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Cal Wadsworth Construction, A Utah Corporation, Plaintiff/Appellant, V. The City Of St. George, A Municipality, Defendant/Appellee : Petition For Rehearing Of Appellant

Utah Appeals Court Briefs

Appeal from a Final Judgment of the Fifth Judicial District Court of Washington County, The Honorable J. Philip Eves Presiding

State V. Hogue Respondent's Brief Dckt. 40872

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Spatial Analysis Of Factors Influencing Long-Term Stress In The Grizzly Bear (Ursus Arctos) Population Of Alberta, Canada, Mathieu Bourbonnais, Trisalyn Nelson, Mark Cattet, Chris T. Darimont, Gordon Stenhouse

Physiology Collection

Non-invasive measures for assessing long-term stress in free ranging mammals are an increasingly important approach for understanding physiological responses to landscape conditions. Using a spatially and temporally expansive dataset of hair cortisol concentrations (HCC) generated from a threatened grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) population in Alberta, Canada, we quantified how variables representing habitat conditions and anthropogenic disturbance impact long-term stress in grizzly bears. We characterized spatial variability in male and female HCC point data using kernel density estimation and quantified variable influence on spatial patterns of male and female HCC stress surfaces using random forests. Separate models were developed for regions …

Wood County Project Homeless Connect: Final Report For Event Held October 16, 2013, Melissa W. Burek, Judith A. Leary, Adam Watkins, Mamta Ojha

Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

On October 16, 2013, Wood County, Ohio held their first Project Homeless Connect event at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Bowling Green, Ohio. Project Homeless Connect (PHC) is designed to provide immediate goods and services to homeless individuals and those nearing homelessness. It provides basic needs and critical services in one day at one location. It originated in San Francisco and was later adopted and revised by the U.S. Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) to decrease homelessness in major American cities (Knetch & Martinez, 2009). PHC was created following the premises of the former President George W. Bush Administration’s policy …

Warren V. Williams & Parsons Pc Cpas Respondent's Brief Dckt. 41209

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Klein V. State Respondent's Brief Dckt. 40924

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Us Bank National Association V. Citimortgage Respondent's Brief Dckt. 41252

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

State V. Boehm Clerk's Record Dckt. 41594

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Volatization Of Extraterrestrial Materials As Determined By Zinc Isotopic Analysis, Randal Christopher Paniello

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

None

The Role Of Astrocyte And Purinergic Signaling In Rtn Chemoreception, Ian C. Wenker

Doctoral Dissertations

Central chemoreception is the mechanism by which the brain regulates breathing in response to changes in tissue pH/CO2. It is particularly important during sleep and its disruption has been associated with certain pathologies, including central sleep apnea and central congenital hypoventilation syndrome. A region of the brainstem called the retrotrapezoid nucleus (RTN) is thought to be an important site of central chemoreception. Recent evidence suggests that RTN chemoreception involves two mechanisms. The first appears to be H+-mediated activation of neurons via inhibition of pH-sensitive potassium channels. More recently, a second sensing mechanism has been identified; paracrine release of ATP in …

Development Of A Resource Manager Framework For Adaptive Beamformer Selection, Jeremy P. Stringer

Theses and Dissertations

Adaptive digital beamforming (DBF) algorithms are designed to mitigate the effects of interference and noise in the electromagnetic (EM) environment encountered by modern electronic support (ES) receivers. Traditionally, an ES receiver employs a single adaptive DBF algorithm that is part of the design of the receiver system. While the traditional form of receiver implementation is effective in many scenarios it has inherent limitations. This dissertation proposes a new ES receiver framework capable of overcoming the limitations of traditional ES receivers. The proposed receiver framework is capable of forming multiple, independent, simultaneous adaptive digital beams toward multiple signals of interest in …

State V. Diehl Respondent's Brief Dckt. 40044

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Vol.41 N.22 December 26th 2013, Brown Publishing Company

Black Voice News

No abstract provided.

A Replication Of “The Political Determinants Of Federal Expenditure At The State Level” (Public Choice, 2005), Stratford Douglas, W. Robert Reed

Economics Faculty Working Papers Series

This paper replicates and analyses a study by Hoover and Pecorino (2005) on federal spending in US states. H&P followed on path-breaking research by Atlas et al. (1995) in which evidence was claimed in favour of the “small state effect;” namely, that since every state is represented by two senators, small states have a disproportionate influence relative to their population size. Using H&P’s data, we both replicate their results, and demonstrate strong support for the small state effect when we formally test their predictions. The contribution of this study is that we demonstrate that this empirical support vanishes when we …

Real-Time, Multiple Pan/Tilt/Zoom Computer Vision Tracking And 3d Positioning System For Unmanned Aerial System Metrology, Daniel D. Doyle

Theses and Dissertations

The study of structural characteristics of Unmanned Aerial Systems (UASs) continues to be an important field of research for developing state of the art nano/micro systems. Development of a metrology system using computer vision (CV) tracking and 3D point extraction would provide an avenue for making these theoretical developments. This work provides a portable, scalable system capable of real-time tracking, zooming, and 3D position estimation of a UAS using multiple cameras. Current state-of-the-art photogrammetry systems use retro-reflective markers or single point lasers to obtain object poses and/or positions over time. Using a CV pan/tilt/zoom (PTZ) system has the potential to …

State V. Buhler Appellant's Brief Dckt. 41199

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Lopez V. State Appellant's Brief Dckt. 40822

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Timing And Spectroscopy Requirements For A Plastic Scintillating Fiber Bundle Time-Of-Flight Neutron Spectrometer, Paul A. Clement

Theses and Dissertations

The design parameters of a Time-of-Flight (TOF) neutron spectrometer composed of BCF-12 plastic scintillating fibers were investigated. A GEANT4 transport model was developed for analyzing the interaction of 2.5 MeV neutrons with a 14 x 14 BCF-12 fiber bundle. The bundle simulation demonstrated that 0.359% of all neutrons incident on the bundle will double scatter. The timing and data collection e efficiencies of a Tektronix DPO7104 series digital oscilloscope were examined to determine the signal processing requirements for future fiber bundle measurements. The minimum detectable neutron energy was computed by taking into account the bundle scintillation e efficiency, light collection …

The Toxoplasma Gondii Cyst Wall Protein Cst1 Is Critical For Cyst Wall Integrity And Promotes Bradyzoite Persistence, Tadakimi Tomita, David J. Bzik, Yan Fen Ma, Barbara A. Fox

Dartmouth Scholarship

Toxoplasma gondii infects up to one third of the world's population. A key to the success of T. gondii as a parasite is its ability to persist for the life of its host as bradyzoites within tissue cysts. The glycosylated cyst wall is the key structural feature that facilitates persistence and oral transmission of this parasite. Because most of the antibodies and reagents that recognize the cyst wall recognize carbohydrates, identification of the components of the cyst wall has been technically challenging. We have identified CST1 (TGME49_064660) as a 250 kDa SRS (SAG1 related sequence) domain protein with a large …

'Cool Hand Luke' Quote Was Right: Failure To Communicate Is Spreading, Rich Sloane

UCF Forum

Villainous actor Strother Martin uttered a classic line in the movie “Cool Hand Luke” that stands at No. 11 on the American Film Institute’s top 100 movie quotations of American cinema’s first century: “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.”

Williams V. Williams Appellant's Brief Dckt. 41261

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Understanding Human Learning Using A Multiagent Based Unified Learning Model Simulation, Vlad T. Chiriacescu

School of Computing: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Within cognitive science, computational modeling based on cognitive architectures has been an important approach to addressing questions of human cognition and learning. Modeling issues such as limited expressivity in representing knowledge and lack of appropriate selection of model structure represent a challenge for existing architectures. Furthermore, latest research shows that the concepts of long-term memory, motivation and working memory are critical cognitive aspects but a unifying cognitive paradigm integrating those concepts hasn’t been previously achieved.

Derived from a synthesis of neuroscience, cognitive science, psychology, and education, the Unified Learning Model (ULM) provides this integration by merging a statistical learning mechanism …

Isolation And Identification Of Airborne Bacteria Inside Swiftlet Houses In Sarawak, Malaysia, Leong Sui Sien, Chia Hwa Chuan, Samuel Lihan, Ling Teck Yee

Makara Journal of Science

Air consists of such microorganisms as bacteria, fungi, and viruses. Exposure to these airborne bacteria indoors may cause infectious and noninfectious adverse health effects. However, the sources and origins of bacteria are not fully understood. The aim of this study was to isolate and identify the bacteria present in the air inside swiftlet houses located in Kota Samarahan, Saratok, Betong, Maludam, Miri, Kuching, Semarang, Sepinang, Sarikei, and Sibu in Sarawak, Malaysia. A total of 100 bacterial isolates from 20 samples were collected from swiftlet houses. The bacteria present in the air were collected using Plate Count Agar. Two plates were …

Carry On, Yatao Li

Theses

Carry On is my thesis project for a MFA in Film and Animation at Rochester Institute of Technology. The entire process took more than two years from start to finish. In November 2011, I wrote the first draft of the script. In April 2013, we finished filming. I did not wrap up editing and the final stages of production until December 2013. I ran into many difficulties and faced many challenges during this special experience, yet I also received more help than I had ever imagined in getting me through these hard times. Truthfully, there would be no way for …

In Re: Friedman's Inc

2013 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

Usa V. Ronald Ottaviano

2013 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Nicholas George V. William Rehiel

2013 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

In Re: D. Erik Von Kiel

2013 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Pnmt As A Novel Marker For Progenitor Cells, Steven Ebert, Karl Pfeifer

UCF Patents

In certain aspects, the present invention provides methods and compositions relating to a Pnmt-positive progenitor cell. In certain aspects, the present invention relates to methods for isolating and transplanting the subject progenitor cells, and methods for treating diseases such as myocardiac injuries and neurodegenerative disorders.

Lebow V. Commercial Tire, Inc. Respondent's Brief Dckt. 41234

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.