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The Santa Clara, 2014-10-16, Santa Clara University

The Santa Clara

No abstract provided.

Incentives - An Ineffective School Improvement Strategy?, Geoff N. Masters

Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters

By the turn of the century, the observation had been made in many countries that substantial increases in expenditure on schools had failed to deliver measurable improvements in student performance. But just how effective are incentives as an improvement strategy?

Apropos, Office Of Arts + Cultural Programming, Peak Performances At Montclair State University

2014-2015 Discover the Heartbeat of Creative Life

With trademark playfulness and wit, The Symptoms, Hungary’s premiere contemporary dance/theater company, ponders the critical questions of aging. When will I lose my virginity? Will I find work I love? How do I balance work with parenthood? Do I have enough money to retire? How long will I keep my looks? Will I ever have sex again? The Symptoms’ clear-eyed, kind-hearted response to our human vulnerabilities is poignant, funny, and brave. Don’t miss the American debut of this highly original troupe.

Explosive Dome Eruptions Modulated By Periodic Gas-Driven Inflation, Jeffrey B. Johnson, J. J. Lyons, B. J. Andrews, J. M. Lees

Geosciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Volcan Santiaguito (Guatemala) “breathes” with extraordinary regularity as the edifice's conduit system accumulates free gas, which periodically vents to the atmosphere. Periodic pressurization controls explosion timing, which nearly always occurs at peak inflation, as detected with tiltmeters. Tilt cycles in January 2012 reveal regular 26 ± 6 min inflation/deflation cycles corresponding to at least ~10¹ kg/s of gas fluxing the system. Very long period (VLP) earthquakes presage explosions and occur during cycles when inflation rates are most rapid. VLPs locate ~300 m below the vent and indicate mobilization of volatiles, which ascend at ~50 m/s. Rapid gas ascent feeds …

Ay 14-15 Meeting 2014-10-16, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Tiger Vol. 108 Issue 31 2014-10-16, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

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Impaired Limb Shortening Following Stroke: What's In A Name?, Virginia L. Little, Theresa E. Mcguirk, Carolynn Patten

PT Faculty Publications

Background: Difficulty advancing the paretic limb during the swing phase of gait is a prominent manifestation of walking dysfunction following stroke. This clinically observable sign, frequently referred to as 'foot drop', ostensibly results from dorsiflexor weakness. Objective: Here we investigated the extent to which hip, knee, and ankle motions contribute to impaired paretic limb advancement. We hypothesized that neither: 1) minimal toe clearance and maximal limb shortening during swing nor, 2) the pattern of multiple joint contributions to toe clearance and limb shortening would differ between post-stroke and non-disabled control groups. Methods: We studied 16 individuals post-stroke during overground walking …

Aerosol Emissions From Prescribed Fires In The United States: A Synthesis Of Laboratory And Aircraft Measurements, A. A. May, G. R. Mcmeeking, T. Lee, J. W. Taylor, J. S. Craven, I. R. Burling, A. P. Sullivan, Sheryl Kashi Akagi, J. L. Collett Jr., M. Flynn, H. Coe, S. P. Urbanski, J. H. Seinfeld, Robert Yokelson, S. M. Kreidenweis

Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Aerosol emissions from prescribed fires can affect air quality on regional scales. Accurate representation of these emissions in models requires information regarding the amount and composition of the emitted species.Wemeasured a suite of submicron particulatematter species in young plumes emitted from prescribed fires (chaparral and montane ecosystems in California; coastal plain ecosystem in South Carolina) and from open burning of over 15 individual plant species in the laboratory. We report emission ratios and emission factors for refractory black carbon (rBC) and submicron nonrefractory aerosol and compare field and laboratory measurements to assess the representativeness of our laboratory-measured emissions. Laboratory measurements …

Time And Dark Matter From The Conformal Symmetries Of Euclidean Space, Jeffrey S. Hazboun, James Thomas Wheeler

All Physics Faculty Publications

The quotient of the conformal group of Euclidean 4-space by its Weyl subgroup results in a geometry possessing many of the properties of relativistic phase space, including both a natural symplectic form and non-degenerate Killing metric. We show that the general solution posesses orthogonal Lagrangian submanifolds, with the induced metric and the spin connection on the submanifolds necessarily Lorentzian, despite the Euclidean starting pont. By examining the structure equations of the biconformal space in an orthonormal frame adapted to its phase space properties, we also find that two new tensor fields exist in this geometry, not present in Riemannian geometry. …

Seminar: ‘The Biology Behind Modeling Of Vector-Borne Diseases,’ Oct. 16, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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The Gazette October 16, 2014, Langston University

LU Gazette, 2010-2019

The student newspaper for Langston University

Emu Today, October 16, 2014, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

No abstract provided.

Dengue Virus Neutralizing Antibody Levels Associated With Protection From Infection In Thai Cluster Studies, Darunee Buddhari, Jared Aldstadt, Timothy P. Endy, Anon Srikiatkhachorn, Butsaya Thaisomboonsuk, Chonticha Klungthong, Ananda Nisalak, Benjawan Khuntirat, Richard G. Jarman, Stefan Fernandez, Stephen J. Thomas, Thomas W. Scott, Alan Rothman, In-Kyu Yoon

Institute for Immunology and Informatics Faculty Publications

Background

Long-term homologous and temporary heterologous protection from dengue virus (DENV) infection may be mediated by neutralizing antibodies. However, neutralizing antibody titers (NTs) have not been clearly associated with protection from infection.

Methodology/Principal Findings

Data from two geographic cluster studies conducted in Kamphaeng Phet, Thailand were used for this analysis. In the first study (2004–2007), cluster investigations of 100-meter radius were triggered by DENV-infected index cases from a concurrent prospective cohort. Subjects between 6 months and 15 years old were evaluated for DENV infection at days 0 and 15 by DENV PCR and IgM ELISA. In the second study (2009–2012), …

Sculpting The Umls Refined Semantic Network, Zhe He, C. Paul Morrey, Yehoshua Perl, Gai Elhanan, Ling Chen, Yan Chen, James Geller

Publications and Research

Background The Refined Semantic Network (RSN) for the UMLS was previously introduced to complement the UMLS Semantic Network (SN). The RSN partitions the UMLS Metathesaurus (META) into disjoint groups of concepts. Each such group is semantically uniform. However, the RSN was initially an order of magnitude larger than the SN, which is undesirable since to be useful, a semantic network should be compact. Most semantic types in the RSN represent combinations of semantic types in the UMLS SN. Such a “combination semantic type” is called Intersection Semantic Type (IST). Many ISTs are assigned to very few concepts. Moreover, when reviewing …

Curriculum Minutes 10/16/2014, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Minutes

In these minutes: Discussion of minimum credits required in a major; catalog course change clean-up in the Division of the Humanities, Division of Science and Mathematics, Division of the Social Sciences, and Interdisciplinary Studies

Towards More Equal Footing In North–South Biodiversity Research: European And Sub-Saharan Viewpoints, Jan Christian Habel, Hilde Eggermont, Sven Günter, Ronald K. Mulwa, Marco Rieckmann, Lian Pin Koh, Saliou Niassy, J. Willem H. Ferguson, Gelaye Gebremichael, Mwangi Githiru, Wolfgang W. Weisser, Luc Lens

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Research collaboration between developed countries from the northern hemisphere and developing countries in the southern hemisphere is essential for the understanding and protection of the major proportion of biodiversity located in the tropics. Focusing on the case of sub-Saharan Africa, we here assess the real involvement of northern versus southern contributors, and caution against unequal academic benefit sharing arising from non-commercial biodiversity research that may ultimately hamper sustainable knowledge transfer and long-term biodiversity conservation. We discuss possible drivers that may have led to a business of raw biodiversity data. While we fully support the current efforts to stamp out biopiracy …

Simulation Of Fracture Of Concrete Using Micropolar Peridynamics, Asadollahi Aziz

Civil Engineering ETDs

The main goal of the thesis is to develop a constitutive damage model for simulating tensile fracture of concrete using the micropolar peridynamics model. Micropolar peridynamics was proposed by Gerstle in 2007 as a generalization to the bond based peridynamics method introduced by Silling in 2000, which was only capable of handling materials with specific Poissons ratios. Inspired by the bilinear cohesive model in the cohesive crack approach, a new constitutive damage model is proposed to simulate the tensile fracture of a normal-strength concrete. Laboratory experimental data for crack mouth opening displacement vs. load of notched beams, obtained by Chapman …

Inhalable Constituents Of Thirdhand Tobacco Smoke: Chemical Characterization And Health Impact Considerations, Mohamad Sleiman, Jennifer M. Logue, Wentai Luo, James F. Pankow, Lara A. Gundel, Hugo Destaillats

Chemistry Faculty Publications and Presentations

Tobacco smoke residues lingering in the indoor environment, also termed thirdhand smoke (THS), can be a source of long-term exposure to harmful pollutants. THS composition is affected by chemical transformations and by air–surface partitioning over time scales of minutes to months. This study identified and quantified airborne THS pollutants available for respiratory exposure, identified potential environmental tracers, and estimated health impacts to nonsmokers. In a ventilated 18 m3 laboratory chamber, six cigarettes were machine-smoked, and levels of particulate matter (PM2.5) and 58 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were monitored during an aging period of 18 h. Results were compared with field …

University Of Northern Iowa Joint Teacher Education Senate Meeting Minutes, October 16, 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Joint Teacher Education Senate.

Documents - Joint Senate

Meeting minutes from the Joint Teacher Education Senate of the University of Northern Iowa.

Assessment Of Water Quality Benefits From Stormwater Treatment Train And Ocean Outfall For The Main Street Drainage Basin In N. Myrtle Beach, Robert Schroeder, Susan Libes, Kevin Blayton, Eric Sanford

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

Watershed Plan Implementation Challenges For Sms4s In Murrells Inlet, Dave Fuss, Dan Newquist, Sue Sledz, Tracy Jones, Daniel R. Hitchcock

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

Addressing Water Quality Through Stormwater Retrofits In The Reedy River Watershed, Greenville, South Carolina, Melanie Ruhlman, Nikki Grumbine, Jeffery Beacham, Rick Huffman, Jesse Mcclung, John Darrohn, Matt Johnson, Eric Potts

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

Groundwater Recharge Rates In Isolated And Riverine Wetlands: Influencing Factors, Chenille Williams, Oscar Flite, Alicia Wilson, Dan Tufford

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

From Planning To Management & Assessment: The May River Watershed Action Plan In Bluffton, Kimberly W. Jones

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

Watershed-Based Planning For Murrells Inlet: Source Assessment Of Fecal Bacteria Using Volunteer And Shellfish Sanitation Program Data, Susan Libes, Heather Young, Daniel Newquist, Sue Sledz

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

A Comparison Of Remote Sensing Estimates Of Lake Evaporation With Pan Evaporation Measurements Along The Savannah River Basin, Ryne Phillips, John R. Saylor, Nigel B. Kaye, James Gibert

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

Characterization Of The Hydraulic Behavior Of Porous Pavements, William D. Martin Iii, Nigel B. Kaye

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

Comparison Of Potential Evapotranspiration (Pet) Using Three Methods For A Grass Reference And A Natural Forest In Coastal Plain Of South Carolina, Devendra M. Amatya, Charles A. Harrison, Carl C. Trettin

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

Model Performance Results In Myrtle Beach, Sc Using Virtual Beach And R Regression Software, Matthew J. Neet, R Heath Kelsey, Dwayne E. Porter, Dan W. Ramage, Adrian B. Jones

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges

Using Gis To Prioritize Green Infrastructure Installation Strategies In An Urbanized Watershed, Lauren Owen, Daniel R. Hitchcock, David L. White, Gene W. Eidson

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2014 S.C. Water Resources Conference - Informing Strategic Water Planning to Address Natural Resource, Community and Economic Challenges