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Matching-Based Resource Allocation For Critical Mtc In Massive Mimo Lte Networks, Yasser Samy Gadallah

Faculty Journal Articles

Supporting critical Machine-Type Communications (MTC) in addition to Human-Type Communications (HTC) is a major target for LTE networks to fulfill the 5G requirements. However, guaranteeing a stringent Quality-of-Service (QoS) for MTC, in terms of latency and reliability, while not sacrificing that of HTC is a challenging task from the radio resource management perspective. In this paper, we optimize the resource allocation process through exploiting the additional degrees of freedom introduced by massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) techniques. We utilize the effective bandwidth and effective capacity concepts to provide statistical guarantees for the QoS, in terms of probability of delay-bound violation, of …

The Word «Ilm» (Knowledge) In Holy Quran And Comparative Analysis Of Translation Options, Bahrom Daminov

The Light of Islam

The article explores the word “ilm” (knowledge) and words made up of the root of the word, which were used in three translations and interpretations (tafsirs) of the Holy Quran in the Uzbek language, in books by authors such as Abdulaziz Mansur, Alouddin Mansur and Muhammad Sodik Muhammad Yusuf. A comparative analysis of translation options, similarities and differences between them, as well as the most appropriate words in these options. The analytical article contains brief reflections based on the interpretations and explanations of the mature ulama scholars of our religion, the explanatory dictionaries of the Uzbek language, as well as …

Evolution Of Carbon Nanotubes And Their Metallurgical Reactions In Al-Based Composites In Response To Laser Irradiation During Selective Laser Melting, Ehab Salama, Amal Kamal Esawi

Faculty Journal Articles

Aluminium-based composites reinforced with carbon nanotubes are widely sought for their outstanding metallurgical and structural properties that largely depend on the manufacturing route. In this work, the process-structure-property relationship for a composite made from high-energy-ball-milled pure Al and multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) processed by laser powder-bed-fusion additive manufacturing was investigated. The response of MWCNT to laser irradiation and their interfacial reactions with Al were probed in a holistic investigation. X-ray diffraction confirmed the partial transformation of C into Al-carbides in addition to the presence of some nano-crystalline graphitic materials. Microscopy revealed evidence of carbides segregation at the melt pool boundaries …

Snc Day Concert 2019, St. Norbert College Music Department

Music Performances

SNC Day Concert performed at the Walter Theater in the Abbot Pennings Hall of Fine Arts on September 21, 2019.

Trace And Minor Element Composition In Coastal Marine Sediments Collected Aboard R/V Weatherbird Ii Cruise Wb1731 In The Northwestern Margin Of Cuba From 2017-05-11 To 2017-05-23, D. W. Hastings, L. M. Fariss, R. A. Larson, K. A. Quinn, P. T. Schwing, D. J. Hollander

C-IMAGE data

This dataset contains trace and minor element composition in coastal marine sediments collected aboard R/V Weatherbird II cruise WB1731 in the northwestern margin of Cuba from 2017-05-11 to 2017-05-23. Cores were carefully extruded using a calibrated threaded rod at 2 mm or 5 mm resolution. Subsamples (~0.2 g) were freeze-dried, weighed, then digested in a Milestone Ethos EZ microwave oven in closed digestion vessels with 10mL concentrated trace metal grade HNO3 at 175°C and high pressure (~25 bar) for 15 minutes according to standard methods (US EPA method 3051a). The digest was diluted 1:10 with MQ ultrapure H2O, and filtered …

Wasatch Front Preventative Capital Study, Arthur Caplan, Ramjee Acharya

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We address the issue of optimal investment in “preventative capital” to mitigate episodic, mobile-source air pollution events in Utah’s Wasatch Front region. We calibrate Berry et al.'s (2015) endogenous-risk model using a unique dataset related to the region’s "red air day" episodes occurring over the past decade. Our analysis demonstrates that, under a wide range of circumstances, the optimal steady-state level of preventative capital stock – raised through the issuance of a municipal “clean air bond” that can be used to fund more aggressive mitigation efforts – meets the standard for PM2.5 concentrations with positive social net benefits. We estimate …

Stay Curious : How Questions And Doubts Can Save Your Faith, Stephanie Williams O'Brien

Faculty Books

Most of us are going through the motions when it comes to faith, either believing we've found all the relevant answers to life's questions or believing none can be found. We shy away from our deepest questions about God because we fear the uncertainty on the other side. But when we make certainty and correct belief the end goal of faith, we miss out on the chance to know God more deeply and to participate in God's work in the world. In "Stay Curious" Pastor Steph shows us how to lean into our questions and embrace a life of curiosity. …

Theft, Mutilation And Misplacement Of Academic Library Resources: A Study Of Selected Colleges Of Csjmu, Kanpur, Up, Ramreek Kumar Pandey

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This is a information era, where libraries are playing a very vital role for the academic institutions for students, research scholars and faculty members. Libraries are providing information resources, services and documents for thier user without any biasing. it is very unfortunate that some users are doing some miss chief activities with intension or it may be without intention which put library staff in trouble. it may be in form of thieft or it may missplacement of library resources.The present study focused on librarian response towards theft, mutilation and misplacement of library resources in College libraries in CSJMU, Kanpur. The …

Data From: Pnas2019 Postdoc Mentoring Survey, David F. Feldon, Kaylee Litson, Soojeong Jeong

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The doctoral advisor, typically the principal investigator (PI), is often characterized as a singular or primary mentor who guides students using a cognitive apprenticeship model. Alternatively, the cascading mentorship model describes the members of laboratories or research groups receiving mentorship from more senior laboratory members and providing it to more junior members (i.e., PIs mentor postdocs, postdocs mentor senior graduate students, senior students mentor junior students, etc.). Here we show that PIs laboratory and mentoring activities do not significantly predict students skill development trajectories, but the engagement of postdocs and senior graduate students in laboratory interactions do. We found that …

Investigation Of Factors Affecting The Gaseous And Particulate Matter Emissions From Diesel Vehicles, Bei Wang, Yik Sze Lau, Yuhan Huang, Bruce Organ, Shun Cheng Lee, Kin Fai Ho

Faculty of Science & Technology (THEi)

© 2019, Springer Nature B.V. This study presents a detailed investigation of diesel vehicle emissions utilizing chassis dynamometer testing. The recruited vehicle fleet consists of 15 in-use diesel vehicles, spanning a wide range of emission standards, engine sizes, weight, model year, etc. The real-time emission concentrations of nitrogen oxides (NOx), total hydrocarbons (THC), carbon monoxide (CO) and carbon dioxide (CO2), and the mass of particulate matter (PM) collected on filters are measured and used to calculate the vehicle emission factors (EFs) under various driving conditions. Results show that in general EFs of NOx, CO, THC, and PM of the recruited …

On Nonminimizing Solutions Of Elliptic Free Boundary Problems, Kanishka Perera, David Jerison

39th Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations (SEARCDE)

We present a variational framework for studying the existence and regularity of solutions to elliptic free boundary problems that do not necessarily minimize energy. Particular attention will be given to mountain pass solutions of superlinear free boundary problems, including problems with critical Sobolev growth.

Dataset For Normalization Of Unconstrained Handwritten Words In Terms Of Slope And Slant Correction, Suman Kumar Bera, Akash Chakrabarti, Sagnik Lahiri, Elisa H. Barney Smith, Ram Sarkar

Signal and Image Processing Lab

In handwritten text skew and slant are inevitably introduced, but to varying degrees depending on several factors, such as the writing style, speed and mood of the writer. Therefore skew and slant detection in offline handwritten text words and their subsequent correction have become the critical pre-processing steps in Document Analysis and Retrieval systems to neutralize the variability in writing styles to improve the performance of word and character recognition systems. In this paper, we present two new methods for the estimation of slope and slant angles of offline handwritten word images along with two novel core-region detection techniques for …

Licensing And ‘Big Deal’ Analysis At Western : Provost’S Task Force On Open Access & Scholarly Communications, Samuel Cassady, Shawn Hendrikx

Western Libraries Presentations

No abstract provided.

Quantifying Undisturbed (Native) Lands In Western Sd : September 2019 Updated Data Files, Pete Bauman, Tanner Butler, Brad Richardson

Quantifying Undisturbed (Native) Lands in Western South Dakota : 2013

This zip file contains the Western SD, September 2019, updated data files, GIS layers, and geodatbase.

File size: 46.5 MB

Series Description: This posting is a continuation of the methodologies and results previously described in this data series. By clicking on this UPDATE link, the user will find access to fully completed and reviewed Potentially Undisturbed Land (PUDL) data for the western SD counties of Ziebach, Dewey, Stanley, Corson, and Gregory. These are in addition to previously completed counties of Harding, Perkins, Butte, Meade, and portions of Lawrence reported in the “NW South Dakota” link. This data includes full access …

Quantifying Undisturbed (Native) Lands In Western Sd : September 2019 Updated County Maps: Pdfs, Pete Bauman, Tanner Butler, Brad Richardson

Quantifying Undisturbed (Native) Lands in Western South Dakota : 2013

This zip file contains the Western SD, September 2019, updated county maps in PDF file format.

File size: 20 MB

Total number of files in zip file: 10

Series Description: This posting is a continuation of the methodologies and results previously described in this data series. By clicking on this UPDATE link, the user will find access to fully completed and reviewed Potentially Undisturbed Land (PUDL) data for the western SD counties of Ziebach, Dewey, Stanley, Corson, and Gregory. These are in addition to previously completed counties of Harding, Perkins, Butte, Meade, and portions of Lawrence reported in the “NW …

Quantifying Undisturbed (Native) Lands In Western Sd : September 2019 Updated County Maps: Jpegs, Pete Bauman, Tanner Butler, Brad Richardson

Quantifying Undisturbed (Native) Lands in Western South Dakota : 2013

This zip file contains the Western SD, September 2019, updated county maps in JPEG file format.

File size: 41 MB

Total number of files in zip file: 10

Series Description: This posting is a continuation of the methodologies and results previously described in this data series. By clicking on this UPDATE link, the user will find access to fully completed and reviewed Potentially Undisturbed Land (PUDL) data for the western SD counties of Ziebach, Dewey, Stanley, Corson, and Gregory. These are in addition to previously completed counties of Harding, Perkins, Butte, Meade, and portions of Lawrence reported in the “NW …

Fossils - A Window To God's Creation, Ryan Bebej, Ralph Stearley

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

A journey into the world of fossils and what they can teach us about God.

Field Collected Red Fish And Southern Flounder: Tpah Tissue Results, Dana Wetzel

C-IMAGE data

This dataset contains total polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (TPAH) concentrations of south Louisiana crude oil in sediment and tissue of field-collected red drum (Sciaenops ocellatus) and southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) in the Gulf of Mexico from 2018-08-13 to 2018-08-16.

Risks And Opportunities In The Fourth Industrial Revolution, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

We are entering new territory where, to succeed, we must fundamentally understand how we as human beings think about our world and our relation to our technology.

Sexual Assault And Its Impacts In Young Adult Literature, Amanda Charles

BYU English Symposium

As sexual abuse has become a more prominent topic in the media it has become necessary to find helpful ways in which young adults can discuss sexual assault without feeling threatened. Young adult novels have become a vehicle through which teenagers can begin to understand sexual assault and the trauma that follows it. These novels are able to extend their reach to both victims and their peers. The following essay highlights my research on the effects of discussing sexual abuse in young adult literature. As a victim of sexual assault, I found solace in the young adult novel Speak which …

[Data Files] Proton Transfer Versus Hydrogen Bonding In A Reduced Iron Porphyrin Nitrosyl Complex, Md. Hafizur Rahman, Yilin Liu, Michael D. Ryan

Chemistry Research Data

Data files for related article "Proton Transfer versus Hydrogen Bonding in a Reduced Iron Porphyrin Nitrosyl Complex" Inorganic Chemistry 2019. DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01447

Comparative Genomic Analysis Of Six Glossina Genomes, Vectors Of African Trypanosomes, Geoffrey M. Attardo, Adly M.M. Abd-Alla, Alvaro Acosta-Serrano, James E. Allen, Rosemary Bateta, Joshua B. Benoit, Kostas Bourtzis, Jelle Caers, Guy Caljon, Mikkel B. Christensen, David W. Farrow, Markus Friedrich, Aurélie Hua-Van, Emily C. Jennings, Denis M. Larkin, Daniel Lawson, Michael J. Lehane, Vasileios P. Lenis, Ernesto Lowy-Gallego, Rosaline W. Macharia, Anna R. Malacrida, Heather G. Marco, Daniel Masiga, Gareth L. Maslen, Irina Matetovici, Richard P. Meisel, Irene Meki, Veronika Michalkova

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Background: Tsetse flies (Glossina sp.) are the vectors of human and animal trypanosomiasis throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Tsetse flies are distinguished from other Diptera by unique adaptations, including lactation and the birthing of live young (obligate viviparity), a vertebrate blood-specific diet by both sexes, and obligate bacterial symbiosis. This work describes the comparative analysis of six Glossina genomes representing three sub-genera: Morsitans (G. morsitans morsitans, G. pallidipes, G. austeni), Palpalis (G. palpalis, G. fuscipes), and Fusca (G. brevipalpis) which represent different habitats, host preferences, and vectorial capacity. Results: Genomic analyses validate established evolutionary relationships and sub-genera. Syntenic analysis of Glossina relative …

Guide To Nursing Research For Nurs 4402 Fall 2019, Laurie Aycock

Research Guides & Subject Bibliographies

No abstract provided.

Structure And Reactivity Of Single Site Ti Catalysts For Propylene Epoxidation, Zheng Lu, Xiaoyang Liu, Bin Zhang, Zhuoran Gan, Siwen Tang, Lu Ma, Tianpin Wu, George J. Nelson, Yong Qin, Heath C. Turner, Yu Lei

PRC-Affiliated Research

Propylene epoxidation using molecular oxygen and hydrogen mixture on Au-based catalysts has attracted attention because of high propylene oxide selectivity and the use of an inexpensive and environmental friendly oxidant. Single-site titanium on metal oxide supports plays an important role in achieving high reactivity and selectivity in propylene epoxidation. Here we used TiO2 atomic layer deposition (ALD) to synthesize single-site titanium imbedded in the SiO2 framework for propylene epoxidation. High temperature calcination was used as post-treatment to control the titania structure and Tisingle bondO coordination number. Using UV–vis spectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, we successfully established that under similar propylene …

Identifying Candidate Biomarkers For Pleomorphic Adenoma: A Case–Control Study, Matthew D. Morrison, Linda Jackson-Boeters, Zia A. Khan, Michael S. Shimizu, Jason H. Franklin, Kevin Fung, John H.J. Yoo, Mark R. Darling

Paediatrics Publications

Pleomorphic adenoma (PA) is the most common benign salivary gland tumor. Kallikrein-related peptidases have been identified as biomarkers in many human tumors and may influence tumor behavior. We investigated KLK1−15 messenger ribonucleic acid and proteins in PA specimens to determine a KLK expression profile for this tumor. Fresh frozen PA tissue specimens (n = 26) and matched controls were subjected to quantitative real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction to detect KLK1−15 mRNA. Expression of KLK1, KLK12, KLK13, and KLK8 proteins were then evaluated via immunostaining techniques. Statistical analyses were performed with the level of significance set at P <.05. We observed downregulation of KLK1, KLK12, and KLK13 mRNA expression, and immunostaining studies revealed downregulation of the corresponding proteins. Histologic evidence of capsular perforation was associated with increased KLK1 protein expression. Tumor size was not associated with capsular invasion and/or perforation. This study is the first to detail a KLK expression profile for PA at both the transcriptional level and the protein level. Future work is required to develop clinical applications of these findings.

American Bittern (Botaurus Lentiginosus), Jennifer Smetzer, Toni Lyn Morelli

Second Century Stewardship Refugia Products

No abstract provided.

Structure And Reactivity Of Single Site Ti Catalysts For Propylene Epoxidation, Zheng Lu, Xiaoyang Liu, Bin Zhang, Zhuoran Gan, Siwen Tang, Lu Ma, Tianpin Wu, George J. Nelson, Yong Qin, Heath C. Turner, Yu Lei

PRC-Affiliated Research

Propylene epoxidation using molecular oxygen and hydrogen mixture on Au-based catalysts has attracted attention because of high propylene oxide selectivity and the use of an inexpensive and environmental friendly oxidant. Single-site titanium on metal oxide supports plays an important role in achieving high reactivity and selectivity in propylene epoxidation. Here we used TiO2 atomic layer deposition (ALD) to synthesize single-site titanium imbedded in the SiO2 framework for propylene epoxidation. High temperature calcination was used as post-treatment to control the titania structure and Tisingle bondO coordination number. Using UV–vis spectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, we successfully established that under similar propylene …

Structure And Reactivity Of Single Site Ti Catalysts For Propylene Epoxidation, Zheng Lu, Xiaoyang Liu, Bin Zhang, Zhuoran Gan, Siwen Tang, Lu Ma, Tianpin Wu, George J. Nelson, Yong Qin, Heath C. Turner, Yu Lei

PRC-Affiliated Research

Propylene epoxidation using molecular oxygen and hydrogen mixture on Au-based catalysts has attracted attention because of high propylene oxide selectivity and the use of an inexpensive and environmental friendly oxidant. Single-site titanium on metal oxide supports plays an important role in achieving high reactivity and selectivity in propylene epoxidation. Here we used TiO2 atomic layer deposition (ALD) to synthesize single-site titanium imbedded in the SiO2 framework for propylene epoxidation. High temperature calcination was used as post-treatment to control the titania structure and Tisingle bondO coordination number. Using UV–vis spectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, we successfully established that under similar propylene …

Mitigating Reflective Cracking Through The Use Of A Ductile Concrete Interlayer, Qian Zhang, Mohammad Khattak, Adway Das

Data

Corresponding data set for Tran-SET Project No. 18PLSU13. Abstract of the final report is stated below for reference:

"Reflective cracking is considered one of the most important issues that causes premature deterioration of composite pavements. Many types of mitigation methods have been studied in the past. However, they are either not effective in delaying the reflective cracking, or they only extend the service life by a few years. To address this critical issue and significantly extend the service life of the composite pavement, in this research, a ductile interlayer made of engineered cementitious composites (ECC) was proposed. It was hypothesized …

Development Of Geopolymer-Based Cement And Soil Stabilizers For Transportation Infrastructure, Miladin Radovic, Anand Puppala

Data

Corresponding data set for Tran-SET Project No. 18CTAM03. Abstract of the final report is stated below for reference:

"Geopolymer Cement (GPC) has drawn much attention in the recent years as an alternative to Ordinary Portland Cement (OPC) for soil stabilization, pavements, bridges and other transportation structures due to their good mechanical properties in comparison to OPC. In addition, GPC can be processed at room temperatures from aqueous solutions of waste materials (e.g. fly ash) or abundant natural sources (e.g. clay), thereby significantly reducing CO2 production associated with processing of OPC. As such, GPC proves to be a more sustainable and …