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The Compressive And Flexural Strength Of Concrete Containing Recycled Waste Plastic, Isaiah Akinkunmi

Master of Science in Civil Engineering Theses

Annually, tons of plastic wastes end up in landfills and the oceans through indiscriminate dumping, constituting a major source of pollution to the environment and threat to human health and marine lives. It therefore necessitates an innovative strategy to help mitigate the environmental hazards caused by this pollution. A feasible eco-friendly strategy is by using granulated plastics, fibers or regrinds in concreting. This research explored the feasibility of this strategy by testing the compressive and flexural strengths of hardened concrete specimens containing varying percent of plastic aggregates used as partial replacement for fine aggregates. The compressive strength of specimens of …

State V. Garritson Appellant's Brief Dckt. 47868

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State V. James Appellant's Brief Dckt. 48101

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State V. Christiansen Appellant's Brief Dckt. 48181

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State V. Barsuhn Appellant's Brief Dckt. 48188

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Snowpack Reconstruction In North America Using Tree-Rings, Bethany Lynn Coulthard, Kevin J. Anchukaitis, Gregory T. Pederson, Edward Cook, Jeremy Littell, Dan J. Smith

Geoscience Faculty Research

Climate change has contributed to recent declines in mountain snowpack and earlier runoff, which in turn has intensified hydrological droughts in western North America. Climate model projections suggest that continued and severe snowpack reductions are expected over the 21st century, with profound consequences for ecosystems and human welfare. Yet the current understanding of trends and variability in mountain snowpack is limited by the relatively short and strongly temperature forced observational record. Motivated by the urgent need to better understand snowpack dynamics in a long-term, spatially coherent framework, here we examine snow-growth relationships in western North American tree-ring chronologies. We present …

The Occurrence Of Rocky Habitable-Zone Planets Around Solar-Like Stars From Kepler Data, Steve Bryson, Michelle Kunimoto, Ravi K. Kopparapu, Jeffrey L. Coughlin, William J. Borucki, David Koch, Victor Silva Aguirre, Christopher Allen, Geert Barentsen, Natalie M. Batalha, Travis Berger, Alan Boss, Lars A. Buchhave, Christopher J. Burke, Douglas A. Caldwell, Jennifer R. Campbell, Joseph Catanzarite, Hema Chandrasekaran, William J. Chaplin, Jessie L. Christiansen, Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard, David R. Ciardi, Bruce D. Clarke, William D. Cochran, Jessie L. Dotson, Laurance R. Doyle, Eduardo Seperuelo Duarte, Edward W. Dunham, Andrea K. Dupree, Michael Endl, James L. Fanson

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research

We present the occurrence rates for rocky planets in the habitable zones (HZs) of main-sequence dwarf stars based on the Kepler DR25 planet candidate catalog and Gaia-based stellar properties. We provide the first analysis in terms of star-dependent instellation flux, which allows us to track HZ planets. We define η⊕ as the HZ occurrence of planets with radii between 0.5 and 1.5 R⊕ orbiting stars with effective temperatures between 4800 and 6300 K. We find that η⊕ for the conservative HZ is between... (See article for full abstract).

Office Of The Comptroller Of The Treasury, December 2020, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury

Performance Audit Reports

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Negro Leagues And College Football Playoff, Richard C. Crepeau

On Sport and Society

Last week, the Commissioner of Baseball announced that from this point on the Negro Leagues that were operating between 1920 and 1948 would be “elevated” to “Major League status” by Major League Baseball. He added that “MLB is proud to highlight the contributions of the pioneers who played from 1920-1948.” The action was presented as a culmination of the centennial celebration of the founding of the Negro Leagues in 1920. The statistics from those leagues now become a part of the official records.

Department Of The Treasury For The Year Ended June 30, 2020, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury

Financial and Compliance Audit Reports

No abstract provided.

Tennessee Housing Development Agency For The Year Ended June 30, 2020, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury

Financial and Compliance Audit Reports

No abstract provided.

Feasibility Study Of A Micro-Electro-Mechanical-Systems Threshold-Pressure Sensor Based On Parametric Resonance: Experimental And Theoretical Investigations, Mark Pallay, Meysam Daeichin, Shahrzad Towfighian

Mechanical Engineering Faculty Scholarship

A tunable threshold pressure sensor based on parametric resonance of a microbeam subjected to electrostatic levitation is proposed. Parametric excitation can trigger a large amplitude vibration at twice the natural frequency if the magnitude of the driving force is large enough to overcome energy loss mechanisms in the system such as squeeze film damping. This causes a temporarily unstable response with a significant gain in oscillation amplitude over time until it is eventually capped by nonlinearities in the force or material or geometric properties. The instability divides the frequency region into two regions: distinct responses bounded by the system non-linearity, …

Impacts Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Ginger Production: Supply Chains, Labor, And Food Security In Northeast Thailand, Pakhuan Wannaprasert, Sukanlaya Choenkwan

Forest and Society

This paper evaluates the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on ginger production and ginger farmer livelihoods in Loei province where ginger is an important commercial crop. The analysis also pays particular attention to the lockdown period (March – June 2020). Data for this study were obtained from several sources, including information from government records, onsite observation, and semi-structured interviews. Field research was conducted in August 2020 for 10 days in a village in Plaba sub-district. Data was obtained using an interview guide with 55 ginger farmers who have been growing ginger for at least 3 years. The results show that …

Combination Of Bonding, Bridging And Linking Social Capital In A Livelihood System: Nomadic Duck Herders Amid The Covid-19 Pandemic In South Sulawesi, Indonesia, Darmawan Salman, Kasmiyati Kasim, Asmita Ahmad, Nurhady Sirimorok

Forest and Society

Livelihood systems of nomadic duck herders make a unique study subject due to the livelihood assets, strategies, and outcomes they manage, which involve interactions with various actors that keep moving around. Social capital the duck herders build in their interaction with other actors, namely rice farmers, play an important role to face different vulnerability context, including those brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. This study aims to characterize components of bonding, bridging and linking social capital in the context of relationships between duck herders and other actors, and seeks to find the essential role of the combination of the three types …

Default Culpability Requirements: The Model Penal Code And Beyond, Scott England

Faculty Scholarship

This Article examines section 2.02(3) of the Model Penal Code, both as proposed by the ALI and as modified by MPC states, and recommends new default culpability rules to replace it.

The Model Penal Code’s default culpability provision, Section 2.02(3), plays a central but often overlooked role in the Code’s celebrated culpability scheme. Section 2.02(3) “reads in” a requirement of recklessness when an offense is silent about the mental state required for an offense element. The provision has profound implications for criminal law because thousands of state offenses fail to prescribe culpability requirements. Without a default culpability rule like Section …

Octadecyl Chain-Bearing Pegylated Poly(Propyleneimine)-Based Dendrimersomes : Physicochemical Studies, Redox-Responsiveness, Dna Condensation, Cytotoxicity And Gene Delivery To Cancer Cells, Partha Laskar, Sukrut Somani, Margaret Mullin, Rothwelle J. Tate, Monika Warzecha, Deborah Bowering, Patricia Keating, Craig Irving, Hing Y. Leung, Christine Dufès

School of Medicine Publications

Stimuli-responsive nanocarriers have become increasingly important for nucleic acid and drug delivery in cancer therapy. Here, we report the synthesis, characterization and evaluation of disulphide-linked, octadecyl (C18 alkyl) chain-bearing PEGylated generation 3-diaminobutyric polypropylenimine dendrimer-based vesicles (or dendrimersomes) for gene delivery. The lipid-bearing PEGylated dendrimer was successfully synthesized through in situ two-step reaction. It was able to spontaneously self-assemble into stable, cationic, nanosized vesicles, with low critical aggregation concentration value, and also showed redox-responsiveness in presence of a glutathione concentration similar to that of the cytosolic reducing environment. In addition, it was able to condense more than 70% of DNA at …

Aggregate Stock Liquidity Of Bursa Malaysia, Liew Ping Xin

Student Works (2020-2029)

Liquidity plays a crucial role in the functioning of secondary stock markets. However, little is known about the liquidity condition and how trading activities of different investor groups affect liquidity in the Malaysian stock exchange. This thesis focuses on three aspects of Malaysian stock market liquidity, namely, aggregate liquidity in the context of foreign equity flows, higher-order statistical moments of liquidity in the context of proprietary day trading, and, the liquidity connectedness of stock, bond, money and foreign exchange markets. First, this thesis examines the impact of gross foreign equity inflows on aggregate liquidity in a Vector Autoregression framework using …

Upfront Treatment Of Flt3-Mutated Aml: A Look Back At The Ratify Trial And Beyond., Gina Keiffer, Kimberly L Aderhold, Neil D Palmisiano

Department of Medical Oncology Faculty Papers

In April 2017, following the results of the RATIFY trial (1), midostaurin, a multikinase FLT3 inhibitor, became the first FDA approved targeted agent for the treatment of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) (2). The addition of midostaurin to standard induction therapy with anthracycline and cytarabine (7 + 3) rapidly became the new standard of care for treatment-naïve, fit patients with FLT3-mutated (FLTmut+) AML (3). More recently, gilteritinib, a selective FLT3 inhibitor, showed superiority to chemotherapy in the treatment of relapsed or refractory FLTmut+ AML (4). With two FLT3 inhibitors now approved by the FDA—that is, the more selective gilteritinib and the …

Chiral Binuclear Metal Complexes For Stereoselective Hydrolysis Of Saccharides And Glycosides, Susanne Striegler

Patents Granted

Disclosed herein is a class of chiral binuclear metal complexes for stereoselective hydrolysis of saccharides and glycosides, and more particular chiral binuclear transition metal complex catalysts that discriminate epimeric glycosides and .alpha.- and .beta.-glycosidic bonds of saccharides in aqueous solutions at near physiological pHs. The chiral binuclear metal complexes include a Schiff-base-type ligand derived from a chiral diamino building block, and a binuclear transition metal core, each which can be varied for selectivity. The metal core is a Lewis-acidic metal ion, such as copper, zinc, lanthanum, iron and nickel. The Schiff-base may be a reduced or non-reduced Schiff-base derived from …

Constructed Borders In Higher Education: A Critical Policy Analysis Of Undocumented College Students' Access To Study Abroad, Louise K. Hon

Master's Theses

Abstract Between 2012 and 2017, undocumented youth in the United States with Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival status were able to apply for Advance Parole permissions to travel abroad for educational purposes. During this time, DACA students attending colleges and universities across the nation engaged in study abroad through established education abroad programs. This qualitative study examines undocumented students’ decision to pursue educational abroad opportunities during their undergraduate education in the context of national, state and institutional policies and climate and compares and contrasts the experiences of the undocumented college students who successfully studied abroad with those who either attempted …

Clip And Massively Parallel Functional Analysis Of Celf6 Reveal A Role In Destabilizing Synaptic Gene Mrnas Through Interaction With 3' Utr Elements, Michael A Rieger, Dana M King, Haley Crosby, Yating Liu, Barak A Cohen, Joseph D Dougherty

Open Access Publications

CELF6 is a CELF-RNA-binding protein, and thus part of a protein family with roles in human disease; however, its mRNA targets in the brain are largely unknown. Using cross-linking immunoprecipitation and sequencing (CLIP-seq), we define its CNS targets, which are enriched for 3' UTRs in synaptic protein-coding genes. Using a massively parallel reporter assay framework, we test the consequence of CELF6 expression on target sequences, with and without mutating putative binding motifs. Where CELF6 exerts an effect on sequences, it is largely to decrease RNA abundance, which is reversed by mutating UGU-rich motifs. This is also the case for CELF3-5, …

Flossie Conner Smith Brantley

African American Funeral Programs

Graveside service.

Senyawa Santon Terisoprenilasi Dari Kulit Batang Cratoxylum Arborescens Dan Aktivitas Sitotoksiknya Terhadap Sel Hela, Jemima Syahrotul Iffah, Mulyadi Tanjung, Tjitjik Srie Tjahtjandarie, Ratih Dewi Saputri, Muhammad Fajar Aldin

Chimica et Natura Acta

Cratoxylum arborescens merupakan salah satu tumbuhan endemik Indonesia dari kelompok famili Hypericaceae. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengisolasi dan menentukan struktur senyawa santon terisoprenilasi yang terdapat pada kulit batang C. arborescens, serta menentukan aktivitas antikanker senyawa santon terisoprenilasi terhadap sel kanker rahim (HeLa). Ekstraksi dan isolasi senyawa santon terisoprenilasi dari kulit batang C. arborescens menggunakan metanol dengan metode maserasi pada suhu kamar. Pemisahan dan pemurnian dilakukan menggunakan kromatografi kolom gravitasi dan kromatografi radial menghasilkan senyawa 2,8-diisoprenil-1,3-dihidroksi-6,7-dimetoksisanton (1) dan fuskasanton C (2). Struktur senyawa santon terisoprenilasi ditetapkan berdasarkan analisis spektroskopi, meliputi UV, IR, 1D dan 2D NMR. Uji aktivitas sitotoksik senyawa 1-2 …

7-Hidroksi-6-Metoksi Kumarin (Skopoletin) Dari Ekstrak Metanol Kulit Batang Chisocheton Cumingianus (Meliaceae), Nurlelasari Nurlelasari, Tiara Prima Amalya, Euis Julaeha, Desi Harneti P. Huspa, Rani Maharani, Darwati Darwati, Ug Supratman

Chimica et Natura Acta

Keanekaragaman hayati hutan tropis Indonesia merupakan sumber senyawa organik bahan alam seperti limonoid, triterpenoid, seskuiterpenoid, steroid, serta senyawa-senyawa fenolik yang struktur molekulnya beragam dan menunjukkan bioaktivitas yang menarik. Salah satu senyawa yang menarik diteliti adalah senyawa fenolik karena memiliki keberagaman baik fungsi maupun strukturnya. Senyawa fenolik pada tumbuhan dapat dijumpai pada famili Meliaceae. Genus Chisocheton merupakan salah satu tumbuhan dari famili Meliaceae yang memiliki sekitar 53 spesies, diantaranya adalah Chisocheton cumingianus. Chisocheton yang telah banyak diteliti memiliki aktivitas antikanker, antimalaria, antivirus, anti-oksidan, anti-inflamasi, anti-insektisida dan antimikroba. Senyawa-senyawa yang telah banyak diisolasi meliputi limonoid, triterpenoid, dan steroid. Pada paper ini akan …

Karakterisasi Komposisi Mineral Mud Vulcano Desa Napan Kawasan Perbatasan Republik Indonesia – Republic Democratic Timor Leste Dan Potensi Pemanfaatannya, Gebhardus Djugian Gelyaman, Eduardus Edi

Chimica et Natura Acta

Penelitian karakterisasi kimia terhadap lumpur volcano (mud volcano) desa Napan yang merupakan kawasan perbatasan negara Indonesia dan Timor Leste telah dilakukan. Karakterisasi dilakukan menggunakan instrumentasi XRD, FTIR, XRF. Karakterisasi bertujuan untuk mengetahui komposisi mineral-mineral dalam lumpur sehingga dapat mengeksplorasi potensi pemanfaatan lumpur tersebut didasarkan pada studi literatur riset-riset sejenis yang telah dilakukan. Hasil karakterisasi memperlihatkan penyusun lumpur adalah Cr2O3, Re2O7, ZnO, V2O5, Rb2O, CuO, ZrO2, BaO, SrO, MnO, TiO2, CaO, K2O, Al2O3, Fe2O3, SiO2 yang menyusun mineral-mineral besar yaitu kaolinit, gibsit, kuarsa, kristobalit, ilit, hematit, alumina (corundum). Terdapat tiga mineral yang mendominasi kandungan lumpur yaitu SiO2 (52%) dikuti Fe2O3 (±20,55%) …

The Partners2 Study: Trial Of Primary Care Based Collaborative Care For People With A Diagnosis Of Schizophrenia, Bipolar Or Other Types Of Psychosis. Protocol Version 1.0 Dated 16.12.2020, Ben Jones

Faculty of Health Datasets

The study protocol includes an outline of the statistical methods to be employed in the analysis of the trial data. The purpose of the Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) is to provide full details of the planned statistical methods to be used in the primary report of the trial results, in line with the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) guidelines1 and extensions for non-pharmacological trials2 and cluster randomised trials3, which provide guidelines to facilitate the complete and transparent reporting of clinical trials, as well as the ICH E9 Guidelines4. The PARTNERS2 protocol includes details of an internal pilot study within …

The Partners2 Study: Trial Of Primary Care Based Collaborative Care For People With A Diagnosis Of Schizophrenia, Bipolar Or Other Types Of Psychosis. Protocol Version 7.3 Dated 18.08.2020, Richard Byng

Faculty of Health Datasets

The aim is to carry out preliminary work for, and to test the feasibility of, a randomised controlled trial (RCT). The ultimate purpose of the RCT is to determine whether this intervention can improve outcomes for participants with a diagnosis of schizophrenia, bipolar or other psychosis.

The Good Italian, The Bad German, And The Survivor: Narratives And Counter-Narratives Of The Shoah In Italy, John Barruzza

Dissertations - ALL

The study herein explores the history and memory of the Shoah in Italy through the eyes, primarily, of survivors themselves. Pairing witness testimonies (memoirs and oral interviews) with government records, I show how Italy’s Jewish survivors, for many decades after World War II and the Shoah, continued to invoke the national myths of the ‘good Italian’ and the ‘bad German’ in their recollections, despite their frequent persecution at Italian hands. This tendency, I argue, stems from their past experiences of acceptance and integration in Italy after national unification and emancipation, experiences which extended to foreign Jews residing in Italy, as …

Modeling And Simulation Of Morphological Instabilities In Thin Elastic Solids, Junbo Chen

Dissertations - ALL

The study of morphological instabilities in thin solids, such as buckling of thin shells and wrinkling of thin sheets, is of growing interest to a number of academic disciplines including en-gineering, physics, biology, and many others. For example, buckling has traditionally been re-garded as an unfavorable phenomenon in engineering design, but emerging technologies con-sider such behavior as an opportunity for novel functionality. The formation of wrinkle patterns on thin sheets has also emerged rapidly as canonical problems to investigate pattern formation in the physics community. The nonlinearities of the post-buckling behaviors encountered in these problems make theoretical analysis a challenging …

#Metoo: Networked Celebrity Advocacy As Capital Performance, Li Chen

Dissertations - ALL

Celebrity advocacy scholars have studied how social movements utilize celebrity appeal to attract media and public attention for decades. Some researchers have found that celebrity advocacy failed to achieve exceptional performance in the legacy media age. Moreover, only a very few top-class celebrities have successfully attracted legacy media attention regarding advocating social causes. This dissertation introduces the concept of networked celebrity advocacy to illustrate a new route on networked social media. Employing theories of capital and the framework of social network analysis, I test networked celebrity advocacy in the case of the #MeToo movement on Twitter. This dissertation analyzes the …