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Incorporating Remote Sensing Information In Modeling House Values: A Regression Tree Approach, Danlin Yu, Changshan Wu Jan 2006

Incorporating Remote Sensing Information In Modeling House Values: A Regression Tree Approach, Danlin Yu, Changshan Wu

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This paper explores the possibility of incorporating remote sensing information in modeling house values in the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A. In particular, a Landsat ETM+ image was utilized to derive environmental characteristics, including the fractions of vegetation, impervious surface, and soil, with a linear spectral mixture analysis approach. These environmental characteristics, together with house structural attributes, were integrated to house value models. Two modeling techniques, a global OLS regression and a regression tree approach, were employed to build the relationship between house values and house structural and environmental characteristics. Analysis of results indicates that environmental characteristics generated from remote …

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A Multigrid Method For Variable Coefficient Maxwell's Equations, Jim E. Jones, Barry Lee Jan 2006

A Multigrid Method For Variable Coefficient Maxwell's Equations, Jim E. Jones, Barry Lee

Mathematics and System Engineering Faculty Publications

This paper presents a multigrid method for solving variable coefficient Maxwell's equations. The novelty in this method is the use of interpolation operators that do not produce multilevel commutativity complexes that lead to multilevel exactness. Rather, the effects of multilevel exactness are built into the level equations themselves-on the finest level using a discrete T -V formulation and on the coarser grids through the Galerkin coarsening procedure of a T - V formulation. These built-in structures permit the levelwise use of an effective hybrid smoother on the curl-free near-nullspace components and permit the development of interpolation operators for handling the …

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Intergenerational Communication About African American Women's Health: The Sharing Of Health Messages Between Diabetic Mothers And Their Non-Diabetic Adult Daughters, Angela F. Cooke-Jackson Jan 2006

Intergenerational Communication About African American Women's Health: The Sharing Of Health Messages Between Diabetic Mothers And Their Non-Diabetic Adult Daughters, Angela F. Cooke-Jackson

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

The prevalence of type II diabetes is high among African-American women but research that emphasizes black mothers and their adult daughters is rarely studied in social sciences or communication research. Though existing research addresses various domains of the mother-daughter relationship scant information addresses the significance of talk or the transmission of health information between African-American diabetic mothers and their non-diabetic adult daughters. For that reason, this dissertation investigates information sharing among a sample of African-American mothers with type II diabetes and their non-diabetic adult daughters.This study's two primary research objectives were to: 1. describe whether and how African-American type II …

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Soybean Qtl For Yield And Yield Components Associated With Glycine Soja Alleles, Dandan Li Jan 2006

Soybean Qtl For Yield And Yield Components Associated With Glycine Soja Alleles, Dandan Li

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

USA soybean germplasm has a narrow genetic base that could be augmented by alleles from the wild species Glycine soja which positively influence agronomic traits. The objective of this study was to identify such alleles for yield and yield component QTL (quantitative trait loci). Two populations of 150 BC2F4 lines were generated from a mating between recurrent parent Glycine max 7499 and donor parent Glycine soja PI 245331 with one line in each population tracing back to the same BC2 plant. Population A was used for the QTL identification analysis and population B was used for the QTL verification test. …

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Spectral Reflectance Of Canopies Of Rainfed And Subsurface Irrigated Alfalfa, Dennis Wayne Hancock Jan 2006

Spectral Reflectance Of Canopies Of Rainfed And Subsurface Irrigated Alfalfa, Dennis Wayne Hancock

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

The site-specific management of alfalfa has not been well-evaluated, despite the economic importance of this crop. The objectives of this work were to i) characterize the effects of soil moisture deficits on alfalfa and alfalfa yield components and ii) evaluate the use of canopy reflectance patterns in measuring treatment-induced differences in alfalfa yield. A randomized complete block design with five replicates of subsurface drip irrigation (SDI) and rainfed treatments of alfalfa was established at the University of Kentucky Animal Research Center in 2003. Potassium, as KCl, was broadcast on split-plots on 1 October 2004 at 0, 112, 336, and 448 …

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Dialogue And Solidarity: Nostra Aetate After Forty Years, James L. Fredericks Jan 2006

Dialogue And Solidarity: Nostra Aetate After Forty Years, James L. Fredericks

Theological Studies Faculty Works

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The Work Of Loneliness: Solitude, Emptiness, And Compassion, Douglas E. Christie Jan 2006

The Work Of Loneliness: Solitude, Emptiness, And Compassion, Douglas E. Christie

Theological Studies Faculty Works

The article examines the meaning of solitude in the spiritual life in reference to the life of ancient desert monks and the works of religious poem writer Thomas Merton. The expression of solitude in the Christian monastic tradition was also discussed. The self transforms into a bearer of compassion and experiences the presence of God.

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Yoga And The Mahabharata: Engaged Renouncers, Christopher Key Chapple Jan 2006

Yoga And The Mahabharata: Engaged Renouncers, Christopher Key Chapple

Theological Studies Faculty Works

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Review Of Me And The Mosque, A Film By Zarqa Nawaz, Amir Hussain Jan 2006

Review Of Me And The Mosque, A Film By Zarqa Nawaz, Amir Hussain

Theological Studies Faculty Works

Zarqa Nawaz is a Canadian Muslim filmmaker who lives with her family in
Regina, Saskatchewan. There are any number of comments that could be
inserted at this point. Having spent time on both the Saskatchewan and
Manitoba prairies, I note only that Zarqa is developing a television series for
the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation entitled “Little Mosque on the
Prairie.” She has made two earlier short films, BBQ Muslims and Death
Threat. Information about those films, as well as about Zarqa, can be found
on her website, Fundamentalist Films, available at www.fundamentalistfilms.
com.

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Review Of Muslim Britain: Communities Under Pressure, Edited By Tahir Abbas, Amir Hussain Jan 2006

Review Of Muslim Britain: Communities Under Pressure, Edited By Tahir Abbas, Amir Hussain

Theological Studies Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

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Common Data Set, 2005-2006, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis Jan 2006

Common Data Set, 2005-2006, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Common Data Set (2001-present)

Common Data Set 2005-2006 for Illinois State University

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Steven P. Frankino - 1936-2005, Various Editors Jan 2006

Steven P. Frankino - 1936-2005, Various Editors

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

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Steven P. Frankino: A Tribute, James P. White Jan 2006

Steven P. Frankino: A Tribute, James P. White

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

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Litigating Bush V. Gore In The States: Dual Voting Systems And The Fourteenth Amendment, Richard B. Saphire, Paul Moke Jan 2006

Litigating Bush V. Gore In The States: Dual Voting Systems And The Fourteenth Amendment, Richard B. Saphire, Paul Moke

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.

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An Analysis And Policy Implications Of Comfort Levels Of Diverse Constituents With Reported Units For Blast Vibrations And Limits: Closing The Communication Gap, Braden Lusk Jan 2006

An Analysis And Policy Implications Of Comfort Levels Of Diverse Constituents With Reported Units For Blast Vibrations And Limits: Closing The Communication Gap, Braden Lusk

Doctoral Dissertations

"Differences exist between public perception of construction blasting and quarry blasting. In general, people are able to tolerate short term inconveniences much better than long term ones. Quarries and other long term mining operations utilizing blasting are coming under increasing public and legislative pressure in the United States. The question being posed for the blasting industry is, "Has our past haste in adopting complex scientific scales and units been detrimental to us?" In other words, are the most palatable things being reported? The goal of this dissertation is to determine whether current units create an atmosphere of discomfort among neighbors …

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Adoption Consents: Legal Incentives For Best Practices, Elizabeth Samuels Jan 2006

Adoption Consents: Legal Incentives For Best Practices, Elizabeth Samuels

All Faculty Scholarship

When a state places its legal imprimatur on the unmaking of one family and the making of another, the state should insure to the greatest extent possible that all the individuals involved have followed or have been afforded the best practices that ethics and humanity demand. The Uniform Adoption Act sets out commonly accepted goals of state adoption laws, among them the goals of protecting minor children against unnecessary separation from their birth parents and of ensuring that a decision by a birth parent to relinquish a minor child and consent to the childs adoption is informed and voluntary. With …

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Governance And The Religion Question: Voluntaryism, Disestablishment, And America's Church-State Proposition, Carl H. Esbeck Jan 2006

Governance And The Religion Question: Voluntaryism, Disestablishment, And America's Church-State Proposition, Carl H. Esbeck

Faculty Publications

The quandary over how to structure the relationship between religion and the civil state is an ancient one. From the perspective of political philosophy this is the religion question, and events over many centuries have proven that the answer is easy to get wrong. Religion, by its very definition, is the fixed point from which all else is surveyed. It is about ultimate matters, both micro and macro. Hence, religion addresses the irreducible core of personhood and its meaning, while at the same time religion embraces a worldview that transcends and encompasses everything else. Religion generates intense emotions that when …

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Intellectual Property Resources In And For Space: The Practitioner's Experience, Gary Myers Jan 2006

Intellectual Property Resources In And For Space: The Practitioner's Experience, Gary Myers

Faculty Publications

Today, our inquiry is timely because, increasingly, intellectual property law is becoming more important in space activities. The increasing sophistication of international cooperation and the growth of commercial and private space activities have brought intellectual property issues to greater prominence.

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Loss Of Escape-Related Giant Neurons In A Spiny Lobster, Panulirus Argus, Sandra Y. Espinoza, Lana Breen, Nisha Varghese, Zen Faulkes Jan 2006

Loss Of Escape-Related Giant Neurons In A Spiny Lobster, Panulirus Argus, Sandra Y. Espinoza, Lana Breen, Nisha Varghese, Zen Faulkes

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences (Formerly Dept. of Biology)

When attacked, many decapod crustaceans perform tailflips, which are triggered by a neural circuit that includes lateral giant interneurons, medial giant interneurons, and fast flexor motor giant neurons (MoGs). Slipper lobsters (Scyllaridae) lack these giant neurons, and it has been hypothesized that behavioral (e.g., digging) and morphological (e.g., flattening and armor) specializations in this group caused the loss of escape-related giant neurons. To test this hypothesis, we examined a species of spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. Spiny lobsters belong to the sister taxon of the scyllarids, but they have a more crayfish-like morphology than scyllarids and were predicted to have escape-related …

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Roles Of Intra-Fruit Oxygen And Carbon Dioxide In Controlling Pepper (Capsicum Annuum L.) Seed Development And Storage Reserve Deposition, J. Blasiak, Anxiu Kuang, Chakavak S. Farghangi, M. E. Musgrave Jan 2006

Roles Of Intra-Fruit Oxygen And Carbon Dioxide In Controlling Pepper (Capsicum Annuum L.) Seed Development And Storage Reserve Deposition, J. Blasiak, Anxiu Kuang, Chakavak S. Farghangi, M. E. Musgrave

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences (Formerly Dept. of Biology)

Seeds developing within a locular space inside hollow fruit experience chronic exposure to a unique gaseous environment. Using two pepper cultivars, `Triton' (sweet) and `PI 140367' (hot), we investigated how the development of seeds is affected by the gases surrounding them. The atmospheric composition of the seed environment was characterized during development by analysis of samples withdrawn from the fruit locule with a gas-tight syringe. As seed weight plateaued during development, the seed environment reached its lowest O2 concentration (19%) and highest CO2 concentration (3%). We experimentally manipulated the seed environment by passing different humidified gas mixtures through the fruit …

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Review Of Technology For The Rest Of Us: A Primer On Computer Technologies For The Low-Tech Librarian, Glenda A. Thornton Jan 2006

Review Of Technology For The Rest Of Us: A Primer On Computer Technologies For The Low-Tech Librarian, Glenda A. Thornton

Michael Schwartz Library Publications

Technology for the Rest of Us: a Primer on Computer Technologies for the Low-tech Librarian. Nancy Courtney (Ed.). Westport, CN: Libraries Unlimited, 2005, ISBN 1-59158-233-4. Reviewed by GlendaA. Thornton.

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Review Of The Successful Academic Librarian: Winning Strategies From Library Leaders, Fran Mentch Jan 2006

Review Of The Successful Academic Librarian: Winning Strategies From Library Leaders, Fran Mentch

Michael Schwartz Library Publications

Review of The Successful Academic Librarian: Winning Strategies from Library Leaders

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Cytotoxicity And Inhibitory Activity On Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Secretion From Plc/Prf/5 Cells Of Medicinal Plant Extracts, Thaveechai Prommetta, Sattaporn Sirotamarat, Kruavon Balachandra, Ekarin Saifah Jan 2006

Cytotoxicity And Inhibitory Activity On Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Secretion From Plc/Prf/5 Cells Of Medicinal Plant Extracts, Thaveechai Prommetta, Sattaporn Sirotamarat, Kruavon Balachandra, Ekarin Saifah

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ethanolic extracts of three medicinal plants including Derris scandens, Rhinacanthus nasutus and Santalum album were investb'ated for cytotoxicity by MTT assay and inhibition of hepatitis B surface antigen secretion from PLC/PRF/5 cells by ELISA. Results...

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Aqueous Extract Of The Calyces Of Hibiscus Subdariffa Linn.: Effects On Hepatic Cytochrome P450 And Subacute Toxicity In Rats, Promphorn Wirotesangthong, Laddawal Phivthong-Ngam, Chaiyo Chaichantipyuth, Nuansri Niwattisaiwong, Somsong Lawanprasert Jan 2006

Aqueous Extract Of The Calyces Of Hibiscus Subdariffa Linn.: Effects On Hepatic Cytochrome P450 And Subacute Toxicity In Rats, Promphorn Wirotesangthong, Laddawal Phivthong-Ngam, Chaiyo Chaichantipyuth, Nuansri Niwattisaiwong, Somsong Lawanprasert

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Hibiscus sabdariffa Linn, has been reported to have a broad range of therapeutic effects. Subacute effects of the calyces of H. sabdariffa aqueous extract on the activities of cytochrome P450 (CYP), clinical blood chemistry and hematology were investigat...

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Antioxidant Activity, Phenolic Compound Contents And Antimutagenic Activity Of Some Water Extract Of Herbs, Kalyarat Mekaroonreung, Kaew Kangsadalampai Jan 2006

Antioxidant Activity, Phenolic Compound Contents And Antimutagenic Activity Of Some Water Extract Of Herbs, Kalyarat Mekaroonreung, Kaew Kangsadalampai

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Ten water extracts from herbs were prepared by boiling in hot water for 10 min. The herbal extracts were studied for their antioxidant activity and phenolic compound contents. In this study, the extracts of C arthamus tinctorius L, Hibiscus sabdariffa L,...

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Effects Of Cassava On Thyroid Gland In Rats, Rubporn N/A Jan 2006

Effects Of Cassava On Thyroid Gland In Rats, Rubporn N/A

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

The root of cassava has been consumed as a food in many tropical countries. In pharmaceutical industry, cassava starch can be used as a binder in tablet formulation. Since cassava contains high concentration of linamarin, a cyanogenic glucoside which can...

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Detection Of Mycoplasma Contamination In Cell Cultures: Comparison Between Dna Flurorochrom Staining And Pcr Amplification Methods(การตรวจหาการปนเปีอนของเชื้อมัยโคพลาสมาในเ..., Supaporn Phumiamorn, Kornnika Kullabutr, Sukanlayanee Tepbhuthorn, Teeranart Jivapaisarnpong Jan 2006

Detection Of Mycoplasma Contamination In Cell Cultures: Comparison Between Dna Flurorochrom Staining And Pcr Amplification Methods(การตรวจหาการปนเปีอนของเชื้อมัยโคพลาสมาในเ..., Supaporn Phumiamorn, Kornnika Kullabutr, Sukanlayanee Tepbhuthorn, Teeranart Jivapaisarnpong

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Mycoplasma contamination of cell cultures is one of the major problems In cell culture technology. Therefore, prevention by continuous surveillance dem ands adequate mycoplasm as testing procedures. In this study, the standard procedures of microbiologic...

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Author Index, Key Word Index, N/A Jan 2006

Author Index, Key Word Index, N/A

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

No abstract provided.

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Comparison Of Weight Reduction And Satisfaction Of Orlistat And Sibutramine, Somchai Anansiriwattana, Titinun Auamnoy, Pagorn Taweechotepatr Jan 2006

Comparison Of Weight Reduction And Satisfaction Of Orlistat And Sibutramine, Somchai Anansiriwattana, Titinun Auamnoy, Pagorn Taweechotepatr

The Thai Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences

The study was to compare and evaluate the efficacy and satisfaction of orlistat and sibutramine in Thai overweight females at Adisorn Fort Hospital, Saraburi Province, Thailand. Orlistat is a drug which increases the fecal fat excretion, with gastrointes...

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Co 725 Research Seminar: Theory And Design, Janet B. Dean Jan 2006

Co 725 Research Seminar: Theory And Design, Janet B. Dean

Syllabi

Required Texts: • Kumar, R. (1996). Research methodology: A step-by-step guide for beginners. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. • Locke, L. F., Silverman, S. J., & Spirduso, W. W. (2004). Reading and understanding research (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. • Course articles, available through library. • Course lecture outlines, available on ATS intranet (go to: Firstclass, Wilmore Campus, Student Info, Lecture Power Points, Dean, CO725) • Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.).

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