The Rockport Walk Fitness Test (RWFT) is a one-mile maximally-paced walk used to estimate aerobic fitness. Since its development, this test has been subject to few modifications. Previous research (George et al., 1998) has ...

Background Members of the periplasmic binding protein (PBP) superfamily utilize a highly conserved inter-domain ligand binding site that adapts to specifically bind a chemically diverse range of ligands. This paradigm of ...

This work deals with a most interesting topic in Southern history that has largely been overlooked: the presence of African American police officers on the South's urban forces during the late nineteenth and early twentieth ...

The goal of this creative project is to provide child care organizations and churches with an easy-to-teach curriculum unit for ages six to twelve based on the Montessori method. The curriculum will be based on the ...

In 2002, Van Voorhis and Wagner published "Among the Missing: Content on Lesbian and Gay People in Social Work Journals". This study was a content analysis of four significant social work journals for the years 1988 - 1997, ...

The Mormon settlement of Nauvoo, Illinois (1828-1846) was not only the largest Mormon gathering for the time period, but was also a focal point of new theological teachings and political opportunism. Nauvoo's setting in ...

Literature has historically been shaped by patriarchal ideals and values. Indeed, the term “Jazz Age” and the ideal of the flapper were molded by none other than F. Scott Fitzgerald, whose wife served as the model for this ...