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Fall Enrollment (2010-11), Uno Office Of Institutional Effectiveness

IPEDS Fall Enrollment

IPEDS Fall Enrollment annual report contains the following information:

• Full- and part-time fall enrollments by level, by race/ethnicity and gender of student
• Number of students engaged in distance education, by level and location
• Age distributions by student level (odd-numbered years)
• State of residence of first-time first-year students (even-numbered years)
• Total number of students in the entering class
• Fall-to-fall retention rates of full-time and part-time, first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduate students (less than 4-year institutions), and first-time bachelor’s degree-seeking students (4-year institutions)

Graduate Academic Catalog (2010-2011), University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Graduate Catalogs

For many, earning a graduate degree is a way to advance in a career, for others it's the next step toward a doctorate degree and for others it's the right thing to do. At the University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) you'll experience a university dedicated to being a leading resource for graduate study, one that offers the right learning environment focused on your success.

As a graduate student at UNO, you will have the opportunity to develop independent scholarship and gain greater competence in research and other applied activities. Rigor, combined with real-world experience and innovation help create a …

The Role Of An Effective It Intervention For Microenterprises, Changsoo Song, Sajda Qureshi

Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

Information technology (IT) interventions for micro-enterprises are fragmented and their approach lacks theoretical foundations. While various researchers have conducted studies on the effects of IT adoption in micro-enterprises, little research has been conducted to explain critical aspects of an effective IT intervention for micro-enterprises from a theoretical perspective. This study aims to fill this gap and empirically investigate how IT interventions can effectively facilitate the process of IT adoption by micro-enterprises. This paper suggests that effective IT interventions may have considerable potential for facilitating IT adoption among micro-enterprises across the United States and the world. Following an analysis of four …

Information Technology Adoption In Latin American Microenterprises, Travis Good, Mehruz Kamal, Sajda Qureshi, Nancy Jimenez

Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Proceedings & Presentations

The majority of businesses in developing regions across the world are microenterprises. In recent years, this form of business has been particularly resilient to economic downturns. While microenterprises are the least likely to succeed, when they do, their growth increases by a factor of 3.4% when they adopt technology. However, the challenges faced by microenterprises make it very difficult for them to adopt technology successfully. Existing theoretical models of ICT adoption have centered on intent to adopt in large organizations, and thus lack applicability to microenterprises, wherein the intent to adopt is an individual decision. This paper builds on prior …

Role Of Quadrupole Deformation In Proton Emitting Nuclei In The Medium Mass Region, Chandrasekaran Anu Radha, Velayudham Ramasubramanian, Emmanuel James Jebaseelan Samuel

Turkish Journal of Physics

Nuclear structural studies at and beyond the proton drip line is done with the help of proton radioactivity. It is found that nuclei are not necessarily always spherical. The aim of the present work is to study the role of quadrupole deformation in proton rich nuclei, particularly with respect to odd Z nuclei within the region 50 < Z < 80 near the proton drip line. The deformation is studied using triaxially deformed cranked Nilsson Strutinsky method with tuning. Some of the nuclei in the medium mass region are found to be proton emitters from the ground state with appreciable deformation. Nuclei with 62 < Z < 67 shows considerable deformation that kindled the probability of instability within the nuclei. Significant ground state deformed shapes are observed in the 67 < Z < 73 region.

An Economic Anyalysis Of Montana Products Liability, Daniel Jones

Montana Law Review

Montana Products Liability

Alternative Splicing And Polyadenylation Contribute To The Generation Of Herg1 C-Terminal Isoforms, Qiuming Gong, Matthew R. Stump, A. Russell Dunn, Vivianne Deng, Zhengfeng Zhou

Faculty Publications - Department of Biological & Molecular Science

The human ether-a-go-go-related gene 1 (hERG1) encodes the pore-forming subunit of the rapidly activating delayed rectifier potassium channel. Several hERG1 isoforms with different N- and C-terminal ends have been identified. The hERG1a, hERG1b, and hERG1-3.1 isoforms contain the full-length C terminus, whereas the hERG1_USOisoforms, hERG1a_USO and hERG1b_USO, lack most of the C-terminal domain and contain a unique C-terminal end. The mechanisms underlying the generation of hERG1_USOisoforms are not understood. We show that hERG1 isoforms with different C-terminal ends are generated by alternative splicing and polyadenylation of hERG1 pre-mRNA. We identified an …

Physics Of Luminescence Nanomaterials, Boon Kuan Woo

Physics Dissertations - Archive

Luminescence oxide nanoparticles have tremendous potential in revolutionizing many interesting applications in today's emerging cutting-edge optical technology such as solid state lighting, biomedical labeling, imaging, photodynamic activation and radiation detection. In the early parts of this thesis, we synthesized two types of luminescence oxide nanoparticles, namely zinc oxide and gadolinium oxide in the hope of investigating their optical properties and to gain a deeper understanding in determining the relationship in between the ZnO's surface defect emission and its excitonic emission. We also investigated the luminescence properties of rare-earth dopants such as Ce³⁺ and Eu³⁺ doped into the host gadolinium oxide …

Morphological, Structural, And Optical Studies Of Undoped And Doped-Zno Nanostructure., Ramin Yousefi

Student Works (2010-2019)

Research concerning one-dimensional nanomaterials has grown tremendously ever since carbon nanotubes were discovered by Iijima (1991), silicon nanowires were grown by Lieber's group (1998), and ZnO nanowires and nanobelts were found by Wang's group from Georgia Tech (Pan et al., 2001). Such researches on one-dimensional structures have been one of the most important branches of science during recent decades. We can now observe the impact of these studies on the technology of one-dimensional materials and also the advanced prospect of developing new technologies. Based on this motivation, this thesis attempts to investigate some unknown properties of ZnO nanostructures as …

If Mowat And Davis Are Correct, Then Teaching Is Hard: A Response To Elizabeth Mowat & Brent Davis, Kris H. Green, Bernard P. Ricca

Mathematical and Computing Sciences Faculty/Staff Publications

In lieu of an abstract, below is the article's first paragraph.

Mowat & Davis (this issue) present a model of learning mathematics that relies heavily on ideas from network (or graph) theory. The important questions (to us, at least) concern the dynamics of the nodes and links. Answers – even tentative ones such as we present here – to these questions lead to a second set of questions concerning the implications of these answers to teachers and researchers.

The Magnetic Field Induced By A Lightning Strikes Indirect Effect Double Exponential Current Waveform, S L. Meredith, S K. Earles, I N. Kostanic, Niescja E. Turner

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Research

Problem statement: Develop a new formula which describes the magnetic field induced by a lightning strike's indirect effect double exponential current waveform. Approach: A novel approach for developing a closed-form solution for the magnetic field from the indirect effect double exponential current waveform will be presented. In the literature, models typically employ the pulse waveform to derive the corresponding electromagnetic fields. However, given the Department of Defense (DoD) has incorporated the double exponential current waveform as part of their "Electromagnetic Environmental Effects Requirements For Systems", we felt it important to develop a solution for the magnetic field which …

A New Method For Describing The Horizontal Electric Field Induced By A Lightning Strike Return Stroke, S L. Meredith, S K. Earles, Niescja E. Turner

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Research

No abstract provided.

Dynamic Path Bifurcation For The Beckmann Reaction: Observation And Implication, H. Yamataka, M. Sato, H. Hasegawa, Salai Cheettu Ammal

Faculty Publications

The reaction of oximes to amides, known as the Beckmann rearrangement, may undergo fragmentation to form carbocations + nitriles instead of amides when the cations have reasonable stability. The reactions of oxime derivatives of 1-substituted-phenyl-2-propanones and 3-substituted-phenyl-2-butanones in aqueous solvents gave both rearrangement and fragmentation products, the ratio of which was dependent on substituents. Transition state (TS) optimizations and intrinsic reaction coordinate (IRC) calculations for the reaction of 1-phenyl-2-propanone oximes showed that there is a single TS for each substituted compound. The IRC path from the TS either led to a rearrangement product or a fragmentation product depending on the …

Correlating The Magnitude And Spatial Gradient Of Alternans, Stuart Traxel

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

Electrical restitution has been shown to inaccurately predict the occurrence of alternans of action potential duration. A new method using the spatial gradient of alternans (SGA) is proposed to predict alternans and cardiac electrical stability. A simulated 1-D strand of tissue was used to compare indexes computed from restitution methods and the SGA method to changes in the amplitude of alternans using different electro-physiological alterations. The SGA method correlated better with changes in the amplitude of alternans than restitution methods for a decrease in the transient outward current (I_to) and conduction velocity. Restitution methods correlated better with changes …

Paleogeographic, Paleoceanographic, And Tectonic Controls On Early Late Ordovician Graptolite Diversity Patterns, Daniel Goldman, Shuang-Ye Wu

Department of Earth, Environment and Sustainability Faculty Publications

The Katian Age (early Late Ordovician) was a time of significant decline in marine biodiversity, but whether this decline was a real phenomenon or an artifact of the relatively few studies devoted to this interval requires further research. We examined the pattern of graptolite faunal changes across the boundary between the Climacograptus bicornis and Diplacanthograptus caudatus graptolite zones in North America and on several other continents.

A sharp decline in species diversity occurs in the Appalachian Basin. Scores for normalized diversity dropped from 20 in the C. bicornis Zone to 7 in the D. caudatus Zone. Only 11% of the …

Hoisting The Black Flag, Theodore P. Hill

Research Scholars in Residence

No abstract provided.

2010 Vol. 4 Table Of Contents, University Of Dayton. Department Of Mathematics

Undergraduate Mathematics Day: Past Content

No abstract provided.

On The Construction Of Order Six Multilevel Hadamard Matrices, Keli Parker

Undergraduate Mathematics Day: Past Content

The existence of multilevel Hadamard matrices (MHMs) of all orders as well as a construction for full-rate circulant MHMs of all orders n 6= 4 is known. We use computer search methods to look for previously unknown full-rate circulant MHMs of orders 5, 6, and 7 and find solutions that potentially do not follow from the known construction. We then give an alternate construction to explain some order six MHMs.

Uniqueness Of Solutions Implies Existence And Uniqueness Of Solutions Of Boundary Value Problems For Third Order Differential Equations, Veronica Respress

Undergraduate Mathematics Day: Past Content

In this paper we are concerned with uniqueness implies uniqueness and uniqueness implies existence questions for solutions of a class of boundary value problems for the third order ordinary differential equation (ODE). First we show uniqueness of solutions of a class of two-point problems implies the uniqueness of solutions of an associated class of three-point problems. Then we establish uniqueness of solutions of the class of two-point problems implies the existence of solutions of the class of two point problems and the associated class of three-point problems.

Just Sit Back And Let The Girth Model Make Money For You, Ellham Negahdary

Undergraduate Mathematics Day: Past Content

The Girth Model will use the 10-period exponential moving average (EMA) and the 20-period EMA as their proxy for market trend. The Girth Model is a trend following model incorporating volatility, momentum and velocity. We will use girth as an early close indication to both long and short positions. Typically, early exit due to decreasing girth results in a more favorable profit position than that taken if the trader simply waited for an exit on the EMA cross to the downside.

Distance Functions And Attribute Weighting In A K-Nearest Neighbors Classifier, Alyssa C. Frazee, Matthew A. Hathcock, Samantha C. Bates Prins

Undergraduate Mathematics Day: Past Content

To assess environmental health of a stream, field, or other ecological object, characteristics of that object should be compared to a set of reference objects known to be healthy. Using streams as objects, we propose a k-nearest neighbors algorithm (Bates Prins and Smith, 2006) to find the appropriate set of reference streams to use as a comparison set for any given test stream. Previously, investigations of the k-nearest neighbors algorithm have utilized a variety of distance functions, the best of which has been the Interpolated Value Difference Metric (IVDM), proposed by Wilson and Martinez (1997). We propose two alternatives to …

Linearly Ordered Topological Spaces And Weak Domain Representability, Joe Mashburn

Mathematics Faculty Publications

It is well known that domain representable spaces, that is topological spaces that are homeomorphic to the space of maximal elements of some domain, must be Baire. In this paper it is shown that every linearly ordered topological space (LOTS) is homeomorphic to an open dense subset of a weak domain representable space. This means that weak domain representable spaces need not be Baire.

2010 Alumni Presenters, University Of Dayton. Department Of Mathematics

Biennial Alumni Seminar

No abstract provided.

Coarsening In High Order, Discrete, Ill-Posed Diffusion Equations, Catherine Kublik

Mathematics Faculty Publications

We study the discrete version of a family of ill-posed, nonlinear diffusion equations of order 2n. The fourth order (n=2) version of these equations constitutes our main motivation, as it appears prominently in image processing and computer vision literature. It was proposed by You and Kaveh as a model for denoising images while maintaining sharp object boundaries (edges). The second order equation (n=1) corresponds to another famous model from image processing, namely Perona and Malik's anisotropic diffusion, and was studied in earlier papers. The equations studied in this paper are high order analogues of the Perona-Malik equation, and like the …

Eleventh Kenneth C. Schraut Memorial Lecture (Poster), University Of Dayton. Department Of Mathematics

Kenneth C. Schraut Memorial Lectures

No abstract provided.

Every Time I Turn Around There's Dr. Schraut Or You Can't Take Mathematics Out Of A U. D. Mathematics Major (Abstract), Eugene Steuerie

Kenneth C. Schraut Memorial Lectures

In this lecture, Gene Steurele, a math major from the 1968 graduating class, will discuss the many ways that mathematics & statistics crop up in almost every major public policy debate in which he has participated.

Themistius On Concept Acquisition And Knowledge Of Essences, Myrna Gabbe

Philosophy Faculty Publications

Themistius's (ca. 317-ca. 388 C.E.) paraphrase of the De Anima is an influential and important work; however, it is not now regarded as profound or original and thereby sutTers from neglect. I argue that Themistius is misunderstood on the matter of Aristotle's productive and potential intellects. It is commonly held that Themistius gives to the productive intellect the role of illuminating images in order to produce universal thoughts In the potential intellect with epistemic certainty. I argue that Themistius's productive intellect does not transform images to reveal the forms contained therein, but gives to the potential intellect the ability, first, …

Edison State College General Catalog 2009-2010, Edison State College

FSW Course Catalogs

Edison State College General Catalog Volume Forty Eight. 2009-2010. Scanned by Internet Archive.

Experimental And Cfd Investigations Of Lifted Tribrachial Flames, Zhiliang Li

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Experimental measurements of the lift-off velocity and lift-off height, and numerical simulations were conducted on the liftoff and stabilization phenomena of laminar jet diffusion flames of inert-diluted C3H8 and CH4 fuels. Both non-reacting and reacting jets were investigated, including effects of multi-component diffusivities and heat release (buoyancy and gas expansion). The role of Schmidt number for non-reacting jets was investigated, with no conclusive Schmidt number criterion for liftoff previously known in similarity solutions. The cold-flow simulation for He-diluted CH4 fuel does not predict flame liftoff; however, adding heat release reaction leads to the prediction of liftoff, which is consistent with …

Researches On Reverse Lookup Problem In Distributed File System, Junyao Zhang

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Recent years have witnessed an increasing demand for super data clusters. The super data clusters have reached the petabyte-scale can consist of thousands or tens of thousands storage nodes at a single site. For this architecture, reliability is becoming a great concern. In order to achieve a high reliability, data recovery and node reconstruction is a must. Although extensive research works have investigated how to sustain high performance and high reliability in case of node failures at large scale, a reverse lookup problem, namely finding the objects list for the failed node remains open. This is especially true for storage …