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A Geographic Analysis Of The Radiation Oncology Workforce: Assessing The Impact On Prostate Cancer Management And Outcomes, Sanjay Aneja

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Previous analyses of the radiation oncology (RO) workforce have focused on gross numbers and not geographic distribution. We investigated trends in the geographic distribution of the radiation oncology workforce across the United States. Additionally, we assessed the impact of geographic variations in the RO workforce on prostate cancer management and outcomes. We hypothesized that geographic variations in the workforce would be associated with prostate cancer management and prostate-cancer mortality.

We used the Area Resource File to calculate and map the ratio of radiation oncologists to the population aged 65 or older (ROR) within different health service areas (HSA) across the …

“My Classroom Is A Bigger Place”: Examining The Impact Of A Professional Development Course On The Global Perspective Of Experienced Teachers, Steve Sider, Mary Ashun

Education Faculty Publications

How do experienced teachers develop a global perspective through a professional development course and how can this perspective impact classroom practice? These are the two key questions which this paper examines. We utilize Guskey’s (2002) model of teacher change as a framework for understanding the results of a study involving experienced teachers who took a professional development course which had a focus on global education. The participants engaged in a number of activities four months after the completion of the course to explore how the course had impacted their classroom teaching practice. Common themes were identified through participant reflective papers …

Technology Criticism In The Classroom (Chapter In The Nature Of Technology), John Spencer

Faculty Publications - College of Education

I first heard about a tragedy in Tucson, not from major television news networks, but from a direct message sent by a politically-active friend who was attending the political gathering where a mass shooting took place, including the shooting of an Arizona congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords. While the television news sputtered around trying to offer details (initially wrongly claiming that she was dead, likely from pressure to be the first to report big news), I found myself reading Google News, piecing together Facebook posts, e-mailing friends and reading Twitter updates.

A Comparison Of Bluegrass Bands: 2013 Bands Versus The 1940s-1960s Bands, Elizabeth Rosanne Butler

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The present study investigated the bluegrass music genre of 2013 and compared it with bluegrass found in the 1940s and 1960s. To date, only one similar study has been identified. In 1963, L.M. Smith completed a study entitled, Bluegrass Music and Musicians: An Introductory Study of a Musical Style in Its Cultural Context. In the conclusion to his study, Smith listed five major characteristics found in the bluegrass genre: 1. "Bluegrass is hillbilly music, played by white Southern musicians for a Southern audience." 2. "Bluegrass is not dance music and is seldom used for this purpose." 3. "Bands are made …

Annual Report On Research Activities 2012-2013, Lingnan University (Hong Kong, China)

Annual Report on Research Activities to Research Grants Council

No abstract provided.

Louisiana Survey 2013, Lsu Reilly Center For Media & Public Affairs

Reilly Center Louisiana Surveys

In addition to the regular measures used annually to track changes in public opinion through time, the 2013 Louisiana survey focused on special topics such as:

• response to reforms in higher education
• proposed TOPS reforms
• healthcare reforms occurring on the national level
• social issues including same-sex marriage, legalization of marijuana, and the legality of automatic weapons possession
• climate change

Race In Biological And Biomedical Research, Richard S. Cooper

Faculty Publications

The concept of race has had a significant influence on research in human biology since the early 19th century. But race was given its meaning and social impact in the political sphere and subsequently intervened in science as a foreign concept, not grounded in the dominant empiricism of modern biology. The uses of race in sciencewere therefore often disruptive and controversial; at times, science had to be retrofitted to accommodate race, and science in turn was often used to explain and justify race. This relationship was unstable in large part because race was about a phenomenon that could not be …

Lsu General Catalog 2013-2014, Louisiana State University And Agrcultural And Mechanical College

LSU General Catalog

The LSU General Catalog describes all undergraduate and graduate departments and programs with degree requirements and courses offered for each one. The LSU General Catalog includes information on registration and financial aid as well as academic services offered to all students.

The Civil War In Missouri: A Military History, Jack Becker

Civil War Book Review

A Look at Conventional Warfare in a Guerrilla Area

Professor Louis S. Gerteis writes in The Civil War in Missouri, that although guerrilla warfare in Missouri has been thoroughly studied (and he does not dispute its importance), the state’s conventional battles also played an imp....

The Paddle Wheel Boat A Technical Invention Of Late Antiquity, Dorit Engster

1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics, and Inquiries in the Early Modern Era

No abstract provided.

Influence Of Irrigation Water Discharge Frequency On Soil Salt Removal And Rice Yield In A Semi-Arid And Saline-Sodic Area, Yueqing Chen, Guangxin Zhang, Y. Jun Xu, Zhigang Huang

Faculty Publications

Irrigation practice for rice culture can be especially challenging in areas with limited water supply and soil salinization. In this study, we carried out a field experiment to assess the effects of different water discharge frequencies on soil salt content, rice yield and water use efficiency on a saline-sodic soil in a semi-arid region of Northeast China. The experiment comprised of three frequency levels of discharge [9-time (I-9-30), 6-time (I-6-30) and 3-time (I-3-30) discharge, all followed with a 30-mm irrigation] in comparison with the traditional irrigation practice of 2-time discharge followed with an 80-mm irrigation (I-2-80). Our initial hypothesis was …

Ecology Of Glacial Relict Fishes In South Dakota's Sandhills Region, Eli Felts

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Native stream fish zoogeography has changed substantially across North America during the last century as habitat degradation, stream fragmentation and introductions of nonnative species have led to numerous extinctions, extirpations and altered distributions. Insufficient information regarding imperiled species often results in reactive, rather than proactive, management, and knowledge of species status and ecology is critical in identifying conservation priorities. South Dakota populations of three dace species (northern redbelly dace Chrosomus eos, finescale dace Chrosomus neogaeus, and pearl dace Margariscus margarita) are relict of Pleistocene Glaciation and are isolated from the northern core of their distribution, but little information exists regarding …

A Remembrence Of John Simonett: The Consummate Trial Lawyer And Consummate Gentleman, Richard L. Pemberton

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Where Land And Water Meet: Opportunities For Integrating Minnesota Water And Land Use Planning Statutes For Water Sustainability, Jean L. Coleman, Suzanne Sutro Rhees

William Mitchell Law Review

No abstract provided.

"Conspicuous Consumption:" Germs And Climate Cures In Denver, 1882-1915, Sydney Rene Gwinn

Graduate Student Theses, Dissertations, & Professional Papers

This thesis argues that the health-seeker’s quest for climatic cures persisted after the germ theory of disease began to alter medical approaches to tuberculosis after its announcement in 1882. Buoyed by anti-modern sentiments and a lack of effective medicinal interventions, physicians continued to recommend that tuberculosis patients travel to Denver to seek recovery in a healthier climate. In turn, Denver’s polity and public health approaches were shaped by the influences of the migration of tuberculosis patients to the city. After 1882, new approaches focused on sanitation and isolation began to take hold among physicians and public health reformers who worked …

Colonoware And Culture: The Changing Interpretation Of 17th Century Ceramic Traditions In The South Eastern United States: An Overview Of Current Thought And History, Michael Chodoronek

Nebraska Anthropologist

Colonoware is a low fired pottery tradition concentrated in the southeastern United States. It has been associated with native populations, enslaved populations and low- income populations in the American colonies of the seventeenth through to the nineteenth century. This paper is concerned with the history, development and current conceptions of colonoware in the southeastern United States, namely Virginia and South Carolina coastal regions. This paper will look at the possible future use of colonoware as diagnostic material culture beyond its current state.

Why Is Property So Hard?, Chad J. Pomeroy

Faculty Articles

This paper seeks to flesh out the heterogeneity and inherent difficulty of property law and to analyze it in depth. Part I begins this examination by setting up a taxonomy for property law and then describing the heterogeneity inherent in that context and the costs associated with that variability. Real estate law has continually evolved throughout American history — changing from a small, local business to a large, national one, spanning jurisdictional lines and limits — and it is the haphazard and varied nature of this evolution that has created this difficulty and cost. This is notable when contrasted with …

Border Wars & The New Texas Navy: International Treaties, Waterways, And State Sovereignty After Arizona V. United States, Bill Piatt, Rachel Ambler

Faculty Articles

The Texas Department of Public Safety Tactical Marine Unit’s law enforcement authority does not extend to stopping people crossing the border. Whether the Tactical Marine Unit, colloquially known as the New Texas Navy, possesses sufficient legal authority to enforce federal law is questionable. Arizona v. United States affirmed the principles of federalism and the preemption doctrine. However, the Court suggested that State officers were legally permitted to “cooperate” with the U.S. Attorney General in the identification, apprehension, and detention of illegal aliens. But, this does not allow a State to unilaterally choose to enforce federal law, which the New Texas …

Sites 2c @ Und, University Of North Dakota

UND Publications

A 2013 brochure for a walking tour of buildings and landmarks on the University of North Dakota campus.

Changing Tactics, Changing Identities: Woman’S Suffrage Protests In Washington, D.C., 1913-1920, Kimberly K. Johnson

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Since the founding of the United States, the task of determining who has the right to political participation has been difficult. As a result, many groups, including women, had to take dramatic steps to ensure their right to suffrage and access to public space. Beginning in 1913 with the first National Demonstration and the pickets that followed in 1917, these women began to claim national public space as a space for protest. This research seeks to determine and understand the evolution of identities embraced by suffragists as correlated with protest tactics used from 1913 to 1920 in Washington, D.C. The …

Energy In The Corn Belt: Is Maize Production Sustainable?, Matthew Bernau

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Technological and scientific innovation has transformed agricultural production. Corn production methods changed from a sustainable, nutrient recycling production system to one reliant on imported fossil energy inputs. Located in the Western Corn Belt, Union County, South Dakota was chosen as the study area. Changes in production methods are represented by four technological epochs: 1) The Draft Horse Epoch, 1890-1920; 2) The Tractor Epoch, 1920-1950; 3) The Fertilizer Epoch, 1950-1980; and 4) The Biotechnology and Precision Agriculture Epoch, 1980-2010. The energy budget method was used to measure the energy sustainability of corn production. The findings show that the volume of corn …

Mathers Systematic Theology - Chapter 2, Norm Mathers

Faculty Publications and Presentations

INSPIRATION OF THE SCRIPTURES

2.1 The Inspiration of the Scriptures involves the accurate recording of the revelation.

2.1.1 Central Passages establish the inspiration of the Scriptures.

2.1.1.1 2 Timothy 3:16-17

Community-Scale Renewable Energy, Sara Bronin, Hannah Wiseman

Faculty Articles and Papers

As the movement toward cleaner energy has gained momentum within the United States, a growing number of scholars and policymakers have made the case for community-scale renewable energy: mid-sized energy sources supported by resources pooled from several private par-ties in close geographic proximity. When built and utilized at the community level, these energy facilities may allow for economies of scale that their owners could not achieve working individually.' Individual distributed generation, such as solar infrastructure on the roofs of homes, involves high transaction costs and creates relatively small impacts. At the same time, community-scale renewable energy has advantages over largescale …

Reflections On The New Haven School, Molly Land

Faculty Articles and Papers

No abstract provided.

Sage Knowledge, Ucf Libraries

Technology Fee Funded Projects

The initial quoted price for UCF based on FTE and other factors was $232,805 for both collections, but after careful negotiations and the opportunity to compete in the Technology Fee process, SAGE has agreed to a 10% discount. The savings of $24,620 make this an exceptional offer.

Ua35/11 Honors Program, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Records created by and about the Honors Program. Includes brochures, awards programs, student handbooks, newsletters and research publications.

Ua3/9/3 President's Office-Ransdell Reading File, Wku Archives, Virginia Brothers, Aaron Shuford

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Reading file of outgoing correspondence regarding the administration of WKU, fund raising, thank yous and letters of condolence.

Ua3/8/6 President's Office-Meredith Committees & Task Forces, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Committee and task force files created by the President's Office during Thomas Meredith's tenure as president of WKU.

Ua3/1/2/2 President's Office-Cherry Correspondence - Special, Wku Archives

WKU Archives Collection Inventories

Special correspondence regarding Western Kentucky University. This series runs concurrently with the General Correspondence and there is no indication of what makes it special. Of special note is correspondence regarding the Student Army Training Corps, World War I veterans and construction of Cherry Hall. Incoming letters are mainly addressed to Henry Hardin Cherry. Responses are made by Cherry and occasionally by faculty and staff. The president's secretary Mattie McLean is the author of some of the letters signed by Cherry.

Book Review Of Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections Of Race And Class For Women In Academia, Robin Morris Collin

Seattle Journal for Social Justice

No abstract provided.