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Finish-A-Rhyme-Story: A Rhyme Cloze Assessment For Preschool Children, Kimberly Jeanne Condie

Theses and Dissertations

Educators need measurement tools to determine phonological awareness in young children. This study investigated the appropriateness of rhyme cloze tasks, referred to as Finish-a-Rhyme-Story items, which were designed to measure preschool and kindergarten children's early rhyme development. The rhyme cloze tasks required children to verbally complete a sentence by filling in a final rhyming word that matched a rhyme pattern highlighted in a short story that was read aloud to them. The task required rhyme awareness as well as comprehension of the language in the story. Twenty-four items were individually administered to preschool (n = 207) and kindergarten (n = …

Eu-China Relations On Climate Change Policies And The Role Of Bilateral Cooperation For A Global Climate Change Regime, Astrid Carrapatoso

Conference on China and Global Climate Change : Reconciling International Fairness and Protection of the Atmospheric Commons

What must the European Union do to make China commit to binding regulations on greenhouse gases? China has been one of the major veto players with regard to binding rules on carbon emissions in context of the Kyoto Protocol and the negotiations of a Post-Kyoto arrangement. And yet, China is one of the largest polluters in this respect. Because of its economic growth rates, emissions are likely to rise in the future. It is therefore necessary to find viable solutions that encourage China to limit and finally reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In contrast, the EU has internationally showed leadership in …

China, The United States And Global Warming : A Planetary Prisoners’ Dilemma, Philip S. Golub, Jean-Paul Maréchal

Conference on China and Global Climate Change : Reconciling International Fairness and Protection of the Atmospheric Commons

The paper examines some key economic dimensions and the international relations implications of the last question posed in the call for papers: “Given that China and the United States are the largest national sources of gas pollution, albeit with very different capabilities and historical responsibilities, how might they work together to protect the atmospheric commons?”

Emerging Opportunities For Responding To Climate Change In The Obama Administration : Why China Should Propel Developing Countries Towards Global Carbon Reduction Cooperation, Richard Ingwe, S. P. I. Agi, James Okoro

Conference on China and Global Climate Change : Reconciling International Fairness and Protection of the Atmospheric Commons

The use of diplomatic brinkmanship by the USA and her more recent uncooperativeness with global response to the climate crisis (Kyoto Protocol) under the presidencies of George W. Bush and Bill J. Clinton has led to fears in quarters that China, a rapidly industrialising country might opt to become uncooperative in the global climate change efforts. We use suitable conceptual frameworks of international relations to review the US’ previous conduct in international relations during the “cold war” among others to analyse recent issues pertaining to global carbon reduction under the Kyoto Protocol. We argue that China’s rising profile in economic, …

Wto Law As Leverage : An Inquiry Into The Dynamics Of Climate Negotiations Between China And The United States, Dan Partan

Conference on China and Global Climate Change : Reconciling International Fairness and Protection of the Atmospheric Commons

Current U.S. “cap & trade” federal legislative proposals seek to maintain competitiveness of U.S. industry by requiring certain importers to obtain greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions permits equivalent to the permits required from U.S. producers. Currently neither U.S. nor Chinese producers are subject to such a rule. If China does not adopt what the U.S. views as a “comparable” GHG emissions permit system, it is widely expected that the U.S. Congress will require GHG emissions permit for imports. It is also widely expected that China will challenge U.S. a GHG emissions permit requirement applied to Chinese exports as in violation of …

The Non-Cooperator Pays Principle : Pragmatic Norms And The Us-China Mitigation Standoff, Jonathan Symons

Conference on China and Global Climate Change : Reconciling International Fairness and Protection of the Atmospheric Commons

If the US and EU agree to stringent emission targets in a post-Kyoto successor agreement but China does not, would carbon tariffs on Chinese imports be justified? A dominant view of climate justice affirms the 'polluter pays principle' as the most appropriate distributive principle for allocating the costs of mitigating climate change and asserts that carbon tariffs on developing world imports are unjust. Against this widely accepted standard of justice this paper defends the appropriateness of more pragmatic climate norms. In particular the paper defends a forward-looking 'non-cooperator pays' principle which states that under the condition of anarchy, actors negotiating …

The Murray Ledger And Times, June 18, 2009, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

How Does Playful Active Learning Motivate Students To Write And Affect Performance In Writing?, Allison N. Williams

Theses and Dissertations

This study examines students' writing and how educators can motivate students to write. The problem that this study attempts to examine is the effect that motivation has on student writing. This study used teaching methods that incorporate active learning and guided play into the curriculum. Over the course of a three- week period, a classroom of fourth graders was examined to determine if they could be motivated to write. Surveys, a focus group, in class lessons, and a writing journal were used within this study. At the conclusion of the study, it was determined that playful active learning can be …

Using Literature And Role-Playing To Teach Social Skills To Students In Self-Contained Classrooms, Lauren M. Massa

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore the role of educators in teach social skills to self-contained students. Bibliotherapy, which utilizes books to help people solve their problems and role-playing were the two methods used to teach social skills. For this study, five data collection instruments were utilized: audio taped class discussions, video recordings of role-playing sessions, a teacher research journal, an instructional unit, and student projects and artifacts. For the sake of privacy and confidentiality, the names of people and places were altered. The qualitative research study was conducted in a Kindergarten self-contained classroom, located in …

Effective Strategies For Creating Socially Developing And Accepting Inclusion Classrooms, Kristin Bishop

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate and determine the most effective strategies for creating a socially developing and accepting inclusion classroom. The study was conducted as teacher research and uses both quantitative and qualitative research methods. The population used in the study was that of a first grade inclusion classroom. All students who were given parental consent participated. A classroom observation rubric, student surveys, and student interviews were completed pre-implementation. Strategies for creating a socially developing and accepting inclusion classroom were implemented; reading pertinent literature, discussions, and lunch conversations. During this time student artifacts were collected. After the …

Elementary School Students And Homework: A Study Of Best Practices, Michelle F. Brown

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to analyze fourth grade teachers' policies and opinions about homework in a southern New Jersey school and compare these findings with previously completed studies done by other researchers throughout the country. Through the methods of various surveys and discussions, five fourth-grade teachers, nineteen students, and sixteen parents were involved in this study. The researcher, who was student teaching in one of the fourth grade classrooms in this school where the majority of investigation took place, also kept a journal of observations relating to homework. The researcher found that although most students were spending an …

Review Of The Millipede Genus Eutrichodesmussilvestri, 1910 (Diplopoda, Polydesmida, Haplodesmidae), With Descriptions Of New Species, Sergei I. Golovatch, Jean-Jacques Geoffroy, Jean-Paul Mauries

KIP Articles

Eutrichodesmus, the largest genus in the Oriental family Haplodesmidae, is reviewed, redefined and shown to encompass 24 recognizable species, all keyed, including the following nine new species: E. regularis sp. n., E. aster sp. n., E. filisetiger sp. n., E. curticornis sp. n., E. asteroides sp. n. and E. griseus sp. n. from Vietnam, E. distinctus sp. n. from China, E. multilobatus sp. n. from Laos, and E. reductus sp. n. from Sulawesi, Indonesia. This genus is slightly redefined as follows: Gonopod coxae usually abundantly setose ventrolaterally; telopodite usually slender, not enlarged towards end of femorite, but typically with a …

The Weekly Challenger, June 18, 2009, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The June 18, 2009, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Invertebrate Expertise

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: June 18, 2009, Eastern Illinois University

June

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Central Florida Future, Vol. 41 No. 53, June 18, 2009

Central Florida Future

Student injured in apartment oil fire; Uncover Thursdays; Bust a move; Plus: Now boarding bandwagon fans; Pour out your heart, not your wallet; Professor receives $400K for study; Film class portrays Hurston's influence; Students travel to help children.

Shootin Up The Past: Terministic Frontiers In Angle Of Repose And High Noon, James C. Dalrymple

Theses and Dissertations

The West has long been an important geographic and symbolic space for the United States. In the 19th and 20th centuries that space became the subject of numerous popular works of fiction, first in print and later in the cinema. These texts eventually formed a specialized genre, the Western, which had its own conventions, styles, and themes. Wallace Stegner's Angle of Repose and Fred Zinnemann's High Noon, both seminal western texts from the mid-twentieth century, seek to reinterpret those conventions. While the Western is often characterized as a genre of violent masculinity and rugged individualism, these two texts employ conventional …

Investigating The Response Of Oligodendrocyte Progenitor Cells To The Cuprizone Model Of Demyelination, David Moffatt

Theses and Dissertations

Multiple sclerosis and other myelin diseases affect the quality of life many people. In the United States alone, multiple sclerosis afflicts as many as 400,000 individuals. Myelin, which is attacked by multiple sclerosis, plays a critical role in maintaining the healthy function of the adult nervous system. There are many model systems that study myelin and its formation and loss. Our lab investigates the cuprizone model of demyelination and remyelination. The cuprizone model is commonly believed only to affect adult oligodendrocytes, which it kills. The current study investigates whether other cells in the oligodendrocyte line, such as oligodendrocyte progenitor cells, …

June 18, 2009, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Hibernation-Like State Induced By An Opioid Peptide Protects Against Experimental Stroke, Cesar V. Borlongan, Teruo Hayashi, Peter R. Oeltgen, Tsung-Ping Su, Yun Wang

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Delta opioid peptide [D-ala2,D-leU5]enkephalin (DADLE) induces hibernation in summer ground squirrels, and enhances preservation and survival of isolated or transplanted lungs and hearts. In the present study, we investigated the protective effect of DADLE in the central nervous system.

RESULTS: Adult Sprague-Dawley rats were pretreated with DADLE (4 mg/kg every 2 h x 4 injections, i.p.) or saline prior to unilateral occlusion of the middle cerebral artery (MCA). Daily behavioral tests revealed that ischemic animals treated with DADLE did not show any significant behavioral dysfunctions compared with saline-treated ischemic animals. Opioid antagonists only transiently inhibited the protective effect of …

Robots Without Faces: Non-Verbal Social Human-Robot Interaction, Cindy L. Bethel

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Non-facial and non-verbal methods of affective expression are essential for naturalistic social interaction in robots that are designed to be functional and lack expressive faces (appearance-constrained)such as those used in search and rescue, law enforcement, and military applications. This research identifies five main methods of non-facial and non-verbal affective expression (body movement, posture, orientation, color, and sound). From the psychology, computer science, and robotics literature a set of prescriptive recommendations was distilled for the appropriate non-facial and non-verbal affective expression methods for each of three proximity zones of interest(intimate: contact - 0.46 m, personal: 0.46 - 1.22 m, and social: …

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, June 17, 2009, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

June

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Natural Resource News, Vol. 09, No. 1 (June 2009), N/A N/A

Natural Resource News

No abstract provided.

Health Effects Of Indoor-Air Benzene In Anchorage Residences: A Study Of Indoor-Air Quality In Houses With Attached Garages, Mary Ellen Gordian, Rosyland Frazier, Alexandra Hill, Irma Schreiner, Darla Siver, Alistair Stewart, Steve Morris

ISER Reports

Benzene is a known carcinogen. It affects white blood cells; it causes leukemia and aplastic anemia. It may also affect the immune system which is dependent on white blood cells.1 It has been removed from all household products, but it is still present in gasoline. Alaskan gasoline is particularly high in benzene (>5%). Gasoline refined in Alaska has high concentrations of benzene and other the aromatic compounds as much as 50% aromatics by volume. Leaving the aromatics in the gasoline helps cars start in the cold, but it also puts high concentrations of benzene in both the ambient and …

Reactive Oxygen Species Mediate Tnfr1 Increase After Trpv1 Activation In Mouse Drg Neurons, Fei Ma, Liping Zhang, Karin N. Westlund

Physiology Faculty Publications

Background: Transient receptor potential vanilloid subtype 1 (TRPV1) is activated by low pH/protons and is well known to be involved in hyperalgesia during inflammation. Tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), a proinflammatory cytokine, is involved in nociceptive responses causing hyperalgesia through TNF receptor type 1 (TNFR1) activation. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) production is also prominently increased in inflamed tissue. The present study investigated TNFR1 receptors in primary cultured mouse dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons after TRPV1 activation and the involvement of ROS. C57BL/6 mice, both TRPV1 knockout and wild type, were used for immunofluorescent and live cell imaging. The L4 and …

June 17, 2009, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Direct Intra-Tumoral Injection Of Zinc-Acetate Halts Tumor Growth In A Xenograft Model Of Prostate Cancer, Maulik R. Shah, Christopher L. Kriedt, Nathan H. Lents, Mary K. Hoyer, Nimah Jamaluddin, Claudette Klein, Joseph Baldassare

Publications and Research

Intracellular levels of zinc have shown a strong inverse correlation to growth and malignancy of prostate cancer. To date, studies of zinc supplementation in prostate cancer have been equivocal and have not accounted for bioavailability of zinc. Therefore, we hypothesized that direct intra-tumoral injection of zinc could impact prostate cancer growth. In this study, we evaluated the cytotoxic properties of the pH neutral salt zinc acetate on the prostate cancer cell lines PC3, DU145 and LNCaP. Zinc acetate killed prostate cancer cell lines in vitro, independent of androgen sensitivity, in a dose-dependent manner in a range between 200 and 600 …

Knowledge, Attitudes And Practices Survey On Organ Donation Among A Selected Adult Population Of Pakistan, Taimur Saleem, Sidra Ishaque, Nida Habib, Syedda Saadia Hussain, Areeba Jawed, Aamir Ali Khan, Muhammad Imran Ahmad, Mian Omer Iftikhar, Hamza Pervez Mughal, Imtiaz Jehan

Medical College Documents

Background: To determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding organ donation in a selected adult population in Pakistan. Methods: Convenience sampling was used to generate a sample of 440, 408 interviews were successfully completed and used for analysis. Data collection was carried out via a face to face interview based on a pre-tested questionnaire in selected public areas of Karachi, Pakistan. Data was analyzed using SPSS v. 15 and associations were tested using the Pearson's Chi square test. Multiple logistic regression was used to find independent predictors of knowledge status and motivation of organ donation. Results: Knowledge about organ donation …

Aldebaran: Vol. 5, Issue 2

Aldebaran

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Aldebaran: Vol. 5, Issue 1

Aldebaran

No abstract provided.