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College Of Nursing Collection Development Policy, Joan Latta Konecky Dec 2009

College Of Nursing Collection Development Policy, Joan Latta Konecky

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Collection Development Policies

The nursing collection supports the basic teaching, research and service activities of the College of Nursing—Lincoln Division. The College of Nursing—Lincoln Division faculty, staff and students heavily use the nursing and related biomedical research collections available from the UNMC McGoogan Library of Medicine. They have UNMC affiliate status and remote access privileges to the UNMC Library collections and subscriptions. They also have been granted UNL affiliate status and remote access privileges to the UNL collections and subscriptions by the UNL Dean of Libraries. Specific research needs are supplemented through interlibrary loan, primarily supplied by the UNMC McGoogan Library of Medicine.


Documentation Of Body Mass Index And Control Of Associated Risk Factors In A Large Primary Care Network, Stephanie A. Rose, Alexander Turchin, Richard W. Grant, James B. Meigs Dec 2009

Documentation Of Body Mass Index And Control Of Associated Risk Factors In A Large Primary Care Network, Stephanie A. Rose, Alexander Turchin, Richard W. Grant, James B. Meigs

Internal Medicine Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) will be a reportable health measure in the United States (US) through implementation of Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) guidelines. We evaluated current documentation of BMI, and documentation and control of associated risk factors by BMI category, based on electronic health records from a 12-clinic primary care network.

METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of 79,947 active network patients greater than 18 years of age seen between 7/05 - 12/06. We defined BMI category as normal weight (NW, 18-24.9 kg/m2), overweight (OW, 25-29.9), and obese (OB, ≥ 30). We measured documentation …


Wii Fit May Not Help Families Get Fit, Admin Dec 2009

Wii Fit May Not Help Families Get Fit, Admin

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.


Heroes, Past And Present, Admin Dec 2009

Heroes, Past And Present, Admin

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.


The U.S. Government Role As Shareholder In Aig, Citigroup, Chrysler, And General Motors And Preliminary Views On Its Investment Management Activities, United States Government Accountability Office, United States: Government Accountability Office (Gao) Dec 2009

The U.S. Government Role As Shareholder In Aig, Citigroup, Chrysler, And General Motors And Preliminary Views On Its Investment Management Activities, United States Government Accountability Office, United States: Government Accountability Office (Gao)

Documents

No abstract provided.


Volume 47, Number 17: December 16, 2009, University Of North Dakota Dec 2009

Volume 47, Number 17: December 16, 2009, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.


Release From Cross-Orientation Suppression Facilitates 3d Shape Perception, Andrea Li, Qasim Zaidi Dec 2009

Release From Cross-Orientation Suppression Facilitates 3d Shape Perception, Andrea Li, Qasim Zaidi

Publications and Research

Cross-orientation suppression (COS) in striate cortex has been implicated in the efficient encoding of visual stimuli. We show that release from COS facilitates the decoding of 3-D shape. In planar surfaces overlaid with textures, slanting the surface can increase the visibility of the component parallel to the slant. Since this component provides the orientation flows that signify 3-D shape, the enhancement of visibility facilitates 3-D slant perception. Contrast thresholds reveal that this enhancement results from a decrease in COS when 3-D slant creates a frequency mismatch between texture components. We show that coupling compressive nonlinearities in LGN neurons with expansive …


Carbon Coated Tellurium For Optical Data Storage, Jonathan D. Abbott Dec 2009

Carbon Coated Tellurium For Optical Data Storage, Jonathan D. Abbott

Theses and Dissertations

A highly durable optical disk has been developed for data archiving. This optical disk uses tellurium as the write layer and carbon as a dielectric and oxidation prevention layer. The sandwich style CTeC film was deposited on polycarbonate and silicon substrates by plasma sputtering. These films were then characterized with SEM, TEM, EELS, ellipsometry, ToF-SIMS, etc, and were tested for writability and longevity. Results show the films were uniform in physical structure, are stable, and able to form permanent pits. Data was written to a disk and successfully read back in a commercial DVD drive.


The Murray Ledger And Times, December 16, 2009, The Murray Ledger And Times Dec 2009

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 16, 2009, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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Low-Lying Baryon Spectrum With Two Dynamical Twisted Mass Fermions, C. Alexandrou, R. Baron, J. Carbonell, V. Drach, P. Guichon, K. Jansen, T. Korzec, O. Pène Dec 2009

Low-Lying Baryon Spectrum With Two Dynamical Twisted Mass Fermions, C. Alexandrou, R. Baron, J. Carbonell, V. Drach, P. Guichon, K. Jansen, T. Korzec, O. Pène

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.


Active Surveillance And Incidence Rate Of Dengue Infection In A Cohort Of High Risk Population In Maracay, Venezuela., Carlos Espino Dec 2009

Active Surveillance And Incidence Rate Of Dengue Infection In A Cohort Of High Risk Population In Maracay, Venezuela., Carlos Espino

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In the absence of an effective vaccine, vector control and surveillance of dengue fever (DF) and dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) are the most important strategies currently used to reduce the impact of these diseases in affected population. The objectives of this study were to estimate the incidence of symptomatic and asymptomatic dengue cases, the prevalence of antidengue antibodies, and to evaluate the laboratory and clinical aspects related to an active surveillance of dengue cases. In this study, active surveillance was incorporated as a part of the study design. At total of 3,255 people from four high risk neighborhoods were followed …


'Square Peg- Round Hole': The Emerging Professional Identities Of He In Fe Lecturersworking In A Partner College Network In South-West England, Rebecca Turner, Liz Mckenzie, Mark Stone Dec 2009

'Square Peg- Round Hole': The Emerging Professional Identities Of He In Fe Lecturersworking In A Partner College Network In South-West England, Rebecca Turner, Liz Mckenzie, Mark Stone

Plymouth Institute of Education

The professional status of further education lecturers has been widely debated and contested within the published literature. This article presents the results of a series of semi-structured interviews undertaken with a small sample of college lecturers working within a partner college network in south-west England. Regardless of the level of the higher/further education teaching the lecturers identities remain strongly rooted in their role as teachers and commitment to supporting learners attain their educational ambitions. The lecturers’ identities were in a state of flux due to the dual demands of their employer (the college) and collaborating institution (the university). Their shifting …


Volume Two: Service And Integrity Dec 2009

Volume Two: Service And Integrity

Vol. 2: Service & Integrity

No abstract provided.


In Case You Missed It: Learning From Hangzhou, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham Dec 2009

In Case You Missed It: Learning From Hangzhou, Maura Elizabeth Cunningham

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

I took this photo on my first day in Hangzhou when I arrived there in July 2005 for a six-week Chinese language course. I didn’t find the billboard especially interesting, but one of my friends hails from Kohler, Wisconsin, and I thought he might enjoy seeing that his hometown is known in a Chinese city that I’m fairly certain he had never heard of before I announced I would be spending the summer there. At the time, I didn’t give much thought to the billboard itself, or the thousands of other advertisements affixed to the sides of buildings, encircling construction …


The Minutes Of The Marshall University Board Of Governors Meeting, December 15, 2009, Marshall University Board Of Governors Dec 2009

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Board Of Governors Meeting, December 15, 2009, Marshall University Board Of Governors

Board of Governors Minutes

No abstract provided.


Nor'easter News Volume 3 Issue 6, Nor'easter News Staff Dec 2009

Nor'easter News Volume 3 Issue 6, Nor'easter News Staff

Nor'easter News

The nineteenth issue of the University of New England's student-run newspaper, Nor'easter News.


With Charity For All, Matthew S. Holland Dec 2009

With Charity For All, Matthew S. Holland

Vol. 2: Service & Integrity

This Law and Literature class lecture was given at BYU Law School on April 3, 2008.


How Do We Practice Our Religion While We Practice?, Thomas B. Griffith Dec 2009

How Do We Practice Our Religion While We Practice?, Thomas B. Griffith

Vol. 2: Service & Integrity

This address was given to the Salt Lake Chapter of the J. Reuben Clark Law Society at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City on November 19, 2003.


Naacp Informal Meeting, John M. Dunn Dec 2009

Naacp Informal Meeting, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.


It Is Given Unto You To Judge, Sheila Mccleve Dec 2009

It Is Given Unto You To Judge, Sheila Mccleve

Vol. 2: Service & Integrity

This article is reprinted from the Clark Memorandum, spring 1992, 2–7.


Lawyers And The Rule Of Law, James D. Gordon Iii Dec 2009

Lawyers And The Rule Of Law, James D. Gordon Iii

Vol. 2: Service & Integrity

This address was given to entering law students at BYU Law School on August 20, 2008.


A Restatement Of Contracts, Cree-L Kofford Dec 2009

A Restatement Of Contracts, Cree-L Kofford

Vol. 2: Service & Integrity

This address was given at the J. Reuben Clark Law Society Conference at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on February 17, 2006.


Words Of Hate, Words Of Love, Constance K. Lundberg Dec 2009

Words Of Hate, Words Of Love, Constance K. Lundberg

Vol. 2: Service & Integrity

This devotional address was given to the BYU student body on March 11, 2003.


On Being Ethical Lawyers, Sandra Day O'Connor Dec 2009

On Being Ethical Lawyers, Sandra Day O'Connor

Vol. 2: Service & Integrity

This satellite fireside address was given to the J. Reuben Clark Law Society at Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University, in Tempe, Arizona, on February 15, 2008.


Religiously Affiliated Law Schools: An Added Dimension, Kevin J. Worthen Dec 2009

Religiously Affiliated Law Schools: An Added Dimension, Kevin J. Worthen

Vol. 2: Service & Integrity

This address was given at the J. Reuben Clark Law Society Conference at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California, on February 16, 2007.


On The Wings Of My Fathers, Larry Echo Hawk Dec 2009

On The Wings Of My Fathers, Larry Echo Hawk

Vol. 2: Service & Integrity

This devotional address was given to the BYU student body on August 7, 2007.


Report: Revisions To Nh Health Care Essential For Individuals With Mental Illness, Beth Potier Dec 2009

Report: Revisions To Nh Health Care Essential For Individuals With Mental Illness, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.


Curricular Affairs Committee Minutes December 15, 2009, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate Dec 2009

Curricular Affairs Committee Minutes December 15, 2009, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Committee Reports and Appendices

No abstract provided.


Reevaluating The Cosmological Origin Of Dark Matter, Scott Watson Dec 2009

Reevaluating The Cosmological Origin Of Dark Matter, Scott Watson

Physics - All Scholarship

The origin of dark matter as a thermal relic offers a compelling way in which the early universe was initially populated by dark matter. Alternative explanations typically appear exotic compared to the simplicity of thermal production. However, recent observations and progress from theory suggest that it may be necessary to be more critical. This is important because ongoing searches probing the microscopic properties of dark matter typically rely on the assumption of dark matter as a single, unique, thermal relic. On general grounds I will argue that non-thermal production of dark matter seems to be a robust prediction of physics …


Design Of A Fuzzy Gain Scheduling Controller Having Input Saturation: A Comparative Study, Yan-Wen Huang, Pi-Cheng Tung Dec 2009

Design Of A Fuzzy Gain Scheduling Controller Having Input Saturation: A Comparative Study, Yan-Wen Huang, Pi-Cheng Tung

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

A fuzzy gain scheduling proportional controllers that exhibits the improved performance than the conventional linear fixed gain controller having input saturation is proposed in this paper. We proposed an adaptive anti-windup control system in which the gain of a proportional controller is dynamically tuned by a fuzzy PD system. The methodology employed in the analysis is based on the describing function (DF), which is determined the range of the universal discourse for the output of the fuzzy PD system. Other approaches are the linear quadratic regulator (LQR) method and combined back-calculation and generalized conditioning anti-windup. In this paper, a comparison …