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Early Development of a Broad Competency-Based Transdisciplinary Engineering Technology Program (2024)

A newly approved degree program called Transdisciplinary Studies in Technology has started with it's first "official" cohort of new beginners in the fall of 2017. Immediately behind is a new major called Transdisciplinary Studies in Engineering Technology slated to begin accepting students in the fall of 2018. The unique features of the program and are 1) students create their own plan of study with the help of an advisor and faculty mentor, 2) the student's journey is highly faculty mentored, and 3) the program is competency-based. To progress and graduate, students must demonstrate their developmental proficiency of approximately 30 competencies spread across 8 broad competency families. This presentation will motivate and describe novel integrative learning experiences created to enhance competency development. The presentation will also demonstrate the early developmental work of course outcome to competency mapping and the mapping of a generalized competency assessment framework using an Engineering Technology context.
Underwater magneto-driven air de-bubbler (2022)

Magneto-driven air de-bubbler: a flexible and easily adaptable strategy to efficiently collect, transport and evacuate underwater-deposited air bubbles by remote manipulation, using superhydrophobic ferromagnetic particles.
Achieving Covert Wireless Communications Using a Full-Duplex Receiver (2018)

Covert communications hide the transmission of a message from a watchful adversary while ensuring a certain decoding performance at the receiver. In this paper, a wireless communication system under fading channels is considered where covertness is achieved by using a full-duplex receiver. More precisely, the receiver of covert information generates artificial noise with a varying power causing uncertainty at the adversary, Willie, regarding the statistics of the received signals. Given that Willie's optimal detector is a threshold test on the received power, we derive a closed-form expression for the optimal detection performance of Willie averaged over the fading channel realizations. Furthermore, we provide guidelines for the optimal choice of artificial noise power range, and the optimal transmission probability of covert information to maximize the detection errors at Willie. Our analysis shows that the transmission of artificial noise, although causing self-interference, provides the opportunity of achieving covertness but its transmit power levels need to be managed carefully. We also demonstrate that the prior transmission probability of 0.5 is not always the best choice for achieving the maximum possible covertness when the covert transmission probability and artificial noise power can be jointly optimized.
A computerized analysis‐by‐synthesis algorithm improves precision of linear wear measurements in total hip replacements (2008)

Precision is important if small polyethylene wear rates are to be detected early and in small sample sizes. Using an automatic, computerized algorithm relying on a synthetic X-ray generated from a computer-assisted design (CAD) model of the implant may significantly improve precision of linear wear measurements. We compared this method to provide improved in vivo precision compared to the widely used Hip Analysis Suite software (version 8.0.1.7). Two anterior-posterior pelvic X-rays were taken on the same day of 18 total hip implants, and wear was measured by three observers using the two methods. Expected real wear was zero and defined as a reference value. Two sources of variability were estimated: one due to the instrument, and one due to different operators. A Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test was used for statistical comparisons. The overall precision (instrument variability and multioperator variability) given a 95% precision limit was significantly higher (p < 0.001) using the proposed method (+/-0.15 mm) when compared to the Hip Analysis Suite (+/-0.84 mm). Due to the availability of the full CAD data of the implant and to further automation of the measuring process, the newly proposed method provided improved precision in measuring polyethylene wear.
Surgical Intervention for the Aging Face (1998)

The control of depth of thermal damage with the CO2 UltraPulse laser allows for precision in its combined application along with face-lifting. In the area of the flap, one pass at low power settings is safe in our experience and results in an improved cosmetic result.
Dual-Band Superconducting Bandpass Filter Using Stub-Loaded Resonators With Controllable Coupling and Feeding Structures (2013)

A four-pole dual-band bandpass filter is designed with stub-loaded resonators and dual-feeding structure. The stub-loaded resonator generates two resonant modes, and the interstage couplings between the resonators at the two modes can be controlled independently. A dual-feeding structure is proposed to meet the required external couplings of the two passbands simultaneously. The filter is successfully designed and fabricated on a MgO substrate with a compact size of 29.2 mm × 13.8 mm. The measured results show high performance and agree well with the simulations.
InN layers grown by the HVPE (2008)

Abstract We report on the properties of high quality HVPE InN and on successful subsequent MBE growth of InN layers with improved characteristics on HVPE InN template substrates. InN layers were grown by HVPE on GaN/sapphire HVPE templates. The (00.2) XRD rocking curve of the best InN layer (RC) had the FWHM of about 375 arc sec, being the narrowest XRD RCs ever reported for HVPE InN. Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) revealed that at the GaN/InN interface, the threading dislocations that come from GaN were transmitted into the InN layer. We estimated the dislocation density in HVPE grown InN to be in the low 10 9 cm –2 range. Reflection high energy electron diffraction (RHEED) confirmed monocrystalline structure of the InN layers surface. Layers photoluminescence (PL) showed edge emission around 0.8 eV. Hall measured free electron concentration was in the range of 10 19 ‐10 20 cm –3 and electron mobility was ∼200 cm 2 /V s. MBE growth of InN was performed on the HVPE grown InN template substrate demonstrating the improvement of material quality in the case of homo‐epitaxial growth of InN. Demonstration of the high quality HVPE InN materials opens a new way for InN substrate development. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH &amp; Co. KGaA, Weinheim)
Acute in vivo administration of a fish oil-containing emulsion improves post-ischemic cardiac function in n-3-depleted rats (2006)

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An historical review of the assessment and management of congestion (2012)

The paper notes that most trips will involve various intrinsic delays and impedances. One of the problems in studying congestion, both historically and operationally, is to differentiate between such intrinsic delays and congestion. A companion paper explored this question operationally and this paper examines congestion in an historical context. The paper gives many examples of how claimed congestion has been used as a metaphor for various other ills perceived by the claimants. Indeed, it is shown that the term 'congestion' only began to be applied, and then somewhat emotively, to traffic late in the 19th century. The cost of congestion became a common topic and it is suggested that the 20th century estimates were usually shakily-based overestimates. It is argued that one source of road-based traffic congestion has been the historical lack of a pricing mechanism for road use. However, the historical review indicates that a greater factor was that the advent of the petrol-powered motor vehicle at the beginning of the 20th century, with its quantum jump in travel capabilities, caught all those involved by surprise - from suppliers to operators to managers to regulators to planners to policymakers. Today, the paper suggests that there is still much lost ground to be regained. More specifically, the paper concludes that 'traffic congestion' has often been an emotive term, defined and used in many inappropriate ways that have often led to incorrect conclusions or inferences. It is therefore not surprising that there is a poor track record of successful planning for congestion and that there is little evidence of this record improving.
Regulation of the Expression of Nitrate Reductase genes in Leaves of Medical plant, Foeniculum vulgare by Different Nitrate Sources (2013)

The effect of different sources of nitrate salts (ammonium nitrate, sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate) on nitrate reductase (NR) activity and nitrate reductase expression in the leaves of Foeniculum vulgare seedlings grown in pots containing perlite. Two week old seedlings were treated with 30, 60 and 120 mM aqueous solution of ammonium nitrate, sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate. After 21 days of nitrate supply, the leaves were harvest and kept in liquid nitrogen for analysis of nitrate/nitrite ratio, nitrate reductase activity and mRNA expression. Result showed that ammonium nitrate, sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate, as inducers, had significant effects on both nitrate reductase activity and nitrate reductase expression in some rates. In high ammonium nitrate, sodium nitrate and potassium nitrate supplies, nitrate reductase activity and nitrate reductase expressions were suppressed apparently due to nitrogen metabolite response inhibition and toxicity.
Spectroscopic characterization and diode-pumped 910 nm laser of Nd:LiLuF4 crystal (2012)

Polarized absorption and fluorescence spectra Nd3+-doped LiLuF4 single crystal were investigated. The peak emission cross section at 905 and 910 nm are 0.97 × 10−20 and 0.82 × 10−20 cm2, respectively. Two samples with different dimensions were tested in the laser experiments. With a laser-diode as the pump source, a maximum 1.17 W laser output at 910 nm has been obtained with a slope efficiency of 16.3% with respect to the pump power.
Clinical outcomes and predictive factors in oral corticosteroid-refractory active ulcerative colitis (2013)

The duration of oral corticosteroid therapy and lower hemoglobin level were strongly associated with poor outcome.
Carbonic anhydrase isozymes IX and XII in gastric tumors (2003)

These results demonstrate that CA IX expression is sustained in several types of gastric tumors. The variations observed in the CA IX levels support the concept that gastric adenomas and carcinomas are distinct entities and do not represent progressive steps of a single pathway.
Effect of Surface Reduction Treatments of Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Chemical Vapor Deposited TaN[sub x] on Adhesion with Copper (2009)

This study performs surface reduction treatments, including hydrogen plasma treatment and rapid thermal anneal (RTA) in hydrogen ambient, to reduce the nitrogen content in the surface layer of the ultrathin film deposited by plasma-enhanced atomic layer deposition (PE-ALD). A four-point bend delamination test and a pull-off tensile test are used to study the interfacial strength of the PE-ALD thin film with copper. According to X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and Auger electron spectroscopy, a new chemical phase with a very small nitrogen content, possibly , is formed on the PE-ALD thin film after the RTA treatment. The increase in the Ta/N atomic ratio in the RTA-treated thin film significantly improves the adhesion of the film with the sputter-deposited Cu layer. However, the hydrogen-plasma-treated thin film shows a slight decrease in nitrogen content but still demonstrates better adhesion with the Cu layer compared with the as-deposited one. While the Cu overlayer on the RTA-treated PE-ALD thin film can sustain the thermal anneal at , the one on the as-deposited thin film exhibits voiding even at a temperature as low as .
Cavity-enhanced polarization rotation measurements for low-disturbance probing of atoms (2021)

We propose and demonstrate cavity-enhanced polarization-rotation measurement as a means to detect magnetic effects in transparent media with greater sensitivity at equal optical disturbance to the medium. Using the Jones calculus, we compute the effective polarization rotation effect in a Fabry-Perot cavity containing a magnetic medium, including losses due to enclosure windows or other sources. The results show that when measuring polarization rotation, collecting the transmitted light has advantages in simplicity and linearity relative to collecting the reflected light. We demonstrate the technique by measuring Faraday rotation in a $^{87}$Rb atomic ensemble in the single-pass and cavity-enhanced geometries, and observe enhancement in good agreement with the theoretical predictions. We also demonstrate shot-noise-limited operation of the enhanced rotation scheme in the small-angle regime.
Quantum Noise Squeezing for Optical Signals in Zinc-Tellurite Fibers (2021)

Nonclassical multiphoton states of light with squeezed quantum fluctuations are in demand for various ultrahigh-accuracy measurements. In this study, we propose to use fiber of bismuth-modified zinc-tellurite glass with high Kerr nonlinearity to squeeze quantum noise of optical signals. We experimentally fabricated such fiber and, using numerical simulation of the nonlinear evolution of cw laser signal taking into account fiber characteristics for optimum parameters, theoretically demonstrated noise squeezing better than –15 dB.
Magnetic Properties of Exchange-Coupled Fe-Ni/Fe22Ni78 Double-Layered Thick Films (2018)

We prepared exchange-coupled Fe-Ni/Fe <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">22</sub> Ni <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">78</sub> double-layered thick films (24 μm in thickness) using an electroplating method and evaluated their soft magnetic properties. The total Fe content of the double-layered films was varied by the change in the Fe content in Fe-Ni layer, and the coercivity was evaluated. The double-layered films with the same layer thickness (12 μm for Fe-Ni layer and 12 μm for Fe <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">22</sub> Ni <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">78</sub> one) showed lower coercivity compared with the single-layered Fe-Ni films. To confirm the effect of the exchange coupling between both layers, we changed the layer thickness for the Fe <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">22</sub> Ni <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">78</sub> magnetic phase from 1 to 12 μm, keeping at 24 μm of the total film thickness. The coercivity of the double-layered films was dramatically decreased with increasing the layer thickness of the Fe <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">22</sub> Ni <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">78</sub> phase from 1 to 6 μm. This result suggests that the exchange coupling works effectively to reduce the coercivity of the Fe-Ni phase when the Fe <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">22</sub> Ni <sub xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">78</sub> layer thickness is >6 μm. Consequently, we increased the saturation magnetization without the increase in the coercivity and concluded that the use of the exchange coupling is one of the attractive methods to prepare soft magnetic materials with good magnetic properties.
Effect of Pelletizing and Temperature in Silicon Production Using Magnesiothermic Reduction (2018)

Porous silicon (Si) has lots of potential applications including anode in lithium-ion batteries, sensor, electronic, or biomedical field. The synthesis of porous Si usually involves the use of expensive precursors with complex methods, having difficulties in the application to scalable process. It is urgent to find a massive production method for the production of porous Si using inexpensive and abundant source. Here, we show that the cheap and abundant rice husk silica (RH-SiO2) can be converted into porous Si via magnesiothermic reduction in a self-propagating high temperature synthesis (SHS) approach. The SHS method is a simple and commercial method by pelletizing the powder reactants. The Si yield and physical properties were investigated varying temperatures in a range from 600 to 900°C and pelletizing pressure from 5 to 30 MPa in order to find the optimum process condition. The high temperature at 900°C increased the Si yield avoiding the unwanted by-product such as Mg2SiO4. And the pellet sample under pelletizing pressure of 10 MPa showed an efficient heat/mass transfer by sustaining an optimum proximity between particles. The meso- and micro-structured Si was observed in SEM/EDX analysis and battery test shows performance of 171.7 mA h/g was retained after 150 cyclic tests.
Evaluation of Full-Depth Asphalt Pavement Construction Using X-Ray Computed Tomography and Ground Penetrating Radar (2008)

In the past few years, a number of full-depth or perpetual pavements have been designed and constructed in the State of Texas. A study was conducted to examine the quality of the compaction of the thick asphalt layers within these pavements using advanced forensic tools such as X-ray computed tomography (X-ray CT) and ground penetrating radar (GPR). The GPR is a nondestructive tool for evaluating the uniformity of density in pavements at highway speed. X-ray CT is a laboratory tool that is used to conduct detailed analysis of air void distribution and uniformity in asphalt pavement cores. This paper presents the results of analyzing one of the perpetual pavements constructed in State Highway 114 (SH-114). In this project, two different structural asphalt pavement sections were placed, one included a 1in. (25.4 mm) stone filled (SF) Superpave mix and the other included a traditional dense graded Type B material. The dense graded Type B material was found to be uniformly compacted. However, major compaction problems were identified with the coarse SF Superpave mix. The poor compaction and associated high percent air vsoids were found to permit moisture infiltration, which could potentially lead to rapid pavement deterioration. The analysis showed very good agreement between the GPR and X-ray CT results and demonstrated the efficiency of using GPR and X-ray CT in the evaluation of asphalt pavement compaction.
Solar Terminator Waves in Surface Pressure Observations (2018)

Abstract We report observations of waveforms in surface pressure made over several years by a network of ground‐level barometers in the eastern United States. The waveforms can be reconstructed by superimposing the 4th through 10th subharmonics of the solar day. Some of these solar harmonics are likely generated by the temperature and pressure gradients across the solar terminators. The measurements presented here enable a wave detection analysis which indicates that some waveforms are coherent between stations with a median speed of 49.7 m/s to the southeast. We interpret these propagating signals, which are interference patterns created by internal gravity waves with periods that are subharmonics of a solar day, as a previously undiscovered type of terminator wave. The waveforms appear predominantly postsunrise during winter and postsunset in summer. Their quasi‐eastward propagation direction suggests an analogy with “stern” waves left behind by the faster, westward‐moving terminator.
Learning Compressed Sentence Representations for On-Device Text Processing (2019)

Dinghan Shen, Pengyu Cheng, Dhanasekar Sundararaman, Xinyuan Zhang, Qian Yang, Meng Tang, Asli Celikyilmaz, Lawrence Carin. Proceedings of the 57th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics. 2019.
Retrovirus-Like Particles in Salivary Glands, Prostate and Testes of Aids Patients (1985)

AIDS associated retrovirus-like particles were identified in the salivary gland, prostate and/or testicle of two AIDS patients. These findings further suggest that saliva and semen may transmit the infection to susceptible individuals.
35 * Literature review of health related quality of life measurement tools for patients with atrial fibrillation: could they be used as a patient reported outcome measure? (2014)

Introduction: The most common heart arrhythmia is atrial fibrillation (AF) where individuals can suffer symptoms that adversely affect health related quality of life (HRQoL). The main reason for rhythm control of AF is to reduce symptoms and improve patients HRQoL. Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) were developed to measure patient's HRQoL to give an indication of improvement as a result of certain treatments. A variety of tools exist to measure HRQoL in patients with AF, these include generic measurement scales or disease specific tools. A literature review was carried out in 2013 to assess tools that measure HRQoL in AF and to consider if they had potential of being a PROM for clinical practice. Methods: Several online databases were used. Searches were restricted to those in English with full text and published from 2003-2013. Articles were excluded if it wasn't specified what tool was used, if a clinician reported outcome measure was used, if the tool was a generic HRQoL tool and where the study population wasn't AF. Results: 868 pieces of literature were identified to have used a HRQoL tool following the initial search: reduced to 26 after exclusion criteria was applied, with a total of 4 AF specific HRQoL tools which are listed below: Atrial Fibrillation Effect on Quality-of-Life (AFEQT) Development of a questionnaire to measure health-related quality of life in patients with atrial Fibrillation (AFQoL) Quality of Life of Atrial Fibrillation (AFQLQ) Quality of life in AF patients (QLAF) Each AF specific tool was examined in more detail, in particular their development, validation, application to clinical practice and limitations. 4 tools specific to AF were available to measure HRQoL. These tools have been developed in various ways, mostly based on literature reviews with all appearing to have a significant amount of clinical opinion alongside some patient input in initial stages. All mentioned tools have been validated alongside generic HRQoL tools and some with AF symptom scales. All these tools have shown to measure HRQoL but as most are made with principally clinician input in developmental stages, it is questionable if it can be classed as a PROM, thus having limited usefulness to the NHS in the collection of data. Conclusions: Due to the outcomes of this literature review it became evident how crucial the need for an AF specific PROM is. Development and validation of new HRQoL assessment tools with significant patient input in developmental stages would be beneficial to assist clinicians to decide patient treatments in clinical practice. It would further ensure that research in AF regarding HRQoL treatment is measured effectively and accurately providing an indication of the effectiveness of these treatments. An AF specific PROM recognised by the NHS could to be used in a similar way to other disease specific PROMs nationwide to compare outcomes of treatments.
Power Correlation for Paddle Impellers in Spherical and Cylindrical Agitated Vessels. (1995)

球形槽および円筒槽におけるパドル翼の撹拌所要動力を広いレイノルズ数領域で測定し, 種々の翼寸法に適用可能な, 両槽に共通する撹拌所要動力の相関式を求めた.所要動力は平岡-伊藤が定義した摩擦係数fと一般化レイノルズ数ReGで次式のように関係付けられた.f=CL/ReG+Ct {(Ctγ/ReG+ReG) -1+ (f∞/Ct) 1/m} mここで, CL, Ct, Ctγ, f∞, mはそれぞれ翼寸法と羽根枚数で経験的に相関された.また, 球形槽には, 槽高さが直径に等しく, 体積が球形槽体積と等しい円筒槽の見かけ直径を用いる.この相関式により, 永田ら, Hixsonらの実験結果も良好に相関された.また, 永田が提案した完全邪魔板条件での撹拌所要動力の簡易推算法に用いられる臨界レイノルズ数が, 本相関式で与えられた層流から乱流への遷移に関する係数Ctγ, と直接関係付けられることを示した.