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Eader, Natalie D.
Family Practices And Perceived Importance Of Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors In Parents Of Adolescents.
Degree: Master of Science, Allied Medicine, 2008, Ohio State University
► Creating effective wellness programs to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors to prevent obesity,…
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▼ Creating effective wellness programs to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors to prevent obesity, it is critical to understand the factors that drive adolescent dietary and physical activity behaviors. Thus, effective promotion of healthful eating requires a detailed understanding of all the factors that influence dietary behaviors. Data was obtained from 66 caregivers of 93 high school students enrolled in a pilot summer wellness course. The questionnaire was divided into sections regarding: personal health behaviors; family and child behaviors; and challenges and desires related to healthy lifestyle behaviors of the family and child. Descriptive statistics were used to describe the responses. Only 6 people (9%) consistently eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables daily, consider themselves to be physically fit, and try to balance food intake with physical activity. One-third indicated that they strongly agree that physical activity is important for them, whereas 60% indicated that they strongly agree that it is important for their child and encourage it. Also, 42% and 53% strongly agreed that eating a healthy diet is important for them and is important for their child, respectively. Most parents indicated that busy schedules or a lack of time was the primary challenge that prevents eating a healthy diet or being physically active. Although parents value the importance of nutrition and physical activity many barriers exist, which preclude efforts of lifestyle modification interventions to prevent obesity and chronic disease. Future research should address these issues when developing programs that promote lifestyle changes.
Advisors/Committee Members: Taylor, Christopher.
Subjects: Health education
Keywords: Nutriton; wellness promotion; parental influence; adolescents
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Eagle, Jean F.
Realizing Shared Potential Through School/University Partnerships: Enhanced Opportunities in the Learning Community.
Degree: Doctor of Education, Educational Leadership, 2005, Miami University
► This dissertation investigates and interprets the implications that PK-12/University partnerships have on…
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▼ This dissertation investigates and interprets the implications that PK-12/University partnerships have on various members of a learning community. The College View/Rolling Hills Partnership (a pseudonym) provides the backdrop for this story. Inclusive voice and increased democratic construct provide the lens through which this case is framed. Three research questions comprise the foci of this study: 1. What are the substantive connections and programs established through the partnership? 2. How do students from both the public schools and the university gain from these efforts/programs? 3. How do participants in the wider learning community benefit (or not) from a formalized partnership? This historical case study chronicles the work of the College View/Rolling Hills Partnership using observational data, archival collections of materials, and semi-structured interviews. These interviews reflect the work of the partnership through the eyes of ten key participants and comprise a thorough record of events resulting in a vicarious experience for the reader. The informants’ stories are presented in three broad categories: The Visionaries, those who conceptualized the partnership; The Politicians, those who contextualized the partnership; and The Technicians, those who persist through presentation of programming. Six major themes surfaced as common among these three groups of informants: 1. The need to move forward despite past history. 2. The importance of a partnership structure which encompasses interinsitutional work. 3. The critical nature of persistence and resiliency in partnership work. 4. Quality trumps quantity, meaning not all growth is inherently good. 5. Internal and external community building play an important role in partnership work. 6. Relationships are the key to constructing and maintaining quality partnerships.
Advisors/Committee Members: Poetter, Thomas S.
Subjects: Education, Teacher Training
Keywords: School/University Partnerships; School/University Collaboratives
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Eaken, Bruce Howard.
Counselors' beyond-session cognitive processes and their impacts on ratings of session quality, working alliance, and overall therapeutic experience.
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, Psychology, 2002, Ohio State University
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▼ This is a natural field study which explores and tracks processes between counselors and clients over the course of therapy for five dyads. Quantitative and qualitative instruments were used in a cooperative, interpretive analysis to follow the cognitive mediations of counselors and clients beyond therapy sessions and into their life contexts. This was facilitated by administrating all instruments twice weekly so as to measure fluctuations in responses due to ongoing, intrapersonal processing, the impact of additional interpersonal encounters, and the occurrence of extrasession events. Measures used include the Session Evaluation Questionnaire, Working Alliance Inventory-Short Form, and a Guided Inquiry developed for this study to sample cognitive mediations. Findings emphasize the cognitive mediational processes of counselors in terms of their experience of dissonance within and beyond therapy, their subsequent adjustments of interventions for upcoming therapy sessions, and their alterations of their role functions in order to optimize therapeutic impacts for clients and reduce personal dissonance. Implications for future research include tracking the impacts of therapy across the ongoing interpersonal interactions occurring beyond sessions as found in couples counseling, family counseling, supervisory processes, organizational settings; and in researching transference processes and counselor burnout.
Advisors/Committee Members: Dell, Don M.
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Eames, Kerri A.
A Case Study of Third-Age Adult Women and Education in Costa Rica: A Catalyst for Social Change.
Degree: Master of Arts (MA), Latin American Studies (International Studies), 2009, Ohio University
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▼ Education affects both the individual and the nation. Educational programs strengthen community desires and outcomes, and promote the understanding of a community's culture and history. At the turn of the 21st century Costa Rica is forging new paths in adult education. Adult education programs sponsored by universities have a profound impact on the lives of the older adults, particularly women, who participate in them. This is due to the fact that the educational atmosphere provides a space in which each individual can discover, express and appreciate new ideas, values and beliefs. This is very important to ensure that development is effective at the national, personal and community levels. Women's participation in the adult education program at the University of Costa Rica entitled, Integral Education for Older Adults, demonstrates the actions women take to integrate education into their lives, and the societal implications of this phenomenon.
Advisors/Committee Members: Whitson, Risa C.
Subjects: Adult education; Gerontology
Keywords: women; adult education; costa rica; social change; development
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Earick, Weston R.
DESIGN OF A HIGH-POWER, HIGH-EFFICIENCY, LOW-DISTORTION DIRECT FROM DIGITAL AMPLIFIER.
Degree: Master of Science in Engineering (MSEgr), Electrical Engineering, 2006, Wright State University
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▼ For the process of converting low-power digital signals into their high-power analog counterparts, the functions of digital-to-analog conversion (at low power) and analog power amplification are separately implemented. This thesis proposes a new “STAC-DAC” circuit topology which directly realizes high-power analog output from low-power digital input signals. The ability to achieve a “direct from digital” high-power analog output in a single high-efficient, low-distortion design has significant potential in audio reproduction, and flexible signal generation applications. In this thesis, the “STAC-DAC” is described and its implementation via MATLAB and LTSpice is discussed. The results of simulations are used to prove the concept of the design. The 16-bit design features a high-power output of 100 watts or more at an efficiency of 93%. The design is optimized to feature low total harmonic distortion (THD) of 0.055% for a 1 kHz signal at 100 watts into an 8 Ω load and low phase distortion of less than 10° for a 20 kHz signal and only 1° at 1 kHz. The “STAC-DAC” design is applicable to any design which requires a high-power analog output that is controlled by a logic level digital input. The results validated that the “STAC-DAC” can produce low-level THD figures over the audio frequency range. If very low THD figures are not necessary, high-power analog operation can be achieved into the hundreds of kilohertz while maintaining high efficiency. These results show that the power “STAC-DAC” is capable of simultaneously achieving the highly efficient circuitry associated with digital-to-analog converters with the low harmonic and phase distortion requirements associated with high fidelity analog audio amplifiers.
Advisors/Committee Members: Kazimierczuk, Marian.
Keywords: high-power; high-efficiency; low-distortion; direct from digital; digital amplifier; amplifier; digital-to-analog converter; DAC; audio; total harmonic distortion; THD; high-fidelity
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Earla, Janaki Ram Prasad.
Assessment of the Effect of Cancer and its Treatment on PET Scan F-18 Tracer Distribution in Pre- and Post-treatment and its Relation to Myocardial Tissue Uptake.
Degree: Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences (MSBS), College of Graduate Studies, 2005, University of Toledo Health Science Campus
► The general objective was to study the effect of cancer and the…
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▼ The general objective was to study the effect of cancer and the its treatment on the Positron Emission Tomography scan F-18 FDG tracer distribution in pre-and post- treatment and its relation to myocardial tissue uptake. The 39 subjects studied were patients with cancer who had a PET imaging evaluation for the disease process and who had their treatment for cancer. They were followed up with regular PET scan imaging. Following treatment FDG was administered as per standard imaging protocol in the diagnosis of the cancer and the uptakes in the cancer tissue site and the cardiac site were measured and studied. The standard uptake values were used as a reference of tissue activity was a found that there was a trend of decrease tumor uptake as treatment progressed, and generally an increase in the cardiac uptake. This increased cardiac uptake is likely due to decreased FDG “steal” by the tumor.
Advisors/Committee Members: Dennis, Ph.D., Michael.
Subjects: Physics, Radiation
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Earle, Lindsay C.
"myCCL Training Manual" Creative Project.
Degree: Bachelor of Arts, School of Business Administration - Organizational Leadership, 2007, Miami University Honors Theses
► “myCCL TRAINING MANUAL” CREATIVE PROJECT by: Lindsay C. Earle For my thesis,…
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▼ “myCCL TRAINING MANUAL” CREATIVE PROJECT by: Lindsay C. Earle For my thesis, I wrote and compiled a training manual on myCCL for the Center for Creative Leadership, reflected on the process and challenges that I went through while creating the manual, and connected the project to my education and future. This project blended and further developed my skills and knowledge from my English major and Business Management minor. I was assigned the project of creating the “myCCL Training Manual” during my internship as a temporary contractor at the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL). The project for CCL has expanded my learning styles from mainly conceptual to also include inductive learning by implementing my skills and applying my knowledge. In addition, the training manual project helped me to accomplish one of my main goals when working at CCL, to further my practical business knowledge and experience. This thesis includes a brief background of the Center for Creative Leadership, the process and tools I used to complete the training manual, challenges I overcame and lessons I learned, a personal reflection on the results of the project, how the project will be useful in my future, and the final copy of the “myCCL Training Manual” that I created and that was distributed internally at CCL.
Advisors/Committee Members: Snavely, Bretta Kay.
Keywords: Center for Creative Leadership; myCCL; Training Manual; Business management
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EARL, POLLY JEANNETTE.
COMMUNICATION BEHAVIORS OF A YOUNG CHILD WITH AUDITORY DYS-SYNCHRONY: SEEING CUED DUTCH AND CUED SPANISH.
Degree: EdD, Education : Special Education, 2006, University of Cincinnati
► A ten month old girl with auditory dys-synchrony was studied for eight…
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▼ A ten month old girl with auditory dys-synchrony was studied for eight months to observe the development of her communication behaviors. The spoken languages of the home were cued to the subject in Dutch by her mother and Spanish by her father. Exposure to language also included Cued English by one speech/language pathologist and spoken and signed English in an early intervention program. Parents were the primary communicators in natural interactions, play, and reading situations with their daughter. This is the first known study to examine a child this young being cued to simultaneously in two languages. Findings of this qualitative study revealed age appropriate receptive language in both languages of the home with and without the auditory signal. Expressive language and vocabulary was approximately 6 months delayed in Spanish and Dutch; no cues or approximations of cueing were observed being used by the subject. There was no evidence that any English words were assimilated by the subject and only two spontaneous sign approximations were observed for MORE and FINISH. At 18 months, speech production included approximately ten words in Spanish and two in Dutch. Additional studies are encouraged using similar qualitative techniques to observe communication behaviors, especially to establish the developmental stages of cued language reception and expression of children younger than two years of age who are deaf or hard of hearing.
Advisors/Committee Members: Kretschmer Jr., Dr. Richard R.
Keywords: Cued Speech, Auditory Dys-synchrony, Cued Dutch, Cued Spanish, early intervention, bilingualism, language and literacy, qualitative research,Deaf education
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Earnheardt, Adam.
Exploring Possible Predictors of Television Viewer Judgments of Athlete Behaviors.
Degree: PHD, College of Communication and Information / School of Communication Studies, 2007, Kent State University
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▼ In this study, I examined whether the extent to which television viewers are fans of sports and their motivation for viewing sports affected judgments of anti-social behaviors demonstrated by athletes. The uses and gratifications theoretical framework guided exploration of possible predictors. The sample (n = 347) consisted of undergraduate students from two midwestern universities. Several instruments were used in this study. The questionnaire included measures of fandom, motives for watching televised sports (i.e., entertaining relaxation, etc.), affinity for watching televised sports, intention to watch televised sports, activities during exposure to televised sports, involvement with televised sports, exposure to televised sports, parasocial interaction with athletes, identification with athletes, and judgments of athlete behaviors (i.e., violent crime, drug use, forging checks/failing to keep promises, and uncharitable/dishonest behaviors). Results showed that fandom correlated significantly with affinity, motives, intention, involvement, exposure, parasocial interaction, and identification. Fandom was negatively related to judgments of violent crime behaviors and uncharitable/dishonest behaviors. Fandom was not related to judgments of drug use or forging checks. Results suggested that people who reported greater fandom were less likely than their counterparts to judge violent crime and uncharitable/dishonest behaviors negatively. Separate multiple regression analyses were conducted to assess the contribution of the antecedent variables to predicting each behavioral judgment factor. Results of the regression analyses suggested that women who were engaged in other activities while viewing televised sports content were more likely to judge violent crime behaviors as most wrong, or negatively. Additionally, women were more likely to judge drug use and uncharitable/dishonest behaviors as most wrong, or negatively. Path analyses provided further evidence for links between antecedents. Canonical correlation analyses suggested women who reported lower degrees of fandom, weaker affinity for televised sports, weaker intention to watch sports, weaker self-esteem/achievement and entertaining relaxation motives, and paying less attention to televised sports were the viewers who tended to judge athlete violent crime behaviors, uncharitable/dishonest behaviors, and drug and steroid use behaviors as most wrong. Implications of these findings and future directions are discussed.
Advisors/Committee Members: Haridakis, Paul.
Subjects: Mass Communications
Keywords: television viewing motives; fandom; parasocial interaction; identification; sports; anti-social behaviors; media exposure; uses and gratifications; affinity for television; involvement with television; athlete interaction
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Easterday, Cary Ray.
Stratigraphy and paleontology of Cemetery Hill (Desmoinesian-Missourian: Upper Carboniferous), Columbiana County, eastern Ohio.
Degree: Master of Science, Geological Sciences, 2004, Ohio State University
► Cemetery Hill is a remarkable Middle-Upper Pennsylvanian fossil locality yielding two terrestrial…
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▼ Cemetery Hill is a remarkable Middle-Upper Pennsylvanian fossil locality yielding two terrestrial Konservat-Lagerstätten and one cephalopod-rich Konzentrat-Lagerstätte. Two non-marine intervals yield abundant and diverse biotas dominated by non-mineralized taxa including macroflora, insects, arachnids, and myriapods. Two marine intervals are dominated by mineralized taxa including cephalopods, corals, trilobites, gastropods, holothurians, and chondrichthyians. Fifty-six macrofaunal taxa and 7 ichnotaxa are reported, including 1 new family, 4 new genera, 6 new species, 2 new ichnogenera, and 2 new ichnospecies. The stratigraphic interval of Cemetery Hill ranges from the Upper Freeport coal bed to the Brush Creek marine zone. The Mahoning coal bed is missing at Cemetery Hill, apparently due to a regional disconforrnity. Cemetery Hill ranges from the Upper Desmoinesian to Lower Missourian, as originally proposed by McComas (1988, 1989). The interpretation of Cemetery Hill strata as Stephanian C or younger based on macroflora assemblages (proposed by Wagner and Lyons. 1997) is rejected. Cemetery Hill biostratigraphic data supports critical re-examination of Late Pennsylvanian macrofloral and blattoid zonations in close association with conodont, palynomorph, and ammonoid zonations. Marine faunas of Cemetery Hill are most similar to post-Desmoinesian faunas. Terrestrial faunas of Cemetery Hill are transitional between Desmoinesian and post-Desmoinesian faunas.
Advisors/Committee Members: Elliot, David H.
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EASTERDAY, KATHRYN E.
AN EXAMINATION OF THE LINK BETWEEN JANUARY RETURNS AND CONTEMPORANEOUS EARNINGS: IS THE SMALL FIRM/JANUARY EFFECT ON ECONOMICALLY RELEVANT PHENOMENON?.
Degree: PhD, Business Administration : Accounting, 2007, University of Cincinnati
► This paper explores the economic relevance of the small firm/January effect by…
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▼ This paper explores the economic relevance of the small firm/January effect by examining whether small-firm January returns are positively correlated with contemporaneous accounting earnings. Employing an empirical specification derived from the returns-earnings model set forth by Ohlson (1995) and Feltham and Ohlson (1995), this paper provides evidence that for the second, third and fourth quarters associations between the quarter’s first-month returns and the corresponding quarterly earnings are significantly positive. In contrast, the relationship between January returns and first quarter earnings is significantly negative. A novel sample partition which separates small firms that do not experience a January effect from those that do shows that only “January effect” firms exhibit this curious negative relationship between returns and earnings. Results are robust to alternative model specifications. Evidence that January returns are not positively related to contemporaneous accounting earnings calls into question the economic relevance of this market anomaly.
Advisors/Committee Members: Stephan, Dr. Jens A.
Subjects: Business Administration, Accounting
Keywords: January effect; return seasonality; earnings
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EASTMAN, CHRISTOPHER EDWARD.
JAPAN CULTURAL FORUM ARCHITECTURAL SYNTHESIS THROUGH TRANS-CULTURAL STRATEGIES.
Degree: MARCH, Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning : Architecture, 2003, University of Cincinnati
► Japan has been influenced by a multitude of sources for the formation…
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▼ Japan has been influenced by a multitude of sources for the formation of its culture and architecture. Through this process of cultural synthesis there has been contradiction, both in Japanese culture, and in the perpetual gap between Japan and the outside world. Based in Manhattan and designed by a non-Japanese architect, the Japan Cultural Forum is symbolic of the contradictions inherent to Japanese culture. Despite this, the JCF may be designed in the diverse urban context of Manhattan using strategies found in great architecture of both East and West - realized with materials and methods sympathetic to Japanese aesthetics. Not intended to mimic the traditional forms of Japanese architecture, it is intended to display the strategies employed in Japanese and Western architecture of all epochs, such as the use of a module, a clear relationship between structure and enclosure, integration with nature, and a sense of sequence, ceremony, and procession.
Advisors/Committee Members: Niland, David L.
Subjects: Architecture
Keywords: Japanese culture; Japanese architecture; cultural center
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Easton, James Allen.
Identification and Characterization of Zn(II)-responsive Genes and Proteins in E. coli.
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, Chemistry, 2007, Miami University
► Transition metal ion homeostasis is absolutely crucial for the survival of all…
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▼ Transition metal ion homeostasis is absolutely crucial for the survival of all organisms. Zinc (Zn(II)) is perhaps one of the most important, yet least studied transition metals. Previous studies indicate that intracellular Zn(II) levels in E. coli are in the low millimolar range, yet there is less than one “free” Zn(II) ion per cell. All of the intracellular Zn(II) must then be bound and Zn(II) must be delivered from transporters and inserted into Zn(II)-metalloproteins. The cytoplasmic transport of transition metals, such as copper, iron, nickel, manganese, and arsenic, is accomplished by a group of proteins called metallochaperones. No such metallochaperone has been identified for Zn(II). In an effort to identify the Zn(II) metallochaperones in E. coli, proteomic and genomic studies were conducted. Proteomic studies were used to probe for the time-dependent response of E. coli to stress by Zn(II) excess. Genomic studies were used to probe for the transcriptional response of E. coli to stress by Zn(II) excess and deficiency. Several Zn(II)-metallochaperone candidates were identified, and these proteins were cloned, over-expressed, purified, and characterized. Trigger factor was found to be down-regulated at the proteomic level in response to excess Zn(II). Over-expression and characterization of trigger factor show that it tightly binds 0.5 Zn(II)/monomer; however, spectroscopic studies showed that Zn(II) binding is most likely adventitious. GatY/GatZ Zn(II)-responsive proteins that are part of the galactitol catabolic pathway. GatY was over-expressed and shown to bind 2 Zn(II) equivalents per enzyme. GatZ, reported to be necessary for GatY function, was tested for Zn(II)-binding and shown to not bind Zn(II). A transcript found to be highly up-regulated was ykgM. We cloned and over-expressed YkgM to elucidate why it is highly responsive to Zn(II). We determined that YkgM does not bind Zn(II), and may substitute for Zn(II)-containing ribosomal protein L31 in Zn(II)-limiting conditions. ZnuA was cloned, over-expressed, purified, and characterized. We found that ZnuA tightly binds 2 equivalents of Zn(II) per monomer. Our proteomic and genomic data suggest that there are no soluble, cytoplasmic Zn(II) metallochaperones in E. coli. Based on this conclusion, a novel model is hypothesized that explains Zn(II) transport in E. coli cytoplasm.
Advisors/Committee Members: Crowder, Michael W.
Keywords: metallochaperone; Escherichia coli; zinc homeostasis
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Eati, Kameswara R.
Web-Enabled Hierarchical Teleconferencing.
Degree: Master of Science (MS), Computer Science (Engineering), 2003, Ohio University
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▼ With the advent of the Internet and high-performance computing technologies, real-time distributed collaboration systems such as teleconferencing applications that enable the participants to communicate with each other over the Web are becoming popular. In this thesis, we develop a Web-Enabled Hierarchical Teleconference System (WHTS) that is built using open standards with the intent to meet different scalability and security needs for conducting text-based conferencing among geographically dispersed participants over the web. WHTS provides various teleconferencing features that include support for hosting open and closed-type multiple conferences simultaneously as well as supporting various administrative features such as creation/deletion of conference rooms, creation/deletion of users, and moderation of users. The underlying platform of WHTS is J2EE (Java 2 Enterprise Edition) and it adopts a four-tier architecture comprising of client-tier, presentation-tier, business-tier, and data-tier. The middle-layer (presentation-tier and business-tier) of WHTS is either hosted on a single web-server when serving small number of users or hosted on a multitude of web-servers and fan-out servers structured in a hierarchical manner when serving large number of users. WHTS uses web-browser for the client-tier, IBM’s Websphere and RMI objects for the middle-layer, and IBM’s DB2 database for the data-tier. We employ MVC (Model-View-Controller) framework for WHTS to structure the problem-domain classes into model, view and controller components, and decouple their respective responsibilities. The MVC framework is implemented using J2EE APIs – Servlets for Controller, JavaServer Pages (JSP) and Servlets for View, and JavaBeans for Model. The adoption of an open platform like J2EE coupled with the incorporation of MVC framework for WHTS provides a very flexible mechanism for extending the functionality of WHTS (e.g., adding support for graphics and other media types such as audio and video) in the future.
Advisors/Committee Members: Celenk, Mehmet.
Subjects: Computer Science
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Eaton, Jennifer Lynn.
THE MOLECULAR CONTROL OF ZEBRAFISH ISOTOCIN CELL DEVELOPMENT: A POTENTIAL MODEL FOR THE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL CAUSES OF AUTISM AND PRADER-WILLI SYNDROME.
Degree: PHD, School of Biomedical Sciences, 2006, Kent State University
► Altered oxytocin cell development and function are associated with several neuropsychiatric disorders,…
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▼ Altered oxytocin cell development and function are associated with several neuropsychiatric disorders, including autism and Prader-Willi Syndrome. However, the molecular control of oxytocin cell development is poorly understood. Zebrafish have been shown to be a powerful model for identifying and analyzing regulatory genes that control brain development. The objective of this dissertation was to establish the zebrafish as a model system to study the molecular genetic control of development of isotocin, homolog of oxytocin, producing cells. The central hypothesis of this proposal is that an evolutionarily conserved regulatory gene network consisting of Sim1, Otp, Arnt2 and Pou3f2, control the development of isotocin cells in the developing zebrafish hypothalamus. The following four specific aims were accomplished: Aim 1 characterized the zebrafish hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system (HNS) during development. This aim identified and characterized isotocin and vasotocin cells in the zebrafish hypothalamus. Aim 2 identified and characterized transcriptional regulatory genes controlling zebrafish isotocin cell development. Potential zebrafish orthologs of the mammalian oxytocin cell regulatory genes Sim1, Otp, Arnt2 and Pou3f2 were identified and screened for influencing isotocin cell development. Aim 3 confirmed the requirement of sim1 and otp in isotocin cell development and evaluated the genetic interactions between these genes. This study demonstrated sim1 and otp act in parallel pathways to control differentiation of isotocin cells. Aim 4 evaluated the role of two potential, equally related, homologs of mammalian Pou3f2 in zebrafish isotocin cell development, pou47 and brn1.2. Pou47 and brn1.2 were both found to be required for isotocin cell development and do not genetically interact to specify isotocin cellular identity. Aim 5 evaluated the genetic interaction of these Pou3f2 homologs with sim1 and otp in their control of zebrafish isotocin cell development. The data in this aim, along with a re-evaluation of the mouse literature, suggests these genes act combinatorially to specify isotocin cell development. Therefore, a new genetic model of this regulation is proposed. The rational for this proposal is that an elucidation of the molecular control of oxytocin (isotocin) cell development will contribute to an understanding of the neurodevelopmental causes of several neuropsychiatric diseases, such as autism and Prader-Willi Syndrome.
Advisors/Committee Members: Glasgow, Eric.
Keywords: oxytocin; isotocin; vasopressin; vasotocin; Hypothalamo-Neurohypophysial System; hypothalamus; development; autism; Prader-Willi Syndrome; Single-minded; Orthopedia; Arylhydrocarbon Nuclear Translocator; Brn2; POU; zebrafish; behavior; paraventricular nuc
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Eaton, Kalenda C.
Talkin' Bout a Revolution: Afro-Politico Womanism and the Ideological Transformation of the Black Community, 1965-1980.
Degree: Doctor of Philosophy, English, 2004, Ohio State University
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▼ This project examines how the ideological transformation of the Black community during the Black Power movement is represented in fiction written by Black female novelists during the post-Civil Rights period. I argue that by recognizing and often challenging prevailing paradigms within Black nationalist rhetoric, female activists/writers such as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara, and Paule Marshall worked within and wrote about the black community in ways that would ensure a focus on continued progressive action after the official end to the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. Via fictional representations of Black female activists struggling to save the Black community, the authors question the usefulness of Black rhetorical warfare that serves as imaginary distractions to current issues and problems that face the Black community at the dawn of a new era. The theoretical framework I employ for this project is what I call, Afro-Politico Womanism. Afro-Politico Womanism is a theory based on a holistic method of understanding community building among the Black masses who are left behind, after a Black middle-class collective moves into the folds of mainstream American society. Afro-Politico Womanism is supported by the logic, endurance, passion, and attitudes of Black women. This agenda is committed to literary representations of Black female political activism, and often exists in 20th century literature written by black women, where the protagonist(s) have a strong desire to disrupt the infrastructure. In the context of this project, literary representations of Black female political activism includes a characters struggle, for justice within the Black community, and an understanding of how gender relationships can be used to heal relationships. As a method of theorizing the socio-political milieu during the time specified I incorporate readings of cognitive liberation theory; indigenous organizational structures, and gender politics as variables which effectively lead to the mass movement and political mobilization of the Black underclass. This project examines how the ideological transformation of the Black community during the Black Power movement is represented in fiction written by Black female novelists during the post-Civil Rights period. I argue that by recognizing and often challenging prevailing paradigms within Black nationalist rhetoric, female activists/writers such as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Toni Cade Bambara, and Paule Marshall worked within and wrote about the black community in ways that would ensure a focus on continued progressive action after the official end to the Civil Rights and Black Power movements. Via fictional representations of Black female activists struggling to save the Black community, the authors question the usefulness of Black rhetorical warfare that serves as imaginary distractions to current issues and problems that face the Black community at the dawn of a new era. The theoretical framework I employ for this project is what I call, Afro-Politico Womanism. Afro-Politico Womanism is a theory based on a holistic method of understanding community building among the Black masses who are left behind, after a Black middle-class collective moves into the folds of mainstream American society. Afro-Politico Womanism is supported by the logic, endurance, passion, and attitudes of Black women. This agenda is committed to literary representations of Black female political activism, and often exists in 20th century literature written by black women, where the protagonist(s) have a strong desire to disrupt the infrastructure. In the context of this project, literary representations of Black female political activism includes a characters struggle, for justice within the Black community, and an understanding of how gender relationships can be used to heal relationships. As a method of theorizing the socio-political milieu during the time specified I incorporate readings of cognitive liberation theory; indigenous organizational structures, and gender politics as variables which effectively lead to the mass movement and political mobilization of the Black underclass.
Advisors/Committee Members: Lee, Valerie.
Keywords: African American Literature; Womanism; Black Women's Literature
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EATON, KATHERINE L.
NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTORS IN THE AMYGDALA: RELEVANCE TO STRESS.
Degree: PhD, Medicine : Molecular and Developmental Biology, 2007, University of Cincinnati
► Stress is a known factor in psychiatric illness. Understanding the mechanisms by…
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▼ Stress is a known factor in psychiatric illness. Understanding the mechanisms by which stress precipitates these illnesses are of paramount concern. Since anxiety disorder are highly comorbid with mood disorders, understanding the common symptoms of these illnesses could indicate functional changes that elicit these symptoms. Also, alterations in the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, the system involved in maintaining homeostasis, are observed in many mood and anxiety disorders. The amygdala has been shown to modulate anxiety behavior and HPA axis function. The amygdala receives inputs from many sensory cortices and has projections reaching the hypothalamus and mid- and hindbrain regions. These connections allow integration of sensory signal and can produce the necessary signaling to induce responses to maintain homeostasis following stress. This signaling occurs through various neurotransmitters. The longest lasting and farthest reaching of these are neuropeptides. Two neuropeptides, corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) and neuropeptide Y (NPY), have been shown to alter anxiety behavior and HPA axis function. These changes are mediated through multiple receptors. This dissertation endeavors to understand how certain CRH and NPY receptors are regulated by glucocorticoid and chronic stress. The receptors to be investigated in this thesis include the CRH type 2 receptor (CRH-R2), NPY type 1 receptor (NPY-Y1) and the glucocorticoid induced receptor (GIR). In vitro analysis was used to investigate changes in the expression of CRH-R2, NPY-Y1 and GIR following glucocorticoid exposure. CRH-R2 and GIR could be down regulated by glucocorticoids and NPY-Y1 was up regulated. Possible mechanisms for these dexamethasone-mediated changes are discussed. In vivo studies determined the regulation of CRH-R2, NPY-Y1 and GIR expression by chronic stress in the central and medial amygdala, both known to mediate anxiety behavior and HPA axis function. The Chronic Variable Stress (CVS) paradigm used is known to elicit changes similar to those observed in depression, such as altered HPA axis function, increased anxiety and anhedonia. Alteration in neuropeptide receptor expression could contribute to these changes. In the central amygdala, CRH-R2 is down regulated following 14 days of CVS, while NPY-Y1 and GIR had no effect. In the medial amygdala, GIR is up regulated while CRH-R2 and NPY-Y1 are unchanged.
Advisors/Committee Members: Sallee, Dr. Floyd R.
Subjects: Biology, Molecular
Keywords: amygdala; neuropeptide; NPY receptor; CRH receptor; chronic stress; glucocorticoid; GIR
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EBERHARD, PARKER BROWNE.
TRACES OF MATERIAL AND PROCESS.
Degree: MARCH, Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning : Architecture, 2003, University of Cincinnati
► Throughout the last century, methods of technology and industrialization have traditionally led…
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▼ Throughout the last century, methods of technology and industrialization have traditionally led to the dematerialization and removal of evidence of the handcraft in building materials; materials and construction methods are often taken for granted. This thesis questions the outcomes of these methods and examines ways in which contemporary technologies can be used to accentuate material properties, capabilities and fabrication techniques, and reintroduce the trace of the hand in building materials and methods.
Advisors/Committee Members: Stedman, Dr. Barry.
Subjects: Architecture
Keywords: re-materialization; technology and handcraft; casting; milling
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Eberhardt, Sarah.
Colores Culturales: Weaving Patterns of Education in Guatemala.
Degree: MARCH, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of), 2009, University of Cincinnati
► The global economy is growing competitive, yet poverty and illiteracy prevail in…
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▼ The global economy is growing competitive, yet poverty and illiteracy prevail in rural Guatemala where indigenous cultures fight extinction. Peasants struggle for freedom from a system of corrupt law that has bound them to practices that do not celebrate their own traditions and culture. The place in the landscape itself bespeaks intensity - of color, of weather and of climate - that requires a sensitive built approach. Locals can exploit their existing materials and methodologies to arrive at more sensible strategies, relating back to native practices of weaving, harvesting, following sun movement, and gathering in communal workgroups. Tulan, a non-profit organization working to educate indigenous adults in the rural areas, has limited funding but is in need of an insightful, meaningful space to strengthen their mission. This thesis proposes strategies they can use to establish building workshops for their own students to come together and fabricate the new building. Through empowerment and education in a new headquarters for indigenous-run Tulan, their own cultural colors can shine through, weaving new patterns across Guatemala.
Advisors/Committee Members: Sansalone, Vincent.
Subjects: Architecture
Keywords: culture; tradition; color; weaving; pattern; texture; education; Guatemala; indigenous rights; critical regionalism; rural community
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Ebert, Daniel C.
Embodied Act.
Degree: MARCH, Design, Architecture, Art and Planning : Architecture (Master of), 2009, University of Cincinnati
► Recent decades have seen increasing rates in the decimation of biological and…
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▼ Recent decades have seen increasing rates in the decimation of biological and cultural diversity: these phenomena are well documented and their consequences have been debated in many circles. However, the loss of experiential diversity is largely ignored. It is true that in many ways experience is tied inextricably to both environment and society, but experience transcends each in that it demarcates the level of human interaction with both. One major social ramification of the post-modern world is the change from a society of production and agriculture to one of consumption. The result is that the average citizen of the western world has little effect on molding his or her environment beyond consumer purchase. The common man has become detached from the labor of constructing his habitat and simple environmental functions and interactions. This thesis argues that the craftsman is essential to creating an environment that provokes human interaction and multi-sensory experience. The awareness of architecture as a human-made element allows the viewer to connect to its creator. Through this connection the human vicariously engages in the act of construction, entering into a maker’s relationship with his or her environment.
Advisors/Committee Members: Williamson, Rebecca.
Subjects: Architecture; Design
Keywords: Craft; Architecture Materials; Concrete Design; Architecture Sterile
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Ebune, Guilbert Ebune.
Carbon Dioxide Capture from Power Plant Flue Gas using Regenerable Activated Carbon Powder Impregnated with Potassium Carbonate.
Degree: Master of Science in Environmental Studies, Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, 2008, Youngstown State University
► Adsorption is considered one of the more promising technologies for capturing CO2…
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▼ Adsorption is considered one of the more promising technologies for capturing CO2 from flue gases. This research shows an efficient chemical adsorption method capable of capturing carbon dioxide under moist conditions from flue gases of coal-fired power plants. Carbon dioxide was chemically adsorbed by the reaction K2CO3*1.5H2O + CO2 ↔ 2KHCO3 + 0.5H2O + heat. Moisture however, plays a significant role in the chemical adsorption process, which readily facilitates the adsorption process. Moisture usually contained as high as 8-17% in flue gases, badly affects the capacity of conventional adsorbents such as zeolites, but the present technology has no concern with moisture; water is rather necessary in principle as shown in the equation above. Carbon dioxide uptake occurred at a temperature of 60°C and the entrapped carbon dioxide was released by the decomposition of potassium bicarbonate to shift the reaction in the reverse direction. The decomposition occurred at high enough temperatures of 150°C to ensure complete regeneration of the sorbent. For the purpose of this research, emphasis was placed more on the adsorption process. When compared to other processes such as the conventional amine process, it provided an efficient, low utility cost and energy-conservative effect. The activated carbon was prepared by 20% by weight of K2CO3 and samples used during the experimental runs were dried at 60°C for the 26-hour runs and at 25°C and 125°C for the air-dried and oven-dried samples respectively for the 48-hour runs. The samples all got to the saturation point after 6 hours of exposure to carbon dioxide and gave adsorption capacities in the range of 2.5 to 3.5mol CO2/mol K2CO3 for all experimental runs performed in this research.
Advisors/Committee Members: Price, Douglas.
Subjects: Chemical engineering; Chemistry; Energy; Engineering; Environmental engineering; Environmental science
Keywords: carbon dioxide capture; sequestration; adsorption; potassium carbonate; activated carbon; monoethanolamine; enhanced oil recovery; global warming
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EBY, BEVERLY J.
EFFECTIVE WOMEN PRINCIPALS: TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN URBAN SETTINGS.
Degree: EdD, Education : Educational Leadership, 2004, University of Cincinnati
► Urban high school women principals are a very unique and small group…
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▼ Urban high school women principals are a very unique and small group of administrators who may bring a different perspective to how schools may be more effective. Throughout the public education system in the United States, women have become a very viable force in providing leadership to urban secondary schools. Many popular and professional writers argue that males and females lead differently and even the way women lead, that is, more nurturing, democratic and empowering, is the way organizations should be led. The purpose of this study was to examine the leadership styles of women high school principals and how these particular traits and characteristics translate into effective models of education. The research sought to answer one question. How do women principals in urban high schools lead schools to success? Through the use of personal narrative and analysis of archival data, women high school principals were given the unique opportunity to tell their stories of their journeys to the role of high school principal as well as the road they travel daily in their present role. The study design was qualitative in nature and involved the analysis of personal interviews, archival documentation and field observation. The three women high school principals interviewed had traveled different paths as they ascended to the role of principal. They had served in many varied roles from program directors, assistant principals, field supervisors, and central office positions. Although each woman told a very different story, these women utilized several common practices. It is hoped that through the study of these very personal stories that a better understanding of the way women lead emerges. If any change toward advancement for women in educational leadership is to take place, the very basis for change, the research, must also change.
Advisors/Committee Members: Gooden, Dr. Mark A.
Subjects: Education, Administration
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EBY, CHRISTINE A.
PEDIATRIC COCHLEAR IMPLANT OUTCOMES IN AUDITORY NEUROPATHY/AUDITORY DYS-SYNCHRONY.
Degree: MA, Allied Health Sciences : Communication Science and Disorders, 2004, University of Cincinnati
► Objective: To describe the clinical outcomes in children diagnosed with Auditory Neuropathy/Auditory…
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▼ Objective: To describe the clinical outcomes in children diagnosed with Auditory Neuropathy/Auditory Dys-synchrony (AN/AD) who have received cochlear implants. Study Design: A prospective study of children diagnosed with AN/AD who have received a cochlear implant. Setting: Tertiary care pediatric referral center. Patients: Seven children with AN/AD identified from a pediatric otology/audiology clinic, whose treatment choice included cochlear implantation. A control group included seven children who received cochlear implant, but whose etiology of hearing loss varied. Outcome Measures: Seven of the children were seen for follow-up testing. Testing included, when age-appropriate: soundfield NBN and speech awareness testing, LNT and/or MLNT, HINT sentences, IT-MAIS and/or MAIS, and otoacoustic emissions. In addition, parents completed a Perceived Benefits Questionnaire, which was developed at our facility. Results: All children showed improvement with the use of a cochlear implant. Performance varied and was likely affected by additional handicapping conditions, age at implantation, duration of implant use, educational setting and/or communication mode as well as compliance with device usage and rehabilitation. Results of the Perceived Benefits Questionnaire were comparable to results from children without AN/AD who have cochlear implants. Conclusion: Children with AN/AD receive measurable benefit from the use of a cochlear implant. Their progress is similar to that of other children with cochlear implants without AN/AD. The degree of clinical outcome variability seen in the general pediatric cochlear implant population is also evident in the subgroup of children with AN/AD. Parents may perceive benefits for their child using a cochlear implant even though objective testing may not reflect these benefits. Additional medical and/or educational disabilities may impact the results obtained on standard tests in children with AN/AD. Development of the Perceived Benefits Questionnaire may be helpful in measuring cochlear implant benefit in children who are not able to participate in standard testing.
Advisors/Committee Members: Keith, Dr. Robert.
Subjects: Health Sciences, Audiology
Keywords: Auditory Neuropathy/Dys-Synchrony, cochlear implant, otoacoustic emissions, NBN = narrow band noise, LNT = Lexical Neighborhood Test, MLNT = Multisyllabic Lexical Neighborhood Test, IT-MAIS = Infant Toddler Meaningful Auditory Index Scale, MAIS = Meaningf
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Eckardt, Allison Lenore.
Kpatsa: An Examination of a Ghanaian Dance in the United States.
Degree: Master of Music (MM), Music Ethnomusicology, 2008, Bowling Green State University
► Kpatsa is a dance of the Ga-Adangme people in Southern Ghana. Mythology…
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▼ Kpatsa is a dance of the Ga-Adangme people in Southern Ghana. Mythology says that Ga-Adangme hunters first learned it from the dwarfs; beliefs about its role in Ga-Adangme society vary. Today, kpatsa is an important teaching piece in Ghana and has also become a popular piece for Ghanaian performers teaching within the United States. This thesis is an examination of kpatsa as it was taught to the author. In Chapter One, I examine kpatsa's place in society. I begin with a discussion of its mythological origins, and then discuss its historical uses. Next, I examine how kpatsa is used in Ga-Adangme society today. I then examine how and why kpatsa has changed as it moved from the Ga-Adangmes, to the Ghanaians, and then to the United States. Chapter Two examines kpatsa and education, beginning with how kpatsa is used to teach about Ga-Adangme culture, and then moving to how kpatsa is taught in Ghana. Finally, I look at how teaching methodology changes when kpatsa is taught in the United States. Chapter Three expands on this discussion by describing my experiences as a student of kpatsa. First I examine my personal reactions and the teaching methodology I experienced. Next, I examine my experiences teaching kpatsa to the Bowling Green State University Afro-Caribbean Ensemble. Chapter Four places my experiences with kpatsa in the context of appropriation. I begin with an examination of the scholarly arguments for why appropriation is wrong. I then present my teachers' reasons for why Americans learning Ghanaian culture is acceptable. Next, I attempt to reconcile these two different ideas, concluding with suggestions to the performer on how to deal with these conflicting points of view. The final chapter provides a transcription of kpatsa as I learned it from Kofi Ameyaw and how I taught it to the Afro-Caribbean Ensemble, including the drumming, singing, dancing, and choreography.
Advisors/Committee Members: Cornelius, Dr. Steven.
Subjects: Dance; Music
Keywords: Kpatsa; Ghanaian Music; Dance
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