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2006 Winter Boise State University Commencement Program

Commencement Programs

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Arbiter, December 11, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, December 7, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, December 4, Students Of Boise State University

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Patric: The Vbi Pathosystems Resource Integration Center, Gongxin Yu

Biology Faculty Publications and Presentations

The PathoSystems Resource Integration Center (PATRIC) is one of eight Bioinformatics Resource Centers (BRCs) funded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infection Diseases (NIAID) to create a data and analysis resource for selected NIAID priority pathogens, specifically proteobacteria of the genera Brucella, Rickettsia and Coxiella, and corona-, caliciand lyssaviruses and viruses associated with hepatitis A and E. The goal of the project is to provide a comprehensive bioinformatics resource for these pathogens, including consistently annotated genome, proteome and metabolic pathway data to facilitate research into counter-measures, including drugs, vaccines and diagnostics. The project’s curation strategy has three …

Issues During The Inversion Of Crosshole Radar Data: Can We Have Confidence In The Outcome?, William P. Clement

Geosciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

One method of assessing the confidence in modeled features is to compare the results from different inversion schemes. I use synthetic traveltimes calculated from a model of an unconfined aquifer to determine the reliability of crosshole tomography. I compare the inverted models from straight and curved ray approximations to wave propagation. I investigate the effects of added random noise, regularization, the starting model, and the reference model on the curved ray inversion method. I also investigate the effects of different grid sizes for the forward model and of limited ray coverage through the earth model. Understanding the effects of these …

Solutions For The Cell Cycle In Cell Lines Derived From Human Tumors, B. Zubik-Kowal

Mathematics Faculty Publications and Presentations

The goal of the paper is to compute efficiently solutions for model equations that have the potential to describe the growth of human tumor cells and their responses to radiotherapy or chemotherapy. The mathematical model involves four unknown functions of two independent variables: the time variable t and dimensionless relative DNA content x. The unknown functions can be thought of as the number density of cells and are solutions of a system of four partial differential equations. We construct solutions of the system, which allow us to observe the number density of cells for different t and x values. …

Arbiter, November 30, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, November 27, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, November 16, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, November 13, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, November 9, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, November 6, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, November 2, Students Of Boise State University

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Bayesian Wavelet-Based Methods For The Detection Of Multiple Changes Of The Long Memory Parameter, Kyungduk Ko

Mathematics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Long memory processes are widely used in many scientific fields, such as economics, physics, and engineering. Change point detection problems have received considerable attention in the literature because of their wide range of possible applications. Here we describe a wavelet-based Bayesian procedure for the estimation and location of multiple change points in the long memory parameter of Gaussian autoregressive fractionally integrated moving average models (ARFIMA(p, d, q)), with unknown autoregressive and moving average parameters. Our methodology allows the number of change points to be unknown. The reversible jump Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm is used for posterior inference. The method …

Change Point Estimation Of Bilevel Functions, Leming Qu, Yi-Cheng Tu

Mathematics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Reconstruction of a bilevel function such as a bar code signal in a partially blind deconvolution problem is an important task in industrial processes. Existing methods are based on either the local approach or the regularization approach with a total variation penalty. This article reformulated the problem explicitly in terms of change points of the 0-1 step function. The bilevel function is then reconstructed by solving the nonlinear least squares problem subject to linear inequality constraints, with starting values provided by the local extremas of the derivative of the convolved signal from discrete noisy data. Simulation results show a considerable …

Adult Attachment And Disordered Eating In Undergraduate Men And Women, Jenna Elgin, Mary Pritchard

Psychological Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Previous research on gender differences between males and females on the risk factors leading to disordered eating is sparse, especially on males and eating disorders using attachment theory. This study examined the relationship between adult attachment style and disordered eating in men and women. Secure attachment scores were significantly negatively correlated with body dissatisfaction, and fearful attachment scores were positively correlated with bulimia in women. For men, secure attachment was significantly negatively correlated to drive for thinness, bulimia, and body dissatisfaction. Clinical implications are discussed.

Enhancing Evidence-Based Practice Through Collaboration, Pamela Springer, Carolyn Corbett, Noreen Davis

Nursing Faculty Publications and Presentations

Hospitals increasingly reference published evidence for any given procedure or guideline as part of the push towards evidence-based nursing. Medical centers and universities can develop a collaborative model to help support evidence-based practice. The authors describe a model of collaboration between a university and medical centers to enhance nurses’ knowledge and research skills and provide research opportunities for faculty.

Arbiter, October 30, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, October 26, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, October 23, Students Of Boise State University

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Teaching Language As A Political Act, Roberto E. Bahruth

Literacy, Language, and Culture Faculty Publications and Presentations

"The most powerful act in the world is to name something" Noam Chomsky "Any way of seeing the world is also a way of not seeing the world." Gregory Bateson

An important dimension of critical pedagogy includes the questioning of traditional terminology used to explain reality. In the process of schooling people often learn language which supports the thinking of the dominant paradigm. Many become fluent in the language of impossibility as they are schooled. In response to this, I always try to keep in mind two central points as I teach languages: One is to undo the damage of …

Arbiter, October 19, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, October 16, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, October 12, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, October 9, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, October 5, Students Of Boise State University

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Arbiter, October 2, Students Of Boise State University

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Focus, Bob Evancho (Editor)

FOCUS on Boise State

Boise State University is actively engaged in efforts to address some of the major challenges of the day, including global warming, terrorism, immigration and health concerns. Faculty research extends far beyond the boundaries of the university or the state of Idaho and involves resources, energy and collaboration from entities across the globe. Cover photo of Boise State history professor Mike Zirinsky with pre-revolutionary Iranian flag by John Kelly.

Photonic Band Tuning In 2d Photonic Crystals By Atomic Layer Deposition, Elton Graugnard, Davy P. Gaillot, Simon N. Dunham, Curtis W. Neff, Tsuyoshi Yamashita, Christopher J. Summers

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Atomic layer deposition (ALD) has become a powerful tool for the fabrication of high quality 3-dimentional photonic crystals (PCs) from both inorganic (opal) and organic (holographically patterned polymer) templates [1,2]. With ALD, highly conformal films can be grown with a precision of 0.05 nm, which, when combined with the availability of a wide range of low temperature film growth protocols, enables a high degree of control over material and structural properties to precisely tune optical properties [3]. Two-dimensional photonic crystals have been developed extensively for applications in optical interconnects, beam steering, and sensor devices; and are predominantly fabricated by electron-beam …