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Characterization Of Microbial Populations In The Subsurface, Mark P. Buttner, Patricia Cruz, Klaus J. Stetzenbach, Amy J. Smiecinski

Publications (YM)

This task is part of a cooperative agreement between the UNLV Research Foundation and the U.S. Department of Energy (#DE-FC28-04RW12237) titled “Yucca Mountain Groundwater Characterization”. The work was conducted in the Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies, Microbiology Division of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from October 1, 2004 to September 30, 2006. The overall goal of this research was to investigate the phenomena that affect the fate and transport of radionuclides in the environment. The purpose of this task (ORD-RF-01), “Characterization of Microbial Activity”, was to develop a molecular biological method for the characterization of the microbial population …

The Paperless Factory: A Review Of Issues And Technologies, Manocher Djassemi, James A. Sena

Industrial Technology and Packaging

paper-based data management can be a bottleneck, slowing factory-wide information transfer. This study explores the evolution of paperless communication in a factory environment and reviews some of the key technologies that contribute to the implementation of a paperless system including digital communication, the virtual factory, computer-integrated manufacturing, and web-centric information flow. The challenges facing users of a paperless information system are also discussed.

Cultural Tendencies In Negotiation: A Comparison Of Finland, India, Mexico, Turkey, And The United States, Lynn E. Metcalf, Allan Bird, Mahesh Shankarmahesh, Zeynep Aycan, Jorma Larimo, Didimo Dewar Valdelamar

Marketing

In this era of increased global cooperation, a growing number of negotiators conduct business in multiple countries and, therefore, need access to a systematic comparison of negotiating tendencies across a wide range of countries. Empirical work systematically comparing variations across a range of cultures is scarce. A comparative analysis of negotiating tendencies in five countries is presented. This study establishes the utility of the [Salacuse, J. (1998) Ten ways that culture affects negotiating style: Some survey results. Negotiation Journal, 14(3): 221–235] framework in identifying country differences across five countries, representing five cultural clusters. Significant differences in negotiation orientations both …

Near-Field Thermal Radiative Transfer And Thermoacoustic Effects From Vapor Plumes Produced By Pulsed Co/Sub 2 /Laser Ablation Of Bulk Water, S. I. Kudryashov, Kevin Lyon, S. D. Allen

Mechanical Engineering - Daytona Beach

Submillimeter deep heating of bulk water by thermal radiation from ablative water plumes produced by a 10.6 μm transversely excited atmospheric C O2 laser and the related acoustic generation has been studied using a contact time-resolved photoacoustic technique. Effective penetration depths of thermal radiation in water were measured as a function of incident laser fluence and the corresponding plume temperatures were estimated. The near-field thermal and thermoacoustic effects of thermal radiation in laser-ablated bulk water and their potential near-field implications are discussed.

c 2006 American Institute of Physics

Senior Recital: Kyle Brubaker, Saxophone; December 1, 2006, Kyle Brubaker

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
Friday Evening
December 1, 2006
7:30 p.m.

Senior Recital: Patrick Steadman, Clarinet; December 1, 2006, Patrick Steadman

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
Friday Afternoon
December 1, 2006
5:00 p.m.

Junior Recital: Jay Sanders, Tenor; December 1, 2006, Jay Sanders

School of Music Programs

Kemp Recital Hall
Friday Evening
December 1, 2006
6:30 p.m.

Manufacturers' Outsourcing To Employment Services, Matthew Dey, Susan N. Houseman, Anne E. Polivka

Upjohn Institute Working Papers

We estimate the effects of manufacturers' use of employment services—comprised primarily of temporary help and professional employer organizations—on measured employment and labor productivity in manufacturing between 1989 and 2004. A major contribution of the paper is the construction of panel data on employment by occupation and industry from the Occupational Employment Statistics program. We use these data to document the dramatic rise of production and other manual occupations within the employment services sector and, in conjunction with information from the Contingent Worker Supplements, to estimate the number of employment services workers assigned to manufacturing over the period. Although measured employment …

Personality Profiles Of Experienced U.S. Army Rotary-Wing Aviators Across Mission, Robert Grice

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

Numerous studies have attempted to identify a relationship between personality traits and workplace performance. Workplace performance in this study was construed as including perceptions of congruence with the type of work and performance on the job. The Five-Factor Model (FFM) has been used to predict workplace performance across a number of vocations including aviation and the Revised NEO Personality Instrument (NEO-PI-R) is the most widely used FFM-based instrument. The NEO-PI-R has been used with commercial and military aviators to identify personality trait levels that are distinct from the general public and to predict performance in cockpit situations such as during …

The Integration Of Church And Home: A Strategic Partnership For Spiritual Formation, Michael B. Haynes

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The American family is deteriorating according to current research. This deterioration stems from the church’s inability to develop Christians who practice life according to the principles of the Bible. In a culture characterized by an atomic worldview, the church and family must work together to develop Christians who live according to the relational worldview of Scripture. This project describes how one church developed and implemented a strategy partnering the church and family for the spiritual formation of the next generation. This project is designed as a model for churches seeking to impact the culture one home at a time.

Lsuhsc Facilities Biweekly Update: December 2006, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates: 2006

LSUHSC Facilities Biweekly Updates from December 8 and 22, 2006.

These updates describe damage and a timeline of repairs at the LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans campus due to Hurricane Katrina which made landfall August 29, 2005.

Lsuhsc Facilities Daily Update: December 2006, Lsuhsc Property And Facilities Management

LSUHSC Facilities Daily Updates: 2006

LSUHSC Dailly Facilities Updates from December 2006.

These updates describe damage and a timeline of repairs at the LSU Health Sciences Center - New Orleans campus due to Hurricane Katrina which made landfall August 29, 2005.

Genetic Resolution Of The Enigmatic Lesser Antillean Distribution Of The Frog Leptodactylus Validus (Anura, Leptodactylidae), Keneth Yanek, W. R. Heyer, Rafael O. De Sá

Biology Faculty Publications

Leptodactylus validus has an unusual distribution, inhabiting Trinidad, Tobago, and the Lesser Antilles, but not the mainland of South America. This distribution is inconsistent with other distribution patterns observed for these islands. Although slight variation in adult morphology has been observed among the different island populations of L. validus, call data suggest the presence of a single species. Calls of L. pallidirostris from Venezuela and Brazil suggested that this taxon might be conspecific with L. validus. Sequence data from the 12S and 16S mt rDNA genes indicate that L. validus represents a single species throughout its distribution and is conspecific …

Faint X‐Ray Structure In The Crab Pulsar Wind Nebula, F. D. Seward, W. H. Tucker, R. A. Fesen

Dartmouth Scholarship

We report on a Chandra observation of the Crab Nebula that gives the first clear view of the faint boundary of the Crab's X-ray-emitting pulsar wind nebula. There is structure in all directions. Fingers, loops, bays, and the south pulsar jet all indicate that either filamentary material or the magnetic field is controlling the relativistic electrons. In general, spectra soften as distance from the pulsar increases but do not change rapidly along linear features. This is particularly true for the pulsar jet. The termination of the jet is abrupt; the east side is close to an [O III] optical filament, …

Inside The Bankruptcy Judge's Mind, Chris Guthrie, Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, Andrew J. Wistrich

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

Specialization is common in medicine. Doctors become oncologists, radiologists, urologists, or even hernia repair specialists. Specialization is also common among practicing lawyers, who become estate planners or products liability lawyers or securities litigators. Judges, however, have historically been generalists who preside over any and all cases. This requires that judges become acquainted with the rules of civil procedure, the rules of criminal procedure, the evidentiary rules applicable to both civil and criminal cases, and the substantive law in almost every area. From the simplest slip-and-fall to the most complicated antitrust case, and nearly every civil and criminal action in between, …

Reconstructing Richard Epstein, Eduardo M. Peñalver

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Moving Object Tracking: Seeking Extensible Solutions, Jeremy Pack

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Moving object tracking is a difficult field with no "best" solution. The documents contained here detail software that was developed in order to perform tracking of objects that are in the line of sight of multiple cameras. Some of the software developed is already in use by the US Army Dugway Proving Ground. Other software represents prototype or early development code. This software was written by Jeremy Pack, who was the lead programmer, and Luke Andrew at the Space Dynamics Laboratory in Logan, Utah.

A Comparison Of The Amely Gene Sequence In Argali (Ovis Ammon) And Domestic (Ovis Aries) Sheep, Kimberly Elwood

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Amelogenin (AMEL) is a gene responsible for tooth bud development. It is located on the X-chromosome, thus called AMELX, in mammals. AMEL has been shown to be present in fish, amphibians, and reptiles, though the exact location on the chromosome has not been determined. Amelogenin-like gene (AMELY), an AMEL homolog encoded on the Y-chromosome in some mammals, including sheep, cattle, deer, bears, humans, and some primates, is shorter than the sequence on the X-chromosome. It is unknown whether AMELY is transcriptionally active, but it has been found to be useful for human sexing purposes in forensics, archaeology and prenatal diagnosis, …

"A Lean Accounting Curriculum", Jake Lewis

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

This paper is written as a part of my honors thesis. My objective for my thesis was to develop a curriculum to be used in the classroom here at Utah State University, on the subject of lean accounting. This curriculum includes a set of lecture slides, selection of an assigned textbook, a case study assignment, and a DVD. Also compiled were several other optional materials that may be used as supplements to the aforementioned set of materials or as a means to briefly cover lean accounting in another course if so desired. This paper contains a brief summary of lean …

Following In Their Footsteps: The Risks Of The Intergenerational Cycle Of Incarceration Among Inmates And Their Children, Megan Elizabeth Harris

All Theses

The purpose of this thesis was to test the proposition that parents who are currently incarcerated are at high risk for having children who are also incarcerated. Furthermore, several risk factors, commonly found in homes with previously or currently incarcerated members, were identified and analyzed to predict the odds of an incarcerated parent also having an incarcerated child.

The current study found that the majority of the demographic variables (gender, race, and marital status) were significant predictors of child incarceration. Furthermore, only a few risk factors were found to be significant predictors of an inmate’s child being incarcerated: an inmate …

Outsiders As Innovators In The Life Sciences, Michael Dietrich

Dartmouth Scholarship

An introduction to the book Outsider Scientists: Routes to Innovation in Biology edited by Oren Harman and Michael Dietrich

Job Tasks Performed By Career Preparation System Administrators: Implications For Leadership Development, Julia K. Vandermolen

Dissertations

This study represents the results of a quantitative survey measuring the importance and frequency of job tasks performed by Michigan's Career Preparation System (CPS) administrators. The census consisted of 120 (n = 120) CPS administrators. Eighty-six (n = 86) or 72% of CPS administrators participated in the study. A mailed survey was used to collect data to determine the importance and frequency of 51 job tasks performed by career and technical education (CTE)administrators identified by a previous DACUM study for a leadership development program. Quantitative methods were used to seek an improved understanding of the job tasks performed …

After-Schools Programs And Their Influence On Parent Involvement With Children At Home, Marci Malone

Undergraduate Honors Capstone Projects

Eight-year-old Victoria, with hands on hips and chin stuck up, defiantly said, "No mom, I want to stay for After-School Club. I don't care about the dentist." Her mother patiently responded by telling Victoria, "I know you want to stay but we have to leave now or we will be late for our appointment." The little girl, seeming to know from experience that her mother would not budge, stomped her foot as she began leaving the school saying, "I hate when I have to miss After-School Club!"

The Role Of Prolactin And Its Antagonist In Her2/Neu Tumorigenesis, Michele Scotti

All Dissertations

Purpose: To study the role of prolactin (PRL) and its antagonist, G129R, in HER2/Neu tumorigenesis. Specifically, to investigate the interaction between the oncogene HER2 and the PRL receptor (PRLR) signaling pathways for designing effective combinational therapeutics for breast cancer.
Experimental Design: The combination effects of G129R and an anti-HER2 antibody, Herceptin, were tested against HER2-overexpressing human breast cancer cell lines, T-47D and BT-474, using cell based assays and xenografts established in athymic mice. Furthermore, four different bitransgenic mouse lines co-expressing the murine version of HER2 and PRL or G129R were generated. The mammary tumor incidence, characterization of mammary gland development, …

States Of Grace. Directed By Richard Dutcher., Kent R. Bean

BYU Studies

States of Grace. Directed by Richard Dutcher. Provo, Utah: Zion Films, 2005.

Gastrointestinal Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma Clinico-Pathologic Study, Fatin Al-Sayes

Mansoura Medical Journal

The aim of this study is to deter­mine the clinicopathologic features of primary gastrointestinal non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (Gl NHL) at King Abdulaziz University Hospital-Jeddah, and to compare our results to those reported in the literatures. Patients and Methods: Twenty three aduit patients with primary G! NHL diagnosed over 5-years period (2000-2005) were retro­spectively studied clinically and histo--pathologically. They were classified using the REAL/WHO histopathologic classification. Results: Of the 23 patients with primary Gl NHL, 14 (60.9%) were Saudi, with male to female ratio of 1.3:1. The mean age of the male patients was 61. 3 years ranging from (42-83) years with …

Evaluation Of The Anti-Ischaemic Effect Of Selective Cox-2 Inhibitor (Rofecoxib) In Permanent Left Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion (Focal Cerebral Ischemia Model) In Rats, Farida El-Banna, Abdel Rahman Yassen, Ahdy Saad, Karawan Abdel Rahman, Vivian Boshra

Mansoura Medical Journal

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) en­zyme is induced in the central ner­vous system after various insults. It has been localized to neurons and in cells associated with the cerebral vas-culature where the system is involved in the inflammatory component of the ischaemic cascade, COX-2 is part of the initial reaction that involves the arachidonic acid cascade, which pro­duces molecules that involved in in­flammatory response. The present study evaluated the pharmacological effects of a specific COX-2 inhibitor (rofecoxib), in a permanent focal ce­rebral ischaemia model in albino rats and its effects were compared to those of calcium channel blocker (ni-modipine). Experiments were carried out …

Role Of Spermatic Vein Inhibin B And Ldh Activity As Predictors Of Testicular Dysfunction In Varicocele Patients, Hosam Ghanem, Abdel-Azeim El-Ganish, Ahmed Moatamd, Kamal Abd-Eleilah, Wagih. Ghnnam, Nashaat Noaman, Mahmoud Amin

Mansoura Medical Journal

Inhibin B generated by Sertoli cells provides negative feedback on FSH secretion. In men, inhibin B seems to be physiologically important form of inhibin. Lactic dehydrogenase (LDH), an intracellular enzyme that indicates cellular damage. Varicocele has been associated with infertility and dis­turbed spermatogenesis . We aimed to investigate the rela­tionship between varicocele, LDH and inhibin B. This study was conducted on forty infertile men with varicocele and twenty age matched control men. LDH and inhibin B were measured in the blood samples of these 40 pa­tients with varicocele which were ob­tained synchronously from spermatic and peripheral veins during operation and …

Effect Of Pentoxifylline On Adjuvant-Induced Arthritis In Albino Rats, Karawan M., Abdel Rahman

Mansoura Medical Journal

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common inflammatory autoimmune disorder. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) have become an integral part of RA thera­py. Adverse effects of these drugs are widely expanding. Data implicate the cytokine tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a) in the pathophysiology of RA as well as involved in the indo-methacin induced gastrointestinal damage. Pentoxifylline (PTX), a methylxanthine derivative is docu­mented to possess anti-inflammatory and anti-TNF-cc properties. The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of PTX on edema, serum malondialdehyde (MDA) and TNF-a in experimentally induced collagen II adjuvant arthritis in albino-rats. Forty-two male albino rats weighing 200-250 grams were …

Experimental Study Of The Possible Effect Of Valsartan On Insulin Resistance In Fructose- Fed Albino Rats, Somaia Mokbet

Mansoura Medical Journal

Insulin resistance (IR) is a conse­quence of high fructose fed diet in rats. The current study was carried out to declare if tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-a) exerts a partial role in the development of IR in non-obese rat model; fructose fed rats {FFR) like that happens in obese rat models. We evaluate the influence of vatsar-tan (a selective blocker of angiotensin receptor type-1) in comparison to metformin (a known insulin sensitizer) on enhancement of insulin sensitivity in FFR. Rats were divided into 2 equal groups (36 rats /group), one group received high fructose diet to induce insulin resistance and the …