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A New Approach To Safety Assessment At Gated Highway–Rail Grade Crossings, Zheng Luo

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

A significant number of pedestrians and bicyclists (i.e., non-motorists) use the roadway system in the U.S. Research pertaining to the safety of them, especially their safety at highway-rail grade crossings (HRGCs), has drawn much attention in the past decade, and remains an important issue of safety research. Yet, the majority of existing research has examined non-motorist safety at intersections or motorist safety at HRGCs separately. Such research has related primarily to exploring relationships between safety countermeasures (e.g., engineering devices, education, enforcement, etc.) and crash frequency/severity, using different quantitative analysis approaches. A primary limitation of these studies is that few have …

The Pacifican November 29, 2012, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

Lanthorn, Vol. 47, No. 29, November 29, 2012, Grand Valley State University

Volume 47, July 2, 2012 - June 3, 2013

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Montana Kaimin, November 29, 2012, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

November 29, 2012, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

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New Technologies For Whole Wheat Processing: Addressing Milling And Storage Issues, Andres F. Doblado-Maldonado

Department of Food Science and Technology: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Whole wheat flour production and demand has increased dramatically during the last decade due to evidence supporting the benefits of whole grains in the diet. Hence, the food industry has provided a wide variety of new whole grain products. There are unique challenges that accompany whole wheat flour production, especially related to milling and storage. The present thesis provides new strategies on the adaptation of new technologies to overcome whole wheat processing issues. These issues are first discussed in a literature review and then followed by three research studies. In the first study, retail whole wheat flours were evaluated for …

Women In Prison: Planning The Getaway: Vocational Education In A Southern Women's Correctional Institution, Aimee Michelle Burgdorf

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The purpose of this research was to examine the vocational programs available to female inmates incarcerated in the only female prison in a southern state, to explore these inmates' thoughts, feelings, and perspectives about the programs available to them, and to determine whether these programs are unintentionally gender-biased or gender-stereotypical. Additionally, data were collected reflecting the vocational education instructors' thoughts, feelings, and perspectives on their programs as well as on the the inmate students enrolled in their programs. Additionally, detailed vocational program descriptions were obtained from the facility. These documents provided information about the kinds of jobs available for each …

Children's Lead Poisoning In The Eastern United States: A Spatial Data Mining Approach, Thaddeus Grace

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The focus of this thesis is to determine whether an association rule mining appraoch could be used to uncover associations between socioeconomic variables and childhood lead poisoning in the eastern Unied States. The association rule analysis was able to discover three prominent variables that were linked with childhood lead toxicity. Counties with high rates of holder housing, high single female head of householders, and a low proportion of Hispanic residents were found to be associated with higher rates of childhood lead poisoning. Geographic information systems (GIS) was utilized to visually illustrate the spatial distribution of each of the three association …

Necrostatin-1 Analogues: Critical Issues On The Specificity, Activity And In Vivo Use In Experimental Disease Models., N Takahashi, L Duprez, S Grootjans, A Cauwels, W Nerinckx, J B Duhadaway, V Goossens, R Roelandt, F Van Hauwermeiren, C Libert, W Declercq, N Callewaert, G C Prendergast, A Degterev, J Yuan, P Vandenabeele

Department of Pathology, Anatomy, and Cell Biology Faculty Papers

Necrostatin-1 (Nec-1) is widely used in disease models to examine the contribution of receptor-interacting protein kinase (RIPK) 1 in cell death and inflammation. We studied three Nec-1 analogs: Nec-1, the active inhibitor of RIPK1, Nec-1 inactive (Nec-1i), its inactive variant, and Nec-1 stable (Nec-1s), its more stable variant. We report that Nec-1 is identical to methyl-thiohydantoin-tryptophan, an inhibitor of the potent immunomodulatory enzyme indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO). Both Nec-1 and Nec-1i inhibited human IDO, but Nec-1s did not, as predicted by molecular modeling. Therefore, Nec-1s is a more specific RIPK1 inhibitor lacking the IDO-targeting effect. Next, although Nec-1i was ∼100 × …

Does Inclusion Of A Disclaimer Versus Warning Reduce The Effects Of Exposure To Thin-Ideal Media Images On Body Dissatisfaction And Intent To Diet?, Rheanna Nichole Ata

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The relationship between exposure to media images of ultra-thin models and body dissatisfaction has been documented in numerous correlational and experimental studies. Given the association between body dissatisfaction and negative outcomes such as eating disorders, prevention and intervention programs have sought to minimize the effects of the media on body dissatisfaction by, for example, providing education on the air-brushing techniques used to enhance the thinness of models depicted in advertisements. More recent efforts in Britain and France include the proposal of legislation that would require advertisements featuring hyper-thin models to include a disclaimer. To determine whether the inclusion of a …

Divergent Carbon Dynamics Under Climate Change In Forests With Diverse Soils, Tree Species, And Land Use Histories, Robert M. Scheller, Alec M. Kretchun, Steve Van Tuyl, Kenneth L. Clark, Melissa S. Lucash, John Hom

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Accounting for both climate change and natural disturbances—which typically result in greenhouse gas emissions—is necessary to begin managing forest carbon sequestration. Gaining a complete understanding of forest carbon dynamics is, however, challenging in systems characterized by historic over-utilization, diverse soils and tree species, and frequent disturbance. In order to elucidate the cascading effects of potential climate change on such systems, we projected forest carbon dynamics, including soil carbon changes, and shifts in tree species composition as a consequence of wildfires and climate change in the New Jersey pine barrens (NJPB) over the next 100 years. To do so, we used …

Conference Programme

Peace and Conflict Management Review

No abstract provided.

Peace And Security In The Great Lake Region: Rwanda's Perspective Within International Conference On The Great Lakes Region, Dr. Richard Sezibera

Peace and Conflict Management Review

No abstract provided.

Post Electoral Violences In Kenya, Jonas Ewald

Peace and Conflict Management Review

No abstract provided.

Governance Put To Test On The Field: The Case Of Burundi In The Post-Electoral Context, Dr. Elias Sentamba

Peace and Conflict Management Review

No abstract provided.

Nexus Between Unity/Reconciliation And Security: The Case Of Rwanda, Mrs. Fatuma Ndangiza

Peace and Conflict Management Review

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Ecological Sanitation In Promoting Development, Peace And Health In The Great Lakes Region, Abraham G. Ndung'u

Peace and Conflict Management Review

No abstract provided.

The Goma Conférence In January 2008: A Last Chance Solution Hampered By The Issue Of Fdlr, Aloys Tegera

Peace and Conflict Management Review

No abstract provided.

Strengths, Weaknesses And Perspectives Of Faith Institutions In The Peace And Security Building Process In The Great Lakes Region, Dr. Masabo François

Peace and Conflict Management Review

No abstract provided.

Elections And Stability In The Great Lakes Region - Evaluating 2006 And 2007 Electoral Processes In The Region, Juliana Kantengwa

Peace and Conflict Management Review

No abstract provided.

Primary Mental Health Care For Survivors Of Collective Sexual Violence: Implications For Services In The Great Lakes Region, Maggie Zraly

Peace and Conflict Management Review

No abstract provided.

Genocide In Darfur: Investigating Atrocities In The Sudan. Edited By Samuel Totten And Eric Markusen. New York, Ny: Routledge, 2006., Rafiki Ubaldo

Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies

No abstract provided.

Why Men Participate: A Review Of Perpetrator Research On The Rwandan Genocide, Cyanne E. Loyle

Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies

In “Why Men Participate: A Review of Perpetrator Research on the Rwandan Genocide,” Cyanne E. Loyle provides a thought-provoking analysis of the existing state of the genocide perpetrator literature. Relying on fieldwork conducted in Rwanda over the past several years, her research contributes to the development of a unified theory of participation in genocide (that is, who participates and why) that can be examined and applied across case.

Darfur: After The Genocide Comes To An End, Then What?, Samuel Totten

Journal of African Conflicts and Peace Studies

Eventually, killing, fighting and rape between the various actors will come to a halt. Black Africans, the Government of Sudan and the international community will still be confronted to 7 main challenges: Arabs are now beginning to settle on land that the black Africans were forced off of by the GOS and Janjaweed; the inexorable desertification of more and more land in Darfur; the ever-increasing lack of adequate water sources in Darfur; the issue of reparations; the plight of females raped during the genocidal period, the status of the original complaints by the black Africans and the issue of bringing …

The Relationship Of Food And Academic Performance: A Preliminary Examination Of The Factors Of Nutritional Neuroscience, Malnutrition, And Diet Adequacy, Allison Woodhouse, Mark A. Lamport, Ph.D.

Christian Perspectives in Education

This article examines the extent of food’s impact on children’s academic achievement. The purpose of this study is to summarize existing research concerning the food-learning correlation and to synthesize studies regarding nutritional needs of the brain, malnutrition during development, and overall diet quality as related to academic achievement. Data finds a fundamental link between nutrition and cognition. Results suggest to the extent the brains of many United States schoolchildren do not receive the nutrients needed for optimal cognition, that academic performance may be consequentially reduced. Finally, a discussion of related learning theory and current debate, and practical implications for educational …

November 28, 2012 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for November 28, 2012-January 9, 2013. Vol. 92, No. 9.

Wednesday Communiqué, 11/28/2012, Chaouki Abdallah

Publications of the Provost's Office

No abstract provided.

The Cord (November 28, 2012)

The Cord

No abstract provided.