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Transformations For The Survival Of Traditional Water-Based Communities In Amphawa, Wilawan Phamornsuwan, Wannasilpa Peerapun, Siriwan Silapacharanan

Manusya, Journal of Humanities

The water-based communities in Amphawa District have evolved in their settlements over a long period of time. They all have specific and unique characteristics in terms of natural and cultural heritages. In the past, the communities have been affected by various transformations and changes not only in the natural environment but also through the direct and indirect developments which have been undertaken in the Mae Klong River basin. Despite these changes, however, the traditional water-based communities have been able to adjust themselves for survival up to the present day. This study aims to describe certain issues which affect the survival …

Ec Support To Mine Action And Ammunition Stockpile Destruction Afghanistan: Final Assessment Report, Apmbc

Global CWD Repository

In December 2005 the European Commission (EC) performed an Assessment Mission with the overall objective of assisting the EC in designing its strategy to support the government of Afghanistan in implementing its Mine Action and Ammunition Stockpile Destruction Programmes. The objective of the mission was to sketch out a strategy for landmine and ammunition stockpile destruction and contribute to its implementation.

The Worm As Metaphor In Lilith, Fernando Soto

North Wind: A Journal of George MacDonald Studies

No abstract provided.

When Bad Girls Go Good: Stereotype Reversals In George Macdonald’S Alec Forbes Of Howglen, Ginger Stelle

North Wind: A Journal of George MacDonald Studies

No abstract provided.

Private Drug Sellers Education In Improving Prescribing Practices, Waris Qidwai, Mukesh Kumar Krishanani, Saman Hashmi, Rubina Abu Ali

Department of Family Medicine

OBJECTIVE: To determine the education of private drug sellers as an intervention tool in promoting rational use of medicines for diarrhoea at private drug outlets in a rural setting.
PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: The study was conducted at Mithi, Tharparkar in rural Sindh in August 2005.
PATIENTS AND METHODS: Diarrhea was selected to study drug-prescribing habit of private drug sellers. Evidence-based guidelines for control of diarrhea were developed along with simulation cases and keys. In phase-1, simulators were sent to 6 private drug sellers and their prescription was noted. After phase-1, 3 private drug sellers were educated …

Low Blood Pressure Syndrome: A Myth Or A Reality? Results Of A Patient's Survey At A Teaching Hospital In Karachi, Waris Qidwai, Bheesham Tara Chand

Department of Family Medicine

Objective: To study patient’s knowledge, perceptions attitude and practice with regard to low blood pressure.
Design: A Questionnaire-based survey.
Settings: Family Practice Center, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, in June 2004.
Main outcome measures: Low blood pressure is a disease, causes and treatment of low blood pressure, patient ever suffered from low blood pressure, low blood pressure can be diagnosed with BP apparatus, without apparatus and stress can cause low blood pressure.
Results: A 110 patients were interviewed. Majority of the subjects were educated young married men, well placed socio-economically. A majority (73%) of the …

Psychological Stress Among Family Practice Patients Visiting A Teaching Hospital In Karachi, Waris Qidwai, Malika Kassamali

Department of Family Medicine

Objective: To study psychological stress among family practice patients to highlight its importance.
Design: A cross sectional study. Setting: Family Practice Center of Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi - Pakistan, in July 2003. Patients and Methods: Family practice patients were interviewed without using any systematic randomization. A questionnaire was developed that included data on demographic profile of the patient and questions on patient perceptions whether they were in stress or not, the degree of stress if perceived to be present and its causes including need to seek medical help. They were simultaneously administered a stress screening questionnaire that …

Castleman's Disease -- A Rare Disease Of Lymph Nodes, Mohammad Zakiullah, Zafaruddin Khan, Riaz Qureshi, Suhail Muzaffar

Department of Family Medicine

Castleman's disease is a rare disorder of unknown etiology and different clinical manifestations, occurring in young adults (usually prior to age 30 years). In this case report we present one such case who was a 16 years old male with abdominal pain, weight loss, cervical lymph adenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly. Lymph node biopsy revealed hyaline-vascular type of Castleman's disease. He was put on chemotherapy but was lost to follow-up.

Mine Action In Angola: 2006-2011 Strategic Plan, Comissaco Nacional Intersectorial De Desminag

Global CWD Repository

Stresses need for Angola's mine action programme to support reconstruction and development. Notes linkages been mine action and national development frameworks, and need for continued humanitarian and development funding. See Goal 3, Objectives 3.1-3.4

Mid-Term Review Of The Angola Programme Of Norwegian People's Aid, Jan Isaksen, Ingrid Samset, Fernando Pacheco

Global CWD Repository

This report reviews how the "Programme of Norwegian People's Aid" has adapted to reach the objectives it has set for its work for the period from 2004 to 2007. The strategy for 2004-2007 focuses on land and resource rights and democratic rights and participation, and is organised within two programmes, mine action (85% of resources) and development (15%).

The evaluation focuses on two different programme areas:

The Mine Action Programme: The programme was established in 1995 and specialises in demining and surveying. The period reviewed has been successful on several counts: the number of square metres cleared per year has …

Risk Management In Mine Action Planning, Lisica Darvin

Global CWD Repository

Examines Risk Management in BiH's mine action planning (which has been underpinned by principle of integration with development). Includes discussion of process of mine action integration into BiH's PRSP process, e.g. see page 14.

Doc 2005-04 University Of Dayton Proposal For New Graduate Degree Program -- Doctor Of Physical Therapy, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee

Senate Documents

Official, approved document of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton. This document was originally classified as DOC I-05-04.

Doc 2006-05 Constitutional Amendment To Change The Timing Of Elections And Terms For Faculty, Instructional Staff, And Student Representatives Of The Academic Senate, University Of Dayton. Faculty Affairs Committee

Senate Documents

Official, approved document of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton. This document was approved by faculty vote September 25, 2006 and approved by the Board of Trustees October 19, 2006. It was originally classified as DOC I-06-05. See also the accompanying copy of the Academic Senate Constitution, dated February 16, 2006.

Elected To Decide: Is The Decision-Avoidance Doctrine Of Great Weight Deference Appropriate In This Court Of Last Resort?, Patience Drake Roggensack

Marquette Law Review

No abstract provided.

Toward An Expanded "Canon" Of Negotiation Theory: Identity, Ideological, And Values-Based Conflict And The Need For A New Heuristic, Kevin Avruch

Marquette Law Review

No abstract provided.

Journalism Police, Gerald G. Ashdown

Marquette Law Review

No abstract provided.

Chasing The Illusory Pot Of Gold At The End Of The Rainbow: Negligence And Strict Liability In Design Defect Litigation, Aaron D. Twerski

Marquette Law Review

No abstract provided.

Assessment Of Client Satisfaction In Six Urban Wic Clinics, Catherine Christie, Julia A. Watkins, Anita Martin, Helen Jackson, Judy E. Perkin, Jacquie Fraser

Nutrition and Dietetics Faculty Research and Scholarship

Customer service is a measure of support and courtesy provided to individuals who patronize an organization, and is a factor vital to the success of any business. Programs that strive to meet critical needs of at risk populations, such as the Special Supplementation Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), may also benefit from assessment of client satisfaction. The purpose of the study was to examine factors related to customer satisfaction in Duval County Florida WIC clinics and identify potential barriers to participation through a two-year project initiated by the health department and the state university. The study examined …

Booklet: The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida: A Look Back At 2006, The Blue Foundation For A Healthy Florida

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

No abstract provided.

Stage Center Theatre Newsletter- Nov. 2006, Ilknur R. Ozgur

Stage Center

No abstract provided.

From Orthodoxy To Heresy: A Theological Analysis Of Sonnets Xiv And Xviii, Timothy J. Burbery

English Faculty Research

The commentary on Milton's eighteenth sonnet ("On the Late Massacre' in Piedmont") is rich and extensive. Kester Svendsen's often cited 1945 essay, the first close reading of the poem; ushered in many other interpretations of its biblical imagery, as well as speech-act analyses, reader- response discussions, and at least one Foucaldian study. Yet even though a religious conflict inspired the sonnet, and although numerous interpreters have paid close attention to the work's biblical texture, no sustained theological account of the poem has been offered. The present essay seeks to fill that gap by examining the work in light of two …

Mcquade Messenger- Winter 2006, Merrimack College

McQuade Messenger

Triannual newsletter outlining the activities, events, hours, features, and resources available at McQuade Library. Winter 2006, 7 pages.

Enzyme Engineering Of Aminotransferases For Improved Activity And Thermostability, Abraham Rogelio Mártin García

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open

The production by biosynthesis of optically active amino acids and amines satisfies the pharmaceutical industry in its demand for chiral building blocks for the synthesis of various pharmaceuticals. Among several enzymatic methods that allow the synthesis of optically active aminoacids and amines, the use of minotransferase is a promising one due to its broad substrate specificity and no requirement for external cofactor regeneration. The synthesis of chiral compounds by aminotransferases can be done either by asymmetric synthesis starting from keto acids or ketones, and by kinetic resolution starting from racemic aminoacids or amines.

The asymmetric synthesis of substituted (S)-aminotetralin, an …

Shear Band Evolution In Zr/Hf-Based Bulk Metallic Glasses Under Static And Dynamic Indentations, Hongwen Zhang

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open

Bulk metallic glasses (BMGs) exhibit superior mechanical properties as compared with other conventional materials and have been proposed for numerous engineering and technological applications. Zr/Hf-based BMGs or tungsten reinforced BMG composites are considered as a potential replacement for depleted uranium armor-piercing projectiles because of their ability to form localized shear bands during impact, which has been known to be the dominant plastic deformation mechanism in BMGs. However, in conventional tensile, compressive and bending tests, limited ductility has been observed because of fracture initiation immediately following the shear band formation. To fully investigate shear band characteristics, indentation tests that can confine …

Study Of And Design Procedure For Dual Circularly Polarized Waveguide Slot Arrays, Lee M. Paulsen

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open

For the past sixty years, waveguide slot radiator arrays have played a critical role in microwave radar and communication systems. They feature a well-characterized antenna element capable of direct integration into a low-loss feed structure with highly developed and inexpensive manufacturing processes. Waveguide slot radiators comprise some of the highest performance—in terms of side-lobe-level, efficiency, etc. — antenna arrays ever constructed.

A wealth of information is available in the open literature regarding design procedures for linearly polarized waveguide slots. By contrast, despite their presence in some of the earliest published reports, little has been presented to date on array designs …

The Effects Of Small Metal Additions (Co,Cu,Ga,Mn,Al,Bi,Sn) On The Magnetocaloric Properties Of The Gd5ge2si2 Alloy, R D. Shull, V Provenzano, A J. Shapiro, A Fu, Michael W. Lufaso, J Karapetrova, G Kletetschka, V Mikula

Chemistry Faculty Research and Scholarship

The structural and magnetic properties of arc-melted and homogenized (1300 °C, 1 h) alloys of Gd₅Ge_1.9Si₂X_0.1 (X = Cu, Co, Ga, Mn, Al, Bi, or Sn) were investigated by powder x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, and magnetometry. The addition of Cu, Ga, Mn, and Al completely eliminated the large hysteresis losses present in the undoped Gd₅Ge₂Si₂ alloy between 270 and 330 K, broadened the magnetic entropy change ΔSm peak, and shifted its peak value from 275 to 305 K similar to that …

Emission Cross Sections For Neutral Xenon Impacted By Xe+ And Xe2+, Jason D. Sommerville

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open

Ion impact emission cross sections for eleven transitions from the 5p⁵6p configuration to the 5p⁵6s configuration of neutral xenon occurring in the spectral region between 700 nm and 1000 nm have been measured experimentally. Collisions between both singly- and doublyionized xenon and neutral xenon have been studied. These cross sections are of primary use in the development of a spectrographic diagnostic for Hall effect thruster plasma. A detailed discussion of the experimental methods and the subsequent data reduction is included. The results are presented and the importance of these data for spectrographic emission models of Hall …

Conceptual Issues Of Global Counterfeiting On Products And Services, D. Bosworth, Deli Yang

School of Business Faculty Research

Counterfeiting is a global problem of enormous magnitude. Despite its obvious importance, relatively little attention has been paid to the management of counterfeiting. This paper considers the difficulties of measuring counterfeiting and provides evidence of the magnitude of the problem worldwide. The focus is on counterfeiting of privately produced goods and services, rather than the issue of the counterfeiting of currency per se, which is a somewhat different though related issue. A conceptual framework of the private and social costs and benefits of anti-counterfeiting measures is also provided. The framework highlights a number of key driving forces of counterfeiting, including …

The Reputational Penalty For Aggressive Accounting: Earnings Restatements And Management Turnover, Hemang Desai, Chris E. Hogan, Michael S. Wilkins

School of Business Faculty Research

In this paper we investigate the reputational penalties to managers of firms announcing earnings restatements. More specifically, we examine management turnover and the subsequent re-hiring of displaced managers at firms announcing earnings restatements during 1997 or 1998. In contrast to prior research (Beneish 1999 and Agrawal, Jaffe and Karpoff, 1999), which does not find increased turnover following GAAP violations or revelation of corporate fraud, we find that 60% of restating firms experience a turnover in at least one top manager within 24 months of the restatement compared to only 35% among age-, size- and industry-matched firms. Moreover, 85% of the …

Doc 2006-07 Sense Of The Senate Document -- University Promotion And Tenure Committee, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate. Executive Committee

Senate Documents

Draft document of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton. This document was originally classified as DOC 06-07.