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The American Tradition In Literature - Twelfth Edition, Concise, George Perkins, Barbara Perkins, James Phelan, Elizabeth Renker Jan 2009

The American Tradition In Literature - Twelfth Edition, Concise, George Perkins, Barbara Perkins, James Phelan, Elizabeth Renker

Covers, Titles, and Tables: The Formations of American Literary Canons in Anthologies - Archive

Contains Title Page, Table of Contents, Preface, Bibliography, Index


Early Post-Fire Plant Establishment On A Mojave Desert Burn, Scott R. Abella, E. Cayenne Engel, Christina L. Lund, Jessica E. Spencer Jan 2009

Early Post-Fire Plant Establishment On A Mojave Desert Burn, Scott R. Abella, E. Cayenne Engel, Christina L. Lund, Jessica E. Spencer

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Research

Fire has become more extensive in recent decades in southwestern United States arid lands. Burned areas pose management challenges and opportunities, and increasing our understanding of post-fire plant colonization may assist management decision-making. We examined plant communities, soils, and soil seed banks two years after the 2005 Loop Fire, located in a creosote-blackbrush community in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area in southern Nevada’s Mojave Desert. Based on a spring sampling of 20, 0.01-ha plots, live + dead cover of the exotic annual Bromus rubens averaged nine times lower on the burn than on a paired unburned area. Perennial species …


Las Vegas: The Perils Of Deception Fueled Growth, William J. Smith, Ahmad Safi Jan 2009

Las Vegas: The Perils Of Deception Fueled Growth, William J. Smith, Ahmad Safi

Public Policy and Leadership Faculty Research

There are two types of deception – the deception of others and self-deception. Las Vegas thrives on both. Many would be aware of the importance of the first type of deception for the health of the Las Vegas economy, as they would for Macau, Monte Carlo, etc. Without the symbol of wealth to achieve elite global tourism status, and the ‘moth to the flame’ illusion of the likelihood of visitors to get ‘lucky’ and win great wealth, there would be no Las Vegas as it is known today. There is no other major reason to come to the city. There …


Race And Terror In Joseph Baldwin's The Flush Times Of Alabama And Mississippi (1853), Michael H. Hoffheimer Jan 2009

Race And Terror In Joseph Baldwin's The Flush Times Of Alabama And Mississippi (1853), Michael H. Hoffheimer

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.


Irresistable Children’S Literature: The Benefits Of Integrating Newbery Award Books Into The Curriculum, Rebekah E. Ricksecker Jan 2009

Irresistable Children’S Literature: The Benefits Of Integrating Newbery Award Books Into The Curriculum, Rebekah E. Ricksecker

Senior Honors Theses

Reading is the most fundamental skill taught in school. Many schools rely heavily on textbooks and basal readers to teach reading skills. Research, however, shows that exposing students to outside literature is more likely to promote a love of reading that will last for a lifetime. Books that have won the Newbery Medal, which is given to “the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children” (Association, 2004, p. 3), can and should be integrated into the elementary and middle school curriculum. Given since 1922, Newbery Award books provide a variety of themes and thought-provoking topics appropriate for classroom use. …


Dietary Patterns And Colon Cancer Risk In Whites And African Americans In The North Carolina Colon Cancer Study, Jessie A. Satia, Marilyn Tseng, Joseph A. Galanko, Christopher Martin, Robert S. Sandler Jan 2009

Dietary Patterns And Colon Cancer Risk In Whites And African Americans In The North Carolina Colon Cancer Study, Jessie A. Satia, Marilyn Tseng, Joseph A. Galanko, Christopher Martin, Robert S. Sandler

Kinesiology and Public Health

We examined associations of dietary patterns with colon cancer risk in African Americans and Whites from a case-control study in North Carolina. Incident colon cancer cases, 40 to 80 yr (n = 636), and matched controls (n = 1,042) were interviewed in person to elicit information on potential colon cancer risk factors. A validated food frequency questionnaire adapted to include regional foods captured diet over the year prior to diagnosis (cases) or interview date (controls). Three meaningful intake patterns were identified in both Whites and African Americans: “Western-Southern,” “fruit-vegetable,” and “metropolitan.” Compared to the Western-Southern pattern, the fruit-vegetable and metropolitan …


Shunt Failure In Children With Hydrocephalus: Impact Of Sociodemographic Predictors On Time To Medical Evaluation For Shunt Failure And The Economic Burden Associated With Shunt Failure, Chevis Nacole Shannon Jan 2009

Shunt Failure In Children With Hydrocephalus: Impact Of Sociodemographic Predictors On Time To Medical Evaluation For Shunt Failure And The Economic Burden Associated With Shunt Failure, Chevis Nacole Shannon

All ETDs from UAB

Ventriculo-peritoneal shunts continue to be the standard surgical procedure for treating children diagnosed with hydrocephalus, regardless of etiology. The failure of these shunts can cause acute medical problems for the child requiring immediate medical care. It is known that hydrocephalus directly impacts a child's health status, educational abilities, developmental opportunities and emotional well being. An important gap in the current literature is the examination in a homogenous patient population of the impact of sociodemographic factors on the management of shunt failure and the economic burden on the family. The objective of this dissertation research study was to better understand shunt …


Defining Time In Black And White: A Study Of Four Issues Of Time Magazine, Their Coverage Of Africa, And Their Use Of Philanthropic Language, Lesley E. Jones Jan 2009

Defining Time In Black And White: A Study Of Four Issues Of Time Magazine, Their Coverage Of Africa, And Their Use Of Philanthropic Language, Lesley E. Jones

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Cold Stone, White Lily, Anne Markham Bailey Jan 2009

Cold Stone, White Lily, Anne Markham Bailey

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.


Intracellular Trafficking Of The Hantaviral Nucleocapsid Protein And Its Function In Modulation Of Immune Signaling, Steven Joe Ontiveros Jan 2009

Intracellular Trafficking Of The Hantaviral Nucleocapsid Protein And Its Function In Modulation Of Immune Signaling, Steven Joe Ontiveros

All ETDs from UAB

Old World and New World hantaviruses, family Bunyaviridae, mature intracellularly within cellular compartments. Although it is generally accepted they assemble and bud in the Golgi apparatus the site remains controversial for New World hantaviruses, because some studies have raised the possibility of their maturation at the plasma membrane. Furthermore, the site of assembly hantaviruses still remains undetermined. The nucleocapsid (N) protein has been proposed to play a key role in facilitating assembly. To gain insight into the assembly pathways of Old World hantaviruses, we examine the intracellular trafficking of the Hantaan (HTN) virus N protein. We show progressive redistribution of …


The Cultural Worldview Of Allopthic And Naturopathic Physicians, Cullen Clark Jan 2009

The Cultural Worldview Of Allopthic And Naturopathic Physicians, Cullen Clark

All ETDs from UAB

Worldview is the socio-cultural compass with which we navigate the existential mysteries of life. It is our way of seeing – and being in – the world. As such it influences every aspect of culture from art to medicine. This exploratory study uses a sequential design combining quantitative and qualitative methodology to explore the worldview of allopathic and naturopathic physicians. Using survey research, the study identifies five basic components of competing worldviews among allopathic (n = 550) and naturopathic physicians (n = 399). It measures agreement among the two groups with these components and explores their influence upon support for …


Impact Of Health Care Coverage And Other Socio-Demographic Variables On The Follow-Up Of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Colombian Women, Isabel Cristina Garces-Palacio Jan 2009

Impact Of Health Care Coverage And Other Socio-Demographic Variables On The Follow-Up Of Cervical Cancer Screening Among Colombian Women, Isabel Cristina Garces-Palacio

All ETDs from UAB

In Colombia, cervical cancer is the most common cancer among women with incidence (36.4/100,000) and mortality rates (18/100,000) much higher than those of the U.S. (7.7 and 2.3 respectively). About 70% of the Colombian population has health care coverage (HCC) through the subsidized regime (SR) which serves the poorest persons and the contributory regime (CR) which serves the working population. Our goal was to determine the role that HCC plays in cervical cancer screening follow-up among Colombian women. A population-based cross-sectional study of 24,717 women between the ages of 18 and 49, using the 2005 Demographic and Health Survey was …


Civil Procedure - Effects Of The "Effects Test": Problems Of Personal Jurisdiction And The Internet: Dudnikov V. Chalk & (And) Vermilion Fine Arts, Inc., 514 F.3d 1063 (10th Cir. 2008), Teresa J. Cassidy Jan 2009

Civil Procedure - Effects Of The "Effects Test": Problems Of Personal Jurisdiction And The Internet: Dudnikov V. Chalk & (And) Vermilion Fine Arts, Inc., 514 F.3d 1063 (10th Cir. 2008), Teresa J. Cassidy

Wyoming Law Review

No abstract provided.


“He Would Kill Me With His Penis”: Genocidal Rape In Rwanda As A State Crime, Christopher W. Mullins Jan 2009

“He Would Kill Me With His Penis”: Genocidal Rape In Rwanda As A State Crime, Christopher W. Mullins

Articles

Only recently have critical criminologists begun a systematic exploration of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity as state crimes (Kramer and Michalowski 2005; Mullins and Rothe 2008; Haveman and Smeulers 2008). This paper contributes to that growing literature through examining the nature and dynamics of sexual violence as it occurred during the 1994 Rwandan genocide. It draws upon empirical examination of events depicted in transcripts of trials held before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. It qualitatively examines the role of leaders in producing mass sexual assaults. It explores how sexual mutilations were more intense expressions of what the …


2009-2010 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Graduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale Jan 2009

2009-2010 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Graduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

No abstract provided.


2009-2010 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Undergraduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale Jan 2009

2009-2010 Southern Illinois University Bulletin Carbondale Campus (Undergraduate Catalog), Southern Illinois University Carbondale

SIU Bulletins and Course Catalogs Archives

No abstract provided.


Featuring Historical Textbooks To Build Knowledge Of University History, Bette Rathe, Kay E. Lowell Jan 2009

Featuring Historical Textbooks To Build Knowledge Of University History, Bette Rathe, Kay E. Lowell

University Libraries Publications

Undergraduate students at a teacher education institution, the University of Northern Colorado, are the target audience for an exhibit of a reading series from the Libraries’ Archival Services collections. The display highlights an important era in the university’s history involving four faculty members: Paul McKee, M. Lucile Harrison, Annie McCowen, and Elizabeth Lehr. These professors developed an innovative approach to early reading instruction that was incorporated into their reading textbook series during a time of uniformity in reading textbooks. The rationale for the display was based on research about the Reading for Meaning series discussed in this article.


Publius For All Of Us, Brannon P. Denning Jan 2009

Publius For All Of Us, Brannon P. Denning

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

Book Review of The Story of the Federalist: How Hamilton and Madison Reconceived America. By Dan T. Coenen. Twelve Tables Press. 2007. Pp. xi+ 406. Reviewed by: Brannon P. Denning


Public Spaces In Bogotá: An Introduction, Nancy Rhinehart Jan 2009

Public Spaces In Bogotá: An Introduction, Nancy Rhinehart

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


Law, Extralegality, And Space: Legal Pluralism Ad Landscape From Colombia To Puerto Rico, Érika Fontánez Torres Jan 2009

Law, Extralegality, And Space: Legal Pluralism Ad Landscape From Colombia To Puerto Rico, Érika Fontánez Torres

University of Miami Inter-American Law Review

No abstract provided.


School Of Renewable Natural Resources Newsletter, Fall 2009, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College Jan 2009

School Of Renewable Natural Resources Newsletter, Fall 2009, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

Research Matters & RNR Newsletters

The annual newsletter from the School of Renewable Natural Resources was a publication which aimed to update and entertain interested readers with the news and research from RNR faculty, students and staff.


From Cartographic To Topographic Representations Of The Sea, Jean-Paul Forster Jan 2009

From Cartographic To Topographic Representations Of The Sea, Jean-Paul Forster

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

No abstract provided.


Book Reviews Jan 2009

Book Reviews

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

No abstract provided.


Why The Hubbub About Habeas?: A Post-Mortem On A Failed Policy, Joseph Margulies Jan 2009

Why The Hubbub About Habeas?: A Post-Mortem On A Failed Policy, Joseph Margulies

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.


Nebraska Anthropologist Volume 24 : 2009 Table Of Contents Jan 2009

Nebraska Anthropologist Volume 24 : 2009 Table Of Contents

Nebraska Anthropologist

The Expansion of Class Concepts and the Colorado Coal Field War Project (David M. Amrine)

A Preliminary Survey of Lesser-Known Polyandrous Societies (Katie E. Starkweather)

"This Countries Ladies": Gender Negotiations at the Northwest Company, Grand Portage (Andrew E. LaBounty)

Utopian and Communal Societies: The Importance of Institutionalized Awe Through Ideology (Matthew H. Brittingham)

Domestication and Significance of Persea americana, the Avocado, in Mesoamerica (Amanda J. Landon)

Trends of Pathogen Overload and the Influence on Social Behavior (Dylan Wall)

Shipbuilding and the English International Timber Trade, 1300-1700: a framework for study using Niche Construction Theory (Jillian R. Smith)


Bachelor Degree Completions By College, 1999-2008, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment Jan 2009

Bachelor Degree Completions By College, 1999-2008, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment

UNH Factbooks

University of New Hampshire factbook data from the 2008-2009 academic year


Lawyers As Fiduciaries, Sande Buhai Jan 2009

Lawyers As Fiduciaries, Sande Buhai

Saint Louis University Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Home, Rights, And Private Communities, Paul Boudreaux Jan 2009

Home, Rights, And Private Communities, Paul Boudreaux

University of Florida Journal of Law & Public Policy

No abstract provided.


39 | Salvage Excavations At Tel Moza: The Bronze And Iron Age Settlements And Later Occupations, Zvi Greenhut, Alon De Groot Jan 2009

39 | Salvage Excavations At Tel Moza: The Bronze And Iron Age Settlements And Later Occupations, Zvi Greenhut, Alon De Groot

IAA Reports—Monograph Series of the Israel Antiquities Authority

The IAA excavations at Tel Moẓa, just outside Jerusalem, were initiated due to the relocation of the Jerusalem–Tel Aviv Highway, which stood to destroy all the antiquities along the new route. During three excavation seasons (1993, 2002–2003), 16 strata were defined, spanning the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period to the Ottoman period (the extensive Prehistoric finds are published elsewhere). This volume describes the finds from the Early Bronze Age onward, describing the pottery, glyptics and inscriptions, groundstone assemblages and other small finds. An outstanding discovery was a large silo complex of Iron IIB, leading the excavators to the interpretation that during this …


Understanding The Practice Of Teacher Educators In Implementing The Intel® Teach Essentials Pre Service Course In Pakistan, Nelofer Halai, Ratan Salem, Nasira Gardezi Jan 2009

Understanding The Practice Of Teacher Educators In Implementing The Intel® Teach Essentials Pre Service Course In Pakistan, Nelofer Halai, Ratan Salem, Nasira Gardezi

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

This paper focuses on understanding the practice of teacher educators in implementing the Intel® Teach Essentials Course at four sites in the provinces of Punjab and Sindh in Pakistan. The focus is on teacher educators’ practices rather that the practice of teachers and hence the research sites selected for the study are teacher education institutions where the Intel® Teach Program is being implemented for teaching prospective teachers. A qualitative study was undertaken selecting 21 teacher educators and interviewing them on key objectives of the Intel Teach program. The findings are encouraging, and show that teachers in both rural and urban …