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Symbolic Construction Of Matrix Functions In A Numerical Environment, Evan D. Butterworth

Honors College Theses

Within the field of Computational Science, the importance of programs and tools involving systems of differential equations cannot be overemphasized. Many industrial sites, such as nuclear power facilities, are unable to safely operate without these systems. This research explores and studies matrix differential equations and their applications to real computing structures. Through the use of software such as MatLab, I have constructed a toolbox, or collection, of programs that will allow any user to easily calculate a variety of matrix functions. The first tool in this collection is a program that computes the matrix exponential, famously studied and presented by …

Doubling Time Of The Covid-19 Epidemic By Province, China, Kamalich Muniz-Rodriguez, Gerardo Chowell, Chi-Hin Cheung, Dongyu Jia, Po-Ying Lai, Yiseul Lee, Manyun Liu, Sylvia Ofori, Kimberlyn M. Roosa, Lone Simonsen, Cecile Viboud, Isaac Fung

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

In China, the doubling time of the coronavirus disease epidemic by province increased during January 20–February 9, 2020. Doubling time estimates ranged from 1.4 (95% CI 1.2–2.0) days for Hunan Province to 3.1 (95% CI 2.1–4.8) days for Xinjiang Province. The estimate for Hubei Province was 2.5 (95% CI 2.4–2.6) days.

An Improvement In The Two-Packing Bound Related To Vizing's Conjecture, Kimber Wolff

Theory & Applications of Graphs

Vizing's conjecture states that the domination number of the Cartesian product of graphs is at least the product of the domination numbers of the two factor graphs. In this note we improve the recent bound of Breŝar by applying a technique of Zerbib to show that for any graphs G and H, γ(G x H)≥ γ (G) 2/3(γ(H)-ρ(H)+1), where γ is the domination number, ρ is the 2-packing number, and x is the Cartesian product.

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agenda, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Agendas

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Structure Activity Relationship (Sar) Studies Of Neurotoxin Quinoline-Derivatives, Dylan Smeyne

Honors College Theses

Structure activity relationship (SAR) studies are performed in order to identify the core structure that is responsible for the biological activity of an organic molecule. Recently, we have synthesized a drug prototype which contains several functional groups, such as an alcohol, an ester, a fluorine, and an aromatic ring. While studying in vivo toxicity of this molecule in zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryo, we observed that it has a unique biological activity that causes a sudden inactivity in embryo movement. Continued investigation revealed that this molecule blocks sodium channels in neurons causing a temporary anesthesia in Danio rerio embryo. The biological …

2019-2020 Awards Of Excellence, Georgia Southern University

University Awards of Excellence

• Student Success
• Teaching and Academic Excellence
• Research and Discovery & Innovation
• Inclusive Excellence and Openness & Inclusion
• Operational Efficiency, Effectiveness and Sustainability
• Community Engagement and Collaboration
• Integrity
• Team Award

Synthesized Tripodal Amine As Potential Anti-Cancer Therapeutic, Abigail G. Mcnamee

Honors College Theses

Cancer remains a prevalent disease today. This disease may manifest itself in many different ways and affect a variety of tissues with everything from the brain to the blood. With this wide diversity of cancer types, treatment can be complicated since there is not a “one size fits all” treatment for the disease. Surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy are all options that must be weighed with their benefits and side effects. Ultimately though, there are not enough effective treatment options available for every type of cancer. This leaves many with the grim prognosis of never being cured. With this clear need …

Librarian's Report 4-20-2020, Georgia Southern University

Faculty Senate: Librarian's Reports

April 24, 2020 Librarian's Report

On A Vizing-Type Integer Domination Conjecture, Elliot Krop, Randy R. Davila

Theory & Applications of Graphs

Given a simple graph G, a dominating set in G is a set of vertices S such that every vertex not in S has a neighbor in S. Denote the domination number, which is the size of any minimum dominating set of G, by γ(G). For any integer k ≥ 1, a function f : V (G) → {0, 1, . . ., k} is called a {k}-dominating function if the sum of its function values over any closed neighborhood is at least k. The weight of a {k}-dominating function is the sum of its values over all …

Project Venona: Breaking The Unbreakable Code, Cassandra Hankin

Honors College Theses

Project VENONA was a top-secret counterintelligence program initiated by the United States Army Signals Intelligence Service during World War II. VENONA was established to decipher intercepted Soviet communications and break the “unbreakable” Soviet code system. Examining Project VENONA and its discoveries is vital to understanding the history of the early Cold War.

Armstrong Campus Climate & Morale - Initial Report, Y'Lonne Hodges

Faculty Senate Ad Hoc Committee Representative Reports

April 17, 2020 Ad Hoc Committee Initial Report - Armstrong Campus Climate & Morale

University Honors Program News, Georgia Southern University

Honors College: News & Publications (2008-2020)

• Andrea Appleton Wins Goldwater Scholarship

My News, Georgia Southern University

My News (2014-2020)

• Georgia Southern student named Goldwater scholar
• No Paulson? No problem! says Georgia Southern senior
• Georgia Southern professor tapped for national project to foster retention and advancement of diverse STEM faculty
• Taking classes this summer? TAP deadline is today!
• RiteCare Center receives $10K donation from Savannah Scottish Rite Masons
• Georgia Southern students, faculty participate in Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival regional competition
• Georgia Southern aquaponics farm on Armstrong Campus donating produce during COVID-19 pandemic
• Parker College of Business students gain real-world experience through networking events
• Office of Legal Affairs to participate in Georgia Legal Food Frenzy

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern Professor tapped for national project to foster retention and advancement of diverse STEM faculty
• Georgia Southern student named Goldwater Scholar
• EAGLE Academy students seize distance learning as a new opportunity to prepare for the digital world.

2020 Eagle Showcase Program, Division Of Student Affairs, Leadership And Community Engagement, Service Learning

Eagle Showcase: Excellence in Service-Learning (Archived)

2020 Eagle Showcase Program

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern aquaponics farm on Armstrong Campus donating produce during COVID-19 pandemic
• Parker College of Business students gain real-world experience through networking events

Auspicious Symbols Of Rank And Status, Byron Breedlove, Isaac Fung

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

Work published in Emerging Infectious Diseases.

Messages From The Provost, Georgia Southern University

Messages from the Provost

April 10, 2020: Online Transition: Support and Approaching the End of Term

Points Of Pride, Georgia Southern University

Points of Pride (2013-2023)

• Rankings
• Academics
• Athletics
• Facilities
• Outreach
• Research

Critical Thinking In A College Of Business Administration, Phyllis R. Anderson, Joanne R. Reid

Southern Business Review (Archived)

Phyllis R. Anderson, MetE, MBA, PhD, is a senior university lecturer in the College of Business and Public Administration at Governors State University, One University Parkway, University Park, IL 60484.

Joanne R. Reid, BA, MSED, EdD, is the vice president of Corporate Development Associates, Inc., Lombard, IL 60148.

A Multiple-Attribute Decision Model For Retail Store Location, James A. Pope, William R. Lane, Jane Stein

Southern Business Review (Archived)

James A. Pope, PhD, is professor of operations and supply chain management at the Hult International Business School, Cambridge, MA 02141.

William R. Lane, PhD, is professor emeritus of finance at the Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803.

Jane Stein, DrPH, is retired from the UNC-CH School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.

Limited Early Warnings And Public Attention To Coronavirus Disease 2019 In China, January–February, 2020: A Longitudinal Cohort Of Randomly Sampled Weibo Users, Yuner Zhu, King-Wa Fu, Karen A. Grépin, Hai Liang, Isaac Fung

Biostatistics, Epidemiology & Environmental Health Sciences: Faculty Publications

Objective:

Awareness and attentiveness have implications for the acceptance and adoption of disease prevention and control measures. Social media posts provide a record of the public’s attention to an outbreak. To measure the attention of Chinese netizens to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a pre-established nationally representative cohort of Weibo users was searched for COVID-19-related key words in their posts.

Methods:

COVID-19-related posts (N = 1101) were retrieved from a longitudinal cohort of 52 268 randomly sampled Weibo accounts (December 31, 2019–February 12, 2020).

Results:

Attention to COVID-19 was limited prior to China openly acknowledging human-to-human transmission on …

Managers As Champions Of National Competitiveness Through Strengthening Knowledge Infrastructure, Dinker Raval, Bala Subramanian, Bina Raval

Southern Business Review (Archived)

Dinker Raval, Ph.D., is a professor in the Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251.

Bala Subramanian, Ph.D., is an associate professor, in Earl G. Graves School of Business and Management, Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD 21251.

Bina Raval, Ph.D., is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology, Towson University, Towson, MD 21252-0001.

Efficient And Inefficient Composites In The U.S. Domestic Property–Casualty Insurance Industry, Peter M. Ellis

Southern Business Review (Archived)

Peter M. Ellis, Ph.D., is a professor of management at Utah State University, Logan, UT, 84322-3510.

100 Years Of Credit Unions: Impact Of Tax Exempt Status The Case For Georgia, Thomas G. Noland, Edward H. Sibbald

Southern Business Review (Archived)

Thomas G. Noland Ph.D., CPA, CMA, CDFM, is associate professor of accounting in the Mitchell College of Business, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL 36688-0002.

Edward H. Sibbald is BB&T Executive in residence in banking and director for the Center for Excellence in Financial Services in the College of Business Administration, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA 30460-8151.

Teaching About The Meaning And Importance Of Quality In An Undergraduate Operations Management Course, Arup Mukherjee

Southern Business Review (Archived)

Arup Mukherjee, Ph.D., is professor and chair, Management and Management Information Systems Department, University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL 32514.

In Search Of A Low Cost Textbook, Leonard Gaston, Ben Williams

Southern Business Review (Archived)

Leonard Gaston is a strategic management and statistics professor, Department of Business Administration, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH 45384.

Ben Williams is a computer information systems professor and chair, Department of Business Administration, Central State University, Wilberforce, OH 45384.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Georgia Southern's Q4 2019 Economic Monitor reports economy ends strong, substantial decline expected
• Georgia Southern moves more than 5,000 classes online, professors offer creative solutions for remote learning

Recursive Formulas For Beans Functions Of Graphs, Kengo Enami, Seiya Negami

Theory & Applications of Graphs

In this paper, we regard each edge of a connected graph G as a line segment having a unit length, and focus on not only the "vertices" but also any "point" lying along such a line segment. So we can define the distance between two points on G as the length of a shortest curve joining them along G. The beans function B_G(x) of a connected graph G is defined as the maximum number of points on G such that any pair of points have distance at least x>0. We shall show a recursive formula for …

Information Technology News, Georgia Southern University

Computing: News & Publications (2012-2023)

• 2020 Veteran Car Donations Annual Scholarship