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Wide Area Motion Imagery And The Colonial Antecedents Of Surveillance, Dinesh Napal

Journal of Strategic Security

Wide area motion imagery (WAMI) technologies are procured by federal and state security institutions across the United States, due to their capacity to surveil at an extraordinary scale. Innovation in WAMI development seeks to make them more compact or convenient to use and employ in a variety of situations. The increased use of WAMI, particularly through uncrewed aerial combat vehicle (UCAV) systems and operations, is able to render visible people, communities, and behaviors at an unprecedented level. This has implications for individuals’ and communities’ perception of surveillance and the ontology of security. The experience of being secured or kept safe …

The Battles Of Hue: Understanding Urban Conflicts Through Wargaming, David J.H. Burden

Journal of Strategic Security

Recent years have seen increased interest in the professional use of wargames, and wargames are a potential tool to enable a better understanding of past urban conflicts and to plan for future urban security. Whilst access to professional wargames are limited, hobby wargames have been identified as useful and closely related areas to study. Previous work has identified around 214 manual hobby wargames that deal with urban conflict, but only 5 battles are covered by 5 or more wargames, and so provide a reasonable sample for comparative reviews. The Battle of Hue battle had many of the hallmarks of a …

The Weekly Challenger, September 28, 2023, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The September 28, 2023, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Ay 2023/2024 Fs Meeting Minutes, 2023-09-27, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Galloylated Procyanidins For Treating Endovascular Dysfunction And Increasing Blood Flow, Michael Louis Sperduti, Matthew Cleary Nickerson, Jimmy Roy Huddleston, Leigh Anthony West

USF Patents

The present disclosure is directed to compositions, methods of use, and methods of making, wherein the compositions contain one or more galloylated procyanidins having between two and five epicatechin monomers, wherein the one or more galloylated procyanidins include epicatechin-(4-8)-epicatechin-(4-8)-epicatechin-gallate, catechin trimer gallate, catechin dimer digallate, or combinations thereof.

Becoming Knowledgeable Agents Of Change: Early Career Teachers Enacting Inquiry-Oriented Professional Learning, Tracy Harper

Journal of Practitioner Research

In pursuit of more effective professional learning for early career teachers, this paper presents findings from a multiple case study of practitioner inquiry with beginning teachers. The study examined the lived experiences of Kelly, Sally, and Donna as they took up inquiry-oriented professional learning in their literacy classrooms. Over the course of a semester, the teachers identified a problem of practice, co-constructed professional learning plans, explored relevant professional learning, and implemented new literacy practices. The findings demonstrated that the individualized and responsive nature of inquiry-oriented professional learning supported the teachers in developing agency and self-efficacy as they addressed areas of …

Crow's Nest, September 25, 2023, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The September 25, 2023, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Host Communities: The Foundation Of Regenerative Tourism, Marie Haley

Journal of Sustainability and Resilience

Tourism is a human structure and cannot be equated to natural systems such as farming. While regenerative farming focuses on the health of the natural system starting with the soil, tourism is a human system and must focus on regenerating the human system. This paper argues that the foundation of tourism is the host community. If the host community is vibrant and healthy, dynamic and resilient and has appropriate political systems to manage tourism, tourism will have the social licence and will thrive. Tourism can then have upwardly cascading feedback mechanisms where the host community can restore the natural environment, …

Evaluating Children's Menus In Theme Park Restaurants, Maria Fusté Forné

Journal of Sustainability and Resilience

Children who travel with their families eat in restaurants that usually offer special kid’s menus. The quality of those menus is often questioned and in the present context where children’s obesity and overweight are increasing, it is relevant to pay attention to the different environments where children eat. The present paper wants to analyse if specific restaurants menus in one of the most relevant theme park are healthy or unhealthy. Using a validated instrument to evaluate kids’ menu, restaurants in Disney Village (Disneyland Paris) are analysed. Results show that half of them are unhealthy and none of them are completely …

Methods For The Treatment Of Inflammation, Bill J. Baker, Sofia Kokkaliari, James Leahy, Wayne Caleb Williams

USF Patents

The present disclosure is directed to methods for the treatment of inflammation or pain, particularly methods using compositions containing a compound of formula (I).

Mitigating Adversarial Attacks On Medical Imaging Understanding Systems, Rahul Paul, Dmitry Goldgof, Lawrence Hall, Matthew Schabath, Robert Gillies

USF Patents

The present disclosure describes a multi-initialization ensemble-based defense strategy against an adversarial attack. In one embodiment, an exemplary method includes training a plurality of conventional neural networks (CNNs) with a training set of images, wherein the images include original images and images modified by an adversarial attack; after training of the plurality of conventional neural networks, providing an input image to the plurality of conventional neural networks, wherein the input image has been modified by an adversarial attack; receiving a probability output for the input image from each of the plurality of conventional neural networks; producing an ensemble probability output …

Ay 2023/2024 Sec Agenda, 2023-09-13, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Ay 2023/2024 Sec Meeting Minutes, 2023-09-13, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Crow's Nest, September 11, 2023, Crow's Nest Staff

Crow's Nest

The September 11, 2023, issue of the Crow's Nest.

Determinants Of Hormonal Contraceptive Use Among Adolescent Females In The Republic Of Benin, Marlene Joannie Bewa

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Introduction: Globally, 17 million adolescent girls—ages 15-19-- give birth every year, which affects educational and professional outcomes such as school completion, future employment, and economic empowerment. In Benin, adolescent girls have a substantial unmet need for sexual and reproductive health (SRH) information and services. More specifically, the need for hormonal contraceptive products and services, as well as accurate, age-appropriate, and comprehensive sexuality education, is not met universally.

Objective: This research objective is to understand personal, behavioral, and environmental barriers and facilitators to the access and uptake of modern contraceptive methods among adolescents in Benin. This will inform recommendations for improving …

Development Of Bioactive Peptidomimetics, Lei Wang

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

In the past two decades, a lot of different peptidomimetics, such as β-peptides, oligoureas, azapeptides, peptoids, aromatic oligoamides, and others, have been developed. These peptidomimetics with distinctive scaffolds have shown potential in protein surface recognition and mimicry, PPI regulation, catalysis, etc. Moreover, these bioactive peptidomimetics demonstrate much better bioavailability and biostability than the bioactive peptides. To expand the application of peptidomimetics, our group have developed a new sequence-specific peptidomimetics- γ-AApeptide, which is derived from chiral γ-PNA. It shows excellent advantages including highly resistant to various proteolytical degradations and has the potential to increase chemodiversity. γ-AApeptide also exhibits remarkable biomedical applications, …

The Summer Season: 1 June - 31 July 2023, Graham Gerdeman

The Migrant - Tennessee Ornithological Society

No abstract provided.

2023 Wbba Annual Meeting Scientific Sessions And Poster Abstracts 7-9 May 2023 Bear Divide, Santa Clarita, California, North American Bird Bander

North American Bird Bander

No abstract provided.

Adaptation Of Small And Medium-Sized Enterprises In The Food Sector During The Pandemic: Position The Brand As Part Of The Community, Hardian E. Nurseto, Nila A. Windasari, Prasanti W. Sarli

Journal of Global Business Insights

This study explains how small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the food sector adapted during the pandemic. In-depth, semi-structured, hybrid interviews were conducted with fifteen SME owners in the food sector in Bandung, Indonesia. The study describes five business adaptation strategies using service-dominant logic (S-DL) and structural-functionalism theory: (a) relationship adaptation with suppliers and landlords, (b) employee adaptation, (c) product and sales adaptation, (d) operations adaptation, and (e) promotion adaptation. Findings show a holistic view of actor involvement in the business adaptation process linked to altruism, in which the business and all actors (i.e., suppliers, landlords, customers, employees, government, online …

Doing Business And Contributing To Conflict Prevention And Development In Ghana, Abdul Karim Issifu, Musa Essuman, Felix Dade

Journal of Global Business Insights

While some scholars argue that companies implement corporate social responsibility (CSR) for altruistic reasons, to gain an advantage over rivals in the industry, to enhance corporate reputation, and to be seen as ethical for addressing environmental and socio-economic difficulties, other scholars view CSR as unnecessary. These scholars argue that CSR initiatives adversely affect corporate profits. The understanding of this phenomenon remains incomplete, especially with the lack of empirical understanding about why corporate bodies execute CSR in spite of their primary goal of maximizing profits. To better understand this gap in knowledge, this case study of the Newmont Ghana Gold Limited …

The Effect Of Consumer-Based Authenticity On Attachment And Social Networks In Digital Context: Case Of Moroccan’S Terroir Products, Fatima E. Ouboutaib

Journal of Global Business Insights

The focus of this paper is to conceptualize and measure consumer-based authenticity as well as its effects on social networks (SN) and attachment. In addition, it explores the effect of consumer attachment. In order to address this focus, it suggests a framework for analyzing this relationship by using the Partial Least Squares Equation Modeling. This study utilizes applied quantitative research in the Moroccan context. The results showed that consumer-based authenticity represents a marketing tool that can influence purchase intention. The key contribution of this research is the feature of consumer authenticity that influences social network confidence. Consumers need to …

Toe-Pad Length And Body Mass Are Reliable Indicators Of Sex In Barred Owls, Hermary M. Gonzales, Daniel F. Hofstader, Whitney A. Watson

North American Bird Bander

No abstract provided.

The Weekly Challenger, August 31, 2023, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The August 31, 2023, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Automated And Assisted Identification Of Stroke Using Feature-Based Brain Imaging, Karl A. Kasischke, William Scott Burgin

USF Patents

Provided herein are systems and methods for automated identification of volumes of interest in volumetric brain images using artificial intelligence (AI) enhanced imaging to diagnose and treat acute stroke. The methods can include receiving image data of a brain having header data and voxel values that represent an interruption in blood supply of the brain when imaged, extracting the header data from the image data, populating an array of cells with the voxel values, applying a segmenting analysis to the array to generate a segmented array, applying a morphological neighborhood analysis to the segmented array to generate a features relationship …

Nanoparticles For Treatment Of Posterior Segment Ocular Diseases And Conditions, Kathleen Emily-Ann Halasz, Yashwant V. Pathak, Vijaykumar Bhadabhai Sutariya

USF Patents

The present invention concerns nanoparticles useful for treating posterior segment ocular diseases or conditions, such as macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy; compositions comprising the nanoparticles; methods for producing the nanoparticles; and methods for treating posterior segment ocular diseases or conditions, comprising administering the nanoparticles or compositions to the ocular posterior segment of an afflicted eye.

The Weekly Challenger, August 17, 2023, The Weekly Challenger, Et Al

Weekly Challenger Newspaper Collection

The August 17, 2023, issue of The Weekly Challenger.

Compositions And Methods For Modulating The Endothelial Barrier, Jerome William Breslin, Zeinab Yehia Khalil Motawe

USF Patents

Disclosed are compositions and methods for modulating endothelial barrier function.

Bldc Actuators Revisited: A New Cost-Effective Design And Manufacturing For Robotic Applications, Sean Bridges, Garhett Smith, Rene Preston, Hakki Erhan Sevil, Michael Reynolds

Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics

Brushless Direct Current (BLDC) actuators are recognized for their combined torque capabilities, precision control, and operational versatility, especially in regards to their smaller size. Actuators of this caliber are commonly implemented in high-performance industrial robotic arms, development in exoskeletal technologies, and quadrupedal robotic platforms. Professionally-developed brushless actuators available in the commercial sector deliver in their performance, however at a significant monetary expense. Our aim is to produce cost-efficient robotic actuators which are capable of replicating the design specifications and performance of commercial models. Our research focuses on the understanding and validation of fundamental principles of how brushless motors operate, and …

Detection Of Internal Voids Of Additively Manufactured Parts With Structual Health Monitoring Methods, David Perez, Berry Lamy, Alireza Modir, Arnaud Casterman, Ibrahim Tansel

Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics

It is possible to create voids inside polymer parts built by additive manufacturing methods. In this study, the feasibility of using structural health monitoring (SHM) methods was evaluated for identification of the voids in polymer parts. The Surface Response to Excitation (SuRE) method was used to collect the experimental data.

Ten Polylactic Acid (PLA) bars of identical external geometries were manufactured using Fused deposition modeling (FDM) type 3D printing. Four bars were solid without any voids inside of them. Two bar groups were manufactured with the same void lengths of 1 mm, 2 mm, and 3 mm at the center. …

Granular Material Extruder For Autonomous Asphalt Layer, Sebastian Story, Reinel Mota, Osmany D. Gonzalez, Kyle Reynolds, David Perez, Berry Lamy, Ibrahim Tansel

Florida Conference on Recent Advances in Robotics

Road paving is a resource-intensive process that is crucial to the world of ground transportation. Autonomous paving solutions are more desirable in comparison to traditional methods when considering the health and well-being of workers, overall project expenses, and quality of the final product. A quarter-scale granular material laying mechanism has been prototyped and integrated into an autonomous platform that facilitates the road paving process. The mechanism designed to compact and extrude granular material performs well with materials that behave similarly to asphalt when in a heated state. Essential prototyping components were limited to additively manufactured plastic and asphalt-like materials to …