471 research outputs found
Saint Augustine's Critical Judgment of the Pagan Writers
No full textThe following is an attempt to study Saint Augustine’s attitude toward the Greek and Latin pagan writers. An effort has been made to record all of the direct quotations of the pagan authors used by Saint Augustine in the twenty-two books of his Be Civitate Dei. |I have undertaken to emphasize the fact that the number of times an author has been quoted and the manner in which each author has been described somewhat emphasizes Augustine’s judgment of them. |Therefore, with the chart containing the above mentioned information, I have included short commentaries and recordings of those quotations to indicate Augustine’s appraisal of those who were responsible for them.ProQuest Traditional Publishing Optio
Reclaiming Our Democracy: Challenging Global Poverty and Climate Change through Civic Action
No full textThe Center for Global Education\u27s Global Topics Series Fall 2013 Lecture was delivered by Sam Daley-Harris, global activist, author and microfinance trailblazer. His work on the international Microcredit Summit Campaign has brought global microloans to over 100 million impoverished families, and has helped bring issues of climate change into the national spotlight. A close collaborator of Nobel Prize Laureate Muhammad Yunus and recent TED Talks presenter, Daley-Harris has pioneered a brand of activism that inspires ordinary citizen to effectively engage the political and media establishements in order to make their voices and causes heard -- and heeded
Assessing accuracy and utility of epigenetic age prediction algorithm in a large-scale targeted methylation sequencing study
No full textThe Horvath epigenetic clock was developed using Illumina HumanMethylation 450K and 27K array data with the purpose of predicting epigenetic age. In this study targeted methylation sequencing using Illumina’s MethylCapture sequencing library was completed on 932 samples from three Canadian studies - The Canadian Asthma Primary Prevention Study (CAPPS, n=632 samples); the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean study (SLSJ, n=180 samples) and the Canadian Peanut Allergy Registry (CanPAR, n=120). CAPPS is a longitudinal cohort that follows children at high-risk for developing asthma from birth to year 15, with targeted methylation sequencing done on at least one of three occasions- birth, and/or years 7 and 15. Maternal samples for CAPPS were also included in the methylation study. SLSJ consists of three-generational triads from families of French-Canadian descent. CanPAR consists of individuals with peanut allergy. The objective of this study was three-fold:
Assess the accuracy of the Horvath epigenetic clock in children
To evaluate its applicability and its utility as a quality control (QC) metric in targeted methylation sequencing experiments
Identify age informative CpG sites in dataset
The Horvath age prediction algorithm was shown to be accurate in this data set with a mean absolute error (MAE±S.D.= 7.00±7.03, median absolute error=4.57). Additional QCs included principal component analyses to assess age, ethnicity and cell counts, and genotype concordance checks using overlap SNPs from GWAS and sequencing studies. These steps identified possibly swapped samples which were also noted as outliers by the age prediction with their relative difference (RD, RD = abs (predicted age-expected age)/expected age)) > mean + 2 S.D. for their reported groups.
Linear and mixed Effects models that utilize the CAPPS longitudinal data structure identified hundreds of thousands of new CpG sites significantly associated with age in children. We have demonstrated the applicability of the Horvath age algorithm to targeted methylation sequencing studies and the opportunity for its improvement.Science, Faculty ofGraduat
An Analysis of and Conductor\u27s Guide to Eleanor Daley\u27s Requiem
No full textThis study provides a thorough analysis of and conductor\u27s guide to Eleanor Daley\u27s Requiem. It includes a theoretical analysis, a textual analysis, an analysis of performance and conducting considerations, a list of compositions by the composer, and a discography. Additionally, it includes score corrections, the composer\u27s biography, a brief history of the Requiem Mass and Christian funeral music, and historical connections to other Requiems, including a chapter dedicated to the Requiem of Herbert Howells.
The study was informed by numerous correspondences and multiple interviews with the composer, as well as singing under her direction. It is the author\u27s hope that this study will encourage and equip future conductors to program this exceptional composition, and encourage greater exploration of other accessible modern works
Diffusivity of all-pass arrays
No full textThe diffuse properties of an all-pass loudspeaker line array were tested and compared to theoretically predicted results. The qualities and benefits of a diffuse loudspeaker array are first presented. Then, an exhaustive search method for determining optimal arrays is explored. It was found that computer optimized all-pass arrays can be easily constructed and prove to be diffuse sources as defined in this paper
Simulation scenarios for nurse educators: Making it REAL
No full textDiana Mager is a contributing author: Diabetic Home Care Patient with Elevated Blood Sugars, Post Operative Care Following an Appendectomy (with Jean Lange), and Building a Learning Resource Center (with Karen Daley and Suzanne Campbell).
Book description: Computerized patient simulation is an exciting and innovative pedagogical method that allows nurse educators to prepare student nurses for the challenges of clinical practice. This book serves as a step-by-step guide to designing and developing simulated scenarios, and integrating them into nursing curriculums. The authors provide concrete information about the use of simulation in a variety of programs, courses, and schools with flexible simulator uses, including live actors and static mannequins. This book also provides options for building a learning resource center, and offers guidance on faculty development. Additionally, the contributors present 17 exemplars of actual scenarios in multiple clinical areas, as well as testimonies of practicing faculty.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/nursing-books/1035/thumbnail.jp
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