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Search For Neutral, Long-Lived Particles Decaying Into Two Muons In Pp̅ Collisions At √S = 1:96 Tev, V. M. Abazov, Kenneth A. Bloom, Gregory R. Snow, D0 Collaboration

Kenneth Bloom Publications

We present a search for a neutral particle, pair produced in pp̅ collisions at√s = 1.96 TeV, which decays into two muons and lives long enough to travel at least 5 cm before decaying. The analysis uses ≈ 380 pb^-1 of data recorded with the D0 detector. The background is estimated to be about one event. No candidates are observed, and limits are set on the pair-production cross section times branching fraction into dimuons + X for such particles. For a mass of 10 GeVand lifetime of 4 × 10^-11 s, we exclude values greater than 0.14 pb …

Search For The Standard Model Higgs Boson In The Pp̅→ Zh → Νν̅Bb̅ Channel, V. M. Abazov, Kenneth A. Bloom, Gregory R. Snow, D0 Collaboration

Kenneth Bloom Publications

We report a search for the standard model (SM) Higgs boson based on data collected by the D0 experiment at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 260 pb^-1. We study events with missing transverse energy and two acoplanar b jets, which provide sensitivity to the ZH production cross section in the νν̅bb̅ channel, and to WH production when the lepton from the W → ℓν decay is undetected. The data are consistent with the SM background expectation, and we set 95% C.L. upper limits on σ(pp̅ → ZH/WH) × …

Lancaster, Jeanette Interview For The Miami Valley College Of Nursing And Health Oral History Project, Donna M. Curry, Jeanette Lancaster

Wright State University - Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health Oral History Project

Donna Miles Curry interviewed Jeanette Lancaster about the founding of the Wright State University College of Nursing and Health. In the interview Dr. Lancaster discusses her career and her decision to come to Wright State as faculty with the College of Nursing and Health.

Minutes, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee Meeting, October 20, 2006, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. College Of Business. Undergraduate Curricula Committee

Kate Tiedemann College of Business Undergraduate Curricula and Assessment Committee

Minutes of the October 20, 2006, meeting of the Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.

Superconductivity In Metal-Mixed Ion-Implanted Polymer Films, A. P. Micolich, E. Tavenner, B. J. Powell, A. R. Hamilton, M. T. Curry, Ryan E. Giedd, P. Meredith

College of Natural and Applied Sciences

Ion implantation of normally insulating polymers offers an alternative to depositing conjugated organics onto plastic films to make electronic circuits. We used a 50 keV nitrogen ion beam to mix a thin 10 nm SnSb alloy film into the subsurface of polyetheretherketone and report the low temperature properties of this material. We observed metallic behavior, and the onset of superconductivity below 3 K. There are strong indications that the superconductivity does not result from a residual thin film of alloy, but instead from a network of alloy grains coupled via a weakly conducting, ion-beam carbonized polymer matrix.

Clemson Trustees Minutes, 2006 October 20, Clemson University Board Of Trustees

Minutes

Minutes: Clemson University Board of Trustees. Executive Board. Madren Center, Clemson University, Clemson, SC. 1:30 p.m.

The Diamond, October 20, 2006, Dordt College

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Retreat Boosts Korean Fellowship; Government Responds to Korean Nuclear Testing
• Lifestyles: Cultural Crossing; Out & About; Employment Program Begins New Year
• Opinion: A Call for Respect; Narrow Focus; Picture Poll: What Did You Think About the Movie: An Inconvenient Truth?
• Features: Dordt Recycling Calls for Renewed Dedication; Justice Matters: Serving in Humility; Ag Department Sees Changes; Dorm Life Impacts Visitors; Dordt College is Bulking Up
• Arts: Movie Screening Reels in Huge Crowd, Points to Bright Future
• Sports: Girls Gear up for LAX; Get To Know Em': Heather Otten; Volleyball Emerges from Slump

A Prototype Platform For Array Feed Development, James Richard Nagel

Theses and Dissertations

Radio frequency interference (RFI) is a growing problem for radio astronomers. One potential solution utilizes spatial filtering by placing an array of electrically small antennas at the focal plane of a parabolic reflector. This thesis documents the design and characterization of a prototype array feed and RF receiver that were used to demonstrate the spatial filtering principle. The array consists of a 7-element hexagonal arrangement of thickened dipole antennas tuned to a center frequency of 1600 MHz. The receiver is a two-stage, low-noise frequency mixer that is tunable over the entire L-band. This thesis also documents a new receiver design …

Casimir Forces And Non-Newtonian Gravitation, Roberto Onofrio

Dartmouth Scholarship

The search for non-relativistic deviations from Newtonian gravitation can lead to new phenomena signalling the unification of gravity with the other fundamental interactions. Various recent theoretical frameworks indicate a possible window for non-Newtonian forces with gravitational coupling strength in the micrometre range. The major expected background in the same range is attributable to the Casimir force or variants of it if dielectric materials, rather than conducting ones, are considered. Here we review the measurements of the Casimir force performed so far in the micrometre range and how they determine constraints on non-Newtonian gravitation, also discussing the dominant sources of false …

The Eastern Echo, October 20, 2006, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Student Newspaper: The Normal News & The Eastern Echo

No abstract provided.

Oct. 20, 2006, Enhancements To The Cao Operational Guidelines Draft, Unauthored

CAO General 1999-Present

No abstract provided.

The P14 Fusion-Associated Small Transmembrane (Fast) Protein Effects Membrane Fusion From A Subset Of Membrane Microdomains, Jennifer A. Corcoran, Jayme Salsman, Roberto De Antueno, Ahmed Touhami, Manfred H. Jericho, Eileen K. Clancy, Roy Duncan

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

The reovirus fusion-associated small transmembrane (FAST) proteins are a unique family of viral membrane fusion proteins. These nonstructural viral proteins induce efficient cell-cell rather than virus-cell membrane fusion. We analyzed the lipid environment in which the reptilian reovirus p14 FAST protein resides to determine the influence of the cell membrane on the fusion activity of the FAST proteins. Topographical mapping of the surface of fusogenic p14-containing liposomes by atomic force microscopy under aqueous conditions revealed that p14 resides almost exclusively in thickened membrane microdomains. In transfected cells, p14 was found in both Lubrol WX-and Triton X-100-resistant membrane complexes. Cholesterol depletion …

Meeting Minutes, Wku University Senate

Faculty Senate

Meeting regarding football, budget, faculty tenure policies and faculty survey.

A Neo-Chicago Perspective On The Law Of Product Tying: Exposing The Last Sanctuary Of The Harvard School, Alan J. Devlin

ExpressO

No abstract provided.

A Complete Property Right Amendment, John H. Ryskamp

ExpressO

The trend of the eminent domain reform and "Kelo plus" initiatives is toward a comprehensive Constitutional property right incorporating the elements of level of review, nature of government action, and extent of compensation. This article contains a draft amendment which reflects these concerns.

Mustang Daily, October 19, 2006

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

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

Meeting Minutes: October 19, 2006, Dan B. Lutz

UNL Emeriti Association: Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Arbiter, October 19, Students Of Boise State University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Statistical Analysis Of Air Pollution Panel Studies: An Illustration, Holly Janes, Lianne Sheppard, Kristen Shepherd

UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series

The panel study design is commonly used to evaluate the short-term health effects of air pollution. Standard statistical methods for analyzing longitudinal data are available, but the literature reveals that the techniques are not well understood by practitioners. We illustrate these methods using data from the 1999 to 2002 Seattle panel study. Marginal, conditional, and transitional approaches for modeling longitudinal data are reviewed and contrasted with respect to their parameter interpretation and methods for accounting for correlation and dealing with missing data. We also discuss and illustrate techniques for controlling for time-dependent and time-independent confounding, and for exploring and summarizing …

Late Holocene Lake-Level Fluctuations In Walker Lake, Nevada, Usa, Fasong Yuan, Braddock K. Linsley, Stephen S. Howe, Steve P. Lund, John P. Mcgeehin

Biological, Geological, and Environmental Faculty Publications

alker Lake, a hydrologically closed, saline, and alkaline lake, is situated along the western margin of the Great Basin in Nevada of the western United States. Analyses of the magnetic susceptibility (χ), total inorganic carbon (TIC), and oxygen isotopic composition (δ¹⁸O) of carbonate sediments including ostracode shells (Limnocythere ceriotuberosa) from Walker Lake allow us to extend the sediment record of lake-level fluctuations back to 2700 years B.P. There are approximately five major stages over the course of the late Holocene hydrologic evolution in Walker Lake: an early lowstand (> 2400 years B.P.), a lake-filling …

A Lake Restoration Plan For Furman Lake, Lake Restoration Task Force, Wade Worthen, Wes Dripps

Furman Lake Restoration Book Gallery

A twelve page document submitted by The Lake Restoration Task Force. The document lists the members of the task force, gives an overview of the project, the current status at the time of submission, lays out a new vision for the lake, and a plan to improve the environmental integrity of the lake watershed, plus design elements to create a multi-purpose facility. It concludes with a section on the lake as pedagogy and recommendations for moving forward with the master plan.

Janssens, Nancy Interview For The Miami Valley College Of Nursing And Health Oral History Project, Donna M. Curry, Emily Pingrey, Nancy Janssens

Wright State University - Miami Valley College of Nursing and Health Oral History Project

Donna Miles Curry and Emily Pingrey interviewed Nancy Janssens about the Wright State University College of Nursing and Health. In the interview Ms. Janssens discusses her education at Wright State University.

Stevens V. Lindsay

2006 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Dudley V. Nash

2006 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

The Setonian, October 19, 2006, Seton Hall University

2006

No abstract provided.

The Statesman, V. 50, I. 12, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 50, i. 12

October 19, 2006, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Lanthorn, Vol. 41, No. 17, October 19, 2006, Grand Valley State University

Volume 41, July 13, 2006 - June 14, 2007

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

The Comment, October 19, 2006, Bridgewater State College

The Comment

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, October 19, 2006, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2006

No abstract provided.