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2006-12-08, Board Of Regents, Murray State University

Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 41, No. 1, Winter 2007, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

Faith and Science: A Forum
Recently, the editors of Holy Cross Magazine invited a group from the campus community to discuss the question, “What are the tensions and the harmonies inherent in a life given to both science and faith?” Read the transcription of this thoughtful and provocative discussion and join in the conversation.
Photographs by Rob Carlin

Investing in Discovery
This spring, construction crews will break ground on the most ambitious building project the College has ever undertaken. Learn about the state-of-the-art complex that will spearhead a new direction for science education on Mount St. James.
By Laura Porter …

Interview With Ron Hays, Eagle Creek Natural Building, 2006 (Audio), Ron Hays

All Sustainability History Project Oral Histories

Interview of Ron Hays by Joe Arbow at SE Portland, Oregon on December 8th, 2006.

The interview index is available for download.

Ninth Annual Books & Bears Program Gives Campus Way To Say ‘Thanks', Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – When most Ole Miss faculty and staff are heading home to spend the evening with their families, another group of employees arrives to spend dusk to dawn hours cleaning, straightening, repairing and preparing the University of Mississippi for another day.

Crusader, December, 8, 2006, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

The student newspaper for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Articles include coverage of campus events and issues, sports, editorials and special features.

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 2006-12-08, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 2001-2011

Published on December 8 of 2006, this edition of the College of Wooster's student ran newspaper is eight pages long. When residents of Babcock returned back to campus from Thanksgiving break they were informed of the graffiti found in the stairwell leading to the attic. Kittredge was transformed into a Las Vegas Casino last Saturday evening hosted by Pam Pierce's FYS. Assistant Professor of Chemistry Dr. Melissa M. Schultz presented for the Chemistry Department Seminar. Railroads across the United States are offering trips to the North Pole via the Polar Express. One student, Meredith Wilson '09, has created website about …

Banking Transactions And Controls Training For Deutsche Bank Operations Employees, Jodi Young

Theses and Dissertations

This report describes the development process of the Deutsche Bank Intro to Controls instructional training tool. This course utilizes a multi-faceted, blended approach, including web-based training, simulation, and instructor-led training components to teach complex banking operations. The report includes a literature review describing instructional theories, and strategies concerning the use of a blended approach in the training of complex systems and operations. The report also includes a description of the formative evaluation process and results. These results demonstrated a positive response to the content and instructional strategies employed in the training, as well as the need for future research to …

The Colby Echo (2006-12-08), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

Enhancements Of A Three Dimensional Target Model For Deep Ground Penetrating Radar Systems, Lonnie Parker

Theses

Both commercial and military industries incorporate the use of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). In the case of the military, a stationary object, such as a bunker or tunnel, can be detected. Even high-resolution, three-dimensional (3D) and twodimensional (2D) imagery of energy reflected by the target and its surrounding environment can be produced. This is accomplished using multiple scene perspectives inherent in advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) techniques. Although underground target detection can be successful, the return data, usually suffers a significant degree of signal degradation due to the ground medium and target composition. A valid theoretical target model must account …

The Interdisciplinary Turn In Legal Education , Anthony D'Amato

ExpressO

The nature of law and legal practice is changing with the addition of interdisciplinary scholars to law-school faculties and interdisciplinary studies to the law curriculum. However, the accessibility of non-law disciplinarians in the rest of the university raises the question of the cost-effectiveness and opportunity costs of importing them directly into the law school. This Article criticizes the interdisciplinary turn on three grounds. First is the unlikelihood that the joint-degreed persons who join the law faculty will happen to be the ones that their colleagues will end up collaborating with. Second is the even greater unlikelihood that any given discipline …

A Semiparametric Approach For The Nonparametric Transformation Survival Model With Multiple Covariates, Xiao Song, Shuangge Ma, Jian Huang, Xiao-Hua Zhou

UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series

The nonparametric transformation model for survival time that makes no parametric assumptions on both the transformation function and the error is appealing in its flexibility. The nonparametric transformation model makes no assumption on the forms of the transformation function and the error distribution. This model is appealing in its flexibility for modeling censored survival data. Current approaches for estimation of the regression parameters involve maximizing discontinuous objective functions, which are numerically infeasible to implement in the case of multiple covariates. Based on the partial rank estimator (Khan & Tamer, 2004), we propose a smoothed partial rank estimator which maximizes a …

The Statesman, V. 50, I. 23, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 50, i. 23

Commonwealth Times 2006-12-07

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

The Setonian, December 7, 2006, Seton Hall University

2006

No abstract provided.

Using A Spline To Model The Motion Of A 4-Man Fireteam During Building Clearing Exercises, Marshall Werner

All Theses

This paper examines the problem of tracking positions of a fireteam (4-5 men) as they perform building clearing exercises in order to predict future motion od the team. This was done by examining the team as a single entity rather than 4 or 5 separate entities. A team model was used under the assumption that the team stays together as a group and moves in specific patterns. The model chosen for this experiment was a spline curve. This spline curve allowed for movement in straight lines through hallways as well as curving around corners.

December 7, 2006, Council On Academic Affairs

Minutes

No abstract provided.

December 7, 2006, University Of North Dakota

University Senate Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the December 7, 2006, meeting of the University Senate. 25 pages

Fate Of Fish Production In A Seasonally Flooded Saltmarsh, Philip W. Stevens, Clay L. Montague, Kenneth J. Sulak

United States Geological Survey: Staff Publications

Although saltmarshes are thought to enhance the productivity of open estuarine water, the mechanism by which energy transfer occurs has been debated for decades. One possible mechanism is the transfer of saltmarsh production to estuarine waters by vagile fishes and invertebrates. Monthly estimates of fish standing stock, net fish ingress, and predation were used to develop a bio-mass budget to estimates annual production of fishes and the relative yield to predatory fish, birds, and direct migration to the estuary. Annual production of saltmarsh fishes was estimated to 31.0 gm^-2 saltmarsh, which falls within the range of previously reported values …

A Comparison Of The Zns(Ag) Scintillation Detector To The Silicon Semiconductor Detector For Quantification Of Alpha Radioactivity In Aqueous Solutions, Jennifer Foster

All Theses

A ZnS(Ag) detector was successfully used in the direct detection of alpha particles from aqueous solutions and the results were compared to the passivated ion implanted planar silicon (PIPS) continuous air monitor (CAM) detector. The ZnS(Ag) detector is recommended for on-line detection of gross alpha radioactivity from high-level liquid waste process streams; however, the detector suffers from limitations due to variations in detection efficiency with alpha energies. The beta and gamma interference did not significantly spillover into the alpha region of interest of the ZnS(Ag) detector which provided absolute detection efficiencies of 7.19 ± 0.13%, 5.37 ± 0.02%, and 4.21 …

The Advocate, December 7, 2006, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

Second High School Mathematicstournament Fields 88 Students, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – Eighty-eight high school students from the region competed at the University of Mississippi recently in the second Ole Miss High School Mathematics Tournament. Schools were represented from as far north as Memphis and south to Hattiesburg, said Tristan Denley, UM chair and professor of mathematics.

Vista: December 7, 2006, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

Washington University Record, December 7, 2006

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Otter Realm, December 7, 2006, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

Great Sex-pectations -- Meet our student government -- Developments and construction continue to excite surrounding community -- Credit card fraud plagues campus -- CSUMB welcomes new Provost -- Otterstream is back -- Letter to the editor: Another One Bites the Dust...A song that is just not so funny anymore -- Liberal Studies to walk a straight line -- The TAT department reorganizes -- Realm staffer reports on her own Student Disability Resources experience -- Sex, drugs, and dorm life -- Sexual LIASONS off campus -- RX Bandits: Just what the doctor ordered -- Music in the Otter Express -- Adam's …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, December 7, 2006, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Department of Agricultural Systems Technology and Education

• New Course

Department of Animal, Dairy and Veterinary Sciences

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Nutrition and Food Science

• Title Change, Course Number Change
• Delete Course

College of Business

• New Course

School of Accountancy

• Remove University Studies Designation
• Course Description Change

Department of Business Information Systems

• Prerequisite Change, Course Description Change
• Course Description Change
• Reactivate Course

Department of Economics

• Delete Course

Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development

• New Course
• Title Change, Course Description Change

Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation

• New Course
• Prerequisite Change

Department of Special Education and Rehabilitation

• New …

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, December 7, 2006, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Subcommittee Reports
• Curriculum Subcommittee
• Academic Standards Subcommittee
• General Education Subcommittee
• Course Approvals
• Syllabus Approval

Analysis Of Near-Infrared Phase Effects On Biometric Iris Data, Brady Roos Stevenson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research is to ascertain potential iris scan data variations from near infrared waves derived from fluorescent illumination. Prior studies of iris data variances from infrared wave interference of halogen, incandescent, and sunlight with iris cameras suggest that similar changes may exist under near infrared wavelengths from fluorescent light. The concern is that the fluorescent energy emission may interfere with the near infrared detection of an iris camera. An iris camera is used to measure human eye characteristics known as biometrics. If such infrared emission is statistically significant, then it can alter the validity of the iris …

A Dynamic Workflow Framework For Mass Customization Using Web Service And Autonomous Agent Technologies, Daniel J. Karpowitz

Theses and Dissertations

Custom software development and maintenance is one of the key expenses associated with developing automated systems for mass customization. This paper presents a method for reducing the risk associated with this expense by developing a flexible environment for determining and executing dynamic workflow paths. Strategies for developing an autonomous agent-based framework and for identifying and creating web services for specific process tasks are presented. The proposed methods are outlined in two different case studies to illustrate the approach for both a generic process with complex workflow paths and a more specific sequential engineering process.

The Molecular And Ecophysiological Roles Of Rubisco Activase And Rubisco Activase Likes In Photosynthetic Thermal Regulation Of Acer Rubrum And Arabidopsis Thaliana , David Weston

All Dissertations

Determining the consequences of human impact on our current and future climate is proving to be to be one of the greater challenges in modern biology. Current global models employing coupled atmosphere and terrestrial carbon feedbacks range in their predictions from the inconsequential to that of vast food shortages and species extinctions. However, there is hope that the emergence of new molecular approaches will revolutionize our understanding of plant and animal responses to a changing environment, allowing for higher predictive power when scaling up from the level of the individual to ecosystem-scale processes. This dissertation is an initial attempt for …

Characterization Of Capillary-Channeled Polymer Fibers As Stationary Phases For High-Performance Liquid Chromatography Of Macromolecules, Dwella Nelson

All Dissertations

Capillary-channeled polymer (C-CP) fibers are being developed and characterized as high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) stationary phases for reversed-phase separations of proteins. Conventional porous phases are not well suited for separating large macromolecules due to the slow diffusivity of the molecules, large diffusional distances, and stagnant mobile phase zones within the column. Stationary phases are continually being developed to address the challenges associated with HPLC of proteins and other macromolecules in general. C-CP fiber stationary phases are an alternative to conventional bead technology and offer a variety of chemical and physical advantages. The fibers can be selected for their chemical functionality …