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Rotunda - Vol 80, No 12 - Feb 15, 2001, Longwood University

Rotunda

No abstract provided.

February 15, 2001, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Amicus Curiae (Vol. 11, Issue 6)

Student Newspaper (Amicus, Advocate...)

No abstract provided.

Secular Variations Of Oi 5577 Å Airglow In The Mesopause Region Induced By Transient Gravity Wave Packets, Michael P. Hickey Ph.D., R. L. Walterscheid

Publications

We employ a 2-dimensional, time-dependent, fully nonlinear model of minor species in the mesopause region and our Spectral Full-Wave Model to simulate the response of minor species and the OI 5577 Å airglow to a gravity wave packet in the mesopause region. Gravity waves affect the time-averaged distribution of minor species in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (MLT) region through constituent fluxes induced by violation of the non-acceleration conditions due to wave transience and dissipation. In addition, wave perturbed chemistry can induce a flux of chemically active species. Simulations are performed with nominal values of eddy diffusion coefficients in the …

Illinois State University Founders Day Convocation Program, February 15, 2001, Illinois State University

Founding Celebration Programs

Program for annual event celebrating the founding of Illinois State Normal University on February 18, 1857.

February 14, 2001 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Otter Realm, February 14, 2001, Vol. 6 No. 10, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

Student Diagnosed with Meningitis -- "I Want My Home Back" -- Otter Blotter -- People on the Street -- A Season for Spirit -- Diversity Days -- Producing a Pliable Plan for TAT -- CSUMB is Going the Distance with Ready2Net -- The Light at the End of the Tunnel -- CSU Monterey Bay's Undiscovered Dance Artist -- Tao Chemist -- Strange but True

How The Internet Will Help Large-Scale Assessment Reinvent Itself, Randy Elliot Bennett

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

… The thesis of this paper is that the largest facilitating factor will be technological, in particular the Internet. In the same way that it is already helping to revolutionize commerce, education, and even social interaction, the Internet will help revolutionize the business and substance of large-scale assessment.

Guidelines For Eradication Of Terrestrial Vertebrates: A European Contribution To The Invasive Alien Species Issue, Piero Genovesi Ph.D.

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

Invasive alien species (IAS) are now acknowledged as one of the major threats to biodiversity, together with habitat loss and fragmentation. Furthermore, it is predicted that biotic invasions will become the major engines of ecological disintegration in the future; this is because of the increased spread of alien species, due to the greater mobility of the human population, rapidly growing transport technology, expanding tourism and travel activities, and world-wide free trade (Cox 1999, Ruesink et al. 1995).

In addition to the threats to biodiversity, the direct costs of IAS are immense. It is difficult to estimate precisely the economic losses …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 09/05 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

How the Internet will help large-scale assessment reinvent itself / Randy Elliot Bennett.

Spartan Daily, February 14, 2001, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 116, Issue 14

It's Happening At State: February 14, 2001

It's Happening at State

Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.

Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Of The Cassiopeia A And Kepler Supernova Remnants, Christopher L. Gerardy, Robert A. Fesen

Dartmouth Scholarship

Near-infrared spectra (0.95 – 2.4 μm) of the Cassiopeia A and Kepler supernova remnants (SNRs) are presented. Low-dispersion (R ≈ 700) spectra were obtained for five bright fast-moving ejecta knots (FMKs) at two locations on the main shell and for three bright circumstellar knots (QSFs) near the southwest rim of Cas A. The main shell FMKs in Cas A exhibit a sparse near- infrared spectrum dominated by [S II] 1.03 μm emission with a handful of other, fainter emission lines. Among these are two high-ionization silicon lines, [Si VI] 1.96 μm and [Si X] 1.43 μm, which have been detected …

Lengths Of Systoles On Tileable Hyperbolic Surfaces, Kevin Woods

Mathematical Sciences Technical Reports (MSTR)

The same triangle may tile geometrically distinct surfaces of the same genus, and these tilings may determine isomorphic tiling groups. We determine if there are geometric differences in the surfaces that can be found using group theoretic methods. Specifically, we determine if the systole, the shortest closed geodesic on a surface, can distinguish a certain families of tilings. For example, there are three tilings of surfaces of genus 14 by the hyperbolic triangle with angles π/2 , π/3 , and π/7 whose tiling groups are all PSL₂(13). These tilings can be distinguished by the lengths of their systoles.

In-Cave Dye Tracing And Drainage Basin Divides In The Mammoth Cave Karst Aquifer, Kentucky, Chris Groves, Joe Meiman, Shannon Herstein

Earth, Environmental, and Atmospheric Sciences Faculty Publications

Karst ground-water basin divides are generally depicted as two-dimensional lines on maps, but they are better considered as three-dimensional surfaces within the subsurface. Dye traces are necessary to map out these surfaces and to locate conduits inaccessible to cave surveyors, and are indispensable for understanding the geometry of the complex networks of flow paths through the aquifer. A key reason why the Mammoth Cave System is the world's longest known cave is that its passages extend over several major ground-water basins. The divides between these basins define the drainage system geometry and precise location of them is critical for understanding …

Method And Apparatus For Detection And Prevention Of Calling Card Fraud, Hooshmand Afsar, David S. Janzen, Mark Ross Erickson, Hazel Suzanne Shirley, Christine Louise Fogarty, Michael Scott Nielsen, Douglas Alan Clark

Computer Science and Software Engineering

A method and apparatus for detection and prevention of calling card fraud is disclosed. The invention provides enhanced intelligence and efficiency in part applying by a fraud analysis associated with a calling card bill type or service provider as identified by originating partitions in network switches. Additionally, the invention incorporates a case-subcase arrangement of fraud analysis information and conducts fraud analysis on a case-by-case basis, thereby providing streamlined handling of suspected fraud. Still additionally, the invention includes an administrative monitor that continuously collects and reviews fraud system status information to detect abnormalities in the system.

Solubilizing Single Walled Carbon Nanotubes By Direct Reaction With Amines And Alkylaryl Amines, Robert C. Haddon, Jian Chen

Chemistry Faculty Patents

Naked single-walled nanotube carbon metals and semiconductors are dissolved in organic solutions by direct functionalization with amines or alkylaryl amines having an uninterrupted carbon chain of at least 5 and more preferably 9 carbon atoms in length.

Academic Senate - Agenda, 2/13/2001, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Academic Senate - Meeting Minutes, 2/13/2001, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

February 13, 2001, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Fortnightly - February 12, 2001

Fortnightly

No abstract provided.

Counselor, Vol. 21, No. 19, February 12, 2001, New York Law School

New York Law School Community Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• Announcements
• Police Beat
• Georgia News Brief
• Lifestyles
• Opinions
• Classifieds
• Sports

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, February 12, 2001, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting minutes from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Search For Large Extra Dimensions In Dielectron And Diphoton Production, B. Abbott, Gregory R. Snow, D0 Collaboration

Gregory Snow Publications

We report a search for effects of large extra spatial dimensions in pp̅ collisions at a center-of-mass energy of 1.8 TeV with the D0 detector, using events containing a pair of electrons or photons. The data are in good agreement with the expected background and do not exhibit evidence for large extra dimensions. We set the most restrictive lower limits to date, at the 95% C.L. on the effective Planck scale between 1.0 and 1.4 TeV for several formalisms and numbers of extra dimensions.

Locating Nests Of Birds In Grasslands From A Mobile Tower Blind, Thomas F. Fondell, Steven T. Hoekman, I. J. Ball

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Locating nests of grassland passerines can be difficult, labor intensive, and disruptive to birds and vegetation. We developed a mobile tower blind for observing adult bird behavior and used it to locate nests in a western Montana grassland. We compared nest-search efficiency of behavioral observations from the tower versus the ground. Nests of savannah sparrow (Passerculus samhvichensis) were found in a higher proportion of territories searched from the tower (13/16 = 82%) than from the ground (4113 = 3 1%). Average search time for each nest found was lower from the tower (44 min) than from the ground …

February 12, 2001, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Dealing With Nuisance And Depredating Black Bears, Gary W. Witmer, Donald G. Whittaker

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Black bears (Ursus americanus) are a valued resource in North America but pose many challenges to resource managers. They may be managed in 1 or more ways, including sustained yield harvests, nuisance animal control, or conservation management. Many black bear populations are stable or increasing, and combine with expanding human populations, increased development, and recreational activities, are leading to an increase in human-bear conflicts. Historically, methods such as relocation, general hunting seasons, or special hunts have been used in an effort to reduce bear density and damage, or to target individual offending animals. Many resource managers now operate …

Unf In Review 2000, University Of North Florida

UNF in Review

An annual report to the community from the University of North Florida published as a supplement to the Florida Times Union. The supplement was produced by the Specialty Publication Division of the Florida Times-Union in cooperation with the Office of News & Publications at the University of North Florida. The report includes a letter from Dr. Anne H. Hopkins, president of University of North Florida on UNF’s first campaign Access to Excellence, reports on Access to Excellence and the Campaign Steering Committee, Institutional Advancement, Sponsored Research, Florida Institute of Education, UNF Budget, Student Opportunities and Campus Life, Campus Construction, Academic …

Refined Kinematics Of The Eastern California Shear Zone From Gps Observations, 1993-1998, M. Meghan Miller, Timothy H. Dixon, Roy K. Dokka

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

Global Positioning System (GPS) results from networks spanning the Eastern California shear zone and adjacent Sierra Nevada block, occupied annually between 1993 and 1998, constrain plate margin kinematics. We use an elastic block model to relate GPS station velocities to long‐term fault slip rate estimates. The model accounts for elastic strain accumulation on the San Andreas fault, as well as faults of the Eastern California shear zone. South of the Garlock fault, 14 mm/yr of dextral shear is distributed across the Eastern California shear zone. Some of this slip penetrates eastward into the Basin and Range, and a collective budget …