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University Of Dayton Marian Forum Explores Connections Between Annunciation, Modern Challenges Of Racism, Immigration And The Pandemic, Jana Bennett

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

What wisdom does Mary, the mother of Jesus, have to offer us about contemporary concerns we’ve been facing in the past year?

2021: Robin Oldfield, Robin Oldfield

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton.

The 2021 theme, "Leading with Character and Resilience," captures what it means to work in the midst of a pandemic, social and political unrest and economic uncertainty. Each honoree displayed resilience, drive, character and tenacity and created inspiring ways to move forward.

Under The Influence, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

I have very little influence, even in my own home, which is the only place where I am a household name, but that won't stop me from achieving my new and extremely dubious goal of being one of the most influential people in the world.

Creche Herald Vol. 25, No. 1, Rita B. Bocher

Creche Herald

The Spring 2021 publication features nativity sets and personal reflections from members in the organization; information about nativities and nativity exhibits; and information about the Friends of the Creche annual meeting.

Color-Compressive Bilateral Filter And Nonlocal Means For High-Dimensional Images, Christina Karam, Kenjiro Sugimoto, Keigo Hirakawa

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

We propose accelerated implementations of bilateral filter (BF) and nonlocal means (NLM) called color-compressive bilateral filter (CCBF) and color-compressive nonlocal means (CCNLM). CCBF and CCNLM are random filters, whose Monte-Carlo averaged output images are identical to the output images of conventional BF and NLM, respectively. However, CCBF and CCNLM are considerably faster because the spatial processing of multiple color channels are combined into a single random filtering process. This implies that the complexity of CCBF and CCNLM is less sensitive to color dimension (e.g., hyperspectral images) relatively to other BF and NLM methods. We experimentally verified that the execution time …

Deep Learning For Anisoplanatic Optical Turbulence Mitigation In Long-Range Imaging, Matthew A. Hoffmire, Russell C. Hardie, Michael A. Rucci, Richard Van Hook, Barry K. Karch

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

We present a deep learning approach for restoring images degraded by atmospheric optical turbulence. We consider the case of terrestrial imaging over long ranges with a wide field-of-view. This produces an anisoplanatic imaging scenario where turbulence warping and blurring vary spatially across the image. The proposed turbulence mitigation (TM) method assumes that a sequence of short-exposure images is acquired. A block matching (BM) registration algorithm is applied to the observed frames for dewarping, and the resulting images are averaged. A convolutional neural network (CNN) is then employed to perform spatially adaptive restoration. We refer to the proposed TM algorithm as …

Archiving Catholic Faith On The Web During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Kayla Harris, Stephanie Shreffler

Marian Library Faculty Publications

In the middle of March 2020, an undergraduate English class from the University of Dayton visited the Marian Library for hands-on learning with primary source materials related to miraculous cures at the Lourdes shrine in France. Students in the upper-level seminar course that focused on narrative, rhetoric, and medicine prepared for the visit by reading an article about the baths at Lourdes, where thousands of pilgrims have traveled annually since the 1870s for a chance to be cured by the holy water from a spring.1 As students examined photographs, copies of case files, and historical narrative accounts, several of them …

2021: Gerica Brown, Gerica Brown

Women of UD: 2018 to Present

During Women’s History Month, the Women’s Center coordinates, as an experiential learning opportunity for students, an annual exhibit highlighting the contributions women have made at the University of Dayton.

The 2021 theme, "Leading with Character and Resilience," captures what it means to work in the midst of a pandemic, social and political unrest and economic uncertainty. Each honoree displayed resilience, drive, character and tenacity and created inspiring ways to move forward.

The Demise Of The Blaine Amendment And A Triumph For Religious Freedom And School Choice: Espinoza V. Montana Department Of Revenue, Charles J. Russo, William E. Thro

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

Solution Or Setback: Legal And Practical Implications Of School Threat Assessments For Ohio Students With Disabilities, Margaret Miles

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

It Is Time To End Ability Grouping And "The Soft Bigotry Of Low Expectations" It Imposes On Minority Students, Holly Fudge

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

What You Don't Know Will Hurt You: Addressing The Inequities Of Pro Se Litigation In Ohio Domestic Relations Courts, Allison Mikiciuk

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

Characteristics Of Physiology And Physiology-Related Pre-Health Degree Programs In The Physiology Majors Interest Group, Yvonne Ogrodzinski, Erica A. Wehrwein, Kevin Kelly, James M. Poteracki, Valerie Vanryn, Anne R. Crecelius

Health and Sport Science Faculty Publications

The Physiology Majors Interest Group (P-MIG), a grassroots organization of educators, has collected data on the history and characteristics of Physiology and highly related undergraduate programs (ex: Human Biology, Pre-Medicine, Biomedical Sciences, etc.) that serve a common population of prehealth students. Data was obtained as part of an online survey sent out to P-MIG conference attendees at the 2017-2019 annual meetings (n=30). Participating institutions indicate that 25.9% have degrees called Physiology aligned with 28% being housed in a department of physiology, 75.9% are a Bachelor of Science program, 34.9% are affiliated with a College of Arts and Sciences, and 80% …

Management Of Return To School Following Brain Injury: An Evaluation Model, Daniel Anderson, Jeff M. Gau, Laura Beck, Deanne Unruh, Gerard Gioia, Melissa Mccart, Susan C. Davies, Jody Slocumb, Doug Gomez, Ann E. Glang

Counselor Education and Human Services Faculty Publications

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) affects children’s ability to succeed at school. Few educators have the necessary training and knowledge needed to adequately monitor and treat students with a TBI, despite schools regularly serving as the long-term service provider. In this article, we describe a return to school model used in Oregon that implements best practices indicated by the extant literature, as well as our research protocol for evaluating this model. We discuss project aims and our planned procedures, including the measures used, our quasi-experimental design using matched controls, statistical power, and impact analyses. This project will provide the evidential base …

Virtual Games Meet Physical Playground: Exploring And Measuring Motivations For Live Esports Event Attendance, Haozhou Pu

Health and Sport Science Faculty Publications

The spectacular rise of esports and its live events have drawn increasing interests from sport and leisure studies. Little information, however, is known on motives behind spectators’ attendance of esports events. Based on a mixed-method design consisting of data collected in cross-cultural settings, we developed and validated an eight-factor measurement scale related to the motives of attending live esports events. In this study, we contend that esports event creates a space where virtual and physical experience are mutually constituted. While motives found in traditional sports and event research are present in the current study, motives unique to esports events are …

Deep Learning For Anisoplanatic Optical Turbulence Mitigation In Long-Range Imaging, Matthew A. Hoffmire, Russell C. Hardie, Michael A. Rucci, Richard Van Hook, Barry K. Karch

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Publications

We present a deep learning approach for restoring images degraded by atmospheric optical turbulence. We consider the case of terrestrial imaging over long ranges with a wide field-of-view. This produces an anisoplanatic imaging scenario where turbulence warping and blurring vary spatially across the image. The proposed turbulence mitigation (TM) method assumes that a sequence of short-exposure images is acquired. A block matching (BM) registration algorithm is applied to the observed frames for dewarping, and the resulting images are averaged. A convolutional neural network (CNN) is then employed to perform spatially adaptive restoration. We refer to the proposed TM algorithm as …

Front Matter, Volume 46, Number 2, University Of Dayton

University of Dayton Law Review

Table of contents, administrative information

The Legal Quicksand 2+ Parents: The Need For A National Definition Of A Legal Parent, Jacqueline V. Gaines

University of Dayton Law Review

No abstract provided.

Crying Over Spilled (Breast) Milk, Brad Snyder

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

It took exactly eight days of fatherhood for my first parental failure.

Ud In The News Feb. 19-26, University Of Dayton

News Releases

Provost Paul Benson contributed an op-ed to Inside Higher Ed highlighting the UD Sinclair Academy. Local media reported on the upcoming grand opening for The Hub Powered by PNC Bank at the Dayton Arcade, and UD research that is helping power the Mars rover Perseverance.

Ud To Support Foundation Dedicated To Enhancing Sales Education, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton School of Business Administration will support sales education across the country as the primary sponsor of the Sales Education Foundation.

Virtual Grand Opening Set For The Hub Powered By Pnc At The Dayton Arcade, University Of Dayton

News Releases

The University of Dayton and the Entrepreneurs’ Center will host a public grand opening for The Hub Powered by PNC Bank at the Dayton Arcade. At 95,000 square feet, it is among the largest university-anchored innovation hubs in the country, including shared and private office spaces, meeting rooms, conference areas, pop-up retail opportunities, learning labs and classrooms. The virtual event will be at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, March 4.

University Of Dayton Professor Wins First Prize At Catholic Book Awards For Book About Recognizing Seven Deadly Sins, Hayden Doyle

College of Arts and Sciences Newsroom

University of Dayton professor Jana Bennett’s newest book won first prize at the Catholic Media Association’s 2020 Catholic Book Awards.

Mary In The News: Feb. 22, 2021, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.

Reconstruction’S Black Church And Its Role In The Healing Process, Maya Drayton

Father Jack McGrath, S.M., Research Award Presentations

Maya Drayton is a recipient of the Father Jack McGrath, S.M., Award for Research in Catholic Intellectual Traditions.

The Effects Of Clerical Sexual Abuse On The God Question, Mira Wilson

Father Jack McGrath, S.M., Research Award Presentations

Mira Wilson is a recipient of the Father Jack McGrath, S.M., Award for Research in Catholic Intellectual Traditions.

A Call For Renewal: How The Creation And Promulgation Of Nostra Aetate Transformed Catholic-Jewish Relations, Emma Grace Geckle

Father Jack McGrath, S.M., Research Award Presentations

Emma Grace Geckle is a recipient of the Father Jack McGrath, S.M., Award for Research in Catholic Intellectual Traditions.

Erma Bombeck: Laughing Through The Pain, Allia Zobel Nolan

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Erma Bombeck was to housewives what Spock was to babies. We grew up reading her. Her material came from her own experiences. She held up a mirror to her life, burst out laughing, then sat down and chronicled it for millions to enjoy.

Zooming With Annabelle Gurwitch And Laraine Newman, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

Join two hysterical women, Annabelle Gurwitch and Laraine Newman, in free Zoom events on Tuesday, March 9.

Mary In The News: Feb. 16, 2021, Michael Duricy

Marian Library Blog Archive

Read recent items about Mary in both Catholic and secular news. Also, see International Marian Research Institute as well as Marian Library news and updates.