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Whatchu Breathin'?: Sick Building Syndrome And Seasonal Occurrence Of Fungi, Jessica Stapleton Jan 2012

Whatchu Breathin'?: Sick Building Syndrome And Seasonal Occurrence Of Fungi, Jessica Stapleton

Masters Theses

This study was designed to evaluate the presence of sick building syndrome in a classroom at Unity High School (Mendon, Illinois) and contrast differences in the number of fungal spores per cubic meter of air in different rooms in the building and between seasons. Air and surface samples were taken to analyze the number of fungal spores per cubic meter and to evaluate generic fungal diversity. Factors influencing the number of fungal spores per cubic meter and genera of fungal isolates were year-round temperature control in the classroom and the presence or absence of students. Some of the fungi isolated …


Prayers Of Obligation And Well-Being: A Study Of The Effects Of Orthodox Jewish Prayer, Charles T. Coleman Jan 2012

Prayers Of Obligation And Well-Being: A Study Of The Effects Of Orthodox Jewish Prayer, Charles T. Coleman

Masters Theses

In a study to explore the effect of concentration during Orthodox Jewish obligatory prayer on well-being, ten Orthodox Jewish prayers were rated by experts (Rabbis) for the inclusion of the five identified prayer types of adoration, thanksgiving, confession, supplication, and reception. The ratings were used to establish a prayer type score for each of the ten prayers studied. Other Orthodox Jewish males (non-Rabbis) were then surveyed about their individual level of concentration during the same ten prayers and about health and psychological well-being. Although the multiple regression analyses showed no link between degree of concentration and well-being, it was determined …


The Concurrent And Longitudinal Effects Of Maternal Approval And Sexual Communication On Adolescent Sexual Activity And Std Acquisition, Amy Blackmer Jan 2012

The Concurrent And Longitudinal Effects Of Maternal Approval And Sexual Communication On Adolescent Sexual Activity And Std Acquisition, Amy Blackmer

Masters Theses

Adolescent sexual activity can involve risky behaviors, such as failure to use a condom and having multiple sexual partners, which leads to increased risk of sexually transmitted disease (STD) diagnosis. Prior research has shown that maternal factors, including maternal report of sexual communication and adolescent perceived approval of sexual activity, are associated with the level of sexual activity engaged in by adolescents. The present study utilized data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health project (Add Health) to examine the relationship between maternal reports of sexual communication, adolescent perception of maternal approval, and adolescent gender on concurrent and later …


Transition In Conceptualizing The Transgender Experience: A Measure Of Counselor Attitudes, Rachel N. Rehbein Jan 2012

Transition In Conceptualizing The Transgender Experience: A Measure Of Counselor Attitudes, Rachel N. Rehbein

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine counseling practitioner attitudes regarding the diagnosis, conceptualization and treatment of trans gender clients, and to observe possible factors affecting counselor views of trans gender individuals and their presenting issues. The Counselor Attitude Survey (CAS) was designed to measure coonselor attitudes toward trans gender individuals. This measure was distributed to 1000 members of the American Counseling Association throughout the United States and United States territories, resulting in 66 total respondents. Support was found regarding the association between counselor attitudes toward the transgender population and religious and political affiliations. Much of the literature states …


Sleeping The Way To Success: Examining The Relationship Between Sleep And Academic Success Among College Students, Jennifer M. Hedges Jan 2012

Sleeping The Way To Success: Examining The Relationship Between Sleep And Academic Success Among College Students, Jennifer M. Hedges

Masters Theses

The negative effects of poor sleep habits have been widely studied, although there is little research focusing on the academic impact that poor sleep has among the college student population, where poor sleep seems to be prevalent. Research studies have consistently documented that sleep difficulties and daytime tiredness affect more than half of college students. Daytime naps, pulling "all-nighter" cram sessions, and late bedtimes and rise times are just a few of the common scenarios that deeply disturb the sleep quality and quantity of college students. The American Sleep Association (2007) has shown that sleep is necessary for survival in …


Project In Grant Proposal Writing, Betsy Wells Jan 2012

Project In Grant Proposal Writing, Betsy Wells

Masters Theses

This thesis explores the process of grant proposal writing from beginning to end. It includes research and theory on preparing a feasibility report, searching for funding opportunities, using narrative in proposal writing, and repurposing text in the medical field and grant proposal writing. Documents included in this thesis are a feasibility report and two grant proposals written as a project for a small community hospital.


Bioavailability, Bioaccumulation, And Trophic Transfer Of Trace Metals In The Tims Branch-Steed Pond Tributary, Paul Gethyn Edwards Jan 2012

Bioavailability, Bioaccumulation, And Trophic Transfer Of Trace Metals In The Tims Branch-Steed Pond Tributary, Paul Gethyn Edwards

Masters Theses

The Department of Energy's (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS) is a 777 km2 former nuclear weapon material production and current research facility located along the Savannah River in west-central South Carolina. In 1954, direct environmental discharges were released from "M-Area", a fuel and aluminum-clad Uranium (U) nuclear reactor target manufacturing facility through a drainage ditch into the Tims Branch-Steed Pond water system. The wastewater discharges released into Tims Branch contained large volumes of inorganic wastes including depleted and natural U, aluminum (Al), and Nickel (Ni) along with smaller quantities of mercury (Hg), lead (Pb), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), and …


Acute Effects Of Whole Body Vibration And Vertical Jump Height, Patrick Mckee Jan 2012

Acute Effects Of Whole Body Vibration And Vertical Jump Height, Patrick Mckee

Masters Theses

The purpose of this study is to test vertical jump height after performing different warm up routines including jogging on a treadmill, riding a stationary bike, static stretching, and standing on a VibePlate. It was hypothesized that there would be a significant increase in vertical jump height after warming up on the VibePlate versus other warm up modalities. The participants for this study were Eastern Illinois University undergraduate and graduate students age 18-24 years (20.85 ± 1.70 yrs.). The sample consisted of sixteen men and ten women who were classified as low risk after completion of the PAR-Q. All participants …


Polarization In Congressional Committees, Andrew Age Jan 2012

Polarization In Congressional Committees, Andrew Age

Masters Theses

This thesis analyzes whether polarization is occurring in congressional committees, both the House of Representatives and the Senate standing committees, from 1970-2010. Sean Theirault's (2006) research of polarization on the floor of Congress is the foundation for identifying similar results in the standing committees. In addition, committees will be separated into three different types: regional, national, and power. These types are based on previous categorizing strategies by Glenn Parker and Suzanne Parker (1979), Keith Krebhiel (1990), Garry Young and Valerie Heitshusen (2003), and Gary Cox and Matthew McCubbins (2007). The separation of committees is to find if some committees polarize …


What We Are Learning, Stephen Ellmann Jan 2012

What We Are Learning, Stephen Ellmann

Articles & Chapters

No abstract provided.


All Those Like You: Identity Aggression And Student Speech, Ari Ezra Waldman Jan 2012

All Those Like You: Identity Aggression And Student Speech, Ari Ezra Waldman

Articles & Chapters

Online and face-to-face harassment in schools requires a coordinated response from the school, parents, students, and government. In this Article, I address a particular subset of online and face-to-face harassment, or identity-based harassment. Identity-based aggressors highlight a quality intrinsic to someone’s personhood and demean it, deprive it of value, and use it as a weapon. They attack women, racial minorities, religious minorities, and other traditionally victimized groups. And, as such, they attack not only their particular victims but also their victims’ communities. Identity-based aggressors com- mit a constitutional evil not only because their behavior interferes with victims’ access to education, …


Credit Risk Transfer Governance: The Good, The Bad, And The Savvy, Houman B. Shadab Jan 2012

Credit Risk Transfer Governance: The Good, The Bad, And The Savvy, Houman B. Shadab

Articles & Chapters

Goldman Sachs and American International Group on the eve of the 2008 financial crisis were bound together through a web of credit risk transfer (CRT) contracts in the form of credit default swaps (CDSs) and synthetic collateralized debt obligations (CDOs). Synthetic CDOs enabled certain hedge funds to profit from the ultimate bursting of the housing bubble due to the funds’ savvy in understanding CRT better than their counterparties. This Article constructs a novel theory of CRT that extends the insights of creditor governance theory to CRT transactions. By doing so, this Article establishes a framework for good CRT governance. CRT …


Spectrum 2012, Saint Mary's College Of California Jan 2012

Spectrum 2012, Saint Mary's College Of California

The Undergraduate Spectrum

No abstract provided.


A World Made Of Violence And Misery: Human Rights As A Failed Project Of Liberal Internationalism, Ibrahim J. Gassama Jan 2012

A World Made Of Violence And Misery: Human Rights As A Failed Project Of Liberal Internationalism, Ibrahim J. Gassama

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Nongovernmental Organizations And The Forces Against Them: Lessons On The Anti-Ngo Movement, Garry W. Jenkins Jan 2012

Nongovernmental Organizations And The Forces Against Them: Lessons On The Anti-Ngo Movement, Garry W. Jenkins

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Foreign Investment And The Privatization Of Coercion: A Case Study Of The Forza Security Company In Peru, Charis Kamphuis Jan 2012

Foreign Investment And The Privatization Of Coercion: A Case Study Of The Forza Security Company In Peru, Charis Kamphuis

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Constitutional Transformation In The Ecthr: Strausbourg's Expansive Recourse To External Rules Of International Law, Julian Arato Jan 2012

Constitutional Transformation In The Ecthr: Strausbourg's Expansive Recourse To External Rules Of International Law, Julian Arato

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Energy As A Human Right In Armed Conflict: A Question Of Universal Need, Survival, And Human Dignity, Jenny Sin-Hang Ngai Jan 2012

Energy As A Human Right In Armed Conflict: A Question Of Universal Need, Survival, And Human Dignity, Jenny Sin-Hang Ngai

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


A Pioneering Statute In A Hostile Landscape: Brazil's Article 225 And Its Success In Protecting Biodiversity, Ned Thimmayya Jan 2012

A Pioneering Statute In A Hostile Landscape: Brazil's Article 225 And Its Success In Protecting Biodiversity, Ned Thimmayya

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Proof Of Classwide Injury, Sergio J. Campos Jan 2012

Proof Of Classwide Injury, Sergio J. Campos

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


The U.S. Securities Fraud Class Action: An Unlikely Export To The European Union, Manning Gilbert Warren Iii Jan 2012

The U.S. Securities Fraud Class Action: An Unlikely Export To The European Union, Manning Gilbert Warren Iii

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Preventing Sparks In Smoldering Ashes: Using Sweden's Internet Law To Combat Incendiary Speech In The Scandinavian Online Community, Hanna Li Robinson Jan 2012

Preventing Sparks In Smoldering Ashes: Using Sweden's Internet Law To Combat Incendiary Speech In The Scandinavian Online Community, Hanna Li Robinson

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Rule Of Law Operations In The Combat Environment: A Judge Advocate's Perspective As A Legal Mentor, Thomas J. Bogar Jan 2012

Rule Of Law Operations In The Combat Environment: A Judge Advocate's Perspective As A Legal Mentor, Thomas J. Bogar

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


The Responsibility To Protect After Libya: Humanitarian Prevention As Customary International Law, Sari Bernstein Jan 2012

The Responsibility To Protect After Libya: Humanitarian Prevention As Customary International Law, Sari Bernstein

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Over-Detention: Asylum Seekers, International Law, And Path Dependency, Alexandra Olsen Jan 2012

Over-Detention: Asylum Seekers, International Law, And Path Dependency, Alexandra Olsen

Brooklyn Journal of International Law

No abstract provided.


Ay 2011/2012 Manual For Officers, Faculty Senate Jan 2012

Ay 2011/2012 Manual For Officers, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.


Ay 2011/2012 Sec Rosters, Faculty Senate Jan 2012

Ay 2011/2012 Sec Rosters, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.


Ay 2011/2012 Fs Rosters, Faculty Senate Jan 2012

Ay 2011/2012 Fs Rosters, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.


Ay 2012/2013 Fs Meeting Minutes, 2012-10-17, Faculty Senate Jan 2012

Ay 2012/2013 Fs Meeting Minutes, 2012-10-17, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.


The Class Differential In Privacy Law, Michele Estrin Gilman Jan 2012

The Class Differential In Privacy Law, Michele Estrin Gilman

Brooklyn Law Review

No abstract provided.