Affective Development of Battered Women Subsequent to Leaving Abusive Partner

The present study consisted of semi-structured interviews of formerly battered women who have been out of the relationship for at least one year. The interviews focused on the women’s narratives concerning their experience leaving the relationship and were coded for affect using an Emotional Adjective Checklist. A total of 10 women were recruited from the campus of The University of Texas of the Permian Basin. While each story was unique, a pattern did emerge whereby the women expressed feelings of fear and relief, followed by depression, numbness, and resolve to survive. Long term emotional consequences of the abuse that persisted included fear/anxiety, anger, and loneliness, most often associated with joint parenting after leaving a spouse. While the process was tumultuous at times, the women also described recuperative emotional moments which lead to healing

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Hardware Implementation of the PET Backprojection Algorithm using FPGA Technology

Backprojection is used in the recovery of 2D and 3D images in positron emission tomography (PET). PET is used by medical personnel in the detection and location of growths or tumors that lie within the human body. Current image reconstruction using the Backprojection algorithm requires a great deal of processing time to complete. The general method used to decrease processing time is a multi-processor system with each processor working on a portion of the final image to be reconstructed. This thesis will focus on implementing the Backprojection algorithm utilizing a hardware platform. The Wildcard PCMCIA card, which contains a Virtex 300 FPGA, will be the focus of this effort. The goals of this thesis are to test the validity of using a FPGA to perform lengthy, numerical algorithms, in this case the PET backprojection algorithm, a task that has primarily been left to processors, and to compare the relative speed and accuracy of using the FPGA versus using a processor. The algorithm will be written for and tested by reconstructing a 128x128 2D PET image from sinogram data provided by CTI

An analysis of the effects of secondary reflections on dual-frequency reflectometers

The error-producing mechanism involving secondary reflections in a dual-frequency, distance measuring reflectometer is examined analytically. Equations defining the phase, and hence distance, error are derived. The error-reducing potential of frequency-sweeping is demonstrated. It is shown that a single spurious return can be completely nullified by optimizing the sweep width

Transverse electric scattering widths for strips-Fourier transform technique

A technique which is based on Fourier transformations is introduced for predicting scattering widths. For a strip it is shown that explicit determination of the linear current density is not necessary for bistatic or monostatic scattering width calculations. Comparisons of the predictions of the technique are made with the integral equation technique predictions, which do not require explicit evaluations of linear current densities

Method of making optical light engines with elevated LEDs and resulting product

An optical light engine is fabricated by providing a thermally conductive base having one or more mounting pedestals for elevating one or more LED die above the base's surface. The LED die are mounted on the pedestals, electrically connected, and a mold having a molding surface for molding a dome centered around the LED die is disposed on the base over the pedestal-mounted LED die. The encapsulating material is then injected through an input port disposed in the base to mold the dome around the LED die. The encapsulant material is cured and the mold is removed. In an advantageous embodiment, the light engine comprises a ceramic-coated metal base made by the low temperature co-fired ceramic-on-metal process (LTCC-M). https://patents.google.com/patent/US7633093B2/enPublished versio

Light efficient LED assembly including a shaped reflective cavity and method for making same

A method for making an efficient light emitting diode (LED) assembly by providing a thermally conductive base having a surface cavity, disposing a reflective paste in the surface cavity, and shaping the reflective paste to form a reflective cavity. The reflective cavity is shaped such that there is a mounting region and at least one reflective side wall at least partially surrounding the mounting region. Once shaped, the reflective paste is fired to set the reflective cavity in its shaped form. Next, one or more LED die may be mounted on the mounting region of the reflective cavity such that the emitted light is reflected by the side walls, thus increasing the light output of the LED assembly.Published versio