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Born Yesterday, Garson Kanin

Theatre Productions

Born Yesterday is a comedic plea for citizens' active engagement in their democracies. October, 2006.

Born Yesterday, Garson Kanin

Theatre Productions

Kanin's classic comedy about the importance of participating in a democracy was presented at John Carroll University, October 27-November 7, 2006.

Detection Of Panulirus Argus Virus 1 (Pav1) In The Caribbean Spiny Lobster Using Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (Fish), Caiwen Li, Jeffrey D. Shields, Hamish J. Small, Kimberly S. Reece, Carmony L. Hartwig, Roland A. Cooper, Robert E. Ratzlaff

Collected Faculty Scholarship

Panulirus argus Virus 1 (PaV1) is the first virus known to be pathogenic to a wild lobster. It infects the Caribbean spiny lobster P. argus from the Florida Keys, and has a predilection for juveniles. The monitoring of the virus in wild populations and study of its behavior in the laboratory require the development of reliable diagnostic tools. A sensitive and specific fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) assay was developed for detection of PaV1. The lower detection limit using a 110 bp DNA probe in a dot-blot hybridization for PaV1 DNA was 10 pg of cloned template PaV1 DNA and …

The Communicator 10-27-2006, Julie Lindsay, Nicki Tiffany, Bill Degroote, Laura Braggiotti

National Technical Institute for the Deaf Papers

No abstract provided.

Mechanical Response Of Fuel Cell Membranes Subjected To A Hygro-Thermal Cycle, Ahmet Kusoglu, Anette M. Karlsson, Michael H. Santare, Simon Cleghorn, William B. Johnson

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

The mechanical response of fuel cell proton exchange membranes subjected to a single hygro-thermal duty cycle in a fuel cell assembly is investigated through numerical means. To this end, the behavior of the membrane with temperature and humidity dependent material properties is simulated under temperature and humidity loading and unloading conditions. The stress-evolution during a simplified operating cycle is determined using finite element analysis for two clamping methods and two alignments of the bipolar plates. It is shown that compressive, plastic deformation occurs during the hygro-thermal loading, resulting in tensile residual stresses after unloading. These residual in-plane stresses in the …

A Logistic Regression Analysis Of Utah Colleges Exit Poll Response Rates Using Sas Software, Clint W. Stevenson

Theses and Dissertations

In this study I examine voter response at an interview level using a dataset of 7562 voter contacts (including responses and nonresponses) in the 2004 Utah Colleges Exit Poll. In 2004, 4908 of the 7562 voters approached responded to the exit poll for an overall response rate of 65 percent. Logistic regression is used to estimate factors that contribute to a success or failure of each interview attempt. This logistic regression model uses interviewer characteristics, voter characteristics (both respondents and nonrespondents), and exogenous factors as independent variables. Voter characteristics such as race, gender, and age are strongly associated with response. …

An Evaluation Of Attributes And Competencies For Manufacturing Engineering Technology Graduates, Loni S. Williamson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to determine the required attributes and competencies required for a graduate from a manufacturing engineering technology baccalaureate program. A document called “Competencies of Manufacturing Engineering Technology Graduates” was compiled in October 2004. This document lists twelve attributes thought to be important for MET graduates: Leadership, Professionalism, Creativity and Problem Solving, Management, Materials, Processes, Quality, Systems, Design, Communication, Safety and Environmental Issues, and Global Awareness. Under each attribute is a list of five to seven competencies creating a total of seventy-three competencies for graduates of an MET baccalaureate program. This list of attributes and competencies …

Energy-Efficient Distributed Consturctions Of Minimum Spanning Tree For Wireless Ad-Hoc Networks, Maleq Khan, Gopal Pandurangan, V. S. Anil Kumar

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Electronic Structure And Polymerization Of A Self-Assembled Monolayer With Multiple Arene Rings, D.Q. Feng, David Wisbey, Yaroslav B. Losovyj, Y. Tai, M. Zharnikov, Peter A. Dowben

Peter Dowben Publications

We find evidence of intermolecular interactions for a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) formed from a large molecular adsorbate, [1,1′;4′,1′′-terphenyl]-4,4′′-dimethanethiol, from the dispersion of the molecular orbitals with changing wave vector k. With the formation self-assembled molecular (SAM) layer, the molecular orbitals hybridize to electronic bands, with indications of significant band dispersion of the unoccupied molecular orbitals. The electronic structure is also seen to be dependent upon temperature, and cross linking between the neighbor molecules, indicating that the electronic structure may be subtly altered by changes in molecular conformation and packing.

Search For Pair Production Of Scalar Bottom Quarks In Pp̅ Collisions At √S =1:96 Tev, V. M. Abazov, Kenneth A. Bloom, Gregory R. Snow, D0 Collaboration

Kenneth Bloom Publications

A search for direct production of scalar bottom quarks (b̃) is performed with 310 pb^-1 of data collected by the D0 experiment in pp̅ collisions at √s = 1.96 TeV at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. The topology analyzed consists of two b jets and an imbalance in transverse momentum due to undetected neutralinos (χ̃₁⁰), with χ̃₁⁰ assumed to be the lightest supersymmetric particle. We find the data consistent with standard model expectations, and set a 95% C.L. exclusion domain in the (m_b̃, m _χ̃1⁰) mass plane, …

The Legacy Of Leaded Gasoline In Bottom Sediment Of Small Rural Reservoirs, Kyle E. Juracek, Andrew C. Ziegler

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

The historical and ongoing lead (Pb) contamination caused by the 20th-century use of leaded gasoline was investigated by an analysis of bottom sediment in eight small rural reservoirs in eastern Kansas, USA. For the reservoirs that were completed before or during the period of maximum Pb emissions from vehicles (i.e., the 1940s through the early 1980s) and that had a major highway in the basin, increased Pb concentrations reflected the pattern of historical leaded gasoline use. For at least some of these reservoirs, residual Pb is still being delivered from the basins. There was no evidence of increased Pb deposition …

There Is No 2-(22,8,4) Block Design, Richard Bilous, Clement W.H. Lam, Larry H. Thiel, Ben P.C. Li, G.H. John Van Rees, Stanislaw P. Radziszowski, Wolfgang H. Holzmann, Hadi Kharaghani

Articles

In this paper we show that a 2-(22, 8, 4) design does not exist. This result was obtained by a computer search.

Illinois State University Board Of Trustees Meeting Materials, October 27, 2006, Board Of Trustees

Illinois State University Board of Trustees (1995-2013)

Minutes, reports, and action items relating to the October 27, 2006 meeting of the Illinois State University Board of Trustees.

Large Cluster Asymptotics For Gee: Working Correlation Models, Hyoju Chung, Thomas Lumley

UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series

This paper presents large cluster asymptotic results for generalized estimating equations. The complexity of working correlation model is characterized in terms of the number of working correlation components to be estimated. When the cluster size is relatively large, we may encounter a situation where a high-dimensional working correlation matrix is modeled and estimated from the data. In the present asymptotic setting, the cluster size and the complexity of working correlation model grow with the number of independent clusters. We show the existence, weak consistency and asymptotic normality of marginal regression parameter estimators using the results of empirical process theory and …

Ucc Minutes October 26, 2006, Kutztown University Curriculum Committee

UCC Minutes

No abstract provided.

October 26, 2006, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

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

Electron-Dephasing Time In A Two-Dimensional Spin-Polarized System With Rashba Spin-Orbit Interaction, D C. Marinescu

Publications

We calculate the dephasing time Bof an electron in a two-dimensional system with a Rashba spin-orbit interaction, spin-polarized by an arbitrarily large magnetic field parallel to the layer. B is estimated from the logarithmic corrections to the conductivity within a perturbative approach that assumes weak, isotropic disorder scattering. For any value of the magnetic field, the dephasing rate changes with respect to its unpolarized-state value by a universal function whose parameter is 2EZ=ESOI (EZ is the Zeeman energy, while ESOI is the spin-orbit interaction), confirming the experimental report published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 186805 (2005). In the high-field limit, …

2006 Scholars And Artists Bibliography, Daniel J. Simon, Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland State University, Friends Of The Michael Schwartz Library

Scholars and Artists Bibliographies

This bibliography was created for the annual Friends of the Michael Schwartz Library Scholars and Artists Reception, recognizing scholarly and creative achievements of Cleveland State University faculty, staff and emeriti. Dr. Dan Simon was the guest speaker.

Distortional Buckling Of Simple Lipped Channel In Bending-Results Of The Experimental Analysis Versus Direct Strength Methods, Carlos Eduardo Javaroni, Roberto Martins Goncalves

CCFSS Proceedings of International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures (1971 - 2018)

No abstract provided.

Lateral Response Of Sheathed Cold-Formed Shear Walls An Analytical Approach, Gaetano Della Corte

CCFSS Proceedings of International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures (1971 - 2018)

No abstract provided.

Modeling And Data Analysis Of Conductive Polymer Composite Sensors, Hua Lei

Theses and Dissertations

Conductive polymer composite sensors have shown great potential in identifying gaseous analytes. To more thoroughly understand the physical and chemical mechanism of this type of sensors, a model was developed by combining two sub-models: a conductivity model and a thermodynamic model, which gives a relationship between the vapor concentration of analyte(s) and the change of the sensor signals. In this work, 64 chemiresistors representing eight different carbon concentrations (8–60 vol.% carbon) were constructed by depositing thin films of a carbon black–polyisobutylene composite onto concentric spiral platinum electrodes on a silicon chip. The responses of the sensors were measured in dry …

The Institutional Repository At The University Of Nebraska–Lincoln: Its First Year Of Operations, Paul Royster

University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries: Faculty Publications

The institutional repository (hereafter IR) at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (hereafter UNL) began operations July 1, 2005. At the close of our first year we had mounted 2,397 articles, which had been downloaded 58,743 times; the dissertations collection included 10,117 theses, which had been downloaded 34,862 times. We currently average around 2,000 hits and 700 downloads per day. Usage increases as the semester progresses, and falls during the Christmas break and during the summer. In addition to the various wildlife damage conference proceedings, we had mounted extensive backfiles of the Journal of Parasitology, and the proceedings of the People of …

The Advocate, October 26, 2006, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

The Missouri Miner, October 26, 2006

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

The Grizzly, October 26, 2006, Kerri Landis, Marlena M. Mcmahon-Purk, Sarah Keck, Erin Padovani, Amanda D'Amico, Hallie Andrew, Brandon Brown, Matt Terry, Alex Ernst, Chris Curley, Danielle Langdon, Matthew Pastor, Tyler Johnson

Ursinus College Grizzly Newspaper, 1978 to Present

Editorial: Putting the Pieces Back Together • Possible Scam Raises Concerns • Town Hall Meeting Brings Forth Campus Issues • Food Drive a Success • Fall is in the Air • Story Behind the Statue: "Praha" • Get to Know the Nominees • Opinions: Long Live Noise; Swept Under the Rug; Truth About Study Abroad • Women's Volleyball Swept by Gettysburg • Bullets Offense Too Much for Bears • Bears Make Run for Playoffs

Statistical Environmental Models: Hurricanes, Lightning, Rainfall, Floods, Red Tide And Volcanoes, Rebecca Dyanne Wooten

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study consists of developing descriptive, parametric, linear and non-linear statistical models for such natural phenomena as hurricanes, lightning, flooding, red tide and volcanic fallout. In the present study, the focus of research is determining the stochastic nature of phenomena in the environment. These statistical models are necessary to address the variability of nature and the misgivings of the deterministic models, particularly when considering the necessity for man to estimate the occurrence and prepare for the aftermath.

The relationship between statistics and physics looking at the correlation between wind speed and pressure versus wind speed and temperature play a significant …

Gsu Class Credit Given For High School Courses, Marc D. Cyr

Faculty Senate: Index

No abstract provided.

Design Of Cold-Formed Web Members With Non-Uniform Cross Sections, Serge Parent, Joseph J. Pote, Kenneth W. Neale

CCFSS Proceedings of International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures (1971 - 2018)

No abstract provided.

Seismic Performance Of Sheathed Cold-Formed Shear Walls, Raffaele Landolfo, Luigi Fiorino, Gaetano Della Corte

CCFSS Proceedings of International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures (1971 - 2018)

No abstract provided.

Lateral Distortional Buckling Behaviour Of A New Cold-Formed Hollow Flange Channel Section, Dhammika Mahaarachchi, Mahen Mahendran, Herm Hofmeyer

CCFSS Proceedings of International Specialty Conference on Cold-Formed Steel Structures (1971 - 2018)

No abstract provided.