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Do You Want To Bet Your Children's Health On Post-Market Harm Principles - An Argument For A Trespass Or Permission Model For Regulating Toxicants, Carl F. Cranor Jan 2008

Do You Want To Bet Your Children's Health On Post-Market Harm Principles - An Argument For A Trespass Or Permission Model For Regulating Toxicants, Carl F. Cranor

Villanova Environmental Law Journal (1991 - )

No abstract provided.


Hearing God's Call For Life : The Impact Of Call On Mobilizing Laity For Ministry, Kevin M. Baker Jan 2008

Hearing God's Call For Life : The Impact Of Call On Mobilizing Laity For Ministry, Kevin M. Baker

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


The Stained Glass Ceiling In The Black Baptist Church : The Continuing Paradox Of Liberation , Judy Diane Cummings Jan 2008

The Stained Glass Ceiling In The Black Baptist Church : The Continuing Paradox Of Liberation , Judy Diane Cummings

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Results Of The Implementation Of Turnaround Strategies For The Maquoketa United Methodist Church Based On Natural Church Development, Jeffrey Mark Dadisman Jan 2008

Results Of The Implementation Of Turnaround Strategies For The Maquoketa United Methodist Church Based On Natural Church Development, Jeffrey Mark Dadisman

ATS Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Henry Hazlitt: Economics In One Lesson Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2008

Henry Hazlitt: Economics In One Lesson Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Acton Institute: The Birth Of Freedom Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2008

Acton Institute: The Birth Of Freedom Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Glenn R. Martin: Prevailing Worldviews Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson Jan 2008

Glenn R. Martin: Prevailing Worldviews Study Guide, Steven Alan Samson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Video Game Violence And The Effects On Children : A Review Of The Literature, Ellen Miller Jan 2008

Video Game Violence And The Effects On Children : A Review Of The Literature, Ellen Miller

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

This is a review of the literature on video game violence and its effects on children. I looked primarily at the aggressive and desensitization effects on children when exposed to violent video games.


Contesting "Flexibility": Networks Of Place, Gender, And Class In Vietnamese Workers' Resistance, Angie Tran Jan 2008

Contesting "Flexibility": Networks Of Place, Gender, And Class In Vietnamese Workers' Resistance, Angie Tran

SSGS Faculty Publications and Presentations

No abstract provided.


Evaluation Of Some Essential Element Levels In Thalassemia Major Patients In Mosul District, Iraq, Abdulmunaim H. Al-Samarrai, Mohaisen H. Adaay, Khudhair A. Al-Tikriti, Muayed M. Al-Anzy Jan 2008

Evaluation Of Some Essential Element Levels In Thalassemia Major Patients In Mosul District, Iraq, Abdulmunaim H. Al-Samarrai, Mohaisen H. Adaay, Khudhair A. Al-Tikriti, Muayed M. Al-Anzy

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the levels of some essential elements in thalassemic patients in Mosul, Iraq. METHODS: One hundred and five thalassemic blood transfusion dependent children, 2.5-18 years of age attending Ibn-Al-Atheer teaching hospital in Mosul City, Iraq, during 2005, were used in this study. Fifty-four healthy subjects served as a control group. Patients were allocated in a non-randomized prospective cross-sectional hospital based study. Essential elements levels were estimated. The mean, standard deviation, correlation coefficient, and z-test were used. P-values <0.05 were considered statistically significant. RESULTS: Low serum zinc, and magnesium, and high serum copper, and potassium levels were found among the 105 thalassemic patients compared to the 54 controls. Levels of calcium, phosphate, and sodium were within normal limits. CONCLUSION: Fluctuations in the essential elements levels seem to be related to the different complications associated with the disease. Zinc deficiency may be attributed to hyperzincuria resulted from the release of Zn from hemolyzed red cells. Hypercupremia occurs in acute and chronic infections and hemochromatosis, which is a principal complication of thalassemia. Increased Na levels may be due to renal damage. Hypomagnesemia may occur due to hypoparathyroidism.


Automated Grazing Management, Gregory J. Von Pless Jan 2008

Automated Grazing Management, Gregory J. Von Pless

Theses

Management-intensive grazing is a grazing management strategy that relies on careful monitoring of animals at pasture and frequent relocation of animals between various regions of the pasture, or paddocks, in order to maximize the nutrients and sustenance the animals obtain through grazing. When applied successfully, this approach to grazing management yields higher animal production, while cutting feed costs; however, a great deal of overhead is introduced in monitoring and moving the animals throughout the pasture, making this approach very difficult to implement at a large scale. Recent successes in the field of dynamic virtual fencing have demonstrated the feasibility of …


Progesterone Receptors: Form And Function In Brain, Roberta Diaz Brinton, Richard F. Thompson, Michael R. Foy, Michel Baudry, Jun Ming Wang, Caleb E. Finch, Todd E. Morgan, Christian J. Pike, Wendy J. Mack, Frank Z. Stanczyk, Jon Nilsen Jan 2008

Progesterone Receptors: Form And Function In Brain, Roberta Diaz Brinton, Richard F. Thompson, Michael R. Foy, Michel Baudry, Jun Ming Wang, Caleb E. Finch, Todd E. Morgan, Christian J. Pike, Wendy J. Mack, Frank Z. Stanczyk, Jon Nilsen

Psychological Science Faculty Works

Emerging data indicate that progesterone has multiple non-reproductive functions in the central nervous system to regulate cognition, mood, inflammation, mitochondrial function, neurogenesis and regeneration, myelination and recovery from traumatic brain injury. Progesterone-regulated neural responses are mediated by an array of progesterone receptors (PR) that include the classic nuclear PRA and PRB receptors and splice variants of each, the seven transmembrane domain 7TMPRβ and the membrane-associated 25-Dx PR (PGRMC1). These PRs induce classic regulation of gene expression while also transducing signaling cascades that originate at the cell membrane and ultimately activate transcription factors. Remarkably, PRs are broadly expressed throughout the brain …


Progesterone Regulation Of Synaptic Transmission And Plasticity In Rodent Hippocampus, Michael R. Foy, Garnik Akopian, Richard F. Thompson Jan 2008

Progesterone Regulation Of Synaptic Transmission And Plasticity In Rodent Hippocampus, Michael R. Foy, Garnik Akopian, Richard F. Thompson

Psychological Science Faculty Works

Ovarian hormones influence memory formation by eliciting changes in neural activity. The effects of various concentrations of progesterone (P4) on synaptic transmission and plasticity associated with long-term potentiation (LTP) and long-term depression (LTD) were studied using in vitro hippocampal slices. Extracellular studies show that the highest concentration of P4 tested (10−6 M) decreased the baseline synaptic transmission and magnitude of LTP, but did not affect LTD. Intracellular studies suggest the P4 effect to be mediated, at least in part, by GABAA activity. These results establish a general effect of P4 on synaptic transmission, multiple forms of synaptic plasticity, and …


Patriarchy: A Gateway To Ministry To Women In High Identity Muslim Contexts, Linda Smith Jan 2008

Patriarchy: A Gateway To Ministry To Women In High Identity Muslim Contexts, Linda Smith

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.


Mission In Africa: The Nigerian Connection [Interview], Cristian Dumitrescu, Akin Obisanya, Mariana Obisanya Jan 2008

Mission In Africa: The Nigerian Connection [Interview], Cristian Dumitrescu, Akin Obisanya, Mariana Obisanya

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.


The Mission Of God: Unlocking The Bible’S Grand Narrative / Christopher J.H. Wright [Book Review], Cristian Dumitrescu Jan 2008

The Mission Of God: Unlocking The Bible’S Grand Narrative / Christopher J.H. Wright [Book Review], Cristian Dumitrescu

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.


Anionic Salts In The Prepartum Diet And Addition Of Sodium Bicarbonate To Colostrum Replacer And Their Effects On Igg Absorption In The Neonate, Kimberley M. Morrill Jan 2008

Anionic Salts In The Prepartum Diet And Addition Of Sodium Bicarbonate To Colostrum Replacer And Their Effects On Igg Absorption In The Neonate, Kimberley M. Morrill

Master's Theses and Capstones

Forty Holstein cows were assigned to a 2 X 2 factorial arrangement of treatments in a completely randomized block design to one of four treatments: basal diet and no sodium bicarbonate in the colostrum replacer; basal diet and supplemental sodium bicarbonate in the colostrum replacer; anionic salts and no sodium bicarbonate in the colostrum replacer; anionic salts and supplemental sodium bicarbonate in the colostrum replacer. Calves received two doses of colostrum replacer +/- sodium bicarbonate at 0 h, 1 dose of colostrum replacer +/- sodium bicarbonate at 6 hours and milk replacer at 12, 24, 36 and 48 hours. Calves …


Four Varieties Of Character-Based Virtue Epistemology, Jason Baehr Jan 2008

Four Varieties Of Character-Based Virtue Epistemology, Jason Baehr

Philosophy Faculty Works

The terrain of character-based or “responsibilist” virtue epistemology has evolved dramatically over the last decade — so much so that it is far from clear what, if anything, unifies the various views put forth in this area. In an attempt to bring some clarity to the overall thrust and structure of this movement, I develop a fourfold classification of character-based virtue epistemologies. I also offer a qualified assessment of each approach, defending a certain account of the probable future of this burgeoning subfield.


Philosophy And Theology: Notes On Infanticide, Christopher Kaczor Jan 2008

Philosophy And Theology: Notes On Infanticide, Christopher Kaczor

Philosophy Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Sacrifice And Sustainability, Christopher Key Chapple Jan 2008

Sacrifice And Sustainability, Christopher Key Chapple

Theological Studies Faculty Works

Sacrifice in the Jewish, Hellenistic, and Christian traditions involves a giving up, a surrendering of something for the sake of a greater good. Sacrifice in times past took the form of a bloody offering. In Christianity this has been replaced with the Eucharist, which promotes human conscience and adherence to a moral code. Sacrifice in the ancient Vedic traditions of India entailed the offering of an animal or the symbolic offering of a human being that correlated bodily parts to functions of society and the cosmos. Sacrifice in India in rare instances still includes the killing of animals. Ritual throughout …


Food, Drugs, And Droods: A Historical Consideration Of Definitions And Categories In American Food And Drug Law, Lewis Grossman Jan 2008

Food, Drugs, And Droods: A Historical Consideration Of Definitions And Categories In American Food And Drug Law, Lewis Grossman

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

This article explores the development and interaction of the legal and cultural categories food and drug from the late nineteenth century to the present. It is based not only on legal and historical research, but also on theories of category formation from the fields of linguistics and psychology. The scope of the Food and Drug Administration's power is defined primarily by the list of product categories over which it has jurisdiction. The statutory definitions of these categories (food, drug, cosmetic, device, and human biological product) thus delineate the outer boundaries of the arena within which the agency operates. The definitions …


Book Review: Hail To The Ceo: The Failure Of George W. Bush And The Cult Of Moral Leadership, By James Hoopes, Michael A. Genovese Jan 2008

Book Review: Hail To The Ceo: The Failure Of George W. Bush And The Cult Of Moral Leadership, By James Hoopes, Michael A. Genovese

Political Science and International Relations Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


E-Learning Methods As A Driver For The Internationalisation Of Web Development Courses, Justin Brown Jan 2008

E-Learning Methods As A Driver For The Internationalisation Of Web Development Courses, Justin Brown

EDU-COM International Conference

Over the past decade, as software development has moved from a platform specific, desktop based software approach to a web focused environment, the ability to develop courses for wider delivery has increased. At the same time university courses have undergone major changes in teaching mode, with an expectation that online versions of teaching materials should be delivered as readily and to the same quality as in-class materials. This paper examines how the re-development of course materials to support online (off-campus) students as well as on campus students provides an opportunity to deliver those same materials to overseas partners. This is …


Virtual-Based Training And Creative Thinking In Higher-Level Education, Kalayanee Jitgarun, Anuvat Tongsakul, Sopon Meejaleurn Jan 2008

Virtual-Based Training And Creative Thinking In Higher-Level Education, Kalayanee Jitgarun, Anuvat Tongsakul, Sopon Meejaleurn

EDU-COM International Conference

The purpose of the study reported on in this paper was to determine if Virtual-Based Training (VBT) could be used to develop students‘ abilities in creative thinking (CT). The sample was 26 second year undergraduate students from four different faculties at King Mongkut‘s University of Technology, Thonburi, Thailand selected by simple random sampling technique. Participants were divided into two groups: an experimental group consisting of 13 students (11 engineering students, and 2 architect students); a control group composed of 13 students (5 engineering students, 1 science student, and 7 industrial education and technology students). Both groups had similar background knowledge …


The Common Law And The Environment, Steven J. Eagle Jan 2008

The Common Law And The Environment, Steven J. Eagle

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Unsettled Expectations: Reflections On Four Views Of The Common Law And The Environment, David Schoenbrod Jan 2008

Unsettled Expectations: Reflections On Four Views Of The Common Law And The Environment, David Schoenbrod

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


National Cave And Karst Research Institute 2008-2009 Annual Report, National Cave And Karst Research Institute Jan 2008

National Cave And Karst Research Institute 2008-2009 Annual Report, National Cave And Karst Research Institute

KIP Articles

No abstract provided.


Making Nuisance Ecological, J. B. Ruhl Jan 2008

Making Nuisance Ecological, J. B. Ruhl

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


From Swamp Drainage To Wetlands Regulation To Ecological Nuisances To Environmental Ethics, John Copeland Nagle Jan 2008

From Swamp Drainage To Wetlands Regulation To Ecological Nuisances To Environmental Ethics, John Copeland Nagle

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Municipal Regulation Of Formula Businesses: Creating And Protecting Communities, Patricia E. Salkin Jan 2008

Municipal Regulation Of Formula Businesses: Creating And Protecting Communities, Patricia E. Salkin

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.