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Newsroom (2006-2023)

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Spartan Daily, November 24, 2008, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 131, Issue 46

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, November 23, 2008, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2008

No abstract provided.

Cycles In Metabolic Networks, Tim Nunamaker

Computer Science Honors Theses

Modeling sophisticated biological systems in a way that makes them more apprehensible, without losing comprehension or robustness, is challenging task. The flux balance analysis FBA) model describes metabolic networks of single-celled organisms with the goal of simulating their steady-state behavior. FBA simulations yield reliable and biologically relevant growth rate values, but do not simulate intra-cellular behavior well.

Solutions to the FBA model are often degenerate and non-unique. Ideally, the model should simulate metabolic activity in exactly one way under any given circumstances--the way the real organism's metabolism behaves. The ultimate goal of this project is to better understand the FBA …

An Afternoon Of Song, University Women's Chorus, Nightingales, Jocelyn K. Jensen, Amy Homer Smith

Choral Ensembles

Program listing performers and works performed

Accelerometer Based Measurement Of Body Movement For Communication, Play, And Creative Expression, Mark Nolan, Edward Burke, Frank Duignan

Conference Papers

This paper presents a newly designed wireless accelerometer-based movement measurement device. The device is capable of measuring activity ranging from gross body movements to more subtle vibrations emanating from the body, including laryngeal vibration and the mechanomyogram (mechanical vibrations from working muscles). The main body of the device, which is less than 20cm3 in volume and weighs less than 50g, contains a microcontroller, wireless transceiver, battery, and one accelerometer. A supplementary accelerometer module is connected to the main device by thin wires. This module is very light weight and can therefore be directly attached to the skin to measure laryngeal …

Micro Radio And The Internet: Dissent Network Formation In Media Based Collective Action, Ted Coopman

Faculty Publications

The movement to establish a grassroots community radio system in the U.S. in the 1990s coincided with the rise of the internet. The impact of internet on media based collective action highlighted shortcomings in existing theory. To address this, I develop a dissent network approach. Utilizing participant observation I apply my measures of consensus on system failure, relational density, process and resource sharing, and the centrality of digital networks to the case of micro radio.

Cyber Civil Rights (November 2008; Mp3), Danielle Keats Citron

Faculty Scholarship

Social networking sites and blogs have increasingly become breeding grounds for anonymous online groups that attack women, people of color, and members of other traditionally disadvantaged groups. These destructive groups target individuals with defamation, threats of violence, and technology-based attacks that silence victims and concomitantly destroy their privacy. Victims go offline or assume pseudonyms to prevent future attacks, impoverishing online dialogue and depriving victims of the social and economic opportunities associated with a vibrant online presence. Attackers manipulate search engines to reproduce their lies and threats for employers and clients to see, creating digital "scarlet letters" that ruin reputations. Today's …

It's Happening At State: November 22, 2008

It's Happening at State

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

Mustang Daily, November 21, 2008

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

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

Deafdigest: Deaf Sports News November 21, 2008, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Sports 2008

No abstract provided.

11/21/2008 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 11/21/2008. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

V. 76, Issue 9, November 21, 2008

Archway (1946-2020)

No abstract provided.

The Tiger Vol. 102 Issue 24 2008-11-21, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes Nov 21, 2008, A-State Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Flyer News, Vol. 56, No. 18 (Nov. 21, 2008), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

Choose Ohio First

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Drilling, Alternative Fuels And Efficiency: Can The United States Wean Itself From Imported Oil?, Florida Solar Energy Center, Philip W. Fairey

FSEC Energy Research Center®

Perhaps the most daunting challenge the next generation of Americans will face is what President Bush called our "addiction to oil." The challenge is to find the means to provide for our transportation needs in the face of declining world oil production. Perhaps the central question is whether we will export the great wealth of America to foreign countries in payment for oil before we tackle the grand challenge of creating a new transportation future that does not rely completely on oil.

This article presents the historical facts relative to America's oil demand and domestic and world oil production resources. …

The Daily Gamecock, Friday, November 21, 2008, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

November

No abstract provided.

Valley Splitting In Strained Silicon Quantum Wells Modeled With 2 Deg Miscuts, Step Disordere, And Alloy Disorder, Neerav Kharche, Marta Prada, Timothy B. Boykin, Gerhard Klimeck

Other Nanotechnology Publications

Valley splitting !VS" in strained SiGe/Si/SiGe quantum wells grown on !001" and 2° miscut substrates is computed in a magnetic field. Calculations of flat structures significantly overestimate, while calculations of perfectly ordered structures underestimate experimentally observed VS. Step disorder and confinement alloy disorder raise the VS to the experimentally observed levels. Atomistic alloy disorder is identified as the critical physics, which cannot be modeled with analytical effective mass theory. NEMO-3D is used to simulate up to 106 atoms, where strain is computed in the valence-force field and electronic structure in the sp3d5s* model.

An Analysis Of Document Retrieval And Clustering Using An Effective Semantic Distance Measure, Nathan Scott Davis

Theses and Dissertations

As large amounts of digital information become more and more accessible, the ability to effectively find relevant information is increasingly important. Search engines have historically performed well at finding relevant information by relying primarily on lexical and word based measures. Similarly, standard approaches to organizing and categorizing large amounts of textual information have previously relied on lexical and word based measures to perform grouping or classification tasks. Quite often, however, these processes take place without respect to semantics, or word meanings. This is perhaps due to the fact that the idea of meaningful similarity is naturally qualitative, and thus difficult …

Montana Kaimin, November 21, 2008, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Reduce Costs Of Irrigation Pumping Plants By Improving Efficiency, Thomas Dorn, Sandi Alswager Karstens

Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources: News Releases

To save energy and money, Nebraska irrigators should check their irrigation pumps for maximum efficiency, a University of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension educator said.

Irrigation pumps that operate at the average efficiency found in university tests are using 30 percent more energy than necessary, said Tom Dorn, extension educator in Lancaster County.

"At today's energy prices, identifying a pumping plant that needs adjustment or repair could save hundreds if not thousands of dollars per year," Dorn said. "Now that irrigation season is over, look at your records and decide which of your pumping plants should be looked at by a professional. If …

Noble V. Kootenai County Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 35201

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 98 [99], No. 19 (Nov. 21, 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.

Expert: Boeing Dreamliner 'Well Worth Wait'

News Releases

No abstract provided.

Sandspur, Vol 115, No 12, November 21, 2008, Rollins College

The Rollins Sandspur

Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.

Evolution Of Picornaviruses: Impacts Of Recombination And Selection, Nicole Noel Lewis-Rogers

Theses and Dissertations

Picornaviruses are responsible for some of the most common and debilitating diseases affecting humans and animals worldwide. The objectives of this dissertation research were (1) estimate phylogenetic relationships among 11 picornavirus genera and within three species: foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV: Aphthovirus) which afflicts cloven-hoofed animals and human rhinovirus A and B (HRV: Enterovirus) which cause the common cold; (2) better understand the impact recombination has on genomic organization and evolution; (3) characterize where positive and purifying selection has occurred in proteins and how selection has influenced phenotype. The dissertation includes four studies. The first chapter provides an overview of the …

Aberdeen Freshman Is Inaugural Walker Memorial Scholar, Admin

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Daughter Of The Moon And Other Stories, Shannon Zimmerman

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

All of the protagonists in this collection of stories are starving. The world around them buzzes with the electric hum of modern society, a siren song that tempts these girls and women with the promise of love, opportunity, affluence, and dreams. Instead, they find themselves lost somehow, left behind, victims of circumstance, confused by dysfunctional families, and romanced by the media. They no longer know themselves, and stumble in their quest for happiness. They are lured into competitions with imaginary adversaries, and sometimes lose. The less control they have in their own lives, the more desperate they become, often going …