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Governing By Guidance: Civil Rights Agencies And The Emergence Of Language Rights, Ming Hsu Chen

Publications

On the fiftieth anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, this Article asks how federal civil rights laws evolved to incorporate the needs of non-English speakers following landmark immigration reform (the 1965 Hart-Cellar Act) that led to unprecedented migration from Asia and Latin America. Based on a comparative study of the emergence of language rights in schools and workplaces from 1965 to 1980, the Article demonstrates that regulatory agencies used nonbinding guidances to interpret the undefined statutory term "national origin discrimination" during their implementation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Their efforts facilitated the creation of language rights, …

Hypohydration During Prolonged Exercise In The Heat / Ler Hui Yin, Hui Yin Ler

Student Works (2010-2019)

This thesis investigated the effect of hypohydration during prolonged exercise in the heat and the adjustments in the thermoregulatory and cardiovascular control. Four inter-related studies were undertaken. Study One was an observational field study designed to determine the hydration status and practices of elite Kenyan runners (n=11) during competitive distance running events in a tropical environment. Our results show that the elite endurance runners completed their races in warm, very humid climatic conditions with ~3% body weight (BW) loss. They completed their races as the fast finishers in this present study but ran slower than they were capable because of …

Investigation Of Lipid-Lowering Mechanism Of Tamarindus Indica Fruit Pulp In Hepg2 Cells Using Proteomic And Transcriptomic Approaches / Ursula Chong Rho Wan, Ursula Rho Wan Chong

Student Works (2010-2019)

Tamarindus indica (T. indica), or tamarind, is an edible fruit widely used in many applications including culinary, industrial, and medicinal purposes. It has been shown to exhibit hypolipidaemic effects in hamsters and humans. Previous studies have also shown that the methanol extract of T. indica fruit pulp regulated genes related to lipid metabolism. However, the lipid-lowering mechanism of the fruit has not been fully understood. The objective of this present study is to determine the lipid-lowering mechanism of T. indica fruit pulp using proteomic and transcriptomic approaches. Proteomic analyses were first performed to formulate a hypothesis on the hypolipidaemic action …

Immunomodulatory, Gastroprotective And Wound Healing Potential Of Malaysian Medicinal Plants (Phaleria Macrocarpa And Tinospora Crispa) / Walaa Najm Abood, Walaa Najm Abood

Student Works (2010-2019)

Phaleria macrocarpa (Scheff.) Boerl and Tinospora crispa (L.) are considered im-portant traditional medicines commonly used in Malaysia and South East Asian coun-tries. In this study, the ethanol extracts of P. macrocarpa fruit and T. crispa stems were evaluated for their immunomodulatory, gastroprotective and wound healing potential. In addition, acute toxicity and antioxidant activities were investigated using DPPH and FRAP values as well as the total phenolic and total flavonoid contents. The findings of this study suggest that the high antioxidant activity that was found in P. macrocarpa and T. crispa was due to the high-level of phenol and flavonoid content. …

The Impact Of The Applied Progressive Muscle Relaxation Training On The Levels Of Depression, Anxiety, Stress And Health-Related Quality Of Life Among Prostate Cancer Patients / Mohamad Rodi Bin Isa, Mohamad Rodi Isa

Student Works (2010-2019)

Introduction The main aim of this study was to determine the impact of the applied progressive muscle relaxation training (APMRT) on the levels of depression, anxiety, stress and general health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among prostate cancer patients. Methodology A quasi-experimental trial with repeated measurements conducted at two tertiary medical centres in Kuala Lumpur with a follow up period for six months. The intervention group comprised patients who were being followed up at University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) and the comparison group were patients who were followed up at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC). Baseline information on socio-demographic characteristics, …

Bone Age Assessment Using Hand And Clavicle X-Ray Images / Marjan Mansourvar, Marjan Mansourvar

Student Works (2010-2019)

Bone age assessment (BAA) is a method for evaluating the level of skeletal maturity to estimate the actual age of a person. It is usually performed manually by comparing an X-ray image of a left hand-wrist with an atlas, which contains a collection of images of known persons in the clinical procedure. The manual methods are based on analyzing special regions of the images of the hand bones or the whole bones of the images. Both approaches are prone to observation variability, time-consuming, and decision made on bone age is subjective. As a result, there is a pressing need to …

An Inquiry Into Privatisation’S Impact On Healthcare Services In Malaysia / Latifa Bibi Binti Musafar Hameed, Latifa Bibi Musafar Hameed

Student Works (2010-2019)

Malaysia has experienced significant improvements in the delivery of healthcare services since independence. The Malaysian healthcare system has transformed into a resilient dual-tiered parallel system, with a sizable and booming private sector. The unprecedented growth of the private medical sector has had wide ranging implications for the Malaysian health care system. This thesis seeks to examine the consequences of privatisation on the delivery of healthcare services in Malaysia by following the analytical themes associated with the process. The first analytical theme addresses the consequences of the policy on healthcare expenditure borne by the public and private sectors. The second analytical …

Development And Evaluation Of Health Education Learning Package (Help) To Control Soil-Transmitted Helminthiasis Among Orang Asli School Children In Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia / Ahmed Khalaf S. Al-Delaimy, Al-Delaimy Ahmed Khalaf S

Student Works (2010-2019)

Soil-transmitted helminth (STH) infections, also known as soil-transmitted helminthiasis, are highly prevalent among Orang Asli communities in Peninsular Malaysia. This study was carried out to develop a health education package for STH infections, and to evaluate what impact such a package could have in terms of reducing the incidence and intensity of STH infections among Orang Asli schoolchildren in Pahang, Malaysia. To identify the key risk factors of STH in Orang Asli communities, we applied an extensive mixed methods approach which relied on PRECEDE-PROCEED and Health Belief models and involved an intensive literature review, as well as community-based discussions with …

Socio-Economic Status Of Women In Micro Credit Self Help Groups In Chennai, India / S. Hemavathy Nithyanandhan, S.Hemavathy Nithyanandhan

Student Works (2010-2019)

The Microcredit Self Help Group (SHG) programme in India is an important institutional device used to improve the status of women in India in terms of poverty reduction and women empowerment. The SHG is an effective strategy to provide financial services to poor women, who are excluded from accessing financial services, and offered micro credits for their income generating activities and other non-economic loans targeting improvement in the standards of living. The aim of this dissertation was to establish the extent to which women’s participation in SHGs and their involvement in the group activities improved their socio economic conditions. The …

The Influences Of Shading, Fruit Thinning, Plant Growth Promoter And Inhibitor On Malaysian Wax Apple (Syzygium Samarangense) Fruit Development And Quality / Abdullah Issa Alebidi, Issa Alebidi Abdullah

Student Works (2010-2019)

Currently, there are limited documented reports on effects of shading and thinning horticultural practice and plant growth regulators (PGRs) on wax apple (Syzygium samarangense) var. ‘jambu air madu’ growth, development, and quality. PGRs and horticultural practices are important means used in fruit production throughout the world. These means regulate several physiological and biochemical aspects of growth, development, yield and nutritional quality of fruits. In this study, five experiments were conducted to improve the potential of wax apple fruits as follows; applications of gibberellic acid (GA3) (30, 60 and 90 ppm) applied via xylem injection (an innovative method), application of naphthalene …

Role Of Effective Communication To Ensure Community Participation In Ngos' Projects: A Comparative Study Of A Malaysian And A Pakistani Ngo / Mumtaz Ali, Mumtaz Ali

Student Works (2010-2019)

In today‟s world social issues can be seen in the form of conflict, discrimination, poverty, low quality human resources and unequal distribution of resources, thereby leaving communities marginalized and deprived. Community development is one way of building the capacity of people and involving them in finding the solutions to such problems. Community development also has much potential to build community cohesion by facilitating and supporting a community‟s commitment and strengthening connections among individuals, organizations and local groups. Community participation in development projects is important and vital for the success of any initiative. To have a successful outcome, effective participation is …

Mechanisms And Ecological Role Of Carbon Transfer Within Coastal Seascapes, Glenn A. Hyndes, Ivan Nagelkerken, Rebecca Mcleod, Rod Connolly, Paul S. Lavery, Mathew A. Vanderklift

Research outputs 2013

Worldwide, coastal systems provide some of the most productive habitats, which potentially influence a range of marine and terrestrial ecosystems through the transfer of nutrients and energy. Several reviews have examined aspects of connectivity within coastal seascapes, but the scope of those reviews has been limited to single systems or single vectors. We use the transfer of carbon to examine the processes of connectivity through multiple vectors in multiple ecosystems using four coastal seascapes as case studies. We discuss and compare the main vectors of carbon connecting different ecosystems, and then the natural and human-induced factors that influence the magnitude …

Changes In Muscle Damage Markers In Female Basketball Players, A Moreira, Kazunori Nosaka, Ja Nunes, L Viveiros, A.Z. Jamurtas, M.S. Aoki

Research outputs 2013

The aim of the present study was to investigate changes in muscle soreness, blood muscle damage markers, muscle strength and agility following an official basketball match. Eleven elite female professional basketball players (27.4 ± 4.8 years, 179.5 ± 5.5 cm, 72.0 ± 7.8 kg) of a team participated in this study. The official match was the seventh match of the season in the first phase of the Brazilian National Female Basketball Championship. Muscle soreness, plasma creatine kinase activity (CK), and myoglobin concentration (Mb) were determined before and after the match (post-match, 24 and 48 hours after the match). The 1RM …

Comparison Of The Effect Of Two Human Milk Fortifiers On Clinical Outcomes In Premature Infants, Melissa Thoene, Corrine K. Hanson, Elizabeth Lyden, Laura Dugick, Leslie Ruybal, Ann Anderson-Berry

Journal Articles: Nebraska Medicine

The use of human milk fortifiers (HMF) helps to meet the high nutritional requirements of the human milk-fed premature infant. Previously available powdered products have not met the protein requirements of the preterm infant population and many neonatologists add powder protein modulars to help meet protein needs. The use of powdered products is discouraged in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) due to concern for invasive infection. The use of a commercially available acidified liquid product with higher protein content was implemented to address these two concerns. During the course of this implementation, poor growth and clinically significant acidosis of infants …

Library Instruction Case Wiki, Andy Spackman

Faculty Publications

We hope you find the guides and case studies collected here helpful, and we invite you to contribute by discussing your experiences on the discussion page for each case study, and by submitting case studies you have developed and used in your own instructional efforts.

Cases for Advanced Business Students

• Building a Company List - Trucking in Texas
• Company and Market Research - Big Sweety and the Chocolate Manufacturing Industry
• Determining Market Size - Infant Formula
• Entrepreneurial Marketing - The Comic Book Guy
• Global Trade and Economics - Manufacturing Medical Instruments
• International Business - Launching the Wii
• International Marketing - …

Effects Of Exploitation On An Overabundant Species: The Lesser Snow Goose Predicament, David N. Koons

Wildland Resources Faculty Publications

1. Invasive and overabundant species are an increasing threat to biodiversity and ecosystem functioning world-wide. As such, large amounts of money are spent each year on attempts to control them. These efforts can, however, be thwarted if exploitation is compensated demographically or if populations simply become too numerous for management to elicit an effective and rapid functional response.
2. We examined the influence of these mechanisms on cause-specific mortality in lesser snow geese using multistate capture–reencounter methods. The abundance and destructive foraging behaviours of snow geese have created a trophic cascade that reduces (sub-) Arctic plant, insect and avian biodiversity, bestowing them …

Love For God And Earth: Ecospirituality In The Theologies Of Sallie Mcfague And Leonardo Boff, Rebecca A. Meier-Rao

Dissertations (1934 -)

This dissertation examines the theologies of North American Ecofeminist Sallie McFague and Latin American liberation theologian Leonardo Boff in order to answer the question - What are the features of a Christian spirituality capable of helping people to clear vision, transformation and hope in this time of socio-ecological crisis? In the sixth chapter I also briefly engage the work of Carmelite contemplative Constance FitzGerald, as she both reinforces and deepens the theologians' answer to the above question.

The dissertation begins with a short explanation of the interlocking ecological and social crises, and offers a basic understanding of Christian spirituality as …

Reframing The Civil Rights Narrative: From Compliance To Collective Impact, Susan P. Sturm

Faculty Scholarship

This chapter first analyzes the limits of the civil rights/compliance framework as an overarching change theory for transforming institutions and systems, and then sketches out the features of a full participation framework grounded in a collective-impact approach to reducing structural inequality. Full participation is a framework that nests antidiscrimination within an affirmative vision connected to a theory of action, and a methodology aimed at systems change. It resonates with a wide range of emerging scholarship and activism aimed at advancing equality under conditions of complexity, changing demographics, decentered governance, privatization, and technological change. The framework draws on insights from extensive …

Gis Modeling Of Elk Habitat Suitability In The North Cascades Of Washington State, Anna Yost

All Master's Theses

The Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) elk management goals are to adjust the distribution of elk on the landscape in the North Cascades to reduce negative impacts to private property while maintaining a healthy population of elk in the area. The goal of this study was to use custom Geographic Information System (GIS) elk habitat suitability models to model baseline elk habitat suitability in the 8,600 km² North Cascades elk management area, and then evaluate how theoretical forage enhancement sites would affect habitat suitability. Prior to creating the baseline and proposed habitat suitability maps for the …

Inactivation By Uv-Radiation And Internalization Of Coliforms And Escherichia Coli In Aquaponically And Hydroponically Grown Lettuce, Matthew J. Moriarty

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Recent studies have shown that coliform bacteria, specifically Escherichia coli O157:H7, can internalize in leafy green produce. Therefore, a risk exists for lettuce being grown in systems using mixed water sources. Additionally, Ultra Violet light radiation has been shown to inactivate coliforms in water. For this reason, an experiment was conducted at West Virginia University's aquaculture facility to determine the effect of UV-radiation in water supplying an aquaponic channel with nutrients, and to assess the risk of coliform and E. coli internalization. In this experiment, the spring fed, flow-through aquaponic system was receiving runoff from cattle pastures as a source …

Educational Disparities' Impact On Risk Factors For Hypertension: National Health And Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2010, Priska Ursula Baker

All Master's Theses

The intention of this study is to explore if education attainment is an independent risk factor for hypertension when other risk factors related to hypertension are accounted for. It is hypothesized that education will be an independent risk factor for hypertension even when other risk factors are considered.

Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 2003-2010 was used and analyses were conducted using SAS 9.2. Simple logistic regression analysis revealed that all education categories had significantly lower odds of having hypertension compared to < 9th grade education. Since hypertension risk was affected by gender, ethnicity, age, weight, abdominal obesity, smoking status, income and nutrient intake, these covariates were included in a multiple logistic regression model with educational attainment. In this model, hypertension only trended towards significance for educational attainment.

Although educational attainment may play a role in the prevalence of hypertension disparities, …

The Effects Of Sugar Substitutes On The Gut Microbiota Of Mice, Katie A. Lantau

All Master's Theses

Obesity has become an ever increasing global problem. This has caused people to turn to sugar substitutes, no calorie sweeteners, to reduce their caloric intake. However, recent studies have shown that it is not just caloric intake that can affect weight, but also the diversity of the bacteria in the gut (Turnbaugh et al., 2009). It has been shown that an increased Firmicutes:Bacteroidetes ratio and an overall decrease in microbial diversity leads to an obesity associated gut microbiome (Turnbaugh et al., 2009; Ley et al., 2005). The purpose of this study was to determine if two of the most popular …

Advance (Fall 2014), Georgia Southern Division Of Continuing And Professional Education

Division of Continuing & Professional Education

No abstract provided.

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Leticia Camacho

Faculty Publications

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was launched in 2011 by Congress through the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The CFPB site, available in English and Spanish, is updated daily and provides information about a wide range of financial products and services, including paying for college, foreclosure prevention, loan discrimination, credit reporting and scores, credit card agreements, and mortgage disclosures.

Preventing Childhood Obesity: A Mixed Methods Study Into The Perceptions Of African Americans In A Rural Community, Dayna S. Alexander

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Preventing childhood obesity is a global priority due to adverse health risks and financial burdens. With childhood obesity rates stabilizing it is difficult to determine which factors alone (i.e., genetic, environmental, behavioral, or demographic) increase susceptibility to childhood obesity. Parents influence childhood obesity risk factors through their parenting styles and behaviors. Social behavioral theories and public health evidence demonstrate including parents in childhood obesity efforts could assist in reducing childhood obesity rates. The objective of this study was to assess perceptions of childhood obesity among African Americans with children enrolled in a rural elementary school in the Deep South. The …

Water And Nutrient Reuse Within Closed Hydroponic Systems, Emerson Christie

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Currently, little research exists on the maintenance of individual nutrient balance within the nutrient solutions of closed hydroponic systems and how this maintenance may result in reductions in water and nutrient consumption. In this study, a nutrient solution management procedure was developed to maintain outputs while minimizing inputs. Lactuca sativa (lettuce) crops were grown in six closed hydroponic systems utilizing the nutrient film technique. Electrical conductivity was used as the primary indicator of nutrient solution quality and determined if the nutrient solution was discarded and replaced (control systems) or restored (test systems). Restorations in test systems were made individually to …

Water Column Ammonium Concentration And Salinity Influence Nitrogen Uptake And Growth Of Spartina Alterniflora, Rachel Mactavish

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Salt marsh macrophytes, such as Spartina alterniflora, play a critical role in uptake and transformation of inorganic nitrogen before it reaches coastal waters, thereby reducing the potential for eutrophication. Although nitrogen availability typically limits S. alterniflora growth, it may be possible to exceed the nitrogen uptake capacity of S. alterniflora. Increasing either nitrogen concentrations or salinity are key factors regulating S. alterniflora nitrogen uptake. Investigating the effects of nutrients and salinity on S. alterniflora is important given that increases in inorganic nitrogen supply to surface waters from agriculture and urbanization occur simultaneously with freshwater withdrawals that reduce flow and increase …

The Canonization Of Pope John Xiii And Pope John Paul Ii, Michael Conway

Gathered Fragments

No abstract provided.

An American Priest In Nazi Germany: The Story Of Fr. Viktor Koch, C.P., Katherine Koch

Gathered Fragments

No abstract provided.

A Comparative Study Of Taxonomy, Physicochemical Parameters, And Chemical Constituents Of Ganoderma Lucidum And G. Philippii From Uttarakhand, India, Ranjeet Singh, Gurpaul Singh Dhingra, Richa Shri

Turkish Journal of Botany

The genus Ganoderma consists of cosmopolitan polypore mushrooms, many of which can cause different types of rots in plants. Many species of this genus are being used for their medicinal and nutraceutical properties in many countries. The present study provides a comparative evaluation of taxonomy, physicochemical parameters, and chemical constituents of Ganoderma lucidum and G. philippii collected from different localities of Uttarakhand, India. The macroscopic and microscopic characters on the basis of which G. lucidum differs from G. philippii include habit, external basidiocarp characteristics, context, pore tube layers and pores, cutis type, and shape and size of basidiospores. The fruiting …