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Paula Maliandi V. Montclair State University

2016 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

Richard Reichart V. John Wetzel

2016 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Jon Tirk V. Dubrook Inc

2016 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

Mark Fields V. Sheila Venable

2016 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

U.S. Drought Monitor, December 27, 2016, Brad Rippey

United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive

Drought map of U.S. for December 27, 2016 (12/27/16) plus: U.S. crop areas experiencing drought (map), Approximate percentage of crop located in drought, by state (bar graph), Percent of crop area located in drought, past 52 weeks (line graph) for: Corn, Soybeans, Hay, Cattle, Winter wheat.

Evaluating Library Service Quality At The Aga Khan University Library: Application Of A Total Quality Management Approach, Nasra Gathoni, Thomas Van Der Walt

Libraries

The purpose of this paper is to report on an investigation of the service quality of the Aga Khan University library in Kenya. The total quality management philosophy which forms the basis of this report has been demonstrated by the use of SERVQUAL, a userbased assessment tool, in the evaluation of service quality. The research was conducted among 123 Aga Khan University library users – nursing and medical faculty and nursing and medical students – with an aim to investigate the quality of its services based on the satisfaction of library users with the services and as expressed by and …

Lisa Goich, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Lisa Goich is an award-winning copywriter, talk radio host, blogger, journalist and former stand-up comedian. She has spent her life dedicated to the written word, the spoken word and the arts.

Home Away From Home, Nooran Alhamdan

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Shear Driven Micro-Fluidic Pump, Nihad E. Daidzic

Aviation Department Publications

United States Patent, Patent Number US 9,528,503 B2, Date of Patent December 27, 2016.

An example includes an apparatus to pump a fluid. The apparatus includes a housing extending along a length defining an elongate interior, an actuator in the housing, conforming to the elongate interior, the actuator including a plurality of lumens, each having a length extending substantially parallel to the elongate interior, each from around 10 to 200 micrometers across and an actuator configured to oscillate the actuator in the actuator houslng along the length of the elongate interior with a rate differential between movement in a first …

Introduction To The Issue On Organizational Partnerships, Russell Wolff, Rebecca Pfeffer Ph.D.

Journal of Family Strengths

Issue editors Russell Wolff, M.S. and Rebecca Pfeffer, Ph.D. introduce volume 16, Issue 2: Organizational Partnerships: How Collaboration Strengthens Families and Communities.

Plasminogen Activator Inhibitor-1 Inhibitors And Methods Of Use Thereof To Modulate Lipid Metabolism, Daniel A. Lawrence, Cory Emal, Jacqueline Cale, Enming Joe Su, Mark Warnock, Shih-Hon Li, Jeanne Ann Cupp

Patents

The invention relates to plasminogen activator-I (PAI-1) inhibitor compounds and uses thereof in the treatment of any disease or condition associated with elevated PAI-1. The invention includes, but is not limited to, the use of such compounds to modulate lipid metabolism and treat conditions associated with elevated PAI-1, cholesterol, or lipid levels.

Praying Poetically, Marta Vander Top

Student Work

"Scripture shows that 'praise' is so much more than our communal gatherings on Sundays."

Posting about ­­­­­­­­poetry as an experience from In All Things - an online hub committed to the claim that the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ has implications for the entire world.

http://inallthings.org/praying-poetically/

Uab's Aeiva Presents Colombian-Born Artist Jessica Angel As First Artist-In-Residence, Shannon Thomason

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Mode-Sum Prescription For The Vacuum Polarization In Odd Dimensions, Peter Taylor, Cormac Breen

Articles

We present a new mode-sum regularization prescription for computing the vacuum polarization of a scalar field in static spherically-symmetric black hole spacetimes in odd dimensions. This is the first general and systematic approach to regularized vacuum polarization in higher dimensions. Remarkably, the regularization parameters can be computed in closed form in arbitrary dimensions and for arbitrary metric function $f(r)$. In fact, we show that in spite of the increasing severity and number of the divergences to be regularized, the method presented is mostly agnostic to the number of dimensions. Finally, as an explicit example of our method, we show plots …

New Bounded Backstepping Control Designs For Time-Varying Systems Under Converging-Input-Converging-State Conditions, Frederic Mazenc, Michael Malisoff, Jerome Weston

Faculty Publications

We provide new asymptotically stabilizing backstepping controls for time-varying systems in a partially linear form. Instead of measuring the full current state, our main feedback design uses several time lagged values of a function of the state of the nonlinear subsystem, and has no distributed terms. Other advantages are that we do not require differentiability of the available nominal controls for the nonlinear subsystems, and that our controls do not contain Lie derivatives. This improves on a recent work in Automatica that covered the special case where the linear part has one integrator, since we now allow an arbitrary number …

New Prediction Approach For Stabilizing Time-Varying Systems Under Time-Varying Input Delay, Frederic Mazenc, Michael Malisoff

Faculty Publications

We provide a new sequential predictors approach for the exponential stabilization of linear time-varying systems with pointwise time-varying input delays. Our method circumvents the problem of constructing and estimating distributed terms in the stabilizing control laws, and allows arbitrarily large input delay bounds. We illustrate our method using a pendulum dynamics.

Associating Mathematics To Its History: Connecting The Mathematics We Teach To Its Past, Joseph M. Furner, Ernest A. Brewer

Transformations

Across the USA and around the world now, globalization has taken a strong hold. The purpose of this paper is to explore the historical considerations that can be incorporated in the teaching of mathematics. The paper will also provide suggestions for teaching math by interweaving historical elements into the mathematics instruction. Teachers should strive to bridge the cultural and historical gap among all students by incorporating innovative ideas as well as historical and cultural connections into their teaching so to foster understanding, appreciation, and tolerance for the richness inherent in diversity and a sound understanding of mathematics and appreciation for …

Every Student Can Be An Einstein: Addressing Math Anxiety In Today’S Classrooms, Joseph M. Furner

Transformations

This article is geared toward mathematics educators in hopes that they can ultimately excite young people about mathematics, encourage students to be confident in their ability to solve problems, understand mathematical concepts, and see math as a human endeavor. The author believes that as students feel less anxious about and more confident in their abilities to do math that their performance will improve. As math test scores are often a concern for principals, teachers, and society at large, success and confidence with mathematics is critical in our high-tech globally competitive world. Math anxiety has become a growing concern in the …

Using Technology And Media-Rich Platforms To Help Teach The Pythagorean Theorem, Hui Fang Huang Su, Denise Gates, Janice Haramis, Farrah Bell, Claude Manigat, Kristin Hierpe, Lourivaldo Da Silva

Transformations

The history of mathematics is quite extensive, dating back to ancient times and elapsing several centuries. Many great mathematicians, philosophers, scientists, and scholars have contributed to mathematics on the subject we see today. For the purpose of this research project, we have chosen to highlight the great mathematician Pythagoras and his famous Pythagorean Theorem. We investigate the history of the Pythagorean Theorem, relationships among Pythagorean numbers, and unusual proofs of the Theorem. This paper provides a suggestive lesson plan, activity, and presentation for classroom use.

Delivery Of Therapeutic Agents By A Collagen Binding Protein, Tulasi Ponnapakkam, Sagaya Theresa Leena Philominathan, Joshua Sakon, Ranjitha Katikaneni, Takaki Koide, Osamu Matsushita, Robert C. Gensure

Patents Granted

Methods of delivering therapeutic agents by administering compositions including a bacterial collagen-binding polypeptide segment linked to the therapeutic agent to subjects in need of treatment with the therapeutic agent are provided. Methods of treating hyperparathyroidism, and hair loss using compositions comprising a collagen binding polypeptide and a PTH/PTHrP receptor agonist are provided. In addition, methods of reducing hair regrowth by administering a composition including a collagen binding polypeptide and a PTH/PTHrP receptor antagonist are provided.

Fusion Proteins Of Collagen-Binding Domain And Parathyroid Hormone, Robert C. Gensure, Joshua Sakon, Osamu Matsushita, Tulasi Ponnapakkam

Patents Granted

Fusion proteins containing active agonist or antagonist fragments of parathyroid hormone (PTH) and parathyroid hormone related peptide (PTHrP) coupled to a collagen-binding domain are presented. The fusion proteins can be used to promote bone growth, to promote hair growth, to prevent cancer metastasis to bone, to promote immune reconstitution with a bone marrow stem cell transplant, to promote mobilization of bone marrow stem cells for collection for autologous stem cell transplant, and to treat renal osteodystrophy. Pharmaceutical agents comprising a collagen-binding polypeptide segment linked to a non-peptidyl PTH/PTHrP receptor agonist or antagonist are also presented.

Synthesis, Characterization And Application Of Lithium Intercalated Boron Nitride Nanotubes, Roxana J. Moraga, Narayan S. Hosmane

Honors Capstones

ABSTRACT: Synthesis of Lithium Intercalated Boron Nitride Nanotubes (Li-BNNT) was conducted in an attempt to gain access to their promising applications for electronics, lithium batteries, hydrogen storage, and supercapacitors. Through a series of reactions pure nanotubes intercalated with lithium are expected to show in the product. A variety of reactions are engineered to create optimal conditions for the product and the reaction is conducted at 700º or 800ºC with zinc acting as a catalyst. The products were then purified using hexane and characterized using Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), and Energy-dispersive X-ray …

Streets Endow Scholarship To Honor Longtime Um History Professor, Andrew M. Abernathy

University of Mississippi News

Education fund named after Harry P. Owens, professor emeritus and Civil War scholar

Episode Of Intense Chemical Weathering During The Termination Of The 635 Ma Marinoan Glaciation, Kang Jun Huang, Fang Zhen Teng, Bing Shen, Shuhai Xiao, Xianguo Lang, Hao Ran Ma, Yong Fu, Yongbo Peng

Faculty Publications

Cryogenian (∼720-635 Ma) global glaciations (the snowball Earth) represent the most extreme ice ages in Earth's history. The termination of these snowball Earth glaciations is marked by the global precipitation of cap carbonates, which are interpreted to have been driven by intense chemical weathering on continents. However, direct geochemical evidence for the intense chemical weathering in the aftermath of snowball glaciations is lacking. Here, we report Mg isotopic data from the terminal Cryogenian or Marinoan-age Nantuo Formation and the overlying cap carbonate of the basal Doushantuo Formation in South China. A positive excursion of extremely high δ26Mg values (+0.56 to …

Kepuasan Pelanggan Terhadap Kualiti Perkhidmatan Perbankan Islam: Kajian Ke Atas Pelanggan Bank-Bank Islam Di Kuching, Sarawak / Anitha Rosland, Rosland Anitha

Student Works (2010-2019)

Islamic banking institutions in Malaysia has developed rapidly and globally. Therefore, a competition exists among Islamic banks and conventional banking institutions in offering products and services to the customers. Customer nowadays are very wise to assess and compares the services offered and not just use the service based on the image and profit only. It is necessary for an organization to improve their service quality to meet customers’ needs and requirements. The main objective of this study was to analyze the level of customer satisfaction as well as to analyze the qualities of the services offered by Islamic banking institutions …

Influence Of Processing Parameters In The Mechanical Properties Enhancement Of Forsterite Ceramic / Tan Yoke Meng, Yoke Meng Tan

Student Works (2010-2019)

Phase pure forsterite was synthesized by mechanochemical method owing to its simplicity and low cost process. Different milling methods, i.e. ball milling and attrition milling, were investigated over sintering temperature ranging from 1200 oC to 1500 oC. Upon comparison and selection for the best method based on relative density, Vickers hardness and fracture toughness, the effect of ZnO addition ranging from 0.1-3.0 wt% on the sinterability of forsterite when sintered at 1200 oC to 1500 oC was evaluated. Subsequently, microwave sintering was conducted on both undoped and doped forsterite bulk at temperature ranging from 1100 oC to 1250 oC. In …

Higher Ed Needs New Forms Of Marketing., Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

In this day and age of crises – financial, enrollment,

even scandal – among institutions of higher education,

image “management” has become a tool to help

some institutions stay afloat. Countless colleges and

universities have resorted to spending money on

glossy brochures, billboards and even on expensive

TV airtime.

The images they portray are usually one of happy

and attractive students having fun on campus, enjoying

athletic events and amenities that used to be more

likely to be found at country clubs than colleges. The

quality of education is almost an afterthought. The

name of the institution is being sold …

“Goodness Itself Must Change” – Anthroponomy In An Age Of Socially-Caused, Planetary Environmental Change, Jeremy Bendik-Keymer

Faculty Scholarship

Given the reality of socially-caused, planetary-scaled, environmental change, how – if at all – should our ethical concepts change? It has been a hallmark of environmental literature in recent years to insist that they should or even must. It will be argued that, yes, our ethical concepts should change by exploring the changes needed for the core ethical concept of goodness. Goodness, it will be argued, must change to reflect a change in priority from personal intentions to the right relation between an agent and the collective to which he/she belongs. This relation, which is called herein the civic relation, …

Viscous Sealing Glass Compositions For Solid Oxide Fuel Cells, Cheol-Woon Kim, Richard K. Brow

Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

A sealant for forming a seal between at least two solid oxide fuel cell components wherein the sealant comprises a glass material comprising B₂O₃ as a principal glass former, BaO, and other components and wherein the glass material is substantially alkali-free and contains less than 30% crystalline material.

Clifton Brinson, Sr.

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.