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Design And Development Of An Immersive Simulation For Social Determinants Of Health Training, Lahari Surapaneni

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This thesis research project focuses on design and development of an immersion simulation-based training tool that help raise the social determinants of health (SDOH) awareness among the health care providers. Compared to existing classroom lecture and/or role-play based SDOH education approach, our immersion-simulation based approach provides an easy access and highly realistic experience to such training curriculum at anytime and anywhere with an Internet connection. Such an interactive and immersive exposure is critical to raise SDOH awareness and maintain long-lasting empathy towards actual patients in practice, and thus help providers to be better prepared when encountering with those patients. Particularly, …

Characterizing Basal-Like Triple Negative Breast Cancer Using Gene Expression Analysis: A Data Mining Approach, Qamar Alsabi

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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is characterized by the absence of expression of the estrogen receptor, progesterone receptor and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2). Therefore, TNBC is unresponsive to targeted hormonal therapies, which limits treatment options to nonselective chemotherapeutic agents. Basal-like breast cancers (BLBCs) represent a subset of about 70% of TNBCs, more frequently affecting younger patients, being more prevalent in African-American women and significantly more aggressive than tumors of other molecular subtypes, with high rates of proliferation and extremely poor clinical outcomes. Proper classification of BLBCs using current pathological tools has been a major challenge. Although TNBCs have …

Data-Driven And Knowledge-Based Strategies For Realizing Crowd Wisdom On Social Media, Shreyansh Bhatt

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The wisdom of the crowd is a well-known example of collective intelligence wherein an aggregated judgment of a group of individuals is superior to that of an individual. The aggregated judgment is surprisingly accurate for predicting the outcome of a range of tasks from geopolitical forecasting to the stock price prediction. Recent research has shown that participants' previous performance data contributes to the identification of a subset of participants that can collectively predict an accurate outcome. In the absence of such performance data, researchers have explored the role of human-perceived diversity, i.e., whether a human considers a crowd as a …

Transmission Electron Microscopy Analysis Of Silicon-Doped Beta-Gallium Oxide Films Grown By Pulsed Laser Deposition, Cynthia Thomason Bowers

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Due to the large band gap of β-Ga2O3 and recent improvements toward high quality native substrates and the ability to shallow dope epitaxial β-Ga2O3 it is an attractive material for applications in power electronic devices. Such devices require advances in the areas of thin film growth and carrier concentration control to deliver high mobility films appropriate for the device structures. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis can provide information concerning doping, crystal structure, and internal strain which will be valuable to assess the role of defects and impurities on the transport properties for feedback to optimize the bulk and epitaxial growth …

A Novel Methodology For Timely Brain Formations Of 3d Spatial Information With Application To Visually Impaired Navigation, Spyridon Manganas

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Human brain analysis and understanding pose several challenges due to the great complexity of the structural organization and the functional connectivity that characterizes the human brain. The ability of the brain to adapt in dynamic changes over time such as normal aging, neurodegenerative diseases or congenital brain malformations renders the brain’s exploration a particularly demanding and difficult task. In recent years, advances in brain imaging modalities and lately the multimodal fusion, combined with improvements in related technologies have greatly assisted the development of brain maps by providing insights regarding the overall brain structure and functionality. Even though the existence of …

Experimental Studies Of Barite Growth Using Hydrothermal Atomic Force Microscopy In Alkali Metal Salt Solutions At 108 C, Sohan Ahmed

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Barite (BaSO4) growth on the (001) surface was studied under solutions of alkali metal chloride salts (LiCl, NaCl, KCl, RbCl and CsCl) as a function of saturation index and ionic strength of the salts at 108 C. When LiCl was used as the background electrolyte, growth hillocks on the barite surface consisted of both [010] steps and <120> steps at ionic strengths of 0.05 and 0.1 M, but [010] steps were not observed at lower ionic strength. In NaCl solutions, hillocks displayed greater prominence of the [010] steps when compared with LiCl. From the saturation state dependent studies, it was found …

A Closer Look At The Items Within Three Measures Of Evolution Acceptance: Analysis Of The Mate, I-Sea, And Gaene As A Single Corpus Of Items, William L. Romine, Amber Todd, Emily M. Walter

Medical Education Faculty Publications

Background: Current direct Likert measures for evolution acceptance include the MATE, GAENE, and I-SEA. Pros and cons of each of these instruments have been debated, and yet there is a dearth of research teasing out their similarities and differences when they are used together in a single context beyond the fact that their measures tend to be highly correlated. We administered these to 452 college students in non-major biology classes at two research-intensive universities from the Midwestern and Western United States to investigate the measurement properties of the items within these instruments when combined as a single corpus.Results: Factor analysis …

The Guardian, Week Of December 17, 2018, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of December 17, 2018. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, December 13-14, 2018

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on December 13-14, 2018.

Proceedings Of The First Annual Symposium On The Wright State Woods, College Of Science And Mathematics, College Of Liberal Arts

1st Annual Wright State Woods Symposium

The proceeding of the Woods Symposium held at Wright State University and sponsored by the College of Science and Mathematics and the College of Liberal Arts.

Sensitivity Limits Of Millimeter-Wave Photonic Radiometers Based On Efficient Electro-Optic Upconverters, Gabriel Santamaría Botello, Florian Sedlmeir, Alfredo Rueda, Kerlos Atia Abdalmalak, Elliott R. Brown, Gerd Leuchs, Sascha Preu, Daniel Segovia-Vargas, Dmitry V. Strekalov, Luis Enrique García Muñoz, Harald G.L. Schwefel

Physics Faculty Publications

Conventional ultra-high sensitivity detectors in the millimeter-wave range are usually cooled as their own thermal noise at room temperature would mask the weak received radiation. The need for cryogenic systems increases the cost and complexity of the instruments, hindering the development of, among others, airborne and space applications. In this work, the nonlinear parametric upconversion of millimeter-wave radiation to the optical domain inside high-quality (Q) lithium niobate whispering-gallery mode (WGM) resonators is proposed for ultra-low noise detection. We experimentally demonstrate coherent upconversion of millimeter-wave signals to a 1550 nm telecom carrier, with a photon conversion efficiency surpassing the state-of-the-art by …

Boonshoft School Of Medicine Central Research Forum Program - 2018, Office Of Research Affairs, Boonshoft School Of Medicine

Central Research Forum

The 63-page program includes a schedule, speaker biographies, and presentation titles from the 2018 Central Research Forum held by the Boonshoft School of Medicine's Office of Research Affairs.

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, October 18-19, 2018

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on October 18-19, 2018.

2018-2019 Common Data Set - Wright State University Dayton Campus, Office Of Institutional Research & Effectiveness, Wright State University, Princeton Review

Common Data Set

The 2018-2019 Common Data Set of Wright State University Dayton Campus from the Princeton Review. It includes data on admissions, student enrollment, faculty, class size, financial aid and other measures, using standard definitions that aid comparisons between schools.

2018-2019 Common Data Set - Wright State University Lake Campus, Office Of Institutional Research & Effectiveness, Wright State University, Princeton Review

Common Data Set

The 2018-2019 Common Data Set of Wright State University Lake Campus from the Princeton Review. It includes data on admissions, student enrollment, faculty, class size, financial aid and other measures, using standard definitions that aid comparisons between schools.

The Guardian, Week Of October 15, 2018, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of October 15, 2018. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, October 8, 2018

Faculty Senate Minutes and Agendas

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Meeting held on October 8, 2018.

College Of Science And Mathematics Newsletter, Fall 2018, College Of Science And Mathematics, Wright State University

College of Science and Mathematics Newsletters

This 3 page newsletter discusses various happenings within the College of Science and Mathematics. It begins with a letter from the dean, and continues on with news, events, alumni news, and other community news.

Building Iot Based Applications For Smart Cities: How Can Ontology Catalogs Help?, Amelia Gyrard, Antoine Zimmermann, Amit P. Sheth

Kno.e.sis Publications

The Internet of Things (IoT) plays an ever-increasing role in enabling smart city applications. An ontology-based semantic approach can help improve interoperability between a variety of IoT-generated as well as complementary data needed to drive these applications. While multiple ontology catalogs exist, using them for IoT and smart city applications require significant amount of work. In this paper, we demonstrate how can ontology catalogs be more effectively used to design and develop smart city applications? We consider four ontology catalogs that are relevant for IoT and smart cities: 1) READY4SmartCities; 2) linked open vocabulary (LOV); 3) OpenSensingCity (OSC); and 4) …

Flight, Fall 2018, Office Of Marketing, Wright State University, Wright State Alumni Association, Wright State University Foundation

University Magazines

42-page issue of the Wright State Magazine. This special publication focused on news related to Wright State alumni, faculty, and friends of the university.

Wsu Research News, Fall 2018, Office Of Research And Sponsored Programs, Wright State University

WSU Research News

A thirty-two page newsletter of the WSU Research News. The WSU Research News was published monthly beginning in June of 1968 and issued by the Office of Research Development. This newsletter was created to provide information to the WSU faculty about the availability of outside funds for research and educational programs, new developments that may affect availability of funds, and general information on research and educational activities at Wright State University.

Using Electronic Health Records To Characterize Prescription Patterns: Focus On Antidepressants In Nonpsychiatric Outpatient Settings, Joseph J. Deferio, Tomer T. Levin, Judith Cukor, Samprit Banerjee, Rozan Abdulrahman, Amit P. Sheth, Neel Mehta, Jyotishman Pathak

Kno.e.sis Publications

Objective

To characterize nonpsychiatric prescription patterns of antidepressants according to drug labels and evidence assessments (on-label, evidence-based, and off-label) using structured outpatient electronic health record (EHR) data. Methods

A retrospective analysis was conducted using deidentified EHR data from an outpatient practice at a New York City-based academic medical center. Structured “medication–diagnosis” pairs for antidepressants from 35 325 patients between January 2010 and December 2015 were compared to the latest drug product labels and evidence assessments. Results

Of 140 929 antidepressant prescriptions prescribed by primary care providers (PCPs) and nonpsychiatry specialists, 69% were characterized as “on-label/evidence-based uses.” Depression diagnoses were associated …

The Learning Loss Effect In Genetics: What Ideas Do Students Retain Or Lose After Instruction?, Amber Todd, William L. Romine

Biological Sciences Faculty Publications

Modern genetics is a relatively new domain, but it is increasingly important for students to have a firm grasp on the content, because genetic technologies are becoming more commonplace. In a previous study, we used the Learning Progression-based Assessment of Modern Genetics to assess high school students’ knowledge of genetics concepts after an intensive inquiry-based genetics instructional period. Given that this type of intensive inquiry-based instruction is unique, we are now investigating how students’ knowledge of genetics changes after instruction (i.e., learning loss effect). Using a six-measure longitudinal design, we found that students retained significant gains in five of the …

Poster: Privacy-Preserving Boosting With Random Linear Classifiers, Sagar Sharma, Keke Chen

Kno.e.sis Publications

We propose SecureBoost, a privacy-preserving predictive modeling framework, that allows service providers (SPs) to build powerful boosting models over encrypted or randomly masked user submit- ted data. SecureBoost uses random linear classifiers (RLCs) as the base classifiers. A Cryptographic Service Provider (CSP) manages keys and assists the SP’s processing to reduce the complexity of the protocol constructions. The SP learns only the base models (i.e., RLCs) and the CSP learns only the weights of the base models and a limited leakage function. This separated parameter holding avoids any party from abusing the final model or conducting model-based attacks. We evaluate …

Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, September 10, 2018

Faculty Senate Minutes and Agendas

Agenda and minutes from the Wright State University Faculty Senate Meeting held on September 10, 2018.

Repetitive Transcranial Electrical Stimulation Induces Quantified Changes In Resting Cerebral Perfusion Measured From Arterial Spin Labeling, Matthew Sherwood, Aaron T. Madaris, Casserly R. Mullenger, R. Andy Mckinley

Neuroscience, Cell Biology & Physiology Faculty Publications

The use of transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) as a method to augment neural activity has increased in popularity in the last decade and a half. The specific application of TES to the left prefrontal cortex has been shown to produce broad cognitive effects; however, the neural mechanisms underlying these effects remain unknown. In this work, we evaluated the effect of repetitive TES on cerebral perfusion. Stimulation was applied to the left prefrontal cortex on three consecutive days, and resting cerebral perfusion was quantified before and after stimulation using arterial spin labeling. Perfusion was found to decrease significantly more in a …

The Guardian, Week Of September 3, 2018, Wright State University Student Body

The Guardian Student Newspaper

News articles from The Guardian for the week of September 3, 2018. The Guardian is the official student-run newspaper for Wright State University. It has been published regularly since March of 1965.

Networks Identify Productive Forum Discussions, Adrienne L. Traxler, A. Gavrin, Rebecca Lindell

Physics Faculty Publications

Discussion forums provide a channel for students to engage with peers and course material outside of class, accessible even to commuter and nontraditional populations. Forums can build classroom community and aid learning, but students do not always take up these tools. We use network analysis to compare three semesters of forum logs from an introductory calculus-based physics course. The networks show dense structures of collaboration that differ significantly between semesters, even though aggregate participation statistics remain steady. After characterizing network structure for each semester, we correlate students’ centrality—a numeric measure of network position—with final course grade. Finally, we use a …

The Struggle Within, Robert Puthoff

Best Integrated Writing

In The Struggle Within, Bob seeks to understand basic teachings for Hindus in The Bhagavad Gita and then ambitiously seeks to apply some of those lessons to his own life as a college student. Bob is one of the few students who chose to read The Bhagavad Gita, which speaks to his ability to challenge himself academically; in addition, he also uses one of the class’s textbooks to help him decipher key elements of the story. Bob’s leap from The Bhagavad Gita into his own life experience is a tribute to his ability to look at his life and to …

Feature-Based Discretization Of A Turbine Disk For Probabilistic Risk Assessment, Michael Thomas, Jace Carter, Lloyd Matson, Tarun Goswami

Biomedical, Industrial & Human Factors Engineering Faculty Publications

There is an economic need to extend the useful life of jet engine rotors. Retirement-for-Cause (RFC) is a lifing method that allows for the continued operation of components passed traditional life limits. Under RFC, an extension of damage tolerance, components are deemed safe for a further service interval using non-destructive inspections (NDI) for crack like defe cts. As components are kept in-service beyond their designed service life it is essential that the probability of failure (POF), or risk, of continued service is known. Under current FAA rotor design certification practices the component POF is analyzed using a probabilistic framework focused …