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Chemical Properties Of Forest Soils In The Catskills Region, Chris E. Johnson

Civil and Environmental Engineering - All Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Happenings Fall 2012, Women's Center, Wright State University

Women’s Center Newsletter

A two page newsletter created by the Wright State Women's Center documenting the current affairs of the Women's Center as well as other happenings on campus.

This issue highlights happenings on campus, work from the Center's interns, and a bio about guest speaker Genevieve Chase for the Presidential Lecture Series.

Gender Differences In The Developmental Outcomes Of Children With Congenital Cardiac Defects, Annette Majnemer, Catherine Limperopoulos, Michael Shevell, Charles Rohlicek, Bernard Rosenblatt, Chirsto Tchervenkov

Pediatrics Faculty Publications

Objective: This study compares the developmental and functional outcomes at school entry between boys and girls born with a congenital cardiac defect who required early surgical correction.

Study design: A prospective cohort of 94 children, including 49 percent boys, were followed up to 5 years of age and assessed for developmental progress. Developmental measures included Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence – cognitive; Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test – receptive language; Peabody Developmental Motor Scale – motor; and Child Behaviour Checklist – behaviour. Measures of function included the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scale and Functional Independence Measure for Children (WeeFIM).

Results: …

Book Review: Fragile States, Lohar Brock, Hans-Henrik Holm, Georg Sorensen, Michael Stohl, Hakim Mohandas Amani Williams

Africana Studies Faculty Publications

In an era when good governance features prominently on the global development agenda, there seems to be a corollary spotlight on state fragility. In this book - a quick read that covers much ground - the authors wade into the conceptual waters of state fragility with the following aims: (i) sketching more clearly its conceptual parameters, including its core characteristics; (ii) dissecting its connection to violent conflict; (iii) analyzing the role that international society has played in relation to fragile statehood; and (iv) laying out two proposals for tackling its intractability. These analyses are conducted through the prism of three …

The Digital Natives And Ict Literacy, Julian Fraillon

Research Developments

Julian Fraillon reports on the latest national assessment of information and communication technology literacy.

Reading In Online Environments, Juliette Mendelovits

Research Developments

Juliette Mendelovits examines the results of an international assessment of 15-year-old students’ ability to read digital texts.

Starting School : A Strengths‐Based Approach Towards Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Children, Stephanie Armstrong, Sarah Buckley, Michele Lonsdale, Gina Milgate, Laura Bennetts Kneebone, Louise Cook, Fiona Skelton

Indigenous Education Research

This paper highlights the need for a strengths-based approach to school readiness for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, in order to recognise the skills, cultural knowledge and understandings they already have when they transition to formal learning. The study, a joint project by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) and the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA), reviews the literature and uses a strength-based analysis of information from Footprints in Time: The Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children (LSIC) to examine Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s abilities and knowledge at 4-6 years of age. …

A Study Of Cellular Calcium Dynamics In Culture Using Fluorescence Microscopy – A Statistical And Mathematical Approach, Richard Adekola Idowu

Doctoral Dissertations

Calcium in its ionic form is very dynamic, especially in excitable cells such as muscle and brain cells, moving from the high concentration exterior of the cell to much lower concentrations inside the cell, where calcium is used as a second messenger. In brain cells, and neurons especially, calcium is a key signaling ion involved in memory and learning with excitatory neurotransmitters such as glutamate turning neurons "on." Glutamate excites the neurons in part by causing large and dynamic changes in the intracellular calcium concentration. While these dynamics are essential for normal signaling in the brain, excessive and sustained elevations …

Vol. 4, Issue 2

Library Newsletter (2009-present)

The George E. Bello Center for Information and Technology Turns Ten

New Technology Available at the Circulation Desk!

Ernest E. Stempel Foundation Funds New Enhanced Databases

e-Portfolio Assistance

Virtual Library Tour

Celebrate INFORMATION LITERACY MONTH with us!

New Staff Member: Annette Feldman

When Librarians Party…

2012-2013 Lindenwood University Men's Volleyball Media Guide, Lindenwood University

Athletic Guides

2012-2013 Lindenwood University Men's Volleyball Media Guide

Batter Up: Who’S Prepared To Take The Hit From The Stuxnet Aftermath?, Kortney Mosley

In the Balance

No abstract provided.

2 Vol, 1 Issue, Table Of Contents - In The Balance, Global Business Law Review

In the Balance

No abstract provided.

Where Are Your Drugs Really Made And Who Is Regulating It?, Floyd Trillis Iii

In the Balance

No abstract provided.

Jwu, Johnson & Wales University Magazine, Fall/Winter 2012, Johnson & Wales University - Providence

JWU Magazine

No abstract provided.

Lynx Tale, October 2012, Lindenwood University

Lynx Tale

The Lynx Tale was a Lindenwood University-Belleville student centered newspaper that informed students on upcoming events and news on campus.

Elastic Deformations Of The Rotary Double Motor Of Single F(O)F(1)-Atp Synthases Detected In Real Time By Förster Resonance Energy Transfer., Stefan Ernst, Monika G Düser, Nawid Zarrabi, Stanley D Dunn, Michael Börsch

Biochemistry Publications

Elastic conformational changes of the protein backbone are essential for catalytic activities of enzymes. To follow relative movements within the protein, Förster-type resonance energy transfer (FRET) between two specifically attached fluorophores can be applied. FRET provides a precise ruler between 3 and 8nm with subnanometer resolution. Corresponding submillisecond time resolution is sufficient to identify conformational changes in FRET time trajectories. Analyzing single enzymes circumvents the need for synchronization of various conformations. F(O)F(1)-ATP synthase is a rotary double motor which catalyzes the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP). A proton-driven 10-stepped rotary F(O) motor in the Escherichia coli enzyme is connected to …

The Classic, Fall 2012, Public Relations

The Classic, 2010-2019

Zwemer View: Lives That Matter; In Box; Around the Green: Extreme Makeover: Campus Edition; Raider Days; Learning Commons on Schedule; Political Debate; Of Course: Making Beautiful Music; Enrollment Up; Medical Tests; Music Across Borders; Class Practice; Survey Says; Entrusted; Writing on Cardboard; Face Value: Laura Heitritter; Romney Rally: College, community get opportunity to hear from presidential candidate; Pacesetters: Rev. Bob Bouwer '84, Dr. Kent Hoskins '84, Larry "Bubb" Korver '54; Support for the Mission: 2011– 12 giving reaches nearly $5 million; Red Zone; Learning Journey; Valuable Profits: Alumni social entrepreneurs are in the business of helping the poor and generating …

Usu Faculty Senate Minutes, October 1, 2012, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Roll Call
• Faculty Forum
• Education Policies Committee Annual Report - Larry Smith
• Library Advisory Council Report - Joe Tainter
• Parking Committee Report - James Nye
• EPC Items – Larry Smith

Inkling (Review), Amanda Chiplock

HPD Library Faculty/Staff Articles

Inkling strives to build digital textbooks that streamline learning and create an engaging experience for both teachers and students, while keeping prices lower than traditional textbooks by partnering with major publishers such as McGraw-Hill, Wolters Kluwer (LWW), Thieme, Pearson, Elsevier, and more.

The Arrest Of Caleb Williams: Unnatural Crime, Constructive Violence, And Overwhelming Terror In Late Eighteenth-Century England, Gary Dyer

English Faculty Publications

In the later eighteenth century, the twelve justices of the supreme English common law courts ruled repeatedly that blackmailing a man by threatening to accuse him of sodomitical practices constituted the capital offense of robbery; the judges focused on the overwhelming terror they claimed was unique to this threat. This legal doctrine is a covert presence in William Godwin's novel Caleb Williams (1794). Ferdinando Falkland, fearing that his secret is about to be revealed by Caleb, accuses him of having 'robbed' him, and even though Falkland's secret is literally murder, the mutual persecution and mutual terrorizing that ensue evoke the …

The Lli Chronicle Volume 3 Number 4, Nova Southeastern University

Lifelong Learning Institute Newsletters

No abstract provided.

Osu Teaching And Learning Facility, Portland State University. School Of Architecture

Research-Based Design Initiative

OSU Teaching and Learning Facility

Balancing Optimal Daylight And Optimal Solar Gain Using Climate-Based Daylight Modeling, B. Deines, Corey T. Griffin

Research-Based Design Initiative

Designing an envelope that optimizes the solar radiation entering a building is critical to the quality of interior spaces. Some of this radiation is necessary for illumination. This decreases the need for electric lighting and significantly contributes to the quality of architectural space. In contrast, direct solar radiation can heat a space. In large buildings this heating often contributes to the cooling load and decreases overall energy performance. This study analyzes the daylighting potential of a five-story children’s hospital in Kentucky. It was an ideal candidate for a building which required both high quality daylight and minimal solar gain.

Improving The Integration Of Sustainable Strategies In Schematic Design: Developing A Multi-Faceted Tool To Improve Thermal Resistance In Architectural Enclosure Systems, M. Boyce Postma, Jacob Spence

Research-Based Design Initiative

This study seeks to develop a tool that can be quickly and easily used by schematic designers to set a thermal resistance target for the complete enclosure system and receive options in a variety of variables to achieve that goal.

Obtaining Estimators From Correlation Coefficients: The Correlation Estimation System And R, Rudy Gideon

Mathematical Sciences Faculty Publications

Correlation coefficients are generally viewed as summaries, causing them to be underutilized. Creating functions from them leads to their use in diverse areas of statistics. Because there are many correlation coefficients (see, for example, Gideon (2007)) this extension makes possible a very broad range of statistical estimators that rivals least squares. The whole area could be called a "Correlation Estimation System." This paper outlines some of the numerous possibilities for using the system and gives some illustrative examples. Detailed explanations are developed in earlier papers. The formulae to make possible both the estimation and some of the computer coding to …

Arenavirus Infection Induces Discrete Cytosolic Structures For Rna Replication, Nicholas L. Baird, Joanne York, Jack H. Nunberg

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Arenaviruses are responsible for acute hemorrhagic fevers with high mortality and pose significant threats to public health and biodefense. These enveloped negative-sense RNA viruses replicate in the cell cytoplasm and express four proteins. To better understand how these proteins insinuate themselves into cellular processes to orchestrate productive viral replication, we have identified and characterized novel cytosolic structures involved in arenavirus replication and transcription. In cells infected with the nonpathogenic Tacaribe virus or the attenuated Candid#1 strain of Junin virus, we find that newly synthesized viral RNAs localize to cytosolic puncta containing the nucleoprotein (N) of the virus. Density gradient centrifugation …

Employers' Readiness For The Mother-Friendly Workplace: An Elicitation Study, Yeon Bai, Shahla M. Wunderlich, Marni Weinstock

Department of Nutrition and Food Studies Scholarship and Creative Works

Currently over half of mothers of infants under 1-year-old are in the workforce in the United States. These women face challenges to continue breastfeeding when they return to work 3 to 6 months post-partum. This study explored the perspectives of employers on mother-friendly environments to assess their readiness to provide breastfeeding accommodation using the elicitation under the theory of planned behaviour. Researchers conducted phone/in-person interviews with a convenient sample of 20 human resource managers from companies that had 500 or more employees in the New York metropolitan area in 2009. Content analyses identified the common concepts that represent underlying beliefs …

Mission: Impossible, Mission: Accomplished Or Mission: Underway? A Survey And Analysis Of Current Trends In Professionalism Education In American Law Schools, Mary Ann Robinson

Working Paper Series

This Article identifies common characteristics of effective professionalism instruction to provide guidance in how to design innovative professionalism instruction. After introducing the topic in Part I, Part II of this Article describes the origins and development of the professionalism education movement in American Law schools. Part III of this Article explains our methods for collecting information and identifies and summarizes the predominant trends, and provides examples of noteworthy programs or initiatives. Part IV concludes by describing our method for assessing successful programs and identifying the characteristics of effective professionalism instruction.

Sr-12-13-02 La, Legislative Affairs Committee Resolution, Marshall University

Resolutions

No abstract provided.

Somos & Estamos, Otoño/Fall 2012, Western Michigan University

Somos y Estamos

For Friends of the Department of Spanish at Western Michigan University. In both Spanish and English.