Internet Access and Use: Does Cell Phone Interviewing Make a Difference?

Looks at whether adding cell phone interviews to surveys about Americans' use of and attitudes toward the Internet lead to significantly different survey results by comparing the demographic data and responses of landline and cell phone interviewees

Common Pokeweed Management in Corn and Soybeans with a Conservation Tillage Cultivator and Herbicides

Common pokeweed (Phytolacca americana L.) is a warm-season perennial that grows well in nondisturbed areas such as fence rows and woodland borders. In recent years it has begun spreading to com and soybean fields where no-tillage practices are used. The deep taproot that is characteristic of common pokeweed, makes this weed difficult to manage, particularly in no-till plantings. The green leaves, fleshy stems, and purple berries of common pokeweed can inhibit the harvesting process and lead to discounts at the elevator for high moisture and stained seed. The equipment industry has developed cultivators with large sweeps capable of operating in no-till plantings with minimal disturbance to stubble and plant residue at the soil surface. These cultivators are called conservation tillage cultivators and are intended to operate at shallow depths to cut plants below the soil surface. The fact that plants with deep taproots generally do not tolerate tillage may make the conservation tillage cultivator a valuable tool for managing common pokeweed in no-till plantings. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effectiveness of a conservation-till cultivator with and without herbicide treatments for common pokeweed control in corn and soybean

Addressing Land (In)Justice Through Data Collection In Partnership with Land in Common

In this report we aim to explore and visualize the types of land injustices in the state of Maine in partnership with Land in Common For centuries, Maine has undergone various forms of inequity regarding minority groups and their land. Land in Common is a community land whose mission seeks “to develop a durable, state-wide, democratically run cooperative structure for the ownership, care, and equitable distribution of land in Maine.” Under this umbrella, Land in Common creates affordable housing by separating land from development and bringing it under common ownership. Another important piece of Land in Common’s mission is to return the land we now call Maine back to its original owners, the Wabanaki people. As stated, Land injustice varies tremendously across the state of Maine as you will see in our many figures below. We have scoured the internet, deriving information from ArcGIS, the Agriculture census, and files directly from Land in Common in order to break down who owns land in Maine. The most notable injustice is that there are 7 groups (families and corporations) that own 25% of all land in Maine. This impressive statistic constitutes the efforts of Land in Common. The other 75% of land is privately owned typically by white families, leaving people of color and indigenus groups with a miniscule amount. People of color and indigenous groups have been oppressed across the entire nation for centuries. Although there is ample evidence that constitutes change everywhere, it is apparent that these changes are not easily sprouted. However, this is the essence of this project and Land in Common. Change is the ultimate goal and with our findings we intend to help Land in Common achieve their goals Through our extensive research on how land is broken down by multiple variations across Maine, we aim to display our data in a coherent way for Land in Common to use. Our data is designed for the people of Land in Common to better comprehend the best locations for Land distribution given what and who surrounds certain areas. We also intend to identify different ways to raise awareness of Land in Common in order to receive more donations for their selfless cause. Finally, how could we set up a volunteer program at Bates College that serves as proposal work for students

Senior Recital: Jonathan Fallin, trumpet

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Music Education. Mr. Fallin studies trumpet with Dr. Douglas Lindsey.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1026/thumbnail.jp

10361 Abstracts Collection and Executive Summary -- Theory of Evolutionary Algorithms

From September 5 to 10, the Dagstuhl Seminar 10361 ``Theory of Evolutionary Algorithms \u27\u27 was held in Schloss Dagstuhl~--~Leibniz Center for Informatics. During the seminar, several participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. Abstracts of the presentations given during the seminar as well as abstracts of seminar results and ideas are put together in this paper. The first section describes the seminar topics and goals in general

08051 Abstracts Collection -- Theory of Evolutionary Algorithms

From Jan. 27, 2008 to Feb. 1, 2008, the Dagstuhl Seminar 08051 ``Theory of Evolutionary Algorithms\u27\u27 was held in the International Conference and Research Center (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl. During the seminar, several participants presented their current research, and ongoing work and open problems were discussed. Abstracts of the presentations given during the seminar as well as abstracts of seminar results and ideas are put together in this paper. The first section describes the seminar topics and goals in general. Links to extended abstracts or full papers are provided, if available

On the Lossless Transformation of Single-File, Multi-Layer Annotations into Multi-Rooted Trees

The Generalised Architecture for Sustainability (GENAU) provides a framework for the transformation of single-file, multi-layer annotations into multi-rooted trees. By employing constraints expressed in XCONCUR-CL, this procedure can be performed lossless, i.e., without losing information, especially with regard to the nesting of elements that belong to multiple annotation layers. This article describes how different types of linguistic corpora can be transformed using specialised tools, and how constraint rules can be applied to the resulting multi-rooted trees to add an additional level of validation