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Change maverick
No full textThe newspaper industry is undergoing a substantial amount of change because of dwindling profits and diminishing subscribers. Many newspapers are attempting to reinvent themselves by integrating the Internet and new media into their editorial missions. One example of this is Gannett's push to transform its newsrooms into "Information Centers." The author of this creative project works in one such newsroom that underwent the change and has documented the challenges in Web log format.Thesis (M.A.)Department of Telecommunication
MICROWAVE SPECTRUM OF CYCLOPROPYL CYANIDE
No full text J. P. Friend and B. P. Dailey, J. Chem. Phys. 29, 577 (1958). R. Hoffmann, Tetrahedron Lett. 33, 2907 (1970). A. Peretta and V. W. Laurie, abstract P3.Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Princeton UniversityThe microwave spectrum of cyclopropyl cyanide has been reinvestigated. Previously Friend and assigned a-type transitions in the normal and several deuterated species, but had insufficient data for a structural determination. We have assigned c-type transitions allowing determination of the A rotational constant for the normal isotopic species and have assigned a- and c-type transitions for the species containing in the ring. The ring structure will be discussed in the light of Hoffmann ‘ theoretical predictions and in comparison with 1, 1-$difluorocyclopropane.^{3}
Building scale in community impact investing through nonfinancial performance measurement
No full textThe measurement of nonfinancial performance is becoming increasingly important in the community impact investing industry, where individuals and institutions actively deploy capital in low-income domestic markets for both financial and social returns. Quality data ensure that the creation of jobs, construction of community facilities, financing of affordable housing, and other benefits that characterize the sector are delivered cost-effectively and transparently. This paper discusses the limited practice and future direction of nonfinancial performance measurement by revisiting four key questions: ; 1. Does nonfinancial performance measurement really matter for investors? ; 2. If it does matter, is nonfinancial performance measurement even possible? ; 3. If nonfinancial performance is possible to measure, what form should it take? ; 4. How will nonfinancial performance measurement increase community impact investing? ; The paper examines the barriers to a more robust regime of nonfinancial performance measurement and posits both that innovation in the sector ought to be driven by the discrete but explicit needs and demands of investors, and that greater accountability has a special role to play in making disclosure more attractive. The report concludes that nonfinancial performance measurement directly informs the investment process and is essential to growing community impact investing because it provides latent sources of capital with market-level information on the tradeoffs between financial and social return. Although the industry is unlikely to discover the “silver bullet” of nonfinancial performance measurement in the near future, there is reason to be hopeful: measurement strategies can – and will – converge through private- and public-sector innovation.Community development
Quail III: National Quail Symposium (Kansas City, Missouri, United States, July 14-17, 1992)
No full textGeneral
The history of quail management with comments on pen-rearing, Edward L. Kozicky
Taxonomy and biogeography of New Norld quail, R. J. Gutierrez
Bobwhite and the new biology, John L. Roseberry
Quail methodology: Where are we and where do we need to be? Dean F. Stauffer
Attitudes of a select group of Illinois quail hunters, John L. Roseberry and W. D. Klimstra
Population biology
Population trends of quails in North America, Kevin E. Church, John R. Sauer, and Sam Droege
Potential polygamous breeding behavior in northern bobwhite, Paul D. Curtis, Brad S. Mueller, Phillip D. Doerr, Charles F. Robinette, and Theodore De Vos
Quail and rain: What\u27s the relationship? William M. Giuliano and R. Scott Lutz
Breeding strategies of the northern bobwhite in marginal habitat, Willie J. Suchy and Ronald J. Munkel
Survival of northern bobwhite on hunted and nonhunted study areas in the North Carolina Sandhills, Charles F. Robinette and Phillip D. Doerr
Survival of northern bobwhite infected with a vian pox, Brad S. Mueller, William R. Davidson, and James B. Atkinson, Jr.
Reproductive ecology of northern bobwhite in north Florida, Theodore De Vos and Brad S. Mueller
Habitat Ecology
Manipulating pesticide use to increase the production of wild game birds in Britain, Nicolas W. Sotherton, Peter A. Robertson, and Simon D. Dowell
Relative invertebrate abundance and biomass in conservation reserve program plantings in northern Missouri, Loren W. Burger Jr., Eric W. Kurzejeski, Thomas V. Dailey, and Mark R. Ryan
Determination of true metabolizable energy content of bobwhite foods, M. E. Spurlock, and J. E. Savage
Correlates of northern bobwhite distribution and abundance with land-use characteristics in Kansas, Stephen J. Brady, Curtis H. Flather, Kevin E. Church, and Eric W. Schenck
Northern bobwhite densities in burned and unburned redberry juniper rangelands, Anthony P. Leif, and Loren M. Smith
Activity patterns and habitat use of northern bobwhite females in 2 grazing systems, R. Montague Whiting, Jr., and Denise L. Sloan
Habitat requirements of breeding scaled quail in Texas, Rob R. Reid, Christian E. Grue, and Nova J. Silvy
Scaled quail habitats revisited, Oklahoma Panhandle, Sanford D. Schemnitz
California quail in western Oregon: A review, John A. Crawford
Symposium wrap-up: What is missing? Robert J. Robel
Appendix A: Strategic Planning Workshop
Strategic plan for quail management and research in the United States: Introduction and background, Leonard A. Brennan
Strategic plan for quail management and research in the United States: Issues and strategies, Leonard A Brennan, editor
Agricultural practices and pesticides, Stephen Capel, John A Crawford, Robert J. Robel, Loren W. Burger Jr., and Nicolas W. Sotherton
Forest practices, Leonard A Brennan, R. J. Gutierrez, and Walter Rosene
Grazing and range management, David E. Brown, Alan Sands, Steve Clubine, and Clait E. Braun
Releases of pen-raised quail, George A Hurst, William R. Davidson, Ted De Vos, Edward L. Kozicky, and Alan D. Peoples
Population dynamics and effects of hunting, William P. Kulvesky, Jr., Bruce D. Leopold, Paul D. Curtis, John L. Roseberry, and Thomas Hutton
Appendix B: Abstracts
Appendix C: Registrants
Appendix D: Author and Subject Inde
MICROWAVE SPECTRUM OF METHYL AZIDE.
No full textSupported by grant C-071 of the Robert A. Welch Foundation. E. Amble and B. P. Dailey. J. Chem. Phys. 18 1422 (1950).Author Institution: Department of Chemistry, Rice University Houston, TexasThe microwave spectrum of methyl azide, , has been investigated and and a-type transitions assigned. The barrier to internal rotation of the methyl group is cal/mole. Preliminary investigations of the Stark effect give and . Therefore it may be possible to observe and assign b-type lines. The spectrum is consistent with a of , and the azide group found by Amble and for
“Participative” Versus “Assigned” Goal-Setting
No full textThis thesis is being archived as a Digitized Shelf Copy for campus access to current students and staff only. We currently cannot provide this open access without the author's permission. If you are the author of this work and desire to provide it open access or wish access removed, please contact the Wahlstrom Library to discuss permission.This investigation is designed to examine the assigned and participative methods of goal-setting, to determine the more favorable technique under stable and homogenious business settings. While the objective is to designate a generally superior technique, the need for a contingent approach is acknowledged throughout
Ruthenium complexes of nitrogen- and sulfur-containing heterocycles
No full textIn the United States conventional crude petroleum reserves were depleted by 21.3% between 1978 and 1991, and is reflected by the fact that the crude oil pool has gotten heavier. Heavier crudes are associated with higher boiling point hydrocarbon fractions as well as high levels of sulfur, nitrogen, and metal constituents. The heteroatoms and metals present in the crudes poison the cracking and reforming catalysts used in petroleum upgrading. Also, combustion of heteroatoms presents environmental problems due to the formation of SO\sb{\rm x} and NO\sb{\rm x} which contribute to acid rain production. Our interest in these processes/problems has resulted in studies on interactions of heterocycles with Ru metal centers and the subsequent reactivities of these complexes.The sandwich complexes ((C\rm\sb6Me\sb6)Ru(2-\rm RC\sb4H\sb3S)\rbrack(OTf)\sb2 are prepared by reaction of \rm (C\sb6Me\sb6)Ru(OTf)\sb2 and 2-RC\rm\sb4H\sb3S. These species react with (S)-()--methylbenzylamine to give a 1:1 mixture of diastereomeric iminium thiolato derivatives. Isolation of the less polar diastereomer by chromatography followed by protonolysis regenerates optically pure -complexes. -Complexes of 2-substituted functionalized thiophenes, 2-\rm RC\sb4H\sb3S, have been prepared where R = HOCH\sb2, HOCH\rm\sb2CH\sb2,\ tBocNHCH\sb2,\ and NH\sb3\sp+CH\sb2. The -complexed aminomethylthiophenes are interesting because they undergo intermolecular nucleophilic addition upon treatment with base to afford oligomeric species.Solutions of \rm(C\sb6Me\sb6)Ru(\eta\sp4-\rm C\sb4Me\sb4S) when treated with \rm\lbrack(C\sb5H\sb5)Ru(MeCN)\sb3\rbrack PF\sb6 afford a species in which a carbon-sulfur bond is broken and the thiophene is simultaneously coordinated in an \rm\eta\sp3- and \eta\sp4-manner to the \rm (C\sb6Me\sb6)Ru and \rm (C\sb5H\sb5)Ru units, respectively. Crystallographic and spectroscopic data show that the complex, \rm\lbrack(C\sb5H\sb5)Ru(\eta\sp4:\eta\sp3-\rm C\sb4Me\sb4S)Ru-\rm (C\sb6Me\sb6)\rbrack\sp+ is asymmetric.Treatment of (cymene)Ru\sp2\sp+ with Ni(OEP) gives a complex in which the Ru(II) center is -bound to a pyrrolide unit on the periphery of the metalloporphyrin, ((cymene)Ru-\rm\{Ni(OEP\}\rbrack\sp{2+}. In contrast to the behavior of the Ru-Ni complex, protonolysis of ((cymene)RuOTf results in the removal of Zn(Il) to give -\rm\{(H\sb{x}(OEP)\}\rbrack\sp{n+} which was detected spectroscopically.Made available in DSpace on 2011-05-07T13:21:41Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2
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THE MICROWAVE ROTATIONAL SPECTRUM OF
No full textAuthor Institution: Department of Chemistry, Purdue UniversityThe microwave spectrum of has been measured for the and transitions. Lines were found at about 19,000 and 29,700 Mc. These lines have been identified and the three moments of inertia determined. These moments have been combined with data obtained by Roberts and Edgell and Shulman, Dailey, and Townes for to assign a structure. Experimental results are as follows: a=5,321.4, Mcb=4,968.1c=4,942.9 \\\\ ${C}-{H}\qquad 1.093 {(assumed)}\angle{H}-{C}{H}\quad 109^{\circ} 28
Corn/soybean decision logic: Improvements and new crops
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THE MOLECULAR STRUCTURE OF ETHYL
No full textSupported by grants from the Research Corporation and from the Petroleum Research Fund. R.S. Wagner and B. P. Dailey, J. Chem. Phys. 26, 1588 (1957). Barchukov, Murina, and Prokhorov, Opt, i Spekt, 4, 521 (1958).Author Institution: Kedzie Chemical Laboratory, Michigan State UniversityTransitions of the a-type and b-type spectra of , , , and have been measured in the 8 to 30 kme region of the microwave spectrum. The data combined with previous on the spectra of , , and have enabled a complete determination of the structure by the substitution method. The following parameters are obtained:[FIGURE] The chlorine quadrupole coupling constants have been reanalyzed and will be discussed
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