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Citizenship In The Humanities And Social Sciences: A Selective Bibliography, 2000-2009, Wayne State University School Of Library And Information Science, Winter 2010 Lis 7160, James E. Van Loon, H.G.B. Anghelescu

School of Information Sciences Faculty Research Publications

Citizenship in the Humanities and Social Sciences is a selective bibliography consisting of citations to works published during the years 2000-2009 on citizenship-related topics in the humanities and social sciences. Primarily consisting of books/chapters and scholarly journal articles, the bibliography also includes other materials (case studies, reports, dissertations, and working papers) for which scholarship, authority and relevance have been established. Most cited works are published in the English language, although articles published in other languages using a Latin alphabet are also included. Citations were retrieved during January-March 2010 from a variety of aggregated databases accessed through the Wayne State University …

Wwjp: "Where Would Jesus Publish?", C. William Gee

The Christian Librarian

Christians seek to follow the teachings of Jesus in every aspect of our lives. For academics who publish and librarians who purchase and license publications, where articles are published is important. The debates over scholarly communication, the future of publishing, and the impact of Web 2.0 technologies influence how information content is released, accessed, and archived. Therefore, by discussing Open Access publishing, traditional publishing, and new media content distribution with parallel references to the life and teachings of Jesus, as drawn from Scripture, we Christians can more faithful apply our Biblical viewpoint to our role in the publishing process.

Acl's 2010 Conference: "True North: Illumination, Inspiration, Information", Jane Hopkins

The Christian Librarian

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Synthesis And Antimicrobial Activities Of Some New Biheterocyclic Compounds Containing 1,2,4-Triazol-3-One And 1,3,4-Thiadiazole Moieties, Ahmet Demi̇rbaş, Nesli̇han Demi̇rbaş, Hakan Bektaş, Hacer Bayrak, Şengül Alpay Karaoğlu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

2-(4-Amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-oxo-4,5--dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol- 1-yl)-N'-[(2,6-dihalogenophenyl)-methylene]acetohydrazides (3a,b) was obtained via the formation of 2-(4-amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-oxo-4,5- dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-1-yl)acetohydrazide (2), which was obtained starting from 4-amino-5-(4-chlo\-rophenyl)-2,4-dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one (1) in 2 steps. 2-{[4-amino-3-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-oxo-4,5--dihydro-1H- 1,2,4-triazol-1-yl]acetyl}-N-phenylhydra-zine carbothioamide (4), which was prepared starting from 2, was converted to the corresponding 1,3,4-thiadiazole derivative (5) in acidic media. Moreover, the basic treatment of 4 resulted in the formation of 4-amino-5-(4-chlorophenyl)- 2-[(4-phenyl-5-thioxo-4,5-dihydro-1H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl)methyl]-2,4- dihydro-3H-1,2,4-triazol-3-one (7). The reactions of compounds 5 and 7 with methyl iodide in the presence of sodium ethoxide afforded the corresponding N-methyl (6) and S-methyl (8) derivatives, respectively. The synthesis of Mannich bases (10a and 10b) was performed from the reaction of 7 with …

Bromodimethylsulfonium Bromide/Tetrabutylammonium Nitrite: An Efficient Catalyst Mixture For The Nitration Of Phenols, Batool Akhlaghinia, Ali Reza Pourali

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Nitrophenols were obtained via direct nitration of phenols with tetrabutylammonium nitrite in the presence of bromodimethylsulfonium bromide at room temperature in high yields under aprotic conditions.

Characterization Of Chitosan In Acetic Acid: Rheological And Thermal Studies, Esam A. El-Hafian, Elham S. Elgannoudi, Azizah Mainal, Abdul Haamid Bin Yahaya

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

This study examined the influence of temperature, concentration, shearing time, and storage time on the rheological properties, i.e. the dynamic viscosity and shear stress, as a function of shear rate of chitosan solubilized in weakly acid solutions. The results showed that shear thinning behavior (pseudoplastic non-Newtonian behavior) was pronounced at temperatures from 20 to 50 °C, but was more remarkable at lower temperature. In addition, the activation energy value derived from ln \eta vs. 1/T data was found to be 20.86 kJ mol^{-1}. When the effect of concentration was studied, the shear thinning behavior was pronounced at all concentrations. The …

Synthesis And Characterization Of New Optically Active Polyamides Containing 2-(4-Nitro-1,3-Dioxoisoindolin-2-Yl)Succinic Acid And Aromatic Diamines Via Direct Polycondensation, Khalil Faghihi, Morteza Absalar, Mohsen Hajibeygi

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A new class of optically active polyamides (PAs) (6a-e) having 4-nitro-1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl pendent groups were prepared by direct polycondensation reaction of 2-(4-nitro-1,3-dioxoisoindolin-2-yl) succinic acid (4) with various aromatic diamines in a medium consisting of triphenyl phosphite, calcium chloride, pyridine, and N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone. The resulting new polymers were obtained in high yields with inherent viscosities ranging between 0.32 and 0.48 dL/g, and were characterized by elemental analysis, FT-IR spectroscopy, specific rotation, solubility tests, and thermogravimetric analysis techniques (TGA and DTG). Bulky pendent groups of the polymer chains disturb interchain and intrachain interactions and make these PAs readily soluble in polar organic solvents such …

Cellular Distribution Of Activity For Three Enzymes With Maltose Binding Protein As Fusion Partner And The Structural Implications, Özde F. Ütkür, Berna Sariyar Akbulut, Amable Hortaçsu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The bacterial SEC pathway is commonly used for secretion of heterologous proteins in E. coli by fusing them to transported proteins to facilitate downstream processing. While some proteins are translocated very efficiently, some reside in the cytoplasm. In this work, maltose binding protein (MBP) was fused to 3 cytoplamic enzymes from Thermus thermophilus (serine protease, 251 residues; glucose isomerase, 381 residues; pullulanase, 718 residues) to study the protein transport from the cytoplasm by quantifying the distribution of activities in different cellular compartments. Pullulanase activity was harvested exclusively in the periplasm; however, glucose isomerase activity was harvested exclusively in the cytoplasm. …

Building Applications For The Android Os Mobile Platform: A Primer And Course Materials, Victor Matos, Rebecca Grasser

Business Faculty Publications

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Counseling Athletes Who Use Performance-Enhancing Drugs: A New Conceptual Framework Linked To Clinical Practice, Michael C. Johnson, David N. Sacks, William A. Edmonds

Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

Doping, the use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes, is a major concern that the media have publicized prominently. Sport governing bodies currently use two primary methods to dissuade athletes from doping: punishment and didactic education. Neither of these approaches has eradicated doping from competitive athletics because the practice appears to be increasing. Including clinical interventions in systemic campaigns that address this problem would be efficacious. The current article provides a conceptual framework that addresses doping from a psychologist’s perspective and then operationalizes this framework, all the while identifying the unique environment in which athletes function. Practical interventions for working with …

A Two Degrees-Of-Freedom (Dof) Scanning Micromirror Using Thermocapillary Effect In Microdroplets, Rakesh Dhull

Theses

This thesis research proposes a novel and simple means of tilting micromirror on a microdroplet by utilizing thermocapillary actuated droplet deformation. Device theory, device design, fabrication, packaging, testing and results are discussed to demonstrate the operation of a 2-degrees-of-freedom (2- DOF) scanning micromirror. Thermocapillary, or Marangoni, effect and contact angle hysteresis are employed to control the droplet shape and position. Hysteresis in different liquids is studied with its influence on the stability of the droplet. The device consists of a micromirror placed onto a microdroplet, and can produce a 6.5° tilting angle when actuated at 30 V. The tilting angle …

Synthesis And Uranyl Ion Adsorption Study Of Cross-Linked Allyl Propionate-Maleic Anhydride-Styrene Terpolymer, Elchin Akperov, Abel Maharramov, Oktay Akperov

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Allyl propionate-maleic anhydride-styren terpolymer has been modified with glycerin in order to prepare a new cross-linked functional polymer sorbent. The synthesized cross-linked polymer sorbent has a network structure and contains carboxylic acid, carbonyl, hydroxy, and ester groups, all of which are capable ofinteracting with metal ions. The sorption behavior of UO_2^{2+} ions under optimum sorption conditions was determined. The sorption properties of the sorbent were determined under different conditions by varying of the pH of medium, the sorbent weight, and the initial concentration of uranyl ions. The maximum experimental sorption capacity of the sorbent for uranyl ions was measured as …

An Investigation Of Energy Transfer Between Coumarin 35 And Xanthene Derivatives In Liquid Medium, Mahmut Toprak, Mustafa Arik

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The energy transfer between coumarin 35 (C35) and pyronin compounds, which are xanthene derivatives, i.e. pyronin B (PyB) and pyronin Y (PyY), in methanol was investigated at room temperature by using steady-state absorption, emission, and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. Fluorescence energy transfer rate constants (k_T) and critical radius (R_0) were determined for C35-PyB and C35-PyY molecular pairs in methanol. The obtained values of k_T and R_0 indicated that the dipole-dipole interaction between C35-PyB and C35-PyY molecular pairs accounted for the energy transfer mechanism. The energy transfer efficiency and the distance between the donor and acceptor (r) were also calculated for donor-acceptor …

Ionic Liquids As Solvent For Efficient Esterification Of Carboxylic Acids With Alkyl Halides, Yetki̇n Gök, Bülent Alici, Engi̇n Çeti̇nkaya, İsmai̇l Özdemi̇r, Özlem Özeroğlu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The selective esterification of carboxylic acid derivatives with a variety of alkyl halides was carried out using ionic liquid as solvent in the presence of triethylamine. The reaction was found to proceed under relatively mild conditions with excellent conversions (up to 99%) and selectivities. The ionic liquid was recycled and reused.

Electrooxidation Of Hydrazine By Carminic Acid As A Mediator On A Glassy Carbon Electrode, Mohammad Mazloum Ardakani, Seyed Hossein Moosavizadeh, Ali Sadeghiane, Mohammad Hossein Mashhadzadeh, Mohammad Ali Karimi

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Electrocatalytic oxidation of hydrazine on a glassy carbon electrode with carminic acid as a homogeneous mediator in 0.1 M phosphate buffer solution (pH 8.0) was studied. Cyclic voltammetry study showed that the catalytic current of the system depends on the concentration of hydrazine. The magnitude of the peak current obtained by linear sweep voltammetry for carminic acid increased sharply in the presence of hydrazine and proportional to the hydrazine concentration in the ranges of 5.0-800.0 \mu M and the detection limit was 3.0 \mu M by this technique. The detection limit was promoted by differential pulse voltammetry and decreased to …

Friedel-Crafts Acylation Of Arenes With Carboxylic Acids Using Silica Gel Supported Alcl_3, Kaveh Parvanak

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Aromatic compounds react smoothly with carboxylic acids in the presence of silica gel supported aluminium trichloride to afford the corresponding ketones with high regioselectivity in high to excellent yields. The catalyst is stable (as a bench top catalyst) and can be easily recovered and reused without appreciable change in its efficiency.

Internet Economy: Should The Federal Government Intervene, Sha’Kera Bumbray

Theses

Global citizens choose to engage in electronic business every second of the day. The Internet has allowed for businesses to remain constantly open. All over the world people are able to conduct business quickly and cost effectively. Although the use of the Internet has significant benefits, there are also a number of risks. Most importantly there is a risk of the breach of personal security. This paper will use a patchwork design that consists of a case study and survey techniques to collect data on the use of business technologies by faculty and students at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). …

Comparison Of Particle Deposition For Realistic Adult And Adolescent Upper Airway Geometries Using Unsteady Computational Fluid Dynamics, Jonathan Steffens

Theses

Particle deposition in the respiratory tract is studied in order to better understand the negative health effects due to cigarette smoke inhalation. Until recently, idealized models of the respiratory airways based on the original Weibel model have been used to calculate deposition. These models consist of symmetric bifurcating airways and do not take into account variations of airway diameter, and asymmetry in the human respiratory tract. Until recently, little work has been done to accurately recreate the entire upper respiratory tract including the oral cavity, pharynx, and larynx. Technological improvement has changed the way in which researchers approach this problem. …

A Pca Based Method For Image And Video Pose Sequencing, James Massaro

Theses

Problems exist in image sequence processing that require an ordered set of object views. In some cases, multiple angled images are acquired in random order and the angle of view information is not available. When this occurs, the poses have to be put into proper order. For example, in databases containing images of an object or scene taken over a period of time, each image pose or angled-view with respect to the camera or scene is unknown. This is important to achieve a complete or partial three-dimensional reconstruction. Other applications exist in photogrammetry, machine vision, computer-aided design, and military intelligence. …

Chemical Composition And Antimicrobial Activity Of The Essential Oils Of Mosses (Tortula Muralis Hedw., Homalothecium Lutescens (Hedw.) H. Rob., Hypnum Cupressiforme Hedw., And Pohlia Nutans (Hedw.) Lindb.) From Turkey, Osman Üçüncü, Tayyi̇be Beyza Cansu, Turan Özdemi̇r, Şengül Alpay Karaoğlu, Nuretti̇n Yayli

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The essential oils of mosses [Tortula muralis Hedw. (Pottiaceae), Homalothecium lutescens (Hedw.) H. Rob. (Brachytheciaceae), Hypnum cupressiforme Hedw. (Hypnaceae), and Pohlia nutans (Hedw.) Lindb. (Mniaceae)] were investigated by means of GC-FID/MS techniques. The major components were nonanal (18.3%) and tetradecanol (4.3%) in the oil of T. muralis, nonanal (36.8%) and tricosane (6.5%) in the oil of H. lutescens, nonanal (12.5%) and 2E-tetradecen-1-ol (6.9%) in the oil of H. cupressiforme, and nonanal (7.8%) and 2E-tetradecen-1-ol (7.1%) in the oil of P. nutans. The essential oils of T. muralis, H. lutescens, H. cupressiforme, and P. nutans were rich as in non-terpenoid components …

Synthesis And Antimicrobial Activities Of Some New 1,2,4-Triazole Derivatives, Nesli̇han Demi̇rbaş, Ahmet Demi̇rbaş, Hacer Bayrak, Hakan Bektaş, Şengül Alpay Karaoğlu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The synthesis of ethyl [3-(cyanomethyl)-5-alkyl-4H-1,2,4-triazol- 4-yl]carbamates (2a-d) was performed starting from ethyl 2-[ethoxy(4- (aryl)methylene]hydrazinecarboxylates (1a, 1b). The treatment of 2a with thiosemicarbazide afforded ethyl [3-[(5-amino-1,3,4-thiadiazol- 2-yl)methyl]-5-(4-nitrophenyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl]carbamates (3a), whereas compound 2b produced 5-{[4-amino-5-(4-methylphenyl)- 4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl]methyl}-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-amine (3b) in the same reaction conditions. The treatment of tert-butyl 2-[2-(4-chlorophenyl)-1-ethoxyethylidene]hydrazinecarboxylate (5) with malonohydrazide or cyanoacethydrazide gave the corresponding 1,2,4-triazol-ylcarbamate derivatives (6 or 9); then the hydrolysis of these compounds resulted in the formation of 3-{[4-amino-5-(4- chlorobenzyl)-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl]methyl}-5-(4-chlorobenzyl)-4H- 1,2,4-triazol-4-amine (7) and [4-amino-5-(4-chlorobenzyl)-4H- 1,2,4-triazole-3-yl]acetonitrile (10), respectively. The synthesis of the Schiff base derivatives 3-(4-chlorobenzyl)-5-{[5-(4-chloroben- zyl)-4-[(2-hydroxyphenyl-methylene)amino]-4H-1,2,4-triazol-3-yl]methyl} -N-(2-hydroxyphenylmethylene)-4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-amine (8), and (5-(4-chlorobenzyl)-4-{[(2,6-dichlorophenyl)methylene]amino}-4H-1,2,4- triazol-3-yl)acetonitrile (12) was performed from the reaction of compounds 7 …

Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic Studies Of The Passive Layer On The Surface Of Copper As A Function Of Potential, Amtul Naseer, Athar Khan

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and cyclic voltammetry (CV) were used to investigate the oxide layer formed on a copper disc electrode and the changes that took place when treated potentiostatically in the range of -0.3 V to 0.9 V in buffer of pH 8.5. The response of an electrode using EIS, initially at equilibrium, to an applied potential was then modeled with equivalent circuits, proposed for different potential regions that completely illustrated the Cu/oxide/electrolyte systems and their properties in terms of 2 interfaces. Criterion for the applicability of equivalent circuit models was discussed. Changes in the film/metal interface as a …

Chemistry Of 2-Aminoanthraquinones, Mostafa Gouda, Moged Berghot, Alaa Shoeip, Khaled Elattar, Abd El Galil Khalil

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

This review represents a systematic and comprehensive survey of the methods of preparation and the chemical reactivity of 2-aminoanthraquinone. This compound is an important intermediate for the synthesis of a variety of otherwise difficult to obtain synthetically useful and novel heterocyclic systems.

Time Delay And Its Effect In A Virtual Lab Created Using Cloud Computing, Juan Nunez

Theses

The emergence of Cloud Computing, as a model of virtualized physical resources and virtualized infrastructure, offers the opportunity of outsourcing the implementation of a Virtual Lab Manager. Virtual Lab Management has come to be considered the Holy Grail in the deployment and administration of Labs created in a Virtual Environment. With the advent of Cloud Computing new opportunities are developing that promise to cover much of the future in Virtual Labs. Designing network and information labs with real equipment and tools does not make sense from a cost benefit standpoint, as hardware gets obsolete in a short gap of time, …

The Development And Deployment Of A Remote Virtual Lab Based On Amazon Cloud For Networking Courses, Emilio Nunez

Theses

Remote virtual laboratories had been implemented using different approaches. Universities have adopted such model mostly for the distance learners. Furthermore, such systems have been implemented internally and used in conjunction with their physical hands-on labs. Nevertheless, the introduction of Cloud Computing and the virtual platform environment offered by it can serves for the creation of new type of services. This thesis aims to use this new technology and develop a remote virtual laboratory that can be used by students for doing their hands-on lab in the networking courses at PUCMM. For this purpose the services used were the Amazon Elastic …

Data Privacy: Legal And Business Malpractice, Gulmira Zhavgasheva

Theses

While banking system of Kazakhstan has been reformed during the past two decades to transition to the international standards, privacy of financial information seems to be left neglected. With the advent of the technological era and, hence, the rapid growth of computer crime, privacy of financial information has become a primary necessity in the context of relationship between financial institutions and their customers. However, collecting, storing, processing and transferring such data raises issues regarding security and privacy of customer's data. The purpose of this research was to evaluate the extent, to which privacy of credit card and cardholder data was …

Analysis Of Compression Strength Of Corrugated Shipping Containers With Different Designed Hand Holes, Wonho Kwak

Theses

The purpose of this study was to examine the compression strength of the corrugated shipping containers having the conventional purpose hand holes and the arc top hand holes. Generally, the arc top hand hole has stronger tear strength than the conventional purpose hand hole, but the arc top hand hole has a larger opening area than the conventional purpose hand hole, and the larger opening area needs more space of a dispersion of compression stress to increase compression resistance. However, when a hand hole has enough space to distribute compression stress, the only one variable is the width of the …

Development Of An Air Quality Monitoring Network For Kosovo : [Presentation Given December 13, 2010], Visare Hoxha

Theses

This Capstone Project addresses the important problem of air pollution in Kosovo and the need for improvement of the air quality monitoring system, in compliance with Directive 2008/50/ EC on Ambient Air Quality and Cleaner Air for Europe. This project has identified eight new possible locations taking in consideration all relevant information about the source of pollution, types of areas, number of inhabitants and other relevant factor. The outcome of this project is a functional and reliable Air Quality Network Monitoring System for Kosovo in order to facilitate the air quality assessment and improve air quality in Kosovo.

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