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Pages
- Title
- Hyde Park Health Center - Core
- Date
- 1981-03
- Description
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Drawing of the nurses', appointments, and records offices of the Hyde Park Health Clinic designed by Robert Gordon.
- Collection
- Robert Philip Gordon papers, 1963-2010
- Title
- Hyde Park Health Center - Ped. Reception
- Date
- 1981-03
- Description
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Drawing of the pediatrics reception area of the Hyde Park Health Clinic designed by Robert Gordon.
- Collection
- Robert Philip Gordon papers, 1963-2010
- Title
- Hyde Park Health Center - Corridor
- Date
- 1981-03
- Description
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Drawing of a corridor in the Hyde Park Health Clinic designed by Robert Gordon.
- Collection
- Robert Philip Gordon papers, 1963-2010
- Title
- Walton Carpets
- Description
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Color sketch of the curved exterior of the Walton Carpets showroom. Date unknown.
- Collection
- Robert Philip Gordon papers, 1963-2010
- Title
- Leon's Bar-B-Q: Private Lounge: Bar, Banquet, Video, Games
- Date
- 1980-02
- Description
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Full color architectural sketch of the interior of a location of the Leon's Bar-B-Q restaurant franchise.
- Collection
- Robert Philip Gordon papers, 1963-2010
- Title
- Leon's Bar-B-Q: Pick Up Orders or Dine at Tables
- Date
- 1980-03-10
- Description
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Full color architectural sketch of the interior of a location of the Leon's Bar-B-Q restaurant franchise.
- Collection
- Robert Philip Gordon papers, 1963-2010
- Title
- Leon's Bar-B-Q: View from 'The Street'
- Date
- 1980-02
- Description
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Full color architectural sketch of a location of the Leon's Bar-B-Q restaurant franchise.
- Collection
- Robert Philip Gordon papers, 1963-2010
- Title
- Icosahedron Guest House on Indiana Dunes, Exterior, ca. 1970s
- Date
- 1970-1979
- Description
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Photograph of the exterior of an Indiana Dunes guest house in the form of an icosahedron, comprised of prefabricated triangular panels. Date...
Show morePhotograph of the exterior of an Indiana Dunes guest house in the form of an icosahedron, comprised of prefabricated triangular panels. Date of photograph unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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- Robert Philip Gordon papers, 1963-2010
- Title
- Technology Center Today and Tomorrow
- Date
- 1947
- Description
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Fundraising booklet for distribution to businesses and entrepreneurs soliciting funds for the development of the new campus buildings and...
Show moreFundraising booklet for distribution to businesses and entrepreneurs soliciting funds for the development of the new campus buildings and academic programs of Illinois Institute of Technology. At the time of the booklet's publication, the earliest of Mies van der Rohe's buildings on the Illinois Tech campus had been completed, with others under construction. The booklet includes a plan of the proposed Mies campus as well as drawings and descriptions of the buildings yet to be built. Some extant copies of the booklet include Technology Center of Tomorrow in the Making Today (see http://hdl.handle.net/10560/islandora:1011682), an insert with an update on campus construction.
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- Fund Raising Brochures collection, 1941-1950
- Title
- State Street, looking north from Randolph Street, Chicago, Illinois, 1962
- Date
- 1962
- Description
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Photograph of State Street in Chicago's loop, looking north from Randolph Street. Date of photograph determined from the movie titles visible...
Show morePhotograph of State Street in Chicago's loop, looking north from Randolph Street. Date of photograph determined from the movie titles visible on the theater marquees.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Civil Engineering professor Eben Vey with students in classroom, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960s
- Date
- 1960-1969
- Description
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Photograph of Civil Engineering professor Eben Vey with students. Vey was appointed an assistant professor of Mechanics at Illinois Tech in...
Show morePhotograph of Civil Engineering professor Eben Vey with students. Vey was appointed an assistant professor of Mechanics at Illinois Tech in the fall of 1948. Vey later became a professor of Civil Engineering and chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering before taking leave of the university in 1977. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Civil Engineering professor Eben Vey with students in classroom, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, ca. 1960s
- Date
- 1960-1969
- Description
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Photograph of Civil Engineering professor Eben Vey with students. Vey was appointed an assistant professor of Mechanics at Illinois Tech in...
Show morePhotograph of Civil Engineering professor Eben Vey with students. Vey was appointed an assistant professor of Mechanics at Illinois Tech in the fall of 1948. Vey later became a professor of Civil Engineering and chairman of the Department of Civil Engineering before taking leave of the university in 1977. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Nate Thomas, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 1968-1973
- Date
- 1968-1973
- Description
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Photograph of Nate Thomas. Thomas worked at Illinois Tech in various positions, first as part of the Computing Center in 1965. Thomas later...
Show morePhotograph of Nate Thomas. Thomas worked at Illinois Tech in various positions, first as part of the Computing Center in 1965. Thomas later served as Assistant Director of Co-Op Education , Director of Admission, head of Minority Affairs, and Vice President for External Affairs. Thomas was instrumental in recruiting students from underserved communities into STEM programs at Illinois Tech, and founded the Early Identification program in 1974 in order to attract and support diverse students interested in STEM, architecture, and other programs at Illinois Tech. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Nate Thomas, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 1968-1973
- Date
- 1968-1973
- Description
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Photograph of Nate Thomas. Thomas worked at Illinois Tech in various positions, first as part of the Computing Center in 1965. Thomas later...
Show morePhotograph of Nate Thomas. Thomas worked at Illinois Tech in various positions, first as part of the Computing Center in 1965. Thomas later served as Assistant Director of Co-Op Education , Director of Admission, head of Minority Affairs, and Vice President for External Affairs. Thomas was instrumental in recruiting students from underserved communities into STEM programs at Illinois Tech, and founded the Early Identification program in 1974 in order to attract and support diverse students interested in STEM, architecture, and other programs at Illinois Tech. Photographer unknown. Date of photograph is unknown. Date range listed is approximate.
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- Office of Communications and Marketing photographs, 1905-1999
- Title
- Quantification of Vascular Permeability in the Retina Using Fluorescein Videoangiography Data as a Biomarker for Early Diabetic Retinopathy
- Creator
- Kayaalp Nalbant, Elif
- Date
- 2023
- Description
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Diabetic retinopathy, which is the most common reason for blindness in the working-age population, affects over one-third of those who have...
Show moreDiabetic retinopathy, which is the most common reason for blindness in the working-age population, affects over one-third of those who have had diabetes for over ten years. High blood sugar level (hyperglycemia) in the blood damages blood vessels and tight junction at the blood-retinal barrier (BRB). Chronic inflammation leads to changes in vascular health, and over time blood vessels tend to get damaged and exhibit higher “leakage” or permeability. In the late stage of DR, hemorrhages can occur, leading to irreversible damage of neuronal tissue in the retina and vision loss. In the clinic, there are some biomarkers and imaging modalities used to diagnose DR based on some of the more severe products of DR (e.g., hemorrhage), but there is no non-invasive, highly sensitive method to detect diabetic retinopathy before clinical signs occur, when mitigating therapies could be more effective. In this thesis, indicator dilution theory was explored to modeling the temporal dynamics of fluorescein in the retina after intravenous injection, with an aim to quantitatively map subtle changes in retinal blood flow and vascular permeability that could preempt subsequent irreversible damage. Specifically, a simplified version of indicator dilution theory—namely the “adiabatic approximation in tissue homogeneity” (AATH) model—was used to estimate physiological parameters such as the blood flow (F) and the extraction fraction (E: a parameter coupled with vascular permeability) from retinal fluorescein videoangiography data. The AATH fitting protocol was optimized through simulations using a more complex model (the AATH-vascular heterogeneity model, AATH-VH). It was determined that a two-step least square fitting method was more sensitive than a single-step least square fitting of AATH to simulated data to evaluate vascular permeability in early diabetic retinopathy. The optimized data analysis protocol was then evaluated in an initial clinical study comparing healthy control subjects to those with moderate non-proliferative DR. Volumetric blood flow and retinal vascular permeability maps were compared between patient groups with clear increases in extraction fraction observed in the mild NPDR patients compared to control. These promising early data have been the foundation to an ongoing 5 year study tracking 100 Diabetic patients with no DR so see if early changes in vascular permeability can predict which patients are more likely to progress to DR.
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- Title
- Characterization and Migration of Silver Nanoparticles from Electron-Beam Irradiated Low-Density Polyethylene
- Creator
- Donovan, Dylan
- Date
- 2023
- Description
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Polymer nanocomposites (PNCs) and engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) may find use in a wide range of commercial applications, including food and...
Show morePolymer nanocomposites (PNCs) and engineered nanomaterials (ENMs) may find use in a wide range of commercial applications, including food and medical product packaging. Migration of nanofillers from polymer nanocomposites into food matrices could be a source of human dietary exposure to ENMs. Electron beam (e-beam) irradiation is a processing method used for microbial inactivation as well as for modifying properties of polymer films, such as stretch resistance and shrink tension. Process treatment of nanotechnology-based packaging materials either for sterilization or for strengthening of the polymer films may have a significant effect on the migration of ENMs into food matrices. The primary objective of this study is to investigate the effect of e-beam irradiation treatments of LDPE containing silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) and the subsequent migration of AgNPs into a food simulant under intended use conditions. The study observes a correlation between e-beam irradiation dose quantity and the release of AgNPs into a food simulant.
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- Title
- Designs and Optimizations of Oblivious Data Access for Mitigating Access Pattern Leakage
- Creator
- Che, Yuezhi
- Date
- 2023
- Description
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In today’s data-driven world, data outsourcing has grown, increasing the importance of data security and privacy. Data encryption, while...
Show moreIn today’s data-driven world, data outsourcing has grown, increasing the importance of data security and privacy. Data encryption, while providing some protection, is insufficient against side-channel attacks such as access pattern leakage. This thesis focuses on designing and optimizing efficient oblivious access methods to enhance data security and privacy. Traditional solutions, like Oblivious RAM (ORAM), often impose significant overheads, limiting their market adoption. Our research proposes novel oblivious data access schemes tailored to specific applications, systems, and contexts. This approach enables us to identify critical vulnerabilities and performance bottlenecks, and balance performance, security, and other relevant parameters. In this thesis, I present four published works in Chapters 3 to 6, demonstrating the effectiveness of my proposed methods: (1) optimizing Ring ORAM for multi-channel memory systems, (2) introducing a multi-range supported ORAM for locality-aware applications, (3) proposing an oblivious data access solution for NVM hybrid memory systems, and (4) developing an oblivious access method for deep neural networks (DNNs), ensuring privacy without sacrificing performance. These contributions address unique challenges across application domains, enhancing data security and privacy in contemporary computing systems. This thesis provides a comprehensive investigation of targeted oblivious access methods, highlighting the benefits of the proposed designs, and contributing to more effective solutions for access pattern leakage mitigation, ultimately improving data security and privacy in contemporary computing systems.
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- Title
- Transdiagnostic Emotional Factors as Mediators of the Relation between Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms and Tobacco Use and Dependence in a Large Community Sample of Adolescents
- Creator
- Chang, Weilynn Christine
- Date
- 2023
- Description
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This study investigated the associations between obsessive compulsive disorder symptoms (OCS) and tobacco use and tobacco dependence in a...
Show moreThis study investigated the associations between obsessive compulsive disorder symptoms (OCS) and tobacco use and tobacco dependence in a large community sample of adolescents. Specifically, transdiagnostic emotional vulnerability factors (i.e., anhedonia, distress tolerance and anxiety sensitivity) were explored as potential mediators of the relation between OCS and tobacco use/dependence. Weighted logistic regression models found that OCS was significantly positively associated with likelihood of tobacco use in the past six months (when suppressor variables were excluded). Similarly, zero-inflated negative binomial regression models found a significant positive relation between OCS and tobacco dependence (when suppressor variables were excluded). There was no significant weighted indirect effect via anhedonia for the OCS-Tobacco Use association, which suggests that anhedonia was not a significant mediator in this case. However, the indirect effect via anhedonia for the OCS-Tobacco Dependence association was significant at the p < .05 level, but not the adjusted p < .001 threshold (when suppressor variables were removed). The weighted indirect effect via distress tolerance for the OCS-Tobacco Use association was significant at the p < .05 level, but not the p < .001 threshold (when suppressor variables were removed). There was no significant indirect effect via distress tolerance for the OCS-Tobacco Dependence association. There was a significant weighted indirect effect via anxiety sensitivity for the OCS-Tobacco Use association (when suppressor variables were removed). There were no significant indirect effects via anxiety sensitivity for the OCS-Tobacco Dependence association. When overlapping variance was accounted for by including all three mediators simultaneously, anhedonia was still not a significant mediator of the OCS-Tobacco Use association; there were still significant indirect effects via distress tolerance and anxiety sensitivity, under specific model parameters. Our results also revealed that while Asian adolescents demonstrated lower likelihood of tobacco use compared to those who were Hispanic/Latinae, Asian youth demonstrated more severe tobacco dependence symptoms.
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- Title
- Applications of Optimal Contract Theory in Brokerage
- Creator
- Alonso Alvarez, Guillermo
- Date
- 2023
- Description
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In this thesis we study optimal brokerage problems in different scenarios. The thesisis structured in two parts:...
Show moreIn this thesis we study optimal brokerage problems in different scenarios. The thesisis structured in two parts: In the first part of this thesis, corresponding to Chapter 2 and 3, we construct optimal brokerage contracts for multiple (heterogeneous) clients trading a single asset whose price follows the Almgren-Chriss model. The distinctive features of this work are as follows: (i) the reservation values of the clients are determined endogenously, and (ii) the broker is allowed to not offer a contract to some of the potential clients, thus choosing her portfolio of clients strategically. We find a computationally tractable characterization of the optimal portfolios of clients (up to a digital optimization problem, which can be solved efficiently if the number of potential clients is small) and conduct numerical experiments which illustrate how these portfolios, as well as the equilibrium profits of all market participants, depend on the price impact coefficients. In the second part of this thesis, corresponding to Chapter 4, we establish existence of a solution to the optimal contract problem in models where the state process is given by a multidimensional diffusion with linearly controlled drift. Then, under certain concavity assumptions, we show that the optimal contracts in the relaxed formulation also solve the associated strong optimal contract problem. The main advantages of this approach, relative to the existing methods, are due to the fact that it allows (i) to obtain the existence of an optimal contract (as a limit point of epsilon-optimal ones), and (ii) to include various additional constraints on the associated control problems (e.g., state constraints, difference in filtrations of the agent and of the principal, etc.). Finally, we apply our results to the problem of brokerage fees when the agent has access to a larger filtration.
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- Title
- Critical Understanding of Multi-Mode Luminescence Properties of Eu3+ Doped LaAlO3
- Creator
- Alolayan, Abdulelah Abdulaziz H
- Date
- 2023
- Description
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Fluorescent anti-counterfeit materials with multi-luminescent modes under different external excitation sources are always advantageous over...
Show moreFluorescent anti-counterfeit materials with multi-luminescent modes under different external excitation sources are always advantageous over the conventional anti-counterfeit techniques. In the present thesis, our aim is to develop efficient Eu3+ doped LaAlO3 phosphor materials with different modes of luminescence properties such as down conversion-luminescence (DCL), persistent-luminescence (PersL), and optically stimulated luminescence (OSL), Thermo-luminescence (TL), radioluminescence (RL) Although, there are many reports on persistent-luminescence and optically stimulated luminescence based on Eu3+ doped matrices but the red persistent luminescence of Eu3+ ion on those matrices is not very long and the OSL intensities are also low. Herein, we report a long red persistent luminescence which lasted for 17 hrs. and the OSL intensity is very high. Furthermore, we have observed that the OSL property can be achieved even after 35 days of UV excitation and indicating its potential application for optical storage phosphor. From carrying out TSL studies we have found that three different types of traps namely Trap 1, Trap 2 and Trap 3 with trap depth 0.63 eV, 0.82 eV, 1.02 eV respectively are responsible for the persistent and OSL properties. It has been concluded that Trap 1 is mostly responsible for the persistent luminescence in short term while Trap 2 and Trap 3 are responsible for intermediate and long persistent luminescence. Further, Trap 2 and Trap 3 were also found to be present even after 35 days and responsible for the OSL properties. Anti-counterfeiting PersL composite has been developed in which AC real-life application is demonstrated.
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