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Dr. Kiran C. Patel College Of Osteopathic Medicine Graduate Programs 2018, Nova Southeastern University

Health Professions Divisions Course Catalogs and Course Descriptions

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Accelerating Discovery: Research Annual Report 2018, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research Annual Reports

• Investing in students and research at WMU
• WMU central hub of national STEM work
• WMU postdoctoral fellow wins NSF award
• Aviation professor innovative in training the next generation of pilots
• Education researchers get $12.5 million grant for school leadership renewal
• WMU marketing students help Kalamazoo airport with digital makeover
• $1.8 million behavioral health grant impacts underserved in community
• Research works to save bats from deadly fungus
• Research that impacts the lives of women, children, and healthy pregnancies
• Gilmore Foundation grant provides new instruments to one-fifth of the Marching Band
• Understanding the ecosystem of the Interdunal Waters
• Senior helmet for detection …

The Association Between The Coach-Athlete Relationship And Burnout Among High School Coaches, Scott Westfall, Eric M. Martin, Daniel Gould

Kinesiology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Burnout is a term that continues to raise considerable concern among high school coaches and administrators (Raedeke, 1997) and has shown to have negative effects on coaches and athletes alike (Price & Weiss, 2000; Vealey, Armstrong, & Comar, 1998). While burnout has shown to have significant adverse effects, few studies have examined how the coach-athlete relationship may affect a coach s level of perceived burnout. This study sought to understand if the coach-athlete relationship predicted coach burnout. High school coaches (69 males, 62 females) completed the Coach-Athlete Relationship Questionnaire (CART-Q; Jowett & Ntoumanis, 2004), the Coaching Burnout Questionnaire, a modified …

The Achievement Gap: Federal, State, Provincial And Nonprofit Websites That Publish Research Reports About The Achievement Gap In Pnla States And Provinces, Kellian Clink

Library Services Publications

The achievement gap “refers to a difference between the academic achievement of linguistic and ethnic minority students, students with disabilities, students from low socioeconomic status backgrounds, and female students, and either the mainstream student population in general or the white student population more specifically” (Odekon, 2015, p. 7). There are as many causative factors as there are rocks on a beach in Alaska. While books and articles may refer to these and act as a finding aid, I find it valuable to have a certain familiarity with federal, state, and nonprofit organizations that publish timely and authoritative research reports. These …

March 2018, Nova Southeastern University

KPCOM SGA Rounds

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The Rise Of Noncommunicable Diseases In Kenya: An Examination Of The Time Trends And Contribution Of The Changes In Diet And Physical Inactivity, Edward Michieka Onyango, Benjamin Morang’A Onyango

College of Agriculture

This study examined correlations of historical changes in diet and physical inactivity with the rise of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) in Kenya. Historical data on diet, wage jobs by industry, urbanization, gross domestic product (GDP), and morbidity due to NCDs were extracted from Kenya Statistical Abstracts, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAOSTAT), and the World Bank online database. These data were plotted and correlations between these factors and the incidence of different NCDs over time were evaluated. There was a rapid rise in the incidence of circulatory disease starting in 2001, and of hypertension and diabetes starting in 2008. The rise of …

Low-Impact Yoga Improves Flexibility, But Has No Effect On Heart Rate Variability In Sedentary Adult Women, Lauren Marie Shafer

Browse all Theses and Dissertations

Heart disease is the leading cause of death among adults in the United States and more than 600,000 people per year die when the condition goes untreated. Many cardiovascular maladies, such as high blood pressure and heart disease, can be markedly improved with lifestyle changes, including eating a healthy diet and regular exercise. In this study, 15 sedentary adult women (aged 19-63 years) participated in a prescribed 12-week yoga program. Electrocardiography was used to measure Heart Rate Variability, a tool that assesses autonomic tone on the heart. Autonomic nervous system activity is assessed at VLF, LF, and HF spectral components. …

Mortality Risk Factors In Community Dwelling Elderly - Knowledge Base, Lucas Middeldorf Rizzo, Ljiljana Majnaric, Luca Longo

Other resources

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Economics Of Integrating Push-Pull Technology In Maize-Dairy Farming Systems In Eastern Uganda, Ruth Chepchirchir

All PhD Dissertations

Cereals particularly maize, are the most essential food and cash crops for majority of smallholder households in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). In maize production, small-sized producers are confronted with different constraints including stemborers, Striga and degraded soil leading to poor crop yields. In response to these challenges, the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) and collaborators came up with a habitat management approach; the Push-pull Technology (PPT) for simultaneous restrain of the three key constraints. Despite high adoption of PPT in East Africa, its impact has not been fully understood in the region. This study characterizes farming systems and …

Host Acceptability, Suitability, Interaction And Establishment Of Two Introduced Liriomyza Leafminer Endoparasitoids: Halticoptera Arduine (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) And Chrysocharis Flacilla (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) In Kenya, Muchemi Samuel Kagumba

All PhD Dissertations

Liriomyza (Diptera: Agromyzidae) leafminers are pests of economic importance to the production of horticultural crops in East Africa. In the scope of a classical biological control program in East Africa, two parasitoids Halticoptera arduine (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae) and Chrysocharis flacilla Walker (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) were introduced from Peru. This dissertation aims to assess the performance and impact of the parasitoids in biological control of Liriomyza leafminer species. Specifically, the research work aims to assess acceptability and suitability of the two parasitoids in three Liriomyza species, the potential interactions with a dominant local parasitoid, Diglyphus isaea (Walker) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae), their establishment and …

Characterisation Of Key Pests Of Amaranth And Nightshades In Kenya And Development Of Integrated Pest Management (Ipm) Strategies, Daniel Mwangi Mureithi

All PhD Dissertations

Scanty information is available concerning the identity of the major pests of amaranth and African nightshades in Kenya and associated damage. The natural enemies of these pests have also not been studied in detail. In this PhD study, field survey to identify the major pests of amaranth and nightshades, their abundance, distribution, and damage in six regions in Kenya was conducted. The natural enemies for these pests present in the amaranth and nightshade fields in these regions were also profiled. Based on the survey findings, field experiments to study the population dynamics and host range for the major pests of …

Economics Of Biological Control Of Cereal Stemborers In Eastern Africa: A Case Study Of Maize And Sorghum Production In Kenya, Soul-Kifouly Gnonna Midingoyi

All PhD Dissertations

The International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe), undertook a biological control (BC) programme for control of stemborers from 1993 to 2008, to reduce cereal yield losses due to stemborer attack in East and Southern Africa. The programme released four biological control agents—Cotesia flavipes, Cotesia sesamiae, Telenomus isis and Xanthopimpla stemmator—to control the economically important stemborer pests Busseola fusca, Chilo partellus and Sesamia calamistis. The purpose of this research was to assess the ex-post economic impact of the BC program among smallholder farmers in Kenya. Specifically,the study sought to: i) determine the productivity-effects of BC at farm level, ii) …

Characterization And Functional Analysis Of Tricorn Interacting Factor 3 In Trypanosoma Brucei Brucei As Potential Drug Targets Against African Trypanosomiasis, Florence Atieno Ng'ong'a

All PhD Dissertations

Trypanosomes are protozoans causing African trypanosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease in Africa affecting humans and animals. Despite advancement in African Trypanosomiasis research, the disease continues to threaten millions of people and animals in Sub-Saharan Africa. Control methods have focused on the use of drugs which have adverse effects and vector control methods which have proved to be ecologically unsustainable while vaccines are still not available due to antigenic variation. Studies have shown that the pathogenesis of Trypananosoma brucei brucei infections is parasite driven and various classes of Trypananosoma brucei brucei peptidases have been studied and implicated as virulence factors. Proteasomal …

Legal And Ethical Impediments To Data Sharing And Integration Among Medical Legal Partnership Participants, Jessica Mantel, Renee Knake

Annals of Health Law and Life Sciences

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Cascade Yearbook 2018, Seattle Pacific University

Seattle Pacific Yearbooks

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Abstracts 2018: Highlights Of Student Research And Creative Endeavors, Columbus State University

Abstracts: Highlights of Student Research and Creative Endeavors

What follows is a collection of abstracts summarizing the scholarship conducted by undergraduates at Columbus State University during the 2017-2018 academic year. These projects highlight undergraduates research in a variety of disciplines, ranging from literary analysis to laboratory-based sciences. The abstracts represent many ongoing projects on our campus and catalog those that have been published or presented. This volume begins with projects that have been selected for presentations at national, regional and statewide disciplinary conferences. Among them are several that have garnered awards for outstanding undergraduate scholarship. Projects that have received competitive research grants, including our campus Student Research and …

Correspondence; 2018-07-30; Assemblyman Dean Murray, Catherine Collins

Correspondence

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University Manual 2017-2018, Uri Faculty Senate

University Manual Archive

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Comparison Of Osteoporosis Knowledge, Beliefs, Attitudes, And Behavior Among College Students Of Various Racial/Ethnic Groups, Lauri Deruiter-Willems

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Osteoporosis is known as a pediatric disease with geriatric consequences. The need for bone health, awareness of controllable risk factors and prevention of osteoporosis begins during ones youth (Campbell, 2012; Cannada, 2016; Evenson & Sanders, 2016; Edmonds, Turner, & Usdan, 2012; Ford et al., 2011; Gammage et al., 2009; Gammage et al., 2012). Currently, most health information and health campaigns focus on older adults. To promote measurable improvements in reducing the number of cases of osteoporosis, the focus for change needs to start as early as teenage and young adult age. In addition to the general population trends, rates specifically …

Altering Plant Defenses: Herbivore-Associated Molecular Patterns And Effector Arsenal Of Chewing Herbivores, Saumik Basu, Suresh Varsani, Joe Louis

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Chewing herbivores, such as caterpillars and beetles, while feeding on the host plant, cause extensive tissue damage and release a wide array of cues to alter plant defenses. Consequently, the cues can have both beneficial and detrimental impacts on the chewing herbivores. Herbivore-associated molecular patterns (HAMPs) are molecules produced by herbivorous insects that aid them to elicit plant defenses leading to impairment of insect growth, while effectors suppress plant defenses and contribute to increased susceptibility to subsequent feeding by chewing herbivores. Besides secretions that originate from glands (e.g., saliva) and fore- and midgut regions (e.g., oral secretions) of chewing herbivores, …

Co-Occurrence Of Tobacco Product Use, Substance Use, And Mental Health Problems Among Youth: Findings From Wave 1 (2013–2014) Of The Population Assessment Of Tobacco And Health (Path) Study, Kevin P. Conway, Victoria R. Green, Karin A. Kasza, Marushka L. Silveira, Nicolette Borek, Heather L. Kimmel, James D. Sargent, Cassandra A. Stanton, Elizabeth Lambert, Nahla Hilmi, Chad J. Reissig, Kia J. Jackson, Susanne E. Tanski, David Maklan, Andrew J. Hyland, Wilson M. Compton

United States Food and Drug Administration: Publications

Introduction: Cigarette use is associated with substance use and mental health problems among youth, but as- sociations are unknown for non-cigarette tobacco product use, as well as the increasingly common poly-tobacco use.

Methods: The current study examined co-occurrence of substance use and mental health problems across tobacco products among 13,617 youth aged 12–17 years from Wave 1 (2013–2014) of the nationally representative Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) Study. Participants self-reported ever cigarette, e-cigar- ette, smokeless tobacco, traditional cigar, cigarillo, filtered cigar, hookah, and other tobacco product use; al- cohol, marijuana, and other drugs; and lifetime substance use, internalizing …

Trends And Economic Drivers For United States Naloxone Pricing, January T 2006 To February 2017, Matthew Rosenberg, Grace Chai, Shekhar Mehta, Andreas Schick

United States Food and Drug Administration: Publications

Anecdotal evidence indicates that naloxone prices have risen in recent years, but limited research has examined the magnitude of these increases and potential causes. We contribute nationally representative evidence to help answer each of these questions, including wholesale pricing data from a proprietary drug sales database span- ning January 2006 to February 2017. We find that all formulations of naloxone increased in price since 2006 except for Narcan Nasal Spray. These cumulative increases totaled 2281% for the 0.4 MG single-dose products, 244% for the 2 MG single-dose products, 3797% for the 4 MG multi-dose products, and 469% for the 0.4 …

The Amparo: Analysis Of The Process For Adjudicating Constitutional Claims To Healthcare In The Republic Of Costa Rica, Eduardo J. Benatuil

Duquesne Law Review

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Commercializing Children: Laws And Regulations Affecting Advertisements Directed At Children In France, Spain, And Sweden, Neil M. Browne, Nancy K. Kubasek, Justin Rex, Robert Horton

Economics Faculty Publications

From a financial perspective there may be no better investment, or more sensible target for advertising than one directed at the interests of children. This focus is perfectly understandable for a firm aiming to maintain a continually expanding and predictable source of profit. What children lack in spending power compared to other age groups, they make up for in potential longevity to consume, as well as their sheer amount of exposure to such advertising outlets, not only in hours spent, but in the various forms of technology to which they are regularly exposed. Children have an uncanny ability to mold …

2018 Summer - Tuition/Fee Tables And Refund Calendars, Bursar's Office, East Tennessee State University

Tuition/Fee Tables and Refund Calendars

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2018-2019 Fall/Spring - Tuition/Fee Tables And Refund Calendars, Bursar's Office, East Tennessee State University

Tuition/Fee Tables and Refund Calendars

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2018 - Etsu Fact Book, Institutional Research, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Fact Books

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Hemp: How The Comeback Crop Is Budding In The Bluegrass, Elizabeth F. Ousley

Kentucky Journal of Equine, Agriculture, & Natural Resources Law

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Nutrient Conservation Trait Responses Of Low Resource Adapted Chaparral Shrubs To Increased Resource Availability, Reina Lee Nielsen

Masters Theses

Traits that increase mean nutrient retention times are essential to plant performance in low resource environments, where multiple stressors (low water and nutrients) are present. Although physiological responses to either water or nutrient stress are well understood, fewer studies have investigated the interaction of these stressors from a phylogenetically-controlled, whole-plant perspective. This research focused on three, phylogenetically-controlled pairs of shrubby evergreen species from the California chaparral that either grow on or off serpentine soils, which differ in nutrient availability. Using greenhouse and field studies, the responses of these plants to altered water and nutrient availability were evaluated. The greenhouse study …

2018 Annual Report, Tennessee. Department Of Audit, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury

Department of Audit Annual Reports

This document is the annual report for the Tennessee Department of Audit.