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A Diagram Of The Whole New World, Caleb D Mammen Jan 2007

A Diagram Of The Whole New World, Caleb D Mammen

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

My creative thesis, a diagram of the whole new world, is a book of poems that explores and discovers what it means to write in a native tongue and also what it means to lose nativity all together. Travel is a treated theme, literally, as most of the poems were written across the world, as well as metaphysically, in the sense of making and erasing new boundaries of perception; Each poem aims to exhibit its own form as it itself is made. So, I have not written them in the shadow of any particular formal constraint(s). Rather, I have borrowed …

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Parsing Neurocognitive Heterogeneity In Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, Brian D Leany Jan 2007

Parsing Neurocognitive Heterogeneity In Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury, Brian D Leany

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) occur quite frequently in children and adolescents. One difficulty in understanding and treating TBI lies in the heterogeneous nature of its acquisition and mechanism of injury, and the resulting neurocognitive impairment. While there are instruments that exist to identify such impairment, they typically are divided into very broad domains of academic performance. Tests such as the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and the Woodcock Johnson are helpful in identifying impairment within the realm of academic aptitude, but have thus far not provided specific enough information as to the impairment of the underlying neurocognitive process that …

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An Analysis Of Finite And Non-Finite Verbs In Selected Passages In The Gospel Of Mark, Joseph P. Petrini Jan 2007

An Analysis Of Finite And Non-Finite Verbs In Selected Passages In The Gospel Of Mark, Joseph P. Petrini

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

This thesis examines finite and non-finite verbs in The Gospel of Mark 15:22-39 and 16:1-7 in Greek, Latin, Gothic and Old English. The study is a comparison of the person, tense, mood and voice in all four languages, as well as a comparison of strength, weakness and class of the Germanic verbs. Also, attention was paid to the use of available cognates for subsequent translations.

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The Thermal Ecology Of The Red-Spotted Toad, Bufo Punctatus, Across Life History, Candice Marie Rausch Jan 2007

The Thermal Ecology Of The Red-Spotted Toad, Bufo Punctatus, Across Life History, Candice Marie Rausch

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

Compared with other terrestrial vertebrates, amphibians are generally less tolerant of thermal extremes. The Mojave Desert has ambient temperatures outside the proposed thermal tolerance zone of its mort abundant amphibian, the Red-spotted toad (Bufo (Anaxyrus) punctatus). Few data have been presented regarding the thermal ecology of these animals, including their thermal histories and proposed strategies to avoid temperature extremes. Previous studies suggest B. punctatus avoids extreme thermal exposure and adult toads experience body temperature (Tb) below a proposed critical thermal maximum (CTmax) of 35°C, and can maintain Tb at 25°C during the winter. Further, previous studies indicate a CTmax for …

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Cultural Implications Of Architectural Mortar And Plaster Selection At Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, Shane David Rumsey Jan 2007

Cultural Implications Of Architectural Mortar And Plaster Selection At Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, Shane David Rumsey

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The research presented here utilizes both mineralogical and elemental analyses to examine prehistoric architectural mortar and plaster samples from kivas at two Pueblo III period cliff house sites in Mesa Verde National Park. In order to provide a thorough geochemical characterization of mortar and plaster samples analytic techniques including x-ray diffractometry (XRD), inductively coupled plasma---mass spectrometry (ICP-MS), and analytical electron microscopy (SEM-EDS) have been utilized. Similarities and differences in mortar selection among those sites and kivas sampled are then discussed in terms of cultural implications. The most significant result is a temporal trend in mortar selection from early to late …

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What Are Friends For?, David Eric Surratt Jan 2007

What Are Friends For?, David Eric Surratt

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

As social beings, nearly all of us find that the development of individual identity requires an acceptance of others' influence, whether good or had. The specifics of self-concept, as we typically understand the term, can only exist relative to one's perceptions of outside selves, in all their likeness and, more importantly, dissimilarity to our own. To know what we are is to know what we are not; These eight, highly disparate works of short fiction all seek, in some way, to describe the evolution of individual identity that results when separate paths cross, with a broad emphasis on the by-products …

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Document Type Classification From Document Images, Jason Montgomery Vergara Jan 2007

Document Type Classification From Document Images, Jason Montgomery Vergara

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The most common features that classification systems use is simply to consider all words as features and determine the probability of the document's category based on these words. When given document images, sophisticated optical character recognizers can be used to provide more than the simple text that traditional classification systems use. This metadata and extracting additional features from the document text can improve classification of document images; We have found a greater than 1% increase in recall when looking at font size metadata and extracting other features such as words used in uppercased lines. Since our dataset can have multi-page …

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An Evaluation Of Innovative Countermeasures For Pedestrian Safety, Vinay Virupaksha Jan 2007

An Evaluation Of Innovative Countermeasures For Pedestrian Safety, Vinay Virupaksha

UNLV Retrospective Theses & Dissertations

The objective of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of innovative countermeasures deployed to help improve pedestrian safety and walkability. Potential countermeasures evaluated in this research include: (1) a portable speed trailer, (2) a high visibility crosswalks, (3) advance yield markings, (4) "yield here to pedestrians" signs, (5) in-roadway knockdown signs, (6) danish offsets, (7) median refuges, (8) intelligent transportation system (ITS) based automatic pedestrian detection device, (9) smart lighting, (10) pedestrian activated flashing lights; A before-and-after analysis strategy was be used to evaluate the selected countermeasures. Measures of effectiveness (MOEs) identified to evaluate the impacts of these countermeasures, …

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Revisiting The Language-Music Relationship : Exploring Pitch Recognition And Discourse Intonation In Adult Esl Students, Katherine Gambs Knickerbocker Jan 2007

Revisiting The Language-Music Relationship : Exploring Pitch Recognition And Discourse Intonation In Adult Esl Students, Katherine Gambs Knickerbocker

Doctoral Dissertations

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Indigenous Linguistically And Culturally Connected Community Health Educators/Promotoras : Preventing Hiv/Aids In The Latino Community, Alba Lucia Diaz-Cuellar Jan 2007

Indigenous Linguistically And Culturally Connected Community Health Educators/Promotoras : Preventing Hiv/Aids In The Latino Community, Alba Lucia Diaz-Cuellar

Doctoral Dissertations

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Back-End Sentencing A Practice In Search Of A Rationale, Jeremy Travis Jan 2007

Back-End Sentencing A Practice In Search Of A Rationale, Jeremy Travis

Publications and Research

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Dietary Patterns And Breast Cancer Risk In The Shanghai Breast Cancer Study, Xiaohui Cui, Qi Dai, Marilyn Tseng, Xiao-Ou Shu, Yu-Tang Gao, Wei Zheng Jan 2007

Dietary Patterns And Breast Cancer Risk In The Shanghai Breast Cancer Study, Xiaohui Cui, Qi Dai, Marilyn Tseng, Xiao-Ou Shu, Yu-Tang Gao, Wei Zheng

Kinesiology and Public Health

The association of breast cancer with dietary patterns such as a western diet has not been studied in Asian women. We examined this among Shanghai Breast Cancer Study participants. Cases were of ages 25 to 64 years, diagnosed 08/1996-03/ 1998, and identified through a rapid case ascertainment system supplemented by the Shanghai Cancer Registry. Controls, selected from the general population of urban Shanghai, were frequency matched to cases by 5-year age group. Participants provided information on diet, lifestyle, and reproductive factors. In principal component analysis among 1,556 controls, two patterns emerged. a ‘‘vegetable-soy’’ pattern (tofu, cauliflower, beans, bean sprouts, green …

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Dietary Intake And Breast Density In High-Risk Women: A Cross-Sectional Study, Marilyn Tseng, Celia Byrne, Kathryn A. Evers, Mary B. Daly Jan 2007

Dietary Intake And Breast Density In High-Risk Women: A Cross-Sectional Study, Marilyn Tseng, Celia Byrne, Kathryn A. Evers, Mary B. Daly

Kinesiology and Public Health

Background Women with a family history of breast cancer may be at higher risk for breast cancer, but few previous studies evaluating diet and breast cancer have focused on such women. The objective of the present study was to determine whether diet, a modifiable risk factor, is related to breast density among women at high genetic risk for breast cancer. Methods Women with at least one first-degree or second-degree relative with breast cancer or ovarian cancer participating in the Fox Chase Cancer Center Family Risk Assessment Program completed health history and food frequency questionnaires and received standard screening mammograms. Cranial–caudal …

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Novel Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotides For Cancer Therapy, Elizabeth R. Rayburn Jan 2007

Novel Immunomodulatory Oligonucleotides For Cancer Therapy, Elizabeth R. Rayburn

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No abstract provided.

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Proteomic Discovery Of Genistein Action In The Rat Mammary Gland., Craig Rowell Jan 2007

Proteomic Discovery Of Genistein Action In The Rat Mammary Gland., Craig Rowell

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No abstract provided.

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The Design And Synthesis Of Anti Bacterial Inhibitors Of Nad Synthetase, Whitney Beysselance Moro Jan 2007

The Design And Synthesis Of Anti Bacterial Inhibitors Of Nad Synthetase, Whitney Beysselance Moro

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No abstract provided.

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Vitamin A And Retinoic Acid In Neonatal Hyperoxic Lung Injury, Masheika James Jan 2007

Vitamin A And Retinoic Acid In Neonatal Hyperoxic Lung Injury, Masheika James

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No abstract provided.

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Regulation Of Ho-1 And Its Role In Angiogenesis, Jessy Deshane Jan 2007

Regulation Of Ho-1 And Its Role In Angiogenesis, Jessy Deshane

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Ischemic tissue and organ dysfunction occur in a variety of cardiovascular diseases. The hypoxic environment created during ischemic injury activates cytoprotective genes, of which heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1) is of great interest. This microsomal inducible enzyme is involved in the homeostasis of prooxidant heme, which is released from heme proteins upon injury. HO-1 responds to a variety of oxidative stress associated stimuli. HO-1 expression has been implicated as a protective response in diverse disease states which has been attributed to the beneficial properties of the by products iron, carbon monoxide and biliverdin/bilirubin. Regulation of expression of HO-1 is also significant, as …

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O -Glcnac Modification In Muscle Development, Ping Huang Jan 2007

O -Glcnac Modification In Muscle Development, Ping Huang

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O-glycosylation, a type of posttranslational modification, is abundant and dynamic in the cell, yet its function in cell signaling and destiny regulation is far from known. This study examines the effects of O-glycosylation on muscle differentiation and metabolism, and the potential mechanism behind the effects: proteasome blockade. Proteasome action is required for muscle differentiation. We previously have shown that O-GlcNAc modification of the 19S cap of the proteasome can inhibit the proteolytic function of this organelle. By changing O-GlcNAc modification levels and proteasome function independently in C2C12 skeletal myoblasts, we have found that myoblast differentiation is largely dependent on both. …

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Transportation Infrastructure Resilience And Disaster Preparedness Education In Alabama, Stephanie Victoria Watson Jan 2007

Transportation Infrastructure Resilience And Disaster Preparedness Education In Alabama, Stephanie Victoria Watson

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No abstract provided.

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The Role Of The Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Pathway In Bone Development And Repair, Ying Wang Jan 2007

The Role Of The Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Pathway In Bone Development And Repair, Ying Wang

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No abstract provided.

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Exposure To Airborne Asbestos In Jamaican Hospitals, Henroy P. Scarlett Jan 2007

Exposure To Airborne Asbestos In Jamaican Hospitals, Henroy P. Scarlett

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

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Mri Evaluation Of A Stented Abdominal Aorta Of A Rabbit, Minchul Shin Jan 2007

Mri Evaluation Of A Stented Abdominal Aorta Of A Rabbit, Minchul Shin

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No abstract provided.

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Elucidating The Role Of Nephrono Phthisis Proteins Utilizing Caenorhabditis Elegans As A Model, Marlene Elizabeth Winkelbauer Jan 2007

Elucidating The Role Of Nephrono Phthisis Proteins Utilizing Caenorhabditis Elegans As A Model, Marlene Elizabeth Winkelbauer

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No abstract provided.

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Sex Steroid And Growth Factor Expression In Prostates Of Transgenic Mice Exposed To Dietary Polyphenols, Leah Cook Jan 2007

Sex Steroid And Growth Factor Expression In Prostates Of Transgenic Mice Exposed To Dietary Polyphenols, Leah Cook

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No abstract provided.

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The Role Of The Primary Cilium In Energy And Glucose Metabolism, James Robert Davenport Jan 2007

The Role Of The Primary Cilium In Energy And Glucose Metabolism, James Robert Davenport

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No abstract provided.

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The Behavior Of Oculomotor Neurons During Conjugate And Disconjugate Eye Movements, Ryan C. Davison Jan 2007

The Behavior Of Oculomotor Neurons During Conjugate And Disconjugate Eye Movements, Ryan C. Davison

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An Analysis Of Ludwig Feuerbach‟S Criticisms Of Judeo-Christian Views Of Nature In The Essence Of Christianity, David Johnston Jan 2007

An Analysis Of Ludwig Feuerbach‟S Criticisms Of Judeo-Christian Views Of Nature In The Essence Of Christianity, David Johnston

Honors Capstones

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Gender Bending And Comic Books As Art: Issues Of Appropriation, Gender, And Sexuality In Japanese Art, Harley Blue Acres Jan 2007

Gender Bending And Comic Books As Art: Issues Of Appropriation, Gender, And Sexuality In Japanese Art, Harley Blue Acres

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In Japanese high art, popular art (such as comic books and animation), theater, and music, representation of gender is a blurred line that is commonly crossed, more so than in the West. I argue that this fluidity is the result of disparate artistic sources that have filtered through Japanese culture since the Edo Period (1603-1867) with the flourishing of Kabuki Theater (in which men played women on stage) and the emergence of ukiyo-e (particularly shunga/erotica prints). This artistic lineage impacted arts of the Showa Period (1926-1989) notably Takarazuka Theater (which feature an exclusively female cast that portrays men) and the …

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The Association Between Insulin And Inflammation In African American And European American Children, Jessica A. Alvarez Jan 2007

The Association Between Insulin And Inflammation In African American And European American Children, Jessica A. Alvarez

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Insulin has anti-inflammatory properties. Markers of inflammation (MOI) increase in the postprandial state. African Americans (AA) have higher post-challenge insulin concentrations compared to European Americans (EA). The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between insulin and MOI in both the fasting and postprandial state. We hypothesized that, after accounting for confounding factors, fasting and postprandial insulin would be inversely associated with MOI, and that AA would have a lower postprandial inflammatory response because of a higher insulin response. C-reactive protein (CRP), interleukin-6 (IL6), soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor type 2 (sTNF-R2), and insulin concentrations were assessed at …

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