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The Lumberjack, November 28, 2012, The Lumberjack Staff

2012

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

Design Experiences On Single And Multi Radio Systems In Wireless Embedded Platforms, Somnath Mitra

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The progress of radio technology has made several flavors of radio available on the market.Wireless sensor network platform designers have used these radios to build a variety of platforms. Withnew applications and different types of radios on wireless sensing nodes, it is often hard to interconnectdifferent types of networks. Hence, often additional radios have to be integrated onto existingplatforms or new platforms have to be built. Additionally, the energy consumption of these nodes have to be optimized to meetlifetime requirements of years without recharging.In this thesis, we address two issues of single and multi radio platform designfor wireless sensor network …

The Spinnaker [Vol. 33 No. 109], University Of North Florida

Spinnaker

Student newspaper for the UNF community.

Hdsa’S Renewed Commitment To Critical Research, Kenneth P. Serbin

At Risk for Huntington's Disease

No abstract provided.

The Gazette November 28, 2012, Langston University

LU Gazette, 2010-2019

The student newspaper for Langston University

Morphological And Genetic Changes Induced By Excess Zn In Roots Of Medicago Truncatula A17 And A Zn Accumulating Mutant, Ricky W. Lewis, Guiliang Tang, David H. Mcnear

Plant and Soil Sciences Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Nutrient fluxes associated with legume-rhizobia symbioses are poorly understood and little is known regarding the influence of abiotic stresses on development and maintenance of N-fixing nodules and root system architecture (RSA). We examined effects of Zn on nodule development and structure, root architecture, and expression of nodulation-related miRNAs in Medicago truncatula and the mutant, raz (requires additional Zn).

FINDINGS: Excess Zn increased root and shoot associated Zn in both genotypes, however, raz plants had lower root associated Zn than WT plants. Roots of raz plants exposed to excess Zn had less volume, surface area, and total length compared to …

Four Pirates Earn Capital One/Cosida Academic All-America Soccer Honors, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Women's Soccer News (Archived)

Four Pirates Earn Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America Soccer Honors. Armstrong Atlantic State University senior forward Kristina Pascutti, senior defender Emily Cattanach, junior midfielder Andye Dawson and sophomore Maggie Carson have each earned Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America women's soccer honors, announced by CoSIDA on Wednesday afternoon. The four Academic All-Americans are the most for the Pirates in one season in program history.

Improved Understanding Of Factors Influencing The Re-Emergence Of Goss's Bacterial Wilt And Blight Of Corn, Craig B. Langemeier

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Goss’s bacterial wilt and blight (Goss’s wilt) is a serious and sometimes severe disease of corn. Goss’s wilt was first identified in Dawson County Nebraska in 1969. Today Goss’s wilt can be found in two countries including the U.S. and Canada, and twelve states including Nebraska, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Illinois, Indiana, Texas, Kansas, Colorado, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Goss’s wilt was observed in Nebraska throughout the 1970’s, and from the early 1980’s until recently developed only sporadically. Around 2006, a re-emergence of the disease was observed in western Nebraska, northeast Colorado, and southeast Wyoming. Since then, reports of …

Daily Eastern News: November 28, 2012, Eastern Illinois University

November

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Cal Poly Awarded $200,000 Nsf Grant To Help Transform Undergraduate Science Education, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

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Minutes From November 28 2012, University Senate

University Senate Minutes

Minutes from November 28 2012 University Senate Meeting

Nobody’S Perfect: A Qualitative Examination Of African American Caregivers And Their Adolescent Daughters’ Perceptions Of Adolescent Girls’ Body Image, Michell Pope

Theses and Dissertations

The increasingly high rates of body dissatisfaction among adolescent girls are alarming. Research suggests that cultural norms emphasizing thinness and unrealistic standards of beauty may be contributing to this growing problem. This is concerning given the link between negative body image and a host of unhealthy behaviors in girls. Although historically African American adolescent girls have exhibited higher levels of body satisfaction than their counterparts, there is growing evidence to suggest that this may be changing because of the body-related messages they receive from their parents, peers and the media. The present study examines these messages from both maternal caregivers’ …

Predicting Coral Recruitment In Palau’S Complex Reef Archipelago, Yimnang Golbuu, Eric C. Wolanski, Jacques Wasai Idechong, Steven Victor, Adelle Lukes Isechal, Noelle Wenty Oldiais, David Idip, Robert H. Richmond, Robert Van Woesik

Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Reproduction and recruitment are key processes that replenish marine populations. Here we use the Palau archipelago, in the western Pacific Ocean, as a case study to examine scales of connectivity and to determine whether an oceanographic model, incorporating the complex reef architecture, is a useful predictor of coral recruitment. We tested the hypothesis that the reefs with the highest retention also had the highest densities of juvenile coral density from 80 field sites. Field comparisons showed a significant correlation between the densities of juvenile Acropora colonies and total larval recruitment derived from the model (i.e., calculated as the sum of …

Zinc Modifies The Effect Of Phyto-Oestrogens On Osteoblast And Osteoclast Differentiation In Vitro., S Karieb, Sw Fox

School of Biomedical Sciences

Osteoblast and osteoclast activity is disrupted in post-menopausal osteoporosis. Thus, to fully address this imbalance, therapies should reduce bone resorption and promote bone formation. Dietary factors such as phyto-oestrogens and Zn have beneficial effects on osteoblast and osteoclast activity. However, the effect of combinations of these factors has not been widely studied. We therefore examined the effect of coumestrol, daidzein and genistein in the presence or absence of zinc sulphate (Zn) on osteoclast and osteoblast activity. Osteoclast differentiation and bone resorption were significantly reduced by coumestrol (10- 7 m), daidzein (10- 5 m) and genistein (10- 7 m); and this …

The Art (And Science) Of Breeding Fish In Captivity, Jenna Mulvey

Featured News Story

To reduce the impact of harvesting fish from natural habitats, RWU experts to teach aquarists to breed fish for exhibit tanks.

11-27-2012 School Of Allied Health Sciences Wins Traveling Turkey Award, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2012

The SWOSU Medical Professions Club recently challenged the departments of Allied Health, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Social Sciences to a food drive to benefit Weatherford’s Agape Clinic.

25 Year Club: 31st Annual Gala, Western Michigan University

25 Year Club

25 Year Club: 31st Annual Gala

November 27, 2012

• New Inductees
• Members
• Retirees

Rare-Event Sampling: Occupation-Based Performance Measures For Parallel Tempering And Infinite Swapping Monte Carlo Methods, J. D. Doll, Nuria Plattner, David L. Freeman, Yufei Lu, Paul Dupuis

Chemistry Faculty Publications

In the present paper we identify a rigorous property of a number of tempering-based Monte Carlo sampling methods, including parallel tempering as well as partial and infinite swapping. Based on this property we develop a variety of performance measures for such rare-event sampling methods that are broadly applicable, informative, and straightforward to implement. We illustrate the use of these performance measures with a series of applications involving the equilibrium properties of simple Lennard-Jones clusters, applications for which the performance levels of partial and infinite swapping approaches are found to be higher than those of conventional parallel tempering.

Social Evolution, Gerald Gaus, John Thrasher

Philosophy Faculty Books and Book Chapters

"It is a mater of dispute how far back evolutionary explanations of social order should be traced. Evolutionary ideas certainly appear in the work of the ancient Greek philosophers, but it seems reasonable to identify the origins of modern evolutionary thinking in the eighteenth century natural histories of civil society such as Rousseau’s Discourse on the Origin and Foundations of Inequality Among Men (1750, Part III), Adam Ferguson’s An Essay on the History of Civil Society (1767), and Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (1776, Book III). In these eighteenth century works, the explanation of current social institutions as an unplanned …

Anti-Cocaine Compositions And Treatment, Donald W. Landry, Joanne Macdonald, Shi-Xiang Deng, Chang-Guo Zhan, Daquan Gao, James H. Woods, Roger K. Sunahara, Diwahar L. Narasimhan, Victor Yang, Mei-Chuan Holden Ko, John J. Tesmer, Tien-Yi Lee, Young Min Kwon

Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Patents

Embodiments of the invention disclosed herein generally relate to anti-cocaine therapeutics. Specifically, some embodiments of the invention relate to highly efficient, thermostable, and long-lasting cocaine esterase (CocE) mutants that can protect against the toxic and reinforcing effects of cocaine in subjects. Provided herein are mutant CocE polypeptides displaying thermostable esterase activity. Also provided are methods of treating cocaine-induced conditions in a subject in need via administration of mutant CocE as well as methods for high-throughput screening of candidate esterase polypeptides.

Effects Of Corticosterone And Food Supplementation On Begging Behavior In Nestling Florida Scrub-Jays (Aphelocoma Coerulescens), Emily K. Elderbrock

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

In birds, altricial young depend upon adults for food and protection during the first few weeks of life. Begging is hypothesized to communicate an honest signal of a nestling's nutritional needs. I investigated two factors that may influence rate and duration of begging: 1) a nestling's corticosterone (CORT) levels, and 2) food availability. I examined the role of CORT in Florida scrub-jay nestlings through manipulation of CORT levels on days 8-11 post-hatch. I studied the role of food availability by indirectly supplementing all nestlings within a brood through their parents. I quantified nestling and adult behaviors using high definition video. …

Ideal Adults, Deficient Children: The Discourse On The Child In Western Philosophy, Michael Dean Burroughs

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The child of Western philosophy is conceptualized in a two-fold manner: first, in the work of philosophers ranging from Plato to Rawls, the child is defined through a negation of the positive traits of the adult. The child is not-rational (as the adult is), not moral (as the adult is), not-citizen (as the adult can be). In short, the child is conceptualized as the non-adult, lacking (or possessing in primitive form) the qualities of the adult. Second, given his deficient classification, the child is regarded as a being-to-be-transformed. The child must be corrected and become the adult prior to his …

An Intelligent Network Of Sensors For Border And Perimeter Security, William E. White Iii

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Border and perimeter security is a constant concern to many government and private entities. Large, often remote, areas must be constantly monitored for intruders or suspicious activity. This work investigates whether a wireless sensor network of intelligent nodes can provide the infrastructure needed to such applications. First a real time automated algorithm is developed for an existing profiling sensor. Results show that this automation produces reliable results on a limited dataset. To provide a more versatile, easier to deploy solution, a wireless sensor network is designed for deployment in a sensor field test bed located at Meeman-Shelby Forest. The wireless …

The Role Of The Gonads And Incest Avoidance In The Regulation Of Sexual Behavior In Damaraland Mole-Rats, Sara Nicole Carter

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The Damaraland mole-rat (DMR; Fukoymys damarensis) is one of a small number of mammals that are eusocial. In this mating system, only a single pair reproduce while the other remaining colony members are non-reproductive. Non-breeders exhibit sexual behavior only when paired with unfamiliar opposite-sex individuals. The role of the gonads in the regulation of reproductive behaviors in non-breeders remains unknown; however, inbreeding avoidance has been hypothesized to account, in part, for the lack of reproductive behavior in non-breeding individuals. The mechanism that regulates incest avoidance also remains unknown. The aims of this study were twofold; first, to investigate the role …

Genetic And Biochemical Dissection Of Differential Functions Of Cryptochrome 1 And 2 In The Mammalian Circadian Clock, Sanjoy Kumar Khan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Circadian clocks in mammals are based on a negative feedback loop in which transcriptional repression by the Cryptochromes, CRY1 and CRY2, lies at the heart of the mechanism. Despite similarities in their sequence, domain structure and biochemical activity, they play distinct roles in the mammalian clock function. However, detailed biochemical studies have not been straightforward and function of Cryptochrome (Cry) has not been examined in real clock cells using kinetic measurements. In this study, we demonstrate, through cell-based genetic complementation and real-time molecular recording, that Cry1 alone is able to maintain cell-autonomous circadian rhythms, while Cry2 cannot. Using this novel …

Daily Eastern News: November 27, 2012, Eastern Illinois University

November

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The Advocate, November 27, 2012, Minnesota State University Moorhead

The Advocate

No abstract provided.

Report Of The Ad Hoc Committee On Open Access, Andree Rathemacher, Laura Beauvais, Corey Lang, Julia Lovett, Louis Kirschenbaum

Technical Services Reports and Statistics

Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on Open Access, finalized November 27, 2012 and presented to the University of Rhode Island Faculty Senate on February 21, 2013.

The Ad Hoc Committee on Open Access was charged by the Faculty Senate Executive Committee to "look at some of the issues of Open Access in scholarly communication, look at some solutions, and present suggestions as to what approach would best fit URI's needs and how that might be realized."

The Ad Hoc Committee on Open Access recommended that the University of Rhode Island, through a vote of the Faculty Senate, adopt an …

Changing The Game: Corporate Social Responsibility In Women's Professional Sport, Lorie Coker

Theses and Dissertations

Research indicates that female athletes have long occupied marginal and sometimes invisible positions in sport settings and mainstream media. The focus of this study is on understanding and analyzing how race, class, gender, and other forms of oppression shape women’s professional sport using as the focal point, corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the type of mainstream media coverage it receives. The researcher believes that a better understanding of these varied experiences would add depth and knowledge to research on CSR in sport, women and sport research, as well as allow professional leagues and teams to move forward with a more …

The Current Volume 23 : Issue 14, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

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