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Airflow Characteristics In Adult Upper 9 Generations Of Lung Model And Airway Changing (Aging) Effect Under Ventilated Breathing, Jongwon Kim, Ramana Pidaparti, Rebecca L. Heise, Angela M. Reynolds

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 1: Bio-Medical/Bioengineering; pp. 22-27

Orbital Mechanic Simulation Of A 1u Cubesat, Alicia Ratcliffe, Carlos Montalvo

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control; pp. 67-71

Dynamic System Analysis Using Recurrence Quantification Analysis And Recurrence Plots In Mathematica, Serkan Guldal, Veronica Baugh

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control; pp. 76-81

A Laser Sensor For Tire Real-Time Parameter Estimation, Mostafa Salama, Marc A. Parker, Vladimir V. Vantsevich

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 3: Dynamic Systems & Control; pp. 89-97

Finite Element Simulation Of Cylindrical Piezoelectric Energy Harvesters Under Internal Loading, Parya Aghasafari, Israr Bin M Ibrahim, Ramana Pidaparti

Early Career Technical Journal (ECTJ)

Section 5: Numerical Methods; pp. 160-165

The Application Of The Self Organizing Map To The Vehicle Routing Problem, Meghan Steinhaus

Open Access Dissertations

The Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP) is an �P-hard, combinatorial optimization problem. For �P-hard problems, there is no known polynomial time algorithm to solve these problems. Therefore, for many moderately sized problems, these problems cannot be reliably solved to optimality. This is the case with the VRP, where problem instances with over 100 cities are not easily solved using exact methods. Therefore, the majority of VRP research focuses on heuristics.

Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) are inspired by the functions in the human brain. Researchers have applied ANNs across a wide range of problems with great success. Since solving the VRP relies …

“The Highest Limit Of Statesmanship” Ritterian Geography And Russian Exploration Of The Amur River Basin, 1849–1853, Sharyl Corrado

All Faculty Open Access Publications

The lower Amur River basin was annexed by Russia in the mid-nineteenth century following several years of unauthorized exploration by naval officer Gennadii Nevel'skoi. Scholars recognize multiple factors—geopolitical, economic, and nationalist—that prompted Russia's interest in the region. This article adds to this list the budding science of geography, and in particular, the influence of German geographer Karl Ritter. To Ritter, a nation's true borders were set by nature, not by man. His ideas are reflected in both the words and actions of Nevel'skoi regarding the lower Amur basin. The explorer described the territory not as foreign or other, but as …

A Software Patent War: The Effects Of Patent Trolls On Startup Companies, Innovation, And Entrepreneurship, Sonia Karakashian

UC Law Business Journal

This note analyzes the effects of patent trolls on startup companies and the issues that software patentability under 35 U.S.C. § 101 impose on this highly controversial area of intellectual property. This note elaborates on the current patent reforms as well as the common law struggles addressed in Supreme Court decisions. Further, it discusses the software patent war and the controversial issues raised in § 101 of the patent system followed by the issues of patentability and its effects on startup companies. Lastly, this note discusses short-term and long-term progress in the patent system, as well as address the current …

Wage Distribution Impacts Of Higher Education Faculty Unionization, Charles S. Wassell Jr., David W. Hedrick, Steven E. Henson, John M. Krieg

Economics Faculty Scholarship

The literature on the effects of unions on the distribution of wages at the macroeconomic and inter-industry levels has given little attention to the effects at the firm level. At the same time, research on collective bargaining impacts in higher education has focused on the overall wage level rather than on the distribution of salaries. Using panel data on individual faculty members, we find faculty unionization to be associated with a significant flattening of the wage distribution across academic disciplines. This has implications for why faculty might choose to unionize, even in the absence of an overall wage premium.

Behind The Scenes: Directors’ Perspectives Of Designing And Implementing New Online Degree Programs, Kelly Price, Julia Price

ETSU Faculty Works

Abstract is available to download.

Take The Route To Effective Instruction: Evidence-Based Practices In Math Education For Students With Learning Disabilities, Lori J. Marks, Mollie E. Bellows, Tina M. Hudson

ETSU Faculty Works

No abstract provided.

The Relationship Between Growth Scores And The Overall Observation Ratings For Teachers In A Public School System In Tennessee, James H. Lampley, Virginia P. Foley, Joshua Davis

ETSU Faculty Works

Abstract is available to download.

Object Oriented Programming, Praveen Khethavath

Open Educational Resources

Students write a program that reads data based on a provided banking scenario, work on inputs, and generate a report after the data is processed.

Math In The Modern World, Steven Cosares

Open Educational Resources

Students are asked to gather nutrition data regarding their favorite snacks and assess how well they contribute to their maintenance of a “healthy” diet, as defined through, articles, websites, and guidelines established by the US Department of Agriculture.

Engineering Laboratory 101, Reginald Eze

Open Educational Resources

This lab introduces students to the fatigue failure of steels, plastics and ceramics when they are stressed in a controlled manner until they fail. Materials are subjected to repeated stress called fatigue and fatigue properties of different materials vary with type, source, quality, type and duration of applied stress.

Elementary Algebra, Mangala Kothari

Open Educational Resources

Students use world population data to find the observed trend, the rate of population growth, build a model (linear equation) using the data, and predict the future world’s population size based on the model that they develop.

The Future Of Science Education In Elementary School, Anah Soble

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

No abstract provided.

Front Matter

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Issue 4

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells, Michael Mancini

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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The Cult Of The Mushroom, Gabriel Hitchcock

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Solitary Confinement, Connor Mccleskey

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Crossword Corner, Gabriel Hitchcock, Martin Mancini

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Honors Research, Sarah Page, Daniel Lowes, Gabe Moore, Weelic Chong

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Dr. Regina Benjamin, Willa Kerkhoff

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Issue 5

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Front Matter

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Oh Chemistry, Oh Chemistry, Rachel Budker

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Discovering New Therapeutic Uses, Nate Bohm-Levine

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

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Contamination And Hatchability Of The California Clapper Rail: A Review, Elisa C. Henderson

The Synapse: Intercollegiate science magazine

No abstract provided.