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Improving The Conductivity Of Graphite-Based Films By Rapid Laser Annealing, Gulsum Ersu, Sruthi Kuriakose, Stuart J. Goldie, Abdullah M. Al-Enizi, Ayman Nafady, Carmen Munuera, Claudia Backes, Joshua O. Island, Andres Castellanos-Gomez

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research

We present a method to anneal devices based on graphite films on paper and polycarbonate substrates. The devices are created using four different methods: spray-on films, graphite pencil-drawn films, liquid-phase exfoliated graphite films, and graphite powder abrasion-applied films. We characterize the optical properties of the films before and after laser annealing and report the two-terminal resistance of the devices for increased laser power density. We find the greatest improvement (16× reduction) in the resistance of spray-on film devices starting from 25.0 kΩ and reaching 1.6 kΩ at the highest annealing power densities. These improvements are attributed to local laser ablation …

Editorial: Quantum Light For Imaging, Sensing And Spectroscopy, Roberto De J. León-Montiel, Mario A. Quiroz-Juárez, Omar S. Magaña-Loaiza, Juan P. Torres

Faculty Publications

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September 20, 2022 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

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Obesity And The University Environment: Assessment Of The Campus And Intervention In The Student Health Services, Tina L. Ortiz

Dissertations

One of the most substantial challenges facing colleges and universities today remains the creation of a healthy campus environment. With more than one-third of college students classified as overweight or obese by body-mass index (BMI) and the known negative health consequences associated with obesity, campuses have a deliberate responsibility to help mitigate this sobering statistic. A significant movement from The American College Health Association (ACHA) to address campus health, Healthy Campus 2020 (HC2020), provides a framework to support campuses in improving the health of their students, staff, and faculty. This project first sought to assess, explore and understand one campus …

Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Annual Quality Assurance Project Plan For Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Smelter Area Mine Waste Remediation And Contaminated Groundwater Hydraulic Control Site; Phase I Brw Quality Assurance Project Plan (Dated July 20, 2022), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2022 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) – Indoor Dust – Group 1, Revision 1 (Dated September 8, 2022), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Supporting The Couple Relationship Following Dementia Diagnosis: A Scoping Review, Sarah Colloby, Samantha Whiting, Alison Warren

School of Health Professions

No abstract provided.

Real-Time Recommendations For Energy-Efficient Appliance Usage In Households, Magdalini Eirinaki, Iraklis Varlamis, Janhavi Dahihande, Akshay Jaiswal, Akshay Anil Pagar, Ajinkya Thakare

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

According to several studies, the most influencing factor in a household's energy consumption is user behavior. Changing user behavior to improve energy usage leads to efficient energy consumption, saving money for the consumer and being more friendly for the environment. In this work we propose a framework that aims at assisting households in improving their energy usage by providing real-time recommendations for efficient appliance use. The framework allows for the creation of household-specific and appliance-specific energy consumption profiles by analyzing appliance usage patterns. Based on the household profile and the actual electricity use, real-time recommendations notify users on the appliances …

Young Classical Music With A Twist: See Vision Duo On Oct. 13 At Uab's Alys Stephens Center, Shannon Thomason

Browse All News

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Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2022 Revision No. 1, Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap), Quality Assurance Project Plan (Qapp), Non-Residential Parcels – Indoor Dust (Dated September 9, 2022), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2022 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) – Indoor Dust – Group 3, Revision 1 (Dated September 8, 2022), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2022 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) – Indoor Dust – Group 4, Revision 1 (Dated September 8, 2022), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2022 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) – Indoor Dust – Group 5, Revision 1 (Dated September 8, 2022), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Re: Approval Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) 2022 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) – Indoor Dust – Group 6, Revision 1 (Dated September 8, 2022), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

9/19/22 Agenda, Jeannette D. Pena

ASWC Agendas

No abstract provided.

Hidden Struggles Within The Mental Healthcare Workplace, Tammy V. Smith

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

For decades, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and World Health Organization (WHO) have reported on the worldwide pervasiveness and increasing societal costs associated with Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs). A recent post on the WHO website cited recent scientific research (2022) indicating the magnitude of harmful effects attributed to ACEs, even classifying them as “violence against children.” Esaki and Larkin (2013) indicate that ACEs are prevalent among many social service professionals, including mental health clinicians.

This study uses mental health clinicians as the sample population to identify the impact of ACEs on job performance. Findings from a volunteer …

Federal National Mortgage Ass'n V. Westland Liberty Village, Llc, 138 Nev. Adv. Op. 57 (Aug 11, 2022), D'Ahna Scott

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

Federal National Mortgage Association v. Westland Liberty Village, LLC required the Nevada Supreme Court to clarify when a lender or its assignee is entitled to the appointment of a receiver after a borrower defaults on a real property loan agreement. In doing so, the Court interpreted two Nevada Statutes, NRS 32.260 and NRS 107A.260(1)(a)(1).2 Together, these statues provide when the appointment of a receiver is based on the discretion of the court or is a matter of right. Here, The Nevada Supreme Court held that the borrower, Westland Liberty Village (Westland) defaulted on their loan agreement with National Mortgage Association …

Martel V. Hg Staffing, Llc, 138 Nev. Adv. Op. 56 (Sept. 08, 2022), Giacomo (Jack) Silvestri

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Nevada Supreme Court affirmed the district court’s dismissal and judgment against claims made by a class of employees against their previous employer, HG Staffing, LLC. The Court made four major findings. First, the two-year limitations period applies to wage claims arising under NRS 608.016, NRS 608.018, NRS 680.020, and NRS 680.050. Second, a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) need not be signed by the parties or unexpired; mutual assent is enough to validate the agreement. Third, if claims for wages are already time barred, employees cannot try to penalize the employer under NRS 608.040. Finally, if an active CBA contains …

Student Senate Meeting Minutes September 20, 2022, Student Senate-Winona State University

Student Senate Meeting Minutes

This document is the official Winona State University Student Senate Minutes September 20, 2022.

Extreme Low Dose Thc As A Therapeutic And Prophylactic Agent For Alzheimer's Disease, Chuanhai Cao

USF Patents

Alzheimer's disease is treated using THC (alone, or in combination with melatonin) administered in an ultra-low dose amount sufficient to (i) reduce Aβ protein levels; (ii) reduce Aβ aggregation: (iii) maintain AβPP protein levels; (iv) enhance mitochondrial functioning; (v) decrease phosphorylation of GSK-3β protein; (vi) decrease GSK-3β protein levels; (vii) decrease phosphorylation of Tau protein; and/or (viii) maintain Tau protein levels, in said patient without severe psychological impairments and side effects associated with higher doses of THC.

Methods And Systems Of Authenticating Of Personal Communications, Sriram Chellappan, Balaji Padmanabhan, Tanvir Hossain Bhuiyan, Arup Kanti Dey, Shaminur Rahman

USF Patents

A system for authenticating an individual's location activity includes a mobile communications device connected to a network and in electronic communication with at least one other computer. The mobile communications device is configured to authenticate the individual's presence at a location using biometric data entered by the individual. The mobile communications device has applications stored thereon to access location information for the mobile communications device using a GPS application stored on the mobile communications device and to access time information for the mobile communications device from a clock application stored on the mobile communications device. The mobile communications devices creates …

Change Over Time In Interactions Between Unfamiliar Toddlers, Ayelet Lahat, Michal Perlman, Nina Howe, Holly E. Recchia, William M. Bukowski, Jonathan Santo, Zhangjing Luo, Hildy S. Ross

Psychology Faculty Publications

The frequency and length of games, conflicts, and contingency sequences that took place between toddlers as they got to know one another were studied using archival data. The sample consisted of 28 unfamiliar 20- and 30-month-old toddlers (predominantly White, 16 males) who met separately with each of two other toddlers for 18 play dates. The frequency of games increased over time, while the frequency of conflict and contingency sequences decreased. The length of games increased over time while the length of conflicts and contingency sequences were stable. Age and language ability predicted changes in frequency and length of the different …

A Cross-Sectional Examination Of The Early-Onset Hypertensive Disorders Of Pregnancy And Industrial Emissions Of Toxic Metals Using Kentucky Birth Records, 2008–2017, Courtney J. Walker, W. Jay Christian, Anna M. Kucharska-Newton, Steven R. Browning

Epidemiology and Environmental Health Faculty Publications

This cross-sectional study assessed geospatial patterns of early-onset hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (eHDP) in primiparous mothers and exposure to industrial emissions using geocoded residential information from Kentucky live (N = 210,804) and still (N = 1,247) birth records (2008–2017) and census block group estimates of aerosol concentrations of arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), selenium (Se), and zinc (Zi) from the Risk Screening Environmental Indicators (RSEI) model. A latent class analysis allowed for the identification of four district exposure classes—As, Cd, and Pb (12.6%); Se and Zi (21.4%); Pb and Cr (8%); and low or no …

A Benefit-Cost Analysis Of Tulsa Pre-K, Based On Effects On High School Graduation And College Attendance, Timothy J. Bartik, William T. Gormley, Sara Amadon, Douglas Hummel-Price, James Fuller

Upjohn Institute Policy Papers

This paper presents new benefit-cost estimates for the Tulsa universal pre–K program. These calculations are based on estimated effects, from two recent papers, of Tulsa pre–K on high school graduation rates and college attendance rates of students who were in kindergarten in the fall of 2006. In the current paper, educational effects from these prior papers are used to infer lifetime earnings effects. Our conservative estimates suggest that per pre–K participant, the present value of earnings effects in 2021 dollars is $25,533, compared with program costs of $9,628, for a benefit-cost ratio of 2.65. Compared to prior benefit-cost studies of …

Student Affairs Minutes 09/20/2022, Student Affairs Committee

Student Affairs Committee

No abstract provided.

Education Students Plan Week Of Service Sept. 26-30, Edwin B. Smith

University of Mississippi News

Seniors to read 'Pass It On' to Lafayette elementary school students

Independent - Sep. 20, 2022, Monty Stites

The Independent (1988-present)

No abstract provided.

Study Abroad Advisor Recognized By Education In Ireland, St. Norbert College

Press Releases 2022

No abstract provided.

Comments On The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Annual Quality Assurance Project Plan For Butte Reduction Works (Brw) Smelter Area Mine Waste Remediation And Contaminated Groundwater Hydraulic Control Site; Phase Iii Brw Quality Assurance Project Plan (Dated June 29, 2022), Nikia Greene

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Role Of Digital Health Insurance Management Systems In Scaling Health Insurance Coverage In Low- And Middle-Income Countries: A Case Study From Nigeria, Okey Okuzu, Ross Malaga, Kenneth Okereafor, Ujulu Amos, Afolabi Dosunmu, Abiodun Oyeneyin, Victor Adeoye, Mohammed Nasir Sambo, Bassey Ebenso

Department of Information Management and Business Analytics Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works

Background: Increasing global commitment to Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in the past decade has triggered UHC-inspired reforms and investments to expand health service coverage in many Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs). UHC aims to ensure that all people can access quality health services, safeguard them from public health risks and impoverishment from out-of-pocket payments for healthcare when household members are sick Aim: This paper reviews the role of health insurance as a policy tool to address health financing as a contributory mechanism for accelerating the achievement of UHC in LMICs. We focus on Nigeria's legal framework for health insurance coverage …