University of Arkansas researchers have characterized a membrane receptor protein and its binding mechanism from chloroplasts in plants and determined that it shares a commonly shaped binding site and mechanism with a similar protein found in E. coli.
An initial examination of how teachers understand and teach about social justice confirmed that "it is critical that teachers understand social injustice before teaching about social justice," according to University of Arkansas educator Sung Choon Park.
Researchers at the University of Arkansas have shown that salts formed from perchlorates discovered at the Phoenix landing site have the potential to be found in liquid solution under the temperature and pressure conditions on present-day Mars.
Clients of the major accounting firm Arthur Anderson sustained negative stock-market returns following public announcement that the firm had shredded documents related to its infamous Enron audit in 2002. In a new study, a University of Arkansas accounting researcher reports that corporate social responsibility on the part of some of these firms did not prevent a drop in their market value following the Enron audit failure.
A study by information systems researchers at the University of Arkansas shows that as many as three out of four college students may be illegally copying and downloading digital material, including copyright-protected music, movies and software. The researchers found that people pirate digital media because they possess the ability and resources to do so, and because it is easy to copy and download copyrighted music and movies.
Through a $2 million gift from the Tyson Family Foundation and Tyson Foods Inc., the Sam M. Walton College of Business at the University of Arkansas is establishing the Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace. The $2 million gift was matched from the Walton Family Charitable Support Foundation in the University of Arkansas Campaign for the Twenty-First Century, creating a $4 million endowment for the proposed center.
In one of the first laboratory studies to test the effectiveness of age progression photography, researchers at the University of Arkansas came away with troubling findings and more questions for an ongoing study of computerized age progression.
In The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story, University of Arkansas historian Elliott West offers a revealing analysis of a time in which the American nation was transformed. The Nez Perce war of 1877 was a pivotal moment in a period West calls the Greater Reconstruction.
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have fabricated and tested a unique biosensor that measures concentrations of potassium and hydrogen ions in the human heart with high specificity. The research could lead to a superior method of monitoring indicators of acute myocardial ischemia, or AMI, one of the leading causes of cardiovascular failure.
When asked to be on the lookout for a fugitive, only a small percentage of participants in University of Arkansas studies spotted the wanted man or woman, even with the promise of a financial reward.
The school funding system in Arkansas now aggressively targets additional resources to districts that serve disadvantaged student populations, a University of Arkansas study found.
A new study by a University of Arkansas researcher documents a strong, positive relationship between expected return on Treasury securities and risks associated with the liquidity of the U.S. Treasury market. The study also revealed a strong relationship between return and what is known as information risk "“ experts' varying interpretations of important announcements about the U.S. economy.
University of Arkansas researchers and their colleagues have examined recent climate patterns in Mexico and determined that the country underwent severe drought conditions between 1994 and 2008, and that human changes related to land use and global warming may have aggravated the dry, warm conditions.
Researchers at the University of Arkansas have shown that changing the chirality, or direction of spin, of a nanoscale magnetic vortex creates an electric pulse, suggesting that such a pulse might be of use in creating computer memory and writing information.
A new study by a University of Arkansas researcher suggests that big business in some economies might be excessively stable, and that this phenomenon is inimical to economic growth. Specifically, results show that sustained economic growth entails new corporate giants arising and undermining the old leviathans.
University of Arkansas engineering researchers have created stable superhydrophilic surfaces on a glass substrate. The surfaces, made of randomly placed and densely distributed micron-sized silicon islands with nano-sized spikes, allow water to quickly penetrate textures and spread over the surface.
Europeans and Americans began with different visions of the internet, but by the beginning of the 21st century, the two approaches had dovetailed.
The first behavioral study to investigate whether people will provide false secondary confessions has raised significant concerns about the use of such evidence when informants are offered incentives.
Kirstin C. Erickson, a University of Arkansas anthropologist, is the first scholar to examine the ways in which Yaqui women's social and sacred use of the home space is "integral to Yaquiness," the sense of ethnic identity and connection with the past.
Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have designed and successfully tested an electronic micro amplifier that can operate directly in the space environment without protection from a warm box.
A University of Arkansas researcher studying the way caves "breathe" is providing new insights into the process by which scientists study paleoclimates.
In the first academic study to examine of the relationship between company reputation and financial-reporting quality, a University of Arkansas accounting researcher found that high-reputation companies are less likely to produce low-quality financial statements. The study also revealed that while good reputation enhances financial-reporting quality, reporting failures do not necessarily damage company reputation.
A University of Arkansas law professor argues that U.S. trial courts impose identical and harsh sentences on juvenile murder accomplices, regardless of the circumstances of the homicide or their degree of participation in it, because the U.S. Supreme Court and the Eighth Amendment "“ the section of the U.S. Constitution that addresses "cruel and unusual punishment" "“ do not provide direction to lower courts on sentencing juvenile accomplices in murder cases.
A University of Arkansas accounting researcher studied corporations with large environmental sanctions over a 10-year period and found that 72 percent of the companies failed to disclose that information to the Securities and Exchange Commission as required by law. SEC regulations require corporations to disclose environmental sanctions of $100,000 or more, regardless of the regulating entity.
University of Arkansas anthropology professor Peter Ungar spends hours crouched in forests in remote locations studying monkeys; he uses dental techniques to create molds of teeth; and he uses modern-day technology to study the wear and tear on those teeth to look at what modern-day primates eat "“ and for clues as to what our ancient human ancestors actually ate.
Historic artifacts, current events and creative endeavors come together in the latest offerings from the University of Arkansas Press in the 2009 spring catalog.
University of Arkansas researchers have used chemistry and geology to create a model that may explain the mystery of how modern-day gullies form on the surface of Mars.
Education researchers examined data for Florida third-graders to evaluate whether exemptions to the retention policy were applied consistently and to measure the impact of being exempted on reading performance in later grades.
Kathryn A. Sloan is the first historian to mine a rich collection of 19th century Oaxacan court records to reveal both the significant role that the working class played in liberalizing social codes of conduct and honor in Mexico, as well as the state's expanded role in family life.
Researchers at the University of Arkansas have for the first time adopted a technique used in marine environments to examine the sources of excess nutrients found in streams in the Illinois River Watershed.
In The Body Soviet: Propaganda, Hygiene and the Revolutionary State, historian Tricia Starks examines the extensive collections of health care propaganda and records of medical monitoring institutions to reveal the centrality of public health campaigns in founding the revolutionary state.
Electrical engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have demonstrated that magnetic nanotubes combined with nerve growth factor can enable specific cells to differentiate into neurons. The results from in vitro studies show that magnetic nanotubes may be exploited to treat neurodegenerative disorders.
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have published the first textbook on the emerging field of nanomedicine.
In his 20 years as a genocide scholar, Samuel Totten of the University of Arkansas has moved beyond cataloging and commemorating past genocides to working to intervene and prevent future genocides.
In his newest volume of poetry, Michael Heffernan, creative writing professor at the University of Arkansas, often mixes the lofty and the wacky. The resulting "mildly irreverent" poems rise up from the sometimes-sad circumstances of life.
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas will receive a $770,000 award from the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a novel method of storing thermal energy in concrete. The award and research project are part of the federal government's initiative to develop technology for low-cost energy storage of solar power.
A case study of Critical Incident Stress Debriefing, known as CISD, shows that this approach to crisis management meets all criteria for a pseudoscience. Scientifically validated options are available.
In his 20 years as a genocide scholar, Samuel Totten has moved beyond cataloging and commemorating past genocides to working to intervene and prevent future genocides.
Who would guess that a little over two years after beginning graduate school at the University of Arkansas that Chris Angel would be speaking at an international conference about his research on the Bedouin city of Um Sayhun, Jordan? Not Chris Angel himself.
In the recent past, election results in Arkansas have paralleled voting in most Southern states, as well as in swing Midwestern states with many rural white voters.
A property that can be used for memory in electronic devices disappears at high temperatures, and University of Arkansas scientists and colleagues in the Czech Academy of Sciences have used both theory and experiment to resolve a 40-year-old dispute over how this property disappears.
In the first study to examine the impact of Federal Home Loan Bank membership and funding on commercial bank risk, a University of Arkansas researcher and colleagues at two Federal Reserve banks found evidence to suggest that member banks have somewhat higher risk profiles than non-member banks.
Results of the annual Arkansas Poll typically illuminate Arkansas' bellwether tendencies. This year, the poll collected responses from twice as many Arkansans as usual, allowing the pollsters to draw parallels with swing states in the Southeast and the Midwest.
Engineering researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed a neural probe that demonstrates significantly greater electrical charge storage capacity than all other neural prosthetic devices. More charge storage capacity means the device can stimulate nerves and tissues with less damage and sense neural signals with better sensitivity.
In a study of the Los Angeles Dodgers team blog, Stephen W. Dittmore of the University of Arkansas found that the blog was a popular and effective way for fans to learn about the Dodgers and communicate commitment to their team.
Discovering what happens beneath an active volcano is a job that's often too hot for researchers to handle, but a University of Arkansas scientist and his colleagues have created a new and better way to "look" at what's going on in the molten magma that lies beneath a volcano's surface.
Videos featuring a song, a mathematical principle and a rehabilitation professor can be found at the Research Frontiers Web site, along with articles from the fall 2008 issue of the magazine.
Heidi Kluess, an assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of Arkansas, has received funding to study how the sympathetic nervous system controls blood flow and blood pressure in women as they age.
A University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues are urging national policymakers to use a science-based approach when making decisions about biofuels.
The U.S. House of Representative's rejection of the Troubled Assets Relief Program, the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout, was a prudent decision, say two University of Arkansas researchers who are closely monitoring the U.S. financial crisis.
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