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Children's Use Of Race In Drawing Inferences Based On Their Understanding Of Race Constancy, Casey A. Dawson May 2007

Children's Use Of Race In Drawing Inferences Based On Their Understanding Of Race Constancy, Casey A. Dawson

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Children’s understanding of race constancy and their subsequent use of race as a means of drawing inductive inferences were investigated. Race constancy was determined by children’s tendency to say that people could change category membership by changing their outside appearance. A second phase of the study measured how many race-based inferences children made relative to other social categories such as age or sex. The results indicated that children who had a better understanding of race constancy were also more likely to use race as a means of drawing inductive inferences. These findings support a developmental progression of race constancy and …

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The Effects Of Attachment Relationships On The Development Of Effects Of Empathy Or Depersonalization In Adolescence, John Lamanna May 2007

The Effects Of Attachment Relationships On The Development Of Effects Of Empathy Or Depersonalization In Adolescence, John Lamanna

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Research on attachment theory supports the notion that our early attachment relationships are integral to empathic development, and that early negative attachment relationships can promote depersonalization rather than empathy. The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of separations from one’s primary caregiver(s) on the development of empathy or depersonalization in adolescence. Adolescents who have been separated from their biological parent(s) due to abuse and/or neglect were expected to differ on self-reported levels of empathy, dissociation, hostility, and depression when compared to adolescents who have not had such involuntary separations in their life. After performing descriptive, correlational, …

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The Effect Of Ecological Gradients On The Fish Assemblages Of The Green And Tradewater River Basins Of Kentucky, Brian Lewis May 2007

The Effect Of Ecological Gradients On The Fish Assemblages Of The Green And Tradewater River Basins Of Kentucky, Brian Lewis

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The composition of lotic assemblages is influenced by many landscape factors. Foremost among these are basin geomorphology, fluvial and substrate characteristics, stream size, and land use. The primary purpose of this investigation was to determine if fish assemblages within Kentucky's Green River and Tradewater River Basins were associated with local scale environmental gradients and, if so, which gradients were the most important in shaping fish assemblages and which fish species were most closely associated with these gradients. A secondary purpose was to determine which regionalization or characterization strategy best segregated streams within the study area according to fish assemblages. Eighty-eight …

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A Test Of The Homophily Principle Using On-Line Personal Advertisements, Amanda Schrock May 2007

A Test Of The Homophily Principle Using On-Line Personal Advertisements, Amanda Schrock

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

With the increasing popularity and accessibility of the Internet, there is a need to reexamine dating and relationship preferences in the high-tech information age. Previously research pertaining to dating has focused on relationships and attitudes as well as the concept of homophily. In an effort to bridge the gap between previous dating conclusions and a modern means for meeting people, this research is an attempt to determine if previously established conclusions about homophily transcend to mate selection conducted through the use of the Internet. This research utilizes content analysis of online personal advertisements in order to compare the demographic characteristics …

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Relationships Of Body Condition, Blood Glucose And Insulin Concentration Of Grazing Horses, Ashley Montfort May 2007

Relationships Of Body Condition, Blood Glucose And Insulin Concentration Of Grazing Horses, Ashley Montfort

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

A recent study has reported that blood glucose levels and founder in horses consuming forage/concentrate mixed diets are positively correlated (Pass et al., 1998). Other studies have reported body fat and insulin resistance are also positively correlated in horses and humans (Hoffman et al., 2003; Boshell et al., 1968; DeFonzo et al, 1991; Kahn et al., 2000). Few studies have monitored these relationships in horses consuming forage only diets, even though the incidence of grass founder is quite high in obese horses and ponies Four thin, four moderate, and four obese horses were grouped two mares and two geldings per …

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"Are Eyebrows Going To Be Talked Of In Connection With The Eye Of God?" Wittgenstein And Certainty In The Debate Between Science And Religion, Gesse Stark-Smith May 2007

"Are Eyebrows Going To Be Talked Of In Connection With The Eye Of God?" Wittgenstein And Certainty In The Debate Between Science And Religion, Gesse Stark-Smith

Macalester Journal of Philosophy

In this paper I will argue that we can chart such a middle course through an exploration of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s thought (particularly that advanced in On Certainty and Lectures and Conversations on Aesthetics, Psychology and Religious Belief). I will use his thesis that meaning and certainty are context dependent to investigate how meaning is produced in science and in religion. I will start with the recognition that any system of thought must take certain basic propositions as criteria for further investigation and explore how Wittgenstein defines this idea. Next I will try to establish that religion and science do, indeed, …

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Behavioral Approaches To Weight Control: A Review Of Current Research, Angela Marinilli Pinto, Jessica Gokee-Larose, Rena R. Wing May 2007

Behavioral Approaches To Weight Control: A Review Of Current Research, Angela Marinilli Pinto, Jessica Gokee-Larose, Rena R. Wing

Publications and Research

Weight management is a salient issue for women. Studies of behavioral, pharmacological and surgical interventions indicate that women comprise the majority of patients presenting for weight-loss treatment. In this review we discuss the health impact of obesity for women, review behavioral treatments for adult overweight and obesity, and address topics of particular relevance for women, including concerns that weight-loss treatment may precipitate the development of eating pathology, as well as time periods of high risk for weight gain such as pregnancy and menopause.

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Electronic Anisotropy Between Open Shell Atoms In First And Second Order Perturbation Theory, Gerrit C. Groenenboom, Xi Chu, R. Krems May 2007

Electronic Anisotropy Between Open Shell Atoms In First And Second Order Perturbation Theory, Gerrit C. Groenenboom, Xi Chu, R. Krems

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

The interaction between two atoms in states with nonzero electronic orbital angular momenta is anisotropic and can be represented by a spherical tensor expansion. The authors derive expressions for the first order (electrostatic) and second order (dispersion and induction) anisotropic interaction coefficients in terms of the multipole moments and dynamic polarizabilities of the atoms and show that a complete description of the second order interaction requires odd rank or "out-of-phase" polarizabilities. The authors relate the tensorial expansion coefficients to the adiabatic Born-Oppenheimer potentials of the molecule and show that there are linear, and in some cases nonlinear, constraints on the …

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Proteomic And Immunoblot Analyses Of Bartonella Quintana Total Membrane Proteins Identify Antigens Recognized By Sera From Infected Patients, Jenni K. Boonjakuakul, Helen L. Gerns, Yu-Ting Chen, Linda D. Hicks, Michael F. Minnick, Scott E. Dixon, Steven C. Hall, Jane E. Koehler May 2007

Proteomic And Immunoblot Analyses Of Bartonella Quintana Total Membrane Proteins Identify Antigens Recognized By Sera From Infected Patients, Jenni K. Boonjakuakul, Helen L. Gerns, Yu-Ting Chen, Linda D. Hicks, Michael F. Minnick, Scott E. Dixon, Steven C. Hall, Jane E. Koehler

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Bartonella quintana is a fastidious, gram-negative, rod-shaped bacterium that causes prolonged bacteremia in immunocompetent humans and severe infections in immunocompromised individuals. We sought to define the outer membrane subproteome of B. quintana in order to obtain insight into the biology and pathogenesis of this emerging pathogen and to identify the predominant B. quintana antigens targeted by the human immune system during infection. We isolated the total membrane proteins of B. quintana and identified 60 proteins by two-dimensional sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and peptide mass fingerprinting. Using the newly constructed proteome map, we then utilized two-dimensional immunoblotting with sera from …

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Conservation Studies Of Insect Cave Faunas In Mammoth Cave National Park And Ghana, West Africa, Chris Dewildt May 2007

Conservation Studies Of Insect Cave Faunas In Mammoth Cave National Park And Ghana, West Africa, Chris Dewildt

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

As part of a long term ecological monitoring effort at Mammoth Cave National Park, a blind cave beetle, Neaphaenops tellkampfi, was collected and data on populations trends gathered from September 2005 through December 2006 in Great Onyx Cave. The sex and age of each individual in each of 15 sites were determined and density trends of the entire population was measured. The species was chosen due to its role as an indicator species, since potential anthropogenic threats to the environment can be detected via population response. This was the initial implementation of a new monitoring method and a test of …

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Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds Vol. X, No. X, Wku Provost May 2007

Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds Vol. X, No. X, Wku Provost

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the WKU Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs to highlight the activities of faculty, staff and alumni.

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"Lay" Reduction Of The Human Embryo-Individual, Gianni Bozzato May 2007

"Lay" Reduction Of The Human Embryo-Individual, Gianni Bozzato

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

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Confusion About Speciesism And Moral Status, Todd S. Bindig May 2007

Confusion About Speciesism And Moral Status, Todd S. Bindig

The Linacre Quarterly

No abstract provided.

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Oligomerization Of Benm, A Lysr-Type Transcriptional Regulator: Structural Basis For The Aggregation Of Proteins In This Family., Obidimma Ezezika, Sandra Haddad, Ellen L Neidle, Cory Momany May 2007

Oligomerization Of Benm, A Lysr-Type Transcriptional Regulator: Structural Basis For The Aggregation Of Proteins In This Family., Obidimma Ezezika, Sandra Haddad, Ellen L Neidle, Cory Momany

Health Studies Publications

LysR-type transcriptional regulators comprise the largest family of homologous regulatory DNA-binding proteins in bacteria. A problematic challenge in the crystallization of LysR-type regulators stems from the insolubility and precipitation difficulties encountered with high concentrations of the full-length versions of these proteins. A general oligomerization scheme is proposed for this protein family based on the structures of the effector-binding domain of BenM in two different space groups, P4(3)22 and C222(1). These structures used the same oligomerization scheme of dimer-dimer interactions as another LysR-type regulator, CbnR, the full-length structure of which is available [Muraoka et al. (2003), J. Mol. Biol. 328, 555-566]. …

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Algebra And Phylogenetic Trees, Michael Hansen May 2007

Algebra And Phylogenetic Trees, Michael Hansen

HMC Senior Theses

One of the restrictions used in all of the works done on phylogenetic invariants for group based models has been that the group be abelian. In my thesis, I aim to generalize the method of invariants for group-based models of DNA sequence evolution to include nonabelian groups. By using a nonabelian group to act one the nucleotides, one could capture the structure of the symmetric model for DNA sequence evolution. If successful, this line of research would unify the two separated strands of active research in the area today: Allman and Rhodes’s invariants for the symmetric model and Strumfels and …

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Xenobiotic Danger In Recreational Water: What's In Your Water?, Robert W. Lowry May 2007

Xenobiotic Danger In Recreational Water: What's In Your Water?, Robert W. Lowry

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

No abstract provided.

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Clonogenicity Of Human Promyelocytic Leukemia Cells Enlarged And Multinucleated By Treatment With Cytochalasin B And Their Potential As Targets For Improved Chemical And Physical Therapeutic Approaches, Shannon Dubois May 2007

Clonogenicity Of Human Promyelocytic Leukemia Cells Enlarged And Multinucleated By Treatment With Cytochalasin B And Their Potential As Targets For Improved Chemical And Physical Therapeutic Approaches, Shannon Dubois

Renée Crown University Honors Thesis Projects - All

Cytochalasin B (CB) is a pharmacological agent produced by fungi that disrupts the actin microfilament cytoskeleton and inhibits cytokinesis. It interferes with the formation of the contractile ring and with the development of the cleavage furrow, thus preventing cell division. When normal cells are treated with CB, cell cycle arrest occurs. However, when neoplastic cells are treated with CB, the cells continue to enter the cell cycle and to make new nuclei, but since cytokinesis cannot occur, the neoplastic cells become enlarged and multinucleated. Our lab proposes that enlarged multinucleated neoplastic cells might be more susceptible to agents damaging DNA …

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Modeling Of Culicidae Population Capacity Using Remote Sensing, Gis, And Fractal Geometry, Daniel Patrick Johnson May 2007

Modeling Of Culicidae Population Capacity Using Remote Sensing, Gis, And Fractal Geometry, Daniel Patrick Johnson

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A remote sensing and fractal geometric approach is proposed for the surveillance of mosquito population. The spread of vector-borne pathogens is becoming increasingly important with recent discussions of extensive human urbanization and global climate change. To date most studies dealing with mosquito transmitted disease surveyed by remote sensing and Geographic Information Systems have been conducted in tropical homogenous locales. This study approached the issue in a rapidly suburbanizing county in the Midwestern portion of the United States. Adult mosquitoes were trapped over a several year period and the landscape of the surrounding patches analyzed via remote sensing, fractal geometry, and …

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Most Popular Downloads -- April 2007 May 2007

Most Popular Downloads -- April 2007

Institutional Repository Information

Number of downloads (in descending order) for 254 documents downloaded 20 or more times during April 2007. An additional 6,181 documents were downloaded at least once (but <20 >times) during the month.

Total downloads for April 2007 were 33,951.

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Adobe Medicus 2007 3 May-June, Health Sciences Library And Informatics Center May 2007

Adobe Medicus 2007 3 May-June, Health Sciences Library And Informatics Center

adobe medicus

No abstract provided.

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Faculty Senate Voting Faculty, Academic Year 2006-2007, Vol 39, P 1496-1523, Unm Faculty Senate May 2007

Faculty Senate Voting Faculty, Academic Year 2006-2007, Vol 39, P 1496-1523, Unm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Documents

No abstract provided.

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Wmi Outdoor News Bulletin * May 2007, Volume 61, No. 5 May 2007

Wmi Outdoor News Bulletin * May 2007, Volume 61, No. 5

Wildlife Management Institute Outdoor News Bulletin

Contents:

• WMI's path forward

• Special Sessions Announced for 73rd North American Conference

• Public hearings conclude on Northern Rockies gray wolf delisting proposal

• CWD Alliance announces new on-line bibliography

• Coyotes not dissuaded by Chicago politics or its perpetual road construction

• New addition to WMI family

• Worth reading: The White Cascade

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Undergraduate And Graduate Course Descriptions, 2007 Summer, Wright State University May 2007

Undergraduate And Graduate Course Descriptions, 2007 Summer, Wright State University

Course Descriptions

Wright State University undergraduate and graduate course descriptions from Summer 2007.

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Lpe Center News, May 2007 May 2007

Lpe Center News, May 2007

Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center: Newsletters

In this issue:

• June Webcast is Value-Added Processing of Manure

• Webcast Planning Underway

• Alternative Technologies Web Resources Available

• FPPC Program Offers Cost Share for Innovative Manure Technologies

• Iowa State to Host Conference on Anaerobic Treatment of Ag Waste

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Distribution Concourse: Concepts For A Post-Commericalized Landscape Within An Increasingly Networked Culture, Nathan P. Miller May 2007

Distribution Concourse: Concepts For A Post-Commericalized Landscape Within An Increasingly Networked Culture, Nathan P. Miller

Architecture Masters of Science Program: Theses

DISTRIBUTION CONCOURSE is design research thesis which proposes a reconfiguration of large “emptied-out” blocks of commercial space. Space planning strategies which have led to the emergence of commercial artifacts, such as the dead mall, are evaluated against new commercial models which rely on distribution and digital networks.

Under the premise that digital commercial practices are changing how we consider the private-sector in relation to urban infrastructure, DISTRIBUTION CONCOURSE promotes a new urban organizational scheme which may thrive in post-commercialized areas of the city.

Services such as Amazon.com and the availability of wireless internet across entire city grids have made ambiguous …

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University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension Connect, May 2007 May 2007

University Of Nebraska–Lincoln Extension Connect, May 2007

Connect (University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension)

Inside this issue:

pg. 4 Vegetative Treatment Systems
pg. 5 Fruitful entrepreneurship
pg. 7 Six Easy Bites

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Beliefs Of Violence-Sensitive And Violence-Tolerant People, Amethyst Brell May 2007

Beliefs Of Violence-Sensitive And Violence-Tolerant People, Amethyst Brell

Senior Honors Projects

Every person views the world through a different lens, and one can never fully understand the motivations and opinions of someone else. However, experiments and statistics can shed some light onto people’s thought patterns and behaviors. When horrific acts of violence occur, many people strive to understand why they happen. Through my study I hope to help solve some of the mysteries behind the different ways people interpret violence. I want to see why some people tend to be more sensitive to violence and why some are more tolerant of violence. I am doing this by building on previous research …

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A Pre-Apocalyptic Masterpiece, Brad Orleck May 2007

A Pre-Apocalyptic Masterpiece, Brad Orleck

Senior Honors Projects

This article or section or project is not written in the formal tone expected of an honors project. Please improve it or discuss changes on the talk page. See URI's guide to writing better articles for suggestions. For years, various groups have predicted the end of the world, usually a spiritual or nuclear armageddon. Religious groups have predicted the second coming, Hollywood directors have predicted devastating wars with artificial intelligence, and conspiracy theorists predicted Y2K, among others. But every year, the world keeps not ending (widely regarded by scholars as a good thing). And while the world may not end …

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Effect Of Readability On Living Environment Regents Exam Question Success, Janis B. Becker May 2007

Effect Of Readability On Living Environment Regents Exam Question Success, Janis B. Becker

Mathematical and Computing Sciences Masters

This study evaluated how test readability affects results of a New York State Living Environment (Biology) Regents examination. In an effort to determine what percentage of middle school students might struggle with such an exam because of a lack of sufficient English/Language Arts (ELA) abilities instead of a just a lack of science knowledge, two versions of a section of a Regents exam were administered to six 8th- grade classes at a suburban school. Readability of the exam was altered for one group by rewording questions and multiple-choice answers; scientific content and vocabulary remained unaltered for all. In all classes, …

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Utah State University Commencement, 2007 – Main Campus, Utah State University May 2007

Utah State University Commencement, 2007 – Main Campus, Utah State University

Commencement Programs

117th Annual Commencement of Utah State University

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