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The Purpose Of Child Support, Ira M. Ellman Aug 2006

The Purpose Of Child Support, Ira M. Ellman

ExpressO

What is the appropriate amount of child support to require in particular cases? How should we take account, if at all, of subsequent events such as either parent’s remarriage? It seems obvious that the answers to such questions ought to turn on our purpose in requiring support payments in the first place. But while fixing the amount of child support can be politically contentious, and has attracted the attention of partisans on both sides of the gender gap, the literature contains no systematic examination of support rules in light of their underlying policy purpose. This article fills that gap. It …

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It Might Have Been: Risk, Precaution, And Opportunity Costs, Douglas A. Kysar Aug 2006

It Might Have Been: Risk, Precaution, And Opportunity Costs, Douglas A. Kysar

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This Article, which is part of a larger project on the competing merits of cost-benefit analysis (CBA) and the precautionary principle (PP) as competing policymaking paradigms for environmental, health, and safety regulation, examines one specific plank of the case against the PP: the claim that the principle's ignorance of the opportunity costs of precaution leads to indeterminate or impoverishing policy advice. Because PP defenders emphasize the limits of human knowledge and the frequency of unpleasant surprises from technology and industrial development, they prefer an ex ante stance of precaution whenever a proposed activity meets some threshold possibility of causing severe …

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August 5, 2006 (Pages 4151-4446), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau Aug 2006

August 5, 2006 (Pages 4151-4446), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 36 (2006)

No abstract provided.

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Summer Commencement August 2006, Prairie View A&M University Aug 2006

Summer Commencement August 2006, Prairie View A&M University

President Emeritus George C. Wright Speeches

No abstract provided.

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A Unified Alert Fusion Model For Intelligent Analysis Of Sensor Data In An Intrusion Detection Environment, Ambareen Siraj Aug 2006

A Unified Alert Fusion Model For Intelligent Analysis Of Sensor Data In An Intrusion Detection Environment, Ambareen Siraj

Theses and Dissertations

The need for higher-level reasoning capabilities beyond low-level sensor abilities has prompted researchers to use different types of sensor fusion techniques for better situational awareness in the intrusion detection environment. These techniques primarily vary in terms of their mission objectives. Some prioritize alerts for alert reduction, some cluster alerts to identify common attack patterns, and some correlate alerts to identify multi-staged attacks. Each of these tasks has its own merits. Unlike previous efforts in this area, this dissertation combines the primary tasks of sensor alert fusion, i.e., alert prioritization, alert clustering and alert correlation into a single framework such that …

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Can Holistic Wellness Predict Teacher Effectiveness?, Dana Rolison Harwell Aug 2006

Can Holistic Wellness Predict Teacher Effectiveness?, Dana Rolison Harwell

Theses and Dissertations

Wellness literature reported that the current focus on academic achievement and high-stakes testing has sacrificed wellness in students, and ?there is a strong need and a public outcry to promote wellness in public schools? (Myers & Sweeney, 2005a, p. 228). Also, ?the promotion of schoolwide well-being will enrich the academic experience of students and families. In addition, school staff members who are aware and knowledgeable of wellness concepts may be more likely to apply healthy strategies in the curriculum and throughout the school? (Myers & Sweeney, p. 232). Effective teacher research supported the Student Teacher Assessment Instrument as a viable …

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Adsorption Of Water Contaminants Onto Kenaf Fibers, Stephen Douglas Tolar Aug 2006

Adsorption Of Water Contaminants Onto Kenaf Fibers, Stephen Douglas Tolar

Theses and Dissertations

In this research, the adsorptive capacities of kenaf in the forms of chopped whole stalk, chopped core, and bast materials were evaluated for the removal of lead, zinc, and toluene from contaminated synthetic waste streams using traditional adsorption isotherm techniques. The effect of surface oxidation using ozone was observed with respect to the adsorption of metals. Hydraulic conductivity experiments were conducted to evaluate the head loss associated with packing a column with kenaf fibers and to determine the suitability of its use in dynamic packed column systems. B.E.T. surface areas were determined as well. Under increasingly stringent regulatory requirements, even …

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Writing Individualized Education Plans For Students With Specific Learning Disabilities: Compliance After The No Child Left Behind Act, Robin Richards Ballard Aug 2006

Writing Individualized Education Plans For Students With Specific Learning Disabilities: Compliance After The No Child Left Behind Act, Robin Richards Ballard

Theses and Dissertations

IDEIA requires a student who receives special education services to have an IEP that is specific to each student and NCLB requires that all students be taught the same knowledge and skills. The purpose of this study was to determine with which federal school law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) or Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA), school districts in Mississippi are choosing to comply and what drives that decision. The research questions were: (a) Are Mississippi school districts choosing to comply with NCLB or IDEIA when writing IEPs for their students receiving special education services? and (b) What …

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The Mass Housing Dilemma: An Industrial Design Process In Architecture, Shaima Ghazi Al Arayedh Aug 2006

The Mass Housing Dilemma: An Industrial Design Process In Architecture, Shaima Ghazi Al Arayedh

Theses and Dissertations

World population growth and global warming are accentuating the long recognized problem of housing for the masses; millions are homeless, live in inadequate shelter, or as in the US Manufactured Housing market that is the focus of this thesis, live in nondurable poor quality ?manufactured? houses that are detrimental to health, at best, or during extreme weather events, suffer catastrophic damages often resulting in death to occupants. In this thesis, we have reviewed the role of the architect in the US Manufactured Housing industry; additionally, we identified the major problems that plaque the US Manufactured Housing Industry. Further, we have …

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The Relationship Among Inflammatory Markers, Physical Fitness, And Body Mass Index To Cardiovascular Disease, Marcia Elizabeth Turner Aug 2006

The Relationship Among Inflammatory Markers, Physical Fitness, And Body Mass Index To Cardiovascular Disease, Marcia Elizabeth Turner

Theses and Dissertations

10,291 participants, aged 20 to 85 years of age, available from the 1999 through 2002 NHANES databases participated in this study. Only 8,485 (82%) of these participants were included in the data analysis. Participants who were pregnant (n = 603), not examined at a mobile examination center (n = 820), or had missing values for height (n = 164) and/or weight (n = 125) were eliminated. Individuals were classified into four groups (underweight, normal, overweight and obese) based on body mass index (BMI). Variables measured in the study included body mass index, physical fitness, dietary folic acid, c-reactive protein, homocysteine, …

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Relationship Between Percent Body Fat As Determined By Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis And Waist-To-Hip Ratio In Children Ages 7 To 9 Years, Deanna Kay Dahlem Aug 2006

Relationship Between Percent Body Fat As Determined By Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis And Waist-To-Hip Ratio In Children Ages 7 To 9 Years, Deanna Kay Dahlem

Theses and Dissertations

The objective of the study was to identify the relationship between percent body fat (%BF) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) in children ages 7 to 9 years. The sample (n=171) was divided into four groups. Bioelectrical impedance analysis was used to estimate %BF. Significant positive correlations were observed between WHR and %BF for black females (r = 0.48), white females (r = 0.66), black males (r = 0.34), and white males (r = 0.55). Although the correlations differed between groups, the amount of variation between the two variables was not significantly different between groups other than black females. Least squares means …

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Smart Housing: Technology To Aid Aging In Place - New Opportunities And Challenges, Lalatendu Satpathy Aug 2006

Smart Housing: Technology To Aid Aging In Place - New Opportunities And Challenges, Lalatendu Satpathy

Theses and Dissertations

We are at the threshold of a great change in architectural design. With cheaper and more ubiquitous computing, ?smart? spaces and responsive environments are increasingly becoming plausible and affordable. Are we as architects prepared? Can the profession of architecture respond to current computing technologies? Most critics agree that one of the first (most important) problems that ?smart? homes will help to address is that of spiraling costs of elderly healthcare and care giving. But what is the problem with healthcare? Even if there is a problem, the rural home is different from an urban home. Will the technologies that are …

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Critical Leadership Traits And Characteristics Of Rural Mississippi Community College Presidents For The 21st Century, Jan Reid-Bunch Aug 2006

Critical Leadership Traits And Characteristics Of Rural Mississippi Community College Presidents For The 21st Century, Jan Reid-Bunch

Theses and Dissertations

The development of effective and well prepared leaders is vital to the continued success of community colleges and their students. The community college movement boomed in the 1960s and 1970s, and it is now faced with massive numbers of retirements across the nation. Throughout its history, the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has made leadership development a priority and a central portion of its mission. Leadership roles are changing in the 21st century in America?s community colleges; therefore, we must reflect on our past to assist in directing our future. According to Young and Ewing (1978), a vast majority …

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Behavioral And Healthy Lifestyle Changes After Implementation Of A Walking Program Among Teachers At An Elementary School, Sara Woolfolk Aug 2006

Behavioral And Healthy Lifestyle Changes After Implementation Of A Walking Program Among Teachers At An Elementary School, Sara Woolfolk

Theses and Dissertations

Health experts are recommending an average of 10,000 steps daily to attain certain health benefits and suggesting the use of pedometers for calculating ambulatory activity, such as walking. A 13-week, worksite walking program was implemented with teachers at an elementary school providing pedometers, weekly walking groups, bimonthly supplemental nutrition information, and a survey upon program completion to evaluate the effectiveness. Results showed that of the 31.3% that participated, 93.6% have tried to increase their daily activity in the past and 58.1% found the Bee Active walking program to be more effective than previous attempts. Participants reported that wearing the pedometer …

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Utilization Of Deionized Water And Non-Meat Adjuncts To Combat Quality Issues In Boneless Cured Ham Associated With Using Pale Raw Material, Jonathan Wilbourn Aug 2006

Utilization Of Deionized Water And Non-Meat Adjuncts To Combat Quality Issues In Boneless Cured Ham Associated With Using Pale Raw Material, Jonathan Wilbourn

Theses and Dissertations

The effects of deionized water and PSE pork percentage on the quality of smoked deli ham and retorted pouched ham with and without non-meat adjuncts were evaluated. Product quality was determined through evaluation of water holding capacity, cooked color, protein-protein bind, and sensory quality. A randomized complete block design with either three or four replications was utilized to test treatment effects in three separate experiments. The retorting process showed the potential to reduce the effect of PSE meat on color that is present in raw material and smoked deli ham. In retorted ham, modified food starch and soy protein concentrate …

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Intercultural Communication Needs Of Mississippi Agricultural Students, Employers, And Hispanic Workers, Rosa Elena Vozzo Aug 2006

Intercultural Communication Needs Of Mississippi Agricultural Students, Employers, And Hispanic Workers, Rosa Elena Vozzo

Theses and Dissertations

As the inclusion of Hispanic labor in the Mississippi workforce increses, it is necessary to prepare our students to communicate with these workers. The purpose of this study was to determine the attitude toward Spanish speakers, their culture, and the study of Spanish among agricultural students at Mississippi State University. The study also sought to discover cultural differences that could affect communication between American managers and the Hispanic workforce.The Friedman (1997) questionnaire was administered to 204 students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. Additionally, open interviews were conducted with 10 participants: four Mexican Hispanci workers, two community leaders, …

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Murray Ledger And Times, August 5, 2006, Murray Ledger And Times Aug 2006

Murray Ledger And Times, August 5, 2006, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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08-04-2006 Students Research Molecular Biology This Summer At Swosu, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Aug 2006

08-04-2006 Students Research Molecular Biology This Summer At Swosu, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2006

A college student and a high school student conducted research in molecular biology this summer with Dr. Muatasem Ubeidat of the Southwestern Oklahoma State University Department of Biological Sciences in Weatherford.

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The Role Of Advanced Nurse Practitioner In Health Promotion And Disease Prevention Of Obesity In Children, Pamela Johnson Aug 2006

The Role Of Advanced Nurse Practitioner In Health Promotion And Disease Prevention Of Obesity In Children, Pamela Johnson

MSN Research Projects

Obesity is one of the most serious health problems facing the youth of the United States. Evidence suggests that the problem is getting worse rapidly. Obesity is now the most prevalent physiological and psychological disease of children and adolescents. Many people; i.e., governmental authorities and national leaders in the health care system perceived that obesity will impact health care in the United States, as well as in the world, now and in the future; specifically, increased cost, increased individual and community health infractions, problems, and quality of life. Many people think it is a cosmetic problem only, but in reality, …

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Lumenta V. Atty Gen Usa Aug 2006

Lumenta V. Atty Gen Usa

2006 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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The Role Of The Nurse Practitioner In A Perioperative Setting, James Darnell Mcintyre Aug 2006

The Role Of The Nurse Practitioner In A Perioperative Setting, James Darnell Mcintyre

MSN Research Projects

This paper explored whether or not a nurse practitioner possessed the perception of utilizing intuition in a clinical setting. Further, the purpose is to determine if there is a correlation between intuition and years of experience as a registered nurse and if this correlation exists, does it impact advanced practice nurse intuition.

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Evidence-Based Practice Perspective Of The Effects On Intuition On Clinical Practice As Perceived By The Nurse Practitioner, James Darnell Mcintyre Aug 2006

Evidence-Based Practice Perspective Of The Effects On Intuition On Clinical Practice As Perceived By The Nurse Practitioner, James Darnell Mcintyre

MSN Research Projects

This paper explored whether or not a nurse practitioner possessed the perception of utilizing intuition in a clinical setting. Further, the purpose is to determine if there is a correlation between intuition and years of experience as a registered nurse and if this correlation exists, does it impact advanced practice nurse intuition.

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The Role Of The Nurse Practitioner In Health Promotion And Childhood Obesity, Jennifer Fitzgerald Stanton Aug 2006

The Role Of The Nurse Practitioner In Health Promotion And Childhood Obesity, Jennifer Fitzgerald Stanton

MSN Research Projects

The purpose of this study is to further explore literature regarding the role of the nurse practitioner in health promotion and childhood obesity.

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Glaucoma And Quality Of Life And The Role Of The Nurse Practitioner, Jennifer Fitzgerald Stanton Aug 2006

Glaucoma And Quality Of Life And The Role Of The Nurse Practitioner, Jennifer Fitzgerald Stanton

MSN Research Projects

The purpose of this study is to further explore literature regarding the role of the nurse practitioner in health promotion and childhood obesity.

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The Role Of The Nurse Practitioner In Providing Supportive Care To Patients With Migraine Headaches, Kala White Phillips Aug 2006

The Role Of The Nurse Practitioner In Providing Supportive Care To Patients With Migraine Headaches, Kala White Phillips

MSN Research Projects

Migraine is a debilitating disorder that is now recognized as a chronic illness, not simply a headache. The condition is associated with a great deal of pain and suffering as well as considerable economic consequences both to the patient and society in terms of healthcare costs and lost productivity. Migraines increase morbidity, limit daily activities, and affect the sufferer’s well-being. Migraine headaches affect approximately 30 million people in the United States, and 75% of migraine sufferers are women. Migraines may occur at any age, but they usually begin between the ages of 10 and 40 and diminish after age 50. …

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An Evidence Based Practice Perspective In Effects Of Spirituality On Health Outcomes, Jessica Heard Walling Aug 2006

An Evidence Based Practice Perspective In Effects Of Spirituality On Health Outcomes, Jessica Heard Walling

MSN Research Projects

Spirituality was a significant part of nursing from the beginning of the profession. The nursing profession was viewed by Florence Nightingale with a spiritual perspective in mind. She believed that one should receive a call from God to become a nurse (Tuck, Pullen, & Lynn, 1997). Then, with the emergence of modem medicine in the early 1900’s, there was a shift away from the need for spirituality. However, since the 1980’s, there has been an increasing interest in the practical use and obvious need for the spiritual being to be cared for as well as the physical (Narayanasamy, 2001). Brush …

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Summer Commencement: August 4, 2006, University Of North Dakota Aug 2006

Summer Commencement: August 4, 2006, University Of North Dakota

UND Commencement Programs

UND Summer Commencement program from August 4, 2006.

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A Chemomechanical Polymer That Functions In Blood Plasma With High Glucose Selectivity, George K. Samoei, Weihua Wang, Jorge O. Escobedo, Xiangyang Xu, Hans Jörg Schneider, Robert L. Cook, Robert M. Strongin Aug 2006

A Chemomechanical Polymer That Functions In Blood Plasma With High Glucose Selectivity, George K. Samoei, Weihua Wang, Jorge O. Escobedo, Xiangyang Xu, Hans Jörg Schneider, Robert L. Cook, Robert M. Strongin

Faculty Publications

(Figure Presented) See the shrink: Systematic modification of poly(methyl methacrylate) leads to a chemomechanical polymer that selectively contracts in the presence of glucose at physiological levels in human blood plasma. The polymer also exhibits good reversibility allowing continuous expansion-contraction cycles. © 2006 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

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Author Of Reading Lolita In Tehran Opens Diversity Lecture Series; Slate Includes Heroic Hotel Manager Featured In Hotel Rwanda Aug 2006

Author Of Reading Lolita In Tehran Opens Diversity Lecture Series; Slate Includes Heroic Hotel Manager Featured In Hotel Rwanda

News Releases

News release announces that Azar Nafisi will kick off the University of Dayton's 2006-2007 Diversity Lecture Series with a free talk.

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Summer Commencement Ceremony, University Of North Florida Aug 2006

Summer Commencement Ceremony, University Of North Florida

Commencement Printed Materials

Program for the Summer Commencement ceremony.

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