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Blog Post, So, This Is Such An Exciting Time To Be Alive, 'Burg Blogs, July 2, 2012, Erica Gordon

USF St. Petersburg Campus News and Press Releases

No abstract provided.

Structural Damage Detection Using Artificial Neural Networks And Wavelet Transform, Arthur Shi, Xiao-Hua Yu

Electrical Engineering

With the ever-increasing demand for the safety and functionality of civil infrastructures, structure health monitoring (SHM) has now become more and more important.

Recent developments in computational intelligence and digital signal processing offer great potentials to develop a more efficient, reliable, and robust structure damage identification system. In this paper, the application of artificial neural networks and wavelet analysis is investigated to develop an intelligent and adaptive structural damage detection system. The proposed approach is tested on an IASC (International Association for Structural Control)-ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) SHM benchmark problem. Satisfactory computer simulation results are obtained.

Improving Core Mathematical Skills In Motor Apprentice Education In Ireland, Peter Kenny

Conference Papers

In order to enter into an apprenticeship in Ireland a qualification in mathematics is not essential. Throughout their apprenticeship many motor trade apprentices find that many past mathematical weakness resurface. In addition to this the level and standard of mathematics increases as apprentices progress through their training.

A maths diagnostic test has been developed and sat by a selection of Motor Mechanic apprentices attending off the job training at the Technological University Dublin during the 2011 to 2012 academic year.

The results of this test indicate that many students experience difficulty with mathematically related subjects. The test was then repeated …

The Geochemistry Of Water-Filled Sinkholes At Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge, Roswell, Nm : Implications For Hydrochemical Evolution And Trophic Support, Elizabeth Premo

Earth and Planetary Sciences ETDs

This study provides a hydrochemical baseline survey of water-filled sinkholes at Bitter Lake Nation Wildlife Refuge (Roswell, NM). Water samples from 10 representative sinkholes taken at 1.0m increments were analyzed for major ions, stable isotopes [δ18O, δD], and dissolved gases. Sinkholes are surface features at a constant head boundary found at the discharge region for the Roswell Artesian Basin, recharged by upwardly flowing artesian springs. Constant head is confirmed by a lack of measured change in depth during two sampling sessions (October 2008, May 2009), low relief (<10m change across study area), and deployment of autonomous sensors (sondes). Sinkhole waters – regardless of depth or season – fall along a common isotopic evaporation trajectory (δD = 3.387*δ18O – 19.38), and adopt a Na-Cl chemical endmember facies. Driven primarily by physical sinkhole geometry (e.g., depth and surface area), sinkhole water follows a predictable evolutionary progression from a spring-like well-mixed ("young"), to moderately saline well-mixed ("transitional"), to saline and stratified ("old" or "evolved"), based on the relative volume of water that has entered and subsequently been evaporated from the system. The modality of water column structure may be predicted by measuring the density, TDS or conductivity at sinkhole surface, as these parameters can be used as a proxy for evolutionary "age." Simple geochemical models reveal calcium- and sulfate-bearing minerals (calcite, gypsum) precipitate early in the reaction while halite and magnesium-containing minerals precipitate late, yielding increased Cl- and Mg+ concentrations in fluids subjected to prolonged evaporation. More complicated models are needed to fully consider precipitation of additional mineral species and water budget. Both PO4 and NH4 were present in biologically-significant concentrations in sinkholes with chemically controlled water columns, and photosynthetic bacteria were found to organize at the bottom of the photic zone. High NH4 and CO2 accompanying low O2 dissolved gas values confirm the increased biological control in stratified sinkholes. Resident fish populations are affected by water chemistry which reduces reproductive success or exceed the survivable range of habitable conditions. Results of this study may be used to aid with biological resource management and to predict stratified conditions using measurable proxies.

Communiqué, July 2, 2012, Lindenwood University

Communiqué

The Communiqué was the faculty/staff newsletter for Lindenwood University/College from 1982 to 2016.

07/02/2012 Obituary Records, Hawaii Obituaries

Obituaries

List of Obituaries for individuals who passed away on 07/02/2012. Scroll down to see the names and obituary description.

Civil War, 1861-1865 - Claims (Sc 435), Manuscripts & Folklife Archives

Manuscript Collection Finding Aids

Finding aid and scan (Click on "Additional Files" below) for Manuscripts Small Collection 435. Printed power of attorney addressed to C.D. Pennebaker and Son, Washington, D.C. The only recorded information on the form is the name of George Givens and the amount of the claim, $150.

Prevalence Of Mental Illness Among Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander People In Queensland Prisons, Edward B. Hefferman

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of mental disorder in a representative sample of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Queensland prisons.

Design, setting and participants: Cross-sectional assessment of mental health using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) and clinical interviews, conducted by Indigenous mental health clinicians who undertook specific training for this purpose, with support from forensic psychiatrists when indicated. We assessed adults who self-identified as Indigenous and were incarcerated in six of the nine major correctional centres across Queensland (housing 75% of all Indigenous men and 90% of all Indigenous women in Queensland prisons) between May and June …

An Intensive Smoking Intervention For Pregnant Aboriginal And Torres Strait Islander Women: A Randomised Controlled Trial, Sandra J. Eade, Rob W. Sanson-Fisher, Mark Wenitong, Katie Panaretto, Catherine D'Este, Conor Gilligan, Jessica Stewart

Aboriginal Policy Research Consortium International (APRCi)

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of an intensive quit-smoking intervention on smoking rates at 36 weeks’ gestation among pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. Design: Randomised controlled trial. Setting and participants: Pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women (n= 263) attending their first antenatal visit at one of three Aboriginal community-controlled health services between June 2005 and December 2009. Intervention: A general practitioner and other health care workers delivered tailored advice and support to quit smoking to women at their first antenatal visit, using evidence-based communication skills and engaging the woman’s partner and other adults in supporting the quit …

Is There A Limit To China's Role In Latin American Energy?, Inter-American Dialogue's Latin American Energy Advisor

Latin American Energy Dialogue, White Papers and Reports

China's Sky Solar signed a deal to build a $900 million solar energy park in Chile in June while Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao was on a four-country visit to the region. During the trip, Wen also signed energy and other agreements with Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil in addition to announcing that the China Development Bank would create a $10 billion credit line to support infrastructure projects in the region. How has China's involvement in Latin America's energy sector evolved? Will it expand beyond the countries and sectors where it has traditionally focused most of its energy investments? If so, where …

Murray Ledger And Times, July 2, 2012, Murray Ledger And Times

The Murray Ledger & Times

No abstract provided.

Usa V. Richard Goode

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Wendell Brown V. Poorman

2012 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

The Eating Attitudes Test And Healthy Eating : An Investigation Of The Relationships Between Pathological Eating, Healthy Eating, And Normal Dieting, Katherine E. Belon

Psychology ETDs

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the Eating Attitudes Test (EAT), a measure originally designed to measure pathological eating in the 1970s, is related to healthy eating and/or normal dieting today. This study included the EAT, a measure of healthy/unhealthy eating, a measure of normal dieting, a measure of pathological eating, and a demographics form. These questionnaires were administered to 206 undergraduate women. Results indicated that most factors on the EAT are highly correlated with normal dieting and several factors are correlated with healthy eating. It may be that researchers have been questioning the validity of the …

Cognitive Differences In United States Preschool Children And Mexico Preschool Children, Xiaoshen Jin

Psychology ETDs

Considerable cross-cultural work on adults and older children suggests that collectivist and individualist cultures are associated with different modes of cognitive processing involving holistic and analytic thinking styles. The current study examined cultural differences in holistic-analytic thinking styles in an understudied population—preschoolers—in the United States, a representative country for individualism, and in Mexico, a representative country for collectivism. Eighty-three preschoolers (United States: n = 41; Mexico n = 42) with an age range from 3 years to 6 years 1 month participated in this study. Two measures of cognitive style were given to each participant: the triad task and a …

Lalanne In Lansing

News Releases

No abstract provided.

A Structural Perspective Of Antibody Neutralization Of Dengue Virus, Stephen Kyle Austin

All Theses and Dissertations (ETDs)

The four dengue viruses: DENV) are mosquito-borne flaviviruses and are considered the world's most significant arboviruses in terms of worldwide disease burden. Symptoms of dengue disease are classified into dengue fever, a mild, febrile illness, and the potentially fatal severe dengue, which can include hemorrhaging and shock. Antibody protection against DENV correlates with the production of neutralizing antibodies against the envelope: E) glycoprotein.

To understand the role of antibodies in DENV infection, we sought to dissect the relationship between epitope and function. Virologic studies had identified that the most potently neutralizing antibodies are against domain III: DIII) of the E …

The Management Of A Utility-Scale Battery Storage System For Renewable Energy Applications, Feng Cheng

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Renewable resources are becoming more and more obtainable and affordable due to the development of technology and enactment of government policies. The output from solar power aligns reasonably well with daytime consumption on the electricity grid, reducing the need for new fossil power stations. Industry experts estimate about 5,000 MW of photovoltaic (PV) will connect to the power grid in only 10 years. However, the technical issue about PV is its variability due to weather conditions especially cloud cover. If the PV power is injected into a power system directly on a large scale, it may produce issues in power …

Uab Professor To Deliver Keynote At Research Scholar Conference In Helsinki, Jim Bakken

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Desire To Learn Fuels Biostatistics' Irby, Tyler Greer

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Aisr Connections Fall 2012 (2012-2013 Orientation Issue), Aisr

The AC's Research Support Newsletter (Formerly AISR Connections)

Yearly publication of AISR Connections for 2012-2013.

Issue includes:

• Scott Library renovations
• New library catalog
• Clinical Resources Support
• Jefferson Digital Commons

The mission of Academic & Instructional Support & Resources (AISR) is to strengthen the educational, research and clinical activities of the Jefferson community by providing knowledge-based information, developing and managing instructional technologies and content, supporting and managing campus classroom technologies, and providing leadership in scholarly communication and publishing.

Regulation Of Lipogenesis By Cyclin-Dependent Kinase 8-Mediated Control Of Srebp-1., Xiaoping Zhao, Daorong Feng, Qun Wang, Arian Abdulla, Xiao-Jun Xie, Jie Zhou, Yan Sun, Ellen S Yang, Lu-Ping Liu, Bhavapriya Vaitheesvaran, Lauren Bridges, Irwin J Kurland, Randy Strich, Jian-Quan Ni, Chenguang Wang, Johan Ericsson, Jeffrey E Pessin, Jun-Yuan Ji, Fajun Yang

Department of Cancer Biology Faculty Papers

Altered lipid metabolism underlies several major human diseases, including obesity and type 2 diabetes. However, lipid metabolism pathophysiology remains poorly understood at the molecular level. Insulin is the primary stimulator of hepatic lipogenesis through activation of the SREBP-1c transcription factor. Here we identified cyclin-dependent kinase 8 (CDK8) and its regulatory partner cyclin C (CycC) as negative regulators of the lipogenic pathway in Drosophila, mammalian hepatocytes, and mouse liver. The inhibitory effect of CDK8 and CycC on de novo lipogenesis was mediated through CDK8 phosphorylation of nuclear SREBP-1c at a conserved threonine residue. Phosphorylation by CDK8 enhanced SREBP-1c ubiquitination and protein …

Design And Evaluation Of Network Survivability Schemes For Correlated Multi-Failure Scenarios, Oscar A. Díaz

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Wireline high-speed networks have become a critical part of modern cyberinfra-structures and provide the base substrates to support a full range of higher-layer user services and applications. Indeed, a wide range of technologies have been deployed in these domains, ranging from ultra-fast Internet Protocol (IP) packet routing systems to multi-wavelength optical switching nodes. Today these setups provide immense levels of traffic scalability, reaching well into the 100s of gigabits/second and even terabits/second ranges. Owing to this growth, network survivability is now a central concern, as even a single link or node failure can cause widespread service disruption for thousands of …

A Deployable Bottom Fed Conical Log-Spiral Antenna For Cubesat Applications, Anthony Ernest

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

The requirements for deployable antenna systems on micro-satellites, specifically on the CubeSat platform, are ever changing. This thesis will address the possible antenna systems that would best be deployed on a CubeSat, with the major focus on the conical log-spiral antenna (CLSA) due to its frequency independent characteristics. The antenna design will then go beyond the published works of the CLSA to introduce a new feeding concept, a bottom fed CLSA. Necessity for this feeding rises out of limited deploying capabilities of the CubeSat platform, which is significantly smaller than the proposed antenna due to frequency constraints. A scaled prototype …

Measuring And Tuning Energy Efficiency On Large Scale High Performance Computing Platforms, James Howard Laros Iii

Electrical and Computer Engineering ETDs

Recognition of the importance of power in the field of High Performance Computing, whether it be as an obstacle, expense or design consideration, has never been greater and more pervasive. Research has been conducted in a number of areas related to power. Little, if any, existing research has focused on large scale High Performance Computing. Part of the reason is the lack of measurement capability currently available on small or large platforms. Typically, research is conducted using coarse methods of measurement such as inserting a power meter between the power source and the platform, or fine grained measurements using custom …

College Of Education News, College Of Education, Georgia Southern University

College of Education News

• COE SOARs This Summer

The Mediating Influence Of Child Self-Regulation On The Relationship Between Couple Attachment Security In Parents And Anxiety In Their Children, David P. Adamusko

Theses and Dissertations

This two wave panel study examined child self-regulation as a potential mediator of the relationship between marital attachment security in parents and anxiety in their adolescent child. Data for this study were taken from the two parent families in waves three and four of the Flourishing Families project which included 335 two-parent families with children between the ages of 14 and 16. Both parents and child completed the Novak and Clayton (2001) Self-regulation Scale with the child's self-regulation as the target, and both husbands and wives completed a modified version of the Experiences in Close Relationships Questionnaire (Fraley, Waller, & …

Pedagogical Exchange In A Common Digital Space, Paul Lane Sebastian

Theses and Dissertations

Language acquisition in the digital realm is currently being explored by members of the second language acquisition community. Social networks in particular are well suited to provide the modern language learner and educator with collaborative tools. This study explores the potential of the Facebook group utility in assisting university language learners from a variety of language proficiency levels in their language learning endeavors. Participants represented four different Spanish classes at the university level. The results of the study indicate that resource sharing, student collaboration, and continuous learning are among the more fascinating benefits for pedagogical exchange in the selected common …

Summary Of In Re George J., 128 Nev. Advanced Opinion No. 32, Emily Navasca

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court considered an appeal from a district court’s order transferring a juvenile case to justice court for adult criminal proceedings pursuant to NRS 62B.335.

Organic Carbon Burial Rates In Mangrove Soils: Global Context And A Preliminary Investigation Of The Coastal Everglades, Joshua L. Breithaupt

USF St. Petersburg campus Master's Theses (Graduate)

The ecological and economic contributions made by mangroves have been well documented in recent decades, and these coastal forests have been the focus of increased attention in terms of conservation and restoration. One aspect that has recently drawn increased attention is the role of mangrove environments in the global carbon cycle, particularly for their high burial rates of organic carbon (OC), also known as “Blue Carbon”, that would otherwise contribute to increased atmospheric CO2 levels. Globally, the amount of available data has more than doubled since the last primary literature review of OC burial in mangrove sediments (2003). The objective …