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Haplotyping And Minimum Diversity Graphs, C Davis, Allen G. Holder

Mathematics Faculty Research

Haplotyping is the process of reconstructing the genetic information donated by a prior generation to form a current population. Haplotyping is important because it allows us to study how traits are passed from one generation to another, which in turn allows us to find genetic markers that describe a current population's susceptibility to diseases. Our goal is to study the underlying graph theory problem, and we study the bipartite graphs, called diversity graphs, that describe haplotyping. In particular, we investigate the problem of finding the minimum number of haplotypes that can reconstruct a population, called the Pure Parsimony problem. The …

Local Impact Of State Testing In Southwest Washington, Linda Mabry, Jayne Poole, Linda Redmond, Angelia Schultz

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

A decade after implementation of a state testing and accountability mandate, teachers' practices and perspectives regarding their classroom assessments and their state's assessments of student achievement were documented in a study of 31 teachers in southwest Washington state. Against a background of national trends and standards of psychometric quality, the data were analyzed for teachers' beliefs and practices regarding classroom assessment and also regarding state assessment, commonalities and differences among teachers who taught at grade levels tested by the state and those who did not, teachers' views about the impact of state assessment on their students and their classrooms, and …

Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/22 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Local impact of state testing in southwest washington / Linda Mabry, Jayne Poole, Linda Redmond [and] Angelia Schultz.

Dijet Angular Distributions In Photoproduction Of Charm At Hera, S. Chekanov, M. Derrick, D. Krakauer, J. H. Loizides, S. Magill, B. Musgrave, J. Repond, R. Yoshida, Margarita C. K. Mattingly, P. Antonioli, G. Bari, M. Basile, L. Bellagamba, D. Boscherini, A. Bruni, G. Bruni, G. Cara Romeo, L. Cifarelli, F. Cindolo, A. Contin, M. Corradi, S. De Pasquale, P. Giusti, G. Iacobucci, A. Margotti, R. Nania, F. Palmonari, A. Pesci, G. Sartorelli, A. Zichichi, G. Aghuzumtsyan

Faculty Publications

Dijet angular distributions of photoproduction events in which a D*± meson is produced in association with one of two energetic jets have been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA, using an integrated luminosity of 120 pb-1. Differential cross sections as a function of the angle between the charm-jet and the proton-beam direction in the dijet rest frame have been measured for samples enriched in direct or resolved photon events. The results are compared with predictions from leading-order parton-shower Monte Carlo models and with next-to-leading-order QCD calculations. The angular distributions show clear evidence for the existence of charm originating from …

Criteria To Evaluate The Quality Of Pavement Camera Systems In Automated Evaluation Vehicles, Iván Sokolic

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The use of high technology in common daily tasks is boarding all areas of civil engineering; pavement evaluation is not the exception. Accordingly, current pavement imaging systems have been able to collect images at highway speeds and with the use of proper software, this digital information can be translated into pavement distress reports in which all distresses are classified and presented by their type, extent, severity, and location. However, a number of issues regarding the quality of pavement images and the appropriate conditions to acquire them, remain to be addressed. These issues surfaced during the development of a pavement evaluation …

Embedded Cryptography: An Analysis And Evaluation Of Performance And Code Optimization Techniques For Encryption And Decryption In Embedded Systems, Jayavardhan R. Kandi

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

It is clear that Cryptography is computationally intensive. It is also known that embedded systems have slow clock rates and less memory. The idea for this thesis was to study the possibilities for analysis of cryptography on embedded systems. The basic approach was the implementation of cryptographic algorithms on high-end, state-of-the-art, DSP chips in order to study the various parameters that optimize the performance of the chip while keeping the overhead of encryption and decryption to a minimum.

Embedded systems are very resource sensitive. An embedded system is composed of different components, which are implemented in both hardware and software. …

Emissions Of Trace Gases And Particles From Savanna Fires In Southern Africa, Parikhit Sinha, Peter V. Hobbs, Robert J. Yokelson, Isaac T. Bertschi, Donald R. Blake, Isobel J. Simpson, Song Gao, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Tihomir Novakov

Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles

Airborne measurements made on initial smoke from 10 savanna fires in southern Africa provide quantitative data on emissions of 50 gaseous and particulate species, including carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, methane, ammonia, dimethyl sulfide, nonmethane organic compounds, halocarbons, gaseous organic acids, aerosol ionic components, carbonaceous aerosols, and condensation nuclei (CN). Measurements of several of the gaseous species by gas chromatography and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy are compared. Emission ratios and emission factors are given for eight species that have not been reported previously for biomass burning of savanna in southern Africa (namely, dimethyl sulfide, methyl nitrate, five …

Trace Gas Measurements In Nascent, Aged, And Cloud-Processed Smoke From African Savanna Fires By Airborne Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (Aftir), Robert J. Yokelson, Issac T. Bertschi, Ted J. Christian, Peter V. Hobbs, Darold E. Ward, Wei Min Hao

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

[1] We measured stable and reactive trace gases with an airborne Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (AFTIR) on the University of Washington Convair-580 research aircraft in August/September 2000 during the SAFARI 2000 dry season campaign in Southern Africa. The measurements included vertical profiles of CO₂, CO, H₂O, and CH₄ up to 5.5 km on six occasions above instrumented ground sites and below the TERRA satellite and ER-2 high-flying research aircraft. We also measured the trace gas emissions from 10 African savanna fires. Five of these fires featured extensive ground-based fuel characterization, and two were in the …

Evolution Of Gases And Particles From A Savanna Fire In South Africa, Peter V. Hobbs, Parikhit Sinha, Robert J. Yokelson, Ted J. Christian, Donald R. Blake, Song Gao, Thomas W. Kirchstetter, Tihomir Novakov, Peter Pilewskie

Chemistry and Physics Faculty Articles

Airborne measurements of particles and gases from a 1000-ha savanna fire in South Africa are presented. These measurements represent the most extensive data set reported on the aging of biomass smoke. The measurements include total concentrations of particles (CN), particle sizes, particulate organic carbon and black carbon, light-scattering coefficients, downwelling UV fluxes, and mixing ratios for 42 trace gases and 7 particulate species. The ratios of excess nitrate, ozone, and gaseous acetic acid to excess CO increased significantly as the smoke aged over ∼40–45 min, indicating that these species were formed by photochemistry in the plume. For 17 other species, …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session July 16, 2003, 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 28 and May 9 Formal Sessions
• Academic and Student Affairs Recommendations
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Proposal to Offer a Bachelor of Science Degree in Geochemistry
• Change of Name of Department of Art to School of Art
• Deletion of School of Community Health Services
• Budget and Finance Committee Recommendations
• Gift Report
• Personnel Report
• Naming of Donald J. Seelye Athletic Center
• Entering Student Development Fee
• Enrollment Fee – Part-time Students
• Vehicle Registration Rates …

It's Happening At State: July 16, 2003

It's Happening at State

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

Peirce And Jung - Modern Gnostics In Search Of Soul, C. W. Spinks

Trickster's Way

No abstract provided.

Donovan V. Punxsutawney Area

2003 Decisions

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

The Magician's Autopoietic Action, Or Eros Contained And Uncontained, Inna Semetsky

Trickster's Way

No abstract provided.

Geospatial Education Institute Selects Second Group Of Course Fellows, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

UNIVERSITY, Miss. - As the nation's first model for online curriculum on remote sensing nears completion, nine innovators have won contracts for the second set of courses.

Computer Vision-Based Technique For Objective Assessment Of Material Properties In Non-Rigid Objects, Leonid V. Tsap, Dmitry B. Goldgof, Sudeep Sarkar

USF Patents

The present invention provides a system and method for recovering material properties of non-rigid objects. The method includes, for example, the steps of: establishing a plurality of three-dimensional point correspondences of the non-rigid object in an unstressed and stressed state; from the plurality of point correspondences, generating a finite element model of the non-rigid body having initial material properties and generating a finite element strain distribution; detecting abnormal areas of the non-rigid body by comparing finite element strain levels from the strain distribution; and determining at least one material property of the abnormal areas. The system includes, for example, a …

Triplet Superconductors From The Viewpoint Of Basic Elements For Quantum Computers, Armen M. Gulian, Kent S. Wood

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

We discuss possibilities of utilizing superconductors with Cooper condensates in triplet pairing states (where the spin of condensate pairs is S=1) for practical realization of quantum computers. Superconductors with triplet pairing condensates have features that are unique and cannot be found in the usual (singlet pairing, S=0) superconductors. The symmetry of the order parameter in some triplet superconductors (e.g., ruthenates) corresponds to doubly-degenerate chiral states. These states can serve as qubit base states for quantum computing.

Improving Literacy Among Struggling Students, Laurice A. Dodge

Digitized Theses and Dissertations (prior to 2008)

A Portfolio Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Kennesaw State University in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Education in Adolescent Education

Global Geometry Optimization Of Silicon Clusters Described By Three Empirical Potentials, S. Yoo, Xiao Cheng Zeng

Xiao Cheng Zeng Publications

The “basic-hopping” global optimization technique developed by Wales and Doye is employed to study the global minima of silicon clusters Si_n (3<nnnn=17, as opposed to n=19. For larger SW clusters (20<n n =20. In particular, the overall structural features of SW Si₂₁, Si₂₃, Si₂₅, and Si₂₈ are nearly identical to the MSW counterparts. With the SW Si₂₁ as the starting structure, a geometric optimization at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level of density-functional theory yields an isomer similar to the ground-stateisomer of Si₂₁ reported by Pederson et …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 028, Number 01, July 14, 2003, Grand Valley State University

2003-2004, Volume 28

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Monitor Newsletter July 14, 2003, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

July 14, 2003 Reporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Spelling Attitudes And Abilities Of Secondary Students, Michael C. Porter

Theses and Dissertations

The purposes of this study were to a) gauge the attitudes of a group of high school seniors (n = 211) about the importance of spelling, which strategies they use to solve spelling problems, and the adequacy of spelling instruction at the high school level; b) assess the same group of seniors according to Ganske's developmental levels of spelling; and c) gauge the attitudes of high school language arts teachers in the same school (n = 16) about the importance of spelling and the adequacy of spelling instruction at the high school level, and to determine their spelling …

Characteristics Of Grit In Canada Goose Gizzards, Kurt C. Vercauteren, Michael J. Lavelle, Kirk J. Shively

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

In many localities, Canada geese (Branta canadensis) have habituated to urban settings and their populations are increasing. Reproductive inhibitors contained in synthetic grit could play a role in integrated Canada goose management. We describe and quantity the physical characteristics of natural grit collected from the gizzards of Canada geese from 4 regions of the United States. The average grit sample had a weight of 14.26 g, a volume of 2.45 ml, a grit-particle count of 1,419, and a soil weight of 6.85 g. The average grit particle measured 2.02 mm long and 1.52 mm wide, and had an …

More On The Need To Get The Basics Right: Population Indices, Richard M. Engeman

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

On the grounds of "the need to get the basics right in wildlife field studies," Anderson (2001:1294-1297) recently included a general condemnation of the use of population indices. My purpose in this brief note is to add a few paragraphs of my thoughts to the comments by Anderson (2001) with respect to indexing animal populations. In general, I agree with the quantitative concepts described by Anderson (2001); however, I would like to place his comments into a broader perspective of general statistical rigor, without condemning the use of population indices if they are appropriately constructed.

Red Lasers Are Ineffective For Dispersing Deer At Night, Kurt C. Vercauteren, Scott E. Hygnstrom, Michael J. Pipas, Paul B. Fioranelli, Scott J. Werner, Bradley F. Blackwell

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Populations of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and the number of deer-human conflicts have increased in recent years, emphasizing the need for efficient and inexpensive methods to reduce site-specific deer damage. Recent research using laser technology to disperse a variety of bird species has yielded promising results, prompting wildlife professionals and the public to question whether lasers could play a role in reducing damage and conflict with mammals, primarily deer. We evaluated 2 red lasers (63-650 nm) to determine their effectiveness as devices to frighten deer. No differences occurred in flight response between lasers or between the control and …

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, July 13, 2003, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2003

No abstract provided.

Educational Policy Formation In Loosely Coupled Systems: Some Salient Features Of Guatemala's Public And Private School Sectors, Carlos R. Ruano

Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA)

The purpose of this article is to analyze the formulation and implementation of educational policy processes in relation to private schools in Guatemala. Specifically, how bilingual education is defined and implemented in the private education sector in Guatemala City where the largest number of privately run establishments exist. ...

Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/21 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Educational policy formation in loosely coupled systems : some salient features of Guatemala's public and private school sectors / Carlos R. Ruano.

The Kolmogorov Equation With Time-Measurable Coefficients, Jay Kovats

Mathematics and System Engineering Faculty Publications

Using both probabilistic and classical analytic techniques, we investigate the parabolic Kolmogorov equation $$ L_t v +\frac {\partial v}{\partial t}\equiv \frac 12 a^{ij}(t)v_{x^ix^j} +b^i(t) v_{x^i} -c(t) v+ f(t) +\frac {\partial v}{\partial t}=0 $$ in $H_T:=(0,T) \times E_d$ and its solutions when the coefficients are bounded Borel measurable functions of $t$. We show that the probabilistic solution $v(t,x)$ defined in $\bar H_T$, is twice differentiable with respect to $x$, continuously in $(t,x)$, once differentiable with respect to $t$, a.e. $t \in [0,T)$ and satisfies the Kolmogorov equation $L_t v +\frac {\partial v}{\partial t}=0$ a.e. in $\bar H_T$. Our main tool will …