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2013 Health Sciences Commencement Ceremony, May 13, 2013.
No full textThis is the booklet for the Health Sciences Commencement Ceremony. The commencement speaker and recipient of an Honorary Degree was David L. Katz, M.D. Dr. Katz was the founding director of Yale University's Prevention Research Center, established in 1998
Capital structure, equity issues and asymmetric information
No full textThe financial crisis of 2008-2009 forced financial economists to look critically at capital structure theory because the problems faced by many companies stemmed from their financing policies. This project builds on pecking order theory (POT) of capital structure directly related to asymmetric information. POT is considered as Top 2 most important theories of capital structure. However, it lacks empirical support. The proposed research seeks to examine the effect of long-term asymmetric information on firm's decisions to issue equity and more generally their capital structure policy.We are going to offer a new model of issuing equity in the conditions of asymmetric information where POT emerges as a special case
Multidisciplinary Research: Science and Reading Instruction in Third Grade
No full textThis participant observer research study focused on the reading comprehension strategies third grade readers used when reading downloaded texts about cheetahs and online texts about tigers. State standards and the district’s curriculum called for third grade students to identify the structures and behaviors that help animals survive in different environments. Using participant observation; that is, teaching the third grade classes and analyzing the artifacts produced as a result, including student products such as online and offline notes and researcher products such as lesson plans and field notes, the researcher asked and answered: What are the challenges and benefits of applying comprehension strategies online and offline
L-Glutamine Use in the Treatment and Prevention of Mucositis and Cachexia: A Naturopathic Perspective
No full textThis is a poster on the topic, there is also an article from this author by the same title.L-Glutamine (GLN) is considered a nonessential amino acid that has a variety of applications in naturopathic medicine. It has been postulated that in the critically ill patient, GLN becomes an essential amino acid for recovery, restoration, and repair at a cellular level. Mucositis is an intestinal mucosal damage of the gastrointestinal tract - mouth, throat, stomach, intestines, rectum, and anus - that is caused directly by chemotherapies and radiotherapies. Cancer cachexia is a significant biochemical event, which is characterized by weight loss, fatigue, and indicative of depletion of skeletal muscle GLN - a hypercatabolic state. There has been some question as to the use of GLN in this patient population because of its role as a preferred energy source not only for enterocytes and lymphocytes but for malignant cells as well. This article will address the questions of safety, efficacy, dosing, and toxicity of GLN used as an integrative therapeutic in ongoing naturopathic integrative cancer treatment
The Industrial and Economic Impact of End-of-Life Telecommunications Products: A Comparative Analysis
No full textThis study analyzes the impact of obsolete telecommunication devices in particular, cellular phones on both industry and in economy. A background study will be conducted to depict the growing significance of the accumulating waste and potential material resources. Following this, the product structure of various cellular phones will be compared for their bill-of-materials and materials. The study will then propose an efficient end-of-life solution methodology that would provide economic and environmental gain. Related literature review and the gaps in the end-of-life processing solutions will also be included in the study. Solution for design-for-environment including other lessons learned from the research will be provided as a guideline for further progress. This study provides crucial information about calculating in-stock metals, aids in recycling decisions, aids in prioritizing disassembly, bill -of-materials of a cell phone for disassembly sequence, legislation in the Unites Estates, and how changing design will affect the industry
Topology Management in Wireless Sensor Networks: Multi-State Algorithms
No full textIn order to maximize the network’s lifetime and ensure the connectivity among the nodes, most topology management practices use a subgroup of nodes for routing. This paper provides an in-depth look at existing topology management control algorithms in Multi-state structure. We suggest a new algorithm based on Geographical Adaptive Fidelity (GAF) and Adaptive Self-Configuring Sensor Networks Topology (ASCENT). The new proposed algorithm outperforms both GAF and ASCENT algorithms
Optimized Algorithm for Face Detection Integrating Different Illuminating Conditions
No full textFace detection is a significant research topic to contrive identity for many automated systems. We present a novel face detection algorithm to detect a single face in an image sequence in the real-time environment by finding structural features. The proposed method allows the user to detect the face in case the lighting conditions, pose, and viewpoint vary. The proposed algorithm combines two segmentation approaches. The first approach is a Pixel-based approach by using the components Y, Cb, and Cr in YCbCr color model as threshold conditions to segment the image into luminance and chrominance components. Based on the components of YCbCr color model, the pixel can be classified to have skin tone if it's value is between two specific thresholds. The second approach is an Edgebased approach by using Roberts cross operator. It approximates the magnitude of the gradient of the test image. It also separates the integrated regions into the face and highlights these regions of high spatial gradients which correspond to the edges of the face. The new algorithm achieves high detection rate and low false positive rate
