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Otter Realm, Dec. 2, 2010, California State University, Monterey Bay

The Otter Realm

Grad School Support: Students Prepare With Real World Experience -- What You Otter Be Doing December -- No Time 2 Dive -- Finals Week Breeds Bad Health -- De-Stress Before the BIG TEST -- Paving the Road Toward Diversity -- Young and Fabulous -- Graduate School Relief: Take Advantage of CSUMB Graduate School Assistance -- Eggs After Dark Gets Better -- Giants of the Sea: Monterey Bay, Whale-Watching Destination on the California Coast -- Faculty of the Issue: Kevin Cahill -- Student of the Issue: Scotty Bell -- CSUMB Celebrates Winter Graduates 2010: You've Graduated, Now What? -- Senior Capstone: …

Design Of Assembly Lines With The Concurrent Consideration Of Productivity And Upper Extremity Musculoskeletal Disorders Using Linear Models, Zhan Xu

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The productivity of assembly lines is considerably affected by the health condition of assembly workers, and work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) are common occupational diseases among assembly workers due to repetitive motions or heavy working loads. The conventional approaches to decreasing WMSD risks in the assembly lines include slowing the work-pace or applying job rotations. These adjustments usually focus on individual assembly workers at the station level but not the work allocation among the workers at the whole assembly line level, and thus may decrease the line productivity. To avoid these negative effects, some research started considering ergonomic characteristics at the …

Gec Meeting Minutes For Dec 2, 2010, General Education Committee

General Education Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

The East Texan, 2010-12-02, Texas A&M University-Commerce

All Issues

Volume XCV, number 13 of The East Texan, a student newspaper published at Texas A&M University-Commerce. This edition of the paper includes a holiday special.

The Comment, December 2, 2010, Bridgewater State University

The Comment

No abstract provided.

Three African American Artists And The Black Female Nude In American Art, Chantal D. Drake

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

"Three African American Artists and the Black Female Nude in American Art" examines the black female nude in the works of Eldzier Cortor, Dox Thrash, and Archibald Motley. This study offers insight into the lives of black women in America, highlights the artists' academic training and admiration of European and classical art and explores the black female nude from a perspective rarely discussed in the scholarship on American nudes. I argue that the use of the nude, a classical white figure, as a narrator of the black woman's experience offers a visual opposition of what the nude historically represented and …

Daily Eastern News: December 02, 2010, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

2010-12-02 Minutes & Appendices, Longwood University

Board of Visitors Meeting Minutes 1964-

No abstract provided.

A Novel Method To Detect Functional Subgraphs In Biomolecular Networks, Sterling Thomas

Theses and Dissertations

Several biomolecular pathways governing the control of cellular processes have been discovered over the last several years. Additionally, advances resulting from combining these pathways into networks have produced new insights into the complex behaviors observed in cell function assays. Unfortunately, identification of important subnetworks, or “motifs”, in these networks has been slower in development. This study focused on identifying important network motifs and their rate of occurrence in two different biomolecular networks. The two networks evaluated for this study represented both ends of the spectrum of interaction knowledge by comparing a well defined network (apoptosis) with and poorly studied network …

Effects Of Embodiment On Perceptual And Affective Responses To Infant Crying, Jennifer B. Bisson

Master's Theses

Three experiments were conducted to investigate how changes in bodily states might be related to perceptions of infant vocalizations. In Study 1, participants were asked to hold a pencil between their lips, mimicking a smile, while listening to infant crying. Although there were no embodied effects for perceptual ratings, results indicated that this manipulation decreased participants’ self-reported, negative affect. In Study 2, participants were played both infant crying and birdsong while exposed to similar embodied manipulations, including activation of muscles related to approach and withdrawal behavior. There were no embodied effects for ratings of crying or for affect. Comparing Study …

The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for December 2-10, 2010. Vol. 86, No. 9.

Exploring The Adaptive Function In Complexity Leadership Theory: An Examination Of Shared Leadership And Collective Creativity In Innovation Networks, David S. Sweetman

College of Business: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Leadership, creativity, and innovation are becoming increasingly important to the sustainability of organizations. Facing ever more complex environments, traditional views embodied in the individual are being augmented by theorizing which views leadership and creativity as a property of the collective. With theoretical grounding in complexity leadership theory, this dissertation leverages the emerging constructs of shared leadership and collective creativity from a network perspective to provide empirical understanding of the adaptive function of complexity leadership. Social network hypotheses were advanced positing that shared leadership and collective creativity comprise the adaptive function, and that the adaptive function is related to innovation. Results …

Evolutionary Patterns Of Amino Acid Substitutions In 12 Drosophila Genomes, Lev Y. Yampolsky, Michael A. Bouzinier

ETSU Faculty Works

Background: Harnessing vast amounts of genomic data in phylogenetic context stemming from massive sequencing of multiple closely related genomes requires new tools and approaches. We present a tool for the genome-wide analysis of frequencies and patterns of amino acid substitutions in multiple alignments of genes' coding regions, and a database of amino acid substitutions in the phylogeny of 12 Drosophila genomes. We illustrate the use of these resources to address three types of evolutionary genomics questions: about fluxes in amino acid composition in proteins, about asymmetries in amino acid substitutions and about patterns of molecular evolution in duplicated genes.Results: We …

The Bg News December 2, 2010, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 2, 2010. Volume 101-Issue 67.

The Montclarion, December 02, 2010, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Central Florida Future, Vol. 42 No. 76, December 2, 2010

Central Florida Future

University mourns founder; Increases looming for decal rates; School reaps big returns for 2010; The heavy costs of Light Up UCF.

The Prospector, December 2, 2010, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: 2010 Grads

Isolationism, Internationalism And The “Other:” The Yellow Peril, Mad Brute And Red Menace In Early To Mid Twentieth Century Pulp Magazines And Comic Books, Nathan Vernon Madison

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis’ purpose is to demonstrate, via the examination of popular youth literature (primarily pulp magazines and comic books) from the 1920s through to the 1950s, that the stories found therein drew their definitions of heroism and villainy from an overarching, nativist fear of outsiders that had existed before the Great War, but intensified afterwards. These depictions were transferred to America’s “new” enemies following both the United States’ entry into the Second World War, as well as the early stages of the Cold War. This transference of nativist imagery left behind the ethnically-based origins of such depictions, showing that racism …

A Predictive Modeling For Water Consumption And Wastewater Flow Management For A Food Processing Manufacturer, Jairo A. De Jesus

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The City of Cumming, GA, issues special permits for industrial users of sewer services, who meet one or more criteria of discharge regulations. The criteria includes discharge of 25,000 gallons per day or more of processed wastewater, the presence for the potential to inhibit the Advanced Water Reclamation Facility (AWRF) treatment processes, the potential to cause AWRF’s bio-solids to be contaminated, and other regulations. The Food Processing Manufacturer in this study is a meat processing facility (processes pork cooked sausage) and its operation and associated wastewater treatment plant meets at least one of the criteria requiring a special sewer service …

Gene Flow And Dispersal Of The Flatworm, Polycelis Coronata: A Multiscale Analysis, Jeffrey N. Moore

Theses and Dissertations

We determined genetic variance and gene flow across multiple scales (reaches, headwater segments, and catchments) to examine the dispersal ability of the flatworm Polycelis coronata along the Wasatch Mountains of Utah. Multiple models predict patterns of genetic differentiation in stream invertebrates based on dispersal traits and the spatial connectivity of the habitat. The stream hierarchy model predicts genetic differentiation to be low and gene flow to be high between reaches nested in segments, moderate among segments within catchments, and differentiation to be highest and gene flow lowest among catchments, whereas the headwater model predicts the greatest differentiation between headwater segments. …

Research Department Of Radiation Oncology

Bodine Journal

Listing of Basic Research Studies/Grants and Clinical Research Studies/Grants.

A Multi-National Pooled Analysis Of 434 Cases Of Stage I Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (Nsclc) Treated With Volumetrically Image-Guided Stereotactic Lung Radiotherapy: Results From The Elekta Collaborative Lung Research Group, I. S. Grills, A. J. Hope, M. Guckenberger, L. L. Kestin, M. Werner-Wasik, D. Yan, J. J. Sonke, J. P. Bissonnette, Y. Xiao, J. Belderbos

Bodine Journal

Background: Published lung SBRT outcomes/dose response data for inoperable NSCLC come from small phase I-II studies or larger datasets not requiring image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) or volumetric prescriptions. This entire cohort of SBRT patients had daily online cone-beam CT.

American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 52nd Annual Meeting October 31 - November 4, San Diego, CA

Toxicity Of Phase I Radiation Oncology Trials: Worldwide Experience, C. Glass, R. B. Den, A. P. Dicker, Y. R. Lawrence

Bodine Journal

Introduction: Informed consent involves understanding the risks and benefits of trial enrollment. This is challenging in the phase I setting since true quantitative information is never known. We therefore performed an analysis of published radiation oncology (RO) phase I trials emphasizing patient outcomes. To our knowledge, no such systemic analysis has previously been published.

American Society for Therapeutic Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) 52nd Annual Meeting October 31 - November 4, San Diego, CA

Quintessential Acts Of Inquiry In Educational Practice: Delineating Inquiry And Interpretation In The Pursuit Of Teacher Professionalization, Ted Purinton

i.e.: inquiry in education

Sociological and political theories on the professions indicate that established professions utilize unique forms of inquiry and interpretation to guide practice. This essay argues that for teaching to become professionalized, unique forms of inquiry and interpretation need to be emphasized. Utilizing the concept of professional jurisdiction, the essay argues that other professions' forms of inquiry, while not detrimental to the purpose of teacher professionalization, do not establish the distinctive skills upon which teachers can lay claim.

Kurth Writes Chapter On Fathers' Rights Movement

Imprint

Jan Kurth, JCCC grant professional, joins a group of leading experts as a chapter contributor to Domestic Violence, Abuse, and Child Custody.

Williams To Discuss Endangered Species Act

Imprint

During law school, Deborah Williams, associate professor, environmental science and biology, argued "that the best environmental policies are fashioned where the objectives of law and science intersect."

Imprint Early Fall 2010 Full Issue

Imprint

The full issue for Imprint, Early Fall 2010.

Steve Carr Publishes Article On Military Medal

Imprint

While Steve Carr has taught automotive technology for 23 years at JCCC, his "historical need to know" has never been in neutral.

Imprint April/May 2010 Full Issue

Imprint

This is the complete issue of Imprint for April/May 2010.

Food Entrepreneurship Curricula, Joseph J. Mpagalile, Wenceslaus R. Ballegu, Jeremia Makindara

INTSORMIL Presentations

SUA Food Entrepreneurship Program Mission Statement: To educate and assist entrepreneurs in developing their sorghum based food manufacturing business. Covers ideas generation, market research, business development, regulations, food safety, brand development, sales and distribution, and with a focus on product development.