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International Evidence-Based Consensus Diagnostic And Treatment Guidelines For Unicentric Castleman Disease., Frits Van Rhee, Eric Oksenhendler, Gordan Srkalovic, Peter Voorhees, Megan Lim, Angela Dispenzieri, Makoto Ide, Sophia Parente, Stephen Schey, Matthew Streetly, Raymond Wong, David Wu, Ivan Maillard, Joshua Brandstadter, Nikhil Munshi, Wilbur Bowne, Kojo S Elenitoba-Johnson, Alexander Fössa, Mary Jo Lechowicz, Shanmuganathan Chandrakasan, Sheila K Pierson, Amy Greenway, Sunita Nasta, Kazuyuki Yoshizaki, Razelle Kurzrock, Thomas S Uldrick, Corey Casper, Amy Chadburn, David C Fajgenbaum

Department of Surgery Faculty Papers

Castleman disease (CD) includes a group of rare and heterogeneous disorders with characteristic lymph node histopathological abnormalities. CD can occur in a single lymph node station, which is referred to as unicentric CD (UCD). CD can also involve multicentric lymphadenopathy and inflammatory symptoms (multicentric CD [MCD]). MCD includes human herpesvirus-8 (HHV-8)-associated MCD, POEMS-associated MCD, and HHV-8-/idiopathic MCD (iMCD). The first-ever diagnostic and treatment guidelines were recently developed for iMCD by an international expert consortium convened by the Castleman Disease Collaborative Network (CDCN). The focus of this report is to establish similar guidelines for the management of UCD. To this purpose, …

Human Resource Agencies, December 2020, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury

Performance Audit Reports

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State V. Mcguire Appellant's Brief Dckt. 48005

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2020 December 8, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

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Faculty Senate Minutes No. 7, December 8, 2020

2020 December 8, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes No. 7, December 8, 2020

2020 December 8, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

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Faculty Senate Minutes, December 8, 2020

Essential Worker Resolution

2020 December 8, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

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Faculty Senate Minutes, December 8, 2020

Support for University-Wide Pacing Days

Family Visit, Thomas M. Columbus

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Mary and Elizabeth, doing the impossible.

Genome-Wide Association Mapping And Genomic Prediction Of Anther Extrusion In Cimmyt Hybrid Wheat Breeding Program Via Modeling Pedigree, Genomic Relationship, And Interaction With The Environment, Anil Adhikari, Bhoja Raj Basnet, Jose Crossa, Susanne Dreisigacker, Fatima Camarillo, Pradeep Kumar Bhati, Diego Jarquin, Yann Manes, Amir M.H. Ibrahim

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Anther extrusion (AE) is the most important male floral trait for hybrid wheat seed production. AE is a complex quantitative trait that is difficult to phenotype reliably in field experiments not only due to high genotype-by-environment effects but also due to the short expression window in the field condition. In this study, we conducted a genome-wide association scan (GWAS) and explored the possibility of applying genomic prediction (GP) for AE in the CIMMYT hybrid wheat breeding program. An elite set of male lines (n = 603) were phenotype for anther count (AC) and anther visual score (VS) across three field …

Potential Neural Mediators Of Mom Power Parenting Intervention Effects On Maternal Intersubjectivity And Stress Resilience, S. Shaun Ho, Maria Muzik, Katherine L. Rosenblum, Diana Morelen, Yoshio Nakamura, James E. Swain

ETSU Faculty Works

Stress resilience in parenting depends on the parent's capacity to understand subjective experiences in self and child, namely intersubjectivity, which is intimately related to mimicking other's affective expressions (i. e., mirroring). Stress can worsen parenting by potentiating problems that can impair intersubjectivity, e.g., problems of “over-mentalizing” (misattribution of the child's behaviors) and “under-coupling” (inadequate child-oriented mirroring). Previously we have developed Mom Power (MP) parenting intervention to promote maternal intersubjectivity and reduce parenting stress. This study aimed to elucidate neural mechanisms underlying the effects of MP with a novel Child Face Mirroring Task (CFMT) in functional magnetic-resonance-imaging settings. In CFMT, the …

Training Peer Mentors In Reinforcement And Modeling With Prompting (Ramp): Using Mixed Reality Simulation To Encourage Social Reciprocity Skills In Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Jasmine V. Sadler

Doctor of Education in Special Education Dissertations

Children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can face many challenges, including limited ability in social reciprocity, nonverbal communication, and restrictive and repetitive behaviors and interests as a result of the disorder (APA, 2013). This hinders their ability to build and maintain friendships in the same manner as their typically developing peers and affects their interactions, speech and language abilities, and emotional regulation (Whitman & DeWitt, 2011). Peer Mentors (PMs) are trained to support the development of these skills as part of the Peer Mediated Instruction and Intervention (PMII) evidence-based practice (EBP). However, and explicit training program is not always …

Factor Structure Of The Jordan Performance Appraisal System: A Multilevel Multigroup Study Using Categorical And Count Data, Holly Lee Allen

Theses and Dissertations

Development of the Jordan Performance Appraisal System (JPAS) was completed in 1996. This study examined the factor structure of the classroom observation instrument used in the JPAS. Using observed classroom instructional quality ratings of 1220 elementary teachers of Grades 1-6 in the Jordan School District, this study estimated the factor structure of the data and the rater effect on relevant structural parameters. This study also tested for measurement invariance at the within and between levels across teachers of two grade-level groups (a) lower grades: Grades 1-3 and (b) upper grades: Grades 4-6. Factor structure was estimated using complex exploratory factor …

Effects Of Conformal Cooling Channels On Additively Manufactured Injection Molding Tooling, Tyler Blaine Whatcott

Theses and Dissertations

This study focuses on the cycle-averaged mold temperature of additively manufactured injection molding tooling and how it is affected by conformal cooling channels. This was done by producing a benchmark mold out of Digital ABS produced by Stratasys, an acrylic based photopolymer, which was then used to produce injection molded parts until tool failure. Another, more cost-effective material, High Temp Resin produced by Formlabs, another acrylic based photopolymer, was also tested but yielded very little success. Then the mold design was altered by adding conformal cooling channels and again tested by producing injection molded parts while tracking the mold temperature. …

Teaching Second-Grade Students To Write Expository Text, Angenette Cox Imbler

Theses and Dissertations

Writing is necessary to participate in public discourse. Much of today's communication is based on information, yet many students do not adequately learn how to write expository text. Learning to write is difficult, but expository text can be especially difficult as it requires knowledge of both a subject and special text structures. The purpose of this study was to give teachers a research-proven method for teaching students to write expository text and to give more information on how to evaluate students' writing. In this quasi-experimental quantitative research design, the expository writing of students before and after receiving a new science …

Structural Determinants Of Flavin Dynamics In A Class B Monooxygenase, Ashley C. Campbell, Reeder Robinson, Didier Mena-Aguilar, Pablo Sobrado, John J. Tanner

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

The ornithine hydroxylase known as SidA is a class B flavin monooxygenase that catalyzes the first step in the biosynthesis of hydroxamate-containing siderophores in Aspergillus fumigatus. Crystallographic studies of SidA revealed that the FAD undergoes dramatic conformational changes between out and in states during the catalytic cycle. We sought insight into the origins and purpose of flavin motion in class B monooxygenases by probing the function of Met101, a residue that contacts the pyrimidine ring of the in FAD. Steady-state kinetic measurements showed that the mutant variant M101A has a 25-fold lower turnover number. Pre-steady-state kinetic measurements, pH profiles, and …

Department Of Children’S Services, December 2020, Tennessee. Comptroller Of The Treasury

Performance Audit Reports

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Softening Resistance Toward Diversity Initiatives: The Role Of Mindfulness In Mitigating Emotional White Fragility, Vatia P. Caldwell

Industrial-Organizational Psychology Dissertations

When examining racial equity within organizations, a common theme is the failure of many organizations to address whiteness in their organizations (i.e., White supremacy, White privilege, White dominant culture). Decentering whiteness is key in racial equity work (Grimes, 2002). However, the process of decentering whiteness often results in backlash from Whites also known as White fragility (DiAngelo, 2011). This backlash impedes the organization from moving towards racial equity by upholding the racial status quo. The purpose of the current study is to further explore the role mindfulness plays in racial-equity work within organizations. Specifically, a mindfulness intervention was tested for …

Lindenwood Digest, December 8, 2020, Lindenwood University

Lindenwood Digest

The Lindenwood Digest has been a digital employee newsletter since 2009.

Fiber-Optic Crack Sensing In Steel Structures And Buildings., Ahmed Shabaan Samra

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Fiber-optic sensing techniques have received a considerable interest in recent years. Optical fibers have several desired and advantageous attributes useful for sensor applications, including their ability to act as both sensing and information transmitting media. One of the specific aims of this paper is to build an optical system having the capability to measure the attenuation in optical fibers due to its macrobending, and compare (or calibrate) our results with other who used different systems in order to ensure that our system is suitable to use. The attenuation due to bending loss in optical-fiber at different bending radii of fiber, …

An 8-Bit Full-Adder Implementation Using Single Electron Tunneling (Set) Technology., Sameh Rehan, Eman Almetwaly

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Single Electron Tunneling (SET) devices have come to be considered as promising candidates for future ultra-low power and high-density integrated circuits. Their potential for ultra-low power is related to that the operation is based on only a few electrons. The term Single Electron Tunneling (SET) technology has been selected for devices sensitive to the manipulation of a single electron even if the device itself requires in fact few electrons. Besides, SET provides a simple and elegant solution for implementing threshold Logic Gates (TLGs). This paper presents a SET TLG one-bit full-adder implemented in SET technology. The paper then introduces the …

Improved Control Strategy For Three-Phase Ac Choppers Under Induction Motor Load., Ali Mohamad Eltamaly

Mansoura Engineering Journal

This paper presents a modified control strategy for controlling three-phase ac chopper under induction motor load. This modified strategy is known as Extinction Angle Control (EAC). This new strategy is compared with the Modified Phase Angle Control (MPAC) and Symmetrical Angle Control (SAC) to demonstrate its superior performance. These strategies are based on varying the stator ac voltage to control the speed of a three-phase induction motor. The proposed strategy is characterized by a higher power factor and a better total harmonic distortion compared with the other two strategies over the normal operating arrangement. Performance evaluation of the motor under …

Fpga Based Speed Control Of Three-Phase Induction Motor Using Stator Voltage Regulator., Ali Mohamad Eltamaly

Mansoura Engineering Journal

In this paper a digital speed control strategy for three-phase induction motor is implemented. This strategy depends on varying the stator voltage to control the speed of the induction motor. The system consists of six bidirectional switches. The digital control strategy uses saw-tooth waveform with (wice the supply frequency as a control signal to be compared with triangular waveform as a carrier signal. The voltage output from a voltage regulator can be controlled by varying the voltage level of saw-tooth waveform The control strategy provides also soft starting for the induction motor, The soft starting is implemented by starting the …

Axial Load Capacity And Stresses In Combined Loaded Radial Ball Bearings., Tawfik Tawfik Elmidany, Hassan Saied Hedia, A. Kohail, M. Elkotb

Mansoura Engineering Journal

An interactive and easy to use simulation tool has been developed to simulate and depict normal loads, contact angle, normal deformations, and stresses at any angular position of the rolling element for combined loaded radial ball bearings. The importance of this work comes from the ability to determine the contact angle and induced normal toad at any angular position. The main objective of this work is to lower stresses within the bearings, consequently, bearing fatigue life which is governed by stress level is significantly affected, showing that the lower the stress level the higher the service lifetime. This work is …

Nonlinear Panel Flutter Analysis At High Supersonic Speed., S. Abou-Amer, A. Dahshan, M. El Nomrossy

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Exterior panels forming the exterior skin of flight vehicles traveling through the atmosphere at high supersonic speeds are often susceptible to the occurrence of limit-cycle type self-excited vibrations called flutter. Panel flutter is resulting from the dynamic instability of the aerodynamic, inertia, and elastic forces of the system. The equations of motion for panel flutter are derived using Von Karman's large deflection plate theory and quasi-steady aerodynamic theory. The equations are given in terms of the displacement and are presented in non-dimensional form. Galerkins method is used to transform the system of nonlinear partial differential equations into a system of …

Solvent Extraction Of Zinc(Ii) And Manganese(Ii) With 5,10,15,20-Tetraphenyl-21h,23h-Porphine (Tpp) Through The Metal Exchange Reaction Of Lead(Ii)-Tpp., Seham Nagib

Mansoura Engineering Journal

An investigation was carried out on the extraction of aqueous Zn(II) and Mn(π) with a hydrophobic porphyrin (5,10,15,20-tetraphenyl-21H,23H porphine, TPP) through a metal exchange reaction of Pb(π)-TPP. The distribution ratios (D) of these metals were found to be independent of the Pb(π) concentration in the aqueous phase. Pb(π) in the aqueous phase acted as a catalyst which promoted the metal-TPP complexation.

Stripping Of Fe (Iii) From D2ehpa Using Sulphuric Acid, Hydrochloric Acid, And Reductive Stripping In Vacuum., Seham Nagib

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Whereas, Fe (III) is easily extracted using di (2-ethylhexyl) phosphoric acid (D2EHPA), it is hard to strip it from the organic phase. It is well known that Fe (II) is readily stripped from( D2EHPA), so a reduction of ferric to ferrous iron could be away to solve this problem. In this work, the conventional way of stripping using acidic solutions such as H2SO. and HCl has been studied. Fe (III) stripping was found to increase with increasing acid concentration. The optimum acid concentration required is 10 N and S N for H2SO, and HCT, respectively. Also, reductive stripping in vacuum …

Investigation Of Al26.5cu25fe12.5 Quasicrystalline Phase Formation By Rapid Solidification Followed By Mechanical Milling., A. Shamah, S. Ibrahim, F. Hanna, Y. Abbas, P. Gayed

Mansoura Engineering Journal

The formation of the quasicrystalline phase Al62.5 Cu25FC12.5, by twin rolls rapid solidification technique has been investigated. The obtained phases are cauterized by XRD, Differential Thermal Analysis and electrical resistivity measurements. The effect of milling on the sample produced by rapid solidification is also examined. A quenched sample, a quasicrystalline (i-phase) is present in a relatively high volume fraction, in addition to two other phases that are most likely Al2Cu to be phase and Al7Cu2Fe phase (��-phase). The milled samples does not give a single quasicrystalline phase, but the milling tends to stabilize the pre- existed i-phase.

Investigation Of Quasicrystalline Phases Formation By Mechanical Alloying Of The Al - Cr And Al - Fe Alloys., A. Shamah, S. Ibrahim, F. Hanna, Y. Abbas, M. M. Abd-Elaziz

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Mechanical alloying (MA) of elemental Al and Cr powders of nominal composition Al86Cr14 has been performed by using a conventional ball – mill. The MA process produced a supersaturation of Cr in Al. Isothermal annealing at 590 °C represented in the formation of quasicrystalline phase, in addition of two intermetallic phases Al13C2 and Al14.Cr. A supersaturation solid solution of a α- Fe (AI) and a metastable Al6 Fe phase were formed by MA of a mixture of Al and Fe elements containing of nominal composition Al84 Fe16. However, thermal treatment fail to produce the quasi-phase, various intermetallic phase are obtained. …

Effect Of Egyptian Cotton Fibre Length Distribution On Yarn Properties., Fawkia Fahim Elhabiby

Mansoura Engineering Journal

In this work studying the effect of Aris fibre length distribution by weight and by number on combed ring spun yarn properties is carried out. Where Egyptian cotton fibres of different types and grades were processed for producing combed ring spun yarns with counts ranged from 16Ne to 100 Ne. Correlation coefficients between yarn properties and fibre length parameters (and slenderness of fibres for yarn neps) were calculated. Also correlation coefficients between yarn properties and percentages of fibres in the different length categories, by weight and by number, were calculated. The prediction of yarn properties based on percentages of fibres …

Wildfire Risk Assessment For A Municipal Watershed In Western Oregon, Usa: Methods For Projecting The Impact Of Mid-21st Century Climate Change On Wildfire Hazard, Andy Mcevoy

Dissertations and Theses

In the western United States, climate change is projected to lead to significant changes in regional wildfire regimes. Historically, forests west of the Cascade crest in Oregon and Washington, USA (westside) have been characterized by low-frequency wildfire events, but climate change projections indicate that wildfire could become a more common disturbance, altering ecological processes and impairing ecosystem services like surface water quality and quantity. Wildfire risk assessments based on simulation models have been used in high frequency fire regimes to evaluate contemporary and future risk, but present unique challenges in westside forests because characteristic low annual burn probabilities result in …