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Hyde Park Corner, Melody Burton, Kimberly Douglas

Charleston Library Conference

No abstract provided.

Executives’ Roundtable: The Boundaries Are Getting Blurred, T. Scott Plutchak, Paul N. Courant, H. Frederick Dylla, Anthony Watkinson

Charleston Library Conference

No abstract provided.

Data Papers In The Network Era, Mackenzie Smith

Charleston Library Conference

No abstract provided.

Demand-Driven Success: Designing Your Pda Experiment, Charles Hillen, Glenn Johnson-Grau

Charleston Library Conference

Initiating demand-driving acquisition is daunting. Implications for developing a sustainable budget model, choosing a vendor, controlling metadata, monitoring purchases and developing invoice workflows are significant areas of concern that require determinative planning. From mid-February through August 2011, Loyola Marymount University conducted a pilot using demand-driven acquisition; the result of this successful experiment was the library’s decision to fully integrate this purchasing model into its operations. In this session, we will share our process and qualifying decision criteria for configuring the experiment, monitoring its progress and assessing the results. Using an already established vendor, we assessed the purchase trigger model, controlled …

Win Friends And Influence Faculty: Methods For Citation Analysis, Leslie Farison

Charleston Library Conference

Citation analysis is a way to analyze references cited in scholarly publications. It is common for academic organizations to evaluate faculty research and publication records, especially for hiring, pay, promotion and tenure decisions, by comparing the quality and quantity of a candidate’s research with that of their peers. One of the ways for a faculty member to demonstrate the impact of their work in a field is to conduct a citation analysis. This paper examines the capabilities and problems associated with various commercial products that can be used to conduct a citation analysis and looks at the strengths and limitations …

Understanding The 21st Century Research Landscape: Emerging Trends And Needs Within And Across Disciplines, Mike Diaz, Audrey Powers, Corey Seeman, Dennis Brunning

Charleston Library Conference

No abstract provided.

An Academic Library's Efforts To Justify Materials Budget Expenditures, Steven Carrico

Charleston Library Conference

No abstract provided.

Let Go And Haul! A Square‐Rigger’S Guide To Weeding “Age Of Sail” Collections In The 21st Century, Valarie Prescott Adams, Douglas Black

Charleston Library Conference

This nautically tinged talk explores what happens when two academic libraries begin reshaping their approach to collection evaluation and management by designing programs for large‐scale, systematic collection review. At both libraries, methodical and comprehensive weeding had not taken place for decades, if ever. The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga restructured its collection practices by implementing a subject liaison program and creating a carefully phased review process in which discipline faculty were an integral part. Northern Michigan University set out to halve the size of its circulating collection within five years, as part of the library’s response to a campus‐wide strategic …

Philippe Lefevre-Witier Obituary, Michael H. Crawford

Human Biology

No abstract provided.

Where Are They Now? An Update On The Career Development Of Recent Aaag Student Prize Winners, Human Biology Editors

Human Biology

No abstract provided.

General Method To Unravel Ancient Population Structures Through Surnames, Final Validation On Italian Data, Alessio Boattini, Antonella Lisa, Ornella Fiorani, Gianna Zei, Davide Pettener, Franz Manni

Human Biology

We analyze the geographic location of 77,451 different Italian surnames (17,579,891 individuals) obtained from the lists of telephone subscribers of the year 1993.

By using a specific neural network analysis (Self-Organizing Maps, SOMs), we automatically identify the geographic origin of 49,117 different surnames. To validate the methodology, we compare the results to a study, previously conducted, on the same database, with accurate supervised methods. By comparing the results, we find an overlap of 97%, meaning that the SOMs methodology is highly reliable and well traces back the geographic origin of surnames at the time of their introduction (Late Middle Ages/Renaissance …

Interview With Laura Fortunato, Winner Of The 2011 Gabriel W. Lasker Prize, Evelyne Heyer

Human Biology

An international jury composed of Michael Crawford (University of Kansas, USA), Dennis O'Rourke (University of Utah, USA), and Stephen Shennan (University College London, UK) has awarded the Gabriel Ward Lasker Prize 2011 to Dr. Laura Fortunato for her articles entitled "Reconstructing the History of Residence Strategies in Indo-European–Speaking Societies" and "Reconstructing the History of Marriage Strategies in Indo-European–Speaking Societies" considered as the best contribution to the 83rd volume of Human Biology (2011).

Laura Fortunato is an Omidyar Fellow at the Santa Fe Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She received her Ph.D. in anthropology from University College London in 2009; …

The Economic Contribution Of Instream Flows To The Lower Connecticut River Watershed, New England, Usa, Helen M. Poulos, Clement Loo, James G. Workman, Ann De Boer, Julia Michaels

Environmental Studies Publications

River recreation is a rapidly expanding source of economic productivity. Angler spending has been used as the basis for estimating the regional economic estimates of local income and jobs in several water-limited systems of the western United States and Mexico. However, the contribution of outdoor recreation to the economies of regions that do not experience water scarcity continues to be underappreciated. This paper estimates the economic contribution of angling to the lower Connecticut River Watershed (CRW) economy. The authors draw upon existing angler expenditure, river flow and geographic information system (GIS) data to relate anger use of the lower CRW …

Consultative Minutes 09/25/2012, Consultative Committee

Consultative Committee

No abstract provided.

Division Of Social Science Program Changes 09/25/2012, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Spartan Daily September 25, 2012, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 139, Issue 14

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 88, No. 9, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

Speaking Of Rivers: Demystifying Foreign-Born Blacks Through A Secondary Esl Context, C. D. Williams

Theses and Dissertations

Linguistic imperialism and societal assumptions can become dominant issues that lessen the significance of the identity, language, culture, and communication of minorities in English as a second language (ESL) settings, which may hinder the possibilities of acceptance and success (Amin, 1997; Ibrahim, 1999; Morgan, 1997; Ogbu, 1992a). Students from Africa and West Indies, foreign-born Blacks, represent English language learners (ELLs) who have distinct cultural and linguistic mores that often go unnoticed. Foreign-born Blacks possess uncommon mother tongues and cultural behaviors that present struggles with salient entrenched racialization in ESL because the historical aspects of English are associated with Whiteness, dominance, …

The Use Of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors In Biomechanics And Rehabilitation Applications: The State-Of-The-Art And Ongoing Research Topics, Faisal Rafiq Mahamd Adikan, E. Al-Fakih, Noor Azuan Abu Osman

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

In recent years, fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) are becoming increasingly attractive for sensing applications in biomechanics and rehabilitation engineering due to their advantageous properties like small size, light weight, biocompatibility, chemical inertness, multiplexing capability and immunity to electromagnetic interference (EMI). They also offer a high-performance alternative to conventional technologies, either for measuring a variety of physical parameters or for performing high-sensitivity biochemical analysis. FBG-based sensors demonstrated their feasibility for specific sensing applications in aeronautic, automotive, civil engineering structure monitoring and undersea oil exploration; however, their use in the field of biomechanics and rehabilitation applications is very recent and its practicality …

Seed Dimorphism, Nutrients And Salinity Differentially Affect Seed Traits Of The Desert Halophyte Suaeda Aralocaspica Via Multiple Maternal Effects, Lei Wang, Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin, J. Hans C. Cornelissen, Ming Dong, Zhenying Huang

Biology Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Maternal effects may influence a range of seed traits simultaneously and are likely to be context-dependent. Disentangling the interactions of plant phenotype and growth environment on various seed traits is important for understanding regeneration and establishment of species in natural environments. Here, we used the seed-dimorphic plant Suaeda aralocaspica to test the hypothesis that seed traits are regulated by multiple maternal effects.

RESULTS: Plants grown from brown seeds had a higher brown:black seed ratio than plants from black seeds, and germination percentage of brown seeds was higher than that of black seeds under all conditions tested. However, the coefficient …

September 25, 2012 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Flyer News, Vol. 60, No. 8 (Sept. 25, 2012), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

Report: The Illinois State University Faculty-Staff Newsletter, September 25, 2012, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

Patriot Talon (Sept. 25, 2012), Archives Account

The Patriot Talon/The Patriot

The official newspaper for the University of Texas at Tyler before it was changed back to the UT Tyler Patriot. Articles in this issue include: Students Vote on 23 SGA Seats; Alcohol Election Could Bring Beer, Wine to Local Stores; Biology Gets $250,000 NSF Grant; College Becoming a More Experience Investment; One Injured in Shooting Near Campus; A Call to Tone Down Facebook Debates; Music is My Time Machine; Student’s Clothing Represents Spiritual Beliefs; Underground Music Scene Rocks Downtown Tyler; Gere Shines in Wall Street Thriller; New York Ballet Company to Perform at Cowan Center; Campus Celebrates Constitution Week with …

Toxicity Reporting System, Andrea Trotti, Iii

USF Patents

The present invention is a method for communicating and forecasting the extent of toxicity of a given treatment program by deploying a uniform multi-modality grading system, and capturing significant high-grade events within defined risk periods to create a treatment-specific summary rating or classification of the toxicity experience.

Faculty Senate Summarized Minutes, 9/25/2012, Unm Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes, 1920 - 2013

No abstract provided.

Use Of Modified Pyrimidine Compounds To Promote Stem Cell Migration And Proliferation (Con Div), Kiminobu Sugaya, Tingyu Qu

UCF Patents

This invention provides cells and methods for stimulating proliferation and migration of endogenous and exogenous mammalian stem cells in vivo and in vitro. The invention provides reagents and methods for efficiently proliferating mammalian stem cells in an animal in need thereof and producing stem cells that can be re-introduced into an animal in need thereof to alleviate neurological and corporal disorders.

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, September 25, 2012, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

September

No abstract provided.

Kekuatan Psikologis Ibu Untuk Menyusui, Inge Wattimena, Natalia L. Susanti, Yusep Marsuyanto

Kesmas

Anjuran World Health Organization (WHO) agar ibu menyusui minimal selama 6 bulan masih belum tercapai. Studi ini bertujuan untuk meneliti kekuatan psikologis ibu yang berhasil menyusui lebih dari 6 bulan. Metode penelitian kualitatif deskriptif dilakukan pada enam ibu yang diambil secara purposif dengan kriteria menyusui lebih dari 6 bulan. Hasil wawancara mendalam dianalisis dan hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa kesadaran ibu tentang keunggulan dan kekuatan spiritual dalam air susu ibu (ASI) serta dukungan, afeksi positif, sikap tangguh, tujuan terarah, dan kesejahteraan menjadi kekuatan psikologis mereka. Hasil ini dapat digunakan sebagai masukan bagi promosi kesehatan untuk ibu menyusui.

The World Health Organization recommendation …

The Current Volume 23 : Issue 6, Nova Southeastern University

Student Newspapers

No abstract provided.