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Conventional Love, Patrick Salem

The Prairie Light Review

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Four Houses By A Hotel, Jennifer Guico

The Prairie Light Review

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The Prairie Light Review

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Mrs. Nikki's Cats, Stephen H. Jansen

The Prairie Light Review

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Deal Or No Deal: Reinterpreting The Fcc's Foreign Ownership Rules For A Fair Game, Cindy J. Cho

Federal Communications Law Journal

With the changing racial and linguistic composition of the American market and the emerging strength of the Mexican market, American broadcast companies are facing a new competitive playing field.. Section 310 of the Communications Act of 1934 ("Act") establishes the guidelines for when a foreign national is eligible to apply for a broadcast license from the FCC. The FCC currently interprets these limits on foreign ownership very leniently, favoring a policy of deregulation in an attempt to further open up the United States market. This Note argues that once foreign nationals have cleared the hurdle of § 310's foreign ownership …

Always, James C. Schaap

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Mixed Blood, Mike Vanden Bosch

Pro Rege

No abstract provided.

Sky, Jake Van Wyk

Pro Rege

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Fresh Harbor, Mary Dengler

Pro Rege

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A Closed Form Solution For Multiple-Input Spike Based Adaptive Filters, Il Park, António R.C. Paiva, José C. Príncipe, John G. Harris

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Neurons are point process systems, in the sense that the inputs and output which are spike trains can be treated as point processes. System identification of a point process system has been studied mostly with single input. However, multiple input is required in many applications such as liquid state machines or neural prosthetics. We propose a simple multiple-input spike based adaptive filter which is based on an integrate-and-fire neuron model. The optimal closed solution is derived, and the performance is analyzed with respect to noise in various parameters and measurement. ©2007 IEEE.

Becoming Psychotherapists: Experiences Of Novice Trainees In A Beginning Graduate Class, Clara E. Hill, Catherine Sullivan, Sarah Knox, Lewis Z. Schlosser

College of Education Faculty Research and Publications

The authors investigated the experiences related to becoming psychotherapists for 5 counseling psychology doctoral trainees in their first prepracticum course. Qualitative analyses of weekly journals indicated that trainees discussed challenges related to becoming psychotherapists (e.g., being self-critical, having troubling reactions to clients, learning to use helping skills), gains made during the semester related to becoming psychotherapists (e.g., using helping skills more effectively, becoming less self-critical, being able to connect with clients), as well as experiences in supervision and activities that helped them cope with their anxieties. Results are discussed in 5 broad areas: feelings about self in role of psychotherapist, …

Review Of Imperialism And Human Rights: Colonial Discourses Of Rights And Liberties In African History, Chima J. Korieh

History Faculty Research and Publications

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A Systematic Semi-Numerical Approach For Modeling Of Signal And Power Integrity Of Electronic Packages, Er Ping Li, En Xiao Liu, Zaw Zaw Oo, Xingchang Wei, Yaojiang Zhang, R. Vahldieck

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

A novel method for system-level modeling of advanced electronic packages is presented which is able to provide fast yet accurate simulation for signal and power integrity analysis of the multilayered electronic packages. the method is a semi-numerical approach based on the combination of the moment method and the scattering matrix method. © 2007 IEEE.

A Hardware Threat Modeling Concept For Trustable Integrated Circuits, Jia Di, Scott C. Smith

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Similar to the effects of software viruses, hardware can also be compromised by introduction of malicious logic into circuits to cause unwanted system behaviors. This can be done by changing or adding internal logic, in such a way that it is undetectable using traditional testing and verification tools and techniques. Therefore, the user of the circuit needs to decide whether it can be trusted, i.e., it only performs functions defined in the original circuit specification (no more and no less), before employing it in the system. in this paper, a preliminary methodology is proposed to model potential hardware threats in …

Neural-Network-Based Intelligent Control For Improving Dynamic Performance Of Facts Devices, Wei Qiao, Ronald G. Harley, Ganesh K. Venayagamoorthy

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Flexible ac transmission system (FACTS) devices are widely recognized as powerful controllers to improve the dynamic performance and stability of power systems. the standard FACTS controllers are linear controllers designed around a specific operating point from a linearized system model with fixed parameters. However, at other operating points their performance degrades. Neural-network-Based nonlinear intelligent control offers an attractive approach to overcome the drawbacks of the linear controllers. This paper presents two different neural-network-Based intelligent control architectures, i.e., indirect adaptive NeuroControl and adaptive critic design based optimal NeuroControl, for designing the external control of an SSSC FACTS device. Simulation studies are …

Microsattellite Polymorphism And Parentage Control In Thai Domestic Elephants (Elephas Maximus), Duangsmorn Suwattana, Weerapong Koykul, Jutharat Jirasupphachok, Sumolya Kanchanapangka

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

Polymorphism of microsatellite DNA in Thai domestic elephants (Elephas maximus) was studied using five genetic markers including LaT05, LaT07, LaT16, LaT17 and LaT26, in order to determine the efficiency of such markers in parentage identification. Eleven elephants from 5 families and 10 unrelated ones located in the northern, northeastern and central parts of Thailand were tested. It was found that LaT05, LaT16, LaT17 and LaT26 possessed marker sizes of 250-500 bp with numbers of alleles ranging from 4-13, heterozygosity 0.62-0.88 and PIC 0.56-0.87 whereas LaT07 could not be detected in all specimens used. LaT05 and LaT26 appeared to be the …

Ecg Quiz, Chollada Buranakarl, Kris Angkanaporn, Monkon Trisiriroj

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

No abstract provided.

Potential Study Of Using Earthworms As An Enhancement To Treat High Strength Wastewater, Nathasith Chiarawatchai, Chackrit Nuengjamnong, Pichaya Rachdawong, Ralf Otterpohl

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

The aim of this research was to preliminarily investigate the potential of earthworms to reduce clogging by introducing into the lab-scale wetland-like reactors receiving high strength wastewater, which were swine wastewater in Thailand, and domestic wastewater in Germany. The preliminary results indicated that every unit with earthworms had no sign of clogging regardless of the type of wastewater, whereas clogging was the case in the units without earthworms receiving swine wastewater. Both studies reflected similarity, which exhibited little treatment in every microcosm. It could be implied that earthworms could thrive within the wetland body due to the survival rate of …

Molecular Diagnostic To Identify Mycobacterial Species In Veterinary Science, Carlos Julian De Luna, Olivier Andre Ettore Sparagano

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

The genus Mycobacterium is of utmost importance in veterinary medicine. Members of the genus cause serious diseases to livestock and they also could be transmitted to humans. Bovine tuberculosis, principally caused by M. bovis, is a widespread disease and causes serious economic losses to farmers worldwide. Paratuberculosis or Johne’s disease caused by the M. avium complex, is a slow-developing disease present in several species, particularly cattle, and it has been associated with Chrone’s disease of humans. It causes diarrhoea, and weight loss that could be fatal. The common diagnostic methods used rely upon culturing and microbiological identification of the Mycobacterium …

What Is Your Diagnosis?, Pranee Tuntivanich, Suwicha Chuthatep

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

No abstract provided.

Ophthalmology Snapshot, Nalinee Tuntivanich

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Cold Storage On The Quality Of Stallion Semen And Pregnancy Rate After Artificial Insemination, Theerawat Tharasanit, Sukanya Manee-In, Pharaphon Khamenkhetwit, Sudson Sirivaidyapong, Chainarong Lohachit

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

While the use of frozen-thawed semen has been hampered by poor cryopreservability of equine sperm, the technique of choice in equine practice remains artificial insemination (AI) using cold storage semen. This study examined the effect of cold storage on semen quality and pregnancy rate after AI. In experiment I, ejaculates were collected from 3 stallions of proven fertility and then diluted to a final concentration of 25-50 x 106 sperm/ml. After transportation, the semen was then divided into two aliquots. The first part of semen was centrifuged to partially remove the seminal plasma, while the remaining was left intact with …

Evidence Of Melamine And Related Substances Contamination To Animal Feed In Thailand, Supol Luengyosluechakul

The Thai Journal of Veterinary Medicine

No abstract provided.

Study Of The Minimum Spanning Hyper-Tree Routing Algorithm In Wireless Sensor Networks, Ting Yang, Yugeng Sun, Zhaoxia Wang, Juwei Zhang, Yingqiang Ding

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Designing energy-efficient routing protocols to effectively increase the networks' lifetime and provide the robust network service is one of the important problems in the research of wireless sensor networks. Using the hyper-graph theory, the paper represents large-scale wireless sensor networks into a hyper-graph model, which can effectively decrease the control messages in routing process. Based on this mathematic model, the paper presents the minimum spanning hyper-tree routing algorithm in synchronous wireless sensor networks (MSHT-SN), which builds a minimum energy consumption tree for data collection from multi-nodes to Sink node. The validity of the algorithm is proved by the theatrical analysis. …

I’M A Virus Harming The Earth, M. Thulasidas

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

We humans plunder the raw material from our host planet with such an abandon that is only seen in viruses.

Self-Organizing Neural Architectures And Cooperative Learning In A Multiagent Environment, Dan Xiao, Ah-Hwee Tan

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Temporal-Difference–Fusion Architecture for Learning, Cognition, and Navigation (TD-FALCON) is a generalization of adaptive resonance theory (a class of self-organizing neural networks) that incorporates TD methods for real-time reinforcement learning. In this paper, we investigate how a team of TD-FALCON networks may cooperate to learn and function in a dynamic multiagent environment based on minefield navigation and a predator/prey pursuit tasks. Experiments on the navigation task demonstrate that TD-FALCON agent teams are able to adapt and function well in a multiagent environment without an explicit mechanism of collaboration. In comparison, traditional Q-learning agents using gradient-descent-based feedforward neural networks, trained with the …

Multi-Order Neurons For Evolutionary Higher Order Clustering And Growth, Kiruthika Ramanathan, Sheng Uei Guan

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

This letter proposes to use multiorder neurons for clustering irregularly shaped data arrangements. Multiorder neurons are an evolutionary extension of the use of higher-order neurons in clustering. Higher-order neurons parametrically model complex neuron shapes by replacing the classic synaptic weight by higher-order tensors. The multiorder neuron goes one step further and eliminates two problems associated with higher-order neurons. First, it uses evolutionary algorithms to select the best neuron order for a given problem. Second, it obtains more information about the underlying data distribution by identifying the correct order for a given cluster of patterns. Empirically we observed that when the …

Estimating The Impact, Transmission Mechanism And Reaction Function Of Monetary Policy: A Factor-Augmented Vector Autoregressive (Favar) Approach, Dawit Legesse Senbet

Dissertations

This dissertation employs factor-augmented vector autoregressive (FAVAR) models to investigate the impact, transmission mechanism and reaction function of monetary policy. The recent development of augmenting dynamic factor analysis with the vector autoregressive (VAR) models, pioneered by Bernanke et al. (2005), has led to advances in monetary policy analysis. The new approach bases measurements of monetary policy on large data sets that approximate the true information set of policymakers. This is in contrast to low dimensional VAR models. The FAVAR model summarizes information from large data set by a few factors that are incorporated into VAR models.

The first essay investigates …

Three Essays On The Impacts Of Risk And Uncertainty On Foreign Direct Investment (Fdi) And Remittances Flows Into Developing Countries, Blen Solomon

Dissertations

This three-essay dissertation focuses on the two most important and most stable sources of finance to developing countries, namely Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and remittances. The first essay examines the roles of exchange rate uncertainty and political risk in determining FDI inflows into African economies. The past few decades have witnessed a surge of FDI inflows to developing regions. However, FDI inflows to Africa still remain relatively small and investor surveys show political risk and macroeconomic uncertainty to be strong deterrents of FDI inflows into Africa. In this essay, I use a sample of 12 African countries and employ Fixed …

Volume Analysis Of The Proximal Tibial Metaphysis, Kingsley Wang, Luis Eduardo Almeida, Alexis B. Olsson

School of Dentistry Faculty Research and Publications

Purpose

The Vitrea 2 imaging software (Vital Images Inc, Minnetonka, MN) was used for the volume analysis of the proximal tibial metaphysis.

Materials and Methods

Eighteen computed tomography scans of the proximal tibia were processed through the software, and 3-dimensional imaging of the proximal tibia was reconstructed.

Results

The volume and area of the proximal tibia that were generated resulted in a mean area of 127 cm² and a mean volume of 77.2 cm².

Conclusion

This study supports the use of the proximal tibial metaphysis as a source of low to moderate volume of autologous bone. When …