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Syntheses And Characterization Of Homo- And Heterometallic Tert-Butoxides/Cyclopentadienides Of Group 4/14 Metals And Mixed Ligand (Tert-Butoxides/Cyclopentadienides) Coordination Polymers Of Group 1/14 Metals, Edmond Yong Njua

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Atmospheric Mass Loss And Orbital Evolution Of Exoplanets, Nicole Thom

Theses and Dissertations

The distributions of the semi-major axes and masses of close-in planets (planets within 0.1 AU of their host stars) provide clues to their origin. Over billions of years, the mass and orbital distance are constantly evolving. Tidal forces and atmospheric mass loss, driven by stellar ultraviolet flux, can influence the observed planetary distribution. Coupling these effects can lead to a greater understanding of how the observed distribution was shaped and may help to explain the gaps in the distribution of mass and semi-major axes for these close-in planets.

To study the effects of mass loss and tides, we applied a …

Analysis Of The Role Of Amphetamine In The Induction Of Changes In Histone Modifications Of Dopaminergic Pathway Genes, Amritendu Chakraborty

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Amphetamine and cocaine has long been known as drug of abuse. These drugs impart their physiological manifestations by regulating the reward circuitry of the brain which is controlled primarily by the dopaminergic pathway where they control the release of dopamine. It has been found that repeated cocaine administration changes histone acetylation patterns at the promoter sequences of several important genes. Sirtuin proteins are histone deactylases that regulate important biological functions have also been found to be elevated in the nucleus accumbens after cocaine administration. Although there have been several studies that have tried to elucidate the mode of action of …

Multisexual Identities And Mental Health: Mitigating Factors Of Minority Stress, Kimberly Marie Jorgensen

Theses and Dissertations

Much of the current literature about sexual minorities examines the experiences of lesbian- and gay-identified individuals. The current study was designed to facilitate increased understanding of sexuality for people who have multi-gendered attractions and sexual identities (e.g., bisexual, queer). This work extends beyond discrete binary categories and labels for sexual orientation, such as straight, gay, and lesbian. In the current examination of this expanded category, labeled as multisexual, it becomes important to shift not only the conceptualization of sexual orientation but also the nature of minority stress, from examining homophobia and heterosexism, to biphobia and monosexism. Under circumstances when an …

Assessment Of Nasa Giss Cmip5 Modele Simulated Clouds And Toa Radiation Budgets Using Satellite Observations Over The Southern Mid-Latitudes, Ryan Evan Stanfield

Theses and Dissertations

Past, current, and future climates have been simulated by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) ModelE Global Circulation Model (GCM) and summarized by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth Assessment Report (IPCC, AR4). New simulations from the updated CMIP5 version of the NASA GISS ModelE GCM were recently released to the public community during the summer of 2011 and will be included in the upcoming IPCC AR5 ensemble of simulations. Due to the recent nature of these simulations, they have not yet been extensively validated against observations. To assess the NASA GISS-E2-R …

A Western Range Extension For Caprella Scaura (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) In The Aransas Bay Ecosystem, Texas, Nicholas L. Ahrens, Faye P. Grubbs

Gulf and Caribbean Research

During March 2009, the skeleton shrimp Caprella scaura and Paracaprella tenuis (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) were collected from several locations throughout the Aransas Bay, Texas ecosystem from Texas Parks and Wildlife fishery—independent trawl and oyster dredge samples. This is a western range expansion for C. scaura; P. tenuis has been reported from this area before. Both species were exclusively associated with a bryozoan, Bugula neritina. Densities of both species ranged between 0.1–3.4 individuals per gram of attached bryozoans. A reproductive population is likely established since several sizes, including adult males and gravid females, were observed. No caprellids were observed after …

Evidence Of Spawning Capable Tarpon (Megalops Atlanticus) Off The Louisiana Coast, William Stein Iii, Nancy J. Brown-Peterson, James S. Franks, Martin T. O'Connell

Gulf and Caribbean Research

Despite the fact that the tarpon (Megalops atlanticus) is a popular sport fish in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM; Ault et al. 2008), little is known of its spawning behavior. Spawning M. atlanticus have never been documented and fertilized eggs have not been observed in situ (Ault et al. 2008). While it has been suggested that adult M. atlanticus move to deep water off the southwest coast of Florida and into the Yucatan Channel to spawn, the actual locations of spawning grounds remain unknown (Smith 1980, Crabtree et al. 1995, Crabtree et al. 1997). Distribution patterns of larvae …

Dr Ann Hui On-Wah 許鞍華博士

Honorary Graduates 榮譽博士

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Prof Liu Mingkang 劉明康教授

Honorary Graduates 榮譽博士

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Efficacies Of Fenbendazole And Albendazole In The Treatment Of Commercial Turkeys Artificially Infected With Ascaridia Dissimilis, Jessica Perkins, Tom Yazwinski, Chris Tucker

Discovery, The Student Journal of Dale Bumpers College of Agricultural, Food and Life Sciences

The goal of this research was to determine the extent of resistance that turkey roundworms, Ascaridia dissimilis, have developed to anti-parasitic chemicals used in commercial poultry operations. Roundworm infections in turkeys have resulted in monetary losses for the poultry industry for years, generally due to poor feed conversion. The infection itself is subclinical and many turkeys have a light to moderate worm burden. Since parasitisms are light, this leads to the infections being noticed only during processing. Ascaridia dissimilis infections consist of adult worms and developing larvae with the latter comprising most of the worm burden and causing the most …

2012 January, Office Of Communications & Marketing, Morehead State University.

Morehead State Press Release Archive, 1961 to the Present

Press releases for January of 2012.

Groupoids, Imaginaries And Internal Covers, Ehud Hrushovski

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

Let T be a first-order theory. A correspondence is established between internal covers of models of T and definable groupoids within T. We also consider amalgamations of independent diagrams of algebraically closed substructures, and find strong relation between covers, uniqueness for 3-amalgamation, existence of 4-amalgamation, imaginaries of T^\si, and definable groupoids. As a corollary, we describe the imaginary elements of families of finite-dimensional vector spaces over pseudo-finite fields.

On Normality Of Meromorphic Functions With Multiple Zeros And Sharing Values, Youming Wang

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this paper we study the problem of normal families of meromorphic functions concerning shared values. Let F be a family of meromorphic functions in the plane domain D \subseteq C and n be a positive integer. Let a, b be two finite complex constants such that a \neq 0. If n \geq 3 and f + a(f')^n and g + a(g')^n share b in D for every pair of functions f, g \in F, then F is normal in D. And some examples are provided to show the result is sharp.

Invariant Subspaces Of Weakly Compact-Friendly Operators, Mert Çağlar, Remzi̇ Tunç Misirlioğlu

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

We prove that if a non-zero weakly compact-friendly operator B on a Banach lattice with topologically full center is locally quasi-nilpotent, then the super right-commutant [B\rangle of B has a non-trivial closed invariant ideal. An example of a weakly compact-friendly operator which is not compact-friendly is also provided.

Extended Cross Product In A 3-Dimensional Almost Contact Metric Manifold With Applications To Curve Theory, Çeti̇n Camci

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this work, we define a new cross product in 3-dimensional almost contact metric manifold and we study the theory of curves using this new cross product in this manifold. Besides, in the works of Baikousis, Blair [1] and Cho et al. [4], we observe that some theorems are incomplete and excessively generalized are thus their alternative proofs presented.

Invariants Of Symmetric Algebras Associated To Graphs, Maurizio Imbesi, Monica La Barbiera

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this work we deal with the symmetric algebra of monomial ideals that arise from graphs, the edge ideals. The notion of s-sequence is explored for such ideals in order to compute standard algebraic invariants of their symmetric algebra in terms of the corresponding invariants of special quotients of the polynomial ring related to the graphs.

Value Distribution Of Meromorphic Functions And Their Differences, Ranran Zhang, Zongxuan Chen

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

Let f(z) be a transcendental meromorphic function. Results are proved concerning the value distribution of the n'th forward difference \Delta^nf(z), in terms of Borel exceptional values of f(z). The results may be partly viewed as discrete analogues of a classical theorem of Hayman dealing with the possible relationships between Picard exceptional values of f(z) and its derivatives.

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Turkish Journal of Mathematics

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On F_S-Supplemented Primary Subgroups Of Finite Groups, Lujin Zhu, Long Miao

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

Let G be a finite group and F a formation of finite groups. A subgroup H of G is called F_s-supplemented in G if there exists a subnormal subgroup T of G such that G = HT and (H \cap T)H_G/H_G is contained in the F-hypercenter Z^F_{\infty}(G/H_G) of G/H_G. In this paper, we study the structure of finite groups by using F_s-supplemented subgroups.

On The Order Of Weighted Approximation By Positive Linear Operators, Tüli̇n Coşkun

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

An estimation of approximation of continuous functions by positive linear operators in weighted norm using the weighted modulus of continuity is established. Application of the main result to the known Gadjiyev-Ibragimov operators is given.

C^*-Convexity And C^*-Faces In *-Rings, Ali Ebrahimi Meymand, Gholam Hossein Esslamzadeh

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

Existence of rich algebraic, geometric and topological structures on self-adjoint operator algebras raises the general question that, for a particular theorem which of these structures have made the result work. The present paper is an effort toward the answer of this question, by investigating the role of algebraic structure in the subject of C^*-convexity. In this paper, we extend the notions of C^*-convexity, C^*-extreme point and C^*-face to *-rings and we study some of their properties. We introduce the notion of C^*-convex map on C^*-convex subsets of a *-ring. Moreover we identify optimal points of some unital *-homomorphisms on some …

Invariant Parametrizations And Complete Systems Of Global Invariants Of Curves In The Pseudo-Euclidean Geometry, Ömer Pekşen, Djavvat Khadjiev, İdri̇s Ören

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

Let M(n, p) be the group of all transformations of an n-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space E^n_p of index p generated by all pseudo-orthogonal transformations and parallel translations of E^n_p. Definitions of a pseudo-Euclidean type of a curve, an invariant parametrization of a curve and an M(n, p)-equivalence of curves are introduced. All possible invariant parametrizations of a curve with a fixed pseudo-Euclidean type are described. The problem of the M(n, p)-equivalence of curves is reduced to that of paths. Global conditions of the M(n, p)-equivalence of curves are given in terms of the pseudo-Euclidean type of a curve and the system …

Small Covers Over Products Of A Polygon With A Simplex, Yanying Wang, Yanchang Chen

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

The equivariant homeomorphism class of an (orientable) small cover over a simple convex polytope P^n bijectively corresponds to the equivalence class of its (orientable) coloring under the action of automorphism group of face poset of P^n. By calculating the number of orbits of group actions we determine the number of equivariant homeomorphism classes of small covers over products of a polygon with a simplex. Moreover, we calculate the number of equivariant homeomorphism classes of all orientable small covers over the product.

Hilbert Functions And Betti Numbers Of Reverse Lexicographic Ideals In The Exterior Algebra, Marilena Crupi, Carmela Ferro'

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

Let K be a field, V a K-vector space with basis e_1,...,e_n and let E be the exterior algebra of V. We study the class of reverse lexicographic ideals in E. We analyze the behaviour of their Hilbert functions and Betti numbers.

L^P Regularity Of Some Weighted Bergman Projections On The Unit Disc, Yunus Ergi̇n Zeytuncu

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

We show that weighted Bergman projections, corresponding to weights of the form M(z)(1- z ^2)^\alpha, where \alpha > -1 and M(z) is a radially symmetric, strictly positive and at least C^2 function on \overline{D}, are L^p regular.

Superinjective Simplicial Maps Of The Complexes Of Curves On Nonorientable Surfaces, Elmas Irmak

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

We prove that each superinjective simplicial map of the complex of curves of a compact, connected, nonorientable surface is induced by a homeomorphism of the surface, if (g, n) \in {(1, 0), (1, 1), (2, 0), (2, 1), (3, 0)} or g + n \geq 5, where g is the genus of the surface and n is the number of the boundary components.

On The Biharmonic Vector Fields, Mustapha Djaa, Hichem Elhendi, Seddik Ouakkas

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

The problem studied in this paper is related to the biharmonicity of a vector field from a Riemannian manifold (M,g) to its tangent bundle TM equipped with the Sasaki metric g^s. We show that a vector field on a compact manifold is biharmonic if and only if is harmonic. We also investigate the biharmonicity of vector field of M, as a map from (M,g) to (TM,g^s).

Generalized Berwald Metrics, Esmaeil Peyghan, Akbar Tayebi

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this paper, we consider a class of Finsler metrics called generalized Berwald metrics which contains the class of Berwald metrics as a special case. We prove that every generalized Berwald metrics with non-zero scalar flag curvature or isotropic Berwald curvature is a Randers metric. Then we prove that on generalized Berwald metrics, the notions of generalized Landsberg and Landsberg curvatures are equivalent.

Weight And Nonlinearity Of Boolean Functions, Lavinia Corina Ciungu

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this paper we analyze the weight and the nonlinearity of various types of Boolean functions. We give some general results related to rotation symmetric Boolean functions, and in particular, we prove partially a conjecture stated by Cusick and Stanica in [3].

Results Of Generalized Local Cohomology Modules Of A-Minimax Modules, Hero Saremi

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

Let R be a commutative Noetherian ring, M a finitely generated R-module, and N a minimax R-module. It is shown that if a is an ideal of R, such that cd(a)=1, where cd is the cohomological dimension of a in R, then H_a^j(M, N) and Ext_R^i(M,H_a^j(N)) are a-cominimax for all i,j. Furthermore, if t is a non-negative integer such that H_a^j(M, N) is a-minimax for all j