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Relationship Of Marine Information Overlays (Mios) To Current/Future Iho Standards, Lee Alexander, Michael Huet Nov 2007

Relationship Of Marine Information Overlays (Mios) To Current/Future Iho Standards, Lee Alexander, Michael Huet

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

No abstract provided.


Moving The Bus Back Into Traffic Safely - Signage And Lighting Configuration Phase I, Cutr Nov 2007

Moving The Bus Back Into Traffic Safely - Signage And Lighting Configuration Phase I, Cutr

Research Reports

No abstract provided.


Developing A Printed Transit Information Material Design Manual, Cutr Nov 2007

Developing A Printed Transit Information Material Design Manual, Cutr

Research Reports

No abstract provided.


An Examination Of Perception And Knowledge Concerning The Venezuelan Government Under The Leadership Of Hugo Chavez, Joshua Dean Prescott Nov 2007

An Examination Of Perception And Knowledge Concerning The Venezuelan Government Under The Leadership Of Hugo Chavez, Joshua Dean Prescott

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses - Archive

This study examines the perception and knowledge of American undergraduate students regarding the Venezuelan Government under the leadership of President Hugo Chavez. A perception and knowledge survey covering various and relative aspects of the Chavez Administration in Venezuela was given to undergraduate students seeking a degree in Criminology and Criminal Justice. It is proposed that undergraduate students seeking Criminology and Criminal Justice degrees will compare with Americans overall in having low perceptions and knowledge of Venezuela, the President of Venezuela, Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias, the current Venezuelan Government and its role in the global community, thus supporting a lack of …


Attitudes Toward Illegal Immigration: What The Public Believes, What The Government Can Learn, Jason Ariel Daza Nov 2007

Attitudes Toward Illegal Immigration: What The Public Believes, What The Government Can Learn, Jason Ariel Daza

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses - Archive

Illegal immigration is one of the most divisive domestic policy issues facing the United States and one could argue the absence of a solution may stem from a misunderstanding of how the public feels about illegal immigration. This survey explores the attitudes people have towards issues surrounding illegal immigration. The results indicate that attitudes towards illegal immigration vary according to demographics, but they also suggest there is more agreement over the issues than disagreement, regardless of demographics. Thus, with an increased knowledge of where people stand on the issues, and of the strength of their beliefs, legislators can be more …


Investigation Of Power System Blackouts And Reliability Improvement For Power Distribution Systems, Hui Zheng Nov 2007

Investigation Of Power System Blackouts And Reliability Improvement For Power Distribution Systems, Hui Zheng

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Modern power systems often consist of thousands of equipments, each of which may have an affect on the security of the system. The trend toward deregulation has forced utilities to operate their systems closer to security boundaries [1]. This has fueled the need of faster and more accurate methods of reliability and security assessment. Power system reliability is defined as the probability that the power system will perform the function of delivering electric power to customers adequately on a continuous basis and with an acceptable quality [2]. Power system security assessment deals with the system’s ability to continue to provide …


Wireless Devices For Medical Applications, Thermpon Ativanichayaphong Nov 2007

Wireless Devices For Medical Applications, Thermpon Ativanichayaphong

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

The deployment of medical electronics in healthcare plays a significant role to overcome many problems in disease treatment and diagnosis. For advanced applications, wireless solutions are preferred. The wireless technologies offer a new dimension of therapy or diagnosis, when wires are often bulky, unsafe, uncomfortable or even impossible to be deployed in some circumstances. The wireless communication devices can be categorized into two groups, active and passive, depending on the power sources operating electronics. The active devices draw powers from a battery, while the others harvest powers from external or internal sources. In this work, two medical applications are studied …


Distinct Value Estimation By Sampling On Unstructured Peer To Peer Networks, Zubin Matthew Joseph Nov 2007

Distinct Value Estimation By Sampling On Unstructured Peer To Peer Networks, Zubin Matthew Joseph

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

Peer-to-Peer networks have become very popular on the Internet, with millions of peers all over the world sharing large volumes of data. The sheer scale of these networks has made it difficult to gather statistics that could be used for building new features. This thesis presents a technique of obtaining estimations of the number of distinct values matching a query on the network. The method is then analyzed by considering simulation results that demonstrate its effectiveness and flexibility in supporting a variety of queries and applications.


Is Secession A Recipe For Political Instability?, Charu Gupta Nov 2007

Is Secession A Recipe For Political Instability?, Charu Gupta

Political Science Theses - Archive

In the last century, the world has seen the rise and fall of empires, two world wars, and the subsequent creation of new states. Very little attention has been paid to how well these seceded states fared at self-governance. This thesis proposes a theory to explain the behavior of the governments of seceded states and examines three variables to determine how politically stable seceded states may be. For a comprehensive study, cases that gained independence between 1900 and 2000 were chosen from around the world with eight cases used for qualitative analysis and twenty cases for quantitative analysis. There is …


Kosova Economic Outlook, Agron Parduzi Nov 2007

Kosova Economic Outlook, Agron Parduzi

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.


Is Direct Method Cash Flow Reporting Better At Predicting Future Performance?, Knowledge@Smu Nov 2007

Is Direct Method Cash Flow Reporting Better At Predicting Future Performance?, Knowledge@Smu

Knowledge@SMU

“Cash is king” goes the saying. Even companies enjoying brisk business have been known to fail because of unhealthy cash flows. The accounting profession is split over the benefits of the direct method (DM) versus the indirect method (IM) of preparing cash flow reports. In a study of over 100 US-based companies which used direct cash flow statements, Singapore Management University accounting professor Yoonseok Zang shows conclusively that the direct method does better at predicting future performance and earnings. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------


The Law And Economics Of Interprofessional Frontier Skirmishing: Financial Planning Association V. Securities And Exchange Commission , George Steven Swan Nov 2007

The Law And Economics Of Interprofessional Frontier Skirmishing: Financial Planning Association V. Securities And Exchange Commission , George Steven Swan

University of Miami Business Law Review

No abstract provided.


Gene Family Encoding The Major Toxins Of Lethal Amanita Mushrooms, Heather E. Hallen-Adams, Hong Luo, John S. Scott-Craig, Jonathan D. Walton Nov 2007

Gene Family Encoding The Major Toxins Of Lethal Amanita Mushrooms, Heather E. Hallen-Adams, Hong Luo, John S. Scott-Craig, Jonathan D. Walton

Heather Hallen-Adams Publications

Amatoxins, the lethal constituents of poisonous mushrooms in the genus Amanita, are bicyclic octapeptides. Two genes in A. bisporigera, AMA1 and PHA1, directly encode α-amanitin, an amatoxin, and the related bicyclic heptapeptide phallacidin, a phallotoxin, indicating that these compounds are synthesized on ribosomes and not by nonribosomal peptide synthetases. α-Amanitin and phallacidin are synthesized as proproteins of 35 and 34 amino acids, respectively, from which they are predicted to be cleaved by a prolyl oligopeptidase. AMA1 and PHA1 are present in other toxic species of Amanita section Phalloidae but are absent from nontoxic species in other sections. …


How End-User Characteristics Affect Technostress: An Exploratory Investigation, Qiang Tu, Monideepa Tarafdar, Bhanu S. Ragu-Nathan, T.S. Ragu-Nathan Nov 2007

How End-User Characteristics Affect Technostress: An Exploratory Investigation, Qiang Tu, Monideepa Tarafdar, Bhanu S. Ragu-Nathan, T.S. Ragu-Nathan

Presentations and other scholarship

Individuals in organizations experience stress as a result of their use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT). This is termed as technostress. Individual characteristics form an important set of factors that influence technostress, and understanding them is important for developing organizational mechanisms for effecting appropriate adjustments in managing technostress. This paper explores the relationship between three individual characteristics – confidence in using computers, computer literacy, and experience in using computers – and technostress. The results show that a higher value of these characteristics, largely leads to lower technostress.


Pseudokarst Commission Newsletter, No. 17, November 2007, István Eszterhás Nov 2007

Pseudokarst Commission Newsletter, No. 17, November 2007, István Eszterhás

Pseudokarst Commission Newsletter

Contents: International Conference on Granite Caves -- 10th International Symposium on Pseudokarst -- Pseudokarst in the 21st Century -- Root Stalagmite in Australia


Human Tob, An Antiproliferative Transcription Factor, Is A Poly(A)-Binding Protein-Dependent Positive Regulator Of Cytoplasmic Mrna Deadenylation, Nader Ezzeddine, Tsung-Cheng Chang, Wenmiao Zhu, Akio Yamashita, Chyi-Ying A Chen, Zhenping Zhong, Yukiko Yamashita, Dinghai Zheng, Ann-Bin Shyu Nov 2007

Human Tob, An Antiproliferative Transcription Factor, Is A Poly(A)-Binding Protein-Dependent Positive Regulator Of Cytoplasmic Mrna Deadenylation, Nader Ezzeddine, Tsung-Cheng Chang, Wenmiao Zhu, Akio Yamashita, Chyi-Ying A Chen, Zhenping Zhong, Yukiko Yamashita, Dinghai Zheng, Ann-Bin Shyu

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

In mammalian cells, mRNA decay begins with deadenylation, which involves two consecutive phases mediated by the PAN2-PAN3 and the CCR4-CAF1 complexes, respectively. The regulation of the critical deadenylation step and its relationship with RNA-processing bodies (P-bodies), which are thought to be a site where poly(A)-shortened mRNAs get degraded, are poorly understood. Using the Tet-Off transcriptional pulsing approach to investigate mRNA decay in mouse NIH 3T3 fibroblasts, we found that TOB, an antiproliferative transcription factor, enhances mRNA deadenylation in vivo. Results from glutathione S-transferase pull-down and coimmunoprecipitation experiments indicate that TOB can simultaneously interact with the poly(A) nuclease complex CCR4-CAF1 and …


Urinetown, Otterbein University Nov 2007

Urinetown, Otterbein University

2007-2008 Season

One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years, Urinetown is a tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government enforced ban on private toilets.


Food And Morality: To Eat Or Not To Eat?, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire Nov 2007

Food And Morality: To Eat Or Not To Eat?, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire

Articles

This article reviews the 2007 Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery where the theme was Food and Morality. It asks whether we are morally obliged to know where our food comes from, how it is produced, what its carbon footprint is, and whether it is traded fairly?


Selective Breeding Of Red Tilapia (Oreochromis Spp) Via Diallel Cross Experiment And Molecular Markers, K.V. Karuppannan, I. Noraida, S. Bhassu, S. Oyyan Nov 2007

Selective Breeding Of Red Tilapia (Oreochromis Spp) Via Diallel Cross Experiment And Molecular Markers, K.V. Karuppannan, I. Noraida, S. Bhassu, S. Oyyan

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

No abstract provided.


Daily Eastern News: November 1, 2007, Eastern Illinois University Nov 2007

Daily Eastern News: November 1, 2007, Eastern Illinois University

November

No abstract provided.


Mobile Home Living In Boise: Its Uncertain Future And Alarming Decline, College Of Social Sciences And Public Affairs, Boise State University, Jim Birdsall, Susan Emerson, Molly K. Humphreys, Susan Mason, Kevin Nehila, Roy Rodenhiser, Todd Shallat Nov 2007

Mobile Home Living In Boise: Its Uncertain Future And Alarming Decline, College Of Social Sciences And Public Affairs, Boise State University, Jim Birdsall, Susan Emerson, Molly K. Humphreys, Susan Mason, Kevin Nehila, Roy Rodenhiser, Todd Shallat

Research and Reports

In a city of 211,000, in a county where one in five earn less than the $10 an hour required to afford a modest apartment, one in twenty-five houses is a steel-framed aluminum home. An estimated 5,412 Boiseans occupy 2,706 manufactured houses in 50 mobile home parks. Half are seniors with a median annual income of $20,000. Most are female. Nearly half have a chronic medical condition. One in four rent space in a park listed for sale or slated for redevelopment. At least 900 have been evicted since the peak of the real estate boom in 2004. In September …


Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 35, No. 4, November 2007, William Payne Nov 2007

Cave Research Foundation Newsletter, Volume 35, No. 4, November 2007, William Payne

Cave Research Foundation Newsletter

Contents: From the President: Notes from the Convention -- Mammoth Map of Mammoth Cave -- Regional Expedition Reports -- 2007 Expedition Calendar -- Cave Books


Fluoxetine, Smoking, And History Of Major Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Bonnie Spring, Neal Doran, Sherry Pagoto, Dennis E. Mcchargue, Jessica Werth Cook, Katherine Bailey, John Crayton, Donald Hedecker Nov 2007

Fluoxetine, Smoking, And History Of Major Depression: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Bonnie Spring, Neal Doran, Sherry Pagoto, Dennis E. Mcchargue, Jessica Werth Cook, Katherine Bailey, John Crayton, Donald Hedecker

Department of Psychology: Faculty Publications

The study was a randomized placebo-controlled trial testing whether fluoxetine selectively enhances cessation for smokers with a history of depression. Euthymic smokers with (H+, n = 109) or without (H-, n = 138) a history of major depression received 60 mg fluoxetine or placebo plus group behavioral quit-smoking treatment for 12 weeks. Fluoxetine initially enhanced cessation for H+ smokers (p = .02) but subsequently impaired cessation regardless of depressive history. Six months after quit date, fluoxetine-treated participants were 3.3 times more likely to be smoking (p = .02). Further research is warranted to determine why high-dose fluoxetine produces …


Supporting Complex Thematic, Spatial And Temporal Queries Over Semantic Web Data, Matthew Perry, Amit P. Sheth, Farshad Hakimpour, Prateek Jain Nov 2007

Supporting Complex Thematic, Spatial And Temporal Queries Over Semantic Web Data, Matthew Perry, Amit P. Sheth, Farshad Hakimpour, Prateek Jain

Kno.e.sis Publications

Spatial and temporal data are critical components in many applications. This is especially true in analytical domains such as national security and criminal investigation. Often, the analytical process requires uncovering and analyzing complex thematic relationships between disparate people, places and events. Fundamentally new query operators based on the graph structure of Semantic Web data models, such as semantic associations, are proving useful for this purpose. However, these analysis mechanisms are primarily intended for thematic relationships. In this paper, we describe a framework built around the RDF metadata model for analysis of thematic, spatial and temporal relationships between named entities. We …


November 2007 General Studies Council Minutes, University Of Nebraska At Kearney General Studies Council Nov 2007

November 2007 General Studies Council Minutes, University Of Nebraska At Kearney General Studies Council

General Education Council

No abstract provided.


Avian Inventory Of Ute Mountain, A Bureau Of Land Management Acquisition In Northern Nm 2007, Hawks Aloft, Inc. Nov 2007

Avian Inventory Of Ute Mountain, A Bureau Of Land Management Acquisition In Northern Nm 2007, Hawks Aloft, Inc.

Multi-Species Reports (Hawks Aloft)

No abstract provided.


2007 Songbird Surveys And Gray Vireo Monitoring In The Bureau Of Land Management’S Farmington Resource Area, Hawks Aloft, Inc. Nov 2007

2007 Songbird Surveys And Gray Vireo Monitoring In The Bureau Of Land Management’S Farmington Resource Area, Hawks Aloft, Inc.

Multi-Species Reports (Hawks Aloft)

No abstract provided.


2007 Mountain Plover Monitoring In Taos County, New Mexico, Hawks Aloft, Inc. Nov 2007

2007 Mountain Plover Monitoring In Taos County, New Mexico, Hawks Aloft, Inc.

Single Species Reports (Hawks Aloft)

No abstract provided.


2007 Willow Flycatcher Surveys At Orilla Verde, Rio Truchas, And Santa Fe River, New Mexico, Hawks Aloft, Inc. Nov 2007

2007 Willow Flycatcher Surveys At Orilla Verde, Rio Truchas, And Santa Fe River, New Mexico, Hawks Aloft, Inc.

Single Species Reports (Hawks Aloft)

No abstract provided.


2007 Willow Flycatcher Surveys At Bluewater Canyon, Lost Valley, And San Ysidro, New Mexico, Hawks Aloft, Inc. Nov 2007

2007 Willow Flycatcher Surveys At Bluewater Canyon, Lost Valley, And San Ysidro, New Mexico, Hawks Aloft, Inc.

Single Species Reports (Hawks Aloft)

No abstract provided.