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Banner News, Dmacc

Banner News

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2014 February 26 -- Agenda And Attachments

Agendas and Minutes

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2014 February 26 -- Minutes

Agendas and Minutes

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We Are...Marshall, February 26, 2014, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

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The Lumberjack, February 26, 2014, The Lumberjack Staff

2014

The student newspaper of Humboldt State University

Weekly News Digest 02/26/2014, Jenna Ray

Weekly Bulletin Archive

In this issue:

● Morris Campus Student Association Candidates Debate

● Michael Lackey's Latest Books Released

● Women’s Basketball Earns UMAC Championship

● Jason Squinobal Receives Artist Quick Start Grant

Learning Catalytics Workshop, Chad Brassil

Discipline-Based Education Research Group Speaker Series

Come and participate in a demonstration using Learning Catalytics in the classroom. Experience how this system takes a step behind clickers, facilitating peer learning and active learning pedagogies in even very large classrooms. Hear about experience of using this system from instructors at UNL. Note, attendees are encouraged to bring a laptop computer, smartphone, or tablet to the workshop and to contact Chad Brassil [email protected] beforehand to set‐up a demonstration Learning Catalytics account.

2014 Minnesota Undergraduate Scholars Posters At St. Paul Abstract Booklet, Minnesota Undergraduate Scholars

Posters at St. Paul

Abstract booklet from the first Minnesota Undergraduate Scholars Posters at St. Paul event.

The multi-disciplinary poster presentation was held at the State Capitol in St. Paul on February 26, 2014 from 11:00-1:00 PM in the Rotunda. Participating campuses included: Anoka-Ramsey Community College; Bemidji State University; Inver Hills Community College; Metropolitan State University; Minneapolis Community and Technical College; Minnesota State University, Mankato; Minnesota State University, Moorhead; North Hennepin Community College; Rochester Community and Technical College; St. Cloud State University; Southwest Minnesota State University and Winona State University.

An Exploratory Study Of Patterns Of Family Risk, Engagement, And Program Completion In A Home Visiting Intervention, Samantha A. Goodrich

Doctoral Dissertations

Home visiting programs are a common early intervention for families with young children who are experiencing multiple stressors in the developmental environment. Evaluations of the effectiveness of these programs produce mixed findings; high dropout rates, influenced by both family and program characteristics, are a major challenge for home visiting programs. To understand better for whom these programs are effective under what circumstances, evaluations need to capture the complexity of program experience. This study explored the relation between patterns of risk at intake, engagement quality, and program completion, using a case survey design. Patterns across three domains of family stress were …

Hassett Coauthors Paper Assessing Global Warming Impact On Tiny Atlantic Crustaceans, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Research Literally At Your Fingertips, Marianne A. Buehler

Library Faculty Presentations

• Research: History of accessibility
• Roles of publishers and academic libraries
• Publishers and faculty research
• New models of open access to scholarly materials
• Locating and access to research
• U.S. Federal Legislation and open research

Volume 51, Number 28: February 26, 2014, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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Emu Today, February 26, 2014, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

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Brief Of Amici Curiae Law, Business, And Economics Scholars In Alice Corp. V. Cls Bank, No. 13-298, Brian J. Love, Jason Schultz, James E. Bessen, Michael J. Meurer

Faculty Publications

The Federal Circuit’s expansion of patentable subject matter in the 1990s led to a threefold increase in software patents, many of which contain abstract ideas merely tethered to a general-purpose computer. There is little evidence, however, to suggest this expansion has produced an increase in software innovation. The software industry was highly innovative in the decade immediately prior to this expansion, when the viability of software patentability was unclear and software patents were few. When surveyed, most software developers oppose software patenting, and, in practice, software innovators tend to rely on other tools to capture market share such as first-mover …

Use Of Synthetic Isoprenoids To Target Protein Prenylation And Rho Gtpases In Breast Cancer Invasion, Min Chen, Teresa Knifley, Thangaiah Subramanian, H. Peter Spielmann, Kathleen L. O'Connor

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Dysregulation of Ras and Rho family small GTPases drives the invasion and metastasis of multiple cancers. For their biological functions, these GTPases require proper subcellular localization to cellular membranes, which is regulated by a series of post-translational modifications that result in either farnesylation or geranylgeranylation of the C-terminal CAAX motif. This concept provided the rationale for targeting farnesyltransferase (FTase) and geranylgeranyltransferases (GGTase) for cancer treatment. However, the resulting prenyl transferase inhibitors have not performed well in the clinic due to issues with alternative prenylation and toxicity. As an alternative, we have developed a unique class of potential anti-cancer therapeutics called …

Promoting The Study Of Wrongful Convictions In Criminal Justice Curricula, Jessica S. Henry

Department of Justice Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Criminal justice education promotes interdisciplinary learning, critical thinking skills, and ethical decision making. A course on wrongful convictions falls squarely within that paradigm, as it draws upon criminology, criminal justice, law, psychology, and forensic science to examine basic assumptions about the criminal justice system and the actors within it. In a wrongful convictions course, students learn to think critically about the criminal justice system, and what happens when it fails to function as it should. Students identify practice and policy reforms that improve the accuracy and reliability of the system. This article first considers the broad objectives of criminal justice …

Easterner, Vol. 65, No. 18, February 26, 2014, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains articles about students who play a Pokémon card games, the death of Nancy Zepeda and Ashley Gonzales in a car accident, a zombie donut shop in Spokane, seasonal affective disorder, Africana studies instructor Rachel Dolezal, EWU professor ratings on ratemyprofessor, the retirement of basketball player Ron Cox's jersey, and the men's and women's basketball season.

The Winonan, Winona State University

The Winonan - 2010s

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Hofer To Participate In Hhmi Exceptional Research Opportunities Program, University Relations

Campus News Archive

Hofer can take part in this prestigious experience through Morris’s Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Pathways to Science Program.

Morphological Divergence Driven By Predation Environment Within And Between Species Of Brachyrhaphis Fishes, Spencer J. Ingley, Eric J. Billman, Mark C. Belk, Jerald B. Johnson

Faculty Publications

Natural selection often results in profound differences in body shape among populations from divergent selective environments. Predation is a well-studied driver of divergence, with predators having a strong effect on the evolution of prey body shape, especially for traits related to escape behavior. Comparative studies, both at the population level and between species, show that the presence or absence of predators can alter prey morphology. Although this pattern is well documented in various species or population pairs, few studies have tested for similar patterns of body shape evolution at multiple stages of divergence within a taxonomic group. Here, we examine …

Translating Social Science Concepts Into Medical Education: A Model And A Curriculum, Patricia P. Rieker, James W. Begun

Sociological Practice

Most serious efforts aimed at linking social and behavioral sciences knowledge tomedical practice have included "models" which integrate social and behavioral scienceconcepts. We argue that such an integration is intellectually problematic due toan important analytic distinction between "social" sciences and "psychological" sciences.If the social explanation of illness is to become useful in medical education, adistinctly social model is necessary for conceptual clarity and for guidance of which isuseful for explicating the link between social science knowledge and medical practiceand for organizing the knowledge for teaching in medical schools.

Section: Teaching Health Sociology, Sociological Practice Editors

Sociological Practice

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Predicting The Organizational Response To Employee Tobacco Use: An Environmental Model, Susan Penner, Maurice Penner

Sociological Practice

The control of risk behaviors to reduce morbidity and mortality is a leading concernin public health, as is the protection of the public from hazardous exposure to tobaccosmoke and fires caused by smoking. Measures to restrict tobacco use are increasinglypopular in society and in the workplace as a result. This paper discusses cultural,economic, legal, and ethical factors in the external environment and the organization'sinstitutional and technical environment to predict organizational responses toemployee tobacco use.

Opportunities flourish to test this environmental model, as organizations ban tobaccouse or institute policies such as discrimination in hiring, cessation programs,and differential health benefits. Organizational responses …

Black/White Differences In Cancer: A Framework For Intervention Linking Social Structure And Survival, C. Allen Haney, Elizabeth Gear

Sociological Practice

Black/White differences in cancer survival persist. Factors shown to be differentiallyrelated to survival, and to differ by race, include the extent of disease present at diagnosis,disease classification or tumor histology, and host vulnerability. It is suggestedthat efforts to reduce this survival differential generally have been unsuccessful due toa failure to accurately identify the sources of this differential. Differences in the extentof disease present at diagnosis, for example, may not be a function of failure to seekphysicians or dollars spent on health care, but may be due to differences in the natureof health care provided. Similarly, differences in socioeconomic status, lifestyle …

The Clinical Sociologist As Health Broker, John G. Bruhn

Sociological Practice

One of the key aspects that distinguish clinical sociologists from other sociologistsis the former's more active role in intervention and change. The clinical sociologistperforms several functions as a broker. This paper discusses the role of healthbroker and the opportunities it provides for clinical sociologists, especially in largeorganizations.

Section: The Practice Of Health Sociology, Sociological Practice Editors, John G. Bruhn, W. David Watts, Alice Cullinan, C. Allen Haney, Elizabeth Gear, Susan Penner, Maurice Penner, Judith K. Barr, David J. Kallen, Chris Reimann, Andrea Doughty, Kathy K. Trier, James G. Anderson, Stephen J. Jay, John B. Zimmerer, Reza S. Farid, Marilyn M. Anderson

Sociological Practice

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Organising Committee, 17th National Health Sciences Research Symposium

AKU Symposium

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Water Quality Assessment And Load Reductions For Pearson Creek, Springfield, Missouri, Marc R. Owen, Robert T. Pavlowsky

OEWRI Technical Reports

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The Rise And Fall Of Plankton: Long-Term Changes In The Vertical Distribution Of Algae And Grazers In Lake Baikal, Siberia, Stephanie E. Hampton

Faculty Research and Scholarship

Both surface water temperatures and the intensity of thermal stratification have increased recently in large lakes throughout the world. Such physical changes can be accompanied by shifts in plankton community structure, including changes in relative abundances and depth distributions. Here we analyzed 45 years of data from Lake Baikal, the world’s oldest, deepest, and most voluminous lake, to assess long-term trends in the depth distribution of pelagic phytoplankton and zooplankton. Surface water temperatures in Lake Baikal increased steadily between 1955 and 2000, resulting in a stronger thermal gradient within the top 50 m of the water column. In conjunction with …

Governors State University Launches Search For Mascot, Office Of Marketing And Communications

Press Releases

Governors State University today launched “Operation Mascot,” its official search for a school mascot. The university is enlisting the help of students, faculty, staff, and the surrounding community for input.

The mascot will be the university’s first. It is another achievement to accompany other recent firsts including the university’s first freshman class, the first student residence, which opens in July, and several intercollegiate and recreational sports teams that will soon begin competition for the first time.