Hanif D. Sherali • J. Cole Smith • Antonio A. Trani Grado Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering (0118), Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia 24061 Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 Charles Edward Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (0105), Virginia Polytechnic Inst...

1Graduate Research Assistant, Master of Science in Systems Engineering (MSSE) Program, Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. 2Faculty Research Assistant, Institute for Systems Research, College Park, MD 20742, USA. 3Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and Institute for Systems Research, University of Maryland, Co...

As military command and control (C2) applications evolve and become immersed within a growing net-centric operational environment, the complexity of interactions among component C2 enterprise capabilities will rapidly increase. The adoption of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) approach to C2 development, coupled with the incremental fielding of Internet Protocol (IP) based Global Informatio...

Neural engineering is in the midst of a renaissance. e main goal of neural engineering is to develop solutions to neurological, neurosurgical, and reha-bilitative problems. As neuroscientists and neural engineers, we are in an early period of discovery where we are deening the limitations both technologically and biologically of how we can fundamentally alter the function of the nervous system....

Involvement of an epithelium-specific transcription factor ESE-1/ESX/ELF3/jen (ESE-1) in corneal epithelial cell differentiation was investigated. ESE-1 was reported to be induced during terminal differentiation of the epidermis and primary keratinocytes and to transactivate target genes through ets binding sites. However, its expression and function in corneal epithelium have not been examined...

We examined the immunomodulatory effect of Eriobotrya japonica seed extract (ESE) on rat allergic dermatitis elicited by repeated dinitrofluorobenzene (DNFB) application on the ear. Oral administration of ESE significantly inhibited development of allergic dermatitis based on lower ear thickness and serum immunoglobulin E (IgE) levels. Th1 cytokine interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) and interleukin-2...

Although emotional disorders and disordered eating behaviors are known to be related, the relationship between emotional self-efficacy (ESE) and disordered eating is unknown. This study examined the relationship between ESE and disordered eating in a statewide sample of public high school adolescents (n=2566). The Centers for Disease Control Youth Risk Behavior Survey and an adolescent ESE scal...

A growing number of studies on entrepreneurial motivation, intentions, and behavior include entrepreneurial self-efficacy (ESE) as an explanatory variable. While there is broad consensus among researchers on the importance of including ESE in an intentionality model, there remain inconsistencies in the definition, dimensionality, and measurement of ESE. This study takes an important step toward...

1 ANSWERS TO EXAMPLE ASSIGNMENT (For illustration only) In the following answer to the Example Assignment, it should be emphasized that often there may be no “right” answer to a given question. Data are usually subject to more than one interpretation. The important point to keep in mind is that you should always try to make a convincing argument for your conclusions. Note also that the followin...

Graduate Student, Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan *E-mail: [email protected], Japan Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8579, Japan Research and Development Center, Tohoku Electric Power Co., I...