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“The Lingha Boys Of Siem Reap” A Baseline Study Of Sexually-Exploited Young Men In Siem Reap, Cambodia, Jarrett Davis, Glenn Miles

Annual Interdisciplinary Conference on Human Trafficking: 4th (2012)

Young women working as masseurs (with additional sexual services) is very common and visible in Cambodia but there are increasingly more masseur places available for both local and foreign men which also provide sexual services. Most of the research being conducted with entertainment workers has a focus on HIV but this research provides a broader understanding of their other needs and vulnerabilities. In this session as well as presenting the research findings we will consider what can be done to reach out to this hidden community to reduce their vulnerability to exploitation.

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New Autonomous Motors Of Metal-Organic Framework (Mof) Powered By Reorganization Of Self-Assembled Peptides At Interfaces, Yasuhiro Ikezoe, Gosuke Washino, Takashi Uemura, Susumu Kitagawa, Hiroshi Matsui

Publications and Research

There have developed a variety of microsystems that harness energy and convert it to mechanical motion. Here we developed new autonomous biochemical motors by integrating metal-organic framework (MOF) and self-assembling peptides. MOF is applied as an energy-storing cell that assembles peptides inside nanoscale pores of the coordination framework. The robust assembling nature of peptides enables reconfiguring their assemblies at the water-MOF interface, which is converted to fuel energy. Re-organization of hydrophobic peptides could create the large surface tension gradient around the MOF and it efficiently powers the translation motion of MOF. As a comparison, the velocity of normalized by volume …

Education And Just Development, Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Talks, Speeches, & Discourse

I wish to commend the TCF Chapter of Seattle for organizing this Fund raising event and for the past efforts they have made in sponsoring several TCF schools in various parts of the country. Overseas Pakistanis have proved to be a big supporter of TCF in its operations and expansion. Both the attendance at today's event and your enthusiastic response have inspired me.

Murray Ledger And Times, October 13, 2012, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Grizzly Football Game Day Program, October 13, 2012, University Of Montana--Missoula. Athletics Department

Grizzly Football Game Day Programs, 1914-2012

Program created for a Grizzly football game.

The Impact Of Covariance Misspecification In Multivariate Gaussian Mixtures On Estimation And Inference: An Application To Longitudinal Modeling, Brianna C. Heggeseth, Nicholas P. Jewell

U.C. Berkeley Division of Biostatistics Working Paper Series

Multivariate Gaussian mixtures are a class of models that provide a flexible parametric approach for the representation of heterogeneous multivariate outcomes. When the outcome is a vector of repeated measurements taken on the same subject, there is often inherent dependence between observations. However, a common covariance assumption is conditional independence---that is, given the mixture component label, the outcomes for subjects are independent. In this paper, we study, through asymptotic bias calculations and simulation, the impact of covariance misspecification in multivariate Gaussian mixtures. Although maximum likelihood estimators of regression and mixing probability parameters are not consistent under misspecification, they have little …

Quantifying Online Learning Contact Hours, Karan Powell, Jennifer Stephens Helm, Melissa Layne, Phil Ice

Administrative Issues Journal

Technological and pedagogical advances in distance education have accentuated the necessity for higher education to keep pace regarding institutional infrastructures. Each infrastructure—driven by a common mission to provide quality learning—interprets quality according to standards established by various governmental and accrediting entities. Staying ahead of the technological and pedagogical changes have been challenging for many public higher education institutions, which are continuing to struggle with online course design and delivery modes (Suttle, 2010). Online universities, however, have aggressively and strategically responded to technological and pedagogical shifts across institutional, departmental, program, and course levels according to their institutional mission, vision, and core …

Second Annual St. Petersburg Science Festival Expands Around Bayboro Harbor, October 12, 2012, Tom Scherberger

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

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V. 80, Iss. 4, October 12, 2012

Archway (1946-2020)

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School Of Medicine Luncheon Remarks, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

Wmu School Of Medicine Groundbreaking, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

Inter-Individual Variation During Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation And Normalization Of Dose Using Mri-Derived Computational Models, Abhishek Datta, Dennis Quangvinh Truong, Preet Minhas, Lucas C. Parra, Marom Bikson

Publications and Research

Background: Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) is a non-invasive, versatile, and safe neuromodulation technology under investigation for the treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders, adjunct to rehabilitation, and cognitive enhancement in healthy adults. Despite promising results, there is variability in responsiveness. One potential source of variability is the intensity of current delivered to the brain which is a function of both the operator controlled tDCS dose (electrode montage and total applied current) and subject specific anatomy. We are interested in both the scale of this variability across anatomical typical adults and methods to normalize inter-individual variation by customizing tDCS dose. Computational FEM …

The Bison, October 12, 2012

The Bison Newspapers

No abstract provided.

From Other Shores

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Flyer News, Vol. 60, No. 10 (Oct. 12, 2012), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

The Parthenon, October 12, 2012, Shane Arrington

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

The Obama Effect: A Radical Rorschach Test, Jill Gill

History Faculty Publications and Presentations

Watching Barack Obama’s presidential victory in November 2008, nearly every observer seemed to grasp the historic importance of the moment. Our nation, born amid ideals of human equality while economically tethered to black slavery—and then for a century more to federally-condoned, nationwide discrimination—had just elected its first black commander in chief. Clearly, America had taken another huge stride toward living out the meaning of its creed. After all, Obama unexpectedly beat Hillary Clinton in very white states like Idaho and Iowa to win his party’s nomination. Then he picked up some unlikely victories within the former Confederacy, namely Virginia, Florida …

Volume Cxxx, Number 5, October 12, 2012, Lawrence University

The Lawrentian

No abstract provided.

Campus Report, Vol. 40, No. 2, University Of Dayton

Campus Report

The publication for faculty and staff of the University of Dayton. Preventing sexual violence; opening multicultural doors; mission and identity planning.

Today - October 19, 2012, Loma Linda University

TODAY

Inside this issue:

-- Nearly 11,000 march to support cancer patients at 5th annual Believe Walk
-- Local charitable gifts fund new equipment and research at LLU Cancer Center
-- California governor appoints dental faculty member to committee
-- San Manuel Band of Mission Indians gift helps cancer patient defeat his disease
-- ABC News names LLU No. 1 for graduate starting salaries in nation
-- School of Public Health creates environmental health training for Latinos
-- School of Pharmacy relocates to Shryock
-- LLU professor returns to Utah to study geological features from biblical worldview
-- Country singer brightens …

October 12, 2012 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

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Emu Today, October 12, 2012, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

No abstract provided.

Uab's Campbell Fights Bladder Cancer With The Healing Power Of The Pen, Tyler Greer

Browse All News

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Agenda And Minutes, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg General Education Committee Meeting, October 12, 2012, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Faculty Senate. General Education Committee

USF St. Petersburg General Education Committee Meetings

Agenda and minutes from the October 12, 2012, meeting of the General Education Committee of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's Faculty Senate.

Minutes, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg Faculty Senate Meeting, October 12, 2012, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Faculty Senate

USF St. Petersburg Faculty Senate Meetings: Minutes

The minutes from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's Faculty Senate meeting on October 12, 2012.

The Daily Gamecock, Friday, October 12, 2012, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

No abstract provided.

On Helping One's Neighbor, Bharat Ranganathan

Religion Faculty Publications

Few people doubt that severe poverty is a pressing moral issue. But what sorts of obligations, if any, do affluent people have toward the severely poor? If one accepts the idea that one has some obligations to the severely poor there still remains disagreement about the magnitude of this obligation and when it obtains. I consider Peter Singer's influential “shallow pond” argument, which holds that affluent people have greater obligations toward the severely poor than ordinary moral judgments suggest. Critics hold that Singer's view is excessively demanding and therefore untenable. I thus turn to the parable of the Good Samaritan …

Murray Ledger And Times, October 12, 2012, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

System Dynamics Modeling Of Prescription Opioid Pain Reliever Abuse, Alexandra Nielsen

Systems Science Friday Noon Seminar Series

The nonmedical use of prescription opioid pain relievers and associated overdose deaths have been labeled an epidemic by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention. While these medicines play an important role in the treatment of pain, the benefits of opioids for the treatment of pain need to be balanced against these very real risks. Alex has been working closely with Professor Wayne Wakeland, Teresa Schmidt, and Dr. Dennis McCarty (OHSU) to create a dynamic systems-level model of opioid use, abuse, and diversion in order to give context to current research in this area and to provide a better understanding …

The Beacon - Vol 11 No. 2 - October 12, 2012, Merrimack College

The Beacon

The Beacon - the student newspaper of Merrimack College. Volume 11, Number 2 - October 12, 2012. 12 pages