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Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Technical Report, 2013, Arkansas Water Resources Center

Arkansas Water Resources Center Annual Report

No abstract provided.

Det 030 Thunderhawgs, 2013, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Air Force Rotc

DET 030 ThunderHawgs

Ceased publication after 2015/2016.--Air Force ROTC Det 030

Annual Report, 2013, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Graduate School And International Education

Graduate School and International Education Annual Report

No abstract provided.

Method For Modeling And Parameter Extraction Of Ldmos Devices, Avinash S. Kashyap, H. Alan Mantooth

Patents Granted

A method for modeling the performance of a laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor (LDMOS) device across a wide temperature range is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of positioning the device in an environment chamber operable to create a plurality of environment temperatures; connecting the pins of the device to a measurement system operable to measure at least one device characteristic; operating the environment chamber to set a series of four environment temperatures, acquiring a value of the device characteristic from the measurement system at each temperature, and extracting a temperature parameter set based on the value of the device …

Outstanding Educational Performance Awards: Highlighting High-Achieving Arkansas Schools, 2013, Vera R. Deberg, Sarah M. Burks, Prairey Walkling, Gary W. Ritter

Arkansas Education Reports

The GPA measure, we believe, is a better representation of student achievement on statewide standardized exams. In this report, we are presenting a list of the top 25 schools in each area. In some cases, these "top 25 lists" will contain more than 25 schools as some schools' GPA scores will be identical. This is not a new phenomenon, as we also exceeded 25 schools in previous reports when using the percent proficient and advanced metric as an indicator for student achievement; however, there are fewer ties using the more precise GPA measure.

After we present our overall snapshot of …

Minutes Staff Senate Meeting, December 12, 2013, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Staff Senate

Staff Senate Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Minutes Of The Faculty Senate Meeting, December 11, 2013, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Compositions And Methods Of Enhancing Immune Responses, Walter G. Bottje, Billy M. Hargis, Luc Berghman, Young M. Kwon, Kimberly Cole, Mandy Cox, Sherryll Layton

Patents Granted

Salmonella enteritidis 13A strains and compositions comprising these strains are provided. Methods of enhancing an immune response against Influenza A; of reducing morbidity associated with an Influenza A infection; of enhancing an immune response to a vaccine vector by expressing a polypeptide of CD 154 capable of binding CD40; of developing a bacterial vaccine vector are disclosed, and of generating scarless site-specific mutations in a bacterium are disclosed.

Concert Recording 2013-12-05a, David Malis 1961-, Christopher Senty, Alexis Rizzolo, Tori Rudolph, Blaine Nims, Janelle Hollister, Mallory Bennett, Judd Burns, Benjamin Winn, Hanna Howard, Hyeon-Min Jang, Kara George, Michael Rothmeyer, Kristine Mezines

Concert Recordings

[Track 01]. Introduction -- [Track 02]. Papageno's aria, Die Zauberflote / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 03]. Canzonetta sull'aria, Le nozze di Figaro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 04]. Tutto e diposto...Aprite un po' quegl'occhi, Le nozze di Figaro / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 05]. Oh goodness me, what misery, Die Fledermaus / Johann Strauss -- [Track 06]. Parle-moi de ma mere, Carmen / Georges Bizet -- [Track 07]. Nous avons en tete une affaire, Carmen / Georges Bizet -- [Track 08]. Melons, coupons, Carmen / Georges Bizet -- [Track 09]. You are not rich, La Perichole / …

Concert Recording 2013-12-04, Andrew Flory, Joanie Patterson, Connor Williams, Chase Chamberlain, Mycah Kettner, Daniel Dyer, Jake Pearlman, Jared Guinn, Ryan Ashworth, Felipe Antonio, Nick Hanstrom, Jacob Campbell, Blake Capps, Drew Rogers, Ben Harris, Ethan Moll

Concert Recordings

[Track 01]. Omaggio / Manuel de Falla -- [Track 02]. Bossa cancao / Frank Basan -- [Track 03]. Spanish study / Frederick Noad -- [Track 04]. Adelita / Francisco Tarrega -- [Track 05]. Everything happens to me / Dennis & Adair -- [Track 06]. 4 on 6 / Wes Montgomery -- [Track 07]. All of me / Simons and Marks -- [Track 08]. Exactly like you / McHugh & Fields -- [Track 09]. Pent up house / Sonny Rollins -- [Track 10]. Ornithology / Charlie Parker -- [Track 11]. Black Orpheus / Luiz Bonfa -- [Track 12]. Bluesette / Toots …

Concert Recording 2013-12-03, Johan Botes, Judd Burns, Charles Robinson, Alexis Rizzolo, Christopher Senty, Savannah Bequeaith, Olga Greenhut, Jennifer Garrison, Amanda Brooks, Lisa Kulczak

Concert Recordings

[Track 01]. Adelaide / Ludwig van Beethoven -- [Track 02]. Der Kuss / L van Beethoven -- [Track 03]. Der Neugierige / Franz Schubert -- [Track 04]. Fruhlingsglaube / F. Schubert -- [Track 05]. Andenken / L. van Beethoven -- [Track 06]. Nussbaum / Robert Schumann -- [Track 07]. Er, der herrlichste von allen / R. Schumann -- [Track 08]. Das erste Veilchen / Felix Mendelssohn -- [Track 09]. O liebliche Wangen / Johannes Brahms -- [Track 10]. Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer / J. Brahms -- [Track 11]. Elfenlied / Hugo Wolf -- [Track 12]. Vergebliches Standchen / J. …

Arkansas Soybean Performance Tests 2013, R. D. Bond, D. G. Dombek, J. A. Still, R. M. Pryor

Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station Research Series

Soybean variety and strain performance tests are conducted each year in Arkansas by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture Arkansas Crop Variety Improvement Program. The tests provide information to companies developing varieties and/or marketing seed within the State, and aid the Arkansas Cooperative Extension Service in formulating variety recommendations for soybean producers.

Water Quality Monitoring For Selected Priority Watersheds In Arkansas, Upper Saline, Poteau And Strawberry Rivers, L. B. Massey, J.A. Mccarty, M.D. Matlock, A.N. Sharpley, B.E. Haggard

Technical Reports

Arkansas Natural Resources Commission has identified three priority hydrological unit code (HUC) 8 watersheds, the Upper Saline (HUC 08040203), Poteau (HUC 11110105), and Strawberry Watersheds (HUC 11010012). SWAT models have been developed to estimate nutrient and sediment loads in these watersheds where limited water‐quality data was available. The purpose of this project was to collect additional water samples across these HUC 8 watersheds to better understand how water quality changes across subwatershed with differing land use mixes, as well as estimate nitrate‐nitrogen (NO3‐N), total phosphorus (TP), and total suspended sediment (TSS) loads. Water samples were collected at twenty sites near …

Mole Street Journal, November 2013, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Dept. Of Chemistry And Biochemistry

Mole Street Journal

No abstract provided.

Cre8 Newsletter, Winter 2013, Sam M. Walton College Of Business. Center For Retailing Excellence

Center for Retaining Excellence Annual Report and Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Arkansas Catalyst, December 2013, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Arkansas Catalyst

No abstract provided.

Ansc, Winter 2013, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Department Of Animal Sciences

Animal Science Newsletter

"Dedicated to the Alumni and Friends of the Animal Sciences Department, University of Arkansas."

Friction And Wear Of Polytetrafluoroethylene/Graphene Oxide Composite Thin Films, Justin Kyle Carter

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a commonly used solid lubricant due to its low coefficient of friction and chemical inertness. As a polymer, PTFE suffers from high wear and low adhesion to substrates limiting its use as a thin film. Thin PTFE films are ideal candidates for solid lubrication in micro-machines and bearing applications. The main goal of this work is to enhance the durability of thin PTFE films through the addition of few layered graphene oxide (GO) as filler. In order to address adhesion issues, the addition of an adhesive layer of polydopamine (PDA) between stainless steel substrates and thin PTFE …

Crack Growth Behavior Under Creep-Fatigue Conditions Using Compact And Double Edge Notch Tension-Compression Specimens, Santosh B. Narasimha Chary

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) has recently developed a new standard for creep-fatigue crack growth testing, E 2760-10, that supports testing compact specimens, C(T), under load controlled conditions. C(T) specimens are commonly used for fatigue and creep-fatigue crack growth testing under constant-load-amplitude conditions. The use of these specimens is limited to positive load ratios. They are also limited in the amount of crack growth data that can be developed at high stress intensity values due to accumulation of plastic and/or creep strains leading to ratcheting in the specimen. Testing under displacement control can potentially address these shortcomings …

Assessing Trichloromethane Formation And Control In Algal-Stimulated Waters Amended With Nitrogen And Phosphorus, Clinton Mash

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) enrichments can stimulate algal growth in drinking water sources, which can cause increased production of disinfection byproduct (DBP) precursors. However, the effect of systematic N and P enrichments on DBP formation and control has not been adequately studied. In this work, we enriched samples from a drinking water source - sampled on April 5, May 30, and August 19, 2013 - with N and P to stimulate algal growth at N:P ratios covering almost five orders of magnitude (0.2-4,429). To simulate DBP-precursor removal processes at drinking water treatment plants (DWTPs), the samples were treated with …

The Effects Of Salinity On Pythium Disease Of Rice And Soybean, Terea Jeanette Stetina

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Increasing salinity is an important factor limiting agricultural productivity worldwide. In addition to direct effects on growth and yield, diseases also may be affected. This study characterized the effects of soil salinity on seedling disease of soybean and rice caused by Pythium spp. Controlled environment experiments on soybean used two cultivars which differed in chloride tolerance and soil treated with a CaCl₂ solution to create a range of electrical conductivity (EC) levels. For soybean, soil was either not infested or infested with Pythium sylvaticum or P. aphanidermatum (pathogenic to soybean), or P. oligandrum (not pathogenic to soybean). Twenty-one days …

Assessing The Impact Of Chlorine Residual On Trihalomethane And Haloacetonitrile Formation Under Chlorination And Chloramination Disinfection Regimes, Thien Duc Do

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A disinfection byproduct (DBP) formation potential (FP) test can be used to indirectly measure the concentration of DBP precursors in natural waters, permitting assessment of various DBP-related treatment processes and control strategies. While these tests require a 7-day chlorine residual (CR) between 3-5 mg L^-1 as Cl², it is not well known if this recommended residual corresponds to the true DBPFP (i.e., the maximum concentrations) for trihalomethanes (THMs) and haloacetonitriles (HANs). In this study, THMs and HANs were quantified as a function of CR under three common disinfection regimes: (1) free chlorine at pH 7.0 (FC7), (2) …

Effects Of Rain And Simulated Rain On Deoxynivalenol Levels In Grain And Chaff Of Winter Wheat With Fusarium Head Blight, Manoj Kumar Pun

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Wheat grain affected by Fusarium head blight (FHB) contains the mycotoxin deoxynivalenol (DON) that is harmful to humans and animals. Reducing the amount of DON in grain is the goal of management practices for FHB so it is important to understand the factors affecting DON in grain. Some studies on the effects of late-season moisture found increases in DON while others found decreases due to leaching. The objectives of this study were to determine effects of late-season rain and misting on DON concentration in wheat spike tissues and to quantify the amount of DON leached from spikes. Field experiments were …

Northwest Arkansas Consumer Perceptions Of Poultry Production, Stuart Estes

Agricultural Education, Communications and Technology Undergraduate Honors Theses

Poultry production holds an important place in Arkansas economically and as a food source. The importance of poultry production ultimately hinges on the demands of the consumers and the perceptions that drive their purchases. With this in mind, this study surveyed consumers to assess their perceptions of poultry production in Arkansas. The instrument used to survey consumers was created by the researcher and an expert committee at the University of Arkansas. Consumers were interviewed through direct communication at grocery stores in northwest Arkansas. Data gathered from the study were analyzed for descriptive and correlational statistics. Data showed that consumers were …

Forensic Investigation Of Mysql Database Management System, Andrew C. Lawrence

Computer Science and Computer Engineering Undergraduate Honors Theses

For various reasons, circumstances might arise in which an investigator, enlisting the help of a system administrator, needs access to an instance of MySQL that is password protected by an individual system user. If this password is unknown and the user is uncooperative or unavailable, alternative means must be utilized to gain access to the data stored within the program. Two main approaches will be explored, each with its pros and cons. In one case, the password can be bypassed entirely, granting the investigator unfettered access to the program data. The second method allows a narrower look at only some …

I Am Bedu: The Changing Bedouin In A Changing World, Nancy Allison Browning

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Change occurs throughout the world on a daily basis, and as a result, its inhabitants are encouraged to change as well. The population learns to adapt in various ways in order to survive, often times causing traditional practices to be forced aside in order to make way for more modern methods. Today, the Bedouin lifestyle is no longer limited to the classification of a pastoral nomad, located in the desert living in goat-hair tents, and herding camels. While there are several factors that could be taken into consideration in order to unpack what it means to be a Bedouin in …

The Birth Of A Playwright Through The Evolution Of The One-Act Play Stripped, Bear; The Film Stripped, Bear; And The Full-Length Play American Bear, Larry Michael Mitchell

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Birth of a Playwright through the Evolution of the One-act Play Stripped, Bear; the film Stripped, Bear; and the Full-Length Play American Bear follows the inception, birth, and evolution of a ten-minute, one-act, film, and full-length play: three major iterations of the same source material. Through this exploration, the reader will not only see how the work was changed through outside forces such as form and function but internal struggles within a young playwright as he struggles to find a final form for his first major work while attempting to establish himself as a playwright both within the field …

Competing Risks Models Of Farm Service Agency Guaranteed Operating And Farm Ownership Loans, Deng Long

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis examines the possible outcomes (expired with no loss, settled for loss, still performing) of loans and the time to hazard events of over 19,000 guaranteed operating and farm ownership loans which were provided by the Farm Service Agency (FSA). Loans guaranteed by FSA are made by commercial banks, Farm Credit System (FCS), or other lenders to farmers who have limited ability to obtain loans from normal sources without the Federal guarantee. The guarantee allows for payment up to 95 percent when borrowers default. Cox proportional hazards models for operating loans and farm ownership loans are estimated to identify …

An Experimental And Computational Evaluation Of The Importance Of Molecular Diffusion In Gas Gravity Currents, Jeremy Jac Herman

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The accidental release of hazardous, denser-than-air gases during their transport or manufacture is a vital area of study for process safety researchers. This project examines the importance of molecular diffusion on the developing concentration field of a gas gravity current released into a calm environment. Questions which arose from the unexpectedly severe explosion in 2005 at Buncefield, England were of particular interest. The accidental overfilling of a large tank with gasoline on a completely calm morning led to a massive open air explosion. Forensic evidence showed that at the time of ignition, a vapor cloud, most of which now appears …

Tin Sensitization For Electroless Plating, Xingfei Wei

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The tin sensitization process has been used in electroless plating since 1940s Brenner and Riddell developed the electroless plating for surface metallization method. It was found to be an interesting topic to study tin sensitization for chemically controlling metal deposition on different substrates, because the tin sensitization process had critical effects on the electroless plated metal thin films. Nowadays electroless plating metal deposition is still an important method for depositing metals. It has a few advantages over the vapor deposition and electrodeposition method, such as work in an ambient condition, on nonconductive substrates, and without extra power input. Applying electroless …