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Proposition 62: Death Penalty. “The Justice That Works Act Of 2016", Veronica E. Bravo, Jessica Gosney

California Initiative Review (CIR)

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Research News Newsletter, Fall 2016, Research News Newsletter, Stony Brook University.

Research News

Quarterly newsletter from the Office of the Vice President for Research

2016 Nrpt: Oil Spill Response Options For The Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, Coastal Response Research Center (Crrc)

Coastal Response Research Center

On May 25-26, 2016, the Coastal Response Research Center (CRRC)1 and Disaster Response Center (DRC) co-sponsored a NOAA Regional Preparedness Training (NRPT) Workshop at the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary (FGBNMS). The workshop focused on preparedness, planning and improvement of response to a potential oil spill that threatened the FGBNMS. The workshop examined response options such as dispersant use and in-situ burning (ISB) while developing the framework for an Environmental Tradeoff Analysis (ETA) to evaluate response options. The workshop also provided the opportunity for the spill response community to build relationships, understand the role each group plays in a …

Status Of Inshore Demersal Scalefish Stocks On The South Coast Of Western Australia. Nrm Project 12034 Final Report, Jeffrey Norriss, E.A Fisher, Sybrand Alexander Hesp, Gary Jackson, P.G Coulson, T Leary, A.W Thompson

Fisheries Research Reports

Inshore demersal scalefish in waters of 20-250 m depth in the South Coast Bioregion (SCB) are an important resource targeted by commercial, recreational and charter fishing sectors.

Discovery, September 2016, Office Of Vice President For Research

Research and Discovery News

• $ 1.6 Million In Grants During April and May
• September 30 Deadline for Internal Funding
• Contracts for Investigators Breakfast Sessions
• Psychology Professor Lauded for Research Expertise

Deaf Southern Star, September 2016

Deaf Southern Star

A newsletter published for Deaf Catholics in New Zealand

Deaf Southern Star Finding Aid

The Faculty Notebook, September 2016, Provost's Office

Faculty Notebook

The Faculty Notebook is published periodically by the Office of the Provost at Gettysburg College to bring to the attention of the campus community accomplishments and activities of academic interest. Faculty are encouraged to submit materials for consideration for publication to the Associate Provost for Faculty Development. Copies of this publication are available at the Office of the Provost.

Icelandic Fisheries: Scenario Planning For Climate Change, Tara Sorrels

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

This study aimed to develop an understanding of how a scenario planning process could be used to assist businesses to adapt to climate change. The focus of this study was on the Icelandic fishing industry since Iceland is experiencing firsthand climate change impacts. Mitigation strategies are the main focus in climate change research, but this study focused on a possible adaptation method that requires changing management practices in order to reduce the impact of climate change on the economy. Tours of Icelandic fisheries and interviews with individuals within the Icelandic fishing industry were conducted to assess the current adaptive capacity …

Expanding The Applicability Of Raman Spectroscopy For Monitoring Photocatalytic Degradation, Franklyn Wallace

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Compared to other types of wastewater pollutants, dangerous chemical compounds such as pharmaceuticals, pesticides, and herbicides are difficult to remove and consequently being detected (at least in part because detection limits have decreased) in drinking water at increasing concentrations. Photocatalytic degradation degrades harmful compounds to innocuous end products using energy from light. Although it is effective and cost-efficient, the underlying chemical mechanisms are not understood well enough to ensure that dangerous intermediate products are not formed during the degradation process. Raman spectroscopy can be used to analyze photocatalytic degradation reactions in real time, identifying intermediate products based on spectral features. …

Teacher And Student Perspectives On The Effectiveness Of First-Year Composition In Preparing L2 Students For Discipline-Specific Writing, Elena Shvidko

Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

The study described in this article was conducted to gather teachers’ and students’ perspectives about the effectiveness of a first-year composition course in preparing students for discipline-specific writing in college. Data were collected in a large research U.S. university through a student survey (n=32) and teacher interviews (n=5). The results show that the majority of the students and all instructors found the course effective and its assignments helpful in preparing students for writing in their university classes. In addition, all participated instructors also tried to improve the course by employing a variety of approaches and strategies, such as implementing assignments …

Research News Newsletter, Fall 2016, Research News Newsletter, Stony Brook University.

Research News

Quarterly newsletter from the Office of the Vice President for Research

Peace Through Partnership: Igo Membership And Military Spending, Isaac M. Castellano

Political Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

This paper examines the role International Intergovernmental Organization (IGO) memberships have on defense expenditures, arguing that state leaders substitute high military spending rates for IGO membership as the information transmission mechanisms of IGOs offer more accurate information about the security environment that diminishes the need for military spending. States do not become pacifists as they are integrated into the international network of IGOs; rather, they find a reduced usefulness in and need for a robust military. This project empirically tests this relationship, and findings indicate a small but significant relationship between military spending and IGO membership. The most integrated states …

Extending Genome-Wide Association Study (Gwas) Results To Test Classic Anthropological Hypotheses: Human Third Molar Agenesis And The ‘Probable Mutation Effect’, Alexis Sullivan, Adrijana Vukelic, Jacob Cohen, George (Pj) Perry

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

A genome-wide association study (GWAS) identifies regions of the genome that likely affect the variable state of a phenotype of interest. These regions can then be studied with population genetic methods to make inferences about the evolutionary history of the trait. There are increasing opportunities to use GWAS results – even from clinically-motivated studies – for tests of classic anthropological hypotheses. One such example, presented here as a case study for this approach, involves tooth development variation related to dental crowding. Specifically, more than 10% of humans fail to develop one or more permanent third molars (M3 agenesis). M3 presence/absence …

Farm Animal Welfare And Human Health, Alan M. Goldberg

Agribusiness Collection

The paper examines the relationship between farm animal welfare, industrial farm animal production, and human health consequences. The data suggest that when the animal welfare of land-based farm animals is compromised, there are resulting significant negative human health consequences due to environmental degradation, the use of non-therapeutic levels of antibiotics for growth promotion, and the consequences of intensification. This paper accepts that even if meat and fish consumption is reduced, meat and fish will be part of the diet of the future. Industrial production modified from the current intensified systems will still be required to feed the world in 2050 …

Uni Grad Student News, V15n1, September 2016, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College.

UNI Grad Student News

Inside this Issue:

--Message From the Dean
--Alumni Profile: Stacia Eggers
--Current Faculty Profile: Dr. Wendy Hoofnagle
--Stem Chats
--MBA Capstone Conference
--Commencement Speaker Emily Francis
--Graduate Assistants in the Graduate College: Jamie Farley, Angela Ross
--Psychology Students Presenting at National and International Conferences
--Social Work Awards Events
--New Graduate Student Orientation (NGSO), Fall 2016
--New Certificate in Ethics in Research and Scholarship
--Save These Dates: Fall 2016 Ethics Events
--CSBS Research Conference
--Library Studies Alumnae
--Fall & Spring 2016 Important Dates for Thesis & Dissertation Writers
--UNI Grad Student News
--Graduate College Staff and Contact Information

A Simplified Direct Lipid Mixing Lipoplex Preparation: Comparison Of Liposomal-, Dimethylsulfoxide-, And Ethanol-Based Methods, Joseph Meisel, George Gokel

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Works

Established transfection methodology often uses commercial reagents, which must be formed into liposomes in a sequence of about half a dozen steps. The simplified method reported here is a direct lipid mixing approach that requires fewer steps, less manipulation, and is less time-consuming. Results are comparable to those obtained with more commonly used methods, as judged by a variety of analytical techniques and by comparisons of transfection results. The method reported here may be applied to non-liposome-forming compounds, thereby greatly expanding the range of structures that can be tested for transfection ability.

Isu Today- September 15, 2016, Indiana State University, Communications And Marketing

University Announcements - ISU Today

No abstract provided.

Talks And Meetings With Charles Hartshorne, Donald W. Viney

Faculty Submissions

These are the annotated and illustrated notes that the author took down during and after his talks and meetings with Charles Hartshorne from April 1976 until October 1997. The manuscript includes a bibliography of the author's published writings on Hartshorne.

Review Of Potential Fisheries And Marine Management Impacts On The South-Western Australian White Shark Population, S M. Taylor, J M. Braccini, R Mcauley, Wayne J. Fletcher

Fisheries Research Reports

Following five fatal incidents involving white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) off the lower west coast of Western Australia between September 2011 and July 2012, as well as other highly-publicised non-fatal encounters with this species, in 2012 the State Government funded several new initiatives to better understand white sharks in Western Australia and the likely effectiveness of any community safety interventions in Western Australian waters.

Geology Colloquium | Perera And Shaw Present Their Research, Sept. 30, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Wealth And Poverty | Week Current Issues In Global Health, Sept. 28, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Optimal Design Of Low-Density Snp Arrays For Genomic Prediction: Algorithm And Applications, Xiao-Lin Wu, Jiaqi Xu, Guofei Feng, George R. Wiggans, Jeremy F. Taylor, Jun He, Changsong Qian, Jiansheng Qiu, Barry Simpson, Jeremy Walker, Stewart Bauck

Department of Statistics: Faculty Publications

Low-density (LD) single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) arrays provide a cost-effective solution for genomic prediction and selection, but algorithms and computational tools are needed for the optimal design of LD SNP chips. A multiple-objective, local optimization (MOLO) algorithm was developed for design of optimal LD SNP chips that can be imputed accurately to medium-density (MD) or high-density (HD) SNP genotypes for genomic prediction. The objective function facilitates maximization of non-gap map length and system information for the SNP chip, and the latter is computed either as locus-averaged (LASE) or haplotype-averaged Shannon entropy (HASE) and adjusted for uniformity of the SNP distribution. …

The Problem Of Obviousness, Benjamin Goldberg

Sophia and Philosophia

1. The Problem of Obviousness
There’s no such thing as obviousness.

This isn’t, of course, itself obvious; nor is it clear why it should be a problem. So let me start elsewhere, with the anti-vaccine movement. A friend of mine laid out the ‘obvious’ position: there are facts and rationality on one side, unenlightened ignorance and bigotry on the other. Scientists versus fools, and the fools don’t even know what game is being played.

Linfield University Catalog, 2016-2017, Linfield Archives

Student Course Catalogs

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Understanding Nitrogen Sources In The Great Bay Watershed, Michelle L. Daley

New Hampshire EPSCoR

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Isu Today- September 16, 2016, Indiana State University, Communications And Marketing

University Announcements - ISU Today

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Isu Today- September 20, 2016, Indiana State University, Communications And Marketing

University Announcements - ISU Today

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Isu Today- September 19, 2016, Indiana State University, Communications And Marketing

University Announcements - ISU Today

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Isu Today- September 27, 2016, Indiana State University, Communications And Marketing

University Announcements - ISU Today

No abstract provided.

Ansc, Fall 2016, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Department Of Animal Sciences

Animal Science Newsletter

"Dedicated to the Alumni and Friends of the Animal Sciences Department, University of Arkansas."