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Public Health Campaigns To Change Industry Practices That Damage Health: An Analysis Of 12 Case Studies, Nicholas Freudenberg, Sarah Picard Bradley, Monica Serrano

Publications and Research

Industry practices such as advertising, production of unsafe products, and efforts to defeat health legislation play a major role in current patterns of U.S. ill health. Changing these practices may be a promising strategy to promote health. The authors analyze 12 campaigns designed to modify the health-related practices of U.S. corporations in the alcohol, automobile, food and beverage, firearms, pharmaceutical, and tobacco industries. The objectives are to examine the interactions between advocacy campaigns and industry opponents; explore the roles of government, researchers, and media; and identify characteristics of campaigns that are effective in changing health-damaging practices. The authors compared campaigns …

A Comparison Of An Individually Tailored And A Standardized Asthma Self-Management Education Program, Judy Ann Shackelford

Dissertations

Asthma is one of the most prevalent chronic diseases in the United States (Centers for Disease Control [CDC], 2003). According to the CDC (2003), prevalence of asthma continues to rise in epidemic proportions and is very costly. While asthma cannot be prevented or cured, it can be controlled to improve quality of life. Self-management is key to controlling asthma (CDC, 2003; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute [NHLBI], 2002). State of the science for asthma self-management establishes that health care costs decrease for self-management intervention groups (Lindberg et al, 2002; Thoonen et al, 2003). Education is essential to support asthma …

The Process Of Redesigning A Business Identity, Britta Lundborg

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

December 12, 2007 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Relative Intensity Noise Study In The Injection-Locked Integrated Electroabsorption Modulator-Lasers, Xiaomin Jin, Bennet Yun Tarng, Shun Lien Chuang

Electrical Engineering

No abstract provided.

December 12, 2007 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Unh Space Scientists Reach Milestone In Nasa Sun- Earth Mission, David Sims

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Minutes, Arts & Sciences Faculty Meeting, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2007, Arts & Sciences Faculty

The College of Liberal Arts Faculty Minutes

No abstract provided.

Servant Leadership And The Non-Profit Sector, Bruce Kranig

Theses and Graduate Projects

Nonprofit enterprises have played a significant role in society, providing many services to meet a wide spectrum of human needs. Like for-profit and public sector organizations, nonprofit organizations are faced with increased scrutiny of their current way of doing business. Stakeholders are demanding better efficiency and effectiveness from nonprofit organizations. The means to reduce waste in the current ways of doing business, if not led well and done right, will undoubtedly produce a greater waste. At risk is the sustainability of the organizations and the role their programs play in society.

The struggle facing the nonprofit sector and the challenges …

Do Parents' Literacy Beliefs And Home Literacy Experiences Relate To Children's Literacy Skills?, Rebecca C. Norman

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the relationship among parents' literacy beliefs, home literacy experiences, and children's literacy skills. Forty-three children, who attended a university preschool, and their parents participated in the study. Parents' literacy beliefs and the home literacy experience, namely shared book reading, were examined through a self-report questionnaire. One important section of this questionnaire provided information about parents' beliefs concerning literacy acquisition; specifically, whether they believed in a top-down or bottom-up approach. The children were tested individually for emergent literacy skills, including concepts of print, alphabetic knowledge, rhyming skills, oral language skills, word recognition, and invented spelling. The results were …

Balancing Startup Marketing &Sales: Why It's A Tough Management Call, Eugene Fram

Presentations and other scholarship

All startups have to pass critical milestones to stay on the path to success. Some are obvious: attracting investors...beginning operations...becoming profitable. However, there's one milestone that doesn't command the management attention it needs. I'm talking about balancing marketing and sales, with an emphasis on the word balancing.

12-12-2007 Swosu Students Complete Degrees In December, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2007

Approximately 298 students from Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford will complete requirements for either bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees after the current Fall 2007 semester.

Radial Outflow In Teleoperation: A Possible Solution For Improving Depth Perception, Joshua Gomer

All Theses

Practical experience has shown that operators of remote robotic systems have difficulty perceiving aspects of remotely operated robots and their environments (e.g. Casper & Murphy, 2003). Operators often find it difficult, for example, to perceive accurately the distances and sizes of remote objects. Past research has demonstrated that employing a moveable camera that provides the operator optical motion allows for the perception of distance in the absence of other information about depth (Dash, 2004). In this experiment a camera was constrained to move only forward and backward, thus adding monocular radial outflow to the video stream. The ability of remote …

Social Science Division Minutes 12/12/2007, Social Science Division

Social Science Division

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, December 12, 2007, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2007

No abstract provided.

December 12th 2007, Hispanic News

Inland Empire Hispanic News

No abstract provided.

Minutes, Administrative And Professional Council Meeting, December 12, 2007, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Administrative And Professional Council

Administrative and Professional Council

The minutes from the December 12, 2007, meeting of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's Administrative and Professional Council.

Measures Designed To Address Elevated Pressures In Short-Term Funding Markets, European Central Bank (Ecb)

Documents

Other Relevant YPFS Case Series: Central Bank Swaplines

Press Release, Federal Reserve System: Board Of Governors

Documents

No abstract provided.

Swiss National Bank Provides Us Dollar Funding, Swiss National Bank

Documents

No abstract provided.

Student Connection: How Graduate Assistants Of Rowan University Connect To The Campus Community, Janelle R. M. Duncan

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate how graduate assistants at Rowan University, Glassboro campus connect to the campus community using socialization theory. Data collection consisted of interviews of 10 randomly selected first and second year graduate students during the 2006-07 academic school year. The interviews were conducted at Rowan University during the spring 2007 semester. On average the interviews took about 25 minutes to conduct. Participants were interviewed to see how the graduate assistants felt about graduate school and their programs of study. Interviews were transcribed into a word document and then analyzed for common themes.

The study …

Measures Designed To Address Elevated Pressures In Short-Term Funding Markets, European Central Bank (Ecb)

Documents

No abstract provided.

Office Of Thrift Supervision (Ots) Letter Of Countrywide Report Of Examination Quarterly Target Reviews, Lawrence D. Carter

Documents

The Office of Thrift Supervision's (OTS) Quarterly Target report of examination is included as an attachment to this letter.

Find It Free And Fast On The Net: Strategies For Legal Research On The Web (2007), Michelle Rigual

Faculty Scholarship

This is a guide to researching legal issues on the internet. Basic search topics applicable to any database are discussed as well as specific strategies for finding free or inexpensive legal materials, effectively using new technologies such as blogs, RSS feeds, and podcasts. Additionally, attendees are warned to avoid outdated technologies and sources. Also presented in Albuquerque, New Mexico, December 13, 2007.

The Daily Egyptian, December 11, 2007, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2007

No abstract provided.

12/11/2007 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 12/11/2007. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

12/11/2007 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 12/11/2007. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

Missouri Ozark Women's Experiences Of Living With Postpartum Depression Symptoms, Nathalie B. Williams

Dissertations

Depression is a serious complication of the postpartum period that affects not only women but their children and families as well. Rural women are of particular concern because of the significant barriers to health care that they experience as a result of isolation, poverty, traditional beliefs, and a lack of accessible and adequate health related services. A review of the literature to identify evidence based nursing interventions that focused on primary and secondary prevention of postpartum depression revealed few interventions and there were no studies identified that targeted or even included women living in rural areas of the United States. …

A High Power, High Efficiency Amplifier Using Gan Hemt, Bumjin Kim, Dennis Derickson, Cheng Sun

Electrical Engineering

A class B and a class F power amplifier are described using a GaN HEMT device. They both were designed to operate at a frequency of 1.7 GHz with the same bias conditions. The performances of each amplifier were successfully simulated and compared. A class B amplifier was physically implemented and achieved a high power-added-efficiency of 69.2%, 39.9 dBm output power and associated gain of 14.9 dB. The experimental results were in close agreement to the simulation results.

State Income Tax Deduction For Dietary Supplements And Certain Foods. Statute.

Initiatives

Allows medical expense deductions on state income tax returns for costs of dietary supplements and food for special dietary needs. Dietary supplements include tablets, capsules, powder, and measured doses of liquid that contain vitamins, minerals, herbs, amino acids, or dietary substances, but do not include conventional food products. Foods for special dietary needs are those consumed due to a medical condition, for supplementing the diet, or as the sole item of the diet. Medical condition includes disease, pregnancy, lactation, infancy, food allergy, overweight and underweight. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state …