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Russia Today, Cyberterrorists Tomorrow: U.S. Failure To Prepare Democracy For Cyberspace, Jonathan F. Lancelot

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

This paper is designed to expose vulnerabilities within the US electoral system, the use of cyberspace to exploit weaknesses within the information assurance strategies of the democratic and republican party organizations, and deficiencies within the social media communications and voting machine exploits. A brief history of discriminatory practices in voting rights and voting access will be set as the foundation for the argument that the system is vulnerable in the cyber age, and the need for reform at the local, state and national levels will be emphasized. The possibility of a foreign nation-state influencing the outcome of an election by …

Forensic Analysis Of A Crash-Damaged Cheerson Cx-20 Auto Pathfinder Drone, Ian N. Mcateer, Peter Hannay, Muhammad I. Malik, Zubair Baig

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

Long gone are the days when Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and drones (multirotor UAVs) were the exclusive domain of the military for surveillance or tactical strike purposes. For relatively little money mainly due to high-tech progression in microprocessor design, anyone can now purchase a drone with GNSS-tracking capabilities and can support a live high-resolution video feed to its flight controller. The global population of drones has sky- rocketed in recent years as this new technology has been embraced for both its recreational and commercial applications. However, the more nefarious members of society have also recognized the potential for using drones …

Front Matter

Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law

No abstract provided.

Quantifying Surface Water On Santa Rosa Island, California, Following A Major Five-Year Drought, Paula Power, Rocky Rudolph

Western North American Naturalist

Although it is critical for survival of plants and animals, and for understanding prehistory of early humans, little work has been done on the stream hydrology of the California Channel Islands. In September 2014, August 2016, and October 2017, during the driest period of the year, park staff and volunteers mapped surface water on Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands National Park, by walking drainages (2nd order and higher) and recording the location of surface water using consumer-grade Global Positioning System (GPS) units. In 2014, mappers hiked 293 km (182 miles) of stream channel in 19 major drainage basins and 7 …

State Of Utah, Plaintiff/Appellee, V. Joseph Crescencio Granados, Defendant/Appellant. : Brief Of Appellee, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

Brief of Appellee

Appeal from convictions for attempted murder, a first degree
felony; possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted
person, a second-degree felony; failure to stop at command of
police and criminal mischief, both third-degree felonies;
possession of a controlled substance, a class-A misdemeanor;
and possession of drug paraphernalia, a class-B misdemeanor;
in the Third Judicial District, Salt Lake County, the Honorable
Paul B. Parker presiding

The State Of Utah, Plaintiff/Appellee V. Joseph Crescencio Granados, Defendant/Appellant. : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

BRIEF OF APPELLANT

An appeal from a judgment of conviction of attempted murder, a first
degree felony; failure to stop or respond at the command or police, a third degree
felony; criminal mischief: intentional damage, deface, or destroy property, a third
degree felony; possession or use of a controlled substance, class A
misdemeanor; use or possession of drug paraphernalia, a class B misdemeanor;
and possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted, a second degree felony; in
the Third District Court, Salt Lake County, Utah, the Honorable Paul B. Parker,
presiding.

Appellant is incarcerated

James Prieur, Petitioner And Appellant, Vs. The Ensign Group, Inc., Defendant And Appellee. : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2007– 2019)

APPEAL FROM A JUDGMENT OF THE FOURTH DISTRICT
COURT OF UTAH COUNTY, UTAH, HON. JAMES BRADY

Using The Business Classroom To Help Fe Y Alegría- Bolivia Schools With Analytics And Pattern Visualizatio, Kathleen Campbell Garwood, Joao Neiva De Figueiredo, Hayley F. Miles, Miguel Angel Marca Barrientos

Journal of Management for Global Sustainability

This article describes the analytical support a Saint Joseph’s University (SJU) data mining class provided over the past three academic years to Fe y Alegría in Bolivia (FyAB), a Jesuit-sponsored institution dedicated to the education of the poor and looking for a feasible model that could help them identify which students and schools have the most need. SJU undergraduates, working without viable socio-economic household income information for each student in the database, had to be creative in assisting FyAB using only survey data provided by Bolivian school-age pupils. Working in consultation with FyAB school representatives, their goal for each iteration …

Mathematical Model For Designing A Light Prismatic Panel, Islam A. Mashaly, Khaled Nassar, Salah M. El Haggar

Faculty Journal Articles

Adequate daylighting inside built spaces helps reaching satisfactory levels of energy consumption by reducing the usage of artificial lighting. Moreover, it is a major source in adjusting the occupants’ visual comfort which boosts productivity and concentration. Nevertheless, inefficient design would result in increasing the solar hear gain and increasing the indoor temperatures, as well as uneven light distribution would result in the “cave effect” phenomena. A Sustainable complex fenestration system is proposed in this paper that diffuses and redirects daylight through a prismatic panel. The panel will redirect the excessive direct light upwards and reduce the light from going downwards …

Efficient Uptake Of Cd(Ii) And Pb(Ii) Ions By Aromatic Polyamidoximes, Sonia Zulfiqar

Faculty Journal Articles

Polyamidoximes were synthesized by condensing presynthesized monomers, 2,6-bis(4-chloroformylphenoxy) benzonitrile or 2,6-bis(4-aminophenoxy) benzonitrile, with diamines and diacid chlorides at low temperature. These polyamidoximes were exploited as potential metal-chelating adsorbents owing to the presence of amidoxime as pendant groups on the polyamide backbone. The synthesis of monomers was verified by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and nuclear magnetic resonance analyses. The molar masses of the polymers were measured using gel permeation chromatography, and thermal decomposition temperatures were found to be in the range of 426-489 °C with high char yields. Metal-ion uptake was investigated through atomic absorption spectroscopy with more than 99% adsorption …

Experimental Investigation Of A Walk-In Refrigerator Performance Using R290 As A Retrofit For R22, Mohamed S. El-Morsi

Faculty Journal Articles

An experimental performance study is performed on a refrigeration system equipped with a scroll compressor and tested with R22 using an electronic expansion valve (EEV) as an expansion device and controlled by proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control method. The system is tested at-12°C,-8°C,-4°C, 0°C and 4°C evaporator air temperature and 20°C, 25°C and 30°C condenser inlet water temperature at 50Hz compressor driving frequency and 50Hz evaporator fans driving frequency. R22 reached the set point at all temperatures except-12°C evaporator temperature with 30°C condenser temperature due to the severe increase in the compressor discharge temperature that could result in the lubricating oil burnout. …

Evaluation Of Fermentation At 40°C And 30°C For Cost Effective Lignocellulose To Lipid Conversion, Kyle M. Macewen

Graduate Masters Theses

As the world population continues to grow, the demand for energy will continue to rise. Biofuels have become an attractive alternative to replace fossil fuels as a clean and renewable source of energy. The six- and five-carbon sugars contained in lignocellulosic plant biomass is the largest carbohydrate source in the world, and a key feedstock for sustainable biofuel production. The conversion of lignocellulose to lipids is done by using oleaginous yeast as a biocatalyst. Recently, Arxula adeninivorans has become a yeast of interest because of its unique properties. These include its unusual metabolic flexibility which allows it to utilize a …

The Urban Forest Project As An Extension Of Landscape Immersion And A Way To Support Community Engagement In The Ragunan Zoo, Jakarta, Yulia Nurliani Lukito

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

This article examines necessary elements to be considered in designing urban forest at the Ragunan Zoo, Jakarta, as part of increasing the role of the zoo to educate people on animals and their habitats. The purpose of the community project conducted by the Architectural Team from the Universitas Indonesia is to assist the management of the Ragunan Zoo to develop part of the zoo area as an urban forest. The Zoo has already an intention to incorporate the urban forest not only as recreation space but as part of a larger development of the zoo that focuses more on the …

Planning Green Patch: Towards An Ecological Place Of Ciliwung Condet, Rini Suryantini, Galavia Permata, Dini Puti Angelia

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

This paperillustrates a program to plan a green patch of Ciliwung river landscape througha participatory process involving the community in Condet, East Jakarta. It isbelieved that native knowledge of the river and the riparian, which can only berevealed by the locals, becomes significant to understanding the dynamics ofthe place and to generating a masterplan. Through interviews, focus groupdiscussion and participatory mapping, their everyday experience in utilizingthe landscape can be recognized. Instead of concrete revetment and heightenedlevees along the river, native vegetation is identified and developed, as it isconsidered as key in restoring the ecosystem and generating programs on thelandscape. The …

Development Of Innovative Picture Storybooks To Empower Parents And Teachers For Early Childhood Education In Nutrition And Social-Behavior In Jakarta, Rina Agustina, Okky Lupita Sari, Lini Anisfatus Sholihah, Nov Rizqi, Lestari Octavia, Indriya Laras Pramesthi, Erfi Prafiantini, Putu Chandra Dewi Kardha

ASEAN Journal of Community Engagement

Indonesia is experiencing a double burden of malnutrition,especially in young children. Many studies show that community empowerment andnutrition education are effective at reducing the risk of malnutrition whencombined with attractive tools and appropriate nutrition and parenting messages.Therefore, we developed innovative picture storybooks as a fun learning tool to equipteachers and parents with a way to improve their understanding and awareness ofthe quality of early childhood dietary habits and social behavior. The studyconsisted of three stages, including formative research, book development, andevaluation. Our formative research triangulated information on preferences andkey messages on food, nutrition, parenting, and child characteristics throughfocus group discussions …

Innocent Victors: Atomic Identity At The American Museum Of Science And Energy In Oak Ridge, Tennessee, Kathryn Leann Harris

Graduate Masters Theses

In 2009, the American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee debuted an updated history exhibit about the town’s role as one of three secret cities in the Manhattan Project. The exhibit presented a celebratory tone in honor of the innocent people who unknowingly and victoriously participated in the construction of the atomic bomb that aided the Allies in their successful end of WWII. The exhibit omitted the larger national, political nuclear discussion that took place over the following sixty-five years, cementing a long-held victory culture identity. In a 2009 world, the AMSE exhibit seemed incomplete, if …

Waste Reduction Through Integrated Waste Management Modeling At Mustika Residence (Tangerang), Hendro Putra Johannes

Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development

In Indonesia, there are classic issues about waste that are highlighted due to the country’s critical conditions. Uncontrolled population growth and regional development have led to massive waste production. One popular practice in waste management is located at integrated waste management site (TPST). This practice has been implemented successfully by TPST Mustika Iklhas, a small community operation in Tangerang. Though different from previous operations, its success is achieved by active community participation, far away from government intervention. This study looks at management practices in TPST Mustika Ikhlas. The method used to address real and complex problems is called system dynamics. …

Enabling Precision Medicine Via Standard Communication Of Hts Provenance, Analysis, And Results, Gil Alterovitz, Dennis Dean, Carole Globe, Michael R. Crusoe, Stiam Soiland-Reyes, Amanda Bell, Anais Hayes, Anita Suresh, Anjan Purkkayastha, Charles H. King, Dan Taylor, Elaine Johanson, Elaine E. Thompson, Eric Donaldson, Hiroki Morizono, Hsinyi Tsang, Jeet K. Vora, Jeremy Goecks, Jianchao Yao, Jonas S. Almeida, Jonathon Keeney, Kanakadurga Addepalli, Konstantinos Krampis, Krista M. Smith, Lydia Guo, Mark Walderhaug, Marco Schito, Matthew Ezewudo, Nuria Guimera, Paul Walsh, Robel Kahsay, Srikanth Gottipati, Timothy C. Rodwell, Toby Bloom, Yuching Lai, Vahan Simonyan, Raja Mazumder

Publications and Research

A personalized approach based on a patient's or pathogen’s unique genomic sequence is the foundation of precision medicine. Genomic findings must be robust and reproducible, and experimental data capture should adhere to findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable (FAIR) guiding principles. Moreover, effective precision medicine requires standardized reporting that extends beyond wet-lab procedures to computational methods. The BioCompute framework (https://w3id.org/biocompute/1.3.0) enables standardized reporting of genomic sequence data provenance, including provenance domain, usability domain, execution domain, verification kit, and error domain. This framework facilitates communication and promotes interoperability. Bioinformatics computation instances that employ the BioCompute framework are easily relayed, repeated …

Accounting For The Environmental Impacts Associated With Residual Products In A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment Of Systems With Multiple Products, Yasuhiro Fukushima, Satoshi Ohara

Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development

In many production systems, multiple products are interactively produced. Therefore, an innovative technology that leads to changes in parts of such systems may influence both the unit environmental impacts associated with the products, and the productivity of multiple products. To compare alternative technologies on a common basis, we often account for the avoided or supplemented emissions associated with the residual (i.e. surplus and supplemented) products produced from within the considered system boundary. In this study, using an example of an innovative technology envisioned for use in sugar mills, we first demonstrate how comparisons can be made when the systems vary …

Defect Engineering In 1d Ti--W Oxide Nanotube Arrays And Their Correlated Photoelectrochemical Performance, Mohamed A. Ganzoury, Ahmad W. Amer, Azza A. Faiad, Ahmed M. Khalifa, Nageh K. Allam

Faculty Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

Energy Harvesting From Coupled Bending-Twisting Oscillations In Carbon-Fibre Reinforced Laminates, Mustafa Hani Arafa

Faculty Journal Articles

The energy harvesting capability of resonant harvesting structures, such as piezoelectric cantilever beams, can be improved by utilizing coupled oscillations that generate favourable strain mode distributions. In this work, we present the first demonstration of the use of a laminated carbon fibre reinforced polymer to create cantilever beams that undergo coupled bending-twisting oscillations for energy harvesting applications. Piezoelectric layers that operate in bending and shear mode are attached to the bend-twist coupled beam surface at locations of maximum bending and torsional strains in the first mode of vibration to fully exploit the strain distribution along the beam. Modelling of this …

Fast And Accurate Pv Model For Spice Simulation, Yehea Ismail

Faculty Journal Articles

This paper presents a complete model for photovoltaic modules able to accurately predict the I–V characteristics at different levels of temperature and irradiance. The model greatly reduces the computational effort needed to extract the five parameters of the one-diode model by applying five boundary conditions based on data provided by the manufacturer only. The model equations are reduced to only two simultaneous equations of two unknowns (series resistance, R s , and shunt resistance, R sh ), which converge in five iterations on average. The model parameters are extrapolated to account for temperature and irradiance variations. The model is matched …

The Advantage Of Being Less Protected: Children’S Spatial Orientation In The City Of Jakarta, Clara R. P. Ajisuksmo, Agustina H. Baskara, Eva Neidhardt

Makara Human Behavior Studies in Asia

Path integration as a central process in spatial orientation is a basic cognitive competence used to update spatial positioning while walking. Children develop this competence via self-directed path-finding experiences. This study examines the spatial orientation competences of pre-school children in inner-city Jakarta. The influence of parental protectiveness on path integration competence was investigated, and the children’s spatial ability was measured using paper-and-pencil tests. Thirty pre-school children from poor families in three different sub-districts of inner-city Jakarta (Jatinegara Cipinang, Besar Selatan, and Bukit Duri) were tested. Results showed that children who were used to roaming more freely performed better in spatial …

When Lca Applies To Health Service Industry, Rr. Anggun Paramita Djati, Sherafina Reni Cahayanti, Ellyna Chairani, Raldi H. Koestoer, Djoko M. Hartono

Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development

The health service industry involves activities that provide medical services (hospital), manufacture of medical equipment or drugs, and medical insurance services. Options of research methods to measure the impact of services on environmental aspects are available. One among which is life cycle analysis (LCA), the recently popular practice in Indonesia. This paper attempts to explore whether LCA could be fitted to the health service industry. A literature review would help in procuring related references from various publications accompanied by several research results and related studies. For describing the application of LCA in hospitals, several articles were collected, which were later …

The Welfare Of Elderly People In Rural West Java: Economy, Health And Vernacular Care, Kosuke Mizuno, Ekawati Sri Wahyuni, Taizo Wada, Kozo Matsubayashi

Journal of Environmental Science and Sustainable Development

The universal health social security program in Indonesia began in 2014, and as of the present day, many people are now covered by it. However, many weaknesses in the system have been pointed out. Significantly, many people do not possess the necessary health cards to take advantage of the program due to the complicated process one must go through in order to obtain them. Even now, 60 million people have not joined the program. Many people do not rely solely on the universal social security program but may be supported primarily or additionally by the vernacular care system, whereby support …

Construction Of A High Temperature (~ 200 °C) Oil Pump For Solar Thermal Energy Storage System For Cooking Applications, Jimmy Chaciga, Nyeinga Karidewa, Denis Okello, Benard Tabu

Tanzania Journal of Science

In this study, a positive displacement (PD) oil pump capable of operating at temperatures about 200 °C was constructed using locally available materials. The oil pump was tested to circulate pre-heated refined sunflower oil in Thermal Energy Storage (TES) tank comprising of an oil only and rock pebble-oil system and cooking application. The oil pump was constructed of harden steel and mild steel materials driven by AC/DC electric motor rated 8000 rpm. Standard gear teeth cutting tool was employed to produce the spurs and the pumps’ speed was varied using variable AC transformer connected to 220V AC main source. The …

Electrophoretic Deposition Of Tio2 Thin Films For Photocatalytic Degradation Of Organic Pollutants In Water, Francis W Nyongesa, Bernard O Aduda, Wilson G Nyaga

Tanzania Journal of Science

In this study, electrophoretic deposition (EPD) technique was used to deposit titanium dioxide (TiO2) thin films on conducting glass substrates for application in photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants in water. Phenol was used as a model pollutant. The EPD suspension related parameters and deposition conditions were first optimized for good quality film deposits. The suspension stability and deposition conditions that result in good adherence of TiO2 particles to the substrate with homogeneous film coatings  are ethanol, a TiO2 solid loading of 4 wt%, a 0.2 wt% iodine concentration in the solvent and a deposition voltage of 20 V in a …

Effects Of Aluminium And Tungsten Co-Doping On The Optical Properties Of Vo2 Based Thin Films, Cephas J Lyobha, Nuru R Mlyuka, Margaret E Samiji

Tanzania Journal of Science

Aluminium and tungsten co-doped vanadium dioxide (VO2:W:Al) thin films were deposited by DC reactive magnetron sputtering technique. In this work we report on the effects of aluminium and tungsten co–doping on the optical properties of vanadium dioxide (VO2) based thin films with a view of combining both increased luminous transmittance (Tlum) and lowered transition temperature (τc). The effect of aluminium and tungsten co-doping on semiconductor-metal transition of vanadium dioxide films was investigated and compared with tungsten doped and undopedVO2films. Spectral transmittances of the films were obtained using Shimadzu SolidSpec-3700 DUV UV-VIS-NIR spectrophotometer. The results revealed that the transmittance of tungsten …

Hall Effect Parameters Of Aluminium And Tungsten Co-Doped Vo2 Thin Films, Mohamed Mussa, Nuru R Mlyuka, Margaret E Samiji

Tanzania Journal of Science

The Hall Effect parameters of Al and W co-doped VO2 thin films were studied in order to explain the effect of co-doping on the electrical properties of thermochromic VO2 films. The carrier concentrations and conductivity of the films were found to increase with increase in temperature while carrier mobility decreased reaching a minimum around the transition temperature then slightly rose and became stable at high temperatures. Tungsten doped films displayed higher carrier concentrations and conductivity on both sides of the metal insulator transition and lower mobility compared to undoped and Al and W co-doped VO2 thin films.

Scholars' Mine Quick Facts December 2018, Nancy S. Krost

Scholars’ Mine Statistics

Scholars' Mine Quick Facts are monthly reports of downloads, page hits, and other information about works in the institutional repository of Missouri S&T. A map with downloads by region is also included.