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Role For The Recbcd Recombination Pathway For Pile Gene Variation In Repair-Proficient Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, Rachel K. Baker Jan 2008

Role For The Recbcd Recombination Pathway For Pile Gene Variation In Repair-Proficient Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, Rachel K. Baker

Honors Capstones

The role of the RecBCD recombination pathway in PilE variation in Neisseria gonorrhoeae is debatable and dependent on the strain studied. In the MSI 1 strain, recB mutants were assessed for recombination/repair by assessing their ability to repair double-chain breaks. The MSI 1 recB mutants were found to be highly susceptible to these DNA double-chain break treatments and were severely impaired for growth; recB growth suppressor mutants arose at high frequencies. When the recombination/repair capacity of MSI 1 were compared to other strains (FA1090 and P9), innate difference were observed between each as FA1090 and P9 rec bacteria had pronounced …

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Confluent Education: Curriculum Developed To Create Connections For Students, Blythe Ariana Wilson Fuge Jan 2008

Confluent Education: Curriculum Developed To Create Connections For Students, Blythe Ariana Wilson Fuge

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to develop a confluent interdisciplinary unit for use by other teachers. Confluent education focuses on teaching the affective and cognitive domains in a seamless approach in which the education of both domains are part of the objectives in the lessons. Includes lesson plans.

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Depression Among The Elderly, Lynda Lee Omagari Jan 2008

Depression Among The Elderly, Lynda Lee Omagari

Theses Digitization Project

This study will examine depression among the elderly in an assisted living facility. The main problem in depression in the elderly is the lack of diagnosis and treatment. Left untreated it affects the elderly person's overall well-being and may eventually lead to their mortality.

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Is There A Male Victim?: Discursive Subjection In Representations Of Female-On-Male Childhood Sexual Abuse, James Ireland Ducat Jan 2008

Is There A Male Victim?: Discursive Subjection In Representations Of Female-On-Male Childhood Sexual Abuse, James Ireland Ducat

Theses Digitization Project

This thesis investigates established theoretical and embodied accounts of identities excluded within Western heteronormative society in order to seek out how those embodiments and theories may parallel what is contended that another impossible subject position -- the child male victim of adult female sexual violence.

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Dyslexia: A Struggling Reader's Journey Towards Literacy, Cynthia Jenina Spence Jan 2008

Dyslexia: A Struggling Reader's Journey Towards Literacy, Cynthia Jenina Spence

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this research paper is to investigate how dyslexia is currently being defined and debated by both the academic and scientific communities. Additionally, this thesis analyzes how dyslexia is presently being dealt with in the classroom and how this disability is represented in children's literature.

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Eugenic Discourse In The Work Of D.H. Lawrence, Christopher Lawrence Cotton Jan 2008

Eugenic Discourse In The Work Of D.H. Lawrence, Christopher Lawrence Cotton

Theses Digitization Project

Eugenic discourse is apparent in the work of many writers in the early 20th century, but is especially explicit in D.H. Lawrence's novel, Lady Chatterley's Lover, as well as his private letters. A close reading of these works illustrates Lawrence's attempts to grapple with his advocacy of eugenic.

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High School Lessons On Human Sprawl In The Inland Empire, Anieno Abasiofiok Ibekwe Jan 2008

High School Lessons On Human Sprawl In The Inland Empire, Anieno Abasiofiok Ibekwe

Theses Digitization Project

The aim of this project was to develop curriculum that educators could use to assist high school students (ages 14-17 years) in the Inland Empire of Southern California to apply critical thinking skills to understanding the negative effects of uncontrolled urban sprawl. The problems and issues which result from sprawl are emphasized in the learning activites.

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Acetylcholine Levels In The Prefrontal Cortex And Hippocampus During Trace And Delay Conditioning, Mary Melissa Flesher Jan 2008

Acetylcholine Levels In The Prefrontal Cortex And Hippocampus During Trace And Delay Conditioning, Mary Melissa Flesher

Theses Digitization Project

The goal of this experiment was to examine the pattern of ACh release in mPFC and HPC during performance in trace and delay appetitive conditioning.

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Foster Parent Perceptions Concerning Reasons For Continued Involvement As Care Providers In A Foster Family Agency, Stephanie Lynn Harper Jan 2008

Foster Parent Perceptions Concerning Reasons For Continued Involvement As Care Providers In A Foster Family Agency, Stephanie Lynn Harper

Theses Digitization Project

This study investigated foster parents' reasons for deciding to continue their careers as foster parents. The participants were obtained from Koinonia Foster Homes, San Bernardino office. In addition, an effort was made to determine what unmet needs foster parents had that had those needs been addressed by the agency might have encouraged them to continue fostering children.

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Extending The Solicitation Management System: User Interface Improvement And System Administration Support, Kun-Che Chen Jan 2008

Extending The Solicitation Management System: User Interface Improvement And System Administration Support, Kun-Che Chen

Theses Digitization Project

The main purpose of this project is to develop new functionalities for the Solicitation Management System (SMS) to support the Office of Technology Transfer and Commercialization (OTTC), California State University San Bernardino (CSUSB) and the Center for the Commercialization of Advanced Technology (CCAT), San Diego State University (SDSU) for the 2008 solicitation, which opened on 28 Jan 2008. SMS is a system built to facilitate the processing of grant proposal solicitations. The SMS was first built in 2004 and was primarily used by the OTTC, CSUSB for its solicitation activities. The new version of the SMS is more user friendly, …

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Foster Parent Satisfaction And Retention, Ruth Maria Albarran, Ranee Taechameena. Sahachartsiri Jan 2008

Foster Parent Satisfaction And Retention, Ruth Maria Albarran, Ranee Taechameena. Sahachartsiri

Theses Digitization Project

This study proposed to explore several factors that promote foster parent satisfaction in order to preserve quality foster homes to serve the 532,000 displaced children currently in the child welfare system. A sample of 52 foster parents were surveyed to determine overall satisfaction with their foster care experience at Children's Way Foster Family Agency in San Bernardino, California. It was hypothesized that the higher the level of foster parent satisfaction, the higher rates of retention. A modified version of an existing instrument titled "Foster Parent Satisfaction Survey" was utilized in this study.

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Proposed Activities For An Enrivonmental Education Summer Camp Program, Caitlin Joan Farr Jan 2008

Proposed Activities For An Enrivonmental Education Summer Camp Program, Caitlin Joan Farr

Theses Digitization Project

A proposal was developed for a one week, residential, summer camp program for children 12-15 years to explore the out doors in a safe and fun way and to give children a chance to learn about the environment using hands on lessons and activities. This one week program is planned for future possible implementation at Astrocamp, an outdoor education facility in Idyllwild, California.

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Long And Short-Term Effects Of Regime Change On Emerging And Established Markets, Joseph Edward Mayne Jan 2008

Long And Short-Term Effects Of Regime Change On Emerging And Established Markets, Joseph Edward Mayne

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this study was to examine a 149-day period surrounding the capture of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein on December 13th, 2003. Daily stock returns were obtained from ten major stock market indexes, five from emerging Middle Eastern countries and five from established markets such as the United States and Japan. The ultimate significance of this study is that it can provide insight into whether or not the change of regime in Iraq had a stabilizing or destabilizing impact on the emerging markets of Iraq. This can shed light on future political escalation of violent conflict and give …

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Efficacy Of Early Literacy Intervention Project For Early Literacy Development In Family Child Care Homes, Gloria Ruth Kinzler Jan 2008

Efficacy Of Early Literacy Intervention Project For Early Literacy Development In Family Child Care Homes, Gloria Ruth Kinzler

Theses Digitization Project

This project focused on the concept that family childcare providers who completed "Building Literacy Bridges" intervention project, which included interactive early literacy classes on phonological and print awareness, dialogic and shared reading skills, as well as providing a literacy rich environment, would implement those concepts into their daily care with children. Nine family childcare providers completed the four-hour per week, four-week intervention project.

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Role Of Parent Negative Affect As A Predictor Of Child Cardiovascular Reactivity And Child Internalizing Symptoms, Emily Anne Wear Jan 2008

Role Of Parent Negative Affect As A Predictor Of Child Cardiovascular Reactivity And Child Internalizing Symptoms, Emily Anne Wear

Theses Digitization Project

The goal of this study was to explore a psychophysiological model of negative parent-child interactions particularly with daughters which include child cardivovascular response and mental health outcomes.

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Simulating Spatial Partial Differential Equations With Cellular Automata, Brian Paul Strader Jan 2008

Simulating Spatial Partial Differential Equations With Cellular Automata, Brian Paul Strader

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to define the relationship and show how an important subset of spatial differential equations can be transformed into cellular automata. Contains source code.

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Lecturers’ Self Perception Of Change In Their Teaching Approaches: Reflections On A Qualitative Study, Roisin Donnelly Jan 2008

Lecturers’ Self Perception Of Change In Their Teaching Approaches: Reflections On A Qualitative Study, Roisin Donnelly

Journal Articles

Within the realm of teaching in higher education (HE), in this new millennium, there is currently no professional training requirement for teachers in Ireland; as a result the majority of teachers in Irish higher education do not have any teaching qualifications, and essentially are required to learn on the job, oftentimes relying on how they were taught themselves. However, there is growing recognition within the sector for the need for training for lecturers and other academic staff who have a teaching component to their work.

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Transformative Potential Of Constructivist Blended Problem-Based Learning In Higher Education, Roisin Donnelly Jan 2008

Transformative Potential Of Constructivist Blended Problem-Based Learning In Higher Education, Roisin Donnelly

Books/Book Chapters

This chapter critically explores the design and implementation of a blended problem-based learning (PBL) module for academic professional development in higher education. A core aspect of the chapter is the overview of the design framework used for the application and specific use of learning technologies in the PBL module. As it would appear that e-learning courses are often lauded on the basis of their constructivist approach to learning, but in reality sustained interstudent contact and discussion can be difficult, an underlying purpose of the chapter is to show how interactional analysis helps in understanding the potential of transformative pedagogy within …

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2008 Dairy Digest, South Dakota State University Dairy Club Jan 2008

2008 Dairy Digest, South Dakota State University Dairy Club

Dairy Digest

No abstract provided.

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Interaction Of Gramicidin S And Its Aromatic Amino-Acid Analog With Phospholipid Membranes, Masoud Jelokhani-Niaraki, Robert S. Hodges, Joseph E. Meissner, Una E. Hassenstein, Laura Wheaton Jan 2008

Interaction Of Gramicidin S And Its Aromatic Amino-Acid Analog With Phospholipid Membranes, Masoud Jelokhani-Niaraki, Robert S. Hodges, Joseph E. Meissner, Una E. Hassenstein, Laura Wheaton

Chemistry Faculty Publications

To investigate the mechanism of interaction of gramicidin S-like antimicrobial peptides with biological membranes, a series of five decameric cyclic cationic β-sheet-β-turn peptides with all possible combinations of aromatic D-amino acids, Cyclo(Val-Lys-Leu-D-Ar1-Pro-Val-Lys-Leu-D-Ar2-Pro) (Ar ≡ Phe, Tyr, Trp), were synthesized. Conformations of these cyclic peptides were comparable in aqueous solutions and lipid vesicles. Isothermal titration calorimetry measurements revealed entropy-driven binding of cyclic peptides to POPC and POPE/POPG lipid vesicles. Binding of peptides to both vesicle systems was endothermic—exceptions were peptides containing the Trp-Trp and Tyr-Trp pairs with exothermic binding to POPC vesicles. Application of one- and two-site …

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Physical Activity And Prostate Cancer Mortality In Puerto Rican Men, Carlos J. Crespo, Mario R. Garcia-Palmieri, Ellen Smit, I-Min Lee, Daniel Lee Mcgee, Paola Muti, Nayda R. Figueroa Valle, Farah A. Ramirez-Marrero, Jo L. Freudenheim, Paul Sorlie Jan 2008

Physical Activity And Prostate Cancer Mortality In Puerto Rican Men, Carlos J. Crespo, Mario R. Garcia-Palmieri, Ellen Smit, I-Min Lee, Daniel Lee Mcgee, Paola Muti, Nayda R. Figueroa Valle, Farah A. Ramirez-Marrero, Jo L. Freudenheim, Paul Sorlie

Community Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Studies on the association between physical activity and fatal prostate cancer have produced inconclusive results. The Puerto Rico Heart Health Program was a cohort study of a randomly selected sample of 9824 men age 35 to 79 years at baseline who were followed for mortality until 2002. Multiple examinations collected information on lifestyle, diet, body composition, exercise, urban-rural residence, and smoking habits. Physical activity status was measured using the Framingham Physical Activity Index, an assessment of occupational, leisure-time, and other physical activities measured as usual activity over the course of a 24-hour day. Physical activity was strati- fied into quartiles. …

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The Color Appearance Of Stimuli Detected Via Short-Wavelength-Sensitive Cones: Comparisons With Visual Adaptation And Visual Field Data For Peri- Or Post-Menopausal Women Under 70 Years Of Age, Alvin Eisner, Maureen D. Toomey Jan 2008

The Color Appearance Of Stimuli Detected Via Short-Wavelength-Sensitive Cones: Comparisons With Visual Adaptation And Visual Field Data For Peri- Or Post-Menopausal Women Under 70 Years Of Age, Alvin Eisner, Maureen D. Toomey

Community Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Dynamics of foveal light adaptation for vision mediated via short-wavelength-sensitive (SWS) cones were compared for two groups of healthy amenorrheic (peri- or post-menopausal) women not using hormonal medication. Each subject was assigned to a group based on the color name – “lavender” (~2/3 of all subjects) or "white" (~1/3 of all subjects) – chosen in a forced-response paradigm to best describe a threshold-level 440-nm test presented on a larger 3.6 log td 580-nm background that had been viewed for ~5 minutes. During the first 20–30 seconds after this 3.6 log td background abruptly replaced a much dimmer background, the threshold …

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Symbiotic Regulation, 26 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 207 (2008), Andrew Murray Jan 2008

Symbiotic Regulation, 26 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 207 (2008), Andrew Murray

UIC John Marshall Journal of Information Technology & Privacy Law

In this paper the author points out that complexity is at the heart of much of the work of today’s academia. The paper explains how the role of an academic researcher may be defined as studying and modelling complexity in an effort to make it accessible to a wider audience. This article models the complexity of regulatory relationships in communications networks and in particular the Internet. First, the article models the complexity of the regulatory environment. Next, it explains how regulators may harness the power of the network to achieve effective regulatory settlements by harnessing symbiotic regulation. Finally, it explains …

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Mothers' Perceptions Of Their Own And Their Spouses' Parenting Styles In Cultures Of Origin, Acculturating Culture, And Cultures Of Destination, Linda R. Cote, Marc H. Bornstein Jan 2008

Mothers' Perceptions Of Their Own And Their Spouses' Parenting Styles In Cultures Of Origin, Acculturating Culture, And Cultures Of Destination, Linda R. Cote, Marc H. Bornstein

Papers from the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology Conferences

No abstract provided.

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Tr-2008016: An Analysis Of Entries In The First Tac Market Design Competition, Jinzhong Niu, Kai Cai, Simon Parsons, Peter Mcburney Jan 2008

Tr-2008016: An Analysis Of Entries In The First Tac Market Design Competition, Jinzhong Niu, Kai Cai, Simon Parsons, Peter Mcburney

Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

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Judicial Evasion And Disingenuous Legislative Appeals To Science In The Abortion Controversy, Caitlin Borgmann Jan 2008

Judicial Evasion And Disingenuous Legislative Appeals To Science In The Abortion Controversy, Caitlin Borgmann

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

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Table Of Contents, Academy Editors Jan 2008

Table Of Contents, Academy Editors

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

No abstract provided.

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Ceo Abstracts, Ninth Biennial, State University Of New York College At Cortland Jan 2008

Ceo Abstracts, Ninth Biennial, State University Of New York College At Cortland

Recreation, Parks, & Leisure

Abstracts from the Coalition for Education in the Outdoors, 9th Biennial Research Symposium held at Indiana University’s Outdoor Center, Martinsville, Indiana, in 2008.

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Leisure Notes, Summer-Fall 2008, State University Of New York College At Cortland Jan 2008

Leisure Notes, Summer-Fall 2008, State University Of New York College At Cortland

Recreation, Parks, & Leisure

SUNY Cortland Department of Recreation, Parks, and Leisure Studies Alumni Newsletter.

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Tax Policy As A Lifeline: Encouraging Blood And Organ Donation Through Tax Credits, Joseph B. Clamon Jan 2008

Tax Policy As A Lifeline: Encouraging Blood And Organ Donation Through Tax Credits, Joseph B. Clamon

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

This article, the second concerning the organ donation crisis, proposes the use of tax policy to encourage blood and organ donation. After critiquing the ethical and logistical problems posed by other commercial and non-commercial solutions, the author demonstrates how tax credits can be used as an effective and ethical solution to address the shortage of donors. The author also offers two model statutes that provide guidance as to how a nonrefundable tax credit for blood and organ donation might operate in the tax code.

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