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Collaboration And Integration: Embedding The Library Into Canvas, Jennifer L. Murray, Daniel Feinberg

Library Faculty Presentations & Publications

Panel presentation about how we planned and implemented integrating our LibGuides into Canvas. It was partnered with a presentation from the University of Denver.

Collaborative Code Envy: Ils Vs. Marc For Acrl Statistics, Susan Massey, Jennifer L. Murray

Library Faculty Presentations & Publications

Poster session based on a creative collaboration that enabled improved technology to gather library assessment data for ACRL statistics.

Professional Blend Vii, Jade Simpson

Professional Practices (ART 399)

I create graphic design pieces with the goal of inciting a feeling in the viewers. I have found through the years that creating a well developed color pallet is a major part of my process as an artist. This is because color can help enhance the specific emotion or idea that I am pushing for. I enjoy designing a variety of posters over subjects from music to commentary on social issues. The reason I choose the topics of mental health awareness, suicide awareness, gender roles, domestic violence, drug abuse, and other similar topics is because I want people to stop …

Coupling Of Gc-Ms/Ms To Principal Component Analysis For Assessment Of Matrix Effect: Efficient Determination Of Ultra-Low Levels Of Pesticide Residues In Some Functional Foods, Wael Mamdouh Sayed Ahmed

Faculty Journal Articles

Functional foods provide nutritional and health benefits, yet they could be contaminated with residues like pesticides and polychlorobiphenyls. These residues affect the safety, quality, and consequently the commercial value of functional foods. Therefore, the validity and efficiency of residue determination methods constitute a major analytical concern. Reduction of matrix effect (ME) has always been the golden key for guaranteed sensitivity, selectivity, and high throughput analysis. This study aims for accurate determination and streamlined quantification of 200 pesticide residues in 16 matrices. Hence, QuEChERS protocol coupled to GC-MS/MS was then employed and separations were obtained in 25 min. Dilution of the …

Photographs Of Sediment Cores Collected Aboard R/V Weatherbird Ii Cruise Wb-0517 Off The Coast Of Cuba In The Gulf Of Mexico From 2017-05-11 To 2017-05-23, Gregg Brooks, Rebekka Larson

C-IMAGE data

This dataset contains photographs of sediment cores collected aboard R/V Weatherbird II cruise WB-0517 off the coast of Cuba in the Gulf of Mexico from 2017-05-11 to 2017-05-23. Sediment cores were longitudinally split and photographed with a digital camera with a scale in metric units (cm and mm) for a visual representation of sediment stratigraphy, color, and visual properties. The dataset includes the location, date and depth at which sediment cores were collected. The cruise documentation was provided for the R/V Weatherbird II cruise WB-0517, led by chief scientists Dr. Steve Murawski and Dr. David Hollander. Other related data - …

Equip Emergency: Study Protocol For An Organizational Intervention To Promote Equity In Health Care, Colleen Varcoe, Vicky Bungay, Annette J. Browne, Erin Wilson, C. Nadine Wathen, Kat Kolar, Nancy Perrin, Scott Comber, Amélie Blanchet Garneau, David Byres, Agnes Black, Elder Roberta Price

Nursing Publications

Background: Social inequities are widening globally, contributing to growing health and health care inequities. Health inequities are unjust differences in health and well-being between and within groups of people caused by socially structured, and thus avoidable, marginalizing conditions such as poverty and systemic racism. In Canada, such conditions disproportionately affect Indigenous persons, racialized newcomers, those with mental health and substance use issues, and those experiencing interpersonal violence. Despite calls to enhance equity in health care to contribute to improving population health, few studies examine how to achieve equity at the point of care, and the impacts of doing so. Many …

How Egypt's Foreign Policy Is Made: شهادتي, Bahgat Korany, Ahmed Aboul Gheit

Audio & Video by Faculty: Webinars, interviews, documentaries, etc...

As a pivotal state, Egypt's foreign policy has constants, "Arab Spring" or not. What are these constants? But specially, how do they cope with evolving regional-global context and new challenges? No better witness can guide us for answers to these questions other than Ambassador Ahmed Aboul Gheit, Egypt's foremer foreign minister (2004-2011) and current Secretary-General of the League of Arab States.

The Impact Of Collusion On The Operation Of A Fraudulent Mortgage Origination Network, Cynthia Waddell

Presidential Alumni Research Dissemination Award

Statement on Auditing Standards (SAS) No. 99 illustrates the three fraud conditions (incentives/pressures, opportunities, and rationalizations/attitudes) in detail, but devotes less emphasis to collusion, another important element of fraud. The problem is that lack of research on the impact of collusion, especially at the transaction level, prevents auditors from focusing on this critical element during financial statement audits. Network theory was used to examine the impact of collusive relationships in a mortgage fraud network that operated in a midwestern city from 2003 to 2005. Data were collected from both private and public records. Research questions addressed the role of the …

State School Policies As Predictors Of Physical And Mental Health: A Natural Experiment In The Regards Cohort, Willa D. Brenowitz, Jennifer J. Manly, Audrey R. Murchland, Thu Thi Xuan Ngyuen, Sze Yan Liu, M Maria Glymour, Deborah A. Levine, Michael Crowe, Timothy J. Hohman, Carole Dufouil, Lenore J. Launer, Trey Hedden, Chloe W. Eng, Virginia G. Wadley, Virginia J. Howard

Department of Public Health Scholarship and Creative Works

We used differences in state school policies as natural experiments to evaluate the joint influence of educational quantity and quality on late-life physical and mental health. Using US census microsample data, historical measures of state compulsory schooling and school quality (term length, student-teacher ratio, and attendance rates) were combined via regression modeling on a scale corresponding to years of education (Policy Predicted Years of Education [PPYEd]). PPYEd values were linked to individual-level records for 8,920 black and 14,605 white participants aged 45+ in the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke study (2003-2007). Linear and quantile regression models estimated …

Three-Dimensional Daily Hindcast Of Oil Concentrations And Oil Mass Estimates From The Far-Field Modeling Of A Deepwater Oil Spill Scenario In The Cuban Continental Shelf, Using The Connectivity Modeling System On A Probabilistic Approach, Natalie Perlin

C-IMAGE data

The dataset contains the numerical results of probabilistic forecasts for possible oil spills in the Cuban Western Continental Shelf and two animation figures (*.gif) of model results. The origin of possible oil spills scenarios is deep wells proposed to operate in and around Cabo San Antonio. Oil dispersal and concentrations were simulated using the latest updated version of the oil application of the Connectivity Modeling System (CMS) or oil-CMS. In this version, the specified hydrocarbon pseudo-components are in the same droplet. The post-processing analysis yielded 4-D spatiotemporal data of the oil concentrations and oil mass on a regular horizontal and …

Evidencing The Middle East: The Auc Forum Data Bank, Bahgat Korany, Amr Shaarawi, Iman Megahed

Audio & Video by Faculty: Webinars, interviews, documentaries, etc...

The Middle East continues to be the most central and newsworthy region, globally. However, we are drowned by information rather than analysis and often opinion instead of evidence. To help researchers, students and even the interested public to cope with these (mis)information challenges, the AUC Forum Data Bank has been in preparation for more than six years. With the help of the Office of Strategy Management and Institutional Effectiveness (formerly DAIR), it presents data on 35 variables — mostly for the period from 1970 to 2018 — that aims to decode both the present and future of this region. The …

Three-Dimensional Daily Hindcast Of Oil Concentrations And Oil Mass Estimates From The Far-Field Modeling Of A Deep Water Spill Scenario In The Northwest African Continental Shelf, Using The Connectivity Modeling System On A Probabilistic Approach, Claire B. Paris, Natalie Perlin, Ana C. Vaz

C-IMAGE data

The dataset contains the numerical results of probabilistic forecasts for possible oil spills in the Northwest African continental Shelf, around Senegal. The origin of possible oil spills scenarios are deep wells proposed to operate in and around Cayar Canyon (Senegal). Oil dispersal and concentrations were simulated using the latest updated version of the oil application of the Connectivity Modeling System (CMS) or oil- CMS. In this version, the specified hydrocarbon pseudo-components are in the same droplet. The post-processing analysis yielded 4-D spatiotemporal data of the oil concentrations and oil mass on a regular horizontal and vertical grid, as well as …

Dataset For Evaluation Of The Ankle Roll Guard’S Effectiveness To Improve Clinical Benefit, Wyatt D. Ihmels, Kayla D. Seymore, Tyler N. Brown

Center for Orthopaedic and Biomechanics Research Data Repository

Ankle Roll Guard is a new, patent protected orthopedic product. The Ankle Roll Guard Armor1 provides an individual protection from “rolling” or spraining their ankle via a lightweight buttress on the lateral aspect of their shoe. This design prevents the ankle from rolling or inverting past 30 degrees, postures where injury is reported to occur, without placing mechanical restriction on the joint. This key innovation allows the user a natural, unrestricted ankle range of motion without compromising the product’s injury protection. Existing prophylactic products, however, provide ankle stability via mechanical restriction to the joint. While these prophylactic products are somewhat …

Parameter Estimation Within An Sir Model Of Chestnut Blight In North America, Anita Davelos Baines, Hope B. Anderson, John S. Mcalister, Robert F. Allen

Annual Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology Education and Research

No abstract provided.

"Moo And Me" By Marina Evans, Illustrated By Judy Mare, Andrew Rowan

Tales of WellBeing

Moo and Me by Marina Evans, illustrated by Judy Mare, tells the true story of a young girl’s deep friendship with a dairy calf, highlighting animals’ sentience and capacity for connection. Alongside its heartwarming narrative, the book includes interactive activities that inspire children to practice empathy, care, and respect for animals.

Distribution And Incidence Of The Oil Palm Weevil Rhynchophorus Phoenicis (Fabricius, 1801) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) In Selected Agro-Ecological Zones Of Uganda, J. Baguma, M. Otema, G. Ddamulira, R. Naluyimba, J. P. Egonyu

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The genus Rhynchophorus (Herbst 1795) (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) is a key pest of palms worldwide, but information on Rhynchophorus spp. attacking the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis Jaquin in Uganda is outdated. This study was carried out to establish the diversity, distribution and incidence of Rhynchophorus spp. on E. guineensis at three production set-ups namely large-scale plantations, adaptive trials and small-scale farms in three (Lake Victoria Crescent, Lake Albert Crescent and Western Highlands) agro-ecological zones in Uganda; and to establish the effect of vicinity to natural vegetation on incidence of the pest. Two surveys were conducted in 2018 during the dry and …

Oh Production And Jet Length Of An Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Jet For Soft And Biomaterial Treatment, Ryan P. Gott, Kunning G. Xu

PRC-Affiliated Research

Atmospheric-pressure plasma jets (APPJs) are currently being studied and developed for the biomedical, chemistry, and physics communities because of their ability to produce desirable reactive species at low temperatures and at atmospheric pressures. Due to the high particle densities, small scales, and nonequilibrium nature of these plasmas, they can be difficult to predict and compare across devices. In this article, a plasma jet is operated over a range of conditions and characterized by using optical emission spectroscopy (OES) and synchronized imaging. The effect of the operating conditions on the gas temperature, jet length, plasma formation, and reactive species produced is …

Oh Production And Jet Length Of An Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Jet For Soft And Biomaterial Treatment, Ryan P. Gott, Kunning G. Xu

PRC-Affiliated Research

Atmospheric-pressure plasma jets (APPJs) are currently being studied and developed for the biomedical, chemistry, and physics communities because of their ability to produce desirable reactive species at low temperatures and at atmospheric pressures. Due to the high particle densities, small scales, and nonequilibrium nature of these plasmas, they can be difficult to predict and compare across devices. In this article, a plasma jet is operated over a range of conditions and characterized by using optical emission spectroscopy (OES) and synchronized imaging. The effect of the operating conditions on the gas temperature, jet length, plasma formation, and reactive species produced is …

Oh Production And Jet Length Of An Atmospheric-Pressure Plasma Jet For Soft And Biomaterial Treatment, Ryan P. Gott, Kunning G. Xu

PRC-Affiliated Research

Atmospheric-pressure plasma jets (APPJs) are currently being studied and developed for the biomedical, chemistry, and physics communities because of their ability to produce desirable reactive species at low temperatures and at atmospheric pressures. Due to the high particle densities, small scales, and nonequilibrium nature of these plasmas, they can be difficult to predict and compare across devices. In this article, a plasma jet is operated over a range of conditions and characterized by using optical emission spectroscopy (OES) and synchronized imaging. The effect of the operating conditions on the gas temperature, jet length, plasma formation, and reactive species produced is …

Data From: Kin Grouping Is Insufficient To Explain The Inclusive Fitness Gains Of Conspecific Brood Parasitism In The Common Eider, Samuel Hervey, Andrew Barnas, Tanner Stechmann, Robert Rockwell, Susan N. Ellis-Felege, Brian J. Darby

Datasets

Conspecific brood parasitism allows females to exploit other females’ nests and enhance their reproductive output. Here, we test a recent theoretical model of how host females gain inclusive fitness from brood parasitism. High levels of relatedness between host and parasitizer can be maintained either by; 1) kin recognizing and parasitizing each other as a form of cooperative breeding or 2) natal philopatry and nest site fidelity facilitating the formation of kin groups increasing the probability of parasitism between relatives nesting in close proximity. To address these two hypotheses we genotyped feathers and hatch membranes of common eiders (Somateria mollissima) from …

The Mechanical Effect Of The Periodontal Ligament On Bone Strain Regimes In A Validated Finite Element Model Of A Macaque Mandible, Hyab Mehari Abraha, Jose Iriarte-Diaz, Callum F. Ross, Andrea B. Taylor, Olga Panagiotopoulou

Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (New York) Publications and Research

No abstract provided.

Data From: Cavitation Clusters In Lipid Systems – The Generation Of A Bifurcated Streamer And The Dual Collapse Of A Bubble Cluster, Silvana Martini, Peter Birkin, Tadd T. Truscott

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Over the past decade several studies have reported the use of high intensity ultrasound (HIU) to induce the crystallization of lipids. The effect that HIU has on lipid crystallization is usually attributed to the generation of cavities but acoustic cavitation has never been fully explored in lipids. The dynamics of a particular cavitation cluster next to a piston like emitter in an oil, was investigated in this study. The lipid systems, which are important in food processing, are studied with high-speed camera imaging, laser scattering and pressure measurements. A sequence of stable clusters were noted. In addition, a bifurcated streamer …

Final Project Report, Carolyn Mcandrews

CTEDD Final Project Reports - Archive

No abstract provided.

Statistics For Sociology (Ksu), Dawn Baunach, Tamara Powell

Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Statistics for Sociology was created under a Round Twelve ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Educational Psychology (Uwg), Yan Yang, Cj Ivory, Anne Barnhart

Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Educational Psychology was created under a Round Twelve ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Psychology Of Diversity (Ghc), J. Sean Callahan, Alexis Carter

Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Psychology of Diversity was created under a Round Twelve ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Script For Normalization Of Unconstrained Handwritten Words In Terms Of Slope And Slant Correction, Suman Kumar Bera, Akash Chakrabarti, Sagnik Lahiri, Elisa H. Barney Smith, Ram Sarkar

Signal and Image Processing Lab

This archive contains the scripts to replicate the experiment for our paper named "Normalization of unconstrained handwritten words in terms of Slope and Slant Correction".

### Requirements –

Software: - MATLAB R2018a

Data: - A set of word images (sloped and slanted) in RGB or Gray scale.

### Instructions –

Steps to run: -

(1) Install required software,

(2) Keep the MATLAB file (“normWord.m”) and images in a single folder,

(3) Run the program “normWord.m” with corresponding word image.

Input: - Any word image (RGB or Gray) in .jpg/.png/.bmp format.

Output: - The estimated slope and slant angles for a …

Experienced Males Recognise And Avoid Mating With Non-Virgin Females In The Western Flower Thrips, Adeyemi O. Akinyemi, William D.J. Kirk

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The western flower thrips Frankliniella occidentalis (Thysanoptera: Thripidae) is a major insect pest on a wide range of crops throughout the world. There are several unexplained aspects of the mating behaviour, particularly in relation to male-male competition and mate choice. The objectives of the study were to test whether males can detect the mating status of females and whether males avoid mating with previously mated females. Experiments involved either 'experienced' adults taken from a laboratory culture, which had been exposed to high densities of thrips, or virgin adults reared individually. Experienced males mated readily with virgin females, but avoided mating …

Principles Of Biology I & Ii (Atlm), Candice Chatman, Alvin Harmon, Deon O'Bryant, Stephen Klusza

Biological Sciences Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Principles of Biology I & II was created under a Round Twelve ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report

Elementary Italian I & Ii, Renata Creekmur, Federica Santini, Andrea Scapolo

Foreign Languages Grants Collections

This Grants Collection for Elementary Italian I & II was created under a Round Twelve ALG Textbook Transformation Grant.

Affordable Learning Georgia Grants Collections are intended to provide faculty with the frameworks to quickly implement or revise the same materials as a Textbook Transformation Grants team, along with the aims and lessons learned from project teams during the implementation process.

Documents are in .pdf format, with a separate .docx (Word) version available for download. Each collection contains the following materials:

• Linked Syllabus
• Initial Proposal
• Final Report