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The Anchor, Volume 128.12: November 26, 2014, Hope College

The Anchor: 2014

The Anchor began in 1887 and was first issued weekly in 1914. Covering national and campus news alike, Hope College’s student-run newspaper has grown over the years to encompass over two-dozen editors, reporters, and staff. For much of The Anchor's history, the latest issue was distributed across campus each Wednesday throughout the academic school year (with few exceptions). In recent years The Anchor moved to monthly print issues and a more frequently updated website. The Anchor is now published in print twice per academic semester. Occasionally, the volume and/or issue numbering is irregular.

Menatti And Neczypor Present At Abct, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

State V. Burggraf Clerk's Record Dckt. 42491

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

2014-11-26-Ross-Sheehy’S Research Garners Gates Foundation Gce Grant, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

Accent [newsletter]

No abstract provided.

2014-11-26-Palau Searches For Better Cancer Treatment Options, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

Accent [newsletter]

No abstract provided.

2014-11-26-Etsu 'Runs' A Milton Marathon, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

Accent [newsletter]

No abstract provided.

2014-11-26-Roan Scholar Alumnus Participating In Solar Decathlon Europe 2014, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

Accent [newsletter]

No abstract provided.

2014-11-26-Barton, Haslam To Speak At Commencement, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

Accent [newsletter]

No abstract provided.

Exploring User-Provided Connectivity, Mohammad H. Afrasiabi, Roch Guerin

All Computer Science and Engineering Research

Network services often exhibit positive and negative externalities that affect users' adoption decisions. One such service is "user-provided connectivity" or UPC. The service offers an alternative to traditional infrastructure-based communication services by allowing users to share their "home base" connectivity with other users, thereby increasing their access to connectivity. More users mean more connectivity alternatives, i.e., a positive externality, but also greater odds of having to share one's own connectivity, i.e., a negative externality. The tug of war between positive and negative externalities together with the fact that they often depend not just on how many but also which users …

Microbial Diversity In A Venezuelan Orthoquartzite Cave Is Dominated By The Chloroflexi (Class Ktedonobacterales) And Thaumarchaeota Group I.1c, Hazel A. Barton, Juan G. Giarrizzo, Paula Suarez

KIP Articles

The majority of caves are formed within limestone rock and hence our understanding of cave microbiology comes from carbonate-buffered systems. In this paper, we describe the microbial diversity of Roraima Sur Cave (RSC), an orthoquartzite (SiO4) cave within Roraima Tepui, Venezuela. The cave contains a high level of microbial activity when compared with other cave systems, as determined by an ATP-based luminescence assay and cell counting. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of microbial diversity within the cave demonstrates the dominance of Actinomycetales and Alphaproteobacteria in endolithic bacterial communities close to the entrance, while communities from deeper in the cave are dominated (82–84%) …

Today - November 26, 2014, Loma Linda University Health

TODAY

Inside this issue:

-- Nichole Nordeman headlines ThankSharing Concert and Food Drive held in Redlands
-- Loma Linda University receives national grant to train entry-level health care workers
-- Reunion celebrates School of Dentistry's five years of successful PNAM-augmented cleft lip and palate repairs
-- 'Hiring blitz' brings 128 nurses on board
-- Grateful mother and March of Dimes volunteer thanks LLUMC
-- Pedestrian bridge over Campus Street opens
-- LLU dental hygiene students run Relay for Life
-- Annual colloquium trains faculty to enhance learning
-- Last flight of the big gray owl disrupts Southwestern adventure for Global Health …

Unraveling Cultural Knots: Exploring Narratives Of Intercultural Marriages Between Mexicans And Americans, Adrianna Renata Valenzuela

Theses and Dissertations

Narratives function to help us make decisions about what we do in our lives and in the lives of others. This study focuses on the intercultural marriages of three women who share Mexican and American cultures. Being a wife of a native Mexican, I proceed to examine the stories of how these three women were able to preserve or merge their cultural identity in the marriage and how they coped with the differences based on the following themes: culture, religion, and traditions. I composed three narratives based on the experiences of these women and incorporated an analysis of my findings …

Landscape Of Consciousness, Julia R. Baugh

Theses and Dissertations

In my ceramic work, characteristics of magnified microbes, undulations of texture, and gouged shapes recur and appear to blend with inner human anatomy, woodland forms, underwater landscapes and decomposed life. Some of these influences are linked to my childhood. Other experiences come from my career in the respiratory care field and in my international travels. Like any artist, my life experiences, as much as the clay itself, are the materials of my art. My work holds some familiar concept, feeling, or recollection in a figurative piece or vessel. The decorative choices I make form a tight mesh that weaves together …

The Journey Is The Process, Sandra L. Sell

Theses and Dissertations

The foundation of self-awareness is experience, reflection and life knowledge, which I develop into an artistic concept. The works are a balance of a fluid connection between my meditative inner dialog, materials and tools. This intuitive dialog guides the process from concept to completion. My studies in art history - particularly in modern and contemporary art - have enriched my own artistic practice and compelled me to think in new ways. I strive to communicate complex thoughts about my past and the world into works of art. Art making is an expansion of my ideas, thoughts, and understanding of my …

Reflective Assessment: Using Reflection And Portfolios To Assess Student Learning In A Writing Center, Kelsie Hope Walker

Theses and Dissertations

As writing centers continue to petition for status, funding, and authority on university and college campuses, writing center research and assessment practices continue to evolve. Within the last 10 years, writing center administrators have turned to assessing the writing center based on student learning outcomes (SLOs). This research summarizes the assessment history of writing centers and then proposes a pilot study that uses portfolios and reflection as a way to assess student learning in a writing center on a metropolitan, four-year university campus. This research also discusses the pilot study in terms of future research and implications.

Alternative Approaches To Correction Of Malapropisms In Aiml Based Conversational Agents, Walter A. Brock

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

The use of Conversational Agents (CAs) utilizing Artificial Intelligence Markup Language (AIML) has been studied in a number of disciplines. Previous research has shown a great deal of promise. It has also documented significant limitations in the abilities of these CAs. Many of these limitations are related specifically to the method employed by AIML to resolve ambiguities in the meaning and context of words. While methods exist to detect and correct common errors in spelling and grammar of sentences and queries submitted by a user, one class of input error that is particularly difficult to detect and correct is the …

Factors Impacting Information Security Noncompliance When Completing Job Tasks, Martha Nanette Harrell

CCAC Theses and Dissertations

Work systems are comprised of the technical and social systems that should harmoniously work together to ensure a successful attainment of organizational goals and objectives. Information security controls are often designed to protect the information system and seldom consider the work system design. Using a positivist case study, this research examines the user's perception of having to choose between completing job tasks or remaining compliant with information security controls. An understanding of this phenomenon can help mitigate the risk associated with an information system security user's choice. Most previous research fails to consider the work system perspective on this issue. …

2014-November-06-Etsu To Host Screening Of ‘Chasing Ice’, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2014-November-26-Two Etsu Faculty Members Co-Author Book Chapter On Depression, Suicide, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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2014-November-26-Dr. Beth Fox Installed As Tnafp President, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Saying Thanks Isn’T Always Simple, Melody Bowdon

UCF Forum

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, and people all over the country will gather around tables with loved ones to express thanks for time together, getting through another year, and green bean casserole.

2014-November-26-Dr. Alison Barton, Gov. Bill Haslam To Speak At Etsu Fall Commencement, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

No abstract provided.

Fbi Looking Into Threat Against Grove Trees, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

University Police Department forwarded threatening letter to federal investigators

29 Days Of Thanks, Christina Steube

University of Mississippi News

Day 26: Tradition

Fbi Looking Into Threat Against Grove Trees, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Giving Thanks, Michelle Morrissey

UNH Today Archive

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Designed Supramolecular Filamentous Peptides: Balance Of Nanostructure, Cytotoxicity And Antimicrobial Activity, Dawei Xu, Linhai Jiang, Anju Singh, Derek Dustin, Miao Yang, Ling Liu, Reidar Lund, Timothy J. Sellati, He Dong

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

This work demonstrates a design strategy to optimize antimicrobial peptides with an ideal balance of minimal cytotoxicity, enhanced stability, potent cell penetration and effective antimicrobial activity, which hold great promise for the treatment of intracellular microbial infections and potentially systemic anti-infective therapy.

Structure-Based Network Analysis Of Activation Mechanisms In The Erbb Family Of Receptor Tyrosine Kinases: The Regulatory Spine Residues Are Global Mediators Of Structural Stability And Allosteric Interactions, Kevin A. James, Gennady M. Verkhivker

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

The ErbB protein tyrosine kinases are among the most important cell signaling families and mutation-induced modulation of their activity is associated with diverse functions in biological networks and human disease. We have combined molecular dynamics simulations of the ErbB kinases with the protein structure network modeling to characterize the reorganization of the residue interaction networks during conformational equilibrium changes in the normal and oncogenic forms. Structural stability and network analyses have identified local communities integrated around high centrality sites that correspond to the regulatory spine residues. This analysis has provided a quantitative insight to the mechanism of mutation-induced ‘‘superacceptor’’ activity …

Nfsmi: 25 Years Of Child Nutrition, Mary Stanton Knight

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Paintings: Perceptions Of Ordinary Moments, Laura Brainard Raborn

Theses and Dissertations

By depicting the human figure in ordinary moments, I highlight mundane, yet important, actions in daily life. In order to captivate the viewer, I use specific formal elements: abstraction that contrasts areas of representation, evidence of drawn line, a variety of high contrasts, and repetition of forms. I also use a layering technique to obscure or reveal information selectively. These formal elements are employed to compel the viewer to thoughtfully question and consider the presented figure. This body of work was inspired by my ideas about social norms and modern culture. Contemporary painters such as Eric Fischl and Jenny Saville …