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The Family Law Education Reform Project: Final Report, J. Herbie Difonzo, Mary E. O’Connell

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

The Family Law Education Reform Project (the FLER Project) was launched by a group of professionals who share a common concern. In their regular (for some, daily) interactions in the family court, they routinely observe lawyers who are woefully unprepared to make positive contributions on behalf of their clients. While some novice attorneys struggle valiantly and learn quickly, the quality of their initial preparation is, to use a term that surfaced often in FLER Project discussions, dismal. The question this group asked is “can we help the law schools to do this better?”

Assessing The Impact Of A Visual Arts Family-Focused Pre-Kindergarten Intervention, Gigi M. David

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the effect of a visual arts, family-focused school readiness intervention on the parental efficacy and level of family involvement of low-income families. A second, primary focus of the study was to test the potential of academically focused experiences in the visual arts to increase the basic concept development of young children. To increase accessibility, the intervention was conducted in a neighborhood library.

The research design for this descriptive study included qualitative and quantitative components. Data collection consisted of a non-randomized one group pre-test/posttest design from students on a standardized instrument and from primary caregivers using self-report questionnaires. …

Injunctive Relief: A Charming Betsy Boomerang, Harold C. Wegner

Northwestern Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property

No abstract provided.

The Development Of Legal Reasoning Skills In Law Students: An Empirical Study, Stefan H. Krieger

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

This article describes a study examining the development of legal reasoning skills in law students through their law school careers and reports some preliminary findings comparing the cognitive development of medical and law students. During the past two decades, scholars have begun to study the process by which medical students progress from novices to expert practitioners and the effect of different curricula on this development. Studying subjects at all levels of medical expertise-from first-year medical students to medical residents to experienced specialists in practice, these researchers have developed theories grounded in empirical findings about the reasoning process of expert physicians …

The Relationships Between Four Strength Qualities And Sprint Performances In Division I Sprinters And Jumpers And Recreationally Active Subjects, Steven Eugene Blocker Jr.

Dissertations and Theses @ UNI

The purpose of this study was to compare four separate strength and speed qualities between Division I sprinters and jumpers and recreationally trained athletes. Nine Division I sprinters and jumpers and 9 recreationally active males participated in the study. Methods: Subjects performed 54.9-m timed trials. The 0-18.3 m (Split 1) time and 36.6-54.9 m (Split 2) time were recorded. Subjects performed multiple strength related tests. Back squat one repetition maximum ( 1 RM), 1 RM relative to body mass (}RM-Rel), peak power during jump squats with 10 and 30% of lRM (PPl0 and PP30), PP 10 and PP30 relative to …

The Principles On Agreements: "Fairness" And International Human Rights Law, Barbara J. Stark

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

Family law is again in turmoil, and the ALI Principles are an ambitious and sometimes inspired effort to increase clarity and fairness. This turmoil can be attributed to two major factors. First, family law is ground zero in the gender wars. Second, family law is reeling from the upheavals of globalization. These factors provide the backdrop against which the dilemmas addressed in Chapter 7, Agreements, play out.

Chapter 7 focuses on a particularly intriguing tension, between commercial contracts and premarital agreements. This tension is grounded in the broader tension between American views on freedom of contract and autonomy in general, …

Demo 02, Columbia College Chicago

Alumni Newsletters

Alumni newsletter from Winter 2006 entitled "DEMO2." This issue is 44 pages.

Television Viewing Habits, Body Mass Index, Dietary Behaviors And Physical Activity Among University Students, Mary Catherine Ball

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

This study examined the relationship between TV-viewing, BMI, dietary behaviors and physical activity in a purposive sample of university students. Twenty-three items from the National College Health Risk Behavior Survey were used. For data analysis, students were placed into dichotomous categories for TV-viewing risk; dichotomous categories were also created for each DV. Chi-square tests examined relationships between demographic and risk-behavior correlates and Ss' self-reports of TV-viewing; subsequent analyses were run for Ss who were normal- and overweight/obese. Odds ratios with 95% CI were also computed. TV-viewing was related to decreased use of diet/exercise to control weight and an increased likelihood …

Landscapes Of Imagination: A Critical Analysis Of Art Textbooks, Lynda C. Kerr

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Author's abstract: This qualitative study examined imagination in secondary art textbooks, both historically and in the current educational climate. An arts-based inquiry, as described by Barone & Eisner (Jaeger, 1988), investigated how imagination is manifested in some art books, how the standards movement has tended to limit imagination in art textbooks, and how art textbooks could expand students' imaginations. Using a framework based on the theories of Dewey (1934/1980), Greene (2001), and Eisner (2002), four art textbooks were analyzed for their qualities which expand students' imaginations. The study described a design for an imaginative art textbook. Analysis focused on the …

A Sustainable, Systematic Process For Continuous Program Improvement, Nikos J. Mourtos

Faculty Publications

The USA Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) adopted recently a new set of criteria for evaluating engineering programmes. One of these (criterion 3) refers to programme outcomes and assessment. In this article, the author describes the design and implementation of a sustainable, systematic process for defining and assessing programme outcomes. This process involves analysing each outcome into elements, defining a set of attributes for each element, selecting outcome indicators and performance targets, and developing special rubrics for an accurate assessment of student skills. The author also describes a systematic way of addressing specific programme outcomes through course and …

Graduate Programs Commencement, 7th Class (2006), Philadelphia College Of Osteopathic Medicine

Commencements

This digital project provides access to PCOM Graduate Commencement Programs. Commencement is a collaborative effort by the offices of Academic Affairs, Student Affairs, Enrollment Management, and Registrar, with support from a variety of other college departments.

Intergenerational Communication About African American Women's Health: The Sharing Of Health Messages Between Diabetic Mothers And Their Non-Diabetic Adult Daughters, Angela F. Cooke-Jackson

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

The prevalence of type II diabetes is high among African-American women but research that emphasizes black mothers and their adult daughters is rarely studied in social sciences or communication research. Though existing research addresses various domains of the mother-daughter relationship scant information addresses the significance of talk or the transmission of health information between African-American diabetic mothers and their non-diabetic adult daughters. For that reason, this dissertation investigates information sharing among a sample of African-American mothers with type II diabetes and their non-diabetic adult daughters.This study's two primary research objectives were to: 1. describe whether and how African-American type II …

Spectral Reflectance Of Canopies Of Rainfed And Subsurface Irrigated Alfalfa, Dennis Wayne Hancock

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

The site-specific management of alfalfa has not been well-evaluated, despite the economic importance of this crop. The objectives of this work were to i) characterize the effects of soil moisture deficits on alfalfa and alfalfa yield components and ii) evaluate the use of canopy reflectance patterns in measuring treatment-induced differences in alfalfa yield. A randomized complete block design with five replicates of subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) and rainfed treatments of alfalfa was established at the University of Kentucky Animal Research Center in 2003. Potassium, as KCl, was broadcast on split-plots on 1 October 2004 at 0, 112, 336, and 448 …

Common Data Set, 2005-2006, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Common Data Set (2001-present)

Common Data Set 2005-2006 for Illinois State University

Steven P. Frankino: A Tribute, James P. White

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

Adoption Consents: Legal Incentives For Best Practices, Elizabeth Samuels

All Faculty Scholarship

When a state places its legal imprimatur on the unmaking of one family and the making of another, the state should insure to the greatest extent possible that all the individuals involved have followed or have been afforded the best practices that ethics and humanity demand. The Uniform Adoption Act sets out commonly accepted goals of state adoption laws, among them the goals of protecting minor children against unnecessary separation from their birth parents and of ensuring that a decision by a birth parent to relinquish a minor child and consent to the childs adoption is informed and voluntary. With …

Governance And The Religion Question: Voluntaryism, Disestablishment, And America's Church-State Proposition, Carl H. Esbeck

Faculty Publications

The quandary over how to structure the relationship between religion and the civil state is an ancient one. From the perspective of political philosophy this is the religion question, and events over many centuries have proven that the answer is easy to get wrong. Religion, by its very definition, is the fixed point from which all else is surveyed. It is about ultimate matters, both micro and macro. Hence, religion addresses the irreducible core of personhood and its meaning, while at the same time religion embraces a worldview that transcends and encompasses everything else. Religion generates intense emotions that when …

Cytotoxicity And Inhibitory Activity On Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Secretion From Plc/Prf/5 Cells Of Medicinal Plant Extracts, Thaveechai Prommetta, Sattaporn Sirotamarat, Kruavon Balachandra, Ekarin Saifah

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ethanolic extracts of three medicinal plants including Derris scandens, Rhinacanthus nasutus and Santalum album were investb'ated for cytotoxicity by MTT assay and inhibition of hepatitis B surface antigen secretion from PLC/PRF/5 cells by ELISA. Results...

Aqueous Extract Of The Calyces Of Hibiscus Subdariffa Linn.: Effects On Hepatic Cytochrome P450 And Subacute Toxicity In Rats, Promphorn Wirotesangthong, Laddawal Phivthong-Ngam, Chaiyo Chaichantipyuth, Nuansri Niwattisaiwong, Somsong Lawanprasert

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn, has been reported to have a broad range of therapeutic effects. Subacute effects of the calyces of H. sabdariffa aqueous extract on the activities of cytochrome P450 (CYP), clinical blood chemistry and hematology were investigat...

Antioxidant Activity, Phenolic Compound Contents And Antimutagenic Activity Of Some Water Extract Of Herbs, Kalyarat Mekaroonreung, Kaew Kangsadalampai

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ten water extracts from herbs were prepared by boiling in hot water for 10 min. The herbal extracts were studied for their antioxidant activity and phenolic compound contents. In this study, the extracts of C arthamus tinctorius L, Hibiscus sabdariffa L,...

Effects Of Cassava On Thyroid Gland In Rats, Rubporn N/A

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

The root of cassava has been consumed as a food in many tropical countries. In pharmaceutical industry, cassava starch can be used as a binder in tablet formulation. Since cassava contains high concentration of linamarin, a cyanogenic glucoside which can...

Detection Of Mycoplasma Contamination In Cell Cultures: Comparison Between Dna Flurorochrom Staining And Pcr Amplification Methods(การตรวจหาการปนเปีอนของเชื้อมัยโคพลาสมาในเ..., Supaporn Phumiamorn, Kornnika Kullabutr, Sukanlayanee Tepbhuthorn, Teeranart Jivapaisarnpong

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Mycoplasma contamination of cell cultures is one of the major problems In cell culture technology. Therefore, prevention by continuous surveillance dem ands adequate mycoplasm as testing procedures. In this study, the standard procedures of microbiologic...

Author Index, Key Word Index, N/A

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Weight Reduction And Satisfaction Of Orlistat And Sibutramine, Somchai Anansiriwattana, Titinun Auamnoy, Pagorn Taweechotepatr

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

The study was to compare and evaluate the efficacy and satisfaction of orlistat and sibutramine in Thai overweight females at Adisorn Fort Hospital, Saraburi Province, Thailand. Orlistat is a drug which increases the fecal fat excretion, with gastrointes...

Co 730 Advanced Issues In Cross-Cultural Counseling, Tapiwa N. Mucherera

Syllabi

Readings: Required Dwairy, Marwan Adeeb, Cross-cultural Counseling: the Arab-Palestinian case, New York: Haworth Press, 1998 Pedersen, Paul et al. Counseling Across Cultures. California: Sage Publications, 2001 Sue and Sue, Counseling the Culturally Diverse New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2002. Mucherera, Tapiwa N. Pastoral Care From a Third World Perspective: A Pastoral Theology of Care from an Urban Contemporary Shona in Zimbabwe New York: Peter Lang, 2001

Evalutation Of Sediment-Sensitive Biological Metrics As Bio-Monitoring Tools On Varied Spatial Scales, Janna Yvonne Smithey Owens

All ETDs from UAB

Sediment is one of the principal causes of water-quality impairment in surface waters of the United States. Although biological assessments are useful for characterizing the status of aquatic communities, reasons for impairment cannot be identified without quantifying associated variables physical variables that can be adequately related to bio-logical functions. Our objective was to explore potential relations between fish and ben-thic macroinvertebrate community structures and variables of sedimentation processes on a watershed and channel-reach scale. Biologic collections and habitat evaluations were conducted using the EPA’s Rapid Bioassessment Protocol over a period of three years (2000-2003) at sites in the upper Cahaba …

Increased Hexosamine Biosynthesis And Protein O-Glcnac Protect Isolated Rat Heart From Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury, Jia Liu

All ETDs from UAB

Increased levels of protein-associated O-linked N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) have been correlated with increased tolerance to stress. Therefore the goal of this study was to determine whether enhanced flux through the hexosamine biosynthesis pathway (HBP), which leads to elevated levels of O-GlcNAc, increased the tolerance of the heart to ischemia and reperfusion (I/R). Hearts from male rats were isolated and perfused with Krebs-Henseliet buffer containing 5mM glucose, and global, no-flow ischemia was induced for 20min followed by 60 min reperfusion. 20 min pre-treatment with 10 mM glucosamine, which enters the HBP directly, significantly improved functional recovery and decreased cardiac Troponin I release …

Congregation For Public Health Examines Community Engagement Knowledge Of Program Administrators And Community Health Advisors Using Social Capital And Community Capacity, Kimberly Mccall

All ETDs from UAB

This research study was designed to examine and compare how community engagement knowledge of Program Administrators and Community Health Advisors (CHAs) can be shaped and affected by social capital and community capacity. This was achieved by analyzing the Congregations for Public Health’s Search Your Heart Program. The analysis used a three one-way fixed-effects ANOVA model, one for each of the three research questions. Overall, the results showed that upon examination of each of the three relationship hypotheses there were no primary differences in average knowledge among the groups. The relationships were examined by characteristics such as project role, CHA training …

Regulation Of Ss-Catenin By Gli1 In Epithelial Transformation, Xingnan Li

All ETDs from UAB

Gli family members-mediated continuous Hedgehog (Hh) pathway activity plays a role in the growth of a number of human cancers, including the common malignancy of skin, basal cell carcinoma (BCC), and other highly aggressive tumor types. However, the mechanism by which Gli proteins act to promote the outgrowth of cancer in response to stimulation of Hh signaling is poorly understood. Identified as zinc finger transcriptional factors, the Gli family of proteins has been shown to be involved in multiple cellular processes through activating its target genes. Therefore, to study the function of Gli target genes is important for our understanding …

Klf4 Regulates Notch1 Expression And Signaling During Epithelial Transformation, Zhaoli Liu

All ETDs from UAB

Notch1 and KLF4 function in the specification of epithelial cell fates, and each can act as a context-dependent oncogene or tumor suppressor. We report that KLF4 directly regulates transcription of Notch1 and that cleavage of full-length Notch1 to the active intracellular form, N1IC, is necessary for transformation by KLF4. Paradoxically, KLF4 suppresses canonical Notch1-CSL signaling by up-regulating Hairless, an antagonist of this pathway. Dominant-negative inhibitors of the canonical Notch1 signaling pathway do not block transformation of epithelial cells by KLF4, while they greatly reduce the efficiency of transformation by N1IC. Thus, N1IC can transform cells by two distinct mechanisms: the …