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Prospectus, December 7, 2011, Josh Grube, Alisha Kirkley, Angie Broughton, Jacob Kuppler, Buster Bytes, Mark Roughton, Spencer Brown

Prospectus 2011

C-U UNDERGROUND SCENE PICKS UP THE PACE, Keys to College Students' Success Often Overlooked, Tips for Going Green this Holiday Season, Common Student Study Myths and Tips, Stop Online Piracy Act: What You Should Know, Millennials: Shape Your Political Future, You Went to College for That?, Cobras Volleyball Finishes Off Another Strong Season, Cobras Look to Rebound From Tough Start, 99% Movement Makes the Most of the Social Web

Telling It Like It Is: A Proposal To Improve Transparency In Biomedical Research, John Hadley

Between the Species

Recent proposals to improve public communication about animal-based biomedical research have been narrowly focused on reforming biomedical journal submission guidelines. My suggestion for communication reform is broader in scope reaching beyond the research community to healthcare communicators and ultimately the general public. The suggestion is for researchers to provide journalists and public relations practitioners with concise summaries of their ‘animal use data’. Animal use data is collected by researchers and intended for the public record but is rarely, if ever, given significant media exposure. By providing healthcare communicators with specific details about their animal use, researchers can play a role …

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper, December 7, 2011, George Fox University Archives

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of George Fox University.

Suffolk Journal, Vol. 72, No. 12, 12/7/2011, Suffolk Journal

Suffolk Journal

No abstract provided.

Pri Faces Minicrises Before Presidential Campaign Is Fully Under Way, Carlos Navarro

SourceMex

No abstract provided.

Minutes, Arts & Sciences Faculty Meeting, Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2011, Arts & Sciences Faculty

The College of Liberal Arts Faculty Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 7, 2011, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Mormons And Muslims: Living In An Intolerant World, Matt Bagley

Arrington Student Writing Award Winners

September 11. Osama Bin Laden. Suicide bombers. Taliban. Terrorism. Cult. Allah. Muslim. These are just a few of the many words that instinctively slip to the tip of the tongue as the average American is asked to verbalize his or her thoughts on the Middle East. Not only are these some of the first words and images that come to mind, they are oftentimes the only words and images that one might have in regards to this group of people.

Cult. Joseph Smith. The Book of Mormon. Polygamy. Gold bible. These are some of the words that come to mind …

Why Falling Unemployment Doesn't Always Mean Rising Employment, Louis D. Johnston

Economics Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Thawing The Frozen Heart: Turning To Antonio Machado To Overcome The Silence In El Corazón Helado By Almudena Grandes, Richard A. Henricksen

Theses and Dissertations

In an attempt to demonstrate Spain's obligation to recover its ignored historic memory, Almudena Grandes evokes the poetry of a man whose past itself has been manipulated, misused and partially forgotten: the great poet Antonio Machado. In this study I examine the use of the famous "two Spain" imagery from Machado's "Españolito" as a tool for subverting many erroneous concepts about the war that, according to Grandes, are still prevalent in Spanish society. I also examine how this "two Spain" conflict demonstrates the crossroads that faces the third generation of Spaniards after the Civil War: that of collectively remaining in …

December 7, 2011 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: December 07, 2011, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

The Lumberjack, December 07, 2011, The Lumberjack Staff

2011

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

Chloroform Fraction Of Centratherum Anthelminticum (L.) Seed Inhibits Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha And Exhibits Pleotropic Bioactivities: Inhibitory Role In Human Tumor Cells, A. Arya, M. Achoui, S. C. Cheah, S. I. Abdelwahab, P. Narrima, S. Mohan, Mohd Rais Mustafa, M. A. Mohd

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

We investigated the antioxidant potential, cytotoxic effect, and TNF-α inhibition activity with NF-κB activation response in a chloroformfraction of Centratherum anthelminticum seeds (CACF). The antioxidant property of CACF was evaluated with DPPH, ORAC, and FRAP assays, which demonstrated significant antioxidant activity. The cytotoxicity of CACF was tested using theMTT assay; CACF effective inhibitory concentrations (IC50) for A549, PC-3, MCF-7, and WRL-68 cells were 31.42 ± 5.4, 22.61 ± 1.7, 8.1±0.9, and 54.93±8.3 μg/mL, respectively. CACF effectively and dose-dependently inhibited TNF-α release, in vitro and in vivo. CACF inhibited TNF-α secretion in stimulated RAW264.7macrophage supernatants with an IC50 of 0.012 μg/mL, …

Volume 49, Number 16: December 07, 2011, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

The Lumberjack, December 07, 2011

Cal Poly Humboldt's Student Newspaper

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University.

Unh Launches Graduate Certificate In Special Education Administration To Address Critical Shortage In State, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Carsey Institute: Private Health Insurance Coverage Rates For Children Continue To Decline As Families Struggle With Recession, Lori Wright

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Exploring The Relationship Between Facebook, Face-To-Face And Intercultural Communication, Rebecca Schaefer

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

My Capstone Experience/Thesis project seeks to explore and examine the effects of Facebook on communication between American and international students. The use of social media as a means to communicate with others is increasing at an amazing rate. Facebook has become my generation’s favorite way to communicate with friends and family and “to Facebook” has unofficially become a verb that many college students will use. While social media, such as Facebook and Linked-In, may encourage American college students to communicate with international students beyond the classroom and campus, it seems that Facebook is on the way to becoming a substitute …

The Bg News December 7, 2011, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 7, 2011. Volume 102-Issue 49.

Quantification Of Glacier Melt Volume In The Indus River Watershed, Maria Nicole Asay

Theses and Dissertations

Quantifying the contribution of glaciers to water resources is particularly important in locations where glaciers may provide a large percentage of total river discharge. In some remote locations, direct field measurements of melt rates are difficult to acquire, so alternate approaches are needed. Positive degree-day modeling (PDD) of glacier melt is a valuable tool to making first order approximations of the volume of melt coming from glaciers. In this study, a PDD-melt model is applied to glaciers in the Indus River watershed located in Afghanistan, China, India, and Pakistan. Here, millions of people rely on the water from the Indus …

The Colby Echo (2011-12-07), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

An Assessment Of Principals' Technology Leadership: A Statewide Survey, Jeffrey Duncan

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to collect data about engagement and involvement around technology issues by principals in Virginia. Virginia public school administrators were surveyed using the Principals Technology Leadership Assessment (PTLA) instrument and results compared to the National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS-A) (ISTE, 2002). This study, though limited in scope, provided meaningful data for research. The study reflects that despite 10 years of having NETS-A in place, Virginia public school administrators are barely meeting minimum standards in five out of the six dimensions. The study correctly looked at the old NETS-A standards but resulted in a …

Teachers' Perception Of Computer Use And Technical Support In A Rural Virginia School Division: A Case Study, Rodney Berry

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher perceptions of computer-based technology and technology support provided by a rural school division; the extent of teachers’ self reported computer skills, comfort levels, perception of obstacles; and the amount of support, time, and training available to them to accomplish the integration during the course of instruction. This research was conducted during the 2010-2011 school term as a case study of a small rural K-12 school division in southern Virginia, consisting of teachers from each core curriculum from each of the three schools, selected deliberately. The study was divided into three phases: …

Spectrum, Volume 28, Issue 11, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Changing the face of Sacred Heart -- Importance of CourseEval-- 'Winter Wonderland' for students at Semi Formal -- Student loan debt plagues seniors -- Smartphone use: Are you obsessed? -- Greek Life see-saws for new playground -- Sacred Heart seeks alternative to help with rising costs of textbooks -- 'The best way to spread Christmas cheer...'Concert band jingles into Christmas-- Professor Rose's winding road to success -- Women's basketball improve to 6-1 --Three Pioneers receive all-NEC honors --

Quality Selection For Dynamic Adaptive Streaming Over Http With Scalable Video Coding, Travis L. Andelin

Theses and Dissertations

Video streaming on the Internet is increasingly using Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (DASH), in which the video is converted into various quality levels and divided into two-second segments. A client can then adjust its video quality over time by choosing to download the appropriate quality level for a given segment using standard HTTP. Scalable Video Coding (SVC) is a promising enhancement to the DASH protocol. With SVC, segments are divided into subset bitstream blocks. At playback, blocks received for a given segment are combined to additively increase the current quality. Unlike traditional DASH, which downloads segments serially, this encoding …

Poetry Through Performance Course Slams Onto Campus, Courtney Keenan '12

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

A Content Analysis Of Evaluation Instruments Used By Special Education Teacher Preparation Programs, Megan Sue Langford

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to conduct a content and component analysis of evaluation instruments used to evaluate preservice teacher performance by special education teacher preparation programs. Direct observation (DO) and summative evaluation (SE) forms were collected from a random sample of Special Education teacher preparation programs that are recognized by the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC). The forms were then coded for content and components based on predetermined categories to identify similarities and differences. Variances among the DO and SE forms indicated possible methods for evaluating preservice teacher knowledge, skills, and dispositions.

Information Literacy Developments @ Itt Dublin, Philip Russell

Support services (Former ITT) - Other Resources

Provides an overview of information literacy activity at ITT Dublin; the approaches taken including blended and online learning and some of the issues and challenges involved in delivering information literacy training. There is also a discussion on use of new technologies to enhance information literacy progression.

Winthrop Poll Finds Gingrich Leading Romney In Gop Presidential Race, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2011

• The results of the December 2011 Winthrop Poll were taken between Nov. 27-Dec. 4. Poll callers at Winthrop University interviewed 1073 registered voters from South Carolina.
• Among S.C. Democrats, Republicans and Independents combined, 81.4% of poll respondents disapprove of the way Congress is doing its job while 47.8% feel the same way about President Obama. However, nearly 60% say it’s very or somewhat likely the president will be re-elected in 2012.