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Gender Diversity In The Patent Bar, Saurabh Vishnubhakat

Faculty Scholarship

This article describes the state of gender diversity across technology and geography within the U.S. patent bar. The findings rely on a new gender-matched dataset, the first public dataset of its kind, not only of all attorneys and agents registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office, but also of attorneys and agents on patents granted by the USPTO. To enable follow-on research, the article describes all data and methodology and offers suggestions for refinement. This study is timely in view of renewed interest about the participation of women in the U.S. innovation ecosystem, notably the provision …

Transients In The Synchronization Of Oscillator Arrays, Carlos E. Cantos, J. J. P. Veerman

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications and Presentations

The purpose of this note is threefold. First we state a few conjectures that allow us to rigorously derive a theory which is asymptotic in N (the number of agents) that describes transients in large arrays of (identical) linear damped harmonic oscillators in R with completely decentralized nearest neighbor interaction. We then use the theory to establish that in a certain range of the parameters transients grow linearly in the number of agents (and faster outside that range). Finally, in the regime where this linear growth occurs we give the constant of proportionality as a function of the signal velocities …

บทบรรณาธิการ

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

การพัฒนาภูมิทัศน์วัฒนธรรมเพื่อส่งเสริมแห่งท่องเที่ยวของเมืองเก่าวรนคร จังหวัดน่าน, มณีรัตน์ ภาจันทร์คู, เกริก กิตติคุณ

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

เศรษฐศาสตร์เพื่อการจัดการพื้นที่อุทยานแห่งชาติ, ธนัฎฐ์ตฤณ บุนนาค

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

ถ่านชีวภาพ : วัสดุปรับปรุงคุณภาพดินและเพิ่มผลผลิตทางการเกษตร, เสาวนีย์ วิจิตรโกสุม, เปรมสุดา จิ๋วนอก

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

การกระจายตัวของตะกั่วในพื้นที่เกษตรกรรมชุมชนคลิตี้, ธีรวิทย์ ปูผ้า, บุณยฤทธิ์ ปัญญาภิญโญผล, วรพจน์ กนกกัณฑพงษ์, ประเสริฐ ภวสันต์

Thai Environment

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การป้องกันมลพิษจากขยะจากเรือตามอนุสัญญา Marpol 73/78, เฉลิมพงษ์ เสนารักษ์

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

Methane Hydrate - น้ำแข็งเชื้อเพลิง พลังงานแห่งอนาคตหรือตัวปัญหาเร่งโลกร้อน, ธีรพล คังคะเกตุ

Thai Environment

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of Physical Activity On The Reading Achievement Of Middle School Students, Christina N. Phillips

Graduate Student Dissertations, Theses, Capstones, and Portfolios

This study analyzed the relationship between reading achievement and the use of Exergames an intervention, to investigate the areas in which physical activity can improve reading achievement among struggling readers, and to understand the amount of minutes and levels of intensity of physically active adolescents that supports reading achievement. The need for an innovative reading intervention has become more urgent because of the lack of improved reading achievement in the United States. In addition, students should not lose access to physical activity in an attempt to increase reading achievement. Using a quasi-experimental, pretest-posttest, nonequivalent group design, this study attempted to …

Demo 21, Columbia College Chicago

Alumni Newsletters

Alumni newsletter from Fall - Winter 2014 entitled "DEMO21." This issue is 52 pages.

The Law Is Made Of Stories: Erasing The False Dichotomy Between Stories And Legal Rules, Stephen Paskey

Journal Articles

When lawyers think of legal analysis, they think chiefly of logic and reason. Stories are secondary. As Michael Smith explains, our legal system “is not founded on narrative reasoning” but on “a commitment to the rule of law.” The article suggests that this dichotomy between “rule-based reasoning” and “narrative reasoning” is false, and that narrative and stories are central to legal reasoning, including rule-based reasoning. In doing so, the article uses literary narrative theory to show that every governing legal rule has the structure of a “stock story”: the elements of the rule correspond to elements of a story. It …

Getting Beyond Abstract Confusion: How The United Kingdom's Jurisprudence Can Aid In Developing An Analytic Framework For Patent-Eligibility In Light Of Alice V. Cls Bank, Brendon Beheshti

Washington Journal of Law, Technology & Arts

This Article advocates consideration of the United Kingdom’s jurisprudence as persuasive authority for implementation of a new framework for analysis of subject matter eligibility of computer-implemented inventions in light of the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank International. The U.K.’s patent jurisprudence provides a more developed and clear analytic framework that conforms to the policy objectives of Alice, while also avoiding the conceptual problem of determining what is “abstract.” The result is a more useful and concrete analytic framework that also reduces conflicts of laws, and thus can help spur innovation across the …

Team Nathan Suspension, Frankie J. Wiggins, Alex D. Seitz, Justin P. Bautista

Mechanical Engineering

Nathan Cooper is an 8-year old boy with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA). SMA has affected Nathan’s muscle development and requires him to use the Standing Dani™ mobility device. The Standing Dani is a motorized standing wheelchair, or Wheelstand. Nathan controls and uses it to get around. Though the Standing Dani performs well for most functions, it has some distinct issues. The primary issue that this project addresses is its lack of suspension and the discomfort that Nathan feels as a result. After talking with our client, we developed several specifications generally related to geometry, safety, vehicle dynamics, and reliability. Many …

The Unimodality Of Pure O-Sequences Of Type Three In Three Variables, Bernadette Boyle

Mathematics Faculty Publications

Since the 1970’s, great interest has been taken in the study of pure O-sequences, which are in bijective correspondence to the Hilbert functions of Artinian level monomial algebras. Much progress has been made in classifying these by their shape. It has been shown that all monomial complete intersections, Artinian algebras in two variables and Artinian level monomial algebras with type two in both three and four variables have unimodal Hilbert functions. This paper proves that Artinian level monomial algebras of type three in three variables have unimodal Hilbert functions. We will also discuss the licciness of these algebras.

Deepwater Transboundary Hydrocarbons: Considerations For Exploitation At The Edge Of Continental Margins Under The United Nations Convention On Thelaw Of The Sea (1982) Between Coastal States And The International Seabed Authority, Erik A. Neff

University of Miami International and Comparative Law Review

No abstract provided.

Configuration Spaces Of Convex And Embedded Polygons In The Plane, Don H. Shimamoto, Mary K. Wootters , '08

Mathematics & Statistics Faculty Works

This paper concerns the topology of configuration spaces of linkages whose underlying graph is a single cycle. Assume that the edge lengths are such that there are no configurations in which all the edges lie along a line. The main results are that, modulo translations and rotations, each component of the space of convex configurations is homeomorphic to a closed Euclidean ball and each component of the space of embedded configurations is homeomorphic to a Euclidean space. This represents an elaboration on the topological information that follows from the convexification theorem of Connelly, Demaine, and Rote.

Prognostic Value Of Estimated Functional Capacity Incremental To Cardiac Biomarkers In Stable Cardiac Patients, W.H. Wilson Tang, Eric J. Topol, Yiying Fan, Yuping Wu, Leslie Cho, Cindy Stevenson, Stephen G. Ellis, Stanley L. Hazen

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

Background: Few studies have investigated functional capacity self-assessment tools in either prediction of future major adverse cardiac outcomes beyond all-cause mortality or direct comparisons with clinically available biomarkers. Methods and Results: We estimated functional capacity using the Duke Activity Status Index (DASI) questionnaire in 8987 sequential stable patients without acute coronary syndrome who were undergoing elective diagnostic coronary angiography with 3-year follow-up of major adverse cardiac events (death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or stroke). A low DASI score provided independent prediction of a 4.8-fold increase in future risk of incident major adverse cardiac events at 3 years (quartiles 1 versus 4 …

The Cost Of Nothing Trumps The Value Of Everything: The Failure Of Regulatory Economics To Keep Pace With Improvements In Quantitative Risk Analysis, Adam M. Finkel

Michigan Journal of Environmental & Administrative Law

The entire U.S. federal regulatory apparatus, especially that part devoted to reducing (or deciding not to reduce) risks to the environment, health, and safety (EHS), relies increasingly on judgments of whether each regulation would yield benefits in excess of its costs. These judgments depend in turn upon empirical analysis of the potential increases in longevity, quality of life, and environmental quality that the regulation can confer, and also of the economic resources needed to “purchase” those benefits—analyses whose quality can range from extremely fine to disappointingly poor. The quality of a risk analysis (from which the benefits of control are …

A Study Of Shock Analysis Using The Finite Element Method Verified With Euler-Bernoulli Beam Theory; Mechanical Effects Due To Pulse Width Variation Of Shock Inputs; And Evaluation Of Shock Response Of A Mixed Flow Fan, David Jonathan Gonzalez Campos

Master's Theses

A Study Of Shock Analysis Using The Finite Element Method Verified With Euler-Bernoulli Beam Theory; Mechanical Effects Due To Pulse Width Variation Of Shock Inputs; And Evaluation Of Shock Response Of A Mixed Flow Fan

David Jonathan González Campos

For many engineers that use finite element analysis or FEA, it is very important to know how to properly model and obtain accurate solutions for complicated loading conditions such as shock loading. Transient acceleration loads, such as shocks, are not as common as static loads. Analyzing these types of problems is less understood, which is the basis for this study. FEA …

Erratum: Search For The Associated Production Of The Higgs Boson With A Top-Quark Pair, The Cms Collaboration, V. Khachatryan, A. M. Sirunyan, Marc M. Baarmand, Marcus Hohlmann, Himali Kalakhety, Francisco Yumiceva

Aerospace, Physics, and Space Science Faculty Publications

Erratum:

The x-axis of figure 2, lower left panel (“Lepton + >- 6 jets + 2 b-tags”) should be replaced with “3rd highest CSV output”.

University Of Nebraska At Omaha Biomechanics Research Building Annual Report, Fall 2014, Biomechanics Research Building

Biomechanics Annual Report

This annual report features:

Letter from the Directer; COBRE Grant Press Release

Updates - Our New Building; Visitors; Moving on Up; Why Choose BRB as a Student?; Where Are They Now?; From the Bench to the Market

Projects - Neuroscience; NASA: Stimulation of the Sensory System; Motor Development; Variability Studies; Path Integration; Peripheral Artery Disease and Aging

Other Content - Beyond our Borders; Journal Club; Awards; Faculty Travels; Conferences; NE Science Fest; Campaign for Nebraska

A Tale Of Two Trials: The Impact Of 5Α-Reductase Inhibition On Prostate Cancer (Review), John M. Lacy, Natasha Kyprianou

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry Faculty Publications

The use of 5α-reductase inhibitors (5α-RIs) as prostate cancer chemoprevention agents is controversial. Two large randomized trials, the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial (PCPT) and the Reduction by Dutasteride of Prostate Cancer Events (REDUCE) Trial, have both shown a decreased incidence of prostate cancer in patients administered with 5α-RIs. Both studies showed, however, an increased risk of higher-grade prostate cancer. Numerous studies have since analyzed the inherent biases in these landmark studies and have used mathematical modeling to estimate the true incidence of prostate cancer and the risk for high-grade prostate cancer in patients undergoing 5α-RI treatment. All primary publications associated …

A New Spin On Fair Sharing, Megan Wickstrom, Nicole Wessman-Enzinger

Faculty Publications - College of Education

Students often have difficulties making connections between rational number concepts and their relationships to other mathematical applications and real world situations (Johanning, 2008). Researchers have advocated that students should experience using rational numbers with multiple and varied models integrated into context (Empson & Levi, 2011). In this article, we discuss a lesson that drew upon probabilistic reasoning as a means to help students connect rational number reasoning to real world situations. Probabilistic situations act as an extension to rational numbers in that they often involve fractional models and encourage students to reason through topics, such as part to whole relationships …

How Discordant Morphological And Molecular Evolution Among Microorganisms Can Revise Our Notions Of Biodiversity On Earth, Daniel J.G. Lahr, Haywood Dail Laughinghouse, Angela M. Oliverio, Feng Gao, Laura A. Katz

Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Microscopy has revealed tremendous diversity of bacterial and eukaryotic forms. Recent molecular analyses show discordance in estimates of biodiversity between morphological and molecular analyses. Moreover, phylogenetic analyses of the diversity of microbial forms reveal evidence of convergence at scales as deep as interdomain: morphologies shared between bacteria and eukaryotes. Here, we highlight examples of such discordance, focusing on exemplary lineages such as testate amoebae, ciliates, and cyanobacteria. These have long histories of morphological study, enabling deeper analyses on both the molecular and morphological sides. We discuss examples in two main categories: (i) morphologically identical (or highly similar) individuals that are …

Inconversation, Lyndall Adams, Claire Alexander, Emily Alexander, Frances Barbe, Majella Barbe, Megan Moe Beitiks, Gemma Ben-Ary, Anna Bowen, Heather Boyd, Melisa Charenko, Danna Checksfield, Nandi Chinna, Katie Chown, Lucinda Coleman, Hannah Conda, Samantha Crameri-Miller, Paddi Creevey, Wayne Cristaudo, Cornelius Delaney, Leonie Dunlop, Mace Francis, Rusty Geller, Sue Girak, Miik Green, Louise Helfgott, Catherine Higham, Rebecca Ingram, Teresa Izzard, Marija Jukic, Christopher Kueh, Jacob Lehrer, Carolyne Lewis, Johannes Luebbers, J Scott Macivor, Alex Mckee, Vahri Mckenzie, Gabrielle Metcalf, Nick Mortime, Astrida Neimanis, Renée Newman-Storen, Charity Ng, Finn Pedersen, Perdita Phillips, Marcella Polain, Sarah Robinson, Nien Schwarz, Liz Stops, Rochelle Summerfield, Sharon Thompson, Paul Uhlmann, Mats Undén, George Walley, Min Zhu

ECU Books

inConversation was a collaborative exhibition amongst creative higher degree by research candidates (from the School of Communications and Arts and the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts), local, national and international arts practitioners and researchers from different art forms and discipline backgrounds. The exhibition invited conversations between artists and researcher collaborators working together to produce a broad range of creative works, culminating in an exhibition titled inConversation, staged at Edith Cowan University’s Spectrum Project Space in October 2014.

The context for the inConversation exhibition aimed to inform and expand on current debates about the challenges and benefits of inter- and …

Probability, Professionalism, And Protecting Taxpayers, Bradley T. Borden, Dennis J. Ventry

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Game Studies Round Table, Judd Ethan Ruggill, Tobias Conradi, Steven Conway, Ken S. Mcallister, Rolf F. Nohr, Theo Röhle

Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture

[First paragraph]

This conversation began as a salon that was convened in February 2014, just after the 35th annual conference of the Southwest Popular/American Culture Association (SWPACA). The theme for the salon was localism, with a principal focus on how the field of game studies is arrayed across countries, institutions, and time. The participants spanned the experiential spectrum from post doctoral researcher to dean, and represented three of the most developed regions in game studies and the industry it analyzes: Europe (Germany), Australia, and the U.S. The questions were prepared in advance by Ken McAllister and Judd Ruggill, who moderated …

Spills, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Energy & Environmental Research Center resource on oil- and gas-related spills, including types of spills and methods of spill cleanup. [This item is an outdated or superseded version and retained for historical purposes only. It may no longer reflect current information, policies, or practices.]

Long-Term Protection Of Freshwater Resources Following Co2 Storage, University Of North Dakota. Energy And Environmental Research Center

EERC Brochures and Fact Sheets

Fact sheet about mechanisms used to protect freshwater resources following CO₂ injection. Outlines U.S. Department of Energy’s research on water safety. [This item is an outdated or superseded version and retained for historical purposes only. It may no longer reflect current information, policies, or practices.]