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Bridges : Newsletter Of The Stony Brook Health Sciences Chapter Of United University Professions, Stony Brook University Dec 2007

Bridges : Newsletter Of The Stony Brook Health Sciences Chapter Of United University Professions, Stony Brook University

Bridges Newsletter (UUP HSC Chapter)

Newsletter

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An Evaluation Of Operation Street Sweeper - 2006, Andrew Giacomazzi, Jeremy D. Ball Dec 2007

An Evaluation Of Operation Street Sweeper - 2006, Andrew Giacomazzi, Jeremy D. Ball

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications and Presentations

Operation Street Sweeper (OSS) was a multi-level, interagency collaboration with multiple purposes. According to OSS documents, Operation Street Sweeper goals included the following: (1) to reduce gang-related criminal and violent activity in Nampa and Caldwell, Idaho through aggressive, proactive, and coordinated street enforcement between the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) and local law enforcement; (2) to deter criminal activity through high profile enforcement activity; (3) to develop and/or increase the number of positive community contacts; (4) to show the community and gang members that law enforcement is serious about reducing gang and violent crime in the area; and …

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Bankruptcy Probability Changes And The Differential Informativeness Of Bond Upgrades And Downgrades, Yongtae Kim, Sandeep Nabar Dec 2007

Bankruptcy Probability Changes And The Differential Informativeness Of Bond Upgrades And Downgrades, Yongtae Kim, Sandeep Nabar

Accounting

Prior studies have found that stock returns around announcements of bond upgrades are insignificant, but that stock prices respond negatively to announcements of bond downgrades. This asymmetric stock market reaction suggests either that bond downgrades are timelier than upgrades, or that voluntary disclosures by managers preempt upgrades but not downgrades. This study investigates these conjectures by examining changes in firms' probabilities of bankruptcy (assessed using bankruptcy prediction models) and voluntary disclosure activity around rating change announcements. The results indicate that the assessed probability of bankruptcy decreases before bond upgrades, but not after. By contrast, the assessed probability of bankruptcy increases …

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Dit News, 1st.-31st. Of December, 2007, Dit:Students Union Dec 2007

Dit News, 1st.-31st. Of December, 2007, Dit:Students Union

DIT Student Union

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Neuroanatomy Of The Subadult And Fetal Brain Of The Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus Acutus) From In Situ Magnetic Resonance Images, Eric W. Montie, Gerald E. Schneider, Darlene R. Ketten, Lori Marino, Katie E. Touhey, Mark E. Hahn Dec 2007

Neuroanatomy Of The Subadult And Fetal Brain Of The Atlantic White-Sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus Acutus) From In Situ Magnetic Resonance Images, Eric W. Montie, Gerald E. Schneider, Darlene R. Ketten, Lori Marino, Katie E. Touhey, Mark E. Hahn

Veterinary Science and Medicine Collection

This article provides the first anatomically labeled, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) -based atlas of the subadult and fetal Atlantic white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) brain. It differs from previous MRI-based atlases of cetaceans in that it was created from images of fresh, postmortem brains in situ rather than extracted, formalin-fixed brains. The in situ images displayed the classic hallmarks of odontocete brains: fore-shortened orbital lobes and pronounced temporal width. Olfactory structures were absent and auditory regions (e.g., temporal lobes and inferior colliculi) were enlarged. In the subadult and fetal postmortem MRI scans, the hippocampus was identifiable, despite the relatively small size …

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Systematic Reviews Of Animal Experiments Demonstrate Poor Human Clinical And Toxicological Utility, Andrew Knight Dec 2007

Systematic Reviews Of Animal Experiments Demonstrate Poor Human Clinical And Toxicological Utility, Andrew Knight

Experimentation Collection

The assumption that animal models are reasonably predictive of human outcomes provides the basis for their widespread use in toxicity testing and in biomedical research aimed at developing cures for human diseases. To investigate the validity of this assumption, the comprehensive Scopus biomedical bibliographic databases were searched for published systematic reviews of the human clinical or toxicological utility of animal experiments. In 20 reviews in which clinical utility was examined, the authors concluded that animal models were either significantly useful in contributing to the development of clinical interventions, or were substantially consistent with clinical outcomes, in only two cases, one …

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Evaluation Of Current Nonlinear Static Procedures For Concrete Buildings Using Recorded Strong-Motion Data, Rakesh K. Goel, Charles Chadwell Dec 2007

Evaluation Of Current Nonlinear Static Procedures For Concrete Buildings Using Recorded Strong-Motion Data, Rakesh K. Goel, Charles Chadwell

Civil and Environmental Engineering

This study evaluates current Nonlinear Static Procedures (NSPs) specified in the FEMA356, ASCE-41, ATC-40, and FEMA-440 documents using strong-motion data from reinforced-concrete buildings. For this purpose, three-dimensional computer models of five reinforced concrete buildings – Imperial County Services Building, Sherman Oaks Commercial Building, North Hollywood Hotel, Watsonville Commercial Building, and Santa Barbara Office Building – are developed. When appropriate, springs at the building’s base are included to account for the soil-structure interaction effects. These buildings are selected because they were strongly shaken, several deformed beyond their linear-elastic range, during past earthquakes and their recorded motions are available. The recorded motions …

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Global Vor Gain Adaptation During Near Fixation To Foveal Targets, Jason A. Williams, Bruce Bridgeman, Tadg Woods, Robert Welch Dec 2007

Global Vor Gain Adaptation During Near Fixation To Foveal Targets, Jason A. Williams, Bruce Bridgeman, Tadg Woods, Robert Welch

Psychology and Child Development

Long-term rotational vestibulo-ocular (VOR) adaptation occurs during systematic dysmetria between visual and vestibular afferents, adjusting eye-rotation angular velocity to re-establish retinal stability of the visual field. Due to translational motion of the eyes during head rotation, VOR gain is higher when fixating near objects. The current study measures VOR in humans before and after 6min of exposure to a foveal near-target during sinusoidal whole-body rotation at 0.45 Hz. All of six participants showed post-exposure increases in open-loop VOR gain after fixating near targets, demonstrating a mean modulation increase of open-loop VOR gain from 0.86 before adaptation to 1.2 after adaptation. …

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Markov-Based Lane Positioning Using Intervehicle Communication, Thanh-Son Dao, Keith Yu Kit Leung, Christopher M. Clark, Jan Paul Huissoon Dec 2007

Markov-Based Lane Positioning Using Intervehicle Communication, Thanh-Son Dao, Keith Yu Kit Leung, Christopher M. Clark, Jan Paul Huissoon

Computer Science and Software Engineering

The majority of today's navigation techniques for intelligent transportation systems use global positioning systems (GPS) that can provide position information with bounded errors. However, due to the low accuracy that is experienced with standard GPS, it is difficult to determine a vehicle's position at lane level. Using a Markov-based approach based on sharing information among a group of vehicles that are traveling within communication range, the lane positions of vehicles can be found. The algorithm's effectiveness is shown in both simulations and experiments with real data.

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Protecting Factfinders From Being Overly Misled, While Still Admitting To Weakly Supported Forensic Science Into Evidence, Michael J. Saks Dec 2007

Protecting Factfinders From Being Overly Misled, While Still Admitting To Weakly Supported Forensic Science Into Evidence, Michael J. Saks

Tulsa Law Review

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Forgiveness Dec 2007

Forgiveness

Shabbat Shalom: A Journal for Jewish-Christian Reconciliation

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Biological Assessment On The Operation Of Glen Canyon Dam And Proposed Experimental Flows For The Colorado River Below Glen Canyon Dam During The Years 2008-2012, U.S. Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Salt Lake City, Utah Dec 2007

Biological Assessment On The Operation Of Glen Canyon Dam And Proposed Experimental Flows For The Colorado River Below Glen Canyon Dam During The Years 2008-2012, U.S. Department Of The Interior, Bureau Of Reclamation, Upper Colorado Region, Salt Lake City, Utah

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This document serves as the biological assessment for the Bureau of Reclamation's (Reclamation) re-initiation of consultation on the operation of Glen Canyon Dam and proposed experimental flows for the Colorado River below Glen Canyon Dam during the years 2008-2012. It is prepared by Reclamation as part of its compliance with the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), 87 Stat. 884, as amended, 16 U.S.C. section 1531 et seq. This document is designed to facilitate compliance with Sections 7 and 9 of the ESA with respect to potential effects to listed species within the United States (US).

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Island Times, Dec 2007 - Jan 2008, Mary Lou Wendell Dec 2007

Island Times, Dec 2007 - Jan 2008, Mary Lou Wendell

Island Times Newspaper, 2007

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Classification By Ensembles From Random Partitions Using Logistic Regression Models, Noha Lim Dec 2007

Classification By Ensembles From Random Partitions Using Logistic Regression Models, Noha Lim

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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A Family-Based Likelihood Ratio Test For General Pedigree Structures That Allows For Missing Data And Genotyping Errors, Yang Yang Dec 2007

A Family-Based Likelihood Ratio Test For General Pedigree Structures That Allows For Missing Data And Genotyping Errors, Yang Yang

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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A Multiscale, Geometric Algorithm For Non-Parametric Data Exploration With An Application To Genomic Data, Joseph Mcquown Dec 2007

A Multiscale, Geometric Algorithm For Non-Parametric Data Exploration With An Application To Genomic Data, Joseph Mcquown

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Evaporative Cooling And Bose-Einstein Condensation Of Rb-87 In A Moving-Coil Top Trap Geometry, Daniel Guenther Greif Dec 2007

Evaporative Cooling And Bose-Einstein Condensation Of Rb-87 In A Moving-Coil Top Trap Geometry, Daniel Guenther Greif

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Folding Of Α-Helical Proteins And Protein Design Using Non-Coded Amino Acids, Benben Song Dec 2007

Folding Of Α-Helical Proteins And Protein Design Using Non-Coded Amino Acids, Benben Song

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Measurement Of Νμ Disappearance In The K2k Experiment With An Expanded Fiducial Volume At Super-Kamiokande, Ryan Vincent Terri Dec 2007

Measurement Of Νμ Disappearance In The K2k Experiment With An Expanded Fiducial Volume At Super-Kamiokande, Ryan Vincent Terri

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Cache-Oblivious Data Structures For Massive Data Sets, Haodong Hu Dec 2007

Cache-Oblivious Data Structures For Massive Data Sets, Haodong Hu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Accelerating Computed Tomography On Commodity Graphics Hardware, Fang Xu Dec 2007

Accelerating Computed Tomography On Commodity Graphics Hardware, Fang Xu

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Defeating Memory Error Expolits Using Automated Software Diversity, Sandeep Bhatkar Dec 2007

Defeating Memory Error Expolits Using Automated Software Diversity, Sandeep Bhatkar

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Investigating The Use Of Brainfingers In Children With Cerebral Palsy For Spatial-Motor Education, Nicholas Herman Dec 2007

Investigating The Use Of Brainfingers In Children With Cerebral Palsy For Spatial-Motor Education, Nicholas Herman

HMC Senior Theses

Cyberlink:Brainfingers is a human computer user interface that supports hands free computer access. This is especially valuable technology for disabled individuals who lack the motor skills necessary to use a keyboard and mouse easily. Over the course of two months, four students with cerebral palsy, a motor disorder, used Brainfingers to play a variety of spatial software. The primary aims were to see if use of Brainfingers with spatial software could improve the spatial motor abilities of students with cerebral palsy, as well as to assess any apparent behavioral changes. Two of the students showed a large increase in spatial …

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Phylogenetic Implications Of A Unique 5.8s Nrdna Insertion In Cyperaceae, Julian R. Starr, Geneviève Gravel, Anne Bruneau, A. Muthama Muasya Dec 2007

Phylogenetic Implications Of A Unique 5.8s Nrdna Insertion In Cyperaceae, Julian R. Starr, Geneviève Gravel, Anne Bruneau, A. Muthama Muasya

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

The purpose of this study was to assess the phylogenetic utility of a large insertion (3 bp) in the 5.8S gene of nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) in Cyperaceae and selected Juncaceae. This was done by reconstructing the character evolution of the insertion on a phylogeny derived from rbcL sequences. Results suggest that the insertion was gained once at the base of Cyperaceae followed by multiple losses in its most-derived taxa. Despite several homoplastic losses (CI = 0.20), the pattern of insertion loss (RI = 0.88), and base pair variation within the insertion were useful for defining sedge clades at …

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Chromosome Number Changes Associated With Speciation In Sedges: A Phylogenetic Study In Carex Section Ovales (Cyperaceae) Using Aflp Data, Andrew L. Hipp, Paul E. Rothrock, Anton A. Reznicek, Paul E. Berry Dec 2007

Chromosome Number Changes Associated With Speciation In Sedges: A Phylogenetic Study In Carex Section Ovales (Cyperaceae) Using Aflp Data, Andrew L. Hipp, Paul E. Rothrock, Anton A. Reznicek, Paul E. Berry

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

Phylogenetic analysis of amplified fragment length polymorphisms (AFLP) was used to infer patterns of morphologic and chromosomal evolution in an eastern North American group of sedges (ENA clade I of Carex sect. Ovales). Distance analyses of AFLP data recover a tree that is topologically congruent with previous phylogenetic estimates based on nuclear ribosomal DNA (nrDNA) sequences and provide support for four species groups within ENA clade I. A maximum likelihood method designed for analysis of restriction site data is used to evaluate the strength of support for alternative topologies. While there is little support for the precise placement of …

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Variability Of Bluegrass (Poa) In Siberia, Marina V. Olonova Dec 2007

Variability Of Bluegrass (Poa) In Siberia, Marina V. Olonova

Aliso: A Journal of Systematic and Floristic Botany

Siberian bluegrass (Poa) includes a number of polymorphic species such as P. arctica s.l., P. nemoralis s.l., P. palustris s.l., P. pratensis s.l., P. sibirica s.l., and P. smirnovii s.l., plus numerous hybrids and purported derivatives (e.g., P. attenuata s.l., P. glauca s.l., P. urssulensis s.l.). In Siberia Poa is represented by morphologically isolated species and hybrid-apomictic complexes, including both distinct species and taxonomic groups of obscure rank. Section Stenopoa is especially rich in these complexes. Most of the key morphological characters used in the taxonomy of bluegrass vary as much within populations as among populations and thus …

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Gravity-Driven Thin Liquid Films With Insoluble Surfactant: Smooth Traveling Waves, Rachel Levy, Michael Shearer, Thomas P. Witelski Dec 2007

Gravity-Driven Thin Liquid Films With Insoluble Surfactant: Smooth Traveling Waves, Rachel Levy, Michael Shearer, Thomas P. Witelski

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The flow of a thin layer of fluid down an inclined plane is modified by the presence of insoluble surfactant. For any finite surfactant mass, traveling waves are constructed for a system of lubrication equations describing the evolution of the free-surface fluid height and the surfactant concentration. The one-parameter family of solutions is investigated using perturbation theory with three small parameters: the coefficient of surface tension, the surfactant diffusivity, and the coefficient of the gravity-driven diffusive spreading of the fluid. When all three parameters are zero, the nonlinear PDE system is hyperbolic/degenerateparabolic, and admits traveling wave solutions in which the …

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An Integrated Social Actor And Service Oriented Architecture (Soa) Approach For Improved Electronic Health Record (Ehr) Privacy And Confidentiality In The Us National Healthcare Information Network (Nhin), Gondy Leroy, Elliot Sloane, Steven Sheetz Dec 2007

An Integrated Social Actor And Service Oriented Architecture (Soa) Approach For Improved Electronic Health Record (Ehr) Privacy And Confidentiality In The Us National Healthcare Information Network (Nhin), Gondy Leroy, Elliot Sloane, Steven Sheetz

CGU Faculty Publications and Research

The emerging US National Healthcare Information Network (NHIN) will improve healthcare’s efficacy, efficiency, and safety. The first-generation NHIN being developed has numerous advantages and limitations. One of the most difficult aspects of today’s NHIN is ensuring privacy and confidentiality for personal health data, because family and caregivers have multiple complex legal relationships to a patient. A Social Actor framework is suggested to organize and manage these legal roles, but the Social Actor framework would be very difficult to implement in today’s NHIN. Social Actor Security Management could, however, be effectively implemented using Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs), which are rapidly becoming …

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Parties Annexes Dec 2007

Parties Annexes

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

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Front Matter And Table Of Contents (V.69) Dec 2007

Front Matter And Table Of Contents (V.69)

Présence Francophone: Revue internationale de langue et de littérature

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