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Gender Issues In Islamic Schools: A Case Study Of Two Schools In The United States, Hilda Yacoub Sabbah

Theses and Dissertations

This study sought to explore and explain how boys, girls, teachers, and principals "do gender" in Islamic schools in the United States. The goal is to seek plausible explanations of how boys and girls interact formally and informally during the day, how they create differences, and how they interact with teachers and principals. This descriptive study utilized a case study design. The education of girls is very important for their individual growth and development, as well as for the welfare of both the Islamic and American societies and nations. Therefore, scholars and educators should work together to solve problems interfering …

A Software Development Environment For Building Context-Aware Systems For Family Technology, Jeremiah Kenton Jones

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this thesis was to utilize existing technologies to create a development environment suitable for creating context-aware applications and systems specific to home and family living conditions. After outlining the history of context-aware applications and the challenges that face family-centric systems in this field, a development environment was implemented that solves the unique challenges that face application development for family-centric, context-aware applications. In particular, research cited in this document indicates that a browser-based user interface is the most appropriate interface for a family environment. The flexibility of the interface, as well as the familiarity of the application structure …

Acoustics Of The Salt Lake Tabernacle: Characterization And Study Of Spatial Variation, Sarah Rollins

Theses and Dissertations

In order to preserve the acoustics of the Salt Lake Tabernacle after the seismic renovation of 2005-2006, it was necessary to characterize these acoustics immediately preceding the renovation. This thesis discusses the characterization process that began with the measurement of hundreds of impulse responses for five different source positions and several receiver locations throughout the hall seating areas. The acoustics were further characterized by deriving various parameters from these responses that correlate with subjective preferences for music and speech. Impulse responses were also generated by a CATT-Acoustic™ computer model of the Tabernacle for the same purpose. The parameter values were …

The Bg News November 21, 2005, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. November 21, 2005. Volume 96-Issue 63.

Recovery Of The Grain Boundary Character Distribution Through Oblique Double-Sectioning, Brent L. Adams, David T. Fullwood, E. R. Homer

Faculty Publications

This work was supported primarily by the MRSEC program of the National Science Foundation under DMR-0079996. A method for the retrieval of the complete grain boundary character distribution by oblique double-sectioning is proposed. The method, which is similar to the recovery of the orientation distribution from sets of incomplete pole-figures, is efficient and provides many advantages as compared to calibrated serial sectioning. As compared to standard stereological approaches, the new methodology retains the advantage of direct measurement of the grain boundary inclination parameters. Solutions to the fundamental equation of oblique double-sectioning are provided in the Fourier space, and some specifics …

The Free Press Vol. 37, No. 10, 11-21-2005, Joseph R. Thompson

Free Press, The

Core curriculum to get re-education - Intentional and accidental plagiarism - News - What does it take to work at the MSA? - OMG! Porn found on USM net ;^| - Perspectives - Question of the Week - Arts & Entertainment - Amusements - Classifieds - Fall-sports season wrap up - Sports

Results Of Vadose Zone Sampling Within The Tri-Basin Natural Resources District, Mark E. Burbach

Conservation and Survey Division: Faculty and Staff Publications

No abstract provided.

Dq Herculis In Profile: Whole Earth Telescope Observations And Smoothed Particle Hydrodynamics Simulations Of An Edge-On Cataclysmic Variable System, Matt A. Wood

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications

The old nova DQ Herculis was the Whole Earth Telescope Northern Hemisphere target for the 1997 July campaign and was observed on four nights with the SARA 0.9 m telescope during 2003 June. We present updated ephemerides for the eclipse and 71 s timings. The Fourier transform displays power at the presumed white dwarf spin period of 71.0655 s, but no significant power at either 142 or 35.5 s. The mean pulsed light curve is obtained by folding on the orbital period modulus the mean ephemeris of the 71 s period, and from this we calculate an O - C …

Charge-Exchange Spectra Of Hydrogenic And He-Like Iron, B. J. Wargelin, P. Beiersdorfer, P. A. Neill, Ronald E. Olson, J. H. Scofield

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We present H-like Fe XXVI and He-like Fe XXV charge-exchange spectra resulting from collisions of highly charged iron with N₂ gas at an energy of ∼10 eV amu-1 in an electron beam ion trap. Although individual high-n emission lines are not resolved in our measurements, we observe that the most likely level for Fe⁺²⁵ → Fe⁺²⁴ electron capture is nmax ∼ 9, in line with expectations, while the most likely value for Fe⁺²⁶ → Fe⁺²⁵ charge exchange is significantly higher. in the Fe XXV spectrum, the Kα emission feature dominates, whether produced via charge exchange …

The Compression Of Dark Matter Halos By Baryonic Infall, Stacy S. Mcgaugh

Faculty Scholarship

The initial radial density profiles of dark matter halos are laid down by gravitational collapse in hierarchical structure formation scenarios and are subject to further compression as baryons cool and settle to the halo centers. Here we describe an explicit implementation of the algorithm, originally developed by Young, to calculate changes to the density profile as the result of adiabatic infall in a spherical halo model. Halos with random motion are more resistant to compression than are those in which random motions are neglected, which is a key weakness of the simple method widely employed. Young's algorithm results in density …

Volume 43, Number 13: November 18, 2005, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Using Statistical Tools To Teach High School Science & Mathematics, Steve W. Deckard, John Pantana, Scott Watson

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This PowerPoint presentation regarding the teaching of statistics in high school along with information on several useful websites was given at the Virginia Association of Science Teachers (VAST) annual conference on 11/18/2005 by Dr. Steve Deckard along with colleagues Dr. John Pantana and Dr. Scott Watson.

The Prophecies Of The Prophetic Jurist – A Review Of Selected Works Of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Kissi Agyebeng

Cornell Law School J.D. Student Research Papers

This is a review of the methodology and style of legal research of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., focusing on the ideological and philosophical leanings that informed his scholarship. The review spans selected works of his undergraduate days through his mid-career writings and his representative opinions on the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Massachusetts and the Supreme Court of the United States.

The Courier, Volume 39, Issue 10, November 18, 2005, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

Plan Gets Declassified–Chand Addresses The Classified Staffing Plan Situation

Boards Nears The Renewal Decision

Crime Rate Rises

Outstanding Faculty

How Can I Get There?--Scholarships And Financial Aid Available For Student Study Abroad Programs

Renovation Of Arts Center Continues

Football Honors

People:

Michael Folker

Daniela Folker

Newscast, November 18, 2005, Illinois State University, College Of Applied Science And Technology

newsCAST

Newsletter of the Illinois State University College of Applied Science and Technology

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 2005-11-18, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 2001-2011

Two students report being assailed by two men in a truck. The men eventually left the truck and started chasing the students on foot. The men then went back to their truck and began to chase a third student, who was a friend of the other two and who had been attempting to help them. The college mourns the death of Dr. Theodore Roosevelt Williams, a retired chemistry professor. The international student association hosts a "culture show" as part of international events week.

Washington University Record, November 18, 2005

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Low Magnetic Prandtl Number Dynamos With Helical Forcing, Pablo D. Mininni, David C. Montgomery

Dartmouth Scholarship

We present direct numerical simulations of dynamo action in a forced Roberts flow. The behavior of the dynamo is followed as the mechanical Reynolds number is increased, starting from the laminar case until a turbulent regime is reached. The critical magnetic Reynolds for dynamo action is found, and in the turbulent flow it is observed to be nearly independent on the magnetic Prandtl number in the range from ∼0.3 to ∼0.1. Also the dependence of this threshold with the amount of mechanical helicity in the flow is studied. For the different regimes found, the configuration of the magnetic and velocity …

The Echo: November 18, 2005, Taylor University

2005-2006 (Volume 93)

Toben accepts TU leadership award – Ethics bowl team places second – Taylor takes first – Taylor G.E.M.s Going the Extra Mile – NSMSLC 2005 – Reaching refugees – Students sort glasses for Upland Lions Club – Habitat for Humanity goes global – Porter’s jokes win regional radio contest – Debunking image myths – Wild at heart – Letters to the Editor – Goofus and Gallant – Million Dollar Miracle – Catty and Chastity – What defines you? – Show respect for veterans – Jesus follows you home – Letters to the Editor – ‘Rent’ owns Hollywood – “Z” mines …

Measuring The Expression Of Hypovirulence In A Segregating Population Of Bc2f2 Castanea Dentata Hybrids, Lisa Michelle Worthen

Honors Theses

The American chestnut tree (Castanea dentata) was reduced from an important canopy hardwood to an understory shrub by the chestnut blight fungus (Cryphonectria parasitica). Hypovirulence, a phenomenon whereby Cryphonectria parasitica is weakened in its ability to incite chestnut blight, is caused by doublestranded RNA (dsRNA) molecules of viral origin in the cytoplasm of the fungus.Hypovirulence serves as a biological control of C. parasitica in Europe and small, isolated areas in North America, but has not been an effective, widespread biological control in North America. It has been hypothesized that the moderately higher levels of host resistance of the European chestnut …

Classifcation Of Conics In The Tropical Projective Plane, Amanda Ellis

Theses and Dissertations

This paper defines tropical projective space, TP^n, and the tropical general linear group TPGL(n). After discussing some simple examples of tropical polynomials and their hypersurfaces, a strategy is given for finding all conics in the tropical projective plane. The classification of conics and an analysis of the coefficient space corresponding to such conics is given.

Global Finish Curvature Matched Machining, Jianguo Wang

Theses and Dissertations

As competition grows among manufacturing companies, greater emphasis has recently been placed on product aesthetics and decreasing the product development time. This is promoting and standardizing widespread use of sculptured surface styling within product design. Therefore, industries are looking for high efficiency machining strategies for sculptured surface machining (SSM). Many researchers have produced various methods in tool path generation for SSM. Five-axis curvature matched machining (CM2) is the most efficient. With the widespread use of 5-axis mill in industries, CM2 is a better solution for improving the machining efficiency for product concept models. CM2 has very good performance for global …

A Provacative Test To Determine Brain Compliance In The Management Of Patients With Hydrocephalus, Preston K. Manwaring

Theses and Dissertations

Non-invasive techniques to explore intracranial compliance and pressure have been extensively explored in recent years. Previous techniques have used expensive technologies to make these measurements, often with difficulty. We present a novel, inexpensive provocative test to observe trends in intracranial compliance measurement targeted towards the treatment and management of hydrocephalus. Two techniques are proposed which derive data from the digital and supraorbital arteries as well as tympanic membrane displacement. This requires the use of two photo-plethysmographic sensors and a TMD sensor. A common tilt table apparatus is used to methodically and artificially increase intracranial pressure to stress the cranial system …

Diversity Of Methanogens And Other Archaea In Permanently Cold, Anoxic Marine Sediments, Melissa Mary Kendell

Dissertations and Theses

Little is known about the mechanism of methanogenic degradation of acetate or the fate of hydrogen and formate in cold marine sediments, or the ability of methanogens to grow and produce methane there. We used cultivation and molecular techniques to examine the microbes that produce methane from these substrates in permanently cold, anoxic marine sediments at Skan Bay, Alaska (57°N, 167°W, depth 65 m), at the Nankai Trough (32°21'N, 134°56'E, depth 247 m), and at Hydrate Ridge, Oregon (44°35'N, 125°10'W, depth 800 m). Most probable number (MPN) analyses were conducted for CO2-reducing, methylotrophic, and aceticlastic methanogens from Skan Bay and …

Hyperspectral Sub-Pixel Target Detection Using Hybrid Algorithms And Physics Based Modeling, Emmett J. Ientilucci

Theses

This thesis develops a new hybrid target detection algorithm called the Physics Based-Structured InFeasibility Target-detector (PB-SIFT) which incorporates Physics Based Modeling (PBM) along with a new Structured Infeasibility Projector (SIP) metric. Traditional matched filters are susceptible to leakage or false alarms due to bright or saturated pixels that appear target-like to hyperspectral detection algorithms but are not truly target. This detector mitigates against such false alarms.

More often than not, detection algorithms are applied to atmospherically compensated hyperspectral imagery. Rather than compensate the imagery, we take the opposite approach by using a physics based model to generate permutations of what …

Principal Component Analysis For Predicting Transcription-Factor Binding Motifs From Array-Derived Data, Yunlong Liu, Matthew P Vincenti, Hiroki Yokota

Dartmouth Scholarship

The responses to interleukin 1 (IL-1) in human chondrocytes constitute a complex regulatory mechanism, where multiple transcription factors interact combinatorially to transcription-factor binding motifs (TFBMs). In order to select a critical set of TFBMs from genomic DNA information and an array-derived data, an efficient algorithm to solve a combinatorial optimization problem is required. Although computational approaches based on evolutionary algorithms are commonly employed, an analytical algorithm would be useful to predict TFBMs at nearly no computational cost and evaluate varying modelling conditions. Singular value decomposition (SVD) is a powerful method to derive primary components of a given matrix. Applying SVD …

Arbiter, November 17, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Sun In The Spectroscopic Binary Im Pegasi, The Guide Star For The Gravity Probe B Mission, Stephen C. Marsden, Svetlana Berdyugina, Jean-Francois Donati, Joel A. Eaton, Michael H. Williamson, Ilya Ilyin, Debra A. Fischer, Melesio Muñoz, Howard Isaacson, M. I. Ratner, Meïr Semel, Pascal Petit, Brad D. Carter

Information Systems and Engineering Management Research Publications

We present the first detection of the secondary of the spectroscopic binary system IM Pegasi (HR 8703), the guide star for the NASA-Stanford relativity gyroscope mission Gravity Probe B. In support of this mission, high-resolution echelle spectra of IM Peg have been obtained on an almost nightly basis. Applying the technique of least-squares deconvolution, we achieve very high signal-to-noise ratio line profiles and detect the orbit of the secondary of the system. Combining almost 700 new radial velocity measurements of both the primary and secondary of the system with previous measurements, we derive improved orbital parameters of the IM Peg …

Council On Academic Affairs Minutes, Nov 17, 2005, Eastern Kentucky University

Council on Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.

Nonparametric Estimation Of Bivariate Failure Time Associations In The Presence Of A Competing Risk, Karen Bandeen-Roche, Jing Ning

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

There has been much research on the study of associations among paired failure times. Most has either assumed time invariance of association or been based on complex measures or estimators. Little has accommodated failures arising amid competing risks. This paper targets the conditional cause specific hazard ratio, a recent modification of the conditional hazard ratio to accommodate competing risks data. Estimation is accomplished by an intuitive, nonparametric method that localizes Kendall’s tau. Time variance is accommodated through a partitioning of space into “bins” between which the strength of association may differ. Inferential procedures are researched, small sample performance evaluated, and …