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It's Happening At State: November 05, 2008

It's Happening at State

Provides summary information of news and events of interest to the faculty and staff of NDSU.

Primary, Secondary, And Other Credit Extensions Outstanding On Wednesday, November 05, 2008 By Remaining Term, Federal Reserve System: Bank Discount Window And Payment Risk

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Emergency Credit By Program Type Outstanding On: 11/4/2008, Federal Reserve System: Bank Discount Window And Payment Risk

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Two Messages On The Financial System Package Adopted, Switzerland: Federal Department Of Finance

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The Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Of 2008 And Related Government Actions In Support Of The U.S. Financial System, Melanie L. Fein

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Federal Reserve Announces It Will Alter Formulas Used To Determine Interest Rates Paid To Depository Institutions On Required Reserve Balances And Excess Reserve Balances, Federal Reserve System

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Swiss Up Deposit Insurance, Set Tough Capital Rules, Lisa Jucca

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Primary, Secondary, And Other Extensions Of Credit Originated On Wednesday, November 05, 2008, Federal Reserve System: Bank Discount Window And Payment Risk

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The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

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Volume 46, Number 12: November 05, 2008, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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Microsphere-Aided Characterization Of Stimuli-Responsive Polymer Networks, Carlos A. Bello

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The fabrication and characterization of surface-anchored hydrogel microstructures are described. The hydrogel structures are constructed from poly(N-isopropylacrylamide), or poly(NIPAAm), which is a well-known thermoresponsive polymer that swells and contracts with changes in temperature. When patterned on a surface, these structures can experience a variety of shape changes induced by nonuniform swelling. Depending on the aspect ratio, patterns can, for instance buckle upon swelling and form wave-like patterns. Such structural changes replicate oscillatory motion of the smooth muscle cells and can be used to transport objects in microfluidics. The work, herein, investigates methods of pattern production and introduces a new technique …

An Ethologically Relevant Animal Model Of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Physiological, Pharmacological And Behavioral Sequelae In Rats Exposed To Predator Stress And Social Instability, Phillip R. Zoladz

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a debilitating mental illness that results from exposure to intense, life-threatening trauma. Some of the symptoms of PTSD include intrusive flashback memories, persistent anxiety, hyperarousal and cognitive impairments. The finding of reduced basal glucocorticoid levels, as well as a greater suppression of glucocorticoid levels following dexamethasone administration, has also been commonly observed in people with PTSD. Our laboratory has developed an animal model of PTSD which utilizes chronic psychosocial stress, composed of unavoidable predator exposure and daily social instability, to produce changes in rat physiology and behavior that are comparable to the symptoms observed in …

Application Of Remote Sensing Methods To Assess The Spatial Extent Of The Seagrass Resource In St. Joseph Sound And Clearwater Harbor, Florida, U.S.A., Cynthia A. Meyer

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In the event of a natural or anthropogenic disturbance, environmental resource managers require a reliable tool to quickly assess the spatial extent of potential damage to the seagrass resource. The temporal availability of the Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) imagery, 16-20 days, provides a suitable option to detect and assess damage to the seagrass resource. In this study, remote sensing Landsat 5 TM imagery is used to map the spatial extent of the seagrass resource. Various classification techniques are applied to delineate the seagrass beds in Clearwater Harbor and St. Joseph Sound, FL. This study aims to determine the most …

Aging With Identity: Integrating Culture Into Senior Housing, Christine Sanchez

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

There is an underlying hope that those whom are elderly can exist in a place of happiness, comfort, security and familiarity; and can do so by aging in a place which complies with an understanding of their needs as older adults. However, along with aging comes a negative association of dependence and deterioration. Therefore, it is intuitive to have a connection between both the aging process and the design process. Creating a product which brings a positive association with senior housing and aging in place is the underlying goal within the project and overall design.

With the increasing population of …

Paleoclimatic Reconstruction And Evaluation Of Sub-Centennial Climate Variability In The Late Holocene Using Records From Massive Corals (New Caledonia), Tree-Rings (New Mexico) And Speleothems (China), Kristine Lee Delong

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study focuses on how the construction of a paleoclimate time series influences the interpretation in the frequency domain. Three time series are examined: a New Caledonian coral (Amedee Island), a Chinese speleothem (Dongge Cave), and New Mexican trees (El Malpais).

This study presents a monthly resolved coral Sr/Ca time series from New Caledonia that reconstructs sea surface temperature (SST; 1648-1999). The chronology is based on density-band counting, cross-correlating Sr/Ca, and ²³°Th dating. The intracolony coral Sr/Ca variations are coherent on interannual to centennial time scales and are reproducible for >300 years. The SST reconstruction reveals estimated cooling trend (~0.4°C) …

Characterizing The In-Vitro Morphology And Growth Kinetics Of Intermediate Amyloid Aggregates, Shannon E. Hill

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The mechanisms linking deposits of insoluble fibrils of amyloid proteins to the debilitating neuronal cell death characteristic of neurodegenerative diseases remain enigmatic. Recent findings suggest that transiently formed intermediate aggregates, and not the prominent neuronal plaques, represent the principal toxic agent. Evaluating the neurotoxicity of intermediate aggregates, however, requires unambiguous characterization of all aggregate structures present, their relative distributions, and how they evolve in time. Hen-egg white lysozyme represents an attractive model for studying intermediate aggregate formation since it is an extensively characterized globular protein, and its human variants can lead to systemic amyloidosis.

Combining in-situ dynamic light scattering (DLS) …

Endurance Materials For Hydrogen Sulfide Splitting In Electrolytic Cell, Jonathan Chinwendu Mbah

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This study describes the development of a novel thin membrane exchange assembly (MEA) from a solid acid material, cesium hydrogen sulfate (CsHSO₄), and from a composite anode electrocatalyst for electrolytic splitting of (100 %) H₂S feed content gas operating at 135 kPa and 150 °C. A new class of anode electrocatalyst with the general composition, RuO₂/CoS₂, and an improved proton conductor, CsHSO₄, have shown great stability and desired properties at typical operating conditions. This configuration demonstrated stable electrochemical operation for 24 h with a (100 %) H₂S fuel …

Interview With Byron Chong, Byron Chong, California State University, Monterey Bay

Chinatown Renewal Project

Dr. Byron Chong describes his life as a Chinese American growing up in Berkeley and Salinas California in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The son of two doctors, his father, an ear nose and throat specialist, and his mother an ophthalmologist, Byron’s “double dose of intelligence” and nurturing environment propelled him to the top of his class throughout his school years; through Salinas High School, the University of California at Berkeley, and UCSF medical school. Dr. Chong begins by discussing his family history, and focuses on certain incidents of discrimination that echoes the greater state of race relations at the …

The Colby Echo (2008-11-05), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

Spectator 2008-11-05, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

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Montana Kaimin, November 5, 2008, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Reducing Theft Through Meaningful Recognition, David J. Cherrington

Faculty Publications

A fact that is seldom appreciated when dealing with employee theft is that most antisocial behavior at work is closely associated with employee attitudes. Research has frequently found that job dissatisfaction and feelings of unfairness are correlated with undesirable behaviors, such as tardiness, turnover, theft, and wasting time on the job.

"Dhikr Will Echo From All Corners:" Dada Masiti And The Transmission Of Islamic Knowledge, Mohamed Kassim

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

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My Dostoyevsky Syndrome: How I Escaped Being A Self-Hating Somali, Said S. Samatar

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

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Interview With The Late Abdullahi Qarshe (1994) At The Residence Of Obliqe Carton In Djibouti, Mohamed-Rashid Sheikh Hassan

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

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Somalis As Africa's First Democrats: Premier Abdirazak H. Hussein And President Aden A. Osman, Abdi Ismail Samatar, Ahmed I. Samatar

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

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Somali Reconstruction And Local Initiative: Amoud University, Abdi I. Samatar

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

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Interview With Nurrudin Farah, Ahmed I. Samatar

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

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Interview With Professor Ioan Lewis At His Home In London, Charles Geshekter

Bildhaan: An International Journal of Somali Studies

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University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents Minutes For November 4, 2008, University Of New Mexico Board Of Regents

Board of Regents Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the November 4, 2008 Board of Regents Meeting