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Simulation And Analysis Of Cadmium Sulfide Nanoparticles, Chad Everett Junkermeier

Theses and Dissertations

I used ab initio molecular dynamics calculations to model cadmium sulfide nanoparticles. The nanoparticles were originaly spherical, bulk-like zinc-blende structures. Constant temperature molecular dynamics calculations reveals that CdS nanoparticles that are about 2 nm in diameter and have unpassivated surfaces are in an amorphous structure with short range order. The nearest neighbor distance on the surface of the nanoparticles being near the wurtzite nearest neighbor distance. I wrote the program xyzSTATS and used its results in justifying the amorphous nanoparticles claim. I also estimated the band gap of the CdS nanoparticles with unpassivated dangling bonds.

Mustang Daily, December 2, 2008

Cal Poly Student Newspaper

Student newspaper of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA.

Geographic, Seasonal, And Precipitation Chemistry Influence On The Abundance And Activity Of Biological Ice Nucleators In Rain And Snow, Brent C. Christner, Rongman Cai, Cindy E. Morris, Kevin S. Mccarter, Christine M. Foreman, Mark L. Skidmore, Scott N. Montross, David C. Sands

Faculty Publications

Biological ice nucleators (IN) function as catalysts for freezing at relatively warm temperatures (warmer than -10°C). We examined the concentration (per volume of liquid) and nature of IN in precipitation collected from Montana and Louisiana, the Alps and Pyrenees (France), Ross Island (Antarctica), and Yukon (Canada). The temperature of detectable ice-nucleating activity for more than half of the samples was ≥ -5°C based on immersion freezing testing. Digestion of the samples with lysozyme (i.e., to hydrolyze bacterial cell walls) led to reductions in the frequency of freezing (0-100%); heat treatment greatly reduced (95% average) or completely eliminated ice nucleation at …

Daily Eastern News: December 02, 2008, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

Northwest Pipeline Corp. V. Luna Clerk's Record V. 1 Dckt. 35469

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Surfactant Incorporated Nanostructures For Pressure Drop Reduction In Oil And Gas Lines, Sudipta Seal, Sameer Deshpande, Paul Jepson, Suresh Kuiry, Patil Swanand

UCF Patents

Nano-sized rare earth metal oxide particles are prepared from aqueous reverse micelles. The engineered nanoparticles have large surface area to volume ratios, and uniformly incorporate a surfactant in each particle, so that when applied to the inner surface of a pipeline or sprayed onto a fluid stream in a pipeline, the particles reduce the roughness of the inside surface of pipe being used to transport fluid. The application of a nanolayer of this novel nanoceria mixture causes a significant reduction in pressure drops, friction, and better recovery and yield of fluid flowing through a pipeline.

General Motors Corporation Restructuring Plan For Long-Term Viability, General Motors Company

Documents

No abstract provided.

Chrysler's Plan For Short-Term And Long-Term Viability (December 2, 2008), Robert Nardelli, Chrysler Group, Llc.

Documents

No abstract provided.

Ford Motor Company Business Plan (December 2, 2008), Ford Motor Company

Documents

No abstract provided.

The Bg News December 2, 2008, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 2, 2008. Volume 99-Issue 64.

Dynamic Ordering Transitions Of Liquid Crystals Driven By Interfacial Complexes Formed Between Polyanions And Amphiphilic Polyamines, Michael I. Kinsinger, Maren E. Buck, Fernando Campos, David M. Lynn, Nicholas L. Abbott

Chemistry: Faculty Publications

We report the design of an amphiphilic polyamine (polymer 1) based on poly(2-alkenyl azlactone) that strongly couples the formation of polyelectrolyte complexes at aqueous/liquid crystal (LC) interfaces to ordering transitions in the LC. We demonstrate that the addition of a strong anionic polyelectrolyte to aqueous solutions in contact with polymer 1-laden LC interfaces (prepared by Langmuir-Schaefer transfer of monolayers of polymer 1 onto micrometerthick films of nematic LC) triggers ordering transitions in the LCs. We further demonstrate that changes in the ordering of the LCs (i) are driven by electrostatic interactions between the polyelectrolytes, (ii) involve multivalent interactions between the …

Why And How To Tax Carbon, Michael Waggoner

Colorado Environmental Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Multidimensional Modeling Of Solid Propellant Burning Rates And Aluminum Agglomeration And One-Dimensional Modeling Of Rdx/Gap And Ap/Htpb, Matthew Wilder Tanner

Theses and Dissertations

This document details original numerical studies performed by the author pertaining to solid propellant combustion. Detailed kinetic mechanisms have been utilized to model the combustion of the pseudo-propellants RDX/GAP and AP/HTPB. A particle packing model and a diffusion flame model have been utilized to develop a burning rate and an aluminum agglomeration model. The numerical model for RDX/GAP combustion utilizes a "universal" gas-phase kinetic mechanism previously applied to combustion models of several monopropellants and pseudo-propellants. The kinetic mechanism consists of 83 species and 530 reactions. Numerical results using this mechanism provide excellent agreement with RDX and GAP burning rate data, …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

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Grand Valley Forum, Volume 033, Number 15, December 1, 2008, Grand Valley State University

2008-2009, Volume 33

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Gorbachev, Yeltsin And Putin: Soviet-Russian Foreign Relations With The United States From 1990 Through The Fall Of 2008: A Strategic Analysis, Terry W. Simmons

Open Access Dissertations

Cold War Soviet foreign policy was driven by a strategic competition. A competition-detente cycle based on the superpower rivalry between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, including the Warsaw Pact dependencies, and the United States of America and its respective alliance, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) existed for over forty-five years. Following the dismantling of the Warsaw Pact and the implosion of the USSR, remnant Soviet and subsequent Russian foreign policy, changed dramatically. Though some fragmentary Soviet style vertical controls of the foreign policy of the transitional Gorbachev years and the first years of Yeltsin's first administration were recognizable, …

Flower Power, Mixed Media, 2006, Marcha Pearce

Anthurium: A Caribbean Studies Journal

No abstract provided.

Modified Beacon-Enabled Ieee 802.15.4 Mac For Lower Latency, G. Bhatti, A. Mehta, Z. Sahinoglu, J. Zhang, R. Viswanathan

Conference Proceedings

Industrial sensing, monitoring and automation offer a lucrative application domain for networking and communications. Wired sensor networks have traditionally been used for these applications because such networks adequately meet two vital requirements, i.e., low latency and high reliability, needed for an industrial deployment. Wired sensor networks, however, are not very cost effective due to higher components’ cost. These networks also lack the flexibility needed for subsequent topological changes. Wireless sensor networks (WSN), on the other hand, are less expensive and offer high degree of flexibility. Wireless networks, therefore, can offer an attractive and viable solution for industrial sensing and automation. …

Insights, Fall, 2008, Utah State University

Discovery Magazine

Bi-annual alumni newsletter for the College of Science of Utah State University in Logan.

December 2008, Inland Empire Business Journal

Inland Empire Business Journal

Columns

Executive Time Out..................................2

Editorial....................................................6

Opinion ....................................................6,15

Motivation .................................................6

Investments and Finance ............................9

Management. .............................................10 & 27

Real Estate Notes........................................11

The Lists:

Inland Empire's Top Luxury Auto Dealers ............ 13

Business Brokerage Firms Serving the Inland Empire ... 26

Close-Up. .....................................................20

Commentary ................................................ 25

Corporate Profile........................................... 28

Restaurant Review.........................................34

Computers.......................................................36

Manager 's Bookshelf. .................................... 38

New Business Lists:

County of San Bernardino .............................. 40

County of Riverside..........................................41

Inland Empire People and Events......................43

The Un-comfort Zone..................6

Focus Like Tiger Woods..................7

From Hunting to Hired.....................16

Five Fatal Business Mistakes You Don’t Know You’re Making.........18

What is to Blame for the Mortgage Crisis..................30

December 2008/January 2009 Full Issue

This Month

Full issue of This Month for December 2008/January 2009.

Librarian, Cybrarian Bailey Joins Billington Staff

This Month

Barry Bailey is the new digital projects librarian, and thinks the term "cybrarian" is stupid.

Requests Of Brown By Lc Classification: December 2008, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Requests of Brown from other HELIN libraries - December 2008

Pharmacy & Therapeutics Update: Drug Information For Health Care Professionals, Medical University Of South Carolina, Paul Bush, Kelli Garrison, Jason Cooper, Chris Wisniewski, Ashley Lewis

Pharmacy & Therapeutics Update: Drug Information for Health Care Professionals

pharmacy, pharmacology, therapeutics, medicine, drug utilization, public health, sodium phosphate, catheter obstruction, weight loss drugs, cathartics, phosphates, colon, anti-obesity agents, drug labeling, United States Food and Drug Administration

Gsu View, 2008-12, Office Of Public Affairs

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Reconstructing Three-Dimensional Shape Envelopes From Time-Resolved Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering Data, Jessica Lamb, Lisa W. Kwok, Xiangyun Qiu, Kurt Andresen, Hye Yoon Park, Lois Pollack

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Modern computing power has made it possible to reconstruct low-resolution, three-dimensional shapes from solution small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) data on biomolecules without a priori knowledge of the structure. In conjunction with rapid mixing techniques, SAXS has been applied to time resolve conformational changes accompanying important biological processes, such as biomolecular folding. In response to the widespread interest in SAXS reconstructions, their value in conjunction with such time-resolved data has been examined. The group I intron from Tetrahymena thermophila and its P4–P6 subdomain are ideal model systems for investigation owing to extensive previous studies, including crystal structures. The goal of this …

Detection Of An So2 Plume Over Sapporo, Japan From The Eruption Of Mt. Kasatochi Using A Balloon Sounding Technique, Gary A. Morris, Jun Hirokawa, Masatomo Fujiwara, Fumio Hasebe, Keisuke Ishida, Nicholay Krotkov, Mark R. Schoeberl, Walter Komhyr, Barry Lefer, James Flynn

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Presentations

During the month of August 2008, 10 ozonesondes were launched from Hokkaido University in Sapporo, Japan as part of a study to examine regional pollution during the Olympic period. Seven of these soundings included a second instrument with a filter designed to remove SO2 from the intake air stream. SO2 interferes with the normal chemistry of the electrochemical cell (ECC) method for ozone detection, with the net result being that each molecule of SO2 registers as minus one molecule of O3. Thus the unfiltered sonde reports [O3] - [SO2] while the filtered sonde reports [O3]. Laboratory tests prior to launch …

Avian Advice, Winter 2008, Dale Bumpers College Of Agricultural, Food, And Life Sciences (University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville). Center Of Excellence For Poultry Science, University Of Arkansas (System). Cooperative Extension Service

Avian Advice

No abstract provided.

Pareto Versus Welfare, Robert C. Hockett

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Many normatively oriented economists, legal academics and other policy analysts appear to be "welfarist" and Paretian to at least moderate degree: They deem positive responsiveness to individual preferences, and satisfaction of one or more of the familiar Pareto criteria, to be reasonably undemanding and desirable attributes of any social welfare function (SWF) employed to formulate social evaluations. Some theorists and analysts go further than moderate welfarism or Paretianism, however: They argue that "the Pareto principle" requires the SWF be responsive to individual preferences alone - a position I label "strict" welfarism - and conclude that all social evaluation should in …

Isotopic Evidence Of Methane Oxidation Across The Surface Water–Ground Water Interface, Diego Andrés Riveros-Iregui, Jennifer Y. King

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Biogenic methane (CH₄) from wetlands plays a crucial role in the carbon cycle, but the dynamics of dissolved methane flux across the surface water-ground water interface remain poorly understood. This study focused on the effects of spatial transformation of dissolved methane and the role of ground-water recharge in the distribution of dissolved methane across the surface water-ground water interface. Here we present carbon isotopic measurements of biogenic methane and dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) from the Sarita Wetland, on the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota, and also in six monitoring wells located down gradient from the …