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Association Between Disruption Of Fibrin Sheaths Using Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty Balloons And Late Onset Of Central Venous Stenosis, Nina Ni

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

This study compares the rates of central venous stenosis in patients undergoing hemodialysis who underwent disruption of fibrin sheath with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) balloons and those who underwent over the wire catheter exchange.

This study is a retrospective review of 209 PTA balloon disruption and 1,304 over the wire catheter exchange procedures. Approval from the Human Investigations Committee was obtained for this study. Up to ten year follow up was performed. A χ2 test was used to compare the rates of central venous stenosis after balloon disruption versus catheter exchange. A T-test was used to compare time to central …

Using Technology To Increase Interest In The Learning Of Mathematics, Teresa May Anderson

All Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to develop unit openers in the form of PowerPoint presentations to introduce students to upcoming topics. Within the PowerPoint presentations, relevant visual images are used to pique the interest of the students. Also, within the presentations are opportunities for students to use a hand-held Student Response System to respond to questions. The questions the students answer are related to the upcoming material. After responses are entered, a visual display will show the responses and discussion will follow between the students and the teacher. The project will be used in geometry mathematics classrooms at the …

Direction Of The Play: The Outsiders, Janice Carroll

Graduate Student Projects

This project entailed the selection, background research and documentation, musical analysis, casting, vocal coaching, direction, and post-production analysis of Howe Sound Secondary School's production of Janice Carroll's The Outsiders. Documentation included research and analysis of the play and an evaluation of the play as a production vehicle for Theatre Arts at Central Washington Unviersity

Direction Of The Play: Doubt: A Parable, Michelle Trembley

Graduate Student Projects

This project entailed the selection, background research and documentation, casting, direction, and post-production analysis of Mercury Player's production of Patrick Shandley's Doubt: A Parable. Documentation included research and analysis of the play and an evaluation of the play as a production vehicle for the community theatre.

Direction Of The Play: For Black Boys Who Have Considered Homicide When The Streets Were Too Much, Cynthia Webb-Manly

Graduate Student Projects

This project entailed the selection, background research and documentation, musical analysis, casting, direction, vocal coaching, and post-production analysis of a production of For Black Boys Who Have Considered Homicide When The Streets Were Too Much at Spooky Action Theatre Company. Documentation includes research and analysis of the play, its music, and an evaluation of the play as a production vehicle for Empowering Artists Dreams. The analysis also includes a discussion as to the non-traditional directoral vision of this production.

Direction Of The Musical: Beauty And The Beast Jr., Dara Evan Pickren-Davis

Graduate Student Projects

This project entailed the selection, background research and documentation, musical analysis, casting, direction, vocal coaching, and post-production analysis of The Island Players Young People's Summer Workshop production Disney's Beauty and the Beast Jr. Documentation includes research and analysis of the play, its music, and an evaluation of the musical as a production vehicle for the The Island Players Theatre.

Organizations And The Evolution Of Cooperation, Danielle F. Jung, David A. Lake

2011

The Repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma (RPD) is a metaphor for the difficulties of achieving cooperation in social life. We present results from an agent-based model (ABM) of the RPD in which agents interact in a “market,” equivalent to the non-organizational interactions within the standard RPD, or have the option of interacting within networks, which allow agents to acquire information from other agents with whom they have been paired or to select agents with whom to interact, or hierarchies, in which cooperation is enforced by the threat of third party punishment. The ABM sheds new light on when and how organizations affect …

Feasibility Of Public-Private Partnerships For Swamp Rabbit Conservation., Lyann Rubert, Eric M. Schauber, Clayton K. Nielsen, Paul D. Scharine

Publications

The distribution and abundance of swamp rabbits in southern Illinois have decreased due to loss and fragmentation of bottomland hardwood forests. Remaining populations are likely isolated because of limited dispersal across open areas. Private citizens own 69% of highly suitable swamp rabbit habitat in southern Illinois, so public-private partnership is key to any conservation efforts. Owners of highly suitable habitat were sent mail surveys to determine current and acceptable forms of land management, participation in government incentive programs, and interest in swamp rabbit conservation. The response rate was 41%, and 69% of surveyed landowners indicated interest in learning about or …

Will Overfishing And Proposed Mississippi River Diversions Imperil Louisiana Oyster Fisheries? Commentary And Review, Lynn B. Loftin, H. Dickson Hoese, Mark A. Konikoff

Gulf of Mexico Science

Two recent articles based on oyster landings have challenged the prevailing wisdom about the most important factors controlling Louisiana oyster production. One article concludes that the northern Gulf industry (principally Louisiana) will collapse based on overfishing; the second concludes that the addition of freshwater through diversions could be harmful to production. These findings are not supported by the literature or our statistical analysis of the landings data. In an effort to put into perspective the complexity of the factors affecting oyster production in the northern Gulf of Mexico, several areas of the oyster literature are reviewed, including (1) hysteresis, (2) …

Insights From Whaling Logbooks On Whales, Dolphins, And Whaling In The Gulf Of Mexico, Randall R. Reeves, Judith N. Lund, Tim D. Smith, Elizabeth A. Josephson

Gulf of Mexico Science

Whaling voyage logbooks provide a unique window into historical marine animal distribution and relative numbers. The Gulf of Mexico was among the regions visited by American commercial whalers beginning in the late 1700s, and possibly as early as the 1760s. For more than a century, they hunted sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and blackfish (usually probably short-finned pilot whales; Globicephala macrorhynchus) in the Gulf. An ongoing study of global whaling history has allowed us to offer some insights on characteristics and trends of the Gulf fishery and on cetacean populations in the Gulf. We examined 53 voyage logbooks …

Scaling In The Aristotle's Lantern Of Lytechinus Variegatus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea), C.M. Pomory, M.T. Lares

Gulf of Mexico Science

No abstract provided.

Populations Of The Gorgonian Genus Leptogorgia At Two Jetties In The Northwestern Gulf Of Mexico, Emily A. Williamson, Kevin B. Strychar, Kim Withers

Gulf of Mexico Science

No abstract provided.

2011-2012 Che Newsletter, Department Of Chemical Engineering, Michigan Technological University

Department of Chemical Engineering Newsletters

Table of Contents

• Department
• Bioengineering Research
• Student News
• Alumni and Friends

Study Of Water Use And Supply In The District Of Independencia, Peru, Fletcher A. Mckenzie

Dissertations, Master's Theses and Master's Reports - Open

Peru is a developing country with abundant fresh water resources, yet the lack of infrastructure leaves much of the population without access to safe water for domestic uses. The author of this report was a Peace Corps Volunteer in the sector of water & sanitation in the district of Independencia, Ica, Peru. Independencia is located in the arid coastal region of the country, receiving on average 15 mm of rain annually. The water source for this district comes from the Pisco River, originating in the Andean highlands and outflowing into the Pacific Ocean near the town of Pisco, Peru.

The …

Radar Characteristics Of Continental, Coastal, Andmaritime Convection Observed During Amma/Namma, Nick Guy, Steven A. Rutledge, Robert Cifelli

United States Department of Commerce: Staff Publications

Ground-based radar observations at three distinct geographical locations in West Africa along a common latitudinal band (Niamey, Niger (continental), Kawsara, Senegal (coastal), and Praia, Republic of Cape Verde (maritime)) are analyzed to determine convective system characteristics in each domain during a 29-day period in 2006. Ancillary datasets provided by the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (AMMA) and NASA-AMMA (NAMMA) field campaigns are also used to place the radar observations in context. Results show that the total precipitation is dominated by propagating mesoscale convective systems. Convective characteristics vary according to environmental properties, such as vertical shear, CAPE, and the degree of synoptic …

Annual Report Of The Town Officers Of The Town Of Pittsburg, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2010., Pittsburg Town Representatives

Pittsburg, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Annual Reports Of The Officers, Trustees, Agents, Committees And Organizations Of The Town Of Plaistow, New Hampshire For The Year 2010., Plaistow Town Representatives

Plaistow, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Town Of Pelham, New Hampshire 2010 Annual Town Report., Pelham Town Representatives

Pelham, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

No. 08: Climate Change And Food Security In Southern African Cities, Gina Ziervogel, Bruce Frayne

African Food Security Urban Network

The current urban transition in the Global South is at the heart of discussions about the relationship between climate change and food security. This paper explores the links between climate change and food security within the context of the urban transition taking place in Southern Africa. Climate change is expected to negatively accentuate existing levels of urban food insecurity and these adverse impacts are likely to fall disproportionately on the poor. Researchers, planners and policymakers in Southern African cities are starting to explore how changes in weather associated with climate change are likely to affect urban lifestyles and systems. In …

No. 11: The State Of Food Insecurity In Cape Town, Jane Battersby

African Food Security Urban Network

Cape Town is one of the wealthiest cities in the Southern African region. Yet, the vast majority of households in poor areas of the city experience food insecurity. This paper uses AFSUN data to examine the characteristics and drivers of food insecurity in Cape Town. While food insecurity correlates closely with income poverty and household structure, broader factors also impact upon urban food security, most notably urban design and market structure. Efforts to address urban food insecurity should therefore not simply target the household. Instead, a food systems approach is necessary, which considers supply chains, procurement, nutrition support programmes, public …

Soviet Pins: Souvenirs As Spoils In The Triumphal Procession, Alex Levant

Communication Studies Faculty Publications

In Moscow today, old Soviet pins, which had once been awarded to school kids as a rite of passage, are sold as souvenirs to tourists. These pins are an example of the many ruins of the Soviet Union that have experienced a metamorphosis: they connote an entirely new set of meanings that have supplanted their previous significance without any change in their material form. This article explores the transformation of these “cultural treasures” through the creative output of another Soviet “ruin”: the post-Stalinist philosopher, Evald Ilyenkov, whose work challenged the hegemony of Soviet Diamat, but has not been adequately …

Winter Newsletter 2011, Benjamin Panciera, Carolyn Johnson

Friends of the Connecticut College Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Evidence Of Cowbird Parasitism On Yellow-Throated Warblers At Starved Rock State Park, Illinois, Usa, Joseph Traina

Faculty Publications & Research

An adult yellow-throated warbler (Dendroica dominica) was observed feeding a fledged brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater) on July 1, 2010 at the Beehive Overlook at Starved Rock State Park (LaSalle County, Illinois, USA). Food in the form of captured insects was brought to the young cowbird five times during a period of approximately 15 minutes.

Resolving The Qualified Immunity Dilemma: Constitutional Tort Claims For Nominal Damages, James E. Pfander

Faculty Working Papers

Scholars have criticized the Court's qualified immunity decision in Pearson v. Callahan on the ground that it may lead to stagnation in the judicial elaboration of constitutional norms. Under current law, officers sued in their personal capacity for constitutional torts enjoy qualified immunity from liability unless the plaintiff can persuade the court that the conduct in question violated clearly established law. Pearson permits the lower courts to dismiss on the basis of legal uncertainty; it no longer requires the courts to address the merits of the constitutional question. This essay suggests that constitutional tort claimants should be permitted to avoid …

The Jaguar’S Spots: Ancient Mesoamerican Art From The Lowe Art Museum, University Of Miami, Traci Ardren, Julie K. Wesp, Gretel Rodríguez, Erica Sefton, Gabrielle Vail, Brian Dursum

Lowe Art Museum Catalogs

No abstract provided.

What Is The Caregivers' (Certified Nursing Assistant) Perception Of Their Role While Caring For A Patient In The Household Model?, Daniyele Feaster

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

This was a mixed design study that assessed the caregivers' perception of their role while caring for patients in the household model. A sample of 12 caregivers currently employed in a long-term care facility operating in the household model was asked to complete a survey and answer 11 questions during a one on one interview. This interview tool allowed the caregivers the opportunity to rate their personal experiences, environment and express their feelings associated with their role as a certified nursing assistant working in a household model. The results indicated that the caregivers enjoyed working in the household environment and …

2010 Annual Report Swanzey, New Hampshire., Swanzey Town Representatives

Swanzey, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Annual Report Of The Town Officers Of The Town Of Stewartstown, New Hampshire For The Year Ending December 31, 2010 Including Report Of The School Directors And Water Precinct Commissioners., Stewartstown Town Representatives

Stewartstown, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Famu Lawyer Annual Newsletter Summer 2011 Vol. 8, No. 1, Famu College Of Law

FAMU Lawyer

No abstract provided.

2011-2012, Csusb

Anthropology Department newsletter

No abstract provided.