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The Fifth Freedom: The Constitutional Duty To Provide Public Education, Areto A. Imoukuede

Journal Publications

This Article explains why there is a fundamental duty for the government to provide public education under the U.S. Constitution. Numerous scholars and public officials have written on the need to overrule San Antonio v. Rodriguez or adopt alternative approaches to recognizing a right to public education either judicially or by way of constitutional amendment. This Article identifies a consistent and systemic reluctance by the Court to meaningfully enforce positive rights, which are the duties that the government owes to the people. In doing so, it explores the consistent recognition throughout American history that education is a fundamental duty of …

Encontrando La Comida Saludable: Identifying Food Access Barriers For The Adams County, Pennsylvania Latino Community, Gwendolyn D. Brown, Olivia A. Haddad

Student Publications

Overwhelming research indicates that recent national trends in U.S. food systems have led to the increased prevalence of processed foods and associated diet-related diseases. The effects of unhealthy diets have been distributed unevenly across the country’s socioeconomic and ethnic groups. Certain socioeconomic and ethnic groups face greater geographic, financial and cultural barriers to healthy food access. In Adams County, Pennsylvania, Latinos comprise 5.6% of the population, making them the county’s largest minority group, yet little is known about the food access barriers they face. In this study, we used a combination of surveys and focus groups with Latino residents and …

Resource Guide About The Texas Medical Center For International Visitors: 2011-2012, Texas Medical Center

TMC Reports

Information and contacts for the multiple institutions in the Texas Medical Center. Created by the International Affairs Advisory Council (IAAC).

Passing Off And Unfair Competition: Conflict And Convergence In Competition Law, Mary Lafrance

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

Validation Study Of A Behavioral Based Instrument For Dietary Fat Consumption, Hisanori Kobayashi

Open Access Master's Theses

This study aimed to validate the dietary behavior questionnaire (DBQ) developed by a group of researchers from several different fields including nutrition, nursing and psychology (Rossi et al, 2008) adapted from the work of Kristal and colleagues (Kristal et al, 1990). The new instrument was designed to measure the behavior of dietary fat intake and involved 22 items with 4 theoretical constructs: Substitute, Moderate fat intake, Modify cooking, and Increase healthful foods. This study utilized multiple psychometric techniques including PCA, CF A, factorial invariance comparison (multi-group CFA), MANOVA and ANOVA using data from Rhode Island parents of high school students. …

Variability In Biomass Decay Rates And Nutrient Loss In Bloom-Forming Macroalgal Species, Jessica Elizabeth Conover

Open Access Master's Theses

This thesis is comprised of one manuscript. A summary of the manuscript follows: Decaying macroalgae release nitrogen and other nutrients into the surrounding marine environment, providing nutrients for future generations of primary producers, as well as fueling a complex web of decomposer microorganisms. There are relatively few studies that examine macroalgal decomposition rates in areas impacted by macroalgal blooms, although fast-growing macroalgal bloom species typically decay more quickly than slow-growing perennial species. We studied whole tissue, organic content, and nutrient decay rates for five macroalgal species in Narragansett Bay, RI in the summer of 2010 using an intertidal litterbag design; …

Eating Rate, Fasting Ghrelin Concentrations And Weight Status In Female College Students At The University Of Rhode Island, Stephanie E. Perruzza

Open Access Master's Theses

Obesity is a preventable cause of morbidity and mortality and affects over one-third of the American adult population. Eating rate and ghrelin concentrations are two variables that may play a role in obesity. An ancillary study of female college students examined the differences in eating rate (grams/second) and fasting plasma ghrelin concentrations (pg/mL) between weight status categories (normal weight body mass index (BMI) = 18.5-24.9 kg/m², overweight BMI = 25-29.9 kg/m² and obese BMI 30 kg/m²). Anthropometrics, clinical (blood pressure), and biochemical (glucose and ghrelin) data were assessed. Dietary information was obtained from three non-consecutive …

Effects Of A Resistance Training And Dietary Intervention On Body Composition In Overweight And Obese Community Dwelling Older Adults, Leah Dorfman

Open Access Master's Theses

Background: Community-based interventions that incorporate resistance training and dietary changes have not been extensively studied in overweight and obese older adults. The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of a combined community-based resistance training and dietary intervention on body composition in overweight and obese older adults.

Methods: Ninety-five overweight and obese (BMI = 33.4 ± 4.0 kg/m²) older adults aged (69.2 ± 6.2) years completed an eight-week resistance training and dietary intervention at four Rhode Island senior centers. Participants performed resistance training twice per week using resistance tubing, dumbbells, and ankle weights. Participants …

Bhutan Country Conditions Report, National Partnership For Community Training, Florida Center For Survivors Of Torture

Florida Center for Survivors of Torture Collection

Gives a timeline of events in the history of Bhutan and discusses use of torture there and the current situation regarding human rights.

Malaria, Intestinal Parasitic Infection, Anemia, And Malnourishment In Rural Cameroonian Villages With An Assessment Of Early Interventions, D. J. Richardson, K. R. Richardson, K. E. Richardson, J. Gross, P. Tsekeng, B. Dondji, S. Foulefack

Journal of the Arkansas Academy of Science

Malaria, water-borne diarrheal diseases, and geohelminth infections, combined with severe malnutrition ravage entire villages throughout subSaharan Africa. The Bawa Health Initiative (BHI) is a 501c(3) non-profit organization with the goal of implementing a comprehensive public health program in an attempt to address these problems in a series of rural villages located in the West Province of Cameroon, Africa. Interventions include the provision of permethrin-treated bed nets to reduce the transmission of malaria, the installation of biosand water filters to reduce the prevalence of water-borne diseases, and a geohelminth control program utilizing mass treatment with albendazole. This study details the results …

Vision 2011

Vision

No abstract provided.

Montanan, Winter 2011, University Of Montana--Missoula

Montanan Magazine, 1969-2024

This is the magazine of the University of Montana with news about the University for UM alumni as well as current faculty, students, staff, and administrators. This is volume 28, number 1.

The Constitutional Choices Afforded To A Prisoner On Hunger Strike: Guantanamo, Amanda Gordon

Santa Clara Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.

An Individual Of Feeling: Emotion, Gender, And Subjectivity In Historical Perspectives On Sensibility, E. Deidre Pribram Ph.D.

Communications: Faculty Publications

This chapter explores the intricacies of analyzing emotions as historical and cultural phenomena. Focusing on gendered assumptions that conflate emotions with women and the private, the chapter examines the contradictions between scholarly views of a wide-spread, public sensibility movement (in politics, economics, philosophy, aesthetics) and a more specific cult of sensibility associated with novels, a female readership and a separate domestic sphere. It argues that sensibility was pivotal to the development of Enlightenment emotional as well as rational subjectivity. Approaching emotions as complex cultural and historical formations clarifies how an individual of feeling was central to the emergence of the …

Predictors Of Food Bank Usage Among Those With Low Food Security: Analysis Of The Current Population Survey Food Supplement Data, Sarah Mcqueen

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

Food insecurity is defined as the “access…at all times to the food needed for a healthy life” (Powledge 2010). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, approximately 15 percent of all Americans have experienced some measure of food insecurity. The issue is not new, but one that is ongoing and very complex and has impacts on individuals, households and society. In order to better understand the breadth and depth of the nation’s struggle with food sufficiency, an annual Food Supplement was attached to the Current Population Survey (CPS), a national labor force survey instrument. The CPS Food Supplement gathers information on …

The Incidence Of Hip Fracture Associated With Proton Pump Inhibitor (Ppi) And/Or H2 Receptor Antagonist (H2ra) Use In The Kentucky Medicaid Population, Timothy C. Umeh

MPA/MPP/MPFM Capstone Projects

No executive summary.

Menu-Labeling Laws: A Move From Local To National Regulation, Christine Cusick

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Last Shall Be First: Human Potential In Genetic And Theological Perspectives, M. Therese Lysaught

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

The notion of “human potential” provides a fruitful window through which to explore the competing conceptual frameworks of contemporary genetics and Christianity. The contemporary cultural frame of genetics conceives of human potential in a broadly positive manner: the source of personal and societal flourishing is located within individual bodies, waiting to be identified and unleashed by genetic science and medicine for the good of persons and society. In the Judeo-Christian narrative, human individual, biological potential is far less relevant—and, in fact, may be construed as an impediment to the achievement of personal and social flourishing. Implications for the dialogue between …

Lpn To Rn Transitions Course: Applying Best Practices To Hybrid, Web-Based Course Design, Implementation, And Evaluation, Stephanie Oliver

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)

No abstract provided.

Analysis Of Culturable Bacteria From Soil Of Three Sites On Anchorage Island, Antarctic Peninsula, Karimian Maryam

Student Works (2010-2019)

Since soil-borne bacteria represent the world's greatest source of biological diversity, the diversity of culturable bacteria associated with soil from three different regions of the Anchorage Island on the Antarctic Peninsula was investigated. Soil samples analysed included Sandy coarse soil (AI1), Black & fine soil (AI2) and High nutrient (AI3). A total of 196 bacteria were isolated under aerobic conditions at 4°C using Nutrient agar as medium. The isolates were grouped using morphology and amplified rRNA gene restriction analysis fingerprinting and identified by partial sequencing of 16S rRNA gene. Out of 14 different RFLP patterns and different morphologies that were …

In Vitro Production Of Caprine Embryos Through Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (Icsi) Technique / Kong Soh Chan, Sow Chan Kong

Student Works (2010-2019)

No abstract provided.

A Study On Environmental Aspects And Associated Impacts Of Selected Farms Management Practices / Nur Ezira Ramli, Ramli Nur Ezira

Student Works (2010-2019)

Livestock farming contributes the production of food at the expense of environmental degradation on air, water and soil/land. The qualitative study, an initial environmental review (IER) was conducted to identify overall farm operation and management practice via various environmental aspects and associated impacts. The study has identified activities in selected farms with significant impacts on environment are transportation, resource consumption, manure and wastewater management. As observed, two farms have initiated a sustainable and environmentally livestock farming practice by taking consideration on natural resources consumption, animal, waste and impacts to nature. An increase of livestock population with time, a periodically review …

Manipulation Of Probiotics Fermentation Of Milk By Cinnamon Zeylanicum, Glycyrrhiza Glabra Or Allium Sativum And Their Effects On Inhibition Of Helicobacter Pylori Growth In Vitro / Sara Behrad, Sara Behrad

Student Works (2010-2019)

Dairy products containing probiotics (e.g. Lactobacillus ssp. and Bifidobacterium) and certain herbs have inhibitory effects on the growth of Helicobacter pylori. The objectives of the present study were to determine the effects of herbs traditionally used for the treatment of gastric ulcer on yogurt fermentation characteristics, probiotic bacteria and the growth of H. pylori in vitro. Cinnamon zeylanicum (cinnamon), Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice) or Allium sativum (garlic) was individually mixed with milk and the mixtures were fermented by probiotic bacteria to form herbal-yogurts. Changes in pH, titratable acididity, anti oxidant activity and the viable cell count of Lactobacillus ssp. and Streptococcus …

Base Population Structure Studies For Macrobrachium Rosenbergii Using Microsatellite Markers / Thamayanthi Nada Raja, Thamayanthi Nada Raja

Student Works (2010-2019)

Giant freshwater prawn farming is startlingly increasing in Malaysia, yet little is known about the patterns of genetic diversity of its domesticated and wild stocks. Making use of populations with different gene resources is a way to increase genetic diversity of Macrobrachium rosenbergii in Malaysia. Availability of microsatellite markers (‘western’ form) which are highly polymorphic enables the divergence study of this species to be conducted for genetic improvement. This project successfully identified potential base populations for a genetic improvement program. Mean observed heterozygosity across four populations was in the range of 0.55 to 0.62 while the mean expected heterozygosity ranged …

Target Identification Of Hiv Related Ganoderic Acids Using Molecular Docking / Rahmad Akbar, Rahmad Akbar

Student Works (2010-2019)

Four Ganoderic acids (á, B, C1 H) were studied using molecular docking approach. Both reverse molecular docking and molecular docking were combined to elucidate suitable target(s) for these Ganoderic acids. Outcomes from molecular docking were compared and correlated to experimental data. Compound with the best performance in both molecular docking and correlation analysis were further studied by looking at its molecular interaction with potential target. 1HVR (a type of HIV-1 protease) and Ganoderic acid B performed better in cluster analysis of molecular docking compared to other compounds. Similar ÄG trend to experimental data obtained from el-Mekkawy and co-workers (el-Mekkawy et …

The Production Of Antioxidants Via Solid Substrate Fermentation Using Lentinus Squarrosulus (Mont.) / Siti Marjiana Ismail, Ismail Siti Marjiana

Student Works (2010-2019)

In this study, antioxidants extracted, using methanol and dichloromethane, from Lentinus squarrosulus (Mont.) mycelium grown on rice, maize and soya bean supplemented with nitrogen sources (malt extract, yeast extract and peptone) at various concentrations were compared with mycelium grown in liquid Glucose-Yeast-Malt-peptone (GYMP). The antioxidant capacity of the extracts were then analyzed using 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging abilities and inhibition of lipid peroxidation. The total phenol content (TPC) of the extracts was also measured using the Folin–Ciocalteu method. It was found that antioxidants from L. squarrosulus grown on maize supplemented with 0.04% peptone extracted with methanol gave the best DPPH …

Study Of Microrna In Relation To Salt Tolerance In Banana (Musa Acuminata Ssp. Malaccensis) / Seyed Hossein Beheshti, Seyed Hossein Beheshti

Student Works (2010-2019)

Salinity is a major abiotic stress affecting crop productivity worldwide and results in millions of dollars in lost yield and damage to infrastructure. The purpose of this study was to identify microRNAs related to NaCl stress in Musa acuminata ssp. malaccensis (Ridl.). Sterilization techniques were employed to reduce contamination of embryos initiated from seeds. The germination rate of in vitro zygotic embryo culture was observed to increase to 92 % after soaking of the seeds in water (for periods of 2 or 3 days) compared to 72 % germination when no water treatment was used. Shoot induction and multiplications were …

Estimation Of Goat Foetal Age During Pregnancy Using Transrectal And Transabdominal Probes In Ultrasound Scanning / Mohd. Nizam Abdul Rashid, Abdul Rashid Mohd. Nizam

Student Works (2010-2019)

Pregnancy diagnosis plays important role in modern goat management, especially when technologies such as artificial insemination and embryo transfer are employed in goat. Accurate pregnancy diagnosis may provide essential information for effective herd management in farm animals (Doize et al., 1997). This study was carried out with the following objectives: a) to determine accuracy of pregnancy prediction by using ultrasound scanner, b) to determine the criteria for single and twin pregnancies using ultrasound scanner, c) to predict the gestation age based on ultrasound scanning using constructed regression equation, d) to compare the efficacy of two different probes on pregnancy diagnosis …

Effects Of Different Equilibration Duration, Vapour Exposure Temperature And Vapour Exposure Duration On The Sperm Freezability Of Thai Mahseer (Tor Tambroides) / Shahrulzaman Shaharuddin, Shaharuddin Shahrulzaman

Student Works (2010-2019)

The experiment was carried out to determine the effects of equilibration duration, vapour exposure temperature and vapour exposure duration in sperm cryopreservation protocol for Tor tambroides fish using modified Fish Ringer Extender (FRE); and subsequently used in experiment to develop optimal combination of equilibration duration, vapour exposure temperature and vapour exposure duration. Also, an experiment was performed to compare the frozen-thawed sperm characteristics between low temperature incubator and normal refrigerator during cryopreservation process; and the results have been utilised for subsequent final experiment in attempt of the transfer of technology from laboratory to the field condition for the sperm cryopreservation …

Differentiation Of Two Taxa Of Caulerpa Based On Tufa Marker / Maryam Dalili Shofaei, Maryam Dalili Shofaei

Student Works (2010-2019)

The Caulerpa is an economical important genus among chlorophyta, which was initially described by Lamouroux in 1809, since then some 70 species of Caulerpa have been identified. The Caulerpa species have complex morphology that provides some characters that can be used in taxonomy, but extensive plasticity makes species boundaries difficult to be defined. With advancement in the field of molecular biology, it provides some alternatives for better understanding of taxonomy. In this study, PCRbased molecular techniques were used in an attempt to differentiate two taxa of Caulerpa based on tufA marker. In this research work, specimens were collected from Pulau …