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COORDINATES FOR THE MODULI SPACE OF FLAT P SL(2, R)-CONNECTIONS
No full textLet M be the moduli space of irreducible flat P SL(2, R) connections on a punctured surface of finite type with parabolic holonomies around punctures. By using a notion of admissibility of an ideal arc, M is covered by dense open subsets associated to ideal triangulations of the surface. A principal bundle over M is constructed which, when restricted to the Teichmüller component of M, is isomorphic to the decorated Teichmüller space of Penner. The construction gives a generalization to M of Penner's coordinates for the Teichmüller space
The evolution of networks of innovators within and across borders: Evidence from patent data
No full textRecent studies on the geography of knowledge networks have documented a negative impact of physical distance and institutional borders upon research and development (R&D) collaborations. Though it is widely recognized that geographic constraints and national borders impede the diffusion of knowledge, less attention has been devoted to the temporal evolution of these constraints. In this study we use data on patents filed with the European Patent Office (EPO) for OECD countries to analyze the impact of physical distance and country borders on inter-regional links in four different networks over the period 1988-2009: (1) co-inventorship, (2) patent citations, (3) inventor mobility and (4) the location of R&D laboratories. We find the constraint imposed by country borders and distance decreased until mid-1990s then started to grow, particularly for distance. We further investigate the role of large innovation "hubs" as attractors of new collaboration opportunities and the impact of region size and locality on the evolution of cross-border patenting activities. The intensity of European cross-country
inventor collaborations increased at a higher pace than their non-European counterparts until 2004,
with no significant relative progress thereafter. Moreover, when analyzing networks of geographical mobility, multinational R&D activities and patent citations we cannot detect any substantial progress in European research integration above and beyond the common global trend
A deuterium NMR study of molecular dynamics and geometry in two classes of onium salts:(CH3) 3E+ X-and C6H5M (CH3) 3+ I
No full textDeuterium NMR measurements are reported for two types of onium salts: (CH3)3E+I-, where E = O (counterion is BF4-), S, Se, or Te, and C6H5M(CH3)3+I-, where M = N, P, or As. Within each class of compounds the activation energy for rotation of the trimethyl groups about the C3' axis increases with increasing size of the central atom. In the first class of compounds the C-E-C bond angle decreases with the size of the atom E. In addition the magnitude of the quadrupolar coupling constant, chi, varies with E, ranging from 160 kHz for E = O to 190 kHz for E = Te. This is in qualitative agreement with molecular orbital calculations of the electric field gradients. At low temperatures the H-2 NMR spectrum of C6H5N(CH3)3+I- Can only be rationalized with a model in which trimethyl rotation is faster than methyl rotation. The H-2 NMR of ring (predominantly ortho and para)-deuterated C6H5N(CH3)3+I- is consistent with rapid n-site (n greater-than-or-equal-to 3) rotation of the phenyl ring above 390 K. Below 390 K spectra characteristic of two-site, 180-degrees, flips of the phenyl ring are observed. Below 280 K the motion of the phenyl ring is in the rigid lattice limit.PT: J; CR: COLLINS MJ, 1988, J AM CHEM SOC, V110, P8583 DAVIS JH, 1976, CHEM PHYS LETT, V42, P390 DAVIS JH, 1991, ISOTOPES PHYSICAL BI, V3 EINSTEIN F, 1967, J CHEM SOC A, P2018 FECHER G, 1986, BER BUNSEN PHYS CHEM, V90, P10 FISCH MJ, 1990, GAUSSIAN 90 FURUKAWA Y, 1989, Z NATURFORSCH A, V44, P112 GREENFIELD MS, 1987, J MAGN RESON, V72, P89 GRIFFIN RG, 1981, METHOD ENZYMOL, V72, P108 GRUWEL MLH, 1990, Z NATURFORSCH A, V45, P55 HAYS GR, 1978, THESIS U E ANGLIA HIROKAWA K, 1988, Z NATURFORSCH A, V43, P187 HOPE H, 1966, ACTA CRYSTALLOGR, V20, P610 IKEDA R, 1989, J PHYS CHEM-US, V93, P7315 ISHIDA H, 1989, Z NATURFORSCH A, V44, P741 ISHIDA H, 1991, Z NATURFORSCH A, V46, P265 KOBAYASHI A, 1988, Z NATURFORSCH A, V43, P233 KORFER M, 1989, Z NATURFORSCH A, V44, P1177 KRUG V, 1989, ACTA CRYSTALLOGR C, V45, P2022 LAMBERT JB, 1968, J AM CHEM SOC, V90, P1349 MANTSCH HH, 1977, PROG NUCL MAG RES SP, V11, P211 MOOIBROEK S, 1988, CAN J CHEM, V66, P734 MOOIBROEK S, 1989, CAN J CHEM, V63, P2926 OLAH GA, 1984, J ORG CHEM, V49, P2112 PALMER MH, 1986, Z NATURFORSCH A, V41, P1471 PALMER MH, 1990, Z NATURFORSCH A, V45, P357 PENNER GH, 1992, CAN J CHEM, V70, P2420 PENNER GH, 1992, J PHYS CHEM-US, V96, P5121 PETTITT BA, 1981, J MAGN RESON, V44, P508 RATCLIFFE CI, 1979, FARADAY DISC CHEM SO, V13, P142 RATCLIFFE CI, 1986, CAN J CHEM, V64, P1348 RATCLIFFE CI, 1990, J PHYS CHEM-US, V94, P152 RIPMEESTER JA, 1987, DYNAMICS MOL CRYSTAL SCHWARTZ LJ, 1983, J PHYS CHEM-US, V87, P4457 SPIESS HW, 1985, ADV POLYM SCI, V66, P23 THOMAS AF, 1971, DEUTERIUM LABELING O TSAU J, 1970, CAN J CHEM, V48, P717 VEGA AJ, 1987, J CHEM PHYS, V86, P1803 WATKINS MI, 1982, J AM CHEM SOC, V104, P2365 WITTEBORT RJ, 1987, J CHEM PHYS, V86, P5411 XU Q, 1991, Z NATURFORSCH A, V46, P240 ZUCCARO DE, 1959, Z KRISTALLOGR, V112, P26; NR: 42; TC: 6; J9: CAN J CHEM; PG: 10; GA: LC512Source type: Electronic(1
Cognition and cognitive rehabilitation in adult and juvenile patients with multiple sclerosis
No full textAbstract: Multiple sclerosis (MS) is accompanied by cognitive deficits in half of adult patients and in
one third of children. These deficits have a serious impact on daily functioning of patients and
may influence the ability to achieve educational goals and participate in professional and
social life. Therefore, the focus of this thesis is on cognitive deficits, especially the core
deficit regarding working memory (WM), and their treatment with cognitive rehabilitation.
The present dissertation contains three original manuscripts that target these topics and further
investigate A) the importance of cognitive functioning and the utility of neuropsychological
testing in MS patients, B) different patterns of response to WM training regarding cognitive
and brain function in adults with MS, and C) effects of WM training in juvenile patients with
MS
Topology and prediction of RNA pseudoknots
No full textM. Reidys C, W. D. Huang F, E. Andersen J, C. Penner R, F. Stadler P, Nebel M. Topology and prediction of RNA pseudoknots. Bioinformatics. 2011;27(8):1076--1085
Addendum: topology and prediction of RNA pseudoknots
No full textM. Reidys C, W. D. Huang F, E. Andersen J, C. Penner R, F. Stadler P, Nebel M. Addendum: topology and prediction of RNA pseudoknots. Bioinformatics. 2012;28(2):300
Correction to Virus Bioresistor (VBR) for the Detection of the Bladder Cancer Marker DJ-1 in Urine at 10 pM in One Minute
No full textThe author list contained an error: Gregory A. Weiss was not identified as a corresponding author. Both of the corresponding authors, Gregory A. Weiss and Reginald M. Penner, are indicated in this Addition and Correction
Drama Therapy
No full textI would love to have someone to work on capturing the creation of an original play done by the Barrier-Free Theatre, which is part of the Drama Therapy Program. Barrier-Free Theatre is an acting troupe of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and K-State students. Each year they choose an idea to create a play about and develop it through improvisation. The whole process goes from September through April, but the creation of the play happens in the fall. We end up with the first read through of the play before the end of the fall semester. If that does not seem to be something that is doable, the drama therapy program has a number of projects that we could get permission from families to be documented because the families love what we do for their children. We have an after school drama class for children on the autism spectrum, an after school class for middle-schoolers with autism who make films, and an after school class for high school kids with autism who make films. The high school group has been doing this together for about 5 years (they started in middle school). And if that doesn’t seem to be doable, I have a scholarship of teaching and learning project I’m working on with my Drama Therapy with Special Populations class. I have had an article published about the use of the class to dissolve stigma about people with disabilities in college-aged students and am currently following that up with a quantitative study using the Bogardus scale which identifies how “closely” people would be willing to interact with people with specific conditions (it’s often used for ethnic distance/closeness in terms of stigma and discrimination, but it has been the go-to scale for studying disability, too)
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