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African Elephant Vocalizations, Michael T. Johnson

Dr. Dolittle Project: A Framework for Classification and Understanding of Animal Vocalizations

Sound files:

Croak ; Rumble ; Rev ; Snort ; Trumpet

December 11, 2013 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Agenda And Attachments, 2013 December 11

Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Head Coaching Gender Equality At The Division Iii Level, James Troutman

Sport Management Undergraduate

Throughout history gender discrimination has created barriers that have prevented women from achieving their desired career goals no matter what the work setting is. One way that steps were made towards the elimination of gender discrimination was the enactment of Title IX in 1972. Pervious research has examined barriers that women head coaches coaching men’s teams have had to overcome in order to acquire their position. The coaches who were used in that research either coached NCAA Division I men’s teams or all three divisions combined. The barriers these women experienced were both externally and internally barriers. The external barriers …

Volume 105 Issue 12, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

The Southwestern - Archive

No abstract provided.

Bryant, David Lee, 1923-2000 (Sc 2799), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and full-text scan for Manuscripts Small Collection 2799. Typescripted personal history of David Lee Bryant (1923-2000) describing his upbringing in Todd County, Kentucky, his World War II military service, his capture by the Germans and liberation by the Russian Army, his subsequent work for a wholesale grocery firm, and his wife and three sons. Includes article about Bryant published 5 February 1986 in the (Greenville, Kentucky) Leader-News, and explanatory letter of his son Gary L. Bryant, 21 November 2013.

Virtue Through Harmony: An Exploration Of The Ethical Role Of Music In Society, Sylvan Tovar

Senior Theses

Music can profoundly affect individuals and societies. Individuals use music to express themselves, their opinions, their worldview, their emotions, all channeled through the medium of sound. Societies use music to help give identity to their culture. Music has inspired people to take up arms for their country, or to revolt. It has gathered people of different backgrounds together under the banner of peace and of war. It has inspired people to march, it has driven them to yell, to scream, to dance, to pray, to kiss and hold, to break down and cry. Music can help people sleep, can affect …

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper, December 11, 2013, George Fox University Archives

"The Crescent" Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of George Fox University Archives.

Volume 51, Number 17: December 11, 2013, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

First Mechanism-Based Drug Design Underway In Kidney Disease, Jim Bakken

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Senate Statutes - Title Viii (Finance Code) - Updated 12-11-13, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

No abstract provided.

Senate Statutes - Title I (Definitions) - Updated 12-11-13, Adam Aldridge

Legislative Branch Publications

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, December 11, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2013

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Power In Organizational Corruption: An Empirical Study, David Jancsics, István Jávor

Publications and Research

This article concerns the extent to which corrupt behavior is dependent on the organizational power structure and the resources available for illegal exchange. This qualitative study is based on 42 in-depth interviews with organizational actors in different organizations in Hungary. Four core themes emerged from the analysis of the interviews: (a) isolated corruption at the bottom, (b) the middle level’s own corruption, (c) “technicization” when middle-level professionals and expert groups are used to legalize the corruption of the dominant coalition, and (d) “turning-off controls” when organizational elites intentionally deactivate internal and external controls to avoid detection.

Blame Me For Your Bad Grade: Autonomy In The Basic Digital Photography Classroom As A Means To Combat Poor Student Performance, Erin Collette Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis explores current research on autonomy. Autonomy is defined in three categories: freedom to pose questions and encouraging student choice, trust in students to solve problems posed by those questions, and allowing student reflection on progress. Autonomy is one solution to promote intrinsic motivation in students. Autonomy supportive classrooms feature mainly language learning atmospheres in research. However, it is also pertinent to contemporary art education as it promotes an environment for student creativity. Student performance and the modes of measurement for this research project are based on common formative and summative assessment measures. Will autonomy in the classroom combat …

The Bg News December 11, 2013, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 11, 2013. Volume 93-Issue 46.

Use Of Irf-3 And/Or Irf-7 Knockout Mice To Study Viral Pathogenesis: Lessons From A Murine Retrovirus-Induced Aids Model, Megan A. O'Connor, William R. Green

Dartmouth Scholarship

Interferon regulatory factor (IRF) regulation of the type I interferon response has not been extensively explored in murine retroviral infections. IRF-3(-/-) and select IRF-3/7(-/-) mice were resistant to LP-BM5-induced pathogenesis. However, further analyses strongly suggested that resistance could be attributed to strain 129-specific contamination of the known retrovirus resistance gene Fv1. Therefore, caution should be taken when interpreting phenotypes observed in these knockout mice, as strain 129-derived genetic polymorphisms may explain observed differences.

Can Bohmian Mechanics Be Made Relativistic?, Detlef Dürr, Sheldon Goldstein, Travis Norsen, Ward Struyve, Nino Zaghì

Physics: Faculty Publications

In relativistic space-time, Bohmian theories can be formulated by introducing a privileged foliation of space-time. The introduction of such a foliation – as extra absolute space-time structure – would seem to imply a clear violation of Lorentz invariance, and thus a conflict with fundamental relativity. Here, we consider the possibility that, instead of positing it as extra structure, the required foliation could be covariantly determined by the wave function. We argue that this allows for the formulation of Bohmian theories that seem to qualify as fundamentally Lorentz invariant. We conclude with some discussion of whether or not they might also …

The Design And Validation Of A Computational Rigid Body Model For Study Of The Radial Head, Cassandra Woodcock

Theses and Dissertations

Rigid body modeling has historically been used to study various features of the elbow joint including both physical and computational models. Computational modeling provides an inexpensive, easily customizable, and effective method by which to predict and investigate the response of a physiological system to in vivo stresses and applied perturbations. Utilizing computer topography scans of a cadaveric elbow, a virtual representation of the joint was created using the commercially available MIMICS(TM) and SolidWorks(TM) software packages. Accurate 3D articular surfaces, ligamentous constraints, and joint contact parameters dictated motion. The model was validated against two cadaveric studies performed by Chanlalit et al. …

The Osterix Reporter Mouse Identifies A Bone Marrow Skeletal Progenitor Cell Population, Sara E. Strecker

Doctoral Dissertations

Multipotent skeletal progenitor cells that reside in the bone marrow and contribute to the maintenance and repair of bone tissue are difficult to identify and, as a result, remain poorly understood. Osterix is a zinc finger transcription factor, which functions as a key regulator of bone formation. Cells of the osteoblast lineage generate bone tissue by depositing a mineralized matrix [1, 2]. Osterix is selectively expressed in cells of the osteoblast lineage and has an essential function in osteoblast commitment and bone formation [1, 3]. While it is generally accepted that Osterix is expressed …

Localization Of Auditory Spatial Targets In Sighted And Blind Subjects, Richard Nuckols

Theses and Dissertations

This research was designed to investigate the fundamental nature in which blind people utilize audible cues to attend to their surroundings. Knowledge on how blind people respond to external spatial stimuli is expected to assist in development of better tools for helping people with visual disabilities navigate their environment. There was also interest in determining how blind people compare to sighted people in auditory localization tasks. The ability of sighted individuals, blindfolded individuals, and blind individuals in localizing spatial auditory targets was assessed. An acoustic display board allowed the researcher to provide multiple sound presentations to the subjects. The subjects’ …

Feed Rate Effects In Freeform Filament Extrusion, Omkar Rishi

Theses

3D printing technologies have evolved drastically in the last decade. Professional grade 3D printers produce very high quality parts largely because they have been optimized for use with just a few different materials and do not allow the user to change process parameters. Conversely, Freeform Filament Extrusion (FFE) is a technology that has emerged as a favorite of hobbyists due to widespread availability of low cost open architecture machines that permit extensive experimentation with any number of materials. The FFE 3D printing process operates by feeding thermoplastic filament through a heated nozzle while the nozzle "draws" the desired pattern one …

Two Uab Professors Elected As Fellows To National Academy Of Inventors, Jim Bakken

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

The Role Of Algal Symbiont Community Dynamics In Reef Coral Responses To Global Climate Change, Ross Cunning

Open Access Dissertations

The continued growth and survival of reef-building corals is essential to sustain the goods and services provided by coral reefs, worth billions of dollars annually. However, warming oceans are causing more frequent and severe episodes of coral bleaching, the breakdown of symbiosis between corals and their algal symbionts (Symbiodinium spp.), which threatens corals’ survival unless they can adapt or acclimatize. One way that corals may increase their thermal tolerance is by associating with different Symbiodinium types. Changes in partner abundance may also have functional consequences, but these symbiont dynamics are poorly understood. This dissertation aims to provide a clearer understanding …

Two Seniors Receive Minnesota High Tech Association Stem Scholarships, Macalester College

College Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Staff Senate Minutes, 2013 December 10, Clemson University

Staff Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Cal Poly Fall Commencement Set For Dec. 14, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Cal Poly Women Engineers Awarded Gold For 10th Time, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

General Education Subcommittee Minutes, December 10, 2013, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

Course Approvals

Course/Designation Removals

Syllabi Approvals

Business

• Communication Intensive (CI) requirement

Information

• Two USU Course Requirement
• Revision of the web pages for USU 1330, 1340 and 1300
• No USU course will be included in the schedule unless it has a subtitle

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Structure And Dynamics Of Self-Assembling Colloidal Monolayers In Oscillating Magnetic Fields, Alison E. Patteson (Koser), Nathan C. Keim, Paulo E. Arratia

Physics - All Scholarship

Many fascinating phenomena such as large-scale collective flows, enhanced fluid mixing, and pattern formation have been observed in so-called active fluids, which are composed of particles that can absorb energy and dissipate it into the fluid medium. For active particles immersed in liquids, fluid-mediated viscous stresses can play an important role on the emergence of collective behavior. Here, we experimentally investigate their role in the dynamics of self-assembling magnetically driven colloidal particles which can rapidly form organized hexagonal structures. We find that viscous stresses reduce hexagonal ordering, generate smaller clusters, and significantly decrease the rate of cluster formation, all while …