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River Science & River Leadership, University Of Dayton

Blog Archive: River Reflections at the University of Dayton

The River Stewards discussed River Science, during the mini-course on Friday October 13th, and how it relates to the River Leadership Curriculum being developed by the Rivers Institute. Joined by a "teaching team", including Jeff Kavanaugh (Biology faculty), Mike Eckberg (Community Partner - MCD), and Liz Whalen (Biology student), the students evaluated the importance of understanding the science of rivers despite your academic major.

Cityland – Vol. 6, No. 10, Center For New York City Law

CityLand - 2009

The November 2009 issue of CityLand covers major land use and preservation developments in New York City. The City Council approved a modified version of Hines’s proposed MoMA tower, capping its height at 1,050 feet and reducing its hotel component. New legislation was passed to preserve permits for stalled construction sites. The Council also debated the FRESH program to incentivize grocery stores in underserved neighborhoods and approved residential developments on City Island and in Carroll Gardens. The City Planning Commission approved the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment and heard testimony on the Sunset Park 197-a Plan. BSA granted a special permit for …

Intermittent Behaviour Of A Cracked Rotor In The Resonance Region, Grzegorz Litak, Jerzy T. Sawicki

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

Vibrations of the Jeffcott rotor are modelled by a three degree of freedom system including coupling between lateral and torsional modes. The crack in a rotating shaft of the rotor is introduced via time dependent stiffness with off-diagonal couplings. Applying the external torque to the system allows to observe the effect of crack “breathing” and gain insight into the system. It is manifested in the complex dynamic behaviour of the rotor in the region of internal resonance, showing a quasi-periodic motion or even non-periodic behaviour. In the present paper report, we show the system response to the external torque excitation …

Impact Of No Child Left Behind On Curriculum And Instruction In Rural Schools, Deborah Powell, Heidi J. Higgins, Roberta Aram, Andrea Freed

The Rural Educator

This article examines the influence of the No Child Left Behind Act on the decision making of rural principals and teachers about curriculum and instruction as well as the possible long-term effects on rural education. Data were gathered from 101 rural elementary school principals in Missouri and 76 rural elementary school teachers in Maine. Missouri principals were concerned about losing their autonomy and abilities to be instructional leaders. Maine teachers reported that NCLB benefited some groups of students more than others and that it has a negative effect on student motivation. There were significant changes in instructional time for some …

Rural School Principals’ Perception Of The School Counselor's Role, Gerta Bardhoshi, Kelly Duncan

The Rural Educator

Responding to the lack of clarity related to the defined role of the school counselor, the authors investigated school principals (n = 538), in a rural Midwest state, and their perceptions of the role of the school counselor. The survey utilized was developed based on professional standards of service delivery for professional school counselors as identified by the American School Counselor Association and a listing of identified appropriate and inappropriate school counselor tasks. Results indicate that school principals see responsive service provision as an essential task of the school counselor. School principals also perceive a number of ASCA identified inappropriate …

Effects Of Paraquat-Induced Oxidative Stress On The Neuronal Plasma Membrane Ca2+-Atpase, Asma Zaidi, Denzyl Fernandes, Jennifer L. Bean, Mary L. Michaelis

Faculty and Staff Publications

Oxidative stress leads to the disruption of calcium homeostasis in brain neurons; however, the direct effects of oxidants on proteins that regulate intracellular calcium ([Ca(2+)](i)) are not known. The calmodulin (CaM)-stimulated plasma membrane Ca(2+)-ATPase (PMCA) plays a critical role in regulating [Ca(2+)](i). Our previous in vitro studies showed that PMCA present in brain synaptic membranes is readily inactivated by a variety of reactive oxygen species (ROS). The present studies were conducted to determine the vulnerability of PMCA to ROS generated in neurons as would probably occur in vivo. Primary cortical neurons were exposed to paraquat (PQ), a redox cycling agent …

No Time For Fear, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.

Gpsa Council Meeting, 11/14/2009, Graduate And Professional Student Association

GPSA Meeting Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Workshop To Support Vertical Articulation At Discovery Canyon Campus, Niki Miscovich

Regis University Student Publications (comprehensive collection)

This project is presented in the form of a PowerPoint, which is designed to guide reading and writing teachers at Discovery Canyon Campus through a work session on curriculum alignment. The researcher reviews research on how vertical articulation and aligned curriculum contributes to higher student achievement as well as strategies for effective professional development sessions for teachers. The project is part of the longer process of developing an aligned curriculum at the researcher's school, which encompasses grades kindergarten through 12. The goal of this second step in the process is to evaluate the current curriculum against state standards so teachers …

November 14, 2009 (Pages 6533-6644), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 39 (2009)

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, November 14, 2009, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Wright State University Women's Basketball Media Guide 2009-2010, Wright State University Athletics

Athletics Publications

A media guide for Wright State University's 2009-2010 Women's Basketball team. This guide includes photographs, player stats, game results, and records.

Parent Functioning And Child Psychotherapy Outcomes: Predicting Outcomes In Usual Care, Anna Elise Packard

Theses and Dissertations

A prominent need in the youth psychotherapy literature includes the examination of mechanisms of change within the context of "real world" clinical settings, where the practice of psychotherapy differs significantly from that in controlled clinical trials. In examining mechanisms of change in youth psychotherapy, variables related to parent functioning may be among the most important factors to consider in predicting and promoting good child outcomes. The purpose of the present study was to evaluate three important aspects of parent functioning—psychological symptom distress, interpersonal relations, and social role performance—as potential predictors of successful treatment outcomes in a traditional community outpatient treatment …

Two-Stage Decompositions For The Analysis Of Functional Connectivity For Fmri With Application To Alzheimer's Disease Risk, Brian S. Caffo, Ciprian M. Crainiceanu, Guillermo Verduzco, Stewart H. Mostofsky, Susan Spear-Bassett, James J. Pekar

COBRA Preprint Series

Functional connectivity is the study of correlations in measured neurophysiological signals. Altered functional connectivity has been shown to be associated with numerous diseases including Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. In this manuscript we use a two-stage application of the singular value decomposition to obtain data driven population-level measures of functional connectivity in functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). The method is computationally simple and amenable to high dimensional fMRI data with large numbers of subjects. Simulation studies suggest the ability of the decomposition methods to recover population brain networks and their associated loadings. We further demonstrate the utility of these …

The Echo: November 13, 2009, Taylor University

2009-2010 (Volume 97)

Students get plugged into service – In Brief – Fire alarm system gives rude awakening – Begbie presents theology through music – Recap on other Christian campus events – The Bubble – New ocean forming on African-Arabian plate – Lisbon Treaty receives final approval from Czech – World Voices – On This Day in History – Changes the Lisbon Treaty will introduce – Around the World in 30 Seconds – Shockvertising tactics – Sophomores go ‘off the record’ – Trojan Hype Squad ready for basketball season – Unfamiliar majors unveiled – The life & times of Ecuador – Missed Connections …

11/13/2009, Slutzker Center For International Students

Newsletters from Slutzker Center for International Services - SCIS News

No abstract provided.

Millie Max V. Republican Committee Of Lancas

2009 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Pichler V. Unite, Et Al

2009 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Raymond Calvitti V. Anthony & Sylvan Pools Corp

2009 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Sbs General Campus Announcement 2009-11-13, Darren Johnson

Southampton Announcements and News

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 85, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

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

• Lintner, Jonathan. Wood Selig: WKU Gold Mine for Future Coaches – Football
• Stewart, Colleen. Regional Campus Enrollment Growing – WKU Glasgow, WKU Elizabethtown/Radcliff/Fort Knox, WKU Owensboro
• Hicks, Billy. City’s TIF District Strugglers – Tax Increment Financing, Downtown Redevelopment
• Wilson, Laurel. Crew Recycles Tailgating Trash – Facilities Management
• Harris, Shakia. Student Government Association Strengthen Attendance Policy
• Erskine, Anne. Editorial Cartoon re: Football Coach Search
• Open Letter to Search Committee: Western Should Choose Wisely – Football
• Rice, Adam. Sports Program Needs Overhaul – Athletics
• Dooper, Jennifer. Friendship Valuable, Worth Remembering …

The Tiger Vol. 103 Issue 23 2009-11-13, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Community College Presidents Luncheon Recent Developments Important To Cc/Wmu Relationships, John M. Dunn

WMU President John Dunn

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Minutes - November 13, 2009, Usm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Murray State News, November 13, 2009, The Murray State News

Murray State University Collection

No abstract provided.

Reporter - November 13th 2009, Rit Reporter Staff

University Publications

No abstract provided.

The Utah Statesman, November 13, 2009, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Rich To Step Down As Dean Of School Of Medicine At Uab, Staff

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Dilute Sulfuric Acid Pretreatment Of Switchgrass In Microwave Reactor For Biofuel Conversion: An Investigation Of Yields, Kinetics,, Oscar Martin

Theses and Dissertations

Lignocellulosic materials provide a raw material source for biofuel conversion and offer several advantages over fossil fuels- usage of a renewable resource, reduced greenhouse emissions, a decreased dependence on foreign oil, and stimulation of the agricultural sector. However, a primary technological challenge in converting lignocellulosic biomass into fuel is overcoming the recalcitrance of its matrix to enzymatic hydrolysis. To overcome these problems for chemical processing, naturally occurring cellulose biomass must be pretreated before it can be further processed using enzymatic hydrolysis or bioconversion. The goal of this work was to develop a model that predicts the glucose yield (pretreatment and …

Flyer News, Vol. 57, No. 16 (Nov. 13, 2009), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.