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Noncanonical Hydrogen Bonding In Nucleic Acids. Benchmark Evaluation Of Key Base–Phosphate Interactions In Folded Rna Molecules Using Quantum-Chemical Calculations And Molecular Dynamics Simulations, Marie Zgarbova, Petr Jurecka, Pavel Banas, Michal Otyepka, Judit E. Sponer, Neocles B. Leontis, Craig L. Zirbel, Jiri Sponer

Chemistry Faculty Publications

RNA molecules are stabilized by a wide range of non canonical interactions that are not present in DNA. Among them, the recently classified base phosphate (BPh) interactions belong to the most important ones. Twelve percent of nucleotides in the ribosomal crystal structures are involved in BPh interactions. BPh interactions are highly conserved and provide major constraints on RNA sequence evolution. Here we provide assessment of the energetics of BPh interactions using MP2 computations extrapolated to the complete basis set of atomic orbitals and corrected for higher-order electron correlation effects. The reference computations are compared with DFT-D and DFT-D3 approaches, the …

Glitter And Glints On Water, David K. Lynch, David S. P. Dearborn, James A. Lock

Physics Faculty Publications

We present new observations of glitter and glints using short and long time exposure photographs and high frame rate videos. Using the sun and moon as light sources to illuminate the ocean and laboratory water basins, we found that (1) most glitter takes place on capillary waves rather than on gravity waves, (2) certain aspects of glitter morphology depend on the presence or absence of thin clouds between the light source and the water, and (3) bent glitter paths are caused by asymmetric wave slope distributions We present computer simulations that are able to reproduce the observations and make predictions …

Alternative Proofs On The Indices Of Cacti And Unicyclic Graphs With N Vertices, Sudipta Mallik

Mathematics Faculty Research

Let H_n be the cactus obtained from the star K_1,n—1 by adding _└ n—1/2_┘ independent edges between pairs of pendant vertices. Let K₁,⁺_n—1 be the unicyclic graph obtained from the star by appending one edge. In this paper we give alternative proofs of the following results: Among all cacti with n vertices, H_n is the unique cactus whose spectral radius is maximal, and among all unicyclic graphs with n vertices, K₁,⁺_n—1 is the unique unicyclic graph whose spectral radius is maximal. We also prove …

Gold & Blue, Fall 2011, St. Mary's University- San Antonio, Texas

Gold & Blue

This is the Fall 2011 edition of Gold & Blue which is St. Mary's University's official school publication.

A Summary Of The Effectiveness Of Two Strategies For Improving Community College Mathematics Instruction: Achieving The Dream Initiatives Undertaken By The Mathematics Program At Johnson County Community College, Jeff R. Frost

Sabbatical Projects

In 2009, Johnson County Community College (JCCC) was selected to participate in the nascent Achieving the Dream (AtD) initiative. As part of that participation, the college was expected to identify significant barriers keeping their students from completing degrees and certificates. After analyzing student completion data among JCCC mathematics students, the college determined that two high-risk groups were: 1) students placing into developmental mathematics courses and; 2) students enrolled in College Algebra, the so-called gateway mathematics course at the college. In an attempt to improve success rates among those two groups of students, the mathematics division at JCCC created two initiatives—one …

Bryant 360, October 2011, Bryant University, Office Of Admissions

Bryant 360

No abstract provided.

Another Dimension From Lidar – Obtaining Foliage Density From Full Waveform Data, Thomas Adams, Peter Beets, Christopher Parrish

Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping

LiDAR tells the user where surfaces are, not what they are. In this study we investigate the potential for waveform LiDAR to provide more information on the nature of the returns over forestry. Waveform LiDAR was acquired for ten Pinus radiata plots in a New Zealand plantation, along with comprehensive leaf area sampling in 2m vertical bands. The decay rate of each waveform peak was shown to be a useful tool for estimating foliage density, and has potential for identifying regions containing ground and understorey. Leaf Area Density (LAD) is an expression of foliage density per unit height, and a …

Trinitarian Thought In The Early Modern Era, Ulrich Lehner

Theology Faculty Research and Publications

This article explores Catholic and Protestant Trinitarian theology from 1550 to 1770. It discusses various issues, from the mystical visions of Ignatius of Loyola to the Augustinian approach of Jonathan Edwards. It considers the growing variety of eclectic views and the influence of anti-Trinitarian thinkers, beginning with Michael Servetus and Faustus Socinus. It also highlights the rise of confessionalism and anti-Trinitarianism and the explosion of mystical theology during this period.

Computer Simulation Of Overtopping Of Levees, Mehrad Kamalzare, Zhongxian Chen, Christopher S. Stuetzle, Barbara Cutler, W. Randolph Franklin, Thomas F. Zimmie

Computer and Data Science Faculty Publications

There have been many cases of earth embankment failures, for example, Hurricane Katrina in 2005, where breaching occurred and devastated the surrounding population. Levee failures are preventable by a better understanding of the ways in which these embankments are designed and fail. The objective of this research is to protect levees against future failures. This paper studies various overtopping quantities and durations to represent the same level of levee erosion hazard. This study is based on experimental results of steady flows on the land side of a levee. The effect of water flow has been investigated and a comparison has …

A Distance-Delivered Teacher Education Program For Rural Culturally And Linguistically Diverse Teacher Candidates, Gayla Lohfink, Amanda Morales, Gail Shroyer, Sally Yahnke, Cecilia Hernandez

Department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education: Faculty Publications

This article describes a collaborative, distance-delivered, teacher preparation program for rural, culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) teacher candidates. Multiple institutions partnered with one university in order to diversify the teaching force in the region and meet the needs of CLD students living there. In describing the program's design and implementation phases, a focus on cultural responsiveness to the candidates ' needs, their rural settings, and high populations of Latino/a students in the rural areas in which they were trained is presented. Assessment of each implementation phase guided program practice for the participants ' training as effective teachers. Relevant discussion indicates …

Personal Reflections From Eportfolio: Ahrc New York City, Elisa Malojer

Community Action Forum: Seidenberg School

No abstract provided.

Faculty News, University Of Michigan Law School

Law Quadrangle (formerly Law Quad Notes)

Professor Eric Stein, "Europe's Prophet,' dies at 98; Hicks award caps Leary's Career; Garavaglia, '80, named Director of the Law Library; for the good of South Sudan; new award honors Reed; Prescott study casts doube on sex-offender notification laws; Scott named Russel Lecturer; book honors Simma's contributions to international law; teaching on two continents at once; Croley on the move in D.C.; Duquette leads national effort to improve representation in child welfare system; I'll take 'course correction' for $400, Alex; translating the meaning of art; new faculty; faculty write about lovesick Japan, losing it, and law quad benefactor Cook.

Experiencing Literary Self-Consciousness In The Classroom, Dan Gleason

Modern World Fiction

This activity is a fun and even bizarre response to John Barth’s highly self-referential story “Lost in the Funhouse.” In that story, Barth comments extensively on the writing as it happens (as he makes it happen), alerting the reader to the conventions of fiction as he deploys them. The following activity brings such jarring commentary into the classroom by leading students to call out the conventions of the classroom as they happen; the activity makes students live the experience of interruptive meta-commentary and can thus lead to vibrant discussion on the commentary in the story, too.

Dean John Edward Cribbet: The Illinois Prophet Of Property Law, David A. Myers

Marquette Law Review

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Governmental Data Mining And Its Alternatives, Tal Z. Zarsky

Penn State Law Review (2003 - Present)

No abstract provided.

The Helmholtz Maneuver, Or The Idea Of (Honors In) A University, Richard England

Journal of the National Collegiate Honors Council Online Archive

What does honors offer the university that supports it? On the NCHC listserv this summer, a plea for help came from a colleague whose university was considering dropping its honors program. As budgets grow tight, small, expensive honors programs become vulnerable, and their defenders need arguments that administrators can hear and understand. Most campuswide honors programs offer a general-education-based curriculum. Unfortunately, few campus units defend the idea of general education as a whole although they may fiercely guard their particular piece of it. At many schools, campus-wide honors is one of the few academic programs to be rooted in a …

Future Participation In The Conservation Reserve Program In North Dakota, Lorilie M. Atkinson, Rebecca J. Romsdahl, Michael J. Hill

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

The purpose of this study was to gauge the impact of agriculture and energy policies on conservation practices through a survey of conservation reserve program (CRP) contract holders in a selected Prairie Pothole Region of North Dakota-Burleigh, Kidder, and Stutsman Counties. The survey results showed that 48% of respondents are considering returning CRP acres to annual crop production once the contract expires. The largest influence on post-CRP land use was the market prices for production of annual crops. Respondents also identified lack of knowledge of conservation programs as a large hurdle to participation. This may indicate a need for improved …

Review Of Grass: In Search Of Human Habitat. By Joe C. Truett. Foreword By Harry W. Greene., Mary Ann Vinton

Great Plains Research: A Journal of Natural and Social Sciences (through 2013)

Much of the book is devoted to discussing the heavy human dependence on grasslands and whether this relationship can be maintained in company with grassland conservation. Can humans continue to use grasslands for food, fiber, and newer uses like biofuels and carbon banking while still sustaining the ecosystem? Many of us in academic ecology struggle with resolving perceived conflicts between conservation and human grassland use. In many cases, a "win-win" scenario exists in which, for example, the proper use of livestock grazing is perfectly compatible with a healthy grassland ecosystem. In other cases, such as conserving prairie dog populations, tensions …

Api And Method Call Selection In An Automated Mashup Composer, Joseph Durham

Senior Seminars

With internet technologies expanding at a very rapid rate, the need for immediate data acquisition from many different sources is higher than ever before. While web mashups have helped bring this information to the user in a quick and desirable manner, the development of these mash ups is still a time consuming, programming intensive process. Currently there is no true automatic environment that will allow the user to create a new mash up without requiring any knowledge of programming.

This paper introduces a module that will help solve a portion of this automatic mash up composer by determining which sources …

Ctl Fall 2011 Newsletter, University Of Denver, Office Of Teaching And Learning

Office of Teaching and Learning Newsletters

Fall 2011 Newsletter from the University of Denver, Center for Teaching and Learning. The newsletter highlights events, workshops, software updates, and resources for faculty.

Nebraska Blueprint – Fall/Winter 2011

Nebraska Blueprint (Student Publication)

Table of Contents:

From the Editor

Engi-Briefs

Dean Tim Wei and the Future of Nebraska Engineering

Researching Safety on the Highway – "Cody S. Stolle, a graduate research assistant at UNL's Midwest Roadside Safety Facility, recently conducted research on cable median wires to reduce the number of deadly car highway accidents."

Husker Alum Returns – Dr. Kim Blair, Mechanical Engineering alumnus, spoke as part of the Pierson Lecture Series on innovation and technology development.

Engineering Off the Road – UNL's Baja SAE [Society of Automotive Engineers] team placed 3rd in suspension and traction, 7th in tractor pull, 11th in maneuverability, …

Islamic Civilization And (Western) Modernity, Peter O'Brien

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

The 1961 Salzburg Conference And Contemporary Reflections Of Its Overarching Themes And Participants, Joseph Drew

Comparative Civilizations Review

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Singapore Math On Student Knowledge And Enjoyment In Mathematics, Jenny Taliaferro Blalock

Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the Singapore Math curriculum and approach to teaching on enjoyment and knowledge in mathematics in one rural school district in north Louisiana. The quantitative data used were collected from a Math Enjoyment Inventory and a mixed skills pre and posttest. Additional supplemental data were collected from a Teacher Response Form. All data were gathered in the 2010–2011 school year, and an intact population was utilized. Participants were categorized into two groups, the Singapore Math group and the traditional math group. The participating district implemented Singapore Math in the fall …

Increasing Maine’S High School Graduation Rate: Necessary But Not Sufficient, David L. Silvernail Phd, Leanne C. Walker, Ida A. Batista

Higher Education and College Readiness

This study was designed to determine how many Maine 9th graders graduate in four years proficient in reading and mathematics. Unfortunately the evidence reveals that the chances are not great. While more than eight of 10 Maine students graduate from high school in four years, only one in three graduates ready for work or college.

Minutes Of The Virginia Academy Of Science Council Meeting

Virginia Journal of Science

Minutes of the Virginia Academy of Science council meeting on November 13, 2010, at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, Richmond, VA, Burnett Hall, Room 131.

Fact Book 2011, Planning, Research, And Policy Analysis

Fact Book (1988-2019)

Fact Book 2011 for Illinois State University

Conflicting Perspectives, Contentious Problems A Case Study Of Kwale International Sugar Co. Ltd. In Msambweni District, Jayme Tsutsuse

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This paper presents a report of the findings from a four-week study on the varying perspectives towards Kwale International Sugar Co. Ltd. which have brought about problems concerning land, development, and politics. It discusses findings fromliterary sources and field work, including correspondence, interviews, forums, and focus group discussions with government representatives, company managers, and community members. It highlights where recorded information is inconsistent, making it difficult for the people and company to coexist. Additionally, it describes how the community’s grievances developed and critiques the various actors and actions that are responsible. Lastly, it provides recommendations to a way forward towards …

(Wp 2011-08) Identity, John B. Davis

Economics Working Papers

This chapter introduces the economics and identity literature, and discusses the relationship between social identity and personal identity. It distinguishes categorical and relational types of social identities, and argues that the former are more readily associated with instrumentally rational behavior, while the latter, which involve close contact with others in roles and social positions, are more readily associated with behavior in which individuals unilaterally reciprocate the actions of others – what Bruni terms unilateral altruism, which involves a non-instrumental or deontological type of motivation. The chapter also distinguishes two views of personal identity as relational in nature, Bachrach's game-theoretic approach …

Evaluation And In Vitro Studies Of Folate Peg Biotin And Other Peg Agents, Vikram Reddy Kasarala

All Capstone Projects

Folate is an essential component for cell growth and cell division, playing a major role in DNA synthesis. It is common sense that the rapidly dividing cells synthesize more DNA, including cancer cells. Also, it was reported that cancer cells over express Folate receptors and this was the basis for our probe for cancer cells. We used long PEG biotin in conjugation with Folate. Previous studies in our group showed that the PEG could be used in the sensor to detect and capture cancer cells. The present study was aimed at evaluating the effect of Long PEG containing Folate based …