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- Relationship of Executive Fuction Patterns and Academic Achievement Across DSM-IV Subtypes of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
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- Young, Crystal
- Date
- 2012-07-18, 2012-07
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The aim of this study was to expand our understanding of the impact of executive function skills on academic achievement in children with ADHD...
Show moreThe aim of this study was to expand our understanding of the impact of executive function skills on academic achievement in children with ADHD, as well as investigate trends in executive functioning and academic achievement between ADHD subtypes in an adolescent sample. Each participant completed neuropsychological assessments including a measure of intelligence and academic functioning as well as several measures of executive functioning. Results suggested that children with ADHD – Combined Type do not significantly differ from children with ADHD – Inattentive Type on tasks of academic or executive functioning. Issues regarding outcomes associated with ADHD as well as diagnostic procedures are discussed.
Ph.D. in Psychology, July 2012
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- Green Building Design Concepts and Integration (Semester Unknown) IPRO 335: Green Building Design Concepts and Integration IPRO 335 MidTerm Presentation F08
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- Rogers, Lucas, Parker, Joe, Forneris, Craig, Olson, Sarah, Dewi, Fransisca, Feyi, Aduroja, Schully, Dawveed, Khan, Qudsia, Rus, Bogdan, Yeung, Helen, Freund, Ryan, Urdiales, Miguel, Cantone, Kyle, Muresan, Lucian, Freund, Ryan, Stenson, Amanda, Yeung, Helen, Stroot, Jaimi, Chock, Chris, Steffen, Trent, Laschiazza, Elizabeth, Aubry, Curtis, Douglas, Carlie
- Date
- 2008, 2008-12
- Description
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The intent of this IPRO project is to design a “green” and innovative building using the skills and input of students studying different...
Show moreThe intent of this IPRO project is to design a “green” and innovative building using the skills and input of students studying different majors at Illinois Institute of Technology. The team has decided to design a replacement apartment building for Gunsaulus Hall on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. Innovative technologies and practices will be researched and employed to design a “green” building. The decision to design a building for the IIT campus came about because it is an area that all of the team members could relate to and have a more realistic grasp on the project. Then it was suggested that the building this project group designed would then be studied structurally by the team of IPRO 315: Design of a Large-Scale Structure. For the remainder of the semester the two groups are planning on coordinating with each other on each step of the design process.
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- Green Class Community (Semester Unknown) IPRO 358: GreengClassCommunity IPRO358Poster1F10
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- Beck, Steve, Snyder, Mark, Eshleman, Justin, Krebs, Byron, Nguyen, Trang, Oraziman, Indira, Qi, Tianshu, Shehada, Hazem, Skopek, Paul, Varghese, Danny, Warnes, Michael, Cho, Moses
- Date
- 2010, 2010-12
- Description
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Our purpose is to seek a union between living comfortably and living sustainably at an affordable price. Our design, for the community of...
Show moreOur purpose is to seek a union between living comfortably and living sustainably at an affordable price. Our design, for the community of Evanston, will first minimizes its energy consumption and then uses the most sustainable methods to fulfill the remaining needs of the inhabitants. Ideally we will design a model community which will challenge conventions within the fields of design, planning, engineering, and everyday living. This community will also serve as an example to Chicago-area municipalities about the benefits of affordable sustainable planning, design, and living. It will also be an attractive marketable solution to the current home buyers within our given demographic.
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- Interdisciplinary Design Education And Strategy (Semester Unknown) IPRO 301: InterdisciplinaryDesignEducationAndStrategyIPRO301Poster3Su09
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- Scanlon, Ed, Brierley, Philip, Choe, Mihee, Cornelius, Joel, Hansen, Kai, Horozova Nalls, Gergana, Hussain, Faraz, Krupp, Kevin, Laurence, Alexis, Lucchesi, Kristin, Mceneff, Aaran, Natale, Vito, Nikamalfard, Mehrdad, Phillips, Timothy, Radtke, Dennis, Robledo, Ruben, Workman, Jessica, Valadez, Julia
- Date
- 2009, 2009-07
- Description
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For years, the IPRO Program at IIT has been forced to operate wherever space can be found. Often, facilities are not equipped for the needs of...
Show moreFor years, the IPRO Program at IIT has been forced to operate wherever space can be found. Often, facilities are not equipped for the needs of the program. It has become necessary to find a way to give the IPRO Program its own dedicated space. If we give the program its own space, then what is needed in that space? What needs to be done with it? What types of spaces are necessary? What technologies will be used? IPRO 301 exists to answer these questions. We will provide ideas to IIT that can solve these problems. ii
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- Sustainable Mixed Used Building (Semester Unknwon) IPRO 360: SustainableMixedUsedBuildingEnPRO360FinalPresentationSp10
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- Achs, Jonathan, Chan, Leon, Kelly, Madison, Vander Heyden, Aubrey, Aguilar, Alejandro, Cheviron, Melissa, Kerrigan, Michael, Walters, Michael, Azodoh, Chinedu
- Date
- 2010, 2010-05
- Description
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IPRO 360 was brought together to gain real world experience with developing a building from design to construction. This experience is not...
Show moreIPRO 360 was brought together to gain real world experience with developing a building from design to construction. This experience is not limited to design and engineering, but also involves the business aspect of development. The team will be in charge of market research, code analysis, programming, design, engineering, and creating a business plan.
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- SUPERSONIC JET MIXING ENHANCEMENT USING IMPINGEMENT TONES FROM OBSTACLES OF VARIOUS GEOMETRIES
- Creator
- Raman, G, Rice, Ej
- Date
- 1995-03
- Publisher
- AMER INST AERONAUT ASTRONAUT
- Description
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This paper reports the results of an experiment that investigated the effect of impingement tones, generated by obstacles of various...
Show moreThis paper reports the results of an experiment that investigated the effect of impingement tones, generated by obstacles of various geometries, on the spreading of a supersonic jet flow. A rectangular supersonic jet was produced using a convergent-divergent nozzle that was operated near its design point (with shocks minimized). Immersing obstacles in the flow produced an intense impingement tone that then propagated upstream (as feedback) to the jet lip and excited the antisymmetric hydrodynamic mode in the jet, thus setting up a resonant self-sustaining loop. The violent flapping motion of the jet due to excitation of the antisymmetric mode, combined with the unsteady wakes of the obstacles, produced large changes in jet mixing. The experiment controlled the frequency and amplitude of the impingement tone excitation by varying the nozzle-to-obstacle distance and the obstacle immersion. Proper shaping of the obstacles made it possible to reduce the thrust penalty significantly.
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- Method and Apparatus for Fractionation of Fine Particles
- Creator
- Kaye, Brian Howard
- Date
- 4/23/2009, 1968-07-30
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Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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- Urban Forestry (semester?), IPRO 317: Urban Forestry IPRO 317 Poster F07
- Creator
- Olson, Justin, Cooper, Martin, Carello, Frank, Ghandi, Melissa, Koshy, Abin, Palma, Jennifer, Kloepping, Jason, Song, Jong Mu, Song, Jong Hwa, Chung, Yak Yong, Kang, Sung Koo, Lee, Yewon, Shin, Hee Chan, Weston, Bradley
- Date
- 2007-12, 2007-12
- Description
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The goal of IPRO 317 is to create an operational and business model for Urban Forestry Management. Presently, the future of Chicago’s urban...
Show moreThe goal of IPRO 317 is to create an operational and business model for Urban Forestry Management. Presently, the future of Chicago’s urban forest is in question. While few refute the claim that trees are good for our community, allocating the resources to properly maintain or even expand our urban forest remains beyond our grasp. Our team seeks to make the urban forest a viable commodity in addition to its status as an asset. This would include examining the problem as a closed loop process as well as the sustainable harvest potential of the urban forest. The overall goal would be to create a business model that would increase the number of trees within the city, turn the revenue loss of tree maintenance into a revenue gain, and create a self sustaining model which will have the ability to stand on its own.
Deliverables for IPRO 317: Urban Forestry for the Fall 2007 semester
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- Sustainable Water distribution System for Pignon, Haiti (semester?), IPRO 327: Sustainable Water Distribution IPRO 327 Project Plan Sp07
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- George, Alayna, Kircher, Alex, Sissala, Amy, Mohammed, Ashfaq, Susek, Ben, Tam, Chi, Chung, Chun Pong, Durra, David, Williams, David, Radloff, Eric, Skrebo, Ermin, Forkan, Garret, Rajic, Ivan, Sullivan, Joshua, Tailor, Kinjal, Rokita, Mark, Ballog, Matt, Hollister, Nathaniel, Sawulski, Piotr, Shoulders, Shawn, Ratmani, Shoaib
- Date
- 2007-05, 2007-05
- Description
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Our objectives for the semester are: Produce or procure a topographical map of Pignon, Haiti Map the current structures on a topographical...
Show moreOur objectives for the semester are: Produce or procure a topographical map of Pignon, Haiti Map the current structures on a topographical map Design a preliminary water distribution system Work with Haiti Outreach to foster relations between IIT, the organization, and the community of Haiti Raise funds to cover partial costs of trips to Haiti to gather data
Deliverables for IPRO 327: Sustainable Water distribution System for Pignon, Haiti for the Spring 2007 semester
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- PB Our Space- A Parsons Brinckerhoff Project (Summer 2011) IPRO 320: PB OUR SPACE– A Parsons Brinckerhoff Project IPRO320 Summer2011 Project Plan
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- Bell, Vince, Kavicky, Matthew, Khan, Taimoor, Kohli-lynch, Ciaran, Leevathana, Nick, Mcbride, Phillip, Nguyen, Hao, Vargas, Abigail, Wilkinson, David
- Date
- 2011, 2011-07
- Description
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Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB) is an engineering, construction, technical, and management services firm that provides diverse solutions to private...
Show moreParsons Brinckerhoff (PB) is an engineering, construction, technical, and management services firm that provides diverse solutions to private industrial customers worldwide, as well as to federal, regional, and local government agencies. Gathering requirements and feedback from the stakeholders for each project is imperative to meet the client’s needs. This process may be challenging due to the stakeholders’ diversity, location and time constraints. IPRO 320 was commissioned to design an application to interact with stakeholders for all PB projects. The stakeholders will be able to access information and take surveys, as well as post comments and other forms of multimedia to voice their opinions related to specific PB projects. During the summer 2011 semester, the IPRO developed concepts for an operational mobile application and web browser called PB OUR SPACE. To begin, this project required a vast amount of research and collaboration with Parsons Brinckerhoff. In order to make the most of a limited amount of time, the semester was divided into two parts. The first half of the semester was used to gather information about PB to build a better understanding of what would be required for the application. For the second half of the semester, we utilized that information to create a storyboard showing how the application will be used and developed. The functionality of the mobile application and browser is detailed in Appendix 3: Storyboard. The future IPRO team will be able to continue and expand this work by creating a working prototype of the storyboard concepts. All our work this semester has been compiled and filed to help make a smooth transition between semesters. This information contains the progress made thus far as well as recommendations for development of the application. By providing this information, the developed storyboard and proposed conclusions will make a solid framework for the development of the product, PB OUR SPACE (stakeholders’ perspectives about contextual elements).
Sponsorship: Parsons Brinckerhoff
Project Plan for IPRO 320: PB Our Space- A Parsons Brinckerhoff Project for the Summer 2011 semester
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- FoodLab - A revitalization strategy for the Pari yard, Sao Paulo - Brazil: MariaGarese_MastersProject_FinalBoard_FoodLab
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- Lussich Garese, Maria Fernanda
- Date
- 5/4/2011, 2011-05
- Description
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This project aims to develop a new design strategy to redevelop the Pari yard and reclaim the adjacent Tamanduatei river by turning it into an...
Show moreThis project aims to develop a new design strategy to redevelop the Pari yard and reclaim the adjacent Tamanduatei river by turning it into an operative landscape. A holistic system to harverst, clean and reuse the abundant summer rainfall was created in order to enable a highly sustainable urban redevelopment.
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- Renovation of Alumni Memorial Hall (semester?), IPRO 335
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- Ford, Brad, Kim, Youjoung, Oh, Hyunjoo, Reid, Rebekah, Woods, Nataniel, Babel, Alek, Dow, Dan, Kazi, Syed, Helland, Matt, Szajokowski, Jared, Tambah, Prince, Gibbs, Matt, Edwards, Tamakia, Uecke, Jeffrey, Uecke, Steve, Wegrzyn, Celeste, Atanassova, Tania
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- 2007-05, 2007-05
- Description
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IPRO 335’s objective is to focus on starting the renovation and design of Alumni Memorial Hall used by the Civil and Architectural Engineering...
Show moreIPRO 335’s objective is to focus on starting the renovation and design of Alumni Memorial Hall used by the Civil and Architectural Engineering Department. This is the first semester this IPRO has been offered. Our main goal and objective is to research and analyze the current building in place, and begin a schematic design for Alumni Memorial Hall including the structural, mechanical, and electrical systems. We are setting the groundwork for this IPRO to be furthered in future semesters.
Deliverables for IPRO 335: Renovation of Alumni Memorial Hall for the Spring 2007 semester
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- Education and Technical Support of Prosthetics and Orthotics Education in Latin America (Semester Unknown) IPRO 309
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- Allen, Ross, Barlow, Elliot, Benger, Lydia, Buntain, Seth, De Nicolo, Marisa, Larue, Robert, Moore, Emily, Quandt, Gregory, Rozborski, Stefanie, Selby, Heather
- Date
- 2008, 2008-05
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There exists a strong demand for orthotics and prosthetics (O & P) in Latin America, with approximately 2.5 million people in need of this...
Show moreThere exists a strong demand for orthotics and prosthetics (O & P) in Latin America, with approximately 2.5 million people in need of this type of care. IPRO 309 was started in the spring of 2006 with the goal of helping to make this type of care more readily available. However, there are only 50 certified, and 1500 uncertified, O & P practitioners in Latin America. In order to become a certified practitioner, a student must graduate from an ISPO accredited program. Unfortunately, there is currently only one ISPO accredited program in existence in Latin America, along with several other programs that are not ISPO accredited. In October of 2004, Centro Don Bosco (Bogotá, Colombia), Don Bosco University (San Salvador, El Salvador), and the Laboratorio Gilete (Bogotá, Colombia) signed an agreement to establish the first accredited O & P education program in Colombia. Since then, Centro Don Bosco has allotted 3,500 square feet of space for the thriving faculty, classrooms, manufacturing training, and vocational workspace that are necessary for an ISPO accredited program. There are three levels of accreditation according to ISPO standards. Category III involves the design and manufacturing of orthotic and prosthetic devices, Category II includes the fabrication of the devices as well as direct patient care, and Category I includes production, treatment for patients, and research and development. The equivalent to ISPO in the United States is the American Board of Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics (ABC). Because it is independent from the ISPO, the ABC standards of accreditation will need to be taken into account in order to carefully cross cultural and national boundaries.
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- PLANNING FOR HUMAN IMPLANTATION OF A CORTICAL VISUAL PROSTHESIS (Semester Unknown) IPRO 334: PlanningForHumanImplantationOfACorticalVisualProthesisIPRO334MidTermPresentationF09
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- Bern, David, Chen, Shanyl, Deroo, Mary, Gorski, David, Kelley, Tom, Leasenby, Alex, Li, Harry, Subhani, Maham, Taneja, Aanchal
- Date
- 2009, 2009-12
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We are providing a consultation to the sponsor, the IIT Visual Prosthesis Team, on how to proceed with preparation for human implantation of...
Show moreWe are providing a consultation to the sponsor, the IIT Visual Prosthesis Team, on how to proceed with preparation for human implantation of their intracortical visual prosthesis, which will be accomplished by researching different aspects and requirements for said implantation with an emphasis on subject perspective and selection. The device itself consists of electrode modules implanted in the visual cortex of individuals with blindness. By inducing a current in the modules, the volunteer would potentially perceive phosphenes, or light perceptions similar to camera flash afterimages, which could possibly form functional vision. The sponsor’s study would be focused on developing an assistive device for individuals with complete blindness.
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- Sustainable Theme Park and Museum: Final Board
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- Fujishima, Kenta
- Date
- 5/4/2011, 2011-05
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An indoor facility consisting of both theme park and museum components with the integration of green and sustainable elements.
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- Design of a Large Scale Structure (Semester Unknown) IPRO 315: DesignOfALargeScaleStructureIPRO315MidTermPresentationF09
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- Aguilar-wedge, Carmen, Animashaun, Oladipo, Baur, Alex, Cullen, Michael, Hadi, Shuaib, Hedge, Namrata, Kuo, Steve, Lee, Christopher, Lee, Yongdoo, Rybaltowski, Karol, Scully, Dawveed, Shen, Jie-hua, Yousef, Shadi
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- 2009, 2009-12
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Located in Oakbrook, IL the architects and engineers of IPRO 315 will design a 22 story hotel. Together architects and engineers will modify...
Show moreLocated in Oakbrook, IL the architects and engineers of IPRO 315 will design a 22 story hotel. Together architects and engineers will modify and re analyze a structure created by pervious designers, and select any new materials for construction. In creating the hotel students will be responsible for the structural analysis of columns, beams, foundation, steel, and concrete design required to insure all serviceability requirements. The students will be required to follow the 2006 International Building Code, and secure the safety of all possible occupants. Management, leadership, ethics, and teamwork will be an integral part of building a large scale structure as students learn to work together on a “real life” project.
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- SPATIO-TEMPORAL RECONSTRUCTION FOR GATED CARDIAC SPECT
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- Niu, Xiaofeng
- Date
- 2011-07, 2011-07
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In myocardial perfusion imaging using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), gated acquisition is often used in order to deal...
Show moreIn myocardial perfusion imaging using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT), gated acquisition is often used in order to deal with blur caused by cardiac motion in the resulting images. While this can provide useful information about the myocardial function, it also inevitably leads to reduced signal-to-noise ratio in the acquired data due to gating. In this work, we aim to investigate and evaluate image reconstruction methods for improving the quality of the reconstructed images in cardiac gated SPECT imaging. First, we propose a spatio-temporal (aka 4D) reconstruction procedure for gated images based on use of discrete Fourier transform (DFT) basis functions, wherein the image activity at each spatial location is regulated by a Fourier representation along the gate dimension. The gated images are then reconstructed through determination of the coefficients of the Fourier representation. We explore two different reconstruction algorithms, one is a penalized least-square approach and the other is a maximum a posteriori approach. Our simulation results demonstrate that use of DFT-basis functions in gated imaging can improve the accuracy of the reconstruction. While in gated imaging the tracer distribution is traditionally treated as constant, a recent development is gated dynamic imaging where the goal is to obtain an image sequence from a single acquisition which shows simultaneously both cardiac motion and tracer distribution change over the course of imaging. In this work, we further develop and demonstrate a fully 5D (3D space plus time plus gate) reconstruction procedure for cardiac gated, dynamic SPECT imaging, where the challenge is even greater without the use of multiple fast camera rotations. We develop and compare two iterative reconstruction algorithms: one is based on the modified block sequential regularized EM (BSREM-II) algorithm, and the other is based on the Bsplines algorithm. Our simulation results demonstrate that the 5D reconstruction xiii procedure can yield gated dynamic images which show quantitative information for both perfusion defect detection and cardiac motion. Based upon the success of 5D reconstruction, we also study the saliency of 5D images for detection of perfusion defects. We explore efficient ways for characterization and visualization of information pertinent to perfusion defects in a 5D image sequence. We apply various metrics to quantify the degree to which perfusion deficits can be detected. We show that these metrics can be used to produce new types of visualizations, showing wall motion and perfusion information, that may potentially be useful for clinical evaluation. Finally, with the ultimate goal of effective detection of lesion defect for clinical use, we also investigate a direct reconstruction approach to determine a sequence of gated, kinetic parameter images from a single acquisition, which can provide information simultaneously for both tracer kinetics and wall motion. To combat the greatly under-determined nature of the problem, we apply smoothness constraints to exploit the similarity both among the different gates and among the local spatial neighborhood. The parameter images of the different gates are then determined jointly using maximum a posteriori estimation from all the available image data.
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, July 2011
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- Hybrid Aerial and Terrestrial Vehicle
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- Kalantari, Arash, Spenko, Matthew
- Date
- 2015-10-07, 2015-10-06
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A vehicle capable of both aerial and terrestrial locomotion. The terrestrial and aerial vehicle includes a flying device and a rolling cage...
Show moreA vehicle capable of both aerial and terrestrial locomotion. The terrestrial and aerial vehicle includes a flying device and a rolling cage connected to the flying device by at least one revolute joint. The rolling cage at least partially surrounds the flying device and is free-rolling and is not separately powered.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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- TravelFlash (semester?), IPRO 350: Travel Flash IPRO 350 Abstract F04
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- George, Sherine, Raju, Betsy, Campion, Nicholas, Dabney, Matt, Ostapczuk, Alexander
- Date
- 2004-12, 2004-12
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The goal of the IPRO 350F04- Travel Flash team is to perform a feasibility analysis of the electronic travel guide idea. The team plans to...
Show moreThe goal of the IPRO 350F04- Travel Flash team is to perform a feasibility analysis of the electronic travel guide idea. The team plans to attain its goals by performing a competitive analysis of the existing market for travel guides, analyzing the technology for this particular idea and to do a focus group to receive feedback and input for desirable features. The vision is to do a thorough analysis of the idea to determine if it warrants further investment of this team.
Sponsorship: Sky Blue Mobile; Ed Kaplan Entrepreneurial Studies Program
Deliverables for IPRO 350: TravelFlash for the Fall 2004 semester
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- INVOLVEMENT OF MIR-182 IN THE ACTION OF ATORVASTATIN IN PROSTATE CANCER CELLS
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- Li, Wenping
- Date
- 2013-04-10, 2013-05
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Atorvastatin (ATO), a widely used statin for lowering cholesterol was examined for its chemopreventive/therapeutic activities in prostate...
Show moreAtorvastatin (ATO), a widely used statin for lowering cholesterol was examined for its chemopreventive/therapeutic activities in prostate cancer cells. We found that ATO inhibited cell proliferation and induced autophagy in PC3 prostate cancer cells, as marked by significant induction of an autophagy marker LC3-II. Using Taqman RT-PCR technique, we also found that ATO treatment for 24h and 48h consistently up-regulated miR-182 in PC3 cells. However, adding geranylgeraniol (GGOH) to the culture media reversed the effect of ATO in regulating miR-182, suggesting that ATO up-regulates miR-182 through inhibition of geranylgeranyl biosynthesis. Overexpression of miR-182 in PC3 cells significantly decreased cell proliferation by about 36% (MTT assay), while knock-down of miR-182 stimulated cell proliferation by about 43% (MTT assay). In screening for miR-182 target genes, we found that Bcl2 and p21 are potential miR-182 target genes; Bcl2 was significantly down-regulated by ATO at both mRNA and protein levels and miR-182 knock-down up-regulated Bcl2 protein; p21 protein expression was positively correlated with alteration of miR-182 expression levels in PC3 cells. Through screening database of miR-182 target genes from TargetScanHuman 6.2 and PicTar, we found that p21 is not the direct target gene of miR-182, so it could be regulated by miR-182 indirectly. It has recently been established that miR-182 regulation is p53-dependent, since PC3 cells are p53 negative, it is clear that ATO regulates miR-182 in a p53-independent manner. These data demonstrate that miR-182 up-regulation and Bcl2 down-regulation by ATO could be two independent events and both could be involved in ATO mediated cell proliferation and autophagy.
M.S. in Biology, May 2013
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