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The Institutional-Professoriate Tension: Scholarship Identity And Academic Alignment That Impact Scholars' Productivity And Well-Being, Milagros Pereyra-Rojas

Student Scholarship

Scholars and institutions alike are concerned with academic productivity. Scholars not only further knowledge in their professional fields, they also bring visibility and prestige to themselves and their institutions, which in turn attracts research grants and more qualified faculty and graduate students. Many studies have been done on scholar productivity; however, most of them focus on individual factors such as gender, marital status, and psychological characteristics rather than intrinsic academic factors such as scholars' academic values, institutional expectations and academic alignment between the scholar and the institution. In this study, we developed measures for the different kinds of scholarship based …

Photochemical Electrocyclic Ring Closure And Leaving Group Expulsion From N-(9-Oxothioxanthenyl)Benzothiophene Carboxamides, Majher I. Sarker, Tasnuva Shahrin, Mark G. Steinmetz, Qadir K. Timerghazin

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

N-(9-Oxothioxanthenyl)benzothiophene carboxamides bearing leaving groups (LG⁻ = Cl⁻, PhS⁻, HS⁻, PhCH₂S⁻) at the C-3 position of the benzothiophene ring system photochemically cyclize with nearly quantitative release of the leaving group, LG⁻. The LG⁻ photoexpulsions can be conducted with 390 nm light or with a sunlamp. Solubility in 75% aqueous CH₃CN is achieved by introducing a carboxylate group at the C-6 position of the benzothiophene ring. The carboxylate and methyl ester derivatives regiospecifically cyclize at the more hindered C-1 position of the thioxanthone ring. …

Global Permutationally Invariant Potential Energy Surface For Ozone Forming Reaction, Mehdi Ayouz, Dmitri Babikov

Chemistry Faculty Research and Publications

We constructed new global potential energy surface for O + O₂ → O₃ reaction. It is based on high level electronic structure theory calculations and employs fitting by permutationally invariant polynomial functions. This method of surface construction takes full advantage of permutation symmetry of three O nuclei and allows reducing dramatically the number of ab initio data points needed for accurate surface representation. New potential energy surface offers dramatic improvement over older surface of ozone in terms of dissociation energy and behavior along the minimum energy path. It can be used to refine the existing theories of ozone …

Towards Independent Particle Reconstruction From Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy, W. Lewis Collier, Jean Yves Hervé, Lenore Martin

Cell and Molecular Biology Faculty Publications

Coronary heart disease is the single largest killer of Americans so improved means of detecting risk factors before arterial obstructions appear are expected to lead to a improvement in quality of life with a reduced cost. This paper introduces a new approach to 3-D reconstruction of individual particles based on statistical modeling from a sparse set of 2-D projection images. This paper introduces a new approach to 3-D reconstruction of individual particles based on statistical modeling from a sparse set of 2-D projection images. The method is in contrast to the current state of practice where reconstruction is performed via …

Project: A Case Study In New Media Art Curation, Erin Smith

Research Papers

This is a case study on a new media art exhibit called “Project” which I curated at theVarsityCenterfor the Arts inCarbondale,Illinois. The exhibit was a culmination project for my Master of Science degree in Professional Media and Media Management at Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC).

In this case study I will first discuss how new media art is currently defined in the field as well as how I define it in relation to curating the exhibit. I will then reference the history of new media art and trace its development in the context of “Project”. Next I will delve into …

Robust Multivariate Regression, Hasthika S. Rupasinghe Arachchige Don

Research Papers

A robust multivariate linear regression estimator can be obtained by replacing the least squares estimator with the robust hbreg estimator. Then the robust multivariate linear regression estimator is asymptotically equivalent to the classical multivariate linear regression estimator since the probability that the robust estimator is equal to the classical estimator goes to one in probability as the sample size n tends to infinity for a large class of iid zero mean error distributions. This paper discusses the robust estimator and some tests using the robust estimator that are asymptotically equivalent to those using the classical estimator.

Seven Strategies For Enabling Student Success In The First-Year Music Theory Sequence, Melissa Hoag

Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy E-Journal 2013-2017

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Parenting Practices In Pregnancy Smokers Compared To Non Smokers, Mini Tandon, Xuemei Si, Andy Belden, Ed Spitznagel, Lauren S. Wakschlag, Joan Luby

Open Access Publications

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Mechanistic Model Of Natural Killer Cell Proliferative Response To Il-15 Receptor Stimulation, Yun M. Zhao, Anthony R. French

Open Access Publications

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Upper Extremity Freezing And Dyscoordination In Parkinson's Disease: Effects Of Amplitude And Cadence Manipulations, April J. Williams, Daniel S. Peterson, Michele Ionno, Kristen A. Pickett, Gammon M. Earhart

Open Access Publications

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Diabetes Increases Mortality After Myocardial Infarction By Oxidizing Camkii, Di Lang, Igor R. Efimov, Min Luo, Xiaoqun Guan, Elizabeth D. Luczak, William Kutschke, Zhan Gao, Jinying Yang, Patric Glynn, Samuel Sossalla, Paari D. Swaminathan, Robert M. Weiss, Baoli Yang, Adam G. Rokita, Et Al.

Open Access Publications

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Sonographic Accuracy Of Estimated Fetal Weight In Twins, Lorie M. Harper, Kimberly A. Roehl, Methodius G. Tuuli, Anthony O. Odibo, Alison G. Cahill

Open Access Publications

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Serverification Of Molecular Modeling Applications: The Rosetta Online Server That Includes Everyone (Rosie), Sergey Lyskov, Fang-Chieh Chou, Shane O. Conchuir, Bryan S. Der, Kevin Drew, Daisuke Kuroda, Jianqing Xu, Brian D. Weitzner, P. Douglas Renfrew, Parin Sripakdeevong, Benjamin Borgo, James J. Havranek, Brian Kuhlman, Tanja Kortemme, Richard Bonneau, Jeffrey J. Gray, Rhiju Das

Open Access Publications

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A Multicenter, Prospective Study Of A New Fully Covered Expandable Metal Biliary Stent For The Palliative Treatment Of Malignant Bile Duct Obstruction, Bert T. Petersen, Michel Kahaleh, Richard A. Kozarek, David Loren, Kapil Gupta, Thomas Kowalski, Martin Freeman, Yang K. Chen, Malcolm S. Branch, Steven Edmundowicz, Michael Gluck, Kenneth Binmoeller, Todd H. Baron, Raj J. Shah, Timothy Kinney, William Ross, Paul Jowell, David Carr-Locke

Open Access Publications

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Gas-Producing Renal Infection Presenting As Pneumaturia: A Case Report, Youssef S. Tanagho, Jonathan M. Mobley, Brian M. Benway, Alana C. Desai

Open Access Publications

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Motivational Disturbances And Effects Of L-Dopa Administration In Neurofibromatosis-1 Model Mice, David F. Wozniak, Kelly A. Diggs-Andrews, Sara Conyers, Carla M. Yuede, Joshua T. Dearborn, Jacquelyn A. Brown, Kazuhiro Tokuda, Yukitoshi Izumi, Charles F. Zorumski, David H. Gutmann

Open Access Publications

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Variables Associated With Performance Of An Active Limb Movement Following Within-Session Instruction In People With And People Without Low Back Pain, Sara A. Scholtes, Barbara J. Norton, Sara P. Gombatto, Linda R. Van Dillen

Open Access Publications

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Neoadjuvant Therapy In Operable Breast Cancer: Application To Triple Negative Breast Cancer, Foluso O. Ademuyiwa, Matthew J. Ellis, Cynthia X. Ma

Open Access Publications

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Civic Education And Democratic Capacity : How Do Teachers Teach And What Works?, Allison M. Martens, Jason Gainous

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Objectives In recent years, political scientists have found that civic education improves the democratic capacity of students, yet little research has been done to date on how and why civic education works when it does. In this study, we go inside the classroom to explore how teachers teach civics to find out what works best at preparing young people for responsible, democratic citizenship. Methods Using a survey of American students, principals, and teachers, we examine the varied instructional methods being employed by social studies teachers in ninth-grade classrooms across the country to determine which methods and which combinations of methods …

Success And Failure Of Experts And Novices In A Complex And Dynamic Business Simulation, Hannah Edelstein

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The current study examined the problem solving behaviors of novices and experts in a complex computer simulation. Dynamic decision-making and complex problem solving abilities were analyzed to investigate if experts are the most successful of all participants when simulating the role of CEO of a chocolate factory, CHOCO FINE. Participants included novices, business undergraduate students and psychology undergraduate students, and experts, small business owners. Results revealed that small business owners engaged in the most successful dynamic decision-making strategies. Experts compared to novices had more total monies at the end of the simulation, spent more time in the first two months …

A Tunable Electromagnetic Band-Gap Microstrip Filter, Greg A. Lancaster

Master's Theses

In high frequency design, harmonic suppression is a persistent struggle. Non-linear devices such as switches and amplifiers produce unwanted harmonics which may interfere with other frequency bands. Filtering is a widely accepted solution, however there are various shortcomings involved. Suppressing multiple harmonics, if desired, with traditional lumped element and distributed component band-stop filters requires using multiple filters. These topologies are not easily made tunable either. A new filter topology is investigated called Electromagnetic Band-Gap (EBG) structures.

EBG structures have recently gained the interest of microwave designers due to their periodic nature which prohibits the propagation of certain frequency bands. EBG …

Long Term Economic Impact Of The Natural Resources And Human Capital On The Growth Rate, Ibrahima Coulibaly

Research Papers

They have been growing debate among economists and others social-scientists about the relationship between natural resources and human capital and growth. Although most economists agreed, in short run that natural resources do impact growth negatively through human capital. But, the long term relationship seems to be unsettled, and they have not been too many studies focus on the long term equilibrium between natural resources and human capital. Therefore, this paper aims to contribute in growth literature, by studying at the long term relationship between natural resources, human capital, and growth, using Mali as a case study. Natural resource seems to …

Book Review: Weird Worlds: Bizarre Bodies Of The Solar System And Beyond, T. D. Oswalt

Publications

This document is Dr. Oswalt’s review of Weird Worlds : Bizarre Bodies of the Solar System and Beyond by David A. J. Seargent. Springer, 2013 309p, 1461470633 $34.95, 9781461470632 $34.95.

Elevated Electron Temperatures Around Twin Sporadic E Layers At Low Latitude: Observations And The Case For A Plausible Link To Currents Parallel To The Geomagnetic Field, A. Barjatya, J. P. St. Maurice, C. M. Swenson

Publications

We present data from nighttime sounding rocket flights in the low latitude E region. The payloads carried a sweeping Langmuir probe, a plasma impedance probe, and electric field probes. A detailed examination of the plasma density, temperature, and electric field measurements show two strong sporadic E (Es) layers with very high electron temperatures (∼1000 K) on each side of the upper layer. The lower layer was consistent with the presence of a strong zonal neutral wind shear. The upper layer was strongly influenced by the presence of a strongly negative vertical electric field, with zonal winds and …

Hydrodynamic Modeling Of Ns-Laser Ablation, David Autrique, Vasilios Alexiades, Harihar Khanal

Publications

Laser ablation is a versatile and widespread technique, applied in an increasing number of medical, industrial and analytical applications. A hydrodynamic multiphase model describing nanosecond-laser ablation (ns- LA) is outlined. The model accounts for target heating and mass removal mechanisms as well as plume expansion and plasma formation. A copper target is placed in an ambient environment consisting of helium and irradiated by a nanosecond-laser pulse. The effect of variable laser settings on the ablation process is explored in 1-D numerical simulations.

Time-Stepping For Laser Ablation, Harihar Khanal, David Autrique, Vasilios Alexiades

Publications

Nanosecond laser ablation is a popular technique, applied in many areas of science and technology such as medicine, archaeology, chemistry, environmental and materials sciences. We outline a computational model for radiative and collisional processes occurring during ns-laser ablation, and compare the performance of various low and high order time-stepping algorithms.

Heteroclinic And Homoclinic Connections Between The Sun-Earth Triangular Points And Quasi-Satellite Orbits For Solar Observations, Pedro J. Llanos, Gerald R. Hintz, Martin W. Lo, James K. Miller

Publications

Investigation of new orbit geometries exhibits a very attractive behavior for a spacecraft to monitor space weather coming from the Sun. Several orbit transfer mechanisms are analyzed as potential alternatives to monitor solar activity such as a sub-solar orbit or quasi-satellite orbit and short and long heteroclinic and homoclinic connections between the triangular points L4 and L5 and the collinear point L3 of the CRTBP (circular restricted three-body problem) in the Sun-Earth system. These trajectories could serve as channels through where material can be transported from L5 to L3 by performing small maneuvers at the departure of the Trojan orbit. …

The Impact Of The Clinical Nurse Leader/Navigator On Clinical Outcomes And Patient Satisfaction, Diane Smith Raines

UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In an era of value based purchasing and healthcare reform, hospitals face the challenge of delivering high quality care in an environment of diminishing resources. This performance improvement project describes the use of master’s prepared nurses on medical surgical units to improve quality and patient satisfaction. The setting was five medical surgical units in a 200+ bed hospital in the southeastern United States. Declining resources necessitated an increase in the nurse to patient ratios on the units (from 5:1 to 6:1). The project involved the modification of the model of care through the change in nurse/patient ratios and the addition …

The Implications Of Solvency Ii To Insurance Companies, Lu Wang

Theses and Dissertations

Solvency II is a new regulatory standard for European insurance companies. It aims to establish a revised set of capital requirements and risk management standards that will replace the current solvency requirements within the European Union market and will take effect in 2014. The directive will impact companies located in countries beyond the European Union.

Sediment Impact On The Formation Of Hypoxic Waters In The Northern Gulf Of Mexico: A Synthesis Of Sediment Texture, Composition, Erodibility And Transport, Rangley Claude Mickey

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Annual hypoxic events have been found to occur over the past several decades in the northern Gulf of Mexico (nGOM) and have prompted researchers to begin studying the mechanisms that control hypoxia formation so they may advise policy makers on the appropriate mitigating responses. This has led to the development of 3-dimensional modeling systems that incorporate marine physical, biological, geological, and chemical processes that may impact the formation and duration of hypoxic regimes in the nGOM. This study used field, laboratory, and modeling techniques to examine how sediment may be eroded from the seabed and where/how it is transported across …