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Separating Component Signals Of Episodic Simulation Using A Catch Trial Design, Adrian W. Gilmore Dec 2012

Separating Component Signals Of Episodic Simulation Using A Catch Trial Design, Adrian W. Gilmore

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

Tasks that require mentally simulating events, such as remembering events from one’s past and imagining events from one’s future, have been shown to involve a highly overlapping set of brain regions. Across a growing number of studies, relatively few regions have been found that show differences in activity between remembered and imagined events. However, studies have not disambiguated neural activity related to task orientation: i.e., preparing to remember events from the past or imagine events in the future) from activity related simulating events, per se. The current experiment uses functional MRI and employs a catch trial design to test the …

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Table Of Contents - Cardozo Law Review, Volume 34, Issue 2 Dec 2012

Table Of Contents - Cardozo Law Review, Volume 34, Issue 2

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Cartels As Rational Business Strategy: Crime Pays, John M. Connor, Robert H. Lande Dec 2012

Cartels As Rational Business Strategy: Crime Pays, John M. Connor, Robert H. Lande

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Can A Computer Intercept Your Email?, Bruce E. Boyden Dec 2012

Can A Computer Intercept Your Email?, Bruce E. Boyden

Cardozo Law Review

In recent years, it has become feasible for computers to rapidly scan the contents of large amounts of communications traffic to identify certain characteristics of those messages: that they are spam, contain malware, discuss various products or services, are written in a particular dialect, contain copyright-infringing files, or discuss symptoms of particular diseases. There are a wide variety of potential uses for this technology, such as research, filtering, or advertising. But the legal status of automated processing, if it is done without advance consent, is unclear. Where it results in the disclosure of the contents of a message to others, …

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Rrh Library Newsletter, December 2012, Libraries At Rochester Regional Health Dec 2012

Rrh Library Newsletter, December 2012, Libraries At Rochester Regional Health

Rochester Regional Health authored publications and proceedings

Newsletter sections include: Adult Vaccination; Coming Soon! HUBNET; Library News

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Impulsivity And Suicidal Ideation Or Attempt In Younger And Older Adults, Elizabeth C. Price Dec 2012

Impulsivity And Suicidal Ideation Or Attempt In Younger And Older Adults, Elizabeth C. Price

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Rates of suicidal behaviors vary over the lifespan, but little research has focused on developmental aspects of suicidal behaviors and associated risk factors. Previous studies suggest that young people who attempt or die by suicide are likely to be generally impulsive. 108 community-dwelling older adults age 60 and older and 498 undergraduate students ages 18-30 completed the Center for Epidemiological Studies -- Depression Scale, the Barratt Impulsivity Scale, and the Suicidal Behaviors Scale -- Revised. The hypothesis was that the relation between impulsivity and suicidal ideation or attempt, in the context of depressive symptoms, would be stronger in younger adults …

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Development Of A Powertrain Control Algorithm For A Compound-Split Diesel Hybrid-Electric Vehicle, Douglas Alan Ward Dec 2012

Development Of A Powertrain Control Algorithm For A Compound-Split Diesel Hybrid-Electric Vehicle, Douglas Alan Ward

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

The goal of this research was to develop a unique powertrain control algorithm for a diesel-powered compound-split hybrid crossover utility vehicle (CUV) and evaluate the fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions benefits that can be realized compared to existing non-hybrid, gasoline-powered CUVs. This was achieved through the implementation of engine on/off functionality, regenerative braking, and electric-only drive. The research was conducted in conjunction with the university's participation in EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge, an inter-collegiate advanced vehicle engineering competition focused on developing alternatively powered vehicles in the interest of providing improved fuel efficiency and reduced tailpipe emissions while maintaining useful vehicle …

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Three Essays On Institutions, Financial Markets And Foreign Direct Investment, Tuan Viet Le Dec 2012

Three Essays On Institutions, Financial Markets And Foreign Direct Investment, Tuan Viet Le

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

This dissertation is composed of three essays in financial economics and development economics. The underlying theme in three essays is about the impact of institution quality on financial markets and foreign direct investment (FDI). There are five chapters included in this dissertation. Chapter one is the introduction. Chapter two of my dissertation investigates the connection between freedom of the press and equity returns in emerging market firms. Freedom of the press is argued to affect systematic risk in financial markets and thus, has impact on returns of financial assets. The study reveals that there is significant connection between freedom of …

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Omphalocoele, Ten Years Experience At A Tertiary Care Hospital, Anila Haroon, Akhtar Amin Memon, Rehan Ali Dec 2012

Omphalocoele, Ten Years Experience At A Tertiary Care Hospital, Anila Haroon, Akhtar Amin Memon, Rehan Ali

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

Omphalocoele is a rare congenital anterior abdominal wall defect. We present 12 cases of Omphalocoele seen in our hospital. Further, we have discussed the clinical presentation, antenatal diagnosis, associated abnormalities and final outcome of the cases.

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The Influence Of Self-Reported Family Functioning On Depression Symptom Severity And Psychological Well-Being In Treatment-Seeking Older Adults, Patricia M. Bamonti Dec 2012

The Influence Of Self-Reported Family Functioning On Depression Symptom Severity And Psychological Well-Being In Treatment-Seeking Older Adults, Patricia M. Bamonti

Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)

Among treatment-seeking older adults, positive social ties are related to depression outcomes prospectively. Less is known regarding the role of negative social ties in relation to depression and well-being outcomes among patients in treatment. The current study adds to this literature through the cross-sectional and prospective examination of patients' appraisal of family members perceived criticism in relation to self-reported depressive symptom severity and psychological well-being In addition, potential moderators of these relations were examined, including personality variables (Neuroticism and Conscientiousness), cognitive functioning, and living status. adults 60 years of age and older newly (< 1 month after intake session) receiving treatment for depressive or anxious symptomatology at a university-affiliated outpatient clinic as part of an on-going study that assessed depression and decision-making in late life. Results demonstrated that individuals with increased perceived criticism also had greater depressive symptom severity, at least measured at one point in time. Perceived criticism failed to predict change in depression symptom severity in the prospective analyses. Similarly, perceived criticism was associated with lower psychological well-being in the cross-sectional analyses; however, perceived criticism failed to predict change in psychological well-being in prospective analyses. No significant interactions were found with perceived criticism, suggesting at least in the current study, personality variables, cognitive functioning, and living status did not qualify the relation between perceived criticism and depression symptom severity or change in depression symptom severity over time. EI was not significantly associated with depression symptom severity and psychological well-being cross-sectionally and prospectively, after controlling for perceived criticism and perceived social support from family. Implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed.

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Philosophy Of Resolving The Forces Of Contradiction In The Theory Of The Organization, Saad Ali Al-Anzi, Amer Ali Al-Atwi Dec 2012

Philosophy Of Resolving The Forces Of Contradiction In The Theory Of The Organization, Saad Ali Al-Anzi, Amer Ali Al-Atwi

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The currentresearch aimsto providea philosophical andknowledge framework to explain the issue oforganizationsdealingwithParadoxphenomenaby focusingon five mainaspects.Thefirstdeals withthe concept of paradox,and thesecond aspectdeals with thetypes offorces paradox.Whilethe third aspect regardssubject ofthe philosophy ofparadox in organization theory andthe fourth side deals with methods of solving the paradox.Finally,the lastsideis exposedto the subject ofthe paradoxesof the threeprovided by thestudy(Lewis, 2000)which isa paradoxlearning, andorganizing paradoxand identity paradox.The study concludesthat theprocess of solvingthe paradox requires fromorganizations to achievingfollowerssimultaneous for poles ofthe paradox.

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Relationship And Impact Of The Analysis And Evaluation Jobs With Employees Performance: Survey Study, Ghanem Arzouki Anis, Hussein Walid Hussein Dec 2012

Relationship And Impact Of The Analysis And Evaluation Jobs With Employees Performance: Survey Study, Ghanem Arzouki Anis, Hussein Walid Hussein

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The aim the research that definition on the impact a lot of Analysis and evaluation jobs impact in support the employees performance the property that are Analysis and evaluation jobs is one of the jobs however of the human resource management on organization and the impact footpace big on the chractericties and performance of the people and the impact that success of the organization , And here problem stool of the research in the omission the role for the Analysis and evaluation jobs impact in support the employees performance from the upward management in the organization , Polls were adopted …

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Reflection Of Mergers And Acquisitions In The Stock Returns And Financial Performance - An Empirical Study Of Major International Companies To The Pharmaceutical Industry-, Raghad Mohammed Najm Dec 2012

Reflection Of Mergers And Acquisitions In The Stock Returns And Financial Performance - An Empirical Study Of Major International Companies To The Pharmaceutical Industry-, Raghad Mohammed Najm

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Research aims to identify the immediate impact of the announcement of mergers in the stockholders and the feasibility of gain abnormal return and benefiting from asymmetric information during the announcement that unite 30 days before the announcement of the merger, and announcement day, and 30 days after the announcement of the merger. It was the largest and most important mergers and acquisitions pick that occurred during the global financial crisis, specifically in health care/pharmaceutical industry, Pfizer and Wyeth merger with Novartis acquisition on Alcon. search has adopted three hypotheses: the first hypothesis that ((achieves the target company's shareholders positive abnormal …

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Estimate The Area Unit Function Of Productivity For The Potato Crop In Anbar Province (For The Autumn Season 2008 / 2009), Afaf Saleh Al-Hani, Asmaa Tareq Al-Baldawi Dec 2012

Estimate The Area Unit Function Of Productivity For The Potato Crop In Anbar Province (For The Autumn Season 2008 / 2009), Afaf Saleh Al-Hani, Asmaa Tareq Al-Baldawi

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The aim of this research is to estimate the area unit function of productivity for the potato crop in Anbar province for the autumn season (2008 / 2009) Anbar province has been chosen as an applied model for the study due to its well known in cultivating potato crop , and the data were collected through a random sample about (10%) from the study society with a (150) farmers, The results indicated that the double logarithmic formula was the best representative of the relationship between crop productivity and independent variables (quantity of potato tubers , quantity of herbicides stuffs, quantity …

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Business Incubators The Entrance Of Organizations To Shift Towards Pioneering Performance A Study By A Number Of Employees Of The Technical Education Organizations In Mosul, Abd Al-Sattar Mohammed Ali, Athmar Abdul Razzaq Muhammad Dec 2012

Business Incubators The Entrance Of Organizations To Shift Towards Pioneering Performance A Study By A Number Of Employees Of The Technical Education Organizations In Mosul, Abd Al-Sattar Mohammed Ali, Athmar Abdul Razzaq Muhammad

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The importance of this research is due to its importance goals, Which are about the attempt of researchers to investigate the probability of depending on businesses, environments to transform organizations, performance in away that enhance the leading role of organizations in their environments , and through views of a number of the staff working in the foundation of technical institutes in Mosul. . After deciding the methodology of the study that ,in one hand ,performs the goals of the study , and achieving a suitable theoretical framework to present the concepts of businesses, environments and the leading performance as well …

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Finding The Best Estimation Of Generalized For Failure Rates By Using Simulation, Faten Farouk Albadri, Ola Ali Faraj Dec 2012

Finding The Best Estimation Of Generalized For Failure Rates By Using Simulation, Faten Farouk Albadri, Ola Ali Faraj

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The statistical distributions study aimed to obtain on best descriptions of variable sets phenomena, which each of them got one behavior of that distributions . The estimation operations study for that distributions considered of important things which could n't canceled in variable behavior study, as result this research came as trial for reaching to best method for information distribution estimation which is generalized linear failure rate distribution, throughout studying the theoretical sides by depending on statistical posteriori methods like greatest ability, minimum squares method and Mixing method (suggested method). The research has contained such a comparing between sixth estimations methods …

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Estimation Availability Function Through Determination The Optimal Imperfect Preventive Maintenance Period By Using Simulation, Emad Hazim Aboudi, Firas Saddam Abdul Dec 2012

Estimation Availability Function Through Determination The Optimal Imperfect Preventive Maintenance Period By Using Simulation, Emad Hazim Aboudi, Firas Saddam Abdul

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

This paper deals with the modeling of a preventive maintenance strategy applied to a single-unit system subject to random failures. According to this policy, the system is subjected to imperfect periodic preventive maintenance restoring it to ‘as good as new’ with probability p and leaving it at state ‘as bad as old’ with probability q. Imperfect repairs are performed following failures occurring between consecutive preventive maintenance actions, i.e the times between failures follow a decreasing quasi-renewal process with parameter a. Considering the average durations of the preventive and corrective maintenance actions as well as their respective efficiency extents, a mathematical …

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Nuclear Shape Of Er+ Breast Tumor Whole Slide Images Predict Recurrence And Survival, Daniel Shao Dec 2012

Nuclear Shape Of Er+ Breast Tumor Whole Slide Images Predict Recurrence And Survival, Daniel Shao

Intersections Fall 2020

Axillary Lymph Node involvement is the most important prognostic factor in the assessment of Estrogen Receptor positive (ER+) breast cancer (BCa) patients. Patients with evidence of metastatic disease in axillary lymph nodes positive (LN+) patients have poorer survival prospects and higher likelihood of metastasis. Standard clinical treatment for LN+ patients includes adjuvant chemotherapy, though not all LN+ patients will benefit from it. Although the absence of axillary lymph node involvement at initial diagnosis typically indicates lower risk, 30% of these LN-, ER+ BCa patients will ultimately die from breast cancer metastasis, even with optimal treatment. There is no standard criteria …

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Membrane Separation Of Cu-67 For Use In Theranostics, Benjamin Fugate, Maura Sepesy, Kevin Pataroque, Christine Duval Dec 2012

Membrane Separation Of Cu-67 For Use In Theranostics, Benjamin Fugate, Maura Sepesy, Kevin Pataroque, Christine Duval

Intersections Fall 2020

Because of its β− and γ decay routes, 67Cu is a very promising radioisotope for use in theranostic cancer treatments. Currently, 67Cu is produced through the irradiation of either 68Zn or 67Zn in a cyclotron, a traditional nuclear reactor or a linear electron accelerator. Once formed, a small amount of copper (nanograms) has to be separated from the large amount of remaining zinc (grams) and undesired byproduct isotopes such as 66Ga, 67Ga, 64Cu, 61Cu, 58Co. Currently, such separations are performed in resin-packed columns and can require 4 h to purify a 5 g target. These procedures may involve multiple columns …

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3d Printability Study On Commercial Construction Adhesives, Matthew Yang, Chase Breting, Fazley Elahee, Lihan Rong, Rigoberto Advincula Dec 2012

3d Printability Study On Commercial Construction Adhesives, Matthew Yang, Chase Breting, Fazley Elahee, Lihan Rong, Rigoberto Advincula

Intersections Fall 2020

3D Printing, or additive manufacturing, is a novel approach to manufacturing simple and complex structures. 3D printing uses digital models and g-code to build these parts layer by layer. This method can allow for more freedom of part design with regard to complexity of shape, and can reduce material waste compared to other manufacturing methods. This project explores the 3D printability of common caulking materials, cements, adhesives, and other pastes. These materials are low-cost and present high printability. Experiments are underway to determine the thermomechanical properties of these 3D printed materials and the effects of nanomaterial additives in low loading …

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Effect Of High Energy Ball Milling On Transformation Temperature Of Cr2nb, Jackson Smith Dec 2012

Effect Of High Energy Ball Milling On Transformation Temperature Of Cr2nb, Jackson Smith

Intersections Fall 2020

The focus of this research was to determine a milling procedure to help facilitate the Cr2Nb transformation. The metric to evaluate a facilitated phase transformation was a reduction in endothermic onset temperature during Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). The transformation of the Cr+Nb powder to Cr2Nb alloy is diffusion dependent, therefore by creating more intimate contact the elements will be closer together. A reduction in spatial distance for a diffusion-based reaction will lead to a reduction in total time for the reaction to complete. The design of a multi-stage milling process allows the refinement of the powder particle size so that …

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Plasmas For Clean Water: Elucidation Of Radical Species In An Electrolytic Non-Equilibrium Plasma-Water System, Kevin Pataroque Dec 2012

Plasmas For Clean Water: Elucidation Of Radical Species In An Electrolytic Non-Equilibrium Plasma-Water System, Kevin Pataroque

Intersections Fall 2020

Plasma water treatment (PWT) is an emerging water treatment technology that utilizes electrical discharges in gases to degrade aqueous contaminants. Prior work has demonstrated that PWT is capable of degrading perfluorooctanoic acid, a widespread contaminant that is unable to be degraded by denitrification or UV processes that wastewater facilities currently employ. In addition, unlike other approaches, PWT forms energetic species directly from water, eliminating the need for additional chemicals or catalysts. However, internal mechanisms within PWT treatment process, such as the production of different radical species are not well understood. Characterization of the species and their role in degradation is …

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An All-In-One Nlp Stock Market Backtester, Shaochen Zhong, Jiaqi Yu, Mocun Ye Dec 2012

An All-In-One Nlp Stock Market Backtester, Shaochen Zhong, Jiaqi Yu, Mocun Ye

Intersections Fall 2020

Despite the popularity, we noticed that it is rather hard to verify a NLP/text-mining like stock prediction model's performance due to the amount of "groundwork" needed. It is very typical a researcher will have to gather the plain text data, the company info, the stock market data, and categorize them in a way that is communicable with each other and the model; then the researcher will need to build a virtual trading platform that keeps track of all the trading signals generated by the model, log the activities in a certain way, then do some kinds of visualization for evaluations. …

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Grid Modernization Using Simulated Communication Networks And Distribution Systems, Trey Minnich, Anna Jaskoviak, Austin Subler Dec 2012

Grid Modernization Using Simulated Communication Networks And Distribution Systems, Trey Minnich, Anna Jaskoviak, Austin Subler

Intersections Fall 2020

The installation of a widespread readily available power system in the United States has been one of the number one engineering achievements of the 20th century. Now that a strong structure is in place to supply distribution electrification across the country, the next step is the modernization of these systems. Many distribution systems have not been modernized due to high costs associated with changes to the system. Modernization in the 21st century revolves around a high demand for clean energy as well as real time voltage/power flow analysis of these systems. In this project we will provide simulated models of …

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Table Of Contents Dec 2012

Table Of Contents

Mercer Law Review

No abstract provided.

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Administrative Law, Martin M. Wilson, Jennifer A. Blackburn, Courtney E. Ferrell Dec 2012

Administrative Law, Martin M. Wilson, Jennifer A. Blackburn, Courtney E. Ferrell

Mercer Law Review

This Article surveys cases from the Georgia Supreme Court and the Georgia Court of Appeals from June 1, 2011 through May 31, 2012, during which principles of administrative law were either illuminated or formed an important piece of the decision making. For a change, the Authors observed a significant increase in the number of reported cases during the survey period, but that increase does not necessarily indicate a trend. No attempt has been made to survey cases that properly would fall under categories of more specific articles in this issue, although some degree of overlap is inevitable because of shared …

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Local Government Law, Kirk Fjelstul, James E. Elliott Jr. Dec 2012

Local Government Law, Kirk Fjelstul, James E. Elliott Jr.

Mercer Law Review

This was another active year of litigation by, for, against, within, and between local governments. The Article that follows includes appellate decisions with unique, new, or instructive issues.

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Trial Practice And Procedure, Kate S. Cook, Brandon L. Peak, John C. Morrison Iii, Tedra C. Hobson, Mary K. Weeks, Jeb Butler Dec 2012

Trial Practice And Procedure, Kate S. Cook, Brandon L. Peak, John C. Morrison Iii, Tedra C. Hobson, Mary K. Weeks, Jeb Butler

Mercer Law Review

This Article addresses several significant cases and legislation of interest to the Georgia civil trial practitioner occurring during the survey period of this publication.

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Workers' Compensation, H. Michael Bagley, J. Benson Ward Dec 2012

Workers' Compensation, H. Michael Bagley, J. Benson Ward

Mercer Law Review

The 2011-2012 survey period featured decisions of the appellate courts in areas ranging from medical privacy to diligent job searches, with only minor legislation impacting the Workers' Compensation Act.

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Introduction: Becoming An Atheist, Lois Eveleth Dec 2012

Introduction: Becoming An Atheist, Lois Eveleth

Faculty and Staff - Articles & Papers

One of America's great intellectuals, Ralph Waldo Emerson created Transcendentalism, the underpinning of the Romantic movement and America's 19th century Renaissance. Not so well known is his anguished departure from the Christianity of his youth. This book corrects this oversight by showing connections between the faith of his youth and the central themes of Transcendentalism. This is a book not only about Emerson's intellectual and spiritual journey but about the essence of New England Transcendentalism.

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