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Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/39 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida Oct 2003

Education Policy Analysis Archives 11/39 , Arizona State University, University Of South Florida

College of Education Publications

Baselines for assessment of choice programs / Paul T. Hill [and] Kacey Guin.

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Monitor Newsletter October 20, 2003, Bowling Green State University Oct 2003

Monitor Newsletter October 20, 2003, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

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Laplace And Segal-Bargmann Transforms On Hermitian Symmetric Spaces And Orthogonal Polynomials, Mark Davidson, Gestur Ólafsson, Genkai Zhang Oct 2003

Laplace And Segal-Bargmann Transforms On Hermitian Symmetric Spaces And Orthogonal Polynomials, Mark Davidson, Gestur Ólafsson, Genkai Zhang

Faculty Publications

Let D = G/K be a complex bounded symmetric domain of tube type in a complex Jordan algebra V and let Dℝ = J ∩ D ⊂ D be its real form in a formally real Euclidean Jordan algebra J ⊂ V; Dℝ = H/L is a bounded realization of the symmetric cone in J. We consider representations of H that are gotten by the generalized Segal-Bargmann transform from a unitary G-space of holomorphic functions on D to an L2-space on DR. We prove that in the unbounded realization the inverse of the unitary part of the restriction map is …

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An Analysis Of Improving Teacher Efficacy To Enhance Student Learning By Developing An Evaluation Instrument For Special Education Teachers, Sollie J. Pinkston-Miles Oct 2003

An Analysis Of Improving Teacher Efficacy To Enhance Student Learning By Developing An Evaluation Instrument For Special Education Teachers, Sollie J. Pinkston-Miles

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study is to design an evaluation instrument to reflect state standards and implementation of instructional performance criteria for special education teachers. It was designed to evaluate the performance of the specific job duties and instructional responsibilities required of special educators to determine if the instrument indicates teacher efficacy and provides adequate opportunities for feedback to improve performance. A total of 30 special education teachers from 4 different schools within the same school district participated in the study to evaluate the instrument. The respondents were categorized according to tenured or non-tenured status, and either co-teaching or self-contained …

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Controlling H- Detachment With Few-Cycle Pulses, S. X. Hu, Anthony F. Starace Oct 2003

Controlling H- Detachment With Few-Cycle Pulses, S. X. Hu, Anthony F. Starace

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

We present a detailed analysis of short-pulse detachment processes using few-cycle pulses with the aim of demonstrating means for controlling such processes. We first generalize the standard Keldysh-type formalism for laser-target interactions (in which final-state interaction between the detached electron and the core is ignored) to include the possibility that the vector potential is nonzero at the end of the interaction between a short laser pulse and the target. With this formalism in hand, we examine the effects of half-cycle pulses (HCPs) on detachment of the prototypical negative ion H–, and show that detachment by pairs of oppositely-directed (i.e., "bidirectional") …

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Fabrication Of Nonepitaxially Grown Double-Layered Fept:C/Feconi Thin Films For Perpendicular Recording, M.L. Yan, Xingzhong Li, L. Gao, Sy_Hwang Liou, David J. Sellmyer, R.J.M Van De Veerdonk, K.W. Wierman Oct 2003

Fabrication Of Nonepitaxially Grown Double-Layered Fept:C/Feconi Thin Films For Perpendicular Recording, M.L. Yan, Xingzhong Li, L. Gao, Sy_Hwang Liou, David J. Sellmyer, R.J.M Van De Veerdonk, K.W. Wierman

Sy-Hwang Liou Publications

A noneptaxially grown double-layered thin-film medium of nanocompsite FePt:C with a FeCoNi soft underlayer for high-density perpendicular magnetic recording was fabricated and investigated. Square-shaped perpendicular loops with a remanance ratio nearly equal to one and a coercivity as large as 8.5 kOe were obtained for this ordered FePt:C double-layered medium. The formation of the ordered L10 phase is confirmed by electron diffraction experiments. Transmission electron microscope observations reveal that FePt grains with a uniform size less than 5 nm are embedded in the C matrix and appear to be well isolated. Our results show that nonepitaxially grown (001) textured …

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Gravitational Radiation From Pulsating White Dwarfs, Matthew Benacquista, M. Benacquista, D. M. Sedrakian, M. V. Hairapetyan, K. M. Shahabasyan, A. A. Sadoyan Oct 2003

Gravitational Radiation From Pulsating White Dwarfs, Matthew Benacquista, M. Benacquista, D. M. Sedrakian, M. V. Hairapetyan, K. M. Shahabasyan, A. A. Sadoyan

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

Rotating white dwarfs undergoing quasi-radial oscillations can emit gravitational radiation in a frequency range from 0.1 to 0.3 Hz. Assuming that the energy source for the gravitational radiation comes from the oblateness of the white dwarf induced by the rotation, the strain amplitude is found to be ∼10-27 for a white dwarf at ∼50 pc. The Galactic population of these sources is estimated to be ∼107 and may produce a confusion-limited foreground for proposed advanced detectors in the frequency band between space-based and ground-based interferometers. Nearby oscillating white dwarfs may provide a clear enough signal to investigate white dwarf interiors …

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Using The Intensity Modulation Index To Test Pulsar Radio Emission Models, Fredrick A. Jenet, Janusz Gil Oct 2003

Using The Intensity Modulation Index To Test Pulsar Radio Emission Models, Fredrick A. Jenet, Janusz Gil

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

This Letter explores the possibility of testing pulsar radio emission models by observing pulse-to-pulse intensity modulation. It is shown that a relationship between a pulsar's period, period derivative, and intensity modulation is a natural consequence of at least one theoretical model of radio pulsar emission. It is proposed that other models may also predict a similar correlation. The exact form of the relationship will depend on the model in question. Hence, observations of intensity modulation should be able to determine the validity of the various emission models. In an attempt to search for the predicted dependencies, the modulation properties of …

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Panel Discussion At Little Priest Tribal College (Lptc), Hank Lehrer, Brent D. Bowen Oct 2003

Panel Discussion At Little Priest Tribal College (Lptc), Hank Lehrer, Brent D. Bowen

STEM Leadership

This panel presentation by a Little Priest Tribal College (LPTC) academic administrator, faculty member, USDA extension agent, and University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) research consultant included information on the Family Aeronautical Science (FAS) and Family Geospatial Science (FGS) partnership programs with the Winnebago Public Schools (WPS).

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Miriam Albin Bradley, Viola, And Larina Orlando, Piano, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond Oct 2003

Miriam Albin Bradley, Viola, And Larina Orlando, Piano, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

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2003 : Graduation Ceremony Pamphlet, Faculty Of Science, 18th. October, Dublin Institute Of Technology Oct 2003

2003 : Graduation Ceremony Pamphlet, Faculty Of Science, 18th. October, Dublin Institute Of Technology

DIT Publications

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Liberating The Inflaton From Primordial Spectrum Constraints, Christian Armendariz-Picon Oct 2003

Liberating The Inflaton From Primordial Spectrum Constraints, Christian Armendariz-Picon

Physics - All Scholarship

I discuss a mechanism that renders the spectral index of the primordial spectrum and the inflationary stage independent of each other. If a scalar field acquires an appropriate time-dependent mass, it is possible to generate an adiabatic, Gaussian scale invariant spectrum of density perturbations during any stage of inflation. As an illustration, I present a simple model where the time-dependent mass arises from the coupling of the inflaton to a second scalar. The mechanism I propose might help to implement a successful inflationary scenario in particle physics theories that do not yield slow-roll potentials.

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Detection Of West Nile Virus Infection In Birds In The United States By Blocking Elisa And Immunohistochemistry, Martine Jozan, Richard Evans, Robert Mclean, Roy Hall, Basil Tangredi, Lisa Reed, Jamesina Scott Oct 2003

Detection Of West Nile Virus Infection In Birds In The United States By Blocking Elisa And Immunohistochemistry, Martine Jozan, Richard Evans, Robert Mclean, Roy Hall, Basil Tangredi, Lisa Reed, Jamesina Scott

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

A blocking ELISA targeting an immunodominant West Nile epitope on the West Nile Virus NSI protein was assessed for the detection of West Nile-specific antibodies in blood samples collected from 584 sentinel chickens and 238 wild birds collected in New Jersey from May-December 2000. Ten mallard ducks (Anus platyrirynchos) experimentally infected with West Nile virus and six uninfected controls were also tested. The ELISA proved specific in detecting WNV antibodies in 9/10 chickens and 414 wild birds previously confirmed as positive by Plaque Reduction Neutralization test (PRNT) at the Center for Disease Control, Division of Vector Borne Diseases, …

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Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Oct 17, 2003, A-State Faculty Senate Oct 2003

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Oct 17, 2003, A-State Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Standing Facilities And Interbank Borrowing: Evidence From The Federal Reserve’S New Discount Window - Federal Reserve Bank Of Chicago, Craig Furfine Oct 2003

Standing Facilities And Interbank Borrowing: Evidence From The Federal Reserve’S New Discount Window - Federal Reserve Bank Of Chicago, Craig Furfine

Documents

No abstract provided.

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Temporal And Spatial Variability Of Microclimate And Permafrost Conditions In Fairbanks Regions, Alaska, Galina E. Yershova Oct 2003

Temporal And Spatial Variability Of Microclimate And Permafrost Conditions In Fairbanks Regions, Alaska, Galina E. Yershova

Geosciences

Spatial variability of the climate and permafrost conditions in the Fairbanks region was studied using the temperature measurements at a number of sites in the area of approximately 100x100 km around Fairbanks. The effect of climatic and surface parameters (air temperature, vegetation and snow cover, soil properties including water content) on thermal regime of the ground was studied using the temperature and water content measurements at five sites that represent various landscapes and form the Smith Lake profile. The effect of the topographic gradient and slope aspect on the thermal regime of the ground was studied using the temperature measurements …

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Spring Distribution Of Ring-Necked Pheasants (Phasianus Colchicus) Following Cattail Reduction With Glyphosate Herbicide, H.J. Homan, G. M. Linz, R.C. Carlson, W.J. Bleier Oct 2003

Spring Distribution Of Ring-Necked Pheasants (Phasianus Colchicus) Following Cattail Reduction With Glyphosate Herbicide, H.J. Homan, G. M. Linz, R.C. Carlson, W.J. Bleier

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

To reduce blackbird (Icteridae) damage to field crops in the north-central United States. dense stands of cattail (Typha spp. ) are thinned with glyphosate herbicide. The stands become unusable as roosting and loafing sites, which helps to protect susceptible crops nearby, particularly sunflower (Helianthus annus). Landscape-level impacts of cattail management on non-target avian species have not been studied. We measured use of upland breeding territories by male ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchieus) following cattail reduction in wetlands used by pheasants for overwintering. In August 1992, glyphosate was applied to all wetlands with ≥70% cattail coverage in …

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Stored-Crop Loss Due To Deer Consumption, Kurt C. Vercauteren, Michael J. Pipas, Phil Peterson, Scott F. Beckerman Oct 2003

Stored-Crop Loss Due To Deer Consumption, Kurt C. Vercauteren, Michael J. Pipas, Phil Peterson, Scott F. Beckerman

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Deer (Odocoileus spp.) cause an estimated loss of $100 million in United States agricultural production each year (Conover 1997). In 1984 the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection surveyed producers in the state and estimated that white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) damage to all agricultural products exceeded $36 million annually (Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection 1984). Nationwide, for stored crops alone, wildlife reportedly caused $26 million in losses in 1989 (Wywialowski 1994). Despite sometimes biased producer estimates of the value of wildlife-caused losses (Wywialowski 1994), many landowners are willing to accept a …

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Evaluation Of An Animal-Activated Scarecrow And A Monofilament Fence For Reducing Deer Use Of Soybean Fields, Jeff Beringer, Kurt C. Vercauteren, Joshua J. Millspaugh Oct 2003

Evaluation Of An Animal-Activated Scarecrow And A Monofilament Fence For Reducing Deer Use Of Soybean Fields, Jeff Beringer, Kurt C. Vercauteren, Joshua J. Millspaugh

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

We measured the efficacy of an animal-activated scarecrow (AAS) and a 5-strand monofilament fence (MF) at reducing white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) use of 0.4-ha soybean plots in Missouri, USA. Our study design consisted of 9 soybean plots; 3 served as controls, 3 were surrounded by an MF, and 3 were surrounded by an AAS. Data collected for each protected plot included soybean height and weight taken from within and immediately adjacent to 10 unprotected, equally spaced 1 -m2 exclosures. A measure of deer use for each plot was collected with video cameras. A mixed-effects analysis of variance …

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Deterministic Solutions For A Step-Growth Polymerization, Sungjae Choi, Xiangdong Liu, Delmar C. Timm Oct 2003

Deterministic Solutions For A Step-Growth Polymerization, Sungjae Choi, Xiangdong Liu, Delmar C. Timm

Papers in Molecular Chemistry

Chain topology, including branch node, chain link and cross-link dynamics that contribute to the number of elastically active strands and junctions, are calculated using purely deterministic derivations. Solutions are not coupled to population density distributions. An eigenzeit transformation assists in the conversion of expressions derived by chemical reaction principles from time to conversion space, yielding transport phenomena type expressions where the rate of change in the molar concentrations of branch nodes with respect to conversion is expressed as functions of the fraction of reactive sites on precursors and reactants. Analogies are hypothesized to exist in cross-linking space that effectively distribute …

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The Bg News October 17, 2003, Bowling Green State University Oct 2003

The Bg News October 17, 2003, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. October 17, 2003. Volume 94-Issue 38.

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Washington University Record, October 17, 2003 Oct 2003

Washington University Record, October 17, 2003

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

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Mustang Daily, October 16, 2003 Oct 2003

Mustang Daily, October 16, 2003

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

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Vector Flow Model In Video Estimation And Effects Of Network Congestion In Low Bit-Rate Compression Standards, Balaji Ramadoss Oct 2003

Vector Flow Model In Video Estimation And Effects Of Network Congestion In Low Bit-Rate Compression Standards, Balaji Ramadoss

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The use of digitized information is rapidly gaining acceptance in bio-medical applications. Video compression plays an important role in the archiving and transmission of different digital diagnostic modalities. The present scheme of video compression for low bit-rate networks is not suitable for medical video sequences. The instability is the result of block artifacts resulting from the block based DCT coefficient quantization. The possibility of applying deformable motion estimation techniques to make the video compression standard (H.263) more adaptable for bio-medial applications was studied in detail. The study on the network characteristics and the behavior of various congestion control mechanisms was …

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Daily Eastern News: October 16, 2003, Eastern Illinois University Oct 2003

Daily Eastern News: October 16, 2003, Eastern Illinois University

October

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Group Connectivity Of A Graph, Hongjian Lai Oct 2003

Group Connectivity Of A Graph, Hongjian Lai

Combinatorics Seminar

The group connectivity problem can be viewed as the non-homogeneous counterpart of the nowhere zero flow problem. We will present a survey on the group connectivity problem and recent development on this topic.

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Campus Chronicle (Vol. 6, No. 10), Valparaiso University Oct 2003

Campus Chronicle (Vol. 6, No. 10), Valparaiso University

Campus Chronicle

No abstract provided.

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Expert On Arab-Israeli Conflict To Speak At Cal Poly Oct. 26, Public Affairs Office Oct 2003

Expert On Arab-Israeli Conflict To Speak At Cal Poly Oct. 26, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

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October 15, 2003 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office Oct 2003

October 15, 2003 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

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Reducing Landmine Risk And Helping Victims: Unicef Albania, 1999–2003, Aurora Bushati Oct 2003

Reducing Landmine Risk And Helping Victims: Unicef Albania, 1999–2003, Aurora Bushati

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has been instrumental in helping Albania address its mine action problems. The following article discusses what steps UNICEF—as well as other mine action organizations within Albania—have taken during and after the conflicts in 1999 to help offset landmine concerns of both victims and the general Albanian population.

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