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Optically Micro-Fabricated Linear And Freeform 3-D Extracellular Matrix Scaffolds For Tissue Engineering, Lawrence P. Cunningham

Doctoral Dissertations

This work was aimed at advancing multi-photon excited, freeform fabrication technology with nano-scale and sub-micron precision as an enabler for tissue engineers to investigate cellular response to a biomimetic, bio-active extracellular matrix. We demonstrated that sub-micron and micron scale Collagen and Fibronectin structures can be fabricated via multi-photon excited photochemistry using a modified Benzophenone dimer and Rose Bengal while maintaining the biomimetic ECM structures’ bioactivity.

We confirmed that three-photon excitation produces significantly smaller features at comparable excitation wavelengths as a consideration to better approach focal adhesion size.

Bioactivity of MPE cross-linked FN and Collagens I and II was established via …

Notice Of Non-Compliance 55-024, Jean Cocco

Executive Branch Publications

No abstract provided.

Coalition For Agriculture's Future V. Canyon County Clerk's Record Dckt. 42756

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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The Alestle - Vol. 66 No. 19 - 01/29/2015, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 66 No. 19

The Daily Gamecock, Thursday, January 29, 2015, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

January

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Protecting The Interests Of Homeowners In Planned Developments, Insuring And Maintaining Common Property, Completing Infrastructure, And Providing Fair And Adequate Regulation, Tennessee. Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations.

Miscellaneous Reports

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Civil Remedies For Invasion Of Privacy, Updating The Law To Reach New Technology, Tennessee. Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations.

Miscellaneous Reports

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Tennessee Valley Authority's Payments In Lieu Of Taxes, Annual Report To The Tennessee General Assembly, January 2015, Tennessee. Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations.

Taxes Reports

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Quaker Campus, January 29, 2015 (Vol. 101, Issue 15), Whittier College

Quaker Campus

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Factors Influencing Male Millennials To Become Professional Librarians, Heidi Blackburn

Criss Library Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

This case study investigates factors influencing Millennial men to become professional librarians. A grounded theory study was conducted using Kanter’s theory of “tokenism” to frame an investigation of factors influencing men’s decisions to enroll in library and information science graduate programs. The central framework investigates how tokenism explains the presence of Millennial males currently enrolled in library and information science graduate programs with the goal to become professional librarians.

Beach V. State: Whether Retroactivity Will Render The Apple Ripe For Another Bite, E. Lars Phillips

Montana Law Review Online

Does the continued incarceration of Barry Beach, currently serving a term of 100 years in prison without the possibility of parole, for a crime, deliberate homicide, committed as a juvenile, violate the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution or Art. II, § 22, of the Montana Constitution?

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

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The Missouri Miner, January 29, 2015

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

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Examining The Relationship Between Forgiveness And Subjective Well-Being As Moderated By Implicit Religiousness And Spirituality, Jessica Peterson

Clinical Psychology Dissertations

Forgiveness is thought to contribute to subjective well-being (SWB), which has been associated with a variety of beneficial physical and mental health outcomes. However, it remains unknown whether the relationship between forgiveness and SWB may vary depending on types of forgiveness, and may be strongest for those who endorse religiosity/spirituality as important. The current study tested whether forgiveness of oneself, others, and situations predicted SWB, as well as whether these links were moderated by implicit religiousness/spirituality (R/S). A cross-sectional on-line survey was provided to interested students attending a small private liberal arts college. Participants (N = 134) were largely …

Summary Of Torres V. The State Of Nevada, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 2, Jenn Odell

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court determined (1) an investigative stop under NRS 171.123 is transformed into an illegal seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment when an officer retains a pedestrian’s identification after the suspicion for the original encounter is cured and there is no longer reasonable suspicion to detain the pedestrian; (2) without reasonable suspicion, the discovery of an arrest warrant cannot purge the taint from an illegal seizure.

Summary Of Buzz Stew, Llc V. City Of North Las Vegas, Nevada, 131 Nev. Adv. Op. 1, Stacy Newman

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court determined that (1) in Buzz Stew I, the Court found no taking occurred under Art. 1 Sec. 8(6) of the Nevada Constitution, and Buzz Stew did not properly amend their complaint to pursue a new taking claim, and (2) a new trial is unwarranted because Buzz Stew cannot prove a taking and the district court did not clearly err by refusing to find a taking and awarding costs to the City.

High Shear Strain Characterization Of Plain Weave Fiber Reinforced Lamina, Michael Peterson

Civil Engineering ETDs

Strain energy driven deployable structures have recently become of high interest to the deployable space structures community. Made out of thin composite sections, these structures possess increased stiffness and stabilization while reducing payload masses significantly. The added capability of self-deploying provides additional benefit in reducing structural complexity due to traditional mechanical systems typically required to deploy. One challenge to using such a structure is the high deployment accelerations that could potentially cause damage to the onboard payload if not managed properly. A solution to damp these deployments, while not sacrificing the performance benefits gained, is highly sought after within the …

The Sacred Cow And The New Comer: A Comparative Study Of Nation-State And Umma, Ayat Abdulaty Mohamed

Theses and Dissertations

International relations discipline witnessed debates among its mainstream theories. Today the debate worthy of attention is the Western-centrism of the discipline. There is an immense critique of the Westphalian state order, the nation-state, and the absence of religion in IR theory. This research aspires to partially account for the voids of the IR theory. It engages with the debate over the Western-centrism and the loopholes of IRT. This thesis introduces a non-Western contribution to international relations, an Islamic perspective of IR. This thesis argues that for IR discipline to be truly pluralistic and to claim universality it should be opened …

International Agency Implementation Of Women's Empowerment Programs Under Secular And Islamist Governments: Comparative Cases Of Un Women And The International Labour Organization Experiences In Egypt, Whitney Buchanan

Theses and Dissertations

This research compares two international agencies, the UN Women (UNW) and the International Labour Organization (ILO), and their women’s empowerment programs specifically under the Mubarak government during 2010 and under the Morsi government during 2012 to determine how Islamist and secular government support shapes the effectiveness of international agencies’ gender empowerment projects. This project is a “snapshot” of attitudes of particular ILO and UNW staff members from regional and national offices regarding their work during two different time frames, and not the institutional policies, experiences, or positions of he UNW and ILO bodies as a whole. The principal investigator chose …

Sex, Violence And The Female Sex Offender, Christine Romero-Debell

Individual, Family, and Community Education ETDs

A female sex offender is any female who engages in criminal sexual penetration, and/or criminal sexual contact with a minor and is charged with a criminal offense within a court of law (New Mexico Statutes and Court Rules, Unannotated, 2012) Early research purports that there is a high prevalence of male sex offenders in comparison to the low prevalence of female sex offenders. A large body of research focuses on male sex offenders but it is problematic to generalize the results of these studies to women sex offenders (Vandiver & Walker, 2002; Wijkman, Bijleveld, & Hendricks, 2010). The gap in …

Understanding The Gender And Ethnicity Attainment Gap In Uk Higher Education, Dre Cotton, M Joyner, R George, Pa Cotton

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

In recent years the success rates of different groups of students in higher education (HE), have come under considerable scrutiny, with gender and ethnicity identified as key attributes predicting differential achievement of ‘good degrees’. A review of previous studies highlights the need for research which looks beyond ‘the deficit model’ to explain the attainment gap. This research used a mixed-methods approach to explore the academic and social experiences of students, as well as lecturers’ views on student achievement, in one UK University. Findings suggest that there are significant differences in motivation and confidence speaking English for different ethnic groups in …

Sox On Fish: A New Harm Of Overcriminalization, Todd Haugh

NULR Online

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Fiction In Fact And Fact In Fiction In The Writing Of Joyce Carol Oates, Tanya L. Tromble

Bearing Witness: Joyce Carol Oates Studies

Joyce Carol Oates draws extensively on news stories, as well as on elements of her own family’s past, to find inspiration for her works of fiction. She has written about the Chappaquiddick incident involving Ted Kennedy and the JonBenet Ramsay murder case. She has worked the Niagara Falls Love Canal environmental scandal into the framework of The Falls and taken inspiration from sordid events from her own family’s past in the beginning of The Gravedigger’s Daughter. However, in none of these examples does Oates purport to relate the precise real-life “facts” of the historical events. Indeed, for an author …

Book Review: The Palestine Yearbook Of International Law. Ed. Al-Shaybani Society Of International Law. Nicosia, Cyprus., Ralph B. Lake

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Countervailing Duties: Court Of International Trade Determines That Countervailing Duty Law Is Applicable To Countries Having Nonmarket Economies. Continental Steel Corp. V. United States, 614 F. Supp. 548 (Ct. Int'l Trade 1985)., Susan L. Wallis

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Contemporary Uses Of Force Against Terrorism: The United States Response To Achille Lauro-Questions Of Jurisdiction And Its Exercise, Jeffrey A. Mccredie

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The Export Trade Note: A New Instrument For International Trade, Eugene A. Ludwig, Michael J. Coursey

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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English Labor Law - The 1984 Trade Union Immunities Act And Its Effect On Unions' Legal Status, Bret J. Pangborn

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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Arbitration - Arbitrability Of Antitrust Claims Arising From An International Commercial Contract - Mitsubishi Motors Corp. V. Soler Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 105 S. Ct. 3346 (1985)., William L. Blagg

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

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The Availability Of The "Cultural Defense" As An Excuse For Criminal Behavior, Julia P. Sams

Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law

No abstract provided.