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Development Of A Tool For Pressure Ulcer Risk Assessment And Preventive Interventions In Ancillary Services Patients, Monica Shutts Messer

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The incidence of nosocomial pressure ulcers has continued to increase in U.S. hospitals over the past 15 years despite the implementation of national preventive guidelines and the wide-spread use of validated risk assessment tools. The majority of preventive efforts and tools have been focused primarily on patients who are bed-ridden or immobile for extended periods. What has not been well studied or identified is the potential risk for pressure injury to patients undergoing diagnostic procedures in hospital ancillary units where extrinsic risk factors such as high interface pressures on procedure tables and friction and shear from positioning and transport can …

2011-2012 Dean's Showcase No. 4, Jo Brand, Anna Tsukervanik, Jesse Yukimura, Victoria Hauk, Chia-Ni Lin, Andrew Angelin, Joshua Devries, Josue Jimenez, Justin Myers, Svetlana Kosakovskaya, Maria Lyapkova, Takuya Yamamoto, Heqing Huang, Olesya Rusina, Jenna Mccreery, Aneliya Novikova

Dean's Showcase

No abstract provided.

Lanthorn, Vol. 46, No. 51, March 22, 2012, Grand Valley State University

Volume 46, July 14, 2011 - June 18, 2012

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Education (Sc 267), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "additional files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 267. Teachers’ certificates, 1874-1875 (3), issued to Amanda L. and C. S. Arnold for the first and second grades in the Kentucky counties of Henry and Oldham; and school essays written by Wanda Lee Arnold at Eminence College, 1871 (1), and by Bell Mason (1) and Essica Maye Ransdell(1).

Garrison, Kathryn (Topmiller), 1917-2012 - Collector (Sc 1002), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 1002. Wedding book, wedding invitation and calling card of Alma Elizabeth (Kister) Topmiller, Bowling Green, Kentucky, 1912; poem, “Reflections Cast by the Harman Cabin,” written by Alfred Leland Crabb, 1941; and letter, 1991, written by Luther Martin Wilson to “Dear Nancy,” describing the Barren River as it was in 1941.

March 22, 2012: Student Wins Leads In Major Shakespeare Festival, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.

2011-12 Series - Sonya Bernard-Hollins, University Center For The Humanities

University Center for the Humanities Events

Ms. Bernard-Hollins will talk about her search for information on African American graduates of WMU and how she discovered Merze Tate, a 1927 graduate of WMU and donor to the University. Her original sources research include archives in public and university libraries, private collections, media outlets and oral histories.

2011-2012 General Meeting And Concert, Friends Of The Consevatory, Lisa Leonard

Friends of the Conservatory Events

This concert features the students of the Conservatory of Music performing various chamber music works.

Flute Studio Recital, Albina Asryan, Elizabeth Boykin, Shakariyah Jimerson, Carmella Cao, Lindsay Testai, Brandon Denman, Matthew Calvillo, Christina Mchugh, Jessica Ogburn, Carlos Mata-Alvarez, Jamie Leigh O'Neil, Kaitlynn Zigterman, Donald Malpass

Chamber Music Programs

Program listing performers and works performed

Your Fortune: Fried Rice And John Brown, John M. Rudy

Interpreting the Civil War: Connecting the Civil War to the American Public

I had Chinese food Sunday night and it got me thinking. I know that's a very random thing to say, but it's the truth. We don't usually consider Chinese food to be brain food, but for me it can be very powerful stuff. I like the stuff they serve up from the back of the Giant Supermarket here in town. The people who work the counter are always very nice and it tastes just clean enough. I like a bit of mystery in my pork fried rice. [excerpt]

Matrix Determination Of Reflectivity Of Hidden Object Via Indirect Photography, Simon S. Ferrel

Theses and Dissertations

Indirect photography is a recently demonstrated technique which expands on the principles of dual photography and allows for the imaging of hidden objects. A camera and light source are collocated with neither having line-of-sight access to the hidden object. Light from the source, a laser, is reflected off a visible non-specular surface onto the hidden object, where it is reflected back to the initial non-specular surface and collected by the camera. This process may be repeated numerous times for various laser spot positions to yield slightly different camera images due to a variation in the illumination of the object. These …

Les Tung, Fortepiano, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

2012 Seminary Scholarship Symposium: "The Authoritative Hermeneutics In Irenaeus And Tertullian", Angelika Kaiser

Memory, Meaning & Faith

No abstract provided.

Testing A Model Of Bacterial Vaginosis Among Black Women, Jessica Brumley

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Bacterial Vaginosis is an inbalance of vaginal flora which has been associated with increased risk of numerous gynecological and obstetric morbidities including increased risk of acquisition of HIV from an infected partner and increased risk of preterm delivery. Black race has been consistently identified as a risk factor for BV. Black women also suffer from significant disparities in most of the morbidities also associated with BV when compared to women of other ethnicities and races. Traditional predictors of BV such as douching practices and sexual behaviors do not fully account for the racial disparities in BV prevalence. Researchers have begun …

Overcoming Adversity: Resilience Of Low-Income, Nonresidential, Black Fathers, Erica Elizabeth Coates

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Objective. This study examined the factors associated with higher levels of paternal involvement among low-income, nonresidential, Black fathers. Method. Participants were 110 fathers of children up to the age of 10. Participants completed psychometrically sound measures of social support, spirituality, family of origin relationships, coparenting relationship quality, psychological well-being, motivation, conviction history, resilience, and father involvement. Results. A simultaneous multiple regression indicated that better psychological well-being and coparenting relationship quality and lower conviction rates since the birth of the child were significant predictors of higher levels of paternal involvement. Mediational analysis revealed that coparenting relationship quality partially mediated the relationship …

Investigation And Synthesis Of Novel Graphene-Based Nanocomposites For Hydrogen Storage, Anthony Joseph D'Angelo

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

It is of great interest to develop and utilize a high surface area material with optimized hydrogen sorption properties. The need for a renewable energy source to replace automobile gasoline has become more critical in the past decade. Hydrogen is a viable fuel source for automobile usage; however, the question of how hydrogen will be safely and efficiently stored still remains. Critical factors for optimum hydrogen storage include ambient conditions and low activation temperature for adsorption and desorption phenomena. In order for optimum hydrogen adsorption to be achieved, the properties of (1) high surface area, (2) optimum hydrogen adsorption energy, …

The Grizzly, March 22, 2012, Nick Pane, Liz Kilmer, James Noebels, Melissa Rutkowski, Lisa Jobe, Lauren Goldstein, Samantha Mascia, Taylor Sparks, Sophie Zander, Sarah Bollert, Tracie Johnson, Kyu Chul Shin, Allen Weaver, Keith Baker, Shane Eachus

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Ursinus Remembers Sam Morgan • Senior Gift Drive Seeking Support • Professional Women Advise UC Students • AmeriCorps Reps Visit • SIFE's Green Team Teaches Children to Recycle • Ursinus Mock Trial Team Competes for First Time • Rutkowski Interns in McGladrey's RAS Department • UC Bonner Leaders Visit Jamaica for Service Trip • Opinion: College Meme Pages Aren't a Waste; New Bruce Springsteen Lives Up to Expectations • Softball Prepped for Successful Season • March Provides Viewers Maddening Options • Gymnastics Heading to Nationals

Interview With Maykao Hang, Paul Hillmer

Hmong Oral History Project

Dr. MayKao Hang is president and CEO of the Amherst H. Wilder Foundation. Born in war-torn Laos, Hang’s family escaped to Thailand and eventually settled in the Twin Cities in 1976, when only a small number of Hmong families had yet arrived. Dr. Hang reviews her life story, focusing on her family’s history and adjustment to life in Minnesota, her education, and memories of various issues in the Hmong community related to resettlement, including clan and gender issues, community leadership, generational conflict, and changing understandings and definitions of Hmong identity. The final portion of the interview covers her professional experiences …

Stubbins & Lucas Pork House - Bowling Green, Kentucky (Sc 266), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Manuscripts Small Collection 265. Account book of R. S. Griffith, clerk to Stubbins & Lucas pork merchants, at Bowling Green, Kentucky. Includes accounts of sales to river steamboats.

March 21, 2012: 2012 Departmental Awards, Department Of English

Gleanings: Department of English Blog Archive

No abstract provided.

Convocation, Hye Youn Joo Sin, Amber Poulos, Suzanne Stone, Ryan Schwartz, Jonathan Mancheni, Stephany Padua, Barry Hiroshi Anthony Abarquez, Jonathan Cannon, Asiamarie Domingo, Vanessa Pierce, Isaiah C. Pickney, Kendall Demavivas, Nancy Porter, Michelle Lee, Valeria Ore, Megan Schnizlein, Jae Ahn-Benton

Convocations

Program listing performers and works performed

Junior Recital, Audrey Wood, Michael Villarreal, Jonathan Gorst, Jonathan Cannon

Junior Recitals

List of performers and performances.

Master's Recital, Uli Geissendoerfer, Pascale Elia, Ryan Rose, Nate Kimball, Austin Pooley, Jorge Machain, Steve Flora, Charles Mcneal

Graduate Student Recitals

Program listing performers and works performed

Goal Attainment As A Function Of Depressive Status In Women: The Role Of Problem-Solving, Lindsay Brauer

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Despite the theoretical importance of goal-related deficits in individuals with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD), relatively empirical research has examined goal generation and perceived goal attainment in depression vulnerable individuals. The

current project sought to examine the impact of depressive status on perceived goal attainment in currently depressed, remitted depressed, and never-depressed women. In addition, perceived problem-solving skills, a construct thought to be critical for goal

striving and in goal attainment was also examined. Unexpectedly, no effects of depressive status on perceived goal attainment or overall perceived problem-solving skills were observed. Results did however reveal group differences in perceived control in …

Multidimensional Spectroscopy Of Semiconductor Quantum Dots, Jason Michael Bylsma

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The coherent properties of semiconductor nanostructures are inherently difficult to measure and one-dimensional spectroscopies are often unable to separate inhomogeneous and homogeneous linewidths. We have refined and improved a method of performing multidimensional Fourier transform spectroscopy based on four-wave

mixing (FWM) experiments in the box geometry. We have modified our system with broadband beamsplitters in all interferometer arms, high-resolution translation stages and the ability to work in reflection geometry. By improving the phase-stability of our setup and scanning pulse delays with sub-optical cycle precision, we are able to

reproduce 2DFT spectra of GaAs multiple quantum wells. With the FWM signal …

2011-2012 Performance Forum - March 21, 2012, Ricardo Chinchilla, Marianela Cordoba, Mateusz Jagiello, Alex Macdonald, Derek Mitchell, Sara Lynch, Michael Kaiser-Cross, Kelsey Lin, Jesse Yukimura, Katherine Algarra, Carlos Ortega, Svetlana Kosakovskaya, Delcho Tenev, Matthew Davies, Aziz Sapaev, Natalie Ardasevova, Josue Jimenez Morales, Claire Chiu

Performance Forum

No abstract provided.

A Virtual Home Away From Home, Ian Kilroy

Articles

Emigration and media: “Staying in touch with home while living abroad has never been simpler, but does it make the emigration experience any easier? Emigrants and immigrants discuss the challenges of keeping up with home while living abroad.”

A Philosophical Analysis Of Intellectual Property: In Defense Of Instrumentalism, Michael A. Kanning

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis argues in favor of an instrumental approach to Intellectual Property (IP). I begin by reviewing justifications for IP that have been offered in recent literature, including Lockean labor theory, Hegelian personality theory, Kantian property theory and utilitarianism. Upon a close and careful analysis, I argue that none of these justifications suffice to ground contemporary IP practice. I review some recent works that offer `pluralist' justifications for IP, which draw from multiple theories in order to account for the diverse field of IP-related laws and practices in existence. I argue that these pluralist theories are also insufficient, because there …

Specialization In Small-Scale Societies: The Organization Of Pottery Production At Kolomoki (9er1), Early County, Georgia, Travis Laforge

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Investigating the organization of production systems can reveal much about a society, in particular how resources and labor were allocated, and the influence that economic, political, social, and ceremonial institutions had on the production process. Interpreting the nature of specialized production is useful for understanding how production was organized. In turn, the degree of standardization exhibited by the goods being produced is used to determine the nature of specialization. While archaeological research regarding specialized production has expanded over time to incorporate a wide range of societies, such research is often focused on complex societies. The research presented here focuses on …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 87, No. 29, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Swanson, Kayla. WKU Raises More Than $67,000 for St. Jude
• Spees, Monica. Bike 4 Alzheimer’s Association
• Koch, Cameron. WKU Looking to Ease Possible Budget Cuts
• Alleyne, Zirconia. WKU Student Stars in Television Fashion Show – Joia Talbott
• Philalack, Justin. A Thousand Words – Parker Bennett Community Center
• Koch, Cameron. University of Pikeville Public bid Falls Through
• Vogt, Darren. Editorial Cartoon re: NCAA Tournament Tickets
• The Golden Tickets – NCAA Tournament
• Stratten, Nicole. Vote Cory Dodds Student Government Association President to Address Student Concerns
• Rogers, Shelby. More than 50 Employers …