This paper was prepared in cooperation with Mark McCambley and Michael Lavin of Loan Pricing Corporation (LPC). For more information about LPC's Loan Loss Database (LLD) initiatives in North America and Europe, please contact Mark McCambley at 212-489-5455 or [email protected]. The lenders participating in the LLD generously shared the LLD with the Federal Reserve on a one-time basis a...

Though there are a variety of microfabrication techniques, one that can fabricate three-dimensional metal structure by simple procedure is rarely seen. Given this fact, we suggest a new method for threedimensional microfabrication that is characterized by photocatalytic deposition. The setup for this method consists of a wavelength 405nm laser diode, a numerical aperture 0.9 objective lens, and...

This paper presents the research and development of a hybrid rapid manufacturing process being developed at the University of Missouri-Rolla. This process includes a laser deposition and a 5axis CNC milling system. By combining laser deposition and machining processes, the resulting hybrid process can provide greater build capability and better accuracy and surface finish. The hybrid process ca...

We define the class of Left Located Divisor (LLD) meromorphic functions and their vertical order m0(f) and their convergence exponent d(f). When m0(f) ≤ d(f) we prove that their Weierstrass genus is minimal. This explains the phenomena that many classical functions have minimal Weierstrass genus, for example Dirichlet series, the Γ-function, and trigonometric functions. 1. LLD meromorphic funct...

OBJECTIVE To use novel methods to examine age associations across an integrated brain network in healthy older adults (HOA) and individuals with late-life depression (LLD). Graph theory metrics describe the organizational configuration of both the global network and specified brain regions. METHODS Cross-sectional data were acquired. Graph theory was used to explore diffusion tensor imaging-d...

OBJECTIVE Verbal memory difficulties are common among individuals with late-life depression (LLD), though there is limited knowledge about disruptions to underlying cerebral circuitry. The purpose of this study is to examine aberrations to cerebral networks implicated in encoding novel verbal semantic material among older adults with LLD. METHODS Twenty-four older adults with early-onset LLD ...

purpose: to evaluate the histopathologic features of optic neurotomy with microvitreoretinal (mvr) blade and excimer laser in cadaver eyes. method: optic neurotomy was performed in 11 cadaver eyes using 20-gauge mvr blade and in three cadaver eyes with pulsed xenon chloride (xecl) excimer laser (308 nm) via monofile light-conducting fiber with a core diameter of 200 microns. after tissue proces...

Photo-induced molecular motion in a liquid crystal polymer film including azobenzene was studied by the heterodyne transient grating method. The film was confined in a liquid crystal cell, where it is a photomobile film under free-standing conditions. By observation of the refractive index change induced by a laser pulse, contraction of the film was observed on the order of several hundreds of ...

We have developed a novel method for detection of endotoxin with extra-high sensitivity by using substitutional stripping voltammetry (SSV). In this method, a p-aminophenol (pAP) conjugated peptide (Boc-Leu-Gly-Arg-pAP; LGR-pAP) was used as a substrate for a protease, which is activated at the last step of the endotoxin-induced Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) cascade reaction. Extra-highly sensi...