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Semiconductor Thermal Neutron Detector, Toru Aoki, Aki Miyake, Takayuki Nakano, Akifumi Koike, Hisashi Morii, Hidenori Mimura

Makara Journal of Technology

The CdTe and GaN detector with a Gd converter have been developed and investigated as a neutron detector for neutron imaging. The fabricated Gd/CdTe detector with the 25 mm thick Gd was designed on the basis of simulation results of thermal neutron detection efficiency and spatial resolution. The Gd/CdTe detector shows the detection of neutron capture gamma ray emission in the 155Gd(n, g)156Gd, 157Gd(n, g)158Gd and 113Cd(n, g)114Cd reactions and characteristic X-ray emissions due to conversion-electrons generated inside the Gd film. The observed efficient thermal neutron detection with the Gd/CdTe detector shows its promise in neutron radiography application. Moreover, a …

A Strategic Look At Constructed Wetlands In Urbanized Areas, Joanna Kailynn Jordan

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Music-Induced Arousal On Responses To Unpleasant Pictures, Cassandra Lakesha Baldwin

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

December 3, 2013, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.

On Relay Node Placement Problem For Survivable Wireless Sensor Networks, Changyong Jung

Theses and Dissertations

Wireless sensor networks are widely applied to many fields such as animal habitat monitoring, air traffic control, and health monitoring. One of the current problems with wireless sensor networks is the ability to overcome communication failures due to hardware failure, distributing sensors in an uneven geographic area, or unexpected obstacles between sensors. One common solution to overcome this problem is to place a minimum number of relay nodes among sensors so that the communication among sensors is guaranteed. This is called Relay Node Placement Problem (RNP). This problem has been proved as NP-hard for a simple connected graph. Therefore, many …

Situational Awareness/Triage Tool For Use In A Chemical, Biological, Radiological Nuclear Explosive (Cbrne) Environment, John N. Scarlett, Heather L. Gallup, David A. Smith

AFIT Patents

A method of managing patient care and emergency response following a Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear Explosive (CBRNE) attack and maintaining compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). The method including identifying each patient with a unique patient identifier, the identifier based upon the geospatial location of the patient, the geospatial location including at least the latitude and longitude of the patient when first treated, the unique patient identifier being part of patient data. Providing a collection point of patient data to form a patient data database where in the patient location data may be used to …

Peakon, Pseudo-Peakon, And Cuspon Solutions For Two Generalized Camassa- Holm Equations, Jibin Li, Zhijun Qiao

School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications

In this paper, we study peakon, cuspon, and pseudo-peakon solutions for two generalized Camassa-Holm equations. Based on the method of dynamical systems, the two generalized Camassa-Holm equations are shown to have the parametric representations of the solitary wave solutions such as peakon, cuspon, pseudo-peakons, and periodic cusp solutions. In particular, the pseudo-peakon solution is for the first time proposed in our paper. Moreover, when a traveling system has a singular straight line and a heteroclinic loop, under some parameter conditions, there must be peaked solitary wave solutions appearing.

Reflections On Campus Planning: Lessons For Practice, William Riggs

City and Regional Planning

Planning is a diverse field with many different areas of professional practice. Campus planning, as opposed to traditional city planning, is one of these areas—different than traditional municipal, and having a unique requirements that are framed by jurisdictional, environmental, and physical planning needs of the respective institution.

Based on my experience in this role, planners need a flexible skillset that moves beyond the traditional role of processing permits and crafting zoning codes. They need to be deep thinkers and leaders who can adapt to changing situations and understand nuanced bureaucracy. By taking advantage of it, as well as other practical …

Grand Valley Forum, Volume 038, Number 15, December 2, 2013, Grand Valley State University

2013-2014, Volume 38

Grand Valley Forum is Grand Valley State's faculty and staff newsletter, published from 1976 to the present.

Gc Minutes 2013-12-02, Northern Illinois University

Graduate Council Archives

No abstract provided.

Commonwealth Times 2013-12-02

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

Intensity-Demodulated Fiber-Ring Laser Sensor System For Acoustic Emission Detection, Ming Han, Tongqing Liu, Lingling Hu, Qi Zhang

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering: Faculty Publications

We theoretically and experimentally demonstrate a fiber-optic ultrasonic sensor system based on a fiber-ring laser whose cavity consisting of a regular fiber Bragg grating (FBG) and a tunable optical band-pass filter (TOBPF). The FBG is the sensing element and the TOBPF is used to set the lasing wavelength at a point on the spectral slope of the FBG. The ultrasonic signal is detected by the variations of the laser output intensity in response to the cold-cavity loss modulations from the ultrasonicallyinduced FBG spectral shift. The system demonstrated here has a simple structure and low cost, making it attractive for acoustic …

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 48, No. 1, Winter 2014, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

Syllabus: Multivariable Calculus
with Professor David B. Damiano
By Pam Reponen

Buon Natale
With expertise from Holy Cross students, Professor Sarah Stanbury and photographer/curator Margot Balboni cast new light on an ancient—and immensely popular—Italian art form that celebrates the heart of Christmas.
By Rebecca Staley ’99

Opening Doors and Beyond
As the College draws its 40th anniversary of coeducation celebrations to a close, HCM reflects on the myriad events that gave the community a chance to listen, reflect and learn.
By HCM

Meet Sam
As the academic year began, we spent a day with Sam, an eighth grader at Nativity …

The Daily Gamecock, Monday, December 2, 2013, University Of South Carolina, Office Of Student Media

December

No abstract provided.

Methods And Metrics For Human Interaction With Bio-Inspired Robot Swarms, Sean C. Kerman

Theses and Dissertations

In this thesis we propose methods and metrics for human interaction with bio-inspired robot teams. We refine the concept of a stakeholder and demonstrate how a human can use stakeholders to lead a swarm as well as switch the swarm between different collective behaviors. We extend the human interaction metrics of interaction time and interaction effort presented in [1] to swarm systems and introduce the concept of interaction effort. These metrics allow us to understand how well the system performs under human influence. We employ systems theory to estimate these metrics, which is useful because this can be done without …

Homogeneous Algan/Gan Superlattices Grown On Free-Standing (1(1)Over-Bar00) Gan Substrates By Plasma-Assisted Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Jiayi Shao, Dmitri N. Zakharov, Collin Edmunds, Oana Malis, Michael J. Manfra

Birck and NCN Publications

Two-dimensional and homogeneous growth of m-plane AlGaN by plasma-assisted molecular beam epitaxy has been realized on free-standing (1 (1) over bar 00) GaN substrates by implementing high metal-to-nitrogen (III/N) flux ratio. AlN island nucleation, often reported for m-plane AlGaN under nitrogen-rich growth conditions, is suppressed at high III/N flux ratio, highlighting the important role of growth kinetics for adatom incorporation. The homogeneity and microstructure of m-plane AlGaN/GaN superlattices are assessed via a combination of scanning transmission electron microscopy and high resolution transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The predominant defects identified in dark field TEM characterization are short basal plane stacking faults …

Bismuth Nanoparticles As Medical X-Ray Contrast Agents: Synthesis, Characterization And Applications, Anna Laura Brown

Dissertations and Theses

Bismuth based nanomaterials have recently attracted attention as heavy element X-ray contrast agents because of the high atomic number and predicted biological compatibility of bismuth. Nanoparticle X-ray contrast agents may enable a number of novel medical imaging applications, including blood pool and site-directed imaging. However these hypothetical applications are hindered by lack of suitable synthetic methods for production of imaging agents. This dissertation describes synthesis of a novel class of bismuth nanoparticles that are aqueously stabilized using poly and monosaccharides. These particles are synthesized using highly biologically compatible reagents and are oxidatively stable in water and in moderately basic buffered …

The Daily Egyptian, December 02, 2013, Daily Egyptian Staff

December 2013

No abstract provided.

Volume 86, Issue 7 (2013)

Obiter Dicta

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Agenda, December 2, 2013, Utah State University

Faculty Senate & Faculty Senate Executive Committee

• Faculty Evaluation Committee Annual Report – Karen Mock
• Athletic Council Annual Report – Ken White
• EPC Items for October and November–Larry Smith
• ASUSU Report –Doug Fiefia
• Retention and Student Success –John Mortensen
• Notes from the Faculty Forum Nov 4
• PRPC Code 402.12.7 changes to wording in faculty awards (Second Reading)
• PRPC Section 402.4.3 changes to wording in FS meeting order of business (First Reading)
• PRPC Section 405.6.1changes to wording in role statement and role assignment (First Reading)
• PRPC word changes from ASUSU to USUSA to 400 all sections (First Reading).

Changes In Poa Annua Populations In Response To Herbicides And Plant Growth Regulators, Jesse Brown

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Poa annua (annual bluegrass; ABG) is an invasive weedy species in turfgrass. Herbicides and plant growth regulators (PGRs) are often used for ABG control, providing limited or inconsistent results. Identifying shifts in ABG populations in response to these treatments would be beneficial for understanding inconsistent control. Our research employed amplified fragment length polymorphic (AFLP) markers with the objective to determine if there are changes in genetic structure of ABG populations after multiple-year season-long control programs in three states. Annual bluegrass was sampled after the second or third year of seven different season-long ABG treatments consisting of herbicide or PGR applications. …

A Novel Broadband Equivalent Source Reconstruction Method For Broadband Radiators, Ping Li, Li (Lijun) Jun Jiang, Jun Hu, Sheng Sun

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Traditional equivalent source reconstruction methods are only operating at a single frequency point each time. However, for wide band radiators, their computation cost of the source reconstruction increases linearly with the number of frequency points. In this paper, a wide-band equivalent source reconstruction method (WB-SRM) based on the Neville-type Stoer-Bulirsch (SB) algorithm is developed. Supported by the adaptive frequency sampling (AFS) scheme, the number of required sampling data is significantly reduced, which leads to much better computational efficiency. During the AFS process, three fitting models (FM) are considered: two are 'triangle rules', and another one is 'rhombus rule'. The combination …

The Collegian (2013-12-02), Cleiri Quezada

UTB/TSC Archives - The Collegian [Newspaper]

Vol. 66, No. 14

Fe2o3 Nanoparticles Wrapped In Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes With Enhanced Lithium Storage Capability, Nan Yan, Xuhui Zhou, Yan Li, Fang Wang, Hao Zhong, Hui Wang, Qianwang Chen

Publications and Research

We have designed a novel hybrid nanostructure by coating Fe2O3 nanoparticles with multi-walled carbon nanotubes to enhance the lithium storage capability of Fe2O3. The strategy to prepare Fe2O3@MWCNTs involves the synthesis of Fe nanoparticles wrapped in MWCNTs, followed by the oxidation of Fe nanoparticles under carbon dioxide. When used as the anode in a Li-ion battery, this hybrid material (70.32 wt% carbon nanotubes, 29.68 wt% Fe2O3) showed a reversible discharge capacity of 515 mAhg−1 after 50 cycles at a density of 100 mAg−1 and the capacity based on Fe2O3 nanoparticles was calculated as 1147 mAhg−1, Three factors are responsibile for …

December 2, 2013: Conference On Science And Civic Engagement, Moral And Ethical Leadership, Book About College History, Saint Mary's College Of California

SMC Bulletin 2013-2020

No abstract provided.

Regulation Of Satiety Quiescence: Cyclic Gmp, Tgf Beta, And The Asi Neuron, Thomas Gallagher

Theses and Dissertations

The worm Caenorhabditis elegans is a well-studied model organism in numerous aspects of its biology. This small free living nematode has less than 1,000 cells, but shows clear conservation in both signaling and behavior to mammals in aspects of appetite control. This is of importance to humans, where failure of appetite control is a major factor in the unprecedented obesity epidemic that we see today. In general, worm behavior reflects its internal nutritional state and the availability and quality of food. Specifically, worms show a behavioral state that mimics aspects of the mammalian behavioral satiety sequence, which has been termed …

The Free Press Vol 45 Issue 10, 12-02-2013, Kirsten Sylvain

Free Press, The

Budget estimates demand reaction--Languages and classics disband and reorganize--Ban conflicts with Gorham lifestyle--Student profile: Paul Nelson strives to serve--University and faculty union near agreement

The Bg News December 02, 2013, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. December 02, 2013. Volume 93-Issue 42.

Discursive Narrative Analysis: A Study Of Online Autobiographical Accounts Of Self-Injury, Olga Sutherland, Andrea V. Breen, Stephen P. Lewis

The Qualitative Report

This article offers an innovation in narrative analysis afforded by incorporating analytic concepts from discourse analysis. We share some examples from our study of online autobiographical accounts of non - suicidal self - injury (NSSI) to illustrate the various aspects of a discursive narrative approach to research. We show how the participants construct events and experiences as sequentially linked and temporarily related using a range of discursive practices and devices, including producing contrasting descriptions of emotional states, using figurative language, vivid or vague descriptions, and extreme case formulations. The specific way in which experience was constituted as sequentially and causally …

December 2, 2013, The Daily Mississippian

Daily Mississippian (all digitized issues)

No abstract provided.