Physical Sciences and Mathematics Commons^™

All-Sky Ligo Search For Periodic Gravitational Waves In The Early Fifth-Science-Run Data, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, Matthew Benacquista, Teviet Creighton, Mario C. Diaz, R. Grosso, K. Hayama, Soumya Mohanty, Soma Mukherjee, Malik Rakhmanov, Joseph D. Romano

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications and Presentations

We report on an all-sky search with the LIGO detectors for periodic gravitational waves in the frequency range 50–1100 Hz and with the frequency’s time derivative in the range −5×10−9–0  Hz s−1. Data from the first eight months of the fifth LIGO science run (S5) have been used in this search, which is based on a semicoherent method (PowerFlux) of summing strain power. Observing no evidence of periodic gravitational radiation, we report 95% confidence-level upper limits on radiation emitted by any unknown isolated rotating neutron stars within the search range. Strain limits below 10−24 are obtained over a 200-Hz band, …

Immediate Loading Of Unsplinted Implants In The Anterior Mandible For Overdentures, Phillip Roe

Loma Linda University Electronic Theses, Dissertations & Projects

In this one-year prospective study, eight completely edentulous patients were selected from the Loma Linda University School of Dentistry (LLUSD) patient population to participate. There were five male and three female patients, between the ages of 58 and 82 (mean age of 69.1 years). All participants received new maxillary and mandibular complete dentures prior to implant placement. Two 4.0 mm x 13 mm threaded implants with a fluoride-modified, micro-roughened, titanium surface were placed mesial to each mandibular canine position. Locator abutments were connected and torqued to 25 Ncm and primary closure was achieved with a nonresorbable suture material. The Locator …

Blue-Shifted Emission In Cdte/Znse Heterostructured Nanocrystals, Nishshanka N. Hewa-Kasakarage, Nilanka P. Gurusinghe, Mikhail Zamkov

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Properties of colloidal heterostructured nanocrystals are largely determined by the spatial distribution of photogenerated carriers across the junction of semiconductor materials that form the heterostructure. The two known types of carrier distributions are identified based on whether both carriers reside within the same (type I) or opposite (type II) sides of the heterojunction. Here we demonstrate the existence of another type of spatial carrier distribution in heteronanocrystals, which corresponds to the localization of both charges along the material junction. Such localization. pattern was realized in novel CdTe/ZnSe heteronanocrystals, where the expected type I infrared emission was dominated by more intense …

A Dynamic Attribute-Based Data Filtering And Recovery Scheme For Web Information Processing, Amit Ahuja, Yiu-Kai D. Ng

Faculty Publications

Web data being transmitted over a network channel on the Internet with excessive amount of data causes data processing problems, which include selectively choosing useful information to be retained for various data applications. In this paper, we present an approach for filtering less-informative attribute data from a source Website. A scheme for filtering attributes, instead of tuples (records), from a Website becomes imperative, since filtering a complete tuple would lead to filtering some informative, as well as less-informative, attribute data in the tuple. Since filtered data at the source Website may be of interest to the user at the destination …

Encroachment Of Sills Onto State-Owned Bottom: Design Guidelines For Chesapeake Bay, C. Scott Hardaway Jr., Donna A. Milligan, Kevin O'Brien, Christine A. Wilcox, Jian Shen, Carl H. Hobbs Iii

Reports

Recent efforts have sought to expand the use of “Living Shorelines” by waterfront property owners in Virginia and Maryland to combat tidal shoreline erosion. Living shorelines represent a shoreline management option that combines various erosion control methodologies and/or structures while at the same time restoring or preserving natural shoreline vegetation communities. Some regulatory agencies and non-governmental organizations prefer living shorelines over “traditional” shore hardening using bulkheads or stone revetments because these structures create a “barrier” or disconnect between the upland and marine environments. Typically, creation of a living shoreline involves the placement of sand, planting marsh flora, and, if necessary, …

Dune Monitoring Data Update Summary, Kevin P. O'Brien, Donna A. Milligan, George R. Thomas

Reports

The Shoreline Studies Program at VIMS established a beach and dune monitoring program for nine sites around the Virginia portion of Chesapeake Bay (Milligan et al., 2005). These sites were monitored twice yearly for four years (2001-2004). In addition to three years of relatively calm conditions, these data included the impact of Hurricane Isabel, a nearly 100-yr event, on the Bay’s shorelines. The shoreline’s change due to the storm and their subsequent short-term recovery was documented by this data. However, since the end of the monitoring program, other events have impacted Chesapeake Bay shorelines. In order to document the longer-term …

Ua35/1 Doers & Deeds Vol. 7, No. 10, Wku Provost

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter created by the WKU Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs to highlight the activities of faculty, staff and alumni.

Developing A Robust Geologic Conceptual Model Using Pseudo 3-D P-Wave Seismic Reflection Data, Adrian Addison, Michael G. Waddell, Camelia C. Knapp, Duke T. Brantley, John M. Shafer

Faculty Publications

As part of a multiscale hydrogeophysical and modeling study, a pseudo three-dimensional (3-D) seismic surveywas conducted over a contaminant plume at P area, Savannah River site (South Carolina), to enhance the existing geologicmodel by resolving uncertainties in the lithostratigraphic sequence. The geometry of the dissolved phase trichloroethylene plume, based on initial site characterization, appears to be confined to a narrow corridor within the Eocene sand overlying a clay unit approximately 25m(82 ft) below land surface. Processing the seismic data as a 3-D data volume instead of a series of closely spaced two-dimensional lines allowed for better interpretation of the target …

Network Security Using Self Organized Multi-Agent Swarms, Eric M. Holloway, Gary B. Lamont, Gilbert L. Peterson

Faculty Publications

Computer network cyber-security is a very serious concern in many commercial, industrial, and military environments. This paper proposes a new computer network security approach defined by self organized agent swarms (SOMAS) which provides a novel computer network security management framework based upon desired overall system behaviors. The SOMAS structure evolves based upon the partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP) formal model and the more complex interactive-POMDP and decentralized-POMDP models. Example swarm specific and network based behaviors are formalized and simulated. This paper illustrates through various statistical testing techniques, the significance of this proposed SOMAS architecture.

Information Technology (It) Investment Decisions Under Asymmetric Information: A Modified Rational Expectation Model, Jinlan Ni, Deepak Khazanchi

Information Systems and Quantitative Analysis Faculty Publications

In this paper, we propose that information technology (IT) managers make investment decisions about new IT initiatives based on a modified rational expectation model. Unlike traditional rational expectation models, we emphasize the relevance of market uncertainty and its impact on the return of new IT investment. This results in information acquisition decisions by managers that can cause information asymmetry. This information asymmetry is endogenous and so the IT manager can become well informed if and only if it is beneficial to do so. We also capture different levels of IT investment across managers by introducing heterogeneity across managers in terms …

Topology Explains Why Automobile Shades Fold Oddly, Ramin Naimi, Curtis Feist

Ramin Naimi

We use braids and linking number to explain why automobile shades fold into an odd number of loops.

Book Review: The Great Warming: Climate Change And The Rise And Fall Of Civilizations, James Fleming

James R. Fleming

No abstract provided.

Non-Intuitive Strategies For Video Poker, Joe Demaio

Joe DeMaio

Supporting Cscw And Cscl With Intelligent Social Grouping Services, Jeffrey J.P. Tsai, Jia Zhang, Jeff J.S. Huang, Stephen J.H. Yang

Jia Zhang

No abstract provided.

Continuous Glucose Monitoring In Non-Insulin-Using Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: Acceptability, Feasibility, And Teaching Opportunities, Nancy A. Allen, James A. Fain, Barry Braun, Stuart R. Chipkin

Stuart R. Chipkin

Background: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) has the potential to provide useful data for behavioral interventions targeting non–insulin-using, sedentary individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). The aims of this study were to describe CGM in terms of (1) feasibility and acceptability and (2) dietary- and exerciseteaching events. Methods: Cross-sectional data were analyzed from 27 non–insulin-using adults with T2DM who wore CGM for 72 h as part of a larger study on using CGM for exercise counseling in this population. Feasibility data included accuracy of entering daily self-monitored blood glucose (SMBG) readings and events (e.g., meals, exercise), sensor failures, alarms, optimal …

Researches On Copper. History & Metallurgy, Fathi Habashi

Fathi Habashi

Scattering Polarization Due To Light Source Anisotropy Ii. Envelope Of Arbitrary Shape., Richard Ignace, M. B. Al-Malki, J. F. L. Simmons, J. C. Brown, D. Clarke, J. C. Carson

Richard Ignace

Aims. We consider the polarization arising from scattering in an envelope illuminated by a central anisotropic source. This work extends the theory introduced in a previous paper (Al-Malki et al. 1999) in which scattering polarization from a spherically symmetric envelope illuminated by an anisotropic point source was considered. Here we generalize to account for the more realistic expectation of a non-spherical envelope shape.

Methods. Spherical harmonics are used to describe both the light source anisotropy and the envelope density distribution functions of the scattering particles. This framework demonstrates how the net resultant polarization arises from a superposition of three basic …

Discovery Of X-Ray Emission From The Wolf-Rayet Star Wr 142 Of Oxygen Subtype., L. M. Oskinova, W.-R. Hamann, A. Feldmeier, R. Ignace, Y.-H. Chu

Richard Ignace

We report the discovery of weak yet hard X-ray emission from the Wolf-Rayet (WR) star WR 142 with the XMM-Newton X-ray telescope. Being of spectral subtype WO2, WR 142 is a massive star in a very advanced evolutionary stage shortly before its explosion as a supernova or gamma-ray burst. This is the first detection of X-ray emission from a WO-type star. We rule out any serendipitous X-ray sources within approximate to 1 '' of WR 142. WR 142 has an X-ray luminosity of L(X) approximate to 7 x 10(30) erg s(-1), which constitutes only less than or similar to 10(-8) …

Ir-Dielectric Functions Of Znbete Alloys Determined By Spectroscopic Ellipsometry, Frank Peiris, Et Al.

Frank Peiris

Gold. History, Metallurgy, Culture, Fathi Habashi

Fathi Habashi

Hydrothermal Preparation And Electrochemical Characterizations Of Vanadate Compound Nav_2o_5 Crystals, Fang Hu, Xing Ming, Fei Du, Ying-Jin Wei, Gang Chen, Chun-Zhong Wang

Journal of Electrochemistry

The NaV2O5 was prepared by a low temperature hydrothermal process.The material crystallized in the layered orthorhombic structure with space group Pmmn.X-ray diffraction confirmed that the material was pure and the scanning electron microscopy showed that the material was composed of needle crystals with 20 μm in length and 200 nm in width.X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy indicated the co-existence of V4+ and V5+ in the material,which results in an average V4.5+ oxidation state of the material.The observed Raman bands were ascribed to different V—O vibrations.The first specific capacity about 120 mAh/g between 3.5 V and 1.0 V with a voltage plateau at …

Preparation And Electrochemical Performance Of Li_3v_2(Po_4)_3, Hou-Gang Fan, Tao Jiang, Chun-Zhong Wang, Gang Chen, Ying-Jin Wei

Journal of Electrochemistry

The carbon coating Li3V2(PO4)3 powder samples were synthesized by carbon incorporation solid state reaction.The structure,morphology and electrochemical properties have been studied by X-ray powder diffraction,scanning electron microscopy and automatic battery tester system,respectively.Carbon coating on Li3V2(PO4)3 would prevent the particles from agglomerating,reduce the particle size,raise the conductivity and improve the samples′ electrochemical performance.

Electrooxidation Behaviors Of Tib_2 As High Capacity Anodic Material In Neutral Aqueous Electrolytes, Ya-Dong Wang, Xian-Yong Guang, Zhi-Xin Wang, Xin-Ping Ai, Han-Xi Yang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Titanium diborides were investigated as an anodic material for neutral aqueous batteries.It is revealed that this material shows superiorly high electrochemical activities in the neutral electrolytes.The discharge capacities observed for TiB2 reached 1300 mAh/g at the constant current density of 50 mA/g,exceeding all the metal electrodes reported so far.The electrooxidation of this compound was found to proceed via the electrochemical dissolution of boron to form borofluoride,while titanium remained unchanged at the electrode.These results suggest a possible use of the boride compounds as a new material for constructing neutral aqueous batteries with high electrochemical capacity and rate capability.

High Utilization Aupt Nanoparticles Supported On Mwcnts For Methanol Electro-Oxidation In Alkaline Medium, Xun Guo, Dao-Jun Guo, Xin-Ping Qiu, Li-Quan Chen, Wen-Tao Zhu

Journal of Electrochemistry

We synthesized gold-platinum electrocatalysts supported on multi-walled carbon nanotubes(MWCNTs) with high utilization by a simple one-step method.A high Pt loading series of bimetallic AuPt/MWCNTs catalysts were prepared by the improved ethylene glycol reduction method,and then were compared in terms of the electrocatalytic activity for methanol electro-oxidation using cyclic voltammetry(CV) and chronoamperometry in alkaline solutions.The structure of AuPt/MWCNTs was characterized by the transmission electron microscopy(TEM),X-ray diffraction(XRD) and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy(EDS).The results showed that the AuPt/MWCNTs catalysts had high Pt utilization,uniform AuPt nanoparticles size and good electrocatalytic activity for methanol electro-oxidation.The effect of Au/Pt mass ratio on electrocatalytic activity was also investigated.The …

Mesoporous Carbon For High Power Supercapacitors, Bin Xu, Lu Peng, Guo-Qing Wang, Gao-Ping Cao, Feng Wu, Yu-Sheng Yang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Mesoporous carbon for supercapacitors was prepared from sucrose using nano-CaCO3 as template.The microstructure of the carbon was characterized with N2 adsorption and transmission electron microscopy(TEM) observation.The electrochemical performances were evaluated in 6mol·L-1 KOH aqueous electrolyte with galvanostatic charge/discharge,cyclic voltammetry,and ac impedance spectroscopy.The sucrose-based mesoporous carbon had a surface area of 606 m2/g and enriched mesopores in the range of 10～30 nm.The mesoporous carbon presented a specific capacitance of 125 F/g at a current density of 50 mA/g and outstanding excellent rate performance.As the current density increased to 20 000 mA/g,its capacitance remained at 88 F/g,much higher than the commercial capacitive …

The Effect Of Sintering Time On The Performance Of Spherical And Nano-Sized Lifepo_4 Cathode Material, Zhong-Qiang Shan, Guo-Zeng Wang, Di Tian, Jian-Hua Tian

Journal of Electrochemistry

The spherical LiFePO4 with nano-size is expected as an important direction for LiFePO4 cathode materia1.With the method of liquid co-deposited-carbonthermal reduction,we prepared spherical LiFePO4 cathode material with nano-size and we put our emphasis on the effect of sintering time on the material.By XRD,SEM,TEM and charge & discharge analysis,we found the sample sintered at 550 ℃ for 10 hours showed the best electrochemical properties and good degree of sphericity,with the size of 40～100 nm.

Photoelectrochemical Properties Of Tio_2 Nanoparticles, Jie Qu, Ying Li, Qi-Wei Jiang, Xue-Ping Gao

Journal of Electrochemistry

The protonated titanate nanoparticles were obtained at room temperature and subsequently calcined at different temperatures(300 ℃,400 ℃,500 ℃,600 ℃ and 700 ℃) in air.The obtained products were characterized by XRD,TEM and UV-Vis.It is found that the grain sizes of TiO2 nanoparticles calcined at 300 ℃ were about 20 nm,and increased gradually with the temperature rise.Photoelectric performance was measured with I～V curve and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy(EIS).The TiO2 nanoparticles obtained at 500 ℃ showed the best photoelectrochemical properties with a photovoltaic conversion efficiency of 6.39%,which is much higher than those at other temperatures.In addition,it is also demonstrated that the charge transfer resistance …

Nano-Sn/Hard Carbon Composite As Anode Material For Lithium Ion Batteries, Bing-Kun Guo, Jie Shu, Kun Tang, Ying Bai, Zhao-Xiang Wang, Li-Quan Chen

Journal of Electrochemistry

The tin(Sn) nano particles were embedded into the mesopores of hard carbon spherules(HCS) to form a composite anode material for lithium ion batteries.The structure of the obtained composite was characterized by X-ray diffraction(XRD) while its electrochemical performances were evaluated with galvanostatic cycling.It is found that the embedding Sn nanoparticles into porous HCS not only result in a composite material with high lithium storage capacity and capacity retention,but also increase the initial coulombic efficiency of the composite.Based on the infrared spectroscopic analysis,the enhanced initial coulombic efficiency is attributed to the inductive decomposition of the ROCO2Li species in the solid electrolyte interphase(SEI) …

A Conducance Detection System Applying Constant Current Source For Ion Chromatography, Hua-Bin Chen, Wei-Xiong Huang, Rong-Zong Hu

Journal of Electrochemistry

Being different from bipolar pulse technique,a new type conductivity detection circuit system applying constant current source for ion chromatography was designed which effectively reduces the complexity of bipolar pulse technique,accurately and intelligently completes the signal amplification,collection,processing and spectrum displaying.In this article the detection principle and the hardware of the system were described and the experimental results with accurate and reliable measurements were shown.

Synthesis,Characteristics And Electrochemical Performance Of Nano-Sized Snco/Graphite Composites As Anode For Lithium Ion Batteries, Jin-Shu Cai, Ling Huang, Fu-Sheng Ke, Shi-Gang Sun

Journal of Electrochemistry

The nano-structural Sn-Co/graphite composites were prepared by chemical reduction of the alloy electroless deposition solution in graphite suspensions,and the composites were annealed at 500 ℃.The phase structure and surface morphology of the composites were measured by XRD、SEM and Raman.The results indicate that there were high dispersions and high loadings of Sn-Co nanoparticles on graphite by thermal treatment.Electrochemical lithium storage performance was studied preliminarily on the obtained samples.The graphite modified with the Sn-Co nanoparticles possessed a higher electrochemical reversible capacity than that of graphite during the charge and discharge process.The appetency between the Sn-Co nanoparticles and graphite can effectively reduce or …