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Health In Predynastic Egypt: Using Skeletal Stress Indicators To Assess The Overall Health Of A Working Class Population In Hierakonpolis, Jeanette Matovich

Anthropology

The present project attempts to assess the overall health of a Predynastic Egyptian working class population, based on skeletal stress indicators. This study contributes to a growing knowledge base regarding the biological anthropology of Predynastic Egyptians. Information generated from this research may help address larger questions, such as: how do Predynastic Egyptian mortality profiles compare with each other, and with other groups from around the world? Fifty-three skeletons were examined from Hierakonpolis' HK43 cemetery. Data were collected according to conventional osteological methods. Most skeletal stress indicators observed were mild. Evidence of degenerative disease in adults reflected lifetimes of hard, physical …

Soundings 2002-05-17 (V.15 No.10), N/A N/A

Soundings

No abstract provided.

Wmu Board Of Regular Meeting May 17, 2002, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the WMU Board of Trustees meeting include appendices:

• Remarks by the Chair
• Remarks by the President
• Acceptance of the Agenda
• Approval of the Minutes of the March 22, 2002 Regular Meeting
• Academic and Student Affairs Committee Recommendations
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Name Changes
• Proposed Degree Programs
• Extended University Programs Technology Fee
• Faculty Senate Constitutional Amendments
• Budget and Finance Committee Recommendations
• Gift Report
• Personnel Report
• Vehicle Registration Rates
• Room and Board and Apartment Rental Rates
• Fall 2002 Tuition Rates
• Resolution re General Revenue Bonds
• Recommendations re Modification of University Investment Policy Statements
• Public Comments

Carbon Dioxide, Not Quirk Of Nature, Responsible For Increasingly Volatile Weather, Cautions University Of Dayton Biologist, University Of Dayton

News Releases

News release announces that Brother Don Geiger, S.M., says that by fooling with Mother Nature, Mother Nature is increasingly fooling with us.

Alcohol-Affected Offenders: Alaska's Crime Conundrum, Maureen Frances Harwood

Arctic and Northern Studies

Offenders with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) are being inadequately identified and addressed in Alaska's criminal justice system. Without recognition of the problems associated with FAS (e.g., slow cognitive pacing, language impairments, impaired ability to deal with abstract concepts such as time) the alcohol-affected individual's ability to understand and effectively participate in the criminal justice process is compromised. This thesis examines the challenges that people with FAS and other prenatal alcohol exposure conditions present for Alaska's criminal justice system. Ways of protecting people prenatally exposed to alcohol against poor life outcomes, like trouble with the law are explained. Additionally, I present …

Optimization By Varied Beam Search In Hopfield Networks, Tony R. Martinez, Xinchuan Zeng

Faculty Publications

This paper shows that the performance of the Hopfield network for solving optimization problems can be improved by a varied beam search algorithm. The algorithm varies the beam search size and beam intensity during the network relaxation process. It consists of two stages: increasing the beam search parameters in the flrst stage and then decreasing them in the second stage. The purpose of using such a scheme is to provide the network with a better chance to find more and better solutions. A large number of simulation results based on 200 randomly generated city distributions of the 10-city traveling salesman …

Easterner, Vol. 53, No. 27, May 16, 2002, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains articles about the construction of the crime lab and the Townhouse Apartments, the extermination of ground squirrels to aid the construction of the Washington State Archive building and the crime lab, the health impact of caffeine, the Outdoor Program, a series of student produced one-act plays, a campus talk by Derrek Jensen, seasonal affective disorder, and the Red and White football scrimmage.

United States Patent Application Publication: Down-Regulation Of Single Genes And Simultaneous Down-Regulation Of Multiple Genes By Nuclear Localization Of Rna Transcripts, Thomas E. Clemente, Paul E. Staswick, Tony L. Buhr

Center for Plant Science Innovation: Faculty Publications

A method is provided for gene suppression in eukaryotes by transformation with a recombinant construct containing a promoter, at least one antisense and/or sense nucleotide sequence for the gene(s) to be suppressed, wherein the nucleus-to-cytoplasm transport of the transcription products of the construct is inhibited. In one embodiment, nucleus-to- cytoplasm transport is inhibited by the absence of a normal 3' UTR. The construct can optionally include at least one self-cleaving ribozyme. The construct can also optionally include sense and/or antisense sequences to multiple genes that are to be simultaneously down-regulated using a single promoter. Also disclosed are vectors, plants, animals, …

R.I.T. News & Events - May 16, 2002, University News Services, Rochester Institute Of Technology

University Publications

No abstract provided.

The Effects Of A Social And Emotional Learning Curriculum On The Academic Achievement Of High School Students, Lyn J. Langford

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to determine the effects of a Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) Curriculum on students' academic achievement, classroom behavior and SEL skills. An SEL curriculum was administered to 105 randomly selected college preparatory United States History 10th grade students. Students received a pretest and a posttest measuring their perception of SEL skills. This was administered before the 10 lesson unit was facilitated and after the action research was completed. The curriculum combined SEL and American Government. Various forms of assessment were used to measure academic achievement.

Survey results were analyzed and comparison percentages tabulated to …

Understanding The Need To Transition High School Students From School To Work, Christopher Armstrong

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine what employers were looking for in recent high school graduates. The study also tried to determine if high schools were currently meeting the needs of employers. A survey was sent to one hundred employers in the Southern New Jersey area asking about the importance of skills taught in high schools. Southern New Jersey is comprised of rural and suburban communities. The most widespread industries in Southern New Jersey are construction and hospitality/gaming. The survey asked questions about the importance of academic skills, social skills, work readiness skills, and higher level thinking skills. …

Spectator 2002-05-16, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Um Researchers: Changing Rainfall Patterns Spur Plant Growth, Carbon Absorption Across The U.S., University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

Discipline Problems: Ways Of Improvement, Teresa Mcganey-Guy

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to discover new ways of assisting students that have behavioral problems and the teachers of those students.

The subjects in this study were four teachers and their first and second grade students. The teachers were three females and one male. Two of the female teachers teach first grade and the others teach second grade.

The research tool used in this study was a questionnaire. The questionnaire was developed to gain knowledge about the effectiveness of the discipline strategies. The questions were used to collect general information about the respondent and the discipline strategies.

The …

The Diversity And Abundance Of Parasites In Age Groups Of Yellow Perch In Lake Bemidji, Mn Applied To A Whittaker Curve, Kelly J. Main

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

Magnetization Reversal Of Elliptical Co/Cu/Co Pseudo-Spin Valve Dots, Ngocnga Dao, Scott L. Whittenburg, Y. Hao, Leszek M. Malkinski, Jian Qing Wang, C. A. Ross

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

We present our recent simulated results on Cr (5 nm)/ Cu (5 nm)/ Co (5 nm)/ Cu (3 nm)/ Co (2 nm) pseudo-spin valve dots. The simulated results agree qualitatively with the experimental results. Three different sizes of elliptical dots, and were simulated. Our simulations show that in these types of dots magnetization reversal occurs by the formation of domain walls: for and for No domain wall was observed in the reversal of the dots. For such dots, the simulated loops show a small two-step reversal pattern with the thin upper layer partially reversing followed by complete reversal of both …

Name-Bearing Types And Taxonomic Synopsis Of Three Lycaenid Butterfly Taxa From Western Canada (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), Norbert G. Kondla, Crispin S. Guppy

The Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey

We clarify which of two designated lectotypes of Chrysophanus florus Edwards, 1884 is valid. We also show that the putative holotype of Plebeius saepiolus insulanus Blackmore, 1920 is actually a lectotype. A valid neotype designation for Lycaena saepiolus amica Edwards, 1863 is provided. Publication dates are corrected and we also briefly review the various taxonomic interpretations and distributions that appear in the literature with respect to these taxa.

Museums Offers Art, Science Camps For Kids, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

Museums-sponsored art, science camps, which are aimed at children as young as 6, are to be led by local artists and scientists.

Summer Ecology Camps Focus On Water Conservation And Scientific Methods, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

Ecology day camps in June and July introduce youth to water conservation, biology and experimentation.

Campus Observer, Volume 3, Issue 9, Office Of University Communications, Florida Institute Of Technology

Campus Observer

The Campus Observer was a newsletter for the Florida Tech community produced by the Office of University Communications (now the Office of Marketing and Communications). Visit the Campus Observer Collection Guide for more information. Earlier publications of this kind include Tech Talk and Technology Topics.

May 15, 2002 Cal Poly Report Digest, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Um Celebrates 105th Commencement With Saturday Ceremonies, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.

The Bates Student - Volume 131 Number 19 - May 14, 2002, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.

Bidirectional Promoters And Methods Related Thereto, Sushen Gan, Mingtang Xie, Yuehui He

Kentucky Tobacco Research and Development Center Faculty Patents

The present invention comprises artificial nucleic acid constructs comprising a bidirectional promoter having minimal promoter and a common promoter, wherein said minimal promoters is operably linked to said common promoter, in opposite orientation to said common promoter, and 5′ to said common promoter. Those artificial nucleic acid constructs, wherein said bidirectional promoter further comprises at least one gene operably linked to said minimal promoter and said common promoter are preferred.

Laurasian Migration Explains Gondwanan Disjunctions: Evidence From Malpighiaceae, Charles C. Davis, Charles D. Bell, Sarah Mathews, Michael J. Donoghue

Faculty Publications

Explanations for biogeographic disjunctions involving South America and Africa typically invoke vicariance of western Gondwanan biotas or long distance dispersal. These hypotheses are problematical because many groups originated and diversified well after the last known connection between Africa and South America (≈105 million years ago), and it is unlikely that "sweepstakes" dispersal accounts for many of these disjunctions. Phylogenetic analyses of the angiosperm clade Malpighiaceae, combined with fossil evidence and molecular divergence-time estimates, suggest an alternative hypothesis to account for such distributions. We propose that Malpighiaceae originated in northern South America, and that members of several clades repeatedly migrated into …

Geochemistry Of Atmospheric Aerosols Generated From Lava-Seawater Interactions, Francis J. Sansone, Claudia R. Benitez-Nelson, Joseph A. Resing, Eric H. Decarlo, Sue M. Vink, Jacqueline A. Heath, Barry J. Huebert

Faculty Publications

[1] Trace elements were measured in the aerosol plume produced by lava‐seawater interactions along the shoreline of Kilauea volcano, Hawaii. Plume concentrations were normalized relative to Hawaiian basalt composition and showed a linear log‐log co‐variation with their emanation coefficient (an indicator of element volatility). Normalized aerosol concentrations also consistently covaried with corresponding normalized concentrations in dilute fumarolic gas from Kilauea volcano and fumarolic gas condensates from Kudryavy and Merapi volcanoes, despite different mechanisms of element volatilization. Conservatively estimated regional ocean deposition rates of Cu, Cd, Ni, Pb, Mn, Zn, Fe and P were >50 times background rates. Thus, upper ocean …

Unh Develops Gardening Curriculum For Young Children, Sharon Keeler

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Genome-Wide Screening For Trait Conferring Genes Using Dna Microarrays, R. T. Gill, S. Wildt, Y. T. Yang, S. Ziesman, G. Stephanopoulos

Dartmouth Scholarship

We report a DNA microarray-based method for genome-wide monitoring of competitively grown transformants to identify genes whose overexpression confers a specific cellular phenotype. Whereas transcriptional profiling identifies differentially expressed genes that are correlated with particular aspects of the cellular phenotype, this functional genomics approach determines genes that result in a specific physiology. This parallel gene-trait mapping method consists of transforming a strain with a genomic library, enriching the cell population in transformants containing the trait conferring gene(s), and finally using DNA microarrays to simultaneously isolate and identify the enriched gene inserts. Various methods of enrichment can be used; here, genes …

Chaos As Strategy, P. H. Liotta

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

Transnational Terrorism And The Al Qaeda Model: Confronting New Realities, Paul J. Smith

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.