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Plum Run Stream Restoration, Krista Egolf, Brittney Semone, Shelby Garner

Biology Student Work

No abstract provided.

Town Of Middleton Annual Report., Middleton Town Representatives

Middleton, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Malaria: The Story Of Struggle, Suffering, And Eradication, Stevey Willey

Honors Projects

Every year over two million men, women, and children around the world are affected by malaria, a disease that can easily be prevented with awareness, education, and support. In April 2014 I held a malaria event in which guests had the opportunity to witness the effects malaria has on people, not just physically, but emotionally and economically as well. The death rate has moved from one person every 30 seconds to one every 60 seconds since 2010. The improvement in the rate of deaths has resulted from the increase in awareness of this disease. It is my goal with this …

George M. Leader, 1918-2013, Michael J. Birkner, Charles H. Glatfelter

Gettysburg College Faculty Books

George M. Leader (1918-2013), a native of York, Pennsylvania, rose from the anonymous status of chicken farmer's son and Gettysburg College undergraduate to become, first a State Senator, and then the 36th governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A steadfast liberal in a traditionally conservative state, Leader spent his brief time in the governor's office (1955-1959) fighting uphill battles and blazing courageous trails. He overhauled the state's corrupt patronage system; streamlined and humanized its mental health apparatus; and, when a black family moved into the white enclave of Levittown, took a brave stand in favor of integration.

After politics, Leader …

The Rhetoric Of War: Words, Conflict, And Categorization Post 9/11, Oren Gross, Fionnuala Ní Aoláin

Articles

No abstract provided.

Guest Editor's Observations: Recurring Policy Issues Of Guidelines (And Non-Guidelines) Sentencing: Risk Assessments, Criminal History Enhancements, And The Enforcement Of Release Conditions, Richard Frase

Articles

No abstract provided.

Response Essay: The Personhood Rationale And Its Impact On The Durability Of Private Claims To Public Property, Alexandra Klass

Articles

No abstract provided.

Sexuality, Gender Roles, And Domestic Violence In South Asia, M.E. Khan, John Townsend, Pertti J. Pelto

Reproductive Health

In the past 15 years, there has been a notable increase in research on and interest in sexuality, masculinity, domestic violence, gender inequities in South Asia, yet the dimensions of men’s and women’s concepts of masculinity and sexuality, changing patterns of gender roles, and the nature of violence remain partly understood.

Focusing mainly on Bangladesh and India, the 16 chapters in this book are designed to deepen our understanding of sexuality, HIV and AIDS, and gender relations in South Asia. The chapters explore topics such as marital and extramarital sexual relations, socioeconomic and sexual security of female garment workers, gender …

Impact Of Positive And Negative Health Behaviors On Female Mice And/Or Their Offspring, Kristen M. Platt

Theses and Dissertations--Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences

Obesity is an ever-growing concern in the developed world that carries with it a plethora of health issues. For example, obesity increases an individual’s risk for Type 2 Diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Pregnancy is a vital time for a woman to maintain optimal health, both for her own benefit as well as that of her offspring, and yet almost half of women in the United States who are of age to bear children are overweight or obese. In mice, we found that offspring born to dams fed a high fat diet did not have impaired glucose tolerance, contrary to our …

Visualizing And Predicting The Effects Of Rheumatoid Arthritis On Hands, Radu P. Mihail

Theses and Dissertations--Computer Science

This dissertation was inspired by difficult decisions patients of chronic diseases have to make about about treatment options in light of uncertainty. We look at rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a chronic, autoimmune disease that primarily affects the synovial joints of the hands and causes pain and deformities. In this work, we focus on several parts of a computer-based decision tool that patients can interact with using gestures, ask questions about the disease, and visualize possible futures. We propose a hand gesture based interaction method that is easily setup in a doctor's office and can be trained using a custom set of …

The Influence Of Task Type And Working Memory On The Syntactic Complexity Of Narrative Discourse Production In Healthy Aging Adults, Kacie N. Gamm

Theses and Dissertations--Communication Sciences and Disorders

This study investigated the lifespan influences of task type and working memory on the syntactic complexity of narrative discourse production. Participants included 180 healthy adults across three age cohorts: 20-29 years (Young Group), 60-69 years (Older Group) and 75-89 years (Elderly Group). Participants completed standardized working memory measures and four discourse tasks (single/sequential picture description, storytelling and personal recount). Syntactic complexity for each sample was measured via clausal density yielding a complexity index. For analysis, participants were placed into one of two groups based on working memory scores above (High Working Memory Group) or below (Low Working Memory Group) the …

Uk Ag Equine Programs 2014 Calendar: A 12-Month Planning Calendar For The Care And Use Of Your Horses, Jason R. Philips, Glenn Mackie, Don Sorrell, Nicholas L. Carter, Paula A. Jerrell, Brian Newman, Daniel O. Wilson, Christopher Jeffcoat, Karen Douglas, Katheryn Cerny, Fernanda Camargo, Robert Coleman, Essie Rodgers, Jim Smith

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

The information in this calendar is provided to aid owners in planning for the care and use of their horses. When necessary, information is discussed in the month prior to application to allow horse owners adequate time to plan for activities such as weed control, soil testing, and vaccinations.

Contact your local veterinarian for health-related issues and your county extension agent for further information. Phone numbers are listed at the end of the calendar.

Home Vegetable Gardening In Kentucky, Richard Durham, Shubin Saha, John Strang, Mark A. Williams, Shawn Wright, Ricardo Bessin, Kenneth W. Seebold, Nicole Ward

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

Before You Begin

Every aspiring gardener should follow seven steps to have a successful gardening season:

1. Plan your garden on paper before you begin.
2. Select a good gardening site that is:
   a. in full sun for at least eight hours each day,
   b. relatively level,
   c. well‑drained,
   d. close to a water source,
   e. not shaded.
3. Prepare the soil properly and add fertilizer and lime according to soil test recommendations.
4. Plan only as large a garden as you can easily maintain. Beginning gardeners often overplant, and then they fail because they cannot keep up with the tasks required. Weeds and …

Long-Term Trends Of Participation In Physical Activity During Adolescence With Educational Ambition And Attainment, Frances Jillian Priesmeyer

Theses and Dissertations--Educational, School, and Counseling Psychology

Insufficient physical activity is a serious concern for the youth of this nation. In 2008, more than one third of children and adolescents could be classified as either obese or overweight (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). Poor nutrition and lack of physical activity are two major factors contributing to this epidemic. A physically active lifestyle during youth not only improves physical health, but has also been shown to improve emotional health, behavior, and academic performance. It is important that this area of research is continued and expanded so appropriate educational policies that support the health and well-being of …

A Life Span Approach To The Relationship Between Cholesterol, Late Onset Alzheimer’S Disease, And Cognitive Functioning Among Older Adults, Brian Downer

Theses and Dissertations--Gerontology

There is evidence that cholesterol presents an important risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease (AD), but the direction of this relationship is modified by age. High cholesterol during midlife and low cholesterol during late life are both associated with an increased risk for AD. This dissertation research engaged a life span approach to study the relationship between cholesterol, AD and cognitive functioning among older adults. The purpose of this research was to determine if trajectories of cholesterol from midlife through late life differ according to AD status and if these trajectories are associated with cognitive functioning during old age.

This research …

People Who Are Not Legal And Who Are Not Alive In The Eyes Of The Law, Richard W. Painter

Articles

No abstract provided.

Using Beard To Overcome Beardianism: Charles Beard's Forgotten Historicism And The Ideas-Interests Dichotomy, Jonathan Gienapp

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

No abstract provided.

Beard & Uber-Beard, Mark A. Graber

Constitutional Commentary, Vols 1–36 (1984–2022)

No abstract provided.

More Bang For Their Buck: How Federal Dollars Are Militarizing American Law Enforcement, 47 J. Marshall L. Rev. 1479 (2014), Jeffrey Endebak

UIC Law Review

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International Intellectual Property Law, Melvyn J. Simburg, Caroline Berube, Susan Bruschaber, Manish Dhingra, Robin S. Fahlberg, Sophie Jiang, Carl Kestens, Carlos Eduardo Eduardo Eliziario De Lima, Paul Kim, Navine Karim, Mrityunjay Kumar, Benjamin Liu, Daniel Marugg, Arif Mahmood, Bruce A. Mcdonald, Christin Terruzzi, Sameep Vijayvergiya, Gregory Voss, Uche U. Ewelukwa, Michelle Wynne

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.

International Human Rights, Cleveland Iii Ferguson, Montse Ferrer, Tina Minkowitz, Jeremy Sarkin, Lawrence G. Albrecht

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Asia-Pacific, Justin G. Persuad, Golsa Ghamari, Steve Saunders, Jung Soo Kim, Stephen Sukjoon Pak, Albert Vincent Yu Chang, John Wilson

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.

Deletion Of Menaquinone (Vitamin-K) Biosynthetic Gene Mena Restores Ubiquinone (Coenzyme Q) Biosynthesis In Ubib Mutant Strain., Garrett Silo Carlson

Honors Capstones

It is well established that for aerobic growth E.coli requires either Menaquinone (MK), Ubiquinone (Q) or 2-octaprenyl-3-methyl-6- methoxy-1,4-benzoquinone (MMQ) as electron carrier to grow on glycerol minimal medium (GMM). Therefore, a double mutant strain blocked in both the MK and Q pathways shouldn’t grow on GMM. The following double mutant strains were tested for growth on GMM (A ubiE Amen A, AubiH Amen A, AubiF Amen A, AubiB AmenA and AyigP AmenA). Surprisingly, it was found that the AubiB AmenA mutant grew after a long lag and AubiF AmenA mutant grew as expected due to the Q pathway intermediate MMQ …

Threats And Bullying By Prosecutors, Bennett L. Gershman

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

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The Economic Perspective On Sentencing, Joshua B. Fischman

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

Although economists have been actively engaged in research on criminal sentencing, the synergies between the two fields are hardly obvious. This Essay considers what economists have to contribute to the study of sentencing. One common explanation—that economists’ use of rational choice modeling has applicability to the study of deterrence—does not adequately account for much of the sentencing research that economists are producing. This Essay considers two alternative explanations. First, empirical research in both fields is predominately observational. Due to practical limits on controlled experimentation, economists have developed a variety of tools for making causal inferences from observational data, many of …

Pleading Securities Fraud Claims: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly, Sharon Nelles, Hilary Huber

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.

An Analysis Of Nontechnical Game Theory On Laboratory Sales Trainees In Saudi Arabia, Akram Abdul Cader

International Journal of Applied Management and Technology

The purpose of this case study was to analyze 6 months of training application in a nontechnical game theory setting. Three laboratory sales trainees were studied using training reports that logged their strategic decisions and the amount of sales they obtained from their clients. A pure strategy game theory analysis was conducted on the decisions by the sales trainees. Two types of strategies were derived from the study: (a) allocentric and (b) egocentric. The egocentric strategies yielded higher personal payoffs, while the allocentric strategies yielded higher organizational payoffs. Training intervention was withheld during the 6-month period in order to allow …

The 8th Annual Meeting Of The Saudi Association Of Neurological Surgery: “Aspire, Inspire, Innovate” Riyadh, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, April 15-17, 2014oncology: From Idea To Clinical Integration: A Neurosurgical Odysseystereotactic Robot-Guided Biopsies Of Brain Lesions: Experience With 4 Casessurgery For Deeply Located Intracranial Lesions Under Intraoperative Mri Guidancetms: A Non-Invasive Cortical Mapping Systempilomyxoid Astrocytomas: Diagnosis, Prognosis, And Managementthe Shift In The Surgical Management In Craniopharyngiomaspine: Is There A Light Of Hope: Reconstruction Of The Severely Injured Spinal Cord By Using Stem Cells?Internal Metal Fiducials With Intraoperative Ct-Navigation Reduces Radiation During Cervical Spine Instrumentation With Improved Accuracypediatric Neck Deformity: Review Of Causes And Managementsingle-Stage Combined Posterior-Anterior Decompression And Instrumented Fusion For Management Of Cervical Pathologiesleiomyoma Of The Neck And Cervical Spinepercutaneous Fixation Of Thoracolumbar Fractures: Kfmc Experiencespinal Cord Tumor Surgeries, Transient Paraplegia, And Prevention With Intra-Operative Neurophysiologymorphometry Of Vertebra In The Saudi Populationvascular: Epidemiology Of Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage At A University Hospital In Jeddah, Kingdom Of Saudi Arabiaconcurrent Solitaire Fr Use And Carotid Stenting In Acute Tandem Carotid Occlusion Settingpediatric Intracranial Aneurysms: Characteristics, Presentation, Management, And Outcomeearly Abnormal Transient Hyperemic Response Test Can Help Predict Delayed Ischemic Neurogenic Deficit In Subarachnoid Hemorrhagemanagement Of Vein Of Galen Malformation: The Kfmc Experiencepediatrics: Minimal Invasive Craniosynostosis Correction Without The Use Of The Helmet: Updates To The Technique And Avoiding Complicationsis Shunt Series X-Ray Necessary Before Revision Of Obstructed Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt?Predictors Of Postoperative Infection After Neurosurgical Repair Of Open Myelomeningocelemultiloculated Hydrocephalus In Children: Does Neuroendoscopy Make A Difference?Duration Of Preoperative External Ventricular Drain In Pediatric Posterior Fossa Tumors – Does It Matter?The Introduction Of Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy In Saudi Arabiaselective Dorsal Rhizotomy (Sdr) In Patients With Spastic Diplegia; State Of The Art Neurosurgery With A Neurophysiology Perspectivepediatric Skull Base Chordoma: Report Of 4 Cases And Review Of The Current Literatureendoscopic Management Of Third Ventricular Arachnoid Cyst Mimicking Aqueductal Stenosisgeneral And Trauma: Management Of Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension: A 19 Year Experiencemeasuring The Immeasurable; Lights On The Health Care Quality; Neurosurgery As An Exampleprognostic Quality Of Mri In Severe Traumatic Brain Injury Patientsis Ventricular Drain Sampling From The Collecting Chamber As Accurate As The 3-Way Stopper? A Prospective Studyfunctional: Surgery Of Medically Intractable Epilepsysacral Neuromodulation In Neurogenic Bladder Of Incomplete Spinal Cord Injuryelectrode–Brain Interface In Globus Pallidus Internus Deep Brain Stimulationpreventing Lower Cranial Nerve Injuries During Fourth Ventricle Tumor Resection By Utilizing Intraoperative Neurophysiological Monitoring (Ionm)Vns Therapy, Is It Still A Palliative Modality In Intractable Epilepsy?, Amro Al-Habib

Neurosciences

The 8th Saudi Association of Neurological Surgery (8th SANS) meeting was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on April 15-17th 2014, organized by the National Neurological Institute, King Fahad Medical City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The theme was “Aspire, Inspire, Innovate” covering state of the art technology in different sub-specialties of neurosurgery. The scientific program was packed with innovative presentations on clinical and practical management topics critical to neurosurgery today. The included abstracts were selected and reviewed by a committee based on their scientific value and contribution to the field of neurosurgery.

Retinal Phototransduction, Gurdeep S. Mannu

Neurosciences

Vision is perhaps the most important of all our senses, and gives us an immense amount of information regarding the outside world. The initial format in which this information reaches the retina are photons; particles of energy radiation of a given wavelength emitted or reflected from our surroundings. The brain itself however, perceives information in electrical signals via action potentials and changes in electrochemical gradients. The processes involved in the transduction of photons into electrical potentials will be the focus of this article. This review article summarizes the recent advances in understanding these complex pathways and provides an overview of …

Need: Stories, Megan Ellis

HIM 1990-2015

The intent of this thesis is to create a literary fiction collection centered on diverse adolescent girls. In recent years, women writers have moved away from the domestic sphere of authors whose writing focused solely on the daily lives of women, and have begun penning epic stories and novels whose themes were previously tackled by men alone. Authors show that the craft of expansive and immersive literary fiction transcends gender, allowing women more freedom with the types of stories they choose to write. That's not to say that domestic fiction is unimportant or "less than" other types of literary fiction, …