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Earthquake And Tsunami Forecasts: Relation Of Slow Slip Events To Subsequent Earthquake Rupture, Timothy H. Dixon, Yan Jiang, Rocco Malservisi, Robert Mccaffrey, Nicholas Voss, Marino Protti, Victor Gonzalez

Geology Faculty Publications and Presentations

The 5 September 2012 Mw 7.6 earthquake on the Costa Rica subduction plate boundary followed a 62-y interseismic period. High-precision GPS recorded numerous slow slip events (SSEs) in the decade leading up to the earthquake, both up-dip and down-dip of seismic rupture. Deeper SSEs were larger than shallower ones and, if characteristic of the interseismic period, release most locking down-dip of the earthquake, limiting down-dip rupture and earthquake magnitude. Shallower SSEs were smaller, accounting for some but not all interseismic locking. One SSE occurred several months before the earthquake, but changes in Mohr–Coulomb failure stress were probably too small to …

Migration, Global Middle Class, And Professional Development: How Chinese Graduate Students In The U.S. Re-Establish A Sense Of Selfhood, Sylvia Shi Pu

Master's Theses

Transnational migration inevitably leads to destabilization of identity. Groups with different characteristics adopt varied strategies to restabilize a sense of selfhood. Elite global migrants, well-equipped with economic, cultural, and educational capital, tend to embrace a cosmopolitan lifestyle in the new location (Favell 2008). In contrast, migrant workers with limited human capital depend on their national peers for useful information and resources in order to make smooth transition across borders (Brown 2011). However, the case of the elite Chinese student migrants fits into neither of the trajectories. In regaining a sense of personhood, those global middle-class migrants end up in a …

Auxiliary News Online, Georgia Southern University

Auxiliary Services (2013-2021)

• A Special Discount for Faculty and Staff

Betty Foy Sanders Department Of Art Newsletter, Georgia Southern University

Art: News & Publications (2008-2023)

• Holiday Exhibition & Sale

Cosm Physics News, Georgia Southern University

Biochemistry, Chemistry & Physics: News & Publications (2012-2023)

• Georgia Southern Physics team attends Math and Science Night

Situation In Bem Should Be Investigated Beyond Political Statement – Vlad Filat, Infotag

Documents

No abstract provided.

College Of Public Health News, Georgia Southern University

College of Public Health: News & Publications

• NOAA Grant
• Trends in the Use of Volunteers

College Of Education News, College Of Education, Georgia Southern University

College of Education: News & Publications (2003-2023)

• Center for the Study of International Schooling Names Affiliate Faculty

The Cuban Spectacular: Where In The World Is Carmen Santiago (De Cuba)?, Department Of Music, University Of Richmond

Music Department Concert Programs

No abstract provided.

Fall/Winter 2014: On And Off The Page: Your Multimedia College Magazine, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2013-2018

St. Norbert College Magazine editor Susan Allen shares some of the web-exclusive content featured in the Fall/Winter 2014 issue of St. Norbert College Magazine, available online.

Fall/Winter 2014: Colleagues And Candidates: Mutual Respect Transcends Differences, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2013-2018

It’s not uncommon to spot information that amounts to half-truths or even outright lies during the throes of election season. But when one St. Norbert staffer was lambasted by an out-of-town special-interest group during his run for a state assembly seat, it was a campus colleague – and political opponent – who spoke out for civil discourse.

Fall/Winter 2014: St. Norbert College Election Poll Ranks High In National Listing, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2013-2018

The St. Norbert College/Wisconsin Public Radio election poll has earned a high ranking on the well-regarded statistical-analysis blog FiveThirtyEight, created by analyst Nate Silver.

Fall/Winter 2014: Coaches Contend With A Tough Foe, M.L.S. Project Reveals, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2013-2018

When Mike Counter M.L.S. ’14 entered the Master of Arts in Liberal Studies program at St. Norbert College, he already had his thesis topic in mind. Counter, director of media relations at the college, chose to explore “Parental Involvement in Children’s High School Athletics” due in part to his 20-plus years in television and radio broadcasting.

Fall/Winter 2014: It’S A Very Christmassy Weekend At St. Norbert, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2013-2018

Our student and faculty musicians are ready for Christmas and their audience will be, too, after a weekend that brings three very different seasonal favorites.

2014 December 2, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes No. 7, December 2, 2014

E2f4 Regulatory Program Predicts Patient Survival Prognosis In Breast Cancer, Sari S. Khaleel, Erik H. Andrews, Matthew Ung, James Direnzo, Chao Chung

Dartmouth Scholarship

Genetic and molecular signatures have been incorporated into cancer prognosis prediction and treatment decisions with good success over the past decade. Clinically, these signatures are usually used in early-stage cancers to evaluate whether they require adjuvant therapy following surgical resection. A molecular signature that is prognostic across more clinical contexts would be a useful addition to current signatures. We defined a signature for the ubiquitous tissue factor, E2F4, based on its shared target genes in multiple tissues. These target genes were identified by chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) experiments using a probabilistic method. We then computationally calculated the regulatory activity score …

State V. Olsen Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 41569

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

State V. Phelps Respondent's Brief Dckt. 41784

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Ensemble Prediction And Data Assimilation For Operational Hydrology, Dong-Jun Seo, Yuqiong Liu, Hamid Moradkhani, Albrecht Weerts

Civil and Environmental Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

This special section in the Journal of Hydrology will discuss the need for advancing hydrologic ensemble prediction and DA.

Examining Video Self-Modeling In Promoting Food Acceptance In Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder In A School Setting, Gail M. Loughlin Rogers

Doctoral Dissertations

Children with autism spectrum disorder have a higher incident of feeding problems as compared with typical children and children with other developmental delays, with the feeding problems more often identified as learned or behavioral. Research into the effectiveness of antecedent- and consequence-based behavioral strategies continue to grow, with most research conducted within clinical settings. As educators we strive for less restrictive and empirically validated interventions within more naturalistic settings. Despite the growing body of research as to the effectiveness of video modeling to affect change across a number of areas, research using video modeling is sparse with respect to food …

Baryon Spectrum Using Nf=2+1+1 Ensembles Of Twisted Mass Fermions, C Alexandrou, V Drach, K Hadjiyiannakou, K Jansen, C Kallidonis, G Koutsou

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

We present results on the masses of the low-lying baryons using ten ensembles of gauge configurations with $N_f =2+1+1$ dynamical twisted mass fermions, at three values of the lattice spacing, spanning a pion mass range from about 210 MeV to about 430 MeV. The strange and charm quark masses are tuned to approximately their physical values. We examine isospin symmetry breaking effects on the baryon mass and the dependence on the lattice spacing. After taking the continuum limit we use chiral perturbation theory to extrapolate to the physical vlaue of the pion mass for all forty baryons. We provide predictions …

Tuba-Euphonium Studio And Unlv Brass Ensemble, Zane Z. Douglass, Adam Hille

Chamber Music Programs

Program listing performers and works performed.

Analysis Of Clock-Regulated Genes In Neurospora Reveals Widespread Posttranscriptional Control Of Metabolic Potential, Jennifer M. M. Hurley, Arko Dasgupta, Jillian M. Emerson, Xiaoying Zhou, Carol S. Ringelberg, Nicole Knabe

Dartmouth Scholarship

Neurospora crassa has been for decades a principal model for filamentous fungal genetics and physiology as well as for understanding the mechanism of circadian clocks. Eukaryotic fungal and animal clocks comprise transcription-translation-based feedback loops that control rhythmic transcription of a substantial fraction of these transcriptomes, yielding the changes in protein abundance that mediate circadian regulation of physiology and metabolism: Understanding circadian control of gene expression is key to understanding eukaryotic, including fungal, physiology. Indeed, the isolation of clock-controlled genes (ccgs) was pioneered in Neurospora where circadian output begins with binding of the core circadian transcription factor WCC to a subset …

Syndecan 4 Is Required For Endothelial Alignment In Flow And Atheroprotective Signaling, Nicolas Baeyens, Mary Jo Mulligan-Kehoe, Federico Corti, David D. Simon, Tyler D. Ross, John M. Rhodes, Thomas Z. Wang

Dartmouth Scholarship

Atherosclerotic plaque localization correlates with regions of disturbed flow in which endothelial cells (ECs) align poorly, whereas sustained laminar flow correlates with cell alignment in the direction of flow and resistance to atherosclerosis. We now report that in hypercholesterolemic mice, deletion of syndecan 4 (S4−/−) drastically increased atherosclerotic plaque burden with the appearance of plaque in normally resistant locations. Strikingly, ECs from the thoracic aortas of S4−/− mice were poorly aligned in the direction of the flow. Depletion of S4 in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) using shRNA also inhibited flow-induced alignment in vitro, which was rescued by re-expression …

The Prospector, December 2, 2014, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Graduation Issue

Headline: The Roots of Education are Bitter but the Fruit is Sweet

Parweb: A Front-End Interface For Cluster Computing., Jacob Potter

Honors Theses

The High Performance Computational Science Laboratory at Western Michigan University operates a cluster of systems for use by students, professors, and professional researchers. Currently users that want to access the cluster, known as “Thor”, require knowledge of the Unix/Linux command line. They also require knowledge of operating a piece of software known as TORQUE to correctly achieve results from the High Performance Computing Lab.

The Web User Interface Framework for High Performance Cluster Computing alleviates the need for intimate knowledge of a command line interface, and replaces the current interaction interface with a more user friendly and graphical oriented system. …

Monodisperse Core/Shell And Other Complex Structured Nanocrystals And Methods Of Preparing The Same, Xiaogang Peng, Jianqing Li, David Battaglia, Y. Andrew Wang, Yunjun Wang

Patents Granted

Provides new compositions containing nearly monodisperse colloidal core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals with high photoluminescence quantum yields (PL QY), as well as other complex structured semiconductor nanocrystals. New synthetic methods for preparing these nanocrystals, and new devices comprising these compositions are also provided. In addition to core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals, this patent application also provides complex semiconductor nanostructures, quantum shells, quantum wells, doped nanocrystals, and other multiple-shelled semiconductor nanocrystals.

Nonatonic Harmonic Structures In Symphonies By Ralph Vaughan Williams And Arnold Bax, Cameron Logan

Doctoral Dissertations

This study explores the pitch structures of passages within certain works by Ralph Vaughan Williams and Arnold Bax. A methodology that employs the nonatonic collection (set class 9-12) facilitates new insights into the harmonic language of symphonies by these two composers. The nonatonic collection has received only limited attention in studies of neo-Riemannian operations and transformational theory. This study seeks to go further in exploring the nonatonic’s potential in forming transformational networks, especially those involving familiar types of seventh chords. An analysis of the entirety of Vaughan Williams’s Fourth Symphony serves as the exemplar for these theories, and reveals that …

Food And Identity Formation Among Jain Laywomen, Kristin Mcconnell

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

The Jains are a small but influential minority community in India. Their religion is structured around the concept of ahimsa, the strict adherence to nonviolence in one’s every under taking. The ideal Jain diet does the least amount of harm to both oneself and one’s environment, including plants and microscopic organisms. Many foods — including meat, honey, alcohol, and underground vegetables — are forbidden. While Jain philosophy is adamant about avoiding foods that are obtained through violence, it says little about the perspectives and lifestyles of those most often charged with maintaining this diet: Jain laywomen. Because these women are …

Los Efectos De La Violencia Familiar Y Las Percepciones De Las Mujeres Afectadas: Un Estudio De Las Mujeres Victimas De La Violencia Familiar A Ahmauta / The Effects Of Family Violence And Perceptions Of Women Affected :A Study Of Women Victims Of Domestic Violence To Ahmauta, Catherine Oidtman

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Violence against women is a social problem that demands much attention from society because it is a human rights issue and is damaging to the mental health status of women. The purpose of this investigation is to use an ethnographic approach to analyze the perceptions of women who have suffered from domestic violence to determine how perceptions of domestic violence impact subsequent mental health outcomes. Women (n=6) were recruited from the NGO Amhauta, an educational program that advocates for the rights of women and children in San Jerónimo, a district of Cusco, Peru. This analysis uses an ethnographic approach to …