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Evaluation Of Soya Bean And Sesbania Sesban For Soil Fertility Replenishment, Increased Rice Yield And Enhanced Incomes, Raphael K. Wanjogu

All PhD Dissertations

This study focused on the development of practical agro-ecosystem measures aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity while simultaneously reducing malaria vector populations for improved household incomes in irrigated rice farming. The main strategy entailed testing alternation of rice with legumes. Soya bean (Glycine max L.JMarr) and Sesbania sesban were tested as the preceding crops against the conventional rice-fallow and the rice-rice cultivation systems. Among the preceding crops, rice produced the highest amount of biomass followed by Soya bean varieties EAI 3600 and Duiker. However, Soya bean residue had a higher nutrient content than rice straw and fallow treatment (weeds). The fallow-rice …

Nebraska Green Scene: Annual Publication By Agronomy And Horticulture 2011

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Annual Newsletters

Table of Contents

Letters from the Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Alumni news

The Winds Will Carry Us . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

David Hoffman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Staff news

Familiar Faces Around the Dept.. . . . . . 12

Faculty news

Promotions and Tenure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Research …

2011 L'Ami Yearbook, George Fox University Archives

Yearbooks

107 pgs; color with b&w student photos

Volume 4, Number 1, Spring 2011, Nova Southeastern University

GWEP Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Volume 4, Number 2, Fall 2011, Nova Southeastern University

GWEP Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Philosopher And The Volcano, Babette Babich

Articles and Chapters in Academic Book Collections

No abstract provided.

Suffolk Business Alumni Magazine, Fall 2011, Sawyer Business School

Suffolk University Business School Alumni Magazine

No abstract provided.

Improving Health Care Outcomes Through Personalized Comparisons Of Treatment Effectiveness Based On Electronic Health Records, Sharona Hoffman, Andy Podgurski

Faculty Publications

Comparative effectiveness research (CER) is one of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s significant initiatives that aims to improve treatment outcomes and lower health care costs. This Article takes CER a step further and suggests a novel clinical application for it. The Article proposes the development of a national framework to enable physicians to rapidly perform, through a computerized service, medically sound personalized comparisons of the effectiveness of possible treatments for patients’ conditions. A treatment comparison for a given patient would be based on data from electronic health records of a cohort of clinically similar patients who received the …

Dancing Through Hunger : A Dancer's Guide To Nutrition For Optimal Performance, Dominica Sorensen

Honors Capstones

Chronic energy deficiencies leading to impaired performance and injury are a prevalent problem in the dance world. This is due to a lot of dancers’ misconceptions about nutrition as well as what and how much they should be eating to fuel their bodies. This is also due to a high rate of disordered eating and eating disorders among the dance population. This project explores the science behind what dancers should be eating, how much they should be eating, and when they should be eating. Recipes for healthy breakfasts, lunches, and dinners are included as examples for quick and easy solutions …

Implications And Recommendations For Online Physical Education At Secondary Level, Josh Caleb Brannen

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project is to examine how online physical education courses impact student learning and achievement of fitness and health standards now that budget cuts are leading to the curtailing or elimination of traditional physical education classes at the secondary level of K-12 education.

The Creation Of Self-Directed Nutrition Education Modules In The Women, Infants, And Children (Wic) Program, Veronica Huff

Theses Digitization Project

The purpose of this project was to design a series of self-directed learning modules for enrollees in the Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program in Riverside County, California. The WIC Program is a supplemental nutrition program that, among other things, provides participants with nutrition education to help them understand the health benefits of choosing more nutritious food. This project features information concerning the problem of food insecurity, the nutrition education of low-income women and children in the WIC program, and the characteristics of adult learners. The objective was to examine the WIC participants' comprehension and willingness to use self-directed learning …

What Are The Service Needs Of The Parents Participating In The Child Care Access Means Parents In School (Ccampis) Project?, Andrea Michele Conklin

Theses Digitization Project

The Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) is intended to help student parents to persist with their course of study and graduate as soon as possible. This study was done to gain further insight into the service needs of the parents who participate in the program.

2011 Dairy Digest, South Dakota State University Dairy Club

Dairy Digest

No abstract provided.

Morinda Citrifolia L. (Noni) Improves The Quality Of Life In Adults With Osteoarthritis, Mian-Ying Wang, M. Nawal Lutfiyya, Vicki Weidenbacher-Hoper, Lin Peng, Martin S. Lipsky, Gary Anderson

Community Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: Morinda citrifolia Linn (noni), as a “pain killer”, has been used as a traditional medicine by Polynesians for over 2000 years. It was reported to have a broad range of therapeutic effects including analgesic and anti-inflammation. The in-vitro and in vivoanti-inflammatory and analgesic properties of noni juice (NJ) suggest that NJ may be a useful adjunctive treatment for osteoarthritis (OA). In this pilot study we explored whether NJ improves the symptoms and Quality of Life (QoL) for adults with OA. We also sought to evaluate the tolerability and safety of NJ for patients with OA in …

Objectively-Measured Physical Activity And C-Reactive Protein: Nhanes 2003–2004, Paul D. Loprinzi, Bradley J. Cardinal, Carlos J. Crespo, Gary R. Brodowicz, Ross Andersen, Edward J. Sullivan, Ellen Smit

Community Health Faculty Publications and Presentations

The association between physical activity (PA) and C-reactive protein (CRP) is inconsistent, with nearly all studies using self-report measures of PA. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between objectively-measured PA and CRP in U.S. adults and children. Adults (N=2912) and children (N=1643) with valid accelerometer data and CRP data were included in the analyses. Logistic regression analysis was used to assess the odds of meeting physical activity guidelines across CRP quartiles for children and among adults with low, average, and high CRP levels. For adults, after adjustments for age, gender, race, body mass index, smoking, diabetes, …

Diamonds In The Rubble: The Women Of Haiti—Institutions, Gender Equity, And Human Development In Haiti, Tonia Warnecke, Andrew Padgett

Student-Faculty Collaborative Research Publications

Although Haiti's 2010 earthquake brought to light the inconceivable poverty existing in the Western Hemisphere, Haiti's struggle for economic development long pre-dated that earthquake. One problem in Haiti is the high level of gender inequity, and we argue that human development theory is the best mode for change. We provide a brief background of Haiti's economic development over the last several decades, along with the status of women's rights and gender-differentiated socioeconomic outcomes. We analyze the ways that policy neglect of gender equity in Haiti has contributed to failed economic development in the past. Finally, we identify ways that other …

Wiggling Worms: Using The Learning Cycle In An Elementary Classroom To Study Variation, Lori Marie Ihrig, Jennifer Nicole Prindle

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

In grades K-2, students are at an age when they start to look closely at living things around them. They can comprehend that while individuals may be of the same kind (i.e., kittens from the same litter), they possess differences. This article uses the learning cycle to engage students in making observations and measurements about plants and animals in order to help them understand “there is variation among individuals of one kind in a population” (AAAS, 1993, p. 107). This article promotes National Science Education Standards A and C, and Iowa Teaching Standards 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

Reflections (2011 Issue), College Of Health Professions

College of Health Professions Newsletters & Magazines

"The continuous growth and diversification of programs in the College of Education and Health Professions has led the University to a decision to reconfigure the college into two distinct academic units -- the Isabelle Farrington College of Education and the College of Health Professions. The transition began with an announcement in May, and the new structure will be effective July 1, 2011"--From Dean Patricia Walker's introduction to this issue of Reflections.

The Stark Law In Retrospect, Patrick A. Sutton

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

Considering the ultimate goals of preventing the over-utilization of medical services and protecting the Medicare program, are the numerous phases of the Stark Law and their concomitant regulations effective; or, conversely, has the legislation served to impede entrepreneurialism among physicians to the detriment of innovations and better integration in the delivery of medical treatment? This article endeavors to answer the above question through an analysis of the policy goals behind the legislation; the evolution of its regulations; its effect on competitiveness in the field of medicine; and the ethical considerations implicated by the issue of physician self-referral. It further offers …

Educational Referendum Voting In Ohio Based On District Size, Socio-Economic Status, And Median Income, Iv Galovic

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to identify the successful tax levy votes for capital project referendums in Ohio over the past 17 elections and correlate those with the socio-economic level, median income, and district enrollment in which the votes took place. This will serve as a guide to predict what school districts in Indiana would have successful capital project referendum votes based on the Ohio results. The study used data provided directly from the Ohio Department of Education in regards to the levy votes and the poverty level of the school districts over the past 17 elections from school …

College Catalog, 2011, Summer, Buffalo State College

Academic Catalogs, 1871-2018

No abstract provided.

Unity, New Hampshire Annual Report Of The Selectmen And Other Town Officers Year Ending December 31, 2010., Unity Town Representatives

Unity, NH Annual Reports

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

Partial Exchange Transfusion For Polycythemia Hyperviscosity Syndrome, Bridget L. Hopewell

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

PARTIAL EXCHANGE TRANSFUSION FOR POLYCYTHEMIA HYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME: A 21-YEAR REVIEW Bridget L. Hopewell, Laurie A. Steiner, Richard A. Ehrenkranz, Matthew J. Bizzarro, and Patrick G. Gallagher. Division of Perinatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.

The objective of this study was to examine the use of partial exchange transfusion (PET) performed for polycythemia hyperviscosity syndrome (PHS) over time. A retrospective review of 141 infants who received a PET for PHS at Yale-New Haven Hospital, between 1986-2007 was performed, querying maternal and neonatal medical records. Patient demographics, risk factors for PHS, indications for PET, and …

Collateral Damage: The History Of United States Case Law On Today's Military Hunger Strike Doctrine, Adrian Mora

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

HYPOTHESIS/AIMS: In the Global War on Terror (GWOT), hunger strikes by detainees in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba have been managed by military physicians through force feedings. This thesis answers the question of how did the United States justify its current practice of force feeding prisoners against prevailing medical ethics? The author hypothesizes that U.S. case law history of approximately 1979 to 1997 enabled the current military doctrine to force feed international detainees in GWOT.

METHODS: A qualitative and comprehensive review of the relevant literature was undertaken. The sources used for conclusive analysis included press releases, ethics commentary, law reviews, medical association …

Biodiversity Assessment Of Tetranychid Mites In Kenya And The Conservation Hotspots Of Tanzania, Faith Jebet Toroitich

All PhD Dissertations

The aims of this study were to develop a detailed record of the tetranychid mites of Kenya and Tanzania, to assess the diversity of tetranychid mites in the east African biodiversity hotspots and to determine female characters that can be used to identify the species of the economically important Tetranychus species found in these countries. The genetic diversity of the most abundant Tetranychus species (Tetranychus evansi Baker & Pritchard) was also assessed. The Tetranychidae (Acari) contain some of the most important pest species of phytophagous mites worldwide. Out of the almost 1,300 species in this family, 256 species are known …

Quagga Mussels In The Western United States: Monitoring And Management, Wai Hing Wong, Shawn Gerstenberger

Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research

Dreissenid mussels including zebra mussel (Dreissena polymorpha Pallas, 1771), originating from the Ponto-Caspian area, and quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis Andrusov, 1897), originating from the mouths of the Rivers Southern Bug and Dnieper are both species native to Eastern Europe, which were accidently introduced into the Laurentian Great Lakes in North America in the 1980s in ballast water (Carlton 2008; Van der Velde et al 2010). Dreissenid mussels have created severe ecological, recreational and economic impacts on many systems because they are biofoulers and efficient ecological engineers that filter large quantities of water. Examples of these wide-ranging impacts are discussed …

Decomposing The Intergenerational Disparity In Income And Obesity, Qi Zhang, Buhong Zheng, Ning Zhang, Youfa Wang

Community & Environmental Health Faculty Publications

Intergenerational disparity in income and health violates the norm of equal opportunity and deserves the attention of researchers and policy makers. To understand changes in intergenerational disparity, we created the intergenerational mobility index (IMI), which can simultaneously measure changes in income rankings and in health outcomes across two generations. We selected obesity as one health outcome to illustrate the application of IMI due to its severe health and financial consequences for society and the significant changes in the distribution of obesity across income groups. Although obesity has increased in all income groups in the last four decades, higher income groups …

Assessing The Long-Term Effects Of The Bp Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill On Marine Mammals In The Gulf Of Mexico: A Statement Of Research Needs

United States Marine Mammal Commission

Assessing the Long-term Effects of the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill on Marine Mammals in the Gulf of Mexico: A Statement of Research Needs

Predicting Bison Migration Out Of Yellowstone National Park Using Bayesian Models, Chris Geremia, P. J. White, Rick L. Wallen, Fred G. R. Watson, John J. Treanor, John Borkowski, Christopher S. Potter, Robert L. Crabtree

School of Natural Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Long distance migrations by ungulate species often surpass the boundaries of preservation areas where conflicts with various publics lead to management actions that can threaten populations. We chose the partially migratory bison (Bison bison) population in Yellowstone National Park as an example of integrating science into management policies to better conserve migratory ungulates. Approximately 60% of these bison have been exposed to bovine brucellosis and thousands of migrants exiting the park boundary have been culled during the past two decades to reduce the risk of disease transmission to cattle. Data were assimilated using models representing competing hypotheses of bison migration …

An Open Government Research And Development Agenda Setting Workshop: A Summary Activity Report, Meghan E. Cook, M. Alexander Jurkat

Center for Technology in Government

The Open Government Research and Development Agenda Setting Workshop was sponsored and conducted by a collaborative team from the Center for Technology in Government (CTG) at the University at Albany, the Tetherless World Constellation (TWC) at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute, the Institute for Law and Policy (IILP) at New York Law School, and Civic Commons was organized to outline a research agenda focused on opening up, federating, and using data to improve the lives of citizens. This activity report is an account of the contributions made at the workshop. Following the release of this activity report, we will focus on the …