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Montana Kaimin, April 24, 2013, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

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 …

An Examination Of Factors Influencing At-Risk High School Students' Readiness For Online Learning, William Campbell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Online education is increasingly offered as an intervention for students at-risk of school failure. The purpose of this study was to investigate at-risk high school students' readiness for online learning, as associated with their perceived self-directedness, learning preferences, study habits, and technology skills. The study also examined the possible influence of students' age, grade level (ninth-through-twelfth grade) and over-age for grade as related to their perceptions of readiness for online learning. The participants consisted of 264 at-risk high school students from a high minority, economically impoverished community. This quantitative study used data from the Online Readiness Assessment (ORA) and school …

Investigating The Relations Between Posttraumtic Stress Disorder Symptom Clusters And Chronic Pain, Amanda Michelle Rach

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Comorbidity rates of PTSD and chronic pain in returning veterans range between 66% and 80%. To date, only a single study conducted with Vietnam veterans years after the trauma exposure has explored the unique relations between PTSD symptoms and chronic pain. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relation between unidimensional PTSD symptom clusters and chronic pain indices in returning OIF/OEF/OND veterans. PTSD symptom clusters did not differentiate pain positive from pain negative veterans and symptom clusters were also not related to veteran report of pain severity or pain interference. Depression, as a covariate, was related to pain …

The Birth Of The World: An Exploration In Husserl's Genetic Phenomenology, Matt Bower

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

In this dissertation I provide an extensive interpretation of Husserl’s genetic phenomenology of the “world-horizon,” the sui generis form of intentionality that gives us a schematic awareness of what lies beyond our momentary present experience. Chapter 2 begins with an account of Husserl’s static analyses, taking advantage of recently published manuscripts in which Husserl uses the tools of his eidetic method to ground his concept of the world-horizon. What we find is a minimal conception of the world-horizon as a spatiotemporal form for experience. The chapter ends with a look at how this minimal conception is related to practical and …

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.

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

Art And Becoming-Animal: Reconceptualizing The Animal Imagery In Dorothea Tanning's Post-1955 Paintings, Samantha Karam

Theses and Dissertations

In 1955, American artist Dorothea Tanning abandoned her figurative Surrealist renderings of dream-like scenarios in favor of a complexly abstract and fragmented style of painting. With few exceptions, the ways in which Tanning’s later works function independently of her earlier paintings tends to be downplayed in the scholarship on her oeuvre. Equally sparse is the scholarship on Tanning’s dog imagery, which pervades her oeuvre but becomes most apparent in her later phase. This thesis seeks to shift attention toward Tanning’s later abstract paintings; it also seeks to fill the gap in scholarship on Tanning’s dogs. Specifically, through the study of …

Fs Agenda Packet 2013-04-24, Northern Illinois University

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

April 24, 2013, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

General Semantics, Stare Decisis And Change Through Considerations Of A New Ethics, Irene S. Ross

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

No abstract provided.

A Bibliometric Analysis Of The Research Output Of Sambalpur University’S Publication In Isi Web Of Science During 2007-11, Rabindra K. Maharana, Bipin Bihari Sethi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study is a bibliometric assessment of scientific research output of Sambalpur University during the 2007 to 2011. Which describes the growth, contribution and impact of research carried out by the faculty members, researchers or students of Sambalpur University. It also attempts to analyze the growth and development of research activity of the university as reflected in publications output covered by ISI Web of Science during the period under study. The study attempt to examines the content of papers published, including the annual average growth rate percent, authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, distribution of citations, organizational affiliation of papers. …

Use Of Fly Ash As Soil Amendment For Biofuel Feedstock Production With Concomitant Disposal Of Waste Accumulations, Harold Pettigrew, Ekundayo Adeleke, Dafeng Hui, E. Kudjo Dzantor

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

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 …

Judicial Review Of Forest Service Decisions Made Pursuant To The National Forest Management Act's Substantive Requirements: Time For A Science Court?, Kristen Potter

Journal of the National Association of Administrative Law Judiciary

This article is divided into five sections. Section I reviews the legal and historical background of forest law, culminating in NFMA, and establishes why many believe that the NFMA provides a greater role for courts. Section II presents the underpinnings of judicial review and deference to administrative agencies, such as the Forest Service. Section III provides examples of the deference applied in challenges to the Forest Service's attempted compliance with NFMA's diversity requirements. Section IV discusses the benefits and shortcomings of a specialized court in addressing the criticisms of the present system. Section V concludes that a specialized court is …

The Morgantown Star Project: A Fly Ash Beneficial Reuse Case Study, Brandie M. Sebastian, Robin Lee, Robert Sawyer, Shawn Seaman

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.

An Innovative Composite Liner System For Coal Combustion Residual Containment Projects, Ed Zimmel, Dhani Narejo, Jimmy Youngblood

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.

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 …

Discrimination In Medical Settings And Attitudes Toward Complementary And Alternative Medicine: The Role Of Distrust In Conventional Providers, Tetyana Shippee, Carrie Henning-Smith, Nathan Shippee, Jessie Kemmick Pintor, Kathleen T. Call, Donna Mcalpine, Pamela Jo Johnson

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

This study examines the relationship between racial/ethnic discrimination in medical settings, distrust in conventional medicine, and attitudes toward complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) among a racially/ethnically diverse sample. We also investigate how this relationship differs by nativity. Data are from a 2008 statewide stratified sample of publicly insured adults in Minnesota (N=2,194). Discrimination was measured as self-reported unfair treatment in medical settings due to race, ethnicity, and/or nationality. Outcomes are trust in conventional providers/medicine and attitudes toward CAM modalities. Discrimination in medical settings was positively associated with 1) distrust in conventional providers and 2) favorable attitudes toward CAM. Foreign-born …

The Principle Of Resilience, Lia Helena Monteiro De Lima Demange

Pace Environmental Law Review

This article seeks to develop the role law could play in contributing to the achievement of ecosystem resilience. Therefore, adopting Aldo Leopold’s view of conservation, by which the first step should be to understand nature, this article will begin with a brief explanation of the ecological background to the concept of ecosystem resilience. Next, the article will consider Aldo Leopold’s land ethic in order to discuss the values we should look for when implementing conservation for resilience. Regarding those values and concepts, the following part of the article will be dedicated to consolidating and contextualizing the legal principle.

In order …

The Legal Profession’S Critical Role In Systems-Level Bioenergy Decision-Making, Jody M. Endres

Pace Environmental Law Review

Law as a discipline thus must seek greater prominence in the raging debates on the efficacy of modeling as a bioenergy policy driver. To ultimately determine law’s proper role, Part II of my article first assesses the universe of key economic and lifecycle models used in current bioenergy policy initiatives, as well as the models deployed in general environmental decision-making that could affect the siting and operation of biomass cropping and bioenergy facilities. Part III then dissects these models to uncover the multiple ways in which law can improve models both structurally and procedurally to achieve greater accuracy. The conclusion …

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.

No Laws In Nanoland: How To Reverse The Trend? The French Example, Nadia Kaddour

Pace Environmental Law Review

This paper will first present an introduction to nanotechnology and its potential environmental, health, and safety (EHS) issues. It will then briefly review the current United States’ situation with regard to nanotechnology regulation before examining the new French regulation on engineered nanomaterial substances, which is a good first step toward a nano-specific legal framework.

Big Things In Small Packages: Evaluating The City Of Berkeley’S Nanotechnology Ordinance Effectiveness As A Model Of Targeted Transparency, Drew Lerer

Pace Environmental Law Review

The purpose of this article is threefold. First, a practical ideal model of a nanotechnology disclosure policy is developed based on relevant literature. Second, the City of Berkeley’s Engineered Nanoparticle Disclosure Ordinance (BENDO) is assessed using the practical ideal type characteristics. Finally, recommendations to improve the BENDO are presented based on the assessment.

Regulatory Concerns And Health/Hazard Risks Associated With Nanotechnology, Louis Theodore, Leo Stander

Pace Environmental Law Review

This paper on nanotechnology discusses not only the regulatory concerns but also health risk and hazard assessment. The next section examines present and potentially future regulatory issues. The following two sections review traditional and time tested-methods that the practicing engineer and scientist employ in health and risk analysis assessment—procedures that are also employed in the nanotechnology field today. This paper concludes with a discussion of nanotechnology’s future and other associated concerns.

The Case For An Information-Forcing Regulatory Definition Of “Nanomaterials”, David A. Dana

Pace Environmental Law Review

This Article reviews regulatory attempts to define nanomaterials to date, including the European Commission’s definition. It then sets forth and explains why agencies should adopt what I am calling an information-forcing definition of nanomaterials. Nanomaterials implicate the same informational problem as many other substances or practices that are the subject of political and legal debate: that is, we (the public) know enough to know that there are some risks but not enough to specify and assess those risks. We know risks are posed by some kinds of small-scale materials in some contexts, but not enough is known to define the …

Searching For The Nano-Needle In A Green Haystack: Researching The Environmental, Health, And Safety Ramifications Of Nanotechnology, Taryn L. Rucinski

Pace Environmental Law Review

This Article will attempt to serve as a primer by demystifying the process of how to efficiently locate resources discussing the environmental health and safety (EHS) impacts of nanotechnology in the United States (U.S.). Part I of this Article begins with an examination of basic strategies for conducting research in the EHS nanotech field. Part II focuses on traditional legal resources such as texts, treatises, encyclopedias, as well as law review and journal articles. Part III examines such non-legal resources as reports, scientific studies, internet sites and other current awareness services. This last section is followed by a brief conclusion.

Removal Of Selenium From Fgd Water Streams By A Nonconventional Adsorbent By-Product, Patricia Córdoba, María Eugenia González, Aixa González, Natalia Moreno

World of Coal Ash Proceedings

No abstract provided.

Divine, Scientific, And Phrenological: A Study Of American Religion And Phrenology In The Nineteenth Century, Matthew C. Robinson

Undergraduate Library Research Awards

No abstract provided.