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Nature's Ritalin : The Effects Of Green Spaces On Symptoms Of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Roger A. Sideman Dec 2012

Nature's Ritalin : The Effects Of Green Spaces On Symptoms Of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Roger A. Sideman

Theses, Dissertations, and Projects

This qualitative study explored the effects of exposure to natural green spaces on symptoms of Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) among diagnosed college students. Six students from three universities in the San Francisco Bay Area were interviewed regarding the impact of experiences in urban green spaces and wilderness on their perceived attentional functioning, stress, and mood. The study sought to: 1) contribute to the growing base of literature and research on Attention Restoration Theory (ART); 2) offer a potential non-pharmacological alternative treatment for ADHD; and 3) further develop within the field of social work an understanding of the natural environment as it …


Faunal Diversity Of Paederus Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) In Iran, Mahmood R. Nikbakhtzadeh, Mehdi Naderi, Parivash Safa Dec 2012

Faunal Diversity Of Paederus Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) In Iran, Mahmood R. Nikbakhtzadeh, Mehdi Naderi, Parivash Safa

Insecta Mundi

Beetles of the genus Paederus sensu stricto Fabricius, 1775 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae) are often noticed because of their potency in inducing a dermal lesion, so-called linear dermatitis. This genus, which is placed in the tribe Paederini and subfamily Paederinae of Staphylinidae, currently comprises 490 species worldwide. Our study presents a short review of the former records of Paederus spp. in Iran plus some unpublished data. Field collections were done during March-October yearly (1997-2007) in northern and southern Iran and April-June from central, eastern, western and north-western Iran (2008-2009). The present study adds four species to the Iranian fauna of the genus …


Annual Report Of Research And Creative Productions By Faculty And Staff, January To December, 2012, Research And Creative Productions Committee. Morehead State University. Dec 2012

Annual Report Of Research And Creative Productions By Faculty And Staff, January To December, 2012, Research And Creative Productions Committee. Morehead State University.

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs Reports and Publications

Annual Report Of Research and Creative Productions by Faculty and Staff from January to December, 2012.


Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Smooth Bromegrass Pasture Under Nitrogen Fertilizer And Ruminant Urine Application In Eastern Nebraska, Laura K. Snell Dec 2012

Nitrous Oxide Emissions From Smooth Bromegrass Pasture Under Nitrogen Fertilizer And Ruminant Urine Application In Eastern Nebraska, Laura K. Snell

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a greenhouse gas primarily produced in soils by denitrifying and nitrifying organisms. Agricultural soils account for 70% of emissions in the United States, but little data is available for contributions from managed pasture ecosystems. This study focused on the production of N2O in smooth bromegrass (Bromus inermis Leyss.) pastures established on silt loam soils in eastern Nebraska. Thirty smooth bromegrass plots (1.5m x 1.5m) were treated with five different fertilizer treatments (0, 45, 90, 135, and 180 kg N/ha) and two urine treatments (urine and no urine). Herbage sampling was taken …


The First Sinomastodon (Gomphotheriidae, Proboscidea) Skull From The Quaternary In China, Yuan Wang, Chang Zhu Jin, Cheng Long Deng, Guang Biao Wei, Ya Ling Yan Dec 2012

The First Sinomastodon (Gomphotheriidae, Proboscidea) Skull From The Quaternary In China, Yuan Wang, Chang Zhu Jin, Cheng Long Deng, Guang Biao Wei, Ya Ling Yan

ETSU Faculty Works

The first Sinomastodon (Gomphotheriidae, Proboscidea) skull of the Early Pleistocene, collected from the Renzidong Cave deposits in Anhui Province, Eastern China, is described here as S. jiangnanensis sp. nov. As the only brevirostrine trilophodont gomphotheriid known from the Old World, Sinomastodon was mainly indigenous to China from the Early Pliocene to the Pleistocene. Compared with a few single Pleistocene teeth previously found in China, S. jiangnanensis sp. nov. is represented by a relatively complete skull, mandible and dentition, which is the first discovery of a Quaternary Sinomastodon skull from China. With a brevirostrine, elephant-like skull, no lower tusks, and simple …


Type A Behavior, Emotional Intelligence And Social Self-Efficacy As Predictors Of Work Motivation Among Faculty Members At The Hashemite University, Ghaleb Al-Baddareen, Souad Ghaith, Mutasem Akour, Suhaila Banat Dec 2012

Type A Behavior, Emotional Intelligence And Social Self-Efficacy As Predictors Of Work Motivation Among Faculty Members At The Hashemite University, Ghaleb Al-Baddareen, Souad Ghaith, Mutasem Akour, Suhaila Banat

Journal of Educational and Psychological Studies

This study examined the association between type A behavior, emotional intelligence, social self-efficacy, and work motivation among faculty members at the Hashemite University in Jordan. Seventy seven faculty members responded to four measures: Type A behavior scale, emotional intelligence scale, perceived social self-efficacy scale, and work motivation scale. The results of this study revealed that emotional intelligence was positively and significantly related to work motivation. Moreover, this study confirmed the value of emotional intelligence as a significant predictor of work motivation. However, social-self-efficacy and Type A behavior proved to be non significant predictors of work motivation


North American Bioactive Plants For Human Health And Performance, Maria Pontes Ferreira, Fidji Gendron, Katrina C. Mcclure, Kelly Kindscher Nov 2012

North American Bioactive Plants For Human Health And Performance, Maria Pontes Ferreira, Fidji Gendron, Katrina C. Mcclure, Kelly Kindscher

Nutrition and Food Science Faculty Research Publications

Native and naturalized bioactive plants of the Canadian and American temperate biome are examined for their health and performance enhancement properties. Some of these plants are now being used as natural health products, and many have a long history as traditional foods and/or medicines with indigenous groups. This paper reviews the medicinal/cultural uses and bioactive properties of selected plant families: the Holly family (Aquifoliaceae) as stimulants, the Celery family (Apiaceae) as normoglycemic aids and analgesics, the Ginseng family (Araliaceae) as energy- boosting aids, the Sunflower family (Compositae) as anti-inflammatory aids, and the Legume family (Fabaceae) and Nightshade family (Solanaceae) as …


Snap-And-Ask: Answering Multimodal Question By Naming Visual Instance, Wei Zhang, Lei Pang, Chong-Wah Ngo Nov 2012

Snap-And-Ask: Answering Multimodal Question By Naming Visual Instance, Wei Zhang, Lei Pang, Chong-Wah Ngo

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

In real-life, it is easier to provide a visual cue when asking a question about a possibly unfamiliar topic, for example, asking the question, “Where was this crop circle found?”. Providing an image of the instance is far more convenient than texting a verbose description of the visual properties, especially when the name of the query instance is not known. Nevertheless, having to identify the visual instance before processing the question and eventually returning the answer makes multimodal question-answering technically challenging. This paper addresses the problem of visual-totext naming through the paradigm of answering-by-search in a two-stage computational framework, which …


Additions To The Genus Goera Stephens (Trichoptera, Goeridae) From Southeast Asia, Brian J. Armitage, Tatiana I. Arefina-Armitage Oct 2012

Additions To The Genus Goera Stephens (Trichoptera, Goeridae) From Southeast Asia, Brian J. Armitage, Tatiana I. Arefina-Armitage

Insecta Mundi

Two new species of Goera, G. zwicki and G. nozakii (Trichoptera, Goeridae), from the Philippines and one new species, G. meyi, from Vietnam are described and illustrated herein. In addition, type specimens of G. disparilis Banks, G. octospina Banks, G. tagalica Banks, and G. uniformis Banks are illustrated. All species of Goera known from both the Philippines and Vietnam are listed.


Reconsidering The Model Minority And Black Mormon Discourses, Nicholas D. Hartlep Oct 2012

Reconsidering The Model Minority And Black Mormon Discourses, Nicholas D. Hartlep

NERA Conference Proceedings 2012

The main purpose of this paper is to explain how Black Mormonism is an example of model minority discourse(Hattori, 1999), and how this discourse—the model minority stereotype—is deleterious to the education of Black students


Publications, Presentations, And Honors Oct 2012

Publications, Presentations, And Honors

Maryland Carey Law

No abstract provided.


Cseas Weekly Bulletin (October 1, 2012), Center For Southeast Asian Studies Oct 2012

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (October 1, 2012), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Geogram 2012, David J. Keeling, Wku Department Of Geography And Geology Oct 2012

Geogram 2012, David J. Keeling, Wku Department Of Geography And Geology

Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences Publications

No abstract provided.


Celebrating Faculty Scholarship: Bibliography - 2011, University Libraries Oct 2012

Celebrating Faculty Scholarship: Bibliography - 2011, University Libraries

University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works

A bibliography of faculty publications submitted for inclusion in the fourth annual 'Celebrating Faculty Scholarship' event sponsored by Loyola University Libraries. The event, which took place on October 24, 2012 in the Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons on the university's Lake Shore Campus, featured articles, books, creative works, and other materials authored by Loyola University Chicago faculty in 2011.


Chogyal's Sikkim: Tax, Land & Clan Politics, Hong Tran Oct 2012

Chogyal's Sikkim: Tax, Land & Clan Politics, Hong Tran

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

During the Chogyal (Tib. chos rgyal1) reign, the first and last monarchy in Sikkim, land and various forms of taxes derived from land ownership were powerful instruments of the ruling class, namely the Chogyal family, the aristocratic clans, and the royal lamas. It is the objective of this paper to examine the institution of land ownership and taxation as a reflection of the deeply seated and potent clan politics of Sikkim. Through available records and literature as well as interviews with head lamas, monastic affiliates and the Sikkimese public, using a combination of narratives and analysis, this author hopes to …


Estimates Of Body Mass For Fossil Giant Ground Squirrels, Genus Paenemarmota, H. Thomas Goodwin, Kelsey M. Bullock Sep 2012

Estimates Of Body Mass For Fossil Giant Ground Squirrels, Genus Paenemarmota, H. Thomas Goodwin, Kelsey M. Bullock

Faculty Publications

Paenemarmota Hibbard and Schultz, 1948 includes 3 species of giant ground squirrels within Marmotini (Rodentia, Sciuridae) from the Late Miocene and Pliocene of central and western North America. We developed skeletal and dental models for estimating body mass across modern species of Marmotini and apply these models to Paenemarmota. The most reliable models for estimating body mass of modern species (on the basis of length and width of femur, lengths of p4 and P4) generally yielded lower estimates of body mass for Paenemarmota than less reliable models (on the basis of lengths of m1, m2, M1, and M2). Models that …


Factors Affecting Time Performance Of Refurbishment Projects In Singapore / Chew Lee Fuan, Lee Fuan Chew Aug 2012

Factors Affecting Time Performance Of Refurbishment Projects In Singapore / Chew Lee Fuan, Lee Fuan Chew

Student Works (2010-2019)

Refurbishment is becoming an important economic driver in Singapore’s construction industry due to existence of high number of ageing buildings, limited vacant land for new development and the rapid changes of technology used. There are limitations and even drawbacks to these efforts as the time required to complete the refurbishment projects is frequently greater than the time originally specified in the contract. The main purpose of the study is to identify factors affecting the time performance for refurbishment projects in Singapore. This study used mixed method approach with quantitative as the main data. Semistructured interviews that involved twenty projects were …


Florida Sentinel Bulletin, August 3, 2012, Gwen Hayes Aug 2012

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, August 3, 2012, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The August 3, 2012, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.


English In Iranian Magazine Advertising, Robert J. Baumgardner, Kimberley Brown Aug 2012

English In Iranian Magazine Advertising, Robert J. Baumgardner, Kimberley Brown

Applied Linguistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

In the thirty-two years since the Islamic Revolution occurred in Iran, economic and cultural globalization have affected the role of English in multiple domains in the country. Within the domain of advertising, shifts have occurred throughout the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran. Persian scholars have attributed the source of these shifts to tension between local and global identities and to shifts in government advertising policy. This paper explores a data set of 335 advertisements taken from magazines from the period 2006–2008. We contrast borrowings and language display and explore language use in the six parts of the advertisements. …


Subjective Outcome Evaluation Of The Project P.A.T.H.S. (Extension Phase) Based On The Perspective Of Program Implementer, Daniel T. L. Shek, Lu Yu Aug 2012

Subjective Outcome Evaluation Of The Project P.A.T.H.S. (Extension Phase) Based On The Perspective Of Program Implementer, Daniel T. L. Shek, Lu Yu

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

A total of 231 schools participated in the Project P.A.T.H.S. in 2009/2010 school year. After completion of the Tier 1 Program, subjective outcome evaluation data were collected from 3,259 program implementers. Based on the consolidated data with schools as units, results showed that participants had positive perceptions of the program, implementers, and benefits of the program. More than four-fifth of the implementers regarded the program as helpful to the program participants. Multiple regression analyses revealed that perceived qualities of the program and the program implementers predicted perceived effectiveness of the program. Similar to previous studies, compared to implementers' perception about …


Understanding The Pathoecological Relationship Between Ancient Diet And Modern Diabetes Through Coprolite Analysis: A Case Example From Antelope Cave, Mojave County, Arizona, Karl J. Reinhard, Keith L. Johnson, Sara Leroy-Toren, Kyle Wieseman, Isabel Teixeira-Santos, Mônica Vieira Aug 2012

Understanding The Pathoecological Relationship Between Ancient Diet And Modern Diabetes Through Coprolite Analysis: A Case Example From Antelope Cave, Mojave County, Arizona, Karl J. Reinhard, Keith L. Johnson, Sara Leroy-Toren, Kyle Wieseman, Isabel Teixeira-Santos, Mônica Vieira

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

The elevated prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) in Native Americans of the Southwest has been explained by several authors in terms of a dietary change from preindustrial traditional foods to modern foods. Physiology adapted to traditional foods became deleterious during the process of modernization. Although several versions of this hypothesis exist, they all relate to the rise in modern NIDDM with change from prehistoric subsistence practices to modern dietary practices. This is especially true for the Southwestern desert tribes of Arizona and New Mexico. Coprolite analysts have been recovering the sort of data needed by diabetes researchers to explore …


China’S Strategic Futures: Debating The Post-American World Order?, William A. Callahan Aug 2012

China’S Strategic Futures: Debating The Post-American World Order?, William A. Callahan

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

This essay examines how China’s “harmonious world” foreign policy has unintentionally created opportunities for citizens to challenge elite discussions of foreign policy. Although they are relative outsiders, the essay argues that citizen intellectuals are a growing influence as a source of ideas about China’s future—and the world’s.


Reproductive Characteristics Of A Populus Euphratica Population And Prospects For Its Restoration In China, Dechang Cao, Jingwen Li, Zhenying Huang, Carol C. Baskin, Jerry M. Baskin, Peng Hao, Weilei Zhou, Junqing Li Jul 2012

Reproductive Characteristics Of A Populus Euphratica Population And Prospects For Its Restoration In China, Dechang Cao, Jingwen Li, Zhenying Huang, Carol C. Baskin, Jerry M. Baskin, Peng Hao, Weilei Zhou, Junqing Li

Biology Faculty Publications

Populus euphratica is a dominant tree in riparian ecosystems in arid areas of northwest China, but it fails to regenerate in these systems. This study evaluates causes for the failure of sexual and asexual regeneration of this species in the wild. P. euphratica disperses as many as 85743 seeds/m2 during summer, and the seeds germinate to 92.0% in distilled water and to 60.8% on silt. However, very few seeds (3.6%) can germinate on unflooded soil. The seed-rain season is prolonged by temporal variability in seed dispersal among individuals, which ensures that seedling emergence can occur during favorable conditions (i.e., …


Roles For Special Librarians In The New International Arena, Ruth K. Seidman Jul 2012

Roles For Special Librarians In The New International Arena, Ruth K. Seidman

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

No abstract provided.


Chicago-Kent Magazine - Summer 2012, Iit Chicago-Kent College Of Law Jul 2012

Chicago-Kent Magazine - Summer 2012, Iit Chicago-Kent College Of Law

Chicago-Kent Magazine

No abstract provided.


Comparing Unique Title Coverage Of Web Of Science And Scopus In Earth And Atmospheric Sciences, Philip Barnett, Claudia Lascar Jul 2012

Comparing Unique Title Coverage Of Web Of Science And Scopus In Earth And Atmospheric Sciences, Philip Barnett, Claudia Lascar

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


Sotl At Cultural Interfaces:Exploring Nuance In Learning Designs At A Chinese University, Carmel Mcnaught Jul 2012

Sotl At Cultural Interfaces:Exploring Nuance In Learning Designs At A Chinese University, Carmel Mcnaught

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

This essay contains my reflections of working in a number of teaching and learning projects in the last decade at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Our research confirms that the principles that inform scholarly teaching and learning, that are generally considered universal, also apply in a Hong Kong Chinese context. However, the implementation of those principles is subtly different. It is the nuance in the details about how these principles are enacted in practice that I will explore by considering how the concept of ‘face’ plays out in designing for learning and looking for evidence that such designs are …


The Southeastern Librarian V. 60, No. 2 (Summer 2012) Complete Issue Jul 2012

The Southeastern Librarian V. 60, No. 2 (Summer 2012) Complete Issue

The Southeastern Librarian

Complete issue of The Southeastern Librarian, volume 60, No. 2 (Summer 2012).


Silicon: A Benefit Or A Detriment To Plant Physiology For Creeping Bent (Agrostis Stolonifera L.), Sheep's Fescue (Festuca Ovina L.) And Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium Perenne L.)?, Nicola Warburton, Jo Bayley, Stuart Lane Jul 2012

Silicon: A Benefit Or A Detriment To Plant Physiology For Creeping Bent (Agrostis Stolonifera L.), Sheep's Fescue (Festuca Ovina L.) And Perennial Ryegrass (Lolium Perenne L.)?, Nicola Warburton, Jo Bayley, Stuart Lane

The Plymouth Student Scientist

Silicon shows alleviatory effects in many previous studies involving abiotic and biotic stress factors. A germination trial for the optimum concentration of ERA-3 initially showed an optimum dilution factor of 2,500:1 (Distilled water: ERA-3). Over one hundred individuals of each species of Agrostis stolonifera L., Festuca ovina L. and Lolium Perenne L. were all grown for eight weeks in closed hydroponic systems, in warmed greenhouse conditions (15°C). When solely tested, the effects on all three species showed contrasting results to what was expected. In all three selected species, silicon significantly reduced the shoot area, and photosynthetic efficiency (measured as Fv/Fm …


Florida Sentinel Bulletin, June 8, 2012, Gwen Hayes Jun 2012

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, June 8, 2012, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The June 8, 2012, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.