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Bias Skews Obesity Findings, Says Head Of Uab Nutrition And Obesity Research Center, Staff

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Bjornsti Named To Uab Cancer Center Translational Research Position, Staff

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Winter/Spring 2010 Events Uab Department Of Music, Staff

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Molecular Architecture Of Amyloid Forming Peptides: Amyloid- Β (1-42) And Prion Protein (118-135), Mahiuddin Ahmed

Stony Brook Theses and Dissertations Collection, 2006-2020 (closed to submissions)

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Gender Dimorphic Acl Strain In Response To Combined Dynamic 3d Knee Joint Loading: Implications For Acl Injury Risk, Kiyonori Mizuno, Jack T. Andrish, Antonie J. Van Den Bogert, Scott G. Mclean

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications

While gender-based differences in knee joint anatomies/laxities are well documented, the potential for them to precipitate gender-dimorphic ACL loading and resultant injury risk has not been considered. To this end, we generated gender-specific models of ACL strain as a function of any six degrees of freedom (6DOF) knee joint load state via a combined cadaveric and analytical approach. Continuously varying joint forces and torques were applied to five male and five female cadaveric specimens and recorded along with synchronous knee flexion and ACL strain data. All data (~10,000 samples) were submitted to specimen-specific regression analyses, affording ACL strain predictions as …

Carotid Artery Disease In Patients Undergoing Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery, Waseem Akhtar, Ayan Sabih, Arif Ali, Mubashir Aslam, Nadeem Ahmad

Department of Radiology

OBJECTIVE: To determine frequency of carotid artery disease in patients undergoing elective coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using Doppler sonography.STUDY DESIGN: Observational study.

PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY: Radiology Department, The Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, from January 2005 to September 2008.

METHODOLOGY: Patients with known cardiovascular disease waiting for CABG surgery were enrolled for carotid artery Doppler sonography. A predefined data entry form was used for data collection. Coronary angiography findings, carotid artery findings and other associated factors were noted from medical and radiological records. Frequency and pattern of carotid artery disease along with associated risk factors were evaluated. …

Fiscal Year 2009 Fhwa-536 Report For The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, Steven Douglas Kreis, Candice Y. Wallace

Kentucky Transportation Center Research Report

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) requires state transportation agencies to submit a biennial report on local highway finances. The purpose of these reports is to provide FHWA with the data it needs to capture the financing of highway activities at the local level. Based on this information, it can identify trends in revenue, expenditures, investments, and program development, and in turn make decisions about future investments. The report, FHWA-536, asks agencies to report on four areas of local highway finance: 1) disposition of highway-user revenues; 2) revenues used for roads and streets identified by source and funding type; 3) road …

2009-2010 Master Of Music Recital - Edgar Leite (Violin), Edgar Leite, Dongfang Zhang

Master of Music Recitals

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Automation In Cs1 With The Factoring Problem Generator, Joshua B. Parker

Master's Theses

As the field of computer science continues to grow, the number of students enrolled in related programs will grow as well. Though one-on-one tutoring is one of the more effective means of teaching, computer science instructors will have less and less time to devote to individual students. To address this growing concern, many tools that automate parts of an instructor’s job have been proposed. These tools can assist instructors in presenting concepts and grading student work, and they can help students learn to program more effectively. A growing group of intelligent tutoring systems attempts to tie all of this functionality …

Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation Applied To Flight Training, Joel D. Hanson

Master's Theses

Between 1994 and 2003 spatial disorientation resulted in at least 202 aircraft

accidents, 184 of them resulting in fatalities. Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation (GVS)

provides a cost effective and safe way to simulate spatial disorientation and

potentially test pilot’s vestibular system prior to aircraft operation. This experiment

investigates the use of GVS as an indicator of motion sensitivity and explores the

effects of GVS on flight simulation performance. Bilateral bipolar rectangular pulse

electrical stimulations were given to subjects via skin-mounted electrodes placed over

each mastoid process to stimulate the vestibular system with roll and yaw sensations.

Two studies were conducted in …

Csbs Kudos, December 2009, University Of Northern Iowa. College Of Social And Behavioral Sciences.

CSBS Kudos

Contents:

-- Kudos to:
-- Kudos to CSBS faculty awarded Professional Development Assignments for 2010-2011!

Main Hall To Main Street, December 2009, University Of Montana--Missoula. Office Of University Relations

Main Hall to Main Street, 2005-2010

This is volume 15, number 12 of Main Hall to Main Street.

Education In Plant Pathology Present Status And Future Challenges, James Macdonald, Caitilyn Allen, David Gadoury, William Jacobi, Segenet Kelemu, James Moyer, Tim Murray, Kevin Ong, Charles Pearson, John Sherwood, Ann Vidaver

Department of Plant Pathology: Faculty Publications

Plant pathology is largely a mission driven discipline that seeks to increase the fundamental understanding of host–pathogen interactions and the etiology of plant diseases for the purpose of preventing or mitigating crop loss. This is an important mission because all nations face serious challenges in their efforts to prevent disease on plants cultivated for food, fiber, ornamental use, timber, and fuel, as well as those growing in native ecosystems. In 1994, it was estimated that global losses due to plant diseases ranged from 9.7 to 14.2% of potential yield (12).

Layout And Evaluation Of Clavey Winery Facility, Ron Angold

BioResource and Agricultural Engineering

This senior project discusses the layout design and financial feasibility of constructing a wine facility for Clavey winery. The winery is initially designed to handle 2500 gallons and allows for expansion in the future. The facility features gravity flow which results in increased efficiency. A financial analysis compares having Clavey’s grapes custom crushed by an outside source or having a wine facility to make their wine themselves.

Online Stores, Hanumantha Rao Dama

Masters Theses & Doctoral Dissertations

Project captures activities performed by different roles in a real life online store. The project gives real life understanding of _an online store and activities performed by various roles in the supply chain. A customer can request to create login with some information. Store manager will approve the login request. On approval, an approval email would be sent to the customer's email id. Once customer logins, he can be able to select items in his shopping cart, and can also be able to add/remove/n:iodify quantity of goods in shopping cart. Once order is placed, a mail goes to delivery. A …

Table Of Contents - Issue 1, North Carolina Law Review

North Carolina Law Review

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Serendipity, Sean B. Seymore

North Carolina Law Review

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The Data Game: Learning To Love The State-Based Approach To Data Breach Notification Law, Sara A. Needles

North Carolina Law Review

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Humans, Elizabeth Ferguson

Pitzer Senior Theses

Artists' book utilizing cross disciplinary media.

Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Elicits Receptor-Dependent Calcium Signaling In Retinal Amacrine Cells, Scott Crousillac, Jeremy Colonna, Emily Mcmains, Jill Sayes Dewey, Evanna Gleason

Faculty Publications

Evidence is emerging indicating that sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) participates in signaling in the retina. To determine whether S1P might be involved in signaling in the inner retina specifically, we examine the effects of this sphingolipid on cultured retinal amacrine cells. Whole cell voltage-clamp recordings reveal that S1P activates a cation current that is dependent on signaling through Gi and phospholipase C. These observations are consistent with the involvement of members of the S1P receptor family of G-protein-coupled receptors in the production of the current. Immunocytochemistry and PCR amplification provide evidence for the expression of S1P1R and S1P3R in amacrine cells. The …

Water Stress Impacts On Bacterial Carbon Monoxide Oxidation On Recent Volcanic Deposits, Carolyn F. Weber, Gary M. King

Faculty Publications

Water availability oscillates dramatically on young volcanic deposits, and may control the distribution and activity of microbes during early stages of biological succession. Carbon monoxide (CO)-oxidizing bacteria are among the pioneering colonists on volcanic deposits and are subjected to these water stresses. We report here the effects of water potential on CO-oxidizing bacteria in unvegetated (bare) and vegetated (canopy) sites on a 1959 volcanic deposit on Kilauea Volcano (Hawai'i). Time course measurements of water potential showed that average water potentials in the surface layer (0-1 cm) of canopy soil remained between 0.1 and 0 MPa, whereas dramatic diurnal oscillations (for …

Congress And The Emergence Of Sectionalism: From The Missouri Compromise To The Age Of Jackson, Nicole Etcheson

Civil War Book Review

The Long View of Sectionalism

Guardian Of Savannah: Fort Mcallister, Georgia, In The Civil War And Beyond, Mark A. Smith

Civil War Book Review

Fort McAllister’s Role in the Civil War

Military Education And The Emerging Middle Class, Adam Pratt

Civil War Book Review

Martial Education in the Antebellum South

The H.L. Hunley: The Secret Hope Of The Confederacy, Steven Ramold

Civil War Book Review

The Confederacy and Innovation in Naval Warfare

More Than A Contest Between Armies: Essays On The Civil War Era, Scott L. Stabler

Civil War Book Review

Scholarly Viewpoints on the Civil War Era

Mrm-Applicable Orthogonal Polynomials For Certain Hypergeometric Functions, Izumi Kubo, Hui-Hsiung Kuo

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

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Exact Scenario Simulation For Selected Multi-Dimensional Stochastic Processes, Eckhard Platen, Renata Rendek

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

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Nonlinear Filtering Of Itô-Lévy Stochastic Differential Equations With Continuous Observations, S Popa, S S Sritharan

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

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Sample Properties Of Random Fields. Ii. Continuity, Jürgen Potthoff

Communications on Stochastic Analysis

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