...damage to framing and insulation caused by improper diversion of roof water run-off and excessive penetration through the existing stone veneer. • Option #3 = Install grout properly between stones at all existing stone veneered areas (approx 1055 sq ft). • Option #4 = remove/replace entire existing stone veneer. Estimate includes: o Approx 1055 Sq Ft of stone veneer, 12 LF brick soldier, 18 LF brick window sill, brick arch above one window. o Properly installed “drystacked” or “grouted” stone veneer (homeowner choice) with any standard style and color from Centurion (or similar). o 15# felt paper moisture barrier and weep screed properly installed per manufacturers specifications. • Mullis Masonry, Inc. shall provide all materials & labor to complete work listed. • Physical inspection from inside the dining room revealed that the stone veneer was originally installed with house wrap as the only moisture barrier between lathe/scratch-coat and sheathing (no...
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...Educational Research and Reviews Vol. 6 (7), pp. 522-527, July 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/ERR ISSN 1990-3839 © 2011 Academic Journals Review The effects of poverty on academic achievement Misty Lacour1 and Laura D. Tissington2* 2 Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Arkansas, USA. th University of West Florida, 1732 N. 13 Avenue Pensacola, Florida 32503, USA. Accepted 12 May, 2011 Poverty, which forms a specific culture and way of life, is a growing issue in the United States. The number of Americans living in poverty is continually increasing. Poverty indicates the extent to which an individual does without resources. Resources can include financial, emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical resources as well as support systems, relationships, role models, and knowledge of hidden rules. Poverty directly affects academic achievement due to the lack of resources available for student success. Low achievement is closely correlated with lack of resources, and numerous studies have documented the correlation between low socioeconomic status and low achievement. Several strategies exist to assist teachers in closing the poverty achievement gap for students. Key words: Poverty, family income, achievement gap, academic gap. INTRODUCTION In the United States (US), the gaps in achievement among poor and advantaged students are substantial (Rowan et al., 2004). Through multiple studies, The U.S. Department of Education (2001: 8) has indicated...
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...Educational Research and Reviews Vol. 6 (7), pp. 522-527, July 2011 Available online at http://www.academicjournals.org/ERR ISSN 1990-3839 © 2011 Academic Journals Review The effects of poverty on academic achievement Misty Lacour1 and Laura D. Tissington2* 2 Southern Arkansas University, Magnolia, Arkansas, USA. th University of West Florida, 1732 N. 13 Avenue Pensacola, Florida 32503, USA. Accepted 12 May, 2011 Poverty, which forms a specific culture and way of life, is a growing issue in the United States. The number of Americans living in poverty is continually increasing. Poverty indicates the extent to which an individual does without resources. Resources can include financial, emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical resources as well as support systems, relationships, role models, and knowledge of hidden rules. Poverty directly affects academic achievement due to the lack of resources available for student success. Low achievement is closely correlated with lack of resources, and numerous studies have documented the correlation between low socioeconomic status and low achievement. Several strategies exist to assist teachers in closing the poverty achievement gap for students. Key words: Poverty, family income, achievement gap, academic gap. INTRODUCTION In the United States (US), the gaps in achievement among poor and advantaged students are substantial (Rowan et al., 2004). Through multiple studies, The U.S. Department of Education (2001: 8) has indicated results...
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...THE HOME, THE SCHOOL AND THE COMMUNITY: HOW DO THEY COLLABORATE IN SUPPORTING THE STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC AND NON-ACADEMIC DEVELOPMENT An essay by Wan Zainira Wan Bakar Institute of Education, IIUM Introduction The home, the school and the community play important roles in ensuring the balance development of students’ academic and non-academic life. Academic is defined as "pertaining to the development of the mind" or "anything that occurs in a school" ( Simanek, 1992,1996). Non-academic here refers to other aspects than that of academic. In order to attain student as a quality human product, the three components do not function individually, rather they should interact, support and complement each other (which I will use the term collaborate). Epstein mentioned that: The way schools care about children is reflected in the way schools care about the children's families. If educators view children simply as students, they are likely to see the family as separate from the school. That is, the family is expected to do its job and leave the education of children to the schools. If educators view students as children, they are likely to see both the family and the community as partners with the school in children's education and development. Partners recognize their shared interests in and responsibilities for children, and they work together to create better programs and opportunities for students (Epstein, 1995). It is necessary to discuss the issue from the following...
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...Mind over Matter PSY/270 Patricia Gay November 17, 2011 Rhettman A. Mullis, Jr. * * The difference between someone that has a mental illness and someone that is mentally insane is that a person has a mental illness is that a mentally illness affects a person brain. It makes it where thinking is interrupted. The person moods, feeling and their ability to relate others are affected as well. A person that is mentally insane/criminally insane is able to tell the difference between right and wrong when it comes to their actions. The reason why the McNaughten rule cannot be used to defend a person who drinks and the commit murder is because the McNaughten sates that the person that commits murder does not know right from wrong, but a person that drinks alcohol and then commits murder does know what is right and what is wrong. Rational is when the person that committed murder is in their right mind before and after the committing the murder. Guilty is the person was in the right mind and committed the murder even though he/she knew what they were doing was wrong, but when a head and committed the murder. Not guilty by reason of insanity is that the person was not in their right mind when he or she committed the murder, so all charges that was filed against the person was excused. As for Guilty but insane is when a person is found guilty of committing murder, but does not do any prison time, instead they are sentence to a mental hospital in order to get help. Even of...
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...PCR also known as polymerase chain reaction, it was developed by Kary Mullis in 1983 in order to magnify small segments of DNA. PCR is a technique used to produce millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence in less amount of time than previous methods. It became important in the identification of bacteria and virus, diagnosis of disease, genetic manipulation, forensic science, cloning, and in other fields. PCR takes advantage of different temperatures while it mimics the natural process of DNA replication, its main components are two primers, segments of single DNA built in laboratories that are complementary to the DNA that is going to be copied; DNA polymerase, which synthesize the DNA segment most used is Taq polymerase; and nucleotides the foundation of the DNA molecule. The method of PCR has three important steps denaturing, annealing, and elongation. The first step is the denaturing of the DNA, denature consist of the disruption of the hydrogen bonds between nitrogenous base pairs, which provide the DNA double strand structure. This denaturing targets the DNA by heating the sample to 94 °- 96 ° C during several minutes, the result is two single DNA strands. The seconds step is the annealing step, the temperature is lowered to 50°- 65° C for several minutes, this allows left and right primers that were added to the mix to base pair to their complementary sequence. The main function of the primers is to enclose the region of DNA that would be amplified; this is...
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... MONTBRIAND 305 MISS. BARBARA ROTH 323 MISS. SUSAN TEMPLIN 322 MISS. CATHERINE LONG 306 MISS. CUTTER 212 MISS. LOFTIS WED 331 MISS. SYBIL 207 MR. DAVIS 202 MISS. McCALL 209 MISS YORK 226 MISS. SILLS 206 MISS. JORDAN 327 MISS. ANNE FLORA 313 MISS. WATSON 212 MISS. LOFTIS 328 MISS. SHUBERT 302 MR. JACKSON 127 MISS. ANNIE WILLIAMS RESTORATIVE 2O9 MISS. YORK, AMB, 3X/W 212 MISS. LOFTIS, AMB, SPLENTING, ROM, 3X/W 313 MISS. WATSON, STREACHING, SPLENTING, 3X/W 210 MISS. RICE, AMB, 3X/W 207 MR. DAVIS, AMB, SQUAT, 3X/W 331 MISS. SYBIL, ROM, 3X/W 202 MISS. McCALL, 3X/W 326 MISS. HARSEY, EX, AMB, 3X/W 206 MISS. JORDAN, AMB, 3X/W 227 MISS. SILLS, AMB, EX, 3X/W 302 MR. JACKSON, AMB, EX, 3X/W 228 MISS. MULLIS, EX, AMB, 2-3X/W 327 MISS. ANNE FLORA, EX, AMB, 3X/W 325 MISS. PICANO, EX, 3X/W 211 MISS. FLORENCE TINA DOBY, AMB, ROM, TRANSFER 301 MISS. JOYCE MONTBRIAND, ROM 305 MISS BARBARA ROTH, EXE, ROM 306 MISS. MARY ELLEN CUTTER, ROM, AMB, 2-3XW 323 MISS. SUSAN TEMPLIN, AMB, 3X/W 127 MISS. ANNIE WILLIAMS, ROM, EXE, AMB, 2-3X/W 322 MISS. CATHERINE LONG, AMB, 3X/W 328 MISS. WILMA SHUBERT, ROM,...
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...Introduction The dramatic growth in obesity and overweight among Americans has become a health topic, which receives widespread of attention in the media. Providers believe that environmental and community factors contribute to unhealthy habits, which pose a major risk for chronic health conditions. The following are chronic health conditions: diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, stroke, high cholesterol, asthma, and depression. These health consequences can lead to premature death and chronic health conditions, which reduces the quality of life. In the Atlanta area, obesity has increased over the past 10 years in which affects an individual life. Health care organizations have established health objectives to reduce the prevalence of obesity among individuals in America. What is overweight and obesity? According to National Heart and Lung Institute (2010) “the terms overweight and obesity refer to a person’s overall body weight and whether it’s too high” (What are overweight and obesity, para. 1). A person is overweight when he or she is above a weight because of muscle, bone, and fat. Obese occurs when individuals have extra body fat on them. Hospitals, community clinics, and public health care agencies utilize the body mass index (BMI) to measure overweight and obesity for adults, children, and teens. BMI is the ratio of a person’s weight to the square of his or her height (MediLexicon International Ltd, 2011). This is an assessment tool to chart...
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...The discovery of the double-helix structure of Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), in 1953, which is responsible for the genetic inheritance in human beings, caused a major impact and led to remarkable changes in nearly all fields of science. This knowledge has been the basis for development of techniques that allow characterizing each person’s individuality based on the DNA sequence. [5] PCR, originally introduced by Saiki et al. [6] and improved upon by Mullis and Faloona serves as a powerful tool in forensic odontology for in vitro amplification of specific sequence even from negligible quantities of DNA or Ribonucleic acid (RNA). Schwartz .et al.1991 and Gajendra Veerarahgavan 2010 [7] [8] Studied the effect of different environmental conditions like varying pH, humidity, temperature, storage etc. and concluded that these factors did not affect the ability to obtain high molecular weight (HMW) DNA from dental...
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...Running Header: There is No Hope of Doing Perfect Research There is No Hope of Doing Perfect Research To begin with, perfect research may refer to accurate or precise which leaves it with no room for further development. Imagine a world without research and new minds for progression, the world could still be in the primitive age. According to Metaphysics there is no perfection in this world we live in (Kim, Korman, & Sosa, 2012). May be another world of believes (religion) but not the real one. People have no perfect brains, so one can’t expect them to deliver perfect work. As we all know, every discovery begins with a single brain which later develops to a certain creation. Each human being has their own understanding and views of certain phenomena. When someone discovers something, it acts as the source of other major discoveries to come. It has to undergo major changes and alteration for its perfection. Research involves experimental analysis either in the laboratory, field or on certain events. During the research experiments, the probability of getting false results is very high due to human, instrumental and other field errors. Let’s say a group of people are doing the same research on a certain topic. Their results will be very different when compared then everyone tries to modify them in different ways. This leads to different discoveries with time. Therefore research is dynamic and a continuous process. In order to clarify all these, let’s consider the DNA structure...
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...STAPLE FOODS VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS COUNTRY REPORT - MALAWI November 2009 This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by Chemonics International Inc. The author‘s views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International Development or the United States Government. ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ACE AGRA AISP ADMARC CISANET CPL CHDI COMESA COMPETE EAC FEWSNET FNSJTF GAC GMAC GOM GTPA ICRISAT MACE MBS MoAFS MoIT MRA NASFAM NEPAD NFRA NPQS NSO SMIP SPS SABI SADC SFRFFM USAID VCA WFP WRS Agriculture Commodity Exchange for Africa Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa Agriculture Input Subsidy Program Agriculture Development and Marketing Board Civil Society for Agriculture Network Chibuku Products Ltd. Clinton Hunger Development Initiative Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa Competitiveness and Trade Expansion Programme East African Community Famine Early Warning System Network Food Nutrition and Security Joint Task Force Group Action Committee Grain Marketing Advisory Council Government of Malawi Grain Traders and Processors Association International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics Malawi Agricultural Commodity Exchange Malawi Bureau of Standards Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security Ministry of Industry and Trade Malawi Revenue Authority National Smallholder Farmers Association of Malawi New Partnership for...
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...Clinical Assessment Mary J House University of Phoenix Psy 270 Rhettman Mullis, Jr. November 25, 2012 What other information would you like to learn during the interview with the family? What questions would you ask? I would ask Mr. and Mrs. Lawson if they knew what kind of home life Clara had before she was adopted. I would ask them how old Clara was at the time of the adoption. I would want to know if they knew Clara’s biological family’s medical history. Was there any known of mental illness in the biological family? Did the Lawson’s know if Clara had been abused before she came to live with them? What was the environment in the Lawson home and Clara’s preschool like? Had Clara recently had an accident or been traumatized in any way that they were aware of? Had they heard of any incidents at Clara’s school that may have made her start misbehaving? Was there anything in specific they noticed that triggered Clara’s tantrums? When did the change occur in her eating and sleeping habits? Was Clara their only child? Did they have other biological or adopted children living at home. Was Clara of a different race than Mr. and Mrs. Lawson? Does Clara know that she adopted, and if she does have they just recently told her this? Has Clara mentioned being picked on, teased or bullied at school? Have they had a conference with her teacher to see how her behavior is at school? In addition to the clinical interview, what other...
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...CHAPTER ONE 1.0 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Attitude as a concept is concerned with an individual way of thinking, acting and behaving. It has very serious implications for the learner, the teacher, the immediate social group with which the individual learner relates and the entire school system. Attitudes are formed as a result of some kind of learning experiences. They may also be learned simply by following the example of opinion of parent, teacher or friend., this is mimicry or imitation, which also has a part to play in the teaching and learning situation. In this respect, the learner draws from his teacher’s education to inform his own attitude which may likely affect his earning outcomes. In his observational theory, Bandura (1971) demonstrated that behavior are acquire by watching another (the model, teacher parent, monitor, friend) that performs the behavior. The model display it and the learner observes and tries to imitate it. Teachers are invariably, role models whose behaviours are easily copied by students. What teachers like or dislike, appreciate and how they feel about their learning or studies could have a significant effect on their students. Unfortunately, however, many teacher seldom realize that how they teach how they behave and how they interact with students can be more paramount than what they interact with students can be attitudes directly what they teach. In a nut shell, teachers’ attitudes directly affect students’ attitudes. Teachers attitude...
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...and temperature. A thermal cycler is involved in the regulation of temperature in various stages. Over time, various modifications have been done to PCR technique so that it can be applied in specific roles. The PCR has been of aid in the diagnosis of diseases and other numerous applications. In the near future, PCR will be advanced and perhaps replaced by better techniques. Nevertheless, PCR will remain critical for future advancements in molecular genetics. Introduction Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is broadly employed by scientists in biochemistry and molecular biology. Thus, its essence cannot be underestimated in the development of genetic analysis and gene manipulation. The technique was established by Karry Mullis in the early 1980s. It entails amplification of a single or several DNA fragments into millions of identical copies of DNA. The process is done by repeated number of cycles that range between 30 to 40. This results into a chain reaction. The automated machine used in the cycling process is a thermal cycler. It regulates the temperature in various stages by frequent elevation and lowering of temperature depending on the PCR stage. (Verkuil, Belkum & Hays, 2008). The necessary materials required in PCR technique include DNA templates that contain the...
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...Thermophilic Bacteria of Yellowstone National Park CEE:5154 Environmental Microbiology Research Paper University of Iowa Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering December 14, 2015 Bruce McWilliams Amid the vast, sparsely populated regions of Northwest Wyoming, lies one of the most diverse and extraordinary ecosystems in the world, Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone is one of the world's foremost sites for the study and appreciation of the evolutionary history of the earth. The park has a globally unparalleled assemblage of surficial geothermal activity, thousands of hot springs, mudpots, fumaroles, and more than half of the world’s active geysers (NPS, 2013). Yellowstone is located on top of the Yellowstone Caldera, which is a volcanic hot spot where hot, molten rock from the earth’s mantle rises toward the surface. Volcanic activity from the Caldera produces geothermal activity on the park’s surface that has drawn more than 3 million visitors to the park since 2000 (NPS, 2015). Geysers, hot springs, and mudpots are extremely toxic due to high concentrations of sulfuric acid (sulfate concentrations measure up to 925 ppm near vents) and, temperatures measuring over 100oC. Many have recorded inhabitable pH levels ranging from 2 to 9.8 (Rowe/Founder/Morey, 1973). While these colorful and wondrous hot springs may appear stagnant and devoid of life to the common park visitor, they are actually a complex, intricate habitat teeming with a diverse array...
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