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Numerical Investigation Of Shock Wave Propoagtion In Biomineralized Fish Scale, Matthew Nelms, Wayne Hodo, A M. Rajendran

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 3: Materials; pp. 90-94

Analysis Of Vanillin In Maple Sap For The High School Laboratory, Tiffany M. Hatstat

Master's Theses and Capstones

The goal of this research was to adapt a reversed-phase HPLC method and develop associated classroom materials for the analysis of vanillin in maple sap for high school laboratories. The analysis of maple sap has broad applications in assessing tree health and addresses different content areas including: chemistry, biology, environmental science and mathematics. The students use HPLC instruments that are made available for loan to high schools throughout New Hampshire by the University of New Hampshire’s Joan and James Leitzel Center for Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education. Previous work by researchers in our group have analyzed maple sap to determine …

A Novel Genetic Algorithm And Its Application To Optimize Manufacturing Schedules, Arash Nasrollahishirazi

Open Access Dissertations

John Holland and his colleagues at the University of Michigan introduced genetic algorithms (GAs) in 1992. The algorithmic coding of Genetic Algorithms was described by Goldberg. Since of the real world problems studied in operations research and management science are too complex to be solved by using conventional optimization techniques, genetic algorithms have been widely used in their solution. Furthermore, problems with stochastic characteristics are also typical in analysis, design, and operation of modern systems. Stochastic optimization methods are even more complex than deterministic methods. Since the 1960’s researches have tried to simulate biological process for solving hard optimization problems …

Effects Of Climate Change On Tidal Marshes Along A Latitudinal Gradient In California, Usgs

State & Federal Reports and Publications

This report contains compiled physical and biological data, including coastal topography, tidal inundation, plant composition, and sediment accretion to project how SLR may alter these ecosystems in the future. The goal of our research was to provide results that support coastal management and conservation efforts across California.

Assessing Coastal Manager Science Needs And Disseminating Science Results For Planning, Usgs

State & Federal Reports and Publications

To facilitate communication and outreach of sea-level tidal marsh modeling results, we convened managers, biologists, Tribes, and other important decision makers and partners and hosted in-person workshops with stakeholders in six Pacific coast estuaries. Our objectives were: (1) disseminate site-specific baseline data and modeling results, reveal coast-wide trends, and identify data gaps; (2) identify how local climate science results may be incorporated into habitat conservation, planning, and adaptation strategies; and (3) develop an understanding of coastal climate change science needs to inform the California and North Pacific Landscape Conservation Cooperatives.

Access To Justice?: Dispute Management Processes In Msinga, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, Sindiso Mnisi Weeks

NYLS Law Review

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The Incremental Retributive Impact Of A Death Sentence Over Life Without Parole, Michael L. Radelet

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

In this paper, the author takes a closer look at retribution, which is the primary justification for the death penalty today in the United States and the main component of the additional punishment imposed by the death penalty over and above life imprisonment without parole (LWOP). While all criminal punishments, to varying degrees, punish both the inmate and his or her family, this paper argues that the death penalty’s added punishment over LWOP often punishes the family just as much as the inmate, and after the execution the full brunt of the punishment falls on the family. This added impact …

Retention And Reform In Japanese Capital Punishment, David T. Johnson

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

This Article focuses on the failure of abolition and of death penalty reform in Japan in order to illustrate contingencies in the trajectory of capital punishment in the modern world. Part I describes three facts about postwar Japan that help explain why it retains capital punishment today: a missed opportunity for abolition during the American occupation of the country after World War II; the long-term rule of a conservative political party; and economic and geopolitical power that has enabled the country to resist the influence of international norms. Part II describes a few ways in which Japanese capital punishment has …

The New Aesthetic And Art: Constellations Of The Postdigital, Scott Contreras-Koterbay, Łukasz Mirocha

ETSU Authors Bookshelf

The case for the new aesthetic -- Manifestations of the new aesthetic -- Glitch ontology and the new aesthetic -- Setting the stage : the new precursorsand boundaries for a new aesthetic art -- Letting go : new aesthetic artists and the new aesthetic art that works -- Teleology and the new aesthetic -- Conclusion -- References -- Biographies.

"The new aesthetic and art: constellations of the postdigital is an interdisciplinary analysis focusing on new digital phenomena at the intersections of theory andcontemporary art. Asserting the unique character of New Aesthetic objects, Contreras-Koterbay and Mirocha trace the origins of the …

Bill Monroe And Czech Bluegrassers: Imagination And The Production Of Place In Music, Lee Bidgood

ETSU Faculty Works

Journal Summary: Bluegrass and Old Time Country Music: Buried Roots is a collection of articles by noted country music scholars Wayne Daniel, James Akenson, Gregory Hansen and Lee Bidgood. This is a special publication of the International Country Music Journal, an extension of the International Country Music Conference held annually at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee.

Reconciling Water Law And Economic Efficiency In Western Water Administration, Charles W. Howe, John D. Wiener

Water Law Review

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Front Matter

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Issue 8

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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The Complement System And Schizophrenia: What If A Psychological Disorder Could Be Treated By Targeting Part Of The Innate Immune Response?, Sarah Hughes

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

No abstract provided.

Moonshot For Cancer: The Language Of Cancer Policy, Nate Bohm-Levine

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

No abstract provided.

Front Matter

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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The Humanity Of Cancer: Recognizing, Understanding And Fighting The Disease Through History, Oluwadamilare Ogunjimi

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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The Science Of Cute: What Makes Us Say "Aww!", Allison Murphy

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Crossword Corner, Rachel Dan

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Meta-Mindfulness: A New Hope, Peter Huang

Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest

This Essay starts by tracing its humble origins to an earlier, related and unique law review article, namely, Tiger Cub Strikes Back: Memoirs of an Ex-Child Prodigy About Legal Education and Parenting. This Essay describes various professional responses to Tiger Cub Strikes Back, provides an update of some developments in research about parenting and legal education since Tiger Cub Strikes Back, and recounts a few personal stories about mindfulness and related to being an ex-child prodigy. This Essay then analyzes meta-mindfulness, defined as mindfulness about mindfulness. This Essay discusses how mindfulness about mindfulness can help facilitate the positive transformation of …

Law's Emotions, Robin West

Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest

This article explores the intersection of the law and emotions and claims that U.S. law is not only impacted by emotions, but also produces four distinct types of emotions in our society.

Finding Peace In Law School, Dominique Simon

Richmond Journal of Law and the Public Interest

This article discusses the author's law school experience and the struggle to understand the motivations behind legal education process and the shortcomings of the legal justice system. The articles explores how mindfulness and the author's own spiritual awakening improved his legal education.

2016 Faculty Accomplishments Reception, University Of Richmond

Faculty Accomplishments Reception Programs

Program for the 2016 Faculty Accomplishments Reception

In Honor of University of Richmond Faculty Contributions to Scholarship, Research and Creative Work, January 2015 - December 2015

February 19, 2016, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Boatwright Memorial Library, Research & Collaborative Study Area, First Floor

Beautiful Minds : Exploring The Healing Potentional Of Self-Refexive Art In Facing A Campus Mental Health Crisis, Molly Chapman Rossi

Honors Theses

This interdisciplinary study of mental health seeks to do three things:

1. Identify and investigate the issue of mental health among students within the University of Richmond campus community, through both statistical and ethnographic data,

2. Apply trauma theory to redefine the crisis as a community trauma with unique aspects, and

3. Make a case for hope by proposing a plan that uses self-reflexive art, specifically theatre, to address the individualized community trauma and second-wave trauma.

I explicate new theories in this work, among them the notions of “individualized community trauma,” “second-wave trauma,” and “traumatic fusion.” Another critical concept is …

How Does One Child Policy Influence Chinese Household Saving Behavior, Yueyang Cao

Honors Theses

This paper investigates the influence the decline in the family size on household size through a Chinese family planning policy, the One-Child Policy (OCP). I find the evidence of the negative effect at the micro level using Chinese household survey data. I also study the aggregated effect using Chinese provincial level data. With the concern of endogeneity, I use a two-stage least square regression with financial punishments for having more than one child and share of population that were exempted from the restriction as instruments for the fertility variable. This regression shows a positive impact of the implementation of the …

Food Insecurity In Nepal : A Cross-Sectional Analysis From 75 Districts, Aarti Reddy

Honors Theses

There are a number of studies regarding food insecurity, but not many that investigate the simultaneous relationships between food insecurity and the measures of well-being (health, education and gender equality). This paper conducts a district-level cross-sectional analysis of the relationship between food insecurity and the measures of well-being in Nepal using an ordered probit model. Instrument variables are used in a two-stage analysis to address the problem of endogeneity. The study finds that health deprivation levels significantly affect levels of food insecurity in a district but education and gender literacy disparity are less significant. Addressing issues of endogeneity and multicolinearity …

Synthetic Flexibility Of A Bromopyrrole Ester Intermediate : Toward Novel Biologically Active Compounds, Scott Cameron Yeudall

Honors Theses

Compounds containing the pyrrole ring as a core structural motif continue to show significant biological activity, and both natural product derivatives and novel chemical scaffolds show potential for use as pharmaceuticals in treating a variety of cancers, infections, and inflammation. Given the widespread and important applications of compounds containing this motif, novel, rapid, and selective methods for the synthesis of multifunctional pyrroles is of some importance. Previous work in our group has utilized palladium-mediated Suzuki cross-coupling as a powerful tool for functionalizing activated bromopyrrole esters, generating structural analogues of bioactive natural products. We have also used a similar approach to …

Computational Studies Of Paradifluorobenzene Cations And Hydrogen Cyanide Molecule, John C. Rowe Iv

Honors Theses

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are hypothesized to comprise a significant portion of interstellar carbon identified from the Diffuse Interstellar Bands (DIBs). Gas phase cation-molecule reactions between compounds that previously existed as weakly bound species provides the best explanation for the emergence of PAHs in the interstellar medium (ISM). In this work, we use computational methods to characterize one of these weakly-bound systems. We discovered that intramolecular charge distribution (calculated using the Natural Population Analysis) dictate the complexes formed between a paradifluorobenzene cation and either one or two HCN molecules. Additionally, the relative stabilities of the complexes and the binding energies …

Characterization Of Catecholamine Receptors And Transporters In Murine Macrophages, Elizabeth Gonye

Honors Theses

Macrophages are a critical part of the immune response. When circulating monocytes move into tissues they differentiate int macrophages to mount the first line of defense against pathogens.

Calcium (Ii) Catalyzed Nitrone Additions, Elizabeth A. Congdon

Honors Theses

Calcium(II) complexes have be shown to be successful catalysts for nitrone reactions. The addition of n-­‐methyl and n-­‐phenyl nitrones to donor-­‐acceptor cyclopropanes was achieved with calcium triflate (Ca(OTf). Differentially substituted tetrahydro-­‐1,2-­‐oxazines were synthesized in good to excellent yields. Calcium triflate was also found to catalyze the addition of silyl enol ethers to n-­‐phenyl nitrones along the Mukaiyama-­‐Mannich addition pathway. B-­‐amino carbonyls were synthesized from a variety of substituted nitrones. Bulky and cyclic silyl enol ethers were also found to be reactive, the products of which were isolated in good to excellent yields.