CSEE Research Review – Program Friday, May 1, 2009 Technology Center, South Campus Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) www.csee.umbc.edu/events/research review A celebration of research accomplishments by UMBC CSEE faculty and students in 2008–2009. Free and open to the public (space limited to 125). Ample free parking. Recep...

OBJECTIVES To determine the demographic and lifestyle predictors of bedtime among secondary school children in Karachi, Pakistan, and to assess what variables of daytime functioning correlate with bedtimes. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted between September and October 2007, among secondary school students aged 10-16 years, in the socio-economically diverse city of Karachi. Dat...

Reducing Binge Drinking? The Effect of a Ban on Late-Night Off-Premise Alcohol Sales on Alcohol-Related Hospital Stays in Germany Excessive alcohol consumption among young people is a major public health concern. On March 1, 2010, the German state of Baden-Württemberg banned the sale of alcoholic beverages between 10pm and 5am at off-premise outlets (e.g., gas stations, kiosks, supermarkets). W...

A new V-shaped slot antenna built on a dielectric substrate is presented. The antenna is a non-resonant, travelling-wave design, with a predicted impedance in the range from 50R t o €400. Calculations indicate that this antenna should have a gain of 15 dB with 3-dB beamwidths of loo in the H plane and 134' in the E plane. Pattern measurements at QOGHz support the theory. It should be possible t...

A novel electrochemical sensing strategy was developed for ultrasensitive and rapid detection of Salmonella by combining the rolling circle amplification with DNA-AuNPs probe. The target DNA could be specifically captured by probe 1 on the sensing interface. Then the circularization mixture was added to form a typical sandwich structure. In the presence of dNTPs and phi29 DNA polymerase, the RC...

Absfracf-Photosensitive benzocyclobutene (photo-BCB) is a class of photoimagable polymers developed for microelectronics under the trade name CycloteneTM with properties that we believe make it an attractive candidate for chronic implant applications. We report for the first time a complete microfabrication process of BCB polymer-based intracortical neural implant for chronic application. The n...