A Faculty and Guest Recital

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Concert recording 2016-10-20a

[Track 1]. A questo seno deh vieni, K. 374 / Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- [Track 2]. Alma del core / Antonio Caldara -- [Track 3]. Amarilli / Giulio Caccini -- [Track 4]. Se floridna è fedele / Alessandro Scarlatti -- [Track 5]. Già il sole dal gange / Scarlatti -- [Tracks 6-10]. On this island, op. 11 / Benjamin Britten -- [Tracks 11-13]. Selection from Acht Lieder aud letzte Blätter, op. 10 / Richard Strauss -- [Tracks 14-17]. Vier duette, op. 78 / Robert Schumann -- [Tracks 18-19]. Deux duos, op. 10 / Gabriel Faure

Mitigation Ponds Offer Drought Resiliency for Western Spadefoot (Spea hammondii) Populations

Synergistic effects of habitat loss, drought, and climate change exacerbate amphibian declines. In southern California urbanization continues to convert natural habitat, while prolonged drought reduces surface water availability. Protection of biodiversity may be provided through mitigation; however, the long-term effectiveness of different strategies is often unreported. As a mitigation measure for building a new development within occupied Spea hammondii (western spadefoot) habitat in Orange County, California, artificial breeding pools were constructed at two off-site locations. Spea hammondii tadpoles were translocated from the pools at the development site to two off-site locations in 2005–2006. We conducted surveys a decade later (2016) to determine if S. hammondii were persisting and breeding successfully at either the original development site or the human-made pools at the two mitigation sites. We also verified hydroperiods of any existing pools at all three locations to see if any held water long enough for successful S. hammondii recruitment through metamorphosis. During our study, no pooling water was detected at two of three main sites surveyed, and no S. hammondii were observed at these locations. Twelve of the 14 pools created at only one of the two mitigation sites held water for over 30 d, and we detected successful breeding at seven of these pools. Recruitment in some mitigation ponds indicated that S. hammondii habitat can be created and maintained over 10+ yr, even during the fifth year of a catastrophic drought. Therefore, this may also serve as a conservation strategy to mitigate climate change and habitat loss. During our study, no pooling water was detected at two of three main sites surveyed, and no S. hammondii were observed at these locations. Twelve of the 14 pools created at a third site held water for over 30 days and we detected successful breeding at seven of these pools in 2016. Recruitment in some mitigation ponds indicated that S. hammondii habitat can be created and maintained over 10+ years, even during the fifth year of a catastrophic drought, therefore this may also serve as a management strategy for conservation with regard to climate change and habitat loss

DNA methylation-based subtype prediction for pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

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Ground-gamma band mixing and odd-even staggering in heavy deformed nuclei

It is proposed that the odd-even staggering (OES) in the $\gamma$- bands of heavy deformed nuclei can be reasonably characterized by a discrete approximation of the fourth derivative of the odd-even energy difference as a function of angular momentum $L$. This quantity exhibits a well developed staggering pattern (zigzagging behavior with alternating signs) in rare earth nuclei and actinides with long $\gamma$- bands ($L\geq 10$). It is shown that the OES can be interpreted reasonably as the result of the interaction of the $\gamma$ band with the ground band in the framework of a Vector Boson Model with SU(3) dynamical symmetry. The model energy expression reproduces successfully the staggering pattern in all considered nuclei up to $L=12-13$. The general behavior of the OES effect in rotational regions is studied in terms of the ground--$\gamma$ band-mixing interaction, showing that strong OES effect occurs in regions with strong ground--$\gamma$ band-mixing interaction. The approach used allows a detailed comparison of the OES in $\gamma$ bands with the other kinds of staggering effects in nuclei and diatomic molecules.Comment: 25 pages, 11 postscript figure

Doctoral Recitals

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree

Perceptions of the other: Voices of adjunct and fulltime community college faculty

The practice of hiring adjunct instructors was initially considered to be an anomalous event (Todd, 2004). Community college employment of adjunct instructors, however, witnessed a 50% increase during the 1970s (Cain, 1999) and, by 1984, adjunct instructor utilization in community colleges rose dramatically with an additional 80% growth. Over a 33-year period, 1970-2003, the employment of adjunct faculty in the academe increased 422% (Bouton, 2010). With such a strong adjunct presence within the community college, one question came to mind: How do adjunct and fulltime faculty perceive the other? The purpose of this study was to investigate adjunct perceptions of fulltime faculty and, vice versa, fulltime faculty perceptions of adjunct faculty. With an increasing presence of adjunct instructors within the community college environment, it was deemed important to illuminate the experiences and perceptions held by each strata of faculty concerning the "other". Ethnomethodology was used to conduct this study. Four community college liberal arts fulltime faculty members and four community college liberal arts adjunct faculty members were selected as research participants, utilizing a purposive sampling technique involving four research sites, which were located in the same geographical location within the continental United States. One liberal arts fulltime faculty member and one liberal arts adjunct faculty member who taught in the same field were selected from each of the four sites. Data gathered from semi-structured interviews and institutional artifacts were analyzed to identify emerging themes. From the data analysis, four themes emerged regarding adjunct faculty perceptions of fulltime faculty: (1) The great collegial divide; (2) Mentoring: Fact or faked; (3) A conflict of we-ness; and (4) Cultural exclusion: An administrative contribution. Four additional themes emerged from the data analysis regarding fulltime faculty perceptions of adjunct faculty: (1) Doppelganger: An adjunct experience; (2) A Planet of the Apes relational disconnect; (3) Dysfunctionally functional; and (4) An economic response: Hired guns and institutional blight. Finally, eighteen suggestions for best practice within faculty culture were provided, one suggestion involving the possibility of adjuncts serving on hiring and textbook selection committees.</p

Professional iPhone and iPad Application Development: Building Applications for the IPhone and IPad

Everything you need to create top-notch applications for the iPhone and iPad. Developers have demanded an advanced guide to using the very latest version of the iPhone and iPad SDK to develop applications—and this book answers that call! Packed with over twenty complete standalone applications that are designed to be recreated, rebuilt, and reused by the professional developer, this resource delves into the increasingly popular world of application development and presents step-by-step guidance for creating superior apps for the iPhone and iPad. You'll explore the many developer tools and lea

Doctoral Recitals

Recital presented at the UNT College of Music Voertman Hall in partial fulfillment of the Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) degree