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Carbon Fluxes In Karst Aquifers: Sources, Sinks, And The Effect Of Storm Flow, William B. White Dec 2013

Carbon Fluxes In Karst Aquifers: Sources, Sinks, And The Effect Of Storm Flow, William B. White

KIP Articles

An effective carbon loading can be calculated from measured alkalinity and pH of karst waters. The carbon loading is independent of the degree of saturation of the water and does not depend on the water being in equilibrium with the carbonate wall rock. A substantial data base of spring water analyses accumulated by students over the past 40 years has been used to probe the CO2 generation, transport, and storage in a variety of drainage basins that feed karst springs. Carbon loading in the water exiting karst drainage basins depends on the rate of CO2 generation in the soils of …

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Role Of Nitrogen Defects In Nitrogen-Doped Carbon For Catalyst Support And Electric Double-Layer Capacitor, Sujan Shrestha Dec 2013

Role Of Nitrogen Defects In Nitrogen-Doped Carbon For Catalyst Support And Electric Double-Layer Capacitor, Sujan Shrestha

Doctoral Dissertations

Electrochemical applications of carbon are wide and varied. They are used as electrodes for batteries, capacitors and proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). This is possible due to their excellent electrical conductivity, variable nanostructure and cost-effectiveness. Besides these properties, physicochemical properties such as microstructure and surface chemistry play a significant role in the performance of carbon as electrodes in these applications. In supercapacitors or ultracapacitors, surface oxygen functionalities can increase capacitance due to non-faradaic reactions between redox couples such as quinine and hydroquinone while in PEMFCs, surface functionalities can determine catalyst size distribution and dispersion. However, surface oxygen functionalities also …

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The Daily Egyptian, December 10, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff Dec 2013

The Daily Egyptian, December 10, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2013

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Comparison Of Odonata Populations In Natural And Constructed Emergent Wetlands In The Bluegrass Region Of Kentucky, Brittany Ann Brookshire Miss Dec 2013

Comparison Of Odonata Populations In Natural And Constructed Emergent Wetlands In The Bluegrass Region Of Kentucky, Brittany Ann Brookshire Miss

Honors Theses

With the degradation and destruction of many natural wetlands in Kentucky, there are high incentives to look at the remaining natural wetlands and the new artificial wetlands that are beginning to become prevalent among biologists. Wetlands are important to dragonfly populations just as dragonflies are vital to wetland function. In my study I looked at the fluctuation in Odonata (dragonfly and damselfly) populations at ten artificial wetlands and ten natural wetlands in the Inner Bluegrass region of Kentucky. In my study the dragonfly populations were monitored based on Shannon and Simpson's diversity, Species richness, and number of individual and species …

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Thermal, Economic And Environmental Analysis Of Domestic Solar Water Heaters In Malaysia / Fayaz Hussain, Fayaz Hussain Dec 2013

Thermal, Economic And Environmental Analysis Of Domestic Solar Water Heaters In Malaysia / Fayaz Hussain, Fayaz Hussain

Student Works (2010-2019)

Solar thermal utilization, especially the application of solar water heater technology, has developed rapidly in recent decades. Solar water heating systems are practical applications to replace the use of electrical water heaters. But the performance of these systems depends on weather and exhibit a nonlinear dependence. This makes it difficult to accurately analyze their performance by simply observing their response to short-term or average weather conditions. The purpose of this project is to show solar potential through contour mapping and do thermal, economic and environmental analysis of evacuated-tube, glazed and unglazed collector solar water heaters. The optimum performance of solar …

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Evolution Of The Superconductivity Dome In The Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model, K. S. Chen, Z. Y. Meng, S. X. Yang, T. Pruschke, J. Moreno, M. Jarrell Dec 2013

Evolution Of The Superconductivity Dome In The Two-Dimensional Hubbard Model, K. S. Chen, Z. Y. Meng, S. X. Yang, T. Pruschke, J. Moreno, M. Jarrell

Faculty Publications

In a recent publication, we identified a line of Lifshitz transition points separating the Fermi liquid and pseudogap regions in the hole-doped two-dimensional Hubbard model. Here, we extend the study to further determine the superconducting transition temperature in the phase diagram. By means of large-scale dynamical cluster quantum Monte Carlo simulations, we are able to identify the evolution of the d-wave superconducting dome in the hole-dope side of the phase diagram, with next-nearest-neighbor hopping (t′), chemical potential, and temperature as control parameters. To obtain the superconducting transition temperature Tc, we employ two-particle measurements of the pairing susceptibilities. As t′ goes …

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2013-December-10-Dean Isham Named Tennessee Interior Design Educator Of The Year, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University Dec 2013

2013-December-10-Dean Isham Named Tennessee Interior Design Educator Of The Year, University Marketing And Communications, East Tennessee State University

ETSU News

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Hap Taylor & Sons V. Summerwind Partners Respondent's Brief 1 Dckt. 40514 Dec 2013

Hap Taylor & Sons V. Summerwind Partners Respondent's Brief 1 Dckt. 40514

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

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Genetic Adjuvants For Immunotherapy, Shyam S. Mohapatra, Mukesh Kumar Dec 2013

Genetic Adjuvants For Immunotherapy, Shyam S. Mohapatra, Mukesh Kumar

USF Patents

The present invention pertains to methods and pharmaceutical compositions for modulating an immune response. The method of the present invention involves administration of an effective amount of nucleic acid molecules encoding interleukin-12 (IL-12), interferon-gamma (IFN-γ), or a combination thereof, to a patient in need of such treatment. The pharmaceutical compositions of the invention contain nucleic acid molecules encoding IL-12 and/or IFN-γ and an operably-linked promoter sequence. In another aspect, the present invention concerns expression vectors containing a nucleotide sequence encoding IL-12 and IFN-γ, and an operably-linked promoter sequence. In another aspect, the present invention concerns cells genetically modified with a …

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Germania-Silica-Based Sol-Gel Monolith And Uses Thereof, Abdul Malik, Erica B. Turner, Scott S. Segro Dec 2013

Germania-Silica-Based Sol-Gel Monolith And Uses Thereof, Abdul Malik, Erica B. Turner, Scott S. Segro

USF Patents

The present invention provides germania-silica-based sol-gel monoliths that form the solid-phase material for extraction, isolation, preconcentration, and separation of analytes. In one embodiment, the germania-silica-based sol-gel monolith can be used to coat surfaces of the inner walls of extraction and chromatographic columns. In a preferred embodiment, the sol-gel germania-silica monolith of the present invention is formed from hydrolysis and polycondensation of precursors comprising tetraethoxygermane, tetramethoxysilane, and polyethylene glycol. Also provided are methods of preparing the germania-silica-based sol-gel monolith of the present invention.

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The Alestle - Vol. 66 No. 16 - 12/10/2013, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Dec 2013

The Alestle - Vol. 66 No. 16 - 12/10/2013, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

The Alestle

Vol. 66 No. 16

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Method For Generating, Transmitting, And Receiving Power, Aravinda Kar, Bruce Marshall Dec 2013

Method For Generating, Transmitting, And Receiving Power, Aravinda Kar, Bruce Marshall

UCF Patents

Methods are disclosed for converting the heat energy into light energy, typically by generating electricity from the heat energy, and converting the electricity into an optical energy, which is transmitted, and later reconverted to electrical energy for conventional use.

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Intercalibration Of Quikscat And Oscat Land Backscatter, John Colin Barrus Dec 2013

Intercalibration Of Quikscat And Oscat Land Backscatter, John Colin Barrus

Theses and Dissertations

The Ku-band SeaWinds-on-QuikSCAT scatterometer (QuikSCAT) operated continuously from 1999 to 2009. Though its primary mission was to estimate global ocean winds, QuikSCAT has proven useful in a variety of geophysical studies using land backscatter measurements. The end of the primary QuikSCAT mission in 2009 has prompted interest for continuing the QuikSCAT land dataset with other scatterometers. The Oceansat-2 scatterometer (OSCAT), launched in 2009, is a viable candidate for continuing the QuikSCAT time series because of the similarities of both sensors in function and design. An important difference in the sensors is that they operate at slightly different incidence angles. Continuing …

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Understory Vegetation Response To Mechanical Mastication Of Piñon And Juniper Woodlands, Jordan Ann Bybee Dec 2013

Understory Vegetation Response To Mechanical Mastication Of Piñon And Juniper Woodlands, Jordan Ann Bybee

Theses and Dissertations

Piñon and juniper encroachment and infilling can alter ecosystem processes and decrease resilience and resistance in sagebrush grasslands. Land managers employ a variety of techniques to eliminate these trees and mitigate their negative effects. Mechanical mastication or shredding is an increasingly popular method of removing these trees in Utah. It is a versatile treatment that can reduce canopy fuels, increase infiltration, and reduced sediment loss. We compared vegetation cover for annual and perennial vegetation functional groups on shredded and adjacent unshredded areas across a range of sites. Our approach was to categorize sites by ecological site type (encroachment or tree) …

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Find Deliberative Features At Abu Sa'eed Seraphic, Latif Hatim, Amar Ahsaan Dec 2013

Find Deliberative Features At Abu Sa'eed Seraphic, Latif Hatim, Amar Ahsaan

Uruk Journal of Human Sciences

Pragmatic linguistics had been deliberatively used when considering the language, through pools of communicative process, so it was concerned with the speaker and his purposes considering him as an engine to communication process, and taking into account the case of presentation during the speech, also it was concerned with the circumstances and conditions of contextual and social surroundings of the interactive process; to guarantee for communication on the one hand, and to make use of the opportunity to reach a sense on the other hand, the seraphic speech in our hands is not free from that we're talking about, in …

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High Peaks Back - Country Trails Plan, Benjamin Godsoe Dec 2013

High Peaks Back - Country Trails Plan, Benjamin Godsoe

Muskie School Capstones and Dissertations

The High Peaks Trails Plan is a regional vision for back-country trails in Maine's High Peaks region. The plan identifies challenges and opportunities which face the trails community, and outlines several strategies for trails groups to move forward together to overcome mutual challenges.

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Examination Of The Effect Of Different Training Metrics On Performance Of A Minimally Invasive Surgery Transfer Task, Cristofer Madera Dec 2013

Examination Of The Effect Of Different Training Metrics On Performance Of A Minimally Invasive Surgery Transfer Task, Cristofer Madera

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this experiment was to determine if there existed techniques to more efficiently train prospective surgeons the skills necessary to capably perform minimally invasive surgical procedures. Also, we wanted to know if trainees could be pushed to cognitively define a laparoscopic environment with a novel hand-eye relationship. To explore these questions, a simulation was setup wherein subjects would perform a laparoscopic transfer task and receive active feedback during training. Different subjects would receive different metrics as feedback and a comparison would be made between subjects with respect to standard metrics. Results of this experiment show that all subjects …

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Synthesis, Characterization, And Functionalization Of Magnetic Iron Nanoparticles For Enhanced Biological Applications, Christopher Warren Dec 2013

Synthesis, Characterization, And Functionalization Of Magnetic Iron Nanoparticles For Enhanced Biological Applications, Christopher Warren

Theses and Dissertations

The transition metal ferrites of composition MFe2O4 where M is Fe, Co, or Ni are well established materials for various biological applications due to their interesting magnetic properties. Their elemental and stochiometric composition can be easily manipulated which allows further tuning of their ferrimagnetic properties. By changing the identity of M and by changing the crystallite size of the ferrites, nanocrystals with diverse magnetic properties can be systematically produced. Furthermore, ferrites are more stable in diverse chemical environments, as compared to metallic nanoparticles, which make ferrites particularly useful for a broad range of biomedical applications, especially in the field of …

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Accelerating Computational Algorithms, Michael Risley Dec 2013

Accelerating Computational Algorithms, Michael Risley

Theses and Dissertations

Mathematicians and computational scientists are often limited in their ability to model complex phenomena by the time it takes to run simulations. This thesis will inform interested researchers on how the development of highly parallel computer graphics hardware and the compiler frameworks to exploit it are expanding the range of algorithms that can be explored on affordable commodity hardware. We will discuss the complexities that have prevented researchers from exploiting advanced hardware as well as the obstacles that remain for the non-computer scientist.

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Greeting Message, Voice Intonation, And Reward Offered In Telemarketing Calls, Eilin Aimee Diaz Fondeur Dec 2013

Greeting Message, Voice Intonation, And Reward Offered In Telemarketing Calls, Eilin Aimee Diaz Fondeur

Theses

This study determined what types of appeals were more likely to gain compliance in telemarketing calls using two samples of adults and seniors. Eight different conditions were tested with combinations of greeting messages, tones of voice, and rewards offered. Significant differences were found in favor of using an eager greeting message and aggressive tone of voice. A vigilant greeting message and an aggressive tone of voice produced the greatest number of hang ups. A significant difference was found between offering a reward or not in the pitch for seniors but not for adults. Results provide support for using the peripheral …

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Fluorination Of Aromatic Ring Systems, Stephen G. Dimagno Dec 2013

Fluorination Of Aromatic Ring Systems, Stephen G. Dimagno

Department of Chemistry: Faculty Publications

This disclosure relates to reagents and methods useful in the synthesis of aryl fluorides, for example, in the preparation of 18F labeled radiotracers. The reagents and methods provided herein may be used to access a broad range of compounds, including aromatic compounds, heteroaromatic compounds, amino acids, nucleotides, and synthetic compounds.

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Capillary Channel Flow Experiments Aboard The International Space Station, Michael Conrath, P. J. Canfield, P. M. Bronowicki, Michael E. Dreyer, Mark M. Weislogel, A. Grah Dec 2013

Capillary Channel Flow Experiments Aboard The International Space Station, Michael Conrath, P. J. Canfield, P. M. Bronowicki, Michael E. Dreyer, Mark M. Weislogel, A. Grah

Mechanical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

In the near-weightless environment of orbiting spacecraft capillary forces dominate interfacial flow phenomena over unearthly large length scales. In current experiments aboard the International Space Station, partially open channels are being investigated to determine critical flow rate-limiting conditions above which the free surface collapses ingesting bubbles. Without the natural passive phase separating qualities of buoyancy, such ingested bubbles can in turn wreak havoc on the fluid transport systems of spacecraft. The flow channels under investigation represent geometric families of conduits with applications to liquid propellant acquisition, thermal fluids circulation, and water processing for life support. Present and near future experiments …

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Application Of Support Vector Machine In Predicting The Market's Monthly Trend Direction, Ali Alali Dec 2013

Application Of Support Vector Machine In Predicting The Market's Monthly Trend Direction, Ali Alali

Dissertations and Theses

In this work, we investigate different techniques to predict the monthly trend direction of the S&P 500 market index. The techniques use a machine learning classifier with technical and macroeconomic indicators as input features. The Support Vector Machine (SVM) classifier was explored in-depth in order to optimize the performance using four different kernels; Linear, Radial Basis Function (RBF), Polynomial, and Quadratic. A result found was the performance of the classifier can be optimized by reducing the number of macroeconomic features needed by 30% using Sequential Feature Selection. Further performance enhancement was achieved by optimizing the RBF kernel and SVM parameters …

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Rf Transport Electromagnetic Properties Of Graphene From Dc To 110 Mhz, Sa Awan, G Pan, Taan Lm Al, B Li Dec 2013

Rf Transport Electromagnetic Properties Of Graphene From Dc To 110 Mhz, Sa Awan, G Pan, Taan Lm Al, B Li

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The paper describes measurement of RF transport electromagnetic properties of CVD graphene over the DC to 110 MHz frequency range at room temperature. Graphene on Si/SiO2 substrate was mounted in a shielded four terminal-pair (4TP) adaptor which enabled direct connection to a calibrated precision impedance analyser for measurements. Good agreement is observed for the DC four-probe resistance and the 4TP resistance at 40 Hz, both yielding R ~104 Ohms. In general the apparent graphene channel electromagnetic properties are found to be strongly influenced by quantum contact effects, such as resistance and capacitance, particularly at DC and low frequencies f < 1 MHz. A phenomenological lumped-parameter equivalent circuit model is presented which matches the frequency response of the graphene 4TP impedance device over approximately seven decades of the frequency range of the applied transport alternating current. Based on this model, the intrinsic graphene channel resistance is found to be RG = 2.2 Ohms or sheet resistance of 3.85 Ohms/sq, which is frequency independent, with each contact impedance being RC = 51.6 Ohms and CC = 1.2 nF. These results suggest that our RF 4TP method may be more accurate and reliable than the conventional DC four-probe method for measuring the intrinsic sheet resistance of single-atom thick materials such as graphene. This may be significant for the production and optimisation of graphene for solar-cells and touch-screen displays where sheet resistance (combined with its optical transparency) figures-of-merit play an important role, particularly in comparison with the values of the current material of choice, indium tin oxide (ITO), for such applications.

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Physician Profiling: Policy Options To Improve Efficiency In Medicare, Jackson Williams Dec 2013

Physician Profiling: Policy Options To Improve Efficiency In Medicare, Jackson Williams

Health Law and Policy Brief

No abstract provided.

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Assumptions About Consumption In The Archaeology Of Late Nineteenth-Century Farmsteads, Niels R. Rinehart Dec 2013

Assumptions About Consumption In The Archaeology Of Late Nineteenth-Century Farmsteads, Niels R. Rinehart

Northeast Historical Archaeology

Farming is typically associated with rural environments. The Dubois Site in Albany, New York, however, presented an opportunity to look at a farmstead close to a growing urban center during the second half of the 19th century. The excavations of the Dubois Site are discussed and the results are compared to the more rural Porter Site, a contemporary 19th-century farmstead. The comparison examines how the different contexts might have impacted consumption and production at the two farms, as well as the treatment of the farmstead landscapes. The two New York sites are then contrasted with four contemporary farm sites in …

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The Mother Of The Father Of Our Country: Mary Ball Washington's Genteel Domestic Habits, Laura J. Galke Dec 2013

The Mother Of The Father Of Our Country: Mary Ball Washington's Genteel Domestic Habits, Laura J. Galke

Northeast Historical Archaeology

The year 1743 brought hardship to the Washingtons as their family patriarch, Augustine, passed away unexpectedly. At that time, a young George Washington inherited the family’s home plantation in Fredericksburg, known today as Ferry Farm. Augustine’s will stipulated that George’s mother, Mary Ball Washington, manage the plantations of their four young boys until they came of age. Between 1743 and 1772, Mary enjoyed the personal agency that widowhood allowed her; she was responsible for the management decisions of the Washington household and the surrounding farm. Mary’s choices reflect an ambitious woman determined to participate in the genteel society her family …

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2013 December 9 Dec 2013

2013 December 9

Minutes

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Comparative Water Quality Of Cozine, Gooseneck And Mill Creeks, Shelby Hollenbeck, Emily Isaac, Suzannah Klaniecki, Zach Lea, Meghan Lockwood, Xavier Reed Dec 2013

Comparative Water Quality Of Cozine, Gooseneck And Mill Creeks, Shelby Hollenbeck, Emily Isaac, Suzannah Klaniecki, Zach Lea, Meghan Lockwood, Xavier Reed

Papers from ENVS 385 (Research Methods in Environmental Science)

The environmental research methods class of fall 2013 analyzed the water quality of three creeks in the Yamhill (Oregon) Watershed: Cozine, Gooseneck, and Mill Creeks. Our research builds on data collected by previous years' classes (Colahan et al. 2011; Weinbender and Crane 2011; Bailey et al. 2012). The goals of the project were to gain a better understanding of water quality at each site, see how the sites differ, determine causes for any differences, and examine changes in water quality over time. Because Cozine is surrounded by an urban environment, whereas both Gooseneck and Mill are in a rural setting, …

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12-09-2013 Swosu Announces 2013 Fall Graduates, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Dec 2013

12-09-2013 Swosu Announces 2013 Fall Graduates, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2013

Approximately 327 students from Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford will complete requirements for either associate’s, bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degrees after the current Fall 2013 semester.

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