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Real-Time Monitoring Of Covid-19 Progress Using Magnetic Sensing And Machine Learning, Manh-Huong Phan, Kee Young Hwang, Valery Ortiz Jimenez, Baleeswaraiah Muchharla Oct 2024

Real-Time Monitoring Of Covid-19 Progress Using Magnetic Sensing And Machine Learning, Manh-Huong Phan, Kee Young Hwang, Valery Ortiz Jimenez, Baleeswaraiah Muchharla

USF Patents

A breathing monitor that includes a contactless sensor that uses magneto-LC resonance technology is provided. The breathing monitor collects breathing data from a patient that indicates a breathing pattern of the patient. A model trained using machine learning using breathing patterns collected from patients known to have different stages of COVID-19 is used to process the collected breathing data and to determine whether the patient has COVID-19. The model further determines the stage of COVID-19. The breathing monitor can identify likely COVID-19 infections faster than existing tests and requires no contact between the patient and a medical professional, which is …


Magneto-Lc Resonance Technology For Real-Time Respiratory Motion Monitoring, Manh-Huong Phan, Ongard Thiabgoh, Tatiana Marie Eggers Oct 2024

Magneto-Lc Resonance Technology For Real-Time Respiratory Motion Monitoring, Manh-Huong Phan, Ongard Thiabgoh, Tatiana Marie Eggers

USF Patents

A non-contact respiratory monitoring system comprises a magnetic microwire sensor coil that detects magnetic field changes due to motion of a magnet attached to a patient's chest. Field lines emanating from the magnet are parallel to a circumferential loop area of the coil and the coil is positioned at a distance to magnetically couple to the magnet. Impedance in the coil changes when the distance of the magnet to the coil changes due to the patient's breathing. An alternating voltage across coil is modified by the change in impedance. An impedance analyzer coupled to the coil applies the alternating voltage …


Methods Of Using Protein Palmitoylations Inhibitors, Robert Deschenes, Arunava Roy, Ahmed Ramadan, Subhra Mohapatra, Marcello Giulianotti Oct 2024

Methods Of Using Protein Palmitoylations Inhibitors, Robert Deschenes, Arunava Roy, Ahmed Ramadan, Subhra Mohapatra, Marcello Giulianotti

USF Patents

The present disclosure relates to methods of using palmitoylation inhibitors for reducing or treating enveloped virus infections.


Forum, Volume 48, No. 3, Fall 2024, Florida Humanities, Pam Daniel Oct 2024

Forum, Volume 48, No. 3, Fall 2024, Florida Humanities, Pam Daniel

FORUM: The Magazine of Florida Humanities

Contents: Letter from the Executive Director -- From the Secretary of State -- From the Editor -- Humanities Live -- Treasure -- Oral History -- The School Masters -- Nowhereland -- They Tell our Story -- Places in Our Hearts -- Local Color -- Florida Seen -- Taste of Florida -- Environmental Humanities -- The Quiz


Revisiting The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis: Strategic Lessons For Today, Kendall Carll Oct 2024

Revisiting The Second Taiwan Strait Crisis: Strategic Lessons For Today, Kendall Carll

Journal of Strategic Security

As the inhabitants of the Quemoy Islands sat down for dinner on August 23, 1958, three years of relative peace in the Taiwan Strait came to an abrupt end. In the weeks that followed, the Eisenhower administration deployed ships to the strait, worked to understand the Communists’ intent, and considered nuclear first use. Though Washington ultimately prevailed in the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis, a critical review of the decision-making process enabled by newly leaked materials suggests catastrophe was closer than previously assumed. This article investigates the successes, the failures, and the nearly avoided contingencies that permitted a non-nuclear resolution to …


Understanding Russian Hybrid Warfare Against Europe In The Energy Sector And In The Future ‘Energy-Resources-Climate’ Security Nexus., Maurizio Geri Oct 2024

Understanding Russian Hybrid Warfare Against Europe In The Energy Sector And In The Future ‘Energy-Resources-Climate’ Security Nexus., Maurizio Geri

Journal of Strategic Security

To avoid escalations to full kinetic (military) wars is imperative to win the non-kinetic part of the so-called “hybrid warfare”, which use both kinetic and non-kinetic methods. The goal of the non-kinetic methods of hybrid warfare, or as others call it “grey zone” activities, or “subthreshold” tactics, is to defeat hearts and minds, as well as pockets, of adversaries, with social, political, and economic tools. This article focuses on energy as the crucial sector of the economic tools, and specifically uses an innovative approach, what the author calls the ‘energy-resources-climate security nexus’, as a new battleground for future strategic competition …


An Overview Of The Activities Of Different Actors In The Reconstruction Efforts In Borno, Nigeria: 2016 - 2023, Wazeer Murtala Oct 2024

An Overview Of The Activities Of Different Actors In The Reconstruction Efforts In Borno, Nigeria: 2016 - 2023, Wazeer Murtala

Journal of Strategic Security

Nigeria-Boko Haram’s competition for dominance has been the subject of many scholarly works and commentaries. Evidence shows that Nigeria is emerging victorious in the military struggle and the country is building on this relative success by engaging in infrastructural reconstruction that is akin to post-war rebuilding. With Borno State as the focal point, this article summarizes the activities of different actors (local and international) in the reconstruction efforts. Through a qualitative survey of different primary documents such as reports, news articles, videos, and other relevant materials, this study finds that the reconstruction efforts in Borno State between the years 2016 …


Crimen En La Frontera: Exploring Texas-Mexico Border Crimes Using A Geospatial Analysis, Carlos Alvarez, Jascha Wagner Oct 2024

Crimen En La Frontera: Exploring Texas-Mexico Border Crimes Using A Geospatial Analysis, Carlos Alvarez, Jascha Wagner

Journal of Strategic Security

Border crimes threaten public safety and security in the United States and the US-Mexico border region. Several evaluations support that data-driven, place-based crime prevention approaches can complement current public safety strategies and help reduce crime. Accordingly, place-based crime prevention may successfully prevent border crimes since these are inherently spatial. However, few studies have analyzed the geographies of Texas-Mexico border crimes, and assessments of data-driven, place-based crime prevention strategies of border crimes still lack a solid empirical foundation – especially in more rural border communities. To address this issue, this study builds police report data (Border Incident Assessment Report (BIAR)), used …


Regulating Deepfakes: An Indian Perspective, Shinu Vig Oct 2024

Regulating Deepfakes: An Indian Perspective, Shinu Vig

Journal of Strategic Security

Deepfakes are a growing concern throughout the world including India. Deepfakes can be used for several purposes, both innocuous or malicious. In India, several problems related to regulation of deepfakes have emerged. This paper makes an examination of current legal challenges posed by deepfakes as well as solutions in India that can be repurposed to address these challenges, including intellectual property laws, criminal laws, and the right to privacy. While these existing laws can be used to address certain aspects of the deep fake problem, there is an increasing recognition that specific legislations and regulations addressing deep fakes and synthetic …


Suicide Bombing In Afghanistan: A Multilevel Analysis, Kaneshka Nawabi Oct 2024

Suicide Bombing In Afghanistan: A Multilevel Analysis, Kaneshka Nawabi

Journal of Strategic Security

In August 2021, an insurgency spearheaded by violent suicide campaigns saw the return of the Taliban to power in Afghanistan. A claimed four thousand suicide bombers remain a strategic asset at the hands of the Taliban and other extremist groups with extensive technical and logistical capabilities and a strong deterrence against their rivals. Despite this emanating threat, the majority of suicide terrorism research continues to rely on data from the Middle East, where social status, financial gains, and collective honour are cited as key factors. Using a multilevel framework and analysis, this article is based on field interviews with victims, …


A World Safe For Commerce: American Foreign Policy From The Revolution To The Rise Of China. Dale C. Copeland. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024., Michael Hampson Ph.D. Oct 2024

A World Safe For Commerce: American Foreign Policy From The Revolution To The Rise Of China. Dale C. Copeland. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024., Michael Hampson Ph.D.

Journal of Strategic Security

No abstract provided.


The Use Of Developmental Program Evaluation For State Continued Approval In Educator Preparation, Suzanne L. Roberts Oct 2024

The Use Of Developmental Program Evaluation For State Continued Approval In Educator Preparation, Suzanne L. Roberts

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Working as a teacher educator today means working under an ever-present regulatory gaze. Accountability mechanisms, including state program approval processes, have been layered resulting in complexity. External assessments have failed to provide the data needed to support continuous improvement. There have been calls for combining external and internal evaluation processes to better drive continuous improvement. Developmental Program Evaluation (DPE) is an approach that claims to support program development in the middle space between top-down and bottom-up forces. This study examines the use of DPE in the middle space between mandated state approval processes and a small educator preparation program’s effort …


Full Issue, Maryland Birdlife Sep 2024

Full Issue, Maryland Birdlife

Maryland Birdlife

No abstract provided.


Article, St. Pete’S Little Bayou, Mangroves, And The ‘Howdy Doody’ Roots Of Our Current Catastrophe, Thomas Hallock Sep 2024

Article, St. Pete’S Little Bayou, Mangroves, And The ‘Howdy Doody’ Roots Of Our Current Catastrophe, Thomas Hallock

Creekshed: City Wilds

An article by Thomas Hallock about Little Bayou Preserve and the importance of mangroves in St. Petersburg, Florida.


A School Leader’S Experiences With Ableism In An Educational System, Scottie Basham Sep 2024

A School Leader’S Experiences With Ableism In An Educational System, Scottie Basham

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

The current organizational autoethnographic study aims to problematize ableism as an ideology that permeates and contributes to the inequities students with disabilities face in education. I share how I came to see ableism as an ideology that permeates and contributes to recursive practices in special education and share experiences that illustrate to school leaders ableist assumptions that are ingrained in leading a Special Education Center. Using organizational autoethnography, I share my experience as a first-year principal to provide a first-hand account of recursive practices within the educational organization, rooted in ableism, and discuss how those practices affected both myself, as …


Small Molecule Inhibitors Targeting Clostridioides Difficile Sporulation, Yu Chen, Michael Sacco, James Leahy, Elena Bray, Xingmin Sun, Xiujun Zhang Sep 2024

Small Molecule Inhibitors Targeting Clostridioides Difficile Sporulation, Yu Chen, Michael Sacco, James Leahy, Elena Bray, Xingmin Sun, Xiujun Zhang

USF Patents

Disclosed herein are compounds that can prevent and treat C. difficile by inhibiting sporulation. Also disclosed herein are compositions and formulations comprising the compound disclosed herein. Methods of preventing and treating C. difficile comprising administering the compounds described herein are also disclosed.


Full Issue, Maryland Birdlife Sep 2024

Full Issue, Maryland Birdlife

Maryland Birdlife

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, Maryland Birdlife Sep 2024

Full Issue, Maryland Birdlife

Maryland Birdlife

No abstract provided.


Full Issue, Maryland Birdlife Sep 2024

Full Issue, Maryland Birdlife

Maryland Birdlife

No abstract provided.


Childbirth, Later-Life Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality, And Health-Related Quality Of Life In Postmenopausal Women, Zailing Xing Sep 2024

Childbirth, Later-Life Cardiovascular Disease, Mortality, And Health-Related Quality Of Life In Postmenopausal Women, Zailing Xing

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Introduction: The associations between childbirth and future maternal cardiovascular disease (CVD) and mortality have been inconclusive. Limited studies have focused on the association between childbirth and HRQoL. Objective: We aimed to examine the long-term effects of parity and age at childbirth on women's CVD and mortality based on propensity score matching. Methods: This study used data from the Women’s Health Initiative study (1993-2022). We used propensity score matching to produce matched samples, then employed multilevel Cox proportional hazard models for hazard ratios (HRs) to estimate the associations of parity and age at childbirth with CVD and mortality. We used mixed-effects …


Business Failure Mode And Effects Analysis: A Risk Based Holistic Strategy To Improve Success Rates Of Small Technology Businesses, Krishnakumar R. Nair Sep 2024

Business Failure Mode And Effects Analysis: A Risk Based Holistic Strategy To Improve Success Rates Of Small Technology Businesses, Krishnakumar R. Nair

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Multiple US and global statistics show that small businesses are vital to economic development but fail at a startling rate. Small technology businesses (STBs) are around 35% of this small business segment. The central problem addressed in this research is to reduce their short lives and enable growth and stability. The solution is a significant business management strategy iteratively developed by working with business owners and practitioners. A holistic approach to view the business as a whole to address premature failures is not available, and this research presents a comprehensive approach to solving that problem. The study developed a novel …


Front Matter, Mississippi Kite Sep 2024

Front Matter, Mississippi Kite

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


Buck Island Road, J.R. Rigby Sep 2024

Buck Island Road, J.R. Rigby

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


North American Breeding Bird Survey In Mississippi, Daniel J. Twedt, Keith L. Pardieck Sep 2024

North American Breeding Bird Survey In Mississippi, Daniel J. Twedt, Keith L. Pardieck

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Mississippi Kite Sep 2024

Front Matter, Mississippi Kite

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Mississippi Kite Sep 2024

Front Matter, Mississippi Kite

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


First Report Of The Mississippi Bird Records Committee, Terence L. Schiefer Sep 2024

First Report Of The Mississippi Bird Records Committee, Terence L. Schiefer

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Mississippi Kite Sep 2024

Front Matter, Mississippi Kite

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


Judy Toups: For The Birds, Jerome A. Jackson Sep 2024

Judy Toups: For The Birds, Jerome A. Jackson

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.


Front Matter, Mississippi Kite Sep 2024

Front Matter, Mississippi Kite

Mississippi Kite

No abstract provided.