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Hydrogen As A Renewable Energy Source From The Biophotolysis Of Water Using Recombinant Dna, John Skarha

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

Reliability Of Agricultural Statistics In Developing Countries: Reflections From A Comprehensive Village Survey On Crop Area Statistics In India, Gopal Naik, K P Basavaraj, V R Hegde, Vijay Paidi, Arjunan Subramanian

Working Papers

Despite the importance of agriculture in developing countries, and the general recognition of the need for strengthening data quality, very few studies examine the quality of available data and the data generation methods in agriculture. In this paper, we use data from an extensive deployment of geospatial technology, administrated concurrently alongside the conventional method in the Indian state of Karnataka, to assess the discrepancy between methods in terms of the magnitude of difference in the crop area, type and number of crops grown. The crop area estimates based on alternative method, utilising the geospatial technology, exceeded that from the estimates …

Individual Property Rights And Bargaining Outcomes: Evidence From Intra-Household Asset Data, Hema Swaminathan, J Y Suchitra, Rahul Lahoti

Working Papers

This paper examines the determinants of the decision-making process among couples. Using an expanded conceptualization of decision-making, this paper explores factors that affect convergence or divergence between spousal perceptions. In particular, the paper considers the impact of women's property status, specifically, their ownership of a house or land, on decision-making within households using data from the Karnataka Household Asset Survey, 2010-11, which collected individual-level asset ownership and valuation information. The results suggest that property ownership improves women's their autonomy in decision making but does not impact egalitarianism in decision-making between couples.

Using Photovoice To Identify Factors That Influence Children, Susan M. Cahill, Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar

Internet Journal of Allied Health Sciences and Practice

Purpose: Children in the United States are at risk for developing obesity at higher rates than ever before. The study investigated if a picture taking assignment based on Photovoice was effective in engaging children in a discussion about factors that influenced their health and participation in active occupations. Method: Seventeen children between the ages of 10 and 11 years old completed the picture taking assignment and participated in a structured discussion. Results: The children were able to identify factors that promoted a healthy lifestyle, as well as factors that did not promote a healthy lifestyle. The children also established individual …

Graduate Catalog, Spring 2012, Marshall University

Marshall University Catalogs 2010-2019

Marshall University Graduate Course Catalog for the Spring 2012 academic year.

Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School Of Medicine, Professional Enhancement Newsletter, Spring 2012, Darshana Shah

Professional Enhancement News (PEN)

Spring 2012, Volume 4, Number 1

Madison Magazine, Vol. 35, No. 2, Spring/Summer 2012 Full Issue

Madison Magazine

No abstract provided.

Physical Therapy News, Volume 1, Issue 2, College Of Health Professions

Physical Therapy News

No abstract provided.

Multiple Facets Of Damage Caused By Exposure To Low-Dose Radiation And The Legal Remedy, Yi-Chen Su, Peter W.S. Chang

Buffalo Environmental Law Journal

In addition to the toll in human life, there are at least three facets of damage caused by the protracted exposure to low-dose radiation: bodily injury, mental anguish, and property injury. After examining cases and compensation schemes in the United States and Taiwan, this article concludes that both the Taiwanese administrative compensation scheme and U.S. federal courts' interpretation of the Price-Anderson Act favor finding injury to the claimants' property, but not adverse effects to their health. To redress the injustice caused by the systemic bias, this article argues that the tort system should be adapted to tolerate gray area, such …

Foraging Behaviors Of Mice And Voles: Relations Between Cover And Food Type, Patrick Hanes

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

Redefining Relational Needs, Laura Romaine

ESSAI

No abstract provided.

Single-Chain Vαvβ T Cell Receptors Function Without Mispairing With Endogenous Tcr Chains1, David H. Aggen, Adam S. Chervin, Thomas M. Schmitt, Boris Engels, Jennifer D. Stone, Sarah A. Richman, Kurt H. Piepenbrink, Brian M. Baker, Philip D. Greenberg, Hans Schreiber, David M. Kranz

Food for Health: Publications

Transduction of exogenous T cell receptor (TCR) genes into patients’ activated peripheral blood T cells is a potent strategy to generate large numbers of specific T cells for adoptive therapy of cancer and viral diseases. However, the remarkable clinical promise of this powerful approach is still being overshadowed by a serious potential consequence: mispairing of the exogenous TCR chains with endogenous TCR chains. These “mixed” heterodimers can generate new specificities that result in graft-versus-host reactions. Engineering TCR constant regions of the exogenous chains with a cysteine promotes proper pairing and reduces the mispairing, but, as we show here, does not …

Agricultural Research Magazine April 2012

Agricultural Research Magazine

Tuning In to Technology

Benefits of Biotech,
Computational Tech,
and Nanotech

Information Rights, Human Rights, And Political Rights: A Précis On Intellectual And Contextual Issues For Library And Information Science, John Buschman

Library Publications

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Leptin Replacement Alone And With Exendin-4 On Food Intake And Weight Regain In Weight-Reduced Diet-Induced Obese Rats, Roger Reidelberger, Alvin Haver, Prasanth K. Chelikani, Bettye Apenteng, Curtis Perriotte-Olson, Krista Anders, Sharalyn Steenson, James E. Blevins

United States Public Health Resources

Reidelberger R, Haver A, Chelikani PK, Apenteng B, Perriotte-Olson C, Anders K, Steenson S, Blevins JE. Effects of leptin replacement alone and with exendin-4 on food intake and weight regain in weight-reduced diet-induced obese rats. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 302: E1576–E1585, 2012. First published April 17, 2012; doi:10.1152/ajpendo.00058.2012.—Weight loss in obese humans produces a relative leptin deficiency, which is postulated to activate potent orexigenic and energy conservation mechanisms to restrict weight loss and promote weight regain. Here we determined whether leptin replacement alone or with GLP-1 receptor agonist exendin-4 attenuates weight regain or promotes greater weight loss in weight-reduced …

Wooster Magazine: Spring 2012, Karol Crosbie

Wooster Magazine: 2011-2020

This edition of the Wooster Magazine was published in the Spring of 2012. President Grant Cornwell opens the magazine with an article on the mission of the college and how one student, Lauren Grimanis '12, is a great example of the mission. Books published recently by alumni are featured on page three. Legacy students are then highlighted. Larry Stewart, Professor of English is retiring this spring. Distinguished alumni that will be honored at alumni weekend include: Tom Welty '65, Ronald Hughes '70, and Irwin Lee Reese '75. Pages twelve to nineteen feature students that volunteered recently. Professor of Geology Mark …

Malnutrition In Young Pakistani Children, Shela Akbar Ali Hirani

School of Nursing & Midwifery

Background: Pakistan is a developing country with the second highest infant and child mortality rate in South Asia. In this region, malnutrition underlies much of the high infant and under five child morbidity and mortality rates. Although struggle to tackle the issue of malnutrition among young Pakistani children has been going on since many decades, till yet a realistic solution for this growing problem has not been found.

Objective: This paper aims at reviewing literature to analyse the biological, maternal, socio-cultural, environmental, and politico-economical determinants of malnutrition among young children in Pakistan so that need based interventions can …

Factors And Health Promoting Behaviors That Influence Maternal And Infant Outcomes In Older Pregnant Thai Women, Supawadee Thaewpia Phd, Msn, Rn

Dissertations

This dissertation summarizes research conducted in partial fulfillment of the program requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing degree from the Hahn school of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of San Diego. The results of the dissertation research are organized as three discrete papers. Article one is entitled; "Reliability and Validity of Thai Translations of Instruments Measuring Psychosocial Factors and Health Promoting Behaviors among Older Pregnant Thai Women." This article describes the dissertation research study in which the selected instruments were piloted at an antenatal clinic in Thailand. The article determines the instruments' ability to examine perceived benefits, perceived …

State Secrecy And Child Deaths In The U.S.: An Evaluation Of Capta-Mandated Public Disclosure Policies About Child Abuse Or Neglect Fatalities Or Near Fatalities, With State Rankings, 2nd Ed., Children's Advocacy Institute, University Of San Diego School Of Law

CAI Special Reports

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Cardiac Health Promotion Program Among The General Public In Hong Kong, Clement Kin-Ming Chan, Kai-Chi Leung, Sek-Ying Chair

Journal of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology

Objectives: To investigate the effectiveness of cardiac health promotion program in improving the cardiovascular (CVD) risk factors, self-efficacy and 10-year general cardiovascular (CVS) risk. Design: Quasi-experimental cohort study. Setting: Local community and a rehabilitation hospital in Hong Kong. Participants: General population without history of CVD, were recruited through convenient sampling in between April 2008 to March 2009. Interventions: Subjects were arranged to attend ten sessions of empowerment workshops on cardiovascular health, diet and community exercise classes. Assessment of different health domains, self-efficacy and risks were conducted. Results: 215 Cantonese speaking Chinese aged 51.1±9.5, were recruited. Lack of exercise (57.7%), hyperlipidaemia …

Twentieth Annual Scientific Congress

Journal of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology

No abstract provided.

Draft, Second Annotated, The Altrusa Tradition, April 2012, Altrusa International

Altrusa International of Tampa Bay, Inc. - Records

A booklet documenting the traditions, values, and heritage of Altrusa International, Inc. from its founding in 1917 to April 2012.

Orange Matters, Jay Cox, David Marc, Yuhan Xu, Nancy Keefe Rhodes, Christine Yackel

Syracuse University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Section Abstracts: Education

Virginia Journal of Science

Abstracts of the Education Section for the 90th Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, May 23-25, 2012, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia.

An Introduction To Life At A U.S. University: A Pre-Departure Orientation For Thai Students Going To The U.S. To Study, Alexandra B. Ashley

Capstone Collection

An Orientation to Life at a US University is a six-week pre-departure orientation designed for Thai students at The Human Development Foundation (HDF). The youth are preparing to study abroad in the United States at a four-year accredited institution. HDF is an international non-profit, founded in 1973, with its headquarters based in Bangkok, Thailand. The organization’s headquarters, settled in Bangkok’s largest slum area of Klong Toey, is known as The Mercy Centre, often affectionately shortened to Mercy. The organization grew from a one-baht-per-day preschool for children of all religions in the slums, to a Foundation with over 25 slum preschools, …

Employment Research, Vol. 19, No. 2, April 2012

Employment Research Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Department Of Economics Publication List 2011, Penny Stover

Economics Pamphlet Series (1985-2016)

This compilation lists published works authored by Department of Economics faculty members and other staff working on projects funded through the Department of Economics. Publications resulting from their research and academic activities are indexed by author at the end of the pamphlet for easy access by the public. The articles were published between January 1, 2011 and December 31, 2011.

Oral Microbial Biofilm Stimulation Of Epithelial Cell Responses, Rebecca Peyyala, Sreenatha S. Kirakodu, Karen F. Novak, Jeffrey L. Ebersole

Center for Oral Health Research Faculty Publications

Oral bacterial biofilms trigger chronic inflammatory responses in the host that can result in the tissue destructive events of periodontitis. However, the characteristics of the capacity of specific host cell types to respond to these biofilms remain ill-defined. This report describes the use of a novel model of bacterial biofilms to stimulate oral epithelial cells and profile select cytokines and chemokines that contribute to the local inflammatory environment in the periodontium. Monoinfection biofilms were developed with Streptococcus sanguinis, Streptococcus oralis, Streptococcus gordonii, Actinomyces naeslundii, Fusobacterium nucleatum, and Porphyromonas gingivalis on rigid gas-permeable contact lenses. Biofilms, as well as planktonic cultures …

Health, Exercise & Sports Sciences 2012 Apr Self-Study & Documents, University Of New Mexico

UNM Academic Program Review

UNM Health, Exercise & Sports Sciences APR self-study report, review team report, response to review report, and initial action plan for Spring 2012, fulfilling requirements of the Higher Learning Commission.

Impulse, Dana Hess, Kyle Johnson, Eric Landwehr

Impulse (Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering Publication)

College:
[Page] 2 The ceremony must go on: For the College of Engineering, at least, there still is a winter commencement.
[Page] 4 Delvin DeBoer: Thousands of students are thankful for a call Dwayne Rollag made to DeBoer in 1981.
[Page] 6 Lighting the way: In October 2011, Pavel Dutta completed the requirements to become the first graduate of the photovoltaics doctoral program. Two others soon followed him.
[Page] 9 Academic updates: News from software engineering, computer science, geospatial science and engineering, and computational science and statistics.
[Page] 10 Endowed professorship: Professor David Galipeau becomes the first to hold the …