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Integrated Neural Amplifiers Using Dc Clamping Topology In 45 Nm Cmos Soi, Ming-Shiuan Tsai

Open Access Theses

The neural recording systems have the potential to improve the understanding of central nervous system and may help curing neurological disease. With the increasing demands on neural recording systems, the requirements of low power and small area for such microelectronic systems increase. Devices are scaled down and different fabrication processes are introduced. The Global foundries 45 nm CMOS Silicon on Insulator (SOI) technology which uses a buried oxide to isolate the surface and substrate reduces the leakage current and improves the overall power consumption of the circuits. This thesis relates to design and characterization of the amplifiers for neural recording …

Effect Of The Tnr Program On Genetic Diversity Of The Feral Cat Population At Abilene Christian University, Kimery Lin Hankins

Honors College

The feral cat population at Abilene Christian University is of primary concern to the community in terms of a wildlife management perspective. Due to the Trap-Neuter-Return program (TNR), initiated to maintain the cat colony, reduced genetic variability is highly probable. As a result, the suspected narrowed gene pool could create immunocompromised animals susceptible to certain diseases affecting the population. Some of these diseases could also have zoonotic implications for society. The effectiveness of TNR was assessed by comparing the DNA sequence obtained from the mitochondrial DNA control region between 17 cats of the feral population and 20 independently collected cats …

November 2017 Issue, Occupation: A Medium Of Inquiry For Students, Faculty & Other Practitioners Advocating For Health Through Occupational Studies

OCCUPATION: A Medium of Inquiry about Health through Occupation

No abstract provided.

Migrating Learning Management Systems: A Case Of A Large Public University, Brenda L. R. Such, Albert D. Ritzhaupt, George S. Thompson

Administrative Issues Journal

In the past 20 years, institutions of higher education have made major investments in Learning Management Systems (LMSs). As institutions have integrated the LMS into campus culture, the potential of migrating to not only an upgraded version of the LMS, but also an entirely different LMS, has become a reality. This qualitative research study examines the perspectives of five stakeholders involved with the migration of an LMS at a major research institution in the southeastern United States. Using Lewin’s (1947) Change Management Model and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) Model as analogies, this research seeks to understand the role and responsibilities …

Intramural Activity Report Fy 2017, Yolanda Carr

Intramural Activity Reports

The Sponsored Programs Annual Reports collection contains reports for the Extramural and Intramural Activities of the Southwestern Oklahoma State University faculty and students. The collection currently covers the years 2014 - 2017. More reports will be included as they are available.

Extramural activities mean they were funded by organizations independent of SWOSU.

Intramural activities mean they were funded by SWOSU.

Contentions At The Human-Wildlife Interface: An Analysis Of Chicago’S Coyote Management Plan, Ilanah Taves

Sustainability and Social Justice

Urbanization and habitat fragmentation cause animal species to either adjust to human- dominated landscapes or suffer population loss. This paper examines the municipal challenges associated with coyotes, an animal successfully adapting to cities throughout North America. The presence of predators in highly developed areas challenges conceptual and spatial attempts to separate cities from nature. This report’s introductory sections critically examine the alienation of wildlife from the urban form. Theoretical perspectives from the discipline of animal geographies are employed to deconstruct problematic relationships between cities and animals, and reimagine a metropolis that considers the presence of nonhuman others. Engaging Jennifer Wolch’s …

Summer Habitat Selection Of The Lower Colorado River Valley Population Of Greater Sandhill Cranes, Kammie L. Kruse, Daniel P. Collins, Courtenay M. Conring, Blake A. Grisham, Warren C. Conway, Jeffrey M. Knetter

United States Fish and Wildlife Service: Publications

Identifying habitat selection and use is important to understand in wildlife management because it informs habitat manipulations, conservation efforts, and species distribution. Habitat selection by sandhill cranes (Antigone canadensis) has been studied primarily on overwintering areas and a few summering locations. Summer habitat selection by the Lower Colorado River Valley Population of greater sandhill cranes (A. c. tabida) in the Intermountain West is not widely known, but has been identified as an information need by many wildlife management agencies. We captured and attached satellite platform transmitter terminals to 21 adult sandhill cranes on Cibola and Sonny Bono Salton Sea National …

Media, Family, And Friends: Normative Environment And Global Citizenship Identification, Stephen Reysen Ph.D., Iva Katzarska-Miller Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Prior research has shown that Bulgarian participants report greater global normative environment and identification with global citizens than U.S. participants; it has also shown that the relationship between country sample (U.S. vs. Bulgaria) and global citizenship identification is mediated by the perception that one’s normative environment promotes a global citizen identity. In Study 1 of the present research, we examined the number of global (vs. domestic stories) in U.S. and Bulgarian print media to find a greater number of global stories in Bulgarian media. In Study 2, Bulgarians’ frequency of media consumption was associated with self-reported global citizenship identification, and …

Protection Of Human Rights Or State Sovereignty: Which Way To Go?, Tarique Niazi Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review on:

• Hehir, A. & Murray, R. Protecting Human Rights in the 21st Century. London: Routledge.

• Yilmaz, G. Minority Rights in Turkey: A Battlefield for Europeanization. London: Routledge, 2017.

Mikkonen, S. & Suutari, P. (Eds.). Music, Art And Diplomacy: East-West Cultural Interactions And The Cold War. London: Routledge, 2016., Myna German Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Lopez, Jr., D.S. & Thupten Jinpa. Dispelling The Darkness: A Jesuit’S Quest For The Soul Of Tibet. Cambridge, Ma: Harvard University Press, 2017., Enrico Beltramini Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Stiglitz, J.E. & B.C. Greenwald (Eds.) Creating A Learning Society: A New Approach To Growth, Development, And Social Progress. Kenneth J. Arrow Lecture Series. Columbia University Press, 2014., Suwithida Charungkaittikul Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Rappa, A.I. The King And The Making Of Modern Thailand. London And New York: Routledge, 2017., Michael G. Vann Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Hawa, S. The Erasure Of Arab Political Identity: Colonialism And Violence. Milton Park: Routledge, 2017., Gennaro Errichiello

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Haomin Gong & Xin Yang, Reconfiguring Class, Gender, Ethnicity And Ethics In Chinese Internet Culture. New York: Routledge, 2017., Emily Chao Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

French, H. W. Everything Under The Heavens: How The Past Helps Shape China’S Push For Global Power. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017., Myna German Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Humphries, R. Kingdom’S Edge. St. Albans, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom: Richard Humphries Photography, 2016., Amporn Marddent Ph.D.

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

Using Ignatian Pedagogy To Support Faculty-Student Mentoring, Anne H. Reilly

Jesuit Higher Education: A Journal

Faculty mentors teach new skills, offer personal guidance, and act as role models for their students. In addition to professional support, mentors may also serve to encourage their protégés’ personal development and values discernment. Mentoring provides an opportunity to apply the experience reflection action Ignatian paradigm towards student formation, and building a meaningful mentor relationship may offer a transformative experience for students. In addition, many university-sponsored faculty mentor programs directly incorporate Jesuit values of social justice in their missions. One example is the federally-funded TRIO programs that include mentoring to assist low-income individuals and first-generation college students in progressing through …

Surrendering To Gender In Education? Complacency And The Woman Leader, Kimberly Clark, Ane T. Johnson

College of Education Departmental Research

The purpose of our study was to better understand the role of gender performance for aspiring school leaders through a reflection of their journey through the administrative pipeline. The transformation of professional aspirations throughout and following the certification process and during employment was also analyzed. Also, the appealing factors of a nontraditional administrative preparation program were evaluated. Using heuristic qualitative methods, women graduates of and expedited certification for educational leadership program participated in focus groups and a select group returned for individual interviews. Coding was employed to analyze the data. Our participants entered into school leadership as a result of …

Empirical Analyses Of An Urban Early College High School In The Southeastern United States., Sherry Lynn Lawrence, Dinah Lisa Millsaps, Michael Stephen Newman

College of Education & Human Development Capstone Projects

Research shows that too many students are graduating high school ill-prepared for post-secondary success. The purpose of this capstone was to explore early college in relation to student success. We conducted three independent but related studies that incorporated the perspectives of current students, graduates, and quantitative data. The first study investigated how ECHS graduates described their high school experiences, as well as how those experiences contributed to their college readiness and transition to college. The second study, a narrative analysis, sought to understand the lived academic and social experiences of students currently enrolled in an ECHS. The final study took …

Assessments Of Sustainable Development Goals, Lydia J. Hou

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review on:

• Brown, S. Sustainable Development Goals and UN Goal-Setting. London and New York: Routledge, 2017.
• Dodds, F., Donoghue, D., & Roesch, J. Negotiating the Sustainable Development Goals: A Transformational Agenda for an Insecure World. London and New York: Routledge, 2017.

Designing For Human-Machine Collaboration: Smart Hearing Aids As Wearable Technologies, Krista Kennedy

Writing Studies, Rhetoric, and Composition - All Scholarship

This study examines design aspects that shape human/machine collaboration between wearers of smart hearing aids and their networked aids. The Starkey Halo hearing aid and the TruLink iPhone app that facilitates real-time adjustments by the wearer offer a case study in designing for this sort of collaboration and for the wearer’s rhetorical management of disability disclosure in social contexts. Through close textual analysis of the company’s promotional materials for patient and professional audiences as well as interface analysis and autoethnography, I examine the ways that close integration between the wearer, onboard algorithms and hardware, and geolocative telemetry shape everyday interactions …

Development And Field Testing Of An Interactive Transit Station Information System (Itsis) Using Connected Vehicle Technologies, Huadong Meng, Jacob Tsao, Kun Zhou, Justin Picar, Bradley Mizuno, Wei-Bin Zhang

Faculty Publications

The objective of Interactive Transit Station Information System (ITSIS) is to better inform transit travelers during their trips and to enable dynamic transit operations to better serve travelers. The ultimate goal is to make transit more friendly and attractive to the traveling population such that transit will become a viable choice for travel and an integrated part of the solution for congestion relief. This report documents a research effort to develop and test a ITSIS prototype that uses Connected Vehicle technologies to enable the real-time interaction between passengers and transit systems at bus stations. The reports summarizes the findings from …

The Global Artificial Intelligence Revolution Challenges Patent Eligibility Laws, Mizuki Hashiguchi

Journal of Business & Technology Law

This Article examines patent eligibility jurisprudence of artificial intelligence in the United States, Europe, France, Japan, and Singapore. It identifies de facto requirements of patent-eligible artificial intelligence. It also examines the adaptability of patent eligibility jurisprudence to adapt with the growth of artificial intelligence.

College Of Health And Human Services Research And Fy17 Awards, Ann A. Tyler

College of Health and Human Services Newsletter

• FY17 Awards
• Awards ($) by College FY 17
• CHHS Awards as % of WMU Awards by Year
• Number of Awards and Awardees Summary
• Value of Awards and Submissions by Yea
• Funding Sources
• Types of Projects
• CHHS Award Dollars by Department FY 17
• OVPR Updates
• CHHS Research Support
• Research Clusters
• Initiatives and Opportunities
• FY18 Awards as of 10/31/17
• Conclusions

Cost-Effectiveness Of Using Standardized Patients To Assess Student-Pharmacist Communication Skills, Chris Gillette, Robert B. Stanton, Nicole Rockich-Winston, Michael Rudolph, H. Glenn Anderson Jr.

Pharmacy Practice & Administration

Objective. To explore the cost-effectiveness of including standardized patients (SP) in the didactic curriculum for application and assessment of students’ pharmacist-patient communication skills.

Methods. Five role play/case study (RP/CS) activities from a communication skills curriculum were replaced with five SP encounters. Communication was assessed using a rubric. This study developed an economic model to examine the costs and effectiveness of replacing RP/CS events with SP events in knowledge-application and communication assessment. Costs consisted of SP hourly wages for training and delivery of SP events. Outcomes examined were the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) per student.

Results. The ICER comparing SP to …

Los Baños Times, Vol. 37, No. 11, College Of Development Communication, University Of The Philippines Los Baños

Los Baños Times

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of The Cost Of Family Law Disputes: Measuring The Cost Implication Of Various Dispute Resolution Methods, Joanne J. Paetsch, Lorne D. Bertrand, John-Paul E. Boyd

Canadian Forum on Civil Justice

The Canadian Forum on Civil Justice contracted the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family to conduct a project measuring the cost implications of various dispute resolution methods for resolving family law disputes. Despite the greater emphasis in recent years on the importance of access to justice and the need to resolve family matters outside the court, there is little research on the effectiveness of various dispute resolution methods, and even less on the cost of the different approaches.

Ua12/2/1 Wkuherald321, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Newsletter recapping the top stories of the week.

Elementary School Inclusion For Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Attitudes Of General Education Teachers, Sarah Wareham

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The emphasis on teaching all students in the general education setting requires school personnel to reimagine the delivery of service for students with disabilities, including those with autism spectrum disorder (autism). This delivery of service relies heavily on the general education teacher’s ability to meet the varying learning needs of his or her students. This study explored if the general education teacher’s attitude toward students with autism in his or her classroom is related to participation of students with autism in the general education classroom as well as collaboration between the general education and special education teacher. These variables and …