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Modulation Of Endothelial Cell Activation By Omega-6 And Omega-3 Fatty Acids, Lei Wang

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

Endothelial activation is considered to be an early and critical event in the pathology of atherogenesis which can be modified by environmental factors such as diet, pollutants, and lifestyle habits. Dietary andamp;ugrave;-6 and andamp;ugrave;-3 fatty acids have been reported to either amplify or diminish inflammatory responses related to atherosclerosis development. However, the interactions of andamp;ugrave;-6 and andamp;ugrave;-3 fatty acids with inflammatory cytokines or organic pollutants on endothelial cell activation are not well understood. The studies presented in this dissertation tested the hypothesis that andamp;ugrave;-6 and andamp;ugrave;-3 fatty acids alone, or in varying ratios can differently modulate pro-atherogenic mediators and inflammatory …

Information Visualization For Business Applications, Ramesh Gopalakrishnan

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Business applications are generating ever-increasing amounts of data, and more and more of [these] data are in real-time data. Data mining is a standard feature in most data management system[s] for retrieving complex information but the challenge is about how to represent [this] information in an effective way for better analysis and decision making. With this rich information, the challenge still remains to derive the most business value from [an] ever-increasing amount of available information. Information visualization can significantly solve this problem for handling such complex and high volumes of data to be represented in business applications. Through this research, …

Agent Based Supply Chain Architecture For Modern Supply Chain Management, Vilesh S. Salunkhe

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A Supply chain is a linked series of various business partners that participate in the process of developing a finished product from raw materials. Supply chain management is the process of managing all the related activities. Though decisions are made by each business partner on their own, frequent interaction with other partners is a must. Timely response and high accuracy in the decisions made require collection of related data, analysis, and conclusion steps without missing a beat. However, these steps are tedious, complex, and very error prone as often these decisions are made by people with multiple responsibilities and frequent …

The Lawyer Is Not The Protagonist: Community Campaigns, Law, And Social Change, The Symposium: Race, Economic Justice, And Community Lawyering In The New Century: Concluding Essay, Jennifer Gordon

Faculty Scholarship

Stories about law and social change can have a sameness to them. Yet in many ways, the tales told in this volume stand out from the crowd. Each story is shaped around a campaign undertaken by a community organization or coalition deeply engaged in the struggle for racial and economic justice. Attorneys appear as supporting players rather than main characters, seeking to help organizations build the power needed to achieve their goals. These lawyers translate information about the law into lay language, pressure opponents, defend the organization, open up spaces for community voice and action, and seek to establish new …

Distance Learning In Collegiate Aviation: A Survey Of The Historical, Theoretical, And Contemporary Aspects, C. Daniel Prather

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

Distance learning, which, for the purpose of this study, is defined as academic courses that can be completed via the computer and internet and entirely absent from the traditional classroom, has seen tremendous growth in the past decade. In fact, according to management guru Peter Drucker, "The future [of higher education] is outside the traditional campus, outside the traditional classroom. Distance learning is coming on fast" (Gubernick & Ebeling, 1997, para. 4). Indeed, according to the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO), about 1 in 13 post-secondary students enrolls in at least one distance learning course each semester (U.S. GAO, 2002). …

The Effectiveness Of Augmented Reality As A Facilitator Of Information Acquisition In Aviation Maintenance Applications, R. Brian Valimont, Sathya N. Gangadharan, Dennis A. Vincenzi, Anthony E. Majoros

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

Until recently, in the field of Augmented Reality (AR) little research attention has been paid to the cognitive benefits of this emerging technology. AR, the synthesis of computer images and text in the real world, affords a supplement to normal information acquisition that has yet to be fully explored and exploited. AR achieves a more smooth and seamless interface by complementing human cognitive networks, and aiding information integration through multimodal sensory elaboration (visual, verbal, proprioceptive, and tactile memory) while the user is performing real world tasks. AR also incorporates visuo-spatial ability, which involves the representations of spatial information in memory. …

Single Dna Conformations And Biological Function, Ralf Metzler, Tobias Ambjoernsson, Andreas Hanke, Yongli Zhang, Stephen Levene

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

From a nanoscience perspective, cellular processes and their reduced in vitro imitations provide extraordinary examples for highly robust few or single molecule reaction pathways. A prime example are biochemical reactions involving DNA molecules, and the coupling of these reactions to the physical conformations of DNA. In this review, we summarise recent results on the following phenomena: We investigate the biophysical properties of DNA-looping and the equilibrium configurations of DNA-knots, whose relevance to biological processes are increasingly appreciated. We discuss how random DNA-looping may be related to the efficiency of the target search process of proteins for their specific binding site …

The Morality Of Property, Thomas W. Merrill, Henry E. Smith

Faculty Scholarship

The relationship between property and morality has been obscured by three elements in our intellectual tradition. First is the assumption, which can be traced to Bentham, that property is a pure creature of law. An institution assumed to be wholly dependent on law for its existence is unlikely to be infused with strong moral content. Second is the related tradition, also Benthamite, of examining questions about property law from a utilitarian perspective. Utilitarianism is, of course, a moral theory. But in its modern applications, based on price theory and cost-benefit analysis, it adopts a framework largely indifferent to questions of …

China's Network Justice, Benjamin L. Liebman, Tim Wu

Faculty Scholarship

China's Internet revolution has set off a furious debate in the West. Optimists from Thomas Friedman to Bill Clinton have predicted the crumbling of the Chinese Party-state ("Party-state"), while pessimists suggest even greater state control. But a far less discussed and researched subject is the effect of China's Internet revolution on its domestic institutions. This Article, the product of extensive interviews across China, asks a new and different question. What has China's Internet revolution meant for its legal system? What does cheaper, if not free, speech mean for Chinese judges?

The broader goal of this Article is to better understand …

Launching A Global Rule Of Law Movement: Next Steps November 10, 2005, Katharina Pistor, William Ide, Sandra Day O'Connor, Hilario Davide

Faculty Scholarship

KATHERINE PISTOR: Let me just first express my thanks to the American Bar Association for asking me to be the rapporteur for this conference. I've always felt honored for having been asked. I have to say I feel now even more humbled by the collective wisdom and experience and know-how that has been assembled here and has been expressed over the past two days. So I am in no position right now to pull it all together and give you the strategy of how to move forward. In fact, I do plan to come back to many of you and …

Keeping The Internet Neutral?: Tim Wu And Christopher Yoo Debate, Tim Wu, Christopher S. Yoo

Faculty Scholarship

"Net neutrality" has been among the leading issues of telecommunications policy this decade. Is the neutrality of the Internet fundamental to its success, and worth regulating to protect, or simply a technical design subject to improvement? In this debate-form commentary, Tim Wu and Christopher Yoo make clear the connection between net neutrality and broader issues of national telecommunications policy.

The Gap Between What We Know And What We Do About Childhood Obesity: A Multi-Factor Model For Assessment, Intervention, And Prevention, Kim Hiatt, Linda Riebel, Harris Friedman

Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

Childhood obesity in the United States has increased alarmingly and much is becoming known about multiple factors that contribute to this epidemic. These include environmental (e.g., prevalent junk foods), behavioral (e.g., inactivity), intrapsychic (e.g., depression), interpersonal (e.g., parenting style), as well as biological, socioeconomic, and cultural factors, to name just a few. A comprehensive multi-factor model of childhood obesity is presented based on extant research and its implications for assessment, intervention, and prevention are explored. Emphasis is placed on the importance of developing sound assessment approaches, on the potential value of treatment matching using interventions focused on assessment results on …

Nyar Savannah Program 2007, National Youth-At-Risk Conference, Savannah

National Youth Advocacy & Resilience Conference

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Assessing Deaf College Students With Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: Behavior Rating Inventory Of Executive Function – Adult Version Versus Caars, Rebecca Mowell

Theses

This study examined the sensitivity of two instruments used in assessing Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) with deaf individuals. Forty deaf college students, 20 with a diagnosis of ADHD and 20 controls, completed the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function – Adult Version (BRIEF-A) and the Connors’ Adult ADHD Rating Scale (CAARS). An analysis of variance (ANOVA), multivariate analyses of variance (MANOVA), and sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value analyses found that both the BRIEF-A and CAARS were adequate behavior rating scales for measuring ADHD symptoms in a deaf population. Results also revealed that the BRIEF-A was a more specific measure …

Selenium And Trace Element Distribution In Astragalus Plants: Developing A Differential Pulse Polarographic Method For Their Determination, Güler Somer, A. Cengi̇z Çalişkan

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Astragalus plants have a wide range of applications in pharmaceuticals (gum tragacanth), as thickening agents in foods, and may have applications in controlling cancer cells. They are used as feed for animals and they are indicator plants for selenium. Because of their use in health-related areas it is very important to determine their selenium and trace element content with high accuracy. A new differential pulse polarographic method was established for trace element determination (10 elements) and their distribution in these plants. The Astragalus plants investigated in this work are Astragalus microcephalus and Astragalus lusitanicus, which grow almost everywhere. Their roots, …

Preparation And Characterization Of Ordered Tio_2 Photocatalysts: Films And Mesoporous Structures, Orçun Ergün, Osman Karslioğlu, Ayşen Yilmaz, Deni̇z Üner

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Two different ordered TiO_2 structures were prepared as sol-gel films coated on glass and as mesoporous structures in order to study the effect, in 2-D or in 3-D, of bulk size on photocatalytic activity. Multilayer TiO_2 films were coated on glass by the sol-gel dip coating method. The UV-VIS characteristics of the films, with respect to the number of coating layers, were monitored. UV-VIS measurements implied an ordered TiO_2 structure grown on ITO glass. The second approach involved loading TiO_2 in mesoporous SBA-15 powder. Ti-SBA-15 with Ti/Si (mole/mole) ratios between 0.05 and 0.30 were prepared and characterized by XRD and …

Quarry, Matt Kleis

Theses

A descriptive narration of a project to create a 3-D computer animated film, "Quarry," about a gargoyle in a big city and a little girl who comes to have a special bond with him. Includes original proposal, storyboard example, production stills, script, and set design and character.

Preparation And Processing Of Novel Precursors For Β-Bbo Nonlinear Optical Thin Films Using 1) 2, 4, 6- Triphenylcyclotriboroxine, Cryptand 2.2.2, And Barium Hydride And 2) 2, 4, 6-Trimethoxycyclotriboroxane, 18- Crown-6, And Barium Metal, Krista M. Fridman

Theses

Certain optical materials interact with high intensity light in a nonlinear way causing the emission of higher energy photons. Nonlinear optical thin films have many promising uses such as frequency converters, optical switches, and data storage devices. Betabarium borate (β-BaB204, β-BBO) was chosen for this investigation due to its large optical transparency range, high radiation damage threshold, and its ability to up-convert infrared light to the ultraviolet (UV) and visible region. The preparation and processing of two novel precursors for β-BBO nonlinear optical thin films were studied using 1) 2, 4, 6-triphenylcyclotriboroxine, cryptand 2.2.2, and barium hydride and 2) 2, …

Wide Bandgap Semiconductors For Harsh Environment Imaging: Temperature Dependence Of P-N Junction Detector Efficiency, Danielle Merritt

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The majority of image detectors to date have used silicon photodiode arrays for light capture and image formation. However, as imaging is performed in increasingly harsh environments, conventional silicon arrays begin to reach their physical device limitations and fail. Harsh imaging conditions include short wavelengths, high temperatures, and/or high radiation conditions. To aid future detector development, the theoretical energy-conversion efficiency of wide-bandgap semiconductor materials, which are long known for their favorable properties in harsh environments, has been studied. It has been hypothesized, but not shown until now, that wide bandgap semiconductors have better energy-conversion efficiencies at higher temperatures than conventional …

Process Development For Integration Of Cofeb/Mgo-Based Magnetic Tunnel Junction (Mtj) Device On Silicon, Shrinivas Pandharpure

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Methods of communication and dissemination of information have changed dramatically with the emergence of the Internet and mobile phones. To sustain this revolution, we need reliable mass storage devices which would store information not only in large amount in small space but also for long time. Therefore, realizing high performance memory technologies is very critical for this revolution. This work contributes towards the development of one such technology; Magnetic Random Access Memory (MRAM) based on Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ). The research conducted in this study is primarily focused on the process development for integrating MTJ on silicon. The film stack …

Application Of Maldis-Ms To Identification Of Phytoplankton In Ballast Water, Dana Woodruff, Karen L. Wahl, Nancy B. Valentine, Fred Dobbs

OES Faculty Publications

Non-native invasive species are increasingly evident in marine and estuarine environments, largely because of the intake and release of ballast water from sea vessels. Innovative methods are needed to quickly and accurately detect and speciate non-native and/or harmful phytoplankton in ballast water. Recent advances in ionization techniques such as matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry (MALDI-MS) have allowed detection of intact biomolecules within ballast samples. Statistically-based algorithms are used to discern "fingerprints" of phytoplankton species and to discern individual species from mixtures. MALDI-MS is particularly attractive for field applications because of the speed of analysis, minimal liquids/consumables required, and femtomole (10-15) …

Parametric & Non-Parametric Background Subtraction Model With Object Tracking For Venus, Karthik Chandrasekaran

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Ambivalence & Hope, Jeremy C. Stipano

Theses

A descriptive narration of the creation of the artist's thesis exhibition, the central pieces of which are Ambivalence, a walnut and zebrawood sculpture, and Hope, a mahogany and canary wood sculpture. Other pieces and materials surrounding Ambivalence and Hope include mono-prints made with paint and found objects, ink drawings, and two experimental multimedia sculptures, Inner Hope and External Ambivalence.

Fin To Feather, Rebecca L. Rogers

Theses

A descriptive narration of a project to create a computer animated film, "Fin to Feather." This film utilizes a mix of 3D and 2D techniques to tell the story of a fish and a bird in a pet shop who fall in love. Includes original proposal, pre-production notes and conceptual art, storyboards, models and texture maps, sheet music and composer's notes, production stills, and credits.

Parallelizing The Cluster Rank Analysis Application, Anthony G. Esposito Jr.

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A wide range of researchers is beginning to utilize customized statistical methods for analyzing data as hardware and software become cheaper and more widely available. Cluster Rank Analysis (CRA) is an existing multivariate statistical algorithm that existed as an inefficient service-oriented application. Here it is described how CRA was optimized and parallelized using an available computing cluster and both open source and custom software. This was followed by the development of a command-line submission system for CRA jobs, as well as a Web retrieval system for the results of analyses. A subsequent timing study revealed speedup that quickly rose to …

Synthesis, Spectroscopic Investigation, Crystal Structure, And Biological Screening, Including Antitumor Activity, Of Organotin(Iv) Derivatives Of Piperonylic Acid, Muhammad Hanif, Mukhtiar Hussain, Saqib Ali, Moazzam H. Bhatti, Muhammad Sheeraz Ahmed, Bushra Mirza, Helen S. Evans

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

We prepared 8 new organotin compounds with the general formulae [R_3SnL], where R = Me (1), Bu (2), Ph (3), and Cy (4) and [R_2SnL_2], where R = Me (5), Et (6), Bu (7), Oct (8), and L = piperonylic acid, and characterized them by elemental analyses, IR spectra, and multinuclear NMR (^1H, ^{13}C, and ^{119}Sn). The structure of 5 was confirmed by single crystal X-ray crystallography. The geometry around the tin atom was compared in both solution and solid state. Crystals of 5 are monoclinic with the space group P2_1/c. The tin geometry is skew trapezoidal bipyramidal, with 2 …

Co2 Control Of Trichodesmium N-2 Fixation, Photosynthesis, Growth Rates, And Elemental Ratios: Implications For Past, Present, And Future Ocean Biogeochemistry, D. A. Hutchins, F.-X. Fu, Y. Zhang, M. E. Warner, Y. Feng, K. Portune, P. W. Bernhardt, M. R. Mulholland

OES Faculty Publications

Diazotrophic marine cyanobacteria in the genus Trichodesmium contribute a large fraction of the new nitrogen entering the oligotrophic oceans, but little is known about how they respond to shifts in global change variables such as carbon dioxide (CO₂) and temperature. We compared Trichodesmium dinitrogen (N₂) and CO₂ fixation rates during steady-state growth under past, current, and future CO₂ scenarios, and at two relevant temperatures. At projected CO₂ levels of year 2100 (76 Pa, 750 ppm), N₂ fixation rates of Pacific and Atlantic isolates increased 35-100%, and CO₂ fixation rates increased 15-128% …

Development Of A Community Sharps Collection Pilot Program For The Town Of Northampton, Massachusetts: A Review Of The Barriers, Carmela (Deb) Laino

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2007 Georgia Southern University Women's Soccer Media Guide, Georgia Southern University

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• Georgia Southern Eagles Women's Soccer 2007

2007 Georgia Southern University Softball Media Guide, Georgia Southern University

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• Georgia Southern Softball 2007 Media Guide