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The Advocate, September 20, 2007, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

The Hilltop 9-20-2007, Hilltop Staff

The Hilltop: 2000 - 2010

No abstract provided.

The Neural Correlates Of Non-Spatial Working Memory In Velocardiofacial Syndrome (22q11.2 Deletion Syndrome), Wendy R. Kates, Beth R. Krauss, Nuria Abdulsabur, Dierdre Colgan, Kevin M. Antshel, Anne Marie Higgins, Robert J. Shprintzen

Communication Disorders Faculty Publications

Velocardiofacial syndrome (VCFS), also known as 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, is a neurogenetic disorder that is associated with both learning disabilities and a consistent neuropsychological phenotype, including deficits in executive function, visuospatial perception, and working memory. Anatomic imaging studies have identified significant volumetric reductions in the parietal lobe of individuals with VCFS, but several studies have reported that the frontal lobe is relatively preserved. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging to investigate the neural correlates of non-spatial working memory in 17 youths with VCFS, 10 of their unaffected siblings, and 10 community controls (with the same proportion of learning disabilities as …

2007-09-20, Morehead State University. Board Of Regents.

Morehead State Board of Regents Agenda Books and Meeting Minutes

No abstract provided.

Integrated Modeling Of Nitrate Contamination Of Groundwater In Agriculture-Dominated Watersheds, M. Almasri, Jagath J. Kaluarachchi

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications

This paper presents and implements a framework for modeling the impact of land use practices and protection alternatives on nitrate pollution of groundwater in agricultural watersheds. The framework utilizes the national land cover database (NLCD) of the United State Geological Survey (USGS) grid and a geographic information system (GIS) to account for the spatial distribution of on-ground nitrogen sources and corresponding loadings. The framework employs a soil nitrogen dynamic model to estimate nitrate leaching to groundwater. These estimates were used in developing a groundwater nitrate fate and transport model. The framework considers both point and non-point sources of nitrogen across …

U.S. Law Of The Sea Cruise To Map The Foot Of The Slope And 2500-M Isobath Of The U.S. Arctic Ocean Margin. Cruise Report For 2007, Larry A. Mayer, Andy Armstrong

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

USCGC Icebreaker Healy (WAGB-20) U.S. Law of the Sea cruise to map the foot of the slope and 2500-m isobath of the US Arctic Ocean margin

CRUISES HE-0703

August 17 to September 15, 2007

Barrow, AK to Barrow, AK

Campus Chronicle (Vol. 10, No. 6), Valparaiso University

Campus Chronicle

No abstract provided.

September 19, 2007 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

September 19, 2007 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Soil Carbon And Tree Litter Dynamics In A Red Cedar–Scotch Pine Shelterbelt, Thomas J. Sauer, Cynthia A. Cambardella, James R. Brandle

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Carbon sequestration in the woody biomass of shelterbelts has been investigated but there have been no measurements of the C stocks in soil and tree litter under this agroforestry practice. The objective of this study was to quantify C stored in surface soil layers and tree litter within and adjacent to a 35-year-old shelterbelt in eastern Nebraska, USA. The 2-row shelterbelt was composed of eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) and scotch pine (Pinus sylvestris). A sampling grid was established across a section of the shelterbelt on Tomek silt loam (fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiudolls). Four soil …

The Anchor, Volume 121.03: September 19, 2007, Hope College

The Anchor: 2007

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

The First Frontier: High Altitude Ballooning And Access To Near Space, Shane L. Larson

Colloquia and Seminars

No abstract provided.

The Tropical Forest And Fire Emissions Experiment: Emission, Chemistry, And Transport Of Biogenic Volatile Organic Compounds In The Lower Atmosphere Over Amazonia, Thomas Karl, Alex Guenther, Robert J. Yokelson, Jim Greenberg, Mark Potosnak, Donald R. Blake, Paulo Artaxo

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Airborne and ground-based mixing ratio and flux measurements using eddy covariance (EC) and for the first time the mixed layer gradient (MLG) and mixed layer variance (MLV) techniques are used to assess the impact of isoprene and monoterpene emissions on atmospheric chemistry in the Amazon basin. Average noon isoprene (7.8 +/- 2.3 mg/m(2)/h) and monoterpene fluxes (1.2 +/- 0.5 mg/m(2)/h)compared well between ground and airborne measurements and are higher than fluxes estimated in this region during other seasons. The biogenic emission model, Model of Emissions of Gases and Aerosols from Nature (MEGAN), estimates fluxes that are within the model and …

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 116, September 19, 2007

Central Florida Future

New stadium gets out of hot water; The heat is on; Senators demand stable funding; Business near UCF offer air-conditioned tailgates.

Development Of The Characteristics Of Science Questionnaire (Csq): Assessing Student Knowledge Of The Utah State Secondary Science Core Intended Learning Outcome 6 On The Nature Of Science, Bradford N. Talbert

Theses and Dissertations

Teaching students about the nature of science is an important and necessary part of secondary science curricula. The Utah State Office of Education has provided specific guidelines called intended learning outcomes (ILOs) to teachers in the state. The ILOs are based on the national standards presented in the Project 2061 publications of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 1990 and 1993. The ILOs are not tied to any one scientific discipline such as biology or chemistry, but are intended as global statements describing what scientists do and how scientific knowledge is gained. ILO 6 prescribes that students …

Montana Kaimin, September 19, 2007, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Umm Joins Other Minnesota Colleges In Receiving Nsf Grant, University Relations

Campus News Archive

The University of Minnesota, Morris, along with 15 other Minnesota colleges and universities led by the University of Minnesota, has received a $2.45 million grant from the National Science Foundation to help increase the number of under-represented minority students who complete undergraduate degrees in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

Bard Observer, Vol. 18, No. 1 (September 18, 2007), Bard College

Bard Observer - All Issues (1956 - Current)

No abstract provided.

Reduction Of Esters To Ethers Utilizing The Powerful Lewis Acid Bf2otf·Oet2, Brian Pagenkopf, Nicholas A. Morra

Chemistry Publications

No abstract provided.

Executive Committee - Agenda, 9/18/2007, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Suppression Of Peroxisomal Enzyme Activities And Cytochrome P450 4a Isozyme Expression By Congeneric Polybrominated And Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Larry W. Robertson, Isabelle Berberian, Tim Borges, Li-Chuan Chen, Ching K. Chow, Howard P. Glauert, Johannes G. Filser, Helmut Thomas

Toxicology and Cancer Biology Faculty Publications

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of PCBs and PBBs on peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha-(PPARalpha-) associated enzyme activities or protein levels. Male Sprague-Dawley rats were administered a single IP injection (150 mu mol/kg) of either 3,3',4,4'-tetrabromobiphenyl, 3,3',4,4'-tetrachlorobiphenyl, 3,3',5,5'-tetrabromobiphenyl, 2',3,3',4,5-pentachlorobiphenyl, 3,3',4,4',5-pentachlorobiphenyl, 2,2',3,3',5,5'-hexachlorobiphenyl, or 3,3',4,4',5,5'-hexabromobiphenyl in corn oil (10 ml/kg). One week later, the activities of catalase, peroxisomal fatty acyl-CoA oxidase, and peroxisomal beta-oxidation as well as cytochrome P450 4A (CYP4A) protein content were determined in subcellular liver fractions. None of the peroxisomal enzyme activities were significantly increased by any of the halogenated biphenyl congeners tested. Except for minor …

General Film Compensated Reflective Twisted Nematic Liquid Crystal Display, Shin-Tson Wu, Xinyu Zhu

UCF Patents

A general film compensated reflective twisted nematic liquid crystal display, device, system and method with phase compensation film set to compensate the residual phase retardation of the liquid crystal in the voltage-on state to increase the contrast ratio at a lower operating voltage and decrease the color dispersion when used in reflective and transflective liquid crystal displays. The phase compensation film set is selected based on the twist angle and the residual retardation of the liquid crystal layer, wherein the compensation film set has an effective film phase retardation value and effective polarizer angle to cancel the total residual phase …

Quasi-Multipliers And Algebrizations Of Operator Spaces, Masayoshi Kaneda

Analysis Seminar

One of the most interesting questions in the operator space theory was: “What are the possible operator algebra products that a given operator space can be equipped with?” I answered this question by using quasi-mulipliers. That is, the possible operator algebra products that a given operator space can be equipped with are precisely the bilinear mappings implemented by the contractive quasi-multipliers of the operator space. Furthermore, I gave an elegant geometric characterization of the operator algebra products using the Haagerup tensor product. The Blecher-Ruan-Sinclair Theorem is obtained as a simple corollary.

Evaluation Of The Supply Chain Of Key Industrial Sectors And Its Impact On The Electricity Demand For A Regional Distribution Company, Thiago Arruda Mariotoni

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Considering the international scenario, in a recent past, the electrical industry was based on the concepts of monopolistic concessions and vertical utilities structures. In Brazil, until recently, the electricity companies were all governmental properties that served restricted monopolized areas. In a similar manner, in the United States, monopolies for certain concession areas were assigned to vertically integrated electric utilities. This monopolistic portfolio brought to the industry, in a generic sense, a lack in the interface between companies and consumers. This fact established a low capacity of obtaining consumer's information and consequently, a low capacity of developing precise demand forecasts.

Lately, …

September 17, 2007, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Students Learn About Documentation Throughout Their Teacher Education Program, Carolyn P. Edwards, Susan Churchill, Mary Gabriel, Ruth Heaton, Julie Jones-Branch, Christine Marvin, Michelle Rupiper

Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies: Faculty Publications

Study groups and learning circles can offer a systematic way for early childhood teachers to interact about their work and create a culture of professional development. This paper describes how faculty systematically followed a collaborative co-inquiry process in order to improve a new early childhood interdisciplinary teacher preparation program. The team met on a regular basis throughout one academic year, with the stated objective of infusing observation/documentation knowledge and skills in a coherent and systematic way throughout the students’ program of studies. The group created a template of the cycle of inquiry, which could apply to all courses, and analyzed …

Analytical Formulas And Scaling Laws For Peak Interaction Forces In Dynamic Atomic Force Microscopy, Shuiqing Hu, Arvind Raman

Birck and NCN Publications

Determining the peak interaction force between an oscillating nanoscale tip and a sample surface has been a fundamental yet elusive goal in amplitude-modulated atomic force microscopy. Closed form analytical expressions are derived using nonlinear asymptotic theory for the peak attractive and repulsive forces that approximate with a high degree of accuracy the numerically simulated peak forces under ambient or vacuum conditions. Scaling laws involving van der Waals, chemical forces, nanoscale elasticity, and oscillator parameters are identified to demonstrate approximate similitude for the peak interaction forces under practical operating conditions.

Central Florida Future, Vol. 39 No. 115, September 17, 2007

Central Florida Future

Gov. Crist meets with student reps; Faculty decries raised standard; Heat proves a problem at gameday; Volunteer UCF filling up OSI's fall semester calendar.

Undergraduate Curriculum And Academic Policy Minutes, September 17, 2007 And 2007-2008 Committee Member List

Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee Minutes

Committee member list from 2007-2008 and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Undergraduate Curriculum and Academic Policy Committee meeting held on September 17, 2007.

Bubble Raft Model For A Paraboloidal Crystal, Mark Bowick, Luca Giomi, Homin Shin, Creighton K. Thomas

Physics - All Scholarship

We investigate crystalline order on a two-dimensional paraboloid of revolution by assembling a single layer of millimeter-sized soap bubbles on the surface of a rotating liquid, thus extending the classic work of Bragg and Nye on planar soap bubble rafts. Topological constraints require crystalline configurations to contain a certain minimum number of topological defects such as disclinations or grain boundary scars whose structure is analyzed as a function of the aspect ratio of the paraboloid. We find the defect structure to agree with theoretical predictions and propose a mechanism for scar nucleation in the presence of large Gaussian curvature.