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Factors That Contribute To Success Of Probationers: Probation Officers’ Point Of View, Brittany Archambeau
Factors That Contribute To Success Of Probationers: Probation Officers’ Point Of View, Brittany Archambeau
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With such large numbers of individuals requiring supervision in the United States, it is essential to understand what contributes to the success of probationers. Probation officers work closest with probationers and develop a unique understanding of what contributes to a probationer's success. The framework for this research is rooted in the idea that the officers experience conflicting goals of rehabilitation and law enforcement. Extensive interviews were conducted with probation officers in Federal and local probation to assess their views on the goals of probation, needs of probationers, and best practices. Hypotheses tested involve the importance of evidence-based practices, cognitive-behavioral therapies, …
Creating Animation For A Video Game Opening - The War Of Water, Yen-Chin Wu
Creating Animation For A Video Game Opening - The War Of Water, Yen-Chin Wu
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The project creates 3D animation for a video game opening. The main idea of this animation is to ask people to save the water. The designer created the characters, the story, and the animation. The main stage is set in 2116 AD. The world has no clean water, and the main character, Taimei, is a twenty-year-old girl, who is going to find a new source of water for all of humanity. On the other hand, the R.O.C. Robot Army is doing everything they can to stop her. This game will adapt Japanese cartoon style with Toon Shader and Toon Outlines …
Disengagement, Petra Tuns
Disengagement, Petra Tuns
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Disengagement is a body of photographic work that recounts my memories of suffering from depression. My aesthetic is directly influenced by the pathology of the illness. My thesis aims to let the viewer witness how depression has impacted me, so they can understand the disease on a more personal level rather than a stereotypical image, such as TV commercials for anti-depression medication. I analyze both depression in art and the history of depression through the writings of Christine Ross, and Michel Foucault. Freudian and Lacanian psychoanalytic theory also inform my work. They are also the foundation from which I defend …
Family Communication Patterns And African-American Adolescent Females’ Self-Reported Use Of Condoms, Natasha Hibbert
Family Communication Patterns And African-American Adolescent Females’ Self-Reported Use Of Condoms, Natasha Hibbert
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African-American females are the fastest growing HIV/AIDS population in the U.S. The best preventative measure after abstinence is condom usage. Although the importance of condom usage is widely publicized, it is not always adopted. In trying to identify ways to increase adolescents' condom usage, past research has shown that positive communication between parents/guardians and adolescents has increased their condom usage and caused condom usage to be more consistent. This pilot study explores the relationship between African-American adolescent females and parents/guardians and if open communication about sexual intercourse and contraceptive usage increases adolescent condom usage. Data have been collected from self-administered …
Anthony V. Mannino Foundation: Comprehensive Marketing Strategy Report, Kequing Song, Benjamin Woelk, Scott Morabio, Tom Mathew, Zaw Myint Htoo
Anthony V. Mannino Foundation: Comprehensive Marketing Strategy Report, Kequing Song, Benjamin Woelk, Scott Morabio, Tom Mathew, Zaw Myint Htoo
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Founded in 2009, the Anthony V. Mannino Foundation Inc. (AVM) undertook the genuine mission; to offer support young adults 18-26 and their families while they are undergoing their cancer treatment process. The Marketing Concepts team has performed a thorough marketing analysis and has provided AVM a set of tools that enables them to immediately implement an effective and efficient marketing strategy.
“Sport @ Dawn”-Pyd In Action? An Investigation Of The Youth Development Effects Of A School-Based Multi Sport Initiative On First Year Boys, Tim Mcmahon
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The genesis of this study emerges from an interest in exploring the potential of sport as a means of advancement of the individual and by extension society. Lerner (2004) for example highlights the importance of adolescent development when he ascertains that “the future of civil society in the world rests on the promotion of positive development and a commitment to positive and socially just community contributions by the young”. A body of empirical evidence based on the broad principals of Positive Youth Development (PYD) has suggested that sport can provide the catalyst for youth development(Hellison, 2000; Fraser Thomas et al, …
Influence Of Rear Wheel Tire Type On Wheelchair Propulsion Biomechanics, Mathew Yarossi
Influence Of Rear Wheel Tire Type On Wheelchair Propulsion Biomechanics, Mathew Yarossi
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The objective of this study was to determine how rear wheel tire type affects wheelchair propulsion mechanics. Four persons with paraplegia and four persons with tetraplegia propelled their own wheelchairs on a roller system at self-selected speed using five different pairs of tires. Upper limb and trunk kinematics, perceived exertion, stroke pattern and the temporal characteristics of propulsion were measured. When using pneumatic (air filled) tires, with lower rolling resistance, participants had lower push frequency (p < .05), higher self selected speed (p < .05), less perceived exertion, less shoulder internal rotation, and a longer push stroke than when using solid, high rolling resistance tires. As rolling resistance increased, participants experienced negative changes in propulsion characteristic that contradicted current clinical practice guidelines for upper limb preservation following spinal cord injury. In addition, kinematics with solid, high rolling resistance tires were similar to those described during uphill or over carpet propulsion. In order to avoid unnecessary strain on the upper limbs and unwanted changes in propulsion biomechanics, wheelchair users, clinicians, and researchers should consider the use of lower rolling resistance, pneumatic rear tires.
Use Of Fluorescent Micropsheres To Measure Coronary Flow Reserve In Rat Animal Model, Riddhi Harsh Shah
Use Of Fluorescent Micropsheres To Measure Coronary Flow Reserve In Rat Animal Model, Riddhi Harsh Shah
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Heart attacks result from reduced or blocked blood flow through major coronary arteries, resulting in permanent damage to heart muscle. Coronary blood flow (CBF) is thus important to measure in experimental animal models of heart disease. A standard method to measure CBF uses tracer microspheres (Ø = 15 µm) injected into the left ventricle that flow through coronary arteries but cannot pass through capillaries and so become trapped in heart muscle. Previously, radioactive or colored microspheres have quantified the number of tracers trapped in the muscle. Fluorescent microspheres offer a more recent and more sensitive measurement mode. However, fluorescent microspheres …
Promoting Financial And Human Resource Management In Kosovo's Nongovernmental Organizations : [Presentation Given On September 6, 2011], Visar Sutaj
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This capstone project was designed to develop and provide knowledge and identify skills for local inactive NGOs [Nongovernmental Organizations] only on how to improve on finance management and HR. The project does not intend to teach local NGOs fundraising and voluntarism. The action plan to implement the mission statement demands a more concrete step towards opening a new NGO, named the Center for NGO Development (CND). This organization, if executed properly, will be a resource and full-service training center to help other local NGOs strengthen internal finance and HR capacities. It is anticipated that CND will succeed and enlarge its …
‘En Pathos’, John Remo
‘En Pathos’, John Remo
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`en pathos ` A Greek term that translates to ` in passion ` . The human figure is a timeless and classic subject that has always bestirred feelings of passion in the hearts of both artist and viewer. It can easily take a lifetime's artistic endeavors to master just a tiny aspect of the figure's potential. More important than the literal realm of the figure, there also lies a subjective realm, a place where my work is created and lives.....a place `between'. In trying to capture the essence of the human figure, each artistic medium offers its own unique visual …
Cyclical, Edna Madera
Cyclical, Edna Madera
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The works presented here are portraits of my Mother meditating for motherhood between religious faith and will power, the creation of which, became a personal means of coping with her death. Catholic rosaries and knitted baby booties are depicted as I explore feminine identity within the context of fertility and the social views that condition it. Material explorations include, rusted steel, body fluid, and animal tissue.
A Method For Detection And Quantification Of Building Damage Using Post-Disaster Lidar Data, Richard Labiak
A Method For Detection And Quantification Of Building Damage Using Post-Disaster Lidar Data, Richard Labiak
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There is a growing need for rapid and accurate damage assessment following natural disasters, terrorist attacks, and other crisis situations. The use of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) data to detect and quantify building damage following a natural disaster was investigated in this research. Using LiDAR data collected by the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) just days after the January 12, 2010 Haiti earthquake, a set of processes was developed for extracting buildings in urban environments and assessing structural damage. Building points were separated from the rest of the point cloud using a combination of point classification techniques involving height, …
Museum Membership Programs: Innovation In A Troubled Economy, Julie N. Rega
Museum Membership Programs: Innovation In A Troubled Economy, Julie N. Rega
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No abstract provided.
Effects Of Glucocorticoid On Microglia Cell Functions, Kari J. Wiedinger
Effects Of Glucocorticoid On Microglia Cell Functions, Kari J. Wiedinger
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No abstract provided.
Effect Of Signage And Suggestive Selling On Sales Of Healthy Food Options In A University Setting, Ashley Lynn Hoffman
Effect Of Signage And Suggestive Selling On Sales Of Healthy Food Options In A University Setting, Ashley Lynn Hoffman
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Making healthy eating choices as a college student can be challenging and the transition from adolescence to adulthood can be associated with an increased likelihood of obesity. Studies have shown that college students have poor eating habits and frequent consumption of fast food meals. Studies have reported menu labeling to be effective in influencing college students' purchasing decisions. During the fall 2009 semester, the Saluki Select Healthy Eating Program was implemented in the Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC) Student Center to aid college students and the public in general to make healthier menu choices. The purpose of this research study …
Youth In Revolt. How Suburban Youth Of The 1950s Rejected The Contradictions Of An Affluent Society In Favor Of Apocalyptic Zombies And Chicken Runs, Michele Leigh Goostree
Youth In Revolt. How Suburban Youth Of The 1950s Rejected The Contradictions Of An Affluent Society In Favor Of Apocalyptic Zombies And Chicken Runs, Michele Leigh Goostree
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The purpose of this study is two-fold. First, I will examine the influences shaping the choices of teenagers living in an affluent society during the early days of the Cold War, specifically 1950 - 1955. I will discuss the contradictions about society, the family unit, and gender roles teenagers attempted to sort out as they moved through adolescence. Secondly, I will focus on two forms of mass media, specifically comic books and movies of the 1950s. Media has always had the power to change and shape the opinion of the youth culture who consumed it. I will discuss the lengths …
An Assessment Of Cwa Section 303(D) Prioritization Of Impaired Water Bodies In Illinois, Daniel Jablonski
An Assessment Of Cwa Section 303(D) Prioritization Of Impaired Water Bodies In Illinois, Daniel Jablonski
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Water quality has been an issue of concern since the settlement of man and continues to be of great concern today in many locations around the world. In the United States, to address the issues of water pollution, the U.S. Congress passed the Clean Water Act (CWA) in 1972. This study examines the implementation and prioritization of impaired water bodies listed on the Illinois CWA section 303(d) list between 1992 and 2004. This study used the Delphi survey method to obtain opinions from water quality/management experts that reside in the state of Illinois. The goal of this study was to …
Maximizing The System Lifetime In Wireless Sensor Networks Using Improved Routing Algorithm, Karthik Kuppaswamy
Maximizing The System Lifetime In Wireless Sensor Networks Using Improved Routing Algorithm, Karthik Kuppaswamy
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In wireless sensor networks, the maximum lifetime routing problem has received increasing attention among researchers. There are several critical features that need to be considered while designing a wireless sensor networks such as cost, network lifetime and Quality of service. Due to the limitation on the energy of sensor nodes, energy efficient routing is a very important issue in sensor networks. Therefore, to prolong the lifetime of the sensor nodes, designing efficient routing protocols is critical. One solution is to formulate the routing problem as a linear programming problem by maximizing the time at which the first node runs out …
Design And Development Of A Sustainability Toolkit For Simulation Modeling And Analysis, Xi Zhou
Design And Development Of A Sustainability Toolkit For Simulation Modeling And Analysis, Xi Zhou
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A simulation-based sustainability toolkit is developed in this research, in order to efficiently provide the capability of modeling and evaluating the sustainability related performance measures in systems of interest. As sustainability related issues, such as energy consumption, emissions, and waste generation are becoming a more integrated part of operational and long-term planning decisions, simulation modeling is needed to analyze the system performance not only from the traditional system performance measures such as productivity and efficiency, but also taking into account the environmental impacts within the studied system in order to aid in decision-making. This research introduces the concept and general …
Distance Metric Learning For Medical Image Registration, Zois Boukouvalas
Distance Metric Learning For Medical Image Registration, Zois Boukouvalas
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Medical image registration has received considerable attention in medical imaging and computer vision, because of the large variety of ways in which it can impact patient care. Over the years, many algorithms have been proposed for medical image registration. Medical image registration uses techniques to create images of parts of the human body for clinical purposes. This thesis focuses on one small subset of registration algorithms: using machine learning techniques to train the similarity measure for use in medical image registration. This thesis is organized in the following manner. In Chapter 1 we introduce the idea of image registration, describe …
Evaluation Of Cfd Based Hemolysis Prediction Methods, Oyuna Myagmar
Evaluation Of Cfd Based Hemolysis Prediction Methods, Oyuna Myagmar
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Accurate quantitative evaluation of shear stress-related hemolysis (destruction of red blood cells) could be used to improve blood handling devices, including left ventricular assist devices (LVAD). Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) predicts the fluid dynamics of complex pump geometry and has been used to track the shear stress history of red blood cells as they travel through these devices. Several models that predict the relationship between hemolysis, shear stress and exposure time have been used to evaluate the hemolysis in the pumps. However, the prediction accuracy has not reached the satisfactory level. The goal of my thesis is to investigate the …
Vaccine Wastage Reduction In Immunization Sessions Through Vaccine Vial Size Optimization, Aswin Dhamodharan
Vaccine Wastage Reduction In Immunization Sessions Through Vaccine Vial Size Optimization, Aswin Dhamodharan
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Outreach sessions are immunization services in which health workers immunize children in their communities, are needed to improve vaccine coverage in rural areas of developing countries. These services face very high open vial wastage, which happens when vaccine doses stored in a vial are not used within a specified time after the vial is opened. Such open vial wastage is directly caused by the choice of vial size used and the session size (number of pariticipants attending an outreach session) for which the outreach sessions are planned. The open vial wastage decreases with increase in session size. However, controlling the …
The Dao Of Graphic Design— A Study Of Interrelationship Between The Daodejing In Chinese Daoism And Graphic Design, Rong Chen
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Dao has been accumulated for centuries and still remains strong and pertinent to the world today. It is a complex and intriguing philosophy that has many branches and colors. This paper is an analysis of the similarities and differences between the principles held in Daoism and Graphic Design. It is also an interpretation from my personal understanding of both. The concepts derived from my research are presented through several examples, which included the following design principles: Unity, Nature and Wu Wei. The purpose of this thesis is to serve as a bridge, which links concepts of graphic design with Daoism. …
Visual And Textual Appeals In Banner Advertising: A Content Analysis, Louis Perez
Visual And Textual Appeals In Banner Advertising: A Content Analysis, Louis Perez
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This study investigated textual and visual variables of banner advertisements. A number of research questions were addressed by content analyzing banner advertisements from social media and social networking Websites, including YouTube and Facebook. Implications of linking types of banner advertisements to types of social media sites, including differences between visual and textual content of banner advertisements, are addressed. Results indicate that there were notable differences between banner advertisements found on these sites. Ads are more likely to contain greater visual aspects such as animation on social media sites than they are on social networking sites. Further studies should examine how …
Effects Of Group Apology And Reparation After Breach Of Psychological Contract, Anthony Alongi
Effects Of Group Apology And Reparation After Breach Of Psychological Contract, Anthony Alongi
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Psychological contracts are expectations of reciprocal obligations between an employee and an organization which are held by the employee. Research has shown that victims who experience psychological contract breach may seek to retaliate towards the offending organization. Little research has investigated how a breach can be remediated. The present study investigated the effects of a group apology and reparation on victim‟s sense of power and revenge cognition after a breach of psychological contract. Participants were asked to imagine themselves in a vignette in which a student experiences psychological contract breach by their academic department. The outcome of the scenario differed …
Presettlement Forest Composition In The Connecticut Tract Of Western New York, Evelyn Brister
Presettlement Forest Composition In The Connecticut Tract Of Western New York, Evelyn Brister
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This study of the vegetation of the 100,000-acre Connecticut Tract in western New York examines the presettlement characteristics of the forest, including the tree species composition, tree density, and wetland extent. Presettlement vegetation studies add to what is known about the forests of this region before European settlement in the early 1800s brought widespread changes to these forests. The ecological data in original private land surveys from 1811 were transcribed and then analyzed using ArcGIS and IDRISI GIS software. The surveys contained both witness tree data and line descriptions, which were analyzed for species composition and community type and were …
Project Tips: A Review Of Rochester's Law Enforcement-Community Collaborative, Gregory Drake
Project Tips: A Review Of Rochester's Law Enforcement-Community Collaborative, Gregory Drake
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This analysis examines a community-police collaborative named Project TIPS that started in Rochester, NY in 2008. As an active member of the collaborative, the researcher uses systematic observation and structured interviews with collaborative leaders stretching three years of program implementation. Theories of community functions and community policing are examined to analyze the effectiveness of Project TIPS at enhancing community functioning and public safety.
Switching-Based State-Of-Charge Estimation Of Lithium-Ion Batteries, Yingchen Su
Switching-Based State-Of-Charge Estimation Of Lithium-Ion Batteries, Yingchen Su
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The objective of this thesis is to explore a switching-based approach to estimate the state of charge (SOC) of Li-ion batteries. The knowledge of SOC can be utilized to significantly enhance battery performance and longevity. The thesis first presents a brief discussion on various SOC estimation methods, such as coulomb counting, use of electrochemical model combined with Kalman Filtering and open-circuit voltage (OCV). Subsequently, emphasis is placed on the OCV-based method. The advantage of the OCV method lies in its simplicity. It obviates the need for modeling and lowers computational burden compared to model-based approaches. The method yields accurate SOC …
Decide Vaccine Prices And Subsidies For Developing Countries, Wenbo Zhang
Decide Vaccine Prices And Subsidies For Developing Countries, Wenbo Zhang
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Vaccination has been deemed the most cost-effective way to fight against preventable diseases and improve global health. In recent years, expensive combination vaccines which provide multiple antigens in a single shot have been developed to replace traditional monovalent vaccines and have become the preferred choice of healthcare systems in industrialized countries. High prices have not only barricaded low-income countries from accessing combination vaccines but also lure vaccine manufacturers to shift their production capacity from making traditional vaccines to combination vaccines. Such a shift could eventually lead to shortages on the vaccine supply for low-income countries. This work extends the ABP …
A Hemodynamic Investigation Of A Complete Arteriovenous Model Of The Arm, Arteriovenous Fistula, And Distal Revascularization And Interval Ligation, Nicole Varble
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One of the largest problems facing vascular surgeons today is malfunctioning arteriovenous fistulas (AVF) in patients on hemodialysis. A radial- cephalic AVF is a vessel in the arm that directs blood flow from the high pressure arteries to the low pressure veins and is put in place so blood can be withdrawn from a patient at a point where high volume blood flow occurs. After a period of maturation, the fistula often expands to adapt for the increase flow and can therefore be accessed repeatedly for hemodialysis. However, in a small percentage of cases, access related steal can lead to …