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Portugal Restructuring Of Banco Privado Português, Neelie Kroes

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C 33/2009 (ex NN 57/2009 ex CP 191/2009)

Portugal Restructuring Of Banco Privado Portugues, European Union: European Commission

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No abstract provided.

Kontihene, Bronx African American History Project

Oral Histories

Interviewee: Kontihene

Interviewer: Dr. Jane Edward, Kojo Ampa, Kareem Salifu, Dr. Mark Niason

Summarized by Sheina Ledesma

Kontihene is a Ghanaian Hip Hop musician who has lived in the Bronx since 2004. Kontihene describes his own music as being Afro-Pop or Hip-Life because it combines lively beats with traditional Ashanti folk music from Ghana. Kontihene grew up in Ghanaian town called Kumasi with his parents and two sisters. His love for music developed at a very young age. By age ten he was already writing poems and songs that discussed his family life. Encouraged and mentored by a local musician …

The Response Of The Eurosystem To The Financial Crisis, Josè Manuel Gonz¡Lez-P¡Ramo

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Speech describing the ECB's thinking behind its policy interventions to the GFC

Gmac Llc, Q3 2009: Form 10-Q, General Motors Acceptance Corporation (Gmac), Gmac Llc

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No abstract provided.

Developing Pre-Literacy Skills In Preschool Children: The Utilization Of Parents As A Vital Resource, Ashley N. Sundman

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the effects of a parent-implemented intervention on preschool children's development of letter-naming and phonological awareness skills. Six parent-child dyads with children enrolled in a Head Start Program in West Central Florida were selected to participate in the study. A multiple baseline across participants design was used to evaluate the impact of an intervention package that included activities focusing on: (1) using mnemonics to learn letter names and (2) developing phonological awareness of the onsets of words through parent questioning and feedback. Phonological awareness development was measured using the Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills First Sound …

Leading Change In Schools: Leadership Practices For A District Supported School-Based Reform Model, Monica C. Verra

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The reauthorization of the Individual with Disabilities Education Act of 2004 strongly encourages the use of a response-to-intervention (RtI) model to reduce the number of students identified as learning disabled, to increase student achievement, and to close learning gaps between subgroups of students. RtI is based on the systematic assessment of students' responses to high-quality research-based instruction and interventions. The implementation of a research-based school-specific intervention model, such as RtI, may result in significant change for schools and districts.

The purpose of this study was to describe perceptions of the level of change the implementation of RtI represents in a …

Characterization Of The Underwater Light Environment And Its Relevance To Seagrass Recovery And Sustainability In Tampa Bay, Florida, Christopher J. Anastasiou

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The availability of light is a primary limiting factor for seagrass recovery and sustainability. Understanding not only the quantity but the quality of light reaching the bottom is an important component to successful seagrass management and the key focus of this study. This study explores the spectral properties of the sub-surface light field in four shallow Seagrass Management Areas (SMA) in Tampa Bay. Wavelength-specific photosynthetically active radiation (PAR(λ)) and the spectral light attenuation coefficient (K_d(λ)) are used to estimate the percent blue, green, and red light remaining at the bottom relative to the surface. LIDAR Bathymetry is combined …

Latent Newspaper Functions During The Impact Phase Of Hurricane Katrina, Christina A. Brown

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Media is used by audiences for more than its simple role as information provider. Audiences have been found to use news providers output in a multitude of ways. It has been found that some audience members have used such output as a way to gain social capital that aids in the generation of feelings of social cohesion with their community. This has been found to be especially true during the impact phase of a natural disaster, such as a hurricane (Perez-Lugo, 2004). Unfortunately what news providers specifically articulate that might have this latent use by audiences has not been studied …

Computer Simulations Of Apomyoglobin Folding, Mariangela Dametto

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The differences between refolding mechanisms of sperm whale apomyoglobin subsequent to three different unfolding conditions have been examined by atomistic level computer simulations. The three unfolding conditions used in this work are high-temperature, low temperature and low pH. The folding of this protein has been extensively studied experimentally, providing a large data base of folding parameters which can be probed using simulations.

The crystal structure of sperm whale myoglobin was taken from Protein Data Bank, followed by the removal of the heme unit and a subsequent energy minimization was performed in order to generate the native apomyoblogin form. Thus, the …

Gender And Internal Migration In Wuhan, Hubei Province, China: Rural Hometowns, Factory Work, And Urban Experiences, Milena Urszula Janiec-Grygo

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis focuses on gender and scale as key aspects of the rural-to-urban migration process in China. Its specific aim is to connect economic and social reasons for rural women's migration towards urban factory work. Contemporary large-scale migration studies show inconsistencies and contradictions concerning reasons for migration, especially as it relates to gender. Thus, migration research often emphasizes the positive social changes experienced by women workers, in effect signaling that the most important needs of women migrants can be satisfied without economic gains. In contrast, the proposed study seeks to show that social and economic reasons intertwine within women's experiences …

Rhetorics Of Fear, Deployment Of Identity, And Metal Music Cultures, Gregory Vance Smith

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to analyze the rhetorics of fear operating in public discourses surrounding metal music. This analysis focuses on how the public rhetorics deploy identity on listener populations through both the mediation and legislation of identities. Specifically, this mediation takes place using both symbols of fear and arguments constructed on potential threats. Texts for analysis in this study include film and television documentaries, newspaper articles, book-length critiques of and scholarship on heavy metal, and transcripts from the U.S. Senate Hearings on Record Labeling.

"Heavy metal" and "metal music" are labels that categorize diverse styles of music. …

New Trends In Medicalization, J A. Barros

English

Objectives: To analyze the impact of promotional strategies aimed at the consumption of medicines within the practices of both health professionals and consumers.

Intraspecific Phylogeography Of Cycladenia Humilis (Apocynaceae), Mariana P. Last

Theses and Dissertations

Cycladenia humilis (Apocynaceae) is a rare perennial herb native to western North America and has a fragmented distribution in California, Utah, and Arizona. Populations in Utah and Arizona are federally listed as threatened, while there is no conservation status applied to California populations. Using genetic (three chloroplast and two nuclear DNA loci) and morphological characters, intraspecific variation between populations of C. humilis and current taxonomic conventions were assessed. Nested Clade Phylogeographic Analysis and Bayesian phylogenies were used to assess patterns within C. humilis and supported three main population groupings: a northern California, southern California, and Colorado Plateau group. The northern …

Lantern's Diary, Wei Zhong Tan

Theses and Dissertations

My MFA project titled, “Lantern's Diary” is a synergy of colors, tactile experiences, and reflections on change. The artwork is based on cultural influences. The physical form of the lantern is a metaphor of culture identity—in Eastern culture, paper has been used in architecture, furniture, clothing, funerals, writing materials, and lanterns. Its function as a material is to fulfill the necessity of daily life and ceremonial rituals. Hence, paper plays an important role in the Eastern society. The color spectrum representing “Change” corresponds with the western system of color organization. The gallery space plays a spatial aesthetic role in …

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

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An Autoethnographic Account: A Description Of Nine Young Children's Literacy Learning Experiences In A Summer Camp, Melinda G. Adams

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

My research assistant and I employed participant observation to study graduate tutors and children in a literacy camp setting. Research questions were: What types of literacy instruction do nine children receive from graduate education major tutors in a community of interest summer literacy camp? How do nine children respond to literacy instruction they receive from graduate education tutors in a summer literacy camp? We collected data once a week for six weeks. We observed and took notes to determine what instruction graduate tutors offered and how children responded. I used autoethnographic methods to reflect on my former teaching practices. Ellis …

Developing Natural Gas Cost Escalation Rates For The Associated Gas Distributors Of Florida, Florida Solar Energy Center, Richard Raustad

FSEC Energy Research Center®

The Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) created a spreadsheet tool used to calculate the fuel escalation rates for electricity and natural gas for the previous 5-year and 10-year periods. These escalation rates are calculated at the local, State, and national level for both residential and commercial customers. The previous 5-year and 10-year general inflation rate as determined by the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics consumer price index are also included. These calculations are made in accordance with rules established by the Florida Building Commission pursuant to rule 9B-13.0071, Cost Effectiveness of Amendments to Energy Code.

Politicization Of Health Care And The Health Care Work Process: Knowing How To Give Better Health Care, To Treat To Confront, To Treat For Emancipation, M R. Pires

English

Objectives: To indicate the applicability of the politicization of care on the job process of health professionals, emphasizing their emancipatory abilities.

Politics And Reforms In Health Systems In Latin America, C Tetelboin

English

Objectives: To identify the influence of global economic policies in the reform of health systems and social security in Latin America through the review of Chile and Brazil case studies.

Aysemmetry In Internacional Relations, Industrial Property And Antiretroviral Medication For Hiv/Aids, M H. Costa-Couto, A C. Nascimento

English

Objectives: To analyze the asymmetry of international relations between the U.S. and Brazil with respect to the recognition of industrial property and technological innovations in the pharmaceutical industry.

Sexuality, Bodily Experiences And Gender: An Ethnographic Study Among People Living With Hiv In The Metropolitan Area Of Buenos Aires, Argentina, M Grimberg

English

Objectives: To discuss both security and protection approaches related to sexual behavior before HIV emerged as a social problem, as well as to discuss the categories of "social construction" and "hegemony" under the imperative of inquiring into gender inequalities.

Health Reform In Brazil: The Victory Over The Neoliberal Model, A Cohn

English

Objectives: To describe the health system reform in Brazil in the mid-1970s, and to understand its main challenges.

Work And Public Health: The Point Of View Of The Activity And Gender Relations, J Brito

English

Objectives: To discuss the concept of work applied to the public health field and its use in the analysis of gender relations.

Euthanasia And The Paradoxes Of Autonomy, R Siqueira, F Schramm

English

Objectives: To investigate the origin of the concept of "autonomy" in the Greek and Christian traditions and to describe some of the paradoxes in the contemporary application of euthanasia.

The Crisis Of Domination In The System Of Public Health, A Ayala

English

Objectives: To examine the weaknesses of the mechanisms of domination/control of public health institutions in Brazil over their workers and the population as much as to describe their forms of coercion.

Social Change And Health Policy In Venezuela, C Alvarado, M Martínez, S Vivas, N Gutiérrez, W Metzger

English

Objectives: To review the social change that occurred in Venezuela in 1990 and to identify the emergence of a new health policy.

Francisca Praguer Fróes: Medicine, Gender And Power In The Trajectory Of A Doctor In Bahía (1872-1931), E Rago

English

Objectives: To describe the career and contributions of Francisca Praguer Fróes to the study of medicine, gender and power in Brazil.

Rethinking Holistically The Risk Of The Urban Home On Health: An Analysis From The Focus Of The Socio-Demographic Vulnerability, M Rojas, N Meichtry, M Ciuffolini, J Vázquez, J Castillo

English

Objectives: To describe the approach for determining health risks of poor urban housing and to characterize the holistic conception as an option to analyze socio-demographic vulnerability using concepts such as social, human and physical capital, and the structure of opportunities.

Gender, Reproductive Health, And Daily Life In An Experience Of Action-Research With Youth Of Maré, Rio De Janeiro, R Barbosa, K Giffin

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Objectives: To analyze the results of applying action-research techniques on issues such as gender, sexuality and reproductive health in groups of young men and women.