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2013 Program For Celebrating Scholarship & Creativity Day, Katie M. Vogel

Celebrating Scholarship & Creativity Day (2011-2017)

No abstract provided.

Volume 104 Issue 25, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

A Community-Based Oral Health Self-Care Intervention For Hispanic Families, Pamela C. Hull, Michelle C. Reece, Marian Patton, Janice Williams, Bettina M. Beech, Juan R. Canedo, Roger J. Zoorob

Dental Hygiene Faculty Research

Objectives

A community-based intervention is described that targets oral health self-care practices among Hispanic children in the United States and is being tested in an ongoing trial. Descriptive results of baseline oral health variables are presented.

Methods

As of January 2013, 284 Hispanic children of ages 5–7 enrolled in the Healthy Families Study in Nashville, TN, USA. Families are randomized to one of two culturally appropriate interventions.

Results

At baseline, 69.6 % of children brushed at least twice daily, and 40.6 % brushed before bed daily. One-third of parents did not know if their children’s toothpaste contained fluoride.

Conclusions

This …

Prospectus, April 24, 2013, Jojo Rhinehart, Ted Sutterlund, Mark Roughton, Alex Wallner

Prospectus 2013

STUDENT COMMUTERS FACE DIFFICULTIES; Stressed students seek help with registration; Let's go Green: Readers share 25 great green tips; Best foods to power up your plate; Bad journalism fuels terrorism hysteria; Who should own DNA? All of us; Softball sophomores go out in style on Sophomore Day; What it takes to be a student-athlete; Titles bring buzz, prestige to streaming TV

The Winonan, Winona State University

The Winonan - 2010s

No abstract provided.

Elements Of Living, Dan Steele

Theses & Honors Papers

The purpose of this thesis is the exploration of influential personal events through creative nonfiction which remains thematically centered on the four traditional elements of earth, air, fire, and water. In the four essays serving as my thesis, collectively entitled "Elements of Living," I reflect on personal experiences which have bad significant impact on my life and philosophical outlook, and assign an element to each.

The topics covered in each essay vary, and some take historical information into consideration. Although the history that is covered does serve an important metaphorical purpose in the essays, reading straight historical data can be …

2013 Acssc Program, Acssc Planning Committee

Annual Celebration for Student Scholarship and Creativity

No abstract provided.

Emu Today, April 24, 2013, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 30, Issue 19, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Boston Marathon bombing manhunt comes to a climactic end -- Her Campus launches at Sacred Heart -- Editorials -- Students participate in walk for Multiple Sclerosis -- Sacred Heart Dance Team places third at Nationals -- CMS students celebrate with senior night -- Putnam Spelling Bee comes to Sacred Heart

Development Of A Method For The Measurement And Analyses Of The Micro-Scale Mechanical Response Of The Growth Plate With Fluorescent Microscopy, Thien-Chuong Nguyen Phung

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The growth plate is a layer of hyaline cartilage between the epiphysis and diaphysis of long bones and is responsible for the longitudinal growth of bone. Like the remodeling of mature bones, bone growth is influenced by its surrounding environment, but the underlying mechanisms of this process are less understood, although there appears to be a link between mechanical loading and bone growth. For example, the Hueter-Volkmann law states that growth rate decreases due to excessive compressive loading. Multiple mechanisms have been proposed to lead to growth retardation in the case of excessive compression such as vascular obstruction, alterations in …

The Effect Of Prenatal Care In Preventing Potentially Avoidable Maternal Complications (Pamcs); An Empirical Investigation With Emphasis On Racial Disparities In Access And Outcome, Riham F. Ishak

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This dissetation is composed of one essay that utilizes the Shelby County Birth Certificate Data for the years 2004-2006 to propose three models that evaluate the effectiveness of prenatal care in preventing Potentially Avoidable Maternal Complications (PAMC) among different ethnicity groups while making a case for its relevance to economic theory and public policy. The complications can be reduced through effective prenatal care. Given the ethnical diversity of the U.S., and the obeserved disparities in maternal complications and access to prenatal care, it is critical that I analyze the relationship between prenatal care and maternal complications. To correct for the …

Product Of Coeffecients And Bootstrapping Estimation Apporaches To Expoloring Multiple Mediation Effects: A Comparison Of Cross-Sectional And Longitudinal Research, Taren Michelle Swindle

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Modern approaches to estimation of mediation have evolved to create inconsistencies in the science. Researchers claim mediation effects with differential analytic techniques and discrepant considerations for the passage of time. This study compares and contrasts the results and substantive conclusions reached by four approaches to mediation estimation: (a) cross-sectional data with product of coefficients estimation mediation; (b) cross-sectional data with bootstrapping estimation of mediation; (c) longitudinal data with product of coefficients estimation; and (d) longitudinal data with bootstrapping estimates. An empirical example of multiple mediators in the relationship between neighborhood quality and child television exposure is provided. Findings were consistent …

The Parthenon, April 24, 2013, John Gibb, Tyler Kes

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

Growing Up Tamarin: Morphology, Reproduction, And Population Demography Of Sympatric Free-Ranging Saguinus Fuscicollis And S. Imperator, Mrinalini Watsa

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

The Callitrichidae are family of small New World primates with a suite of distinctive morphological and behavioral adaptations that set them apart from other primates. Of primary interest is their reproductive system that includes compulsive twinning: ≥80% of births) and cooperative care of offspring by individuals other than biological parents: termed alloparenting). Further, hematopoietic tissues in callitrichids display signals of both self and sibling DNA, due to an exchange of stem cells early in gestation that renders twin callitrichids as cellular mosaics of each other. This phenomenon is known as genetic chimerism, which increases genetic relatedness between individuals and is …

Sustainability Semester To Premier This Summer At Morris, University Relations

Campus News Archive

Students will learn how to build sustainable communities in the new Sustainability Semester.

The Effect Of Independent Living On College Students' Self-Management Of Abnormal Blood Glucose Metabolism Disorders On Stress Management, Elizabeth Anne Hale

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Independent Living On College Students' Self-Management Of Abnormal Blood Glucose Metabolism Disorders On Nutritional Adjustments, Deena Majdi Zahran

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

S&T Publications Output Of India: A Scientometric Analyses Of Publications Output, 1996-2011, B M. Gupta, Adarsh Bala, Avinash Kshitig

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study analyses India’s performance in science and technology (S&T), using publications data and different quantitative and qualitative measures. Its focuses on India’s global publication share, growth rate, citation quality, international collaborative publications share, its publication share and distribution in various broad and narrow subjects using 15 years data from the Scopus international multidisciplinary database. The study suggests the need to increase the pace of Indian scientific research and also improve its quality compared with other developed and developing countries. It also suggests the need for India to build up its scientific capacity, competence and knowledge base to help bridging …

The Normative Dimensions Of Health Disparities, Andrew Ward, Pamela Jo Johnson, Mollie O'Brien

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Understanding what conditions must be satisfied for a health inequality to be a health inequity (disparity) is crucial for health policy makers. The failure to understand what constitutes a health inequity, and confusing health inequalities with health inequities threatens the successful creation of health policies by diverting needed attention and resources away from addressing health inequalities that are health inequities. More generally, the failure threatens to undercut our ability to tell what research is relevant to the creation of health policies that aim to mitigate or eliminate health inequities. With this in mind, the principal aim of the present paper …

A Diabetes Prevention Program Provided By Home Care Nurses To Residents Of Public Housing Communities, Robin Whittemore Phd, Alana Rosenberg Mph, Sangchoon Jeon Phd

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

The purpose of this pilot study was 1) to modify the Diabetes Prevention Program protocol collaboratively with home care nurses, health professionals, and residents of public housing: 2) to evaluate the feasibility (reach and implementation) and the preliminary efficacy of the modified diabetes prevention program (mDPP) provided by home care nurses to adults at-risk for T2D on clinical, behavioral, and psychosocial outcomes compared to an enhanced standard care control group. A mixed-method sequential design was used. The sample (n=67) was primarily female (79%), with a mean age of 40 years, and of diverse race and ethnicity (76% non-White). Home care …

Lessons Learned From Training Of Promotores De Salud For Obesity And Diabetes Prevention, Erica T. Sosa, Lesli Biediger-Friedman, Zenong Yin

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Background: Promotores de Salud are impactful in reducing health disparities for Hispanic communities. The purpose of this paper is to present the training process and fidelity of study protocol implementation using a promotora model for community-based diabetes prevention.

Methods: Five Hispanic bilingual promotores were recruited from a Community Health Worker program and received intensive 30-hour promotora training on how to recruit participants, lead group sessions, and support participants making behavior changes. Evaluation of the training included a survey and focus group to assess promotores’ feedback, a post-training knowledge test to assess knowledge acquired during the training and an observational assessment …

International Deployment Of Microbial Pest Control Agents: Falling Between The Cracks Of The Convention On Biological Diversity And The Cartagena Biosafety Protocol?, Guy R. Knudsen

Pace Environmental Law Review

This paper considers one tangled web of conflicting developments. It involves the popular desire to replace chemical pesticides with more “natural” biological control strategies, plus a slowly emerging awareness of a less benign side to microbial pest control agents, based on their potential invasiveness and sometimes striking similarities to agents of bioterrorism and biological warfare. This desire, however, is overshadowed by concerns about the environmental release of genetically engineered organisms. I argue that as some of the concerns about ecological diversity, as captured by the Convention on Biodiversity, were channeled into the subsequent Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention …

Harmony With Nature And Genetically Modified Seeds: A Contradictory Concept In The United States And Brazil?, Heather Leibowitz

Pace Environmental Law Review

Looking at the differing regulatory frameworks for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in the United States and Brazil, this Article will help demonstrate how a lack of scientifically objective standards has allowed regulatory agencies to circumvent environmentally protective and sustainable policies. Additionally, this analysis will help illuminate what corrective steps can be taken.

Cinnamon As A Prophylaxis Against Uti In Premenopausal Women, Michelle Iafe

Undergraduate Library Research Awards

No abstract provided.

The Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Hormone Amylin: Its Function, Effects And Uses In Medicine, Spencer W. Roberson

Undergraduate Library Research Awards

No abstract provided.

Executive Committee - Agenda, 4/23/2013, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Evaluation Of The Impact Of Coping Skills Groups On Quality Of Life In Cancer Survivors And Co-Survivors, Erin Schweers Cornelius

Open Access Dissertations

A coping skills group intervention for cancer survivors and co-survivors was developed based upon the APPLES Indicators of Healing. The group was a six week intervention aimed at teaching specific coping skills hypothesized to improve the participants’ quality of life. Variables including illness-related distress, illness-related coping, and illness-related resilience were examined in their relation to quality of life prior to the start of the intervention, midway through the intervention, and after the intervention concluded. It was predicted that participation in the APPLES coping skills group intervention would significantly improve cancer survivors’ and co-survivors’ resiliency, quality of life, and use of …

A Response To Intervention Model For Secondary Schools, Robbie L. Fletcher

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A capstone submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the College of Education at Morehead State University by Robbie L. Fletcher on April 23, 2013.

A Sociological Look At The Female Athlete Triad: How Gender Socialization Influences The Occurrence Of The Triad In College Athletics, Carmillia Massengale

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (4/23/2013), University Of Rhode Island

The Good 5 Cent Cigar (Student Newspaper Archives)

This is a digitized, downloadable version of the University of Rhode Island school newspaper.