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September 26, 2012 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

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Study Of Morphological Changes In Mgh2 Destabilized Libh4 Systems Using Computed X-Ray Microtomography, Tabbetha A. Dobbins, Shathabish Narasegowda, Leslie G. Butler

College of Science & Mathematics Departmental Research

The objective of this study was to apply three-dimensional x-ray microtomographic imaging to understanding morphologies in the diphasic destabilized hydride system: MgH2 and LiBH4. Each of the single phase hydrides as well as two-phase mixtures at LiBH4:MgH2 ratios of 1:3, 1:1, and 2:1 were prepared by high energy ball milling for 5 minutes (with and without 4 mol % TiCl3 catalyst additions). Samples were imaged using computed microtomography in order to (i) establish measurement conditions leading to maximum absorption contrast between the two phases and (ii) determine interfacial volume. The optimal energy for measurement was determined to be 15 keV …

Southern Educator, Georgia Southern University

Southern Educator

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Improving Engineering Students’ Design Skills In A Project-Based Learning Course By Addressing Epistemological Issues, Gavin Duffy, Shannon Chance, Brian Bowe

Conference papers

A novice designer is prone to making premature decisions. Rather than explore issues and research information and options, he may quickly jump to posing solutions and view design as a linear, step-by-step process. Instead of testing a variety of ideas, a beginning designer often becomes mesmerized by his initial ideas. An experienced designer, on the other hand, is much more likely conduct research and delay making decisions until the challenge has been fully explored [1]. She uses a variety of techniques to generate ideas, test them, and see how they inter-relate, sees design as an iterative process, has a variety …

The Antelope, University Of Nebraska At Kearney

The Antelope

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Interpersonal Control In Dating Relationships: How Is It Affected By Trust In One's Partner And Adult Attachment Style?, Melissa Franz

Theses and Dissertations

The U.S. spends billions of dollars each year treating victims of physical, sexual, and psychological abuse. A majority of college women (up to 75 percent) reported having experienced psychological or emotional abuse. These acts are intended to demean, criticize, and dominate one's partner. Control is one facet of psychological abuse and is intended to regulate one's partner. Control and psychological abuse are related to numerous negative outcomes in its victims. This study examines the influence of attachment style and trust on one's use of IPC in a relationship. One hundred forty seven participants were recruited (1) via a social networking …

Volume 50, Number 6: September 26, 2012, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

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Predicting The Difficulty Of Pure, Strict, Epistatic Models: Metrics For Simulated Model Selection, Ryan J. Urbanowicz, Jeff Kiralis, Jonathan M. Fisher, Jason H. Moore

Dartmouth Scholarship

Background:

Algorithms designed to detect complex genetic disease associations are initially evaluated using simulated datasets. Typical evaluations vary constraints that influence the correct detection of underlying models (i.e. number of loci, heritability, and minor allele frequency). Such studies neglect to account for model architecture (i.e. the unique specification and arrangement of penetrance values comprising the genetic model), which alone can influence the detectability of a model. In order to design a simulation study which efficiently takes architecture into account, a reliable metric is needed for model selection.

Results:

We evaluate three metrics as predictors of relative model detection difficulty derived …

Easterner, Vol. 64, No. 1, September 26, 2012, Associated Students Of Eastern Washington University

Student Newspapers

This issue of the Easterner contains articles about the suspension of fraternity Sigma Nu, the trial of football player Dalis Bruce, mass casualty training in the Computer Engineering Building, the phasing out of the mathematics program, Associated Students (ASEWU) plans, progress on the Patterson Hall remodel, the closing of Ben Franklin, a study abroad program in Ghana on disability studies, club hockey, track athletes David Thor and Bernice Penaloza, the tennis season, graduate student Chris Hammer participation in the Paralympics.

The Colby Echo (2012-09-26), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly, during the academic year, 1898-present.

Southern Educator, Georgia Southern University

College of Education: News & Publications (2003-2023)

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Resolution Enhancement Optimizations For Hyperspectral And Multispectral Synthetic Image Fusion, Charles R. Bostater

Ocean Engineering and Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Many sensor systems are available for sensing the earth surface from satellites as well as airborne and mobile platforms. Thus, fusing data from multiple sensors is becoming a common theme in earth remote sensing. A major goal of remote sensing image fusion is resolution enhancement. In this paper, optimization techniques are presented and discussed in order to help make an image fusion process a practical method for not only spectral signature based image analysis but also for algorithm development in remote sensing of water. The technique described and explored in this paper includes the identification of feature areas, stratified random …

I Hear The Train A Comin’, Greg Tananbaum, Kevin Guthrie, Anne Kenney

Charleston Library Conference

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Executives’ Roundtable: The Boundaries Are Getting Blurred, T. Scott Plutchak, Paul N. Courant, H. Frederick Dylla, Anthony Watkinson

Charleston Library Conference

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Partnering For Patron‐Driven Acquisitions: What You Need To Know, Ashley Bailey, Molly Royse, Deb Thomas, Gail Watson

Charleston Library Conference

Vendors are offering to facilitate patron‐driven acquisitions. Should your approval vendor be your PDA partner? After collaborating with YBP as a beta site for demand‐driven acquisitions for ebrary electronic books, we can share with you what we have learned from our first‐hand experiences. Through this practical presentation we will detail why we chose to partner with a vendor, how we got started, and the decisions necessary to implement the service. We’ll share the record profiles that we designed, and the workflows we developed and revised. In addition to covering the planning process, we’ll cover the first six months of this …

Win Friends And Influence Faculty: Methods For Citation Analysis, Leslie Farison

Charleston Library Conference

Citation analysis is a way to analyze references cited in scholarly publications. It is common for academic organizations to evaluate faculty research and publication records, especially for hiring, pay, promotion and tenure decisions, by comparing the quality and quantity of a candidate’s research with that of their peers. One of the ways for a faculty member to demonstrate the impact of their work in a field is to conduct a citation analysis. This paper examines the capabilities and problems associated with various commercial products that can be used to conduct a citation analysis and looks at the strengths and limitations …

An Academic Library's Efforts To Justify Materials Budget Expenditures, Steven Carrico

Charleston Library Conference

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Institution-Wide Collaboration: How Learning Communities Can Help, Christine Lewis, Michael Stopel, Jackie Laplaca Ricords, Timothy Cherubini

Charleston Library Conference

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What’S In A Name: Are We Fish Or Fowl?, Shin Freedman, Marcia Dursi

Charleston Library Conference

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Selection Of Hydrologic Modeling Approaches For Climate Change Assessment: A Comparison Of Model Scale And Structures, Christopher G. Surfleet, Desirèe Tullos, Heejun Chang, Il-Won Jung

Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences

A wide variety of approaches to hydrologic (rainfall–runoff) modeling of river basins confounds our ability to select, develop, and interpret models, particularly in the evaluation of prediction uncertainty associated with climate change assessment. To inform the model selection process, we characterized and compared three structurally-distinct approaches and spatial scales of parameterization to modeling catchment hydrology: a large-scale approach (using the VIC model; 671,000 km² area), a basin-scale approach (using the PRMS model; 29,700 km² area), and a site-specific approach (the GSFLOW model; 4700 km² area) forced by the same future climate estimates. For each approach, we present …

U.S. Drought Monitor, September 25, 2012, Anthony Artusa

United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive

Drought map of U.S. for September 25, 2012 (9/25/12) plus: U.S. crop areas experiencing drought (map), Approximate percentage of crop located in drought, by state (bar graph), Percent of crop area located in drought, past 52 weeks (line graph) for: Corn, Soybeans, Hay, Cattle, Winter wheat.

Experimental And Computational Study Of Stresses On Outdoor Piping Of Domestic Air Conditioner / Loh Yin Kuan, Yin Kuan Loh

Student Works (2010-2019)

Piping is a system of pipes used to transfer fluids from one location to another. Refrigerant piping system is used in the air-conditioner to transfer heat from one place to the other place by the refrigerant. One major requirement in refrigeration piping design is to provide adequate flexibility for absorbing the thermal expansion or contraction of the pipe. Piping system shall be designed to be free from high stress originated from thermal stress during operation to prevent product short life cycle and failure. Extensive researches and studies on the design parameters affecting the piping stress are required in order to …

Noncontact Anhysteric Curve Plotter And Static Field To Time-Varying Hysteresisgraph With Integrated Temperature Chamber, Jeremy Walker, Stephen E. Saddow

USF Patents

An automated, non-destructive anhysteretic magnetization characterization method for studying and modeling soft magnetic materials. This measurement method employs a “reading-waveform” that allows multiple points of reference to be established in tracing out the B waveform. In using the reference values from this waveform, the components of B that cannot be measured directly may be calculated with precision. In turn, the initial magnitude of the B waveform is identified as the unknown component of the anhysteretic state. The processes can be repeated for different values of static fields as well as a function of temperature to produce a family of anhysteretic …

Toxicity Reporting System, Andrea Trotti, Iii

USF Patents

The present invention is a method for communicating and forecasting the extent of toxicity of a given treatment program by deploying a uniform multi-modality grading system, and capturing significant high-grade events within defined risk periods to create a treatment-specific summary rating or classification of the toxicity experience.

U.S. Energy Policy: The Burdens Of The Past And Moving Forward, John P. Banks

Brookings Scholar Lecture Series

Since the oil embargo of 1973, the United States has struggled to implement a sustainable and comprehensive national energy policy. Forging a consistent policy approach has been complicated by more recent emerging trends: how to combat global climate change, the continued emergence of viable alternative energy options, and the hydrocarbon renaissance.

This presentation will discuss several major themes that have impacted energy policy-making since the 1970s and how they are reflected in key issues debated in the current election year. It will then pose some thoughts on how to move away from the burdens of the past and move forward.

Report: The Illinois State University Faculty-Staff Newsletter, September 25, 2012, Illinois State University

Illinois State University Report (1966-2012)

Illinois State University bi-weekly employee newsletter.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

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Equilibrium Magnetic States In Individual Hemispherical Permalloy Caps, Robert Streubel, Volodymyr P. Kravchuk, Denis D. Sheka, Denys Makarov, Florian Kronast, Oliver G. Schmidt, Yuri Gaididei

Robert Streubel Papers

The magnetization distributions in individual soft magnetic permalloy caps on non-magnetic spherical particles with sizes ranging from 50 to 800nm are investigated. We experimentally visualize the magnetic structures at the resolution limit of the x-ray magnetic circular dichroism photoelectron emission microscopy (XMCD-PEEM). By analyzing the so-called tail contrast in XMCD-PEEM, the spatial resolution is significantly enhanced, which allowed us to explore magnetic vortices and their displacement on curved surfaces. Furthermore, cap nanostructures are modeled as extruded hemispheres to determine theoretically the phase diagram of equilibrium magnetic states. The calculated phase diagram agrees well with the experimental observations. © 2012 American …

The Edition, 24th Of September, 2012. Vol. 2, No. 1, 2012, Dit News Society

Student Publications

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A Glyph And Animation-Based Visualization System For Evaluation And Comparison Of Soccer Players, Edward Burns

Theses and Dissertations

The dimensionality of soccer statistics relating to both player and goalkeeper specific data can be difficult to interpret. Attempting to formulate an analysis of large sums of soccer statistics can be extremely challenging if the data is not presented graphically. As a result, we developed an application, titled Soccer Scoop, which provides two separate visualizations that can aid a soccer team manager. With this application, a team manager can compare two players on different teams, analyze a particular player before signing them to a contract, measure the performance of a particular player at different positions, generate practice exercises, and determine …