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Spartan Daily, March 2, 2021, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2021

Volume 156, Issue 14

Information Need And Information Seeking Behaviour Of Tangkhul Naga Community In India, Shinchuila Raising, Prabhu Gaddimani, Akhilesh K.S. Yadav

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main objective of this research is to study the information-seeking behaviour and need of the Tangkhul Naga community in the Ukhrul district of Manipur state in India. What are the various sources and channels used for seeking information, the purpose of information seeking, problems faced by the Tangkhul Naga community while seeking the information? The survey research was conducted using a questionnaire tool from the scattered population of the Tangkhul community. Total of 211 people was responded to the questionnaire. The respondent includes student, daily-wage worker, government-employee, retired people, self-employed and unemployed persons. The print media and the Internet …

Assessment Of Rural Women Farmers’ Knowledge On Selected Soya Bean Products And Accessibility To Nutrition Education Sources In Ekiti State, Nigeria, Olalekan Odefadehan Dr., Temitope Omoyungbo, Ayotunde Owolabi, Tolulope Akinbobola

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study assessed the accessibility to nutrition education sources and level of knowledge on soya bean products as alternative/cheap source of protein by rural women. Multistage sampling procedure was utilized in selecting 234 respondents in the study area. Interview schedule and focus group discussion was used to collect information from the rural women. Data was analysed through descriptive statistics (percentages, frequencies and means) and inferential statistics (Analysis of variance). The results showed that the women had access to nutrition education on soya beans mostly through; family and friends (x̅= 0.82), local health centres (x̅= 0.78), radio (x̅= 0.80) and television …

Research Contributions Of Nobel Laureate Francis H Arnold: A Study Of Bibliometric Analysis, Prakash Kumbar, Mallinath Kumbar

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study on ‘Single Author’ research analysis highlights the qualitative and quantitative aspects of research contributions made by Nobel Laureate Arnold FH in the field of chemical sciences for the directed evolution of enzymes. During her productive career 1980-2021, she has produced a count of 355 (273 journal articles) publications with 30644 citations were retrieved from Scopus database. The present study includes the analysis of research contributions made by Arnold FH with the bibliometric techniques and her role in the advancement of chemical science in the world. Her publications were distributed over 135 source titles which are having a good …

Sjsu Erfa Board Minutes March 1, 2021, San Jose State University, Emeritus And Retired Faculty Association

SJSU ERFA Minutes

SJSU ERFA Executive Board Minutes

March 1, 2021

The Interrelationship Between Water Access, Exclusive Breastfeeding And Diarrhea In Children: A Cross-Sectional Assessment Across 19 African Countries, Paschal A. Apanga, Ann M. Weber, Lyndsey A. Darrow, Mark S. Riddle, Wei-Chen Tung, Yan Liu, Joshua V. Garn

Faculty Publications

Background Access to an improved water supply and practicing exclusive breastfeeding are essential for improving maternal and child health outcomes. However, few studies have been equipped to assess the interdependencies between access to improved water, practicing exclusive breastfeeding, and child health. The primary aim of our study was to assess whether access to an improved water supply and water-fetching were associated with mothers’ practice of exclusive breastfeeding.

Methods We analyzed data on 247090 mothers with children 5 months old or less using Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys from 19 African countries. Multivariable logistic regression was used to estimate the relationship between …

Food Insecurity And Food Access During Covid-19 In The San Francisco Bay Area, Giselle Pignotti, Marcelle Dougan, Iris Tablas-Mejia, Adriana Telias, Ashnee Gounden

Faculty Publications

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic impacted socio-economic stability and food systems in the U.S. and worldwide. To better understand food access challenges and needs of those significantly impacted by the pandemic, an online survey was distributed in the San Francisco Bay Area from August to November of 2020. A total of 726 participants completed the survey who were recruited through paid Facebook ads and community partners outreach. This report features key results from the survey regarding changes in food security rates, food access challenges, and coping strategies used during the pandemic. Some of the key findings include: 1) There was a …

Health Literacy Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On The Behavior Of Street Children’S Mothers In Indonesia, Yanti Tayo, Ninis Agustini Damayani, Atwar Bajari, Wawan Setiawan

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The COVID-19 virus, which is spreading rapidly and massively around the world, is causing panic and fear in everyone; the Indonesian government is taking quick steps to solve the COVID 19 pandemic that is currently happening. What about the fate of street children currently still on the streets working as street singers, beggars, and hawkers? This study aims to see how health literacy possessed by the mothers of street children who are still on the streets during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study uses a qualitative research method with a phenomenological approach. The resource persons in this study were ten mothers …

Service Quality Dimensions And Quality View Point Of University Librarians In Gujarat, Dharmendra Trivedi, Atul Bhatt Dr., Sanchala Sejalben Dineshbhai

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Abstract: The present study focus on service quality dimensions and their attributes for measuring service quality of any kind of libraries. The study also discovered the quality viewpoints of librarians in terms of five elements of quality mainly: Leadership, Policy & Strategy, Staff management, Resources and finally the process aspects. For collecting the data, researchers has prepared a close ended questionnaire and collected data from five private university libraries. After analysis of the data, findings revealed that the all university librarians willing to improve quality services in the library and they are positive to listen to library users needs to …

Bibliographic Coupling And Co-Citation Networking Analysis Determining Research Contributions Of Business School Between 1965-June, 2020: With Special Reference To Indian Institute Of Management, India., Mahendra Kumar Sahu Dr

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The literature on business management recognizes the amalgamation of both the formal and informal dimensions that researchers perceived, could provide useful information to modern companies and business managers. As a result of this advancement, the paper tries to mapping the field of business management research contributed by IIMs. These research works consummated by applying bibliometric analysis. Total 7751 scientific articles published in different journals indexed in the Scopus from 1965 to 2020 retrieved from Scopus Database. Further, the data were analyzed, applying Bibliographic coupling & Co-citation analysis through VOSviewer software. The conclusions of the study facilitate to explore the most …

Using High Resolution Images From Uav And Satellite Remote Sensing For Best Management Practice Analyses, Bo Yang, S. T. Y. Tong, R. Fan

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Best Management Practices (BMPs) are commonly adopted to ameliorate the quality of runoff and reduce the frequency and intensity of flash floods in urban areas. To date, many of the BMP studies are conducted using coarse resolution data. However, the accuracy of such studies may be compromised due to the shortcomings inherent in the input data; as such, the evaluation of the BMP cost-effectiveness may not be accurate. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the improvements of higher resolution images over coarse resolution data in BMP analyses. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was used to collect a more …

Evaluating Innovative Financing Mechanisms For The California High-Speed Rail Project, Shailesh Chandra, Timothy Thai, Vivek Mishra, Princeton Wong

Mineta Transportation Institute

Millions of dollars are involved in high-speed rail (HSR) infrastructure construction and maintenance. Large-scale projects like HSR require funding from a variety of avenues beyond those available through public monies. Although HSR serves the general public’s mobility needs, any funds (whether State or Federal) flowing from the public exchequer usually undergo strict review and scrutiny. Funds from public agencies are always limited, making such traditional financing mechanisms unsustainable for fulfilling HSR’s long-term operational and maintenance cost needs—on top of initial costs involved in construction. Therefore, any sustainable means of financing HSR projects would always be welcome. This research presents an …

Safety Considerations For All Road Users On Edge Lane Roads, Michael Williams, Marcial Lamera, Aleksander Bauranov, Carole Voulgaris, Anurag Pande

Mineta Transportation Institute

Edge lane roads (ELRs), also known as advisory bike lanes or advisory shoulders, are a type of shared street where two-way motor vehicle (MV) traffic shares a single center lane, and edge lanes on either side are preferentially reserved for vulnerable road users (VRUs). This work comprises a literature review, an investigation of ELRs’ operational characteristics and potential road user interactions via simulation, and a study of crash data from existing American and Australian ELRs.

The simulation evaluated the impact of various factors (e.g., speed, volume, directional split, etc.) on ELR operation. Results lay the foundation for a siting criterion. …

Information Needs Of Myocardial Infarction Patients: An Integrative Review, Nazeer Hussain, Khalid Mahmood

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Cardiovascular diseases including myocardial infarction, heart failure, heart attacks and other related risk factors are on the rise in Pakistan. This heart disease is generating a high burden of coronary artery disease on healthcare services and becoming a leading cause of death in developing countries like Pakistan. Health information is an integral part of patient education and ultimately for patient care. Thus, understanding the information needs of heart patients are seriously important and essential in ensuring quality care, controlling heart diseases and improving the self-care abilities of heart patients alongside the advanced medication and treatment strategies. This integrative review intends …

A Novel Approach To Teaching Hidden Markov Models To A Diverse Undergraduate Population, Philip Heller, Pratyusha Pogaru

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Hidden Markov Models (HMMs) are an essential tool for Bioinformatic analysis, with extensive success at finding patterns (e.g. CRISPR arrays or genes of interest) in DNA or protein sequences. HMMs are conceptually intricate, and the algorithms that make use of them are complicated. Thus they present a challenge to Bioinformatics instructors at the undergraduate level, particularly when the students’ educational backgrounds are broadly diverse. At San Jose State University, many undergraduate Bioinformatics students are Biology majors with little or no prior coursework in mathematics, statistics, or programming. For this population a theory-based approach to teaching HMMs would be ineffective. To …

Flash-Based Security Primitives: Evolution, Challenges And Future Directions, Holden Gordon, Jack Edmonds, Soroor Ghandali, Wei Yan, Nima Karimian, Fatemeh Tehranipoor

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Over the last two decades, hardware security has gained increasing attention in academia and industry. Flash memory has been given a spotlight in recent years, with the question of whether or not it can prove useful in a security role. Because of inherent process variation in the characteristics of flash memory modules, they can provide a unique fingerprint for a device and have thus been proposed as locations for hardware security primitives. These primitives include physical unclonable functions (PUFs), true random number generators (TRNGs), and integrated circuit (IC) counterfeit detection. In this paper, we evaluate the efficacy of flash memory-based …

Tio2–Graphene Quantum Dots Nanocomposites For Photocatalysis In Energy And Biomedical Applications, Anuja Bokare, Sowbaranigha Chinnusamy, Folarin Erogbogbo

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The focus of current research in material science has shifted from “less efficient” single-component nanomaterials to the superior-performance, next-generation, multifunctional nanocom-posites. TiO2 is a widely used benchmark photocatalyst with unique physicochemical properties. However, the large bandgap and massive recombination of photogenerated charge carriers limit its overall photocatalytic efficiency. When TiO2 nanoparticles are modified with graphene quantum dots (GQDs), some significant improvements can be achieved in terms of (i) broadening the light absorption wavelengths, (ii) design of active reaction sites, and (iii) control of the electron-hole (e−-h+) recombination. Accordingly, TiO2-GQDs nanocomposites exhibit promising multifunctionalities in a wide range of fields including, …

A Facile High-Throughput Model Of Surface-Independent Staphylococcus Aureus Biofilms By Spontaneous Aggregation, Terrence Cheng, Nelson S. Torres, Ping Chen, Anand Srinivasan, Sandra Cardona, Grace C. Lee, Kai P. Leung, Jose L. Lopez-Ribot, Anand K. Ramasubramanian

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Many microbes in their natural habitats are found in biofilm ecosystems attached to surfaces and not as free-floating (planktonic) organisms. Furthermore, it is estimated that nearly 80% of human infections are associated with biofilms. Biofilms are traditionally defined as three-dimensional, structured microbial communities that are attached to a surface and encased in a matrix of exopolymeric material. While this view of biofilm largely arises from in vitro studies under static or flow conditions, in vivo observations have indicated that this view of biofilms is essentially true only for foreign-body infections on catheters or implants where biofilms are attached to the …

A Revised Position For The Primary Strand Of The Pleistocene-Holocene San Andreas Fault In Southern California, Kimberly Blisniuk, Katherine Scharer, Warren D. Sharp, Roland Burgmann, Colin Amos, Michael Rymer

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The San Andreas fault has the highest calculated time-dependent probability for large-magnitude earthquakes in southern California. However, where the fault is multistranded east of the Los Angeles metropolitan area, it has been uncertain which strand has the fastest slip rate and, therefore, which has the highest probability of a destructive earthquake. Reconstruction of offset Pleistocene-Holocene landforms dated using the uranium-thorium soil carbonate and beryllium-10 surface exposure techniques indicates slip rates of 24.1 ± 3 millimeter per year for the San Andreas fault, with 21.6 ± 2 and 2.5 ± 1 millimeters per year for the Mission Creek and Banning strands, …

A Deep Learning Approach To Downscale Geostationary Satellite Imagery For Decision Support In High Impact Wildfires, Nicholas F. Mccarthy, Ali Tohidi, Yawar Aziz, Matt Dennie, Mario Miguel Valero, Nicole Hu

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Scarcity in wildland fire progression data as well as considerable uncertainties in forecasts demand improved methods to monitor fire spread in real time. However, there exists at present no scalable solution to acquire consistent information about active forest fires that is both spatially and temporally explicit. To overcome this limitation, we propose a statistical downscaling scheme based on deep learning that leverages multi-source Remote Sensing (RS) data. Our system relies on a U-Net Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) to downscale Geostationary (GEO) satellite multispectral imagery and continuously monitor active fire progression with a spatial resolution similar to Low Earth Orbit (LEO) …

Using Saildrones To Validate Arctic Sea-Surface Salinity From The Smap Satellite And From Ocean Models, Jorge Vazquez-Cuervo, Chelle Gentemann, Wenqing Tang, Dustin Carroll, Hong Zhang, Dimitris Menemenlis, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Marouan Bouali, Michael Steele

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The Arctic Ocean is one of the most important and challenging regions to observe—it experiences the largest changes from climate warming, and at the same time is one of the most difficult to sample because of sea ice and extreme cold temperatures. Two NASA-sponsored deployments of the Saildrone vehicle provided a unique opportunity for validating sea-surface salinity (SSS) derived from three separate products that use data from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) satellite. To examine possible issues in resolving mesoscale-to-submesoscale variability, comparisons were also made with two versions of the Estimating the Circulation and Climate of the Ocean (ECCO) …

Characteristics Of Historical Precipitation In High Mountain Asia Based On A 15-Year High Resolution Dynamical Downscaling, Collin Riley, Summer Rupper, James W. Steenburgh, Courtenay Strong, Adam K. Kochanski, Savanna Wolvin

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The mountains of High Mountain Asia serve as an important source of water for roughly one billion people living downstream. This research uses 15 years of dynamically downscaled precipitation produced by the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model to delineate contrasts in precipitation characteristics and events between regions dominated by the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM) versus westerly disturbances during the cool season (December to March). Cluster analysis reveals a more complex spatial pattern than indicated by some previous studies and illustrates the increasing importance of westerly disturbances at higher elevations. Although prior research suggests that a small number of westerly …

A Machine Learning Approach As A Surrogate For A Finite Element Analysis: Status Of Research And Application To One Dimensional Systems, Poojitha Vurtur Badarinath, Maria Chierichetti, Fatemeh Davoudi Kakhki

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Current maintenance intervals of mechanical systems are scheduled a priori based on the life of the system, resulting in expensive maintenance scheduling, and often undermining the safety of passengers. Going forward, the actual usage of a vehicle will be used to predict stresses in its structure, and therefore, to define a specific maintenance scheduling. Machine learning (ML) algorithms can be used to map a reduced set of data coming from real-time measurements of a structure into a detailed/high-fidelity finite element analysis (FEA) model of the same system. As a result, the FEA-based ML approach will directly estimate the stress distribution …

Nlp-Based Customer Loyalty Improvement Recommender System (Clirs2), Katarzyna Anna Tarnowska, Zbigniew Ras

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Structured data on customer feedback is becoming more costly and timely to collect and organize. On the other hand, unstructured opinionated data, e.g., in the form of free-text comments, is proliferating and available on public websites, such as social media websites, blogs, forums, and websites that provide recommendations. This research proposes a novel method to develop a knowledge-based recommender system from unstructured (text) data. The method is based on applying an opinion mining algorithm, extracting aspect-based sentiment score per text item, and transforming text into a structured form. An action rule mining algorithm is applied to the data table constructed …

Research Productivity On Human Migration In The Himalayan Region During 1947-2019: A Bibliometric Study, Suchetan Kumar, Dr. Manoj Joshi, Md Safiqur Rahaman, Mrs. Khadeeja, M. N. Ansari, Dr. Karnika Shah

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to find research productivity on 'human migration in Himalayan region' from 1947 to 2019.

Methodology: The data of the present study have been collected from the International bibliographic database 'Scopus'. Total 582 documents were extracted from 282 sources for the Himalayan region (China, India, Pakistan, Nepal, Tajikistan, Myanmar, Bhutan, and Afghanistan) under the category of 'Social Science' for the period 1947-2019. Data analysis was conducted by using bibliometric software, namely RStudio's Biblioshiny and Microsoft office, version 2013.

Results: The results reveal that the year 2019 was the most productive year for …

Academic E-Book Users’ Information Behavior: A Maturity Model, Pervaiz Ahmad Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

What factors shape e-book adoption outcomes? What does the research literature on technology adoption and information behavior have to offer that informs understanding of e-book user behavior in terms of maturity model to distinguish between nascent and mature behaviors? Exploration of the literatures shows that e-book adoption behavior might be understood in terms of information behavior theory, factors in human-computer interaction and other theories. Hence, theoretical framework for this study incorporates technology acceptance model, unified theory of acceptance and use of technology, role of hedonic attributes, role of culture of use, role of facilitating conditions, familiarity, expectation confirmation theory, and …

Preferences And Experiences Of Google Apps In Collaborative Teaching And Learning, Dr. Mahesh G T, Dr. Jayamma K V

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The progressive development of higher education is probably to be driven by the readiness to acclimatize and nurture with the practice of communication technologies in all teaching, learning and research areas. Google Apps for Education is an essential collection of competent applications that Google offers to all learners and educational institutions across the world. The study was intended to survey the graduate and post graduate teachers’ preferences, expertise, practice, and their insights of the advantage and the challenges to use Google Applications in support of practicing teaching and learning activities. The study adapted both qualitative and quantitative methods. Findings of …

Analyzing The Publishing Trends Of The Indian Council For Agricultural Research (Icar): A Scientometric Study, Dr Mariraj Vasudev Sedam

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study analyses the publication productivity of the faculty and researchers of the Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR). Many scientometric studies have been done about institutional scientific outcome in recent years. The study presents a quantitative study of productivity, characteristics of various aspects of publications of ICAR. A total of 9236 contributions published and received 43876 citations with 4.75 average citations per paper in the study period.

Mobile Application Development For University Library Services (Case Study: Library Of Uin Sunan Ampel Surabaya), Heri Cahyo Bagus, Firza Hardy Nugraha, Ilham M.Said, Yusuf Amrozy

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This study was conducted to develop library services at UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya by developing a system using the Rapid Application Development (RAD) method and the Mobile Library. This is done to complement the website services which can be accessed through catalog.uinsby.ac.id. Many users, especially students, experience restlessness in returning the book because there is no reminder feature for the deadline to return the book. As well as resulting in the number of fines that increase in number for each day. The purpose of this research is to make users more free to use the library services of UIN Sunan …

A Case Of Pre-Implementation Of The Integrated Repository For University Administration By Academic Librarians, Marek Deja, Leszek Szafrański

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this paper is to observe how employees of academic library administration are developing and how they comply with the internal quality assurance policy (IQA) regarding pre-implementation of the integrated repository (IR). We are interested in information practices of administration staff in the scope of cooperation and open communication with the management staff and external entities. We have studied the role of the current information practices in the successful implementation of IR at the university by academic librarians. We used the method of participant observation and unstructured interviews supported by BPMN modelling (Business Process Model and Notation) and …