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The Climate Crisis And The Adaptation Myth, Robert Repetto

Yale School of the Environment Publications Series

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นวัตกรรม & เทคโนโลยีสิ่งแวดล้อม

Thai Environment

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วิกฤติโลกร้อน เกษตรอินทรีย์คือทางออก, นิตยา นักระนาด มิลน์

Thai Environment

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สิ่งแวดล้อม พลังงาน กับความตระหนักของคนในเดนมาร์ก, นุชนาถ แช่มช้อย

Thai Environment

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"....โรงเรียนบ้านหนองบัวแดง..ชีววิถีเพื่อการพัฒนาอย่างยั่งยืน....", สิริพร แก่นสียา

Thai Environment

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พืชอาหารกับพืชพลังงาน: ทางออกที่เหมาะสม, วิสาขา ภู่จินดา

Thai Environment

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แหล่งเรียนรู้...วิสาหกิจชุมชนพลังงานทดแทน จากสบู่ดำ...อบต. ทับมา จ. ระยอง ต้นแบบชุมชนเข้มแข็ง....พึ่งพาตนเอง, สิริพร แก่นสียา

Thai Environment

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จับประเด็นข่าว

Thai Environment

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วัน' แวดล้อม

Thai Environment

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Npdes Storm Water Training: Program: Closing Activity Report, Daila Shimek

All Maxine Goodman Levin School of Urban Affairs Publications

This report discusses the outcome and evaluation of the training program conducted by the GLEFC and funded by the Ohio EPA’s Office of Environmental Education.

Nf‐Κb, But Not P38 Map Kinase, Is Required For Tnf‐Α‐Induced Expression Of Cell Adhesion Molecules In Endothelial Cells, Suja Rajan, Jianiming Ye, Shashan Bai, Faqing Huang, Yan-Lin Guo

Faculty Publications

In response to inflammation stimuli, tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α) induces expression of cell adhesion molecules (CAMs) in endothelial cells (ECs). Studies have suggested that the nuclear factor‐κB (NF‐κB) and the p38 MAP kinase (p38) signaling pathways play central roles in this process, but conflicting results have been reported. The objective of this study is to determine the relative contributions of the two pathways to the effect of TNF‐α. Our initial data indicated that blockade of p38 activity by chemical inhibitor SB203580 (SB) at 10 µM moderately inhibited TNF‐α‐induced expression of three types of CAMs; ICAM‐1, VCAM‐1 and E‐selectin, indicating that …

Title I Program Models Of Delivery: The Impact Of Paraeducator Instruction On Idaho Fourth Grade Reading Proficiency, Janet S. Byers-Kirsch

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

Under federal law No Child Left Behind (NCLB, 2002), each state must annually increase the percentage of students proficient on their achievement tests. They must also have a plan to ensure school districts adequately train and evaluate paraeducators or possibly face losing them as instructional assistants. The study was a descriptive design using quantitative analysis from information gleaned from Idaho’s school district Title I Directors and principals statewide who responded to Qualtrics web-based survey with data about their elementary schools’ models of Title I program service delivery, instructional staff and their training. It examined the relationship between the five most …

University Reporter - Volume 13, Number 02 - October 2008

1996-2009, University Reporter

This issue of the University Reporter includes articles about access to higher education, the new Venture Development Center, the growth of the university's Safety Awareness Program, the College of Management's new Finance Program, and other news from UMass Boston.

A Detailed Look At The Omega-K Algorithm For Processing Synthetic Aperture Radar Data, Matthew A. Tolman

Theses and Dissertations

In this thesis, the Omega-k algorithm used for processing stripmap synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data is explored in detail. While the original Omega-k algorithm does not achieve the same SNR as a matched filter, a modification is presented which enables the algorithm to nearly achieve that SNR. It is shown that the focused point spread function obtained when the Omega-k algorithm is used differs in important ways from the output of a modified version of the matched filter. Spread out sidelobes and a stretched mainlobe are observed when the data is processed by the Omega-k algorithm. These differences may increase …

Deletion Of Gsk-3beta In Mice Leads To Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Secondary To Cardiomyoblast Hyperproliferation., Risto Kerkela, Lisa Kockeritz, Katrina Macaulay, Jibin Zhou, Bradley W. Doble, Cara Beahm, Sarah Greytak, Kathleen Woulfe, Chinmay M. Trivedi, James R. Woodgett, Jonathan A. Epstein, Thomas Force, Gordon S. Huggins

Center for Translational Medicine Faculty Papers

Based on extensive preclinical data, glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) has been proposed to be a viable drug target for a wide variety of disease states, ranging from diabetes to bipolar disorder. Since these new drugs, which will be more powerful GSK-3 inhibitors than lithium, may potentially be given to women of childbearing potential, and since it has controversially been suggested that lithium therapy might be linked to congenital cardiac defects, we asked whether GSK-3 family members are required for normal heart development in mice. We report that terminal cardiomyocyte differentiation was substantially blunted in Gsk3b(-/-) embryoid bodies. While GSK-3alpha-deficient mice …

On The Assessment Of Pointcut Design In Evolving Aspect-Oriented Software, Raffi Khatchadourian, Phil Greenwood, Awais Rashid

Publications and Research

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Community-Based Inquiry Improves Critical Thinking In General Education Biology, Ian J. Quitadamo, Celia L. Faiola, James E. Johnson, Martha J. Kurtz

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

National stakeholders are becoming increasingly concerned about the inability of college graduates to think critically. Research shows that, while both faculty and students deem critical thinking essential, only a small fraction of graduates can demonstrate the thinking skills necessary for academic and professional success. Many faculty are considering nontraditional teaching methods that incorporate undergraduate research because they more closely align with the process of doing investigative science. This study compared a research-focused teaching method called community-based inquiry (CBI) with traditional lecture/laboratory in general education biology to discover which method would elicit greater gains in critical thinking. Results showed significant critical-thinking …

The Matrices R And G Of Matrix Analytic Methods And The Time-Inhomogeneous Periodic Quasi-Birth-And-Death Process, Barbara H. Margolius

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

We solve for the asymptotic periodic distribution of the continuous time quasi-birth-and-death process with time-varying periodic rates in terms of R^ and G^ matrix functions which are analogues of the R and G matrices of matrix analytic methods. We evaluate these QBDs numerically by solving for R^ numerically.

An Exploratory Overview Of Teaching Computer Game Development, Mario Guimaraes, Meg C. Murray

Faculty Articles

The computer game industry has exploded reaching sales of several billion dollars a year and, consequently, a majority of college students are familiar with the gaming environment. In fact, videogame development has been cited as one way to motivate students to explore the world of Computer Science. However, most videogames are extremely complex computer programs created by a team of developers including programmers and graphic artists and represent thousands of hours of work. Fortunately there are software tools available that provide a way for simple computer games to be created fairly easily using a building block approach. This paper discusses …

กิจกรรมสถาบันฯ

Thai Environment

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หนังดีอย่าดูคนเดียว

Thai Environment

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108 วิธีรักษ์โลก

Thai Environment

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Sunstein1s And 2s, Tracey E. George, Paul H. Edelman

Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications

In Six Degrees of Cass Sunstein: Collaboration Networks in Legal Scholarship, we began the study of the legal academy's collaboration network. When mathematicians discuss the nature of collaboration in their field they focus on the most influential collaborator in the discipline-- Paul Erdos, the peripatetic Hungarian mathematician who authored over 1500 papers with over 450 different collaborators before his death in 1996. They introduced the concept of the Erdos Number, which is the number of degrees of separation between a mathematician and Erdos.

Lynnsight: Fall 2008, Lynn University

(2004-2021) LynnSight(s)

Fall 2008 LynnSight:

• Honoring a life with a gift of a lifetime
• A musical tribute to a mother's love
• Yvonne Boice receives Boca Raton Award
• Lou Green earns Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
• Lindemann leaves his mark on Lynn
• Trustees step up in support of Lynn

A Viable Marine Renewable Energy Industry: Solutions To Legal, Economic, And Policy Challenges (7th Marine Law Symposium) (October 23-24, 2008), Roger Williams University School Of Law Library

Marine Affairs Institute Conferences, Lectures, and Events

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Decision Theory On Dynamic Domains Nabla Derivatives And The Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman Equation, John E. Seiffertt Iv, Donald C. Wunsch, Suman Sanyal

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The time scales calculus, which includes the study of the nabla derivatives, is an emerging key topic due to many multidisciplinary applications. We extend this calculus to Approximate Dynamic Programming. In particular, we investigate application of the nabla derivative, one of the fundamental dynamic derivatives of time scales. We present a nabla-derivative based derivation and proof of the Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation, the solution of which is the fundamental problem in the field of dynamic programming. By drawing together the calculus of time scales and the applied area of stochastic control via Approximate Dynamic Programming, we connect two major fields of research.

Prediction Of Effective Permittivity Of Diphasic Dielectrics Using An Equivalent Capacitance Model, Sandeep K. Patil, Marina Koledintseva, Robert W. Schwartz, Wayne Huebner

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

An analytical model based on an equivalent capacitance circuit for expressing a static effective permittivity of a composite dielectric with complex-shaped inclusions is presented. The dielectric constant of 0-3 composites is investigated using this model. The geometry of the capacitor containing a composite dielectric is discretized into partial parallel-plate capacitor elements, and the effective permittivity of the composite is obtained from the equivalent capacitance of the structure. First, an individual cell diphasic dielectric (a high-permittivity spherical inclusion enclosed in a lower permittivity parallelepiped) is considered. The capacitance of this cell is modeled as a function of an inclusion radius/volume fraction. …

Biomimetic Subwavelength Antireflective Gratings On Gaas, Chih-Hung Sun, Brian J. Ho, Bin Jiang, Peng Jiang

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

We have developed a simple and scalable bottom-up approach for fabricating moth-eye antireflective coatings on GaAs substrates. Monolayer, non-close-packed silica colloidal crystals are created on crystalline GaAs wafers by a spin-coating-based single-layer reduction technique. These colloidal monolayers can be used as etching masks during a BCl_3 dry-etch process to generate subwavelength-structured antireflective gratings directly on GaAs substrates. The gratings exhibit excellent broadband antireflective properties, and the specular reflection matches with the theoretical prediction using a rigorous coupled-wave analysis model. These bioinspired antireflection coatings have important technological applications ranging from efficient solar cells to IR detectors

Louise Connally Strong, Md, Louise C. Strong

Legends and Legacies Book Chapters Archives

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Kelly K. Hunt, Md, Kelly K. Hunt Md

Legends and Legacies Book Chapters Archives

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