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Therapists' Handling Of Secrets Between Partners In Couple Therapy, Michael Alan Jansen

Dissertations

This study examines couple therapists' policies, procedures, and perspectives regarding secrets between partners in couple therapy. Handling secrets appropriately is necessary to avoid legal, ethical and therapeutic problems, especially when the secret involves contentious or potentially dangerous material such as infidelity, divorce, paternity, and HIV/AIDS infection. One hundred sixty randomly selected Clinical Members of the AAMFT participated in a 38-question researcher-generated mail survey. Data provided descriptive statistics and allowed for between-groups comparisons to explore for differences between therapists with regard to experience and several specific practices related to handling secrets. The study also examined whether courses in HIV/AIDS confidentiality law …

Creating A Culture Of Safety: The Influence Of Medical Simulation On The Attitudes Of Surgical Team Members, Diane J. Jones

Dissertations

The objective of this study was to determine change in individual and aggregate attitudes of the members of two subspecialty surgery teams (cardiac and vascular) in six domains (teamwork climate, safety climate, job satisfaction, stress recognition, perception of management, and working conditions) following medical team simulation and debriefing exercises. The study was a pre-post partially randomized controlled, quasi-experimental study that took place in a 545-bed hospital with a high-volume cardiovascular surgery program. Participants included interdisciplinary team members caring for cardiac and vascular surgery patients.

Main outcome measures included change in responses to safety attitudes questionnaires (SAQs) administered before, 1 week …

The Investment Climate, Competition Policy, And Economic Development In Latin America, R. Shyam Khemani, Ana Carrasco-Martin

Chicago-Kent Law Review

The merits of fostering effective competition in the economy to encourage economic efficiency, consumer welfare, productivity, innovation, and attract investment have been increasingly and widely recognized by governments around the world. Relative to other regions, developing countries in Latin America have been at the forefront in adopting pro-competition measures such as deregulating industries, liberalizing trade and investment, and enacting competition (antitrust or antimonopoly) laws. However, the quality of the investment climate that determines the risks and transaction costs associated with investing and operating a business, as well as the implementation of competition law and policy, tend to vary widely across …

Stochastic Models For In-Silico Event-Based Biological Network Simulation, Preetam Ghosh

Computer Science and Engineering Dissertations - Archive

The multi-scale biological system model is a new research direction to capture the dynamic measurements of complex biological systems. The current statistical thermodynamic models can not scale to this challenge due to the explosion of state-spaces of the system, where a biological organ may have billions of cells, each with millions of molecule types and each type may have a few million molecules. We seek to propose a phenomenological theory that will require a smaller number of state variables to address this multi-scaling problem. Discrete Markov statistical process is used to understand the system dynamics in the networking community for …

A Cfd Investigation Of Axisymmetric Microthruster Nozzles For Use On Nano-Satellites, Michael R. O'Gara

Master's Theses - Daytona Beach

The performance of microthruster nozzles (^ 0.1 N thrust) depending on nozzle contour, propellant and surroundings, destined for use in nanosatellite missions, is investigated via a numerical approach using the Wind-US flow solver. An experimental apparatus designed to measure microthruster performance in atmospheric or vacuum conditions used to aid numerical simulations is also presented. Comparing the numerical and experimental results show an approximate 25% drop in efficiency for unknown reasons. An evaluation of favorable nozzle contours suggested by previous researchers is conducted, and the results demonstrate the need for a more rigorous treatment of the nozzle flow at the exit …

School Violence And Race: The Problem Of Peer Racial Harassment Against Asian Pacific American Students In Schools., William Y. Chin

The Scholar: St. Mary's Law Review on Race and Social Justice

Abstract Forthcoming.

The Religious Sisters Of The Good Shepard And The Professionalization Of Social Work, Margaret Regensburg

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

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Non-Invasive Measuerments Of Bone Strain During Mechanical Loading Using Pulsed Phase-Locked Quantitative Ultrasound, Frederick Serra-Hsu

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

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Experimental Constraints On The Frictional Properties Of Fault Zones Through The San Andreas Fault Observatory At Depth Scientific Drilling Project, Sheryl Tembe

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

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Labyrinthine Passages: The Reader Through The Text, Stephen Szolosi

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

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Elevation Of Seprase Expression And Promotion Of An Invasive Phenotype By Collagenous Matrices In Ovarian Tumor Cells, Alanna Marie Kennedy

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

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Synapse Formation And Neuromuscular Transmission In A Zebrafish Choline Acetyltransferase Mutant, Meng Wang

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

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Feature-Driven Illustrative Visualization And Graphics, Lujin Wang

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

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Modeling Of Air-Droplet Interaction, Substrate Melting And Coating Buildup In Thermal Spraying, Guanghua Wei

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

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Some Aspects Of Internet Portal Market Competition, Volha Chuvakin

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

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Single Photon Counting For Ultra-Weak Fluorescence Detection: System Design, Characterization And Application To Dna-Sequencing., Vinit H. Dhulla

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

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Characterization Of Damage Due To Environmental Conditions In Heterogeneous Material Systems, Narayanan Ramanujam

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

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Gauge Covariant Actions From Strings, Haidong Feng

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

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Molecules That Target Beta-Amyloid, Cliff I. Stains, Kalyani Mondal, Indraneel Ghosh

Cliff Stains Publications

The devastating effects of Alzheimer’s and related amyloidogenic diseases have inspired the synthesis and evaluation of numerous ligands to understand the molecular mechanism of the aggregation of the beta-amyloid peptide. Our review focuses on the current knowledge in this field with respect to molecules that have been demonstrated to interact with either oligomeric or fibrillar forms of the beta-amyloid peptide. We describe natural proteins, peptides, peptidomimetics, and small molecules that have been found to interfere with beta-amyloid aggregation. We also detail recent efforts in selecting molecules that target beta-amyloid isolated from antibody, protein, and peptide libraries. These new molecules will …

Introduction To Law And Economic Development In Latin America: A Comparative Approach To Legal Reform, Thomas H. Hill

Chicago-Kent Law Review

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Special Education Around The World, Lisa Battaglino

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.

Ral Interacting Protein (Ralbp1): Linking Glutathione Conjugate Transport To Oxidative Stress Defenses And Signaling Pathways, Dilki Wickramarachchi

Chemistry & Biochemistry Dissertations - Archive

The glutathione-conjugate transporter protein DNP-SG ATPase was demonstrated to be identical to the independently cloned Ral-effector, Ralbp1. Glutathione-conjugate transport is linked to substrate-stimulated ATPase activity, while GTPase stimulating activity (GAP-activity), and clathrin-coated pit-binding activity was demonstrated for this protein by different groups of investigators. The relationship between these activities and physiological functions of Ralbp1 were not clear. The present studies were designed to address the hypothesis that the ability of Ralbp1 to couple the hydrolysis of ATP with the movement of substances, i.e. its transport activity, is the crucial element that allows Ralbp1 to function as a stress-defense protein. Results …

Studies Towards Bioactive Imidazoles, Karuna Koda

Chemistry & Biochemistry Theses - Archive

The work presented in this thesis focuses on the development of an enantioselective and practical route form the total synthesis of villagorgin via haplosleridamine imidazole alkaloid containing β- carboline moiety by employing the well-known Pictet-Spengler and Fischer indole reactions. We approached two different ways inorder to synthesize these molecules Our first approach focused on using a Dieckmann condensation, requiring the preparation of the corresponding diester. Initial attempts to prepare this substrate directly from histidine were unsuccessful, however after conversion to the N-benzzylamine and reductive amination with ester provided the key diester compound. Unfortunately, attempts to effect the Dieckmann reaction were …

Supramolecular Chemistry On Carbon Dioxide, Hexiang Zhang

Chemistry & Biochemistry Theses - Archive

This dissertation describes approaches towards designs, syntheses, characterizations, and applications of supramolecular chemistry on carbon dioxide. Chapter 1 briefly overviews the field of supramolecular chemistry and highlights its horizons, also introduces the progress of sensing devices on chemical warfare agents. Chapter 2 introduces a modular approach to detect chemical warfare agent: phosgene by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET). It combines the chemical reactivity between amines and phosgene with fluorescence properties of coumarin fluorophores, forms a fast, selective and reliable sensing system. Chapter 3 overviews the chemistry between amines and carbon dioxide and introduces the applications of this reaction in molecular …

Uniform Weighted Compact / Non-Compact Schemes For Shock / Boundary Layer Interaction, Peng Xie

Mathematics Dissertations - Archive

The critical problem of CFD is perhaps an accurate approximation of derivatives for a given discrete data set. Based on our previous work on the weighted compact scheme (WCS), a uniform weighted compact / non-compact scheme (UWCNC) has been developed. Similar to WENO, three high order candidates, left, right, and central, are constructed by using Hermite polynomials. According to the smoothness, three weights are derived and assigned to each candidate. The weights will lead the scheme to be upwind-biased when approaching the shock or other discontinuities but quickly becomes central, compact, and of high order just off the shock. Therefore, …

Message From The Provost, The Mcnair Team

McNair Scholars Research Journal

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Use Of Filtering To Improve The Estimates Of Low-Cost Gps Systems Using Known Geometric Configurations Of Multiple Gps Receivers, Husein Anshur

McNair Scholars Research Journal

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The Effects Of Lesions To The Insular Cortex On Fear, Anxiety And Pain Processing, Yonathan Tafesse

McNair Scholars Research Journal

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The Benefits Of Timely Rehabilitation After Spinal Fusion Surgery, Ellen Terry

McNair Scholars Research Journal

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Learning Video Preferences Using Visual Features And Closed Captions, Darin Brezeale

Computer Science and Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Viewers of video now have more choices than ever. As the number of choices increases, the task of searching through these choices to locate video of interest is becoming more difficult. Current methods for learning a viewer's preferences in order to automate the search process rely either on video having content descriptions or on having been rated by other viewers identified as being similar. However, much video exists that does not meet these requirements. To address this need, we use hidden Markov models to learn the preferences of a viewer by combining visual features and closed captions. We validate our …