The Pan American (1969-09)

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Motivating Adolescents to be Active Participants in the Language Learning Process

Motivating adolescents to be active participants in their own language learning process is a challenge faced by all middle and high school language teachers. This paper provides and overview of tone teacher’s experiences in the struggle to motivate her own students. it also supplies some useful ideas on activities that work to motivate students both inside and outside the classroom. The appendices include step by step plans to help guide other teachers in carrying out some of the activities in their own classes

Cancer Therapy

From the start of early civilization, dog has been man\u27s best friend. In recent years man\u27s interest and ability in medical fields of technology have greatly evolved. Along with this technology canine lifespans have increased. Subsequently diseases of older dogs such as cancer have become more prominant. Pets are now thought of as members of the family and because there are more options available, owners are demanding that their animals receive the best care possible. Because of these developments, the \u27field of oncology is becoming vastly more important in small animal medicine

Letter from Julia M[erill] Moores to John Muir, 1897 Oct 11.

1960 N. Pa. St., Indianapolis,Oct. 11, 1897.My dear Mr. Muir:I have had it in my heart to write to you ever sincethe return of Kate and mina from your beautiful land. I am glad ofwhat they could tell us of your lovely home- of yourself, of yourwife and daughters. Once a friend – a friend forever – and I thankGod that I have had many life-long friends.In the September “Century” I found a wonderful story – of the“Adventure with a dog” on a glacier. I enjoyed every word of it – readit over and over – and then Nerrill read it – and then he read it aloudto the assembled family – much to the delight of all. We thank you forit. But I want to say-do not fail to have it published in book form.It is too good to be lost in a magazine.I know that you love Janet and will wish to hear from thedear child. She seems to be slowly improving. I go next week to staya month near her – if it seems best. I will write and tell you moreparticularly when I return. Thank Mrs. Muir for her love and sympathy.God knows I need it all – and am grateful.The summer did much good to my sisters. They were happyin all of their visits and have come back in love with California.Their visit to Katie[Graydon] did them good. Janer and Katie, howinseparable.with love,Julia M[errill] Moores0234

A School That Teaches Humane Methods of Euthanasia

Since 1985, Iowa State University College of Veterinary Medicine has offered a unique school to animal shelter personnel, animal health technicians, administrators, police officers, veterinarians, and veterinary students. This unique school is a course in... euthanasia. ISU has become the leader in euthanasia instruction for animal shelters. In fact, Iowa State is one of only a few veterinary schools to offer this much needed program

Waltz Me Till I\u27m Dreamy

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A Review of the Hyporheic Zone, Stream Restoration, and Means to Enhance Denitrification

The hyporheic zone is the subsurface area below and adjacent to a stream where groundwater mixes with stream water, through vertical, lateral, and longitudinal flows. The hyporheic zone connects the stream to uplands and other terrestrial environments. It is a zone of distinct faunal communities, high biological diversity and ecological complexity, and is the site of chemical processing and transformations of ground- and stream waters. The hyporheic zone is important to the overall ecosystem ecology of the stream, and it can influence stream water chemistry. Flows, reactions, and biota in the hyporheic zone are heterogeneous and patchy, making it difficult to clearly describe the ecotone in a straightforward, general way. Nitrogen processing, especially denitrification, appears to be widespread in the hyporheic zone. The hyporheic zone, as with most aquatic systems, is often impacted by human activities. Stream restorations rarely consider potential effects on the hyporheic zone, but careful project choices can enhance the condition of the hyporheic zone, and so increase uptake of nitrogen by stream-associated environments as partial mitigation of continuing and increasing releases of reactive nitrogen, potentially reaping short-term benefits to estuarine environments that might not be as quickly realized from source control measures

Mechanical Seal Fundamentals

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Her Life Depends on it: Sport, Physical Activity and the Health and Well-Being of American Girls

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Estimating Negative Likelihood Ratio Confidence When Test Sensitivity is 100%: A Bootstrapping Approach

Objectives: Assessing high-sensitivity tests for mortal illness is crucial in emergency and critical care medicine. Estimating the 95% confidence interval (CI) of the likelihood ratio (LR) can be challenging when sample sensitivity is 100%. We aimed to develop, compare, and automate a bootstrapping method to estimate the negative LR CI when sample sensitivity is 100%. Methods: The lowest population sensitivity that is most likely to yield sample sensitivity 100% is located using the binomial distribution. Random binomial samples generated using this population sensitivity are then used in the LR bootstrap. A free R program, “bootLR,” automates the process. Extensive simulations were performed to determine how often the LR bootstrap and comparator method 95% CIs cover the true population negative LR value. Finally, the 95% CI was compared for theoretical sample sizes and sensitivities approaching and including 100% using: (1) a technique of individual extremes, (2) SAS software based on the technique of Gart and Nam, (3) the Score CI (as implemented in the StatXact, SAS, and R PropCI package), and (4) the bootstrapping technique. Results: The bootstrapping approach demonstrates appropriate coverage of the nominal 95% CI over a spectrum of populations and sample sizes. Considering a study of sample size 200 with 100 patients with disease, and specificity 60%, the lowest population sensitivity with median sample sensitivity 100% is 99.31%. When all 100 patients with disease test positive, the negative LR 95% CIs are: individual extremes technique (0,0.073), StatXact (0,0.064), SAS Score method (0,0.057), R PropCI (0,0.062), and bootstrap (0,0.048). Similar trends were observed for other sample sizes. Conclusions: When study samples demonstrate 100% sensitivity, available methods may yield inappropriately wide negative LR CIs. An alternative bootstrapping approach and accompanying free open-source R package were developed to yield realistic estimates easily. This methodology and implementation are applicable to other binomial proportions with homogeneous responses