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Data Access And Visualization Benefits From Implementation Of A Hydrologic Information System, Stephen Brown Jul 2012

Data Access And Visualization Benefits From Implementation Of A Hydrologic Information System, Stephen Brown

Civil Engineering ETDs

In 2010, the National Science Foundation (NSF) implemented new guidelines for all scientists applying for grants. A Data Management Plan (DMP) is now required for all proposals in which data are created or gathered while working under the grant. Several organizations have produced templates and applications to assist with the construction of DMPs. The data plans provide a good overview of data processing and storage but do not provide any guidance for managing data during the research process. Large temporal hydrologic data sets can provide a rich insight to complex hydrologic and ecological systems. Complications arise when attempting to query …

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President's Weekly Perspective, 7/2/2012, Robert G. Frank Jul 2012

President's Weekly Perspective, 7/2/2012, Robert G. Frank

President Frank's Administration

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Simulation Of Optical Impacts Of Gravity-Induced Deformations Of Concentrating Solar Collectors, Joshua Christian Jul 2012

Simulation Of Optical Impacts Of Gravity-Induced Deformations Of Concentrating Solar Collectors, Joshua Christian

Mechanical Engineering ETDs

Concentrating solar power (CSP) is a large field of interest in the renewable energy sector. However, CSP has not yet become as economical as other renewable energy technologies. A possible solution to this issue is the ability to produce efficient and cost-effective solar collectors such as parabolic troughs, heliostats, and parabolic dishes. There are many different areas where costs can be reduced such as using cheaper materials, developing more efficient power cycles, designing better structures, reducing the control system cost, or improving the alignment of the mirrors. The research presented here focuses on the area of mirror alignment. Properly aligned …

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Modeling Gap Effects In Jointed Rock, Tyler Baker Jul 2012

Modeling Gap Effects In Jointed Rock, Tyler Baker

Mechanical Engineering ETDs

Joints represent planes of discontinuity in homogeneous media. The purpose of this investigation is to model joints and determine the e\ufb00ects on waves as they propagate through joints in rock. Properties of interest include energy dissipation, energy transmission, and changes in peak stress and impulse as waves propagate through one or more joints. Rather than combining rock joints into the constitutive model of the parent rock as typically done, this research seeks to model joints discretely. By capturing the behavior of individual rock joints, discrete e\ufb00ects on wave propagation are gathered. The ability to lump multiple joints into one equivalent …

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A Comprehensive Approach To Teaching The Blues In The Music Classroom, James Balagurchik Jul 2012

A Comprehensive Approach To Teaching The Blues In The Music Classroom, James Balagurchik

Music ETDs

The purpose of this thesis is to provide music educators with suggestions of how to make the blues a part of their instruction and present this unique art form as a vibrant and living' genre critical to the understanding of our own American musical heritage. This thesis explores the music, history and culture, viewing 'music as culture,' and the African-American tradition whose contribution defines so much of our American music. It discusses the ways in which the blues can fit into a comprehensive and discipline-based approach to music education that satisfies the goals as set forth by the National Standards …

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Disciplinary Permeations: Complicating The "Public" And The "Private" Dualism In Composition And Rhetoric, Erica E. Rogers Jul 2012

Disciplinary Permeations: Complicating The "Public" And The "Private" Dualism In Composition And Rhetoric, Erica E. Rogers

Department of English: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

As Composition and Rhetoric rose in disciplinary status and academic legitimacy the discourse practice of negation, the positioning of texts in oppositional binaries that set the “new” over the “old,” the “novel” over the “familiar,” became embedded in academic tradition, seeming to be an inherited part of scholarship instead of an individual’s rhetorical choice and deliberate ethos strategy. Negation, when one idea or set of ideas constructed by another is critiqued, advocated, and/or redeveloped by another scholar, is a discourse practice firmly established in the Rhetorical Tradition as part of Socratic dialogues, reappears in “modern rhetoric”, and remains today as …

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Young, Reese Make Team Usa For London Olympics, Ole Miss Sports Jul 2012

Young, Reese Make Team Usa For London Olympics, Ole Miss Sports

University of Mississippi News

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Isothermal Helium Flow Measurements Twrough A Rectangular Channel For A Wide Knudsen Range, John Anderson Jul 2012

Isothermal Helium Flow Measurements Twrough A Rectangular Channel For A Wide Knudsen Range, John Anderson

Mechanical Engineering ETDs

The purpose of this experimental investigation is to measure the isothermal steady flow of Helium through a rectangular microchannel from the continuum to the free-molecular regime. The intention is to expand the measured Knudsen number range for rectangular cross section microchannels as compared with that presently found in in the literature. As presented, the Knudsen range for the experiments is 0.03 to overnearly 500. A dual tank accumulation technique was chosen for flow measurements which allows for very low flow rate measurements (<\u301610\u3017^(-13) kgs^(-1)). Experimental results were evaluated against analytical solutions for the continuum, slip, and free molecular regimes as well as a closed-form equation that would include any regime. Data was also compared to computer models using the Direct Simulation Monte Carlo method.

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Planar Shock Wave Interaction With A Multiphase Cylinder, Joseph Conroy Jul 2012

Planar Shock Wave Interaction With A Multiphase Cylinder, Joseph Conroy

Mechanical Engineering ETDs

We present an experimental study that visualizes the effects of a planar shock front passing through air (or SF6) randomly seeded with glycol droplets or smoke particles. It was observed, using a high-speed multiple-CCD (charge coupled device) camera, that an instability occurs as the shock wave bypasses the slow-moving column of gas. This produced evident perturbation at the interface. The flow morphology of the gas column consists of a pair of counter-rotating vortices that develops downstream from the initial conditions as well as some secondary instabilities (in certain cases). Some images also show a trailing tail due to larger particles …

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Le Rôle Du Hammam Féminin Dans La Construction Et La Consolidation Des Identités Sexuées En Algérie Et Au Maroc, Nina Bauwens Jul 2012

Le Rôle Du Hammam Féminin Dans La Construction Et La Consolidation Des Identités Sexuées En Algérie Et Au Maroc, Nina Bauwens

Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs

The traditional women's hammam, or public bath, is a key space in the Arabo-Muslim societies of Algeria and Morocco. In those two countries, the division between men and women, still important today, is also noticeable inside the public bath, since men and women do not mingle. The question of gendered identity appears. More than a distinction between sexes, it is a social distinction between a man's identity and a woman's identity that is relevant here. It is essential to be able to distinguish to which 'group' each person belongs. Thus, the notions of individual identity, and then of gendered identity …

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Erinnern Ist Frauensache? - Frauen Als "Erinnerungsspeicher" In Tanja Dückers' Roman "Himmelskörper", Erin Ebnother-Perry Jul 2012

Erinnern Ist Frauensache? - Frauen Als "Erinnerungsspeicher" In Tanja Dückers' Roman "Himmelskörper", Erin Ebnother-Perry

Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs

The sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff on January 30th 1945 caused the death of nine thousand German refugees, the greatest number of deaths caused by a single sinking ship in maritime history. For a long time, this catastrophe was considered a forgotten' topic, due to the complicated nature of remembering German wartime suffering without simultaneously mitigating the horrific crimes committed by the Germans during the Holocaust. In light of the passing of the first generation of World War II eyewitnesses, the third generation in Germany is confronted with a unique situation. How will they simultaneously remember and retell their grandparents' …

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Occidental Encounters: Early Nineteenth-Century Egyptian Travelers To Europe, Omran Doaa Jul 2012

Occidental Encounters: Early Nineteenth-Century Egyptian Travelers To Europe, Omran Doaa

Foreign Languages & Literatures ETDs

This study aims to examine nineteenth-century Occidentalism on which little research has been done. Understanding how the East views the West is not just an end in itself, but it can help us better understand post-colonial theory, which has always been more skewed towards Western views. The study will look at some of the tenets of modern Occidentalism, among them powerless discourse, knowledge, ambivalence, emancipation of women and the use of religion in legitimizing the discourse. I will also investigate the erroneous conception that Occidentalism is the opposite of Orientalism. Even though both fields of post-colonial theory share some common …

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Political Mavens: Ruth Underhill, Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin, Gene Weltfish, Ella Deloria, And The Politics Of Culture, Alessandra Link Jul 2012

Political Mavens: Ruth Underhill, Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin, Gene Weltfish, Ella Deloria, And The Politics Of Culture, Alessandra Link

History ETDs

The locus of this masters thesis, 'Political Mavens: Ruth Underhill, Erminie Wheeler-Voegelin, Gene Weltfish, Ella Deloria, and the Politics of Culture,' centers on how female anthropologists shaped political discourses in the twentieth century. The anthropologist has long been considered the handmaiden of imperialism, made most apparent in Vine Deloria's Custer Died for Your Sins (1969). Although partially true, my work seeks to complicate this association by examining how the publications and careers of four female anthropologists demonstrate both their ties to colonialism, and, in the case of Gene Weltfish and Ella Deloria, their scholarly attempts to critique the colonialist state …

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Analytical Interpretation Of The Patient Centered Medical Home: A Meta-Review Of The Literature, Bethaney Fehrenkamp Jul 2012

Analytical Interpretation Of The Patient Centered Medical Home: A Meta-Review Of The Literature, Bethaney Fehrenkamp

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Medical care in the United States is plagued by extremely high costs, inconsistent quality and fragmented delivery at best. In response to these issues new concepts of integrated health care delivery systems have been developed. The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) is an increasingly popular health care delivery model that emphasizes continuous coordinated patient care. In theory, the PCMH takes a preventative approach to medicine that addresses the individual not the disease, and takes a holistic approach to health care. The PCMH model has been shown to lower health care costs while improving health care outcomes. Despite PCMH being a new …

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Food Handling Perceptions, Practices, Knowledge And Barriers In Native American Primary Food Handlers Of Young Children In New Mexico, Lindsay O'Connell Jul 2012

Food Handling Perceptions, Practices, Knowledge And Barriers In Native American Primary Food Handlers Of Young Children In New Mexico, Lindsay O'Connell

Health, Exercise, and Sports Sciences ETDs

Food borne illness among Native American populations exceeds that of majority populations. Due to the unique cultural diversity in New Mexico, these inequities are even greater. Attitudes and behaviors towards food are influenced by social and cultural contexts, yet, there has been limited research relating to the knowledge and perceptions of minority populations. A qualitative research design using focus group methodology was used in this study. The Health Belief Model was used as the theoretical framework. The purpose of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the food safety practices and beliefs of primary food handlers within Native …

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Unknotting Tunnels Of Hyperbolic Tunnel Number N Manifolds, Stephan Daniel Burton Jul 2012

Unknotting Tunnels Of Hyperbolic Tunnel Number N Manifolds, Stephan Daniel Burton

Theses and Dissertations

Adams conjectured that unknotting tunnels of tunnel number 1 manifolds are always isotopic to a geodesic. We generalize this question to tunnel number n manifolds. We find that there exist complete hyperbolic structures and a choice of spine of a compression body with genus 1 negative boundary and genus n ≥ 3 outer boundary for which (n−2) edges of the spine self-intersect. We use this to show that there exist finite volume one-cusped hyperbolic manifolds with a system of n tunnels for which (n−1) of the tunnels are homotopic to geodesics arbitrarily close to self-intersecting. This gives evidence that the …

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Cooking For The Patria: The Seccion Femenina And The Politics Of Food And Women During The Franco Years, Suzanne Dunai Jul 2012

Cooking For The Patria: The Seccion Femenina And The Politics Of Food And Women During The Franco Years, Suzanne Dunai

History ETDs

This study elucidates the importance of cooking manuals and recipe collections published by the Sección Femenina de la Falange (Womens Section of the Falange, 1934-1977) during the Franco Dictatorship (1939-1975) in Spain. The organization emphasized its dedication to pursuing women's interests to the political apparatus in its political rhetoric and experienced a substantial amount of autonomy from the Franco regime in communicating feminine ideals and social reform to the Spanish public. Recipes and cooking instruction provided the organization a unique way to access Spanish homes and reform the quotidian habits of Spanish women. The ideology of the Sección Femenina emphasized …

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The Role Of Oxidative Stress And Antioxidants In Diabetic Complications, Fatmah A. Matough, Siti B. Budin, Zariyantey A. Alwahaibi, Nasar, Jamaludin Mohamed Jul 2012

The Role Of Oxidative Stress And Antioxidants In Diabetic Complications, Fatmah A. Matough, Siti B. Budin, Zariyantey A. Alwahaibi, Nasar, Jamaludin Mohamed

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Diabetes is considered to be one of the most common chronic diseases worldwide. There is a growing scientific and public interest in connecting oxidative stress with a variety of pathological conditions including diabetes mellitus (DM) as well as other human diseases. Previous experimental and clinical studies report that oxidative stress plays a major role in the pathogenesis and development of complications of both types of DM. However, the exact mechanism by which oxidative stress could contribute to and accelerate the development of complications in diabetic mellitus is only partly known and remains to be clarified. On the one hand, hyperglycemia …

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Magnitude And Causes Of Low Vision Disability (Moderate And Severe Visual Impairment) Among Students Of Al-Noor Institute For The Blind In Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia : A Case Series, Fahad Al-Wadani, Rajiv Khandekar, Muneera A. Alkhawaja, Ahmed A., Mohammed S. Khan, Ramzy A. Alsulaiman Jul 2012

Magnitude And Causes Of Low Vision Disability (Moderate And Severe Visual Impairment) Among Students Of Al-Noor Institute For The Blind In Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia : A Case Series, Fahad Al-Wadani, Rajiv Khandekar, Muneera A. Alkhawaja, Ahmed A., Mohammed S. Khan, Ramzy A. Alsulaiman

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: This study aimed to estimate the magnitude and causes of low vision disability (severe visual impairment [SVI] and moderate visual impairment [MVI]) among students at Al-Noor Institute for the Blind (NIB) in Al-Hassa, Saudi Arabia in 2006. Methods: An optometrist conducted refraction of 122 eyes of the 61 students (27 boys and 34 girls) with MVI (vision <6/18 to 6/60) and SVI (vision <6/60 to 3/60). Ophthalmologists examined the anterior and posterior segments, and analysed the outcomes of additional investigations to finalise the diagnosis. The results were categorised as ‘preventable’, ‘treatable’ and ‘not amenable to treatment’. The low vision care was also reviewed. Results: In 12 (9.8%) eyes, visual acuity was ≥6/18 and in 28 (23%) eyes, it was <3/60. MVI and SVI were found in 82 eyes (67.2%). Hereditary retinal disorders were found in 68 (55.7%) eyes. Although refractive errors were found in 112 (91.8%) eyes, isolated refractive error was found in only 9 students. Congenital glaucoma and cataract were responsible for visual impairment in 16 (13.1%) and 9 (7.4%) eyes. These students were prescribed optical and non-optical low vision aids. Conclusion:Retinal disease was the main cause of SVI and MVI in our series. Some students at Al-Noor Institute for the Blind have curable low vision conditions. Rehabilitation of low vision disability should be different from that offered to the absolutely blind.

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Faculty And Students’ Perceptions Of Student Experiences In A Medical School Undergoing Curricular Transition In The United Arab Emirates, Syed I. Shehnaz, Jayadevan Sreedharan, Kadayam G. Jul 2012

Faculty And Students’ Perceptions Of Student Experiences In A Medical School Undergoing Curricular Transition In The United Arab Emirates, Syed I. Shehnaz, Jayadevan Sreedharan, Kadayam G.

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Objectives: In 2008, the Gulf Medical College in the United Arab Emirates underwent a curricular change from a discipline-based to an organ-system-based integrated curriculum. In this context, this study aimed to compare the faculty and students’ perceptions of the student experiences with the new curriculum. Methods: Data were collected from faculty and second-year students in the integrated curriculum using the Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM). Data collected were transferred to Predictive Analytics Software, Version 18. Global and domain scores were assessed with the Wilcoxon Rank-Sum Test. Percentage agreement, disagreement and uncertainty were assessed by the z-test for proportion. Results:There …

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Child Maltreatment Types And Effects: Series Of Six Cases From A University Hospital In Oman, Muna Al-Saadoon, Marwan Al-Sharbati, Ibtisam Al-Said, Basma Jul 2012

Child Maltreatment Types And Effects: Series Of Six Cases From A University Hospital In Oman, Muna Al-Saadoon, Marwan Al-Sharbati, Ibtisam Al-Said, Basma

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

Child maltreatment (CM) is common worldwide, and can take many forms. It may even endanger the child’s life, especially when younger children are the victims. CM affects the child’s quality of life and consequently leads to long term issues to be dealt with by the child, family and community. This case series discusses six children who have been subjected to CM, and diagnosed by the child protection team of the departments of Child Health and Behavioural Medicine at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital (SQUH), Oman. The aim of this case series is to increase the level of awareness of CM among …

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Weak Radial Artery Pulse : An Unusual Congenital Cause, Poothirikovil Venugopalan, Puthuval Sivakumar, Robert G. Oates, Crispian Jul 2012

Weak Radial Artery Pulse : An Unusual Congenital Cause, Poothirikovil Venugopalan, Puthuval Sivakumar, Robert G. Oates, Crispian

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

We present an 11year-old boy with a weak right radial pulse, and describe the successful application of vascular ultrasound to identify the ulnar artery dominance and a thin right radial artery with below normal Doppler flow velocity that could explain the discrepancy. The implications of identifying this anomaly are discussed.

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Re: Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever Presenting As Acute Abdomen, Viroj Wiwanitkit Jul 2012

Re: Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever Presenting As Acute Abdomen, Viroj Wiwanitkit

Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal

No abstract provided.

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Terry-Lee V. Young Appellant's Reply Brief 1 Dckt. 38939 Jul 2012

Terry-Lee V. Young Appellant's Reply Brief 1 Dckt. 38939

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

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Retirees Beware: Don't Worry About The British-- 2013 Is Coming, Douglas A. Kahn, Lawrence W. Waggoner Jul 2012

Retirees Beware: Don't Worry About The British-- 2013 Is Coming, Douglas A. Kahn, Lawrence W. Waggoner

Articles

Retirees beware. The easy money policy of the Federal Open Market Committee and the 15 percent tax rate on qualified dividends have encouraaged retirees, especially middle-income retired savers, to reorient their nest eggs away from certificates of deposit, treasuries, and money market funds to dividend-paying stocks and mutual funds. According to the IRS, 43 percent of taxpayers age 65 or older reported qualified dividend income amounting to nearly half of the qualified dividend income reported by all taxpayers. By contrast, 46 percent of taxpayers age 65 or older reported net capital gains amounting to 30.5 percent of the net capital …

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Diversification And Conservation In The South American Dry Biomes: Distribution Modeling And Multilocus Lizard Phylogeography, Fernanda Werneck Jul 2012

Diversification And Conservation In The South American Dry Biomes: Distribution Modeling And Multilocus Lizard Phylogeography, Fernanda Werneck

Theses and Dissertations

The understanding of diversification of intraspecific lineages can shed light on speciation processes and ultimately biogeographic patterns across multiple spatial and temporal scales. In this dissertation I investigated the geographical and ecological factors promoting diversification across the South American dry diagonal biomes (i.e. Cerrado, Chaco, and Seasonally Dry Tropical Forests - SDTFs), through a coupled approach between multilocus phylogeographic and geospatial methods, in the larger context of interpreting the consequences of the resulting patterns for the conservation of biodiversity and evolutionary processes. In Chapter 1 I evaluate biogeographic hypotheses previously proposed and emphasize that the dry diagonal biomes are particularly …

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Healing The Cartesian Split: Understanding And Renewing Pathos In Academic Writing, Travis Washburn Jul 2012

Healing The Cartesian Split: Understanding And Renewing Pathos In Academic Writing, Travis Washburn

Theses and Dissertations

There have always been rogues who dared to go against the traditional "intellectual" writing style of science and academia, a style that seems bent on transcending the "merely personal." Those who take this risk are embracing the rhetorical tradition of pathos, one that goes as far back as Aristotle. Current academic trends support a genre devoid of pathos and lacking true ethos—a deviation from classic rhetoric, and one that supports the Cartesian split of mind-body dualism. Neurological studies done by Antonio Damasio and others suggest that a holistic view is a more accurate picture of how a human soul functions. …

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Usa V. Booker Jul 2012

Usa V. Booker

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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Lavelle Walke V. James Cullen Jul 2012

Lavelle Walke V. James Cullen

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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Marva Baez V. Lancaster County Jul 2012

Marva Baez V. Lancaster County

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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