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Chips 2009, University Of The Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School Of Dentistry

Dental School Yearbooks

Yearbook for the University of the Pacific Arthur A. Dugoni School of Dentistry, originally the College of Physicians and Surgeons

Todd Barkman, Julia Valentine

International Faculty Researchers

Dr. Todd Barkman grew up in Pinckney, Mich. and admits growing up in a rural area is what first inspired his interest in plants. While studying at Michigan State University, he had the opportunity to grow orchids for the botany department. "I fell in love with orchids," Barkman said. "I decided I wanted to work with and study orchids for the rest of my life."

Todd Barkman's website

Wmu International News May 2009, Haenicke Institute For Global Education

WMU International News

In this issue:

New brown‐bag series links campus international scholars and researchers

WMU to host 18 faculty‐led summer short‐term study abroad programs

WMU hosted 20th International Festival in March

Large, smelly tropical plant attracts WMU researcher

Biomed bachelor’s leads to stem cell and spinal cord research for WMU alumna

Joan Conway's classroom: Where business and English intersect

Masoud Al Ajmi

Physiologic And Kinematical Effects Of Water Run Training On Running Performance, Leonardo Alexandre Peyré-Tartaruga, Marcus Peikriszwili Tartaruga, Marcelo Coertjens, Gabriela Lovis Black, Àlvaro Reischak Oliveira, Luiz Fernando Martins Kruel

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

The purpose of this study was to analyze whether trained competitive runners could maintain running kinematics, cardiorespiratory performance (VO2peak, ventilatory threshold, running economy) and on-land running performance by replacing 30% of conventional training with water run training during 8 weeks. Eighteen runners were divided in two groups: on-land run (OLR Group) and deep water run (DWR Group). The DWR Group replaced 30% of training volume on land with DWR and the OLR group trained only on land (both groups undertaken workouts 6-7 d.wk-1 for a total of 52 sessions). No significant intra- or intergroup differences were observed for VO2peak in …

The Relationship Between Goal Orientation And Gender Roles, Amanda Michelle Hutchins

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study was designed to examine the relationship between a person’s goal orientation and the gender roles that they adopt. The relationship between gender and goal orientation has been studied for years, but the results have been inconclusive. Some studies find a gender difference and some studies do not. For this reason, this study examined if there was another factor that was influencing goal orientations that was related to gender.

Goal orientations are perceptual-cognitive frameworks for how individuals approach, interpret, and respond to achievement situations. Gender roles are the behaviors, thoughts, and emotions that are considered acceptable and appropriate for …

Qualitative Behavior Of Solutions To Differential Equations In RN And In Hilbert Space, Qian Dong

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

The qualitative behavior of solutions of differential equations mainly addresses the various questions arising in the study of the long run behavior of solutions. The contents of this thesis are related to three of the major problems of the qualitative theory, namely the stability, the boundedness and the periodicity of the solution. Learning the qualitative behavior of such solutions is crucial part of the theory of differential equations. It is important to know if a solution is bounded or unbounded or if a solution is stable. Moreover, the periodicity of a solution is also of great significance for practical purposes.

Marijuana Users In Their Own Words: Explaining The Continuation And Cessation Of Habitual Marijuana Use, Landon Shane Bevier

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This study is a qualitative examination of twenty current and former users of marijuana, using in-depth interviews as the units of analysis. The relationship between the participants’ perceived costs and rewards, type and amount of linguistic accounts used, as well as frequency of use are explored using Homans' exchange theory and Lyman and Scott’s theory of accounts. Reasons for continuation, regulation, and cessation of use are also studied. It is found that the participants use marijuana for a varied amount of reasons; these reasons directly influence how they account for their behavior as well as their frequency of use, particularly …

A Comparative Ecological Study Of Two Sister Species Of Darters In Kentucky, Etheostoma Kantuckeense And Etheostoma Lawrencei, Bjorn Victor Schmidt

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Etheostoma kantuckeense and E. lawrencei are former members of the wide ranging E. spectabile species complex. Etheostoma kantuckeense is endemic to the Barren River Basin in Southern Kentucky and Northern Tennessee, while E. lawrencei occurs in the Green River, Salt River, and Cumberland River Basins of Central and Eastern Kentucky. Isolation of populations within these drainages has allowed for a relatively recent evolutionary divergence, leading to slight differences in morphology. This study was conducted to address if geographical isolation has led to measurable differences in the ecology of these two species. In particular, habitat preference across three spatial scales and …

A Framework For Consistency Based Feature Selection, Pengpeng Lin

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Feature selection is an effective technique in reducing the dimensionality of features in many applications where datasets involve hundreds or thousands of features. The objective of feature selection is to find an optimal subset of relevant features such that the feature size is reduced and understandability of a learning process is improved without significantly decreasing the overall accuracy and applicability. This thesis focuses on the consistency measure where a feature subset is consistent if there exists a set of instances of length more than two with the same feature values and the same class labels. This thesis introduces a new …

The Effect Of Breeding Herd Parity Structure On Genetic Improvement Of The Sow Herd, Caitlyn E. Abell

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This study focuses on the value of the genetic lag associated with maintaining sows for additional parities in a commercial swine herd. Three traits were included in this study: number born alive (NBA), 21 day litter weight (W21), and days to market (D250). The economic values assigned to these traits were $22.00/pig, $0.70/lb., and $0.17/day, respectively. The genetic improvement per generation made for each trait was assumed to be 0.3 pigs, 3.0 lbs., and 3.0 days, respectively. It was estimated that the value of the genetic lag associated with retaining a sow to P3, P5, and P7 was $24.80, $46.89, …

Bridges : Newsletter Of The Stony Brook Health Sciences Chapter Of United University Professions, Stony Brook University

Bridges Newsletter (UUP HSC Chapter)

Newsletter

Growing Change: Local Foods Movements And The Emergence Of Global Social Change, Annie S. Virnig

Political Science Honors Projects

Local foods movements increasingly emerge as social movements with the power to challenge global norms. This paper develops around the question: can local foods movements create holistic sustainability at the global level? I begin by analyzing impetuses behind contemporary local foods movements. I then evaluate sustainability in three case studies – Auroville, India; the Twin Cities, United States; and Southern Africa. I ultimately argue that local foods movements can create sustainable change if they: (1) develop organically within their locale, (2) account for ecological, social, and economic implications of their actions, and (3) build translocal connections across multiple geographic scales.

Animal Pleasure And Its Moral Significance, Jonathan Balcombe

Sentience Collection

This paper presents arguments for, and evidence in support of, the important role of pleasure in animals’ lives, and outlines its considerable significance to humankind’s relationship to other animals. In the realms of animal sentience, almost all scholarly discussion revolves around its negative aspects: pain, stress, distress, and suffering. By contrast, the positive aspects of sentience – rewards and pleasures – have been rarely broached by scientists. Yet, evolutionary principles predict that animals, like humans, are motivated to seek rewards, and not merely to avoid pain and suffering. Natural selection favours behaviours that enhance survival and procreation. In the conscious, …

Animal Behaviour, Animal Welfare And The Scientific Study Of Affect, David Fraser

Emotion Collection

Many questions about animal welfare involve the affective states of animals (pain, fear, distress) and people look to science to clarify these issues as a basis for practices, policies and standards. However, the science of the mid twentieth century tended to be silent on matters of animal affect for both philosophical and methodological reasons. Philosophically, under the influence of Positivism many scientists considered that the affective states of animals fall outside the scope of science. Certain methodological features of the research also favoured explanations that did not involve affect. The features included the tendency to rely on abstract, quantitative measures …

Characterizing Subsurface Textural Properties Using Electromagnetic Induction Mapping And Geostatistics, Hiruy Abdu

T.W. "Doc" Daniel Experimental Forest

No abstract provided.

Middle School Grading Practices And The Ability To Predict Achievement On The Arkansas Benchmark Test, Philip Matthew Summers

Dissertations

After the No Child Left Behind Act was legislated, it became necessary for states to target specific learning goals and then test those objectives. As part of this process, districts began to develop new curricula and evaluate grading practices. For this study, student samples were drawn from sixth, seventh, and eighth grade populations of a Northwest Arkansas Middle School. Samples were disaggregated by grade level for the 2005-2006, 2006- 2007, and 2007-2008 school years. A quasi-experimental design was implemented to test the strength of the independent variable, averaged semester grades, on the dependent variable, Arkansas Benchmark Test scores. A Pearson …

Structural And Functional Significance Of The Additional Transmembrane Segment In Mammalian Glutamate Receptors, Alexandra Victoria Corrales Higuera

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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The Influence Of Nutrients And Climate On The Dynamics And Toxicity Of Alexandrium Fundyense Blooms In New York Estuary, Theresa Hattenrath

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Regulation Of Myc Function By The Ubiquitin-Proteasome System, Abhishek Amareswar Chakraborty

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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A Tale Of Two Lipids: A Role For Compartmentalized Generation Of Pip2 In Yersinia Infection, & Characterization Of A Small Molecule Inhibitor Of Pa Generation By Phospholipase D Enzyme Family Members, Wenjuan Su

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Abnormal Error Processing In Individuals With Major Depressive Disorder, Doreen Marie Olvet

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Recovery Of Trabecular Bone From Disuse Induced Deterioration In Cellular, Morphological And Biomechanical Properties, Engin Ozcivici

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Zinc Finger Nucleases: Custom Enzyme For Dna Engineering, Andriy Tovkach

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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The Self-Scaffold Model Of G Protein Signaling, Jingting Wang

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Fisheries Research Report No. 184 - Macroscopic And Microscopic Description Of Snapper (Pagrus Auratus) Gonads From Shark Bay, Western Australia, Michael C. Mackie, Gary Jackson, Nadia E. Tapp, Jeffrey V. Norriss, Adrian Thomson

Fisheries Research Reports

Since 1997, research on snapper (Pagrus auratus, Sparidae) in the inner gulfs of Shark Bay has focussed on providing biological information required for the management of the regionally important recreational fishery. A major component of this research has been a comprehensive investigation of snapper reproductive biology to determine size and age at maturity, the timing of the spawning season and to estimate batch fecundity. This research has necessitated a review of the macroscopic staging system used for P. auratus in Western Australian waters and the development of a more detailed microscopic system to allow accurate analyses of histological material. Based …

Fisheries Research Report No. 192 - Determination Of A Cost Effective Methodology For Ongoing Age Monitoring Needed For The Management Of Scalefish Fisheries In Western Australia, Montgomery Craine, Ben Rome, Peter Stephenson, Brent S. Wise, D J. Gaughan, R Lenanton, Richard A. Steckis

Fisheries Research Reports

Final FRDC Report – Project 2004/042

Objectives

1. Determine for the 20 major WA scalefish species (4 - 5 in each bioregion) the relative accuracy of structures used to estimate age (e.g. Sectioned/whole otoliths, lengths, otolith weight, other otolith dimensions or some combination of these).

2. For each stock, examine the relative impact on the calculated age-compositions and their effect on model outputs and conclusions from varying (i) the method of ageing used (only where this is possible from available data) (ii) the number of individuals used in the samples (iii) the spatial distribution of the samples used (iv) if …

Best Management Practices For Corn Production In South Dakota : Corn Calendar And Troubleshooting Guide, Troy Bauder, Dwayne L. Beck, Sue L. Blodgett, C. Gregg Carlson, Michael A. Catangui, David E. Clay, Sharon A. Clay, Darrell L. Deneke, Martin A. Draper, B. Wade French, Billy W. Fuller, Robert G. Hall, Curt A. Hoffbeck, Daniel S. Humburg, Marie A. Langham, Douglas D. Malo, Mike J. Moechnig, Richard E. Nicolai, Kurtis D. Reitsma, Bradley E. Ruden, Thomas E. Schumacher, Dennis P. Todey, Todd P. Trooien, Hal D. Werner, James A. Wilson, Howard J. Woodard, Leon J. Wrage

SDSU Extension Circulars

No abstract provided.

Best Management Practices For Corn Production In South Dakota : Corn Drying And Storage, Troy Bauder, Dwayne L. Beck, Sue L. Blodgett, C. Gregg Gregg

SDSU Extension Circulars

The goal for a corn drying and storage system is to maintain grain quality without impeding harvesting or shipping. This chapter describes the factors that influence grain quality, proper handling techniques, drying procedures, storage management, and safety precautions.

Moral Management Methodology/Mythology: Erroneous Ethical Equations, Andrew Sikula Sr.

Management Faculty Research

Understanding the falsity of certain common beliefs helps students move toward better business ethics and a higher degree of moral management. This article explains one method for teaching moral management, by using ethical equation inequalities, and offers 10 implications and suggestions to managers.

Sci-Tech Book News Reviews, Susan Fingerman

Sci-Tech News

This section consists of 100 book reviews selected from Sci-Tech Book News, reprinted with the permission of Book News, Inc.