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Examining Effects Of Virtual Machine Settings On Voice Over Internet Protocol In A Private Cloud Environment, Yuan Liao

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The virtualization of computing resources, as represented by the sustained growth of cloud computing, continues to thrive. Information Technology departments are building their private clouds due to the perception of significant cost savings by managing all physical computing resources from a single point and assigning them to applications or services as needed while remaining in control of their systems and information. As part of this trend, real time communication applications including IP telephony can be integrated with other software applications into one platform and deployed in private clouds to reduce capital expenditure and lower overall costs of daily based maintenance …

Diversity And Inclusion In The Information Technology Industry: Relating Perceptions And Expectations To Demographic Dimensions, Suanu Bliss Wikina

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The American society, especially the workplace, is becoming increasingly diverse in terms of race/ethnicity, culture, national origin, sexual orientation, familial status, age, religion, disability, and educational attainment (where there are people from different backgrounds and cultures the potential for suspicion and prejudices occur). This study examines diversity and inclusion in the information technology sector and assesses whether differences in group members perceptions and expectations are influenced by gender, race/ethnicity, position, and educational status. This study adopts a descriptive, quantitative approach utilizing a survey in the form of a questionnaire constructed using the Web-based survey software SurveyMonkey. This researcher designed a …

An Open Framework For Low-Latency Communications Across The Smart Grid Network, John Andrew Sturm

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The recent White House (2011) policy paper for the Smart Grid that was released on June 13, 2011, A Policy Framework for the 21st Century Grid: Enabling Our Secure Energy Future, defines four major problems to be solved and the one that is addressed in this dissertation is Securing the Grid. Securing the Grid is referred to as one of the four pillars to be built on an open technology framework. The problem of securing the grid is further defined that cybersecurity practices must provide the special, low-latency communications needed for real-time automation control (White House, 2011, p. 49). The …

A Sense Of Place: Branding The Richardson Olmsted Complex Through Architectural Motif, Lisa Mauro

Theses

(keywords: Henry Hobson Richardson, Frederick Law Olmsted, Thomas Kirkbride, Romanesque architecture, Buffalo State Asylum for the Insane, 19th century English design reformers, Richardsonian Romanesque, motif, psychology of pattern, pattern design, architectural ornament, place-branding, Buffalo, NY) Motif design and repeat patterns have been used to decorate, communicate and imbue surface with meaning across cultures and eras. It is also evident that pattern satisfies a fundamental psychological need in humans for order and beauty. Motifs are a well-suited graphic design basis from which to create an effective branding strategy with potential to communicate with a subliminal power and in a way that …

Use Of Sarima Models To Assess Data-Poor Fisheries: A Case Study With A Sciaenid Fishery Off Portugal, Nuno Prista, Norou Diawara, Maria J. Costa, Cynthia M. Jones

OES Faculty Publications

Research on assessment and monitoring methods has primarily focused on fisheries with long multivariate data sets. Less research exists on methods applicable to data-poor fisheries with univariate data sets with a small sample size. In this study, we examine the capabilities of seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (SARIMA) models to fit, forecast, and monitor the landings of such data-poor fisheries. We use a European fishery on meagre (Sciaenidae: Argyrosomus regius), where only a short time series of landings was available to model (n=60 months), as our case-study. We show that despite the limited sample size, a SARIMA model could …

Anaerobic Oxidation Of Methane And The Stoichiometry Of Remineralization Processes In Continental Margin Sediments, David J. Burdige, Tomoko Kamada

OES Faculty Publications

In many coastal and continental margin sediments, pore-water property-property plots yield values of r_c:s, the stoichiometric ratio of dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) produced to sulfate reduced, that are lower than the commonly assumed value of 2. Remineralization of organic matter more reduced than CH₂O can cause such observations, as can DIC loss due to authigenic carbonate precipitation. However, through studies of Santa Monica Basin sediments, we have observed that these observations could also be related to the occurrence of anaerobic oxidation of methane (AOM) in sediments. Specifically, using a reactive transport sediment model, we have shown …

Structural Studies Of Complex Compounds Of 6,6'-Diacetyl-2,2'-Bipyridine Dioxime With Copper(I/Ii), Platinum(Ii), And Palladium(Ii) Metal Ions, Abdurrahman Şengül, Hakan Ağaç, Burak Çoban, Erol Eroğlu

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The tetradentate ligand 6,6'-diacetyl-2,2'-bipyridine dioxime (L) was obtained in high yield by the condensation reaction of 6,6'-diacetyl-2,2'-bipyridine with hydroxyl amine in alkaline solution. Density functional calculations and 3D modeling of the structure at the B3LYP/6-31G(d) level of theory for L revealed that the energy difference between the global trans conformer (trans-L), which possesses the C_{2h} point group, and the distorted cis conformer (cis-L) was 5.214 kcal/mol. Synthesis and characterization of the metal complexes with Cu(I), Cu(II), Pt(II), and Pd(II) metal ions were reported. L acted as a N_4-donor ligand to coordinate to the metal centers via N atoms of the …

Synthesis And Characterisation Of Tris(2,4-Dinitrophenoxo)Monooxovanadium(V) And Its Complex Salts, Neeraj Sharma, Reena Sharma, Meena Kumari, Subhash Chaudhry

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The monooxovanadium(V) complex of composition [VO(OC_6H_3(NO_2)_2-2,4)_3] (I) was synthesized by the reaction of VOCl_3 with Me_3SiOC_6H_3(NO_2)_2-2,4 in toluene and characterised by elemental analyses, molar conductance, and IR, ^1H- and ^{13}C-NMR, and mass spectral studies. The reactions of (I) with alkali metal 2,4-dinitrophenoxides [MOC_6H_3(NO_2)_2-2,4] (M = Li, Na, K) yield complex salts of composition M[VO(OC_6H_3(NO_2)_2-2,4]_4 authenticated by physicochemical and IR spectral studies. Thermal behaviour of complexes was studied by TG and DTA techniques. The molecular modelling calculations of the parent complex and its complex salts were performed to visualise the probable geometry around vanadium metal, which, coupled with spectroscopic evidence, suggests …

A Study Of Behavior Of Some 5-Substituted- 4-Phenyl-1,2,4-Triazoline-3-Thiones In Sulfuric Acid Solution Using Characteristic Vector Analysis, Vesna Dimova

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The protonation process of 1,2,4-triazoline-3-thiones (T3T) was studied in aqueous sulfuric acid using the UV method. Characteristic vector analysis (CVA) was used to reconstruct the experimentally obtained UV spectra, to overcome difficulties in calculating the protonation constants of T3T, and to separate the effect of protonation from the generalized medium effect. pK_{TH}+ values were calculated using the Hammett acidity function method, the Bunnett and Olsen method, and the excess acidity function method. The obtained values for m, \phi and m* were close to those characteristic for similar thio compounds, indicating that the protonation site in the molecule of T3T is …

A Simple And Rapid Spectrophotometric Determination Of Trace Level Simple And Rapid Spectrophotometric Determination Of Trace Level Chromium Using Bis (Salicylaldehyde) Orthophenylenediamine In Nonionic Micellar Media, Rubina Soomro, Jamaluddin Ahmed, Najma Memon

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Bis(salicylaldehyde)orthophenylenediamine (BSOPD) has been proposed as new analytical reagent for the direct spectrophotometric determination of chromium. It reacts with chromium(VI) in slightly acidic (0.1 -- 0.3 M H_2SO_4) micellar medium to form a yellow - orange chelate with a molar ratio 2:3. The most remarkable point of this method is that the molar absorptivities of the Cr^{VI} -- BSOPD complex formed in the presence of nonionic TritonX -- 100 surfactant are almost 10 times higher than the value observed in aqueous solution. This results in enhancing the sensitivity and selectivity of the method. The reaction is instantaneous and the maximum …

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Turkish Journal of Chemistry

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Synthesis And Biological Activity Of 5-Substituted-2-Amino-1,3,4-Oxadiazole Derivatives, Sanjeev Kumar

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Electrical energy offers numerous benefits for performing synthesis, including increased reaction rates, enhanced yields, and cleaner chemistries. 5-Substituted-2-amino-1,3,4-oxadiazoles were synthesized directly from the semicarbazone at a platinum electrode under controlled potential electrolysis in an undivided cell assembly in acetonitrile. The compounds were screened for antibacterial and antifungal activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pellicularia salmonicolor, and Macrophomina phaseolina.

Synthesis And Antiinflammatory Activity Of Novel 2,5-Disubstituted Thiophene Derivatives, Sahar Badr

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

New series of 2,5-disubstituted thiophenes were synthesized. Thiosemicarbazones 1a-b were reacted with various reagents, such as diethyl-2-bromomalonate, ethyl-2-chloroacetoacetate, thioglycolic acid, 4-substituted phenacyl bromides, and acetic anhydride, to afford heterocyclic substituted thiophene derivatives 2a-b, 3a-b, 4a-b, 5a-b, 6a-b, and 7a-b, respectively. Moreover, cyclization of the key intermediate 1b with chloroacetic acid yielded thiazolidine 9, which on reaction with appropriate aromatic aldehydes afforded the corresponding arylidene derivatives 10a-f. Finally, reaction of N^\-arylidene cyanoacetohydrazide 11 with sulfur and phenylisothiocyanate yielded thiazoline derivative 12, which on treatment with triethylorthoformate and acetic anhydride afforded thiazolo[4,5-d]pyrimidinone derivative 13. Some of the newly synthesized compounds showed promising …

Reaction Dynamics Of Br + Hd: Quantum Wave Packet On Three Potential Energy Surfaces, Qing Song, Wei-Long Quan, Tian-Jun Feng

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The initial state-resolved reaction probabilities, reaction cross-sections, and rate constants of the reaction Br + HD are computed on 3 potential energy surfaces (denoted as e-LEPS, MB2, and MB3, respectively) by carrying out quantum time-dependent wave packet calculations. The results show that the reactivity of Br + HD on MB3 is much stronger than that on e-LEPS and somewhat weaker than that on MB2. Both of the vibrational and the rotational excitation of reagent HD enhance the reaction, which depends on the PESs and the strongest enhancement effects are on e-LEPS.

Synthesis And Characterization Of Novel Benzovesamicol Analogs, Thaer Assaad

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Three new racemic vesamicol analogs were successfully prepared in good yields and high purity. All compounds were characterized by both IR and NMR spectroscopy. Compounds (\pm)-5 and (\pm)-6 showed a moderate lipophilicity compared with reference compounds IBVM and DRC140, respectively. However, the lipophilicity of DRC140 and (\pm)-9 showed very similar behaviors.

Stability Study Of Passive Film On Copper Surface As A Function Of Anodic Potential, Amtul Naseer, Athar Yaseen Khan

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Results for passive film formation and breakdown on copper disk electrodes in buffer solutions, pH 9.2 and 8.5, were reported earlier. The present studies were carried out in a buffer solution, pH 8.0, and together these studies make good material for understanding the effect of pH changes on film texture as a function of potential. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) were used to examine passive film and the variations it went through upon being treated potentiostatically in the range of -0.3 to 0.9 V. On the basis of equivalent circuits used for modeling impedance data in this …

Tridentate Ligands Derived From L-Tert-Leucine For The Cu(Ii) Mediated Asymmetric Henry Reaction, Nesli̇han Korkmaz, Demet Astley, Stephen Thomas Astley

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Chiral tridentate Schiff base ligands were prepared from L-tert-Leucine and used as catalysts in the asymmetric Henry reaction in the presence of Cu(II) ions. Moderate enantiomeric excesses (up to 66%) and yields (up to 76%) of the desired \beta-nitroalcohols were obtained.

Synthesis, Characterization, And Biological Activity Studies Of (E)-N'-((Thiophen-2-Yl)Methylene)Benzofuran-2-Carbohydrazide And Its Metal(Ii) Complexes, Madappa B. Halli, Vijayalaxmi B. Patil, Sumathi R. Bevinamarada

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Metal complexes of the type MLX_2, where M = Co(II), Ni(II), Cu(II), Zn(II), Cd(II), and Hg(II), and X = Cl and L = TMBC, Schiff base derived from the condensation of benzofuran-2-carbohydrazide with thiophene-2-aldehyde were synthesized. The structure of the complexes was proposed in light of analytical, IR, UV-Vis, ^1H-NMR, FAB-MS, ESR spectral data, and magnetic studies. The complexes were soluble in DMF and DMSO. The measured molar conductance values indicated that the complexes were nonelectrolytic in nature. On the basis of these studies, 6 coordinated octahedral polymeric structures were assigned to the Co(II), Ni(II), and Cu(II) complexes, and 4 …

Microwave Synthesis Of Some New Antimicrobial And Antiproliferative Butenamides And Pyrrolidine-2,5-Diones, Shadia Mahmoud Abdallah, Halima Aly Hefny

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Microwave irradiation, comparable to conventional thermal heating, proves to be a convenient method in assisting the synthesis of some butenamides, pyrrolidine-2,5-diones, and their benzenesulfonamido derivatives, which are known to have biological activities and wide medical and industrial applications. Both procedures were used to compare their efficiency in synthesizing butenamides and pyrrolidine-2,5-diones (2-25), which have important and wide applications, from condensation of \alpha,\beta-unsaturated anhydride (1) with the corresponding amines. Some of the products showed biological or cytotoxic (antiproliferative) activity.

Synthesis And Antimicrobial Activity Of Methoxy Azachalcones And N-Alkyl Substituted Methoxy Azachalconium Bromides, Canan Albay, Nuran Kahri̇man, Nagi̇han Yilmaz İskender, Şengül Alpay Karaoğlu, Nuretti̇n Yayli

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

In this study, 18 new N-octyl, N-decyl, and N-dodecyl substituted o-, m-, and p-methoxy (E)-3- and 4-azachalcones, {4- or 3-[(1E)-3-(4-, 3-, or 2-methoxyphenyl)-3-oxoprop-1-en-1-yl]-1-alkyl (C_{8,10,12}) pyridinium bromides} (1a-6a, 1b-1b, and 1c-6c), and 4 new o-, and m-methoxy (E)-3- and 4-azachalcones (2, 3, 5, and 6) were synthesized and tested for antimicrobial activities against Escherichia coli, Yersinia pseudotuberculosis, Enterobacter aerogenes, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Bacillus cereus, and Candida albicans. N-Alkyl substituted azachalconium bromides showed good antimicrobial activity against all tested microorganisms with minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) values in the range of 0.42-58.7 \mu g/mL in most cases. Nonalkylated compounds 1-9 …

A Near-Infrared Fluorescent Sensor For H^+ In Aqueous Solution And Living Cells, Aibin Wu, Liping Duan

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

A heptamethine cyanine-based sensor (1) was designed and synthesized by incorporating heptamethine cyanine fluorophore and methylpiperazine. Sensor 1 exhibited good response to the change of pH levels, and a large Stokes shift (>100 nm) was obtained. Fluorescent image experiments in living cells further demonstrated its potential applications in biological systems.

Synthesis And Antimicrobial Activities Of Some Bridged Bis-Benzimidazole Derivatives, Hasan Küçükbay, Ülkü Yilmaz, Ni̇hat Şi̇reci̇, Ayşe Ni̇lay Güvenç

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Some bis-benzimidazoles derivatives bearing allyl, crotyl, cinammyl, furfuryl, and thenyl groups were synthesized and their in vitro antimicrobial activity determined against gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and fungi by disk-diffusion method. The structures of all new compounds were identified by ^1H-NMR, ^{13}C-NMR, and FT-IR spectroscopic techniques and elemental analysis. All the compounds synthesized in this work were examined for their in vitro antimicrobial activities against gram-positive (Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus megaterium) and gram-negative bacteria (Klebsiella pneumoniae and Escherichia coli), and the yeasts like fungi (Candida globrata and Candida tropicalis). Compared to the reference substances, Cefozine and nystatin, most of the compounds …

Electrocatalytic Reactivity Of Pt Ad-Layer Modified Au(111) Single Crystal Electrodes On Reduction Of Oxygen, Zekerya Dursun, Şükri̇ye Ulubay Karabi̇beroğlu, Buket Gelmez, Fatma Ni̇l Ertaş

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

Electrocatalytic reduction of oxygen at electrochemically deposited Pt ad-layer modified Au(111) electrodes was studied in an O_2-saturated NaOH (0.1 M) solution. The results were compared with those obtained by using a polycrystalline Pt electrode and another Pt-deposited electrode prepared by replacement with Cu on bare Au(111). Linear sweep voltammetry displayed a positive shift of the oxygen reduction potential by about 0.14 V compared to the bare Au(111) electrode. This shift was about 0.06 V compared to a Pt disk electrode. Tafel slopes gradually changed between 0.06 and 0.1 V/dec, from 0.075 to -0.10 V/dec, from lower to higher current density …

Simultaneous Determination Of Dopamine, Uric Acid, And Folic Acid By A Modified Tio_2 Nanoparticles Carbon Paste Electrode, Mohammad Mazloum Ardakani, Mohammad Ali Sheikhmohseni, Hadi Beitollahi, Ali Benvidi, Hossein Naeimi

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The electrochemical behavior of dopamine (DA) was studied at the surface of a 2,2-[1,2 buthanediylbis(nit- riloethylidyne)]-bis-hydroquinone/TiO_2 nanoparticles modified carbon paste electrode (BQTMCPE) in aqueous media using voltammetric and chronoamperometric techniques. It was found that under optimum conditions (pH 8.0), the oxidation of DA at the surface of such an electrode occurred at about 220 mV lower than that of an unmodified carbon paste electrode (CPE). Using differential pulse voltammetry (DPV), a highly selective and simultaneous determination of DA, uric acid (UA), and folic acid (FA) was explored at the modified electrode. DPV peak currents of DA, UA, and FA increased …

Remediation Of Various Naturally Oxygenated Volatile Organic Compounds (O-Vocs) By Mn- And Cr-Supported \Gamma -Al_2o_3 Nanocatalysts, Dariush Salari, Aligholi Niaei, Seyed Ali Hosseini, Reza Leshzadeh, Hosein Afshary

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The catalytic combustions of different naturally oxygenated volatile organic compounds (ethyl acetate, isopropanol, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), and benzyl alcohol) alone and in binary mixtures were investigated over pure \gamma -Al_2O_3, Mn/\gamma -Al_2O_3, and Cr/\gamma -Al_2O_3. The catalysts were prepared by the wet impregnation method and were characterized using XRD, ICP-AES, SEM, and BET. Mn/\gamma -Al_2O_3 showed higher activity than others in combustion of the O-VOCs, whereas complete conversion of isopropanol (the most reactive O-VOC) occurred at 350 °C and 400 °C on Mn/\gamma -Al_2O_3 and Cr/\gamma -Al_2O_3, respectively. The following order was found for reactivity of organic compounds in …

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Turkish Journal of Chemistry

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Synthesis And Characterization Of A New Methacrylic Glycomonomer, Liliana Marinela Stefan, Ana Maria Pana, Mihai Cosmin Pascariu, Eugen Sisu, Geza Bandur, Lucian Mircea Rusnac

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

The carbohydrate containing monomer 3-O-(2'-hydroxy-3'- methacryloyloxypropyl)-1,2:5,6-di-O-isopropylidene-\alpha -D-glucofuranose was easily prepared from D-glucose and methacrylic acid in 4 steps. The structure of the new methacrylic monomer was confirmed using FTIR, NMR (including ^1H-NMR, ^{13}C-NMR, COSY, HMQC and HMBC), and HPLC-MS. This work is part of our group's effort to obtain new polymers based on renewable resources with enhanced biodegradability and biocompatibility.

Modeling, Analysis, And Simulation Of Discrete-Continuum Models Of Step-Flow Epitaxy: Bunching Instabilities And Continuum Limits, Nicholas O. Kirby

University of Kentucky Doctoral Dissertations

Vicinal surfaces consist of terraces separated by atomic steps. In the step-flow regime, deposited atoms (adatoms) diffuse on terraces, eventually reaching steps where they attach to the crystal, thereby causing the steps to move. There are two main objectives of this work. First, we analyze rigorously the differences in qualitative behavior between vicinal surfaces consisting of infinitely many steps and nanowires whose top surface consists of a small number of steps bounded by a reflecting wall. Second, we derive the continuum model that describes the macroscopic behavior of vicinal surfaces from detailed microscopic models of step dynamics.

We use the …

Artificial Neural Network Based Fault Location For Transmission Lines, Suhaas Bhargava Ayyagari

University of Kentucky Master's Theses

This thesis focuses on detecting, classifying and locating faults on electric power transmission lines. Fault detection, fault classification and fault location have been achieved by using artificial neural networks. Feedforward networks have been employed along with backpropagation algorithm for each of the three phases in the Fault location process. Analysis on neural networks with varying number of hidden layers and neurons per hidden layer has been provided to validate the choice of the neural networks in each step. Simulation results have been provided to demonstrate that artificial neural network based methods are efficient in locating faults on transmission lines and …

Arsenic And Antimony Determination In Refined And Unrefined Table Salts By Means Of Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry--Comparison Of Sample Decomposition And Determination Methods, Nur Aksuner, Vedi̇a Nüket Ti̇rtom, Emür Henden

Turkish Journal of Chemistry

An evaluation was made of different digestion methods for the determination of arsenic and antimony in table salt samples prior to hydride generation atomic absorption spectrometric analysis. Microwave acid digestion, classical wet digestion, dry ashing, and fusion were applied to the decomposition of salt samples and optimum conditions were investigated. Samples were decomposed by changing heating time, digestion techniques, and the amount and composition of acid, and then the concentrations of arsenic and antimony in an unrefined salt sample were measured. It is concluded that microwave acid digestion decomposes salt samples with a very short heating time and with small …