbride

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

The current parent involvement practices in Georgia Title I schools as reported by Title I district-level school administrators are described in this quantitative study. Data gathered describe strategies, means of communication, barriers, personnel, and staff development impacting parent involvement. The researcher found that, although districts employ a variety of research-based strategies to engage parents, only half of the surveyed strategies had been used with any degree of frequency. This is possibly attributable to the finding that almost two-thirds of the participants had five or fewer years Title I administration experience and that many districts had not provided teacher compensation or …

Georgia Technical College Administrators' Perceptions Of The Future Vocational And Academic Roles Of Georgia's Technical Colleges, Thomas Ennis Bragg

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

In 2000 the Georgia General Assembly passed House Bill 1187 giving the Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education (DTAE) schools the right to change their names from technical institutes to technical colleges. This event could have led to a change in the type and method of delivery of course offerings at the technical colleges in Georgia. This study was designed to examine the technical college administrators' perceptions of the future vocational or academic roles of Georgia's technical colleges. A 21-question survey was designed to assess the administrators' perceptions of the future vocational and academic role of the 35 technical …

Receipt Of Health Information, Body Mass Index, And Physical Activity And Dietary Behaviors Among University Students, Julianne M. Meadows

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This study examined relationships between receipt of health information, body mass index (BMI), and dietary and physical activity behaviors in a sample of university students (n=1,799). A cross-sectional design assessed health-risk behaviors. Students were placed into dichotomous categories related to receipt of health information, then grouped by risk and non-risk for each dependent behavioral variable; descriptive statistics were then generated. Odds ratios assessed relationships between receipt of health information and activity, diet, and nutrition for normal-weight and overweight students; odds ratios also assessed associations between BMI and diet and activity behaviors. Post-hoc analyses were also conducted. Students who received health …

Constitutional Irony: Gonzales V. Raich, Federalism And Congressional Regulation Of Intrastate Activities Under The Commerce Clause, Steven K. Balman

Tulsa Law Review

No abstract provided.

Destabilized Doctrine At The End Of The Rehnquist Era And The Business Related Cases In Its Final Term, Barbara K. Bucholtz

Tulsa Law Review

No abstract provided.

Cleaning Up The Eighth Amendment Mess, Tom Stacy

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

This article criticizes the Court's interpretation of the Eighth Amendment's Cruel and Unusual Punishment Clause and offers its own understanding. The Court's jurisprudence is plagued by deep inconsistencies concerning the Amendment's text, the Court's own role, and a constitutional requirement of proportionate punishment. In search of ways to redress these fundamental shortcomings, the article explores three alternative interpretations of the Clause: (1) a textualist approach; (2) Justice Scalia's understanding that the Clause forbids only punishments unacceptable for all offenses; and (3) a majoritarian approach that would consistently define cruel and unusual punishment in terms of legislative judgments and penal custom. …

"So Long As Our System Shall Exist": Myth, History, And The New Federalism, Paul D. Moreno

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

This article provides the broad historical context necessary to understand contemporary developments in federalism doctrine. It shows that dual federalism has a long and varied history and that federalism is a content-neutral principle to which both sides in major political contests have appealed. It seeks to show that the predominant perspective on federalism today - that it is an inherently conservative principle - is the result of historical misperception. This article reinterprets the history of American federalism in light of recent historical scholarship concerning various periods: principally the country's founding; slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction; the late nineteenth-century social …

Up Against The Wall Of Separation: The Question Of American Religious Democracy, Bruce Ledewitz

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

A Convenient Blanket Of Secrecy: The Oft-Cited But Nonexistent Housekeeping Privilege, William Bradley Russell Jr.

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

No abstract provided.

Immigrant Entrepreneurs And Neighborhood Revitalization: Studies Of The Allston Village, East Boston And Fields Corner Neighborhoods In Boston, Ramon Borges-Mendez, Michael Liu, Paul Watanabe

Institute for Asian American Studies Publications

Although somewhat later than other major urban areas, Boston has been experiencing fundamental demographic changes. The 2000 Census reported that for the first time non-Hispanic whites constitute a minority of the city’s population. Subsequent Census estimates confirm an even stronger trend toward a rapidly diversifying population.

Immigration has been a major factor in this growth and diversification. A recent report shows that over the last 15 years more than 22,000 new immigrants have annually settled in Massachusetts. The foreign-born as a percentage of the population has grown from 9.4 percent in 1980 to 14.3 percent in 2004.