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Quarterly Meeting, Wku Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Documents

Minutes of the WKU Board of Regents quarterly meeting. Agenda items include: resolution in honor of Robert Fischer, emeritus faculty, honorary degree for Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., construction management minor, international student services certificate, educational leadership program, President Gary Ransdell's contract, revised 2008-2014 six-year capital plan, purchase of property, auditor's report, financial statements, 2007-08 operating budget, 2004 budget reduction plan, personnel actions and salaries and Ransdell Hall.

Attachments to the minutes:

• Proposal to Create a New Program - Minor in Construction Management
• Proposal to Create a New Program - Certificate in International Student Services
• WKU Ed.D in Educational Leadership Program Proposal …

On The Green Vol. 37 No. 22 November 2, 2007, Gallaudet University

2001-2010

On the Green is an internal publication of Gallaudet College, which later became Gallaudet University. It notified employees of updates around the campus and in the broader community, including new construction and the establishment of new academic programs. Running until 2010, it was supplanted by various forms of online mass communications across multiple audiences.

Volume 43 - Issue 08 - Friday, November 2, 2007, Rose Thorn Staff

The Rose Thorn Archive

The Rose Thorn, Rose-Hulman's independent student newspaper.

The Librarian As Hacker, Getting More From Google, R Philip Reynolds

Librarian and Staff Publications

This paper will cover four areas. First it will discuss the research habits of search engine users and some of the problems with these habits. Then it will discuss librarians' use of search engines. Here we encounter the real question: Do we do much better? Can we use a search engines to their full potential? When needed, can we hack an engine to make it perform beyond its intended function? Can we use a clever workaround to solve a problem? Or are we on a level playing field with our patrons once we get outside traditional database searching? Google currently …

11/02/2007 - Humorist Faculty Forum Next On Pre-Inaugural Event Calendar.Pdf, University Marketing And Communications

2007

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Nov 2, 2007, A-State Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Campus Report, Vol. 35, No. 3, University Of Dayton

Campus Report

Initiatives campus-wide promote sustainability. Teams of students are creatively using marble panels salvaged from the 2006 renovation of Marycrest Hall in an ArtStreet sculpture design competition.

Trajectory Shaping Of Surface-To-Surface Missile With Terminal Impact Angle Constraint, S. Subchan

Makara Journal of Technology

This paper presents trajectory shaping of a surface-to-surface missile attacking a fixed with terminal impact angle constraint. The missile must hit the target from above, subject to the missile dynamics and path constraints. The problem is reinterpreted using optimal control theory resulting in the formulation of minimum integrated altitude. The formulation entails nonlinear, two-dimensional missile flight dynamics, boundary conditions and path constraints. The generic shape of optimal trajectory is: level flight, climbing, diving; this combination of the three flight phases is called the bunt manoeuvre. The numerical solution of optimal control problem is solved by a direct collocation method. The …

The Wooster Voice (Wooster, Oh), 2007-11-02, Wooster Voice Editors

The Voice: 2001-2011

This edition of the College of Wooster's student run newspaper was published on November 2 of 2007, and it is eight pages long. A new Lowry Center and Physical Education Center are being envisioned for the future, and President Cornwell is making sure to get the opinions of the students. A review of the production of Cabaret is done by Missie Bender on the first page. The second faculty at large presentation was given by Professor Mangubi on Northern Baroque landscapes and math. Professor of sociology at Yale University, Elijah Anderson, spoke in Lean Lecture last week on, "Violence and …

Measurement Of The ΛB0 Lifetime Using Semileptonic Decays, V. M. Abazov, Kenneth A. Bloom, Gregory R. Snow, D0 Collaboration

Kenneth Bloom Publications

We report a measurement of the Λ_b⁰ lifetime using a sample corresponding to 1:3 fb^-1 of data collected by the D0 experiment in 2002–2006 during run II of the Fermilab Tevatron collider. The Λ_b⁰ baryon is reconstructed via the decay Λ_b⁰ → μν&#; Λ _c⁺X. Using 4437 ± 329 signal candidates, we measure the Λ_b⁰ lifetime to be τ(Λ_b⁰) = 1.290_-0.110^+0.119 (stat) _-0.091^+0.087(syst) ps, which is among the most precise measurements in semileptonic Λ_b⁰ decays. This result is in …

Measurement Of The ΛB0 Lifetime Using Semileptonic Decays, V. M. Abazov, Kenneth A. Bloom, Gregory R. Snow, D0 Collaboration

Gregory Snow Publications

We report a measurement of the Λ_b⁰ lifetime using a sample corresponding to 1.3 fb^-1 of data collected by the D0 experiment in 2002–2006 during run II of the Fermilab Tevatron collider. The Λ_b⁰ baryon is reconstructed via the decay Λ_b⁰ → μν̅Λ_c⁺ X. Using 4437 ± 329 signal candidates, we measure the Λ_b⁰ lifetime to be τ(Λ_b⁰) = 1.290_-0.110^+0.119 (stat) _-0.091^+0.087 (syst) ps, which is among the most precise measurements in semileptonic Λ_b⁰ decays. This result is in good …

Processing And Characterization Of Zinc Oxide Thin Films, Michael Depaz

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Zinc oxide is a very versatile material that can be used in many microsystems and MEMS applications. ZnO thin film has been utilized in a wide variety of MEMS devices because of its unique piezoelectric, optical, and electrical properties. In particular, piezoelectric property of ZnO can be used in numerous applications from resonators and filters to mass sensors and micro-actuators (e.g., micro-valve and micro-pump). Because of its versatility, this research was focused on analyzing some key properties of ZnO thin film achieved by two different deposition techniques, Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD) and Sputtering. Multiple experiments were conducted in order to …

Genes As Tags: The Tax Implications Of Widely Available Genetic Information, Kyle D. Logue, Joel B. Slemrod

Law & Economics Working Papers Archive: 2003-2009

This paper examines how progress in genetics' specifically, the proliferation of knowledge about the human genome' may influence the feasibility and desirability of a tax that is based on individual human endowments or ability. The paper explores various forms that such a genetic endowment tax-and-transfer regime might take and identifies some of the benefits and costs of such a regime. The authors take no position on whether a genetic endowment tax would be desirable or not. However, one contribution of the paper is to observe that current law in the U.S., which restricts the use of genetic information by insurers …

Creative Problem Solving, Kathie C. Morgan

Faculty Publications and Presentations

This presentation was designed to offer strategies for teaching problem solving to students of any age level.

Gsu View, 2007-11, Office Of Public Affairs

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Xml Encoding Of Features Describing Rule-Based Modeling Of Reaction Networks With Multi-Component Molecular Complexes, Michael L. Blinov, Ion I. Moraru

UCHC Articles - Research

Multi-state molecules and multi-component complexes are commonly involved in cellular signaling. Accounting for molecules that have multiple potential states, such as a protein that may be phosphorylated on multiple residues, and molecules that combine to form heterogeneous complexes located among multiple compartments, generates an effect of combinatorial complexity. Models involving relatively few signaling molecules can include thousands of distinct chemical species. Several software tools (StochSim, BioNetGen) are already available to deal with combinatorial complexity. Such tools need information standards if models are to be shared, jointly evaluated and developed. Here we discuss XML conventions that can be adopted for modeling …

Focus On Germany: Quantity And Quality, Research Trends Editorial Board

Research Trends

Germany is one of the world’s oldest centers for journal literature, and its publication output continues to grow. We look at the ten most prolific subject areas in Germany and the continuing importance of the German language in scientific research.

Sfa Weather Station-November 2007, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University

Weather Station Data

No abstract provided.

Identifiability And Estimation Of Causal Effects In Randomized Trials With Noncompliance And Completely Non-Ignorable Missing-Data, Hua Chen, Zhi Geng, Xiao-Hua Zhou

UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series

In this paper we first studied parameter identifiability in randomized clinical trials with noncompliance and missing outcomes. We showed that under certain conditions the parameters of interest were identifiable even under different types of completely non-ignorable missing data, that is, the missing mechanism depends on the outcome.We then derived their maximum likelihood (ML) and moment estimators and evaluated their finite-sample properties in simulation studies in terms of bias, efficiency and robustness. Our sensitive analysis showed the assumed non-ignorable missing- data model had an important impact on the estimated complier average causal effect (CACE) parameter. Our new method provides some new …

November 2007, Syracuse Department Of Economics

Economics - All Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Actions Memo November 2007, Kutztown University Curriculum Committee

UCC Action Memos

No abstract provided.

Feast And Famine: A Statewide Science Serial Collection Assessment Inillinois, Tina E. Chrzastowski, Chew Chiat Naun, Michael Norman, Karen Schmidt

Staff publications, research, and presentations

In 2004, a group of Illinois librarians was awarded a research grant to assess the state of Illinois’ science serial collection. This collection assessment focused on academic libraries in the state, specifically those participating in the Consortium of Academic Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI), but also including another 10 academic libraries in the state that do not belong to the consortium. Current serial subscription data were collected through both automated and manual means and the analysis was conducted in conjunction with Ulrich’s Serials Analysis System. Due to cataloging limitations and issues surrounding different ISSNs for print and electronic formats, the …

Priority Of Concerns Worksheet (November 2007 Interactive Public Meetings), Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Public Meetings

No abstract provided.

Interactive Public Meetings Announcement - November 2007, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Public Meetings

No abstract provided.

List Of Issues Identified By Participants In The November 2007 Public Meetings, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Public Meetings

No abstract provided.

Management Plan Figure (November 2007 Interactive Public Meetings), Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Public Meetings

No abstract provided.

Taunton River Water Budget (November 2007 Interactive Public Meetings), Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Public Meetings

No abstract provided.

Taunton River Watershed Study Public Meeting Presentation (November 2007 Interactive Public Meetings), Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Public Meetings

No abstract provided.

Economics Of Quality Schooling, Gerald Burke, Phillip Mckenzie

Centre for the Economics of Education & Training (CEET)

The case for public expenditure on education is based on its contribution to the good of society over and above the benefits received by the individual educated. These benefits can be economic, the benefits of a larger pool of educated labour that allow for rapid economic development, and social, including the benefits of more committed law abiding citizens and the relief of poverty. Governments around the world have committed themselves to achieving the goals of Education for All (EFA). However, for many countries this is a major challenge. EFA will require substantial improvements in school enrolment rates, school completion rates, …

Sedimentology Of The Whiteclay Gravel Beds (Ogallala Group) In Northwestern Nebraska, Usa: Structurally Controlled Drainage Promoted By Early Miocene Uplift Of The Black Hills Dome, Christopher R. Fielding, Hannan E. Lagarry, Leigh Anne Lagarry, Bruce E. Bailey, James B. Swinehart

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

The newly recognized Whiteclay Gravel Beds (WGB) of the Miocene Ogallala Group crop out as a narrow, discontin­uous ribbon of sands and gravels in Dawes and Sheridan Counties, northwestern Nebraska, USA. The WGB are ex­posed in a series of municipal gravel quarries and natural exposures that define a linear trench in underlying strata at least 20 m deep and up to 300 m wide, with short, southeast-trending reaches separating generally longer east-trend­ing sections. This gravel-filled trench can be recognized from the Nebraska–South Dakota border near Whiteclay, Ne­braska southeastward to east of Gordon, Nebraska, a distance of ~ 30 km. The …