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Exomedicine Synthesis Paper, Rita Briggs

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

A report by Rita Briggs titled "Exomedicine Synthesis Paper" from 2010.

Early Stage Adult Christian Formation In Emerging Northwest Culture, Robert E. Hunter

Doctor of Ministry

The problem this dissertation addresses is that many churches, disciplers, catechists, and ecclesial leaders use lecture-based fonnats primarily when nurturing people new to the faith. The thesis of this paper is that a biblically sound, transformative model can be developed to form new disciples. The thesis provides the foundation for a ten-part curriculum presented as media artifact.

Section 2 describes other solutions and methodologies used currently to nurture people in the early stages of Christian formation. Some of the current methodologies include traditional Sunday school, sermon-based small groups, biblical discipleship, and group media discipleship. The fourth section develops the thesis …

Iraq Mine Action Strategy (2010-2012), Gichd

Global CWD Repository

The first draft of a mine action strategy in Iraq was formulated in 2004 in line with the urgent requirement to structure and organize mine action in Iraq in order to support national development priorities in line with the National Development Strategy (NDS).

At the time of the development of this strategy it was not clear what the role of each of the involved Ministries, civil society organizations and the United Nations support program for mine action, which made it incapable of achieving it goals in a manner consistent with that stage.

And thus the current mine action strategy was …

Evaluation Of The Humanitarian Mine Action Activities Of Norwegian People's Aid, Gichd

Global CWD Repository

This report presents the findings, conclusions and recommendations of an evaluation of the Norwegian support to Norwegian People's Aid's mine action programmes commissioned by Norad's Evaluation Department and undertaken by COWI A/S. The evaluation provides information on the results of Norwegian People's Aid's humanitarian mine activities, and provides recommendations that can be used in future identification, design, and implementation of humanitarian mine activities.

Portfolio Of Mine Action Projects 2010, Unmas

Global CWD Repository

Since the anti-personnel mine-ban treaty was adopted in September 1997, mine action has helped an ever-increasing number of civilians reclaim their lives and restore their livelihoods. The treaty has helped mobilize the international community’s response to landmines and their impact on people. It is a testament to what can be achieved when we collectively take on a grave humanitarian and development challenge.

The United Nations pledges to assist mine-affected countries in meeting their obligations under the anti-personnel mine-ban treaty and other international norms related to mine action. The United Nations continues to clear areas known or believed to be contaminated …

Mechanistic Modeling Of Pipeline Leak Detection At Fixed Inlet Rate, Seung Ihl Kam

Faculty Publications

A leak from subsea pipelines has been a serious problem in deepwater operations because of its potential threat to surrounding marine environments, significant monetary loss from the delay of hydrocarbon production, and difficulty in detection and remedial processes. For the first time, this study shows how a leak in long horizontal subsea pipelines can be modeled mechanistically using pressure traverse calculations, and presents the results in a form of contour plots, with "a change in inlet pressure (ΔPin)" or "a change in outlet flowrate (Δqtout)" induced by a leak in z axis as a function of leak opening size and …

Kinetics Of G-Protein Coupled Receptor Endosomal Trafficking Pathways Revealed By Single Quantum Dots, Katye M. Fichter, Marc Flajolet, Paul Greengard, Tania Q. Vu

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest protein superfamily in the human genome; they comprise 30% of current drug targets and regulate diverse cellular signaling responses. The role of endosomal trafficking in GPCR signaling regulation is gaining substantial consideration. However, this process remains difficult to study due to the inability to distinguish among many individual receptors, simultaneously trafficking within multiple endosomal pathways. Here we show accurate measurement of the internalization and endosomal trafficking of single groups of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine, 5-HT) receptors using single quantum dot (QD) probes and quantitative colocalization. We demonstrate that the presence of a QD tag does not …

Sommerville's "Religious Ideas For Secular Universities" - Book Review, Ken Badley

Faculty Publications - College of Education

Review of C. John Sommerville's "Religious Ideas for Secular Universities," originally published in Christian Scholar's Review, 40(1), 2010.

http://www.csreview.org/

Weather And Climate Information For Tourism, Christopher J. Lemieux, D.J. Scott

Geography and Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

The tourism sector is one of the largest and fastest growing global industries and is a significant contributor to national and local economies around the world. The interface between climate and tourism is multifaceted and complex, as climate represents both a vital resource to be exploited and an important limiting factor that poses risks to be managed by the tourism industry and tourists alike. All tourism destinations and operators are climate-sensitive to a degree and climate is a key influence on travel planning and the travel experience. This chapter provides a synopsis of the capacities and needs for climate services …

Lynn Magazine - Winter 2010, Lynn University

Lynn Magazine / LYNN

Main Stories:

• Student power
• Lessons that change lives
• The Littlest Caregivers

Azlactone-Functionalized Polymers As Reactive Templates For Parallel Polymer Synthesis: Synthesis And Screening Of A Small Library Of Cationic Polymers In The Context Of Dna Delivery, Bin Sun, Xianghui Liu, Maren E. Buck, David M. Lynn

Chemistry: Faculty Publications

Azlactone-functionalized polymers are used as reactive templates for the synthesis of a library of amine-functionalized polymers of interest in the context of DNA delivery and other applications.

Effect Of Systemic Parameters Following Experimental Subarachnoid Hemorrhage And Cerebral Vasospasm In Rabbits By Injection Of Blood Into The Subarachnoidal Space, Alaattin Yurt, Fusun Ozer, Mehmet Selcuki, Ali R. Erturk, Okan Gorgulu

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To investigate acute changes of systemic parameters following experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and cerebral vasospasm conditions created by intracisternal injection of fresh autologous blood in a rabbit model. METHODS: The study was carried out at the Neurosurgery Clinic, İzmir Training and Research Hospital, İzmir, Turkey between April 2002 and March 2005. Thirty-two male rabbits were divided into the following 4 groups: group one with mild hemorrhage received 0.5 cc of blood, group 2 with moderate hemorrhage received 0.7 cc of blood, group 3 with severe hemorrhage received 1 cc of blood, and the sham-operated group 4 with no blood. …

Brain Computed Tomography In Patients With Syncope, Nariman M. Al-Nsoor, Abdullah S. Mhearat

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To determine the use of brain CT as a routine diagnostic tool in patients presenting with syncope. METHODS: From March 2006 to April 2008, 292 patients presented with a history of transient loss of consciousness to the emergency department at the King Hussein Medical Center, Amman, Jordan. A neurologist examined all investigated patients and brain scans were obtained. Patients were classified into 4 groups according to brain scan findings and their neurological examination. RESULTS: Out of the 292 patients, 254 (86.9%) patients underwent brain scan, 38 (13%) patients were excluded. The first group included 203 (79.9%) patients, who had …

Is Mitral Early To Late Wave Ratio A Predictor For Silent Cerebral Infarction In Elderly Patients With Coronary Artery Disease, Guo-Xiang Fu, Yuan Zhong

Neurosciences

No abstract provided.

Feasibility Of Using Passive Monitoring Techniques In Mesh Networks For The Support Of Routing, Chenzhe Zhang

Masters

In recent years, Wireless Mesh Networks (WMNs) have emerged as a promising solution to provide low cost access networks that extend Internet access and other networking services. Mesh routers form the backbone connectivity through cooperative routing in an often unstable wireless medium. Therefore, the techniques used to monitor and manage the performance of the wireless network are expected to play a significant role in providing the necessary performance metrics to help optimize the link performance in WMNs. This thesis initially presents an assessment of the correlation between passive monitoring and active probing techniques used for link performance measurement in single …

Development Of A Quality Of Service Framework For Multimedia Streaming Applications, Stuart Wallace

Masters

By the year 2012, it is expected that the majority of all Internet traffic will be video content. Coupled with this is the increasing availability of Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) due to their ease of deployment, flexibility and reducing roll out costs. Unfortunately the contention based access mechanism utilised by IEEE 802.11 WLANs does not suit the non-uniform or bursty bandwidth profile of a video stream which can lead to a reduced quality of service (QoS) being experienced by the end-user. In 2005, the IEEE 802.11e protocol was ratified in an attempt to solve this emerging problem. It provides …

Subtype Of Hypertension Is Evidence For Preclinical Atherosclerosis. A Study Of Carotid Artery Ultrasonography And Biochemical Markers, Marwan S. Al-Nimer, Ismail I. Hussein, Warda S. Lasso

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To assess subclinical atherosclerosis in subtypes of hypertension using lipid profile as a biomarker and B mode ultrasonography of the carotid arteries. METHODS: Ninety-six subjects (49 females and 47 males) aged 42-78 years were recruited from the vascular Doppler unit at Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Baghdad, Iraq from January to June 2008. They were grouped into normotensive (group I), isolated systolic hypertension (group II), isolated diastolic hypertension (group III), and combined systolic and diastolic hypertension (group IV). RESULTS: Subclinical atherosclerosis was observed in groups III and IV in terms of significantly low levels of high-density lipoprotein, high levels of low-density …

Syphilitic Arteritis Involving The Origin Of The Cervical Internal Carotid Artery, Noufa F. Al-Shammari, Ahmed H. El-Beltagi, Sayed A. Al-Far, Yasser M. Abdel-Raouf

Neurosciences

We report a case of meningovascular syphilis in a young adult woman presenting with left hemiparesis due to near occlusion of proximal cervical internal carotid with subacute middle cerebral artery territory infarction. Diagnosis was made on the basis of positive serum, and spinal fluid serology for syphilis, carotid Doppler, and magnetic resonance angiography, as well as improvement after intravenous penicillin therapy. In this case report, the imaging findings were described and related literature was reviewed.

Effect Of Erythropoietin On The Survival Of Retinal Neurocytes In Culture Upon Serum Withdrawal, Yi-Sheng Zhong, Hui-Ping Yao, Lian-Fu Deng, Yu Cheng, Ying-Jun Min

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To clarify whether erythropoietin (EPO) could substitute for the serum component in cultured retinal neurocytes suffering from serum withdrawal. METHODS: The study was performed in the Shanghai Institute of Traumatology and Orthopedics, Shanghai, China between April 2008 and March 2009. A total of 160 postnatal 2-3 day-old Sprague-Dawley rats were used for this study. After the retinal neurocytes were cultured for 48 hours, the culture media was replaced with serum- free media, and the cells were exposed to 1 U/ml, 3 U/ml, and 6 U/ml EPO for another 24 or 48 hours, the cell body diameter was then assessed …

Prevalence Of Silent Stroke In Kurdistan, Iraq, Ehsan K. Al-Shimmery, Saddam H. Amein, Namir G. Al-Tawil

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To measure the prevalence of silent strokes in the Iraqi Kurdish population, and to identify silent stroke risk factors. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was carried out in Rizgary Teaching Hospital, Erbil, Iraq from January to June 2009. A sample of 200 patients attending the outpatient clinic was taken. The results of CT and MRI were analyzed, and the proportion of silent infarcts was measured. Patients were interviewed for presence of hypertension, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, alcohol drinking, and smoking. Body mass index and serum lipid levels were calculated. RESULTS: Out of 200 subjects, 19% showed silent infarct(s). Logistic regression …

Central Nervous System Aspergillosis In An Immunocompetent Patient, Abbasali Javadi, Behrooz Ataei, Navid Koleini, Masih Saboori

Neurosciences

A 12-year-old girl was admitted to the Emergency Department with seizures and headache for 2 months. A CT scan and MRI showed a mass in the right frontal lobe with obvious mass effect. Surgery was carried out, and the resultant pathology was found to be aspergillosis. This study reports aspergillosis in an immunocompetent host following recurrent fungal otitis media. Although this condition is rare, it should be considered in patients with a history of fungal infections.

Longwood University Catalog 2010-2011, Longwood University

Undergraduate Catalogs

No abstract provided.

Greek Language And Culture In Australia, Anastasios M. Tamis

Arts Book Chapters

The Greek migration and settlement circle in Oceania comprised four important stages: the stage of exodus of approximately 300,000 Hellenes from their ancestral residences (1829-1974), the painful and agonizing stage of settlement in Australia and New Zealand during the pre- and post-WWlI period, the stage of their socioeconomic and cultural interaction during the years 1975-1995, and the stage of consolidation and citizenship that followed. During this period, Greek and Cypriot settlers arriving as migrants to Australia, were progessively transformed into citizens enhancing their social presence, consolidating their economic and cultural contribution, and overcoming the pre-War restrictive immigation policies and attitudes. …

Child Fatalities In Tennessee 2008, Tennessee. Department Of Health.

Child Fatalities in Tennessee Report

No abstract provided.

Why Ask The Guests? : An Examination Of Mechanisms And Efficacy Of Guest Feedback Used In Hotels In Perth, Selly Sugio

Theses : Honours

This study has explored the importance of feedback mechanisms in the hospitality industry. A mixed methodology was adopted so that the main or major issues could be identified and the respondents' feelings and emotions examined and discovered. In-depth interviews were conducted to discover and explore hotel managers' feeling, emotions, thoughts and understanding of feedback mechanism in the hotel. A questionnaire was developed to investigate the hotel front office or room division staff perspective on feedback mechanisms in the hotel. The rich data is very important because it gives the study more significance and detail. This research found that using feedback …

The Nfl, Intellectual Property, And The Conquest Of Sports Media, Eric E. Johnson

Faculty Articles

This article explores how the National Football League (NFL) has used assertions of intellectual property to control media coverage of its activities and events. Some history is uncovered, including the NFL’s project of wresting copyright ownership to televised game coverage away from the broadcast television networks. Also reviewed is the NFL’s spurious claims of copyright ownership over footage shot by third persons. The article further explains how the NFL has, in recent years, begun to use press accreditation as a way to gain copyright ownership over news-media footage and to eliminate competition with the NFL’s own web and television media …

Remote Access Forensics For Vnc And Rdp On Windows Platform, Paresh Kerai

Australian Digital Forensics Conference

There has been a greater implementation of remote access technologies in recent years. Many organisations are adapting remote technologies such as Virtual Network Computing (VNC) and remote desktop (RDP) applications as customer support application. They use these applications to remotely configure computers and solve computer and network issues of the client on spot. Therefore, the system administrator or the desktop technician does not have to sit on the client computer physically to solve a computer issue. This increase in adaptation of remote applications is of interest to forensic investigators; this is because illegal activities can be performed over the connection. …

Student Evaluations For The Online Public Speaking Course, John J. Miller

Basic Communication Course Annual

Despite criticisms raised about online public speaking classes, the growth of these online courses cannot be denied. This essay attempts to develop student course evaluations aimed at reflecting the unique characteristics of online instruction to assist instructors with improving their online pedagogy. Just as instructors seek to improve classroom instruction, they should likewise seek to improve online instruction through the realization and acceptance that online instruction is not simply course development, but the ongoing interactions between the student and instructor in the context of two significant differences between a traditional classroom and online instruction: (1) student-centered-controlled learning and (2) instructor-student …

Painting Over Long-Standing Precedent: How The Rhode Island Supreme Court Misapplied Public Nuisance Law In State V. Lead Industries Association, Fidelma Fitzpatrick

Roger Williams University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Collaboration Between Victim Services And Faith Organizations: Benefits, Chanllenges, & Recommendations, Dana Dehart

Faculty and Staff Publications

Although many crime victims seek support from members of the faith community, faith leaders may feel unsure of their abilities to assist. This paper describes findings from a descriptive needs assessment that preceded a national project to link faith-based organizations and victim service programs in five high-crime neighborhoods. Approximately 90 participants were interviewed, including faith leaders, victim service providers, and other professionals. A majority saw positive implications of faith-secular collaboration but also identified concerns. Findings focus on perceived obstacles and facilitators of collaboration, addressing climate for faith-secular collaboration, disciplinary differences, community engagement, and church-state separation. Implications for collaboration are explored …