Pat M. Neff was a product of his political place and time. Born in Texas in 1871, during Reconstruction, he matured and prospered while his native state did the same as it transitioned from Old South to New South. Neff spent most of his life in Waco, a town that combined New South Progressivism with religious conservatism. This duality was reflected in Neff's own personality. On moral or religious issues, he was conservative. On economic and social issues, he was Progressive. He thus was a typical Southern Progressive who de-emphasized social and political change in favor of economic development. For instance, as governor from 1921 to 1925, his work to develop and conserve Texas' water resources brought urbanization and industrialization that made the New South a reality in the state. Neff was a devout Baptist which influenced his politics and philosophy. He was president of Baylor University, a Baptist institution, for fifteen years after leaving the governor s office and he led the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) in the 1940s. He combined Progressive and Christian values as he argued for the establishment of the United Nations and advocated forgiveness and brotherhood after World War II. The war's end marked the beginning of the American civil rights movement. Many within the SBC advocated an end to racism and discrimination, others did not. Neff's unwillingness to challenge racial traditions was typical of southern Progressives. The convergence of national politics and southern evangelical religion is evident in the final chapter of Neff's career. His selection of President Harry S. Truman as the recipient of an honorary doctorate from Baylor offended many religious conservatives. Neff overcame the opposition but it damaged his reputation and ultimately forced his resignation, ending his public career. By the time of his death in 1952, Texas had become everything the New South was supposed to be-urbanized and industrialized. Neff's activities were crucial to making that happen.

Author: Bc. Lenka Pitnerová Title: The effectiveness of high intensity laser therapy for plantar fasciitis Objectives: The aim of this work is to assess the effect of high and low intensity laser therapy for plantar fasciitis compared with therapeutic ultrasound. Methods: The study included 50 patients with diagnose of heel spur syndrome. Patients were divided into three groups according to undergoing therapy. Group A (n = 20) received 10 applications of high intensity laser therapy, group B (n = 20) obtained 10 applications of low intensity laser therapy and group C (n=10) received 10 applications of therapeutic ultrasound. Intensity and character of the pain were assessed before and after therapeutic intervention using non- standardized questionnaire and numeric pain rating scale. For the assessment and description of the results were used standard statistical indicators and methods. Results: High intensity laser therapy had according to the obtained results positive effect on the clinical course of the disease and was markedly more effective than therapeutic ultrasound in treatment of plantar fasciitis. Almost all parameters reached the highest percentage improvement in the group treated with high intensity laser. The results are influenced by a smaller sample of patients and by inhomogeneity of...

Submitted by Kelson Anthony de Menezes (kelson@ucb.br) on 2016-12-09T13:47:20Z No. of bitstreams: 1 RayaneNogueiradosSantosDissertacao2015.pdf: 555926 bytes, checksum: f0d1ecfbcace9fe6c92b10a14d0327c5 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-09T13:47:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RayaneNogueiradosSantosDissertacao2015.pdf: 555926 bytes, checksum: f0d1ecfbcace9fe6c92b10a14d0327c5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-03-27 / Acute gastroenteritis, especially in developing countries, is a major cause of mortality and morbidity, which affects people of all social classes. The knowledge of etiological agent assists the choice of a treatment strategy, but also directs epidemiological studies for control measures and disease prevention, as the development of vaccines and diagnostic tests. Metagenomic approaches enable the detection of viral sequences to determine the virus population present in the stool. The objective of this study was to evaluate the viroma of human feces in 4 distinct groups, consisting of diarrheal stool samples from children, diarrheal from adults, no diarrhea from adults and immunocompromised, identifying likely pathogens involved in cases of gastroenteritis. The viral metagenomic execution method consists of the semi-purification, extraction of RNA and DNA, amplification of RNA and DNA, library construction, sequencing and analysis of the data by bioinformatics. In the analysis of the first group were detecting bacteriophages, astrovirus and torque teno virus; in the second group were identified, among others, bacteriophages, adenoviruses and torque teno virus; the third group of viruses Circoviridae family and bacteriophages; in the fourth group adenovirus, torque teno virus, gyrovirus and human papillomavirus. These results emphasize what has been identified in the literature and provides evidence that viral metagenomics has facilitated advances in the field of virology, for being a sensitive technique for the detection of viruses which can not be identified by traditional culture.Acute gastroenteritis, especially in developing countries, is a major cause of mortality and morbidity, which affects people of all social classes. The knowledge of etiological agent assists the choice of a treatment strategy, but also directs epidemiological studies for control measures and disease prevention, as the development of vaccines and diagnostic tests. Metagenomic approaches enable the detection of viral sequences to determine the virus population present in the stool. The objective of this study was to evaluate the viroma of human feces in 4 distinct groups, consisting of diarrheal stool samples from children, diarrheal from adults, no diarrhea from adults and immunocompromised, identifying likely pathogens involved in cases of gastroenteritis. The viral metagenomic execution method consists of the semi-purification, extraction of RNA and DNA, amplification of RNA and DNA, library construction, sequencing and analysis of the data by bioinformatics. In the analysis of the first group were detecting bacteriophages, astrovirus and torque teno virus; in the second group were identified, among others, bacteriophages, adenoviruses and torque teno virus; the third group of viruses Circoviridae family and bacteriophages; in the fourth group adenovirus, torque teno virus, gyrovirus and human papillomavirus. These results emphasize what has been identified in the literature and provides evidence that viral metagenomics has facilitated advances in the field of virology, for being a sensitive technique for the detection of viruses which can not be identified by traditional culture. / A gastroenterite aguda, especialmente em pa??ses em desenvolvimento, ?? uma importante causa de mortalidade e morbidade, que atinge pessoas de todas as classes sociais. O conhecimento do agente etiol??gico nestas infec????es auxilia a escolha da estrat??gia de tratamento, como tamb??m direciona estudos epidemiol??gicos para medidas de controle e preven????o de doen??a, como o desenvolvimento de vacinas e testes diagn??sticos. Abordagens metagen??micas possibilitam a detec????o de sequ??ncias virais, para determinar a popula????o viral presente nas fezes. Assim, o objetivo desse trabalho foi avaliar o viroma de fezes humanas em 4 grupos distintos, sendo composto por amostras fecais diarreicas de crian??as, diarreicas de adultos, n??o diarreicas de adultos e de imunocomprometidos, identificando prov??veis pat??genos envolvidos nos quadros de gastroenterite. O m??todo de execu????o da metagen??mica viral consistiu na semi-purifica????o, extra????o de RNA e DNA, amplifica????o do RNA e DNA, constru????o da biblioteca, sequenciamento e an??lises dos dados por bioinform??tica. Na an??lise do primeiro grupo houve detec????o de bacteri??fagos, astrov??rus e torque teno v??rus; no segundo grupo foram identificados, entre outros, bacteri??fagos, adenov??rus e torque teno v??rus; no terceiro grupo v??rus da fam??lia Circoviridae e de bacteri??fagos; no quarto grupo adenov??rus, torque teno v??rus, gyrovirus e papilomav??rus humano. Esses resultados enfatizam o que tem se identificado na literatura e fornece evid??ncia de que a metagen??mica viral tem facilitado os avan??os no campo da virologia, sendo esta, uma t??cnica sens??vel para a detec????o de v??rus que n??o podem ser identificados por cultura tradicional.

Thesis (MTech (Information Technology)--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2017. / Active Video Games (AVGs) are a form of video games that rely on gamer motion as the main source of interaction between the AVG and the player. These AVGs serve a number of purposes, such as medical rehabilitation, education, social development, and motor skill development, among others. Prolonged play of AVGs is not sustainable as gamers lose interest in playing AVGs after the initial period of acquiring them. Therefore, the following research question was posed: “What design factors contribute to an engaged and immersed AVG experience?” The aim was to explore the inhibiting and enhancing factors influencing engagement and immersion among AVG gamers, as well as to develop a theory of AVG design. Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT) was used as the methodology to carry out this study, which adopted an inductive approach towards the research to construct a theory firmly grounded in the data. Play Active Theory (PAT) is the outcome of this process, which explores the engagement and immersion factors related to AVG design as well as the abandonment and replayability of AVGs. PAT was compared to existing engagement and motivation theories as part of the CGT process, and further refined. In closing, the research question was answered and the aims of the study were met. A reflection account of the research journey concludes the thesis.

The purpose of this D.M.A. Essay is to highlight the legacy of duo-pianists, Bill and Pat Medley. To that end, this essay will explore: (a) the early biographical information of the Medleys (developing their musical talents in the Depression and World War II Era), (b) the Medleys' concert touring career, including a section on the logistics of travelling with their own concert grand pianos across the United States and Canada, (c) the Medleys' teaching career which included both secondary and pre-college levels, (d) a collection of comical stories learned through personal interviews with the Medleys that speak to their many years of concertizing, and (e) the Medleys' composing and arranging career, which includes a detailed overview of The Medley Way method book series published by The Hal Leonard Corporation and a detailed review and analysis of twenty-two of their educational solos, which were published by the Alfred Music Company, The FJH Music Company, and The Willis Music Company. Bill Medley stated, "As I look back on our lives and the past sixty years, I see two teenagers striking out on a journey that would take them to unfathomable destinations. It would not be done alone, by any means, but with the help of many, many people..." It is my hope that this essay will shed light on a career that has endured sixty plus years and counting. The Medleys' touring career allowed small town communities to experience the art of classical music, who otherwise would not have experienced such beauty. The Medleys' teaching career passed along a musical lineage from their teachers, including Pierre Luboshutz and Genia Nemenoff, along with a composing and arranging career that continues to serve as a pedagogical essence of quality to this day.

In 1844, Mormon Church leader Joseph Smith and others acted against disparaging media coverage by destroying the printing press of the Nauvoo Expositor . Today, the Church reacts differently to disparaging media such as purchasing full-page ads in the playbills of the controversial Broadway musical, “The Book of Mormon;” telling viewers now that they have seen the musical, they should read the book, because the book is always better. The ads include an offer for a free Book of Mormon. Clearly something has changed. This paper demonstrates that the Mormon cartoon books of Calvin Grondahl and Pat Bagley, published from 1978 to 1987, had a significant impact on the general membership of the Church and were influential in changing the Church's negative, guarded stance to a more positive, transparent one which is manifest in the Church's recent approach to dealing with disparaging media coverage. These cartoon books had short-term and long-term positive affect on the Church's general membership which served to decrease situational stress while increasing creativity in dealing with this stress. Using the humor models put forth by Eric J. Romero and Anthony Pescosolido in their 2008 study and Christopher Robert and James E. Wilbanks in their 2012 study this paper suggests that the psychologically-safe, humor-supportive environment created by the Mormon cartoons books of Grondahl and Bagley helped the general membership of the Church cope with tension caused by negative media content and facilitated risk-taking behaviors that have led to a creative opportunistic approach to disparaging media. Furthermore, this case study of Mormon humor demonstrates the efficacy of the humor models put forth by Romero, Pescosolido, Robert and Wilbanks and expands their findings by showing that the additional humor events spawned by the initial event are multi-faceted and much more complex than was implied in the studies.

There are today strong incentives for an increased understanding of material properties and manufacturing processes to facilitate the development of new technologies in the pharmaceutical industry. The purpose of this thesis was to suggest methods requiring a low sample amount for characterization of technical properties of powders. Compression analysis was used to evaluate the formulation relevance of some compression equations. Using the mechanics of single granules to estimate powder functionality was part of this work. It was concluded that the formability of granular solids and the plasticity of single granules could be determined with compression analysis by using the Kawakita model for single components and binary mixtures of ductile granules. Further on, the fragmentation propensity of solid particles could be estimated from compression analysis by using the Shapiro equation, enabling indicators of both the fragmentation and the deformation propensity of particles to be derived in one single compression test. The interpretations of the compression parameters were only valid if the influence of particle rearrangement was negligible for the overall compression profile. An index indicating the extent of particle rearrangement was developed and a classification system of powders into groups dependent on the incidence of particle rearrangement was suggested as tools to enable rational interpretations of compression parameters. The application of compression analysis was demonstrated by investigating the relevance of the mechanics of granular solids for their tableting abilities. The plasticity of single gran-ules was suggested to influence both the rate of compactibility and the mode of deformation, and consequently the maximal tablet strength. The degree of granule bed deformation was shown to be a potential in line process indicator to describe the tableting forming ability. This thesis contributes to a scheme, suitable in formulation work and process control, to describe manufacturability of powders for an enhanced tablet formulation technology.

Software sensors are a potent tool to improve biotechnological real time process monitoring and control. In the current project, algorithms for six partly novel, software sensors were established and tested in a microbial reactor system. Eight batch and two fed-batch runs were carried out with a recombinant Escherichia coli to investigate the suitability of the different software sensor models in diverse cultivation stages. Special respect was given to effects on the sensors after recombinant protein expression was initiated by addition of an inducer molecule. It was an objective to figure out influences of excessive recombinant protein expression on the software sensor signals. Two of the developed algorithms calculated the biomass on-line and estimated furthermore, the specific growth rate by integration of the biomass changes with the time. The principle of the first was the application of a near infrared probe to obtain on-line readings of the optical density. The other algorithm was founded on the titration of ammonia as only available nitrogen source. The other two sensors analyzed for the specific consumption of glucose and the specific production of acetate and are predicted on an in-line HPLC system. The results showed that all software sensors worked as expected and are rather powerful to estimate important state parameters in real time. In some stages, restrictions may occur due to different limitation affects in the models or the physiology of the culture. However, the results were very convincing and suggested the development of further and more advanced software sensor models in the future.

The term “Fundamentalism” used as a comparative category within the academic study of religion has become problematic. Fundamentalism, is not one comprehensive movement but is, in fact, a phenomenon which encompasses a variety of beliefs, practices, and expectations. This thesis will explore the diversity of several different and distinct fundamentalist movements. I will discuss the natures of four Christian movements that have been labeled “fundamentalist” – Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christian Reconstructionists, Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson – on several key points, eschatology, political philosophy, as well as level of social involvement. I will then turn to fundamentalism as it is used as a category to describe a global phenomenon. I will discuss three different scholarly approaches by turning to the work of Bruce Lawrence, Mark Juergensmeyer, and Bruce Lincoln on the Islamic “fundamentalist” group al- Qaeda. Finally I will argue that the category “fundamentalism” can be best understood in terms of a family resemblance.

This study explores the extent to which national newspaper coverage of a successful female coach reflects the broader gender ideology of society. This study looks specifically at the New York Times, The Washington Post and USA Today's coverage of six Women's Division I national basketball tournaments in which Pat Summitt coached the University of Tennessee in the championship game. The years included for this analysis are 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2004. This rhetorical analysis examines this print coverage to determine if, consistent with previous research on media coverage of the female athlete, Summitt's traditional gender role is privileged over her coaching role. The results suggest that Summitt is characterized in ways that marginalize and trivialize her coaching acomplishments. The findings also suggest that even as women succeed in the male-dominated world of sport, societal pressures require that they be presented as properly gendered heterosexual females.