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Identification Of The Emergent Leaders Within A Cse Professional Development Program, Tracie Evans Reding, Brian Dorn, Neal Grandgenett, Harvey Siy, Jon Youn, Qiuming Zhu, Carol A. Engelmann

Computer Science Faculty Publications

The need for high quality, sustainable Computer Science Education (CSE) professional development (PD) at the grades K-12 level is essential to the success of the global CSE initiatives. This study investigates the use of Social Network Analysis (SNA) to identify emergent teacher leaders within a high quality CSE PD program. The CSE PD program was designed and implemented through collaboration between the computer science and teacher education units at a Midwestern metropolitan university in North America. A unique feature of this specific program is in the intentional development of a social network. This study discusses the importance of social networks, …

Exposure Of Fibrinogen And Thrombin To Nitric Oxide Donor Prolinonoate Affects Fibrin Clot Properties, Christine C. Helms, Shannon Kapadia, Anne C. Gilmore, Zhexi Lu, Swati Basu, Daniel B. Kim-Shapiro

Physics Faculty Publications

Fibrin fibers form the structural backbone of blood clots. The structural properties of fibrin clots are highly dependent on formation kinetics. Environmental factors such as protein concentration, pH, salt, and protein modification, to name a few, can affect fiber kinetics through altered fibrinopeptide release, monomer association, and/or lateral aggregation. The objective of our study was to determine the effect of thrombin and fibrinogen exposed to nitric oxide on fibrin clot properties. ProliNONOate (5 [mu]mol/l) was added to fibrinogen and thrombin before clot initiation and immediately following the addition of thrombin to the fibrinogen solution. Resulting fibrin fibers were probed with …

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Using Simulation-Based Optimization To Guide Allocations Of Surface And Ground Water Resources For Agricultural Water Use, A. I. Colón, R. T. Hanson, E. W. Jenkins, K. R. Kavanagh

S.C. Water Resources Conference

2016 South Carolina Water Resources Conference

South Carolina Water Resources at a Crossroads: Response, Readiness and Recovery

Development Of A National Repository Of Digital Forensic Intelligence, Mark Weiser, David P. Biros, Greg Mosier

Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law

Many people do all of their banking online, we and our children communicate with peers through computer systems, and there are many jobs that require near continuous interaction with computer systems. Criminals, however, are also “connected”, and our online interaction provides them a conduit into our information like never before. Our credit card numbers and other fiscal information are at risk, our children's personal information is exposed to the world, and our professional reputations are on the line.

The discipline of Digital Forensics in law enforcement agencies around the nation and world has grown to match the increased risk and …

Designing A Data Warehouse For Cyber Crimes, Il-Yeol Song, John D. Maguire, Ki Jung Lee, Namyoun Choi, Xiaohua Hu, Peter Chen

Annual ADFSL Conference on Digital Forensics, Security and Law

One of the greatest challenges facing modern society is the rising tide of cyber crimes. These crimes, since they rarely fit the model of conventional crimes, are difficult to investigate, hard to analyze, and difficult to prosecute. Collecting data in a unified framework is a mandatory step that will assist the investigator in sorting through the mountains of data. In this paper, we explore designing a dimensional model for a data warehouse that can be used in analyzing cyber crime data. We also present some interesting queries and the types of cyber crime analyses that can be performed based on …

Diatom Diversity In Savannah River Oxbows: A Pilot And Exploratory Survey, Katie M. Johnson, Oscar P. Flite, John Hains, Alyssa Thomson

S.C. Water Resources Conference

No abstract provided.

Plant Selections For Vegetative Channels: Evaluation Of Seven Aquatic Plant Species For Susceptibility To Five Species Of Phytophthora, Natasha L. Bell, Daniel R. Hitchcock, Sarah A. White

S.C. Water Resources Conference

No abstract provided.

Educating The Public From K-12 To Adults On The Importance Of Water Resource Management Using Hands-On Activities, Gary L. Hawkins, Phd, Laura W. Goss

S.C. Water Resources Conference

Water resource education occurs at many different levels. This ranges from K‐12 education to teachers to adults. At the University of Georgia (UGA), the authors have been working for years to educate the public on water issues ranging from the water cycle to soil erosion and deposition to improving soils for water resource management. The water cycle is one of the standards at the elementary school level. The authors have use an 8X10 foot display of the water cycle to teach students the different phases of the cycle, how they interact and how they are connected. Not only are the …

Effect Of Spatial Distribution Of Precipitation Data On Temporal And Spactial Uncertainty Of Swat Output, Ali O. Alnahit, Abdul A. Khan, Tom O. Owino

S.C. Water Resources Conference

Accurate modeling of water quality, water availability, and transport of pollutants at the watershed scale requires an accurate representation of the precipitation data. For this reason, the ability of hydrologic models to predict accurate outputs depends to a great extent on how well the rainfall data is distributed.

In general, rainfall intensities can vary in space and time, particularly in convective events. A number of schemes are available to account for temporal and spatial uncertainties of precipitation data. The simplest method is the arithmetic mean, which assumes the rainfall is uniformly distributed over the watershed. The Thiessen polygon method is …

Water Quality Effects Of Floating Treatment Wetland Systems To Remediate Plant Production Runoff, Lauren Garcia Chance, John C. Majsztrik, Natasha L. Bell, Daniel Hitchcock, Sarah A. White

S.C. Water Resources Conference

Plant production in greenhouse and container nurseries typically generates runoff water with excess nutrients. Runoff water either flows offsite or is captured and reused for irrigation. Floating treatment wetland systems (FTWs) can remove nutrients from water streams prior to release or reuse. FTWs consist of a floating mat planted with wetland plants, which encourage the growth of microorganisms to remove nutrients from the water.

Clemson Wow Project: Successes Of A Water Quality Outreach Program, Lauren Garcia Chance, Erica Linard, Christie Sampson

S.C. Water Resources Conference

The What’s in Our Waters (WOW) program was designed by graduate students from the Biology and Environmental Toxicology programs at Clemson University (CU) in June 2013. WOW has established a successfully running model with the AP Environmental Science class of a local high school in Central, SC.. The programs’ success and the collected data are useful for both educators working to evolve environmental education and as well as researchers working to increase interest in citizen science. The structure of this program brings attention to South Carolina’s water resources and alters students’ perceptions of science and scientists.

An Integrative Study Of Past Stream Restoration Projects In The Upstate Of South Carolina's For Use In Future Stream Restoration Projects: Preliminary Analysis And Results, Rebeckah Hollowell, Dr. Charles Privette Iii, Dr. Calvin Sawyer, Jeremy Pike

S.C. Water Resources Conference

No abstract provided.

Water Treatment Technologies For Specialty Crops, John Majsztrik, Daniel Hitchcock, David Sample, Sarah White

S.C. Water Resources Conference

No abstract provided.

Storm Event Analysis At Nested Watershed Scales: Turkey Creek, Santee Experimental Forest, South Carolina, Austin Morrison, Timothy J. Callahan, Devendra M. Amatya, Vijay M. Vulava, J. Wesley Burnett

S.C. Water Resources Conference

Coastal areas are expected to see the greatest impact on water resources due to population increase and land development affecting the regional water budget by reducing evapotranspiration, groundwater recharge/discharge, and increase runoff. This project inspected forested watersheds in coastal South Carolina to understand their stream response to storm events. The objectives of this study were to (1) characterize the watershed conditions based on their land use/land cover, soil drainage class, and topography, (2) compare streamflow patterns using seasonal event hydrographs, and (3) compare results of analytical method of storm event hydrograph separation with that of the chemical method using stable …

Evaluating A Commercial Potassium Humate Product For The Reduction Of Bioavailable Copper And Zinc In Surface Water, Erin J. Peck, S. Michele Harmon Phd

S.C. Water Resources Conference

Dissolved Organic Matter (DOM) is a crucial component in aquatic systems for the natural remediation of metals pollution. Natural organic compounds from DOM provide macromolecules which strongly attract cations such as copper, lead, zinc, and mercury. Binding with organic molecules reduces toxicity and bioavailability for metals uptake in aquatic organisms. We investigated the use of a commercially-available organic product, Borregro HA-1, to aid in metals remediation in an aquatic environment

A Multiple Method Approach To Evaluate Landward Migration Of Seawater Intrusion In The Floridian Aquifer, Mikala Randich, Tim Callahan, Brooke Czwartacki

S.C. Water Resources Conference

The Floridan aquifer of the Southeastern United States is an important freshwater resource for private and commercial groundwater users. Within the past few decades, certain parts of the aquifer have experienced saltwater intrusion, which has affected the viability of this critical freshwater resource. Groundwater withdrawals, variability in recharge and discharge rates, and sea level rise has caused saltwater to advance into this and other freshwater coastal aquifers. While the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SC DNR) monitors conductivity in several coastal Floridan aquifer wells, a comprehensive hydrochemical saltwater intrusion study of the aquifer in the Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester tri-county region of …

Murrells Inlet Estuary Microbial Source Tracking Study, Cara Schildtknecht, Jeff Barley, Dr. Adam Leaphart, Dr. Susan Libes

S.C. Water Resources Conference

No abstract provided.

South Carolina Stormwater Detention Ponds: Sediment Accumulation And Nutrient Sequestration, William Schroer, Claudia Benitez-Nelson, Erik Smith, Lori Ziolkowski

S.C. Water Resources Conference

Stormwater detention ponds are prevalent across South Carolina and receive runoff waters carrying both nutrients and sediments. As sediments accumulate in these ponds, water volume is reduced leading to a decrease in runoff retention. Periodic dredging is required to maintain pond function, but dredging is costly and there is little data available to support how often pond dredging is required. It is further unknown how high nutrient loading effects sediment nutrient sequestration and autochthonous production of organic sediment components.

Enhancing Stormwater Public Education And Involvement Efforts Through Undergraduate Student Internships And Projects, Lisa Swanger

S.C. Water Resources Conference

The Coastal Waccamaw Stormwater Education Consortium (CWSEC) was established in 2004 to assist small municipal separate storm sewer systems (SMS4s) located within the Myrtle Beach Urbanized Area to meet requirements for stormwater public education and involvement associated with the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Phase II permit program.

Clean Water3: Integrating Research And Extension To Help Specialty Crop Growers Reduce, Remediate, And Recycle Water, Sarah A. White, James S. Owen, John C. Majsztrik, Bridget Behe, Bert Cregg, R. Thomas Fernandez, Paul R. Fisher, Laurie Fox, Charlie R. Hall, Darren Haver, Daniel R. Hitchcock, Dewayne L. Ingram, Saurav Kumar, Alexa Lamm, John Lea-Cox, Lorence R. Oki, Jennifer L. Parks, Andrew Ristvey, David Sample, Cassandra Swett, Laura S. Warner, P. Christopher Wilson

S.C. Water Resources Conference

No abstract provided.

Deciphering Daubert's Dilemma: Using Probability And Statistics To Assign Liability Where A Defendant Has Not More Than Doubled The Likelihood Of A Plaintiff's Harm, Christopher Collins

Liberty University Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Price Is Wrong: A Biblical Approach To Punitive Damages, Zachary Hurt

Liberty University Law Review

No abstract provided.

Agenda: Winter, Wilderness & Climate: Threats & Solutions, University Of Colorado Boulder. Getches-Wilkinson Center For Natural Resources, Energy, And The Environment, The Wilderness Society, Protect Our Winters

Winter, Wilderness, and Climate--Threats and Solutions (October 12)

In partnership with the Getches-Wilkinson Center, join The Wilderness Society and Protect Our Winters for an interactive presentation about energy development and climate impacts on public lands.

This event was held on Wednesday, October 12, 2016, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m., in the University of Colorado Law School, Wolf Law Building, Wittemyer Courtroom.

Slides: Winter, Wilderness & Climate: Threats & Solutions, Jim Ramey, Lindsay Bourgoine

Winter, Wilderness, and Climate--Threats and Solutions (October 12)

Presenters:

Jim Ramey, The Wilderness Society

Lindsay Bourgoine, Protect Our Winters

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Leveraging The Final Project To Improve Student Motivation In Introductory Digital Design Courses, Andrew Danowitz

Computer Science and Software Engineering

Student retention rates in engineering, especially among traditionally underrepresented groups, remain an obstacle to training a large, diverse engineering workforce. The NSF's Science and Engineering Indicators 2016 indicate that of students entering college with an intent to major in engineering, only 63% graduate with an engineering degree [1]. With research suggesting that misperceptions or a lack of knowledge about what work in a certain field is like can deter students from studying that discipline [2], [3], it is possible that providing a meaningful project experience at the introductory level could provide a strong positive impact on retention rates. This could …

On The Signless Laplacian Eigenvalues Related To Independence Number Of Graphs, Huiqing Liu

Combinatorics Seminar

In this topic, we investigate the eigenvalues of signless Laplacian matrix of a connected graph with given independence number, and determined the graph which has the minimum. least signless Laplacian eigenvalue among all non-bipartite graphs. We also determined the graph with the minimum algebraic connectivity among all connected graphs.

Whalesong 2016-10-12, N/A N/A

Whalesong

No abstract provided.

Measurement Of The Integrated And Differential T̅T Production Cross Sections For High-Pt Top Quarks In Pp Collisions At √S =8 Tev, V. Khachatryan, A. M. Sirunyan, Marc M. Baarmand, Vallary Bhopatkar, Stefano Colafranceschi, Marcus Hohlmann, H Kalakhety, Daniel Noonan, Tuhin S. Roy, Francisco X. Yumiceva

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications

The cross section for pair production of top quarks (tt) with high transverse momenta is measured in pp collisions, collected with the CMS detector at the LHC with s=8 TeV in data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 19.7 fb-1. The measurement is performed using lepton+jets events, where one top quark decays semileptonically, while the second top quark decays to a hadronic final state. The hadronic decay is reconstructed as a single, large-radius jet, and identified as a top quark candidate using jet substructure techniques. The integrated cross section and the differential cross sections as a function of top quark …

The Disconnect Between General Classroom Teaching Techniques And English Language Learner Needs, Marliese Belt

Honors College Theses

This project will seek to identify gaps in pre-service teacher education as it relates to appropriate instructional strategies for English Language Learners (ELLs). First, public and private liberal arts schools of higher education in Kentucky will be analyzed for relevant programs and courses addressing the needs of ELLs and research-driven instructional techniques used to educate them. It will be determined that many of the schools offer undergraduate or graduate level endorsements and certificate programs, but only one, Murray State University, offers an undergraduate degree-bearing program. Next, ELLs, their characteristics, and unique needs will be defined to ensure that all stakeholders …