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Archiving Constituent Services Data Of The U.S. Congress, Danielle Emerling, John Caldwell, Hope Bibens, Natalie Bond, Alison White

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The Society of American Archivists Congressional Papers Section formed the CSS/CMS Task Force in August 2016 to study the issue of constituent correspondence management systems, and this report addresses the ongoing development and use of constituent services data in Congress; the vendors, systems, and functionality; and the obstacles faced by collecting repositories. It provides an overview of research conducted with analog constituent correspondence and the vast potential for research with constituent data. The report recommends a vested advocacy coalition to support management guidelines in member offices, in commercial vendors working with congressional offices, and in collecting repositories, and it calls …

Looking At Trump And Kelly At Arlington Cemetery, Wendy Kozol

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No abstract provided.

Asian Americans During The Cold War, Richard Baldoz

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40ar/39ar Ages And Zircon Petrochronology For The Rear Arc Of The Izu-Bonin-Marianas Intra-Oceanic Subduction Zone, Graham Dm Andrews

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Long-lived intra-oceanic arcs of Izu-Bonin-Marianas (IBM)-type are built on thick, granodioritic crust formed in the absence of pre-existing continental crust. International Ocean Discovery Program Expedition 350, Site U1437, explored the IBM rear arc to better understand continental crust formation in arcs. Detailed petrochronological (U–Pb geochronology combined with trace elements, oxygen and hafnium isotopes) characterizations of zircon from Site U1437 were carried out, taking care to exclude potential contaminants by (1) comparison of zircon ages with ship-board palaeomagnetic and biostratigraphic ages and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology, (2) analysing zircon from drill muds for comparison, (3) selectively carrying out in situ analysis in petrographic …

Estimating Pasture Forage Mass From Pasture Height, Edward Barrow Rayburn

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WVU-Extension fact sheet

Harvey Unprecedented? What About 2 Weeks Ago In Sierra Leone?, Wendy Kozol

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Light Transmission And Interception In Cool-Season Pastures, Edward Barrow Rayburn

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WVU-Extension fact sheet

Importance Of Seeing The Trauma: The Video Of Diamond Reynolds And Daughter In The Back Of A Police Car, Wendy Kozol

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From Creativity To Classification: A Logical Approach To Patent Searching, Marian G. Armour-Gemmen

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Engineering students and professors need to understand and search intellectual property. In the past, librarians have instructed them on using the United States Patent Classification (USPC). In 2015, after a period of transition, the United States Patent and Trademark Office phased out the USPC and began exclusively classifying in the Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC). This adoption presented librarians a challenge of instructing students and professors in the easiest and most effective patent search. By tying patent searching to an example and presenting classification in an understandable fashion using CPC in conjunction with USPC, this writer presents a logical directed search …

Foresight Benchmark Data 2015-2016, Paul J. Speaker

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Project FORESIGHT is a business-guided self-evaluation of forensic science laboratories across the globe. The participating laboratories represent local, regional, state, and national agencies. Economics, accounting, finance, and forensic faculty provide assistance, guidance, and analysis. Laboratories participating in Project FORESIGHT have developed standardized definitions for metrics to evaluate work processes, linking financial information to work tasks, and functions. Laboratory managers can then assess resource allocations, efficiencies, and value of services—the mission of Project FORESIGHT is to measure, preserve what works, and change what does not.

The benchmark data for the 2015-2016 performance period includes laboratory submissions for a variety of fiscal …

Quick Guide Pasture And Grazing Management.Pdf, Edward Barrow Rayburn

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WVU-Extension fact sheet

Into The Wild: Parallel Transcriptomics Of The Tsetse-Wigglesworthia Mutualism Within Kenyan Populations, Miguel M. Munoz, Adam R. Pollio, Hunter L. White, Rita V M Rio

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Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) have medical significance as the obligate vectors of African trypanosomes. In addition, tsetse harbor a simple gut microbiota. A predominant gut microbiota member, the Gammaproteobacterium Wigglesworthia spp., has coevolved with tsetse for a significant portion of Glossina radiation proving critical to tsetse fitness. Although multiple roles have been described for Wigglesworthia within colony flies, little research has been dedicated towards functional characterization within wild tsetse. Here, dual RNA-Seq was performed to characterize the tsetse-Wigglesworthia symbiosis within flies captured in Nguruman, Kenya. A significant correlation in Gene Ontology (GO) distribution between tsetse and Wigglesworthia was observed, with …

Online Communities: Satisfaction And Continued Use Intention, Barbara Apostolou, France Belanger, Ludwig C. Schaupp

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Introduction. We report on the development and testing of a model of online community continued use grounded in the information systems success model and the theory of reasoned action. We contribute to the online community literature by studying user intentions to continue use of an established professional online community.
Method. The model is tested with a survey questionnaire completed by members of an established online community of academic professionals, with 1,675 responding.
Analysis. Responses were analysed using partial least squares.
Results. We offer empirical evidence of a theoretical integration of two established frameworks that provide a …

Cell Free Dna As A Marker Of Training Status In Weightlifters, Jeremy A. Gentles, William G. Hornsby, Christine L. Coniglio, Andrew R. Dotterweich, Jon A. Miller, Charles A. Stuart, Michael H. Stone

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The purpose of this investigation was to elucidate the changes in cf-DNA as it relates to fluctuations in resistance training workloads and intensities. The relationship between cell free DNA (cf-DNA), C-reactive protein (CRP), creatine kinase (CK), testosterone (T), cortisol (C), testosterone-cortisol ratio (T:C), body mass and body composition were also examined. Eight weightlifters (5 males and 3 females, age = 25 ± 3.5 yr, body mass = 88.3 ± 22.7 kg, height = 173.8 ±8.4 cm) volunteered to participate in this study. Venous blood samples, body mass and body composition were taken six times, each corresponding to the end of …

Global Three-Dimensional Simulation Of Earth's Dayside Reconnection Using A Two-Way Coupled Magnetohydrodynamics With Embedded Particle-In-Cell Model: Initial Results, Yuxi Chen, Gábor Tóth, Paul Cassak, Xianzhe Jia, Tamas I. Gombosi, James A. Slavin, Stefano Markidis, Ivy Bo Peng, Vania K. Jordanova, Michael G. Henderson

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The Southern H Ii Region Discovery Survey (Shrds): Pilot Survey, C. Brown, C. Jordan, John M. Dickey, L. D. Anderson, W. P. Armentrout, Dana S. Balser, T. M. Bania, J. R. Dawson, N. M. Mcclure-Griffiths, Trey V. Wenger

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No abstract provided.

Stimulated Hyposalivary Flow Rates In Healthcare Students In An Interprofessional Awareness Educational Program Curriculum, R Constance Wiener

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Purpose. Hyposalivation influences quality of life and medication compliance. However, oral health knowledge (in general) and knowledge about hyposalivation (in particular) are often lacking in nondental healthcare professional’s curricula. Additionally, hyposalivation has not been adequately studied in young adults. The purpose for this study is twofold: to use an interprofessional educational curriculum to increase nondental healthcare students’ knowledge about oral health and salivary testing and determine whether hyposalivation is different between sexes in young adults. Method. First-year medical and pharmacy students () learned the process of saliva collection and provided samples in an interprofessional program. Results. There were 14.4% of …

Galactic Supernova Remnant Candidates Discovered By Thor, L. D. Anderson, Y. Wang, S. Bihr, M. Rugel

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There is a considerable deficiency in the number of known supernova remnants (SNRs) in the Galaxy compared to that expected. This deficiency is thought to be caused by a lack of sensitive radio continuum data. Searches for extended low-surface brightness radio sources may find new Galactic SNRs, but confusion with the much larger population of H II regions makes identifying such features challenging. SNRs can, however, be separated from H II regions using their significantly lower mid-infrared (MIR) to radio continuum intensity ratios. Aims: Our goal is to find missing SNR candidates in the Galactic disk by locating extended radio …

The Earliest Phases Of High-Mass Star Formation, As Seen In Ngc 6334 By Herschel -Hobys, J. Tigé, F. Motte, L. D. Anderson, L. Spinoglio

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Aims. To constrain models of high-mass star formation, the Herschel-HOBYS key program aims at discovering massive dense cores (MDCs) able to host the high-mass analogs of low-mass prestellar cores, which have been searched for over the past decade. We here focus on NGC 6334, one of the best-studied HOBYS molecular cloud complexes.

Far-Infrared Observations Of A Massive Cluster Forming In The Monoceros R2 Filament Hub, T. S. M. Rayner, V. Könyves, P. André, L. D. Anderson

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We present far-infrared observations of Monoceros R2 (a giant molecular cloud at approximately 830 pc distance, containing several sites of active star formation), as observed at 70 μm, 160 μm, 250 μm, 350 μm, and 500 μm by the Photodetector Array Camera and Spectrometer (PACS) and Spectral and Photometric Imaging Receiver (SPIRE) instruments on the Herschel Space Observatory as part of the Herschel imaging survey of OB young stellar objects (HOBYS) Key programme. The Herschel data are complemented by SCUBA-2 data in the submillimetre range, and WISE and Spitzer data in the mid-infrared. In addition, C18O data from the IRAM …

Herschel Observations Of The Galactic H Ii Region Rcw 79, Hong-Li Liu, Miguel Figueira, Annie Zavagno, L. D. Anderson

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Triggered star formation around H II regions could be an important process. The Galactic H II region RCW79 is a prototypical object for triggered high‐mass star formation. Aims. We aim to obtain a census of the young stellar population observed at the edges of the H II region and to determine the properties of the young sources in order to characterize the star formation processes that take place at the edges of this ionized region. Methods. We take advantage of Herschel data from the surveys HOBYS, `` Evolution of Interstellar Dust'', and Hi‐Gal to extract compact sources. We use the …

Sedigism: Structure, Excitation, And Dynamics Of The Inner Galactic Interstellar Medium, F. Schuller, T. Csengeri, J. S. Urquhart, L. D. Anderson

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The origin and life-cycle of molecular clouds are still poorly constrained, despite their importance for understanding the evolution of the interstellar medium. Many large-scale surveys of the Galactic plane have been conducted recently, allowing for rapid progress in this field. Nevertheless, a sub-arcminute resolution global view of the large-scale distribution of molecular gas, from the diffuse medium to dense clouds and clumps, and of their relationshipto the spiral structure, is still missing.

Search For Post-Merger Gravitational Waves From The Remnant Of The Binary Neutron Star Merger Gw170817, P.T Baker, B. D. Cheeseboro, Z. T. Etienne, T. D. Knowles, A. Lenon, S. T. Mcwilliams

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No abstract provided.

The Repeating Fast Radio Burst Frb 121102 As Seen On Milliarcsecond Angular Scales, B. Marcote, J. W. T. Hessels, S. Burke-Spolaor, M. A. Mclaughlin

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Evaluating The Effect Of Alternative Carbon Allocation Schemes In A Land Surface Model (Clm4.5) On Carbon Fluxes, Pools And Turnover In Temperate Forests, Natasha Macbean, M. Ross Alexander, Alex Dye, Amy E. Hessl

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How carbon (C) is allocated to different plant tissues (leaves, stem and roots) determines C residence time and thus remains a central challenge for understanding the global C cycle. We used a diverse set of observations (AmeriFlux eddy covariance tower observations, biomass estimates from tree-ring data, and Leaf Area Index (LAI) measurements) to compare C fluxes, pools, and LAI data with those predicted by a Land Surface Model (LSM), the Community Land Model (CLM4.5). We ran CLM for nine temperate (including evergreen and deciduous) forests in North America between 1980 and 2013 using four different C allocation schemes: i) Dynamic …

The Effect Of A Guide Field On Local Energy Conversion During Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection: Mms Observations, K. J. Genestreti, J. L. Burch, P. A. Cassak, R. B. Torbert

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No abstract provided.

Star Formation Towards The Galactic H Ii Region Rcw 120 - Herschel Observations Of Compact Sources, M. Figueira, A. Zavagno, L. Deharveng, L. D. Anderson

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The expansion of H ii regions can trigger the formation of stars. An overdensity of young stellar objects is observed at the edges of H ii regions but the mechanisms that give rise to this phenomenon are not clearly identified. Moreover, it is difficult to establish a causal link between H ii -region expansion and the star formation observed at the edges of these regions. A clear age gradient observed in the spatial distribution of young sources in the surrounding might be a strong argument in favor of triggering.

A Polarized Fast Radio Burst At Low Galactic Latitude, E. Petroff, S. Burke-Spolaor, M. A. Mclaughlin, R. Miller

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The Nanograv Nine-Year Data Set: Measurement And Analysis Of Variations In Dispersion Measures, M. L. Jones, M. A. Mclaughlin, J. M. Cordes, M. T. Lam

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We analyze dispersion measure (DM) variations of 37 millisecond pulsars in the nine-year North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) data release and constrain the sources of these variations. DM variations can result from a changing distance between Earth and the pulsar, inhomogeneities in the interstellar medium, and solar effects. Variations are significant for nearly all pulsars, with characteristic timescales comparable to or even shorter than the average spacing between observations. Five pulsars have periodic annual variations, 14 pulsars have monotonically increasing or decreasing trends, and 14 pulsars show both effects. Of the four pulsars with linear trends that …

Drift Waves, Intense Parallel Electric Fields, And Turbulence Associated With Asymmetric Magnetic Reconnection At The Magnetopause, R. E. Ergun, L.-J. Chen, F. D. Wilder, P. A. Cassak

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No abstract provided.