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Psychological Profiles In A Female Bariatric Surgery Sample, Aimee L. Donato

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

Morbid obesity is an epidemic. Current literature suggests that people with morbid obesity tend to show increased levels of psychological dysfunction. This is especially pertinent to the clinicians who work with morbidly obese patients who seek bariatric surgery as the method for weight control. Surgery should be performed on patients who are psychologically ready to adjust to the stringent post-operative lifestyle.

The purpose of the present study was (1) to compare two groups of bariatric patients (a White group and a non-White group) on pre-surgery measures: specific scales on the Millon Behavioral Medicine Diagnostic (MBMD), the Beck Depression Inventory II …

Common Vitamin And Mineral Deficiencies In Utah, Jeffery O. Hall, D. R. Zobell

All Current Publications

This publication discusses common vitamin and mineral deficiencies in animals around Utah.

Statistical Analysis Of Repeated-Measures Experiments With Categorical Data Under Two And Three Treatments, Saja Mohammad Hussein, Hala Kazem Obeid

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

One of the primary objectives of certain experiments is to determine the impact of various sequences of medications, nutritional regimens, or learning trials. In scenarios where experimental units are scarce or budgetary constraints exist, researchers often subject each unit (subject) to multiple consecutive tests, a design formally known as Repeated Measures Experiments. While data in such studies are frequently quantitative, researchers often encounter cases where variable levels are defined solely on an ordinal basis, focusing on the frequency of observations at each level; this type of information is referred to as Categorical Count Data. This research focuses on repeated measures …

Earmstrong, Armstrong Atlantic State University

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

No abstract provided.

Fighting Cancer With Folate: Investigating The Link Between Nutrients And Disease, Amy Oprean

New Science

Over the past decade, a growing body of literature has emerged suggesting that nutrients play an important role in regulating gene expression, particularly as it relates to the development of disease. Ahmad Heydari, Ph.D., professor of nutrition and food science, is at the forefront of this growing field with his investigation of the link between folic acid and gastrointestinal cancer prevention and treatment. “Powerful developments in genetics research have uncovered the potential of nutrients in controlling gene expression and even preventing DNA damage,” Heydari said. “In terms of cancer, a disease caused primarily from DNA damage, the potential for improvements …

Homegrown In Detroit, Amy Oprean

New Science

As cities across the country experiment with different approaches to urban agriculture and local food systems, one Wayne State researcher has become an important player in a city-wide movement to make Detroit the model city for food sustainability. Kami Pothukuchi, Ph.D., associate professor of urban planning in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, is the director of SEED Wayne, a volunteer-based organization dedicated to building sustainable food systems on the campus of Wayne State University and in Detroit communities. Through a dedicated core group of staff, volunteers and community partners, SEED Wayne approaches its goal through research projects on …

New Science Volume 18, Division Of Research

New Science

Full issue to Volume 18 of New Science

Tennessee Farm Bureau News - September 2010, Tennessee Farm Bureau Federation

Tennessee Farm Bureau News

No abstract provided.

How To Be Successful In Exclusive Breastfeeding For Four To Six Months:Experiences Of Chinese Mothers In Ireland, Qianling Zhou

Other resources

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The Effects Of Moral Obligations To Others And Others' Influence On Veterinarians' Attitudes Toward And Recommendations To Utilize Antibiotics In Feedlot Cattle, Jie-Sheng Jan, William Alex Mcintosh, H. Morgan Scott, Wesley Dean

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Decisions to behave in particular ways depend on beliefs, social norms, perceived constraints, and attitudes. Recently, this perspective has been expanded to consider the role of moral obligations in such decisions. Largely ignored are the possible interrelations among moral obligations to significant others and significant others’ influences as they interact to affect decisions. This is of particular interest when a strong moral obligation toward a significant other is associated with strong behavioral expectations by that same significant other. We investigated the interrelations among moral obligations to, and behavioral expectations from, 11 types of significant others in the cattle feeding industry …

Janet Poppendieck, Free For All: Fixing School Food In America, Cheryl Hudee

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Review of Free for All: Fixing School Food in America, by Janet Poppendieck

[Un]Common Language: The Corporate Appropriation Of Alternative Agro-Food Frames, Alison E. Adams, Thomas E. Shriver

Journal of Rural Social Sciences

Discourses and arguments regarding our increasingly globalized food system include complicated issues such as sustainability, ethical trade, localized sourcing, and food justice. However, recent research has largely glossed over how broader discursive structures can simultaneously facilitate and hinder social movement action in this area. The purpose of this study is to explore broader trends in public discourse and corporate public relations in the alternative agro-food movement (AAF). We conducted a qualitative discourse analysis to identify how powerful corporate agribusinesses use salient AAF frames in organizational literature. Our findings indicate that corporations are selectively using AAF frames to garner public support …

Aguero Letter To Commissioners Heather Murren And Bryon Georgiou Re: Fcic Commision Hearing/ Written Testimony, Jeremy A. Aguero

Documents

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Household Assets And Food Stamp Program Participation Among Eligible Low-Income Households, Jin Huang, Yunju Nam, Nora Wikoff

Center for Social Development Research

This study examines the association between asset ownership and Food Stamp Program participation among eligible households using a sample from a longitudinal national survey. This study employs two approaches: A multinomial model on the level of program participation and an event history analysis on the duration of eligible nonparticipation spells. Analysis results show that home, vehicle, and bank account ownership are negatively related to program participation, suggesting that asset ownership may reduce low-income households’ chances of receiving food assistance. It is recommended that program administrators liberalize asset eligibility rules and simplify procedures to facilitate program participation among low-income asset owners.

Obesity And Unhealthy Consumption: The Public-Policy Case For Placing A Federal Sin Tax On Sugary Beverages, Jonathan Cummings

Seattle University Law Review

A growing body of research has established an empirical link between consumption of sugary beverages and numerous health problems. Yet, while few people disagree that reduced consumption of sugary beverages is a desirable goal for American society, many people disagree about how to reduce it. This Comment argues that a proposed sin tax on sugary beverages is sound policy, and Congress should implement the tax in order to combat and address the obesity epidemic because (1) consumers are subject to cognitive and informational defects that affect consumers’ abilities to make the best welfare-generating decisions, and (2) sugary-beverage consumption causes healthcare-related …

An International Challenge, Rosalia Rochon

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

Rosalia Rochon profiles Cal Poly faculty member Dr. Peggy Papathakis and her sincere concern for public health. What aspects of Papathakis’s personality does Rochon emphasize in this profile, and how does Rochon use specific events to support her claims about Papathakis? A major focus in this essay is Papathakis’s work with HIV-infected mothers and infants. How would the initial focus of the essay shift if Papathakis’s HIV work had a more prominent position in the introduction? Consider how Rochon uses her personal feelings as support for Papathakis’s influential nature and desire to create change in the world beyond her academic …

Not A One-Man Show - But Definitely One Of A Kind, Jaclyn Goldsmith

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

In her essay “Not a One-Man Show—But Definitely One of a Kind,” Jaclyn Goldsmith profiles a familiar smiling face around Cal Poly’s campus, improvisational comedy group Smile and Nod’s Jose Molina. How does the writer establish the tone of the essay? For instance, is the title interesting? Informative? How does Goldsmith’s approach to the introduction compare with other profile introductions in Fresh Voices? For instance, she writes, “Silence. On center stage some twenty people configured in a circle, stationed high above the audience. Then—clap, clap, clap. . . .” How does the remainder of the introduction continue to establish tone …

A New Perspective, Rosalia Rochon

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, August 30, 2010, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

2010 August 30 - Graduate Council Minutes, College Of Graduate And Continuing Studies, East Tennessee State University

Graduate Council Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, August 30, 2010, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

The Daily Gamecock, Monday, August 30, 2010, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

August

No abstract provided.

Transcriptional Profiles For Glutamate Transporters Reveal Differences Between Organophosphates But Similarities With Unrelated Neurotoxicants, Theodore A. Slotkin, Doug Lobner, Frederic J. Seidler

Biomedical Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

The developmental neurotoxicity of organophosphates involves mechanisms other than their shared property as cholinesterase inhibitors, among which are excitotoxicity and oxidative stress. We used PC12 cells as a neurodevelopmental model to compare the effects of chlorpyrifos and diazinon on the expression of genes encoding glutamate transporters. Chlorpyrifos had a greater effect in cells undergoing nerve growth factor-induced neurodifferentiation as compared to undifferentiated PC12 cells, with peak sensitivity at the initiation of differentiation, reflecting a global upregulation of all the glutamate transporter genes expressed in this cell line. In differentiating cells, chlorpyrifos had a significantly greater effect than did diazinon and …

August 30, 2010, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Mandating The Hpv Vaccine, Sarah Bishop

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

In Sarah Bishop’s argumentative essay, “Mandating the HPV Vaccine,” she offers the newest of debates in the long-standing discussion of teens and sex— the HPV vaccine. She chooses to approach her audience with a direct argument: “The HPV vaccine should be mandated [for] young teens everywhere.” Her use of ethos, pathos, and logos illustrates and develops her claims about the vaccine. Bishop draws support for her argument from current journal articles and web sites, and then furthers an appeal to ethos by identifying herself as a candidate for the vaccine. Describing the virus as “unknowingly common” among men and women, …

Pulling Back The Curtains, Jill K. Estes

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

In Jill Estes’ argumentative essay “Pulling Back the Curtains,” she describes a remarkable advertisement that combines all the attractive features of former and current tobacco ads but ends with a twist. Estes believes that it is important to remind young audiences that smoking has long-term effects that belie its mystique, and for her, this ad is an important part of that fight. Notice how she weaves analysis with description: “In an age where the glossy pages of magazines are plastered with cartoon depictions of Joe Camel grinning with a cigarette perched conspicuously between his lips . . . one can …

Dr. Chocolate, Madilyn Ray

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

Madilyn Ray’s essay, “Dr. Chocolate,” profiles Tom Neuhaus, a Cal Poly food science professor who also regards himself as a “chocolatier.” However, the essay can teach you about a lot more than just Neuhaus’s professional interests. For instance, Ray does an impressive job weaving information about complex issues like Fair Trade and chocolate production into her depiction of Neuhaus’s attempts to “better our world” through chocolate. Moreover, Ray also includes her experiences sampling some of the chocolate Neuhaus makes and sells. As you read, look for the moments when Ray inserts her thoughts and ideas without covering up Neuhaus’s voice. …

The Most Powerful Weapon, Emily Goldin

Fresh Voices: Composition at Cal Poly

Editor’s Note In “The Most Powerful Weapon,” Emily Goldin examines the difficulty assessing the progress she made as a writer. However, she finds that when the effectiveness of her essay’s message is given attention, nothing is more rewarding than hearing how her own voice is powerful and passionate. While reading, notice how Goldin uses a unique approach by quoting from a work written in high school. Does the quotation from her past work provide a more thorough experience for the reader? Goldin’s concluding paragraph addresses what writing “will always produce”; note how her final message moves the essay’s purpose forward …

Stony Brook Press, V. 31, N. 16, Stony Brook University. Stony Brook Press.

Stony Brook Press

v. 31, n. 16, v.:ill. ; 38 cm (original analog pub.)

The Daily Egyptian, August 27, 2010, Daily Egyptian Staff

August 2010

No abstract provided.