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Love In The Time Of Graduation: Exploring The Identity Development Of College Seniors In Romantic Relationships, Noam Waksman Jan 2015

Love In The Time Of Graduation: Exploring The Identity Development Of College Seniors In Romantic Relationships, Noam Waksman

Psychology Honors Papers

This project was a qualitative exploration into the lives of college seniors currently in romantic relationships. Participants included 11 committed, heterosexual couples (22 participants in total) from schools in the Northeast. In each couple, at least one member was a senior in college at the time of participation. Participants were interviewed separately and asked a protocol of questions regarding their relationships and post-graduate plans. No initial hypotheses were established. Instead, the interviews were transcribed and emergent themes and patterns were identified through a grounded analysis of the interviews. Ultimately, a conceptualization emerged from the previously identified patterns and themes, and …

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The Health Risks Of Chemicals In Personal Care Products And Their Fate In The Environment, Lisa Paulsen Jan 2015

The Health Risks Of Chemicals In Personal Care Products And Their Fate In The Environment, Lisa Paulsen

Chemistry Honors Papers

Personal care products are everyday consumer products used to cleanse, enhance, or alter the appearance of the body, including, but not limited to, shampoos, body washes, lotions, and cosmetics. The regulations and safety information surrounding personal care products are severely lacking. The laws regulating the environmental fate of these chemicals and the harmful effects they can have on environmental ecosystems or organisms that are exposed to them are even more limited. However, studies have shown that the chemicals can have a dizzying array of health risks, including diseases on the rise in human populations such as diabetes, obesity, autism, ADHD, …

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Correlation Between Hands On Activities And Transfer Skills On Assessments, Sowmya Anjur Jan 2015

Correlation Between Hands On Activities And Transfer Skills On Assessments, Sowmya Anjur

Faculty Publications & Research

Students in the Physiology and Disease course at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora are exposed to basic physiological concepts using novel hands on methods to help them understand the material better. Students made heart models to study the anatomy and physiology of the heart. Their scores on the heart unit assessment were evaluated for understanding by correlating their scores on heart model building with specific transfer questions on the heart unit. Preliminary results indicate that there was a significant correlation between heart model building and test scores.

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Engaging Students In Current Topics: Ecosystem Disruption, Sarah O'Leary-Driscoll Jan 2015

Engaging Students In Current Topics: Ecosystem Disruption, Sarah O'Leary-Driscoll

Faculty Publications & Research

One of the most compelling aspects of studying biology is that it has immediate relevance to the world around us. It is the study of life, which can give us amazing insight into how we as organisms work as well as our place in Earth’s ecosystem. This second point is especially crucial for our students to understand, as the Earth is in many ways in a state of ecological crisis. Ecosystems across the globe are changing, often as the result of human influence, and an understanding of the causes and effects of these changes is essential for our students, especially …

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Engineering Education For High-Ability Students, Branson Lawrence, Diane Hinterlong, Laurie S. Sutherland Jan 2015

Engineering Education For High-Ability Students, Branson Lawrence, Diane Hinterlong, Laurie S. Sutherland

Publications & Research

Over the course of their careers, engineers command a breadth and depth of knowledge from science, mathematics, society, politics, and economics that is needed for continuously updating their knowledge of the latest discoveries and advances. Driven by curiosity and enabled by rapid information technology, engineers are kept abreast of the latest advancements almost instantaneously. Today’s scientific knowledge is fluid and complex, yet these traits of engineering remain constant: the ability to define structure, plan, repeatedly evaluate, and align results to the initial objective. Engineering teachers need to facilitate their students’ ability to access information effectively and to apply it appropriately, …

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2015 Viewbook, Office Of Admissions Jan 2015

2015 Viewbook, Office Of Admissions

Viewbook

An education at IMSA offers far more than conventional honors courses. IMSA fosters a collaborative learning environment that develops students' problem-solving abilities. Our talented faculty members, all of whom have advanced degrees, with 45% holding doctorate degrees, guide students to engage in exploration, think critically and creatively, and apply their cross-disciplinary knowledge to address significant, real-world issues. IMSA students are engaged in rich opportunities to work with prominent scholars and researchers, explore questions of their own, champion their ideas for product development and make significant leadership contributions.

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Parents Knowledge Of Child Passenger Safety Laws And Use Of Safety Restraints, Tracy Bell Jan 2015

Parents Knowledge Of Child Passenger Safety Laws And Use Of Safety Restraints, Tracy Bell

Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects

The purpose of this study was to determine if there was an association between the parent’s knowledge of child passenger safety laws and the use of child passenger safety restraints. A review of current literature demonstrates barriers to incorrect use of child passenger safety seats. The literature demonstrated that multiple factors that are involved in inappropriate use of child passenger safety seats. The research was guided by Nola Pender’s framework for Health Promotion Model. The study was comprised of a convenience sample of 34 parents and caregivers from a child development center. Data was collected using the Child Passenger Safety …

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Does Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate-Insulin Complex Protect Human Insulin From Proteolytic Enzyme Action?, Antoine Al-Achi, Deepthi Kota Jan 2015

Does Epigallocatechin-3-Gallate-Insulin Complex Protect Human Insulin From Proteolytic Enzyme Action?, Antoine Al-Achi, Deepthi Kota

Pharmaceutical Sciences

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Undergraduate Catalog, 2015-2016, Valparaiso University Jan 2015

Undergraduate Catalog, 2015-2016, Valparaiso University

Undergraduate Catalogs

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The Domestication Of Terrorism: 9/11 And The War In Iraq In Newspapers From Montreal, Canada, Gabriela Gomez Jan 2015

The Domestication Of Terrorism: 9/11 And The War In Iraq In Newspapers From Montreal, Canada, Gabriela Gomez

Global Media Journal México

El trabajo presenta la domesticación del terrorismo en dos de los diarios más importantes de Montreal, Canadá: The Gazette (anglófono) y La Presse (francófono). A través del análisis de repertorios interpretativos mostramos cómo se domestica (se hace local) el terrorismo acontecido el 9/11 del 2001 y la Guerra en Irak (2003) en esos medios y cómo se articula al imaginario social. Esto nos permite explorar las apropiaciones culturales del terrorismo en dos grupos culturales, en una sociedad como la de Montreal. Palabras Clave: terrorismo, domesticación, The Gazette, La Presse, periódicos, Canadá, repertorios interpretativos. AbstractThis article analyzes the ‘domestication’ of terrorism …

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Climate Change Impacts On Ocean And Coastal Law: U.S. And International Perspectives, Randall S. Abate Jan 2015

Climate Change Impacts On Ocean And Coastal Law: U.S. And International Perspectives, Randall S. Abate

Faculty Books and Book Contributions

Ocean and coastal law has grown rapidly in the past three decades as a specialty area within natural resources law and environmental law. The protection of oceans has received increased attention in the past decade because of sea-level rise, ocean acidification, the global overfishing crisis, widespread depletion of marine biodiversity such as marine mammals and coral reefs, and marine pollution. Paralleling the growth of ocean and coastal law, climate change regulation has emerged as a focus of international environmental diplomacy, and has gained increased attention in the wake of disturbing and abrupt climate change related impacts throughout the world that …

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Cooling Down Florida's Coast: Saving East Central And Southeast Florida's Sea Turtles From Impacts Of Climate Change, Kara Graham Jan 2015

Cooling Down Florida's Coast: Saving East Central And Southeast Florida's Sea Turtles From Impacts Of Climate Change, Kara Graham

Student Works

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Development And Promotion Of New And Enhanced Biofertilizers, Biostimulants, And Biopesticides For Improved Crop Productivity: Development And Filed Testing Of Endophytic Bacterial Inoculants As New Biofertilizer For Improved Production Of Egpplant (Solanum Melongena) And Sugarcane (Saccharum Officinarum L.), V. M. Padilla Jan 2015

Development And Promotion Of New And Enhanced Biofertilizers, Biostimulants, And Biopesticides For Improved Crop Productivity: Development And Filed Testing Of Endophytic Bacterial Inoculants As New Biofertilizer For Improved Production Of Egpplant (Solanum Melongena) And Sugarcane (Saccharum Officinarum L.), V. M. Padilla

Report

Two of the major crops contributing to the Philippine economy are eggplant (Solanum melongena and sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum L.). These plants especially sugarcane require large amount of inorganic fertilizer to attain high yields. The ever increasing price of inorganic fertilizers is impelling to search for alternative source of nutrients to reduce dependence from the use of imported fertilizers. Biofertilizer technology such as endophytic bacterial inoculants is a new strategy that could reduce the use of chemical fertilizers. Hence, this research was conducted to develop, formulate and field test a new biofertilizer product utilizing endophytic bacterial inoculants for improved production of …

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Building A Foundation For Crisis Intervention In Eastern Europe, Evan D. Parks Jan 2015

Building A Foundation For Crisis Intervention In Eastern Europe, Evan D. Parks

Faculty Publications and Presentations

The principles of Critical Incident Stress Management for assisting individuals and groups are applied to an Eastern European crisis event. This case study demonstrates the importance of understanding the cultural context where crisis events occur and the value of developing a network of local relationships as a step toward gaining credibility when working cross-culturally. I recount experiences over the past 13 years working in Eastern Europe as a clinical psychologist, consulting and intervening in a wide variety of critical incidents. There is a great need to raise the awareness of depression, anxiety, trauma, abuse, and addictions among health professionals, educators, …

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A Comparison Of Survey Methods For Documenting Presence Of Myotis Leibii (Eastern Small-Footed Bats) At Roosting Areas In Western Virginia, John K. Huth, Alexander Silvis, Paul R. Moosman Jr., W. Mark Ford, Sara Sweeten Jan 2015

A Comparison Of Survey Methods For Documenting Presence Of Myotis Leibii (Eastern Small-Footed Bats) At Roosting Areas In Western Virginia, John K. Huth, Alexander Silvis, Paul R. Moosman Jr., W. Mark Ford, Sara Sweeten

Virginia Journal of Science

Many aspects of foraging and roosting habitat of Myotis leibii (Eastern Small-Footed Bat), an emergent rock roosting-obligate, are poorly described. Previous comparisons of effectiveness of acoustic sampling and mist-net captures have not included Eastern Small-Footed Bat. Habitat requirements of this species differ from congeners in the region, and it is unclear whether survey protocols developed for other species are applicable. Using data from three overlapping studies at two sampling sites in western Virginia’s central Appalachian Mountains, detection probabilities were examined for three survey methods (acoustic surveys with automated identification of calls, visual searches of rock crevices, and mist-netting) for use …

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The Prodigal Illegal: Christian Love And Immigration Reform, Victor C. Romero Jan 2015

The Prodigal Illegal: Christian Love And Immigration Reform, Victor C. Romero

Denver Law Review

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2015-2016, Csusb Jan 2015

2015-2016, Csusb

Anthropology Department newsletter

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Ripples 2015, Bridgewater College Jan 2015

Ripples 2015, Bridgewater College

Ripples/College Yearbooks

Bridgewater College 2015 Yearbook. This volume appears as a service to the Bridgewater College community and Alumni. This is a derivative version of the original work where portions may be redacted according to institutional policy or practicality. Not all images include original captioning.

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Bridgewater College Catalog, Session 2015-16, Bridgewater College Jan 2015

Bridgewater College Catalog, Session 2015-16, Bridgewater College

Bridgewater College Catalogs

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A Multi-Scale Based Model For Composite Materials With Embedded Pzt Filaments For Energy Harvesting, A.E. El-Etriby, M.E. Abdel-Meguid, K.M. Shalan, Tarek Hatem, Yehia Bahei-El-Din Jan 2015

A Multi-Scale Based Model For Composite Materials With Embedded Pzt Filaments For Energy Harvesting, A.E. El-Etriby, M.E. Abdel-Meguid, K.M. Shalan, Tarek Hatem, Yehia Bahei-El-Din

Centre for Advanced Materials

Ambient vibrations are major source of wasted energy, exploiting properly such vibration can be converted to valuable energy and harvested to power up devices, i.e. electronic devices. Accordingly, energy harvesting using smart structures with active piezoelectric ceramics has gained wide interest over the past few years as a method for converting such wasted energy. This paper provides numerical and experimental analysis of piezoelectric fiber based composites for energy harvesting applications proposing a multi-scale modeling approach coupled with experimental verification. The multi-scale approach suggested predicting the behavior of piezoelectric fiber-based composites use micromechanical model based on Transformation Field Analysis (TFA) to …

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Rapid Evolution Of Silver Nanoparticle Resistance In Escherichia Coli, Joseph L. Graves Jr., Mehrdad Tajkarimi, Quincy Cunningham, Adero Campbell, Herve Nonga, Scott H. Harrison, Jeffrey E. Barrick Jan 2015

Rapid Evolution Of Silver Nanoparticle Resistance In Escherichia Coli, Joseph L. Graves Jr., Mehrdad Tajkarimi, Quincy Cunningham, Adero Campbell, Herve Nonga, Scott H. Harrison, Jeffrey E. Barrick

Faculty Publications

The recent exponential increase in the use of engineered nanoparticles (eNPs) means both greater intentional and unintentional exposure of eNPs to microbes. Intentional use includes the use of eNPs as biocides. Unintentional exposure results from the fact that eNPs are included in a variety of commercial products (paints, sunscreens, cosmetics). Many of these eNPs are composed of heavy metals or metal oxides such as silver, gold, zinc, titanium dioxide, and zinc oxide. It is thought that since metallic/metallic oxide NPs impact so many aspects of bacterial physiology that it will difficult for bacteria to evolve resistance to them. This study …

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Wofford College Catalogue 2015-2016, Wofford College. Office Of The Registrar Jan 2015

Wofford College Catalogue 2015-2016, Wofford College. Office Of The Registrar

College Catalogues

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Integrating Naturalized Areas Onto The University At Albany Campus, Cassidy Drasser, Bryan King, Aidan Mcgovern, Ahren Von Schnell Jan 2015

Integrating Naturalized Areas Onto The University At Albany Campus, Cassidy Drasser, Bryan King, Aidan Mcgovern, Ahren Von Schnell

Publications

The purpose of this management plan is to provide recommendations to create naturalized areas and increase biodiversity on the University at Albany campus. The University currently follows a number of environmental policies in an effort to promote uniformity. There are many benefits to increasing biodiversity on campus such as providing ecosystem services, increasing education and awareness, aiding in stormwater management, and support institutional advancement. There are already several areas on the campus that would serve as prime locations for projects of this nature including the front lawn and the Dutch and State parking lots. Future directions that the campus can …

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Countercurrent Flowthrough Pretreatment Of Cellulosic Biomass, Véronique Archambault-Léger Jan 2015

Countercurrent Flowthrough Pretreatment Of Cellulosic Biomass, Véronique Archambault-Léger

Link Foundation Energy Fellowship Reports

The aim of my work as a Link Fellow was to develop an analytical framework incorporating fluid mechanical, thermodynamics and kinetic factors to determine the feasible domains of hot water FT pretreatment. I addressed the mechanical complexities of arranging a bed of biomass for FT configuration and analyzed the energy requirements, capital costs and sugar dilution in order to realize the advantages of FT pretreatment at scale.

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Oncology Providers’ Opinions On Preventative Recommendations For Patients With Brca1 Or Brca2 Breast Cancer Mutations, Rebecca L. Crissman, Kathleen Dunsmore Jan 2015

Oncology Providers’ Opinions On Preventative Recommendations For Patients With Brca1 Or Brca2 Breast Cancer Mutations, Rebecca L. Crissman, Kathleen Dunsmore

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations have been identified as increasing an individual’s risk for developing breast cancer. Genetic testing for these genes has become increasingly more common. However, once genetic testing has established that an individual has either a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation, there is no set guideline for preventative measures. The purpose of this study is to gain the opinions of oncology healthcare providers on their recommendation for preventative treatment in women who have been diagnosed with the mutation at varying ages. A web-based survey was emailed to oncology healthcare providers from Minnesota Oncology in Minnesota and Allegheny Health …

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Chemically Self-Assembled Antibody Nanorings: A Novel Approach To Bispecific Design For Cancer Therapeutics, Kari A. Gabrielse Jan 2015

Chemically Self-Assembled Antibody Nanorings: A Novel Approach To Bispecific Design For Cancer Therapeutics, Kari A. Gabrielse

All Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Targeted antibody therapeutics are currently being developed for treatment of a wide variety of cancers. By extending the scope of targeted antibody therapeutics into a bispecific design, it has been shown that simultaneous targeting of the CD3 T cell receptor and cancer cell receptors is possible. While great success has been achieved with the use of bispecific agents, many of these agents are genetically fused antibody fragments that can only target one type of cancerous receptor. Here we describe a simple and straightforward method of spontaneously assembling bispecific antibody therapeutics. Using fusion proteins consisting of two dihydrofolate reductase proteins and …

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A Grounded Theory Study Of How Parents Made The Decision About Residential Group Home Placement For Their Adult Child With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, Laura A. Prager Phd, Msn, Rn, Cddn, Cdcp Jan 2015

A Grounded Theory Study Of How Parents Made The Decision About Residential Group Home Placement For Their Adult Child With Intellectual/Developmental Disabilities, Laura A. Prager Phd, Msn, Rn, Cddn, Cdcp

Faculty of Nursing Publications

Abstract Background: The parent caregivers of a child with an Intellectual Disability/Developmental Disability (ID/DD) face lifelong challenges that may at some point involve the decision about residential group home placement of the adult child. In the course of the child’s lifetime, the parents who have provided care may need to consider a safe alternative. The decision about residential group home placement of the adult child can be the result of numerous factors. Objective: The purpose of this qualitative inquiry was to investigate the phenomenon of how the parent caregivers made the decision for residential group home placement for their adult …

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The Defiled Imago Dei And Forgiveness: The Tensions Between Ethnicity And Humanity In The Image Of God In The Context Of The Ethiopian Churches, Wondimu Legesse Sonessa Jan 2015

The Defiled Imago Dei And Forgiveness: The Tensions Between Ethnicity And Humanity In The Image Of God In The Context Of The Ethiopian Churches, Wondimu Legesse Sonessa

Master of Theology Theses

No abstract provided.

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Umsl Bulletin 2015-2016, University Of Missouri-St. Louis Jan 2015

Umsl Bulletin 2015-2016, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

Bulletins

No abstract provided.

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Employee Salary Report. [University Of Missouri—St. Louis] 2015-2016, University Of Missouri-St. Louis Jan 2015

Employee Salary Report. [University Of Missouri—St. Louis] 2015-2016, University Of Missouri-St. Louis

UMSL Salary Report

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