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Expression And Functional Evaluation Of Exendin 4 Fused To Cholera Toxin B Subunit In Tobacco Chloroplast To Treat Type 2 Diabetes, Ramya Nityanandam Jan 2011

Expression And Functional Evaluation Of Exendin 4 Fused To Cholera Toxin B Subunit In Tobacco Chloroplast To Treat Type 2 Diabetes, Ramya Nityanandam

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The prevalence of type 2 diabetes has been steadily increasing around the globe. Glucagon like peptide (GLP-1), a powerful incretin increases insulin secretion in a glucose dependent manner. But GLP-1 is subjected to rapid enzymatic degradation (half-life: 2 min in circulation). The commercially available GLP-1 analog, exenatide has a longer half life with potent insulinotropic effects (about 2.4 hr) which requires cold storage and daily subcutaneous injections. In this study, exendin 4 (EX4), lizard derived GLP-1R agonist, was expressed as cholera toxin B subunit (CTB)-fusion protein in chloroplasts of tobacco to facilitate transmucosal delivery in the gut by utilizing the …

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Three Essays On Applications Of Intrahousehold Resource Allocation Models, Santikorn Pamornpathomkul Jan 2011

Three Essays On Applications Of Intrahousehold Resource Allocation Models, Santikorn Pamornpathomkul

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This dissertation consists of three chapters on the topic of intrahousehold resource allocation models. The first chapter tests the unitary and general collective models of intrahousehold resource allocation for various household compositions. I find that, for the quasiquadratic Engel curve specification, the overall results support the previous findings in the literature that the unitary model fails to explain how resources are allocated for all household types. However, when using the QUAIDS specification, the results can reject the unitary model only for smaller-sized households. The general collective model, on the other hand, cannot be rejected in either quasi-quadratic or QUAIDS and …

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We Live This Shit Rap As A Reflection Of Reality For Inner City Youth, Parag Patel Jan 2011

We Live This Shit Rap As A Reflection Of Reality For Inner City Youth, Parag Patel

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Rap is an extremely popular form of modern music that is notorious for incorporating themes of guns and violence into the lyrics. Early rap was mainly party or dance music until the mid-80s when structural shifts in social conditions brought feelings of hopelessness and frustration into black inner city communities and youth culture. These feelings now find expression in rap lyrics. This thesis uses rap lyrics as qualitative data to understand the plight of urban black youth. Rap music can be seen as a form of resistance for young African Americans who have historically never had such a medium to …

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Narrative Based Fear Appeals Manipulating Grammatical Person And Message Frame To Promote Hpv Awareness And Responsible Sexual Conduct, Jennifer Akeley Spear Jan 2011

Narrative Based Fear Appeals Manipulating Grammatical Person And Message Frame To Promote Hpv Awareness And Responsible Sexual Conduct, Jennifer Akeley Spear

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The utility of narrative as a persuasive mechanism has been increasingly investigated in recent years especially within the context of health behaviors. Although many studies have noted the effectiveness of narrative-based persuasive appeals, conceptual inconsistencies have made it difficult to determine what specific aspects of narrative messages lead to the most effective persuasive outcomes. In the present study, 145 female college students were randomly assigned to read one of four narrative health messages about a female freshman college students experiences with the human papillomavirus (HPV). Two elements of the narrative message structure were manipulated: the message frame (gain framed vs. …

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Principals Who Exceed District Standards Improving Outcomes For Students With Emotional And Behavioral Disabilities, Thomas S. Uhle Jan 2011

Principals Who Exceed District Standards Improving Outcomes For Students With Emotional And Behavioral Disabilities, Thomas S. Uhle

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A phenomenological study was conducted to investigate the experiences of school principals, who exceeded district standards on standardized performance evaluations, in providing effective educational programs for students with emotional and behavioral disabilities (EBD) in an urban setting. The aim of this study was to identify common experiences, practices, or attitudes regarding students with EBD, and their teachers, among school principals who qualified for the study. Data was be collected through principal interviews. Data results were coded, organized, and analyzed using a systematic method of phenomenological analysis to find general themes that speak to the essence of the experience.

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Bleeding Control Using Multiple Amputee Trauma Trainer In Medical Simulation Comparison Of Movement Versus Non-Movement In Training, Christine M. Allen Jan 2011

Bleeding Control Using Multiple Amputee Trauma Trainer In Medical Simulation Comparison Of Movement Versus Non-Movement In Training, Christine M. Allen

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Army first responders, specifically Combat Medics and Combat Lifesavers, provide medical intervention while in the field. Didactic as well as hands-on training helps to prepare these first responders, and one module they receive involves bleeding control. First responders are taught to use the Combat Application Tourniquet® (CAT® ) to stop bleeding from limbs subjected to severe injury such as amputation, gunshot, or severe lacerations. A training aid like the Multiple Amputee Trauma Trainer™ (MATT™) simulator provides tourniquet training using a lifelike bilateral lower limb amputee. In addition, MATT™ combines movement and resistance while the first responder applies the tourniquet, mimicking …

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Modeling Transport And Protein Adsorption In Microfluidic Systems, Craig Finch Jan 2011

Modeling Transport And Protein Adsorption In Microfluidic Systems, Craig Finch

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Mass transport limitations and surface interactions are important phenomena in microfluidic devices. The flow of water is laminar at small scales and the absence of turbulent mixing can lead to transport limitations, especially for reactions that take place at surfaces. Microscale devices have a high ratio of surface area to volume, and proteins are known to adsorb preferentially at interfaces. Protein adsorption plays a significant role in biology by mediating critical processes such as the attachment of cells to surfaces, the immune response and the coagulation of blood. Simulation tools that can quantitatively predict transport and protein adsorption will enable …

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Assessing Harm Reduction A Qualitative Investigation About The Impact Of Therapeutic Jurisprudence On Non-Completing Drug Court Clients, Traci R. Francis Jan 2011

Assessing Harm Reduction A Qualitative Investigation About The Impact Of Therapeutic Jurisprudence On Non-Completing Drug Court Clients, Traci R. Francis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Currently, the drug court treatment outcome literature provides little guidance about examining clients that fail to complete drug court. Typically, only successful clients are tracked and measured for outcome success characteristics and not much is known about unsuccessful client outcomes. A large portion of individuals who begin drug court do not complete the program. With unsuccessful rates ranging from 34 to 73%, it seems reasonable to examine the outcome of these cases. Ignoring this phenomenon is problematic because various stakeholders remain uninformed about the drug court model’s full effectiveness. The focus on successful clients may fail to fully capture and …

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Curriculum-Embedded Reading Tests As Predictors Of Success On Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test In Reading, Nicole Johnson Jan 2011

Curriculum-Embedded Reading Tests As Predictors Of Success On Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test In Reading, Nicole Johnson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

With the passing of the No Child Left Behind legislation (2001), individual states have been required to administer standardized tests to measure students’ academic achievement in several academic areas, including reading comprehension. Many schools are using curriculum embedded reading comprehension tests to assess students’ progress in achieving grade level expectations before the administration of state standardized test. This study used de-identified student data on curriculum embedded reading comprehension tests and the state standardized reading test, FCAT 2.0 to assess the correlation between a specific curriculum-based measure and the FCAT 2.0. The researcher used Pearson and Spearman Correlation to assess the …

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Perceptions And Their Role In Consumer Decision-Making, Raman Khaddaria Jan 2011

Perceptions And Their Role In Consumer Decision-Making, Raman Khaddaria

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation is an empirical investigation into the roles that different quantifiable and measurable perceptions play in defining individual behavior across a variety of decision-making contexts. In particular, the focus lies on smokers and the choices they make with regard to smoking and beyond. Chapter 1 analyzes a nationally representative sample of adults (23 years and older) in the United States, pertaining to the Annenberg Perception of Tobacco Risk Survey II (1999-2000). It is observed that three dimensions to smoking behavior viz., risk, temporality and addiction, interact to determine the smoking status of an individual. Although previous studies mostly looked …

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Can The Headsprout Early Reading Program Improve Reading Skills In A Head Start Preschool Classroom?, Tracy Newton Cadeau Jan 2011

Can The Headsprout Early Reading Program Improve Reading Skills In A Head Start Preschool Classroom?, Tracy Newton Cadeau

All NMU Master's Theses

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Crime And Education: College Students And Their Relationship With The Clery Act, Matthew Robert Bush Jan 2011

Crime And Education: College Students And Their Relationship With The Clery Act, Matthew Robert Bush

All NMU Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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Effects Of Pd149163 On Spatial Working And Reference Memory In Rats Performing A Radial Arm Maze Task, Maureen Suzanne Donegan Jan 2011

Effects Of Pd149163 On Spatial Working And Reference Memory In Rats Performing A Radial Arm Maze Task, Maureen Suzanne Donegan

All NMU Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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Wise Woman Mandala, Mary Angela Formolo Jan 2011

Wise Woman Mandala, Mary Angela Formolo

All NMU Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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Preventing Recidivism In Marquette County, Michigan: What Works, Katherine Frances Kubont Jan 2011

Preventing Recidivism In Marquette County, Michigan: What Works, Katherine Frances Kubont

All NMU Master's Theses

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Effects Of Patch Size, Isolation, And Habitat Characteristics On Small Mammal Community Structure In The Grand Sable Dunes Of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Sarah Lou Malick Jan 2011

Effects Of Patch Size, Isolation, And Habitat Characteristics On Small Mammal Community Structure In The Grand Sable Dunes Of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Sarah Lou Malick

All NMU Master's Theses

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Choir Practice, Terri L. Martin Jan 2011

Choir Practice, Terri L. Martin

All NMU Master's Theses

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Cognitive Deficits In Mental Rotation In Parkinson’S Disease, Debra L. Nyman Jan 2011

Cognitive Deficits In Mental Rotation In Parkinson’S Disease, Debra L. Nyman

All NMU Master's Theses

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A Two-Year Temporal And Spatial Investigation Of Questing Ticks In Marquette County, Michigan, Tiffany J. Opalka Jan 2011

A Two-Year Temporal And Spatial Investigation Of Questing Ticks In Marquette County, Michigan, Tiffany J. Opalka

All NMU Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

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Comparison Of Countermovement Jump And Landing Knee Angle: 2d Video Vs Electrogoniometry, Erich J. Petushek Jan 2011

Comparison Of Countermovement Jump And Landing Knee Angle: 2d Video Vs Electrogoniometry, Erich J. Petushek

All NMU Master's Theses

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Physiological Responses To Double-Pole Ergometry: Standing Vs. Sitting, Jodi Lynn Tervo Jan 2011

Physiological Responses To Double-Pole Ergometry: Standing Vs. Sitting, Jodi Lynn Tervo

All NMU Master's Theses

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Development, Optimization, And Validation Of A Classical Swine Fever Virus Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay, August J. Eberling, Jill Bieker-Stefanelli, Monica M. Reising, David Siev, Barbara M. Martin, Michael T. Mcintosh, Tammy R. Beckham Jan 2011

Development, Optimization, And Validation Of A Classical Swine Fever Virus Real-Time Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction Assay, August J. Eberling, Jill Bieker-Stefanelli, Monica M. Reising, David Siev, Barbara M. Martin, Michael T. Mcintosh, Tammy R. Beckham

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Classical swine fever (CSF) is an economically devastating disease of pigs. Instrumental to the control of CSF is a well-characterized assay that can deliver a rapid, accurate diagnosis prior to the onset of clinical signs. A real-time fluorogenicprobe hydrolysis (TaqMan) reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) for CSF was developed by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center (CSF PIADC assay) and evaluated for analytical and diagnostic sensitivity and specificity. A well-characterized panel including Classical swine fever virus (CSFV), Bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV), and Border disease virus (BDV) isolates was utilized in …

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The Impact Of A School-Based Cultural Awareness Program On Students' Ethnic Identity And Self-Esteem, Charley Alexandria Braswell Jan 2011

The Impact Of A School-Based Cultural Awareness Program On Students' Ethnic Identity And Self-Esteem, Charley Alexandria Braswell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this quantitative study was to examine the influences of a school-based cultural awareness program on ethnic identity and self-esteem in fifth grade early adolescents. The development and implementation of a school-based cultural awareness program was intended to offer students a basic foundation for the development and/or enhancement of ethnic identity and self-esteem. 106 fifth grade early adolescents participated in this study. All participants were recruited from one elementary school in the southeastern part of the United States. Participants completed a research packet including the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure (MEIM) and the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSE) both before …

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The Role Of Mental Health Professionals In Cases Of Child Sexual Abuse As Seen Through The Eyes Of Judges, S. Lynn Etheridge Jan 2011

The Role Of Mental Health Professionals In Cases Of Child Sexual Abuse As Seen Through The Eyes Of Judges, S. Lynn Etheridge

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The involvement of Mental Health Professionals (MHPs) in cases of child sexual abuse (CSA) is complex and intimidating. There are legal rules and academic suggestions to guide the MHP in this endeavor, but in experience, these rules and suggestions are lacking. Current literature and research indicates that there is little if any direct knowledge on how judges perceive MHPs who testify before them in court. A qualitative phenomenological inquiry that directly interviefive judges about their perceptions of MHPs in cases of CSA was undertaken. The results indicate that MHPs should be more intentional about their choices regarding involvement in court, …

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The Effects Of Seasonal Changes And Turbidity On Swimming Performance In White Crappie Pomoxis Annularis And Black Crappie Pomoxis Nigromaculatus., Caleb Joseph Gaston Jan 2011

The Effects Of Seasonal Changes And Turbidity On Swimming Performance In White Crappie Pomoxis Annularis And Black Crappie Pomoxis Nigromaculatus., Caleb Joseph Gaston

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Factors that affect swimming performance in fish can also affect fitness. I tested the effects of time of day, season and turbidity on swimming performance in black crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus and white crappie Pomoxis annularis. These closely related fish co-occur and their relative abundance is thought to be governed by the levels of turbidity in the form of suspended sediments. Black crappie predominate in clear bodies of water and exhibited significantly greater critical swimming speeds in clear water than did white crappie during spring days and winter nights. A significant reduction in critical swimming speed was observed in black crappie …

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A Study Of The Relationship Between Reading Instruction And Male Students' Reading Scores In Single-Gender Elementary Classrooms, Chrystal Michelle Hodges Jan 2011

A Study Of The Relationship Between Reading Instruction And Male Students' Reading Scores In Single-Gender Elementary Classrooms, Chrystal Michelle Hodges

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The purpose of this study was to analyze the impact of single-gender grouping on the reading performance of fourth grade male students and explore the levels of use of research-based reading strategies for their influence on reading achievement of male students in single-gender and mixed-gender class settings. The study population consisted of 195 student participants, from 4 different schools in one mid-South school district, and 9 teacher participants of these students. The control group consisted of 98 students from two of the four schools in the study. Data was collected using the results from the Mississippi Curriculum Test, Second Edition …

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Development And Evaluation Of Let's Eat Smart: A Pilot School-Based Nutrition Intervention For Elementry School Children In Kuwait, Sondos Ahmad Kalendar Jan 2011

Development And Evaluation Of Let's Eat Smart: A Pilot School-Based Nutrition Intervention For Elementry School Children In Kuwait, Sondos Ahmad Kalendar

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Due to nutrition transition, the prevalence of childhood obesity is increasing significantly worldwide especially in affluent developing countries such as Kuwait. Obesity is associated with adverse chronic health conditions and financial burdens which provides an incentive for prevention. The objective of the study was to examine the effectiveness of a multi-component school-based nutrition intervention designed to improve healthy eating knowledge, attitudes, self efficacy and dietary behaviors among fourth and fifth graders in Kuwait. The Let's Eat Smart program was based on the social cognitive theory and used short interactive lessons, DVD sessions, posters, food models and parental letters to promote …

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A Menu Analysis Of Sorority Meals At The University Of Mississippi, Jessica Lauren Moosa Jan 2011

A Menu Analysis Of Sorority Meals At The University Of Mississippi, Jessica Lauren Moosa

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Students transitioning to university life face numerous challenges including the problem of making healthy dietary choices. Sorority members are uniquely suited to examining dietary habits because of their access to regular planned meals and because of the social stresses they experience in regards to body image. Menus are not required to follow nutrient specific guidelines and the nutrient content of sorority meals has not been evaluated at the University of Mississippi. The purpose of this study is to analyze nutrient content of sorority meals and determine if members are able to obtain adequate amounts of nutrients from the foods offered. …

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Factors That Shape The Crisis Management Styles Of Former And Current Senior Level Student Affairs Administrators At The University Of Mississippi, Shannon Baker Richardson Jan 2011

Factors That Shape The Crisis Management Styles Of Former And Current Senior Level Student Affairs Administrators At The University Of Mississippi, Shannon Baker Richardson

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Campus crisis intervention and management are hot topics among student affairs professionals and the world of higher education. Policies and protocols surrounding crisis preparation and response have received much publicity through research studies and peer-reviearticles. However, little material has been published regarding the factors that contribute to the crisis management styles of student affairs administrators—leaders that are on the front lines when a crisis occurs. This dissertation is a phenomenological study of seven past and present senior-level student affairs administrators at The University of Mississippi. These seven administrators were intervieand asked questions about their crisis experiences, crisis training, institutional culture, …

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Experimental Damage Diagnosis Of A Model Three-Story Spatial Frame, Samantha Sabatino Jan 2011

Experimental Damage Diagnosis Of A Model Three-Story Spatial Frame, Samantha Sabatino

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Structural damage can be induced by a variety of events from short-term abnormal stresses to long-term natural aging. Detection of changes in a structure's ability to withstand subsequent loads can aid decisions on safety, repair, rehabilitation, and demolition. Dynamic property shifts can show internal cracks and minor damage before propagation or failure occurs, but only if a proper indicator is selected. In order to evaluate potential damage indices, a three-story metal frame building was constructed. Using Star Modal software, dynamic structural properties were obtained from modal decomposition on experimental tap test responses. The natural frequencies and mode shapes of the …

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