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Mindfulness Meditation And Art Making: Implications For Art Therapy, Susan Kathleen Mahl

EVMS School of Health Professions Theses & Dissertations

Meditation is being integrated into various fields to aid with healing, especially mindfulness meditation as it focuses on total awareness of the present. This thesis describes a self study that used a heuristic methodology to investigate the effects of mindfulness meditation on this researcher. I progressed through the six phases of heuristic research in a period seven weeks. At the beginning of the study, mindfulness meditation was practiced twice a week for a time period of 30 minutes to one hour for three weeks, followed by art making and reflections. Next, I practiced mindfulness meditation three times a week for …

Stepped Care For Smoking Cessation: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis And Simulation Of Future Outcomes, Brandi E. Franklin

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

It has been well established that smoking is the leading avoidable cause of premature morbidity and mortality in the United States and abroad. Smoking is attributable to over 400,000 annual deaths, and $193 billion in healthcare costs and lost productivity. Despite the apparent dangers and tremendous costs of tobacco use and dependence, smokers find difficulty quitting. Recently, stepped care has been proposed as a viable intensive approach for achieving long-term cessation. This research sought to evaluate cost-effectiveness of stepped care in a diverse population of smokers and analyze future health outcomes of smoking cessation.

Cost-effectiveness analysis was conducted from an …

Fighting Freestyle: The First Amendment, Fairness, And Corporate Reputation, Rebecca Tushnet

Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works

There are three distinct groups who might want to engage in speech about commercial entities or to constrain those commercial entities from making particular claims of their own. Competitors may sue each other for false advertising, consumers may sue businesses, and government regulators may impose requirements on what businesses must and may not say. In this context, this Article will evaluate a facially persuasive but ultimately misguided claim about corporate speech: that because consumers regularly get to say nasty things about corporations under the lax standards governing defamation of public figures, corporations must be free to make factual claims subject …

A Case Study: Third Party Performance-Based Navigation Instrument Flight Procedure Design Regulations At The Federal Aviation Administration, The Civil Aviation Safety Authority Of Australia, And The Civil Aviation Authority Of New Zealand, Matthew Vacanti

Theses and Dissertations

The Instrument Flight Procedure (IFP) [A listing of all acronyms and definitions is provided in Appendix A] is an essential component to the aviation system. Every day and during every flight, thousands of aircraft around the world are flying instrument departure, arrival, or approach procedures (International Civil Aviation Organization, 2008). Historically, Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA) have relied on internal resources to produce and implement (develop, publish, flight inspect, perform quality assurance functions, and maintain) IFPs (Federal Aviation Administration, 2009). Today safety, access, environmental and capacity concerns have, in some cases, driven the demand for Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) IFPs beyond the …

Designing Motorcycles Via The Web: Improved Aesthetics And Consumer Preference, Michael Gene Hilgers, Hong Sheng, Richard H. Hall

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Purpose of This Research Was to Examine How Manipulation of the Aesthetic Appeal of a Motorcycle's Image on a Web Page Might Elucidate Trends in Consumer Preference. to This End, Website Visitors Were Encouraged to Reconfigure a Blueprint of Motorcycle to Make It More Appealing. These Alterations to its Confirmation Were Analyzed to Identify Patterns of Preference that Were Then Compared to the Marketplace in General. It Was Observed that Aesthetic Preferences Recognized by the Design Method Were Similar to Trends within the Motorcycle Building/buying Public.

Lived Experiences Of Men In Nursing: Chickadees, Stepping Stones, And Muddling Through Maternity, Julie E. Klein

Theses and Dissertations

The profession of nursing is facing an imminent shortage of health care providers within its discipline. Registered Nurses comprise the largest group of health care professionals in the United States. The profession of nursing has experienced cycles of worker shortages in the past but this current situation is predicted to be unlike previous shortages. Efforts to alleviate previous nurse shortages focused primarily on efforts to glorify the feminine image of nursing to increase the recruitment of young women into the profession but the profession can no longer rely on an unlimited supply of women to become nurses because of an …

Earmstrong, Armstrong Atlantic State University

Armstrong News & Publications: e-Armstrong Newsletter (Archived)

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Nappy Roots, Split Ends, And New Growth: An Autobiographical Narrative Inquiry Into The Experiences Of A Black Female Educator, No Lye, Michel Linee Mitchell

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Using autobiographical narrative inquiry, I explore the ways that race, gender, class, culture, and place shape who I was and how I became who I am as a Black woman educator. Family members, colleagues, community members, and students are the main characters in my stories. Building on the works of Collins (2000), Cross (1991), Gay (2000), He (2003), hooks (2000), and Tatum (1997), I use Black women hair metaphors such as nappy roots, split ends, new growth, and no lye to comb through the phases of my life. For the purpose of protecting the characters and myself in my stories, …

Closed-Form Expression Of Self/Mutual Power-Bus Impedances In A Finite Circular Plate Pair, Yao Jiang Zhang, Er Ping Li, Jun Fan

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The drawbacks of conventional power-bus impedance, defined as an average Green's function integration over port areas, are discussed. a new definition is proposed in terms of cylindrical waves. the equivalence of the new definition and the conventional one is proved in the case of electrically small ports. Addition theorems of cylindrical waves are used to derive an analytical expression of power-bus impedance between ports in a circular plate pair with perfectly electric/magnetic conductor (PEC/PMC) boundaries as well as non-reflective perfectly matched layer (PML) for infinite plate pair. Numerical method has been used to validate the analytical expression derived.

Model-To-Hardware Correlation Of Disk Resonators For Via-Array Modeling In High-Speed Pcbs, Arun Reddy Chada, Young H. Kwark, Xiaoxiong Gu, Jun Fan

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In high-speed printed circuit board (PCB) designs, vias play a critical role in determining signal and power integrity. This paper uses disk resonators to investigate modeling approaches for common via array structures. Boundary integral equation (BIE) and effective dielectric medium approaches are used for a perforated disk resonator with non-plated holes, using dielectric properties derived from a solid disk resonator study. Both approaches are compared and validated with measurements. ©2009 IEEE.

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On The Dual Basis For Solving Electromagnetic Surface Integral Equations, Mei Song Tong, Weng Cho Chew, Barry J. Rubin, Jason D. Morsey, Lijun Jiang

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A powerful technique for solving electromagnetic (EM) surface integral equations (SIEs) for inhomogenous objects by the method of moments (MoM) involves the well-known RaoWiltonGlisson (RWG) basis function to represent the electric current and, for field orthogonality and numerical stability reasons, a variation of the RWG basis known as the ňx RWG basis (where ň is a unit normal vector at the object surface) to represent the magnetic current. Though this combination provides a numerically efficient and effective solution that has been demonstrated on a variety of structures, one cannot feel entirely comfortable because of the presence of fictitious magnetic current …

Barriers To High School Student Academic Success, Judy S. Sapp

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Since the passage of the federal legislation known as No Child Left Behind, school districts are under increasing pressure to decrease high school dropout rates and to increase high school graduation rates. There is a critical need for schools to develop and implement programs designed to maximize academic success for all high school students. The purpose of this present research was to investigate the perceptions of high school teachers and high school students about barriers to high school student academic success. For purposes of this study, high school academic success is defined as the completion of all high school diploma …

Who Shops At The Market? Using Consumer Surveys To Grow Farmers' Markets: Findings From A Regional Market In Northwestern Vermont, Daniel Baker, Kelly Hamshaw, Jane Kolodinsky

Journal of Extension

This article presents findings from a consumer survey conducted in 2006 and 2007 at two locations of a regional farmers' market in northwestern Vermont. Consumer survey data is used to learn more about consumer preferences and solicit feedback for vendors. Data collected profiled consumers who attended the market, effective advertising techniques, planned spending, and interaction between markets. This information is valuable to markets seeking to understand their consumers and maximize efforts invested in advertising and community outreach. It provides guidance to Extension agencies seeking to develop networks of regional farmers' markets, particularly with respect to managing competition among markets.

The Consumer Education Program For Residential Energy Efficiency, Joseph Laquarta, Mark R. Pierce, Nicholas Helmholdt

Journal of Extension

Rising energy prices resulting from global increases in energy demand highlight the importance of energy efficiency. The Consumer Education Program for Residential Energy Efficiency is an educational effort conducted in partnership with Cornell Cooperative Extension and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. This article describes program strategies and impacts and features efforts county Extension educators have implemented to engage adults and youth in learning practical aspects of energy efficiency. Extension's historical role in developing effective educational programs at critical periods in U.S. history is discussed, and a national approach for education on residential energy efficiency is recommended.

Examining Information Search Strategies Of Ohio Farmers, Florian Diekmann, Marvin T. Batte

Journal of Extension

As information becomes more ubiquitous than ever before, understanding the what, how, and why of farmers' information search strategies becomes more important to Extension professionals. Based on a mail survey of farmers in Ohio, the study reported here examined farmers' informational needs and identified factors that influence farmers' information choices. Specifically, the results highlight the differences in farmers' search strategies regarding type, amount, and sources of information. Findings show farmers practiced high-, moderate-, and low-search strategies to stay current on topics important to their farm business. The implications for Extension professionals are discussed.

Promoting Alternative Enterprises: Assessing Farmers' Needs In Research, Education, And Extension, Safdar Muhammad, Omoanghe S. Isiskhuemhen, Aydin Basarir

Journal of Extension

Small farms represent a significant proportion of the total U.S farms, and current trends in agriculture pose new challenges for their viability and survival. To meet such challenges, there is a need for introducing high-value non-traditional alternative enterprises. The study reported here explored goat, organic, and mushroom farming as potential alternative enterprises. Several focus group meetings were conducted in Tennessee and North Carolina to identify priority areas for future research, education, and outreach activities. The results from the study should contribute significantly to promoting and creating niche markets for proposed alternative enterprises among small farmers.

On-Farm Mortality Composting In Washington State: Outreach And Producer Survey, Caitlin Price, Lynne Carpernter-Boggs, Jessica Goldberger

Journal of Extension

The WSU On-Farm Mortality Composting Project of the Biologically Intensive and Organic Agriculture (BIOAg) Program demonstrated on-farm mortality composting as an effective disposal option for routine livestock mortalities. To evaluate the impacts of the project and determine the direction of future research and outreach, Washington dairy producers currently composting farm mortalities were surveyed. Their most important sources of initial information about mortality composting were other farmers and neighbors, magazines and newspapers, and local conservation districts. Future information was preferred from a Web site and university Extension bulletin, not classes or seminars. Composting reduced mortality disposal costs for 92% of these …

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (November 30, 2009), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

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The Daily Egyptian, November 30, 2009, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2009

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Purchase Tickets Now For Unh Alumni Family Hockey Event Jan. 9, 2010, Kelly Calhoun

Media Relations

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The Chanticleer, 2009-11-30, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

Final Report: Space Coast Clean Cities Coalition Programmatic Support, Florida Solar Energy Center, William Young

FSEC Energy Research Center®

This Final Report summarizes the work performed by the Florida Solar Energy Center for U.S. Department of Energy for the National Clean Cities Program to reduce emissions and energy consumption of transportation vehicles. This report describes the activities and events of Florida Space Coast Clean Cities Coalition encompassing a nine county area in east central Florida. FSEC administers the Coalition and support the Coalition Board of Directors with meetings, workshop, reports, mailing list, membership, activities, questionnaires, fuel pricing, alternative vehicle and infrastructure deployment.

The Utah Statesman, November 30, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Statesman, V. 53, I. 22, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

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Current, November 30, 2009, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Current (2000s)

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This Week At Stony Brook Southampton/In The News | This Week At Sbs. V.4, N.14, Darren Johnson

Southampton Announcements and News

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Columbia Chronicle (11/30/2009), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from November 30, 2009 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 40 pages and is listed as Volume 45, Number 13. Cover story: "On top of it all" Editor-in-Chief: Bethany Reinhart

Ua35/11 Arête November 2009, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

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The Obama Administration's Challenges After The 'War On Science': Reforming Staffing Practices And Protecting Scientific Integrity In The Executive Branch, Justin Vaughn, José Villalobos

Departmental Papers (PS)

In this article, we examine the difficult leadership position President Barack Obama inherited as he took office with respect to science and technology policy making and implementation, particularly following the Bush administration and years of the so-called "war on science." We contend that the Obama administration's challenge is not only to take substantive policy action, but also to reform certain administrative practices, particularly in light of the previous administration's practice of the politics of strategic vacancies, a managerial technique that rearranges an agency's ideological inclinations not through the usual forms of active politicization (i.e., by filling the appointee ranks with …