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Student Involvement Theory: Patterns Of Sport Club Participation At Rowan University, Brian Stelzer

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to examine patterns of involvement relating to the sport club student athletes during the 2011/12 academic year at Rowan University. The study also sought to examine how this involvement affected attitudes of students toward various aspects of campus. Survey responses were analyzed to determine frequency, mean, standard deviation, percentages and correlations between demographics and reported involvement activities. The study examined the similarities between club sports, varsity athletics, and student government involvement at Rowan University. The findings suggested that students involved in sport clubs chose other physical activities, such as exercising and intramural athletics, as …

Using Student Response System (Srs) To Reduce Off-Task Behavior Of Students With Behavior Problems, Mary Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effect of clickers on decreasing off-task behavior of students with behavior problems in Language and math classes. A total of five students and one special education teacher in a self-contained classroom participated in the study. A single-subject research design with ABAB phases was used. An online program called "Class Dojo" was used to record study behavior with a chart immediately to show their on-task and off-task behavior. During the baseline, student behavior was recorded in both Language and math classes for 5 days. During the intervention phase, each participating student …

Racial And Socioeconomic Differences In Special Education Students Returning To General Education, Katie Aspinwall

Theses and Dissertations

Education's history has been shadowed by disparities in the quality of education delivered universally. Particularly highlighted are the disparities between the cases of socioeconomic status and racial background. Special education has been identified for decades as containing an overrepresentation of minorities classified. This study has analyzed retrospective data from the New Jersey Department of Special Education public website to examine if this pattern of overrepresentation of minorities continues to be represented in the population that returns to general education. The current study also analyzed the District Factor Grouping to investigate the implications of the school district's socioeconomic status in relation …

Multipartite Quantum Entanglement Evolution In Photosynthetic Complexes, Jing Zhu, Sabre Kais, Alan Aspuru-Guzik, Sam Rodriques, Ben Brock, Peter J. Love

Birck and NCN Publications

We investigate the evolution of entanglement in the Fenna-Matthew-Olson (FMO) complex based on simulations using the scaled hierarchical equations of motion approach. We examine the role of entanglement in the FMO complex by direct computation of the convex roof. We use monogamy to give a lower bound for entanglement and obtain an upper bound from the evaluation of the convex roof. Examination of bipartite measures for all possible bipartitions provides a complete picture of the multipartite entanglement. Our results support the hypothesis that entanglement is maximum primary along the two distinct electronic energy transfer pathways. In addition, we note that …

Condict Family Letters (Sc 21), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 21. Letter written by Rebecca Condict, Warrick County, Indiana, to her sister, Mrs. Mary Condict, Ohio County, Kentucky, 1830, advising frequent bathing as a cure for sickness, and a letter written by Uzal Condict from McLennan County, Texas, to his wife Mary, describing his trip to Texas, 1859.

State V. Calver Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39637

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

In Re Beyer Clerk's Record V. 3 Dckt. 39886

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

In Re Beyer Clerk's Record V. 4 Dckt. 39886

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

The Daily Egyptian, August 21, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

August 2012

No abstract provided.

Incorporation Of Quantum Effects For Selected Degrees Of Freedom Into The Trajectory-Based Dynamics Using Spatial Domains, Sophya V. Garashchuk, Mikhail V. Volkov

Faculty Publications

The approach of defining quantum corrections on nuclear dynamics of molecular systems incorporated approximately into selected degrees of freedom, is described. The approach is based on the Madelung-de-Broglie-Bohm formulation of time-dependent quantum mechanics which represents a wavefunction in terms of an ensemble of trajectories. The trajectories follow classical laws of motion except that the quantum potential, dependent on the wavefunction amplitude and its derivatives, is added to the external, classical potential. In this framework the quantum potential, determined approximately for practical reasons, is included only into the “quantum” degrees of freedom describing light particles such as protons, while neglecting with …

New Student Convocation, Jonathan Green

Remarks and Messages by the Provost and Dean of the Faculty

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: August 21, 2012, Eastern Illinois University

August

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August 21, 2012 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

No abstract provided.

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, August 21, 2012, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The August 21, 2012, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern Museum Closed for Renovations

Estimating Technical Efficiency In Micro Panels, Qu Feng, William C. Horrace

Economics - All Scholarship

Bootstrap confidence intervals on fixed-effects efficiency estimates in micro panels exhibit low coverage probabilities. We propose an alternative efficiency measure involving the mean of the firm effects. With the same estimated efficiency ranks as the traditional measure, its corresponding bootstrap confidence intervals have better coverage probabilities.

Method For Determining Critical Points In Location Data Generated By Location-Based Applications, Sean Barbeau, Philip L. Winters, Rafael Perez, Miguel Labrador, Nevine Georggi

USF Patents

Provided is a critical point method used to determine the points of a real-time stream of location data, such as Global Positioning System (GPS) data, that should be retained based on their importance in reconstructing the travel path of a mobile device. The method may run on a mobile device or on a server. When run on a mobile device, the method reduces the amount of data transferred between mediums by only transferring points that are critical to reconstructing the path of travel of the mobile device. This reduction saves power used in the wireless transmission and reception of the …

Rf Microwave Circuit And Pulse Shaping Method, Erick Maxwell, Thomas Weller, Ebenezer Odu

USF Patents

A multi-port circuit and corresponding method for simultaneous shaping of sub-nanosecond pulses (MCS3P). The MCS3P includes a coupled-line coupler, a Schottky detector diode, and circuitry for compressing the rising and falling edges of a waveform. The MCS3P simultaneously produces square wave, Gaussian, and monocycle waveforms by differentiating a sinusoidal source. The method includes the steps of compressing the rising edge of a sinusoidal source waveform, differentiating the resulting waveform to form a square waveform and a Gaussian waveform, filtering out the positive going Gaussian to produce a negative going Gaussian, differentiating the Gaussian waveform to form a monocycle waveform, and …

Platinum Complexes And Methods Of Use, Heidi Kay, Jay W. Palmer, Joseph A. Stanko

USF Patents

The subject invention concerns platinum complexes that exhibit antitumor cell and/or antiparasitic activity. The subject invention also concerns the use of platinum complexes of the invention to treat oncological and inflammatory disorders. The platinum complexes of the invention can also be used to treat or prevent infection by a virus or a bacterial or parasitic organism in vivo or in vitro.

Sbe Notícias, Ano 7, No. 236, August 21, 2012, Marcelo A. Rasteiro, Delci K. Ishida, Agatha Matsumoto

SBE Notícias

Cadastro Nacional de Cavernas tem nova versão; Recorde de visitas ao maior tubo de lava de Portugal; Publicado artigo sobre fronteira da caverna e idade da pedra na África do Sul; Nova família de aranha é a 1º da América do Norte desde 1870; Encontrada aranha subterrânea completamente sem olhos; Espeleólogos batem recorde de profundidade em caverna; Os entraves para inclusão de espécies na lista de fauna ameaçada; Vídeo aborda o conceito de carste; THERION - Software para topografias de cavernas - lança nova versão; Software reconhece morcego pelos seus guinchos; Revista do MPMG traz matéria sobre mineração em áreas …

Beware The Undissolved Civil Union: Massachusetts’ Highest Court Says That A Subsequent Marriage Is Polygamy, Joanna L. Grossman

Hofstra Law Faculty Scholarship

Todd Warnken entered into a civil union with a man in Vermont in 2003. Without dissolving that relationship, he then married another man, Richard Elia, in Massachusetts in 2005, shortly after same-sex marriage became legal in that state. Was this a valid marriage? That depends on whether Massachusetts treats the civil union as a marriage for purposes of applying its bigamy laws, which prohibit a person with a living spouse from marrying another person.

In Elia-Warnken v. Elia, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that civil unions from other states should be recognized, just as marriages are, on grounds of …

A Support Vector Machine Based Test For Incongruence Between Sets Of Trees In Tree Space, David C. Haws, Peter Huggins, Eric M. O'Neill, David W. Weisrock, Ruriko Yoshida

Statistics Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: The increased use of multi-locus data sets for phylogenetic reconstruction has increased the need to determine whether a set of gene trees significantly deviate from the phylogenetic patterns of other genes. Such unusual gene trees may have been influenced by other evolutionary processes such as selection, gene duplication, or horizontal gene transfer.

RESULTS: Motivated by this problem we propose a nonparametric goodness-of-fit test for two empirical distributions of gene trees, and we developed the software GeneOut to estimate a p-value for the test. Our approach maps trees into a multi-dimensional vector space and then applies support vector machines (SVMs) …

Veteran Communicator Danny Blanton Hired As Um Director Of Media And Public Relations, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Advanced Catalyst System Prepared From A Whiskered Aluminum-Containing Metallic Alloy Substrate, Sudipta Seal, Weifeng Fei, Suresh Kuiry

UCF Patents

A method for whisker formation on the surface of aluminum containing metallic 5 alloy fibers and substrates provides a support structure for many technical, medical and pharmaceutical applications. The novel surface modification of metallic alloy fibers and other metallic substrates involves heating the fiber or substrate in air at temperatures ranging from approximately 800°C to approximately 1000°C for a period of time ranging from approximately 10 hours to approximately 100 hours to form whiskers. The use of a 10 metal oxide coating with large ions, such as zirconium oxide, allows the formation of alumina whiskers while preserving the structural integrity …

Establishing A Community Of Professional Learners: Leadership Strategies That Promote Teacher Efficacy, Marie Simone

Theses and Dissertations

During my tenure in several school districts as an educational administrator, I was dismayed to learn that a common theme among bright, energetic, caring, and creative teachers was that morale was low and that teachers rarely felt recognized for their efforts or accomplishments. I was curious to see if recognition and respect offered by educational leaders would help to improve a sense of personal and professional efficacy among teachers, thereby improving school morale and retention of teachers in the profession. Morale is defined by Mendel (1987) as a feeling, state of mind, mental and emotional attitude. Washington, et al (1981) …

New York Summer Internships Demonstrate Leadership Potential Of Future Ole Miss Grads, Elaine Pugh

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Revolutionary War Letters, Ole Miss News

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.

Modeling Surfaces From Volume Data Using Nonparallel Contours, Ross Taylor Sowell

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

Magnetic resonance imaging: MRI) and computed tomography: CT) scanners have long been used to produce three-dimensional samplings of anatomy elements for use in medical visualization and analysis. From such datasets, physicians often need to construct surfaces representing anatomical shapes in order to conduct treatment, such as irradiating a tumor. Traditionally, this is done through a time-consuming and error-prone process in which an experienced scientist or physician marks a series of parallel contours that outline the structures of interest. Recent advances in surface reconstruction algorithms have led to methods for reconstructing surfaces from nonparallel contours that could greatly reduce the manual …

Bank Association Boss Welcomes Plan To Set Up Bad Bank, Slovene Press Agency (Sta)

Documents

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Plant Calcium Content: Ready To Remodel, Jian Yang, Tracy Punshon, Mary Lou Guerinot, Kendal D. Hirschi

Dartmouth Scholarship

By identifying the relationship between calcium location in the plant cell and nutrient bioavailability, the plant characteristics leading to maximal calcium absorption by humans can be identified. Knowledge of plant cellular and molecular targets controlling calcium location in plants is emerging. These insights should allow for better strategies for increasing the nutritional content of foods. In particular, the use of preparation-free elemental imaging technologies such as synchrotron X-ray fluorescence (SXRF) microscopy in plant biology may allow researchers to understand the relationship between subcellular location and nutrient bioavailability. These approaches may lead to better strategies for altering the location of calcium …