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City of Springboro: Citizen Attitudes and Public Opinion Survey Results
Get PDFFinal report of community survey conducted by the Center for Public Management and Regional Affairs at Miami University
Find it Here! Interactive Resource Location Kiosks
No full textAn overview of an interactive software and resource locator. A list of software is displayed on a touch screen along with a map of a computer lab. Clicking either a software title or computer highlights the corresponding computers or titles. A portion of the data tracking and html generating spreadsheet is shown
Ice nucleating active bacteria reduce the cold-hardiness of the freeze-intolerant Colorado potato beetle (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae).
No full textIn laboratory experiments, a freeze-dried concentrated form of the icenucleating active bacteria, Pseudomonas syringae, was used to decrease the supercooling capacity of field-collected diapausing Colorado potato beetles, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say). Application of the P. syringae to adult beetles increased their mean supercooling point values from −7.6 ± 0.2°C (untreated) to −3.7 ± 0.1°C (1,000 ppm). No beetles survived cooling to temperatures below their supercooling point, indicating that this species is freeze-intolerant. During tests conducted in 1991 and 1992, the increase in the supercooling point was directly dependent on the amount of P. syringae added to soil containing the beetles. Cumulative freezing distributions indicated that 80% of beetles treated with 100ppm of P. syringae would be expected to freeze and die when exposed to −5°C; in contrast, none or very few of the untreated control beetles would be expected to freeze at this temperature. Other experiments demonstrated that the capacity of P. syringae treatments to increase the supercooling point of the beetles decreased after 2 wk of exposure at 4°C and when experiments were done at 10°C. If delivery systems were developed that would expose adult beetles to ice nucleating agents and preserve their ice nucleating activity until critical low-temperature exposure occurs in mid-winter, these nucleating agents could be used in conjunction with cultural control strategies for increasing winter mortality
Adaptations of frogs to survive freezing
Get PDFFive species of frogs from North America survive extensive freezing of their body fluids to temperatures as low as -8C for periods lasting at least 2 weeks. These frogs hibernate in leaf litter where subzero temperatures commonly occur during the winter. The onset of freezing triggers liver glycogenolysis and the production of high concentrations of glucose or glycerol (to 100x normal) that functions as a cryoprotectant against freezing injury. Concomitantly the release of the latent heat of crystallization as body water freezes promotes the continued function of the cardiovascular system for many hours, and serves to distribute glucose throughout the body. The water content of major organs is reduced by 50% or more during the first 24 hours of freezing, with the water being relocated and frozen in other body spaces. Organ dehydration functions to concentrate cryoprotectant and the reduce mechanical damage by ice during freezing. As freezing progresses, breathing, heart beat, and most other vital functions cease, but reanimation occurs within a few hours after thawing. The evolution of freeze tolerance in these animals illustrates the highly flexible capacities of frogs to adapt to stressful environments
Physical Chemistry Interactive Plot: Kinetics: Parallel First Order Reaction, v1.0
No full texthtml file encoding for an interactive plot for parallel first order reactions
For Video Streaming/Delivery: Is HTML5 the Real Fix?
Get PDFThe general movement towards streaming or playing videos on the web has grown exponentially in the last decade. The combination of new streaming technologies and faster Internet connections continue to provide enhanced and robust user experience for video content. For many organizations, adding videos on their websites has transitioned from a “cool” feature to a mission critical service. Some of the benefits in putting videos online include: to engage and convert visitors, to raise awareness or drive interest, to share inspirational stories or recent unique events, etc. Along with the growth in the use and need for video content on the web; delivering videos online also remains a messy activity for developers and web teams. Examples of existing challenges include creating more accessible videos with captions and delivering content (using adaptive streaming) for the diverse range of mobile and tablet devices. In this article, we report on the decision-making and early results in using the Kaltura video platform in two popular library platforms: CONTENTdm and DSpace