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Gardner-Webb’S Annual “Festival Of Lights” Returns Dec. 5, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb University’s Festival of Lights has become a Christmas tradition and is a way for students, faculty, staff and community members to usher in the holiday season. This year’s event will be held Thursday, Dec. 5 at 7 p.m. in the Dover Theatre, located in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center on the Gardner-Webb campus. The event features the GWU concert choir, chorale, and other ensembles, under the direction of Dr. Paul Etter, director of choral activities at GWU.

Gardner-Webb Symphonic Band To Perform In Concert On Dec. 3, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

The Gardner-Webb University School of Performing and Visual Arts – Symphonic Band presents a fall concert featuring a tribute to President John F. Kennedy in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his death. The event takes place on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at 8 p.m. in the Kathleen Nolan Dover Theatre, located in the Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center (LYCC). “Our honor to John F. Kennedy will be a presentation of Ronald Lo Presti’s ‘Elegy for A Young American’,” said Dr. Matt Whitfield, professor of music and director of the GWU Symphonic Band.

Dr. Hebert Palomino Helps Spread Baptist Faith In Communist Cuba, Office Of University Communications, Alyssa Gutierrez

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Although the Cold War ended over 22 years ago, a long-standing view against religious practice is finally beginning to thaw in the island nation of Cuba, due in part to the efforts of one Gardner-Webb University professor. For several years now, Dr. Hebert Palomino has been teaching and preparing Cuban citizens to become pastors, and has taken over 10 trips in the past several years to the capitol city of Havana to offer his services and the help spread the Word. While the prevailing religion in the country before the Communist takeover was Catholicism, the nation, who became almost totally …

Gardner-Webb University Presents 2013 Advent Devotional Book, Frank Bonner, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Dear Gardner-Webb Family and Friends, It is my pleasure to bring you Christmas greetings, and to present the 2013 Advent Devotional Book. The season of Advent is a very special time for Christians, a time to anticipate the coming of Emmanuel and the emergence of His grace in our lives. But Advent is also important corporately, for the Church and for our University, because it is in Christ’s appearance among us that we find our true identity.

Doctoral Recital, Otto Ehling, Laraine Kaizer-Viazovtsev, Lindsay Springer

Graduate Student Recitals

List of performers and performances.

Thanksgiving, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

As with all American traditions, if it happened once or twice it is one. Therefore I present my traditional Thanksgiving piece.

Identifying Clouds Over The Pierre Auger Observatory Using Infrared Satellite Data, P. Abreu, M. Aglietta, M. Ahlers, E. J. Ahn, I. F.M. Albuquerque, I. Allekotte, J. Allen, P. Allison, A. Almela, J. Alvarez Castillo, J. Alvarez-Muñiz, R. Alves Batista, M. Ambrosio, A. Aminaei, L. Anchordoqui, S. Andringa, T. Antičić, C. Aramo, F. Arqueros, H. Asorey, P. Assis, J. Aublin, M. Ave, M. Avenier, G. Avila, A. M. Badescu, K. B. Barber, A. F. Barbosa, R. Bardenet, B. Baughman, J. Bäuml, C. Baus, J. J. Beatty

Faculty Publications

We describe a new method of identifying night-time clouds over the Pierre Auger Observatory using infrared data from the Imager instruments on the GOES-12 and GOES-13 satellites. We compare cloud identifications resulting from our method to those obtained by the Central Laser Facility of the Auger Observatory. Using our new method we can now develop cloud probability maps for the 3000 km2 of the Pierre Auger Observatory twice per hour with a spatial resolution of ∼2.4 km by ∼5.5 km. Our method could also be applied to monitor cloud cover for other ground-based observatories and for space-based observatories. © 2013 …

Nonlinear Scoring Functions For Similarity-Based Ligand Docking And Binding Affinity Prediction, Michal Brylinski

Faculty Publications

A common strategy for virtual screening considers a systematic docking of a large library of organic compounds into the target sites in protein receptors with promising leads selected based on favorable intermolecular interactions. Despite a continuous progress in the modeling of protein-ligand interactions for pharmaceutical design, important challenges still remain, thus the development of novel techniques is required. In this communication, we describe eSimDock, a new approach to ligand docking and binding affinity prediction. eSimDock employs nonlinear machine learning-based scoring functions to improve the accuracy of ligand ranking and similarity-based binding pose prediction, and to increase the tolerance to structural …

Koszul Duality And Semisimplicity Of Frobenius, Pramod N. Achar, Simon Riche

Faculty Publications

A fundamental result of Beǐlinson-Ginzburg-Soergel states that on flag varieties and related spaces, a certain modified version of the category of adic perverse sheaves exhibits a phenomenon known as Koszul duality. The modification essentially consists of discarding objects whose stalks carry a nonsemisimple action of Frobenius. In this paper, we prove that a number of common sheaf functors (various pull-backs and push-forwards) induce corresponding functors on the modified category or its triangulated analogue. In particular, we show that these functors preserve semisimplicity of the Frobenius action. © Association des Annales de l'institut Fourier, 2013.

Brief Of Political Scientists And Historians As Amici Curiae In Support Of Respondent, National Labor Relations Board, Petitioner V. Noel Canning, No. 12-1281, United States Supreme Court (Nov. 25, 2013), David F. Forte, Hadley P. Arkes, Joseph M. Bessette, Nelson Lund, Jeremy A. Rabkin, Ralph A. Rossum

Law Faculty Briefs and Court Documents

The Recess Appointments Clause does not permit the unilateral appointments to the NLRB made by the President in this case. Those appointments - made during a three-day “intra-session” break when the Senate was meeting pro forma - are unique in the history of the Republic. They are also the culmination of unnecessary and inappropriate Executive overreaching. This overreaching has undermined a valuable Senate prerogative in a manner unfathomable to the Founders and inconsistent with the design of the Constitution.

The primary purpose of this brief is to show that adhering to the original meaning of the Recess Appointments Clause has …

The Relevance Of The Contract Administrator’S Certificates Under The Principle Forms Of Irish Building Contract., Tony Cunningham

Other Resources

Decision-making is a key aspect of contract administration, and includes duties such as certification. This process requires the contract administrator to exercise judgement on various matters arising from the performance of the contract. In theRepublicofIreland, the principle forms of main contract are the Royal Institution of Architects in Ireland (RIAI) ‘Yellow Form’ for private sector work and the Government Construction Contracts Committee (GCCC) Public Works Contract for public sector contracts. These contracts require the contract administrator to issue certain certificates. This study identifies these certificates and explains the relevance of each.

The discussion describes the characteristics of certificates and examined …

"You-Me-Unity" Multicultural Folklife Festival - London, Kentucky (Fa 637), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

This collection features publications and photo documentation of the 2006 “You-Me-Unity” festival held on 27-28 October 2006 in London, Kentucky. Booths and presentations were given by local traditional artisans as well as Kentucky historians at the Bennett Center.

Kentucky State University - Frankfort, Kentucky - Homecoming (Fa 639), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Finding Aids

Finding aid only for Folklife Archives Project 639. This collection features documentation of the October 2007 Kentucky State University (KSU) Homecoming festivities, as well as KSU's presentation at the Kentucky Folklife Festival.

The Daily Egyptian, November 25, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2013

No abstract provided.

Fsec Meeting Minutes November 25, 2013, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Extreme Evolutionary Conservation Of Functionally Important Regions In H1n1 Influenza Proteome, Samantha Warren, Xiu-Feng Wan, Gavin Conant, Dmitry Korkin

CVM Publications

No abstract provided.

Crow's Nest, November 25, 2013, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The November 25, 2013, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Cabinet Minutes 11-25-2013, Executive Cabinet

NCSA Minutes

No abstract provided.

2013 - Vocal Showcase, Neiu Music Department

Music Department Performance Programs

Vocal Showcase, Kathy Cowan, Robert Heitzinger, Phyllis Hurt, Michael Melton

Inefficiency In Exports, Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Newspaper and Magazine Articles

Pakistan’s merchandise exports have declined from 0.18 percent in 1990 to 0.14 percent of the world export market in the last twenty five years. India’s share has tripled from 0.57 percent to 1.78 while Bangladesh’s share has risen from 0.05 percent to 0.14 percent in the same period. Pakistan’s exports, which used to be only one third of India, have fallen to one tenth and Bangladesh, which used to lag behind with its exports being only one third of Pakistan’s in 1990, exceeded our exports level last year. At the turn of the millennium, 97 percent of merchandise exports used …

Immaculate Deflection Film To Air Nov. 27 On Mpb, Misty Cowherd

University of Mississippi News

Game remembered as one of the wildest finishes in storied history of Ole Miss-MSU series

Cytotoxicity In The Age Of Nano: The Role Of Fourth Period Transition Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Physicochemical Properties, Charles C. Chusuei, Chi-Heng Wu, Shravan Mallavarapu, Fang Yao Stephen Hou, Chen-Ming Hsu, Jeffrey G. Winiarz, Robert S. Aronstam, Yue-Wern Huang

Clinical Lab Sciences Faculty Research and Publications

A clear understanding of physicochemical factors governing nanoparticle toxicity is still in its infancy. We used a systematic approach to delineate physicochemical properties of nanoparticles that govern cytotoxicity. The cytotoxicity of fourth period metal oxide nanoparticles (NPs): TiO₂, Cr₂O₃, Mn₂O₃, Fe₂O₃, NiO, CuO, and ZnO increases with the atomic number of the transition metal oxide. This trend was not cell-type specific, as observed in non-transformed human lung cells (BEAS-2B) and human bronchoalveolar carcinoma-derived cells (A549). Addition of NPs to the cell culture medium did not significantly …

Newsroom: A New Kind Of Law Clinic, Roger Williams University School Of Law

Life of the Law School (1993- )

No abstract provided.

Bjc Today

BJC Today

No abstract provided.

Knockdown Of Selenocysteine-Specific Elongation Factor In Amblyomma Maculatum Alters The Pathogen Burden Of Rickettsia Parkeri With Epigenetic Control By The Sin3 Histone Deacetylase Corepressor Complex, Steven W. Adamson, Rebecca E. Browning, Khemraj Budachetri, José M.C. Ribeiro, Shahid Karim

Faculty Publications

Selenocysteine is the 21st naturally-occurring amino acid. Selenoproteins have diverse functions and many remain uncharacterized, but they are typically associated with antioxidant activity. The incorporation of selenocysteine into the nascent polypeptide chain recodes the TGA stop codon and this process depends upon a number of essential factors including the selenocysteine elongation factor (SEF). The transcriptional expression of SEF did not change significantly in tick midguts throughout the blood meal, but decreased in salivary glands to 20% at the end of the fast feeding phase. Since selenoprotein translation requires this specialized elongation factor, we targeted this gene for knockdown by RNAi …

Andye Dawson Earns First-Team Cosida Academic All-America Soccer Honors, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Women's Soccer News (Archived)

Andye Dawson Earns First-Team CoSIDA Academic All-America Soccer Honors. Armstrong Atlantic State University senior midfielder Andye Dawson has been named to the first team of the 2013 Capital One/CoSIDA Academic All-America DII Women's Soccer squad, announced today by CoSIDA.

Mike Davison And The Latin Jazz Messengers, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

Armstrong Volleyball Seeded Second In Ncaa Southeast Regional, Armstrong State University

Armstrong Athletics: Women's Volleyball News (Archived)

Armstrong Volleyball Seeded Second In NCAA Southeast Regional. The No. 17-ranked Armstrong Atlantic State University volleyball squad will be making its sixth straight and 11th overall appearance in the NCAA Division II Volleyball Championships with tonight's release of the 64-team field.

Volunteers Needed For Local Salvation Army Campaigns, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

One of the most iconic sights and sounds of the holidays is a ringing bell and The Salvation Army Red Kettle. With the Christmas season right around the corner, The Salvation Army offices of Cleveland and Rutherford Counties are seeking volunteers to help at various locations throughout both counties. While some members of the Gardner-Webb University family have already volunteered to give their time, more people are needed to ring bells as well as help with the food and toy distributions for families in need the week of Dec. 16.

Information-Entropic Stability Bound For Compact Objects: Application To Q-Balls And The Chandrasekhar Limit Of Polytropes, Marcelo Gleiser, Damian Sowinski

Dartmouth Scholarship

Spatially-bound objects across diverse length and energy scales are characterized by a binding energy. We propose that their spatial structure is mathematically encoded as information in their momentum modes and described by a measure known as configurational entropy (CE). Investigating solitonic Q-balls and stars with a polytropic equation of state P=Kργ, we show that objects with large binding energy have low CE, whereas those at the brink of instability (zero binding energy) have near maximal CE. In particular, we use the CE to find the critical charge allowing for classically stable Q-balls and the Chandrasekhar limit for white dwarfs (γ=4/3) …