Advertising, Marketing, Promotions, Graphic Design for Mark\u27s At The Park, Mizner Park, Boca Raton, Florida

This proposal aims to explain the volunteer project created at the restaurant called Mark\u27s at the Park, located at Mizner Park in Boca Raton with an understanding of Mark Militello the chef/owner of Mark\u27s at the Park and his branded restaurant chain of four. The proposal gives a detailed orientation of what Mark\u27s, as a restaurant is all about in re-creating corporate identity elements such as advertisements and menu inserts to help Mark\u27s profit from customers and appeal more to the public. From explaining the history of brands and advertising, to the future of new trends and going green, this proposal details every step it took to make this project happen

Enhancing the Thermal Stability of Carbon Nanomaterials with DNA

Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have recently been utilized as fillers that reduce the flammability and enhance the strength and thermal conductivity of material composites. Enhancing the thermal stability of SWCNTs is crucial when these materials are applied to high temperature applications. In many instances, SWCNTs are applied to composites with surface coatings that are toxic to living organisms. Alternatively, single-stranded DNA, a naturally occurring biological polymer, has recently been utilized to form singly-dispersed hybrids with SWCNTs as well as suppress their known toxicological effects. These hybrids have shown unrivaled stabilities in both aqueous suspension or as a dried material. Furthermore, DNA has certain documented flame-retardant effects due to the creation of a protective char upon heating in the presence of oxygen. Herein, using various thermogravimetric analytical techniques, we find that single-stranded DNA has a significant flame-retardant effect on the SWCNTs, and effectively enhances their thermal stability. Hybridization with DNA results in the elevation of the thermal decomposition temperature of purified SWCNTs in excess of 200 °C. We translate this finding to other carbon nanomaterials including multi-walled carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), reduced graphene oxide (RGO) and fullerene (C60), and show similar effects upon complexation with DNA. The rate of thermal decomposition of the SWCNTs was also explored and found to significantly depend upon the sequence of DNA that was used

The Beaker phenomenon and the genomic transformation of northwest Europe

From around 2750 to 2500 bc, Bell Beaker pottery became widespread across western and central Europe, before it disappeared between 2200 and 1800 bc. The forces that propelled its expansion are a matter of long-standing debate, and there is support for both cultural diffusion and migration having a role in this process. Here we present genome-wide data from 400 Neolithic, Copper Age and Bronze Age Europeans, including 226 individuals associated with Beaker-complex artefacts. We detected limited genetic affinity between Beaker-complex-associated individuals from Iberia and central Europe, and thus exclude migration as an important mechanism of spread between these two regions. However, migration had a key role in the further dissemination of the Beaker complex. We document this phenomenon most clearly in Britain, where the spread of the Beaker complex introduced high levels of steppe-related ancestry and was associated with the replacement of approximately 90% of Britain’s gene pool within a few hundred years, continuing the east-to-west expansion that had brought steppe-related ancestry into central and northern Europe over the previous centuries

The genetic history of the Southern Arc: a bridge between West Asia and Europe

By sequencing 727 ancient individuals from the Southern Arc (Anatolia and its neighbors in Southeastern Europe and West Asia) over 10,000 years, we contextualize its Chalcolithic period and Bronze Age (about 5000 to 1000 BCE), when extensive gene flow entangled it with the Eurasian steppe. Two streams of migration transmitted Caucasus and Anatolian/Levantine ancestry northward, and the Yamnaya pastoralists, formed on the steppe, then spread southward into the Balkans and across the Caucasus into Armenia, where they left numerous patrilineal descendants. Anatolia was transformed by intra–West Asian gene flow, with negligible impact of the later Yamnaya migrations. This contrasts with all other regions where Indo-European languages were spoken, suggesting that the homeland of the Indo-Anatolian language family was in West Asia, with only secondary dispersals of non-Anatolian Indo-Europeans from the steppe

Three Minute Thesis (3MT) 2021

Presented online April 9, 2021, 3:00 p.m.-4:40 p.m.Since 2015, Tech’s version of this international competition, which started at The University of Queensland, Australia, has provided graduate students with an opportunity to hone their professional skills and win prize money to help further their research efforts. The competition challenges students to explain their research in three minutes in a way that anyone can understand.Hosts (Members of Georgia Institute of Technology): Jeff Garbers, Enterprise Innovation Institute, Venture Lab; Bonnie H. Ferri, Vice Provost for Graduate Education and Faculty Development; James Black, Assistant Director of Strategic Initiatives and Grad Life, Office of Graduate Studies; and Leslie Sharp, Dean of the Library.Judges: Ashley Bush, Director, Communications and Employee Engagement, Southwire Company, LLC; Duffie Dixon, Owner, Duffie Dixon Media; Charles Edwards, Coaching Practice Lead, Jackson Spalding; Dene Sheheane, President, Georgia Tech Alumni Association; and Brian Yablunosky, Senior Manager, Digital Channels, Global Communications VMWare.Participant and PhD Division Winner ($2000 Travel Grant): Saad Javaid, Materials Science and Engineering; Advisor: Christopher Muhlstein; TITLE: “Ultra Vision and Time Manipulation: Technology Inspired Superpowers for Studying Cracks”.Participant: Hohyun Lee, Mechanical Engineering; Advisor: Costas Arvanitis; TITLE: “Minimally Invasive Targeted Drug Delivery in the Brain Enhanced by Closed-Loop Focused Ultrasound Control”.Participant: Hangmo Li, Materials Science and Engineering; Advisor: Natalie Stingelin; TITLE: “Plastics That Can Conduct Electricity: How Can They Impact Our Life?”Participant and PhD Division, 3rd Place ($1000 Travel Grant) AND People’s Choice Award (500 Travel Grant): Megan McSweeney, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Advisor: Mark Styczynski; TITLE: “AptaTrigger: A Novel Biosensor Platform for Point-of-Care Diagnostics”.Participant: Mohammad S. E Sendi, Biomedical Engineering; Advisors: Babak Mahmoudi & Robert E. Gross; TITLE: “Personalized Deep Brain Stimulation: A Window of Hope for Depression”.Participant: Yifeng Shi, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Advisor: Younan Xia; TITLE: “Shape-Controlled Pd Nanocrystals: Surface Science and Catalytic Applications”.Participant: Andrew Tricker, Chemical Engineering; Advisor: Carsten Sievers; TITLE: “Cracking the Case of Sustainable Fertilizzers: Ambient Ammonia Synthesis via Mechanocatalysis”.Participant: Jelly Vanderwoude, Biological Sciences; Advisor: Stephen Diggle; TITLE: “Discovering Novel Genetic Markers of Antibiotic Resistant in Cystic Fibrosis Lung Infection of Pseudomonas Aeruginosa”.Participant: Young Hee Yoon, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering; Advisor: Ryan P. Lively; TITLE: “Understanding and Controlling Co-Transport of Water and Organic Solvents in Microporous Carbon Molecular Sieve (CMS) Membranes”.Participant and PhD Division, Runner Up (1500 Travel Grant): Muhammad Saad Zia, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Advisors: Mary Ann Weitnauer & Douglas M. Blough; TITLE: “Mitigating Beam Alignment Errors in Millimeter-Wave Communications to Go Beyond 5G”.Participant and Master’s Division: Winner ($1000 Travel Grant): Clara Glassman, Medical Physics; Advisors: Lisa Krishnamurthy & C. K. Wang; TITLE: “Creating the Google Maps of Brain-Behavior Relationships: A New Look at Post Stroke MRIs”.Runtime: 54:33 minutesFor the first time, the final round of Georgia Tech’s annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) Competition will be held virtually. Ten Ph.D. students and one master’s student (who was awarded first place in the master’s category and will be competing for the People’s Choice Award) made the cut to participate in the finals

Thrive: Thriving Women

Thrive Magazine is a student led magazine that showcases how students express themselves and their personalities. In this issue, the female students of Bryant University are showcased

Climate change, ecosystems and smallholder agriculture in Central America: an introduction to the special issue

Central America is one of the regions most exposed to climate change (Giorgi 2006). A narrow isthmus between the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, it is strongly affected by droughts, hurricanes and the El Niño-southern oscillation (ENSO) phenomena (CEPAL 2011). As a result, three countries in the region rank in the top 10 of the Global Climate Risk Index (Kreft and Eckstien 2013) based on the impacts of extreme weather events between 1993 and 2012.Much of the regional economy is based on agriculture. In Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua, more than two thirds of the population depends on agriculture. This agricultural base is often intimately tied to ecosystems, especially in diverse farming systems of smallholders. But it is increasingly threatened by climate variability and change (Bouroncle et al. 2016; Baca et al. 2014), which are inducing changes in areas suitable for crops and leading to high yield variability. Storms, floods and droughts have had the greatest impacts on agriculture in Central America over the last century (Guha-Sapir et al. 2014). This special issue addresses the adaptation challenges facing smallholders, ecosystems and ecosystem services in the region. In this introduction, we review the literature on regional climate and its drivers, climate change projections, impacts on agriculture and ecosystems, and information management for adaptation in the region. Short descriptions of the special issue contributions are provided throughout the text.Universidad de Costa Rica/[805-B6-143]/UCR/Costa RicaUniversidad de Costa Rica/[805-A9-532]/UCR/Costa RicaUniversidad de Costa Rica/[805-B4-227]/UCR/Costa RicaUniversidad de Costa Rica/[805-B0-065]/UCR/Costa RicaUniversidad de Costa Rica/[805-B0-810]/UCR/Costa RicaUniversidad de Costa Rica/[805-A4-906]/UCR/Costa RicaUniversidad de Costa Rica/[805-B6-143]/UCR/Costa RicaUniversidad de Costa Rica/[805-A9-532]/UCR/Costa RicaUniversidad de Costa Rica/[805-B4-227]/UCR/Costa RicaUniversidad de Costa Rica/[805-B0-065]/UCR/Costa RicaUniversidad de Costa Rica/[805-B0-810]/UCR/Costa RicaUniversidad de Costa Rica/[805-A4-906]/UCR/Costa RicaUCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Básicas::Centro de Investigaciones Geofísicas (CIGEFI)UCR::Vicerrectoría de Docencia::Ciencias Básicas::Facultad de Ciencias::Escuela de FísicaUCR::Vicerrectoría de Investigación::Unidades de Investigación::Ciencias Básicas::Centro de Investigación en Ciencias del Mar y Limnología (CIMAR

Indicative Distribution Maps for Ecological Functional Groups - Level 3 of IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology

This dataset includes the original version of the indicative distribution maps and profiles for Ecological Functional Groups - Level 3 of IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (v2.0). Please refer to Keith et al. (2020). The descriptive profiles provide brief summaries of key ecological traits and processes for each functional group of ecosystems to enable any ecosystem type to be assigned to a group. Maps are indicative of global distribution patterns are not intended to represent fine-scale patterns. The maps show areas of the world containing major (value of 1, coloured red) or minor occurrences (value of 2, coloured yellow) of each ecosystem functional group. Minor occurrences are areas where an ecosystem functional group is scattered in patches within matrices of other ecosystem functional groups or where they occur in substantial areas, but only within a segment of a larger region. Most maps were prepared using a coarse-scale template (e.g. ecoregions), but some were compiled from higher resolution spatial data where available (see details in profiles). Higher resolution mapping is planned in future publications. We emphasise that spatial representation of Ecosystem Functional Groups does not follow higher-order groupings described in respective ecoregion classifications. Consequently, when Ecosystem Functional Groups are aggregated into functional biomes (Level 2 of the Global Ecosystem Typology), spatial patterns may differ from those of biogeographic biomes. Differences reflect the distinctions between functional and biogeographic interpretations of the term, biome