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State V. Ehrlick Appellant's Reply Brief Dckt. 39249

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

The Daily Gamecock, Tuesday, December 3, 2013, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

December

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Protein Timing On Muscle Strength And Hypertrophy: A Meta-Analysis, Brad Jon Schoenfeld, Alan Albert Aragon, James W. Krieger

Publications and Research

Protein timing is a popular dietary strategy designed to optimize the adaptive response to exercise. The strategy involves consuming protein in and around a training session in an effort to facilitate muscular repair and remodeling, and thereby enhance post-exercise strength- and hypertrophy-related adaptations. Despite the apparent biological plausibility of the strategy, however, the effectiveness of protein timing in chronic training studies has been decidedly mixed. The purpose of this paper therefore was to conduct a multi-level meta-regression of randomized controlled trials to determine whether protein timing is a viable strategy for enhancing post-exercise muscular adaptations. The strength analysis comprised 478 …

December 3, 2013, Faculty Senate

Minutes

No abstract provided.

Daily Eastern News: December 03, 2013, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

Standing For The Structural Constitution, Aziz Huq

Public Law and Legal Theory Working Papers

No abstract provided.

Interview With Johnny Merideth (Fa 1098), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Folklife Archives Oral Histories

Transcript of interview by Brent Björkman with Johnny Merideth about his experience as a park ranger at Mammoth Cave National Park. In 2013, Kentucky Folklife Program Director Brent Björkman received the Archie Green Fellowship from the Library of Congress to look more intimately at the life stories of the working men and women employed by Mammoth Cave National Park. Part of Folklife Archives Project 1098 titled "Rangerlore: The Occupational Folklife of Parks."

On The Importance Of Distance Writing, Structured Writing, And Workbooks, Rubin Battino

Human Services Faculty Publications

There is something about keeping a journal or a diary and writing about your experiences and feelings that can be healing and therapeutic.

Methods For Inhibiting Tumor Cell Proliferation, James Turkson, Richard Jove, Jay Palmer, Heidi Kay, Hua Yu

USF Patents

The subject invention concerns methods for inhibition of STAT biological functions using platinum complexes.

Reactive Physical Vapor Deposition With Sequential Reactive Gas Injection, Shinzo Onishi

USF Patents

The present invention provides a method of controlling a reactive sputtering system used in coating processes. More specifically, the present invention provides a microprocessor-based control system for reactive gases in a sputtering system, particularly during the start-up phase of operation. The preferred demand for such a reactive gas is predicted for every stage of the operation, and the reactive gas supply is amenable to predictive control provided by object program-driven mathematical formulae. The injection of reactive gas using time-advanced, sequential, mathematically-derived procedures simplifies overall system operation and provides a system with an optimal amount of reactive gas at an optimal …

Using Pattern Recognition In Real-Time Lbs Applications, Sean J. Barbeau, Philip L. Winters, Rafael Perez, Miguel Labrador, Nevine Georggi

USF Patents

A prediction method that estimates the real-time position of a mobile device based on previously observed data is provided. The present invention can be used in real-time navigation, including providing real-time alerts of an upcoming destination and notifications of emergency events in close geographic proximity. The prediction method utilizes neural networks and/or functions generated using genetic algorithms in estimating the mobile device's real-time position. The prediction method provides reliable Location-Based Services (LBS) in events where traditional positioning technologies become unreliable. It is also seamless, as the user remains unaware of any interruption in accessing the positioning technology.

Extreme Heat Awareness And Protective Behaviors In New York City, Kathryn Lane, Katherine Wheeler, Kizzy Charles-Guzman, Munerah Ahmed, Micheline Blum, Katherine Gregory, Nathan Graber, Nancy Clark, Thomas Matte

Publications and Research

Heat waves can be lethal and routinely prompt public warnings about the dangers of heat. With climate change, extreme heat events will become more frequent and intense. However, little is known about public awareness of heat warnings or behaviors during hot weather. Awareness of heat warnings, prevention behaviors, and air conditioning (AC) prevalence and use in New York City were assessed using quantitative and qualitative methods. A random sample telephone survey was conducted in September 2011 among 719 adults and follow-up focus groups were held in winter 2012 among seniors and potential senior caregivers. During summer 2011, 79 % of …

Prison Study Unlocks New Doors, St. Norbert College

St. Norbert College Magazine 2013-2018

Among St. Norbert’s four McNair scholars who presented their research to the campus community last month was Rachel Gintner ’14. Gintner's work on prison narratives took her to the University of Illinois at Chicago this summer. She reflects on a research opportunity that brought new perspective in more ways than one – and on the McNair experience itself, a program that prepares underrepresented students for graduate work.

The New Hampshire, Vol. 103 [104], No. 22 (Dec. 3, 2013), The New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Print Edition

An independent student produced newspaper from the University of New Hampshire. This volume was printed as 103, but it is the 104th volume in the series. This was corrected in pencil.

Functional Analysis Of The Acetic Acid Resistance (Aar) Gene Cluster In Acetobacter Aceti Strain 1023, Elwood Mullins, T Joseph Kappock

Department of Biochemistry Faculty Publications

Vinegar production requires acetic acid bacteria that produce, tolerate, and conserve high levels of acetic acid. When ethanol is depleted, aerobic acetate overoxidation to carbon dioxide ensues. The resulting diauxic growth pattern has two logarithmic growth phases, the first associated with ethanol oxidation and the second associated with acetate overoxidation. The vinegar factory isolate Acetobacter aceti strain 1023 has a long intermediate stationary phase that persists at elevated acetic acid levels. Strain 1023 conserves acetic acid despite possessing a complete set of citric acid cycle (CAC) enzymes, including succinyl-CoA:acetate CoA-transferase (SCACT), the product of the acetic acid resistance (aar …

Repeated Elevational Transitions In Hemoglobin Function During The Evolution Of Andean Hummingbirds, Joana Projecto-Garcia, Chandrasekhar Natarajan, Hideaki Moriyama, Roy E. Weber, Angela Fago, Zachary A. Cheviron, Robert Dudley, Jimmy A. Mcguire, Christopher C. Witt, Jay F. Storz

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Animals that sustain high levels of aerobic activity under hypoxic conditions (e.g., birds that fly at high altitude) face the physiological challenge of jointly optimizing blood-O₂ affinity for O₂ loading in the pulmonary circulation and O₂ unloading in the systemic circulation. At high altitude, this challenge is especially acute for small endotherms like hummingbirds that have exceedingly high mass-specific metabolic rates. Here we report an experimental analysis of hemoglobin (Hb) function in South American hummingbirds that revealed a positive correlation between Hb-O₂ affinity and native elevation. Protein engineering experiments and ancestral- state reconstructions revealed that this …

Veritas Observations Of The Microquasar Cygnus X-3, P. T. Reynolds, Et Al

Physical Sciences Publications

We report results from TeV gamma-ray observations of the microquasar Cygnus X-3. The observations were made with the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) over a time period from 2007 June 11 to 2011 November 28. VERITAS is most sensitive to gamma rays at energies between 85 GeV and 30 TeV. The effective exposure time amounts to a total of about 44 hr, with the observations covering six distinct radio/X-ray states of the object. No significant TeV gamma-ray emission was detected in any of the states, nor with all observations combined. The lack of a positive signal, especially …

Marciel V. State Respondent's Brief Dckt. 40743

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Atomic Layer Deposition Of Alkaline Earth Oxides: Process Optimization, Characterization, And Application, Han Wang

Doctoral Dissertations

Strontium Oxide (SrO) is of interest for the growth of epitaxial perovskite oxides on semiconductors where it acts as a buffer layer between the reactive semiconductor and metal oxide layers. Magnesium oxide (MgO) is widely used as the intervening tunnel barrier to enable efficient spin injection in the magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs). Due to the strong basicity, MgO and SrO are chemically unstable once exposed to the air, and ex situ chemical and structural analysis tools may not reveal the true properties of MgO and SrO films. Moreover, ex situ optimization of atomic layer deposition (ALD) process parameters, such as …

Comparing Sediment Equilibrium Partitioning And Passive Sampling Techniques To Estimate Benthic Biota Pcdd/F Concentrations In Newark Bay, New Jersey (U.S.A.), Carey L. Friedman, Rainer Lohmann

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

Sediment and polyethylene sampler-based estimates of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin/dibenzofuran (PCDD/F) concentrations in Newark Bay, New Jersey (USA) benthic biota were compared. Biota concentrations based on sediment were estimated using an organic carbon (OC)-water partitioning model and an OC and black carbon (BC)-water dual model. Biota concentrations based on polyethylene were estimated from samplers deployed in the Newark Bay water column and samplers immersed in a sediment/porewater slurry in the laboratory. Porewater samplers provided the best estimates of biota concentrations (within 3.1x), with best results achieved for deposit-feeders (within 1.6x). Polyethylene deployed in deep water also provided good estimates of …

Optimization And Spatial Queueing Models To Support Multi-Server Dispatching Policies With Multiple Servers Per Station, Sardar Ansari

Theses and Dissertations

In this thesis, we propose novel optimization and spatial queueing models that expand the currently existing methods by allowing multiple servers to be located at the same station and multiple servers to be dispatched to a single call. In particular, a mixed integer linear programming (MILP) model is introduced that determines how to locate and dispatch ambulances such that the coverage level is maximized. The model allows multiple servers to be located at the same station and balances the workload among them while maintaining contiguous first priority response districts. We also propose an extension to the approximate Hypercube queueing model …

Hybrid Pet/Mri Nanoparticle Development And Multi-Modal Imaging, David Hoffman

Theses and Dissertations

The development of hybrid PET/MRI imaging systems needs to be paralleled with the development of a hybrid intrinsic PET/MRI probes. The aim of this work was to develop and validate a novel radio-superparamagnetic nanoparticle (r-SPNP) for hybrid PET/MRI imaging. This was achieved with the synthesis of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPIONs) that intrinsically incorporated 59Fe and manganese iron oxide nanoparticles (MIONs) that intrinsically incorporated 52Mn. Both [59Fe]-SPIONs and [52Mn]-MIONs were produced through thermal decomposition synthesis. The physiochemical characteristics of the r-SPNPs were assessed with TEM, DLS, and zeta-potential measurements, as well as in imaging phantom studies. The [59Fe]-SPIONs were evaluated …

December 3, 2013, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

A Comparison Of Evidence Fusion Rules For Situation Recognition In Sensor-Based Environments, Susan Mckeever, Juan Ye

Conference papers

Dempster-Shafer (DS) theory, and its associated Dempster rule of combination, has been widely used to determine belief based on uncertain evi-dence sources. Variations to the original Dempster rule of combination have appeared in the literature to support particular scenarios where unreliable results may result from the use of original DS theory. While theoretical explanations of the rule variations are explained, there is a lack of empirical comparisons of the DS theory and its variations against real data sets. In this work, we examine several variations to DS theory. Using two real-world sensor data sets, we com-pare the performance of DS …

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Assessing “Dangerous Climate Change”: Required Reduction Of Carbon Emissions To Protect Young People, Future Generations And Nature, J Hansen, P Kharecha, M Sato, V Masson-Delmotte, Et Al

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

We assess climate impacts of global warming using ongoing observations and paleoclimate data. We use Earth's measured energy imbalance, paleoclimate data, and simple representations of the global carbon cycle and temperature to define emission reductions needed to stabilize climate and avoid potentially disastrous impacts on today's young people, future generations, and nature. A cumulative industrial-era limit of ∼500 GtC fossil fuel emissions and 100 GtC storage in the biosphere and soil would keep climate close to the Holocene range to which humanity and other species are adapted. Cumulative emissions of ∼1000 GtC, sometimes associated with 2°C global warming, would spur …

Robust Modeling Of Epistemic Mental States And Their Applications In Assistive Technology, A K M Mahbubur Rahman

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This dissertation presents the design and implementation of EmoAssist: "Emotion-Enabled Assistive Tool to Enhance Dyadic Conversation for the Blind". The key functionalities of the system are to recognize behavioral expressions and to predict 3-D affective dimensions from visual cues and to provide audio feedback to the visually impaired in a natural environment. Prior to describing the EmoAssist, this dissertation identifies and advances research challenges in the analysis of the facial features and their temporal dynamics with Epistemic Mental States in dyadic conversation. A number of statistical analyses and simulations were performed to get the answer of important research questions about …

Improvement Of Dynamic Performance Of The Grid Connected Photovoltaic (Pv) System By Series Compensating Devices, Md Kamal Hossain

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This study proposes the bridge type fault current limiter (BFCL) and series dynamic braking resistor (SDBR) methodologies to enhance the low voltage ride through (LVRT) capability of the PV plant during network faults. This work also focuses on smoothing out the PV power fluctuation due to variable irradiance. To achieve this, the output power of diversely located identical and small PV plants, instead of a big PV plant in a certain area, is integrated. Simulations performed through the Matlab/Simulink software shows that the terminal voltage obtained from the proposed protection schemes maintains the grid code, and hence the PV systems …

Propensity Score Methods In Estimating Conditional Hazard Ratio, Wen Feng

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Various simulations have been done to demonstrate how propensity score methods perform in estimating mean difference, proportion, odds ratio and marginal hazard ratio, however, few rigorous simulations have been done to evaluate the performance. We conduct an extensive series of simulations to demonstrate the performance of propensity score methods in estimating conditional hazard ratio. For each propensity method, we characterize the conditions to 7 propensity score scenarios, each contains a different set of variables. For each scenario, we apply four propensity methods to estimate conditional hazard ratio. Meanwhile, we also use multivariate Cox model (conventional Cox model) to estimate conditional …

Infant Volubility Across Circumstance Estimated From All-Day Recordings, Barbara S. Franklin

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

By analyzing infant volubility we may illuminate early communication development and aid early identification of disorders. LENA recordings provide a naturalistic method for gathering data all-day and yield automated labeling of speakers including the infant wearing the device. In Study 1, 10 six-month-old infants were studied for volubility in a naturalistic setting analyzed by LENA and a human coder using a traditional repeat-listening method based on a single all-day recording for each infant. Twelve randomly selected 5-minute segments (excluding presumed sleep) were coded for vocal type (vocants, squeals, and growls). This allowed for estimation of six-month-old infant vocal rate across …