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Examining Interrater Agreement Analyses Of A Pilot Special Education Observation Tool, Evelyn S. Johnson, Carrie L. Semmelroth Nov 2012

Examining Interrater Agreement Analyses Of A Pilot Special Education Observation Tool, Evelyn S. Johnson, Carrie L. Semmelroth

The Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship

This paper reports the results of interrater agreement analyses on a pilot special education teacher evaluation instrument, the Recognizing Effective Special Education Teachers (RESET) Observation Tool (OT). Using evidence-based instructional practices as the basis for the evaluation, the RESET OT is designed for the spectrum of different instructional needs found within special education classrooms. The RESET OT informs what Danielson (2011) maintains are the two features of a teacher evaluation system 1) ensuring teacher quality and 2) promoting professional development. In June 2012, six special education teachers participated in a data coding session using the pilot RESET OT to evaluate …

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Quality Of Life And Its Determinants In People With Epilepsy In Basrah, Iraq, Mohammed Shakir, Jasim N. Al-Asadi Nov 2012

Quality Of Life And Its Determinants In People With Epilepsy In Basrah, Iraq, Mohammed Shakir, Jasim N. Al-Asadi

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the quality of life (QOL) in people with epilepsy and to evaluate various factors affecting their QOL. Methods: A total of 116 patients with epilepsy and a control group of 116 apparently healthy persons were included in this case-control study which was conducted at the neurology outpatient clinic of Basrah General Hospital, Iraq. An interview was performed with the use of a special questionnaire, which included data pertaining to socio-demographic characteristics, and clinical characteristics (for patients with epilepsy only). The QOL was assessed with the use of a Short Form (SF-36) …

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Ocular Complications Of Leprosy In Yemen, Raga Aa Salem Nov 2012

Ocular Complications Of Leprosy In Yemen, Raga Aa Salem

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: This study was conducted to identify the main ocular- and vision-threatening complications of leprosy in Yemen. Methods: This is a cross-sectional observational study which took place from February to July 2010. Leprosy patients attending the Skin and Venereal Diseases Hospital in the City of Light in Taiz, Yemen, who consented to participate in the study, were enrolled. Detailed demographic and medical histories were taken and clinical examination findings were recorded. A detailed eye examination, including visual acuity (VA), slit-lamp, and fundus examinations, was conducted on each patient by a qualified ophthalmologist. Results: A total of 192 patients (180 male, …

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State V. Liles Respondent's Brief Dckt. 39537 Nov 2012

State V. Liles Respondent's Brief Dckt. 39537

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

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N'Jie V. Cheung Nov 2012

N'Jie V. Cheung

2012 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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Na+/K+-Atpase Isoform Regulation In Three-Spine Stickleback (Gasterosteus Aculeatus) During Salinity Acclimation, Shelby Judd Nov 2012

Na+/K+-Atpase Isoform Regulation In Three-Spine Stickleback (Gasterosteus Aculeatus) During Salinity Acclimation, Shelby Judd

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Most marine and all freshwater fishes regulate the ionic and osmotic composition of their extracellular fluids different from the outside environment. The gills play a prominent osmoregulatory role in maintaining whole body ion and water balance in fish living in both freshwater and saltwater environments. The ability of the gill to regulate salts is dependent on the action of the Na+/K+-ATPase. When euryhaline fishes, fishes able to tolerate changes in external salinity, experience changes in environmental salinity, they alter their gill physiology and Na+/K+-ATPase activity to handle changing osmotic and ionic stresses. …

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An Examination Through An Ecological Lenses Of The Relationships Among Stressors, Protective Factors, And Psychological Outcomes In The Lives Of Urban Adolescents, Megha Tailor Nov 2012

An Examination Through An Ecological Lenses Of The Relationships Among Stressors, Protective Factors, And Psychological Outcomes In The Lives Of Urban Adolescents, Megha Tailor

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

Many urban youth are exposed to substantial rates of stressors within different levels of their environment which increases their likelihood for experiencing negative mental health outcomes. Some emerging research suggests that traditional individually-based and family-based protective factors have a limited role in protecting urban youth facing community-based stressors. This study examined whether community-based protective factors moderated the relationship between community-based stressors and psychological symptoms in a sample of 384 urban youth recruited from three schools in the Midwest region. Some support for hypothesis I was found. In particular, community-based protective factor (i.e. religion) was found to lessen the impact of …

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Identification And Integration Within Campus Life Among First-Generation U.S. Citizens: An Exploration Of Campus Climate Perception, Shannon Marie Williams Nov 2012

Identification And Integration Within Campus Life Among First-Generation U.S. Citizens: An Exploration Of Campus Climate Perception, Shannon Marie Williams

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

The current study explored the relationships within a higher education institution between innovative and inclusive mission-identity perceptions and school sense of community among first-generation U.S. citizens and first-generation college students, with varying racial backgrounds. During Fall 2012, a total of 4,492 participants at a large, urban, and Catholic university completed the Innovative and Inclusive (I/I) subscale from the DePaul Mission and Values Inventory as well as the School Sense of Community (SSOC) scale. Two 2 x 2 x 5 ANCOVAS were run to determine whether there were any differences across generation statuses and racial background for both measures. Additionally, regression …

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Gender, Country And Community: Exploring Safety, Trust And Empowerment Among Immigrant Survivors Of Torture., Nancy Bothne Nov 2012

Gender, Country And Community: Exploring Safety, Trust And Empowerment Among Immigrant Survivors Of Torture., Nancy Bothne

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

This study explores the community lives of immigrant survivors of torture living in theUnited States. The experiences of survivors in their countries of origin and theUnited Statesare examined by gender. This qualitative study relied on interviews with 16 survivors from multiple countries. The participation of a dissertation advisory group contributed to the study’s integrity, as did collaboration with community partners including a torture survivor advocacy group. The study found that the psychological elements of safety, trust and empowerment are important to both women and men. The lack of empowerment of people to counter claims of their government motivated these participants …

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Moderators Of The Efficacy Of Child Obesity Prevention: Exploration Of A, Sabrina Karczewski Nov 2012

Moderators Of The Efficacy Of Child Obesity Prevention: Exploration Of A, Sabrina Karczewski

College of Science and Health Theses and Dissertations

School-based child obesity intervention literature demonstrates variable body mass index (BMI) related outcomes, but studies do not typically explore the effect of interventions on psychological outcomes nor do they examine the interactions between participation in the intervention and individual participant characteristics. In this study, the effects of a universal school-based obesity prevention were examined on the outcomes of BMI, internalizing, and externalizing outcomes. Potential moderators of the relationship between participation in the intervention and outcomes included ethnicity, baseline weight class, baseline internalizing symptoms, and baseline externalizing symptoms. Results confirm differential benefits of the intervention based on a variety of baseline …

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From Transplant To Tablets : A Paradigm Shift In Oncology, Ikram A. Burney, Mansour S. Al-Moundhri Nov 2012

From Transplant To Tablets : A Paradigm Shift In Oncology, Ikram A. Burney, Mansour S. Al-Moundhri

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

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Interstitial Cells Of Cajal : Pathology, Injury And Repair, Dhuha Al-Sajee, Jan D. Huizinga Nov 2012

Interstitial Cells Of Cajal : Pathology, Injury And Repair, Dhuha Al-Sajee, Jan D. Huizinga

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Interstitial cells of cajal (ICC) are specialised cells located within the musculature of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). Although they form only 5% of the cells in the musculature of the GIT, they play a critical role in regulating smooth muscle function and GIT motility in coordination with the enteric nervous system. C-kit is a transmembrane glycoprotein that plays a critical role in ICC development and maturation. Physiological conditions such as ageing, as well as pathological conditions that have different disease processes, negatively affect ICC networks and function. Absent or disordered ICC networks can be associated with disorders in GIT motility. …

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Transforming Education To Strengthen Health Systems In The Sultanate Of Oman, Gillian White Nov 2012

Transforming Education To Strengthen Health Systems In The Sultanate Of Oman, Gillian White

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Conspicuous gaps demonstrate a collective global failure in the world’s health systems as they struggle to manage complex and expensive demands. The Lancet Commission recently took a global interdisciplinary perspective and systematic approach to consider alliances between education for health professionals and health systems in order to address these problems. They concluded that positive outcomes require new instructional and institutional designs. Findings from the Lancet Commission have implications for the development of health professional education in Oman, particularly with regard to the call for integrative and transformative education for the next generation of health professionals. Education in the Omani health …

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Spectrum Of Aids Defining Opportunistic Infections In A Series Of 77 Hospitalised Hiv-Infected Omani Patients, Abdullah A. Balkhair, Zakariya K. Al-Muharrmi, Shyam Al-Jabri, Ali A. Nov 2012

Spectrum Of Aids Defining Opportunistic Infections In A Series Of 77 Hospitalised Hiv-Infected Omani Patients, Abdullah A. Balkhair, Zakariya K. Al-Muharrmi, Shyam Al-Jabri, Ali A.

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: Most of the morbidity and mortality in human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) result from opportunistic infections (OIs). Although the spectrum of OIs in HIV infected patients from developing countries has been reported, there is a paucity of data on the natural history, pattern of disease, and survival of hospitalised patients with HIV/AIDS, particularly in Arab countries. The aim of this study was to study retrospectively the spectrum and frequency of various OIs in a cohort of hospitalised HIV-infected Omani patients. Methods: Included in the study were 77 HIV-infected Omani patients admitted to a tertiary care teaching hospital …

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Lipoprotein(A) And Syntax Score Association With Severity Of Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis In North India, Fauzia Ashfaq, Pk Goel, Nagraja Sethi, Rishi, Mohammed I. Khan, Mohammed Z. Idris Nov 2012

Lipoprotein(A) And Syntax Score Association With Severity Of Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis In North India, Fauzia Ashfaq, Pk Goel, Nagraja Sethi, Rishi, Mohammed I. Khan, Mohammed Z. Idris

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: This cross-sectional study investigated the association of lipoprotein(a) [Lp(a)] levels as an atherosclerosis predictor and their relationship to the severity of coronary artery disease (CAD). Methods: 360 consecutive patients at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences and King George’s Medical University hospitals, Lucknow, North India, with chest pains, CAD symptoms and on lipid-lowering therapy were enrolled between June 2009 and October 2011. Before coronary artery angiography (CAG), a fasting blood sample was assessed for lipid and Lp(a) levels. The synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with taxus and cardiac surgery (SYNTAX) score was calculated according to the CAG results. …

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Rate Of Opportunistic Pap Smear Screening And Patterns Of Epithelial Cell Abnormalities In Pap Smears In Ajman, United Arab Emirates, Ghaith J. Al Eyd, Rizwana B. Shaik Nov 2012

Rate Of Opportunistic Pap Smear Screening And Patterns Of Epithelial Cell Abnormalities In Pap Smears In Ajman, United Arab Emirates, Ghaith J. Al Eyd, Rizwana B. Shaik

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: The aim of this study was to estimate the proportion of women undergoing Papanicolaou (Pap) smear examinations, and the frequency of epithelial cell abnormalities in a teaching hospital in one emirate of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) during a three-year period. Methods: A retrospective study of 602 patient records from July 2007 to July 2010 was done in a teaching hospital in Ajman, UAE. The variables studied were age, ethnicity, menopausal status, and abnormalities in the Pap smear. Data were analysed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences and presented mainly as percentages; to assess associations, the chi-square …

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Cushing’S Disease : Sustained Remission In Five Cases Induced By Medical Therapy With The Dopamine Agonist Cabergoline, Omayma Elshafie, Anjum Osman, Fatima Al-Mamari, Ali, Njy Woodhouse Nov 2012

Cushing’S Disease : Sustained Remission In Five Cases Induced By Medical Therapy With The Dopamine Agonist Cabergoline, Omayma Elshafie, Anjum Osman, Fatima Al-Mamari, Ali, Njy Woodhouse

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

We report five cases of Cushing’s disease where the patients were given a therapeutic trial of cabergoline. Morning serum cortisol, adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), and sleeping cortisol concentrations were significantly raised. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans revealed pituitary microadenomas in 3 patients but were normal in the others. Ectopic ACTH production was excluded in the 2 patients with normal MRI scans. All were given a therapeutic trial of cabergoline (1 mg daily). Four patients responded with a prompt fall in serum cortisol levels and had a sustained clinical and biochemical remission for 378, 44, 28 and 14 days, respectively. One patient …

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Presentation Of Epilepsy In A Patient With Wilson's Disease And Developmental Venous Anomaly (Venous Angioma) In The Brain, Ammar Alobaidy, Faisal Alazri, Pc Al-Kalbani, Jamila H. Nov 2012

Presentation Of Epilepsy In A Patient With Wilson's Disease And Developmental Venous Anomaly (Venous Angioma) In The Brain, Ammar Alobaidy, Faisal Alazri, Pc Al-Kalbani, Jamila H.

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Intracranial developmental venous anomalies (DVAs), also called venous angiomas, and Wilson's disease are both considered rare disorders with varying degrees of neurologic and systemic manifestations; yet the coexistence of the two disorders is considered extremely rare, bearing in mind the low prevalence of each disorder. Epilepsy is a recognised presentation in these disorders and will be the focus of discussion in our report of a 21-year-old male patient who, based on a clinical examination and laboratory and neuroimaging results, was diagnosed with both Wilson's disease and DVA. He presented initially at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Oman with tremors and writing …

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Extensive Gingival Enlargement In Siblings : A Case Report, Kumar Pushpanshu, Rachna Kaushik, Rs Athawale, Ravi P. Nov 2012

Extensive Gingival Enlargement In Siblings : A Case Report, Kumar Pushpanshu, Rachna Kaushik, Rs Athawale, Ravi P.

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Gingival fibromatosis is characterised by varying degrees of fibrotic gingival overgrowth that can be caused by a variety of aetiological factors. Hereditary gingival fibromatosis (HGF) is a rare genetic disorder, characterised by a slowly progressive, benign enlargement of keratinised gingiva. The condition may be found in an autosomal dominant or autosomal recessive mode of inheritance, the former being more common. It usually develops as an isolated disorder but can be one feature of a multisystem syndrome. Accordingly, HGF has been divided into two forms: non-syndromic and syndromic. The gingival enlargement can be localised or generalised, but usually involves both arches. …

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Health Professions Education In Oman : A Contemporary Perspective, Ritu Lakhtakia Nov 2012

Health Professions Education In Oman : A Contemporary Perspective, Ritu Lakhtakia

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Comparative Difficulties With Non-Scientific General Vocabulary And Scientific/Medical Terminology In English As A Second Language (Esl) Medical Students, Thomas A. Heming, Shobha Nandagopal Nov 2012

Comparative Difficulties With Non-Scientific General Vocabulary And Scientific/Medical Terminology In English As A Second Language (Esl) Medical Students, Thomas A. Heming, Shobha Nandagopal

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: Medical education requires student comprehension of both technical (scientific/medical) and non-technical (general) vocabulary. Our experience with “English as a second language” (ESL) Arab students suggested they often have problems comprehending scientific statements because of weaknesses in their understanding of non-scientific vocabulary. This study aimed to determine whether ESL students have difficulties with general vocabulary that could hinder their understanding of scientific/medical texts. Methods: A survey containing English text was given to ESL students in the premedical years of an English-medium medical school in an Arabic country. The survey consisted of sample questions from the Medical College Admission Test (USA). …

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Transient Myeloproliferative Disorder And Down Syndrome Is There A Link?, Zenaida S. Reyes, Wafa Bashir, Anil Nov 2012

Transient Myeloproliferative Disorder And Down Syndrome Is There A Link?, Zenaida S. Reyes, Wafa Bashir, Anil

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

An extremely premature male neonate presented with an unusual multisystem dysfunction within the first 24 to 48 hours of life. The unfolding of clinical events and investigations revealed a transient myeloproliferative disorder (TMD). TMD was the main indication for karyotyping of this premature infant without clinical symptoms of Down syndrome. The awareness of TMD in a newborn warrants karyotype analysis to look for trisomy 21 and a close surveillance because of its potential progression to true leukaemia.

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The Role Of P62 In Osteoclastogenesis And Paget’S Disease Of Bone, Tamer Hadi Nov 2012

The Role Of P62 In Osteoclastogenesis And Paget’S Disease Of Bone, Tamer Hadi

Theses and Dissertations

Paget’s disease (PDB) is the second most common metabolic bone disease after osteoporosis, affecting up to 3% of adults over age 55. It is characterized by focal lesions of bone resorbed by hyperactive osteoclasts coupled with rapid formation of highly disorganized, low quality bone formed by osteoblasts. Such lesions cause skeletal deformity, fractures, and other symptoms that significantly decrease quality of life. In 2001, mutations in the SQSTM1/p62 gene were found in a subset of Paget’s patients. The work summarized in this dissertation sought to answer two broad questions: what is the function of p62 in normal bone homeostasis and …

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November 20, 2012, The Daily Mississippian Nov 2012

November 20, 2012, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Reconstructability Analysis Of Genetic Loci Associated With Alzheimer Disease, Martin Zwick, Shawn K. Westaway, Stephen Shervais, Patricia L. Kramer Nov 2012

Reconstructability Analysis Of Genetic Loci Associated With Alzheimer Disease, Martin Zwick, Shawn K. Westaway, Stephen Shervais, Patricia L. Kramer

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

Reconstructability Analysis (RA) is an information- and graph-theory-based method which has been successfully used in previous genomic studies. Here we apply it to genetic (14 SNPs) and non-genetic (Education, Age, Gender) data on Alzheimer disease in a well-characterized Case/Control sample of 424 individuals. We confirm the importance of APOE as a predictor of the disease, and identify one non-genetic factor, Education, and two SNPs, one in BINI and the other in SORCS1, as likely disease predictors. SORCS1 appears to be a common risk factor for people with or without APOE. We also identify a possible interaction effect between Education and …

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Reconsidering The Relationship Between Generic And Situated Il Approaches: The Dreyfus Model Of Skill Acquisition In Formal Information Literacy Learning Environments, Part I, Robert Farrell Nov 2012

Reconsidering The Relationship Between Generic And Situated Il Approaches: The Dreyfus Model Of Skill Acquisition In Formal Information Literacy Learning Environments, Part I, Robert Farrell

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This is the first of two papers discussing the application of Berkeley phenomenologist Hubert Dreyfus’ five-stage model of skill acquisition to information literacy (IL) theory and practice. This paper will review and build on previous discussions of the relation between generic, conceptual, competency-based approaches to IL definition and instruction and what has come to be called “situated” approaches, arguing that both the generic and situated approaches to IL ought to find a place within a complex learning continuum. Dreyfus’ model depicts this continuum as one in which learners start out as novice rule-followers and then develop, over time and with …

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The Role Of Information Dissemination In Attaining Food Security In Katsina State, Nigeria, Yusuf El-Ladan Ibrahim, Lawal Iro Sani Nov 2012

The Role Of Information Dissemination In Attaining Food Security In Katsina State, Nigeria, Yusuf El-Ladan Ibrahim, Lawal Iro Sani

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper explores the values and usefulness of information dissemination as it affects food security in Nigeria, particularly in Katsina state. Information has been and would continue to play a vital role in any national development and growth. Agricultural information provision and dissemination is a must for every responsible government because it is only when farmer were informed, that they will be able to take a rational decision and produce enough to feed the state and the nation in general, consequently meeting the goal set by the MDG. Food security has been identified as the inability of a nation to …

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The Artiodactyl Index At The Origins Of Agriculture In The Northern U.S. Southwest, Cerisa R. Reynolds Nov 2012

The Artiodactyl Index At The Origins Of Agriculture In The Northern U.S. Southwest, Cerisa R. Reynolds

Journal of Contemporary Anthropology

People have long argued about the origins of agriculture in the northern U.S. Southwest. While the roles that maize and other plant foods played in early agricultural (Basketmaker II) communities have been frequently investigated, the utilization of faunal resources during this time has not been as thoroughly studied. This issue will be addressed by presenting the results of zooarchaeological analysis conducted on a sample of faunal remains from the Darkmold site, a Basketmaker II site near Durango, Colorado. Using the Artiodactyl Index, these resuls will be compared to sixteen other Basketmaker II sites and will show that the Durango Basketmakers …

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Hail The Conquering Gods: Ritual Sacrifice Of Children In Inca Society, Jennifer L. Faux Nov 2012

Hail The Conquering Gods: Ritual Sacrifice Of Children In Inca Society, Jennifer L. Faux

Journal of Contemporary Anthropology

The focus of this paper is to evaluate the Capacocha (also referred to as capac hucha) or child sacrifices in Inca society. This paper begins by evaluating the Capacocha ceremony as practiced by the Inca. By addressing how children played a role in past rituals, the paper centralizes its focus on ritual sacrifice, a subject that has warranted numerous debates by archaeologists. The Capacocha children are sacrificial victims found in summits of the Andes. Their nearly perfectly preserved bodies yield valuable information regarding the health, diet, and birth place of Incan children. In determining these specific elements, archaeologists can …

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State V. Peterson Respondent's Brief Dckt. 39146 Nov 2012

State V. Peterson Respondent's Brief Dckt. 39146

Not Reported

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