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Methods Of Memorialization: Holocaust Commemoration In The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Kylee Bolinger Dec 2021

Methods Of Memorialization: Holocaust Commemoration In The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Kylee Bolinger

University Honors Theses

Memorials, both formal and informal, both private and public, have long participated in the pursuit to honor the victims of tragedy, disaster, or genocide. Memorial museums serve both to memorialize victims and to foster an environment conducive to reflection and education about these stories. Such memorial museums have especially made their mark after one of the most notable and devastating genocide events in history: the Holocaust in twentieth-century Europe. This thesis examines how memorialization methods utilized by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) make up the American interpretation of Vergangenheitsbewältigung, the concept typically applied to how Germans deal …

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Uniting Non-Empirical And Semi-Empirical Density Functional Approximation Strategies Using Constraint-Based Regularization, Trine K. Quady Dec 2021

Uniting Non-Empirical And Semi-Empirical Density Functional Approximation Strategies Using Constraint-Based Regularization, Trine K. Quady

University Honors Theses

In this work, we present a general framework that unites the two primary strategies for constructing density functional approximations (DFAs): non-empirical (NE) constraint satisfaction and semi-empirical (SE) data-driven optimization. The proposed method employs B-splines--bell-shaped spline functions with compact support--to construct each inhomogeneity correction factor (ICF). This choice offers several distinct advantages over a polynomial basis by enabling explicit enforcement of linear and non-linear constraints as well as ICF smoothness using Tikhonov regularization and penalized B-splines (P-splines). As proof of concept, we use this approach to construct CASE21--a Constrained And Smoothed semi-Empirical global hybrid generalized gradient approximation that completely satisfies all …

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Galectin-1: Development Of A Novel Protein Therapy For Lgmd2b, Mary Lorena Vallecillo Munguia Dec 2021

Galectin-1: Development Of A Novel Protein Therapy For Lgmd2b, Mary Lorena Vallecillo Munguia

Theses and Dissertations

Muscular dystrophies are a heterogeneous group of genetic diseases that involve mutations in genes leading to progressive muscular weakness. Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy 2B (LGMD2B) is a subset of muscular dystrophy caused by mutations in the DYSF gene, which encodes for dysferlin protein and has an incidence of 1/100,000-1/200,000 people, or 1/300 people of Libyan Jewish descent. Since there is no effective treatment that can cure or reverse effects of LGMD2B once diagnosed, our goal is to investigate and develop a protein therapy that mitigates effects of this disease in patients. Galectin-1 (Gal-1) is a small, soluble 14.5 kDa protein with …

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Media Consumption Effects On Climate Change Beliefs, Haley Penrod Dec 2021

Media Consumption Effects On Climate Change Beliefs, Haley Penrod

Honors College Theses

Climate change is in everyday conversation and on the platform for many elections. This issue has grown bigger to where action needs to be taken in order to counteract its effects. One way to examine this subject is through the media. Media allows for an outlet of communication between those with vital information and the public audience. This usage of media can be influential in informing people, as well as changing causation beliefs towards either side. Through this project, the question of how media consumption affects people’s climate change causation beliefs is examined. Using data provided through the 2016 American …

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Has The Turning Point Been Missed? Exclusivity Payments Granted By Dominant Undertakings In The Light Of The Enforcement Priorities Guidance, Tomasz Krzyżewski Dec 2021

Has The Turning Point Been Missed? Exclusivity Payments Granted By Dominant Undertakings In The Light Of The Enforcement Priorities Guidance, Tomasz Krzyżewski

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

For many years, exclusivity payments and its specific type – loyalty rebates – were treated by the European Commission (Commission) as restrictions by object. This approach has been gradually revised towards a more effect-based reasoning. In the Guidance on the Commission’s enforcement priorities in applying Article 82 of the EC Treaty to abusive exclusionary conduct by dominant undertakings (Guidance), the Commission demonstrated its willingness to follow the so-called ‘economic approach’. In particular, the Commission announced that for price-based exclusionary conduct the so-called ‘as-efficient competitor’ test (AEC test) is going to be used. This article aims to verify whether the Commission …

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Product Substitutability In Defining The Relevant Market And Expert Evidence: Comments On The Judgment Of The Polish Supreme Court Of 29 July 2020 (I Nsk 8/19), Rafał R. Wasilewski Dec 2021

Product Substitutability In Defining The Relevant Market And Expert Evidence: Comments On The Judgment Of The Polish Supreme Court Of 29 July 2020 (I Nsk 8/19), Rafał R. Wasilewski

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

In one of the court proceedings concerning a cassation appeal, brought against the decision of the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), the Polish Supreme Court expressed in its judgment of 29 July 2020 (I NSK 8/19) a view on the role of expert evidence in the definition of the relevant market, and more specifically, in the determination of product substitutability. By dismissing the corporate applicant’s cassation appeal, the Court stated that admission of expert evidence was not necessary, given that the substitutability of products is decided mainly by customer adoption and not their chemical composition. …

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Can Coordination Between The Producer And The Distributor In The Process Of Calculating Prices And Their Structure In The Tariff Process Be Regarded As Legally Prohibited, Having Regard To The Provisions Of Sectorial Regulation And The Regulatory Practice? Case Comment To Decision Of The President Of Uokik Of 3 December 2020, Dok-5/2020, Filip Elżanowski Dec 2021

Can Coordination Between The Producer And The Distributor In The Process Of Calculating Prices And Their Structure In The Tariff Process Be Regarded As Legally Prohibited, Having Regard To The Provisions Of Sectorial Regulation And The Regulatory Practice? Case Comment To Decision Of The President Of Uokik Of 3 December 2020, Dok-5/2020, Filip Elżanowski

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

This is a case study analysis based on the decision No. DOK-5/2020 issued by the President of the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (hereinafter: UOKiK) of 3 December 2020. The main part of the text will be devoted to the analysis of the scope of competences of the President of Energy Regulatory Office (hereinafter: URE) (the NRA) and the President of UOKiK (the NCA) regarding the regulation of heat prices (taking into account Polish and EU doctrine and jurisprudence). In contrast to other publications on the relationship between the competences of the President of URE and the President of …

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1974 December Memphis State University Commencement Program Dec 2021

1974 December Memphis State University Commencement Program

Commencements

Program for the Winter convocation of the 63rd commencement of Memphis State University at Memphis, Tennessee, held at the Mid-South Coliseum on December 21, 1974. Digitized by the Internet Archive.

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1982 December Memphis State University Commencement Program Dec 2021

1982 December Memphis State University Commencement Program

Commencements

Program for the Winter convocation of the 71st commencement of Memphis State University at Memphis, Tennessee, held at the Mid-South Coliseum on December 18, 1982. Digitized by the Internet Archive.

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1985 May Memphis State University Commencement Program Dec 2021

1985 May Memphis State University Commencement Program

Commencements

Program for the Spring convocation of the 73rd commencement of Memphis State University at Memphis, Tennessee, held at the Mid-South Coliseum on May 11, 1985. Digitized by the Internet Archive.

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1989 August Memphis State University Commencement Program Dec 2021

1989 August Memphis State University Commencement Program

Commencements

Program for the Summer convocation of the 77th commencement of Memphis State University at Memphis, Tennessee, held at the Mid-South Coliseum on August 13, 1989. Digitized by the Internet Archive.

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2002 August University Of Memphis Commencement Program Dec 2021

2002 August University Of Memphis Commencement Program

Commencements

Program for the Summer convocation of the 90th commencement of the University of Memphis at Memphis, Tennessee, held at the Pyramid on August 11, 2002. Digitized by the Internet Archive.

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2011 May University Of Memphis Commencement Program Dec 2021

2011 May University Of Memphis Commencement Program

Commencements

Program for the Spring convocation of the 99th commencement of the University of Memphis at Memphis, Tennessee, held at the FedEx Forum and the Cannon Center on May 7-8, 2011. Digitized by the Internet Archive.

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Ionic Liquid-Solvated Chitosan Nanoparticles As A Novel Method Of Treating Atopic Dermatitis, Leslie Bell Dec 2021

Ionic Liquid-Solvated Chitosan Nanoparticles As A Novel Method Of Treating Atopic Dermatitis, Leslie Bell

Honors Theses

Atopic dermatitis, or eczema, is an inflammatory skin disease resulting in dry, red, and itchy skin that affects almost 20% of the population of the Western world. This disease creates a physical, emotional, as well as financial burden on those affected, as well as their families. Current treatment options are only somewhat effective, and do not have a long duration of release and therefore efficiency. Furthermore, treatment plans involving corticosteroids need to be closely regulated to monitor side effects such as skin thinning. Other options include topical tacrolimus, emollients, and oral antihistamines, each with varied side effects. This project is …

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Microwave-Promoted Iminyl Radical Fragmentations And The Total Synthesis Of Yaku'amide A And Its Simplified Analogues, Concordia Lo Dec 2021

Microwave-Promoted Iminyl Radical Fragmentations And The Total Synthesis Of Yaku'amide A And Its Simplified Analogues, Concordia Lo

Theses and Dissertations

The first project in this dissertation describes the use of microwave-promoted iminyl radical fragmentations to form functionalized nitriles. Nitrogen-centered radical chemistry is a useful tool to construct valuable C-N bonds commonly found in pharmaceuticals and biologically active molecules. Classically, these reactions require the use of toxic initiators and propagators. Iminyl radical chemistry has been gaining momentum as a means of avoiding these harsh conditions. This project utilizes the fragmentation of cyclic iminyl radicals via irradiation of O-phenyl oxime ethers to produce a synthetically useful nitrile tethered to an alkyl radical in the absence of metal catalysts and redox chemistry. The …

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A Review Of Remote Work Evaluation Approaches, Rebecca Allen Dec 2021

A Review Of Remote Work Evaluation Approaches, Rebecca Allen

Honors Theses

With the introduction of the COVID-19 public health crisis, many United States workers were involuntarily placed in remote working conditions. As a result, it is imperative to understand the varying effects of remote working conditions on employee and organizational performance. Industrial/Organizational Psychology and Organizational Behavior Management are two specializations within the field of psychology that recognize the need for understanding these conditions. These two fields hold distinctly different theoretical approaches and as such evaluate the effects of remote work in different ways. Understanding the difference between these assessments is essential for identifying where each journal type may fall short in …

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Effects Of The Inclusion Of Rice Hull Derived Bio-Oil On Wood Pellet Production, Tyler E. Lowe Dec 2021

Effects Of The Inclusion Of Rice Hull Derived Bio-Oil On Wood Pellet Production, Tyler E. Lowe

Theses and Dissertations

Wood pellet production has become an advancing industry for the sake of reducing greenhouse emissions into the atmosphere especially, in European Union countries. Researchers and industry executives seek new methods and materials to improve the pelletization process. Rice hulls or husks has the potential to aid in wood pelletization as they possess high calorific values. This study focuses on using rice hull derived bio-oil from pyrolysis, which will also decrease ash content, as an additive to aid in the wood pelletization process. Using two groups of rice hull derived bio-oil as an additive in wood pelletization: Group 1 uses heavy …

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Disease Biomarker Discovery And Fungal Metabolites Extraction Protocol Optimization Using Gcms Based Metabolomics, Chathuri Udeshika Gamlath Mohottige Dec 2021

Disease Biomarker Discovery And Fungal Metabolites Extraction Protocol Optimization Using Gcms Based Metabolomics, Chathuri Udeshika Gamlath Mohottige

Theses and Dissertations

Metabolomics is a powerful science that can be applied for the discovery of disease biomarkers, and investigation of altered metabolomes due to abiotic and biotic perturbations. This dissertation is focused on untargeted metabolomic applications to investigate fungal metabolite alterations associated with pathogenicity, fungal disease propagations, and symbiosis. This dissertation employs qualitative analysis of metabolite mixtures using HS-SPME coupled GC-MS and TMS derivatization followed by GC-MS analytical platforms. In the first study, we discovered a biomarker combination to diagnose fungal soft tissue disease in sweet potato at an early stage of disease propagation. We used an HS-SPME GC-MS untargeted metabolomics workflow …

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The NTh-Order Comprehensive Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis Methodology For Response-Coupled Forward/Adjoint Linear Systems (NTh-Casam-L): I. Mathematical Framework, Dan Gabriel Cacuci Dec 2021

The NTh-Order Comprehensive Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis Methodology For Response-Coupled Forward/Adjoint Linear Systems (NTh-Casam-L): I. Mathematical Framework, Dan Gabriel Cacuci

Faculty Publications

This work presents the mathematical framework of the nth-Order Comprehensive Adjoint Sensitivity Analysis Methodology for Response-Coupled Forward/Adjoint Linear Systems (abbreviated as “nth-CASAM-L”), which is conceived for obtaining the exact expressions of arbitrarily-high-order (nth-order) sensitivities of a generic system response with respect to all of the parameters (including boundary and initial conditions) underlying the respective forward/adjoint systems. Since many of the most important responses for linear systems involve the solutions of both the forward and the adjoint linear models that correspond to the respective physical system, the sensitivity analysis of such responses makes it necessary …

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Audiovisual Metadata Platform Pilot Development (Amppd), Final Project Report, Jon W. Dunn, Ying Feng, Juliet L. Hardesty, Brian Wheeler, Maria Whitaker, Thomas Whittaker, Shawn Averkamp, Bertram Lyons, Amy Rudersdorf, Tanya Clement, Liz Fischer Dec 2021

Audiovisual Metadata Platform Pilot Development (Amppd), Final Project Report, Jon W. Dunn, Ying Feng, Juliet L. Hardesty, Brian Wheeler, Maria Whitaker, Thomas Whittaker, Shawn Averkamp, Bertram Lyons, Amy Rudersdorf, Tanya Clement, Liz Fischer

Copyright, Fair Use, Scholarly Communication, etc.

This report documents the experience and findings of the Audiovisual Metadata Platform Pilot Development (AMPPD) project, which has worked to enable more efficient generation of metadata to support discovery and use of digitized and born-digital audio and moving image collections. The AMPPD project was carried out by partners Indiana University Libraries, AVP, University of Texas at Austin, and New York Public Library between 2018-2021.

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No Strings Attached? Zero-Price Practices On Social Media Markets Under Eu Abuse Of Dominance Assessment, Marta Sznajder Dec 2021

No Strings Attached? Zero-Price Practices On Social Media Markets Under Eu Abuse Of Dominance Assessment, Marta Sznajder

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

Do customers pay too little when they pay nothing for accessing a social media platform ‘for free’, and/or do they pay too much? These ‘free’ online services attract customers even if they come at personal information or attention costs. As competition law traditionally focuses on positive prices, ‘free’ services raise the question whether and how they could be assessed as potentially harmful to competition and consumers. Thus, the aim of this paper is to discuss the extent to which EU competition law can be applied to evaluate unilateral abusive pricing practices of social media platforms providing ‘free’ services to customers. …

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The (Ab)Use Of Soft Law In Shaping Eu Competition Law: Undermining The Effectiveness Of Leniency Programmes, Javier Guillen Carames Dec 2021

The (Ab)Use Of Soft Law In Shaping Eu Competition Law: Undermining The Effectiveness Of Leniency Programmes, Javier Guillen Carames

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

One of the defining features of EU competition provisions is that they are enforceable and applicable by the authorities and courts of the European Union and those of its Member States. The European Commission and national competition authorities participate in the application of EU competition law to differing degrees. Different legal mechanisms are adopted to apply Article 101 TFEU, including leniency programmes aimed at pursuing cartels, considered to be the greatest risk to free competition in the European Union. These programmes are implemented using non-binding mechanisms of soft law, which has generated a number of issues for the European Commission …

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Productivity And Competitiveness Of The Agricultural Sector In Poland, Jacek Rodzinka, Tomasz Skica, Tadeusz Pomianek Dec 2021

Productivity And Competitiveness Of The Agricultural Sector In Poland, Jacek Rodzinka, Tomasz Skica, Tadeusz Pomianek

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

This article attempts to assess the productivity and competitiveness of the agricultural sector in Poland. The data used in the article were provided by Polish FADN (Farm Accountancy Data Network) and the Central Statistical Office, which makes them a representative and reliable source of information on agriculture in Poland. Studies have shown that the agricultural sector in Poland is characterised by low productivity, especially of small and medium-sized farms prevailing in Poland, as well as low internal competitiveness measured by the share of the national agricultural sector in generating GDP. Studies have shown, on the other hand, that the situation …

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How Much May An Unreasonable Delay Cost? Tar Lazio Annuls The Highest Sanction Ever Issued By The Italian Competition Authority, Zofia M. Mazur, Elisa Luna Scimeca Dec 2021

How Much May An Unreasonable Delay Cost? Tar Lazio Annuls The Highest Sanction Ever Issued By The Italian Competition Authority, Zofia M. Mazur, Elisa Luna Scimeca

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

The present contribution describes and comments on recent ruling(s) issued by the Italian Regional Administrative Court of Lazio Region (TAR Lazio) which annuls the highest sanction ever imposed by the Italian Competition Authority (AGCM) for the breach of competition law. The Court found that the AGCM’s final decision vitiated on both procedural and substantive grounds. The TAR Lazio held that the Competition Authority violated the principle of ‘reasonable length of proceedings’ by deferring the initiation of the investigation without valid justification. For this reason, in the last part of the contribution, the authors briefly analyse the possible consequences of the …

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Implementation Of The Ecn+ Directive In Poland – Towards A More Effective Application Of Eu Competition Law? Conference Of The Office Of Competition And Consumer Protection And The Centre For Antitrust And Regulatory Studies, Warsaw, 2 March 2021, Monika Woźniak-Cichuta Dec 2021

Implementation Of The Ecn+ Directive In Poland – Towards A More Effective Application Of Eu Competition Law? Conference Of The Office Of Competition And Consumer Protection And The Centre For Antitrust And Regulatory Studies, Warsaw, 2 March 2021, Monika Woźniak-Cichuta

Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies

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An Investigation Of Chronic Pain As A Much-Neglected Symptom Of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Sydney Collins Dec 2021

An Investigation Of Chronic Pain As A Much-Neglected Symptom Of Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Sydney Collins

Honors Theses

Ehlers Danlos Syndrome is a group of heritable loose connective tissue disorders with 13 distinguished subtypes. The hypermobile type of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) is the most common subtype and is caused by a genetic mutation that leads to defective collagen fibrils. This leads to joint instability and hypermobility, skin elasticity, widespread pain, fatigue, and generalized tissue fragility. Chronic pain is reported to be a symptom in as high as 92% of the hEDS population (Voermans et al., 2010); despite this prevalence, there is a significant lack of research, awareness, and treatment standardization regarding pain in hEDS. This literature review …

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Combined Clinical Audits And Low-Dose, High-Frequency, In-Service Training Of Health Care Providers And Community Health Workers To Improve Maternal And Newborn Health In Mali: Protocol For A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial, David Zombre, Jean-Luc Kortenaar, Farhana Zareef, Moussa Doumbia, Sekou Doumbia, Fadima Haidara, Katie Mclaughlin, Samba Sow, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Diego G. Bassani Dec 2021

Combined Clinical Audits And Low-Dose, High-Frequency, In-Service Training Of Health Care Providers And Community Health Workers To Improve Maternal And Newborn Health In Mali: Protocol For A Pragmatic Cluster Randomized Trial, David Zombre, Jean-Luc Kortenaar, Farhana Zareef, Moussa Doumbia, Sekou Doumbia, Fadima Haidara, Katie Mclaughlin, Samba Sow, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Diego G. Bassani

Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health

Background: Although most births in Mali occur in health facilities, a substantial number of newborns still die during delivery and within the first 7 days of life, mainly because of existing training deficiencies and the challenges of maintaining intrapartum and postpartum care skills.
Objective: This trial aims to assess the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an intervention combining clinical audits and low-dose, high-frequency (LDHF) in-service training of health care providers and community health workers to reduce perinatal mortality.
Methods: The study is a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial in the Koulikoro region in Mali. The units of randomization are each of …

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War And Society In Colonial Zambia, 1939–1953, Alfred Tembo Dec 2021

War And Society In Colonial Zambia, 1939–1953, Alfred Tembo

Ohio University Press Open Access Books

Written from a Zambian perspective, this leading study shows how the British colony of Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia) organized and deployed human, military, and natural resources during and after the Second World War.

The Second World War brought unprecedented pressures to bear on Britain’s empire, which then included colonial Northern Rhodesia. Through new archival materials and oral histories, War and Society in Colonial Zambia tells—from an African perspective—the story of how the colony organized its human and natural resources on behalf of the imperial government.

Alfred Tembo first examines government propaganda and recruitment of personnel for the Northern Rhodesia Regiment, …

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Quantitative Stem: A Method For Measuring Temperature And Thickness Effects On Thermal Diffuse Scattering Using Stem/Eels, And For Testing Electron Scattering Models, Paul S. Minson Dec 2021

Quantitative Stem: A Method For Measuring Temperature And Thickness Effects On Thermal Diffuse Scattering Using Stem/Eels, And For Testing Electron Scattering Models, Paul S. Minson

Theses and Dissertations

In the last two decades, advances in the dark field detectors and microscopes of scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) have inspired a resurgence of interest in quantitative STEM analysis. One promising avenue is the use of STEM as a nanothermometric probe. In this application, thermal diffuse scattering, captured by a CCD camera or an annular dark field detector, acts as an indirect measurement of the specimen temperature. One challenge with taking such a measurement is achieving adequate sensitivity to quantify a change in scattered electron signal on the order of 1% or less of the full electron beam. Another difficulty …

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Board Of Trustees Minutes, Dec. 10 2021, Indiana State University Board Of Trustees Dec 2021

Board Of Trustees Minutes, Dec. 10 2021, Indiana State University Board Of Trustees

Board of Trustees

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