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Island Times, Nov 2008, Kevin Attra Nov 2008

Island Times, Nov 2008, Kevin Attra

Island Times Newspaper, 2008

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A Mapping Of Ethnic Entrepreneurship In Ireland, Thomas Cooney, Anthony Flynn Nov 2008

A Mapping Of Ethnic Entrepreneurship In Ireland, Thomas Cooney, Anthony Flynn

Reports

The research findings presented in this report represent the first major attempt to map in a systematic fashion ethnic entrepreneurial activity in Ireland. The rapid transformation of the demographic profile of Ireland in this decade through unprecedented levels of immigration has stimulated debate on the economic and social policy implications of the new multi-racial Ireland. One facet to this policy debate is the potential for non-Irish nationals to bolster indigenous business activity. It was the aim of this research to capture the essential nature of ethnic entrepreneurship in Ireland in 2008 with a view to better informing policy formulation as …

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Evaluating Online Health Information: Beyond Readability Formulas, Gondy Leroy, Stephen Helmreich, James Cowie, Trudi Miller '08, Wei Zheng '08 Nov 2008

Evaluating Online Health Information: Beyond Readability Formulas, Gondy Leroy, Stephen Helmreich, James Cowie, Trudi Miller '08, Wei Zheng '08

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

Although understanding health information is important, the texts provided are often difficult to understand. There are formulas to measure readability levels, but there is little understanding of how linguistic structures contribute to these difficulties. We are developing a toolkit of linguistic metrics that are validated with representative users and can be measured automatically. In this study, we provide an overview of our corpus and how readability differs by topic and source. We compare two documents for three groups of linguistic metrics. We report on a user study evaluating one of the differentiating metrics: the percentage of function words in a …

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The Effect Of Managed And Traditional Care Insurance Plans On Horizontal Inequity In Access To Health Care In The United States, Frank Puffer, Elizabeth Pitney Seidler Nov 2008

The Effect Of Managed And Traditional Care Insurance Plans On Horizontal Inequity In Access To Health Care In The United States, Frank Puffer, Elizabeth Pitney Seidler

Economics Department Working Papers

This study examines income inequity in access to health care in the United States. Given the predominant and growing presence of managed care organizations as a source of medical insurance and care in both the private and public settings, replacing traditional indemnity plans as a lower cost prophylactic alternative, we speculate that the presence of Managed Care Organizations would reduce, if not eliminate, any pro wealthy bias in access to health care for the insured population in the U.S. We rely on previously developed methodology from the EcuityII project, incorporating the health inequity index (HIWV), to estimate income inequity in …

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Pcaob Inspection Process: An Objective, Comprehensive Assessment Is Justified, Bernard H. Newman, Mary Ellen Oliverio Nov 2008

Pcaob Inspection Process: An Objective, Comprehensive Assessment Is Justified, Bernard H. Newman, Mary Ellen Oliverio

Faculty Working Papers and Articles

The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) is charged with performing inspections of registered accounting firms. (Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, Section 104) Basically, inspections are to “assess the degree of compliance. . . with the Act, the rules of the Board, the rules of the Commission, or professional standards. The inspection process has many aspects. Matters that have been discussed include timeliness of reports, extent of public disclosure of findings, qualifications of inspections, and the nature of the inspection process. Only the last identified matter, the nature of the inspection process, is the subject of this paper. After a review …

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Communicating For Influence: Christian Proclamation From The Margins, Brian A. Ross Nov 2008

Communicating For Influence: Christian Proclamation From The Margins, Brian A. Ross

Doctor of Ministry

It is my opinion that North American Christianity needs to re-consider how it communicates to young adults about following after the person of Jesus Christ. The Church should seek to understand the present cultural milieu and the implications of influencing from below. Established Christianity formerly held a position of prestige and relative power. Due to cultural and epistemological shifts this is no longer the situation. The message of Christ is still relevant in the new millennium, but the standard approaches to communicating and thus influencing others in this new world are at times no longer relevant. Much of organized Christianity …

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Model For Teaching Musical Discernment In The Christian Secondary School, Zachary J. Vreeman Nov 2008

Model For Teaching Musical Discernment In The Christian Secondary School, Zachary J. Vreeman

Master of Education Program Theses

Recent technological advances in recording and reproducing music have greatly changed the way that members of this culture interact with music. With an ever-expanding wealth of recordings, students in Christian secondary schools are faced with an increasing number of musical choices and must be equipped to discern musical activity in a God-glorifying way. This study researches the factors influencing students' musical attitudes over which schools have the most control, describes a biblically-based Christian attitude towards music, and finally proposes a model based on that research for teaching musical discernment from a distinctly Christian standpoint. The proposed model includes the establishment …

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Examining The Effects Of Linguistic Accommodations On The Colorado Student Assessment Program—Mathematics, Marisol Enriquez Nov 2008

Examining The Effects Of Linguistic Accommodations On The Colorado Student Assessment Program—Mathematics, Marisol Enriquez

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act changed assessment for English Language Learners (ELLs). Under the law, states must validly assess ELLs' English Language Proficiency (ELP) and content knowledge. The law shed light on the achievement of ELLs while also creating challenges for states in validating state assessment and accountability systems. Test accommodations are used for ELLs to reduce threats to test score validity and measure academic achievement as accurately and fairly as possible. Since ELLs are working towards proficiency in English, they face linguistic and socio-cultural barriers under the confines of large scale assessment. A limited body of research …

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Fall 2008, Full Issue Nov 2008

Fall 2008, Full Issue

Undergraduate Psychology Research Methods Journal

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Using Student Response Systems To Increase Motivation, Learning, And Knowledge Retention, David J. Radosevich, Roger Salomon, Deidre M. Radosevich, Patricia Kahn Nov 2008

Using Student Response Systems To Increase Motivation, Learning, And Knowledge Retention, David J. Radosevich, Roger Salomon, Deidre M. Radosevich, Patricia Kahn

Innovate: Journal of Online Education

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North Shore Bays Benthic Mapping: Groundtruth Studies., Robert M. Cerrato, Lee Holt Nov 2008

North Shore Bays Benthic Mapping: Groundtruth Studies., Robert M. Cerrato, Lee Holt

School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications

We combined high-resolution remote sensing techniques with detailed study of the physical and faunal characteristics at point locations in different seafloor environments within the Oyster Bay- Cold Spring Harbor Complex, the Huntington-Northport Bay Complex, and Port Jefferson Harbor, including Conscience Bay. High-resolution backscatter and bathymetric maps created by side scan and multibeam sonar surveys were used to classify the sea bed into provinces. Samples for macrofauna and sediment properties were collected within each province to provide "ground truth" for the acoustic maps. Oyster Bay, Huntington Harbor, and Port Jefferson Harbor were sampled at 40, 38, and 50 locations, respectively, with …

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The Patriot, V. 05, N. 04, Stony Brook University. Patriot. Nov 2008

The Patriot, V. 05, N. 04, Stony Brook University. Patriot.

The Patriot

v.: ill.; 32 cm (original analog pub.)

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The Teaching Of Swimming Based On A Model Derived From The Causes Of Drowning, Robert Keig Stallman, Malfrid Junge, Turid Blixt Nov 2008

The Teaching Of Swimming Based On A Model Derived From The Causes Of Drowning, Robert Keig Stallman, Malfrid Junge, Turid Blixt

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

This paper proposes that the teaching of beginner swimming should be organized according to the causes of drowning. We surveyed drowning reports, interviewed drowning survivors, and observed simulated drowning victims to determine common characteristics associated with drowning. We also reviewed 25 swimming instructional programs offered by well-recognized national programs from 18 separate countries and identified 8 common beginning swimming skills. These skills could be closely connected with the causes of drowning. We proposed a definition for being able to swim that should be given common international acceptance so that learning to swim can actually provide skills needed for preventing drowning.

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Field Crops Newsletter - November 2008, Ernest Ernie Flint Jr. Nov 2008

Field Crops Newsletter - November 2008, Ernest Ernie Flint Jr.

Ernie Flint - Mississippi State Extension Reports

Flint's field crops newsletter about finishing up harvesting cotton, corn, and soybeans and discusses the yields and some market prices. Flint also speculates on how much wheat will be planted, and gives advice on preparing the fields for next year's crop.

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Of Cabbages, Kings And Vice Presidents, 2008 November, Clinton H. Whitehurst Jr. Nov 2008

Of Cabbages, Kings And Vice Presidents, 2008 November, Clinton H. Whitehurst Jr.

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On The Electrostatic Component Of Protein-Protein Binding Free Energy, Kemper Talley, Carmen Ng, Michael Shoppell, Petras Kundrotas, Emil Alexov Nov 2008

On The Electrostatic Component Of Protein-Protein Binding Free Energy, Kemper Talley, Carmen Ng, Michael Shoppell, Petras Kundrotas, Emil Alexov

Publications

Calculations of electrostatic properties of protein-protein complexes are usually done within framework of a model with a certain set of parameters. In this paper we present a comprehensive statistical analysis of the sensitivity of the electrostatic component of binding free energy (DeltaDeltaGel) with respect with different force fields (Charmm, Amber, and OPLS), different values of the internal dielectric constant, and different presentations of molecular surface (different values of the probe radius). The study was done using the largest so far set of entries comprising 260 hetero and 2148 homo protein-protein complexes extracted from a previously developed database of protein complexes …

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Multiwavelength Analysis Of The Intriguing Grb 061126: The Reverse Shock Scenario And Magnetization, A. Gomboc, S. Kobayashi, C. Guidorzi, A. Melandri, V. Mangano, B. Sbarufatti, C. G. Mundell, P. Schady, R. J. Smith, A C. Updike, D A. Kann, K Misra, E Rol, A Pozanenko, A J. Castro-Tirado, G C. Anupama, D Bersier, M F. Bode, D Carter, P Curran, A Fruchter, J Graham, Dieter H. Hartmann, M Ibrahimov, A Levan, A Monfardini, C J. Mottram, P T. O'Brien, P Prema, D K. Sahu, I A. Steele, N R. Tanvir, K Wiersema Nov 2008

Multiwavelength Analysis Of The Intriguing Grb 061126: The Reverse Shock Scenario And Magnetization, A. Gomboc, S. Kobayashi, C. Guidorzi, A. Melandri, V. Mangano, B. Sbarufatti, C. G. Mundell, P. Schady, R. J. Smith, A C. Updike, D A. Kann, K Misra, E Rol, A Pozanenko, A J. Castro-Tirado, G C. Anupama, D Bersier, M F. Bode, D Carter, P Curran, A Fruchter, J Graham, Dieter H. Hartmann, M Ibrahimov, A Levan, A Monfardini, C J. Mottram, P T. O'Brien, P Prema, D K. Sahu, I A. Steele, N R. Tanvir, K Wiersema

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We present a detailed study of the prompt and afterglow emission from Swift GRB 061126 using BAT, XRT, UVOT data and multicolor optical imaging from 10 ground-based telescopes. GRB 061126 was a long burst (T90 ¼191 s) with four overlapping peaks in its -ray light curve. The X-ray afterglow, observed from 26 minutes to 20 days after the burst, shows a simple power-law decay with X ¼1:290 Æ0:008. Optical observations presented here cover the time range from 258 s (Faulkes Telescope North) to 15 days (Gemini North) after the burst; the decay rate of the optical afterglow shows a steep-to-shallow …

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Gold Meddling: How The U.S. Olympic Committee Overprotects The Olympics Brand, Craig W. Colbrook Nov 2008

Gold Meddling: How The U.S. Olympic Committee Overprotects The Olympics Brand, Craig W. Colbrook

DePaul Journal of Sports Law

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Passing The Baton: Track Superstar Marion Jones' Duty And Liability To Her Olympic Relay Teammates, Jolyn R. Huen Nov 2008

Passing The Baton: Track Superstar Marion Jones' Duty And Liability To Her Olympic Relay Teammates, Jolyn R. Huen

DePaul Journal of Sports Law

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Understanding The "Original Source Exception" To The False Claims Act's "Public Disclosure Bar" In Light Of The Supreme Court's Ruling In Rockwell V. United States, Joel D. Hesch Nov 2008

Understanding The "Original Source Exception" To The False Claims Act's "Public Disclosure Bar" In Light Of The Supreme Court's Ruling In Rockwell V. United States, Joel D. Hesch

DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal

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Sovereign Debt Documentation: Unraveling The Pari Passu Mystery, Umakanth Varottil Nov 2008

Sovereign Debt Documentation: Unraveling The Pari Passu Mystery, Umakanth Varottil

DePaul Business & Commercial Law Journal

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Antibody Responses Of Cervids (Cervus Elaphus) Following Experimental Mycobacterium Bovis Infection And The Implications For Immunodiagnosis, Noel P. Harrington, Om P. Surujballi, John F. Prescott, J. Robert Duncan, W. Ray Waters, Konstantin Lyashchenko, Rena Greenwald Nov 2008

Antibody Responses Of Cervids (Cervus Elaphus) Following Experimental Mycobacterium Bovis Infection And The Implications For Immunodiagnosis, Noel P. Harrington, Om P. Surujballi, John F. Prescott, J. Robert Duncan, W. Ray Waters, Konstantin Lyashchenko, Rena Greenwald

Michigan Bovine Tuberculosis Bibliography and Database

Captive and free-ranging wildlife animals are implicated in the maintenance and transmission of bovine tuberculosis and therefore pose a significant obstacle to eradication of the disease from domestic livestock. The current antemortem diagnostic method, the intradermal tuberculin skin test, is impractical for routine use with many wild animals. Antibody-based assays are particularly attractive because the animals are handled only once and immediate processing of the sample is not required. This report characterizes the antibody responses of red deer-elk hybrids (Cervus elaphus) against Mycobacterium bovis and subsequently evaluates the diagnostic performance of select antigens in a rapid-test format. Sequential …

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Broadcam Corp. V. Qualcomm Inc. 543 F.3d 683 (Fed. Cir. 2008), Ryan Schermerhorn Nov 2008

Broadcam Corp. V. Qualcomm Inc. 543 F.3d 683 (Fed. Cir. 2008), Ryan Schermerhorn

DePaul Journal of Art, Technology & Intellectual Property Law

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Journal Of The American Deafness And Rehabilitation Association Year 2008, Volume 42, Number 1 Complete Nov 2008

Journal Of The American Deafness And Rehabilitation Association Year 2008, Volume 42, Number 1 Complete

JADARA

Upload of old JADARA issue for digital access

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University Of San Diego News Print Media Coverage 2008.11, University Of San Diego Office Of Public Affairs Nov 2008

University Of San Diego News Print Media Coverage 2008.11, University Of San Diego Office Of Public Affairs

Print Media Coverage (1947-2009)

Printed clippings housed in folders with a table of contents arranged by topic.

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Raids, Rights And Reform: The Postville Case And The Immigration Crisis, Erik Camayd-Freixas Ph.D. Nov 2008

Raids, Rights And Reform: The Postville Case And The Immigration Crisis, Erik Camayd-Freixas Ph.D.

DePaul Journal for Social Justice

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A Review Of The Empirical Evidence On The Effects Of Fiscal Decentralization On Economic Efficiency: With Comments On Tax Devolution To Scotland, Paul Hallwood, Ronald Macdonald Nov 2008

A Review Of The Empirical Evidence On The Effects Of Fiscal Decentralization On Economic Efficiency: With Comments On Tax Devolution To Scotland, Paul Hallwood, Ronald Macdonald

Economics Working Papers

This paper reviews the existing empirical evidence on tax decentralization ("tax .devolution") from central government to sub-central government. Sub-central government is taken to be levels above the local level: such as within the UK at the level of Scottish government/executive in Edinburgh, and at the provincial government level in Canada or Spain. Our interpretation of the literature is that there is increasing empirical support for the proposition that tax decentralization helps in promoting economic efficiency and economic growth. It is noted that a distinction must be drawn between tax decentralization and spending decentralization. Where tax decentralization follows spending decentralization - …

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Genetic Change Following Fire In Populations Of A Seed-Banking Perennial Plant, Rebecca W. Dolan, Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio, Eric S. Menges Nov 2008

Genetic Change Following Fire In Populations Of A Seed-Banking Perennial Plant, Rebecca W. Dolan, Pedro F. Quintana-Ascencio, Eric S. Menges

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Disturbances such as fire have the potential to remove genetic variation, but seed banks may counter this loss by restoring alleles through a reservoir effect. We used allozyme analysis to characterize genetic change in two populations of the perennial Hypericum cumulicola, an endemic of the fire-prone Florida scrub. We assessed genetic variation before and 1, 2, and 3 years after fire that killed nearly all aboveground plants. Populations increased in size following fire, with most seedlings likely recruited from a persistent seed bank. Four of five loci were variable. Most alleles were present in low frequencies, but our large sample …

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A Note On The Identity Of Carnivorous Plants Of Karungalakudi, Tamil Nadu, India, K. Natarajan Et Al. Nov 2008

A Note On The Identity Of Carnivorous Plants Of Karungalakudi, Tamil Nadu, India, K. Natarajan Et Al.

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

Karungalakudi is blessed with rich herbaceous flora including two carnivorous plant groups, viz. fly traps and bladder worts. In the present communication, a total of 6 insectivorous plants are reported, and it is confirmed that the reported occurrence of Drosera brevifolia Pursh, Utricularia minor L., U. resupinata Greene ex Bigelow and U. uniflora R. Br. in Karungalakudi is due to a misidentification.

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Salvadora Persica, Tamarix Aphylla And Zizyphus Mauritiana: Three Woody Plant Species Mentioned In Holy Quran And Ahadith, And Their Ethnobotanical Uses In North Western Part (D. I. Khan) Of Pakistan, Sarfaraz Khan Marwat Et Al. Nov 2008

Salvadora Persica, Tamarix Aphylla And Zizyphus Mauritiana: Three Woody Plant Species Mentioned In Holy Quran And Ahadith, And Their Ethnobotanical Uses In North Western Part (D. I. Khan) Of Pakistan, Sarfaraz Khan Marwat Et Al.

Ethnobotanical Leaflets

The present research work is based on three woody plant species: Salvadora persica, L. Tamarix aphylla (L.) Karst. and Zizyphus mauritiana Lam. mentioned in the 16th Ayat of Sura Saba in Holy Quran and Ahadith. These plants were collected from Dera Ismail Khan District, NWFP, Pakistan, during 2007. This is a part of check list of medicinal flora and their uses enlisted in Holy Quran, Ahadith and Islamic literature. The main aim of this study is to document the knowledge of ethnobotanical importance of these plants in the light of Islam. In view of the importance of this study …

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