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Gender Violence Prevention: The Effects Of A Forum Theater Program On Bystander Efficacy And Behavior, Jennifer Nicole Crawford Jan 2009

Gender Violence Prevention: The Effects Of A Forum Theater Program On Bystander Efficacy And Behavior, Jennifer Nicole Crawford

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Sexual victimization on college campuses has been and remains a concern. In 1987 Koss, Gidycz, and Wisniewski reported that the prevalence of sexual victimization, including unwanted sexual contact, sexual coercion, attempted rape, and rape, among female college students was 54 percent, nearly three times that of women in the general population. The most recent National College Women Sexual Victimization study (Fisher, Cullen, & Turner, 2000) reported that 2.8% of women experienced rape or attempted rape during the academic year, with closer to 5% experiencing violence across twelve months. These findings, and those like them, have led to a rapid increase …

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Becoming A Leader For Equity And Excellence: It Starts With Instruction, Kathryn Bell Mckenzie, Leslie A. Locke Jan 2009

Becoming A Leader For Equity And Excellence: It Starts With Instruction, Kathryn Bell Mckenzie, Leslie A. Locke

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Lead Poisoning: An Alarming Public Health Problem In Bangladesh, Amal K. Mitra, Akhlaque Haque, Manirul Islam, S.A. M.K. Bashar Jan 2009

Lead Poisoning: An Alarming Public Health Problem In Bangladesh, Amal K. Mitra, Akhlaque Haque, Manirul Islam, S.A. M.K. Bashar

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To assess the risk of lead poisoning among preschool and school-aged children in Bangladesh, 345 children were screened for blood lead levels (BLLs) from one rural and two urban areas in Bangladesh from September 2007 through January 2008. An urban industrial area at Tongi was identified as a disaster area, where 99% (104/105) of those tested had BLLs >= 10 mu g/dL. Industrial emissions and use of leaded gasoline by two-stroke engine vehicles were identified as possible sources of lead in that area. A rural nonindustrial area at Chirirbandar, Dinajpur was identified as another high-risk area, where 14% of the …

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Carville: Remembering Leprosy In America, Chris J. Goertzen Jan 2009

Carville: Remembering Leprosy In America, Chris J. Goertzen

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Comparing 2-Nt 3' Overhangs Against Blunt-Ended Sirnas: A Systems Biology Based Study, Preetam Ghosh, Robert Dullea, James E. Fischer, Tom G. Turi, Ronald W. Sarver, Chaoyang Zhang, Kalyan Basu, Sajal K. Das Jan 2009

Comparing 2-Nt 3' Overhangs Against Blunt-Ended Sirnas: A Systems Biology Based Study, Preetam Ghosh, Robert Dullea, James E. Fischer, Tom G. Turi, Ronald W. Sarver, Chaoyang Zhang, Kalyan Basu, Sajal K. Das

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In this study, we formulate a computational reaction model following a chemical kinetic theory approach to predict the binding rate constant for the siRNA-RISC complex formation reaction. The model allowed us to study the potency difference between 2-nt 3' overhangs against blunt-ended siRNA molecules in an RNA interference (RNAi) system. The rate constant predicted by this model was fed into a stochastic simulation of the RNAi system (using the Gillespie stochastic simulator) to study the overall potency effect. We observed that the stochasticity in the transcription/translation machinery has no observable effects in the RNAi pathway. Sustained gene silencing using siRNAs …

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