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Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 90, No. 1, 2013) Jan 2013

Virginia Dental Journal (Vol. 90, No. 1, 2013)

Virginia Dental Journal

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Genome-Wide Association Analysis Of Aluminum Tolerance In Cultivated And Tibetan Wild Barley, Shengguan Cai, Dezhi Wu, Zahra Jabeen, Yuqing Huang, Yechang Huang, Guoping Zhang Jan 2013

Genome-Wide Association Analysis Of Aluminum Tolerance In Cultivated And Tibetan Wild Barley, Shengguan Cai, Dezhi Wu, Zahra Jabeen, Yuqing Huang, Yechang Huang, Guoping Zhang

Publications

Tibetan wild barley (Hordeum vulgare L. ssp. spontaneum), originated and grown in harsh enviroNment in Tibet, is well-known for its rich germpalsm with high tolerance to abiotic stresses. However, the genetic variation and genes involved in Al tolerance are not totally known for the wild barley. In this study, a genome-wide association analysis (GWAS) was performed by using four root parameters related with Al tolerance and 469 DArT markers on 7 chromosomes within or across 110 Tibetan wild accessions and 56 cultivated cultivars. Population structure and cluster analysis revealed that a wide genetic diversity was present in Tibetan wild barley. …

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A Federalist Blessing In Disguise: From National Inaction To Local Action On Underwater Mortgages, Robert C. Hockett, John Vlahoplus Jan 2013

A Federalist Blessing In Disguise: From National Inaction To Local Action On Underwater Mortgages, Robert C. Hockett, John Vlahoplus

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

While it is widely recognized that the mortgage debt overhang left by the housing price bubble and bust continues to operate as the principal drag upon U.S. macroeconomic recovery, few seem to appreciate just how locally concentrated the problem is. This paper takes the measure of the national mortgage debt overhang problem as a cluster of local problems warranting local action. It then elaborates on one form of such action that the localized nature of the ongoing mortgage crisis justifies - use of municipal eminent domain authority to purchase underwater loans, then modify them in a manner that benefits debtors, …

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0809: John Taylor Collection, 1969-2007, Marshall University Special Collections Jan 2013

0809: John Taylor Collection, 1969-2007, Marshall University Special Collections

Guides to Manuscript Collections

Mr. Taylor is an attorney from Charleston, WV that fought for the legal and labor rights of workers across the United States. The majority of the people that Taylor represented were members of unions, including both the United Auto Workers [UAW] and the United Mine Workers of America [UMWA]. Taylor's clients fought to secure access to health benefits and the improvement of working conditions. A large portion of the collection centers on Black Lung cases in West Virginia. In 1982, Taylor and his colleagues organized a group of clients to travel to Washington, D.C. in order to attend the Black …

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Predictive Validity Of The Savry Within A Diverse Population Of Juvenile Offenders, Scarlet Paria Woods Jan 2013

Predictive Validity Of The Savry Within A Diverse Population Of Juvenile Offenders, Scarlet Paria Woods

Psychology Theses

The current study examined the predictive validity of the SAVRY in African American and White recently adjudicated juvenile offenders in Louisiana. The sample consists of 267 community-based, male juvenile offenders, whom were tracked for an average follow-up period of 18 months. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analyses on the overall sample and African Americans, specifically, showed the numeric score predicted recidivism. Chi-square analyses found the SRR did not have a significant relationship with reoffending for general recidivism petitions. However, it was significant for all other forms of recidivism in the overall sample and African Americans. Hierarchical Cox regressions identified significant differences …

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Abandoned To Functional: The Search For Historical Integrity In The Adaptive Reuses Of Kirkbride State Mental Hospitals, Caitlin E. Merritt Jan 2013

Abandoned To Functional: The Search For Historical Integrity In The Adaptive Reuses Of Kirkbride State Mental Hospitals, Caitlin E. Merritt

Historic Preservation Theses

Purpose: This thesis intends to understand historical integrity and how it plays a role in historic rehabilitation and adaptive reuse projects. More importantly, this study allows for a better understanding of the Kirkbride Plan as a particular building type that dominated state mental hospital design in between 1848-1890 and advanced the field of psychiatry. This study examines three adaptively reused Kirkbride hospitals Athens State Hospital, Athens, OH; Weston State Hospital, Weston, WV; and Danvers State Hospital Danvers MA. The three case studies were surveyed using the National Park Service seven aspects of historical integrity, to examine if historical integrity was …

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Awareness At A Threshold: Urban Exchange Through Public Space, Matthew Spears Jan 2013

Awareness At A Threshold: Urban Exchange Through Public Space, Matthew Spears

Architecture Theses and Projects

The moment of arrival becomes an important opportunity for cultural exchange in an urban environment. This exchange can be both the physical exchange between two places or it can be the experiential exchange between two or more disparate groups. These moments of exchange are an elusive experience for visitors as well as residents and are easily forgotten. Expressing the space of the traveler, an interactive space between locals and visitors, can raise cultural awareness between the most prominent groups as well as the marginalized groups, creating a more cohesive urban imaginary. The major exchange hub in Seattle, Washington speaks to …

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Humility And Homelessness: A Housing Continuum, Jessica Macdonald Jan 2013

Humility And Homelessness: A Housing Continuum, Jessica Macdonald

Architecture Theses and Projects

The design of a housing continuum in Burlington provides a variety of support environments. These different housing environments are all designed within the downtown area, providing access to public transportation, open part space and employment opportunities. Support services play a huge role in an individual’s process to self-sufficiency. Many social services are already located in the downtown area, however the relationship between living space and support space is important. This thesis introduces three housing typologies as architectural interventions on three under-utilized downtown sites, focusing on the relationship between the individual and the common.

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Predicting Sexual Satisfaction From Self-Objectification And Alcohol Consumption, Nicole M. Nelson Jan 2013

Predicting Sexual Satisfaction From Self-Objectification And Alcohol Consumption, Nicole M. Nelson

Psychology Theses

This study was conducted to examine if gender, self-objectification and alcohol consumption were predictors of sexual satisfaction. It was expected that females would self-objectify more than males and self-objectification would negatively relate to satisfaction. It was expected that drinking alcohol would also negatively relate to satisfaction. Undergraduate participants (n=235) who reported a heterosexual sexual encounter within the past three months completed an online survey. Multiple linear regression analyses were conducted separately for males and females. It was found that gender was not a predictor of satisfaction; self-objectification did however negatively relate to sexual satisfaction for males and females, and alcohol …

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Hunger Strike: The Body As Resource, Reecia Orzeck Jan 2013

Hunger Strike: The Body As Resource, Reecia Orzeck

Faculty Publications - Geography, Geology, and the Environment

[In the absence of an abstract the beginning of the Introduction is provided.] The first coordinated hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility began in February of 2002, and the last of these strikers were the first to be fed against their will by the United States Department of Defense (Dao 2002). During the June/ July 2005 strike, approximately 50 of the 52 to 200 detainees on strike were fed intravenously (Gutierrez 2005: 9, 11). When the strike recommenced in August as many as 20 of its 76 to 210 participants were being kept at the camp hospital and …

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Increasing Awareness Of Weight Management Resources Through Facility Specific Patient Materials, Julie Vincent Jan 2013

Increasing Awareness Of Weight Management Resources Through Facility Specific Patient Materials, Julie Vincent

Summer Community of Scholars Posters (RCEU and HCR Combined Programs)

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City On The “River Of Awe”: An Historical & Observational Study Of Missoula’S Urban River Greenway, Sandra Burch Jan 2013

City On The “River Of Awe”: An Historical & Observational Study Of Missoula’S Urban River Greenway, Sandra Burch

Undergraduate Theses, Professional Papers, and Capstone Artifacts

Urban river greenways have the potential to serve as landscapes of civic environmentalism in the American West. Missoula’s urban river corridor is such a landscape. This study seeks to assess the history of Missoula’s urban river corridor, and the degree to which the city’s current urban river greenway meets social and environmental goals. The urban river greenway in Missoula is a successful social undertaking, and its history shows a positive change in the treatment of the river as a healthy landscape feature. In order to explore this concept, historical data was gathered on Missoula’s past relationship to the river, and …

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Community Based Entrepreneurship: An Alternative Social Enterprise Model For Small Communities In Poor Municipalities, Emilina R. Sarreal Jan 2013

Community Based Entrepreneurship: An Alternative Social Enterprise Model For Small Communities In Poor Municipalities, Emilina R. Sarreal

Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)

According to theories, the economic goal is the primary consideration of entrepreneurs when embarking on new ventures. The emergence of successful business districts or social organizations brought about a surging interest in combining the network of relationships, specifically at the local level, relative to entrepreneurial activities.

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Assessing The Impacts Of Cash, Food, And Non-Food Grants On Poverty Alleviation In The Philippines, Mitzie Irene P. Conchada, John Paolo R. Rivera Jan 2013

Assessing The Impacts Of Cash, Food, And Non-Food Grants On Poverty Alleviation In The Philippines, Mitzie Irene P. Conchada, John Paolo R. Rivera

Angelo King Institute for Economic and Business Studies (AKI)

The incidence of hunger in the country gave rise to government mitigation projects. One such endeavor is the Food-for-School Program (FSP). Its major goals are to help feed the poorest families in the Philippines, help them cope up with increasing prices of food and fuel, and provide education to children. Through this program, the government provides a kilo of rice to families suffering from severe hunger. Furthermore, FSP beneficiary families that ensure the regular attendance of their children in the various Department of Education (DepEd) educational institutions are entitled to a free kilo of rice from the National Food Authority …

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Overcoming The Omission : A Study In Determining The Foundational Beliefs And Values That Lead To The Effective Implementation Of Corporate Prayer In The North American Context, John L. Whitsett Jan 2013

Overcoming The Omission : A Study In Determining The Foundational Beliefs And Values That Lead To The Effective Implementation Of Corporate Prayer In The North American Context, John L. Whitsett

ATS Dissertations

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Proactive And Self-Referred Care And Counseling In The Workplace : A Study Of Utilization And Effectiveness, Mark Robert Labonde Jan 2013

Proactive And Self-Referred Care And Counseling In The Workplace : A Study Of Utilization And Effectiveness, Mark Robert Labonde

ATS Dissertations

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Barriers And Obstacles To The Implementation And Practice Of Servant Leadership Among Pastors And Lay Leaders Of Evangelical Church Winning All (Ecwa), Nigeria, Habila Saidu Jan 2013

Barriers And Obstacles To The Implementation And Practice Of Servant Leadership Among Pastors And Lay Leaders Of Evangelical Church Winning All (Ecwa), Nigeria, Habila Saidu

ATS Dissertations

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Through The Lens Of Photography : A Missiological Study Of Liberian Culture And Identity From The Other Side, Gabriel Bernard Tait Jan 2013

Through The Lens Of Photography : A Missiological Study Of Liberian Culture And Identity From The Other Side, Gabriel Bernard Tait

ATS Dissertations

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Ecclesia Semper Reformanda Est: Radical Reformation And The Irs, Mason Powell Jan 2013

Ecclesia Semper Reformanda Est: Radical Reformation And The Irs, Mason Powell

Kentucky Law Journal

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Overcoming The Unfortunate Legacy Of Haditha, The Stryker Brigade "Kill Team," And Pantano: Establishing More Effective War Crimes Accountability By The United States, Alan F. Williams Jan 2013

Overcoming The Unfortunate Legacy Of Haditha, The Stryker Brigade "Kill Team," And Pantano: Establishing More Effective War Crimes Accountability By The United States, Alan F. Williams

Kentucky Law Journal

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Table Of Contents For Volume 101, Issue 3, Kentucky Law Journal Jan 2013

Table Of Contents For Volume 101, Issue 3, Kentucky Law Journal

Kentucky Law Journal

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He Said, She Said, Let's Hear What The Data Say: Sexual Harassment In The Media, Courts, Eeoc, And Social Science, Joni Hersch, Beverly Moran Jan 2013

He Said, She Said, Let's Hear What The Data Say: Sexual Harassment In The Media, Courts, Eeoc, And Social Science, Joni Hersch, Beverly Moran

Kentucky Law Journal

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Justice Holmes's Bad Man And The Depleted Purposes Of Punitive Damages, Jill Wieber Lens Jan 2013

Justice Holmes's Bad Man And The Depleted Purposes Of Punitive Damages, Jill Wieber Lens

Kentucky Law Journal

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Apa Deference After Independent Living Center: Why Informal Adjudicatory Action Needs A Hard Look, Brietta R. Clark Jan 2013

Apa Deference After Independent Living Center: Why Informal Adjudicatory Action Needs A Hard Look, Brietta R. Clark

Kentucky Law Journal

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Where There Is A Right, There Must Be A Remedy (Even In Medicaid), Nicole Huberfeld Jan 2013

Where There Is A Right, There Must Be A Remedy (Even In Medicaid), Nicole Huberfeld

Kentucky Law Journal

This Article will explore the power struggle that Medicaid invites and its potential elevation due to the pressures that will follow the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) expansion. Part I of this Article will describe the three phases of private enforcement litigation and how they have affected Medicaid reimbursement rates. This Part also will highlight the deceptive stability that has taken root in the lower federal courts by describing the recent state attempts to end private enforcement actions. The first Part will conclude by briefly considering the nature of the federalism arguments that states are making. Part II …

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A Framework To Evaluate Pharmaceutical Pay-For-Delays: A Balancing Test Based Upon Reasonableness, Jessica Hudson Bechtel Jan 2013

A Framework To Evaluate Pharmaceutical Pay-For-Delays: A Balancing Test Based Upon Reasonableness, Jessica Hudson Bechtel

Kentucky Law Journal

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Pathways To Positive Futures: State-Of-The-Science Conference Proceedings, Janet Walker, Kris Gowen, Pauline Jivanjee, Celeste Laurana Moser, Claudia Sellmaier, Nancy Koroloff, Eileen Brennan Jan 2013

Pathways To Positive Futures: State-Of-The-Science Conference Proceedings, Janet Walker, Kris Gowen, Pauline Jivanjee, Celeste Laurana Moser, Claudia Sellmaier, Nancy Koroloff, Eileen Brennan

School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations

Over the last decade, evidence has mounted showing that young people with serious mental health conditions experience a variety of challenges as they mature into adulthood. On average, their educational, economic and vocational outcomes are distinctly worse than their peers’, and they are more likely to experience homelessness, to struggle with substance use, and to be involved with corrections systems. In 2009, researchers at the Regional Research Institute at Portland State University applied for and received a grant from the National Institute for Disability Rehabilitation Research (NIDRR, US Department of Education) and the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS, US …

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Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace : Teaching Children What To Do When Everything Goes Wrong, Emily Louis Jan 2013

Anytime, Anywhere, Anyplace : Teaching Children What To Do When Everything Goes Wrong, Emily Louis

Capstone Projects and Master's Theses

Emergencies happen everyday and many children do not have the skills necessary to help themselves in an emergency situation. Many children do not know how to dial 9-1-1 or what to say when they call. Three professionals, one firefighter, one paramedic and one principal, were interviewed on the importance of emergency preparedness for children. The results of those interviews showed that children are not being taught emergency preparedness in schools. Two classrooms, one kindergarten and one fifth grade, at a local elementary school received a thirty-minute lesson on how to handle themselves in an emergency. The kindergarten class learned how …

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Differences In Physical Activity Participation Between University Employees With And Without A Worksite Health Promotion Program, Lisa J. Leininger, Debra Harris, Susan Tracz, James E. Marshall Jan 2013

Differences In Physical Activity Participation Between University Employees With And Without A Worksite Health Promotion Program, Lisa J. Leininger, Debra Harris, Susan Tracz, James E. Marshall

Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations

The purpose of this study was to assess differences in physical activity (PA) among university employees with and without a formal health promotion program. Three state university campuses without health promotion programs and four campuses with a program participated in this study. PA participation was assessed via survey to all campus employees. PA was compared for those with (n=426) and without a program (n=371). The results indicated that there was no significant difference (p>.05) in the amount of vigorous PA days per week between those with (M=1.87 ± 2.29) and without a program (M=1.6 ± 1.87).There was no significant …

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Pathology Of Skin Diseases. A Study From Western Saudi Arabia, Najla M. Alghanmi, Layla S. Abdullah Jan 2013

Pathology Of Skin Diseases. A Study From Western Saudi Arabia, Najla M. Alghanmi, Layla S. Abdullah

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: To describe the histopathological pattern of skin diseases in patients from the western region of Saudi Arabia and to compare this with previously published data from other regions in Saudi Arabia and worldwide. METHODS: A retrospective review of all skin biopsies received and reported by the Department of Pathology, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between January 2005 and December 2010. Neoplastic and non-neoplastic category were divided into melanocytic and non-melanocytic subcategories. Non-neoplastic category was divided into the following subcategories: dermatitis, infection, vascular, vesiculobullous, connective tissue disease, drugs, panniculitis, non-infectious granuloma, degenerative, metabolic, and pigmentary. RESULTS: …

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