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Remembering The Taste Of Senegal, Arielle L. Ramberg

2011-12 Postcards

2012 essay contest winner Arielle Ramberg's "Remembering the Taste of Senegal"

Ramberg traveled abroad in 2010 but participated in the 2012 essay contest.

Fall 2010 Commencement, Eastern Illinois University

Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.

Nanopod Formation Through Gold Nanoparticle Templated And Catalyzed Cross-Linking Of Polymers Bearing Pendant Propargyl Ethers, Ke Zhang, Joshua I. Cutler, Jian Zhang, Dan Zheng, Evelyn Auyeung, Chad A. Mirkin

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Publications

A novel method for synthesizing polymer nanopods from a linear polymer bearing pendant propargyl ether groups, using gold nanoparticles as both the template and the catalyst for the crosslinking reaction, is reported. The transformations involved in the cross-linking process are unprecedented on the surface of a gold particle. A tentative cross-linking mechanism is proposed.

Includes Supporting Information.

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University, John Carroll University

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University

October 2010, Vol. 3, Issue 3

Seeking Truth On The Other Side Of The Wall: Greenleaf’S Evangelists Meet The Federal Rules, Naturalism, And Judas, Nancy J. Kippenhan

Faculty Publications and Presentations

An inquiry that seeks truth by accepting only natural answers excludes the possibility of the sacred or supernatural, building a wall that forecloses a complete exploration for the truth it seeks. Without analysis, critics dismiss sources presenting supernatural explanations, and those who believe sacred works have no factual foundation accept without investigation any popular theory that appears attractive. The rules of evidence expressly seek truth, wherever it lies. Noted legal scholar Simon Greenleaf used evidentiary principles to demonstrate the factual credibility of the Gospels in his Testimony of the Evangelists. This Article examines Greenleaf’s analysis, applying current rules of evidence …

Eclipse By Richard North Patterson, St. Martin's, 2009, Judi Morrel

LAS Faculty Book Reviews

No abstract provided.

Inquiry, Fall 2010, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research and Discovery News

Inside this issue:

• Former VP for research appointed as interim dean of WMU school of medicine (Jack Luderer)
• Message from the VP for research
• Research expenditures highlights for 2009-2010
• WMU gets $1 million award to prepare high school teacher-scientists
• Yearly summary of intellectual property and commercialization at WMU
• Internal funding support schedule
• Research awards and submissions for 2009-2010

Santa Clara Magazine, Volume 52 Number 2, Fall 2010, Santa Clara University

Santa Clara Magazine

16 - JUSTICE, EDUCATION, AND THE CATHOLIC IMAGINATION By Keith Warner, O.F.M. A religious vision of a sustainable future is less about politics than ethics. It means drawing on deep spiritual currents in the Catholic tradition-and environmental concern as if people mattered.

22 - WRITING THE ISLAND An essay in the words and images by John Seibert Farnsworth and Charles Barry. A journey to the Sea of Cortez-to paddle and dive, to hear the island speak, to look carefully, to write, to come home sunburned and transformed.

30 - INTERNET, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. By Sam Scott '96. One fine …

Ua35/8 The Topper, Veterans Upward Bound Program, Western Kentucky University

Veterans Upward Bound Publications

No abstract provided.

Using Television To Improve Learning Opportunities For Indigenous Children, Michele Lonsdale

Indigenous Education Research

This report is based on a review of the literature on the importance of early childhood learning, the nature of Indigenous learning needs, and the role of educational television programs in improving learning outcomes for preschool-aged children. The report is intended to provide an evidence base for a proposal to develop an educational television program aimed primarily at Indigenous children from three to six years. (In this report the term ‘Indigenous’ refers to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.) There is an extensive body of research that shows the critical importance of early childhood in children’s learning and development, including for …

Inferring Impulsive-Analytic Disposition From Written Responses, Kien Lim, Miguel Mendoza

Departmental Papers (Math)

Impulsive disposition refers to one’s proclivity to spontaneously proceed with an action that comes to mind without checking its relevance. Analytic disposition refers to one’s proclivity to analyze a problem situation and establishes a goal to guide one’s actions. An instrument, called the likelihood-to-act survey, was developed to measure students’ impulsive-analytic disposition. In this study, we sought to test and refine this instrument by analyzing 92 participants’ written responses to open-ended questions that were adapted from items in the likelihood-to-act survey. We found relatively strong correlations between participants’ disposition scores for written responses and those from the likelihood-to-act survey.

Continuing Discussion Of Mathematical Habits Of Mind, Annie Selden, Kien Lim

Departmental Papers (Math)

The idea of “mathematical habits of mind” has been introduced to emphasize the need to help students think about mathematics “the way mathematicians do.” There seems to be considerable interest among mathematics educators and mathematicians in helping students develop mathematical habits of mind. The objectives of this working group are: (a) to continue the discussion of various views and aspects of mathematical habits of mind begun at PME-NA 31, (b) to explore avenues for research, (c) to encourage research collaborations, and (d) to interest doctoral students in this topic. In the Proceedings of PME-NA 31, we provided an overview of …

Portland State Library Newsletter; Fall 2010, Portland State University Library

Library Newsletters

In this issue: Meet the Interim University Librarian; Access to The Chronicle of Higher Education; Distance Learning Students; Posters for Check-Out; Paperless Library Notices; Fall Term Event & Exhibit; Films on Demand and Donor Honor Roll

Interactive Effects Of Historical Logging And Fire Exclusion On Ponderosa Pine Forest Structure In The Northern Rockies, Naficy Cameron, Anna Sala, Eric G. Keeling, Jon Graham, Thomas H. Deluca

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Increased forest density resulting from decades of fire exclusion is often perceived as the leading cause of historically aberrant, severe, contemporary wildfires and insect outbreaks documented in some fire-prone forests of the western United States. Based on this notion, current U. S. forest policy directs managers to reduce stand density and restore historical conditions in fire-excluded forests to help minimize high-severity disturbances. Historical logging, however, has also caused widespread change in forest vegetation conditions, but its long-term effects on vegetation structure and composition have never been adequately quantified. We document that fire-excluded ponderosa pine forests of the northern Rocky Mountains …

Footnotes, Issue 6, Fall 2010, Department Of English

Footnotes: Department of English Newsletter (2008-2012)

No abstract provided.

The Pathways To Mental Health Care Of First-Episode Psychosis Patients: A Systematic Review., Kelly K. Anderson, Rebecca Fuhrer, Ashok K. Malla

Epidemiology and Biostatistics Publications

BACKGROUND: Although there is agreement on the association between delay in treatment of psychosis and outcome, less is known regarding the pathways to care of patients suffering from a first psychotic episode. Pathways are complex, involve a diverse range of contacts, and are likely to influence delay in treatment. We conducted a systematic review on the nature and determinants of the pathway to care of patients experiencing a first psychotic episode.

METHOD: We searched four databases (Medline, HealthStar, EMBASE, PsycINFO) to identify articles published between 1985 and 2009. We manually searched reference lists and relevant journals and used forward citation …

Kahn Chronicle: Fall 2010, Smith College, Kahn Liberal Arts Institute

Kahn Chronicle

Table of Contents:

Marking Time: Smith's Newest Time Capsule
Information Sessions: Renaissances & Evil
2010-2011 Student Fellowships
Short-term Project Fellowship Opportunities
Neilson-Kahn Seminar
News Briefs
Tes Slominski: Mellon/ ACLS Fellow
Wellness & Disease Project Final Report
Telling Time Project Final Report
A Note from the Director

Benjamin Franklin And The American Revolution, Jonathan R. Dull

University of Nebraska Press: Sample Books and Chapters

The inventor, the ladies’ man, the affable diplomat, and the purveyor of pithy homespun wisdom: we all know the charming, resourceful Benjamin Franklin. What is less appreciated is the importance of Franklin’s part in the American Revolution: except for Washington he was its most irreplaceable leader. Although aged and in ill health, Franklin served the cause with unsurpassed zeal and dedication. Jonathan R. Dull, whose decades of work on The Papers of Benjamin Franklin have given him rare insight into his subject, explains Franklin’s role in the Revolution, what prepared him for that role, and what motivated him. The Franklin …

Football's Last Iron Men, Norman L. Macht

University of Nebraska Press: Sample Books and Chapters

In November 1934, the Princeton football team—unbeaten in its last fifteen games—faced the 3–3 Yale Bulldogs, who gave new meaning to the term “underdogs.” As much a thrilling play-by-play account of college football at its finest as it is a fascinating work of sports history, this book chronicles the season that brought Princeton and Yale together in a game like no other since. Football’s Last Iron Men follows the teams from the hiring of future Hall of Fame coaches Fritz Crisler and Greasy Neale through spring practice to their annual clash on November 17. The Yale Elis, it seemed, had …

Taking Science To The People, Carolyn Johnsen

University of Nebraska Press: Sample Books and Chapters

The American public, government, and the news media continually grapple with myriad policy issues related to science and technology. Those issues include global warming, energy, stem-cell research, health care, childhood autism, food safety, and genetics, to name but a few. When the public is informed on such topics, chances improve for reasoned policy decisions. Journalists have typically bridged the gap between scientists and the public, but the times now call for more engagement from the experts. The authors in this collection write convincingly about why scientists and engineers should shake off their ivory-tower reticence and take science to the people. …

Honors Program Newsletter, Homecoming 2010, Illinois State University, Honors Program

Honors Program Newsletter

Honors Program Newsletter

Celebrating Faculty Scholarship: Bibliography - 2009, University Libraries

University Libraries: Faculty Publications and Other Works

A bibliography of faculty publications submitted for inclusion in the second annual 'Celebrating Faculty Scholarship' event sponsored by Loyola University Libraries. The event, which took place on October 21, 2010 in the Richard J. Klarchek Information Commons on the university's Lake Shore Campus, featured articles, books, creative works, and other materials authored by Loyola University Chicago faculty in 2009.

Directions - Fall 2010, Mervyn H. Sterne Library

Directions (Sterne Library, 1985-2015)

No abstract provided.

Coxeter Groups And Asynchronous Cellular Automata, Matthew Macauley, Henning S. Mortveit

Publications

The dynamics group of an asynchronous cellular automaton (ACA) relates properties of its long term dynamics to the structure of Coxeter groups. The key mathematical feature connecting these diverse fields is involutions. Group-theoretic results in the latter domain may lead to insight about the dynamics in the former, and vice-versa. In this article, we highlight some central themes and common structures, and discuss novel approaches to some open and open-ended problems. We introduce the state automaton of an ACA, and show how the root automaton of a Coxeter group is essentially part of the state automaton of a related ACA.

Tactical Research Fund - Australian Society For Fish Biology Workshop Proceedings 2009: Biodiversity Of Aquatic Ecosystems – What To Measure And Monitor For Fisheries And Ecosystem Management - Frdc Project No. 2008/353 - Fisheries Occasional Publication No. 82, Daniel J. Gaughan

Fisheries Occasional Publications

No abstract provided.

Interactions: Newsletter Of The Wildlife Society Wildlife Damage Management Working Group, Volume 16 Issue 4, Fall 2010

TWS Wildlife Damage Management Working Group Newsletter

A WORD FROM THE NEWEST WDMWG CHAIR -- Kurt VerCauteren
14th Wildlife Damage Management Conference, Lied Lodge and Conference Center Nebraska City, Nebraska, April 18-21, 2011
GET INVOLVED WITH THE TWS ON-LINE MENTORING PROGRAM
WILDLIFE DAMAGE MANAGEMENT WORKING GROUP MINUTES, TWS ANNUAL MEETING SNOWBIRD UTAH, 28 OCTOBER 2010
UPCOMING MEETINGS, CONFERENCES, AND EVENTS
Training/Licensing Materials for WCOs

Summary Report: Assessment Instrument For The Certified Transit Technician Program, Cutr

Research Reports

No abstract provided.

Pod Network News, Fall 2010

Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education: POD Network News

No abstract provided.

The Virtuous Person As Norm In Aristotle’S Moral Theory, Gregory B. Sadler

Government and History Faculty Working Papers

No abstract provided.

Droughtscape, Fall 2010, Kelly Smith

DroughtScape: Quarterly Newsletter of the National Drought Mitigation Center (2007–2023)

CDC Issues Drought Guidance for Public Health

La Niña May Intensify Drought in South

Recent Workshops and Meetings

East Feels Impacts as Heat Intensifies Drought

New Products

Nicole Wall Co-Facilitates Republican River Basin Task Force

NDMC Climatologist on Ethiopia Team