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Dmsan A Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis Framework And Package To Characterize Contextualized Sustainability Of Sanitation And Resource Recovery Technologies, Hannah A. C. Lohman, Victoria L. Morgan, Yalin Li, Xinyi Zhang, Lewis Stetson Rowles, Sherri M. Cook, Jeremy S. Guest

Civil Engineering & Construction: Faculty Publications

In resource-limited settings, conventional sanitation systems often fail to meet their goals─with system failures stemming from a mismatch among community needs, constraints, and deployed technologies. Although decision-making tools exist to help assess the appropriateness of conventional sanitation systems in a specific context, there is a lack of a holistic decision-making framework to guide sanitation research, development, and deployment (RD&D) of technologies. In this study, we introduce DMsan─an open-source multi-criteria decision analysis Python package that enables users to transparently compare sanitation and resource recovery alternatives and characterize the opportunity space for early-stage technologies. Informed by the methodological choices frequently used in …

Faculty Senate Agenda, Georgia Southern University, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas

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Editorial: Assessing And Addressing Health Inequities And Disparities: The Role Of Health Informatics, Gulzar H. Shah, Anjum Khurshid, Joanne Chopak-Foss

Health Policy & Community Health: Faculty Publications

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Common Data Set, Georgia Southern University

Georgia Southern Common Datasets

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Optimal Orientations Of Vertex-Multiplications Of Trees With Diameter 4, Willie Han Wah Wong, Eng Guan Tay

Theory & Applications of Graphs

Koh and Tay proved a fundamental classification of G vertex-multiplications into three classes ζ₀, ζ₁ and ζ₂. They also showed that any vertex-multiplication of a tree with diameter at least 3 does not belong to the class ζ₂. Of interest, G vertex-multiplications are extensions of complete n-partite graphs and Gutin characterised complete bipartite graphs with orientation number 3 (or 4 resp.) via an ingenious use of Sperner's theorem. In this paper, we investigate vertex-multiplications of trees with diameter 4 in ζ₀ (or ζ₁) and exhibit its intricate connections with …

Length Of Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences (Cure) Impacts Student Learning And Attitudinal Outcomes: A Study Of The Malate Dehydrogenase Cures Community (Mcc), Sue Ellen Dechenne-Peters, John Rakus, Amy D. Parente, Tamara L. Mans, Rebecca Eddy, Nicole Galport, Courtney Koletar, Joseph J. Provost, J. Ellis Bell, Jessica K. Bell

Biology: Faculty Publications

Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are laboratory courses that integrate broadly relevant problems, discovery, use of the scientific process, collaboration, and iteration to provide more students with research experiences than is possible in individually mentored faculty laboratories. Members of the national Malate dehydrogenase CUREs Community (MCC) investigated the differences in student impacts between traditional laboratory courses (control), a short module CURE within traditional laboratory courses (mCURE), and CUREs lasting the entire course (cCURE). The sample included approximately 1,500 students taught by 22 faculty at 19 institutions. We investigated course structures for elements of a CURE and student outcomes including student …

Margin Variance Analysis For Informing Customer Engagement Strategy, Timothy J. Smith

AMTP Proceedings 2023

A margin variance analysis measures the sources of difference in gross margins between pieces of business within a larger set of business. When the piece of business is defined as the the total sales to an individual customer over a period of time, sales and marketing managers can use this analysis to define customer specific engagement strategies to improve customer profitability. In this paper, we clarify how customer engagement strategies can be driven by a margin variance analysis, provide derivations of two equally-valid forms of a simple customer margin variance analysis, and demonstrate the margin variance analysis and the development …

Determinants Of Child Stunting, Wasting, And Underweight: Evidence From 2017 To 2018 Pakistan Demographic And Health Survey, Maryam Siddiqa, Gulzar H. Shah, Tilicia Mayo-Gamble, Amber Zubair

Health Policy & Community Health: Faculty Publications

Child malnutrition persists in low-resource countries such as Pakistan, indicating an urgent need for interventions and policies aimed to address this critical population health issue. The World Health Organization Global Target 2025 includes the reduction of malnourishment in the form of stunting, wasting, and low weight. This study aims to examine the prevalence of factors associated with three measures of child malnutrition, i.e., stunting, wasting, and low weight in Pakistan. This study uses a secondary data analysis design based on data from Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey (2017-18) that used a two-stage cluster sampling approach. National level data covering urban …

The Sport Marketing Portfolio Matrix: A Theory-Integrative Exploration Of Fans’ “Buy,” “Hold,” And “Sell” Behaviors, Kirk Damon Aiken, Richard M. Campbell, Ajay Sukhdial

Journal of Applied Marketing Theory

The field of sport marketing lacks a comprehensive understanding of how fan behaviors link directly to sport products. This work introduces a model that accurately categorizes sport products, better recognizes fan behaviors, and simultaneously provides strategic guidance to sport managers. The model integrates the foremost theories of fan behavior with the financial theory of portfolio management. This novel perspective posits that sport fans should be viewed as “investors” who buy, hold, and sell athletes and teams. Fans manage their individual portfolios in line with personal goals, values, and social influences. The integration of theories bears significant implications regarding how sport …

Faculty Senate Agenda, Georgia Southern University, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas

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Outer Independent Double Italian Domination Of Some Graph Products, Rouhollah Jalaei, Doost Ali Mojdeh

Theory & Applications of Graphs

An outer independent double Italian dominating function on a graph G is a function f:V(G) →{0,1,2,3} for which each vertex x ∈ V(G) with {f(x)∈ {0,1} then Σ_{y ∈ N[x]}f(y) ⩾ 3 and vertices assigned 0 under f are independent. The outer independent double Italian domination number γ_oidI(G) is the minimum weight of an outer independent double Italian dominating function of graph G. In this work, we present some contributions to the study of outer independent double Italian domination of three graph products. We characterize the Cartesian product, lexicographic product and direct product of custom …

College Of Business News, Georgia Southern University

College of Business: News & Publications

• New Development Director Joins Parker College
• Kassi Hyde, Vice President, Wealth Advisor at Goldman Sachs, Addresses Finance Student Organizations

Messages From The Provost, Georgia Southern University

Messages from the Provost

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College Of Engineering News, Georgia Southern University

College of Engineering & Computing: News & Publications (2010-2023)

• PCEC now offering B.S. in Software Engineering

K-8 Preservice Teachers’ Numeracy (Number Sense) Knowledge., Ha Nguyen, Tuyin An, L. Delgado, Gregory Chamblee, Eryn M. Maher, Heidi Eisenreich

College of Science & Mathematics: Faculty Presentations

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Faculty And Student Perceptions Of Mentoring Development Of Preservice K-8 Teachers’ Mathematical And Professional Identities, Eryn M. Maher, Ha Nguyen, Tuyin An, Gregory Chamblee

College of Science & Mathematics: Faculty Presentations

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Creative Learning With Music And Mathematics: Reflections On Interdisciplinary Collaborations, Graham Johnson, Alesia Mickle Moldavan

Elementary & Special Education: Faculty Publications

Culturally responsive content, accessible and inclusive tools, and meaningful interdisciplinary tasks can aid in developing equitable and creative learning environments. Music and mathematics are ideal disciplines for interdisciplinary creative learning. In this article, we reflect on our experiences engaging in interdisciplinary music and mathematics tasks with preservice teachers. In particular, we highlight specific efforts taken to design and implement a creative music and mathematics workshop for use in a mathematics methods course. Guided by these experiences, we offer examples of tools and practices that have helped preservice teachers collaborate, engage in inquiry, improvise, develop empathy, and take intellectual and social …

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Georgia Southern Partners with Bulloch County High Schools, Introduces Public Health Pathway for Students

Georgia Southern Starting New Software Engineering Degree

New Data Shows Real Value of On-Campus Student Engagement

Employee Wellness Program Recognizes American Heart Month During February

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Newsroom (2006-2023)

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Mechanical Engineering News, Georgia Southern University

Mechanical Engineering: News & Publications (2013-2023)

• Student Wins Award for Research on Jet Fuel at Combustion Confererence

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Counting Power Domination Sets In Complete M-Ary Trees, Hays Whitlatch, Katharine Shultis, Olivia Ramirez, Michele Ortiz, Sviatlana Kniahnitskaya

Theory & Applications of Graphs

Motivated by the question of computing the probability of successful power domination by placing k monitors uniformly at random, in this paper we give a recursive formula to count the number of power domination sets of size k in a labeled complete m-ary tree. As a corollary we show that the desired probability can be computed in exponential with linear exponent time.

Hs-Integral And Eisenstein Integral Mixed Circulant Graphs, Monu Kadyan, Bikash Bhattacharjya

Theory & Applications of Graphs

A mixed graph is called second kind hermitian integral (HS-integral) if the eigenvalues of its Hermitian-adjacency matrix of the second kind are integers. A mixed graph is called Eisenstein integral if the eigenvalues of its (0, 1)-adjacency matrix are Eisenstein integers. We characterize the set S for which a mixed circulant graph Circ(Z_n, S) is HS-integral. We also show that a mixed circulant graph is Eisenstein integral if and only if it is HS-integral. Further, we express the eigenvalues and the HS-eigenvalues of unitary oriented circulant graphs in terms of generalized Möbius function.

An Autoethnography Of Transitioning Mathematics Content Courses For K-8 Preservice Teachers To Online Learning During Covid-19, Ha Nguyen, Tuyin An, Heidi Eisenreich, Eryn Michelle Maher

Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Georgia Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators

The following autoethnography is completed by a group of mathematics teacher educators (MTEs) after transitioning their mathematics content courses for K-8 Preservice Teachers (PSTs) from face-to-face to online due to COVID-19 in Spring 2020. The MTEs present their perceptions of the shift to online teaching and learning by describing (a) how they typically teach their classes, (b) how they redesigned classes to support student learning when the pandemic started, (c) their PSTs' perceptions of which course components we effective (or not) in helping them adjust to the new online learning environment, and (d) next steps in teaching and research.

Question Format Biases College Students' Metacognitive Judgments For Exam Performance, Michael J. Mcguire

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

College students in a lower-division psychology course made metacognitive judgments by predicting and postdicting performance for true-false, multiple-choice, and fill-in-the-blank question sets on each of three exams. This study investigated which question format would result in the most accurate metacognitive judgments. Extending Koriat’s (1997) cue-utilization framework to these judgments, each format gave students different cues on which to base judgments. Further, each format has different probabilities of correctly guessing, which can skew accuracy. Students reported the lowest estimates for fill-in-the-blank questions. Accuracy measured using bias scores showed students’ predictions and postdictions were most accurate for multiple-choice items. Accuracy measured using …

Designing And Reflecting On Active Learning And Flipped Classrooms For Renal Physiology, Bernard Thomas Drumm Dr

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

In this paper, we outline a case study describing the incorporation of active learning and flipped classroom techniques in a renal physiology module in 1st year medical school. The module was redesigned over a 2-year period within the teaching for understanding (TfU) framework (generative topics, understanding goals, performances of understanding and ongoing assessment) to include more active learning exercises (clicker response systems centered on clinically relevant problem sets and classroom assessment techniques – CATs), which culminated in flipping the classroom entirely during the 2nd year. The goal, was to evaluate student perceptions of the flipped classroom model and to reflect …

Tilting It Forward: The Transparency Model Of Assessment As A Scaffold For Secondary Teacher Education, Nancy L. Remler

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Even though K-12 educators must assess student learning and adjust instruction based on learning data, many teachers lack confidence in their ability to assess. Because low confidence levels may be due to inadequate teacher preparation, this study invokes the pivotal SoTL project, Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT), as it examines TILT’s impact on twelve undergraduate ELA teacher candidates (TCs). The hypothesis was that TILT would not only enhance undergraduate TCs’ learning outcomes in an ELA methods course, but also scaffold their early development of assessment literacy. Findings support the hypothesis but indicate that TCs would benefit from additional instruction …

Comparative Analysis Of Fullstack Development Technologies: Frontend, Backend And Database, Qozeem Odeniran

College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations

Accessing websites with various devices has brought changes in the field of application development. The choice of cross-platform, reusable frameworks is very crucial in this era. This thesis embarks in the evaluation of front-end, back-end, and database technologies to address the status quo. Study-a explores front-end development, focusing on angular.js and react.js. Using these frameworks, comparative web applications were created and evaluated locally. Important insights were obtained through benchmark tests, lighthouse metrics, and architectural evaluations. React.js proves to be a performance leader in spite of the possible influence of a virtual machine, opening the door for additional research. Study b …

Active Learning Methodologies In A High Stakes Graduate Nursing Program, Nina Mclain, Mary Jane Collins, Lawanda Baskin

International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning

Active learning with student engagement has been demonstrated to improve knowledge retention and improve learning in graduate education. Nurse anesthesia education has traditionally been taught using lecture with slide presentations without considering student centered learning. Much attention has been given to active learning strategies to promote student engagement and content retention, yet little information exists regarding student preferences for in higher level graduate nursing courses. This mixed-methods study aimed to examine student learning preferences for seven different instructional methodologies; traditional lecture, a problem-based learning exercise, reading with workbook assignments, development of cognitive aids, game-based learning, practice questions, and a case …