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Management Of Children Who Stutter : A Survey Of School-Based Clinicians, Megan Zaninovich Murphy Jan 2008

Management Of Children Who Stutter : A Survey Of School-Based Clinicians, Megan Zaninovich Murphy

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Size Control And Characterization Of Colloidal Magnetic Cobalt Nanoparticles, Abhishek Singh Jan 2008

Size Control And Characterization Of Colloidal Magnetic Cobalt Nanoparticles, Abhishek Singh

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Role Of The Tlm In The Localization Of Hro-Twist Mrna, Mehrin Farooq Jan 2008

Role Of The Tlm In The Localization Of Hro-Twist Mrna, Mehrin Farooq

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Motif Discovery In Biological Sequences, Medha Pradhan Jan 2008

Motif Discovery In Biological Sequences, Medha Pradhan

Master's Projects

With the large amount of biological data generated due to DNA sequencing of various organisms, it is becoming necessary to identify techniques that can help in finding useful information amongst all the data. Finding motifs involves determining meaningful short sequences that may be repeated over many sequences in various species. Various approaches for the motif discovery problem have been proposed in the literature. One method suggests using genetic algorithms. In this project, an evolutionary approach for motif discovery has been explored. The population is clustered during every generation of the algorithm and then evolved locally within the clusters to allow …


Semantic Categorization Of Online Video, Supraja Swarna Jan 2008

Semantic Categorization Of Online Video, Supraja Swarna

Master's Projects

As internet users are increasing day by day, the users of video-sharing site are also increasing. Video-sharing is becoming more and more popular in e-learing, but the current famous websites like youtube are not structured when it come to serving the purpose of providing educational videos for preschool and high school students. There is a need to fill building more educationally focused video site, where the content is more structured, easy to use, support both direct search and browsing, and follow a particular curriculum for preschool and high school students. This report discuss the issues like categorization and search interface …


Code Obfuscation And Virus Detection, Ashwini Venkatesan Jan 2008

Code Obfuscation And Virus Detection, Ashwini Venkatesan

Master's Projects

Typically, computer viruses and other malware are detected by searching for a string of bits which is found in the virus or malware. Such a string can be viewed as a “fingerprint” of the virus. These “fingerprints” are not generally unique; however they can be used to make rapid malware scanning feasible. This fingerprint is often called a signature and the technique of detecting viruses using signatures is known as signaturebased detection [8]. Today, virus writers often camouflage their viruses by using code obfuscation techniques in an effort to defeat signature-based detection schemes. So-called metamorphic viruses are viruses in which …


A Seeded Genetic Algorithm For Rna Secondary Structural Prediction With Pseudoknots, Ryan Pham Jan 2008

A Seeded Genetic Algorithm For Rna Secondary Structural Prediction With Pseudoknots, Ryan Pham

Master's Projects

This work explores a new approach in using genetic algorithm to predict RNA secondary structures with pseudoknots. Since only a small portion of most RNA structures is comprised of pseudoknots, the majority of structural elements from an optimal pseudoknot-free structure are likely to be part of the true structure. Thus seeding the genetic algorithm with optimal pseudoknot-free structures will more likely lead it to the true structure than a randomly generated population. The genetic algorithm uses the known energy models with an additional augmentation to allow complex pseudoknots. The nearest-neighbor energy model is used in conjunction with Turner’s thermodynamic parameters …


Exact And Approximation Algorithms For Computing Reversal Distances In Genome Rearrangement, Euna Park Jan 2008

Exact And Approximation Algorithms For Computing Reversal Distances In Genome Rearrangement, Euna Park

Master's Projects

Genome rearrangement is a research area capturing wide attention in molecular biology. The reversal distance problem is one of the most widely studied models of genome rearrangements in inferring the evolutionary relationship between two genomes at chromosome level. The problem of estimating reversal distance between two genomes is modeled as sorting by reversals. While the problem of sorting signed permutations can have polynomial time solutions, the problem of sorting unsigned permutations has been proven to be NP-hard [4]. This work introduces an exact greedy algorithm for sorting by reversals focusing on unsigned permutations. An improved method of producing cycle decompositions …


Poverty And The Multiple Stakeholder Challenge For Global Leaders, C. Reade, Anne Marie Todd, A. Osland, J. Osland Jan 2008

Poverty And The Multiple Stakeholder Challenge For Global Leaders, C. Reade, Anne Marie Todd, A. Osland, J. Osland

Faculty Publications

The article presents a case study in which business leaders deal with challenging problems related to poverty, involving multiple stakeholders. This emphasizes the importance of training prospective global leaders to manage stakeholder relationships and engage in stakeholder dialogue. The authors highlight the stakeholder role played by nongovernmental organizations and include a simulation that develops stakeholder dialogue skills. They identify practical lessons and assumptions underlying business education that are not shared by all stakeholders in the context of poverty.


Adaptive Software Transactional Memory: Dynamic Contention Management, Joel Frank Jan 2008

Adaptive Software Transactional Memory: Dynamic Contention Management, Joel Frank

Master's Projects

This thesis addresses the problem of contention management in Software Transactional Memory (STM), which is a scheme for managing shared memory in a concurrent programming environment. STM views shared memory in a way similar to that of a database; read and write operations are handled through transactions, with changes to the shared memory becoming permanent through commit operations. Research on this subject reveals that there are currently varying methods for collision detection, data validation, and contention management, each of which has different situations in which they become the preferred method. This thesis introduces a dynamic contention manager that monitors current …


Dna Fragment Assembly Algorithms: Toward A Solution For Long Repeats, Ching Li Jan 2008

Dna Fragment Assembly Algorithms: Toward A Solution For Long Repeats, Ching Li

Master's Projects

In this work, we describe our efforts to seek optimal solutions for the DNA Fragment Assembly Problem in terms of assembly accuracy and runtime efficiency. The main obstacles for the DNA Fragment Assembly are analyzed. After reviewing various advanced algorithms adopted by some assemblers in the bioinformatics industry, this work explores the feasibility of assembling fragments for a target sequence containing perfect long repeats, which is deemed theoretically impossible without tedious finishing reaction experiments. Innovative algorithms incorporating statistical analysis proposed in this work make the restoration of DNA sequences containing long perfect repeats an attainable goal.


Wind, Waves, And Wing Loading: Their Relative Importance To The At-Sea Distribution And Movements Of North And Central Pacific Albatrosses, R M. Suryan, D J. Anderson, Scott A. Shaffer, D D. Roby, Y Tremblay, D P. Costa, F Sato, K Ozaki, G Balogh Jan 2008

Wind, Waves, And Wing Loading: Their Relative Importance To The At-Sea Distribution And Movements Of North And Central Pacific Albatrosses, R M. Suryan, D J. Anderson, Scott A. Shaffer, D D. Roby, Y Tremblay, D P. Costa, F Sato, K Ozaki, G Balogh

Faculty Publications, Biological Sciences

Among the varied adaptations for avian flight, the morphological traits allowing large-bodied albatrosses to capitalize on wind and wave energy for efficient long-distance flight are unparalleled. Consequently, the biogeographic distribution of most albatrosses is limited to the windiest oceanic regions on earth; however, exceptions exist. Species breeding in the North and Central Pacific Ocean (Phoebastria spp.) inhabit regions of lower wind speed and wave height than southern hemisphere genera, and have large intrageneric variation in body size and aerodynamic performance. Here, we test the hypothesis that regional wind and wave regimes explain observed differences in Phoebastria albatross morphology and we …


Perspectives In Ornithology: Application Of Tracking And Data-Logging Technology In Research And Conservation Of Seabirds, A E. Burger, Scott A. Shaffer Jan 2008

Perspectives In Ornithology: Application Of Tracking And Data-Logging Technology In Research And Conservation Of Seabirds, A E. Burger, Scott A. Shaffer

Faculty Publications, Biological Sciences

No abstract provided.


The N-Terminus Of Apolipoprotein A-V Adopts A Helix-Bundle Molecular Architecture, Kasuen Wong, J. A. Beckstead, D. Lee, P. M.M. Weers, E. Guigard, C. M. Kay, R. O. Ryan Jan 2008

The N-Terminus Of Apolipoprotein A-V Adopts A Helix-Bundle Molecular Architecture, Kasuen Wong, J. A. Beckstead, D. Lee, P. M.M. Weers, E. Guigard, C. M. Kay, R. O. Ryan

Faculty Publications

Previous studies of recombinant full-length human apolipoprotein A-V (apoA-V) provided evidence of the presence of two independently folded structural domains. Computer-assisted sequence analysis and limited proteolysis studies identified an N-terminal fragment as a candidate for one of the domains. C-Terminal truncation variants in this size range, apoA-V(1-146) and apoA-V(1-169), were expressed in Escherichia coli and isolated. Unlike full-length apoA-V or apoA-V(1-169), apoA-V(1-146) was soluble in neutral-pH buffer in the absence of lipid. Sedimentation equilibrium analysis yielded a weight-average molecular weight of 18811, indicating apoA-V(1-146) exists as a monomer in solution. Guanidine HCl denaturation experiments at pH 3.0 yielded a one-step …


Interview With Richard Wright And Graham Harwood Of Mongrel, Yumika Tanaka Jan 2008

Interview With Richard Wright And Graham Harwood Of Mongrel, Yumika Tanaka

SWITCH

This interview features Richard Wright and Graham Harwood of Mongrel, a digital artist group known for working with marginalized communities. They talk about their creative process, including how they collaborate with groups like Irish Travelers and Congolese immigrants, and how those communities use digital technology in unique and meaningful ways.


Stochastic Hard-Sphere Dynamics For Hydrodynamics Of Non-Ideal Fluids, Alejandro Garcia, A. Donev, B. J. Alder Jan 2008

Stochastic Hard-Sphere Dynamics For Hydrodynamics Of Non-Ideal Fluids, Alejandro Garcia, A. Donev, B. J. Alder

Faculty Publications

A novel stochastic fluid model is proposed with a nonideal structure factor consistent with compressibility, and adjustable transport coefficients. This stochastic hard sphere dynamics (SHSD) algorithm is a modification of the direct simulation Monte Carlo algorithm and has several computational advantages over event-driven hard-sphere molecular dynamics. Surprisingly, SHSD results in an equation of state and a pair correlation function identical to that of a deterministic Hamiltonian system of penetrable spheres interacting with linear core pair potentials. The fluctuating hydrodynamic behavior of the SHSD fluid is verified for the Brownian motion of a nanoparticle suspended in a compressible solvent.


The Scientist, Spring 2008, San Jose State University, College Of Science Jan 2008

The Scientist, Spring 2008, San Jose State University, College Of Science

The Scientist (College of Science)

No abstract provided.


Diversity Of Archaea And Eubacteria In Constructed Wetland In California, Paula B. Matheus-Carnevali Jan 2008

Diversity Of Archaea And Eubacteria In Constructed Wetland In California, Paula B. Matheus-Carnevali

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Who Owns Ethnography? : The Practitioners Of Contemporary Business Ethnography, Mary Honodel Mccuistion Jan 2008

Who Owns Ethnography? : The Practitioners Of Contemporary Business Ethnography, Mary Honodel Mccuistion

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


The Status Of The American Badger In The San Francisco Bay Area, Chris Lay Jan 2008

The Status Of The American Badger In The San Francisco Bay Area, Chris Lay

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Ecological Consequences Of Morphological Variability In A Habitat-Forming Alga, Jennifer Piper Jorve Jan 2008

Ecological Consequences Of Morphological Variability In A Habitat-Forming Alga, Jennifer Piper Jorve

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Characterization Of Human Copper/Zinc Superoxide Dismutase, Nada Khouderchah Jan 2008

Characterization Of Human Copper/Zinc Superoxide Dismutase, Nada Khouderchah

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.


Spartan Daily, December 6, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Dec 2007

Spartan Daily, December 6, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 129, Issue 53


Spartan Daily, December 5, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Dec 2007

Spartan Daily, December 5, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 129, Issue 52


Spartan Daily, December 3, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Dec 2007

Spartan Daily, December 3, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 129, Issue 50


Information Outlook, December 2007, Special Libraries Association Dec 2007

Information Outlook, December 2007, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2007

Volume 11, Issue 12


Spartan Daily, November 20, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2007

Spartan Daily, November 20, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 129, Issue 46


Spartan Daily, November 15, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2007

Spartan Daily, November 15, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 129, Issue 44


Pioneer Bachelor Degree: Citation Analysis Of Covenant University Students' Research Projects, Christopher Nkiko, Niran Adetoro Nov 2007

Pioneer Bachelor Degree: Citation Analysis Of Covenant University Students' Research Projects, Christopher Nkiko, Niran Adetoro

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper reports a citation analysis of the pioneer Covenant University bachelor degree students' research project reports of 2006, accepted by the university academic departments and submitted to the university library. The analysis was performed to help the library determine which materials that are most sought after and used by students. 557 research reports were analyzed, which generated a total of 14,655 citations, an average of 26.3 citations per research report. The type of material cited, number of Internet/electronic resource citations, and recency of citations were analyzed. The result corroborated the findings of citation analyses from the literature. Books (53.3%) …


Spartan Daily, November 7, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Nov 2007

Spartan Daily, November 7, 2007, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 129, Issue 41