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Wst 2309g-003: Women, Men, And Culture, Ruth Hoberman

Fall 2012

No abstract provided.

Social Media Influence On Evolving Health Care Marketing Communication, Michele Cash

Theses and Dissertations

The purposes of this investigation were to (a) determine how much of an impact social media has on health communication (b) understand the evolving impact of social media effectiveness and (c) consumer preferences for health care communication. The author conducted both qualitative and quantitative research. This research includes an in-depth interview, a survey and a website content analysis of two health care organizations in the Delaware Valley. This will provide health care organizations with communication techniques to use for current and future consumers. The research revealed that the majority of consumers prefer to hear messages from a trusted source. Both …

The Effect Of A Classroom Wide Positive Behavior Support Used Simultaneously With Individualized Intervention To Students With Asd, Emily Hughes

Theses and Dissertations

This study examined the effect that a classroom-wide positive behavior support (CW-PBS) has on decreasing the inappropriate behaviors of students with autism. In addition, individualized positive behavior strategies (e.g. teaching replacement behavior, self-monitoring) were provided simultaneously together with the CW-PBS to further examine the decrease of inappropriate behavior occurrences. A total of two adolescents with autism in a self-contained setting participated in the study. A single subject research design with AB phases was used. During the baseline, participating students' behavior was observed and frequency was recorded for 10 days, and the same observations were continued during the intervention when both …

Family Affairs Newsletter 2012-08-15, Zack Paakkonen

Family Affairs newsletter (2004-2016)

FAMILY AFFAIRS was a free, twice-a-month, social activities newsletter for the GLBTQI (gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans/queer/intersex) community, sent out around the 1st and 15th of each month. It covered the State of Maine only. The list was begun and maintained for many years by Jean Vermette in Bangor, and later operated by Zack Paakkonen of Portland. Over the years it evolved from a social activities newsletter into a business directory, classified ad service, and community bulletin board.

08-15-2012 Swosu Plans Events For Dawg Days, Southwestern Oklahoma State University

THE BARK ARCHIVE 2012

Southwestern Oklahoma State University is preparing for the return of students and planning many events during “Dawg Days” on the Weatherford campus. Classes start August 22.

Momcc: Market-Oriented Architecture For Mobile Cloud Computing Based On Service Oriented Architecture, Saeid Abolfazli, Zohreh Sanaei, Muhammad Shiraz, Abdullah Gani

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

The vision of augmenting computing capabilities of mobile devices, especially smartphones with least cost is likely transforming to reality leveraging cloud computing. Cloud exploitation by mobile devices breeds a new research domain called Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC). However, issues like portability and interoperability should be addressed for mobile augmentation which is a non-trivial task using component-based approaches. Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a promising design philosophy embraced by mobile computing and cloud computing communities to stimulate portable, complex application using prefabricated building blocks called Services. Utilizing distant cloud resources to host and run Services is hampered by long WAN latency. …

Technology Forecasting Via Published Patent Applications And Patent Grants, Dar-Zen Chen, Chang-Pin Lin, Mu-Hsuan Huang, Yi-Tung Chan

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

The objective of this research is to study and establish the relationships between published patent applications and patent grants for exploring the technology development trend on a specific technology since more and more patents have their applications published before they are granted. Two modeling algorithms based on the patent grant/publish ratio as well as one long-term modeling algorithm based on the average publish-to-grant lag, were developed accordingly. The relationships between patent grants and published patent applications were constructed through two case studies on Magnetic Random Access Memory and Organic Light-Emitting Diode technologies and corresponding forecasts were then conducted. Comparing to …

Applying A Two-Step Maximum Likelihood Method To Examine The Deposit Insurance Program Of Taiwan, David K. Wang, Chun-Chou Wu, Heng-Chih Chou

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

This paper examines the deposit insurance program of Taiwan. We adopt Duan et al. [4]’s deposit insurance pricing model, and estimate the deposit insurance premium by the Duan and Simonato two-step maximum likelihood method [5]. Our results show that the maximum likelihood estimates for the deposit insurance premium are considerably higher than the official rates currently charged by the Central Deposit Insurance Corporation (CDIC), the deposit insuring agency of Taiwan, indicating that the CDIC deposit insurance program appears to hand out a substantial subsidy to the banks in Taiwan. Our results also show that the CDIC in fact grants too …

Fragmentation And Characteristics Of Recombinant Endochitinase Expressed In Escherichia Coli, Wei-Ming Chen, Gen-Hung Chen, Shann-Tzong Jiang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

A recombinant endochitinase fused with hexahistidine (rEC-H) was expressed and characterized. After Ni affinity chromatography, the recovery, purification-fold and specific activity of rEC-H were 88.8%, 13.4 and 142.1 U/mg, respectively. The purified rEC-H had optimal pH and temperature at pH 7.5 and 60°C, respectively and was stable at pH 4.0-9.0 and

Study On The Seismic Behavior Of Self-Anchored Suspension Bridges, Wen-Liang Qiu, Chang-Huan Kou, Chin-Sheng Kao, Shih-Wei Ma, Jiun Yang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

The suspension bridge has a beautiful structural shape and an excellent spanning ability. The self-anchored suspension bridge has its main cables anchored directly on the two ends of the main girders, saving construction costs and time incurred during the anchorage construction of an earth-anchored suspension bridge. However, the feasibility of a self-anchored suspension bridge in a strong earthquake zone and the use of dampers to reduce seismic responses have yet to be fully investigated. Using the Yellow-River Road Bridge in Mainland as an example, this study sets out to analyze and investigate a series of seismic responses of a self-anchored …

Safety Stock Estimation Of Unit Load Devices For International Airline Operations, Hua-An Lu, Chien-Yi Chen

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Unit load devices (ULDs) are used to load air cargo and passengers’ checked baggage for wide-bodied aircraft operations. Since ULDs are reusable at the destination, airlines can invest in an appropriate fleet size for their requirements. The estimation of safety stock levels for every operating airport is a premeditated task because airlines must prepare enough devices for the outbound consignments of each flight. The variance of the number of used devices for each arrival and departure flight will influence the stock level of an airport. For scheduled international services, this study proposes an analytic method based on a cyclically time-sequenced …

A Manifold-Based Exponentially Convergent Algorithm For Solving Non-Linear Partial Differential Equations, Chein-Shan Liu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

For solving a non-linear system of algebraic equations of the type: Fi(xj) = 0, i, j = 1, …, n, a Newton-like algorithm is still the most popular one; however, it had some drawbacks as being locally convergent, sensitive to initial guess, and time consumption in finding the inversion of the Jacobian matrix ∂Fi /∂xj. Based-on a manifold defined in the space of (xi, t) we can derive a system of non-linear Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) in terms of the fictitious time-like variable t, and the residual error is exponentially decreased to zero along the path of x(t) by solving …

A Proposal On Standard Rudder Device Design Procedure By Investigation Of Rudder Design Process At Major Korean Shipyards, Hyun-Jun Kim, Sang-Hyun Kim, Jung-Keun Oh, Dae-Won Seo

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Recently, a very large vessel’s maneuvering performance, rudder performance and rudder design’s importance are considered to be an important subject. However, there have been few studies on the design process of rudder device before. The aim of this paper is to investigate a design process of rudder device and to propose a generalized design process of rudder device. Firstly, we investigated the rudder device design process of Korean major shipyards. And the differences of a torque calculation method, rudder section design, maneuvering performance examination method, etc. were analyzed theoretically. Secondly, the design process of rudder device was divided into concept …

Design Of Planning Level Ship Product Model For Ship Initial Design, Sungchul Shin, Soon-Sup Lee, Jong-Kap Lee, Kyung-Ho Lee

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

This paper introduces a design of planning level ship product model (called SPPM hereinafter) based on ISO 10303 Standard for The Exchange of Product Model data (STEP). For the design of this model, the information modeling methodologies such as Integration Definition (IDEF) methods and Unified Modeling Language (UML) were reviewed, and a hybrid method was established. By using this method, ship initial design process was analyzed, and STEP-based information model and class libraries for SPPM were defined. For the data structure of this model, the shipbuilding Application Protocols (AP215, AP216 and Ship Common Model) of STEP were investigated and utilized …

The Freak Wave Potential Of Tyhoon Swell, Nai-Kuang Liang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Freak waves are so-called rogue waves, which are considered nearly impossible according to traditional ocean wave theory and sometimes cause coastal and sea wrecks. There are already some hypotheses that explain freak wave occurrence. However, the moving wind system generates swells which can be enhanced by swell energy flux accumulation. A newlydefined parameter “Freak Wave Potential Index” Φ for the typhoon swell can manifest the possibility for a freak wave occurrence. This index can be correctly estimated, because actual typhoon datum is already known. The “Freak Wave Potential Index” concept may also be used for other moving wind systems.

Health-Related Quality Of Life And Future Care Planning Among Older Adults: Exploring The Role Of Hope As A Moderator, Jodi L. Southerland

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Older adults have an increased risk for illness and disease, factors that can lead to functional impairment and intensify the need for reliance on supportive services. Planning for long-term care needs is a vital component of healthy aging and continued autonomy. Yet, many older adults fail to make plans in advance, perhaps due to differences in personal characteristics.

The moderating effects of trait hope on the relationship between health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and preparation for future care needs (PFCN) was studied in a sample of 65 older adult primary care patients (<65 years) in western New York. Participants completed a questionnaire on 5 dimensions of PFCN (awareness of risk, information gathering, decisions about care preferences, concrete planning, and active avoidance). In addition, data were collected on five HRQoL domains (physical function, physical role function, emotional role function, social function, and bodily pain) and trait hope. Moderated multiple regression was used to test the moderator hypothesis controlling for personal characteristics. Post-hoc probing was used to further examine significant interactions.

At the bivariate level, social functioning, physical …

The Daily Egyptian, August 15, 2012, Daily Egyptian Staff

August 2012

No abstract provided.

Hydrologic Data Assimilation With A Hillslope-Scale-Resolving Model And L Band Radar Observations: Synthetic Experiments With The Ensemble Kalman Filter, Alejandro N. Flores, Rafael L. Bras, Dara Entekhabi

Geosciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

Soil moisture information is critical for applications like landslide susceptibility analysis and military trafficability assessment. Existing technologies cannot observe soil moisture at spatial scales of hillslopes (e.g., 10⁰ to 10² m) and over large areas (e.g., 10² to 10⁵ km²) with sufficiently high temporal coverage (e.g., days). Physics-based hydrologic models can simulate soil moisture at the necessary spatial and temporal scales, albeit with error. We develop and test a data assimilation framework based on the ensemble Kalman filter for constraining uncertain simulated high-resolution soil moisture fields to anticipated remote sensing products, specifically NASA's Soil …

Local Employment Dynamics, Jerry Deichert, Michael Pippin

CPAR Presents: A Data and Research Series for Community Impact

This presentation features: Description of Local Employment Dynamics; Review of two major data tools (OnTheMap and QWI Online); and Hands on exercises.

Congressional Races In Granite State Remain Close 8/15/2012, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

The races in New Hampshire’s First and Second Congressional Districts remain very close. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte are both viewed favorably among New Hampshire adults.

The Structure Of The Bfrb-Bfd Complex Reveals Protein-Protein Interactions Enabling Iron Release From Bacterioferritin, Huili Yao, Yan Wang, Scott Lovell, Ritesh Kumar, Anatoly M. Ruvinsky, Kevin P. Battaile, Ilya A. Vakser, Mario Rivera

Faculty Publications

Ferritin-like molecules are unique to cellular iron homeostasis because they can store iron at concentrations much higher than those dictated by the solubility of Fe3+. Very little is known about the protein interactions that deliver iron for storage or promote the mobilization of stored iron from ferritin-like molecules. Here, we report the X-ray crystal structure of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterioferritin (Pa-BfrB) in complex with bacterioferritin-associated ferredoxin (Pa-Bfd) at 2.0 Å resolution. As the first example of a ferritin-like molecule in complex with a cognate partner, the structure provides unprecedented insight into the complementary interface that enables the [2Fe-2S] cluster of Pa-Bfd …

Antony Van Leeuwenhoek: Creation “Magnified” Through His Magnificent Microscopes, Alan L. Gillen, Douglas Oliver

Faculty Publications and Presentations

Although van Leeuwenhoek was not the inventor of the microscope, he advanced it more than anyone else for seeing living things.

Antony van Leeuwenhoek1 (Fig. 1) found great joy in God’s smallest creatures. He first discovered protozoans in his youth. The Dutch haberdasher retained a child-like joy of discovery from his youth until his death at age 90. He lived to see tiny microbes though his homemade microscopes. He loved to grind and focus a new lens in order to see the unseen world. Leeuwenhoek spent countless hours grinding tiny lenses and looking through them. This Christian lay biologist …

Volume 49, Number 52: August 15, 2012, University Of North Dakota

University Letter Archive

No abstract provided.

Cityland – Vol. 9, No. 6, Center For New York City Law

CityLand - 2012

This issue of CityLand covers major land use and preservation developments in New York City as of August 2012. The City Council approved a further-reduced version of NYU’s Core Expansion Plan, including height reductions and community space commitments. The City Planning Commission held a hearing on Jamestown Properties’ Chelsea Market expansion, which faced opposition over its impact on the High Line and lack of affordable housing. A rezoning in South Williamsburg was approved to facilitate a two-building residential project with affordable units. The Board of Standards & Appeals adopted revised rules to streamline application procedures and approved a special permit …

The Effect Of Collaborative Strategic Reading For 4th Graders With Learning Disabilities, Kathy Seacrist

Theses and Dissertations

This study aimed at evaluating a sample of six fourth graders with learning disabilities as they were taught Collaborative Strategic Reading. The program was taught by a special education teacher in a self-contained classroom over a period of 5 weeks. Mean comprehension scores increased slightly over the course of the study while their vocabulary scores remained relatively consistent. Student average scores in vocabulary understanding were slightly higher than their comprehension scores. Although average scores increased, individual student performance was inconsistent. These results suggest that students with learning disabilities require more time to learn and develop strategies in comprehension. The findings …

The Effects Of Technology On Interpersonal Relationships Among Rowan University Students Ages 18 - 25, Michelle Nelson

Theses and Dissertations

The purposes of this study were to (a) determine how young adults are communicating with each other and (b) understand what is driving them to communicate using different methods of communication. After completing a literature review, the researcher conducted primary research using survey instruments and interviews. What people are trying to communicate determines how they are going to relay messages. The urgency of a message affects how respondents answer the message.

Experimental Study Of The Electrochromic Properties Of Wo3 Thin Films Derived By Electrochemical Method, Chin-Guo Kuo, Chih-Yin Chou, Ya-Chieh Tung, Jung-Hsuan Chen

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

This study aimed at the effect of electrolyte filled volume on transmittance and coloration efficiency of the electrochromic device. The device mainly consisted of ITO, WO3 template and electrolyte (PC + LiClO4). The experimental results showed the transmittance of visible light reduced with increasing the electrolyte filled volume. In addition, when the electrolyte filled volume was 100 mm3 , the coloration efficiency could reach the maximum CE, 15.2 cm2 /C.

Fuzzy Statistical Refinement For The Forecasting Of Tenders For Roadway Construction, Jeng-Wen Lin, Cheng-Wu Chen, Ting-Chang Hsu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Due to market competition, construction companies often place low bids when tenders are invited for domestic public construction projects. Over-competition can lead to vicious price wars to win a tender, which can in turn seriously affect the quality of construction. This study aims to establish an accurate Taiwan based model for the forecasting of the tendered price for roadway construction. This model is designed to assist the public sector to determine what would be a reasonable reserve price or award price. In order to ensure accurate predictions, a data classification system is established using fuzzy set theory. For each category …

Design And Application Of Inter-Satellite Link In Weather Observation Constellation, Jeng-Shing Chern, Zuu-Chang Hong, Tsai-Lun Chien, Tzu-You Chen, Ji-Chien Dai

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

This paper presents the design and application analysis of the inter-satellite link technique in weather observation satellite constellation. A Walker parameter 18/18/4 satellite constellation with circular orbit at 837 km altitude and 60 degree inclination has been considered. The purposes are to take the weather cloud images of the area from 60 to 180 degree in eastern longitude and 0 to 60 degree in northern latitude, and to transfer the images back to Taiwan ground station as soon as possible. The STK [1] simulation software has been used in analyzing the effects of Doppler phenomenon, azimuth angle, elevation angle and …

Calcium Cycling Disturbances And Arrhythmogenesis, Namit Gaur

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

In this work, a detailed multiscale computational model of Ca cycling and action potential in a ventricular myocyte is developed and used to study mechanisms of arrhythmias associated with mutations in the ryanodine receptor (RyR). The multiscale ventricular myocyte model reproduces experimentally observed Ca dynamics both at the local dyadic scale and at the global whole-cell scale, while also simulating the action potential (AP) shaped by membrane ionic currents. The model represents stochastic activation of L-type Ca channels (LCCs) and RyRs in the dyads and simulates random generation of Ca sparks both during excitation-contraction coupling (ECC) and during diastole. The …