This quarter we modified the database to account for the ship classification and ship counting guidance in the Secretary of the Navy’s Instruction 5030.8A [3]. First, we inserted four new fields: 1. 5030.8A Force Category – “Battleforce” or “Non-Battleforce.”1, 2 2. 5030.8A Ship Category – “Combatant Ship,” “Auxiliary Ship,” or “Combatant Craft.” 3. 5030.8A Ship Classification – For example: “W...

To reduce water traffic accident, identification of overloaded ships has been of major importance for enforcing inland river management, especially in some developing countries. Driven by rising oil prices or other economic benefits, the ship overload phenomenon continued to occur in China. Therefore, overloaded ship detection has been of a key factor of shipping safety. This paper presented a ...

The best way to stop the introduction of non-indigenous species (NISs) is by preventing their transport. In case ship hulls, this may be accomplished managing entrainment onto hull. This study was designed examine role hull husbandry, i.e., cleaning and grooming, in fouling community structure determine effect husbandry on recolonization surfaces after a transplant performed. A series panels we...

Sugarcane bagasse, rice hulls, peanut shells, and cassava stalks are abundant lignocellulosic residues that could be considered as raw materials for ethanol production in tropical countries. The knowledge on the composition of lignocellulosic materials is important for their effective utilisation. In this work, a systematic comparison of the chemical composition of sugarcane bagasse, peanut she...

BACKGROUND Buckwheat flour and buckwheat sprouts possess antioxidant properties, and previous studies have reported on buckwheat flour displaying an inhibitory activity for angiotensin-I converting enzyme (ACE). Information is lacking on the bioactivity of other parts of the buckwheat, such as the seed hulls and plant stalks. This study investigates the ACE inhibitory activity and antioxidant a...

ADSORPTION OF COPPER(II) BY PEANUT HULLS IN A FIXED-BED, CONTINUOUS FLOW COLUMN Tyler Stephen Cook, Masters of Science in Chemistry Western Carolina University (April 2017) Advisor: Dr. Carmen L. Huffman Heavy metal pollution is an important concern due to its adverse health and environmental effects. Biosorption is a way to remove heavy metals from aqueous systems with the use of biomaterials....

When dealing with massive data sets, standard algorithms may easily “run out of memory”. In this thesis, we design efficient algorithms in space-conscious models. In particular, in-place algorithms, multi-pass algorithms, read-only algorithms, and stream-sort algorithms are studied, and the focus is on fundamental geometric problems, such as 2D convex hulls, 3D convex hulls, Voronoi diagrams an...

Our recent studies revealed that the inositol phosphatase Src homology 2 (SH2) domain-containing inositol phosphatase (SHIP) is phosphorylated and associated with Shc exclusively under negative signaling conditions in B cells, which is due to recruitment of the SHIP SH2 domain to the FcgammaRIIb. In addition, we reported that SHIP-Shc interaction involves both SHIP SH2 and Shc phosphotyrosine b...

For any n×n matrix A , we use the joint higher rank numerical range, Λk(A, . . . ,Am) , to define the higher rank numerical hull of A . We characterize the higher rank numerical hulls of Hermitian matrices. Also, the higher rank numerical hulls of unitary matrices are studied. Mathematics subject classification (2010): 15A60,81P68.

The SH2-containing inositol-5'-phosphatase, SHIP, restrains bone marrow-derived mast cell (BMMC) degranulation, at least in part, by hydrolyzing phosphatidylinositol (PI)-3-kinase generated PI-3,4,5-P(3) (PIP3) to PI-3,4-P(2). To determine which domains within SHIP influence its ability to hydrolyze PIP3, bone marrow from SHIP(-/-) mice was retrovirally infected with various SHIP constructs. In...