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State V. Osterhoudt Respondent's Brief Dckt. 40063 Dec 2012

State V. Osterhoudt Respondent's Brief Dckt. 40063

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


State V. Sunday Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39169 Dec 2012

State V. Sunday Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39169

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


Oxazoloporphyrins, Oxazolochlorins, And Oxazolobacteriochlorins, Junichi K. Ogikubo Dec 2012

Oxazoloporphyrins, Oxazolochlorins, And Oxazolobacteriochlorins, Junichi K. Ogikubo

Doctoral Dissertations

Since the serendipitous discovery of oxazole-containing porphyrins over 30 years ago, this class of porphyrinoid macrocycles remained largely unexplored. This thesis is the first systematic study of the syntheses and optical properties of this class of macro­cycles. Specifically, this thesis investigates the scope and limits of synthesizing various oxazole containing chlorin and bacteriochlorin chromophores. The multi-step syntheses described are based on the OsO4-mediate dihydroxylation of meso-tetraphenylporphyrin to form diolchlorin . This diol is converted into various oxazolones and/or a-substituted oxazolines via one of two principal pathways; through MnO4— mediated oxidation or NaIO4-mediated oxidative …


Exploitation Of Rf-Dna For Device Classification And Verification Using Grlvqi Processing, Donald R. Reising Dec 2012

Exploitation Of Rf-Dna For Device Classification And Verification Using Grlvqi Processing, Donald R. Reising

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation introduces a GRLVQI classifier into an RF-DNA fingerprinting process and demonstrates applicability for device classification and ID verification. Unlike MDA/ML processing, GRLVQI provides a measure of feature relevance that enables Dimensional Reduction Analysis (DRA) to enhance the experimental-to-operational transition potential of RF-DNA fingerprinting. Using 2D Gabor Transform RF-DNA fingerprints extracted from experimentally collected OFDM-based 802.16 WiMAX and 802.11 WiFi device emissions, average GRLVQI classification accuracy of %C greater than or equal to 90% is achieved using full and reduced dimensional feature sets at SNR greater than or equal to 10.0 dB and SNR greater than or equal to …


Percy Shelley’S Prose Fiction: Zastrozzi, St. Irvyne, The Assassins, The Coliseum, Diane Hoeveler Dec 2012

Percy Shelley’S Prose Fiction: Zastrozzi, St. Irvyne, The Assassins, The Coliseum, Diane Hoeveler

English Faculty Research and Publications

No abstract provided.


Forest Regeneration On The Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, Manette E. Sandor Dec 2012

Forest Regeneration On The Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, Manette E. Sandor

Master's Theses

Woody species diversity of secondary forest has the potential to converge with that found in old growth forest. This study is the first to examine multiple aspects of species and reproductive trait diversity, and their relationship to each other, across a successional chronosequence. Species richness and species diversity increases with increasing age of forest. Diaspore size and diversity as well as fruit size generally increased with increasing age of forest, but fruit size diversity did not. Abundance of animal-dispersed species increased whereas wind-dispersed species decreased in abundance over succession. Insect-pollinated individuals were most abundant overall. Diaspore diversity, pollination diversity, and …


Gavra V. Google, United States District Court For The Northern District Of California Dec 2012

Gavra V. Google, United States District Court For The Northern District Of California

Historical and Topical Legal Documents

No abstract provided.


Polymorphism And Polyamorphism In Bilayer Water Confined To Slit Nanopore Under High Pressure, Jaeil Bai, Xiao Cheng Zeng Dec 2012

Polymorphism And Polyamorphism In Bilayer Water Confined To Slit Nanopore Under High Pressure, Jaeil Bai, Xiao Cheng Zeng

Xiao Cheng Zeng Publications

A distinctive physical property of bulk water is its rich solid-state phase behavior, which includes 15 crystalline (ice I–ice XIV) and at least 3 glassy forms ofwater, namely, low-density amorphous, highdensity amorphous, and very-high-density amorphous (VHDA). Nanoscale confinement adds a new physical variable that can result in a wealth of new quasi-2D phases of ice and amorphous ice. Previous computer simulations have revealed that when water is confined between two flat hydrophobic plates about 7–9 Å apart, numerous bilayer (BL) ices (or polymorphs) can arise [e.g., BL-hexagonal ice (BL-ice I)]. Indeed, growth of the BL-ice I through vapor deposition on …


Suppressing Leakage By Localized Doping In Si Nanotransistor Channels, Jesse Maassen, Hong Guo Dec 2012

Suppressing Leakage By Localized Doping In Si Nanotransistor Channels, Jesse Maassen, Hong Guo

Birck and NCN Publications

By first principles atomistic analysis we demonstrate how controlled localized doping distributions in nanoscale Si transistors can suppress leakage currents. We consider dopants (B and P atoms) to be randomly confined to a approximate to 1 nmwidth doping region in the channel. If this region is located away from the electrodes, roughly 20% of the channel length L, the tunneling leakage is reduced 2x compared to the case of uniform doping and shows little variation. Oppositely, we find the leakage current increases by orders of magnitude and may result in large device variability. We calculate the maximum and minimum conductance …


The 'Art' Of Medicine: Building A Caring Relationship With Clients, Lisa Barkley Dec 2012

The 'Art' Of Medicine: Building A Caring Relationship With Clients, Lisa Barkley

UCF Forum

On the first day of school each year at the UCF College of Medicine, Dean Deborah German asks our incoming class of students what they think makes a “good doctor.”


State V. Johnson Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39573 Dec 2012

State V. Johnson Appellant's Brief Dckt. 39573

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


State V. Steinemer Respondent's Brief Dckt. 39869 Dec 2012

State V. Steinemer Respondent's Brief Dckt. 39869

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


State V. Carver Respondent's Brief Dckt. 39467 Dec 2012

State V. Carver Respondent's Brief Dckt. 39467

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.


Quakers, Culture, And The Transforming Power Of Love, Ellen M. Ross Dec 2012

Quakers, Culture, And The Transforming Power Of Love, Ellen M. Ross

Religion Faculty Works

No abstract provided.


Gay V. City Of Philadelphia Dec 2012

Gay V. City Of Philadelphia

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania


Stivers V. Idaho State Tax Com'n Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 40007 Dec 2012

Stivers V. Idaho State Tax Com'n Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 40007

Not Reported

No abstract provided.


U.S. Drought Monitor, December 25, 2012, Richard R. Heim Jr. Dec 2012

U.S. Drought Monitor, December 25, 2012, Richard R. Heim Jr.

United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive

Drought map of the United States for December 25, 2012 (12/25/12) plus: United States crop areas experiencing drought (map), an approximate percentage of crop located in drought by state (bar graph), and the percentage of crop area located in drought during the past 52 weeks (line graph) for hay, cattle, and winter wheat.


Conditioned Medium And Proliferated Cell Lines Produced Therefrom, Thomas B. Freeman, Pablo Caviedes, Raul Caviedes Dec 2012

Conditioned Medium And Proliferated Cell Lines Produced Therefrom, Thomas B. Freeman, Pablo Caviedes, Raul Caviedes

USF Patents

The subject invention pertains to tumor cell lines useful for increasing the proliferation potential of any human or animal cell in culture, thereby providing immortalized or continuous cell lines and cultures. The invention also concerns proliferation factors, and compositions containing the factors, which are capable of increasing the proliferation potential of any human or other animal cell in culture. The subject invention further pertains to a method for proliferating cells in culture by contacting cells with the proliferation factors. The proliferated cells can range in plasticity and can include, for example, blast cells, fertilized ova, non-fertilized gametes, embryonic stem cells, …


Functionalized Nanoceria Composition For Ophthalmic Treatment Div, Sudipta Seal, Manas Haldar, Sanku Mallik, Swanand Patil Dec 2012

Functionalized Nanoceria Composition For Ophthalmic Treatment Div, Sudipta Seal, Manas Haldar, Sanku Mallik, Swanand Patil

UCF Patents

The invention provides a composition comprising a plurality of nanoceria particles, a sufficient amount of at least one inhibitor of human carbonic anhydrase II associated with said plurality of nanoceria particles, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier containing said plurality of nanoceria particles with associated inhibitor. One preferred inhibitor of human carbonic anhydrase II comprises 4-carboxybenzene sulfonamide. The disclosed composition is useful in treatment of glaucoma.


Systems And Method For Performing Gabor-Domain Optical Coherence Microscopy, Jannick Rolland, Panomsak Meemon Dec 2012

Systems And Method For Performing Gabor-Domain Optical Coherence Microscopy, Jannick Rolland, Panomsak Meemon

UCF Patents

In one embodiment, imaging a medium under evaluation includes generating acquired images of the medium, each acquired image comprising a cross-sectional image along a lateral and a depth direction of the medium that results from scanning the medium at a different depths, filtering each acquired image to remove out-of-focus portions of the images and generate filtered images, and merging the filtered images to form a high-resolution fused image.


Solid Propellant Rocket Motor Having Self-Extinguishing Propellant Grain And Systems Therefrom, Sudipta Seal, Rodolphe Carro, Alexander Lepage, Eric Petersen, David Reid, Thomas Sammet, Matthew Stephens Dec 2012

Solid Propellant Rocket Motor Having Self-Extinguishing Propellant Grain And Systems Therefrom, Sudipta Seal, Rodolphe Carro, Alexander Lepage, Eric Petersen, David Reid, Thomas Sammet, Matthew Stephens

UCF Patents

A solid rocket motor includes a combustion chamber bounded by an outer casing, a propellant grain within the combustion chamber, and an igniter within the outer casing for igniting the propellant grain. A nozzle is coupled to the combustion chamber for releasing hot gasses evolved from burning the propellant grain to provide thrust for propelling the solid rocket motor. The propellant grain is a self-extinguishing propellant grain that includes at least one fuel, at least one oxidizing agent, at least one binder, and at least one surfactant that imparts the self-extinguishing property. The propellant grain provides a burning rate as …


The Impact Of Coastal Phytoplankton Blooms On Ocean-Atmosphere Thermal Energy Exchange: Evidence From A Two-Way Coupled Numerical Modeling System, Jason K. Jolliff, Travis A. Smith, Charlie N. Barron, Sergio Derada, Stephanie C. Anderson, Richard W. Gould, Robert A. Arnone Dec 2012

The Impact Of Coastal Phytoplankton Blooms On Ocean-Atmosphere Thermal Energy Exchange: Evidence From A Two-Way Coupled Numerical Modeling System, Jason K. Jolliff, Travis A. Smith, Charlie N. Barron, Sergio Derada, Stephanie C. Anderson, Richard W. Gould, Robert A. Arnone

Faculty Publications

A set of sensitivity experiments are performed with a two-way coupled and nested ocean-atmosphere forecasting system in order to deconvolve how dense phytoplankton stocks in a coastal embayment may impact thermal energy exchange processes. Monterey Bay simulations parameterizing solar shortwave transparency in the surface ocean as an invariant oligotrophic oceanic water type estimate consistently colder sea surface temperature (SST) than simulations utilizing more realistic, spatially varying shortwave attenuation terms based on satellite estimates of surface algal pigment concentration. These SST differences lead to an similar to 88% increase in the cumulative turbulent thermal energy transfer from the ocean to the …


Enzymatic Synthesis Of Sucrose Polyester As Food Emulsifier Compound, Sri Handayani, Ika Novianingsih, Awaliatul Barkah, Sumi Hudiyono Dec 2012

Enzymatic Synthesis Of Sucrose Polyester As Food Emulsifier Compound, Sri Handayani, Ika Novianingsih, Awaliatul Barkah, Sumi Hudiyono

Makara Journal of Science

Sucrose polyester (SPE) is a carbohydrate ester compound that has diverse functions, from surfactant to low-calorie food products. Sucrose fatty acid ester with the degree of substitution 1-3 can be used as emulsifier in foods and cosmetics. The enzymatic synthesis of sucrose polyesters can be carried out using lipase in organic solvent and contain small amount of water. In this study sucrose esters were synthesized by esterification reaction between sucrose with fatty acids from coconut and palm oil using Candida rugosa lipase in n-hexane. Optimization esterification reaction was carried out for parameters of incubation time, temperature, and the ratio of …


Adsorption Of Waste Metal Cr(Vi) With Composite Membranes (Chitosan-Silica Rice Husks), Fifia Zulti, Kiagus Dahlan, Purwantiningsih Sugita Dec 2012

Adsorption Of Waste Metal Cr(Vi) With Composite Membranes (Chitosan-Silica Rice Husks), Fifia Zulti, Kiagus Dahlan, Purwantiningsih Sugita

Makara Journal of Science

Chromium compounds are widely used in modern industry. Many of these compounds are dumped into the surrounding environment. Membrane technology is more efficient and effective than conventional methods for waste treatment. The research objective was to make a membrane separation process that can be applied to Cr(VI). Membranes were made from chitosan and silica rice husks. Variations of chitosan and silica rice husk used (g) are 2:1 (A1), 2:2 (A2), 3:1 (B1), and 3:2 (B2). The membrane was made by using an inverted phase technique. Results of SEM characterization of membranes showed that B2 has the largest pores at 2.58 …


The Relationship Between The Harmful Algal Blooms (Habs) Phenomenon With Nutrients At Shrimp Farms And Fish Cage Culture Sites In Pesawaran District Lampung Bay, Qadar Hasani, Enan Mulyana Adiwilaga, Niken Tunjung Murti Pratiwi Dec 2012

The Relationship Between The Harmful Algal Blooms (Habs) Phenomenon With Nutrients At Shrimp Farms And Fish Cage Culture Sites In Pesawaran District Lampung Bay, Qadar Hasani, Enan Mulyana Adiwilaga, Niken Tunjung Murti Pratiwi

Makara Journal of Science

The phenomenon of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the Lampung Bay has been reported by many researchers. The occurrence of HABs may be due to the increase of nutrient (N and P) as results of waste water of aquaculture (shrimp farms, hatcheries and fish cage farms). This study aimed to determine the relationship between N and P concentrations in some aquaculture sites with harmful algal blooms. The analysis revealed the differences concentration of N and P at each different shrimp farms and fish cage farms sites (Hurun, Sidodadi, Ringgung, and Cikunyinyi Bay). The result showed that the increase of N …


Integrated Services Post (Posyandu) As Sociocultural Approach For Primary Health Care Issue, Oedojo Soedirham Dec 2012

Integrated Services Post (Posyandu) As Sociocultural Approach For Primary Health Care Issue, Oedojo Soedirham

Kesmas

Kelahiran posyandu pada tahun 1980-an merupakan usaha pemerintah Indonesia untuk meningkatkan status kesehatan masyarakat, mengikuti panggilan internasional, Deklarasi Alma Ata (Kazakhstan) tentang kesehatan masyarakat tahun 1978. Konsep kunci deklarasi tersebut adalah partisipasi masyarakat. Di Indonesia, partisipasi masyarakat disebut “gotong royong”. Masyarakat memainkan peran penting dalam meningkatkan kesehatan masing-masing. Untuk melibatkan masyarakat dalam kesehatan masyarakat, relawan harus direkrut dan dilatih untuk mengenal isu-isu kesehatan masyarakat dasar. Gagasan mengenai relawan yang disebut kader (village health worker) tersebut diajukan agar relawan sebagai bagian dari masyarakat dapat lebih mudah menyampaikan program-program kesehatan karena lebih dekat dibandingkan pejabat kesehatan masyarakat. Di dalam artikel ini dibahas …


Perbedaan Gender Pada Kejadian Sindrom Metabolik Pada Penduduk Perkotaan Di Indonesia, Krisnawaty Bantas, Hari Koesnanto Yoseph, Budi Moelyono Dec 2012

Perbedaan Gender Pada Kejadian Sindrom Metabolik Pada Penduduk Perkotaan Di Indonesia, Krisnawaty Bantas, Hari Koesnanto Yoseph, Budi Moelyono

Kesmas

Sindrom Metabolik (SM) merupakan faktor risiko penting penyakit kardiovaskuler yang merupakan penyebab utama kematian di Indonesia. Perbedaan gender pada SM berkontribusi terhadap perbedaan gender pada penyakit kardiovaskuler. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui prevalensi dan risiko SM berdasarkan gender di perkotaan Indonesia menggunakan data Riset Kesehatan Dasar 2007 dan menggunakan rancangan penelitian potong lintang. Populasi penelitian terdiri dari 13.262 orang pria dan wanita yang tidak hamil berusia lebih dari 15 tahun yang bermukim di daerah perkotaan. Variabel penelitian meliputi variabel dependen sindrom metabolik. Variabel independen utama adalah gender dan variabel kovariat yang lain adalah level 1 (umur, status perkawinan, pendidikan, stres, merokok, …


Real Time X-Ray Studies During Nanostructure Formation On Silicon Via Low Energy Ion Beam Irradiation Using Ultrathin Iron Films, Osman El-Atwani, Anastassiya Suslova, Alexander Demasi, Sean Gonderman, Justin Fowler, Mohamad El-Atwani, Karl Ludwig, Jean Paul Allain Dec 2012

Real Time X-Ray Studies During Nanostructure Formation On Silicon Via Low Energy Ion Beam Irradiation Using Ultrathin Iron Films, Osman El-Atwani, Anastassiya Suslova, Alexander Demasi, Sean Gonderman, Justin Fowler, Mohamad El-Atwani, Karl Ludwig, Jean Paul Allain

Birck and NCN Publications

Real time grazing incidence small angle x-ray scattering and x-ray fluorescence (XRF) are used to elucidate nanodot formation on silicon surfaces during low energy ion beam irradiation of ultrathin iron-coated silicon substrates. Four surface modification stages were identified: (1) surface roughening due to film erosion, (2) surface smoothing and silicon-iron mixing, (3) structure formation, and (4) structure smoothing. The results conclude that 2.5 x 10(15) iron atoms in a 50 nm depth triggers surface nanopatterning with a correlated nanodots distance of 25 nm. Moreover, there is a wide window in time where the surface can have correlated nanostructures even after …


Liberty Northwest Ins. V. Spudnik Equipment Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 39957 Dec 2012

Liberty Northwest Ins. V. Spudnik Equipment Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 39957

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.


Understanding Affordances: History And Contemporary Development Of Gibson’S Central Concept, Dobromir Dotov, Lin Nie, Matthieu M. De Wit Dec 2012

Understanding Affordances: History And Contemporary Development Of Gibson’S Central Concept, Dobromir Dotov, Lin Nie, Matthieu M. De Wit

Journal Articles

Gibson developed the affordance concept to complement his theory of direct perception that stands in sharp contrast with the prevalent inferential theories of perception. A comparison of the two approaches shows that the distinction between them also has an ontological aspect. We trace the history and newer formalizations of the notion of affordance and discuss some competing opinions on its scope. Next, empirical work on the affordance concept is reviewed in brief and the relevance of dynamical systems theory to affordance research is demonstrated. Finally, the striking but often neglected convergence of the ideas of Gibson and those of certain …