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Chromatographic Analysis Of Acetohexamide Binding To Glycated Human Serum Albumin, K.S. Joseph, Jeanethe Anguizola, Abby J. Jackson, David S. Hage Oct 2010

Chromatographic Analysis Of Acetohexamide Binding To Glycated Human Serum Albumin, K.S. Joseph, Jeanethe Anguizola, Abby J. Jackson, David S. Hage

David Hage Publications

Acetohexamide is a drug used to treat type II diabetes and is tightly bound to the protein human serum albumin (HSA) in the circulation. It has been proposed that the binding of some drugs with HSA can be affected by the non-enzymatic glycation of this protein. This study used highperformance affinity chromatography to examine the changes in acetohexamide-HSA binding that take place as the glycation of HSA is increased. It was found in frontal analysis experiments that the binding of acetohexamide to glycated HSA could be described by a two-site model involving both strong and weak affinity interactions. The average …

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The Lick–Carnegie Exoplanet Survey: A 3.1 M⊕ Planet In The Habitable Zone Of The Nearby M3v Star Gliese 581, Steve Vogt, R. Paul Butler, Eugenio J. Rivera, Nader Haghighipour, Gregory W. Henry, Michael H. Williamson Oct 2010

The Lick–Carnegie Exoplanet Survey: A 3.1 M⊕ Planet In The Habitable Zone Of The Nearby M3v Star Gliese 581, Steve Vogt, R. Paul Butler, Eugenio J. Rivera, Nader Haghighipour, Gregory W. Henry, Michael H. Williamson

Information Systems and Engineering Management Research Publications

We present 11 years of HIRES precision radial velocities (RVs) of the nearby M3V star Gliese 581, combining our data set of 122 precision RVs with an existing published 4.3-year set of 119 HARPS precision RVs. The velocity set now indicates six companions in Keplerian motion around this star. Differential photometry indicates a likely stellar rotation period of ∼94 days and reveals no significant periodic variability at any of the Keplerian periods, supporting planetary orbital motion as the cause of all the RV variations. The combined data set strongly confirms the 5.37-day, 12.9-day, 3.15-day, and 67-day planets previously announced by …

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Flyer News, Vol. 58, No. 9 (Oct. 15, 2010), University Of Dayton Oct 2010

Flyer News, Vol. 58, No. 9 (Oct. 15, 2010), University Of Dayton

Flyer News

Student-run newspaper of the University of Dayton.

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Arminianism And Adventism: The Heart Of Him Who Hardens Hearts, Angelika Kaiser Oct 2010

Arminianism And Adventism: The Heart Of Him Who Hardens Hearts, Angelika Kaiser

Memory, Meaning & Faith

No abstract provided.

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The Impact Of Market Focus On Operations Practices, Tritos Laosirihongthong, Keah Choon Tan, Vijay R. Kannan Oct 2010

The Impact Of Market Focus On Operations Practices, Tritos Laosirihongthong, Keah Choon Tan, Vijay R. Kannan

Management Faculty Publications

A key element of successful organisations is the alignment of their strategy and tactics. This study explores the relationship between a firm’s competitive strategy and its operations practices in the context of a developing economy. Two competitive strategies are examined; a niche market strategy characterised by targeting specific market segments, and a broad market strategy characterised by serving a wide range of market segments. Three sets of operations practices consistent with the adoption of lean manufacturing, Total Quality Management, and relationship development in a supply chain context, are explored. Using survey data from senior managers in Thailand, results show that …

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Organization Profile: Regional Centre On Small Arms And Light Weapons, Cisr Journal Oct 2010

Organization Profile: Regional Centre On Small Arms And Light Weapons, Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The following article examines the Regional Centre on Small Arms and Light Weapons, which was created in March 2000. Since its inception, RECSA has provided its member states with support in the creation of National Focal Points on small-arms control and management. With its help, seven of RECSA’s member states have developed National Action Plans with goals including SA/LW marking, weapons disposal, and SA/LW education/awareness. Two additional countries are expected to have Action Plans in place in 2011.

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A Survivor’S Successful Story: Sadafmo, Reykhan Muminova Oct 2010

A Survivor’S Successful Story: Sadafmo, Reykhan Muminova

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

As one of more than 800 Tajik landmine victims, Rahmatova Sadafmo is a 32-year-old woman living in the small mountainous village of Dashtijum on the Tajik-Afghan border. Despite losing her leg in a tragic landmine accident, Sadafmo is able to support herself and her young son with assistance from the Tajikistan Mine Action Centre. She helps other landmine victims and looks toward her future with hope and enthusiasm.

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D-Mine Training System: Safer And More Efficient Training Aid For Manual Deminers, Hans Johnsson Oct 2010

D-Mine Training System: Safer And More Efficient Training Aid For Manual Deminers, Hans Johnsson

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

D-MINE™ is a training system that organizations can utilize to simulate situations deminers will actually face in the field. It has proven to be an effective and efficient means of preparing deminers both technically and mentally before they encounter any real mines.

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Mine-Action Activities In Western Sahara, Ginevra Cucinotta Oct 2010

Mine-Action Activities In Western Sahara, Ginevra Cucinotta

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Since 2007, the United Nations Mine Action Service has been implementing mine-action activities in Western Sahara. Although the parties to the conflict generally abide by a 1991 ceasefire, the expansive territory remains contaminated by an unknown quantity of mines and explosive remnants of war. The Mine Action Coordination Centre has provided technical coordination and quality assurance and plans to expand its mine-action operations.

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The Journal Of Erw And Mine Action Issue 14.3 (2010), Cisr Journal Oct 2010

The Journal Of Erw And Mine Action Issue 14.3 (2010), Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Focus: Looking Beyond Mine Action | Feature: Development and Funding | Special Report: Update on National Programs | Notes from the Field | Research & Development

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Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Programme, Edwin Faigmane Oct 2010

Lao National Unexploded Ordnance Programme, Edwin Faigmane

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

In this article, UXO Lao reports on its development from 1996 to the present. Focuses include issues related to productivity, quality control, capacity building, gender equality, UXO clearance, and development and funding.

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Hero Profile: Aki Ra, Cisr Journal Oct 2010

Hero Profile: Aki Ra, Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

The Khmer Rouge made Aki Ra a soldier when he was still a child. Now, close to 30 years later, he can be found working tirelessly to remove landmines and unexploded ordnance in Siem Reap, Cambodia—some planted by his own hands. As a result of his work, the Cambodia Landmine Relief Museum Facility houses thousands of detonated landmines and UXO, and provides a home for orphaned landmine victims. Aki Ra has received international recognition for his humanitarian efforts, including his recent selection as a Top 10 candidate for the CNN Hero of the Year award.

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Economic Reintegration And Rehabilitation Of Nepalese Landmine/Ied Victims, Purna Shova Chitraker Oct 2010

Economic Reintegration And Rehabilitation Of Nepalese Landmine/Ied Victims, Purna Shova Chitraker

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

This article examines the effectiveness of a victim-assistance program in Nepal conducted by Ban Landmines Campaign Nepal (NCBL). In the program’s two phases, the organization helped rehabilitate 67 victims of landmines and improvised explosive devices and reintegrate them into society. The report details the NCBL’s program goals, activities and outcomes, and addresses the challenges and future aspirations of victim assistance in Nepal.

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The Effect Of Reinforcement Rate Variations On Hits And False Alarms In Remote Explosive Scent Tracing With Dogs, Rebecca Sargisson, Ian Mclean Oct 2010

The Effect Of Reinforcement Rate Variations On Hits And False Alarms In Remote Explosive Scent Tracing With Dogs, Rebecca Sargisson, Ian Mclean

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Detection animals offer untapped potential in terms of locating landmines and explosive ordnance in the field and in the laboratory. In this study, the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining investigated the effect of low, medium, and high levels of reward on the performance of six dogs searching filters for explosive odor.

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The Advanced Intelligence Decision Support System For The Assessment Of Mine-Suspected Areas, Milan Bajic Oct 2010

The Advanced Intelligence Decision Support System For The Assessment Of Mine-Suspected Areas, Milan Bajic

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Several research and development projects have been created to utilize airborne and spaceborne remote sensing for mine action, but the Advanced Intelligence Decision Support System is the first mine-action technology to successfully combine remote sensing with advanced intelligence methodology. The result is a rigorously operationally validated system that improves hazardous risk assessment for greater efficiency in land cancellation and release. This article discusses the components of the AI DSS system and its achievements in mine action.

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Itep Evaluation Of Metal Detectors And Dual-Sensor Detectors, Kazunori Takahashi, Dieter Gulle Oct 2010

Itep Evaluation Of Metal Detectors And Dual-Sensor Detectors, Kazunori Takahashi, Dieter Gulle

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Since its development in the early 1970s, scientists from an array of disciplines have found reason to utilize ground-penetrating radar to create radar images of the subsurface. The following article examines how GPR use in combination with standard metal detectors could aid workers in the field of demining.

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(1e,3e)-1,4-Bis(4-Methoxyphenyl)Buta1,3-Diene, Gopinathan Narayan, Nigam Rath, Suresh Das Oct 2010

(1e,3e)-1,4-Bis(4-Methoxyphenyl)Buta1,3-Diene, Gopinathan Narayan, Nigam Rath, Suresh Das

Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Works

The title compound, C18H18O2, which exhibits blue emission in the solid state, is an inter­mediate in the preparation of liquid crystals and polymers. The mol­ecule is located on an inversion centre. In the crystal, mol­ecules are arranged in a herringbone motif.

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Organization Profile: Small Arms Survey, Cisr Journal Oct 2010

Organization Profile: Small Arms Survey, Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Established in 1999, Small Arms Survey is an independent research project providing public information on all aspects of small arms and armed violence. The project conducts and collaborates on research efforts related to small-arms issues worldwide, seeking to further the theory and practice of disarmament and reduction of small arms. Its most recent yearbook focused on armed groups, gangs, and their small-arms holdings and means of acquisition.

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Profile: “Remnants Of A War,” Directed By Jawad Metni, Documentary Review Oct 2010

Profile: “Remnants Of A War,” Directed By Jawad Metni, Documentary Review

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

During the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah War, Israeli forces dropped more than four million cluster munitions on Southern Lebanon. By conservative estimates, these bombs fail to detonate 30 percent of the time. This rate, when coupled with a 2009 stall in the funding process, has left more than 12 million square meters (2,965 acres) of land threatening the safety and lives of local residents. Responding to this danger, Director Jawad Metni uses his film,“Remnants of a War,” to document the trained, local deminers of Southern Lebanon as they diligently work to remove the remaining munitions more than three years after the …

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Reporter - October 15th 2010, Rit Reporter Staff Oct 2010

Reporter - October 15th 2010, Rit Reporter Staff

University Publications

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10/15/2010, Slutzker Center For International Students Oct 2010

10/15/2010, Slutzker Center For International Students

Newsletters from Slutzker Center for International Services - SCIS News

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The Bison, October 15, 2010 Oct 2010

The Bison, October 15, 2010

The Bison Newspapers

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Quantum Equivalent Magnetic Fields That Are Not Classically Equivalent, Carolyn Gordon, William Kirwin, Dorothee Schueth, David Webb Oct 2010

Quantum Equivalent Magnetic Fields That Are Not Classically Equivalent, Carolyn Gordon, William Kirwin, Dorothee Schueth, David Webb

Dartmouth Scholarship

We construct pairs of compact Kähler-Einstein manifolds (Mi,gi,ωi)(i=1,2) of complex dimension n with the following properties: The canonical line bundle Li=⋀nT∗Mi has Chern class [ωi/2π], and for each positive integer k the tensor powers L⊗k1 and L⊗k2 are isospectral for the bundle Laplacian associated with the canonical connection, while M1 and M2 – and hence T∗M1 and T∗M2 – are not homeomorphic. In the context of geometric quantization, we interpret these examples as magnetic fields which are quantum equivalent but not classically equivalent. Moreover, we construct many …

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Weevils Of The Genus Cercopeus Schoenherr From South Carolina, Usa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), Charles W. O’Brien, Janet C. Ciegler, Jennifer C. Girón Oct 2010

Weevils Of The Genus Cercopeus Schoenherr From South Carolina, Usa (Coleoptera: Curculionidae: Entiminae), Charles W. O’Brien, Janet C. Ciegler, Jennifer C. Girón

Insecta Mundi

Six new species of the weevil genus Cercopeus Schoenherr are described from South Carolina: C. alexi, C. cornelli, C. femoratus, C. paulus, C. skelleyi, and C. tibialis. Three other species also found in South Carolina are re-described: C. chrysorrhoeus (Say), C. maspavancus Sleeper, and C. strigicollis Sleeper. Keys to known males and females of all 17 species of Cercopeus are given, along with photographs of habitus, leg features, and antennae, and line illustrations of genitalia. Nearly all specimens of the new species were collected from January-March and these species are winter active

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Review Of Synapsis Bates (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Coprini), With Description Of A New Species, Jiri Zidek, Svatopluk Pokorny Oct 2010

Review Of Synapsis Bates (Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae: Coprini), With Description Of A New Species, Jiri Zidek, Svatopluk Pokorny

Insecta Mundi

Presented are a checklist, a discussion of and keys to species groups and their constituent species, and a description of one new species: Synapsis horaki. The species Synapsis cambeforti Krikken and S. thoas Sharp are synonymized with S. ritsemae Lansberge, Balthasar’s synonymy of S. yunnana Arrow with S. tridens Sharp is revived, and the status of six recently described species is left unresolved because of insufficient data.

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Application Of Project Cash Management And Control For Infrastructure, Cheng-Wu Chen, Morris Hsiao-Lung Wang, Kevin Fong-Re Liu, Tsung-Hao Chen Oct 2010

Application Of Project Cash Management And Control For Infrastructure, Cheng-Wu Chen, Morris Hsiao-Lung Wang, Kevin Fong-Re Liu, Tsung-Hao Chen

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

In this study we look at infrastructure tender projects. Financial data for cost estimates are collected from 42 infrastructure tender projects (including 20 MRT construction tender projects, 14 highway construction tender projects, and 8 public building tender projects). The Takagi-Sugeno’s fuzzy theory is first applied to build an s-curve regression model for big projects. After the model is fitted, the cash-to-cash cycle concept is applied to analyze and diagram cash flow estimations for the execution stage of contracted projects. The goal is to understand short-term financial demands that occur during the execution stage, which leads to a better understanding of …

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Usa V. Matthew Fox Oct 2010

Usa V. Matthew Fox

2010 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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Newcomb Miller V. Atty Gen Usa Oct 2010

Newcomb Miller V. Atty Gen Usa

2010 Decisions

Agency

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Daily Eastern News: October 15, 2010, Eastern Illinois University Oct 2010

Daily Eastern News: October 15, 2010, Eastern Illinois University

October

No abstract provided.

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Cold Dust In Three Massive Evolved Stars In The Lmc, M. L. Boyer, B. Sargent, J. Th Van Loon, S. Srinivasan, G. C. Clayton, F. Kemper, L. J. Smith, M. Matsuura, Paul M. Woods, M. Marengo, M. Meixner, C. Engelbracht, K. D. Gordon, S. Hony, R. Indebetouw, K. Misselt, K. Okumura, P. Panuzzo, D. Riebel, J. Roman-Duval, M. Sauvage, G. C. Sloan Oct 2010

Cold Dust In Three Massive Evolved Stars In The Lmc, M. L. Boyer, B. Sargent, J. Th Van Loon, S. Srinivasan, G. C. Clayton, F. Kemper, L. J. Smith, M. Matsuura, Paul M. Woods, M. Marengo, M. Meixner, C. Engelbracht, K. D. Gordon, S. Hony, R. Indebetouw, K. Misselt, K. Okumura, P. Panuzzo, D. Riebel, J. Roman-Duval, M. Sauvage, G. C. Sloan

Faculty Publications

Massive evolved stars can produce large amounts of dust, and far-infrared (IR) data are essential for determining the contribution of cold dust to the total dust mass. Using Herschel, we search for cold dust in three very dusty massive evolved stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud: R71 is a luminous blue variable, HD 36402 is a Wolf-Rayet triple system, and IRAS05280-6910 is a red supergiant. We model the spectral energy distributions using radiative transfer codes and find that these three stars have mass-loss rates up to 10-3 Modot; yr-1, suggesting that high-mass stars are important contributors to the life-cycle of …

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