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Organization And Signal Processing Of The Descending Tracts In The Cervical Spinal Cord, Yanmei Tie

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation addresses the research for the development of spinal cord-computer interface (SCCI). The main objective of SCCI is to generate voluntary motor control signals for individuals with spinal cord injury (SCI).

In the neuroscience aspect, organization of the fibers in the descending tracts of the dorsolateral funiculus of the cervical spinal cord was investigated in cats. The spinal cord was penetrated with silicon substrate microelectrodes at 400 μm intervals in the medio-lateral direction at the C5/C6 and C6/C7 segmental borders. The stimulus consisted of a 20 ms train of charge-balanced biphasic pulses at 330 Hz. The evoked activities from …

Refuge Update – July/August 2005, Volume 2, Number 4

RefugeUpdate (USFWS-NWRS)

Table of Contents:
A New Line on Refuge Fishing, page 3
Northeast Refuges Reach Half- Million-Acre Milestone, page 5
Focus on…Trails and Wildlife Observation, pages 8-15
An Earth Day Visit, page 22

Scwds Briefs: Volume 21, Number 2 (July 2005), Michael J. Yabsley

Southeastern Cooperative Wildlife Disease Study: Publications

Unexplained Sea Bird Mortality: Since June 12, 2005, there have been numerous reports of dead or dying sea birds along the beaches of the eastern seaboard from Florida to Maryland.
Deer as Hosts of Anaplasmosis: Anaplasma phagocytophilum is the causative agent of human granulocytic anaplasmosis (HGA)
Vesicular Stomatitis Update: Vesicular stomatitis New Jersey virus (VSNJV) infection was confirmed in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, and Utah.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that four transplant recipients had developed severe illnesses after receiving organs from a Rhode Island donor. Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV) infection was confirmed in all …

Gsbs News, Summer 2005, Graduate School Of Biomedical Sciences, University Of Texas Health Science Center At Houston/M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

GSBS News

No abstract provided.

Salinity Tolerance Of Eight Ornamental Herbaceous Perennials, Nickolee Zollinger, Teresa Cerny-Koenig, Roger Kjelgren, Rich Koenig, Kelly L. Kopp

Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Drought Responses Of Ornamental Herbaceous Perennials, Nickolee Zollinger, Roger Kjelgren, Teresa Cerny-Koenig, Rich Koenig, Kelly L. Kopp

Plants, Soils, and Climate Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Wooster Magazine: Summer 2005, Lisa Watts

Wooster Magazine: 2001-2010

This edition of the Wooster Magazine was published in the Summer of 2005. The Oak Grove section includes news from the Wooster baseball team, an update on the Kauke renovations, and story on how Wooster students assisted a small village in India following a tsunami. Statistics regarding the class of 2005 and their Independent Studies are on page eleven to twenty-eight. Six students and their Independent Studies are featured. These articles are written by the students, they reflect on the effect that IS has had on them and also explain their projects to readers. The Class Notes section is from …

Direction Of The Play: Noises Off!, Michelle Lynn Morea

Master of Theater Production Graduate Projects

This project includes the selection, background research and documentation, casting, direction, and post-production analysis of Grayson High School's production of Noises Off. Documentation includes research of setting, characters, past productions, and the structure of the play. A discussion as to the directorial vision and an analysis in accordance with the Graduate Theatre Arts Program at Central Washington University is also included.

Direction Of The Play: Master Harold And The Boys, Linda Moon Thorn

Master of Theater Production Graduate Projects

This project entailed the selection, background research and documentation, casting, direction, vocal coaching, and post production analysis of People Productions' Master Harold and the Boys. Documentation includes research and analysis of the play and an evaluation of the play as a production vehicle for People Productions Community Theatre.

The Marian Library Newsletter: Issue Nos. 49-50, University Of Dayton. Marian Library

Marian Library Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Anticuerpos Contra El Virus De La Estomatitis Vesicularen Sajinos (Tayassu Tajacu) De Zoocriaderos De Iquitos Y Pucallpa, Aldo D. Wilson, Mariluz Araínga, Hugo Galvez C., Alberto Manchego S., Hermelinda G. Rivera

Journal Articles: Pharmacology & Experimental Neuroscience

The objetive of this study was to detect antibodies against vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) collared peccaries in (Tayassu tajacu) from farms of Iquitos and Pucallpa, Peru. Blood samples were collected in animals olders than 6 months of age (pregnant females were not included) from a farm in Iquitos (n = 21) and from four farms in Pucallpa (n = 47), for detection of antibodies against Indiana 1 and New Jersey serotype of VSV by viral neutralization test. No specific antibodies against both serotypes of VSV were detected, indicating that the peccaries were not exposed to VSV, and suggesting absence of …

The 'Abuse Excuse' In Capital Sentencing Trials: Is It Relevant To Responsibility, Punishment, Or Neither?, Paul J. Litton

Faculty Publications

The violent criminal who was a victim of severe childhood abuse frequently appears in the responsibility literature because he presents a difficulty for theorists who maintain the compatibility of causal determinism and our practices of holding persons responsible. The challenge is based on the fact that learning about an offender's horrific childhood mitigates the indignation that many persons feel towards him, possibly indicating that they hold him less than fully responsible. Many capital defendants present evidence of suffering childhood abuse, and many jurors find this evidence to count against imposing death. The most obvious explanation for a response like this …

The Voice, Summer 2005: Volume 50, Issue 4, Dordt College

The Voice Archive

Board of Trustees Approves New Campus Master Plan; Dordt's "Really Rolling Now"; A Moment of Reflection in This Jubilee Year; Sewell Pens Major Work on Historian Herbert Butterfield; Dordt College Invites Twenty-Four into Kuyper Scholars Program; Engineering Department Receives Grant to Promote Renewable Energy; Computer People Mix Pizza and Patterns; Schour Studies Language Differences Between Genders and How to Better Relate; Dordt Student Speaks at Physics Conference; Individual Studies Takes Buteyn to the Zoo; Campus Wetland Proposal Provides Students with a Concrete Project; Raising Money Isn't Hard When It's for a Good Cause: Lyle Gritters Ends Thirty-Six Years of Promoting …

Orchestrating The Future Of Clinical Care, Brian G. Harrison, Robert L. Barchi

Thomas Jefferson University Administrative Documents and Reports

2005 Annual report of Thomas Jefferson University.

Development And Evaluation Of An Interactive Multimedia Clinical Skills Teaching Program Designed For The Pediatric Clerkship., Anthony J. Frisby, Lindsey Lane, Anna M. Carr, Ellen Ross, Ruth P. Gottlieb

Academic Commons and Scott Memorial Library Staff Papers and Presentations

Background and Purpose: The physical examination section of a multimedia program developed to teach infant history and physical examination skills was evaluated.

Methods: 71 students participated: one group viewed only the physical examination section (PX), one the history section (HX), one none of the program (CX). Physical examination skills were assessed by direct observation of medical students performing an abdominal exam and scored using a checklist at baseline, immediately after intervention and at the end of the pediatric clerkship. Results were analyzed using ANOVA with repeated measures.

Results: Baseline scores were: PX 2.5; HX 2.8. The PX group scored significantly …

Connections: Library News For Library Staff Vol. 2, Issue 7, University Of Texas At Arlington Library

Connections: Library News for Library Staff

The purpose of Connections was to build community within UTA Library staff by reminding people of upcoming events and dates, introducing new staff members, celebrating a department's achievements, and writing about other items of interest.

Deformable Haptic Models For Surgical Simulation, Xiuzhong Wang

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Surgical simulation is in great need for surgical training, analysis, planing and rehearsal. The core of this simulation is the deformable models for the organs. The deformable model must provides both realistic visual effects (graphics) and high fidelity force feedback (haptics) in real time, without distractive visual artifacts and misleading tactile clues. In view of the requirement of physical accuracy, physically based deformable models are favorable for surgical simulation. Physically based deformable modeling has been a serious research topic for about twenty years in the computer graphics community. For computer animation, a great deal of work has been done so …

Animal Health Laboratories Service Manual 2005-2006, Department Of Agriculture And Food, Western Australia

Agriculture reports

This service manual is designed to help you, the user of services provided by the Animal Health Laboratories (AHL), to get the most from the laboratories.

The section on ‘General Instructions’ contains information required for packaging and submission of samples to AHL.

Other sections contain information on the type of sample required for each laboratory service and associated tests offered by AHL. The detail of Services offered by each laboratory is given in a table, followed by collection notes to assist with submission of specimens.

Each table describes the Services offered, the Tests available for each Service, a description of …

Music, Mediation, And Superstrings: The Quest For Universal Harmony, John W. Cooley

Journal of Dispute Resolution

It is my thesis that to be an effective mediator, one needs to be a musician at heart (if not in fact)-both a composer and performer. Music is what a mediator does-what a mediator makes. To design or perform well, a mediator must at least understand music composition and performance in all its aspects. A mediator has no choice in the matter, because music, in a broad sense, permeates nature and is considered to be the quintessential ingredient of all matter and energy-of everything or unthing in the universe. To understand how music relates to what he or she does, …

International Arbitration Is Not Your Father's Oldsmobile, Kenneth F. Dunham

Journal of Dispute Resolution

This article provides a short prospectus for the unwary lawyer who must venture into unfamiliar territory abroad. Although there are numerous arbitral forums available in countries all over the world, this article will focus primarily on the LCIA and the ICC. Following a brief history of international arbitration and the history of these two international arbitral forums, the article will discuss some of the major issues in international arbitration such as forum selection, issue preclusion and procedural matters. This article also includes sections on appealing awards and enforcement of awards under existing international treaties. The article is brought to a …

Jefferson Medical College Annual Report, 2005, Thomas J. Nasca

Jefferson Medical College Administrative Documents and Reports

No abstract provided.

Charting An Ethics Of Desire In "The Wings Of The Dove”, Phyllis E. Vanslyck

Publications and Research

James’s characters are nothing if not willful—and ultimately alone—in their quests. Like figures from ancient Greek drama, they demand everything and give up nothing, enacting Jacques Lacan’s ethical claim that “the only thing of which one can be guilty is of having given ground relative to one’s desire.”[i] In doing so, they seem to call into question, or at least complicate, the Kantian categorical imperative and the ideal of disinterested action, offering a radical ethical alternative. James’s characters enact, I will argue, an ethic of desire.

[i]Lacan, Seminar VII, 319.

Wildlife Hazard Management At Airports: A Manual For Airport Personnel, Edward C. Cleary, Richard A. Dolbeer

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The Federal Aviation Administration, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Wildlife Services, produced the second edition of this manual. The first edition was published December 1999. The U.S. Departments of Transportation and Agriculture prohibit discrimination in all their programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status (not all prohibited bases apply to all programs). Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact one of the …

Faculty, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

MacKinnon elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences; Conference celebrates Law School ties with China; Scholars honor James Boyd White; Certification moves ahead for child welfare specialists; West joins boards of two scholarly journals; On the subject of torture; Activities; Simma: Foreigners have a right to consular aid; Pottow, Reimann win top teacher award; Animal rights are advancing; Two law journals honor Kamisar.

Clouted By Reviewers: The Texts Of Garland's Rose Of Dutcher's Coolly, Keith Newlin

Documentary Editing: Journal of the Association for Documentary Editing (1979–2011)

Although Hamlin Garland made his mark primarily as a writer of innovative realistic short stories in the 1890s, he also wrote some nineteen novels, almost none of which ever attained the critical acclaim of his first collection of short stories, Main-Travelled Roads, published in 1891. The single exception is Rose of Dutcher's Coolly, his fifth novel and tenth book, published four years later. The novel traces the development of . a motherless girl from her childhood on a small farm in a Wisconsin coulee (a "coulee" or "coolly" is the French term for the deep valleys between high ridges in …

Newsletter, Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library, Summer 2005, Society For Advancement Of Poynter Library

Society for Advancement of Poynter Library

The Summer 2006 issue of the newsletter for the Society for Advancement of Poynter Library.

Animal Science Alumni Newsletter, Summer 2005

Department of Animal Science: Departmental News

Contents:

Beef Teaching Herds have Interesting History
From the Department Head’s Desk
Beef Cattle Merchandising Class & Sale
Alum Receives Checkoff’s Distinguished Service Award
Bulls Worth Waiting For
University of Nebraska Represented at National Convention and Trade Show
Greg Ibach Fulfilling His Goal In Serving Agriculture
Department of Agriculture Hires Alum as New State Veterinarian
Serendipitous Couple — Fifth Generation of Farmers
Bud Britton Golf Classic
Block and Bridle Honoree of the Year
Officers and Advisors for 2005-2006
Block & Bridle Awards
Recent Department Awards and Recognitions
Brett White and Merlyn Nielsen Receive Holling Family Teaching Awards
Dedication of Terry …

The Probe, Issue 239 – July/August 2005

The Probe: Newsletter of the National Animal Damage Control Association

The Conceptual Feminization of of Wildlife in the USA -- Dexter K. Oliver
Product Announcement: Coyote Damage & Control in Rural & Urban Settings
Looking for Missing Issues of The PROBE
Video Review: “MOLES: Removal Made Simple!” with Alan A. Huot. By Wildlife Control Supplies. LLC. 43 minutes. VHS Retail $49.95
“Big Cats” Seen Once Again in Kansas: Mountain lion sightings are increasing in frequency in Kansas, a state where the last “verified” report of a cougar was in 1904.

Wpa News 75 (2005), World Pheasant Association

Galliformes Specialist Group and Affiliated Societies: Newsletters

WPA News (Summer 2005), number 75

Published by the World Pheasant Association

An Empirical Investigation To Detect The Presence Of Confirmation Bias In The Decision-Making Strategies Used By Litigants In Tax Court Memorandum Cases, Mary M. Anderson

Doctoral Dissertations

Normative decision theory describes the judgment and decision-making process as a cost/benefit analysis based upon maximum utility. One assumption of the theory is full rationality for choices made throughout the process. Due to bounded rationality, however, mental shortcuts become necessary. Use of these shortcuts does not necessarily diminish the quality of the decision. However, a suboptimal use of a heuristic results in a biased decision.

Kahneman and Tversky (1979) identify three basic heuristics: availability, representativeness, and anchoring and adjusting. One suboptimal use of the anchoring and adjusting heuristic, confirmation bias, is the unconscious search for and evaluation of information that …