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- PERINATAL PHOTOPERIOD AND LATITUDE AS PREDICTORS OF REACTION TO CHRONOBIOLOGICAL STRESS
- Creator
- Antler, Caroline A.
- Date
- 2013-04-24, 2013-05
- Description
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The present study explored the possible roles of perinatal photoperiod and latitude as predictors of later reaction to chronobiological stress...
Show moreThe present study explored the possible roles of perinatal photoperiod and latitude as predictors of later reaction to chronobiological stress, specifically the experience of winter in Chicago (41.89°N). Participants consisted of new undergraduate and graduate students at a technological university in Chicago, Illinois (N = 64 - 76). The sample was 62% male, ranged in age from 18 to 38 years (M = 22.5, SD = 4.3), and was born mainly in North America and East/South Asia. The vegetative and cognitive/affective subscales of the Seasonal Assessment Form (SAF; Young et al., 2012) were completed by participants between February 7 and March 7, 2011. Results indicated that both perinatal photoperiod and latitude have a significant effect on vegetative but not cognitive symptom severity. A curvilinear relationship between perinatal photoperiod and winter vegetative symptom severity was displayed with optimal adjustment (minimum vegetative symptoms) occurring near LD 12:12. Attention should be paid to the stronger effect of latitude at birth over perinatal photoperiod on symptom severity. Implications, limitations, and future directions for research are discussed.
M.S. in Psychology, May 2013
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- A 2-GHZ FREQUENCY MULTIPLIER BASED ON DIGITAL DELAY LOCK LOOP IN 65 NM CMOS
- Creator
- Zhang, Kaiqiang
- Date
- 2017, 2017-05
- Description
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Generally phase lock loops (PLLs) are utilized in the implementation of the conventional clock generators and frequency multipliers. However...
Show moreGenerally phase lock loops (PLLs) are utilized in the implementation of the conventional clock generators and frequency multipliers. However there are some issues happened during designing PLLs. First of all, PLLs has a stability issue due to its higherorder systems. And this issue will cause the change of the loop bandwidth when PVT is different. Secondly, in PLLs, the output of the VCO will be fed back to the loop, which causes a peak phase error unexpectedly larger than the desired phase variation since jitter is accumulating over the oscillation cycles. These issues will make the design of a PLLbased frequency multiplier more complicated and challenging. In order to solve these issues, this thesis presents a 2-GHz frequency multiplier based on digital delay lock loop. In this design when the DLL is locked the digital DLL operated in the open-loop mode will reduce the jitter and power consumption due to dithering in the lock condition. In this design a compensation structure is proposed to keep track of any potential phase error caused by environmental variations. The reference input frequency is 500M Hz. This frequency multiplier is designed and fabricated in a 65nm CMOS. The thesis also provides theory and simulation results on frequency multiplier for readers.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 2017
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- NANOPORE STOCHASTIC SENSING OF BIOMARKERS IN HUMAN DISEASE
- Creator
- Zhou, Shuo
- Date
- 2016, 2016-07
- Description
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By measuring the ionic current modulation generated by analytes’ electro-osmotic flow through a nanoscale sized pore, nanopore stochastic...
Show moreBy measuring the ionic current modulation generated by analytes’ electro-osmotic flow through a nanoscale sized pore, nanopore stochastic sensing was invented about 20 years ago. Since then, it has been developed as a powerful and versatile tool for the detection of a wide variety of substances, including metal ions, organic molecules, DNA, RNA, peptides, proteins, etc. Compared with other traditional techniques such as immunochemical detection, colorimetric detection, HPLC, and GC/MS, nanopore detection has many advantages. First and foremost, nanopore stochastic sensing does not need to use sophisticated instruments which are convenient for people who do not have professional training in operating a special device. Furthermore, unlike fluorescent methods which rely on fluorophores labeling, nanopore stochastic sensing is a label-free detection method, which is based on the natural characteristics of analytes of interest. Moreover, nanopore sensing does not need complicated pretreatment of samples and can achieve a very low detection limit rapidly. Most importantly, nanopore detection uses only a small amount of sample with a low assay cost. In this dissertation, I summarize my work on nanopore stochastic sensing of proteases and copper ion, i.e., the detection of the HIV-1 protease (HIV-1 PR), trypsin, and copper ion. It is well-known that the HIV-1 protease is a significant biomarker for AIDS, while trypsin for the pancreatic disease. Considerable effort has been devoted to developing highly sensitive and selective sensors for these two important proteases. By taking advantage of nanopore stochastic sensing, two biosensors are constructed where picomolar concentrations of the HIV-1 protease and trypsin can be detected. On the other hand, copper, an essential trace element, is vital to the health of our human being in many ways. For example, the accumulation of cupric ions in human body may explain the origin of Wilson disease; further, the elevated concentration of copper is also pertinent to some symptoms of Alzheimer disease. Hence, the capability to the sensitive and accurate detection of copper ions is crucial to our health and well-being. For this purpose, a real-time and label-free nanopore biosensor is developed for its detection. The successful research efforts in these projects demonstrate the useful application of nanopore stochastic sensing in medical diagnosis, especially in terms of early disease detection. In addition to the high sensitivity and accuracy as well as low assay cost, other advantages of nanopore sensors include instrumental simplicity, ease of use, and extremely rapid data acquisition rates. Such a field-deployable nanopore sensor is useful as a point-of-care device for early disease detection and diagnosis. Just imagine how convenient your medical diagnosis would become with the pocket size nanopore sensor. We can monitor our own health anytime and anywhere: at home, at workplace, or even outside in remote and isolated places.
Ph.D. in Chemistry, July 2016
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- COMPARATIVE GENOMICS OF STREPTOCOCCUS SALIVARIUS ATCC 27945 AND 25975; FROM HELPFUL TO HARMFUL?
- Creator
- Soomer-james, Jahna T. A.
- Date
- 2015, 2015-07
- Description
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Streptococcus salivarius is a commensal bacterium that normally inhabits the oral mucosa. However, preliminary data indicated that the strain...
Show moreStreptococcus salivarius is a commensal bacterium that normally inhabits the oral mucosa. However, preliminary data indicated that the strain ATCC 25975 has acquired parasitic genes from Streptococcus pneumoniae. To investigate the nature of this genetic exchange, the genome of Streptococcus salivarius ATCC 27945 was first sequenced and served as a comparative model to provide insight into the possibility of development of pathogenicity within the salivarius group. Illumina and PacBio sequencing data were used complementarily to generate reliable genomes of the Streptococcus salivarius ATCC 27945 and ATCC 25975 strains. The reads were trimmed, filtered, assembled and annotated using custom Perl scripts and various software. The completed genomes of S. salivarius ATCC 27945 and ATCC 25975 are 2.11 Mbp and 2.20 Mbp long, respectively, with ATCC 25975 featuring an additional plasmid. Comparative genomics with other sequenced salivarius genomes revealed that strain ATCC 27945 was most closely related to strains JIM8777 and NCTC8618, while strain ATCC 25975 was more closely related to strains 57I and CCHSS3. The proteins that were common across the investigated salivarius genomes included housekeeping proteins involved in pathways such as DNA replication, metabolism and DNA repair but the unique protein types and their relative location to each other within the ATCC main chromosomes did not provide conclusive evidence to the identification of the parasitic cassette. However, the plasmid contained in S. salivarius ATCC 25975 showed promising signs of containing these genes of interest. Several genes typically found in S. pneumoniae such as capsular polysaccharide genes and two copies of integrative and conjugative genes were identified in close proximity. The phylogenetic analysis of the two S. salivarius ATCC strains suggested that the proposed genes acquired from S. pneumoniae might have been gained via horizontal gene transfer rather than through sporadic mutations. The plasmid had a 5.1% smaller GC content compared to the other salivarius chromosomes, further suggesting that it was acquired from a distinct organism. Overall, while these results provided useful insights into the nature and location of the parasitic cassette, further investigations will be required to assess the full extent of the genetic shuffling that occurred by horizontal gene transfer in these Streptococcus species.
M.S. in Biology, July 2015
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- Title
- A study of anti-friction lineshaft bearings
- Creator
- Katzinger, Arthur, Alte, Arthur S.
- Date
- 2009, 1916
- Publisher
- Armour Institute of Technology
- Description
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http://www.archive.org/details/studyofantifrict00katz
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology; Bibliography: leaves 212-220
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- HOT DUCTILITY BEHAVIOR IN THE CONTINUOUS CASTING OF NIOBIUM-BEARING MICROALLOYED STEELS
- Creator
- Jansto, Steven George
- Date
- 2013, 2013-12
- Description
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Over 200 million tons of Niobium-bearing steels were continuously cast and hot rolled globally in 2012. These Nb-bearing plate, bar and sheet...
Show moreOver 200 million tons of Niobium-bearing steels were continuously cast and hot rolled globally in 2012. These Nb-bearing plate, bar and sheet products are manufactured throughout the world. The melting and casting practices to assure production of crack-free slabs, billets and blooms of high surface quality is presented. Much has been published about the traditional ductility trough associated with higher carbon equivalent steels with and without microalloy additions of Nb, V and/or Ti. The focus has primarily been on the chemistry and optimal composition based upon the literature review. However, the steelmaking and process metallurgy parameters are rarely correlated to the hot ductility behavior. Most studies involve laboratory produced heats, but this research is based upon industrial produced samples.The hot ductility troughs associated with simple carbon-manganese steels can also result in surface and internal quality issues if certain steelmaking and casting parameters are not followed. Although high carbon equivalent steels exhibit inherently lower hot ductility behavior, as measured by percent reduction in area at elevated temperature, these steels still exhibit sufficient ductility to satisfactorily meet the unbending stress and strain gradients existing in the straightening section of most casters. The % Reduction in Area significantly overstates the minimum ductility required for crack-free casting of Nb-bearing steels. The relationship between the steelmaking and caster operation and the resultant slab quality is related through the hot ductility behavior. This global Nb-bearing continuous casting steel research study introduces the strain energy as an improved xxi measure of the hot ductiity behavior. The incidence of cracking is primarily related to the steelmaking and caster process parameters and steel chemistry is secondary. These parameters include the elemental residual chemistry level, superheat variation, transfer ladle temperature stratification, oscillation frequency and stroke, mould flux incompatibility, casting speed fluctuation, and excessive secondary cooling.
PH.D in Materials Science and Engineering, December 2013
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- The study and design of spray nozzles as applied to the De La Vergne oil engine
- Creator
- Harman, William E. S, Ward, Fred L
- Date
- 2009, 1915
- Publisher
- Armour Institute of Technology
- Description
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http://www.archive.org/details/studydesignofspr00harm
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology; Bibliography: leaf 2
- Title
- UNDERSTANDING UNCERTAINTIES IN RESOLVED PHOTON STRUCTURE
- Creator
- Zhan, Hengrui
- Date
- 2017, 2017-07
- Description
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The construction of a photon collider has been urged, in order to study the properties of the Higgs boson and electroweak symmetry breaking....
Show moreThe construction of a photon collider has been urged, in order to study the properties of the Higgs boson and electroweak symmetry breaking. It would also provide unique possibilities for measurement of fusion to probe the hadronic structure of the photon. One scheme of design for the photon collider is a linear collider. A study shows that resolved photons contribute about 15% of the cross section to Higgs production with a mass of 120 GeV, but estimates of the resolved photon structure have so far varied greatly. Therefore, resolved photon structure is important to measure. This thesis focuses on the determination of the uncertainties of the cross section of bb production for better understanding of resolved photon structure. The principles of a photon collider are reviewed. In this thesis, the simulation tools for the simulation of the cross section of ! bb collision are developed. After that, the method for determination of the uncertainties of cross section is described. A new set of PDFs to explore these uncertainties is produced. The result of the simulation of the cross section and the calculation for the uncertainties of the cross section is presented and discussed in detailed.
M.S. in Physics, July 2017
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- PRICING AND APPLICATION OF ELECTRIC STORAGE
- Creator
- Zhao, Jialin
- Date
- 2017, 2017-05
- Description
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Electric storage provides a vehicle to store power for future use. It contributes to the grids in multiple aspects. For instance, electric...
Show moreElectric storage provides a vehicle to store power for future use. It contributes to the grids in multiple aspects. For instance, electric storage is a more effective approach to provide electricity ancillary services than conventional methods. Additionally, electric storage, especially fast-responding units, allows owners to implement high-frequency power transactions in settings such as the 5-min real-time trading market. Such high-frequency power trades were limited in the past. However, as technology advances, the power markets have evolved. For instance, the California Independent System Operator now supports the 5-min real-time trading and the hourly day-ahead ancillary services bidding. Existing valuation models of electric storage were not designed to accommodate these recent market developments. To fill this gap, I focus on the fast-responding grid-level electric storage that provides both the real-time trading and the day-ahead ancillary services bidding. To evaluate such an asset, I propose a Monte Carlo Simulation-based valuation model. The foundation of my model is simulations of power prices. This study develops a new simulation model of electric prices. It is worth noting that, unlike existing models, my proposed simulation model captures the dependency of the real-time markets on the day-ahead markets. Upon such simulations, this study investigates the pricing and the application of electric storage at a 5-min granularity. Essentially, my model is a Dynamic Programming system with both endogenous variables (i.e., the State-of-Charge of electric storage) and exogenous variables (i.e., power prices). My first numerical example is the valuation of a fictitious 4MWh battery. Similarly, my second example evaluates the application of two units of 2MWh batteries. By comparing these two experiments, I investigate the issues related to battery configurations, such as the impacts of splitting storage capability on the valuation of electric storage.
Ph.D. in Management Science, May 2017
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- EMPIRICALLY KEYING PERSONALITY MEASURES TO MITIGATE FAKING EFFECTS AND IMPROVE VALIDITY: A MONTE CARLO INVESTIGATION
- Creator
- Tawney, Mark Ward
- Date
- 2012-12-05, 2012-12
- Description
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Personality-type measures should be viable tools to use for selection. They have incremental validity over cognitive measures and they add...
Show morePersonality-type measures should be viable tools to use for selection. They have incremental validity over cognitive measures and they add this incremental validity while decreasing adverse impact (Hough, 1998; Ones, Viswesvaran & Schmidt, 1993; Ones & Viswesvaran, 1998a). However, personality measures are susceptible to faking; individual’s instructed to fake on personality measures are able to increase their scores (Barrick & Mount, 1996; Ellingson, Sackett & Hough, 1999; Hough, Eaton, Dunnette, Kamp, & McCloy, 1990). Further, personality measures often reveal less than optimal validity estimates as research continually finds meta-analytic coefficients near .2 (e.g., Morgeson, Campion, Dipboye, Hollenbeck, Murphy, & Schmitt, 2007). Some researchers have suggested that these two problems are linked as faking on personality measure may reduce their ability to predict job performance (e.g., Tett & Christansen, 2007). Empirically keyed instruments traditionally enhance prediction and have been found to mitigate the effects of faking (Kluger, Reilly & Russell, 1991; Scott & Sinar, 2011). Recently suggested as a means to key to personality measures (e.g., Tawney & Mead, In Prep), this dissertation further investigates empirical keying methods as a means to both mitigate faking effects and as a means to increase validity of personality-type measures. A Monte Carlo methodology is used due to the difficulties in obtaining accurate measures of faking. As such, this dissertation investigates faking issues under controlled and known parameters, allowing for more robust conclusions as compared to prior faking research.
PH.D in Psychology, December 2012
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- A study of the effect of momentary external fields on the retentivity of the permanent magnets of recording wattmeters
- Creator
- Simmons, Leslie E.
- Date
- 2009, 1909
- Publisher
- Armour Institute of Technology
- Description
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http://www.archive.org/details/studyofeffectofm00simm
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology
- Title
- The variation of iron loss in transformers with shape of applied emf wave
- Creator
- Strong, Arthur Poole
- Date
- 2009, 1909
- Publisher
- Armour Institute of Technology
- Description
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http://www.archive.org/details/variationofironl00stro
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology; Bibliography: leaf 1
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- MODELING AND SIMULATION OF DYNAMIC VOLTAGE CONTROLS AND PROTECTION IN 3 PHASES TRANSIENT STABILITY ANALYSIS
- Creator
- Zhang, Qiaoyu
- Date
- 2016, 2016-12
- Description
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The main object of this research is to build up a comprehensive 3-phases transient stability simulator(TS3ph) and use it to analyze the...
Show moreThe main object of this research is to build up a comprehensive 3-phases transient stability simulator(TS3ph) and use it to analyze the transient stability with dynamic voltage control and protection. Detailed exciter models, SVC model and protection model are needed in this research. We have implemented detailed exciter model. We chose several exciter models which are frequently used in power system to built. These exciters can control generator terminal voltage by changing current and voltage to generator field winding. It is critical for improving the dynamic voltage performance in power system. We also built up detailed SVC model. The SVC is an important device for dynamic voltage control. It is a power electronics-based equipment containing both reactors and capacitor banks which have the capability of dynamic voltage and reactive power control. When doing the dynamic voltage control simulation, it is meaningful to have a detailed SVC model in the transient simulator. The another mission of this research is to study the protection of power system with unbalance fault or unbalance network using 3-Phase Transient Stability Simulator. In order to obtain the relay operation, we need to set up the interface between protection simulator Electrocon CAPE and transient simulator TS3ph. As unbalance fault sometimes can cause serious voltage problem during the transient, simulating the unbalance fault with realistic relay operation is important for transient stability analysis.
M.S. in Electrical Engineering, December 2016
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- INJECTION LOCKING BASED ULTRA LOW POWER RADIO FREQUENCY INTEGRATED CIRCUITS
- Creator
- Zhu, Qiang
- Date
- 2012-05-31, 2012-07
- Description
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Recent advances in radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) technology enable various innovative and versatile applications through ultra-low...
Show moreRecent advances in radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) technology enable various innovative and versatile applications through ultra-low-power wireless link such as mesh sensor network, personal area network (PAN) and semi-active RFID. This thesis introduces energy efficient demodulator and transceiver design for wireless communications. At the receiver front end, an ultra-low-power BPSK demodulator based on injection locked oscillators (ILOs) is introduced. Two second harmonic ILOs are employed to convert BPSK signals to ASK signals, which are then demodulated by an envelope detector to baseband. For sub-GHz applications, the ILOs are implemented using ring oscillators to allow compact chip area and ultra-low power dissipation. Bit error rate (BER) analysis of this demodulator indicates erroneous polarity flipping of demodulated bits due to phase noise of the ILO. The prototype chip is fabricated in a 65nm CMOS technology that consumes 228μW of power and occupies 0.014mm2 of die area. Measurement results reveal the demodulation of 750MHz 5Mb/s differential BPSK signal with a sensitivity of -43dBm. Theoretical BER analysis has been verified with erroneous flipping observed in the measurement and its probability close to the prediction. Then, an innovative injecting locking based transceiver architecture for ultra low power operation is proposed. It applied the ILO based BPSK demodulator at the receiver side. The oscillating signal at one receiver ILO also injects to another transmitter ILO for accurate carrier generation. Thus local frequency synthesis circuit which consumes considerable portion of power in traditional transceiver is not required. This design is implemented in a 45nm CMOS SOI technology. Measurement results indicate that the transceiver achieves downlink demodulation of -35dBm BPSK signal at 5Mb/s data rate and uplink transmission of -23dBm ASK signal at 1Mb/s data rate with 0.93mA current consumption from 1V power supply.
Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, July 2012
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- CHARACTERIZATION OF WILD BLUEBERRY POLYPHENOLS BIOAVAILABILITY AND KINETIC PROFILE OVER 24-HOUR PERIOD IN HUMAN SUBJECTS
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- Zhong, Siqiong
- Date
- 2016, 2016-12
- Description
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Diets abundant in phenolic compounds have been linked to decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. Wild blueberries (WBB...
Show moreDiets abundant in phenolic compounds have been linked to decreased risk of cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes. Wild blueberries (WBB) are one of the richest sources of dietary phenolic compounds, particularly anthocyanin compounds. They also contain hydroxycinnamic acids, namely chlorogenic acids (CGA). Understanding their metabolic fate may provide insight to their health benefits and protection against chronic disease development. The purpose of this study was to (1) identify WBB anthocyanin and CGA metabolites in human plasma (2) assess bioavailability and biotransformation of WBB anthocyanin and CGA in human (3) measure the acute e↵ects of WBB consumption on glucose homeostasis and lipid metabolism. This was a pilot study with healthy male and female volunteers (n=12). Plasma samples were collected at baseline (t=0h), 0.25h, 0.5h, 1h, 2h, 4h, 6h, 8h, 10h and 24h after consuming a WBB drink (25 g freeze dried WBB powder) with a standard polyphenol free breakfast. The anthocyanins in the WBB drink and their metabolites in human plasma were identified using HPLC-ESI-Q-TOF and quantified by dynamic MRM transitions on HPLC-ESI-QQQ. A total of 30 anthocyanins were identified in the WBB drink. These included glycosides of cyanidin, delphinidin, malvidin, petunidin and peonidin, which were detected in positive mode. Glucose was the most abundant glycoside attachment followed by galactose, arabinose, acetylated glucose, acetylated galactose and xylose. CGAs were also found in the WBB drink in negative mode and confirmed with standards. All the anthocyanins in the WBB drink were found in plasma as well as 3-CGA. The bioavailability for delphinidin, cyandin, malvidin, peonidin, and petunidin were each less than 1% and total bioavailability of WBB anthocyanins was 1.09%. The bioavailability for 3-CGA was 0.22% after consuming 25g WBB powder. The Tmax (time of maximum concentration was achieved) of anthocyanins and 3-CGA was ⇠2h post ingestion. Tmax of phase II metabolites, including petunidin- glucuronide, peonidin-glucuronide, delphinidin-glucuronide and cyanidin-glucuronide was 8.8, 2.6, 6.3 and 7h, respectively. Phenolic acids metabolites, including vanillic acids, ferulic acids, 2,3-dihydroxybenzoic acid, phloroglucinaldehyde, syringic acid were also detected in human plasma during the 24 h period. These results suggest that anthocyanins and CGAs from a WBB drink can be partly absorbed in their intact form in humans and partly transformed to conjugated and degraded metabolites. The data also indicate that there are early phase and late phase appearing metabolites in the blood of humans, which could have important health promoting implications. Future studies will need to be conducted to determine how these pools of metabolites impact physiology and the most sensitive systems to their e↵ect. In the present study, no significant di↵erences on glucose homeostasis and lipid metabolism were apparent. This study provides a foundation for further understanding on health benefits of dietary anthocyanins and their metabolites.
M.S. in Food Safety and Technology, December 2016
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- REPRODUCIBLE NETWORK RESEARCH WITH A HIGH-FIDELITY SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORK TESTBED
- Creator
- Wu, Xiaoliang
- Date
- 2017, 2017-05
- Description
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Network research, as an experimental science, ought to be reproducible. However, it is not a standard practice to share models, methods or...
Show moreNetwork research, as an experimental science, ought to be reproducible. However, it is not a standard practice to share models, methods or software code to support experimental evaluation and reproducibility when publishing a network research paper. In this work, we advocate reproducible networking experiments by building a unique testbed consisting of container-based network emulation and physical devices. The testbed provides a realistic and scalable platform for reproducing network research. The testbed supports large-scale network experiments using lightweight virtualization techniques and capable of running across distributed physical machines. We utilize the testbed to reproduce network experiments, and demonstrate the e↵ectiveness by comparing the results with the original published network experiments, such as Hedera, a scalable and adaptive traffic flow scheduling system in data center networks.
M.S. in Computer Science, May 2017
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- A PHAGE-DISPLAY SELECTION FOR AN AFFINITY REAGENT OF ASXL2 PROTEIN
- Creator
- Balyan, Arjun
- Date
- 2013-04-07, 2013-05
- Description
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Asxl2 is a chromatin factor that regulates histone H3 methylation and H2A deubiquitination. Previous research in our lab has shown that Asxl2...
Show moreAsxl2 is a chromatin factor that regulates histone H3 methylation and H2A deubiquitination. Previous research in our lab has shown that Asxl2 is an important regulator of mammalian heart development and function. To facilitate the characterization of Asxl2, we proposed to generate an affinity reagent for the detection of Asxl2 proteins in vivo and in vitro. A recombinant GST-Asxl2 fusion protein in E. coli was produced that contained GST and the N-terminal 390 amino acids of Asxl2, separated by a Precision protease cleavage site. Asxl2 N1-390 was purified from GSTAsxl2 N1-390 and the purified polypeptide was biotinylated and used to select a phagedisplay antibody library. Finally, six antibodies were produced that exhibit various degrees of affinity with the recombinant Asxl2 N1-390 in ELISA assay. In the future the antibodies will be tested for their ability to detect endogenous Asxl2 proteins in western blot assay. This would facilitate the study of the role of Asxl2 in heart development and function.
M.S. in Biology, May 2013
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- Title
- Variation of candle power of the alternating current arc with current and E. M. F. forms
- Creator
- Riker, C. R., Klapper, Charles
- Date
- 2009, 1906
- Publisher
- Armour Institute of Technology
- Description
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http://www.archive.org/details/variationofcandl00rike
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology
- Title
- Tests on Kerr steam turbine and direct-connected Worthington centrifugal pump
- Creator
- James, Sydney Vincent, Jackson, Irving Foster
- Date
- 2009, 1907
- Publisher
- Armour Institute of Technology
- Description
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http://www.archive.org/details/testsonkerrsteam00jame
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology; Includes index
- Title
- A study of the corrosion of locomotive boiler tubes
- Creator
- Congdon, Charles C.
- Date
- 2009, 1915
- Publisher
- Armour Institute of Technology
- Description
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http://www.archive.org/details/studyofcorrosion00cong
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology; Bibliography: leaves 36-37