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The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, October 26, 2011, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

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2011 October 26 - Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes, Undergraduate Curriculum Council, East Tennessee State University

Undergraduate Curriculum Council Minutes

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Indian Springs L.L.C. V. Andersen Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 38369

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Six Faculty Receive Inaugural Exceptional Innovation Awards, Jim Bakken

Browse All News

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Vulnerability Of Panamanian Fisheries To Weather And Water Impacts, Nancy Lee Pospelov

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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Infant Feeding Decision: What New Mothers Have Told Us, Margaret-Rose Agostino

Biennial Convention (CONV)

Objective: To explore the infant feeding decision of new mothers and elicit their perspective regarding breastfeeding.

Design: Descriptive exploratory.

Setting: Postpartum units at seven birthing hospitals, including two tertiary perinatal centers in New Jersey and thirteen participant home telephone interviews.

Participants: 394 new mothers prior to hospital discharge; 13 interviewees including a total of eight African-American women, five who were non-WIC eligible and a total of five White women, three who were non-WIC eligible.

Main Outcome Measures: Central Jersey New Mother Survey, semi structured home telephone interviews.

Results: Knowledge regarding the health benefits of breastfeeding by the mother both during …

Plasma Jet Magneto Inertial Fusion Thruster Concept, Richard Hatcher

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

No abstract provided.

The Signature Event In Curacao: A Source Of Brand Equity And Economic Significance, Manuel A. Rivera, Robertico R. Croes

Dick Pope Sr. Institute Publications

For a second year, the organizer of the Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival (CNSJF) commissioned the Dick Pope Sr. Institute for Tourism Studies (DPITS) to prepare a report on perceptions of attendees of the festival. Additionally, the project investigated the value of the event as well as the economic benefits the event brings to Curacao. A survey instrument was designed and used to assess the perceptions of perceived value of event attendees. The survey was completed during the event which was held September 2-3, 2011. A total of 400 surveys was collected and analyzed by DPITS. The survey revealed that …

Telephone Support For First-Time Breastfeeding Mothers: Building A Foundation For Healthier Tomorrows, Margaret-Rose Agostino

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Objective: To assess the effect of post-discharge telephone breastfeeding support on reducing the risk of early weaning from mother's stated goal.

Literature Review: Data Sources: Cochrane Pregnancy and Childbirth Group trials register; PubMed; Med Line; CINAHL; Proquest; Ovid; Academic Search Premier: Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition; Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts; PsychARTICLES; PsychINFO. Search terms: breastfeeding, lactation, support, duration, cessation, weaning, and telephone support. Restricted to English, full text, published January 1997-December 2008. Study Selection: 78 articles met the inclusion criteria: peer review, journal articles, human subject, clinical trial, meta-analysis, practice guideline, and review.

Data extraction: Quality review conducted utilizing …

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

No abstract provided.

The Bg News October 26, 2011, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. October 26, 2011. Volume 102-Issue 29.

Fabrication And Application Of Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Templated Silicon Nanomaterials, Jun Song

Theses and Dissertations

A process, called carbon nanotube templated microfabrication (CNT-M) makes high aspect ratio microstructures out of a wide variety of materials by growing patterned vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) as a framework and then infiltrating various materials into the frameworks by chemical vapor deposition (CVD). By using the CNT-M procedure, a partial Si infiltration of carbon nanotube frameworks results in porous three dimensional microscale shapes consisting of silicon-carbon nanotube composites. The addition of thin silicon shells to the vertically aligned CNTs (VACNTs) enables the fabrication of robust silicon nanostructures with edibility to design a wide range of geometries. Nanoscale dimensions are …

Elevated Stearoyl-Coa Desaturase In Brains Of Patients With Alzheimer's Disease, Giuseppe Astarita, Kwang-Mook Jung, Vitaly Vasilevko, Nicholas V. Dipatrizio, Sarah K. Martin, David H. Cribbs, Elizabeth Head, Carl W. Cotman, Daniele Piomelli

Sanders-Brown Center on Aging Faculty Publications

The molecular bases of Alzheimer's disease (AD) remain unclear. We used a lipidomic approach to identify lipid abnormalities in the brains of subjects with AD (N = 37) compared to age-matched controls (N = 17). The analyses revealed statistically detectable elevations in levels of non-esterified monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) and mead acid (20:3n-9) in mid-frontal cortex, temporal cortex and hippocampus of AD patients. Further studies showed that brain mRNAs encoding for isoforms of the rate-limiting enzyme in MUFAs biosynthesis, stearoyl-CoA desaturase (SCD-1, SCD-5a and SCD-5b), were elevated in subjects with AD. The monounsaturated/saturated fatty acid ratio ('desaturation index')--displayed a strong …

The Guardian, October 26, 2011, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Optimized Hyperspectral Imagery Anomaly Detection Through Robust Parameter Design, Francis M. Mindrup

Theses and Dissertations

Anomaly detection algorithms for hyperspectral imagery (HSI) are an important first step in the analysis chain which can reduce the overall amount of data to be processed. The actual amount of data reduced depends greatly on the accuracy of the anomaly detection algorithm implemented. Most, if not all, anomaly detection algorithms require a user to identify some initial parameters. These parameters (or controls) affect overall algorithm performance. Regardless of the anomaly detector being utilized, algorithm performance is often negatively impacted by uncontrollable noise factors which introduce additional variance into the process. In the case of HSI, the noise variables are …

Information Literacy: A Prerequisite To Evidence-Based Nursing, Kimberly Dawn Belcik

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Information literacy is an ambiguous term that many professionals in various fields, including nursing, have attempted to define. It is emphasized as a skill nurses should have yet it has not been conceptualized within nursing. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the concept of information literacy. This analysis emphasizes information literacy in the context of nursing as a prerequisite to evidence-based nursing practice.

Methods: The method used to analyze the concept is the Walker and Avant method. All steps of the Walker and Avant method are used with the exemption of the invented and illegitimate cases in …

Biomimicry: Architecture That Imitates Nature’S Functions, Forms And Parts, Kostika Spaho

Architecture Theses and Projects

Architecture imitates nature’s functions, forms, and parts in order to solve the problems of sus­tainability, efficiency, strength, durability and more. Nature displays its solutions to these prob­lems through endless examples, which appear everywhere on this planet. Such designs rep­resent nature’s work, which has evolved over a “3.8 billion year period.” Nature’s creations are carefully articulated in order to fit in with their context, and to optimize their need for energy and material. It is likely that the answers to most of our design questions lie amid the surrounding organic fabric.

The Colby Echo (2011-10-26), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

State V. Deluca Respondent's Brief Dckt. 38485

Not Reported

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Differences In Mastery And Self-Esteem In Culturally Diverse Adolescent Females, Ellen R. Long-Middleton

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Purpose: Mastery, a global sense of control over one's life, and self-esteem, the value placed on oneself, are psychological characteristics associated with numerous health-enhancing behaviors. Developing interventions to fortify and enhance an individual's sense of mastery and self-esteem may serve to promote health-enhancing behaviors. Yet, differences in mastery and self-esteem among individuals of diverse cultures are not well understood, nor are the ways in which mastery and self-esteem impact health-enhancing behaviors. This is particularly so in adolescent females. Hence, the purpose of this investigation was to determine if differences existed in mastery and self-esteem levels in diverse cultural groups of …

Hiv Risk Reduction Behaviors In Adolescent Females: The Influence Of Mastery And Self-Esteem, Ellen R. Long-Middleton

Biennial Convention (CONV)

AIDS is a leading cause of death in adolescent and young adult populations. Heterosexual transmission of HIV is the fastest growing mode of infection among women, and minority populations are affected disproportionately. It is important to identify and assess psychological determinants of HIV risk reduction behaviors, in order that health care interventions may be tailored to maximize a client's preventive efforts. Hence, the concepts of mastery and self-esteem were investigated in relationship to HIV risk reduction behaviors in a culturally diverse group of adolescent females. Mastery is a global sense of control over one's life, and self-esteem is the value …

The Spinnaker [Vol. 33 No. 74], University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community.

Dead Man's Cell Phone, Parkland College

Parkland Theatre

By Sarah Ruhl

Director: Thom Schnarre
Technical Director: David G. Dillman
Scenic, Lighting, and Projection Designer: Thomas V. Korder
Stage Manager and Sound Designer: Joshua D. Stewart
Wig Designer: Michael Steen
Choreographer: William Anthony-Sebastian Rose II
Master Electrician: Jamie Leroy*
Properties Coordinator: Ross Henry*

October 26, 28, 29 & November 3, 4, 5 at 7:30pm
November 6 at 3pm
Fall 2011

To view images from this production, visit Dead Man's Cell Phone (2011).

Montana Kaimin, October 26, 2011, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Spectrum, Volume 28, Issue 6, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: A "Wicked" Good Time for SHU Families -- Conn. Cuts Casinos' Security Costs -- You Think Pink, They Think Green -- BlackBerry Outage Leaves Bad Taste in Mouths of Users -- It's All About the Money -- Editor's Choice

Early Exposure To Paraquat Sensitizes Dopaminergic Neurons To Subsequent Silencing Of Pink1 Gene Expression In Mice., Hongxia Zhou, Cao Huang, Jianbin Tong, Xugang Xia

Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Faculty Papers

Environmental exposure, genetic modification, and aging are considered risky for Parkinson's disease (PD). How these risk factors cooperate to induce progressive neurodegeneration in PD remains largely unknown. Paraquat is an herbicide commonly used for weed and grass control. Exposure to paraquat is associated with the increased incidence of PD. In contrast to familial PD, most sporadic PD cases do not have genetic mutation, but may suffer from partial dysfunction of neuron-protective genes as aging. Using conditional transgenic RNAi, we showed that temporal silencing of PINK1 expression in adult mice increased striatal dopamine, the phenotype that could not be induced by …

Dengue Fever In Tegucigalpa, Honduras: Use Of The Explanatory Model In A Sample Of Urban Neighborhoods To Contextualize And Define Dengue Fever Among Community Participants, Jose Enrique Hasemann

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This project elucidated the explanatory model of dengue fever held by members of urban communities in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. The study was conducted over a four-month period from May-August of 2011, and it was divided into two stages. The first stage of the project consisted of volunteer participation with dengue fever surveillance brigades in the three communities with the highest incidence of dengue fever during the beginning of 2011. This initial stage employed participant observation as its research method. The second stage was conducted in a different community within Tegucigalpa. The primary research methods employed during the second stage of the …

Population Attributable Risk Of Unintentional Childhood Poisoning In Karachi Pakistan, Bilal Ahmed, Zafar Fatmi, Amna R Siddiqui

Department of Medicine

Background: The percentage of unintentional childhood poisoning cases in a given population attributable to specific risk factors (i.e., the population attributable risk) which can be calculated, determination of such risk factors associated with potentially modifiable risk factors, are necessary to focus on the prevention strategies.

Methods: We calculated PARs, using 120 cases with unintentional poisoning and 360 controls in a hospital based matched case- control study. The risk factors were accessibility to hazardous chemicals and medicines due to unsafe storage, child behavior reported as hyperactive, storage of kerosene and petroleum in soft drink bottles, low socioeconomic class, less education of …

Keeping Women And Their Infants Together During The Recovery Phase Following Cesarean Section, Leeann Clegg, Jaclyn Madsen, Julia Snethen

Biennial Convention (CONV)

[Invited Poster or Paper Session] (Please contact the primary investigator for more information about this study.)

Spectator 2011-10-26, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.