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Marooned!, Jeff Rasley Oct 2006

Marooned!, Jeff Rasley

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Article for Chicago Magazine about the terrible University of Chicago football team in the mid-1970s.


2005 American Society For Parenteral And Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) Standards And Guidelines Survey, David Seres, Charlene Compher, Douglas Seidner, Laura Byham-Gray, Jane M. Gervasio, Stephen Mcclave, A.S.P.E.N. Standards And Guidelines Committees Oct 2006

2005 American Society For Parenteral And Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) Standards And Guidelines Survey, David Seres, Charlene Compher, Douglas Seidner, Laura Byham-Gray, Jane M. Gervasio, Stephen Mcclave, A.S.P.E.N. Standards And Guidelines Committees

Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS

An online survey about the use and format of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) Standards and Guidelines documents was conducted. The survey was sent to A.S.P.E.N. members, and an acceptable number of responses were received (470, or 9% of those surveyed). Most respondents indicated an overall satisfaction with the standards and guidelines and suggested format changes, many of which will be incorporated into future guidelines and standards. The results of this survey are presented here for general interest. Changes in the process with which A.S.P.E.N. produces standards and guidelines are discussed.


The Locomotor Kinematics Of Asian And African Elephants: Changes With Speed And Size, John R. Hutchinson, Delf Schwerda, Daniel J. Famini, Robert H.I. Dale, Martin S. Fischer, Rodger Kram Oct 2006

The Locomotor Kinematics Of Asian And African Elephants: Changes With Speed And Size, John R. Hutchinson, Delf Schwerda, Daniel J. Famini, Robert H.I. Dale, Martin S. Fischer, Rodger Kram

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

For centuries, elephant locomotion has been a contentious and confusing challenge for locomotion scientists to understand, not only because of technical difficulties but also because elephant locomotion is in some ways atypical of more familiar quadrupedal gaits. We analyzed the locomotor kinematics of over 2400 strides from 14 African and 48 Asian elephant individuals (body mass 116-4632 kg) freely moving over ground at a 17-fold range of speeds, from slow walking at 0.40 m s-1 to the fastest reliably recorded speed for elephants, 6.8 m s-1. These data reveal that African and Asian elephants have some subtle …


Nutrition In The Critically Ill Patient, Jane M. Gervasio Sep 2006

Nutrition In The Critically Ill Patient, Jane M. Gervasio

Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS

Critical illness presents with the classic response to stress, including hypermetabolism and increased catabolism, resulting in a negative energy and nitrogen balance. These harmful events initiate the immunological response, starting with the systemic inflammatory response syndrome, which, if not resolved, may lead to multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Furthermore, patients who do not develop early MODS manifest a compensation anti-inflammatory response syndrome, which suppresses immunity and predisposes the patient to sepsis, thereby ­increasing the risk of late MODS and ultimately death. The use of specialized nutrition support, including enteral nutrition (EN) and parenteral nutrition (PN), has been initiated in an …


Plagiarism In The Classroom, J. Beasley, Sally Neal Sep 2006

Plagiarism In The Classroom, J. Beasley, Sally Neal

Presentations

Presented at the 2006 Indiana University (IU) School of Social Work Fall Faculty Retreat, this presentation focused on plagiarism prevention and detection strategies for IU-affiliated faculty. Instructional strategies to help prevent plagiarism were shared, and the Turnitin plagiarism detection tool was demonstrated and discussed.


Review Of Zunshine, Lisa, Bastards And Foundlings: Illegitimacy In Eighteenth-Century England, John D. Ramsbottom Sep 2006

Review Of Zunshine, Lisa, Bastards And Foundlings: Illegitimacy In Eighteenth-Century England, John D. Ramsbottom

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Dr. Ramsbottom's review of "Bastards and Foundlings: Illegitimacy in Eighteenth-Century England"


Financial Education And Asset Allocation, Steven D. Dolvin, William K. Templeton Jul 2006

Financial Education And Asset Allocation, Steven D. Dolvin, William K. Templeton

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

We conduct a clinical study on a firm that restructures its 401(k) plan and simultaneously offers financial education seminars to its employees. The restructuring requires each employee to restate allocation percentages, thus we are able to analyze the specific benefits of retirement planning seminars on the asset allocation decision. We find that seminar attendance is associated with increased portfolio diversification and improved risk management. When combined with changes in return, the overall result is that seminar attendees create more efficient portfolios, which implies a better understanding of the retirement planning process.


It’S Not A Matter Of Message But Of Messenger: Miltonic Principles In Thomas Hardy’S Jude The Obscure, Karley Adney Jul 2006

It’S Not A Matter Of Message But Of Messenger: Miltonic Principles In Thomas Hardy’S Jude The Obscure, Karley Adney

Scholarship and Professional Work of the Provost's Staff

Thomas Hardy once referred to his masterpiece Jude the Obscure as 'tragedy, told for its own sake as a presentation of particulars containing a good deal that was universal. Although the novel was roundly criticized upon its publication for dealing explicitly with issues like divorce and adultery, it was through these issues that the novel dealt with the universal, as Hardy would have put it.


Un Voyage De L'Oeil À L'Autre Ou Maldoror Traverse Le Miroir. Quelques Remarques Sur L'Identité Et Le Flou Dans Les Chants De Maldoror, Eloise Sureau-Hale Apr 2006

Un Voyage De L'Oeil À L'Autre Ou Maldoror Traverse Le Miroir. Quelques Remarques Sur L'Identité Et Le Flou Dans Les Chants De Maldoror, Eloise Sureau-Hale

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The article focuses on the literary interpretation of Isidore Ducasse's "Les Chants de Maldoror," which was published in 1874. The book was published four years after the death of Ducasse. The article discusses Ducasse's admiration of Edgar Allen Poe. The similarities between "Les Chants de Maldoror" and Poe's work are discussed.


Bowel Necrosis Associated With Enteral Feeding, Jane M. Gervasio, Ryan Ednalino, Jennifer Reynolds, Gary P. Zaloga Mar 2006

Bowel Necrosis Associated With Enteral Feeding, Jane M. Gervasio, Ryan Ednalino, Jennifer Reynolds, Gary P. Zaloga

Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS

Abstract from Clinical Nutrition Week, Dallas, TX, February 12-15, 2006.


Singing Of Satnam: Blind Simon Patros, Dalit Religious Identity, And Satnami-Christian Music In Chhattisgarh, India, Chad M. Bauman Jan 2006

Singing Of Satnam: Blind Simon Patros, Dalit Religious Identity, And Satnami-Christian Music In Chhattisgarh, India, Chad M. Bauman

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

This paper explores the Indianization of Christianity in late colonial Chhattisgarh, India, with special reference to a Salnami-Christian catechist and composer, Blind Simon Patros.


The Left And Humanitarian Intervention, Harry Van Der Linden Jan 2006

The Left And Humanitarian Intervention, Harry Van Der Linden

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Although the author concedes that much criticism from the left alleging ulterior imperialist motives of missions for “humanitarian intervention” is valid; nevertheless, the author argues that it would be wrong to rule out the concept of humanitarian intervention, even when conducted by imperialist powers for imperialist motives. The concept of “rescue” remains a valid humanitarian concept, and a logical foundation for solidarity with populations who find themselves under assault and defenseless. The author considers various regulative principles that may guide more careful thinking about humanitarian intervention.


Vladimir Soloviev (1853-1900): Selected And Edited By Paul Valliere, Paul Valliere Jan 2006

Vladimir Soloviev (1853-1900): Selected And Edited By Paul Valliere, Paul Valliere

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Vladimir Soloviev was the first modern Orthodox thinker to give systematic attention to the problem ofreligion and Iaw. Philosophy of law in Russia predated Soloviev, but its pioneers did not deal directly with religion.


The Pseudosquares Prime Sieve, Jonathan P. Sorenson Jan 2006

The Pseudosquares Prime Sieve, Jonathan P. Sorenson

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

We present the pseudosquares prime sieve, which finds all primes up to n.


Endothelial Cell Cortactin Phosphorylation By Src Contributes To Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Transmigration In Vitro, L. Yang, Jennifer R. Kowalski, X. Zhan, S. M. Thomas, F. W. Luscinskas Jan 2006

Endothelial Cell Cortactin Phosphorylation By Src Contributes To Polymorphonuclear Leukocyte Transmigration In Vitro, L. Yang, Jennifer R. Kowalski, X. Zhan, S. M. Thomas, F. W. Luscinskas

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The underlying mechanisms that regulate leukocyte transendothelial migration through the vascular endothelium remain unclear. Cortactin is a substrate of Src tyrosine kinases and a regulator of cytoskeletal dynamics. Previous studies demonstrated a role for Src phosphorylation of cortactin in clustering of E-selectin and intercellular cell adhesion molecule-1 around adherent leukocytes. In the current study, we used an in vitro flow model to investigate the role of Src-induced cortactin phosphorylation in endothelium during polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) transmigration through human umbilical vein endothelium (HUVEC) monolayers preactivated with tumor necrosis factor-{alpha}. Inhibition of Src in HUVEC using Src kinase inhibitors PP2 and SU6656 …


Monte Carlo Least-Squares Fitting Of Experimental Signal Waveforms, Xianming Han, Vladimir Pozdina, C. Haridas, Prabhakar Misra Jan 2006

Monte Carlo Least-Squares Fitting Of Experimental Signal Waveforms, Xianming Han, Vladimir Pozdina, C. Haridas, Prabhakar Misra

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

This paper focuses on why the regular least{squares ¯tting technique is unstable when used to ¯t exponential functions to signal waveforms, since such functions are highly correlated. It talks about alternative approaches, such as the search method, which has a slow convergence rate of 1=N1=M, for M parameters, where N is the number of computations performed. We have used the Monte Carlo method, utilizing both search and random walk, to devise a stable least{squares ¯tting algorithm that converges rapidly at a rate 1=N1=2, regardless of the number of parameters used in ¯tting the waveforms. The Monte Carlo approach has been …


Comparative Cultural Perspectives For The Study Of The Americas: New Work By Imbert And Mcclennen And Fitz, Irune Del Rio Gabiola Jan 2006

Comparative Cultural Perspectives For The Study Of The Americas: New Work By Imbert And Mcclennen And Fitz, Irune Del Rio Gabiola

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

This review article covers two new volumes of scholarship dedicated to the comparative study of the Americas: Patrick Imbert's Trajectoires culturelles transaméricaines (Ottawa: Les Presses de l'Université d'Ottawa, 2004) and the edited volume by Sophia A. McClennen and Earl E. Fitz, Comparative Cultural Studies and Latin America (West Lafayette: Purdue University Press, 2004). The latter volume is the revised and updated book form version of the thematic issue Comparative Cultural Studies and Latin America, edited by Sophia A. McClennen and Earl E. Fitz in CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture 4.2 (2002): ). These books represent a new wave of innovative …


Spanning Eulerian Subgraphs In Claw-Free Graphs, Zhi-Hong Chen, Hong-Jian Lai, Weiqi Luo, Yehomg Shao Jan 2006

Spanning Eulerian Subgraphs In Claw-Free Graphs, Zhi-Hong Chen, Hong-Jian Lai, Weiqi Luo, Yehomg Shao

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

A graph is claw-free if it has no induced K 1,3, subgraph. A graph is essential 4-edge-connected if removing at most three edges, the resulting graph has at most one component having edges. In this note, we show that every essential 4-edge-connected claw free graph has a spanning Eulerian subgraph with maximum degree at most 4.


Bound States In The Continuum In Quantum-Dot Pairs, Gonzalo Ordonez, Kyungsun Na, Sungyun Kim Jan 2006

Bound States In The Continuum In Quantum-Dot Pairs, Gonzalo Ordonez, Kyungsun Na, Sungyun Kim

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

It is shown that for two open quantum dots connected by a wire, “bound states in the continuum” of a single electron are formed at nearly periodic distances between the dots. This is due to Fabry-Pérot interference between quasibound states in each dot. The bound states are nonlocal, describing the electron trapped in both dots at the same time. Theoretical and numerical results show that trapped states exist even if the wire connecting the dots is relatively long.


A Metrics Tool For Multi-Language .Net Software Applications, Panos K. Linos, G. Mcgullogh, E. Maier Jan 2006

A Metrics Tool For Multi-Language .Net Software Applications, Panos K. Linos, G. Mcgullogh, E. Maier

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The measurement of software metrics at the MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language) level can be as effective as measuring such metrics at the level of each individual language (e.g. VB, Java, C# etc.).


Review Of "Experiencing Music Video: Aesthetics And Cultural Context," By Carol Vernallis., Ann M. Savage Jan 2006

Review Of "Experiencing Music Video: Aesthetics And Cultural Context," By Carol Vernallis., Ann M. Savage

Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication

This article reviews the book "Experiencing Music Video: Aesthetics and Cultural Context," by Carol Vernallis.


Vicarious Liability And The Private University Student Press, Nancy Whitmore Jan 2006

Vicarious Liability And The Private University Student Press, Nancy Whitmore

Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication

Once described as a quintessential marketplace of ideas by the Supreme Court of the United States, the academic marketplace has been criticized recently for institutionalizing a left-leaning ideology within its curriculum and academic discourse. As a result, national activists and organizations have been calling on state legislatures and university administrators to adopt policies and report on steps taken to encourage intellectual diversity and protect political and cultural minorities from faculty bias and academic retribution in the classroom and other university settings. But who would win a constitutional showdown between the academy and those seeking to infuse academic discourse with alternative …


Gender And The Digital Economy: Perspectives From The Developing World, Margaretha Geertsema Sligh Jan 2006

Gender And The Digital Economy: Perspectives From The Developing World, Margaretha Geertsema Sligh

Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication

Editors Cecilia Ng and Swasti Mitter address an important and timely topic in their new book. The book sets out to do exactly what the title says; the authors interrogate the participation of women in the Information and Communication Technologys (ICTs) industry, particularly in developing countries. As the editors point out in the introduction, there are concerns that globalization will increase inequalities and asymmetrical power relationships between the rich and the poor. Yet, they are quite optimistic about the potential enabling power of new technologies.


Infants’ Perception Of Rhythmic Patterns, Tonya R. Bergeson, Sandra E. Trehub Jan 2006

Infants’ Perception Of Rhythmic Patterns, Tonya R. Bergeson, Sandra E. Trehub

Scholarship and Professional Work - Communication

We explored 9-month-old infants perception of auditory temporal sequences in a series of three experiments. In Experiment 1, we presented some infants with tone sequences that were expected to induce a strongly metric framework and others with a sequence that was expected to induce a weakly metric framework or no such framework. Infants detected a change in the context of the former sequences but not in the latter sequence. In Experiment 2, infants listened to a tone sequence with temporal cues to duple or triple meter. Infants detected a change in the pattern with duple meter but not in the …


Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression In Hamster And Human Pancreatic Neoplasia, Pamela L. Crowell, C. Max Schmidt, Michele T. Yip-Schneider, Jesse J. Savage, Dean A. Hertzler Ii, William O. Cummings Jan 2006

Cyclooxygenase-2 Expression In Hamster And Human Pancreatic Neoplasia, Pamela L. Crowell, C. Max Schmidt, Michele T. Yip-Schneider, Jesse J. Savage, Dean A. Hertzler Ii, William O. Cummings

Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) has been implicated in the development of gastrointestinal malignancies. The aim of the present study was to determine COX-2 expression/activity throughout stages of experimental and human pancreatic neoplasia. COX-2 immunohistochemistry was performed in pancreata of hamsters subjected to the carcinogen N-nitrosobis-(2-oxopropyl)amine (BOP) and in human pancreatic tumors. COX-2 activity was determined by prostaglandin E2 assay in tumor versus matched normal pancreatic tissues. The activity of the COX inhibitor sulindac was tested in the PC-1 hamster pancreatic cancer model. COX-2 expression was elevated in all pancreatic intraepithelial neoplasias (PanINs) and adenocarcinomas. In BOP-treated hamsters, there were significant …


Displacement Of Histones At Promoters Of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Heat Shock Genes Is Differentially Associated With Histone H3 Acetylation, Tamara Y. Erkina, Alexander M. Erkine Jan 2006

Displacement Of Histones At Promoters Of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Heat Shock Genes Is Differentially Associated With Histone H3 Acetylation, Tamara Y. Erkina, Alexander M. Erkine

Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS

Chromatin remodeling at promoters of activated genes spans from mild histone modifications to outright displacement of nucleosomes in trans. Factors affecting these events are not always clear. Our results indicate that histone H3 acetylation associated with histone displacement differs drastically even between promoters of such closely related heat shock genes as HSP12, SSA4, and HSP82. The HSP12 promoter, with the highest level of histone displacement, showed the highest level of H3 acetylation, while the SSA4 promoter, with a lower histone displacement, showed only modest H3 acetylation. Moreover, for the HSP12 promoter, the level of acetylated H3 …


Effects Of Lesions Of The Bed Nucleus Of The Stria Terminalis, Laterual Hypothalamus, Or Insular Cortex On Conditioned Taste Aversion And Conditioned Odor Aversion, Christopher T. Roman, Nino Nebieridze, Aristides Sastre, Steve Reilly Jan 2006

Effects Of Lesions Of The Bed Nucleus Of The Stria Terminalis, Laterual Hypothalamus, Or Insular Cortex On Conditioned Taste Aversion And Conditioned Odor Aversion, Christopher T. Roman, Nino Nebieridze, Aristides Sastre, Steve Reilly

Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS

The effects of permanent forebrain lesions on conditioned taste aversions (CTAs) and conditioned odor aversions (COAs) were examined in 3 experiments. In Experiment 1, lesions of the bed nucleus of the stria terminalis had no influence on CTA or COA acquisition. Although lesions of the lateral hypothalamus induced severe hypodipsia in Experiment 2, they did not prevent the acquisition of CTAs or COAs. Finally, in Experiment 3, lesions of the insular cortex retarded CTA acquisition but had no influence on COA acquisition. The implications of these findings are discussed with regard to the forebrain influence on parabrachial nucleus function during …


The Effect Of Instructional Technologies On The Finance Classroom, Steven D. Dolvin, J. Michael Morgan, Mark Pyles Jan 2006

The Effect Of Instructional Technologies On The Finance Classroom, Steven D. Dolvin, J. Michael Morgan, Mark Pyles

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

Using a survey technique, we evaluate the effect of PowerPoint, online lecture notes, financial calculators, and machine readable forms (MRF) on students' assessment of the quality of instruction, perceived knowledge level, satisfaction, post-course interest in the subject, and average grade in introductory finance courses. We also examine these opinions on a relative basis by comparing the responses of Finance majors versus non-Finance majors. The results suggest that certain technologies are received better than others and further, that the perceived quality of instructional techniques is largely contingent on the student's choice of major.


The Importance Of Data Quality For Sap Implementation In Medium-Sized Organizations, Hongjiang Xu Jan 2006

The Importance Of Data Quality For Sap Implementation In Medium-Sized Organizations, Hongjiang Xu

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

Data quality issues are critical for any type of
information systems. The purpose of this study is to
explore the importance of data quality for SAP
implementation. This study involved a case study of a
medium-sized organization that had implemented
SAP R3 as their ERP system. Knowledge gained from
this study has the potential in assisting medium-sized
organizations to enhance the quality of the data used
in their ERP systems.


Consumers’ Attitudes Of E-Commerce In China, Hongjiang Xu, Xiaowen Zou, Hengshan Wang Jan 2006

Consumers’ Attitudes Of E-Commerce In China, Hongjiang Xu, Xiaowen Zou, Hengshan Wang

Scholarship and Professional Work - Business

This research studied the problem of B2C and C2C
consumers’ attitudes towards trust of the business
transaction process in China by using the
“Consumer Attitudes towards Trust in the e-
Business Model.” Four factors in the model were
analyzed, privacy, security, financial institution and
trusted seal. From this analysis, the conclusion on
the consumers’ attitudes was drawn.