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Lifesaving Scrubs Repurposed As Art To Celebrate Uab Women And Infants Center Anniversary, Staff

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New Study Links Short Sleep To Distracted Secondary Eating And Drinking, Staff

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Partnership Launched To Increase International Recruitment At Uab, Jim Bakken

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Lending A Megaphone To The Muted: The Merits Of Comprehensive Conflict Engagement Through Photovoice In Refugee Resettlement Communities, Birthe C. Reimers

Doctor of International Conflict Management Dissertations

Local refugee resettlement sites are often overlooked as hotspots of conflict because of the unstated assumption that resettlement and escape from militarized conflict automatically mean peace. However, refugees are resettled in local communities into which old conflicts are imported, and where new ones emerge as refugees and locals need to find ways of coexisting despite cultural differences. This research was developed in response to calls by the US Office of Refugee Resettlement and the US Senate Committee on Foreign Relations for grassroots-level data on the challenges faced by residents of resettlement communities and for the development of strategies for promoting …

University Honors Program News, Georgia Southern University

Honors College: News & Publications (2008-2020)

• Connor Rentz’s Film Career Takes Flight with Virgin America

Recursive Model Selection For Gnss-Combined Precise Point Positioning Algorithms, Andrew Tollefson

Theses

The accuracy of Global Positioning algorithms can be improved by incorporating observations from the satellites of multiple Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). To best utilize these observations, inter-system biases must be modeled. A unified observational model is proposed which accounts for these factors for an arbitrary number of GNSS. The Bayesian Information Criterion (BIC) may be imposed upon the unified model to balance data-fitting degree with model complexity among candidate models for a given satellite configuration scenario. A simple formulation is derived for the change to the Weighted Sum Squared Residuals (WSSR) outcome caused by modifying the least-squares design matrix …

Natural Vs. Anthropogenic Sedimentation: Does Reducing A Local Stressor Increase Coral Resilience To Climate Change?, Francesca Fourney

HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations

Corals face serious worldwide population declines due to global climate change in combination with direct anthropogenic impacts. Global climate change is difficult to manage locally, but policy makers can regulate the magnitude of local stressors affecting reefs. The objective of this experiment is to investigate if reducing sedimentation will enable reef corals to better endure global climate change. It has been shown that some coral species can handle climate change stress when provided with additional energy resources. Here I tested if the capacity of corals to cope with climate change can be improved when their ability to feed and photosynthesize …

State Of Utah V. Richard Andrew Jones : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

Appeal from a Judgment entered in the Fifth Judicial District Court of Utah, Washington County, honorable Eric A. Ludlow

Measurement Of The Νμ Charged-Current Quasielastic Cross Section On Carbon With The Nd280 Detector At T2k, K. Abe, J. Adam, H. Aihara, T. Akiri, C. Andreopoulos, S. Aoki, A. Ariga, S. Assylbekov, D. Autiero, M. Barbi, G. J. Barker, G. Barr, P. Bartet-Friburg, M. Bass, M. Batkiewicz, F. Bay, V. Berardi, B. E. Berger, S. Berkman, S. Bhadra, F. D.M. Blaszczyk, A. Blondel, C. Bojechko, S. Bolognesi, S. Bordoni, S. B. Boyd, D. Brailsford, A. Bravar

Faculty Publications

This paper reports a measurement by the T2K experiment of the νμ charged current quasielastic (CCQE) cross section on a carbon target with the off-axis detector based on the observed distribution of muon momentum (pμ) and angle with respect to the incident neutrino beam (θμ). The flux-integrated CCQE cross section was measured to be «σ

Exact Solutions Of An Extended Bose-Hubbard Model With E 2 Symmetry, Feng Pan, Ningyun Zhang, Qianyun Wang, J. P. Draayer

Faculty Publications

An extended Bose-Hubbard (BH) model with number-dependent multi-site and infinite-range hopping is proposed, which, similar to the original BH model, describes a phase transition between the delocalized superfluid (SF) phase and localized Mott insulator (MI) phase. It is shown that this extended model with local Euclidean E2 symmetry is exactly solvable when on-site local potentials are included, while the model without local potentials is quasi-exactly solvable, which means only a part of the excited states including the ground state being exactly solvable. As applications of the exact solution for the ground state, phase diagram of the model in 1D without …

Use Of Satellite Soil Moisture To Estimate Soil Strength And Ground Vehicle Mobility, Maria T. Stevens

Theses and Dissertations

Soil moisture is a key variable in off-road mobility. Mobility analysis was conducted based on three soil moisture sources: WindSat (a satellite), LIS (a computer model), and in situ ground sensors (assumed to represent ground truth). Mobility of six vehicles, each with different ranges of sensitivity to soil moisture, was examined in three test sites. Two methods were used: a simplified method based on time series and a fulleatured terrain method. The results demonstrated that the effect of the soil moisture error on mobility predictions is complex and may produce very significant errors in mobility analysis for certain combinations of …

Simulation Of The Erdc Blast Load Simulator (Bls) In Various Test Configurations Using Loci/Blast, Clayton T. Mord

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis describes the simulation of ERDC’s Blast Load Simulator (BLS) using MSU’s Loci/BLAST. The BLS was created to replicate waveforms found in blast scenarios. Loci/BLAST is an explicit, unstructured CFD code that specializes in moving waveforms. ERDC conducted various tests, and a grid for each scenario was created using the SolidMesh tool. Each grid was simulated, and the results were displayed as time history plots and spatial plots. Simulations were also performed that compared 2D and 3D grids and determined the effect of the grate and striker components. There was a strong correlation between the experimental and simulation results …

Multichannel Analysis Of Surface Waves Using Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors, Gustavo Galan-Comas

Theses and Dissertations

The Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) method traditionally uses an array of collinear vertical geophones to measure seismic wave propagation velocity at discrete points along the ground surface. Distributed fiber optic sensors (FOS) measure the average longitudinal strain over discrete lengths (i.e., zones) of a buried fiber optic cable. Such strain measurements can be used to assess ground motion and thus analyzed with the MASW method. To evaluate the feasibility of using FOS strain measurements in the MASW method, field experiments were conducted with both FOS and surface vertical geophones. Synthetic seismograms were also used to compare FOS to …

Kindergarten Literacy Remediation For Low Socioeconomic And Ell Students Without Preschool Experiences, Jillian Leedock

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

By the end of the first quarter all kindergarten students will learn to identify all 52 uppercase and lowercase letters of the alphabet. They will also be able to identify all 26 letter sounds and learn to read, these are benchmarks set by schools. Nevertheless, most English Language Learners (ELL) students that enter the elementary school system at age 5 do not recognize any English alphabet letters or letter sounds. Some children know the alphabet in their native language, which makes the learning process easier because there already is a literacy base and understanding, but some children come to school …

Act Workkeys As An Indicator Of Academic Success, Lucretia Kennedy Williams

Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to examine the effectiveness of ACT WorkKeys assessments as an indicator of student success within the community college. The number of companies that are utilizing ACT WorkKeys as an indicator to determine work readiness has increased. As community colleges are challenged with training the current workforce for jobs that are in demand, skills gaps that exist have caused challenges that have created difficulties meeting these demands. Due to the responsibilities of the community college to train the workforce explored in this study will be the outcome of ACT WorkKeys as a mechanism that could …

A Mixed-Integer Programming Approach For Jammer Placement Problems For Flow-Jamming Attacks On Wireless Communication Networks, Satish Vadlamani

Theses and Dissertations

In this dissertation, we study an important problem of security in wireless networks. We study different attacks and defense strategies in general and more specifically jamming attacks. We begin the dissertation by providing a tutorial introducing the operations research community to the various types of attacks and defense strategies in wireless networks. In this tutorial, we give examples of mathematical programming models to model jamming attacks and defense against jamming attacks in wireless networks. Later we provide a comprehensive taxonomic classification of the various types of jamming attacks and defense against jamming attacks. The classification scheme will provide a one …

Development Of White Crappie Pomoxis Annularis Reproduction Methods In Closed Aquaculture Systems, Charlie Marcus Culpepper

Theses and Dissertations

Aquaculture methods are limited for white crappie (Pomoxis annularis), reducing production potential. Therefore, reproduction methods, including induced spawning, sperm cryopreservation and out-of-season spawning, were developed in tank systems. A two week acclimation period (15°C; 3-5 ppt salinity) was necessary to reduce disease-related mortality. Afterwards, four spawning induction hormones and a control were examined to induce spawning. Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone analogue and salmonid gonadotropin releasing hormone analogue performed the best in terms of spawning success and %ertilization. Sperm cryopreservation was effective using Hanks or Ca2+ree Hanks balanced salt solutions with 10%-methanol or 5%-dimethyl-sulfoxide as a cryoprotectant, frozen at 40°C/min. Out-of-season …

Junior Recital: Rachel Stein, Soprano, Rachel Stein, Brenda Brent, Ryan Tang

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Performance. Ms. Stein studies voice with Eileen Moremen.

December 11, 2015 Ereporter, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

eReporter (campus newsletter)

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Levee Slide Detection Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Magnitude And Phase, Ramakalavathi Marapareddy

Theses and Dissertations

The objectives of this research are to support the development of state-of-the-art methods using remotely sensed data to detect slides or anomalies in an efficient and cost-effective manner based on the use of SAR technology. Slough or slump slides are slope failures along a levee, which leave areas of the levee vulnerable to seepage and failure during high water events. This work investigates the facility of detecting the slough slides on an earthen levee with different types of polarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar (polSAR) imagery. The source SAR imagery is fully quad-polarimetric L-band data from the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s (JPL’s) …

Low Rank And Sparse Representation For Hyperspectral Imagery Analysis, Alex Hendro Sumarsono

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation develops new techniques employing the Low-rank and Sparse Representation approaches to improve the performance of state-of-the-art algorithms in hyperspectral image analysis. The contributions of this dissertation are outlined as follows. 1) Low-rank and sparse representation approaches, i.e., low-rank representation (LRR) and low-rank subspace representation (LRSR), are proposed for hyperspectral image analysis, including target and anomaly detection, estimation of the number of signal subspaces, supervised and unsupervised classification. 2) In supervised target and unsupervised anomaly detection, the performance can be improved by using the LRR sparse matrix. To further increase detection accuracy, data is partitioned into several highly-correlated groups. …

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News Releases

The University of Dayton has reached another step in its growth as a top-tier, national Catholic research university with the board of trustees’ decision that the University should purchase property near campus to serve as the official residence of the president and an attractive venue for small special events.

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News Releases

Upcoming events focus on peace, business leadership and celebrating faith.

Daily Eastern News: December 11, 2015, Eastern Illinois University

December

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[2015-12-11] Governance And Compensation Committee Of The Board Of Visitors, Virginia Commonwealth University. Board Of Visitors

VCU Board of Visitors Minutes

Official minutes of the VCU Board of Visitors and its Executive Committee.

2015-12-11 Minutes Of The Academic Senate, University Of Dayton. Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

Approved minutes of a meeting of the Academic Senate of the University of Dayton.

Curriculum Minutes 12/11/2015, Curriculum Committee

Curriculum Committee Minutes

In these minutes: Course Approval, Continued General Education Discussion, and Agenda Plans for Spring Semester

Junior Recital: Ai Nguyen, Piano, Ai Nguyen

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

This recital is presented in partial fulfillment of requirements for the degree Bachelor of Music in Performance. Ms. Nguyen studies piano with Robert Henry.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Nearly 1,600 degrees conferred during Fall Commencement

Preventing Surgical Site Infections By Utilizing Chg Wipes For Preoperative Skin Preparation, Jini K. Paek

Master's Projects and Capstones

Abstract

The Clinical Nurse Leader project took place at a 106-bed community hospital in Washington. The microsystem has five operating rooms where they provide outpatient, and inpatient surgical procedures. The goal of this project is to reduce and sustain a near zero number of surgical site infections by implementing the use of a no rinse 2% CHG cloth in the surgical patient. The specific aim of the project is to reduce the rate of SSIs by 80% by December 31^st, 2015. Due to a lack of a standardized care, specifically designed for the prevention of SSIs, the microsystem …