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Analysis And Application Of A Free Energy Model For Lens Protein Mixtures, Michael Bell

Theses

Cataract, the leading cause of blindness worldwide, has motivated a variety of investigations into the behavior of concentrated mixtures of eye lens proteins. While there has been success in modeling single protein solutions, a convenient model for mixtures is needed. We apply an analytically solvable sticky-hard sphere model to aqueous mixtures of alpha and gamma crystallin, two of the predominant proteins found in the mammalian eye lens. Developed by Baxter and Barboy, this model incorporates some of the fundamental characteristics of realistic mixtures, namely, variation in size and intermolecular attraction strength among each component. We show that light scattering intensities …

A Visualization Of A New Conceptual Sustainable Building Using Green Materials, Tzu-Fang Tseng

Theses

The project was inspired by a 9-story building constructed from plastic bottles, which was hailed as a spectacular showpiece for the Taipei International Flora Expo. This building weighs 50 percent less than a conventional structure. It is reconfigurable, energy saving and very low in CO2. The main intent of the project is to utilize a surreal story in an animation to illustrate the concept of reusing hundreds of thousands of old bottles around the world is a new green method of building which is one way to protect our planet. The resulting product is a short film that can be …

Bayesian Speaker Adaptation Based On A New Hierarchical Probabilistic Model, Wen-Lin Zhang, Wei-Qiang Zhang, Bi-Cheng Li, Dan Qu, Michael T. Johnson

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

In this paper, a new hierarchical Bayesian speaker adaptation method called HMAP is proposed that combines the advantages of three conventional algorithms, maximum a posteriori (MAP), maximum-likelihood linear regression (MLLR), and eigenvoice, resulting in excellent performance across a wide range of adaptation conditions. The new method efficiently utilizes intra-speaker and inter-speaker correlation information through modeling phone and speaker subspaces in a consistent hierarchical Bayesian way. The phone variations for a specific speaker are assumed to be located in a low-dimensional subspace. The phone coordinate, which is shared among different speakers, implicitly contains the intra-speaker correlation information. For a specific speaker, …

Cleaning Up After A Fire Disaster, Carolyn Washburn, Christine Jensen

All Current Publications

Natural and manmade disasters make a profound impact on people, land, animals, the environment and the economy

The Local Food Movement: Definitions, Benefits & Resources, Roslynn Brain

All Current Publications

No abstract provided.

Off The Press, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

No abstract provided.

A New Global River Network Database For Macroscale Hydrologic Modeling, Huan Wu, John S. Kimball, Hongyi Li, Maoyi Huang, L. Ruby Leung, Robert F. Adler

Numerical Terradynamic Simulation Group Publications

Coarse-resolution (upscaled) river networks are critical inputs for runoff routing in macroscale hydrologic models. Recently, Wu et al. (2011) developed a hierarchical dominant river tracing (DRT) algorithm for automated extraction and spatial upscaling of river networks using fine-scale hydrography inputs. We applied the DRT algorithms using combined HydroSHEDS and HYDRO1k global fine-scale hydrography inputs and produced a new series of upscaled global river network data at multiple (1/16° to 2°) spatial resolutions. The new upscaled results are internally consistent and congruent with the baseline fine-scale inputs and should facilitate improved regional to global scale hydrologic simulations.

The Conflict Within And The Escalating War Between The Sex Chromosomes, Jeffrey M. Good

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Forensic Economics, Eric Zitzewitz

Dartmouth Scholarship

A new meta-field of "forensic economics" has begun to emerge, uncovering evidence of hidden behavior in a variety of domains. Examples include teachers cheating on exams, road builders skimping on materials, violations of U.N. sanctions, unnecessary heart surgeries, and racial biases in employment decisions, traffic stops, auto retailing, and even sports judging. In each case, part of the contribution of economic analysis is in uncovering evidence of wrongdoing. Although research questions differ, forensic economic work shares commonalities in approaches and limitations. This article seeks to draw out the common threads, with the hope of stimulating further research across fields. (JEL …

Arthroscopic Ulnar Nerve Identification During Posterior Elbow Arthroscopy, Srinath Kamineni, David Anthony Hamilton Jr.

Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine Faculty Publications

Elbow arthroscopy has increased in popularity in the past 10 years for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. A major limiting factor faced by the elbow arthroscopist is the close proximity of the neurovasculature to the working field, with the risk of iatrogenic injury. Many arthroscopic procedures are less extensive than their open equivalents because of an inability to consistently and safely eliminate the risk of neural and vascular injury. Many open procedures in the posterior compartment of the elbow joint are not routinely performed arthroscopically. The primary reason for this restriction in arthroscopic practice is the locality of the posteromedially …

Graffiti, Poetry, Dance: How Public Library Art Programs Affect Teens Part 1: Introduction & Literature Review, Shannon Crawford Barniskis

Communication Faculty Publications

This two-part article addresses the outcomes of art programs in public libraries by examining the literature, and by asking teens how these programs can affect their civic engagement. The literature review synthesizes previous research on art, libraries, teens, and civic engagement, and positions this case study in relation to the theoretical constructs of adult researchers.

The case study generates a grounded theory of the teen experience of art programs and its correlating shifts in civic engagement. Fourteen teens joined in six weekly arts programs, responded to surveys, and participated in interviews on art, libraries, various measures of civic engagement, and …

Graffiti, Poetry, Dance: How Public Library Art Programs Affect Teens Part 2: The Research Study And Its Practical Implications, Shannon Crawford Barniskis

Communication Faculty Publications

Part 1 of this article synthesized the literature on civic engagement, art, libraries, and teen services to demonstrate how public libraries can transform the lives of their patrons and the communities they serve. This case study responds to the top-down view of this topic generated by adult researchers by creating a bottom-up, teen-validated grounded theory. In my thirteen years as a teen librarian, it seemed that something special was occurring in the art programs I hosted or observed in public libraries. Teens were not simply creating steampunk sculptures, they were also appeared to be connecting with one another in interesting …

Pharmacy Law Brief: Contemporary Legal Issues For Leadership In Non-Profits - I, Joseph L. Fink Iii

Pharmacy Practice and Science Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Piracy Prosecutions In National Courts, Maggie Gardner

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

At least for the time being, the international community must rely on national courts to prosecute modern-day pirates. The first wave of domestic piracy prosecutions suggests, however, that domestic courts have yet to achieve the necessary consistency and expertise in resolving key questions of international law in these cases. This article evaluates how courts trying modern-day pirates have addressed common questions of international law regarding the exercise of universal jurisdiction, the elements of the crime of piracy, and the principle of nullum crimen sine lege. In doing so, it evaluates five decisions issued in 2010 by courts in Kenya, the …

Second-Order Linking Principles: Combining Vertical And Horizontal Modes Of Liability, Jens David Ohlin

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Both the ICTY and the ICC have struggled to combine vertical and horizontal modes of liability. At the ICTY, the question has primarily arisen within the context of ‘leadership-level’ JCEs and how to express their relationship with the Relevant Physical Perpetrators of the crimes. The ICC addressed the is-sue by combining indirect perpetration with co-perpetration to form a new mode of liability known as indirect co-perpetration. The following article argues that these novel combinations — vertical and horizontal modes of liability — cannot be simply asserted; they must be defended at the level of criminal law theory. Unfortunately, courts that …

Foreign Affairs Federalism And The Limits Of Executive Power, Zachary D. Clopton

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

On February 23 of this year, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated a California statute permitting victims of the Armenian genocide to file insurance claims, finding that the state's use of the label "Genocide" intruded on the federal government's conduct of foreign affairs. This decision, Movsesian v. Versicherung AG, addresses foreign affairs federalism — the division of authority between the states and the federal government. Just one month later, the Supreme Court weighed in on another foreign affairs issue: the separation of foreign relations powers within the federal government. In Zivotofsky v. Clinton, the Supreme Court ordered the lower …

Defensive Medicine And Obstetric Practices, Michael Frakes

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

Using data on physician behavior from the 1979–2005 National Hospital Discharge Surveys (NHDS), I estimate the relationship between malpractice pressure, as identified by the adoption of noneconomic damage caps and related tort reforms, and certain decisions faced by obstetricians during the delivery of a child. The NHDS data, supplemented with restricted geographic identifiers, provides inpatient discharge records from a broad enough span of states and covering a long enough period of time to allow for a defensive medicine analysis that draws on an extensive set of variations in relevant tort laws. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, I find no evidence …

Analytical Modeling Of Irrigation And Land Use Effects On Streamflow In Semi-Arid Conditions: Frenchman Creek, Nebraska, Jonathan P. Traylor

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

With proliferation of various numerical models, water budget studies commonly resort to numerical modeling techniques. However, availability and uncertainty in input data limit advantages of this approach. Often, analytical models capture the major traits of the watersheds and can assimilate important data. We developed a model for baseflow-dominated watersheds and apply it to Frenchman Creek in southwestern Nebraska. Frenchman Creek has experienced large streamflow reductions since the 1950s. The cause of these reductions is a combination of irrigation, conservation terrace construction, and other land use changes. However, the influence of each factor has not been well quantified. The objective of …

Retrieval Of Sub-Pixel-Based Fire Intensity And Its Application For Characterizing Smoke Injection Heights And Fire Weather In North America, David Peterson

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

For over two decades, satellite sensors have provided the locations of global fire activity with ever-increasing accuracy. However, the ability to measure fire intensity, know as fire radiative power (FRP), and its potential relationships to meteorology and smoke plume injection heights, are currently limited by the pixel resolution. This dissertation describes the development of a new, sub-pixel-based FRP calculation (FRP_f) for fire pixels detected by the MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) fire detection algorithm (Collection 5), which is subsequently applied to several large wildfire events in North America. The methodology inherits an earlier bi-spectral algorithm for retrieving sub-pixel …

An Analysis Of The Impacts Of Temperature Segregation On Hot Mix Asphalt, Thaddaeus A. Bode

Department of Construction Engineering and Management: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This research was conducted to produce a more realistic picture of how variables are created and dealt with during hot mix asphalt (HMA) paving construction. Several paving projects across the State of Nebraska have been visited where sensing devices were used to test how the selected variables contribute to temperature differentials. These variables include density, moisture content within the asphalt, material surface temperature, internal temperature, wind speed, haul time, and equipment type. Areas of high temperature differentials are identified using an infrared camera whose usefulness was initially confirmed with a penetrating thermometer. A non-nuclear density device was also used to …

Pneumonia Due To 2009 Influenza A (H1n1) Infection In Thai Children: Chulalongkorn Experience, R Uppala, N Prapphal, J Deerojanawong, S Sritippayawan, R Samransamruajkit, K. Pongsanon

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Objective : To study the clinical presentations and outcomes of 2009 influenza A (H1N1) pneumonia children at King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. Setting : Department of Pediatrics, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital. Research design : Descriptive study. Patients Pediatric patients aged 1 month - 18 years who were admitted due to H1N1 influenza pneumonia between June 2009 - March 2010. Methods : All the pediatric patients with pneumonia who had laboratory confirmation of 2009 influenza A (H1N1) infection by positive real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) assay for H1N1 influenza A virus in their nasopharyngeal aspirates or combined nasal and throat swabs …

Frequency And Following Study Of Uterine Leiomyoma Variants In Patients Having Surgery At Charoenkrung-Pracharak Hospital, W Anansakunwat, S Yodavudh, Tangjitgamol S, S. Jesadapatarakul

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

Background : The frequency of uterine leiomyoma variants and smooth muscle tumor of uncertain malignant potential (STUMP) are low. No previously study about them has been done at Charoenkrungpracharak Hospital and in Thailand. Their clinical behaviors are uncertain with some controversies regarding the prognosis including the risk of recurrence. Objective : To investigate the frequency of uterine leiomyoma variants and STUMP and to compare the clinicopathological features and recurrence rate of these variants to typical leiomyoma (LM). Design : A retrospective study. Setting : Charoenkrung-pracharak Hospital, Bangkok Metropolitan Administration. Subjects : One thousand and fifty-two patients with smooth muscle tumor …

Nephrotic Syndrome Associated With Plasmodium Malariae In Infancy : A Case Report, T Deekajorndech, S Boonyasuwat, A Chanakul, P Rianthavorn, P Kingwattanakul, W. Kittikowit

Chulalongkorn Medical Journal

A progressive glomerulonephritis associated with Plasmodium malariae infection is known as quartan malarial nephropathy. This condition occurs only in a small number of patients. We report an 11-month-old infant presenting with generalized edema and proteinuria after having Plasmodium malariae infection.

Since You're Here, Volume 6, No. 9, September 2012, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Nelson Poynter Memorial Library

Since You're Here

The September 2012 issue of the newsletter "Since You're Here."

Forum, Volume 36, No. 3, Fall 2012, Florida Humanities Council, Barbara O'Reilley

FORUM: The Magazine of Florida Humanities

Contents: Letter from the Director -- What was the View from the Shore? -- Native Cultures are Wiped Out after Europeans Move In -- The Calusa Ruled South Florida -- The Magical World of the Timucua -- The Apalachee Played a Mean Game of Ball -- Mission Control -- The End of a World -- Traveling in Ancient Florida -- Humanities Alive! -- How Power was Brokered in Spanish Colonial Florida -- Creek Indians became Florida Seminoles -- Bridging Cultures -- Windswept History -- My Favorite Florida Place

Psci 466.80: Nonprof Admin/Pubserv, Fran M. Albrecht

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Psci 452.01: Utopianism And It's Critics, Ramona Grey

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Psci 488.50: Health Care Policy, Laura Dimmler

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Psci 432.01: Inter American Relations, Paul Haber

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.

Psci 422.01: Revolution And Reform In Modern China, Terry M. Weidner

University of Montana Course Syllabi

No abstract provided.