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Telford V. Smith County Texas Clerk's Record V. 2 Dckt. 39878

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Can Timor-Leste Rely On Its Endowments To Achieve The Strategic Development Plan Targets?, Nicolas Maennling

Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment Staff Publications

The Government of Timor-Leste invited the Earth Institute and CCSI to advise on the sustainable management and use of oil resources, in order to achieve higher living standards and sustainable development. One component of the project included the preparation of a sector study that assesses whether the Government can rely on agriculture, tourism and the petrochemical sectors to achieve its long term GDP growth and employment targets.

November 2012, University Archives And Special Collections Department

This Month in UT Tyler History

No abstract provided.

Icda Midwest Region E-Newsletter, November 2012

ICDA Mid-West Region Newsletter

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

ICDA Mid-West Region Newsletter

Lawyering In The Christian Colony: Some Hauerwasian Themes, Reflections, And Questions , W. Bradley Wendel

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

Healing Memory, Ontological Intimacy, And U.S. Imprisonment: Toward A Christian Politics Of “Good Punishment” In Civil Society , James Logan

Law and Contemporary Problems

No abstract provided.

From Fenway Park To The Mall Of America: A Multi-Collaborative Approach To Teaching And Learning, Micah L. Berman, Michael Freiberg, Julie Ralston Aoki

University of Dayton Law Review

Special issue: Articles on legal research and writing

Mitigation Of Radiation Induced Pulmonary Vascular Injury By Delayed Treatment With Captopril, Robert C. Molthen, Qingping Wu, Brian L. Fish, John E. Moulder, Elizabeth R. Jacobs, Meetha M. Medhora

Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

Background and Objective: A single dose of 10 Gy radiation to the thorax of rats results in decreased total lung angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) activity, pulmonary artery distensibility and distal vascular density while increasing pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) at 2 months post-exposure. In this study, we evaluate the potential of a renin-angiotensin system (RAS) modulator, the ACE inhibitor captopril, to mitigate this pulmonary vascular damage.

Methods: Rats exposed to 10 Gy thorax only irradiation and age-matched controls were studied 2 months after exposure, during the development of radiation pneumonitis. Rats were treated, either immediately or 2 weeks after radiation exposure, with …

Gender Equality And Social Cohesion : Reflection On The Experiences Of Strengthening Teacher Education In Pakistan, Dilshad Ashraf, Kausar Waqar

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Current Practices And Perceptions Of Ecd Teachers For The Implementation Of High Scope Curricular Teaching Approach, Sultana Qamar, Arisha Qayyum, Seema Laasi, Dilshad Ashraf

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

Early Childhood of human life is crucial in terms of holistic development of children. In this regard, the teachers of early years need to play a significant role in the teaching and learning process. Currently educators and teachers are using a number of curricular teaching approaches. High Scope is one of the mostly used curricular teaching approaches in the context of Gilgit Baltistan, of Pakistan.

The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions and practices of early childhood teachers to implement High Scope curricular teaching approach.

The findings suggest that prior training on curricular teaching approaches provided the …

Mother-Child Interaction And Emotional Development Of A Child : Exploring The Connections, Salima Moosa Sadruddin Sewani

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

This study explores the perceptions of mothers (working and stay-at-home) about their role in the emotional development of their children in early years (4-6 years). It also explores the impeding factors in mother-child interaction during the emotional development in early years of the children. The qualitative design was used to explore the effects of stay-at-home and working mothers‟ interaction on their children‟s early year (focusing 4-6 years) emotional growth and development. Through a purposive sampling, four participants (two working and two stay-at-home mothers) were selected whose children were 4-6 years of age and were enrolled in Kindergarten I and II. …

Parental Perceptions Of School Quality : Contesting The Notion Of Quality, Dilshad Ashraf

Institute for Educational Development, Karachi

No abstract provided.

The Transition To Adulthood And Independence: A Study Of Young People Leaving Residential Care, Mary Kilkenny

Masters

The transition to adulthood is difficult for most young people. It is a time when young people make important decisions about their lives including their future education, career and living arrangements. Most young people have strong family and social networks to support them in these decisions. However, young people leaving residential care are often expected to make this transition abruptly and at a young age with no family or social networks to support them. The leaving and aftercare supports provided by the State are often not sufficient to provide for the needs of these young people leaving them at risk …

Noninvasive Optical Characterization Of Muscle Blood Flow, Oxygenation, And Metabolism In Women With Fibromyalgia, Yu Shang, Katelyn Gurley, Brock Symons, Douglas Long, Ratchakrit Srikuea, Leslie J. Crofford, Charlotte A. Peterson, Guoqiang Yu

Biomedical Engineering Faculty Publications

INTRODUCTION: Women with fibromyalgia (FM) have symptoms of increased muscular fatigue and reduced exercise tolerance, which may be associated with alterations in muscle microcirculation and oxygen metabolism. This study used near-infrared diffuse optical spectroscopies to noninvasively evaluate muscle blood flow, blood oxygenation and oxygen metabolism during leg fatiguing exercise and during arm arterial cuff occlusion in post-menopausal women with and without FM.

METHODS: Fourteen women with FM and twenty-three well-matched healthy controls participated in this study. For the fatiguing exercise protocol, the subject was instructed to perform 6 sets of 12 isometric contractions of knee extensor muscles with intensity steadily …

Building-Related Renewable Energy And The Case Of 360 State Street, Sara C. Bronin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

This Article argues that a well-conceived policy approach to building-related renewable energy (“BRRE”) — that is, renewable energy incorporated into inhabited structures and used by those structures’ occupants — could transform the way we produce and consume energy by maximizing efficiency while simultaneously minimizing energy sprawl. The vast majority of Americans favor renewable energy, at least in concept. Yet private property owners still face significant obstacles in trying to incorporate renewable energy into their projects. This Article analyzes barriers faced by the project team for 360 State Street, an award-winning, mixed-use LEED® Platinum building in downtown New Haven, Connecticut. Among …

Effective School-Wide Discipline Programs Promote Student Achievement, Jeremiah Lamar Bundrage

Master's Theses or Doctor of Nursing Practice

Student discipline has been a concern for school districts for many years. Many district and school level administrators have made the decision to strictly enforce local and district level discipline policies. The initial logic was intended to reduce negative behavior by simply demanding responsible student interaction. The strict enforcement of such policies increased student absenteeism as well as created a communications barrier between school leaders and parents. The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a school-wide discipline program. The study will explore the methods needed to implement such program as well reveal how the discipline program …

Everything You Have Always Wanted To Know About Academic Advising (Well, Almost...), Rich Robbins

Faculty Journal Articles

Answering the question “what occurs in an academic advising interaction” is not as easy as one might think. Many factors contribute to the academic advising process, and no two advising interactions are the same. This article discusses the different factors involved in an academic advising interaction, emphasizing the need for psychological counselors to become familiar with the specific aspects of the advising processes that occur at their respective institutions.

A Blueprint For Buddhist Revolution: The Radical Buddhism Of Seno’O Girō (1889–1961) And The Youth League For Revitalizing Buddhism, James Mark Shields

Faculty Journal Articles

In the early decades of the twentieth century, as Japanese society became engulfed in war and increasing nationalism, the majority of Buddhist leaders and institutions capitulated to the status quo. One notable exception to this trend, however, was the Shinkō Bukkyō Seinen Dōmei (Youth League for Revitalizing Buddhism), founded on 5 April 1931. Led by Nichiren Buddhist layman Seno’o Girō and made up of young social activists who were critical of capitalism, internationalist in outlook, and committed to a pan-sectarian and humanist form of Buddhism that would work for social justice and world peace, the league’s motto was “carry the …

The Teaching Of Happiness In Mainland China: In Light Of Aristotle And Marx, Zhaojun Xu

College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

In this dissertation, the teaching of happiness through morality courses in Mainland China is explored. The exploration centers on three questions: 1) What should be taught to students in terms of happiness? 2) Should schools focus on the cultivation of voluntary virtue or habituation of virtuous actions? And 3) what is the relation between happiness and achievement and/or sacrifice of self-interest? Based on both Aristotle’s and Marx’s views on these questions, the author argues that a comprehensive rather than a “correct” understanding of happiness should be taught to the students. Also, the author suggests that the goal of habituating students …

Group Testing Regression Models, Boan Zhang

Department of Statistics: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Group testing, where groups of individual specimens are composited to test for the presence or absence of a disease (or some other binary characteristic), is a procedure commonly used to reduce the costs of screening a large number of individuals. Statistical research in group testing has traditionally focused on a homogeneous population, where individuals are assumed to have the same probability of having a disease. However, individuals often have different risks of positivity, so recent research has examined regression models that allow for heterogeneity among individuals within the population. This dissertation focuses on two problems involving group testing regression models. …

Peer Support For Type 2 Diabetes Self-Management, W. Jiamjarasrangsi

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Self-management support is considered to be the main-stay of chronic disease management, particularly type 2 diabetes. However, as the disease prevalence is rapidly increase, existing healthcare systems are not able to adequately provide self-management support for all patients. Utilizing peer support system in diabetes self-management support has high potential to fill this gap. Furthermore, peer support also has some advantages over professional-led self management support. This report describes topic relating to utilization of peer for self-management support including (a) background, (b) evidence about self management support and peer support, (c) role of peer in self management support, (d) models of …

Development Of Disease-Specific Health-Related Quality Of Life Questionnaire For Thai Adolescents With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Sle), A Pattaragarn, S. Eiam-Ong

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Introduction : Most instruments used for QOL evaluation are not developed specifically for SLE; hence, they present limited features when overall aspects of pediatric SLE and the responses to clinical changes are considered. Objective : To develop a quality of life questionnaire for adolescent with lupus (QoLMEAL). A disease-specific QOL questionnaire appropriate for evaluation of Thai adolescents diagnosed with SLE. Settings : University Hospitals in Bangkok. Research design : Multi-center descriptive study. Patients Thai adolescents aged 10 - 18 years old with SLE. Methods : The items were generated after an extensive review of the existing childhood and adolescent SLE, …

Endovascular Treatment In Hemodialysis-Related Central Venous Obstruction: Angiographic Findings, Both Before And After Treatment, Outcome And Complications, M Jongjaroonrangsun, P. Kranokpiraksa, J. Tantivatana

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Problem/background : The incidence of patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) has been increasing and the complications related to hemodialysis vascular access is the cause of prolonged hospitalization. The most common complication after vascular access is venous thrombosis. There are two effectively interventional treatment procedures of central venous obstruction; (1) Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) and (2) endovascular stent placement. Objective : This research was performed to describe angiographic imaging of hemodialysis-related central venous obstruction, both before and after endovascular treatment and the outcomes and complications of endovascular treatment in patients with hemodialysis-related central venous obstruction. Design : Descriptive study. Setting …

The Thai Violence Risk Scale (Tvrs) Persons With Schizophrenia: Development And Initial Validation, U Nakcharoen, J Yunibhand, W. Chaiyawat

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Introductions : Persons with schizophrenia have a clear association with increased violence in community than the general population. At present, there has not been any scale developed to estimate risk of violence, particularly in persons with schizophrenia. Objectives : To develop a clinically useful for evaluation violence risk among persons with schizophrenia, and to carry out an initial validation of the scale. Setting : Out patient department of a psychiatric hospital Research design : Instrument development Sample : Persons with schizophrenia who had committed violence (n = 300) Methods : A 29-item Thai Violence Risk Scale (TVRS) was constructed on …

Factors Associated With Quality Of Life Of Breast Cancer Patients, S Thanasilp, M. Wongpromchai

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Background : To improve the quality of life (QOL) of breast cancer patients is an important issue for nursing staff. Therefore, understanding the associated factors with QOL is a crucial knowledge for developing nursing intervention. Objective : To examine the associated factors with QOL and the effected factors on the QOL of breast cancer patients. Design : A cross-sectional descriptive design. Patients : One hundred and fifty female patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy. Material and Method : The participants were asked to respond to a set of seven questionnaires: The Personal Data Form, Piper Fatigue Scale, Pain Scale, Depression …

Expectant Management Of Superimposed Preeclampsia On Chronic Hypertension At The Onset Of 22 Weeks' Gestation: A Case Report, W Yamasmit, S. Chaithongwongwatthana

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Conservative management in chronic hypertensive women superimposed with preeclampsia poses a threat of grave maternal complications, but may not improve perinatal survivals particularly in cases with preeclampsia in early gestations. This report presents a case of surviving baby after expectant management although the pregnancy complicated with superimposed preeclampsia at the onset of pre-viable gestational age. A 35-year-old Thai pregnant woman, underlying with pregestational diabetes mellitus class F and chronic hypertension, was diagnosed as superimposed preeclampsia at 22 weeks of gestation. She refused elective termination and continued her pregnancy until 32 weeks of gestation. Cesarean section was performed and delivered a …

Correlation Between Activities Of Daily Living, Social Supports For Stress Of Hypertensive Patients At Lomsak Hospital, Petchabun Province, B Jankham, D. Lalitanantpong

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Background : The study of stress and related factors may help decrease stress and support treatments in hypertensive patients. Objective : To study stress level, levels of social supports and daily activities and to study the correlation between activities of daily living and social supports for stress management of hypertensive patients at Outpatient Unit Care of Lomsak Hospital, Petchabun Province and its related factors. Design : A cross – sectional descriptive study. Setting : Lomsak Hospital, Petchabun Province. Materials and Methods : 380 hypertensive patients were requested to answer four questionnaires: 1) Demographic data form; 2) Suanprung Stress Test; 3) …

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Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

Adam Smith And The Modern Science, James Konow

Economics Faculty Works

Third-party decision-makers, or spectators, have emerged as a useful empirical tool in modern social science research on moral motivation. Spectators of a sort also serve a central role in Adam Smith's moral theory. This paper compares these two types of spectatorship with respect to their goals, methodologies, visions of human nature and emphasis on moral rules. I find important similarities and differences and conclude that this comparison suggests significant opportunities for philosophical ethics to inform empirical and theoretical research on moral preferences and vice versa.

Effect Of Training Frequency On Maximum Expiratory Pressure, Supraja Anand, Nour El-Bashiti, Christine Sapienza

Communication Sciences & Disorders Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.