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Brain-Related Chronic Pain Disorder Treatment Method And Apparatus, Jeffrey Hargrove, Robert M. Ford, Buckley D. Beranek

Mechanical Engineering Patents

A method for treating brain-related chronic pain disorders in human subjects includes assessing the brain function of a subject suffering from chronic pain, diagnosing a chronic pain-related abnormal brain condition, and mitigating the abnormal brain activity by applying an electrical stimulation signal to tissues corresponding to at least one area of abnormal brain activity.

The Cowl - V.78 - N.10 - Nov 14, 2013

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Volume 78 - No. 10 - November 14, 2013. 24 pages.

Rehberg And The Unintended Consequences Of Immunity Uniformity, William Crawford Appleby Iv

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Who Must Testify?: The Limits Of The Confrontation Clause When It Is Applied To Forensic Laboratory Reports, Andrew Arons

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

No abstract provided.

Foreword: Federalism Points And The Sometime Recognition Of Essential Federal Power, Jonathan D. Varat

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

For some time now, a narrow but persistent majority of the Supreme Court has undertaken the project of circumscribing federal power. Marching under the banner of state sovereignty, this majority has attacked the flanks of congressional power in at least three areas: its enumerated powers, its power to direct the state administration of federal programs, and its power to abrogate state immunity from suit. During the October Term 2011, the battle over the appropriate balance of federal power and state sovereignty continued in earnest on all three fronts. This Foreword examines the Court’s 2011 term to find those points where …

The Voracious First Amendment: Alvarez And Knox In The Context Of 2012 And Beyond, Vikram David Amar, Alan Brownstein

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

Supreme Court jurisprudence often privileges certain constitutional provisions to the detriment of others. Following World War II, the Court’s elevation of the equal protection doctrine drove decisions that limited the rights of states and individuals. Over the last twenty years, however, the First Amendment—particularly the Free Speech Clause—has knocked equal protection from its perch.

This Article analyzes United States v. Alvarez and Knox v. Service Employees International Union by critiquing the Court’s opinions, comparing these opinions to other contemporaneously decided cases, and situating the cases within the larger doctrinal field of the First Amendment. In doing so, this Article illustrates …

The Alestle - Vol. 66 No. 13 - 11/14/2013, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 66 No. 13

The Parthenon, November 14, 2013, Bishop Nash

The Parthenon

The Parthenon, Marshall University’s student newspaper, is published by students Monday through Friday during the regular semester and weekly Thursday during the summer. The editorial staff is responsible for the news and the editorial content.

The Daily Gamecock, Thursday, November 14, 2013, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

November

No abstract provided.

Federal Immigration Detainers After Arizona V. United States, Christopher N. Lasch

Loyola of Los Angeles Law Review

In Arizona v. United States, the Supreme Court held that three of the four challenged provisions to Arizona’s “Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act” were preempted. The Court reached this conclusion by focusing on the federal government’s supremacy in immigration enforcement. Ironically, the Court’s focus on federal supremacy undermines the executive branch’s central enforcement measure for obtaining custody of suspected immigration violators: immigration detainers.

The executive branch issues over a quarter million immigration detainers each year to state and local law officials. These detainers command state and local officials to hold a prisoner, who would otherwise be released, …

Update On The Clinical Utility Of Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials, Faith W. Akin, Owen D. Murnane

ETSU Faculty Works

Vestibular-evoked myogenic potentials (VEMPs) supplement the vestibular test battery by providing diagnostic information about otolith organ function. The purpose of this presentation is to provide an update on the clinical use of the cervical VEMP and ocular VEMP as clinical tests of otolith function

2013.11.14 - Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, Northeastern Illinois University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees - 2013

Meeting materials for the NEIU Board of Trustees

Developing An Architecture Framework For Cloud-Based, Multi-User, Finite Element Pre-Processing, Jared Calvin Briggs

Theses and Dissertations

This research proposes an architecture for a cloud-based, multi-user FEA pre-processing system, where multiple engineers can access and operate on the same model in a parallel environment. A prototype is discussed and tested, the results of which show that a multi-user preprocessor, where all computing is done on a central server that is hosted on a high performance system, provides significant benefits to the analysis team. These benefits include a shortened preprocessing time, and potentially higher-quality models.

The Performance Of The Linear Logistic Test Model When The Q-Matrix Is Misspecified: A Simulation Study, George T. Macdonald

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

A simulation study was conducted to explore the performance of the linear logistic test model (LLTM) when the relationships between items and cognitive components were misspecified. Factors manipulated included percent of misspecification (0%, 1%, 5%, 10%, and 15%), form of misspecification (under-specification, balanced misspecification, and over-specification), sample size (20, 40, 80, 160, 320, 640, and 1280), Q-matrix density (60% and 46%), number of items (20, 40, and 60 items), and skewness of person ability distribution (-0.5, 0, and 0.5). Statistical bias, root mean squared error, confidence interval coverage, confidence interval width, and pairwise cognitive components correlations were computed. The impact …

Acceptance Of Disability And Its Predictors Among Stroke Patients In Taiwan, Shan-Yun Chiu, Hanoch Livneh, Long-Lung Tsao, Tzung-Yi Tsai

Counselor Education Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: Modern medicine has increased the survival rate for stroke patients; however, the patient’s psychosocial adaptation after stroke onset may be related to the clinical outcomes. This study aimed to investigate patients’ acceptance of disability (AOD) and its predictors in stroke patients. Methods: This cross-sectional study used a purposive sampling method to recruit 175 stroke patients from a hospital in southern Taiwan. A structured questionnaire gathered data on respondent demographics and disease characteristics, and included the Chinese version of the AOD Scale-Revised. Factors associated with AOD were examined by a multiple linear regression analysis. Results: The mean AOD score was …

The Dartmouth Database Of Children’S Faces: Acquisition And Validation Of A New Face Stimulus Set, Kirsten A. Dalrymple, Jesse Gomez, Brad Duchaine

Dartmouth Scholarship

Facial identity and expression play critical roles in our social lives. Faces are therefore frequently used as stimuli in a variety of areas of scientific research. Although several extensive and well-controlled databases of adult faces exist, few databases include children’s faces. Here we present the Dartmouth Database of Children’s Faces, a set of photographs of 40 male and 40 female Caucasian children between 6 and 16 years-of-age. Models posed eight facial expressions and were photographed from five camera angles under two lighting conditions. Models wore black hats and black gowns to minimize extra-facial variables. To validate the images, independent raters …

Minutes From The November 14, 2013 Meeting Of The University Of Montana Faculty, University Of Montana--Missoula. Faculty

University of Montana Faculty Senate Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes from the November 14, 2013 meeting of the University of Montana faculty.

The Montclarion, November 14, 2013, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

N-Body:Many-Body Qm:Qm Vibrational Frequencies: Application To Small Hydrogen-Bonded Clusters, J. Coleman Howard, Gregory S. Tschumper

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

We present an efficient method for reproducing CCSD(T) (i.e., the coupled-cluster method with single, double and perturbative connected triple excitations) optimized geometries and harmonic vibrational frequencies for molecular clusters with the N-body:Many-body QM:QM technique. In this work, all 1-body through N-body interactions are obtained from CCSD(T) computations, and the higher-order interactions are captured at the MP2 level. The linear expressions from the many-body expansion facilitate a straightforward evaluation of geometrical derivative properties (e.g., gradients and Hessians). For (H₂O)_n clusters (n = 3-7), optimized structures obtained with the 2-body:Many-body CCSD(T):MP2 method are virtually identical to CCSD(T) optimized geometries. …

Examination Of Tyrosine/Adenine Stacking Interactions In Protein Complexes, Kari L. Copeland, Samuel J. Pellock, James R. Cox, Mauricio L. Cafiero, Gregory S. Tschumper

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

The π-stacking interactions between tyrosine amino acid side chains and adenine-bearing ligands are examined. Crystalline protein structures from the protein data bank (PDB) exhibiting face-to-face tyrosine/adenine arrangements were used to construct 20 unique 4-methylphenol/N9-methyladenine (p-cresol/9MeA) model systems. Full geometry optimization of the 20 crystal structures with the M06-2X density functional theory method identified 11 unique low-energy conformations. CCSD(T) complete basis set (CBS) limit interaction energies were estimated for all of the structures to determine the magnitude of the interaction between the two ring systems. CCSD(T) computations with double-ζ basis sets (e.g., 6-31G*(0.25) and aug-cc-pVDZ) indicate that the MP2 method overbinds …

Corwin V. State Respondent's Brief Dckt. 40618

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Vista: November 14, 2013, University Of San Diego

USD Vista (1965-)

No abstract provided.

The Pacifican November 14, 2013, University Of The Pacific

All Issues - Student Newspaper, The Pacifican, Pacific Weekly

No abstract provided.

The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

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Students' Acquisitions Of 21st Century Skills Using And Integrating Technology, Melinda Hill Hallock

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The purpose of this study is to explore teachers' use of technology to determine the ways technology is being used and if teachers are teaching the skills necessary to prepare their students to be successful in the 21st century. Technological skills should be embedded in schools' curriculum as students are learning the skills necessary to compete in the 21st century. The sample consisted of 123 teachers at 12 public schools to determine if technology is being used in the classroom and if so, the extent to which it is being used. More specifically, this study seeks to address whether or …

November 14, 2013, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

Is The Black Male College Graduate Becoming An Endangered Species? A Multi-Case Analysis Of The Attrition Of Black Males In Higher Education, Michael Washington

LUX: A Journal of Transdisciplinary Writing and Research from Claremont Graduate University

The purpose of this study was to examine how some black college students survived the phenomenon of low graduation rates, also known as attrition, occurring among black male students attending colleges in the state of California. Current research indicated that this phenomenon is a nationwide issue. The gap between black male college students and none-minority college students is significant and an indication of either discriminatory practices or inefficiencies within the system. This multiple case study involved a series of semi-structured interviews and field observation over a three month time-frame. The data was coded and triangulated. The findings pointed to several …

A Piece Of Nigromante In Boyle Heights, Javier Espinoza Barajas

LUX: A Journal of Transdisciplinary Writing and Research from Claremont Graduate University

My project conveys the role that individuals' faith in their cultural healing practices plays on their knowledge of the illness and on the actual healing process. More specifically, on how indigenous immigrant communities from Mexico are prone to utilize medical pluralism practices and experience culture-bound syndromes. When individuals migrate they take with them their understanding of disease, their ways to express it, and their ways of finding treatment according to their cultural medical practices. Based on this, I developed a project to explore the medical healing practices of twenty-three year old Claudia Velmontes during her pregnancy. Ms. Velmontes migrated to …

Creativity For Learning Biology In Higher Education, Diki Diki

LUX: A Journal of Transdisciplinary Writing and Research from Claremont Graduate University

Learning biology is considered difficult, especially in some areas like cell division, genetics, and hormones (Cimer, 2012). On the other hand, there is a connection between student success in learning science with creativity (Son, 2009). As creativity can be defined as the formation of new and useful ways to solve a problem (Sternberg & Kaufmann, 2010), it can be used to help students to learn biology. Meanwhile, according to Guilford (1950), creativity includes divergent and convergent thinking. Research on creativity in learning biology helps to integrate different research findings, formulating ideas, and analogies (Dunbarr, 1997). Analogy is a process to …

The Bates Student - Volume 143 Number 08 - November 13, 2013, Bates College

The Bates Student

No abstract provided.