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The Hubble Space Telescope * Cluster Supernova Survey. Ii. The Type Ia Supernova Rate In High-Redshift Galaxy Clusters, K Barbary, G Aldering, R Amanullah, M Brodwin, N Connolly, Ks Dawson, M Doi, P Eisenhardt, L Faccioli, V Fadeyev, Hk Fakhouri, As Fruchter, D G. Gilbank, Md Gladders, G Goldhaber, A Goobar, T Hattori, E Hsiao, Xiaosheng Huang, Y Ihara, K Kashikawa, B Koester, K Konishi, M Kowalski, C Lidman, L Lubin, J Meyers, T Morokuma, T Oda, N Panagia, S Perlmutter, M Postman, P Ripoche, P Rosati, D Rubin, Dj Schlegel, Al Spadafora, Sa Stanford, M Strovink, N Suzuki, N Takanashi, K Tokita, N Yasuda Dec 2011

The Hubble Space Telescope * Cluster Supernova Survey. Ii. The Type Ia Supernova Rate In High-Redshift Galaxy Clusters, K Barbary, G Aldering, R Amanullah, M Brodwin, N Connolly, Ks Dawson, M Doi, P Eisenhardt, L Faccioli, V Fadeyev, Hk Fakhouri, As Fruchter, D G. Gilbank, Md Gladders, G Goldhaber, A Goobar, T Hattori, E Hsiao, Xiaosheng Huang, Y Ihara, K Kashikawa, B Koester, K Konishi, M Kowalski, C Lidman, L Lubin, J Meyers, T Morokuma, T Oda, N Panagia, S Perlmutter, M Postman, P Ripoche, P Rosati, D Rubin, Dj Schlegel, Al Spadafora, Sa Stanford, M Strovink, N Suzuki, N Takanashi, K Tokita, N Yasuda

Physics and Astronomy

We report a measurement of the Type Ia supernova (SN Ia) rate in galaxy clusters at 0.9 < z < 1.46 from the Hubble Space Telescope Cluster Supernova Survey. This is the first cluster SN Ia rate measurement with detected z > 0.9 SNe. Finding 8 ± 1 cluster SNe Ia, we determine an SN Ia rate of 0.50+0.23 –0.19 (stat) +0.10 –0.09 (sys) h 2 70 SNuB (SNuB ≡ 10–12 SNe L –1 ☉, B yr–1). In units of stellar mass, this translates to 0.36+0.16 –0.13 (stat) +0.07 –0.06 (sys) h 2 70 SNuM (SNuM ≡ 10–12 SNe M –1 ☉ yr–1). This represents a …

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Usa V. Eljvir Duka Dec 2011

Usa V. Eljvir Duka

2011 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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Superhalogen Properties Of Cumcln Clusters: Theory And Experiment, Y. J. Ko, H. Wang, K. Pradhan, P. Koirala, Anil K. Kandalam, K. H. Bowen, P. Jena Dec 2011

Superhalogen Properties Of Cumcln Clusters: Theory And Experiment, Y. J. Ko, H. Wang, K. Pradhan, P. Koirala, Anil K. Kandalam, K. H. Bowen, P. Jena

Physics & Engineering Faculty Publications

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State V. Lippert Respondent's Brief Dckt. 38613 Dec 2011

State V. Lippert Respondent's Brief Dckt. 38613

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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State V. Nienburg Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 38656 Dec 2011

State V. Nienburg Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 38656

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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A New Sedimentary Benchmark For The Deccan Traps Volcanism?, Eric Font, Anne Nédélec, Brooks B. Ellwood, José Mirão, Pedro F. Silva Dec 2011

A New Sedimentary Benchmark For The Deccan Traps Volcanism?, Eric Font, Anne Nédélec, Brooks B. Ellwood, José Mirão, Pedro F. Silva

Faculty Publications

The origin of the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary (KPB) mass extinction is still the center of acrimonious debates by opposing partisans of the bolide impact theory to those who favored a terrestrial origin linked to the Deccan Traps volcanism. Here we apply an original and high-resolution environmental magnetic study of the reference Bidart section, France. Our results show that the KPB is identified by an abrupt positive shift of the magnetic susceptibility (MS), also observed by others at the KPB elsewhere. In addition, an anomalous interval of very low MS, carried by an unknown Cl-bearing iron oxide similar to specular hematite, is …

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Kootenai County V. Harriman-Sayler Augmentation Record Dckt. 39071 Dec 2011

Kootenai County V. Harriman-Sayler Augmentation Record Dckt. 39071

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Brannon V. City Of Coeur D'Alene Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 38417 Dec 2011

Brannon V. City Of Coeur D'Alene Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 38417

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Need Fulfillment And Stay-Leave Behavior: On The Diagnosticity Of Personal And Relational Needs., Laura E. Vanderdrift, Christopher R. Agnew Dec 2011

Need Fulfillment And Stay-Leave Behavior: On The Diagnosticity Of Personal And Relational Needs., Laura E. Vanderdrift, Christopher R. Agnew

Department of Psychological Sciences Faculty Publications

Need fulfillment has been found to be associated with numerous positive relationship outcomes, but its impact on stay–leave behavior is less clear. In the current study, we considered whether the fulfillment of different needs might differentially affect stay–leave behavior. We distinguished between needs that are personal in nature and those that are relational in nature. Central to our theoretical analysis is the interdependence-based contention that the fulfillment of different kinds of needs provides diagnostic information regarding a partner’s motives and intentions regarding a relationship. Using two-wave longitudinal data obtained from romantically involved participants, we tested the relative fit of two …

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Undifferentiated (Embryonal) Sarcoma Of The Liver. Case Report And Review Of Literature, Mohammed S. Saeed, Thukaa T. Yahya, Osama E. Hudder, Issraa A. Hussein Dec 2011

Undifferentiated (Embryonal) Sarcoma Of The Liver. Case Report And Review Of Literature, Mohammed S. Saeed, Thukaa T. Yahya, Osama E. Hudder, Issraa A. Hussein

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: Undifferentiated (embryonal) sarcoma of the liver was first defined as a separate clinicopathological entity in 1978. it is uncommon hepatic tumor of mesenchymal origin, usually observed in children and teenage, but also infrequently encounter in adult. It represent about 9-15% of all hepatic tumor in children. We report a case of undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma of the liver in a 6 year old girl who presented with non specific right hypochondrial pain and mass with fever. Laboratory studies of the liver function were normal and the other tests were non specific. Ultrasonography and CT scan showed a large heterogeneous mass …

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Etiologies Of Adult Onset Epilepsy: Clinical And Paraclinical Study In The Governorate Of Babylon, Kareem Al-Tameemi Dec 2011

Etiologies Of Adult Onset Epilepsy: Clinical And Paraclinical Study In The Governorate Of Babylon, Kareem Al-Tameemi

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND : Adult onset epilepsy (AOE) is considered the epilepsy that start after the age of 18 years. It is a common disorder, and it’s etiology is variable from one place to another. OBJECTIVE : to study the etiologies, diagnosis and treatment of AOE in one governorate of Iraq and to compare it’s different clinical and paraclinical abnormalities in different age groups. PATIENTS & METHODS: 106 patients with AOE were enrolled in this prospective study, and included all patients who developed seizure after the age 18. The study was done in a heavy neurological clinic in north of Babylon …

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Gravity Wave Heating And Cooling Of The Thermosphere: Sensible Heat Flux And Viscous Flux Of Kinetic Energy, Michael P. Hickey Ph.D., R. L. Walterscheid, G. Schubert Dec 2011

Gravity Wave Heating And Cooling Of The Thermosphere: Sensible Heat Flux And Viscous Flux Of Kinetic Energy, Michael P. Hickey Ph.D., R. L. Walterscheid, G. Schubert

Publications

Total wave heating is the sum of the convergence of the sensible heat flux and the divergence of the viscous flux of wave kinetic energy. Numerical simulations, using a full-wave model of the viscous damping of atmospheric gravity waves propagating in a nonisothermal atmosphere, are carried out to explore the relative contributions of these sources of wave heating as a function of wave properties and altitude. It is shown that the sensible heat flux always dominates in the lower thermosphere, giving a lower region of heating and an upper stronger region of cooling. The heating due to the divergence of …

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Pancytopenia Adult Patients At Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Khudair Abbas Al-Khalisi, Azher Sebieh Al-Zubaidy, Majid Rhaima Dec 2011

Pancytopenia Adult Patients At Baghdad Teaching Hospital, Khudair Abbas Al-Khalisi, Azher Sebieh Al-Zubaidy, Majid Rhaima

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: pancytopnia is a triad of findings caused by different diseases affecting bone marrow primarily or secondarily, causing manifestations of anemia, thrombocytopenia, and/ or leucopenia OBJECTIVE: To identify causes, and presenting symptoms of pancytopnia in patients attending Baghdad teaching hospital. PATIENTS AND METHODS: One hundred and five patients, found on complete blood count having Pancytopenia were included, excluding patients that had been exposed to chemotherapy, and/or radiotherapy RESULTS: Causes in decreasing frequency were acute leukemia (30.47%), aplastic anemia (17.14%), megaloblastic anemia (13.33%), NHL (14.47%), MDS (8.57%), PNH (4.76%), TB, SLE, HD (2.58%) for each, and kalazar, and MM and …

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Hepatitis C Virus Infection Assessment Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients In Al-Kadhmiya Teaching Hospital, Jawad K. Mnuti, Fadhil A. Al- Abbudi Dec 2011

Hepatitis C Virus Infection Assessment Among Chronic Hemodialysis Patients In Al-Kadhmiya Teaching Hospital, Jawad K. Mnuti, Fadhil A. Al- Abbudi

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) has been recognized as an emerging problem in dialysis patients, and viral hepatitis remains a major hazard for both patients and medical staff of hemodialysis (HD) units. The reported yearly incidence of anti-HCV antibody worldwide between HD patients ranges from 10.5% to 24%, while the prevalence of anti-HCV antibody among dialysis patients varies in different countries (5-85%) worldwide, and may exceed 95% in the Middle East OBJECTIVE: To asses the prevalence of anti-hepatitis C virus (HCV) among the hemodialysis unit in AL-Kadhmiya Teaching Hospital and to identify the risk factors of infection in relation …

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Homocysteine ,Folic Acid ,Vitamin B12 And Pyridoxine : Effects On Vaso-Occlusive Crisis In Sickle Cell Anemia And Sickle –Thalassemia, Sawsan Sati, Abbas, Najat Abul, Razak, Noor Mustafa, Razeqa Abd Ali Dec 2011

Homocysteine ,Folic Acid ,Vitamin B12 And Pyridoxine : Effects On Vaso-Occlusive Crisis In Sickle Cell Anemia And Sickle –Thalassemia, Sawsan Sati, Abbas, Najat Abul, Razak, Noor Mustafa, Razeqa Abd Ali

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Hemoglubiopathies include sickle cell anemia and the Thalassemia . S/ β0- Thalassemia have a clinical course similar to HbSS. Elevated concentration of Homocysteine contribute to thrombosis , a frequent event in sickle cell anemia . Vitamin B12, Pyridoxine , and folic acid deficiencies lead to dangerous increase in plasma Homocysteine. OBJECTIVE: 1- To test whether children with sickle cell anemia and Sickle cell – Thalassemia have elevated concentration of serum Homocysteine with diminished level of folate, B6, B12. 2- To determine whether hyperomocysteinaemia has a correlation with the frequency of Vaso-occlusive crisis. PATIENTS AND METHOD: A case- control …

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Evaluation Of Vermilion-Mucosa Flaps For Reconstruction Of Oral Commissure Burn Microstomia, Ari R. Qader, Kurdo A. Mohmmad Dec 2011

Evaluation Of Vermilion-Mucosa Flaps For Reconstruction Of Oral Commissure Burn Microstomia, Ari R. Qader, Kurdo A. Mohmmad

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: The reconstruction of the oral commissure microstomia is one of the complex tasks in plastic surgery and the most important issue to be considered is to provide a good functional and acceptable aesthetic result. Various local and regional flaps have been described for this purpose. The vermilion - mucosa flaps are frequently used flaps in reconstruction of small to medium sized microstomia. The reliable blood supply, minimal donor site morbidity and excellent texture and color match are some of the advantages of these flaps. OBJECTIVE: This study is to evaluate our results with vermilion-mucosa flaps in the reconstruction …

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Autism Among Children Attending Pediatric Psychiatric Department In Child's Central Teaching Hospital In Baghdad: A Descreptive Study, S Central Teaching Hospital In Baghdad, A Descreptive Study, Autism Among Children Attending Pediatric Psychiatric Department In Child, Jaafar Muhamed Hassan, Al- Ghabban, Haider Abdul Muhsin Dec 2011

Autism Among Children Attending Pediatric Psychiatric Department In Child's Central Teaching Hospital In Baghdad: A Descreptive Study, S Central Teaching Hospital In Baghdad, A Descreptive Study, Autism Among Children Attending Pediatric Psychiatric Department In Child, Jaafar Muhamed Hassan, Al- Ghabban, Haider Abdul Muhsin

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Autism is a spectrum of neuropsychiatric disorders that affects children from all ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. The diagnosis is based on their developmental and medical history as well as observations of their social, communicative, and play behaviors that usually begin before age of three years. OBJECTIVE: A descriptive study of autism to describe the prevalence of autism among childhood psychiatric disorders, the age for diagnosis of autism, sex distribution, family history and the clinical features of autism. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A cross-sectional study included a sample of 208 children with psychiatric disorder, who were attending pediatric psychiatric department …

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The Role Of P53 Nuclear Protein In Prediction Of Progression And Recurrence Of Superficial Tumor Of The Bladder In Response To Intravesical Chemotherapy, Montadhar Hameed Nima, Rasha Abbas Azeez Dec 2011

The Role Of P53 Nuclear Protein In Prediction Of Progression And Recurrence Of Superficial Tumor Of The Bladder In Response To Intravesical Chemotherapy, Montadhar Hameed Nima, Rasha Abbas Azeez

Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND : p53 gene is the most common mutation in human cancers.In bladder cancer, p53 mutations have been associated with high tumor grades and advanced stages.Moreover,p53 nuclear over expression appears to be an independent predictor of disease progression and decreased survival after cystectomy. OBJECTIVE: To identify the role of p53 nuclear protein in prediction the progression and recurrence of superficial tumor of the bladder in response to intravesical chemotherapy PATIENTS AND METHOD : The expression of p53 protien was studied by immunohistochemical analysis from 71 patients with superficial tumor bladder and all of them were treated by intravesical chemotherapy …

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Correlation Of Cough Frequency With Treatment Efficacy In Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients In Lima, Peru, Jesus Gutierrez Dec 2011

Correlation Of Cough Frequency With Treatment Efficacy In Pulmonary Tuberculosis Patients In Lima, Peru, Jesus Gutierrez

Master's Theses

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Exposure To Intimate Partner Violence: Does The Gender Of The Perpetrator Matter For Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes?, Emily M. Wright, Abigail A. Fagan Dec 2011

Exposure To Intimate Partner Violence: Does The Gender Of The Perpetrator Matter For Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes?, Emily M. Wright, Abigail A. Fagan

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Youth who are exposed to intimate partner violence (IPV) between their parents may be at increased risk for a multitude of behavioral and emotional problems, including mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and internalizing symptoms (Fergusson & Horwood, 1998; Finkelhor, Ormond, & Turner, 2009; Graham-Bermann, DeVoe, Mattis, Lynch, & Thomas, 2006; Zinzow et al., 2009). Research also suggests that males and females may react differently to being exposed to parental violence, although most of the findings in this area are mixed with regard to mental health outcomes. For instance, some evidence suggests that male witnesses …

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Health Insurance. Initiative Statute. Dec 2011

Health Insurance. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Requires interpretation of insurance policies according to plain meaning of words unless special definition included in policy. Prohibits insurers from reducing policy benefits without prior consent and refund. Requires insurers to provide written reasons for delay, limitation, or denial of benefits and certify determinations are not based on false or misleading information. Voids agreements rewarding providers for denial of covered services. Subjects violators to license suspension, disgorgement, damages, punitive damages, and publication of otherwise confidential business information involved in violation. Authorizes individual enforcement actions on behalf of State. Creates ownership interest in one's own health information. Summary of estimate by …

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Synthesis And Characterization Of Amphiphilic Cyclic Diblock Copolypeptoids From N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Zwitterionic Polymerization Of N-Substituted N-Carboxyanhydride, Chang Uk Lee, Thomas P. Smart, Li Guo, Thomas H. Epps, Donghui Zhang Dec 2011

Synthesis And Characterization Of Amphiphilic Cyclic Diblock Copolypeptoids From N-Heterocyclic Carbene-Mediated Zwitterionic Polymerization Of N-Substituted N-Carboxyanhydride, Chang Uk Lee, Thomas P. Smart, Li Guo, Thomas H. Epps, Donghui Zhang

Faculty Publications

N-Heterocyclic carbene (NHC)-mediated ring-opening polymerization of N-decyl-N-carboxylanhydride monomer (De-NCA) has been shown to occur in a controlled manner, yielding cyclic poly(N-decylglycine)s (c-PNDGs) with polymer molecular weights (MW) between 4.8 and 31 kg mol -1 and narrow molecular weight distributions (PDI < 1.15). The reaction exhibits pseudo-first-order kinetics with respect to monomer concentration. The polymer MW increases linearly with conversion, consistent with a living polymerization. ESI MS and SEC analyses confirm the cyclic architectures of the forming polymers. DSC and WAXS studies reveal that the c-PNDG homopolymers are highly crystalline with two prominent first-order transitions at 72-79 °C (T m,1) and 166-177 °C (T m,2), which have been attributed to side chain and main chain melting, respectively. A series of amphiphilic cyclic diblock copolypeptoids [i.e., poly(N-methylglycine)-b-poly(N- decylglycine) (c-PNMG-b-PNDG)] with variable molecular weight and composition were synthesized by sequential NHC-mediated polymerization of the corresponding N-methyl-N-carboxyanhydride (Me-NCA) and De-NCA monomers. 1H NMR analysis reveals that adjusting the initial monomer to NHC molar ratio can readily control the block copolymer chain length and composition. Time-lapsed light scattering and cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) analyses of c-PNDG-b-PNMG samples showed that the amphiphilic cyclic block copolypeptoids self-assemble into spherical micelles that reorganize into micrometer-long cylindrical micelles with uniform diameter in room temperature methanol over the course of several days. An identical morphological transition has also been noted for the linear analogues, which occurs more rapidly than for the cyclic copolypeptoids. We tentatively attribute this difference to the different crystallization kinetics of the solvophobic block (i.e., PNDG) in the cyclic and linear block copolypeptoids. © 2011 American Chemical Society.

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Production Of 26al In Stellar Hydrogen-Burning Environments: Spectroscopic Properties Of States In 27si, A. Parikh, K. Wimmer, T. Faestermann, R. Hertenberger, H. F. Wirth, A. A. Chen, J. A. Clark, C. M. Deibel, C. Herlitzius, R. Krücken, D. Seiler, K. Setoodehnia, K. Straub, C. Wrede Dec 2011

Production Of 26al In Stellar Hydrogen-Burning Environments: Spectroscopic Properties Of States In 27si, A. Parikh, K. Wimmer, T. Faestermann, R. Hertenberger, H. F. Wirth, A. A. Chen, J. A. Clark, C. M. Deibel, C. Herlitzius, R. Krücken, D. Seiler, K. Setoodehnia, K. Straub, C. Wrede

Faculty Publications

Model predictions of the amount of the radioisotope 26Al produced in hydrogen-burning environments require reliable estimates of the thermonuclear rates for the 26gAl(p,γ) 27Si and 26mAl(p,γ)27Si reactions. These rates depend upon the spectroscopic properties of states in 27Si within about 1 MeV of the 26gAl + p threshold (Sp = 7463 keV). We have studied the 28Si(3He,α)27Si reaction at 25 MeV using a high-resolution quadrupole-dipole-dipole-dipole magnetic spectrograph. For the first time with a transfer reaction, we have constrained Jπ values for states in 27Si over Ex = 7.0-8.1 MeV through angular distribution measurements. Aside from a few important cases, we …

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Hydrogen Storage Nano-Foil And Method Of Manufacture, Shinzo Onishi, Melynda Calves Dec 2011

Hydrogen Storage Nano-Foil And Method Of Manufacture, Shinzo Onishi, Melynda Calves

USF Patents

A hydrogen storage system using a coiled nano-foil hydride and methods for forming the hydrogen absorbing nano-foil coil without backing materials. Intercalation of hydrogen in metal hydrides allows for large amounts of hydrogen to be stored at atmospheric temperatures and pressures. Nano-films provide a large surface area for storage of hydrogen. Excessive heating of the system is avoided by use of a modified magnetron source, and the deposition rate is increased by employing stronger magnetic fields. The foil formed is capable of storage and of mechanical self-support without breakage and expansion up to 20% of its initial volume.

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Entangled-Photon Compressive Ghost Imaging, Petros Zerom, Kam Wai Clifford Chan, John C. Howell, Robert W. Boyd Dec 2011

Entangled-Photon Compressive Ghost Imaging, Petros Zerom, Kam Wai Clifford Chan, John C. Howell, Robert W. Boyd

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

We have experimentally demonstrated high-resolution compressive ghost imaging at the single-photon level using entangled photons produced by a spontaneous parametric down-conversion source and using single-pixel detectors. For a given mean-squared error, the number of photons needed to reconstruct a two-dimensional image is found to be much smaller than that in quantum ghost imaging experiments employing a raster scan. This procedure not only shortens the data acquisition time, but also suggests a more economical use of photons for low-light-level and quantum image formation.

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Roles V. Armfield Respondent's Brief Dckt. 38732 Dec 2011

Roles V. Armfield Respondent's Brief Dckt. 38732

Not Reported

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Brazilian Women's Soccer Player Enjoys Success As Civil Engineering Major At Um, Edwin Smith Dec 2011

Brazilian Women's Soccer Player Enjoys Success As Civil Engineering Major At Um, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

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Natural Variation In Gestational Cortisol Is Associated With Patterns Of Growth In Marmoset Monkeys (Callithrix Geoffroyi), Aaryn C. Mustoe, Andrew K. Birnie, Andrew V. Korgan, Jonathan Bruce Santo, Jeffrey French Dec 2011

Natural Variation In Gestational Cortisol Is Associated With Patterns Of Growth In Marmoset Monkeys (Callithrix Geoffroyi), Aaryn C. Mustoe, Andrew K. Birnie, Andrew V. Korgan, Jonathan Bruce Santo, Jeffrey French

Psychology Faculty Publications

High levels of prenatal cortisol have been previously reported to retard fetal growth. Although cortisol plays a pivotal role in prenatal maturation, heightened exposure to cortisol can result in lower body weights at birth, which have been shown to be associated with adult diseases like hypertension and cardiovascular disease. This study examines the relationship between natural variation in gestational cortisol and fetal and postnatal growth in marmoset monkeys. Urinary samples obtained during the mother’s gestation were analyzed for cortisol. Marmoset body mass index (BMI) was measured from birth through 540 days in 30- or 60-day intervals. Multi-level modeling was used …

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Science With A Skew: The Nuclear Power Industry After Chernobyl And Fukushima, Gayle Greene Dec 2011

Science With A Skew: The Nuclear Power Industry After Chernobyl And Fukushima, Gayle Greene

Scripps Faculty Publications and Research

It is one of the marvels of our time that the nuclear industry managed to resurrect itself from its ruins at the end of the last century, when it crumbled under its costs, inefficiencies, and mega-accidents. Chernobyl released hundreds of times the radioactivity of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs combined, contaminating more than 40% of Europe and the entire Northern Hemisphere. But along came the nuclear lobby to breathe new life into the industry, passing off as “clean” this energy source that polluted half the globe. The “fresh look at nuclear”—in the words of a New York Times makeover piece …

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Deafdigest: Gold Edition, December 25, 2011, Barry Strassler Dec 2011

Deafdigest: Gold Edition, December 25, 2011, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Gold 2011

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