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Spartan Daily November 2, 2010, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 135, Issue 35

Executive Committee - Agenda, 11/2/2010, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

Letter, Norine Noonan To Colleagues, November 2, 2010, Norine E. Noonan

About: Office of Academic Affairs

Fall letter to the faculty from the Regional Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Noonan touches on the following topics: Midterm grades; career paths for instructors; the Distance Learning Course Development Program; an update on accreditation; the budget; the Multipurpose Campus Center; kudos; the Semi-Annual Finals Week Cookie Bake Extravaganza; and commencement.

Halo Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry: Design, Instrumentation, And Performance, Miao Wang

Theses and Dissertations

New ion trap mass spectrometry (ITMS) instrumentation, the toroidal IT and halo IT, were developed to meet the significant growth in on-site analysis applications. The miniature toroidal IT mass analyzer was operated with radio frequency (RF) trapping voltages of 3 kVp-p or less. Despite its reduced dimensions, it has roughly the same ion trapping capacity as conventional 3D quadrupole ITs. Unit-mass resolved spectra for n-butylbenzene, xenon, and naphthalene were obtained. The desired linear mass scale was obtained using conventional mass-selective instability scan combined with resonance ejection. The halo IT was also based on toroidal trapping geometry and microfabrication technology, consisting …

Endogenous Sirnas And Noncoding Rna-Derived Small Rnas Are Expressed In Adult Mouse Hippocampus And Are Up-Regulated In Olfactory Discrimination Training., Neil Smalheiser, G Lugli, Jyothi Thimmapuram, E.H. Cook, J Larson

Cyber Center Publications

We previously proposed that endogenous siRNAs may regulate synaptic plasticity and long-term gene expression in the mammalian brain. Here, a hippocampal-dependent task was employed in which adult mice were trained to execute a nose-poke in a port containing one of two simultaneously present odors in order to obtain a reward. Mice demonstrating olfactory discrimination training were compared to pseudo-training and nose-poke control groups; size-selected hippocampal RNA was subjected to Illumina deep sequencing. Sequences that aligned uniquely and exactly to the genome without uncertain nucleotide assignments, within exons or introns of MGI annotated genes, were examined further. The data confirm that …

An Empirical Model For Build-Up Of Sodium And Calcium Ions In Small Scale Reverse Osmosis, Subriyer Nasir

Makara Journal of Technology

A simple models for predicting build-up of solute on membrane surface were formulated in this paper. The experiments were conducted with secondary effluent, groundwater and simulated feed water in small-scale of RO with capacity of 2000 L/d. Feed water used in the experiments contained varying concentrations of sodium, calcium, combined sodium and calcium. In order to study the effect of sodium and calcium ions on membrane performance, experiments with ground water and secondary effluent wastewater were also performed. Build-up of salts on the membrane surface was calculated by measuring concentrations of sodium and calcium ions in feed water permeate and …

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, November 2, 2010, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The November 2, 2010, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin. Included are articles on records for numbers of early voters and an editorial on Michelle Obama.

Global Protein Interactome Exploration Through Mining Genome-Scale Data In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Feng Xu, Guang Li, Chen Zhao, Yuhua Li, Peng Li, Jian Cui, Youping Deng, Tieliu Shi

Faculty Publications

Background

Many essential cellular processes, such as cellular metabolism, transport, cellular metabolism and most regulatory mechanisms, rely on physical interactions between proteins. Genome-wide protein interactome networks of yeast, human and several other animal organisms have already been established, but this kind of network reminds to be established in the field of plant.

Results

We first predicted the protein protein interaction in Arabidopsis thaliana with methods, including ortholog, SSBP, gene fusion, gene neighbor, phylogenetic profile, coexpression, protein domain, and used Naïve Bayesian approach next to integrate the results of these methods and text mining data to build a genome-wide protein interactome …

Speckle Reducing Bilateral Filter For Cattle Follicle Segmentation, Jinshang Teng, Shengwen Guo, Qingling Sun, Youping Deng, Dongfeng Zhou

Faculty Publications

Background: Ultrasound imaging technology has wide applications in cattle reproduction and has been used to monitor individual follicles and determine the patterns of follicular development. However, the speckles in ultrasound images affect the post-processing, such as follicle segmentation and finally affect the measurement of the follicles. In order to reduce the effect of speckles, a bilateral filter is developed in this paper.

Results: We develop a new bilateral filter for speckle reduction in ultrasound images for follicle segmentation and measurement. Different from the previous bilateral filters, the proposed bilateral filter uses normalized difference in the computation of the …

Breathing Fresh Air Into The Philosophy Of Mathematics, Marco Panza

MPP Published Research

A review of Paolo Mancosu (ed.): The Philosophy of Mathematical Practice.

Plant Growth Modeling Using L-System Approach And Its Visualization, Atris Suyantohadi, Alfiyan Alfiyan, Mochamad Hariadi, Mauridhi Hery Purnomo

Makara Journal of Technology

The visualization of plant growth modeling using computer simulation has rarely been conducted with Lindenmayer System (L-System) approach. L-System generally has been used as framework for improving and designing realistic modeling on plant growth. It is one kind of tools for representing plant growth based on grammar sintax and mathematic formulation. This research aimed to design modeling and visualizing plant growth structure generated using L-System. The environment on modeling design used three dimension graphic on standart OpenGL format. The visualization on system design has been developed by some of L-System grammar, and the output graphic on three dimension reflected on …

Optical Design Of Beam Shaping Optics For Camera Probe And Led Light Illumination Used For Minimally Invasive Abdominal Surgery, Weiyi He

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The optical design of a LED illuminator and camera imaging system were studied for potential use in a small medical "robotic type" probe to be used for minimally invasive abdominal surgery. Beam shaping optical reflectors were studied to increase the intensity distribution of the LED beam directed toward a close-by target surface. A CMOS/CCD camera and lens was used to image the targeted area. In addition, extensive optical ray tracing simulations were made to predict the intensity patterns. The experimental measurements and ray tracing simulations were in good agreement, and indicated that 20 degree cone reflectors for the LED sources …

Economics And Psychology: Exciting Interface In The Emerging Market Milieu, Sudhanva V. Char, Cherry Collier

Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets

The business of economics has always been the study of the dynamics of human behavior. It deals with how individuals, businesses or any group of people craft decisions concerning use of scarce resources in the hope of maximizing happiness. Economics is preoccupied with the study of decision-making under pressure of limited wherewithal, for which purpose it puts faith in rationality. However, postulating rationality for all times is a tall demand and somewhat naïve like in "animal spirits" and "irrational exuberance." Also what exactly is rational or for the greater good, is not always crystal clear. This paper surveys the Economics-Psychology …

Fractals: A More Dynamic & Multidimensional Approach To Business Analytics, Priya A. Roy

Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets

This paper has two parts. In the first part, I articulate the short but significant evolution of the study of fractals. In the second part, I discuss the application of fractals to business models and business analytics. "Clouds are not spheres, mountains are not cones, coastlines are not circles, and bark is not smooth, nor does lightning travel in a straight line"(Mandelbrot, 1982, pg. 1). Thus began the study of fractals on a large scale. Fractals in their most common sense are nothing but interesting images. To scientists, however, they represent a fairly untrodden field in mathematics. Until the 1970s, …

International Trade As An Engine Of Economic Growth Revisited: A Case Of Egypt, Galen Smith, Kishore G. Kulkarni

Journal of Emerging Knowledge on Emerging Markets

The promotion of free trade is one of the oldest policy implications offered by international economic theory. While significant disconnects have historically existed between the politics and the economics of trade policy, the rapid economic growth experienced by the export-oriented Asian countries during the 1960s and 1970s amidst a largely stagnating and trade-restrictive developing world provided a precedent for effective development policy, especially within the world’s less developed countries (LDCs). Free trade arguments have since been championed by a majority of global institutions, including the International Monetary Fund (IMF hereafter), the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) or World …

Color Changes In Stochastic Light Fields Propagating In Non-Kolmogorov Turbulence, Olga Korotkova, Elena Shchepakina

Physics Articles and Papers

The dependence of spectral shifts and switches in optical stochastic beams propagating through nonclassic turbulent medium on the slope of the power spectrum of fluctuations in the refractive index is revealed.

Technology: The Teacher That Is Prepared, Kathie C. Morgan Ed. D.

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Using technology is more than having a computer in the classroom. Having that computer in the classroom won't necessarily improve test scores. Knowing the right technology to use and how to use it in the classroom can implement learning and access wonderful resources that the school could never afford otherwise. This presentation examines the various possibilities and offers suggestions for classroom instruction.

Women's Basketball Media Guide 2010, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

No abstract provided.

Men's Basketball Media Guide 2010-2011, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

No abstract provided.

Daily Announcements November 2010, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Communications Office Daily Announcements

No abstract provided.

Gsu View, 2010-11, Office Of Public Affairs

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

A Sensitivity Analysis Of Gibbs Sampling For 3pno Irt Models, Yanyan Sheng

Publications

The performance of the Gibbs sampling procedure for the three-parameter normal ogive (3PNO) IRT model was investigated using Monte Carlo simulations. Model parameters were estimated for tests with 10, 20, and 40 items and samples of 100, 300, 500, and 1000 examinees, where different actual values and prior specifications were considered for the item parameters. Summary statistics showed that this procedure was more affected by the choice of the prior distributions for the three-parameter model than the two-parameter model. For the 3PNO model, appropriate informative priors with relatively small spread should be adopted for the slope and intercept parameters to …

Book Reviews, Abson Chompolola, Massimiliano Cali, Ephraim Chungwe Kaunga

Zambia Social Science Journal

No abstract provided.

Sfa Weather Station-November 2010, Arthur Temple College Of Forestry And Agriculture, Stephen F. Austin State University

Weather Station Data

No abstract provided.

Natural Disasters In A Two-Sector Model Of Endogenous Growth, Ryo Horii, Masako Ikefuji

Discussion Papers

No abstract provided.

Lipchitzian Stability Of Parametric Variational Inequalities Over Generalized Polyhedra In Banach Spaces, Liqun Ban, Boris S. Mordukhovich, Wen Song

Mathematics Research Reports

This paper concerns the study of solution maps to parameterized variational inequalities over generalized polyhedra in reflexive Banach spaces. It has been recognized that generalized polyhedral sets are significantly different from the usual convex polyhedra in infinite dimensions and play an important role in various applications to optimization, particularly to generalized linear programming. Our main goal is to fully characterize robust Lipschitzian stability of the aforementioned solutions maps entirely via their initial data. This is done on the base of the coderivative criterion in variational analysis via efficient calculations of the coderivative and related objects for the systems under consideration. …

Why L2 Topology In Quantum Physics, Chris Culellar, Evan Longpre, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

It is known that in quantum mechanics, the set S of all possible states coincides with the set of all the complex-valued functions f(x) for which the integral of |f(x)|² is 1. From the mathematical viewpoint, this set is a unit sphere in the space L² of all the functions for which this integralis finite. Because of this mathematical fact, usually the set S is considered with the topology induced by L², i.e., topology in which the basis of open neighborhood of a state f is formed by the open balls. This topology seem to work …

Salvaging The Marriage Between A Distrusting Boss And His Fearful Employee, Knowledge@Smu

Knowledge@SMU

Will empowering employees to manage their own careers bring about better job performance or will a more permissive environment lead to abuses? Dale Simpson, managing director of a human resources consultancy, leans towards the former, but he knows that most employers would rather hold on to the reins. After all, most employer-employee relationships today are premised on distrust – starting with the signing of a contractual agreement that holds each party legally liable for non-compliance. He believes, however, that employers can reap great benefits when they think of their relationship with employees as a 'marriage', bound not only by law, …

November 2010, Syracuse Department Of Economics

Economics - All Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Meeting Flier - November 9, 2010, Horsley Witten Group, Inc.

Public Meetings

No abstract provided.