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Characterization Of Scale-Free Properties Of Human Electrocorticography In Awake And Slow Wave Sleep States, John M. Zempel, David G. Politte, Matthew Kelsey, Ryan Verner, Tracy S. Nolan, Abbas Babajani-Feremi, Fred Prior, Linda J. Larson-Prior

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Health Outcomes In Patients Using No-Prescription Online Pharmacies To Purchase Prescription Drugs, Theodore J. Cicero, Matthew S. Ellis

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Killed But Metabolically Active Leishmania Infantum As A Novel Whole-Cell Vaccine For Visceral Leishmaniasis, Kevin W. Bruhn, Ron Birnbaum, Jacquelyn Haskell, Veena Vanchinathan, Stephanie Greger, Rupa Narayan, Pei-Lin Chang, Thu Anh Tran, Suzanne M. Hickerson, Stephen M. Beverley, Mary E. Wilson, Noah Craft

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Cycles Of Electronic Health Records Adaptation By Physicians: How Do The Positive And Negative Experience With The Ehr System Affect Physicians' Ehr Adaptation Process?, Cherie Noteboom, Dhundy Bastola, Sajda Qureshi

Research & Publications

The integration of EHR in IT infrastructures supporting organizations enable improved access and recording of patient data, enhanced ability to make improved decisions, improved quality and reduced errors in patient care. Despite these benefits, there are mixed results as to the use of EHR. The literature suggests that the reasons for the limited use relate to policy, financial and usability considerations, but it does not provide an understanding of reasons for physicians’ limited interaction and adaptation of EHR.

Following an analysis of qualitative data, collected in a case study at a hospital using interviews, this research explains how physicians interact …

Security Policy Compliance: User Acceptance Perspective, Ahmad Al-Omari, Omar F. El-Gayar, Amit Deokar

Research & Publications

Information security policy compliance is one of the key concerns that face organizations today. Although, technical and procedural security measures help improve information security, there is an increased need to accommodate human, social and organizational factors. While employees are considered the weakest link in information security domain, they also are assets that organizations need to leverage effectively. Employees’ compliance with Information Security Policies (ISPs) is critical to the success of an information security program. The purpose of this research is to develop a measurement tool that provides better measures for predicting and explaining employees’ compliance with ISPs by examining the …

The Mediating Role Of Adaptive Personalization In Online Shopping, Son Bui, Insu Park, William Kettinger

Research & Publications

In the context of e-commerce, personalization system provides customers with recommendations on what products to buy. Grounded on social exchange theory, this study empirically examines and theoretically articulates the effects of willingness to share information and adaptive personalization on willingness to repurchase products. A survey was conducted and PLS was used demonstrating that adaptive personalization fully mediates the relationship between willingness to share information and willingness to repurchase products. The results suggest that online customers might take risks to provide their information to online retailers in exchange of offerings, and that continuous capturing of customer’s preferences throughout their interaction time …

Securing Natural Justice In Arbitration Proceedings, Austin Ignatius Pulle

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

The legitimacy and integrity of any system that adjudicates the rights and duties ofpersons would be evaluated by reference to the standards required by the principles of natural justice. Arbitration is becoming more popular as a system of dispute resolution because of the exponential increase of cross-border transactions that are a feature of globalization. Now arbitrations take place in countries that lack a well-developed arbitration culture. Courts in some of these countries have yet to develop a coherent body of law that clarifies and gives effect to the principles of natural justice. Moreover, important values protected by natural justice principles …

Earlier Version - Aviators Model Code Of Conduct, Version 2.0, Aviators Code Initiative

Aviators Model Code of Conduct

The AVIATORS MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT (Code of Conduct) offers recommendations to advance flight safety, airmanship, and professionalism. The Code of Conduct presents a vision of excellence for aviators. Its principles complement and underscore legal requirements. The Code of Conduct is a model, not a standard. Users should customize or otherwise revise the document—including title, length, and organization—to fit their needs. See “Additional Resources” (below) for materials to help facilitate such customization. The Code of Conduct will be most effective if users have a firm grasp of the fundamentals of flight as well as a commitment to the pursuit of …

Underwater Object Detection And Identification Using Distributed Pressure Sensors, Audrey Maertens

Link Foundation Ocean Engineering and Instrumentation Fellowship Reports

Underwater vision is usually limited. Object detection and identification is therefore one of the main challenges of underwater navigation. A new sensing modality, specifically developed for underwater environments, would greatly increase the scope of underwater missions. Taking inspiration from the lateral line of fish, I believe that pressure sensing can be a viable alternative to vision in order to detect and identify obstacles. Recent advances in the area of micro-engineering will soon enable to build sensors that match the size and mimic the functions and organization of the lateral line. However, little is known about how the pressure distribution along …

Taspase1 Is A Non-Oncogene Mediator Of Tumorigenesis And Maintenance, David Chen

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

The clinical success of oncogene-targeted therapies substantiates the continued reliance of certain cancers upon the continued function of apical oncogenes involved in its genesis--a phenomenon known as "oncogene addiction." Though this shift from non-targeted, cytotoxic therapies offers new hope to patients, resistance to oncogene inactivation often remains an eventuality, and it is clear that further investigation is required to more effectively battle cancer using alternative therapeutic targets. Our studies on Taspase1: threonine aspartase 1) reveal its role in coordinating cellular proliferation and apoptosis in cancer. Loss of Taspase1 by shRNA-mediated knockdown decreased cellular proliferation in a diverse set of cancer …

Three-Color Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering: From Tracing Dynamics Of Elementary Excitations In Solids To Imaging Of Live Cells., Manoj Kumar Dobbala

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Commonly used laser based spectroscopy and imaging techniques have both advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, a system that allows access to molecularly specific properties is highly desired. The primary objective of the study is to demonstrate state-of-the art for coherent laser spectroscopy and microscopy and their applications in biomedical imaging and condensed matter characterization. This study also demonstrates the capabilities and application of timedomain coherent spectroscopy technique to characterize soft- (aqueous media, large organic molecules and biological media) and traditional condensed matter (including solid state crystals, inorganic microstructures and photonic materials). Work on coherent multi-photon microscopy and approaches concerned to the …

Structural Basis Of Differential Neutralization Of Denv-1 Genotypes By An Antibody That Recognizes A Cryptic Epitope, S. Kyle Austin, Kimberly A. Dowd, Bimmi Shrestha, Christopher A. Nelson, Melissa A. Edeling, Syd Johnson, Theodore C. Pierson, Michael S. Diamond, Daved H. Fremont

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Chfr Is Important For The First Wave Of Ubiquitination At Dna Damage Sites, Chao Liu, Jiaxue Wu, Sharad C. Paudyal, Zhongsheng You, Xiaochun Yu

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Actin Cap Associated Focal Adhesions And Their Distinct Role In Cellular Mechanosensing, Dong-Hwee Kim, Shyam B. Khatau, Yunfeng Feng, Sam Walcott, Sean X. Sun, Gregory D. Longmore, Denis Wirtz

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

The Distinct Roles Of The Nucleus And Nucleus-Cytoskeleton Connections In Three-Dimensional Cell Migration, Shyam B. Khatau, Ryan J. Bloom, Saumendra Bajpai, David Razafsky, Shu Zhang, Anjil Giri, Pei-Hsun Wu, Jorge Marchand, Alfredo Celedon, Christopher M. Hale, Sean X. Sun, Didier Hodzic, Denis Wirtz

Open Access Publications

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Mouse Transgenesis In A Single Locus With Independent Regulation For Multiple Fluorophores, Joseph D. Dougherty, Juliet Zhang, Huifen Feng, Shiaoching Gong, Nathaniel Heintz

Open Access Publications

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Functional Assessment Of Human Coding Mutations Affecting Skin Pigmentation Using Zebrafish, Zurab R. Tsetskhladze, Victor A. Canfield, Khai C. Ang, Steven M. Wentzel, Katherine P. Reid, Arthur S. Berg, Stephen L. Johnson, Koichi Kawakami, Keith C. Cheng

Open Access Publications

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Transformational Leadership And Job Satisfaction Of Retired Army Noncommissioned Officers In South Korea, Terra Williams

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Organizations, including the military and their managers, have used transformational leadership for over 30 years to increase job satisfaction. The purpose of this correlation research study was to determine whether a relationship existed between transformational leadership and job satisfaction among retired Army noncommissioned officers who had rejoined the military workforce in South Korea. The research question was grounded in a synthesis of theories concerning transformational leadership and job satisfaction. The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ5X), the Job Descriptive Index (JDI), and Job in General (JIG) scales were used to gather data from 141 participants. Univariate analyses were used to document that …

Use Of Multimedia For Teaching In Nigerian University System: A Case Study Of University Of Ibadan, A.B. Oshinaike, S.R. Adekunmisi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The use of multimedia in industries has been extensive, as it has been effective in increasing productivity and retention rates, where research has shown that people remember 20% of what they see, 40% of what they see and hear, but about 75% of what they see and hear and do simultaneously (Lindstrom, 1994). Multimedia is now permeating the educational system as a tool for effective teaching and learning. With multimedia, the communication of information can be done in a more effective manner and it can be an effective instructional medium for delivering information.

Multimedia access to knowledge is one of …

Enginuity 2012, Kate Gleason College Of Engineering

RIT Digital Archives

No abstract provided.

2012-2013 Undergraduate Course Descriptions, Rochester Institute Of Technology

RIT Digital Archives

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Guardians, Start Of A Light Novel Series, Gary Tsun Tsin

Honors Projects

The fictional story of Edward Alfred and his friends, a group of teens known simply as the Guardians. They safeguard the planet in secrecy to protect humanity until it is ready to exit childhood and enter the greater interstellar community.

Independent Financial Advisers’ Opinions For Public Takeovers And Related Party Transactions In Singapore, Wai Yee Wan

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

This article examines the role and utility of opinions (IFA opinions) rendered by independent financial advisers (IFAs), who are required to be appointed in connection with takeovers of, and related party transactions entered into by, companies which are listed in Singapore. Three main problems are identified: (1) data from 122 IFA opinions issued between 2008 and 2010 in connection with takeover offers of Singapore-listed companies show that there are a significant number of IFAs who do not use the standard of “fair and reasonable” in assessing offers and instead use tests that are more equivocal, rendering the opinions less helpful; …

Temperature Profiling Of Reflow Oven Used At Sscg Site 2 Automotive Department Of Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc., Kristoffer Jun B. Haguingan

Undergraduate Theses

The Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc. is one of the leading electronic manufacturing service provides in the country. The key features of the company are its flexibility, discipline and devotion to provide customer satisfaction. They maintain a high level of quality in their products.In their surface mount assembly lines, the use of reflow soldering is very dominant. Almost all lies use reflow ovens. Due to this matter, their profiling procedure should be well-organized and systematic. The profiling is done to arrive at an oven profile that will yield optimum level of solder quality at the same time minimizing production cost. By studying …

Multi-Party Multi-Period Supply Chain Coordination, Thin Yin Leong, Michelle Lee Fong Cheong

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

We apply combinatorial auction as a coordination mechanism to smooth demands placed on suppliers' limited production capacities, allowing several manufacturers to share common suppliers effectively. Products are bidders bidding for parts from suppliers, consuming their capacities in different time periods. The fourth party logistic (4PL) provider acts as the auctioneer to coordinate bids and perform price iterations. We leverage on the strong links between the Lagrangian relaxation method and combinatorial auction, where the Lagrange multipliers serve as the supply capacity reserve prices, to balance the demand and supply of capacities. To prevent cyclic behaviour and to increase convergence speed, we …

A Sentiment Analysis Of Singapore Presidential Election 2011 Using Twitter Data With Census Correction, Murphy Junyu Choy, Michelle Lee Fong Cheong, Nang Laik Ma, Ping Shung Koo

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Sentiment analysis is a new area in text analytics where it focuses on the analysis and understanding of the human emotions from the text patterns. This new form of analysis has been widely adopted in customer relationship management especially in the context of complaint management. However, sentiment analysis using Twitter data has remained extremely difficult to manage due to sampling biasness. In this paper, we will discuss about the application of reweighting techniques in conjunction with online sentiment divisions to predict the vote percentage that individual presidential candidate in Singapore will receive in the Presidential Election 2011. There will be …

Robust Local Search For Solving Rcpsp/Max With Durational Uncertainty, Na Fu, Hoong Chuin Lau, Pradeep Varakantham, Fei Xiao

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Scheduling problems in manufacturing, logistics and project management have frequently been modeled using the framework of Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problems with minimum and maximum time lags (RCPSP/max). Due to the importance of these problems, providing scalable solution schedules for RCPSP/max problems is a topic of extensive research. However, all existing methods for solving RCPSP/max assume that durations of activities are known with certainty, an assumption that does not hold in real world scheduling problems where unexpected external events such as manpower availability, weather changes, etc. lead to delays or advances in completion of activities. Thus, in this paper, our …

Consumer-Driven Innovation Management, Arcot Desai Narasimhalu, Shekhar Mitra

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

The evolution of human society leads to increased affluence and prosperity of certain populations, sometimes at the expense of well-established markets. Market leaders in products and services tend to be so focused on their current customer base that they are caught off guard with the changes in markets created by the evolution. These changes often go unnoticed until it is too late. The change in customer base often requires the repositioning of products and services through innovations, which address new and emerging markets. Some of these changes could potentially result in tectonic market shifts that force innovation managers to involve …

Singapore: Transitioning To A "New Normal" In A Post-Lee Kuan Yew Era, Eugene K. B. Tan

Research Collection Yong Pung How School Of Law

Politics in Singapore is generally marked by incremental change. When Singapore eventually becomes a two-party or multi-party democracy, the 2011 general election is likely to be regarded as the starting point of the epochal political transition. It was a boisterous year politically where political excitement and consciousness went up several notches due to the 7 May general elections and the 27 August presidential elections, both of which produced keenly contested hustings and outcomes. The aftermath of the general elections also saw the retirement of former Prime Ministers Lee Kuan Yew and Goh Chok Tong from the Cabinet.

Barriers To H-1b Visa Sponsorship In The It Consulting Industry: The Economic Incentive To Alter H-1b Policy, Karen Jensen

Fordham International Law Journal

No abstract provided.