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Urban Drought Guidebook 2008 Updated Edition, State Of California Jan 2008

Urban Drought Guidebook 2008 Updated Edition, State Of California

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This guide will help water managers facing water shortages by showing them how to use tried and true methods of the past as well as making use of new tools and methods. Managing water shortages involves using programs to temporarily reduce demand and find alternate water to temporarily increase supply. The guidebook discusses water shortage management programs that belong in water shortage contingency plans. It was first written in 1988, and then updated in 1991 and 2008 to help water suppliers cope with potentially severe drought and other water shortages. The focus of the guide is to provide a step-by-step …

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The Intersection Of Identity Construction & Learning Approach : The Experience Of College Students With Psychological Disorders, Shauna K. Moriarty Jan 2008

The Intersection Of Identity Construction & Learning Approach : The Experience Of College Students With Psychological Disorders, Shauna K. Moriarty

University of the Pacific Theses and Dissertations

College for many adults represents a time for increasing independence, autonomy, and self-exploration. Yet the college experience may also be a time when students discover the presence of a psychological disorder, or navigate how to grapple with an existing disorder in the new and unfamiliar environment of college. An increasing number of students with such disorders are enrolling and participating in higher education yet current literature is often insufficient to adequately guide and inform postsecondary institution personnel regarding this complex student population (Beamish, 2005). Therefore, this phenomenological study aimed to discover the lived experience of a small sample of students …

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Assessment And Device Selection For Vascular Access, Registered Nurses' Association Of Ontario Jan 2008

Assessment And Device Selection For Vascular Access, Registered Nurses' Association Of Ontario

General Submissions: Community and Population-based Materials

This best practice guideline focuses on assisting all nurses providing care to clients requiring infusion therapy in diverse practice settings, both institutional and community. This guideline incorporates best practices related to client assessment and appropriate device selection, which is applicable to all clients requiring vascular access.

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The Impact Of Care : Young African American Males' Perceptions Of In-Home, One-On-One Tutoring, Aaron Lamont Horn Jan 2008

The Impact Of Care : Young African American Males' Perceptions Of In-Home, One-On-One Tutoring, Aaron Lamont Horn

Doctoral Dissertations

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Physical Therapist Students As Moral Agents During Clinical Internships, Terrence M. Nordstrom Jan 2008

Physical Therapist Students As Moral Agents During Clinical Internships, Terrence M. Nordstrom

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The Effect Of Simulated Clinical Experience On Knowledge, Near Transfer, And Far Transfer In Nursing Education, Shana Ruggenberg Jan 2008

The Effect Of Simulated Clinical Experience On Knowledge, Near Transfer, And Far Transfer In Nursing Education, Shana Ruggenberg

Doctoral Dissertations

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The Effect Of Professional Development Of Nonverbal Communication Behaviors Of Participants' Regognition And Understanding Of These Behaviors, Peggy Koshland-Crane Jan 2008

The Effect Of Professional Development Of Nonverbal Communication Behaviors Of Participants' Regognition And Understanding Of These Behaviors, Peggy Koshland-Crane

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A Content Analysis Of The Two State-Approved Kindergarten And First Grade Reading Programs In California, Elizabeth Anne Presley Jan 2008

A Content Analysis Of The Two State-Approved Kindergarten And First Grade Reading Programs In California, Elizabeth Anne Presley

Doctoral Dissertations

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An Investigation Of The Quantity And Type Of Female Veterans' Responses To Hepatitis C Treatment Screening And Acceptance, Sue L. Currie Jan 2008

An Investigation Of The Quantity And Type Of Female Veterans' Responses To Hepatitis C Treatment Screening And Acceptance, Sue L. Currie

Doctoral Dissertations

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The Lord And Giver Of Life: The Person And Work Of The Holy Spirit In The Trinitarian Theology Of Colin E Gunton, Michael D. Stringer Jan 2008

The Lord And Giver Of Life: The Person And Work Of The Holy Spirit In The Trinitarian Theology Of Colin E Gunton, Michael D. Stringer

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Colin Gunton was one of the leading figures in a late twentieth century movement which sought to rejuvenate interest in systematic and trinitarian theology. Gunton’s theology was heavily influenced by the trinitarian thought of Karl Barth. As his thought matured, however, he was increasingly drawn to resources found in Irenaeus and the Cappadocian Fathers. Drawing from these patristic sources, Gunton sought to develop a trinitarian theology formulated upon personal and relational categories of thought as a corrective to the over-emphasis upon substantialist conceptuality in the Western tradition. He held that a doctrine of God that desires to remain consistent with …

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Table Of Contents Jan 2008

Table Of Contents

Michigan Journal of Public Health

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The Laurels Of Local Public Health, Cathy Raevsky Jan 2008

The Laurels Of Local Public Health, Cathy Raevsky

Michigan Journal of Public Health

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The Beginning Of Public Health In Michigan Michigan State Board Of Health Reports, 1873-1900, Robert E. Mosher, G. Elaine Beane Jan 2008

The Beginning Of Public Health In Michigan Michigan State Board Of Health Reports, 1873-1900, Robert E. Mosher, G. Elaine Beane

Michigan Journal of Public Health

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The Detroit Youth Tobacco Survey: Results From Middle School Students, Calvin Trent, Julie Gleason-Comstock, Gary Petroni, William Ridella Jan 2008

The Detroit Youth Tobacco Survey: Results From Middle School Students, Calvin Trent, Julie Gleason-Comstock, Gary Petroni, William Ridella

Michigan Journal of Public Health

Background: The Detroit Youth Tobacco Survey (DYTS) provided representative data from middle school students, 84.7% of whom were African-American/Black, on self-reported prevalence of tobacco use and awareness, smoking cessation, peer and family influence, environmental tobacco smoke, media exposure and access to tobacco. Results: Over half of the students (53.0%; +/-4.1) used some form of tobacco at least once, with the majority trying cigarettes (47.5%; +/-3.9) and about a quarter (23.1%; +/-3.5) trying cigars. Ten percent (10.2%; +/-2.3) tried bidis or kreteks, and 7.4% (+/-1.4) tried smokeless tobacco. Of middle school students who smoked, nearly one out of four (23.2%; +/-3.1) …

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Front Matter Jan 2008

Front Matter

Michigan Journal of Public Health

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Mpha Matters, Robert Glandon Jan 2008

Mpha Matters, Robert Glandon

Michigan Journal of Public Health

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Compliance With Hygiene Recommendations For Human-Animal Contact At Petting Zoos, Kathleen E. Werden, Paul C. Bartlett Jan 2008

Compliance With Hygiene Recommendations For Human-Animal Contact At Petting Zoos, Kathleen E. Werden, Paul C. Bartlett

Michigan Journal of Public Health

Background: Most children at petting zoos are at least somewhat naïve with respect to animal contact, which is probably why they are being taken to a petting zoo. Unfortunately, their immune systems may be equally naïve, thereby putting these children at high risk of contracting one of several enteric zoonotic diseases. A cross-sectional study was conducted to determine public and organizational compliance with current recommendations for hygiene and public safety for human-animal contact at permanent and temporary petting zoos. Methods: A single investigator visited 17 petting zoos across Michigan to evaluate both facilityrelated and visitor-related risk factors for zoonotic enteric …

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Response To Reader Comments On The Beginning Of Public Health In Michigan, Robert Mosher, G. Elaine Beane Jan 2008

Response To Reader Comments On The Beginning Of Public Health In Michigan, Robert Mosher, G. Elaine Beane

Michigan Journal of Public Health

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First-Year Learning Of Novice Emergency-Hire Clinical Nursing Faculty : A Qualitative Study, Ingrid Sheets Jan 2008

First-Year Learning Of Novice Emergency-Hire Clinical Nursing Faculty : A Qualitative Study, Ingrid Sheets

Doctoral Dissertations

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Performance Management Process Report: John Jay College Goals & Targets 2008-2009, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice Jan 2008

Performance Management Process Report: John Jay College Goals & Targets 2008-2009, John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

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Fixed Or Flexible: The Effect Of Negative Feedback On One's Religious Identity, Erika Brown Jan 2008

Fixed Or Flexible: The Effect Of Negative Feedback On One's Religious Identity, Erika Brown

Modern Psychological Studies

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of negative feedback on self-reported religious identity among Christian students. After initially rating themselves on a computer-administered continuous scale ranging from as religious as possible to not at all religious, participants completed a difficult Bible trivia quiz and received negative feedback regarding their performance. The participants were then made to believe that their initial computer ratings had been lost, and were asked to rate themselves a second time. Individuals also completed the Spiritual Involvement and Beliefs Scale and were divided into high and low religiosity groups. Statistical analyses revealed that …

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Changes In Breast Cancer Survivors' Prayer From Before Diagnosis To Currently: A Pilot Study, Jean C. Bilger, Jennifer Eldridge-Houser, Carol Cox Jan 2008

Changes In Breast Cancer Survivors' Prayer From Before Diagnosis To Currently: A Pilot Study, Jean C. Bilger, Jennifer Eldridge-Houser, Carol Cox

Modern Psychological Studies

The purpose of this pilot study is to compare the frequency, length, types, and experiences of prayer for breast cancer survivors before they were diagnosed and currently. Using the Cancer Survivor Prayer Scale (CSPS), survivors had a statistically significant (p < .05) increase in types of prayer, prayer experiences, and the closeness in their relationship with God. The main themes in the written responses were feelings of permanence regarding God's love, strong trust in God, feeling comforted during treatment by God and people, and requesting specific answers to prayers. The significant findings of this study demonstrate a need for further research into the prayer practices of breast cancer survivors and expansion of the study to a larger, more diverse sample.

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International Technology Transfer For Climate Policy, David Popp Jan 2008

International Technology Transfer For Climate Policy, David Popp

Center for Policy Research

While the developed world is starting to limit emissions of greenhouse gases, emissions from the developing world are increasing as a result of economic growth. Reducing these emissions while still enabling developing countries to grow requires the use of new technologies. In most cases, these technologies are first created in high-income countries. Thus, the challenge for climate policy is to encourage the transfer of these climate-friendly technologies to the developing world. This policy brief reviews the economic literature on environmental technology transfer. It then discusses the implications of this literature for climate policy, focusing on the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) …

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Our Troubled Health Care System: Why Is It So Hard To Fix?, Judy Feder Jan 2008

Our Troubled Health Care System: Why Is It So Hard To Fix?, Judy Feder

Center for Policy Research

This brief draws heavily on Judith Feder, 2004, "Crowd-Out and the Politics of Health Reform," The Journal of Law, Medicine, and Ethics 32(3): 461-464. We all know that affordable health care is now back on the political agenda, and it's about time! Because all of us--families, businesses, and governments--are struggling with the ever-increasing costs of care. Every year about a million people are added to the rolls of the uninsured. In 2006, it was even more, over 2 million. The number of people without health insurance coverage has reached more than 47 million. People *with* insurance are seeing their benefits …

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Public Sentiment And Tobacco Control Policy, Perry Singleton Jan 2008

Public Sentiment And Tobacco Control Policy, Perry Singleton

Center for Policy Research

The well-documented correlation between cigarette excise taxes and cigarette demand may not be entirely causal if excise taxes reflect public sentiment towards smoking. I consider whether proxies for smoking sentiment--the prevalence of smoking by education and intention to quit statuses--are correlated with support for and implementation of tobacco control laws. I find that cigarette excise taxes are most sensitive to the prevalence of educated smokers who do not want to quit. Additionally, when proxies for public sentiment are included, the estimated elasticity of cigarette demand declines from -2.0 to -1.3.

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Mediterranean Diet And Breast Density In The Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Study, Marilyn Tseng, Thomas A. Sellers, Robert A. Vierkant, Lawrence H. Kushi, Celine M. Vachon Jan 2008

Mediterranean Diet And Breast Density In The Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Study, Marilyn Tseng, Thomas A. Sellers, Robert A. Vierkant, Lawrence H. Kushi, Celine M. Vachon

Kinesiology and Public Health

Mediterranean populations’ lower breast cancer incidence has been attributed to a traditional Mediterranean diet, but few studies have quantified Mediterranean dietary pattern intake in relation to breast cancer. We examined the association of a Mediterranean diet scale (MDS) with mammographic breast density as a surrogate marker for breast cancer risk. Participants completed a dietary questionnaire and provided screening mammograms for breast density assessment using a computer-assisted method. Among 1,286 women, MDS was not clearly associated with percent density in multivariate linear regression analyses. Because of previous work suggesting dietary effects limited to smokers, we conducted stratified analyses and found MDS …

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Dietary Patterns And Breast Density In The Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Study, Marilyn Tseng, Robert A. Vierkant, Lawrence H. Kushi, Thomas A. Sellers, Celine M. Vachon Jan 2008

Dietary Patterns And Breast Density In The Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Study, Marilyn Tseng, Robert A. Vierkant, Lawrence H. Kushi, Thomas A. Sellers, Celine M. Vachon

Kinesiology and Public Health

Objective Whether dietary patterns, rather than single foods or nutrients, are associated with breast density is not known. We investigated this in the Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Study. Methods Participants completed a 153-item food frequency questionnaire and provided screening mammograms for breast density assessment using a computer-assisted method. We used multivariate linear regression to quantify dietary pattern–breast density associations. Results Among 3,147 women with dietary information, three dietary patterns emerged from principal components analysis: a fruit–vegetable–cereal pattern, a salad–sauce–pasta/ grain pattern, and a meat–starch pattern. Among 1,286 women with breast density estimates, the fruit–vegetable–cereal and salad–sauce–pasta/grain patterns were inversely associated …

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Food Frequency Questionnaires And Overnight Urines Are Valid Indicators Of Daidzein And Genistein Intake In U.S. Women Relative To Multiple 24-H Urine Samples, Marilyn Tseng, Temitope Olufade, Mindy S. Kurzer, Kristiina Wahala, Carolyn Y. Fang, Yvonne T. Van Der Schouw, Mary B. Daly Jan 2008

Food Frequency Questionnaires And Overnight Urines Are Valid Indicators Of Daidzein And Genistein Intake In U.S. Women Relative To Multiple 24-H Urine Samples, Marilyn Tseng, Temitope Olufade, Mindy S. Kurzer, Kristiina Wahala, Carolyn Y. Fang, Yvonne T. Van Der Schouw, Mary B. Daly

Kinesiology and Public Health

Data regarding convenient, valid methods for measuring U.S. isoflavone intake are limited. We evaluated a soy food questionnaire (SFQ), the Willett food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), and overnight urine samples relative to excretion in 24-h urine samples. We also described intake among women in a high-risk program for breast or ovarian cancer. Between April 2002 and June 2003, 451 women aged 30 to 50 yr with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer completed the SFQ and FFQ. Of them, 27 provided four 24-h and overnight urine specimens. In these women, 24-h sample measures were correlated with SFQ estimates of …

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Annual Summary Of Grant And Contract Activity Fiscal Year 2008, Grants Development Office Jan 2008

Annual Summary Of Grant And Contract Activity Fiscal Year 2008, Grants Development Office

Grants Development Office Reports

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Metabolic Syndrome And Health-Related Quality Of Life In Obese Individuals Seeking Weight Reduction, Adam Gilden Tsai, Thomas A. Wadden, David B. Sarwer, Robert I. Berkowitz, Leslie G. Womble, Louise A. Hesson, Suzanne Phelan, Rebecca Rothman Jan 2008

Metabolic Syndrome And Health-Related Quality Of Life In Obese Individuals Seeking Weight Reduction, Adam Gilden Tsai, Thomas A. Wadden, David B. Sarwer, Robert I. Berkowitz, Leslie G. Womble, Louise A. Hesson, Suzanne Phelan, Rebecca Rothman

Kinesiology and Public Health

Background: No previous research has examined the association between metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) using standard criteria for defining MetSyn. We hypothesized that MetSyn would be associated with lower HRQoL on measures of physical and mental health.
Methods and Procedures: Participants were 361 individuals in two randomized weight loss trials. MetSyn was defined by the National Cholesterol Education Panel criteria. The Medical Outcomes Study, Short Form-36 (SF-36) was used to assess HRQoL. Differences in HRQoL and in clinical and psychosocial characteristics were compared among participants with and without MetSyn. Multiple regression was used to determine predictors …

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