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An Examination Of Natural Language Processing, Information Extraction, And Information Retrieval Systems And Their Applications, Jeffrey Allen Holloway

Honors Theses

Natural language processing, information extraction, information retrieval, and artificial Intelligence are all relatively new areas of study. Research as of late has begun making greater advances In these technological areas, yet much of the potential of these types of systems is still untapped. Though there are a few good examples of these systems put to use in the business world, due to technological limitations and pitfalls, these systems have yet to see widespread use. This thesis explores the technology behind the systems and looks into some of the current ways they are implemented. Finally, a system design referred to as …

Ginger: The Making Of A Redhead Magazine, Carlie Jean Kollath

Honors Theses

No abstract provided.

Corticosterone Response In A Learned Helplessness Model Of Depression, Courtney M. Cartwright

Honors Theses

This purpose of this study was to quantify both behavioral and biological markers of stress (i.e. distress vocalizations, plasma corticosterone) in the chick stress-separation paradigm. In this study, chicks were isolated from companions for either 5,10,15,20,40, or 60 minutes and distress vocalizations were recorded. In addition, one group was tested in the presence of social companions for 60 minutes. Blood was collected from half of the subjects immediately following the testing period and was also collected in a no-test group to establish plasma corticosterone basal levels. Isolation produced a significant elevation in distress vocalizations and corticosterone. The pattern of distress …

A Study Of The Effects Of The 2004 Tsunami On Coral Reefs And Fisheries Of The Indian Ocean, Joseph Lane Campbell

Honors Theses

This thesis serves as a broad-scale review of the effects of the tsunami on the coral reefs and the fisheries of the affected Indian Ocean region. The main goals were to 1) use my research from a recolonization project completed May 2004 as a basis for predictiverecovery models for the coral reefs, 2) review and summarize the newly available literature of the tsunami effects on coral reefs in the Indian Ocean and 3) predict the future of the Indian Ocean fisheries based on the review of the tsunami effects on human and fishery communities, using selected species as models. It …

Civil War Medicine: Crisis And Heroism In The Medical Profession, 1861 - 1865, Diana Frances Semmes

Honors Theses

This thesis uses a variety of sources to look at the medical profession during the Civil War era. Both primary sources and secondary sources provide information on the perspectives of the key players during the period as well as an understanding of the knowledge present at that time and the methods and practices employed. Most of the research has been done using the J. D. Williams Library on the University of Mississippi main campus though it has been supplemented by books in my own personal collection, items loaned from Dr. Neff’s collection, online resources such as the Library of Congress …

Self-Discovery By Self-Destruction, Raney-Mills Turner

Honors Theses

The following body of thesis is a collection of short stories, poems, and personal essays compiled with visuals of my personal artwork. The prevalent theme throughout the work is self-discovery by self-destruction. It is in itself an ongoing research of reality among college students and must be seen as an artistic exploration. The artwork is that of multimedia in that it consists widely of photography, printmaking, sculpture, charcoal drawing, and ceramics inspired mostly by real emotion and dreams. In piecing the entire thesis as a whole, the following programs were used: Microsoft Word, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe InDesign.

Ecotourism In Costa Rica: A Study Of The Viabilities And Impacts Of Three Ecotourism Models, Corey Harmon Rogers

Honors Theses

This paper examines three ecotourism endeavors in Costa Rica in order to answer the following question: can an enterprise fulfill all the definitional requirements for ecotourism and at the same time be both economically and environmentally viable? I first provide a discussion of the origins and conceptual views of ecotourism, then chart the evolution of ecotourism in Costa Rica. Next, three case studies are presented, each representing a different ecotourism model found in the country. Data presented in the case studies were compiled from site-specific primary data sets and interviews, Costa Rican government primary sources, and academic publications. For each …

The Value Of An Arts Rich Education: Why Every School Should Teach The Arts, Holly Louise Buntin

Honors Theses

This thesis aims to prove that the arts should be a major component in every student’s education. Statistics, research findings, and case studies from throughout the years were compared and compiled together in order to make a strong argument in favor of the arts. The National Art Education Association website provided many statistics as did the National Center for Education Statistics. Two of the specific studies presented in this thesis came from Champions of Change, a collection of seven major studies done by professional academics. It was produced by the Arts Education Partnership, the President’s Committee on the Arts and …

Guideview: Structured Multi-Modal Delivery Of Clinical Guidelines, M Sriram Iyengar, Subhajit Sarkar, Kira Bacal, Gregory Defouw, Phyllis Mcculley, Victor Hurst

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

GuideView is a system designed for structured, multi-modal delivery of clinical guidelines. Clinical instructions are presented simultaneously in voice, text, pictures or video or animations. Users navigate using mouse-clicks and voice commands. An evaluation study performed at a medical simulation laboratory found that voice and video instructions were rated highly.

God's Two Books, Randall Younker

Perspective Digest

No abstract provided.

Is God Present In The Song Of Songs?, Richard M. Davidson

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

"Eating" And "Drinking" In The Book Of Revelation: A Study Of New Testament Thought And Theology, Gerald A. Klingbeil

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

A Look At Biblical And Ancient Extra-Biblical Perspectives On Death, Randall W. Younker

Journal of the Adventist Theological Society

No abstract provided.

Is Adventist Theology Compatible With Evolutionary Theory?, Fernando Canale

Perspective Digest

No abstract provided.

Mission: A Man With A Vision: A Festchrift Honoring Russell L. Staples, Rudi Maier

Books

Dr. Staples is a multi-talented and broadly experienced person. He operates as a pastor and preacher, churchman and administrator, scholar and teacher, theologian and missiologist, and specialist in Arminianism and Methodism. As seen by his colleagues, he is a person of wisdom and knowledge, balance and moderation, compassion and justice, integrity and forthrightness, clarity and articulateness, strength and even-temperedness, discipline and motivation, order and ease, commitment and spirituality, denominational conviction and ecumenical understanding, graciousness and urbanity, class and commonness. His depth and spirituality have deepened and broadened the faith of his peers, pupils, and parishioners.

Contributors to this Festschrift are …

When God Speaks Cross-Culturally: The Bible As Mission, Paul B. Petersen

Journal of Adventist Mission Studies

No abstract provided.

An Exceptional Case: How Washington Should Amend Its Procedure For Imposing An Exceptional Sentence In Response To Blakely V. Washington, Jason Amala, Jason Laurine

Seattle University Law Review

This article reviews the Blakely decision and the Washington Legislature's response in S.B. 5477. Part II discusses the problem that Blakely created for Washington's sentencing guidelines system. Part III analyzes the judicial advisory and bifurcated trial proposals and explains why Washington wisely adopted the bifurcated trial approach. Part IV identifies key issues that are raised by using a bifurcated trial and analyzes how S.B. 5477 addresses, or fails to address, those issues. Finally, Part V concludes by suggesting that the legislature should have provided for the following in its bill responding to the Blakely decision: a provision allowing bifurcation for …

The Code For Corporate Citizenship: States Should Amend Statutes Governing Corporations And Enable Corporations To Be Good Citizens, Elisa Scalise

Seattle University Law Review

Corporations are important social actors. They are created by law and create products, services, jobs, and wealth upon which modem societies rely. Investments injected by corporations bring jobs, capital, and technology to communities, thereby raising living standards and creating derivative rights such as education, health and housing, and political freedoms. Modem corporations allow entrepreneurs to raise massive amounts of capital for large projects and research, which results in innovation and a wide range of products and services. However, these same corporations can also cause social harm. They are structured in such a way that it is possible for agents in …

Pennsylvania State Police V. Suders, Leilani J. Hart

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

Contesting Conservatisms, Family Feuds And The Privatization Of Dependency, Brenda Crossman

American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law

No abstract provided.

Periplasmic Peptidyl Prolyl Cis-Trans Isomerases Are Not Essential For Viability, But Sura Is Required For Pilus Biogenesis In Escherichia Coli, Sheryl S. Justice, David A. Hunstad, Jill Reiss Harper, Amy R. Duguay, Jerome S. Pinkner, James Bann, Carl Frieden, Thomas J. Silhavy, Scott J. Hultgren

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Running And Interrupted Vesicourethral Anastomoses In A Porcine Model, David Lieber, Veronique Tran, Jay Belani, Caroline Ames, Kevin Morissey, Yan Yan, Peter Humphrey, Ramakrishna Venkatesh, Jaime Landman

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Eukaryotic Udp-Galactopyranose Mutase (Glf Gene) In Microbial And Metazoal Pathogens, Stephen M. Beverley, Katherine L. Owens, Melissa Showalter, Cara L. Griffith, Tamara L. Doering, Victoria C. Jones, Michael R. Mcneil

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Murine Acute Promyelocytic Leukemia Cells Can Be Recognized And Cleared In Vivo By Adaptive Immune Mechanisms, Jessica L. Pollock, Andrew A. Lane, Kelly Schrimpf, Timothy J. Ley

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Cd36 Deficiency Impairs Intestinal Lipid Secretion And Clearance Of Chylomicrons From The Blood, Victor A. Drover, Mohammad Ajmal, Fatiha Nassir, Nicholas O. Davidson, Andromeda M. Nauli, Daisy Sahoo, Patrick Tso, Nada A. Abumrad

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Fhl2 Inhibits The Activated Osteoclast In A Traf6-Dependent Manner, Shuting Bai, Hideki Kitaura, Haibo Zhao, Ju Chen, Judith M. Muller, Roland Schule, Bryant Darnay, Deborah V. Novack, Patrick Ross, Steven L. Teitelbaum

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

M-Csf Mediates Tnf-Induced Inflammatory Osteolysis, Hideki Kitaura, Ping Zhou, Hyun-Ju Kim, Deborah V. Novack, Patrick Ross, Steven L. Teitelbaum

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

P-Glycoprotein Deficiency At The Blood-Brain Barrier Increases Amyloid-Β Deposition In An Alzheimer Disease Mouse Model, John R. Cirrito, Rashid Deane, Anne M. Fagan, Michael L. Spinner, Maia Parsadanian, Mary Beth Finn, Hong Jiang, Julie L. Prior, Abhay Sagare, Kelly R. Bales, Steven M. Paul, Berislav V. Zlokovic, David Piwinca-Worms, David M. Holtzman

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

An Interstitial Deletion-Insertion Involving Chromosomes 2p25.3 And Xq27.1, Near Sox3, Causes X-Linked Recessive Hypoparathyroidism, Michael R. Bowl, Andrew Nesbit, Brian Harding, Elaine Levy, Andrew Jefferson, Emanuela Volpi, Karine Rizzoti, Robin Lovell-Badge, David Schlessinger, Michael P. Whyte, Rajesh V. Thakker

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Allosteric Models For Multimeric Proteins : Oxygen-Linked Effector Binding In Hemocyanin., Michael Menze, Nadja Hellman, Heinz Decker, Manfred Grieshaber

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

In many crustaceans, changing concentrations of several low molecular weight compounds modulates hemocyanin oxygen binding, resulting in lower or higher oxygen affinities of the pigment. The nonphysiological effector caffeine and the physiological modulator urate, the latter accumulating in the hemolymph of the lobster Homarus Vulgaris during hypoxia, increase hemocyanin oxygen affinity and decrease cooperativity of oxygen binding. To derive a model that describes the mechanism of allosteric interaction between hemocyanin and oxygen in the presence of urate or caffeine, studies of oxygen, urate, and caffeine binding to hemocyanin were performed. Exposure of lobster hemocyanin to various pH values between 7.25 …