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The Comparison Of Two Undescribed Species Of Skates, Bathyraja Sp. 2 And Bathyraja Sp (C.F. Eatonii) From The Antarctic Waters Of The South Orkney Islands, Heather Kalisz Jan 2013

The Comparison Of Two Undescribed Species Of Skates, Bathyraja Sp. 2 And Bathyraja Sp (C.F. Eatonii) From The Antarctic Waters Of The South Orkney Islands, Heather Kalisz

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2010 - 2019

Skates of the genus Bathyraja belong to the subfamily Arhynchobatinae in the family Rajidae. This family is comprised currently of 228 recognized species and about 50 unnamed species (McEachran and Dunn, 1998). Some authors elevate the Arhynchobatidae to the rank of family (Nelson, 2006). Two unnamed species of skates Bathyraja sp. 2 and Bahtyraja cf. eatonii were examined and measured in the preparation of formally describing these species. A total of 20 preserved specimens of Bathyraja sp. 2 and a total of 4 preserved specimens of Bathyraja cf. eatonii, collected during the 2008- 2009 AMLR survey cruise of the South …

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Modeling Embryonic Tubulogenesis With Polarized Particles, Lucas Ortiz Jan 2013

Modeling Embryonic Tubulogenesis With Polarized Particles, Lucas Ortiz

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2010 - 2019

Epithelial morphogenesis is driven by the formation, growth, and bending of thin sheets of cells with distinct interior (apical) and exterior (basal) sides. In this study we attempted to improve on past particle-based cell models to form a model of morphogenesis based on a two-particle polarized cell structure. We began by modeling a stable cyst-like structure. We then tested and calibrated the viscoelastic properties of our model by compressing the cell structure between two plates, which is comparable to real world data collected by Forgacs et al. (1998). We also simulated the growth of a hollow sphere into a tube-like …

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"Death Is Nothing In Comparison To Dishonor": Sarah Morgan’S Diary And Women’S Roles In Southern Honor, Brooke Radaker Jan 2013

"Death Is Nothing In Comparison To Dishonor": Sarah Morgan’S Diary And Women’S Roles In Southern Honor, Brooke Radaker

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2010 - 2019

In their studies of the code of honor in the Old South, historians such as Bertram Wyatt-Brown and Edward L. Ayers consider women incapable of possessing honor. However, the diary of Sarah Morgan, a young woman living in Baton Rouge and New Orleans during the Civil War, reveals the many ways that women actively engaged in the code of honor and even considered themselves to be honorable. In her diary, Sarah Morgan described her own reverence for any honorable gentleman and the ways in which women like her preached the ideologies of the code of honor to men. Women reinforced …

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Keep It Together: Knockdowns Of Dynactin Subunits Demonstrate Varying Levels Of Importance In Dynactin Structure And Microtubule Organization, Christina Turn Jan 2013

Keep It Together: Knockdowns Of Dynactin Subunits Demonstrate Varying Levels Of Importance In Dynactin Structure And Microtubule Organization, Christina Turn

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2010 - 2019

Dynactin, a multisubunit protein complex, serves as a processivity factor and cargo adaptor for the microtubule motor cytoplasmic dynein. Together, these proteins permit mitotic progression, intracellular trafficking, and endomembrane organization. Dynactin also independently anchors microtubules at the centrosome during interphase. In this study, we use shRNAs to knock down expression of the p24, p27, p62, and Arp1 subunits of dynactin to determine those components’ roles in anchoring. Recent work has shown p62’s importance to dynactin integrity (Yeh et al., 2012), and we confirm that its loss disrupts microtubule organization. The peripheral p27 and binding partner p25 seem to contribute to …

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Reparations And Reconciliation: Negotiating Claims Of Historical Injustice In The Case Of The Herero Genocide, Leslie Williams Jan 2013

Reparations And Reconciliation: Negotiating Claims Of Historical Injustice In The Case Of The Herero Genocide, Leslie Williams

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2010 - 2019

To date, Germany has denied any obligation to financial compensation for the Herero genocide of 1904-1907. The Herero began petitioning in 1995 and haven’t yet seen results. The reconciliation process has been slowed by German denial and Namibian politics alike. Germany maintains that genocide was not technically illegal until the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in 1948, an argument that contradicts the hundreds of millions of dollars they continue to pay to Jewish victims as restitution for WWII. Historians argue that there are extensive links between German colonialism and the Jewish Holocaust. German concentration …

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Tolerance Of Sponge Assemblages To Temperature Anomalies: Resilience And Proliferation Of Sponges Following The 1997-8 El-Niño Southern Oscillation., Francisco Kelmo, James J. Bell, Martin J. Attrill Jan 2013

Tolerance Of Sponge Assemblages To Temperature Anomalies: Resilience And Proliferation Of Sponges Following The 1997-8 El-Niño Southern Oscillation., Francisco Kelmo, James J. Bell, Martin J. Attrill

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Coral reefs across the world are under threat from a range of stressors, and while there has been considerable focus on the impacts of these stressors on corals, far less is known about their effect on other reef organisms. The 1997-8 El-Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) had notable and severe impacts on coral reefs worldwide, but not all reef organisms were negatively impacted by this large-scale event. Here we describe how the sponge fauna at Bahia, Brazil was influenced by the 1997-8 ENSO event. Sponge assemblages from three contrasting reef habitats (reef tops, walls and shallow banks) at four sites were …

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Plasticity Of Visual Attention In Isha Yoga Meditation Practitioners Before And After A 3-Month Retreat, C Braboszcz, Br Cahn, B Balakrishnan, Et Al Jan 2013

Plasticity Of Visual Attention In Isha Yoga Meditation Practitioners Before And After A 3-Month Retreat, C Braboszcz, Br Cahn, B Balakrishnan, Et Al

School of Psychology

Meditation has lately received considerable interest from cognitive neuroscience. Studies suggest that daily meditation leads to long lasting attentional and neuronal plasticity. We present changes related to the attentional systems before and after a 3 month intensive meditation retreat. We used three behavioral psychophysical tests - a Stroop task, an attentional blink task, and a global-local letter task-to assess the effect of Isha yoga meditation on attentional resource allocation. 82 Isha yoga practitioners were tested at the beginning and at the end of the retreat. Our results showed an increase in correct responses specific to incongruent stimuli in the Stroop …

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Patients’ Experience Of A Regional Allergy Service, Rb Jones, A O'Connor, E Kaminski Jan 2013

Patients’ Experience Of A Regional Allergy Service, Rb Jones, A O'Connor, E Kaminski

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Predicting Malaysian Palm Oil Price Using Extreme Value Theory, K Chuangchid, S Sriboonchitta, S Rahman, A Wiboonpongse Jan 2013

Predicting Malaysian Palm Oil Price Using Extreme Value Theory, K Chuangchid, S Sriboonchitta, S Rahman, A Wiboonpongse

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

This paper uses the extreme value theory (EVT) to predict extreme price events of Malaysian palm oil in the future, based on monthly futures price data for a 25 year period (mid-1986 to mid-2011). Model diagnostic has confirmed non-normal distribution of palm oil price data, thereby justifying the use of EVT. Two principal approaches to model extreme values – the Block Maxima (BM) and Peak-OverThreshold (POT) models – were used. Both models revealed that the palm oil price will peak at an incremental rate in the next 5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 year periods. The price growth level in …

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Molecular Approaches For Studying Root Herbivores, Cm Benefer, Rp Blackshaw Jan 2013

Molecular Approaches For Studying Root Herbivores, Cm Benefer, Rp Blackshaw

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

The use of molecular techniques in insect ecology has expanded rapidly, allowing ever more challenging questions to be addressed. Compared to their aboveground equivalents, root herbivore molecular ecology has received less attention, despite essentially the same ecological questions being of importance in both the above- and belowground ecosystems. Studies so far have concentrated on economically important taxa, using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequencing and a variety of markers to investigate the species identity and relationships, population dynamics and dispersal, distribution, feeding behaviour and interactions with other organisms. Although this has proved useful for elucidating these aspects of their ecology, there …

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A Role For Two‐Pore Potassium (K2p) Channels In Endometrial Epithelial Function, Sk Patel, L Jackson, Ay Warren, Et Al Jan 2013

A Role For Two‐Pore Potassium (K2p) Channels In Endometrial Epithelial Function, Sk Patel, L Jackson, Ay Warren, Et Al

School of Nursing and Midwifery

The human endometrial epithelium is pivotal to menstrual cycle progression, implantation and early pregnancy. Endometrial function is directly regulated by local factors that include pH, oxygen tension and ion concentrations to generate an environment conducive to fertilization. A superfamily of potassium channels characterized by two-pore domains (K2P) and encoded by KCNK genes is implicated in the control of the cell resting membrane potential through the generation of leak currents and modulation by various physicochemical stimuli. The aims of the study were to determine the expression and function of K2P channel subtypes in proliferative and secretory phase endometrium obtained from normo-ovulatory …

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Mainstreet Art & Cultural Theater Districts - Clovis & Tucumcari Communities, Kelly Gard, Janell Furrow, Cameron Treme, Dale Lusk, Laura Baca, Servando Miranda, Trupti Stellus Pereira, Eliah Guerrero, Daniel Osuna, Kevin Maynard, Justin Depoy, Pete Collins, Stacey George Jan 2013

Mainstreet Art & Cultural Theater Districts - Clovis & Tucumcari Communities, Kelly Gard, Janell Furrow, Cameron Treme, Dale Lusk, Laura Baca, Servando Miranda, Trupti Stellus Pereira, Eliah Guerrero, Daniel Osuna, Kevin Maynard, Justin Depoy, Pete Collins, Stacey George

Design and Planning Assistance Center - Projects

During the spring of 2013 Design Planning Assistance Center (DPAC) of the University of New Mexico's School of Architecture and Planning worked with New Mexico MainStreet to assist Clovis and Tucumcari MainStreet communities and Arts and Cultural District (ACD) initiatives. The work focused on the three historic theaters in Clovis and two in Tucumcari as part of a larger initiative on New Mexico's historic theaters. The studio proposed renovations, adaptive reuses, and additions to the theaters, and proposed both permanent and temporary facilities to create art and cultural theater districts. While these proposals are specific to each theater and community, …

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Hslic Annual Report Fy2012-13, Health Sciences Library And Informatics Center Jan 2013

Hslic Annual Report Fy2012-13, Health Sciences Library And Informatics Center

HSLIC Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

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Qualitative And Visualization Methodologies For Modeling Social-Ecological Dimensions Of Regional Water Planning On The Rio Chama, Moises Gonzales, José A. Rivera, J. Jarrett García, Sam Markwell Jan 2013

Qualitative And Visualization Methodologies For Modeling Social-Ecological Dimensions Of Regional Water Planning On The Rio Chama, Moises Gonzales, José A. Rivera, J. Jarrett García, Sam Markwell

The Rio Chama Basin: Land, Water and Community

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Living Culture Corridors Plan: The Rio Arriba Indo-Hispano Homeland, Resource Center For Raza Planning Field School Jan 2013

Living Culture Corridors Plan: The Rio Arriba Indo-Hispano Homeland, Resource Center For Raza Planning Field School

The Rio Chama Basin: Land, Water and Community

No abstract provided.

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The Failed Promise Of Language Rights: A Critique Of The International Language Rights Regime, Moria Paz Jan 2013

The Failed Promise Of Language Rights: A Critique Of The International Language Rights Regime, Moria Paz

Faculty Scholarship

Major international legal instruments commit international law to protect language rights absolutely, irrespective of counter-pressures toward linguistic uniformity. This unconditional commitment to language rights is echoed in the writings of prominent human rights scholars, who argue that language is a constitutive element of cultural identity. This article contrasts the ideals of language rights with the actual record of their enforcement. It presents a detailed analysis of the 133 cases that have come before the European Court of Human Rights, the U.N. Human Rights Committee, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights dealing with language issues as they arise in (i) …

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Sudden Unexpected Death In Epilepsy (Sudep): Development Of A Safety Checklist, Rohit Shankar, David Cox, Virupakshi Jalihal, Scott Brown, Jane Hanna, Brendan Mclean Jan 2013

Sudden Unexpected Death In Epilepsy (Sudep): Development Of A Safety Checklist, Rohit Shankar, David Cox, Virupakshi Jalihal, Scott Brown, Jane Hanna, Brendan Mclean

Peninsula Medical School

Purpose The incidence of sudden death appears to be 20 times higher in patients with epilepsy compared with the general population. Epilepsy-related death, particularly sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP), is still underestimated by healthcare professionals and this may reflect the mistaken belief that epilepsy is a benign condition. The risk of death associated with epilepsy appeared rarely to have been discussed with patients or their families. It appears the decision to discuss SUDEP and also to peg SUDEP risk is arbitrary and clinical. Unfortunately there is no structured evidenced mechanism at present to represent person centered risk of SUDEP …

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Developing Student Nurse Retention Using Action Research, Graham Williamson, Val Heath, Tracey Proctor-Childs Jan 2013

Developing Student Nurse Retention Using Action Research, Graham Williamson, Val Heath, Tracey Proctor-Childs

School of Nursing and Midwifery

Aims of project: to understand students’ and staff concerns about this pre-registration nurse education programme and placements as part of developing our retention strategies.There is international concern about retention of student nurses on undergraduate programmes. United Kingdom Higher Education Institutions are monitored on their attrition statistics and can be penalised financially, so they have an incentive to help students remain on their programmes. Moreover, it is incumbent on healthcare education providers to ensure that students receive the best possible educational experience whilst they are studying for their professional qualifications. It is in this context that we designed our study to …

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Identifying Deterioration In A Simulated Environment: Testing Of A Pedagogic Model, Ruth Endacott, Louise Winfield, Martyn Bradbury, Annie Jenkin, J Scholes, S Cooper, L Kinsman Jan 2013

Identifying Deterioration In A Simulated Environment: Testing Of A Pedagogic Model, Ruth Endacott, Louise Winfield, Martyn Bradbury, Annie Jenkin, J Scholes, S Cooper, L Kinsman

School of Nursing and Midwifery

The purpose of this study is to test a pedagogic model, developed in Australia, with participants in the UK. Over the past three years, we have worked with collaborators at Monash University, Australia and at the University of Brighton on four funded exploratory studies (total income >AU$100k). The main outcome of this work is a pedagogic model of simulation delivery (FIRST2ACT - Feedback Incorporating Review and Simulation Techniques to Act on Clinical Trends) incorporating feedback via video review (Buykx et al 2010, Endacott et al in press, Endacott et al 2010, Cooper et al 2010). Work to date has used …

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A Systematic Review Of Educational Interventions To Change Behaviour Of Prescribers In Hospital Settings, With A Particular Emphasis On New Prescribers., Nicola Brennan, Karen Mattick Jan 2013

A Systematic Review Of Educational Interventions To Change Behaviour Of Prescribers In Hospital Settings, With A Particular Emphasis On New Prescribers., Nicola Brennan, Karen Mattick

Peninsula Medical School

AIMS: Prescribing is a complex task and a high risk area of clinical practice. Poor prescribing occurs across staff grades and settings but new prescribers are attributed much of the blame. New prescribers may not be confident or even competent to prescribe and probably have different support and development needs than their more experienced colleagues. Unfortunately, little is known about what interventions are effective in this group. Previous systematic reviews have not distinguished between different grades of staff, have been narrow in scope and are now out of date. Therefore, to inform the design of educational interventions to change prescribing …

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Trust In The Health-Care Provider-Patient Relationship: A Systematic Mapping Review Of The Evidence Base., Nicola Brennan, Rebecca Barnes, Mike Calnan, Oonagh Corrigan, Paul Dieppe, Vikki Entwistle Jan 2013

Trust In The Health-Care Provider-Patient Relationship: A Systematic Mapping Review Of The Evidence Base., Nicola Brennan, Rebecca Barnes, Mike Calnan, Oonagh Corrigan, Paul Dieppe, Vikki Entwistle

Peninsula Medical School

PURPOSE: Trust is important for patients and may be used as an indicator and potential 'marker' for how patients evaluate the quality of health care. The review aimed to classify the current evidence base on trust in the patient-provider relationship in order to identify strengths and weaknesses and to point towards areas for future research. DATA SOURCES: Nine electronic databases were searched from 2004 onwards using text and subject heading keywords relating to 'trust' and 'health care' and 'relationships'. STUDY SELECTION: Abstracts were identified for empirical studies carried out in health-care settings that explicitly examined trust or reported trust-related findings …

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Domestic Source Of Phosphorus To Sewage Treatment Works, Sean Comber, Michael Gardner, Karyn Georges, David Blackwood, Daniel Gilmour Jan 2013

Domestic Source Of Phosphorus To Sewage Treatment Works, Sean Comber, Michael Gardner, Karyn Georges, David Blackwood, Daniel Gilmour

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

No abstract provided.

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A Realist Review Of Interventions And Strategies To Promote Evidence-Informed Healthcare: A Focus On Change Agency, Brendan Mccormack, Joanne Rycroft-Malone, Kara Decorby, Alison M. Hutchinson, Tracey Bucknall, Bridie Kent, Alyce Schultz, Erna Snelgrove-Clarke, Cheyl Stetler, Marita Titler, Lars Wallin, Valerie Wilson Jan 2013

A Realist Review Of Interventions And Strategies To Promote Evidence-Informed Healthcare: A Focus On Change Agency, Brendan Mccormack, Joanne Rycroft-Malone, Kara Decorby, Alison M. Hutchinson, Tracey Bucknall, Bridie Kent, Alyce Schultz, Erna Snelgrove-Clarke, Cheyl Stetler, Marita Titler, Lars Wallin, Valerie Wilson

School of Nursing and Midwifery

No abstract provided.

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Risk Assessment In Mental Health: Introducing A Traffic Light System In A Community Mental Health Team., S. Croucher, Graham R. Williamson Jan 2013

Risk Assessment In Mental Health: Introducing A Traffic Light System In A Community Mental Health Team., S. Croucher, Graham R. Williamson

School of Nursing and Midwifery

AIMS: To reports a study in which action research approach was utilised to introduce a new system of risk assessment, based on traffic lights, into a community mental health team. BACKGROUND: Risk management is a serious concern in community mental healthcare where there is less direct, real-time supervision of clients than in other settings, and because inadequate management of risk can have fatal consequences when service users are a risk to themselves and/or others. DESIGN: An action research design was undertaken, using three phases of Look, Think and Act. METHODS: Data were collected between January and March of 2012. In …

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International Students’ Perspective On Employability: A Missing Voice, Rong Huang, Rebecca Turner Jan 2013

International Students’ Perspective On Employability: A Missing Voice, Rong Huang, Rebecca Turner

Plymouth Business School

Huang (2008) argues that previous research in relation to international students is limited in its scope, concentrating on areas such as the country of origin, or, the academic or social experience. As the emphasis is now more on the contribution international students’ fees make to the prestige and income of individual universities, it is surprising to note that there is limited research on the progression and achievement of international students following their graduation and their subsequent careers and motilities (Leonard and Morley, 2003). The employability of university graduates has dominated much educational and economic policy over the past decade (Cranmer, …

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Sensibilities For Social Justice Lawyers, Ascanio Piomelli Jan 2013

Sensibilities For Social Justice Lawyers, Ascanio Piomelli

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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Tax-Haven Incorporation For U.S.-Headquartered Firms: No Exodus Yet, Susan C. Morse, Eric J. Allen Jan 2013

Tax-Haven Incorporation For U.S.-Headquartered Firms: No Exodus Yet, Susan C. Morse, Eric J. Allen

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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Adobe Medicus 2013 1 January-February, Health Sciences Library And Informatics Center Jan 2013

Adobe Medicus 2013 1 January-February, Health Sciences Library And Informatics Center

adobe medicus

No abstract provided.

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Clan Capitalism, Graph Distance, And Other Issues, Florentin Smarandache, Victor Christianto Jan 2013

Clan Capitalism, Graph Distance, And Other Issues, Florentin Smarandache, Victor Christianto

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

This book consists of 6 papers focusing on social and economic issues. The topics covered include graph distance and optimal communication, migration in Jaipur, urbanization, clan capitalism, world population growth rate, and scientific inquiry. These papers were written in the period between 20092010. Hopefully the readers will find some new insights in this collection of papers.

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The Hyperbolic Menelaus Theorem In The Poincare Disc Model Of Hyperbolic Geometry, Florentin Smarandache, Catalin Barbu Jan 2013

The Hyperbolic Menelaus Theorem In The Poincare Disc Model Of Hyperbolic Geometry, Florentin Smarandache, Catalin Barbu

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

In this note, we present the hyperbolic Menelaus theorem in the Poincar´e disc of hyperbolic geometry.

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