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Southern 'Stroke Belt' Study Initiates Nationwide Study, Staff

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Gardner-Webb Named To The President’S Community Service Honor Roll For Seventh Consecutive Year, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

For the seventh consecutive year, Gardner-Webb University has been named to the 2014 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, sponsored by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) and the U.S. Department of Education. Less than 100 institutions across the nation received the honor this year, and GWU is one of just 38 schools to be recognized “With Distinction.” Launched in 2006, the Honor Roll recognizes those institutions that reflect the values of exemplary community service and achieve meaningful outcomes in their communities.

A Consensus Taxonomy For The Hawaiian Honeycreepers, H. Douglas Pratt

Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University

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Volume 52, Number 11: October 29, 2014, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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Use Of Nasa Earth Observations As Calibration To Model White Oak Future Geographic Distribution In The Cumberland Plateau, Kel Markert, Amanda Weigel, Robert Rossel, Jean Baptiste Kayitare

Von Braun Symposium Student Posters

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The Guardian, October 29, 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.

Soil Carbon Accumulation Under Switchgrass Barriers, Humberto Blanco-Canqui, John E. Gilley, Dean E. Eisenhauer, Paul J. Jasa, Alan L. Boldt

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

The benefits of grass barriers or hedges for reducing offsite transport of non-point-source water pollutants from croplands are well recognized, but their ancillary benefits on soil properties have received less attention. We studied the 15-yr cumulative effects of narrow and perennial switchgrass (Panicum virgatum L.) barriers on soil organic C (SOC), total N, particulate organic matter (POM), and associated soil structural properties as compared with the cropped area on an Aksarben silty clay loam (fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argiudoll) with 5.4% slope in eastern Nebraska. Five switchgrass barriers were established in 1998 at ~38-m intervals parallel to the crop rows …

The Parthenon, October 29, 2014, Codi Mohr

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

Analysis Of Water Quality For Lake Tarpon, Pinellas County, Florida, Kristi Nichole Savio

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Urbanization has taken a major toll on the water quality of Lake Tarpon. In response, there have been management strategies and legislation put in place to help improve water quality. Our objective was to identify what management strategies and other environmental factors were driving changes in Lake Tarpons water quality from 1970 - 2010. Trends in water quality were analyzed against precipitation, land use and water quality management strategies to achieve this. Results found that two water quality management strategies, the creation of the Lake Tarpon Outfall Canal and the closing of the Lake Tarpon Sink, improved water quality the …

Photonic Crystal-Based Flow Cytometry, Justin William Stewart

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Photonic crystals serve as powerful building blocks for the development of lab-on-chip devices. Currently they are used for a wide range of miniaturized optical components such as extremely compact waveguides to refractive-index based optical sensors. Here we propose a new technique for analyzing and characterizing cells through the design of a micro-flow cytometer using photonic crystals. While lab scale flow cytometers have been critical to many developments in cellular biology they are not portable, difficult to use and relatively expensive. By making a miniature sensor capable of replicating the same functionality as the large scale units with photonic crystals, we …

Creating A Mythopoeic Graphic Novel To Expand Self-Understanding, Luis De La Lama

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This is a study about how I produced a graphic novel to introduce a model of the self that is informed by complexity theory to an audience of comic book and graphic novel enthusiasts. Because this model of the self has the potential to preserve, extend, and/or reinforce character strengths that are operationalized as virtuous behavior, and that also function as inner resources in times of adversity, my study explores storytelling by sequential art as a communication method that some counselors and educators might use to counsel and educate large segments of popular culture. Also, more generally, I explore the …

Montana Kaimin, October 29, 2014, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

'Vain Unsettled Fashions': The Early Durham Friends And Popular Culture C. 1660-1725, Erin Bell

Quaker Studies

Participation in popular, or worldly, culture was a moot point for the early Friends. Although they were not encouraged to do so many still took part in aspects of male or female culture, but experienced tension between Quaker and 'carnal' ideals of behaviour. Female Friends were expected to limit their clothing according to the edicts of their Yearly Meeting, although female culture treated clothing as a medium of exchange and' gifting clothing was central to female social life. This proved difficult for women such as Sarah Kirkby (d.1692) of Auckland, a fabric seller, who traded with non-Quakers and could not …

High And Low Computer Self-Efficacy Groups And Their Learning Behavior From Self-Regulated Learning Perspective While Engaged In Interactive Learning Modules, Harry B. Santoso, Oenardi Lawanto, Kurt Becker, Ning Fang, Edward M. Reeve

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

The purpose of this research was to investigate high school students’ computer self-efficacy (CSE) and learning behavior in a selfregulated learning (SRL) framework while utilizing an interactive learning module. The researcher hypothesizes that CSE is reflected on cognitive actions and metacognitive strategies while the students are engaged with interactive learning modules. Two research questions guided this research: (1) how is students’ CSE while engaged in interactive learning modules? and (2) how do high and low CSE groups plan and monitor their cognitive action, and regulate their monitoring strategies based on their CSE level? The research used a mixedmethods approach to …

Gender Differences In The Consistency Of Middle School Students’ Interest In Engineering And Science Careers, Marsha Ing, Pamela R. Aschbacher, Sherry M. Tsai

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

This longitudinal study analyzes survey responses in seventh, eighth, and ninth grade from diverse public school students (n = 482) to explore gender differences in engineering and science career preferences. Females were far more likely to express interest in a science career (31%) than an engineering career (13%), while the reverse was true for males (58% in engineering, 39% in science). After controlling for student and school demographic characteristics, females were as consistent as males in their science career interests during the three years of the study but less consistent in their engineering career interests. Knowing an engineer significantly …

Characterization Of The Transcriptome, Nucleotide Sequence Polymorphism, And Natural Selection In The Desert Adapted Mouse Peromyscus Eremicus, Matthew D. Macmanes, Michael B. Eisen

Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences

As a direct result of intense heat and aridity, deserts are thought to be among the most harsh of environments, particularly for their mammalian inhabitants. Given that osmoregulation can be challenging for these animals, with failure resulting in death, strong selection should be observed on genes related to the maintenance of water and solute balance. One such animal, Peromyscus eremicus, is native to the desert regions of the southwest United States and may live its entire life without oral fluid intake. As a first step toward understanding the genetics that underlie this phenotype, we present a characterization of the …

Graduate News, Office Of Graduate Studies, Old Dominion University

Graduate News

October/November 2014 issue of Graduate News from the Office of Graduate Studies (now, ODU Graduate School).

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 90, No. 18, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Eldridge, Brittany. WKU Plans to Improve Enrollment Numbers
• Mathews, Mackenzie. Mouse Trap – Sleep, Biology, Noah Ashley, Experiments
• Voorhees, Jessica. WKU Book Store to Increase Book Buybacks
• Prochazka, Tyler. Exhibit Educates, Memorializes Professor – David Coffey, Year of Ecuador
• Eldridge, Brittany. WKU Looks to Improve Retention Methods
• Little, Emily. Editorial Cartoon Students Don’t Vote
• WKU Needs to Rock This Election
• French, Jackson. Ouija Fails to Overcome Its Gimmicky Premise – Movies
• Mountain Photos – Photojournalism, Mountain Workshops
• Jessie, Stephanie. Treasure Hunts Become Real with Geocaching
• Latte Love – Coffee …

Undergrad Zak Hall Presents On Identifying Gene Mutation That Enables Study Of Plant Response To Gravity, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Basins Of Attraction For Two Species Competitive Model With Quadratic Terms And The Singular Allee Effect, Ann Brett, Mustafa Rs Kulenović

Mathematics Faculty Publications

We consider the following system of difference equations:

χ_n+1 = χ²_n/(B₁χ²_n + C₁y²_n), y_n+1 = y²_n/(A₂ + B₂χ²_n + C₂y²_n), n = 0, 1, ..., where B₁, C₁, A₂, B₂, C₂ are positive constrants and χ0, y0 ≥ 0 are initial conditions. This system has interesting dynamics and it can have up to seven equilibrium points as well as a singular …

The Tiger Vol. 108 Issue 34 2014-10-28, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

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Grad Student Proma Basu Presents On Plants’ Response To Space Flight And Reorientation To Earth’S Gravity, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Wyatt Unlocking The Black Box Of Plant Response To Gravity, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Montana Kaimin, October 28, 2014, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Electrochemistry Of Glucose Oxidase Modified On Porin-Phospholipid Biomimic Membrane, Kun-Qi Wang, Zuo-Ming Zhang, Wei Xing, Chang-Peng Liu, Xing Zhou

Journal of Electrochemistry

Biomimic membrane with nano-channels, which is made up of porin MspA and 1,2-Dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) is constructed on glassy carbon substrate, and glucose oxidase (GOD) is modified on it. The direct electrochemical reaction and electrocatalytic behavior to oxygen and glucose of GOD on the GOD/MspA-DMPC/GC electreode are expounded by the cyclic voltammetric method. The study shows that GOD immobilized on porin MspA and DMPC biomimic membrane displays direct and surface-controlled electrochemical reaction nearby formal potential (E0′) of the flavoprotein active centre (FAD/FADH), and the electrochemical reaction contains two electrons and two protons exchange in 0.1 mmol·L^-1 phosphate buffer solution (PBS) …

Alum Named Interim Director At Birch Aquarium At Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Biology Alum Named Professor At High Point University, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Undergrad Adam Cook Presents On Revealing Novel Genes In Gravity Research, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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A Single Intramuscular Vaccination Of Mice With The Hsv-1 Vc2 Virus With Mutations In The Glycoprotein K And The Membrane Protein Ul20 Confers Full Protection Against Lethal Intravaginal Challenge With Virulent Hsv-1 And Hsv-2 Strains, Brent A. Stanfield, Jacque Stahl, Vladimir N. Chouljenko, Ramesh Subramanian, Anu Susan Charles, Ahmad A. Saied, Jason D. Walker, Konstantin G. Kousoulas

Faculty Publications

© 2014 Stanfield et al. Herpes Simplex Virus type-1 (HSV-1) and type-2 (HSV-2) establish life-long infections and cause significant orofacial and genital infections in humans. HSV-1 is the leading cause of infectious blindness in the western world. Currently, there are no available vaccines to protect against herpes simplex infections. Recently, we showed that a single intramuscular immunization with an HSV-1(F) mutant virus lacking expression of the viral glycoprotein K (gK), which prevents the virus from entering into distal axons of ganglionic neurons, conferred significant protection against either virulent HSV-1(McKrae) or HSV-2(G) intravaginal challenge in mice. Specifically, 90% of the mice …

Senate 10-28-2014 Vote Count, Abdool Aziz

Legislative Branch Publications

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