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Impact Of Treatment On Body Image In Obese Children, Danusia Nedilskyj

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Pediatric obesity is a national epidemic with serious medical implications. Currently, almost one-quarter of children in the United States are overweight. Without intervention, children typically are unable to outgrow obesity and the majority of overweight children become overweight adults. Further, childhood obesity results in numerous psychological consequences, including dissatisfaction with body image. Thus, prevention and treatment of childhood obesity are crucial to protect children from the resultant physical and psychological risk factors which will impact their future health. The Growing Fit Program is a pediatric clinic in the Department of Pediatrics at Loma Linda University, which seeks to serve the …

Access To Information, Access To Justice: The Role Of Presuit Investigatory Discovery, Lonny Sheinkopf Hoffman

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

What is the relationship between access to information and access to justice? Private parties obviously have many publicly available points of access to the information they seek in order to file a lawsuit. Lawyers can talk to their clients and other willing witnesses. Documents can be gathered. Specific statutes may sometimes permit information to be obtained before a formal lawsuit is brought. On other occasions, however, information needed or desired will lie solely within the exclusive knowledge and control of another The ability of private parties to compel the production of information, documents, or testimony before litigation rarely has been …

Fuzzy Logic And Corporate Governance Theories, Z. Jill Barclift

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “Fuzzy logic is a theory that categorizes concepts or things belonging to more than one group. A methodology that explains how things function in multiple groups (not fully in one group or another) offers advantages when no one definition or membership in a group accounts for belonging to multiple groups. The principal/agent model of corporate governance has some characteristics of fuzzy logic theory.

Under traditional agency theory of corporate governance, shareholders, directors, and senior corporate officers each belong to groups having multiple attributes. In the principal/agent model of corporate governance, shareholders are owners or principals; directors are shareholders and …

Early Childhood Program Director Leadership Characteristics And Program Quality, Barbara J. June

Dissertations

This phenomenological research study was conducted to explore and describe how the characteristics, traits, and styles of directors, as described and perceived by the teachers, reflect the factors that are currently addressed in the indicators forming the basis for evaluating program quality. Teacher participants from six sites participated in a survey, questionnaire, and interview to determine director and program profiles. The Program Quality Assessment score was used as a standardized data source.

The data were collected, coded, and analyzed to determine the director and program profiles for each of the sites. The director and program data for each site were …

Junior Recital: Katelin French, Soprano, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

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Lectionary-Based Bible Study Program, Mary John Trevino

Pastoral Institute

I will be implementing my Pastoral Project with the parishioners and catechists at St. Bonaventure Catholic Church. During my site visit for my Program Planning for Adult Education class, Sister Mary T. Phalen asked if I would consider a Bible Study Class in English for my project because the people had been asking for this type of class for the past three to four years. The parish has many opportunities for the Spanish speaking community, but the need for the English track was very evident.

Some obstacles that I suspect may come up, since it will be my first time …

The -Ing Suffix In French, Joëlle C. Lewis

Theses and Dissertations

One striking characteristic of modern French is the increasingly large number of words that contain the English -ing suffix. This phenomenon stands in contrast to the stereotype of the French being purists with regards to language choice and use. Indeed, there is a variety of evidence that this suffix has been integrated into French as a productive derivational suffix, and does not simply occur as an accident resulting from the borrowing of English words that happen to include it. Though many studies have been carried out on loanwords in French, and certain ones have brought specific attention to the importation …

Aujourd'hui, Bill Elgersma

Pro Rege

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Aguacero, Lorna Van Gilst

Pro Rege

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Old Glory, Mary Dengler

Pro Rege

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Crossed Sticks, Mike Vanden Bosch

Pro Rege

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Prologue To A Voluntarist War Convention, Robert D. Sloane

Michigan Law Review

This Article attempts to identify and clarify what is genuinely new about the "new paradigm" of armed conflict after the attacks of September 11, 2001. Assuming that sound policy counsels treating certain aspects of the global struggle against modern transnational terrorist networks within the legal rubric of war, this Article stresses that the principal challenge such networks pose is that they require international humanitarian law, somewhat incongruously, to graft conventions-in both the formal and informal senses of that word-onto an unconventional form of organized violence. Furthermore, this process occurs in a context in which one diffuse "party" to the conflict …

Development Of Photography Curriculum Program: Facilitating The Transition From Academic Theory To Business Practice, John M. Osborne

Theses and Dissertations

Competition for job openings is becoming increasingly difficult for college graduates. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (2007), "Photographers can expect keen competition for job openings. The number of individuals interested in positions is much greater than the number of openings" (~27). As a result of this increasing competition, this study is intended to develop a model curriculum for a four-year baccalaureate degree program in photography with a business emphasis. More specifically, this study is aimed at developing curriculum that will enable students to more readily transition from academic theory into business and industrial practice.

In this study, a …

Relationship Between A 700-Mb "Dry/Wind" Index And Springtime Precipitation And Streamflow Within Four Snowmelt-Dominated Basins In Northern New Mexico And Southern Colorado, Kerry M. Jones

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

Climatic anomaly relationships that could potentially improve seasonal streamflow forecasts in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico were investigated through consideration of meteorological anomalies during the snow ablation season from 1980-2006. Historical relationships between (i) humidity and wind from March-June defined by an index developed for this study, denoted DWND; (ii) springtime precipitation; (iii) departures from expected seasonal streamflow; and (iv) El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) were examined within four sub-basins in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico: Upper San Juan above Pagosa Springs, Upper Rio Chama above El Vado Reservoir, and Embudo Creek/Rio Pueblo above Dixon. Potentially important links emerged …

Habitat Availability For Rio Grande Silvery Minnow (Hybognathus Amarus) Pena Blanca, Rio Grande, New Mexico, Leeanna T. Torres

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

Similar to many dams around the world, Cochiti Dam [since its construction in 1975 on the Middle Rio Grande (MRG), New Mexico] has contributed both benefits and negative impacts to those who make use of the MRG. Built primarily for flood control, the dam has resulted in significant geomorphic changes below the dam. This has caused the decline of some native organisms adapted to the river. Since 1994, the Rio Grande silvery minnow (RGSM) (Hybognathus amarus) has been federally listed as an endangered species. Habitat availability is a concern for the species, which currently occupies only about 7% of its …

As Business Globalizes, So Should Country Names, Constance S. Bates

Global Business Languages

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Introduction, Christiane E. Keck, Allen G. Wood

Global Business Languages

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Introduction, Christiane E. Keck, Allen G. Wood

Global Business Languages

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Introduction, Christiane E. Keck, Allen G. Wood

Global Business Languages

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Introduction, Christiane E. Keck, Allen G. Wood

Global Business Languages

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Intel And Costa Rica: A Model For Global Expansion, Economic Development And Sustainability, Isabel Dulfano

Global Business Languages

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Teaching About The Media To Prepare Professional German Students To Be Culture-Competent, Michael Hager

Global Business Languages

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Emphasizing Foreign Language Use To International Marketing Students: A Situational Exercise That Mimics Real-World Challenges, Tracy L. Melin, Nina M. Ray

Global Business Languages

An international marketing exercise consists of students orally providing an introduction in a chosen foreign language of what they, as potential salespeople, might say to a client in that country. Students speak (not read) their prepared statements to the class and are leniently, yet constructively, evaluated on language use and pronunciation and marketing credibility. The objective is to emulate a real business situation and to show students the challenges of working with different languages and cultures in international marketing and the imperfections of direct translation. Results of a student survey showed that a majority of students believed the exercise to …

Overcoming Obstacles: American Expatriates Striving To Learn Chinese Culture, Hongmei Gao

Global Business Languages

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Embedding Language Learning In The Business School Curriculum And Mission, Michael Bryant, David Sheehan, Mary Vigier

Global Business Languages

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Business German In The Usa Today: Knowing Our Students And Collaborating With Our Colleagues, Stephanie Borst, Ann-Katrin Schenck

Global Business Languages

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Bridging Cultural Barriers In Bicultural Projects: More Than Translation And Interpretation Of Language, Taira Koybaeva

Global Business Languages

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Culture And German Advertising, Michael Hager

Global Business Languages

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The Integration Of Culture In The Business French Classroom: Engaging Students In The Analysis Of An Annual Report, Scott M. Powers, Sue Deville

Global Business Languages

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Web-Based Communication Of Global Companies: Do Languages And Culture Matter?, Christine Uber Grosse

Global Business Languages

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