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Weekly Specials - 12.2.13, Campus House

Weekly Specials

Specials: Soup and Sandwich,

Steak Diane Ravioli,

Warm Spinach and Brussels Sprout Salad,

Herb Crusted Cod

Minutes, College Of Education School And Community Partnership Committee Meeting, December 2, 2013, Ann Marie Gunn

College of Education: Ad Hoc and Occasional Committees

Minutes from the December 2, 2013, meeting of the School and Community Partnership Committee of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's College of Education.

The Effects Of Processing Fluency On Restorative Environments, Andrea Ahles

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

2013-December-02-Hadii Mamudu Publications, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Medlineplus Diabetes Psa 30 Sec, Hakim Bellamy, Gale Hannigan

Historical and Administrative Collection

NNLM-funded Public Service Announcement promoting access to MedlinePlus for health information about diabetes.

Estimating Norms Of Commutators, Terry A. Loring, Freddy Vides

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

We find estimates on the norm of a commutator of the form $[f(x),y]$ in terms of the norm of $[x,y]$, assuming that $x$ and $y$ are bounded linear operators on Hilbert space, with $x$ normal and with spectrum within the domain of $f$. In particular we discuss $\|[x^2,y]\|$ and $\|[x^{1/2},y]\|$ for $0\leq x \leq 1$. For larger values of $\delta = \|[x,y]\|$ we can rigorous calculate the best possible upper bound $\|[f(x),y]\| \leq \eta_f(\delta)$ for many $f$. In other cases we have conducted numerical experiments that strongly suggest that we have in many cases found the correct formula for the …

Altitudinal And Thermal Variation In Ambient Nutrient Uptake And Uptake Kinetics In Temperate Streams, Brady Kohler

School of Natural Resources: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Temperature is often considered a master variable controlling many chemical reactions and biological processes. Research efforts have begun address how temperature affects whole stream nutrient uptake rates, but little has attention has been paid to the influence of temperature on nutrient uptake versus concentration kinetics. In this study, we investigated 1) how ambient nutrient uptake rates and 2) nutrient uptake kinetics vary along a thermal gradient established by an altitudinal gradient in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, USA. Instantaneous nutrient additions were performed at 15 streams within three adjacent drainage basins in the Colorado Rocky Mountains to test these questions. Ambient …

Changes In Poa Annua Populations In Response To Herbicides And Plant Growth Regulators, Jesse Brown

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Poa annua (annual bluegrass; ABG) is an invasive weedy species in turfgrass. Herbicides and plant growth regulators (PGRs) are often used for ABG control, providing limited or inconsistent results. Identifying shifts in ABG populations in response to these treatments would be beneficial for understanding inconsistent control. Our research employed amplified fragment length polymorphic (AFLP) markers with the objective to determine if there are changes in genetic structure of ABG populations after multiple-year season-long control programs in three states. Annual bluegrass was sampled after the second or third year of seven different season-long ABG treatments consisting of herbicide or PGR applications. …

University Chamber Ensembles, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

Disparity Of Principal Accountability, Mary Kathryn Taylor

Theses and Dissertations

This study begins with a review of court cases that have helped shape public education in America. Following the review is an analysis of federal reform in education from 1965 to the present, paired with educational leadership literature to highlight a disparity in what federal mandates and state policies have in place for accountability measures. The study ends with a state analysis of Illinois and Iowa to find the strengths and weaknesses of state policy in the area of principal accountability.

As policymakers have worked to increase accountability in K-12 education, efforts have focused on a variety of measures to …

Gulf Live: Heart Studies In Mississippi, Massachusetts To Join Forces, Ole Miss News

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Batterer Intervention Programs' Response To State Standards, Ashley Lynn Boal

Dissertations and Theses

The study of policy implementation has recently garnered research and federal attention highlighting the importance of implementation in achieving desired policy and program outcomes (Durlak & DuPre, 2008; Meyers, Durlak & Wandersman, 2012; National Institutes of Health, 2013). Psychology is one discipline that is well poised to guide the study of policy implementation as it can inform the creation, development, and outcomes associated with the introduction of a policy (Esses & Dovidio, 2011; Fischhoff, 1990). Given that batterer intervention programs (BIPs) have been developed to prevent future intimate partner violence (IPV) and improve victim safety, ensuring these programs have successfully …

Bismuth Nanoparticles As Medical X-Ray Contrast Agents: Synthesis, Characterization And Applications, Anna Laura Brown

Dissertations and Theses

Bismuth based nanomaterials have recently attracted attention as heavy element X-ray contrast agents because of the high atomic number and predicted biological compatibility of bismuth. Nanoparticle X-ray contrast agents may enable a number of novel medical imaging applications, including blood pool and site-directed imaging. However these hypothetical applications are hindered by lack of suitable synthetic methods for production of imaging agents. This dissertation describes synthesis of a novel class of bismuth nanoparticles that are aqueously stabilized using poly and monosaccharides. These particles are synthesized using highly biologically compatible reagents and are oxidatively stable in water and in moderately basic buffered …

Teacher Efficacy, Preparedness, And Empathy In Working With Refugee Students, Kelley Jo Moneymaker-Lamson

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

One of the most difficult pedagogical challenges Sawtooth School District elementary teachers are currently facing is the influx of refugee students and the uncertainty as to how to best assist them in becoming both academically successful as well as comfortable in a new social milieu. The purpose of this mixed method study is to evaluate teacher efficacy, sense of preparedness and empathy in relation to working with refugee students. Teachers' sense of self-efficacy has been linked to student achievement, student motivation and students' own sense of self-efficacy. However, there is a gap in research that explores teacher efficacy, preparedness and …

Alamire Consort, Peter Urquhart Director, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Stories: Be There When The Fish Hits The Ice, Dave Moore

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Gardner-Webb University Alumnus Announces Unique Fundraiser, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb alumnus and Dove Award winner Carl Cartee has completed a brand new Christmas extended-play (EP) album, and he is donating 100 percent of the proceeds to the ministry of Katie Davis in Uganda, Africa. Davis, a young woman from Franklin, Tenn., moved to Africa in 2007 at the age of 19 and eventually adopted 13 orphaned girls. She established Amazima Ministries International, and now works to provide jobs, education and medical care to the Ugandan people, all in the name of Jesus Christ.

World Aids Day Events Set For Tuesday At Um, Michael Newsom

University of Mississippi News

Candlelight vigil, panel discussion among events planned for reflection on the effects of AIDS

Um Sororities To Host Holiday Cookie Walk, Dennis Irwin

University of Mississippi News

Organizations look to celebrate the holidays with the Oxford community

The Free Press Vol 45 Issue 10, 12-02-2013, Kirsten Sylvain

Free Press, The

Budget estimates demand reaction--Languages and classics disband and reorganize--Ban conflicts with Gorham lifestyle--Student profile: Paul Nelson strives to serve--University and faculty union near agreement

Zinc Environment In Proteins: The Flexible And Reactive Core Of Hiv-1 Ncp7 And The Inhibitory Site Of Caspase-3, A. Gerard Daniel

Theses and Dissertations

Zinc is an essential cofactor of several proteins. The roles of zinc in these proteins are classified as catalytic, structural or regulatory. Zinc present in structural sites is considered to be a chemically inert, static structural element. On the contrary, previous studies on a C2H2 type zinc finger model compound and the C3H type HIV-1 NCp7 C-terminal zinc knuckle have shown that zinc at these sites can undergo coordination sphere expansion under the influence of a Pt based electrophile. The pentacoordination observed around zinc in these experiments raises an important question: are the structural zinc motifs found in the proteins …

Millennial-Scale Temperature Change Velocity In The Continental Northern Neotropics, Alexander Correa-Metrio

Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Climate has been inherently linked to global diversity patterns, and yet no empirical data are available to put modern climate change into a millennial-scale context. High tropical species diversity has been linked to slow rates of climate change during the Quaternary, an assumption that lacks an empirical foundation. Thus, there is the need for quantifying the velocity at which the bioclimatic space changed during the Quaternary in the tropics. Here we present rates of climate change for the late Pleistocene and Holocene from Mexico and Guatemala. An extensive modern pollen survey and fossil pollen data from two long sedimentary records …

December 2, 2013: Conference On Science And Civic Engagement, Moral And Ethical Leadership, Book About College History, Saint Mary's College Of California

SMC Bulletin 2013-2020

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Water Availability And Pest Pressures On Tea (Camellia Sinensis) Growth And Functional Quality, Selena Ahmed, Colin M. Orians, Timothy S. Griffin, Sarabeth Buckley, Uchenna Unachukwu, Anne Elise Stratton, John Richard Stepp, Albert Robbat Jr, Sean Cash, Edward J. Kennelly

Publications and Research

Extreme shifts in water availability linked to global climate change are impacting crops worldwide. The present study examines the direct and interactive effects of water availability and pest pressures on tea (Camellia sinensis; Theaceae) growth and functional quality. Manipulative greenhouse experiments were used to measure the effects of variable water availability and pest pressures simulated by jasmonic acid (JA) on tea leaf growth and secondary metabolites that determine tea quality. Water treatments were simulated to replicate ideal tea growing conditions and extreme precipitation events in tropical southwestern China, a major centre of tea production. Results show that higher water availability …

Guitar Ensemble, Brian Villaruel, Thomas Velazquez, Jayson Gailos, David Andersen, Issa Acosta, Patrick Worley, Hugo Maia

Chamber Music Programs

Program listing performers and works performed.

Junior Recital, Valerie Reives, Jae Ahn-Benton

Junior Recitals

List of performers and performances.

Junior Recital, Valerie Reives, Jae Ahn-Benton

Junior Recitals

List of performers and performances.

Academic Assessment

Academic Affairs Policies

Academic assessment is a process designed to maximize student learning through faculty members identifying and responding to student weaknesses without concern of consequences to themselves. As such, it aligns program curriculum with teaching to foster and enhance student-learning outcomes. Although outcomes, curriculum, and teaching strategies will vary from program to program, the process includes common components and is cyclic and ongoing.

2013-12-02 Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress meeting minutes for December 2, 2013.

Discursive Narrative Analysis: A Study Of Online Autobiographical Accounts Of Self-Injury, Olga Sutherland, Andrea V. Breen, Stephen P. Lewis

The Qualitative Report

This article offers an innovation in narrative analysis afforded by incorporating analytic concepts from discourse analysis. We share some examples from our study of online autobiographical accounts of non - suicidal self - injury (NSSI) to illustrate the various aspects of a discursive narrative approach to research. We show how the participants construct events and experiences as sequentially linked and temporarily related using a range of discursive practices and devices, including producing contrasting descriptions of emotional states, using figurative language, vivid or vague descriptions, and extreme case formulations. The specific way in which experience was constituted as sequentially and causally …