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Understanding Future Mission Needs, Captain Paul Werner, Chris Mccormick, Joseph Dezio, Arturo Guerrero Aug 2010

Understanding Future Mission Needs, Captain Paul Werner, Chris Mccormick, Joseph Dezio, Arturo Guerrero

Small Satellite Conference

An exciting and interactive forum for discussion of the broad mission capabilities and utility that are enabled by emerging small satellite system architectures, component technologies, design methodologies, and concepts of operation. The panel will also explore markets that are currently under-served, applications and services needed by government, business, commercial operators and consumers, and what obstacles currently prevent their full realization. Panel members will be challenged to provide candid views and insight on these topics based upon their varied interests and unique roles as both small satellite developers and users. This year’s panel will be interactive, with realtime audience participation. Panel …

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08/10/2010 - Faculty Laureate Thanks Grandma Robinson For Opening His Eyes, University Marketing And Communications Aug 2010

08/10/2010 - Faculty Laureate Thanks Grandma Robinson For Opening His Eyes, University Marketing And Communications

2010

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Pairing Educational Robotics With Geospatial Technologies In Informal Learning Environments, Bradley Barker, Neal Grandgenett, Gwen Nugent, Viacheslav Adamchuk Aug 2010

Pairing Educational Robotics With Geospatial Technologies In Informal Learning Environments, Bradley Barker, Neal Grandgenett, Gwen Nugent, Viacheslav Adamchuk

Journal of Youth Development

Educational robotics, when paired with geospatial technologies and taught in an informal educational environment, can be an innovative strategy to teach youth about science, technology, engineering, and mathematic (STEM) concepts. However, little is known about the true effects on conceptual knowledge and associated attitudes. Therefore, this study was conducted to examine the short- term effects of a series of five-day summer robotics/geospatial camps held in Nebraska. The study was conducted at six diverse locations and consisted of a five-day 4-H camp experience. The study examined the experiences of 147 youth between the ages of 10 and 15. A pretest- posttest …

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Board Of Directors Meeting Minutes (August 9, 2010), Dmacc Aug 2010

Board Of Directors Meeting Minutes (August 9, 2010), Dmacc

Board of Directors Meeting Minutes

This file contains the minutes from the Des Moines Area Community College Board meeting held on August 9, 2010.

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Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, August 7, 2010, University Of South Florida Aug 2010

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, August 7, 2010, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

President's Fellow Medallion - Rhea F. Law; King O'Neal Scholars - Mateo Duque, Rohini Komarla, and Wade Pratt; Outstanding Senior - Ashley Sims

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Earthquake Risk Assessment Of Mississippi State University, Inoka Peiris Aug 2010

Earthquake Risk Assessment Of Mississippi State University, Inoka Peiris

Theses and Dissertations

Mississippi State University is one of the many public institutions in Mississippi located near a seismic hazard zone known as the New Madrid Seismic Zone (NMSZ). Previous studies reveal the possibility of damage to the campus during an earthquake is in the order of ten percent. Risk assessment for building structures on campus was carried out using HAZUS-MH MR3 software package, for several earthquake scenarios defined to replicate historic and hypothetical earthquake events.The study predicts peak ground accelerations of 0.09g to 0.2g relating to 0.67% to 4.28% building loss ratios respectively, which amounts to a loss of $8.2 million to …

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Role Of Organic Matter In Formation Of Stromatolites And Micritic Ooids From Channing Lake Basin:Rita Blanca Formation; Panhandle, Texas, Brittany Leigh Weeks Aug 2010

Role Of Organic Matter In Formation Of Stromatolites And Micritic Ooids From Channing Lake Basin:Rita Blanca Formation; Panhandle, Texas, Brittany Leigh Weeks

Theses and Dissertations

Channing Lake Basin, located west and northwest of Channing, in the Texas Panhandle, is of substantial area and presumably includes lake beds of Pliocene and Pleistocene ages within the Rita Blanca Formation, a member of the Ogallala Group. The foci of this study were a micritic ooid layer and a directly overlying stromatolite layer, which crop out in a canyon approximately 10 kilometers west of Channing. Research was conducted primarily using petrographic and scanning electron microscopy. Significant conclusions include: organic matter was preserved in ooids as filaments and nanoscale spheroids, which served to capture ostracode carapaces within ~10% of micritic …

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On The Design-Build Of Small Pavilions, Agrippa Spence Kellum Aug 2010

On The Design-Build Of Small Pavilions, Agrippa Spence Kellum

Theses and Dissertations

Design-build is the process whereby a project is constructed by the same entity that designed it. Detailed narratives are provided for the collaborative, integrated designbuild of two small, relatively contemporary pavilions. The first was constructed as part of a design-build workshop taught by Steve Badanes, director of the Neighborhood Design/Build Studio at the University of Washington Department of Architecture and founder of the international architecture firm The Jersey Devil. The second, a multi-use pavilion on the site of a former junkyard, was implemented as a local volunteer community service project using Badanes' method. A third proposal is also described; an …

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Temporal And Spatial Patterns Of Fish Distribution And Diversity In The Noxubee River, Mississippi And Alabama, Michael Thomas Calloway Aug 2010

Temporal And Spatial Patterns Of Fish Distribution And Diversity In The Noxubee River, Mississippi And Alabama, Michael Thomas Calloway

Theses and Dissertations

The Mobile Basin is a prime example of a system that has undergone extensive channel modification with corresponding declines in the distribution and abundance of the native aquatic fauna. However, many of the declining aquatic species of the Mobile basin may persist within unmodified subbasins. The Noxubee River is a subbasin of the Mobile basin that has had very little alteration throughout its watershed. I investigated the species richness and assemblage structure to determine if the contemporary fish assemblage attributes resembled the conditions represented by historic collections. The findings of this study are important because the Noxubee River has not …

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In Memoriam Aug 2010

In Memoriam

Studia UBB Geologia

No abstract provided.

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Service Learning Through Disaster Relief, Donna Duerst Aug 2010

Service Learning Through Disaster Relief, Donna Duerst

Journal of Youth Development

The Rock County 4-H Disaster Relief Committee raised $1,550 to aid tsunami victims in Sri Lanka and then turned its attention to Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. Thirty-one 4-H youth participated in a service learning trip to the South with the objectives of helping hurricane victims, learning about new cultures and achieving personal growth during three days of service projects in Louisiana and Mississippi. Their written reflections and other evaluative measures revealed they learned about southern culture, gained a greater appreciation for their lives, gained self confidence and developed a desire to help others more often. The trip was a valuable …

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Afghan Frontier: The Substance Of A Speech Not Delievered (1879), George Campbell Sir Aug 2010

Afghan Frontier: The Substance Of A Speech Not Delievered (1879), George Campbell Sir

Digitized Afghanistan Materials in English from the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection

The situation before the war - The present situation - The history of Afghanistan - The geography of Afghanistan - The people of Afghanistan - The demand for residents - The scientific frontier - The last resort - Summary

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Alternative Literacies, Resistance, And Spatial Representations In The Do-It-Yourself (Diy) Culture Of Zine Publication In New Orleans, Nathan Jessee Aug 2010

Alternative Literacies, Resistance, And Spatial Representations In The Do-It-Yourself (Diy) Culture Of Zine Publication In New Orleans, Nathan Jessee

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

Zines are small circulation media that amateurs make and distribute. Inspired by both the lack of ethnographic research on the do-it-yourself (DIY) culture of zine-making in urban studies and the growing interest in ethnographically oriented research in literacy studies, rhetoric, and linguistics this research explores the people, places, and practices behind zine publication in New Orleans, Louisiana through participant observation at two specialized loci—the Iron Rail and punk shows—as well as semi-structured interviews with people who make, distribute, and consume zines. This research argues that zine-makers use zines to reinterpret urban space in search of an authentic relationship with the …

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Petrology And Geochemical Evolution Of The East Hill Suite Of The Mont Saint-Hilaire Alkaline Plutonic Complex, Peter Tice Aug 2010

Petrology And Geochemical Evolution Of The East Hill Suite Of The Mont Saint-Hilaire Alkaline Plutonic Complex, Peter Tice

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The Mont Saint-Hilaire alkaline complex, Québec, is a Cretaceous rift-related intrusion comprising two gabbroic suites and the East Hill suite, an assemblage of several distinct nepheline syenites and evolved syenitic rocks. Whole-rock analysis of the East Hill suite reveals two fractionation trends, one which is described by the syenitic lithologies and one by the evolved syenites and syenoids. A lamprophyric unit stands on its own, geochemically, consistent with typical lamprophyre petrogenesis. Whole-rock geochemistry of the East Hill suite shows moderate silica content but highly alkaline rocks, enriched in Mn, Zn, Zr, Y, and Ce. Chlorine and sulfur are important and …

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Fannie Mae Second Quarter Credit Supplement, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae) Aug 2010

Fannie Mae Second Quarter Credit Supplement, Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae)

Documents

No abstract provided.

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Culture For Sale: An Ethnographic Study Of Commodification At The Westwego Shrimp Lot Of Louisiana, Rachael Wissing Aug 2010

Culture For Sale: An Ethnographic Study Of Commodification At The Westwego Shrimp Lot Of Louisiana, Rachael Wissing

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the marketing strategies employed by vendors at the Westwego shrimp lot in Westwego, Louisiana. Given the fluctuating market conditions and rising costs of seafood production, seafood vendors in the Gulf Coast region must look continuously for new ways to market their product as a cultural commodity. This thesis argues that shrimp becomes a cultural commodity at the Westwego shrimp lot, and that through marketing strategies, vendors at the Westwego shrimp lot both resist and accept certain aspects of globalization. The presence of imports, a presence that emerges in the context of globalization, poses a large threat to …

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A Blue-Green Divide? Elite And Mass Partisan Dynamics In Taiwan, Hung Chung Wang Aug 2010

A Blue-Green Divide? Elite And Mass Partisan Dynamics In Taiwan, Hung Chung Wang

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation aims to investigate the bases of partisan differentiation and degree of polarization since Taiwan's 2000 presidential election. By employing American concepts and theories of partisan polarization, I analyze Taiwan's party politics at both the elite and mass levels. At the elite level, I examine whether inter‐party antagonism has become more intense in Taiwan's legislature and what types of issues contribute most to party conflict since 2000. At the mass level, I examine public perceptions of the parties, analyze whether any political issues divide the Taiwanese public along partisan lines, and explore the social and demographic bases of partisan …

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Corner Culture: Corner Stores In The Black Pearl Neighborhood Of New Orleans, Andrea Mccarthy Aug 2010

Corner Culture: Corner Stores In The Black Pearl Neighborhood Of New Orleans, Andrea Mccarthy

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

The corner store represents a significant part of New Orleans' history and neighborhoods. From essential grocery providers to bars and restaurants full of local character, these buildings have held a number of roles in the community. These roles have changed in response to development patterns, market pressures, and land-use regulation. A number of these traditional businesses still exist today as neighborhood cultural institutions throughout the city. Many more, however, have faced conversions to residential buildings, abandonment, or demolition. This case study addresses the significance of the corner store, identifies a number of factors leading to its decline, and suggests that …

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Geospatial Technology/Traditional Ecological Knowledge-Derived Information Tools For The Enhancement Of Coastal Restoration Decision Support Processes, Matthew Bethel Aug 2010

Geospatial Technology/Traditional Ecological Knowledge-Derived Information Tools For The Enhancement Of Coastal Restoration Decision Support Processes, Matthew Bethel

LSU New Orleans Theses and Dissertations

This research investigated the feasibility and benefits of integrating geospatial technology with traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of an indigenous Louisiana coastal population in order to assess the impacts of current and historical ecosystem change to community viability. The primary goal was to provide resource managers with a comprehensive method of assessing localized ecological change in the Gulf Coast region that can benefit community sustainability. Using Remote Sensing (RS), Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and other geospatial technologies integrated with a coastal community's TEK to achieve this goal, the objectives were (1) to determine a method for producing vulnerability/sustainability mapping products for …

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Unh Launches Program In Middle Eastern Studies, Lori Wright Aug 2010

Unh Launches Program In Middle Eastern Studies, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

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A Profile Of Inner-City Public School Districts: A Comparative Analysis Of U.S. Metropolitan Area Demographics And The Abandonment Of Neighborhood Schools, Belinda Saunders Aug 2010

A Profile Of Inner-City Public School Districts: A Comparative Analysis Of U.S. Metropolitan Area Demographics And The Abandonment Of Neighborhood Schools, Belinda Saunders

Theses and Dissertations

Most departments of education and school boards do not identify nor compile data reasons for public school abandonments. Public schools are anchors, vital components, and “heartbeats” of communities that contribute to the growth or decline of neighborhoods. Despite the influences that public schools have on the development and sustainability of neighborhoods, public school abandonments are increasing. School systems use abandonments to address challenges of poor academic achievements, decreasing budgets, declining enrollments, and deteriorating and underutilized facilities. However, absent from literature are comprehensive data and analyses that identify the number of public school abandonments, their locations, or the contributing factors for …

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Cgag46 Hyperspectral Sensing Possibilities Using Continuum Removal Index In Early Detection Of Ganoderma In Oil Palm Plantation, M.N.M. Nisfariza, Z.M.S. Helmi, A.S. Idris, M. Steven, D. Boyd, M.H.A. Mior Aug 2010

Cgag46 Hyperspectral Sensing Possibilities Using Continuum Removal Index In Early Detection Of Ganoderma In Oil Palm Plantation, M.N.M. Nisfariza, Z.M.S. Helmi, A.S. Idris, M. Steven, D. Boyd, M.H.A. Mior

Research Publications (2006 to 2010)

This study focuses on the possibility of early detection of Basal Stem Rot (BSR) disease caused by Ganoderma spp. a wood decaying fungi in oil palm plantation. The datasets were based on reflectance spectra measured with a GER 1500 spectroradiometer in the range of 350 – 1050nm. Relationship of oil-palm leaves reflectance spectra with the infestation of BSR was investigated. Two datasets from the same plantation were analysed; the young palm (5 years old) and the mature palm (17 years old). The palms were classified to three groups: T1 – healthy palm, T2 – palm infected with Ganoderma without any …

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Fcic Memo Of Staff Interview With Mark Paltrowitz, Blackrock, Mark Paltrowitz, Stephen Aherns, Peter Vaughan, Dixie Noonan, Kim Leslie Shafer, Sarah Knaus Aug 2010

Fcic Memo Of Staff Interview With Mark Paltrowitz, Blackrock, Mark Paltrowitz, Stephen Aherns, Peter Vaughan, Dixie Noonan, Kim Leslie Shafer, Sarah Knaus

Documents

No abstract provided.

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Shale Weathering Rates Across A Continental-Scale Climosequence, Ashlee L.D. Dere, Tim White, Lixin Jin, David Harbor, Meredith Townsend, Susan L. Brantley Aug 2010

Shale Weathering Rates Across A Continental-Scale Climosequence, Ashlee L.D. Dere, Tim White, Lixin Jin, David Harbor, Meredith Townsend, Susan L. Brantley

Geography and Geology Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

A transect of sites has been established in North America and England as part of the Critical Zone Exploration Network (CZEN) to investigate the rates of soil formation across a climate gradient. Sites reported here are all underlain by an organic-poor, iron-rich Silurian-age shale, providing a constant parent material lithology from which soil is forming. This climosequence includes relatively cold and wet sites in Wales, New York and Pennsylvania, with temperature increasing to the south in Virginia, Tennessee and Alabama. Puerto Rico provides a warm/wet end member for the transect, although this site does not lie on the same shale …

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Understanding Commuter Patterns And Behavior: An Analysis To Recommend Policies Aimed At Reducing Vehicle Use, Mary Ellen Mallia, Catherine Lawson, Chris Franklin, Benjamin Fischer, David Hogenkamp, Matt Ryan Aug 2010

Understanding Commuter Patterns And Behavior: An Analysis To Recommend Policies Aimed At Reducing Vehicle Use, Mary Ellen Mallia, Catherine Lawson, Chris Franklin, Benjamin Fischer, David Hogenkamp, Matt Ryan

Publications

This study focused on the use of single occupancy vehicles by employee and student commuters at the University at Albany. The team conducted a review of the existing options for alternative transportation, developed GIS maps of commuting patterns, investigated the on-time performance of mass transit and created a survey to examine perceptions and barriers to using alternative transportation. The report includes a handbook for conducting a similar analysis at other institutions.

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Book Reviews, Kevin Baggett, Lucy Cox, Victor Essien, Heather Hamilton, Dean C. Rowan, Ronald C. Timmons Aug 2010

Book Reviews, Kevin Baggett, Lucy Cox, Victor Essien, Heather Hamilton, Dean C. Rowan, Ronald C. Timmons

International Journal of Legal Information

No abstract provided.

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Does Race Based Redistricting Matter For Policy?, Ebonya Washington Aug 2010

Does Race Based Redistricting Matter For Policy?, Ebonya Washington

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

During the 1990 congressional redistricting many states were mandated to create additional majority minority-resident districts in order to elect more minorities to Congress. Civil rights groups and Republicans cheered. The Party views Democratic districts stripped of Black voters as opportunities to repaint blue districts red. The academic literature agrees, attributing the Republican return to House control in 1994 to race based redistricting. However, this literature generally focuses on the district as the unit of analysis, a focus that is too narrow, as some districts gain Black residents while others lose them. I focus on states, the level at which redistricting …

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Poverty, Inequality And Cost Of Living Differences, Enrico Moretti Aug 2010

Poverty, Inequality And Cost Of Living Differences, Enrico Moretti

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

Metropolitan areas in the US are characterized by enormous differences in average income, earnings, and factor productivity. The income of individuals located in metropolitan areas at the top of the income distribution is more than double the income of observationally similar individuals located in metropolitan areas at the bottom of the distribution. These differences reflect, at least in part, variation in local productivity.

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Defeating The U-Boat, Jan S. Breemer Aug 2010

Defeating The U-Boat, Jan S. Breemer

Newport Papers

In Defeating the U-boat: Inventing Antisubmarine Warfare, Newport Paper 36, Jan. S. Breemer tells the story of the British response to the German submarine threat. His account of Germany's 'asymmetric' challenge (to use the contemporary term) to Britain's naval mastery holds important lessons for the United States today, the U.S. Navy in particular.

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Teachers' Perspectives About Implementing A Content-Specific Technology Innovation, Thomas Stovall Hibbs Aug 2010

Teachers' Perspectives About Implementing A Content-Specific Technology Innovation, Thomas Stovall Hibbs

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This research was designed to examine the implementation of a technology innovation in a content area from teachers’ point of view. Three classroom teachers who were involved in organized implementations of a technology innovation at the school level were asked to describe their implementations. They then were asked to review those implementations through four specific lenses that research indicates are important: school change, factors affecting implementation of technology innovations, technology in their content area, and examining their use of developers’ innovative improvements. Finally the classroom teachers were asked, as a summary technique, to talk about factors important to include in …

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