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Residency Status And Age Of Entry As Moderators Of The Effectiveness Of A Special Act School District, Sabrina Beckerink

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This study investigated the effectiveness of the program at Randolph Academy Union Free School District, a special act school district designed to educate students with emotional, behavioral, and learning difficulties. The outcome of treatment is documented by measurement of change in academic achievement. Pre-post comparisons of standardized achievement test scores were collected from the psychoeducational files of 49 students. Results indicate significant gains in academic achievement. A two-way analysis of covariance identified age of entry into the program as a moderator of academic achievement: younger entrants improved their relative ranking more than older entrants.

Wavelet Analysis Of Acoustic Signals, John E. Smertneck

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Wavelets and wavelet transforms have become popular new tools in the fields of signal processing and mathematical modeling because of the various advantages they have over traditional techniques. The Fourier Transform decomposes a signal into a frequency spectrum at the loss of time domain information. Wavelet transforms involve decomposing a signal into various levels to study frequency patterns over time. High frequency characteristics in the lower levels and low frequency characteristics in the higher levels allow the analyst to make predictions regarding the nature of the signal.

This case involved the study of tuning fork frequency characteristics using the Discrete …

Virtual Rubik's Cube, Wen-Bin Wu

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Universityie: Information Extraction From University Web Pages, Angel Janevski

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

The amount of information available on the web is growing constantly. As a result, theproblem of retrieving any desired information is getting more difficult by the day. Toalleviate this problem, several techniques are currently being used, both for locatingpages of interest and for extracting meaningful information from the retrieved pages.Information extraction (IE) is one such technology that is used for summarizingunrestricted natural language text into a structured set of facts. IE is already being appliedwithin several domains such as news transcripts, insurance information, and weatherreports. Various approaches to IE have been taken and a number of significant resultshave been reported.In …

Luminesence Study Of Polymer-Copolymer Blends Using A Carbazole/Iodine Probe/Quencher System, Tammy Davis

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The miscibility behavior of binary blends of polystyrene (PS), poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and their copolymers was re-evaluated using the luminescence of carbazole (Cz) and its quenching by 4-iodoaniline (I). The chromophore and quencher probes were polymerized into the polymers and copolymers to be blended. These experiments were conducted at room temperature, on thin films, and were compared to the published results of Braun, et. al.13Homopolymer/copolymer blend compositions were selected from regions of miscible, partially miscible, and immiscible phase behavior. The quencher molecule, 4-iodoaniline, was derivatized to form the vinylfunctionalized monomer, N-(4-iodophenyl)maleimide (NIPMI). The synthesis of NIPMI was carried out in …

Determination Of Thermal Maturity And Organic Matter Type By Principal Components Analysis Of The Distributions Of Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds, Michael A. Kruge

Department of Earth and Environmental Studies Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

The thermal maturity and organofacies sensitivity of polycyclic aromatic compound (PAC) distributions was explored by examination of the aromatic fractions of solvent extracts from a diverse set of 53 shales, coals and kerogen macerals which have undergone either natural or artificial maturation and which represent all three principal sedimentary organic matter (OM) types. Systematic changes with maturation were observed in the following groups of isomers: tri- and tetramethylnaphthalenes, methyl- and dimethylphenanthrenes, methyl- and dimethyldibenzothiophenes, methylpyrenes, and methylchrysenes. The maturity differences were quantified by mathematical ratios of the relative concentrations of the more thermally stable isomers to the less stable, on …

Oculoplastic Surgery, Curtis W. Perone

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Pod, Margaret Slinker

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This thesis explores the themes which motivate the creation of abstract sculpture, searching for common forms and universal shapes throughout the pieces examined in the thesis. The examples presented were created by other artists and by the author, which include ceramic sculpture and earthenware oxides and glazes.

Detection And Modeling Of Radiation Induced Effects In Tissues By Dielectric Spectroscopy, Dorin A. Todor

Physics Theses & Dissertations

The work presented here is applied physics research in the field of radiation treatment. We address the development of a new and innovative method, in vivo and possibly non-invasive, for tumor and healthy tissues control during and after the radiation treatment. The radiation treatment is delivered in an almost standardized manner for particular classes of tumors. The large variance in the individual radio sensitivity of healthy tissues and tumors often leads to local recurrence of neoplastic growth and/or distant metastatic disease which often remains untreated. The method is based on the measurement and analysis of electrical impedance data in …

Chemical Oxidation Of Mtbe Under O2-Rich And O2-Limited Environments Coupled With Biological Degradation Of Oxidation Byproducts, J. Sutherland, B. Panka, Craig D. Adams, Joel Gerard Burken

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The H2O2/UV Advanced Oxidation Process (AOP) Was Investigated to Determine Byproduct Formation under Different Experimental Conditions (PH, Alkalinity, and H2O2/UV Dose). a Key Factor in the Efficiency of the AOP Was the Dissolved Oxygen Concentration. Gas Chromatography/mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) Analysis Was Used to Identify Byproducts Resulting from Oxidation under Oxygen-Rich and Oxygen-Limited Conditions. Resultant Oxidation Byproducts Were Analyzed for their Susceptibility to Biological Degradation. Biodegradation Rate Constants Were Determined and Modeled for the Primary Byproducts of the Advanced Oxidation Process. Inhibition Resulting from the Presence of Multiple Byproducts in a Biological System Was Investigated as Well. Effects of Process Parameters …

The Effects Of Light And Nitrate Levels On The Relationship Between Nitrate Reductase Activity And (No3-)-N-15 Uptake: Field Observations In The East China Sea, Chin-Chang Hung, George T. F. Wong, Kom-Kee Liu, Fuh-Kwo Shiah, Gwo-Ching Gong

OES Faculty Publications

Nitrate reductase activity (NRA) and ¹⁵NO₃- uptake (NU) were determined in the East China Sea and the adjoining Kuroshio in May 1996, at six stations covering a range of hydrographic conditions: the nutrient-rich and fresher plume of Changjiang Diluted Water along the Chinese coast, the nutrient-rich upwelling Kuroshio Subsurface Water at the shelf edge northeast of Taiwan, the oligotrophic Kuroshio Surface Water and the mixing zones among these water masses on the shelf. The values of NRA in the surface mixed layer ranged between 16 and 0.1 nM-N h^-1, whereas those of NU ranged between …

Intraspecific Variation In The Selenium Requirement Of Different Geographic Strains Of The Toxic Dinoflagellate Gymnodinium Catenatum, Martina A. Doblin, Susan I. Blackburn, Gustaaf M. Hallegraeff

OES Faculty Publications

The requirement for selenium (IV) was assessed in five strains of the toxic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium catenatum Graham, representing three populations from Tasmania (Australia), as well as one each from Japan and Spain. Strains were grown in nutrient-enriched sea water medium with 10^-9 M selenium added as selenite (H₂SeO₃), or with no added selenium, and monitored for growth and cell yield. Strains exhibited different selenium (Se) requirements, as evidenced by (i) a decrease in exponential growth rate (10-20%) and cell yield (up to 80%) (Japanese strain); (ii) a decrease in cell yield only (Tasmania Derwent Estuary …

Free Speech On The Internet: Regulating Web Authorship By Students, Rhoda J. Yen

Computer Law Review and Technology Journal

As Internet use increases, more websites authored by students will populate the World Wide Web (WWW). Indeed, about one-third of all personal websites now belong to students, who are mostly minors.' Students' increasing use of the web raises new questions about free speech. This article addresses one of them: May schools censor student-created websites? If so, under what circumstances may they delete pages, edit pages, or discipline students for website speech?

In answering this question, this article looks for guidance to the history of free speech in the classroom. And examining the problem from a free-speech perspective is appropriate. If …

3-Hydroxykynurenine And 3-Hydroxyanthranilic Acid Generate Hydrogen Peroxide And Promote Α-Crystallin Cross Linking By Metal Ion Reduction, Lee E. Goldstein, Michael C. Leopold, Xudong Huang, Craig S. Atwood, Aleister J. Saunders, Mariana Hartshorn, James T. Lim, Et Al.

Chemistry Faculty Publications

The kynurenine pathway catabolite 3-hydroxykynurenine (3HK) and redox-active metals such as copper and iron are implicated in cataractogenesis. Here we investigate the reaction of kynurenine pathway catabolites with copper and iron, as well as interactions with the major lenticular structural proteins, the R-crystallins. The o-aminophenol kynurenine catabolites 3HK and 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid (3HAA) reduced Cu(II)>Fe(III) to Cu(I) and Fe(II), respectively, whereas quinolinic acid and the nonphenolic kynurenine catabolites kynurenine and anthranilic acid did not reduce either metal. Both 3HK and 3HAA generated superoxide and hydrogen peroxide in a copper-dependent manner. In addition, 3HK and 3HAA fostered copper-dependent R-crystallin cross-linking. 3HK- …

Mass-Radius Relations For Helium White Dwarfs, Ri̇kkat Ci̇velek, Ni̇lgün Kiziloğlu

Turkish Journal of Physics

We studied the static mass-radius relation of white dwarf stars with masses greater than 0.45 $M_\odot$. We assumed pure degenerate helium interiors at a finite temperature with luminosity-mass ratio due to neutrino energy loss. We compared the obtained M-R relation with those of other writers.

An Extended Adiabatic Approach For Nuclear Reactions, Mustafa Yilmaz, Bülent Gönül

Turkish Journal of Physics

In this letter, an alternative approximation is developed for the treatment of breakup process in nuclear reactions, which presents a way of evaluating non-adiabatic corrections to the adiabatic model three-body wavefunction by introducing a more consistent prescription for the continuum n-p center of mass energy. Although the present formalism goes beyond the quasi-adiabatic approach, due to the use of exact continuum channel energies, its application to deuteron involving reactions at medium energies shows that such an approach can not be used in its present form. A possible reason behind this failure is discussed.

Temperature Dependence Of Vickers Microhardness And Creep Study Of In_X Bi_{2-X} Te_3 Crystals, G. R. Pandya, S. R. Bhavsar, C. F. Desai

Turkish Journal of Physics

Temperature dependence of Vickers microhardness of ln$_x$ Bi$_{2-x}$ Te$_3$ single crystals with x ranging from 0.1 to 0.5 has been studied. Loading time dependence of microhardness at different temperatures has been used for creep study in the temperature range 300 K to 400 K. The activation energy for indentation creep of the crystals has been evaluated.

Microhardness Creep In Single Crystals Of Tin-Chalcogenides, S. M. Vyas, C. F. Desai, R. C. Shah, G. R. Pandya

Turkish Journal of Physics

SnSe and SnS have been grown by Bridgman- Stockbarger method. Loading time as a function of vickers microhardness has been measured at different temperatures in the range 303 K to 388K. Al measurement of hardness have been carried out on the cleavage planes. The activation energy for creep has been evaluated to be 2.92 and 1.75 K Cal/mole, respectively, for SnSe and SnS crystals.

Doping Of High-Temperature Superconductors, Sh. Meretliev, K. B. Sadykov, A. Berkeliev

Turkish Journal of Physics

High-temperature superconducting ceramics systems YBaCuO and BiSrCaCuO, both doped by Pb, Sb, Li, K, Na and non-doped, have been produced by the method of solid phase reaction synthesis. The principle of controlled valency by Vervey has been used to characterize high-temperature superconductors. High-temperature superconducting ceramics have been obtained with properties stable in time by single-purpose doping.

The Absorption Properties Of P-Type Tlin_X Ga_{(1-X)} Se_2 And Tlgase_2, Beki̇r Gürbulak, Muhammet Yildirim, Aytunç Ateş, Sebahatti̇n Tüzemen, Yahya Kemal Yoğurtçu

Turkish Journal of Physics

$p-TlGaSe_2$, $p-TlIn_{0.3}Ga_{0.7}Se_2$ and $p-TlIn_{0.5}Ga_{0.5}Se_2$ single crystals were grown by the modified Bridgman-Stockbarger method in our crystal growth laboratory. The absorption measurements were carried out on $p-TlIn_xGa_{(1-x)}Se_2$ samples in temperature range 10-300 K in steps of 10 K. The binding energies of $p-TlGaSe_2$, $p-TlIn_{0.3}Ga_{0.7}Se_2$ and $p-TlIn_{0.5} Ga_{0.5}$ $Se_2$ were obtained as \\ 35.0 meV, 16.5 meV and 14.5 meV, respectively. THe direct band gaps were calculated as 2.244 eV, 2.195 eV, 2.164 eV in $p-TlGaSe_2$, 2.158 eV, 2.131 eV, 2.098 eV in $p-TlIn_{0.3}Ga_{0.7}Se_2$, and 2.107 eV, 2.075 eV, 2.019 eV in $p-TlIn_{0.5}Ga_{0.5}Se_2$ respectively, at sample temperatures of 10 K, 140 K …

The Growth Of P-Type A^{Iii} B^{Iii} C_2^{V I} Single Crystals, Beki̇r Gürbulak, Cevdet Coşkun, Seydi̇ Doğan, Aytunç Ateş, Yahya Kemal Yoğurtçu

Turkish Journal of Physics

$A^{III}B^{III}C_2^{VI}$ single crystals were grown by the modified Bridgman-Stockbarger method, a procedure similar to direct freezing in our crystal growth laboratory. $A^{III}B^{III}C_2^{VI}$ compounds are collected into two groups (III. group: TI, Ga, In and VI. group: Se, S, Te): 1. TlGaSe$_2$, TlGaS$_2$ and TlInS$_2$ have layer structure. 2. TlInSe$_2$, TlInTe$_2$ and TlGaTe$_2$ have chained structure. The main reasons such crystals grown with this method is similar to the direct freezing method because 1) quality of crystals is the same as crystals grown by other methods, and 2) growth time of crystals is shorter by about 5-10 days. None of the …

Chemically Synthesised Cd_{(1-X)}Zn_Xse Thin Films: Spectro-Structural And Microscopic Studies, D. S. Sutrave, G. S. Shahane, V. B. Patil, L. P. Deshmukh

Turkish Journal of Physics

This paper presents information pertaining to the chemo-mechanical synthesis of (Cd,Zn) Se thin films with a variable composition which has been brought about with the objective to study deposition history and growth kinetics, as well as structural changes and the optical properties. The effect of various process parameters, such as deposition time and temperature, concentration of species, speed of the substrate rotation, pH etc., on the growth and quality of the films is studied experimentally. At first sight, mechanistic interpretation of the reaction mechanism is given based on the influence of the process parameters on the film growth and the …

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Turkish Journal of Physics

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Solar Observations Made At The Malatya Station With Danjon Astrolabe, Orhan Gölbaşi, Hüseyi̇n Kiliç, Fernand Chollet

Turkish Journal of Physics

The first results of astrometric solar observations made at the Malatya Station with a modified version of the Paris Observatory astrolabe are presented. This campaign was conducted as part of a cooperation between Inonü University and the Paris Observatory. The astrolabe, exactly the same as the one at Santiago de Chile [1], uses two reflecting prisms instead of transparent prisms in order to be able to observe at two zenith distances of 30^o and 60^o. The time is supplied by a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. The measurements (Table 1, 2) made between 1993 and 1994, were used in obtaining …

The Effect Of Iterative Solutions In The Quasi-Adiabatic Treatment Of Transfer Reactions Involving Deuterons, Mustafa Yilmaz, Bülent Gönül

Turkish Journal of Physics

Using an iterative scheme, the effects of a more correct treatment of large n-p components of deuteron channel wavefunction in the continuum, which are associated with near-side contributions of transition amplitude, are investigated in the framework of the reformulated quasi-adiabatic model for the \( ^{116} \)Sn \( (d,p) \) \( ^{117} \)Sn reaction at 79 MeV bombarding energy. As the \( \ell_{n} \)-transfer rises, the far-side amplitude increases with improvements in the linear and angular momentum responce, which results in a relative suppression of the near-side components of the amplitude. Therefore, one might expect that the iteration of the quasi-adiabatic …

A Local-Pair Mechanism For High-Temperature Superconductivity At The Di- And Trivalent Sites, John A. Wilson, Ali̇ İhsan Demi̇rel

Turkish Journal of Physics

The \( p/d \) hybridization that primarily characterizes copper leads to local moments, lacking of the pair-breaking variety, both at di- and trivalent sites. Support for the negative-U model is extracted from the author's earlier work on the metal-insulator transition. A more magnetically oriented model, like the resonant valence band model which we have recently associated with our observations in d1 TiOCl etc., does not really seem suited to the geometry and electronic conditions in the copper oxides present. However it is suggested that TiB$_2$, La$_3$S$_4$ and the Chevrel phases might be open to treatment by such a model. Comment …

En/Gendering Equality: Seeking Relief Under Title Vii Against Employment Discrimination Based On Sexual Orientation, Anthony E. Varona, Jeffrey M. Monks

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Global Markets, Racial Spaces And The Role Of Critical Race Theory In The Struggle For Community Control Of Investments: An Institutional Class Analysis, Elizabeth M. Iglesias

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Institutionalizing Economic Justice: A Latcrit Perspective On The Imperatives Of Linking The Reconstruction Of "Community" To The Transformation Of Legal Structures That Institutionalize The Depoliticization And Fragmentation Of Labor/Community Solidarity, Elizabeth M. Iglesias

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Reflections On The Fcc's Recent Approach To Structural Regulation Of The Electronic Mass Media, Lili Levi

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