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#Disability, Kaylee Dudley

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

I thought that was really interesting the way people are hashtaging disability like the “d-i-s” is lowercase and the “ability” is uppercase. (Oh okay) Um so it’s like “look what I can do with my disability” or like “look at all my abilities”.

“Everyday” Knowledge And A New Paradigm Of Animal Research, David Fraser, Jeffrey M. Spooner, Catherine A. Schuppli

Validation of Animal Experimentation Collection

Commentary on Marino and Allen (2017) The Psychology of Cows

A Study Of Marine Terrace Formation Along The California Central Coast, Mary C. Devlin

Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences

Marine terrace formation is in many instances attributed to wave action, and shore platforms are often called “wave-cut”. However, alternative models for marine terrace formation suggest that other types of physical and chemical weathering have a more central role in the formation of marine terraces than is widely acknowledged. Roering and Retallack (2012) concluded that the roles of subaerial physical and chemical weathering are significant, and played a major role in the formation of the terraces. In this study, weathering of beach cliffs and shore platforms associated with marine terraces at eight sites in two different locations along the central …

Electron Parallel Transport For Arbitrary Collisionality, Jeong-Young Ji, Gunsu S. Yun, Yong-Su Na, Eric D. Held

All Physics Faculty Publications

Integral (nonlocal) closures [J.-Y. Ji and E. D. Held, Phys. Plasmas 21, 122116 (2014)] are combined with the momentum balance equation to derive electron parallel transport relations. For a single harmonic fluctuation, the relations take the same form as the classical Spitzer theory (with possible additional terms): the electric current and heat flux densities are connected to the modified electric field and temperature gradient by transport coefficients. In contrast to the classical theory, the dimensionless coefficients depend on the collisionality quantified by a Knudsen number, the ratio of the collision length to the angular wavelength. The key difference comes from …

"Not Yet The End Of The World": Political Cultures Of Opposition And Creation In The Global Youth Climate Justice Movement, John Foran, Summer Gray, Corrie Grosse

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

Based on participant observation and in-depth interviews with two dozen young climate justice activists at the U.N. climate summit COP19 in Warsaw, Poland, in November 2013, this research uses the concepts of “political cultures of opposition and of creation” to analyze the political orientations, discourse, and actions of global climate justice activists attempting to impact the negotiation of a universal climate treaty. Capturing relationships among experience, emotions, ideology, idioms, and organization, the concepts of political cultures of opposition and of creation shed light on the ability of these actors to fashion social movements of their own making. Through an analysis …

Platonism Of The Future, Patrick L. Miller

Sophia and Philosophia

Buying textbooks, writing syllabi, and putting on armor. This is how many students and teachers prepared to return to campus this past fall. The last few years have witnessed an intensifying war for the soul of the university, with many minor skirmishes, and several pitched battles. The most dramatic was last spring at Evergreen State, shortly before the end of the spring semester.[1] Perhaps the most dramatic since then has been at Reed College.[2] There is no shortage of examples, filling periodicals left and right. Wherever it next explodes, this war promises more ferocity, causing more casualties—careers, programs, ideals.

Stem Stories, November 2017, #1, Ginger L'Heureux

STEM Stories

Program Spotlight - Prairie Roots Project (PRP)

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, November 2017, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- 2017 RCRA Changes - Are You Still in Compliance?
--- Does Your Facility Have an Air Quality Construction Permit?
--- STAR4D Program Featured in UNI Panther Caucus
--- Iowa Rural Communities Food Waste Reduction Project: Postville and Chariton
--- Industry News

Natural Sciences At Parkland College - Fall 2017, Parkland College Natural Sciences Department, David Wilson, Elizabeth Phillipi, Scott Siechen, Erik Johnson, Mike Retzer, Sheryl Drake, Christina Beatty, Britt Carlson, Fatemah Hermes, Waylena Mccully, David Leake, Rich Blazier

Department of Natural Sciences Newsletter

The Parkland College Natural Sciences Department Newsletter for Fall 2017 -- this issue features an article on IR cameras, use of display case, engaging students outside the classroom with the Astronomy Club and the Parkland Science Club, the solar eclipse, updates from the professional development subcommittee for faculty, summaries from events and meetings, a report on Phenotypic Pasticity Research Experience for Community College Students (PRECS) first summer, and a special feature from former professor Rich Blazier, with a special feature on the history of the Natural Sciences Department.

Dennis Mahan’S Leadership And Tactics: How A West Point Professor Shaped The Course Of The Civil War, Nick Tarchis

The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History

This summer, while doing research at Stratford Hall, I happened across the name of one West Point professor who quite literally taught every cadet who fought in the Civil War. It is fairly common knowledge than many of the war’s great commanders were classmates together at West Point. For example, the class of 1842 contained George McClellan, James Longstreet, and John Pope. Such commanders influenced the course of the war by drawing upon their West Point education, and while they may have held different military outlooks, they all drew upon the teachings of one man: Dennis Mahan, professor of mathematics …

Biomarkers Of Cardiovascular Disease, Ying Huang, Kailash Gulshan, Truc Nguyen, Yuping Wu

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

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Evaluation Of Wrf Scm Simulations Of Stratocumulus-Topped Marine And Coastal Boundary Layers And Improvements To Turbulence And Entrainment Parameterizations, Mohamed S. Ghonima, Handa Yang, Chang Ki Kim, Thijs Heus, Jan Kleissl

Physics Faculty Publications

© 2017. The Authors. Stratocumulus-topped boundary layers (STBLs) are notoriously difficult to parameterize in single-column models due to the strong inversion layer across which entrainment mixing plays an important role in modulating the boundary layer mass, energy, and moisture balances. We compare three different WRF planetary boundary layer (PBL) schemes (Yonsei University, YSU; Asymmetric Convective Model version 2, ACM2; Mellor-Yamada-Nakanishi-Niino, MYNN) against large eddy simulations (LES) to find out that they underestimate entrainment flux in stratocumulus over both ocean and coastal land. Hence, the PBL schemes produce a cooler, moister STBL with higher liquid water content. In order to improve …

2017: "Lighting Up The Night", Shyam Sai, Istvan Kovach, Abhay Gupta, James Wei

Distinguished Student Work

Drone technology is beginning to permeate many aspects of life in the modern world, and for good reason. Delivery drones can efficiently deliver packages better than any existing methods. Medical drones can reach emergency patients faster than any ambulance. Security drones can surveil areas more quickly and more thoroughly than a team of human guards. The advent of commercial and industrial uses for drones, however, begets the vital question of how can drones be used outside the workplace. Intel's answer? Entertainment.

Thus, the Intel Shooting Star^TM drone was born, a quadcopter explicitly built for producing breathtaking aerial light shows …

Automated Cluster Provisioning And Workflow Management For Parallel Scientific Applications In The Cloud, Brandon Posey, Christopher Gropp, Alexander Herzog, Amy Apon

Publications

Many commercial cloud providers and tools are available that researchers could utilize to advance computational science research. However, adoption by the research community has been slow. In this paper we describe the automated Pro-visioning And Workflow (PAW) management tool for parallel scientific applications in the cloud. PAW is a comprehensive resource provisioning and workflow tool that automates the steps of dynamically provisioning a large scale cluster environment in the cloud, executing a set of jobs or a custom workflow and, after the jobs have completed, de-provisioning the cluster environment in a single operation. A key characteristic of PAW is that …

My Sensory Issue, Kaylee Dudley

USU Student Folklore Fieldwork

There’s totally a running joke like every OT has some sensory issue. Uh like, like “What’s yours?” Um so, that’s kind of like you know somebody will do something like “Ah, I just I have sensory issues.” And it’s not meant mean it’s just like…you know I hate touching shaving cream like that’s one of the things we do with therapy sometimes is we practice pre-writing in shaving cream. I hate it hate it hate it. (Laughing) I hate it!

Book Review: Has Comfort Made Us Weak?, Ward Heilman

Bridgewater Review

Review of What Doesn’t Kill Us: How Freezing Water, Extreme Altitude, and Environmental Conditioning Will Renew our Lost Evolutionary Strength by Scott Carney. (New York: Rodale Press, 2017).

Individual Differences In Schizophrenia, Edmund T. Rolls, Wenlian Lu, Lin Wan, Hao Yan, Chuanyue Wang, Fude Yang, Yunlong Tan, Lingjiang Li, Hao Yu, Peter F. Liddle, Lena Palaniyappan, Dai Zhang, Weihua Yue, Jianfeng Feng

Brain and Mind Institute Researchers' Publications

Background: Whether there are distinct subtypes of schizophrenia is an important issue to advance understanding and treatment of schizophrenia. Aims: To understand and treat individuals with schizophrenia, the aim was to advance understanding of differences between individuals, whether there are discrete subtypes, and how fist-episode patients (FEP) may differ from multiple episode patients (MEP). Method: These issues were analysed in 687 FEP and 1880 MEP with schizophrenia using the Positive and Negative Syndrome Scale for (PANSS) schizophrenia before and after antipsychotic medication for 6 weeks. Results: The seven Negative Symptoms were correlated with each other and with P2 (conceptual disorganisation), …

Dendritic Plasmonics For Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy, Francois Lagugne-Labarthet, Gregory Q. Wallace, Hayden C. Foy, Scott M. Rosendahl

Chemistry Publications

Metallic nanostructures that exhibit tailored optical resonances spanning from the near to mid-infrared spectral range are of particular interest for spectroscopic and optical measurements in these spectral domains that can benefit from localized surface-enhancement effects. Plasmon resonances shifted in the near or mid-infrared range could be used to further enhance the excitation and/or the emission of an optical process. Surface-enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA) is one of such processes and can particularly benefit from plasmon-enhanced local fields yielding an increase in sensitivity towards the detection of an analyte. Herein, we have fabricated a series of gold dendritic nanostructures, prepared by electron-beam …

Relationship Between Athletic Identity And Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Among Korean Collegiate Student Athletes, Jong Joo Moon

All-Inclusive List of Electronic Theses and Dissertations

This study explored barriers that Korean collegiate student athletes confront with regard to pursuing careers outside of professional athletics. More specifically, the purpose of the study was to identify the barriers to Korean student athletes’ career development, as well as to examine the relationships among the psychological constructs of athlete identity and career decision making self-efficacy. A total of 321 Korean student athletes participated in the study, including 263 men (81.9%) and 59 women (18.1%). Participants completed demographic information along with a parental influence questionnaire, the Athletic Identity Measurement Scale, Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy Scale Short Form, and two open-ended …

A Micro-Raman Study Of Exfoliated Few-Layered N-Type Bi2 Te2.7 Se0.3, Liu Fengjiao, Karakaya Mehmet, Pooja Puneet, Rahul Rao, Podila Ramakrishna, Sriparna Bhattacharya, Apparao M. Rao

Publications

Previously we showed that the thermoelectric (TE) performance of bulk n-type Bi₂Te_2.7Se_0.3 can be enhanced by subjecting it to a combined process of chemical or mechanical exfoliation (C/ME) followed by a rapid densification and restacking of the exfoliated layers via the spark-plasma-sintering technique (SPS). Here, we present a systematic micro-Raman study of two-dimensional flakes of n-type Bi₂Te_2.7Se_0.3 produced by the C/ME process, as a function of the flake thickness. We found Raman evidence for flakes with: (i) integer number of quintuples which exhibited a strong electron-phonon coupling, and …

Imsa: Innovating Stem Education, Britta W. Mckenna

Publications & Research

The mission of IMSA, the world’s leading teaching and learning laboratory for imagination and inquiry, is to ignite and nurture creative, ethical, scientific minds that advance the human condition.

2017: "The Wasatch Range Ski-Matic", Andy Liu, Bert Cao, Joshua Eberhardt, Allen Chen

Distinguished Student Work

Ski resorts are very popular among both avid skiers and families who are looking to have fun. In fact, winter resorts account for over 3 billion dollars in revenue, with an annual growth of 2.6% [IBI]. In addition to their use as recreational areas, ski resorts are also used for various winter competitions, most famously the Olympics. Our job was to design and create a suitable ski resort for both the Olympics and for recreational use in the Wasatch Peaks Range property. In addition, we were advised to create over 160km of trails and maintain a 20%- 40%-40% balance between …

2017: Himcm International Mathematics Modeling Contest: Finalist Rating, Aryan Walia, Katie Lu, Mia Ye, Kevin Mikos

Distinguished Student Work

The integration of drones for light shows, alongside modes of delivery, have seen soaring popularity with modernity: both literally and physically. With the employment of drones in events like the Superbowl, and Intel light shows, drones’ uses have widespread implications that are quickly gaining momentum. In an order to implement these drones in light shows, adherence to regulations alongside quantifying and monitoring the path for a set number of drones is crucial.

For an outdoor aerial light show that will display a Ferris wheel, a dragon, and another unique image, various factors need to be taken into account including the …

2017: Himcm International Mathematics Modeling Contest: Meritorious Rating, Spoorthi Jakka, Claire Wang, Amy Wang, Claudia Zhu '18

Distinguished Student Work

Restatement of the Problem:

The integration of drones for light shows, alongside modes of delivery, have seen soaring popularity with modernity: both literally and physically. With the employment of drones in events like the Superbowl, and Intel light shows, drones’ uses have widespread implications that are quickly gaining momentum. In an order to implement these drones in light shows, adherence to regulations alongside quantifying and monitoring the path for a set number of drones is crucial.

For an outdoor aerial light show that will display a Ferris wheel, a dragon, and another unique image, various factors need to be taken …

Economics Seminar |Yaqin Feng, Nov. 17, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Math Biology Seminar | Glycolytic Hyperactivity In Dysfunctional Oscillatory Behavior Of Pancreatic Islets, Nov. 14, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Math Biology Seminar | The Effect Of Impurities On Stripes, Nov. 28, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Math-Biology Seminar | Three Disguises Of 1-X = Exp(- Lambda X), Nov. 7, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Physics Colloquium | Building With Crystals Of Light And Quantum Matter From Clocks To Computers, Nov. 3, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Woub Airs Navajo Math Circles On, Nov. 2, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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