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R-Hued Chromatic Number Of P_T-Free Graphs, Xuezheng Lv

Combinatorics Seminar

For integers k, r > 0, a (k, r )-coloring of a graphs G is a proper coloring on the vertices of G with k colors such that every vertex v of degree d(v) is adjacent to vertices with at leastmin{d(v), r} different colors. The r-hued chromatic number, denoted by xr(G, is the smallest integer k for which a graph G has a (k, r)-coloring. We focus on the upper bound of xr(G)?x(G), where G is a Prfree graph. This is a joint work with Hong-Jian Lai and Murong Xu from West Virginia University.

The Relationship Between Instructional Strategies And Teacher Evaluation In Michigan Public Schools, Stephen D. Laatsch

Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine whether teachers altered instructional strategies based on their local school district’s teacher evaluation framework. Further, if changes were made to their use of instructional strategies, specific factors that influenced the changes were explored. This information is important because school districts across Michigan spend time, energy, and money for new teacher evaluation frameworks. Thus, it is essential to know if these frameworks change the use of instructional strategies in the classroom.

Teachers in 10 southeastern Michigan public school districts were surveyed to determine use of research-based instructional strategies before and after the …

Adaptative Decomposition: The Case Of The Drury–Arveson Space, Daniel Alpay, Fabrizio Colombo, Tao Qian, Irene Sabadini

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

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Abq Free Press, October 12, 2016, Abq Free Press

ABQ Free Press

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Connect 221 - October 2016

Connect

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Panel Handout: Best Practices In Arbitration Of Higher Education Issues, Rosemary Townley

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

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Panel: Collective Bargaining Issues Concerning Post-Doctorates - Breaking The Silence: The Unionization Of Post-Doctorate Workers At The University Of California, Sayil Camacho, Robert Rhoads

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

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Panel: Collective Bargaining Issues Concerning Post-Doctorates, Karen Rosenberg

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

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Panel: Discrimination And Harassment Issues In Higher Education - Recent Tenure Discrimination Federal Court Decisions, Merrick Rossein

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

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Panel Handout: Brown University Redux - New York University Nlrb Decision On Review And Order (2000)

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

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Panel Handout: Brown University Redux - Supplemental Decision By Nlrb Regional Director

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

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Panel Handout: Brown University Redux - Brief Of Amicus Curiae Afl-Cio

Journal of Collective Bargaining in the Academy

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Learning Form And Function By Dance-Dramatizing Cultural Legends To Drum Rhythms Wearing Student-Made Animal Masks, Phyllis Gray, Audrey C. Rule, Gloria Kirkland Holmes, Stephanie R. Logan, Andrea L. Alert, Cynthia A. Mason

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

This study examined the self-efficacy in science, art, dance, and music; attitudes concerning contributions of people of various ethnic/cultural groups; and science learning of students involved in an after-school arts-integrated science enrichment project. Students dramatized three traditional animal legends from African, Native American, and Mexican cultures to drum beats while wearing student-made papier-mâché helmet crest masks of the animal characters. They learned the structure and functions of the featured animals through slide shows, embedded explanations in the play scripts, and hands-on form and function analogy materials that related the form and function of animal body parts to manufactured items. Although …

Zebras And Jaguars, Oh My! Integrating Science And Engineering Standards With Art During Prekindergarten Block Time, Brandy A. Smith, Jane E. Cline

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

This study considered how arts integration impacted preschoolers concerning the students’ acquisition, understanding, and retention of information about animal habitats. This current investigation used control and experimental conditions to determine the effects of art integration during students’ block building of animal habitats and their subsequent recollections of their work; this activity also incorporated the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) and National Core Art Standards. The two NGSS standards utilized in the study are K-2-ETSI-1 and K-2-ETST-2. Overall, combined child-reported correct animal and habitat characteristics gain scores on the posttest and distal posttest showed significant differences between the two conditions, favoring …

Third Graders Explore Sound Concepts Through Online Research Compared To Making Musical Instruments, Kyrie D. Borsay, Page Foss

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

This study is an exploration of several lessons on sound taught to third grade students using one of the Next Generation Science Standards (3-5-ETS1) and arts integration. A counterbalanced, pretest- posttest- distal posttest design experiment was conducted to compare student knowledge and attitudes between the control and experimental conditions. Control activities included learning about either stringed or percussion instruments (whichever not addressed in the experimental condition) through online searches for information and writing a factual paragraph; experimental activities included creating a percussion or stringed instrument using classroom art materials purchased with an imaginary budget. One group experienced the experimental condition …

Shadow Puppet Plays In Elementary Science Methods Class Help Preservice Teachers Learn About Minority Scientists, Phyllis Gray, Audrey C. Rule, Anneliese Gentzsch, Denise Tallakson

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

This practical article describes an arts-integrated project with engineering design and science concepts from the Next Generation Science Standards, art principles from the National Arts Standards, as well as ideas under the theme of “Culture” from the National Council for the Social Studies Standards. Preservice teachers in an undergraduate science methods class researched the background, life, and accomplishments of a minority scientist by reading books and articles about the person. They created a script to present the experiences and contributions of the scientist to other preservice teachers and, eventually, elementary students. Shadow puppets were constructed out of cardboard to portray …

Preschoolers Explore Greenhouses By Visiting A Greenhouse, Making A Model, And Growing Plants, Leann M. Perkins, Dessy Stoycheva

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

This practical lesson on greenhouses implements standards of the Next Generation Science Standards (K-2 ETS I-2; K-LS1-1) and the preschool objectives from the Teaching Strategies GOLD. Teaching Strategies GOLD is an assessment tool available online and in print that can be used with any developmentally appropriate early childhood curriculum. The lesson structure follows the 5E’s Learning Cycle Constructivist Model for teaching and the project-based, hands-on approach to learning. The preschool-aged children went on a field trip to a working greenhouse and then collaborated in groups to produce a three-dimensional model of a greenhouse as arts integration into this science project. …

Designing An Earthquake-Proof Art Museum: An Arts-And Engineering-Integrated Science Lesson, Anastasia Carignan, Mahjabeen Hussain

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

In this practical arts-integrated science and engineering lesson, an inquiry-based approach was adopted to teach a class of fourth graders in a Midwest elementary school about the scientific concepts of plate tectonics and earthquakes. Lessons were prepared following the 5 E instructional model. Next Generation Science Standards (4-ESS3-2) and the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards for fourth grade (Visual Arts: Creating 1.14a, Visual Arts: Creating 2.1.4a, and Visual Arts: Creating 3.1.4a) were addressed challenging students to create an earthquake-resistant structure to support a clay sculpture in a model of an art gallery for an earthquake-prone area. First, content knowledge …

Editorial: Welcome To The Journal Of Stem Arts, Crafts, And Constructions, Audrey C. Rule

Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions

The Journal of STEM Arts, Crafts, and Constructions is a scholarly journal that seeks to engage professionals, including preK-12 teachers, in a conversation about the benefits of arts integration; the ways that the STEM subjects can be integrated with the arts to produce effective teaching (STEAM Education); and how the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), can be effectively implemented with integrated arts, crafts, or constructions. Manuscripts, including guest editorials, are blind peer-reviewed by usually two reviewers and an associate editor or by three reviewers. This editorial explains the Journal’s origin in a faculty professional learning community. The Journal has a …

The King James Copyright: A Look At The Originality Of Derivative Translations Of The King James Version Of The Bible, Jason L. Cohn

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

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Dominican Study Evaluates Sustainable Tourism In Coral Triangle, Sarah Gardner, Dave Albee

Press Releases

Researchers at Dominican University of California have developed a systematic approach to evaluate the sustainability performance of the tourism industry in the Coral Triangle region, an area in the western Pacific Ocean that is home to about 75 percent of the world’s coral species.

Co-Operative Collective Motion Of Benzoquinone Particles At The Air-Water Interface And Assessment Of Cd62l As A Protein Biomarker For Metastatic Bladder Cancer, Jennifer E. Satterwhite 4469944

Doctoral Dissertations

Active matter is an entity observed in both animate and inanimate systems and exhibits spontaneous movement. An internal mechanism generates the self-driven unit to convert potential energy into mechanical movement. Biomotors and organisms are biologically well-known active systems; however, their movements are quite a complex phenomenon and understanding their driving motive forces and thermodynamic principles are essential. Therefore, the first portion of this thesis focused on the dynamics of an active multiple particle system at the air-water interface.

Benzoquinone active particles were studied and remarkable locomotion phenomena were observed at the air-water interface. Self-motion was evaluated with multiple symmetric circular …

Independent - Oct. 11, 2016, Brett Starkopf

The Independent (1988-present)

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Scholastic Minutes 10/11/2016, Scholastic Committee

Scholastic Committee

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The Prospector, October 11, 2016, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: What's to Come of Coach Kugler?

Personal Reflections / 10.11.16, José M. Torres

Personal Reflections

Last week, while standing outside my office, which is next to the Information Resource Center and overlooks the Senior U-bench, I realized how grateful I am to those who came before me, those who had the courage and vision to Act.Bold! Trustees, faculty, staff and students-thanks to them, IMSA has stayed opened and thrives as an educational center of excellence and innovation.

These IMSA Titans who came before us lived the motto that we've adopted this year for our IMSA30 celebration, "Think.Different. Act.Bold." Bold actions and different ways of thinking are in IMSA's DNA. We are, after all, IMSA Titans!

Ucc Minutes, October 11, 2016, University Curriculum Council

UCC Agendas/Minutes

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

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

• B.S.Ed. in Secondary Education to return in Fall 2017
• COE to offer new master's degree that focuses on teaching diverse student populations
• Revised master's in educational leadership accepted first cohort this fall
• COE to offer new M.Ed. in Evaluation, Assessment, Research, and Learning
• MAT Early Childhood Education program now accepting applications
• COE names 2016 Jack Miller Award recipients
• College of Education welcomes new faculty

The Effectiveness Of An Interactive Theatre Intervention On Improving Adherence To Self-Management Regimens For Breast Cancer-Related Lymphedema, Pamela L. Ostby

Sigma Foundation for Nursing Research Grant Reports

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of an interactive theatre (IT) intervention bundled with printed information to printed information alone in improving adherence to self-management of breast cancer-related lymphedema (BCRL) and perceptions of self-efficacy. The research questions included: (1) What is the effectiveness of an IT intervention bundled with printed information about BCRL on adherence to self-management regimens among breast cancer survivors with BCRL compared to printed information about BCRL alone? and (2) What is the effectiveness of an IT intervention bundled with printed information about BCRL on improving patient perceptions of self-efficacy and self-regulation compared …

Recent Approaches In Designing Bioadhesive Materials Inspired By Mussel Adhesive Protein, Pegah Kord Forooshani, Bruce P. Lee

Department of Biomedical Engineering Publications

Marine mussels secret protein-based adhesives, which enable them to anchor to various surfaces in a saline, intertidal zone. Mussel foot proteins (Mfps) contain a large abundance of a unique, catecholic amino acid, Dopa, in their protein sequences. Catechol offers robust and durable adhe-sion to various substrate surfaces and contributes to the curing of the adhesive plaques. In this article, we review the unique features and the key functionalities of Mfps, catechol chemistry, and strategies for preparing catechol-functionalized poly- mers. Specifically, we reviewed recent findings on the contributions of various features of Mfps on interfacial binding, which include coacervate formation, surface …