614 research outputs found
Oral History of Tran Thy Van
No full textOral history of Mr. Tran Thy Van, born in 1944 in Quang Nam, Vietnam. He resides in Huntington Beach, California at the time of interview. His early childhood was marked by the departure of his mother and a vagabond life with his father. His schooling was haphazard, and in his early twenties he went to Thu Duc Military Academy, a training school for officers joining the Army of the Republic of Vietnam. In 1968 he matriculated from Thu Duc with the rank of Thiếu úy [Second Lieutenant]. He joined the ground troops of the [Biệt Đồng Quân] and worked up to lead a battalion of 160 soldiers. In 1974 he lost both his legs from a landmine explosion and was discharged from the military. At the time he had a wife and six children. After he returned from service, he parted ways with his wife and lived with three of his children. He remarried and had three more children. In 1983 he and one of his sons escaped Vietnam by boat, passed through a refugee camp in Thailand, and resettled in Orange County where they sponsored his second wife and unmarried children. Tran Thy Van remained active with South Vietnamese veteran organizations and has published accounts of his life and military experience.Recorded Digitall
Second Generation Oral History Project Anh Thy Tran. Exploring Cultural Identity through the Vietnamese American Experience
No full textAnh Thy Tran was born and raised in San Jose, California. She is the daughter of two Vietnamese refugees who moved all over the place before settling in San Jose. She recently graduated from San Jose State University and will be continuing to pursue an education and career to assist in the Vietnamese American community. She discusses her life in San Jose, her relationship with her family and her community, and her Vietnamese American Identity. She shares her thoughts about what it means to be Vietnamese American in a community that is predominently Vietnamese American. She talks about her identity, community, the Vietnamese language, and cultural conflicts
dMODELS: A software package for modeling volcanic deformation
No full textdMODELS is a software package that includes the most common source models used
to interpret deformation measurements near active volcanic centers. The emphasis is
on estimating the parameters of analytical models of deformation by inverting data
from the Global Positioning System (GPS), Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar
(InSAR), tiltmeters and strainmeters. Source models include: (a) pressurized spherical,
ellipsoidal and sill-like magma chambers in an elastic, homogeneous, flat half-space; (b)
pressurized spherical magma chambers with topography corrections; and (c) the
solutions for a dislocation (fracture) in an elastic, homogeneous, flat half-space. All of
the equations have been extended to include deformation and strain within the Earth's
crust (as opposed to only at the Earth's surface) and verified against finite element
models. Although actual volcanic sources are not embedded cavities of simple shape,
we assume that these models may reproduce the stress field created by the actual
magma intrusion or hydrothermal fluid injection. The dMODELS software employs a
nonlinear inversion algorithm to determine the best-fit parameters for the deformation
source by searching for the minimum of the cost function (chi square per degrees of
freedom). The non-linear inversion algorithm is a combination of local optimization
(interior-point method) and random search. This approach is more efficient for hyperparameter
optimization than trials on a grid. The software has been developed using
MATLAB, but compiled versions that can be run using the free MATLAB Compiler
Runtime (MCR) module are available for Windows 64-bit operating systems. The
MATLAB scripts and compiled files are open source and intended for teaching and
research. The software package includes both functions for forward modeling and
scripts for data inversion. A software demonstration will be available during IAVCEI. You
are welcome to contact the author at [email protected] for additional information,
and the software can be downloaded from the USGS website at
pubs.usgs.gov/tm/13/b1/
Letter from [author unknown] to John Muir, 1895 Dec 23.
No full textSomers, Dec. 23rd. 1895.Mr. John Muir,Your book “The Mountains of California” has given such pleasure to one reader that she wishes to express gratitude to the author. My trip was a limited one and taken many years ago, but so far as ray experience went, your book confirms and revives my impressions. It was read with keen enjoyment and sympathy and many another will follow its pages with the same zest. The lines were not inspired by the book, but perhaps they will be in touch with it. My name has no significance and so it is not signed, but perhaps it will gratify you to know that your descriptions have brought some of the glories you have seen to an obscure person in an obscure village.Merced.Merced, Merced, thy crystal waveO\u27er granite sands doth flow, Whereon the vagrant sunbeams weaveA net of gold below.Thy banks are daintily besetWith ferns and grasses fine And beds of snowy violetThe tangled roots entwine.The stately rocks (E1 CapitanCathedral, Brothers Three) Within thy bosom hold divanIn tranquil majesty.Unaltered \u27neath the flowing tideThose sharp reflections dwell; E\u27en so while busy lustrums glideEndures thy beauty\u27s spell.[Envelope containing letter inscribed, in Muir\u27s handwriting, “Miss No Name, Somers, Cal.”]02054https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmcl/25216/thumbnail.jp
Thy-1+ Cancer-associated Fibroblasts Adversely Impact Lung Cancer Prognosis
No full textCancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) regulate diverse intratumoral biological programs and can promote or inhibit tumorigenesis, but those CAF populations that negatively impact the clinical outcome of lung cancer patients have not been fully elucidated. Because Thy-1 (CD90) marks CAFs that promote tumor cell invasion in a murine model of KrasG12D-driven lung adenocarcinoma (KrasLA1), here we postulated that human lung adenocarcinomas containing Thy-1+ CAFs have a worse prognosis. We first examined the location of Thy-1+ CAFs within human lung adenocarcinomas. Cells that co-express Thy-1 and α-smooth muscle actin (αSMA), a CAF marker, were located on the tumor periphery surrounding collectively invading tumor cells and in perivascular regions. To interrogate a human lung cancer database for the presence of Thy-1+ CAFs, we isolated Thy-1+ CAFs and normal lung fibroblasts (LFs) from the lungs of KrasLA1 mice and wild-type littermates, respectively, and performed global proteomic analysis on the murine CAFs and LFs, which identified 425 proteins that were differentially expressed. Used as a probe to identify Thy-1+ CAF-enriched tumors in a compendium of 1,586 lung adenocarcinomas, the presence of the 425-gene signature predicted a significantly shorter survival. Thus, Thy-1 marks a CAF population that adversely impacts clinical outcome in human lung cancer. © 2017 The Author(s)
Image 67: My Treasure
No full textAn empty scrapbook page with a poem called My Treasure ; illustration of a toddler chasing giant butterflies. Text reads: Oh! Let one treasure still be mine! And let that jewel be thy Heart -- All else I gladly would resign, To gain within thy life a part: In all thy joys a place to find, With mutual love and truth entwined.https://egrove.olemiss.edu/harwood_photo/1065/thumbnail.jp
Diagonal Forms, Linear Algebraic Methods and Ramsey-Type Problems
No full textThis thesis focuses mainly on linear algebraic aspects of combinatorics. Let N_t(H) be an incidence matrix with edges versus all subhypergraphs of a complete hypergraph that are isomorphic to H. Richard M. Wilson and the author find the general formula for the Smith normal form or diagonal form of N_t(H) for all simple graphs H and for a very general class of t-uniform hypergraphs H.
As a continuation, the author determines the formula for diagonal forms of integer matrices obtained from other combinatorial structures, including incidence matrices for subgraphs of a complete bipartite graph and inclusion matrices for multisets.
One major application of diagonal forms is in zero-sum Ramsey theory. For instance, Caro's results in zero-sum Ramsey numbers for graphs and Caro and Yuster's results in zero-sum bipartite Ramsey numbers can be reproduced. These results are further generalized to t-uniform hypergraphs. Other applications include signed bipartite graph designs.
Research results on some other problems are also included in this thesis, such as a Ramsey-type problem on equipartitions, Hartman's conjecture on large sets of designs and a matroid theory problem proposed by Welsh.</p
Let Food be Thy Medicine
No full textabstract: “Let Food be Thy Medicine” focuses on alternative treatment for patients suffering from obesity, diabetes mellitus type 2, hypertension, and coronary artery disease. Nutrition is an important aspect of overall health and can contribute to prevention and management of these conditions, especially when combined with medication and physical activity. Obesity is a condition that people worldwide struggle with. Adequate nutrition can play a major role in contributing to the prevention of and management of obesity not only through calorie and macronutrient intake but also by affecting hormonal and energy balances in the body. Recommended physical activity levels are included along with dietary/nutritional intake recommendations on the educational pamphlet to give patients a starting guideline and better understanding how to help this condition. Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and coronary artery disease are also common conditions treated by healthcare professionals. There are currently several medications on the market to help manage these conditions that range in price and have many side effects. Nutrition and exercise are two factors that can further contribute to the management of type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and coronary artery disease, but they can also help prevent and delay their onset. Nutrition and physical activity education along with examples of certain foods that can aid in reaching nutritional goals are outlined in the educational pamphlet to give patients a visual of what is in the academic paper
- …
