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Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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Faculty Masthead, Mjlst Editorial Board

Minnesota Journal of Law, Science & Technology

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What Does Justice Require For The Victims Of Katrina And September 11?, John G. Culhane

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

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Lessons From Katrina: Response, Recovery And The Public Health Infrastructure, Elizabeth A. Weeks

DePaul Journal of Health Care Law

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North America. Climate Change 2007: Impacts, Adaptation And Vulnerability, Christopher B. Fields, Linda D. Mortsch, Michael Brklacich, Donald L. Forbes, Paul Kovacs, Jonathan A. Patz, Steven W. Running, Michael J. Scott, Jean Andrey, Dan Cayan, Mike Demuth, Alan Hamlet, Gregory Jones, Evan Mills, Scott Mills, Charles K. Minns, David J. Sailor, Mark Saunders, Daniel Scott, William Solecki

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

The United States (U.S.) and Canada will experience climate changes through direct effects of local changes (e.g., temperature, precipitation and extreme weather events), as well as through indirect effects, transmitted among regions by interconnected economies and migrations of humans and other species. Variations in wealth and geography, however, lead to an uneven distribution of likely impacts, vulnerabilities and capacities to adapt. This chapter reviews and synthesises the state of knowledge on direct and indirect impacts, vulnerability and adaptations for North America (comprising Canada and the U.S). Hawaii and other U.S. protectorates are discussed in Chapter 16 on Small Islands, and …

Ecosan Toilets In Tsunami Affected South India-Participatory Action In Development As An Implementation Strategy (X2), Shaila Noronha

College of Liberal Arts & Social Sciences Theses and Dissertations

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Cell-Specific Irf-3 Responses Protect Against West Nile Virus Infection By Interferon-Dependent And -Independent Mechanisms, Stephane Daffis, Melanie A. Samuel, Brian C. Keller, Michael Gale Jr., Michael S. Diamond

Open Access Publications

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Induction Of High-Affinity Ige Receptor On Lung Dendritic Cells During Viral Infection Leads To Mucous Cell Metaplasia, Mitchell H. Grayson, Dorothy Cheung, Michelle M. Rohlfing, Robert Kitchens, Daniel E. Spiegel, Jennifer Tucker, John T. Battaile, Yael Alevy, Le Yan, Eugene Agapov, Edy Y. Kim, Michael J. Holtzman

Open Access Publications

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Persistence Of Brugia Malayi Dna In Vector And Non-Vector Mosquitoes: Implications For Xenomonitoring And Transmission Monitoring Of Lymphatic Filariasis, Peter Fischer, Sara M. Erickson, Kerstin Fischer, Jeremy F. Fuchs, Ramakrishna U. Rao, Bruce M. Christensen, Gary J. Weil

Open Access Publications

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Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia In Neonatal And Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Patients, Elizabeth Foglia, Mary Dawn Meier, Alexis Elward

Open Access Publications

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Greater Diversity Of Shiga Toxin-Encoding Bacteriophage Insertion Sites Among Escherichia Coli O157:H7 Isolates From Cattle Than In Those From Humans, Thomas E. Besser, Nurmohammad Shaikh, Nicholas J. Holt, Phillip I. Tarr, Michael E. Konkel, Preeti Malik-Kale, Coilin W. Walsh, Thomas S. Whittam, James L. Bono

Open Access Publications

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Secreted Ns1 Of Dengue Virus Attaches To The Surface Of Cells Via Interactions With Heparan Sulfate And Chondroitin Sulfate E, Panisadee Avirutnan, Lijuan Zhang, Nuntaya Punyadee, Ananya Manuyakorn, Chunya Puttikhunt, Watchara Kasinrerk, Prida Malasit, John P. Atkinson, Michael S. Diamond

Open Access Publications

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A Population-Based Investigation Of Invasive Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus Infection In Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, And Predictors Of Mortality, Bernard C. Camins, Monica M. Farley, John J. Jernigan, Susan M. Ray, James P. Steinberg, Henry M. Blumberg

Open Access Publications

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Catheter-Associated Bloodstream Infections In General Medical Patients Outside The Intensive Care Unit: A Surveillance Study, Jonas Marschall, Carole Leone, Marilyn Jones, Deborah Nihill, Victoria J. Fraser, David K. Warren

Open Access Publications

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Case-Control Study Of Surgical Site Infections Associated With Pacemakers And Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators, Jonas Marschall, Diane Hopkins-Broyles, Marilyn Jones, Victoria J. Fraser, David K. Warren

Open Access Publications

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Impaired Mononuclear Cell Immune Function In Extreme Obesity Is Corrected By Weight Loss, Luigi Fontana, J. Christopher Eagon, Marco Colonna, Samuel Klein

Open Access Publications

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Antiretroviral Drug Levels And Interactions Affect Lipid, Lipoprotein, And Glucose Metabolism In Hiv-1 Seronegative Subjects: A Pharmacokinetic- Pharmacodynamic Analysis, Susan Rosenkranz, Kevin E. Yarasheski, Michael F. Para, Richard C. Reichman, Gene D. Morse

Open Access Publications

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Fuzzy Systems Simulation: Models, Foundations, And Systems Development, Leonard J. Jowers

All ETDs from UAB

Simulations of modeled systems are e®ective tools for evaluating system attributes; fuzzy logic provides for simulation of systems with inherent uncertainties. This re- search to advance simulation of fuzzy systems involves several studies in a planned sequence. Continuous fuzzy system modeling activities constitute a ¯rst stage of re- search action, a natural °ow from earlier work on modeling discrete fuzzy systems; the notion of using crisp simulation to carry out fuzzy computations is at the heart of the work. This activity requires choosing tools and problems with which to demon- strate feasibility and broad applicability of the approach. Some fundamental …

Bacillus Anthracis Spore-Host Interactions, Melissa K. Swiecki

All ETDs from UAB

The use of Bacillus anthracis as a bioweapon depends on the dispersal of its spores into the environment, entrance into the body, spore uptake by human host cells, germination of the spores in the host and the pathological consequences of the virulence factors produced by the vegetative cells. Prior to 2001, very little was known about the mechanisms of spore entry into the host, including targeting cell types at airway, digestive and skin surfaces, potential spore receptors on these cells and spore encounters with cellular and humoral elements of the innate and adaptive immune systems. To this end, we have …

An Evaluation Of Neighborhood Context And Health Lifestyles: Implications For Obesity Outcomes Among Children, Akilah Dulin

All ETDs from UAB

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Acute Effects Of Ambient Ozone On Daily Hospital Admissions And Daily Mortality For Respiratory And Cardiovascular Diseases Among Residents Of Bangkok, Thailand, Kannika Ruangdej

All ETDs from UAB

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The Specter Of Post-Communism : Competing Explanations For Health Crisis In The Post-Soviet States, Brian Philip Hinote

All ETDs from UAB

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Barrier Membranes For Ridge Augmentation - Is There An Optimal Pore Size?, Rajesh Gutta

All ETDs from UAB

Background: - Alveolar bone loss is often a sequelae of edentulism. However, several reconstruction procedures with bone grafts and barrier membranes are used to restore the lost bony architecture. The value of titanium mesh barriers has been shown to be reliable both in vertical and horizontal ridge augmentation procedures. However, there is a paucity of literature supporting the role of pore size of barrier membranes in preventing soft tissue ingrowth during ridge augmentation procedures. There are multiple reports describing a layer of soft tissue with varying thickness beneath the mesh and adhering to the newly regenerated bone. The objective of …

Optimising School Nurse Involvement In Youth Based Tobacco Control Programs: Presented To The Western Australian Health Promotion Foundation, Child Health Promotion Research Unit, Edith Cowan University

Research outputs pre 2011

A significant proportion of youth smoke regularly, placing them at risk of addiction to cigarette smoking. It is known that adolescence is a critical period for the establishment of adult drug use behaviours. The key focus for this research program is the investigation of interventions addressing adolescent smoking cessation, with a particular emphasis on School Nurse involvement.

The research program aims to provide capacity building benefits at three levels: to secondary school nurses, to two post-graduate students, as well as school health promotion /smoking prevention/cessation practitioners and researchers. Ultimately this project may add previously underused but well trained, highly credible …

Defining Service Quality In An Outpatient Clinic With Complex Constituency, Swati Verma

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The 2001 Institute of Medicine's (I.O.M.) landmark report, Crossing the Quality Chasm: A New Health System for the 21st Century observes that, "[though] medical science and technology have advanced at a rapid pace,...the health care delivery system has floundered in its ability to provide consistently high-quality care" (I.O.M. 2001). The report recommended six quality aims for a twenty-first century health care system; one of them being patient-centered care. It explains patient-centered care as "providing care that is respectful of and responsive to individual patient preferences, needs, and values and ensuring that patient values guide all clinical decisions" (I.O.M. 2001). This …

Breastfeeding Attitudes Of Junior And Senior Nursing Students, Eileen Riley

Master's Theses and Capstones

The health benefits of a longer duration of breastfeeding for both mothers and infants have been identified in the literature. However, the breastfeeding rates for infants at six and twelve months old lag the Healthy People 2010 recommendations. Studies have shown that a nurse's attitude can influence breastfeeding duration rates yet nurses' attitudes and hospital practices do not always support breastfeeding mothers. Therefore it is vital that senior nursing their practice in order to support and encourage mothers. The Iowa Infant Feeding Attitude Scale was used in this study to collect data from junior nursing students before their maternal/child health …

Inside Outsourcing: A Grounded Theory Of Relationship Formation Within A Nascent Service System, Lisa Dell Kreeger

Antioch University Dissertations & Theses

The theory of relationship formation developed in this study tells a coherent story about the relational work of service initiation in technology outsourcing. The study is focused on the contractually defined period of time at the beginning of outsourcing service delivery. As with a play-within-a-play, this work goes on primarily behind the scenes, away from the concurrent task of launching the inter-firm relationship between the client and the provider that will extend for the term of the full contract. This grounded theory study was completed over an eight-month period. The findings are grounded in interviews with 25 individuals who were …

Lessons From Katrina: Response, Recovery And The Public Health Infrastructure, Elizabeth Weeks

Scholarly Works

This paper was presented at DePaul University in March 2006, as part of a Symposium on Shaping a New Direction for Law and Medicine: An International Debate on Culture, Disaster, Biotechnology & Public Health. Following the catastrophic events of 2005, including Hurricane Katrina, Pakistani Earthquakes, bird flu transmission to human populations, and the real threat of bioterrorism, government struggled in the aftermath to make sense of the devastation and human displacement. Medical teams, try as they might, are not always prepared and alerted as to how best investigate and quickly render assistance. The Symposium addressed the role of government, policy-makers, …

Analytical Studies On Some Antiviral Drugs And Their Derivatives Using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance And Uv-Vis Spectrophotometry, Habiba Saleh Saif Alawi Jahri Al Yafei

Theses

Cyclodextrin chemistry involves non-covalent molecular interactions between the interacting species. The majority of these interactions are of the host-guest type. In the present work, UV-Vis spectrophotometry and ¹H-NMR studies were used to study the interaction between amantadine hydrochloride, acyclovir and their derivatives with β­cyclodextrin. Additionally, quantification of amantadine hydrochloride and acyclovir by ¹H-NMR spectroscopy were carried out.

This study is based on preparing amantadine hydrochloride and acyclovir derivatives. Anthraquinone-2-carboxylic acid and benzoyl chloride were used as derivatizing agents for amantadine hydrochloride and acyclovir, respectively. Derivatization procedure was based on nucleophilic displacement by an amino group (amantadine or acyclovir) …

The Experience Of Obesity, Its Treatment And Weight Loss: A Qualitative Study Of Overweight Couples, Brenda Potz Kieffer

Other Faculty of Health Theses

This study utilized a qualitative, phenomenological methodology to study obesity. The purpose was to better understand the experiences of obesity, treatment and weight loss from the perspectives of formerly obese individuals, their partners and as couples. The participants consisted of six couples mostly from rural communities. In each couple, at least one the partners had experienced weight fluctuations into the obese range and had achieved at least 50% of his or her weight loss goal. The couples participated in two semi-structured interviews, both individually and as couples. A genogram was constructed with each couple to help identify family of origin …