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Apparatus And Method Of Forming High Crystalline Quality Layer, Aravinda Kar, Nat Quick
Apparatus And Method Of Forming High Crystalline Quality Layer, Aravinda Kar, Nat Quick
UCF Patents
Patents filed by licensee. Patents connected to this disclosure were not entered into the ARGIS database therefore linking them all to this on disclosure.
Laser Formation Of Graphene, Aravinda Kar, Nat Quick
Laser Formation Of Graphene, Aravinda Kar, Nat Quick
UCF Patents
Patents filed by licensee. Patents connected to this disclosure were not entered into the ARGIS database therefore linking them all to this on disclosure.
'Cool Hand Luke' Quote Was Right: Failure To Communicate Is Spreading, Rich Sloane
'Cool Hand Luke' Quote Was Right: Failure To Communicate Is Spreading, Rich Sloane
UCF Forum
Villainous actor Strother Martin uttered a classic line in the movie “Cool Hand Luke” that stands at No. 11 on the American Film Institute’s top 100 movie quotations of American cinema’s first century: “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.”
Supramolecular Structures Comprising At Least Partially Conjugated Polymers Attached To Carbon Nanotubes And Graphenes, Lei Zhai, Anindarupa Chunder, Jianhua Liu, Jianhua Zou
Supramolecular Structures Comprising At Least Partially Conjugated Polymers Attached To Carbon Nanotubes And Graphenes, Lei Zhai, Anindarupa Chunder, Jianhua Liu, Jianhua Zou
UCF Patents
A composition of matter includes at least one carbon nanotube (CNT) or grapheme type structure having an outer surface and a plurality of crystalline polymer supramolecular structures that includes a conjugated polymer that are non-covalently secured to the outer surface of the CNTs or the grapheme type structure. The conjugated polymer can be a conjugated homopolymer or a block copolymer including at least one conjugated block. The supramolecular structures extend outward from the outer surface of the CNTs or grapheme type structures.
Pnmt As A Novel Marker For Progenitor Cells, Steven Ebert, Karl Pfeifer
Pnmt As A Novel Marker For Progenitor Cells, Steven Ebert, Karl Pfeifer
UCF Patents
In certain aspects, the present invention provides methods and compositions relating to a Pnmt-positive progenitor cell. In certain aspects, the present invention relates to methods for isolating and transplanting the subject progenitor cells, and methods for treating diseases such as myocardiac injuries and neurodegenerative disorders.
Online Hotel Booking Experience: Flow Theory, Measuring Online Customer Experience And Managerial Implications, Anil Bilgihan, Fevzi Okumus, Khaldoon Nusair
Online Hotel Booking Experience: Flow Theory, Measuring Online Customer Experience And Managerial Implications, Anil Bilgihan, Fevzi Okumus, Khaldoon Nusair
Rosen Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
The past decade has perceived a significant development of various Internet technologies including HTML5, Ajax, landing pages, CSS3, social media and SEO to name a few. New web technologies provide opportunities for e-commerce companies to enhance the shopping experiences of their customers. This article focuses the phenomenon of online experiences from a services marketing aspect by concentrating online hotel booking. Successful lodging management strategies have been associated with the creation of experience, which in turn leads to fruitful performance outcomes such as superior financial performance, enhanced brand image, customer loyalty, positive word of mouth and customer satisfaction. E-commerce researchers and …
I Love It When Linus Reminds Me What Christmas Is About, Mark Routhier
I Love It When Linus Reminds Me What Christmas Is About, Mark Routhier
UCF Forum
As Linus said: “Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about. Lights, please: ‘And the angel said unto them, Fear not, for behold, I bring unto you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you this day is born in the City of Bethlehem, a Savior, which is Christ the Lord...’”
Minutes 2013-12-19, Staff Advisory Council
Minutes 2013-12-19, Staff Advisory Council
Staff Advisory Council Meeting Documents
No abstract provided.
An Algorithm For Motion Estimation From The Tomographic Data, Alexander Katsevich, Michael Silver, Alexander Zamyatin
An Algorithm For Motion Estimation From The Tomographic Data, Alexander Katsevich, Michael Silver, Alexander Zamyatin
UCF Patents
In this paper we study local tomography (LT) in the motion contaminated case. It is shown that microlocally, away from some critical directions, LT is equivalent to a pseudo-differential operator of order one. LT also produces non-local artifacts that are of the same strength as useful singularities. If motion is not accurately known, singularities inside the object f being scanned spread in different directions. A single edge can become a double edge. In such a case the image of f looks cluttered. Based on this observation we propose an algorithm for motion estimation. We propose an empiric measure of image …
Sac Treasurer Report December 2013, Staff Council
Sac Treasurer Report December 2013, Staff Council
Staff Advisory Council Treasurer Reports
No abstract provided.
Solar Gutter And Soffit Facia Systems., Jeffrey Sonne, Robin Vieira
Solar Gutter And Soffit Facia Systems., Jeffrey Sonne, Robin Vieira
UCF Patents
Systems, apparatus, devices and methods of using and mounting solar collectors and photovoltaic collectors in gutters or directly along fascia and eaves and on architectural ledges on buildings, along building walls at various heights above the ground, as well as in ground engaged collectors for providing heated water, power and/or lighting. The collectors can have a pair of conduits/tubes for passing water therethrough. Each of the collectors can be attached to one another by mateably interlocking male and female connectors on the sides of each collector to one another.
Stat3 Inhibitor Having Anti-Cancer Activity And Methods (Us), James Turkson, Andrew Hamilton, Richard Jove, Said Sebti
Stat3 Inhibitor Having Anti-Cancer Activity And Methods (Us), James Turkson, Andrew Hamilton, Richard Jove, Said Sebti
UCF Patents
A small-molecule Stat3 dimerization inhibitor, S3I-M2001, is described and the dynamics of intracellular processing of activated Stat3 within the context of the biochemical and biological effects of the Stat3 chemical probe inhibitor are elucidated. S3I-M2001 is a newly-identified oxazole-based peptidomimetic of the Stat3 Src Homology (SH) 2 domain-binding phosphotyrosine peptide that selectively disrupts active Stat3:Stat3 dimers. Stat3-dependent malignant transformation, survival, and migration and invasion of mouse and human cancer cells harboring persistently-activated Stat3 were inhibited by S3I-M2001. S3I-M2001 inhibited Stat3-dependent transcriptional regulation of tumor survival genes, such as Bcl-xL. The disclosed compound is useful as a new potential treatment for …
Treasury Report 2013-12, Staff Advisory Council
Treasury Report 2013-12, Staff Advisory Council
Staff Advisory Council Meeting Documents
No abstract provided.
Applying Best Practices To Florida Local Government Retrofit Programs, Florida Solar Energy Center, Janet Mcilvaine
Applying Best Practices To Florida Local Government Retrofit Programs, Florida Solar Energy Center, Janet Mcilvaine
FSEC Energy Research Center®
In some communities, local government and non-profit entities have funds to purchase and renovate distressed, foreclosed homes for resale in the affordable housing market. Numerous opportunities to improve whole house energy efficiency are inherent in these comprehensive renovations. BA-PIRC worked together in a multiyear field study making recommendations in individual homes, meanwhile compiling improvement costs, projected energy savings, practical challenges, and labor force factors surrounding common energy-related renovation measures. The field study, Phase 1 of this research, resulted in a set of best practices appropriate to the current labor pool and market conditions in central Florida to achieve projected annual …
First Month With My Newborn Was Both The Fastest And The Longest Of My Life, Leandra Preston-Sidler
First Month With My Newborn Was Both The Fastest And The Longest Of My Life, Leandra Preston-Sidler
UCF Forum
I haven’t slept more than two hours straight in a month. Showers elude me. The house that used to be filled with wine and planned dinners is now filled with diapers and frozen pizza.
Method For Generating, Transmitting, And Receiving Power, Aravinda Kar, Bruce Marshall
Method For Generating, Transmitting, And Receiving Power, Aravinda Kar, Bruce Marshall
UCF Patents
Methods are disclosed for converting the heat energy into light energy, typically by generating electricity from the heat energy, and converting the electricity into an optical energy, which is transmitted, and later reconverted to electrical energy for conventional use.
Bowling, Richard C. Crepeau
Bowling, Richard C. Crepeau
On Sport and Society
Here it is only two days after the bowl pairings were announced and I am already approaching that semi-nauseous state of bowl fatigue. There once was a time not so long ago when that feeling didn’t set in until the second-half of the final game on January 1. Oh, for the good old days.
Sandspur, Vol 120, No 12, December 05, 2013, Rollins College
Sandspur, Vol 120, No 12, December 05, 2013, Rollins College
The Rollins Sandspur
Rollins College student newspaper, written by the students and published at Rollins College. The Sandspur started as a literary journal.
'To Change Is To Learn And To Learn Is To Change', Bob Porter
'To Change Is To Learn And To Learn Is To Change', Bob Porter
UCF Forum
“To change is to learn and to learn is to change.” That was often the advice given to me by my mentor in life, Lew Treen, a war veteran, semi-pro baseball player, high school principal and coach.
Systems And Methods For Inducing Effects In A Signal, Kenneth Stanley, Scott Deboer
Systems And Methods For Inducing Effects In A Signal, Kenneth Stanley, Scott Deboer
UCF Patents
A system for inducing an effect in a raw audio signal comprises a computing device for receiving a first audio signal and a second audio signal from a signal source, and the second audio signal comprises the first audio signal induced with an effect. The system further comprises logic that parameterizes the effect in the second audio signal into an artificial neural network (ANN).
The Violent Overthrow Of Personalist Regimes Compared To The Peaceful Collapse Of Single Party Regimes, Victoria Austin
The Violent Overthrow Of Personalist Regimes Compared To The Peaceful Collapse Of Single Party Regimes, Victoria Austin
HIM 1990-2015
Personalist regimes tend to be violently overthrown while single party states tend to nonviolently collapse from within. This paper analyzes Libya under Qaddafi as a personalist regime, and USSR under Gorbachev as a single party state, and seeks to ascertain through case studies and process tracing the reasons for the violent overthrow of personalist regimes compared to the peaceful collapse of single party regimes. Both regime types create the problems that result in their downfall, and both kinds of downfall are accelerated by the public appearance of weakness.
A Historical View Of Cuban Immigration Policy, Sarah Castro
A Historical View Of Cuban Immigration Policy, Sarah Castro
HIM 1990-2015
Cuba is a communist country an estimated population of 11,075,244(2013), Cuba is located about ninety-three miles south of Key West, Florida. Cuba has been ruled by the communist regime of Fidel Castro, and now his younger brother Raul Castro. For over fifty years this regime has forced a major increase in the amount of people migrating to the United States. The regime has been disregarding basic human rights for decades and oppressing Cuba’s citizens. Hundreds of thousands of Cubans have come to the United States using boats, rafts, or any means available. The Cuban Adjustment Act of 1966 (amended in …
The Financial Determinants Of College Football, Mitchell Adams
The Financial Determinants Of College Football, Mitchell Adams
HIM 1990-2015
There is a certain tradition, pageantry, rivalry, and glory in college football. It is well known that college football can be a big time money maker and sometimes covers the costs of other athletic teams within a school. However, it is also recognized that many college football programs lose money or struggle to break even. Thus, there is tremendous variability that exists in the amount of resources a school may have and the outcomes in athletic success, while there is not always a one to one correspondence between the two. The purpose of this study is to examine and analyze …
Sexually Suggestive Songs And Singers: Music Media And Its Effects On The Sexualization Of Women, Jessica Brandt
Sexually Suggestive Songs And Singers: Music Media And Its Effects On The Sexualization Of Women, Jessica Brandt
HIM 1990-2015
The purpose of this research was to examine the relationship between music and the sexualization of women. The study focused on 450 participants, both male and female, belonging to various ethnic backgrounds, ages 18 and up. It was hypothesized that a participant’s exposure to sexually suggestive music would impact their views of women. Specifically, exposure to sexual explicit or suggestive music would relate to more sexist views towards women. Results indicated that there were relationships between music and the sexualization of women. The breakdown of each genre of music and the different measures proved to be surprising, as some genres …
Predatory War: A History Of Violence, John Chapman
Predatory War: A History Of Violence, John Chapman
HIM 1990-2015
This thesis attempts to explain the reasons states choose to prey on other states or territories. A way of testing significance was devised and three variables were produced: Proclivity to violence, winning coalition size, and whether or not a war of conquest took place. The scope for this project was the time period of 1900-1950 and the location was Europe. The European countries were then refined down to a list of 10 states based on power ratings used in the Correlates of War. Then the leaders of each of these states were rated on a scale of 1 – 5 …
Brave New World Reloaded: Advocating For Basic Constitutional Search Protections To Apply To Cell Phones From Eavesdropping And Tracking By Government And Corporate Entities, Mark Berrios-Ayala
Brave New World Reloaded: Advocating For Basic Constitutional Search Protections To Apply To Cell Phones From Eavesdropping And Tracking By Government And Corporate Entities, Mark Berrios-Ayala
HIM 1990-2015
Imagine a world where someone’s personal information is constantly compromised, where federal government entities AKA Big Brother always knows what anyone is Googling, who an individual is texting, and their emoticons on Twitter. Government entities have been doing this for years; they never cared if they were breaking the law or their moral compass of human dignity. Every day the Federal government blatantly siphons data with programs from the original ECHELON to the new series like PRISM and Xkeyscore so they can keep their tabs on issues that are none of their business; namely, the personal lives of millions. Our …
Using Picturebooks To Enhance Third Grade Science Instruction And Meet The English Language Arts Core State Standards, Onaiza Chippa
Using Picturebooks To Enhance Third Grade Science Instruction And Meet The English Language Arts Core State Standards, Onaiza Chippa
HIM 1990-2015
Teachers are constantly being asked to use innovative ways to teach core subjects, especially science. Teachers need to get students engaged and actively learning, at all times and that is not an easy task. The purpose of this project was to explore the use of quality children’s literature in enhancing science instruction in the third grade curriculum while implementing and helping students meet the English Language Arts Common Core State Standards (ELA CCSS). I researched how using children’s literature in the science curriculum may be beneficial for students. I have created a handbook that third grade teachers can use as …
The Quality Of Attachment In Premature Infants: An Analysis Of Mother-Infant Relationships, Christy Clarke
The Quality Of Attachment In Premature Infants: An Analysis Of Mother-Infant Relationships, Christy Clarke
HIM 1990-2015
The purpose of this study was to conduct a qualitative case study using secondary data on four mothers with premature infants in a home visitation intervention group. Three data points were collected on each mother and infant: the health of the infant, the quality of attachment as seen in play interactions, and maternal life circumstances such as depression, social support and use of community resources. The data was looked at prenatally up until the infants were 15 months old. The results indicated that all four infants were relatively healthy across the first year of their lives. Three out of the …
The Effects Of Federalism On Women's Political Representation: A Case Study Of German Federalism, Christine M. Comfort
The Effects Of Federalism On Women's Political Representation: A Case Study Of German Federalism, Christine M. Comfort
HIM 1990-2015
This thesis analyzes the effects of federalism on promoting gender representation in parliaments using the case of Germany. There is no country in the world where women and men are equally represented in politics. Discrepancies in representation may stem from historical, cultural, institutional, or structural facets. One little discussed possibility is that of governmental institutions, particularly, the federalist structure of government. Theoretically, federalism should encourage minorities, including women, to be elected to parliaments at a higher rate than in unitary states because it allows additional layer of access to and entry into elected office. By investigating the proportions of women …
Social Networking And Users: The Interaction Of Personality And Motivation To Post On Facebook, Theresa Kessler
Social Networking And Users: The Interaction Of Personality And Motivation To Post On Facebook, Theresa Kessler
HIM 1990-2015
Facebook is the reigning king of Social Networking Sites (SNSs). Due to Facebook’s impact on current culture, researchers have been focused on how it interacts with its members on a variety of issues including well-being, personal identity, personality type, and motivation. While the topics of personality type and motivation have been investigated separately, their possible relationship has not been examined until now. Participants consisted of 415 students from the University of Central Florida were surveyed with an International Personality Item Pool (IPIP), a Facebook Intensity Survey, and a Facebook Motivation Scale. Results showed that the personality traits of agreeableness, conscientiousness, …