Information Ethics, Publishing And Plagiarism Among Academics, Philip Chike Aghadiuno, Simon Shachia Oryila

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The need for academics to be authority in their fields of specialisation is a fundamental requirement of the academic life. Yet, some academics do not wish to undergo the rigorous career path to excellence in teaching and research. Other younger academics wish to but do not know how to go about it. It is in the light of this that this article examines the inter-relationship between information ethics, publishing and plagiarism in the life of an academic. It also examines the gains of a productive academic life and how failure to publish or uphold ethical conduct in research or publishing …

Spartan Daily, February 1, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2023

Volume 160, Issue 3

Design And Characterization Of A Single Lever Bicycle Brake With Hydraulic Pressure Proportioning, Michael D. Machado, Vimal K. Viswanathan

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Featured Application: The work described here aims to design and characterize a more efficient bicycle braking system. In 2019, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimated that 329,000 Americans were injured in cycling-related incidents. Since the first bicycle brake in 1817, there has been an individual brake lever for decelerating each wheel, while on cars, there has been a single control lever for decelerating multiple wheels since 1921. To perform an emergency stop on a bicycle, the rider must proportion hand pressure on each brake lever and simultaneously vary hand pressure throughout the duration of the maneuver to match …

Student Awareness Of Models In First-Year Engineering Courses, Farshid Marbouti, Kelsey J. Rodgers, Angela K. Thompson, Matthew Verleger, Nicholas Hawkins

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Contribution: This study assesses more than 800 students' awareness of engineering model types before and after taking two first-year engineering courses across two semesters and evaluates the effect of each course. Background: All engineers must be able to apply and create models to be effective problem solvers, critical thinkers, and innovative designers. To help them develop these skills, as a first step, it is essential to assess how to increase students' awareness of engineering models. According to Bloom's taxonomy, the lower remember and understand levels, which encompass awareness, are necessary for achieving the higher levels, such as apply, analyze, evaluate, …

Low-Cost Quadrature Optical Interferometer, Tanner M. Melody, Krishna H. Patel, Peter K. Nguyen, Christopher L. Smallwood

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

We report on the construction and characterization of a low-cost Mach-Zehnder optical interferometer in which quadrature signal detection is achieved by means of polarization control. The device incorporates a generic green laser pointer, home-built photodetectors, 3D-printed optical mounts, a circular polarizer extracted from a pair of 3D movie glasses, and a python-enabled microcontroller for analog-to-digital data acquisition. Components fit inside of a 12 ″ × 6 ″ space and can be assembled on a budget of less than US$500. The device has the potential to make quadrature interferometry accessible and affordable for instructors, students, and enthusiasts alike.

Retrospective Analysis Of Measures To Reduce Large Whale Entanglements In A Lucrative Commercial Fishery, Leena Riekkola, Owen R. Liu, Blake E. Feist, Karin A. Forney, Briana Abrahms, Elliott L. Hazen, Jameal F. Samhouri

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Recovering marine animal populations and climate-driven shifts in their distributions are colliding with growing ocean use by humans. One such example is the bycatch of whales in commercial fishing, which poses a significant threat to the conservation and continued recovery of these protected animals and is a major barrier to sustainable fisheries. Long-lasting solutions to this problem need to be robust to variability in ecological dynamics while also addressing socio-cultural and economic concerns. We assessed the efficacy of gear reductions as an entanglement mitigation strategy during 2019 and 2020 in the highly valuable Dungeness crab fishery (Washington State, USA) in …

Access And Use Of Consortium For E-Resources In Agriculture (Cera) By The Research Scholars And Post Graduate Students Of The Krc College Of Horticulture, Arabhavi, Uhs Bagalkot, Manjunath B. Hadimani Mr., Vinayaka M. Bankapur Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In the electronic information age, consortiums are gaining more importance. The consortia movement has entered libraries and has received attention from the information-producing community. CeRA consortium is a tremendously great effort on the part of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to propose single-window access to e-resources to State Agricultural Universities (SAU)/ICAR institutes all over India. CeRA subscribed to e-Resources and create/facilitate an e-environment and e-access culture for faculty, scientists, research scholars, and students in the National Agricultural Research and Education System. The current study attempts to understand the access and use of CeRA among the researchers and PG …

How Does Destination Crisis Event Type Impact Tourist Emotion And Forgiveness? The Moderating Role Of Destination Crisis History, Lujun Su, Lin Pan, Yinghua Huang

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Drawing on attribution theory and situational crisis communication theory, this study investigates how destination crisis events impact tourist sympathy, anger, and intentions of forgiveness in four experiments. It also examines the moderating effects of destination crisis history (none vs. similar vs. dissimilar). The results of Study 1 and Study 2 revealed that external crisis events cause more sympathy and tourist forgiveness than internal ones, but less anger. They also indicated that sympathy and anger play a mediating role in destination crisis events and tourist forgiveness. The results of Study 3 and Study 4 revealed that destination crisis history predicts the …

Our Pride, Our Joy: An Intersectional Constructivist Grounded Theory Analysis Of Resources That Promote Resilience In Sgm Communities, O. Winslow Edwards, Eliot Lev, Juno Obedin-Maliver, Mitchell R. Lunn, Micah E. Lubensky, Matthew R. Capriotti, J. J. Garrett-Walker, Annesa Flentje

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Introduction Sexual and gender minority (SGM) communities, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, and Two-Spirit people, have historically been researched from a deficits-based approach that fails to highlight the ways communities survive and thrive in the face of adversity. This study endeavored to create a model of resources that promote SGM resilience using a sample that amplified traditionally underrepresented perspectives, including individuals from racial and/or ethnic minority groups, trans and/or gender diverse individuals, individuals on the asexual spectrum, and older adults. Methods Participant responses to three open-ended questions from The PRIDE Study’s (an online national longitudinal cohort study …

Rabbit Meat—Production, Consumption And Consumers’ Attitudes And Behavior, Shahida Anusha Siddiqui, Francesca Gerini, Ali Ikram, Farhan Saeed, Xi Feng, Yanping Chen

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Rabbit meat could play an important role in health, the rural economy, and sustainable development. Rabbit meat has excellent nutritional features, such as high protein content, low-fat content, and a high percentage of unsaturated fatty acids, low cholesterol and sodium levels. In addition, rabbit meat production contributes to maintaining economic activities in rural marginal areas. However, the consumption of rabbit meat is still limited due to several factors such as the higher cost of commercial food that is slowing down rabbits’ breeding. Socio-demographic characteristics, attitudes, and nationality of consumers influence the demand and consumption of rabbit meat. The social and …

Waterfowl Recently Infected With Low Pathogenic Avian Influenza Exhibit Reduced Local Movement And Delayed Migration, Claire S. Teitelbaum, Michael L. Casazza, Fiona Mcduie, Susan E.W. De La Cruz, Cory T. Overton, Laurie A. Hall, Elliott L. Matchett, Joshua T. Ackerman, Jeffery D. Sullivan, Andrew M. Ramey, Diann J. Prosser

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Understanding relationships between infection and wildlife movement patterns is important for predicting pathogen spread, especially for multispecies pathogens and those that can spread to humans and domestic animals, such as avian influenza viruses (AIVs). Although infection with low pathogenic AIVs is generally considered asymptomatic in wild birds, prior work has shown that influenza-infected birds occasionally delay migration and/or reduce local movements relative to their uninfected counterparts. However, most observational research to date has focused on a few species in northern Europe; given that influenza viruses are widespread globally and outbreaks of highly pathogenic strains are increasingly common, it is important …

Using Artificial Intelligence To Detect Human Errors In Nuclear Power Plants: A Case In Operation And Maintenance, Ezgi Gursel, Bhavya Reddy, Anahita Khojandi, Mahboubeh Madadi, Jamie Baalis Coble, Vivek Agarwal, Vaibhav Yadav, Ronald L. Boring

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Human error (HE) is an important concern in safety-critical systems such as nuclear power plants (NPPs). HE has played a role in many accidents and outage incidents in NPPs. Despite the increased automation in NPPs, HE remains unavoidable. Hence, the need for HE detection is as important as HE prevention efforts. In NPPs, HE is rather rare. Hence, anomaly detection, a widely used machine learning technique for detecting rare anomalous instances, can be repurposed to detect potential HE. In this study, we develop an unsupervised anomaly detection technique based on generative adversarial networks (GANs) to detect anomalies in manually collected …

The Present And Future Status Of Heavy Neutral Leptons, Asli M. Abdullahi, Pablo Barham Alzás, Brian Batell, James Beacham, Alexey Boyarsky, Saneli Carbajal, Animesh Chatterjee, José I. Crespo-Anadón, Frank F. Deppisch, Albert De Roeck, Marco Drewes, Alberto Martin Gago, Rebeca Gonzalez Suarez, Evgueni Goudzovski, Athanasios Hatzikoutelis, Josu Hernandez-Garcia, Matheus Hostert, Marco Hufnagel, Philip Ilten

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The existence of nonzero neutrino masses points to the likely existence of multiple Standard Model neutral fermions. When such states are heavy enough that they cannot be produced in oscillations, they are referred to as heavy neutral leptons (HNLs). In this white paper, we discuss the present experimental status of HNLs including colliders, beta decay, accelerators, as well as astrophysical and cosmological impacts. We discuss the importance of continuing to search for HNLs, and its potential impact on our understanding of key fundamental questions, and additionally we outline the future prospects for next-generation future experiments or upcoming accelerator run scenarios.

Ending The Hiv Epidemic: Identifying Barriers And Facilitators To Implement Molecular Hiv Surveillance To Develop Real-Time Cluster Detection And Response Interventions For Local Communities, Moctezuma Garcia, Samantha Devlin, Jared Kerman, Kayo Fujimoto, Lisa R. Hirschhorn, Gregory Phillips, John Schneider, Moira C. Mcnulty

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The rapid implementation of molecular HIV surveillance (MHS) has resulted in significant challenges for local health departments to develop real-time cluster detection and response (CDR) interventions for priority populations impacted by HIV. This study is among the first to explore professionals’ strategies to implement MHS and develop CDR interventions in real-world public health settings. Methods: Semi-structured qualitative interviews were completed by 21 public health stakeholders in the United States’ southern and midwestern regions throughout 2020–2022 to identify themes related to the implementation and development of MHS and CDR. Results for the thematic analysis revealed (1) strengths and limitations in utilizing …

Analysis Of Freight Movements In The San Joaquin Valley, Aly Tawfik, Utsav Shah

Mineta Transportation Institute

Freight transportation plays a primary role in supply chains, costs, and availability of goods and is a major part of the economy. This study identifies, assesses, and utilizes different data sources to uncover and understand the patterns and movements of different types of freight in the San Joaquin Valley’s (SJV's) different counties. The San Joaquin Valley region consists of eight counties: San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, and Tulare. This research explored some major datasets with freight information, such as Global Trade Atlas (GTA), Port Imports and Exports Reporting Systems (PIERS), and Streetlight data insights for the year 2019 …

Evaluation, Comparison, And Improvement Recommendations For Caltrans Financial Programming Processes And Tools, Wenbin Wei, Nigel Blampied, Raajmaathangi Sreevijay

Mineta Transportation Institute

The California Transportation Improvement Program System (CTIPS) is the main tool used by Caltrans’ Division of Financial Programming to support the business of transportation programming. It is a multi-agency joint-use project programming database system applied to develop and manage various state and federal transportation programming documents. The goal of this project is to evaluate CTIPS and explore various new options that will maintain the current functionality of CTIPS, meet legislative guidelines for ADA compliance, ensure security of the system, and have sufficient scalability and capabilities for integration with other systems in the future. The research is based on the review …

Trade And Transportation Talent Pipeline Blueprints: Building Universityindustry Talent Pipelines In Colleges Of Continuing And Professional Education, Tyler D. Reeb, Stacey Park

Mineta Transportation Institute

The rapid adoption of transformational technologies along with other economic and cultural shifts, have created a gap between workers and the skills and knowledge necessary for in-demand occupations. Trade and Transportation Talent Pipeline Blueprints: Building University-Industry Talent Pipelines in Colleges of Continuing and Professional Education identifies the steps required to build talent pipelines that target in-demand trade and transportation occupations requiring specific degrees, certificates, and non-credit professional development. This report provides a literature review and labor market data analysis. It also includes documentation of methodology in planning a pilot program for Colleges of Professional and Continuing Education housed within each …

Reflections On The Physics And Astronomy Student Reading Society (Phasrs) At San José State University, Sidney L. Johnson, Athanasios Hatzikoutelis, Christopher L. Smallwood

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The COVID-19 pandemic imposed profound changes on the way we think about undergraduate physics education. Online courses became mainstream. Exam formats were reimagined. Digital whiteboards replaced face-to-face discussions. Laboratory classes were outfitted with home-delivered supply kits. And all of us developed a more intimate knowledge of Greek letters and symbols (delta, omicron, etc.) than we might have comfortably liked to admit.

Evaluation Of Information Sources And Services Of B-School Libraries In Greater Hyderabad: A User Study, Dr.Annavarapu Mallikarjuna Prefex

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

In the present period, School Libraries are playing vital role in the electronic resources. All changes demand development of modern skills to both library professionals as well as users. Today, all information available in digital form requires new and modern methods for its handling. The present study deals with Evaluation of Information Sources and Services in Business School Libraries.

Spartan Daily, January 31, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2023

Volume 160, Issue 2

Technology Acceptance Among Library Male And Female Users Of Lahore-Based Public And Private General Categories Universities, Qaiser Iqbal, Tahira Akbar, Zaheer Ahmad

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract

Purpose- The purpose of the study was to assess the usefulness of digital library resources & services, and the value of multidisciplinary databases among postgraduate researchers/ students. This research study is an investigation of technology acceptance behaviours of university library users in Lahore, Pakistan. It also works on user’s perception and usage of digital databases, user’s level of satisfaction, user’s ease of use and usefulness to use digital library databases and identifications of factors affecting accessing digital databases. This research study is based on the TAM model in the context of technology acceptance by postgraduate researchers.

Design/ methodology/ approach …

Joint Spatiotemporal Models To Predict Seabird Densities At Sea, Mayumi L. Arimitsu, John F. Piatt, James T. Thorson, Katherine J. Kuletz, Gary S. Drew, Sarah K. Schoen, Daniel A. Cushing, Caitlin Kroeger, William J. Sydeman

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Introduction: Seabirds are abundant, conspicuous members of marine ecosystems worldwide. Synthesis of distribution data compiled over time is required to address regional management issues and understand ecosystem change. Major challenges when estimating seabird densities at sea arise from variability in dispersion of the birds, sampling effort over time and space, and differences in bird detection rates associated with survey vessel type.

Methods: Using a novel approach for modeling seabirds at sea, we applied joint dynamic species distribution models (JDSDM) with a vector-autoregressive spatiotemporal framework to survey data collected over nearly five decades and archived in the North Pacific Pelagic Seabird …

The Role Of Information And Communication Technology (Ict)) Towards Providing Effective Library Services In Special Libraries Of Adamawa Broadcasting Corporation Yola, Adamawa State Nigeria, Babangida Umar Babayi Dr., John Thlama Ijabula, Juliet Olouchi Peter, Basaka Abubakar Aminu Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study examined the role of information and communication technology (ICT)) towards providing effective library services in special libraries of Adamawa broadcasting corporation Yola, Adamawa State Nigeria. The study employed four objectives of the study and four research questions. The study adopted the descriptive survey research method. Questionnaire was used as instrument for data collection. The population of the study consists of fifteen (15) staff. This study adopted purposive sampling technique where. Descriptive statistic was used as the method of data analysis. The study revealed that there is availability of ICTs such as: CDs, hard drives, flash and also photocopier …

Examining The Level Of Information Literacy Among First-Year English Majors At The University Of Sargodha, Shahid Mehmood Mr., Sohail Mehmood Dr., Shaista Shahid Mrs.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main goal of this study was to look into the information literacy (skills and standards) of English Language majors at Sargodha University. A total of 160 undergraduates, both men, and women, took part in the research. To get to their end goal, researchers had to fill out a questionnaire created by Mittermeyer and Quirion (2003). The results of this study showed that undergraduates at UOS don't know enough about how to use information. Because of this outcome, it was suggested that students from UOS take part in the research.

Spartan Daily, January 25, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2023

Volume 160, Issue 1

Marine Protected Areas, Marine Heatwaves, And The Resilience Of Nearshore Fish Communities, Shelby L. Ziegler, Jasmin M. Johnson, Rachel O. Brooks, Erin M. Johnston, Jacklyn L. Mohay, Benjamin I. Ruttenberg, Richard M. Starr, Grant T. Waltz, Dean E. Wendt, Scott L. Hamilton

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Anthropogenic stressors from climate change can affect individual species, community structure, and ecosystem function. Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are intense thermal anomalies where water temperature is significantly elevated for five or more days. Climate projections suggest an increase in the frequency and severity of MHWs in the coming decades. While there is evidence that marine protected areas (MPAs) may be able to buffer individual species from climate impacts, there is not sufficient evidence to support the idea that MPAs can mitigate large-scale changes in marine communities in response to MHWs. California experienced an intense MHW and subsequent El Niño Southern Oscillation …

Alerting Services As Tools For Promoting The Uptake Of Open Access Resources In Higher Learning Institutions. Case Of The University Of Zambia, Eness Munzya Miyanda Chitumbo Dr., Thomas Van Der Walt Prof.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

This study aimed at identifying and recommending appropriate alerting services to promote awareness and uptake of open access resources in higher learning institutions such as the University of Zambia. It identifies itself with the pragmatic paradigm; using the mixed-methods approach and a case study mixed-methods design to investigate the problem of low uptake of open access resources and how alerting services can improve the uptake. The study further applied the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology to provide the context for examining and explaining open access usage and promotion.

The study used University of Zambia students, researchers …

Examination Of Aerosol Indirect Effects During Cirrus Cloud Evolution, Flor Vanessa Maciel, Minghui Diao, Ryan Patnaude

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Aerosols affect cirrus formation and evolution, yet quantification of these effects remain difficult based on in situ observations due to the complexity of nucleation mechanisms and large variabilities in ice microphysical properties. This work employed a method to distinguish five evolution phases of cirrus clouds based on in situ aircraft-based observations from seven U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and five NASA flight campaigns. Both homogeneous and heterogeneous nucleation were captured in the 1 Hz aircraft observations, inferred from the distributions of relative humidity in the nucleation phase. Using linear regressions to quantify the correlations between cirrus microphysical properties and aerosol …

Utilization Of Electronic Resources In University Of Abuja Library By Undergraduate Students Of University Of Abuja, Nigeria, Rose Lade Mommoh Dr., Hadiza Eneze Gomina Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study investigated the utilization of electronic resources in University of Abuja library by Undergraduate students of University of Abuja. The descriptive survey research was adopted for the study. The study was guided by three research questions. The population of the study comprised of 3520 and 3750 undergraduate students from faculties of Science and Arts respectively. The sample size of for the study comprised of 352 and 375 undergraduate students from faculties of Science and Arts respectively. The study adopted a structured questionnaire for data collection. The study revealed moderate use of electronic resources by undergraduate students in faculties of …

Social Support And Technology Use And Their Association With Mental And Physical Health During The Covid-19 Pandemic Among Asian Americans: The Compass Cross-Sectional Study, Linda G. Park, Oanh L. Meyer, Marcelle M. Dougan, Bethany Golden, Kevin Ta, Bora Nam, Janice Y. Tsoh, Marian Tzuang, Van M.Ta Park

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

BACKGROUND: The global COVID-19 pandemic disproportionately affected Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) and revealed significant health disparities with reports of increased discrimination and xenophobia. Among AAPIs, the pandemic exacerbated their social, linguistic, and geographic isolation. Social support may be especially important for AAPIs given the salience of collectivism as a cultural value. Another mechanism for support among AAPIs was technology use, as it is generally widespread among this population. However, older adults may not perceive the same benefits. OBJECTIVE: We examined social support and technology use and their relationships with mental and physical health outcomes through the COVID-19 pandemic …