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Sunflower: 2009 South Dakota Hybrid Performance Trials, Kathleen Grady, Thandiwe Nleya, John Rickertson, Lee Gilbertson Dec 2009

Sunflower: 2009 South Dakota Hybrid Performance Trials, Kathleen Grady, Thandiwe Nleya, John Rickertson, Lee Gilbertson

SDSU Extension Circulars

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Applied Climate-Change Analysis: The Climate Wizard Tool, Evan H. Girvetz, Chris Zganjar, George T. Raber, Edwin P. Maurer, Peter Kareiva, Joshua J. Lawler Dec 2009

Applied Climate-Change Analysis: The Climate Wizard Tool, Evan H. Girvetz, Chris Zganjar, George T. Raber, Edwin P. Maurer, Peter Kareiva, Joshua J. Lawler

Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering

Background: Although the message of ‘‘global climate change’’ is catalyzing international action, it is local and regional changes that directly affect people and ecosystems and are of immediate concern to scientists, managers, and policy makers. A major barrier preventing informed climate-change adaptation planning is the difficulty accessing, analyzing, and interpreting climate-change information. To address this problem, we developed a powerful, yet easy to use, web-based tool called Climate Wizard (http://ClimateWizard.org) that provides non-climate specialists with simple analyses and innovative graphical depictions for conveying how climate has and is projected to change within specific geographic areas throughout the world. Methodology/Principal Findings: …

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Carlos Dominguez V. Costco Whsle Dec 2009

Carlos Dominguez V. Costco Whsle

2009 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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Report: Revisions To Nh Health Care Essential For Individuals With Mental Illness, Beth Potier Dec 2009

Report: Revisions To Nh Health Care Essential For Individuals With Mental Illness, Beth Potier

Media Relations

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The Construction Common Product Coding System And Auto Id Technology In Construction, Nai-Hsin Pan Dec 2009

The Construction Common Product Coding System And Auto Id Technology In Construction, Nai-Hsin Pan

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Automatic data identification (Auto ID) technology such as bar code has grown rapidly in various industries. During the last couple of years, a small number of construction companies have also started to implement Auto ID technologies for a limited number of applications. The focus of these applications has primarily been limited to the internal operations of a few larger companies. One of the major barriers to adopt modern Auto ID technologies in the construction industry is the lack of Construction Common Product Code System (CCPCS). The main objective of this research is to investigate the problems created by inadequate CCPCS …

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Aerosol Optical Depth Retrieval For Spot Hrv Images, Chien-Hui Liu, Gin-Rong Liu Dec 2009

Aerosol Optical Depth Retrieval For Spot Hrv Images, Chien-Hui Liu, Gin-Rong Liu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Atmospheric aerosol is an important factor of the Earth’s radiation budget. The aerosol optical depth (AOD) is also the key parameter in generating surface products from remotely sensed data. An image-based retrieval algorithm of aerosol characteristics and surface reflectance is used to retrieve the AOD from SPOT satellite images in this paper. The accuracy of retrieved AOD is assessed using sunphotometer measurements. SPOT satellite images in Jhongli , Taoyuan county are used to testify the algorithm. The results show that the rootmean-square error (RMSE) of the retrieved AOD at 0.55 µm is 0.10. Over the range of measured AOD 0.08~0.34, …

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Hak-Hak Wanita Mualaf Dalam Penjagaan Anak (Hadanah) Menurut Ordinan Undang-Undang Keluarga Islam (Sarawak) 2001, Wan Hasan Sharifah Nooraida Dec 2009

Hak-Hak Wanita Mualaf Dalam Penjagaan Anak (Hadanah) Menurut Ordinan Undang-Undang Keluarga Islam (Sarawak) 2001, Wan Hasan Sharifah Nooraida

Student Works (2000-2009)

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Griz Events Planned For Fans In Chattanooga, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations Dec 2009

Griz Events Planned For Fans In Chattanooga, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

University of Montana News Releases, 1928, 1956-present

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University Of New Hampshire Students Give All Year Long, Jody Record Dec 2009

University Of New Hampshire Students Give All Year Long, Jody Record

Media Relations

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The Murray Ledger And Times, December 15, 2009, The Murray Ledger And Times Dec 2009

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 15, 2009, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

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Nina Cross, Nina Cross, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives. Dec 2009

Nina Cross, Nina Cross, Institute Of Child Nutrition. Child Nutrition Archives.

Oral History Project (all interviews)

Evelina (Nina) Cross received her PhD from Texas Woman’s University and then joined the faculty at Louisiana State University. While at LSU, she taught and directed the dietetic internship. Her research and many of her publications were in the area of school food service. In addition, she served three years as the first National Food Service Management Institute Scholar. During this time she worked with the research arm of the Institute to develop a financial model for school food service. Since retirement from LSU, Dr. Cross has worked with both the Louisiana and Mississippi Departments of Education to offer continuing …

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River Leadership Curriculum Development: "Beginning With The End", University Of Dayton Dec 2009

River Leadership Curriculum Development: "Beginning With The End", University Of Dayton

Blog Archive: River Reflections at the University of Dayton

Below is a timeline explaining how we have been developing the RLC Student Learning Outcomes over the past couple months.....

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Blended Families Should Stay Open, Flexible To Reduce Holiday Anxiety, Says Uab Wellness Expert, Staff Dec 2009

Blended Families Should Stay Open, Flexible To Reduce Holiday Anxiety, Says Uab Wellness Expert, Staff

Browse All News

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Cityland – Vol. 6, No. 11, Center For New York City Law Dec 2009

Cityland – Vol. 6, No. 11, Center For New York City Law

CityLand - 2009

The December 2009 issue of CityLand covers major land use, preservation, and legal developments in New York City. The City Council approved a modified plan for the Western Rail Yard in Hudson Yards, securing permanently affordable housing. It rejected the Kingsbridge Armory redevelopment due to the lack of a living wage provision. The Council also approved a rezoning in West Harlem and a controversial plan for the Broadway Triangle in Williamsburg. Landmark actions included the designation of the Paramount Hotel and one of the B.F. Goodrich Company Buildings, while denying designation of its sister building. Landmarks also reviewed a rooftop …

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Phylogeny Of The Macaques (Cercopithecidae: Macaca) Based On Alu Elements, Jing Li, Kyudong Han, Jinchuan Xing, Heui Soo Kim, Jeffrey Rogers, Oliver A. Ryder, Todd Disotell, Bisong Yue, Mark A. Batzer Dec 2009

Phylogeny Of The Macaques (Cercopithecidae: Macaca) Based On Alu Elements, Jing Li, Kyudong Han, Jinchuan Xing, Heui Soo Kim, Jeffrey Rogers, Oliver A. Ryder, Todd Disotell, Bisong Yue, Mark A. Batzer

Faculty Publications

Genus Macaca (Cercopithecidae: Papionini) is one of the most successful primate radiations. Despite previous studies on morphology and mitochondrial DNA analysis, a number of issues regarding the details of macaque evolution remain unsolved. Alu elements are a class of non-autonomous retroposons belonging to short interspersed elements that are specific to the primate lineage. Because retroposon insertions show very little homoplasy, and because the ancestral state (absence of the SINE) is known, Alu elements are useful genetic markers and have been utilized for analyzing primate phylogenentic relationships and human population genetic relationships. Using PCR display methodology, 298 new Alu insertions have …

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Internal Priming: An Opportunistic Pathway For L1 And Alu Retrotransposition In Hominins, Deepa Srikanta, Shurjo K. Sen, Erin M. Conlin, Mark A. Batzer Dec 2009

Internal Priming: An Opportunistic Pathway For L1 And Alu Retrotransposition In Hominins, Deepa Srikanta, Shurjo K. Sen, Erin M. Conlin, Mark A. Batzer

Faculty Publications

Retrotransposons, specifically Alu and L1 elements, have been especially successful in their expansion throughout primate genomes. While most of these elements integrate through an endonuclease-mediated process termed target primed reverse transcription, a minority integrate using alternative methods. Here we present evidence for one such mechanism, which we term internal priming and demonstrate that loci integrating through this mechanism are qualitatively different from "classical" insertions. Previous examples of this mechanism are limited to cell culture assays, which show that reverse transcription can initiate upstream of the 3′ poly-A tail during retrotransposon integration. To detect whether this mechanism occurs in vivo as …

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Enhance Diamond Coating Adhesion By Oriented Interlayer Microcracking, Habio Guo, Xingcheng Xiao, Yue Qi, Zhi-Hui Xu, Xiaodong Li Dec 2009

Enhance Diamond Coating Adhesion By Oriented Interlayer Microcracking, Habio Guo, Xingcheng Xiao, Yue Qi, Zhi-Hui Xu, Xiaodong Li

Faculty Publications

In this paper, we report a microcrack toughening mechanism for enhancing the adhesion of diamondcoating. The oriented microcracks were formed within the TiC interlayer to dissipate strain energy and accommodate deformation via the crack opening-closing mechanism, thus enhancing the coating/substrate interfacial toughness. The delamination of diamondcoating was effectively prevented when the parallel microcracks were confined within the interlayer and arrested at interfaces of coating/interlayer/substrate. Density functional theory calculations revealed that the highly anisotropicfracture strength of the TiC phase energetically favors crack initiation and propagation along (100) planes only, which are 54.7° away from the interface. These microcracks are constrained inside …

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Does Household Food Insecurity Affect Parental Characteristics And Child Behavior?: Evidence From The Panel Study Of Income Dynamics (Psid), Jin Huang, Karen M. Matta Oshima, Youngmi Kim Dec 2009

Does Household Food Insecurity Affect Parental Characteristics And Child Behavior?: Evidence From The Panel Study Of Income Dynamics (Psid), Jin Huang, Karen M. Matta Oshima, Youngmi Kim

Center for Social Development Research

This study examines the link between household food insecurity and child behavior problems mediated through parental characteristics (parenting stress, parental warmth, psychological distress, and parent’s self-esteem) using two waves of data from the Child Development Supplement in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Analyses of fixedeffects models are conducted on a low-income sample of 416 children from 249 households. This study finds that the effects of food insecurity on child behavior problems are mediated by parenting stress. However, two robustness tests show different results from those of the fixed-effects models. This inconsistency suggests that the complicated relationship between household food …

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Florida Sentinel Bulletin, December 15, 2009, Gwen Hayes Dec 2009

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, December 15, 2009, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The December 15, 2009, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

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Mendiola V. State Appellant's Brief Dckt. 35473 Dec 2009

Mendiola V. State Appellant's Brief Dckt. 35473

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

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Hyd1 Peptides As Anti-Cancer Agents, Lori Anne Hazlehurst, William S. Dalton, Anne E. Cress, Kit Lam Dec 2009

Hyd1 Peptides As Anti-Cancer Agents, Lori Anne Hazlehurst, William S. Dalton, Anne E. Cress, Kit Lam

USF Patents

The present invention concerns fragments and variants of the HYD1 peptide; polynucleotides encoding the peptides; host cells genetically modified with the polynucleotides; vectors comprising the polynucleotides; compositions containing these peptides, polynucleotides, vectors, or host cells; and methods of using the peptides, polynucleotides, vectors, and host cells as inhibitors of aberrant cell growth in vitro or in vivo, e.g., as anti-cancer agents for treatment of cancer, such as myeloma. The present invention further includes a method of increasing the efficacy of chemotherapy and radiation therapy, comprising administering an agent that binds β1 integrin to a patient in need thereof. In one …

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Growth Factor Binding Molecules, Said Sebti, Andrew D. Hamilton Dec 2009

Growth Factor Binding Molecules, Said Sebti, Andrew D. Hamilton

USF Patents

Growth factor binding molecules having a plurality of peptide loops attached to a non-peptide organic scaffold, preferably having pseudo-six amino acid peptide loops with four amino acid sidechains. The growth factor binding molecules specifically bind various growth factors and are suitable for treating a subject having tumors or restinosis. In one embodiment a platelet-derived growth factor binding molecule is disclosed that is used to inhibit tumor growth and angiogenesis in solid tumors.

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Thin Film Solar Cells By Selenization Sulfurization Using Diethyl Selenium As A Selenium Precursor., Neelkanth Dhere, Ankur Kadam Dec 2009

Thin Film Solar Cells By Selenization Sulfurization Using Diethyl Selenium As A Selenium Precursor., Neelkanth Dhere, Ankur Kadam

UCF Patents

A method of forming a CIGSS absorber layer includes the steps of providing a metal precursor, and selenizing the metal precursor using diethyl seleniym to form a selenized metal precursor layer (CIGSS absorber layer). A high efficiency solar cell includes a CIGSS absorber layer formed by a process including selenizing a metal precursor using diethyl selenium to form the CIGSS absorber layer.

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Conduction Structure For Infrared Microbolometer Sensors, Kevin Coffey, Ming-Ren Lian Dec 2009

Conduction Structure For Infrared Microbolometer Sensors, Kevin Coffey, Ming-Ren Lian

UCF Patents

A conduction structure for infrared microbolometer sensors and a method for sensing electromagnetic radiation may be provided. The microbolometer may include a first conductor layer and a second conductor layer. The microbolometer futher may include a bolometer layer between the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. A thermal camera also may be provided using the microbolometer.

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Actions Of Octocoral And Tobacco Cembranoids On Nicotinic Receptors, P. A. Ferchmin, Oné R. Pagán, Henning Ulrich, Ada C. Szeto, Richard M. Hann, Vesna A. Eterović Dec 2009

Actions Of Octocoral And Tobacco Cembranoids On Nicotinic Receptors, P. A. Ferchmin, Oné R. Pagán, Henning Ulrich, Ada C. Szeto, Richard M. Hann, Vesna A. Eterović

Biology Faculty Publications

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (AChRs) are pentameric proteins that form agonist-gated cation channels through the plasma membrane. AChR agonists and antagonists are potential candidates for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. Cembranoids are naturally occurring diterpenoids that contain a 14-carbon ring. These diterpenoids interact with AChRs in complex ways: as irreversible inhibitors at the agonist sites, as noncompetitive inhibitors, or as positive modulators, but no cembranoid was ever shown to have agonistic activity on AChRs. The cembranoid eupalmerin acetate displays positive modulation of agonist-induced currents in the muscle-type AChR and in the related gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) type A receptor. Moreover, cembranoids display …

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Project Animate: Promoting Student Civic Participation Through Latino Voter Mobilization - Ollas Report No. 6, Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado Dec 2009

Project Animate: Promoting Student Civic Participation Through Latino Voter Mobilization - Ollas Report No. 6, Jonathan Benjamin-Alvarado

Latino/Latin American Studies Reports

This project sought to expand voter outreach and mobilization of new registered and Latino voters through a series of activities in the greater Omaha metropolitan area. Following the successful development of a voter mobilization project undertaken in the 2006 election cycle, this project conducted door-to-door canvassing activities utilizing students to distribute nonpartisan voter information and engage in “get out the vote” activities with new Latino registered voters.

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Minutes Of The Federal Open Market Committee Dec. 15 -16, 2009, Brian Madigan, Federal Reserve System: Board Of Governors, Federal Reserve System: Board Of Governors: Federal Open Market Committee (Fomc) Dec 2009

Minutes Of The Federal Open Market Committee Dec. 15 -16, 2009, Brian Madigan, Federal Reserve System: Board Of Governors, Federal Reserve System: Board Of Governors: Federal Open Market Committee (Fomc)

Documents

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The Albany Movement And The Limits Of Nonviolent Protest In Albany, Georgia, 1961-1962, Brendan Kevin Nelligan Dec 2009

The Albany Movement And The Limits Of Nonviolent Protest In Albany, Georgia, 1961-1962, Brendan Kevin Nelligan

History & Classics Undergraduate Theses

This thesis argues that the failure of the Albany Movement to force desegregation and gain concessions from the white establishment resulted from the use of a deeply flawed nonviolent protest model that required vast public dedication. The absence of this dedication led directly to the defeat of the Albany Movement in 1962. Further, the paper demonstrates that King and the SCLC implemented the same defective strategy in Birmingham a year later, very nearly leading to the failure of what Americans commonly see as a victory for the Civil Rights movement. Failing to study and truly understand the events in Albany …

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Applied Climate-Change Analysis: The Climate Wizard Tool, Evan H. Girvetz, Chris Zganjar, George T. Raber, Edwin P. Maurer, Peter Kareiva, Joshua J. Lawler Dec 2009

Applied Climate-Change Analysis: The Climate Wizard Tool, Evan H. Girvetz, Chris Zganjar, George T. Raber, Edwin P. Maurer, Peter Kareiva, Joshua J. Lawler

Faculty Publications

Background: Although the message of "global climate change'' is catalyzing international action, it is local and regional changes that directly affect people and ecosystems and are of immediate concern to scientists, managers, and policy makers. A major barrier preventing informed climate-change adaptation planning is the difficulty accessing, analyzing, and interpreting climate-change information. To address this problem, we developed a powerful, yet easy to use, web-based tool called Climate Wizard (http://ClimateWizard.org) that provides non-climate specialists with simple analyses and innovative graphical depictions for conveying how climate has and is projected to change within specific geographic areas throughout the world. Methodology/Principal Findings: …

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Performance Of Dmt-Based Liquefaction Evaluation Methods On Case Histories Of Chi-Chi Earthquake, Gordon Tung-Chin Kung, Der-Her Lee, Pai-Hsiang Tsai Dec 2009

Performance Of Dmt-Based Liquefaction Evaluation Methods On Case Histories Of Chi-Chi Earthquake, Gordon Tung-Chin Kung, Der-Her Lee, Pai-Hsiang Tsai

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

This study examines two recently-developed DMT-based methods, one CRR7.5-KD boundary curve and one CRR7.5-ED boundary curve, for evaluating the liquefaction resistance of soils using in-situ test data. The collected data consist of a number of liquefied and non-liquefied case histories, which were performed shortly after the disastrous Chi-Chi earthquake in 1999. The results of examining the CRR7.5-KD and CRR7.5-ED boundary curves showed that both curves are capable of accurately estimating the liquefaction resistance of soils and thus the liquefaction potential of soils. The developed DMT-based methods therefore have the potential to be an alternative to the existing procedure of liquefaction …

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