Session GA: Recent Advances in Neutrino Physics

Chair: Jeffrey Nelson, College of William & Mary
Williamsburg Hospitality House - Empire A/B

Friday, November 10, 2006
8:00AM - 8:30AM

 GA.00001: Results from the first year MINOS operations in the NuMI beam
Invited Speaker: Jeffrey Nelson

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Friday, November 10, 2006
8:30AM - 9:00AM

 GA.00002: Measuring the Solar Neutrino Spectrum
Invited Speaker: R. Bruce Vogelaar

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Friday, November 10, 2006
9:00AM - 9:30AM

 GA.00003: Recent Results form the MiniBooNE Experiment
Invited Speaker: Jonathan Link

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Friday, November 10, 2006
9:30AM - 10:00AM

 GA.00004: Next Generation Neutrinoless Double Beta-Decay: Probing Majorana Neutrino Masses Below the 100 meV Level
Invited Speaker: Albert Young

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Session GB: Biophysics

Chair: Richard Superfine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Williamsburg Hospitality House - Jamestown

Friday, November 10, 2006
8:00AM - 8:12AM

 GB.00001: Electrostatic effects on the folding stability of FKBP
Jyotica Batra , Huan-Xiang Zhou

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Friday, November 10, 2006
8:12AM - 8:24AM

 GB.00002: Energy Landscape and Transition State of Protein-Protein Association
Ramzi Alsallaq , Huan-Xiang Zhou

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Friday, November 10, 2006
8:24AM - 8:36AM

 GB.00003: Kinetics of Vascular Remodeling: Comparison of Solver Approaches
R.C. Ward , J.J. Nutaro , K.L. Kruse , E.C. O'Quinn , A.R. Reedy-Jackson , M.M. Woerner

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Friday, November 10, 2006
8:36AM - 8:48AM

 GB.00004: Dynamic model of active transport: application to sodium/potassium pump
Brian Keating , Robert Finkel

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Friday, November 10, 2006
8:48AM - 9:00AM

 GB.00005: Cellular Potts Models of Fruit Fly Embryogenesis
Jason Rohner , Shane Hutson

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Friday, November 10, 2006
9:00AM - 9:12AM

 GB.00006: GBr$^{6}$: a Parameterization-Free, Accurate, Analytical Generalized Born Model
Harianto Tjong , Huan-Xiang Zhou

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Friday, November 10, 2006
9:12AM - 9:24AM

 GB.00007: Fabrication of Magnetically Actuated Polymeric Nanorod Arrays to Mimic Biological Cilia
A.R. Shields , B.A. Evans , R.L. Carroll , R. Superfine

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Friday, November 10, 2006
9:24AM - 9:36AM

 GB.00008: Spot Surface Labeling of Magnetic Microbeads and Application in Biological Force Measurements
Ashley Estes , E. Tim O'brien , David Hill , Richard Superfine

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Friday, November 10, 2006
9:36AM - 9:48AM

 GB.00009: Positron Emission Imaging Studies of Carbon Partitioning in Plants
M.R. Kiser , C.R. Howell , A.S. Crowell , C.D. Reid , R.P. Phillips

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Session GC: Poster Session

Williamsburg Hospitality House - Empire C, Friday, Nov. 10: 8:00am - 10:00am




GC.00001: Problem Solving Approach: Computer vs. Textbook
Evan Richards , Jeff Polak , Ashley Hardin , Mary Bridget Kustusch , John Risley

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 GC.00002: Rayleigh Scattering
R. Seth Smith

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 GC.00003: A two-state quantum level and power analysis of event-related scalp potential data relevant to the detection of deception and to the discrimination of correlates of high-order cognitive functioning.
Michael Schillaci

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 GC.00004: The Explanation of the Pauli Exclusion Principle
Victor Vasiliev , Russell Moon

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 GC.00005: Photoproduction of Neutral Kaons on Deuterons
Brian Beckford

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 GC.00006: Search for the pentqauark partners: $\Sigma^0$, $\mathrm{N}^0$ and $\Theta^{++}$
Yi Qiang

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 GC.00007: A study on the reflectivity of Tyvek
Alvaro Chavarria

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 GC.00008: Measuring scintillation light using Visible Light
Alvaro Chavarria

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 GC.00009: Behavior of Pulsed and Continuous-Wave Optical Dipole Force Traps
M. Shiddiq , E.M. Ahmed , M.D. Havey , C.I. Sukenik , R.R. Jones , D. Cho

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 GC.00010: Measurement of Intensity-Dependent Trap Loss in a Rb-Ar* MOT
M.K. Shaffer , C.I. Sukenik

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 GC.00011: Driven Microbead Rheology of Fibrin Gels
R.C. Spero , B. Smith , J. Cribb , T.E. O'Brien , S.T. Lord , R. Superfine

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 GC.00012: QCM Studies of Alcohols as Vapor Phase Lubricants for MEMS
Heather Nemetz , Jon Jones , Tonya Coffey

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 GC.00013: Modification of Bulk Nb Surfaces Using Ar/BF$_{3}$ and Ar/Cl$_{2}$ Plasmas
M. Raskovic , S. Popovic , L. Vuskovic

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 GC.00014: Stationary Shock Wave Structures in a Microwave Flowing Afterglow
D.J. Drake , J. Upadyay , S. Popovic , L. Vuskovic

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 GC.00015: Electron Impact Ionization of Heavier Ions including relativistic effects
B.C. Saha , A.K.F. Haque , M.A. Uddin , A.K. Basak

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 GC.00016: Magnetic Properties of the Insulating Lower Dimensional Mixed Magnet Mn/Ni Dichloride Monohydrate
G.C. DeFotis , T.M. Owens , W.M. May , J.H. Boyle , E.S. Vos , Y. Matsuyama , A.T. Hopkinson

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 GC.00017: Mid-Infrared Emission from Sensitized Pr$^{3+}$ in the Low Phonon-Energy Host KPb$_{2}$Cl$_{5}$
Althea Bluiett , Ei Brown , Uwe Hommerich , Sudhir Trivedi

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 GC.00018: Synthesis and Spectroscopic Properties of Neodymium doped Lead Chloride
Ei Brown , Uwe Hommerich , Sudhir Trivedi , John Zavada

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 GC.00019: Magnetic Ordering Temperature Dependence on Dilution in a 3D-XY Ferromagnet
G.C. DeFotis , W.M. May , T.M. Owens , R.A. Huddleston , B.R. Rothermel , J.H. Boyle , E.S. Vos , Y. Matsuyama , A.T. Hopkinson

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 GC.00020: Electric Field Effects on Quasi 1D Organic Conductor (TMTSF)$_{2}$PF$_{6}$
Eden Steven , Eric Jobiliong , James Brooks

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 GC.00021: SUSY Relics in Ordinary QCD
Patrick Keith-Hynes , Harry Thacker

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