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An Exponential Moving Average Algorithm, David Haynes, Steven Corns, Ganesh Kumar Venayagamoorthy

Engineering Management and Systems Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Techniques to reduce the search space when an optimizer seeks an optimal value are studied in this paper. a new mutation technique called the "Exponential Moving Average" algorithm (EMA) is introduced. the performance of EMA algorithms is compared to two other similar Computational Intelligence (CI) algorithms (an ordinary Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) and a "Mean-Variance Optimization" (MVO)) to solve a multi-dimensional problem which has a large search space. the classic Sudoku puzzle is chosen as the problem with a large search space. © 2012 IEEE.

Montana Kaimin, October 4, 2012, Students Of The University Of Montana, Missoula

Montana Kaimin, 1898-present

Student newspaper of the University of Montana, Missoula.

Alternative Strategies For Identifying High-Performing Charter Schools In Texas, Lori L. Taylor, Paige C. Perez

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

The Obama administration's recurring policy emphasis on high-performing charter schools begs the obvious question: how do you identify a high-performing charter school? That is a crucially important policy question because any evaluation strategy that incorrectly identifies charter school performance could have negative effects on the economically and/or academically disadvantaged students who frequently attend charter schools. If low-performing schools are mislabeled and allowed to persist or encouraged to expand, then students may be harmed directly. If high-performing schools are driven from the market by misinformation, then students will lose access to programs and services that can make a difference in their …

Expanding Learning Time In Schools: Considering The Challenges Of Implementation And The Potential Impact, David Farbman

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

Considering the broader context of school reform that is seeking education strategies that might deliver substantial impact, this article examines four questions related to the policy and practice of expanding learning time: (a) why do educators find the standard American school calendar insufficient to meet students’ educational needs, especially those of disadvantaged students? (b) how do educators implement a longer day and/or year, addressing concerns about both educational quality and costs? (c) what does research report about outcomes of expanding time in schools? and (d) what are the future prospects for increasing the number of expanded-time schools? The paper examines …

The Comprehensive Assessment Of Leadership For Learning: A Next Generation Formative Evaluation And Feedback System, Carolyn Kelley, Richard Halverson

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

Recent developments in federal policy have prompted the creation of state evaluation frameworks for principals and teachers that hold educators accountable for effective practices and student outcomes. These changes have created a demand for formative evaluation instruments that reflect current accountability pressures and can be used by schools to focus school improvement and leadership development efforts. The Comprehensive Assessment of Leadership for Learning (CALL) is a next generation, 360-degree on-line assessment and feedback system that reflect best practices in feedback design. Some unique characteristics of CALL include a focus on: leadership distributed throughout the school rather than as carried out …

Computerizing Social-Emotional Assessment For School Readiness: First Steps Toward An Assessment Battery For Early Childhood Settings, Susanne A. Denham, Hideko H. Bassett, Katherine Zinsser

Journal of Applied Research on Children: Informing Policy for Children at Risk

The transition into formal schooling is a crucial foundation that can set children on a cycle of success or failure in both academic and social domains. A child’s abilities to express healthy emotions, understand emotions of self and others, regulate emotion, attention, and behavior, make good decisions regarding social problems, and engage in a range of prosocial behaviors, all work together to promote a successful school experience.

However, many children have deficits in these skills by school entry, and educators lack the requisite tools to identify, track and assess skills these children need to learn. Thus, because social-emotional learning (SEL) …

October 3, 2012 Cal Poly Report, Public Affairs Office

Cal Poly Report

No abstract provided.

Mathematical Modeling Of Craniospinal Hydrodynamics: Investigation Of Csf Dynamics And Compliance Function, Rong-Wen Tain

Open Access Dissertations

During each heart beat, the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) flows back and forth between the cranium and spinal canal. This pulsatile flow is driven by the pulsatile blood flow to the cranial vault and is modulated by the biomechanical properties of the craniospinal system (e.g., intracranial and spinal canal compliances). Considerable effort has been made over the last eight decades, primarily using invasive techniques, to understand the dynamics of the CSF pulsation and the role of each of the system’s sub-compartments in modulation of the CSF pulsation. Even with the significant technical advances in both invasive and non-invasive modalities over the …

High-Frequency Ultrasound M-Mode Monitoring Of Hifu Ablation In Cardiac Tissue, Ronald Kumon, Madhu Sudhan Reddy Gudur, Yun Zhou, Cheri X. Deng

Physics Presentations And Conference Materials

Effective real-time HIFU lesion detection is important for expanded use of HIFU in interventional electrophysiology (e.g., epicardial ablation of cardiac arrhythmia). The goal of this study was to investigate rapid, high-frequency M-mode ultrasound imaging for monitoring spatiotemporal changes in tissue during HIFU application. The HIFU application (4.33 MHz, 1000 Hz PRF, 50% duty cycle, 1 s exposure, 6100 W/cm²) was perpendicularly applied to porcine cardiac tissue with a high-frequency imaging system (Visualsonics Vevo 770, 55 MHz, 4.5 mm focal distance) confocally aligned. Radiofrequency (RF) M-mode data (1 kHz PRF, 4 s × 7 mm) was acquired before, during, …

Assessment Of Qep Course Revision And New Course Grants, Fall 2008- Spring 2012, Anne Jumonville, Information Literacy Committee (Trinity University)

Information Literacy Documents

The results of Trinity University’s Information Literacy New Course/Revised Course Grant program reveal much about the success of the QEP overall. Faculty members from across the university designed courses at all levels (FY through graduate) with information literacy learning outcomes. Between fall 2008 and spring 2012, 42 new courses and 74 revised courses received grants (116 grants total). Over 50 individual faculty members completed 1 course grant during this period, while 18 faculty completed 2 grants, 8 completed 3 grants, and 1 completed 4.

Electron Induced Charging And Arcing Of Multilayered Dielectric Materials, John R. Dennison, Gregory Wilson, Amberly Evans

All Physics Faculty Presentations

Measurements of the charge distribution in electron-bombarded, thin-film, multilayered dielectric samples showed that charging of multilayered materials evolves with time and is highly dependent on incident energy; this is driven by electron penetration depth, electron emission and material conductivity. Based on the net surface potential’s dependence on beam current, electron range, electron emission and conductivity, measurements of the surface potential, displacement current and beam energy allow the charge distribution to be inferred. To take these measurements, a thin-film disordered SiO2 structure with a conductive middle layer was charged using 200 eV and 5 keV electron beams with regular 15 s …

Infrared Thermography For Noninvasive Real-Time Monitoring Of Hifu Ablation, Yi-Sing Hsiao, Ronald Kumon, Cheri X. Deng

Physics Presentations And Conference Materials

Infrared imaging for spatiotemporal temperature measurements was explored in this study for non-contact monitoring of temperature increases generated by HIFU ablation. Using ex vivo cardiac tissue specimens, we investigated the correlations between the occurrence of events during HIFU ablation (e.g., lesion formation, cavity formation) and the 2D spatiotemporal temperature of the tissue surface measured during HIFU ablation from an infrared camera. An increase in the rate of temperature rise was observed when lesions formed at or slightly beneath the tissue surface. Spatial shifts in the maximum temperature location away from the HIFU focus were often observed with continuing HIFU exposure …

A Survey Of The Intention To Pursue Graduate Studies In Information Technology, Myungjae Kwak, Kirill Yurov, Kevin Floyd, Neil Rigole, Yuliya V. Yurova

HCBE Faculty Presentations

Proposed/completed study The mission of the School of Information Technology at Macon State College is to educate students in information technology in ways that lead to fulfilling managerial careers and enhance the economic vitality of Central Georgia. To accomplish the mission, the School of Information Technology is preparing a Master’s degree program that can be offered within the next few years. To use limited resources efficiently, the school needs to focus on a few concentrations that are in demand by students and meet the workforce needs of the local area (Calhoun et al. 2008). Therefore, two IT concentrations were chosen …

October 3, 2012 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

No abstract provided.

Hotline Press Newspaper- October 2012 Vol 29 No 19, Hotline Press Newspaper

Hotline Press Newspaper 2012

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Social Media On The Access Of Music Among Rowan University Students, Douglas Cohen

Theses and Dissertations

The study's primary goal was to determine the extent and impact of social media on Rowan University student's access of music. Social media and music have become a significant part of college student life. The vast majority of student age ranges from 18 to 24. The study's secondary goal was to determine if social media has replaced the traditional music label of feature films and whether it affects more males or females in the 18 to 24 year-old demographic. To ascertain both levels of data, the researcher used intercept surveys and questionnaires. The intercept surveys were administered to 400 Rowan …

Hohenberg-Kohn Theorem Including Electron Spin, Xiao-Yin Pan, Viraht Sahni

Publications and Research

The Hohenberg-Kohn theorem is generalized to the case of a finite system of N electrons in external electrostatic epsilon(r) = -del nu(r) and magnetostatic B(r) = del x A(r) fields in which the interaction of the latter with both the orbital and spin angular momentum is considered. For a nondegenerate ground state a bijective relationship is proved between the gauge invariant density rho(r) and physical current density j(r) and the potentials {nu(r), A(r)}. The possible many-to-one relationship between the potentials {v(r), A(r)} and the wave function is explicitly accounted for in the proof. With the knowledge that the basic variables …

A Modular Fibrinogen Model That Captures The Stress-Strain Behavior Of Fibrin Fibers, Rodney D. Averett, Bryant Menn, Eric H. Lee, Christine C. Helms, Thomas Barker, Martin Guthold

Physics Faculty Publications

We tested what to our knowledge is a new computational model for fibrin fiber mechanical behavior. The model is composed of three distinct elements: the folded fibrinogen core as seen in the crystal structure, the unstructured α-C connector, and the partially folded α-C domain. Previous studies have highlighted the importance of all three regions and how they may contribute to fibrin fiber stress-strain behavior. Yet no molecular model has been computationally tested that takes into account the individual contributions of all these regions. Constant velocity, steered molecular dynamics studies at 0.025 Å/ps were conducted on the folded fibrinogen …

(How) Are Interdisciplinary Studies Relevant To Graduate Studies?, John Carfora, Shane Martin, José García Moreno, Anthony Bodlovic, Michelle Flowers, Stephanie E. August

STEAMroller

This was a moderated panel discussion featuring panelists:

• Anthony Bodlović, LMU College of Communication and Fine Arts, Marital and Family Therapy

• John Carfora, Associate Provost, Research Advancement and Compliance. John has been affiliated with graduate education at The London School of Economics, Dartmouth College, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and Teachers College, Columbia University.

• Michelle Flowers, Doctoral Student in Educational Leadership for Social Justice

• José García Moreno, Filmmaker, Associate Professor and Chair, LMU School of Film and Television, Department of Animation

• "Interdisciplinary does not mean the sum of disciplines but the instrumentation of a new paradigmatic syntax."

• Shane Martin, Dean, …

Reconstructability Of Epistatic Functions, Martin Zwick, Joe Fusion, Beth Wilmot

Complex Systems Faculty Publications and Presentations

Background: Reconstructability Analysis (RA) has been used to detect epistasis in genomic data; in that work, even the simplest RA models (variable-based models without loops) gave performance superior to two other methods. A follow-on theoretical study showed that RA also offers higher-resolution models, namely variable-based models with loops and state-based models, likely to be even more effective in modeling epistasis, and also described several mathematical approaches to classifying types of epistasis.

Methods: The present paper extends this second study by discussing a non-standard use of RA: the analysis of epistasis in quantitative as opposed to nominal variables; such quantitative variables …

Ay 2012/2013 Sec Meeting Minutes, 2012-10-03, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Archives

No abstract provided.

Spectrum, Volume 30, Issue 4, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Homecoming ‘Spreads the Red’ -- FOX News airs live suicide -- Sorority recruitment is a successful for many students -- Anti-Hazing week educates students -- Richard Falco’s “Project India” attracts student’s attention -- Have you met ‘Molly?’

Stifling Scientific Progress: The District Court’S Decision In Myriad, Seth R. Ogden

Intellectual Property Brief

No abstract provided.

A Linear Programming Model For Time-Alignment Of Cockpit Voice Recorder And Flight Data Recorder Data, William A. Tuccio, Harold D. Townsend

Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering

Aircraft accident forensics include analyzing cockpit voice recorder (CVR) and flight data recorder (FDR) information. Each recorder is independent of the other and often share no common time frame. Analysts must align the two time scales using common events on each recorder, such as microphone keying events. Using test drive development and linear programming, we have created a two-step model to align the CVR and FDR recordings. The first linear model matches microphone keying events, while the second linear model optimizes alignment of the time scales. When the constrained optimization problem produces a feasible solution, a standardized computer-generated sentence is …

Simulation Design Approach For The Selection Of Alternative Commercial Passenger Aircraft Seating Configurations, Christopher A. Chung

Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering

Loading strategies for commercial passenger aircraft have been a subject of recent study among air transportation research analysts. A fundamental assumption in the majority of these studies is the fixed configuration of passenger seats. Previous studies have focused on analyzing different strategies in an effort to reduce passenger loading time. This study takes a more proactive approach to the passenger loading process by starting with the design of the aircraft seating layout itself. Simulation analysis results indicate that alternative designs can result in loading time reductions between approximately 9–44%.

Campus Assembly Minutes 10/02/2012, Campus Assembly

Campus Assembly

No abstract provided.

U.S. Drought Monitor, October 2, 2012, Anthony Artusa

United States Agricultural Commodities in Drought Archive

Drought map of U.S. for October 2, 2012 (10/2/2012) plus: U.S. crop areas experiencing drought (map), Approximate percentage of crop located in drought, by state (bar graph), Percent of crop area located in drought, past 52 weeks (line graph) for: Hay, Cattle, Winter wheat.

Holy Cross Magazine, Vol. 46, No. 4, Fall 2012, College Of The Holy Cross

Holy Cross Magazine

Philosophical Anthropology
with Professor Predrag Cicovacki
By Pam Reponen

Inauguration of Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.
On Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, The Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., was installed as the College’s 32nd president.
By Rebecca Smith ’99 and Kimberly Staley ’99

President's Report: Seeing the World as God Sees It
The Importance of Spiritual Exercises
By Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J.
Illustrations by Laszlo Kubinyi

Remembering Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., ’49 (1923-2012)
HCM honors the memory of former president Rev. John E. Brooks, S.J., ’49 with personal stories and insights …

Florida Sentinel Bulletin, October 2, 2012, Gwen Hayes

Florida Sentinel Bulletin Collection

The October 2, 2012, issue of the Florida Sentinel Bulletin. Included are articles on the 2012 presidential campaign.

2012 October 2, Faculty Senate Minutes, State University Of New York At Cortland

Minutes

Faculty Senate Minutes, October 2, 2012