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An innovative sensor containing A36 carbon steel was explored for corrosion monitoring. After being soaked in an aerated 0.2 M NaCl solution, the sensor’s normalized electrical resistance (R/R0) decreased continuously with the extent of corrosion from 1 to 0.64. Meanwhile, the sensor’s normalized capacitance (C/C0) increased continuously from 1.0 to 1.42. The sensors can be attached to a structure to be monitored via a wired or wireless network connection for automatic data acquisition, processing, storage and evaluation

Invited appearance. The honor band consisted of 80 advanced instrumentalists and the wind ensemble from Ball State is the premier instrumental ensemble at that university

Amphibians are of great conservation concern due to alarming population declines worldwide. These vulnerable ectotherms are threatened by habitat loss and degradation, especially in the midwestern United States. Efforts to restore wetland habitat can mitigate some aspects of habitat loss, but effective sampling techniques and suitable analytical approaches are needed to accurately measure the quality of the restored habitat. Occupancy modeling was applied to amphibians inhabiting a 716 acre restored wetland system in northeast Indiana in 2013 and 2014. Two types of survey methods—call surveys and tadpole surveys—were used to measure and compare amphibian presence and absence in the preserve. For all species in the Hylidae, occupancy of calling males did not accurately predict occupancy of tadpoles. The Blanchard’s Cricket Frog, a species of special concern in Indiana, colonized the restored wetland complex for the first time since it was restored in 2009. Depth at one meter from the shoreline was a driving factor in tadpole occupancy and species richness. While this wetland supports viable populations of several amphibians, management decisions should focus on providing shallow habitat with ephemeral hydroperiods in order to maximize reproductive success

This paper introduces a relative entropy based image processing approach for the non-destructive prediction of the maturity of oil palm fresh fruit bunches (FFB) which enables the determination of the correct time for harvesting. The results of an experimental study of applying the Kullback–Leibler distance to the problem of oil palm classification are presented. It is shown that the proposed algorithm has an excellent accuracy and it can be computed very fast. The overall proposed system is simple and useful for oil palm farmers and entrepreneurs

We find configurations of subspaces of a complex vector space such that any real linear map with sufficiently high rank that maps the subspaces into complex subspaces of the same dimension must be complex linear or antilinear

Some of the earliest fossils of multicellular animals are the “small shelly faunas” from Lower Cambrian (~540 million years old) sediments, marking the “Cambrian Explosion”. Small shelly faunas include millimeter sized phosphatic internal molds of shells. While similarly preserved small fossils are found in sediments ranging up to recent times, these later occurrences are often poorly studied or ignored entirely in favor of larger fossils in the same sediments. In Iowa, the Upper Ordovician Elgin Member of the Maquoketa Shale contains phosphorite beds that include a small shelly fauna. This fauna has received attention because the small fossils make up the bulk of the rock, and the phosphorite strata are widely distributed. The small size of the mollusks in this fauna has been interpreted as an instance of widespread ecological dwarfism as an adaptation or response to anoxic conditions. Thus the presence of this fauna has been used as evidence for oceanic anoxic events during the Ordovician. An alternative hypothesis is that phosphogenesis is taphonomically biased, and that smaller fossils are preserved as phosphatic molds in small sized individuals. If phosphatic preservation is sizeselective and if there were evidence of the presence of normal marine fauna in these deposits, the hypothesis that the fauna was ecologically dwarfed may be reconsidered. To test the competing hypotheses of ecological dwarfism vs. smallpass taphonomic bias, rock samples were collected from two phosphorite beds at Graf, Iowa. Polished slabs and thin sections were made from these samples. Remaining sample were dissolved in acetic acid and the residues picked for phosphatized fossils. Acid residues contain normallysized specimens of bryozoan zooecial molds, crinoid columnals, and umbilical molds of snails, all of which are small parts of larger animals. Also certain clams and snails seen in thin section are only partially filled with phosphate. These findings suggest that phosphate preferentially precipitated in small pores and could not fully fill larger ones. Therefore preservational bias favored either small shells, or small parts of larger shells. This finding suggests that the original fauna may not have been dwarfed, but that larger shells were not preserved as phosphatic molds before being destroyed

Aaron Ostermeyer is a History major and has served as a Student Success Coach in the Mastodon Advising Center in Kettler Hall since the school year began. In this position he helps fellow students with varying issues such as test anxiety, social support, and consulting probation students. He also helps students with finding the resources they may need across campus. During spring break he was chosen to be part of the IPFW Career Services Externship Program where he served as an extern with the Allen County Superior Court and shadowed Judge Wendy Davis. Recently, he was chosen to be part of the IPFW Student Life’s Orientation Assistant team over the summer where he will be assisting incoming students and their families in becoming more familiar with our campus

El presente texto ofrece los resultados de una investigación dirigida a revelar los resultados de la gestión social de los gobiernos de Brasil, Colombia y Venezuela luego de la llamada década perdida. Efectivamente, el final de los años noventa anuncia una reevaluación del papel del Estado en el desarrollo. De ahí que resulte de interés indagar en los resultados de la gestión social de tres sistemas políticos bien diferenciados: Brasil como sistema de centro izquierdas, Colombia como sistema de centro derecha y Venezuela como sistema de izquieda radical

This report represents the work of an Emerging Leaders (EL) Team tasked by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA) Publications Committee to investigate whether RUSA should create resources for 21st-century reference and user services librarians interested in the concept of “library as publisher.” Within this report, readers will find a proposed definition of library publishing, the results of an environmental scan of support provided by library and affiliated professional associations, results of a survey gauging interest in library publishing services, and recommended next steps for RUSA

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This study examined the prevalence and correlates of sexting (i.e., sending sexual messages via mobile phones) within a sample of married/cohabiting couples (180 wives and 175 husbands). Married adults do sext each other, but it is much less common than within young adult relationships, and consists mainly of sexy or intimate talk (29% reported engaging in sexy talk with partners) rather than sexually explicit photos or videos (12% reported sending nude or nearly-nude photos). Sending sexy talk messages was positively related to relationship satisfaction only among those with high levels of avoidance, and sending sexually explicit pictures was related to satisfaction for men, and for women with high levels of attachment anxiety. Additionally, sending sexually explicit pictures was related to greater ambivalence among both men and women. These findings support and extend previous research with young adults

Background/Rationale: Interprofessional education (IPE) is an essential component of teamwork and collaboration as recommended by the Pew Health Professions Commission, the Institute of Healthcare Improvement and the Institute of Medicine. IPE is now mandated by accrediting organizations in healthcare education. The unique Fort Wayne Area Interprofessional Education Consortium (FWAIPEC) was formed in northeast Indiana in 2011 as a response to these recommendations and accreditation standards. FWAIPEC began with five different graduate medical education institutions representing programs for pharmacy, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, medical student and family practice residency. From a modest start serving 60 learners per activity, FWAIPEC has expanded to include occupational therapy and physical therapy from two additional universities and now serves approximately 250 students per activity. The consortium also has evolved to offer a second year curriculum. Keys to success and barriers to implementation will be discussed and examined in the session. Objectives: The threefold purpose of this workshop is to 1) Identify ways to sustain and expand IPE endeavors. 2) Discuss the obstacles to maintain and advance IPE undertakings. 3) Brainstorm ideas to solve challenges and enhance IPE efforts. Teaching Methods: During the workshop, participants will engage in a guided discussion about ways to maintain and progress IPE including examining obstacles to curriculum implementation and IPE efforts. The discussion will also include a directed exploration of the challenges that impact IPE and possible solutions to these obstacles. Participants will be encouraged to share their own opportunities, barriers, and solutions during the worksho