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The Effect Of Temperature On Seed Quality And Quantity In Crosses Between European (Populus Tremula) And Hybrid Aspens (P. Tremula X P. Tremuloides), L. Koviuranta, T. Latva-Karjanmaa, P. Pulkkinen

Aspen Bibliography

Hybrid aspen (Populus tremula L. Populus tremuloides Michx.) plantations are expanding in Fennoscandia and the Baltic countries; however, the possible effects of plantations on the native European aspen (P. tremula) and the level of gene flow between European and hybrid aspen have not been investigated. We studied seed quantity and quality in intraspecific and interspecific crosses of the European and hybrid aspens over a two year period. In order to study whether elevated temperatures due to climate change would benefit the species differently, we performed the crosses in different temperatures. In both years, interspecific crosses produced more seeds with higher …

Identifying Significant Changes In Serials With Title Changes In The Recognition Of New Works, Mavis B. Molto

Library Faculty & Staff Publications

The purpose of the study was to develop a means for identifying significant subject and function changes in serials with title changes and then to recommend ways to recognize new serial works in cataloging. A sample of serials with title changes was used to classify the underlying subject and function changes found into thirty-five subcategories, which were then each assigned a level (high, medium, or low) according to the evidence provided for a new work. The FRBR (Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records) concept of a work and other FRBR guidelines were used in assigning the levels. It was determined that …

Synthesizing Multicultural, Global, And Civic Perspectives In The Elementary School Curriculum And Educational Research, Steve P. Camicia, Juanjuan Zhu

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

Social networks and communities are rapidly expanding and changing due to the accelerating pace of globalization. In this article, we examine new possibilities for the reform of curriculum and educational research in a way that is responsive to increasingly multicultural and global communities. Drawing on literatures in the areas of multicultural, global, and civic education, we conducted a critical qualitative case study of four elementary school teachers. The teachers, two in the United States and two in the United Kingdom, are known to be exemplary at synthesizing multicultural, global, and civic education. We, the two authors, one a female from …

Faculty Evaluation Committee Minutes, December 12, 2012, Utah State University

Faculty Evaluation Committee

• Approved Minutes
• Finalized meeting times for Spring 2013
• Discussed progress on focal areas

Faculty Senate Membership Roster 2012-2013, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

List of past membership for Faculty Senate including members, substitutes, and presidentially appointed members; names, emails, the year for end of term, college, UMC, and phone number are recorded.

Faculty Diversity, Development, And Equity Committee Agenda, December 11, 2012, Utah State University

Faculty Diversity, Development, and Equity Committee

• Faculty Senate Report
• Diversity Counsel
• FDDE Statistics

General Education Subcommittee Agenda, December 11, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Course Approvals

Syllabi Approvals

Business

• USU 3330 –3 Credit Course
• Gen Ed Demand Data

General Education Subcommittee Minutes, December 11, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Course Approvals

Syllabi Approvals

Business

• USU 3330 –3 Credit Courses
• Gen Ed Demand Data
• Summer School Schedule/Enrollment

Next Meeting

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes, December 10, 2012, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Next Brown Bag Lunch with the President & Provost
• Council on Teacher Education Report - Francine Johnson
• Scholarship Advisory Board Report – Patti Kohler
• EPC Items - Larry Smith
• Short Discussion and Prioritization of Faculty Forum Issues – Renee Galliher
• PRPC Code Changes 402.12 (second reading) – Terry Peak
• PRPC Code Changes 405.8.2, Ombudsperson – Terry Peak
• PRPC 407, Medical Incapacity – Terry Peak

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, December 10, 2012, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Council on Teacher Education Report
• Scholarship Advisory Board Report
• EPC Items
• Short Discussion and Prioritization of Faculty Forum Issues
• PRPC Code Changes 402.12 (second reading)
• PRPC 405.8.2 dealing 2/ombudsperson
• PRPC 407 Medical Incapacity

Changes In Thermospheric Temperature Induced By High-Speed Solar Wind Streams, Larry Gardner, Jan Josef Sojka, Robert W. Schunk, Rod Heelis

All Physics Faculty Publications

During high-speed stream (HSS) events the solar wind speed increases, and the cross polar cap potential increases, leading to increased Joule heating at high latitudes. The heat input at high latitudes heats the polar regions, which then conducts to lower latitudes, producing global heating. The heating occurs during the risetime of the cross polar cap potential and throughout the period of high cross polar cap potential as seen in our simulation. These simulations are performed using the Utah State University global thermosphere model driven by Joule heating rates that are consistent with electric fields observed by DMSP-15 observations of HSS …

The Enoch Text: Change And Continuity In Mormon Thought, Peter Wosnik

Arrington Student Writing Award Winners

No abstract provided.

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, December 6, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, December 6, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• Add University Studies Request
• Prerequisite Change

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Delete Course

Department of Art and Design

• Add University Studies Request

Department of Theatre Arts

• Credit Hour Change
• Course Description Change
• Course Number Change

Department of Management

• Prerequisite Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• New Course

Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development

• Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Psychology

• Course Number Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• Course …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, December 6, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

• Add University Studies Request
• Prerequisite Change

School of Applied Sciences, Technology and Education

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change
• Delete Course

Department of Art and Design

• Add University Studies Request

Department of Theatre Arts

• Credit Hour Change
• Course Description Change
• Course Number Change

Department of Management

• Prerequisite Change

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

• New Course

Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development

• Credit Hour Change, Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change

Department of Psychology

• Course Number Change, Credit Hour Change, Course Description Change
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• Course …

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, December 6, 2012, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee

Community College Student Success Programs: A Synthesis, Critique, And Research Agenda, Gloria Crisp, Amanda Taggart

Teacher Education and Leadership Faculty Publications

A narrative review was developed to add to the discussion and dissemination of research on community colleges. The review adds to existing work by synthesizing and critiquing the empirical research to date specific to three of the most prevalent programmatic efforts presently seen on community college campuses: (a) learning communities, (b) student success courses, and (c) supplemental instruction. Empirical investigations or evaluations of student success programs from academic journals, conference presentations, dissertations, unpublished policy reports, and book chapters were identified, summarized, and critiqued. The review concludes with a proposed research agenda to advance research on program effectiveness at community colleges …

First Temperature Observations With The Usu Very Large Rayleigh Lidar: An Examination Of Mesopause Temperatures, Leda Sox, Vincent B. Wickwar, Joshua P. Herron, Marcus J. Bingham, Lance W. Petersen, Matthew T. Emerick

Posters

As the impetus for extended observational measurements throughout the middle atmosphere has increased1 , the limits of previous instrumentation need to be pushed. The Rayleigh lidar group at the Atmospheric Lidar Observatory (ALO) at Utah State University has pushed such limits on existing Rayleigh scatter lidar technology and, through major upgrades to the previous lidar system, has been able to gather temperature measurements in the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere from approximately 70P109 km. A data campaign with the new system was conducted around the annual temperature minimum, centered on late June 2012, in this region. The temperatures from this …

Usu Faculty Senate Minutes, December 3, 2012, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Code Change 402.12 Senate Standing Committees (first reading) – Terry Peak
• Commissioner’s 66% Initiative – Raymond Coward

Faculty Senate Agenda, December 3, 2012, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Honors Program Annual Report - Michelle Larson
• Faculty Evaluation Committee Annual Report - Karen Mock
• Athletic Council Report - Ken White
• ASUSU Report - Christian Thrapp
• Retention and Student Success Report - John Mortensen
• EPC Items for October and November - Larry Smith
• Code Change 402.12 Senate Standing Committees (first reading) - Terry Peak
• Commissioner's 66% Initiative - Raymond Coward

Multiple Peaks In Saber Mesospheric Oh Emission Altitude Profiles, Jordan Rozum, Gene A. Ware, Doran J. Baker, Martin G. Wlynczak, James M. Russell

Browse All Undergraduate research

No abstract provided.

Combining Data From Multiple Sources Using The Cuahsi Hydrologic Information System (Invited), David G. Tarboton, Daniel Ames, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, J. L. Goodall

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

The Consortium of Universities for the Advancement of Hydrologic Science, Inc. (CUAHSI) has developed a Hydrologic Information System (HIS) to provide better access to data by enabling the publication, cataloging, discovery, retrieval, and analysis of hydrologic data using web services. The CUAHSI HIS is an Internet based system comprised of hydrologic databases and servers connected through web services as well as software for data publication, discovery and access. The HIS metadata catalog lists close to 100 web services registered to provide data through this system, ranging from large federal agency data sets to experimental watersheds managed by University investigators. The …

Advancing Cyberinfrastructure To Support High Resolution Water Resources Modeling (Invited), David G. Tarboton, F. L. Ogden, N. Jones, Jeffery S. Horsburgh

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

Addressing the problem of how the availability and quality of water resources at large scales are sensitive to climate variability, watershed alterations and management activities requires computational resources that combine data from multiple sources and support integrated modeling. Related cyberinfrastructure challenges include: 1) how can we best structure data and computer models to address this scientific problem through the use of high-performance and data-intensive computing, and 2) how can we do this in a way that discipline scientists without extensive computational and algorithmic knowledge and experience can take advantage of advances in cyberinfrastructure? This presentation will describe a new system …

Promoting Physics Faculty, Students And Research Through The Library’S Institutional Repository, Betty Rozum, Andrew Wesolek

Library Faculty & Staff Presentations

Utah State University Libraries hosts a thriving institutional repository, DigitalCommons@USU. The Library and Physics department developed a partnership to transcend traditional repository structures and emphasizes faculty research groups within the department.

This poster session highlights the features of the University's repository and describes what is required to establish a similar structure at an academic institution. We anticipate several long-term benefits of this new structure, which benefits students, the department, and the library.

Marginalia No. 32, Merrill-Cazier Library

Marginalia

The Transformation of the Printed Page ... Richard W. Clement, Dean of Libraries

USU in Space Exhibition ... Text: Patrick Williams

The Human Library: Don't Judge a Book by its Cover ...Anne Hedrich, Reference

Special Collections: New Acquisitions by Friends ... Brad Cole, Special Collections

Welcome! New Merrill-Cazier Librarians: Becky Thoms and Katie Wesolek

Jack London Exhibition ... Clint Pumphrey, Special Collections

Library Faculty and Staff: Presentations and Publications

Wind Uprising: Merrill-Cazier Library Friends Fall Lecture: Edwin Stafford and Cathy Hartman.

Updated Glacial Chronology Of The South Fork Hoh River Valley, Olympic Peninsula, Washington Through Detailed Stratigraphy And Osl Dating, Cianna E. Wyshnytzky, Tammy M. Rittenour, Glenn D. Thackray

Graduate Student Posters

Four glacial advances are preserved and exposed in the stratigraphy of the South Fork Hoh River valley. The oldest of these advances extended beyond the South Fork valley into the Hoh River valley. The three younger advances are preserved in the stratigraphy cut bank exposures in the valley and geomorphically by moraines and outwash plains. One of these advances represents a re-advance to the same terminal position of the previous advance and has not previously been recognized in this valley or other glaciated valleys in the western Olympic Mountains. This finding advocates for a detailed sedimentologic and stratigraphic approach to …

Grand Canyon As A Universally Accessible Virtual Field Trip For Intro Geoscience Classes Using Geo-Referenced Mobile Game Technology, Natalie Bursztyn, Joel Pederson, Brett E. Shelton

Graduate Student Posters

There is a well-documented and nationally reported trend of declining interest, poor preparedness, and lack of diversity within U.S. students pursuing geoscience and other STEM disciplines. We suggest that a primary contributing factor to this problem is that introductory geoscience courses simply fail to inspire (i.e. they are boring). Our experience leads us to believe that the hands-on, contextualized learning of field excursions are often the most impactful component of lower division geoscience classes. However, field trips are becoming increasingly more difficult to run due to logistics and liability, high-enrollments, decreasing financial and administrative support, and exclusivity of the physically …

What Has Athens To Do With Mormonism?, Benjamin Wade Harman

Arrington Student Writing Award Winners

In his lecture, Terryl Givens presents one with a new way to approach the prophecy of Enoch that was received by Joseph Smith. Contained in this short narrative is a new, innovative conception about God that differs greatly from traditional Christianity. This notion is that of a passible deity, a God that is susceptible to feeling and emotion. It is a God who weeps, a God who is vulnerable and suffers emotional pain. God, as defined by the Christian creeds, is one who lacks passions.1 Givens, in drawing attention to the passible deity, is illuminating just a small portion of …

Capturing The Holy City: The Latter-Day Saint Quest For Zion, Chad Nielsen

Arrington Student Writing Award Winners

The quest to create a Zion community was a defining feature of the early Mormon movement. As they were forced to move from place to place in nineteenth-century America, the early Latter-day Saints attempted to gather to central locations and create holy cities—utopian communities based on religious principles taught by Joseph Smith. The practice of this ideal has changed within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints over time, resulting in a very different application of the Zion ideal in the Mormon community today. In many ways, the term “building Zion” has become an abstraction within the Church used …

Product Pig Production Planner, Scott Williams, Darrell Rothlisberger

Archived Agriculture Publications

There are many factors to consider when selecting a market hog for your 4-H project animal. Seek out reputable hog producers who produce hogs with high quality genetics and growth potential. Discuss the health and feeding program the hogs have received and follow these recommendations to assure your project animal can reach its growth potential.