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Graduate Internship Report- Selma High School, Jalisca Jean Thomason Dec 2012

Graduate Internship Report- Selma High School, Jalisca Jean Thomason

Agricultural Education: Graduate Internship Reports

This internship report addresses the quality criteria of an agricultural education program and includes the supporting documents to meet the requirements of the California Department of Education specific to Selma High School. This document and the supporting evidence is intended to meet the requirements to obtain maximum funding for the Ag Incentive Grant.

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Leukemia And Lymphoma Society, Jeffrey S. Harrison, Patrick Desmarteau, Brittany Hamilton, Sarah Patthoff Dec 2012

Leukemia And Lymphoma Society, Jeffrey S. Harrison, Patrick Desmarteau, Brittany Hamilton, Sarah Patthoff

Robins Case Network

The mission of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is to “cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life of patients and their families.” As a not-for-profit organization, LLS is structured differently from most for-profit companies. It’s unique structure allows it to focus on its mission, but also puts the organization in direct competition with other charitable fundraising organizations, and especially the American Cancer Society and Susan B. Komen for the Cure. Economic problems have made fundraising more difficult for all companies in the industry. LLS is also in the position of partnering with big …

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O-Glcnac Transferase Invokes Nucleotide Sugar Pyrophosphate Participation In Catalysis, Marianne Schimpl, Xiaowei Zheng, Vladimir S. Borodkin, David E. Blair, Andrew T. Ferenbach, Alexander W. Schüttelkopf, Iva Navratilova, Tonia Aristotelous, Osama Albarbarawi, David A. Robinson, Megan A. Macnaughtan, Daan M.F. Van Aalten Dec 2012

O-Glcnac Transferase Invokes Nucleotide Sugar Pyrophosphate Participation In Catalysis, Marianne Schimpl, Xiaowei Zheng, Vladimir S. Borodkin, David E. Blair, Andrew T. Ferenbach, Alexander W. Schüttelkopf, Iva Navratilova, Tonia Aristotelous, Osama Albarbarawi, David A. Robinson, Megan A. Macnaughtan, Daan M.F. Van Aalten

Faculty Publications

Protein O-GlcNAcylation is an essential post-translational modification on hundreds of intracellular proteins in metazoa, catalyzed by O-linked β-N-acetylglucosamine (O-GlcNAc) transferase (OGT) using unknown mechanisms of transfer and substrate recognition. Through crystallographic snapshots and mechanism-inspired chemical probes, we define how human OGT recognizes the sugar donor and acceptor peptide and uses a new catalytic mechanism of glycosyl transfer, involving the sugar donor α-phosphate as the catalytic base as well as an essential lysine. This mechanism seems to be a unique evolutionary solution to the spatial constraints imposed by a bulky protein acceptor substrate and explains the unexpected specificity of a recently …

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Faculty Senate Newsletter, Holiday 2012, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College Dec 2012

Faculty Senate Newsletter, Holiday 2012, Louisiana State University And Agricultural & Mechanical College

LSU Faculty Senate Publications

Message from President: Whatever else it may connote, the Christmas season is about hope—about illumination during the darkest days of the year. Although it now basks in the highly refracted light of infamy, having been spanked by Louisiana’s Attorney General and having drawn reproaches from SACSCOC accreditors, the LSU System has, in the past, enjoyed more than a few Star-of-Bethlehem moments. When the University of Louisiana System diluted tenure guarantees, for example, the LSU System garnered applause for its flagship-quality approach to this foundation of academic freedom; when the Southern University System lurched into financial exigency, the LSU System glimmered …

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A Representation For Positive Functionals Of A Brownian Motion And An Application, P Sundar, Ming Tao Dec 2012

A Representation For Positive Functionals Of A Brownian Motion And An Application, P Sundar, Ming Tao

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

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Lattice Modules Over Rings Of Bounded Random Variables, Karl-Theodor Eisele, Sonia Taieb Dec 2012

Lattice Modules Over Rings Of Bounded Random Variables, Karl-Theodor Eisele, Sonia Taieb

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

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Spectral Multipliers For The Dunkl Laplacian, Sallam Hassani, Mohamed Sifi Dec 2012

Spectral Multipliers For The Dunkl Laplacian, Sallam Hassani, Mohamed Sifi

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

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Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Transition To Chaos Result, Stefania Ugolini Dec 2012

Bose-Einstein Condensation: A Transition To Chaos Result, Stefania Ugolini

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

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The Feynman Integrand For The Charged Particle In A Constant Magnetic Field As White Noise Distribution, Wolfgang Bock, Martin Grothaus, Sebastian Jung Dec 2012

The Feynman Integrand For The Charged Particle In A Constant Magnetic Field As White Noise Distribution, Wolfgang Bock, Martin Grothaus, Sebastian Jung

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

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Cauchy Problem And Integral Representation Associated To The Power Of The Qwn-Euler Operator, Aymen Ettaieb, Habib Ouerdiane, Hafedh Rguigui Dec 2012

Cauchy Problem And Integral Representation Associated To The Power Of The Qwn-Euler Operator, Aymen Ettaieb, Habib Ouerdiane, Hafedh Rguigui

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

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Generalized Field Operator Associated To The Fractional Lévy Processes, Mounir Dahwathi, Souheyl Jendoubi, Habib Ouerdiane, Anis Riahi Dec 2012

Generalized Field Operator Associated To The Fractional Lévy Processes, Mounir Dahwathi, Souheyl Jendoubi, Habib Ouerdiane, Anis Riahi

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

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Numerical Methods For Optimal Insurance Demand Under Marked Point Processes Shocks, Mohamed Mnif Dec 2012

Numerical Methods For Optimal Insurance Demand Under Marked Point Processes Shocks, Mohamed Mnif

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

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Diseases Of The Gastrointestinal System, Christine B. Navarre, A. Nickie Baird, D. G. Pugh Dec 2012

Diseases Of The Gastrointestinal System, Christine B. Navarre, A. Nickie Baird, D. G. Pugh

Faculty Publications

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Diseases Of The Gastrointestinal System, Christine B. Navarre, A. Nickie Baird, D. G. Pugh Dec 2012

Diseases Of The Gastrointestinal System, Christine B. Navarre, A. Nickie Baird, D. G. Pugh

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

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Jak/Stat3 Signaling Promotes Somatic Cell Reprogramming By Epigenetic Regulation, Yong Tang, Yan Luo, Zongliang Jiang, Yinghong Ma, Chih Jen Lin, Chul Kim, Mark G. Carter, Tomokazu Amano, Joonghong Park, Sharon Kish, Xiuchun Tian Dec 2012

Jak/Stat3 Signaling Promotes Somatic Cell Reprogramming By Epigenetic Regulation, Yong Tang, Yan Luo, Zongliang Jiang, Yinghong Ma, Chih Jen Lin, Chul Kim, Mark G. Carter, Tomokazu Amano, Joonghong Park, Sharon Kish, Xiuchun Tian

Faculty Publications

Although leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) maintains the ground state pluripotency of mouse embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) by activating the Janus kinase/signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (Jak/Stat3) pathway, the mechanism remained unclear. Stat3 has only been shown to promote complete reprogramming of epiblast and neural stem cells and partially reprogrammed cells (pre-iPSCs). We investigated if and how Jak/Stat3 activation promotes reprogramming of terminally differentiated mouse embryonic fibroblasts (MEFs). We demonstrated that activated Stat3 not only promotes but also is essential for the pluripotency establishment of MEFs during reprogramming. We further demonstrated that during this …

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Energy Development And Conservation Of Sympatric Wildlife: New Approaches To Meet Growing Challenges, William Christian Dunn Dec 2012

Energy Development And Conservation Of Sympatric Wildlife: New Approaches To Meet Growing Challenges, William Christian Dunn

Biology ETDs

Conflicts between energy development and conservation of sympatric wildlife are becoming more acute as demand for energy increases. Resolving these conflicts is complex-- solutions must address the role of location, scale, and connectivity in persistence of populations. In Chapter 1, I use the MaxEnt species distribution model and pertinent climate variables to predict the natural distribution of the Lesser Prairie Chicken (LPC) (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus), a prairie grouse adversely affected by habitat loss from energy development. Within the geographic range of LPC, precipitation was strongly associated with its distribution in the north, whereas temperature was strongly associated with its distribution in …

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Effects Of Climate Change Upon Birds In The Mojave And Sonoran Deserts, Harinamsimran Kaur Khalsa Dec 2012

Effects Of Climate Change Upon Birds In The Mojave And Sonoran Deserts, Harinamsimran Kaur Khalsa

Biology ETDs

Climate change has increasingly become an area of concern in relation to ecological communities. In this study, climatic signals were investigated to determine whether bird diversity indices in the Breeding Conservation Region (BCR) of the Mojave and Sonoran Deserts were related (1) to the oceanic/atmospheric systems El Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO), the Pacific Decadal Oscillation (PDO), and/or the Atlantic Multidecadal Oscillation (AMO); (2) to regional moisture influences determined by the Palmer Drought Severity Index (PDSI); and (3) to local precipitation and temperature. Specifically, an examination was conducted to determine the relationship between climatic variables for thirteen bird species, total abundance …

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Genetic Diversity, Local Differentiation, And Adaptive Evolution In Introduced Populations Of The Invasive Plant Isatis Tinctoria L. (Brassicaceae), Heather L. Simpson Dec 2012

Genetic Diversity, Local Differentiation, And Adaptive Evolution In Introduced Populations Of The Invasive Plant Isatis Tinctoria L. (Brassicaceae), Heather L. Simpson

Biology ETDs

Populations of invasive species are often characterized as genetically depauperate, an inherent consequence of the colonization process. It has also been suggested that species that are able to avoid these reductions in genetic diversity may be better able to adapt to their introduced range. Evolutionary change can play an important role in the invasion process if novel selective pressures drive adaptive evolution. Species that are able to avoid reductions in genetic diversity associated with colonization may be better able to adapt to their introduced range. To better understand the genetic processes following invasion, introduced populations of the invasive mustard, Isatis …

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School Of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter, December 2012, School Of Music Dec 2012

School Of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter, December 2012, School Of Music

School of Music Faculty/Staff Newsletter

Accomplishments and news from the faculty and staff of the School of Music at Illinois State University.

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An Estimation Of Economic Models With Recursive Preferences, Xiaohong Chen, Jack Favilukis, Sydney C. Ludvigson Dec 2012

An Estimation Of Economic Models With Recursive Preferences, Xiaohong Chen, Jack Favilukis, Sydney C. Ludvigson

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

This paper presents estimates of key preference parameters of the Epstein and Zin (1989, 1991) and Weil (1989) (EZW) recursive utility model, evaluates the model’s ability to fit asset return data relative to other asset pricing models, and investigates the implications of such estimates for the unobservable aggregate wealth return. Our empirical results indicate that the estimated relative risk aversion parameter ranges from 17-60, with higher values for aggregate consumption than for stockholder consumption, while the estimated elasticity of intertemporal substitution is above one. In addition, the estimated model-implied aggregate wealth return is found to be weakly correlated with the …

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Mathematical Institutional Economics, Martin Shubik Dec 2012

Mathematical Institutional Economics, Martin Shubik

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

An overview is given of the utilization of strategic market games in the development of a game theory based theory of money and financial institutions.

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Wealth Effects Revisited 1975-2012, Karl E. Case, John M. Quigley, Robert J. Shiller Dec 2012

Wealth Effects Revisited 1975-2012, Karl E. Case, John M. Quigley, Robert J. Shiller

Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers

We re-examine the links between changes in housing wealth, financial wealth, and consumer spending. We extend a panel of U.S. states observed quarterly during the seventeen-year period, 1982 through 1999, to the thirty-seven year period, 1975 through 2012Q2. Using techniques reported previously, we impute the aggregate value of owner-occupied housing, the value of financial assets, and measures of aggregate consumption for each of the geographic units over time. We estimate regression models in levels, first differences and in error-correction form, relating per capita consumption to per capita income and wealth. We find a statistically significant and rather large effect of …

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Conservation Needs Of Nearshore Seabirds In The Southeastern U.S. Addressed Through Habitat Use Surveys And Assessments Of Health And Mercury Concentrations, Lisa Eggert Dec 2012

Conservation Needs Of Nearshore Seabirds In The Southeastern U.S. Addressed Through Habitat Use Surveys And Assessments Of Health And Mercury Concentrations, Lisa Eggert

All Dissertations

Seabirds encounter a range of natural and anthropogenic stressors in the nearshore environment and are ideal candidate species for long-term monitoring of changes to coastal systems. The mitigation of threats to nearshore seabirds requires management of essential coastal habitat and monitoring population health and trends. In this dissertation, I first evaluated intertidal habitat use for a suite of coastal species as it relates to management practices at a seabird nesting island in South Carolina. Specifically, my objectives were (1) to determine intertidal areas of high bird abundance, (2) to examine course-scale habitat characteristics and human use of intertidal areas associated …

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Preventing Misuse And Disuse Of Automated Systems: Effects Of System Confidence Display On Trust And Decision Performance, Margaux Price Dec 2012

Preventing Misuse And Disuse Of Automated Systems: Effects Of System Confidence Display On Trust And Decision Performance, Margaux Price

All Dissertations

Complex decision-making may be aided by forms of automation known as decision-support systems (DSS). However, no DSS is completely reliable and so it is imperative that users know when they should and should not trust it (calibration of trust). Previous research has shown that providing users with information about the DSS's confidence in its own advice ('system confidence') can help improve the calibration of user's trust of automation and actual system reliability on a trial by trial basis. The current study examined how the nature of the presentation of system confidence information affected user's trust calibration. The first study examined …

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Foliar Applied Urea Nitrogen Metabolism In Warm-Season Turfgrass Under Salinity Stress, Nicholas Menchyk Dec 2012

Foliar Applied Urea Nitrogen Metabolism In Warm-Season Turfgrass Under Salinity Stress, Nicholas Menchyk

All Dissertations

The most widely used foliar nitrogen (N) source for warm-season turfgrass and agriculture is urea [(NH2)2CO], due to its low cost, high percentage of N (46% by mass), and completely soluble nature. Since urea is a soluble N source, it is commonly utilized as a foliar N source when tank mixed with pesticides in warm-season turfgrass management. The N in urea is not directly available to the plant until it is hydrolyzed into ammonia by the enzyme urease in the cytosol. Urease is a nickel (Ni2+) dependant enzyme that is ubiquitous in plants. Its main biochemical function is the hydrolysis …

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The Effects Of Temperature On Energy Utilization By Marine Invertebrate Larvae, Elizabeth Whitehill Dec 2012

The Effects Of Temperature On Energy Utilization By Marine Invertebrate Larvae, Elizabeth Whitehill

All Dissertations

Most ectothermic organisms are larger when reared at lower temperatures and temperature can greatly affect an organism's physiological state, so understanding how temperature affects larval size and quality can provide insight into how the larval thermal environment affects post-metamorphic success. Because quality is often defined in terms of size and energy content, I focused on how temperature affects energy utilization by larvae and how differences in energy accumulation and utilization may carry over into the juvenile stage. Marine invertebrate larvae are often classified into two groups: larvae from smaller eggs that must obtain food from the environment in order to …

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The Illusion Of The Blue Flame: Water Law And Unconventional Gas Drilling In New York, Anne Marie Garti Dec 2012

The Illusion Of The Blue Flame: Water Law And Unconventional Gas Drilling In New York, Anne Marie Garti

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Student Publications

This article explores the question of whether natural gas can still be considered a clean fuel by probing the relationship of water law and hydraulic fracturing in New York State. The paper begins by explaining the geology of tight shales, the engineering techniques needed to extract gas from solid rock, and the density and location of drilling that would be allowed under New York State law. Relying on information provided by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, scientific studies, and press accounts of the unprecedented citizen advocacy on this matter, it goes on to show the sharp distinction …

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Blue Notes, December 1, 2012 (Issue 2012-08), Illinois State University, Department Of Chemistry Dec 2012

Blue Notes, December 1, 2012 (Issue 2012-08), Illinois State University, Department Of Chemistry

Blue Notes

Newsletter of the Illinois State University Department of Chemistry

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Role Of Cytochrome P4501a1 In Vasoreactivity And Blood Pressure Regulation Mediated By Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Njotu Larry Agbor Dec 2012

Role Of Cytochrome P4501a1 In Vasoreactivity And Blood Pressure Regulation Mediated By Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids, Njotu Larry Agbor

Biomedical Sciences ETDs

The aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor involved in the metabolism of environmental pollutants including halogenated aromatic hydrocarbons, for example, 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-ρ-dioxin (TCDD). The AHR and its downstream target gene cytochrome P4501A1 (CYP1A1) are also involved in cardiovascular development. AHR knockout (KO) mice are hypotensive, with cardiac hypertrophy. Additionally, CYP1A1 is involved in the production of potent vasodilator metabolites from omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (n-3 PUFAs) metabolism. Thus, we hypothesize that the AHR and its downstream target gene, CYP1A1, both contribute to normal vascular reactivity of blood vessels and to blood pressure (BP) regulation. We generated mice with …

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Effects Of Tracking Students In A Secondary Mathematics Classroom, Nicole Seyfried Dec 2012

Effects Of Tracking Students In A Secondary Mathematics Classroom, Nicole Seyfried

Mathematics Graduate Theses

This paper evaluates current research on the effect of grouping students of comparable abilities, a process known as tracking, in a secondary mathematics classroom. The research explores questions regarding the advantages and the disadvantages of tracking students by ability; the manner in which tracking affects the achievement of students in homogeneous and heterogeneous settings, and the ways tracking affects the achievement gap. In addition, this paper answers the question of how tracking affects students’ self- concept and self-esteem. Lastly, it examines changes in teacher attitude with respect to each track level and the impact of ability grouping on classroom structure …

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