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Thermo- And Zero-Valent Iron-Activated Persulfate Oxidation Of 3,5,6-Trichloro-2-Pyridinol In An Aquatic System, Roaa Mogharbel Jan 2019

Thermo- And Zero-Valent Iron-Activated Persulfate Oxidation Of 3,5,6-Trichloro-2-Pyridinol In An Aquatic System, Roaa Mogharbel

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The compound 3,5,6-trichloro-2-pyridinol (TCPy), a metabolite of the broad-spectrum organophosphorous insecticide chlorpyrifos, is both more persistent and more water soluble than its parent compound. This difference, which allows TCPy to more readily leach into surface water and groundwater, has led to widespread contamination of TCPy in soils and aquatic environments. In this study, the degradation of TCPy by sulfate radicals was evaluated using zero valent ironactivated persulfate systems and heat activated persulfate system in aqueous media. Response surface methodology coupled with Box-Behnken design was applied in these studies to evaluate the effects of the independent variables on the mineralization of …

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Improved System For Fabrication And Characterization Of Nanophotonic Devices By Multi-Photon Lithography, Rashi Sharma Jan 2019

Improved System For Fabrication And Characterization Of Nanophotonic Devices By Multi-Photon Lithography, Rashi Sharma

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

A new system for multi-photon lithography (MPL) was developed and used to fabricate three-dimensional (3D) structures with higher aspect ratio, better resolution, improved fidelity, and reduced structural distortion relative to a conventional implementation of MPL. A set of curved waveguides (Rbend = 19 μm, and 38 μm) and straight waveguides (length = 50 μm, Rbend = ∞) were fabricated in an epoxide photopolymer and optically characterized using light having a wavelength in vacuum of λ0 = 2.94 μm. The optical performance of the waveguides was compared to novel spatially-variant photonic crystals (SVPCs) previously studied in the group. The waveguides were …

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Comparative Analysis Of Zebrafish And Planarian Model Systems For Developmental Neurotoxicity Screens Using An 87-Compound Library, D. Hagstrom, L. Truong, S. Zhang, R. Tanguay, Eva-Maria S. Collins Jan 2019

Comparative Analysis Of Zebrafish And Planarian Model Systems For Developmental Neurotoxicity Screens Using An 87-Compound Library, D. Hagstrom, L. Truong, S. Zhang, R. Tanguay, Eva-Maria S. Collins

Biology Faculty Works

There is a clear need to establish and validate new methodologies to more quickly and efficiently screen chemicals for potential toxic effects, particularly on development. The emergence of alternative animal systems for rapid toxicology screens presents valuable opportunities to evaluate how systems complement each other. In this article, we compare a chemical library of 87-compounds in two such systems, developing zebrafish and freshwater planarians, by screening for developmental neurotoxic effects. We show that the systems’ toxicological profiles are complementary to each other, with zebrafish yielding more detailed morphological endpoints and planarians more behavioral endpoints. Overall, zebrafish was more sensitive to …

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Understories: A Common Ground For Art And Science, Scott F. Gilbert, S. R. Gilbert Jan 2019

Understories: A Common Ground For Art And Science, Scott F. Gilbert, S. R. Gilbert

Biology Faculty Works

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Global Capital Flows, Time Varying Fundamentals And Transitional Exchange Rate Dynamics: An Ms-Var Approach, Süleyman Hilmi Kal, Ilhami Gunduz Jan 2019

Global Capital Flows, Time Varying Fundamentals And Transitional Exchange Rate Dynamics: An Ms-Var Approach, Süleyman Hilmi Kal, Ilhami Gunduz

Publications and Research

This paper studies whether dynamic relationship between exchange rate and economic and financial fundamentals vary depending on exchange rate is overvalued and undervalued with respect to its fundamental value. To achieve this, we implement two-state Markov Switching Vector Auto Regression (MSVAR) model with time varying transition probabilities to investigate whether the relationship among exchange rate, interest rate and inflation dynamics depend on overvaluation and undervaluation of exchange rates for the pre-crises period between years 1972-2009. We govern the transition between the undervalued and overvalued states by using Sharpe Ratios of debt and equity investments of the currency to assess whether …

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Sea Star Wasting Disease In Pisaster Ochraceus On The Washington Coast And In Puget Sound, Caitlin Wilkes Jan 2019

Sea Star Wasting Disease In Pisaster Ochraceus On The Washington Coast And In Puget Sound, Caitlin Wilkes

All Master's Theses

Pisaster ochraceus is a common west coast sea star whose predation of Mytilus californianus (the California mussel) increases the biodiversity of its intertidal community. Sea star wasting disease is an illness that causes sea star tissues to become necrotic until the creature wastes away and dies. In 2013, a coast wide outbreak of sea star wasting disease caused a mass mortality event in P. ochraceus. The goals of this study were to try to identify some of the possible causes for the outbreak, as well as analyze the impact that sea star wasting disease prevalence has on biodiversity. In this …

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Blood, Water And Mars: Soviet Science And The Alchemy For A New Man, Sophie Y. Andarovna Jan 2019

Blood, Water And Mars: Soviet Science And The Alchemy For A New Man, Sophie Y. Andarovna

All Master's Theses

The themes of blood, water and Mars in Soviet science and technology show the strong utopian and even religious foundations of Soviet society, which invariably centered around forging a new environment and, in so doing, a new variety of human to inhabit it. In the minds and experiments of some of the radical men behind Russia’s Revolution, blood was to create a more advanced, biologically “equal” humanity capable of potential immortality, while water was harnessed with the millenarian aim of transforming the Soviet Union’s vast landscape into fields of bountiful fertility, as well as cities of efficient industry. Mars represents …

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Estimating The Economic Value Of Rock Climbing In Smith Rock: An Individual Travel Cost Approach, Cassandra Koefod Jan 2019

Estimating The Economic Value Of Rock Climbing In Smith Rock: An Individual Travel Cost Approach, Cassandra Koefod

All Master's Theses

In this study I estimate the economic value of rock climbing in Smith Rock State Park, Oregon. This area has seen an increase in recreational visits over the years, especially in rock climbing, necessitating economic valuation of the site in order to assist park managers in optimal management of this resource. Given regular conflicts over use of rock climbing areas by a variety of stakeholders (recreational users, habitats, cultural uses, etc.) this study will help in understanding how benefits of recreation is affected when policies limit access to such areas. I collect original survey data on travel to Smith Rock …

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Suction Dredge Mining Impacts On Pacific Lamprey Populations And Habitat In Washington State: A Case Study Of The Entiat River, Jaime Liljegren Jan 2019

Suction Dredge Mining Impacts On Pacific Lamprey Populations And Habitat In Washington State: A Case Study Of The Entiat River, Jaime Liljegren

All Master's Theses

Suction dredge mining is a largely unregulated recreational activity in Washington State with potentially significant impacts to aquatic habitat. Although dredging has the potential to cause widespread ecological effects, only impacts to select species have been thoroughly assessed. Due to their reliance on freshwater habitat throughout multiple life stages, Pacific lamprey are significantly vulnerable to impacts from dredging practices. This thesis focuses on assessing the effects of dredging to lamprey habitat within state-owned aquatic lands of Washington. Pacific lamprey are anadromous, utilizing freshwater habitat throughout key life stages including spawning in substrate ranging from coarse gravel to fine sand, and …

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Quantifying Magma Recharge At Parinacota Volcano, Northern Chile (52 Ka - Recent): Insight From The Magma Chamber Simulator, Jennifer Mcleod Jan 2019

Quantifying Magma Recharge At Parinacota Volcano, Northern Chile (52 Ka - Recent): Insight From The Magma Chamber Simulator, Jennifer Mcleod

All Master's Theses

The Magma Chamber Simulator (MCS; Bohrson et al., 2014) was used to produce new thermodynamic models that constrain and quantify recharge and fractional crystallization (RFC) processes for the Old Cone (OC; 52-20 ka; 56-66 wt.% SiO2) and Healing Flows (HF; >8 ka-recent; 58-64 wt.% SiO2) eruptive stages of Parinacota volcano, northern Chile. Using the MCS, over 200 RFC models were produced that constrain host magma initial conditions, including pressure, fO2 and H2O, and host and recharge magma masses, temperatures and compositions. A Rhyolite Domes (RD; 47-40 ka; 74 wt.% SiO2) …

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A Gendered Refutation Of Epiphenomenal Norms Through The Median Voter: A Case Study Of India's Cedaw Compliance, Shritha Vasudevan Jan 2019

A Gendered Refutation Of Epiphenomenal Norms Through The Median Voter: A Case Study Of India's Cedaw Compliance, Shritha Vasudevan

Emory International Law Review

This Article hypothesizes on the reasons behind India¿s Declaration to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) Article 5(a) as a manifestation of the intensive compliance deadlock over its due diligence obligation which castigates traditional, cultural attitudes as responsible for gender-based violence. A qualitative analysis of two historical moments when India was confronted with an empirical conflict of the CEDAW¿s due diligence obligation: the sati of Roop Kanwar in 1987 and the Shah Bano judgment in 1985, even prior to its CEDAW accession in 1993 is undertaken, to argue that the rational choice theory …

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The United States' Convention Against Torture Ruds: Allowing The Use Of Solitary Confinement In Lieu Of Mental Health Treatment In U.S. Immigration Detention Centers, Erika Voreh Jan 2019

The United States' Convention Against Torture Ruds: Allowing The Use Of Solitary Confinement In Lieu Of Mental Health Treatment In U.S. Immigration Detention Centers, Erika Voreh

Emory International Law Review

Currently in civil immigration detention centers around the United States, the practice of placing detained immigrants who are mentally ill is allowed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In some detention centers, placement into solitary confinement is now the main form of psychological ¿treatment.¿ Solitary confinement can have negative psychological effects especially for individuals with mental illness. Other international bodies, including the European Court of Human Rights, have acknowledged the harmful effects of solitary confinement. This Comment focuses on decisions by the European Court of Human Rights as to what constitutes torture. This Comment argues that placing detained immigrants who …

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The North Atlantic Treaty And It's Relationship To Other "Engagements" Of Its Parties--A Commentary On Article 8, Károly Végh Jan 2019

The North Atlantic Treaty And It's Relationship To Other "Engagements" Of Its Parties--A Commentary On Article 8, Károly Végh

Emory International Law Review

The North Atlantic Treaty is meant to serve as a contractual relationship between all of its members. Article 8 of the North Atlantic Treaty serves to act as a provision in this contract to make sure that the North Atlantic Treaty is the highest priority governing treaty authority. Article 8 addresses the event that other international treaties come into conflict with its provisions and values it is designed to promote. This Article gives an overview on the drafting of Article 8 and the ideas and intents that went into its construction. Further this Article, provides legal commentary on the effect …

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The North Atlantic Treaty: Article 9 And Nato's Institutionalization, Andrés B. Muñoz Mosquera Jan 2019

The North Atlantic Treaty: Article 9 And Nato's Institutionalization, Andrés B. Muñoz Mosquera

Emory International Law Review

NATO serves as a community of interests that takes into consideration the recommended matters and concerns of its members. Article 9 of the North Atlantic Treaty serves to frame the views and interest of NATO in line with that of the United Nations Charter under Article 51. This Article provides legal commentary on the institutional frameworks that have been put in place to further the goals of the North Atlantic Treaty. This is done through the appropriate procedures and structures that are identified in this Article. The multiple subsidiary bodies of NATO and its relation to other international organizations is …

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Survey Report Kosovo, Romario Shehu Jan 2019

Survey Report Kosovo, Romario Shehu

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

During April and May 2019, approximately 120 surveys were distributed to high-level individuals involved in political, economic and cultural spheres in Kosovo.

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Survey Report Montenegro, Nenad Zekavica Jan 2019

Survey Report Montenegro, Nenad Zekavica

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

During March and April 2019, a survey was conducted as part of the regional project that deals with the role of religion in Western Balkan countries. The survey was conducted as part of a research project and was conducted among members of the cultural and political elite of society. Its purpose is to give a sketch of the religious beliefs of different societies. The survey itself was developed as the result of the mutual cooperation among four partner institutions in the Balkans.

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“Islamic Tradition”: Questioning The Bosnian Model, Zora Hesová Jan 2019

“Islamic Tradition”: Questioning The Bosnian Model, Zora Hesová

Occasional Papers on Religion in Eastern Europe

Debates over whether there can be a ‘European Islam’ have not ceased since 1990s when the term was coined by Bassam Tibi. This paper aims to question the idea of a ‘progress towards a liberal Islam’ as being too straightforward by providing historical, political and also intellectual context to the practice of Islam in Bosnia and, above all, by analysing the present logic of looking for a particular Islamic identity.

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Recent Developments: Lamone V. Lewin, Erin Cullinan Jan 2019

Recent Developments: Lamone V. Lewin, Erin Cullinan

University of Baltimore Law Forum

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Recent Developments: In Re Adoption/Guardianship Of C.E., Anna W.T. Deleon Jan 2019

Recent Developments: In Re Adoption/Guardianship Of C.E., Anna W.T. Deleon

University of Baltimore Law Forum

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Toward A Biblical Theology Of Leadership: Followers Who Shepherd And Serve Others To Follow, Benjamin Forrest Jan 2019

Toward A Biblical Theology Of Leadership: Followers Who Shepherd And Serve Others To Follow, Benjamin Forrest

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Christian leadership as a subset ofleadership is unique. It is unique because ofthe modifier of “Christian.”1 The meaning ofthis modifier, however, is often unclear in the minds ofthose who use it. Most authors who write on this topic have thought long and hard about what this means, but the average Christian still wrestles with the question of “what makes leadership Christian?”

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Internal Funding Newsletter, Academic Year 2018-2019, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity, University Of Nebraska At Omaha Jan 2019

Internal Funding Newsletter, Academic Year 2018-2019, Uno Office Of Research And Creative Activity, University Of Nebraska At Omaha

Internal Funding Newsletters

The University of Nebraska at Omaha is committed to fostering the academic and scholarly pursuits of faculty, staff, and students. In the 2018- 2019 Academic Year, UNO has continued to invest in a multitude of funding programs to promote research and creative activity. This year’s programs provided over $580,000 for a broad range of projects that reflect the varied scholarly interests of the UNO community: genetic changes in Great Plains bees as a result of fire frequency, the economic impact of free higher education, a virtual reality media arts gallery, investigating different factors which affect how squirrels run and jump, …

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"Nerves Vs Muscles" – An Uncommon Diagnosis For A Young Man Who Cannot Swallow, John C. Ahn, Sabrina Matosz, Parekha Yedla Jan 2019

"Nerves Vs Muscles" – An Uncommon Diagnosis For A Young Man Who Cannot Swallow, John C. Ahn, Sabrina Matosz, Parekha Yedla

UAB Huntsville Research Day - All Presentations

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Delayed Diagnosis Of Pheochromocytoma: The Importance Of Reevaluating The Differential And The Dangers Of Patient Labeling., Nabeel Ali, Joseph Granade, Gayatri Venketraman Jan 2019

Delayed Diagnosis Of Pheochromocytoma: The Importance Of Reevaluating The Differential And The Dangers Of Patient Labeling., Nabeel Ali, Joseph Granade, Gayatri Venketraman

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Liver Abscess Epidemiology In A Large Tertiary Center, Aristotle Asis, Ali Hassoun, Esmerelda Guiterrez-Asis, Jesse Faulk Jan 2019

Liver Abscess Epidemiology In A Large Tertiary Center, Aristotle Asis, Ali Hassoun, Esmerelda Guiterrez-Asis, Jesse Faulk

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Albuterol Induced Lactic Acidosis, An Under-Recognized Phenomenon, Sujatha Baddam, Bhavyaa Bahl, Lourdes Corman Jan 2019

Albuterol Induced Lactic Acidosis, An Under-Recognized Phenomenon, Sujatha Baddam, Bhavyaa Bahl, Lourdes Corman

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A Tumor That Would Not Be Flushed, Luke Bailey, Parekha Yedla Jan 2019

A Tumor That Would Not Be Flushed, Luke Bailey, Parekha Yedla

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Thoughts Of The Grave After Treating Graves, Luke Bailey, Roger D. Smalligan Jan 2019

Thoughts Of The Grave After Treating Graves, Luke Bailey, Roger D. Smalligan

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A Case Of An Increased Factor Viii Activity And Its Relationship To Cryptogenic Stroke, Syeda Sabeeka Batool, Mohammed Abdulhaleem, Swetha Srialluri, Alan Baggett Jan 2019

A Case Of An Increased Factor Viii Activity And Its Relationship To Cryptogenic Stroke, Syeda Sabeeka Batool, Mohammed Abdulhaleem, Swetha Srialluri, Alan Baggett

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Delayed Diagnosis Of Annular Pancreas In 11 Year Old Girl With Digeorge Syndrome, Mary Margaret Barr, James Gilbert, Zaria Murrell Jan 2019

Delayed Diagnosis Of Annular Pancreas In 11 Year Old Girl With Digeorge Syndrome, Mary Margaret Barr, James Gilbert, Zaria Murrell

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Stable, Low-Dose Quetiapine Causing Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome In An Elderly Patient, Garrett Dunn, Tarak Vasavada Jan 2019

Stable, Low-Dose Quetiapine Causing Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome In An Elderly Patient, Garrett Dunn, Tarak Vasavada

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