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What Are Parents' Opinions Towards Their Children's Transition From School To Adulthood?, Michelle Moore Aug 2012

What Are Parents' Opinions Towards Their Children's Transition From School To Adulthood?, Michelle Moore

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research was to determine if training affected parent attitudes towards the transition planning process. Twenty-one parent volunteers participated in this study. Parents answered survey questions about their attitudes before attending two training sessions. A second survey was then completed to determine if there was a significant difference in responses after training. A pre-post survey design was used where means were compared using ANOVA. The results showed a statistical significant difference in question 6 "I know that my child has a behavior plan" in favor of the training, and no significances between pre-post responses to other questions.

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Investigating The Transcriptional Regulation By Oxyr In Porphyromonas Gingivalis., Anuya R. Paranjape Aug 2012

Investigating The Transcriptional Regulation By Oxyr In Porphyromonas Gingivalis., Anuya R. Paranjape

Theses and Dissertations

Periodontal diseases are bacterially induced, inflammatory diseases which are responsible for loss of alveolar bone and connective tissue supporting the teeth which results in loss of teeth. Gram negative anaerobic bacteria are highly associated with these diseases. One of them is Porphyromonas gingivalis belonging to the phylum Bacteroidetes. Infection by P. gingivalis is recurrent after physical removal of the bacteria from the oral cavity and even after antibiotic treatment as development of resistance is not rare. Hence complete understanding the biology of this bacterium is of significance. This gram negative obligate anaerobe, being aerotolerant, manages to survive inside the oral …

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Daily Journal: 3qs: Dr. John Winkle, Um Political Science Professor, Ole Miss News Aug 2012

Daily Journal: 3qs: Dr. John Winkle, Um Political Science Professor, Ole Miss News

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

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Neighborhood Inclusion And Quality In Richmond, Va: An Empirical Review Of Neighborhoods In The Richmond Region Based On Factors Of Racial And Economic Inclusion And Quality Of Life., Samuel Tuttle Aug 2012

Neighborhood Inclusion And Quality In Richmond, Va: An Empirical Review Of Neighborhoods In The Richmond Region Based On Factors Of Racial And Economic Inclusion And Quality Of Life., Samuel Tuttle

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis is an empirical review of neighborhoods in the Richmond Region based on factors of inclusion and quality of life. The research attempts to answer the question of whether or not healthy and inclusive neighborhoods exist in the Richmond Region, and if they do what factors they hold in common. Inclusion and quality of life are identified using census data, school assessment reports, HUD reports, and cause-of-death data applied at the neighborhood level (census tract). This data is used to identify neighborhoods within the Richmond Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) that have a high quality of life and include racial …

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Long Reach Cantilevers For Sub-Cellular Force Measurements, Govind Paneru, Prem S. Thapa, Sean P. Mcbride Aug 2012

Long Reach Cantilevers For Sub-Cellular Force Measurements, Govind Paneru, Prem S. Thapa, Sean P. Mcbride

Physics Faculty Research

Maneuverable, high aspect ratio poly 3-4 ethylene dioxythiophene (PEDOT) fibers are fabricated for use as cellular force probes that can interface with individual pseudopod adhesive contact sites without forming unintentional secondary contacts to the cell. The straight fibers have lengths between 5 and 40 μm and spring constants in the 0.07-23.2 nN μm-1 range. The spring constants of these fibers were measured directly using an atomic force microscope (AFM). These AFM measurements corroborate determinations based on the transverse vibrational resonance frequencies of the fibers, which is a more convenient method. These fibers are employed to characterize the time …

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California Leading Indicator Points To Steady Job Growth, Anderson Center For Economic Research Aug 2012

California Leading Indicator Points To Steady Job Growth, Anderson Center For Economic Research

Anderson Center Press Releases

No abstract provided.

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The City Of Man, European Émigrés, And The Genesis Of Postwar Conservative Thought, Adi Gordon, Udi Greenberg Aug 2012

The City Of Man, European Émigrés, And The Genesis Of Postwar Conservative Thought, Adi Gordon, Udi Greenberg

Dartmouth Scholarship

This article explores the forgotten manifesto The City of Man: A Declaration on World Democracy, which was composed in 1940 by a group of prominent American and European anti-isolationist intellectuals, including Thomas Mann, Reinhold Niebuhr, and Hermann Broch. Written in response to the victories of Nazi Germany, the manifesto declared that the United States had a new global responsibility not only to lead the war against fascism and Marxism, but also to establish a global order of peace and democracy under U.S. hegemony. Moreover, the authors of the manifesto claimed that such an order would have to be based on …

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Further Evidence For Large Central Mass-To-Light Ratios In Early-Type Galaxies: The Case Of Ellipticals And Lenticulars In The A262 Cluster, G. A. Wegner, E. M. Corsini, J. Thomas, R. P. Saglia Aug 2012

Further Evidence For Large Central Mass-To-Light Ratios In Early-Type Galaxies: The Case Of Ellipticals And Lenticulars In The A262 Cluster, G. A. Wegner, E. M. Corsini, J. Thomas, R. P. Saglia

Dartmouth Scholarship

We present new radially resolved spectroscopy of eight early-type galaxies in the A262 cluster. The measurements include stellar rotation, velocity dispersion, H 3 and H 4 coefficients of the line-of-sight velocity distribution along the major and minor axes and an intermediate axis as well as line-strength index profiles of Mg, Fe, and Hβ. The ionized-gas velocity and velocity dispersion is measured for six sample galaxies along different axes. We derive dynamical mass-to-light ratios and dark matter densities from orbit-based dynamical models, complemented by the galaxies' ages, metallicities, and α-element abundances from single stellar-population models. The ionized-gas kinematics give a valuable …

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A Digital X-Ray Tomosynthesis Coupled Near Infrared Spectral Tomography System For Dual-Modality Breast Imaging, Venkataramanan Krishnaswamy, Kelly E. Michaelsen, Brian W. Pogue, Steven P. Poplack, Ian Shaw, Ken Defrietas, Ken Brooks, Keith D. Paulsen Aug 2012

A Digital X-Ray Tomosynthesis Coupled Near Infrared Spectral Tomography System For Dual-Modality Breast Imaging, Venkataramanan Krishnaswamy, Kelly E. Michaelsen, Brian W. Pogue, Steven P. Poplack, Ian Shaw, Ken Defrietas, Ken Brooks, Keith D. Paulsen

Dartmouth Scholarship

A Near Infrared Spectral Tomography (NIRST) system has been developed and integrated into a commercial Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) scanner to allow structural and functional imaging of breast in vivo. The NIRST instrument uses an 8-wavelength continuous wave (CW) laser-based scanning source assembly and a 75-element silicon photodiode solid-state detector panel to produce dense spectral and spatial projection data from which spectrally constrained 3D tomographic images of tissue chromophores are produced. Integration of the optical imaging system into the DBT scanner allows direct co-registration of the optical and DBT images, while also facilitating the synergistic use of x-ray contrast as …

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Bjc Today Aug 2012

Bjc Today

BJC Today

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Supplemental Specifications (Section 200) Of The Standard Specifications For Road And Bridge Construction, March 1, 2006, Tennessee. Department Of Transportation. Aug 2012

Supplemental Specifications (Section 200) Of The Standard Specifications For Road And Bridge Construction, March 1, 2006, Tennessee. Department Of Transportation.

TDOT Standard Specifications

No abstract provided.

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Clarence Von Bostick Aug 2012

Clarence Von Bostick

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

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Interactome-Wide Analysis Identifies End-Binding Protein 1 As A Crucial Component For The Speck-Like Particle Formation Of Activated Absence In Melanoma 2 (Aim2) Inflammasomes, Li-Jie Wang, Chia-Wei Hsu, Chiu-Chin Chen, Ying Liang, Lih-Chyang Chen, David M. Ojcius, Ngan-Ming Tsang, Chuen Hsueh, Chih-Ching Wu, Yu-Sun Chang Aug 2012

Interactome-Wide Analysis Identifies End-Binding Protein 1 As A Crucial Component For The Speck-Like Particle Formation Of Activated Absence In Melanoma 2 (Aim2) Inflammasomes, Li-Jie Wang, Chia-Wei Hsu, Chiu-Chin Chen, Ying Liang, Lih-Chyang Chen, David M. Ojcius, Ngan-Ming Tsang, Chuen Hsueh, Chih-Ching Wu, Yu-Sun Chang

All Dugoni School of Dentistry Faculty Articles

Inflammasomes are cytoplasmic receptors that can recognize intracellular pathogens or danger signals and are critical for interleukin 1β production. Although several key components of inflammasome activation have been identified, there has not been a systematic analysis of the protein components found in the stimulated complex. In this study, we used the isobaric tags for relative and absolute quantification approach to systemically analyze the interactomes of the NLRP3, AIM2, and RIG-I inflammasomes in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells treated with specific stimuli of these interactomes (H2O2, poly (dA:dT), and EBV noncoding RNA, respectively). We identified a number of proteins that appeared to be …

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Integrated Fiber Electrospinning: Creating Spatially Complex Electrospun Scaffolds With Minimal Delamination, Casey Grey Aug 2012

Integrated Fiber Electrospinning: Creating Spatially Complex Electrospun Scaffolds With Minimal Delamination, Casey Grey

Theses and Dissertations

Tissue engineering scaffolds come in many shapes and sizes, however, due to difficulty manufacturing the microstructure architecture required in tissue engineering, most scaffolds are architecturally non-dynamic in nature. Because the microstructural architecture of all biological tissues is inherently complicated, non-dynamic tissue engineering scaffolds tend to be a poor platform for tissue regeneration. The current method for manufacturing dynamic tissue engineering scaffolds involves electrospinning successive layers of different fibers, an approach that exhibits no fiber transition between layers and subsequent delamination problems. In this study we aim to address the design challenges of tissue engineering scaffolds through our novel integrated fiber …

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Parameter Tuning For Optimization Software, Radhashilpa Koripalli Aug 2012

Parameter Tuning For Optimization Software, Radhashilpa Koripalli

Theses and Dissertations

Mixed integer programming (MIP) problems are highly parameterized, and finding parameter settings that achieve high performance for specific types of MIP instances is challenging. This paper presents a method to find the information about how CPLEX solver parameter settings perform for the different classes of mixed integer linear programs by using designed experiments and statistical models. Fitting a model through design of experiments helps in finding the optimal region across all combinations of parameter settings. The study involves recognizing the best parameter settings that results in the best performance for a specific class of instances. Choosing good setting has a …

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The Effect Of Study Abroad On The Development Of Intercultural Sensitivity Among Mainland Chinese High School Students, Chenfang Hao Aug 2012

The Effect Of Study Abroad On The Development Of Intercultural Sensitivity Among Mainland Chinese High School Students, Chenfang Hao

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examined the effect of year-long study abroad program on the development of intercultural sensitivity among the Mainland Chinese high school students. The sample consisted of 50 study abroad participants and 50 students on home campus. The instrument Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) was employed to assess the intercultural sensitivity level of Mainland Chinese students before and after study abroad experience. The paired samples t-test results reveal that study abroad students did not make statistically significant gains in the overall intercultural sensitivity through participation in the year-long study abroad program. Although there were statistically significant differences in the posttest ethnorelative …

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In Re Estate Of Manes Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39911 Aug 2012

In Re Estate Of Manes Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39911

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

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A Water Quality Investigation Of Kimages Creek, Michael Trop Aug 2012

A Water Quality Investigation Of Kimages Creek, Michael Trop

Theses and Dissertations

Analysis of continuous monitoring water quality data (temperature, specific conductivity, depth, pH, dissolved oxygen, and turbidity) at two locations in a tidal freshwater creek (Kimages Creek) characterized seasonal variation and responses to short-term events. Supplemental water quality measurements were collected to describe longitudinal variations in the creek. There were significant differences in water quality between the two continuous monitoring stations (one tidal and unforested, the other non-tidal and forested) over varying time scales. Rain events showed increases in turbidity, depth and dissolved oxygen, and reductions in temperature, conductivity, and pH at both stations. Tides influenced the water quality at the …

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Meir Gelley V. Park Pleasant Inc Aug 2012

Meir Gelley V. Park Pleasant Inc

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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Shane Stadtmiller V. Upmc Health Plan Inc Aug 2012

Shane Stadtmiller V. Upmc Health Plan Inc

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

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In Re: Stergios Messina Aug 2012

In Re: Stergios Messina

2012 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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Combinatorial Analysis Of Tumorigenic Micrornas Driving Prostate Cancer, William Budd Aug 2012

Combinatorial Analysis Of Tumorigenic Micrornas Driving Prostate Cancer, William Budd

Theses and Dissertations

Prostate cancer is the leading non-cutaneous malignancy affecting men in the United States. One in every six men will be affected by prostate cancer. Due to the high incidence of prostate cancer, there is a need to develop biomarkers capable of identifying tumors from benign prostatic lesions. miRNAs are small molecules that regulate protein translation and impact cellular integrity when dysregulated. It is widely thought that miRNAs have the potential to serve as biomarkers. This study utilizes a unique combinatorial analysis of miRNA dysregulation to identify key miRNAs involved in prostate tumor initiation, progression and metastasis. Numerous dysregulated miRNAs potentially …

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Summary Of State, Bus. & Indus. V. Nev. Ass’N Servs., 128 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 34, Jason Deforest Aug 2012

Summary Of State, Bus. & Indus. V. Nev. Ass’N Servs., 128 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 34, Jason Deforest

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court considered, on appeal, whether the district court erred in granting a preliminary injunction and prohibiting the State of Nevada Department of Business and Industry, Financial Institutions Division (hereinafter referred to as the “Department”) from enforcing its declaratory order and advisory opinion regarding the appropriate amount of homeowners’ association lien fees Nevada Association Services (hereinafter referred to as “NAS”) can collect.

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The Journal Project And The I In Qualitative Research: Three Theoretical Lenses On Subjectivity And Self, Judith Davidson Aug 2012

The Journal Project And The I In Qualitative Research: Three Theoretical Lenses On Subjectivity And Self, Judith Davidson

The Qualitative Report

From the beginnings of qualitative research in the late 19th century to today, researchers have struggled to make sense of the notion of self or subjectivity; in other words, the I in the research. We ask ourselves: Who is the researcher? How is their notion of self present during research? How is research a site for contested notions of self? Who is the I in qualitative research?

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Ouch! Recruitment Of Overweight And Obese Adolescent Boys For Qualitative Research, Zachary Morrison, David Gregory, Steven Thibodeau, Jennifer Copeland Aug 2012

Ouch! Recruitment Of Overweight And Obese Adolescent Boys For Qualitative Research, Zachary Morrison, David Gregory, Steven Thibodeau, Jennifer Copeland

The Qualitative Report

The purpose of this study is to examine the complexities of recruiting overweight and obese adolescent boys for qualitative research, discuss specific recruitment considerations for this population, and offer guidance to researchers interested in recruiting overweight adolescent boys. Three overweight adolescent boys and six community professionals participated in this study. Data collection methods included fieldwork observations (60 hours) and person-centered interviews (N=9). Emergent themes revealed that establishing trust, understanding the sensitivities of discussing obesity, and considering adolescent boys’ fears of sharing personal information may have enhanced recruitment success. Researchers should consider the importance of building relationships with professionals who can …

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Password Security Standards Aug 2012

Password Security Standards

Information Technology Services Policies

University System of Georgia Information Technology Handbook Section 2.9.3 established that the Board of Regents shall rely on the Chancellor, the presidents of all USG institutions, and their chief information officers to develop, adapt, and administer the information technology methods and procedures for promoting efficiency of operations and the advancement of learning. Further, it is the responsibility of each institution to establish a standard for protecting passwords and the frequency of change for such passwords to mitigate compromise of sensitive information

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Appeal No. 0839: Municipality Of Sebring, Ohio V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management And Ohio Valley Energy Systems, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Aug 2012

Appeal No. 0839: Municipality Of Sebring, Ohio V. Division Of Oil & Gas Resources Management And Ohio Valley Energy Systems, Ohio Oil & Gas Commission

Ohio Oil & Gas Commission Decisions

Chief's Order 2011-37; (Ohio Valley Energy Systems, Grindley #1 Well)

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Murray Ledger And Times, August 6, 2012, Murray Ledger And Times Aug 2012

Murray Ledger And Times, August 6, 2012, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

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Remote Network Access Policy - It-5210-00 Aug 2012

Remote Network Access Policy - It-5210-00

Information Technology Services Policies

Access to University IT resources from off-campus locations has increased due to the proliferation of teaching, research, and administrative applications and the increased mobility of faculty and staff. Opening unsecured and uncontrolled paths to University IT resources presents significant risks to the University community and IT infrastructure. Appropriate controls and protections are required in order to mitigate these risks, preserve and protect University IT assets.

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Accounting Hall Of Fame: Robert Henry Herz, Remarks, Citation And Response, Washington, D. C., August 6, 2012, American Accounting Association, The Ohio State University Aug 2012

Accounting Hall Of Fame: Robert Henry Herz, Remarks, Citation And Response, Washington, D. C., August 6, 2012, American Accounting Association, The Ohio State University

Accounting Hall of Fame Brochures

No abstract provided.

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