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Ancient And Modern Genomics Of The Ohlone Indigenous Population Of California, Alissa L. Severson, Brian F. Byrd, Elizabeth K. Mallott, Amanda C. Owings, Michael Degiorgio, Alida De Flamingh, Charlene Nijmeh, Monica V. Arellano, Alan Leventhal, Noah A. Rosenberg, Ripan S. Malhi

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Traditional knowledge, along with archaeological and linguistic evidence, documents that California supports cultural and linguistically diverse Indigenous populations. Studies that have included ancient genomes in this region, however, have focused primarily on broad-scale migration history of the North American continent, with relatively little attention to local population dynamics. Here, in a partnership involving researchers and the Muwekma Ohlone tribe, we analyze genomic data from ancient and present-day individuals from the San Francisco Bay Area in California: 12 ancient individuals dated to 1905 to 1826 and 601 to 184 calibrated years before the present (cal BP) from two archaeological sites and …

Bibliometric Analysis On Human Resource Management In The Library Based On Scopus Platform From 1969-2021, Lallawm Awmi, Lalngai Zuali, Lalduh Zuali

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The aim of the study is to examine the literature published on human resource management in the library by Scopus and to prepare a bibliography of ready reference for the academia by examining the 2054 literature published on human resource management in the library by Scopus from 1969 to 2021. The retrieved bibliographic details and literature published were collected from Scopus database (https://scopus.com). All the required bibliographical data were retrieved by using advanced search technique with keywords such as ‘human resource management in the library’. The dominant focus is on HRM in the library giving researchers the opportunity …

Perceptions Of Research Students About Information Resources Of Digital Library And Difficulties Faced During Usage, Shakeel Ahmad Khan Dr., Muhammad Asif Phd Scolar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The basic aim of this study was to examine the perception of research students about the importance of online sources of information in digital libraries and the problems faced by research students while consulting online information resources in digital libraries. To achieve these goals, a quantitative research method was used. A self-administered questionnaire was developed and used for data collection. The population of the study has consisted of research students studying in M. Phil and Ph.D. in the Faculty of Behavioral & Social Sciences and Pure Sciences. Data was collected from 278 respondents and analyzed by using SPSS software. Results …

Spartan Daily, March 22, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 158, Issue 23

Library Services During Covid-19 Pandemic: A Bibliometric Analysis And Knowledge Mapping, Md. Armanul Haque, Xiaojuan Zhang Dr, Md. Shafiul Alam Dr, Md. Nazmul Hasan, Farzana Islam Any

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The increased usage of libraries during the Covid-19 pandemic has been well known to science communicators, but scientific communication has not evaluated the distributions of its published findings. Thus, this study intends to identify and map library services in international publishing, particularly the Scopus database during the pandemic. Sixty-four publications in the Scopus database were assessed using the bibliometric approach and fifty-seven documents are considered. To find documents from January 2020-June 2021, the author utilized keywords such as library services AND covid-19. Microsoft excels and VOSviewer software was used to analyze the result and visualize the knowledge map. The results …

Orientalism Restated In The Era Of Covid-19, Joey Kim

Asian American Literature: Discourses & Pedagogies

This essay bridges a gap between an analysis of anti-Asian targeting and an analysis of Orientalism. Because histories of Orientalism and anti-Asian targeting pre-date the current moment, I demonstrate the centrality of Orientalism to the evolution of xenophobic language and sentiment in U.S.-foreign historical relations. I recount instances of anti-Asian, xenophobic, and “Yellow-Peril” rhetoric in the wake of the global COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, I examine the racialization of COVID-19 as a trope of orientalism. This racialization, I argue, places the Asian-presenting body in a state of heightened visibility, precarity, and susceptibility to plunder. The newfound precarity of the …

Radiv1: A Non-Steady-State Early Diagenetic Model For Ocean Sediments In Julia And Matlab/Gnu Octave, Olivier Sulpis, Matthew P. Humphreys, Monica M. Wilhelmus, Dustin Carroll, William M. Berelson, Dimitris Menemenlis, Jack J. Middelburg, Jess F. Adkins

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

We introduce a time-dependent, one-dimensional model of early diagenesis that we term RADI, an acronym accounting for the main processes included in the model: chemical reactions, advection, molecular and bio-diffusion, and bio-irrigation. RADI is targeted for study of deep-sea sediments, in particular those containing calcium carbonates (CaCO3). RADI combines CaCO3 dissolution driven by organic matter degradation with a diffusive boundary layer and integrates state-of-the-art parameterizations of CaCO3 dissolution kinetics in seawater, thus serving as a link between mechanistic surface reaction modeling and global-scale biogeochemical models. RADI also includes CaCO3 precipitation, providing a continuum between CaCO3 dissolution and precipitation. RADI integrates …

Use Of Cartoons As A Tool For Giving Instructions In The Library, Maman Lesmana

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This article aims to show cartoon memes on the internet that contain about libraries to see the possibilities for using such forms of instruction in the library, so as to make the atmosphere in the library more comfortable and not boring, both for users and for students. library managers. The methods used in this research are qualitative methods, library, and descriptive analysis, namely collecting data in the form of cartoons containing images and texts about libraries on the internet, then analyzing them using theories about cartoons and informative texts, to get the meaning and messages conveyed. contained in it, then …

Spartan Daily, March 9, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 158, Issue 18

Challenges Of The Industrial Revolution Era 1.0 To 5.0 : University Digital Library In Indoensia, Merlin Apriliyanti, Ilham M

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study explains the development of the world of libraries to establish a very close relationship with the world of information technology. For this reason, facilities and infrastructure are needed to facilitate data and information retrieval quickly and accurately. Facing the challenges of the Industrial Revolution 5.0 era by utilizing information technology, libraries must also adapt to the times. Because the library has an important role, among others, as a source of information and the development of knowledge. Used libraries are still conventional to be converted into digital libraries. In essence, this development represents the desire of library users for …

Characterization Of Two Novel Toti-Like Viruses Co-Infecting The Atlantic Blue Crab, Callinectes Sapidus, In Its Northern Range Of The United States, Mingli Zhao, Lan Xu, Holly Bowers, Eric J. Schott

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The advancement of high throughput sequencing has greatly facilitated the exploration of viruses that infect marine hosts. For example, a number of putative virus genomes belonging to the Totiviridae family have been described in crustacean hosts. However, there has been no characterization of the most newly discovered putative viruses beyond description of their genomes. In this study, two novel double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) virus genomes were discovered in the Atlantic blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) and further investigated. Sequencing of both virus genomes revealed that they each encode RNA dependent RNA polymerase proteins (RdRps) with similarities to toti-like viruses. The viruses were …

Attitude As Predictor Of Academic Achievement Of Students In Introduction To Library Studies In Federal Colleges Of Education In Southern Nigeria, Johnson Ayodeji Akerele, Akin Awoyemi, Samuel Oke Ogunniyi Phd

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Poor academic achievement in Introduction to Library Studies, GSE 112, due to attitude has been a challenge in Nigeria. Therefore, this study investigated attitude as predictor of academic achievement in GSE 112 among students in federal colleges of education in Southern Nigeria. The study adopted purposive sampling technique to select five conventional colleges of education in Southern Nigeria. Simple random sampling technique was used to administer questionnaire to 20% of student population (1340) in each of the five colleges while total enumeration technique was used to distribute questionnaire to all forty-two (42) librarians teaching GSE 112. The sample size was …

Sizing An Open-Channel Woodchip Bioreactor To Treat Nitrate From Agricultural Tile Drainage And Achieve Water Quality Targets, Pam Krone, Ross Clark, Jason Adelaars, Mason Leandro, Alex Henson, Jessica Williamson, Heather Bischel, Olivia Wrightwood, Fred Watson

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Woodchip bioreactors are capable of removing nitrate from agricultural runoff and subsurface tile drain water, alleviating human health hazards and harmful discharge to the environment. Water pumped from agricultural tile drain sumps to nearby ditches or channels could be cost-effectively diverted through a woodchip bioreactor to remove nitrate prior to discharge into local waterways. Sizing the bioreactor to achieve targeted outlet concentrations within a minimum footprint is important to minimizing cost. Determining the necessary bioreactor size should involve a hydrological component as well as reaction type and rates. We measured inflow and outflow nitrate concentrations in a pumped open-channel woodchip …

Bisphenol A Affects Neurodevelopmental Gene Expression, Cognitive Function, And Neuromuscular Synaptic Morphology In Drosophila Melanogaster, Chloe Welch, Eden Johnson, Angelina Tupikova, Judith Anderson, Brendan Tinsley, Johnathan Newman, Erin Widman, Adam Alfareh, Alexandra Davis, Lucero Rodriguez, Clayton Visger, Justin P. Miller-Schulze, Wendy Lee, Kimberly Mulligan

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Bisphenol A (BPA) is an environmentally prevalent endocrine disrupting chemical that can impact human health and may be an environmental risk factor for neurodevelopmental disorders. BPA has been associated with behavioral impairment in children and a variety of neurodevelopmental phenotypes in model organisms. We used Drosophila melanogaster to explore the consequences of developmental BPA exposure on gene expression, cognitive function, and synapse development. Our transcriptome analysis indicated neurodevelopmentally relevant genes were predominantly downregulated by BPA. Among the misregulated genes were those with roles in learning, memory, and synapse development, as well as orthologs of human genes associated with neurodevelopmental and …

Attribution Of Space-Time Variability In Global-Ocean Dissolved Inorganic Carbon, Dustin Carroll, Dimitris Menemenlis, Stephanie Dutkiewicz, Jonathan M. Lauderdale, Jess F. Adkins, Kevin W. Bowman, Holger Brix, Ian Fenty, Michelle M. Gierach, Chris Hill, Oliver Jahn, Peter Landschützer, Manfredi Manizza, Matt R. Mazloff, Charles E. Miller, David S. Schimel, Ariane Verdy, Daniel B. Whitt, Hong Zhang

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The inventory and variability of oceanic dissolved inorganic carbon (DIC) is driven by the interplay of physical, chemical, and biological processes. Quantifying the spatiotemporal variability of these drivers is crucial for a mechanistic understanding of the ocean carbon sink and its future trajectory. Here, we use the Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean-Darwin ocean biogeochemistry state estimate to generate a global-ocean, data-constrained DIC budget and investigate how spatial and seasonal-to-interannual variability in three-dimensional circulation, air-sea CO2 flux, and biological processes have modulated the ocean sink for 1995–2018. Our results demonstrate substantial compensation between budget terms, resulting in distinct …

Ict Literacy Of Vocational High School Teachers Of Construction And Property Engineering Expertise Program, Anas Arfandi, Panennungi T., Onesimus Sampebua’, Hamidah Suryani, Nahriana -

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of the research is 1) to elaborate the understanding of ICT for vocational school teachers in the Construction and Property Engineering expertise program. 2) to describe the ICT literacy of teacher's to use technology. 3) to explain the difference the teachers' ICT literacy based on their years of service. This research was conducted at the province of South Sulawesi. Data collected and anlyzed between March – June 2021. The sample used was 75 respondents. The result of the study explain the understanding of SMK teachers about ICT is quite good, most of them needs to be improved. The …

A Study On The Use Of Academic Social Networking Sites (Asnss) By Professional Librarians In Public Universities In Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, Nse E. Akwang Phd, Cln

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study takes a holistic look at the usefulness of academic social networking sites as the basis of which significant links could be established globally. The use of social media and networking sites is increasingly facilitating communication among people in all walks of life. Professional librarians normally use the sites to connect with each other faster and easier for research purposes, professional development, personal development, as well as entertainment or any other purpose. The popular academic networking sites include LinkedIn, ResearchGate, Quora, Google Scholar, ResearchID, Mendeley, and so on. This study examines the use of academic social networking sites by …

Deeplasmid: Deep Learning Accurately Separates Plasmids From Bacterial Chromosomes, William B. Andreopoulos, Alexander M. Geller, Miriam Lucke, Jan Balewski, Alicia Clum, Natalia N. Ivanova, Asaf Levy

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Plasmids are mobile genetic elements that play a key role in microbial ecology and evolution by mediating horizontal transfer of important genes, such as antimicrobial resistance genes. Many microbial genomes have been sequenced by short read sequencers and have resulted in a mix of contigs that derive from plasmids or chromosomes. New tools that accurately identify plasmids are needed to elucidate new plasmid-borne genes of high biological importance. We have developed Deeplasmid, a deep learning tool for distinguishing plasmids from bacterial chromosomes based on the DNA sequence and its encoded biological data. It requires as input only assembled sequences generated …

Information Needs And Seeking Behavior Of Distance And Regular Undergraduate University Students Of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan, Saeed Ullah Jan, Ihsan Ullah Khan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main theme of this study is to investigate the information needs and seeking behavior of distance and regular Library and Information undergraduate students studying at different public sector universities of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan. Quantitative research method was used to carry out this research study. Adopted questionnaire was used as data collection tool. A total of 299 questionnaires were distributed among the respondents and 213 questionnaires were received. It was depicted that lectures and course books were the prime needed information of both groups for their academic qualifications. The prime needed information of both groups was found as “Information on course …

Where Did Librarianship Go In The Teaching Curricula Of Ischools?, Muhammad Arif Dr., Miguel Baptista Nunes Prof., Saima Kanwal Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose – Information schools (iSchools) emerged because of the fast technological developments and the urgent need of information in the contemporary society. Despite many advantages, the iSchool movement confronted several challenges. The current study is aimed to address one of the key challenges, where did librarianship go in the teaching curricula of iSchools.

Design/methodology/approach – This research adopted a desktop-based survey of the North American and the European iSchools websites. Also, a comprehensive literature was reviewed to get insight on the phenomenon under discussion.

Findings – Literature based findings disclosed that iSchool movement is evolving, 19 members in 2005 and …

Preservation Of Library Materials: A Case Of A Public Library Within The Accra Metropolitan Area Of Ghana, Deborah Nyamewaah Amankwah Mrs., Albert Paa Kojo Ebi Bilson Mr., Gloria Atisoe Ms.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Preservation is an important component of the library as it is designed to prolong the lifespan of library collections in order to provide access to users. The study was achieved through different reviews on literature in relation to library preservation. Globally different kinds of literature have been reviewed on the preservation of library materials and specifically narrowed to Ghana. The purpose of the study was to review the literature on the prospects and challenges of library materials in Ghana. The study further sought to find out the benefits of preserving library materials and identification of the internal and external factors …

Overview Of The Mosaic Expedition: Snow And Sea Ice, Marcel Nicolaus, Donald K. Perovich, Gunnar Spreen, Mats A. Granskog, Luisa Von Albedyll, Michael Angelopoulos, Philipp Anhaus, Stefanie Arndt, H. Jakob Belter, Vladimir Bessonov, Gerit Birnbaum, Jörg Brauchle, Radiance Calmer, Estel Cardellach, Bin Cheng, David Clemens-Sewall, Ruzica Dadic, Ellen Damm, Gijs De Boer, Oguz Demir, Klaus Dethloff, Dmitry V. Divine, Tim Stanton, For Full Author List, See Comments Below

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Year-round observations of the physical snow and ice properties and processes that govern the ice pack evolution and its interaction with the atmosphere and the ocean were conducted during the Multidisciplinary drifting Observatory for the Study of Arctic Climate (MOSAiC) expedition of the research vessel Polarstern in the Arctic Ocean from October 2019 to September 2020. This work was embedded into the interdisciplinary design of the 5 MOSAiC teams, studying the atmosphere, the sea ice, the ocean, the ecosystem, and biogeochemical processes. The overall aim of the snow and sea ice observations during MOSAiC was to characterize the physical properties …

Identification Of Distinct Characteristics Of Antibiofilm Peptides And Prospection Of Diverse Sources For Efficacious Sequences, Bipasa Bose, Taylor Downey, Anand K. Ramasubramanian, David C. Anastasiu

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

A majority of microbial infections are associated with biofilms. Targeting biofilms is considered an effective strategy to limit microbial virulence while minimizing the development of antibiotic resistance. Toward this need, antibiofilm peptides are an attractive arsenal since they are bestowed with properties orthogonal to small molecule drugs. In this work, we developed machine learning models to identify the distinguishing characteristics of known antibiofilm peptides, and to mine peptide databases from diverse habitats to classify new peptides with potential antibiofilm activities. Additionally, we used the reported minimum inhibitory/eradication concentration (MBIC/MBEC) of the antibiofilm peptides to create a regression model on top …

Building A Quantum Engineering Undergraduate Program, Abraham Asfaw, Alexandre Blais, Kenneth R. Brown, Jonathan Candelaria, Christopher Cantwell, Lincoln D. Carr, Joshua Combes, Dripto M. Debroy, John M. Donohue, Sophia E. Economou, Emily Edwards, Michael F. J. Fox, Steven M. Girvin, Alan Ho, Hilary M. Hurst, Zubin Jacob, Blake R. Johnson, Ezekiel Johnston-Halperin, Robert Joynt, Eliot Kapit, Judith Klein-Seetharaman, Martin Laforest, H. J. Lewandowski, Theresa W. Lynn, Corey Rae H. Mcrae, Celia Merzbacher, Spyridon Michalakis, Prineha Narang, William D. Oliver, Jens Palsberg, David P. Pappas, Michael G. Raymer, David J. Reilly, Mark Saffman, Thomas A. Searles, Jeffrey H. Shapiro, Chandralekha Singh

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Contribution: A roadmap is provided for building a quantum engineering education program to satisfy U.S. national and international workforce needs.

Background: The rapidly growing quantum information science and engineering (QISE) industry will require both quantum-aware and quantum-proficient engineers at the bachelor's level.

Research Question: What is the best way to provide a flexible framework that can be tailored for the full academic ecosystem?

Methodology: A workshop of 480 QISE researchers from across academia, government, industry, and national laboratories was convened to draw on best practices; representative authors developed this roadmap.

Findings: 1) For quantum-aware engineers, …

Spartan Daily, February 1, 2022, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2022

Volume 158, Issue 2

Resiliency With Forced Migrants: A Qualitative Study Of Providers And Forced Migrants Through A Resilience Perspective, Nicole Dubus

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

In the last ten years, the world has experienced unprecedented, forced migration due to civil unrest, political persecution, and the ever-growing climate crisis. This is a qualitative study of the professional experiences of social workers (n = 73) working with forced migrants (n = 34) and the lived experiences of forced migrants in several countries: Germany, Greece, Iceland, Mexico, Switzerland, and the United States. Social workers reported that most of their interventions involved short-term case management that focused on securing initial housing and healthcare. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) was the primary intervention for behavioral health issues. The recipients of these …

Negotiating Transportation Insecurity: Local Responses And Coping Strategies In San José, Ca, Andrew Ng, Melissa Beresford

Mineta Transportation Institute

People rely on transportation every day to access food, work, and social activities. Transportation insecurity—the lack of regular access to adequate transportation—can therefore cause significant disruptions to livelihoods. Understanding how people experience transportation insecurity in metropolitan areas may contribute to building better transportation systems and help formulate ways to alleviate persistent and underlying transportation issues. In this study, the researchers interviewed San José residents who experience transportation insecurity to better understand their experiences and identify the major ways that they cope with lack of adequate transportation. The researchers then used inductive techniques for thematic text analysis to identify patterns major …

Western Gull Foraging Behavior As An Ecosystem State Indicator In Coastal California, Megan A. Cimino, Scott A. Shaffer, Heather Welch, Jarrod A. Santora, Pete Warzybok, Jaime Jahncke, Isaac Schroeder, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

With accelerating climate variability and change, novel approaches are needed to warn managers of changing ecosystem state and to identify appropriate management actions. One strategy is using indicator species—like seabirds as ecosystem sentinels—to monitor changes in marine environments. Here, we explore the utility of western gulls (Larus occidentalis) breeding on Southeast Farallon Island as a proxy of ecosystem state in coastal California by investigating the interannual variability in gull foraging behavior from 2013 to 2019 in relation to upwelling conditions, prey abundances, and overlap with humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) as gulls frequently feed in association with whales. Western gulls have …

Managing Anger Among Student-Librarians Using Aggression Replacement Training And Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emmanuel Chidiadi Onwubiko

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The destruction of facilities in higher institutions by rampaging angry students during crisis has remained a re-occurring decimal and library schools have had their fair share. This study therefore was aimed at establishing the effectiveness of the application of aggression replacement training and cognitive behavioral therapy in the management of anger among student-librarians. The study was guided by two research questions as well as two hypotheses. The study applied the pre-test, post-test control group quasi experimental design. The target population of this study include, all student-librarians in federal universities running library and information science programmes in Nigeria but the sampled …

Synergy Between Compost And Cover Crops In A Mediterranean Row Crop System Leads To Increased Subsoil Carbon Storage, Daniel Rath, Nathaniel Bogie, Leonardo Deiss, Sanjai J. Parikh, Daoyuan Wang, Samantha Ying, Nicole Tautges, Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, Teamrat A. Ghezzehei, Kate M. Scow

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Subsoil carbon (C) stocks are a prime target for efforts to increase soil C storage for climate change mitigation. However, subsoil C dynamics are not well understood, especially in soils under long-term intensive agricultural management. We compared subsoil C storage and soil organic matter (SOM) composition in tomato-corn rotations after 25 years of differing C and nutrient management in the California Central Valley: CONV (mineral fertilizer), CONV+WCC (mineral fertilizer and cover crops), and ORG (composted poultry manure and cover crops). The cover crop mix used in these systems is a mix of oat (Avena sativa L.), faba bean (Vicia faba …