Learning Style Diversity in Post –Secondary Distance Education

During the fall semester of 2005, 153 university graduate students’ preferred learning styles were measured with the Kolb Learning Style Inventory, online version 3.1. The primary findings of the study indicated all of the learning styles and processes described by Kolb were represented in the distance learning population and suggested distance and residential learners uniquely engage the learning process. Biblical references were discussed with respect to the uniqueness displayed by study participants

Under the Portcullis and Inside the Golden Castle: American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah

This Comment discusses to what extent the commencement of a class suit tolls the statute of limitations for the benefit of unnamed or absent members of the class who would have been barred by the statute of limitations from instituting their own individual suits. American Pipe & Construction Co. v. Utah is a recent United States Supreme Court decision that recites and establishes a confluent rationale for tolling the statute of limitations, under purportedly limited and narrow circumstances, for the benefit of all asserted members of the class upon the commencement of the class suit

A Computational and Experimental Investigation of a Three-Dimensional Hypersonic Scramjet Inlet Flow Field

A combined computational and experimental parametric study of the internal aerodynamics of a generic three dimensional sidewall compression scramjet inlet configuration was performed. The study was designed to demonstrate the utility of computational fluid dynamics as a design tool in hypersonic inlet flow fields, to provide a detailed account of the nature and structure of the internal flow interactions, and to provide a comprehensive surface property and flow field database to determine the effects of contraction ratio, cowl position, and Reynolds number on the performance of a hypersonic scramjet inlet configuration

Electronic Still Camera

A handheld, programmable, digital camera is disclosed that supports a variety of sensors and has program control over the system components to provide versatility. The camera uses a high performance design which produces near film quality images from an electronic system. The optical system of the camera incorporates a conventional camera body that was slightly modified, thus permitting the use of conventional camera accessories, such as telephoto lenses, wide-angle lenses, auto-focusing circuitry, auto-exposure circuitry, flash units, and the like. An image sensor, such as a charge coupled device ('CCD') collects the photons that pass through the camera aperture when the shutter is opened, and produces an analog electrical signal indicative of the image. The analog image signal is read out of the CCD and is processed by preamplifier circuitry, a correlated double sampler, and a sample and hold circuit before it is converted to a digital signal. The analog-to-digital converter has an accuracy of eight bits to insure accuracy during the conversion. Two types of data ports are included for two different data transfer needs. One data port comprises a general purpose industrial standard port and the other a high speed/high performance application specific port. The system uses removable hard disks as its permanent storage media. The hard disk receives the digital image signal from the memory buffer and correlates the image signal with other sensed parameters, such as longitudinal or other information. When the storage capacity of the hard disk has been filled, the disk can be replaced with a new disk

Pregnancy lipidomic profiles and DNA methylation in newborns from the CHAMACOS cohort.

Lipids play a role in many biological functions and the newly emerging field of lipidomics aims to characterize the varying classes of lipid molecules present in biological specimens. Animal models have shown associations between maternal dietary supplementation with fatty acids during pregnancy and epigenetic changes in their offspring, demonstrating a mechanism through which prenatal environment can affect outcomes in children; however, data on maternal lipid metabolite levels during pregnancy and newborn DNA methylation in humans are sparse. In this study, we assessed the relationship of maternal lipid metabolites measured in the blood from pregnant women with newborn DNA methylation profiles in the Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas cohort. Targeted metabolomics was performed by selected reaction monitoring liquid chromatography and triple quadrupole mass spectrometry to measure 92 metabolites in plasma samples of pregnant women at ∼26 weeks gestation. DNA methylation was assessed using the Infinium HumanMethylation 450K BeadChip adjusting for cord blood cell composition. We uncovered numerous false discovery rate significant associations between maternal metabolite levels, particularly phospholipid and lysolipid metabolites, and newborn methylation. The majority of the observed relationships were negative, suggesting that higher lipid metabolites during pregnancy are associated with lower methylation levels at genes related to fetal development. These results further elucidate the complex relationship between early life exposures, maternal lipid metabolites, and infant epigenetic status

The genome sequence of the swallow prominent, Pheosia tremula (Clerck, 1759)

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Pheosia tremula (the swallow prominent; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Notodontidae). The genome sequence is 290 megabases in span. The majority of the assembly, 99.94%, is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal pseudomolecules, with the Z sex chromosome assembled

The genome sequence of Vine’s Rustic moth, Hoplodrina ambigua (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775)

We present a genome assembly from an individual female Hoplodrina ambigua (Vine’s Rustic; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae). The genome sequence is 438.1 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 32 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z and W sex chromosomes. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 15.39 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 18,878 protein coding genes

The genome sequence of the Ash-bark Knot-horn, Euzophera pinguis (Haworth, 1811)

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Euzophera pinguis (the Ash-bark Knot-horn; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Pyralidae). The genome sequence is 464.7 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 30 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 15.2 kilobases in length

The genome sequence of the Light Brocade, Lacanobia w-latinum (Hufnagel, 1766)

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Lacanobia w-latinum (the Light Brocade; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Noctuidae). The genome sequence is 903.9 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 31 chromosomal, including the Z sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 15.38 kilobases in length. Gene annotation of this assembly on Ensembl identified 21,592 protein coding genes

The genome sequence of the Muslin moth, Diaphora mendica (Clerck, 1759)

We present a genome assembly from an individual male Diaphora mendica (the Muslin moth; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Erebidae). The genome sequence is 748.7 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into 26 chromosomal pseudomolecules, including the Z sex chromosome. The mitochondrial genome has also been assembled and is 15.41 kilobases in length