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Should Wildlife Trapping Have A Place In A Christian Environmental Ethic?, Stephen Vantassel

Other Publications in Wildlife Management

Animal protectionist groups lobby for the banning of wildlife trapping because of its perceived cruelty and harm to the environment. This paper evaluates those claims and suggests that Christians carefully consider all the data before adopting an anti-trapping stance.

Volume 45, Number 9: October 17, 2007, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Poly[(Nitrato-KO)Tris((Μ3-1h-1,2,4-Triazolato)Dizinc(Ii)]: A Three-Dimensional Coordination Polymer, Josephy M. Ellsworth, Mark D. Smith, Hans-Conrad Zur Loye

Faculty Publications

In the title compound, [Zn₂(C₂H₂N₃)₃(NO₃)], there are two unique Zn atoms, both with site symmetry m. One forms a ZnN₃O tetrahedron and the other a ZnN₆ octahedron. One and a half 1H-1,2,4-triazolate ligands, with the half-ligand located on a mirror plane, and a disordered nitrate anion complete the asymmetric unit of the structure. The polymeric connectivity is three-dimensional.

Structural Characterization Using The Multiple Scattering Effects In Grazing-Incidence Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering, Byeongdu Lee, Chieh-Tsung Lo, P. Thiyagarajan, Dong R. Lee, Zhongwei Niu, Qian Wang

Faculty Publications

The multiple scattering effects present in grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) data and interference between them are addressed theoretically as well as experimentally with measurement of a series of patterns at different incident angles, referred to as `incident-angle-resolved GISAXS' (IAR-GISAXS). X-ray reflectivity (XR), GISAXS and IAR-GISAXS of virus particles on Si-substrate supported-polystyrene films have been measured and all the data have been analyzed with appropriate formalisms. It was found that under certain conditions it is possible to extract the correct structural features of the materials from the GISAXS/IAR-GISAXS data using the kinematic SAXS formalisms, without the need to use the …

Spectator 2007-10-17, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

Campus Report October 17, 2007

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Report On The Anchorage School District's Alaska Native Pilot Project At Willow Crest Elementary And Romig Middle Schools 2006-2007, Diane Hirshberg, Alexandra Hill, Rosyland Frazier, Meghan Wilson

ISER Reports

No abstract provided.

Alternative Splicing: Associating Frequency With Isoforms, Anuradha Roy, Jennifer Leopold, Anne M. Maglia

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

In the simplest model of protein production, a gene gives rise to a single protein; DNA is transcribed to form pre-mRNA, which is converted to mRNA by splicing or removing introns. The result is a chain of exons that is translated to form a protein. Alternative splicing of exons may result in the formation of multiple proteins from the same gene sequence. However, not all of these proteins may be functional. Thus, we ask whether we can predict and rank (in order of frequency of occurrence and functional importance) the set of possible proteins for a gene. Herein we describe …

Chromospherically Active Stars. Xxvi. The Double-Lined Late-Type Binary Hd 19485 = Wz Arietis, Francis C. Fekel, Charles Thomas Bolton

Information Systems and Engineering Management Research Publications

We have used spectroscopic observations to determine the orbital elements and some basic properties of the double-lined spectroscopic binary HD 19485 = WZ Ari. The orbital period is 6.247854 days, and the orbit is circular. The G5 V primary and K0 V secondary are chromospherically active. One star or possibly both are synchronously rotating. Based on the Hipparcos parallax and the magnitude differences derived in this work, we find that both components are approximately 1 mag above the zero-age main sequence, a result that is inconsistent with the assumption that the components are coeval. We discuss some possible solutions to …

Use Of Ellipsometry And Surface Plasmon Resonance In Monitoring Thin Film Deposition Or Removal From A Substrate Surface, John A. Woollam, Blaine D. Johs, Thomas E. Tiwald, Martin M. Liphardt, James D. Welch

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications

Improved methodology for monitoring deposition or removal of material to or from a process and/or Wittness substrate Which demonstrates a negative e1 at some Wave length. The method involves detection of changes in P-polarized electromagnetism ellipsometric DELTA at SPR Resonance Angle-of-lncidence (A01) to monitor deposition of and/or removal of minute amounts of materials onto, or from, said process and/or Witness substrate. The methodology can optionally monitor ellipsometric PS1, and involves simultaneously or sequentially applying non-P-polarized electromagnetism at the same angle of incidence, or electromagnetic radiation of any polarization at a different angle-of-incidence and Wavelength to the process or Witt ness …

Rigidity Of Gradient Ricci Solitons, Peter Petersen, William Wylie

Mathematics - All Scholarship

We define a gradient Ricci soliton to be rigid if it is a flat bundle N*_GammaR^k where N is Einstein. It is known that not all gradient solitons are rigid. Here we offer several natural conditions on the curvature that characterize rigid gradient solitons. Other related results on rigidity of Ricci solitons are also explained in the last section.

Measurement Of The Pp̅→ Tt̅ + X Production Cross Section At √S = 1.96 Tev In The Fully Hadronic Decay Channel, V. M. Abazov, Kenneth A. Bloom, Gregory R. Snow, D0 Collaboration

Gregory Snow Publications

A measurement of the top quark pair production cross section in proton antiproton collisions at an interaction energy of √s= 1.96 TeV is presented. This analysis uses 405 ± 25 pb^-1 of data collected with the D0 detector at the Fermilab Tevatron Collider. Fully hadronic tt̅ decays with final states of six or more jets are separated from the multijet background using secondary vertex tagging and a neural network. The tt̅ cross section is measured as σ _tt̅= 4.5_-1.9^+2.0(stat)_-1.1^+1.4(syst) ± 0.3(lumi) pb for a top quark mass of m_{t …}

The Daily Egyptian, October 15, 2007, Daily Egyptian Staff

October 2007

No abstract provided.

Fall 2007, International Educator, Table Of Contents, Center For International Education

UNH International Educator Newsletter

No abstract provided.

Detailed Version: Analyzing Direct Effects In Randomized Trials With Secondary Interventions: An Application To Hiv Prevention Trials, Michael A. Rosenblum, Nicholas P. Jewell, Mark J. Van Der Laan, Stephen Shiboski, Ariane Van Der Straten, Nancy Padian

U.C. Berkeley Division of Biostatistics Working Paper Series

This is the detailed technical report that accompanies the paper “Analyzing Direct Effects in Randomized Trials with Secondary Interventions: An Application to HIV Prevention Trials” (an unpublished, technical report version of which is available online at http://www.bepress.com/ucbbiostat/paper223).

The version here gives full details of the models for the time-dependent analysis, and presents further results in the data analysis section. The Methods for Improving Reproductive Health in Africa (MIRA) trial is a recently completed randomized trial that investigated the effect of diaphragm and lubricant gel use in reducing HIV infection among susceptible women. 5,045 women were randomly assigned to either the …

Academic Planning Council Minutes Of October 15, 2007, Northern Illinois University

Academic Planning Council Archives

No abstract provided.

October 15th 2007, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.

Current Unrestricted Operating Budgets, Fiscal Year 2008, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of Administration And Finance

University of Montana Current Unrestricted Operating Budgets, 1993-2017

The unrestricted operating budget of the University of Montana, issued by the Office of University Planning, Budgeting and Analysis under the Office of Administration and Finance.

The Collegian (2007-10-15), Isis Lopez

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 60, No. 8

Undergraduate Curriculum And Academic Policy Committee Minutes, October 15, 2007

Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee meeting held on October 15, 2007.

Collision Broadening Using Alkali-Filled, Hollow Core Fibers, Luke P. Rodgers

Theses and Dissertations

The goal of this research was to demonstrate the possibility of collision broadening in a cesium-filled, hollow-core fiber as an alternative to the proven technique of pressure broadening. Theoretically, alkali electrons should relax from the ²P_3/2 to the ²P_1/2 level and the absorption spectrum should collisionally broaden due to the presence of fiber walls, as opposed to the more common pressure broadening method. An absorption dip located at 852.34nm was recorded in a pressure broadened comparison leg. This data was used as a baseline during analysis of the fiber leg's data. While the fiber was successfully …

2007-2008 Common Data, Morehead State University. Institutional Research & Analysis.

Office of Institutional Research & Analysis Publication Archive

2007-2008 issue of the Common Data.

Nanoindentation Of The A And C Domains In A Tetragonal Batio3 Single Crystal, Young-Bae Park, Matthew J. Dicken, Zhi-Hui Xu, Xiaodong Li

Faculty Publications

Nanoindentation in conjunction with piezoresponse force microscopy was used to study domain switching and to measure the mechanical properties of individual ferroelectric domains in a tetragonal BaTiO₃ single crystal. It was found that nanoindentation has induced local domain switching; the a and c domains of BaTiO₃ have different elastic moduli but similar hardness.Nanoindentationmodulus mapping on the a and c domains further confirmed such difference in elasticity. Finite element modeling was used to simulate the von Mises stress and plastic strain profiles of the indentations on both a and c domains, which introduces a much higher stress level than …

There Is Nothing Pragmatic About Originalism, David S. Law, David Mcgowan

NULR Online

No abstract provided.

Fall 2007, Putting The “Study” In Study Abroad: Mathematics In Finland, Hungary, And Russia, Erin Kiley

UNH International Educator Newsletter

Erin Kiley is a senior from Loudon, NH, majoring in mathematics and Russian. A member of the University Honors Program, Erin has won two summer research grants through the National Science Foundation, has presented her research at national conferences, and has had her research results published in professional journals.

Airway Strain During Mechanical Ventilation In An Intact Animal Model, Scott W. Sinclair, Robert C. Molthen, Steven Thomas Haworth, Christopher A. Dawson, Christopher M. Waters

Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

Rationale: Mechanical ventilation with large tidal volumes causes ventilator-induced lung injury in animal models. Little direct evidence exists regarding the deformation of airways in vivo during mechanical ventilation, or in the presence of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP).

Objectives: To measure airway strain and to estimate airway wall tension during mechanical ventilation in an intact animal model.

Methods: Sprague-Dawley rats were anesthetized and mechanically ventilated with tidal volumes of 6, 12, and 25 cm³/kg with and without 10–cm H₂O PEEP. Real-time tantalum bronchograms were obtained for each condition, using microfocal X-ray imaging. Images were …

Making The Case For Global Engineering: Building Foreign Language Collaborations For Designing, Implementing, And Assessing Programs , Beate I. Allert, Dianne L. Atkinson, Eckhard A. Groll, E. Dan Hirleman

Online Journal for Global Engineering Education

Engineering programs must prepare students for a global engineering profession. In global markets, processes as well as products can be outsourced. Highly technical engineering work may be completed by large and diverse collaborations. Engineering students need to have foundational work in languages, cultural differences, and strategies for working with diverse colleagues. Historically only about 3% to 4% of engineering students pursue study abroad opportunities. Clearly, new and innovative programs must be devised to build "global competency" in undergraduate engineers. In working toward that end, the authors suggest that interdisciplinary collaborations between departments of foreign language and schools of engineering can …

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, October 14, 2007, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2007

No abstract provided.

Ubiquitous Low-Velocity Layer Atop The 410-Km Discontinuity In The Northern Rocky Mountains, John Jasbinsek, Kenneth Dueker

Physics

Receiver functions from three 30-station IRIS-PASSCAL small-aperture arrays (2–15 km station spacing) operated for 10 months each in the northern Rocky Mountains show a ubiquitous negative polarity P to S conversion just preceding the 410-km discontinuity arrival. Data from the three arrays were sorted into NW, SE, and SW back-azimuth quadrants and stacked to form nine quadrant stacks. Remarkably, the negative polarity arrival (NPA) is apparent in 8 of the 9 quadrant stacks, with 7 of the 8 having well-correlated waveforms. Each quadrant stack also contains clear P to S conversions from the 410- and 660-km discontinuities. Moveout analysis shows …

Quantitative Analysis Of Disparities In Juvenile Delinquency Referrals To The Fairbanks North Star Borough, Fy2005-06, G. Matthew Snodgrass, André B. Rosay

Reports

Minority youths in the Fairbanks North Star Borough are referred to the Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) for delinquent behavior at rates much higher than white youths.This report describes disproportionate minority contact with the Alaska juvenile justice system for youths referred to the Fairbanks office of the Division of Juvenile Justice during fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (July 1, 2004, to June 30, 2006). Possible sources of disproportionate minority contact are subsequently narrowed by examining the impact of race and ethnicity, gender, type of referral, and geography. By developing a detailed understanding of the scope of disproportionate minority contact, …