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Title: Particle Counter Using a Variable Test Volume
Creator: Salkowski, Martin J., Lieberman, Alvin
Date: 4/24/2009, 1970-03-31
Description: Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent

Title: Agent-based control of spatially distributed chemical reactor networks
Creator: Tatara, Eric, North, Michael, Hood, Cindy, Teymour, Fouad, Cinar, Ali
Date: 2005
Publisher: SPRINGER-VERLAG BERLIN
Description: Large-scale spatially distributed systems provide a unique and difficult control challenge because of their nonlinearity, spatialdistribution...
Show moreLarge-scale spatially distributed systems provide a unique and difficult control challenge because of their nonlinearity, spatialdistribution and generally high order. The control structure for these systems tend to be both discrete and distributed as well and contain discrete and continuous elements. A layered control structure interfaced with complex arrays of sensors and actuators provides a flexible supervision and control system that can deal with local and global challenges. An adaptive agent-based control structure is presented whereby local control objectives may be changed in order to achieve the global control objective. Information is shared through a global knowledge environment that promotes the distribution of ideas through reinforcement. The performance of the agent-based control approach is illustrated in a case study where the interaction front between two competing autocatalytic species is moved from one spatial configuration to another. The multi-agent control system is able to effectively explore the parameter space of the network and intelligently manipulate the network flow rates such that the desired spatial distribution of species is achieved.
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Title: Looking for (Lesbian) Love: Social Media Subtext Readings of Rizzoli and Isles
Creator: Hemphill, Libby
Date: 2015, 2015
Description: Paper presented at #IR16 the annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers
Paper presented at #IR16 the annual conference of the...
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Paper presented at #IR16 the annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers
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Title: Tape and Disk Recording and Reproducing Device
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 1952-09-23
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: STUDY OF SALMONELLA SURVIVAL ON THE SURFACE OF FRUITS
Creator: Sui, Ke
Date: 2017, 2017-05
Description: Salmonella enterica has been frequently linked to the major foodborne disease outbreaks. The molecular mechanisms underlying this pathogen...
Show moreSalmonella enterica has been frequently linked to the major foodborne disease outbreaks. The molecular mechanisms underlying this pathogen survival on the fresh fruit surface remain largely unexplored. In this study, the environmental factors that affect the survival of Salmonella strains on the surface of selected fruits were studied. Grape tomatoes (or cantaloupe peels) were inoculated in three separate trials with 1 mL Salmonella enterica serotypes Enteritidis or Typhimurium (approximately 1010-11 CFU/mL). Storage of grape tomatoes at 4 ℃ resulted in significant decrease in populations of S. Enteritidis; this trend was observed at both of the tested relative humidity with the D-value as 7.25±1.05 d and 7.28±2.34 d, respectively. At different temperatures, relative humidity only had marginal effects on the bacterial survival on the surface of grape tomato and cantaloupe. In addition, S. Typhimurium apparently survived better than S. Enteritidis on the surface of grape tomato. Furthermore, a transposonmutagenesis library with random transposon insertion mutants of S. Enteritidis and high-throughput sequencing analysis showed that the expression of genes rcsB and nlpD were hypothesized to be associated with the survival of S. Enteritidis on grape tomatoes. Inframe deletions of the two genes in S. Enteritidis were constructed by lambda red recombinase system and respective complementation mutants were also obtained for identification of the contribution of the two genes to the bacterial survival on the surface of grape tomato. Thus, this study provided microbiological and molecular microbiological basis to probe the roles of putative genes in Salmonella enterica survival on the surface of fresh fruits.
M.S. in Food Safety and Technology, May 2017
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Title: LENGTH DEPENDENT ACTIVATION IN MANDUCA SEXTA FLIGHT MUSCLE
Creator: Kumar, Mohit
Date: 2011-08-09, 2011-07
Description: The flight muscle of Manduca sexta has some interesting properties. It is synchronous, like mammalian skeletal and cardiac striated muscle,...
Show moreThe flight muscle of Manduca sexta has some interesting properties. It is synchronous, like mammalian skeletal and cardiac striated muscle, but it is structurally similar to the more widely studied asynchronous insect flight muscles of Drosophila and Lethocerus. One of the main goals of the thesis is to generate a useful skinned preparation for mechanical studies in vitro. A number of different skinning protocols were tried and evaluated for preservation of structural integrity by using light and X-ray diffraction. In all muscles studied to date, isometric force is a function of the [Ca2+] of the bathing solution and also a function of the sarcomere length whereby more force is generated at a longer sarcomere length than at a shorter for the same [Ca2+]. This phenomenon is termed “length dependent activation” (LDA). To date no real studies on the force-pCa relationship has been done on Manduca sexta flight muscle. This force-pCa analysis would give us some insight into the length dependent activation (LDA) in this novel insect flight muscle system. The present studies were undertaken to characterize and analyze the force-pCa relationships in Manduca sexta. Conditions were found that allowed skinning muscles while maintaining good structural order. We found that both DLMs dorsal and ventral show length-dependent activation at longer SL. Our study also shows that ventral muscles are more cooperative than the dorsal muscles which may be related to their different functions in vivo.
M.S. in Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences, July 2011
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Title: Electromagnetic Transducer Head
Creator: Camras, Marvin
Date: 1953-09-22
Description: Sponsorship: Armour Research Foundation of Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent

Title: A diary study of the disruption experiences of crew members on a jobsite (Working Paper)
Creator: Menches, Cindy L., Chen, Juan
Date: 2012-06-01, 2012-06-01
Description: This article demonstrates the use of a diary technique in a construction setting. The advantage of a diary study over other methods for...
Show moreThis article demonstrates the use of a diary technique in a construction setting. The advantage of a diary study over other methods for capturing subjective experience is its ability to capture the thoughts, decisions, actions, and emotions of individuals in situ – while they are working in their natural setting – at multiple points in time during an individual’s workweek. Hence, the diary method is uniquely designed to answer questions about group-level trends as well as individual behavior. The specific goal of the study reported in this article was to derive an understanding of the types of fast decisions and actions that are made following a workflow disruption and how the disruption impacts the worker’s state of mind. The analyses revealed that there was a group-level positive correlation between experiencing a disruption and initiating a fast improvised decision and action. However, some workers tended to improvise frequently when disrupted while others did not. The analyses also revealed that the workers’ emotions fluctuated throughout the week, and two emotions – determined and interested – tended to decline following a disruption. But, some of the workers also experienced increases in their negative emotions while others did not, suggesting that not all workers react in the same way to disruptions. Consequently, the diary technique provides a novel way to identify the impact of disruptive events on worker decision-making and performance.
Sponsorship: National Science Foundation
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Title: MEAN EXIT TIME FOR RADIALLY SYMMETRICAL DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS DRIVEN
Creator: Luan, Yuanchao
Date: 2013, 2013-12
Description: Stochastic differential equations (SDEs) driven by non-Gaussian L´evy noises have attracted much attention recently [1, 29]. In [12], the...
Show moreStochastic differential equations (SDEs) driven by non-Gaussian L´evy noises have attracted much attention recently [1, 29]. In [12], the authors studied a scalar SDE driven by a non-Gaussian L´evy motion, and numerically investigate mean exit time and escape probability for arbitrary noise intensity in one dimensional case. In the present thesis, we utilize a different strategy to explore a numerical method for the problem in two dimensional cases. To be specific, we assume the solution u(x) is radially symmetric with respect to the origin, and then represent the equation using radial coordinate, reducing the problem into one dimensional case. Then main difficulty is that, in the integral term, appears a Gauss Hypergeometric function and the unknown function u(r), which makes the error estimates complicated. We exploit some properties of Gauss Hypergeometric function, and finally make out a way for estimating the error [19]. Up to now we are only able to deal with this problem with 0 < α ≤ 1, since our numerical scheme does not converge when 1 < α < 2. Then we compare our numerical solutions with the analytical ones which are given in [3], and they coincide very well. KeyWords: Stochastic dynamical systems; non-Gaussian L´evy motion; L´evy jump measure; First exit time
M.S. in Applied Mathematics, December 2013
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Title: Asian American Chicago Network: A Case Study of Facebook Group Use By Immigrant Groups
Creator: Rao, Xi, Hemphill, Libby
Date: 2016, 2016
Publisher: ACM
Description: Through analyzing data from posts and about users, we describe how one particular Facebook group helps immigrants to the U.S. use social media...
Show moreThrough analyzing data from posts and about users, we describe how one particular Facebook group helps immigrants to the U.S. use social media to build a local community. As a preliminary study in intercultural communication through social media, we analyze one case, the Asian American Chicago Network (AACN) Facebook group, and uncover common topics users discuss and relationships between user tenure and various indicators of leadership and interaction. Our small finalized results from this preliminary project suggest that members of AACN likely use it (1) to build a professional network in the U.S.A., and (2) to reinforce and affirm their Asian culture and identities.
Sponsorship: National Science Foundation Award Number 1525662
Rao, X., & Hemphill, L. (2016). Asian American Chicago Network: A Case Study of Facebook Group Use By Immigrant Groups. In Proceedings of the 19th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Companion (pp. 381–384). New York, NY, USA: ACM. http://doi.org/10.1145/2818052.2869077
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Title: Anti-Viral Multi-Quinone Compounds and Regiospecific Synthesis Thereof
Creator: Stagliano, Kenneth William, Emadi, Ashkan
Date: 2009-05-14, 2004-12-07
Description: This invention provides various biquinone and trimeric quinone derivatives. The invention also provides a method for synthesis of a multi...
Show moreThis invention provides various biquinone and trimeric quinone derivatives. The invention also provides a method for synthesis of a multi-quinone compound including reacting a hydroxyquinone anion with a first quinone possessing a first directing group at a C-2 of the first quinone and a second directing group at a C-3 of the first quinone and obtaining a biquinone having one of the first and second directing groups at a C-3 of a first quinone monomer and a hydroxyl group at a C-3' of a second quinone monomer. The biquinone can be further reacted to obtain various biquinone derivatives or with a second hydroxyquinone anion to obtain trimeric quinone derivatives, including trimeric naphthoquinone derivatives. The biquinones and trimeric quinones of this invention demonstrate antiviral activity and can be used to treat viral infections, particularly HIV infections.
Sponsorship: Illinois Institute of Technology
United States Patent
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Title: Variable speed motor control
Creator: Fry, August, Baker, Charles
Date: 2009, 1906
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/variablespeedmot00frya
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Commercialization (semester?), IPRO 356: SP Hybrids IPRO 356 Project Plan F06
Creator: Fuglestad, Jason, Popoola, Dolapo, Patti, Julie, Lee, Jae Suk, Ali, Hassan, Thomas, Sujit, Cyriac, Mary, Baek, Seung, Anderson, Matt, Zhao, Yin
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: To complete the final stage in the assembly of a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) and commercialize the technology on a large scale.
Deli...
Show moreTo complete the final stage in the assembly of a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) and commercialize the technology on a large scale.
Deliverables for IPRO 356: Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Commercialization for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: CONSTRUCTION OF ZEBRAFISH OLFACTORY RECEPTORS INTO A MAMMALIAN EXPRESSION VECTOR FOR FUTURE LIGAND-BINDING STUDIES
Creator: Tian, Chen
Date: 2011-07, 2011-07
Description: The olfactory system is an important chemosensory system. Our identification of odorants is occurred through binding of odorant molecules with...
Show moreThe olfactory system is an important chemosensory system. Our identification of odorants is occurred through binding of odorant molecules with olfactory receptors in the olfactory epithelium. In zebrafish, there are four classes of olfactory receptors: trace amine-associated receptor (TAAR), odorant receptor (OR), vomeronasal type 1-like receptor (V1R-like) and vomeronasal type 2-like receptor (V2R-like). In this study, I amplified four olfactory receptors taar1a, or1016, ora5 and olfcc1, which are respectively belong to the four olfactory receptor classes, from cDNA of the zebrafish olfactory epithelium and cloned genes into a mammalian expression vector pCI. The gene sequences of these receptors were not identical as the sequences obtained from GenBank database. The possible reasons for the inconsistency of gene sequence are discussed. I further tranfected these four cloned olfactory receptors in a mammalian cell line Hana3A. Expression of all four olfactory receptors in Hana3A cells was confirmed by immunocytochemistry. In summary, these four olfactory receptors taar1a, or1016, ora5 and olfcc1 were successfully cloned into the pCI vector and can be expressed on cell membrane surface of Hana3A cells.
M.S. in Biology, July 2011
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Title: Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Commercialization (semester?), IPRO 356: SP Hybrids IPRO 356 Poster F06
Creator: Fuglestad, Jason, Popoola, Dolapo, Patti, Julie, Lee, Jae Suk, Ali, Hassan, Thomas, Sujit, Cyriac, Mary, Baek, Seung, Anderson, Matt, Zhao, Yin
Date: 2006-12, 2006-12
Description: To complete the final stage in the assembly of a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) and commercialize the technology on a large scale.
Deli...
Show moreTo complete the final stage in the assembly of a Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) and commercialize the technology on a large scale.
Deliverables for IPRO 356: Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicles: Simulation, Design, and Commercialization for the Fall 2006 semester
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Title: SPECTRUM OBSERVATORY BASED TRAFFIC MODELING AND CHANNEL SELECTION IN SUPPORT OF DYNAMIC SPECTRUM ACCESS
Creator: Bacchus, Brent Roger
Date: 2015, 2015-05
Description: It is well known that the exponential growth in popularity of wireless devices has created a demand for radio spectrum that cannot be met with...
Show moreIt is well known that the exponential growth in popularity of wireless devices has created a demand for radio spectrum that cannot be met with current regulatory policies. Despite the difficulty in procuring access to new spectrum resources, many empirical studies have indicated that the majority of spectrum is in-fact unused in the temporal, spatial and/or spectral domains, representing an untapped wealth that must be exploited. Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) is a promising technology which aims to improve the efficiency of future radios and alleviate the issue of spectrum under-utilization. This dissertation utilizes the data from the IIT Spectrum Observatory to develop models of channel activity on the Land Mobile Radio (LMR) band (used for critical communication by organizations such as public safety) and shows how such models can be applied to improve the performance of DSA. We demonstrate that LMR traffic may possess multi-timescale behavior – such as clustering and dispersion over different time periods – and propose a novel statistical model to account for these observations based on a multiple emission hidden Markov model. We then used this model to design a collision constrained channel selection algorithm that can permit the re-use of licensed spectrum while minimizing interference with incumbent users. The findings in this work are primarily developed for public safety, however the techniques developed are general enough to be applied to other types of traffic possessing similar characteristics. The proposed model, in particular, is well suited for further analytic work and simulations studies in this area.
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, May 2015
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Title: CHARACTERIZATION OF VERY LARGE YET VERY MILD BMD TYPE EDITS OF DYSTROPHIN
Creator: Lin, Yi-hsiu
Date: 2014, 2014-12
Description: Duchenne muscular dystrophy, DMD, is a severe X-linked recessive disease that kills boys in their second or third decade of life. A related...
Show moreDuchenne muscular dystrophy, DMD, is a severe X-linked recessive disease that kills boys in their second or third decade of life. A related condition Becker Muscular Dystrophy, BMD, is very heterogeneous with clinical severity ranging from nearly as bad as DMD, to nearly benign. Both of these are caused by defects in the dystrophin gene, which encodes a 427 kDa cytoskeletal protein, dystrophin, which can provide a mechanical link between the cytoskeleton and the muscle membrane and stables muscle tissue. In general, DMD results from defects that eliminate all dystrophin expression, whereas BMD patients carry mutated products: modified and malfunctioned dystrophin proteins. Since DMD is invariably fatal, monogenic, has a high incidence (1:3500 male births) and afflicts a charismatic patient profile, it has been an attractive target for gene therapy. However, the huge size of the dystrophin gene (2.4 Mbp) and more importantly its processed mRNA (14.2 kb) poses a problem for viral gene therapy which is limited to payloads of about 8 kb. This has prompted efforts to reduce the size of the dystrophin protein while still maintaining functionality. A major inspiration for such efforts was the identification of a very unusual, very large deletion serendipitously found in an extremely mild BMD case. The patient identified with this defect was ambulatory at 65 year of ages. This edit removes more than half the central rod region, from exon 17 to 48, Δe17-48, and, fortunately, the size of this BMD type edit protein is available for viral vector loading. In this project, edited dystrophin with central rod region deletion (D2:22 Δe17-48) and other two related edits, D2:22 Δe17-47 (exon 48 is added in D2:22 Δe17-48) and D2:22 Δe17-49 (exon 49 is deleted from D2:22 Δe17-48), were studied. According to these results, D2:22 Δe17-47 demonstrated the best biophysical and biochemical properties, but D2:22 Δe17-48 displayed higher to protease sensitivity, and D2:22 Δe17-49 had the worst thermal stability. This work will help us to understand the factors that result in benign large scale edits, and facilitate the development of effective viral gene therapy vectors.
M.S. in Biology, December 2014
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Title: PRENATAL ULTRASOUND CONSULTATION AND MATERNAL FEELINGS IN THE SECOND TRIMESTER OF PREGNANCY
Creator: Stockman, Alexandria
Date: 2015, 2015-07
Description: NO ABSTRACT
M.S. in Psychology, July 2015

Title: Recovery of Liquid Hydrocarbons from Oil Shale by Electromagnetic Heating In Situ
Creator: Sresty, Guggilam C., Snow, Richard H., Bridges, Jack E.
Date: 2009-05-08, 1984-12-04
Description: A method of electromagnetic heating in situ recovers liquid hydrocarbons from an oil shale formation containing kerogen in an inorganic matrix...
Show moreA method of electromagnetic heating in situ recovers liquid hydrocarbons from an oil shale formation containing kerogen in an inorganic matrix where the formation is substantially impermeable to fluids under native conditions. A block of the oil shale formation is substantially uniformly heated in situ with electromagnetic power to a temperature of about 275.degree. C. where there is pyrolysis of a portion of the kerogen to gas and shale oil at a pressure sufficient to overcome the capillary pressure of the shale oil in the matrix, thereby providing substantial fluid permeability to the formation. The gas thereupon escaping from said block and the shale oil driven thereby are recovered, thereby further increasing the permeability of the formation. The magnitude of the electromagnetic power is controlled to raise the temperature of the block relatively slowly to increase the rate of pyrolysis of the kerogen as the permeability of the formation increases to produce gas at pressures above the necessary to overcome the capillary pressure and below that at which there is substantial escape of the gas bypassing shale oil within the formation rather than driving the oil before it.
Sponsorship: IIT Research Institute
United States Patent
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