summer 2012

Oilfield Review - Summer 2012

Summer 2012 Newsletter

Our initial research problem was to understand the prevalence and intensity of the water-borne fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in New Jersey amphibians. The objectives related to addressing this problem were twofold. The first objective was to correlate water and air temperature to the prevalence and intensity of Bd. Other studies in the field and in the lab have shown that Bd is sen...

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The purpose of this study was to compare nasalance values in tracheoesophageal (TE) voice prosthesis and laryngeal speakers. Nasalance measures were obtained from 10 age-matched male TE speakers and 10 healthy male laryngeal speakers reading the Zoo Passage and Nasal Sentences. All TE speakers were rated as good to excellent in terms of speech proficiency and intelligibility. Nasalance scores w...

Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Initiative Summer Camp 2012

INTRODUCTION Previous research has clearly shown that studying a curriculum related to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) has numerous positive effects on students. These effects include increased motivation to learn, trends of higher achievement, and positive attitudes toward school [1]. Also, studying STEM topics makes students better problem solvers, better innovators and inve...

SUMMER 2012 Chinese Medicine In Practice

By Changzhen Gong, Ph.D. The national debate about health care is often heated, and brings up many conflicting opinions. My area of interest is the acceptance and integration of traditional Chinese medicine into mainstream medical practice in the US. From my perspective, the trend for medicine in America is steadily moving toward integrative medicine. More and more, acupuncture and traditional ...

Mathematical Logic . An Introduction Summer 2012

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