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Bachelor Degree Completions By College, 2001 - 2010, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment Jan 2011

Bachelor Degree Completions By College, 2001 - 2010, University Of New Hampshire. Institutional Research And Assessment

UNH Factbooks

University of New Hampshire factbook data from the 2010-2011 academic year

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Neural Systems Of Dysfluent Reading In Childhood: Anatomical And Functional Regions Of Interest, Ava Golchin Jan 2011

Neural Systems Of Dysfluent Reading In Childhood: Anatomical And Functional Regions Of Interest, Ava Golchin

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Dyslexia is an unexpected difficulty in learning to read. Dyslexics experience difficulty parsing a written word's phonology. Although impairment of phonology is the cardinal feature of dyslexia, dyslexics may also be identified by slow, laborious, and inefficient reading of text (dysfluency). Dysfluent readers can be divided into those who have attained adequate skill in decoding, and those who lack both decoding accuracy and fluency. This study of 144 right handed children: (67 girls and 77 boys; ages 7-12 years, mean 9.0 years) is the first fMRI study to compare the neural pathways related to reading in dyslexics identified using dysfluency …

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Facilitating Regulatory Approval Of Multipurpose Prevention Technologies For Sexual And Reproductive Health, Martha Brady Jan 2011

Facilitating Regulatory Approval Of Multipurpose Prevention Technologies For Sexual And Reproductive Health, Martha Brady

HIV and AIDS

This brief describes multipurpose prevention technologies (MPTs) that address women's sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs, and how to go about facilitating regulatory approval of this technology. It outlines a strategic framework to examine current regulatory guidance, as well a product development pathway to bring MPTs to market.

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What Regulatory Guidance Exists For Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (Mpts)? A Review Of Key Guidance Documents And Their Applicability To Mpts, Martha Brady, Heeyoung Park Jan 2011

What Regulatory Guidance Exists For Multipurpose Prevention Technologies (Mpts)? A Review Of Key Guidance Documents And Their Applicability To Mpts, Martha Brady, Heeyoung Park

HIV and AIDS

This brief reviews regulatory guidance documents and how they may apply to multi-purpose technologies (MPTs). It examines guidance documents from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the International Conference on Harmonization of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH). The brief concludes by anticipating increased interactions with US regulatory agencies in hopes of finding new regulatory pathways that address MPTs specifically.

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Statistical Properties Of A Convoluted Beta-Weibull Distribution, Jianan Sun Jan 2011

Statistical Properties Of A Convoluted Beta-Weibull Distribution, Jianan Sun

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

A new class of distributions recently developed involves the logit of the beta distribution. Among this class of distributions are the beta-normal (Eugene et.al. (2002)); beta-Gumbel (Nadarajah and Kotz (2004)); beta-exponential (Nadarajah and Kotz (2006)); beta-Weibull (Famoye et al. (2005)); beta-Rayleigh (Akinsete and Lowe (2008)); beta-Laplace (Kozubowski and Nadarajah (2008)); and beta-Pareto (Akinsete et al. (2008)), among a few others. Many useful statistical properties arising from these distributions and their applications to real life data have been discussed in the literature. One approach by which a new statistical distribution is generated is by the transformation of random variables having known …

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Effects Of Personality And Situation Upon Appraisal And Coping, Daniel Henry Mcgrath Jan 2011

Effects Of Personality And Situation Upon Appraisal And Coping, Daniel Henry Mcgrath

Theses, Dissertations and Capstones

Stress and coping represent one of the most studied areas in the field of psychology. There is little agreement regarding the proper conceptualization of coping. Cognitive processesand personality traits have been proposed as important determinants of coping responses. Low correlations have been consistently found between personality traits, appraisal, and coping. Many studies in the stress and coping literature suffer from methodological issues. This study was designed to improve upon typical methodology, determine the relative predictive utility ofpersonality cluster approaches over dimensional approaches, and determine the effect of personality and situation upon appraisal and coping. Participants read hypothetical stressor scenarios. Primary …

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Wyschogrod’S Hand: Saints, Animality, And The Labor Of Love, Virginia Burrus Jan 2011

Wyschogrod’S Hand: Saints, Animality, And The Labor Of Love, Virginia Burrus

Religion - All Scholarship

That the lives of saints constitute an unmediated appeal suggests both a call to imitate what cannot be imitated (thus can result in no mimesis of sameness) and a call to respond to the extremity of the saint's vulnerability; and I would suggest that the two calls turn out to be the same. Because the saint is radically open to the need of others, she is endlessly vulnerable to need herself (she will give everything, again and again); and because she is endlessly vulnerable to need herself, she is radically open to the need of others.

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Punctuated Equilibrium: A Model For Administrative Evolution, 44 J. Marshall L. Rev. 353 (2011), Mark C. Niles Jan 2011

Punctuated Equilibrium: A Model For Administrative Evolution, 44 J. Marshall L. Rev. 353 (2011), Mark C. Niles

UIC Law Review

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Citizens United And Tiered Personhood, 44 J. Marshall L. Rev. 717 (2011), Atiba R. Ellis Jan 2011

Citizens United And Tiered Personhood, 44 J. Marshall L. Rev. 717 (2011), Atiba R. Ellis

UIC Law Review

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Stress-Induced Proteolysis Of Fkbp10: Mutational Analysis And Functional Implications, Lindsey A. Murphy Jan 2011

Stress-Induced Proteolysis Of Fkbp10: Mutational Analysis And Functional Implications, Lindsey A. Murphy

Featured Research

Cellular signaling is a complex system of communication that regulates cell function through a variety of molecular messengers. When cell survival is threatened by changes in environment or by malfunction of internal regulatory pathways, signals are initiated to restore homeostasis. Deficient protein processing within the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) causes an accumulation of misfolded proteins and stress signaling. The resulting stress signaling includes both adaptive signals (unfolded protein response) and in cases of severe ER stress apoptotic signals induced via the mitochondria. FKBP10 is a key ER luminal peptidy-prolyl isomerase (rotamase) that mediates protein folding. The production of chaperone proteins and …

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Effects Of 2, 4-D On Zea Maize Physiology, Caitlin Thompson, Lori Patrick, Acacia Osbourne, Katrina Brock Jan 2011

Effects Of 2, 4-D On Zea Maize Physiology, Caitlin Thompson, Lori Patrick, Acacia Osbourne, Katrina Brock

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Growth rate, fluorescence and stomatal conductance, in zea was examined to determine the effects of artificial auxin, 2-4-d, on common crop plants. We measured florescence, growth rate, and stomatal conductance. Low concentrations of 2,4-D increased light-adapted fluorescence, anthocyanin levels and height of zea maize. A high concentration of 2,4-D increased anthocyanin levels, but also caused decreased fluorescence and height and spindliness to occur. It appears 2,4-D is only beneficial to monocot crop plants in low quantities. We cannot accurately comment on the accuracy of our data, however, due to several potential sources of error.

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Effects Of Soil Moisture On Photosynthesis And Fluorescence In Heteromeles Arbutifolia, Ali Alyami, Colin Byrne, Katherine Currie Jan 2011

Effects Of Soil Moisture On Photosynthesis And Fluorescence In Heteromeles Arbutifolia, Ali Alyami, Colin Byrne, Katherine Currie

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Some plants have evolved to increase their chances of survival by being drought-adapted. Among those plant species is Heteromeles arbutifolia, native to California. Logically, the fact that Heteromeles arbutifolia tolerates the low supply of water makes this plant more likely to be within environments where the level of sun exposure is high. Thus, we hypothesized that lowering soil moisture will cause an increase in xylem pressure, causing an increase in photo-protection and florescence, and a decrease in photosynthetic rate. This has not been tested before on a native chaparral plant such as Heteromeles arbutifolia. The experiment was held …

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The Effect Of Nitrogen Soil Concentration On Leaf Fluorescence In Zea Mays, Ashton Garbutt, Daniel Rossie, Anup Solsi Jan 2011

The Effect Of Nitrogen Soil Concentration On Leaf Fluorescence In Zea Mays, Ashton Garbutt, Daniel Rossie, Anup Solsi

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Macronutrients in the soil are essential to the growth and development of a plant. One of the most important nutrients to a plants growth is nitrogen. Nitrogen has been directly correlated to photosynthetic output in various studies and this relationship is the subject of this experiment. Since nitrogen has an effect on photosynthetic rate, there should be a correlation between nitrogen and fluorescence – a form of energy dissipation. This study attempted to show that nitrogen concentration in the soil is inversely proportional to fluorescence of the plant because the more nitrogen in the soil, the more energy should be …

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The Effect Of Proximity To A Highway On The Health Of Malosma Laurina Leaves, Jessica Bermea, Haley Clayton, Jack Klobas Jan 2011

The Effect Of Proximity To A Highway On The Health Of Malosma Laurina Leaves, Jessica Bermea, Haley Clayton, Jack Klobas

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Due to an increase in air pollutants, heavy metal contaminates, and other adverse ecological conditions that plants near a road endure, it was hypothesized that plant species situated near a road would have a detectable decrease in photosynthetic performance when compared to plants away from the road. This investigation evaluated the in vivo photosynthetic status of two Malasma Laurina pairs with differing microhabitats, adjacent to the Pacific Coast Highway and 100 meters away from a Pacific Coast Highway. Maximum quantum yield and stomatal conductance measurements were recorded for each group. On average, the maximum quantum yield was greater on plants …

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The Effect Of Hydration Status On Tensile Strength Of The Leaves Of Elymus Glaucus, Chelsie Corbett, Uri Hong, Scott Davis Jan 2011

The Effect Of Hydration Status On Tensile Strength Of The Leaves Of Elymus Glaucus, Chelsie Corbett, Uri Hong, Scott Davis

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Tensile strength and water potential are both factors that are essential to the life and survival of a plant. Tensile strength is a measure of the amount of force that a plant can undergo before tissue damage and breakage occur. The primary objective of this study was to examine the correlation between tensile strength and leaf hydration status, or water potential. The water potential of leaves of a monocot grass native to North America, Elymus Glaucus, commonly known as blue wildrye, was measured using the Scholander-Hammel Pressure Chamber. The tensile strength of hydrated and of dehydrated leaves was measured …

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The Effects Of Agitation Upon Plant Anatomy In Phaseolus Vulgaris, Craig Sutter, Nicholas Huron Jan 2011

The Effects Of Agitation Upon Plant Anatomy In Phaseolus Vulgaris, Craig Sutter, Nicholas Huron

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The earthquake that struck Japan’s coast a month ago gained national attention for the damage caused by the tsunami that was caused by the earthquake. Japan’s coast is subject to multiple earthquakes each year with tremors and aftershocks following. The quakes are bound to have an effect on the growth and development of Camellia sinensis, the tea plant, which is one of the most important exports of Japan. Due to the time restraints of this project, C. sinensis were not tested, instead two week old Phaseolus vulgaris were used to show the effects of constant agitation which might mimic …

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Effects Of Dehydration Stress On The Dark Adapted Fluorescence (Fv/Fm) Of Giant Bladder Kelp (Macrocystis Pyrifera), J. Avery Powell, Leah Smith Jan 2011

Effects Of Dehydration Stress On The Dark Adapted Fluorescence (Fv/Fm) Of Giant Bladder Kelp (Macrocystis Pyrifera), J. Avery Powell, Leah Smith

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The unique semi-diurnal tide system of Southern California suspends beach wrack along the beaches for approximately six hour periods before being washed back into the ocean. It has been noted in prior research that beach wrack is an essential part of Southern California's costal ecology but not much research has been done to learn about the viability of beach wrack as it dehydrates on the beach. To better understand the viability of wrack as it travels through these hydration changes, this study tested the effect of dehydration and rehydration on the fronds of Macrocystis pyrifera as they have been partially …

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Exploring The Open-Close Mechanism Of Dimorphotheca Aurantiaca: Day Versus Night And Cold Versus Hot Temperatures, Tommy Chung, Kathleen Aguilar, Sunny Kim Jan 2011

Exploring The Open-Close Mechanism Of Dimorphotheca Aurantiaca: Day Versus Night And Cold Versus Hot Temperatures, Tommy Chung, Kathleen Aguilar, Sunny Kim

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In the spring of every year on Pepperdine University’s campus, patches of hills are covered with the South African native flower Dimorphotheca aurantiaca or more commonly known as the African Daisy. An observation of the opening and closing mechanism of the flower triggered an important question: does the flower change its shape based on temperature or the presence of light? At night, the African Daisy closes and then opens up again in the daytime. Because temperature has such strong effects on different species of ectodermic animals and temperature-sensitive plants, we hypothesized that the change in temperature initiates the flower’s morphological …

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Leading By Example: A Comparison Of New Zealand's And The United States' Invasive Species Policies Note, Flynn Boonstra Jan 2011

Leading By Example: A Comparison Of New Zealand's And The United States' Invasive Species Policies Note, Flynn Boonstra

Connecticut Law Review

Invasive species pose a threat to native ecosystems and to the economy. It is estimated that the United States spends $138 billion annually in agricultural losses, infrastructure damage, and management costs stemming from invasive species. The United States’ invasive species management policy is a conglomeration of federal and state statutes that do not coalesce into a comprehensive policy. As a result, the country has many open pathways for introduction and lacks a mechanism to identify those pathways. In contrast, New Zealand is a world-leader in its comprehensive and proactive invasive species policy. Although the United States faces unique challenges with …

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The Intersex Community And The Americans With Disabilities Act Note, Yamuna Menon Jan 2011

The Intersex Community And The Americans With Disabilities Act Note, Yamuna Menon

Connecticut Law Review

Members of the intersex community have largely been absent from the civil rights legal discourse and do not constitute a protected class. Consequently, such individuals often face varying levels of discrimination such as stereotyping, medicalizing, pathologizing, and societal misunderstandings. With the passage of the ADA Amendments Act of 2008, Congress significantly expanded the statute. Under the amendments, more people qualify as individuals with disabilities protected by federal disability law, prompting the question of how federal disability law may be a source of protection for intersex individuals. This Note explores the recently amended Americans with Disabilities Act [ADA] and addresses whether …

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Critical What What Commentary: Critical Race Theory: A Commemoration: Afterword, Devon W. Carbado Jan 2011

Critical What What Commentary: Critical Race Theory: A Commemoration: Afterword, Devon W. Carbado

Connecticut Law Review

More than twenty years after the establishment of Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a self-consciously defined intellectual movement, defining oneself as a Critical Race Theorist can still engender the question: critical what what? When asked, the inquiry is not just about the appellation, though this is certainly part of what engenders the question. The query is about the whatness (or, less charitably, the "there, there") of CRT as well. What is the genesis of CRT? What are the core ideas? What are its goals and aspirations? What intellectual work does the theory perform outside of legal discourse? What are the …

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The Village As Cold War Site: Experts, Development, And The History Of Rural Reconstruction, Nicole Sackley Jan 2011

The Village As Cold War Site: Experts, Development, And The History Of Rural Reconstruction, Nicole Sackley

History Faculty Publications

This article examines ‘the village’ as a category of development knowledge used by policymakers and experts to remake the ‘Third World’ during the Cold War. The idea of the village as a universal category of underdevelopment, capable of being remade by expert-led social reform, structured efforts to win the ‘hearts and minds’ of people from Asia to Latin America and Africa. Rooted in a transnational interwar movement for rural reconstruction, village projects were transformed in the 1950s and 1960s by a scientization of development that narrowed the range of experts in the field and by Cold War politics that increasingly …

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Critical Race Theory: A Commemoration, Tukufu Zuberi Jan 2011

Critical Race Theory: A Commemoration, Tukufu Zuberi

Connecticut Law Review

Kimberld Williams Crenshaw's Twenty Years of Critical Race Theory: Looking Back To Move Forward calls for a broader definition of CRT and for the next phase of this movement to embrace scholars from a multitude of disciplines. The tradition of critical theories of race in the social sciences is intimately related to the CRT Movement developed in the law. The social sciences are an important part of the realization of Crenshaw's aspirations. This Article argues that Crenshaw's call is visionary and a necessary step for researchers interested in the end of white supremacy and the elevation of the human sciences …

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Women, Vulnerability, And Humanitarian Emergencies, Fionnuala Ni Aolain Jan 2011

Women, Vulnerability, And Humanitarian Emergencies, Fionnuala Ni Aolain

Michigan Journal of Gender & Law

The catastrophic dimensions of humanitarian emergencies are increasingly understood and more visible to states and international institutions. There is greater appreciation for the social, economic and political effects that follow in the short to long term from the devastating consequences of humanitarian emergencies. There is also recognition of the gendered dimensions of humanitarian emergencies in policy and institutional contexts. It is generally acknowledged that women are overrepresented in the refugee and internally displaced communities that typically result from many humanitarian crises. Women bear acute care responsibilities in most societies and also disproportionately bear familial and communal care responsibilities in communities …

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Protecting The Ivory Tower: Sensible Security Or Invasion Of Privacy, Stephen D. Lichtenstein Jan 2011

Protecting The Ivory Tower: Sensible Security Or Invasion Of Privacy, Stephen D. Lichtenstein

Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest

Our beginning point is a recognition that the modern American college is not an insurer of the safety of its students. Whatever may have been its responsibility in an earlier era, the authoritarian role of today's college administrations has been notably diluted in recent decades. Trustees, administrators, and faculties have been required to yield to the expanding rights and privileges of their students. By constitutional amendment, written and unwritten law, and through the evolution of new customs, rights formerly possessed by college administrations have been transferred to students. College students today are no longer ninors; they are now regarded as …

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Recent Developments: In Re Adoption/Guardianship Of Cross H.: No Bar Against The Initiation Of A Termination Of Parental Rights Proceeding During The Pendency Of A Child In Need Of Assistance Appeal; Court Did Not Err In Denying Placement Of The Child With Grandmother; Termination Of Parental Rights Was In The Best Interest Of The Child, Caitlin Evans Jan 2011

Recent Developments: In Re Adoption/Guardianship Of Cross H.: No Bar Against The Initiation Of A Termination Of Parental Rights Proceeding During The Pendency Of A Child In Need Of Assistance Appeal; Court Did Not Err In Denying Placement Of The Child With Grandmother; Termination Of Parental Rights Was In The Best Interest Of The Child, Caitlin Evans

University of Baltimore Law Forum

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Comment: Innocence And Incarceration: A Comprehensive Review Of Maryland's Postconviction Dna Relief Statute And Suggestions For Improvement, Nicholas Phillips Jan 2011

Comment: Innocence And Incarceration: A Comprehensive Review Of Maryland's Postconviction Dna Relief Statute And Suggestions For Improvement, Nicholas Phillips

University of Baltimore Law Forum

No abstract provided.

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2010 Annual Town Report Of Newport, New Hampshire., Newport Town Representatives Jan 2011

2010 Annual Town Report Of Newport, New Hampshire., Newport Town Representatives

Newport, NH Annual Reports

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

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Intellect And Virtue: The Idea Of A Catholic University, John H. Garvey Jan 2011

Intellect And Virtue: The Idea Of A Catholic University, John H. Garvey

Scholarly Articles

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Americans' Potential Responses To Deliberate Food Contamination: A Risk Perception And Communication Study, Benjamin Morang’A Onyango, Neal Hooker, William Hallman, Ibrahim Mohammed Jan 2011

Americans' Potential Responses To Deliberate Food Contamination: A Risk Perception And Communication Study, Benjamin Morang’A Onyango, Neal Hooker, William Hallman, Ibrahim Mohammed

College of Agriculture

This study examines public perceptions of, and likely reactions to, an act of bioterrorism targeting the US foodsupply. Results from factor analysis of survey data suggest a range of responses including; public panic, raised fearsor emotions, a controlled response or a an acceptance that such an event is inevitable. Reactions are reflective ofpeoples' cognitive interpretations or affective responses to the risks posed. Cluster analysis and regression resultssuggest that authorities may successfully position risk communication messages based on the condition that peoplebelieve the government and private institutions can function in the face of a food attack. This finding underscores thepivotal role …

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