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Bufo Marinus (Linnaeus, 1758) Aug 2005

Bufo Marinus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

Marine toads are well adapted for living in urban areas and are quite common in suburban areas over their introduced range in Florida. They can frequently be seen hopping along sidewalks or resting near suburban canals (Wright and Wright, 1949; Krakauer, 1968; Ashton and Ashton, 1988). They are active mostly at night. During the day they hide under fallen trees, leaves, stones, debris, or any other objects in humid areas, or burrow into loose soil (Wright and Wright, 1949; Behler, 1979) Temperature Tolerance: Marine toads are sensitive to cold temperatures. Intolerance of cold temperatures was apparently the reason at least …

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Dynamic Modeling Of Slurry Bubble Column Reactors, Novica Rados, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Milorad P. Duduković Aug 2005

Dynamic Modeling Of Slurry Bubble Column Reactors, Novica Rados, Muthanna H. Al-Dahhan, Milorad P. Duduković

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Multicomponent, One-Dimensional, and Compartment-Based Dynamic Model Developed by Rados Et Al. (Catal. Today 2003, 79-80, 211-218) Has Been Used to Study the Performance of Slurry Bubble Columns Operated with Two Chemical Reaction Systems. One Reaction Causes Contraction in the Gas-Phase Volume, and the Other Causes Expansion. the Change in the Gas Flow Rate (Expansion or Contraction) Along the Reactor as a Result of the Chemical Reaction Kinetics is Accounted for by the overall Mass Balance of the Gas Phase Represented by Large and Small Bubbles. the Importance of Properly Accounting for the Change in the Gas Flow Rate Has …

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Computational And Esr Studies Of Electron Attachment To Decafluorocyclopentane, Octafluorocyclobutane, And Hexafluorocyclopropane: Electron Affinities Of The Molecules And The Structures Of Their Stable Negative Ions As Determined From ¹³C And 19f Hyperfine Coupling Constants, Adel M. Elsohly, Gregory S. Tschumper, Richard A. Crocombe, Jih Tzong Wang, Ffrancon Williams Aug 2005

Computational And Esr Studies Of Electron Attachment To Decafluorocyclopentane, Octafluorocyclobutane, And Hexafluorocyclopropane: Electron Affinities Of The Molecules And The Structures Of Their Stable Negative Ions As Determined From ¹³C And 19f Hyperfine Coupling Constants, Adel M. Elsohly, Gregory S. Tschumper, Richard A. Crocombe, Jih Tzong Wang, Ffrancon Williams

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

High-resolution ESR spectra of the ground-state negative ions of hexafluoro cyclopropane (c-C3F6.-), octafluorocyclobutane (c-C4F8.-), and decafluorocyclopentane (c-C5F10.-) are reported and their isotropic 19F hyperfine coupling constants (hfcc) of 198.6 ± 0.4 G, 147.6 ± 0.4 G, and 117.9 ± 0.4 G, respectively, are in inverse ratio to the total number of fluorine atoms per anion. Together with the small value of 5.2 ± 0.4 G determined for the isotropic 13C hfcc of c-C4F8.-, these results indicate that in each case the singly occupied molecular orbital (SOMO) is delocalized over the equivalent fluorine's and possesses a nodal plane through the carbon …

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Capsicum Oleoresin: Development Of An In-Soil Repellent For Pocket Gophers, Ray T. Sterner, Stephen A. Shumacke, Stanley E. Gaddis, Jean B. Bourassa Aug 2005

Capsicum Oleoresin: Development Of An In-Soil Repellent For Pocket Gophers, Ray T. Sterner, Stephen A. Shumacke, Stanley E. Gaddis, Jean B. Bourassa

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

A pre- and post-monitoring study was conducted of the potential use of capsicum oleoresin as an in-soil repellent for northern pocket gophers (Thomomys talpoides). Pocket gophers were captured in irrigated alfalfa (Medicago sativa L), affixed with radio transmitters, and monitored daily for location. Six plots (4.87 × 4.87m) each were randomly assigned to capsicum oleoresin and soybean oil treatments; these were set up based upon the centers of initial core areas of gophers. Mean (±SD) volumes of capsicum oleoresin and water and soybean oil and water mixtures (10 + 90 by volume) dispensed onto plots equaled 178.5 (±4.7) and 175.7 …

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Independent- Aug. 2, 2005, Patrick O'Brien Aug 2005

Independent- Aug. 2, 2005, Patrick O'Brien

The Independent (1988-present)

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Spawn: Service Provision In Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks, Radu Handorean, Gruia-Catalin Roman, Rohan Sen, Gregory Hackmann, Christopher Gill Aug 2005

Spawn: Service Provision In Ad-Hoc Wireless Networks, Radu Handorean, Gruia-Catalin Roman, Rohan Sen, Gregory Hackmann, Christopher Gill

All Computer Science and Engineering Research

The increasing ubiquity of wireless mobile computing platforms has opened up the potential for unprecedented levels of communication, coordination and collaboration among mobile computing devices, most of which will occur in an ad hoc, on-demand manner. This paper describes SPAWN, a middleware supporting service provision in ad-hoc wireless networks. The aim of SPAWN is to provide the software resources on mobile devices that facilitate electronic collaboration. This is achieved by applying the principles of service oriented computing (SOC), an emerging paradigm that has seen success in wired settings. SPAWN is an adaptation and extension of the Jini model of SOC …

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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 030, Number 03, August 1, 2005, Grand Valley State University Aug 2005

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 030, Number 03, August 1, 2005, Grand Valley State University

2005-2006, Volume 30

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

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Sports Administration Press Releases 2005-2006, Wofford College. Sports Information Office Aug 2005

Sports Administration Press Releases 2005-2006, Wofford College. Sports Information Office

Sports Press Releases

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Jackrabbit Football '05, South Dakota State University Aug 2005

Jackrabbit Football '05, South Dakota State University

Jackrabbit Football Media Guides (1950-2014)

On August 15, 2003, South Dakota State announced that the university would begin the process to reclassify from NCAA Division II to NCAA Division I status. The reclassification process requires five years, starting with the 2003-04 exploratory season and ending with an evaluation visit following the 2007-08 season. That would make SDSU a fullfledged member of NCAA Division I for the 2008-09 season. This year, 2005-06, is the Provisional Second Year meaning SDSU must be in full compliance with all Division I legislation and membership requirements including scholarship minimums and Division I scheduling.

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Geographical Distributions, Relative Abundance And Coexistence Of Drosophila Aldrichi And Drosophila Buzzatii In Australia, J. S.F. Barker, Robert A. Krebs, H. I. Davies Aug 2005

Geographical Distributions, Relative Abundance And Coexistence Of Drosophila Aldrichi And Drosophila Buzzatii In Australia, J. S.F. Barker, Robert A. Krebs, H. I. Davies

Biological, Geological, and Environmental Faculty Publications

Climatic data and collection records for the cactophilic Drosophila aldrichi and Drosophila buzzatii for 97 localities were used to examine the effects of geographical location, season, host plant species and climatic factors on their range and relative abundance. Temporal variation in relative abundance was assessed from monthly collections over 4 years at one locality. Effects of weather variables over the 28 days before each collection were examined. A generalized linear model of the spatial data showed significant geographical variation in relative abundance, and significant climatic effects, with the proportion of D. aldrichi higher in the warm season, and increasing as …

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2005-2006 Bulletin Aug 2005

2005-2006 Bulletin

Undergraduate Bulletins

After 2003 the University of Dayton Bulletin went exclusively online. This copy was printed from the web and scanned by the Registrar’s Office.

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Variation In Glacier Length And Ice Volume Of Rabots Glaciar, Sweden, In Response To Climate Change, 1910–2003, Keith A. Brugger, Kurt A. Refsnider, Matthew F. Whitehill Aug 2005

Variation In Glacier Length And Ice Volume Of Rabots Glaciar, Sweden, In Response To Climate Change, 1910–2003, Keith A. Brugger, Kurt A. Refsnider, Matthew F. Whitehill

Geology Publications

Historical records, photographs, maps and measurements were used to determine changes in the length, geometry and volume of Rabots Glaciar, Sweden, in response to a warming that occurred early in the 20th century.

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Chromospherically Active Stars. Xxv. Hd 144110=Ev Draconis, A Double-Lined Dwarf Binary, Francis C. Fekel, Gregory W. Henry, Ceteka Lewis Aug 2005

Chromospherically Active Stars. Xxv. Hd 144110=Ev Draconis, A Double-Lined Dwarf Binary, Francis C. Fekel, Gregory W. Henry, Ceteka Lewis

Information Systems and Engineering Management Research Publications

New spectroscopic and photometric observations of HD 144110 have been used to obtain an improved orbital element solution and determine some basic properties of the system. This chromospherically active, double-lined spectroscopic binary has an orbital period of 1.6714012 days and a circular orbit. We classify the components as G5 V and K0 V and suggest that they are slightly metal-rich. The photometric observations indicate that the rotation of HD 144110 is synchronous with the orbital period. Despite the short orbital period, no evidence of eclipses is seen in our photometry.

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(2+1) Resonance Enhanced Ionization Spectroscopy Of A State Selected Beam Of Oh Radicals, Margaret E. Greenslade, Marsha I. Lester, Dragana C. Radenovic, Andre J.A. Van Roij, David H. Parker Aug 2005

(2+1) Resonance Enhanced Ionization Spectroscopy Of A State Selected Beam Of Oh Radicals, Margaret E. Greenslade, Marsha I. Lester, Dragana C. Radenovic, Andre J.A. Van Roij, David H. Parker

Chemistry

A state-selected beam of hydroxyl radicals is generated using a pulsed discharge source and hexapole field. The OH radicals are characterized by resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI) spectroscopy via the nested D  and 3  Rydberg states. Simplified spectra are observed from the selected ∣MJ∣ = 3/2 component of the upper Λ-doublet level of the lowest rotational state (J = 3/2) in ground (v″ = 0) and excited(v″ = 1–3) vibrational levels of the OH X  state. Two-photon transitions are observed to the D (v′ = 0–3) and 3 (v′ …

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The John Muir Newsletter, Fall 2005, The John Muir Center For Environmental Studies Aug 2005

The John Muir Newsletter, Fall 2005, The John Muir Center For Environmental Studies

Muir Center Newsletters (1981-2015)

The John Muir pnr h VJ-& r? 5? UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC, STOCKTON, CA Volume 15, Number ■ YMJLMQt John Muir's World Tour (part II) Introduction by W. R. Swagerty Director, John Muir Center In the last issue of this newsletter, we introduced John Muir's World Tour of 1903-04. We continue that story here, told by Muir himself by way of his unpublished journal, a part of the John Muir Papers held by the University of the Pacific's Holt- Atherton Department of Special Collections. Part II begins where Part I ended with Journal # 48 (out of eighty-four extant in …

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Graduate Course Descriptions, 2005 Fall, Wright State University Aug 2005

Graduate Course Descriptions, 2005 Fall, Wright State University

Course Descriptions

Wright State University graduate course descriptions from Fall 2005.

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Enterprise Applications Of Semantic Web: The Sweet Spot Of Risk And Compliance, Amit P. Sheth Aug 2005

Enterprise Applications Of Semantic Web: The Sweet Spot Of Risk And Compliance, Amit P. Sheth

Kno.e.sis Publications

Semantic Web is in the transition from vision and research to reality. In this early state, it is important to study the technical capabilities in the context of real-world applications, and how applications built using the Semantic Web technology meet the real market needs. Beyond push from research, it is the market pull and the ability of the technology to meet real business needs that is a key to ultimate success of any technology. In this paper, we discuss the market of Risk and Compliance which presents unique market opportunity combined with challenging technical requirements. We discuss how the Semantic …

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Education And Labour Market Outcomes For Indigenous Young People., Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer) Aug 2005

Education And Labour Market Outcomes For Indigenous Young People., Australian Council For Educational Research (Acer)

LSAY Briefing Reports

This briefing issue summarises findings from research based on the 1995 and 1998 LSAY cohorts of Year 9 students, focusing on the Indigenous students in the surveys. Analyses of data indicate that Indigenous students in Year 9 have a generally positive perception of their schools, however fewer Indigenous students aspire to or do complete Year 12 than their non-Indigenous counterparts. The study highlights an array of differential outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous students that contribute partially to explaining the lower rate of Year 12 participation among Indigenous students. [Author abstract, ed]

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On Quantum Versions Of Record-Breaking Algorithms For Sat, Evgeny Dantsin, Vladik Kreinovich, Alexander Wolpert Aug 2005

On Quantum Versions Of Record-Breaking Algorithms For Sat, Evgeny Dantsin, Vladik Kreinovich, Alexander Wolpert

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

It is well known that a straightforward application of Grover's quantum search algorithm enables to solve SAT in O(2^(n/2)) steps. Ambainis (SIGACT News, 2004) observed that it is possible to use Grover's technique to similarly speed up a sophisticated algorithm for solving 3-SAT. In this note, we show that a similar speed up can be obtained for all major record-breaking algorithms for satisfiability. We also show that if we use Grover's technique only, then we cannot do better than quadratic speed up.

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Discrete Conservation Of Nonnegativity For Elliptic Problems Solved By The Hp-Fem, Pavel Solin, Thomas Vejchodsky, Roberto Araiza Aug 2005

Discrete Conservation Of Nonnegativity For Elliptic Problems Solved By The Hp-Fem, Pavel Solin, Thomas Vejchodsky, Roberto Araiza

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

Most results related to discrete nonnegativity conservation principles (DNCP) for elliptic problems are limited to finite differences (FDM) and lowest-order finite element methods (FEM). In this paper we confirm that a straightforward extension to higher-order finite element methods (hp-FEM) in the classical sense is not possible. We formulate a weaker DNCP for the Poisson equation in one spatial dimension and prove it using an interval computing technique. Numerical experiments related to the extension of this result to 2D are presented.

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Interval-Type And Affine Arithmetic-Type Techniques For Handling Uncertainty In Expert Systems, With Applications To Geoinformatics And Computer Security, Martine Ceberio, Vladik Kreinovich, Sanjeev Chopra, Luc Longpre, Hung T. Nguyen, Bertram Ludaescher, Chitta Baral Aug 2005

Interval-Type And Affine Arithmetic-Type Techniques For Handling Uncertainty In Expert Systems, With Applications To Geoinformatics And Computer Security, Martine Ceberio, Vladik Kreinovich, Sanjeev Chopra, Luc Longpre, Hung T. Nguyen, Bertram Ludaescher, Chitta Baral

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

Expert knowledge consists of statements Sj (facts and rules). The expert's degree of confidence in each statement Sj can be described as a (subjective) probability (some probabilities are known to be independent). Examples: if we are interested in oil, we should look at seismic data (confidence 90%); a bank A trusts a client B, so if we trust A, we should trust B too (confidence 99%). If a query Q is deducible from facts and rules, what is our confidence p(Q) in Q? We can describe Q as a propositional formula F in terms of Sj; computing p(Q) exactly is …

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Plato's Vegetarian Utopia, Timothy Eves Aug 2005

Plato's Vegetarian Utopia, Timothy Eves

Between the Species

No abstract provided.

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Optimizing Transmission Time Of Scalable Coded Images In Peer-To-Peer Networks, Xiao Su, Rod Fatoohi, Tao Wang Aug 2005

Optimizing Transmission Time Of Scalable Coded Images In Peer-To-Peer Networks, Xiao Su, Rod Fatoohi, Tao Wang

Faculty Publications

In this paper, we study how to optimize image transmission time in peer-to-peer networks by considering the property of bitstreams generated by image coding algorithms. Images can be either scalable coded or nonscalable coded. Since transmission of nonscalable coded images is well understood, we focus on the transmission of scalable coded images in this paper.Because scalable coding embeds lower bit-rate bitstreams into higher bit-rate bitstreams, there exists a many-to-one relationship between supplying and requesting peers. When a requesting peer asks for an image coded in a particular bit rate, multiple peers with the same image but coded in different bit …

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Goods Movement Security: An Information Technology Problem, Jens G. Pohl Aug 2005

Goods Movement Security: An Information Technology Problem, Jens G. Pohl

Collaborative Agent Design (CAD) Research Center

This paper discusses the security problems associated with the movement of goods across international in-land borders and at ocean ports. The author proposes an information technology solution approach that is based on the profiling of international shipments. The collection of data describing the end-to-end movement of a shipment from the initial acquisition transactions, throughout the various transshipment stages, to the final delivery, allows intelligent software to assist customs and homeland security officials to determine the risks associated with the shipment long before it reaches the inspection point. The technical basis and architecture of the SecureOrigins™ software system is described. Designed …

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Automatic Source Attribution Of Text: A Neural Networks Approach, Foaad Khosmood, Franz J. Kurfess Aug 2005

Automatic Source Attribution Of Text: A Neural Networks Approach, Foaad Khosmood, Franz J. Kurfess

Computer Science and Software Engineering

Recent advances in automatic authorship attribution have been promising. Relatively new techniques such as N-gram analysis have shown important improvements in accuracy [2]. Much of the work in this area does remain in the realm of statistics best suited for human assistance rather than autonomous attribution [6]. While there have been attempts at using neural networks in the area in the past, they have been extremely limited and problem-specific [7]. This paper addresses the latter points by demonstrating a practical and truly autonomous attribution process using neural networks. Furthermore, we use a word-frequency classification technique to demonstrate the feasibility of …

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Faculty Newsletter Fall 2005, University Of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries Aug 2005

Faculty Newsletter Fall 2005, University Of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries

Library Publications

No abstract provided.

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Njit Highlanders Cross Country 2005 Media Guide, New Jersey Institute Of Technology Athletic Department Aug 2005

Njit Highlanders Cross Country 2005 Media Guide, New Jersey Institute Of Technology Athletic Department

Cross Country/Track & Field

No abstract provided.

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Finding Hamiltonian Cycles, Srihder Kaminanai Aug 2005

Finding Hamiltonian Cycles, Srihder Kaminanai

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Finding a Hamiltonian cycle in a graph is used for solving major problems in areas such as graph theory, computer networks, and algorithm design. In this thesis various approaches of Hamiltonian cycle algorithms such as backtrack algorithms and heuristic algorithms, their basic ideas, and their actual implementations are studied. Three specific implementations are explained in detail and tested with randomly generated 4-regular planar graphs that are 2-connected and 4-edge connected. The results are analyzed and reported.

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Blackworld, V. 44, I. 08, Stony Brook University Aug 2005

Blackworld, V. 44, I. 08, Stony Brook University

Blackworld

v. : ill. ; 38-43 cm (original analog pub.),Black world, v.44;i.8

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Ua11/1 Echo, August, Wku Public Affairs Aug 2005

Ua11/1 Echo, August, Wku Public Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

A born digital magazine once delivered over the internet was a continuation of the Echo publication.

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