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Mart 440.01m: Techniques Of Interactive Media Design, Heejoo Gwen Kim

University of Montana Course Syllabi

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Mart 422.01: Digital Compositing Ii, Hailey C. Faust

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Danc 298.01: Intership - Children's Dance, Jordan E. Dehline

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Feeding Ecology Of The Sandbar Shark In South Carolina Estuaries Revealed Through Δ13c And Δ15n Stable Isotope Analysis, David S. Shiffman, Bryan S. Frazier, John R. Kucklick, Daniel Abel, Jay Brandes, Gorka Sancho

Marine Science

Abstract: Stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen (δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N) from muscle samples were used to examine the feeding ecology of a heavily exploited shark species, the Sandbar Shark Carcharhinus plumbeus. Two hundred and sixty two Sandbar Sharks were sampled in five South Carolina estuaries. There were no significant differences in average δ¹³C or δ¹⁵N signatures between estuaries, between sampling years, or between male and female Sandbar Sharks, suggesting that these variables do not affect diet. A potential ontogenetic diet shift between young-of-year and juvenile Sandbar Sharks in South Carolina, similar …

Anxiety Of The Unknown In Art: Xu Bing's A Book From The Sky, Abigail Sease

Undergraduate Research Awards

Discusses Xu Bing's A Book from the Sky, an art installation piece composed of books, scrolls and banners written in pseudo-Chinese characters. The author posits that the purpose of the piece is to reflect the viewer's anxieties about the comprehension of language and information back onto themselves. The author's entry essay for the 2014 Undergraduate Research Awards is included.

Sodium Benzoate, A Food Preservative, Induces Anxiety And Motor Impairment In Rats, Ali Noorafshan, Mahboobeh Erfanizadeh, Saied Karbalay-Doust

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the behavioral characteristics, including anxiety and motor impairment, in sodium benzoate (NaB) treated rats. METHODS: The study was carried out between July and September 2012 in the Laboratory Animal Center of Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran. The rats were divided into 2 groups receiving distilled water and NaB (200mg/kg/day). All the animals received daily gavages for 4 weeks. At the end of the fourth week, anxiety, and motor function were assessed in elevated plus maze and rotarod test. RESULTS: According to the results, NaB-treated rats spent less time in the open arm and had fewer …

Study Of Fatigue Frequency And Its Association With Sociodemographic And Clinical Variables In Patients With Multiple Sclerosis, Nazanin Razazian, Nastaran Shokrian, Arash Bostani, Nasrin Moradian, Saeideh Tahmasebi

Neurosciences

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the frequency of fatigue and its association with demographic variables and disease specific variables in multiple sclerosis (MS) patients. METHODS: In this study, 300 patients (72% female, 28% male) with clinically definite MS admitted to the outpatient MS clinic of Imam Reza Hospital, affiliated to Kermanshah University of Medical Sciences, Kermanshah, Iran, were evaluated between November 2011 and September 2012. Their demographic and clinical characteristics were recorded on standardized forms. Fatigue was assessed using the fatigue severity scale. RESULTS: The frequency of fatigue was 62.3%, the mean age of patients was 35.26+/-8.7 SD. The mean age of …

Regulation Of Derivative Financial Instruments (Swaps, Options, And Futures), Ronald H. Filler, Jerry W. Markham

Books

As a result of the Dodd-Frank Act Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, derivatives regulation has become a hot topic on Wall Street and is, therefore, of much interest to law firms with financial institutions as clients. An increasing number of classes on this subject are being taught at law schools around the country, but, to date, there has been no casebook on the subject.

This casebook explores the regulation of swaps, futures and options by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission. It examines the regulatory history of derivative instruments and traces …

Communicative Universal Convertibility Matter-Energy-Information, Florentin Smarandache, Stefan Vladutescu

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

The research aims to reveal and prove the thesis of the neutral and convertibility relationship between constituent constructive elements of the universe: matter, energy and information. The approach perspective is a computationally-communicative-neutrosophic one. We configure a coherent and cohesive ideation line. Matter, energy and information are fundamental elements of the world. Among them, there is an inextricable multiple, elastic and evolutionary connection. The elements are defined by the connections between them. Our hypothesis is that the relationship between matter, energy and information is a neutral one. This relationship is not required by the evidence. At this level, it does not …

Law, Culture And Visual Studies, Richard K. Sherwin

Books

This highly interdisciplinary reference work brings together diverse fields including cultural studies, communication theory, rhetoric, law and film studies, legal and social history, visual and legal theory, in order to document the various historical, cultural, representational and theoretical links that bind together law and the visual.

This book offers a breath-taking range of resources from both well-established and newer scholars who together cover the field of law’s representation in, interrogation of, and dialogue with forms of visual rhetoric, practice, and discourse. Taken together this scholarship presents state of the art research into an important and developing dimension of contemporary legal …

Autocorrect? A Proposal To Encourage Voluntary Restitution Through The White-Collar Sentencing Calculus, Daniel Faichney

Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology

No abstract provided.

Evidence For Selection Acting On Immune-Related Iron Transport Genes In Wild Rodents, Dylan Adam Duchen

Public Health Theses

Every organism requires certain resources that they cannot endogenously produce; one such dietary component, iron, is essential for many basic cellular functions and the host-immune response. By studying patterns of genetic diversity within the genes involved in immune-related iron transport we can achieve a greater understanding of the evolutionary mechanisms which drive these processes, including those underlying host-pathogen interactions.

This thesis describes further evidence of patterns indicative of positive selection within apical regions of the transferrin receptor complex (Tfr1), sites known to be involved in an evolutionary arms race with pathogens, within two rodent species endemic to Europe and Asia, …

Effect Of Organic Carbon, C: N Ratio And Light On The Growth And Lipid Productivity Of Microalgae/Cyanobacteria Coculture, Athens Silaban, Rong Bai, M. Teresa Gutierrez-Wing, Ioan I. Negulescu, Kelly A. Rusch

Faculty Publications

Current culture methods based on monocultures under phototrophic regimes are prone to contamination, predation, and collapse. Native cultures of multiple species are adapted to the local conditions and are more robust against contamination and predation. Growth, lipid and biomass productivity of a Louisiana native coculture of microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) and cyanobacteria (Leptolyngbya sp.) in heterotrophic and mixotrophic regimes were investigated. Dextrose and sodium acetate at C:N ratios of 15:1 and 30:1 under heterotrophic (dark) and mixotrophic (400 μmol m-2 s-1) regimes were compared with autotrophic controls. The carbon source and C:N ratio impacted growth and biomass productivity. Mixotrophic cultures with …

Blanche Dubois: Feminist Forerunner, Andrea M. Grey

Theses

Andrea M. Grey’s thesis, Blanche Dubois: Feminist Forerunner, explores Blanche Dubois from Tennessee Williams’ A Streetcar Named Desire as a proto-feminist figure. Challenging traditional interpretations of Blanche as merely fragile or delusional, Grey argues that Blanche exhibits traits of modern feminism, advocating for female independence, financial self-sufficiency, and resistance to patriarchal oppression.

Blanche’s education, career as a teacher, and efforts to manage her family’s estate position her as an independent woman in a male-dominated world. However, societal constraints and gendered double standards undermine her agency. Her sexual autonomy is condemned while her male counterparts’ indiscretions are ignored. Blanche’s opposition …

Eece 7903/8903: Computational Science & Engineering Ii: Fluid Flow (Syllabus), Madhusudhanan Balasubramanian

Electrical and Computer Engineering Syllabi Archive

Course Description: Modeling of transport phenomena from governing physical principles (e.g. fluid flow) and numerical analysis of the underlying differential equations have a broad spectrum of applications ranging from biomedicine, engineering design and simulation, aerodynamics, weather forecasting to animated motion pictures. Topics covered will emphasize on a collective learning of physical phenomena and theoretical models that govern fluid flow, mathematical formulation, numerical analysis and visualization of fluid flow. Particular emphasis will be on mathematical development of finite-element methods for incompressible Navier-Stokes equations governing fluid flow in a non-moving domain. Class projects will be structured to aid learning key theoretical concepts …

Lida: A Systems-Level Architecture For Cognition, Emotion, And Learning, S. Franklin, T. Madl, S. Mello, J. Snaider

CCRG Papers

No abstract provided.

Vector Lida, J. Snaider, S. Franklin

CCRG Papers

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Wednesday, December 3, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

December

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The Daily Gamecock, Thursday, December 4, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

December

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The Daily Gamecock, Monday, November 10, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

November

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The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, November 11, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

November

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The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, November 18, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

November

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The Daily Gamecock, Monday, November 24, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

November

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The Daily Gamecock, Monday, November 17, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

November

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The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, November 25, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

November

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The Daily Gamecock, Monday, October 20, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

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The Daily Gamecock, Friday, October 10, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

October

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The Daily Gamecock, Friday, September 19, 2014, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

September

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Time For T? Immunoinformatics Addresses Vaccine Design For Neglected Tropical And Emerging Infectious Diseases, Frances E. Terry, Leonard Moise, Rebecca F. Martin, Melissa Torres, Nils Pilotte, Steven A. Williams, Anne S. De Groot

Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Vaccines have been invaluable for global health, saving lives and reducing healthcare costs, while also raising the quality of human life. However, newly emerging infectious diseases (EID) and more well-established tropical disease pathogens present complex challenges to vaccine developers; in particular, neglected tropical diseases, which are most prevalent among the world's poorest, include many pathogens with large sizes, multistage life cycles and a variety of nonhuman vectors. EID such as MERS-CoV and H7N9 are highly pathogenic for humans. For many of these pathogens, while their genomes are available, immune correlates of protection are currently unknown. These complexities make developing vaccines …

Cabassous Unicinctus (Cingulata: Dasypodidae), Virginia Hayssen

Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Cabassous unicinctus (southern naked-tailed armadillo) is a nocturnal, solitary, fossorial myrmecophage that ranges east of the Andes across the central lowlands of South America. It occupies a wide range of habitats including grassland, rain forest, cultivated pastures, flooded grasslands, forest patches, disturbed habitats, and gallery forests. C. unicinctus is listed as "Least Concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.