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The Daily Gamecock, Thursday, October 30, 2008, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

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Halothiobacillus Neapolitanus Carboxysomes Sequester Heterologous And Chimeric Rubisco Species, Balaraj B. Menon, Zhicheng Dou, Sabine Heinhorst, Jessup M. Shively, Gordon C. Cannon

Faculty Publications

Background: The carboxysome is a bacterial microcompartment that consists of a polyhedral protein shell filled with ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (RubisCO), the enzyme that catalyzes the first step of CO(2) fixation via the Calvin-Benson-Bassham cycle. Methodology/Principal Findings: To analyze the role of RubisCO in carboxysome biogenesis in vivo we have created a series of Halothiobacillus neapolitanus RubisCO mutants. We identified the large subunit of the enzyme as an important determinant for its sequestration into alpha-carboxysomes and found that the carboxysomes of H. neapolitanus readily incorporate chimeric and heterologous RubisCO species. Intriguingly, a mutant lacking carboxysomal RubisCO assembles empty carboxysome shells of …

Plurality Of Principal Angles For A Given Pseudo-Brewster Angle When Polarized Light Is Reflected At A Dielectric-Conductor Interface, R. M.A. Azzam, A. Alsamman

Electrical Engineering Faculty Publications

The pseudo-Brewster angle ϕpB of minimum reflectance for p-polarized light and the principal angle ϕ¯ at which incident linearly polarized light of the proper azimuth is reflected circularly polarized are considered as functions of the complex relative dielectric function ε of a dielectric–conductor interface over the entire complex ε plane. In particular, the spread of ϕ¯for a given ϕpB is determined, and the maximum difference (ϕ¯−ϕpB)max is obtained as a function of ϕpB . The maximum difference (ϕ¯−ϕpB)max approaches 45° and 0 in the limit as ϕpB→0 and 90°, respectively. ForϕpB<22.666° , multiple principal angles ϕ¯i , i=1,2,3 , appear for each ε in a subdomain of fractional optical constants. …

Illinois State University Report, October 30, 2008, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

Developments Toward A Micro Bistable Aerial Platform: Analysis Of The Quadrantal Bistable Mechanism, Aaron A. Muñoz

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Bistable Aerial Platform (BAP) has been developed in order to further enlarge the repertoire of devices available at the microscale. This novel device functions as a switch in that its platform can lock in two positions, up or down. Herein, it will be examined and explained, but a true understanding of its workings requires a better understanding of its compliant constituent parts. The Helico-Kinematic Platform (HKP), which serves as an actuator for the BAP, is currently under investigation by another researcher and will be merely touched upon here. The focus, therefore, will rest on the analysis of the Quadrantal …

Oct. 29, 2008 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Calibrating Parametric Subject-Specific Risk Estimation, Tianxi Cai, Lu Tian, Hajime Uno, Scott D. Solomon, L. J. Wei

Harvard University Biostatistics Working Paper Series

No abstract provided.

Sequential Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata Design And Analysis Using Dynamic Bayesian Networks, Praveen Venkataramani

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The increasing need for low power and stunningly fast devices in Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Very large Scale Integration (CMOS VLSI) circuits, directs the stream towards scaling of the same. However scaling at sub-micro level and nano level pose quantum mechanical effects and thereby limits further scaling of CMOS circuits. Researchers look into new aspects in nano regime that could effectively resolve this quandary. One such technology that looks promising at nano-level is the quantum dot cellular automata (QCA). The basic operation of QCA is based on transfer of charge rather than the electrons itself. The wave nature of these …

The Spinnaker Vol. 32 No. 13, University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community

October 29th 2008, Hispanic News

Inland Empire Hispanic News

No abstract provided.

Volume 100 Issue8, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

Vector Lattices In Boolean Algebras, Gerard Buskes

Analysis Seminar

The theory of Boolean algebras has been used extensively to study aspects of the theory of vector lattices. In this talk, we show how, in turn, the theory of vector lattices can be applied to study Boolean algebras. In particular, we will present a proof of the classical Loomis-Sikorski Theorem in that context.

Cmol/Cmos Hardware Architectures And Performance/Price For Bayesian Memory - The Building Block Of Intelligent Systems, Mazad Shaheriar Zaveri

Dissertations and Theses

The semiconductor/computer industry has been following Moore's law for several decades and has reaped the benefits in speed and density of the resultant scaling. Transistor density has reached almost one billion per chip, and transistor delays are in picoseconds. However, scaling has slowed down, and the semiconductor industry is now facing several challenges. Hybrid CMOS/nano technologies, such as CMOL, are considered as an interim solution to some of the challenges. Another potential architectural solution includes specialized architectures for applications/models in the intelligent computing domain, one aspect of which includes abstract computational models inspired from the neuro/cognitive sciences.

Consequently in this …

Resting Oxygen Consumption Rates In Divers Using Diver Propulsion Devices, Adam J. Smith

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The Marine Corps Systems Command documented mission requirements that cannot be met by current rebreathers. They need to extend dive times without compromising the stealth and compact design of existing devices. This can be accomplished by reducing the fresh gas flow rate. The current flow rate is adequate to support a diver in heavy work. However, the diver will be utilizing a Diver Propulsion Device (DPD) during a large portion of the mission in question. The assumption, then, is that this portion of the mission will not require "hard work". Thus, a new fresh gas flow rate can be established …

Montana Kaimin, October 29, 2008, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Queen's Domination Using Border Squares And (A,B)-Restricted Domination, Anne Sinko, Peter J. Slater

Mathematics Faculty Publications

In this paper we introduce a variant on the long studied, highly entertaining, and very difficult problem of determining the domination number of the queen's chessboard graph, that is, determining how few queens are needed to protect all of the squares of a k by k chessboard. Motivated by the problem of minimum redundance domination, we consider the problem of determining how few queens restricted to squares on the border can be used to protect the entire chessboard. We give exact values of "border-queens" required for the k by k chessboard when 1≤k≤13. For the general case, we …

As-674-08 Resolution On Proposed New Degree Program For Master Of Arts In Biological Sciences, Curriculum Committee

Academic Senate Resolutions

Approves proposal for a MA in Biological Sciences. To be sent to Chancellor’s Office.

Spartan Daily, October 28, 2008, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 131, Issue 33

Usu’S Rayleigh-Scatter Lidar, Vincent B. Wickwar

Presentations

No abstract provided.

An Investigation Of Career And Technical Education In Local School Districts And The Special School District Of St. Louis County, Missouri, David P. Baker

Dissertations

This investigation focuses on the perceptions of knowledge held by public high school guidance counselors in St. Louis County, Missouri regarding career and technical education (CTE), particularly North and South Technical High Schools, a division of the Special School District (SSD). At the time of this investigation 153 high school guidance counselors were identified in public high schools in St. Louis County. Each counselor was given a 35 item survey, which provided the investigator with demographic information and information regarding the counselor?s perceptions in three subsets of counselor knowledge: CTE candidates, CTE reform and post-secondary opportunities, and CTE program development …

Contributions To Random Energy Models., Nabin Kumar Jana Dr.

Doctoral Theses

In this introductory chapter, we begin with a brief description of spin glasses in section 1. We are not physicists. The purpose of this section is to trace the history of the models. Section 2 gives a brief summary of the thesis and section 3 recalls certain known facts which will be used later in the thesis.Origin of the problem The models considered in this thesis have their origin in spin glass theory. Roughly, spin glass is a glassy state in a spin system or a disordered material exhibiting high magnetic frustration. The origin of this behavior can be either …

Scientific Consensus On Manmade Global Warming: Think Tank Influence On Public Opinion Through News Media, Greg Howe

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the influence of think tanks, in the news media, on public opinion of what most scientists believe about the cause of global warming.

The researcher performed a content analysis on two national newspapers spanning May through July, 2006, the three months surrounding the U.S. release of An Inconvenient Truth, to determine whether papers of differing political ideology provided different amounts of context concerning the global warming scientific consensus. The data were tabulated using Microsoft Excel. Experimental research was also conducted using 103 undergraduate Rowan University public relations and public relations and advertising majors to determine if …

Academic Senate - Agenda, 10/28/2008, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

The Lumberjack, October 22, 2008

Cal Poly Humboldt's Student Newspaper

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University.

Teaching Near The Edge Of Chaos: Dynamic Systems, Student Choices And Library Research, Robert Hautala, Bryan Miyagishima

Communications in Information Literacy

This article is an investigation of the Dynamic Systems theory and its application to instruction and the learning process. Curricular suggestions are provided from the authors' collaborative uses of library instruction within university academic courses. These suggestions address the use of environmental (classroom) and task manipulations to provide students with choices within activities related to conducting literature reviews. A Four-Step Teaching Model, based on the "Ecological Task Analysis Model" (Davis and Burton, 1991), is also outlined, to give readers a step-by-step procedure to use when developing classroom curricula and delivery plans.

The Ticker, October 27, 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.

The Collegian (2008-10-27), Isis Lopez

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 61, No. 11

Mustang Daily, October 27, 2008

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Monitor Newsletter October 27, 2008, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

Lanthorn, Vol. 43, No. 20, October 27, 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. The Lanthorn, Vol. 43 No. 19 is missing.