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Gender And Empowerment In Supported Housing : A Consumer-Oriented Empowerment Model For Adults With Psychiatric Disabilities And Histories Of Homelessness, Eleanor M. Jaffee Jan 2012

Gender And Empowerment In Supported Housing : A Consumer-Oriented Empowerment Model For Adults With Psychiatric Disabilities And Histories Of Homelessness, Eleanor M. Jaffee

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Using data from an evaluation of a supported housing program for adults with psychiatric disabilities and histories of homelessness (n = 59), the relationships of gender and the presence of children with subjective measures of mental health, personal mastery, personal empowerment, social support, and quality of life were explored, and the results informed the development of a revised consumer-oriented empowerment model. Key findings include a significant relationship between gender and personal mastery and empowerment with women scoring significantly lower than men on measures of this construct, and the role of personal mastery and empowerment as a mediator between psychiatric symptoms …

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Seafood Consumption And Use Of Asian Herbal Preparation As A Source Of Exposure To Multiple Trace Elements In The Study Of Metals And Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Smart), Dongsul Kim Jan 2012

Seafood Consumption And Use Of Asian Herbal Preparation As A Source Of Exposure To Multiple Trace Elements In The Study Of Metals And Assisted Reproductive Technologies (Smart), Dongsul Kim

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

As, Cd, Cs, Hg, Pb, and Zn may be associated with in vitro fertilization (IVF) outcomes. Seafood and Asian herbal preparations are identified as sources of exposure to these essential and non-essential trace elements in humans. The goal of the study is to assess associations between seafood consumption and the use of Asian herbal preparations and levels of essential and non-essential trace elements in biologic specimens collected from couples undergoing IVF. Fifty-nine couples completing a first IVF cycle at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Center for Reproductive Health were recruited to participate in the Study of Metals and …

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The Application Of Raman Spectroscopy As A Confirmatory Blood Test In The Presence Of Sodium Hypochlorite Cleaners In In Comparison With Presumptive Blood Tests, Aliea Anoshaa Afnan Jan 2012

The Application Of Raman Spectroscopy As A Confirmatory Blood Test In The Presence Of Sodium Hypochlorite Cleaners In In Comparison With Presumptive Blood Tests, Aliea Anoshaa Afnan

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Popular presumptive tests for blood include: Luminol, tetramethylbenzidine (TMB), leucomalachite green (LMG), phenolphthalein, and Hemastix® [3]. These presumptive tests have been reviewed with respect to their sensitivity, specificity, and DNA degradation. In this study, the aforementioned presumptive tests were subjected to bloodstains deposited on cotton contaminated with all-purpose bleach and compared with Raman spectroscopy as an application of a confirmatory blood test. Samples were tested for interference with the all-purpose bleach to determine the selectivity of the presumptive tests. Tetramethylbenzidine, leucomalachite green, and phenolphthalein all yielded inconclusive results when applied to a contaminated sample. Luminol and Hemastix® yielded a positive …

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Amyloid Fibril Polymorphism : Structure, Supramolecular Chiraliy And Spontaneous Interconversion, Dzmitry Kurouski Jan 2012

Amyloid Fibril Polymorphism : Structure, Supramolecular Chiraliy And Spontaneous Interconversion, Dzmitry Kurouski

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Specific protein aggregation has been linked to more than 25 severe human maladies including prion, Alzheimer's, and Parkinson's diseases. These important malfunctions are often referred to as 'conformational' disorders and result from the conversion of a normal isoform of a protein into a specific b-sheet rich polymeric amyloid form. This work elaborates a comprehensive characterization of amyloids and dedicated to the investigation of the fibril polymorphism using advanced microscopic tools, such as Atomic Force and Scanning Electron microcopies, together with several vibrational spectroscopy techniques, such as Raman, Infrared and Vibrational Circular Dichroism. A new type of protein folding-aggregation phenomenon, spontaneous …

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Childrearing In The Discourse Of Friars And Nahaus In Early Colonial Central Mexico, Nadia Marín-Guadarrama Jan 2012

Childrearing In The Discourse Of Friars And Nahaus In Early Colonial Central Mexico, Nadia Marín-Guadarrama

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This dissertation illustrates the terms in which indigenous' conceptions of childrearing and childhoods were discussed and depicted in a Mesoamerican setting of the XVI Century. During this early colonial period, Nahuas from Central Mexico realized that Spanish colonizers were interested in learning about and transforming even the most intimate aspects of their lives, including the meaning of a girl and a boy of different ages, and the practices of childrearing. In the process, friars and Nahuas had agreements or experienced contradictions regarding how girls or boys should be raised. The analysis is based on ethnographic, ecclesiastic, and civil documents written …

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Experimental Studies Of The Multitrophic Effects Of Anti-Herbivore Defense In Three Pine Barrens Shrub Species, Elizabeth R. Coffey Jan 2012

Experimental Studies Of The Multitrophic Effects Of Anti-Herbivore Defense In Three Pine Barrens Shrub Species, Elizabeth R. Coffey

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Plants produce numerous chemical defense compounds in response to herbivory. Induced chemical defenses potentially influence soil dynamics by changing the nutrient ratio of the leaves, which are seasonally shed and contribute to the soil, or by affecting the detritus community through leaching of chemicals in the root zone. Manual clipping was utilized in this study to induce chemical compounds with the goal of examining the secondary effects of induced plant defenses. I removed 25% of the mass of fifteen plants of three different plant species in the Albany Pine Bush annually for two consecutive years. I then compared the soil …

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Gld-1 Represses Its Puf Mrna Targets Prior To/At Initiation Of Translation In The C.Elegans Germline, Gautham Sarathy Jan 2012

Gld-1 Represses Its Puf Mrna Targets Prior To/At Initiation Of Translation In The C.Elegans Germline, Gautham Sarathy

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

The C.elegans germline offers an ideal system to study posttranscriptional regulation of gene expression as it is a major mechanism through which the control over gene expression is achieved. GLD-1 (defective in GermLine Development) is a maxi-KH motif containing RNA binding protein that controls various aspects of germline development from decision over germcell proliferation vs. meiotic entry to the production of mature gametes suggesting that GLD-1 likely controls many mRNA targets.

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Theologies Of Pain In American Puritanism : The Human Body And Spiritual Conversion From Anne Bradstreet To Jonathan Edwards, Lucas Hardy Jan 2012

Theologies Of Pain In American Puritanism : The Human Body And Spiritual Conversion From Anne Bradstreet To Jonathan Edwards, Lucas Hardy

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

This dissertation studies the many ways in which physical pain produces instances of personal piety in poems, narratives, and theological tracts from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Puritan New England. Specifically, the project revises the idea that spiritual regeneration happened only through Puritan contacts with established liturgical means and precast homiletics; it contends instead that conversion occurred because of bodily pain. Analyzing four canonical Puritan writers--Anne Bradstreet, Mary Rowlandson, Cotton Mather, and Jonathan Edwards--Theologies of Pain demonstrates that texts of even the most historically mainstream Puritans contend with the disruptive force of pain. Anne Bradstreet sees pain as an …

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Intra And Interhost Dynamics Shaping Arbovirus Adaptation And Evolution, Alexander T. Ciota Jan 2012

Intra And Interhost Dynamics Shaping Arbovirus Adaptation And Evolution, Alexander T. Ciota

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

Arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses), which are predominately mosquito-borne and almost exclusively RNA viruses, are maintained in nature in complex transmission cycles involving blood sucking invertebrates and vertebrate hosts. Although over 120 arboviruses are human pathogens responsible for causing a significant and expanding global health burden, a detailed understanding of the complex interactions between these pathogens and their hosts, particularly invertebrate hosts, is lacking. Defining these interactions is necessary if we are to understand the selective pressures and, therefore, evolutionary, adaptive, and epidemiological potential of arboviruses. This requires experimental infection and evolution studies, particularly in vivo, with natural hosts. The results presented …

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Effects Of Lead Exposure On Synaptic Function, Shoily Parveen Khondker Jan 2012

Effects Of Lead Exposure On Synaptic Function, Shoily Parveen Khondker

Legacy Theses & Dissertations (2009 - 2024)

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Proceedings Of The Design Research Society International Conference, 2012. Vol. 2: Re-Search - Uncertainty, Contradiction And Value, Praima Israsena, Juthamas Tangsantikul, David Durling Jan 2012

Proceedings Of The Design Research Society International Conference, 2012. Vol. 2: Re-Search - Uncertainty, Contradiction And Value, Praima Israsena, Juthamas Tangsantikul, David Durling

DRS Conference Volumes

The proceedings of the 2012 Design Research Society International Conference hosted by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Submissions covered extensive themes and emerging research that is broad in scope and depth, submitted with the conference theme of Re-Search: uncertainty, contradiction and value, in mind. The initial abstract submission was high with approximately 550 initial abstracts submitted. Of the 288 full papers submitted, 183 papers were accepted and of these 154 papers were presented at the conference along with an additional 23 poster presentations.

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Proceedings Of The Design Research Society International Conference, 2012. Vol. 1: Re-Search - Uncertainty, Contradiction And Value, Praima Israsena, Juthamas Tangsantikul, David Durling Jan 2012

Proceedings Of The Design Research Society International Conference, 2012. Vol. 1: Re-Search - Uncertainty, Contradiction And Value, Praima Israsena, Juthamas Tangsantikul, David Durling

DRS Conference Volumes

The proceedings of the 2012 Design Research Society International Conference hosted by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Submissions covered extensive themes and emerging research that is broad in scope and depth, submitted with the conference theme of Re-Search: uncertainty, contradiction and value, in mind. The initial abstract submission was high with approximately 550 initial abstracts submitted. Of the 288 full papers submitted, 183 papers were accepted and of these 154 papers were presented at the conference along with an additional 23 poster presentations.

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Proceedings Of The Design Research Society International Conference, 2012. Vol. 4: Re-Search - Uncertainty, Contradiction And Value, Praima Israsena, Juthamas Tangsantikul, David Durling Jan 2012

Proceedings Of The Design Research Society International Conference, 2012. Vol. 4: Re-Search - Uncertainty, Contradiction And Value, Praima Israsena, Juthamas Tangsantikul, David Durling

DRS Conference Volumes

The proceedings of the 2012 Design Research Society International Conference hosted by Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand. Submissions covered extensive themes and emerging research that is broad in scope and depth, submitted with the conference theme of Re-Search: uncertainty, contradiction and value, in mind. The initial abstract submission was high with approximately 550 initial abstracts submitted. Of the 288 full papers submitted, 183 papers were accepted and of these 154 papers were presented at the conference along with an additional 23 poster presentations.

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Intellectual Property Training And Education For Development, Peter K. Yu Jan 2012

Intellectual Property Training And Education For Development, Peter K. Yu

American University International Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Bcr-Abl-Mediated Regulation Of Sphingomyelin Synthase, Tara Ann Burns Jan 2012

Bcr-Abl-Mediated Regulation Of Sphingomyelin Synthase, Tara Ann Burns

MUSC Theses and Dissertations

SMS is an enzyme belonging to the sphingolipid metabolic pathway. Since the discovery and initial characterizations of sphingolipids (SLs) in 1884, extensive research has established that these molecules not only are structural components of eukaryotic membranes but they are also critical bioactive lipids involved in fundamental cellular processes such as proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, inflammation, migration, and autophagy. In particular, SMS produces sphingomyelin (SM) in mammalian cells by transfering the phosphorylcholine moiety from phosphatidylcholine (PC) onto ceramide forming SM and diacylglycerol (DAG). Both ceramide and DAG are bioactive lipids with opposing functions, and SMS produces sphingomyelin (SM) while consuming ceramide (negative …

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Utilization Of Fruits Peel As A Sorbent For Removal Of Methylene Blue, Siew Teng Ong, Pei Sin Keng, Seok Theng Ooi, Yung Tse Hung, Siew Ling Lee Jan 2012

Utilization Of Fruits Peel As A Sorbent For Removal Of Methylene Blue, Siew Teng Ong, Pei Sin Keng, Seok Theng Ooi, Yung Tse Hung, Siew Ling Lee

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

The potential of using fruits skin as a low cost sorbent in the removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution was studied. The sorption behaviour of various fruits skin for methylene blue was carried out as a function of pH, contact time, concentration of methylene blue and sorption isotherms. The sorption process was rapid with high percentage of uptake taking place within the first 1 h, regardless of its initial concentration. Different kinetic models were selected to interpret the experimental data. The sorption process conformed to Langmuir isotherm and maximum sorption capacities for methylene blue were 56.50, 34.97, 50.51, 48.54, …

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Tying It All Together: An Autoethnographic Exploration Of Lgbtq Forensic Competitors, Alyssa Barrie Reid Jan 2012

Tying It All Together: An Autoethnographic Exploration Of Lgbtq Forensic Competitors, Alyssa Barrie Reid

All Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Other Capstone Projects

It is a common held belief amongst the intercollegiate forensic community that it breeds a culture of affirmation towards marginalized identities. However, as a competitor I never felt confident portraying my LGBTQ identity while at a forensic tournament. This prompted me to employ interviews of former LGBTQ competitors to explore how they managed their identity. Using grounded theory and autoethnography I uncovered themes related to gender, sex, sexuality, and gender identity performance as they confronted and interacted with forensic competition.

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Nrsm 575.01: Environment And Development, Jill M. Belsky Jan 2012

Nrsm 575.01: Environment And Development, Jill M. Belsky

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

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Nrsm 424.01: Community Forestry And Conservation, Jill M. Belsky Jan 2012

Nrsm 424.01: Community Forestry And Conservation, Jill M. Belsky

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

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Phl 501.01: Philosophical Foundations Of Ecology, Soazig Le Bihan Jan 2012

Phl 501.01: Philosophical Foundations Of Ecology, Soazig Le Bihan

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

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Nrsm 524.01: Community Forestry And Conservation, Jill M. Belsky Jan 2012

Nrsm 524.01: Community Forestry And Conservation, Jill M. Belsky

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

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Winter Commencement, December 16, 2012, Eastern Michigan University Jan 2012

Winter Commencement, December 16, 2012, Eastern Michigan University

Commencement Programs and Materials

No abstract provided.

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Spring Commencement, April 29, 2012, Eastern Michigan University Jan 2012

Spring Commencement, April 29, 2012, Eastern Michigan University

Commencement Programs and Materials

No abstract provided.

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Mnsod And Autophagy In Prevention Of Oxidative Mitochondrial Injuries Induced By Uvb In Murine Skin, Vasudevan Bakthavatchalu Jan 2012

Mnsod And Autophagy In Prevention Of Oxidative Mitochondrial Injuries Induced By Uvb In Murine Skin, Vasudevan Bakthavatchalu

Theses and Dissertations--Toxicology and Cancer Biology

UVB radiation is a known environmental carcinogen that causes DNA damage and increase ROS generation in mitochondria. Accumulating evidence suggests that mtDNA damage and increased ROS generation trigger mitochondrial translocation of p53. Within mitochondria, p53 interacts with nucleoid macromolecular complexes such as mitochondrial antioxidant MnSOD, mitochondrial DNA polymerase Polγ, and mtDNA. Mitochondria are considered to be a potential source for damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) such as mtDNA, cytochrome C, ATP, and formyl peptides. Intracytoplasmic release of DAMPs can trigger inflammasome formation and programmed cell death processes. Autophagic clearance of mitochondria with compromised integrity can inhibit inflammatory and cell death processes. …

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Solar Energy Development On The Federal Public Lands: Environmental Trade-Offs On The Road To A Lower Carbon Future, Robert L. Glicksman Jan 2012

Solar Energy Development On The Federal Public Lands: Environmental Trade-Offs On The Road To A Lower Carbon Future, Robert L. Glicksman

San Diego Journal of Climate & Energy Law

The federal government has endorsed more extensive use of the federal public lands for the production of solar power, both to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change and to bolster the security of domestic energy supplies. Spurred by grant money made available under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in 2010 approved nine utility-scale solar projects on public lands in California and Nevada. These projects were designed to avoid adversely affecting the habitats of endangered and threatened species that frequent the desert southwest and cultural resources important to …

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Science Goes To Work, Sally Pobojewski Jan 2012

Science Goes To Work, Sally Pobojewski

Illinois Wesleyan University Magazine, 2002-2017

As president and co-founder of Essen BioScience, Kirk Schroeder ’84 creates high-tech innovations and American jobs.

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Determining The Feasibility Of Universal Access To Bus Transportation For Illinois Wesleyan University Students, Liz Kuehn '13 Jan 2012

Determining The Feasibility Of Universal Access To Bus Transportation For Illinois Wesleyan University Students, Liz Kuehn '13

Outstanding Senior Seminar Papers

In a car-based society, transportation has both environmental and economic implications. However, public transportation, and programs like Universal Access that promote public transportation by providing ‘fare free’ access to specific groups in the community, can offer low cost, sustainable alternatives to car-based transportation. The basic concept behind Universal Access is that a community group contracts with the local public transit system to provide unlimited access to public transportation for individuals within the group at a negotiated cost to the group (Toor et. al 2004). The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of creating a Universal Access program …

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The World Anti-Doping Code, The Athlete’S Duty Of “Utmost Caution,” And The Elimination Of Cheating, Paul A. Czarnota Jan 2012

The World Anti-Doping Code, The Athlete’S Duty Of “Utmost Caution,” And The Elimination Of Cheating, Paul A. Czarnota

Marquette Sports Law Review

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Conditions Of Cooperation Between Rats In The Prisoner's Dilemma Model, Malory B. Wodka Jan 2012

Conditions Of Cooperation Between Rats In The Prisoner's Dilemma Model, Malory B. Wodka

Honors Projects

Reciprocal cooperation is the act of working together with another individual to increase the likelihood that the other individual will continue to work together during future encounters. Reciprocal cooperation can be explained evolutionarily because it promotes the fitness of individuals in certain conditions. Cooperation is most commonly studied in humans. However less complex mammals such as rats display cooperative behaviors in certain conditions. This study examines the necessary conditions for cooperation in rats by testing the significance of housing conditions and prior interactions between cooperating rats. We found that rats did not cooperate at levels greater than chance.

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Sociology By Any Other Name: Teaching The Sociological Perspective In Campus Diversity Programs, Meghan Burke, Kira Hudson Banks Jan 2012

Sociology By Any Other Name: Teaching The Sociological Perspective In Campus Diversity Programs, Meghan Burke, Kira Hudson Banks

Scholarship

This article suggests that the way in to sociology may not always be through the front door. The authors demonstrate how students in a three-day campus diversity program develop a sociological imagination despite not having a formal affiliation with the sociology department. In particular, students demonstrate a move from color blindness into racial consciousness and a shift from individual prejudice into institutional privilege when understanding both diversity issues and their own personal biographies. In short, despite not knowing the phrase, they develop a sociological imagination. While the goal is not to diminish the significance of traditional sociology classrooms, the authors …

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