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  • Biomechanics of dependent transfers on an aircraft

    Creator:
    Higginson, Brian Keith
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    The dependent transfer of a traveler with disabilities on board an aircraft places the transferors, as well as the traveler, at risk of disabling lower back injury. This risk is increased on board an aircraft due to the confined space in which the transfer takes place. The purpose of the...
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    approved: Michael J. Pavol The dependent transfer of a traveler with disabilities on board

  • Factors associated with the implementation fidelity of a school-based social and character development program : findings from the Positive Action program, Hawai’i

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    Beets, Michael W.
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    Implementation fidelity (dosage, adherence, quality of delivery, responsiveness, program differentiation) is the degree to which a program was carried out to its original intent. The following three studies examined the implementation fidelity of a school-based health promotion social and character development (SACD) program. The, Positive Action (PA) program was a...
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    - v5.doc AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Michael W. Beets for the degree of Doctor of

  • Spatial and temporal scales of genetic change in two overfished rockfishes

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    Gomez-Uchida, Daniel
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    Pacific rockfishes (genus Sebastes) have attracted wide scientific and public interest from an evolutionary, fishery and conservation standpoints. This dissertation addresses several hypotheses involving spatial and temporal scales of genetic change in two overfished rockfishes, darkblotched (S. crameri) and canary rockfish (S. pinniger), using statistical analyses of genetic variation within...
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    Rockfishes” Abstract approved: Michael A. Banks Pacific rockfishes (genus Sebastes

  • A. W. N. Pugin and St. Augustine’s, Ramsgate : a nineteenth-century English gothic revivalist and his church

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    Burton, Kathryn Lee
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    A. W. N. Pugin was a driving force in the Gothic Revival movement in England during the first half of the nineteenth century. He was an architect and a writer who expounded on the virtues of reviving Gothic architecture, not only for its reflection of the sacred mystery of ancient...
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    : __________________________________________________________ Elaine L. Pedersen A. W. N. Pugin was a driving force in the Gothic Revival movement

  • Defining intensity of skeletal loading in children

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    Bauer, Jeremy J.
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    While exercise can be prescribed for improving cardiovascular and muscle health, no prescription exists for increasing bone mass. Because bone deformation rate has been identified as an important variable related to osteogenesis, estimates of skeletal loading during human activities likely characterize the associated osteogenic stimulus. However, estimates of body segment...
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    consists of Wilson C. “Toby” Hayes, Christine M. Snow, Michael J. Pavol, Mark F. Costello and Elizabeth

  • Investigation of the biomechanics of running and rapid change-of-direction tasks

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    Golden, Grace M.
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    Rapid change-of-direction tasks have been associated with non-contact anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries and females are more likely to suffer this injury compared to males. The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the biomechanical behavior of running and three rapid change-of-direction tasks and determine whether sex differences exist across...
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    Change-of-Direction Tasks Abstract approved: Mark A. Hoffman, Michael J. Pavol

  • Salt and polyelectrolyte affect on food colloid function : polygalacturonic acid and egg albumen case studies

    Creator:
    Chen, Chi-Shen
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    The primary purpose of this study was to try to (1) provide information on the chemical nature, including turbidity formation, of polygalacturonic acid in different concentrations of NaCl solution. (2) use turbidity formation characteristics to develop an assay for determining the activities polygalacturonic acid depolymerases by using a polyelectrolyte. (3)...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Michael. H. Penner The primary purpose of this study was to try to (1) provide

  • Graphite intercalation compounds containing fluoroanions

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    Katinonkul, Watcharee
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    New chemical synthesis strategies have been investigated for the preparation of acceptor-type graphite intercalation compounds (GIC's) with fluoroanions in order to obtain new materials and to develop a better understanding of the synthetic approaches and properties of the products. New GIC's containing borate chelate anion such as bis(oxalato)borate, CxB[OC(O)C(O)O]₂•δF, are...
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    approved: Michael M. Lerner New chemical synthesis strategies have been investigated for

  • An investigation into the genetic basis of migration timing in Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

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    O'Malley, Kathleen G.
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    The genetic basis of adaptation is complex as many fitness-related traits are quantitative and likely influenced by multiple genes with variable effects across different selective environments. One important adaptation for anadromous Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the time at which individuals return to natal breeding sites within a reproductive season....
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    tshawytscha) Abstract approved: Michael A. Banks The genetic basis of adaptation is

  • Mechanisms for the interaction of environmental mycobacteria with host cells

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    Harriff, Melanie J.
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    Environmental mycobacteria are important opportunistic pathogens for many hosts, including humans, cattle, and fish. Two well-studied species are Mycobacterium avium subsp. avium, a significant cause of disseminated bacterial disease in patients with AIDS, and Mycobacterium avium subsp. paratuberculosis, the cause of Johne’s disease in cattle. Many other species that are...
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    Mycobacteria with Host Cells Abstract approved: Luiz E. Bermudez Michael L. Kent