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Patent Claim Interpretation Review: Deference Or Correction Driven?, Christopher A. Cotropia

BYU Law Review

This Article examines the Federal Circuit’s review of claim constructions by lower tribunals to determine whether the Federal Circuit defers to lower court constructions or is making its own, independent determination as to the “correct” construction and ultimate result in the case.

The data collected from 2010 to 2013 indicates that the Federal Circuit affirms about 75% of lower court claim interpretations. While this finding is itself surprising, even more surprising is that these reviews do not appear to be driven by deference. Instead, the Federal Circuit is less likely to correct constructions that resulted in a patentee loss below, …

The Creation Of Hipaa Culture: Prioritizing Privacy Paranoia Over Patient Care, Jessica Jardine Wilkes

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.

Differences In Physical Movement Between The Techniques Used On The Marimba And The Vibraphone, Ruoying Ke

Open Access Dissertations

The purpose of this essay is to explore the physical and technical approaches based on the characteristics of the marimba and the vibraphone. This essay includes research about the instruments' structures and materials, observations of performances and some conversations with mallet-keyboard percussion players. In addition, the essay also describes my own performance experiences with the two instruments.

Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles And "Structure From Motion" Software To Monitor Coastal Erosion In Southeast Florida, Conor Maguire

Open Access Theses

Coastal Erosion poses a significant threat to several coastal communities in Florida. Ecosystem managers are tasked with both protecting the community from storm events and preserving the natural ecosystems found in the coastal zone. The most widely utilized method for shoreline protection in Florida is beach renourishment. Beach renourishment projects are difficult to track with regularity because the methods used to monitor and measure coastal erosion are cost-prohibitive. Current methods of coastal erosion tracking include Terrestrial Laser Scanning, airborne- Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) scans, and Real Time Kinematic Global Positioning Surveys. These methods are time consuming and resource intensive. …

November 29, 2014 (Pages 7429-7504), Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau

Volume 44 (2014)

No abstract provided.

Can Mhealth Improve Risk Assessment In Underserved Populations? Acceptability Of A Breast Health Questionnaire App In Ethnically Diverse, Older, Low-Income Women., Carolina Bravo, Cristina O’Donoghue, Celia P. Kaplan, Judith Luce, Elissa Ozanne

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Background: Use of mobile health (mHealth) tools has expanded rapidly but little research has been done on its acceptability by low-income, diverse, older patient populations.

Objective: To assess the attitudes of a diverse group of underserved women on the acceptability and usability of mHealth tools in a clinical setting using a breast health questionnaire application (app) at a public hospital mammography clinic.

Methods: Semi-structured interviews were conducted in a breast-imaging center of an urban safety net institution from July-August 2012. Interviews included pre- and post-questions. Women completed the Athena breast health questionnaire app on an iPad and were asked about …

Strengthening Hiv Knowledge And Awareness Among Undergraduate Students At Historically Black Colleges And Universities, Ashley Murray, Monica J. Huang, Felicia Hardnett, Madeline Y. Sutton

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Objective: We describe baseline HIV knowledge among students at historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to inform and strengthen HIV education efforts at HBCUs.

Methods: We surveyed 1,230 African American HBCU students from 24 HBCUs; 1,051 responses (85.4 %) were analyzable.

Results: Although general HIV knowledge was high among respondents (95% of students correctly responded that having sex without a condom constituted unsafe sex), knowledge deficits were noted (only 25% of students reported that multiple sex partners is a form of unsafe sex, while 25% of students reported that withdrawal of the penis before ejaculation reduced HIV …

The Association Between Distances Traveled For Care And Treatment Choices For Pelvic Floor Disorders In A Rural Southwestern Population, Gena Dunivan, Pamela Fairchild, Sara Cichowski, Rebecca Rogers

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

OBJECTIVES: To determine if distance traveled for care influenced patient choice for conservative vs. surgical treatment for pelvic organ prolapse (POP) and/or stress urinary incontinence (SUI).

METHODS: Retrospective chart review of all new patients seen in the Urogynecology clinic at the University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH) from January 2007 through September 2011. Data collected included medical history, Pelvic Organ Prolapse Quantification (POPQ) examination, and validated quality of life questionnaires.

RESULTS: 1384 women were identified with POP and/or SUI. Women traveled an average of 50 miles to receive care at UNMH. After multivariable analysis, greater distance traveled was associated with …

Documenting Nursing And Medical Students’ Stereotypes About Hispanic And American Indian Patients, Meghan G. Bean, Elizabeth S. Focella, Rebecca Covarrubias, Jeff Stone, Gordon B. Moskowitz, Terry A. Badger

Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice

Objective: Hispanic Americans and American Indians face significant health disparities compared with White Americans. Research suggests that stereotyping of minority patients by members of the medical community is an important antecedent of race and ethnicity-based health disparities. This work has primarily focused on physicians’ perceptions, however, and little research has examined the stereotypes healthcare personnel associate with Hispanic and American Indian patients. The present study assesses: 1) the health-related stereotypes both nursing and medical students hold about Hispanic and American Indian patients, and 2) nursing and medical students’ motivation to treat Hispanic and American Indian patients in an unbiased …

Utility Of Heidelberg Retinal Tomography As A Screening Tool For Analyzing Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Defects, David A. Belyea, Rashed Alhabshan, Sankaranarayana P. Mahesh, Gregory S. Gertner, Mirsad M. Ibisevic, Abdullah S. Habib, Jacob A. Dan

Ophthalmology Faculty Publications

Context

Although Heidelberg retinal tomography (HRT)-generated topographic images have been studied extensively for the detection of retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) defects, little is known about the role of HRT-generated surface reflectivity images in the detection of RNFL defects in either patients with glaucoma or glaucoma suspects.

Aims

To evaluate the effectiveness of HRT version II (HRT II) optic nerve reflectivity images in uncovering RNFL defects in an outpatient population evaluated for glaucoma.

Study design/materials and methods

In 102 consecutive eyes from 60 patients evaluated for glaucoma in an academic-based practice, HRT II optic nerve images were prospectively imaged and …

Exploration Of Preterm Birth Rates Using The Public Health Exposome Database And Computational Analysis Methods, Anne D. Kershenbaum, Michael A. Langston, Robert S. Levine, Arnold M. Saxton, Tonny J. Oyana, Barbara J. Kilbourne, Gary L. Rogers, Lisaann S. Gittner, Suzanne H. Baktash, Patricia Matthews-Juarez, Paul D. Juarez

Sociology Faculty Research

Recent advances in informatics technology has made it possible to integrate, manipulate, and analyze variables from a wide range of scientific disciplines allowing for the examination of complex social problems such as health disparities. This study used 589 county-level variables to identify and compare geographical variation of high and low preterm birth rates. Data were collected from a number of publically available sources, bringing together natality outcomes with attributes of the natural, built, social, and policy environments. Singleton early premature county birth rate, in counties with population size over 100,000 persons provided the dependent variable. Graph theoretical techniques were used …

Samples V. Hanson Appellant's Brief Dckt. 41869

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Libery Bankers Life Ins. Co. V. Witherspoon, Kelley, Davenport & Toole, P.S. Respondent's Brief Dckt. 41993

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Charney V. Charney Appellant's Brief Dckt. 42165

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Pentico V. State Appellant's Brief Dckt. 42242

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Simplified Post Processing Of Cine Dense Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance For Quantification Of Cardiac Mechanics, Jonathan D. Suever, Gregory J. Wehner, Christopher M. Haggerty, Linyuan Jing, Sean M. Hamlet, Cassi M. Binkley, Sage P. Kramer, Andrea C. Mattingly, David K. Powell, Kenneth C. Bilchick, Frederick H. Epstein, Brandon K. Fornwalt

Saha Cardiovascular Research Center Faculty Publications

BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance using displacement encoding with stimulated echoes (DENSE) is capable of assessing advanced measures of cardiac mechanics such as strain and torsion. A potential hurdle to widespread clinical adoption of DENSE is the time required to manually segment the myocardium during post-processing of the images. To overcome this hurdle, we proposed a radical approach in which only three contours per image slice are required for post-processing (instead of the typical 30-40 contours per image slice). We hypothesized that peak left ventricular circumferential, longitudinal and radial strains and torsion could be accurately quantified using this simplified analysis.

METHODS …

Macik V. State Respondent's Brief Dckt. 41705

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Volatile Cycling Of H2o, Co2, F, And Cl In The Himu Mantle: A New Window Provided By Melt Inclusions From Oceanic Hot Spot Lavas At Mangaia, Cook Islands, Rita A. Cabral, Matthew G. Jackson, Kenneth T. Koga, Estelle F. Rose-Koga, Erik H. Hauri, Martin J. Whitehouse, Allison A. Price, James M.D. Day, Nobumichi Shimizu, Katherine A. Kelley

Graduate School of Oceanography Faculty Publications

Mangaia hosts the most radiogenic Pb-isotopic compositions observed in ocean island basalts and represents the HIMU (high µ = ²³⁸U/²⁰⁴Pb) mantle end-member, thought to result from recycled oceanic crust. Complete geochemical characterization of the HIMU mantle end-member has been inhibited due to a lack of deep submarine glass samples from HIMU localities. We homogenized olivine-hosted melt inclusions separated from Mangaia lavas and the resulting glassy inclusions made possible the first volatile abundances to be obtained from the HIMU mantle end-member. We also report major and trace element abundances and Pb-isotopic ratios on the inclusions, which have HIMU …

Hst Hot-Jupiter Transmission Spectral Survey: Detection Of Potassium In Wasp-31b Along With A Cloud Deck And Rayleigh Scattering, David K. Sing, Hannah R. Wakeford, Adam P. Showman, Nikolay Nikolov, Jonathan J. Fortney, Adam Burrows, Gilda E. Ballester, Drake Deming, Suzanne Aigrain, Jean-Michel Désert, Neale P. Gibson, Gregory W. Henry, Heather Knutson, Alain Lecavelier Des Etangs, Frederic Pont, Alfred Vidal-Madjar, Michael H. Williamson, Paul A. Wilson

Information Systems and Engineering Management Research Publications

We present Hubble Space Telescope optical and near-IR transmission spectra of the transiting hot-Jupiter WASP-31b. The spectrum covers 0.3–1.7 μm at a resolution R ∼ 70, which we combine with Spitzer photometry to cover the full-optical to IR. The spectrum is dominated by a cloud deck with a flat transmission spectrum which is apparent at wavelengths > 0.52 μm. The cloud deck is present at high altitudes and low pressures, as it covers the majority of the expected optical Na line and near-IR H2O features. While Na i absorption is not clearly identified, the resulting spectrum does show a very strong …

Turbidity-Based Sediment Monitoring In Northern Thailand: Hysteresis, Variability, And Uncertainty, Shawn G. Benner, Spencer H. Wood

Geosciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Annual total suspended solid (TSS) loads in the Mae Sa River in northern Thailand, determined with an automated, turbidity-based monitoring approach, were approximately 62,000, 33,000, and 14,000 Mg during the three years of observation. These loads were equivalent to basin yields of 839 (603-1170), 445 (217-462), and 192 (108-222) Mg km^-2 for the 74.16-km² catchment during 2006, 2007, and 2008, respectively. The yearly uncertainty ranges indicate our loads may be underestimated by 38-43% or overestimated by 28-33%. In determining the annual loads, discharge (Q) and turbidity (T) values were compared against 333 hand-sampled total suspended solid concentrations (TSS) …

Aquatic Hazard Assessment Of A Commercial Sample Of Naphthenic Acids., James P. Swigert, Carol Lee, Diana C.L. Wong, Russell White, Alan G. Scarlett, Charles E. West, Steven J. Rowland

More Faculty of Science and Engineering Research

This paper presents chemical composition and aquatic toxicity characteristics of a commercial sample of naphthenic acids (NAs). Naphthenic acids are derived from the refining of petroleum middle distillates and can contribute to refinery effluent toxicity. NAs are also present in oil sands process-affected water (OSPW), but differences in the NAs compositions from these sources precludes using a common aquatic toxicity dataset to represent the aquatic hazards of NAs from both origins. Our chemical characterization of a commercial sample of NAs showed it to contain in order of abundance, 1-ring>2-ring>acyclic>3-ring acids (∼84%). Also present were monoaromatic acids (7%) …

Inhibitory Effect Of Gold Nanoparticles On The D-Ribose Glycation Of Bovine Serum Albumin, Weixi Liu, Menashi A. Cohenford, Leslie Frost, Champika Seneviratne, Joel A. Dain

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) by nonenzymatic glycation of proteins is a major contributory factor to the pathophysiology of diabetic conditions including senile dementia and atherosclerosis. This study describes the inhibitory effect of gold nanoparticles (GNPs) on the D-ribose glycation of bovine serum albumin (BSA). A combination of analytical methods including ultraviolet–visible spectrometry, high performance liquid chromatography, circular dichroism, and matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectrometry were used to determine the extent of BSA glycation in the presence of citrate reduced spherical GNPs of various sizes and concentrations. GNPs of particle diameters ranging from 2 nm to …

11/26/2014 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 11/26/2014. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

State V. Burggraf Clerk's Record Dckt. 42491

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

State V. Tomlinson Respondent's Brief Dckt. 41913

Idaho Supreme Court Records & Briefs, All

No abstract provided.

Today - November 26, 2014, Loma Linda University Health

TODAY

Inside this issue:

-- Nichole Nordeman headlines ThankSharing Concert and Food Drive held in Redlands
-- Loma Linda University receives national grant to train entry-level health care workers
-- Reunion celebrates School of Dentistry's five years of successful PNAM-augmented cleft lip and palate repairs
-- 'Hiring blitz' brings 128 nurses on board
-- Grateful mother and March of Dimes volunteer thanks LLUMC
-- Pedestrian bridge over Campus Street opens
-- LLU dental hygiene students run Relay for Life
-- Annual colloquium trains faculty to enhance learning
-- Last flight of the big gray owl disrupts Southwestern adventure for Global Health …

Unraveling Cultural Knots: Exploring Narratives Of Intercultural Marriages Between Mexicans And Americans, Adrianna Renata Valenzuela

Theses and Dissertations

Narratives function to help us make decisions about what we do in our lives and in the lives of others. This study focuses on the intercultural marriages of three women who share Mexican and American cultures. Being a wife of a native Mexican, I proceed to examine the stories of how these three women were able to preserve or merge their cultural identity in the marriage and how they coped with the differences based on the following themes: culture, religion, and traditions. I composed three narratives based on the experiences of these women and incorporated an analysis of my findings …

Landscape Of Consciousness, Julia R. Baugh

Theses and Dissertations

In my ceramic work, characteristics of magnified microbes, undulations of texture, and gouged shapes recur and appear to blend with inner human anatomy, woodland forms, underwater landscapes and decomposed life. Some of these influences are linked to my childhood. Other experiences come from my career in the respiratory care field and in my international travels. Like any artist, my life experiences, as much as the clay itself, are the materials of my art. My work holds some familiar concept, feeling, or recollection in a figurative piece or vessel. The decorative choices I make form a tight mesh that weaves together …

Reflective Assessment: Using Reflection And Portfolios To Assess Student Learning In A Writing Center, Kelsie Hope Walker

Theses and Dissertations

As writing centers continue to petition for status, funding, and authority on university and college campuses, writing center research and assessment practices continue to evolve. Within the last 10 years, writing center administrators have turned to assessing the writing center based on student learning outcomes (SLOs). This research summarizes the assessment history of writing centers and then proposes a pilot study that uses portfolios and reflection as a way to assess student learning in a writing center on a metropolitan, four-year university campus. This research also discusses the pilot study in terms of future research and implications.

A Digital History Of North Little Rock Mayor Ross Lawhon, Kimberly Anne Pipkin

Theses and Dissertations

My thesis topic is Mayor Ross Luther Lawhon and his time in the office of mayor of North Little Rock, Arkansas. Mr. Lawhon was a major player in getting the city to where it is today. Ross Luther Lawhon was born in Floresvlle, Texas on June 28, 1894. He was the son of Luther Allen and Virginia Worsham Lawhon. He served in World War I as a corporal. Mr. Lawhon came to North Little Rock, Arkansas in 1923 where he stepped into the political atmosphere of the town. He was instrumental in getting the post office of North Little Rock …