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Daily Eastern News: December 02, 2011, Eastern Illinois University

December

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Effect Of Extracellular Matrix (Ecm) Protein Micropatterns On The Behavior Of Human Neuroblastoma Cells, Ishwari Poudel

Department of Engineering Mechanics: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Recent advances in patterning techniques and emerging surface microtechnologies have allowed cell micropatterning to control spatial location of the cells on a surface as well as cell shape, attachment area, and number of contacting neighbor cells. These parameters play important roles in cell cellular behaviors. Cell micropatterning has thus become one of the most important strategies for biomedical applications, such as, tissue engineering, diagnostic immunoassays, lab-on-chip devices, bio-sensing, etc., and cell biology studies as well. For neuronal cells, there have been attempts to distribute neuronal cells on specific patterns to control cell-to-cell interaction. However, there have been very limited understanding …

What Does It Mean To Be Human?

News Releases

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2011-12-02 Minutes & Appendices, Longwood University

Board of Visitors Meeting Minutes 1964-

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How Jane Austen Uses Marriage To Get What She Wants, Hannah Eberle

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

As a biochemistry major approaching the subject of Jane Austen and feminism, I found the dichotomy between pleasure readers and critical readers interesting. How can books that are almost 200 years old draw so much attention from both quarters still today? In my thesis, I use Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Emma to discuss how Austen uses the marriage plot in the context of the 18th century. This plot device allows her to point out problems with marriage as a market, such as emphasis on wealth and the social setup that requires women to be "taken …

Perceived Containment As A Predictor Of Children’S Aggression Towards Peers, Kristina L. Gowin

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

The current study investigates the extent to which children’s levels of perceived containment predict their aggression towards peers in a community program in a sample of 132 school-age children (Mean age = 8.83 years; 55% male). Perceived Containment was assessed by the administration of the Perceived Containment Questionnaire (PCQ) (Schneider et al., 2003). Relational Aggression was measured by using the Children’s Social Behavior Scale-Teacher Report (Crick et al., 1996). Children’s ratings on the Perceived Containment Questionnaire were found to be unrelated to staff reports of relational aggression. However, a direct relationship was discovered between children's ratings on the Perceived Containment …

Putting Their Eggs In India’S Basket: What Vertical Integration, Church’S Chicken, And Globalization Mean To Increasing Chicken Consumption In India, Scott E. Basford

Pursuit - The Journal of Undergraduate Research at The University of Tennessee

India has the second largest population in the world and a rapidly growing economy, yet it lags far behind the world average in chicken meat consumption. Nonetheless, rates are increasing briskly and are expected to double within five years. Understanding the factors that contribute to this rise can provide broader insight into political, economic and social developments in Indian society. This paper reviews current and projected levels of chicken consumption across India through an investigation of current literatures which assert that a cultural dietary aversion to red meat, rising incomes, increased urbanization, lower consumer cost, and, most importantly, vertically integrated …

2011-12-02 Minutes Of The Academic Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

Business Innovation Group (Big) News, Georgia Southern University

Business Innovation Group: News & Publications

• Georgia Southern Student Entrepreneur Featured in Forbes Magazine
• Winners of the 2011 MBA Business Plan Competition are….

Similarities In Fan Preferences For Minor-League Baseball Across The American Southeast, Tyler Anthony, Tim Kahn, Briana Madison, Rodney Paul, Andrew Weinbach

Falk College Research Center

Three Minor League Baseball leagues across the Southeastern United States are studied in order to determine what drives fan attendance. Individual game attendance and game characteristics are examined for three leagues located in the American southeast, the Florida State League, the Southern League, and the South Atlantic League. Despite the three leagues encompassing different levels of play (from A to AA), the determinants of attendance are similar across leagues. Factors affecting attendance such as winning percentage, weather conditions, local income and population, and individual game promotions, such as fireworks, are explored.

12/2/2011, Slutzker Center For International Students

Newsletters from Slutzker Center for International Services - SCIS News

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Martin V. Smith Clerk's Record V. 2 Dckt. 36055

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Martin V. Smith Clerk's Record V. 4 Dckt. 36055

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Determining A Community Retrofit Strategy For The Aging Housing Stock Using Utility And Assessor Data, Nathan A. Barry

Department of Construction Engineering and Management: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Residential buildings account for about 21.5% of the nation’s primary energy consumption and carbon emissions, and about 38% of electricity use. The housing stock in the United States consists of over 128 million residences with over 60% being constructed prior to 1979 when building codes and regulations began standardizing building practices. Seeking an opportunity to understand and reduce consumption, the scientific community developed a number of model-driven auditing software. While these computer models have been successful in predicting usage patterns in newer residential structures, they have been inaccurate in predicting and analyzing energy use in aging housing stock, predominantly homes …

Ann Based Load Identification And Forecasting System For The Built Environment, Hosen Hasna

Durham School of Architectural Engineering and Construction: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

"Phantom Loads" cause energy waste in homes and the built environment as a whole. Consumers spend more than $3 billion a year on "Phantom Load" in the United States alone. The goal of this work is to conserve energy by increasing consumer awareness on their energy usage and appropriate tools which in turn will be reducing and /or eliminating phantom loads and mismanagement of the load in the built environment. A further goal is to improve upon existing power distribution systems in the built environment with limited hardware additions to increase energy conservation. This work investigates remote identification of load …

The Political Effect Of The Ku Klux Klan In North Dakota, Trevor M. Magel

Department of History: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The 1920s was a transitional decade in the political history of the United States. Progressivism did not have the influence it had had in the first couple of decades of the 20th Century but its ideas were still part of the debate. But many other elements became more prominent such as: Americanism, Urbanization, and Nativism. North Dakota is a good case study of these trends and how the Klan tried to use these trends to gain power. The Nonpartisan League, Independent Voters' Association, and Ku Klux Klan conflict in North Dakota reflected broader political conflicts happening within the country over …

Development And Optimization Of Organic Based Monoliths For Use In Affinity Chromatography, Erika L. Pfaunmiller

Department of Chemistry: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Affinity chromatography is an important and useful tool for studying biological interactions, such as the binding of an antibody with an antigen. Monolithic supports offer many advantages over traditional packed bed supports in affinity chromatography, including their ease of preparation, low back pressures and good mass transfer properties. Monoliths can be broken down into two basic categories: organic (polymer) and inorganic (silica) monoliths. There are many varieties of polymer based monoliths; however, a large focus has been on co-polymers of glycidyl methacrylate (a functional monomer) and ethylene dimethacrylate (a cross-linking agent). The solvents of choice for making this type of …

Minutes, College Of Education Council Meeting, December 2, 2011, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. College Of Education. College Council

College Council Meeting Minutes

Minutes from the University of South Florida St. Petersburg College of Education's Council meeting on December 2, 2011.

Influence Of Spring Nitrogen Rates On Wheat Yield And Quality In Northeast Texas, Carlee Archer

Honors Theses

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Minutes, Graduate Curricula And Assessment Committee Meeting, December 2, 2011, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Kate Tiedemann College Of Business. Graduate Curricula And Assessment Committee

Kate Tiedemann College of Business Graduate College Curricula and Assessment Committee

Minutes of the December 2, 2011, meeting of the Graduate Curricula and Assessment Committee.

The Echo: December 2, 2011, Taylor University

2011-2012 (Volume 99)

Reflection vs. Intuition – Cognitive Reflection Test (CRT) – Defending the Humanities – The Presidential Pursuit – Top 5 News Events of the Week – Music brings support for AIDS relief – The Bubble – American students released – China recognized as threat to US power – Around The World In 30 Seconds – Like a Voss – Depression: Unspoken but felt – DIY holiday gifts – Gifts that give back – Dear Ronnie – Trend of the Week – Quick Question? – Social Media gone Taylor – John’s Fact of the Week – Christmas around the world – Local …

Chemistry, Arts And Engineering Pique Interests Of Dundee Elementary Students, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

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Performance Investigation On Plate Heat Exchanger Using Nanofluid As Working Fluid / Ler Cherk Yong, Cherk Yong Lee

Student Works (2010-2019)

Plate heat exchanger (PHE) is a kind of heat transfer equipment that made up of a pack of thin corrugated metal plate that promote heat transfer between two fluids. Water as the most common heat transfer medium has low thermal conductivity that result in lower overall heat transfer coefficient. With rising interest in fluid with higher thermal conductivity offered by dispersing nanoparticles in base fluid, called ―nanofluids‖, researchers are investigating the advantages of applying this fluid in conventional heat transfer devices. In this study the performance of an existing PHE in oil and gas industry is investigated when the alumina …

December 1-2, 2011 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Regular And Special Meetings, Board Of Trustees, Central Washington University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes for the Regular and Special Sessions of the Board of Trustees at Central Washington University, December 1-2, 2011.

Thedmonline: Vivian Ibrahim Has A New Approach To Teaching History, Admin

University of Mississippi News

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Crusader, December, 2, 2011, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

The student newspaper for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Articles include coverage of campus events and issues, sports, editorials and special features.

State V. Ferrier Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39109

Not Reported

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The Evolution And Diversity Of Dna Transposons In The Genome Of The Lizard Anolis Carolinensis, Peter A. Novick, Jeremy D. Smith, Mark Floumanhaft, David A. Ray, Stéphane Boissinot

Publications and Research

DNA transposons have considerably affected the size and structure of eukaryotic genomes and have been an important source of evolutionary novelties. In vertebrates, DNA transposons are discontinuously distributed due to the frequent extinction and recolonization of these genomes by active elements. We performed a detailed analysis of the DNA transposons in the genome of the lizard Anolis carolinensis, the first non-avian reptile to have its genome sequenced. Elements belonging to six of the previously recognized superfamilies of elements (hAT, Tc1/Mariner, Helitron, PIF/Harbinger, Polinton/Maverick, and Chapaev) were identified. However, only four (hAT, Tc1/Mariner, Helitron, and Chapaev) of these superfamilies have successfully …

Conflict Intensifies Between Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos And Ex-President ÁLvaro Uribe, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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Argentina Shifts Human Rights Focus To Civilian Collaborators Of Dictatorship, Andrã©S Gaudã­N

NotiSur

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