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Grey Measurement Based On Rough Set Granule Calculations, Jian Liu, Zhili Huang, Shunxiang Wu, Ruiyi Chen Dec 2008

Grey Measurement Based On Rough Set Granule Calculations, Jian Liu, Zhili Huang, Shunxiang Wu, Ruiyi Chen

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This paper put the Rough set methodology based on the information table disposal to expand the dual (binary) relations described by the neighborhood system. To make full use of logic operations including AND operation by-bit, XOR operation by-bit and NOR operation by-bit, gains the certain and uncertain information among the various decision-making factors. The use of knowledge related with Grey system theory, establishes their mathematical model for decision making and data mining, according to the principle of the priority of certain information in decision-making and the ambiguity degree from small to big. At last, a new method for data mining …

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Secondary Electron Imaging Of Embedded Defects In Carbon Nanofiber Via Interconnects, Makoto Suzuki, Yusuke Ominami, Takashi Sekiguchi, Cary Y. Yang Dec 2008

Secondary Electron Imaging Of Embedded Defects In Carbon Nanofiber Via Interconnects, Makoto Suzuki, Yusuke Ominami, Takashi Sekiguchi, Cary Y. Yang

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Carbon nanofiber (CNF) via interconnect test structures are fabricated with the bottom-up process proposed by Li et al. [Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 2491 (2003)] for next-generation integrated circuit technology. Critical defects in the interconnect structure are examined using scanning electron microscopy. It is shown that secondary electron signal with optimized incident beam energy is useful for detecting embedded defects, including unexposed CNF plugs and voids in the dielectric layer. The defect imaging mechanisms are elucidated based on beam-induced charging of the specimen surface.

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Chromosomal Inversions Between Human And Chimpanzee Lineages Caused By Retrotransposons, Jungnam Lee, Kyudong Han, Thomas J. Meyer, Heui Soo Kim, Mark A. Batzer Dec 2008

Chromosomal Inversions Between Human And Chimpanzee Lineages Caused By Retrotransposons, Jungnam Lee, Kyudong Han, Thomas J. Meyer, Heui Soo Kim, Mark A. Batzer

Faculty Publications

The long interspersed element-1 (LINE-1 or L1) and Alu elements are the most abundant mobile elements comprising 21% and 11% of the human genome, respectively. Since the divergence of human and chimpanzee lineages, these elements have vigorously created chromosomal rearrangements causing genomic difference between humans and chimpanzees by either increasing or decreasing the size of genome. Here, we report an exotic mechanism, retrotransposon recombination-mediated inversion (RRMI), that usually does not alter the amount of genomic material present. Through the comparison of the human and chimpanzee draft genome sequences, we identified 252 inversions whose respective inversion junctions can clearly be characterized. …

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Expressiveness And Effectiveness Of Program Comprehension: Thoughts On Future Research Directions, Jonathan I. Maletic, Huzefa Kagdi Dec 2008

Expressiveness And Effectiveness Of Program Comprehension: Thoughts On Future Research Directions, Jonathan I. Maletic, Huzefa Kagdi

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

A number of research challenges in the area of program comprehension are presented. the expressiveness and effectiveness of program comprehension are discussed, and research directions are organized along these two axes. Both fundament research issues are raised along with new applications for program comprehension methods. the work advocates the investigation of better measures, further empirical studies, and controlled experiments to assess the effectiveness of program comprehension techniques © 2008 IEEE.

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The June 2008 Flare Of Markarian 421 From Optical To Tev Energies, P. T. Reynolds, Et Al Dec 2008

The June 2008 Flare Of Markarian 421 From Optical To Tev Energies, P. T. Reynolds, Et Al

Physical Sciences Publications

We present optical, X-ray, high-energy (30 GeV) and very high energy (100 GeV; VHE) observations of the high-frequency peaked blazar Mrk 421 taken between 2008 May 24 and June 23. A high-energy γ-ray signal was detected by AGILE with between June 9 and 15, with F(E>100 MeV) = 42+14 –12 × 10–8 photons cm–2 s–1. This flaring state is brighter than the average flux observed by EGRET by a factor of ~3, but still consistent with the highest EGRET flux. In hard X-rays (20-60 keV) SuperAGILE resolved a five-day flare (June 9-15) peaking at ~55 mCrab. SuperAGILE, …

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Structure Of Polc Reveals Unique Dna Binding And Fidelity Determinants, Ronald J. Evans, Douglas R. Davies, James M. Bullard, Jeffrey Christensen, Louis S. Green, Joseph W. Guiles, Janice D. Pata, Wendy K. Ribble, Nebojsa Janjic, Thale C. Jarvis Dec 2008

Structure Of Polc Reveals Unique Dna Binding And Fidelity Determinants, Ronald J. Evans, Douglas R. Davies, James M. Bullard, Jeffrey Christensen, Louis S. Green, Joseph W. Guiles, Janice D. Pata, Wendy K. Ribble, Nebojsa Janjic, Thale C. Jarvis

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences (Formerly Dept. of Chemistry)

PolC is the polymerase responsible for genome duplication in many Gram-positive bacteria and represents an attractive target for antibacterial development. We have determined the 2.4-Å resolution crystal structure of Geobacillus kaustophilus PolC in a ternary complex with DNA and dGTP. The structure reveals nascent base pair interactions that lead to highly accurate nucleotide incorporation. A unique β-strand motif in the PolC thumb domain contacts the minor groove, allowing replication errors to be sensed up to 8 nt upstream of the active site. PolC exhibits the potential for large-scale conformational flexibility, which could encompass the catalytic residues. The structure suggests a …

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Laser-Induced Photon-Branched Chain Reaction In A Chemically-Active Gas-Dispersed Medium, Thomas George, Renat Letfullin, Galen Duree Dec 2008

Laser-Induced Photon-Branched Chain Reaction In A Chemically-Active Gas-Dispersed Medium, Thomas George, Renat Letfullin, Galen Duree

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Works

A promising avenue in the development of high-energy pulsed chemical HF/DF lasers and amplifiers is the utilization of a photon-branched chain reaction initiated in a two-phase active medium, that is, a medium containing a laser working gas and ultradispersed passivated metal particles. These particles are evaporated under the action of IR laser radiation which results in the appearance of free atoms, their diffusion into the gas, and the development of a photon-branching chain process, which involves photons as both reactants and products. The key obstacle here is the formation of a relatively large volume (in excess of 10^3 cm^3) of …

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Analysis Of Adverse Events In Drug Safety: A Multivariate Approach Using Stratified Quasi-Least Squares, Hanjoo Kim, Justine Shults, Scott Patterson, Robert Goldberg-Alberts Dec 2008

Analysis Of Adverse Events In Drug Safety: A Multivariate Approach Using Stratified Quasi-Least Squares, Hanjoo Kim, Justine Shults, Scott Patterson, Robert Goldberg-Alberts

UPenn Biostatistics Working Papers

Safety assessment in drug development involves numerous statistical challenges, and yet statistical methodologies and their applications to safety data have not been fully developed, despite a recent increase of interest in this area. In practice, a conventional univariate approach for analysis of safety data involves application of the Fisher's exact test to compare the proportion of subjects who experience adverse events (AEs) between treatment groups; This approach ignores several common features of safety data, including the presence of multiple endpoints, longitudinal follow-up, and a possible relationship between the AEs within body systems. In this article, we propose various regression modeling …

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Deafdigest: Gold Edition, December 28, 2008, Barry Strassler Dec 2008

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, December 28, 2008, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2008

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Predictability In The Indian Stock Market: A Study From An Econometric Perspective., Debabrata Mukhopadhyay Dr. Dec 2008

Predictability In The Indian Stock Market: A Study From An Econometric Perspective., Debabrata Mukhopadhyay Dr.

Doctoral Theses

No abstract provided.

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Photopolymerization-Induced Crystallization And Phase Separation In Poly(Ethylene Oxide)/Triacrylate Blends, Soo Jeoung Park, Thein Kyu Dec 2008

Photopolymerization-Induced Crystallization And Phase Separation In Poly(Ethylene Oxide)/Triacrylate Blends, Soo Jeoung Park, Thein Kyu

College of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering

The present article describes experimental and theoretical investigations of miscibility and crystallization behavior of blends of poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) and triacrylate monomer (TA) using differential scanning calorimetry and optical microscopy. The PEO/TA blends manifested a single T(g) varying systematically with composition suggestive of a miscible character in their amorphous states. Moreover, there occurs melting point depression of PEO crystals with increasing TA. A phase diagram was subsequently established that exhibited a solid+liquid coexistence region bound by the liquidus and solidus lines, followed by an upper critical solution temperature (UCST) at a lower temperature. The emerging phase morphology was investigated to …

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Interannual Variability Of Photosynthesis Across Africa And Its Attribution, Christopher A. Williams, Niall P. Hanan, Ian Baker, G. James Collatz, Joseph Berry, A. Scott Denning Dec 2008

Interannual Variability Of Photosynthesis Across Africa And Its Attribution, Christopher A. Williams, Niall P. Hanan, Ian Baker, G. James Collatz, Joseph Berry, A. Scott Denning

Geography

Africa is thought to be a large source of interannual variability in the global carbon cycle, only vaguely attributed to climate fluctuations. This study uses a biophysical model, Simple Biosphere, to examine in detail what specific factors, physiological (acute stress from low soil water, temperature, or low humidity) and biophysical (low vegetation radiation use), are responsible for spatiotemporal patterns of photosynthesis across the African continent during the period 1982-2003. Acute soil water stress emerges as the primary factor driving interannual variability of photosynthesis for most of Africa. Southern savannas and woodlands are a particular hot spot of interannual variability in …

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Primary Below Knee Amputation In The Management Of Compound Comminuted Fracture Lower Tibia And Fibula Due To High Velocity Missile Injury Associated With Bone Loss And Tibial Nerve Injury, Ali Bakir Al-Hilli Dec 2008

Primary Below Knee Amputation In The Management Of Compound Comminuted Fracture Lower Tibia And Fibula Due To High Velocity Missile Injury Associated With Bone Loss And Tibial Nerve Injury, Ali Bakir Al-Hilli

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Compound comminuted fractures of lower tibia and fibula are very common in Iraq these days due to missile injuries (bullets and blasts), it could be associated with bone loss and neurovascular injury this will interfere with the patients rehabilitation and leads to major social and economic burden on the patient, , his family and the community. OBJECTIVE: To prove that primary below knee amputation in management of compound comminuted fracture lower tibia and fibula due to high velocity missile injury and complete tibial nerve injury is superior to limb salvage. PATIENT AND METHODS: This is a prospective comparative …

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Congenital Lower Intestinal Tract Anomalies :Review Of Surgical Management Of 50 Iraqi Patients In Al –Najaf City, Hassan Hadi Zaini Dec 2008

Congenital Lower Intestinal Tract Anomalies :Review Of Surgical Management Of 50 Iraqi Patients In Al –Najaf City, Hassan Hadi Zaini

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Congenital lower intestinal tract anomalies are significant cause of morbidity and mortality in children, classified in two groups, major one is anorectal malformation, other one Hirchsprung’s disease, usually associated with other anomalies and should be treated as early as possible. OBJECTIVE: To show the prevalence and our experience with congenital lower intestinal tract anomalies in AL-Najaf city. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A total 50 patients had various types of congenital lower intestinal tract anomalies , 22 of them high types (anorectal) treated by 3 stages operations(preliminary colostomy, nearly new definitive surgery infracoccygeal approach and closure colostomy), minor surgery for …

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Evaluation Of Imci Indicators Of Acute Bacterial Meningitis In Central Teaching Hospital For Child, Mayada Mohamed Ali Alansari Dec 2008

Evaluation Of Imci Indicators Of Acute Bacterial Meningitis In Central Teaching Hospital For Child, Mayada Mohamed Ali Alansari

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Acute bacterial meningitis [ABM] remains an important cause of death and neurological sequel in children, the clinical feature of meningitis is often nonspecific may overlap with those of other infection. Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment are perhaps the most important steps in management, but published data suggested that fewer than half of the cases of meningitis are identified at first assessment [1,2] . OBJECTIVE: Was to evaluate the clinical indicators of ABM of IMCI [integrated management of childhood illness] referral criteria of meningitis include [lethargy, unconsciousness, in ability to feed, neck stiffness, seizures] and other symptoms and sign. …

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A Precautionary Tale: Separating The Infant From The Fetus, Lawrence Torcello Dec 2008

A Precautionary Tale: Separating The Infant From The Fetus, Lawrence Torcello

Articles

This article confronts growing conservative opposition to abortion based on the slippery slope claim that abortion is morally equivalent to infanticide. By examining the relationship between moral skepticism and precautionary ethics the article promotes completely the permissive position on abortion from conception to birth while consistently rejecting the possibility that such a position entails permissive implications for infanticide. The article introduces and traces the implicit relationship between moral skepticism, the precautionary principle and political liberalism.

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The Murray Ledger And Times, December 27, 2008, The Murray Ledger And Times Dec 2008

The Murray Ledger And Times, December 27, 2008, The Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

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Synthesis Analysis Of Regression Models With A Continuous Outcome, Andrew Zhou, Nan Hu, Guizhou Hu, Martin Root Dec 2008

Synthesis Analysis Of Regression Models With A Continuous Outcome, Andrew Zhou, Nan Hu, Guizhou Hu, Martin Root

UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series

Synthesis Analysis of Regression Models with a Continuous Outcome Xiao-Hua Zhou 1,2, Nan Hu 2, Guizhou Hu3, and Martin Root3 1 HSR&D Center of Excellence, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, WA 98101. 2 Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195. 3 BioSignia, Inc., 1822 East NC Highway 54, Suite 350, Durham, NC 27713 To estimate the multivariate regression model from multiple individual studies, it would be challenging to obtain results if the input from individual studies only provide univariate or incomplete multivariate regression information. Samsa et al [1] proposed a simple method to combine coefficients from …

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Final Report: Task 22 — Extreme Ground Motion Studies, John G. Anderson, James N. Brune, Jaak J.K. Daemen, Matthew Purvance Dec 2008

Final Report: Task 22 — Extreme Ground Motion Studies, John G. Anderson, James N. Brune, Jaak J.K. Daemen, Matthew Purvance

Publications (YM)

TASK 22 consisted of two separate investigations into extreme ground motions due to seismic events, Subtask 1 and Subtask 2. Subtask 1 included field studies of geological formations that should put an upper bound on extreme ground motions that have happened at the site of the formations. The locations are critically selected to provide the most effective constraints possible on the validity of the probabilistic seismic hazard analysis for Yucca Mountain. Subtask 2 surveyed recorded ground motions from around the world, with the aim to draw general conclusions from these as to the conditions where extreme ground motions are observed. …

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Merrill Lynch 2008 10-K, Merrill Lynch International Dec 2008

Merrill Lynch 2008 10-K, Merrill Lynch International

Documents

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Structure And Dynamics Of Metalloproteins In Live Cells, Jeremy D. Cook, James E. Penner-Hahn, Timothy L. Stemmler Dec 2008

Structure And Dynamics Of Metalloproteins In Live Cells, Jeremy D. Cook, James E. Penner-Hahn, Timothy L. Stemmler

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Faculty Publications

X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) has emerged as one of the premier tools for investigating the structure and dynamic properties of metals in cells and in metal containing biomolecules. Utilizing the high flux and broad energy range of X-rays supplied by synchrotron light sources, one can selectively excite core electronic transitions in each metal. Spectroscopic signals from these electronic transitions can be used to dissect the chemical architecture of metals in cells, in cellular components and in biomolecules at varying degrees of structural resolution. With the development of ever-brighter X-ray sources, X-ray methods have grown into applications that can be utilized …

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Cyber Civil Rights, Danielle Keats Citron Dec 2008

Cyber Civil Rights, Danielle Keats Citron

Faculty Scholarship

Social networking sites and blogs have increasingly become breeding grounds for anonymous online groups that attack women, people of color, and members of other traditionally disadvantaged groups. These destructive groups target individuals with defamation, threats of violence, and technology-based attacks that silence victims and concomitantly destroy their privacy. Victims go offline or assume pseudonyms to prevent future attacks, impoverishing online dialogue and depriving victims of the social and economic opportunities associated with a vibrant online presence. Attackers manipulate search engines to reproduce their lies and threats for employers and clients to see, creating digital “scarlet letters” that ruin reputations. Today’s …

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Vol.36 N.28 December 25th 2008, Brown Publishing Company Dec 2008

Vol.36 N.28 December 25th 2008, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

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The Weekly Challenger, December 25, 2008, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al Dec 2008

The Weekly Challenger, December 25, 2008, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The December 25, 2008, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

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Tinjauan Filsafat Kesehatan Reproduksi, Farida Mutiarawati Tri Agustina Dec 2008

Tinjauan Filsafat Kesehatan Reproduksi, Farida Mutiarawati Tri Agustina

Kesmas

Kesehatan reproduksi tidak dapat dipisahkan dari kesehatan seksual yang menyangkut peran dua aktor utama laki-laki dan perempuan yang harus dalam kondisi sehat untuk mendapat hasil reproduksi yang sehat. Dari sudut pandang filsafat, ontologi berupaya memahami, mendalami dan mengembangkan pengetahuan kesehatan reproduksi pada tingkat individu dan tingkat masyarakat. Secara epistemologi, kesehatan reproduksi banyak mengalami kemajuan, sejak dari teknologi kontrasepsi sederhana sampai teknologi cloning yang kontroversial. Secara aksiologi, kesehatan reproduksi mampu meningkatkan kesejahteraan dan pemenuhan kebutuhan hidup manusia sesuai perkembangan teknologi. Pemanfaatan dan keberhasilan kesehatan reproduksi dipengaruhi berbagai faktor yang saling terkait dan saling tergantung. Landasan perkembangan ranah kesehatan reproduksi adalah serangkaian …

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City Of Huetter V. Keene Clerk's Record Dckt. 35470 Dec 2008

City Of Huetter V. Keene Clerk's Record Dckt. 35470

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

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Usa V. Lopez Dec 2008

Usa V. Lopez

2008 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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Jurinko V. Med Protective Co Dec 2008

Jurinko V. Med Protective Co

2008 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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Mezirow's Transformational Learning Theory And Alternative Health Therapeutics Of Mind, Body, And Spirit, Lewis Edward Blackwell Dec 2008

Mezirow's Transformational Learning Theory And Alternative Health Therapeutics Of Mind, Body, And Spirit, Lewis Edward Blackwell

Dissertations

An illness, like prostate cancer, brings crisis to our experience and confuses the structure of our reality as well as disturbs our meaning which is upheld by interpretive imagery. Hence, recovery involves a learning experience that consists of a reflective, educational, and spiritual process to rebuild and reconstruct meaning through the use and transformation of our images and themes to create meaning. The purpose of the research was to investigate the meaning of the illness experience through the lens of transformational learning theory. As such, one-on-one interviews were conducted with 10 African American men who lived in large metropolitan areas …

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State V. Mantz Clerk's Record V. 1 Dckt. 35540 Dec 2008

State V. Mantz Clerk's Record V. 1 Dckt. 35540

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

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