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Mother Knows Best: Maternal Experience And Choice Of Infant Sleep Position, Meghan Lane

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Purpose: The purpose of this project was to examine the associations between maternal child-rearing experience, choice of infant sleeping position, and the source, nature and trust of advice received about infant sleeping position in a high-risk, primarily African-American population. Background: The number of deaths attributed to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) has decreased since the initiation of the Back to Sleep campaign in 1994. Although this change has benefited all ethnic groups, African-American infants are still twice as likely to succumb to SIDS as Caucasian infants. Design/Methods: We conducted 668 face-to-face standardized interviews with mothers of infants in Connecticut, Georgia …

Campus Chronicle, Jeni Gieseke, Alex Middleton, Jeremy Harmsen, Megan Lyon, Jesi Landwier, Malina Doke, Malin Cheney

Campus Chronicle

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The Narrative Of Lieutenant Colonel L.R. Stacy, C.B., Bengal Native Infantry, Whilst In The Brahooe Camp, Inducing The Submission Of Nasseer Khan, Only Son Of The Late Meer Meerab Khan, Khan Of Khelat; And In The Subsequent Operations Of General Nott's Army In Its March To And Its Return From Kabul. (1884) , Lewis Robert Stacy

Digitized Afghanistan Materials in English from the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection

19th century history of Afghanistan and the relationship between Afghanistan and Britain.

Methods And Metrics For Human Control Of Multi-Robot Teams, Jeffrey D. Anderson

Theses and Dissertations

Human-controlled robots are utilized in many situations and such use is becoming widespread. This thesis details research that allows a single human to interact with a team of robots performing tasks that require cooperation. The research provides insight into effective interaction design methods and appropriate interface techniques. The use of team-level autonomy is shown to decrease human workload while simultaneously improving individual robot efficiency and robot-team cooperation. An indoor human-robot interaction testbed was developed at the BYU MAGICC Lab to facilitate experimentation. The testbed consists of eight robots equipped with wireless modems, a field on which the robots move, an …

Willa Cather: Male Roles And Self-Definition In My Antonia, The Professor's House, And "Neighbor Rosicky", Kristina Anne Everton

Theses and Dissertations

Gender roles are a tool used by society to set acceptable boundaries and ideals upon the sexes, and during the early part of the twentieth century in America those gender boundaries began to blur. As a result of the 19th Amendment, men must have felt their decreasing importance because women were no longer solely dependent upon them, and gender roles shifted as woman began to occupy territory that was traditionally held by men. The “New Woman" entered the workforce, and refused to accept traditional female gender conventions. In response to the “New Woman," Theodore Roosevelt and other leading males sought …

November 29th 2006, Hispanic News

Inland Empire Hispanic News

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November 15th 2006, Hispanic News

Inland Empire Hispanic News

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Mega-Doses Of L-Ascorbic Acid Alter The Antineoplastic Effects Of Ionizing Radiation In Emt6 Cells In Vitro, Karina Lund

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Despite the common usage of high-dose vitamin C among breast cancer patients, the published medical literature is not in agreement as to how mega-dose vitamin C may interact with conventional therapy to affect clinical outcomes. The purpose of this study was to investigate the interaction of mega-dose vitamin C with radiation therapy and with doxorubicin in the treatment of breast cancer. Cultures of EMT6 mouse mammary tumor cells were treated concurrently with varying dose of vitamin C and either radiation or doxorubicin. A clonogenic assay was then performed to determine the surviving fraction of the cells. The surviving fractions of …

Prevalence Of Pain In The Medical Intensive Care Unit, Jennifer Smith

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

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Overcoming Barriers To Enrolling Minorities In Medical Research: What Does The Evidence Say?, Stacy Uybico

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Background: Despite the pervasive underrepresentation of minorities in health research studies, little is known about strategies that aim to increase minority enrollment in research. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to identify whether elder African American and Latinos were more likely to refuse research participation, identify tangible and specific incentives to improve research participation in this population, and to review the successes and data reporting of recruitment interventions attempted on diverse populations at large, including the non-elderly. Methods: We conducted a review of Yale OAIC studies to determine minority vs. non-minority research enrollment rates, interviewed key informants about likely …

Minutes, Staff Council Meeting, November 15, 2006, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Staff Council

Staff Council

Minutes from the November 15, 2006, meeting of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg Staff Council.

The Lumberjack, November 15, 2006

Cal Poly Humboldt's Student Newspaper

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University.

A Visual Tribute To Florida Artists And Writers, November 15, 2006, Mary Jane Park, Jimm Roberts

Newspaper and Magazine Clippings

No abstract provided.

Ke Alakai, Vol. 76, No. 12 (2006-11-15), Brigham Young University Hawaii

Ke Alaka'i

No abstract provided.

The Hilltop 11-15-2006, Hilltop Staff

The Hilltop: 2000 - 2010

No abstract provided.

Gmeiner, Jayne Interview For The Miami Valley College Of Nursing And Health Oral History Project, Carol Holdcraft, Jayne Gmeiner

Wright State University - Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health Oral History Project

Carol Holdcraft interviewed Jayne Gmeiner on November 15, 2006 about the founding of the Wright State University College of Nursing and Health. In the interview, Gmeiner discusses her career and her decision to come to Wright State as a student with the College of Nursing and Health.

Daily Eastern News: November 15, 2006, Eastern Illinois University

November

No abstract provided.

Meeting Minutes Of Directors Of Aig Financial Products Corp., American International Group, Inc. (Aig)

Documents

A meeting of the Board of Directors of AIG Financial Products Corp., a Delaware corporation (the "corporation") was held at 70 Pine Street, New York, New York on November 15, 2006.

Pain As The Subjective Fifth Vital Sign Among Patients Undergoing Knee Or Hip Arthroplasty, Lindsey Sukay

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

The purpose of this study was, among patients undergoing knee or hip arthroplasty, to examine patients expectations for and experiences of postoperative pain, their perceptions of the quality of their pain management, and to identify potential barriers to effective pain management. This was a prospective cohort study of 68 patients undergoing knee or hip arthroplasty at Yale-New Haven Hospital. Patients were interviewed within 48 hours after surgery using a modified version of the American Pain Society Satisfaction Survey and were asked the amount of pain they expected to have postoperatively (EP) and the actual pain that they experienced in the …

The Beanstalk Tree, Stacy Poritzky

Westview

No abstract provided.

Habeas Corpse: The Great Writ Hit, Donald E. Wilkes Jr.

Popular Media

Twice within the last year the current, 109th Congress has enacted anti-habeas corpus statutes–statutes that curtail the efficacy of the writ of habeas corpus. These dreadful statutes are Orwellian nightmares. They are, in the words of Sen. Patrick Leahy, “un-American” and “undercut everything this nation stands for.” They are practically unparalleled in our history in opening the door to legalized oppression. They are colossal mistakes which future generations will deride in the same way our generation scorns the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 or the congressional legislation that authorized the internment of the Japanese-Americans during WW2.

Minutes, Wilma B. Hogan Foundation Board Of Directors Meeting, Altrusa International Of Tampa, February 8, 2006 - November 15, 2006, Altrusa International Of Tampa Bay, Inc.

Altrusa International of Tampa Bay, Inc. - Records

The Wilma B. Hogan Foundation Board of Directors Meeting minutes for the Altrusa International of Tampa, for February 8, 2006 through November 15, 2006.

Tele-Cardiology Sensor Networks For Remote Ecg Monitoring, Meng Jiang

Theses

One of today’s most pressing matters in medical care is the response time to patients in need. The scope of this thesis is to suggest a solution that would help reduce response time in emergency situations utilizing wireless sensor networks technology. Wireless sensor network researches have recently gained unprecedented momentum in both industries and academia, especially its potential applications in Emergency Medical Services and Intensive Care Units. The enhanced power efficiency, minimized production cost, condensed physical layout, as well as reduced wired connections, presents a much more proficient and simplified approach to the continuous monitoring of patients’ physiological status. This …

Injection And Non-Injection Drug Users' Beliefs On Mandatory Newborn Hiv Testing Laws In The State Of Connecticut, Odicie Fielder

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

We examined health beliefs among drug users about mandatory HIV testing of newborns and voluntary versus mandatory testing of pregnant women. We also examined to what extent negative experiences and stigmatization affect attitudes towards HIV testing. Baseline structured interviews of active drug users from 1997-2001 were examined. Multivariate data analysis was performed using SAS statistical software. Subsequently, five distinct focus groups were conducted in September 2003. Focus groups were transcribed, coded and analyzed using Microsoft Word 2000. Of 610 drug users interviewed, nearly all (89%) had been previously HIV tested. Nearly all (91%) subjects believed pregnant women should be tested …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 36, November 15, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.

Understanding Psychological Control Through Differences Between Shame And Disappointment: Implications For Childhood Agression, Sacha Leah Bikhazi

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the potentially unique roles that parental use of two psychological control dimensions, shame and disappointment, play in predicting children's relational and physical aggression. It was additionally of interest to investigate whether warm/involved parenting would moderate the effects of these forms of psychological control on both types of childhood aggression. Based on a review of literature, it was hypothesized that parental use of shame would positively predict aggression in children, whereas parental use of disappointment would not be significantly associated with childhood aggression. Additionally, it was hypothesized that warm, involved parenting would have …

Proteomic Identification Of In Vivo Substrates For Matrix Metalloproteinases 2 And 9 Reveals A Mechanism For Resolution Of Inflammation, Kendra J Greenlee, David B Corry, David A Engler, Risë K Matsunami, Philippe Tessier, Richard G Cook, Zena Werb, Farrah Kheradmand

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Clearance of allergic inflammatory cells from the lung through matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) is necessary to prevent lethal asphyxiation, but mechanistic insight into this essential homeostatic process is lacking. In this study, we have used a proteomics approach to determine how MMPs promote egression of lung inflammatory cells through the airway. MMP2- and MMP9-dependent cleavage of individual Th2 chemokines modulated their chemotactic activity; however, the net effect of complementing bronchoalveolar lavage fluid of allergen-challenged MMP2(-/-)/MMP9(-/-) mice with active MMP2 and MMP9 was to markedly enhance its overall chemotactic activity. In the bronchoalveolar fluid of MMP2(-/-)/MMP9(-/-) allergic mice, we identified several chemotactic …

Simulation Of A Carbon Nanotube-Based Compliant Parallel-Guiding Mechanism: A Nanomechanical Building Block, Martin L. Culpepper, Christopher M. Dibiasio, Robert M. Panas, Spencer P. Magleby, Larry L. Howell

Faculty Publications

The authors report the behavior of a nanoscale parallel-guiding mechanism wherein the compliant components are single-walled carbon nanotubes. Parallel-guiding mechanisms are often the building blocks of macro- and microscale mechanical systems. The authors present results that provide insight into the performance of a parallel-guiding mechanism for nanoscale devices. The device exhibits a range over 75% of the device size, i.e., 5.5 nm, when actuated with 6.4 nN. Below 3.6 nN, displacements are due to bulk elastic bending of the nanotubes. Above 5.2 nN, displacements are governed by the hingelike bending of kinks in the nanotubes. van der Waals forces are …

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Spectator 2006-11-15, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.