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Faculty Senate - 7 December 1998 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate Dec 1998

Faculty Senate - 7 December 1998 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.


Faculty Senate - 7 December 1998 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate Dec 1998

Faculty Senate - 7 December 1998 Minutes Summary, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas & Minutes

No abstract provided.


Incestuous Behavior In Spotted Owls, Peter C. Carlson, William S. Lahaye, Alan B. Franklin Dec 1998

Incestuous Behavior In Spotted Owls, Peter C. Carlson, William S. Lahaye, Alan B. Franklin

Wilson Bulletin

No abstract provided.


Face Detection Using Templates, Niels Da Vitoria Lobo, Young Ho Kwon Nov 1998

Face Detection Using Templates, Niels Da Vitoria Lobo, Young Ho Kwon

UCF Patents

Disclosed is a two step process for automatically finding a human face in an electronically digitized image (for example, taken by handheld digital cameras and digital video-cameras such as cam-corders), and for confirming the existence of the face by examining facial features. Step 1 is to detect the human face and is accomplished in stages that include enhancing the digital image with a blurring filter and edge enhancer in order to better set forth the unique facial features such as wrinkles, and curved shapes of a facial image. After prefiltering, preselected curves sometimes referred to as snakelets are dropped on …


Factors Affecting Nutritional Condition Of Fledgling Florida Scrub-Jays: A Ptilochronology Approach, Thomas C. Grubb, Glen E. Woolfenden, John W. Fitzpatrick Nov 1998

Factors Affecting Nutritional Condition Of Fledgling Florida Scrub-Jays: A Ptilochronology Approach, Thomas C. Grubb, Glen E. Woolfenden, John W. Fitzpatrick

Condor

No abstract provided.


Gallaudet Today Volume 29 Number 1 Fall 1998, Vickie Walter Oct 1998

Gallaudet Today Volume 29 Number 1 Fall 1998, Vickie Walter

Gallaudet Today

No abstract provided.


The Population Implosion Of The Developed World: Changing Attitudes Toward Immigration To Support Aging Societies, Leslie E. Schafer Oct 1998

The Population Implosion Of The Developed World: Changing Attitudes Toward Immigration To Support Aging Societies, Leslie E. Schafer

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies

No abstract provided.


Effects Of Blood Sampling In Great Tits, Thomas Lubjuhn, Jorg Brun, Wolfgang Winkel, Stefanie Muth Oct 1998

Effects Of Blood Sampling In Great Tits, Thomas Lubjuhn, Jorg Brun, Wolfgang Winkel, Stefanie Muth

Journal of Field Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Volume 36, Number 5: September 25, 1998, University Of North Dakota Sep 1998

Volume 36, Number 5: September 25, 1998, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.


Faculty Newsnotes 1998 No. 312, Office Of The Provost Aug 1998

Faculty Newsnotes 1998 No. 312, Office Of The Provost

Faculty Newsnotes (1972-2010)

No abstract provided.


The Incidence Of Nonbreeding By Adult Great Skuas And Parasitic Jaegers From Foula, Shetland, Paulo Catry, Richard A. Phillips, Keith C. Hamer, Norman Ratcliffe, Robert W. Furness Aug 1998

The Incidence Of Nonbreeding By Adult Great Skuas And Parasitic Jaegers From Foula, Shetland, Paulo Catry, Richard A. Phillips, Keith C. Hamer, Norman Ratcliffe, Robert W. Furness

Condor

No abstract provided.


Energy Expenditure And Food Requirement Of Cassin's Auklets Provisioning Nestlings, Peter J. Hodum, William J. Sudeman, G. Henk Visser, Wesley W. Weathers Aug 1998

Energy Expenditure And Food Requirement Of Cassin's Auklets Provisioning Nestlings, Peter J. Hodum, William J. Sudeman, G. Henk Visser, Wesley W. Weathers

Condor

No abstract provided.


Automatic Feature Detection And Age Classification Of Human Faces In Digital Images, Niels Da Vitoria Lobo, Young Kwon Jul 1998

Automatic Feature Detection And Age Classification Of Human Faces In Digital Images, Niels Da Vitoria Lobo, Young Kwon

UCF Patents

This invention includes a four step process for automatically finding facial images of a human face in an electronically digitized image (for example, taken by a video-camera) and classifying the age of the person (associated with the face) into an age category.


An Empirical Analysis Of The Relationships Among Entrepreneurial Orientation, Organizational Culture And Firm Performance, Kenneth Herbert Chadwick Jul 1998

An Empirical Analysis Of The Relationships Among Entrepreneurial Orientation, Organizational Culture And Firm Performance, Kenneth Herbert Chadwick

Doctoral Dissertations

The objective of this dissertation was to empirically assess the entrepreneurial orientation (EO) to firm performance relationship and the potential influence of organizational culture (OC). Specifically, OC was examined as a potential predictor of the degree of EO and as a potential moderator of the EO to performance relationship. Firm performance was assessed with the weighted average performance scale and 1997 year ending return on assets (ROA) and return on equity (ROE).

The sample frame consisted of a national sample of bank presidents. The mailing list was purchased from Thomson Financial Publishing. A self-report questionnaire was mailed to a stratified …


A Case Of 'Great Unstableness': A British Slaveholder And Brazilian Abolition, Matt D. Childs Jul 1998

A Case Of 'Great Unstableness': A British Slaveholder And Brazilian Abolition, Matt D. Childs

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Insect Herbivory Above- And Belowground: Individual And Joint Effects On Plant Fitness, John L. Maron Jun 1998

Insect Herbivory Above- And Belowground: Individual And Joint Effects On Plant Fitness, John L. Maron

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Understanding of the selective effects of insect herbivory on plants comes primarily from studies of herbivory aboveground. The impact of belowground herbivory, either in isolation or in concert with herbivory aboveground, on plant fitness is only beginning to be understood.

I reduced the densities of root-boring ghost moth (Hepialus californicus) larvae and/or flower- and seed-feeding insects of bush lupine (Lupinus arboreus), a woody shrub, and followed fecundity and survival of plants for three years. In year one, suppression of aboveground herbivores increased mean seed output by 31%, but suppression of belowground herbivores had no significant effect …


Factors Concerning The Conservation Of A Rare Shale Endemic Plant: The Reproductive Ecology And Edaphic Characteristics Of Penstemon Debilis (Scrophulariaceae), Amy L. Mcmullen May 1998

Factors Concerning The Conservation Of A Rare Shale Endemic Plant: The Reproductive Ecology And Edaphic Characteristics Of Penstemon Debilis (Scrophulariaceae), Amy L. Mcmullen

Biology

The management of a rare, edaphic endemic plant species requires an understanding of the ecological setting and processes that contribute to its restriction. Included in the ecological processes is a set of biotic characters associated with the reproductive ecology, including its breeding system, pollination vectors, and germination requirements. The geologic and soil setting of the plant must also be characterized in order to understand the plant's restriction to the substrate. These issues were addressed by this study of the rare endemic Penstemon debilis O'Kane and Anderson (Scrophulariaceae). Penstemon debilis consists of six populations that occur on talus slopes of the …


Dispersal From Natal Territories And The Origin Of Cooperatively Polyandrous Breeding Groups In The Brown Skua, E. C. Young May 1998

Dispersal From Natal Territories And The Origin Of Cooperatively Polyandrous Breeding Groups In The Brown Skua, E. C. Young

Condor

No abstract provided.


Forest Fragmentation Affects The Behavioral Response Of American Redstarts To The Threat Of Cowbird Parasitism, Keith A. Hobson, Marc-Andre Villard May 1998

Forest Fragmentation Affects The Behavioral Response Of American Redstarts To The Threat Of Cowbird Parasitism, Keith A. Hobson, Marc-Andre Villard

Condor

No abstract provided.


Paternity And The Relatedness Of Helpers In The Cooperatively Breeding Bell Miner, Kelvin F. Conrad, Michael F. Clarke, Raleigh J. Robertson, Peter T. Boag May 1998

Paternity And The Relatedness Of Helpers In The Cooperatively Breeding Bell Miner, Kelvin F. Conrad, Michael F. Clarke, Raleigh J. Robertson, Peter T. Boag

Condor

No abstract provided.


Implanted Transponders In Penguins: Implantation, Reliability, And Long-Term Effects, Judy Clarke, Knowles Kerry Apr 1998

Implanted Transponders In Penguins: Implantation, Reliability, And Long-Term Effects, Judy Clarke, Knowles Kerry

Journal of Field Ornithology

No abstract provided.


Effective Recruiting Methods For Four-Year Baccalaureate Industrial Technology Programs, Steven C. Spicher Mar 1998

Effective Recruiting Methods For Four-Year Baccalaureate Industrial Technology Programs, Steven C. Spicher

Graduate Research Papers

The purpose of this study was to identify recruiting methods that might be utilized to increase student enrollment in four-year baccalaureate industrial technology programs in Iowa. The recruiting methods identified as effective may be used to increase the number of students enrolled in and graduating from four-year baccalaureate industrial technology programs in Iowa and surrounding states.


The Buff And Blue Vol. 106, No. 19 March 6, 1998, Terry Giansanti Mar 1998

The Buff And Blue Vol. 106, No. 19 March 6, 1998, Terry Giansanti

1991-2000

No abstract provided.


Internship In Supervision And Curriculum Development In The Millville Public Schools, Millville, New Jersey, 1996-1997, Debra G. Wenrick Jan 1998

Internship In Supervision And Curriculum Development In The Millville Public Schools, Millville, New Jersey, 1996-1997, Debra G. Wenrick

Theses and Dissertations

The internship in Supervision and Curriculum Development provided the intern the opportunity to develop and strengthen leadership skills required for educational administrators for the 21st century.

The internship focused on the following projects: 1) the development of a balanced curriculum for the district's bilingual summer enrichment program, 2) the facilitation of a collegial sharing of ideas learned at out-of-district workshops, 3) the piloting of a teacher-centered revision of the district's evaluation system, 4) a teacher-led workshop to encourage the use of CD-ROM technology as an instructional tool and 5) the implementation of cross-age tutoring.

The following recommendations were made: 1) …


Electronic Ballot Boxes: Legal Obstacles To Voting Over The Internet, Pamela A. Stone Jan 1998

Electronic Ballot Boxes: Legal Obstacles To Voting Over The Internet, Pamela A. Stone

McGeorge Law Review

No abstract provided.


On Cue Newsflash! Vol. 10 No. 1 January / February 1998, Marianne Flanagan Jan 1998

On Cue Newsflash! Vol. 10 No. 1 January / February 1998, Marianne Flanagan

On Cue

No abstract provided.


Demographic Viability Of Populations Of Silene Regis In Midwestern Prairies: Relationships With Fire Management, Genetic Variation, Geographic Location, Population Size And Isolation, Eric S. Menges, Rebecca W. Dolan Jan 1998

Demographic Viability Of Populations Of Silene Regis In Midwestern Prairies: Relationships With Fire Management, Genetic Variation, Geographic Location, Population Size And Isolation, Eric S. Menges, Rebecca W. Dolan

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

  1. We studied the demographic viability of populations of a long-lived iteroparous prairie perennial, Silene regia, in relation to management regimes, population sizes, geographical region (Ohio and Indiana vs. Missouri and Arkansas), degree of isolation and amount of genetic variation. Demographic data were collected from 16 populations for up to 7 years.

  2. This species has high survivorship, slow growth, frequent flowering and episodic seedling recruitment. Matrix projection methods were used to summarize population performance with and without recruitment. Median finite rates of increase by population varied from 0.57 to 1.82 and from 0.44 to 0.99, respectively.

  3. Populations with the highest rates …


Contemporary Millenarianism: A Theological Response To The Disaster Syndrome, Warren Anthony Kappeler Jan 1998

Contemporary Millenarianism: A Theological Response To The Disaster Syndrome, Warren Anthony Kappeler

Graduate Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Biology Of The California Gnatcatcher:, John T. Rotenberry, Thomas A. Scott Jan 1998

Biology Of The California Gnatcatcher:, John T. Rotenberry, Thomas A. Scott

Western Birds

No abstract provided.


Breeding Behavior Of The California Gnatcatcher In Southwestern San Diego County, California, Mary A. Grishaver, Patrick J. Mock, Kristine L. Preston Jan 1998

Breeding Behavior Of The California Gnatcatcher In Southwestern San Diego County, California, Mary A. Grishaver, Patrick J. Mock, Kristine L. Preston

Western Birds

No abstract provided.