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Inference For Survival Curves With Informatively Coarsened Discrete Event-Time Data: Application To Alive, Michelle Shardell, Daniel O. Scharfstein, David Vlahov, Noya Galai Aug 2007

Inference For Survival Curves With Informatively Coarsened Discrete Event-Time Data: Application To Alive, Michelle Shardell, Daniel O. Scharfstein, David Vlahov, Noya Galai

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

In many prospective studies, including AIDS Link to the Intravenous Experience (ALIVE), researchers are interested in comparing event-time distributions (e.g.,for human immunodeficiency virus seroconversion) between a small number of groups (e.g., risk behavior categories). However, these comparisons are complicated by participants missing visits or attending visits off schedule and seroconverting during this absence. Such data are interval-censored, or more generally,coarsened. Most analysis procedures rely on the assumption of non-informative censoring, a special case of coarsening at random that may produce biased results if not valid. Our goal is to perform inference for estimated survival functions across a small number of …


Council On Academic Affairs Minutes, Aug 16, 2007, Eastern Kentucky University Aug 2007

Council On Academic Affairs Minutes, Aug 16, 2007, Eastern Kentucky University

Council on Academic Affairs

No abstract provided.


Vol.35 N.13 August 16th 2007, Brown Publishing Company Aug 2007

Vol.35 N.13 August 16th 2007, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.


Yensick V. Comm Social Security Aug 2007

Yensick V. Comm Social Security

2007 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania


The Weekly Challenger, August 16, 2007, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Aug 2007

The Weekly Challenger, August 16, 2007, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The August 16, 2007, issue of The Weekly Challenger.


Chanticleer | Orientation 2007, Jacksonville State University Aug 2007

Chanticleer | Orientation 2007, Jacksonville State University

Chanticleer

No abstract provided.


Manifestations Of Nature, Bethany Krull Aug 2007

Manifestations Of Nature, Bethany Krull

Theses

I feel that humans in today’s society are distanced so much from their origins that we need to be reminded that our roots are deeply and firmly planted in the natural world. I feel that it is our society’s current disconnection and alienation from nature that is a key reason we have let the destruction of the environment go on for so long. This thesis consists of two parts. The first being a written investigation of the root causes of our society’s current alienation from nature and the second being a written account of the exhibition of a body of …


Particle Shape As Revealed By Spectral Depolarization, Donald D. Duncan, Michael Eugene Thomas Aug 2007

Particle Shape As Revealed By Spectral Depolarization, Donald D. Duncan, Michael Eugene Thomas

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Through a series of numerical simulations we explore some scatter effects due to nonspherical particles. Specifically, we examine the link between the aspect ratio of randomly oriented, prolate spheroidal particles and the resulting linear depolarization of the scattered light in the forward and backscatter directions. The particular objective is to detect the presence of randomly oriented particles that have a systematic size and aspect ratio. Calculations show that the spectral behavior of the linear depolarization reveals the aspect ratio of the scattering particles. The concept is demonstrated using the size, shape, and refractive index of the spore form of Bacillus …


Brazil's President Finds Ethanol A Hard Sell In Central America, Noticen Aug 2007

Brazil's President Finds Ethanol A Hard Sell In Central America, Noticen

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva visited four Central American nations in a tour of northern Latin America that began in Mexico. It was, for the most part, a "biofuels diplomacy" trip that was played in the media as pitting Lula's ethanol against Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's oil. By most accounts, oil won. Brazil is heavily invested in ethanol, and Lula has promoted the stuff as the future great source of the planet's energy and of the region's well-being.He met the greatest resistance to his message in Nicaragua, where President Daniel Ortega conditioned the expansion of ethanol production on …


Brazil's President Finds Ethanol A Hard Sell In Central America, Mike Leffert Aug 2007

Brazil's President Finds Ethanol A Hard Sell In Central America, Mike Leffert

NotiCen

No abstract provided.


Flint, Michigan: Dashboard Indicators Report, George A. Erickcek Aug 2007

Flint, Michigan: Dashboard Indicators Report, George A. Erickcek

Reports

Provides a Dashboard of Economic Indicators for the Flint, Michigan MSA.


Economic Dashboard Supplemental Report – Other Social And Economic Indicators, George A. Erickcek Aug 2007

Economic Dashboard Supplemental Report – Other Social And Economic Indicators, George A. Erickcek

Reports

No abstract provided.


Preliminary Design Of The Electrical Power Subsystem For The European Student Moon Orbiter Mission, Steve Ulrich, Jean-François Veilleux, François Corbin Aug 2007

Preliminary Design Of The Electrical Power Subsystem For The European Student Moon Orbiter Mission, Steve Ulrich, Jean-François Veilleux, François Corbin

Small Satellite Conference

The European Student Moon Orbiter (ESMO) spacecraft is a student-built mini satellite being designed for a mission to the Moon. Designing and launching mini satellites are becoming a current trend in the space sector since they provide an economic way to perform innovative scientific experiments and in-flight demonstration of novel space technologies. The generation, storage, control and distribution of the electrical power in a mini satellite represents unique challenges to the power engineer since the mass and volume restrictions are very stringent. Regardless of these problems, every subsystem and payload equipment must be operated within their specified voltage band whenever …


A Flight-Proven 2.4ghz Ism Band Cots Communications System For Small Satellites, Ignacio Mas, Christopher Kitts Aug 2007

A Flight-Proven 2.4ghz Ism Band Cots Communications System For Small Satellites, Ignacio Mas, Christopher Kitts

Small Satellite Conference

A communications system operating in the 2.4GHz ISM unlicensed band was developed for GeneSat-1, an innovative technology demonstration mission intended to validate the use of research quality instrumentation for in situ biological research and processing. As a key underlying mission-enabling technology, and responding to a lowcost, quick turn-around philosophy, this communications system is based on commercial-of-the-shelf components not originally intended for space flight. The system utilizes a frequency hopping spread spectrum technique widely used in wireless phones, Internet hubs and other devices. This approach provided exceptional benefits relevant to small satellite missions: low cost, highly integrated hardware resulting in small …


Billikensat-Ii: The First Bio-Fuel Cell Test Platform For Space , Sanjay Jayaram, Darren Pais, Sonia Hernez, Paul Lemon, Nathaniel Clark, Benjamin Corrado, Brian Vitale, Justin Kerber, Elena Nogales, Jorge Moya, Robert Arechaderra Aug 2007

Billikensat-Ii: The First Bio-Fuel Cell Test Platform For Space , Sanjay Jayaram, Darren Pais, Sonia Hernez, Paul Lemon, Nathaniel Clark, Benjamin Corrado, Brian Vitale, Justin Kerber, Elena Nogales, Jorge Moya, Robert Arechaderra

Small Satellite Conference

Saint Louis University’s Space Systems Research Laboratory has designed and built an earth orbiting student project called BillikenSat-II that will carry a payload to test a Bio-Fuel Cell experiment. This satellite conforms to the CubeSat standard and is a pico-class satellite weighing a maximum of 1 kg and having dimensions of 10 cm x 10 cm x 10 cm. The satellite is to be launched on a converted Russian ICBM via the DNEPR program, in coordination with California Polytechnic and State University (CalPoly, San Luis Obispo, CA) at a launch date to be determined. This paper will describe BillikenSat II’s …


Flight Results From The Genesat-1 Biological Microsatellite Mission, Christopher Kitts, Karolyn Ronzano, Richard Rasay, Ignacio Mas, Phelps Williams, Paul Mahacek, Giovanni Minelli, John Hines, Elwood Agasid, Charlie Friedericks, Matthew Piccini, Macarena Parra, Linda Timucin, C. Beasley, Mike Henschke, Ed Luzzi, Nghia Mai, Mike Mcintyre, Robert Ricks, David Squires, Chris Storment, John Tucker, Bruce Yost, Greg Defouw, Antonio Ricco Aug 2007

Flight Results From The Genesat-1 Biological Microsatellite Mission, Christopher Kitts, Karolyn Ronzano, Richard Rasay, Ignacio Mas, Phelps Williams, Paul Mahacek, Giovanni Minelli, John Hines, Elwood Agasid, Charlie Friedericks, Matthew Piccini, Macarena Parra, Linda Timucin, C. Beasley, Mike Henschke, Ed Luzzi, Nghia Mai, Mike Mcintyre, Robert Ricks, David Squires, Chris Storment, John Tucker, Bruce Yost, Greg Defouw, Antonio Ricco

Small Satellite Conference

The mission of the GeneSat-1 technology demonstration spacecraft is to validate the use of research-quality instrumentation for in situ biological research and processing. To execute this mission, the GeneSat-1 satellite was launched on December 16, 2006 from Wallops Flight Facility as a secondary payload off of a Minotaur launch vehicle. During the first week of operation, the core biological growth test was successfully executed, and by the end of the first month of operation all primary science and engineering test objectives had been successfully performed. In its current phase of operation, a variety of secondary technology characterizations tests are being …


Space Validation Of The Inertial Stellar Compass, T. Brady, S. Buckley, M. Leammukda Aug 2007

Space Validation Of The Inertial Stellar Compass, T. Brady, S. Buckley, M. Leammukda

Small Satellite Conference

Draper’s Inertial Stellar Compass (ISC) is a real-time, miniature, low power stellar inertial attitude determination system, composed of a wide field-of-view active pixel sensor (APS) star camera and a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) gyro assembly, with associated processing and power electronics. The integrated APS and MEMS gyro technologies provide a 3-axis attitude determination system with accuracy better than 0.1 degree at very low power and mass. The attitude knowledge provided by the ISC is applicable to a wide range of space missions that may include the use of highly maneuverable, stabilized, or even tumbling spacecraft. Under the guidance of NASA’s New …


Appliqué Sensor Interface Module: An Enabling Technology For Space Plug-And-Play Systems, Jeffrey Scott, James Lyke, Patrick Mcguirk, Mark Shaw, Don Fronterhouse Aug 2007

Appliqué Sensor Interface Module: An Enabling Technology For Space Plug-And-Play Systems, Jeffrey Scott, James Lyke, Patrick Mcguirk, Mark Shaw, Don Fronterhouse

Small Satellite Conference

One approach to addressing the aggressive demands of the Operationally Responsive Space mission has been the development of the Space Plug-and-Play Avionics (SPA) architecture. The SPA architecture enables the rapid development of space systems through the assembly of self-describing components. The automation inherent in the SPA concept makes it possible to build systems in a fraction of the time by reducing human-induced interface errors, one of the key factors resulting in costly developmental delays. One of the key enablers of this paradigm shift is the Appliqué Sensor Interface Module (ASIM). Just as a USB interface chip makes it possible to …


Five Years Orbit Experience Of A Small Satellite Hyperspectral Imaging Mission, Mike Cutter, Martin Sweeting Aug 2007

Five Years Orbit Experience Of A Small Satellite Hyperspectral Imaging Mission, Mike Cutter, Martin Sweeting

Small Satellite Conference

This paper will summarise the results of a hyperspectral imaging mission that has now completed more than five years in orbit and is providing a wealth of data to Users across the world. The mission has demonstrated, fairly conclusively, that such sophisticated payloads can be implemented successfully on a small satellite platform. The instrument being flown is the Compact High Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (CHRIS) developed within the Optical Payload Group (OPG) of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. The instrument is flying on PROBA, a small agile satellite, which was launched in October 2001. The platform provides pointing in both across-track and …


Razor's Edge, August 15, 2007-October 11, 2007, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. College Of Engineering Aug 2007

Razor's Edge, August 15, 2007-October 11, 2007, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. College Of Engineering

Razor’s Edge

No abstract provided.


2007-2008, Collin College Aug 2007

2007-2008, Collin College

Course Catalogs

Contains information on courses and class descriptions as well as campus resources at Collin College.


Force-Response Considerations In Ciliary Mechanosensation, Andrew Resnick, Ulrich Hopfer Aug 2007

Force-Response Considerations In Ciliary Mechanosensation, Andrew Resnick, Ulrich Hopfer

Physics Faculty Publications

Considerable experimental evidence indicates that the primary, nonmotile cilium is a mechanosensory organelle in several epithelial cell types. As the relationship between cellular responses and nature and magnitude of applied forces is not well understood, we have investigated the effects of exposure of monolayers of renal collecting duct chief cells to orbital shaking and quantified the forces incident on cilia. An exposure of 24 h of these cells to orbital shaking resulted in a decrease of amiloride-sensitive sodium current by ∼60% and ciliary length by ∼30%. The sensitivity of the sodium current to shaking was dependent on intact cilia. The …


Eng 3405-001: Children's Literature, John Moore Aug 2007

Eng 3405-001: Children's Literature, John Moore

Fall 2007

No abstract provided.


Volume 44, Number 86: August 15, 2007, University Of North Dakota Aug 2007

Volume 44, Number 86: August 15, 2007, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.


Long-Term Consequences Of Methamphetamine Exposure In Young Adults Are Exacerbated In Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Heterozygous Mice, Heather A. Boger, Lawrence D. Middaugh, Kennerly S. Patrick, Sammanda Ramamoorthy, Emily D. Deheny, Haojie Zhu, Alejandra M. Pacchioni, Ann-Charlotte Granholm, Jacqueline F. Mcginty Aug 2007

Long-Term Consequences Of Methamphetamine Exposure In Young Adults Are Exacerbated In Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Heterozygous Mice, Heather A. Boger, Lawrence D. Middaugh, Kennerly S. Patrick, Sammanda Ramamoorthy, Emily D. Deheny, Haojie Zhu, Alejandra M. Pacchioni, Ann-Charlotte Granholm, Jacqueline F. Mcginty

MUSC Faculty Journal Articles

Methamphetamine abuse in young adults has long-term deleterious effects on brain function that are associated with damage to monoaminergic neurons. Administration of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor (GDNF) protects dopamine neurons from the toxic effects of methamphetamine in animal models. Therefore, we hypothesized that a partial GDNF gene deletion would increase the susceptibility of mice to methamphetamine neurotoxicity during young adulthood and possibly increase age-related deterioration of behavior and dopamine function. Two weeks after a methamphetamine binge (4 x 10 mg/kg, i.p., at 2 h intervals), GDNF +/- mice had a significantly greater reduction of tyrosine hydroxylase immunoreactivity in the …


Eng 1001g-010: Composition And Language, Leann Athey Aug 2007

Eng 1001g-010: Composition And Language, Leann Athey

Fall 2007

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002g-003: Composition And Literature, Debra Valentino Aug 2007

Eng 1002g-003: Composition And Literature, Debra Valentino

Fall 2007

No abstract provided.


Eng 1001g-060: Composition And Language, Leann Athey Aug 2007

Eng 1001g-060: Composition And Language, Leann Athey

Fall 2007

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002g-006: Composition And Literature, Mccormick Aug 2007

Eng 1002g-006: Composition And Literature, Mccormick

Fall 2007

No abstract provided.


Eng 1002g-002: Composition And Literature, Tammy Veach Aug 2007

Eng 1002g-002: Composition And Literature, Tammy Veach

Fall 2007

No abstract provided.