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Chromatic Dispersion Compensation In Electrical Domain Via Signal Pre-Distortion Using A Dual-Drive Mach-Zehnder Modulator, Saivivek Bheemanathini

Theses

In recent years, evolution of technology has contributed a major role in the field of optical communication systems. There is an ever growing demand for transmitting signals at higher data rates and compensating the transmission impairments simultaneously. Speed of the signal transmission down the optical fiber is limited by transmission impairments that are characterized as linear or nonlinear losses. In my thesis, I lay a special emphasis on linear loss especially chromatic dispersion and it's effect on an optical signal down the fiber and study the compensation techniques in an electrical domain challenging the methods employed in an optical domain. …

Information Design For Medical Innovation: Raising Student Awareness Of Medical Design Potential, Brian W. Rosenberg

Theses

Medical design has the power to improve, prolong and save lives. Medical professionals and patients throughout the world face critical problems that can be addressed with design solutions developed in an academic setting. International collaboration fostered by universities can be a source of unique technology, cultural development and natural resources that can aid in the discovery and delivery of medical solutions. Projects developed through university based initiatives exemplify how effective information design benefits medical design applications.

MEDdesign is a program initiative of the Vignelli Center for Design Studies at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Through this international program, design students …

Pulsed Photonic Curing Of Conformal Printed Electronics, Sourav Das

Theses

As next-generation electronic products emerge, there is a need to create more electronic functionality in compact spaces. One of the techniques to achieve this is by integrating electronic circuitry on mechanical stress bearing parts of electro-mechanical products. Direct-write printing processes like inkjet printing and aerosol jet printing can be used to print conductive inks on conformal surfaces of mechanical components. Advanced curing/sintering processes such as pulsed photonic curing can be used to cure/sinter printed inks to produce conductive traces. However, the use of photonic curing on conformal surfaces introduces two sources of variability into the process, which are the distance …

Flaws In The Justice System: Examining The Angel Cordero Case, Rose C. Itzcovitz

Capstones

This article examines a case in criminal law that started 17 years ago and has yet to be resolved. Despite a plethora of mounting evidence, including a confession, more than a dozen witnesses, a proven false alibi, impeaching evidence against police and DNA evidence, Bronx-born Angel Cordero's conviction has yet to be overturned. The article breaks down what went wrong in the initial trial, discusses Cordero's multiple appeals and takes a broader look at what needs to change in today's judicial system.

Postural Responses To Perturbations Of The Vestibular System During Walking In Healthy Young And Older Adults, Jung Hung Chien

Theses & Dissertations

It has been shown that approximate one-third of US adults aged 40 years and older (69 million US citizens) have some type of vestibular problems. These declining abilities of the vestibular system affect quality of life. Difficulties in performing daily activities (dressing, bathing, getting in and out of the bed and etc.) have been highly correlated to loss of balance due to vestibular disorders. The exact number of people affected by vestibular disorders is still difficult to quantify. This might be because symptoms are difficult to describe and differences exist in the qualifying criteria within and across studies. Thus, it …

Ten-Year-Old Concussed Patient Participates In Research To Identify Biomarkers In Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Paleostress States And Tectonic Evolution Of The Early Mesozoic Hartford Basin, James Farrell

Master's Theses

No abstract provided.

The Constitution And Societal Norms: A Modern Case For Female Breast Equality, Brenna Helppie-Schmieder

DePaul Journal of Women, Gender and the Law

“The Constitution and Societal Norms: A Modern Case for Female Breast Equality” argues that laws prohibiting the public display of the female breast, but not the male breast, are unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause. That these laws discriminate against women is obvious, yet courts have historically refused to recognize an Equal Protection Clause violation. However, the primary reasons courts rely upon are ripe for review. Most significantly, courts typically justify female breast censorship laws based on the government interest in protecting public sensibilities, without recognizing that public sensibilities change. Indeed, perceptions of the public female breast have …

Covernance: Feminist Theory, The Islamic Veil, And The Strasbourg Court's Jurisprudence On Religious Dress-Appearance Restrictions, Amina Haleem

DePaul Journal of Women, Gender and the Law

This paper explores how the human right of religious freedom has been conceptually and pragmatically developed under international law within the European Court of Human Rights as applied to veiled Muslim women. This paper analyzes the application of human rights guarantees as established in the European Convention on Human Rights and case law established by the European Court that has interpreted international documents to determine the religious freedoms of veiled Muslim women in the public sphere. The analytical framework identifies the divergence between liberal and third wave feminist approaches to the Islamic veil, and identifies the feminist approaches to international …

Mothers Behind Bars: Breaking The Paradigm Of Prisoners, Anna Mangia

DePaul Journal of Women, Gender and the Law

Prison is an oppressive institution created for men, by men. While some may argue that oppression is the point of prison, this oppression is still created for and directed toward men. Because the paradigm of a prisoner is a violent male, the needs and concerns of women are often not considered. Female prisoners, therefore, experience layers of oppression: intended oppression inherent in the prison system, as well as gender-based oppression inherent in our society. Furthermore, incarcerated mothers experience a third layer of oppression due to their roles and expectations in society. “The mother” is glorified, but when a woman breaks …

Influential Factors In A Division Iii Student-Athlete’S College Decision, Matthew Taylor

Sport Management Undergraduate

The college athletics landscape is one that is vastly different across the three main divisions of the NCAA. Previous literature has examined a mixture of a number of different factors influencing the student-athletes college decision. This study has uncovered what are the most influential factors in a Division III student-athlete’s college decision. A cross-sectional survey consisting of a number of different types of questions including rank order questions, validation options, and open ended questions helped to gather the most accurate and appropriate data for this study. This survey was administered to all students on the St. John Fisher College campus, …

Which Comes First? Academics Vs. Athletics: A Diii Perspective, Eric Z. Lorraine

Sport Management Undergraduate

The implementation of NCAA Bylaw 2.14 otherwise known as the “20 hour rule” in 1991 was supposed to have universities’ student-athletes to have more time to focus on their academic pursuits. However, recent studies have shown that this Bylaw has had no significant impact in studies that were conducted on Division I student-athletes. This study examined the time conflicts and obligations that are faced by student-athletes from a Division III perspective. Data for this study was collected through the use of a cross sectional survey with a sample of 137 student-athletes at a private Division III college. The results of …

Delivering Efficient, Effective, And Streamlined Government To Illinois Taxpayers, Norman Walzer, Task Force On Government Consolidation And Unfunded Mandates

Reports, Whitepapers, Articles, and Other Publications

Options to streamline the system for delivering local government services in Illinois were significantly increased with passage of recommendations by the Task Force on Government Consolidation and Unfunded Mandates report issued in 2016. While no mandates were included, subsequent legislation enables residents and local public officials to redesign collaboration among local government units and agencies to deliver services in different ways, possibly at lower costs and property taxes. The report contains responses by 500 local public officials, plus the testimony and deliberations of the Task Force leading to subsequent legislation.

Calculus: An Integrated Approach, Matthew E. Cathey, Joseph A. Spivey

Faculty Books

This is a self-published digital textbook “Calculus: An Integrated Approach” by Matt Cathey and Joseph Spivey. The textbook covers a two-semester calculus sequence for Wofford College. The text is freely available for use under the terms of the creative commons copyright, found in the textbook file. The free software application Wolfram Player is required to read the textbook; it can be downloaded here: https://www.wolfram.com/player/.

Here is a video showing important features of the textbook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAPxqZP_LQg .

Here is a video helping Mac users troubleshoot the most common issues in installing and opening the textbook: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAPxqZP_LQg .

The complete, up-to-date …

The Environmental Impacts Of Colonialism, Lawrence Wood

Honors Program Theses and Projects

The politics of the global imperial era are having real-world environmental consequences globally, especially in the former colonies. Indifferent administration by overseas imperial powers transparently sought to enrich their home country with little to no thought about the long term environmental or political consequences for the colony. One of the main objectives of global imperialism, from the first Spanish colonies to the last of the British and Portuguese colonies, was the enhanced profitable extraction of resources. The industrial revolution fueled the need for colonial resource extraction. Industrialization and imperialism formed a positive feedback loop, in which one created a greater …

Jane Minot Sedgwick Ii And The World Of American Catholic Converts, 1820-1890, Erin M. Bartram

Doctoral Dissertations

When Jane Minot Sedgwick II (1821-1889), the daughter of an elite New England Unitarian family, became a Catholic in 1853, she joined a new faith culture while remaining embedded in the social world of her birth. As a young woman, she was uninterested in her family’s religious activities and uncomfortable with their zeal. This dissertation argues that Sedgwick only came to see Catholicism as a viable religious option after developing friendships with other elite women who had recently converted. After studying Catholicism for ten years, Sedgwick joined the Church, a decision she described as rational. In light of her independent …

Herath Heads Into Her Home Stretch, Ryan Upshaw

University of Mississippi News

Geological engineering, physics major has completed summer internships, NCPA research project

Five Year Institutional Master Plan, Uc Hastings College Of The Law

Long Range Campus Planning Archive

No abstract provided.

Moneyball To Moreyball: How Analytics Have Shaped The Nba Today, Joseph J. Catalfano

Sport Management Undergraduate

Moreyball is the concept of emphasizing three pointers and points in the paint over mid-range shots on offense, while forcing mid-range shots on defense. Understanding this concept is crucial not just for front office personnel, but the players and the coaches of the NBA. This research explored whether or not Moreyball accurately predicts success in the NBA. The methodology used multiple regressions between specific NBA statistics and the Win/Loss record of NBA teams. The results of this research showed that on its own, the main statistics of Moreyball were significant in predicting team success in the NBA. However when additional …

Three Strikes Law. Pre-1994 Strikes. Initiative Statute.

Initiatives

Provides that serious or violent felonies committed before passage of the three strikes law in 1994 do not count as strikes toward three strikes sentencing. Drops definition of crimes that count as strikes for purpose of three strikes law. Requires resentencing for certain three strikes inmates (and certain two strikes inmates) who committed pre-1994 serious and/or violent felonies. Applies savings from sentencing changes to low-income middle and high schools, California Community Colleges, University of California, and prison rehabilitation programs. Removes crime of criminal threats from list of serious felonies that may not be plea-bargained. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst …

Cosmic Dust, Maria Belina Manalang

Art

My thesis is a body of work collectively entitled Cosmic Dust. It consists of different series of paintings that I've produced as a Master of Fine Arts student here at University of Alaska Fairbanks. These series are the Drip Paintings, Celestial Objects, and Ellipsoids. Elements from different series sometimes combine to form hybrid paintings. Although I have categorized my paintings into these three series, they have many elements in common. They are all related to natural phenomena involving continuous cycles and the effects of gravitational force.

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Staff Council Meeting, December 2015, Marshall University Staff Council

Staff Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

A Model Microfluidics-Based System For The Human And Mouse Retina., Shawn Mishra, Ankush Thakur, Stephen Redenti, Maribel Vazquez

Publications and Research

The application of microfluidics technologies to the study of retinal function and response holds great promise for development of new and improved treatments for patients with degenerative retinal diseases. Restoration of vision via retinal transplantation therapy has been severely limited by the low numbers of motile cells observed post transplantation. Using modern soft lithographic techniques, we have developed the μRetina, a novel and convenient biomimetic microfluidics device capable of examing the migratory behavior of retinal lineage cells within biomimetic geometries of the human and mouse retina. Coupled computer simulations and experimental validations were used to characterize and confirm the formation …

Linear Trend Detection In Serially Dependent Hydrometeorological Data Based On A Variance Correction Spearman Rho Method, Wenpeng Weng, Yuanfang Chen, Stefan Becker, Bo Liu

Publications and Research

Hydrometeorological data are commonly serially dependent and thereby deviate from the assumption of independence that underlies the Spearman rho trend test. The presence of autocorrelation will influence the significance of observed trends. Specifically, the positive autocorrelation inflates Type І errors, while it deflates the power of trend detection in some cases. To address this issue, we derive a theoretical formula and recommend an appropriate empirical formula to calculate the rho variance of dependent series. The proposed procedure of the variance correction for the Spearman rho method is capable of mitigating the effect of autocorrelation on both, Type І error and …

Usa V. Jequell West

2015 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Robert Gardner V. Philadelphia School District

2015 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Milad Allaham V. Fadi Naddaf

2015 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Gilmar Vasconcelos-De Santana V. Attorney General United States

2015 Decisions

Agency

Precipitation In The Alaska Central Arctic, Joel W. Homan

Engineering

Environmental change currently stimulates much of the interest in high-latitude hydrologic studies, as northern areas are expected to be strongly impacted by warming. This thesis consists of a comprehensive assessment of solid and liquid precipitation throughout the Alaska Central Arctic. The founding hypothesis are: (1) the spatial distribution of snow and warm season precipitation are linearly related to elevation, (2) annual precipitation inputs are dominated by warm season precipitation when potential moisture sources are ice free, and (3) moisture responsible for snow-producing storms is primarily advected through atmospheric circulation. To verify the validity of the hypothesis, the temporal variability and …

Designing Transit Networks For Equity And Accessibility, Kelly L. Bertolaccini

Doctoral Dissertations

The equitable provision of public transportation services is a major concern for transit planners and service providers around the world. However, very few tools are available to planners seeking to incorporate equity concerns into their transit network designs. This research proposes innovative models for directly incorporating equity into the stop sequencing and stop grouping components of the Transit Network Design Problem (TNDP) and develops a solution method, a genetic algorithm, for solving these models. First, a single route model is developed to test the effects of designing routes according to different definitions of equity. This research explores nine possible inequity …