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University Of New Hampshire Frenzy-Free Finals Stress Busters Includes Dogs, Jody Record

Media Relations

No abstract provided.

Unh Institute On Disability Program Named High-Impact Nonprofit, Beth Potier

Media Relations

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Analytical Representations For Frequency Dependences Of Microwave Permeability, Konstantin N. Rozanov, Marina Koledintseva

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Electromagnetic materials applied to solve various EMC and EMI problems require adequate analytical description of their RF and microwave material parameters. This is necessary for numerical optimization of wideband electromagnetic performance of devices incorporating these materials. The paper discusses the shape of frequency dependences of microwave permeability in homogeneous materials and composites. The Lorentzian frequency dispersion law is shown to allow for rather accurate description of all types of magnetic loss peaks, including those related to the ferromagnetic resonance and the effect of eddy currents. To model wideband electromagnetic performance of composites, mixing laws are typically used. The problem is …

Kenyon Collegiate - December 12, 2012

Kenyon Collegiate

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Hong Kong Happiness Index Survey 2012, Lok Sang Ho

Hong Kong Happiness Index 香港快樂指數調查

The “Hong Kong Happiness Index Survey 2012” indicates a slight slip of Hong Kong people’s happiness index to 70.5, from 71.3 last year on a scale of 0-100. As before, females continue to command a premium over males in happiness, and older people tend to be happier.

Both work pressures, particularly excessively long hours, and financial pressures are important causes of unhappiness among Hong Kong people. According to the survey results, low-income families are generally less happy than those better off. The lowest happiness score, at 66.9, however, goes to the sandwich class with monthly income from HK$30,000-39,999 per month. …

Error Frequencies Among Esl Writers: A Resource Guide, Maria Teresa Company

Theses and Dissertations

Being a competent writer is an important skill in academic education. However, second language (L2) writers often struggle to be linguistically and lexically competent. This project explored the most frequent linguistic writing errors made by 343 English as a second language (ESL) students when Dynamic Written Corrective Feedback (WCF) was applied as an instructional methodology. These errors were also classified by language groups based on the students' first language (L1). These students were enrolled in an intensive English program at the English Language Center (ELC), Brigham Young University. The first languages of these students were Spanish, Korean, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese, …

Investigation Of Low-Stress Silicon Nitride As A Replacement Material For Beryllium X-Ray Windows, David B. Brough

Theses and Dissertations

The material properties of low stress silicon nitride make it a possible replacement material for beryllium in X-ray windows. In this study, X-ray windows made of LPCVD deposited low stress silicon nitride are fabricated and characterized. The Young's modulus of the LPCVD low stress silicon nitride are characterized and found to be 226±23 GPa. The residual stress is characterized using two different methods and is found to be 127±25 MPa and 141±0.28 MPa. Two support structure geometries for the low stress silicon nitride X-ray windows are used. X-ray windows with thicknesses of 100 nm and 200 nm are suspended on …

Characterization Of Sterile Tassel Silky Earl: A Homeotic B-Class Gene Involved In Specification Of Floral Organ Identity In Zea Mays, Steven Keith Williams

Theses and Dissertations

Specification of floral organ identity in angiosperm flowers is accomplished by the coordinated activity of A-, B-, C-, and E-class MADS-box genes. In the eudicots, B-class genes specify petal and stamen identity. This eudicot B-class function depends on the simultaneous expression of genes from two paralogous B-class lineages (the DEFICIENS/APETALA3 lineage and the GLOBOSA/PISTILLATA lineage). Proteins produced by genes from these two lineages interact as obligate heterodimers and together regulate the transcription of various downstream targets. These obligate heterodimers also positively regulate the transcription of the B-class genes themselves, thereby mediating a unique B-class autoregulatory feedback loop. There is compelling …

The Bg News December 12, 2012, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 12, 2012. Volume 103-Issue 50.

In Search Of Real Fathers: Plenzdorf's Die Neuen Leiden Des Jungen W. And Vater, Mutter, Mörderkind, Michelle Schwoebel

Theses and Dissertations

Plenzdorf's works, one written before the fall of socialism in the German Democratic Republic (hereafter referred to as the DDR), and one after, portray relationships between fathers and sons, which act as a metaphor to express a personal perspective of the state, revealing that the DDR was neither as repressive or as omnipresent for the average citizen as outsiders are often given to believe. The father, or Übervater, a figure deeply rooted in the German consciousness, is represented by the state and proves itself as an entity which gives the protagonists in both works little notice, despite their best efforts …

Austro-American Reflections: Making The Writings Of Ann Tizia Leitich Accessible To English-Speaking Audiences, Stephen Andrew Simon

Theses and Dissertations

Ann Tizia Leitich wrote about America to a Viennese audience as a foreign correspondent with the unique and personal perspective of an immigrant to the United States. Leitich differentiates herself from other Europeans who reported on America in her day by telling of the life of the average working American. In so doing, Leitich uses her work as a foreign correspondent to create a new identity for Austria between the World Wars. Leitich uses America in the 1920's and 1930's as a cultural mirror in which the new Republic of Austria can see itself. Leitich's perspective of America is not …

Methods For Identifying Acoustic Emissions From The Front Face Of A Small Piezoelectric Blower, Brad K. Solomon

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis focuses on identifying acoustic noise generating components in piezoelectric blowers through transverse velocity measurements and the development of a numerical fluid model. Piezoelectric ceramics have proven useful for many industries and areas of research involving: high precision actuators, noise control, ultrasonic devices, and many other areas. As of late, a unique adaptation of piezoelectric ceramics is surfacing in the area of pumping and cooling. Air pumps that use these ceramics replace the traditional electric motor, resulting in lower power consumption, less moving parts, constant pressure gradients, lower overall weight, and a low profile. The current drawback of this …

Crystal Structures And Kinetics Of Monofunctional Proline Dehydrogenase Provide Insight Into Substrate Recognition And Conformational Changes Associated With Flavin Reduction And Product Release, Min Luo, Benjamin W. Arentson, Dhiraj Srivastava, Donald F. Becker, John J. Tanner

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

Proline dehydrogenase catalyzes the FAD-dependent oxidation of proline to Δ1- pyrroline-5- carboxylate, which is the first step of proline catabolism. Here, we report the structures of proline dehydrogenase from Deinococcus radiodurans in the oxidized state complexed with the proline analog L-tetrahydrofuroic acid and in the reduced state with the proline site vacant. The analog binds against the si face of the FAD isoalloxazine and is protected from bulk solvent by the α8 helix and the β1-α1 loop. The FAD ribityl chain adopts two conformations in the E-S complex, which is unprecedented for flavoenzymes. One of the conformations is novel for …

Bankers' Bonuses In The Management By Objectives (Mbo) System - Principles And Implementation. Restrictive Measures Within Systemic Risk Management, Rafał Płókarz

European Management Studies

The essay outlines a new approach towards bankers’ bonuses in the light of the recent EU and Polish regulations. There was a lot of abuse in bank management remunerations last years in financial markets. New regulations should challenge negative phenomenon but at the same time they also bear some risks and leave some questions unanswered. The author analyses an example of one of the largest Polish banks, which implemented the system of bonuses within the Management by Objectives (MbO) system. Drawing from a long financier’s experience the author empirically shows the imperfection of the MbO application, but not undermining the …

The Effectiveness Of Social Responsible Investment On The Stock Market, Teresa Czerwińska

European Management Studies

The aim of this work is to review the impact of Social Responsible Investment on the portfolio management and analyze the effectiveness of investment in socially responsible portfolio represented by RESPECT Index on the stock market. The outcome of the research carried out that investing in an index of socially responsible companies RESPECT characterized with exceptional levels of efficiency and relatively low investment risk during considered period. The results are quite unusual, since the global stock market returns of socially responsible indexes did not differ significantly from the rates of return of the traditional indices.

George Dibble And The Struggle For Modern Art In Utah, Sarah Dibble

Theses and Dissertations

In this thesis I explore the spread of modern art to conservative regions of the country, in particular Utah. By using George Dibble as a case study this thesis will also address the struggle that Utah artists had to endure to have their progressive ideas in art be accepted in such a conservative area. It will address the criticism that Dibble had to endure by discussing specific incidents involved with certain works of art. Although there were plenty of people who did not like modern art, there were some institutions and people who were advocates of this progressive form of …

The Results Of The Tests Of Semi-Strong Efficient Market Hypothesis On The Example Of The Warsaw Stock Exchange In The Period 2005-2011, Damian Bulski, Marian Górski

European Management Studies

The paper presents results of the Semi-strong Efficient Market Hypothesis introduced in to the literature by E. Fama. The hypothesis assumes that the prices of the securities almost instantly reflect the significant public information. We tested the influence on the yearly rate of return on the shares quoted on the Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSA) in the period 2005–2011 the indicators as follows: market capitalization of the company (CAP), Price Earnings Ratio (PE), Price/Book Value Ratio (P/BV), Dividend Yield (DY), beta - risk factor from the Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM). Usefulness of above factors in construction maximizing profit shares portfolio …

Fast Admittance Computation For Tsv Arrays, Dazhao Liu, Siming Pan, Brice Achkir, Jun Fan

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A fast method to calculate the admittance matrix of through Silicon Vias (TSVs) is proposed in this paper. the silicon dioxide layers are equivalently modelled using the bound charge on the conductor surfaces as well as on the dielectric interface between the silicon dioxide and the silicon regions. Unknown surface densities of both the free and bound charge are expanded using the axial harmonics. Galerkin's method is then applied to obtain the capacitance and conductance matrices. the proposed method is validated with a full wave 2D cross-sectional analysis tool for a typical TSV pair structure. Comparisons with popular closed-form expressions …

Market-Makers, Manipulations And Shell Games, Harold S. Bloomenthal

St. John's Law Review

No abstract provided.

Judicial Relief For The Newsman's Plight: A Time For Secrecy?, St. John's Law Review

St. John's Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, December 11, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2012

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Mechanisms Of Nmnat/Wlds Mediated Axon Protection, Brandon M. Kitay

Open Access Dissertations

Neurodegeneration is a hallmark of several inherited and acquired diseases of the nervous system. Though great attention in the past has been given to understanding and mitigating neuron loss in these diseases, efforts at targeting neuron cell body death pathways have yielded modest success in preventing or delaying disease onset. Often preceding neuronal death, axon degeneration is a common pathological feature of many neurodegenerative processes, and may therefore provide a therapeutic target upstream of neuronal loss. Though formerly believed to be a passive process, recent observations concerning the destruction of distal axons following transection, referred to as “Wallerian degeneration” (WD), …

Predictors Of Hiv/Aids Related Stigma And Discrimination Among Anglophone Caribbean Women, Kimberly A. Hires

Open Access Dissertations

The effects of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) global epidemic continue to emerge decades after teh first wave of infection. One key aspect of the HIV epidemic that is significantly impacted by culture and knowledge of HIV transmission is stigma, specifically HIV/AIDS related stigma and discrimination (HASD). The Caribbean region has the second highest HIV prevalence rate in the world. In 2011, there were approximately 13,000 new infections and 10,000 AIDS related deaths among adults and children in the Caribbean. Three Anglophone nations significantly impacted by the HIV epidemic are Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. HASD has been identified …

The Socialite Library, Katy Kelly

Roesch Library Faculty Presentations

Feel like you’re using social media on behalf of your library “just because” and to an unresponsive audience? Think of a great party host. They plan the party and provide a welcoming space. Maybe they even incentivize you to attend and participate. Great hosts also take the time to check how their guests are doing, respond to needs and complaints, and adjust the party to accommodate future attendees. Learn how one library revamped its social media by thinking like a socialite party host. Katy Kelly, Communications and Outreach Librarian at University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio, will describe her use of …

Ndls Update 12/11/2012, Notre Dame Law School

NDLS Update

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Corporate Social Responsibility And Firms’ Performance: A Stratigraphical Analysis, Nicola Comincioli, Laura Poddi, Sergio Vergalli

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

Over the last two decades in OECD countries an increasing number of firms are obtaining certification as Socially Responsible (CSR is the acronym for Corporate Social Responsibility). Several studies (including Preston and O’Bannon, 1997; Waddock and Graves, 1997; McWilliams and Sieger, 2001; Ullman, 1985) have sought to test whether there is a relation between Social Responsibility certification and the firms’ performance. Our work builds a CSR index that intersects two of the three main international indices (Domini 400 Social Index, Dow Jones Sustainability World Index, FTSE4Good Index), in order to overcome some problems related to the multiplicity of CSR definitions …

Manipulation Of Plants By Transformation With Sequences Promoting Cell Division, Victor B. Busov, Steven H. Strauss

Michigan Tech Patents

Polynucleotides encode polypeptides for increasing the rate of growth of plants. Introduction of the polynucleotides into plants produces plants having altered characteristics, such as increased growth, increased leaf area and reduced fertility. Expression of polypeptides in plants or plant cells promotes cell division. Expression of the polynucleotides in plants in the antisense orientation produces plants that are sterile or have smaller leaves.

Targeted Disruption Of Adamts16 Gene In A Rat Genetic Model Of Hypertension, Kathirvel Gopalakrishnan, Sivarajan Kumarasamy, Shakila Abdul-Majeed, Andrea L. Kalinoski, Eric E. Morgan, Amira F. Gohara, Surya M. Nauli, Wanda E. Filipiak, Thomas L. Saunders, Bina Joe

Pharmacy Faculty Articles and Research

A disintegrin-like metalloproteinase with thrombospondin motifs-16 (Adamts16) is an important candidate gene for hypertension. The goal of the present study was to further assess the candidacy of Adamts16 by targeted disruption of this gene in a rat genetic model of hypertension. A rat model was generated by manipulating the genome of the Dahl Salt-sensitive (S) rat using zinc-finger nucleases, wherein the mutant rat had a 17 bp deletion in the first exon of Adamts16, introducing a stop codon in the transcript. Systolic blood pressure (BP) of the homozygous Adamts16(mutant) rats was lower by 36 mmHg compared with the BP of …

From Alabama To Africa: Uab Grad To Help Farmers In Sierra Leone, Shannon Thomason

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Monolingual And Bilingual Development And Autism Spectrum Disorder, Tayler Finsel

Honors Projects

The number of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) from bilingual families continues to increase. With 1 in 88 children receiving a diagnosis of being on the autism spectrum, it is important to expand upon current research. This present research study surveyed caregivers regarding their perceptions and experiences of raising a child on the autism spectrum in a bilingual language environment. Information on how families are counseled regarding bilingualism and language development in ASD is limited. Caregivers often find themselves receiving conflicting advice from professionals about whether or not to incorporate bilingualism into the life of their child with ASD; …