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Self-Similar Nested Sequences On A Chaotic Attractor For Travelingwave Electrophoresis, Boyd F. Edwards Sep 2009

Self-Similar Nested Sequences On A Chaotic Attractor For Travelingwave Electrophoresis, Boyd F. Edwards

All Physics Faculty Publications

Oscillating electric potentials are applied to interdigitated arrays of cylindrical electrodes above and below a stationary conducting viscous fluid. The phases of these potentials are chosen to produce a longitudinal traveling wave that traps high-mobility ions and partially traps intermediate-mobility ions in periodic and narrowband chaotic attractors with average velocities that are commensurate with the wave speed. Stable periodic attractors have periods up to 101 times the wave period. Incommensurate broadband chaotic attractors are described by one-dimensional iterated contact-angle return maps, which feature self-similar nested sequences that converge geometrically at unstable trapped orbits. Sequences of singular angles and sequences of …

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A First Year Program Evaluation Of Language Essentials For Teachers Of Reading And Spelling: The Effect On Student Achievement And Teacher Perception, Danielle C. Vogelsang Sep 2009

A First Year Program Evaluation Of Language Essentials For Teachers Of Reading And Spelling: The Effect On Student Achievement And Teacher Perception, Danielle C. Vogelsang

Dissertations

An indicator of student achievement is the ability to read. The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (2000) stated that reading comprehension is critically important to the development of children’s reading skills and their ability to obtain an education. The ability to read was found to be both necessary and crucial for academic success. With the adoption of No Child Left Behind, national concern about the quality of our schools and the achievement of all students was as high as it has ever been. The primary purposes of this study were to (a) investigate the impact of the …

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The Arts 3d Vle Metaverse As A Network Of Imagination, Ulrich Rauch, Marvin Cahodas, Tim Wang Sep 2009

The Arts 3d Vle Metaverse As A Network Of Imagination, Ulrich Rauch, Marvin Cahodas, Tim Wang

Innovate: Journal of Online Education

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Five Year Management Strategy For The Recreational Trout Fishery. Discussion Paper For Public Comment On Future Management., The Rfac’S Recreational Freshwater Fisheries Stakeholder Sub-Committee Sep 2009

Five Year Management Strategy For The Recreational Trout Fishery. Discussion Paper For Public Comment On Future Management., The Rfac’S Recreational Freshwater Fisheries Stakeholder Sub-Committee

Fisheries Management Papers

The Recreational Fishing Advisory Committee (RFAC) was concerned over the delay in time in progressing this issue and recommended that the issue of trout stocking for recreational purposes be progressed in isolation. This matter was referred to the Recreational Freshwater Fisheries Stakeholder Sub-Committee (RFFSS) to progress the recreational aspects of stocking trout within State public waters. This strategy represents a significant step in ensuring the appropriate level of management is provided for the translocation of trout into and within Western Australia for recreational purposes. It is also hoped that this policy will serve as a guide for the management and …

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Bird Strikes And The Courts: The Antonov Case, Valter Battistoni Sep 2009

Bird Strikes And The Courts: The Antonov Case, Valter Battistoni

Bird Strike Committee-USA/Canada Joint Annual Meeting: 11th (2009)

At the 4th Bird Strike Committee USA – Canada Joint Meeting (2002), I presented a paper more or less with the same title as this one, called “The Genoa Case”. I thought it would have been useful for such an international audience to know the outcome, at first degree level, of the first Italian civil lawsuit for damage compensation following a multiple bird strike with ingestion that occurred at Genoa airport in 1989.

Later on, in 2004, I was entrusted by ENAC (Italian CAA) to support the Agency’s defence as a technical consultant in a new lawsuit regarding another multiple …

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Measuring Workplace Spirituality In An Asian Context, Pawinee Petchsawanga, Dennis Duchon Sep 2009

Measuring Workplace Spirituality In An Asian Context, Pawinee Petchsawanga, Dennis Duchon

Department of Management: Faculty Publications

This paper presents the development of a measure for workplace spirituality. Workplace spirituality is initially proposed to consists of five components, but confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) applied to data collected from employees from a large Thai company suggests a four-factor model: compassion, meaningful work, mindfulness and transcendence.

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Action Items, Wku Graduate Council Sep 2009

Action Items, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Overview of action items handled by the Graduate Council.

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East Canyon Reservoir Water Intake Structure Final Environmental Assessment And Finding Of No Significant Impact, United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Reclamation Sep 2009

East Canyon Reservoir Water Intake Structure Final Environmental Assessment And Finding Of No Significant Impact, United States Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Reclamation

Environmental Assessments (UT)

The purpose of the proposed action is to authorize SWDC to build and operate facilities to deliver water to the Park City/Snyderville Basin area (Figure 1.2). The need for the proposed action is a growing demand for water in the Park City/Snyderville Basin area due to population growth and increased development of recreation facilities and vacation homes.

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Atmospheric Mercury Concentrations And Speciation Measured From 2004 To 2007 In Reno, Nevada, Usa, Seth N. Lyman, Mae Sexauer Gustin Sep 2009

Atmospheric Mercury Concentrations And Speciation Measured From 2004 To 2007 In Reno, Nevada, Usa, Seth N. Lyman, Mae Sexauer Gustin

USU Uintah Basin Faculty Publications

Atmospheric elemental, reactive and particulate mercury (Hg) concentrations were measured north of downtown Reno, Nevada, USA from November 2004 to November 2007. Three-year mean and median concentrations for gaseous elemental Hg (Hg0) were 1.6 and 1.5 ng m−3 (respectively), similar to global mean Hg0 concentrations. The three-year mean reactive gaseous Hg (RGM) concentration (26 pg m−3) was higher than values reported for rural sites across the western United States. Well defined seasonal and daily patterns in Hg0 and RGM concentrations were observed, with the highest Hg0 concentrations measured in winter and early morning, and RGM concentrations being greatest in the …

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Ceas E-News 09.01.2009, College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences Sep 2009

Ceas E-News 09.01.2009, College Of Engineering And Applied Sciences

College of Engineering and Applied Sciences News

New CEAS dean returns to Michigan roots

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Update Sequence Stability In Graph Dynamical Systems, Matthew Macauley, Henning S. Mortveit Sep 2009

Update Sequence Stability In Graph Dynamical Systems, Matthew Macauley, Henning S. Mortveit

Publications

In this article, we study finite dynamical systems defined over graphs, where the functions are applied asynchronously. Our goal is to quantify and understand stability of the dynamics with respect to the update sequence, and to relate this to structural properties of the graph. We introduce and analyze three different notions of update sequence stability, each capturing different aspects of the dynamics. When compared to each other, these stability concepts yield vastly different conclusions regarding the relationship between stability and graph structure, painting a more complete picture of update sequence stability.

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Accelerating Sift On Parallel Architectures, Amy Apon, Seth Warn, Wesley Emeneker, Jackson Cothren Sep 2009

Accelerating Sift On Parallel Architectures, Amy Apon, Seth Warn, Wesley Emeneker, Jackson Cothren

Publications

SIFT is a widely-used algorithm that extracts features from images; using it to extract information from hundreds of terabytes of aerial and satellite photographs requires parallelization in order to be feasible. We explore accelerating an existing serial SIFT implementation with OpenMP parallelization and GPU execution.

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A Critical Centre-Stable Manifold For Schroedinger's Equation In R^3, Marius Beceanu Sep 2009

A Critical Centre-Stable Manifold For Schroedinger's Equation In R^3, Marius Beceanu

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Scholarship

Consider the focusing cubic semilinear Schroedinger equation in R^3 i \partial_t \psi + \Delta \psi + | \psi |^2 \psi = 0. It admits an eight-dimensional manifold of special solutions called ground state solitons. We exhibit a codimension-one critical real-analytic manifold N of asymptotically stable solutions in a neighborhood of the soliton manifold. We then show that N is centre-stable, in the dynamical systems sense of Bates-Jones, and globally-in-time invariant. Solutions in N are asymptotically stable and separate into two asymptotically free parts that decouple in the limit --- a soliton and radiation. Conversely, in a general setting, any solution …

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New Estimates For A Time-Dependent Schroedinger Equation, Marius Beceanu Sep 2009

New Estimates For A Time-Dependent Schroedinger Equation, Marius Beceanu

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Scholarship

This paper establishes new estimates for linear Schroedinger equations in R^3 with time-dependent potentials. Some of the results are new even in the time-independent case and all are shown to hold for potentials in scaling-critical, translation-invariant spaces. The proof of the time-independent results uses a novel method based on an abstract version of Wiener's Theorem.

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Mysterious Mycorrhizae? A Field Trip And Classroom Experiment To Demystify The Symbioses Formed Between Plants And Fungi, Nancy C. Johnson, V. Bala Chaudhary, Jason D. Hoeksema, John C. Moore, Anne Pringle Sep 2009

Mysterious Mycorrhizae? A Field Trip And Classroom Experiment To Demystify The Symbioses Formed Between Plants And Fungi, Nancy C. Johnson, V. Bala Chaudhary, Jason D. Hoeksema, John C. Moore, Anne Pringle

School of Environmental Sustainability: Faculty Publications and Other Works

No abstract provided.

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Bmed 695.01: Advanced Pharmacokinetics, Erica Woodahl Sep 2009

Bmed 695.01: Advanced Pharmacokinetics, Erica Woodahl

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

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C&I 404.01: Teaching Science K-8, Lisa M. Blank Sep 2009

C&I 404.01: Teaching Science K-8, Lisa M. Blank

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

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Pubh 595.01: Epidemiology Of Infectious Diseases, Larry Frisch Sep 2009

Pubh 595.01: Epidemiology Of Infectious Diseases, Larry Frisch

University of Montana Course Syllabi, 1990-2010

No abstract provided.

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Lively Rigor: The 2009 Lion And The Unicorn Award For Excellence In North American Poetry, Michael Heyman, Angela Sorby, Joseph T. Thomas Jr. Sep 2009

Lively Rigor: The 2009 Lion And The Unicorn Award For Excellence In North American Poetry, Michael Heyman, Angela Sorby, Joseph T. Thomas Jr.

Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

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Using Population Synthesis Of Massive Stars To Study The Interstellar Medium Near Ob Associations, R. Voss, R. Diehl, Dieter H. Hartmann, M. Cerviño, J. S. Vink, G. Meynet, M. Limongi, A. Chieffi Sep 2009

Using Population Synthesis Of Massive Stars To Study The Interstellar Medium Near Ob Associations, R. Voss, R. Diehl, Dieter H. Hartmann, M. Cerviño, J. S. Vink, G. Meynet, M. Limongi, A. Chieffi

Publications

Aims. We study the massive stars in OB associations and their surrounding interstellar medium environment, using a population synthesis code. Methods. We developed a new population synthesis code for groups of massive stars, where we model the emission of different forms of energy and matter from the stars of the association. In particular, the ejection of the two radioactive isotopes 26Al and 60Fe is followed, as well as the emission of hydrogen ionizing photons, and the kinetic energy of the stellar winds and supernova explosions. We investigate various alternative astrophysical inputs and the resulting output sensitivities, especially effects due to …

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A Comparison Of The Treatment Of Transgender Persons In The Criminal Justice Systems Of Ontario, Canada, New York, And California, Ally Windsor Howell Sep 2009

A Comparison Of The Treatment Of Transgender Persons In The Criminal Justice Systems Of Ontario, Canada, New York, And California, Ally Windsor Howell

Buffalo Public Interest Law Journal

No abstract provided.

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Wrl Newsletter September 2009, Maryke Barber Sep 2009

Wrl Newsletter September 2009, Maryke Barber

WRL Newsletters

No abstract provided.

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Factors Influencing Perennial Pasture Adoption In The Medium Rainfall Zone Of The South West Natural Resource Management Region Of Western Australia, Ned Crossley, Stephen Tunbridge, Kathi Mcdonald Sep 2009

Factors Influencing Perennial Pasture Adoption In The Medium Rainfall Zone Of The South West Natural Resource Management Region Of Western Australia, Ned Crossley, Stephen Tunbridge, Kathi Mcdonald

Resource management technical reports

No abstract provided.

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Ntid Focus Fall 2009, Ntid Marketing And Communications Sep 2009

Ntid Focus Fall 2009, Ntid Marketing And Communications

National Technical Institute for the Deaf Papers

No abstract provided.

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Why Tensors?, Olga Kosheleva, Martine Ceberio, Vladik Kreinovich Sep 2009

Why Tensors?, Olga Kosheleva, Martine Ceberio, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

We show that in many application areas including soft constraints reasonable requirements of scale-invariance lead to polynomial (tensor-based) formulas for combining degrees (of certainty, of preference, etc.)

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The Doctrine And Covenants: A Roundtable Discussion, Part 2, J. Spencer Fluhman, Steven C. Harper, Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Grant Underwood, Robert J. Woodford Sep 2009

The Doctrine And Covenants: A Roundtable Discussion, Part 2, J. Spencer Fluhman, Steven C. Harper, Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Grant Underwood, Robert J. Woodford

Religious Educator: Perspectives on the Restored Gospel

No abstract provided.

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Office Of Research And Economic Development -- Annual Report 2008-2009 Sep 2009

Office Of Research And Economic Development -- Annual Report 2008-2009

Office of Research and Economic Development: Publications

Contents

New Perspectives 1
Self-aligning Nanotubes 2
Harnessing Nanotechnology’s Potential 4
Grad Program Wades into Water Issues 6
Water for Food: A Global Challenge 7
Sensor System Detects Track Troubles 8
Better Packing Peanuts 10
Precast Pole System Eases Installation 10
Investigating Blasts’ Impact on Brain 11
Partnering on Math Achievement 12
Improving Child Welfare Services 14
Exploring Complex Social Dynamics 15
Focusing on Rural Schools’ Unique Needs 16
A Gut Feeling 18
Of Mice and Health 19
Deciphering Nutrigenomics Puzzle 20
Shear Heads NU Press 22
Anderson Leads Industry Relations 22
Supercomputing Power Expands 23
Shaping Climate Change Research …

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Reticulate Evolution And Marine Organisms: The Final Frontier?, Michael L. Arnold, Nicole D. Fogarty Sep 2009

Reticulate Evolution And Marine Organisms: The Final Frontier?, Michael L. Arnold, Nicole D. Fogarty

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

The role that reticulate evolution (i.e., via lateral transfer, viral recombination and/or introgressive hybridization) has played in the origin and adaptation of individual taxa and even entire clades continues to be tested for all domains of life. Though falsified for some groups, the hypothesis of divergence in the face of gene flow is becoming accepted as a major facilitator of evolutionary change for many microorganisms, plants and animals. Yet, the effect of reticulate evolutionary change in certain assemblages has been doubted, either due to an actual dearth of genetic exchange among the lineages belonging to these clades or …

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A New Class Of Symmetry Reductions For Parameter Identification Problems, Nicoleta Bîl?, Jitse Niesen Sep 2009

A New Class Of Symmetry Reductions For Parameter Identification Problems, Nicoleta Bîl?, Jitse Niesen

College of Health, Science, and Technology

This paper introduces a new type of symmetry reductions called extended nonclassical symmetries that can be studied for parameter identification problems described by partial differential equations. Including the data function in the parameter space, we show that specific data and parameter classes that lead to a reduced dimension model can be found. More exactly, since the extended nonclassical symmetries relate the forward and inverse problems, the dimension of the studied equation may be reduced by expressing the data and parameter in terms of the group invariants. The main advantage of these new symmetries is that they may be incorporated into …

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No Transition Disk? Infrared Excess, Pah, H-2, And X-Rays From The Weak-Lined T Tauri Star Doar 21, Eric L.N. Jensen, David H. Cohen, M. Gagné Sep 2009

No Transition Disk? Infrared Excess, Pah, H-2, And X-Rays From The Weak-Lined T Tauri Star Doar 21, Eric L.N. Jensen, David H. Cohen, M. Gagné

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Works

As part of a program to understand disk dispersal and the interplay between circumstellar disks and X-ray emission, we present new high-resolution mid-infrared (IR) imaging, high-resolution optical spectroscopy, and Chandra grating X-ray spectroscopy of the weak-lined T Tauri star DoAr 21. DoAr 21 (age < 10(6) yr and mass similar to 2.2M(circle dot) based on evolutionary tracks) is a strong X-ray emitter, with conflicting evidence in the literature about its disk properties. It shows weak but broad H alpha emission (reported here for the first time since the 1950s); polarimetric variability; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) and H-2 emission; and a strong, spatially resolved 24 mu m excess in archival Spitzer photometry. Gemini sub-arcsecond-resolution 9-18 mu m images show that there is little or no excess mid-IR emission within 100 AU of the star; the excess emission is extended over several arcseconds and is quite asymmetric. The extended emission is bright in the ultraviolet (UV)-excited lambda = 11.3 mu m PAH emission feature. A new high-resolution X-ray grating spectrum from Chandra shows that the stellar X-ray emission is very hard and dominated by continuum emission; it is well fit by a multi-temperature thermal model, typical of hard coronal sources, and shows no evidence of unusually high densities. A flare during the X-ray observation shows a temperature approaching 10(8) K. We argue that the far-UV emission from the transition region is sufficient to excite the observed extended PAH and continuum emission, and that the H-2 emission may be similarly extended and excited. While this extended emission may be a disk in the final stages of clearing, it also could be more akin to a small-scale photodissociation region than a protoplanetary disk, highlighting both the very young ages (<10(6) yr) at which some stars are found without disks and the extreme radiation environment around even late-type pre-main-sequence stars.

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