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Evolution And Animal Welfare, Marian Stamp Dawkins

Assessment of Animal Welfare Collection

Animal welfare is a topic often thought to reside outside mainstream biology. The complexity of the methods used to assess welfare (such as health, physiology, immunological state, and behavior) require an understanding of a wide range of biological phenomena. Furthermore, the "welfare" of an animal provides a framework in which a diversity of its responses can be understood as fitness-enhancing mechanisms. Different methods for assessing animal welfare are discussed, with particular emphasis on the role of an animal's own choices and reinforcement mechanisms. No part of biology is as yet able to explain consciousness, but by confronting the possibility that …

Positive Behavioral Support: Strategies For Teachers, Michael B. Ruef, Cindy Higgins, Barbara J.C. Glaeser, Marianne Patnode

Graduate Studies in Education

Positive behavioral support (PBS) is a comprehensive, research-based proactive approach to behavioral support that endeavors to generate comprehensive change for students with challenging behavior. It involves identifying the purpose of challenging behavior, teaching appropriate alternative responses that serve the same purpose as the challenging behavior, consistently rewarding positive behaviors and minimizing the rewards for challenging behavior, and minimizing the physiological, environmental, and curricular elements that trigger challenging behavior. Proven PBS strategies include altering the classroom environment, increasing predictability and scheduling, increasing choice making, adapting the curriculum, appreciating positive behaviors, and teaching replacement skills. Relevant sources for those interested in implementing …

Navier-Stokes Analysis Of Lift-Enhancing Tabs On Multi-Element Airfoils, Paul G. Carrannanto, Bruce L. Storms, James C. Ross, Russell M. Cummings

Aerospace Engineering

The flow over multi-element airfoils with flat-plate lift-enhancing tabs was numerically investigated. Tabs ranging in height from 0.25 to 1.25% of the reference airfoil chord were studied near the trailing edge of the main element. The two-dimensional numerical simulation employed an incompressible Navier–Stokes solver using a structured, embedded grid topology. The effects of various tabs were studied at a constant Reynolds number on a two-element airfoil with a slotted flap. Both computed and measured results indicated that a tab in the main-element cove improved the maximum lift and lift-to-drag ratio relative to the baseline airfoil without a tab. Computed streamlines …

A Neural Network Pruning Algorithm With Embedded Gradient-Conjugate Training For The Identification Of Large Flexible Space Structures, Xiao-Hua Yu

Electrical Engineering

The choice of network dimension is a fundamental issue in the design of artificial neural networks. A larger neural network is powerful for solving problems while a smaller neural network is always advantageous in real-time environment where speed is crucial. In this paper, a network pruning algorithm with embedded gradient-conjugate training is investigated and applied to the identification of a large flexible space structure. Computer simulation results show that this approach can dramatically reduce the size of neural network while maintaining compatible identification accuracy.

Summary Of The Noaa/Utah Atmospheric Modification Program: 1990-1996, United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Reclamation

Meterology

This final report summarizes physical investigations into the artificial nucleation ("seeding") of winter mountain clouds in central Utah during 1990-96. Program goals were to evaluate the effectiveness of the Utah operational cloud seeding program and to recommend improvements. Field programs employed a wide variety of instrumentation systems. Sophisticated numerical modeling was used in conjunction with the observational programs. Amounts and distributions of SLW (supercooled liquid water) cloud were investigated, as was transport and dispersion of ground-released seeding agents and tracer gases. Several experiments directly monitored ice crystals and snowfall rates resulting from either silver iodide (Agl) or liquid propane seeding. …

Planner, Volume 13, Number 3, September-October 1998, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

The Deaf Catholic, September-October 1998

ICDA The Deaf Catholic

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in USA

ICDA The Deaf CatholicFinding Aid

Proper Function, Natural Reason, And Evils As Extrinsic Goods, Edward N. Martin

SOR Faculty Publications and Presentations

This is a paper about God, evil, and the soul-making theodicy. Too often we pair together this theodicy with various liberal philosophical theologians (e.g. John Hick), and miss the importance of the rich resources that we find in the theodicy itself. I would like to propose that we not overlook the continuing importance of this theodical method, for this method or approach to theodicy seems squarely in line, in its essential parts, with the New Testament conception of the development of Christian character and the theological virtue of hope. Consider Paul's sentiment in the Book of Romans.

Muhlenberg County Heritage Volume 20, Number 3, Kentucky Library Research Collections

Muhlenberg County Heritage

“The Muhlenberg County [Kentucky] Heritage” was published four times a year by the Muhlenberg County Genealogical Society in Greenville, Kentucky, from 1978 to 2001. The cover title sometimes appears as “The Heritage.” The publication’s purpose was to support the society and to publish information about the genealogy, culture, and history of Muhlenberg County. A separate annual index was printed each year for volumes 1-14. Afterwards, each issue was indexed separately. Generally, the index is to surnames only.

Hudson Valley Catholic Deaf Center, September 1998

Hudson Valley Catholic Deaf Center

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in Poughkeepsie,NY

Hudson Valley Catholic Deaf Center Finding Aid

Thoreau's Legacy, Charles Yaple

Taproot: A Journal of Outdoor Education

Thoreau believed that human well-being on the personal and cultural level would prosper if individuals planted one foot in natural surroundings and the other in civilization. He saw wildness "as the source of vigor, inspiration, and strength," and "to the extent a culture, or an individual, lost contact with wildness it became weak and dull" (Nash, 1967, p. 88). He cited the breakdown of civilizations (the Roman Empire) as historical evidence of what could happen when humans forgot their origins and source of spiritual, mental, and physical sustenance. What might outdoor educators learn from Thoreau that can help them deal …

Sprinkler Irrigation As A Voc Separation And Disposal Method: Innovative Technology Evaluation Report, Teri Richardson, Paul Depercin, Douglas Grosse, Rena Howard, Ann Kern, Endalkachew Sahle-Demissie, Johnny Springer Jr., Richard Schlenker, Roy F. Spalding

United States Environmental Protection Agency: Publications

This report summarizes the findings of an evaluation of sprinkler irrigation as a volatile organic compound (VOC) separation and disposal method.

Background A need for lower cost, effective treatment alternatives for the disposal of treated contaminated groundwater provided the impetus to conduct a SITE demonstration of sprinkler irrigation since it provides both separation and disposal options. Since the application of irrigation is fairly widespread throughout the United States, there may be an opportunity to employ this as a dual purpose technology; concurrent irrigation and disposal of treated groundwater. In order to determine whether this option is viable, it is necessary …

Cpa Management Consultant, September/October 1998, American Institute Of Certified Public Accountants (Aicpa)

Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Ndls Update 09/1998, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Update

No abstract provided.

Can Photoemission Accurately Probe The Bulk Electronic Structure Of The Complex Oxides?, Jaewu Choi, C. Waldfried, Sy_Hwang Liou, Peter A. Dowben

Peter Dowben Publications

The surface of the complex oxides, in particular the manganese perovskites, is dominated by a different free enthalpy at the surface. This can be demonstrated by surface segregation after annealing the samples. By comparing relative x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy intensities of the manganese perovskite La_1-xCa_xMnO₃ (x=0.1, 0.35) for different emission angles, the profile of elemental concentration was determined. Analysis shows evidence for pronounced surface segregation of calcium. Our results suggest that there are strong differences between surface and bulk enthalpies without segregation or surface relaxation. This is consistent with the previously observed surface resonance …

Static And Dynamic Structure Factors In The Haldane Phase Of The Bilinear-Biquadratic Spin-1 Chain, Andreas Schmitt, Karl-Heinz Mutter, Michael Karbach, Yongmin Yu, Gerhard Müller

Physics Faculty Publications

The excitation spectra of the T = 0 dynamic structure factors for the spin, dimer, and trimer fluctuation operators as well as for the center fluctuation operator in the one-dimensional S = 1 Heisenberg model with isotropic bilinear (J cosθ) and biquadratic (J sinθ) exchange are investigated via the recursion method for systems with up to N sites over the predicted range, −π/4 < θ ≲ π/4, of the topologically ordered Haldane phase. The four static and dynamic structure factors probe the ordering tendencies in the various coupling regimes and the elementary and composite excitations which dominate the T = 0 dynamics. At θ = arctan 1/3 (valence-bond solid point), the dynamically relevant spectra in the invariant subspaces with total spin S_T = 0, 1, 2 are dominated by a …

The Problem Of Hipparcos Distances To Open Clusters. Ii. Constraints From Nearby Field Stars, David R. Soderblom, Jeremy R. King, Robert B. Hanson, Burton F. Jones, Debra Fischer, John R. Stauffer, Marc H. Pisonneault

Publications

This paper examines the discrepancy between distances to nearby open clusters as determined by parallaxes from Hipparcos compared to traditional main-sequence fitting. The biggest difference is seen for the Pleiades, and our hypothesis is that if the Hipparcos distance to the Pleiades is correct, then similar subluminous zero-age main-sequence (ZAMS) stars should exist elsewhere, including in the immediate solar neighborhood. We examine a color-magnitude diagram of very young and nearby solar-type stars and show that none of them lie below the traditional ZAMS, despite the fact that the Hipparcos Pleiades parallax would place its members 0.3 mag below that ZAMS. …

The Problem Of Hipparcos Distances To Open Clusters. I. Constraints From Multicolor Main-Sequence Fitting, Marc H. Pinsonneault, John Stauffer, David Soderblom, Jeremy R. King, Robert B. Hanson

Publications

Parallax data from the Hipparcos mission allow the direct distance to open clusters to be compared with the distance inferred from main-sequence (MS) Ðtting. There are surprising differences between the two distance measurements, indicating either the need for changes in the cluster compositions or reddening, underlying problems with the technique of MS Ðtting, or systematic errors in the Hipparcos parallaxes at the 1 mas level. We examine the di†erent possibilities, focusing on MS fitting in both metallicity-sensitive B[V and metallicity-insensitive V [I for five well-studied systems (the Hyades, Pleiades, a Per, Praesepe, and Coma Ber). The Hipparcos distances to the …

The Right To Treatment For Involuntarily Committed Sex Offenders In The Wake Of Kansas V. Hendricks, David Depugh

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Mandatory Reporting Of Domestic Violence: An Inappropriate Response For New York Health Care Professionals, Mia M. Mcfarlane

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Youthful Offender Status And The Reproduction Of Juvenile Justice Within Systems Of Criminal Justice: The Case Of William Shrubsall, Simon I. Singer

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Making Pedophiles Take Their Medicine: California's Chemical Castration Law, Kathryn L. Smith

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Law, Life And Literature: Using Literature And Life To Expose Transracial Adoption Laws As Adoption On A One-Way Street, Angela Mae Kupenda, Adam L. Thrash, Jennifer A. Riley-Collins, Lashonda Y. Dukes, Stephany J. Lewis, Rodney R. Dixon

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.

0440 Capital Development Committee, Colorado Legislative Council

All Publications (Colorado Legislative Council)

No abstract provided.

Psc 471.01: Constitutional Law I - Federalism And Separation Of Powers, James J. Lopach

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Ntid Focus Fall 1998, Ntid Marketing And Communications

National Technical Institute for the Deaf Papers

Bob's Bulletin: "Staying the Course" RIM vice president for NTID shares his thoughts.||Reflections of the Elite Eight||The National Advisory Group: Past, Present, and Future||NTID's 30th Anniversary Alumni Reunion 'Then and Now . . . Renewing Our Memories"||Profiles in College Meet six NTID students.||Profiles After College Meet six NTID alumni.||More Than Just Money Financial aid at NTID helps students cope with the cost of college.||A Conversation About the Mission, Goals, and Future of Giving at NTID||Perception and Cognition—The Foundation of Learning

Fuzzy Justification Of Heuristic Methods In Inverse Problems And In Numerical Computations, With Applications To Detection Of Business Cycles From Fuzzy And Intuitionistic Fuzzy Data, Vladik Kreinovich, Hung T. Nguyen, Berlin Wu, Krassimir T. Atanassov

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

No abstract provided.

Np-Hardness In Geometric Construction Problems With One Interval Parameter, Nuria Mata, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

No abstract provided.

Retaining At-Risk Students In School Using A Cognitive-Based Instructional System: Teachers' Reflection In Action, France Boutin, Christian A. Chinien

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.

Reconstructing Technical Instruction, Dennis R. Herschbach

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.