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Distribution-Oblivious Online Algorithms For Age-Of-Information Penalty Minimization, Cho-Hsin Tsai, Chih-Chun Wang

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technical Reports

The ever-increasing needs of supporting real-time applications have spurred new studies on minimizing Age-of-Information (AoI), a novel metric characterizing the data freshness of the system. This work studies the single-queue information update system and strengthens the seminal results of Sun et al. on the following fronts: (i) When designing the optimal offline schemes with full knowledge of the delay distributions, a new fixed-point-based method is proposed with quadratic convergence rate, an order-of-magnitude improvement over the state-of-the-art; (ii) When the distributional knowledge is unavailable (which is the norm in practice), two new low-complexity online algorithms are proposed, which provably attain the …

Second Reaction: Two Powerful Words: I’M Listening, Breanya Hogue

First Opinions, Second Reactions

No abstract provided.

The Experience Of White Captives Among The Natives Of The Old Northwest Territory Between 1770 And 1850, Analucia Lugo

The Purdue Historian

In the late 18^th to mid-19^th centuries, hundreds of white settlers were taken captive by Native American groups across the Old Northwest Territory. Reasons for their capture varied from revenge to adoption, however, the treatment they received greatly depended on the captive’s gender. While females were more likely to be kept alive and better-taken care of, males faced a greater probability of facing violence or even death, though torture was common among both groups. Many captives undertook participatory roles within their respective captive communities, with some deciding to assimilate completely into a new way of life. Captivity narratives …

Ressusciter La Lutte Antifasciste: Art, Politique Et Mémoire Entre La Guerre Civile Et L'Espagne D’Aujourd’Hui, Paula Barreiro López

Artl@s Bulletin

Prenant pour point de départ l’œuvre Resurrección de Núria Güell (2013), cet article aborde le rôle que les artistes contemporains ont assumé, en Espagne, dans la contestation du passé fasciste. Il traite les politiques de terreur mises en œuvre pendant et après la guerre civile, ainsi que la résistance antifasciste pendant la dictature, menée par le maquis, mais aussi par des artistes associés à des organisations d’extrême gauche. Enfin, il réintègre l’œuvre de Güell dans un contexte de création militant de son époque où l’on cherchait à réactiver l’antifascisme face aux survivances structurelles du franquisme dans l’Espagne contemporaine.

Partisan Dilemmas Between Activism And Socially Engaged Art: Situations In Loisaida At The End Of The Seventies, Olga FernáNdez López

Artl@s Bulletin

The end of 1970s is an interesting moment to understand the epistemic shift that involves the passage from partisan artistic activism to contemporary socially engaged art. Then, a significant convergence took place in the neighborhood of Loisaida (NYC), where artists and local residents coincided in their modes of action. However, its subsequent cultural interpretations have overlooked each other. Art history cosmopolitan approaches clashed with migration identities, traversed by victimhood, but also by transnational heritages. This article examines and reunites both traditions looking for a reparative art history.

An Antifascist Biennale: ‘Libertà Al Cile’ In And From Venice, Anita Orzes

Artl@s Bulletin

The article analyses the section Libertà al Cile [Liberty for Chile] of 1974 Venice Biennale. Even if this cultural proposal against Pinochet’s regime had a significant role and was the most visible face of La Biennale per una cultura democratica e antifascista [The Biennial for a democratic and anti- fascist culture], a detailed study of this exhibition is still missing. The aim of this article is to contextualize Libertà al Cile within the project of the New Biennale and its new exhibition formula, as well as within the ties of brotherhood that united Italy and Chile by paying attention to …

Giandante X: An Artist For Gramsci And The International Brigades (1920–1941), Jacopo Galimberti

Artl@s Bulletin

Dante Pescò, also known as Giandante X, was a Milanese anarchist who participated as a militant, militiaman and artist in some of the major struggles of antifascism in the 1920s and 1930s, from the street clashes against the Blackshirts in Italy to the Spanish Civil War. The article retraces two decades of Giandante X’s oeuvre, concentrating on his work for Antonio Gramsci’s l’Unità and on his manifold agit-prop production for the International Brigades.

Duri Abstract, Ethan Lee

Discovery Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Research Internship

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Challenges In Inclusiveness For People With Disabilities Within Stem Learning And Working Environments, Jack Anderson, Zada Anderson, Kendra Beaton, Shalin Bhandari, Emily Bultinck, Joseph Ching, Haley Clark, Lauren Ho, Riley Holloway, Lindsey Hopping, Myriam Hrosz, Daniel Hrvojevic, Ashley Huneycutt, Julia Iglesias, John Jogopulos, Soham Joshi, Trevor King, Michael Klug, Greg Lamonaca, Kate Mccarthy, John Mccarthy, Michelle Moffatt, Saichandana Pothireddy, Abhinav Prasad, Alec Ramos, Yiem Srivanich, Linete Taina, Shreyas Varathan, Renee Wesling, Bradley S. Duerstock

Undergraduate Coursework

This report is a reflection on the necessity for the inclusion of people with disabilities in the field of STEM and the different methods and processes that need to be revised or implemented to achieve this goal. It will delve into further detail about the challenges facing PWDs in STEM through interview anecdotes and survey results. Each solution offered will be accompanied by thorough research and support. Policymakers, teachers and students may use these recommendations to break down barriers to STEM careers and build a more inclusive future.

A Dynamic Co-Simulation Framework For The Analysis Of Battery Electric Vehicle Thermal Management Systems, T. Shelly, Justin A. Weibel, D. Ziviani, E. A. Groll

CTRC Research Publications

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A Systems Approach To Studying Online Communities, Jeremy Foote

Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund

Much early communication research was inspired by systems theory. This approach emphasizes that individuals and groups use communication to interact with and respond to their larger environment and attempts to outline the ways that dif‐ ferent levels interact with each other (e.g., work groups within departments within firms). Many concepts from systems theory—such as emergence and feedback loops—have become integral parts of communication theories. However, until recently, quantitative researchers have struggled to apply a systems approach. Large‐scale, multilevel trace data from online platforms combined with computational advances are enabling a turn back toward systems‐inspired research. I out‐ line four systems‐based …

Song Of Exile: A Cultural History Of Brazil’S Most Popular Poem, 1846–2018, Joshua Alma Enslen

Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures

Song of Exile: A Cultural History of Brazil’s Most Popular Poem, 1846–2018 is the first comprehensive study of the influence of Antônio Gonçalves Dias’s “Canção do exílio.” Written in Coimbra, Portugal, in 1843 by a homesick student longing for Brazil, “Song of Exile” has inspired thousands of parodies and pastiches, and new variations continue to appear to this day. Every generation of Brazilian writers has adapted the poem’s Romantic verses to glorify the wonders of the nation or to criticize it via parody, exposing a litany of issues that have plagued the country’s progress over the years. Based on a …

A Mixed-Methods Assessment Of Human Well-Being Related To The Presence Of Companion Animals During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Bindi Bennett, Suzie Cosh, Jack Thepsourinthone, Amy Lykins

People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice

COVID-19 and the measures used to curb the pandemic (e.g., lockdowns, isolation) have significantly impacted mental health and well-being. This study sought to investigate the role of companion animals in alleviating stress and improving mental health during the pandemic. In this study, 250 Australian adults completed measures of well-being and life satisfaction, animal dependency, perceived emotional support from animals, and animals’ effect on mood. Employment and living with others were the strongest predictors of positive life satisfaction and well-being, while greater dependency on companion animals for emotional support and companion animals’ negative effects on mood were associated with reduced life …

Valuation Of Dry And Wet Aged Beef By U.S. Consumers, Mario Ortez, Nicole Olynk Widmar, Nathan M. Thompson, Yuan H. Brad Kim

Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty Publications

Aged-beef has historically been available in high-end establishments, but investigation into consumer preferences for aging is increasingly important as it has become more readily available. Consumer perceptions of and willingness-to-pay (WTP) for aged-beef under two methods dry-aging and wet-aging, were studied in a representative sample of n = 1,275 US residents alongside USDA quality grades. In general, US residents are not knowledgeable regarding aged-beef but have a positive direct-stated perception of the practice. Respondents self-reported familiarity with USDA grades Prime and Choice and perceived them as superior beef attributes. Half of respondents were randomly assigned to receive a low information …

Putting The Green Back In Greenbacks: Opportunities For A Truly Green Stimulus, Farzad Taheripour, Maksym Chepeliev, Richard Damania, Thomas Farole, Nancy Lozano Gracia, Jason Daniel Russ

Department of Agricultural Economics Faculty Publications

Can countries reorient their productive capacity to become more environmentally friendly and inclusive? To investigate this question this paper uses a standard Input-Output modeling framework and data from 141 countries and regions to construct a new global dataset of employment, value-added, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (disaggregated into CO2 and Non-CO2 elements), and air pollution (including nine categories of air pollutants such as PM2.5) multipliers from supply side investments. We find that many of the traditional sectors in agriculture and industry have large employment multipliers, but also generate male dominant, lower skill employment, and tend to have higher emission multipliers. It …

Is Discourse About Flexible Working, A Mechanism Of Gender In/Equality, Changing Over Time? The Case Of Working From Home (Wfh)., Alyson Gounden Rock

Dismantling Bias Conference Series

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Negotiating Allies And Alliances In Social Movements, Cynthia Wang, Sara Soderstom, Jennifer Whitson

Dismantling Bias Conference Series

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A Difference In Perspective: Linking Empathy To Allyship Behaviors Via Authentic Emotional Connections, Beth Livingston, Tina Opie

Dismantling Bias Conference Series

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Allyship And Incivility, Rohan Crawley

Dismantling Bias Conference Series

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Financial Hardships As Gendered Experiences And Financial Insecurity Trajectories, Heather Odle-Dusseau, Russell Matthews, Julie Wayne, Yi-Ren Wang

Dismantling Bias Conference Series

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Lean Dei: Applying A Proven Transformative Approach To “Sticky” Dei Problems, Valeria Sinclair-Chapman, Christopher Chapman

Dismantling Bias Conference Series

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Importance Of Seasonal Variation In Hawaiian Mushroom (Agaricomycetes) Basidiomata Production For Biodiversity Discovery And Conservation, Jeffery K. Stallman, Kyra Robinson

Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund

The Hawaiian Islands have a relatively well-known funga for a tropical location, yet there are over 400 species of mushrooms (Agaricomycetes) in the archipelago that remain to be documented. Importantly, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently evaluated six mushrooms endemic to the islands as threatened with extinction. To improve detection of mushrooms for biodiversity discovery and better monitor threatened species in the archipelago—where many localities lack strong annual precipitation patterns associated with an obvious season for increased mushroom basidiomata production—we examined the phenology of Hawaiian mushrooms. Monthly richness was determined from a literature review and abundance from …

The Australia, United Kingdom, United States (Aukus) Nuclear Submarine Agreement: Potential Implications, Bert Chapman

FORCES Initiative: Strategy, Security, and Social Systems

The AUKUS Nuclear Submarine Agreement seeks to enhance multinational deterrence against Chinese geopolitical assertiveness by giving Australia nuclear powered submarines.

▶ This agreement will pose considerable cost and technical challenges for the Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

▶ Estimates of when Australia will be able to deploy nuclear submarines range from 2030-2040.

▶ The U.S. and its allies will have to make challenging decisions about where to build AUKUS in Australia.

▶ There is debate as to whether efforts to deter China in the Asia-Pacific should include non-Anglosphere countries in that region.

▶ Consideration should be given …

Analysis On The Accessibility, Performance, And Security Issues Of The Satellite Internet Services, Young B. Choi

KAUPA Letters

Recently, various Satellite Internet (SI) services are emerging. Especially, because of swiftly changing global geopolitical environments in the Internet usage is demanding the Satellite Internet services. In this article, the concept of SI, its players in the market, accessibility, and security issues are discussed with future development directions.

Kaupa Letters: Volume 9, Issue 4, Korean American University Professors Association

KAUPA Letters

No abstract provided.

Influences Of Personal Innovativeness On Purchase Intention Of Wearable Devices, Beom-Jin Choi

KAUPA Letters

Wearable devices are smart electronics that are worn on and/or close to the human body. This study explores the influences of consumers’ personal innovativeness (CPI) on the relationship between wearability, relative advantage, novelty, aesthetics, and social image on purchase intention of wearable devices. The findings show that social image, novelty, aesthetics, and relative advantage affect purchase intention of consumers whereas wearability shows no significant effect on purchase intention. Novelty shows a significant effect only with consumers of high personal innovativeness.

Gender Backlash Against Men At Work: A Literature Review And Future Research Agenda, Payal Sharma, Rachel Sturm, Bradley Kirkman, Brett Neely

Dismantling Bias Conference Series

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What Is Genuine Allyship: An Exploration Of Transgender Workers' Job Attitudes And Experiences, Adam Pervez, Kevin D. Lo, Marissa K. Edwards

Dismantling Bias Conference Series

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What's In It For Men To Be Allies To Women? Examining Interpersonal And Institutional Pressure In Driving Men's Self-Interest In Allyship, Vienne Wing-Yan Lau-Dicicco, Meg A. Warren

Dismantling Bias Conference Series

No abstract provided.

Does The Fatherhood Bonus Apply To Single Fathers? Evidence From A Survey Experiment, Aimzhan Iztayeva Iztayeva

Dismantling Bias Conference Series

No abstract provided.