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11/12/2006 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

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List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 11/12/2006. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

Modeling Heterogeneous User Churn And Local Resilience Of Unstructured P2p Networks, Zhongmei Yao, Derek Leonard, Dmitri Loguinov, Xiaoming Wang

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Previous analytical results on the resilience of unstructured P2P systems have not explicitly modeled heterogeneity of user churn (i.e., difference in online behavior) or the impact of in-degree on system resilience. To overcome these limitations, we introduce a generic model of heterogeneous user churn, derive the distribution of the various metrics observed in prior experimental studies (e.g., lifetime distribution of joining users, joint distribution of session time of alive peers, and residual lifetime of a randomly selected user), derive several closed-form results on the transient behavior of in-degree, and eventually obtain the joint in/out degree isolation probability as a simple …

Balanced Biorthogonal Scaling Vectors Using Fractal Function Macroelements On [0,1], Bruce Kessler

Mathematics Faculty Publications

Geronimo, Hardin, et al have previously constructed orthogonal and biorthogonal scaling vectors by extending a spline scaling vector with functions supported on $[0,1]$. Many of these constructions occurred before the concept of balanced scaling vectors was introduced. This paper will show that adding functions on $[0,1]$ is insufficient for extending spline scaling vectors to scaling vectors that are both orthogonal and balanced. We are able, however, to use this technique to extend spline scaling vectors to balanced, biorthogonal scaling vectors, and we provide two large classes of this type of scaling vector, with approximation order two and three, respectively, with …

A Historical Study Of Nurse Anesthesia Education In Nebraska, Sharon Loseke Hadenfeldt

College of Education and Human Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) was the first advanced practice nursing specialty, dating to the late Nineteenth Century in the United States. Nurses were first recruited and trained by surgeons to administer anesthesia beginning in the 1870’s in the United States. Apprenticeship training by either a surgeon, or another nurse, was the initial method of anesthesia training for the early nurse anesthetist. Post-graduate training programs began to appear within some hospitals at approximately 1910. The hospital-based nurse anesthesia programs became more standardized with the implementation of an accreditation program in 1952. Beginning in 1971 nurse anesthesia programs began to …

On-Line Electronic Document Collaboration And Annotation, Trev R. Harmon

Theses and Dissertations

The Internet provides a powerful medium for communication and collaboration. The ability one has to connect and interact with web-based tools from anywhere in the world makes the Internet ideal for such tasks. However, the lack of native tools can be a hindrance when deploying collaborative initiatives, as many current projects require specialized software in order to operate. This thesis demonstrates, with the comparably recent advances in browser technology and Document Object Model (DOM) implementation, a web-based collaborative annotation system can be developed that can be accessed by a user through a standards-compliant web browser. Such a system, demonstrated to …

Digital Receipts: A System To Detect The Compromise Of Digital Certificates, Nathaniel Allen Seeley

Theses and Dissertations

The ease of copying digital materials creates difficulty in detecting the theft of digital certificates. Uneducated users frequently fail to protect their digital certificate keys by not encrypting them, storing them in insecure places, and using them unwisely. In addition, there is no way to prove that protocols involving certificates are completely secure. This thesis introduces a system to ameliorate these problems by detecting the compromise of digital certificates. It leverages dual logging messages sent via side channels to a trusted third party. This third party correlates these messages and automatically detects when an imposter presents a certificate based on …

The Daily Egyptian, November 10, 2006, Daily Egyptian Staff

November 2006

No abstract provided.

The Courier, Volume 40, Issue 10, November 10, 2006, The Courier, College Of Dupage

The Courier

Stories:

Facilities Master Plan–The Where, When And How Much It Will Cost

Route 714 Promotion

MyCOD Not Attracting Students

Ethics Update–Training For New Employees Begins, Many Current Staff Must Still Finish

Picking Up Butts–COD Students Clean Campus Of Cigarette Butts And Trash

Clear Your Mind And Thoughts–United Nations Of Religions Opens Meditation Room

Rolling Out The Changes–Wings Student Art Gallery Undergoes Update Renovations

Looking Back–After 28 Years Of Presidential Visits, Car Fires And Flooded Hallways Retiring Public Safety Officer Rodney Hampton Looks Back

People:

Corina Valdez

Gino Impellizzeri

Rodney Hampton

Tatjana Djakovic

Reporter - November 10th 2006, Rit Reporter Staff

University Publications

A Eulogy For My Nephew; Response to ROAR; OffBeat Quiz; RIT Forecast; Women of RIT Calendar; Helping African Refugees; Moe’s Southwest Grill; Campin’ Out for Wii and PS3; The Latest in 3-D; Phantasy Star Review; At Your Leisure; Trouble at Gallaudet; History of Protest at RIT; Word on the Street; Sports Desk; RIT Hockey; RIT Rings; Lies: How to Stand on Them

High-Resolution Imaging Of Proteins In Human Teeth By Scanning Probe Microscopy, Alexei Gruverman, D. Wu, B. J. Rodriguez, Sergei V. Kalinin, S. Habelitz

Alexei Gruverman Publications

High-resolution studies of dental tissues are of considerable interest for biomedical engineering and clinical applications. In this paper, we demonstrate the application of piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) to nanoscale imaging of internal structure of human teeth by monitoring the local mechanical response to an electrical bias applied via a conductive tip. It is shown that PFM is capable of detecting dissimilar components of dental tissues, namely, proteins and calcified matrix, which have resembling morphology but different piezoelectric properties. It is demonstrated that collagen fibrils revealed in chemically treated intertubular dentin exhibit high piezoelectric activity and can be visualized in PFM …

The Tiger Vol. 100 Issue 22 2006-11-10, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Gene Expression Patterns That Predict Sensitivity To Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors In Lung Cancer Cell Lines And Human Lung Tumors, Justin M. Balko, Anil Potti, Christopher Saunders, Arnold J. Stromberg, Eric B. Haura, Esther P. Black

Statistics Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Increased focus surrounds identifying patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who will benefit from treatment with epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKI). EGFR mutation, gene copy number, coexpression of ErbB proteins and ligands, and epithelial to mesenchymal transition markers all correlate with EGFR TKI sensitivity, and while prediction of sensitivity using any one of the markers does identify responders, individual markers do not encompass all potential responders due to high levels of inter-patient and inter-tumor variability. We hypothesized that a multivariate predictor of EGFR TKI sensitivity based on gene expression data would offer a …

Coral-Based Climate Variability In The Western Pacific Warm Pool Since 1867, Terrence M. Quinn, Frederick W. Taylor, Thomas J. Crowley

Marine Science Faculty Publications

We have generated monthly resolved, stable isotope (δ¹⁸O and δ¹³C) and Sr/Ca time series from a massive Porites coral from Rabaul (4°S, 152°E): a site located in the warmest sector of the Western Pacific Warm Pool (WPWP). The coral δ¹⁸O and Sr/Ca time series are well correlated to each other and positive excursions in both records coincide with times of ENSO warm phase events. These time series contain abundant interannual variability that exhibits the well‐recognized pattern of low amplitude ENSO variation between ∼1920–1960 and high amplitude ENSO variation between 1880–1920 and 1960–1997. The …

The Daily Gamecock, Friday, November 10, 2006, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

November

No abstract provided.

Jet Equivalency Training Course Completion, Garrett R. Heinz

Honors Theses

Describes the student's experiences while participating in the Jet Equivalency Training Course (JET), AVS 4300, at Western Michigan University.

Crusader, November, 10, 2006, College Of The Holy Cross

Student Newspapers

The student newspaper for the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Articles include coverage of campus events and issues, sports, editorials and special features.

Robust Control Techniques Enabling Duty Cycle Experiments Utilizing A 6-Dof Crewstation Motion Base, A Full Scale Combat Hybrid Electric Power System, And Long Distance Internet Communications, Marc Compere, Jarrett Goodell, Miguel Simon, Wilford Smith, Mark Brudnak

Publications

The RemoteLink effort supports the U.S. Army's objective for developing and fielding next generation hybrid-electric combat vehicles. It is a distributed soldierin- the-Ioop and hardware-in-the-Ioop environment with a 6-DOF motion base for operator realism, a full-scale combat hybrid electric power system, and an operational context provided by OneSAF. The driver/gunner crewstations rest on one of two 6-DOF motion bases at the U.S. Army TARDEC Simulation Laboratory (TSL). The hybrid power system is located 2,450 miles away at the TARDEC Power and Energy System Integration Laboratory (P&E SIL). The primary technical challenge in the RemoteLink is to operate both laboratories together …

Sixteenth Navajo Studies Conference: In The Sacred Manner We Walk As Diné, Mary Alice Tsosie

Navajo Studies Conference 2006

The 16th Navajo Studies Conference was held at the University of New Mexico (UNM) on November 1-4, 2006 in the Student Union Building (SUB). The conference is returning to the University of New Mexico 20 years after its inception at UNM in 1986. The Navajo Studies Conference is an international research conference held to promote Navajo Studies including the study of the Navajo language, culture, history and all aspects of Navajo life. The theme is In the Sacred Manner We Walk as Dine'. The four day conference is hosted by University Libraries' Indigenous Nations Library Program and the Navajo Studies …

November 10, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Phil 2113 Course Proposal 11/09/2006, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Reports

No abstract provided.

Hanani V. Nj Dept Env Prot

2006 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Evidence For Two Kinematically Distinct Broad Emission Line Producing Regions In Active Galactic Nuclei, Stephanie A. Snedden, C. Martin Gaskell

C. Martin Gaskell Publications

We present the results of an analysis of line profiles of high- and low-ionization broad emission lines in 8 AGNs observed by the Hubble Space Telescope. We derive the physical conditions in the gas as a function of velocity. We find no evidence for a separate intermediate line region. For the broad line region as a whole we find a major contradiction between the velocity dependencies of conditions deduced from the major high-ionization lines and those deduced from the hydrogen lines alone if they are assumed to come from the same gas clouds. The hydrogen lines imply that the density …

2006-11-09 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2006

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Bias Stress On Zno Nanowire Field-Effect Transistors Fabricated With Organic Gate Nanodielectrics, Sanghyun Ju, David B. Janes, Gang Lu, Antonio Facchetti, Tobin J. Marks

Birck and NCN Publications

The effects of bias stress gate stress or drain stress on nanowire field-effect transistor NW-FET stability were investigated as a function of stress bias and stress time. The n-channel NW-FETs used a nanoscopic self-assembled organic gate insulator, and each device contained a single ZnO nanowire. Before stress, the off current is limited by a leakage current in the 1 nA range, which increases as the gate to source bias becomes increasingly negative. The devices also exhibited significant changes in threshold voltage Vth and off current over 500 repeated measurement sweeps. The leakage current was significantly reduced after gate stress, but …

November 9, 2006, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Lanthorn, Vol. 41, No. 23, November 9, 2006, Grand Valley State University

Volume 41, July 13, 2006 - June 14, 2007

Lanthorn is Grand Valley State's student newspaper, published from 1968 to the present.

The Montclarion, November 09, 2006, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Adam Darm, Adam Darm, James B. Crooks

Creating a University: UNF Oral History Project

UNF Oral History Project Interview of Adam Darm by James B. Crooks on November 9, 2006

The Pan American (2006-11-09), Claudette Gonzalez

UTPA Archives - The Pan American Newspaper

56th Year, No. 12

Uncovering The Role Of Stress In Craniosynosostosis, Justin Heller

Yale Medicine Thesis Digital Library

Craniosynostosis is the premature fusion of one or more of the cranial sutures resulting in skull deformity and possible brain dysfunction. It occurs in roughly 1 in 2,000 live births.1 It may be associated with syndromes or occur sporadically. Any cranial suture may be involved. The descriptions of the skull dysmorphologies have led to numerous hypotheses regarding the developmental trajectory of the synostosed skull, including the role of the cranial vault and cranial base. As proposed originally by Virchow (1851),2 the shape of the skull in craniosynostosis is usually attributed to a lack of local growth perpendicular to the fused …