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New Media Forms And The Strange Loop Of Subjectivity In Borges’S “El Milagro Secreto”, David Laraway

Faculty Publications

The scene is familiar to every reader of Borges. The protagonist lies in a darkened cell, awaiting the moment of his execution. His mind too has become a prison; a frustrated writer, he circles endlessly over the possibility of not so much physical escape as artistic redemption while he takes stock of a life unremarkably lived. Then, not one but two miracles occur. The first is the sudden, unanticipated revelation of a project of the imagination that would somehow redeem him; the second, his improbable completion of that task, the syntax of his work curiously mirroring his own life in …

Experimental Investigation Of The Temperature Effects On The Behavior Of Adhesively-Bonded Dissimilar Materials, Britt Helten

Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics

The effects of temperature on the fatigue and low velocity impact (LVI) behaviors of adhesively-bonded single-lap joints (SLJs) composed of a pultruded E-glass/polyurethane composite bonded to 5052 aluminum and A36 steel were investigated. The fatigue behavior was studied via the evaluation of the F-N and stiffness degradation diagrams at load levels between 50% and 80% of the ultimate static load and temperatures between 0°C and 75°C. Fatigue life was found to decrease with increasing temperature and was independent of adherend material. Adherend material and load level did not have a significant effect on the stiffness degradation behavior. The LVI behavior …

Sibling Influences On Risky Behaviors From Adolescence To Young Adulthood: Vertical Socialization Or Bidirectional Effects?, Shawn D. Whiteman, Alexander C. Jensen Phd, Susan M. Mchale

Faculty Publications

This study built on research on sibling influences to assess potential bidirectional effects of older and younger siblings’ risky behaviors on one another’s risky behaviors; our longitudinal design allowed us to test these effects when siblings were at about the same chronological age, at different points in time.We also tested whether the strength and/or direction of effects of siblings’ risky behaviors changed from middle adolescence to young adulthood. Reports of risky behaviors (i.e., deviant behaviors and excessive alcohol use) were provided by firstborn and secondborn siblings from up to 201 families on five occasions spanning 10 years. In general, accounting …

16s Ribosomal Rna And Phylograms: Characterizing Student Reasoning To Learning Outcomes From The American Society For Microbiology Curriculum, Chelsey Lee Grassie

Microbiological Sciences

The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) has established a suggested curriculum for introductory microbiology courses that includes a focus on evolution. However, no data is published to describe how proficiently students address the learning outcomes, in part because validated assessments do not exist. Thus, the goal of this project was to develop assessment prompts that capture student understanding about fundamental statement five under the core concept of evolution. In total, 167 written responses were collected from upper-division microbiology courses, with pre-pharmacy and microbiology majors comprising the majority of students (74.6%). Two coders coded all written responses, and five student interviews …

Obadiah 1:21 Context, Text, Interpretation, And Application, Dana M. Pike

Faculty Publications

Latter-day Saints have frequently used the phrase “saviors on mount Zion” in relation to proxy temple work for the dead. This phrase comes from the twenty-first, and last, verse of Obadiah, a prophetic book in the Old Testament. But many people have little awareness of or experience with the previous twenty verses in the book, nor with the intriguing contextual questions those verses raise for understanding verse 21, with its phrase “saviours shall come up on mount Zion” (KJV1; note the British spelling with a u; used herein only in quotations). Furthermore, there has been little Latter-day Saint discussion of …

North Dakota Climate Bulletin: Vol. 11, No. 4 (Fall 2017), Adnan Akyuz

North Dakota Quarterly Climate Bulletin

No abstract provided.

North Dakota Climate Bulletin: Vol. 11, No. 3 (Summer 2017), Adnan Akyuz

North Dakota Quarterly Climate Bulletin

No abstract provided.

North Dakota Climate Bulletin: Vol. 11, No. 2 (Spring 2017), Adnan Akyuz

North Dakota Quarterly Climate Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Current And Wave Effects Around Windfarm Monopile Foundations, Jon Miles, Tom Martin, Liam Goddard

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Exact Classical And Quantum Dynamics In Background Electromagnetic Fields, Tom Heinzl, Anton Ilderton

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Nonverbal Immediacy As A Characterisation Of Social Behaviour For Human–Robot Interaction, J Kennedy, P Baxter, T Belpaeme

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

An increasing amount of research has started to explore the impact of robot social behaviour on the outcome of a goal for a human interaction partner, such as cognitive learning gains. However, it remains unclear from what principles the social behaviour for such robots should be derived. Human models are often used, but in this paper an alternative approach is proposed. First, the concept of nonverbal immediacy from the communication literature is introduced, with a focus on how it can provide a characterisation of social behaviour, and the subsequent outcomes of such behaviour. A literature review is conducted to explore …

Regional-Scale Probabilistic Shoreline Evolution Modelling For Flood-Risk Assessment, Stuart Stripling, Michael Panzeri, Belen Blanco, Kate Rossington, Paul Sayers, Alistair Borthwick

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Rapid deterministic modelling of shoreline evolution at regional and coastal-scheme scale enables Monte-Carlo simulations by which long-term shoreline statistics can be estimated. This paper describes UnaLinea, a fast, accurate finite difference solver of the one-line sediment continuity equation. The model is verified for the evolution of an initially straight shoreline of a plane beach subject to regular breaking waves at constant angle of incidence in the presence of either a groyne or a continuous single-point feed of sediment. Grid convergence and stability tests are used to obtain accurate, stable results, with satisfactory computational efficiency. Influences of wave input filtering and …

Deep Uv Hardening Of Photoresist For Shaping Of Graphene And Lift-Off Fabrication Of Back-Gated Field Effect Biosensors By Ion-Milling And Sputter Deposition, Bing Li, Genhua Pan, Ahmed Suhail, Kamrul Islam, Neil Avent, Paul Davey

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Location Based Transmission Using A Neighbour Aware With Optimized Eifs Mac For Ad Hoc Networks, Jims Marchang, Bogdan Ghita, David Lancaster

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Experimental Methodology For The Quantification Of Crack Tip Plastic Zone And Shape From The Analysis Of Displacement Fields, J. M. Vasco-Olmo, Fa Diaz, M. N. James, C. J. Christopher, E. A. Patterson

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The current work presents a novel methodology for the experimental quantification of the crack tip plastic zone during fatigue crack growth. This methodology is based on the application of yield criteria to estimate the area and the shape of the plastic zone at the crack tip. The implementation of the proposed methodology requires the use of strain maps calculated from the differentiation of the displacement fields obtained by digital image correlation (DIC). Stress maps can subsequently be inferred from both von Mises and Tresca yield criteria. Fatigue tests and associated measurements of plastic zone size and shape were conducted on …

Modal Testing Of Offshore Rock Lighthouses Around The British Isles, James Brownjohn, Alison Raby, James Bassitt, Emma Hudson, Alessandro Antonini

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

M2m Application Service Provision: An Autonomous And Decentralised Approach, M Steinheimer, U Trick, W Fuhrmann, B Ghita, G Frick

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

This publication presents a novel concept for autonomous and decentralised M2M application service provision. The functional architecture of the approach is introduced as well as a detailed description of the system structure and process for application creation. Furthermore, this publication describes details about the proposed process for decentralised M2M application service management and formal description of M2M application services as well as independent validation of M2M application service configurations. Finally, the prototype M2M system realising the proposed concept is introduced and several scenarios are evaluated.

Assay Of Ip Mobility Management In Sdn Based Mobile Network Architecture, M. Dawood, W. Fuhrmann, B. V. Ghita

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

นวัตกรรมแอปพลิเคชันตามทฤษฎีพฤติกรรมตามแผนเพื่อส่งเสริมการรับรู้ความสามารถตนเอง, ฉัททวุฒิ พีชผล

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

งานวิจัยนี้มีวัตถุประสงค์เพื่อพัฒนาแอปพลิเคชันตามทฤษฎีพฤติกรรมตามแผนเพื่อส่งเสริมการรับรู้ความสามารถตนเองในการเรียนออนไลน์ และศึกษาผลการทดลองใช้แอปพลิเคชันฯ ที่พัฒนาขึ้นกับนักศึกษาระดับปริญญาตรี ขั้นตอนของการวิจัยแบ่งออกเป็น 3 ขั้นตอนคือ (1) ศึกษาเอกสารงานวิจัยและสัมภาษณ์ผู้เชี่ยวชาญสำหรับต้นแบบของแอปพลิเคชันฯ (2) สร้างต้นแบบและพัฒนาระบบแอปพลิเคชันฯ และ (3) ศึกษาผลการทดลองใช้ระบบแอปพลิเคชันฯ ต่อระดับการรับรู้ความสามารถตนเองในการเรียนออนไลน์ กลุ่มตัวอย่าง คือ นักศึกษาระดับปริญญาตรี มหาวิทยาลัยเอเชียอาคเนย์จำนวน 180 คน โดยแบ่งออกเป็นกลุ่มทดลองและกลุ่มควบคุม กลุ่มละ 90 คน มีระยะเวลาในการดำเนินการทดลอง 5 สัปดาห์ ผลการวิจัยพบว่า ระบบแอปพลิเคชันตามทฤษฎีพฤติกรรมตามแผนที่พัฒนาขึ้น มี 3 องค์ประกอบ คือ (1) ขั้นตอนการเรียนการสอนของระบบ (2) เครื่องมือของระบบ และ (3) คุณลักษณะของแอปพลิเคชันตามทฤษฎีพฤติกรรมตามแผน ซึ่งประกอบด้วย การสร้างเสริมทัศนคติต่อการเรียนออนไลน์ การสร้างเสริมการคล้อยตามกลุ่มเรียนออนไลน์ และการสร้างเสริมการรับรู้การควบคุมพฤติกรรมตนเอง ผลการทดลองใช้แอปพลิเคชันฯ พบว่าค่าเฉลี่ยคะแนนการรับรู้ความสามารถตนเองในการเรียนออนไลน์ของกลุ่มทดลองมีค่าสูงกว่ากลุ่มควบคุมอย่างมีนัยสำคัญทางสถิติที่ระดับ 0.05 ผลนี้แสดงให้เห็นว่าระบบแอปพลิเคชันตามทฤษฎีพฤติกรรมตามแผนมีอิทธิพลต่อการเพิ่มการรับรู้ความสามารถตนเองของผู้เรียนออนไลน์

Canine Emotions As Seen Through Human Social Cognition, Miiamaaria V. Kujala

Animal Sentience

It is not possible to demonstrate that dogs (Canis familiaris) feel emotions, but the same is true for all other species, including our own. The issue must therefore be approached indirectly, using premises similar to those used with humans. Recent methodological advances in canine research reveal what dogs experience and what they derive from the emotions perceptible in others. Dogs attend to social cues, they respond appropriately to the valence of human and dog facial expressions and vocalizations of emotion, and their limbic reward regions respond to the odor of their caretakers. They behave differently according to the …

Direct Perception Of Animal Mind, Paul Morris

Animal Sentience

Kujala’s (2017) target article is ostensibly focused on how everyday folk (fail to) make sense of canine emotions. However, the theories outlined in the article apply to making sense of all aspects of the mentality of both human and non-human animals. The target article neglects the fundamental arguments surrounding the problem of other minds. I explore the relevant arguments and briefly review approaches suggesting that our everyday-life sense that both human and non-human animals are thinking, feeling, emotional beings has a secure epistemological basis.

Do We Understand What It Means For Dogs To Experience Emotion?, Lasana T. Harris

Animal Sentience

Psychologists who study humans struggle to agree on a definition of emotion, falling primarily into two camps. Though recent neuroscience advances are beginning to settle this ancient debate, it cannot solve the private-language problem at the heart of inferences about social cognition. This suggests that when we consider the emotional experiences of other species like canines, biological and physiological homologs do not provide enough evidence of emotional experiences similar to those of humans. Secondary complex emotional experiences are even more difficult to attribute to non-humans since such experiences rely, by definition, on social cognition. Given the contextual differences between human-human …

Resource Characterization Of Sites In The Vicinity Of An Island Near A Landmass, Alberto Pérez-Ortiz, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, James Mcnaughton, Helen C.M. Smith, Qing Xiao

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

One-Dimensional And Two-Dimensional Green–Naghdi Equations For Sloshing In Shallow Basins, Mohammad R. Jalali, Alistair Borthwick

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

This paper presents a verified model of weakly non-linear wave sloshing in shallow basins, based on level I Green–Naghdi (GN) mass and momentum equations derived for mild-sloped beds. The model is verified for sloshing of an initially sinusoidal free surface perturbation in a square tank with a horizontal bed. The model is also used to investigate free surface sloshing of an initial Gaussian hump in closed square basins, over horizontal and non-uniform bed topographies. Analysis of the free surface slosh motions demonstrates that the model gives predictions in satisfactory agreement with the analytical solution of linearised shallow water theory obtained …

Wavelet-Based Variability Of Yellow River Discharge At 500-, 100-, And 50-Year Timescales, Lu Su, Chiyuan Miao, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Qingyun Duan

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Thermodynamics Of An Owc Containing Real Gas, E. Medina-López, A. Moñino, A. G.L. Borthwick, M. Clavero

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Consciousness In Teleosts: There Is Something It Feels Like To Be A Fish, Michael L. Woodruff

Animal Sentience

Ray-finned fish are often excluded from the group of non-human animals considered to have phenomenal consciousness. This is generally done on the grounds that the fish pallium lacks a sufficiently expansive gross parcellation, as well as even minimally sufficient neuronal organization, intrinsic connectivity, and reciprocal extrinsic connections with the thalamus to support the subjective experience of qualia. It is also argued that fish do not exhibit the level of behavioral flexibility indicative of consciousness. A review of neuroanatomical, neurophysiological and behavioral studies is presented which leads to the conclusion that fish do have neurobiological correlates and behavioral flexibility of sufficient …

Animal Sentience? Neuroscience Has No Answers, Yoram Gutfreund

Animal Sentience

Woodruff’s target article provides a detailed review of comparative studies on brain and behavior in teleosts. However, the relevance of the scientific data to the question of consciousness rests solely on the validity of a small set of so-called "requirements for consciousness." I use the target article to demonstrate that the neuroscientific study of animal consciousness in general relies on external, highly questionable and unfalsifiable criteria, and therefore fails to resolve the question of which animal species are sentient. Fish behavior can be remarkably complex, but whether fish are conscious remains a matter of belief.

Animal Models, Agendas And Sentience, Thomas Creson

Animal Sentience

Woodruff’s target article on teleost consciousness is a well-organized logical argument for considering the fish as a sentient being. This becomes more important for animal ethical discussion as the fish becomes a more important and legitimate animal model for investigating animal states and traits associated with higher levels of behavior such as learning and memory.

The Relationship Of Fidelity On Simulation Performance, Gail Johnson

Theses and Dissertations

Introduction: The literature is limited and conflicting regarding the effect of simulation fidelity on nurse performance during simulation. Limited publications were found that addressed all aspects of simulation in health care: mannequin, environment, equipment, scenario, and psychological.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between fidelity and nurse experience on performance in simulation. The NLN/Jeffries Simulation Framework provided the theoretical foundation for this study

Design and Sample: For this descriptive study, 35 registered nurses were randomly assigned to participate in a high fidelity or low fidelity simulation scenario. A 12-minute scenario was administered and identical for …