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Spectator 2001-11-01, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

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Utb/Tsc This Week 2001-11, University Of Texas At Brownsville And Texas Southmost College. Office Of News And Information

UTB/TSC Archives - This Week Newsletter

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Extended Tailing Of Bacteria Following Breakthrough At The Narrow Channel Focus Area, Oyster, Virginia, Pengfei Zhang, William P. Johnson, Timothy D. Scheibe, Keun-Hyung Choi, Fred C. Dobbs, Brian J. Mailloux

OES Faculty Publications

Extended tailing of low bacterial concentrations following breakthrough at the Narrow Channel focus area was observed for 4 months. Bacterial attachment and detachment kinetics associated with breakthrough and extended tailing were determined by fitting a one-dimensional transport model to the field breakthrough-tailing data. Spatial variations in attachment rate coefficient (k(f)) were observed under forced gradient conditions (i.e., k(f) decreased as travel, distance increased), possibly because of decreased bacterial adhesion with increased transport distance. When pore water velocity decreased by an order of magnitude at 9 days following injection, apparent bacterial attachment rate coefficients did not decrease with velocity as expected …

Size-Induced Lattice Relaxation In Ceo₂ Nanoparticles, X.-D. Zhou, Wayne Huebner

Materials Science and Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Size-induced lattice relaxation was observed for nanoscale CeO₂ single crystals with an average size from 4 to 60 nm. Results showed the finest crystallites exhibited no strain-induced line broadening, while high temperature annealing resulted in larger grain sizes and significant strains. The observed shift in the x-ray diffraction lattice parameters was assumed to be due to the formation of defects on the lattice, specifically oxygen vacancies. Modeling revealed that the oxygen vacancy concentration ([V^••_O]) was found to be ≈4 x 10²⁰/cm³ for the 4 nm crystallites, and decreased two orders of magnitude for …

Equilibrium Selection In Global Games With Strategic Complementarities, David M. Frankel, Stephen Morris, Ady Pauzner

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We study games with strategic complementarities, arbitrary numbers of players and actions, and slightly noisy payoff signals. We prove limit uniqueness: as the signal noise vanishes, the game has a unique strategy profile that survives iterative dominance. This generalizes a result of Carlsson and van Damme (1993) for two player, two action games. The surviving profile, however, may depend on fine details of the structure of the noise. We provide sufficient conditions on payoffs for there to be noise-independent selection.

Toleration, Approval, And The Right To Marry: On Constitutional Limitations And Preferential Treatment, Mark Strasser

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Why We Worship, Peter Lisinski

Consensus

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Bonhoeffer: A Theology Of Sociality, Philip Gordon Ziegler

Consensus

No abstract provided.

Fitting A Square Peg Into A Round Hole: The Application Of Traditional Rules Of Law To Modern Technological Advancements In The Workplace, Gregory I. Rasin, Joseph P. Moan

Missouri Law Review

In the ever-changing technological environment, the transmission of information has become as simple and as quick as the click of a mouse or the touch of a button. However, the emergence and widespread use of computers, electronic mail, and the Internet in the workplace also has created challenges for employers, their attorneys, and the courts. Specifically, the courts are forced to apply traditional rules of law to modern technological advancements. The lack of symmetry between these two notions has created uncertainty for today’s employer. This Article discusses the impact of new technology on employment law, particularly in the areas of …

Cristo Y El Movimiento Pentecostal, Gerardo Hands

Recursos adicionales

Cristo y el movimiento Pentecostal

November 2001, Buffalo Belles

Buffalo Belles Newsletters

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November 1, 2001, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

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The Optimal Concentration Of Creditors, Ivo Welch, Arturo Bris

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

There are situations in which dispersed creditors (e.g., public creditors) have more difficulties and higher costs when collecting their claims in financial distress than concentrated creditors (e.g., banks). Under this assumption, our model predicts that measures of debt concentration relate [a] positively to creditors’ chosen aggregate debt collection expenditures; [b] positively to management’s chosen expenditures to avoid paying; [c] positively to total net litigation costs/waste in financial distress; and [d] positively to accomplished claim recovery by creditors (to which we present some preliminary favorable empirical evidence). Under additional assumptions, measures of debt concentration relate [e] positively to intrinsic firm quality; …

Differentiated Products Demand Systems From A Combination Of Micro And Macro Data: The New Car Market, Steven T. Berry, James Levinsohn, Ariel Pakes

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

In this paper we provide an algorithm for estimating characteristic based demand models from alternative data sources, and apply it to new data on the market for passenger vehicles. We find that, provided care is taken in constructing the demand system and rich enough data are available, the characteristic based model can both rationalize existing results and provide realistic out of sample predictions.

Taylor Cone And Jetting From Liquid Droplets In Electrospinning Of Nanofibers, Alexander L. Yarin, S Koombhongse, Darrell Hyson Reneker

College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering

Sessile and pendant droplets of polymer solutions acquire stable shapes when they are electrically charged by applying an electrical potential difference between the droplet and a flat plate, if the potential is not too large. These stable shapes result only from equilibrium of the electric forces and surface tension in the cases of inviscid, Newtonian, and viscoelastic liquids. In liquids with a nonrelaxing elastic force, that force also affects the shapes. It is widely assumed that when the critical potential phi (0*) has been reached and any further increase will destroy the equilibrium, the liquid body acquires a conical shape …

Il-1 Induces Collagenase-3 (Mmp-13) Promoter Activity In Stably Transfected Chondrocytic Cells: Requirement For Runx-2 And Activation By P38 Mapk And Jnk Pathways, John A. Mengshol, Matthew P. Vincenti, Constance E. Brinckerhoff

Dartmouth Scholarship

Osteoarthritic chondrocytes secrete matrix metalloproteinase-13 (MMP-13) in response to interleukin-1 (IL-1), causing digestion of type II collagen in cartilage. Using chondrocytic cells, we previously determined that IL-1 induced a strong MMP-13 transcriptional response that requires p38 MAPK, JNK and the transcription factor NF-κB. Now, we have studied the tissue-specific transcriptional regulation of MMP-13. Constitutive expression of the transcription factor Runx-2 correlated with the ability of a cell type to express MMP-13 and was required for IL-1 induction; moreover, Runx-2 enhanced IL-1 induction of MMP-13 transcription by synergizing with the p38 MAPK signaling pathway. Transiently transfected MMP-13 promoters were not IL-1 …

Poem No. 86, November 2001, Huntsville Literary Association (Huntsvile, Ala.)

POEM

The Huntsville Literary Association was founded in 1967 to provide a community for writers, readers, and artists through workshops, readings, and educational programs. One of their key contributions is the literary magazine titled POEM which showcases original writings from both established and emerging writers. This issue features poems from various writers.

The Significance Of The Hebrew Bible As Christian Scripture: Community And Justice In The World, Sarah Dille

Consensus

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Ca4Iro6, Ca3Mgiro6 And Ca3Zniro6, Matthew J. Davis, Mark D. Smith, Hans Conrad Zur Loye

Faculty Publications

Single crystals of tetracalcium iridium hexaoxide, Ca₄IrO₆, tricalcium magnesium iridium hexaoxide, Ca₃MgIrO₆, and tricalcium zinc iridium hexaoxide, Ca₃ZnIrO₆, were prepared via high-temperature flux growth and structurally characterized by single-crystal X-ray diffraction. The three compounds are isostructural and adopt the K₄CdCl₆ structure type, comprised of chains of alternating face-shared [CaO₆], [MgO₆] or [ZnO₆] trigonal prisms and [IrO₆] octahedra, surrounded by columns of Ca²⁺ ions.

Formula: Ca₄IrO₆, Ca_3.34Mg_0.66IrO₆ and …

Update - November 2001, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

[ Too Risky for Research? ]
-- Human Research with Vulnerable Humans
-- Why Did Jesus Die?

-- Earn a Master's degree from Loma Linda University
-- Center for Christian Bioethics News & Events

Vol. 12, No. 03 (November 2001)

Res Ipsa Loquitur

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Contracts-Breach Distinguished From Rescission

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Serum 25-Hydroxy Cholecalciferol In Infants And Preschool Children In The Western Region Of Saudi Arabia. Etiological Factors, Suhad M. Bahijri

Saudi Medical Journal

OBJECTIVE: Low vitamin D status has been frequently reported among Saudi subjects of all ages. No attempt has been made to relate this status to dietary intake or to diseases leading to malabsorption, for example diarrhea. This study was performed to investigate the various factors leading to low vitamin D status, and their relative importance in infants and preschool children. METHODS: Nine hundred and thirty-five healthy subjects aged 4-72 months were selected randomly form the Jeddah area of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Medical history, time and frequency of exposure to sunlight and dietary intake were recorded. Blood samples were …

Multiple Choice Questions, Awad M. Ahmed, Shabih Manzar

Saudi Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Muscle Activation In A Mathematical Model Of The Human Head And Neck, Janet Brelin-Fornari, A. Arabyan

Mechanical Engineering Presentations And Conference Materials

A model of the human head and neck that incorporates active and passive muscles is utilized in the analysis of non-impact loading in high “g” environments. The active muscles have the capability to be activated partially and in different combinations.The model is implemented in MADYMO using lumped parameters and Hill muscles. A comparison of simulation results with experimental data, generated by the Naval Biodynamics Laboratory (NBDL) for neck flexion and rebound, shows excellent agreement for a 15g impulsive load.

“Closet Case”: Boy Scouts Of America V. Dale And The Reinforcement Of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, And Transgender Invisibility, Darren Lenard Hutchinson

UF Law Faculty Publications

This Article argues that the Supreme Court's decision in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale misapplies and ignores controlling First Amendment precedent and incorrectly defines “sexual identity” as a clinical or biological imposition that exists apart from expression or speech. This Article provides a doctrinal alternative to Dale that would protect vital interests in both equality and liberty and that would not condition, as does Dale, sexual “equality” upon the silencing of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender individuals.

This Article proceeds in five parts. Part I provides an introduction to the case and issues.Part II discusses the evolution of the …

Calvin Theological Journal (Vol 36 No 2 - November 2001), Calvin Theological Seminary

Calvin Theological Journal

Articles: The Coherence of Exodus: Narrative Unity and Meaning by Arie C. Leder - 251 / Ecclesia, Legenda atque Intelligenda Scriptura: The Church as Discerning Community in Calvin's Hermeneutic by R. Ward Holder - 270 / Psalm 67—Blessing, Harvest, and History: A Proposal for Exegetical Methodology by Eep Talstra and Carl J. Bosma - 290 / The Starting Point of Calvin's Theology: An Essay-Review by Richard A. Muller - 314 / Calvin Bibliography 2001 by Paul Fields - 343 / Scholia et Homiletica: Proverbs: An Introduction by John H. Stek - 365 / Problems with Proof Texts: The …

Role Of Protein Kinase C-Delta In The Regulation Of Collagen Gene Expression In Scleroderma Fibroblasts, Sergio A. Jimenez, Svetlana Gaidarova, Biagio Saitta, Nora Sandorfi, David J. Herrich, Joan C. Rosenbloom, Umberto Kucich, William R. Abrams, Joel Rosenbloom

Selected Works of Sergio Jiménez, MD, MACR

Working with cultured dermal fibroblasts derived from control individuals and patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc), we have examined the effects of protein kinase C-delta (PKC-delta) on type I collagen biosynthesis and steady-state levels of COL1A1 and COL3A1 mRNAs. Rottlerin, a specific inhibitor of PKC-delta, exerted a powerful, dose-dependent inhibition of type I and type III collagen gene expression in normal and SSc cells. Optimal rottlerin concentrations caused a 70-90% inhibition of type I collagen production, a >80% reduction in COL1A1 mRNA, and a >70% reduction in COL3A1 mRNA in both cell types. In vitro nuclear transcription assays and transient transfections …

A Note On Visualizing Response Transformations In Regression, R. Dennis Cook, David J. Olive

Articles and Preprints

A new graphical method for assessing parametric transformations of the response in linear regression is given. Simply regress the response variable Y on the predictors and find the fitted values. Then dynamically plot the transformed response Y^(λ) against those fitted values by varying the transformation parameter λ until the plot is linear. The method can also be used to assess the success of numerical response transformation methods and to discover influential observations. Modifications using robust estimators can be used as well.

Effects Of Endophyte Infection In Tall Fescue (Festuca Arundinacea: Poaceae) On Community Diversity, Greg Spyreas, David J. Gibson, Beth A. Middleton

Publications

Recent studies have suggested that the presence of endophytes in tall fescue can lead to decreased species richness in the associated plant community. To assess the generality of this hypothesis, a field study tested the effects of endophyte infection on a 3-yr-old successional field dominated by Festuca arundinacea. The potential importance of endophyte infection relative to other environmental factors was tested by including two additional treatments: the effects of soil fertility and mowing. Contrary to previous studies, a positive relationship was found between endophyte infection frequency and diversity (N = 23, F = 5.23, R² = 0.19, P < 0.03). A strong interaction was found between the mowing treatment and endophyte infection frequency in predicting diversity (N = 22, F = 36.1, R^{2 …}