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Chemical Reactivity Worksheet, Noaa, Jeffrey H. Glans

Chemistry & Physics Faculty Publications

Website overview by Jeffrey H. Glans.

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International Computer And Information Literacy Study: Assessment Framework, Julian Fraillon, Wolfram Schulz, John Ainley

ICT - Digital Literacy

The purpose of the International Computer and Information Literacy Study 2013 (ICILS 2013) is to investigate, in a range of countries, the ways in which young people are developing computer and information literacy (CIL) to support their capacity to participate in the digital age. To achieve this aim, the study will assess student achievement through an authentic computer-based assessment of CIL administered to students in their eighth year of schooling. It will also collect and report on analyses of data about student use of computers and other digital devices as well as students’ attitudes toward the use of computers and …

Authors' Response To Commentaries On "Conceptual Commitments Of The Lida Model Of Cognition", S. Strain, S. Franklin

CCRG Papers

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Spatial Working Memory In The Lida Cognitive Architecture, T. Madl, S. Franklin, K. Chen, R. Trappl

CCRG Papers

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A Scientific Approach To Silent Consciousness, B. Baars

CCRG Papers

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Cortical Learning Algorithms With Predictive Coding For A Systems-Level Cognitive Architecture, R. Mccall, S. Franklin

CCRG Papers

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No Control Genes Required: Bayesian Analysis Of Qrt-Pcr Data., Mikhail V. Matz, Rachel M. Wright, James G. Scott

Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Model-based analysis of data from quantitative reverse-transcription PCR (qRT-PCR) is potentially more powerful and versatile than traditional methods. Yet existing model-based approaches cannot properly deal with the higher sampling variances associated with low-abundant targets, nor do they provide a natural way to incorporate assumptions about the stability of control genes directly into the model-fitting process. In our method, raw qPCR data are represented as molecule counts, and described using generalized linear mixed models under Poisson-lognormal error. A Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm is used to sample from the joint posterior distribution over all model parameters, thereby estimating the effects …

Coloring A Green Generation: The Law And Policy Of Nationally-Mandated Environmental Education And Social Value Formation At The Primary And Secondary Academic Levels, Whitney Stohr

The Journal of Law and Education

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On The Detectability Of Eccentric Binary Pulsars, Manjari Bagchi, Duncan R. Lorimer, Spencer Wolfe

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

By generalizing earlier work of Johnston and Kulkarni, we present a detailed description of the reduction in the signal-to-noise ratio for observations of binary pulsars. We present analytical expressions, and provide software, to calculate the sensitivity reduction for orbits of arbitrary eccentricity. We find that this reduction can be quite significant, especially in the case of a massive companion like another neutron star or a black hole. On the other hand, the reduction is less for highly eccentric orbits. We also demonstrate that this loss of sensitivity can be recovered by employing ‘acceleration search’ or ‘acceleration-jerk search’ algorithms.

Phy 1010g : Sustainable Energy, Physics

Approved Course Proposals

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Mat 4873 : Introduction To Cryptography, Mathematics And Computer Science

Approved Course Proposals

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Mat 3502 : Differential Equations Ii, Mathematics And Computer Science

Approved Course Proposals

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Ele 4100 : Assessing Student Learning: A Field-Based Experience, Ec/Ele/Mle

Approved Course Proposals

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Mat 3501 : Differential Equations I, Mathematics And Computer Science

Approved Course Proposals

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Product Lifecycle Management: Measuring What Is Important - Product Lifecycle Implementation Maturity Model, Abram Walton, Cynthia Tomovic, Michael Grieves

STEMPS Faculty Publications

Industry reports that benefits of PLM are difficult to assess because the same benefit can be expressed as a function of time, cost, quality, or any combination. Based on a review of the PLM literature in an earlier study, a PLM Process Model and an initial list of PLM related metrics was generated and later confirmed through interviews with experienced PLM users. In the current study, the original PLM Process Model was refined and the list of metrics was subjected to an exploratory factor analysis in which specific metrics were found to be related to one of four factors: Inputs, …

Perceptions Of New Doctoral Graduates On The Future Of The Profession, John Ritz, Gene Martin

STEMPS Faculty Publications

Advancement of a profession relies heavily on the participation of its members. Leadership roles must be filled at many levels. To effectively prepare future leaders, efforts must be undertaken to educate and mentor them both about their professions and how to lead within them. The authors sought to identify the perceptions of those who recently earned a doctoral degree with focus on technology and engineering education. In the past, this group developed and assumed major roles in leading their education professions. This study reports on new doctoral graduates’ perceptions related to the focus of content taught in formalized K-12 technology …

Redacting 'M. C. Escher And The Magen David', W. C. Bamberger

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

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Late in 2006 I received a query from Rob Reginald at Borgo Press asking if I would be interested in gathering my scattered essays and publishing them as a collection. My relationship with Rob had begun nearly twenty years earlier: in 1993 he had published my second book, William Eastlake: High Desert Interlocutor. Rob had left the publishing business for a few years, but now he was back. Borgo had become an imprint of Wildside Press (specialists in Fantasy and SF titles), and Rob was quickly adapting to the new protocols of publish-on-demand, e-books, et al. He …

Extremal Values Of Ratios: Distance Problems Vs. Subtree Problems In Trees, László A. Székely, Hua Wang

Mathematical Sciences: Faculty Publications

The authors discovered a dual behaviour of two tree indices, the Wiener index and the number of subtrees, for a number of extremal problems [Discrete Appl. Math. 155 (3) 2006, 374-385; Adv. Appl. Math. 34 (2005), 138-155]. Barefoot, Entringer and Székely [Discrete Appl. Math. 80 (1997), 37-56] determined extremal values of σT(w)/σT(u), σT(w)/σT(v), σ(T)/σT(v), and σ(T)/σT(w), where T is a tree on n vertices, v is in the centroid of …

Suggestions For The Design Of E-Learning Environments To Enhance Learner Self-Efficacy, Charles B. Hodges

Leadership, Technology & Human Development: Faculty Publications

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“Follow The Leader”: A Centrality Guided Clustering And Its Application To Social Network Analysis, Qin Wu, Xingqin Qi, Eddie Fuller, Cun-Quan Zhang

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Within graph theory and network analysis, centrality of a vertex measures the relative importance of a vertex within a graph. The centrality plays key role in network analysis and has been widely studied using different methods. Inspired by the idea of vertex centrality, a novel centrality guided clustering (CGC) is proposed in this paper. Different from traditional clustering methods which usually choose the initial center of a cluster randomly, the CGC clustering algorithm starts from a “LEADER”—a vertex with the highest centrality score—and a new “member” is added into the same cluster as the “LEADER” when some criterion is satisfied. …

The Big Banks: Background, Deregulation, Financial Innovation, And ‘Too Big To Fail,’, Charles W. Murdock

Faculty Publications & Other Works

The U.S. economy is still reeling from the financial crisis that exploded in the fall of 2008. This Article asserts that the big banks were major culprits in causing the crisis by funding the non-bank lenders that created the toxic mortgages, which the big banks securitized and sold to unwary investors. Ironically, banks that were then too big to fail are even larger today.

The Article briefly reviews the history of banking from the Founding Fathers to the deregulatory mindset that has been present since 1980. It then traces the impact of deregulation, which led to the savings and loan …

Well-Being Analysis Vs. Cost-Benefit Analysis, John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco, Jonathan S. Masur

Faculty Publications & Other Works

Cost-benefit analysis (CBA) is the primary tool used by policymakers to inform administrative decisionmaking. Yet its methodology of converting preferences (often hypothetical ones) into dollar figures, then using those dollar figures as proxies for quality of life, creates significant systemic errors. These problems have been lamented by many scholars, and recent calls have gone out from world leaders and prominent economists to find an alternative analytical device that would measure quality of life more directly. This Article proposes well-being analysis (WBA) as that alternative. Relying on data from studies in the field of hedonic psychology that track people’s actual experience …

What Kahneman Means For Lawyers: Some Reflections On Thinking, Fast And Slow, Charles W. Murdock, Barry Sullivan

Faculty Publications & Other Works

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Law And Discretion In The Supreme Court: A Response To Professor Lubet, Barry Sullivan

Faculty Publications & Other Works

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A Mystery Statute Approach: How To Teach And Test The Legal Skill Of Statutory Interpretation, Cynthia M. Ho

Faculty Publications & Other Works

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Mission Creep Or A Search For Relevance: The East African Court Of Justice’S Human Rights Strategy, James T. Gathii

Faculty Publications & Other Works

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Atomic And Molecular Adsorptions Of Hydrogen And Oxygen On Silicon Nanotubes: An Ab Initio Study, Haoliang Chen

Physics Dissertations - Archive

A systematic ab initio study of silicon nanotubes (SiNTs) in single-walled, double-walled armchair and zigzag configurations will be presented. Electronic and structural properties of all these nanostructures have been calculated using hybrid density functional B3LYP and 3-21G* basis set as implemented in the GAUSSIAN 03/09 suite of software. The binding energy increases as diameter of the nanotube increases generally for both armchair and zigzag SiNTs. The HOMO-LUMO gaps of the armchair and zigzag SiNTs are in the range from 0.20 to 1.81 eV and do not show any metallic behavior. Radial buckling calculations indicate that the armchair SiNTs all have …

Predicting A New Quaternary Photocatalyst Suitable For Pec Process To Produce Hydrogen And Determnation Of Its Structural, Electronics, And Optical Properties Using Density Functional Theory, Pranab Sarker

Physics Theses - Archive

Our present work represents a comprehensive theoretical and computational research in quest for predicting new photocatalysts suitable for photoelectrochemical process (PEC) to produce hydrogen by splitting water. We predict a new photocatalyst, CuBiW₂O₈ that exhibits some promising photocatalytic features seemed elusive to date. It is well known that all physical properties are calculated once ground state structure is known. However, knowing crystal structure is extremely challenging and was considered unpredictable before the material is synthesized. Our density functional theory (DFT) determines the crystal structure of CuBiW₂O₈ to be monoclinic which was later found energetically equivalent to its experimental counterpart. In …

The Electronic Properties Of Noble Metal Doped Silicon Nanocrystals Using Hybrid Density Functional Theory, Cedric Leon Mayfield

Physics Theses - Archive

One of the most challenging issues in semiconductor physics is to engineer band structures for a particular device. Contemporary photovoltaic (PV) and photoelectrochemical (PEC) devices rely on defect energy levels and nano-scaling to customize their band structures. As the length scale of a material becomes comparable to the exciton Bohr radius the free particle behavior of charge carriers transition to bound states where energy levels are quantized. In this thesis, hybrid density functional theory has been used to study the electronic properties of silicon nanocrystals (SiNCs) having 75, 150 and 300 silicon atoms. The atomic coordinates were defined by two …

Ties That Bind: A Network Perspective On University Spinouts, Patrick Mchugh

2013

Research universities execute technology transfer initiatives to transition university inventions to marketplace innovations. This process requires ties to bridge the gap between two disparate networks: a university's research community and a licensing corporate entity. One type of licensing corporate entity, and the focus of this research, is a newly formed university spinout. Utilizing a network lens, this study focuses on the ties between university inventors and spinout licensees and on the impact of various inter-organizational relationships on a spinout's success. This thesis investigates the following research questions: 1. How, if at all, does variation in the nature of the tie …