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Spontaneous Streptococcus mitis Meningitis in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis: A Case Report and Literature Review
No full textHow to cite this paper: Villion, A., Lishner, M., Chowers, M. and Reisfeld, S. (2014) Abstract Streptococcus mitis is a component of the normal oropharynx, skin, gastrointestinal system, and genital tract florae. It is generally considered as a relatively benign bacterium. We present a case of spontaneous Streptococcus mitis meningitis in a patient with liver cirrhosis and no known risk factors for invasive infectious diseases
(Dis)honesty, psychopathy, and their relation to empathic concern
No full textA Thesis Submitted In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Science-Psychology ExperimentalThe goal of the present research was to examine the relation between honesty-humility
and psychopathy, along with their relationship to empathic concern and helping behavior
by manipulating perspective taking and measuring feelings of empathic concern for
willingness to help a person in need. Measures of psychopathy were assessed using the
SRP- III, and the PPI-R: SF. The personality dimension of honesty-humility was
measured using a portion of the HEXACO-PI-R: SR (100 item version). Empathic
concern was evaluated using the 6 items that Batson (2011) suggests best defines the
construct. Based on previous work, it was hypothesized that (a) psychopathy and
honestly-humility would be negatively associated with one another; (b) psychopathy
would be negatively associated with empathic concern and helping; and (c) honestyhumility
would be positively associated with empathic concern and helping. A
perspective taking manipulation was used to further examine whether the associations of
the traits of empathic concern and helping would be mitigated if the participants actively
imagined the perspective of the person in need. Correlational analyses revealed a
negative relation between honesty-humility and the psychopathy measures. When
measures of psychopathy were decomposed into facet measures of fearless dominance,
impulsive antisociality, coldheartedness, Factor 1 (primary psychopathy), and Factor 2
(secondary psychopathy), only individuals higher in Factor 1 reported significantly lower
levels of empathic concern (after controlling for gender). Logistic regression analyses
indicated that the interaction between coldheartedness and perspective taking
significantly predicted helping behavior, such individuals higher in coldheartedness were
less likely to help, but only when participants were asked to imagine the other?s
perspective
Relación entre depresión y rendimiento académico en los alumnos del primer y segundo grado de secundaria de la institución educativa estatal N°001 José Lishner Tudela, Tumbes - 2016
No full textLa investigación titulada “Relación entre depresión y rendimiento académico
en los alumnos del primer y segundo grado de secundaria de la institución
educativa estatal “Nº 001 José Lishner Tudela”, Tumbes - 2016” tuvo como
objetivo principal: Determinar si la depresión se relaciona al rendimiento
académico en estudiantes del 1° y 2 grado matriculados en el año académico
2016 de la Institución educativa Nº 001 “José Lishner Tudela”. Se llevó a cabo
un estudio de tipo de estudio correlacional, con un enfoque cuantitativo; la
población de estudio estuvo constituida por 145 estudiantes del 1° y 2 grado
de secundaria de ambos sexos en edades comprendidas de 12 a 14 años,
matriculados con asistencia regular; los instrumentos utilizados fueron el
Cuestionario de Depresión para niños, de M, LANG Y M, TISHER, las
calificaciones de los estudiantes para el rendimiento académico.
Resultados: El nivel de depresión en los alumnos del primer y segundo grado
fue para ambos grupo medio (67,6%) seguido de un nivel alto 19,3% y bajo
13,1%, el nivel de rendimiento académico fue en proceso para ambos grupos
(81.3%), seguido de un logro esperado (14,4%) e inicio (4,1%) y existe
relación significativa inversa entre los componentes de la depresión:
respuesta afectiva – problemas sociales, preocupación por la muerte/salud,
dimensión Sentimiento de Culpabilidad - depresión varios y el rendimiento
académico y existe relación significativa positiva entre los componentes de la
depresión: Autoestima y dimensión Animo – Alegría – positivos varios
Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
MINDFUL EATING: WILLINGNESS TO SAMPLE AND ENJOYMENT OF SAMPLED FOOD IN OLDER ADULTS
No full textA Thesis Submitted In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Master of Science-Psychology ExperimentalThe present study examined the role of mindful eating and willingness to sample food and enjoyment of the sampled food among older adults. Participants were older adults (age > 55) with no known food allergies. Participants were randomly assigned to one of three experimental conditions: a mindful raisin-eating task (n = 26), a nonmindful raisin-eating (control) task (n = 25), and a no-task baseline condition (n = 25). Following the experimental manipulation, all participants rated their expected liking of different foods, were offered anchovies to sample, and rated their actual enjoyment of the sampled anchovies. Results indicated no statistically significant differences between the mindful raisin-eating and nonmindful raisin-eating control group on expected liking of different foods, F(1, 49) = 0.17, p = .68, willingness to sample anchovies, ?2 (2) = 0.34, p = .84, or the enjoyment of sampled anchovies, F(2, 37) = 0.93, p = .41. The failure to replicate previous findings may be due to a lack of statistical power to detect meaningful differences, particularly in the expected liking of previously disliked foods, due to the small sample size (N = 76). It may also be that the attitudes and behaviors of older adults are more ingrained or reflexive due to a longer lifetime of rehearsal compared with young adults, and thus a one-time mindfulness experience may be less impactful in altering attitudes and behaviors in older adults compared to young adults
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
Intern experience at CH���M Hill, Inc.: an internship report
No full textIncludes author's vita"Submitted to the College of Engineering of Texas A&M University in partial
fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Engineering."Includes bibliographical referencesA review of the author's internship experience with CH���M HILL, Inc.
during the period September 1975 through May 1976 is presented. During this nine month
internship the author worked as an Engineer II in the Industrial Processes discipline of this
large consulting engineering firm... The author's prime responsibility was as one of three
lead design engineers on the design of a large wastewater treatment facility for a pulp mill
in Hoquiam, Washington owned by ITT Rayonier Inc. The work generally consisted of the design
of individual treatment units and associated piping and pumping. The purpose of the project
was to provide wastewater treatment capabilities that would satisfy the effluent limitations
(standards) imposed upon the mill by the State of Washington Department of Ecology and the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The author's assignment also entailed necessary
interaction with the project manager and other CH���M HILL design engineers and support staff
members, the client's representatives, and representatives of two other consulting engineering
firms working on the project. Thus, the internship position at CH���M HILL provided considerable
experience coordinating the author's work with the work of other engineers, guiding the design
and administrative efforts of a support staff, and interacting regularly with the client and
other consulting firms. This broad exposure to a variety of engineering and organizational
problems provided a valuable educational experience
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