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Mathematical Modeling And Screening Of Ligand Binding Sites In Protein Using The Tetrahedral Motif Method And Double-Centroid Representation, Arkanjan Banerjee Apr 2012

Mathematical Modeling And Screening Of Ligand Binding Sites In Protein Using The Tetrahedral Motif Method And Double-Centroid Representation, Arkanjan Banerjee

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A pharmacophore consists of the parts of the structure of the ligand that are sufficient to express the biological and pharmacological effects of the ligand. It is usually a substructure of the entire structure of the ligand. Small organic molecules called ligands or metabolites in the cell form complexes with biomolecules (usually proteins) to serve different purposes. The sites at which the ligands bind are known as ligand binding sites, which are essentially "pockets" which have complementary shapes and patterns of charge distribution with the ligands. Sometimes a pocket is induced by the ligand itself. If we study different bound …

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Visual Communication In Cross–Cultural Design, Fan Jiang Apr 2012

Visual Communication In Cross–Cultural Design, Fan Jiang

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The Chinese Zodiac, a 12-year cycle that ancient Chinese people use to count years, is considered as a very important and seminal part of traditional culture in China and. Now, more and more foreigners are being introduced to this traditional culture of China. Consequently, there are many books about Chinese Zodiac have been published because of its increasing exposure. Currently, though people have access to a large variety of information about Chinese Zodiac, most of the information is ineffective. Through research and conceptual experimentation, effective visual design solutions that convey the essence of the Chinese Zodiac were developed in this …

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Reporter - March 30th 2012, Rit Reporter Staff Mar 2012

Reporter - March 30th 2012, Rit Reporter Staff

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Reporter - March 23rd 2012, Rit Reporter Staff Mar 2012

Reporter - March 23rd 2012, Rit Reporter Staff

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Reporter - March 16th 2012, Rit Reporter Staff Mar 2012

Reporter - March 16th 2012, Rit Reporter Staff

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Mediated Voyeurism On Social Networking Sites: The Possible Social Needs And Potential Motivations Of The Voyeurs On Facebook, Pin Ju Su Mar 2012

Mediated Voyeurism On Social Networking Sites: The Possible Social Needs And Potential Motivations Of The Voyeurs On Facebook, Pin Ju Su

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Previous studies on social networking sites have failed to comprehensively address the mediated voyeurism in the Internet. The features of Facebook enable millions to follow their friends, which can contribute to mediated voyeurism online. The purpose of this study is to explain the voyeuristic tendencies of Facebook users. An online survey was used to obtain self-reported levels of voyeuristic tendencies and both the social needs (social comparison and social identity) and motivations (surveillance, uncertainty reduction, and uses and gratifications) of Facebook users. Findings suggest that the voyeuristic tendencies on Facebook were positively related to the aforementioned social needs and motivations.

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Credibility On Cable News: An Examination Of The Factors That Establish Credibility In Newscasters, Jonathan Mertel Mar 2012

Credibility On Cable News: An Examination Of The Factors That Establish Credibility In Newscasters, Jonathan Mertel

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This study investigates the factors that contribute to and hinder a cable newscaster's establishment of credibility with their audiences. Considerations were made for political factors, exposure to newscasters, para-social relationship strength and visual credibility. A survey was administered online that obtained a sample of 139 participants. Findings suggest that audience members reporting high levels of exposure to newscasters tended to have higher credibility perceptions. The ability to recognize a newscaster was not a significant indicator of credibility perceptions. Newscasters that were perceived to have liberal political views tended to be perceived as more credible than those perceived as having more …

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Imaging Unresolved Object Using Vortex Mode Detection, Jiaxuan Han Mar 2012

Imaging Unresolved Object Using Vortex Mode Detection, Jiaxuan Han

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Resolution is an imaging system's ability to distinguish object detail. The resolution ability is ultimately limited by diffraction, which is hard to avoid because it comes from the wave nature of light. The Rayleigh criterion given by the finite width of the Airy disk, is the generally accepted criterion for the minimum resolvable detail. This criterion was hard to overcome until the study of Optical Vortex Coronagraph (OVC) system. This system can eliminate the component of light that creates Airy disk. The left light, which can pass through the OVC system, contains spatial information from the observed object even if …

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Annual Revenues From Kosovo's Value Added Tax ; [Presentation Given On February 29, 2012], Diamanta Skenderi Mar 2012

Annual Revenues From Kosovo's Value Added Tax ; [Presentation Given On February 29, 2012], Diamanta Skenderi

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This capstone project assesses the current system of Value Added Tax in Kosovo and its impact on the national revenues. This topic is very important because the current government is implementing the VAT system for supplies related to goods and services, which are sold and imported into Kosovo. VAT tax is the biggest potential source for increasing revenue in the Kosovo budget. As a result there is a need to change the law related to this tax. The main goal of this project was to assess possible changes to the VAT system, and provide suggestions how to ensure a positive …

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Planning Of City Center Government Office Accomodation : [Presentation Given On February 29, 2012], Laureta Mulliqi Mar 2012

Planning Of City Center Government Office Accomodation : [Presentation Given On February 29, 2012], Laureta Mulliqi

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This capstone project involved the evaluation and selection of an adequate solution to solving the problem of accommodating the government institutions of Kosovo within the existing infrastructure of Pristina City Center. The Engineering and Building Management (DEBM) within Kosova‟s Ministry of Public Administration (MPA), is competent for resolving the immediate accommodation issue of government employees. Different situations and movements in accommodation have changed the situation regarding building a new compound. A new capacity building has been made from the UNMIK to hold 9% of total employees. The new construction and existing facilities will hold 26%, and in addition “Germia” and …

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Kosovo Government Buildings : A Future Out Of City Center Location 2015-2025 : [Presentation Given February 29, 2012], Anjeza Alaj Mar 2012

Kosovo Government Buildings : A Future Out Of City Center Location 2015-2025 : [Presentation Given February 29, 2012], Anjeza Alaj

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Based on Kosovo’s Government budget, over the past ten years an average rate of 2.30 % of total capital investment went to the maintenance and renovation of government office buildings (see figure below). At this rate for the period of 2015-2025, approximately €144 Million will be budgeted for Government buildings. This capstone project has assessed long term tentative plans to accommodate government institutions. In a new site and out of city center location it considered the future planning for permanent accommodation of civil servants out of the city center. The total cost for this new site is estimated to be …

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Control Limits Versus Acceptance Limits - Which Limits Are Appropriate For Your Task?, Donald Holmes, A. Erhan Mergen Mar 2012

Control Limits Versus Acceptance Limits - Which Limits Are Appropriate For Your Task?, Donald Holmes, A. Erhan Mergen

Presentations and other scholarship

The objective of this paper is to discuss and clarify the meaning and use the different statistical limits used in managing processes so the mistakes that are commonly seen in industrial practice can be avoided. The difference between "control" and "acceptance" will also be discuss. The idea of this paper was triggered by a recent paper written by Henderson [5] in Quality Progress journal.

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Automobility, Matthew Chung Mar 2012

Automobility, Matthew Chung

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Cars are machines with which we have complicated and ambivalent relations. Automobility considers the car as vehicle in multiple senses: as a vehicle of mobility and constraint, of representation and rituals, of communication and cultural meaning, of production and power, of desire and destruction. The artwork and research are rooted in an examination of my own relationship to the car, of relations I have observed in other people, and an exploration of the spaces, places, and practices designed for cars.

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Snakey Love, Linlin Si Mar 2012

Snakey Love, Linlin Si

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"Snakey Love" is a four-minute long animated graduate thesis film. The short features a female snake who pursuits her love for everyone that seems to be a snake shape, but she always fails because they are all not interested in a creature that is not their same species. However she finds her lover at in end by accident (Because there really was an accident). This short film is a 3D (three-dimensional) computer animation, which means that the final vision appears on the screen was generated by using computer 3D software. It is all done by a series of different processes …

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Characterization Of Speaker Recognition In Noisy Channels, Robert Ghilduta Mar 2012

Characterization Of Speaker Recognition In Noisy Channels, Robert Ghilduta

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Speaker recognition is a frequently overlooked form of biometric security. Text-independent speaker identification is used by financial services, forensic experts, and human computer interaction developers to extract information that is transmitted along with a spoken message such as identity, gender, age, emotional state, etc. of a speaker. Speech features are classified as either low-level or high-level characteristics. Highlevel speech features are associated with syntax, dialect, and the overall meaning of a spoken message. In contrast, low-level features such as pitch, and phonemic spectra are associated much more with the physiology of the human vocal tract. It is these lowlevel features …

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Imagomachines, John Aymong Mar 2012

Imagomachines, John Aymong

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This thesis document was prepared in consideration for a degree of Master of Fine Arts in Fine Arts Studio from the College of Imaging Arts and Sciences. It describes the concepts within the body of the artist's work that includes imagomachines, the name given to the thesis' mixed media kinetic sculptures. Also included in the thesis are large-scale, non-toxic prints. This document describes the methods of printing, fabrication, and construction used to resolve the works and have them ready for their installation at the MFA exhibition in the Bevier Gallery at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Within the thesis, associations …

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Mathematics & Statistics Newsletter March 2012, Rit Department Of Mathematics And Statistics Mar 2012

Mathematics & Statistics Newsletter March 2012, Rit Department Of Mathematics And Statistics

RIT Digital Archives

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The Implementation Of The Civil Service Law And A Future Merit System : [Presentation Given February 29, 2012], Majlinde Sinani-Lulaj Feb 2012

The Implementation Of The Civil Service Law And A Future Merit System : [Presentation Given February 29, 2012], Majlinde Sinani-Lulaj

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This capstone_masters_project addresses the significant challenge of improving the Law on Civil Service (LCS) in Kosovo. It provides an analysis of the current state of the civil service and level of implementation of the LCS. The project analysis was based on surveys, published reports, and professional assessments. Job descriptions, classification of job positions, and performance evaluation, as important components of merit system are elaborated and highlighted. The LCS sets the rules for overall management, organization, rights, obligations, career progression and professional development of civil servants. With the 2010 enactment of the LCS there was a dramatic reduction of over 60 …

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Design Optimization Framework To Estimate Environmental Impact Of Design Decisions In Consumer Products, Carlos M. Briceno Feb 2012

Design Optimization Framework To Estimate Environmental Impact Of Design Decisions In Consumer Products, Carlos M. Briceno

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Most products have the potential to negatively impact the environment during all life-cycle stages. However, most environmental impact assessment methods focus on a single product life-cycle and on a specific lifecycle stage. In addition, consumer products can potentially amplify these impacts with their larger production volumes, wide dispersion, and miniaturization trends. The main objective of this project is to develop a design optimization framework that allows for estimating the environmental impact of design decisions (e.g. materials choice, etc.) across all life-cycle stages in consumer products. This work incorporates into one framework customer preferences (including preference for environmental friendliness), consumer adoption …

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Classroom Habitat: Natural System Of Movement, Sandra Turner Feb 2012

Classroom Habitat: Natural System Of Movement, Sandra Turner

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With all the new technology in today's world, we are hard pressed to find a "sense of wonder and awe" unless it is plugged into a wall. As Jonathan Chapman describes in his book, Emotionally Durable Design; "Modern products seriously lack ... character and allure; they are too smart and precise, removing all possible surprise, mystery and, perhaps above all, charm from the process of engaging with them" (p. 49). Children spend as much, if not more time at school than at home. The classroom plays a critical role in a child's emotional development, yet the objects in the classroom …

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Reporter - February 24th 2012, Rit Reporter Staff Feb 2012

Reporter - February 24th 2012, Rit Reporter Staff

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An Agent Based Model Of A Two Good Economy On A Network, Jacqueline Lattarulo Feb 2012

An Agent Based Model Of A Two Good Economy On A Network, Jacqueline Lattarulo

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This thesis studies the relationship between people in a two good economy on a social network. Each person in the network is allotted a certain number of firewood and a certain number of candy bars. Each person tries to increase his or her happiness through trading. Each person in the network knows at least one other person in the network. The people in the network can trade with the people they know to increase their happiness. The goal of the thesis is to be able to predict how each person's happiness is affected, just by knowing who knows whom within …

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Visualizing Actin Regulatory Proteins & The Mechanoelectrical Ion Channel In Inner Ear Stereocilia, Chih-Tao Tu Feb 2012

Visualizing Actin Regulatory Proteins & The Mechanoelectrical Ion Channel In Inner Ear Stereocilia, Chih-Tao Tu

Theses

My thesis was a continuation of the "3D Virtual Ear Animation" project for the Imagine RIT Festival held in spring 2010. I worked with Dr. David Corey, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator, whose research publications I had been reading since the spring of 2010. I learned about information that explains how hearing is transformed into neural signals ultimately perceived by the brain. Motivated by the presence of hearing-impaired students on the campus, I decided to continue this animation project. Another motivation for this topic was the lack of illustrations and animations that captured the latest discoveries, particularly the …

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Visualizing Actin Regulatory Proteins & The Mechanoelectrical Ion Channel In Inner Ear Stereocilia, Chih-Tao Tu Feb 2012

Visualizing Actin Regulatory Proteins & The Mechanoelectrical Ion Channel In Inner Ear Stereocilia, Chih-Tao Tu

Theses

My thesis was a continuation of the "3D Virtual Ear Animation" project for the Imagine RIT Festival held in spring 2010. I worked with Dr. David Corey, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) Investigator, whose research publications I had been reading since the spring of 2010. I learned about information that explains how hearing is transformed into neural signals ultimately perceived by the brain. Motivated by the presence of hearing-impaired students on the campus, I decided to continue this animation project. Another motivation for this topic was the lack of illustrations and animations that captured the latest discoveries, particularly the …

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The Interaction Between An Omnivorous Mud Snail And Bloom-Forming Macroalgae Is Context-Dependent In Shallow Estuaries, Charles Yarrington Feb 2012

The Interaction Between An Omnivorous Mud Snail And Bloom-Forming Macroalgae Is Context-Dependent In Shallow Estuaries, Charles Yarrington

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Eutrophication due to anthropogenic nutrient enrichment is the greatest factor leading to estuarine degradation. Even after external nutrient loading has been reduced, internal nutrient recycling has the potential to keep the system in a eutrophic state. In field studies, an association between the Eastern Mud Snail, Ilyanassa obsoleta (Say), and the opportunistic green macroalgae Ulva sp., has been observed and attributed to the detrital food source associated with the algal mat. In this study, we sought to determine the spatial and temporal context-dependence of this relationship, the reciprocal benefits of the association, and the potential feedbacks to macroalgal bloom formation …

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Art Recording Art: Creating An Interactive Visual Document Of Personal Experience, Rubin Ben Feb 2012

Art Recording Art: Creating An Interactive Visual Document Of Personal Experience, Rubin Ben

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This document was submitted to fulfill the thesis requirement for the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The following thesis introduction includes a Quick Response Code (QR) and a Universal Resource Locator (URL), both of which point the reader to a complex, interactive website housing an online version of the thesis and artwork. This thesis explores how the notetaking process can shape personal language as it bridges the contexts of education and art. The author appropriates the medium of notetaking and adapts it for the world of fine art. The project documents the various paths …

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Development Of A Process For Identification Of The Operational Mode Of Industrial Sites Using High Dimensional Multi-Modal Data, Jake Clements Feb 2012

Development Of A Process For Identification Of The Operational Mode Of Industrial Sites Using High Dimensional Multi-Modal Data, Jake Clements

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Many algorithms exist to determine the physical contents of an image. Target detection or anomaly detection algorithms, for example, use statistical and geometric approaches in high dimensional space to locate objects within a scene. Instead of target detection, however, it has become of interest of late to delve deeper into the field of remote sensing in order to perform textit{process detection}. Process detection refers to the ability to identify the operational mode of an industrial facility. To accurately complete this task will require a new set of analysis tools. This thesis discusses a method that can be used to perform …

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Art Recording Art: Creating An Interactive Visual Document Of Personal Experience, Ben Rubin Feb 2012

Art Recording Art: Creating An Interactive Visual Document Of Personal Experience, Ben Rubin

Theses

This document was submitted to fulfill the thesis requirement for the Master of Fine Arts (MFA) at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The following thesis introduction includes a Quick Response Code (QR) and a Universal Resource Locator (URL), both of which point the reader to a complex, interactive website housing an online version of the thesis and artwork. This thesis explores how the notetaking process can shape personal language as it bridges the contexts of education and art. The author appropriates the medium of notetaking and adapts it for the world of fine art. The project documents the various paths …

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The Influence Of Color On Purchasing Decisions Related To Product Design, Kate Goguen Feb 2012

The Influence Of Color On Purchasing Decisions Related To Product Design, Kate Goguen

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Designers, especially students studying to be designers, are not always aware of how important color is to the success of a product. Color choice is paramount and can affect the way consumers react to and ultimately choose whether to purchase a particular product. Their decisions may be based not only on the actual color of the product but also on the colors used in the packaging. This thesis focuses on the importance of color in design and demonstrates that color must be successfully integrated into the design process to ensure product success. In order to test this thesis, I designed …

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Reporter - February 17th 2012, Rit Reporter Staff Feb 2012

Reporter - February 17th 2012, Rit Reporter Staff

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