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Regulating Rumination By Anger: Evidence For The Mutual Promotion And Counteraction (Mpmc) Theory Of Emotionality, Jun Zhan, Fan Tang, Mei He, Jin Fan, Jing Xiao, Chang Liu, Jing Luo

Publications and Research

Unlike the strategy of cognitive regulation that relies heavily on the top-down control function of the prefrontal cortex (PFC), which was recently found may be critically impaired in stressful situations, traditional Chinese philosophy and medicine views different types of emotionality as having mutual promotion and counteraction (MPMC) relationships, implying a novel approach that requires less cognition to emotional regulation. Actually, our previous studies have indicated that anger responses could be successfully regulated via the induction of sadness, and this efficiency could not be influenced by stress, thus providing evidences for the hypothesis of “sadness counteracts anger” (SCA) proposed by the …

The Hipaa Privacy Rule And The Eu Gdpr: Illustrative Comparisons, Stacey A. Tovino

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Incompatible: The Gdpr In The Age Of Big Data, Tal Z. Zarsky

Seton Hall Law Review

No abstract provided.

Borderplex Business Barometer, Volume 1, Number12, Thomas M. Fullerton Jr., Adam G. Walke, Omar Solís, Esmeralda Muñiz

Border Region Modeling Project

No abstract provided.

White Innocence: Paradoxes Of Colonialism And Race By Gloria Wekker, Duke University Press, 2016, Jakki Forester

Wagadu: A Journal of Transnational Women's & Gender Studies

White Innocence: Paradoxes of Colonialism and Race by Gloria Wekker, Duke University Press, 2016

A Blessing To All Nations: Examining Call Narratives In The Hebrew Bible, Brianna Rideout

Honors College

In the New Testament, Jesus tells his followers to go into the world and preach the good news of the kingdom of God. One aspect of this kingdom is God’s love for all creation. However, the missional call in the Old Testament has been largely ignored. Some Old Testament scholars have argued in favor of a mission to the nations in the Hebrew Bible on the basis of Isaiah 40-55. Others have argued against it saying that the prophetic message here is for reform directed toward their own community. Still, the genre of the call narrative and its role in …

Computational Exploration Of Vortex Nucleation In Type Ii Superconductors Using A Finite Element Method In Ginzburg-Landau Theory, Alden Roy Pack

Theses and Dissertations

Using a finite element method, we numerically solve the time-dependent Ginzburg-Landau equations of superconductivity to explore vortex nucleation in type II superconductors. We consider a cylindrical geometry and simulate the transition from a superconducting state to a mixed state. Using saddle-node bifurcation theory we evaluate the superheating field for a cylinder. We explore how surface roughness and thermal fluctuations influence vortex nucleation. This allows us to simulate material inhomogeneities that may lead to instabilities in superconducting resonant frequency cavities used in particle accelerators.

A Comparative Literature Review Of Intelligent Tutoring Systems From 1990-2015, Brice Robert Colby

Theses and Dissertations

This paper sought to accomplish three goals. First, it provided a systematic, comparative review of several intelligent tutoring systems (ITS). Second, it summarized problems and solutions presented and solved by developers of ITS by consolidating the knowledge of the field into a single review. Third, it provided a unified language from which ITS can be reviewed and understood in the same context. The findings of this review centered on the 5-Component Framework. The first component, the domain model, showed that most ITS are focused on science, technology, and mathematics. Within these fields, ITS generally have mastery learning as the desired …

"Speak Up!" An Examination Of The Language Abilities Of Children Displaying Various Forms Of Social Withdrawal And Aggression, Brandon Neil Clifford

Theses and Dissertations

Language serves as a mechanism through which children are able to interact and communicate with their others. Thus, when children do not produce language at a typical pace, there may be cause for concern. The primary purpose of the current study was to examine the language abilities of children displaying various forms of social withdrawal and children engaging in subtypes of aggression. Participants came from the Brigham Young University Child Laboratory (N = 141; Mage = 4.57; 53% female) and were observed and teachers and parents completed reports on children's behaviors and demographics. Results revealed reticent and solitary-passive children to …

Telepain: Primary Care Chronic Pain Management Through Weekly Didactic And Case-Based Telementoring, Diane M. Flynn, Linda H. Eaton, Honor Mcquinn, Ashley Alden, Alexa R. Meins, Tessa Rue, David J. Tauben, Ardith Z. Doorenbos

Project ECHO Bibliography

Chronic pain is a significant problem among military personnel and a priority of the military health system. The U.S. Army Surgeon General's Pain Management Task Force recommends using telehealth capabilities to enhance pain management. This article describes the development and evaluation of a telehealth intervention (TelePain) designed to improve access to pain specialist consultation in the military health system. The study uses a wait-list controlled clinical trial to test: 1) effectiveness of the intervention, and 2) interviews to assess barriers and facilitators of the intervention implementation. The intervention involves a didactic presentation based on the Joint Pain Education Curriculum followed …

Leveraging Scarce Resources With Bone Health Teleecho To Improve The Care Of Osteoporosis, E Michael Lewiecki, Rachelle Rochelle, Matthew F. Bouchonville, David H. Chafey, Thomas P. Olenginski, Sanjeev Arora

Project ECHO Bibliography

Osteoporosis is a common condition with serious consequences because of fractures. Despite availability of treatments to reduce fracture risk, there is a large osteoporosis treatment gap that has reached crisis proportions. There are too few specialists to provide services for patients who need them. Bone Health Extension for Community Health Care Outcomes (TeleECHO) is a strategy using real-time ongoing videoconferencing technology to mentor health care professionals in rural and underserved communities to achieve an advanced level of knowledge for the care of patients with skeletal diseases. Over the first 21 months of weekly Bone Health TeleECHO programs, there were 263 …

Inlp Newsletter, December 2017, Indigenous Nations Library Program

Monthly Newsletters

Contents:

- University Libraries Finals Week Hours

- CSVANW Womxn Donation Drive

- INLP Coffee House Program

- First to the First Challenges

• INLP Typewriter Challenge Winners

-Michael and Enokena Olson Memorial Scholarship Recipients

• Navida Johnson
• Tia Curley

Design And Development Of An Electronic Granular Urea Applicator As An Attachment With Rice Transplanter, Md Towfiqur Rahman

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

In rice production system, transplanting and fertilizer application are tedious, time consuming and laborious task, and mostly done manually in Bangladesh. Mechanical planting of rice and granular urea placement have distinctive advantages over manual operation. Mechanical planting of rice becoming popular in the country in recent years and few machines have been developed for guti-urea deep placement, however having some limitations. Considering precise guti-urea placement along with rice transplanting, an attempt was under taken to design and fabricate an electronic control guti-urea applicator to be attach with a 4-row walk behind type rice transplanter. Fabrication of the electronic guti-urea applicator …

Performance Assessment Of Electromagnetic Soil Water Sensors In Different Soil Textural, Temperature, And Salinity Conditions, Jasreman Singh

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Determination of accurate and continuous measurements of volumetric water content (θ_v) is extremely valuable for irrigation management and other agronomic decisions. Lately, electromagnetic (EM) sensors are being widely used to monitor θ_v continuously which also offer the benefits of ease of installation, fewer regulatory and safety concerns, and cost effectiveness. However, the accuracy of parameters [soil temperature, electrical conductivity (EC_a), dielectric permittivity (ε_ra), and θ_v] reported by EM sensors need to be evaluated for them to be utilized for agricultural water management. In the current study, the accuracy of a wide …

Home Visiting: Discovering What Works For Increasing Referrals, Theresa Cruz, Leona Woelk, Ivy Cervantes

Reports & Documents

The purpose of this work was to identify barriers providers may experience with regard to referring patients to home visiting (HV) programs and to determine potential intervention strategies that could be used to increase provider referrals, initially in Bernalillo County.

Abortion Rights Still Face Challenges In Several Latin American Countries, Janelle Conaway

NotiSur

No abstract provided.

Angle-Resolved Observation Of X-Ray Second Harmonic Generation In Diamond, Björn Senfftleben

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

This thesis reports angularly-resolved observation of X-ray second harmonic generation (XSHG) in diamond at several phase-matching geometries. The XSHG signal was produced by ultra-short, highly intense X-ray pulses with a photon energy of 9.831 keV generated by a free-electron laser. In some geometries for high pulse energies more than 10 second harmonic photons per pulse were generated.

Different phase-matched geometries were used for XSHG to investigate the angular dependence of the efficiency of the process. Furthermore, for each phase-matching condition, the quadratic dependence for second harmonic generation at each geometry was verified and the crystal rocking curves were measured. The …

Design And Construction Of A High-Current Femtosecond Gas-Phase Electron Diffraction Setup, Omid Zandi

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

We designed and constructed a state-of-the-art high current ultrafast gas electron diffraction experimental setup, which resolved two main challenges that constraint temporal resolution in previous setups. These aforementioned bottlenecks were: the space charge effect due to the Coulomb expansion, and the velocity mismatch between the sub-relativistic electrons (probe) and the exciting laser pulse (pump). In our setup, the problem of space charge effect was ameliorated by compressing 90 keV photo-emitted electron pulses using a radio-frequency electric field. The compression allowed us to increase the beam current by almost two orders of magnitude higher than previously reported. We developed a laser-activated …

A Measurement Of The Wy Cross Section At √S = 8 Tev In Pp Collisions With The Cms Detector, Ekaterina Avdeeva

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

A measurement of cross section of the Wγ → lνγ production in proton-proton collisions using 19.6 fb − 1 of LHC data collected by CMS detector at the center- √ of-mass collision energy of s = 8 TeV is reported. The W bosons are identified in their electron and muon decay modes. The process of Wγ production in the Standard Model (SM) involves a pure gauge boson coupling, a WWγ vertex, which allows one to test the electroweak sector of the SM in a unique way not achievable by studies of other processes. In addition to the total cross section, …

Analysis Of A M/M/C Queue With Single And Multiple Synchronous Working Vacations, Shakir Majid, P. Manoharan

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

We consider a M/M/c queuing system with synchronous working vacation and two different policies of working vacation i.e. a multiple working vacation policy and a single working policy. During a working vacation the server does not completely halts the service rather than it will render service at a lower rate. In synchronous vacation policy all the servers leave for a vacation simultaneously, when the server finds the system empty after finishing serving a customer. In multiple working vacation (MWV) policy the servers continue to take vacation till they find the system nonempty at a vacation completion instant. Single working vacation …

Proportional Reversed Hazard Rate Models With Exponential Baseline, G. Barmalzan, H. Saboori

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

The proportional hazard regression models have been used extensively in survival analysis to understand and exploit the relationship between survival time and covariates. For left censored survival times, reversed hazard rate functions are more appropriate. In this paper, we discuss a parametric proportional reversed hazard rates model using exponential baseline. The estimation for the parameters are discussed. We also assess the performance of the proposed procedure based on a large number of Monte Carlo simulations. Finally, we illustrate the proposed method using a real case example and then we show that it provides a good and better fit than the …

On Some Statistics For Testing The Skewness In A Population: An Empirical Study, Yawen Guo, B. M. Golam Kibria

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

The purpose of this paper is to propose some test statistics for testing the skewness parameter of a distribution, not limited to a normal distribution. Since a theoretical comparison is not possible, a simulation study has been conducted to compare the performance of the test statistics. We have compared both parametric methods (classical method with normality assumption) and non-parametric methods (bootstrap in Bias Corrected Standard Method, Efron’s Percentile Method, Hall’s Percentile Method and Bias Corrected Percentile Method). Our simulation results indicate that the power of the tests differ significantly across sample sizes, the choice of alternative hypotheses and methods one …

Fitting Skew Distributions To Iranian Auto Insurance Claim Data, Ramin Kazemi, Abdollah Jalilian, Akram Kohansal

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

In actuary, the derivation of loss distributions from insurance data is of great interest. Fitting an adequate distribution to real insurance data is not an easy task, mainly due to the nature of the data, which shows several features to be accounted for. Although, because of its stochastic and numerical simplicity, it is often assumed that the involved financial risk factors are normally distributed, but empirical studies indicate that most of financial risk factors have distributions with high peaks and heavy tails. Thus, it is important in the actuarial science to model insurance risks with skewed distributions. Claims size data …

Evaluation Of Some Reliability Characteristics Of A Single Unit System Requiring Two Types Of Supporting Device For Operations, Ibrahim Yusuf, Nura J. Fagge

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

This study presents the reliability assessment of a single unit connected to two types of external supporting devices for its operation. Each type of external supporting device has two copies I and II on standby. First order differential difference equations method is used to obtain the explicit expression for the steady state availability, busy period due to failure of type I and II supporting devices of repairmen, steady-state availability and profit function. Based on assumed numerical values given to system parameters, graphical illustrations are given to highlight important results. Comparisons are performed to highlight the impact of unit failure and …

On The Lp-Spaces Techniques In The Existence And Uniqueness Of The Fuzzy Fractional Korteweg-De Vries Equation’S Solution, F. Farahrooz, A. Ebadian, S. Najafzadeh

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

In this paper, is proposed the existence and uniqueness of the solution of all fuzzy fractional differential equations, which are equivalent to the fuzzy integral equation. The techniques on L^P-spaces are used, defining the L^p_F F ([0; 1]) for 1≤P≤∞, its properties, and using the functional analysis methods. Also the convergence of the method of successive approximations used to approximate the solution of fuzzy integral equation be proved and an iterative procedure to solve such equations is presented.

Analytical Solutions For The Black-Scholes Equation, Jalil Manafian, Mahnaz Paknezhad

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

In this paper, the Black-Sholes equation (BS) has been applied successfully with the Cauchy-Euler method and the method of separation of variables and new analytical solutions have been found. The linear partial differential equation (PDE) transformed to linear ordinary differential equation (ODE) as well. We acquired three types of solutions including hyperbolic, trigonometric and rational solutions. Descriptions of these methods are given and the obtained results reveal that three methods are tools for exploring partial differential models.

Thermoelastic Analysis Of A Nonhomogeneous Hollow Cylinder With Internal Heat Generation, V. R. Manthena, N. K. Lamba, G. D. Kedar

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

In the present paper, we have determined the heat conduction and thermal stresses of a hollow cylinder with inhomogeneous material properties and internal heat generation. All the material properties except Poisson’s ratio and density are assumed to be given by a simple power law in axial direction. We have obtained the solution of the two dimensional heat conduction equation in the transient state in terms of Bessel’s and trigonometric functions. The influence of inhomogeneity on the thermal and mechanical behavior is examined. Numerical computations are carried out for both homogeneous and nonhomogeneous cylinders and are represented graphically.

Interactions Of Thermoelastic Beam In Modified Couple Stress Theory, Rajneesh Kumar, Shaloo Devi

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

This paper is concerned with the study of thermoelastic beam in modified couple stress theory. The governing equations of motion for modified couple stress theory and heat conduction equation for non-Fourier (non-classical process) are investigated to model the vibrations in a homogeneous isotropic thin beam in a closed form by employing the Euler Bernoulli beam theory. The generalized theories of thermoelasticity with one and two relaxation times are used to model the problem. Both ends of the beam are simply supported. The Laplace transform technique applied to solve the system of equations which are written in dimensionless form. A general …

Applications Of Planar Newtonian Four-Body Problem To The Central Configurations, M. R. Hassan, M. S. Ullah, Md. Aminul Hassan, Umakant Prasad

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

The present study deals with the applications of the planar Newtonian four-body problem to
the different central configurations. The basic concept of central configuration is that the
vector force must be in the direction of the position vector so that the origin may be taken at
the centre of mass of the four bodies and the force towards the position vector multiplied by
corresponding inverse mass is directly proportional to the position vector relative to the
centre of mass. For applying the Newtonian four body problem to the central configuration,
the equations of motion of four bodies have been established …

Effective Modified Hybrid Conjugate Gradient Method For Large-Scale Symmetric Nonlinear Equations, Jamilu Sabi'u, Mohammed Y. Waziri

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

In this paper, we proposed hybrid conjugate gradient method using the convex combination of FR and PRP conjugate gradient methods for solving Large-scale symmetric nonlinear equations via Andrei approach with nonmonotone line search. Logical formula for obtaining the convex parameter using Newton and our proposed directions was also proposed. Under appropriate conditions global convergence was established. Reported numerical results show that the proposed method is very promising.