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Single Top Quark Production At The Fermilab Tevatron: Threshold Resummation And Finite-Order Soft Gluon Corrections, Nikolaos Kidonakis

Faculty and Research Publications

I present a calculation of threshold soft-gluon corrections to single top-quark production in p(p) collisions via all partonic processes in the t and s channels and via associated top quark and W boson production. The soft-gluon corrections are formally resummed to all orders, and finite-order expansions of the resummed cross section are calculated through next-to-next-to-next-to-leading-order (NNNLO) at next-to-leading logarithmic (NLL) accuracy. Numerical results for single top-quark production at the Tevatron are presented, including the dependence of the cross sections on the top-quark mass and on the factorization and renormalization scales. The threshold corrections in the t channel are small while …

Bias And The Teachable Moment: Revisiting A Teacher Narrative, Darren Crovitz

Faculty and Research Publications

Such responsibility may be vital for English teachers, especially, as we strive to establish communities of writers and spaces for critical thinking and conversation. When I sat down to write about this experience, I saw it as an opportunity to discuss a taboo situation and its positive aftermath, with the aim of demonstrating how it might be possible to use such events as points of departure in creating engaging writing assignments.

Cognitive Impairment And Substance Abuse: Implications For Treatment Planning, Hunter Downing Alessi, Mary Ballard, Alan Kirk, Nicholas Montalbano

Faculty and Research Publications

The cognitive abilities of 24 males at an in-patient substance abuse facility were assessed using the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (Cognistat). Findings suggested that there were significant changes in cognitive functioning during the 21-day in-patient treatment as measured by the Cognistat. Implications for mental health professionals working with this population are discussed.

Business Services Newsletter, V1 N5, Kennesaw State University

Business Services Newsletters

November 2006 issue of the Business Services Newsletter.

The Role Of A Conserved Serine Residue Within Hydrogen Bonding Distance Of Fad In Redox Properties And The Modulation Of Catalysis By Ca2+/Calmodulin Of Constitutive Nitric-Oxide Synthases, Satya Prakash Panda, Ying Tong Gao, Linda J. Roman, Pavel Marta´Sek, John C. Salerno, Bettie Masters

Faculty and Research Publications

The crystal structure of the neuronal nitric-oxide synthase (nNOS) NADPH/FAD binding domain indicated that Ser-1176 is within hydrogen bonding distance of Asp-1393 and the O4 atom of FAD and is also near the N5 atom of FAD (3.7Å). This serine residue is conserved in most of the ferredoxin-NADP⁺ reductase family of proteins and is important in electron transfer. In the present study, the homologous serines of both nNOS (Ser-1176) and endothelial nitric-oxide synthase (eNOS) (Ser-942) were mutated to threonine and alanine. Both substitutions yielded proteins that exhibited decreased rates of electron transfer through the flavin domains, in the presence …

Business Services Newsletter, V1 N4, Kennesaw State University

Business Services Newsletters

October 2006 issue of the Business Services Newsletter.

Positive Solutions Of A Nonlinear N-Th Order Eigenvalue Problem, John R. Graef, Johnny Henderson, Bo Yang

Faculty and Research Publications

For 1/2 < p < 1 fixed, values of lambda > 0 are determined for which there exist positive solutions of the n-th order differential equation u((n)) = lambda g(t)f(u), 0 < t < 1, satisfying the three-point boundary conditions, u((i-1)) (0) = u((n-2)) (P) = u((n-1)) (1) = 0, 1

The problem is converted to a third order differential-integro boundary value problem and then a recent result of Graef and Yang for third order boundary value problems is adapted. An example is included to illustrate the results.

Achieving Balance In Graduate Programs: Negotiating Best Practices, Dawn Latta Kirby

Faculty and Research Publications

The narrative introduction to the graduate catalogue at the state university where I work probably reads pretty much like the one at your college or university. The program of study for the masters degree specifies that inservice graduate students are to engage in an extensive study of content- related literature, theory, and research. Despite the rhetoric of graduate catalogs, teachers who enter graduate school programs begin their advanced studies, expecting- and sometimes vociferously demanding- coursework that will provide them with a practical framework for teaching English language arts in secondary schools. Their interest in studying theory and research is often …

Random Flows And Diagnostics Of Turbulence In The High Latitude Cirrus, Steven N. Shore, Ted N. Larosa, Raymond J. Chastain, Loris Magnani

Faculty and Research Publications

Aims: We present an analysis of the exceptionally turbulent velocity field in the high Galactic latitude cirrus cloud MBM 3. As in the other translucent clouds in our study (MBM 16 and MBM 40), there is no evidence for internal star formation. However, the large scale velocity variation in this cloud is more pronounced. Methods: We have mapped the cloud in 12CO and 13CO (1-0) at high spatial (0.03 pc) and velocity (0.06 km s-1) resolution. We constructed several velocity probability density functions (PDFs), estimated the turbulent transfer rate, and analyzed the linewidths as a function of the size of …

Are Educational Leadership Candidates Prepared To Address Diversity Issues In Schools?, Tak C. Chan

Faculty and Research Publications

: Standard 4 of the Educational Leadership Constituency Council (ELCC) Standards addresses school diversity issues and specifies requirements that all educational leadership programs need to meet. In response, all educational leadership programs in Georgia referenced ELCC Standards and have worked to foster diversity as a priority in their programs. The faculty has been given guidelines to respond to diversity issues by implementing a variety of constructive strategies. For all that the faculty has done to foster diversity in the educational leadership programs, do program candidates get the message? Most of the literature on leadership diversity is focused on the significance …

The Future Leading Mobility Protocol: Mobile Ipv4 Or Mobile Ipv6?, Victor A. Clincy, Mudiraj Padmaja

Faculty and Research Publications

Mobile computing has become an important area of computer networking and is expected to play a fundamental role in the ubiquitous access of Internet resources in the future. In recent years, we have seen increasing demand from end-users to access network resources from anywhere and at anytime from all kinds of devices. A greater degree of connectivity is almost becoming mandatory in todays business world. In addition, mobility of end-users is placing further requirements on network systems and protocols to provide uninterrupted services. Mobile network protocol such as Mobile IPv4 has emerged as one of the promising solutions capable of …

The Role Of Women’S Alcohol Consumption In Managing Sexual Intimacy And Sexual Safety Motives, Maria Testa, Carol Vanzile-Tamsen, Jennifer A. Livingston, Amy M. Buddie

Faculty and Research Publications

Objective: Two studies, based on an alcohol myopia model, were designed to understand the role of women’s alcohol consumption on vulnerability to sexual assault. We predicted that, in a high-conflict social situation, alcohol would make it more difficult to recognize sexual assault risk, lowering intentions to resist sexual advances.

Method: In Study 1, women (N = 51) were recruited in bars and classified as having a high (.06 or greater) breath alcohol concentration (BrAC) or low BrAC. They were asked to project themselves into a hypothetical scenario that portrayed interest in establishing an intimate relationship and included mild sexual aggression. …

2006-07 Year Of Kenya Reading List, Dewi J. Wilson

Research Guides & Subject Bibliographies

Reading list for Kennesaw State's "Year of Kenya" Celebration.

Including Ethics In The Study Of Educational Leadership, Charles Bowen, Harriet Bessette, T. C. Chan

Faculty and Research Publications

This article offers reasons why ethics should be included within leadership preparation and suggestions for infusing it in leadership education classes. The authors argue that a framework of making ethical decisions, overviews of codes of conduct, and examinations of case studies of ethical and unethical behaviors become intentional components of leadership education curricula.

Business Services Newsletter, V1 N3, Kennesaw State University

Business Services Newsletters

August 2006 issue of the Business Services Newsletter.

Six Levels Of Financial Knowledge, George E. Manners Jr.

Faculty and Research Publications

With the appropriate framework to shape financial knowledge, the management accounting function should become an organization's principal decision-support platform. The framework consists of six levels of financial knowledge, and the word "financial" is most operative here. The Level 1 knowledge base connects a business to the outside world. When you have output volume and variable cost per output unit, you have the basis for Level 2 vocabulary. When a business transitions to Level 3, it has learned that return on assets must be employed as the enterprise's guiding profitability gauge. There is a very distinct increment in knowledge when moving …

Business Services Newsletter, V1 N2, Kennesaw State University

Business Services Newsletters

June/July 2006 issue of the Business Services Newsletter.

Taiwan's Participation In Inter-Governmental Organizations: An Overview Of Its Initiatives, Chien-Pin Li

Faculty and Research Publications

Emboldened by the ascendance of economic issues on the global agenda and the erosion of security-driven bipolar structures, Taiwan in the late 1980s decided to use its economic advantages for diplomatic gain. Examination of changes in three phases of Taiwan's initiatives indicates that its inter-governmental organization strategies and targets correlate well with domestic politics and external factors.

Business Strategy Types And Innovative Practices, Tim Blumentritt, Wade M. Danis

Faculty and Research Publications

This study empirically examines how a firm's strategic orientation imparts its management of innovative activities. Drawing on the strategic management and innovation literatures, we develop and empirically test hypotheses arguing that a firm's strategic orientation will impact its perception of barriers to innovation, its sources of ideas for innovation, and its targets for innovation. The data, from over 244 firms, generally support the hypotheses. The study's findings suggest that a firm's strategic management and its management of innovation are highly integrated.

A Framework For Developing Wireless Mobile Online Applications, Chong-Wei Xu

Faculty and Research Publications

Online applications based on the HTTP protocol are shifting from wired networks, known as Web applications and Web services, to wireless networks, known as wireless mobile online applications, due to the rapid growth of mobile devices, such as Personal Digital Assistants and cell phones. Among the enabling technologies, J2ME is the dominant and the most potential one for building up these wireless mobile online applications. This paper presents a framework that makes the modeling, implementation, and maintenance of wireless mobile online applications intuitive and easy, especially for students and beginners.

Tissue Glycogen And Extracellular Buffering Limit The Survival Of Red-Eared Slider Turtles During Anoxic Submergence At 3°C, Daniel E. Warren, Scott A. Reese, Donald C. Jackson

Faculty and Research Publications

The goal of this study was to identify the factors that limit the survival of the red-eared slider turtle Trachemys scripta during long-term anoxic submergence at 3°C. We measured blood acid-base status and tissue lactate and glycogen contents after 13, 29, and 44 d of submergence from ventricle, liver, carapace (lactate only), and four skeletal muscles. We also measured plasma Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Na⁺, K⁺, Cl^-, inorganic phosphate (P_i), lactate, and glucose. After 44 d, one of the six remaining turtles died, while the other turtles were in poor …

Business Services Newsletter, V1 N1, Kennesaw State University

Business Services Newsletters

May 2006 issue of the Business Services Newsletter.

Testing The Test: Item Response Curves And Test Quality, Gary A. Morris, Lee Branum-Martin, Nathan Harshman, Stephen D. Baxter, Eric Mazur, Suvendra Dutta, Taha Mzoughi, Veronica Mccauley

Faculty and Research Publications

We present a simple technique for evaluating multiple-choice questions and their answers beyond the usual measures of difficulty and the effectiveness of distractors. The technique involves the construction and qualitative consideration of item response curves and is based on item response theory from the field of education measurement. To demonstrate the technique, we apply item response curve analysis to three questions from the Force Concept Inventory. Item response curve analysis allows us to characterize qualitatively whether these questions are efficient, where efficient is defined in terms of the construction, performance, and discrimination of a question and its answer choices. This …

Engaging Physics Students Using Environmental Lab Modules, John M. Pratte

Faculty and Research Publications

Discusses multi-week activity modules that use civic engagement to increase student interest and learning in physics. Components of the modules; Activities included in the modules; Assessment of student learning and interest using the modules.

Assessing Internal Audit Quality, Audrey A. Gramling, Scott D. Vandervelde

Faculty and Research Publications

Internal audit quality is an issue of great importance to both the internal and external audit professions. PCAOB Auditing Standard No 2 highlights this importance when addressing the reliance that the external auditor can place on the internal audit work product. The study discussed here experimentally tests the influence of the source of the internal audit function on both the internal and external auditors' evaluation of the quality of the internal audit function. To assess the importance of the internal audit function's sourcing arrangement in the internal audit function's quality assessment, the researchers employ a case study approach, modifying a …

Big Gaap-Little Gaap Does One-Size-Fits-All Still Work?, Paula Morris, Jane E. Campbell

Faculty and Research Publications

Initiatives for developing Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for private/smaller businesses have surfaced in the United States and internationally. This paper explores those initiatives and identifies common elements and problems in these efforts.

An Experimental Examination Of The House Money Effect In A Multi-Period Setting, Lucy Ackert, Narat Charupat, Bryan K. Church, Richard Deaves

Faculty and Research Publications

There is evidence that risk-taking behavior is influenced by prior monetary gains and losses. When endowed with house money, people become more risk taking. This paper is the first to report a house money effect in a dynamic, financial setting. Using an experimental method, the authors compare market outcomes across sessions that differ in the level of cash endowment (low and high). Their experimental results provide strong support for a house money effect. Traders' bids, price predictions, and market prices are influenced by the amount of money that is provided prior to trading. However, dynamic behavior is difficult to interpret …

Realizing The Open-Closed Principle, Chong-Wei Xu, Jose Hughes

Faculty and Research Publications

The first principle in developing large software systems is the open-closed principle (OCP). This principle seems asking for two conflict goals. How to realize the principle in the real software practice? What are the enabling technologies that can be used to implement the principle? This paper uses a case study to demonstrate the importance of the principle, the design methodology for realizing the principle, and its enabling technologies.

Free Tools For Teaching & Researching Wireless Networking Concepts, Victor A. Clincy, Krithi Sitaram Ajay

Faculty and Research Publications

As wireless networking and security become more prevalent in the market, more and more computer science programs are incorporating courses in wireless networks or at the least, devoting a significant percentage of the advanced networking courses to wireless topics. As a result, in addition to industry practitioners, there is a growing interest among university researchers and faculty regarding tools used for teaching and researching in wireless networking concepts.This tutorial will demonstrate two free tools, Network Stumbler and ITGuru's wireless module (academic version is free).

Next-To-Next-To-Next-To-Leading-Order Soft-Gluon Corrections In Hard-Scattering Processes Near Threshold, Nikolaos Kidonakis

Faculty and Research Publications

I present a unified calculation of soft-gluon corrections to hard-scattering cross sections through next-to-next-to-next-to-leading order (NNNLO). Master formulas are derived, from a threshold resummation formalism, that can be applied to total and differential cross sections for hard-scattering processes in hadron colliders. I also present numerical results for charged Higgs production at the LHC where these corrections are large, and for top quark production at the Tevatron where these corrections greatly reduce the scale dependence of the cross section.