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Re-Envisioning The Otis Mill: A Project On The Renovation Of The Otis Mill In Jay, Me, Brittany Reid, Camille Smith, Anne Ngo, Nicole Danser

Community Engaged Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Alewives On The Little Androscoggin: An Intersection Of Politics And Ecology, Jordan J. Buetow, Ashleen O'Brien, Benjamin James Mccormack, Hallie Grossman

Community Engaged Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Reinventing Urban Park Space In Lewiston/Auburn, Lucy Louisa Brennan, Catherine Elizabeth Dioli, Rohan K. Jaffrey, Matthew R. Mosca

Community Engaged Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Three Dimensional Nutrition: Exploring Nourishment Of Spirit, Mind, And Body During A 28-Day Daniel Fast At Southern Adventist University, Caitlin S. Hobbs

Capstone Research Projects

A person who is living well can be said to be “making lifestyle choices with God’s help to support optimum physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health and experiencing His gift of abundant life” (Tryon, 2009). All of these “dimensions” of health are interrelated, and in order for a person to truly flourish, each area must be nourished. Dietary choices can have an especially interesting impact on these dimensions. Eating healthfully is not always viewed as a joyous endeavor, but when viewed from a multi-dimensional perspective, it can become a more rewarding and intriguing pursuit.

One way to promote a nutritional …

College Senate Minutes December 12, 2013, Bronx Community College Senate

BCC Governance Archives

Minutes for the meeting of the College Senate on December 12, 2013.

Vol.41 N.20 December 12th 2013, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

Cal Poly Graphic Communication Announces 2014 International Printing Week Program, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Huntsman Professor's Research Sparks Discussions About "Organizational Virtue", Usu Jon M. Huntsman School Of Business, Steve Eaton

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business News Collection

A presidential candidate in the last election cycle took flack when he said: “Corporations are people, my friend.” And yet, a Huntsman professor is arguing that corporations can, in fact, behave just like people and his research is generating discussion in the academic management community.

Commentary On "Family-Directed Structural Therapy: Ten Years Of Building On Family Strengths", Roger S. Friedman

Journal of Family Strengths

This is an original and ground-breaking article because the authors have operationalized important concepts in family-centered thinking and practice, developed assessment tools that can be used for testing the validity of these concepts and then collected data from control and treatment groups of families in four very different service areas.

Nevertheless, the use of 'structural family therapy' in the title and design of instruments without grounding this research in the non-linear systems assumptions that are the hallmark of the literature on structural family therapy, obscures some of the theoretical and practice problems that are faced in family treatment today.

Sustainable Energy, The Androscoggin, Grow L+A, Madeline David, Jedd Countey, Sarah Jacobson, Bridgette Chandhoke

Community Engaged Research Reports

No abstract provided.

The History Of Lewiston's Waterfalls, Canals, Mills And Water Systems, Hadley Dawson, Tyler Grees, Adelaide Makwaia, Derek Murphy

Community Engaged Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Bobbin Mill Brook Of Auburn, Maine, Water Quality In An Urban Watershed, Megan Kearns, Anne Rockwell, Anabel Schmelz

Community Engaged Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Charter Schools. Public Records. Open Meetings. Conflicts Of Interest. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Requires charter schools and related entities to comply with state laws providing for public records upon request, providing for public access to meetings, and governing financial conflicts of interest. Requires public disclosures before charter school approval of certain contracts over $10,000. Prohibits for-profit operation of charter schools. Restricts charter school investment of public funds to government bonds and federally insured accounts. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Costs to charter schools, of at least several million dollars annually statewide, to undertake additional legal, financial, and disclosure-related work. Minor …

Charter Schools. Public Records. Open Meetings. Conflicts Of Interest. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Requires charter schools and related entities to comply with state laws providing for public records upon request, providing for public access to meetings, and governing financial conflicts of interest. Requires public disclosures before charter school approval of certain contracts over $10,000. Prohibits for-profit operation of charter schools. Restricts charter school investment of public funds to government bonds and federally insured accounts. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Costs to charter schools, of at least several million dollars annually statewide, to undertake additional legal, financial, and disclosure-related work. Minor …

Death Penalty. Procedures. Initiative Statutory And Constitutional Amendment.

Initiatives

Gives state appellate courts jurisdiction over death penalty appeals, before consideration by California Supreme Court. Changes procedures governing state court petitions challenging death penalty convictions and sentences. Designates superior court for initial petitions and limits successive petitions. Imposes time limits on state court death penalty review. Requires appointed attorneys who take noncapital appeals to accept death penalty appeals. Exempts prison officials from existing regulation process for developing execution methods. Authorizes death row inmate transfers among California state prisons. States death row inmates are required to work and pay victim restitution. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance …

Charter Schools. Public Records. Open Meetings. Conflicts Of Interest. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Requires charter schools and related entities to comply with state laws providing for public records upon request, providing for public access to meetings, and governing financial conflicts of interest. Requires public disclosures before charter school approval of certain contracts over $10,000. Prohibits for-profit operation of charter schools. Restricts charter school investment of public funds to government bonds and federally insured accounts. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Costs to charter schools, of at least several million dollars annually statewide, to undertake additional legal, financial, and disclosure-related work. Minor …

Death Penalty. Procedures. Initiative Statutory And Constitutional Amendment.

Initiatives

Gives state appellate courts jurisdiction over death penalty appeals, before consideration by California Supreme Court. Changes procedures governing state court petitions challenging death penalty convictions and sentences. Designates superior court for initial petitions and limits successive petitions. Imposes time limits on state court death penalty review. Requires appointed attorneys who take noncapital appeals to accept death penalty appeals. Exempts prison officials from existing regulation process for developing execution methods. Authorizes death row inmate transfers among California state prisons. States death row inmates are required to work and pay victim restitution. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance …

Charter Schools. Public Records. Open Meetings. Conflicts Of Interest. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Requires charter schools and related entities to comply with state laws providing for public records upon request, providing for public access to meetings, and governing financial conflicts of interest. Requires public disclosures before charter school approval of certain contracts over $10,000. Prohibits for-profit operation of charter schools. Restricts charter school investment of public funds to government bonds and federally insured accounts. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local government: Costs to charter schools, of at least several million dollars annually statewide, to undertake additional legal, financial, and disclosure-related work. Minor …

Functional Environmental Screening Of A Metagenomic Library Identifies Stla; A Unique Salt Tolerance Locus From The Human Gut Microbiome, Roy D. Sleator, Et. Al.

Department of Biological Sciences Publications

Functional environmental screening of metagenomic libraries is a powerful means to identify and assign function to novel genes and their encoded proteins without any prior sequence knowledge. In the current study we describe the identification and subsequent analysis of a salt-tolerant clone from a human gut metagenomic library. Following transposon mutagenesis we identified an unknown gene (stlA, for “salt tolerance locus A”) with no current known homologues in the databases. Subsequent cloning and expression in Escherichia coli MKH13 revealed that stlA confers a salt tolerance phenotype in its surrogate host. Furthermore, a detailed in silico analysis was also …

Healthcare Provider's Adherence To The Centers For Disease Control And Prevention's Guidelines Regarding The Human Papillomavirus Vaccine In Males, Lacey Gullick, Kevin Miller

MSN Research Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine the number (percentage) of boys, ages 9-21, who were educated on or who received the HPV vaccine at their local community clinic.

Tetanus, Diphtheria, And Pertussis Screening And Pertussis Prevention Throughout The Age Span, Lacey Gullick, Kevin Miller

MSN Research Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine the number (percentage) of boys, ages 9-21, who were educated on or who received the HPV vaccine at their local community clinic.

Computational And Experimental Study Of Degeneration, Damage And Failure In Biological Soft Tissues, Gregory Allen Von Forell

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this work was to analyze the biomechanics of degeneration, damage, and failure in biological soft tissues both experimentally and computationally to provide insight into tendon or ligament tearing, tendo-achilles lengthening and lumbar spine dysfunction. For soft tissue tearing, experimental studies for calculating fracture toughness were performed and determined that tendons and ligaments are able to completely resist tear propagation. For tendo-achilles lengthening, a damage model was developed to mimic the behavior of the lengthening that occurs as a result of the percutaneous triple hemisection technique. The model provided insight for predicting the amount of lengthening that occurs …

Active Structural Acoustic Control Of Clamped And Ribbed Plates, William Richard Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

A control metric, the weighted sum of spatial gradients (WSSG), has been developed for use in active structural acoustic control (ASAC). Previous development of WSSG [1] showed that it was an effective control metric on simply supported plates, while being simpler to measure than other control metrics, such as volume velocity. The purpose of the current work is to demonstrate that the previous research can be generalized to plates with a wider variety of boundary conditions and on less ideal plates. Two classes of plates have been considered: clamped flat plates, and ribbed plates. On clamped flat plates an analytical …

Introducing The Vuepod: Development And Testing Of A Low-Cost Large-Scale Stereoscopic Immersive System Using 3d Lcd Televisions, Shane Makana Hayden

Theses and Dissertations

3D immersive visualization systems, or CAVEs™, have found wide adoption for use in geosciences, planetary science, medical research, and computer science. However, much of the potential for such systems in practical civil and environmental engineering settings has been severely limited due to 1) extreme costs in both hardware and software; 2) immobility due to calibration and darkroom requirements; and 3) extensive and expensive manpower requirements for both operation and maintenance. This thesis presents the development and testing of a new mobile low-cost immersive stereo visualization system -- the "VuePod" -- that attempts to address these challenges through the use of …

The Effects Of Professional Development On High School Teachers' Implementation Of The Problem-Solving Process, Brandon Y. Jackson

Theses and Dissertations

The majority of schools use punitive and reactive strategies to deal with maladaptive behaviors. This descriptive study was a replication of Wilmott (2012) and occurred in a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) high school. Professional development was provided to 22 teachers from a high school located in the western United States. This included 61% males and 39% females. Measures included the frequency of praise notes and ODRs, the quality of praise notes based on a praise note rubric, and a social validity questionnaire. The ODR and praise note frequencies were compared using the Spearman correlational coefficient that resulted in a …

Influence Of Morphology And Environment On The Electrochemical Reactivity Of Nio, Neil Spinner

Doctoral Dissertations

In this thesis, nickel oxide was investigated as an electrocatalyst and electrode material in both aqueous and non-aqueous media. The effects of morphology resulting from several different synthesis techniques were examined for the electrocatalytic oxidation of methanol in alkaline media and the Li⁺ mass transport in lithium-ion batteries. Effects of environment changes, including electrocatalyst/electrode additives and choice of media, were also investigated to determine their influence on the reactivity and mechanism for the oxidation of organics such as methane and methanol. For the conversion of methane at room temperature, an array of oxygenate products were identified and theoretical reaction …

Environmental Efficiency And Regulations, And Productivity Growth In The Face Of Climate Change: An Analysis Of U.S. Agriculture, Eric Njuki

Doctoral Dissertations

Environmental Efficiency and Regulations, and Productivity Growth in the Face of Climate Change: An Analysis of U.S. Agriculture

Eric Njuki, Ph.D.

University of Connecticut, 2013

Abstract

The objectives of this dissertation are threefold: 1) To measure the environmental efficiency of Northeast U.S. dairy farms in the presence of undesirable outputs; 2) To evaluate the economic costs of environmental regulations and abatement activities on dairy farms using county level data for the major dairy producing areas in the U.S.; and 3) To analyze total factor productivity (TFP) in U.S. agriculture in the face of climate change by utilizing a TFP index …

Variational Methods And Critical Point Theory 2013, Victoria Otero-Espinar, Juan J. Nieto, Donal O'Regan, Kanishka Perera

Mathematics and System Engineering Faculty Publications

[No abstract provided]

The Creation And Implementation Of Interprofessional Simulation Leadership Scenarios, Angeline C. Delucas

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

Healthcare is in a historical state of change creating an era that requires superior leadership skills. Leaders face burgeoning challenges in a competitive environment ensconced in reform. Today’s dynamic healthcare environment demands that nurse and interprofessional leaders be astute in a variety of areas including: fiscal responsibility and accountability, organizational politics, interpersonal skills, human resources, communication, conflict resolution, and emotional intelligence. Some areas such as fiscal management are considered hard skills, or skills which can be taught, while others such as conflict resolution are referred to as soft skills, or skills that are learned through experience. Though soft …

2013-December-12-Dr. Joellen Edwards Named President Of State Rural Health Group, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.