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Hierarchical Multi-Instance Learning For Element Detection In Text, Sukhwa Hong

KAUPA Letters

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

KAUPA Letters

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Understanding Allyship At Work: An Investigation Of The Antecedents Of Allyship Behavior Toward Marginalized Employees, Samantha Jordan, Yingge Li, Michael Paik, Shanna R. Daniels

Dismantling Bias Conference Series

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Hormonal Male Contraception: Formative Research To Develop And Test Communication Messaging, Jaziel Ramos-Ortiz, Hannah King, Andrea L. Demaria

Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund

Male-controlled contraception is limited, yet a promising hormonal male contraceptive (HMC) development in may increase options for men to share in the work of pregnancy prevention. This study examined college-aged (18–26 years) men’s and women’s perceptions of influential marketing strategy for an experimental novel HMC method, a transdermal gel. Six focus groups (n = 29) were conducted to glean insights for ad prototype creation. Ad prototypes were designed and then tested in semi-structured interviews (n = 20) to understand whether the messages were adequately representing the attributes intended while also allowing participants to contribute insights on improving appeal. A constant …

Adaptation And Validation Of The Patient Assessment Of Chronic Illness Care In United States Community Pharmacies, Omolola A. Adeoye-Olatunde, Naomi Pratt, Evan Schmidt, Margie E. Snyder

Department of Pharmacy Practice Faculty Publications

Background
Roles for United States (US)-based community pharmacists in caring for persons with chronic conditions have greatly expanded. The Patient Assessment of Chronic Illness Care (PACIC) was developed to assess patients’ perspectives of care received. However, successful application of this instrument in community pharmacies is uncertain. The objective of this study was to adapt the PACIC for use in community pharmacies (CP-PACIC), assess validity of the CP-PACIC and examine CP-PACIC scale score differences relative to patient characteristics.

Methods
This cross-sectional study surveyed chronically ill adults in Indiana, US who receive care from pharmacists in community pharmacies. The modified CP-PACIC scale …

Bridge Load Rating For Overloaded Permit Vehicles, Charles Boltz, Jenny Raines

Purdue Road School

This session presents best practices and lessons learned from evaluating bridges for overloaded permit vehicles. Modeling techniques for heavy haul permit vehicles will be discussed, including vehicle configuration; proper use of load distribution and modification factors; existing deterioration consideration; maximum design speed and dynamic load allowance; vertical and horizontal clearances; and 3D modeling of the rigid frame bridge on the permit route.

Paving To The Finish Line: I-69 Section 6 Pavement Design, Paul Mykytka, Kumar Dave

Purdue Road School

Split into four design-bid-build contracts, I-69 Sections 6.1 through 6.4 used a range of pavement designs, including full depth HMA, full depth PCCP, major structural overlay, and alternate bid pavements. These designs addressed low volume S-lines, mainline interstate pavement, and everything in between. Each design accommodated unique conditions within the Section 6 corridor to produce a cost-effective, long-lasting solution for the conversion of SR-37 to I-69 from Martinsville to south of Indianapolis.

Perspectives On Past And Present Mutcds, David Boruff

Purdue Road School

This session will describe the history of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. Prime focus will be on the Indiana version, including the procedures that have been and those that are currently used to adopt Indiana’s manual. Pending it’s adoption prior to Road School, a summary of the significant changes in next edition of the MUTCD will also be presented.

Road Buffets: Proving Road Diets Are For Everyone, Amy Rosepiler

Purdue Road School

Complete Streets applications increase mode choices and provide multiple active transportation options. Using strategies such as road repurposing or incorporating improvements into previously planned projects to save costs; implementing safety enhancements for vulnerable road users; engaging stakeholders and the public; and creating aesthetic, livable corridors are goals for many Complete Streets projects. This session will explore lessons learned on three Complete Streets projects that vary in complexity, cost, level of public engagement, and aesthetic enhancement.

It Takes A Village: Contract Administration Letting Preparation, Elizabeth Thomas

Purdue Road School

Once a contract is submitted to Final Tracings, that is the last time a designer hears anything about it (unless problems arise). For many, contract administration is a “black box” that requires an excessive amount of time to prepare contracts. This session provides clarity on the internal preparations of a contract as it is readied for advertisement, including cost estimating, PS&E review, and fiscal applications.

Complex Bridge Load Rating Of I-65 Over Sr 46, Dongzhan Jenny Raines, Francisco J. Bonachera Martin

Purdue Road School

This session presents best practices and lessons learned from completing a complex load rating of the I-65 over SR 46 basket handle tied arch bridge. We will discuss how the effects of the multidirectional post tensioning in the floor system were captured; how the stiffness of the arch-to-foundation fixity was evaluated; and updates to the AASTHO LRFD 9th edition code equations for rectangular box-section member.

A Safe System Approach To Transportation Planning And Implementation, Nicole Waldheim, Kendra Schenk

Purdue Road School

Planners, engineers, and designers all have a role to play in the Safe System Approach (SSA). This presentation will highlight how to address safe road users, safe vehicles, safe speeds, safe roads, and post-crash care during planning and programming. Specifically, it will describe: (1) what a safe system is using real world examples, (2) system benefits and challenges, and (3) specific implementation ideas based on lessons learned.

Accommodating Rapid Development In Design Level Forecast A Regionally Minded Methodology, Randy Kill

Purdue Road School

Rapid large-scale development presents challenges for traffic engineers to accurately forecast design-year traffic volumes. Prevailing forecasting methods, such as the ITE Trip Generation Manual, tend to exaggerate local traffic impacts on large developments and do not account for regional influences. This presentation outlines the methodologies for developing the design level forecast of two large freeway projects amid largescale private developments. This approach provides significant improvements over traditional trip generation methods and model-based forecasts.

Contract Special Provisions, Scott Trammell

Purdue Road School

This session assists project managers and designers in preparing the necessary information required for Department contracts involving Standard Specifications and Special Provisions. Attendees will be exposed to examples of both correct and incorrect ways to present a unique special provision (USP) and taught helpful tips for navigating the new Sharepoint review process. This presentation also assists subject matter experts with their review of the USPs.

Polymer Systems For Bridge Deck Preservation, Bobby Scarpitto

Purdue Road School

Join us for a discussion about a practical, simple, and cost-effective approach to protecting roadways, bridges, and parking structures. Kwik Bond Polymers materials provide honest solutions to effectively restore and maintain concrete assets.

Odot And Indot I-70 Truck Automation Corridor Project, Scott Manning, Diane Newton, Anmol Sidhu

Purdue Road School

In June 2021, ODOT and INDOT began a project to implement and test truck platooning—Level 2 and Level 4 automation on Class 8 trucks in revenue service on I-70. The project also assessed infrastructure readiness for automated vehicles and developed a tool to automate this analysis to make roadways “automation ready.” This presentation provides the project concept and architecture, insights and status of participating fleets and developers, and the test plan for the roadway audit.

2022 Indot Construction Stormwater Training Update, Sandy Bowman, Clara Furst

Purdue Road School

INDOT launched a new online Construction Stormwater Training in March 2021. Per the 2020 and 2022 INDOT Standard Specifications Manual, any INDOT construction site holding a Level 1 or Level 2 determination requires individuals to hold this training verification to conduct stormwater inspections or work on site. The training includes 18 self-paced modules covering topics like stormwater management, erosion/sediment control measures, preparation of SWPPPs, and housekeeping items. This presentation will provide background on course development, module layouts, course evaluations, and future training development plans.

Alternate Interchange Signing Study For Indiana Highways, Stanley Chien, Jue Zhou

Purdue Road School

Alternate Interchange Signing Study for Indiana Highways—This presentation focuses on understand signing issues from the perspective of the driver and developing recommendations for improved design of interchange signing in Indiana. An online survey with specific questions was designed and distributed to better understand driver thinking at decision-making areas on the interstate. Although the number of valid survey responses was not as high as we initially expected, it did cover all major Indiana cities and returned useful and actionable information for INDOT.

Bridge Deck Repair And Preservation In Indiana Using Fast-Track Hydrodemolition And Latex Modified Concrete Overlays, Blake Liberati, Ed Liberati

Purdue Road School

When it comes to aging infrastructure, it is much more sustainable to rehabilitate these assets rather than let them fail and be replaced. When it comes to bridge decks, hydrodemolition surface preparation with a latex modified concrete overlay is the most time-tested, cost-effective, and long-lasting rehabilitation method. This presentation will highlight the use of these two amazing technologies.

Attachment And Perceived Stress Among Pet Owners Before And During The Lockdown In China, Sara Platto, Agathe Serres, Simona R C Normando, Yanqing Wang, Dennis C. Turner

People and Animals: The International Journal of Research and Practice

The current pandemic has brought a lot of social and economic strains to families worldwide, as well as making a huge impact on the long- term care of companion animals. The current study explored differences in the attachment level of owners toward their pets and their perceived stress before and during the pandemic in China. The questionnaire, besides demographic information, included a modified version of the Companion Animal Bonding Scale (CABS) and the original form of the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS). A total of 261 questionnaires were collected. The respondents did not show any significant differences in attachment level toward …

“It Is Not All That Bad”—Hitler And Identity-Building In Er Ist Wieder Da (Look Who’S Back), Yuan Xue

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In Germany, multiculturalism and “leading culture” (Leitkultur) are a pair of closely connected but opposite concepts. Multiculturalism has been accused of being the main reason why culture loses its core cohesion. Despite the persistence of calls for a leading culture in Germany in recent years, many scholars argue that the concept is also problematic. A monopolistic leading culture may be hard to realize in an already pluralistic Europe. I argue that the choice between the two reflects the dilemma of the establishment of German cultural identity. Focusing on the German bestseller Er ist wieder da (Look Who’s Back, 2012), this …

On A Small Glossary Of Academic Anti-Intellectualism, William Díaz Villarreal

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

This article presents the Small Glossary of Anti-intellectualism, where the most common rhetorical strategies and themes of contemporary academic anti-intellectualism are commented on. Anti-intellectualism is as old as intellectual life itself. However, its contemporary version is historically and sociologically rooted in the very structure of modern culture industry. It is a manifestation of a now universal pseudo-culture (Halbbildung) which, according to Adorno, has become the “dominant form of contemporary consciousness.” Arthur Schlesinger said that anti-intellectualism has long been the anti-Semitism of the businessman; today, anti-intellectualism is certainly the antisemitism of several social and political groups, including academia …

The Brazilian System Of Television, Or How To Get A President, Tauan F. Tinti

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

The purpose of this essay is to draw attention to some perhaps unexpected affinities between a considerably expressive segment of the Brazilian culture industry that for several reasons seems to usually fly under most interpretive radars and a certain regressive frame of mind that is becoming increasingly manifest and now holds both considerable political power and a surprisingly firm grip over a portion of the population whose size is still unclear. The following remarks and associations gesture tentatively at what could be preliminarily defined as a constellation of cultural junk being outlined, its shape against the night sky sometimes resembling …

Inventing The Baby Saver: An Activity Systems Analysis Of Applied Engineering At The High School Level, Jessica Gale

Journal of Pre-College Engineering Education Research (J-PEER)

Extant research and engineering education frameworks call for students to engage in personally meaningful engineering projects; however, there are few case studies documenting the work of young engineers working to design solutions to real-world problems that matter to them. This qualitative case study describes the work of a purposively selected group of high school engineering students (the InvenTeam) (n = 15) as they devote a school year to a particularly ambitious invention project: designing and prototyping a device to mitigate deaths occurring when children are left unattended in hot cars. Utilizing cultural historical activity theory as a theoretical and …

Getting By With A Little Help From Friends: A Qualitative Case Study Of Students’ Strategies For Coping With Failure In An Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Course, Soo Won Shim, Nancy Pelaez

Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund

Recent emphasis on research competencies in undergraduate biology education means that more students are doing course-based research. Professional research scientists learn from failed research, but undergraduate students who encounter failure in their biology lab research may not always respond in ways that advance their learning. There is a need to examine individual students’ responses to failed research as they conduct investigations in an undergraduate lab course. Here, we report a qualitative research case study based on data from interviews and course work to examine five undergraduate students’ emotional responses, coping strategies, and perceptions of learning as they confronted failure in …

Poetic Explorations In Bill F. Ndi’S Worth Their Weight In Thorns: (De)Constructing Hegemonic National Integration And Debating Francophonecentric National Governance., Hassan Mbiydzenyuy Yosimbom

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

This paper explores “hegemonic national integration” and “Francophonecentric national governance” in The Cameroons (TC) poetic scape. The former refers to La République du Cameroun (LRC)-British Southern Cameroons (BSC) or Southern Cameroons (SC) interconnectedness dominated by Francophones. The latter is governance that promotes a Francophone cultural superiority that refuses to see the Cameroonian world through Southern Cameroonians’ eyes. Cameroonians live in a time of enormous fragmenting “Francophonizing” and “Anglophonizing” processes. To flesh this argument out, this paper borrows critical perspectives from Benhabib’s “democratic iterations” and “deliberative democracy” and Rosenau’s “six-governance typology’ as requisites for good governance. It contends that …

The Symbolism Of Clothing: The Naked Truth About Jacques Lacan, Peter D. Mathews

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

In the work of Jacques Lacan there exists an extended metaphor of clothing, whereby the ‘naked’ truth is always ‘clothed’ in deception. For Lacan, clothing functions at the intersection of the symbolic and the imaginary, with outward appearance shaping what we imagine to be underneath in order to determine the landscape of symbolic desire. Joan Copjec considers the political implications of this metaphor, arguing that utilitarianism, in particular, divides desire into a false dichotomy of rational, naked desire, and the ornamental clothing of irrationality, a mindset woven into both capitalism and French colonialism. The article then examines two examples from …

Comparison Of The Performance Of The Observation-Based Hybrid Edmf And Edmf-Tke Pbl Schemes In 2020 Tropical Cyclone Forecasts From The Globalnested Hurricane Analysis And Forecast System, Andrew Hazelton, Jun A. Zhang, Sundararaman Gopalakrishnan

Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Faculty Publications

Better representation of the planetary boundary layer (PBL) in numerical models is one of the keys to improving forecasts of TC structure and intensity, including rapid intensification. To meet this goal, our recent work has used observations to improve the eddy-diffusivity mass flux with prognostic turbulent kinetic energy (EDMF-TKE) PBL scheme in the Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS). This study builds on that work by comparing a modified version of EDMF-TKE (MEDMF-TKE) with the hybrid EDMF scheme based on a K-profile method (HEDMF-KP) in the 2020 HAFS-globalnest model. Verification statistics based on 101 cases in the 2020 season demonstrate …

Early Elementary Students’ Use Of Shape And Location Schemas When Embedding And Disembedding, Laura Bofferding, Lizhen Chen, Sezai Kocabas, Mahtob Aqazade

Purdue Center for Early Learning Faculty and Staff Publications

Elementary students’ early development of embedding and disembedding is complex and paves the way for later STEM learning. The purpose of this study was to clarify the factors that support students’ embedding (i.e., overlapping shapes to form a new shape) and disembedding (i.e., identifying discrete shapes within another shape) through the use of filled shapes as opposed to shape frames. We recruited 26 Grade 1 students (~6–7 years old) and 23 Grade 3 students (~8–9 years old), asked them to work on two layered puzzle designs from the Color Code puzzle game, and interviewed them about their thinking processes. The …

Renewal Of Archival Legacy Soil Data: A Case Study Of The Busia Area, Kenya, Joshua O. Minai, Darrell G. Schulze, Zamir Libohova

Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund

Much older soils information, collectively known as legacy soils data lies idle in libraries or in the personal collections of retired soil scientists. The probability is very high for this legacy data to be lost or destroyed. We demonstrate the stepwise process of bringing legacy soils data “back to life” using the Reconnaissance Soil Survey of the Busia Area (quarter degree sheet No. 101) in western Kenya as an example. The first step, site identification, involves meeting and deliberating with key institutions to identify a setting for the study. The second step, data archeology, involves locating and cataloging legacy soil …