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Cal Poly Announces Administrative Changes In Student Affairs Division, Public Affairs Office

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Cal Poly Creamery Recalls Eggnog, Public Affairs Office

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Achieving Laser Wavelength Stability For Use In Neutral Atom Quantum Computing, Jennifer H. Rushing

Physics

Quantum computing may still be decades away from realization but the pieces necessary for the construction of the first quantum chip are beginning to come together. One piece still eluding researchers is the ability to address individual atoms within a scalable quantum chip structure. The resolution to this issue may be found in any one of several promising implementations, including the use of neutral atoms trapped in 2D optical lattices. One method of constructing such lattices, which has been shown to be computationally viable, employs the diffraction pattern just behind a circular aperture. Laser wavelength stability plays a crucial role …

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Utilizing Fishermen Knowledge And Expertise: Keys To Success For Collaborative Fisheries Research, Noëlle Yochum, Richard M. Starr, Dean Wendt

Biological Sciences

Collaborative fisheries research provides a mechanism for integrating the unique knowledge, experience, and skills of fishermen and scientists. It is a joint intellectual endeavor that begins with the inception of a project and continues until its final stages, with each group having mutual investment in—and ownership of— the project. Collaborative fisheries research promotes communication and trust among fishermen, scientists, and managers and can provide much-needed scientifically valid data for fisheries management. It can enhance federal and state management data collection programs, which span broad sections of coastline, by increasing the ability to detect changes in local metapopulations that may be …

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Bell's Spaceships Problem And The Foundations Of Special Relativity, Francisco Fernflores

Philosophy

Recent ‘dynamical’ approaches to relativity by Harvey Brown and his colleagues have used John Bell’s own solution to a problem in relativity which has in the past sometimes been called ‘Bell’s spaceships paradox’, in a central way. This paper examines solutions to this problem in greater detail and from a broader philosophical perspective than Brown et al. offer. It also analyses the well-known analogy between special relativity and classical thermodynamics. This analysis leads to the sceptical conclusion that Bell’s solution yields neither new philosophical insights concerning the foundations of relativity nor differential support for a specific view concerning the existence …

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Early Childhood/Child Welfare Priority, Nancy Edick, Samantha K. Ammons, Melissa Cast-Brede, Ann Coyne, Karen Falconer Al-Hindi, Shari Hofschire, Lisa Kelly-Vance, Jay Killion, Sajda Qureshi, Bridget O. Ryalls, Peter Simi, Peter Wolcott

Foundational Documents

This is the executive summary of a white paper that describes the context, current capacity, areas of opportunity, and next steps for the UNO Early Childhood/Child Welfare Priority (ECCW). It responds to the need for comprehensive integrated systems of services designed to give all young children (birth through age eight) access to what they need in the early years to succeed in school and in life. In this context, UNO recognizes ECCW as critical to our metropolitan university mission. Further, we must come together with early childhood service providers, P-12 districts, parents, policy makers, other University of Nebraska campuses, community …

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The In-Between, Derrick Logan

All Theses

This body of work explores my perception of the landscape. I traverse spaces that exist in the in-between. My work functions on a personal level in that I am seeking a reconnection with my surroundings through a physically intense interaction with the land. It is an attempt to reengage the land, to form knowledge, awareness, and a sense of belonging.
Through performance I explore transcendent potential within the landscape. These performances of slow walks through the landscape are documented through video. Viewing of the documentation grants points of projection for the viewer. The videos both engage and undermine how people …

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Paul Miller: A Profile In Courage, Joseph M. Sellers

Washington Law Review

I met Paul in 1993 when he was working in the White House on personnel matters for President Clinton. When we first met, this impeccably dressed, bow-tied man with a beaming smile extended his hand and, with a gleam in his eye, introduced himself: “Hi, I’m Paul Miller, the dwarf from L.A.” That began a wonderful friendship, both personal and professional, as we shared a common interest in civil rights, genetics, politics, and people, among other things.

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Changes In Spirituality Partly Explain Health-Related Quality Of Life Outcomes After Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction., Jeffrey M Greeson, Daniel M Webber, Moria J Smoski, Jeffrey G Brantley, Andrew G Ekblad, Edward C Suarez, Ruth Quillian Wolever

College of Science & Mathematics Departmental Research

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction is a secular behavioral medicine program that has roots in meditative spiritual practices. Thus, spirituality may partly explain Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction outcomes. Participants (N = 279; M (SD) age = 45(12); 75% women) completed an online survey before and after an 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program. Structural equation modeling was used to test the hypothesis that, following Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction, the relationship between enhanced mindfulness and improved health-related quality of life is mediated by increased daily spiritual experiences. Changes in both spirituality and mindfulness were significantly related to improvement in mental health. Although the initial mediation hypothesis …

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Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Commencement program listing graduates.

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Obstetricians And Violence Against Women, Sonya Charles

Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications

I argue that the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG), as an organization and through its individual members, can and should be a far greater ally in the prevention of violence against women. Specifically, I argue that we need to pay attention to obstetrical practices that inadvertently contribute to the problem of violence against women. While intimate partner violence is a complex phenomenon, I focus on the coercive control of women and adherence to oppressive gender norms. Using physician response to alcohol use during pregnancy and court-ordered medical treatment as examples, I show how some obstetrical practices mirror the …

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Suppression Of Phospholipase Dγs Confers Increased Aluminum Resistance In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Xuemin Wang, Jian Zhao, Cunxi Wang, Mohamed Bedair, Ruth Welti, Lloyd Sumner, Ivan Baxter

Biology Department Faculty Works

Aluminum (Al) toxicity is the major stress in acidic soil that comprises about 50% of the world's arable land. The complex molecular mechanisms of Al toxicity have yet to be fully determined. As a barrier to Al entrance, plant cell membranes play essential roles in plant interaction with Al, and lipid composition and membrane integrity change significantly under Al stress. Here, we show that phospholipase Dγs (PLDγs) are induced by Al stress and contribute to Al-induced membrane lipid alterations. RNAi suppression of PLDγ resulted in a decrease in both PLDγ1 and PLDγ2 expression and an increase in Al resistance. Genetic …

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New York: An Analysis Of Current Changes In Party Support, Kerianne E. Kane

Senior Honors Projects

This paper is an analysis of the recent changes in party support throughout the state of New York. Based on research by James Gimpel and Jason Schuknecht in their 2004 book “Patchwork Nation,” the focus is on determining which specific factors have been contributing to the shifts in support for the two major parties in key regions of the state. In particular, migration and immigration as well as demographic changes within New York’s electorate are considered. More importantly, economic changes within the state and the effects they have had on party support are examined as well. My research is based …

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Evidence Matters (December 2011), Center For Evidence-Based Practices

Evidence Matters

December 2011 newsletter of the Center for Evidence-Based Practices at Case Western Reserve University

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In Memoriam: Professor Paul Steven Miller. Foreword: A Tribute, Kellye A. Testy

Washington Law Review

Professor Paul Steven Miller devoted his career to the advocacy of disability rights. He served as the Henry M. Jackson Professor of Law and the Director of Disability Studies at the University of Washington School of Law, he advised Presidents Clinton and Obama, and he was a Commissioner for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Professor Miller died on Oct. 19, 2010, at age forty-nine. The Washington Law Review is honored to present the following tributes to his distinguished career.

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Island Times, Dec 2011, Kevin Attra

Island Times Newspaper, 2011

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Peaks Island Star : December 2011, Vol. 31, Issue 12, Service Agencies Of The Island

Peaks Island Star, 2011

The Peaks Island Star is the newsletter of the island's service agencies and other community news.

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Irish Culinary Manuscripts And Printed Books: A Discussion, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, Dorothy Cashman

Articles

This paper provides a discussion of Irish Culinary Manuscripts and Printed Cookbooks. It covers Gaelic hospitality and aristocratic hospitality, setting the background for the Anglo-Irish households from which many manuscripts emerge. It charts the growing sources of information on Irish culinary history. It outlines Barbara Wheaton's framework for reading historic cookbooks and discusses the growing manuscript cookbook collection in the National Library of Ireland.

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Female Social Conventions In The Plays Of Eugene O'Neil, Pamela L. Wells

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This paper explores the plays of Eugene O'Neill through the eyes social conventions. Social conventions are infused within and influence individuals in all walks of life. Authors, as well, record these social conventions in their writing, either consciously or subconsciously. Studying these social conventions can give us a new perspective of man during different periods of history. In the plays Anna Christie, Desire Under the Elms and Mourning Becomes Electra, Eugene O'Neill's female characters display attributes that stray from what society believes as acceptable behavior for woman. These unwritten rules of behavior I call social conventions. This paper examines the …

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Interplay Between Francisella Tularensis And Hepatocytes, Huaixin Zheng

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Francisella tularensis is the bacterial cause of tularemia and has been designated as a potential bioweapon due to its high infectivity and virulence. F. tularensis infects the liver of its mammalian hosts and replicates in hepatocytes, the major cells of the liver, both in vivo and in vitro. However, the factors that govern adaptation of F. tularensis to the intra-hepatocytic niche have not been identified. Using cDNA microarrays, we determined the transcriptional profile of the live vaccine strain (LVS) of F. tularensis growing in the FL83B murine hepatocytic cell line. Expression of 53 genes was up-regulated more than 2-fold compared …

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Temperament Intervention For Problem Behavior In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders, Lauren Adamek

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Problem behavior is a major barrier to good quality of life for families who have children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). The concept of modifying the environment to produce a better match with a child's temperament is commonly used to inform interventions in the child development field. However, temperament has not yet been integrated into problem behavior interventions for children with ASD, nor have temperament-based strategies been evaluated in a systematic way. The purpose of the present study was to employ temperament-based interventions to modify problematic environmental contexts so that they are a better fit for the temperament styles of …

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Signaling Interactions During Early Zebrafish Development, Fatma Olcay Kok

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

During early embryonic development, a collection of mechanisms regulate the formation of complex structures by temporally and spatially controlling cell fate decisions. This control is largely mediated by intercellular signaling pathways and secreted molecules. In this dissertation, I studied the molecular mechanisms regulating two important patterning processes, somitogenesis and neurogenesis, during vertebrate development. Somitogenesis is a highly controlled process which segments the mesoderm and outlines the vertebrate body axis. The Notch pathway is vital for the regulation of synchronized gene expression while FGF signaling regulates the ability of presomitic mesoderm to mature and form segment boundaries. It is important to …

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Studies On P53: From Discovery Of Nover Functions To Improving P53-Based Therapies, Angelina Vasileva Vaseva

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

p53 is one of the most important and most frequently mutated tumor suppressors in human cancers and as such has been intensively studied for a long time. p53, which also has roles beyond cancer in normal tissues, is a major orchestrator of the cellular response to a broad array of stress types by regulating apoptosis, cell cycle arrest, senescence, DNA repair and genetic stability. These diverse actions of p53 rely on its function as a transcription factor, as well as on its transcription independent cytosolic functions. An example of transcription independent p53 function is the direct mitochondrial p53 pathway where …

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What Is The Nature Of Legislative Resistance To National Education Standards?, Florian Jacobus Lewenstein

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

During the past three decades there has been ongoing national discourse over the increasing deterioration of our public education system. There is universal agreement that education is a critical component of our societal infrastructure that is necessary for the future of our economy and our democratic way of life. From the outset, one reform that has been proposed as essential is the establishment of national standards for K - 12 education, to assure that all students will be provided access to a curriculum that will prepare them for higher education and participation in the civic life of our society. Proposals …

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A Figura Of Authenticity: Redefining Authentic Living In Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me, Stacy Marie Mckelvey

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This essay explores the concept of authenticity in Kazuo Ishiguro's novel Never Let Me Go in relation to the ontologies presented in Martin Heidegger's Being and Time and Jean-Paul Sartre's Being and Nothingness. Through a comparison of the three central characters, I argue that Kathy H. reveals an image of authentic living that reflects Heidegger's and Sartre's philosophies, yet also transcends them. Ishiguro, I argue, reconceives the exigencies of authentic self-creation by creating a protagonist who is able to establish her own existential projects, recognize the relationship between the factical and transcendental aspects of her identity, and accept her death …

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Glass House, Robert Bruce Morris

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Anthony is an architect who idolizes Mid-Century Modern design. When he and his wife, Abby, move into a glass house in the suburbs, his obsession with order surfaces as his persona begins to shatter. On the simplest level, living together tests the couple's ability to cohabitate. But the probing presence of a difficult neighbor named Jane pushes their difficulties into a true crisis. Jane, an African American, suspects that Anthony, who looks to be of Middle Eastern descent, is a terrorist. The situation is particularly loaded because Jane, who has erased all traces of her cultural ethnicity, takes pride in …

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Imperial Education And The Crisis Of Political Leadership In Postcolonial Kenya, Mwangi D. Njagi

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This dissertation examines how imperial education contributed to the crisis of Kenya's postcolonial political leadership. It argues that the system of education inaugurated by the agents of European imperialism, having banished imaginative political leadership of pre-colonial African society and embedded itself as the superior alternative, fashioned African political elite who could not be relied upon to spearhead modernization of their societies. Instead, these elite became more adroit at preserving the same instruments of colonial state that had been used to subjugate Africans. The study reassesses our understanding of colonial education in the context of African colonialism, showing that the common …

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Suppressed Home Desires In The Refugee Experience: Literary And Pedagogical Approaches To Letters To Montgomery Clift By No?_L Alumit, Alison Marie Peterman

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

This project will be two -fold; it will examine the use of literary devices in queer diasporic themed literature and it will also include a secondary, pedagogical approach to the literature. The first section will be comprised of a critical analysis of the themes and characters and how these aspects work together. Dominant ideology, particularly heteronormativity in terms of gender and sexuality, is often put under a microscope within these works and by encouraging these works in a secondary education classroom, students will be inspired to question. Diasporic journeys to new home spaces and characters' establishments of (new) identities is …

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Characterization Of Intracranial Pulsatility In A Rat Model Of Communicating Hydrocephalus: An Mri And Two-Photon Microscopy Study, Shams Rashid

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Introduction Communicating hydrocephalus (CH) is a severe neurodegenerative disorder characterized by an increased volume of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) within enlarged cerebral ventricles. Previous studies have found that pulsatile CSF flow in the human cerebral aqueduct is elevated in CH, and have suggested that the causes of CH may be related to this increased pulsatility, as opposed to the traditionally accepted view of CSF malabsorption at the arachnoid villi. However, this has yet to be proven. In this dissertation, our goal was to investigate the significance of elevated aqueductal pulsatility in CH. We hypothesized that pulsatile CSF flow is a significant …

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Homogenous And Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation From Biomass Burning Aerosol: Freezing Temperatures And Nucleation Rates, Yannick Rigg

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Biomass burning is a major source of water soluble and water insoluble organic compounds in the atmosphere. These compounds have the potential to form ice via homogeneous and heterogeneous mechanisms, both of which are involved in the formation of cirrus clouds with subsequent effects on the global radiative budget. Aqueous levoglucosan/(NH4)2SO4 droplets of mass ratio 10:1, 1:1, 1:5, and 1:10 and aqueous multi component organic droplets with and without (NH4)2SO4 serve as surrogates of water soluble organic biomass compounds to be examined for homogeneous ice nucleation. Pahokee Peat and Leonardite serve as sur- rogates of aerosols composed of HULIS, employed …

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Cal Poly Announces Administrative Changes In Student Affairs Division, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

Cal Poly Creamery Recalls Eggnog, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

Achieving Laser Wavelength Stability For Use In Neutral Atom Quantum Computing, Jennifer H. Rushing

Physics

Utilizing Fishermen Knowledge And Expertise: Keys To Success For Collaborative Fisheries Research, Noëlle Yochum, Richard M. Starr, Dean Wendt

Biological Sciences

Bell's Spaceships Problem And The Foundations Of Special Relativity, Francisco Fernflores

Philosophy

Early Childhood/Child Welfare Priority, Nancy Edick, Samantha K. Ammons, Melissa Cast-Brede, Ann Coyne, Karen Falconer Al-Hindi, Shari Hofschire, Lisa Kelly-Vance, Jay Killion, Sajda Qureshi, Bridget O. Ryalls, Peter Simi, Peter Wolcott

Foundational Documents

The In-Between, Derrick Logan

All Theses

Paul Miller: A Profile In Courage, Joseph M. Sellers

Washington Law Review

Changes In Spirituality Partly Explain Health-Related Quality Of Life Outcomes After Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction., Jeffrey M Greeson, Daniel M Webber, Moria J Smoski, Jeffrey G Brantley, Andrew G Ekblad, Edward C Suarez, Ruth Quillian Wolever

College of Science & Mathematics Departmental Research

Ua45/6 Commencement Program, Wku Registrar

WKU Administration Documents

Obstetricians And Violence Against Women, Sonya Charles

Philosophy and Religious Studies Department Faculty Publications

Suppression Of Phospholipase Dγs Confers Increased Aluminum Resistance In Arabidopsis Thaliana, Xuemin Wang, Jian Zhao, Cunxi Wang, Mohamed Bedair, Ruth Welti, Lloyd Sumner, Ivan Baxter

Biology Department Faculty Works

New York: An Analysis Of Current Changes In Party Support, Kerianne E. Kane

Senior Honors Projects

Evidence Matters (December 2011), Center For Evidence-Based Practices

Evidence Matters

In Memoriam: Professor Paul Steven Miller. Foreword: A Tribute, Kellye A. Testy

Washington Law Review

Island Times, Dec 2011, Kevin Attra

Island Times Newspaper, 2011

Peaks Island Star : December 2011, Vol. 31, Issue 12, Service Agencies Of The Island

Peaks Island Star, 2011

Irish Culinary Manuscripts And Printed Books: A Discussion, Máirtín Mac Con Iomaire, Dorothy Cashman

Articles

Female Social Conventions In The Plays Of Eugene O'Neil, Pamela L. Wells

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Interplay Between Francisella Tularensis And Hepatocytes, Huaixin Zheng

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Temperament Intervention For Problem Behavior In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders, Lauren Adamek

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Signaling Interactions During Early Zebrafish Development, Fatma Olcay Kok

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Studies On P53: From Discovery Of Nover Functions To Improving P53-Based Therapies, Angelina Vasileva Vaseva

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

What Is The Nature Of Legislative Resistance To National Education Standards?, Florian Jacobus Lewenstein

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

A Figura Of Authenticity: Redefining Authentic Living In Kazuo Ishiguro's Never Let Me, Stacy Marie Mckelvey

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Glass House, Robert Bruce Morris

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Imperial Education And The Crisis Of Political Leadership In Postcolonial Kenya, Mwangi D. Njagi

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Suppressed Home Desires In The Refugee Experience: Literary And Pedagogical Approaches To Letters To Montgomery Clift By No?_L Alumit, Alison Marie Peterman

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Characterization Of Intracranial Pulsatility In A Rat Model Of Communicating Hydrocephalus: An Mri And Two-Photon Microscopy Study, Shams Rashid

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

Homogenous And Heterogeneous Ice Nucleation From Biomass Burning Aerosol: Freezing Temperatures And Nucleation Rates, Yannick Rigg

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)