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Artificial Societies, Virtual Worlds, And Their Meaningful Integration, Andrew Krausnick

Computer Science Honors Theses

Artificial societies and virtual worlds are two areas of interest to modern social scientists that are distinctly separate in modern academic study, and are yet undeniably related. Artificial societies are multi-agent systems comprised of autonomous social agents, programmed with their own set of rules and behavior. While virtual worlds are occupied in large part by human controlled agents participating in a collective virtual experience and space. Within both types of virtual environments there can be found a scarcity of resources and intricate cross-entity interaction. This often results in the development and evolution of complex economic and cultural structures. In addition, …

Odonates At The Clark County Wetlands Nature Preserve: A Look At Habitat And Relative Abundance, Erin Jolley

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The purpose of this study is to identify the various species, relative abundance and habitat of dragonfly and damselfly larvae at the Clark County Wetlands Park Nature Preserve (WPNP). An accurate assessment of these insects can be useful in interpreting potential indications of environmental problems at the Wetlands. From this data, necessary improvements can be made to the dragonfly habitat as well as the habitat of other surrounding organisms. Habitat identification is considered especially important because it is "structured by instream and surrounding topographical features, and is a major determinant of aquatic community potential" (Southwood, 1977). For purposes of this …

Mustang Daily, May 10, 2006

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

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

Logos, Eros Y Poiésis: Una Interpretación Sobre El Poema Quejas De Menón Por Diótima De Friedrich Hölderlin, Adriana Renero

Publications and Research

Resumen

La poesía designa fundamentalmente inspiración e inventiva artística. Como el mismo nombre indica, poesía es creación y producción: poiésis en sentido estricto. Si toda poesía es Poiésis da por presupuesto el lenguaje o Logos que se manifiesta en el poema. Y dado que el poema, para los románticos, es en sí mismo devenir, trasformación permanente y nunca acabada, en el poema se puede advertir la presencia de Eros si se concibe como tendencia, aspiración continua y movimiento anhelante.

Partiendo de una interpretación propia, la poesía del romántico alemán Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843) muestra la reunión y convivencia de Logos, Eros …

Multispectral Imaging And Analysis Of The Archimedes Palimpsest, D. Michael Hansen

Theses

The Archimedes Palimpsest is a manuscript that has been preserved for approximately 1,000 years. Among its pages are some of the few known sources of treatises from the Greek mathematician Archimedes. The writing has been overwritten with prayer text, called the Euchologion, and portions of the faded Archimedes text are difficult to read. This research investigates methods to detect the presence of ink in the Archimedes Palimpsest using state-of-the-art image processing techniques applied to data from X-ray fluorescence (XRF) scans.

In an effort to extract more legible text, various methods of imaging have been applied to the Archimedes manuscript. Recent …

Bard Free Press, Vol. 7, No. 10 (May 9, 2006), Bard College

Bard Free Press - All Issues (2000-2018)

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, May 9, 2006

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

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

The Effects Of Nitrate Levels On The Response Of Pimephales Promelas To Conspecific Chemical Alarm Cues, Lucas J. Borgstrom

Honors Capstones

Capstone submitted as a graduation requirement for the BSU Honors Program.

Murray Ledger And Times, May 9, 2006, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Gender Role Development In Early Versus Late Adolescence, Andrea Buchma

Theses and Dissertations

Gender roles have been a subject that has been explored through the years. Previous research looked mainly on gender roles and childhood. In the present research, a different outlook of gender roles in adolescence was investigated. This research looked at a sample of 126 middle school and high school students. The students were each given a survey comprised of the Bem Sex Role Inventory and a simple gender recognition test. Test scores were compared with the variables of sex and age (early or late adolescent) through univariate analyses of variance, or ANOVA. The research found an association between gender recognition …

The Effect Of Income On Students' Behavior And Parental Involvement, Alison Hoell

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of social economic status on a child's behavior and his parental involvement. By obtaining archival files of students formerly enrolled at the Abbott center, Tiny Tots Preschool in Vineland, NJ, the researcher was able to correlate the amount of behavior problems with parental involvement and income.

The hypothesis of this study is that children of lower socio-economic status tend to have more behavior problems and less parental involvement than children of higher socio-economic status. This hypothesis was partially supported by the study. The study found that the majority of students …

Rats’ Novel Object Interaction As A Measure Of Environmental Familiarity, Jamie L. Wilkinson, Laura Herrman, Matthew I. Palmatier, Rick A. Bevins

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

Environmental familiarization is a learning phenomenon embedded within most tasks used to study learning and motivation. Given its prevalence there is surprisingly little systematic behavioral research on factors affecting familiarization. The six experiments reported in the present report used rats’ tendency to interact more with a novel object in a familiar than in a novel environment as a measure of environmental familiarization. We found that 3 min of exposure to the environment was sufficient to increase object interaction above unfamiliar controls even when testing occurred up to 48 h after initial exposure to the environment; 1 or 1.5 min of …

Post-Miocene Expansion, Colonization, And Host Switching Drove Speciation Among Extant Nematodes Of The Archaic Genus Trichinella, D. S. Zarlenga, B. M. Rosenthal, G. Larosa, E. Pozio, Eric P. Hoberg

Harold W. Manter Laboratory of Parasitology: Faculty Publications

Parasitic nematodes of the genus Trichinella cause significant food-borne illness and occupy a unique evolutionary position at the base of the phylum Nematoda, unlike the free-living nematode Caenorhabditis elegans. Although the forthcoming genome sequence of Trichinella spiralis can provide invaluable comparative information about nematode biology, a basic framework for understanding the history of the genus Trichinella is needed to maximize its utility. We therefore developed the first robust and comprehensive analysis of the phylogeny and biogeographic history of Trichinella using the variation in three genes (nuclear small-subunit rDNA, and second internal transcribed spacer, mitochondrial large-subunit rDNA, and cytochrome oxidase …

Executive Committee - Agenda, 5/9/2006, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Berrien County 2005 To 2015 Economic Forecast: Final Report, George A. Erickcek, Brad R. Watts

Reports

No abstract provided.

Physiologic Response To Microgravity, Benjamin Randall, Dwayne Westenskow

Utah Space Grant Consortium

Physiology in microgravity is a challenging field of research because of limited resources. Though humans have been in space for 50 years most meaningful data has been collected only within the last 15 years. While expensive studies with small sample sizes make obtaining and interpreting data difficult, some general conclusions about the human physiological response to microgravity can be drawn. A redistribution of bodily fluids is believed to initiate change in cardiovascular and respiratory function. The mechanisms for these changes have been studied very little are not well understood. Long term effects of microgravity on the body have been impossible …

Arbiter, May 8, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

May 8th 2006, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

Coachella Review p.7

New SAAB p.8

Sex education p.10

Techniques Used By Elementary Library Media Specialists To Teach Caldecott Medal And Honor Award Books, Kathy Lee Simpkins

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to determine elementary library media specialists' perceptions of the usefulness of Caldecott Medal and Honor Award books in the elementary library media center curriculum. The study was conducted to measure the techniques elementary school library media specialists considered the most effective towards increasing student reading and reading choices. A total of 255 people responded to the 11 question survey on SurveyMonkey.com. Of these 255 responses, 250 were used in this research. The majority of respondents stated that their library programs did have written library skill curriculum guides and almost half of the 250 elementary …

Media Advisory: Unh Celebrates Graduating Student Achievements With Variety Of Ceremonies, Beth Potier

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Mustang Daily, May 8, 2006

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

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

South Dakota State University One Hundred-Twentieth Annual Commencement, May 6, 2006, Brookings, South Dakota, South Dakota State University

Commencement Programs

Please be advised that the names listed in the program do not represent official confirmation of meeting the graduation requirements. The 120th Annual Commencement will begin with introductions by University President Peggy Gordon Miller. Honorary marshals for the event are Dr. Georgia W. Crews, Associate Professor of Nutrition, Food Science, and Hospitality, and Dr. Corliss L. Johnson, Professor Emeritus of Music. Delivering the commencement address titled "Living, Loving, and Learning as a Jackrabbit - Making a Difference in the World Today" will be Clinton Powell, a candidate for graduation. Dr. Carol J. Peterson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, …

May 6, 2006 (Pages 2161-2270), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 36 (2006)

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of Gender Differences In Motivation Of Senior Administrators In Virginia Community Colleges Using Herzberg's Two-Factor Theory., Jewell Bevins Worley

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the gender differences regarding motivation in the individuals who serve in senior administrative positions in Virginia's community colleges. Institutional morale can be damaged by administrators who become dissatisfied with their positions. Institutions use millions of dollars yearly to conduct searches for individuals to replace senior administrators who leave their positions because of lack of job satisfaction or high job dissatisfaction. This study also addressed the possibility of differences between male senior administrators and female senior administrators regarding job satisfaction and job dissatisfaction.

Frederick Herzberg' 2-factory theory of motivation regarding job satisfaction and …

Previous Spatial Memory Training And Nicotine Administration Alleviates Cognitive Deficits Produced By Medial Frontal Cortex Lesions In Rats., Rachel L. Norris

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Rats were administered nicotine (0.3 mg/kg) for 11 consecutive days before and after an electrolytic medial frontal cortex lesion. Behavioral testing was arranged so that the rats were tested on the RAM 1 day after drug administration followed by behavioral testing on the MWT 19 days after drug treatment, or tested on the MWT 1 day after drug administration followed by testing on the RAM4 days after drug treatment. Results of MWT testing showed that regardless of the drug/behavioral testing interval, lesioned rats given nicotine demonstrated enhancement relative to saline-treated animals. Results of RAM testing showed that nicotine improved performance …

Conjugative Transfer Pathways Of High-Level Mupirocin Resistance And Conjugative Transfer Genes In Staphylococcus., Danielle Barnard

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

To combat widespread infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus, mupirocin was introduced at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Mountain Home, Tennessee. Soon after introduction, high-level mupirocin-resistance emerged. The rapid emergence was hypothesized to be due to conjugative transfer of the mupA resistance gene from S. epidermidis to S. aureus. Results have shown that transfer of high-level mupirocin-resistance from S. aureus donors commonly occurs. However, transfer from naturally-occurring S. epidermidis donors was not attainable. Staphylococcus epidermidis transconjugants, however, were capable of serving as donors. Further examination of non-transmissibility included PCR analysis of conjugative transfer genes (tra genes) in capable …

The Narrative Lens: Understanding Eudora Welty's Fiction Through Her Photography., Brandon Clarke Ballentine

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Eudora Welty's brief photographic career offers valuable insight into the development of her literary voice. She discovers many of the distinguishing characters of her fiction during the 1930s while traveling through Mississippi writing articles for the Works Progress Administration and taking pictures of the people and places she encountered. Analyzing the connections between her first collection of photographs, One Time, One Place: Mississippi during the Depression: A Snapshot Album, and her first collection of short stories, A Curtain of Green, and Other Stories, reveals the writer's sympathetic attitude towards her characters, the prominence of place in her fiction, and her …

Figurative Sculpture And Social Commentary., Marty Clinton Henley

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This thesis supports the Master of Arts exhibition entitled "Figurative Sculpture and Social Commentary" at the Slocumb Gallery located on the campus of East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee, from April 10 - April 14, 2006. This is an exploration of human form in sculpture and the use of representational human form to make comments about society.

Father Absence And Early Family Composition As A Predictor Of Menarcheal Onset: Psychosocial And Familial Factors That Are Associated With Pubertal Timing., Amanda Christel Healey

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Father absence and the introduction of a stepfather before menarche have been shown to contribute to the early onset of menarche. The present study analyzes the effects of father absence situations that tend to result on the onset of menarche. Presence of a related male in a father-absent homes is also considered as a protective factor for menarcheal onset. Participants consisted of 342 female students enrolled in undergraduate work at a southeastern university. The mean age of participants was 20.7 years. Participants completed a survey consisting of 12 questions pertaining to their family environment before menarche. Participants were asked to …

Dynamic Force, Motion, And Life In Digital Design., James Michael Livingston

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this paper is to explore specific works that I have created as it relates to digital art and design. My works include abstract, organic objects that exist within surrealistic environments. First, I explain the dynamics of the imagery that has emerged from my career in broadcast television, my coursework in the Department of Art and Design at East Tennessee State University, and the works of fantasy, surreal, and abstract artists. In conclusion, the images discussed impose an idea of abstraction and surrealism with a sense of force, motion, life, and dynamic action.