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May 18, 1995
Faculty and staff
BOOKS
Adarshpal S. Sethi, computer and information sciences, Integrated
Network Management IV, Yves Raynaud and Fabienne Faure-Vincent,
editors, Chapman & Hall, London, 1995.
PUBLICATIONS
Rhonda Aull Hyde and Catherine K. Halbrendt, food and resource
economics, with Song Jundong and Shwu-Eng Webb, Winrock
International Institute for Agricultural Development, "Impact of
Trade Reform on China's Crop Sector," in The Journal of
Developing Areas, vol. 29, pages 255-272.
Robert A. Denemark, political science and international
relations, "Toward A Theory of Ethnic Violence," in Humboldt
Journal of Social Relations, vol. 20, no. 2, pages 95-120.
Janice Selekman, nursing, and E. Malloy, "Difficulties in Symptom
Recognition in Infants," in Journal of Pediatric Nursing, vol.
10, no. 2, pages 89-92.
Xiao-Hai Yan, marine studies, with P.P. Niiler, S.K. Nadiga, R.H.
Stewart and D.R. Cayan, "Seasonal Heat Storage in the North
Pacific: 1976-1989," in Journal of Geophysical Research, vol.
100, no. C4, pages 6899-6929; with Vic Klemas and Quanan Zheng,
marine studies, "Dynamic Interpretation of Space Shuttle
Photographs: Deepwater Internal Waves in the Western Equatorial
Indian Ocean," in Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 100, no.
C2, pages 2579-2589; and, with Zheng and Chung-Ru Ho, "Satellite
Observations of Upper-Layer Variabilities in the Western Pacific
Warm Pool," in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society,
vol. 76, no. 5, pages 669-679. Also, Klemas and Richard Gantt,
marine studies, with graduate student Oliver Weatherbee, Nadine
Patience and Hassan Hassan, "Environmental Information Systems
for Coastal Zone Management," The World Bank, 104 pages, March
1995.
Stuart L. Cooper, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Chemical
Engineering, with P.E. Vaudaux, D.P. Lew and P. Francois of
University of Geneva, R.A. Proctor, H. Wabers and R.M. Albrecht
of University of Wisconsin and D. McDevitt and T.J. Foster of
Trinity College, "Use of Adhesion-Defective Mutants of
Staphylococcus Aureus to Define the Role of Specific Plasma
Proteins in Promoting Bacterial Adhesion to Canine Arteriovenous
Shunts," in Infection and Immunity, vol. 63, pages 585-590; with
R.J. Goddard of Air Products & Chemicals, "Polyurethane
Cationomers with Pendant Trimethylammonium Groups I, Fourier
Transform Infrared Temperature Studies," pages 1390-1400, and
"Groups II, Investigation of the Microphase Separation
Transition," pages 1401-1406, in Macromolecules, vol. 28.
Denise Seliskar, marine studies, "Coastal Dune Restoration: A
Strategy for Alleviating Dieout of Ammophila breviligulata," in
Restoration Ecology, vol. 3, no. 1, pages 54-60.
Allan L. McCutcheon, sociology, and George Thomas of Research
Institute on Addictions, "Patterns of Drug Use Among White
Institutionalized Delinquents in Georgia: Evidence From a Latent
Class Analysis," in Journal of Drug Addictions, vol. 25, no. 1,
pages 61-71.
James L. Butkiewicz, economics, "The Impact of a Lender of Last
Resort During the Great Depression: The Case of the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation," in Exploration in Economic
History, vol. 35, pages 197-216.
PRESENTATIONS
Ron Martin, geology, "The Earth Sciences: What Good Are They?" at
Delaware Museum of Natural History, May 12.
Paula Klemm, nursing, "Weeds Among the Wheat: Spiritual
Dimensions of Cancer Care," at DDCONS, Feb. 27, New Castle.
Dennis Jackson, English, "From the Comstockians to the
MacDworknites: Literary Censorship in America," at Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, April 14, Blacksburg,
Va.
Madeline Lambrecht and Clare Conner, nursing, "Distance
Education: Balancing High Tech/High Touch," at New Directions in
RN to BSN Education conference, April 20-22, Baltimore.
Frances Wimbush, nursing, "Psychosocial and Physiological
Predictions of Survival of Randomly Selected Participants in the
Cardiac Arrhythmia Suppression Trial," at Midwest Nursing
Research Society meeting, April 1-4, Kansas City.
Stacie E. Beck, economics, "The Option Value of Money," at
University of Illinois, April 27, Urbana-Champaign.
Peter G. Roe, anthropology, "Pictorial Dualism: Some Thoughts on
the Iconography of Chavin and San Agustin," at Society for
American Archaeology 60th annual meeting, May 3-7, Minneapolis.
Leslie Criston, Lisa Grimsley, Ruth Jackson and Grant Wolf,
English Language Institute, "The Art of Teaching Culture through
Content-Based Courses," at 15th annual spring Penn TESOL-East
Conference, April 29, Community College of Philadelphia.
Kevin N. Waninger, Student Health Services, "The Preparticipation
Examination," at Delaware Academy of Medicine, May 9; and "Stress
Fractures in the Primary Care Setting," at 43rd annual Scientific
Assembly, Delaware Academy of Family Physicians, April 22.
Stuart L. Cooper, H. Rodney Sharp Professor of Chemical
Engineering, "Synthesis and Cell-Adhesion Properties of
Polyurethanes Containing Covalently Grafted RGD Peptides," at
fifth Iketani Conference on Advanced Biomaterials in Biomedical
Engineering and Drug Delivery Systems, Kagoshima University,
April; "X-Ray Analysis of Ion Containing Polymers," Nagasaki
University; "Polyurethanes at the Biological Interface," Kyushu
University; and "Bacteria and Leukocyte Adhesion to
Biomaterials," National Instititute of Hygienic Sciences, Tokyo.
He also coauthored the following papers presented at the American
Physical Society meeting, March 20-23, San Jose, Calif.: with
R.J. Goddard of University of Wisconsin, "Investigation of the
Microphase Separation Transition in the Polyurethane Cationomer";
with E. Karayianni of University of Wisconsin, "Probing the
Association Behavior of Model Telechelic Ionomer Solutions Via
Small-Angle Techniques"; with S.N. Boen of University of
Delaware, "Tensile and Fatigue Behavior of Poly (ether-ester)
Block Copolymers"; with E.M. O'Connell and T.W. Root of
University of Wisconsin, "Spectroscopic Characterization of
Pyridine-Containing Polyurethanes"; and with P.L. Jackson of
University of Delaware and D.J. Klingenberg of University of
Wisconsin, "Maxwell Stress Calculations in Heterogeneous
Materials."
SERVICE AND AWARDS
Thomas E. Pickett, Delaware Geological Survey, was elected a
fellow of the Geological Society, London.
Harold R. Raymond, Ted Kempski, Bob Sabol, Gregg Perry, Bryan
Bossard, Otto Kneidinger, David Cohen and Tony Decker, physical
education, athletics and recreation, presented the UD Football
Coaching Clinic, April 21-22, at the Bob Carpenter Center and
Delaware Stadium, attended by more than 600 coaches from
throughout the nation.
Ruth M. Jackson, English Language Institute, elected first vice
president of Penn TESOL-East, the regional affiliate of the
international organization Teachers of English to Speakers of
Other Languages.
Kevin N. Waninger, Student Health Services, was elected a fellow
of the American Academy of Family Practice and the American
College of Sports Medicine.
Xiao-Hai Yan, marine studies, conducted a lecture tour of
Japanese and Chinese oceanographic and environmental research
institutions from April 13-May 8, receiving an honorary
professorship from the National Marine Environment Institute and
advisory professorships from the East China Normal University and
the Tongji University.
Adarshpal S. Sethi, computer and information sciences, served as
co-chairperson of the program committee at the fourth
International Symposium on Integrated Network Management, May 1-
5, Santa Barbara, Calif.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
10 years
Carolyn E. Grant, library, May 20, 1985
5 years
Martha Dolphin Bruch, chemistry and biochemistry, May 21, 1990
Negede Gedamu, animal science and agricultural biochemistry, May
25, 1990
Richard Romanelli, Network and Systems Services, May 21, 1990