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Microflora Of Traditional Mexican Corn Masa And Its Effect On Folic Acid Degradation, Stephen J. Adolphson Dec 2012

Microflora Of Traditional Mexican Corn Masa And Its Effect On Folic Acid Degradation, Stephen J. Adolphson

Theses and Dissertations

Many Mexican women consume inadequate amounts of folic acid. Fortification of the corn tortilla could be an effective way to help increase the folic acid levels among the Mexican population. Previous studies have shown significant folic acid losses in fortified tortilla dough (masa) as it is held before baking. This loss in folic acid could be due to degradation by lactic acid bacteria naturally present in the masa. The microflora of traditionally made nixtamalized corn masa from six tortilla mills in Guadalajara, Mexico were isolated and characterized, and their effect on folic acid content was evaluated. Isolated bacteria were identified …

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A Tangle Net Study On Relative Abundance And Habitat Preference Of Elasmobranchs In North Inlet Estuary, South Carolina, Moriah Heather Moore Dec 2012

A Tangle Net Study On Relative Abundance And Habitat Preference Of Elasmobranchs In North Inlet Estuary, South Carolina, Moriah Heather Moore

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Although habitat selection is relatively well studied in some elasmobranchs, no field or lab studies have focused on sediment preference, which is important to other benthic marine vertebrates. To determine the relative abundance and sediment preference of shallow water benthic elasmobranch inhabitants of North Inlet, SC, we employed 187 30 minute tangle net sets over two sediment types (mud and sand). The majority of our capture consisted of 41 Dasyatis sayi (tagged 37) and 31 Sphyrna tiburo (tagged 14). Although D. sayi had been recorded in North Inlet, previous studies found greater numbers of congeners D. americana and D. sabina. …

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Engineering Integration: Building A Quick And Effective Faculty Seminar, Kate Peterson, Jon Jeffryes Dec 2012

Engineering Integration: Building A Quick And Effective Faculty Seminar, Kate Peterson, Jon Jeffryes

Communications in Information Literacy

In the spring of 2010, the Science & Engineering Library of the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities partnered with the Information Literacy Librarian and offered a faculty seminar to the College of Science and Engineering. The seminar's goals included 1.) refreshing and expanding faculty's knowledge of information and 21st century literacies and 2.) creating a community of faculty committed to developing student skills in finding, evaluating and synthesizing information in their academic coursework and into their professional careers. Overall, the seminar increased faculty understanding of services and expertise of the libraries, and 21st century literacies. It also developed and strengthened ties …

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Difficult Dialogues: The Technologies And Limits Of Reconciliation, Dawne Moon Dec 2012

Difficult Dialogues: The Technologies And Limits Of Reconciliation, Dawne Moon

Social and Cultural Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

Projects known as dialogue or reconciliation build on the common ground between members of historically adversarial groups to help overcome vicious cycles of retaliation. This chapter compares observations from two studies of religious and religio-ethnic communities. The more recent is a qualitative study of American Jews' understandings and experiences of anti-Semitism and how it relates to politics, particularly around the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. It compares some of the findings from this study with findings that emerged in earlier ethnographic research on debates about homosexuality within the United Methodist Church. The chapter explores the intersection of politics with the self, which sociological …

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Modernization, Sexual Risk-Taking, And Gynecological Morbidity Among Bolivian Forager-Horticulturalists, Jonathan Stieglitz, Aaron D. Blackwell, Raúl Quispe Gutierrez, Edhitt Cortez Linares, Michael Gurven, Hillard Kaplan Dec 2012

Modernization, Sexual Risk-Taking, And Gynecological Morbidity Among Bolivian Forager-Horticulturalists, Jonathan Stieglitz, Aaron D. Blackwell, Raúl Quispe Gutierrez, Edhitt Cortez Linares, Michael Gurven, Hillard Kaplan

ESI Publications

Sexual risk-taking and reproductive morbidity are common among rapidly modernizing populations with little material wealth, limited schooling, minimal access to modern contraception and healthcare, and gendered inequalities in resource access that limit female autonomy in cohabiting relationships. Few studies have examined how modernization influences sexual risk-taking and reproductive health early in demographic transition. Tsimane are a natural fertility population of Bolivian forager-farmers; they are not urbanized, reside in small-scale villages, and lack public health infrastructure. We test whether modernization is associated with greater sexual risk-taking, report prevalence of gynecological morbidity (GM), and test whether modernization, sexual risk-taking and parity are …

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Eric Faulconer Named Nscaa Southeast Region Coach Of The Year, Armstrong State University Dec 2012

Eric Faulconer Named Nscaa Southeast Region Coach Of The Year, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Women's Soccer News (Archived)

Eric Faulconer Named NSCAA Southeast Region Coach of the Year. Armstrong Atlantic State University head women's soccer coach Eric Faulconer has been named the 2012 NSCAA Women's Soccer Southeast Region Coach of the Year, announced by the organization on Wednesday.

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Teaching Matters: The Necessity And Challenge Of Teaching Information Ethics, Patrick P. Ragains Dec 2012

Teaching Matters: The Necessity And Challenge Of Teaching Information Ethics, Patrick P. Ragains

Communications in Information Literacy

This issue's column provides an overview of issues related to academic integrity in higher eduction.

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Embedding Affective Learning Outcomes In Library Instruction, Ellysa Stern Cahoy, Robert Schroeder Dec 2012

Embedding Affective Learning Outcomes In Library Instruction, Ellysa Stern Cahoy, Robert Schroeder

Communications in Information Literacy

While information literacy in higher education has long been focused on cognitive learning outcomes, attention must be paid to students' affective, emotional needs throughout the research process. This article identifies models for embedding affective learning outcomes within information literacy instruction, and provides strategies to help librarians discover, articulate, and address students' self-efficacy, motivation, emotions and attitudes. Worksheets to assist in creating affective learning outcomes are included to bring structure to an area of learning that is often challenging to articulate and measure. Also included in the article are the results of a recent survey of instruction librarians' familiarity and inclusion …

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Measuring The Impact Of Library Instruction On Freshmen Success And Persistence: A Quantitative Analysis, Jason M. Vance, Rachel Kirk, Justin G. Gardner Dec 2012

Measuring The Impact Of Library Instruction On Freshmen Success And Persistence: A Quantitative Analysis, Jason M. Vance, Rachel Kirk, Justin G. Gardner

Communications in Information Literacy

This study examines the relationship between formal library instruction and undergraduate student performance and persistence in higher education. Researchers analyzed two years of academic and demographic data collected from first-time freshmen at Middle Tennessee State University in an attempt to quantify the effect of librarian-led one-shot classroom instruction on students' grade point averages and their likelihood of returning to school for the sophomore year.

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Considering Information Literacy Skills And Needs: Designing Library Instruction For The Online Learner, Swapna Kumar, Marilyn Ochoa, Mary Edwards Dec 2012

Considering Information Literacy Skills And Needs: Designing Library Instruction For The Online Learner, Swapna Kumar, Marilyn Ochoa, Mary Edwards

Communications in Information Literacy

This paper reports on a library instruction needs assessment conducted with incoming doctoral students (n=34) in two online programs in education. The differences in the prior skills and experiences of the two groups highlighted the importance of both needs assessments and learner analysis as well as course- or program-specific instructional design in information literacy instruction for online students. Based on students' reported skills, education librarians structured both the content and format of instruction to help students succeed in online activities in the doctoral program.

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Predictors Of Student's Attitudes Toward Science Literacy, Irina I. Holden Dec 2012

Predictors Of Student's Attitudes Toward Science Literacy, Irina I. Holden

Communications in Information Literacy

Being information and science literate are crucial in an age when scientific developments influence the political arena and vice versa. In order to become active and responsible citizens, students must understand such issues as global warming and stem cell research. Furthermore, they must be lifelong learners, capable of researching and educating themselves about new scientific developments. These are some of the complex issues that information literacy educators must address. This article reports on the results of a survey of student's attitudes towards science literacy and lifelong learning, and on variables associated with their attitudes. Most of the students' attitudes were …

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Notes From The Field: 10 Short Lessons On One-Shot Instruction, Megan Oakleaf, Steven Hoover, Beth Woodard, Jennifer Corbin, Randy Hensley, Diana Wakimoto, Christopher V. Hollister, Debra Gilchrist, Michelle Millet, Patty Iannuzzi Dec 2012

Notes From The Field: 10 Short Lessons On One-Shot Instruction, Megan Oakleaf, Steven Hoover, Beth Woodard, Jennifer Corbin, Randy Hensley, Diana Wakimoto, Christopher V. Hollister, Debra Gilchrist, Michelle Millet, Patty Iannuzzi

Communications in Information Literacy

Librarians teach. It might not be what they planned to do when they entered the profession, or it may have been a secret hope all along. Either way, librarians teach, and one teaching scenario remains quintessential: the one-shot library instruction session. In recognition of the centrality of the "one-shot," this article shares several authors' "notes from the field." The notes provide a range of strategies for developing pedagogically sound one-shot library instruction sessions, grouped loosely into three categories: planning, delivery, and integration. The authors offer these insights in their own words in hopes that other teaching librarians may benefit from …

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A Lexicographic Product Cancellation Property For Digraphs, Kendall Manion Dec 2012

A Lexicographic Product Cancellation Property For Digraphs, Kendall Manion

Theses and Dissertations

There are four prominent product graphs in graph theory: Cartesian, strong, direct, and lexicographic. Of these four product graphs, the lexicographic product graph is the least studied. Lexicographic products are not commutative but still have some interesting properties. This paper begins with basic definitions of graph theory, including the definition of a graph, that are needed to understand theorems and proofs that come later. The paper then discusses the lexicographic product of digraphs, denoted $G \circ H$, for some digraphs $G$ and $H$. The paper concludes by proving a cancellation property for the lexicographic product of digraphs $G$, $H$, $A$, …

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Tektosyne Three Architectures For Orchestra, Alessandra Salvati Dec 2012

Tektosyne Three Architectures For Orchestra, Alessandra Salvati

Open Access Dissertations

Tektosyne is a collection of three pieces for symphonic orchestra. This thesis provides an aesthetic and technical analysis of it, with particular emphasis on the constructive processes at basis of the individual and overall structures, and the generation and proliferation of materials. The title is an ancient Greek word, “tektosyne,” referring to the carpentry and, more generally, to any craftsman or workman, from gymnastics to poetry. The idea of using it as a title – and framing these pieces as “architectures” – came from a conversation I had with an architect, and my attempt to translate for him the basic …

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''Shots From The Pulpit:'' An Ethnographic Content Analysis Of United States Anti-Gambling Social Movement Documents From 1816-2010, Bo J. Bernhard, Robert Futrell, Andrew Harper Dec 2012

''Shots From The Pulpit:'' An Ethnographic Content Analysis Of United States Anti-Gambling Social Movement Documents From 1816-2010, Bo J. Bernhard, Robert Futrell, Andrew Harper

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

The history of anti-gambling impulses is perhaps as old as the gambling impulse itself, but academic research has thus far neglected the topic of anti-gambling social movements. Using social movement literature as a theoretical guide and ethnographic content analysis as a methodological tool, this paper examines anti-gambling documents produced in the United States over nearly two hundred years. During this period, three distinct periods emerge: first, an early ( 1816-1915) period framed the gambling act on strict religious grounds as an individual sin. This religious framing was then challenged by the rise of more rational and scientifically-based medical discourses on …

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Secrets Of Your Leadership Success: The 11 Indispensable E’S Of A Leader, M. S. Rao Dec 2012

Secrets Of Your Leadership Success: The 11 Indispensable E’S Of A Leader, M. S. Rao

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Professor Rao has used his experiences in organizational systems to produce a “recipe” for true leadership. In developing the 11 E’s — from Enthusiasm to Ethics —this author attempts to identify the traits characteristically and uniformly found in great leaders. While each component may be descriptive of a recognized head of a particular organization, successful principled leadership mandates the amalgamation of all of these enumerated traits.

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Appalachian Farmers: Building Value From Values, Natalie Shubert, Amy Taylor-Blanco, Ana L. Rosado Feger Dec 2012

Appalachian Farmers: Building Value From Values, Natalie Shubert, Amy Taylor-Blanco, Ana L. Rosado Feger

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This trio of authors has presented a microcosm of values-based shared business practices, involving local food production and distribution in a small, rural Appalachian region in the United States. They focus upon the collective activities of a group committed to advancing local business practices while eliminating unnecessary transportation costs, boosting the region’s economic infrastructure, and most importantly, bringing people together to share experiences and pass along knowledge designed to benefit their communities and generate a sustainable agricultural-based economy.

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Ethical Governance In The Indian Construction Industry: A Case Study Of Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Shashank Shah Dec 2012

Ethical Governance In The Indian Construction Industry: A Case Study Of Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Shashank Shah

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Governance has moved beyond mere fulfilment of legal requirements. The corporate debacles of the last decade and more have indicated how very respectable corporate organisations across the globe succumbed to greed and compromised on ethics and organisational value systems. Corporate Governance is mainly concerned with the intrinsic nature, purpose, integrity, and identity of an organisation. It encompasses the entire gamut of organisational stakeholders. While a lot of literature is available in the field of Corporate Governance, an analysis of corporate organisations in terms of their stakeholder-related initiatives has hitherto not been attempted. In this paper, the author has used the …

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Leadership Shortcomings: A Values Deficit, Ritch K. Eich Dec 2012

Leadership Shortcomings: A Values Deficit, Ritch K. Eich

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

Eich shapes his personal definition of principled leadership by examining several modern-day leaders. He examines the impetus and motivation that characterize successful, exemplary leaders and explains why their actions exude integrity, spawn followers and emulators, and generate widespread respect.

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Corporate Political Spending: Why Shareholders Must Weigh In, Julie N.W. Goodridge, Christine Jantz Dec 2012

Corporate Political Spending: Why Shareholders Must Weigh In, Julie N.W. Goodridge, Christine Jantz

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This article focuses upon the growing problem confronting companies and their shareholders: the use of general treasury (i.e., shareholder money) to propagate political agendas which are not only contrary to companies’ policies of employment, but are committed without the input or knowledge of the shareholder, leading to an aura of distrust, alienation, and diminution of both shareholder value and principled leadership.

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Value Shifts: Redefining “Leadership” A Narrative, Joseph Hester Dec 2012

Value Shifts: Redefining “Leadership” A Narrative, Joseph Hester

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

This article provides a historical narrative documenting the major rifts and shifts in the concept of “value” in the 20th and 21st centuries. It is the author’s contention that these shifts have confused the conceptualization of value, making it a rather broad and meaningless term. Thus, to define “leadership” as “values- or ethically-based,” one must first provide a substantial defense of a particular moral view upon which leadership is want to be situated. This task is made arduous because “value” and “morals” have become confused in the morass of postmodernism and its political correlate, political correctness.

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Popular Culture’S Ambivalence Toward Female Autonomy: The Great Depression, Ian M. Post Dec 2012

Popular Culture’S Ambivalence Toward Female Autonomy: The Great Depression, Ian M. Post

Grand Valley Journal of History

The Great Depression forced many Americans to accept new and alternate methods of income when faced with low unemployment and a harsh economic environment. This crisis spawned the autonomous women of the Great Depression's popular culture that signified the acceptance of the newly discovered role. This essay argues that although the creators of popular culture maintained ambivalence in supporting this lifestyle, they nonetheless portrayed women as finally satisfied when she became dependent on a man.

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Systems Of Carbon Trading, Dr. Bruno Zeller Dec 2012

Systems Of Carbon Trading, Dr. Bruno Zeller

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Making Out The Monell Claim Under Section 1983, Karen M. Blum Dec 2012

Making Out The Monell Claim Under Section 1983, Karen M. Blum

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Re-Shaping Library Service Programming: New Strategies For The New Millennium, Daryl C. Youngman Dec 2012

Re-Shaping Library Service Programming: New Strategies For The New Millennium, Daryl C. Youngman

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

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Easy - 'Equitable Access To Scientific Yield'©, Leo Waaijers Dec 2012

Easy - 'Equitable Access To Scientific Yield'©, Leo Waaijers

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

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Consortial Support For Digital Library Initiatives And Information Technology Manpower Development In Latin America, Johann Van Reenen Dec 2012

Consortial Support For Digital Library Initiatives And Information Technology Manpower Development In Latin America, Johann Van Reenen

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

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Development Strategy Of A Technological University Library Management Information System (Mis): A Case Of Moi University, Kenya, George Gundu Shibanda Dec 2012

Development Strategy Of A Technological University Library Management Information System (Mis): A Case Of Moi University, Kenya, George Gundu Shibanda

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

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The Partnership Roles Of Information Technology In Expanding Access To Smallholder (Community) Information: A Model For Lirhanda Quaker Community Media Centre, Kenya, Jemymah Ingado Seru, George Gundu Shibanda Dec 2012

The Partnership Roles Of Information Technology In Expanding Access To Smallholder (Community) Information: A Model For Lirhanda Quaker Community Media Centre, Kenya, Jemymah Ingado Seru, George Gundu Shibanda

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.

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How To Create Your Own Scholarly Journal In Partnership With Your Campus Faculty, Eulália Roël Dec 2012

How To Create Your Own Scholarly Journal In Partnership With Your Campus Faculty, Eulália Roël

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

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