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Review Of Recent Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies Of Ion Transport In Polymer Electrolytes, Stephen Munoz, Steven Greenbaum

Publications and Research

Current and future demands for increasing the energy density of batteries without sacrificing safety has led to intensive worldwide research on all solid state Li-based batteries. Given the physical limitations on inorganic ceramic or glassy solid electrolytes, development of polymer electrolytes continues to be a high priority. This brief review covers several recent alternative approaches to polymer electrolytes based solely on poly(ethyleneoxide) (PEO) and the use of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to elucidate structure and ion transport properties in these materials.

Investigation Of Setting Time And Compressive Strength Of Ready-Mixed Concrete Blended With Returned Fresh Concrete, Negasi N. Gebremichael, S. Mahmoud Motahara Karein, Moses Karakouzian, Kazem Jadidi

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Faculty Research

Returned fresh mix concrete (RFC) is a problem with both economic and environmental impacts. Therefore, investigators have recommended various ways to decrease the amount of RFC in manufacturing facilities. Among the most common procedures are dumping concrete in landfill, recycling it, using the aggregate, and using it to produce concrete blocks. In this study, the authors investigated the behavior of various proportions of RFC mixed with ready-mix plain and retarded concrete. The authors also studied the influence of aging by producing specimens after one, two, three, and four hours. In addition, the researchers investigated controlled and uncontrolled environments by mixing …

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.

The Las Vegas Rescue Mission, Shyla Ann Mariano

Second-Year Seminar Posters (COE 202)

The Las Vegas Rescue Mission invests in many relationships and expresses enough concern with root causes of poverty and hunger (Morton 21). LVRM provides many supportive services and strengthens their bonds with the people. In particular, the coordinators and workers would serve enjoyable food for anyone to eat and communicate with the people.

Research Mentoring And Scientist Identity: Insights From Undergraduates And Their Mentors, Rachael D. Robnett, Paul A. Nelson, Eileen L. Zurbriggen, Faye J. Crosby, Martin M. Chemers

Psychology Faculty Research

Background Mentored research apprenticeships are a common feature of academic outreach programs that aim to promote diversity in science fields. The current study tests for links between three forms of mentoring (instrumental, socioemotional, and negative) and the degree to which undergraduates psychologically identify with science. Participants were 66 undergraduate-mentor dyads who worked together in a research apprenticeship. The undergraduate sample was predominantly composed of women, first-generation college students, and members of ethnic groups that are historically underrepresented in science. Results Findings illustrated that undergraduates who reported receiving more instrumental and socioemotional mentoring were higher in scientist identity. Further, mentors who …

How Nurse Practitioners Globally Have Addressed The Un's Sustainable Development Goal 3: An Integrative Review, Andrew Scanlon, Judy Honig, Marybeth Duffy

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3 SDG3 (Health) is directly linked to Nurse Practitioners work globally. An integrative review of the literature since January 2016 using the keyword nurse practitioner and keywords related directly to each SDG 3 target indicators deemed pertinent by the research group will be conducted.

An Exploration Into Infant Feeding Practices Of Asian Women In The Greater Lowell Area, Carol L. Femia

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

The purpose of this project is to inform stakeholders about infant feeding practices amongst postpartum Cambodian and Vietnamese women who deliver at a large New England Hospital. This study describes current breastfeeding practices amongst these women and identifies any barriers as well as factors that facilitate sustaining breastfeeding.

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

Research outputs 2014 to 2021

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 …

Effects Of E-Learning On Nursing Continuing Education Context: Review Of Systematic Reviews, Geneviãƒâ¨Ve Rouleau, Marie-Pierre Gagnon, Jose Cote, Julie Payne-Gagnon, Emilie Hudson, Julien Bouix-Picasso, Carl-Ardy Dubois

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

A review of systematic reviews has been conducted to develop a broad picture of the effects of e-learning in a continuing education context on nursing care. The results will be presented.

Review Of Care Coordination For Heart Failure Patients In Transitional Care: A Complex Systems Perspective, Sijia Wei, Kirsten Corazzini

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

This study reviews recent transitional care interventions that focused on care coordination for older adults with heart failure transitioning from hospital to the community. It provides insights on how these interventions utilized or improved connectivity and consistency of care delivering by utilizing different care coordination participants and components.

The Lived Experience Of Lgbt Older Persons In A Geriatric Home Facility, Pearl Ed G. Cuevas

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Being in your senior years is a challenge for everyone but more so for the lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) community. As nurses it is important to unravel the life stories of LGBT people in a Geriatric home facility to be able to discover their health needs.

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

November

No abstract provided.

Q3 2018 Piraeus Bank Sa Earnings Call – Final, Piraeus Bank

Documents

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Thermally (Un-) Stratified Wind Plants: Stochastic And Data-Driven Reduced Order Descriptions/Modeling, Naseem Kamil Ali

Dissertations and Theses

Wind energy is one of the significant sources of renewable energy, yet a number of challenges preclude optimal operation of wind plants. Research is warranted in order to minimize the power losses and improve the productivity of wind plants. Here, a framework combining turbulence theory and data mining techniques is built to elucidate physics and mechanisms driving the energy extraction of the wind plants under a number of atmospheric/operating conditions. The performance of wind turbines is subjected to adverse effects caused by wake interactions. Therefore, it is crucial to understand wake-to-wake interactions as well as wake-to-atmospheric boundary layer interactions. Experimental …

A Conceptual Framework For Integration Development Of Gsflow Model: Concerns And Issues Identified And Addressed For Model Development Efficiency, Chao Chen, Sajjad Ahmad, Ajay Kalra

Civil and Environmental Engineering and Construction Faculty Research

In Coupled Groundwater and Surface-Water Flow (GSFLOW) model, the three-dimensional finite-difference groundwater model (MODFLOW) plays a critical role of groundwater flow simulation, together with which the Precipitation-Runoff Modeling System (PRMS) simulates the surface hydrologic processes. While the model development of each individual PRMS and MODFLOW model requires tremendous time and efforts, further integration development of these two models exerts additional concerns and issues due to different simulation realm, data communication, and computation algorithms. To address these concerns and issues in GSFLOW, the present paper proposes a conceptual framework from perspectives of: Model Conceptualization, Data Linkages and Transference, Model Calibration, and …

Interpretations Of Female Authority In Medieval Literature, Olivia Havlin

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

Beginning with Romance of the Rose by Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun in 1269, Medieval authors give allegorical characteristics to women defining what a Medieval woman is, who she should be, and how she should behave. This text becomes a rule book on courtly love and male and female behavior lasting for centuries and is borrowed by authors like Geoffrey Chaucer, who used Romance of the Rose as a reference to question female authority in many of his works. Therefore, it is through an understanding of characters such as the Old Woman from The Romance of the Rose, …

A Survey Of Nurse Leaders Exploring The Relationship Between Grit And Well-Being, Claire Seguin

International Nursing Research Congress (INRC)

Today's nurse leaders need managerial and leadership skills to address unprecedented challenges. The aim of this study is to test the hypothesis that the well-being of nurse leaders may be related to grit, a psychological factor defined as defined as perseverance and passion for long-term goals.

Cellulose-Specific Type B Carbohydrate Binding Modules: Understanding Oligomeric And Non-Crystalline Substrate Recognition Mechanisms, Abhishek A. Kognole, Christina M. Payne

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

Background: Effective enzymatic degradation of crystalline polysaccharides requires a synergistic cocktail of hydrolytic enzymes tailored to the wide-ranging degree of substrate crystallinity. To accomplish this type of targeted carbohydrate recognition, nature produces multi-modular enzymes, having at least one catalytic domain appended to one or more carbohydrate binding modules (CBMs). The Type B CBM categorization encompasses several families (i.e., protein folds) of CBMs that are generally thought to selectively bind oligomeric polysaccharides; however, a subset of cellulose-specific CBM families (17 and 28) appear to bind non-crystalline cellulose more tightly than oligomers and in a manner that discriminates between surface topology.

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Q3 2018 Piraeus Bank Sa Earnings Call - Final, Cq Fd Disclosure

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Letter Reversals In L2 Learners And The Link Between Letter Reversals And Phonemic Awareness Skills, Bayley Renee Politte

Student Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of the study was to find the prevalence of letter reversals in L2 students and a possible link between letter reversals and phonemic awareness skills. The participants were all bilingual children who spoke Spanish as their first language (L1) and English as their second language (L2). All participants were initially given a spelling test composed of words that contained letters that were often reversed. The spelling test was given to all participants prior to the Jordan Left-Right Reversals Test- Third Edition (JLRRT-3) (Jordan, 2011). The JLRRT-3 was standardized on both English and Spanish speaking children. The Dynamic Indicators …

Spoons Brought To America, Brittany Fitzgerald

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

[Framed spoon display, with a photo of the Woffinden family, a sketch of the Alaska, a small placard, and two spoons. The larger spoon is flattened on one side. Text of the placard:

"SPOONS BROUGHT TO AMERICA

By:

Walter Woffinden Sr.

Mary Jane Denton Woffinden

Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie)

Sarah Ellen (Nellie)(baby)

Horace

Thomas (not shown)

From Liverpool, England

On

April 22, 1893

Aboard the SS Alaska

Arrived, New York Harbor

May 1, 1893"]

Chaco Friday, Alexa Bills

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

Dear Lex, So as you already know my awesome friends and I have Chaco Friday every Friday. This mainly is to send off granola vibes but also to set us apart from other teenagers so we ain't basic. The shoe itself is very comfortable which is a plus but it also makes us a community and draws people together if you do your research there is a thing called Chaco nation. Chacos are very popular in the outdoor and cross-country kid community. At cross country meets many people compliment my amazing chacos and I return the compliment for theirs are …

Love Blanket, Brittany Fitzgerald

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

[Handwritten note reading:

Dear Brittany,

This is your "Love Quilt." I hope you will use it when you are cold or sad, or when you want to watch TV. The reason it is called a love quilt is because I spent many hours making it and while doing so many loving thoughts of you kept my mind occupied.

With much love,

Oma]

[Granny squares connected with a medium pink yarn, with diagonal rows alternating various shades of pink with white.]

Heirloom Hat Collection, Brittany Fitzgerald

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

[There are four black hats. One is round, beanie-shaped, and crocheted, with sequins around the brim and a single white paisley bead. Next is a flat, round velvet cap, studded with jet beads. Third is a round, pillbox hat with a thick satin ribbon around the sides and a net veil. Last is another round cap, with edges padded to give it dimension and a scalloped edge that covers the hairline. Each scallop has rhinestones arranged in flower shapes.]

Irish Crochet Lace Shawl, Brittany Fitzgerald

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

[Images of me standing with the shawl draped over my shoulders and with my arms outstretched to show it off, front and back. Image of the shawl spread on the ground shows that it is triangular, with wide lace around the bottom edge, and several floral and abstract motifs against a mesh background.]

Stern, Or Star, Brittany Fitzgerald

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

[A round white doily framed against a black mat. The central motif resembles an 8-pointed star.]

[Typed note affixed to the back of the frame. It reads:

STERN or Star

Wrought by Giselle M Fitzgerald

The original pattern was brought from Austria by Angela F Smoech. She always wanted to knit these patterns but alas time ran out. I hope when you look at this doily you will fondly remember us both.]

Graduation Quilt, Brittany Fitzgerald

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

[A rectangular quilt with a pattern of concentric squares, worked in rings of alternating white and purple. The purple consists of triangles in several different patterned fabrics in different shades. The border is solid purple at a ninety-degree angle to the squares, and the backing is dark purple. The quilt is about the right size for a standard twin bed.]

The Christian-Muslim-Jewish Nativity, Brittany Fitzgerald

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

" In the 1980s my mother decided she really wanted an olive wood nativity. So she convinced her Muslim brother-in-law to go to the Jewish holy land, Jerusalem and get her a Christian nativity"

Lessons Learned 2018-2010, University Of Dayton

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Alumni from the Classes of 2010 to 2018 shared their wit and wisdom in "Lessons Learned."

At The Table In God's Kingdom, Thomas Columbus

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Pope Francis portrays the humanity of the papacy with pastoral spirit.