765 research outputs found
Letter to Alfred L. Shoemaker, February 10, 1948
No full textA handwritten letter from an unknown author addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated February 10, 1948. Within, the author discusses the Pennsylvania Dutch word for Ash Wednesday, along with traditions associated with this day.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/1118/thumbnail.jp
Benjamin Hanby - A Gift of Song
No full textBenjamin Hanby: A Gift of Song was written in 1984 by Jane W. Bradford, then the Director of the Westerville Public Library. This book is an adaptation of Choose You This Day: The Legacy of the Hanbys by Dacia Custer Shoemaker, focusing specifically on the life of composer Benjamin R. Hanby.https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/archives_hanby/1001/thumbnail.jp
Notes From the Philadelphia Press of January, 1869
No full textA set of handwritten, copied excerpts from a January 1869 edition of the Philadelphia Press, presumably written by Alfred L. Shoemaker. Within, the notes detail Annie Powell who was known for her \u27A P\u27 cakes along with various other reminiscences about early Philadelphia - including mourning practices and the funeral of Benjamin Franklin.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/1075/thumbnail.jp
Introduction to special section on Uncertainty Assessment in Surface and Subsurface Hydrology: An overview of issues and challenges
No full textThis paper introduces the Water Resources Research special section on Uncertainty Assessment in Surface and Subsurface Hydrology. Over the past years, hydrological literature has seen a large increase in the number of papers dealing with uncertainty. In this article, we present an overview of the different sources of uncertainty and the different types of problems associated with uncertainty assessment. It is argued here that clarity about which part of the large field of uncertainty research is addressed by a given research activity would already help guide discussions within the hydrological community. We present an introduction to the differences between the more classical frequentist approach to uncertainty and Bayesian approaches and between probabilistic and nonprobabilistic approaches. Bayesian approaches allow for inclusion of more subjective expert knowledge and would be more appropriate where less “hard” data are available. Any underlying assumptions need to be made very clear to the end user. Finally, a brief classification of the articles of the special section is presented.Water ManagementCivil Engineering and Geoscience
Shoemaker is 1986 Vollum Award recipient
No full texthttps://rdc.reed.edu/v1/resources/670ac9f1-49ca-431e-ae94-db71ba35b332/thumb/128.jpgNotes about the winner of the Vollum Award for Distinguished Accomplishment in Science and Technology, David Powell Shoemaker '42, a professor of chemistry emeritus at Oregon State University. He is a textbook author and researcher in crystal structure and transition metal alloys. Howard Vollum '36 is also described
Naturalization Records of Petitioner Rudolph Benjamin Froese
No full textNaturalization records to become a citizen of the United States, as filled out and signed by: Rudolph Benjamin Froese
City of residence at time of petition: Atlantic City, NJ
Occupation: Shoemaker
Country of origin: Germany
Name of spouse:Sarah Froese
Name of witness: Anton Kopfsguter
Name of second witness: Fred Cregg
Date petition filed: 30 November 190
Exploring Protein-Protein Interactions as Drug Targets for Anti-cancer Therapy with In Silico Workflows
No full textWe describe a computational protocol to aid the design of small molecule and peptide drugs that target protein-protein interactions, particularly for anti-cancer therapy. To achieve this goal, we explore multiple strategies, including finding binding hot spots, incorporating chemical similarity and bioactivity data, and sampling similar binding sites from homologous protein complexes. We demonstrate how to combine existing interdisciplinary resources with examples of semi-automated workflows. Finally, we discuss several major problems, including the occurrence of drug-resistant mutations, drug promiscuity, and the design of dual-effect inhibitors.Fil: Goncearenco, Alexander. National Institutes of Health; Estados UnidosFil: Li, Minghui. Soochow University; China. National Institutes of Health; Estados UnidosFil: Simonetti, Franco Lucio. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Oficina de Coordinación Administrativa Parque Centenario. Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires. Fundación Instituto Leloir. Instituto de Investigaciones Bioquímicas de Buenos Aires; ArgentinaFil: Shoemaker, Benjamin A. National Institutes of Health; Estados UnidosFil: Panchenko, Anna R. National Institutes of Health; Estados Unido
The public impact of impacts: How the media play in the mass extinction debates
No full text“Mass media” presentations of the dinosaurs and their co-inhabitants have been around for some 200 years. The question of what exterminated the dinosaurs and allowed mammals to take their leading place on Earth has a similarly lengthy history in the scientific arena and in public. However, there are amazingly few communication studies of the debates around mass extinctions and impacts. Those that do exist have picked up on the fact that these debates involve scientists from several disciplines, scientists who are often unused to reading each other’s research. Under these circumstances, more public or leading journals play a key role, not only in getting ideas out into the public arena, but in informing scientists across disciplinary boundaries. “Normal” communication processes, in which articles in peer-reviewed journals inform the scientific community and “simplified” versions may trickle out to the public via the mass media, become more complex. The dramatic impact answer to the question of the death of the dinosaurs seems to have attracted limited media attention at the time, confined to the “elite” newspapers. This paper analyzes the newspaper coverage of the death of the dinosaurs during the period from 1980 to 2008. I find that the period from 1991 to 1995 was critical in terms of changing public perceptions, insofar as they are determined/reflected in articles in general newspapers. I argue that the “Great Crash of 1994,” when Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 collided with the giant planet Jupiter, played an important role in propelling the impact scenario for the death of the dinosaurs into the (mass) public eye, and that the news value co-option was important in this process
Letter to Alfred L. Shoemaker, December 15, 1949
No full textA handwritten letter from a descendent of Peter Derr addressed to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated December 15, 1949. Within, the author provides information about folk cures, Harvest Home services and the tradition of serenading newlyweds with loud music.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/1247/thumbnail.jp
Letter From Florence Baver to Alfred L. Shoemaker, August 10, 1960
No full textA typed letter from Florence Baver to Alfred L. Shoemaker, dated August 10, 1960. Within, the author provides various anecdotes from the Lehigh County region, including humor stories and naming lore.https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/shoemaker_documents/1276/thumbnail.jp
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