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Unh Research: Helmetless-Tackling Drills Significantly Reduce Head Impact, Robbin Ray

UNH Today Archive

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Qualitative Contributions To A Randomized Controlled Trial Addressing Hiv/Aids-Stigma In Medical Students, Melissa Marzán-Rodríguez, Nelson Varas-Diaz, Torsten Neilands

The Qualitative Report

Specialized training for healthcare professionals (HCP) in order to reduce HIV/AIDS related stigma must be part of a public health model for HIV/AIDS. Tested interventions to reduce HIV/AIDS related stigma among HCP have been mostly absent from these efforts. A qualitative approach was used to assess stigma reduction within a traditional randomized controlled design in order to better understand how our current stigma intervention worked and was understood by 2nd year medical students. After conducting a quantitative follow up survey one-year post intervention we conducted 20 in-depth qualitative interviews with a subsample of our intervention group participants as part of …

The Status Of Fishes In The Missouri River, Nebraska: Selected Ancient Fishes, Kirk D. Steffensen

Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences and Affiliated Societies

Several ancient fish species have inhabited the Missouri River and its tributaries for thousands of years prior to major mainstem modifications and fragmentation. However post-anthropogenic modifications, populations of these ancient fish species have been highly diminished. Therefore, the objective of this study was to use historic and current ichthyological records to determine the past and present status for Chestnut Lamprey Ichthyomyzon castaneus, Silver Lamprey Ichthyomyzon unicuspis, Bowfin Amia calva, American Eel Anguilla rostrata, and Burbot Lota lota. Currently, these species are rarely captured and perhaps extirpated from Nebraska waters.

Data Collection Challenges And Recommendations For Early Career Researchers, Marylen Rimando, Andrea M. Brace, Apophia Namageyo-Funa, Tiffany L. Parr, Diadrey-Anne Sealy, Teaniese L. Davis, Lourdes M. Martinez, Richard W. Christiana

The Qualitative Report

Data collection is critical to the social research process. When implemented correctly, data collection enhances the quality of a social research study. However, doctoral students and early career researchers may encounter challenges with data collection. This article reports on the data collection challenges in dissertation research encountered by doctoral students enrolled in a public health program at a southeastern United States urban university. Each doctoral student shared at least one challenge and how it affected the data collection process. Additionally, the doctoral students shared how the identified challenges were addressed or suggested recommendations. Understanding these experiences of doctoral students is …

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 21, 2015, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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Dispute Resolution Under The Principal Irish Forms Of Building Contract, Tony Cunningham

Other Resources

The construction industry is known to be litigious (Latham, 1994). This is hardly surprising given the industry’s fragmented nature in which project teams comprising an extensive network of employers, designers and constructors are brought together to deliver once-off projects, following which, the organisation is almost always disbanded. The short term objectives of the various groupings are often competing and occasionally incompatible. For example, many employers will wish to minimise costs in developing a project, designers may resist pressures on budgets in order to safeguard their ‘brand’, and the commercial imperative of maximising profit will drive contractors towards charging what the …

Sigma Gamma Epsilon In Recent Years, Paula F. Even

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

Patricia L. Daniel covered the first 50 years of Sigma Gamma Epsilon’s existence in The History of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, The First Twenty-Five Years, 1915-1940 and The History of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, The Second Twenty-Five Years, 1941-1965 (Daniel, 1966a, b). Richard L. Ford’s Major Milestones in the Development of Sigma Gamma Epsilon's Core Traditions (Ford, 2012) noted the significant highlights of the Society up until recent times. This article updates the recent noteworthy events of the organization to complete the 100 year history of Sigma Gamma Epsilon. New chapters, recent conventions, the development of two new chapter awards in addition …

43rd Biennial Convention And Centennial Celebration The University Of Kansas: March 27-29, 2015, James C. Walters, Paula F. Even

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

Sigma Gamma Epsilon, the national honor society in the Earth Sciences, held its 43^rd Biennial Convention on the campus of the University of Kansas March 27-29, 2015 in conjunction with its centennial celebration. Alpha Chapter, Sigma Gamma Epsilon’s first chapter, hosted the events. During the convention, Dr. Anthony Walton of the Department of Geology at KU led a half-day field excursion on the Pennsylvanian Stratigraphy of Douglas County, Kansas: Glacioeustatically Modulated Cyclic Deposition on a Remarkably Smooth Shelf. This report provides a summary of the deliberations and actions of the participants at the convention and highlights of the field …

The History Of Sigma Gamma Epsilon The First Twenty-Five Years, 1915-1940, Patricia L. Daniel

The Compass: Earth Science Journal of Sigma Gamma Epsilon

Sigma Gamma Epsilon Honor Society for Earth Science students was founded during the spring of 1915 in the home of William H. Twenhofel, Associate Professor of Geology at The University of Kansas. ΣΓΕ was launched nationally in the fall of 1915 with the admittance of Beta Chapter of Pittsburgh University, and today there are more than 100 chapters nation- wide. Originally a "male only" fraternity for geologists, metallurgists, mining, petroleum, and ceramics engineers, for nearly three decades ΣΓΕ has been open to all Earth Science majors and is composed primarily of geology students.

In 80 years, ΣΓΕ has weathered two …

Epidemiology News, Georgia Southern University

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences: News & Publications (2011-2018)

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The Case For The International Governance Of Immigration, Javier S. Hidalgo

Jepson School of Leadership Studies articles, book chapters and other publications

States have rights to unilaterally determine their own immigration policies under international law and few international institutions regulate states’ decision-making about immigration. As a result, states have extensive discretion over immigration policy. In this paper, I argue that states should join international migration institutions that would constrain their discretion over immigration. Immigration restrictions are morally risky. When states restrict immigration, they risk unjustly harming foreigners and restricting their freedom. Furthermore, biases and epistemic defects pervasively influence states’ decision-making about immigration policy. States should transfer some of their decision-making authority over immigration to more reliable institutions in order to mitigate the …

Read Receipts Feature In Mobile Platform: An Investigation Study Based On Social Tie Between The Sender And Receiver, Lujayn Alhddad

Theses

Read receipts is a built-in feature in all mobile instant messaging applications. The number of mobile instant messaging applications users is steadily increasing as a result of increasing the number of smartphone owners. This study investigated people's desire of using the read receipts based on the nature of the relationship between the sender and receiver. The research classifies relationships as strong and weak ties. An online survey was conducted, in which the majority of the participants were Middle Eastern. The survey investigated two factors that affect people's desire of using the read receipts feature, the social tie with the sender …

Freedom Of Conscience In War Time: World War I And The Civil Liberties Path Not Taken, Laura Weinrib

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

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Dysregulation Of The Haem-Haemopexin Axis Is Associated With Severe Malaria In A Case-Control Study Of Ugandan Children., Robyn E Elphinstone, Frank Riley, Tian Lin, Sarah Higgins, Aggrey Dhabangi, Charles Musoke, Christine Cserti-Gazdewich, Raymond F. Regan, H Shaw Warren, Kevin C Kain

Department of Medicine Faculty Papers

BACKGROUND: Malaria is associated with haemolysis and the release of plasma haem. Plasma haem can cause endothelial injury and organ dysfunction, and is normally scavenged by haemopexin to limit toxicity. It was hypothesized that dysregulation of the haem-haemopexin pathway contributes to severe and fatal malaria infections.

METHODS: Plasma levels of haemin (oxidized haem), haemopexin, haptoglobin, and haemoglobin were quantified in a case-control study of Ugandan children with Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Levels at presentation were compared in children with uncomplicated malaria (UM; n = 29), severe malarial anaemia (SMA; n = 27) or cerebral malaria (CM; n = 31), and evaluated …

Qualified Immunity Or Justified Brutality?: An Examination Of The Qualified Immunity Doctrine In Peterson V. Kopp, Tabitha Johnson

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice

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Gender Boxing: The Ioc’S Policy On Female Hyperandrogenism And Attempt To Draw Bright Lines Between Sexes While The World Outside Athletics Embraces Gender Fluidity, Holly E. Jones

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice

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Hegemonic Masculinity And Reproductive Freedom, Rick Mula

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice

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Rectifying A Wrong: American Eugenics—Beneficial To The State, But Detrimental To The People, Rowena A. Daniels

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice

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Schuette, Facial Neutrality, And The Constitution, Mark Strasser

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice

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Table Of Contents, N. Brenda Adimora

Tennessee Journal of Race, Gender, & Social Justice

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Use Of A Task-Oriented Approach In The Physical Therapy Management Of A Patient Following A Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery Stroke: A Case Report, Erika Derks

Case Report Papers

Background and Purpose: Stroke is the leading cause of long term disability in the United States. Despite the prevalence of stroke, there is minimal research on physical therapy interventions for patients with cerebellar stroke. The purpose of this case report is to describe a multidimensional intervention program for a patient following a cerebellar stroke, emphasizing a task-oriented approach and motor learning principles. Case Description: The patient was a 78-year-old female who had a right posterior inferior cerebellar artery stroke. She received daily physical therapy for four and a half weeks in the acute rehabilitation setting. The examination revealed deficits in …

Internationalization Of High-Tech Enterprises, Nelly Daszkiewicz

European Management Studies

In the 1980s a growing group of enterprises operating primarily in the high technology branches was recognized. These firms entered the international markets faster than enterprises operating in more traditional sectors. In addition, these firms gained a competitive advantage resulting from knowledge (knowledge-based competitive advantage). Moreover, significant differences in motivation, goals, methods, and intensity of internationalization of high-tech firms as compared to those operating in traditional sectors were observed. The study of early and rapid internationalization continues to this day. In recent years, mainly due to changes in the business environment, we observe their dynamic development. The aim of this …

Institutionalization Of Spontaneous Changes In The Process Of Internationalization Of Enterprises, Zofia Patora-Wysocka

European Management Studies

The article is an attempt of a theoretical and empirical analysis of the concept of institutionalization of spontaneous actions in the process of internationalization of enterprises. In the article the process of institutionalization of changes is perceived from the processual perspective in management, where everyday actions within routinely repeated practice constitute an important cognitive background of the analysis. International entrepreneurship is described in the literature in both behavioral and situational contexts. Internationalization, in turn, is described in the literature on this subject as a rapid or evolutionary process. Internationalization of the company can be a result of entrepreneurial activities of …

Socio-Cognitive Determinants Of Entrepreneurial Intentions, Aleksandra Wąsowska

European Management Studies

The aim of this study is to investigate socio-cognitive determinants of entrepreneurial intentions of business students in Poland. Based on the extant literature, grounded mostly in the socio-cognitive theory of Albert Bandura, I have formulated a number of hypotheses on the relationships between entrepreneurial intentions and entrepreneurial self-efficacy, positive orientation and entrepreneurial role models. The study uses a sample of 129 students of the Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw. The hypotheses were tested with the use of linear regression models. The results reveal that entrepreneurial self-efficacy positively relates to entrepreneurial intentions. Moreover, positive orientation and entrepreneurial role models are …

Organizational Creativity And Firm Performance: Towards A Multilevel Understanding, Katarzyna Bratnicka

European Management Studies

Scholars have got to understand organizational creativity for its rich conceptual depth. In this paper I explore how the specific dynamic capability in today’s organizations – organizational creativity – provides the cause to reconsider assumptions surrounding this multidimensional concept from a multilevel point of view. To this end, I synthesize research on creativity in organizations and theorize connections between creative novelty-creative usefulness, and organization effectiveness across individual, team, and organization level, rooting my arguments in the claim that bottom-up and top-down processes shape key creativity-related aspects of effectiveness. Collectively, my arguments expand and, in some respects, challenge the theory on …

Expected Incomes As A Factor Of Entrepreneurship And A Firm Establishment Risk, Tomasz Bernat

European Management Studies

Entrepreneurship takes a central place in the imagination of economists. It is one of the reasons for both growth and development of the economy as well as an individual human being. Determinants and market competences of entrepreneurs indicate the importance of income as a factor supporting the creation of enterprises or deciding on their market survival. Based on this background, the concept of the study was created: do people who want to earn more in the labor market declare entrepreneurship as a method of achieving this aim and do they declare and take the higher risk associated with it. This …

Cultural Entrepreneurship And Money: Start-Up Financing Structures In The Creative Industries, Elmar D. Konrad

European Management Studies

Cultural and creative industries belong to the fastest growing sectors. About two-thirds of all new businesses in the creative and cultural industries need financial resources, but currently there are no findings regarding the financial structure and the very complex structure of this sector. For the first time this paper combines specifically the research on cultural and creative industries and start-up financing to examine the entrepreneurial factors inhibiting or stimulating the influence on capital acquisition. Based on a large empirical study, the funding structure for start-ups involving factors of orientation at the individual, corporate and social level is described by means …

How New Is Crowdfunding? The Venture Capital Evolution Without Revolution – Discourse On Risk Capital Themes And Their Relevance To Poland, Denis Frydrych, Tony Kinder

European Management Studies

This conceptual paper discourses the emergence and development of crowdfunding as a step of the broader risk capital evolution. In doing so, we call for a more careful discussion about whether crowdfunding is the next big thing in risk capital mechanisms or a continuity of risk capital instruments, which matches technological regime changes and aligns to economic and social development. Based on a historical overview of types of funding, we elaborate that the risk capital market follows an evolutionary rather than revolutionary progression, where crowdfunding developed as a continuity of business angel, venture capital and microfinance mechanisms. This paper also …

Entrepreneurship In The Rural Development Process, Sławomir Jarka

European Management Studies

Development of small and medium enterprises in rural areas is an important factor of economic growth, which provides a rationale to place these entities at the heart of this paper. In this paper, varied conditions of rural entrepreneurship were described, with a focus on rural areas located far from agglomerations. The determinants of development of entrepreneurship were analysed. The factors affecting development of small enterprises were presented based on empirical data collected from small companies from Wielkopolskie Voivodeship.

Getting Off The Track To Found – The Influence Of Path Dependence On The Entrepreneurial Process, Philipp Berger, Jörg Freiling

European Management Studies

T he concept of path dependence describes mechanisms which can lead organizations to a lock-in on a certain path of development. Sydow et al. (2009) describe four basic self-reinforcing mechanisms (learning effects, adaptive expectations, coordination effects and complementary effects) and argue how they can lead to organizational lock-in along three distinct phases. This study investigates the influence of these mechanisms within the entrepreneurial venture creation process (Berger 2015c) and concludes in an argumentation that this process is by no means a determined path. Instead, the forces of path dependence actually lead entities out of the entrepreneurial gestation process in each …