Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2000. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-152).

Thesis (D. Min.)--Trinity International University, 2000. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-152).

The purpose of this study is to examine if a relationship exists between paternal involvement during emerging adulthood and eudaimonic well-being in sons involved with Cru in the Great Lakes region in the United States. In order to execute this study, sons involved with Cru were surveyed through an adapted Father Involvement Scale and Carol Ryff’s Psychological Well-Being Scale. The design for this research is an explanatory, quantitative method. This quantitative research focused on emerging adult sons, involved with Cru in the Great Lakes region, between the ages of 18 to 25. An online survey was implemented to gather data regarding paternal involvement and well-being. The quantitative data were administered through Google Forms, and the results were analyzed through the execution of paired t-tests, Pearson’s r, Statcrunch, and multiple regression analysis. After the statistical analysis of collected data, 12 sons who completed the quantitative survey and agreed to be interviewed were randomly selected. These interviews served to illustrate quantitative results. The data indicate three aspects of father involvement, companionship, emotional development, and social development correlated to a son’s positive relationships and self-acceptance. Specifically, the data predict the more relational a father was with his son during the ages of 18 to 25 the healthier his son was in accepting himself and establishing positive relationships with others.

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Le but de cette étude était d'évaluer la faisabilité et la reproductilité de l'élastographie ShearWave par voie transabdominale d’organes fœtaux et du placenta chez les babouines gestantes.Matériels et méthodes: Les échographies fœtales de tous les babouines gestantes ont été réalisées prospectivement pendant 9 mois dans un seul centre de recherche sur les primates. La visualisation des organes foetaux cibles (foie, poumons proximal et distal, substance blanche du cerveau et matière grise périventriculaire) et du placenta a été initialement effectuée en utilisant l'échographie 2D pour le repérage des organes, puis le mode élastographique a été activé. Pour chaque organe, trois mesures ont été effectuées par deux opérateurs. On a calculé les coefficients de corrélation intra-classe (CCI) intra-observateur et inter-observateur.Résultats: Au cours de la période d'étude (03/2013 - 12/2013), 21 babouines gestantes ont été inclus correspondant à 21 foetus. Une à trois échographies ont été réalisées pour chaque fœtus. Les mesures ont été réalisables par les deux opérateurs dans tous les cas. Le CCI intra-observateur et inter-observateur était de 0,654 - IC 95% (0,606 à 0,699) et 0,645 - IC 95% (0,553 à 0,721), respectivement.Conclusion: L’élastographie ShearWave par voie transabdominale des organes fœtaux et du placenta peut être réalisée chez les babouines gestantes. La reproductibilité intra-observateur et inter-observateur est correcte mais varie selon les organes visés. / The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility and reproducibility of transabdominal ShearWaveTM elastography of fetal organs and placenta in pregnant baboons.Materials and methods: Fetal ultrasounds of all pregnant baboons in a single primate research center were performed prospectively during 9 months. The visualization of fetal targeted organs (liver, proximal and distal lungs, brain white substance and periventricular gray substance) was initially performed using 2D ultrasound, and then elastography mode was activated. For each organ, three measurements were carried out by two operators. Intra-observer and inter-observer intra-class correlation coefficients (ICC) were calculated.Results: During the study period (03/2013–12/2013), 21 pregnant baboons (21 fetuses) were included. One to three ultrasound scans were performed for each fetus. The measurements were feasible by the two operators in all cases. The intra-observer and inter-observer ICC were 0.654, 95% CI (0.606 to 0.699) and 0.645, 95% CI (0.553 to 0.721) respectively.Conclusion: Transabdominal ShearWaveTM Elastography of fetal organs can be achieved in pregnant baboons. The intra-observer and inter-observer reproducibility is correct but vary according to the targeted organs.ves: The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility and reproducibility of transabdominal ShearWaveTM elastography of fetal organs and placenta in pregnant baboons.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Boston University / PLEASE NOTE: Boston University Libraries did not receive an Authorization To Manage form for this thesis or dissertation. It is therefore not openly accessible, though it may be available by request. If you are the author or principal advisor of this work and would like to request open access for it, please contact us at open-help@bu.edu. Thank you. / The Order of the Sons of Temperance (1842-), an offshoot of the declining Washingtonians, was organized to free the intemperate from the slavery of King Alcohol. The Order was divided into Subordinate, Grand, and National Divisions. A pledge to total abstinence required each Son to refrain from manufacturing, purchasing, selling, or imbibing all known and potential intoxicants. Beneficial features were adopted to protect members and their families from the hardships caused by sickness, unemployment, and death. The division room of the Order provided an atmosphere of general education, social activity, and character building. Though its semi-secret character brought protests upon the Sons of Temperance, the Order survived and continues to employ the principle of semi-secrecy (1966). By the 1850's the Order had become international in scope. From the United States, the principles and pra.ctises of the Order moved into Canada. Its philosophy penetrated Great Britain, Australia, the West Indies, South Africa, New Zealand, and Liberia. In the early twentieth century, British Sons influenced the establishment of the Order in Malta, Egypt, India, and Burma. Today (1966), the National Division of North America continues to send passwords to the National Divisions of Great Britain and Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. Becoming "champions" of social equality, the Order admitted women, Negroes, and servicemen to its ranks. Lady visitors were permitted in the Order by 1854, and by 1866 women were admitted as members. Between 1863-65, a number of Subordinate Divisions were established in both the Union and Confederate military services. Negroes were admitted to the Order (1866) on a separate but equal basis. Statutory and "constitutionaltt prohibitory schemes became the objective of many Sons during the 1850's, matters which continue (1966) to hold the interest of the Order. Neal Dow, Samuel L. Tilley, William Armstrong, and Henry Wilson labored with many other prominent Sons to establish state, provincial, and national prohibition of the "spirits" traffic throughout North America. Efforts to sustain its greatest membership, 232,233 in 1850, were adopted by the Sons of Temperance. Thereafter, youth temperance programs, such as the Cadets of Temperance, the Band of Hope, and the Loyal Crusaders, were employed by the Order. The practise of disseminating temperance principles through tracts, books, periodicals, journals, and addresses was also instituted by the Sons. Nonetheless, the fragmentation of "closed" and "open" temperance societies, the American Civil liar, the distraction of the Eighteenth Amendment, and internal problems kept the Order from maintaining its earlier membership. There are no comprehensive histories of the Sons of Temperance. John Allen Krout in Origins of Prohibition and J. C. Furnas in Life and Times of the Late Demon Rum have written general accounts of the temperance movement in the United States, particularly in regard to the nineteenth century; they have, however, merely touched upon the history of the Sons of Temperance. Nineteenth and twentieth century sources, both printed and manuscript, including all available records of the Order, have been employed in preparing this dissertation. On the basis of this material the writer has prepared a topical, but chronological, institutional history of the Sons of Temperance of North America. / 2031-01-01

Estágio realizado na UNICER e orientado pelo Eng.º Vasco Carvalho / Tese de mestrado integrado. Engenharia Química. Faculdade de Engenharia. Universidade do Porto. 2009