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Distinguishing Fiction From Reality: The Asean Free Trade Area And Implications For The Global Auto Industry, Terence J. Lau

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

Resisting Deep Capture: The Commercial Speech Doctrine And Junk-Food Advertising To Children, David Yosifon

Faculty Publications

The present Article is more precisely dedicated to analyzing, from a critical realist perspective, the wisdom and constitutional viability of one possible policy response to the obesity crisis: a ban on junk-food advertising to children.

This Article seeks not only to show that an effective junk-food advertising ban could pass constitutional scrutiny, but also to demonstrate, through the rigor of a constitutional analysis, the wisdom of such an approach to this substantial social problem. Simultaneously, my purpose is to show, in the context of a difficult First Amendment question, that the critical realist approach to legal theory is capable of …

A Framework For Understanding Ecological Traps And An Evaluation Of Existing Evidence, Bruce A. Robertson, Richard L. Hutto

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

When an animal settles preferentially in a habitat within which it does poorly relative to other available habitats, it is said to have been caught in an “ecological trap.” Although the theoretical possibility that animals may be so trapped is widely recognized, the absence of a clear mechanistic understanding of what constitutes a trap means that much of the literature cited as support for the idea may be weak, at best. Here, we develop a conceptual model to explain how an ecological trap might work, outline the specific criteria that are necessary for demonstrating the existence of an ecological trap, …

A Journey In Transforming My Passion Into Reality: Creating A Business Based On Artwork, Christine Wirth

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

This project was about creating a business in which I would create and sell my artwork. I developed the materials necessary for a legitimate business, which included a website, a three-dimensional flyer, a business card, a portfolio, and obtained a tax number. In addition, I created many pieces of artwork; some were created to sell and some were created out of the need for personal expression. This included jewelry, photography, paintings and sculptures. I was able to place my artwork in two stores. This project was a journey in risk taking and self-actualization. I was able to transform my dreams, …

Defining, Identifying, And Addressing Antisocial Behavior In Children Ages 4-7: The Perspectives Of Selected Elementary Principals In A Midwestern City School District, Audre Lynn Zaroban

College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Children and youth are becoming involved in violent behavior at ever-younger ages. Early appearing behavior problems in a child’s school career are the single best predictor of delinquency in adolescence, gang membership, and adult incarceration. The purpose of this research was to identify successful interventions used by selected elementary principals which positively changed antisocial behavior in a kindergarten child. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with six elementary principals. The participants were chosen based on their district’s view of their success and were also chosen due to the low social economic status of the children in their building. Seven themes emerged from …

Chaordic Ministry: Structuring Church Ministry For The Emerging Culture, Warren D. Schatz

Doctor of Ministry

Many churches are struggling to adapt to changing needs and characteristics of people in the twenty-first century. For decades churches operated by developing standardized programs to reach large groups of people with relatively homogenous needs. The fragmentation of culture into ever-smaller affinity circles means that.people often have very different and unique needs from each other. Further, fragmentation has also affected the character and pattern of lifestyles in the emerging culture. There is no longer any standard pattern of work, recreation and home life. Each family has its own needs and its own schedule. This means people no longer have the …

Dental Maturation In Children Treated For Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, Michael Grey Weathersby

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

Acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) is a life-threatening disease primarily affecting children. Treatment currently consists of chemotherapy sometimes in combination with head irradiation. The literature documents the damage of treatment to the teeth (e.g., congenital absence, microdontia, abnormal crown- root ratios). The present study assessed the effects of treatment for ALL on the tempos of dental maturation (i.e., dental age) in a mixed longitudinal sample of 72 children treated for ALL at St Jude's Children's' Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee. Panoramic radiographs had been taken as indicated to assess and maintain dental health in this retrospective study. Dental age was quantified both …

Free Speech And Public Health: A Population-Based Approach To The First Amendment, Wendy E. Parmet, Jason A. Smith

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Restricting The Marketing Of Junk Food To Children By Product Placement And Character Selling, Angela J. Campbell

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of Pre-Natal Exposure To Arsenic On Gene Expression In Fetal Rat Brain, Darryl L. Kelly

Theses (Pre-2016)

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of arsenic exposure during gestation on the expression of specific marker genes associated with cell proliferation and oxidative stress. Arsenic is a naturally occurring substance that can be found in soil and / water. Drinking water is the primary source of arsenic exposure, via underground wells or rainwater. A potential source of arsenic in our environment is a byproduct of copper smelting arsenic occurs naturally in copper ores. Both the experimental as well as epidemiological evidence suggests that arsenic exposure is a risk factor for various human diseases including cancer. …

Silicon Uptake In Hydroponically Grown Wheat, Ibukun Aladejana

Theses (Pre-2016)

Microbial contamination of hydroponics systems continues to be a major concern in life support experimental trials. Research shows that when silicon is readily available to monocotyledonous plants, it plays a large role in their growth, mineral nutrition, mechanical strength and resistance to fungal disease. Also, omission of silicon from solution cultures may lead to distorted results in experiments on inorganic plant nutrition, growth, development and responses to environmental stress. Silicon has been shown to accumulate in tissues of various dicotyledonous plants, for example, cucumber and in monocotyledonous plants for example rice and wheat. However, it remains unclear whether or not …

Down Regulation Of Dna Repair Genes Coupled With Oxidative Stress Exposed To Modelled Microgravity, Gulbanu Hashim

Theses (Pre-2016)

Research has shown that microgravity induces oxidative stress. In this study, we examined the testis from 6-8 weeks old BALB mice exposed to the ground hind-limb unloading model for 7 days. This model has been shown to simulate a microgravity environment. Total RNA was isolated from the testes of both treatment and control groups and Quantitative Real-Time PCR was performed to analyze the expression of genes controlling DNA excision repair pathways. Manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) gene was examined to detect oxidative stress; and the PCNA (Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen) gene expression was analyzed to detect repair synthesis as well as …

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Penn State Environmental Law Review (1991 - 2011)

No abstract provided.

Parched Ground: After The War, Can Sudan Sustainably Develop And Preserve Its Groundwater Resources, Itzchak E. Kornfeld Esq.

Penn State Environmental Law Review (1991 - 2011)

No abstract provided.

The Case For Regulating Ultrafine Particles Under The Clean Air Act, Robert A. Reily

Penn State Environmental Law Review (1991 - 2011)

No abstract provided.

The Case For Regulating Ultrafine Particles Under The Clean Air Act, Robert A. Reily

Penn State Environmental Law Review (1991 - 2011)

No abstract provided.

Sensual Vitalities: Noncorporeal Modes Of Sensing And Knowing In Native Amazonia, Fernando Santos-Granero

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Yanesha people of eastern Peru would agree with Aristotle and St. Thomas Aquinas that knowledge can only be achieved through sense perception. They would, however, disagree on what exactly “sense perception” means. In the Western tradition the senses are considered to be the “physiological” modes of perception. We can only know, it is asserted, through the body and its senses: sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste. In contrast, Yanesha people view bodily senses as imperfect means of knowing, unable to grasp the true, spiritual dimension of the world. Only one of the noncorporeal components of the self, yecamquëñ or “our …

Matsigenka Corporeality, A Nonbiological Reality: On Notions Of Consciousness And The Constitution Of Identity, Dan Rosengren

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

Departing from the specific case of Matsigenka people in the Montaña of southeastern Peru, this article challenges some of the assumptions associated with predominant conceptions of Amazonian perspectivism. Examining different cultural registers such as birth rituals and mythology, Matsigenka peoples’ notions about being, soul, and self are discussed in relation to the importance that often is ascribed to physical shape for conceptualizing the world. In contrast to this stress on the corporeal, it is argued that Matsigenka people consider the noncorporeal cognizant self to determine outlook and identity. In accordance, corporeal transformation is seen as a result of “the self …

The Strength Of Thoughts, The Stench Of Blood: Amazonian Hematology And Gender, Luisa Elvira Belanunde

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

This paper lays the grounds for an Amazonian hematology aiming to unlock the significance of blood with relation to gender, knowledge, and cosmology. Drawing guidance from Overing’s critique of patriarchy theory and her examination of Piaroa understandings of menstruation, it explores cross-cultural ideas about the embodiment and gendering of spirits, thought and strength in the blood, arguing that the flow of blood is conceived of as a relationship, for it transports knowledge to all body parts, both uniting and differentiating men and women, and constituting the hub of a person’s existence throughout his or her lifecycle. Through an examination of …

The Politics Of Shamanism And The Limits Of Fear, Robert Storrie

Tipití: Journal of the Society for the Anthropology of Lowland South America

The Hoti are a small group of hunter-horticulturalists living in the highlands of central Venezuelan Guiana. In this article I examine Hoti understandings of equality, hierarchy and power and the coercive use of fear by individuals who cultivate a reputation as “Light Ones”—that is people especially skilled in their interaction with the powerful beings of the shamanic environment—a role that is essential for the safety and fertility of the community. Hoti people are highly egalitarian and anti-hierarchical in their moral understandings and for them all power is ambiguous, and all claims to authority can arouse suspicion. For this reason it …

The Eagleville Times,Volume 4, Issue 8, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

A Youth In Upheaval!, Christine E. Nagel

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Of Research And Creative Productions By Faculty And Staff From January To December, 2005., Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs. Morehead State University.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Reports and Publications

Annual Report Of Research and Creative Productions by Faculty and Staff from January to December, 2005.

Special To Poultry Owners And Managers: Avian Influenza And Your Flock, Russ Daly, Tanya Graham, Jane Christopher-Hennings, David Zeman

SDSU Extension Extra Archives

What is “avian influenza”? Influenza viruses that infect birds are called “avian influenza viruses.” Currently, the term is used to describe a particular subtype of influenza virus that has caused problems recently in other parts of the world. (The term “bird flu” is also used to describe avian influenza.)

European Union Food Law Update, Nicole Coutrelis

Journal of Food Law & Policy

Update on new developments in European food law.

The Contribution Of Environmental Variables On Small Mammal Species Richness And Relative Abundance In Eastern Nevada, Stephanie Harris

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The purpose of this study is to determine how four environmental variables: elevation, latitude, soil type, and vegetation impact the relative abundance of Peromyscus maniculatus and the species richness of small mammal populations in Eastern Nevada. In order to complete this study, a survey of small mammals was completed in the following 8 Eastern Nevada valleys: Delamar, Dry Lake, Dry Lake- Muleshoe,Cave, Lake, Snake, Spring, White River. In each valley, transects of Sherman live traps will be set up for 3 consecutive nights (O'Farrell et al 1977). Data on elevation, latitude, soil type, and vegetation were taken at each trap …

Anaerobic Digester Use In Dairy Farms In The United States, Shaun Elsasser

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Anaerobic digestion is a highly efficient process, trapping the methane gas from cow manure and processing it into energy. The steep initial capital costs make anaerobic digesters short-term liabilities, but the long-term benefits far outweigh the long-term costs. An anaerobic digester unit will begin to show a profit after approximately five years of operation. During the lifetime of the unit, estimated at 15 years, the digester will have produced about $ 1,000,000 in profits for the dairy farm, while also providing invaluable benefits to society as a whole.

Feminist Theory And The Right-Wing: Shiv Sena Women Mobilize Mumbai, Tarini Bedi

Journal of International Women's Studies

Feminist scholars engaged in the study of women and religion often grapple with the problem of how to theorize the phenomenon of women’s attraction to, and active involvement in politico-religious movements characterized by strongly “patriarchal” authority structures, and by ideologies that either seem to denigrate women or assign them to subordinate social and symbolic roles. This paper looks at some of the approaches that have been taken by feminist scholars to this issue. It reviews some key adaptations of feminist theory to the rising phenomena of women’s public participation in religious, right-wing agendas. It specifically explores the relevance of feminist …

The Bg News May 1, 2006, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. May 1, 2006. Volume 96-Issue 147.

The Use Of Personal Digital Assistants In The K-8 Classrooms, Tracy A. Brosovich

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine if Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are being used in the K-8 classrooms and if so to what extent. By way of a stratified random sample, four counties in central and southern New Jersey were selected. A survey was developed and sent to the participating districts. Two hundred seventy-five surveys were mailed to eight districts, with a return rate of sixty-eight percent (68%).

Data was collected from the surveys and calculated into percentages. Although seventy-two percent (72%) of the respondents report using some form of technology on a daily basis, only three percent …