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Sacred Heart University Magazine, Fall 2005, Sacred Heart University Oct 2005

Sacred Heart University Magazine, Fall 2005, Sacred Heart University

Sacred Heart University Magazine

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I, Robot: You Gotta Have Heart, Richard C. Trussell Oct 2005

I, Robot: You Gotta Have Heart, Richard C. Trussell

Journal of Religion & Film

I Robot is a rousing sci-fi action story which explores Artificial Intelligence and its consequences. Deep philosophical themes abound, such as existential crisis and identity-defining choice, the nature of personhood, purpose in life, cognition and mental interpretive structures, faith vs. reason, divine command theory, and freedom vs. determinism. It also brims with biblical symbolism, including the fall, messianic figures, the exodus from bondage, theophany, ambiguity of the feminine, sacrificial death and the trinity. Finally it is about personal and collective redemption, making a clear statement about the heart and emotions as the seat of will, faith, and morality.

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Perspectives, Fall 2005, Western New England College School Of Law Oct 2005

Perspectives, Fall 2005, Western New England College School Of Law

Perspectives Alumni Magazine

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Focus, 2005, Fall, Andrews University Oct 2005

Focus, 2005, Fall, Andrews University

Focus

FOCUS (ISSN 1077-9345) is published quarterly, free of charge, for alumni and friends of Andrews University, an institution owned and operated by the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

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Assessment Of Human Health Risks From Chemically Contaminated Lake Fishes In Greece, Eugene G. Maurakis, David V. Grimes, Dimitra Bobori, Rob Hale, Jennifer Jones Oct 2005

Assessment Of Human Health Risks From Chemically Contaminated Lake Fishes In Greece, Eugene G. Maurakis, David V. Grimes, Dimitra Bobori, Rob Hale, Jennifer Jones

Virginia Journal of Science

Objectives were to conduct screening level surveys of locally consumed fish tissues in vicinities of two lakes (Kastoria and Pamvotis) in Greece to determine the presence of halogenated organic compounds and determine carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic human health risks associated with the consumption of sampled fish tissues. Results estimate the Incremental Lifetime Cancer Risks (ILCR) and Hazard Index (HI) values for the two local populations using site-specific population data. These results were compared to analyses conducted using U.S. Environmental Protection Agency default values in an effort to determine the applicability of USEPA default values to assessments of risks in non U.S. …

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The Risk In Technology-Based Standards, Patricia Ross Mccubbin Oct 2005

The Risk In Technology-Based Standards, Patricia Ross Mccubbin

Duke Environmental Law & Policy Forum

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Preferred Learning Styles For Respiratory Care Students At Texas State University – San Marcos, Chris Russian Oct 2005

Preferred Learning Styles For Respiratory Care Students At Texas State University – San Marcos, Chris Russian

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Academic success includes setting goals, effective time management, and the match of teaching methods to learning style. It also depends on the educator and the manner in which material is presented. Learning style influences the retention of information and the depth of comprehension. If educators present material in a style that matches a student’s preferred learning style, then academic performance may improve. Assessing learning styles will benefit the student and the educator. Material retention will improve, thus improving test scores and limiting remediation. It is also important to determine if students, as a group, fit into a particular style or …

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The Finding Of Echinostoma (Trematoda: Digenea) And Hookworm Eggs In Coprolites Collected From A Brazilian Mummified Body Dated 600–1,200 Years Before Present, L. Sianto, Karl J. Reinhard, M. Chame, S. Chaves, S. Mendonça, M. L. C. Gonçalves, A. Fernandes, L. F. Ferreira, A. Araújo Oct 2005

The Finding Of Echinostoma (Trematoda: Digenea) And Hookworm Eggs In Coprolites Collected From A Brazilian Mummified Body Dated 600–1,200 Years Before Present, L. Sianto, Karl J. Reinhard, M. Chame, S. Chaves, S. Mendonça, M. L. C. Gonçalves, A. Fernandes, L. F. Ferreira, A. Araújo

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

The identification of parasites from ancient cultures expands our list of parasites infective to extant humans. A partially mummified human body from the archeological site of Lapa do Boquete, Minas Gerais State, Brazil, was recently discovered. It was interred between 600 and 1,200 yr ago. Dietary analysis showed that the mummified body was from a society that had a mixed subsistence of agriculture and gathering of wild foods. Coprolites from the body contained numerous helminth eggs. The eggs were identified as those of Echinostoma sp. and hookworm. Hookworm infection in pre-Columbian populations is already established, but this is the first …

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Substance Abuse Disorders Among Homeless And Runaway Adolescents, Kurt D. Johnson, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt Oct 2005

Substance Abuse Disorders Among Homeless And Runaway Adolescents, Kurt D. Johnson, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

This paper presents lifetime and 12-month prevalence rates and comorbidity data for substance abuse disorders among homeless and runaway adolescents. Data are from baseline interviews of a longitudinal diagnostic study of 428 (187 males and 241 females) homeless and runaway adolescents aged 16 to 19 years (mean age = 17.4 years, SD = 1.05). The data were collected by full-time interviewers on the streets and in shelters in eight Midwestern cities of various populations. About two thirds (60.5%) of the runaways met lifetime criteria for at least one of three substance disorders (alcohol abuse, alcohol dependence, drug abuse), and nearly …

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Literary Magazines In Unlikely Settings, Danielle Ofri Oct 2005

Literary Magazines In Unlikely Settings, Danielle Ofri

City University of New York Law Review

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Encuentro En El Ambiente De Lateorıa: Latina Lesbians And Ruthann Robson's Lesbian Legal Theory, Elvia R. Arriola Oct 2005

Encuentro En El Ambiente De Lateorıa: Latina Lesbians And Ruthann Robson's Lesbian Legal Theory, Elvia R. Arriola

City University of New York Law Review

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For The Sake Of All Children: Opponents And Supporters Of Same-Sex Marriage Both Miss The Mark, Nancy D. Polikoff Oct 2005

For The Sake Of All Children: Opponents And Supporters Of Same-Sex Marriage Both Miss The Mark, Nancy D. Polikoff

City University of New York Law Review

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Feminists, Angels, Poets, And Revolutionaries: What I'Ve Learning From Ruthann Robson And Nicole Brossard On What It Means To Be A Law Teacher, Kim Brooks Oct 2005

Feminists, Angels, Poets, And Revolutionaries: What I'Ve Learning From Ruthann Robson And Nicole Brossard On What It Means To Be A Law Teacher, Kim Brooks

City University of New York Law Review

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Ruthann Robson: An Annotated Bibliography 1979-2005, Sanja Zgonjanin Oct 2005

Ruthann Robson: An Annotated Bibliography 1979-2005, Sanja Zgonjanin

City University of New York Law Review

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Department-Integrated Information Literacy: A Middle Ground, William Joseph Thomas Oct 2005

Department-Integrated Information Literacy: A Middle Ground, William Joseph Thomas

The Southeastern Librarian

Much of the current literature on information literacy on college and university campuses encourages instructional services librarians and departments to pursue one of two options: either integrate information literacy into the curriculum as a campus-wide initiative, or establish a forcredit information literacy course taught by librarians. For a variety of reasons, instructional programs may not be able to accomplish either of these goals immediately. Perhaps the library does not have the institutional influence to mount a campus-wide program, or maybe the library lacks the needed resources in terms of personnel or instructional facilities. Tackling the planning required for a program …

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Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Derivatives And Dipeptidyl Peptidase-Iv Inhibitors. New Hope For The Treatment Of Type-2 Diabetes, Mohamed A. Al-Omar, Mohammed N. Al-Arifi Oct 2005

Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Derivatives And Dipeptidyl Peptidase-Iv Inhibitors. New Hope For The Treatment Of Type-2 Diabetes, Mohamed A. Al-Omar, Mohammed N. Al-Arifi

Saudi Medical Journal

Glucagon-like peptide GLP-1 is an endogenous insulinotropic/glucagonostatic hormone that acts in a self-limiting mechanism. It is a multifunctional hormone that leads to insulin release stimulation, liver glucagon breakdown suppression, upregulation of islet cell proliferation, and neogenesis and retardation of gastric emptying. The short half-life and high renal clearance due to degradation via dipeptidyl peptidase-IV DPP-IV, and active glomerular filtration rate make this hormone ineffectual as an exogenous agent. More stable and long acting GLP-1 analogues and DPP-1 inhibitors have been developed with promising clinical value for the treatment of type-2 diabetes. The GLP-1 derivatives have the advantage of decreasing body …

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Global Climate Change And The Use Of Economic Approaches: The Ideal Design Features Of Domestic Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading With An Analysis Of The European Union's Co2 Emissions Trading Directive And The Climate Stewardship Act, Inho Choi Oct 2005

Global Climate Change And The Use Of Economic Approaches: The Ideal Design Features Of Domestic Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading With An Analysis Of The European Union's Co2 Emissions Trading Directive And The Climate Stewardship Act, Inho Choi

Natural Resources Journal

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Prospects Of Kenaf As An Alternative Field Crop In Virginia, Harbans L. Bhardwaj, Charles L. Webber Iii Oct 2005

Prospects Of Kenaf As An Alternative Field Crop In Virginia, Harbans L. Bhardwaj, Charles L. Webber Iii

Virginia Journal of Science

Kenaf (Hibiscus cannabinus L.), a warm-season annual plant, has shown potential as an alternate source of fiber in the United States. Although preliminary research has indicated feasibility of kenaf production in Virginia, production details are lacking. Field experiments were conducted during 1995 and 1996 to determine optimal row spacing and fertilizer needs, and to compare available kenaf cultivars. Although results indicated that differences in dry matter yields from four row spacings (30, 60, 90, and 120 cm) and four rates each of N, P, and K fertilizers (50, 100, 150, and 200 kg ha-1) were not …

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Section Abstracts: Education, Virginia Journal Of Science Oct 2005

Section Abstracts: Education, Virginia Journal Of Science

Virginia Journal of Science

Abstracts of the Education Section for the 83rd Annual Virginia Academy of Science Meeting, May 19-20, at James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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Linking Demographic Effects Of Habitat Fragmentation Across Landscapes To Continental Source-Sink Dynamics, P. Lloyd, Thomas E. Martin, R. L. Redmond, U. Langner, M. M. Hart Oct 2005

Linking Demographic Effects Of Habitat Fragmentation Across Landscapes To Continental Source-Sink Dynamics, P. Lloyd, Thomas E. Martin, R. L. Redmond, U. Langner, M. M. Hart

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

Forest fragmentation may cause increased brood parasitism and nest predation of breeding birds. In North America, nest parasitism and predation are expected to increase closer to forest edges because the brood-parasitic Brown-headed Cowbird(Molothrus ater) and generalist nest predators often enter the forest from adjoining developed (largely agricultural) habitats. Yet the abundance of brood parasites and nest predators at the patch scale may be strongly constrained by the total area of developed habitat at landscape scales. The scale and extent of landscape effects are unclear, however, because past studies were mostly conducted within local landscapes rather than across independent landscapes. We …

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Vulnerability Of Northern Prairie Wetlands To Climate Change, Carter W. Johnson, B. V. Millett, T. Gilmanov, G. R. Guntenspergen, David E. Naugle Oct 2005

Vulnerability Of Northern Prairie Wetlands To Climate Change, Carter W. Johnson, B. V. Millett, T. Gilmanov, G. R. Guntenspergen, David E. Naugle

Wildlife Biology Faculty Publications

The prairie pothole region (PPR) lies in the heart of North America and contains millions of glacially formed, depressional wetlands embedded in a landscape matrix of natural grassland and agriculture. These wetlands provide valuable ecosystem services and produce 50% to 80% of the continent's ducks. We explored the broad spatial and temporal patterns across the PPR between climate and wetland water levels and vegetation by applying a wetland simulation model (WETSIM) to 18 stations with 95-year weather records. Simulations suggest that the most productive habitat for breeding waterfowl would shift under a drier climate from the center of the PPR …

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Changes In Bird Abundance After Wildfire: Importance Of Fire Severity And Time Since Fire, Kristina M. Smucker, Richard L. Hutto, Brian M. Steele Oct 2005

Changes In Bird Abundance After Wildfire: Importance Of Fire Severity And Time Since Fire, Kristina M. Smucker, Richard L. Hutto, Brian M. Steele

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Fire can cause profound changes in the composition and abundance of plant and animal species, but logistics, unpredictability of weather, and inherent danger make it nearly impossible to study high-severity fire effects experimentally. We took advantage of a unique opportunity to use a before–after/control–impact (BACI) approach to analyze changes in bird assemblages after the severe fires of 2000 in the Bitterroot Valley, Montana. Observers surveyed birds using 10-minute point counts and collected vegetation data from 13 burned and 13 unburned transects for five years before fire and three years after fire. We compared changes in vegetation variables and relative bird …

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Near-Infrared Characterization Of Breast Tumors In Vivo Using Spectrally-Constrained Reconstruction, Subhadra Srinivasan, Brian W. Pogue, Ben Brooksby, Shudong Jiang, Hamid Dehghani, Christine Kogel, Wendy A. Wells, Steven P. Poplack, Keith D. Paulsen Oct 2005

Near-Infrared Characterization Of Breast Tumors In Vivo Using Spectrally-Constrained Reconstruction, Subhadra Srinivasan, Brian W. Pogue, Ben Brooksby, Shudong Jiang, Hamid Dehghani, Christine Kogel, Wendy A. Wells, Steven P. Poplack, Keith D. Paulsen

Dartmouth Scholarship

Multi-wavelength Near-Infrared (NIR) Tomography was utilized in this study to non-invasively quantify physiological parameters of breast tumors using direct spectral reconstruction. Frequency domain NIR measurements were incorporated with a new spectrally constrained direct chromophore and scattering image reconstruction algorithm, which was validated in simulations and experimental phantoms. Images of total hemoglobin, oxygen saturation, water, and scatter parameters were obtained with higher accuracy than previously reported. Using this spectral approach, in vivo NIR images are presented and interpreted through a series of case studies (n=6 subjects) having differing abnormalities. The corresponding mammograms and ultrasound images are also evaluated. Three of six …

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University Reporter - Volume 10, Number 02 - October 2005 Oct 2005

University Reporter - Volume 10, Number 02 - October 2005

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about the 2005 convocation, UMass Boston's response to Hurricane Katrina, the 8th annual Boston Folk Festival, a biology faculty member's research regarding assumptions and errors in global warming studies, and other news from UMass Boston.

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Monitor Newsletter Monthly, October/November 2005, Bowling Green State University Oct 2005

Monitor Newsletter Monthly, October/November 2005, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

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Neiu Magazine- Fall 2005, Neiu Magazine Staff Oct 2005

Neiu Magazine- Fall 2005, Neiu Magazine Staff

NEIU Magazine

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Maintaining Privacy During Psychosocial Research On The International Space Station, Jennifer Boyd Ritsher, Nick Kanas, Stephanie Saylor Oct 2005

Maintaining Privacy During Psychosocial Research On The International Space Station, Jennifer Boyd Ritsher, Nick Kanas, Stephanie Saylor

Journal of Human Performance in Extreme Environments

Conducting psychosocial research on the International Space Station (ISS) requires rigorous privacy precautions that exceed standard scientific human subject protocols. In our previous study involving crewmembers on Mir, and in our ongoing ISS work, special precautions were taken during each phase of the missions. Pre-flight, participants received detailed consent forms explaining that only group-level data would be presented, and they chose ID codes known only to them. In-flight, special procedures protected data during collection and transmission. Post-flight, our analytic strategy further masked participants’ identities, and participant representatives were invited to review manuscript drafts prior to publication. In this paper we …

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Expert Object Recognition In Video, Matthew S. Mceuen Oct 2005

Expert Object Recognition In Video, Matthew S. Mceuen

Theses

A recent computer vision technique for object classification in still images is the biologically-inspired Expert Object Recognition (EOR). This thesis adapts and extends the EOR approach for use with segmented video data. Properties of this data, such as segmentation masks and the visibility of an object over multiple frames, are exploited to decrease human supervision and increase accuracy. Several types of runtime learning are facilitated: class-level learning in which object types that are not included in the training set are given artificial classes; viewpoint-level learning in which novel views of training objects are associated with existing classes; and instance-level learning …

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Chromosomal Localization Of The Islet Neogenesis Associated Protein (Ingap) Gene In Syrian Hamster By Tyramide Signal Amplification-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (Tsa-Fish), Sallie A. Smith Oct 2005

Chromosomal Localization Of The Islet Neogenesis Associated Protein (Ingap) Gene In Syrian Hamster By Tyramide Signal Amplification-Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (Tsa-Fish), Sallie A. Smith

Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations

Diabetes mellitus is a group of conditions characterized by hyperglycemia due to an inability to produce or properly utilize insulin. The majority of cases fall into two categories, Type I and Type 2. Type I results from the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic β-cells of the islets. The beta cells are the exclusive source of insulin and the patient becomes entirely dependent on exogenous insulin to survive. Patients with Type 2 are distinguished by insulin resistance, a condition that develops due to the inability of the body to effectively use the insulin being produced. The β-cells gradually lose their ability to …

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Do Inhalation General Anesthetic Drugs Induce The Neuronal Release Of Endogenous Opioid Peptides?, Raymond M. Quock, Linda K. Vaughn Oct 2005

Do Inhalation General Anesthetic Drugs Induce The Neuronal Release Of Endogenous Opioid Peptides?, Raymond M. Quock, Linda K. Vaughn

Biomedical Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

The antagonism of some effects of inhalation general anesthetic agents by naloxone suggests that there may be an opioid component to anesthetic action. There is evidence that this opioid action component is due to neuronal release of endogenous opioid peptides. The strongest evidence is provided by studies that monitor changes in the concentration of opioid peptides in the perfused brain following inhalation of the anesthetic. Indirect or circumstantial evidence also comes from studies of anesthetic effects on regional brain levels of opioid peptides, antagonism of selected anesthetic effects by antisera to opioid peptides and anesthetic-induced changes radioligand binding to opioid …

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