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Variable-Interval And Variable-Ratio Schedules Of Punishment By Timeout From Positive Reinforcement, Ezra G. Hall
Variable-Interval And Variable-Ratio Schedules Of Punishment By Timeout From Positive Reinforcement, Ezra G. Hall
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Timeout punishment is among the most commonly reported disciplinary procedures (Barkin, Scheindlin, Ip, Richardson, & Finch, 2007). Despite the frequent use of timeout, little basic research has systematically examined different schedule effects of timeout from positive reinforcement. Using pigeons as subjects, the current series of experiments arranged variable schedules of timeout from positive reinforcement within a multiple-schedule arrangement where 20-s timeouts were response-dependent, response-independent, and delayed. Experiment 1 used a within-subject yoking procedure to compare schedules of variable-ratio (VR) and yoked-interval (YI) timeouts. Experiment 2 arranged separate parametric analyses of variable-interval (VI) and VR schedules of timeout. Within-session, yoked-control components …
The Longest Common Subsequence Via Generalized Suffix Trees, Tazin Afrin
The Longest Common Subsequence Via Generalized Suffix Trees, Tazin Afrin
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Given two strings S1 and S 2, finding the longest common subsequence (LCS) is a classical problem in computer science. Many algorithms have been proposed to find the longest common subsequence between two strings. The most common and widely used method is the dynamic programming approach, which runs in quadratic time and takes quadratic space. Other algorithms have been introduced later to solve the LCS problem in less time and space. In this work, we present a new algorithm to find the longest common subsequence using the generalized suffix tree and directed acyclic graph.;The Generalized suffix tree (GST) is the …
Remote Sensing Based Predictive Decision Support System For Assessment Of Environmental Conditions For Epidemic Cholera, Haidar Shakuir Aldaach
Remote Sensing Based Predictive Decision Support System For Assessment Of Environmental Conditions For Epidemic Cholera, Haidar Shakuir Aldaach
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Cholera, a water borne diarrheal disease, is strongly associated with environmental processes. However, quantitative linkages of environmental processes with cholera and climate is still emerging. Linking diseases such as cholera with climate will aid in development of models that can predict spatial and temporal outbreaks in resource constrained regions of the globe. With the limited efficacy of cholera vaccines, it is necessary to develop mechanisms to predict cholera occurrence and thereafter devise intervention strategies for mitigating impacts of the disease. Hydroclimatic processes, primarily precipitation and air temperature are related to epidemic and episodic outbreak of cholera. However, due to coarse …
Does Engagement In Pleasant Events Mediate The Relation Between Physical Disability And Affective Outcomes In Older Adults?, Patricia M. Bamonti
Does Engagement In Pleasant Events Mediate The Relation Between Physical Disability And Affective Outcomes In Older Adults?, Patricia M. Bamonti
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The current study examined potential mediators of the association between physical disability and depressive symptoms, along with positive mental health variables, including meaning in life and positive affect, within the framework of an empirically supported model of depression---the behavioral model of depression (Lewinsohn, 1985). The behavioral model of depression posits that reduced contact with positive reinforcement in the environment (i.e., engagement in pleasant events) precipitates and maintains depressive symptoms (Lewinsohn et al., 1985). Treatment studies have demonstrated the efficacy of interventions based on the behavioral model of depression in older adults (Cuijpers et al., 2007; Dimidjian et al., 2006; Hopko …
Coal Quality Management Model For A Dome Storage (Ds-Cqmm), Manuel Alejandro Badani Prado
Coal Quality Management Model For A Dome Storage (Ds-Cqmm), Manuel Alejandro Badani Prado
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Coal quality (ash, sulfur, moisture and BTU) is one of the key aspects for both coal mines and power plants. Mines invest time as well as economic and technological resources in order to manage coal quality for final use in power plants. In order to deliver uniform coal quality to the power plant, there is a need for a real-time monitoring of coal quality from the mine to the coal stockpiles. The specific problem represents the process of stacking the coal inside the enclosed facility such as a dome. The process of stacking coal inside a dome generates the unique …
Theory And Simulations Of Incomplete Reconnection During Sawteeth Due To Diamagnetic Effects, Matthew Thomas Beidler
Theory And Simulations Of Incomplete Reconnection During Sawteeth Due To Diamagnetic Effects, Matthew Thomas Beidler
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Tokamaks use magnetic fields to confine plasmas to achieve fusion; they are the leading approach proposed for the widespread production of fusion energy. The sawtooth crash in tokamaks limits the core temperature, adversely impacts confinement, and seeds disruptions. Adequate knowledge of the physics governing the sawtooth crash and a predictive capability of its ramifications has been elusive, including an understanding of incomplete reconnection, i.e., why sawteeth often cease prematurely before processing all available magnetic flux. In this dissertation, we introduce a model for incomplete reconnection in sawtooth crashes resulting from increasing diamagnetic effects in the nonlinear phase of magnetic reconnection. …
Hydrogel Tracer Beads As Potential Proxies For Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids In Karst: Development Of An Optical Quantification Method For Fluorescent Beads, Habib Bravo-Ruiz
Hydrogel Tracer Beads As Potential Proxies For Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids In Karst: Development Of An Optical Quantification Method For Fluorescent Beads, Habib Bravo-Ruiz
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Sinkholes and sinking streams are examples of karst features that can serve as direct pathways for contaminants, including non-aqueous phase liquids (NAPLs), to quickly enter karst aquifers. Once NAPLs are in karst aquifers, their fate and transport is difficult to predict and is not well understood. In this study, floating hydrogel tracer beads (HTBs) are developed and tested to help gain a better understanding of the fate and transport of NAPLs. The HTBs are formed by cross-linked sodium alginate polymers that can be made with different fluorescent pigments and density-modifying additives. The focus of this research was on the development …
The "Boom" And "Bust" Patterns Of Communities Within The Energy Rich Region Of West Virginia: A Case Study Of Moundsville, Brandon S. Kiger
The "Boom" And "Bust" Patterns Of Communities Within The Energy Rich Region Of West Virginia: A Case Study Of Moundsville, Brandon S. Kiger
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The increasing worldwide demand for energy will provide Energy Rich Regions (ERRs) the opportunity to increase their wealth and quality of living. However, a reoccurring pattern of boom and bust cycles in ERRs suggests the need for more sustainable development strategies.;A mixed methods approach (case study) is employed to explore the "wicked human problems" occurring in one community, Moundsville, WV and to discover development patterns that might inform sustainable development strategies for the future.;This study explores briefly the distant past development patterns, and in greater detail the pre-boom and most current boom in natural gas. First, data will be derived …
Investigating Stuttering Attitude Change Of Middle School Students In A Rural Appalachian School, Chelsea D. Kuhn
Investigating Stuttering Attitude Change Of Middle School Students In A Rural Appalachian School, Chelsea D. Kuhn
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Effects of the Stuttering: For Kids, By Kids video on stuttering attitudes was investigated with middle school students in a rural Appalachian middle school in West Virginia. Participants completed the Public Opinion Survey of Human Attributes-Stuttering (POSHA-S) before (PRE) and immediately after watching the video (POST1) to measure attitude change following the intervention. The participants again completed the POSHA-S one month later (POST2) to determine the stability of their attitudes. Tabular and graphic comparisons were generated for each of the three administrations of the POSHA-S. For PRE versus POST1 and POST1 versus POST2 analyses, individual item and combined item ratings …
The Portrayal Of Protagonists With Communication Disorders In Contemporary Award-Winning Juvenile Fiction, Jane Lefevre
The Portrayal Of Protagonists With Communication Disorders In Contemporary Award-Winning Juvenile Fiction, Jane Lefevre
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Twenty-six contemporary North American award-winning intermediate children's and young adult fictional books were identified that contained twenty-seven protagonists with communication disorders (CD). These books were evaluated using an adaptation of the Dyches & Prater (2000) Rating Scale for Quality Characterizations of Individuals with Disabilities in Children's Literature. Each guideline is discussed in detail while examining the quality of portrayed characterizations and literary elements in the eligible literature. The types of CDs depicted were language, speech and hearing disorders. No protagonists with central auditory processing disorders were found. Almost half of the protagonists had language disorders, making it the most commonly …
The Influence Of Physical Activity On International Students' Cross-Cultural Adjustment: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study, Shuang Li
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International students face multiple challenges due to cross-cultural transition. Physical activity plays a significant role in maintaining health and well-being for college students. Little research has explored how international students' physical activity interacts with their acculturation. Using a longitudinal qualitative approach with individual interviews and non-participant observation, the current study explored how physical activity interacted with new international students' first-year transition to studying in the United States. Nine participants who engaged in regular physical activity were enrolled. Each individual was interviewed twice in the middle and at the end of their first year. Three-month of field work was applied to …
An Analysis Of Treatment Patterns, Receipt Of Guideline-Concordant Care, And Survival Outcomes Among Elderly Women With Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer Using The Seer-Medicare Linked Dataset, Traci Lemasters
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Breast cancer (BC) is the 2nd most commonly diagnosed type of cancer in the United States (US) and the 1st among women, with 57% of incident cases in those age > 60 years. Relative to other cancers, BC has high survival rates, with a 89% 5-year overall survival rate. High survival rates are due to improvements in disease understanding, treatment, and earlier stage at diagnosis from increased routine BC screening. Yet, disparities in treatment and survival outcomes persist. Epidemiologic studies suggest that elderly women experience disparities uniquely associated with increasing age and comorbidity, in addition to those associated with socio-demographic characteristics, …
A Metamodel-Based Monte Carlo Simulation Approach For Responsive Production Planning Of Manufacturing Systems, Minqi Li
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Production planning is concerned with finding a release plan of jobs into the manufacturing system so that its actual outputs over time match the customer demand with the least cost. The biggest challenge of production planning lies in the difficulty to quantify the performance of a release plan, which is the necessary basis for plan optimization. Triggered by an input plan over a time horizon, the system outputs, work in process (WIP) and job departures, are non-stationary bivariate time series that interact with customer demand (another time series), resulting in the fulfillment/non-fulfillment of demand and in the holding cost of …
A Study Of Selected Piano Works By Two Living Composers: David Gordon Duke And Stefan Young, Wei Chen Lin
A Study Of Selected Piano Works By Two Living Composers: David Gordon Duke And Stefan Young, Wei Chen Lin
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This research project is to introduce piano compositions by two living composers: David Gordon Duke and Stefan Young. The specific repertoire chosen for this study includes the following: Preludes (1980s), Postcards (1980s), and Sonatina (1977) by David Duke; and Prelude (1991), From the Dark Woods (1991), Meditation (2002), and La Guitarra (1993) by Stefan Young. This paper explores aspects of piano pedagogy and performance such as: (1) the basic technical approach; (2) suggestions for specific sound production; (3) interpretation of complex meters; (4) recommendations for pedaling and fingering; (5) observations of dynamics and articulations. The material discussed spans a broad …
Thermal Stress Analysis For Early Age Mass Concrete Members, Yun Lin
Thermal Stress Analysis For Early Age Mass Concrete Members, Yun Lin
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Research findings in the past have demonstrated that the heat of hydration can induce thermal cracking in early age concrete. The disproportionate thermal expansion can cause considerable tensile stresses at concrete surfaces. The minimum size of mass concrete has remained unsolved due to the complexity of the problem. In this study, a way to predict early age concrete temperature and associated thermal stresses is described, including the needed experimental testing and finite element modeling technique.;In thermal analysis, an adiabatic calorimeter was designed and built to measure the adiabatic temperature rise of the concrete. The measured adiabatic temperature rise was converted …
Biodiesel From Tall Oil Fatty Acids And Physico Thermal Properties Of Tropical Tree Fruit Oils As Thermal Energy Storage Systems, Gideon Sackey Lawer-Yolar
Biodiesel From Tall Oil Fatty Acids And Physico Thermal Properties Of Tropical Tree Fruit Oils As Thermal Energy Storage Systems, Gideon Sackey Lawer-Yolar
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Research into biodiesel as a substitute for petroleum diesel has been ongoing since the energy crisis of the 1970's. The concern for the effect on the use of edible vegetable oils as feedstock has increased. Tall oil fatty acids have been considered as a non-food substitute and various works have been done on it. In this study, sulfuric acid and Amberlyst BD 20 were used as homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysts respectively in the production of biodiesel from Tall oil fatty acids in a batch reactor. The treatment conditions for the homogeneous catalysis varied the factors of fatty acid to methanol …
Propagating Precipitation Waves In Hydrogels, Darrell Collison
Propagating Precipitation Waves In Hydrogels, Darrell Collison
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In 1896, Raphael E. Liesegang discovered that precipitation reactions may produce striking precipi- tation rings and bands. More than a century later, propagating precipitation waves were discovered in similar reactions. The bands and rings discovered by Liesegang are static, but traveling precipitation waves exhibit complex spatiotemporal dynamics. Traveling waves are widespread and occur in both living and nonliving systems. Examples include calcium waves propagating through Xenopus laevis oocytes, cyclic AMP waves in colonies of Dictyostelium discordium cells, and spiral waves in propagating flames fronts. Recently, traveling waves were identified in a precipitation reaction involving AlCl3 and NaOH. The propagating precipitation …
Farmers Markets And The Emergency Food System In West Virginia: An Analysis Of Intersection To Improve Community Food Security, Jessica L. Crum
Farmers Markets And The Emergency Food System In West Virginia: An Analysis Of Intersection To Improve Community Food Security, Jessica L. Crum
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Food insecurity is a problem in West Virginia. Individuals who are food insecure rely on assistance from private organizations, such as food pantries and soup kitchens. Individuals may also rely on government assistance, with programs like SNAP and WIC, as a means to cope with food insecurity. Farmers markets have been trying to become more accessible to low-income individuals and increase community food security through the acceptance of SNAP, WIC, and SMFNP vouchers. This study uses key informant interviews to understand to what extent and in what ways farmers markets are interacting with emergency food systems to improve community food …
Surgery And Rehabilitation Treatment Options For Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries Of The Elbow For Baseball Athletes: A Systematic Review, Amanda M. Damm
Surgery And Rehabilitation Treatment Options For Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries Of The Elbow For Baseball Athletes: A Systematic Review, Amanda M. Damm
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Context: There is currently a lack of information on ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries for athletic trainers. Most of the literature addressed the surgical options in detail and depending on the study, information for rehabilitation may be limited or not even included. Further, there are a limited number of studies that compare the different surgical techniques to each other as well.;Objective: To provide a comparison of the Jobe technique to the Docking technique, in regard to surgery, success rates, and rehabilitation process.;Data Sources: PubMed (1960-2014), MEDLINE (1960-2014), CINAHL with full text (1960-2014), SPORTDiscus full text (1960-2014), Science Direct (1960-2014), and …
Doctoral Students' Relational Communication With Their Advisors: A Dyadic Examination Using Chickering's Theory Of Psychosocial Development, Zachary W. Goldman
Doctoral Students' Relational Communication With Their Advisors: A Dyadic Examination Using Chickering's Theory Of Psychosocial Development, Zachary W. Goldman
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The purpose of this dissertation was to explore how psychosocial development affects doctoral students' relationships with their advisor and their success in graduate school. Toward this goal, three objectives were identified. The first objective was to integrate Chickering and Reisser's (1993) vectors of psychosocial development into the doctoral education context to understand how mature students maintain their relationships and address conflict with their advisor. The second objective was to investigate the extent to which doctoral students' psychosocial development and communication behaviors affected satisfaction in the student-advisor relationship. The third objective was to examine the effect of psychosocial development on doctoral …
Hierarchically Porous Carbon Materials And Limn2o 4 Electrodes For Electrochemical Supercapacitors, Shimeng Hao
Hierarchically Porous Carbon Materials And Limn2o 4 Electrodes For Electrochemical Supercapacitors, Shimeng Hao
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Increasing energy density of electrochemical capacitors (ECs) is crucial for their applications in energy storage devices requiring short peak power pulses as well as long-term operation. ECs are operated via two primary charge mechanisms, that is, the electrochemical double-layer capacitance and the pseudocapacitance. In the thesis, the carbon materials and LiMn2O 4, which generate double-layer capacitance and pseudocapacitance, respectively, have been investigated. The effects of specific surface area, pore structure and surface functionality on the energy storage performance of ECS have been studied.;Micro-porous (<2 nm) carbon with pores inaccessible to the solvated ions may limit the ion diffusion, resulting in a low rate capability. Hence this work attempts to generate hierarchical macropores/mesopores/micropores in the electrode material. Flexible, self-sustained and hierarchical porous carbon nanofibers (CNFs) are fabricated using terephthalic acid as the sacrificial agent. After sublimation and carbonization, the electrospun mat is converted to a hierarchical porous carbon framework. The high specific capacitance and good rate capability are associated with the unique hierarchical porous structure of the as-prepared CNFs. Both the outer fiber surface and inner porous structure can be accessible for charge accumulation through pores on the surface. Hierarchical macropores/mesopores in the fiber also help accelerate the ion-diffusion into inner micropores.;Besides fossil resources, renewable biomass has also been explored as the source material for supercapacitors in the present work. Lignin, the major aromatic constituent of plant and woods, is utilized as the carbon precursor to prepare the mesoporous lignin-char. The lignin-derived carbon is prepared by taking an advantage of the organic-organic self-assembly method, which allows the direct formation of mesoporous polymer composite from carbon precursor and block copolymer, and conversion to porous carbon by carbonization. Hierarchically porous carbon (HPC) with pores at different scales has been obtained after alkali activation. The experimental results show that the appropriate pore size distribution can ensure high power density and high energy density due to the short diffusion distance and the minimized electric resistance. Utilization of biomass as the source materials for supercapacitors will reduce the costs for fabrication of energy storage devices.;Developing asymmetric supercapacitors is an alternative effective way to obtain high energy density for an enlarged potential window and additional pseudocapacitance. LiMn2O4 nanoparticles have been fabricated with a facile and cost-effective method using carbon black as the template. The spinel structured LiMn2O4 exhibits a high specific capacitance in a three-electrode system. An asymmetric supercapacitor has been made with the as-prepared LiMn2O4 nanoparticle as the cathode and the commercial activated carbon as the anode in a Li 2SO4 aqueous solution. The asymmetric supercapacitor shows a good energy capacity and excellent cycling stability.
The Environmental Effects Of Geologically Sequestered Carbon Dioxide Gas And The Enhanced Recovery Of Coal Bed Methane From An Unmineable Coal Seam, Brad David Hega
The Environmental Effects Of Geologically Sequestered Carbon Dioxide Gas And The Enhanced Recovery Of Coal Bed Methane From An Unmineable Coal Seam, Brad David Hega
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The need to mitigate the alleged effects of anthropogenic carbon dioxide gas (CO2(g)) generation has led to the exploring of specific subsurface environments to house the gas. The geology of the subsurface underlying Marshall County West Virginia makes the area an ideal setting for use as a CO 2(g) repository. A cooperative, pilot study was undertaken by CONSOL Energy Inc., which owns and operates the selected CO2(g) sequestration site, along with personnel from West Virginia University (WVU) and other agencies under the United States Department of Energy (DOE) funded Zero Emissions Research Technology or ZERT program. The repository is an …
Clarence Cameron White: Classical Violin Performance And Pedagogy In The African American Community, Alexandra Kori Hill
Clarence Cameron White: Classical Violin Performance And Pedagogy In The African American Community, Alexandra Kori Hill
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This thesis focuses on the performing and teaching career of the African American classical violinist, Clarence Cameron White. Discussions of recital programming, reviews, pedagogical articles and musical essays written by White will provide a look into African Americans' presence and involvement within classical violin performance and instruction. The racial and cultural signifiers that are tightly woven with many styles and genres in American music have also been applied to Western art music and classical violin, requiring a discussion of racial and cultural stereotypes in American society.
Semi-Supervised And Active Learning Models For Software Fault Prediction, Huihua Lu
Semi-Supervised And Active Learning Models For Software Fault Prediction, Huihua Lu
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As software continues to insinuate itself into nearly every aspect of our life, the quality of software has been an extremely important issue. Software Quality Assurance (SQA) is a process that ensures the development of high-quality software. It concerns the important problem of maintaining, monitoring, and developing quality software. Accurate detection of fault prone components in software projects is one of the most commonly practiced techniques that offer the path to high quality products without excessive assurance expenditures. This type of quality modeling requires the availability of software modules with known fault content developed in similar environment. However, collection of …
On The Roles Of Drosophila Notch Signaling And Atonal Autoregulation In The Specification Of R8 Photoreceptors, Adam T. Majot
On The Roles Of Drosophila Notch Signaling And Atonal Autoregulation In The Specification Of R8 Photoreceptors, Adam T. Majot
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Drosophila retinogenesis has long served as a paradigm of tissue patterning. Notch, an anciently conserved signaling pathway, is critical to both the formation of and proper spacing of founding R8 photoreceptors. Notch is intimately interwoven into the activity of Atonal (Ato), a proneural basic helix-loop-helix (bHLH) that is required for R8 specification. Ato is expressed through dual enhancers: ato-3' and 5'-ato. ato-3' is activated in response to Notch-independent signaling cues whereas 5'-ato exhibits complex dependence on Notch signaling. First, Notch is required for 5'-ato activation, eliciting formation of Ato intermediate groups (IGs, evenly spaced clusters of 10--20 cells). Subsequently, Notch …
Vulture Flight Behavior Driven By Uplift Availability At Local And Continental Scales, Julie Mallon
Vulture Flight Behavior Driven By Uplift Availability At Local And Continental Scales, Julie Mallon
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Understanding how animals move in response to their environment is a fundamental question in ecology. Soaring species, which rely on environmentally generated uplift to forage and migrate, should be especially sensitive to changing weather and climatic conditions. Changes in uplift distribution or strength can have energetic implications and restrict movement capacity for soaring species. Poor weather conditions can shorten foraging time or slow migration progress. To increase mobility, birds can switch to flapping or soar using another uplift type. Use of uplift, however, is associated with certain flight altitudes and movement speeds. Switching uplift types will affect a bird's ecological …
Suicidal Ideation, Attempts, And Associated Psychosocial Risk And Protective Factors In American Indian Youth And Young Adults, Karen Manzo
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Introduction. Research consistently shows that suicidal ideation and attempts are more prevalent among American Indian youth and young adults than youth and young adults in other racial/ethnic groups. Many of the associated psychosocial risk and protective factors are shared across racial/ethnic groups; however, for most of them, the prevalence is highest in American Indian youth. Research on the relation between suicide risk and culturally unique risk (e.g., childhood adversity, discrimination, parenting, unresolved grief, out-of-home placement) and protective factors (e.g., enculturation, cultural values, spirituality) in American Indian youth and young adults is limited. The goal of this research was to examine …
A Multi Agent System Design For Power Distribution Restoration Using Neural Networks, Mohamad Mashta
A Multi Agent System Design For Power Distribution Restoration Using Neural Networks, Mohamad Mashta
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The state of the art of power distribution systems is to demand a more accurate response. It also provides more reliability for fault location and restoration respectively. A multi-agent system design for power distribution has been developed using the change of current methodology to detect and locate any type of faults. Employing the artificial intelligence for restoration process is the most important contribution to this study. Since feed-forward neural networks are weight training based back propagation concept, radial basis neural networks showed more efficiency by using the minimum error method to optimize the decision. A Probabilistic radial basis Neural Network …
Cerium Dioxide Nanoparticle Exposure And Microvascular Dysfunction: Potential Mechanistic Links, Valerie C. Minarchick
Cerium Dioxide Nanoparticle Exposure And Microvascular Dysfunction: Potential Mechanistic Links, Valerie C. Minarchick
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Cerium dioxide nanoparticles (CeO2 NP), an engineered nanomaterial, have great potential from a consumer and therapeutic perspective. Currently, CeO2 NP are added to diesel fuel to decrease the soot emissions commonly associated with diesel engines. CeO2 NP also have therapeutic applications (e.g. improve outcomes following stroke and radiation treatments) due to their anti-oxidant capabilities. These applications increase CeO2 NP exposure risk not only for manufacturers, but also for the general community; however, there are currently limited studies that investigated the effects of CeO2 NP exposure via multiple exposure routes. Furthermore, there are no studies that investigate the microvascular consequences of …
The Effectiveness Of A Chart Audit And Feedback Intervention To Improve Cardiology Provider Delivery Of Heart Failure Self-Care Education, Dorothy Murphy
The Effectiveness Of A Chart Audit And Feedback Intervention To Improve Cardiology Provider Delivery Of Heart Failure Self-Care Education, Dorothy Murphy
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Heart failure is a challenging disease process that presents a high risk of mortality, frequent hospitalizations, and an overwhelming economic burden to the health system. Patient self-care education has been shown to decrease unplanned hospitalizations, emergency room visits, hospitalized days, costs, and mortality rates. However, only 61% of adults with HF receive self-care education within a 12-month period.;Under the framework of the Iowa Model for Evidence-Based Practice, the purpose of this project was to implement an electronic health record audit and written and verbal provider feedback intervention with the aim of improving provider delivery of heart failure self-care education to …