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Interactions Between Disciplinary Practices And Joint Work In Undergraduate Physics Research Experiences, Gina Quan, Chandra Turpen, Andrew Elby

Faculty Publications

We analyze how participating in undergraduate research experiences (UREs) influenced physics students’ trajectories of participation within the community of practice of physics researchers. Students in the study participated in an elective seminar in which they were paired with graduate student and faculty mentors on physics research projects and participated in weekly discussions about research. Using video data from student interviews and mentor interviews, we characterize two aspects of students’ engagement in the physics community of practice. First, we find variations in their engagement in physics practice, which we characterize as physics activities that are connected and purposeful. Second, we characterize …

Faculty Senate Minutes 2018-12-07, The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Sgps 9105a: United Way Counselling Programs, Ebenezer Narh, Sarah Moroz, Doan Nguyen, Mahshid Nasiri, Tamara Hluchaniuk

Community Engaged Learning Final Projects

In the efforts to build strong communities and promote well-being for community members, three Counselling Programs (Anova, Daya, JHS) were organized by United Way. This report is an assessment of the effectiveness of the program using the Program survey conducted both before and after the counseling sessions. This year, there was an increase in the number of people taking the pre-program survey with 506 people against 462 of last year. In contrast, the number for the post-program survey for 2017/2018 saw a slightly decrease compared to last year. This is partly because some of the participants have not completed the …

Sgps 9105a: United Way Summer Camping Programs, Ebenezer Narh, Tamara Hluchaniuk, Mahshid Nasiri, Doan Nguyen, Sarah Moroz

Community Engaged Learning Final Projects

The following report is an analysis of five summer camp programs in partnership with United Way Elgin Middlesex. The data were collected from the following summer camping programs: Boys and Girls Club of London (BGCL); Pearce Williams Summer Camp (PWSC); SARI Therapeutic Riding (SARI) ; Stevenson Children’s Camp (SCC); and YMCA Western Ontario (YMCA). The survey from which the data was gathered from was created to measure outcomes such as: Personal development, Self-confidence, Friendships, Fun and enjoyment The first part of the report combines all the camping programs for quantitative analysis by year – 2016, 2017 and 2018. The second …

Student Registered Nurse Anesthetists’ Perception Of Simulation As A Positive Reinforcement To Classroom Lecture In Handling A Difficult Airway, Kayla Forbis

Doctoral Projects

The management of a difficult airway by anesthesia providers is a core component of providing safe care. Simulation provides an opportunity for the student to manage uncommon clinical scenarios without harm to an actual patient. This project aimed to determine if the use of simulation may be useful in training Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist in the management skills of a difficult airway. The proposed intervention of this project was the addition of simulation experience to didactic lecture covering difficult airway management techniques. As supported in the Adult Learning Principles of Medical Learners, by allowing the SRNA to actively participate in …

Board Of Directors Meeting - Open Agenda 12/07/2018, Uc Hastings Board Of Directors

2018 Board of Directors Agenda and Materials

No abstract provided.

Board Of Directors Meeting - Packet 12/07/2018, Uc Hastings Board Of Directors

2018 Board of Directors Agenda and Materials

No abstract provided.

Kaya Asks Electronics: How Small Can They Go?, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Search For Subsolar-Mass Ultracompact Binaries In Advanced Ligo’S First Observing Run, Robert Coyne, Et Al

Physics Faculty Publications

We present the first Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo search for ultracompact binary systems with component masses between 0.2  M_⊙–1.0  M_⊙ using data taken between September 12, 2015 and January 19, 2016. We find no viable gravitational wave candidates. Our null result constrains the coalescence rate of monochromatic (delta function) distributions of nonspinning (0.2  M_⊙, 0.2  M_⊙) ultracompact binaries to be less than 1.0×10⁶  Gpc⁻³  yr⁻¹ and the coalescence rate of a similar distribution of (1.0  M_⊙, 1.0  M_⊙) ultracompact binaries to be less than 1.9×10 …

Commencement Convocation Program, Usf, Baccalaureates, December 7, 2018, University Of South Florida

USF Graduation and Convocation Programs

Honorary Doctor of Science - Melanie Sanford; President's Fellow Medallion - Mayor Bob Buckhorn; President's Global Leadership Award - Dyann Wirth; King O'Neal Scholars - Andrea Arciniegas, Jessica Bullock, Anna Eliason, Tiffany Garner, Bailey Gavulic, Victoria Hoang, Stephanie Hogue, Briana Luthman, Asgard Marroquin, Justin Mohr, Jenn Moser, Rida Mughal, Kristiana Nasto, Marilluly Peraza, Kirby Powers, Keska Register, Jordan Stofan, Michael Talavera, Veronica Vazquez, Thomas Vieiera, Rylee Wagner, Savannah Warner, Aubrey Wolfe, David Wylie, and Shahrzad Zamani; Outstanding Graduate - Shahriar "Shawn" Zamani

Using Wearable Biomarker Technology To Determine The Effectiveness Of Assistive Technology Supports On The Anxiety And Writing Outcomes Of Students With Disabilities, Angela M. Lobdell

Honors Capstones

The purpose of this Capstone project is to determine the effects writing has on stress levels of students with anxiety-related disorders and to investigate the effectiveness of technology-based writing interventions to reduce anxiety and increase writing output when being utilized by students. One male and three females between the ages of 14-17 participated in the research. Each participant wore a biomarker device that allowed the researchers to track the participants' levels of anxiety. The levels transmitted by the biomarker would indicate a state of calm, focused, tense and neutral. Baseline involved observing students writing without technology supports. Upon completion of …

Nasa Awards Undergraduate And Graduate Students With Grant To Support Space Research, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

[2018-12-07] Meeting Of The Board Of Visitors Of Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Commonwealth University. Board Of Visitors

VCU Board of Visitors Minutes

Official minutes of the VCU Board of Visitors and its Executive Committee.

Experiential Learning In Collegiate Academia: The Silicon Valley Immersion, Kirsten Settle

Honors Theses

A thesis in an examination of experiential collegiate learning, specifically that are found within the vocational field of entrepreneurship and business management. This student-driven project’s objective primarily is to recruit a dedicated team of diverse students from Western Michigan University (WMU) to engage in a systematic, site-based experiential learning in one of the world’s biggest tech-metropolitans, San Francisco, California. The mission is to stimulate an experience-based approach to studying a business centered curriculum through field research with some of the country’s most successful companies. Participants evaluated company culture in diverse business settings to comprehend professional prospects and project management best …

Laser Vaporization And Controlled Condensation (Lvcc): Graphene Supported Pd/Fe3o4 Nanoparticles As An Efficient Magnetic Catalyst For Suzuki Cross – Coupling., Hany A. Elazab Dr

Chemical Engineering

A reproducible, reliable, and highly efficient synthetic approach was implemented for synthesis of palladium nanoparticles supported on a binary composite of Fe3O4 and graphene (Pd-Fe3O4/G). This unique catalyst was tested for being used as a highly efficient active catalyst for being used in Suzuki cross – coupling reactions. It was found that this graphene supported Pd/Fe3O4 nanoparticles (Pd-Fe3O4/G) has a remarkable catalytic activity towards Suzuki coupling reactions. This catalyst could be recycled for up to three times with high catalytic activity. The catalyst was prepared using LVCC synthetic approach; the prepared catalyst was found to be highly magnetic which enabled …

Micro Reactor Technology: Flow Chemistry Impact On Applied Catalysis, Hany A. Elazab Dr

Chemical Engineering

The micro reaction technology has emerged over the past two decades as one of the promising synthetic tools that can create new horizons in many industrial and catalysis applications. There are many crucial issues that could simply be solved by adopting the approach of micro reaction technology. Those issues are including harmful environmental impact which could be minimized through integrated separation techniques and reagent recycling used in micro reactors. There are also other issues including kinetic, thermodynamic, and process safety concerns. Moreover, chemical manufacturing has been enhanced through running reactions in continuous mode using flow chemistry. This lead to a …

Northern Monticello Alliance, Llc, A Utah Limited Liability Company, Plaintiff/ Appellant V. San Juan County Commission, A Political Subdivision Of The State Of Utah, Defendants/ Appellees : Brief Of Appellee, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

Appeal from a 28 February 2018 Order D enying Petitioner's Motion for Summary Judgm ent and Granting R espondents' Cross-motion for Summary Judgm ent in the Utah Seventh District Court, Monticello Department, San Juan County, by the Honorable Lyle R. Anderson.

Search For Subsolar-Mass Ultracompact Binaries In Advanced Ligo's First Observing Run, B. P. Abbott, R. Abbott, T. D. Abbott, F. Acernese, K. Ackley, C. Adams, T. Adams, P. Addesso, R. X. Adhikari, V. B. Adya, C. Affeldt, B. Agarwal, M. Agathos, K. Agatsuma, N. Aggarwal, O. D. Aguiar, L. Aiello, A. Ain, P. Ajith, B. Allen, G. Allen, A. Allocca, M. A. Aloy, P. A. Altin, A. Amato, A. Ananyeva, S. B. Anderson, W. G. Anderson, S. V. Angelova, S. Antier, S. Appert, K. Arai, M. C. Araya

Faculty Publications

We present the first Advanced LIGO and Advanced Virgo search for ultracompact binary systems with component masses between 0.2 M-1.0 M using data taken between September 12, 2015 and January 19, 2016. We find no viable gravitational wave candidates. Our null result constrains the coalescence rate of monochromatic (delta function) distributions of nonspinning (0.2 M, 0.2 M) ultracompact binaries to be less than 1.0×106 Gpc-3 yr-1 and the coalescence rate of a similar distribution of (1.0 M, 1.0 M) ultracompact binaries to be less than 1.9×104 Gpc-3 yr-1 (at 90% confidence). Neither black holes nor neutron stars are expected to …

Expanding The Use Of Spectral Libraries In Proteomics., Eric W Deutsch, Yasset Perez-Riverol, Robert J Chalkley, Mathias Wilhelm, Stephen Tate, Timo Sachsenberg, Mathias Walzer, Lukas Käll, Bernard Delanghe, Sebastian Böcker, Emma L Schymanski, Paul Wilmes, Viktoria Dorfer, Bernhard Kuster, Pieter-Jan Volders, Nico Jehmlich, Johannes P C Vissers, Dennis W Wolan, Ana Y Wang, Luis Mendoza, Jim Shofstahl, Andrew W Dowsey, Johannes Griss, Reza M Salek, Steffen Neumann, Pierre-Alain Binz, Henry Lam, Juan Antonio Vizcaíno, Nuno Bandeira, Hannes Röst

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

The 2017 Dagstuhl Seminar on Computational Proteomics provided an opportunity for a broad discussion on the current state and future directions of the generation and use of peptide tandem mass spectrometry spectral libraries. Their use in proteomics is growing slowly, but there are multiple challenges in the field that must be addressed to further increase the adoption of spectral libraries and related techniques. The primary bottlenecks are the paucity of high quality and comprehensive libraries and the general difficulty of adopting spectral library searching into existing workflows. There are several existing spectral library formats, but none captures a satisfactory level …

Flexible And Fast Mapping Of Peptides To A Proteome With Proteomapper., Luis Mendoza, Eric W Deutsch, Zhi Sun, David S Campbell, David Shteynberg, Robert L Moritz

Articles, Abstracts, and Reports

Bottom-up proteomics relies on the proteolytic or chemical cleavage of proteins into peptides, the identification of those peptides via mass spectrometry, and the mapping of the identified peptides back to the reference proteome to infer which possible proteins are identified. Reliable mapping of peptides to proteins still poses substantial challenges when considering similar proteins, protein families, splice isoforms, sequence variation, and possible residue mass modifications, combined with an imperfect and incomplete understanding of the proteome. The ProteoMapper tool enables a comprehensive and rapid mapping of peptides to a reference proteome. The indexer component creates a segmented index for an input …

The Shifting Politics Of Patient Activism: From Bio-Sociality To Bio-Digital Citizenship, Alison Anderson, Alan Petersen, Allegra Clare Schermuly

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

Digital media provide novel tools for patient activists from disease- and condition-specific communities. While those with debilitating conditions or disabilities have long recognised the value of collective action for advancing their interests, digital media offers activists unparalleled opportunities to fulfil their goals. This article explores the shifting politics of ‘activism’ in the increasingly digitally mediated, commercialised context of healthcare, asking: what role have digital media played in the repertoire of activists’ strategies? And, to what extent and how has the use of such media impacted the very concept of activism? Building on sociological ideas on emergent forms of ‘biological citizenship’ …

The Nature Of Ephemeral Secrets In Reverse Engineering Tasks, Antonio Miguel Espinoza

Computer Science ETDs

Reverse engineering is typically carried out on static binary objects, such as files or compiled programs. Often the goal of reverse engineering is to extract a secret that is ephemeral and only exists while the system is running. Automation and dynamic analysis enable reverse engineers to extract ephemeral secrets from dynamic systems, obviating the need for analyzing static artifacts such as executable binaries.

I support this thesis through four automated reverse engineering efforts: (1) named entity extraction to track Chinese Internet censorship based on keywords; (2) dynamic information flow tracking to locate secret keys in memory for a live program; …

Adaptation Mechanism And Tolerance Of Rhodopseudomonas Palustris Psb-S Under Pyrazosulfuron-Ethyl Stress, Xiang-Wen Luo, De-Yang Zhang, Teng-Hui Zhu, Xuguo Zhou, Jing Peng, Song-Bai Zhang, Yong Liu

Entomology Faculty Publications

Background: Pyrazosulfuron-ethyl is a long lasting herbicide in the agro-ecosystem and its residue is toxic to crops and other non-target organisms. A better understanding of molecular basis in pyrazosulfuron-ethyl tolerant organisms will shed light on the adaptive mechanisms to this herbicide.

Results: Pyrazosulfuron-ethyl inhibited biomass production in Rhodopseudomonas palustris PSB-S, altered cell morphology, suppressed flagella formation, and reduced pigment biosynthesis through significant suppression of carotenoids biosynthesis. A total of 1127 protein spots were detected in the two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Among them, 72 spots representing 56 different proteins were found to be differently expressed using MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS, including 26 up- and 30 …

A Hierarchical Spectrum Access Scheme For Tv White Space Coexistence In Hetergeneous Networks, Mohammad Zaeri-Amirani, Fatemeh Afghah, Sherali Zeadally

Information Science Faculty Publications

Among current techniques for dynamic access to television (TV) white space (TVWS), geolocation database-based access provides a promising performance in protecting the TV-band incumbents from interference that cannot be efficiently achieved in other license-exempt models. However, in heterogeneous wireless networks, most portable devices do not have such access and may cause interference to TV incumbents. We propose a hierarchical model for spectrum sharing in TVWS that includes a wide range of fixed and portable devices. In the first tier, the TV broadcaster can lease the spectrum bands to local fixed users based on a soft license agreement. The fixed users …

Disparity Does Not Mean Bias: Making Sense Of Observed Racial Disparities In Fatal Officer-Involved Shootings With Multiple Benchmarks, Brandon Tregle, Justin Nix, Geoffrey P. Alpert

Criminology and Criminal Justice Faculty Publications

Racial disparities in officer-involved shootings have dominated the national discourse recently. Unfortunately, we have yet to identify an appropriate benchmark, or at-risk population, to put these observed racial disparities into context. In this article, we use seven benchmarks—based on population data from the US Census, police-citizen interaction data from the Police-Public Contact Survey, and arrest data from the Uniform Crime Report—to compare OIS fatality rates for black and white citizens from 2015 to 2017. Using population, police-citizen interactions, or total arrests as a benchmark, we observe that black citizens appear more likely than white citizens to be fatally shot by …

Postoperative Pain In Instrumented Spinal Surgery: A Policy For Intraoperative Dexmedetomidine Use, Clinton Whitley

Doctoral Projects

Instrumented multilevel spine surgery is associated with a large amount of opioid consumption, difficult mobilization, and significant pain in a population of patients who are predominantly already chronic pain sufferers (Mathiesen et al., 2013). The Health Resources and Services Administration (2018) recently claimed that our nation is in the midst of an opioid epidemic, with more than 115 opioid-related deaths occurring every year. As a result of this epidemic, many anesthesia providers have become aware and are attempting to do something about it. Organizations such as the Society for Opioid Free Anesthesia are at the forefront of the battle against …

Change Descriptors For Determining Nodule Malignancy In Lung Ct Screening Images, Benjamin Geiger

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Computed tomography (CT) imagery is an important weapon in the fight against lung cancer; various forms of lung cancer are routinely diagnosed from CT imagery. The growth of the suspect nodule is known to be a prognostic factor in the diagnosis of pulmonary cancer, but the change in other aspects of the nodule, such as its aspect ratio, density, spiculation, or other features usable for machine learning, may also provide prognostic information.

We hypothesized that adding combined feature information from multiple CT image sets separated in time could provide a more accurate determination of nodule malignancy. To this end, we …

Commencement Ceremonies, University Of North Florida

Commencement Printed Materials

Program for the Fall Commencement ceremonies.

Solvent Stable Microbial Lipases: Current Understanding And Biotechnological Applications, Barry Ryan, Priyanka Priyanka, Yeqi Tan, Gemma K Kinsella, Gary T. Henehan

Articles

Objective: This review examines on our current understanding of microbial lipase solvent tolerance, with a specific focus on the molecular strategies employed to improve lipase stability in a non-aqueous environment.

Results: It provides an overview of known solvent tolerant lipases and of approaches to improving solvent stability such as; enhancing stabilising interactions, modification of residue flexibility and surface charge alteration. It shows that judicious selection of lipase source supplemented by appropriate enzyme stabilisation, can lead to a wide application spectrum for lipases.

Conclusion: Organic solvent stable lipases are, and will continue to be, versatile and adaptable biocatalytic workhorses commonly employed …

Higher Education Reform: A Time For Action, The Lincy Institute

Brookings Scholar Lecture Series

The Lincy Institute has been at the forefront of research and analysis on higher education governance reform in Nevada. Following numerous statewide studies, The Lincy Institute has produced reports and policy briefs recommending significant structural changes to the State’s higher education landscape. To provide future generations of students with quality education and training in our 21st-century economy, researchers summarized findings and presented model legislation to improve the quality of education offered by Nevada’s eight institutions of higher learning. All Nevadans should demand an honest and transparent discussion of higher education reform. The 2019 legislative session will be a time for …