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Glances: An Analysis Of The Song Cycle By Tom Cipullo, Renee Mae Clair

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This document is an analysis of the song cycle glances, written in 2002by Tom Cipullo. glances tells a story, the emotional journey in an affair of unrequited love, and is unified through themes of paradox, mythology, and reflection. Marks in the score for specific times between individual songs synchronize the dramatic effect. Musical devices that unify the song cycle include: pitch centers, vocal range, vocal leaps, length and placement of song, use of tritone as a structural element, changes of tempo, and sudden dynamic shifts.

Performance Optimization And Dynamics Control For Large-Scale Data Transfer In Wide-Area Networks, Xukang Lu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Transport control plays an important role in the performance of large-scale scientific and media streaming applications involving transfer of large data sets, media streaming, online computational steering, interactive visualization, and remote instrument control. In general, these applications have two distinctive classes of transport requirements: large-scale scientific applications require high bandwidths to move bulk data across wide-area networks, while media streaming applications require stable bandwidths to ensure smooth media playback. Unfortunately, the widely deployed Transmission Control Protocol is inadequate for such tasks due to its performance limitations. The purpose of this dissertation is to conduct rigorous analytical study of the design …

Combined Effect Of Transmembrane Proteins And Cortical Cytoskeleton On The Lateral Organization Of Plasma Membranes, Md Kabir Uddin Sikder

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The plasma membrane acts as a functional interface between the cytoplasm and the outer environment of a cell. The plasma membrane is composed of different types of lipids and proteins, and is underlined with a cytoskeleton meshwork. The plasma membrane of eukaryotic cell exhibits compositional heterogeneities in the form of nanoscale-lipid domains, called lipid rafts. The domains in model membranes are large micron-scale domains, larger than the nanoscale lipid rafts in the plasma membrane. In the present work, the hypothesis made earlier by Kusumi et al. has been addressed through large scale Langevin molecular dynamics simulations of a model recently …

Critical Thinking Skills In Allied Health Students, Marcia Yvette Sharp

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This study examines the critical thinking skills of allied health students(AHS) at a southeastern university. A survey methodology was utilizted to investigate the critical thinking skills of AHS in cytotechnology, dental hygiene, health informatics and information management, and medical technology disciplines. The Health Sciences Reasoning Test (HSRT) was the survey instrument used to measure students' critical thinking skill level. The survey was administered to 57 graduating seniors in the College of Allied Health Sciences class of 2011. Five research questions guided the study: 1. What is the critical thinking skill level of allied health students at a southeastern university (strong, …

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Agenda, November 28, 2011, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting agenda from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

University Of Northern Iowa Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, November 28, 2011, University Of Northern Iowa. Faculty Senate.

Documents - Faculty Senate

Meeting minutes from the Faculty Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Hearing The Voice Of Faculty: Global Recommendations For Faculty Recognition In Higher Education Institutions, Águeda Benito, Fionna Scott-Milligan

Higher Learning Research Communications

Faculty constitutes one of the most important elements of Higher Education institutions. Their role is key in curriculum development, as well as in guiding students´ learning and driving their engagement, in conducting research and in the overall success of their institutions. This paper presents the results of a number of faculty interviews, and a focus group carried out in nine different Laureate institutions, operating in eight different countries. Faculty were asked about professional recognition, its importance and how it should occur. The results of the study show a lot of consistency, starting with the conviction of its importance, and then …

Unusual Electron Transfer Rate Effects Due To Pyridyl Ring Substituents And Trace Group Viii B Hexacyano Complexes As Added Salts, Faisal Mehmood

Master's Theses

The rates of pseudo-self-exchange electron transfer reactions between [(NH₃)₅Ru^IIL]²⁺ and [(NH₃)₅Ru^IIIL’]³⁺ at reactant concentrations of 1.0 х 10^-4 M (where L, L’ = substituted pyridines) and the reaction between [(NH₃)₅Ru^IIPy]²⁺ and [(NH₃)₅Ru^III3FPy]²⁺ at different reactant concentrations in the presence of various salts added were studied by using the stopped-flow kinetic spectroscopy. Marcus theory rate vs. driving force plots yielded distinct families of lines depending on whether a 3- or 4- …

The Influence Of Strategies Used To Communicate Sustainable Corporate Responsibility On Reputation Of A Major Airport, Benno D. Hoffmann

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Self-presentation of a corporation as a citizen committed to sustainable corporate responsibility can, according to scholarly findings, help the organization improve its reputation among key stakeholders. The purpose of this case study was to explore the success of one major airport in aligning communication strategies to improve its reputation. The research question involved how effectively a major German airport communicated its commitment to sustainable corporate responsibility to its key stakeholders during 2005--2009. Of particular interest was how key stakeholders perceived the airport's stance towards the impacts of aircraft noise. Corporate documents, newspaper articles, and semistructured interviews comprised the data. Data …

The Perceptions Of Peer Tutoring Among Middle School Teachers Within Multi-Ability Classrooms., Danny E. Thompson Jr.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The purpose of the study was to explore middle school teachers' perceptions of peer tutoring and its utilization within multi-ability classrooms. The primary questions addressed in this study were focused on perceptions of teachers within multi-ability classrooms and the effects of teaching in a multi-ability classroom on the teachers' lesson plans, teaching styles, and the utilization of peer tutoring. The participants i nthis study included 10 middle school teachers from a suburban public school and 9 middle school teachers from a suburban private school. A phenomenological study was conducted to gather information related to the following research questions: (1) What …

Investigating Early Mississippian Community Patterning In The Mid-South Through Multiple-Method Survey Of The Ames Site (40fy7) In Fayette County, Tennessee, Eric Anderson Goddard

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The settlement patterns of small, Early Mississippian sites located in upland locations of the Mid-South remain poorly understood despite decades of research in the area. A multi-stage research design was implemented to determine the settlement system used in the region by applying multiple discovery methods to study the Ames Mound Complex (40FY7), an Early Mississippian site in Western Tennessee that has been considered a vacant ceremonial center since its discovery. Ames underwent surface collection, shovel testing, magnetometry survey and excavation to determine if the site was indeed a vacant center, or if it contained a habitation area associated with the …

Effect Of Nanofluid-Based Absorbers On Direct Solar Collector / Tham Chi Meng, Chi Meng Tham

Student Works (2010-2019)

As conventional energy like fossil fuels is getting rare, cost of energy production has been increasingly higher. The concern of environmental pollution caused by burning of hydrocarbon fuels has also been raised among developed and developing nations. These make clean renewable energy a major research topic in recent decades. Among them, solar energy, as the most vastly available energy and also supremely effective in terms of energy conversion has been the most sought after. The most common solar thermal collector utilizes black surface as radiant absorber but the efficiency is limited to the effectiveness of the black surface and the …

Security Applications Of Formal Language Theory, Len Sassaman, Meredith L. Patterson, Sergey Bratus, Michael E. Locasto, Anna Shubina

Computer Science Technical Reports

We present an approach to improving the security of complex, composed systems based on formal language theory, and show how this approach leads to advances in input validation, security modeling, attack surface reduction, and ultimately, software design and programming methodology. We cite examples based on real-world security flaws in common protocols representing different classes of protocol complexity. We also introduce a formalization of an exploit development technique, the parse tree differential attack, made possible by our conception of the role of formal grammars in security. These insights make possible future advances in software auditing techniques applicable to static and dynamic …

Estimation Des Coûts Des Lésions Professionnelles : Une Étude De Faisabilité Dans Le Secteur Minier, Martin Lebeau, Patrice Duguay, Alexandre Boucher

Portraits statistiques

Cette étude s'inscrit dans la volonté institutionnelle de développer des indicateurs économiques de santé et de sécurité au travail, sur lesquels pourra s'appuyer le choix de priorités de recherche, en complément des indicateurs et autres informations déjà utilisés à l'IRSST.

Ce rapport tente d'apporter un éclairage concernant la faisabilité de développer de tels indicateurs à l'IRSST. Pour ce faire, la présente étude teste, à partir des données disponibles, des méthodes d'estimation des coûts des lésions professionnelles et produit un portrait de ces coûts dans le secteur minier du Québec, pour la période 2005-2007.

De façon générale, cette étude démontre qu'il …

Secondary Metabolite Of Aspergillus Fumigatus, Endophytic Fungi Of The Medicinal Plant Garcinia Griffithii, Elfita Elfita, Muharni Muharni, Tri Indah

Makara Journal of Science

No abstract provided.

Preparation And Characterization Of Co-Processed Excipient Carrageenan-Pregelatinized Cassava Starch Propionate As A Matrix In The Gastroretentive Dosage, Effionora Anwar, Engkom Komariah, Junaedi Junaedi

Makara Journal of Science

No abstract provided.

Band Alignment Of Ultrathin Gizo/Sio2/Si Heterostructure Determined By Electron Spectroscopy, Dahlang Tahir, Sri Dewi Astuty Ilyas, Hee Jae Kang

Makara Journal of Science

Amorphous GaInZnO (GIZO) thin films are grown on SiO2/Si substrate by the RF magnetron sputtering method. By the combination of measured band gaps from reflection energy loss spectroscopy (REELS) spectra and valence band from X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy (XPS) spectra, we have demonstrated the energy band alignment of GIZO thin films. The band gap values are 3.2 eV, 3.2 eV, 3.4eV and 3.6eV for the concentration ratios of Ga: In: Zn in GIZO thin films are 1:1:1, 2:2:1, 3:2:1 and 4:2:1, respectively. These are attributed to the larger band gap energy of Ga2O3 compared with In2O3 and ZnO. The valence band …

Isolation, Cloning And Characterization Of Actin-Encoding Cdnas From Jatropha Curcas L. Ip-2p, Ratna Yuniati, Utut Widyastuti, Didy Sopandie, Akiho Yokota, Kinya Akashi, Suharsono Suharsono

Makara Journal of Science

Actin is a major component of the plant cytoskeleton, so all cells contain this protein. Actin is expressed constitutively and is involved in basic housekeeping functions required for cell maintenance. Because of this, it has been frequently used as an internal control to normalize changes in gene expressions analysis. Actually, the information of nucleotide sequence of actin gene of Jatropha curcas L. population IP-2P from Indonesia is not available yet. The objective of this research was to isolate, clone and characterize cDNA of actin genes of J. curcas IP-2P. Three partial actin gene sequences had been successfully isolated by PCR …

Terpenoids From The Stem Bark Of Jatropha Plants And Their Biological Activities, Sahidin Sahidin, Ardiansyah Ardiansyah, Taher Muhammad, Manggau Marianti

Makara Journal of Science

Three terpenoids, including two diterpenes (curcusone B and jatrophone) and a triterpene (stigmasterol) have been isolated from the stem bark of Jatropha plants. Curcusone B and stigmasterol were isolated from J. curcas, meanwhile jatrophone and stigmasterol were from J. gossypifolia. The biological activities of these compounds have been evaluated toward bacteria, fungi and tumour cells. Isolation was carried out in vacuum liqiud cromatography (VLC) technique with silica gel as an adsorben and some solvents as eluents. The compound structures were determined by spectroscopic methodes i.e. UV-vis, FTIR, NMR (1-D, 2-D) and were then compared based on their spectroscopic data with …

Correction Of The Ground State Energy Of One-Dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii Equation With Gain-Loss Term, Teguh Budi Prayitno

Makara Journal of Science

We consider the correction of ground state energy of one-dimensional Gross-Pitaevskii equation by adding a gain-loss term as a time-dependent external potential. The interesting purpose of this term is that it can be used to explain the experimental results especially in the nonlinear fiber optics regarding the pulse propagation and collapse-revival of the condensate in the Bose-Einstein condensation. In the Bose-Einstein condensation itself, the function can represent that condensate can interact with the normal atomic cloud. Some analytical solutions have been obtained by choosing an ansatz solution of the wave function and its solution can be dark or bright soliton. …

Preparation, Characterization And Catalytic Activity Of Cuo/Ts-1 On Benzene Hydroxylation Reaction, Ratna Ediati, Hamzah Fansuri, Didik Prasetyoko

Makara Journal of Science

CuO/TS-1 catalysts have been prepared and tested in the benzene hydroxylation. TS-1 was synthesized by hydrothermal method, while CuO/TS-1 was prepared by impregnation method using Cu(NO)2.3H2O as precursor. Catalysts were characterized by using X-ray diffraction (XRD), infrared spectroscopy (IR), and N2 adsorption-desorption techniques. The catalytic activity was tested in the hydroxylation reaction of benzene. The products were analyzed using gas chromatography. Catalyst characterization by XRD and IR techniques have showed that the catalyst structure was a MFI type of zeolite. XRD pattern have showed the orthorombic structure and indicated the presence of CuO aggregation. The results of the pyridine adsorption …

Serosurveillance Of Avian Influenza Virus Subtype H5n1 With Haemagglutination-Inhibition On Wild Aquatic Birds In Pulau Dua Serang Natural Reserves, Banten Province, Dewi Elfidasari, Dedy Duryadi Solihin, Retno Damayanti Soejoedono, Sri Murtini, Yus Rusila Noor

Makara Journal of Science

Further detailed research is required to obtain deeper information on the role of wild birds on the distribution of Avian influenza in Asia. A research has been carried out on February–June 2007 focused on blood sampling (serosurveillance) of wild birds in Pulau Dua Nature Reserves (CAPD), Serang, Banten. The research is aimed to investigate the infection of AI virus sub-tye H5N1 on the studied wild birds. The blood samples were taken from studied aquatic birds, followed by HI (haemagglutination-inhibition) test. A total of 183 samples represent 7 water bird species were taken i.e Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis, Javan pond-heron Ardeola …

Effects Of Neutrino Electromagnetic Form Factors On Neutrino Interaction With Finite Temperature Electron Matter, Listiana Satiawati, Anto Sulaksono

Makara Journal of Science

The differential cross-section of neutrino interaction with dense and warm electron gasses has been calculated by taking into account the neutrino electromagnetic form factors. The significant effect of electromagnetic properties of neutrino can be found if the neutrino dipole moment, μ ν , is ≥ 5.10-9 μB and neutrino charge radius, Rv, is ≥ 5.10-6 MeV-1. The importance of the retarded correction, detailed balance and Pauli blocking factors is shown and analyzed. Many-body effects on the target matter which are included via random phase approximation (RPA) correlation as well as photon effective mass are also investigated.

Temperature Dependence Of Sio2 Electron-Induced Luminescence, Amberly Evans Jensen, Gregory Wilson, Jr Dennison

Presentations

No abstract provided.

November 23, 2011 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Volume 49, Number 14: November 23, 2011, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Scaling Of Losses With Size And Wavelength In Nanoplasmonics And Metamaterials, Jacob B. Khurgin, Greg Sun

Physics Faculty Publications

We show that, for the resonant metal-dielectric structures with sub-wavelength confinement of light in all three dimensions, the loss cannot be reduced considerably below the loss of the metal itself unless one operates in the far IR and THz regions of the spectrum or below. Such high losses cannot be compensated by introducing gain due to Purcell-induced shortening of recombination times. The only way low loss optical meta-materials can be engineered is with, as yet unknown, low loss materials with negative permittivity.

Stratigraphic Record Of Holocene Coseismic Subsidence, Padang, West Sumatra, Tina Dura, Charles M. Rubin, Harvey M. Kelsey, Benjamin P. Horton, Andrea Hawkes, Christopher H. Vane, Mudrik Daryono, Candace Grand Pre, Tyler Landinsky, Sarah Bradley

All Faculty Scholarship for the College of the Sciences

Stratigraphic evidence is found for two coseismic subsidence events that underlie a floodplain 20 km south of Padang, West Sumatra along the Mentawai segment (0.5°S–0.3°S) of the Sunda subduction zone. Each earthquake is marked by a sharp soil‐mud contact that represents a sudden change from mangrove to tidal flat. The earthquakes occurred about 4000 and 3000 cal years B.P. based on radiocarbon ages of detrital plant fragments and seeds. The absence of younger paleoseismic evidence suggests that late Holocene relative sea level fall left the floodplain too high for an earthquake to lower it into the intertidal zone. Our results …

Impaired Structural Connectivity Of Socio-Emotional Circuits In Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study, Stephanie H. Ameis, Jin Fan, Conrad Rockel, Aristotle N. Voineskos, Nancy J. Lobaugh, Latha Soorya, A. Ting Wang, Eric Hollander, Evdokia Anagnostou

Publications and Research

Background Abnormal white matter development may disrupt integration within neural circuits, causing particular impairments in higher-order behaviours. In autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), white matter alterations may contribute to characteristic deficits in complex socio-emotional and communication domains. Here, we used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and tract based spatial statistics (TBSS) to evaluate white matter microstructure in ASD. Methods/Principal Findings DTI scans were acquired for 19 children and adolescents with ASD (∼8–18 years; mean 12.4±3.1) and 16 age and IQ matched controls (∼8–18 years; mean 12.3±3.6) on a 3T MRI system. DTI values for fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity, radial diffusivity and axial …

A Core Knowledge Based Curriculum Designed To Help Seventh And Eighth Graders Maintain Artistic Confidence, Debbie Ann Labrum

Theses and Dissertations

How do we as art educators help adolescents maintain artistic creation as a way of visual expression? This study reviews artistic approaches among kindergarten through eighth grade students as they relate to the U-curve model of development (Davis, 1997; Pariser & van den Berg, 1997). As an art educator, my observation has been that as students approach seventh and eighth grades they lose confidence in their art making abilities as they try to draw in a realistic manner. When asked if they think they are artists, most are certain that they are not. This lack in confidence is in stark …