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An Interview With Dr. Theda Skocpol, Sarah Russell

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

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Critique Of Microcredit As A Development Model, Grace Levin

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

The field of microcredit (otherwise known as microfinance, microlending, or microcapital) has expanded rapidly since the 1980s as an economic means of lifting people out of poverty. Generally, microcredit has been accepted as an effective method for empowering both individuals and communities. In recent years, however, critics have brought to light some of the problems associated with microlending, such as the complex socioeconomic factors that can cause loan programs to fail. These problems stem from the basic tenet of microfinance: the need for lending programs to be managed locally in order to understand the needs of a community and assess …

Financial Services Innovation: Local Strategy, Management, And Change – A Field Investigation, Ann-Catherine Nave

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

This study examines the innovation sources and processes of regional financial services firms through inductive field research. Innovation in these firms, and presumably other financial services firms and other smaller organizations, originate primarily out of three sources, the drive for efficiency, the external environment, and strategic, ambidextrous management. Successfully innovative firms balance the short-term need for efficiency improvements with the long-term desire to grow primarily through visionary, yet adaptive, leadership.

Working From Within: Observations Of Non-Governmental Efforts To Decrease Social Marginalization In Buenos Aires, Elisabeth Tilstra

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

This essay is a modification of an excerpt from the senior thesis written for the Chancellor’s Honors Program at The University of Tennessee. The complete project—titled “Bringing the Outside In: An Examination of Non-Governmental Aid Organizations in Buenos Aires”—first examines the political and economic history of Argentina as a context from which to understand the current stage of actors in the social sector. Then, drawing from my fieldwork in the slums surrounding urban Buenos Aires, it introduces the twelve organizations I studied that work with issues of poverty and development, exploring organizational elements that aid or limit a nonprofit’s efficacy. …

Respiration And Carbon Dioxide Accumulation In Soil Microcosms, Jasity Murphy

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

The thawing of permafrost leads to liberation of soil organic matter and microbial component resulting in significant effect on the carbon cycle. Changes in permafrost soils upon the global climate warming would significantly impact microbial soil activity. Currently, not a great deal is known about what happens to the microbial community after the permafrost thaws. The activity of microbial community was determined in microcosms experiment using respirometry. To assess the CO₂ fluctuations during permafrost thawing a titration experiment was performed. Based on calculations using the respirometric equation it was found that CO₂ production increases with temperature, core depth, …

Key Factors And Trends In Transportation Mode And Carrier Selection, Keith Roberts

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

Companies across the country must deal with the daily question of determining the best way to get their product in the hands of their customers. Weighing all of the various factors that play into this decision can prove to be very difficult at times, and these factors are ever changing as the market fluctuates with varying consumer demand which, in turn, affects the demand for transportation. This paper will look into these factors and relevant market trends to determine what factors play the largest role in a company’s decision of how to deliver its products, focusing specifically on the modal …

African Irregular Migrants In Malta: Exploring Perceptions And Renegotiating The Socio-Cultural Siege Of Malta, Hannah E. Durick

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

This paper discusses the influx of African irregular migrants seeking asylum in Malta and how their arrival and growing presence in Malta is perceived by the Maltese. Since becoming an EU Member State in 2004 Malta has been overwhelmed by the number of irregular migrants arriving on its shores while en route to continental Europe. Due to its proximity to the North African coastline Malta becomes a frequent, albeit unintentional, destination for African migrants who are rescued in Maltese waters and subsequently placed in a closed detention facility until their legal status is determined in a court of law. Although …

Beat Consumption: The Challenge To Consumerism In Beat Literature, Amien Essif

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

Critics of the Beat generation, from their contemporaries to the present day, often contend that the Beats’ opposition to consumer culture was superficial. Writers like Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, and William S. Burroughs failed, according to these critics, to present a coherent and principled response to consumerism. This paper, however, argues that while in many ways the Beats continued to participate in consumer culture, they developed a distinct form of consumption—Beat consumption—which attempted to regain sovereignty for the Beat consumer. Through an analysis of Kerouac’s The Dharma Bums and On the Road as well as several of Ginsberg’s seminal works, …

A Message From The Editor, Sarah Russell

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

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Acknowledgements, Sarah Russell

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

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Uap 4310: Inter-Departmental Sales, University Of New Mexico

Section 4000: Procurement

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Retired Faculty Member And Former S.C. Rep. Bessie Moody-Lawrence Dies, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2012

• A pioneer as the second African-American woman to serve in the S.C. General Assembly from York County, Moody-Lawrence was the first and only Winthrop professor to serve as a state legislator.

12-19-2012 High School Football Playoff Games Impact Swosu Area By Nearly $1 Million, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2012

Southwestern Oklahoma State University being the choice for four Oklahoma high school football playoff games in late November/early December resulted in nearly a $1 million impact on the area economy.

Dengue Viral Rna Levels In Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Are Associated With Disease Severity And Preexisting Dengue Immune Status, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Sineewanlaya Wichit, Robert V. Gibbons, Sharone Green, Daniel H. Libraty, Timothy P. Endy, Francis A. Ennis, Siripen Kalayanarooj, Alan L. Rothman

Institute for Immunology and Informatics Faculty Publications

Background

Infection with dengue viruses (DENV) causes a wide range of manifestations from asymptomatic infection to a febrile illness called dengue fever (DF), to dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF). The in vivo targets of DENV and the relation between the viral burden in these cells and disease severity are not known.

Method

The levels of positive and negative strand viral RNA in peripheral blood monocytes, T/NK cells, and B cells and in plasma of DF and DHF cases were measured by quantitative RT-PCR.

Results

Positive strand viral RNA was detected in monocytes, T/NK cells and B cells with the highest amounts …

A Modular Mind? A Test Using Individual Data From Seven Primate Species, Federica Amici, Bradley Barney, Valen E. Johnson, Josep Call, Filippo Aureli

Faculty Articles

It has long been debated whether the mind consists of specialized and independently evolving modules, or whether and to what extent a general factor accounts for the variance in performance across different cognitive domains. In this study, we used a hierarchical Bayesian model to re-analyse individual level data collected on seven primate species (chimpanzees, bonobos, orangutans, gorillas, spider monkeys, brown capuchin monkeys and long-tailed macaques) across 17 tasks within four domains (inhibition, memory, transposition and support). Our modelling approach evidenced the existence of both a domain-specific factor and a species factor, each accounting for the same amount (17%) of the …

Deafdigest: Mid-Week Edition, December 19, 2012, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Mid-Week 2012

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Deafdigest: Deaf Sports News December 19, 2012, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Sports 2012

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Review Of Gary E. Varner's Personhood, Ethics, And Animal Cognition: Situating Animals In Hare’S Two-Level Utilitarianism, Tal Scriven

Between the Species

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Evaluating Rawls: Equality In The Family, Devan Griffith

Honors Projects in History and Social Sciences

This paper examines the latest developments in feminist critiques of the seminal Theory of Justice, written by John Rawls, the late preeminent American moral philosopher. Rawls is recognized as one of the most influential moral political philosophers of the twentieth century and is increasingly relevant because of his discussions on pluralist societies. With the current diverging of liberal, conservative and libertarian philosophies among Americans, as well as the fragmentation of parties to accommodate an increasingly diverse public, a clear philosophy and understanding of liberal theory is necessary for its future in American politics. The current pressure to address the needs …

12/19/2012 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 12/19/2012. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

December 19, 2012 Greenmail, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

GreenMail (student newsletter through 2024)

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Heidi's Happenings: Food, Food And More Food!, Center For Persons With Disabilities

Blog Posts

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12-19-2012 Henson Named Retention Coordinator At Swosu, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2012

Southwestern Oklahoma State University recently named Wendy Henson as coordinator for the Office of Retention Management.

President Enrique Peã±A Nieto Presents Anti-Crime Strategy, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

Mexico Mends Trade Relations With Argentina; Officials Reach New Auto Agreement, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

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Restoring Oyster Reefs In Great Bay Estuary, Nh 2012 Annual Program Report, Ray Konisky, Raymond E. Grizzle, Krystin M. Ward, Kara Mcketon

PREP Reports & Publications

The eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) in New Hampshire’s Great Bay Estuary has declined in the past decades, with local populations reduced due primarily to disease, excessive siltation, and past over-harvest. The loss of filtering oysters results in diminished ecological benefits for water quality, nitrogen control, and other services that healthy oyster populations provide. In support of management objectives to restore oyster populations, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and the University of New Hampshire (UNH) have combined for a fourth consecutive year of scaled-up methods to rebuild reefs and oyster populations. Since 2009, we have “planted” dried shell, primarily surf-clam …

Murray Ledger And Times, December 19, 2012, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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Sung Eel Chang Auto, Inc. V. Exxonmobil Oil Corporation

2012 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Hotline Press Newspaper- December 2012 Vol 29 No 31, Hotline Press Newspaper

Hotline Press Newspaper 2012

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"King Of Conscious Hip-Hop" Common To Give Lecture At Uab, Jim Bakken

Browse All News

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