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A Hierarchical Image Processing Approach For Diagnostic Analysis Of Microcirculation Videos, Nazanin Mirshahi

Theses and Dissertations

Knowledge of the microcirculatory system has added significant value to the analysis of tissue oxygenation and perfusion. While developments in videomicroscopy technology have enabled medical researchers and physicians to observe the microvascular system, the available software tools are limited in their capabilities to determine quantitative features of microcirculation, either automatically or accurately. In particular, microvessel density has been a critical diagnostic measure in evaluating disease progression and a prognostic indicator in various clinical conditions. As a result, automated analysis of the microcirculatory system can be substantially beneficial in various real-time and off-line therapeutic medical applications, such as optimization of resuscitation. …

Attempting To Close The Food Gap: An Evaluation Of The 2011 Fair Share Program In Gettysburg, Pa, Lisa M. Martin

Student Publications

Background: Families in Adams County with an income between 160% and 250% of the Federal Poverty Income Guidelines and ineligible for federal food assistance programs were determined to be in the “food gap.” In collaboration with Adams County Farm Fresh Markets and the Center for Public Service at Gettysburg College, the Adams County Food Policy Council developed the Fair Share Program to provide monthly food vouchers and educational sessions to a group of families in the food gap to use at farmers markets in Gettysburg, PA. The goals of the program were to provide families not eligible for federal food …

Embedment Of Hydroxyapatite (Ha) On Titanium Alloy (Ti6ai4v) Via Superplastic Deformation Method For Medical Application / Hidayah Mohd Khalid, Mohd Khalid Hidayah

Student Works (2010-2019)

Nowadays, many researchers focus on the development of new biomaterials, which combine the osteoconductive characteristics of bioactive ceramics with sufficient strength and toughness for medical implant applications. Therefore, new coating methods have attracted great interests in recent years for replacing the high temperature techniques like plasma spraying. In this research, embedment of HA-2 wt.% Ti composite powder on superplastic and as-received Ti-6Al-4V is conducted through continuous pressing technique to improve the low strength of the conventional pure HA coatings. The embedment process is carried out at temperature below the allographic temperature in Argon gas atmosphere. The characteristics and bonding strength …

Um Helps Hernando Survey Parks And Recreation Needs, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

The Diamond, December 8, 2011, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Rick Santorum's Visit Makes ABC and CNN News; Rumors of Off-Campus Housing Cleared Up
• News: What's New with PLIA?; Outside Beverages Now Banned at Sporting Events; Three Dordt Students Receive Highest FFA Award; Don't Forget the Reason for the Season
• Features: Political Poll: Who Would YOU Vote For?
• Opinion: Small Beginnings; Turning Thoughts into "Things"; Seniortitis
• Sports: Harmy's Army; Football Good for Dordt? Yes!; Ask an Athlete
• Arts and Entertainment: Prairie Grass Film Challenge and Snow Sculpting Contest; Chorale Caroling for Christmas
• Amusements: What If... ; Feature Photo; Ask a Musician

The Montclarion, December 08, 2011, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Developing Occupational Programs: A Case Study Of Four Arkansas Community Colleges, Duane Edward Doyle

Theses and Dissertations

This study examines how differences in the environmental conditions and organizational factors facing each community college contribute to the development of occupational and technical education programs. This study was driven by one primary research question: What environmental conditions and organizational factors influence the nature of the strategic response in the form of technical education program development within community colleges? To answer this question, a qualitative study of four community colleges in the state of Arkansas was conducted. The organizations studied were: University of Arkansas Community College at Hope, Pulaski Technical College, National Park Community College, and Mid South Community College. …

Minutes From The December 8, 2011 Meeting Of The University Of Montana Faculty, University Of Montana--Missoula. Faculty

University of Montana Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes from the December 8, 2011 meeting of the University of Montana faculty.

Histone Deacetylase Inhibitor Valproic Acid Suppresses The Growth And Increases The Androgen Responsiveness Of Prostate Cancer Cells., Yu-Wei Chou, Nagendra K. Chaturvedi, Shougiang Ouyang, Fen-Fen Lin, Dharam Kaushik, Jue Wang, Isaac Kim, Ming-Fong Lin

Journal Articles: Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

We identified the molecular target by histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitors for exploring their potential prostate cancer (PCa) therapy. Upon HDAC inhibitors-treatment, LNCaP cell growth was suppressed, correlating with increased cellular prostatic acid phosphatase (cPAcP) expression, an authentic protein tyrosine phosphatase. In those cells, ErbB-2 was dephosphorylated, histone H3/H4 acetylation and methylation increased and cyclin proteins decreased. In PAcP shRNA-transfected C-81 cells, valproic acid (VPA) efficacy of growth suppression was diminished. Further, VPA pre-treatment enhanced androgen responsiveness of C-81, C4-2 and MDA PCa2b-AI cells. Thus, cPAcP expression is involved in growth suppression by HDAC inhibitors in PCa cells, and VPA pre-treatments …

The Cowl - V. 76 - N. 12 - Dec 8, 2011

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 76 - Number 12 - December 8, 2011. 40 pages.

The Development Of A Phase Locked Excitation Testing Method For Full‐Scale Wind Turbine Blades, Waleed Fathi Gowharji

Doctoral Dissertations and Master's Theses

Full scale blade testing provides blade manufacturers with quantitative data regarding their blade design, manufacturing processes and durability. Structural fatigue tests are designed to assess the structural health of the turbine blade as well as simulate a lifespan worth of damage in a laboratory environment. These tests also provide a further understanding of the dynamics involved in modern turbine blades. Blade tests are typically conducted in one of the following manners: a dual-axis forced displacement, single axis or dual axis resonant configurations. Historically, fatigue testing has been performed by utilizing forced displacement systems. These systems do not allow for the …

Public Hearing Transcripts - Rift Valley - Kajiado - Rtjrc08.12 (Maasai Technical Institute), Truth, Justice, And Reconciliation Commission

I. Core TJRC Related Documents

No abstract provided.

Vista: December 8, 2011, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Student Ensemble: Singing Redbirds Winter Concert, December 8, 2011, School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
December 8, 2011
Thursday Evening
6:30 p.m.

Otter Realm, December 8, 2011, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

Getting to Zero: Thirty Years and Still Fighting -- What You Otter Be Doing! November 8 - December 18 -- Alive and Growing -- An Update On The Ord -- OCCUPY EVERYTHING-CURRENTLY OCCUPYING A TOWN NEAR YOU -- Ocupar Aqui y Alla -- Town Hall Meeting: Otter Style -- Dropping the Debt: Education on a Dime -- Hope for the Homeless: "Voices of the Street" Speaks Up and Helps Out -- Obstruction and Construction at CSUMB: Out With the Old, and In With the New -- Too Little, Too Late? CSUMB Students and Faculty Question the Placement of Fall Break …

Multisensory Integration In Shark Feeding Behavior, Jayne M. Gardiner

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Multimodal sensory input directs simple and complex behaviors in animals. Most research to date has been limited to studies of individual senses rather than multiple senses working together, leading to important advances in our comprehension of the sensory systems in isolation, but not their complementary and alternative roles in difficult behavioral tasks, such as feeding. In the marine environment, a prey item might emit an odor, create a hydrodynamic disturbance, such as from gill movements or swimming, be visible to the predator, produce a sound, and/or produce a weak electrical field. Therefore, the goal of this study was to investigate …

Lived Experiences Of Medical Laboratory Science Clinical Instructors As Adult Learners, Linda Jean Mccown

Dissertations

Physicians and patients trust the medical laboratory science (MLS) professionals performing laboratory tests, assuming that they are competent. The education of these professionals includes time spent in clinical rotations; weeks that students spend alongside their clinical instructors who are practicing professionals. When they first have students to teach, these clinical instructors have little or no experience or training in how to conduct clinical instruction. This research examined how medical laboratory science clinical instructors learn to conduct clinical instruction. In order to describe the phenomenon of clinical instructors learning to conduct clinical instruction, a mixed methods approach was used. In the …

The Determinants Of A Nurse's Discretionary Decision To Respond To Situations That Place Patients At Risk For Safety Events But Requires A Response That Is Beyond The Scope Of Nursing Practice, Kathy Baker

Theses and Dissertations

A nurse’s contribution to patient safety in regards to early detection of issues in the clinical setting is undisputed (Redman, 2008). If these patient situations require a response that is beyond the scope of nursing practice, in most instances nurses are not sanctioned to intervene without physician consultation (Gaba, 2000). The evidence in the nursing literature does suggest that some nurses exercise professional discretion and are, at times, making the decision to initiate interventions independently (Benner, Hooper-Kyriakidis, & Stannard, 1999; Hutchinson, 1990; Tiffany, Cruise, & Cruise, 1988). The focus of this inquiry was to examine the determinants of a nurse’s …

Lanthorn, Vol. 46, No. 30, December 8, 2011, Grand Valley State University

Volume 46, July 14, 2011 - June 18, 2012

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Kenyon Collegian - December 8, 2011

The Kenyon Collegian

No abstract provided.

Wendell Hess, Wendell Wayne Hess, Meg Miner

All oral histories

Wendell Hess became a professor in the Chemistry Department at IWU in 1963 and also served as Provost and acting President before retiring in 1989. Remarks on his continuing service to his discipline and to the Bloomington-Normal community are also shared in this interview.

Biblical Leadership, Wyndham Shaw

Leaven

No abstract provided.

Women's Leadership, Jeanie Shaw

Leaven

No abstract provided.

Editors' Notes, Stuart Love, D'Esta Love, John F. Wilson

Leaven

No abstract provided.

4.303 Employee Orientation

4.300 Staff Development (Human Resources)

No abstract provided.

4.219 Seniority

4.200 Employment (Human Resources)

No abstract provided.

Psychodynamic Contours Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Noah D. Freedman, Md

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

PSYCHOTHERAPY OF THE COMBAT VETERAN

Harvey J. Schwartz, M.D., Ed.New York, Spectrum Publications, 1984

Distributed by: Integrated Publishers, 195 McGregor St., Manchester , NH 03102, 603-669-5933

Psychodynamics: The State Of The Art, Robert Hall, M.D.

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

PSYCHODYNAMIC CONCEPTS IN GENERAL PSYCHIATRY

Harvey J. Schwartz, MD with Efrain Bleiberg, MD and Sidney Weissman, MD editors

American Psychiatric Press, Inc., in press.

Walking In One's Own Shoes, Robert Neil Gerstman, D.O.

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

ILLNESS IN THE ANALYST:IMPLICATIONS FOR THE TREATMENT RELATIONSHIP

Harvey J . Schwartz, M.D. and Ann-Louise S. Silver, M.D.,

Editors International Universities Press, New York 1990, 347 pp., $42.50

The Psychoanalytic Approach To Bulimia, Doris Mirowski, M.D.

Jefferson Journal of Psychiatry

BULIMIA: PSYCHOANALYTIC TREATMENT AND THEORY

Harvey J. Schwartz, M.D., Ed.

International Universities Press, Inc., Madison, CT.

1990 (second edition), 549 pages, $65.00.