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Demystifying Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis Using Interpretable And Understandable Artificial Intelligence, Krishnaraj Chadaga, Varada Vivek Khanna, Srikanth Prabhu, Niranjana Sampathila Jan 2024

Demystifying Multiple Sclerosis Diagnosis Using Interpretable And Understandable Artificial Intelligence, Krishnaraj Chadaga, Varada Vivek Khanna, Srikanth Prabhu, Niranjana Sampathila

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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a dangerous illness that strikes the central nervous system. The body's immune system attacks myelin (an entity above the nerves) and impairs brain-to-body communication. To date, it is not possible to cure MS. However, symptoms can be managed, and treatments can be provided if the disease is diagnosed early. Hence, supervised machine learning (ML) algorithms and several hyperparameter tuning techniques, including Bayesian optimization, have been utilized in this study to predict MS in patients. Descriptive and inferential statistical analysis has been conducted before training the classifiers. The most essential markers were chosen using a technique called …


Effectiveness Of Linguistic And Extralinguistic Tools Across English Language Comics During The Perception Of Scientific Information, Olga Dolgusheva, Olena Pozharytska, Tetiana Yefymenko, Yana Prosiannikova, Anna Pogorila Jan 2023

Effectiveness Of Linguistic And Extralinguistic Tools Across English Language Comics During The Perception Of Scientific Information, Olga Dolgusheva, Olena Pozharytska, Tetiana Yefymenko, Yana Prosiannikova, Anna Pogorila

Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences

verbal elements, paraverbal elements, verbal component, multimodal tools, verbal communication means, extralingual means


Improving Slideshows: Part 1, Matt Meier Sep 2021

Improving Slideshows: Part 1, Matt Meier

S Center Resources

Matt Meier, Director of the Center for Speaking and Listening, shares a practical tip for creating more effective PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides presentations: minimizing on-screen text. By limiting slides to 7–10 words and avoiding full sentences, speakers help audiences focus on listening rather than reading. The video outlines strategies for converting text into visual imagery and highlights available services at DePauw's Speaking and Listening Center.


A History Of Arab Graphic Design Webinar, Bahia Shehab, Haytham Nawar Mar 2021

A History Of Arab Graphic Design Webinar, Bahia Shehab, Haytham Nawar

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AUC professors Bahia Shehab and Haytham Nawar, authors of the recently published PROSE Award winning book A History of Arab Graphic discuss the economic, social, and political circumstances which led to the emergence of this field as a method of communication and an art form. Bahia Shehab is Professor of design and founder of the graphic design program at The American University in Cairo. As a multidisciplinary artist, designer and art historian, her work has been exhibited in museums, galleries and streets around the world, and is the founding director of Type Lab@AUC. She has received a number of international …


Image Selling: How Depictions Of Power Relations, Plasticity, And Abjection In High-Fashion Advertisements Construct Terrifying Social Narratives, Jennifer Lee Litton Dec 2011

Image Selling: How Depictions Of Power Relations, Plasticity, And Abjection In High-Fashion Advertisements Construct Terrifying Social Narratives, Jennifer Lee Litton

Masters Theses and Doctoral Dissertations

This paper examines how high-fashion advertisements use visual rhetoric in order to construct social narratives related to power struggles, plasticity, and abjection. In creating these types of images, high-fashion advertisers send explicit messages to their viewers regarding the ways they should engage with the depicted social narratives, ranging from objectification to violence to death. Through a close rhetorical analysis and observational study of high-fashion advertisements, this paper discusses the problematic nature of the marketing techniques and how they skew interpretations of social issues.


Flexible Use Of Anti-Predator Defences, Ximena J. Nelson, Robert R. Jackson Jan 2011

Flexible Use Of Anti-Predator Defences, Ximena J. Nelson, Robert R. Jackson

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Belonging to a size category that makes them vulnerable to a wide variety of predators, spiders have evolved a bewildering array of anti-predator adaptations, which can be clustered under two broad categories, primary and secondary defence. Primary defences are ploys by which the spider avoids provoking pursuit by, and interaction with, the predator. Camouflage and masquerade are especially common examples. Secondary defences come into play once an interaction with a predator is under way, and these are the defences that have been most thoroughly studied. However, elements of anti-predator defence may often be integrated into other aspects of the spider's …


Entering The Virtual Teacher’S Lounge: The Efficacy Of Community In Computer-Mediated Communication Based Environments For Professional Educators, Randall S. Dunn Mar 2008

Entering The Virtual Teacher’S Lounge: The Efficacy Of Community In Computer-Mediated Communication Based Environments For Professional Educators, Randall S. Dunn

Faculty Dissertations

This study seeks to illuminate an understanding of naturally forming online communities of professional educators in the context of off-line communities. Essentially, an online discussion forum for educators is evaluated for the purpose of determining whether the forum provides a “space” conducive for the development of a community of professional educators as benchmarked against an understanding of offline community formation and existence. The foundational works of Ferdinand Tonnies, James Coleman, and Ray Oldenburg are used to develop 13 characteristics of community - as understood in the context of informal social communities as opposed to the types related to more formal …


School's In Session, George E. Rogers Sep 2004

School's In Session, George E. Rogers

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.


An Investigation Of Judges' Behaviors Within A Procedure For Setting Cut Scores For Nocti Occupational Competency Examinations, Richard A. Walter Sep 2004

An Investigation Of Judges' Behaviors Within A Procedure For Setting Cut Scores For Nocti Occupational Competency Examinations, Richard A. Walter

Journal of STEM Teacher Education

No abstract provided.


Overview Of Digital Library Components And Developments, Edward A. Fox Jan 2001

Overview Of Digital Library Components And Developments, Edward A. Fox

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

Digital libraries are being built upon a firm foundation of prior work as the high-end information systems of the future. A component approach is becoming popular, with well-established support for key components like the repository, especially through the Open Archives Initiative. Thus, we separately consider digital objects, metadata, harvesting, indexing, searching, browsing, rights management, linking, and powerful interfaces. Flexible integration will be possible through a variety of architectures, using buses, agents, and other technologies. The field as a whole is undergoing rapid growth, supported by advances in storage, processing, networking, algorithms, and interaction. There are many initiatives and developments, including …