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Evaluation Of A Multiplex Real-Time Pcr Assay To Simultaneously Detect Streptococcus Pneumoniae And Staphylococcus Aureus In Nasal Samples, Polly Hockberger Dec 2016

Evaluation Of A Multiplex Real-Time Pcr Assay To Simultaneously Detect Streptococcus Pneumoniae And Staphylococcus Aureus In Nasal Samples, Polly Hockberger

All NMU Master's Theses

Invasive disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae and Staphylococcus aureus is associated with nasal carriage of these bacteria. Use of a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV) in children altered nasal carriage rates and reduced infections due to S. pneumonia. Similar studies demonstrate that there is an inverse correlation between S. pneumoniae and S. aureus nasal carriage in children, but this inverse correlation has not been extensively investigated adults. The PCV is now approved for use in adults, a group more likely to be colonized with S. aureus. To investigate the impact of PCV vaccination on S. aureus carriage in adults, the …

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How To Hitchhike West With A Promise, Max Wojciechowski Dec 2016

How To Hitchhike West With A Promise, Max Wojciechowski

All NMU Master's Theses

This work is an excerpt of a larger novel in progress that closely follows the journey of the main character, Charlie, who is hitchhiking from the Chicago suburbs to California in order to spread his mother’s ashes. It takes inspiration from the traditional American road trip novels, while following a contemporary narrative that dives into the main character’s judgmental attitude toward his fellow human. The story highlights his character growth with tips for hitchhiking that Charlie directs toward the audience sporadically throughout the piece. Charlie happens to be gay. A conscious decision was made to not highlight his sexual orientation, …

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Lessons For An Educator: The Real Meaning Of Sacrifice And Service, Courtney A. Lemire Mrs. Dec 2016

Lessons For An Educator: The Real Meaning Of Sacrifice And Service, Courtney A. Lemire Mrs.

All NMU Master's Theses

I knew at a young age that I would devote my professional life to being an educator. I was not prepared for the numerous setbacks that I would experience and, at times, I have questioned why I became a teacher. It is during these moments of hesitation and uncertainty that I find inspiration from three military family members: my maternal grandfather, Edwin, my paternal grandfather, Lloyd, and my husband, Joe. They dedicated their lives to serving others while not asking for anything in return. All three unselfishly sacrificed a part of who they were for the betterment of others. It …

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Wolf Predation: Where And How Wolves Kill Beavers, And Confronting The Biases In Scat-Based Diet Studies, Thomas Gable Dec 2016

Wolf Predation: Where And How Wolves Kill Beavers, And Confronting The Biases In Scat-Based Diet Studies, Thomas Gable

All NMU Master's Theses

Beavers can be a significant prey item for wolves in boreal systems but how wolves hunt beavers is largely unknown. I inferred how wolves hunt beavers by identifying 22 kill sites using clusters of locations from GPS-collared wolves in Voyageurs National Park, Minnesota. Where wolves killed beavers varied seasonally with the majority (58%) of kills in the spring occurring below dams and on shorelines while the majority (80%) of kills in the fall were near feeding trails and canals. I deduced that the typical hunting strategy has 3 components: 1) waiting near areas of high beaver use until a beaver …

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The Impact Of Moving From Two-Person To Four-Person Teams On Seventh-Grade Students’ Attitudes And Beliefs Towards School, Zachary B. Sedgwick Dec 2016

The Impact Of Moving From Two-Person To Four-Person Teams On Seventh-Grade Students’ Attitudes And Beliefs Towards School, Zachary B. Sedgwick

All NMU Master's Theses

The purpose of this mixed methods study was to examine the impact moving seventh-grade students from two-person to four-person teams had on students’ attitudes and beliefs towards school. The review of literature provided the reader a brief analysis of the history of the middle school philosophy and teaming, recommendations for schools to address the unique needs of early adolescents, a review of key literature regarding middle level programing and structure, and a discussion highlighting the importance and impact of smaller learning communities. Two main theories makeup the framework for this report: Social Cognitive Theory and Human Relations Theory. The …

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The Relationship Between P300 Evoked Potentials And Prefrontal Cortex Oxygen Use: A Combined Eeg And Nirs Study, Will S. Rizer Dec 2016

The Relationship Between P300 Evoked Potentials And Prefrontal Cortex Oxygen Use: A Combined Eeg And Nirs Study, Will S. Rizer

All NMU Master's Theses

The P300 subcomponent, P3b, is an event related potential detected at the scalp surface when a working memory comparison results in differences between the contents of working memory and incoming stimulus information. Previous research has indicated that as infrequent targets become more difficult to detect (morphologically similar to a frequent non-target stimulus) the P300 becomes attenuated. fMRI research has also indicated increased prefrontal cortex (PFC) activity during P300 generation. To examine the relationship between P3b amplitude and PFC activity participants performed an easy and difficult target detection task in both EEG and NIRS called the oddball. The EEG and behavioral …

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Effective School Leadership Practices In Schools With Positive Climates In The Age Of High-Stakes Teacher Evaluations, Kristina M. Hansen Dec 2016

Effective School Leadership Practices In Schools With Positive Climates In The Age Of High-Stakes Teacher Evaluations, Kristina M. Hansen

All NMU Master's Theses

The purpose of this research project was to understand the leadership practices and characteristics of school leaders within schools identified as having a positive school climate. In this qualitative study, three focus groups of teachers were interviewed and asked a series of questions about their principals’ professional practices and characteristics. The building principals from these schools were also interviewed individually. These responses were scripted and analyzed using an open-coding model and then compared to recent educational leadership literature. Key findings from this research include professional practices and characteristics of principals in schools with positive climate, as well as recommendations for …

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Effects Of An 18- Week Strength, Conditioning, And Circuit Training Program On Weight Loss In A Middle Aged Adult Male, Aryeh D. Spingarn Dec 2016

Effects Of An 18- Week Strength, Conditioning, And Circuit Training Program On Weight Loss In A Middle Aged Adult Male, Aryeh D. Spingarn

Publications and Research

Aryeh Spingarn Queens College, City University of New York Department of Family, Nutrition, and Exercise Sciences, Effects of an 18-week strength, conditioning, and circuit training program on weight loss in a middle-aged male. Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a strength, conditioning, and circuit training program on weight loss in a middle age adult. Methods: The subject participated in an 18-week strength and conditioning program 2 days per week for one hour per session, totaling 2 hours of training time per week. The first 12 weeks of the program included only strength training for …

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Practical Knowledge In Electrical Engineering : Applying Lessons From Industry To The Classroom., Tayce Lassiter Dec 2016

Practical Knowledge In Electrical Engineering : Applying Lessons From Industry To The Classroom., Tayce Lassiter

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Objective: To identify and develop solutions for known gaps in existing electrical engineering curricula, by creating instruction modules applicable in a variety of settings. These instructional packages include: conductor sizing, conduit routing, how to read and create a P&ID, arc flash calculations, and area classification. With regards to conductor sizing, the importance of specifying the correct size of conductor, the standard sizes of conductors, the types of conductor insulation, and finally detail the calculations of conductor sizing and voltage drop will be discussed. The conduit routing module will introduce the student to basic guidelines of conduit routing as well as …

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Which Public? Whose Goods? What We Know (And What We Don't) About Public Goods In Rural China, Sara A. Newland Dec 2016

Which Public? Whose Goods? What We Know (And What We Don't) About Public Goods In Rural China, Sara A. Newland

Government: Faculty Publications

What have we learned from a decade of research on the provision of public goods in the Chinese countryside? This review article surveys the literature in political science, economics and Chinese area studies. It describes the three dominant types of explanations for variation in the quality of public goods: Local elections, social sanctioning and economic policies. It then argues that these findings are plagued by a set of common problems. Scholars mean different things when they use the term public goods, making their findings difficult to compare. Furthermore, the most common measures of public goods ignore the ways in which …

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News From Hope College, Volume 48.2: Winter 2016, Hope College Dec 2016

News From Hope College, Volume 48.2: Winter 2016, Hope College

News from Hope College

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Postcolonial Writing In France Before And Beyond The 2007 Littérature-Monde Manifesto, Myriam Louviot Dec 2016

Postcolonial Writing In France Before And Beyond The 2007 Littérature-Monde Manifesto, Myriam Louviot

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In her article "Postcolonial Writing in France before and beyond the 2007 Littérature-monde Manifesto" Myriam Louviot discusses the evolution of postcolonial writing in France. She argues that postcolonial writers often face great difficulty in achieving recognition as legitimate French authors. Louviot suggests that restrictive boundaries of categorization have started to become blurred but that it is still too early to rejoice, partly due to the continuing cultural ghettoization of many of these writers and the traditional differentiation of their work from French literature. Louviot discusses in detail the 2007 Pour une "littérature-monde" en français initiated by Michel Le Bris and …

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Op Ed--Opinions And Editorials--Pelikan's Antidisambiguation--"Digital Golf Clubs", Michael P. Pelikan Dec 2016

Op Ed--Opinions And Editorials--Pelikan's Antidisambiguation--"Digital Golf Clubs", Michael P. Pelikan

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Collecting To The Core--Cross-Disciplinary Criminal Justice Resources, Beth Sheehan, Anne Doherty Dec 2016

Collecting To The Core--Cross-Disciplinary Criminal Justice Resources, Beth Sheehan, Anne Doherty

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From The Reference Desk--Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson Dec 2016

From The Reference Desk--Reviews Of Reference Titles, Tom Gilson

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Random Ramblings--The Primary Advantage Of Literary Scholarship, Bob Holley Dec 2016

Random Ramblings--The Primary Advantage Of Literary Scholarship, Bob Holley

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Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch Dec 2016

Letters To The Editor, Katina Strauch

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Adding Media, Adding Value, Susan Doerr Dec 2016

Adding Media, Adding Value, Susan Doerr

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Profiles Encouraged--Profiles For 13 Authors And Seven Companies Or University Presses Dec 2016

Profiles Encouraged--Profiles For 13 Authors And Seven Companies Or University Presses

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I'Ll Take "Sifting And Winnowing" For $1000, Alex, Dennis Lloyd Dec 2016

I'Ll Take "Sifting And Winnowing" For $1000, Alex, Dennis Lloyd

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Don's Conference Notes--An Nfais Workshop And A Charleston Preconference Seminar, Donald T. Hawkins Dec 2016

Don's Conference Notes--An Nfais Workshop And A Charleston Preconference Seminar, Donald T. Hawkins

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Questions And Answers--Copyright Column, Laura N. Gassaway Dec 2016

Questions And Answers--Copyright Column, Laura N. Gassaway

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Table Of Contents Dec 2016

Table Of Contents

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Multi-Perspective Interview Of Video Streaming Featuring: Leandra Preston-Sidler, University Of Central Florida; Kiren Shoman, Sage Publishing; And Michael Arthur, The University Of Alabama, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson Dec 2016

Multi-Perspective Interview Of Video Streaming Featuring: Leandra Preston-Sidler, University Of Central Florida; Kiren Shoman, Sage Publishing; And Michael Arthur, The University Of Alabama, Katina Strauch, Tom Gilson

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Small But Mighty: How University Presses Bring Academic Ideas To The World, Jessica Lawrence Hurt Dec 2016

Small But Mighty: How University Presses Bring Academic Ideas To The World, Jessica Lawrence Hurt

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The Value Of Publishing: What's Worth Paying For?, Nancy L. Maron Dec 2016

The Value Of Publishing: What's Worth Paying For?, Nancy L. Maron

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Dust Jackets To Dust?, John Sherer Dec 2016

Dust Jackets To Dust?, John Sherer

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Both Sides Now: Vendors And Librarians--Value: A View From Different Angles, Michael Gruenberg Dec 2016

Both Sides Now: Vendors And Librarians--Value: A View From Different Angles, Michael Gruenberg

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Collection Management Matters--A Requiem For The Reference Collection, Glenda Alvin Dec 2016

Collection Management Matters--A Requiem For The Reference Collection, Glenda Alvin

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Let's Get Technical--A Herculean Task: Cleanup In Preparation For Migrating To A New Ils, Stacey Marien, Alayne Mundt Dec 2016

Let's Get Technical--A Herculean Task: Cleanup In Preparation For Migrating To A New Ils, Stacey Marien, Alayne Mundt

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