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Developing New Faculty: An Evolving Program, Gloria Pierce Jan 2001

Developing New Faculty: An Evolving Program, Gloria Pierce

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

This essay describes the evolution of a program for the development of new faculty at a public teaching university. The year-long process of orienting the newest professors to the campus and assisting them with their scholarship and teaching results in additional (albeit unplanned and unexpected) benefits, such as professional renewal of senior faculty who serve as advisors and enhanced functioning of the university itself. Vital to the program’s success is the productive involvement of key campus constituencies and responsiveness to feedback.

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Faculty Quality Of Life, Sally S. Atkins, Kathleen T. Brinko, Jeffrey A. Butts, Charles S. Claxton, Glenda T. Hubbard Jan 2001

Faculty Quality Of Life, Sally S. Atkins, Kathleen T. Brinko, Jeffrey A. Butts, Charles S. Claxton, Glenda T. Hubbard

To Improve the Academy: A Journal of Educational Development

An interdisciplinary research team conducted a formal assessment of campus culture and faculty quality of life at Appalachian State University. Interviews with a stratified random sample of full-time, tenure-track faculty revealed five themes: 1) the importance of human relationships, 2) the deep commitment of faculty to student learning, 3)general satisfaction with academic life, 4) the personal sacrifice of faculty members for their work, and 5) perceptions of incongruence between institutional rhetoric and action. Recommendations are offered for readers to apply to their own universities to help faculty, staff, students, and administrators work together toward becoming an institution that is a …

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The Missouri River And Adaptive Management: Protecting Ecological Function And Legal Process, John H. Davidson, Thomas E. Geu Jan 2001

The Missouri River And Adaptive Management: Protecting Ecological Function And Legal Process, John H. Davidson, Thomas E. Geu

Nebraska Law Review

This article describes and comments on the management alternatives in the Revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement, Master Water Control Manual, Missouri River (RDEIS) as refined by the newly published National Academy of Sciences project and to assess those alternatives in the context of the eco-regulatory political history of the Missouri River and the new science of complex adaptive systems theory. It includes a general history of the regulation and management of the Missouri River, a procedural history and content summary of the RDEIS as well as the project report on adaptive management of the River by the National Academy of …

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Efficiency And Conservatism, Christopher T. Wonnell Jan 2001

Efficiency And Conservatism, Christopher T. Wonnell

Nebraska Law Review

The concept of "efficiency" plays a central role in law and economics. Yet despite its centrality, some basic questions about the nature of this efficiency idea remain obscure. The argument of this article can be briefly stated. In Section I, it is argued that we need an efficiency norm to capture the fundamental idea of avoiding waste, or a sacrifice of one good thing that is not a necessary loss in the pursuit of another good thing. An anti-waste ideal is made important more by a plurality of plausible conceptions of distributive justice than by worries about the impracticability of …

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Board Of Regents Meeting Materials, January 16, 2001, Eastern Michigan University Jan 2001

Board Of Regents Meeting Materials, January 16, 2001, Eastern Michigan University

Board of Regents Meeting Materials

No abstract provided.

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Changes In Copepod Distributions Associated With Increased Turbulence From Wind Stress, L. S. Incze, David L. Hebert, N. Wolffe, N. Oakey, D. Dye Jan 2001

Changes In Copepod Distributions Associated With Increased Turbulence From Wind Stress, L. S. Incze, David L. Hebert, N. Wolffe, N. Oakey, D. Dye

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

Vertical profiles of turbulent kinetic energy dissipation rate (ε), current velocity, temperature, salinity, chlorophyll fluorescence, and copepods were sampled for 4 d at an anchor station on the southern flank of Georges Bank when the water column was stratified in early June 1995. Copepodite stages of Temora spp., Oithona spp., Pseudocalanus spp., and Calanus finmarchicus, and all of their naupliar stages except for Temora spp., were found deeper in the water column when turbulent dissipation rates in the surface mixed layer increased in response to increasing wind stress. Taxa that initially occurred at the bottom of the surface mixed …

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Estrogen Influences On The Developing Rat Hippocampus Through Interactions With The Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor And P160 Coactivator Proteins, Derek Tyler Solum Jan 2001

Estrogen Influences On The Developing Rat Hippocampus Through Interactions With The Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor And P160 Coactivator Proteins, Derek Tyler Solum

Dissertations

In addition to their primary role in the maintenance and regulation of reproductive capacity, ovarian steroid hormones acting through specific nuclear receptors influence more general neurobiological functions, such as perceptual-spatial skills and learning and memory. Estrogens act to alter certain aspects of cognitive performance and pathology such as epileptic seizure activity and Alzheimer’s disease. Furthermore, ovarian steroids act during development to alter the neuronal cytoarchitecture and synaptic connectivity. These early influences of steroids on the brain are essentially permanent and in part determine the steroid responsiveness of the adult brain. The mechanism and sites of action for the effects of …

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Temporal And Spatial Occurrence Of Thin Phytoplankton Layers In Relation To Physical Processes, Margaret M. Dekshenieks, Percy L. Donaghay, James M. Sullivan, Jan E. B. Rines, Thomas R. Osborn, Michael S. Twardowski Jan 2001

Temporal And Spatial Occurrence Of Thin Phytoplankton Layers In Relation To Physical Processes, Margaret M. Dekshenieks, Percy L. Donaghay, James M. Sullivan, Jan E. B. Rines, Thomas R. Osborn, Michael S. Twardowski

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

In 1996 three cruises were conducted to simultaneously quantify the fine-scale optical and physical structure of the water column. Data from 120 profiles were used to investigate the temporal occurrence and spatial distribution of thin layers of phytoplankton as they relate to variations in physical processes. Thin layers ranged in thickness from a few centimeters to a few meters. They may extend horizontally for kilometers and persist for days. Thin layers are a recurring feature in the marine environment; they were observed and measured in 54% of our profiles. Physical processes are important in the temporal and spatial distribution of …

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Growth And Development Rates Of The Copepod Calanus Finmarchicus Reared In The Laboratory, Robert G. Campbell, Melissa M. Wagner, Gregory J. Teegarden, Carla A. Boudreau, Edward G. Durbin Jan 2001

Growth And Development Rates Of The Copepod Calanus Finmarchicus Reared In The Laboratory, Robert G. Campbell, Melissa M. Wagner, Gregory J. Teegarden, Carla A. Boudreau, Edward G. Durbin

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

Development rates, nitrogen- and carbon-specific growth rates, size, and condition were determined for the copepod Calanus finmarchicus reared at 3 temperatures (4, 8, and 12°C) at non-limiting food concentrations and 2 limiting food concentrations at 8°C in the laboratory. Development rates were equiproportional, but not isochronal. Naupliar stage durations were similar, except for non-feeding stages, which were of short duration, and the first feeding stage, which was prolonged, while copepodite stage durations increased with increasing stage of development. Under limiting food concentrations at 8°C, development rates were prolonged but similar relative patterns in stage durations were observed. Body size (length …

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Culture, Cloaked In Mens Rea, Doriane Lambelet Coleman Jan 2001

Culture, Cloaked In Mens Rea, Doriane Lambelet Coleman

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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Csusb Viewbook (2001-2002), California State University, San Bernardino Jan 2001

Csusb Viewbook (2001-2002), California State University, San Bernardino

CSUSB Viewbooks

No abstract provided.

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The Revolution In Military Legal Affairs : Air Force Legal Professionals In 21 St Century Conflicts, Charles J. Dunlap Jr. Jan 2001

The Revolution In Military Legal Affairs : Air Force Legal Professionals In 21 St Century Conflicts, Charles J. Dunlap Jr.

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

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Mini-Proposal For (Morres) To Usda, Hank Lehrer, Brent D. Bowen Jan 2001

Mini-Proposal For (Morres) To Usda, Hank Lehrer, Brent D. Bowen

Department of Agriculture (USDA)

S1 E Mini-Proposal for (MORRES) to USDA 2001

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Fitness Trade-Offs Select For Semelparous Reproduction In An Extreme Environment, Felisa Smith, Eric Charnov Jan 2001

Fitness Trade-Offs Select For Semelparous Reproduction In An Extreme Environment, Felisa Smith, Eric Charnov

Biology Faculty & Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

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Bridgewater Magazine, Volume 11, Number 2, Winter 2001, Bridgewater State College Jan 2001

Bridgewater Magazine, Volume 11, Number 2, Winter 2001, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater Magazine

Features cover research opportunities for BSC faculty and students. Also College News, Alumni Profiles, Alumni Updates, and Class Notes.

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Bridgewater Magazine, Volume 12, Number 1, Fall 2001, Bridgewater State College Jan 2001

Bridgewater Magazine, Volume 12, Number 1, Fall 2001, Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater Magazine

Feature story explores BSC students involved in communities beyond the campus through service-based programs. Also College News, Alumni Profiles, Alumni Updates, and Class Notes.

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A Mathematical Tumor Model With Immune Resistance And Drug Therapy: An Optimal Control Approach, Lisette G. De Pillis, Ami E. Radunskaya Jan 2001

A Mathematical Tumor Model With Immune Resistance And Drug Therapy: An Optimal Control Approach, Lisette G. De Pillis, Ami E. Radunskaya

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

We present a competition model of cancer tumor growth that includes both the immune system response and drug therapy. This is a four-population model that includes tumor cells, host cells, immune cells, and drug interaction. We analyze the stability of the drug-free equilibria with respect to the immune response in order to look for target basins of attraction. One of our goals was to simulate qualitatively the asynchronous tumor-drug interaction known as “Jeffs phenomenon.” The model we develop is successful in generating this asynchronous response behavior. Our other goal was to identify treatment protocols that could improve standard pulsed chemotherapy …

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Webquests As An Integrative Experience In Introductory Environmental Engineering, Mary P. Cardenas Jan 2001

Webquests As An Integrative Experience In Introductory Environmental Engineering, Mary P. Cardenas

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

An Integrative Experience was developed as part of an introductory environmental engineering course at Harvey Mudd College. The Integrative Experience was developed to help the college students consider the relationship of science and technology with contemporary society. Junior and senior students enrolled in the course designed WebQuests for middle school students. The WebQuests involved the integration of an environmental issue, problem, or technology and societal effects. WebQuests were designed for a middle school audience in order to expand the amount of engineering outreach that is done at the K-12 level. The HMC students chose WebQuests topics including nuclear and alternative …

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Solid Waste Agency Of Northern Cook County V. United States Army Corps Ofengineers: The Clean Water Act Bypasses A Commerice Clause Challenge, But Can The Endangered Species Act?, Maya R. Moiseyev Jan 2001

Solid Waste Agency Of Northern Cook County V. United States Army Corps Ofengineers: The Clean Water Act Bypasses A Commerice Clause Challenge, But Can The Endangered Species Act?, Maya R. Moiseyev

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.

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New Tools For Environmental Justice: Articulating A Net Health Effects Challange To Emissions Trading Markets, Nicklas A. Akers Jan 2001

New Tools For Environmental Justice: Articulating A Net Health Effects Challange To Emissions Trading Markets, Nicklas A. Akers

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.

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Using Social Ecology To Meet The Productive Harmony Intent Of The National Environmental Policy Act, Kevin Preister, James A. Kent Jan 2001

Using Social Ecology To Meet The Productive Harmony Intent Of The National Environmental Policy Act, Kevin Preister, James A. Kent

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.

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Palmyra Atoll, Suzanne Case Jan 2001

Palmyra Atoll, Suzanne Case

UC Law Environmental Journal

No abstract provided.

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On Academic Fads And Fashions 2001 Survey Of Books Relating To The Law: Foreword, Cass R. Sunstein Jan 2001

On Academic Fads And Fashions 2001 Survey Of Books Relating To The Law: Foreword, Cass R. Sunstein

Articles

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The Trusteeship Of Legal Rulemaking, Edward S. Adams, Richard A. Saliterman Jan 2001

The Trusteeship Of Legal Rulemaking, Edward S. Adams, Richard A. Saliterman

Articles

Professor Robert D. Putnam's work is, in many respects, the contemporary companion to Democracy in America.' It comprehensively surveys and tests common presumptions held about our democracy with apparently very reliable quantitative data. Until recently, a work of this depth and breadth has been unavailable. Putnam sets forth a well supported thesis suggesting that even though American financial capital may be at a high, its "social capital" has perhaps reached a record low, or at least a level similar to the social, economic, and legal bottleneck of a century ago.' His use of empirical and combined data, however, probes into …

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The Limits Of Gaylaw, Dale Carpenter Jan 2001

The Limits Of Gaylaw, Dale Carpenter

Articles

The world into which Gaylaw arrives is one whose poles are very far apart. At one pole, a man fatally fractures his dog's skull by beating him with a plastic vacuum cleaner accessory and then throwing the dog against a tree trunk. 3 Why? The man concluded the dog was homosexual after he saw the poodle-Yorkshire terrier mix repeatedly attempt sexual activity with another male terrier. 4 At the man's subsequent trial for animal cruelty, a veterinarian testified that such behavior in dogs is a common way for them to assert dominance, rather than necessarily a sexual act, much less …

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International Law And National Security, Stephen Dycus, Barry Kellman Jan 2001

International Law And National Security, Stephen Dycus, Barry Kellman

The International Lawyer

No abstract provided.

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Problem-Based Learning. A Critical Review Of Its Educational Objectives And The Rationale For Its Use, Samy A. Azer Jan 2001

Problem-Based Learning. A Critical Review Of Its Educational Objectives And The Rationale For Its Use, Samy A. Azer

Neurosciences

Over the past 30 years there has been an increasing interest in curriculum innovation in medical schools in North America, the United Kingdom, Netherlands, and Australia. Since the introduction of problem-based learning at McMaster University in Canada in 1969, several medical schools throughout the world have adopted problem-based learning as the educational and philosophical basis of their curricula. Several studies have shown that problem-based learning is an important educational strategy for integrating the curriculum, motivating the students and helping them to identify their learning issues and set their own learning goals. However, there is a great deal of concern regarding …

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Problems Of Parkinson’S Disease In The Arab World, Ashraf A. Al-Kurdi, Amar M. Muhabaidin, Saeed Bohlega Jan 2001

Problems Of Parkinson’S Disease In The Arab World, Ashraf A. Al-Kurdi, Amar M. Muhabaidin, Saeed Bohlega

Neurosciences

Problems of Parkinson’s Disease within the Arab world are discussed and a number of solutions are presented that will help in the management of Idiopathic Parkinson’s Disease. The problems discussed are problems related to the diagnosis whereby no individual clinical feature has sufficient sensitivity and specificity to serve as the sole basis for distinguishing Parkinson’s disease from other diseases with Parkinsonian features. Problems related to the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale are also discussed and convey a multitude of problems culturally distinct to the Arab world. Problems related to the medical treatment, selection of patients for surgery, the surgery itself …

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Troxel V. Granville: A Missed Opportunity To Elucidate Children's Rights, Christina M. Alderfer Jan 2001

Troxel V. Granville: A Missed Opportunity To Elucidate Children's Rights, Christina M. Alderfer

Loyola University Chicago Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Neurothrophins. Molecular Links Between The Immune And Nervous Systems, Saud N. T. Al-Faraj Jan 2001

Neurothrophins. Molecular Links Between The Immune And Nervous Systems, Saud N. T. Al-Faraj

Neurosciences

The rapid evolution of molecular biology over the past few decades has revolutionised our knowledge in pathophysiology and pharmacotherapeutics of many diseases including the immune and nervous systems. The growth factors, neurotrophins, happened to be orchestra conductors for many biological systems and their potential use especially for therapeutic purposes cannot be overlooked.

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