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Staff Senate Minutes, 2008 December 9, Clemson University

Staff Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Seifert V. Comm Of Pa Human

2008 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Rhetorical And Semantic Tensions In Research Ethics, M Kottow

English

Objectives: To identify some instances in literature of efforts or semantic distortions that have inspired bioethics research unrelated to the interests of the Third World.

In Re Board Of Psychologist Examiners Clerk's Record V. 1 Dckt. 35647

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 98 [99], No. 23 (Dec. 9, 2008), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 98, but it is the 99th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Canopy Nitrogen, Carbon Assimilation, And Albedo In Temperate And Boreal Forests: Functional Relations And Potential Climate Feedbacks, Scott V. Ollinger, Andrew D. Richardson, M E. Martin, David Y. Hollinger, Steve Frolking, Peter B. Reich, Lucie Plourde, G G. Katul, J W. Munger, R Oren, M.-L. Smith, K T. Paw, P V. Bolstad, B D. Cook, M C. Day, T A. Martin, Russell K. Monson, H P. Schmid

Earth Sciences

The availability of nitrogen represents a key constraint on carbon cycling in terrestrial ecosystems, and it is largely in this capacity that the role of N in the Earth's climate system has been considered. Despite this, few studies have included continuous variation in plant N status as a driver of broad-scale carbon cycle analyses. This is partly because of uncertainties in how leaf-level physiological relationships scale to whole ecosystems and because methods for regional to continental detection of plant N concentrations have yet to be developed. Here, we show that ecosystem CO₂ uptake capacity in temperate and boreal forests …

Action Research As Professional Development: A Study Of Two Teachers, Wade R. Glathar

Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the experiences of two teachers in a public charter school who implement action research in their classrooms. The study explored the key elements of professional development as well as action research and makes the case as to why action research is an effective tool for teacher development. Participants were selected based on having little teaching experience and familiarity with action research. The study examined the experiences of teachers who have had limited professional development as they use action research in their practices. Data for the study were drawn from interviews as well as researcher and participant journals.

December 9, 2008, Faculty Senate

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Flyer News, Vol. 56, No. 20 (Dec. 9, 2008), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

Unh Students To Grant Dream To Retired Businessman And World War Ii Veteran, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: December 09, 2008, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, December 9, 2008, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The December 9, 2008, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

Lattice Super-Yang-Mills Using Domain Wall Fermions In The Chiral Limit, Simon Catterall, Joel Giedt, Richard Brower, George T. Fleming, Pavlos Vranas

Physics - All Scholarship

Lattice N=1 super-Yang-Mills theory formulated using Ginsparg-Wilson fermions provides a rigorous non-perturbative definition of the continuum theory that requires no fine-tuning as the lattice spacing is reduced to zero. Domain wall fermions are one explicit scheme for achieving this and using them we have performed large-scale Monte Carlo simulations of the theory for gauge group SU(2). We have measured the gaugino condensate, static potential, Creutz ratios and residual mass for several values of the domain wall separation L_s, four-dimensional lattice volume, and two values of the gauge coupling. With this data we are able to extrapolate the gaugino condensate to …

The Alestle - Vol. 67 No. 30 - 12/09/2008, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 67 No. 30

The Impact Of Repeated Rounds Of Mass Drug Administration With Diethylcarbamazine Plus Albendazole On Bancroftian Filariasis In Papua New Guinea, Gary J. Weil, Will Kastens, Melinda Susapu, Sandra J. Laney, Steven A. Williams, Christopher L. King, James W. Kazura, Moses J. Bockarie

Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Background: This study employed various monitoring methods to assess the impact of repeated rounds of mass drug administration (MDA) on bancroftian filariasis in Papua New Guinea, which has the largest filariasis problem in the Pacific region.

Methodology/Principal Findings: Residents of rural villages near Madang were studied prior to and one year after each of three rounds of MDA with diethylcarbamazine plus albendazole administered per World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines. The mean MDA compliance rate was 72.9%. Three rounds of MDA decreased microfilaremia rates (Mf, 1 ml night blood by filter) from 18.6% pre-MDA to 1.3% after the third MDA (a …

Arizona V. Johnson: Determining When A Terry Stop Becomes Consensual, Ryan Thompson

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar

No abstract provided.

Epigenomic Consequences Of Immortalized Plant Cell Suspension Culture., Milos Tanurdzic, Matthew W. Vaughn, Hongmei Jiang, Tae-Jin Lee, R Keith Slotkin, Bryon Sosinski, William F. Thompson, Rebecca W. Doerge, Robert A. Martienssen

Department of Statistics Faculty Publications

Plant cells grown in culture exhibit genetic and epigenetic instability. Using a combination of chromatin immunoprecipitation and DNA methylation profiling on tiling microarrays, we have mapped the location and abundance of histone and DNA modifications in a continuously proliferating, dedifferentiated cell suspension culture of Arabidopsis. We have found that euchromatin becomes hypermethylated in culture and that a small percentage of the hypermethylated genes become associated with heterochromatic marks. In contrast, the heterochromatin undergoes dramatic and very precise DNA hypomethylation with transcriptional activation of specific transposable elements (TEs) in culture. High throughput sequencing of small interfering RNA (siRNA) revealed that …

Development Of An Inexpensive, Haptic Graphical Display Device, David Burch

Theses and Dissertations

A finger-worn haptic device capable of rendering 2-D graphics through vibrotactile feedback is presented. The device development is presented from its initial stages of being a stylus design using a photo-interrupter optical sensor and pager-motor actuator to a small case worn on the finger using a RGB color sensor and a piezoelectric actuator. Testing of the latest prototype design shows that it has a spatial sensitivity (<2mm) comparable to natural touch (~1mm) and can be used to output a variety of vibrotactile textures. The design can be expanded for a multiple finger, independent device, while remaining affordable (<$100) and highly portable (<500g).

Production Of Marine Trematode Cercariae: A Potentially Overlooked Path Of Energy Flow In Benthic Systems, David W. Thieltges, Xavier De Montaudouin, Brian L. Fredensborg, K. Thomas Jensen, Janet Koprivnikar, Robert Poulin

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences (Formerly Dept. of Biology)

Parasites, in particular trematodes, are unseen but ubiquitous components of marine intertidal ecosystems. Although parasites are known to affect population dynamics and food web structure, their potential function as an unrecognized path of energy flow in these ecosystems is yet to be quantified. We use published data on rates at which trematodes produce free-swimming infective larvae (cercariae) that are released from their gastropod intermediate hosts to investigate patterns in cercarial output as a function of different variables, and to calculate the annual production of cercariae in different marine benthic systems. Across 18 trematode species, cercarial output (no. cercariae shed snail–1 …

Defining Value Based Information Security Governance Objectives, Sushma Mishra

Theses and Dissertations

This research argues that the information security governance objectives should be grounded in the values of organizational members. Research literature in decision sciences suggest that individual values play an important role in developing decision objectives. Information security governance objectives, based on values of the stakeholders, are essential for a comprehensive security control program. The study uses Value Theory as a theoretical basis and value focused thinking as a methodology to develop 23 objectives for information security governance. A case study was conducted to reexamine and interpret the significance of the proposed objectives in an organizational context. The results suggest three …

The Bg News December 9, 2008, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 9, 2008. Volume 99-Issue 69.

Nowhere To Hide: Finding Plagiarized Documents Based On Sentence Similarity, Nathaniel Gustafson, Yiu-Kai D. Ng, Maria Soledad Pera

Faculty Publications

Plagiarism is a serious problem that infringes copyrighted documents/materials, which is an unethical practice and decreases the economic incentive received by authors (owners) of the original copies. Unfortunately, plagiarism is getting worse due to the increasing number of online publications on the Web, which facilitates locating and paraphrasing information. In solving this problem, we propose a novel plagiarism-detection method, called SimPaD, which (i) establishes the degree of resemblance between any two documents D1 and D2 based on their sentence-to-sentence similarity computed by using pre-defined word-correlation factors, and (ii) generates a graphical view of sentences that are similar (or the same) …

The Gendered Meanings Of Assets For Divorce, Jeffrey P. Dew

Faculty Publications

Scholars identified a negative relationship between assets and divorce decades ago, but the mechanisms behind this relationship remain unknown. Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households (N = 4,721 couples), this study compared three mechanisms that might link assets and divorce. Non-proportional Cox hazard models indicated that two of the three mechanisms explained the relationship between assets and divorce. Wives’ marital satisfaction and their perceptions of their hypothetical post-divorce standard of living completely mediated the relationship between assets and divorce. The relationship between assets and divorce was not related to husbands’ characteristics.

The Ticker, December 8, 2008

The Ticker

The Ticker is the student newspaper of Baruch College. It has been published continuously since 1932, when the Baruch College campus was the School of Business and Civic Administration of the City College of New York.

Lanthorn, Vol. 43, No. 31, December 8, 2008, Grand Valley State University

Volume 43, July 10, 2008 - June 7, 2009

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Minutes, December 8, 2008

Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Injustices Inflicted On Nonviolent Offenders In The U.S. Correctional System, Carly B. Ouellette

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

This thesis explores the U.S. correctional system in order to determine its most serious problems and call for a change in policy in order to eliminate the injustices within the system. Prisons are not benefiting inmates, correctional officers, or society. The goal of rehabilitation of inmates is a failed one. Inmates are destroyed in prison; they lose connection with the outside world, they suffer from the harsh realities of prison life, and they return to society worse off than when they entered prison. Current prisons are degrading the inmates through its dismal atmosphere, its extreme violence, and its culture. Society …

Clarita Stewart V. Usa

2008 Decisions

USDC for the District Court of the Virgin Islands

Gregory Milton V. Ray

2008 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Callies V. O'Neal Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 34968

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.