The purpose of this study was to observe the differences in object investigation between two groups of aged Sprague Dawley rats reared in an enriched and a typical laboratory environment. Research has shown that enrichment ...

Many academics and policymakers argue that increases in spending on public education will reduce poverty. The goal of this paper is to evaluate whether increases in current spending on public education at the K-12 level ...

The following article comes from Dr. Barbara Crass’s Anthropology 300: The Viking World class during the Spring 2006 semester at UW Oshkosh. It is intended to provide insight on the transition from an oral to a written ...

Metals can exert toxic effects on microorganisms. It has been widely reported that lowering environmental pH reduces cadmium toxicity in bacteria. Understanding mechanisms by which pH mediates cadmium toxicity would be ...

On October 14, 2004, New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer shook the entire insurance industry by filing a civil lawsuit against a group of insurance companies regarding their alleged price-fixing and bid-rigging. By ...

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of oncology nurses (ONs) in end-of-life (EOl) care. Oncology nurses often have an intimate role in assisting patients psychologically, physically and ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection of the genital tract is the most common sexually-transmitted infection (STI) in the U.S. Over one-half of sexually active men and women are infected with HPV at some point in their ...

Recent studies suggest that the cannabinoid system may mediate attention and impulsive behavior (Arguello & Jentsch, 2004; Pattij et al., 2007). CB1 receptor antagonist SR141416A (SR) was found to dose dependently reduce ...

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is diagnosed in up to 12% of the grade-school population, and that number is continuing to increase. Symptoms of ADHD include impulsivity, hyperactivity and inattention. ...