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2023 Hollister Lecture
No full textMr. Stepien graduated from Elmhurst College in 1965 and began his career as a middle school social studies teacher. In 1978, he became a program developer and senior author for the K-7 social studies series for the Scott, Foresman Company. When IMSA opened in 1985, he was tapped to plan curriculum, hire faculty, and help with facility design. Joining its faculty, he taught at IMSA for ten years. In 1994, Mr. Stepien became IMSA’s director of the Center for Problem-Based Learning, turning his full attention to research and writing about applications of PBL in elementary and secondary schools. He established the Consortium for Problem-Based Learning at Northern Illinois University in 1997 and became a national consultant in PBL for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). Mr. Stepien consulted with more than fifty schools every year, presented at numerous national meetings and conventions, and consulted with organizations such NASA, the Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago), Prime Time School Television, and The Wall Street Journal
Diagnosis and analysis as the first steps in a turnaround management process model
No full textAuthor Fabio Damm, BScDiplomarbeit Universität Linz 201
Ternary RPt4B (R=La, Ce, Pr, Nd) compounds. structural and physical characterization
No full textThe compounds RPt4B, with (R = La, Ce, Pr, Nd), were synthesized and their crystal structure was studied either by single crystal X-ray diffraction and/or by conventional and synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction. All four compounds of this family are isostructural and belong to the CeCo4B structure type. AC-susceptibility and magnetization studies show that: there is no magnetic ordering of the La compound down to 1.7 K; the Ce compound presents an antiferromagnetic-type-transition at 2.4 K; and both Pr and Nd compounds present a ferromagnetic-type transition at 4.2 and 4.9 K, respectively. Electrical resistivity studies show metallic behaviour for all compounds, the temperature dependence for the La compound being described by the Bloch Gruneisen relation. Thermopower studies as a function of temperature show that the thermopower is positive and small for these compounds, which is consistent with hole dominated metallic behaviour
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No full textImage of Lt. Henry Damm seated in a biplane
Leichenpredigt auf Curdt Nicolaus von Damm, Braunschw. Lüneb. Hog-Gerichts-Assesor, + 2- Sept. 1715
No full textNew Obesity Indices and Adipokines in Normotensive Patients and Patients With Hypertension: Comparative Pilot Analysis.
No full textWe compared the obesity parameters and selected adipokines—leptin, adiponectin, and resistin—in obese patients with
hypertension and normotensive patients. A total of 67 nondiabetic obese outpatients were divided into 2 groups: A–hypertensive
and B–normotensive. Serum levels of leptin, adiponectin, resistin, and insulin were measured.Weight, height, waist circumference,
and hip circumference were measured to calculate waist-to-hip ratio (WHR), weight-to-height ratio, visceral adiposity index, and
body adiposity index (BAI). Among patients with hypertension, significant positive correlations were observed between leptin
and body mass index and BAI (r = .31 and r = .63, respectively). In normotensive patients, leptin positively correlated with BAI
(r = .73, P < .01) and negatively with WHR (r = -.55, P < .0001); adiponectin negatively correlated with WHR (r = .38, P < .01)
and BAI (r = .52; P < .0001), and resistin negatively correlated with WHR (r = -.36, P < .05). In conclusion, visceral obesity and
leptin are associated with hypertension in obese patients
Meal inertia: the impact of eating different sized meals on vigilant attention throughout the night
No full textAbstract #0171Gupta CC, Dorrian J, Centofanti S, Coates A, Kennaway D, Wittert G, Heilbronn L, Catcheside P, Noakes M, Stepien J, Chandrakumar D, Coro D, Banks
Attorney Discipline, the Quality of Legal Systems and Economic Growth within the United States
No full textThe American Bar Association’s annual Survey on Lawyer Discipline (SOLD) reports complaints and charges regarding lawyer misconduct, the caseload per disciplinary attorney, and each state’s budget for attorney discipline. From these reports, we develop five measures of attorney discipline:
1. COMPLAINTS – the percent of attorneys in the state who receive complaints from the public.
2. CHARGED – the percent of attorneys that are charged with some form of misconduct during the year;
3. CHARGED/ COMPLAINTS – the percent of the attorneys receiving COMPLAINTS that are eventually CHARGED with malpractice;
4. BUDGET (in dollars) – the state’s annual budget for implementing attorney discipline relative to the number of attorneys; and
5. CASELOAD – the number of AD cases per state disciplinary attorney per year.
In our study "ATTORNEY DISCIPLINE, THE QUALITY OF LEGAL SYSTEMS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH WITHIN THE UNITED STATES" we use these measures to examine the quality of legal systems within the United States and the relation between this quality and state economic growth. The panel data set, included here, contains the values of the 5 attorney discipline measures for each state from 2000-2017. We use these data in our study
The "Length of branches with leaves (LbT)", a new index to compare insect densities on trees of different expansion
No full textSome hundred small-sized Aspen (Populus tremula) and Willow trees (Salix caprea) occurring at the forest edge were examined since 1997 in Lower Saxony. Several thousand phytophagous insects, mainly larvae of the family Lepidoptera, were found on the trees. The objective was to compare the habitat preferences of the insects in relation to the type of forest edge and one practical problem which presented itself was find a way of describing the size of each examined tree. The shape of trees at the forest edge differs from the ideal tree shape encountered inside a forest, and the commonly used parameters like height or crown volume are not helpful when describing the volume of leaves and branches which may be used as habitat by phytophagous insects (Fig. 2 and 3). Therefore, a new parameter, the "Length of branches with leaves (LbT)", has been developed. All branches with leaves longer than 10 cm are measured from the basis of the first leaf to the top of the branch. The sum of all the leafed branch lengths, measured in metres, is designated as LbT for every tree (Fig. 1). The number of larvae of Lepidopterans on the examined tree, divided by LbT is used as an index of preference, for a single taxon, a group of taxa or all individuals found on a single tree or either a special group of trees (Fig. 5, Tab. 1 and 2). This index, known as the "edge habitat preference" enables the comparison of the settling density of the taxon or the insect group of interest in relation to defined tree classes/species. The quantity LbT is relatively easy to assess in the field and can be used to compare shrubs and trees with very different shapes and sizes (Fig. 4). In addition the changes of tree shapes resulting from natural growth or possible damage by browsing or cutting may be assessed, if trees are examined repetitively
Predictors of insulin resistance in patients with obesity: a pilot study.
No full textWe compared adipokines and inflammatory markers in obese insulin-sensitive (group A, n 1⁄4 16) and insulin-resistant (group B,
n 1⁄4 48) patients divided according to homeostasis model assessment of insulin resistance (HOMA-IR). Serum levels of
adiponectin, leptin, resistin, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, interleukin 6, and tumor necrosis factor a were measured.
Weight, height, waist (WC) and hip circumferences, waist to hip ratio , weight to height ratio, visceral adiposity index (VAI), and
body adiposity index (BAI) were measured. The WC and VAI were significantly higher in group B (113.9 + 11.1 vs
105.3 + 9.8cm; P < .01 and 2.3 + 1.1 vs 1.6 + 0.9; P < .05, respectively), while serum adiponectin levels were higher in group
A (24.5 + 14.6 vs 15.1 + 9.6 ng/mL; P < .005). The BAI strongly correlated with adiponectin and leptin in group B (r = .479;
P < .001 and r = .705; P < .001). Insulin resistance is associated with visceral adiposity described by VAI and WC. The BAI may
be a useful index in obese patients, especially with insulin resistance
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