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Blue Complements-Discounts And More For Plan Members, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc. Nov 2018

Blue Complements-Discounts And More For Plan Members, Blue Cross And Blue Shield Of Florida, Inc.

Florida Blue Archives Printed Materials

A brochure about Blue complements and discounts for plan members.

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System And Method For Camera Characterization, Edward Chang, Boyd Fowler Nov 2018

System And Method For Camera Characterization, Edward Chang, Boyd Fowler

Defensive Publications Series

A system and method for camera characterization using a conventional monitor display is disclosed. The system is configured to display a pattern on the monitor and instructs the user to position the camera to capture the images displayed on the monitor. The captured images are analyzed by a software application in the computer that outputs camera characterization data used to improve quality of the images. The disclosure provides an efficient way for camera characterization without use of sophisticated equipment and provides a way to improve quality of images from an image processing perspective.

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Microphone Input For Accessibility Service, Anna Galusza Nov 2018

Microphone Input For Accessibility Service, Anna Galusza

Defensive Publications Series

System and method are disclosed to connect a switch or set of switches to a device through its microphone input stream for use with an accessibility service. Each switch is provided with a different resistance and this allows mobile devices to recognize the different switches connected to the microphone input stream. To make the switches used in the inline microphone customizable, an adapter is provided that allows multiple switches to the maximum number of media buttons supported by the mobile device. On certain devices, an application can differentiate between different switch inputs by registering a BroadcastReceiver in the manifest with …

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Mechanism For True Opinion Sharing, Chien Liang Lin Nov 2018

Mechanism For True Opinion Sharing, Chien Liang Lin

Defensive Publications Series

A mechanism is proposed for sharing true opinions amongst a plurality of users in a cloud storage system. An opinion sharing service may generate a group public key and a plurality of member private keys. Responsive to receiving from a first member a request to open a discussion forum for the group, the opinion sharing service may send an invitation message to members of the group to join the discussion forum and, for those who joined, send the group public key to each member who joined the discussion forum. Once receiving a message encrypted using the group public key from …

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Salient Factors Among Hispanic Parents For Vaccinating Children Against Hpv, Madeline Fernandez Nov 2018

Salient Factors Among Hispanic Parents For Vaccinating Children Against Hpv, Madeline Fernandez

Open Access Dissertations

The human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection (STI) among sexually active men and women in the U.S. HPV can lead to several types of cancers (e.g., cervical, penile, and anal cancers) that affect the Hispanic community disproportionately. In the U.S., Hispanic women have the highest rate of HPV incidence and the second highest death rate due to HPV-related cervical cancer, and Hispanic men are most affected by HPV-related penile cancers. In 2006, the HPV vaccine (HPVV) was released and recommended for girls and boys between the ages of nine and 26. Unfortunately, more than a decade …

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A Comparative Analysis Of Techniques Of Euphonium And Vocal Performance Using Acoustical Properties, Brian Logan Nov 2018

A Comparative Analysis Of Techniques Of Euphonium And Vocal Performance Using Acoustical Properties, Brian Logan

Open Access Dissertations

After researching that many brass pedagogy texts make allusions to vocal performance as the ideal standard, this essay observed the ability of the euphonium performer to create different articulation sounds. Comparisons between voice and brass articulations were made. The effectiveness was determined by comparing pertinent acoustical components of brass methods to that of a single vocalist. To begin, this study catalogued preeminent suggested techniques for performing brass articulation found in method, pedagogy, magazine, and personal memoire texts. These techniques were collected into a list and given to a euphonium player subject from the University of Miami. In an anechoic chamber, …

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State V. Speth Appellant's Brief Dckt. 46061 Nov 2018

State V. Speth Appellant's Brief Dckt. 46061

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

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Resting-State Brain Connectivity And Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease Risk In Successful Agers, Judith Lobo Nov 2018

Resting-State Brain Connectivity And Risk Of Cardiovascular Disease Risk In Successful Agers, Judith Lobo

Open Access Theses

Successful Agers (SA) are older adults (aged > 65 years) with cognitive function comparable to healthy adults aged 20-30 years younger. These individuals demonstrate preserved volume of the hippocampus and posterior cingulate cortex (PCC), cortical regions supporting episodic memory, with advancing age. Since fMRI studies reveal lower resting state functional brain connectivity (rsFC) of these structures in individuals with episodic memory loss and cardiovascular disease, it is possible lower connectivity of these episodic memory hubs may be associated with SA status and lowered risk for developing cardiovascular disease. In this study, a seed-to-seed connectivity analysis of rsFC between the left and …

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Concentrations Of Criteria Pollutants In The Contiguous U.S., 1979 – 2015: Role Of Model Parsimony In Integrated Empirical Geographic Regression, Sun-Young Kim, Matthew Bechle, Steve Hankey, Elizabeth (Lianne) A. Sheppard, Adam A. Szpiro, Julian D. Marshall Nov 2018

Concentrations Of Criteria Pollutants In The Contiguous U.S., 1979 – 2015: Role Of Model Parsimony In Integrated Empirical Geographic Regression, Sun-Young Kim, Matthew Bechle, Steve Hankey, Elizabeth (Lianne) A. Sheppard, Adam A. Szpiro, Julian D. Marshall

UW Biostatistics Working Paper Series

BACKGROUND: National- or regional-scale prediction models that estimate individual-level air pollution concentrations commonly include hundreds of geographic variables. However, these many variables may not be necessary and parsimonious approach including small numbers of variables may achieve sufficient prediction ability. This parsimonious approach can also be applied to most criteria pollutants. This approach will be powerful when generating publicly available datasets of model predictions that support research in environmental health and other fields. OBJECTIVES: We aim to (1) build annual-average integrated empirical geographic (IEG) regression models for the contiguous U.S. for six criteria pollutants, for all years with regulatory monitoring data …

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A Requiem Of Retribution At A Black Mass: Whitey Bulger And Prisoner Welfare, Rachel Robinson-Greene Nov 2018

A Requiem Of Retribution At A Black Mass: Whitey Bulger And Prisoner Welfare, Rachel Robinson-Greene

Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies Faculty Publications

On October 31, 2018, crime boss Whitey Bulger was found beaten to death in a West Virginia prison. Bulger was infamous for racketeering, committing murder, and evading capture for 16 years. His place on the FBI’s most wanted list was second only to Osama Bin Laden. He was finally captured in 2011 at the age of 81. He was convicted for his crimes and sentenced to two consecutive life sentences, but served only six years before more than one fellow inmate beat him to death with a padlock stuffed inside a sock. Bulger was infamous for his crimes and was …

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Nephromyces Encodes A Urate Metabolism Pathway And Predicted Peroxisomes, Demonstrating These Are Not Ancient Losses Of Apicomplexans, Christopher Paight, Claudio H. Slamovits, Mary Beth Saffo, Christopher E. Lane Nov 2018

Nephromyces Encodes A Urate Metabolism Pathway And Predicted Peroxisomes, Demonstrating These Are Not Ancient Losses Of Apicomplexans, Christopher Paight, Claudio H. Slamovits, Mary Beth Saffo, Christopher E. Lane

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

The Phylum Apicomplexa is a quintessentially parasitic lineage, whose members infect a broad range of animals. One exception to this may be the apicomplexan genus Nephromyces, which has been described as having a mutualistic relationship with its host. Here we analyze transcriptome data from Nephromyces and its parasitic sister taxon, Cardiosporidium, revealing an ancestral purine degradation pathway thought to have been lost early in apicomplexan evolution. The predicted localization of many of the purine degradation enzymes to peroxisomes, and the in silico identification of a full set of peroxisome proteins, indicates that loss of both features in other …

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The Journal Of Conventional Weapons Destruction Issue 22.3 (2018), Cisr Journal Nov 2018

The Journal Of Conventional Weapons Destruction Issue 22.3 (2018), Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Editorial: Landmine Free 2025? | Feature: Unmanned Aircraft Systems in Mine Action | in the Spotlight: South and Central Asia | Research and Development

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Col. Francis Nash's Revolutionary War Encampment On Little River Neck, Horry County, South Carolina, John Benjamin Burroughs Nov 2018

Col. Francis Nash's Revolutionary War Encampment On Little River Neck, Horry County, South Carolina, John Benjamin Burroughs

HCAC Research

This article gives details about the encampment of Revolutionary War troops, commanded by Col. Francis Nash, on Little River Neck in December 1776. It contains excerpts from the account of Hugh McDonald. Little River Neck is private property located in the northeastern corner of Horry County, South Carolina.

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Isostructural Metal-Insulator Transition In Vo2, J. W. Spinuzzi, D. A. Tenne Nov 2018

Isostructural Metal-Insulator Transition In Vo2, J. W. Spinuzzi, D. A. Tenne

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

The metal-insulator transition in correlated materials is usually coupled to a symmetry-lowering structural phase transition. This coupling not only complicates the understanding of the basic mechanism of this phenomenon but also limits the speed and endurance of prospective electronic devices. Here, we design and demonstrate an isostructural, purely electronically-driven metal-insulator transition in epitaxial heterostructures of an archetypal correlated material vanadium dioxide. A combination of thin-film synthesis, structural and electrical characterizations, and theoretical modeling reveals that an interface interaction suppresses the electronic correlations without changing the crystal structure in this otherwise correlated insulator. It stabilizes a non-equilibrium metallic phase, and leads …

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Usa V. Michael Hester Nov 2018

Usa V. Michael Hester

2018 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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Acoustic Characteristics Of Ghanaian Ewe Accented American English, Prudence Barbara Deladem Mortoti Nov 2018

Acoustic Characteristics Of Ghanaian Ewe Accented American English, Prudence Barbara Deladem Mortoti

Student Theses and Dissertations

This study investigated the acoustic characteristics that contribute to the perception of foreign-accentedness of English spoken by native Ewe speakers. Forty monosyllabic words spoken by four speakers were rated on accentedness by 109 participants; 51 with exposure to Ghanaian-accented-American English and 58 with none. The ratings and measurements of F1 and F2 values of the vowels were analyzed and compared. The results suggest that the perception of accentedness was influenced by the acoustic properties of vowels. Listeners rated L2 speakers as more accented than they did L1 speakers. Accentedness ratings did not correlate with comprehension of words, and finally, listeners …

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Unsteady Modeling On Fly Ash Deposition In Full-Scale Gas-To-Gas Heaters For Ultrasupercritical Pulverized Coal-Fired Power Plant Applications, Sandeep Aryal Nov 2018

Unsteady Modeling On Fly Ash Deposition In Full-Scale Gas-To-Gas Heaters For Ultrasupercritical Pulverized Coal-Fired Power Plant Applications, Sandeep Aryal

Student Theses and Dissertations

Ash deposition is a real concern in the pulverized coal-fired power plants because it inhibits heat transfer in heat exchangers which ultimately reduces the power plant efficiency and causes material damage to them by corrosion or erosion. The objective of this study is to investigate the impact of fuel quality on ash deposition by combined effect of inertial impaction and thermophoresis, assimilating shedding factor for transient modeling in the low-temperature heat exchangers (Gas-to-Gas Heaters). Single tube method with finite cell division approach is implemented in MATLAB 2017a to solve the governing equations for predicting ash deposition rates. The Stokes based …

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Analytical Modeling On Multiphase Heat And Mass Transfer In Full-Scale Gas-To-Gas Heaters For Ultrasupercritical Pulverized Coal-Fired Power Plant Applications, Santosh Tamang Nov 2018

Analytical Modeling On Multiphase Heat And Mass Transfer In Full-Scale Gas-To-Gas Heaters For Ultrasupercritical Pulverized Coal-Fired Power Plant Applications, Santosh Tamang

Student Theses and Dissertations

Analytical modeling on multiphase heat and mass transfer in full-scale heat exchangers were developed for pulverized coal-fired power plant applications. A computer code was developed using MATLAB (R2017a) software to predict the temperature profiles of flue gas and water, heat transfer rate, condensation rate of water vapor and Sulfuric acid vapor, and effectiveness of heat exchanger. Numerical simulations based on an analytical model of heat and mass transfer was conducted and compared with the measured data from the coal power plant. The predicted temperature of flue gas and water, heat transfer rate, and effectiveness agreed well with the measured data. …

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An Examination Of The Impact Of Dialect On First Graders’ Reductions Of Final Consonant Clusters In Spelling, Travis M. Nodine Nov 2018

An Examination Of The Impact Of Dialect On First Graders’ Reductions Of Final Consonant Clusters In Spelling, Travis M. Nodine

Student Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to compare first grade African American English (AAE) and Mainstream American English (MAE) speakers’ spellings of final consonant clusters in Consonant-Vowel-Consonant-Consonant (CVCC) words. Sixteen first graders participated in the study. The research questions under examination were: (a) Does dialect impact participants when spelling final consonant clusters in CVCC words?, (b) Does cluster type impact spelling final consonant clusters in CVCC words?, and (c) Do spellings differ based on various stimulus presentations? Nonparametric log-linear analyses were used to answer the research questions. For the experimental CVCC words, there was a significant interaction between group, task, …

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The Effect Of Rem Sleep Deprivation On Spatial Memory In Male And Female Rats, Kaitlyn Heywood Nov 2018

The Effect Of Rem Sleep Deprivation On Spatial Memory In Male And Female Rats, Kaitlyn Heywood

Seton Hall University Dissertations and Theses (ETDs)

It is important for an organism to excel in spatial memory abilities. An organism’s survival is dependent on their ability to navigate through their environment to find resources, such as food and water, while being able to navigate home safely. With how important it is to navigate an environment safely, it is important to investigate things that impact spatial memory, such as rapid eye movement (REM) sleep deprivation. Sleep research has primarily utilized male rodents to model sleep disturbances studies which cannot be easily studied in human participants. Research has been divided on whether four hours of REM sleep deprivation …

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Microbiome Diversity Of Coastal Tidal Floodwater In Southeastern Florida, Marissa Wickes Nov 2018

Microbiome Diversity Of Coastal Tidal Floodwater In Southeastern Florida, Marissa Wickes

HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations

Over 3.7 million people are in high risk of coastal flooding and live within 1 mile of high tide in the US alone. The Atlantic coast is one of the most vulnerable areas due to its low elevation, large population, and economic importance (Bray, et. al, 2016). Coastal municipalities in the region of Southeast Florida, such as the cities of Miami, Miami Beach, Fort Lauderdale, etc., are at especial risk from coastal flooding related to sea level rise. The US National Climate Assessment has named Miami, Florida as the economically most vulnerable city impacted by this sea level rise …

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The Effect Of Altering Body Posture And Barbell Position On The Between-Session Reliability Of Force-Time Curve Characteristics In The Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull, Stuart N. Guppy, Claire J. Brady, Yosuke Kotani, Michael H. Stone, Nikola Medic, Guy Gregory Haff Nov 2018

The Effect Of Altering Body Posture And Barbell Position On The Between-Session Reliability Of Force-Time Curve Characteristics In The Isometric Mid-Thigh Pull, Stuart N. Guppy, Claire J. Brady, Yosuke Kotani, Michael H. Stone, Nikola Medic, Guy Gregory Haff

ETSU Faculty Works

Seventeen strength and power athletes (n = 11 males, 6 females; height: 177.5 ± 7.0 cm, 165.8 ± 11.4 cm; body mass: 90.0 ± 14.1 kg, 66.4 ± 13.9 kg; age: 30.6 ± 10.4 years, 30.8 ± 8.7 years), who regularly performed weightlifting movements during their resistance training programs, were recruited to examine the effect of altering body posture and barbell position on the between-session reliability of force-time characteristics generated in the isometric mid-thigh pull (IMTP). After participants were familiarised with the testing protocol, they undertook two testing sessions which were separated by seven days. In each session, the participants …

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Practicality And Application Of The Algebraic Side-Channel Attack, Chujiao Ma Nov 2018

Practicality And Application Of The Algebraic Side-Channel Attack, Chujiao Ma

Doctoral Dissertations

Algebraic Side-Channel Attack (ASCA) is a side-channel attack that models the cryptographic algorithm and side-channel leakage from a system as a set of equations, then solves for the secret key. Unlike pure side-channel attacks, ASCA has low data complexity and can succeed in unknown plaintext/ciphertext scenarios. However, past research on ASCA has been done on either 8-bit microcontroller data or simulated data. In this dissertation, we explore the application and feasibility of error tolerant ASCA on a field-programmable gate array (FPGA). FPGAs run faster and are more difficult for the encryption power trace to be isolated, so it presents more …

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Assessing The Efficacy Of Utilizing The 6-Minute Walk Test As A Method To Standardize Ambulatory Pulse Oximetry Measurement, Jaycee Cahill Rn, Alexandra K. Cawley Bsn, Rn, Victoria Giannone Bsn, Rn, Stephanie Gioia Bsn, Rn, Robin E. Hartung Bsn, Rn Nov 2018

Assessing The Efficacy Of Utilizing The 6-Minute Walk Test As A Method To Standardize Ambulatory Pulse Oximetry Measurement, Jaycee Cahill Rn, Alexandra K. Cawley Bsn, Rn, Victoria Giannone Bsn, Rn, Stephanie Gioia Bsn, Rn, Robin E. Hartung Bsn, Rn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

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Lvhn Hypoglycemia Protocol Education In The Emergency Department, Adara Sos Bsn, Rn, Alexander V. Knop Bsn, Rn, Anna Yanisko Bsn, Rn, Nicole Grimaldi Bsn, Rn Nov 2018

Lvhn Hypoglycemia Protocol Education In The Emergency Department, Adara Sos Bsn, Rn, Alexander V. Knop Bsn, Rn, Anna Yanisko Bsn, Rn, Nicole Grimaldi Bsn, Rn

Patient Care Services / Nursing

No abstract provided.

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Cm-Wavelength Obserations Of Mwc 758: Resolved Dust Trapping In A Vortex, Simon Casassus, Sebastián Marino, Wladimir Lyra, Clément Baruteau, Matías Vidal, Alwyn Wootten, Sebastián Pérez, Felipe Alarcon, Marcelo Barraza, Miguel Cárcamo, Ruobing Dong, Anibal Sierra, Zhaohuan Zhu, Luca Ricci, Valentin Christiaens, Lucas Cieza Nov 2018

Cm-Wavelength Obserations Of Mwc 758: Resolved Dust Trapping In A Vortex, Simon Casassus, Sebastián Marino, Wladimir Lyra, Clément Baruteau, Matías Vidal, Alwyn Wootten, Sebastián Pérez, Felipe Alarcon, Marcelo Barraza, Miguel Cárcamo, Ruobing Dong, Anibal Sierra, Zhaohuan Zhu, Luca Ricci, Valentin Christiaens, Lucas Cieza

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research

The large crescents imaged by ALMA in transition discs suggest that azimuthal dust trapping concentrates the larger grains, but centimetre–wavelengths continuum observations are required to map the distribution of the largest observable grains. A previous detection at ∼1 cm of an unresolved clump along the outer ring of MWC 758 (Clump 1), and buried inside more extended sub-mm continuum, motivates followup VLA observations. Deep multiconfiguration integrations reveal the morphology of Clump 1 and additional cm-wave components that we characterize via comparison with a deconvolution of recent 342 GHz data (∼1 mm). ... See full text for complete abstract.

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Optimization Of Bacterial Expression And Purification Of Nipsnap1 Protein, Jay Michael Yarbro Nov 2018

Optimization Of Bacterial Expression And Purification Of Nipsnap1 Protein, Jay Michael Yarbro

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Nipsnap1 (4-nitrophenylphosphatase domain and non-neuronal SNAP25-like homolog 1) is a novel mitochondrial protein shown to interact with the intracellular domain of amyloid precursor protein (APP), one of the key biomarkers implicated in Alzheimer’s disease (AD) pathology. A formerly developed expression strategy for Nipsnap1 based on the pET-28a expression system showed direct binding of purified recombinant Nipsnap1 to NAD+ and NADP+. This was further confirmed using Circular Dichroism (CD) spectroscopy, indicating that NAD+ binding produces a structural change in Nipsnap1.To address the low yield of Nipsnap1 protein in the former expression system, several approaches and conditions were evaluated in this study. …

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Social Media Big Data Integration: A New Approach Based On Calibration, L Dalla Valle, Ron Kenett Nov 2018

Social Media Big Data Integration: A New Approach Based On Calibration, L Dalla Valle, Ron Kenett

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

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Assessing And Correlating Nursing Clinical Decision Making To Nclex-Rn® Outcomes, Susan T. Sanders Nov 2018

Assessing And Correlating Nursing Clinical Decision Making To Nclex-Rn® Outcomes, Susan T. Sanders

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Clinical Decision Making is the foundation of nursing care. This form of judgment consists of 1) recognizing cues 2) generating hypotheses 3) judging hypotheses 4) taking action and 5) evaluating outcomes (Muntean 2015). Determining a student's ability to implement NCJ in the clinical setting is paramount to positive patient outcomes.

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Daily Eastern News: November 30, 2018, Eastern Illinois University Nov 2018

Daily Eastern News: November 30, 2018, Eastern Illinois University

November

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