Georgia College & State University

About: Georgia College & State University is a education organization based out in Milledgeville, Georgia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Context (language use). The organization has 950 authors who have published 1591 publications receiving 37027 citations.

Initial results from NuSTAR observations of the Norma arm

Abstract: Results are presented for an initial survey of the Norma Arm gathered with the focusing hard X-Ray Telescope NuSTAR. The survey covers 0.2 deg^2 of sky area in the 3-79 keV range with a minimum and maximum raw depth of 15 ks and 135 ks, respectively. Besides a bright black-hole X-ray binary in outburst (4U 1630–47) and a new X-ray transient (NuSTAR J163433–473841), NuSTAR locates three sources from the Chandra survey of this region whose spectra are extended above 10 keV for the first time: CXOU J163329.5–473332, CXOU J163350.9–474638, and CXOU J163355.1–473804. Imaging, timing, and spectral data from a broad X-ray range (0.3-79 keV) are analyzed and interpreted with the aim of classifying these objects. CXOU J163329.5–473332 is either a cataclysmic variable or a faint low-mass X-ray binary. CXOU J163350.9–474638 varies in intensity on year-long timescales, and with no multi-wavelength counterpart, it could be a distant X-ray binary or possibly a magnetar. CXOU J163355.1–473804 features a helium-like iron line at 6.7 keV and is classified as a nearby cataclysmic variable. Additional surveys are planned for the Norma Arm and Galactic Center, and those NuSTAR observations will benefit from the lessons learned during this pilot study.

Benchmarking for Business Schools/Colleges: Implementing an Alternative, Partnership Approach

Abstract: A brief overview of benchmarking, choosing performance indicators, in higher education is presented prior to discussion of a particular benchmarking partnership that has recently linked five AACSB-accredited business schools in the state of Georgia. An alternative to the more expensive benchmarking approach pioneered by AACSB and Educational Benchmarking, Inc., this Georgia-based partnership offers a flexible and adaptive model for cooperating business schools. A key characteristic of the approach is reliance on a facilitator in the process through which institutional representatives select particular benchmarks, as well as in the gathering and reporting of benchmarks, best practices, and ACT business student satisfaction scores.

An Enzyme Kinetics Experiment for the Undergraduate Organic Chemistry Laboratory.

Abstract: An experiment using 1H NMR spectroscopy to observe the kinetics of the acylase 1-catalyzed hydrolysis of N-acetyl-dl-methionine has been developed for the organic laboratory. The l-enantiomer of the reactant is hydrolyzed completely in less than 2 h, and 1H NMR spectroscopic data from a single sample can be worked up to generate Michaelis−Menten and Lineweaver−Burke kinetic plots. The experiment introduces organic chemistry students to the use of a 1H NMR spectrometer, serves as an introduction to enzyme kinetics, and illustrates the stereospecificity of enzyme catalysis.