951 research outputs found
Guava: botany, production and uses Botany, production and uses./ edited by Sisir Mitra.
No full textIncludes bibliographical references and index."Guava is considered a minor tropical fruit (together with lychee, longan, durian etc.), although is the largest in terms of output. This is the first comprehensive book authored by an international team of experts, and covers botany, biotechnology, propagation, production, pests and diseases, postharvest, and processing"--Psidium guajava L.: Taxonomy, Relatives, and possible Origin / Leslie R. Landrum -- Production and Trade / Edward A. Evans and Fredy H.Ballen -- Composition and Processing / Anup K. Bhattacherjee and Dileep. K. Tandon -- Propagation / Sisir Mitra and P.K.Ray -- Biotechnology / Maneesh Mishra, M. Muthukumar and Sandeep Kumar -- Cultivars and crop improvement / Sisir Mitra -- Nutrition and Irrigation / Sisir Mitra -- Orchard Management / Sisir Mitra and P.K.Pathak -- Flowering / Shu-Yen Lin and Po-An Chen -- Fruit set, development and maturation / Rosemary Du Preez -- Physiological disorders / Nor Elliza Tajidin, Munirah Mohamad , Azimah Hamidon, Hamizah Hassan and Siti Hajar Ahmad -- Photosynthesis and productivity / Vinod K. Singh and Manoj K. Soni -- Pests / Rodrigo Lasa, Andrea Birke, Larissa Guillén, Martín Aluja and Daniel Carrillo -- Nematodes / Regina M.D.G. Carneiro, Marcilene F.A. Santos and José Mauro C. Castro -- Diseases / Ashok K. Misra -- Postharvest physiology and storage / Margo Sulistio and Chun-Ta Wu.1 online resource (xii, 368 pages)
Development of an Inventory Management System: Agile Software Development
No full textFor this thesis, I created an inventory management system for The College at Brockport’s Kinesiology, Sports Studies and Physical Education department along with a team of three other students. Prior to this, students and faculty would reserve and checkout equipment using pen and paper. In today’s highly technology-based world, though, this seemed like an unreliable and out of date way to track the school’s inventory. With our system in place, the department is able to keep perfect records of what equipment they have, what has been checked out, by whom, and whether something is in stock at any given time or not. They can receive reports on all previous checkouts that have occurred and keep track of any late fees that may be acquired by a student for returning equipment past a given date. Keeping paper records of all this information is difficult and tough to manage, and so there was a need for a system such as what we intend to develop.
For this project, we took an Agile approach. Agile is a commonly used coding methodology that involved meeting with our thesis director, Sandeep Mitra, once a week to discuss the progress we have made and what should be done within the following week. By doing this we ensure that we are always aware of how much progress has been made by each team member as well as what needs to be accomplished and by when. In Agile software development, there are also opportunities to iterate over each stage of the Software Development Life Cycle multiple times. During any coding endeavor, the requirements that are provided by the customer may change several times as they want new features to be added in, or a current feature to be changed. Because we weren’t restricted to going through the SDLC only once, we were able to incorporate these changing requirements into the finished product. Agile has been proven to be one of the best coding methodologies in place for delivering a product that meets customer needs and delivers the product on time.
In this paper, I will be discussing the different coding methodologies that our team considered using, and the pros and cons of each. I will explain our design process to give further insight on how to properly take a coding project from its conception through to its completion. I will also discuss the different frameworks and coding patterns that we used in the development of the application. Finally, I will give some recommendations for future development on our system and show images of the user interfaces we developed to demonstrate the workflow of the system.SUNY BrockportComputing SciencesSenior Honors These
The Reverse Detective : Pragmatic Software Requirements & Analysis
No full textCollaboration between a College at Brockprot Brockport alumnus (Thomas A. Bullinger) and current faculty member (Sandeep Mitra).Software failure is a CRIME! Here\u27s how to prevent it. The Reverse Detective is an easy-to-read, breakthrough book that shows you how to prevent software failure by using the same disciplined, step-by-step process used by professional detectives to solve crimes. There\u27s just one difference: You put the traditional Sherlock Holmes approach in reverse. The result? Instead of solving the crime of software failure, you prevent it by precisely determining and modeling the right requirements before you begin writing code. Getting software development right from the start ... when you put the Reverse Detective process to work, you\u27ll minimize the chance of blown budgets, missed timelines, endless revision rounds, and other career-busting problems. Now you know why this practical, enjoyable guide is destined to become a must-read for everyone with a major stake in software development, including: executives, business managers and process owners, and hands-on software engineers—Publisher’s description.https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/bookshelf/1051/thumbnail.jp
Cultural Competence Requires Cultural Intelligence — CQ for Your Life and Career (Panel)
No full textWe hear volumes about the importance of being culturally competent in response to ever-increasing diversity in the workplace and our communities, but little on how to achieve such competence. Hear and contemplate the perspectives of our diverse panelists, to gauge your mastery of the three components of cultural intelligence (CQ), cognitive, physical, and emotional/motivational, toward increasing your cultural competence at work, and in your personal life and communities.
Moderator
Karen Schuhle-Williams, PhD, Executive Director of Special Sessions and Programs at Brockport
Panelists
Sandeep Mitra, PhD, Professor of Computing Sciences at Brockport
Karen Podsiadly, Director of Community Development at Brockport
Megan Obourn, PhD, Interim Chief Diversity Officer at Brockport
Ivonne Poniscan, International Operations Coordinator for the Department of International Education at Brockpor
Proceedings of ASME Turbo Expo 2013: Power for Land, Sea and Air, Volume 1A: Combustion, Fuels and Emissions
No full textShahrokh Etemad (with Sandeep Alavandi and Benjamin Baird) is a contributing author, Fuel Flexible Rich Catalytic Lean Burn System for Low Btu Fuels
Acute Ethanol Administration Rapidly Increases Phosphorylation of Conventional Protein Kinase C in Specific Mammalian Brain Regions in Vivo
No full textBackground
Protein kinase C (PKC) is a family of isoenzymes that regulate a variety of functions in the central nervous system including neurotransmitter release, ion channel activity, and cell differentiation. Growing evidence suggests that specific isoforms of PKC influence a variety of behavioral, biochemical, and physiological effects of ethanol in mammals. The purpose of this study was to determine whether acute ethanol exposure alters phosphorylation of conventional PKC isoforms at a threonine 674 (p-cPKC) site in the hydrophobic domain of the kinase, which is required for its catalytic activity.
Methods
Male rats were administered a dose range of ethanol (0, 0.5, 1, or 2 g/kg, intragastric) and brain tissue was removed 10 minutes later for evaluation of changes in p-cPKC expression using immunohistochemistry and Western blot methods.
Results
Immunohistochemical data show that the highest dose of ethanol (2 g/kg) rapidly increases p-cPKC immunoreactivity specifically in the nucleus accumbens (core and shell), lateral septum, and hippocampus (CA3 and dentate gyrus). Western blot analysis further showed that ethanol (2 g/kg) increased p-cPKC expression in the P2 membrane fraction of tissue from the nucleus accumbens and hippocampus. Although p-cPKC was expressed in numerous other brain regions, including the caudate nucleus, amygdala, and cortex, no changes were observed in response to acute ethanol. Total PKC? immunoreactivity was surveyed throughout the brain and showed no change following acute ethanol injection
Distinct intramolecular hydrogen bonding dictates antimicrobial action of membrane-targeting amphiphiles
No full textAs mechanisms underpinning the molecular interactions between membrane-targeting antimicrobials and Gram-negative bacterial membranes at atomistic scale remain elusive, we used cholic acid (CA)-derived amphiphiles with different hydrophobicities as model antimicrobials and assessed the effect of their conformational flexibility on antimicrobial activity. Relative to other hydrophobic counterparts, a compound with a hexyl chain (6) showed the strongest binding with the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) of Gram-negative bacterial membranes and acted as an effective antimicrobial. Biomolecular simulations, validated by complementary approaches, revealed that specific intramolecular hydrogen bonding imparts conformationally rigid character to compound 6. This conformational stability of compound 6 allows minimum but specific interactions of the amphiphile with LPS that are a sum of exothermic processes like electrostatic interactions, membrane insertion, and endothermic contributions from disaggregation of LPS. Therefore, our study reveals that a membrane-targeting mechanism with the help of conformationally selective molecules offers a roadmap for developing future therapeutics against bacterial infections.</p
Cultural Competence Requires Cultural Intelligence — CQ for Your Life and Career (Panel)
No full textPanelists
Sandeep Mitra, PhD, is a Professor of Computing Sciences at The College at Brockport, where he has taught since 1994. Sandeep was born in India, and was raised in the cosmopolitan city of Mumbai (Bombay), where, at high school, his fellow students were from a variety of cultural backgrounds — speaking different languages at home, and practicing different religions. Sandeep obtained his bachelor's and master's degrees in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Techology, Bombay and came to upstate New York (Binghamton University) to obtain his PhD, again in Computer Science. At Binghamton, he had the opportunity to interact with fellow students and faculty from a number of countries - an experience he treasures. At Brockport, he has worked on individual projects in his area of specialization with a number of undergraduate students over the last two decades.
Megan Obourn, PhD, is currently serving as Interim Assistant Provost for Diversity and Inclusion at The College at Brockport. They received their PhD from New York University in American literature in 2006. They have been with the College since 2007 as a faculty member in the Department of English. Their research focuses on American literature, queer theory, critical race theory, and disability studies. Recent publications include “Object fear: The national dissociation of race and racism in the era of Obama,” published in Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society, and “Octavia Butler’s Disabled Futures,” published in Contemporary Literature.
Karen Podsiadly, a native of Rochester, NY, was educated at SUNY Geneseo and Western Illinois University with degrees in Sociology and College Student Personnel, respectively. She has served for 26 within American Higher Education. The Director of Community Development, Ms. Podsiadly enjoys a career that allows her to move seamlessly between her roles on campus and in the community. Karen serves on the Board of Directors for The Community Place of Greater Rochester, is actively involved at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church as a Trustee, and is Past President of Rochester Genesee Region of American Baptist Churches, Inc. A board member on the SUNY Geneseo Alumni Association for over 10 years, she continues to serve her alma mater through involvement in the Annual Women’s Leadership. Among Karen’s greatest passions is mentoring young people with a particular affinity for supporting young women as they make choices towards healthy and successful lives.
Ivonne Ponicsan’16 works as International Operations Coordinator for the Department of International Education.Born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico, she obtained her bachelor’s in Sociology with honors from Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM). Her thesis was entitled: “The situation of illegal workers in Monroe and Wayne Counties in times of political debate and economic crisis”. Ivonne recently obtained her MA in Liberal Studies from The College at Brockport. Previously, Ivonne worked as program advisor for the Latina and African American Women Retention Initiative at MCC’s Damon City Campus, where she also served on several committees focusing on the Hispanic heritage and festivals. She also served as team leader for the ITAM-Tulane University partnered Executive and Global MBA students International Entrepreneurship Program in Calcutta, India. She lived in Japan, for a little over a year, where she taught Spanish and she also taught Spanish to Japanese executives living in Mexico.We hear volumes about the importance of being culturally competent in response to ever-increasing diversity in the workplace and our communities, but little on how to achieve such competence. Hear and contemplate the perspectives of our diverse panelists, to gauge your mastery of the three components of cultural intelligence (CQ), cognitive, physical, and emotional/motivational, toward increasing your cultural competence at work, and in your personal life and communities.
Moderator
Karen Schuhle-Williams, PhD, Executive Director of Special Sessions and Programs at Brockport
Panelists
Sandeep Mitra, PhD, Professor of Computing Sciences at Brockport
Karen Podsiadly, Director of Community Development at Brockport
Megan Obourn, PhD, Interim Chief Diversity Officer at Brockport
Ivonne Poniscan, International Operations Coordinator for the Department of International Education at BrockportSUNY BrockportBrockport’s Annual Diversity Conferenc
Inventory Management for Sports Equipment: Agile Project Management
No full textThe goal of this Agile software development project is to create an application to manage the inventory and the rental process of an on-campus organization. At the start of the project, I met with the client to understand their current business processes, which were largely paper-based. I then undertook a requirement capture process to better understand the features needed in the envisaged software application, making sure to keep close contact with the customer. A design phase was started using an Agile Modeling approach to create a minimal model that primarily outlines the behavior of the software application, relying mainly on UML sequence diagrams and GUI mockups/state diagrams. After each check-in with the client the design was modified accordingly. The main objective is to practice the Agile methodology to its fullest, both in the overall project management and, especially, in the development and testing phases.SUNY BrockportComputing SciencesSenior Honors These
Development of an Alumni Relations Web App Using an Agile Approach
No full textI present my experience developing a web app to interface with an alumni database for the Computing Sciences department at Brockport. Prior to the end of each semester, the College seeks to gather relevant information from graduating students (e.g. contact information, employment data, etc.). All this information is stored in a database, whose schema was designed by the department faculty some years ago. A prior project took a UML modeling-based waterfall approach to constructing the web app to interface to this database using a ‘pure’ MVC approach and the CakePHP tool. This effort did not meet user needs. Therefore, over the past year, I adopted a more Agile-based approach to building this system. I decided to drop the use of CakePHP and explore other contemporary web technologies that were not previously incorporated, such as jQuery, Bootstrap, and PHP data objects (PDO). I will describe how the development team would explore the use of a tool to achieve a certain kind of behavior, meet regularly to demonstrate the results of their exploration, and then seek to implement and thoroughly test a feature of the actual system using (or deciding against the use of) the explored tools. Seeking customer feedback on this feature, I then moved ahead with the same approach for the next feature. I will discuss how the use of an Agile approach, as opposed to the traditional waterfall method, gave us the opportunity to both continually have a working system and to receive feedback on the direction in which my project was headed. Additionally, I will touch on other aspects of my experience, such as the benefits I derived from having the learnings from the earlier failed project, and the compromises I had to make with architectural purity in order to use appropriate tools.SUNY BrockportComputer ScienceSenior Honors These
- …
