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Building Services Engineering

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Perioperative Management Of Children With Sickle Cell Disease Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery, Sayed Qaiseruddin, Zaki Naserulla

Saudi Medical Journal

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Rit Dividends Fall 2002

RIT Digital Archives

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Cache Invalidation And Replacement Strategies For Location-Dependent Data In Mobile Environments, Baihua Zheng, Jianliang Xu, Dik Lun Lee

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Mobile location-dependent information services (LDISs) have become increasingly popular in recent years. However, data caching strategies for LDISs have thus far received little attention. In this paper, we study the issues of cache invalidation and cache replacement for location-dependent data under a geometric location model. We introduce a new performance criterion, called caching efficiency, and propose a generic method for location-dependent cache invalidation strategies. In addition, two cache replacement policies, PA and PAID, are proposed. Unlike the conventional replacement policies, PA and PAID take into consideration the valid scope area of a data value. We conduct a series of simulation …

Application Of Maxwell Solvers To Pd Propagation. I. Concepts And Codes, David Pommerenke, S. Sakaguchi

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This article reviews the basic approaches to solving electromagnetic propagation in the context of PD detection. It also investigates available commercial software, introduces the steps required to obtain trustworthy computational results, and gives an example of detailed analysis of PD propagation.

Sixth Annual Scientific Meeting Of The Institute Of Cardiovascular Science And Medicine

Journal of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology

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Left Cardiac Sympathetic Denervation Via Thoracoscope To Treat Long Qt Syndrome, Dayi Hu, Cuilan Li, Jun Wang, Lexin Wang

Journal of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology

Purpose: Long QT syndrome (LQTS) is a cardiovascular disorder characterized by prolongation of the QT interval on ECG and presence of syncope, seizures, and sudden cardiac death. The therapy for LQTS is mainly dependent on medicines. The aim of the present study was to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of a new surgical method of cardiac sympathectomy for LQTS patients.

Methods: Left cardiac sympathetic denervation (LCSD) were conducted on 4 LQTS patients who were resistant to β-blockers. Patients' ECG and clinical symptoms were assessed before and after the surgery.

Results: LCSD was successful in all patients. QTc decreased from 0.54±0.08 …

Ecg Quiz, Tse-Fun Lam

Journal of the Hong Kong College of Cardiology

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The Effects Of Communication Modality On Teamwork Processes, Thomas D. Fletcher

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

Since the onset of the digital age, organizations have been able to make use of teams of individuals distributed geographically to remain competitive. While strides have been made to understand the effectiveness of collocated teams, research has yet to sufficiently explore the effects of emerging technologies on team processes and effectiveness. A laboratory study, where dyads were asked to create a spreadsheet by following a set of explicit instructions (i.e., a psychomotor task), was conducted to manipulate the communication modalities most commonly used between collaborators (i.e., face-to-face vs. audio) and compare the effects of adding a shared workspace application. The …

Predicting Team Performance Over Time: A Secondary Data Analysis, Hope S. Hanner

Psychology Theses & Dissertations

Teams occupy a strong presence in the modern workplace. However, few studies have tracked the evolution of team behavior over time. The use of cross-sectional team research fails to appreciate the stages that teams pass through as they evolve and mature. The present study had three goals in mind. The first goal was to arrive at a causal model of team performance via a secondary statistical analysis on the research conducted by Cunningham (2001) and Strobel (2001). Strobe1 and Cunningham tracked the performance of eleven student-learning teams over the course of a semester. A team training intervention was administered after …

Constructive Conquests In The Courts: A Legal History Of The Western Shoshon Lands Struggle - 1861 To 1991, John D. O'Connell

Natural Resources Journal

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The Indian Wars: Efforts To Resolve Western Shoshone Land And Treaty Issues And To Distribute The Indian Claims Commission Judgement Fund, Thomas E. Luebben, Cathy Nelson

Natural Resources Journal

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The Measure Of Indian Water Rights: The Arizona Homeland Standard, Gila River Adjudication, Barbara A. Cosens

Natural Resources Journal

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Western Urban Water Demand, David S. Brookshire, H. Stuart Burness, Janie M. Chermak, Kate Krause

Natural Resources Journal

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The Administration Of The Middle Rio Grande Basin: 1956-2002, Celina A. Jones

Natural Resources Journal

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Study Of Transport Properties Of Inas Using Monte Carlo Simulation, Satyanadh Gundimada

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

The present research is aimed at ascertaining the usefulness of InAs semiconductor material for single photon avalanche photo detectors operating in the Geiger mode at 2 μm wavelengths. InAs is considered as the material suitable for the purpose because of its less bandgap and lower effective mass of the electrons when compared to other semiconductor materials presently in use. Hence, theoretically transient transport properties of bulk InAs are superior and the velocity overshoot phenomena stronger. InAs is a relatively less explored material when compared to other materials like GaAs. The choice of the material is justified with thorough exploration of …

Evaluation Of Distributed Effects In Field Effect Transistors For High Frequency Applications, Srinivas Rowjee Cuddapah

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Metal Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors are at the heart of currently used microwave and millimeter-wave devices. CAD (Computer Aided Design) models for MESFET are used in the development and optimization of high-speed microwave devices. The increase in the chip density demands more accurate models. A distributed small signal model was developed for a GaAs MESFET account of the high frequency effects.

The lumped model of the MESFET is inadequate at frequencies where the wavelength of operation approaches device dimensions. This is because different regions in the device can experience different amplitudes and phases of the biasing signal. In this thesis, …

Approaching High Fidelity Human Tracking And Representation In Interactive Virtual Environments, Taimur K. Khan

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

This thesis revolves around an Office of Naval Research (ONR) grant known as Virtual Environments for Training (VET). The primary goal is to determine the effectiveness of an immersive environment for training; the secondary goal is to compare the results of this study to a similar study conducted in an environment that is less immersive.

Effectiveness will be determined by the performance of trainees manning a virtual military checkpoint. A four-wall immersive environment employing cave technology will be compared to a three dimensional desktop version of the scenarios employed in the more immersive environment. In order to make this comparison, …

Book Reviews

New Mexico Historical Review

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Book Reviews

New Mexico Historical Review

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October 1, 2002, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

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Bluetooth: An Emerging Technology For Wireless Personal Area Networks, Eric S. Hall, Charles D. Knutson, David K. Vawdrey

Faculty Publications

Look under your desk or behind your computer. See that rat’s nest of wires and cables? Almost every cable or wire that tethers us to our devices (or our devices to one another) is unnecessary. Bluetooth wireless technology promises to reduce the cabling chaos that afflicts us all. Bluetooth is a recently developed technology that uses radio frequency (RF) transceivers to provide point-to-multipoint wireless connectivity within a personal space. Bluetooth was designed for both voice and data communication at low per-unit costs while consuming little power. To achieve the cost and power goals, Bluetooth limits connectivity to a sphere of …

A Fourth Amendment "Search" In The Age Of Technology: Postmodern Perspectives, Kathryn R. Urbonya

Faculty Publications

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Fair Use And Market Failure: Sony Revisited, Glynn S. Lunney Jr

Faculty Scholarship

With the development and dissemination of digital technology, the importance of private copying and its legal status, whether fair or unfair under copyright law, has only increased. Yet, despite its status as the Court's first and only pronouncement on the issue, Sony has played surprisingly little role in this ongoing debate. Even in cases bearing seemingly close similarity to the home-taping at issue in Sony itself, such as the private, home copying of musical works, courts have refused to follow Sony's fair use outcome. Having been narrowly construed as an exceptional instance of market failure, Sony seldom appears to …

Investigating The Effects Of Store-Brand Introduction On Retailer Demand And Pricing Behavior, Pradeep K. Chintagunta, Andre Bonfrer, Inseong Song

Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business

The effects of the introduction of a store-brand into a particular product category are studied. The paper focuses on the effect of store-brand introduction on the demand as well as on the supply side. On the demand side, the changes in preferences for the national brands and price elasticities in the category are investigated. On the supply side, the effects of the new entrant on the interactions between the national brand manufacturers and the retailer introducing the store brand are studied, including how these interactions influence the retailer's pricing behavior. In doing so, it is possible to test whether the …

Is It "The Will Of The People" Or A Broken Arrow? Collective Preferences, Out-Of-The-Money Options, Bush V. Gore, And Arguments For Quashing Post-Balloting Litigation Absent Specific Allegations Of Fraud, Mark Klock

University of Miami Law Review

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Fundamentally Flawed: Tradition And Fundamental Rights, Adam B. Wolf

University of Miami Law Review

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Supporting The Work Of Lesser Geniuses: An Argument For Removing Obstructions To Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Christopher D. Hazuka

University of Miami Law Review

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Buckhannon Board And Care Home, Inc. V. West Virginia Department Of Health And Human Resources: Good-Bye To Our "Private Attorneys General", Ellen Ross Belfer

University of Miami Law Review

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Comparative Analysis Of Knowledge, Attitudes And Perceptions About Induced Abortions Among Medical And Non-Medical Students Of Karachi, R Kumar, S Malik, A Qureshi, I M. Khurram, K S. Chaudhary, L Paul, M Z. Malik, M K. Mahmud, S M. Israr

Community Health Sciences

Objectve: To determine the knowledge, attitudes and perceptions regarding induced abortions among university students of Karachi and compare these aspects among medical and non-medical students. STUDY Design: Cross sectional opinion survey. Methods: The study is a cross sectional opinion survey of medical and non-medical students from four educational institutions of Karachi using a pretested questionnaire. Results: Of the 381 students interviewed, 201 were medical and 180 were non-medical. More medical students were aware of the correct definition of induced abortion. An encouraging finding was the awareness of our study population about the only legally acceptable circumstance for induced abortion in …