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Monthly Report : 2014 : 12, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library. Online Learning And Instructional Technology Services.

Department Report and Publications

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Fish Sound Production In The Presence Of Harmful Algal Blooms In The Eastern Gulf Of Mexico, Carrie C. Wall, Chad Lembke, Chuanmin Hu, David A. Mann

Marine Science Faculty Publications

This paper presents the first known research to examine sound production by fishes during harmful algal blooms (HABs). Most fish sound production is species-specific and repetitive, enabling passive acoustic monitoring to identify the distribution and behavior of soniferous species. Autonomous gliders that collect passive acoustic data and environmental data concurrently can be used to establish the oceanographic conditions surrounding sound-producing organisms. Three passive acoustic glider missions were conducted off west-central Florida in October 2011, and September and October 2012. The deployment period for two missions was dictated by the presence of red tide events with the glider path specifically set …

Apparatus For Osteotomy And Graft Preparation, Eric R. Henderson

USF Patents

Surgical tools that increase surgical accuracy for orthopedic procedures involving long bone osteotomy with or without supplementation with allograft or autograft. Two clamps on the operative side are rigidly interconnected to one another with an adjustable rod that is locked into place, preserving length and rotation of the bone. A graft preparation device is used on the operative table. It enables alignment of the graft to preserve the desired mechanical and anatomic axes and to provide rigid fixation of the graft for cutting. Adjustable jigs ensure exact cuts.

Periodic Spiral Antennas, Jonathan Michael O'Brien, Thomas Weller, Gokhan Mumcu, John E. Grandfield

USF Patents

In one embodiment, a periodic spiral antenna includes first and second arms that form interleaved spirals parallel to an x-y plane, wherein the arms have a height dimension that extends along a z direction that is perpendicular to the x-y plane, and wherein the interleaved spirals form multiple turns of the antenna, the turns being equally spaced from each other throughout the antenna.

System And Method For Voltage Regulator-Gating, Selcuk Kose, Orhun Aras Uzun

USF Patents

A system and method for adaptive activity management of on-chip voltage regulators based upon the workload information is provided to force each on-chip regulator to operate in its most power-efficient load current. In the proposed regulator-gating technique, regulators are adaptively turned ON when the current demand is high and turned OFF when the current demand is low to improve the voltage conversion efficiency. With the proposed regulator-gating system and method, the overall voltage conversion efficiency from the battery or off-chip power supply to the output of the on-chip voltage regulators experiences an approximately 3 times improvement over the prior art …

Combination Of Insulin And Ascorbate To Enhance Wound Healing, Kurt Musselmann, John R. Hassell, Brad Kane, Bridgette Alexandrou

USF Patents

Provided is a method of stimulating collagen synthesis and proteoglycan (lumican and keratocan) accumulation. Collagenase isolated keratocytes were cultured with or without insulin with or without ascorbate. Insulin stimulates the synthesis of collagen but does not affect the accumulation of lumican and keratocan. Insulin plus ascorbate, however, stimulates the synthesis of collagen and increased the accumulation of these proteoglycans. The accumulation of PGDS, a KSPG that does not interact with collagen, is not affected by ascorbate. Only the collagen made in the presence of ascorbate was pepsin resistant. EDB overrode the effects of ascorbate on pepsin resistance and proteoglycan accumulation.

Telescopic Nanotube Device For Hot Nanolithography, Adrian Popescu, Lilia M. Woods

USF Patents

A device for maintaining a constant tip-surface distance for producing nanolithography patterns on a surface using a telescopic nanotube for hot nanolithography. An outer nanotube is attached to an AFM cantilever opposite a support end. An inner nanotube is telescopically disposed within the outer nanotube. The tip of the inner nanotube is heated to a sufficiently high temperature and brought in the vicinity of the surface. Heat is transmitted to the surface for thermal imprinting. Because the inner tube moves telescopically along the outer nanotube axis, a tip-surface distance is maintained constant due to the vdW force interaction, which in …

Minimally Invasive Networked Surgical System And Method, Richard D. Gitlin, Gabriel E. Arrobo, Thomas P. Ketterl

USF Patents

A system for performing non-invasive networked medical procedures including a number of in vivo medical devices, a communication path between at least two of the devices, an ex vivo control unit to control the behavior of the devices, and a wireless communication path between the control unit and at least one of the devices. An associated method for performing non-invasive networked medical procedures is also provided. Further included is a simulation method that utilizes accurate electromagnetic field simulations, using a software based test bench, to determine the maximum allowable transmitted power levels from in vivo devices to achieve a required …

Distributed And Decentralized Location Aware Architecture, Sean J. Barbeau, Philip L. Winters, Rafael Perez, Nevine Georggi, Miguel Labrador, Alfredo Perez

USF Patents

Provided is a distributed and decentralized location-aware system. The system includes a number of peers, each in communication with other peers and adapted to communicate PING, PONG, and ALERT messages. Each of the messages has a header that includes location information.

Also provided is a method of communication between two peers in the system. In addition, the present invention includes a method of rendering the system. In the method, a communication link between an electronic map and a number of peers is provided. The location information and the covering distance of each of the peers is obtained and used to …

Muse@Mfa 2015, St. Petersburg Arts Alliance

Marketing, Presentations & Publications

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Dna Biochip And Methods Of Use, Arun Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Shree R. Singh, Souheil Zekri

USF Patents

The subject invention concerns materials and methods for detecting nucleic acid sequences. One aspect of the invention concerns a silicon-based “biochip” comprising nucleic acid immobilized thereon. In one embodiment, the silicon comprises microcavities. The nucleic acid to be assayed for the presence of one or more target nucleic acid sequences is immobilized on the silicon. A nucleic acid, such as an oligonucleotide probe, having a sequence substantially complementary to the target nucleic acid sequence can be used to detect the immobilized nucleic acid on the silicon. If the nucleic acid used for detection hybridizes with a target nucleic acid sequence, …

Post Protein Hydrolysis Removal Of A Potent Ribonuclease Inhibitor And The Enzymatic Capture Of Dna, Matt Ewert

USF Patents

The present invention concerns compositions and methods of extracting infectious pathogens from a volume of blood. In one embodiment, the method includes the steps of creating a fibrin aggregate confining the pathogens and introducing a fibrin lysis reagent to expose the pathogens for analysis. The present invention also concerns materials and methods for removing aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) from a sample.

Program Review : Journalism And Media Studies [2014], University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.

Academic Learning Compacts

No abstract provided.

Regional Chancellor Message : 2014 : 12 : 18 : Holiday Greetings From Usf St. Petersburg, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Office Of The Regional Chancellor., Sophia T. Wisniewska

(2013 July - 2017 September) Regional Chancellor: Sophia T. Wisniewska

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Method And Device For Anesthesiology Measurement And Control, Jose I. Rey, Richard J. Connolly, John Anthony Llewellyn, Mark J. Jaroszeski, Richard Gilbert

USF Patents

Cell or tissue permeability to electrical signals can be used to determine the depth of anesthesia of a patient. A method and device is presented to measure, record and control the effects of anesthesia or analgesics on humans and/or animals. Based on impedance values of tissues measured at single, multiple, or a domain of frequencies, the system detects tissue permeability alterations as determined by electromagnetic, impedance, and/or dielectric spectroscopy. The system measures the permeability of tissues to electrical signals and correlates these values to the depth of anesthesia or sedation level of a certain tissue or individual. This method and …

Library Leadership Team Meeting : 2014 : 12 : 16, Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Library Leadership Team Meetings

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Graduate Council Meeting : 2014 : 12 : 15, Graduate Council

USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Senate Committee: Graduate Council: Meetings

No abstract provided.

Commencement : 2014 : Fall : Program, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.

USF St. Petersburg campus Graduations and Commencements

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Commencement : 2014 : Fall : Video, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.

USF St. Petersburg campus Graduations and Commencements

The candidates for graduation in this video reflect those who had submitted applications and were scheduled to graduate at that time. However, the presence of a name in this video does not necessarily mean that a student met all requirements for graduation during the stated semester. Video created from the 55th Commencement Convocation of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, held at The Mahaffey Theater - Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, December 14, 2014 at 6 p.m. 1 hour 28 minutes 37 seconds in duration.

https://vimeo.com/114682674

Press Release : 2014 : 12 : 12 : Mary Anne Reilly Receive Usfsp's Top Leadership Award, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg.

USF St. Petersburg campus News and Press Releases

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General Education Committee Meeting : 2014 : 12 : 12, General Education Committee

USF St. Petersburg campus Faculty Senate Committee: General Education: Meetings

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College Of Arts & Sciences Council Meeting : 2014 : 12 : 12, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. College Of Arts & Sciences.

College of Arts and Sciences: College Council Meeting Minutes

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College Of Arts & Sciences Council Meeting : 2014 : 12 : 12, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. College Of Arts & Sciences.

College of Arts and Sciences: College Council Meeting Minutes

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The Impact Of Changing Surface Ocean Conditions On The Dissolution Of Aerosol Iron, Matthew Fishwick, Peter Sedwick, Maeve Lohan, Pau Worsfold, Kristen N. Buck, Thomas Church, Simon Ussher

Marine Science Faculty Publications

The proportion of aerosol iron (Fe) that dissolves in seawater varies greatly and is dependent on aerosol composition and the physicochemical conditions of seawater, which may change depending on location or be altered by global environmental change. Aerosol and surface seawater samples were collected in the Sargasso Sea and used to investigate the impact of these changing conditions on aerosol Fe dissolution in seawater. Our data show that seawater temperature, pH, and oxygen concentration, within the range of current and projected future values, had no significant effect on the dissolution of aerosol Fe. However, the source and composition of aerosols …

Dbc1/Ccar2 And Ccar1 Are Largely Disordered Proteins That Have Evolved From One Common Ancestor, Jessica Brunquell, Jia Yuan, Aqeela Erwin, Sandy D. Westerheid, Bin Xue

Molecular Biosciences Faculty Publications

Deleted in breast cancer 1 (DBC1, CCAR2, KIAA1967) is a large, predominantly nuclear, multidomain protein that modulates gene expression by inhibiting several epigenetic modifiers, including the deacetylases SIRT1 and HDAC3, and the methyltransferase SUV39H1. DBC1 shares many highly conserved protein domains with its paralog cell cycle and apoptosis regulator 1 (CCAR1, CARP-1). In this study, we examined the full-length sequential and structural properties of DBC1 and CCAR1 from multiple species and correlated these properties with evolution. Our data shows that the conserved domains shared between DBC1 and CCAR1 have similar domain structures, as well as similar patterns of predicted disorder …

Gm Agenda 11-12-14, Sammy Hamed

Judicial Branch Publications

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Legal Opinion 015-55, Jean Cocco

Executive Branch Publications

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Muse 2015 Poster Artist Carrie M. Jadus, St. Petersburg Arts Alliance

Marketing, Presentations & Publications

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Methods And Compositions For Improving Bioavailability Of Epigallocatechin Gallate (Egcg), Roland Douglas Shytle, Jun Tan, Adam Smith, Brian Giunta, Cyndy Davis Sanberg

USF Patents

Compositions and methods of increasing the bioavailability of catechins are presented. Compositions for increasing the bioavailability of catechins include compositions where the catechin is added to a solution of ethanol and water; compositions where the catechin is encapsulated within a nanoparticle; and compositions in which a nanoparticle complex is formed between the catechin and the nanoparticle. Each of these compositions was shown to increase bioavailability of EGCG and is useful in treating diseases such as Alzheimer's and HIV-associated dementia.

Method And Device For The Treatment Of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Vinod Patel

USF Patents

A method and device for the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The device includes a cutting device for resection of a thickened myocardium. The operator positions the cutting device adjacent to the myocardium that is to be resected and then slides a tubular blade within an outer shell of the cutting device to resect the septum.