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Arban Expansion Pack Bass Trombone/Eb Tuba Edition: Classical Exercises for Today's Musicians
Get PDFFirst published circa 1859 Jean-Baptiste Arban’s Grande méthode complète pour cornet à pistons et de saxhorn is an integral part of the practice routines of brass players around the globe. The First Studies, which stress an even tone and attack in the middle register are among the most frequently assigned exercises in our studies. This book expands on Arban’s work by presenting these exercises in tonal patterns that we frequently encounter in music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This is the edition for Bass Trombone and Eb Tuba
Everyperson's Cookbook : Roll Playing
No full textCookbook produced by the Wichita Chapter of the National Organization for Women
Everyperson's Cookbook : Occasional Cooking
No full textCookbook produced by the Wichita Chapter of the National Organization for Women
Impact of Library Visits on Undergraduate Student GPA: The Vital Role of the Library as a Contributor to Student Success
No full textThis study investigates the relationship between the frequency of student library visits and their academic performance. Library card swipe entry data during the Fall 2023 and Spring 2024 semesters were anonymized and filtered to include only undergraduate residential students aged 17 and older. Semester GPA scores were correlated with the data resulting in a dataset of 3,340 student records. Comprehensive quantitative analysis reveals a significant correlation between library visits and GPAs. The findings demonstrate that increased visits to the library contribute to higher academic achievement, highlighting the library's essential role as a crucial space for student success.Ye
METHANE POLLUTION IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS: SOURCE QUANTIFICATION AND EXAMINATION OF IMPACTS OF LAND-ATMOSPHERE PROCESSES USING ROUTINE OBSERVATIONS, FIELD CAMPAIGN DATA, AND SIMULATIONS
Get PDFMethane (CH₄) is a potent greenhouse gas, and accurately characterizing its emissions and distribution in the atmosphere is critical for advancing our understanding of its role in climate change. This dissertation consists of two key components of CH₄ dynamics: land-atmosphere interactions and emission quantification. By combining advanced modeling techniques with field observations, this work seeks to identify CH₄ emission sources and enhance our understanding of how land-atmosphere processes influence CH₄ concentrations. This is particularly important for improving inverse modeling approaches, where accurately linking CH₄ concentrations to emission sources relies on understanding how planetary boundary layer (PBL) dynamics and land surface processes affect CH₄ distribution in the atmosphere. These insights are crucial for refining CH₄ emission inventories and enhancing the effectiveness of mitigation strategies aimed at reducing CH₄ emissions. The first focus of the dissertation is to examine land-atmosphere interactions specific to the Southern Great Plains (SGP) site in Oklahoma, as these dynamics play a crucial role in the transport and mixing of CH₄ within the PBL. We optimized seven key parameters of the Noah-Multiparameterization Land Surface Model (Noah-MP) to improve its representation of land-atmosphere interactions. Using Bayesian optimization (BO), we fine-tuned the model parameters using data from flux tower observations. This optimization not only enhanced the simulation of surface energy fluxes and meteorological state variables like temperature, but also provided insights into soil characteristics, suggesting that the top layer of soil at the SGP site may contain more sand than indicated by existing classifications. These improvements extended beyond the initial nine-day optimization period to the entire growing season in 2016, enhancing the accuracy of atmospheric state variables and top-layer soil conditions. Building on the improved simulation of land-atmosphere processes, the second part of the research investigates CH₄ concentration enhancements at the SGP site from 2017 to 2020. Analysis of local meteorological data revealed that stable boundary layer conditions—characterized by strong temperature inversions and shallow PBLs—trap CH₄ near the surface, particularly during nighttime, leading to significant concentration spikes. Wind direction analysis identified a concentrated animal feeding operation (AFO) located 5.8 km northwest of the SGP site as a potential source of these CH₄ emissions. In a field campaign conducted in June 2024, we measured CH₄ concentrations exceeding 6000 ppb downwind of the AFO, corresponding to an emission rate of approximately 95 kg·hr⁻¹, as calculated using the mass balance method. Additional nearby sources, including open-range cattle and a natural gas pipeline, were also identified as potential contributors to elevated CH₄ levels. The final component of this dissertation integrates the field campaign data with high-resolution atmospheric modeling using the Weather Research and Forecasting model with Greenhouse Gas (WRF-GHG) model to assess whether the AFO could be responsible for the observed CH₄ enhancements at the SGP site. Using the WRF-GHG model, we simulated CH₄ dispersion from the AFO and validated these simulations against field data. The model successfully captured the spatial dispersion of CH₄ from the AFO and aligned well with field measurements, particularly around the AFO itself. However, the simulated CH₄ enhancement at the SGP site was lower than observed, even when assuming an AFO emission rate of 100 kg·hr⁻¹. This discrepancy suggests that the actual emission rate from the AFO may be higher than previously estimated, underscoring the need for more accurate emission inventories. The field campaign also revealed that rainfall events significantly increase CH₄ emissions, particularly from manure ponds and open lots, where microbial activity is enhanced in wet conditions. These findings highlight the importance of improving CH₄ emission inventories and refining atmospheric models, particularly in agricultural regions where localized sources can have substantial impacts on regional CH₄ concentrations. This dissertation bridges gaps in our understanding of CH₄ emissions by optimizing land-surface models, quantifying local CH₄ sources, and validating atmospheric simulations. By integrating empirical field data with advanced modeling approaches, this research enhances our understanding of CH₄ dynamics at local and regional scales, with important implications for global CH₄ inventories and climate policies aimed at mitigating CH₄ emissions
Arban Expansion Pack CC Tuba Edition: Classic Exercises Adapted for Today's Musicians
Get PDFFirst published circa 1859 Jean-Baptiste Arban’s Grande méthode complète pour cornet à pistons et de saxhorn is an integral part of the practice routines of brass players around the globe. The First Studies, which stress an even tone and attack in the middle register are among the most frequently assigned exercises in our studies. This book expands on Arban’s work by presenting these exercises in tonal patterns that we frequently encounter in music of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. This is the edition for CC Tuba
Simulating Horizontal Well Matrix Acidizing and Contrasting the Outcomes with Actual Data from Coiled Tubing PLT and DTS
Get PDFCarbonate reservoirs have different approaches to acid stimulation techniques. In order to achieve the most effective results, it varies by utilizing different diverters, acid systems, and pumping types. Even after improving the coiled tubing placement and numerical model predictions, it was previously challenging to determine where the injected fluids actually went during a stimulation job; therefore, the outcomes were frequently ineffective.
This scientific paper aims to investigate and contrast the Kinetix Matrix simulation software results of horizontal well matrix acidizing with actual data obtained from coiled tubing production logging and distributed temperature sensing techniques. The comparison with real-time data helps validate the accuracy of the simulations and provides valuable insights into the field application of this acid stimulation technique.N
The Library as Connecting Point: Bringing Students and Faculty Together
No full textThis presentation will highlight how we are bringing students and faculty together in conversation, presentations, and building community in the library. Over the last two years, I have built library programs from scratch and served crowds from 5 to 120 to engage in learning experiences. I will answer the following questions and equip others to ask and engage with these questions for their own context:
How do you get students to engage today?
How can the library serve as the academic hub of campus in a world where
everyone is disengaged?
Who are your stakeholders?
Are there organizations you can partner with?
Some of our programs have included:
"An Evening With..." Series where faculty present on something of interest to them and engage with students to talk about the world of academics, their specific fields, and encourage community discussion.
AI Events-AI in Academic Research, AI Week, and AI and Academic Integrity Discussions
Research Tutorials
Panel Discussions: First-Generation, AI and Humanities, Israel-Palestine History and Current Situation, Electoral College Discussion, Banned Book Week (with public library)
Our engagement with students and faculty has led to an increase in library use. We have learned over the last two years that if we can build community in the library through these events, students are more likely to seek our help and resources. We are no longer strangers but partners in their learning experience. This conversation will equip others to identify ways in which they can engage with academic partners and build learning communities around the resources their libraries have to offer.N
Double Consciousness and African American Principals in the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area: A General Inductive Qualitative Study
Get PDFThere is an underrepresentation of African American head public school principals in the United States of America. The growth of multi-ethnic student populations in cities amplifies this situation. Principals leading diverse schools must function in various roles and require cultural competencies to handle the myriad of issues encountered daily. Most research studies analyze the experience of being an African American principal through the lens of Critical Race Theory, which examines systematic external barriers. This research explored this experience from a different perspective, involving the concept of double consciousness. Possessing a dual sense of self could be problematic but also advantageous. This general inductive qualitative study probed the thoughts and perceptions of eight African American principals in the Oklahoma City Metropolitan Area and examined how effectively understanding and utilizing their identity can be a beneficial tool for success. The data revealed that the participants demonstrated a heightened awareness of their racial identity and were accustomed to experiences related to the concept of double consciousness in their roles as educators and leaders. Their adept navigation of specific challenges and management of perceptions and expectations cultivated skills that proved impactful, beneficial, and advantageous in guiding diverse schools. The overall analysis of the data identified themes that illuminate the intricate intersection of racial identity and educational leadership
Signatures of Fluid-Rock Interactions in the Proximal Cutler Group (CO, USA) Constrained by Mineral Chemistry and Low-Temperature Thermochronology
Get PDFThe siliciclastic Cutler Group comprises predominantly red bed strata that accumulated across large regions of the Colorado Plateau. The proximal (to the Uncompahgre Plateau) region of the Cutler Group is unique as it records subaerial exposure of complex subsurface fluid dynamics reflected in strata with either intercalated red-green and red-bleached coloration. The change from red to green or bleached colors corresponds with removal of iron oxides in bleached layers and retention of some Fe(II) in phyllosilicates and epidote in green layers, both likely through the action of one or more reactive fluid events (Hullaster et al., 2023). Permian Cutler strata onlap fractured and faulted Precambrian basement of the Uncompahgre Front, leading to a poorly constrained hydrologic system within Precambrian-hosted Unaweep Canyon. To better understand the origin and significance of color variegations in the proximal Cutler Formation, I investigated the changes in clay minerals and their associated chemistry and texture as it relates to the different colored samples. To achieve this, I integrated x-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy (EDS), with zircon (U-Th)/He (ZHe), and apatite fission-track (AFT) low-temperature thermochronology in order to provide a better separation of event(s) and a temporal framework for the greening and bleaching evident in the proximal Cutler Formation.
The data are consistent with green and bleaching alteration taking place during the Cenozoic, perhaps through the action of distinct processes related to the movement of basinal reducing fluids upwards along faults. Alteration of abundant biotite to secondary clay minerals led to distinct chemical signatures in the green and bleached layers, and red sample secondary products that overlap with both green and bleached populations. Green samples contain clays depleted in Mg, slightly enriched in Al, and with Fe preserved. Phyllosilicate alteration in bleached samples is characterized by Fe loss followed by Fe+Mg loss and Al enrichment. Interlayer K is replaced mostly with Ca in green and red samples and Na + Ca in bleached samples. The modern clay mineral alteration assemblage is consistent with the temperatures experienced by the samples post-maximum burial. Associated thermal history modelling of the AFT and ZHe data yields (1) late Jurassic-early Cretaceous maximum burial to ~150 – 200 ºC (~6 – 8 km); (2) cooling during the Eocene – Oligocene (~40 – 30 Ma) with green samples cooling to 40 ºC and 70 ºC in red); (3) beginning at ~27 Ma both samples were reheated to 80 ºC by 4 Ma; and finally (4) Pliocene (~4 Ma) rapid cooling to surface temperatures. I associate these two periods of cooling with regional exhumation associated with the Laramide uplifts and incorporation of the Colorado river headwaters, respectively. This study contributes to our understanding of the evolution of the regional fluid dynamics in the post-Permian Cutler system