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Comparing Wearer Dna Sample Collection Methods For The Recovery Of Single Source Profiles, Corissa J. Harris, Amanda J. Cardenas, Steven B. Lee, Brooke Barloewen

Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science

Wearer DNA is the deposit of epithelial cells on clothing worn by an individual. Detection of the last individual to handle or wear an item is often an important and desirable determination in forensic science. The most commonly used collection methods for wearer DNA include swabbing and scraping. These often result in mixture profiles. Recently, adhesives have been introduced as a possible reliable method for the collection of biological evidence. The goal of the research was to compare the current collection methods of swabbing and scraping with a gel film called Gel-Pak ‘0’ which shares similar properties with adhesives. Gel-Pak …

The Patriot Act: Liberty Afire, Mark Fox

Themis: Research Journal of Justice Studies and Forensic Science

The USA PATRIOT Act was written and passed into law in the United States within weeks of the devastating 9/11 terrorist attack. Its purpose was to strengthen and realign U.S. policy to allow greater judicial power to better protect the U.S. from further acts of terrorism. However, as the legal tenets of the Act became more transparent, public concern mounted over the wide latitude given to the governmental agencies that seemed to threaten academic and intellectual freedom and overall civil liberties. The problems inherent in the USA PATRIOT Act are described, and potential amendments and improvements have been suggested.

Spartan Daily April 30, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 140, Issue 46

Spartan Daily April 29, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 140, Issue 45

Spartan Daily April 24, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 140, Issue 43

A Bibliometric Analysis Of The Research Output Of Sambalpur University’S Publication In Isi Web Of Science During 2007-11, Rabindra K. Maharana, Bipin Bihari Sethi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study is a bibliometric assessment of scientific research output of Sambalpur University during the 2007 to 2011. Which describes the growth, contribution and impact of research carried out by the faculty members, researchers or students of Sambalpur University. It also attempts to analyze the growth and development of research activity of the university as reflected in publications output covered by ISI Web of Science during the period under study. The study attempt to examines the content of papers published, including the annual average growth rate percent, authorship pattern, degree of collaboration, distribution of citations, organizational affiliation of papers. …

S&T Publications Output Of India: A Scientometric Analyses Of Publications Output, 1996-2011, B M. Gupta, Adarsh Bala, Avinash Kshitig

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study analyses India’s performance in science and technology (S&T), using publications data and different quantitative and qualitative measures. Its focuses on India’s global publication share, growth rate, citation quality, international collaborative publications share, its publication share and distribution in various broad and narrow subjects using 15 years data from the Scopus international multidisciplinary database. The study suggests the need to increase the pace of Indian scientific research and also improve its quality compared with other developed and developing countries. It also suggests the need for India to build up its scientific capacity, competence and knowledge base to help bridging …

Spartan Daily April 17, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 140, Issue 39

Spartan Daily April 16, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 140, Issue 38

Citation Study Of Research Related Internet Use By Students In Nigerian Academic Institutions: The Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture Umudike Example, Ahiaoma Ibegwam, Chimezie Patrick Uzuegbu, Oluchi Victory Uzuchukwu

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: This study examines the utilization of internet by Nigerian students for research using Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU), post graduate students as case study.

Methodology: The citation analysis method was employed to discover the extent of internet sources use in the Theses and Dissertations (TDs) written and submitted to the MOUAU Library. Results: On the whole, a total number of 327 TDs was studied representing all the submissions from 22 departments of 6 different colleges in MOUAU offering Master and Doctor of Philosophy programmes from the year 2000 to 2010. It was observed that internet use in …

World Cataract Research: A Scientometric Analysis Of Publications Output During 2002-11, Brij Mohan Gupta, Adarsh Bala, Avinash Kshitig

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Objectives: The study analyses the global publications output in cataract research during 2002-11 on several parameters including contribution & citation impact of top 15 most productive countries, different types of cataract research, research output by different population age groups, subject-wise break-up of research output, relatedness of various diseases to cataract research, research contribution and impact of top 15 institutions and authors and productivity of the top 20 journals.

Methods: The Scopus Citation Database has been used to retrieve the data for 10 years (2002-11) by searching the keywords “cataract” in the combined Title, Abstract and Keywords field.

Results: The world …

Spartan Daily April 10, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Volume 140, Issue 35

Spartan Daily April 4, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Volume 140, Issue 32

Spartan Daily April 3, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 140, Issue 31

Library News, Spring 2013, San Jose State University Library

Library News

No abstract provided.

Forensic Science Forum, San Jose State University

Forensic Science Forum (Justice Studies)

No abstract provided.

Information Outlook, March/April 2013, Special Libraries Association

Information Outlook, 2013

Volume 17, Issue 2

Analysis Of Kullback-Leibler Divergence For Masquerade Detection, Geetha Ranjini Viswanathan

Master's Projects

A masquerader is an attacker who gains access to a legitimate user’s credentials and pretends to be that user so as to avoid detection. Several statistical techniques have been applied to the masquerade detection problem, including hidden Markov models (HMM) and one class na ̈ Bayes (OCNB). In addition, Kullback-Leibler ıve (KL) divergence has been used in an effort to improve detection rates. In this project, we develop and analyze masquerade detection techniques that employ KL divergence, HMMs, and ONCB. Detailed statistical analysis is provided to show that our results outperform previous related research.

Santa Clara County’S Juvenile Hall Transgender Policy: A First Look, Etelvina Alvarez

Master's Projects

No abstract provided.

Modular Approach To Big Data Using Neural Networks, Animesh Dutta

Master's Projects

Machine learning can be used to recognize patterns, classify data into classes and make predictions. Neural Networks are one of the many machine learning tools that are capable of performing these tasks. The greatest challenges that we face while dealing with the IBM Watson dataset is the high amount of dimensionality, both in terms of the number of features the data has, as well the number of rows of data we are dealing with. The aim of the project is to identify a course of action that can be chosen when dealing with similar problems. The project aims at setting …

Federal Aviation Administration Evaluation Requirements For Airport’S Wildlife Hazard Management Plans, Enrique Guadiamos

Master's Projects

No abstract provided.

Historic Waterfront Restoration, Sustainability, And Urban Form: A "Greener" Master Plan For Pier 70 At The San Francisco Waterfront, Sonia Melani Miller

Master's Projects

This study explores the use of green areas as a method for integrating urban space and its applicability to waterfront reclamation, a specialized discipline focusing on the rehabilitation of industrial areas of ports. It also explores the philosophy of resource conservation and the integrative design solutions increasingly employed worldwide in projects of waterfront reclamation.

Smoking Abstinence-Related Expectancies Among American Indians, African Americans, And Women: Potential Mechanisms Of Disparities In Cigarette Use, P. S. Hendricks, J. L. Westmaas, Van M. Ta Park, C. B. Thorne, S. B. Wood, M. R. Baker, M. R. Lawler, M. Webb Hooper, K. L. Delucchi, S. M. Hall

Faculty Publications

Research has documented tobacco-related health disparities by race and gender. Prior research, however, has not examined expectancies about the smoking cessation process (i.e., abstinence-related expectancies) as potential contributors to tobacco-related disparities in special populations. This cross-sectional study compared abstinence-related expectancies between American Indian (n = 87), African American (n = 151), and White (n = 185) smokers, and between women (n = 231) and men (n = 270) smokers. Abstinence-related expectancies also were examined as mediators of race and gender relationships with motivation to quit and abstinence self efficacy. Results indicated that American Indians and African Americans were less likely …

Spartan Daily March 21, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Volume 140, Issue 30

Spartan Daily March 20, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 140, Issue 29

Spartan Daily March 12, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

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Volume 140, Issue 24

Role Of Library And Information Centres In Disaster Management, Pardeep Rattan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present paper highlights the importance of library and information centres in managing a disaster or any emergency. The main thrust of the paper is to explore the possible roles that the library professionals may assume in case of disasters besides their regular or routine jobs. The concept of disaster management, types of man- made and natural disasters have also been discussed in detail. The paper discusses library professionals’ role in managing the emergencies for the local community in particular and for the library and information centres in general. Various components of information and communication technology helpful in the reduction …

Commercializing University Research Results: A Case Study By Behbahan Islamic Azad University, Parisa Masudian, Mohammad Reza Farhadpoor, Nasrallah Ghashgayizadeh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present research has been carried out to investigate the influential factors upon commercializing research results in Islamic Azad University of Behbahan. The population includes 116 university professors among whom 92 are selected and studied through random sampling considering Morgan’s table. The methods are descriptive and experimental and data are collected using a researcher-made questionnaire. The literature has been reviewed and all influential factors upon commercializing research results have been extracted and classified in five individual, environmental-organizational, socio-cultural, statutory and commercial categories and investigated by 46 questions with 5 choices. Data are analyzed using description and deduction, mean, variance, standard …

Impact Of Captioned Video Instruction On Nigerian Hearing-Impaired Pupils’ Performance In English Language, Tayo Taofiq Omoniyi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study investigated impact of captioned video instruction on Nigerian hearing impaired pupils’ performance in English language. The study adopted quasi-experimental pretest, post test, control group design. The experimental group was exposed to captioned video instruction while the control group was taught using the conventional teaching method for the hearing impaired. Two hypotheses were raised and field validated Primary English Performance Test (PEPT) used as data collection instrument. The study concluded that both instructional strategies were effective in giving English language instruction to hearing impaired pupils, as performance of the two groups did not indicate any significant difference and gender …

Spartan Daily February 26, 2013, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 140, Issue 17