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Minutes, December 8, 2008

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Out & Proud Film Series Flyer And Wish List 2008, Joseph A. Santiago, Andrew Winters, Jessica Ellis, Morgan Cottrell

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Center

This post contains the flyer for the Out & Proud Film Series that shared the movies watched for that 2008/2009 Academic year. It also contains a wish list generated by the students attending the GLBT Center (including staff) of possible movies to be included for the future.

December 8th 2008, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.

Automatic Generation Of Decomposition Based Matrix Inversion Architectures, Ali Irturk, Bridget Benson, Arash Arfaee, Ryan Kastner

Electrical Engineering

Matrix inversion is an essential computation for various algorithms which are employed in multi-antenna wireless communication systems. FPGAs are ideal platforms for wireless communication; however, the need for vast amounts of customization throughout the design process of a matrix inversion core can overwhelm the designer. Decomposition methods provide the analytic simplicity and computational convenience necessary for computationally intensive matrix inversion. This paper presents automatic generation of different decomposition based matrix inversion architectures using a matrix inversion core generator tool, GUSTO with different parameterization options. We present automatic generation of a variety of general purpose matrix inversion architectures which have comparable …

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 …

Planning At Bates, 12-08-2008

Occasional Publications

No abstract provided.

The Statesman, V. 52, I. 25, Stony Brook University

Stony Brook Statesman-Sucolian

v. 52, i. 25

This Week At Sbs, V.2, N.14 | This Week At Stony Brook Southampton/In The News, Darren Johnson

Southampton Announcements and News

No abstract provided.

December 8, 2008, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2000-2009

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Charting A Progressive International Financial Agenda, Daniel Bradlow

Working Papers

This paper argues that the current financial crisis offers the best opportunity for progressive reform in international financial governance in many years. It cautions that developing countries and civil society will only be able to fully exploit this opportunity if they are well prepared and realistic in their expectations. It concludes with a set of recommendations on what reforms developing countries and civil society should promote in the current negotiations about international financial governance.

Ada News - 12/08/2008, American Dental Association, Publishing Division

ADA News

Established in 1970 as the official newspaper of the American Dental Association, the ADA News serves practicing dentists and others allied to the dental profession in the U.S. and internationally. It is the No. 1 source of news and information about the many benefits and services the ADA delivers to members daily as well as timely information on scientific, social, political and economic developments affecting dentistry and health care.

Today - December 8, 2008, Loma Linda University

TODAY

Inside this issue:

-- Loma Linda University Medical Center plastic surgeon gains national recognition
-- Spiritual care workshop planned for LLU students, faculty
-- BALL, BHPSA, BSA hold 25th annual spiritual retreat
-- Campus community internal newsletter available online
-- Center for Spiritual Life & Wholeness begins new television program on LLBN
-- Medical help wanted by Scheer Memorial Hospital in Nepal
-- Savannah Edwards receives philanthropy award
-- Compassion Alive: ‘La Escuelita’ gets a facelift
-- GIS Day 2008
-- INNERWEAVE: The Wholeness Story
-- Whirlwind of activities hits Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital
-- East Campus celebrates grand …

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda, December 8, 2008, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting agenda from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Daily Eastern News: December 08, 2008, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

Patriot Talon Vol. 40 Issue 13 (2008), Archives Account

The Patriot Talon/The Patriot

The official newspaper for the University of Texas at Tyler before it was changed back to the UT Tyler Patriot. Articles in this issue include: Administrators ask SGA for Advice on Alcohol Policy; Adams Thinks big for University's Co-rec Program; Small Groups Fill Spiritual Void; Senior Art Exhibit; Gohmert's Plan Saves Taxpayers $6.5 trillion; Art, Music Appreciation Good for the Soul; Deaths of U.S. Automakers Would Create a Tsunami of Jobs Losses; Happiness is Contagious, British Study Shows; Wright Questions Media's 'Limited Horizons' in Sermon; Video Game Industry Hits Right Buttons in Troubled Economy; Patriots Start Conference Season at 4-0; …

The Free Press Vol. 40, Issue No. 11, 12-08-2008, Matt Dodge

Free Press, The

Books on hold With budgets slashed, USM’s libraries put hope in a digital future--Faculty Senate postpones EYE requirement.--Day without a gay--Deferred maintenance Building repairs and improvements delayed across three campuses.--MECA and USM--Provost profiles

A Hand Of Steel In A Velvet Glove: Purpose And Fulfillment Through The Gender Sphere, Sylvie A. Shires

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Modern audiences have come to believe that the nineteenth-century woman was oppressed by a patriarchal society and that until women obtained the vote, they had no voice, and could exert no influence to improve either their lot or that of others. While many scholarly secondary sources, as well as popular culture, strongly support this view, this research challenges it, and posits that this generally accepted interpretation echoes stereotypes that became strong with the second wave of feminism, in the 1960s, but is not representative of nineteenth-century middle-class women in the Anglo-Saxon world.

This research examines the British middle-class woman of …

Monitor Newsletter December 08, 2008, Bowling Green State University

Monitor

Official Publication of Bowling Green State University for Faculty and Staff

Does Shape Predict Performance? An Analysis Of Morphology And Swimming Performance In Great Basin Fishes, John R. Aedo

Theses and Dissertations

Swimming performance strongly influences fitness in aquatic organisms and is closely tied to external body morphology. Although this connection has been closely examined at the individual and species level, few studies have focused on this relationship as it pertains to functional group assemblages. Using functional groups based on similarities in habitat use and morphology, I tested the hypothesis that swimming performance can be reliably predicted by functional group composition. I measured swimming performance as burst speed using a simulated predator attack and as prolonged speed using a step-endurance test in a laboratory flume. I measured morphology using geometric morphometric techniques. …

Faith And News: A Quantitative Study Of The Relationship Between Religiosity And Tv News Exposure, Raquel Marvez

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between religiosity and broadcast news usage. This study examines the level of religiosity of individuals and its correlation to broadcast news exposure. The correlation between religiosity and perceptions of violence on broadcast news was also measured. Two theories were applied in this study. Uses and Gratifications asserts the active character of the audience to choose what they watch, how often, etc., and Selective Exposure defends the ability of the individual to select media that coincides with personal value systems. These two theories complement each other and provide support in the …

Fixing Foster Care: How Can We Best Support Foster Parents?, Erica S. Pistorino

Pell Scholars and Senior Theses

The foster care system aims to provide a temporary home to children who are unable to be cared for by their parents. The reasons for this vary, but can be due to ”abuse, neglect, or abandonment” (Marzick 507). According to the Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care, there are more than half a million children in our country who are currently in foster care. These children remain in the system for at least two years and are often moved around from family to family (Krinsky, “A Case” 541-542). This paper involves examining the foster care system, as well as …

Mustang Daily, December 8, 2008

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

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

White Spaces: New Spectrum After Broadcast Digital Conversation, New York Law School

Media Center

A discussion on the pros. cons. and public perspectives in connection with an FCC proposal to allow unlicensed wireless devices to use so-called "white space" TV spectrum for broadband internet access and related services.

Nondestructive Evaluation Of Aircraft Composites Using Terahertz Time Domain Spectroscopy, Christopher D. Stoik

Theses and Dissertations

Terahertz (THz) time domain spectroscopy (TDS) was assessed as a nondestructive evaluation technique for aircraft composites. Material properties of glass fiber composite were measured using both transmission and reflection configuration. The interaction of THz with a glass fiber composite was then analyzed, including the effects of scattering, absorption, and the index of refraction, as well as effective medium approximations. THz TDS, in both transmission and reflection configuration, was used to study composite damage, including voids, delaminations, mechanical damage, and heat damage. Measurement of the material properties on samples with localized heat damage showed that burning did not change the refractive …

Toward The Development Of An Analysis Methodology For The Elucidation Of Proteome Differentiation Between Two Strains Of Saccharomyces Cerevisiae, Stephanie M. Carter

Theses

Through continued development, the two-dimensional PAGE gel technique developed by O'Farrell in 1975 has emerged as the hallmark technology utilized in virtually all protein expression analyses. The principle objective of this study was the development and validation of a proteome analysis methodology using this technique suitable for use in determining the quantifiable proteome differences between prion containing [PSI+] and wild type [psi-] strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In addition to the development of an assay, which yields highly reproducible whole proteome isolates from both strains, was the elicitation of statistically significant proteome changes between the two strains. Thus, this study concludes …

The Future Of International Antitrust And Improving Antitrust Agency Capacity, Daniel D. Sokol

NULR Online

No abstract provided.

The Chanticleer, 2008-12-07, Coastal Carolina University

The Chanticleer Student Newspaper

The editorially independent student produced weekly newspaper of Coastal Carolina University.

The Use Of Wastewater And Inorganic Fertilizers As Nutrients Source For Cultivation Of Diatom Nitzschia Palea, Hussain A. Al-Saadi, Thaer I. Kassim, Jennan S. Al-Hassany

Baghdad Science Journal

Two kinds of alternative media (domestic wastewater and inorganic fertilizers) were used for cultivation of diatom Nitzschiapalea (Kuetz.)W. Smith in control conditions (temperature 25°C and light intensity 260 µE/m²/sec). These media were mixed with modified Chu-10 medium. Highest growth rate (0.56 cell/h) and lowest doubling time (13 cell/h) recorded for 50% wastewater supported with Chu-10. Followed, by inorganic fertilizers media formed of 125mg/L N:P:K, 12.5mg/L supper phosphate P2O5, 100 mg/L magnesium sulphate and 10 mg/L sodium silicate, which gives 0.35 cell/h of growth rate, 20.75 h doubling time, 9.75 × 106 cell/ml of cells count and absorption of 0.86 nm. …

Investigation Of Heterogeneity Of Fsw Inconel 718 Coupled With Welding Thermal Cycle, Dong Fang Huang

Theses and Dissertations

In order to develop a better understanding of the property, microstructure evolution and thermal history of FSW Inconel 718's, the strain, strain rate and thermal cycles need to be determined. In order to estimate the strain field of a deformed body, a displacement function needs to be determined. A 3D deformation model was developed to determine the displacement coefficients. A rectangular box created in this model deforms following a linear displacement function. Three orthogonal planes cut this deformed box, which leads to three deformed planes. The shape parameters (L, H, θ¹ and θ²) on the three orthogonal planes can be …

Identification Of Adropin As A Secreted Factor Linking Dietary Macronutrient Intake With Energy Homeostasis And Lipid Metabolism, K. Ganesh Kumar, James L. Trevaskis, Daniel D. Lam, Gregory M. Sutton, Robert A. Koza, Vladimir N. Chouljenko, Konstantin G. Kousoulas, Pamela M. Rogers, Robert A. Kesterson, Marie Thearle, Anthony W. Ferrante, Randall L. Mynatt, Thomas P. Burris, Jesse Z. Dong, Heather A. Halem, Michael D. Culler, Lora K. Heisler, Jacqueline M. Stephens, Andrew A. Butler

Faculty Publications

Obesity and nutrient homeostasis are linked by mechanisms that are not fully elucidated. Here we describe a secreted protein, adropin, encoded by a gene, Energy Homeostasis Associated (Enho), expressed in liver and brain. Liver Enho expression is regulated by nutrition: lean C57BL/6J mice fed high-fat diet (HFD) exhibited a rapid increase, while fasting reduced expression compared to controls. However, liver Enho expression declines with diet-induced obesity (DIO) associated with 3 months of HFD or with genetically induced obesity, suggesting an association with metabolic disorders in the obese state. In DIO mice, transgenic overexpression or systemic adropin treatment attenuated hepatosteatosis and …