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Dr. L. R. Elliott, Ming Che Chang, C. J. Wrightsman, and J. Lee Johnson Jr.
No full textDr. L. R. Elliott, Ming Che Chang, C. J. Wrightsman, and J. Lee Johnson Jr.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_startelegram1950s/26688/thumbnail.jp
Brain Segmentation ? A Case study of Biomedical Cloud Computing for Education and Research
No full textMedical imaging is widely adopted in Hospitals and medical institutes, and new ways to improve existing medical imaging services are regularly exploited. This paper describes the adoption of Cloud Computing is useful for medical education and research, and describes the methodology, results and lesson learned. A working Bioinformatics Cloud platform can demonstrate computation and visualisation of brain imaging. The aim is to study segmentation of brains, which divides the brain into ten major regions. The Cloud platform has these two functions: (i) it can highlight each region for ten different segments; and (ii) it can adjust intensity of segmentation to allow basic study of brain medicine. Two types of benefits are reported as follows. Firstly, all the medical student participants are reported to have 20% improvement in their learning satisfaction. Secondly, 100% of volunteer participants are reported to have positive learning experience
"Closing the R&D Gap, Evaluating the Sources of R&D Spending"
Get PDFBoth spending and tax policies have been implemented in the United States with the goal of stimulating private sector research and development (R&D). Karier questions whether current R&D policy, especially the research and experimentation tax credit, can contribute to closing the gap between nondefense expenditures on R&D in the United States and such expenditures in other countries, such as Japan and Germany. He also explores possible changes to our current R&D policy to make it more effective.
Strategic or Struggling? Professionalizing Philanthropy in Nonprofit Arts Organizations
No full textThe purpose of this chapter is to examine how the structure and role of philanthropy have come to shape the professionalization process that is occurring in performing arts organizations (PAOs) in Australia. Using resource dependency theory, interviews, and content from annual reports and websites analyzed qualitatively, we illustrate how philanthropy has shifted from a peripheral position to become of central importance over the last few decades as arts organizations have professionalized in structure and role. New structures and roles have been introduced that illustrate whether PAOs are strategic or struggling in this process. They either use whole-of-organization approaches in order to co-create value through philanthropy or are more piecemeal in their approach, with one person solely responsible for philanthropy. Our findings identified that the structure and role of philanthropy were either (1) strategically determined, enabling a whole-of-organization approach to philanthropy; or (2) precarious, discreet, and prudent but low priority, which saw the organization struggle to contribute philanthropically
Characterization of the complete chloroplast genome of Carya hunanensis W. C. Cheng & R. H. Chang
No full textCarya hunanensis W. C. Cheng & R. H. Chang is a tree of great economic importance in China. In this study, the complete chloroplast genome of C. hunanensis was determined and analyzed phylogenetically. The whole genome was determined to be 159,892 bp in length, presenting a typical quadripartite structure with a large single copy (LSC) region (89,466 bp), a small single copy (SSC) region (18,714 bp), and a pair of inverted repeat (IR) regions (25,856 bp each). There were 132 genes annotated in the genome, including 84 protein-coding genes, 40 tRNA genes, and eight rRNA genes. The overall GC content of C. hunanensis chloroplast genome was 36.24%. Phylogenetic analysis indicated that C. hunanensis was closely related to C. kweichowensis and Annamocarya sinensis
Measurement of the ratio of prompt χ c to J / ψ production in pp collisions at √s = 7 TeV
Get PDFThe prompt production of charmonium χ c and J / ψ states is studied in proton-proton collisions at a centre-of-mass energy of √s = 7 TeV at the Large Hadron Collider. The χ c and J / ψ mesons are identified through their decays χ c → J / ψ γ and J / ψ → μ + μ - using 36 pb - 1 of data collected by the LHCb detector in 2010. The ratio of the prompt production cross-sections for χ c and J / ψ, σ (χ c → J / ψ γ) / σ (J / ψ), is determined as a function of the J / ψ transverse momentum in the range 2 < p T J / ψ < 15 GeV / c. The results are in excellent agreement with next-to-leading order non-relativistic expectations and show a significant discrepancy compared with the colour singlet model prediction at leading order, especially in the low p T J / ψ region
Data for: Perceived entertainment and recreational value motivate illegal hunting in Southwest China
No full textThis dataset presents anonymized survey responses on poaching focal bird species in Southwest China. We do not provide the socio-cultural covariates to protect respondents, but these can be requested from the lead author. The data file is a serialized R data object that can be called into the R workspace using the command load
Large full band gaps for photonic crystals in two dimensions computed by an inverse method with multigrid acceleration
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Interfacial operator approach to computing modes of surface plasmon polaritons for periodic structures
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