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A Novel Method For Characterization Of Peripheral Nerve Fiber Size Distributions By Group Delay Measurements And Simulated Annealing Optimization, Robert B. Szlavik, Galen E. Turner, Iii
A Novel Method For Characterization Of Peripheral Nerve Fiber Size Distributions By Group Delay Measurements And Simulated Annealing Optimization, Robert B. Szlavik, Galen E. Turner, Iii
Biomedical Engineering
The ability to determine the characteristics of peripheral nerve fiber size distributions would provide additional information to clinicians for the diagnosis of specific pathologies of the peripheral nervous system. Investigation of these conditions, using electro-diagnostic techniques, is advantageous in the sense that such techniques tend to be minimally invasive yet provide valuable diagnostic information. One of the principal electro-diagnostic tools available to the clinician is the nerve conduction velocity test. While the peripheral nerve conduction velocity test can provide useful information to the clinician regarding the viability of the nerve under study, it is a single parameter test that yields …
Broadened Horizons, Scott Roark
Going Green, Jo Ann Lloyd
Summer Mustang, August 14, 2008
Summer Mustang, August 14, 2008
Cal Poly Student Newspaper
Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.
Ucla Weintraub Center Sustainability Efforts: Recycling Policy Development, Ichiro Nishimura
Ucla Weintraub Center Sustainability Efforts: Recycling Policy Development, Ichiro Nishimura
Sustainability Conference
Faculty from the Weintraub Center for Reconstructive Biotechnology (WCRB) will present on how they have implemented new practices in the research setting. Resources for this project came from the UCLA Academic Sustainability Subcommittee, the Chancellor’s Facilities Management Team, and the student-initiated Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP), which provided student researchers to revise their recycling policy. Laboratory Research And Technical Staff (LabRATS), a program recently profiled in SCIENCE magazine, will then present on their sustainability assessment program for laboratories and how they are applying for LEED™ innovation points for building occupants’ involvement in the LabRATS Program.
Creating A Better And More Sustainable Future: Key Directions And Actions, Debra Rowe
Creating A Better And More Sustainable Future: Key Directions And Actions, Debra Rowe
Sustainability Conference
Keynote Speaker - Closing Plenary
Pesticide Hazard And Exposure Reduction (Phaer) Zones, Phil Boise, Ken Brown
Pesticide Hazard And Exposure Reduction (Phaer) Zones, Phil Boise, Ken Brown
Sustainability Conference
As California’s population continues to grow, high demand for fresh water and pesticide use will only accelerate the water shortage problem. UC Santa Barbara will be presenting their methodology of curbing pesticide use an approach which involves color-coded maps to evaluate sites, reduce risk, and plan for long-term sustainability. Their presentation will also include the benefits of native plant communities and the steps essential for creating these communities, such as: planning the site, removing invasive plants, restoring site soils, purchasing the native plant material, planting, irrigation, and mulches and amendments.
Biodiesel: A Closer Look, Shirley Johnson
Biodiesel: A Closer Look, Shirley Johnson
Sustainability Conference
I will investigate the current debate regarding biofuels, such as the differences between ethanol and biodiesel. My presentation will be a robust investigation of biodiesel and the issues associated with biofuel. Currently, biofuels are getting a lot of attention in the media. To mention a few of the issues: debate of food verses fuel, appropriate land use for growing feedstock, and biodiesel quality. The question is: to what extent is biofuel driving up the price of soybean and corn? The direct competition for food versus fuel has never been seen before. The social justice aspects of biofuels are in question. …
Recreation And Fire Management In Urban National Forests: A Study Of Manager Perspectives, Kelly S. Bricker, Deborah J. Chavez, William W. Hendricks
Recreation And Fire Management In Urban National Forests: A Study Of Manager Perspectives, Kelly S. Bricker, Deborah J. Chavez, William W. Hendricks
Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences
The purpose of this study was to understand U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service public land managers’ perceptions of fire management and recreational use in urban national forests of the United States. An online survey was used to understand managers’ perceptions of (a) the degree to which the presence of recreational activities and experiences are a constraint to fire management, (b) the degree to which fire management and suppression activities influence the quality of a visit to a recreation site, and (c) the relationships between fire management and recreation constraints. In all, 62 district rangers within urban national forests were …
Ucsb Green Chemistry Initiative: Trial Efforts In Undergrad Lab Courses, Sonam Gill
Ucsb Green Chemistry Initiative: Trial Efforts In Undergrad Lab Courses, Sonam Gill
Sustainability Conference
One of a series of presentations focused on "Learn by Doing: Sustainability in Lab Courses." Describes the use of Green Chemistry in an undergraduate teaching lab and the broader implications of Green Chemistry for the campus.
A Student-Implemented, Mixed-Method Assessment Of Stream Function, Adrienne Greve
A Student-Implemented, Mixed-Method Assessment Of Stream Function, Adrienne Greve
Sustainability Conference
Swanton Pacific, a unique educational field facility, presents on using their land to study the effectiveness of sustainable resource management, while incorporating over 20 disciplines. Students developed a monitoring system to track impacts of a LEED Certified Housing Project and an electrical engineering course incorporated analysis of sustainability factors into each experiment. Lastly we will learn about the use of Green Chemistry in an undergraduate teaching lab and the broader implications of Green Chemistry for the campus.
How To Work With Your Development Office To Support Campus Sustainability, James T. Shea
How To Work With Your Development Office To Support Campus Sustainability, James T. Shea
Sustainability Conference
To engage the UCSD Foundation’s Board of Trustees in the campus’s sustainability vision, UCSD developed an inspiring presentation that has since also been given to the UC Regents and other audiences. Once you have a vision, you need the funds to realize it, and UCSD’s Director of Constituent Relations will teach you “How to Work With Your Development Office to Support Campus Sustainability.”
Applying Experimental Economics To Obesity In The Family Household, Mariah D. Ehmke, Travis Warziniack, Christiane Schroeter, Kari Morgan
Applying Experimental Economics To Obesity In The Family Household, Mariah D. Ehmke, Travis Warziniack, Christiane Schroeter, Kari Morgan
Agribusiness
The objective of this study is to identify experimental economic tools that can be employed to explain the role of economic behavior in overweight and obesity in the household. We identify three economic experiments that can be used to understand how parent-child economic relationships relate to obesity. Loss aversion experiments are discussed as a tool to understand challenges some individuals face in achieving a healthy diet. Finally, testbed experiments are introduced as a means to test and understand new policies and incentives for better health at the household level.
Genetically Engineering Human-Animal Chimeras And Lives Worth Living, Dennis R. Cooley
Genetically Engineering Human-Animal Chimeras And Lives Worth Living, Dennis R. Cooley
Between the Species
Genetic engineering often generates fear of out of control scientists creating Frankenstein creatures that will terrorize the general populace, especially in the cases of human-animal chimeras. While sometimes an accurate characterization of some researchers, this belief is often the result of repugnance for new technology rather than being rationally justified. To facilitate thoughtful discussion the moral issues raised by human-animal chimeras, ethicists and other stakeholders must develop a rational ethical framework before raw emotion has a chance of becoming the dominating justification for public opinion and policy. Derek Parfit’s work on lives worth living for human beings can provide valuable …
Reasonable Humans And Animals: An Argument For Vegetarianism, Nathan Nobis
Reasonable Humans And Animals: An Argument For Vegetarianism, Nathan Nobis
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
The Intentionality Of Plover Cognitive States, Chuck Stieg
The Intentionality Of Plover Cognitive States, Chuck Stieg
Between the Species
This paper attempts to clarify and justify the attribution of mental states to animals by focusing on two different conceptions of intentionality: instrumentalist and realist. I use each of these general views to interpret and discuss the behavior and cognitive states of piping plovers in order to provide a substantive way to frame the question of animal minds. I argue that attributing mental states to plovers is warranted for instrumentalists insofar as it is warranted for similar human behavior. For realists about intentionality, the complexity, adaptability and flexibility of the plovers’ behavior, along with its ability to utilize the content …
Book Review Brian Luke's Brutal: Manhood And The Exploitation Of Animals, Laura Donnellan
Book Review Brian Luke's Brutal: Manhood And The Exploitation Of Animals, Laura Donnellan
Between the Species
No abstract provided.
The Social Contract, The Conservative Attitude, And Antibiotics Development, Eli Weber
The Social Contract, The Conservative Attitude, And Antibiotics Development, Eli Weber
Between the Species
The prevalence of antibiotic resistant microbes has led to a call for new antibiotics development. Due to the irresponsible practices of the medical community in prescribing antibiotics, much of the demand for new antibiotics is suspect. I argue that the social contract, which properly includes human relationships with laboratory animals, requires a conservative attitude toward new antibiotics development. This attitude places limits on the justificatory role of demand in determining whether a particular research project meets the conditions for morally justified research, as defined by Rollin’s utilitarian principle.
Buying And Operating Energy Efficient Lab Appliances, Allen Doyle
Buying And Operating Energy Efficient Lab Appliances, Allen Doyle
Sustainability Conference
UCSB Laboratory Research And Technical Staff (LabRATS) and Paul Mathew, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), will present on how to make energy efficient purchasing decisions, considering the high specialization and energy consumption of lab equipment and the rarity of third party certification in laboratories. The LABS21 Wiki site, which highlights energy efficient lab equipment, and other tools, will be shared. LabRATS will also present on strategies for promoting reuse and surplus equipment exchange and how to implement these programs through a decentralized network of researchers.
Operations/Education/Research Swanton Pacific Ranch: A Cal Poly Living And Learning Laboratory, Brian Dietterick
Operations/Education/Research Swanton Pacific Ranch: A Cal Poly Living And Learning Laboratory, Brian Dietterick
Sustainability Conference
Swanton Pacific, a unique educational field facility, presents on using their land to study the effectiveness of sustainable resource management, while incorporating over 20 disciplines. Students developed a monitoring system to track impacts of a LEED Certified Housing Project and an electrical engineering course incorporated analysis of sustainability factors into each experiment. Lastly we will learn about the use of Green Chemistry in an undergraduate teaching lab and the broader implications of Green Chemistry for the campus.
Local Impact, National Influence, Global Reach: Climate Solutions For Universities And Local Communities, Russell Thackston
Local Impact, National Influence, Global Reach: Climate Solutions For Universities And Local Communities, Russell Thackston
Sustainability Conference
To engage the UCSD Foundation’s Board of rustees in the campus’s sustainability vision, UCSD developed an inspiring presentation that has since also been given to the UC Regents and other audiences. Once you have a vision, you need the funds to realize it, and UCSD’s Director of Constituent Relations will teach you “How to Work With Your Development Office to Support Campus Sustainability.”
Place Attachment And Recreational Constraints Relating To Fire Management, William W. Hendricks, Deborah J. Chavez, Kelly S. Bricker
Place Attachment And Recreational Constraints Relating To Fire Management, William W. Hendricks, Deborah J. Chavez, Kelly S. Bricker
Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences
This paper presents a study of visitors to the Big Sur region of California during summer 2001. An onsite survey was administered to visitors to USDA Forest Service day-use areas and at developed campgrounds. Place attachment, observations relating to fires and fire management, and perceived recreational constraints owing to wildland fire and fire management are examined. The results indicate that place dependence and place identity influence some perceived constraints and observations of fire conditions. A discussion of the findings is provided, emphasizing the importance of managers’ understanding of visitors’ perceptions relating to fire and fire management.
Seasonal Stability In Late Holocene Shellfish Harvesting On The Central California Coast, Terry L. Jones, Douglas J. Kennett, James P. Kennett, Brian F. Codding
Seasonal Stability In Late Holocene Shellfish Harvesting On The Central California Coast, Terry L. Jones, Douglas J. Kennett, James P. Kennett, Brian F. Codding
Social Sciences
Oxygen isotope determinations from 92 California mussel (Mytilus californianus) shells from ten archaeological sites in central coastal California show relatively stable seasonal harvesting patterns between 3600 CAL BP and historic contact (AD 1769). Coastal occupants harvested mussels nearly year-round and seem to have occupied individual residential bases throughout the seasonal cycle. Interior groups returned with mussels from the coast mostly in the spring and early summer, but almost never in the late summer/early fall when nut crops were harvested. These findings suggest two inter-dependent groups with distinct seasonal settlement strategies: inland people, reliant on acorns and other nut …
A Nonlinear Finite Element Model Of Cartilage Growth, Andrew Davol, Michael S. Bingham, Robert L. Sah, Stephen M. Klisch
A Nonlinear Finite Element Model Of Cartilage Growth, Andrew Davol, Michael S. Bingham, Robert L. Sah, Stephen M. Klisch
Mechanical Engineering
The long range objective of this work is to develop a cartilage growth finite element model (CGFEM), based on the theories of growing mixtures that has the capability to depict the evolution of the anisotropic and inhomogeneous mechanical properties, residual stresses, and nonhomogeneities that are attained by native adult cartilage. The CGFEM developed here simulates isotropic in vitro growth of cartilage with and without mechanical stimulation. To accomplish this analysis a commercial finite element code (ABAQUS) is combined with an external program (MATLAB) to solve an incremental equilibrium boundary value problem representing one increment of growth. This procedure is repeated …
Teaching Mendelism, William D. Stansfield
Observation Of Nanosecond Laser Induced Fluorescence Of In Vitro Seawater Phytoplankton, Thomas J. Bensky, Lisa Clemo, Chris Gilbert, Bryan Neff, Mark A. Moline, Dov Rohan
Observation Of Nanosecond Laser Induced Fluorescence Of In Vitro Seawater Phytoplankton, Thomas J. Bensky, Lisa Clemo, Chris Gilbert, Bryan Neff, Mark A. Moline, Dov Rohan
Physics
Seawater has been irradiated using a train of 70 ns flashes from a 440 nm laser source. This wavelength is on resonance with the blue absorption peak of Chlorophyll pigment associated with the photosystem of in vitro phytoplankton. The resulting fluorescence at 685 nm is instantaneously recorded during each laser pulse using a streak camera. Delayed fluorescence is observed, yielding clues about initiation of the photosynthetic process on a nanosecond time scale. Further data processing allows for determination of the functional absorption cross section, found to be 0:0095 Å2, which is the first reporting of this number for …
Hvac Design: College Of San Mateo Building 36 - Science/Planetarium, Jose D. Nunez
Hvac Design: College Of San Mateo Building 36 - Science/Planetarium, Jose D. Nunez
Sustainability Conference
This session includes presentations from winners of the Higher Education Energy Efficiency Partnership Program Best Practices Competition in the categories of New Construction HVAC Design and Lighting Design/Retrofit. Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo will present on their satellite central plant. Jose Nunez will present on the CSM Science Building Planetarium, UC Berkeley will present on their wireless lighting controls retrofit, Contra Costa CCD will present on their district wide lighting retrofit, and CSU Channel Islands will present on their new standards for and retrofit of campus exterior lighting.
2008 Uc/Csu/Ccc Sustainability Conference Program
2008 Uc/Csu/Ccc Sustainability Conference Program
Sustainability Conference
UC/CSU/CCC Sustainability Conference 2008. Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. July 31st - August 3rd, 2008.