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December 7, 2009 Aasu Faculty Senate Agenda, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Faculty Senate: Armstrong Faculty Senate Agenda (Archived)

December 7, 2009 AASU Faculty Senate Agenda

Organizational Supports And Youth Life Skill Development: Adult Volunteers As Mentors, Managers And “Mediators”, Kate Fogarty, Bryan Terry, Dale Pracht, Joy Jordan

Journal of Youth Development

A statewide community club evaluation (youth self-report), empirically testing a logic model of factors influencing youth life skill development is described. Results supported that the way adult volunteers manage and mentor youth and explained how 4-H program features (e.g., youth sense of belonging, safety, and support) influence life skill development. Youth engagement in activities was also linked with life skills and organizational supports were linked with youth engagement in the model. Future directions based on the findings to be discussed include: (1) examining volunteer competencies to build upon in training; (2) use of SEM to understand the larger picture of …

Developing The Nomological Network Of Perceived Corporate Affinity For Technology: A Three Essay Dissertation, David Earl Fleming

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Technology is changing the face of both the sales and service domains. Honebein and Cammarano (2006) note that properly implemented self-service technologies serve dual purposes of decreasing firm overhead costs, while simultaneously engaging the customer in a way encourages the co-create of value for both parties. To get these benefits stakeholders must be willing to adopt and use the technologies that are available.

Traditionally, this has lead to the research question "How do firms do this?" However, according to a recent article by Woodall, Colby and Parasuraman (2007), consumers are now demanding more technology-based options and becoming more technologically savvy. …

Automatic Exposure Control And Estimation Of Effective System Noise In Diffuse Fluorescence Tomography, Dax L. Kepshire, Hamid Dehghani, Frederic Leblond, Brian W. Pogue

Dartmouth Scholarship

A diffuse fluorescence tomography system, based upon time-correlated single photon counting, is presented with an automated algorithm to allow dynamic range variation through exposure control. This automated exposure control allows the upper and lower detection levels of fluorophore to be extended by an order of magnitude beyond the previously published performance and benefits in a slight decrease in system effective noise. The effective noise level is used as a metric to characterize the system performance, integrating both model-mismatch and calibration bias errors into a single parameter. This effective error is near 7% of the reconstructed fluorescent yield value, when imaging …

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, December 6, 2009, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2009

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Deafdigest: Gold Edition, December 6, 2009, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2009

No abstract provided.

Speaker Authentication Using Vector Quantization, Bushra Q. Al-Abudi, Mohammed S. Mahdi

Baghdad Science Journal

In this paper, the role of the vector quantization in the speaker authentication system was studied. Vector quantization based speaker authentication system was considered in two phases; training and testing. The training phase concerned with enrolling the speaker models to build the codebook. The codebook generated from a set of feature vectors belong to each sample of speaker's voice. The testing phase includes matching the unknown input speaker with the models. The matching is performed by evaluating the similarity measure between the unknown speech sample and the models in the speaker database to authenticate the input speaker. A weighted similarity …

Effect Of Hardening To Drought Tolerance On The Moisture Contents Of Sunflower Plant. Ii Moisture Percentage In Leaves And Heads, Kamil. M. Al-Jobori

Baghdad Science Journal

The objective of this work was to study the changes in the moisture content of the leaves and heads of sunflower plant during growth stages under hardening conditions to drought tolerance . Field experiment was carried out during the spring season of 2000 and 2001. Asplit-split plots design was used with three replications. The main plots included irrigation treatments:irrigation to 100%(full irrigation), 75and50%of available water.The sub plots were the cultivars Euroflor and Flame.The sub-sub plots represented four seed soaking treatments :Control (unsoaked), soaking in water ,Paclobutrazol solution(250ppm),and Pix solution (500ppm). The soaking continued for 24 hours then seeds were dried …

Seeing It, Knowing It, Elizabeth M. Glazer

NULR Online

In When Obscenity Discriminates, I argued that the First Amendment’s obscenity doctrine has generated discriminatory collateral effects against gays and lesbians, and that those collateral effects generate a need to refine the obscenity doctrine in light of the Supreme Court’s decision in Lawrence v. Texas. In his response, If Obscenity Were to Discriminate, Professor Barry McDonald agrees with my essay’s “core insight—that the Miller obscenity test should be applied in a manner that is neutral as to the sexual orientation of the pertinent actors,” and notes that this insight “appears to have substantial support in basic principles …

Gpsa Council Meeting, 12/5/2009, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Deafdigest: Deaf Sports News December 5, 2009, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Sports 2009

No abstract provided.

December 5, 2009 (Pages 6857-6930), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 39 (2009)

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Effect Of The Interactive Computerized Information For Surrogates Icu Program In Increasing The Understanding Of Informed Consent And The Knowledge Of Genetic And Genomics Research, Ann Kathleen Shelton

Dissertations

Background: A significant and growing number of clinical research studies conducted in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) today have some genetic and genomics component. Surrogates approached to authorize participation in clinical research for a loved-one in the ICU may not be prepared to make informed decisions. A model of stewardship of genetic and genomics research was used as a framework for this study. Purpose: The purpose of this investigation was to examine the effect of an educational program, the Interactive Computerized Information for Surrogates (ICIS) ICU Education Program in assisting surrogates to (1) increase their understanding of the process of informed …

No. 5 Augusta State Downs Pirates, 81-52, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Men's Basketball News (Archived)

No. 5 Augusta State Downs Pirates, 81-52. No. 5-ranked Augusta State opened up the game on a 20-8 run and pulled away for an 81-52 Peach Belt Conference men's basketball victory over visiting Armstrong Atlantic State on Saturday evening at Christenberry Fieldhouse.

Dmitri Shalin Interview With Dean Maccannell About Erving Goffman Entitled "Some Of Goffman’S Guardedness And Verbal Toughness Was Simply A Way Of Giving Himself The Space And Time That He Needed To Do The Work That He Really Loved", Dean Maccannell

Bios Sociologicus: The Erving Goffman Archives

This conversation with Dean MacCannell, Professor of Environmental Design at the University of California Davis, was recorded over the phone on July 7, 2009. The initial exchange lasting a minute or so is reconstructed from memory. Breaks in the conversation flow are indicated by ellipses. Supplementary information and additional materials inserted during the editing process appear in square brackets. Undecipherable words and unclear passages are identified in the text as “[?]”.

Five Lady Pirates Reach Double Figures In 76-63 Win At Asu, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Women's Basketball News (Archived)

Five Lady Pirates Reach Double Figures In 76-63 Win At ASU. Five Armstrong Atlantic State players reached double figures in a 76-63 Peach Belt Conference women's basketball victory over host Augusta State on Saturday afternoon in both teams' league opener at the Christenberry Fieldhouse.

Temporal Awareness And Rhythmic Performance, Daniel J. Colombo

Theses

The objective of this research was to study the conditions under which rhythmic behavior arises and its effects on task performance and mental workload. It has been demonstrated that temporal awareness (TA) in dynamic systems draws on high-level mental resources and contributes to superior performance on some task elements but not others. Elsewhere it has been demonstrated that TA in environments with high predictability can lead to superior task performance and reduced mental workload. This research sought to examine the behavior and subsequent performance that arises under highly predictable vs. dynamic conditions. Using a computer-based time-sharing task, we analyzed task …

Volume 45 - Issue 09 - Friday, December 4, 2009, Rose Thorn Staff

The Rose Thorn Archive

The Rose Thorn, Rose-Hulman's independent student newspaper.

Fabrication Methods For Creating Flexible Polymer Substrate Sensor Tags, Jack L. Skinner, Harvey Ho

Mechanical Engineering

The authors describe the design, fabrication, and testing of a passive wireless sensor platform utilizing low-cost commercial surface acoustic wave filters and sensors. Polyimide and polyethylene terephthalate sheets are used as substrates to create a flexible sensor tag that can be applied to curved surfaces. A microfabricated antenna is integrated on the substrate in order to create a compact form factor. The sensor tags are fabricated using 315 MHz surface acoustic wave filters and photodiodes and tested with the aid of a fiber-coupled tungsten lamp. Microwave energy transmitted from a network analyzer is used to interrogate the sensor tag. Due …

The Echo: December 4, 2009, Taylor University

2009-2010 (Volume 97)

Students given three square meals – American health care getting a makeover – Remedy.fm needs cure for drop in funding – In Brief – Taylor alum and former Crip unite for hope – Panel speaks on homosexuality – The Bubble – China takes new steps in space program – Encouraging global missions: Urbana 2009 – Around the World in 30 Seconds – World Voices – On This Day in History – A Winter Blunderland – Students rate professors on the Web – Freshman reflect on first semester – Missed connections – The Adventures of Alissa & Adrienne – Yo, Adrienne! …

The Depiction Of Female Models In Sport Television Commercials In The United States By Degree Of Slenderness: An Appraisal, Robin T. Peterson, Bing Xu, Yam Limbu

Department of Marketing Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

This manuscript narrates the results of an examination of the portrayal of the degree of slenderness of female models in sport marketing television commercials in the United States. A visual content analysis was employed to gather and to interpret the data. In turn, the analysis revealed that the commercials utilized substantial numbers of models who were inordinately slender, depicted these models more favorably than they did heavier models, and presented them in a fashion that pointed to superior social status and hierarchy positions.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 85, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news. Articles:

• Ulber, Emily. Local Clinic May Drop Insurer – Graves-Gilbert Clinic, Health Insurance
• Ulber, Emily. Getting on Board – Regents, Budget, Football, Tuition, Salaries, Gary Ransdell
• Waggoner, Tabitha. WKU Police Plan for New Offices – Downtown Redevelopment, Block 12
• Koontz, Whitney. Western Graduate Shares Love of Music – Tim Livingston, Music for All Occasions
• Bilby, Tara. Western Escapes United States Vaccine Shortage – Swine Flu, Influenza
• Waggoner, Tabitha. Murder Investigation Continues – Martha Richmond aka Bettina
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Student Recruitment
• More Than a Game: High School …

Gardner V. Unum Life Ins Co

2009 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Reporter - December 4th 2009, Rit Reporter Staff

University Publications

No abstract provided.

12/04/2009 - Eiu Notifies Applicants Of Possible Security Breach Involving Personal Data, University Marketing And Communications

2009

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Candidates Emerge To Succeed Brazilian President Lula, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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Florida Sentinel Bulletin, December 4, 2009, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The December 4, 2009, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

The Bison, December 4, 2009

The Bison Newspapers

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Report: The Illinois State University Faculty-Staff Newsletter, December 4, 2009, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

Anaconda Student Receives Um Scholarship, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

No abstract provided.