An Analysis Of The Techniques Of Technology Transfer

Technology transfer is an increasingly popular topic in today’s ultra competitive business environment. This popularity can be attributed to the fact that if utilized properly, it can not only strengthen a firm’s competitive advantage, but can also bolster the economy of a region or even country. Technology transfer is also advantageous to the academic’s world, as professors can gain funding for their research efforts and prestige for a university if they are able to have their technologies adopted by a business. This paper condenses a vast wealth of information on technology transfer into an easy to read compact format. It will first outline the reasons that technology transfer is not as widely used as it should be. Methods which academics and business professionals can use to enhance the possibility that technology transfer will occur will then be discussed

Blood product transfusion in emergency department patients: A case-control study of practice patterns and impact on outcome

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Ecological Effects and In-situ Detection of Particulate Contaminants in Aqueous Environments

The ecological effects and mechanistic efficiency of chemical oil spill countermeasures must be evaluated prior to their ethical application during real spill response scenarios. Equally important is the ability to monitor the effectiveness of any spill response in real time, permitting informed response management. In-situ sensors are key components of such event based monitoring and continuous monitoring programs. This project investigates crude oil toxicity as a particulate suspension, suitability of in-situ instrumentation to measure crude oil suspensions, and the applicability of using acoustic backscatter to measure suspended solids and sub-surface oil droplet suspension concentrations. The ecological effects to inter- and sub-tidal sediment dwelling organisms exposed to crude oil, both treated with a chemical dispersant and un-treated, was evaluated. Elevated toxicity, expressed as percent mortality and reduced luminescence, and oil concentrations were observed in inter-tidal sediments receiving oil only treatments compared to oil-plus-dispersant treatments. Sub-tidal sediments showed heterogeneous distribution of crude oil with elevated amphipod mortality compared to no oil controls suggesting an oil-sediment aggregation mechanism. A separate laboratory scale study found that the soluble crude oil fractions were responsible for the observed mortality in pelagic species while the more dominant oil droplet fractions were relatively non-toxic. Subsequent studies focused on the in-situ detection of crude oil and particle suspensions in aqueous environments. The first showed that both in-situ fluorescence spectroscopy and Laser In-Situ Scattering Transmissometry (LISST) can effectively measure crude oil concentrations in aqueous environments. The applicability of the LISST implies that crude oil in an aqueous medium can be measured as a particle suspension. Acoustic backscatter (ABS) was investigated for its applicability as a surrogate measurement technology for aqueous particle suspensions. This study showed a log linear correlation between ABS and volume concentration (VC) over a variable particle size distribution. This correlation is due to the dependency of both ABS and VC to the particle size distribution. Log-linear ABS responses to oil-droplet suspension volume concentrations were also demonstrated. However, the inability to reproduce response factors suggests that more work is required to produce viable calibrations that may be used for sub-surface oil plume detection

Solvatochromism in Perylene Diimides; Experiment and Theory

We report an experimental and computational investigation into the solvatochromism of a perylene diimide derivative. The alkyl swallowtail substituents allowed solubility in many solvents of widely differing polarity, with a complicated resultant behaviour, illustrating both negative and positive solvatochromism as a function of dielectric constant. Luminescence quantum yield and optical absorption linewidth displayed an inverse correlation, indicating varying degrees of intermolecular aggregation, and a remarkably similar trend was found between the peak absorption wavelength and the solvent boiling point, illustrating the dependency of aggregation on the solvent interactions. These outline trends may be parameterised by an empirically derived dimensionless quantity, as a tool to be used in more sophisticated future models of solvatochromism in small molecule chromophoresPeer reviewe

Chapters 11 and 13 of the Bankruptcy Code -- Observations on Using Case Authority from One of the Chapters in Proceedings Under the Other

This Article will focus on the relationship between Chapter 11 and Chapter 13 of the Bankruptcy Code.\u27 A number of issues are similar or identical in Chapter 11 and Chapter 13. Furthermore,much of the language of Chapter 13 mirrors that of Chapter 11. This Article explores whether courts should apply case law and concepts of one chapter when similar issues arise in proceedings under the other chapter. Parts II and III of this Article address basic similarities and differences between Chapters 11 and 13. Parts IV, V, and VI examine three issues governed by statutory language common to both chapters. Part IV discusses the discount factor applied in determining present value of deferred cash payments in a Chapter 11 or Chapter 13 plan. Part V analyzes the grounds for relief from an automatic stay. Part VI addresses the classification, under either chapter, of substantially similar claims

Resilience and tree health: a basis for implementation in sustainable forest management

Resilience is rapidly becoming a prominent concept in research, policy and practice. However, it is apparent that there is no consistent meaning of resilience being used by those involved in governing and managing forests and tree health. We aimed to (1) identify how the concept of resilience is defined in a range of decision-making contexts, (2) develop an understanding of resilience, which will be useful in the context of tree health and forestry and (3) suggest how managers could use this understanding more broadly as a framework for decision-making on resilience within the forestry sector. Implementation of resilience for tree health needs to encompass a range of functions and services, management objectives and threats, all present at a variety of scales. We conclude that, due to the complexity of the resilience concept and forest systems, no single definition of resilience can be sufficient and it is more appropriate to explicitly consider four resilience components: resistance, recovery, transformation and adaptation. We propose a set of decision steps which stakeholders can use to develop a Resilience Implementation Framework to guide management for their system of interest

Knowledge Representation with Ontologies: The Present and Future

Recently, we have seen an explosion of interest in ontologies as artifacts to represent human knowledge and as critical components in knowledge management, the semantic Web, business-to-business applications, and several other application areas. Various research communities commonly assume that ontologies are the appropriate modeling structure for representing knowledge. However, little discussion has occurred regarding the actual range of knowledge an ontology can successfully represent

Saturn's Seismic Rotation Revisited

Normal mode seismology is a promising means of measuring rotation in gas giant interiors, and ring seismology presents a singular opportunity to do so at Saturn. We calculate Saturn's normal modes of oscillation and zonal gravity field, using nonperturbative methods for normal modes in the rigidly rotating approximation, and perturbative methods for the shifts that Saturn's deep winds induce in the mode frequencies and zonal gravity harmonics. The latter are calculated by solving the thermo-gravitational wind equation in an oblate geometry. Comparing many such models to gravity data and the frequencies of ring patterns excited by Saturn normal modes, we use statistical methods to estimate that Saturn's cloud-level winds extend inward along cylinders before decaying at a depth 0.125-0.138 times Saturn's equatorial radius, or 7,530-8,320 km, consistent with analyses of Cassini gravity and magnetic field data. The seismology is especially useful for pinning down Saturn's poorly constrained deep rotation period, which we estimate at 634.7 min (median) with a 5/95% quantile range 633.8-635.5 min. Outstanding residuals in mode frequencies at low angular degree suggest a more complicated deep interior than has been considered to date. Smaller but still significant residuals at high angular degree also show that our picture for the thermal, composition, and/or rotation profile in Saturn's envelope is not yet complete.Comment: Accepted to PS