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Combating Invasive Species Through The Removal Of Pollution, Sarah J. Howell
Combating Invasive Species Through The Removal Of Pollution, Sarah J. Howell
High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2023
The purpose of my project is to bring awareness to the issues of pollution on campus as well as encourage others to be more involved on campus through volunteerism. My time with the National Residence Hall Honorary (NRHH) and the Arboretum was very valuable. Not only was I able to learn how to identify/properly remove invasive species from an environment as well as how to generally help maintain the gardens at UCF but I was also able to learn about the value of community and working towards a common goal such as cleaning up Greek road. A Key activity that …
A Comprehensive Approach To Supporting Homeless Communities Through Free Clinical Screenings, Nivedha Srinivasan, Ria Gupta, Manasi Prakash
A Comprehensive Approach To Supporting Homeless Communities Through Free Clinical Screenings, Nivedha Srinivasan, Ria Gupta, Manasi Prakash
High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2023
Hearts for the Homeless Orlando is a part of an international organization that is “focused on eliminating health disparities through practicing preventative healthcare and providing free healthcare services.” At each event, free heart health and eye health screenings and education are given to the homeless population in Downtown Orlando. Once arriving at the screening location (Christian Service Center), a table is set up with 2 blood pressure monitors, the KardiaMobile EKG Monitor, hand sanitizing wipes, germicidal wipes, gloves, and pamphlet handouts. These supplies help volunteers understand the health conditions of the individuals who visit to the site, and allow volunteers …
Clean The World: A Mission For Global Sanitation, Anisha B. Bissessar, Ahmad Shaqqou
Clean The World: A Mission For Global Sanitation, Anisha B. Bissessar, Ahmad Shaqqou
High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2023
This presentation dives into our experience volunteering at Clean the World, an organization that recycles hygiene products to deliver to families across the world who don't have access to them. We learned more about what it means to be a servant leader through the welcoming and uplifting atmosphere the people working there created for us.
Brain Fitness Academy: Making Impacts, Ella Shams, Susan Kampiyill, Estefania Zamarripa
Brain Fitness Academy: Making Impacts, Ella Shams, Susan Kampiyill, Estefania Zamarripa
High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2023
Throughout the Fall, 2023 semester, we volunteered at Brain Fitness Academy (BFA). In doing so, we set out on a project to bring more creative arts into the classroom, as countless studies have shown that creative arts greatly help individuals with memory loss. During our time at Brain Fitness, we incorporated arts using a painting lesson in which members’ moods greatly improved, members were engaged, and happy to be doing the activity. We explored how creative arts can truly help those with memory loss, in particular painting. In the end, we found that creative arts and dementia have a strong …
Empowering Futures: Matthew's Knights Of Distinction Leadership E-Portfolio In Academic Excellence, Matthew A. Hernandez
Empowering Futures: Matthew's Knights Of Distinction Leadership E-Portfolio In Academic Excellence, Matthew A. Hernandez
High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2023
My presentation centers on my E-Portfolio, seamlessly incorporating three key milestones from the Knights of Distinction program into significant events. Beginning with a brief personal introduction, I shared why I became a physics major, and explored the roots of my passion for space. Utilizing a visual aid, my poster board, I elucidated each focus area and its relevance to my aspirations and societal contributions. The first focus area was Citizenship and how I attended an “Industry BBQ” with the hopes of gaining valuable information to share it with other engineers. The second focus area was about leadership and my role …
Low-Dose Prednisone Or Methylprednisolone In Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Gvhd, Dillon C. Hill, Melanie Obsina, Juan Sanchez, Jordan Genco, Vihan Yalamanchili
Low-Dose Prednisone Or Methylprednisolone In Treating Patients With Newly Diagnosed Acute Gvhd, Dillon C. Hill, Melanie Obsina, Juan Sanchez, Jordan Genco, Vihan Yalamanchili
High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2023
Graft Versus Host Disease affects less than 20,000 cases per year and our project aims to give those who experience this terrible disease a better outcome and more manageable pain. The clinical trial that this data is collected from analyzes low-dose prednisone versus the standard dose and how that affects both morbidity and progression of the disease to Stage III-IV. This clinical trial has many clinical implications as it shows that reducing the dosage of commonly used treatment methods can sometimes have positive effects even though it is the standard to use a certain dose. This clinical trial found that …
7 Cups Therapy, Allie Mccutcheon, Jasmine Awad
7 Cups Therapy, Allie Mccutcheon, Jasmine Awad
High Impact Practices Student Showcase Fall 2023
The purpose of this project is to showcase our service learning experiences from volunteering with 7 cups. 7 Cups is a therapy website that provides free emotional support and talk therapy to those who really need that help. Jasmine and I created a 7 cups listener account where we would log onto the 7 cups portal and find a member who needs help. This whole website is all anonymous in order to protect the listeners and the members identities. Jasmine and I would chat with members and figure out what seems to be troubling them and how to combat that …
Meeting Minutes 11-15-2023, Staff Advisory Council
Meeting Minutes 11-15-2023, Staff Advisory Council
Staff Advisory Council Meeting Documents
No abstract provided.
The 5-Ps Of Jumpstarting Open Assessment Creation With Generative Ai, Rebecca Mcnulty, Lily Dubach, James R. Paradiso
The 5-Ps Of Jumpstarting Open Assessment Creation With Generative Ai, Rebecca Mcnulty, Lily Dubach, James R. Paradiso
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI trained on Large Language Models to generate text) has exploded into the digital learning space. As the need for Open Educational Resources (OER) also continues to grow, generative AI can jumpstart aspects of OER creation. This presentation will consider barriers to OER adoption, including the availability of supplemental teaching resources, and will propose a use case for leveraging AI text-generation to support best practices for creating unique assessment questions. Through the “5-Ps,” – Problem, Past, Present, Possibilities, and Product – we will consider the ways that adopters, adapters, and authors of OER can use generative AI …
The Power Flower: Inclusion And Diversity Activity, Marwa Younes
The Power Flower: Inclusion And Diversity Activity, Marwa Younes
Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository
The strategy, titled ‘The power Flower: Inclusion and Diversity Activity’, is designed to enhance students' awareness of multiple intersecting identities that they have. It can be used for fostering inclusion and promote diversity in a classroom. It encourages students to accept others and work with others with respect.
Our Digital Accessibility Journey: Charting An Inclusive Path In An Academic Library, Bobby Ciullo, Lee Dotson, Sara Duff, Missy Murphey, Rachel E. Trnka
Our Digital Accessibility Journey: Charting An Inclusive Path In An Academic Library, Bobby Ciullo, Lee Dotson, Sara Duff, Missy Murphey, Rachel E. Trnka
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
No abstract provided.
Meeting Minutes 10-18-2023, Staff Advisory Council
Meeting Minutes 10-18-2023, Staff Advisory Council
Staff Advisory Council Meeting Documents
No abstract provided.
Turning Usability Study Observation Into Actionable Improvements, Katy A. Miller, Athena R. Hoeppner
Turning Usability Study Observation Into Actionable Improvements, Katy A. Miller, Athena R. Hoeppner
Faculty Scholarship and Creative Works
Usability studies can produce copious datasets that can be challenging to turn into actionable findings. Recorded usability tests, with participants completing multiple tasks, often result in lengthy videos packed with details. The raw observations and data need to be interpreted and contextualized to translate them into real-world improvements for your users. This article describes a study with recorded sessions and how the authors interpreted the findings to inform a variety of changes in their library and discovery service.
University Of Central Florida Libraries - Organizational Chart, Ucf Libraries
University Of Central Florida Libraries - Organizational Chart, Ucf Libraries
Libraries' Documents
No abstract provided.
Meeting Minutes 09-20-2023, Staff Advisory Council
Meeting Minutes 09-20-2023, Staff Advisory Council
Staff Advisory Council Meeting Documents
No abstract provided.
Meeting Minutes 08-16-2023, Staff Advisory Council
Meeting Minutes 08-16-2023, Staff Advisory Council
Staff Advisory Council Meeting Documents
No abstract provided.
Understanding Evacuation Traffic Safety Issues During Hurricane Evacuation Using Machine Learning And Connected Vehicle Data, Zaheen E Muktadi Syed
Understanding Evacuation Traffic Safety Issues During Hurricane Evacuation Using Machine Learning And Connected Vehicle Data, Zaheen E Muktadi Syed
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
Hurricane evacuation, ordered to save lives of people of coastal regions, generates high traffic demand with increased crash risk. To mitigate such risk, transportation agencies need to anticipate highway locations with high crash risks to deploy appropriate countermeasures. With ubiquitous sensors and communication technologies, it is now possible to retrieve micro-level vehicular data containing individual vehicle trajectory and speed information. Such high-resolution vehicle data, potentially available in real time, can be used to assess prevailing traffic safety conditions. Using vehicle speed and acceleration profiles, potential crash risks can be predicted in real time. Previous studies on real-time crash risk prediction …
The Bishop And The Poet: Theodulf Of Orléans And The Carolingian World, Cole Taylor
The Bishop And The Poet: Theodulf Of Orléans And The Carolingian World, Cole Taylor
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
This thesis centers on Theodulf of Orléans and the themes of love and food throughout his episcopal statutes and poetry. These two themes are connected to the larger Carolingian landscape, in which Theodulf interacts with society, culture, and religion. In covering these two themes, a more nuanced picture of Carolingian religion and society emerges, at least from the way Theodulf viewed the world around him. In considering these two themes, I further encourage the process of intertextual analysis as formulated by Rosamond McKitterick and M. A. Claussen. Furthermore, I argue that the general reforms of the Carolingian empire penetrated a …
An Examination Of The Role Of Industry 4.0 In Supply Chain Management: Critical Success Factors And A Roadmap, Alper Senol
An Examination Of The Role Of Industry 4.0 In Supply Chain Management: Critical Success Factors And A Roadmap, Alper Senol
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
Global supply chain management aims to enhance efficiency and profitability for suppliers, manufacturers, logistics providers, and warehouses. It faces challenges due to the complexity involved. To stay competitive, organizations in the industry are leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies, but some struggle with implementation due to limited expertise. The primary challenge of Global Supply Chain Management now is to integrate Industry 4.0 tools and technologies to maintain high-quality standards and optimized processes. This study focused on identifying the key factors that directly affect the success of integrating Industry 4.0 into the supply chain. It examined both tangible and intangible business resources and …
Peacekeeping For Peace: Effectiveness And Impacts, Santosh Sapkota
Peacekeeping For Peace: Effectiveness And Impacts, Santosh Sapkota
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
This dissertation examines three aspects of peacekeeping research within the overall framework of peacekeeping effectiveness and its impacts on troop-contributing countries (TCC). This dissertation comprises three different papers that employ three different methodological approaches. The first paper investigates why the military failed to achieve its primary mandate of the protection of civilians (POC) in the wake of continued killings of civilians despite the presence of peacekeepers. The general expectation from the military is to contain or eliminate violent incidents and civilian deaths in areas of responsibility (AOR). Utilizing a case study of Beni, DRC —a highly violent and militarized area …
"Do You Want To Build With Snowman?": Positioning Twine Story Formats Through Critical Code Study, Daniel Cox
"Do You Want To Build With Snowman?": Positioning Twine Story Formats Through Critical Code Study, Daniel Cox
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
Using critical code studies, this dissertation examines the Twine story format Snowman. Despite existing books on the authoring tool Twine, a central part of its functionality, what it names "story formats," is rarely covered. This study steps into this gap and, based on my own experiences through working on story formats and documenting examples using Twine, explores the greater social context of the story format Snowman through examining its source code. This dissertation consists of three chapters, each using a different set of research methods. First, the metaphor of a stack is used to better understand how software like Snowman …
"It Is In Our Dna": Athlete Activism And Social Media Discourse During The 2020 Wnba Season, Kendra Gilbertson
"It Is In Our Dna": Athlete Activism And Social Media Discourse During The 2020 Wnba Season, Kendra Gilbertson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
This dissertation analyzes the athlete activism in the WNBA, the use of social media for activism, and the social media discourse during the 2020 basketball season. I applied Critical Discourse Analysis to a defined set of texts including social media posts from Instagram and Twitter, user comments on social media, news articles from sports and non-sports publications, and a documentary, all related to the activism of the WNBA athletes. I chose the 2020 season because it is an exceptional case study of athlete activism and the use of social media for activism because the season was played in a single …
Optimizing Information Values In Smart Mobility, Fatima Afifah
Optimizing Information Values In Smart Mobility, Fatima Afifah
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
Smart mobility, enabled by advanced sensing, communication, vehicle, and emerging mobility technologies, has transformed transportation systems. Real-time information shared by public and private entities plays a pivotal role in smart mobility, which facilitates informed decision-making, including effective mode choice, dynamic vehicle control, optimized travel routing, and strategic vehicle relocation. While more information is believed to benefit individual decision makers, it is crucial to acknowledge that the effects of information on transportation network performance are contingent; more information may not always benefit the safety and mobility of the whole system. The goal of this dissertation is to investigate the effects of …
Optimal Sequencing And Scheduling Algorithm For Traffic Flows Based On Extracted Control Actions Near The Airport, Sharmistha Chakrabarti
Optimal Sequencing And Scheduling Algorithm For Traffic Flows Based On Extracted Control Actions Near The Airport, Sharmistha Chakrabarti
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
This dissertation seeks to design an optimization algorithm, based on naturalistic flight data, with emphasis on safety to perform a benefits' analysis when sequencing and scheduling aircraft at the runway. The viability of creating a decision-support tool to aid air traffic controllers in sequencing and optimizing airport operations is evaluated through the benefits' analysis. Air traffic control is a complex and critical system that ensures the safe and efficient movement of aircraft within the airspace. This is particularly true in the immediate vicinity of an airport. Unlike in en-route or terminal area airspace where aircraft usually traverse well established routes …
Distributed Optimization With Limited Communication In Networks With Adversaries, Iyanuoluwa Emiola
Distributed Optimization With Limited Communication In Networks With Adversaries, Iyanuoluwa Emiola
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
We all hope for the best but sometimes, one must plan for ways of dealing with the worst-case scenarios, especially in a network with adversaries. This dissertation illustrates a detailed description of distributed optimization algorithms over a network of agents, in which some agents are adversarial. The model considered is such that adversarial agents act to subvert the objective of the network. The algorithms presented in this dissertation are solved via gradient-based distributed optimization algorithm and the effects of the adversarial agents on the convergence of the algorithm to the optimal solution are characterized. The analyses presented establish conditions under …
Detecting Team Conflict From Multiparty Dialogue, Ayesha Enayet
Detecting Team Conflict From Multiparty Dialogue, Ayesha Enayet
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
The emergence of online collaboration platforms has dramatically changed the dynamics of human teamwork, creating a veritable army of virtual teams composed of workers in different physical locations. The global world requires a tremendous amount of collaborative problem solving, primarily virtual, making it an excellent domain for computer scientists and team cognition researchers who seek to understand the dynamics involved in collaborative tasks to provide a solution that can support effective collaboration. Mining and analyzing data from collaborative dialogues can yield insights into virtual teams' thought processes and help develop virtual agents to support collaboration. Good communication is indubitably the …
Deep Video Understanding With Model Efficiency And Sparse Active Labeling, Aayush Jung Bahadur Rana
Deep Video Understanding With Model Efficiency And Sparse Active Labeling, Aayush Jung Bahadur Rana
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
Videos capture the inherently sequential nature of the real world, making automatic video understanding an essential need for automatic understanding of the real world. Due to major advancements in camera, communication, and storage hardware, videos have become a widely used data format for crucial applications such as home automation, security, analysis, robotics, and autonomous driving. Existing methods for video understanding require heavy computation and large training data for good performance, this limits how quick the videos can be processed and how much data can be labeled for training. Real-world video understanding requires analyzing dense scenes and sequential information, which increases …
Human Recognition Theory And Facial Recognition Technology: A Topic Modeling Approach To Understanding The Ethical Implication Of A Developing Algorithmic Technologies Landscape On How We View Ourselves And Are Viewed By Others, Hajer Albalawi
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
The emergence of algorithmic-driven technology has significantly impacted human life in the current century. Algorithms, as versatile constructs, hold different meanings across various disciplines, including computer science, mathematics, social science, and human-artificial intelligence studies. This study defines algorithms from an ethical perspective as the foundation of an information society and focuses on their implications in the context of human recognition. Facial recognition technology, driven by algorithms, has gained widespread use, raising important ethical questions regarding privacy, bias, and accuracy. This dissertation aims to explore the impact of algorithms on machine perception of human individuals and how humans perceive one another …
Studying Memes During Covid Lockdown As A Lens Through Which To Understand Video-Mediated Communication Interactions, Tatyana Claytor
Studying Memes During Covid Lockdown As A Lens Through Which To Understand Video-Mediated Communication Interactions, Tatyana Claytor
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
The purpose of this study is to analyze image macros about video-mediated communication (VMC) created during the time frame of 2020-2021 when people all over the world started using Zoom and VMC for work and school. It is a unique opportunity to study how users' interactions with themselves and with others were affected at a time when a lot of people started using the technology at the same time. Because the focus is on interactions, I narrowed it down to three topics to analyze the memes: presence, self, and space and place to analyze the memes. I chose memes relating …
Florida's Vanishing Heritage: Climate Risk And Adaptation At Florida Heritage Sites, Levi Watson
Florida's Vanishing Heritage: Climate Risk And Adaptation At Florida Heritage Sites, Levi Watson
Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2020-2023
This thesis examines history and preservation at coastal cultural heritage sites threatened by climate change and explores climate adaptation strategies at two sites on Florida's Atlantic coast. Current climate change models indicate the planet may see as much as 1.1 meters, or four feet, of global average sea level rise by the year 2100, requiring site managers to intervene by using adaptation techniques to improve resilience and guard against the loss of cultural heritage monuments. Understanding the history and importance of these sites to the surrounding communities and their numerous stakeholders is the first step to ensuring these sites remain …