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Solar Synapsis: Engineering Advisory Committee Presentation, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Marketing and Promotion

This document is a slide presentation, as presented on March 4, 2016 to the Engineering Committee, to gain support for Team Las Vegas's project. Uses original project name "Solar Synapsis".

Sinatra Living: Application For Federal Assistance Sf-424, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Competition Materials

This document is a copy of the application for federal assistance completed by Team Las Vegas. This document requests funding assistance for participating teams the Solar Decathlon competition.

Sinatra Living: American Institute Of Architects Presentation, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Marketing and Promotion

This document is a slide presentation, as presented on July 7, 2016 to the American Institute of Architects, to gain support for the Team Las Vegas project. Uses final project name Sinatra Living.

Sinatra Living: Budget Justification, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Competition Materials

This is an Excel document that contains the detailed budget information for the Sinatra Living project.

Sinatra Living: Background Demographics, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Competition Materials

This document contains a brief overview of the background demographics for the Las Vegas area, including citations of resources used.

Sinatra Living: Sd 2017 Project Proposal, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Competition Materials

This document is the final proposal packet for the Team Las Vegas Sinatra Living project house. Proposal contains final drawings and images of the house, a written description of the vision for the house and its components, a list of the features and a layout for each of the three available floor plans or house configurations.

Las Vegas: Engineering Jury Feedback, Solar Decathlon Jury

Sinatra Living: Competition Materials

A document containing the evaluation and feedback of the Team Las Vegas project house (Sinatra Living) by the Engineering Jury. The Engineering Jury is responsible for determining the winners of the Engineering category for the 2017 Solar Decathlon.

Las Vegas: Communications Jury Feedback, Solar Decathlon Jury

Sinatra Living: Competition Materials

No abstract provided.

Sinatra Living: A Home For Active Aging, Approaches And Concepts For Solar Decathlon Contests, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Marketing and Promotion

This document is a slide presentation describing the Sinatra Living project house and its various features, which cater to "Actively Aging" adults.

Sinatra Living: Ada Consultant Meeting Presentation, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Marketing and Promotion

This document is a slide presentation, as presented on July 7, 2016 to the ADA Consultant, to evaluate ADA accessibility of the project house. Uses final project name Sinatra Living.

Greenfest: Solar Decathlon 2017, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Marketing and Promotion

This document is a promotional flyer for GreenFEST, an event related to the 2017 Solar Decathlon.

Support Team Las Vegas: Solar Decathlon 2017, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Marketing and Promotion

This document is a letter created for marketing and promotion of the Team Las Vegas project. Letter contains a description of the project, and contact information for the team.

Sinatra Living: Letter Of Intent, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Competition Materials

This document is a letter of intent to enter the Solar Decathlon 2017 contact. Letter contains information about Team Las Vegas and the project abstract.

Las Vegas: Innovation Jury Feedback, Solar Decathlon Jury

Sinatra Living: Competition Materials

A document containing the evaluation and feedback of the Team Las Vegas project house (Sinatra Living) by the Innovation Jury. The Innovation Jury is responsible for determining the winners of the Innovation category for the 2017 Solar Decathlon.

Las Vegas: Architecture Jury Feedback, Solar Decathlon Jury

Sinatra Living: Competition Materials

A document containing the evaluation and feedback of the Team Las Vegas project house (Sinatra Living) by the Architecture Jury. The Architecture Jury is responsible for determining the winners of the Architecture category for the 2017 Solar Decathlon.

Sinatra Living: Option 1 Floor Plan, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Planning and Design

An architectural drawing showing Option 1, which is one of three available floor plans. This document contains drawings for the interior of the Sinatra Living house only.

Sinatra Living: Project Structure, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Planning and Design

This document contains the project structure organizational chart for the Team Las Vegas leadership.

Sinatra Living: Ada Compliant Garage Diagram, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Planning and Design

This document is a diagram showing the ADA compliant garage for the Sinatra Living project house.

Team Las Vegas, Solar Decathlon 2017 Unlv Foundations Presentation, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Marketing and Promotion

This document is a slide presentation, as presented on May 11, 2016 to UNLV Foundations, to gain support for Team Las Vegas's project. Uses project name "Synapse".

Join The Team: Solar Decathlon 2017 Kickoff, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas. Solar Decathlon Team.

Sinatra Living: Marketing and Promotion

This document is a promotional flyer for the Solar Decathlon 2017 Kick Off event.

Phase I Dose-Escalation Trial Of Intravaginal Curcumin In Women For Cervical Dysplasia, Leda Gattoc, Paula M. Frew, Shontell N. Thomas, Kirk A. Easley, Laura Ward, H-H Sherry Chow, Chiemi A. Ura, Lisa Flowers

Environmental & Global Health Faculty Research

Background: This is a Phase I trial demonstrating safety and tolerability of intravaginal curcumin for future use in women with cervical neoplasia. Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of intravaginal curcumin in healthy women. Study design: We conducted a 3+3 dose-escalation Phase I trial in a group of women aged 18–45 years. Thirteen subjects were given one of four doses of curcumin powder (500 mg, 1,000 mg, 1,500 mg, and 2,000 mg) packed in gelatin capsules, which was administered intravaginally daily for 14 days. The primary end point for this study was …

Economic Reasoning And Fallacy Of Composition: Pursuing A Woods-Walton Thesis, Maurice A. Finocchiaro

Philosophy Faculty Research

Woods and Walton deserve credit for including (in all editions of their textbook Argument) a discussion of “economic reasoning” and its susceptibility to the “fallacy of composition.” Unfortunately, they did not sufficiently pursue the topic, and argumentation scholars have apparently ignored their pioneering effort. Yet, obviously, economic argumentation is extremely important, and economists constantly harp on this fallacy. This paper calls attention to this problem, elaborating my own approach, which is empirical, historical, and meta-argumentational.

College Of Engineering Senior Design Competition Fall 2016, University Of Nevada, Las Vegas

Fred and Harriet Cox Senior Design Competition Projects

Part of every UNLV engineering student’s academic experience, the senior design project stimulates engineering innovation and entrepreneurship. Each student in their senior year chooses, plans, designs, and prototypes a product in this required element of the curriculum. A capstone to the student’s educational career, the senior design project encourages the student to use everything learned in the engineering program to create a practical, real world solution to an engineering challenge. The senior design competition helps focus the senior students in increasing the quality and potential for commercial application for their design projects. Judges from local industry evaluate the projects on …

Implementation And Performance Evaluation Of Acoustic Denoising Algorithms For Uav, Ahmed Sony Kamal Chowdhury

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have become popular alternative for wildlife monitoring and border surveillance applications. Elimination of the UAV’s background noise and classifying the target audio signal effectively are still a major challenge. The main goal of this thesis is to remove UAV’s background noise by means of acoustic denoising techniques. Existing denoising algorithms, such as Adaptive Least Mean Square (LMS), Wavelet Denoising, Time-Frequency Block Thresholding, and Wiener Filter, were implemented and their performance evaluated. The denoising algorithms were evaluated for average Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR), Segmental SNR (SSNR), Log Likelihood Ratio (LLR), and Log Spectral Distance (LSD) metrics. …

Vulnerability Analysis And Security Framework For Zigbee Communication In Iot, Charbel Azzi

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Securing IoT (Internet of Things) systems in general, regardless of the communication technology used, has been the concern of many researchers and private companies. As for ZigBee security concerns, much research and many experiments have been conducted to better predict the nature of potential security threats. In this research we are addressing several ZigBee vulnerabilities by performing first hand experiments and attack simulations on ZigBee protocol. This will allow us to better understand the security issues surveyed and find ways to mitigate them. Based on the attack simulations performed and the survey conducted, we have developed a ZigBee IoT framework …

From Belief To Action: Omani Efl Teachers’ Self-Efficacy In Relation To Their Teaching Of English As A Foreign Language, Abdullah Khamis Al-Shukri

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Research has documented that teacher self-efficacy has positive impacts on different aspects of teaching and learning. Yet, research on teacher self-efficacy in the field of teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) is relatively limited. Considering the powerful impacts of teacher self-efficacy on teaching and learning, it is crucial to pursue this line of research into the field of teacher education. Examining EFL teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs in teaching English seems to be particularly useful in the Omani teaching context, where English is increasingly used in schools. The present study examined Omani EFL teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs, its sources and factors, and …

Corporatized Higher Education: A Quantitative Study Examining Faculty Motivation Using Self-Determination Theory, Aaron Dale Brown

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

The intent of this research is to offer a quantitative analysis of self-determined faculty motivation within the current corporate model of higher education across public and private research universities. With such a heightened integration of accountability structures, external reward systems, and the ongoing drive for more money and institutional prestige, this study examines faculty attitudes towards their work and the institution using Deci and Ryan’s (1985) self-determination theory (SDT).

Under the corporatized model of higher education, a gap is found in the literature that explores the role of SDT’s three innate needs (i.e., autonomy, competency, and relatedness) and their effect …

Determining The Effects Of The Think Risk Initiative As Implemented By The Southern Nevada Health District, Karalin Nichole Cronkhite

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

In the United States, someone becomes infected with a foodborne illness every 2 seconds, is hospitalized by a foodborne illness every 4 minutes and dies due to a foodborne illness every 3 hours. Foodborne illness is preventable, yet each year, 1 in 6 Americans is affected by it from contaminated foods or beverages. There are over 250 different foodborne diseases, and in 2015, there were 73 confirmed cases of Salmonella infection in Southern Nevada alone. Since the emergence of public health, food establishment inspections have been an important part of the regulation of food safety. Risk-based inspections were developed by …

Structuring A Risk-Based Bioassay Program For Uranium Usage In University Laboratories, Johnne' Talia Dawson

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Bioassay programs are integral in a radiation safety program. They are used as a method of determining whether individuals working with radioactive material have been exposed and have received a resulting dose. For radionuclides that are not found in nature, determining an exposure is straightforward. However, for a naturally occurring radionuclide like uranium, it is not as straightforward to determine whether a dose is the result of an occupational exposure. The purpose of this project is to address this issue within the University of Nevada, Las Vegas’s (UNLV) bioassay program. This project consisted of two components that studied the effectiveness …

Estimation And Comparison Of Thermoelectric And Pv Solar Water Usage In The Colorado River Basin States, Yuzhen Feng

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

With the continual expansion of populations in the arid Southwest, energy demands will continue to rise. On the other hand, depleting water levels in reservoirs of the Colorado River Basin is expected to continue as more intense and frequent drought events persist in addition to the rapid development in the region. Currently, the three largest water-use categories in the United States are thermoelectric energy, irrigation, and municipal water, which cumulatively account for 90 percent of the national water use. In the Southwest, most of the total electricity generated is still through thermoelectric means. That is, massive amounts of water are …