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Results Of Morris Bridge Sink Pumping Test, Hillsborough County, Florida, Ronald J. Basso Jr., Carol Kraft

KIP Data Sets and Technical Reports

Morris Bridge Sink was evaluated as a potential Hillsborough River augmentation source by the Southwest Florida Water Management District (District) in April 2009 by pumping approximately six cubic feet per second (cfs) or four million gallons per day (mgd) for 30 days. The pumping test was conducted to determine if four mgd could be sustainably developed from Morris Bridge Sink during the spring dry season to assist the City of Tampa in meeting the minimum low flow of 24 cfs established for the lower Hillsborough River. The Morris Bridge Sink project, along with water from Sulphur Spring, the Tampa Bypass …

A Hybrid Problem-Based And Just-In-Time Inductive Teaching Method For Failure Analysis Instruction, Ryan Michael Arlitt

Masters Theses

"When engineers retire, they take their expert knowledge with them. Preservation of this expert knowledge in a usable form is beneficial for the advancement of any engineering field. Risk in Early Design (RED) is one method for preserving expert risk analysis knowledge. The first purpose of this paper is to examine the usability of RED when incorporated with a hybrid problem-based and just-in-time inductive teaching method for failure analysis instruction. The second purpose of this paper is to propose and perform steps toward verification and validation of the RED methodology and implementation. Evaluation metrics were developed, and several of these …

Wastewater Disposal Practices And Change In Development In The Barton Springs Zone, Chris Herrington, Matthew Menchaca, Mattthew Westbrook

KIP Articles

County tax appraisal district records and regional population projections are used as surrogates to track historical and future development in the Barton Springs Zone of the Edwards Aquifer. Wastewater disposal by either Texas Land Application Permit (TLAP) and by individual on-site sewage facility (OSSF) are identified spatially and temporally. There are 27 active TLAP permits in the Barton Springs Zone and as of 2010 there is 3.8 million gallons per day of permitted wastewater irrigation volume. There are at least 9,470 OSSF permits in the Barton Springs Zone, with the highest density of permits observed in the Bear Creek watershed. …

Pest Alert: Tip Blight On Eastern Hemlocks -Sirococcus Tsugae, Unh Cooperative Extension

UNH Cooperative Extension

No abstract provided.

Getting On The "E" List: E-Mail Use In A Community Of Service Provider, Craig R. Scott, Laurie K. Lewis, Scott C. D'Urso

College of Communication Faculty Research and Publications

This case examines how a community of organizations providing service to people experiencing homelessness made use of an electronic mail list. Current economic conditions have encouraged organizations in various sectors—including nonprofits—that might normally compete for scarce resources to collaborate with one another to increase their chances of survival. One set of tools likely to be of value in such relationships includes various online discussion technologies. An examination of this community’s email list use over a three-year period suggests a somewhat complex picture regarding technology use. More specifically, some issues both constrain and enable use. Additionally, seemingly basic and minimal uses …

Bioc 482.01: Biochemistry, J. Stephen Lodmell

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Jump In With Both Feet, The Waters Get Warmer Over Time!, Catherine Tieva

Book Chapters

First Paragraph:

Nursing research, evidence-based practice, literature reviews, meta-analysis, correlations, control and experimental groups, and validity. Terms like these used to make the hair on the back of my neck stand on end. My palms would break into a sweat, and if ever I felt inadequate as a nurse, it was in the area of nursing research. I would listen to advanced practice nurses, master's-prepared nurses and doctorate-prepared nurses discussing research and feel totally inadequate. It didn't matter that at the time, I had 16 years of experience or that I was currently working as a nurse manager. Nursing research …

State-Level Performance Metrics, Eric Davis

Honors Capstones

In this paper, I examine performance measurements' effects on state governments' transparency and accountability. The paper begins by defining transparency and accountability before defining three prior methods of analyzing local governments; Citizen-Centric Reporting, State-Level Performance Metrics, and Comprehensive Area Assessment. Performance metrics, both financial and nonfinancial, discussed in the previous analysis are then applied through a statistical analysis called Data Envelopment Analysis; to evaluate each State compared to the others. Data used during the analysis was collected from Comprehensive Annual Financial Reports and literature reporting on each State's demographics. It was found that in the areas of Health Care, Public …

The Importance Of Early Vocalizations In Infants Born With Cleft Palate, Rachel Stade

Honors Capstones

Research has proven that early vocalizations are a crucial component of normal language development in children. While there is a considerable body of research about the significance of early vocalizations in normal language acquisition, very little research exists about the presence and importance of early vocalizations in infants born with cleft palate. This paper provides a review of studies that focus on early vocalizations in normally developing children. This is followed by a review of the research comparing the development of early vocalizations in children with cognitive impairments or hearing impairments. Finally, research that studied early vocalization development in infants …

Knowledge And Awareness About H1n1 Influenza (Swine Flu) Among University Students, Suneel Kumar Parvathareddy

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

H1N1 influenza (Swine influenza or Swine flu) is a respiratory disease of pigs caused by type A influenza virus that regularly causes outbreaks of influenza in pigs. Worldwide, as of October 17, 2009, there have been more than 414,000 laboratory confirmed cases of pandemic influenza H1N1 2009 and nearly 5000 deaths. The 2009 flu pandemic is a global outbreak of a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1 and was first identified April 2009 in Mexico. On June 11, 2009, WHO declared the H1N1 outbreak as a pandemic. Worldwide, as of April 11, 2010, more than 214 countries and …

Evaluation Of Transparency Initiatives Concerning Recovery Act Funding Across U.S. State Governments, Meredith Frank

Honors Capstones

My thesis examines the transparency initiatives of the ten states that received the most amount of funding from the federal government via The American Reinvestment and Recovery Act of 2009 (ARRA). Transparency is defined for reader ease and ARRA is analyzed fully to get a background on the implications and goals of the act. Included in this, is a statistical analysis concerning all states in the United States along with their transparency score reported. Furthermore, the ten states that received the most funding are put through an in-depth analysis to determine the means for funding. Discussion concerning the political nature …

Development Of A Framework To Evaluate Human Risk Towards Sustainable Risk Management, Ra'ed M. Jaradat, Rani A. Kady, C. Ariel Pinto

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Faculty Publications

Risk managers are constantly faced with the challenge of making decisions at various levels of their organizations. One of the challenges, which often times is unavoidable, lies in assigning a monetary value to human risks. Such challenge necessitates engineering managers to make educated decisions on the level of risk that the organizations and businesses should accept when it comes to human. The purpose of this study is to suggest a suitable framework that captures this aspect of engineering Risk Management in order to make rational and sustainable decisions about such assessed risk. This will be accomplished by exploring the tools, …

The Systems Development Life Cycle : Phases And Methodologies, Erik Paul Harrelson

Honors Capstones

The essay focuses on introducing the Systems Development Life Cycle to those who are unfamiliar with it. It is meant for both Information Technology Professionals as well as individuals with little experience in Information Technology. The essay analyzes the four central methodologies from which all system design plans stem. In addition, the essay also reviews different phases contained in different Systems Development Life Cycles and explains how there is no one size fits all solution for every project.

Washington University School Of Medicine Bulletin, 2010

Washington University School of Medicine Bulletins

No abstract provided.

Outlook Magazine, Summer/Fall 2010

Outlook Magazine

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Of The Registrar 2009/2010, University Of Northern Iowa

Institutional Effectiveness & Planning Documents

Contents:

--- Definitions
--- Annual Report Data
--- Summary of Attendance
--- Attendance by Session
--- Full-time Equivalency Enrollment
--- Degrees Granted
--- Degree Summary
--- Program Certificates
--- Pupils in Price Laboratory School
--- Miscellaneous Enrollment Information
--- Degrees Granted by College, Degree Objective, and Racial/Ethnic Classification

Short Term Clinical Outcome Of Children With Rotavirus Infection At Kenyatta National Hospital, Nairobi, Bonface Osano, Rose Kamenwa, D. Wamalwa, J. K. Wang'ombe

Paediatrics and Child Health, East Africa

Background: Rotavirus infection is the single most common cause of acute gastroenteritis in children under five years of age. Rotavirus gastroenteritis has a high morbidity and mortality in children in Kenya.

Objectives: To determine the short term clinical outcome for children admitted to Kenyatta National Hospital with rotavirus gastroenteritis and the correlates of poor outcome.

Design: Short longitudinal survey. Setting: Kenyatta National Hospital from February to May 2008.

Subjects: Five hundred children were screened using a rapid antigen detection kit and ELISA. Results: Of the 191 children who tested positive for rotavirus in stool; 172 children were recruited into the …

Korea's Patent Policy And Its Impact On Economic Development: A Model For Emerging Countries?, Jay Erstling

Faculty Scholarship

The purpose of this paper will be to examine Korean patent policy as exemplified by its patent legislation and the activities of Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO). Part II will take a brief look at the rationale underpinning Korea's confidence in the power of the patent system to stimulate economic growth. Part III of the paper will look at the Korean Patent Act as an example of strong, comprehensive patent legislation that fully complies with international standards and responds well to the perceived needs of patent applicants. In order to provide a basis of comparison, reference will be made wherever …

Graduate And Undergraduate Catalog, 2010-2011, Eastern Washington University, Washington State Library. Electronic State Publications

Course Catalogs

Eastern Washington University's course catalog for the 2010-2011 academic year.

Eastern, Winter 2010, Eastern Washington University. Division Of University Relations.

Alumni Publications

This issue contains articles about the HOPE School for the deaf and hard of hearing, Mann Gulch Fire survivor Bob Sallee, the career paths of a handful of EWU graduates, architect Len Zickler.

Discovere, 2010-2011, Vol. 1, No. 1, Eastern Washington University. Academic Affairs

EWU Research Magazines

This issue contains articles on superconducting properties of crystalline compounds, a collaboration between students in computer science and music, New Visualism in math education, global water policy, and the Creative Works Symposium.

Keeping The Commitment: Why California Should Maintain Consideration Of The Commitment Offense In Determining Parole For Life Inmates, Kathleen Noone

UC Law Constitutional Quarterly

The California prison system is currently in federal receivership because of overcrowding and failing to provide prisoners with sufficient medical care. The prison system is a mess, and the miniscule number of life inmates receiving parole each year is disheartening. In the California Supreme Court case In re Lawrence, the court took a step towards increasing the rate of parole for line inmates when it clarified that an inmate cannot be denied parole based solely on the severity of his or her commitment offense. Of course, a future court might go a step further and hold that the commitment offense …

Virtual Child Pornography, Pandering, And The First Amendment: How Developments In Technology And Shifting First Amendment Jurisprudence Have Affected The Criminalization Of Child Pornography, Benjamin A. Mains

UC Law Constitutional Quarterly

Though the depiction of minors engaged in obscene or sexual acts has been heavily criminalized, modern technology and the Internet have allowed for the creation of virtual child pornography-sexually explicit images that appear to depict minors but are produced without the involvement of any real children. Though children are not directly harmed by the production of this type of material, Congress has found that virtual child pornography perpetuates a market for pornography involving actual children and thereby causes what I refer to as a substantial indirect harm to society. Prosecution for possession and distribution of actual child pornographic material has …

A Century Of Criminal Law And Criminology, Amy Deline

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Two Wrongs Make A Wrong: A Challenge To Plea Bargaining And Collateral Consequence Statutes Through Their Integration, Kevin O'Keefe

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Reforming The Law On Show-Up Identifications, Michael D. Cicchini, Joseph G. Easton

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Offending Women: A Double Entendre, Joanne Belknap

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Bill Clinton's Parting Pardon Party, Albert W. Alschuler

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Sponsored Bills 111th Congress - 2009-2010, Office Of Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez

1.4. Legislation

This sub-series consists of legislation sponsored by the Office of Representative Luis V. Gutiérrez. Legislation supported or sponsored includes: Consumer Fairness Act of 2009, Bank Accountability and Risk Assessment Act of 2009, and Employer Owned Life Insurance Limitation Act.

The Effects Of Teacher Ideology On Student Performance As Related To Poverty And Ethnicity, Jessica Webb

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study was conducted to explore the impact of teacher ideology on student performance. A definition of teacher ideology was drawn from the pupil control ideology, PCI, created by Willower, Eidell and Hoy (1967). Research concerned with teacher ideology has suggested that there is a definite difference between the custodial ideology and the humanistic ideology (Gaffney, 1997). In particular, the custodial teacher views rules and regulations as a priority, while the humanistic teacher views the student as the priority. Factors which influenced student achievement, such as socioeconomic status, ethnicity, and behavior in relation to how teacher ideology affects student performance …