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Effects Of Neutrino Electromagnetic Form Factors On Neutrino Interaction With Finite Temperature Electron Matter, Listiana Satiawati, Anto Sulaksono

Makara Journal of Science

The differential cross-section of neutrino interaction with dense and warm electron gasses has been calculated by taking into account the neutrino electromagnetic form factors. The significant effect of electromagnetic properties of neutrino can be found if the neutrino dipole moment, μ ν , is ≥ 5.10-9 μB and neutrino charge radius, Rv, is ≥ 5.10-6 MeV-1. The importance of the retarded correction, detailed balance and Pauli blocking factors is shown and analyzed. Many-body effects on the target matter which are included via random phase approximation (RPA) correlation as well as photon effective mass are also investigated.

Standard Furniture, Adam Rogers

Theses

I seek simplicity through my intention to establish a particular beauty, a certain calm achieved both visually and through the intangible feel of my furniture - itself simply a reservoir for the collection and ordering of possessions. The result will reflect the balance between the order inherent in the modest furniture forms that follow function and the emphasized personal quality of certain components of the whole. Through exercising restraint in form, the central element is emphasized, thereby omitting the unimportant to magnify the important. I chase an elusive beauty and an ethereal quality in my furniture. I intend to explore …

Security Applications Of Formal Language Theory, Len Sassaman, Meredith L. Patterson, Sergey Bratus, Michael E. Locasto, Anna Shubina

Computer Science Technical Reports

We present an approach to improving the security of complex, composed systems based on formal language theory, and show how this approach leads to advances in input validation, security modeling, attack surface reduction, and ultimately, software design and programming methodology. We cite examples based on real-world security flaws in common protocols representing different classes of protocol complexity. We also introduce a formalization of an exploit development technique, the parse tree differential attack, made possible by our conception of the role of formal grammars in security. These insights make possible future advances in software auditing techniques applicable to static and dynamic …

Defining Quality In Undergraduate Education, Alison W. Bowers, Shyam Ranganathan, Denise R. Simmons

Higher Learning Research Communications

Objectives: This research brief explores the literature addressing quality in undergraduate education to identify what previous research has said about quality and to offer future directions for research on quality in undergraduate education. Method: We conducted a scoping review to provide a broad overview of existing research. Using targeted search terms in academic databases, we identified and reviewed relevant academic literature to develop emergent themes and implications for future research. Results: The exploratory review of the literature revealed a range of thoughtful discussions and empirical studies attempting to define quality in undergraduate education. Many publications highlighted the importance of including …

The Weekly Challenger, November 24, 2011, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The November 24, 2011, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Planning Combinatorial Disulfide Cross-Links For Protein Fold Determination, Fei Xiong, Alan M Friedman, Chris Bailey-Kellogg

Dartmouth Scholarship

Fold recognition techniques take advantage of the limited number of overall structural organizations, and have become increasingly effective at identifying the fold of a given target sequence. However, in the absence of sufficient sequence identity, it remains difficult for fold recognition methods to always select the correct model. While a native-like model is often among a pool of highly ranked models, it is not necessarily the highest-ranked one, and the model rankings depend sensitively on the scoring function used. Structure elucidation methods can then be employed to decide among the models based on relatively rapid biochemical/biophysical experiments.

Public Hearing Transcripts - Eastern - Makindu - Rtjrc24.11 (St Peter's Catholic Church Hall Makindu), Truth, Justice, And Reconciliation Commission

I. Core TJRC Related Documents

No abstract provided.

Public Hearing Transcripts - Eastern - Machakos - Rtjrc24.11 (Municipal Council Of Machakos Social Hall), Truth, Justice, And Reconciliation Commission

I. Core TJRC Related Documents

No abstract provided.

Summary Of Klasch V. Walgreen Co., 127 Nev. Adv. Op. 74, Cameron Daw

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

An appeal from a district’s grant of court summary judgment in a wrongful death action involving a pharmacist’s duty of care.

Evaluation Of Academic Competencies Through Standardized Instruments, Oscar Garcia López, Gema Santiago Gómez, Sara Redondo Duarte

Higher Learning Research Communications

The aim of this investigation is to assess the correlation among different competencies-assessment systems available on the market to measure social skills in the university environment. In order to carry out the research, three self-perception competency tests were used, and 30 competencies were evaluated in a Likert scale with several response levels: the LPA-Q, the ESCI-U, and the CompeUEM. The three questionnaires were completed by 57 university students. The results show a low degree of agreement among the different questionnaires in relation to measuring the same competencies, as well as an unclear factor structure.

Low-Income Fathers’ Barriers To Participation In Family And Parenting Programs, Shawna J. Lee, Anna Yelick, Kimberly Brisebois, Kelvin L. Banks

Journal of Family Strengths

This exploratory study used semi-structured focus groups to examine: 1) where and from whom fathers obtain information about parenting; 2) the types of parenting services men are aware of, and their attitudes about participating in such services; and 3) fathers’ perceived norms about the acceptability and utility of various parenting practices. Low-income men (N = 17) were recruited from a human services agency in Detroit, Michigan. Four major themes emerged. First was the need for male-focused community resources for fathers. Second was that men were aware of and used positive disciplinary strategies. Third was emphasis on fathers’ positive and effective …

The Impact Of Family Stressors On The Social Development Of Adolescents Admitted To A Residential Treatment Facility, Cynthia Harr, Tancy Horn-Johnson, Nathaniel Williams, Lacey Dejager

Journal of Family Strengths

The focus of this research was to determine the impact of family stressors on the social development of adolescents at admission to long-term mental health residential care. The study was conducted at the Waco Center for Youth, the only long-term residential care agency serving emotionally and behaviorally challenged adolescents and their families that functions under the authority of the Texas Department of State Health Services. Data was obtained from social assessment forms (N=457) in case records of clients. The prevalence of problem behaviors exhibited by the youth upon entry to the residential facility was examined and it was found that …

Strengthening Families: Parents' Voices On Discipline And Child Rearing, Elizabeth M. Breshears

Journal of Family Strengths

This qualitative study conducted semi-structured, multi-session focus groups and interviews with twenty-seven participants to explore in-depth, participant constructs of child discipline and punishment methods and reasons for the continuing support for corporal punishment of U.S. children. The research assumed that parents want to parent well and utilized the strengths perspective as the instrument to listen to participants' voices. Narratives revealed that participants were thoughtful about discipline and parenting strategies and viewed their parent role as a serious commitment. Non-violent discipline strategies, particularly communication, were often used. However, parents generally framed use of physical punishment as “when children need spanking” versus …

An Examination Of The Contextual Environment Of Families With Sexually Abused Adolescents, Javonda D. Williams, Debra Nelson-Gardell

Journal of Family Strengths

This study examined the impact of the contextual environment of the family on post abuse adjustment of sexually abused adolescents. Bronfenbrenner’s ecological theory was used to investigate how the external influences of the family impact the capacity of families to foster the recovery of sexually abused adolescents. The results from this secondary analysis of data from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being Wave I (NSCAW, Dowd et al., 2002) support contextually sensitive treatment planning for sexually abused adolescents and their families.

Emissions Pricing To Stabilize Global Climate, Valentina Bosetti, Sergey Paltsev, John Reilly, Carlo Carraro

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

In the absence of significant greenhouse gas (GHG) mitigation, many analysts project that atmospheric concentrations of species identified for control in the Kyoto protocol could exceed 1000 ppm (carbon-dioxide-equivalent) by 2100 from the current levels of about 435 ppm. This could lead to global average temperature increases of between 2.5 and 6°C by the end of the century. There are risks of even greater warming given that underlying uncertainties in emissions projections and climate response are substantial. Stabilization of GHG concentrations that would have a reasonable chance of meeting temperature targets identified in international negotiations would require significant reductions in …

The Cord (November 23, 2011)

The Cord

No abstract provided.

Aloysious Conteh V. Atty Gen Usa

2011 Decisions

Agency

Usa V. Keith Stephens

2011 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Association Between Regulator Of G Protein Signaling 9–2 And Body Weight, Jeffrey L. Waugh, Celver, Meenakshi Sharma, Robert L. Dufresne, Dimitra Terzi, S. Craig Risch, William G. Fairbrother, Rachael L. Neve, John P. Kane, Mary J. Malloy, Clive R. Pullinger, Harvest F. Gu, Christos Tsatsanis, Steven P. Hamilton, Stephen J. Gold, Venetia Zachariou, Abraham Kovoor

Pharmacy Practice and Clinical Research Faculty Publications

Regulator of G protein signaling 9–2 (RGS9–2) is a protein that is highly enriched in the striatum, a brain region that mediates motivation, movement and reward responses. We identified a naturally occurring 5 nucleotide deletion polymorphism in the human RGS9 gene and found that the mean body mass index (BMI) of individuals with the deletion was significantly higher than those without. A splicing reporter minigene assay demonstrated that the deletion had the potential to significantly decrease the levels of correctly spliced RGS9 gene product. We measured the weights of rats after virally transduced overexpression of RGS9–2 or the structurally related …

Ali V. State Of Israel, Miriam Naor, Edna Arbel, Yoram Danziger

Translated Opinions

[This abstract is not part of the Court's opinion and is provided for the reader's convenience. It has been translated from a Hebrew version prepared by Nevo Press Ltd. and is used with its kind permission.]

The appellant was convicted in the District Court of weapons offenses (trading in weapons) and conspiracy to commit a felony. The offenses attributed to the Appellant were committed in their entirety in the Gaza Strip, and none, nor any part of any of them, were committed within the territory of the State of Israel, nor were their outcomes intended to occur in the State …

Hobson Manufacturing Corp. V. Se/Z Const. Appellant's Reply Brief 3 Dckt. 38202

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Employers Mut. Cas. Co. V. Donnelly Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 38623

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

State V. Peterson Appellant's Brief Dckt. 38723

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Steele V. State Appellant's Brief Dckt. 38794

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Electronic Monitoring Of Hand Hygiene Compliance In An Inpatient Hospital Setting, Christopher M. Masek

Department of Industrial and Management Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Proper hand hygiene is known to reduce hospital acquired infections. Currently the most widely accepted method used to measure hand hygiene compliance is through direct observation. This method often provides data that may not accurately represent true hand hygiene compliance due to such factors such as the Hawthorne Effect. Perhaps a better approach is to use counting devices to capture hand hygiene opportunities and activities. This thesis focuses on the measurement of hand hygiene activities of all individuals that either work or visit an inpatient medical ward including healthcare workers, patients and visitors at the patient’s bedside for non-isolation patients. …

Council Directive On Requirements For Budgetary Frameworks Of The Member States, Official Journal Of The European Union (Ojeu), J. Vincent-Rostowski

Documents

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2011/85/EU of 8 November 2011 on requirements for budgetary frameworks of the Member States

Electronic Structure And Energetics Of Tetragonal Srcuo2 And Its High-Pressure Superstructure Phase, Jianwei Wang, Zsolt Rak, Fuxiang Zhang, Rodney C. Ewing, Udo Becker

Faculty Publications

First-principles calculations have been used to investigate the electronic structure and energetics of the simple tetragonal SrCuO2 (P4/mmm) and its high-pressure tetragonal superstructure (P4/mmm). Based on the calculations, the high-pressure phase is metastable as compared with the low pressure tetragonal phase, with an energy difference of 0.13eV per SrCuO 2 formula unit. The energy barrier to the transition from the superstructure to the simple tetragonal structure is 0.24eV at 7GPa; thus, high temperatures are required to synthesize the latter. Among the possible structural configurations resulting from the partially occupied oxygen site in the superstructure phase, the most stable structure has …

Chronic Granulomatous Disease, The Mcleod Phenotype And The Contiguous Gene Deletion Syndrome - A Review, Casey E. Watkins, John Litchfield, Eunkyung Song, Gayatri B. Jaishankar, Niva Misra, Nikhil Holla, Michelle Duffourc, Guha Krishnaswamy

ETSU Faculty Works

Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD), a disorder of the NADPH oxidase system, results in phagocyte functional defects and subsequent infections with bacterial and fungal pathogens (such as Aspergillus species and Candida albicans). Deletions and missense, frameshift, or nonsense mutations in the gp91 phox gene (also termed CYBB), located in the Xp21.1 region of the X chromosome, are associated with the most common form of CGD. When larger X-chromosomal deletions occur, including the XK gene deletion, a so-called "Contiguous Gene Deletion Syndrome" may result. The contiguous gene deletion syndrome is known to associate the Kell phenotype/McLeod syndrome with diseases such as X-linked …

Impaired Structural Connectivity Of Socio-Emotional Circuits In Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study, Stephanie H. Ameis, Jin Fan, Conrad Rockel, Aristotle N. Voineskos, Nancy J. Lobaugh, Latha Soorya, A. Ting Wang, Eric Hollander, Evdokia Anagnostou

Publications and Research

Background Abnormal white matter development may disrupt integration within neural circuits, causing particular impairments in higher-order behaviours. In autism spectrum disorders (ASDs), white matter alterations may contribute to characteristic deficits in complex socio-emotional and communication domains. Here, we used diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) and tract based spatial statistics (TBSS) to evaluate white matter microstructure in ASD. Methods/Principal Findings DTI scans were acquired for 19 children and adolescents with ASD (∼8–18 years; mean 12.4±3.1) and 16 age and IQ matched controls (∼8–18 years; mean 12.3±3.6) on a 3T MRI system. DTI values for fractional anisotropy, mean diffusivity, radial diffusivity and axial …

State V. Cox Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39040

Not Reported

No abstract provided.