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Feasibility Of Tomotherapy-Based Image-Guided Radiotherapy To Reduce Aspiration Risk In Patients With Non-Laryngeal And Non-Pharyngeal Head And Neck Cancer, Nam P. Nguyen, Lexie Smith-Raymond, Vincent Vinh-Hung, Paul Vos, Rick Davis, Anand Desai, Thomas Sroka

Dartmouth Scholarship

Purpose: The study aims to assess the feasibility of Tomotherapy-based image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) to reduce the aspiration risk in patients with non-laryngeal and non-hypopharyngeal cancer. A retrospective review of 48 patients undergoing radiation for non-laryngeal and non-hypopharyngeal head and neck cancers was conducted. All patients had a modified barium swallow (MBS) prior to treatment, which was repeated one month following radiotherapy. Mean middle and inferior pharyngeal dose was recorded and correlated with the MBS results to determine aspiration risk.

Microcredit Lending To Female Entrepreneurs: A Middle East Case Study, Alida M. Gomez

Journal of International Women's Studies

There are more than 4 billion people in the world living off of less than 1500USD per year. These are the people worldwide without access to commercial banks and credit unions. These are the people that microcredit lending institutions are here to help. This paper focuses on the advantages to allocating the microcredit loans to female entrepreneurs. Highlighting women’s empowerment through microcredit lending, and using the Middle East as a case study, this paper uses studies from throughout the region that show that microcredit loans are improving communication, access to information regarding rights, and improved household welfare. Through access to …

Phenotyping Common Beans For Adaptation To Drought, Stephen E. Beebe, Idupulapati M. Rao, Matthew W. Blair, Jorge A. Acosta-Gallegos

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Common beans (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) originated in the New World and are the grain legume of greatest production for direct human consumption. Common bean production is subject to frequent droughts in highland Mexico, in the Pacific coast of Central America, in northeast Brazil, and in eastern and southern Africa from Ethiopia to South Africa. This article reviews efforts to improve common bean for drought tolerance, referring to genetic diversity for drought response, the physiology of drought tolerance mechanisms, and breeding strategies. Different races of common bean respond differently to drought, with race Durango of highland Mexico being a major …

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper, March 6, 2012, George Fox University Archives

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of George Fox University.

The Lumberjack, March 6, 2013, The Lumberjack Staff

2013

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

We Are...Marshall, March 6, 2013, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

N.H. Farm To School Receives Funding For State Gleaning Work, Sara M. Cleaves, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Building The Science Of Public Health Delivery: Advances In Public Health Services And Systems Research, Glen P. Mays

Health Management and Policy Presentations

Efforts to improve the health and economic performance of the U.S. health system require evidence about how best to deliver public health strategies that protect health and prevent disease and injury on a population-wide basis. The field of public health services and systems research is building a "science of delivery" in public health that complements the evidence-based practice movement in medical care.

Daily Eastern News: March 06, 2013, Eastern Illinois University

March

No abstract provided.

Emu Today, March 6, 2013, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

No abstract provided.

Implementing Complete Streets, Pete Fritz

Purdue Road School

With populations concentrating in urban areas and the push for healthier living, biking and walking to work and other destinations are becoming more acceptable in the United States. With the ever-expanding network of trails in Indiana, the public is realizing the benefit of utilizing trails for daily commuting. This session will show what it takes for a community to embrace non-motorized commuters. We’ll also discuss the health and financial benefits of leaving your vehicle at home. Finally, we’ll get a statewide trails update from the Department of Natural Resources.

The Edition, 6th Of March, 2013. Vol 2, No. 10, 2013, Dit News Society

Student Publications

No abstract provided.

2013 March 5 - Medical Student Education Committee Minutes, Medical Student Education Committee, East Tennessee State University

Medical Student Education Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, March 5, 2013, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

March

No abstract provided.

Emu Today, March 5, 2013, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

No abstract provided.

Student Organization, Graduating Senior Recognized At Bacchus Conference, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2013

• Graduating senior Desirae House was recognized with the 2013 Hall of Fame Award.
• The SWAT group won the 2013 Iron Chef Mock-Tail Competition.

March 4th 2013, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Agenda, March 4, 2013, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• LibQual Survey
• EPC Items for February - Larry Smith
• Budget and Faculty Welfare Committee Annual Report - Carol Kochan
• Academic Freedom and Tenure Committee Annual Report - Bryce Fifield
• Research Council Report - Mark McLellan
• PRPC 402.12.6 & .7 dealing with/elimination of the Graduate Student Senate (first reading)

Poor Immigrants Use Public Benefits At A Lower Rate Than Poor Native-Born Citizens, Leighton Ku, Brian K. Bruen

Health Policy and Management Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Collegian (2013-03-04), Joe Molina

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 65, No. 22

Emu Today, March 4, 2013, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

No abstract provided.

Bjc Today

BJC Today

No abstract provided.

Ecological Studies Of Wolves On Isle Royale, 2012-2013, John A. Vucetich, Rolf O. Peterson

Ecological Studies of Wolves on Isle Royale

Annual Report 2012-2013

Registration Of N614, A3n615, N616, And N617 Shattercane Genetic Stocks With Cytoplasmic Or Nuclear Male Sterility And Juicy Or Dry Midribs, Scott E. Sattler, John J. Toy, James Aketch Okeno, Deanna L. Funnell-Harris, Jeffrey F. Pedersen

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Four shattercane [Sorghum bicolor subsp. drummondii (Nees ex Steud.) de Wet ex Davidse] genetic stocks—N614 (Reg. No. GS-652, PI 665684), A3N615 (Reg. No. GS-651, PI 665683), N616 (Reg. No. GS-653, PI 665685), and N617 (Reg. No. GS-654, PI 665686)—with A3 cytoplasmic male sterility or the nuclear male sterility gene ms3 containing either juicy (dd) or dry (DD) culms were developed jointly by the USDA-ARS; the Iowa Agricultural and Home Economics Experiment Station, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Iowa State University; and the Agricultural Research Division, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Nebraska. The stocks were released in …

Guidance On Performing Focused Ethnographies With An Emphasis On Healthcare Research, Gina M.A Higginbottom, Jennifer J. Pillay, Nana Y. Boadu

The Qualitative Report

Focused ethnographies can have meaningful and useful application in primary care, community, or hospital healthcare practice, and are often used to determine ways to improve care and care processes. They can be pragmatic and efficient ways to capture data on a specific topic of importance to individual clinicians or clinical specialties. While many examples of focused ethnographies are available in the literature, there is a limited availability of guidance documents for conducting this research. This paper defines focused ethnographies, locates them within the ethnographic genre, justifies their use in healthcare research, and outlines the methodological processes including those related to …

Integrating Site-Specific Environmental Graphic Design Within An Urban Context, Sanjyot Wagle

Theses

There are opportunities for environmental graphic design solutions that can enable urban residents to grasp information faster, reach destinations sooner and foster memorable experiences. In the daily negotiation of city living there may also be opportunities for educating residents about meaningful community-related topics. Graphic design can play a key role in addressing these goals. Environmental graphic design and wayfinding can help make urban experiences easier and more interesting. Incorporating the strategies of layering and sequencing within environmental graphic design solutions can strengthen the overall design and the particular messages being conveyed. One socially important topic city residents need to be …

Use Of Soybean Lecithin In Shape Controlled Synthesis Of Gold Nanoparticles, Benjamin Robert Ayres

Dissertations and Theses

The work presented in this dissertation is a composite of experiments in the growth of gold nanoparticles with specific optical properties of interest. The goal is to synthesize these gold nanoparticles using soybean extract for not only shape control, but for propensity as a biocompatible delivery system. The optical properties of these nanoparticles has found great application in coloring glass during the Roman empire and, over the centuries, has grown into its own research field in applications of nanoparticulate materials. Many of the current functions include use in biological systems as biosensors and therapeutic applications, thus making biocompatibility a necessity. …

A Sweetgrass Method Of Bullying Prevention For Native American Youth, Mark Standing Eagle Baez, Patricia Isaac

Journal of Indigenous Research

A Sweetgrass Method of Bullying Prevention for Native American Youth

Abstract

The Sweetgrass Method of Bullying Prevention for Native Youth serves as an instrument and strategy to communicate, collaborate and continue healthy journeys for native people. Native

Americans have held sweetgrass as sacred for a very long time. Sweetgrass is used to cleanse the heart so that our hearts feel the truth, grow in harmony and balance, and feel compassion, gentleness and thoughtfulness for others. The Sweetgrass Method forms a culturally responsive method of delivery for bullying prevention by looking at the three braiding strands: introspective (looking within self), collaboration …

Snake Oil In Your Pomegranate Juice: Food Health Claims And The Ftc, Alexandra Ledyard

University of San Francisco Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Ability Of Pisum Sativum Plant To Use Tricalcium Super Phosphate (Tsp) In The Presence And Absence Of Mycorrhizal Fungi Under Field Conditions, Hudaa Faruk Zaki, Ghaidaa Husein Al-Rubaiee

Baghdad Science Journal

Efficiency of Pisum sativum plants in using tricalcium super phosphate (TSP) in presence and absence of mycorrhizal fungi was evaluated in the field experiment in College of Science / Al-Mustansiriyah University. The experiment comprised of (6) treatments prepared from the interaction of two levels of inoculation [non-inoculation with fungus F0 and inoculation with Glomus mosseae fungus (F1)]. And three levels of phosphorus: 0,20,40 Kg P/ha. The experimental size was (1x2)m. Irrigation and hand-weeding were done when needed. The following plant measurements were recorded: (Shoots dry weight, concentration of N and P% in addition to percentage of root infection with mycorrhizal …