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Physical Activity And Hormonal Regulation Of Appetite: Sex Differences And Weight Control, Todd A. Hagobian, Barry Braun

Kinesiology and Public Health

Physical activity is an important contributor to regulation of energy balance and body composition. In this article, we separate the impact of exercise from the confounding influence of energy imbalance and highlight sex differences in hormonal and appetite responses to physical activity. The evolving story may influence our thinking regarding the use of physical activity to manage body composition.

What Type Of Weight Loss Program Do Postpartum Women Want? Treatment Preferences Of Postpartum Women In Two Community Settings, Suzanne Phelan, Katelyn Smith, John-Mark Steele, Dawn Wilt, Sally Ames, Linda Mcclure

Kinesiology and Public Health

Approximately 25% of women experience major weight gain after pregnancy, retaining more than 4.5 kg. Preliminary efforts to promote postpartum weight loss have encountered some success, but little is known about the types of programs of greatest interest to postpartum women. The purpose of this study was to better understand the weight control needs and preferences of postpartum women in the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Nutrition program (N = 100) and an Adult Education Parenting (AEP) program (N = 75). A self-report questionnaire was used to collect participants’ demographic and weight history information as well as participants’ degree of …

Proposals Submitted In Fiscal Year 2010, Grants Development Office

Grants Development Office Reports

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Three Dimensional Printing: Modern Medical Applications, Devin Peek, Elizabeth Stark

Graphic Communication

3-D printing is an additive printing process based on inkjet printing principles. Using this technology, a variety of materials can be used to create a three-dimensional product. Currently this technology is expensive, however it is slowly becoming more affordable. 3-D printing has the potential to change the future of medical model production and prototyping, due to the beneficial products it can produce. The objective of this research study is to discover the technological advancements in 3-D printing that could greatly affect several aspects of the medical industry. The areas discussed include high-risk surgery, dentistry, and prosthetics. After conducting six interviews …

E.J. Gallo Winery Spirit-Makers Facility, Aaron Pickar

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

With growing demand for E.J. Gallo spirit brands, the cramped and cluttered facility allocated to the spirit-makers does not provide an adequate work environment to design and test new hard alcohols. E.J. Gallo Winery wants to relocate the spirit-makers to a new facility located near the brandy production floor for under 200,000 dollars. In order to do this, a revised systematic approach to facility design is used.

In this process, the departments are first defined, then the relationships between these departments and the space requirements are documented. Once these planning steps are complete, alternative layouts are constructed and analyzed until …

Design And Manufacture Of Tennis Ball Retriever, Philip Hurst

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

No abstract provided.

License Renewal Laws For The Elderly, Trevor Bliss

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

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Ferpa And Student Work: Considerations For Electronic Theses And Dissertations, Marisa Ramirez, Gail Mcmillan

Library Scholarship

Information privacy is an important consideration when transitioning university collections from paper to electronic access. Yet the protection of -- and limits to -- student privacy regulations have rarely been addressed in the literature for online electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs). The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and its relevance to student work should be a consideration when widely distributing scholarship like e-portfolios, ETDs, and senior capstone projects. In this article, we share several campus approaches to FERPA and electronic student work.

A Duty To Serve?: Assessing The Application Of Religious Exemptions For Marriage Officiants In Same-Sex Marriage Laws With Lessons Learned From The Reproductive Rights World, Christina Coiro

Student Works

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Katz In The Era Of Mobile Computing: How Society's Changing Expectations Of Privacy Impact The Law, Michael B. Fusco

Student Works

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Why Nevada’S System Might Work, Cynthia Hwang

Student Works

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Marriage Equality In New Jersey: Love, Law, And Political Appointments, Monica Hoopes

Student Works

No abstract provided.

An Exploratory Investigation Of The Practice Of Planned Unit Development And Its Theoretical Implementation In The “Second Life” Virtual Community, Ryan M. Jennings

Student Works

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Biomechanical Differences Between Expert And Novice Workers In A Manual Material Handling Task, André Plamondon, Denys Denis, Alain Delisle, Christian Larivière, Erik Salazar

Études primaires

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Job Satisfaction Of Naia Head Coaches At Small Faith-Based Colleges: The Teacher-Coach Model, Craig L. Stiemsma

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

The head coaches at smaller colleges usually have other job responsibilities that include teaching, along with the responsibilities of coaching, recruiting, scheduling, and other coaching-related jobs. There is often a dual role involved for these coaches who try to juggle two different jobs that sometimes require different skill sets and involve different responsibilities that may lead to role conflict. The primary purpose of this study was to determine the level of job satisfaction of coaches in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC). This study also sought to determine if there were differences in coaches' levels of job satisfaction based on …

Japan’S Prostitution Prevention Law: The Case Of The Missing Geisha, Tenica Peterfreund

Student Works

No abstract provided.

Preliminary Injunction: What’S Your Function? The Supreme Court’S Decision In Winter V. Natural Defense Council And The Effect On This Extraordinary Remedy., Amanda Laird

Student Works

No abstract provided.

Issues Of Race In The Age Of Obama, Lawrence Joseph

Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development

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The August 16, 2009 New York Times Book Review includes an essay, Race and Diversity in the Age of Obama, by Orlando Patterson. The essay is the third in a series of essays in the Book Review "exploring dominant themes and currents of thought in particular areas of American life." Patterson's essay maps out the ethno-racial issues that exist (or one might say persist) in the United States, now that Barack Obama, an African American, is president. A professor of sociology at Harvard, his perspective is primarily socioeconomic and cultural. My essay will use Patterson's essay as a guide …

The Relationship Between Stress, Work Hours And Depressive Symptoms Among Migrant Factory Workers In China, Anthony Ping-Kam So

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This study sought to identify the relationship between work hours, stress, and depressive symptoms among migrant factory workers in China (N = 911). Using correlational analyses, the researcher arrived at results that indicated there was a weak but significant positive correlation between working hours and stress levels; a significant moderate relationship between working hours and depression levels, and a significant association between stress levels and depressive symptoms among migrant factory workers in China. Additionally, multiple regression analysis found a significant correlation between depressive symptoms and dorm-living (environmental factor) in the participants. Data indicated social support and gender difference were found …

Essays On The Efficiency Of Non-Genetically Modified (Non-Gm) And Conventional Soybean Features Markets, Kentaka Aruga

Open Access Dissertations

This dissertation explores issues related to efficiency, how efficiently markets transmit information, of non-genetically modified (GM) soybean and conventional soybean futures markets at the Tokyo Grain Exchange (TGE).

The first manuscript examines how efficiently non-GM and conventional soybean futures markets react to an announcement to change the contract unit, suppliers, and expiration date on the conventional soybean contract. Box and Tiao's intervention analysis is used for this purpose. The result reveals that the price premium for non-GM soybeans (the price difference between the two soybean contracts) and the volumes of non-GM soybeans increase after the announcement and this effect remained …

Carrying Capacity Of Bivalve Aquaculture, Carrie Jean Byron

Open Access Dissertations

A framework was developed for determining carrying capacity through mass-balance ecosystem modeling and stakeholder involvement that can be used to guide management of bivalve aquaculture. A collaborative working group was formed where stakeholders worked closely with scientists to calculate carrying capacity which was then used to inform a long-term aquaculture plan for Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island's coastal lagoons where aquaculture has doubled in six years and user conflicts are high. Stakeholders informed the modeling process at four critical steps: conceptualization of models, evaluation of data sources for parameterization, mass-balancing of the model, and calculation of carrying capacity. Cultured oysters, …

Public Consensus As Constitutional Authority, Richard A. Primus

Articles

Barry Friedman's new book The Will of the People attempts to dissolve constitutional law's countermajoritariand ifficulty by showing that, in practice,t he Supreme Court does only what the public will tolerate. His account succeeds if "the countermajoritarian difficulty" refers to the threat that courts will run the country in ways that contravene majority preference, but not if the "the countermajoritarian difficulty" refers to the need to explain the legitimate sources of judicial authority in cases where decisions do contravene majority preference. Friedman's book does not pursue the second possibility, and may suggest that doing so is unimportant, in part because …

Sidelined: Title Ix Retaliation Cases And Women's Leadership In College Athletics, Erin E. Buzuvis

Faculty Scholarship

Discrimination against women seeking or serving in leadership positions in sport is worthy of analysis, not only for the sake of individual women who desire to self-actualize as a head coach or athletic administrator, but because the unique role of sport in society gives underrepresentation of women in leadership positions additional significance. Due to its high visibility and widespread appeal—its veritable iconic status—sport is a salient site of cultural production. That is, sport operates on a symbolic level, reflecting and transmitting shared cultural values. Among these values, sport helps define the attributes associated with leadership, and thus, derivatively, power. By …

Slipping Through The Cracks: Why Can't We Stop Drugged Driving?, Tina Wescott Cafaro

Faculty Scholarship

Part I of this Article briefly explains the history of impaired driving laws, with respect to both alcohol and drugs. It then sets forth the various frameworks currently in place to establish that an individual is OUI drugs and evaluates the effectiveness of each standard. Part II discusses the impediments to detecting and prosecuting OUI drug cases. This section details the difficulties associated with the science behind drugged driving, including determining the effect a drug may have on an individual as well as the validity of tests used to determine if one has a drug in their system. Part II …

Optimizing Pdf Searchability With Google, Barbara West, Pat Newcombe, Steve Bobowicz

Faculty Scholarship

The Authors recount how they optimized pdf searchability of faculty scholarship on Digital Commons--an institutional repository. They used Adobe Professional to ensure the PDFs were searchable via the full text.

The Magic Of Money And Banking, Eric J. Gouvin

Faculty Scholarship

This chapter analyzes the banking system in the wizarding world of Harry Potter and compares it to the salient features of the banking system in the Muggle world. The chapter begins with a brief history of money. Although the economies in both the wizarding world and the Muggle world use money, there are striking differences between those worlds on this point. We can only speculate on why these differences exist, but it appears that the wizard concept of money stopped evolving in the Middle Ages, when bankers were really just trusted keepers of valuables. The chapter concludes that although Muggle …

Polymerization Shrinkage Strain Produced By Low -Shrinkage Composite Resins, Gowri Natarajarathinam

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Tgf-B3, And An Albumin Scaffold To Promote Full Thickness Wound Healing, John Felix Mccauley

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Microcrystal Analysis Of Cocaine Hydrochloride And Added Adulterants: Trends In The Changes Of Crystal Morphology, Hannah C. Nelson

All ETDs from UAB

No abstract provided.

Prevalence And Susceptibility Of Cryptococcus Neoformans To Fluconazole In Hiv Patients In Kenya, Rennatus Magina Mdodo

All ETDs from UAB

In an applied analysis, examining the association between log transformed C-reactive