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Grassland Birds In Natural And Cultivated Grasslands In The Northern Campos Of Uruguay: Diversity Patterns, Responses To Vegetation Structure, And Nest Survival, Adrian Bruno Azpiroz Jul 2008

Grassland Birds In Natural And Cultivated Grasslands In The Northern Campos Of Uruguay: Diversity Patterns, Responses To Vegetation Structure, And Nest Survival, Adrian Bruno Azpiroz

Dissertations

Grassland bird populations are declining in many regions of the world as a consequence of habitat modification but research efforts have been concentrated in North America and Europe. In the Neotropics, however, many aspects of grassland bird ecology remain virtually unexplored. The objective of this study was to examine the effects of habitat modification on the distribution, abundance, and reproductive success of grassland birds in the Northern Campos of Uruguay. The study focused on birds that inhabit four grassland habitats which differed in terms of agricultural management in the Northern Campos of Uruguay. First, distance sampling was used to characterize …

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Kung Fu Panda, Go Home!, Haiyan Lee Jul 2008

Kung Fu Panda, Go Home!, Haiyan Lee

China Beat Blog: Archive 2008-2012

It seems that boycott fatigue has finally hit the Chinese, in a year that has lurched from one boycott to another—against such entities as a French supermarket chain, a Hollywood star, and an American cable channel. When the latest clarion call was issued by a performance artist named Zhao Bandi赵半狄 against Kung Fu Panda, he was greeted with jeers and mockery. Zhao presented his case in a blog: Hollywood is morally corrupt for churning out loathsome personalities like Sharon Stone (who betrayed schadenfreude over the Sichuan earthquake as “karmic retribution” for Tibet) and Steven Spielberg (who quit his role as …

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Population Genetics Of Island Endemics: Neutral And Major Histocompatibility Loci, Jennifer Lynn Bollmer Jul 2008

Population Genetics Of Island Endemics: Neutral And Major Histocompatibility Loci, Jennifer Lynn Bollmer

Dissertations

Island archipelagoes are ideal for the study of microevolutionary forces due to their multiple, closely related but geographically disjunct populations. I used both neutral and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) loci to determine the population genetic structures of bird species endemic to the Galapagos Islands. MHC molecules recognize foreign pathogens in the body, and these loci are known for their high degree of genetic variability maintained by natural selection. Small island populations are predicted to have reduced genetic variability due to the effects of genetic drift; however, selection may be strong enough to prevent the loss of variability at MHC loci. …

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Investigation Of The Discharge Coefficient For Circular Orifices In Riser Pipes, David Prohaska Jul 2008

Investigation Of The Discharge Coefficient For Circular Orifices In Riser Pipes, David Prohaska

All Theses

The purpose of this study is to examine the discharge coefficient as it pertains to
flow through a circular orifice cut into a thin-walled vertical riser pipe. Perforated riser
pipes are a popular outlet control structure for stormwater detention basins. These
basins are used to store and release stormwater runoff from impervious areas of
developed sites. Federal, state, and local regulatory agencies provide requirements for
the quality of stormwater runoff, as well as the maximum peak discharges from a
developed site. Accurately determining the flow rate from a perforated vertical riser
pipe is crucial to meeting these requirements and protecting …

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Scientific Formula For Law School Jul 2008

Scientific Formula For Law School

News Releases

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Differential Expression And Functional Characterization Of Alpha3 Beta2 Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors, John Hideo Mizukawa Jul 2008

Differential Expression And Functional Characterization Of Alpha3 Beta2 Neuronal Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptors, John Hideo Mizukawa

Theses and Dissertations

Neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) are expressed in both the periperhal and central nervous systems, and are involved in pre-, post-, and non-synaptic control of neuronal activation. In the brain, these receptors play an important role in a variety of physiological processes such as cognition, development, learning, and memory formation. Malfunction of these receptors have been implicated in neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease (AD), schizophrenia, and Parkinson's disease. To date, 17 different nAChR subunits, including α2-α7 and β2-β4, have been cloned that can form homo- and/or hetero-pentameric ionotropic receptors. The unique combinations of subunit pentamers manifest in distinct functional receptors. …

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The Pan American (2008-07-17), J. R. Ortega, Abigail Muniz Jul 2008

The Pan American (2008-07-17), J. R. Ortega, Abigail Muniz

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

64th Year, No. 29

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Nan-190 Potentiates The Circadian Response To Light And Speeds Re-Entrainment To Advanced Light Cycles, E. J. Kessler, J. Sprouse, Mary E. Harrington Jul 2008

Nan-190 Potentiates The Circadian Response To Light And Speeds Re-Entrainment To Advanced Light Cycles, E. J. Kessler, J. Sprouse, Mary E. Harrington

Psychology: Faculty Publications

Health problems can arise from de-synchrony between the external environment and the endogenous circadian rhythm, yet the circadian system is not able to quickly adjust to large, abrupt changes in the external daily cycle. In this study, we investigated the ability of NAN-190 to potentiate the circadian rhythm response to light as measured by phase of behavioral activity rhythms. NAN-190 (5 mg/kg, i.p.) was able to significantly potentiate the response to light both in dark-adapted and entrained hamsters. Furthermore, NAN-190 was effective even when administered up to 6 h after light onset. Response to a light pulse was both greater …

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Biomechanical Evaluation Of Two Methods Of Humeral Shaft Fixation, Joshua Catanzarite Jul 2008

Biomechanical Evaluation Of Two Methods Of Humeral Shaft Fixation, Joshua Catanzarite

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Biomechanical evaluations of fracture fixation devices attempt to determine implant performance by approximating the in vivo conditions. This performance is affected by many factors and relies on the complex bone-implant interface. Biomechanical tests can be designed in a variety of ways in order to evaluate device performance with respect to any number of these bone-implant interactions. Standardized tests, designed by groups such as the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), are often designed either to determine the performance of a specific type of fixation device or for direct comparison between different devices. Additionally, many biomechanical evaluations are designed for …

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Washington University Record, July 17, 2008 Jul 2008

Washington University Record, July 17, 2008

Washington University Record

No abstract provided.

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Assessing Multivariate Heritability Through Nonparametric Methods, Benjamin Alan Carper Jul 2008

Assessing Multivariate Heritability Through Nonparametric Methods, Benjamin Alan Carper

Theses and Dissertations

The similarities between generations of living subjects are often quantified by heritability. By distinguishing genotypic variation, or variation due to parental pairings, from phenotypic variation, or normal intraspecies variation, the heritability of traits can be estimated. Due to the multivariate nature of many traits, such as size and shape, computation of heritability can be difficult. Also, assessment of the variation of the heritability estimate is extremely difficult. This study uses nonparametric methods, namely the randomization test and the bootstrap, to obtain both a measure of the extremity of the observed heritability and an assessment of the uncertainty.

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Quantitative Uncertainty Of Chemical Plume Transport In Low Wind Speeds Using Measured Field Data And Stochastic Modeling, Veronica Elaine Wannberg Jul 2008

Quantitative Uncertainty Of Chemical Plume Transport In Low Wind Speeds Using Measured Field Data And Stochastic Modeling, Veronica Elaine Wannberg

Theses and Dissertations

Low wind speed conditions should be studied because these conditions can present risk, particularly for areas immediately surrounding the release point, where high concentrations can occur and not dissipate. The following research attempts to clarify the processes governing both the general and low wind speed cases by determining the accuracy and uncertainty of standard prediction methods for contaminant plume transport in low wind speed plume modeling. Multiple techniques were utilized to incorporate field measured data, previously gathered for a different purpose, to generate parameter distributions and ground-truth data that could be used in stochastic models for chemical plume prediction. These …

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Volume 99 Issue 28, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Jul 2008

Volume 99 Issue 28, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

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The Murray Ledger And Times, July 16, 2008, The Murray Ledger And Times Jul 2008

The Murray Ledger And Times, July 16, 2008, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

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New Carsey Institute Report Finds Four Distinct Rural Americas: Study Surveyed 8,000 Americans In 19 Rural Counties, Amy Sterndale, Beth Potier Jul 2008

New Carsey Institute Report Finds Four Distinct Rural Americas: Study Surveyed 8,000 Americans In 19 Rural Counties, Amy Sterndale, Beth Potier

Media Relations

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Intermedia Remediated & The Question Of Designing Discourse, Carol-Ann Braun, Florent Aziosmanoff Jul 2008

Intermedia Remediated & The Question Of Designing Discourse, Carol-Ann Braun, Florent Aziosmanoff

DRS Biennial Conference Series

New 'engines of discourse' (neural networks, algorithms and other forms of artificial intelligence, combined with the devices that record and interpret viewer actions) bring to the fore rhetorical concerns that challenge discipline-based notions of process and form. We shall focus here on the tradition of intermedial art practices to better understand the ever more complex question of how to inter-relate three aspects of digital communication: authorial 'intent', the digital sign and its interactive exploration by a 'spect-actor'. We shall argue that the digital sign is an extension of intermedial thinking rooted in a pre-digital, photographic practice and esthetic. The writings …

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Post Industrial Manufacturing Systems: The Undisciplined Nature Of Generative Design, Paul Atkinson, Ertu Unver, Justin Marshall, Lionel T Dean Jul 2008

Post Industrial Manufacturing Systems: The Undisciplined Nature Of Generative Design, Paul Atkinson, Ertu Unver, Justin Marshall, Lionel T Dean

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Post Industrial Manufacturing Systems (PIMS) is a research program with the overarching aim to explore the impact of emerging technologies in Rapid Prototyping, Direct Digital Manufacture, Parametric Modelling and Generative Design software on the design process. The initial research project within PIMS involved an industrial designer working with a CAD programming expert in developing a software system that allowed the user to view various products or designed forms, which were continually randomly mutating in real time. The user could not affect the form itself or the mutation in any way, but could decide at which moment they wanted to ‘freeze' …

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Volume 45, Number 47: July 16, 2008, University Of North Dakota Jul 2008

Volume 45, Number 47: July 16, 2008, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

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Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1(Hsv-1) Oncolytic And Highly Fusogenic Mutants Carrying The Nv1020 Genomic Deletion Effectively Inhibit Primary And Metastatic Tumors In Mice, Anna Israyelyan, Vladimir N. Chouljenko, Abolghasem Baghian, Andrew T. David, Michael T. Kearney, Konstantin G. Kousoulas Jul 2008

Herpes Simplex Virus Type-1(Hsv-1) Oncolytic And Highly Fusogenic Mutants Carrying The Nv1020 Genomic Deletion Effectively Inhibit Primary And Metastatic Tumors In Mice, Anna Israyelyan, Vladimir N. Chouljenko, Abolghasem Baghian, Andrew T. David, Michael T. Kearney, Konstantin G. Kousoulas

Faculty Publications

Background. The NV1020 oncolytic herpes simplex virus type-1 has shown significant promise for the treatment of many different types of tumors in experimental animal models and human trials. Previously, we described the construction and use of the NV1020-like virus OncSyn to treat human breast tumors implanted in nude mice. The syncytial mutation gKsyn1 (Ala-to-Val at position 40) was introduced into the OncSyn viral genome cloned into a bacterial artificial chromosome using double-red mutagenesis in E. coli to produce the OncdSyn virus carrying syncytial mutations in both gB(syn3) and gK(syn1). Results. The OncdSyn virus caused extensive virus-induced cell fusion in cell …

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Autonomous Navigation And Mapping Using Monocular Low-Resolution Grayscale Vision, Vidya Murali Jul 2008

Autonomous Navigation And Mapping Using Monocular Low-Resolution Grayscale Vision, Vidya Murali

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Vision has been a powerful tool for navigation of intelligent and man-made systems ever since the cybernetics revolution in the 1970s. There have been two basic approaches to the navigation of computer controlled systems: The self-contained bottom-up development of sensorimotor abilities, namely perception and mobility, and the top-down approach, namely artificial intelligence, reasoning and knowledge based methods. The three-fold goal of autonomous exploration, mapping and localization of a mobile robot however, needs to be developed within a single framework. An algorithm is proposed to answer the challenges of autonomous corridor navigation and mapping by a mobile robot equipped with a …

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The Alestle - Vol. 60 No. 71 - 07/16/2008, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Jul 2008

The Alestle - Vol. 60 No. 71 - 07/16/2008, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 60 No. 71

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The Eagleville Times,Volume 6, Issue 14, Debbie Ryan Jul 2008

The Eagleville Times,Volume 6, Issue 14, Debbie Ryan

Eagleville Times

No abstract provided.

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Using System Analysis And Personas For E-Health Interaction Design, Katharina Bredies Jul 2008

Using System Analysis And Personas For E-Health Interaction Design, Katharina Bredies

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Today, designers obtain more central roles in product and service development (Perks, Cooper, & Jones, 2005). They have to deal with increasingly complicated problems, like integrating the needs of various stakeholders while taking care about social, ethical and ecological consequences of their designs. To deal with this demanding design situation, they need to apply new methods to organize the available information and to negotiate the stakeholder's perspectives. This paper describes how systems analysis supports the design process in a complex environment. In a case study, we demonstrate how this method enables designers to describe user requirements for complex design environments …

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When Conventional Procedures Are No Longer The Rule For Application: Design As A Discipline Opens Up To New Possibilities, Natalie Ebenreuter Jul 2008

When Conventional Procedures Are No Longer The Rule For Application: Design As A Discipline Opens Up To New Possibilities, Natalie Ebenreuter

DRS Biennial Conference Series

This paper discusses the development of the prototype application ‘LabanAssist'. It looks at the design rationale used for the creation of what is fundamentally a system for recording dance knowledge on a score, as identifiable and replicable signs and symbols. A system made necessary because the conventions of other established disciplines, such as engineering and computer science practices, were no longer considered to be effective alone, in facilitating the production of well-designed cultural artefacts (Calvert, Fox, Ryman, & Wilke, 2005; Ebenreuter, 2005). It is important to ask how can we understand design as a discipline amongst other fields of study …

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Designing For E-Social Action An Application Taxonomy, Andy Dearden, Ann Light Jul 2008

Designing For E-Social Action An Application Taxonomy, Andy Dearden, Ann Light

DRS Biennial Conference Series

In this paper, we present a taxonomy for understanding designs and designing of Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) in the field of ‘Social Action'. We use the term ‘Social Action' to refer to activities of individuals and organisations in civil society, which are oriented towards social (rather than primarily economic) goals. We then apply the term e-Social Action to refer to the application of ICT in these activities. This definition incorporates a wide range of initiatives, varying from: trade-unions logging safety inspections on ships, Age Concern York organising volunteers to place on-line supermarket orders on behalf of housebound elderly people; …

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The Design Of A New Nicu Patient Area: Combining Design For Usability And Design For Emotion, Julia Garde, Mascha Van Der Voort Jul 2008

The Design Of A New Nicu Patient Area: Combining Design For Usability And Design For Emotion, Julia Garde, Mascha Van Der Voort

DRS Biennial Conference Series

In the design of medical products both usability and emotional experience are important to be considered. Usability can enhance the work situation of medical staff and ensure patient safety. Emotion related product aspects, on the other hand, influence the recovery pace of patients as well as the work satisfaction of staff. For an optimal medical design both aspects should receive well-balanced attention during the design process. Usability and emotional experience are currently related in literature. However, about the relation between these two aspects in practical design projects little information is available. Therefore we will discuss the exploration of the practical …

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The Roles Of Products In Product Emotions An Explorative Study, Erdem Demir, Pieter M. A. Desmet Jul 2008

The Roles Of Products In Product Emotions An Explorative Study, Erdem Demir, Pieter M. A. Desmet

DRS Biennial Conference Series

Although several theoretical frameworks that aim to explain the emotional impact of product design have been introduced in design research literature, none of these frameworks clearly specifies the role of the product in these emotions. This paper reports a study that was designed to explore the variety of roles that products can play in emotional experiences. In a three staged experience sampling study, 29 participants produced 170 records of emotions experienced while interacting with products. Each case was examined in order to identify the antecedent event (the event triggering the emotion) and the mental object (what the emotion is about). …

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Designing As Interpretation, Friedrich Glock Jul 2008

Designing As Interpretation, Friedrich Glock

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The paper suggests an interpretative approach to the empirical study of design processes. Design processes are conceived as social processes of interpretation and construction of meaning, and potentially of context generation. In contrast to models which conceive designing as a goal-directed process, an interpretative approach suggests a methodological reorientation. It assumes that design goals are more or less incomplete and vague at the beginning of a design process and are interpreted in contexts and in part are created by designers in the design process on the basis of their experience, embodied skills, and practices. The interpretative paradigm in design research …

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Disciplining The Body? Reflections On The Cross Disciplinary Import Of 'Embodied Meaning' Into Interaction Design, Thomas Markussen Jul 2008

Disciplining The Body? Reflections On The Cross Disciplinary Import Of 'Embodied Meaning' Into Interaction Design, Thomas Markussen

DRS Biennial Conference Series

The aim of this paper is above all critically to examine and clarify some of the negative implications that the idea of ‘embodied meaning' has for the emergent field of interaction design research. Originally, the term ‘embodied meaning' has been brought into HCI research from phenomenology and cognitive semantics in order to better understand how user's experience of new technological systems relies to an increasing extent on full-body interaction. Embodied approaches to technology design could thus be found in Winograd & Flores (1986), Dourish (2001), Lund (2003), Klemmer, Hartman & Takayama (2006), Hornecker & Buur (2006), Hurtienne & Israel (2007) …

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Making Exhibitions, Brokering Meaning: Designing New Connections Across Communities Of Practice, Anita Kocsis, Carolyn Barnes Jul 2008

Making Exhibitions, Brokering Meaning: Designing New Connections Across Communities Of Practice, Anita Kocsis, Carolyn Barnes

DRS Biennial Conference Series

New media museum exhibits often see designers representing the research of expert content providers. Despite perceptions that such exhibits provide museum visitors with a greater depth and range of experience, differences in knowledge and practice between designers and content providers can see content development become an unruly, competitive process in which audience experience, digital mediation, visualisation techniques and meaning become contested territory. Drawing on Etienne Wenger's theory of 'communities of practice', this paper argues that designers' advocacy for audiences and distance from exhibition content well positions them to broker interdisciplinary goal setting so that exhibitions observe the representational objectives of …

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