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Supply Chain Opportunity Costs About To Explode, Michael Gravier

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

The cost of tariffs gets a lot of popular media attention, but it’s a shallow treatment of a complex disease. Yesterday Bloomberg ran a piece titled, “The Age of Global Supply Chains Is in Trouble,” about the worrying impact of export restrictions on global supply chains.

Rapid Invariant Encoding Of Scene Layout In Human Opa, Linda Henriksson, Marieke Mur, Nikolaus Kriegeskorte

Brain and Mind Institute Researchers' Publications

Successful visual navigation requires a sense of the geometry of the local environment. How do our brains extract this information from retinal images? Here we visually presented scenes with all possible combinations of five scene-bounding elements (left, right, and back walls; ceiling; floor) to human subjects during functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and magnetoencephalography (MEG). The fMRI response patterns in the scene-responsive occipital place area (OPA) reflected scene layout with invariance to changes in surface texture. This result contrasted sharply with the primary visual cortex (V1), which reflected low-level image features of the stimuli, and the parahippocampal place area (PPA), …

Fieldnote 7: Mindfulness And Writing, Venus Evans-Winters Dr.

Fieldnotes of a Black Woman Scholar: Research, Culture, and Wellness

Mindfulness for writers. What role can mindfulness play in creativity and scholarly writing? Dr. V provides some tips for becoming a mindful writer.

Fieldnote 8: Mindfulness Writing Routine, Venus Evans-Winters Dr.

Fieldnotes of a Black Woman Scholar: Research, Culture, and Wellness

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Fieldnote 9: Mindfulness And Emotions In Writing, Venus Evans-Winters Dr.

Fieldnotes of a Black Woman Scholar: Research, Culture, and Wellness

Mindfulness for writers is an important practice that can help bring forth and acknowledge one's conscious and unconscious emotions. Mindfulness is a useful personal and professional tool for critical scholar.

Fieldnote 10: Silence And Writing, Venus Evans-Winters Dr.

Fieldnotes of a Black Woman Scholar: Research, Culture, and Wellness

The role of silence in Dr. V's writing rituals. Silence is golden! Silence (meditation) takes practice. This fieldnote caps of the 4 part series dedicated to mindfulness writing. Leave comments about your mindfulness practice!

Defect Detection Method Using Deep Convolutional Neural Network, Support Vector Machine And Template Matching Techniques, Maki Khalil Habib

Faculty Journal Articles

In this paper, a defect detection method using deep convolutional neural network (DCNN), support vector machine (SVM) and template matching techniques is introduced. First, a DCNN for visual inspection is designed and trained using a large number of images to inspect undesirable defects such as crack, burr, protrusion, chipping, spot and fracture phenomena which appear in the manufacturing process of resin molded articles. Then the trained DCNN named sssNet and well-known AlexNet are, respectively, incorporated with two SVMs to classify sample images with high recognition rate into accept as OK category or reject as NG one, in which compressed feature …

3-1,2-Dithiole-3-Thione As A Potentially Novel Therapeutic Compound For Sepsis Intervention, Y R. Li, Zhenquan Jia, Hong Zhu

Osteopathic Medicine, Jerry M. Wallace School of

Through the history of modern medicine, bioactive components in natural products have been either employed directly as medicines or used as prototypes for synthetic drug development. This brief Research Highlights paper considers 3-1,2-dithiole-3-thione (D3T), a member of the 1,2-dithiole-3-thiones-compounds which may naturally occur in cruciferous vegetables. Among 1,2-dithiole-3-thiones, D3T is the most potent member with regard to the capacity of inducing tissue defenses against oxidative and inflammatory stress. Oxidative and inflammatory stress is a major pathophysiological process involved in numerous human disorders, including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, neurodegeneration, and sepsis, to name just a few. This article surveys recent major research …

La Quina 5 Maxilla Fragment (Homo Sapiens Neanderthalensis)

3D Hominin Artifact Models

Origin: France. Time Period: Late Pleistocene (~35-65 ka). Scanned from plaster cast.

Mississippi's War Against The War On Poverty: Food Power, Hunger, And White Supremacy, Bobby J. Smith Ii

Study the South

To ensure that the “militant agitators” did not take control of “industry, agriculture, and even labor,” a group of three powerful Mississippi congressmen—Jamie Whitten, Sen. John Stennis, and Sen. James Eastland—ignited a war against the War on Poverty. As part of President Johnson’s Great Society campaign of 1964, the War on Poverty promised to address and eradicate hunger throughout the nation by making it the “urgent business of all men and women of every race and every religion and every region.” However, in a place like Mississippi, specifically the Delta and plantation counties, the eradication of hunger through antipoverty programs …

Transcriptomics Of Female Golden Tilefish (Lopholatilus Chamaeleonticeps) Collected Aboard Multiple R/V Weatherbird Ii Cruises In The Gulf Of Mexico From 2015-08-15 To 2016-09-09, Steven Murawski, Kristina Deak, Larry Dishaw

C-IMAGE data

This dataset contains transcriptomics of female golden tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) collected from the Gulf of Mexico aboard R/V Weatherbird II cruises WB-1602, WB-1603 and WB-1701 from 2015-08-15 to 2016-09-09. Transcriptome analysis was performed in fifteen female (by macroscopic gonad evaluation) golden tilefish livers collected during 2015-2016 C-IMAGE demersal longline cruises in the Gulf of Mexico. These fish were caught at three stations, including one impacted by the Deepwater Horizon spill in the northern Gulf, one within the Campeche Bay oil fields, and one offshore the Yucatan peninsula, with no surrounding oil extraction activity. Differential gene expression between stations was evaluated …

Hepatic Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Pahs) Concentrations In Groupers Collected Aboard Multiple Research And Fishing Vessels In The Gulf Of Mexico From 2011-07-07 To 2017-07-30, Erin Pulster, Justin Mrowicki, Steven A. Murawski, Brigid Carr

C-IMAGE data

This dataset contains hepatic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) concentrations in groupers collected aboard multiple research and fishing vessels (R/V Weatherbird II, F/V Brandy, F/V Pisces, F/V SeaFox) in the Gulf of Mexico from 2011-07-07 to 2017-07-30. The dataset contains the location, date, type of grouper, concentrations of various PAHs in liver tissue (ng/g w.w.), and the total or sum of the low and high molecular weight PAHs (ng/g w.w.). PAHs were extracted from homogenized liver tissues using QuEChERS EMR (Agilent Technologies, Bond Elut) and confirmed and quantified using an Agilent’s 7890B gas chromatograph (GC) coupled to a 7010 tandem mass …

Histological Examination Of Livers Of Golden Tilefish (Lopholatilus Chamaeleonticeps) Collected Aboard Multiple R/V Weatherbird Ii Cruises In The Gulf Of Mexico From 2012-08-14 To 2016-09-06, Erin Pulster, S. Fogelson, S. Synder

C-IMAGE data

This dataset contains a histological examination of livers of golden tilefish (Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps) collected aboard the R/V Weatherbird II cruises WB-1304, WB-1403, WB-1502, WB-1602, WB-1603, and WB-1701 in the Gulf of Mexico from 2012-08-14 to 2016-09-06. The dataset includes the identified presence of histological changes and images of the gross and histological evaluations. Formalin-fixed tissues were individually evaluated for color, texture, size, shape, and consistency. Photographs were taken with a Sony-Cybershot camera (Sony Corporation, Minato, Tokyo, Japan). At least two photographs were taken of the samples from each container. The first photo contained the label along with the tissues from …

Responses Of Glossina Fuscipes Fuscipes To Visually Attractive Stationary Devices Baited With 4-Methylguaiacol And Certain Repellent Compounds In Waterbuck Odour, Njelembo J. Mbewe, Rajinder K. Saini, Janet Irungu, Abdullahi A. Yusuf, Christian W.W. Pirk, Baldwyn Torto

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Background: A blend of compounds (pentanoic acid, guaiacol, δ-octalactone and geranylacetone) identified in waterbuck (Kobus defassa) body odour referred to as waterbuck repellent compounds (WRC) and a synthetic repellent 4-methylguaiacol have previously been shown to repel tsetse flies from the morsitans group. However, these repellents have not been evaluated on palpalis group tsetse flies. In this study, we evaluated the effect of these repellents on catches of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (major vector of human sleeping sickness) in biconical traps and on sticky small targets which are visually attractive to palpalis group flies. The attractive devices were baited with different doses …

Cost-Effective Methods To Retrofit Metal Culverts Using Composites, Mahmoud Reda Taha, Susan Bogus Halter

Data

One of the current pressing problems for all DOTs is the corrosion-oriented deterioration of existing metal culverts. These metal culverts typically are designed for a life of 50 years. However, corrosion is making them last no longer than 30 years. A Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers (GFRP) pipe section has been evaluated as a fit-in GFRP profile liner for complete repair and rehabilitation of the corroded metal culvert with an expected life of 75 years. This is mainly because of the corrosion free nature of the GFRP material. A comprehensive rehabilitation methodology and laboratory scale three-point bending test was conducted to …

Information Literacy And Life Long Learning: The Role Of School Librarians, Elizabeth Bukunola Lateef Mrs, Ezekiel Olugbenga Adeyi Mr, Olomola R. Abosede Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

This paper conceptualizes literacy and learning as a continuum that requires appropriate placement, attitude and adjustment that should be initiated and instilled from elementary stage of learning with emphasis on the role of the school librarians. Base on the overview obtained from scholarly publications, a relationship among information literacy, lifelong learning and school librarian was established and reviewed. The paper also posited three examples of creative and innovative programmes that the School Librarians could introduce in order to foster information literacy for lifelong learning. The paper concludes on school librarians adopting information literacy as the subject they should be …

Role Of Eif4g1 In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Pathogenesis And Targeted Therapy, Zhiqiang Qin, Lu Dai, Luis Del Valle

School of Medicine Faculty Publications

American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2019, March 29 - April 3, 2019, Atlanta, GA

Frugivorous Insects Reared From Chytranthus Obliquinervis Radlk. (Sapindales: Sapindaceae) With The Description Of A New Monophagous Species Of Grapholita Treitschke (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae), Robert S. Copeland, Józef Razowski

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Ripe fruits of Chytranthus obliquinervis were sampled from a tree in Buda Forest in coastal Kenya. Four species of insects were reared from the fruits, two species of Tephritidae, an undescribed species of gelechiid moth, and a new species of tortricid moth, Grapholita chytranthusi Razowski, sp. n., described herein. No parasitoids were reared. Notes on the biology, distribution, and conservation status of the host and its pests are included.

Ethical Hacking For Effective Defense (Modules, Labs, And Lectures), Hossain Shahriar

Computer Science and Information Technology Ancillary Materials

Summer 2019 Update: Through a Round Twelve ALG Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials Creation and Revision, five new modules have been added to this collection:

• Enumeration with Sparta
• Enumeration with Inguma
• Hacking Web Servers with Dirbuster
• Hacking Web Servers with Skipfish
• Hacking Wireless and IoT with Bluehydra

The following set of materials is used in the Textbook Transformation Grants implementation of Ethical Hacking for Effective Defense:

https://oer.galileo.usg.edu/compsci-collections/8/

Topics include:

• TCP/IP Level Attacks
• Port Scanning
• DDoS
• Footprinting and Social Engineering
• Enumeration
• Programming for Security Professionals
• Operating System Vulnerabilities
• Embedded System Security
• Hacking Web Servers
• Hacking Wireless Networks
• Cryptography
• Protecting Networks with …

Database Systems Course Materials Set, Rebecca H. Rutherfoord, Lei Li

Computer Science and Information Technology Ancillary Materials

This is an exact Brightspace D2L export for all of the course materials for CSE 3153, Database Systems, as updated in 2019 through a Round Twelve Mini-Grant for Ancillary Materials and Revisions. Files include all modular lesson content, lecture slides, assignments, and discussions.

Topics covered include:

• What is a Database?
• Data Modeling
• Entity-Relationship Diagrams
• Relational Database Models
• Physical Database Development
• Structured Query Language (SQL)
• Application Development
• Integrating Data
• Database Administration
• Distributed Databases
• Object Oriented Models
• Databases and the Web

Investigation Of Surface Topology Effects On Metal Flow Of Aluminum And Steel During Hot Compression, Andrew Richard Matcha

Master's Theses (2009 -)

An investigation was conducted to study the effect of die surface roughness and lay on metal flow and the friction factor under lubricated hot compression. 6061-T6 aluminum and AISI 1018 steel rings and rectangular bar stock workpieces were compressed on H-13 tool steel platens of varying roughnesses ranging from Ra 0.25 – 6.1 µm (10 – 240 µin). Each platen was machined in such a way to ensure that the surface roughness would be unidirectional. Platen temperatures of 149 °C and 204 °C (300 °F and 400 °F) were used for all aluminum ring samples whereas platen temperatures ranging from …

London Stage Database, Mattie Burkert, Will Daland, Emma Hallock, Todd Hugie, Lauren Liebe, Derek Miller, Dustin Olson, Ben R. Schneider Jr.

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Recovered files, and documents and archival data used to revitalize the London Stage Information Bank, which was completed in the 1970s but had become technologically obsolete.

Contents:

--Greene_2018_SITAR_3.5in_floppy: Files with this prepending them are program files for the SITAR word processing program, retrieved by Mattie Burkert in 2018 from a 3.5-inch floppy disk sent to her via mail by John Greene, who received it from Ben Schneider in or around 1990.

--Greene_2018_SITAR_5.5in_floppy: Files with this prepending them are program files for the SITAR word processing program, retrieved by Mattie Burkert in 2018 from a 3.5-inch floppy disk sent to her …

Where On Ice? Algorithmically Deconstructing Nhl Shot Locations As A Method For Player Classification, Devan Becker, Douglas G. Woolford, Charmaine B. Dean

Western Research Forum

Where do hockey players shoot from? How does this vary from player to player? We present the results of a study that uses data-driven statistical methods to investigate these questions. The locations of shots by National Hockey League (NHL) players from 2011 to 2017 are analyzed using a combination of an image recognition algorithm and spatial statistical methodology. An unsupervised classifier is applied to output from a spatial point process model in order to determine which shot locations best characterize a given player. We define the number of regions a priori, but the image recognition algorithm chooses the shape …

Viscosity Of Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil At 20 °C, Simeon Pesch, Michael Schlüter

C-IMAGE data

The viscosity of Louisiana Sweet Crude oil and methane-saturated Louisiana Sweet Crude oil was measured at 20 °C at varying pressures between 5 and 15 MPa. The viscosities were measured by means of a capillary tube viscometer. For determining the viscosity of gas-saturated oils, a piston accumulator was used to solubilize methane into the crude oil.

The Impact Of Waves And Tides On Residual Sand Transport On A Sediment-Poor, Energetic, And Macrotidal Continental Shelf: Dataset, Erin Victoria King, Daniel Conley, Gerd Masselink, Nicoletta Leonardi, Jak Mccarroll, Tim Scott

Faculty of Science and Engineering Datasets

This dataset is in support of the paper 'The Impact of Waves and Tides on Residual Sand Transport on a Sediment-Poor, Energetic, and Macrotidal Continental Shelf' (King et al., 2019). The dataset contains processed maps covering the South West UK continental shelf for the following variables: Mean depth-averaged velocity U and V components. Maximum bed shear stress over a tidal cycle U and V components. Cumulative total sand transport over a tidal cycle U and V components. Wave-Tide dominance classification. In addition to the above, the model input files and parameters are included. Citation KIng, E. V. et al. (2019). …

Data For A Comparison Of Sap Flux Among Three Sagebrush Communities Spanning Rain-To Snow-Dominated Precipitation Regimes, Harmandeep Sharma, Keith Reinhardt, Kathleen A. Lohse

Reynolds Creek Critical Zone Observatory Data

Artemisia spp. play a significant role in hydrological cycling of sagebrush steppe ecosystems. These sagebrush ecosystems cover a wide elevation gradient and are dominated by different species and subspecies of sagebrush. Water balance of sagebrush ecosystems varies along an elevation gradient with pulse-driven ecosystems located at lower elevation and drier sites and water storage (i.e., snow-dominated precipitation) ecosystems located at higher elevation and wetter sites. Thus, it is difficult to predict how water fluxes in these ecosystems will respond to changing climatic conditions along an elevation gradient. The primary objective of this study was to characterize sap flux in three …

Droplet Size Distribution Of Turbulent Oil-In-Water Jets, Simeon Pesch

C-IMAGE data

Turbulent oil-in-water jets are generated in an experimental facility in order to obtain the resulting droplet size distributions (DSD). Flow rates and nozzle sizes are varied. For capturing and analyzing the DSD, an endoscopic particle size analysis technique is applied. A transparent oil serves as a dispersed phase, water serves as a continuous phase.

Impact Of In Situ Oil Burning On Solubilization Of Spilled Oil And Production Of Dissolved Organic Matter, Aprami Jaggi

C-IMAGE data

The dataset contains exact mass-to-charge ratio (m/z) and monoisotopic intensities of the organics characterized in the water phase partitioning from the in situ burned oil using ultrahigh resolution Fourier transform ion cyclotron mass spectrometry (FTICR-MS).

Solubility Of Methane In Louisiana Sweet Crude Oil At 20 °C, Simeon Pesch, Michael Schlüter

C-IMAGE data

The solubility of methane in Louisiana Sweet Crude oil (LSC) was determined at 20 °C at varying pressures between 3 and 16 MPa. The gas saturation was determined gravimetrically, using a microbalance for detecting the gas uptake of the liquid phase at given pressure and temperature until equilibrium was reached.

Muscle Concentrations Of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (Pahs) In Red Snapper And Yellowedge Grouper Data Collected Aboard R/V Weatherbird Ii Cruises Wb-0915 And Wb-0816 In The Southern Gulf Of Mexico From 2015-09-16 To 2016-08-19, Adolfo Gracia

C-IMAGE data

This dataset contains muscle concentrations of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) in Red Snapper and Yellowedge Grouper data collected aboard R/V Weatherbird II cruises WB-0915 and WB-0816 in the southern Gulf of Mexico from 2015-09-16 to 2016-08-19. Red snapper and Yellowedge grouper were caught in Campeche Bay using demersal longline sampling gear. Longline sets were generally deployed at six sites along pre-defined transects from relatively shallow to deep continental shelf areas. The nominal depths sampled along each transect were 37, 73, 110, 146, 183 and 274 m. At each station, eight km of 544 kg test monofilament main line was deployed, …