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The Express: March 10, 2006, Taylor University Fort Wayne

2005-2006 (Volume 10)

Men’s basketball team wins national tournament — New Dorm Groundbreaking — TUFW professor named President-elect of science academy — Instructor Mallet says social work isn’t for the glamour — Student take J-term trip to Africa — Charley’s Aunt preview — TUFW professor earns philosophy doctorate from Ohio State — Sports Updates — Intramural Basketball

The Murray State News, March 10, 2006, The Murray State News

Murray State University Collection

No abstract provided.

Ua35/11 Arête March 2006, Honors College

Arête: Honors College at WKU Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Course Description Booklet -- Women's And Gender Studies -- Summer And Fall 2006

Women's and Gender Studies Program: Information and Materials

Undergraduate and graduate courses offered through the Women's and Gender Studies Program. WIth descriptions and teaching faculty.

Carrier Dynamics In Α‐Fe2o3 (0001) Thin Films And Single Crystals Probed By Femtosecond Transient Absorption And Reflectivity, Alan G. Joly, Joshua R. Williams, Scott A. Chambers, Gang Xiong, Wayne P. Hess, David M. Laman

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

Femtosecond transient reflectivity and absorption are used to measure the carrier lifetimes in α‐Fe₂O₃ thin films and single crystals. The results from the thin films show that initially excited hot electrons relax to the band edge within 300 fs and then recombine with holes or trap within 5 ps. The trapped electrons have a lifetime of hundreds of picoseconds. Transient reflectivity measurements from hematite (α‐Fe₂O₃)single crystals show similar but slightly faster dynamics leading to the conclusion that the short carrier lifetimes in these materials are due primarily to trapping to Fe d- …

Volume 43, Number 27: March 10, 2006, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Washington University Record, March 10, 2006

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

Cytochrome P4501a Is Induced In Endothelial Cell Lines From The Kidney And Lung Of The Bottlenose Dolphin, Tursiops Truncatus, Rita Anne Garrick, Bruce R. Woodin, Joanna Y. Wilson, Bobby L. Middlebrooks, John J. Stegman

Faculty Publications

Marine mammals respond to the presence of polycyclic and planar halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH or PHAH) with the induced expression in endothelium of cytochrome P4501A1, regulated through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) transcription factor. Physiological responses in other animals, such as edema and inflammation indicate that the endothelium may be compromised by exposure to AHR agonists, which are ubiquitous in the marine environment. In other mammals and fish the cellular and molecular consequences of exposure to AHR agonists have been elucidated in cultured endothelial cells. We have cultured and characterized cetacean endothelial cells (EC) and used them in induction studies. …

Comparative Analysis Of Biosurveillance Methodologies, David M. Kempisty

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this research is to compare two different biosurveillance methodologies: BioWatch and "A Hot Idea". BioWatch is fielded and operating in major US cities today. Air samples are collected on filter paper and analyzed for the presence of harmful biological agents. "A Hot Idea" is an evolving methodology using the human body's immune response to identify the onset of infection from a harmful pathogen. Detecting a temperature increase, using infrared thermographers, in a statistically significant portion of population would allow earlier identification of a biological release, accelerating initiation of response actions. A selected population including policemen, firemen, and …

Evaluation Of Chlorinated Solvent Removal Efficiency Among Three Wetland Plant Species: A Mesocom Study, Jun Yan

Theses and Dissertations

Different species of plants need to be studied individually to compare the remediation efficiency of each species. This research will study three different wetland plants species and an unplanted control, under a laboratory setting. Each plant has a different characteristic favorable for chlorinated solvent degradation. Eleocharis erythropoda (Spike Rush) are plants with thin tube like leaves and large root mass. Carex comosa (Bearded Sedge) has broad leaves and Scirpus atrovirens (Green Bulrush) are broad leafed wetland plants with a long flowering stem during reproduction. PCE will be injected into the plant mesocosm and any possible PCE degradation will be observed. …

The Future Of Intelligence Analysis, Volume 2: Annotated Bibliography: Publications On Intelligence Analysis And Reform, William J. Lahneman

Security Studies & International Affairs - Daytona Beach

“This study contains the findings and recommendations of the Future of Intelligence Analysis Project, an eighteen-month effort that explored what must be done to provide the US government with an effective intelligence analysis capability in the future.”—Executive Summary in Vol. 1.

March 10, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Chanticleer | Vol 54, Issue 22, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.

Three-Dimensional Structure Of The Bacterial Cell Wall Peptidoglycan, Samy O. Meroueh, Krisztina Z. Bencze, Dusan Hesek, Mijoon Lee, Timothy L. Stemmler, Shahriar Mobashery

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Publications

The 3D structure of the bacterial peptidoglycan, the major constit- uent of the cell wall, is one of the most important, yet still unsolved, structural problems in biochemistry. The peptidoglycan comprises alternating N-acetylglucosamine (NAG) and N-acetylmu- ramic disaccharide (NAM) saccharides, the latter of which has a peptide stem. Adjacent peptide stems are cross-linked by the transpeptidase enzymes of cell wall biosynthesis to provide the cell wall polymer with the structural integrity required by the bacte- rium. The cell wall and its biosynthetic enzymes are targets of antibiotics. The 3D structure of the cell wall has been elusive because of its …

Spartan Daily, March 9, 2006, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 126, Issue 25

Commonwealth Times 2006-03-09

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

The Setonian, Spring 2006, Seton Hall University

2006

No abstract provided.

Marshall University Music Department And Theatre And Mu Opera Theatre 2006 Presents Hansel & Gretel, An Opera In English By E. Humperdinck, Linda Dobbs

All Performances

No abstract provided.

Western News, March 9, 2006, Western Michigan University

Western News (1972-2018)

Story highlights: Obare gets NSF grant for solar energy research; New economy study released; Kominz is lead author of journal article on rising sea levels; On Campus with John Greenhoe.

The Missouri Miner, March 9, 2006

The Missouri Miner Newspaper

No abstract provided.

Responders’ Responsibility: Liability And Immunity In Public Health Emergencies, Sharona Hoffman

Faculty Publications

Many experts predict the advent of a public health emergency resulting from a flu pandemic or bioterrorism attack in the foreseeable future. At the same time, many health care providers express significant concern about liability arising from emergency response activities, because it is unlikely that they would be able to provide optimal care in crisis conditions. They also state that this concern will likely influence their willingness to be involved in response activities. This article addresses issues that have received little attention in the legal literature: liability and immunity in public health emergencies. The article provides a first-of-its-kind comprehensive analysis …

Wmu Board Of Trustees Formal Session March 9, 2006, Wmu Board Of Trustees

WMU Board of Trustees Meetings

Minutes of the WMU Board of Trustees meeting include appendices:

• Gift Report
• Grant Report
• Personnel Report
• Lease Renewal
• Conferring of Degrees

Central Florida Future, Vol. 38 No. 52, March 9, 2006

Central Florida Future

No abstract provided.

Red-Winged Blackbird (Agelaius Phoeniceus) Reproduction In North Dakota, Rachel M. Bush, Mark E. Clark, Wendy L. Reed, George M. Linz

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

Many of the suggested management techniques directed at reducing blackbird breeding populations fail to incorporate the underlying mechanisms regulating populations. Theoretically, removal of individuals from the breeding population should lower the breeding densities and presumably reduce recruitment. However, compensatory responses might occur with decreased breeding densities, but no empirical data are available to test this hypothesis. Much of the underlying compensatory theory is based on differential allocation of resources to reproduction vs. self maintenance at different breeding densities, mainly in the form of depensatory effects of resource limitation on growth and survival. However, as the breeding density in an area …

Does Exposure Science Support The Concern Over Indoor Air Quality?, Kenneth Kasper

Theses

The purpose of this thesis is to examine the growing concern over indoor air quality (IAQ) and determine if such concern is warranted. The first questions that steer this effort include: Does scientific research substantiate a causal link between IAQ contaminants and human health? In addition, which indoor air contaminants appear to present the greatest health risks? These questions were answered primarily by reviewing exposure science based criteria that have been developed by federal and state agencies and then comparing these criteria to nominal concentrations that have been measured in the workplace. The second purpose of this thesis was to …

A Study Of Collapse Events In Ultraviolet Light Filaments Due To Transient Edge Effects, Paul L. Muller

Theses and Dissertations

Intense, short light pulses can form filaments capable of propagating kilometers through the atmosphere. This is due to the nonlinear index of refraction of the atmosphere in response to the pulse's high intensity, which creates a self-focusing effect that further intensifies the pulse. This focusing is balanced by the formation of defocusing plasma by the pulse. A split-step propagation model was used to simulate the propagation of these pulses through the atmosphere and investigate the collapse of long ultraviolet pulses of 10-100 picoseconds in duration due to transient edge effects. The structures of individual collapse events in the pulse were …

March 9, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

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The Children Of Science: Property, People, Or Something In Between?, Star Q. Lopez

ExpressO

How should states classify embryos? The war has often waged between two classifications, people versus property. But what if a state assumed something in between, finding the embryo to be a potential person entitled to special respect? If a state adopted this position, how would the law affect medical research?

Presuming embryos constitute potential persons, the debate would continue with how to define “special respect.” The status of a potential person runs along a spectrum between property and personhood. How one defines “special respect” determines where the potential person falls along this spectrum. Special respect would create a spectrum of …

The Promise (And Limits) Of Neuroeconomics, Jedediah S. Purdy

ExpressO

Neuroeconomics – the study of brain activity in people engaged in tasks of reasoning and choice – looks set to be the next behavioral economics: a set of findings about how people make decisions that casts doubt on widely accepted premises about rationality and social life. This essay explains what is most exciting about the new field and lays out some specific research tasks for it.

By enabling researchers to view the mind at work, neuroeconomics puts in question the most basic premise of twentieth-century empiricism, sometimes called positivism or behaviorism: that people are black boxes to one another, and …