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Montana Kaimin, December 2, 2011, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

System Dynamics Modeling For Childhood Obesity, Behrouz Madahian

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Effective strategies for prevention of obesity, particularly in youths, have been elusive since the recognition of obesity as a major public health issue two decades ago. In general, obesity is a result of chronic, quantitative imbalance between energy intake and energy expenditure, which is influenced by a combination of genetic, environmental, psychological and social factors. Therefore, a systems perspective is needed to examine effective obesity prevention strategies. In this study, a systems dynamics model was developed using the data from the Girls health Enrichment Multi-site Studies (GEMS). GEMS tested the efficacy of a 2-year family-based intervention to reduce excessive increase …

A Study Of The Motivations And Expectations Of African American Families Engaged In The Integration Of Nashville Public Schools In 1957, Gwendolyn L Jarmon Watson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This study presented a qualitative analysis of selected events that resulted in the integration of the Nashville Public School System in 1957. In an effort to understand the participants' perception of their experience in the process of integrating the schools, the study provided a critical analysis of why a small group of African American parents, who were a subset of the original group of 126 eligible parents, opted to take advantage of the opportunities afforded them and thier children as a result of the Brown v. Board of Education decision. It utilized the theoretical framework of Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler (2005, …

Party Foul: The Fourth Circuit's Improper Application Of The Commercial Speech Test Ineducational Media Co. At Virginia Tech, Inc. V. Swecker, Michelle Silva Fernandes

Fordham Law Review

The pervasive culture of underage and excessive drinking on college campuses has led to numerous federal and state regulatory efforts to reduce drinking rates among college students. One such policy has been to restrict alcohol advertisements in college student publications, which implicates the First Amendment by limiting access to lawful commercial speech. Although the Supreme Court has developed a four-part balancing test to determine the validity of commercial speech restrictions, the Court has not articulated the level of proof required for assessing the validity of restrictions on alcohol advertisements in college student publications. This Note focuses on the degree of …

Dead Again: The Latest Demise Of The Confrontation Clause, Michael D. Cicchini

Fordham Law Review

In Crawford v. Washington, the Supreme Court abandoned its Roberts “reliability” approach to the right of confrontation. The Court conceded that the Roberts decision had killed the Confrontation Clause by: (1) impermissibly tying the right of confrontation to the rule against hearsay; (2) inappropriately allowing pretrial determinations of reliability to replace actual cross-examination at trial; (3) relying too heavily on malleable, multi-factor balancing tests; and (4) completely failing to constrain judicial discretion. Since Crawford, however, the Court has decided Davis v. Washington and Michigan v. Bryant. Unfortunately, in the course of deciding those cases the Court has once again killed …

Slicing Through The Great Legal Gordian Knot: Ways To Assist Pro Se Litigants In Their Quest For Justice, Shon R. Hopwood

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Foreword: Root Causes Of The Pro Se Prisoner Litigation Crisis, Michael W. Martin

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Origins Of The Social Function Of Property In Chile, M.C. Mirow

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Social Function Of Property And The Human Capacity To Flourish, Colin Crawford

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Sketches For A Hamiltonian Vernacular As A Social Function Of Property, Nestor M. Davidson

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Pluralism And Property, Gregory S. Alexander

Fordham Law Review

No abstract provided.

Factors Affecting Passive Transfer In Neonatal Calves, Kristin Marie Mendonsa

Dairy Science

No abstract provided.

Otras Perspectivas (Other Perspectives), Volume 14, Issue 01, December 2011, Occupational Therapy Graduate Program

OTras Perspectivas: UNM Occupational Therapy Program Newsletter

Acknowledging that the success of the Occupational Therapy Program hinges on the mutual investment of community and friends beyond the local community, the UNM Occupational Therapy Program faculty and staff have initiated this newsletter. The goal is to provide an additional forum for communication, and provide updates about the program's development, faculty, students, alumni, and friends.

New Mexico Musician Vol 59 No 2 (Winter 2011)

New Mexico Musician

No abstract provided.

Using Prolonged Exposure To Treat Abortion-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder In Alcohol-Dependent Men: A Case Study, Aisha Denise Baker, Jay A. Morrison, Scott Coffey

Student Publications

Men’s reactions to a partner’s abortion are an understudied area. Few studies have examined abortion as it relates to posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in males, and no studies have examined the use of an empirically supported behavioral treatment for PTSD in this population. The current case study examines prolonged exposure (PE) for the treatment of abortion-related PTSD in a 46-year-old White male who also has alcohol dependence. The patient was involved in a residential substance abuse treatment program at the time of treatment. After receiving 12 sessions of PE, the patient experienced a decrease in PTSD symptoms as measured by …

Model Comparisons For Estimating Carbon Emissions From North American Wildland Fire, Nancy H. F. French, Willam J. De Groot, Liza K. Jenkins, Brendan M. Rogers, Ernesto Alvarado, Brian Amiro, Bernardus De Jong, Scott Goetz, Elizabeth Hoy, Edward Hyer, Robert Keane, B. E. Law, Donald Mckenzie, Steven G. Mcnulty, Roger Ottmar, Diego R. Perez-Salicrup, James Randerson, Kevin M. Robertson, Merritt Turetsky

Michigan Tech Research Institute Publications

Research activities focused on estimating the direct emissions of carbon from wildland fires across North America are reviewed as part of the North American Carbon Program disturbance synthesis. A comparison of methods to estimate the loss of carbon from the terrestrial biosphere to the atmosphere from wildland fires is presented. Published studies on emissions from recent and historic time periods and five specific cases are summarized, and new emissions estimates are made using contemporary methods for a set of specific fire events. Results from as many as six terrestrial models are compared. We find that methods generally produce similar results …

Corporate Citizenship: Panacea Or Problem?, Latha Poonamallee

College of Business Publications

In this paper I examine the dilemma between being a market leader and a corporate citizen in the case of Hindustan Unilever Ltd. Grounded in secondary data collected from various published sources, I uncover the contradictions that underlie the positive picture of Hindustan Unilever's CSR activities. By drawing on corporate social responsibility and stakeholder theories, I highlight how difficult it is to categorise an organisation as solely positive or negative in its impact on its social and physical environment. I conclude by arguing that we need more sophisticated evaluative frameworks to understand and evaluate real-world initiatives in this area.

The Effect Of Combined Moderate-Intensity Training On Immune Functioning, Metabolic Variables, And Quality Of Life In Hiv-Infected Individuals Receiving Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy, Eduard Tiozzo

Open Access Dissertations

Highly-active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has improved the prognosis of HIV-infected individuals. Unfortunately it has also been associated with impaired functional capacity and development of metabolic perturbations which increases health risk. This study tested the hypothesis that a combined cardiorespiratory and resistance exercise training (CARET) intervention may result in significant health benefits in HIV-infected individuals receiving HAART. Thirty-seven HIV-infected men and women, predominantly of lower socioeconomic status (SES), were recruited and randomly assigned to: 1) a group of moderate-intensity CARET for three months or 2) a control group receiving no exercise intervention for three months. At baseline and following the intervention, …

December 2011, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Harsh Realities: Five Truths Halting Your Company’s Organic Growth Making a lasting change is usually easier said than done. Most of us spend more time talking about change than actually going through with it. Businesses have just as much difficulty going through with change as individuals and Fired?

How to Sell Yourself When No One is Buying The toughest interview of all is the one you face when you are over 50. The over 50 age group has the highest rate of unemployment today. However, Tucker Mays and Bob Sloane give five important ways the over 50 job seeker can …

Internet Piracy: Is Protecting Intellectual Property Worth Government Censorship?, Grace Espinosa

Texas Wesleyan Law Review

Intellectual property law has struggled to keep up with new technologies and the issues posed by new mediums of communication. With the rise of the Internet, digital piracy has led to millions of dollars worth of losses in American intellectual property. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA ") was intended to address some of the problems related to online infringement; however, at the time the DMCA was drafted, the legislature did not foresee that peer-to-peer file sharing software would give millions of users instant illegal access to copyrighted works. In response to lobbying for an expansion of copyright protection, the …

Ciis Alumni Newsletter, Ciis

Alumni Association Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Prescribed Reading: December 2011, Centracare Clinic

Prescribed Reading

• Health Care Matters: Leading with care during the holiday season
• Clinic sites recognized for excellence
• Help us learn from your patient experience
• Patient Satisfaction Scorecard
• Recognition for years of service
• Premium deduction update
• Benefits enrollment deadline is Dec. 14
• Year-end reminders for employees
• Lose weight and eat healthier in 2012
• Nicotine Dependence Program starts Jan. 4
• Transplant nephrologist from U of M provides care at River Campus
• Welcome to our new clinic employees
• Radiation Oncology program accredited
• Melrose clinic to extend clinic hours
• Long Prairie receives grant for education
• Melrose recognized for flu vaccine rates
• It’s not too late to …

Bevacizumab Effect On Topotecan Pharmacokinetics In A Murine Orthotopic Rhabdomyosarcoma Xenograft Model, Zaifang Huang

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

Increasing evidence suggests that inhibition of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) can transiently normalize tumor vasculature, thereby improving delivery of systemic chemotherapy. Bevacizumab (BEV), an anti-VEGF antibody, has been shown to transiently normalize tumor vasculature by increasing tumor vessel maturity, decreasing tumor vessel permeability, and increasing tumor oxygenation in an Rh30 orthotopic rhabdomyosarcoma xenograft model. However, the effects of BEV on the pharmacokinetics of TPT and the antitumor activity of TPT have not been evaluated. This study aimed to investigate the effect of BEV on TPT systemic and tumoral pharmacokinetics and to determine how these changes affect the efficacy of …

Gsu View, 2011-12, Office Of Public Affairs

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

An Action Research Inquiry Into The Relationship Among Aerobic Activities, Memory, And Stress With Students Identified As Gifted, Denise Marie Ford

Dissertations

Students identified as gifted come from varying socio-economic strata and nationalities with a range of talents and temperaments comprising a diverse community. They may experience stress for a variety of reasons. Although a certain amount of stress can enhance the learning process, too much stress can impede learning, especially memory. Strategies have been offered for relieving stress, yet the benefits of physical activities as stress reducers for the gifted have frequently been overlooked. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship among aerobic activity, stress, and memory ability in students in an elementary school gifted program. An exceptional …

Cal Poly Dairy: Safety And Procedures, Christine Woodman

Agricultural Education and Communication

The purpose of this project was to create a safety program that was designed specifically for the milkers at the Cal Poly Dairy. It was designed as an orientation program for all new employees at the Dairy. By creating an orientation program that delivers a consistent message time after time, it is hoped that all student employees will be able to maintain a high level of safety while employed at the Dairy. It includes an instructional video as well as a written safety test.

Polymorphic Variation Of The Dgat1 Gene In Cal Poly Holstein And Jersey Breeds And The Correlation Of Milk Fat Content, And Genetic Values, Andrea M. Laubscher

Master's Theses

The selection of dairy cattle is dictated by improvement of yield and composition of milk. Genotyping tests give breeders the opportunity to use previously unavailable information to increase the frequency of beneficial alleles in their herds. A QTL influencing milk yield and composition is located in the centromeric end of chromosome 14. The polymorphism being analyzed is a K232A substitution (lysine to alanine amino acid change) in exon VII of the diacylglycerol acyl transferase 1 (DGAT1) gene. DGAT1 is a key acyltranferase in triglyceride biosynthesis. DGAT1 encodes an enzyme which catalyzes the final step of mammalian triglyceride synthesis from carbohydrates. …

Mole Street Journal, November 2011, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Dept. Of Chemistry And Biochemistry

Mole Street Journal

No abstract provided.

Go! Green Outreach, Winter 2011, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Division Of University Advancement

Go! Green Outreach

"Sharing sustainability news, efforts, and ideas with the people of campus" --cover image

Neuronal Growth Cone Retraction Relies Upon Proneurotrophin Receptor Signaling Through Rac, Richard E. Mains, Betty A. Eipper

UCHC Articles - Research

Growth of axons and dendrites is a dynamic process that involves guidance molecules, adhesion proteins, and neurotrophic factors. Although neurite extension during development has been extensively studied, the intracellular mechanisms that mediate neurite retraction are poorly understood. Here, we show that the proneurotrophin, proNGF, induces acute collapse of growth cones of cultured hippocampal neurons. This retraction is initiated by an interaction between p75^NTR and the sortilin family member, SorCS2 (sortilin-related VPS10 domain containing receptor 2). Binding of proNGF to the p75^NTR-SorCS2 complex induced growth cone retraction by initiating the dissociation of the guanine-nucleotide exchange factor Trio from …