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The Top Three Patent Cases Of 2012, James Gibson

Law Faculty Publications

New Year’s Day prompts us to reflect on what the last 12 months have brought, so I’ve taken the opportunity to think back on 2012’s intellectual property developments. It’s been a busy year, with patent reform, new technologies, multilateral treaties, and more. To make my task more manageable, I’m going to focus on three important patent law cases – one at the Supreme Court level, one at the appellate level, and one at the trial court level. I’ll conclude with an extra-special bonus: the Case To Watch for patent law in 2013. Then, in my next entry in this series, …

5-Axis Tool Path Generation With Collision Detection For Finish Machining Of Freeform Surfaces, Jomy Francis

Masters Theses

"Research in the field of Tool path generation for freeform surfaces has been done intensively in the past. However, the main challenge that still exists is the computational efficiency related to the tool path generation. Tool path generation for freeform surface involves instantaneous calculation of new tool orientations which does not collide with the neighboring surfaces. Since the collision check of tool and neighboring surface is done repetitively at every instant of the tool, the calculations at every instant are to be computationally as easy as possible.

This thesis is composed of one paper. Paper I presents a novel extension …

3d Spatio-Temporal Analysis For Compressive Sensing In Magnetic Resonance Imaging Of The Murine Cardiac Cycle, Brice Aaron Hirst

Masters Theses

"This thesis consists of two major contributions, each of which has been prepared in a conference paper. These papers will be submitted for publication in the SPIE 2013 Medical Imaging Conference and the ASEE 2013 Annual Conference.

The first paper explores a three-dimensional compressive sensing (CS) technique for reducing measurement time in MR imaging of the murine (mouse) cardiac cycle. By randomly undersampling a single 2D slice of a mouse heart at regular time intervals as it expands and contracts through the stages of a heartbeat, a CS reconstruction algorithm can be made to exploit transform sparsity in time as …

The Ethics Of Library Resource Sharing In The Digital Age, Beth Posner

Publications and Research

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to outline ethical implications of the practical challenges facing resource sharing practitioners in the digital age.

Design/methodology/approach – The author presents an overview of major ethical challenges related to digital resource sharing using a framework of four key ethical theories: justice as fairness; utilitarianism; rights theory; and common good theory.

Findings – When administrators, publishers, lawmakers, or the public dictate policies and rules that are inconsistent with librarian values and norms, librarians should turn to ethical reasoning in defense of their work.

Social implications – Resource sharing practitioners everywhere will find …

Use Of Colour Duplex Ultrasound As A First Line Surveillance Tool Following Evar Is Associated With A Reduction In Cost Without Compromising Accuracy, C. Gray, Patrick J. Goodman, C. C. Herron, L. P. Lawler, M. K. O'Malley, M. K. O'Donohoe, C. O. Mc. Donnell

Articles

CT scanning remains the postoperative surveillance imaging modality of choice following EVAR. Concerns regarding cost, exposure to ionising radiation and intravenous contrast have led to a search for a less expensive, equally efficacious and safer method of monitoring EVAR patients after endograft deployment. This study evaluated the cost saving obtained if CDUS was employed as a first line surveillance tool following EVAR, as well as comparing the two entities in terms of efficacy. Patients & methods: Postoperative surveillance CTs and CDUS scans in the 145 patients who have undergone EVAR from 1st June 2003 to 1st July 2010 were compared …

Reversible Lysine Acetylation Regulates Activity Of Human Glycine N-Acyltransferase-Like 2 (Hglyatl2): Implications For Production Of Glycine-Conjugated Signaling Molecules, Dominick P. Waluk, Filip Sucharski, Laszlo Sipos, Jerzy Silberring, Mary Hunt

Articles

Background: Lysine acetylation is a major post-translational modification of proteins.

Results: Human glycine N-acyltransferase-like 2 is regulated by acetylation/deacetylation of lysine 19.

Conclusion: Reversible lysine acetylation is important in regulating the activity and function of human glycine N-acyltransferases.

Significance: Our study links post-translational modification of proteins with the production of lipid signaling molecules, the N-acyl glycines.

Citizen 2.0: Public And Governmental Interaction Through Web 2.0 Technologies (Preface), Kathryn Kolby, Maria J. D'Agostino

Publications and Research

Preface to Citizen 2.0: Public and Governmental Interaction Through Web 2.0 Technologies

Policing Gender, Sexuality And ‘Muslimness’, Anissa Helie

Publications and Research

In her Introduction to the book Sexuality in Muslim Contexts: Restrictions and Resistance (ZED Book, UK), Anissa Helie discusses the notion of "Muslimness" and how such a homogenizing notion, if unchallenged, may serve to justify the policing of sexuality in various Muslim countries and communities.

The book itself looks at emerging trends that affect women’s sexuality, with a particular focus on Asia and the Middle East, and documents both the curtailing of sexual rights occurring in diverse Muslim societies and the strategies designed to counter these developments.

Yet this focus in no way suggests that the policing of gender and …

Problematizing "Autonomy" And "Tradition" With Regard To Veiling: A Response To Seval Yildirim, Anissa Helie

Publications and Research

Debates related to Muslim women’s dress, specifically, often pit religious freedom, individual liberty, and cultural rights against women’s rights and gender equality. Hélie's response to Yildirim (specifically her discussion of national and international legal responses to “headcoverings”) does not focus on legal aspects, but rather on gendered practices and their ideological roots.

Hélie adopts a global lens, recognizing that whilst historical and socio-political specificities are crucial to grasp the nuances of each context, questions related to dress codes in Muslim contexts nevertheless relate to issues affecting our world at large. Hélie discusses two main aspects of Yildirim's argument - namely: …

Information Fusion And Quantum Logic In Family Medicine, F. Matthew Mihelic

Faculty Publications

A time-tested model for information fusion and analysis is provided by Family Medicine. Family Medicine is a discipline that operates in the realms of botJ1 technical and social sciences to analyze massive amounts of information from mulriple sources in order to make decisions that bring about tJie integration and coordination of interdisciplinary interventions involving scientific, psychological, and social aspects of medical care. This generalist function serves to lower the organizational entropy of complex systems and thereby improve efficiency while reducing ilie risk of catastrophic failure. Simply bringing a group of specialists together in one place does not bring about the …

The Trajectories Of Transplants: Singing Alha, Birha, And The Ramayan In The Indic Caribbean, Peter L. Manuel

Publications and Research

Indo-Caribbean music culture includes a stratum of traditional genres derived from North India’s Bhojpuri region. This article discusses three such genres: Alhâ-singing, an archaic form of birhâ, and an antiphonal style of singing the Tulsidas Râmâyan. Despite the lack of supportive contact with the Bhojpuri region after 1917, these genres flourished until the 1960s, after which the decline of Bhojpuri as a spoken language in Trinidad and Guyana, together with the impact of modernity in general, undermined their vitality. A comparative perspective with North Indian counterparts reveals illuminating parallels and contrasts.

The Use Of The Alaskan Native Claims Settlement Act To Justify Disparate Treatment Of Alaska's Tribes, Natalie Landreth, Erin Dougherty

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.

Understanding The Value Of Judicial Diversity Through The Native American Lens, Paige E. Hoster

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.

The Naked Anabaptist: The Bare Essentials Of A Radical Faith [Review] / Murray, Stuart, Jerry Moon

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

Andrews University Seminary Studies Turns 50!, John W. Reeve

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

Calvinismus In Seiner Vielfalt: Die Bedeutung Des Reformators Für Die Evangelische Christenheit [The Diversity Of Calvinism: The Signifi Cance Of The Reformer For Evangelical Christianity] [Review] / Reiner Zimmermann, Denis Kaiser

Andrews University Seminary Studies (AUSS)

No abstract provided.

Thai Manuscript Preparation, Kongkiat Kulkantrakorn

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

No abstract provided.

Survey Of Social And Environmental Factors Supporting Self-Management Behavior Among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients Of Government Hospitals And Health Centers In Bangkok., Suwapiccha Attavorrarat, Sarunya Hengpraprom, Wiroj Jiamjarasrangsi

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

This research aimed at studying social and environmental factors infl uencing self management behavior of 500 type 2 diabetes mellitus patients in government hospitals and Bangkok Metropolitan healthcare service centers who were selected in to the study by multistage sampling technique. Three sets of questionnaires were used as research instrument to collect data relating to personal demographics, social and environmental factors support and self-management behavior.

The results showed that the most supportive factor was healthcare team support. While support from community organizations was ranked the lowest. Self-management behaviour of type 2 diabetes mellitus patients was at medium-to-good level. Supportive factors …

Size And Location Of Palpable Breast Mass By Mammography And Breast Ultrasonography, Wanrudee Lohitvisate, Waraporn Srikhum

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Objective: To evaluate the size and location of the palpable breast mass and rate of malignancy in Thai female patients at Thammasat University Hospital.

Methods: The study was a retrospective descriptive study in Thai female patients who was older than 15 years oldand presented with palpable breast mass. They were sent for breast ultrasonography or mammography. Breast mass was categorited into 3 subgroups as followed, 1) malignancy in positive palpable breast mass and proven by pathologic results, 2) benign positive palpable breast mass and 3) positive non-palpable breast mass.

Results: 195 female patients were included, who had total of 198 …

The Effectiveness Of Education Combining Exercise Program As An Intervention To Decrease Fatigue In Patients Receiving Chemotherapy, Jinpitcha Mamom

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

This quasi-experimental research aimed to examine the effect of an education combining exercise program on fatigue in cancer patients receiving chemotherapy. The Fatigue pattern model (Piper, 1998) was applied as theoretical framework. Subjects were patients attending at Thammasat chalermprakiet Hospital, Pratumthani. They were sequentially assigned into each group. The subjects of each group were matched according to cancer stage, cycle of chemotherapy, and level of fatigue before the intervention. The fi rst 20 subjects were assigned to the control group, who received the standard care. The second 20 subjects were in experimental, who received an education combining exercise program. Data …

Factors Contributing To Work Motivation Of Staff In Faculty Of Nursing Thammasat University, Tipsuda Sumneangsanor, Wichiya Yolpant

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Objective : To fi nd factors contributing to motivation in the work of staff in Faculty of Nursing Thammasat University. The subjects were 43 staffs in Faculty of Nursing Thammasat University.

Methods : The study is a descriptive research. The subjects were 43 staffs in Faculty of Nursing Thammasat University. The subjects group was chosen using purposive sampling with specifi ed criteria. Data were collected by questionnaire consisted of personal data questionnaire, factors contributing to work motivation. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics

Results : The results showed that the mean total score of the factors contributing to work motivation …

Sand Fly And Emerging Disease:Leishmaniasis, Raxsina Polseela

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) is a dipteran which goes through four stages in its life cycle; egg, larva, pupa, and adult. Sand fl ies are the only proven vector of the Leishmania parasite. Leishmaniasis is caused by Leishmania spp., a parasitic protozoan of the Trypanosomatidae family and poses an in creasingly important threat in Thailand. Recently, Cutaneous leishmaniasis and visceral leishmaniasis have been found in several parts of Thailand. It is the blood-sucking female of the genus Phlebotomus spp. in Africa and Central Asia and Lutzomyia spp. in Central and South America. Phlebotomus argentipes is the principle vector of …

Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery, Boonlawat Homvises

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Surgery is the mainstay treatment in most of thoracic diseases for a long time but there are some limitations. Thoracic surgery is the operation that need general anesthesia and long incision with separation for muscle and rib through the chest wall. Therefore, postoperative pain is hardly avoidable which leads to more postoperative morbidity and mortality. After the development of endoscopic techniques, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a minimal invasive surgery which becomes very popular. The aim of this article is to review articles, recommendations and conclusions about VATS in management of thoracic disease.

Necrotizing Fasciitis, Parin Tatsanavivat

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Necrotizing fasciitis is an uncommon disease of soft tissue infection with mild clinical appearance. As a result of its rarity and minimal early symptomatology, late diagnosis is a common problem. This disease has high morbidity and mortality, moreover medical professions should keep in mind of necrotizing fasciitis when dealing with patients with soft tissue infection. Recently, many studies try to achieve early diagnosis with laboratory tests but the results can only support the clinical diagnosis and indicate the severity of the disease. In this article, we review the general knowledge of the disease, laboratory abnormalities as well as the latest …

Biochemical Mechanism In Programmed Cell Death: An Overview, Panadda Rojpibulstit

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Programmed cell death (PCD) is the cellular process in response with any cellular dangerous stimulus. It can be divided into several types depend on ultra-structural changes detected by electron transmission microscope and biochemical pathway involving in the processes. In conclusion, two main pathways relying on an initiating point has been proposed, i.e. intrinsic and extrinsic pathway. Intrinsic pathway is initiated by the mitochondrial permeabilization resulting in cytochrome c releasing out which then activated the caspase-9. While an extrinsic pathway is started off after cell surface death receptor bound with the death signal for example Fas ligand. This event finally triggers …

Antimicrobial Sutures: Review And Update, Chatchai Mingmalairak

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Surgical site infections (SSIs) occur when pathogenic organisms proliferate in surgical wounds, resulting in impediment of wound healing, separation of the wound edges (dehiscence), and increase in risk of abscesses in deeper wound tissues. Serious SSIs can progress from local to systemic infection, increase mortality risk, associate with longer length of stay in the hospital, cause a greater risk of readmission, and incur higher healthcare costs. Sutures can be a source of surgical wound contamination due to bacterial adherence and colonization. Sutures that were impregnated or coated with antibacterial agents have been developed in attempt to reduce bacterial adherence and …

Diagnosis And Management Of Extremity Vascular Injury, Boonying Siribumrungwong

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Extremity vascular injury is a dreadful condition that can lead to limb loss and mortality. Every patient with extremity injury should be suspected of having this condition for early detection and management. Thorough understanding of mechanism of injury along with high index of suspicion and clear knowledge of diagnostic and management guidelines leads to reduction of morbidity and mortality of this condition.

Patient Safety, Kunyalak Na-Rungsri

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

Patient safety is receiving increased attention worldwide. Error and other adverse events occur regularly in health care settings, but the causes, frequency, severity, preventability, and impact of these events on patient outcomes are not completely understood. As the epidemiology and causes of adverse events become better known, it will become possible to fi nd the solutions that are most likely to reduce harm. In this article, a brief critical overview of literature on adverse events and patient safety was presented on the basis of the epidemiology for lesson learned and improvement of patient safety, in addition to some key concepts …

Three - Capability Of The Editor, Chongrak Pholprasert

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

No abstract provided.

Law In Support Of Asbestos, Chaiyos Hemarajata

Asian Medical Journal and Alternative Medicine

No abstract provided.