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Freshwater Transitions And The Evolution Of Osmoregulation In The Alewife, Jonathan P. Velotta

Doctoral Dissertations

The transition from seawater to freshwater is deeply rooted in the evolutionary history of animals, initiating the radiation and speciation of many taxa. However, crossing the boundary into freshwater from the sea represents a considerable physiological challenge for animals that maintain a near constant internal ion concentration. Because seawater and freshwater differ strongly in solute concentration, the transition into freshwater must involve the evolution of ion and water balance; yet, we have a limited understanding of the physiological modifications that facilitate this transition. Here, I investigate the evolution of the osmoregulatory system upon transition to freshwater using populations of an …

Social Media Campaign Supports Ferguson Businesses, Lindenwood University

Archived Lindenwood Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Mythological Rewriting: New Perspectives On Algeria's Postcolonial History, Elena Telegina

Doctoral Dissertations

Mythological Rewriting: New Perspectives on Algeria’s Postcolonial History.

Elena Telegina, Ph.D

University of Connecticut [2014]

Abstract

Algerian history, falsified and distorted by different Algerian regimes, obscured the nature of many contemporary problems, while creating a climate of confusion about the present and anxiety about the future. Beneath Algeria’s relative calm during the uprisings of the “Arab Spring”, violence and social dissociation, continue to threaten the society, showing that deep-seated historical conflicts in Algeria remain unsolved.

While historians and political scientists attempt to clarify the contemporary situation from a scientific perspective, Francophone Algerian novelists have addressed these issues by drawing on …

Racial Justice Study: An Examination Of Ticket Citations In The City Of Mankato, Minnesota, Meagan Hammers, C. J. Hays, Hannah Laniado

Public Sociology Publications and Projects

This study examines if there is racial disparity in policing in the city of Mankato, Minnesota by examining all traffic ticket citations given for a six-month period in 2014. The authors created a data set and examined statistical relationships between the observed race of those receiving tickets and the types of tickets received. This study discovered statistically significant findings of over policing of minorities; while minorities represent roughly ten percent the population in Mankato, they make up approximately 22% of the population cited. Further, minorities were about three times more likely than whites to receive a ticket for administrative offenses, …

Narrowing The Qsen Competency Gap In New Graduate Registered Nurses, Marty Mayhew

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

This intervention is an evidence based, change of practice, quality improvement project that evaluates achievement of the six Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN) competencies of new registered nurse graduates. No intervention with a similar focus was found in an extensive review of the literature. The participants included 16 new graduate registered nurse hires enrolled in a new graduate RN residency program at Tucson Medical Center located in southern Arizona. The Nursing Quality and Safety Self Inventory^© (NQSSI^©) was used to identify practice gaps perceived by the new RN graduates related to the six QSEN competencies. …

Combines In The Dark, Robert Vivian

Booth

Combines at night, deep telepathy of bread and windmill, what will you do with all the drifting veils that rise above you in verse of smoke and vast exudation, your headlights staring into the night until nothing is not seen even nothing itself?

Ua3/9/7 Fall 2014 End Of Semester Message, Wku President's Office - Ransdell

WKU Administration Documents

Email from WKU president Gary Ransdell to faculty & staff.

Science, Culture, And Modernity In Chengdu China June 4 - June 18, 2014, Sarah Bouchard, Paul Eisenstein, Jane Wu, Anna M. Young

Otterbein China Librarians Exchange Program Documentations and Publications

The trip taken by Sarah Bouchard, Paul Eisenstein, Jane Wu, and Anna Young to China was meant to increase ties between various Chinese universities and Otterbein University as well as taking a look at modern and traditional cultures within regions. Faculty members presented to members of the Southwest Jiaotong University and met with faculty members at the University of Shanghai Science & Technology, Shanghai Jiatong University, and Southwest Jiaotong University. The Otterbein faculty also visited Giant Panda research bases to establish relationships and potential internships for exchange students wanting to work with the Giant Pandas.

Also included is the budget …

Rascoe Family Papers (Sc 2878), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 2878. News clippings and holographic genealogical record related to how the Rascoe family was related to Daniel Boone. Also includes a photograph of the Rascoe boys and a friend with a basketball in front of the barn on the Rascoe homeplace in Daviess County, Kentucky.

Merriwether, James H. (Lg 138), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Land Grant 138. Typescript copy of a land grant, 1 November 1848, by which James K. Polk, President of the United States of America, granted to James Merriwether 480 acres in Crittenden County, Arkansas.

Kocherlakota To Step Down: Three Ways He Changed The Minneapolis Fed, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

December 12, 2014, Council On University Planning And Budget

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Cal Poly Wins Contract To Help Bring Water To Disadvantaged Communities, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Cal Poly, Professor Earn High Ranks For Research In Accounting Education, Ethics, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Mary Anne Reilly Receive Usfsp's Top Leadership Award, December 12, 2014, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Baccalaureates, December 12, 2014, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

President's Fellow Medallion - Vince Roig and Paul Luna; King O'Neal Scholars - Mary Bigelow, Dana Braden, Sufyan Dawoodjee, Ryan Feigel, Beatrice Froute De Domec, Sarah Griffis, Danielle Haberer, Dennis Kirichenko, Kristen Roles, and Daniel Vieira; Outstanding Graduate - John Wendy Tuy

Hla Works On Instrument Set To Revolutionize Materials Characterization, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Messenger Ohio Team To Launch Rocket To Study Effects Of Gravity On Plant Life, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Physical Therapy Management Of A Patient After A Subacromial Decompression With Acromioplasty And Bursectomy: A Case Report, Brianne Landholt

Case Report Papers

Background: Subacromial impingement results from repetitive trauma to structures underneath the subacromial arch leading to a decrease in the subacromial space, impingement of soft tissue, and ultimately a decrease in functional abilities. Conservative treatment includes physical therapy, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, and corticosteriod injections. If improvements are not observed, there is a surgical option of a subacromial decompression (SAD). Conclusive evidence supporting surgery over conservative measures does not exist1. Literature is lacking regarding SAD without rotator cuff (RTC) repair and performing SAD with both an acromioplasty and bursectomy. Therefore, the purpose of this case report was to investigate the functional outcomes …

12/12/2014 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 12/12/2014. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

Fearless Friday: Ja'nai Harris, Christina L. Bassler

SURGE

Ja’Nai Harris ’16 is a fearless advocate for equity, diversity, and justice here at Gettysburg. Her efforts have been instrumental in planning several important events on campus including the #BlackLivesMatter vigil held on Tuesday, December 9th and the Ferguson discussion held on December 2nd. Through her work as a Diversity Peer Educator (DPE) and Co-president of the Black Student Union (BSU), she has used her leadership to spread positivity, activism and social change. [excerpt]

Promoting Citizenship Education With Structured Controversy In Indonesian Higher Education, Judith Puncochar

Other Presentations

Indonesian democracy is rich in traditions, religions, cultures, and ethnic languages. To keep the nation unified with diversity, Indonesia must prepare its citizens with skills of perspective taking, constructive debate, and evidence-based reasoning to engage in a robust democracy. Historically, a rigorous study of the Liberal Arts held promise for creating a strong democracy and a well-educated citizenry. Currently, politicization of the term “Liberal Arts” attracts unjustifiable criticism and diverts attention away from a serious comprehensive study of literature, science, the arts, history, and mathematics. Narrowness in education of students toward technical and professional degrees appears not to align with …

Some Observations On Scientific Epistemology With Applications To Conflict Resolution And Constructive Controversy, Judith Puncochar, Don Faust

Other Presentations

An overview, by Judy and Don (published in 2013 in the BULLETIN OF SYMBOLIC LOGIC):

Explorationism is a perspective wherein all of our knowledge is (so far) less than certain, and naturally would come equipped with a base logic entailing machinery for representing and processing evidential knowledge. One such base logic is Evidence Logic, which strives to deal with the phenomenon of the gradational presence of both confirmatory and refutatory evidence. From this perspective, we will address questions surrounding sociological problem areas that we see as deeply infused with substantial epistemological factors. By defining a framework as any theory, …

Measuring Changes In Knowledge And Attitudes Of Neonatal Intensive Care Unit Providers After Receiving An Educational Intervention About The Value Of Human Milk In The Preterm Infant, Frances E. Smith

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

Executive Summary Measuring Changes in Knowledge and Attitudes of NICU Providers after Receiving an Educational Intervention about the Value of Human Milk in the Preterm Infant Problem Identification Human milk is proven to decrease morbidities and mortality in extremely low birth weight neonates. Health care providers must approach the mothers of these infants and explain the need for own mother's milk or consent for the use of donor milk in these infants. Providers may lack the knowledge about the importance of human milk in NICU infants, or may hold negative attitudes about human milk's contribution to the health of these …

Implementation Of Food Insecurity Screening In Clinical Setting, Florence Ngozi Soba

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects

This project used the Stetler model of research utilization framework to apply evidence-based findings to clinical settings screening adults with type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and low incomes for food insecurity. The project involved the review and critical appraisal of research studies and translation of research-based knowledge into a protocol for the Peach Tree Clinic with respect to the impact of food insecurity on diabetes outcomes in adults with T2DM and low incomes who were at risk of food insecurity. In addition, the proportion of screened at-risk patients who received nutritional counseling was calculated. The proportion of patients with T2DM …

Installation Of Zentyal; Linux Small Business Server, Olubodunde Agboola

Master of Technology Management Plan II Graduate Projects

This project work is about setting up a server for the Electronics and computer Lab of the ECET department. The current server used in this lab runs OpenBSD 3.3. OpenBSD is a Unix-like operating system which offers services such as mail server, web server, ftp server, DNS server, router, firewall, or NFS file server. However this version of openBSD is obsolete and several versions has been developed over the years, the recent version is openBSD 5.6. Furthermore, openBSD has no graphic user interface (GUI). It accepts and processes command through the command line interface. Hence, it can be defined as …

This Week At Lvhn, Lehigh Valley Health Network

LVHN Weekly

No abstract provided.

Early Alert Referral Program, Roslana D. Gray

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

Early recognition of academically at-risk nursing students by faculty plays an important role in increasing retention rates. The main objective of the early alert referral program is to systematically detect early students who are academically for failure and refer at-risk students to faculty or support services, to increase nursing retention rates. The Early Alert Referral Project is a quantitative design in terms of purpose and methodology. The program was held in a classroom in a rural community college in Alabama during the summer semester (May, June, July, August) 2014. All practical nursing students currently enrolled in summer 2014 cohort were …

Francine Judon V. Travelers Property Casualty Co

2014 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Act Of 2014, United States 113th Congress

Native American Water Rights Settlement Project

To direct the Secretary of the Interior to enter into the Big Sandy River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement and the Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement Agreement, to provide for the lease of certain land located within Planet Ranch on the Bill Williams River in the State of Arizona to benefit the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program, and to provide for the settlement of specific water rights claims in the Bill Williams River watershed in the State of Arizona.