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Interview With Current Graduate Students

Intuition: The BYU Undergraduate Journal of Psychology

No abstract provided.

Changing Watch Style And Functionality To Match Fashion Products, Matthew Tait

Defensive Publications Series

The disclosed techniques enable automatic configuration of a wearable computing device, e.g., a smartwatch, to match style and/or functionality to fashion product or accessories. With user permission, the smartwatch obtains information about the fashion product via short-range communication technology, e.g., by reading a near field communication (NFC) tag in fashion products, e.g., jackets, handbags, shoes, etc. Information from the tag is used to identify characteristics of the fashion product such as function, brand, color, style, etc. The smartwatch is automatically configured to update style and/or function to match the identified characteristics.

Ethical Sensitivity In The Academic Setting, Rebecca Friedman

NERA Conference Proceedings 2017

Character education programming is gaining popularity in America’s schools as one possible way to raise an intelligent and caring generation of students. However, many schools fail to allocate time, money, and resources to such initiatives. The present study examined the impact of an ethical sensitivity intervention in a religiously affiliated independent school. A self-report Likert scale and analytic rubric were used to measure development of different sub-skills of ethical sensitivity in fourth and fifth grade students (N = 25) before and after the intervention over a two-month period. Results suggest that degree of ethical sensitivity increased over the course of …

Location Of Writing Instruments Using Position Sensing Diodes In Stereo Configuration, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure relates to a position determination system and related method for accurately and rapidly capturing the position of an input device (e.g., a stylus). The position determination system can include an input device such as a writing instrument that includes a light emitting diode (LED) that can be detected by two or more position sensing diodes. The position sensing diodes (PSDs) can generate a bias voltage proportional to the position of a point (e.g., a brightest point) of light incident to the surface of the PSDs. As a result, based on the position of the LEDs relative to …

Automatic Context-Based Alerts For Content Sharing, Matthew Sharifi, Jakob Foerster

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes techniques for automatic detection of unintentional sharing of content. A user attempt to share content, e.g., from a clipboard via a paste operation, is detected. With user permission, the clipboard contents and the context in which the content is being shared are analyzed to determine suitability of the content to the context. An alert is provided to the user upon detection that sharing the content is likely unintentional.

Ranking And Automatic Selection Of Machine Learning Models Abstract, Sandro Feuz, Victor Carbune

Defensive Publications Series

Generally, the present disclosure is directed to an API for ranking and automatic selection from competing machine learning models that can perform a particular task. In particular, in some implementations, the systems and methods of the present disclosure can include or otherwise leverage one or more machine-learned models to provide to a software application one or more machine learning models from different providers. The trained models are suited to a task or data type specified by the developer. The one or more models are selected from a registry of machine learning models, their task specialties, cost, and performance, such that …

Visual Search Using Automatically Annotated Images, Alexander Haubold

Defensive Publications Series

Users interested in obtaining content related to certain concepts sometimes struggle with identifying suitable textual search terms. Users may be unable to formulate a query due to limitations of vocabulary, lack of language skills, lack of knowledge of the specific topic, etc. This disclosure describes techniques to enable a user to conduct a visual search and exploration using images with textual annotations that correspond to objects and concepts in the images. The textual annotations are analogous to hyperlinks, and are used by a search engine to obtain and display search results to the user. The search results can be text …

Automatic Generation Of Affiliate Links, Abhijit Chandgadkar, Eugenio Marchiori

Defensive Publications Series

Online publishers that create new content are dissatisfied with currently available advertising formats, e.g., due to a belief that some current advertising formats spoil customer experience or drive customers away from their websites. This disclosure uses a single script within an online publisher website to automatically insert affiliate links within the publisher’s content. Upon execution, these script sends a request an online advertising provider. Page content is analyzed using machine learning techniques to identify entities that refer to products. The identified products are matched with products available for sale from an online vendor and corresponding links are provided to the …

Selective Provision Of Notifications To Devices That Are Offline, Victor Cărbune, Sandro Feuz

Defensive Publications Series

Client mobile devices that are offline are unable to receive notifications via the internet. This disclosure describes techniques to selectively transmit important notifications via alternate channels such as phone calls, SMS, etc. to client mobile devices that are offline. A machine learning model is trained to predict importance scores for incoming notifications, based on training data that includes human-provided ground truth scores. The trained machine learning model ranks the importance of various notifications. The techniques ensure that important notifications are delivered even when a client mobile device is disconnected from the internet.

Volumetric Rotational Control, Michael Alger

Defensive Publications Series

Techniques are described that utilize a volumetric rotational control that can be activated and controlled in an intuitive manner using natural movements. To use the volumetric rotational control, the user operates a virtual reality (VR) controller to virtually touch a VR object that represents a selectable control that includes a collider. A collider is a physics object that can be added to a virtual object to give the virtual object “physical” properties and cause the virtual object to be subject to the “physics” of the VR environment. The user activates the volumetric rotational control by causing the VR controller to …

Cyclical Data Presentation With A Helical Display, Michael Alger

Defensive Publications Series

Techniques are described that enable cyclical data presentation with a helical display. A helix, which is a particular form of a spiral, is generally not used for conventional data presentations because it can be difficult to understand in two-dimensional (2D) presentations. In a three-dimensional (3D) presentation, however, such as in a VR environment, helices, curls, and spirals are well-known forms and can be used for data presentation. In particular, cyclical information can be presented in embedded helices in which the helical shape is used to display cycles within cycles continuing in one or more directions. For example, a 3D helical …

Adjustable Conical Laser, Michael Alger

Defensive Publications Series

Techniques are described that enable a virtual laser pointer with an adjustable conical laser. The adjustable conical laser includes a main ray, like a conventional virtual laser pointer, but also provides a conical laser that expands the user’s target area. When the user misses the intended target with the main ray, the VR system can use the cone to determine the likely target. If the cone intersects a single object, the VR system selects that object. If the cone does not intersect any objects, the VR system can expand the cone and determine if any objects intersect the expanded cone. …

Text Field With Volumetric Input, Michael Alger

Defensive Publications Series

Techniques are described that utilize a text field with volumetric input that can accept text or a virtual reality (VR) object that represents text. To use the text field with volumetric input, the user selects a virtual object that represents the environment that the user wants to be immersed in and puts the virtual object in the text field. For example, the user may speak, gesture, or use a controller (e.g., a VR controller such as a laser pointer) to select a virtual object that represents a game.

The Evolution Of The Krüppel-Like Factor Gene Family And Their Function During Embryonic Development In The Ctenophore Mnemiopsis Leidyi, Jason Scott Presnell

Open Access Dissertations

How modifications during development influence large-scale evolutionary changes is a major emphasis in the field of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo). Comparing the underlying cellular and molecular basis of development in diverse organisms can provide insight into how alterations of these processes contribute to morphological diversity. Ctenophores, or comb jellies, are a phylum of marine invertebrates and, due to their unique phylogenetic position as one of the earliest branching lineages of extant animals, are an ideal system for investigating the origin and evolution of metazoan character traits. For example, the animal through-gut is thought to have originated in the metazoan stem …

2017 December 13 -- Agenda And Attachments

Agendas and Minutes

No abstract provided.

Minutes, Diversity Council Meeting, Tuesday, December 13, 2017, Diversity Council

Diversity Council

No abstract provided.

Speech Codes Theory, Tabitha Hart

Faculty Publications

Rooted in the ethnography of communication and based on empirical research, speech codes theory is a theoretical/methodological tool for studying situated communication practices. Two important applications of speech codes theory are to reveal local cultures and to examine the ways in which people make use of communication to accomplish important goals pertaining to communal life. Speech codes theory offers researchers a systematic approach to describing, interpreting, analyzing, and comparing local communicative practices and the cultures which they instantiate.

The Behavioural Response Of Migrating Humpback Whales To A Full Seismic Airgun Array, Rebecca A. Dunlop, Michael J. Noad, Robert D. Mccauley, Eric Kniest, Robert Slade, David Paton, Douglas H. Cato

Anthropogenics and Population Decline Collection

Despite concerns on the effects of noise from seismic survey airguns on marine organisms, there remains uncertainty as to the biological significance of any response. This study quantifies and interprets the response of migrating humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) to a 3130 in³ (51.3l) commercial airgun array. We compare the behavioural responses to active trials (array operational; n = 34 whale groups), with responses to control trials (source vessel towing the array while silent; n = 33) and baseline studies of normal behaviour in the absence of the vessel (n = 85). No abnormal behaviours were recorded …

Final Ma Portfolio, Jessica Goodman

Master of Arts in English Plan II Graduate Projects

A Final Portfolio submitted to the English Department of Bowling Green State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in the field of English with a specialization in English teaching. The first project is a syllabus for a course on American protest literature. The second project is a five-week major assignment plan focusing on identity and rhetorical writing choices. The third paper is a theory and practice synthesis of empowering literacy alongside a checklist for teachers who wish to include empowering literacy in their classrooms. Finally, the fourth item is a revision (re-vision) …

We Are...Marshall, December 13, 2017, Office Of Marshall University Communications

We Are ... Marshall: the Newsletter for Marshall University 1999-2023

No abstract provided.

Me,Myself, And I: Working As A Solo Repository Manager, Michael Pujals

Collected Faculty Scholarship

In this session Michael Pujals of Dominican University will share how building connections with faculty and staff allows him to gracefully juggle repository management on his own.

Translating Statistical Species-Habitat Models To Interactive Decision Support Tools, Lyndsie S. Wszola, Victoria L. Simonsen, Erica F. Stuber, Caitlyn R. Gillespie, Lindsey N. Messinger, Karie L. Decker, Jeffrey J. Lusk, Christopher F. Jorgensen, Andrew A. Bishop, Joseph J. Fontaine

Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications

Understanding species-habitat relationships is vital to successful conservation, but the tools used to communicate species-habitat relationships are often poorly suited to the information needs of conservation practitioners. Here we present a novel method for translating a statistical species-habitat model, a regression analysis relating ring-necked pheasant abundance to landcover, into an interactive online tool. The Pheasant Habitat Simulator combines the analytical power of the R programming environment with the user-friendly Shiny web interface to create an online platform in which wildlife professionals can explore the effects of variation in local landcover on relative pheasant habitat suitability within spatial scales relevant to …

Minutes, College Of Liberal Arts Faculty Meeting, Wednesday, December 13, 2017, College Of Liberal Arts Faculty, Rollins College

The College of Liberal Arts Faculty Minutes

No abstract provided.

Decisions, Decisions, Bonnie Jean Feldkamp

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

On our drive to school, my daughter and I listened to a celebrity interview on the radio. In it, the men discussed that they eat the same three meals each day to eliminate three decisions they'd otherwise have to make. The objective was to quiet their growling tummies so they could get back to work, not obsess over food choices.

Ohio’S Ebony Bobcat Network Wins Prestigious Award For Expansion (December 13, 2017), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

No abstract provided.

Student Global Professional Development Program To Be Offered This Spring (December 13, 2017), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

No abstract provided.

How Primary Care Can Contribute To Good Mental Health In Adults, Kurt C. Stange

Faculty Scholarship

The need for support for good mental health is enormous. General support for good mental health is needed for 100% of the population, and at all stages of life, from early childhood to end of life. Focused support is needed for the 17.6% of adults who have a mental disorder at any time, including those who also have a mental health problem amongst the 30% who report having a long-term condition of some kind. All sectors of society and all parts of the NHS need to play their part. Primary care cannot do this on its own. This paper describes …

Obesity And Diabetes: Evaluating The Impact Of Promotores As A Prevention And Intervention Strategy In The Latino Community, Jessica Castaneda

Master's Projects and Capstones

This paper aims to examine obesity and diabetes among the Latino population as a health problem. As the largest minority racial group in the U.S, Latino rates of obesity and diabetes are greatly higher than whites. The prevalence of obesity in Latinos is 45% compared to that of whites at 34.5% (CDC, 2015). The disproportionate rates at which Latinos are affected by obesity and diabetes have prompted numerous programs to combat this health problem. Promotores or Latino community health workers have been able to provide the important piece of culturally and linguistically appropriate education for the population. Evidence shows Promotores …

What Do Professors Do All Day? (I'Ve Been Trying To Answer Most Of My Life), Lisa Roney

UCF Forum

What do professors do all day?

Strengthening The M&E System Of Peace Corps Colombia, Samuel Burke

Capstone Collection

In 1961, when the Peace Corps was established, Colombia was the first country chosen to receive volunteers. The program ran for 20 years, with volunteers working all over the country in various sectors. Then in 1981, due to the increasing violence from the guerilla civil war, the US government decided to withdraw the volunteers and suspend the Colombia program. After a 29-year hiatus, at the request of the Colombian government, the Peace Corps was invited back to Colombia in 2010.

The Peace Corps Colombia post currently has two programs, Practical English for Success (PES), established first; and, Community Economic Development …