Entire DC Network | Open Access Articles | Digital Commons Network™

Communiqué, December 8, 2008, Lindenwood University

Communiqué

The Communiqué was the faculty/staff newsletter for Lindenwood University/College from 1982 to 2016.

Go to article

Spartan Daily, December 8, 2008, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 131, Issue 51

Go to article

The Statesman, V. 52, I. 25, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 52, i. 25

Go to article

Gender Specific Differences In The Pros And Cons Of Smoking Among Current Smokers In Eastern Kentucky: Implications For Future Smoking Cessation Interventions, Dana A. Hazen, David M. Mannino, Richard Clayton

Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health Faculty Publications

This study investigated gender differences in the perceived “pros” and “cons” of smoking using the constructs of decisional balance (DB) and stage of change from the Transtheoretical Model. The population distribution for stage of change among a population-based, cross-sectional survey of 155 current smokers over 40 years was: precontemplation (22.6%), contemplation (41.9%), preparation (35.5%). Results of stepwise regression models indicated significant gender differences in DB were in the preparation stage of change; scores on the DB measure increased 3.94 points (95% CI: 1.94, 5.93) for male smokers. Interventions targeting the “pros” and “cons” of smoking may need to be gender …

Go to article

Ada News - 12/08/2008, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Go to article

Bullying Of Medical Students In Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey., Syed Ahmer, Abdul Wahab Yousafzai, Naila Bhutto, Sumira Alam, Amanullah Khan Sarangzai, Arshad Iqbal

Department of Psychiatry

Background: Several studies from other countries have shown that bullying, harassment, abuse or belittlement are a regular phenomenon faced not only by medical students, but also junior doctors, doctors undertaking research and other healthcare professionals. While research has been carried out on bullying experienced by psychiatrists and psychiatry trainees in Pakistan no such research has been conducted on medical students in this country. Methodology/Principal Findings: We conducted a cross-sectional questionnaire survey on final year medical students in six medical colleges of Pakistan. The response rate was 63%. Fifty-two percent of respondents reported that they had faced bullying or harassment …

Go to article

Daily Eastern News: December 08, 2008, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

Go to article

Perceived Effectiveness Of Youth-Adult Partnerships On Enhancing Life Skill Development Through 4-H, Jeff Sallee, Charles Cox

Journal of Youth Development

The purpose of this study was to determine if youth and adult participants in the 4-H Environmental Impact program perceive youth-adult partnerships as an effective means to enhance the youths’ development of life skills. The study further sought to discover the perceived obstacles that may keep youth and adults from participating in equal partnerships. The life skills of: Leadership, Cooperation, Service Learning, and Planning and organizing were enhanced through the youths’ participation in the youth-adult partnership. Through this research there was evidence that many of the youth participants did perceive themselves as equal team members when participating in this youth-adult …

Go to article

Pacific Bell V. Linkline: Price Squeezing And The Limits Of Judicial Administrability, Sandeep Vaheesan

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar

No abstract provided.

Go to article

The Bg News December 8, 2008, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 8, 2008. Volume 99-Issue 68.

Go to article

Does Shape Predict Performance? An Analysis Of Morphology And Swimming Performance In Great Basin Fishes, John R. Aedo

Theses and Dissertations

Swimming performance strongly influences fitness in aquatic organisms and is closely tied to external body morphology. Although this connection has been closely examined at the individual and species level, few studies have focused on this relationship as it pertains to functional group assemblages. Using functional groups based on similarities in habitat use and morphology, I tested the hypothesis that swimming performance can be reliably predicted by functional group composition. I measured swimming performance as burst speed using a simulated predator attack and as prolonged speed using a step-endurance test in a laboratory flume. I measured morphology using geometric morphometric techniques. …

Go to article

Faith And News: A Quantitative Study Of The Relationship Between Religiosity And Tv News Exposure, Raquel Marvez

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between religiosity and broadcast news usage. This study examines the level of religiosity of individuals and its correlation to broadcast news exposure. The correlation between religiosity and perceptions of violence on broadcast news was also measured. Two theories were applied in this study. Uses and Gratifications asserts the active character of the audience to choose what they watch, how often, etc., and Selective Exposure defends the ability of the individual to select media that coincides with personal value systems. These two theories complement each other and provide support in the …

Go to article

Board Of Directors Meeting Minutes (December 8, 2008), Dmacc

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

This file contains the minutes from the Des Moines Area Community College Board meeting held on December 8, 2008.

Go to article

Teaching Happiness: The Role Of Positive Psychology In The Classroom, Jennifer M. Gilpin

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

Happiness can be defined in various ways, and characterizing traits that reflect sustained happiness in an individual can be a daunting task. For the purpose of this paper, I propose that contentment regarding the past, satisfaction in the present, optimism about the future, as well as cultivating individual strengths and virtues will result in sustained happiness. Using findings from and relating to the field of positive psychology, I will suggest that these qualities can be fostered in students and will benefit students individually and ultimately society as a whole.

Go to article

The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 11, 12-08-2008, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

Books on hold With budgets slashed, USM’s libraries put hope in a digital future--Faculty Senate postpones EYE requirement.--Day without a gay--Deferred maintenance Building repairs and improvements delayed across three campuses.--MECA and USM--Provost profiles

Go to article

A Review Of Lorraine Daston And Peter Galison’S Objectivity, Tom Strong

The Qualitative Report

Lorraine Daston’s and Peter Galison’s Objectivity (2007) traces historical and cultural developments as the word "objective" acquired different meanings and associated scientific practices. Similarly, Daston and Galison consider the changing relationship of the word "objective" as it relates to the subjectivity of the researcher. Objectivity will interest any reader interested in how the conceptions and practices of science change historically and culturally.

Go to article

Indigenous And Emergent Methodologies: A Review Of Qualitative Urban Analysis: An International Perspective, Ronald J. Chenail

The Qualitative Report

Paul Maginn, Susan Thompson, and Matthew Tonts’ (2008) new edited work entitled Qualitative Urban Analysis: An International Perspective introduces its readers to emergent qualitative research and evaluation methodologies indigenous to urban policy studies. These local lessons can prove quite valuable for all qualitative researchers regardless their fields or discipline.

Go to article

The Chanticleer, 2008-12-07, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Go to article

Singularities Of Hinge Structures, Ciprian Borcea, Ileana Streinu

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

Motivated by the hinge structure present in protein chains and other molecular conformations, we study the singularities of certain maps associated to body-and-hinge and panel-and-hinge chains. These are sequentially articulated systems where two consecutive rigid pieces are connected by a hinge, that is, a codimension two axis. The singularities, or critical points, correspond to a dimensional drop in the linear span of the axes, regarded as points on a Grassmann variety in its Pl¨ucker embedding. These results are valid in arbitrary dimension. The three dimensional case is also relevant in robotics.

Go to article

Optium Conditions For The Production Of Neutral Protease From Local Strain Aspergillus Niger Var Cabonarius, Essam F. Al-Jumaily, Khalid A. Habeb, Shaimaa E. Kadhum

Baghdad Science Journal

The optimum conditions for the production of neutral protease from local strain Aspergillus niger var carbonarius by solid – state fermentation system (Wheat bran) moisted with 0.2 M phosphate buffer (PH7.0) . the hydration ratio was 1:5 (V:W) . the concentration of inoculum was 1×106 spores per 10 gram of solid materials , initial P H 6.5 and 96 hours of incubation period at 30° C .the enzyme activity was 1300 unit / ml and specific activity was 1550 unit / mg protein .

Go to article

Evaluation Of Home-Mode Elisa System For Thedetection Of Antibodies Against Escherichia Coli O157:H7 Using Purified Lipopolysaccharide, Haitham A. Baqir, Ashwaq B. Al- Hashimi, Amina N Al-Thuwani

Baghdad Science Journal

An enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for the detection and quantitation of human immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies against vero- cytotoxine (VT) producing Escherichia coli serogroup O157:H7 was produced. E. coli O157: H7 lipopolysaccharide was extracted from locally isolated strains by using hot phenol- water method, followed by partial purification using gel filtration chromatography by sepharose- 4B. The purity of the lipopolysaccharide was checked by measuring the protein and nucleic acid content and then used as antigen. Four isolates of vero- cytotoxin producing E. coli serogroup O157:H7 was obtained by culturing 350 stool samples from children suffering from bloody diarrhea. These …

Go to article

Three Dimensional Mhd Simulationof Comet Hale-Bopp Tail, Salman Zaidan Khalaf, Ahmed Abdul-Razzaq Selman

Baghdad Science Journal

The interaction between comet Hale-Bopp tail with the solar wind is investigated in the present paper using magneto-hydrodynamic (MHD) numerical simulation, which accounts for the presence of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF). The simulation is based on three-dimensional Lax-Wendroff explicit scheme, providing second-order accuracy in space and time. The ions produced from the nucleus of the comet will add considerable effects on the microstructure of the solar wind, thus severely altering its physical properties. The present simulation focuses on careful analysis of these properties by means of simulating the behavior of the comet Hale-Bopp’s tail at 1 AU from the …

Go to article

The Effect Of Doping Ratio Of Cu On The Structural Properties Of Cdse Films, E.M.N. Al-Fawad

Baghdad Science Journal

Films of CdSe have been prepared by evaporation technique with thickness 1μm. Doping with Cu was achieved using annealing under argon atmosphere. The Structure properties of these films are investigated by X-ray diffraction analysis. Theeffect of Cu doping on the orientation , relative intensity, grain size and the lattice constant has been studied. The pure CdSe films have been found consist of amorphousstructure with very small peak at (002)plane. The films were polycrystalline for doped CdSe with (1&2wt%)Cu contents and with lattice constant (a=3.741,c=7.096)A°, and it has better crystallinty as theCu contents increased to (3&5wt%) Cu. The reflections from [(002), …

Go to article

Measurements Of Radon-222 And Its Daughters Concentrations In Buildings Of Department Physics In College Of Sciences Of Baghdad University, Nesreen B. Naji

Baghdad Science Journal

The present work aims to investigate approaches, measures and detection of indoor radon level in buildings of the department of physics in college of science of Baghdad University. CR-39 solid state nuclear track detectors were used to measure the radon concentrations inside the rooms, including five laboratories and five workplace rooms in ground and first storey of the department. The average radon concentration at first storey was found to be 43.1±13.2 Bq/m3 and 40.1±13.4 Bq/m3 at the ground storey. The highest level of radon concentration at the first storey in the radioactive sources store was 87.5±29 Bq/m3 while at the …

Go to article

Synthesis Of New Heterocyclic Compounds Derived From Anthrone And Evaluation Of Their Biological Activity, Nadia Adil Salih

Baghdad Science Journal

In this research, Schiff bases derived from the reaction of anthrone with different heterocyclic amines have been described. The resulted Schiff base compounds were reacted with various nucleophiles in order to obtain new heterocyclic derivatives. Chemical structures of all products were confirmed by IR, 1H-, 13C-NMR spectral data and elemental analysis. All synthesized compounds were in vitro tested against a standard strain of pathogenic microorganism including Gram +ve bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus), Gram –ve bacteria (Escherichia coli), and fungi (Candida albicans).

Go to article

Spectrophotometric Micro Determination Of Drug Promethazine Hydrochloride In Some Pharmaceutical By Chelating With Rhodium, Ashraf.S. Al-Ayash, Fadhil Jasim, Thamer Zair

Baghdad Science Journal

The drug promethazine hydrochloride (PRZH) forms with rhodium (II) a colored chelate (λmax = 472 nm) complex at (pH = 2.1) which is extractable with benzyl alcohol as organic solvent. Under the appropriate experimental conditions a calibration plot was set up from which some analytical parameter were derived and deduced by regression. Standard addition procedure was also adopted. It has been estimated that the concentration of the drug PRZH to be 24.89 mg per unit and 24.19 mg per unit for both calibrations. Under optimal conditions, the developed method has been achieved the following characteristics: LDR (30 – 150 µg …

Go to article

Oscillation Of Nonlinear Differential Equations With Advanced Arguments, Hussain Ali Mohamad, Sada F. Mohammed, Awatif A. Hassan

Baghdad Science Journal

This paper is concerned with the oscillation of all solutions of the n-th order delay differential equation x^(n)(t)+P(t) f(x((t)))=0, n≥2. The necessary and sufficient conditions for oscillatory solutions are obtained and other conditions for nonoscillatory solution to converge to zero are established.

Go to article

On Certain Sub-Space Of X, Mushtaq Shakir Al-Shaibani

Baghdad Science Journal

The study of properties of space of entire functions of several complex variables was initiated by Kamthan [4] using the topological properties of the space. We have introduced in this paper the sub-space of space of entire functions of several complex variables which is studied by Kamthan.

Go to article

Some Results On Reduced Rings, Mehsin Jabel Atteya, Dalal Ibraheem Ressan

Baghdad Science Journal

The main purpose of this paper is to study some results concerning reduced ring with another concepts as semiprime ring ,prime ring,essential ideal ,derivations and homomorphism ,we give some results a bout that.

Go to article

Optimal Color Model For Information Hidingin Color Images, Ali Kadhim Mousa, Zainab Hussain Kadhim

Baghdad Science Journal

In present work the effort has been put in finding the most suitable color model for the application of information hiding in color images. We test the most commonly used color models; RGB, YIQ, YUV, YCbCr1 and YCbCr2. The same procedures of embedding, detection and evaluation were applied to find which color model is most appropriate for information hiding. The new in this work, we take into consideration the value of errors that generated during transformations among color models. The results show YUV and YIQ color models are the best for information hiding in color images.

Go to article

Full-Text Articles in Entire DC Network

Communiqué, December 8, 2008, Lindenwood University

Communiqué

Spartan Daily, December 8, 2008, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

The Statesman, V. 52, I. 25, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

Gender Specific Differences In The Pros And Cons Of Smoking Among Current Smokers In Eastern Kentucky: Implications For Future Smoking Cessation Interventions, Dana A. Hazen, David M. Mannino, Richard Clayton

Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health Faculty Publications

Ada News - 12/08/2008, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Bullying Of Medical Students In Pakistan: A Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Survey., Syed Ahmer, Abdul Wahab Yousafzai, Naila Bhutto, Sumira Alam, Amanullah Khan Sarangzai, Arshad Iqbal

Department of Psychiatry

Daily Eastern News: December 08, 2008, Eastern Illinois University

December

Perceived Effectiveness Of Youth-Adult Partnerships On Enhancing Life Skill Development Through 4-H, Jeff Sallee, Charles Cox

Journal of Youth Development

Pacific Bell V. Linkline: Price Squeezing And The Limits Of Judicial Administrability, Sandeep Vaheesan

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar

The Bg News December 8, 2008, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

Does Shape Predict Performance? An Analysis Of Morphology And Swimming Performance In Great Basin Fishes, John R. Aedo

Theses and Dissertations

Faith And News: A Quantitative Study Of The Relationship Between Religiosity And Tv News Exposure, Raquel Marvez

Theses and Dissertations

Board Of Directors Meeting Minutes (December 8, 2008), Dmacc

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

Teaching Happiness: The Role Of Positive Psychology In The Classroom, Jennifer M. Gilpin

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 11, 12-08-2008, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

A Review Of Lorraine Daston And Peter Galison’S Objectivity, Tom Strong

The Qualitative Report

Indigenous And Emergent Methodologies: A Review Of Qualitative Urban Analysis: An International Perspective, Ronald J. Chenail

The Qualitative Report

The Chanticleer, 2008-12-07, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

Singularities Of Hinge Structures, Ciprian Borcea, Ileana Streinu

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

Optium Conditions For The Production Of Neutral Protease From Local Strain Aspergillus Niger Var Cabonarius, Essam F. Al-Jumaily, Khalid A. Habeb, Shaimaa E. Kadhum

Baghdad Science Journal

Evaluation Of Home-Mode Elisa System For Thedetection Of Antibodies Against Escherichia Coli O157:H7 Using Purified Lipopolysaccharide, Haitham A. Baqir, Ashwaq B. Al- Hashimi, Amina N Al-Thuwani

Baghdad Science Journal

Three Dimensional Mhd Simulationof Comet Hale-Bopp Tail, Salman Zaidan Khalaf, Ahmed Abdul-Razzaq Selman

Baghdad Science Journal

The Effect Of Doping Ratio Of Cu On The Structural Properties Of Cdse Films, E.M.N. Al-Fawad

Baghdad Science Journal

Measurements Of Radon-222 And Its Daughters Concentrations In Buildings Of Department Physics In College Of Sciences Of Baghdad University, Nesreen B. Naji

Baghdad Science Journal

Synthesis Of New Heterocyclic Compounds Derived From Anthrone And Evaluation Of Their Biological Activity, Nadia Adil Salih

Baghdad Science Journal

Spectrophotometric Micro Determination Of Drug Promethazine Hydrochloride In Some Pharmaceutical By Chelating With Rhodium, Ashraf.S. Al-Ayash, Fadhil Jasim, Thamer Zair

Baghdad Science Journal

Oscillation Of Nonlinear Differential Equations With Advanced Arguments, Hussain Ali Mohamad, Sada F. Mohammed, Awatif A. Hassan

Baghdad Science Journal

On Certain Sub-Space Of X, Mushtaq Shakir Al-Shaibani

Baghdad Science Journal

Some Results On Reduced Rings, Mehsin Jabel Atteya, Dalal Ibraheem Ressan

Baghdad Science Journal

Optimal Color Model For Information Hidingin Color Images, Ali Kadhim Mousa, Zainab Hussain Kadhim

Baghdad Science Journal