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School Counselor Perceptions And Competencies For Closing The Achievement Gap : Implications For Counselor And Higher Education Programs For All Educators., Susan Rardon Rose Dec 2007

School Counselor Perceptions And Competencies For Closing The Achievement Gap : Implications For Counselor And Higher Education Programs For All Educators., Susan Rardon Rose

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

"If this generation of youth is lost, much of the hope for an economically, socially and technologically strong nation will also be lost." - Kuykendall, 1992 When youths become convinced that they will not be able to make it in mainstream America, they tend to take the skills they have and use them to take the low roads of life. Even though all citizens will ultimately be affected by the success or failure of these youths, it is a challenge for educators to provide ways to prepare them to choose the high road as the path for their lives. The …

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The Changes Of Fructos-2,6-Bisphosphate Level In Transgenic Mice Causing Cardiomyopathy., Jianxun Wang 1969- Dec 2007

The Changes Of Fructos-2,6-Bisphosphate Level In Transgenic Mice Causing Cardiomyopathy., Jianxun Wang 1969-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Heart failure is recognized as a major cause of death among diabetics. In type I and II diabetes, glucose uptake, glycolysis and pyruvate oxidation are impaired, and fatty acid utilization increases. These alterations in metabolism contribute toward cardiac contractile function. There is a gap in our understanding on how alterations in glycolytic metabolite fructose-2,6-bisphosphate (F-2,6-P 2 ) affects cardiac dysfunction. Two cardiac-specific overexpression of PFK-2 (phosphofructose kinase-2) transgenic models were used to investigate the role of altered metabolism by F-2,6-P 2 in provoking cardiomyopathy. One model is with the PFK-2 kinase active and phosphatase inactive enzyme called MK and another …

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Globalization And Social Work Education : An Initial International Inquiry., Elaine Rushmore Wright Dec 2007

Globalization And Social Work Education : An Initial International Inquiry., Elaine Rushmore Wright

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

With an increasing awareness of a global-local reality, social work research and theorizing on globalization is limited but growing. From a multinational perspective, the purpose of this dissertation was to contribute to the emerging professional discourse through (a) an examination of definitions and dimensions of globalization and (b) and an exploration of the impact of globalization on social work education. Perspectives on globalization were collected on a newly designed and translated survey from 46 social work educators from schools and social work in China, Germany, Russia, and the United States of America. Descriptive analysis and the coding of themes were …

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Constructing The Robert Kingsley Papers., Heidi Caudill Dec 2007

Constructing The Robert Kingsley Papers., Heidi Caudill

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is a documentation of my efforts to organize the Robert Kingsley Papers held in the Margaret M. Bridwell Art Library at the University of Louisville. Motivated by the desire to preserve a record of his life's work, Louisville architect Robert K. Kingsley donated the collection of personal papers in 1993, shortly before his death from brain cancer. The Kingsley papers remained in its original state of disorder from 1993 to 2007, when I took on the role of archivist with the intention of making the collection available to researchers and scholars. I organized the five boxes of records …

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Gene Therapy And Cellular Transplantation : Towards A Combination Strategy For Spinal Cord Injury Repair., Ahmed Abdelzaher Abdellatif Dec 2007

Gene Therapy And Cellular Transplantation : Towards A Combination Strategy For Spinal Cord Injury Repair., Ahmed Abdelzaher Abdellatif

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The combination of viral mediated gene delivery, tissue engineering, and Schwann cell (SC) transplantation offer a promising strategy to enhance axonal regeneration and functional recovery following spinal cord injury (SCI). The rationale and feasibility of using such combination has been extensively reviewed in Chapter 1. The study presented in Chapter 2 showed that lentiviral vectors are most suitable in situations where stable long term transgene expression is needed, while adenovirus and retrovirus are more suited for transient gene delivery. Tissue engineering combined with Schwann cell (SC) transplantation is a promising method to enhance regeneration and remyelination of axons following a …

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A Cross National Validation Of Child Sexual Abuse Predictors., Juanita E. Briceno-Perriott Dec 2007

A Cross National Validation Of Child Sexual Abuse Predictors., Juanita E. Briceno-Perriott

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

An exploratory cross national study was conducted to determine if factors identified in the existing literature predictive for CSA in developed countries were also valid and predictive CSA factors for females in Belize, a developing country. The conceptual framework adapted from current CSA literature included the choice of CSA definition, the number and specificity of questions used to elicit CSA response and the questionnaire response rate. Variables investigated were adopted from CSA literature and included: the presence of a stepfather in the family, parent figure (mother figure, father figure) alcohol use, parent figure (mother figure, father figure) child care, family …

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The Effects Of Psychological And Biological Gender On Gender Role Conflict And Mental Health Of Gay And Lesbian Individuals., Kevin James Herdman 1969- Dec 2007

The Effects Of Psychological And Biological Gender On Gender Role Conflict And Mental Health Of Gay And Lesbian Individuals., Kevin James Herdman 1969-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation represented an examination of the interrelationships between psychological gender (i.e., masculinity, femininity, androgyny, and undifferentiated), biological gender (i.e., male and female), gender role conflict, self-esteem, and loneliness in a sample of gay men and lesbian women. Psychological gender and biological gender served as the independent variables in the study while gender role conflict, self-esteem, and loneliness served as the dependent variables. A two-way factorial MANOVA was used as the statistical model of choice in addition to correlational analyses. A confirmatory factor analysis was also completed on the instrument used to measure gender role conflict, the Gender Role Conflict …

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The Research Practices And Needs Of Non-Profit Organizations In An Urban Center, Randy Stoecker Dec 2007

The Research Practices And Needs Of Non-Profit Organizations In An Urban Center, Randy Stoecker

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

How do nonprofit organizations use data and research? What challenges do they face in conducting research and managing data? In spring of 2004, 80 nonprofit organizations in Toledo, Ohio returned a survey on their research and data needs and practices. The survey found that nonprofits collect data on a wide variety of topics, but do not use much of the data that they collect, and do not collect much data that could be useful for other groups, particularly neighborhood organizations. The average nonprofit in the survey has five employees and four volunteers who, together, spend 56 hours per week collecting, …

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Review Of The Future Of Europe: Reform Or Decline. Alberto Alesina And Francesco Gianvassi. Reviewed By James Midgley., James Midgley Dec 2007

Review Of The Future Of Europe: Reform Or Decline. Alberto Alesina And Francesco Gianvassi. Reviewed By James Midgley., James Midgley

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book review of Alberto Alesina and Francesco Gianvassi, The Future of Europe: Reform or Decline. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2006. $ 24.95 hardcover.

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Unsung Heroines: Single Mothers And The American Dream. Ruth Sidel. Dec 2007

Unsung Heroines: Single Mothers And The American Dream. Ruth Sidel.

The Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare

Book note for Ruth Sidel, Unsung Heroines: Single Mothers and the American Dream. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2006. $ 45.00 hardcover, $ 17.95 papercover.

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Effects Of Direct Atp Delivery To Ischemic Skeletal Muscle., Federico V. Grossi 1974- Dec 2007

Effects Of Direct Atp Delivery To Ischemic Skeletal Muscle., Federico V. Grossi 1974-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this dissertation was to demonstrate that a new method of direct intracellular energy delivery was effective in maintaining viability of in vitro Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells (HUVECs) when exposed to chemical ischemia for prolonged periods of time and in preventing in vivo ischemia reperfusion injury in a composite tissue transplantation model. Ischemia and reperfusion injury is a well recognized phenomenon that occurs in situations like organ transplantation, shock, cardiac surgery, etc, where tissues are temporarily deprived of nutrients and oxygen for energy production. When exposed to short periods of ischemia, cells utilize their stored energy to …

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André Jeunet : Expanded Educational Opportunities For A Photographic Exhibition., Brian J. Davis 1958- Dec 2007

André Jeunet : Expanded Educational Opportunities For A Photographic Exhibition., Brian J. Davis 1958-

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

In spring 2006, the Frazier International History Museum, in conjunction with the Ekstrom Library Photographic Archives at the University of Louisville, mounted an exhibit of 47 photographs taken by a young French foot soldier during World War I. The exhibit, titled "André Jeunet: Images of WWI by a Pacifist Soldier," ran from May 19 through September 4, 2006. The main concept behind the exhibit was to show images of World War I that focused less on the horrific aspects of combat and more of the everyday life the of common soldier, and to highlight that although many soldiers fought out …

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Diversity Perspectives Winter 2007, Chief Diversity Officer, President's Commission On Pluralism & Inclusion Dec 2007

Diversity Perspectives Winter 2007, Chief Diversity Officer, President's Commission On Pluralism & Inclusion

RIT Digital Archives

Annual Martin Luther King Day Celebration - January 15||CDO Update: Diversity Initiatives Touch all Levels of RIT||Global Leadership Certificate Program - Second Year||Partnerships in Pluralism Broadens Cultural Understanding||Commission Begins 2008 - New Name and Renewed Commitment

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Generalized Multiagent Learning With Performance Bound, Bikramjit Banerjee, Jing Peng Dec 2007

Generalized Multiagent Learning With Performance Bound, Bikramjit Banerjee, Jing Peng

Department of Computer Science Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

We present new Multiagent learning (MAL) algorithms with the general philosophy of policy convergence against some classes of opponents but otherwise ensuring high payoffs. We consider a 3-class breakdown of opponent types: (eventually) stationary, self-play and "other" (see Definition 4) agents. We start with ReDVaLeR that can satisfy policy convergence against the first two types and no-regret against the third, but it needs to know the type of the opponents. This serves as a baseline to delineate the difficulty of achieving these goals. We show that a simple modification on ReDVaLeR yields a new algorithm, RV σ(t), that achieves no-regret …

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Meeting The Challenges Of The Daubert Trilogy: Refining And Redefining The Reliability Of Forensic Evidence, Mara L. Merlino, Victoria Springer, Jan Seaman Kelly, Derek Hammond Dec 2007

Meeting The Challenges Of The Daubert Trilogy: Refining And Redefining The Reliability Of Forensic Evidence, Mara L. Merlino, Victoria Springer, Jan Seaman Kelly, Derek Hammond

Tulsa Law Review

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Garcetti V. Ceballos: Stifling The First Amendment In The Public Workplace, Julie A. Wenell Dec 2007

Garcetti V. Ceballos: Stifling The First Amendment In The Public Workplace, Julie A. Wenell

William & Mary Bill of Rights Journal

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Teaching Time Savers: The Exam Practically Wrote Itself!, Michael E. Orrison Jr. Dec 2007

Teaching Time Savers: The Exam Practically Wrote Itself!, Michael E. Orrison Jr.

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

When I first started teaching, creating an exam for my upper division courses was a genuinely exciting process. The material felt fresh and relatively unexplored (at least by me), and I remember often feeling pleasantly overwhelmed with what seemed like a vast supply of intriguing and engrossing exam-ready problems. Crafting the perfect exam, one that was noticeably inviting, exceedingly fair, and unavoidably illuminating, was a real joy.

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Choreographing Race: An Analysis Of Black Performance And White Audience, Katrina Dyonne Thompson Dec 2007

Choreographing Race: An Analysis Of Black Performance And White Audience, Katrina Dyonne Thompson

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Breast Tomosynthesis With Amorphous Selenium Digital Flat Panel Detector, Bo Zhao Dec 2007

Breast Tomosynthesis With Amorphous Selenium Digital Flat Panel Detector, Bo Zhao

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Concerted Elimination Of Cl+₂ From Ccl₄ And Of I+₂From Ch₂I₂ Driven By Intense Ultrafast Laser Pulses, Dominik Peter Michael Geissler Dec 2007

Concerted Elimination Of Cl+₂ From Ccl₄ And Of I+₂From Ch₂I₂ Driven By Intense Ultrafast Laser Pulses, Dominik Peter Michael Geissler

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Content Based Retrieval And Image Annotation Using Metadata Extraction And Its Application In Mpeg-7 Based Search Engines, Kapil Kanugo Dec 2007

Content Based Retrieval And Image Annotation Using Metadata Extraction And Its Application In Mpeg-7 Based Search Engines, Kapil Kanugo

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Culture Wars As Identity Politics, Erin Catherine Cassese Dec 2007

Culture Wars As Identity Politics, Erin Catherine Cassese

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Mimicking Marine-Based Natural Systems: A Study Of Sediment-Hydrate Interactions Under In Situ Conditions, Michael Waldram Eaton Dec 2007

Mimicking Marine-Based Natural Systems: A Study Of Sediment-Hydrate Interactions Under In Situ Conditions, Michael Waldram Eaton

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Measuring The Impacts Of Employer-Based Transportation Demand Management Programs On An Interstate Corridor, Nevine Labib Georggi, Phil Winters, Sachin Rai, Liren Zhou Dec 2007

Measuring The Impacts Of Employer-Based Transportation Demand Management Programs On An Interstate Corridor, Nevine Labib Georggi, Phil Winters, Sachin Rai, Liren Zhou

Journal of Public Transportation

This article is based on a study that analyzed the impacts of employer-based transportation demand management (TDM) strategies and the performance of a transportation system. The study simulated the effects of the Washington State Commute Trip Reduction (CTR) programs implemented by 189 employers on an 8.6-mile segment of I-5 in the Seattle downtown area. This comprehensive dataset included before/after employer trip reduction plans and the origins/destinations of nearly 63,000 commuters working for those 189 employers. The current performance of the selected network was compared to that of a scenario with reduced vehicle trips due to CTR programs added back onto …

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An Assessment Of Athletic Health Care Provided To High School Athletes In Indiana, Lori Jane Vancza Dec 2007

An Assessment Of Athletic Health Care Provided To High School Athletes In Indiana, Lori Jane Vancza

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Objective: The purpose of this study is to assess various aspects of athletic health care being provided to athletes in high risk sports in Indiana and the personnel providing this care relative to school enrollment size in comparison to the recent recommendations published by the National Athletic Trainers' Association (NATA) regarding appropriate medical care for secondary school-aged athletes. Design and Settings: Based on a literature review, a 34 item web based survey for athletic directors (ADs) and a 33 item web based survey for identified head coaches were developed and distributed to 406 Indiana High School ADs. The survey instruments …

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Exploration Of The Cps (Plain Language) And Thinking Skills Models And Creating Two Visuals, Aryna Ryan Dec 2007

Exploration Of The Cps (Plain Language) And Thinking Skills Models And Creating Two Visuals, Aryna Ryan

Creativity and Change Leadership Graduate Student Master's Projects

In this project I explored the connections between the CPS (plain language) and Thinking Skills models through literature. I also created two visuals, which were wall hangings made of fabric and accoutrements. These hangings were my interpretations of these two models and were evaluated for teaching Creative Problem Solving and facilitating CPS sessions.

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Establishment Of Cell And Root Suspension Cultures From Curcuma Xanthorhiza For The Production Of Xanthorhizol, M. Mohamed, H. Ibrahim, M.S.M. Annuar, N. Khalid Dec 2007

Establishment Of Cell And Root Suspension Cultures From Curcuma Xanthorhiza For The Production Of Xanthorhizol, M. Mohamed, H. Ibrahim, M.S.M. Annuar, N. Khalid

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

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Using The Lever Of Technology To Improve The Quality Of Education Through Cooperation, David Brown Dec 2007

Using The Lever Of Technology To Improve The Quality Of Education Through Cooperation, David Brown

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

A radical change in the organisation and administration of factual education is suggested.The change is a shift from the localisation of resources and content to a widespread cooperative organisation supporting the assimilation of cooperatively-produced technology-delivered materials of a common international syllabus through local tutors.

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Empirically Evaluating Claims About Investment Treaty Arbitration, Susan D. Franck Dec 2007

Empirically Evaluating Claims About Investment Treaty Arbitration, Susan D. Franck

North Carolina Law Review

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Micro-Level Design For Multimedia-Enhanced Online Courses, Chareen Snelson, Patt Elison-Bowers Dec 2007

Micro-Level Design For Multimedia-Enhanced Online Courses, Chareen Snelson, Patt Elison-Bowers

Educational Technology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Micro-level instructional design refers to the practice of designing and producing small units of instruction. At the microlevel processes such as shifting focus to small-scale design, applying learning theory, managing the technology, and evaluating the micro-design are implemented. The shift in focus to small-scale design centers attention on design of the multimedia products implemented in the online classroom. Theories of multimedia learning are selected and applied to the micro-level design to maximize the potential for effective instructional communication and learning. Managing the technology involves accounting for issues of compression, file size, and appropriate format for Web-based delivery. Evaluation, supported by …

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