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Nathan Reigle V. Ralph Riesh

2015 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Milad Allaham V. Fadi Naddaf

2015 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Gilmar Vasconcelos-De Santana V. Attorney General United States

2015 Decisions

Agency

Knowledge, Attitudes, And Intentions Toward Fertility Awareness And Oocyte Cryopreservation Among Obstetrics And Gynecology Resident Physicians, L. Yu, Brennan Peterson, M. C. Inhorn, Julia K. Boehm, P. Patrizio

Marriage and Family Therapy Faculty Articles and Research

STUDY QUESTION What knowledge, attitudes and intentions do US obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) residents have toward discussing age-related fertility decline and oocyte cryopreservation with their patients?

SUMMARY ANSWER Most OB/GYN residents believe that age-related fertility decline, but not oocyte cryopreservation, should be discussed during well-woman annual exams; furthermore, nearly half of residents overestimated the age at which female fertility markedly declines.

WHAT IS KNOWN ALREADY Oocyte cryopreservation can be utilized to preserve fertility potential. Currently, no studies of US OB/GYN residents exist that question their knowledge, attitudes, and intentions toward discussing age-related fertility decline and oocyte cryopreservation with patients.

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Assisting School Personnel With Youth Transitioning From Residential Treatment To A School Environment, Kristi Smith

Counseling

The following research project examines the data and literature regarding youth who reside in residential treatment centers for behavior and mental health purposes. The paper introduces common risk factors that youth are experiencing which contribute to their placement in the facilities, as well as the difficulties they face upon exiting the treatment program. This project explores how schools can assist students in the transition from residential treatment to a school setting using a bio-ecological model that supports the students on an individual level up to a systemic level. School counselors serve as a key point of contact for transitioning students …

Identifying Industry Defined Best Practices Within Educational Youtube Content, An Exploratory Study, Martin Van Der Kroon

Communication

No abstract provided.

X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry Using Synchrotron Radiation With Applications In Unmanned Aircraft Environmental Sensing, Sean Richard Barberie

Chemistry and Biochemistry

In this thesis I present an analytical optimization of the Synchrotron Radiation X-Ray Fluorescence (SR-XRF) technique for applications in unmanned aircraft aerosol studies. In environmental and atmospheric science, there is a pressing need for aerosol measurements at various altitudes in the atmosphere and spanning large regions. This need is currently either ignored, or met to a limited degree by studies that employ manned aircraft. There is, however, a great deal of opportunity to improve and expand on these studies using the emerging technology of unmanned aircraft systems. A newly developed aerosol sampler makes this opportunity a near-reality by its ability …

Pend Oreille View Estates V. T.T., Llc Appellant's Brief Dckt. 42538

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Barr V. Citicorp Credit Service, Inc Appellant's Brief Dckt. 43122

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Wrestling, Archery, And Horse Racing In Buryatia: Traditional Sports Competitions And Social Change, Stefan Krist

Anthropology

Sporting activities are examined in order to better understand a society's general socio-economic and political changes. The two basic research questions are the following: (1) Which economic, social, political, and cultural changes in and of the Buryat society were and are reflected in Buryat traditional sports? (2) How far and in which ways did and do Buryat traditional sports and the people engaged in them contribute to social change? Anthropological studies of play, games, and sport, an overview of which is presented in Chapter 1, have revealed that sports are closely linked and tightly entangled with the cultures and societies, …

Functional Comparisons Between Formal And Informal Tools Sampled From The Nenana And The Denali Assemblages Of The Dry Creek Site, Patrick T. Hall

Anthropology

This research involved low powered microscopic analysis of usewear patterns on the utilized edges of formal and informal tools sampled from the Nenana component (C1) and the Denali component (C2) of the Dry Creek Site. Dry Creek is one of the type sites for the Nenana Complex, which is often contrasted with the Denali Complex in Late Pleistocene archaeological studies of central Alaska (12,000-10,000 B.P.). There are twice as many unifacial scrapers than bifacial tools in the C1 formal tool assemblage. The C1 worked lithic assemblage contains a relatively high number of unifacially worked endscrapers and side scrapers when compared …

IñUpiat Ilitqusiat: Inner Views Of Our IñUpiaq Values, Charles Sean Topkok

Indigenous Studies

Iñupiat Ilitqusiat: Inner Views of Our Iñupiaq Values examines how Iñupiat pass down elements of our cultural heritage to future generations. The research is community-driven by the Pavva Iñupiaq Dancers of Fairbanks, families with Iñupiaq children in their household, and other Iñupiat worldwide. My doctoral research addresses how we view each Iñupiat Ilitqusiat (Iñupiaq Values), how our Iñupiat Ilitqusiat have been passed down, and how we pass down our Iñupiaq cultural heritage to our future cultural-bearers. Participants talk about our Iñupiat Ilitqusiat to acknowledge that we are Iñupiat wherever we live. I assert that in order to conduct culturally appropriate …

Taminek Taiut, Peggy Azuyak

Linguistics

No abstract provided.

Surviving Alaska, Natalie Cowley

Linguistics

No abstract provided.

It's All In The Past, Jill Phillips

Linguistics

This project is a response to what I noticed to be a challenge for both my ELL students and myself in multiple school settings--teaching and learning specific English grammar skills. Prior to beginning this program, over the past ten years I had the privilege of working in a number of schools--both internationally and stateside--teaching various ages/levels of ELL learners. It was, however, my time in rural Alaska that prompted me to seek out additional schooling for help in overcoming the challenges of teaching grammar skills.

Bilingual Research Centers In An Alaska Studies Classroom, Julia Sipary

Linguistics

No abstract provided.

Quliriyaraq: Storytelling Using The Pace Model, Dora Emma Strunk

Linguistics

No abstract provided.

Utilizing Funds Of Knowledge To Engage Students In Meaningful Writing, Bradley Webster

Linguistics

No abstract provided.

Yuuyaraq: A Transformative Approach, Wanda Kaganak

Linguistics

No abstract provided.

Paluwiigum Beksdid Sugt'stun Aggaggtatuguut Port Graham's Sugt'stun Workers Plan, Marleah Makpiaq Labelle

Rural Development

This Sustainability Plan was written for the Native Village of Port Graham for their language program, Tamamta Litnaurluta. The Native Village of Port Graham, a federally recognized tribe that serves the Sugpiaq people of Port Graham, Alaska, received a three-year language immersion grant from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA) to provide language instruction for students ranging from Head Start through the 12th grade. The ANA grant will expire at the end of the 2015-2016 school year. This Sustainability Plan provides programmatic recommendations for the Native Village of Port Graham to consider for continuing Tamamta Litnaurluta beyond the life of …

Effective And Meaningful Collaboration To Improve Community Health, Esther Hammerschlag

Rural Development

This research project set out to identify those factors that are likely to lead to effective and meaningful collaboration among a broad range of stakeholders wishing to collaborate to improve health in rural communities. By studying two different collaborative efforts in rural Alaska that have succeeded in collaboration but have also faced many challenges, benefits of collaboration, challenges to collaboration, factors that contribute to benefits and challenges of collaboration, and important areas for development in collaboration were identified. Through the research study and a literature review conducted within the context of the researcher's professional experience, frameworks and tools were identified …

Local Scale Structures In Earth's Thermospheric Winds And Their Consequences For Wind Driven Transport, Manbharat Singh Dhadly

Physics

In the traditional picture of Earth's upper thermosphere (~190-300 km), it is widely presumed that its convective stability and enormous kinematic viscosity attenuate wind gradients, and hence smooth out any structure present in the wind over scale size of several hundreds of kilometers. However, several independent experimental studies have shown that observed upper thermospheric wind fields at high latitudes contain stronger than expected local-scale spatial structures. The motivation of this dissertation is to investigate how the resulting local-scale gradients would distort neutral air masses and complicate thermospheric wind transport. To achieve this goal, we examined the behavior of a simple …

Ncpa Propagation Code Users Manual, Andrew T. Winkelman

Physics

This manual was written for University of Alaska Fairbanks infrasound group to assist researchers in using the National Center for Physical Acoustics (NCPA) code suite to further investigate observed infrasonic phenomena. The NCPA code suite is designed to simulate various aspects of infrasound propagation through a model atmosphere. This suite was developed and tested by the University of Mississippi National Center for Physical Acoustics infrasound group. Included are raytrace routines to initially establish signal paths, both single frequency and broadband modal routines to calculate pressure fields and transmission losses, and a parabolic method to calculate pressure fields and transmission losses …

Investigation Of Strongly Ducted Infrasonic Dispersion Using A Vertical Eigenfunction Expansion Of The Helmholtz Equation In A Modal Broad Band Acoustic Propagation Code, Robert Alexander Edon

Physics

This study investigates an infrasound propagation model created by the National Center for Physical Acoustics (NCPA) which is applied to atmospheric data with a strong temperature inversion in the lower atmosphere. This temperature inversion is believed to be the primary cause of a dispersed infrasonic signal recorded by an infrasound sensor array located on the Southern California coast in August, 2012. The received signal is characterized by initial low frequency content followed by a high frequency content tail. It is shown the NCPA model is hindered by limited atmospheric data and no ground truth for the source function which generated …

Functional Movement Screen Score By Somatotype Category, Amanda Kelch

Masters Theses

Background: The Functional Movement Screen (FMS) is a tool used by fitness and health professionals to assess the quality of movement patterns in active populations. The literature has established descriptive values for FMS scores in various populations. However there has not yet been a study establishing the descriptive values of FMS score based on the somatotype categories. Establishing these descriptive values may provide a better understanding of how an individual's somatotype affects their ability to move. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to establish FMS scores for the four simplified somatotype categories (normal, endomorph, mesomorph, and ectomorph). Methods: Participants …

Cafi Tree Database Notes 2015, N/A N/A

2015 Data Files

CAFI Tree Database Notes updated as of December 2015

Abraham C. Bates V. District Court : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Supreme Court

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (2000–2020)

No abstract provided.

Understanding Reservoir Engineering Aspects Of Shale Gas Development On The Alaska North Slope, Anna Nyulund

Engineering

Horizontal drilling and multi-stage hydraulic fracturing made it possible to develop US shale resources. Shublik shale is one of such US shale resources - it is one of the largest source rocks for hydrocarbon accumulations located on the Alaska North Slope. This study used the workflow introduced by Mirzaei and Cipolla in 2012 to investigate the effects of fracturing fluid flowback; shale porosity; matrix, fracture and unpropped zone permeability; hydraulic fracture spacing; permeability anisotropy; non-Darcy flow; gas adsorption/desorption using the complex-fracture-network model, referred to as an Unconventional Fracture Model (UFM), and Voronoi grid on well performance in the Shublik shale …

Spatial And Temporal Patterns Of Epibenthic Community And Food Web Structures In The Chukchi Sea Between 2004-2012, Carlos Serratos

Marine Biology

The Chukchi Sea shelf, an area undergoing rapid environmental change and concurrently increasing human activity, supports communities of epibenthic organisms and food webs that are sustained by high primary productivity in the overlying water column and are influenced by physical environmental conditions. The goal of this study was to characterize these epibenthic communities (using trawl hauls) and benthic food webs (using carbon and nitrogen stables isotopes) in 2009 and 2012 and to identify persisting or changing patterns between 2004, 2009 and 2012 as part of NOAA's Russian-American long-term Census of the Arctic (RUSALCA) program. Fifteen stations each were sampled in …

Influence Of Physical And Biological Oceanography On The Structure Of The Seabird Community In The Northeastern Chukchi Sea, Adrian E. Gall

Marine Biology

The Chukchi Sea is losing seasonal ice cover as global temperatures rise, facilitating human access to the region for activities such as oil and gas exploration, shipping, and tourism. Processes and responses to environmental change by marine ecosystems are often challenging to quantify because they are hidden under water. Seabirds, however, offer visible evidence of the health and status of marine ecosystems. I studied the community structure, variability in abundance and distribution, and habitat associations of seabirds in the eastern Chukchi Sea. My results provide insights into the influence of climate change on seabirds and a benchmark against which to …