Spinal Anesthesia for Post Partum Tubal Ligation: A Comparison of Lidocaine vs. Meperidine (2009)
Hinkle, Chelsea, Jaime, Frank, Szabo, Eva, Morgan, Nancy, Wilson, Mark, Zolyomi, Arpad
Short acting neuraxial local anesthetic, lidocaine, has been a popular choice for providing surgical anesthesia for short duration surgical procedures such as post partum tubal ligation (PPTL)....
Asymptotic expansions of oscillatory integrals with complex phase (2009)
We consider saddle point integrals in d variables whose phase function is neither real nor purely imaginary. Results analogous to those for Laplace (real phase) and Fourier (imaginary phase)...
Topological changes at the jamming and gel transition of a reversible polymeric network (2009)
Billen, Joris, Wilson, Mark, Rabinovitch, Avinoam, Baljon, Arlette R. C.
We investigate the network topologies of an ensemble of telechelic polymers. The telechelic polymers serve as links between nodes, which consist of aggregates of their telechelic endgroups. Our...
New Measures of the Diffculty of Manipulation of Voting Rules (2009)
Reyhani, R, Pritchard, G, Wilson, Mark
We introduce new measures of manipulability of anonymous voting rules and argue for their superiority over some commonly used measures. We give a simple common framework that describes these measures...
Harvest Electronics USA Incorporated (2009)
Paul Lyons, Palmerston North, Giovanni Moretti, Palmerston North, Mark Wilson
This paper contains a description of a novel method for colourising interfaces, based on modelling the interface chracteristics as a complete image, and including information about pragmatic...
Version: 1.0j Router Security Configuration Guide UNCLASSIFIED Warnings (2008)
Vanessa Antoine, Patricia Bosmajian, Daniel Duesterhaus, Michael Dransfield, James Houser, Andrew Kim, ...
This document is only a guide to recommended security settings for Internet Protocol (IP) routers, particularly routers running Cisco Systems Internet Operating System (IOS) versions 11 and 12. It is...
Saeed, Maythem, Wilson, Mark, Martin, Alastair, Do, Loi, Ursell, Phillip, Saloner, David
No abstract available.
Let [see equation in PDF] be a multivariate power series. For example [ibid] could be a generating function for a combinatorial class. Assume that in a neighbourhood of the origin this series...
A Visual Exploratory Notation for Object-based Multimedia (2008)
Imagine you are building a house… • You’ll need some plans • Your plans will need to represent the relevant
A New Approach to Asymptotics of Maclaurin Coefficients of Algebraic Functions (2008)
We propose a general method for deriving asymptotics of the Maclaurin series coefficients of algebraic functions that is based on a procedure of K. V. Safonov and multivariate singularity analysis....
This study intends to investigate two ways to generalise differential item functioning (DIF) by grouping of items that share a common feature, or an item property as in the Linear Logistic Test Model...
A LLTM approach to the examination of teachers’ ratings of classroom assessment tasks (2008)
This paper investigates the use of a specific case of the Linear Logistic Test Model, known as the rating scale rater model, in which the item parameter is conceptualized to include an item...
Thesis (Master, Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy) -- Queen's University, 2008-09-26 16:23:40.81
Reverse Engineering of Computer-Based Navy Systems (2007)
Lonnie R. Welch, Guohui Yu, Binoy Ravindran, Franz Kurfess, Jorge Henriques, Mark Wilson, ...
The #nancial pressure to meet the need for change in computer-based systems through evolution rather than through revolution has spawned the discipline of reengineering. One driving factor of...
changes in retinal images presenting with maculopathy (2007)
Peter Soliz, Mark Wilson, Sheila Nemeth, Phong Nguyen
Computer-aided methods for quantitative assessment of longitudinal
Leisawitz, David, Baker, Charles, Barger, Amy, Benford, Dominic, Blain, Andrew, Boyle, Rob, ...
We report results of a recently-completed pre-Formulation Phase study of SPIRIT, a candidate NASA Origins Probe mission. SPIRIT is a spatial and spectral interferometer with an operating wavelength...
Asymptotics of Diagonal Coefficients of Multivariate Generating Functions (2007)
This article presents some recent progress in the asymptotics of diagonal coefficients of multivariate generating functions and can be seen as an extension of [RW].
Snæbjörnsdóttir, Bryndís, Wilson, Mark
Sponsored by School of Literature, Communication and Culture and the Georgia Tech Honors Program. Presented on Thursday, April 5th at 4 pm in the Ferst Room (7th Floor Library)
In 1973–75 Gibbard and Satterthwaite published a fundamental impossibility theorem which states that every non-dictatorial social choice function, whose range contains at least three alternatives,...
[no abstract available]
Random and Exhaustive Generation of Permuations and Cycles (2007)
In 1986 S. Sattolo introduced a simple algorithm for uniform random generation of cyclic permutations on a fixed number of symbols. This algorithm is very similar to the standard method for...
Probability Calculations Under the IAC Hypothesis (2006)
We show how powerful algorithms recently developed for counting lattice points and computing volumes of convex polyhedra can be used to compute probabilities of a wide variety of events of interest...
Longest Alternating Subsequences in Pattern-Restricted Permutations (2006)
Firror, G, Mansour, T, Wilson, Mark
Inspired by the results of Stanley and Widom concerning the limiting distribution of the lengths of longest alternating subsequences in random permutations, and the results of Deutsch, Hildebrand and...
Chapman, Toni A., Wu, Xi-Yang, Barchia, Idris, Bettelheim, Karl A., Driesen, Steven, Trott, Darren, ...
A combination of uni- and multiplex PCR assays targeting 58 virulence genes (VGs) associated with Escherichia coli strains causing intestinal and extraintestinal disease in humans and other mammals...
Chapman, Toni A., Wu, Xi-Yang, Barchia, Idris, Bettelheim, Karl A., Driesen, Steven, Trott, Darren, ...
A combination of uni- and multiplex PCR assays targeting 58 virulence genes (VGs) associated with Escherichia coli strains causing intestinal and extraintestinal disease in humans and other mammals...
Technology Administration (2006)
Pauline Bowen, Joan Hash, Mark Wilson, Carlos M. Gutierrez, William Jeffrey Director
Technology promotes the U.S. economy and public welfare by providing technical leadership for the Nation's measurement and standards infrastructure. ITL develops tests, test methods, reference...
Technology Administration (2006)
Pauline Bowen, Joan Hash, Mark Wilson, Carlos M. Gutierrez, William Jeffrey Director
Technology promotes the U.S. economy and public welfare by providing technical leadership for the Nation's measurement and standards infrastructure. ITL develops tests, test methods, reference...
Wilson, Mark, Allen, Diane D., Li, Jun Corser
This paper compares the approach and resultant outcomes of item response models (IRMs) and classical test theory (CTT). First, it reviews basic ideas of CTT, and compares them to the ideas about...
Wilson, Mark, Allen, Diane D., Li, Jun Corser
This paper compares the approach and resultant outcomes of item response models (IRMs) and classical test theory (CTT). First, it reviews basic ideas of CTT, and compares them to the ideas about...
Introducing multidimensional item response modeling in the behavioral sciences (2006)
When measuring participant-reported attitudes and outcomes in the behavioral sciences, there are many instances when the common measurement assumption of unidimensionality does not hold. In these...
Introducing multidimensional item response modeling in the behavioral sciences (2006)
When measuring participant-reported attitudes and outcomes in the behavioral sciences, there are many instances when the common measurement assumption of unidimensionality does not hold. In these...
Does participation in an intervention affect responses on self-report questionnaires? (2006)
Baranowski, Tom, Allen, Diane D., Mâsse, Louise C., Wilson, Mark
There has been some concern that participation in an intervention and exposure to a measurement instrument can change participants' interpretation of the items on a self-report questionnaire thereby...
Mâsse, Louise C., Allen, Diane, Wilson, Mark, Williams, Geoffrey
Standardizing the measurement tools that researchers use to assess the effectiveness of interventions would strengthen our ability to compare results across studies. In practice, however,...
Mâsse, Louise C., Allen, Diane, Wilson, Mark, Williams, Geoffrey
Standardizing the measurement tools that researchers use to assess the effectiveness of interventions would strengthen our ability to compare results across studies. In practice, however,...
Wilson, Mark, Allen, Diane D., Li, Jun Corser
This paper is the first of several papers designed to demonstrate how the application of item response models in the behavioral sciences can be used to enhance the conceptual and technical toolkit of...
Wilson, Mark, Allen, Diane D., Li, Jun Corser
This paper is the first of several papers designed to demonstrate how the application of item response models in the behavioral sciences can be used to enhance the conceptual and technical toolkit of...
Improving psychometric methods in health education and health behavior research (2006)
Mâsse, Louise C., Wilson, Mark, Baranowski, Tom, Nebeling, Linda
Wilson, Mark, Allen, Diane D., Li, Jun Corser
This paper compares the approach and resultant outcomes of item response models (IRMs) and classical test theory (CTT). First, it reviews basic ideas of CTT, and compares them to the ideas about...
Mâsse, Louise C., Allen, Diane, Wilson, Mark, Williams, Geoffrey
Standardizing the measurement tools that researchers use to assess the effectiveness of interventions would strengthen our ability to compare results across studies. In practice, however,...
Mâsse, Louise C., Heesch, Kristiann C., Eason, Karen E., Wilson, Mark
The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the psychometric properties of a stage-specific self-efficacy scale for physical activity with classical test theory (CTT), confirmatory factor analysis...
Wilson, Mark, Allen, Diane D., Li, Jun Corser
This paper is the first of several papers designed to demonstrate how the application of item response models in the behavioral sciences can be used to enhance the conceptual and technical toolkit of...
When measuring participant-reported attitudes and outcomes in the behavioral sciences, there are many instances when the common measurement assumption of unidimensionality does not hold. In these...
Does participation in an intervention affect responses on self-report questionnaires? (2006)
Baranowski, Tom, Allen, Diane D., Mâsse, Louise C., Wilson, Mark
There has been some concern that participation in an intervention and exposure to a measurement instrument can change participants' interpretation of the items on a self-report questionnaire thereby...
Wilson, Mark, Allen, Diane D., Li, Jun Corser
This paper compares the approach and resultant outcomes of item response models (IRMs) and classical test theory (CTT). First, it reviews basic ideas of CTT, and compares them to the ideas about...
Wilson, Mark, Allen, Diane D., Li, Jun Corser
This paper compares the approach and resultant outcomes of item response models (IRMs) and classical test theory (CTT). First, it reviews basic ideas of CTT, and compares them to the ideas about...
Introducing multidimensional item response modeling in the behavioral sciences (2006)
When measuring participant-reported attitudes and outcomes in the behavioral sciences, there are many instances when the common measurement assumption of unidimensionality does not hold. In these...
Introducing multidimensional item response modeling in the behavioral sciences (2006)
When measuring participant-reported attitudes and outcomes in the behavioral sciences, there are many instances when the common measurement assumption of unidimensionality does not hold. In these...
Does participation in an intervention affect responses on self-report questionnaires? (2006)
Baranowski, Tom, Allen, Diane D., Mâsse, Louise C., Wilson, Mark
There has been some concern that participation in an intervention and exposure to a measurement instrument can change participants' interpretation of the items on a self-report questionnaire thereby...
Mâsse, Louise C., Allen, Diane, Wilson, Mark, Williams, Geoffrey
Standardizing the measurement tools that researchers use to assess the effectiveness of interventions would strengthen our ability to compare results across studies. In practice, however,...
Mâsse, Louise C., Allen, Diane, Wilson, Mark, Williams, Geoffrey
Standardizing the measurement tools that researchers use to assess the effectiveness of interventions would strengthen our ability to compare results across studies. In practice, however,...
Wilson, Mark, Allen, Diane D., Li, Jun Corser
This paper is the first of several papers designed to demonstrate how the application of item response models in the behavioral sciences can be used to enhance the conceptual and technical toolkit of...
Wilson, Mark, Allen, Diane D., Li, Jun Corser
This paper is the first of several papers designed to demonstrate how the application of item response models in the behavioral sciences can be used to enhance the conceptual and technical toolkit of...
Exact Results on Manipulability of Positional Voting Rules (2005)
We consider 3-candidate elections under a general scoring rule and derive precise conditions for a given voting situation to be strategically manipulable by a given coalition of voters. We present an...
Huber, Christoph, Thielen, Caroline, Seeger, Harald, Schwarz, Petra, Montrasio, Fabio, Wilson, Mark, ...
Affinity-maturation and Ab class switches occur in lymphoid germinal centers (GCs), in which differentiation and maintenance depend on lymphotoxin (LT) signaling and include differentiation of...
Asymptotics for Generalized Riordan Arrays (2005)
A Riordan array is an infinite complex matrix (ars) of a certain type (see below for exact definitions). The Riordan array formalism has been much used recently to study combinatorial questions in...
Twenty Combinatorial Examples of Asymptotics Derived From Multivariate Generating Functions (2005)
The purpose of this paper is to review recent developments in the asymptotics of multivariate generating functions, and to give an exposition of these that is accessible and centered around...
Acton, G Scott, Kunz, Jeffrey D, Wilson, Mark, Hall, Sharon M
BACKGROUND: Depression symptoms and diagnoses are associated with failure to quit smoking in most studies, but not all. METHOD: A new measure of internalization (i.e. symptoms of depression or...
Vanessa Antoine, Raymond Bongiorni, Anthony Borza, Patricia Bosmajian, Daniel Duesterhaus, Michael Dransfield, ...
with detailed instructions for Cisco Systems routers
Probability Generating Functions for Sattolo's Algorithm (2004)
[no abstract available]
Chromotome: A 3D Interface for Exploring Colour Space," presented at (2004)
Giovanni Moretti, Paul Lyons, Mark Wilson
Abstract. When continuous 3D shapes or enclosed structures, such as solid objects or skeletons, are mapped onto a 2D screen, simplifications such as hulls and wire frames are suitable visualization...
Raymond Bongiorni Version: 1.1b (2003)
Anthony Borza, Patricia Bosmajian, Daniel Duesterhaus, Michael Dransfield, Kevin Gallicchio, Stephen Hamilton, ...
Principles and guidance for secure configuration of IP routers, with detailed instructions for Cisco Systems routers
Poon, Stephen, Treweek, Teresa, Wilson, Mark, Easterbrook-Smith, Simon Barnett, Carver, John Adrian
Copyright © 2002 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
Poon, Stephen, Treweek, Teresa, Wilson, Mark, Easterbrook-Smith, Simon Barnett, Carver, John Adrian
Copyright © 2002 Federation of European Biochemical Societies. Published by Elsevier Science B.V.
Vanessa Antoine, Patricia Bosmajian, Daniel Duesterhaus, Michael Dransfield, James Houser, Andrew Kim, ...
This document is only a guide to recommended security settings for Internet Protocol (IP) routers, particularly routers running Cisco Systems Internet Operating System (IOS) versions 11 and 12. It is...
Manganese toxicity and nitrogen fixation in Trifolium subterraneum (2001)
Bibliography: leaves 72-83
Asymptotics of Multivariate Sequences II. Multiple Points of the Singular Variety (2000)
In [PW02b], we began a series of articles addressing the general problem of computing asymptotic expansions for a multivariate sequence whose generating function is known. Such problems are...
An examination of variation in rater severity over time: A study in rater drift (2000)
We would like to thank staff of the California State Department of Education, especially Dale Carlson, Sue Bennett, Gerry Shelton, and Ellen Lee. We would also like to thank the staff of the...
Gilberto Zamora, Mark Wilson, A Mitra, George Thoma
This paper describes a system uniquely designed for the management and distribution of the Visible Human (VH) cryosectioned color images of the male and the female. Moreover, this design approach is...
George Boolos, Crispin Wright, and others have demonstrated how most of Frege's treatment of arithmetic can be obtained from a second-order statement that Boolos dubbed ‘Hume's principle’. This...
Jeffries, Mark A., Kazanjian, Sahira, Wilson, Mark, Punch, Jeffery D., Fontana, Robert J.
Hepatic hydrothorax is a relatively infrequent but potentially serious complication of cirrhosis resulting from the accumulation of ascitic fluid in the chest cavity. Medical management is initially...
Degree- and Time- Constrained Broadcast Networks (1998)
Dinneen, Michael, Pritchard, G, Wilson, Mark
We consider the problem of constructing networks with as many nodes as possible, subject to upper bounds on the degree and broadcast time. This paper includes the results of an extensive empirical...
A Theory of the Measurement of Knowledge Content, Access, and Learning (1998)
We develop an approach to the measurement of knowledge content, knowledge access and knowledge learning. This approach has two elements: First we describe a theoretical view of cognition, called the...
Construction of Time-Relaxed Minimal Broadcast Networks (1997)
Dinneen, Michael, Ventura, Jose, Wilson, Mark, Zakeri, Golbon
In broadcasting, or one-to-all communication, a message originally held in one node of the network must be transmitted to all the other nodes. A minimal broadcast network is a communication network...
Compound Constructions of Minimal Broadcast Networks (1997)
Dinneen, Michael, Ventura, Jose, Wilson, Mark, Zakeri, G
Compound methods have been shown to be very effective in the construction of minimal broadcast networks (mbns). Compound methods generate a large mbn by combining multiple copies of an mbn G using...
Reverse Engineering of Computer-Based Navy Systems (1996)
Welch, Lonnie R., Yu, Guohui, Ravindran, Binoy, Kurfess, Franz J., Henriques, Jorge, Wilson, Mark, ...
The financial pressure to meet the need for change in computer-based systems through evolution rather than through revolution has spawned the discipline of reengineering. One driving factor of...
Reverse Engineering of Computer-Based Control Systems (1996)
Lonnie R. Welch, Guohui Yu, Binoy Ravindran, Franz Kurfess, Jorge Henriques, Mark Wilson, ...
This article presents a process for the reengineering of computer-based control systems, and describes tools that automate portions of the process. The intermediate representation #IR# for capturing...
Mark Wilson, Michael P. Allen, Mark A. Warren, Alain Sauron, William Smith
The implementation of parallel molecular dynamics techniques is discussed in the context of the simulation of single-site anisotropic potentials. We describe the use of both replicated data and...
The partial credit model and null categories
Mark Wilson, Geofferey Masters
sampling zero, structural zero, partial credit model,
Marginal maximum likelihood estimation for a psychometric model of discontinuous development
Cognitive diagnosis, EM algorithm, empirical Bayes, item response theory, marginal maximum likelihood, mixture models, Saltus model,
item bundles, Rasch model, partial credit model, conditional independence,
Chips, bits, and the law: an economic geography of Internet gambling
Online gambling offers valuable insights into the relationship between real and virtual places. Gambling in most countries is highly regulated, with its geography reflecting the licensing of gambling...
Free radicals run in lizard families
Olsson, Mats, Wilson, Mark, Uller, Tobias, Mott, Beth, Isaksson, Caroline, Healey, Mo, ...
In the ageing individual, the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) accelerates with cell senescence. Depending on the heritability of the underlying processes that determine net ROS levels,...
Using Betting Market Odds to Measure the Uncertainty of Outcome in Major League Baseball
Rodney J. Paul, Andrew P. Weinbach, Richard Borghesi, Mark Wilson
Betting market odds for Major League Baseball are used to examine the level of uncertainty of outcome, an ex-ante form of competitive balance. The efficient markets hypothesis cannot be rejected for...