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The Observer, Central Washington University

Student Newspaper

Student newspaper for Central Washington University for December 4, 2014-January 14, 2015. Vol. 98, No. 9.

Assembling 3d Objects With Artificial Spatial Intelligence, Eugene Koon

Theses

The focus of this thesis is to provide an artificial intelligence (AI) system that can develop spatial intelligence. A MATLAB application of a genetic algorithm AI system has been implemented. The AI system will incorporate three dimensional (3D) objects that can learn to maneuver in 3D space so that they may be assembled with each other. As an example, two rectangles with holes and a nut will maneuver itself onto a screw. The performance of the AI system will then be recorded as video results.

The Montclarion, December 04, 2014, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Genetic And Environmental Variation In Condition, Cutaneous Immunity, And Haematocrit In House Wrens, Scott K. Sakaluk, Laura A. Vogel, Alastair J. Wilson, E. Keith Bowers, L. Scott Johnson, Brian S. Masters, Bonnie Gp Johnson, Anna M. Forsman, Charles F. Thompson

Faculty Publications – Biological Sciences

Background

Life-history studies of wild bird populations often focus on the relationship between an individual’s condition and its capacity to mount an immune response, as measured by a commonly-employed assay of cutaneous immunity, the PHA skin test. In addition, haematocrit, the packed cell volume in relation to total blood volume, is often measured as an indicator of physiological performance. A multi-year study of a wild population of house wrens has recently revealed that those exhibiting the highest condition and strongest PHA responses as nestlings are most likely to be recruited to the breeding population and to breed through two years …

A Scientometric Assessment Of Indian Himalayan R&D Publications During 2004-13, Brij Mohan Gupta Dr, Ritu Gupta

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper analyses 9909 global and 4862 Indian Himalayan R&D publications, as covered in Scopus database during 2004-13. It compares the contribution, citation impact and international collaborative publications share of top 10 most productive countries, and the place of Indiaamong them. It mainly examines Indian output, with a focus its annual average growth rate (13.21%), citation impact per paper (1.86%), distribution of citations (with 62.40% publications received one or more citations), share of international collaborative papers (16.29%) and contribution of leading collaborative countries, distribution of output by broad subject areas, publication productivity and citation impact of thirty leading institutions and …

College Of Engineering Senior Design Competition Fall 2014, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

Fred and Harriet Cox Senior Design Competition Projects

Part of every UNLV engineering student’s academic experience, the senior design project stimulates engineering innovation and entrepreneurship. Each student in their senior year chooses, plans, designs, and prototypes a product in this required element of the curriculum. A capstone to the student’s educational career, the senior design project encourages the student to use everything learned in the engineering program to create a practical, real world solution to an engineering challenge. The senior design competition helps focus the senior students in increasing the quality and potential for commercial application for their design projects. Judges from local industry evaluate the projects on …

Stand Structure And Acorn Production Of The Island Scrub Oak (Quercus Pacifica), Mario B. Pesendorfer, Kathryn M. Langin, Brian Cohen, Zachary Principe, Scott A. Morrison, T. Scott Sillett

Monographs of the Western North American Naturalist

Island scrub oak (Quercus pacifica), a keystone chaparral species on Santa Rosa, Santa Cruz, and Santa Catalina islands, provides habitat for a diverse assemblage of plant and animal species. The restoration of oak habitat is a management priority, but little is known about Q. pacifica stand structure and acorn production, 2 parameters that are important in the species’ recovery. To investigate whether species interactions and abiotic conditions have an effect on stand structure and acorn production, we sampled within-stand densities, tree sizes, and acorns in the 3 island populations that have been exposed to different herbivores, seed predators, …

Lanthorn, Vol. 49, No. 30, December 4, 2014, Grand Valley State University

Volume 49, July 7, 2014 - June 1, 2015

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

Population Genetics Of Two Key Mosquito Vectors Of Rift Valley Fever Virus Reveals New Insights Into The Changing Disease Outbreak Patterns In Kenya, David P. Tchouassi, Armanda D.S. Bastos, Catherine L. Sole, Mawlouth Diallo, Joel Lutomiah, James Mutisya, Francis Mulwa, Christian Borgemeister, Rosemary Sang, Baldwyn Torto

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Rift Valley fever (RVF) outbreaks in Kenya have increased in frequency and range to include northeastern Kenya where viruses are increasingly being isolated from known (Aedes mcintoshi) and newly-associated (Ae. ochraceus) vectors. The factors contributing to these changing outbreak patterns are unclear and the population genetic structure of key vectors and/or specific virus-vector associations, in particular, are under-studied. By conducting mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analyses on >220 Kenyan specimens of Ae. mcintoshi and Ae. ochraceus, we uncovered high levels of vector complexity which may partly explain the disease outbreak pattern. Results indicate that Ae. mcintoshi consists of a species complex …

My Life As An Autistic, Eren Denburg Niederhoffer

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

As an individual with Autism, the purpose of my presentation will be to share with the audience insight into my life dealing with autism, how I managed to find ways to overcome the obstacles in my life in spite of the autism, the cherished moments in my life that were made all the sweeter thanks to autism, and what I could have done in the past to better overcome the obstacles using the methods that I learned later in life.

Dutch Landscape Painting: Documenting Globalization And Environmental Imagination, Irene J. Klaver

Proceedings from the Document Academy

There is an old saying that God made the Earth, but the Dutch made the Netherlands; they did this by engineering relationships of the water and land.

The Dutch landscape is an authored landscape documenting human reaction to geological, economic, and cultural changes. As a consequence of Dutch globalization, landscape painting arose as a new form of painting, documenting these changes and reactions to them. In a period of newly created land, reclaimed and constructed by sheer human activity, the explicit construction of new environments apparently elicited an implicit desire to hold on to an older, familiar traditional landscape. The …

Cal Poly Center For Sustainability Receives Funding From Miossi Charitable Trust, Public Affairs Office

Press Releases

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Salt Marsh Fucoid Algae (Ecads) On Sediment Dynamics Of Northwest Atlantic Marshes, M. C. Tyrrell, Carol S. Thornber, J. A. Burkhardt, M. Congretel

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Resilience is currently a key theme within salt marsh ecological studies. Understanding the factors that affect salt marsh accretion and elevation gains are of paramount importance if management of these ecosystems is to be successful under increasing synergistic stresses of storm surge, inundation period, and eutrophication. We present the results of salt marsh fucoid algae (ecads) removal experiments on Spartina alterniflora abundance, production and decomposition and the sedimentary dynamics of two marshes on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The presence of the thick layer of marsh fucoids had a significant and positive influence on sediment deposition, accretion, concentration of water column particulates, …

Prospectus, December 3, 2014, Humna Sharif, Zach Trueblood, Kaleb Schwaiger

Prospectus 2014

HONORS IN ACTION WITH PHI THETA KAPPA; Mentoring program improves student success; A final round of study tips; Are electric cars greener?; Letter to the Editor: Parkland College Fall Open House; Illinois keeps football coach Tim Beckman; No. 1 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay'

The Effect Of Low Natural Gas Prices On The Market For Renewable, Liam Hecht

Washington Semester Program

No abstract provided.

Easterner, Vol. 66, No. 10, December 3, 2014, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains articles about the men's basketball victory over Indiana University, faculty members traveling to Olympia to petition legislators, college-aged Americans receiving insurance through Affordable Care Act, the Associated Students (ASEWU) goals, cyberbullying, the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs, and the men's and women's basketball seasons.

A Critical Evaluation Of The Trigger Point Phenomenon, John L. Quintner, Geoffrey M. Bove, Milton L. Cohen

Biomedical Sciences Faculty Publications

The theory of myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) caused by trigger points (TrPs) seeks to explain the phenomena of muscle pain and tenderness in the absence of evidence for local nociception. Although it lacks external validity, many practitioners have uncritically accepted the diagnosis of MPS and its system of treatment. Furthermore, rheumatologists have implicated TrPs in the pathogenesis of chronic widespread pain (fibromyalgia syndrome). We have critically examined the evidence for the existence of myofascial TrPs as putative pathological entities and for the “vicious cycles that are said to maintain them. We find that both are inventions that have no scientific …

Uab Study Suggests Potential Therapy For Most Common Form Of Early-Onset Dementia, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Alternative Approaches To Lung Insults, Melpo Christofidou-Solomidou, Ph.D.

Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine Presentations and Grand Rounds

Objectives:

• Provide an understanding of current available botanical agents and their usefulness in lung disease;

• Provide an overview of current complementary approaches to lung disease and active areas of research in pre-clinical testing;

Overall Goals and Objectives:

Following this activity, a participant should be able to:

1. Recognize recent advances and developments in Pulmonary Medicine & Critical Care and translate into clinical practice

2. Integrate perspectives of multiple disciplines into decision-making on behalf of patients through structured plans for patient care.

3. Develop areas for future research and discuss appropriate methods to address these needs.

4. Summarize and continually …

Evaluating The Progress Of A Mangrove Reforestation Project On Isla Galeta, Colon, Abigail Hope Outterson

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Just off the Atlantic coast of Panama, a dynamic and self-renewing ecosystem takes advantage of the tropical climate and swampy conditions. Guarding Punta Galeta’s shores since before it was a U.S. navy base in the 1930’s, mangroves that have persisted here for centuries now draw scientists and tourists alike from all over the world to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Center. Once viewed as unproductive, distasteful environments, mangroves are increasingly recognized worldwide as critical habitat for endangered and commercially significant species, as well as for their ecological and aesthetic value. Uniquely adapted to survive in saline environments, mangroves combine methods of …

Abq Free Press, December 3, 2014, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

No abstract provided.

Banner News, Rose Sibbel, Megan Olson, Makayla Carlson, Gian Buzzell, Amanda Betz, Bo Shen

Banner News

No abstract provided.

Management Of Channel Catfish Ictalurus Punctatus In The Missouri River, Nebraska, Brandon L. Eder

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

The popularity of catfish Ictaluridae nationally as a sport fish is well documented and angling for catfish on the Missouri River in Nebraska (NMR) is especially popular. Catfish monitoring program by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission (NGPC) began in 1974 and several short-term evaluations of Channel Catfish population dynamics have been performed. However, no long term analyses of population characteristics have been conducted since the early 1990s. The focus of this research was to summarize the status of Channel Catfish populations in the NMR and give recommendations for future management. I summarized population characteristics, modeled length limit regulations, and …

Protected Areas In Tropical Africa: Assessing Threats And Conservation Activities, Sandra Tranquilli, Michael Abedi-Lartey, Katharine Abernethy, Fidèle Amsini, Augustus Asamoah, Cletus Balangtaa, Stephen Blake, Estelle Bouanga, Thomas Breuer, Terry M. Brncic, Geneviève Campbell, Rebecca Chancellor, Colin A. Chapman, Tim R. B. Davenport, Andrew Dunn, Jef Dupain, Atanga Ekobo, Manasseh Eno-Nku, Gilles Etoga, Takeshi Furuichi, Sylvain Gatti, Andrea Ghiurghi, Chie Hashimoto, John A. Hart, Josephine Head, Martin Hega, Ilka Herbinger, Thurston C. Hicks, Lars H. Holbech, Bas Huijbregts, Hjalmar S. Kühl, Inaoyom Imong, Stephane Le-Duc Yeno, Joshua Linder, Phil Marshall, Peter Minasoma Lero, David Morgan, Leonard Mubalama, Paul K. N'Goran, Aaron Nicholas, Stuart Nixon, Emmanuelle Normand, Leonidas Nziguyimpa, Zacharie Nzooh-Dongmo, Richard Ofori-Amanfo, Babafemi G. Ogunjemite, Charles-Albert Petre, Hugo J. Rainey, Sebastien Regnaut, Orume Robinson, Aaron S. Rundus, Crickette M. Sanz, David Tiku Okon, Angelique Todd, Ymke Warren, Volker Sommer

Psychology Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Usda Grant Supports Unh Research On How Plants Recognize Friends And Foes, Lori Wright

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Spectator 2014-12-03, Editors Of The Spectator

The Spectator

No abstract provided.

A Geographical Analysis Of The Problems Of Agricultural Production In Al-Shamiya District, Waiting For Ibrahim Hussein Al-Moussawi

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

This topic is concerned with studying the problems of agricultural production in the district of Al-Shamiya in order to guide those involved in agricultural planning and development to know the reality production and its problems.This research dealt with the problems caused by natural factors, especially the problem of bush growth, the problem of salinity, the problem of soil waterlogging and the problems related to human factors represented by the problems of manpower, as well as the low efficiency of agricultural work performance, the problem of lack of financial capabilities, the problem of agricultural holdings, problems related to agricultural Requirements and …

The Guardian, December 3, 2014, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

Twelve page issue of The Guardian, the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. The Guardian has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Single- And Dual-Porosity Calibration And Long-Term Modeling Of Highly Conductive Floodplain Soils In The Ozark Ecoregion, Ryan P. Freiberger

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Phosphorus (P) is a critical nutrient for agriculture, but is also responsible for surface water enrichment that leads to algal growth. While P loading to surface waters has traditionally been thought to occur from surface runoff, contributions from subsurface transport can also be significant. Subsurface transport through gravelly soils in the Ozark ecoregion can have a significant, yet poorly-documented effect on P movement to groundwater.

Long-term P modeling was performed in HYDRUS-1D and 2D using data collected from short-term plot experiments featuring gravelly soils. Seven model levels were developed to illustrate a wide variety of laboratory and field conditions. Calibration …

Blast-Off: Determining Glioblastoma Goi Sequence Conservation Across Model Organisms, Joseph K. Kaplan

Theses

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) are aggressive brain tumors found in the nervous system of humans. Derived from glia such as astrocytes, oligodendrocytes and Schwannn cells, glioblastomas can develop throughout the nervous system, but are most commonly found in the brain. Prognosis following glioblastoma diagnosis is often very grim; only 3-5% of patients diagnosed with glioblastoma live beyond 36 months, therefore early detection and proper treatment are imperative. Scientists have studied the genetic factors linked to GBM development in humans and model organisms and determined a number of glioblastoma GOI. Many of the glioblastoma GOI have been previously identified as oncogenes such …