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International Dimensions Of Discrimination And Violence Against Girls: A Human Rights Perspective, Yvonne Rafferty

Journal of International Women's Studies

In many cultures, being born female can consign the girl child to the peripheries of society where her safety is denied and her human rights are routinely violated. At each and every stage of development, girls are more likely than boys to confront a host of disadvantages associated with discrimination and violence, although the social norms and cultural rules that influence girls are most intensely felt as she struggles to develop into adulthood. At the onset of puberty, or even before, some girls are pulled out of school and forced into early marriage and high-risk pregnancy. Others become victims of …

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 3 Issue 15, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

The Santa Clara, 2013-02-21, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

Ay 12-13 Meeting 2013-02-21, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

College Senate Minutes February 21, 2013, Bronx Community College Senate

BCC Governance Archives

Minutes for the meeting of the College Senate on February 21, 2013.

Commonwealth Times 2013-02-21

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

The Setonian, February 21, 2013, Seton Hall University

2013

No abstract provided.

The Carroll News- Vol. 89, No. 15, John Carroll University

The Carroll News

No abstract provided.

Minutes, Arts & Sciences Faculty Meeting, Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, Arts & Sciences Faculty

The College of Liberal Arts Faculty Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Ancestral Activation Promiscuity Of Adp-Glucose Pyrophosphorylases From Oxygenic Photosynthetic Organisms, Misty L. Kuhn, Carlos M. Figueroa, Alberto A. Iglesias, Miguel Ballicora

Chemistry: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Background

ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase (ADP-Glc PPase) catalyzes the first committed step in the synthesis of glycogen in bacteria and starch in algae and plants. In oxygenic photosynthetic organisms, ADP-Glc PPase is mainly activated by 3-phosphoglycerate (3-PGA) and to a lesser extent by other metabolites. In this work, we analyzed the activation promiscuity of ADP-Glc PPase subunits from the cyanobacterium Anabaena PCC 7120, the green alga Ostreococcus tauri, and potato (Solanum tuberosum) tuber by comparing a specificity constant for 3-PGA, fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (FBP), fructose-6-phosphate, and glucose-6-phosphate.

Results

The 3-PGA specificity constant for the enzymes from Anabaena (homotetramer), O. tauri, …

The Prospector, February 21, 2013, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: 25-Year Stride: Dr. Natalicio Behind UTEP's Vision

The Utah Statesman, February 21, 2013, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Extinction Hazards In Experimental Daphnia Magna Populations: Effects Of Genotype Diversity And Environmental Variation, John D. Robinson, John P. Wares, John M. Drake

Publications and Research

Extinction is ubiquitous in natural systems and the ultimate fate of all biological populations. However, the factors that contribute to population extinction are still poorly understood, particularly genetic diversity and composition. A laboratory experiment was conducted to examine the influences of environmental variation and genotype diversity on persistence in experimental Daphnia magna populations. Populations were initiated in two blocks with one, two, three, or six randomly selected and equally represented genotypes, fed and checked for extinction daily, and censused twice weekly over a period of 170 days. Our results show no evidence for an effect of the number of genotypes …

Household Task Delegation Among High-Fertility Forager-Horticulturalists Of Lowland Bolivia, Jonathan Stieglitz, Michael Gurven, Hillard Kaplan, Paul L. Hooper

ESI Publications

Human kin cooperation is universal, leading researchers to label humans as “cooperative breeders.” Despite widespread interest in human cooperation, there has been no systematic study of how household economic decision making occurs. We document age and sex profiles of task delegation by parents to children ages 4–18 among Bolivian forager-horticulturalists. We test for sex differences in the probability of delegation and examine whether tasks are more likely delegated as household labor demand increases. We also test whether food acquisition tasks are more likely delegated to higher producers.We find mixed support for the prediction that girls are more likely delegated domestic …

Observational Intensity Bias Associated With Illness Adjustment: Cross Sectional Analysis Of Insurance Claims, J. E. Wennberg, D. O. Staiger, S. M. Sharp, D. J. Gottlieb

Dartmouth Scholarship

Objective: To determine the bias associated with frequency of visits by physicians in adjusting for illness, using diagnoses recorded in administrative databases.

Setting: Claims data from the US Medicare program for services provided in 2007 among 306 US hospital referral regions.

Design: Cross sectional analysis. Participants 20% sample of fee for service Medicare beneficiaries residing in the United States in 2007 (n=5 153 877).

Comparison Of Risk Of Radiogenic Second Cancer Following Photon And Proton Craniospinal Irradiation For A Pediatric Medulloblastoma Patient, Rui Zhang, Rebecca M. Howell, Annelise Giebeler, Phillip J. Taddei, Anita Mahajan, Wayne D. Newhauser

Faculty Publications

Pediatric patients who received radiation therapy are at risk of developing side effects such as radiogenic second cancer. We compared proton and photon therapies in terms of the predicted risk of second cancers for a 4 year old medulloblastoma patient receiving craniospinal irradiation (CSI). Two CSI treatment plans with 23.4 Gy or Gy (RBE) prescribed dose were computed: a three-field 6 MV photon therapy plan and a four-field proton therapy plan. The primary doses for both plans were determined using a commercial treatment planning system. Stray radiation doses for proton therapy were determined from Monte Carlo simulations, and stray radiation …

An Open Access Policy For Uri: A Recommendation Of The Ad-Hoc Committee On Open Access, Andrée J. Rathemacher

Technical Services Faculty Presentations

Powerpoint presentation to the University of Rhode Island Faculty Senate on behalf of the Ad-Hoc Committee on Open Access, February 21, 2013.

Chanticleer | Vol 61, Issue 19, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: February 21, 2013, Eastern Illinois University

February

No abstract provided.

Antisocial Behavior From Adolescence To Early Adulthood: Heritability, Stability, And Correlates Using A Longitudinal Twin Sample, Ashley Dibble

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the heritability, stability, and outcomes of antisocial behavior from adolescence into adulthood in a longitudinal twin sample. Specifically, the genetic and environmental influences on conduct disorder, adult antisocial behavior, and alcohol dependence were examined. The influence of genes and environment on the relationship between these disorders was also examined. The study utilized a subset of FinnTwin12, a population-based twin study that consists of five consecutive birth cohorts. The subsample consisted of 1035 twin pairs (N = 2070) and of that 2070, 1854 completed the intensive interview at age 14. At age 22, …

Finite Element Simulation Of Creep In Swollen Nitril Butadiene Rubber (Nbr) Pipe Under Internal Pressure / Mohammad Reza Hassan, Hassan Mohammad Reza

Student Works (2010-2019)

Elastomers are increasingly used as engineering materials due to their high manufacturability, low weight, low cost and excellent mechanical properties. During the service, elastomer degradation can occur as the result of interaction with the environment. In the case of exposure to aggressive liquids or solvents such as palm biodiesel, degradation in the form of swelling can occur which leads to a reduction in its properties. Nitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) is one type of elastomers which is widely used where high oil resistance is required such as in automotive seals, gaskets, or other items subject to contact with oils. The objective …

Estimated Losses Of Plant Biodiversity Across The U.S. From Historical N Deposition From 1985—2010., Christopher M. Clark, Philip E. Morefield, Frank S. Gilliam, Linda H. Pardo

Biological Sciences Faculty Research

Although nitrogen (N) deposition is a significant threat to herbaceous plant biodiversity worldwide, it is not a new stressor for many developed regions. Only recently has it become possible to estimate historical impacts nationally for the United States. We used 26 years (1985–2010) of deposition data, with ecosystem-specific functional responses from local field experiments and a national critical loads (CL) database, to generate scenario-based estimates of herbaceous species loss. Here we show that, in scenarios using the low end of the CL range, N deposition exceeded critical loads over 0.38, 6.5, 13.1, 88.6, and 222.1 million ha for the Mediterranean …

Illinois State University Founders Day Convocation Program, February 21, 2013, Illinois State University

Founding Celebration Programs

Program for annual event celebrating the founding of Illinois State Normal University on February 18, 1857.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Barrow Visits GSU to Announce Clinic
• News
• Opinions
• Arts & Entertainment
• Classifieds
• Puzzles/ Comics
• Sports

The Inkwell, Armstrong Atlantic State University

The Inkwell

No abstract provided.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern to Host Fraud and Forensic Accounting Conference
• Georgia Southern to Offer more than 300 Classes Online This Summer

The Missouri Miner, February 21, 2013

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

University Of Northern Iowa Secondary Teacher Education Senate Meeting Minutes, February 21, 2013, University Of Northern Iowa. Secondary Teacher Education Senate.

Documents - Secondary Senate

Meeting minutes from the Secondary Teacher Education Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Kenyon Collegian - February 21, 2013

The Kenyon Collegian

No abstract provided.

Adult Attachment And Coregulation Of Stress In Romantic Couples, Daniel L. Hall

Open Access Theses

In moments of stress, adults often turn to their romantic partners as regulatory agents. Literature suggests that qualities of one’s relationship to their romantic partner will influence the magnitude of one’s physiological activation during moments of stress. Both attachment theory and findings to date suggest that insecure attachment is predictive of greater reactivity to stress. Moreover, whether the HPA-axis activity of a romantic partner - versus that of a stranger - who is present influences one’s physiological arousal during moments of acute stress, called coregulation, is largely unknown. This study tested the effects of physiological coregulation in romantic partners using …