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Ovcs Newsletter December 2014, Alysia Mattson, Tom Redstone, Christine Roundtree, Amanda Klay, Heidi Munoz

Community Partnerships Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Imsa B-Wing Lab Renovations Drawings, Illinois Math And Science Academy

Lab Renovations

No abstract provided.

Multi-Percussion In The Undergraduate Percussion Curriculum, Benjamin Andrew Charles

Open Access Dissertations

As the role of the percussionist has evolved throughout the past century, a new genre of one performer playing multiple percussion instruments has evolved, most commonly known as "multi-percussion." Undergraduate percussion programs have struggled to keep up with the increasing demand for students to perform solo multi-percussion repertoire. This study first evaluates the role of multi-percussion in the curriculum with a historical overview and survey of current practices. It then explores the possibilities for integrating multi-percussion into the undergraduate percussion curriculum by providing a repertoire guide and a four-year course of study for undergraduate students.

Reveille (Issue 19), Csusb Veterans Success Center

Reveille newsletter

Look What's Inside...

• Army ROTC Summer Training
• PDC Veterans Center Grand Opening
• Meet Our New Student Assistants
• 239th Marine Corps Birthday Ball
• New Christmas Crafts at the VSC!
• Annual VSC Thanksgiving Luncheon
• What Do the Holidays Mean to You?

Epistemic Categories And Causal Kinds, P.D. Magnus

Philosophy Faculty Scholarship

Within philosophy of science, debates about realism often turn on whether posited entities exist or whether scientific claims are true. Natural kinds tend to be investigated by philosophers of language or metaphysicians, for whom semantic or ontological considerations can overshadow scientific ones. Since science crucially involves dividing the world up into categories of things, however, issues concerning classification ought to be central for philosophy of science. Muhammad Ali Khalidi's book fills that gap, and I commend it to readers with an interest in scientific taxonomy and natural kinds. He works through general issues to craft a useful philosophical conception and …

Supply Chain Management And Investment Risk, Claude Chereau

Economics & Business Analytics Faculty Publications

We use a behaviorally motivated risk-return optimization framework to shed light on the important link between global supply chain management and investors’ risk-return choice. By improving the transparency and sustainability of the global supply chain, firms can reduce the probability of extreme losses, thus increasing investors’ expected utility and asset valuations. In order to effectively address the growing risks firms face in their global supply chains, systemic change is required. Managers can facilitate this change by increasing transparency and sustainability of their supply chains, especially in the area of carbon emissions reduction.We outline existing programs and tools that are leading …

Volunteer Yearbook 2014, Centracare Health

Volunteer Yearbook

• Volunteer governing board structure/recipients of awards pg. 1-5
• Areas of Service pg. 5-11
• Volunteer Program Summary pg. 12
• Highlights pg. 13
• Summary of Operations St. Cloud Hospital Volunteer Auxiliary pg. 14
• Projects Funded pg. 15
• Ways to Give pg. 16
• Featured Projects pg.17-19
• Volunteer Snapshots pg. 20-21
• Milestones of Service pg. 22-24
• Volunteer Supervisors pg. 25

Patient Care News: December 2014, St. Cloud Hospital

Patient Care News

Snowstorm/Weather Related Absence Guidelines

Christmas and New Year's Holiday Sign-up Sheets for Cut/Call

Onsite Somali Interpreter

Checkouts By Patron Type: December 2014, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Borrowing by patron type - December 2014

Checkouts By Institution: December 2014 Helin/All Locations, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Borrowing by institution – December 2014

Requests Of Brown By Lc Classification: December 2014, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Requests of Brown from other HELIN libraries - December 2014

Synthesis And Characterization Of Methacrylated Hyaluronan-Based Hydrogels For Tissue Engineering, Keegan Bradley Compton

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

Polymers have revolutionized the field of tissue engineering due to the countless possibilities of scaffolds that can be constructed from such a material. Through conjugation of other functional groups onto a polymer backbone, the mechanical properties of polymers can be controlled and has the ability to span a wide range of strengths, allowing for application in multiple tissue environments. One such polymer, hyaluronic acid (HA), is a natural polysaccharide found most abundantly in the extracellular matrix (ECM) of connective tissues with structural, lubricating, and wound healing functions in the human body; for this reason, HA has great potential for utilization …

Development Of A Mobility-Enabling Spinal Orthosis And Methods For Evaluating And Developing Spinal Orthoses On A Robotic Platform, John C. Simmons

Theses and Dissertations (ETD)

Introduction: A number of decompressing spinal braces (typically pneumatic) have been introduced that attempt to mechanically emulate the “buoyancy” of water therapy by offloading upper torso load to the pelvic girdle as a treatment for lower back pain (LBP). Unfortunately, the beneficial upward force they apply on the upper torso typically makes it difficult or impossible for the patient to bend. For those cases where stabilization is not indicated, this undesirably hinders therapeutic exercise, independent living, and return to work. The cosmetic stigma of wearing an external pneumatic assembly large enough to provide significant offloading may provide additional disincentives to …

Wofford Today Winter 2014, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Wofford Today

No abstract provided.

Daily Announcements December 2014, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Communications Office Daily Announcements

No abstract provided.

Gsu View, 2014-12-01, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

An Evaluative Questionnaire For The 26-Hours Of Science And Technology In Agriculture, Chelsi Faria

Agricultural Education and Communication

The purpose of this project was to create an evaluative survey for the high school student and teachers who participated in California Polytechnic State University’s “26-Hours of Science and Technology in Agriculture” Program. The survey was created to collect data to not only to better the program, but to see the students and teachers’ opinions. Collecting answers from participating students and teachers would benefit the 26-Hour Program greatly. With the collected data, future planning teams could make changes appropriate the input received that would benefit the effectiveness of the program overall. Creating an evaluation system started by researching agriculture education …

Ag In Motion, Kerri Bermudez, Annelise Jensch, Michaela Stone

Agricultural Education and Communication

The purpose of this project was to gauge the interest levels of Ag in Motion for the Central Coast. Positive feedback would allow the project to continue on after this project is finished. Ag in Motion is an important asset to middle school aged children because they have the opportunity to learn about agriculture and it’s value. This is especially important considering California is number one producer of agricultural commodities in the United States.

The Central Coast is defined as these three counties: Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County, and Santa Barbara County. An online survey was developed and sent …

Seasonal Variation Of Milk In Central Valley California And The Association Of Milk Variation With The Composition And Texture Of Low Mositure Part Skim Mozzarella, Vaideki Jai

Master's Theses

The chemical composition of milk (specifically casein, fat, and calcium) is known to affect the quality and functional properties of Mozzarella cheese. Therefore, concentrations of total nitrogen, casein nitrogen, non-casein nitrogen, non-protein nitrogen, true nitrogen, casein nitrogen to total nitrogen ratio, casein nitrogen to true nitrogen ratio, fat, total calcium, total solids, somatic cells, and pH were measured in silo milk samples collected weekly over 18-months from a large dairy plant in Central Valley, California from July 2008 to December 2009 to verify changes and correlate to low moisture part skim Mozzarella (LMPS) characteristics. LMPS mozzarella cheese from the same …

Barriers To Adoption Of Methane Digester Technology On California Dairies, Desiree Lee Libarle

Master's Theses

The goal of this research was to analyze the barriers to adoption of methane digesters on California dairies. Methane digesters have long existed as a technology in the dairy industry, both in the United States and abroad. Much research has been done to attest to the viability and economic sustainability of methane digesters; however in 2014, there were 26 dairies in California that have methane digesters installed, and of these, only 17 of those were still in operation, according to the USEPA AgStar Anaerobic Digester Database. Hence, the question remains, as to why this technology has not been widely adopted …

Winter 2014

Conversations

Salma Ghanem joins college as new dean; Students gain public relations experience in summer apprenticeship program; Hospitals, nonprofits and schools benefit from CMN faculty expertise; Alumnus inspires next generation of college graduates; Students showcase debate skills on campus and abroad; Accolades; Around the college

The Cresset (Vol. Lxxviii, No. 2, Advent/Christmas), Valparaiso University

The Cresset (archived issues)

No abstract provided.

December 2014: Volume 4 Issue 1, Dacus Library

Dacus Developments

Inside this Issue:

DigitalCommons. Winthrop.edu
Friends Support Continues
Grants and Funding Opportunities
Friends Indeed Profile ...

Review Of "The Norton Anthology Of Drama", Andrew Vorder Bruegge

College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Publications

Review of new edition of a drama anthology/textbook.

Seventeenth-Century Social Hierarchy And Character Interpretation In "The Country Wife", Andrew Vorder Bruegge

College of Visual and Performing Arts Faculty Publications

Analysis of characters in the drama within their cultural context. Four of the principal female characters succeed in attaining upward mobility in social class over the course of the action. The URL for the full-text document is: http://dx.doi.org/10.15640/ijmpa.v2n2a3

Diversity Of Cortical Interneurons In Primates: The Role Of The Dorsal Proliferative Niche, Nevena V. Radonjić, Fani Memi, Xiaojing Yu, Igor Jakovcevski, Nada Zecevic

UCHC Articles - Research

Evolutionary elaboration of tissues starts with changes in the genome and location of the stem cells. For example, GABAergic interneurons of the mammalian neocortex are generated in the ventral telencephalon and migrate tangentially to the neocortex, in contrast to the projection neurons originating in the ventricular/subventricular zone (VZ/SVZ) of the dorsal telencephalon. In human and nonhuman primates, evidence suggests that an additional subset of neocortical GABAergic interneurons is generated in the cortical VZ and a proliferative niche, the outer SVZ. The origin, magnitude, and significance of this species-specific difference are not known. We use a battery of assays applicable to …

And In The End, The Class You Make Is Equal To...(Or, How Did This End So Fast, And How Can I End It Well?), John Bird, Teaching And Learning Center

The Weekly Reader

No abstract provided.

'Tis The Season With Performances, Tree Lightings And More, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2014

• Highlights include the annual Christmas Tree lighting on Dec. 5 and the 25th anniversary of the pottery sale, also Dec. 5.

Hunger Series Begins With Dec. 2 Program On Food Security, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2014

• This series consists of five different programs aimed at informing the campus and community about hunger, which is one of the most important social issues both here at home and throughout the world.
• The first event will take place Tuesday, Dec. 2 when Papa Sene of Senegal talks about “Nutrition-led Agriculture Approach to Food Security in Senegal.

Rugby Rout! Rwu Women Claim Second National Championship, Athletics Staff, Roger Williams University

Featured News Story

Hawks best Sacred Heart to earn national championship for small college women's rugby.