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Efficient Customizable Middleware, Ravi Pratap Maddimsetty

All Computer Science and Engineering Research

The rather large feature set of current Distributed Object Computing (DOC) middleware can be a liability for certain applications which have a need for only a certain subset of these features but have to suffer performance degradation and code bloat due to all the present features. To address this concern, a unique approach to building fully customizable middleware was undertaken in FACET, a CORBA event channel written using AspectJ. FACET consists of a small, essential core that represents the basic structure and functionality of an event channel into which additional features are woven using aspects so that the resulting event …

An Iterative Beam Search Algorithm For Degenerate Primer Selection, Richard Souvenir

All Computer Science and Engineering Research

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Genotyping is an important molecular genetics process in the early stages of producing results that will be useful in the medical field. Due to inherent complexities in DNA manipulation and analysis, many different methods have been proposed for a standard assay. One of the proposed techniques for performing SNP Genotyping requires amplifying regions of DNA surrounding a large number of SNP loci. In order to automate a portion of this particular method, it is necessary to select a set of primers for the experiment. Selecting these primers can be formulated as the Multiple Degenerate Primer Design …

Murray Ledger And Times, December 4, 2003, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 36 No. 29, December 4, 2003

Central Florida Future

Tough call: Athletes struggle with money as classmates plan careers; Faculty furious over administrative raises; UCF partners with NASA for spaceport research.

Campus Chronicle (Vol. 6, No. 16), Valparaiso University

Campus Chronicle

No abstract provided.

The Colby Echo (2003-12-04), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

The Grizzly, December 4, 2003, Lauren A. Perotti, Lindsey Fund, Quinn Dinsmore, Meghan Jarrett, Ellen Calhoun, Kyle Kauffman, Bart Brooks, Marie Difeliciantonio, Monica Delaney, Alexis Witt, Turquoise Johnson, Kimberly Salmon, Brendan Bell, Bill Stiles, John Herting, Susannah Fisher

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Bringing Washington to Ursinus: Congress to Campus a Success • To Give is Better than to Receive: The Season of Generosity • Saying Goodbye to the Grizzly • Opinions: Holidays Hitting you too Soon?; New Year's Resolutions Through the Years; Necessary Evils of Resolutions; Intramural Sports: Not Just Fun • Final Exam Schedule • Berman Exhibit • ProTheatre Play a Success • Four Women Soccer Players Named All Conference • Men's and Women's Basketball off to a Good Start • Ursinus Wrestling Dominates at Home • Stanton Named Player of the Week • Steroids in Pro Sports

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

• University Store Book Buy-Back Begins this Week
• Campus News
• O.I.A.
• Opinions
• Sports
• News
• Four Suspects Arrested in Connection with Recent Burglaries
• Only in America
• Hiatus
• Out and About
• Entertainment
• Classifieds, Comics Etc.

The Missouri Miner, December 4, 2003

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

University Of Northern Iowa Graduate Council Minutes, December 4, 2003, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate Council.

Documents - Graduate Council

Meeting minutes from the Graduate Council of the University of Northern Iowa.

Montana Kaimin, December 4, 2003, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Spectrum, Volume 22, Issue 11, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: SHU Art Students Win National Recognition -- AP's Former CEO Discusses Future of News -- "Branding" Sacred Heart -- World Hunger Speaker Emphasizes Advocacy -- Media Costs Examined -- October Sexual Assault Internet Related -- Traffic Back-Up on Park Ave -- Student Opposition to Commuter Parking Fee -- No More Pencils, No More Books, No More Teachers' Dirty Looks: Adventures in Online Classes -- Students Wheel Through Exercise Class -- Courage To Speak Foundation Reaches Out to Students -- In Memoriam 2003 -- Let the Games Begin! -- Men's Ice Hockey Surges to Second Place in Conference

December 3, 2003 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Improving Economic Literacy: The Role Of Concurrent Enrollment Programs, Donald H. Dutowsky, Jerry M. Evensky, Gerald S. Edmonds

Economics - All Scholarship

This paper introduces Concurrent Enrollment Programs (CEPs), within the context of Syracuse University Project Advance (PA) Economics, as a way to improve economic literacy. We describe measures implemented to operate PA Economics as a high-quality CEP, as well as the National Alliance of Concurrent Education Partnerships to establish national standards. This study also contains results from administering to high school students taking PA Economics the nationally normed Test of Economic Literacy (TEL). PA students average nearly one percentage point higher than the AP/Honors Economics Group, and score considerably better than AP/Honors Economics in fundamentals and international economics. By cognitive level, …

The College Redeemer, V4 I7, University Of Northern Iowa

College Redeemer

The College Redeemer - A conservative publication at the University of Northern Iowa publishing since March of 2001.

December 3, 2003, Ohio University Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Ohio University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes document the activities of Ohio University's Board of Trustees.

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes - 12/03/2003, Janet Shields

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate Minutes for the 12/03/2003 regular meeting.

Daily Eastern News: December 03, 2003, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

The Chronicle, Eric Gookin, Christina Dalrymple, Amber Bryant-Tapper, Erica Shorkey-Brumm, Heather Kilby, Corey Rolffs, Daniel Statterly, Jenny Stanley, Jeremy Thompson, Rosalinda Escaran, Jessica Hofeldt, Alyssa Hesley, Antoine Smith, Amber Moyer, Michael Cooper, Angela Skalsky, Janelle Tomlinson, Ethan Clarkson, Katherne Fulton, Bevan Lucas, Julie Roosa

Campus Chronicle

No abstract provided.

The Bg News December 3, 2003, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 3, 2003. Volume 94-Issue 66.

The Market And Welfare Effects Of The New National Organic Program, Amalia Yiannaka

Cornhusker Economics

Organic agriculture is one of the fastest growing industries in the United States (U.S.). Organic food sales are growing at a rate of more than 20 percent annually, totaling $7.8 billion in 2000 [1].1 Advocates of the recently introduced national organic standards predict that their introduction will further enhance the growth of the organic sector.

Ke Alaka'i, Vol. 67, No. 13 (2003-12-03), Brigham Young University Hawaii

Ke Alaka'i

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, December 3, 2003

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

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

Evidentiary Support Of A Master Teacher, Barbara Rosengren Robinson

Digitized Theses and Dissertations (prior to 2008)

A Portfolio Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of Kennesaw State University in Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF EDUCATION

Banner News, Holly Losh, Wendy Goering, Laura Griffin, April Walker, James Joy, Darin Longman, Pam Snow, Laura Foley, Laura Anderson, Christine Carter, Josh Hutt, Ryan Makovsky

Banner News

No abstract provided.

Optimal Control Of Delayed Differential-Algebraic Inclusions, Boris S. Mordukhovich, Lianwen Wang

Mathematics Research Reports

This paper concerns constrained dynamic optimization problems governed by delayed differential-algebraic systems. Dynamic constraints in such systems, which are particularly important for engineering applications, are described by interconnected delay-differential inclusions and algebraic equations. We pursue a two-hold goal: to study variational stability of such control systems with respect to discrete approximations and to derive necessary optimality conditions for both delayed differential-algebraic systems and their finite-difference counterparts using modern tools of variational analysis and generalized differentiation. We are not familiar with any results in these directions for differential-algebraic inclusions even in the delay-free case. In the first part of the paper …

Magnetic Transitions In Disordered Gdal2, D. S. Williams, Paul M. Shand, Thomas M. Pekarek, Ralph Skomski, Valeri G. Petkov, Diandra Leslie-Pelecky

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center: Faculty Publications

The role of disorder in magnetic ordering transitions is investigated using mechanically milled GdAl₂. Crystalline GdAl₂ is a ferromagnet while amorphous GdAl₂ is a spin glass. Nanostructured GdAl₂ shows a paramagnetic-to-ferromagnetic transition and glassy behavior, with the temperature and magnitude of each transition dependent on the degree and type of disorder. Disorder is parametrized by a Gaussian distribution of Curie temperatures T_C with mean T_C and breadth Δ T_C. A nonzero coercivity is observed at temperatures more than 20 K above the highest T_C of any known Gd-Al phase; however, …

December 3, 2003 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily, December 3, 2003, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 121, Issue 64

It's Happening At State: December 03, 2003

It's Happening at State

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