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Dr. Duane M. Jackson, Morehouse College, July 2011
No full textThis video is a conversation with Dr. Duane M. Jackson. Dr. Jackson talks about his paper, "Recall and the Serial Position Effect: The Role of Primacy and Recency on Accounting Students' Performance." Jackie Daniel, AUC Woodruff Library, is the interviewer
Diatom biogeography in freshwaters–new insights from between-region comparisons and the role of unmeasured environmental factors
No full textDiatom biogeography has attracted increased attention especially over the past two decades. However, due to covariance between space and environment, diatom biogeographical studies suffer from the fundamental problem of reliably evaluating the relative roles of dispersal processes versus local environment in shaping diatom distributions. Using between-region comparisons, we investigate whether diatom community differences stem partly from dispersal effects or are purely driven by the local environment. The data used comprise diatom presence–absence records and associated environmental-variable data from streams in Iceland and in northern Fennoscandia (Finland and Norway), and from ponds and lakes in Italy and northern Fennoscandia. We found that between-region differences were larger for diatom community composition than for local environmental variables, perhaps suggesting that biogeographical factors such as dispersal limitation or dispersal history influenced diatom communities causing their spatial segregation. We further discuss methods for disentangling the roles of spatial and environmental effects in shaping diatom communities. Finally, we highlight the possible role of unmeasured environmental factors in diatom biogeographical research
"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States" By M. Carey.
No full text"Reflections on the subject of Emigration from Europe with a view to Settlement in the United States: containing bried sketches of the moral and political character of those states.
By M. Carey, member of the American philosophical, and of the American Antiquarian Society, and author of The Olive Branch, Cindiciae Hibernicae, essays on banking, on political economy, and on internal improvement.
To which are now added the English editor's comments on the subject; together with Important Advice to Emigrants, and Cautions Against Impositions Practiced in the Outports
Dispelling the Myths Behind First-author Citation Counts
No full textWe conducted a full-scale evaluative citation analysis study of scholars in the XML research field to explore just how different from each other author rankings resulting from different citation counting methods actually are, and to demonstrate the capability of emerging data and tools on the Web in supporting more realistic citation counting methods. Our results contest some common arguments for the continued
use of first-author citation counts in the evaluation of scholars, such as high correlations between author rankings by first-author citation counts and other citation
counting methods, and high costs of using more realistic citation counting methods that are not well-supported by the ISI databases. It is argued that increasingly available digital full text research papers make it possible for citation analysis studies to go beyond what the ISI databases have directly supported and to employ more
sophisticated methods
Dr. Glendon Swarthout
No full textHosted by Roger M. Busfield, MSU Assistant Professor of Speech and Theater, Meet the Author is designed to introduce a general audience to a contemporary author and their work through in-depth interviews. This episode features a conversation between Dr. Glendon Swarthout, prolific author and English professor at MSU, and assistant professors Sam S. Baskett and Theodore B. Strandness
Simulation of thermal plant optimization and hydraulic aspects of thermal distribution loops for large campuses
No full textFollowing an introduction, the author describes Texas A&M University and its utilities system. After that, the author presents how to construct simulation models for chilled water and heating hot water distribution systems. The simulation model was used in a $2.3 million Ross Street chilled water pipe replacement project at Texas A&M University. A second project conducted at the University of Texas at San Antonio was used as an example to demonstrate how to identify and design an optimal distribution system by using a simulation model. The author found that the minor losses of these closed loop thermal distribution systems are significantly higher than potable water distribution systems. In the second part of the report, the author presents the latest development of software called the Plant Optimization Program, which can simulate cogeneration plant operation, estimate its operation cost and provide optimized operation suggestions. The author also developed detailed simulation models for a gas turbine and heat recovery steam generator and identified significant potential savings. Finally, the author also used a steam turbine as an example to present a multi-regression method on constructing simulation models by using basic statistics and optimization algorithms. This report presents a survey of the author??s working experience at the Energy Systems Laboratory (ESL) at Texas A&M University during the period of January 2002 through March 2004. The purpose of the above work was to allow the author to become familiar with the practice of engineering. The result is that the author knows how to complete a project from start to finish and understands how both technical and nontechnical aspects of a project need to be considered in order to ensure a quality deliverable and bring a project to successful completion. This report concludes that the objectives of the internship were successfully accomplished and that the requirements for the degree of Degree of Engineering have been satisfied
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No full textGrowth Patterns in the First Three Years of Life in Children with Classical Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia Diagnosed by Newborn Screening and Treated with Low Doses of Hydrocortisone
No full textBackground: Linear growth is the best clinical parameter for monitoring metabolic control in classical congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH). Objective: To analyze growth patterns in children with CAH diagnosed by newborn screening and treated with relatively low doses of hydrocortisone during the first year of life. Patients and Methods: 51 patients (27 females) were diagnosed with classical CAH by newborn screening. All patients were treated with relatively low doses of hydrocortisone (9-15 mg/m(2) body surface area). 47 patients were additionally treated with fludrocortisone. Results: At birth, height SDS (H-SDS) was 1.1 +/- 1 in girls and 0.9 +/- 1.5 in boys. After 3 months, H-SDS decreased to 0.4 +/- 0.9 in girls and to 0.1 +/- 1.3 in boys. Over the 3-year period, H-SDS further decreased to -0.4 +/- 1.8 in girls and to -0.8 +/- 1 in boys and approached the genetic height potential (target H-SDS of girls -0.5 +/- 0.3 and target H-SDS of boys -0.9 +/- 0.7). During the first 9 months of age, growth velocity was slightly decreased in girls (18.2 +/- 1.9 cm) and boys (17.3 +/- 1.6 cm) when compared to a healthy reference population (girls 19.0 +/- 3.9 cm and boys 18.7 +/- 4.7 cm). At the age of 3 years, bone age was appropriate for chronological age in both girls (2.7 +/- 0.5 years) and boys (2.9 +/- 0.5 years). Conclusion: Birth length is above average in children with classical CAH, which might be the result of untreated hyperandrogenism in utero. With relatively low doses of hydrocortisone treatment, growth velocity decreases slightly during the first 9 months and H-SDS then approaches the genetic height potential. Copyright (C) 2010 S. Karger AG, Base
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