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An Exploratory Study Of Pharmacists' Professional Learning, Kristina Wittsrtom Jul 2012

An Exploratory Study Of Pharmacists' Professional Learning, Kristina Wittsrtom

Organization, Information and Learning Sciences ETDs

Todays healthcare professional is challenged to stay current with increasingly complex therapeutic challenges, greater societal needs and expectations, and a public demand for the best possible care. Professional learning opportunities are needed to develop new knowledge, skills, or abilities to address specific matters encountered during professional practice. Professional learning opportunities must be relevant to a specific professional practice setting and promote change(s) in behavior, attitude, or practice before improvement in patient outcomes and population health can be realized. While much research has investigated professional learning specific to physicians, pharmacists have not been included. The purpose of this study was to …

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Ethnicity And Benefit Finding In Hiv+ Msm, Julia Seay Jul 2012

Ethnicity And Benefit Finding In Hiv+ Msm, Julia Seay

Open Access Theses

HIV+ men who have sex with men (MSM) in ethnic minority groups have significantly poorer psychosocial and health-related outcomes as compared with HIV+ individuals in majority groups (e.g. white, heterosexual). The current study seeks to examine a positive psychological pattern found in previous studies comparing ethnic minority and white patients with chronic disease; specifically, that ethnic minorities tend to exhibit higher levels of benefit finding in response to chronic disease. Understanding the factors that may uniquely contribute to benefit finding in minority HIV+ MSM may aid in the development of interventions designed to improve psychosocial and health-related outcomes for this …

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Alphabet Soup, Anyone?, Hannah R. Leone Jul 2012

Alphabet Soup, Anyone?, Hannah R. Leone

Blogging the Library

Actually, I get to do the LGBTQ in religion topic, too. When I was about halfway through the list of call number ranges to search, I realized that there was way, way too much information for a single LibGuide. With just my initial list, I have 736 books (yes, I counted—I’ll explain why later) that concern more than one part of the LGBTQQAIetc. acronym. I discussed this problem with Jess, and I decided to make sub-categories within the LGBTQ guide, as I could see very clear categories forming just by looking at the titles on my list. Religion is one …

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"Artifacts" Galore!, Emily A. Francisco Jul 2012

"Artifacts" Galore!, Emily A. Francisco

Blogging the Library

Back on my first day of training, Meggan told me about a new feature that the Library was in the process of adding to select exhibits. Ever heard of QR codes? Well, through “artiFACTS,” these codes will soon be changing the way Gettysburg students can interact with special items and displays. [excerpt]

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Cytochrome B5 And Cytokeratin 17 Are Biomarkers In Bronchoalveolar Fluid Signifying Onset Of Acute Lung Injury, Antoine Ménoret, Sanjeev Kumar, Anthony T. Vella Jul 2012

Cytochrome B5 And Cytokeratin 17 Are Biomarkers In Bronchoalveolar Fluid Signifying Onset Of Acute Lung Injury, Antoine Ménoret, Sanjeev Kumar, Anthony T. Vella

UCHC Articles - Research

Acute lung injury (ALI) is characterized by pulmonary edema and acute inflammation leading to pulmonary dysfunction and potentially death. Early medical intervention may ameliorate the severity of ALI, but unfortunately, there are no reliable biomarkers for early diagnosis. We screened for biomarkers in a mouse model of ALI. In this model, inhalation of S. aureus enterotoxin A causes increased capillary permeability, cell damage, and increase protein and cytokine concentration in the lungs. We set out to find predictive biomarkers of ALI in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid before the onset of clinical manifestations. A cutting edge proteomic approach was used to …

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On Principal Minors Of Bezout Matrix, Ruben G. Hayrapetyan Jul 2012

On Principal Minors Of Bezout Matrix, Ruben G. Hayrapetyan

Mathematics Publications

Let $x_1,...,x_{n}$ be real numbers, $P(x)=p_n(x-x_1)...(x-x_n)$, and $Q(x)$ be a polynomial of degree less than or equal to $n$. Denote by $\Delta(Q)$ the matrix of generalized divided differences of $Q(x)$ with nodes $x_1,...,x_n$ and by $B(P,Q)$ the Bezout matrix (Bezoutiant) of $P$ and $Q$. A relationship between the corresponding principal minors, counted from the right-hand lower corner, of the matrices $B(P,Q)$ and $\Delta(Q)$ is established. It implies that if the principal minors of the matrix of divided differences of a function $g(x)$ are positive or have alternating signs then the roots of the Newton's interpolation polynomial of $g$ are real …

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Why Americans Want To Spend More On Health Care, Louis D. Johnston Jul 2012

Why Americans Want To Spend More On Health Care, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

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Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Morton, David, 1886-1957 (Sc 449), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 449. Letter written by David Morton, Amherst, Massachusetts, replying to an admirer, Mr. Goodrum. Morton was an author originally of Elkton, Kentucky.

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Even The Best Investors Can't Time The Market, Steven D. Dolvin Jul 2012

Even The Best Investors Can't Time The Market, Steven D. Dolvin

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Warren Buffett is considered to be one of the greatest investors ever; however, even he is not perfect. In fact, his company (Berkshire Hathaway) is named after one of his failed investments. More recently, his timing on the purchase of GM stock has not worked so well. Fortunately, his holding period is generally very long, thus it could turn out to be a favorable investment over the long-term. See article here, Bloomberg.

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Horse Latitudes, Robert Rebein Jul 2012

Horse Latitudes, Robert Rebein

Booth

The worst month of my life was spent in an unairconditioned hotel room in Kairouan, Tunisia, September 1989. I had no friends and no money, an unfinished Master's thesis hanging over my head, and a case of dysentery so bad I might have died had the hotel staff not forced me to drink cup after cup of salted rice water. Throughout my weeks-long illness, I could hear the sounds of horse-drawn carts echoing in the cobblestone streets just beneath my window. Clippity clop, clippity clop, clippity clop . . . Sometimes, when a cart was parked directly in front of …

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Allen, James Lane, 1848-1925 (Sc 442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Allen, James Lane, 1848-1925 (Sc 442), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan (Click on "Additional Files) below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 442. Letters from James Lane Allen, Atlantic City, New Jersey, summer 1906, and New York City, 30 September 1906, to cousin Helen inquiring as to the illness of her father, his uncle John, and expressing sorrow at his death.

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Prisons - Administration - Florida (Sc 446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Prisons - Administration - Florida (Sc 446), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only and scan (Click on "additional files" below) Manuscripts Small Collection 446. Letter written by Miss Daniels, Hardinsburg, Kentucky, to the mayor of Lakeland, Florida, inquiring as to the local jail’s conditions after becoming concerned about them by reading a book written by a former prisoner. Also, carbon copy of mayor’s reply, inviting Daniels to visit the jail and stating that the jail’s conditions would compare favorably with those in Kentucky.

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Shepherd, Walter, 1852-1933 (Sc 447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Shepherd, Walter, 1852-1933 (Sc 447), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 447. Letter from Walter Shepherd, Mount Lebanon, New York, to Roy G. Cooksey, Bowling Green, Kentucky, in reply to inquiry. Shepherd is sending materials about the Shakers for Cooksey’s use in preparing a talk on them, and also, he expresses his views on various aspects of Shakerism.

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Perry, George Brown, 1854-1936 (Sc 448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives Jul 2012

Perry, George Brown, 1854-1936 (Sc 448), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 448. Letters from George Brown Perry, Waurika, Oklahoma, to H.F. Mount, Bowling Green, Kentucky, giving historical data of Lynnland College, Hardin County, Kentucky. His father, General William Flank Perry, was the first president of the college, 1867-1879, and George was the last president, 1912-1914.

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Variations In The Stable Isotope Compositions Of Water Vapor And Precipitation In New Mexico : Links To Synoptic-Scale Weather, Mel Strong Jul 2012

Variations In The Stable Isotope Compositions Of Water Vapor And Precipitation In New Mexico : Links To Synoptic-Scale Weather, Mel Strong

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

The D content of atmospheric water vapor over Albuquerque, New Mexico was measured for 30 months with air samples captured one to three times daily on the roof of a three story building. In addition, the D and O isotopes for 106 samples of surface water vapor and 40 samples of precipitation from the southwestern US were also measured. The relationship between the isotopic ratios of water vapor (δDv) and humidity, in the form of vertically integrated precipitable water (PW), is explored. Midlatitude waves are responsible for a great deal of δDv variation throughout the fall, winter, and spring. As …

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07/06/2012 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries Jul 2012

07/06/2012 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 07/06/2012. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

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The Gas/Dust Ratio Of Circumstellar Disks: Testing Models Of Planetesimal Formation, David Horne, Erika Gibb, Terrence Rettig, Sean Brittain, David Tilley, Dinshaw Balsara Jul 2012

The Gas/Dust Ratio Of Circumstellar Disks: Testing Models Of Planetesimal Formation, David Horne, Erika Gibb, Terrence Rettig, Sean Brittain, David Tilley, Dinshaw Balsara

Physics Faculty Works

We present high-resolution, near-infrared NIRSPEC observations of CO absorption toward six class II T Tauri stars: AA Tau, DG Tau, IQ Tau, RY Tau, CW Tau, and Haro 6-5b. 12CO overtone absorption lines originating from the circumstellar disk of each object were used to calculate line-of-sight gas column densities toward each source. We measured the gas/dust ratio as a function of disk inclination, utilizing measured visual extinctions and inclinations for each star. The majority of our sources show further evidence for a correlation between the gas/dust column density ratio and disk inclination similar to that found by Rettig et al.

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Emergency Guidelines For People With Disabilities, Center For Persons With Disabilities Jul 2012

Emergency Guidelines For People With Disabilities, Center For Persons With Disabilities

Blog Posts

No abstract provided.

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Confusion Worse Confounded: A Comment On 'Withdrawl Of Clinical Trials Policy By Canadian Research Institute Is A 'Lost Opportunity For Increased Transparency', Jocelyn Downie, Francoise Baylis Jul 2012

Confusion Worse Confounded: A Comment On 'Withdrawl Of Clinical Trials Policy By Canadian Research Institute Is A 'Lost Opportunity For Increased Transparency', Jocelyn Downie, Francoise Baylis

Research Papers, Working Papers, Conference Papers

A comment in response to the article Withdrawal of clinical trials policy by Canadian research institute is a "lost opportunity for increased transparency" BMJ 2011342d2570

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More Maple Leaf, Less Co2: Canada And A Global Geo-Engineering Regime, Elizabeth L. Chalecki, Lisa L. Ferrari Jul 2012

More Maple Leaf, Less Co2: Canada And A Global Geo-Engineering Regime, Elizabeth L. Chalecki, Lisa L. Ferrari

Political Science Faculty Publications

While US-led unipolarity may still be the guiding frame for post-Cold War international economic, political, and military relations, we argue that its applicability to global science and environmental issues is waning. We begin by discussing the global problem of anthropogenic climate change, and the technologies involved in geo-engineering as one possible response. We then recognize both the abundance of oil in Alberta and the near-term melting of the Arctic as critical inputs into Canadian climate change policy. Finally, we examine Canada's abilities and resources as a middle power to act as a foreign policy leader in the formation of a …

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Murray Ledger And Times, July 6, 2012, Murray Ledger And Times Jul 2012

Murray Ledger And Times, July 6, 2012, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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The Role Of Phonological Loop Resources In Task Choice And Task Performance, Christina Weywadt Jul 2012

The Role Of Phonological Loop Resources In Task Choice And Task Performance, Christina Weywadt

Psychology ETDs

Individuals can use verbal resources of the phonological loop to support goal-directed behavior. Resources of the phonological loop are known to support goal-directed behavior via the maintenance and retrieval of stimulus-response maps (S-R), but it is also possible that these resources control behavior more broadly by contributing to the choice of what task to perform, i.e. task choice or task selection. To evaluate the role of phonological resources in task choice a unique variant of task switching was used, voluntary task switching (VTS). VTS provides the traditional metrics of task performance as well as a metric of task choice, the …

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A Fmri Study Of Auditory Orienting And Inhibition Of Return In Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Zhen Yang Jul 2012

A Fmri Study Of Auditory Orienting And Inhibition Of Return In Pediatric Mild Traumatic Brain Injury, Zhen Yang

Psychology ETDs

Studies in adult mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) have shown that two key measures of attention, spatial reorienting and inhibition of return (IOR), are impaired during the first few weeks of injury. However, it is currently unknown whether similar deficits exist following pediatric mTBI. The current study used fMRI to investigate the effects of semi-acute mTBI (< 3 weeks post-injury) on auditory orienting in 14 pediatric mTBI patients (age 13.50 ± 1.83; education: 6.86 ± 1.88) and 14 healthy controls (age 13.29 ± 2.09; education: 7.21 ± 2.08) matched for age and years of education. Results indicated that patients with mTBI showed subtle (i.e., moderate effect sizes) but non-significant deficits on formal neuropsychological testing and during inhibition of return. In contrast, functional imaging results indicated that patients with mTBI demonstrated significantly decreased activation within the bilateral posterior cingulate gyrus, thalamus, basal ganglia, midbrain nuclei, and cerebellum. The spatial topography of hypoactivation was very similar to our previous study in adults, suggesting that subcortical structures may be particularly affected by the initial biomechanical forces in mTBI. Current results also suggest that fMRI may be a more sensitive tool for identifying semi-acute effects of mTBI than the procedures currently used in clinical practice such as neuropsychological testing and structural scans. fMRI findings could potentially serve as a biomarker for measuring the subtle injury caused by mTBI and documenting the course of recovery.

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Crayons And Cleats Jul 2012

Crayons And Cleats

News Releases

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Development Of Novel Organocatalytic Cascade Reactions And Application In Organic Systheses, Xixi Song Jul 2012

Development Of Novel Organocatalytic Cascade Reactions And Application In Organic Systheses, Xixi Song

Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs

The development of new catalytic reactions, particularly synthetically efficient cascade processes for the facile preparation of important molecular architectures, which otherwise are difficult to access via traditional methods, is of considerable significance. Toward this end, my Ph.D. work focuses on developing new organocatalytic reactions and their applications in organic syntheses. A novel direct organocatalytic stereoselective α-arylation methodology has been discovered. The cross-coupling-like products are assembled using simple enals and various brominated aromatic systems, such as p-bromophenols, bromonaphthols and 3-bromoindoles. The products have been applied in the concise photo-syntheses of [α]-annulated carbazoles. Moreover, an unexpected reaction has been identified with aliphatic …

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Gardner-Webb To Host Summer Orientation For Students And Parents, Office Of University Communications Jul 2012

Gardner-Webb To Host Summer Orientation For Students And Parents, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb University will welcome 150 new students and their families to campus for its annual Summer Orientation Session on Friday, July 20. The event gives new students— including transfers—a chance to connect with classmates, familiarize themselves with the campus, and talk to Gardner-Webb faculty, administrators, academic advisers, campus ministries, and financial planning officers. Students will also get to review class schedules in preparation for the fall semester.

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Modeling, Simulation And Experimental Study Of The Unm Low Power Reltron, Shawn Soh Jul 2012

Modeling, Simulation And Experimental Study Of The Unm Low Power Reltron, Shawn Soh

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Reltrons are high power electron beam microwave oscillators that do not require an external magnetic field. The University of New Mexico (UNM) has a low power educational reltron system developed during an AFOSR-sponsored FY94 Multi- University Research Initiative (MURI) program. This dissertation focuses on developing mathematical models of, and performing particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations and conducting experiments on the low power reltron. The modules in the reltron tube can be described using mathematical models. We first analyze the minimum beam potential required to self-excite the modulating cavity. We obtain the resonant modes of the modulating cavity using a circuit model. The …

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Textbook Bling: An Evaluation Of Textbook Quality And Usability In Open Educational Resources Versus Traditionally Published Textbooks, Jennifer Lynn Price Jul 2012

Textbook Bling: An Evaluation Of Textbook Quality And Usability In Open Educational Resources Versus Traditionally Published Textbooks, Jennifer Lynn Price

Theses and Dissertations

This mixed-methods study evaluated quality, usage, and perceptions of open educational resources compared to traditionally published textbooks. Because textbooks and other related materials make up a significant portion of educational costs, open educational resources have been explored for potential cost savings at all levels of education. These resources use public domain or open-licensed materials as the content component of free eTextbooks or low-cost printed textbooks. This evaluation explores how teachers and students use textbook resources both in and out of the classroom and the degree to which the content and design of open textbooks compares in quality and value to …

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Final Judgment (Avalon Holdings Llc), Melvin K. Westmoreland Jul 2012

Final Judgment (Avalon Holdings Llc), Melvin K. Westmoreland

Superior Court of Fulton County: Metro Atlanta Business Case Division Opinions

No abstract provided.

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Smith, Reuben Oral History Interview, Roland Di Franco Jul 2012

Smith, Reuben Oral History Interview, Roland Di Franco

Emeriti Society Oral History Collection

Professor of History, Dean of Graduate Schools, and Provost of Callison College (1972-1994). Topics include: Callison College program, curriculum, & problems, role and responsibilities of Graduate Dean, governance & committees, 1993 accreditation, and need for strong “Office of Development.”

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