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Characterization Of Corneal Biomechanics Using Customized Atomic Force Microscopy Techniques, Janice Maxine Dias Dec 2014

Characterization Of Corneal Biomechanics Using Customized Atomic Force Microscopy Techniques, Janice Maxine Dias

Open Access Dissertations

Corneal biomechanics has become an increasingly important field within ophthalmology. Striving to establish a relationship between corneal physiological structure and function, corneal biomechanics is an objective, quantitative measure that aids in the development and improvement of diagnostic and therapeutic methods for corneal-related diseases. The goal of this project was to advance the technology of Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) as a suitable characterization technique within the field of corneal biomechanics. The studies of this project include the development of AFM instrumentation, experimental techniques, and models to measure the elastic, viscoelastic, and poroelastic properties of the cornea in situ. Such developed instrumentation, …

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Competitive Replacement Of Invasive Congeners May Relax Impact On Native Species: Interactions Among Zebra, Quagga, And Native Unionid Mussels, Lyubov E. Burlakova, Brianne L. Tulumello, Alexander Y. Karatayev, Robert A. Krebs, Donald W. Schloesser, Wendy L. Paterson, Traci A. Griffith, Mariah W. Scott, Todd Crail, David T. Zanatta Dec 2014

Competitive Replacement Of Invasive Congeners May Relax Impact On Native Species: Interactions Among Zebra, Quagga, And Native Unionid Mussels, Lyubov E. Burlakova, Brianne L. Tulumello, Alexander Y. Karatayev, Robert A. Krebs, Donald W. Schloesser, Wendy L. Paterson, Traci A. Griffith, Mariah W. Scott, Todd Crail, David T. Zanatta

Biological, Geological, and Environmental Faculty Publications

Determining when and where the ecological impacts of invasive species will be most detrimental and whether the effects of multiple invaders will be superadditive, or subadditive, is critical for developing global management priorities to protect native species in advance of future invasions. Over the past century, the decline of freshwater bivalves of the family Unionidae has been greatly accelerated by the invasion of Dreissena. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the current infestation rates of unionids by zebra (Dreissena polymorpha) and quagga (D. rostriformis bugensis) mussels in the lower Great Lakes region 25 …

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Essential Teaching Practices – Do They Exist?, Geoff N. Masters Dec 2014

Essential Teaching Practices – Do They Exist?, Geoff N. Masters

Teacher columnist – Geoff Masters

Professor Geoff Masters discusses several practices that he would advance are part of the generic ‘essence’ of effective teaching.

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December 9, 2014, University Of Mississippi. Faculty Senate Dec 2014

December 9, 2014, University Of Mississippi. Faculty Senate

Meeting Minutes

Minutes for the December 9, 2014 meeting of the University of Mississippi Faculty Senate.

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The Patriot Talon (December 9, 2014), University Of Texas At Tyler Dec 2014

The Patriot Talon (December 9, 2014), University Of Texas At Tyler

The Patriot Talon/The Patriot

The official newspaper for the University of Texas at Tyler before it was changed back to the UT Tyler Patriot. Articles in this issue include: Houston Engineering Center expands, Enrollment triples amid demand for engineering jobs; Graduation: #thestruggle, working students have trouble graduating on time; Police increase security at apartment; More bike racks coming?, Student Government Association proposes project to bring bike racks, repair stations to campus; Barbie dolls and beauty, Are dolls really just perpetuating stereotypes?; Lammily is just more proof that 'beauty' is still all about looks; Is Barbie really to blame for our unrealistic beauty expectations?; 'Feminism' …

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Spartan Daily, December 9, 2014, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Dec 2014

Spartan Daily, December 9, 2014, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily (School of Journalism and Mass Communications)

Volume 143, Issue 40

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Deposition Of Fr. Lucian C. Hendren, Hall & Monagle, Llc Dec 2014

Deposition Of Fr. Lucian C. Hendren, Hall & Monagle, Llc

Other Depositions

No abstract provided.

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Student Piano Showcase, Mia Barinaga, Jaycie Kim, Brittany Buendia, Jovan Majano, Gina Kouyoumdjian, Stella Monshaw, Christiane Moon, Varsenik Aslanyan, Elliot Wulff, Daniel Shipley, Rachel Danielson, Duke Kim, Alayne Hsieh, Gloria Cho, Heather Moore, Connie Tu, Arsen Jamkotchian, Kristi Mckinley Dec 2014

Student Piano Showcase, Mia Barinaga, Jaycie Kim, Brittany Buendia, Jovan Majano, Gina Kouyoumdjian, Stella Monshaw, Christiane Moon, Varsenik Aslanyan, Elliot Wulff, Daniel Shipley, Rachel Danielson, Duke Kim, Alayne Hsieh, Gloria Cho, Heather Moore, Connie Tu, Arsen Jamkotchian, Kristi Mckinley

Printed Performance Programs (PDF Format)

No abstract provided.

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Daily Eastern News: December 09, 2014, Eastern Illinois University Dec 2014

Daily Eastern News: December 09, 2014, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

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Bobby Johnson V. Draeger Safety Diagnostics Inc Dec 2014

Bobby Johnson V. Draeger Safety Diagnostics Inc

2014 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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Usa V. Arthur D'Amario, Iii Dec 2014

Usa V. Arthur D'Amario, Iii

2014 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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Miguel Garcia V. Warden Fort Dix Fci Dec 2014

Miguel Garcia V. Warden Fort Dix Fci

2014 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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White-Nose Syndrome Initiates A Cascade Of Physiologic Disturbances In The Hibernating Bat Host, Michelle L. Verant, Carol U. Meteyer, John R. Speakman Dec 2014

White-Nose Syndrome Initiates A Cascade Of Physiologic Disturbances In The Hibernating Bat Host, Michelle L. Verant, Carol U. Meteyer, John R. Speakman

KIP Articles

The physiological effects of white-nose syndrome (WNS) in hibernating bats and ultimate causes of mortality from infection with Pseudogymnoascus (formerly Geomyces) destructans are not fully understood. Increased frequency of arousal from torpor described among hibernating bats with late-stage WNS is thought to accelerate depletion of fat reserves, but the physiological mechanisms that lead to these alterations in hibernation behavior have not been elucidated. We used the doubly labeled water (DLW) method and clinical chemistry to evaluate energy use, body composition changes, and blood chemistry perturbations in hibernating little brown bats (Myotis lucifugus) experimentally infected with P. destructans to better understand …

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Not Just A Theory--The Utility Of Mathematical Models In Evolutionary Biology, Maria R. Servedio, Yaniv Brandvain, Sumit Dhole, Courtney L. Fitzpatrick, Emma E. Goldberg, Caitlin A. Stern, Jeremy Van Cleve, D. Justin Yeh Dec 2014

Not Just A Theory--The Utility Of Mathematical Models In Evolutionary Biology, Maria R. Servedio, Yaniv Brandvain, Sumit Dhole, Courtney L. Fitzpatrick, Emma E. Goldberg, Caitlin A. Stern, Jeremy Van Cleve, D. Justin Yeh

Biology Faculty Publications

Progress in science often begins with verbal hypotheses meant to explain why certain biological phenomena exist. An important purpose of mathematical models in evolutionary research, as in many other fields, is to act as “proof-of-concept” tests of the logic in verbal explanations, paralleling the way in which empirical data are used to test hypotheses. Because not all subfields of biology use mathematics for this purpose, misunderstandings of the function of proof-of-concept modeling are common. In the hope of facilitating communication, we discuss the role of proof-of-concept modeling in evolutionary biology.

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A New Approach To Interior Lighting Design :Early Stage Research In Ireland, James Duff, Kevin Kelly Dec 2014

A New Approach To Interior Lighting Design :Early Stage Research In Ireland, James Duff, Kevin Kelly

SDAR* Journal of Sustainable Design & Applied Research

Current standards for interior lighting design are discussed and an alternative design methodology proposed. Cuttle has previously suggested a new criterion be defined as perceived adequacy of illumination (PAI), and that the metric for specifying minimum illumination standards becomes mean room surface exitance (MRSE). This metric specifies the overall brightness of illumination, enabling its distribution to be planned in terms of target/ ambient illuminance ratio (TAIR). This new methodology is explained, analysed and discussed along with on-going research at the Dublin Institute of Technology.

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Water-Level Changes And Change In Water In Storage In The High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment To 2013 And 2011-13, Virginia L. Mcguire Dec 2014

Water-Level Changes And Change In Water In Storage In The High Plains Aquifer, Predevelopment To 2013 And 2011-13, Virginia L. Mcguire

United States Geological Survey: Water Reports and Publications

The High Plains aquifer underlies 111.8 million acres (about 175,000 square miles) in parts of eight States—Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Wyoming. Water-level declines began in parts of the High Plains aquifer soon after the beginning of substantial irrigation with groundwater in the aquifer area (about 1950). This report presents water-level changes in the High Plains aquifer from predevelopment (generally before 1950) to 2013 and from 2011 to 2013. The report also presents change in water in storage in the High Plains aquifer from predevelopment to 2013 and from 2011 to 2013.

The methods to …

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Kansas V. Nebraska & Colorado: Keeping Equity Afloat In The Republican River Dispute, Charles Punia Dec 2014

Kansas V. Nebraska & Colorado: Keeping Equity Afloat In The Republican River Dispute, Charles Punia

Duke Journal of Constitutional Law & Public Policy Sidebar

This commentary previews an upcoming Supreme Court case, Kansas v. Nebraska & Colorado. The Supreme Court will have the opportunity to resolve a decades-old conflict over water rights in the Republican River which flows through Colorado, Nebraska, and Kansas. In this case of original jurisdiction, the Court will determine both whether Nebraska violated a 60-year old compact concerning water rights, and what the appropriate remedy should be for that violation.

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Omnidirectional Mobility Device, Merry L. Morris, Thomas Messerschmidt, Tim John Lewis Dec 2014

Omnidirectional Mobility Device, Merry L. Morris, Thomas Messerschmidt, Tim John Lewis

USF Patents

No abstract provided.

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Methods And Materials For Increasing Potency Of Cells (Con 1), Kiminobu Sugaya, Angel Alvarez Dec 2014

Methods And Materials For Increasing Potency Of Cells (Con 1), Kiminobu Sugaya, Angel Alvarez

UCF Patents

Disclosed herein are methods and materials for producing a more developmentally potent cell from a less developmentally potent cell. Specifically exemplified herein are methods that comprise introducing an expressible dedifferentiating polynucleotide sequence into a less developmentally potent cell, wherein the transfected less developmentally potent cell becomes a more developmentally potent cell capable of differentiating to a less developmentally potent cell of its lineage of origin or a different lineage.

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The Sun Star Vol 34 No 14 (December 9th, 2014), N/A N/A Dec 2014

The Sun Star Vol 34 No 14 (December 9th, 2014), N/A N/A

Sun Star

No abstract provided.

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Impact Of Minimum Wages On Employment: Evidence From China, Jinlan Ni, Guangxin Wang, Xianguo Yao Dec 2014

Impact Of Minimum Wages On Employment: Evidence From China, Jinlan Ni, Guangxin Wang, Xianguo Yao

Economics Faculty Publications

This article examines the impact of the minimum wage on employment in China using data from 2000 to 2005. The effect of the minimum wage on employment levels was found to be mixed. Overall, minimum wages have no significantly adverse effect on employment. In particular, the results in the eastern region of China indicate few significant negative effects, which is consistent with the minimum wage theory in the competitive market. In contrast, the central and western regions experience few significantly positive effects, which is consistent with the theory in the monopsony model. The results are robust regardless of ownership (non-state-owned …

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Assessing Risk Factors And Levels Of Functioning Across The Continuum Of Psychosis, James Castorina Dec 2014

Assessing Risk Factors And Levels Of Functioning Across The Continuum Of Psychosis, James Castorina

Theses and Dissertations

Schizophrenia and other related psychotic disorders are often associated with impairments in social and general functioning. It has been proposed that there may be underlying factors such as personality traits or cognitive abilities that contribute to one's psychosis proneness, or levels of schizotypy. In the current study, we expect to see a decline in overall functioning and verbal memory according to symptom severity. Particularly, we hypothesize a similar pattern with overall functioning and verbal memory in regards to negative symptomology with comparable results between an outpatient sample and those with high levels of schizotypy. Furthermore, based on prior research, we …

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Development Of Long Endurance Small Unmanned Aerial System, Andreas Quainoo Dec 2014

Development Of Long Endurance Small Unmanned Aerial System, Andreas Quainoo

Honors Theses

The purpose of this Senior Design Project is to design, build, and test an Unmanned Aerial System (UAS). This will be used as a test platform for airborne electronics. The intended capabilities of this project include a 12-hour flight time, the ability to carry 5 lbs of payload, and the ability to recharge the batteries of electronics while in the air. With these parameters in mind, the focus of the design was on endurance, and, by extension, efficiency and durability. Upon completion, the aircraft and its onboard systems was constructed and evaluated. Secondary products of this project include an instrumented …

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Teacher Guidebook For Esl Students, Ashley Ramo Dec 2014

Teacher Guidebook For Esl Students, Ashley Ramo

Honors Theses

Language is the core of one’s identity, as it is essential in order to competently communicate and interact with other humans. Language preserves culture, and when educators are able to effectively teach English-as-a-Second-Language to students, it conveys respect for that culture. American society is highly culturally pluralistic which brings many languages into the classroom. Students bring their own experiences with them to school, including various native languages and a vast array of levels in English; some may not know a single word in English. Educators will encounter ESL students no matter what the location in the United States may be, …

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Pathways To Sustainable Development, Ishrat Husain Dr. Dec 2014

Pathways To Sustainable Development, Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Talks, Speeches, & Discourse

I would venture to broaden the scope of sustainable Development to include shared growth. After innumerable debates and discussions among the academic, practitioners and civil society Organizations, it has now been established that the concept of economic growth synonymous with increases in per capita income is too narrow and limiting. Various alternative conventional concepts such as Quality of Growth, Pattern of Growth, Growth with Redistribution, and Inclusive Growth have entered the vocabulary at several periods of time. One of the lessons we have learnt from the experience of the past few decades is that rapid economic growth has led to …

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Dynamical X-Ray Diffraction From Arbitrary Semiconductor Heterostructures Containing Dislocations, Paul Rago Dec 2014

Dynamical X-Ray Diffraction From Arbitrary Semiconductor Heterostructures Containing Dislocations, Paul Rago

Master's Theses

High-resolution x-ray diffraction is a valuable non-destructive tool for the structural characterization of semiconductor heterostructures, and measured diffraction profiles contain information on the depth profiles of strain, composition, and defect densities in device structures. Much of this information goes untapped because the lack of phase information prevents direct inversion of the diffraction profile. A common practice is to use dynamical simulations in conjunction with a curve-fitting procedure to extract the profiles of strain and composition in the depth of the material. Prior to this work, the dynamical simulations have been based on perfect, dislocation-free laminar crystals, and this renders the …

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December 9, 2014, The Dakota Student Dec 2014

December 9, 2014, The Dakota Student

The Dakota Student

No abstract provided.

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Toy Train Group Ii, Track Laying Train, William Andersen, Jordan Zwetchkenbaum, Chiamaka Asinugo Dec 2014

Toy Train Group Ii, Track Laying Train, William Andersen, Jordan Zwetchkenbaum, Chiamaka Asinugo

Mechanical Engineering Design Project Class

No abstract provided.

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Jackson V. State Appellant's Brief Dckt. 42116 Dec 2014

Jackson V. State Appellant's Brief Dckt. 42116

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

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State V. Lemmons Appellant's Brief 2 Dckt. 41278 Dec 2014

State V. Lemmons Appellant's Brief 2 Dckt. 41278

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

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