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A Speech Recognition Noise Analysis Using A Biological Neural Network, Logan Matthew Walters

Student Theses and Dissertations

Typically, modern Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) engines are developed using artificial neural networks (ANN) that utilize probabilistic and stochastic models for analyzing data and computing outputs. As such, limitations are seen with this structure of implementation due to the volume of data required for accuracy and scalability. Resultantly, different software solutions are being considered to improve the accuracy of ASR engines in these unique cases where commonly used models fall short. The presented research illustrates the potential of a biological neural network (BNN) if implemented as an ASR engine. Theoretical comparisons are made between the efficiency of a BNN and …

Silenced And Broken: A Case Study Of High School Counselors Reactions To An Original Anti-Bullying Video, Phoebe Lashae Haynes

Student Theses and Dissertations

Silenced and broken, is a case study of high school counselors’ reactions to an original anti-bullying video that was put together by the present researcher. This study analyzed six-school counselors’ reactions from an original artifact. This four-minute video features: illustrations of graphic self-harm images, statistics on bullying, 12 victims who committed suicide as a result of bullying/cyber-bullying, and it conclude with an overall message to end all forms of bullying. School counselors gave reactions to the original anti-bullying video, which developed into several themes (i.e. isolation, emotional impact, insufficient technology, etc.). These themes provide insight into the current issue on …

Lipoma Arborescens Of The Knee, Mohammed R. Obaid, Addi Al Ali

Muthanna Medical Journal

We reported 38-year-old female patient who complained of pain and recurrent episodes of right knee joint swelling for the last 15 years. After anamnesis, physical examination and radiographic imaging and magnetic resonance were diagnosed with arborescent lipoma of the knee, and the patient underwent two operations, 1st one arthroscopic surgery for resection of the lesion (partially), 2nd one [after 2 years] open arthrotomy. Histopathology for biopsy was done for both operations, which confirmed the presence of benign synovial tissue and fragments of adipose tissue present beneath the synovial surface. Postoperatively, on 2-years follow-up, the patient was free of pain and …

Age-Tastic! An Evaluation Of An Evidence-Based Intervention For Older Adults, Manoj Pardasani, Jackie Berman, Mebane Powell

Publications and Research

Background: Raising awareness of holistic health and safety among older adults is critical to enhancing their wellbeing in many cases, improving health outcomes and motivating positive behavioral changes. Age-Tastic! is a comprehensive health and safety promotion intervention that uses the concept of a competitive board game to entice older adults to participate and stay engaged.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the impact of Age-Tastic! on the level of awareness, health literacy, self-efficacy and positive behavioral change among the participants.

Methods: A randomized control trial was conducted with 98 older adults assigned to an experimental and control …

International Commission On Trichinellosis: Recommendations For Genotyping Trichinella Muscle Stage Larvae, Edoardo Pozio, Dante Zarlenga

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Being able to identify the species or genotype of Trichinella is of paramount importance not only for epidemiological studies but to better ascertain the source of outbreaks that still occur worldwide. This has become more critical in recent years given the increase in imported meat products and the relationship that wild animals play in the domestic and sylvatic transmission cycles. In contrast to a time when the genus Trichinella was considered monospecific, research in recent years has revealed that the genus consists of 9 species and at least 3 additional genotypes which have yet to be named. Except for a …

Eddie Robinson

African American Funeral Programs

interment at Bessenger Tabernacle Baptist Church Cemetery

Passings: Ingeborg Gertrude Lock, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Implementation Of A Nurse-Led Diabetes Self-Management Education (Dsme) Program In Primary Care, Jamie Lee

Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) is a serious concern, that requires close monitoring and facilitation of self-management skills and strategies, as well as development of a sense of self-efficacy, in patients with this chronic disease. The development of nurse-led Diabetes self-management education (DSME) programs, combined with a multidisciplinary approach to care and management, is a safe and effective means of helping patients with uncontrolled T2DM to cultivate positive health behaviors, prevent long-term disability and effectively control blood sugars.

A DSME program like this was developed and implemented at Mercy Midtown Family Practice, for patients with a glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) of …

Making The Invisible Visible: Affordances And Hindrances Of Using Tangible Objects In Identity Research, Amber Simpson

The Qualitative Report

The purpose of this manuscript is to highlight the role of tangible objects (i.e., rings) in understanding individual’s STEM identity, which in this study is defined as an interdisciplinary belief that an individual has about her or himself regarding science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The rings allowed participants to position themselves within STEM disciplines and to further illustrate and narrate this position through the various ring sizes, and for some, the spatial arrangement of the rings. However, the use of the rings seemed to limit participants to describing who they are within STEM in the moment, as well as not …

Isu String Project: Winter Concert, December 8, 2018, Illinois State University School Of Music

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
December 8, 2018
Saturday
11:00 a.m.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Approximately 2,200 degrees conferred during Georgia Southern’s 2018 Fall Commencement ceremonies

Multi-Task Zipping Via Layer-Wise Neuron Sharing, Xiaoxi He, Zimu Zhou, Lothar Thiele

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Future mobile devices are anticipated to perceive, understand and react to the world on their own by running multiple correlated deep neural networks on-device. Yet the complexity of these neural networks needs to be trimmed down both within-model and cross-model to fit in mobile storage and memory. Previous studies squeeze the redundancy within a single model. In this work, we aim to reduce the redundancy across multiple models. We propose Multi-Task Zipping (MTZ), a framework to automatically merge correlated, pre-trained deep neural networks for cross-model compression. Central in MTZ is a layer-wise neuron sharing and incoming weight updating scheme that …

Lonnie Herrington

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A.C. Dunlap memorial Cemetery in Statesboro, Georgia.

Boy Scouts

Bulloch County Papers

This is the digital Boy Scouts folder from the Statesboro-Bulloch County Public Library's Public History Files. The newspaper clippings that make up the folder are from the Statesboro Herald Newspaper or its predecessors.

Eagle Track & Field Opens Indoor Season At Clemson Opener, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Eagle Track & Field Opens Indoor Season at Clemson Opener

Men’S Basketball Hits 10 Triples In 89-74 Win At Mercer, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Men’s Basketball Hits 10 Triples in 89-74 win at Mercer

Thomas Overstreet "Tom"

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Daniel Smith

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Christine Merita Howard Davis

African American Funeral Programs

No abstract provided.

Performers As Teachers: A Case Study On How Two El Sistema-Inspired Teaching Artists' Performance Identities Manifested During Instruction, Alicia J. Monroe

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Kids’ Orchestra (KO) is an afterschool El Sistema-inspired program in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with a Title I school district, which employs a high percentage of musicians who identify strongly as performers. During the 2017-2018 school year, 52 of 59 KO teaching artists were considered professional musicians with training in music performance, with no educational background and/or prior experience in music education.

The recent development of ESI programs across the United States has fostered claims of using music education as a way to bring social change to the community it works in. Research exploring the specific nature of the pedagogy …

Advent Traditions: What Are We Waiting For?, April Fiet, Kayt E. Frisch, Kristin Kobes Du Mez

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Posting about ­­­­­­­­Advent traditions and celebrations from In All Things - an online journal for critical reflection on faith, culture, art, and every ordinary-yet-graced square inch of God’s creation.

https://inallthings.org/advent-traditions-what-are-we-waiting-for/

The Bumpy Highway To Freedom: U.S. Reconstruction And The Freedmen's Bureau, Jennifer Ann Sobnosky

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

After studying the Civil War and the Reconstruction era in depth, I was required to choose one aspect of the Reconstruction era and write a historiography based on it. I researched how historians studied and interpreted the role of the Freedmen's Bureau, which was an agency established immediately after the end of the Civil War. I studied how these interpretations of the success of the Freedmen's Bureau's changed over time. I began by producing an annotated bibliography of the eight scholarly sources. I wrote three drafts and conferenced with my professor as well as the Write Place consultants. I revised …

A Literary Journey Back In Time, Hannah K. Heil

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

Before I began writing, I reflected on the effect literature has had on my life. I brainstormed different experiences in which I found literature to be very influential. I talked with various people including my parents and past teachers to ensure the accuracy of the various childhood stories I decided to write about. When it came time to put the final draft together, I focused on my various experiences with literature and the grand effect it has had on my life. I also incorporated why I value being a literate person today as a university student.

Editor's note: For this …

Rhetorical Analysis: Never Give Up, John Milliken

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

For this English 100 assignment, we were asked to write a rhetorical analysis of a speech of our choice. I knew I wanted to pick one that would be interesting to me. Prior to writing this paper, I had heard about the speech once before when watching a sports documentary. I knew the speech had a strong message at its core, but I did not know why it was so respected and liked by its audience. While writing this paper I had three drafts;, the first two drafts were peer edited. The second and third were also edited and graded …

Claiming Your Life And Education, Kelly E. Corkery

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

My essay is a rhetorical analysis of Adrienne Rich’s speech, “Claiming an Education." I chose Rich’s speech because a friend of mine told me that her introduction to college seminar at Penn State discussed the speech, and I found the speech to be very interesting. After choosing the speech, I completed two drafts, which were both edited in both a peer review and by my instructor, Professor Strain. After my first draft, I also had a writing conference with Professor Strain to refine my work more. After my second draft, I met with Professor Strain again to discuss submitting this …

Reconstruction In The Big Easy: The Changing Interpretations Of The Role Of Race During Reconstruction In New Orleans, Claire Sullivan

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

This historiography essay was the final assignment of my ASI 120 (Core Program) course at the University of Dayton. In preparation for the paper, I read A Short History of Reconstruction, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner. After reading and reflecting on Foner’s book, I decided I wanted to focus my topic on Reconstruction in New Orleans, with specific emphasis on racial issues and the New Orleans Riot. I chose this topic because it allowed me to further research a topic relating to social justice with respect to race relations, something I am very passionate about. I spent a great deal of …

The Ku Klux Klan's Reign Of Terror During Reconstruction: Effects, Motives, And Composition, Jack O'Donnell

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

The final project in the course ASI 120 was a historiography on American Reconstruction. The purpose of a historiography is to evaluate the ways in which historians' views of a certain topic have changed over time. I chose to evaluate and analyze historians' views of the Ku Klux Klan's reign of terror during American Reconstruction, focusing specifically on interpretations of the Ku Klux Klan's effects, motives, and composition. To complete this assignment, I analyzed eight different sources written by historians throughout the twentieth century. After writing a summary of each source, I was tasked with choosing which source provided the …

Learning To Read Was Great, Alyssa T. Mims

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

This project was written with the intentions of telling the story of how I learned to read and the effects of my reading skills flourishing.

A Tale As Old As Time: Changing Interpretations Of Democratic And Republican Polarization During Reconstruction, Dawson J. Vandervort

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

This paper started in the beginning of the 2018 spring semester with the reading of Eric Foner's A Short History of Reconstruction. This book started with a historiography, which students modeled their own off of, and continued with an extremely detailed documentation of Reconstruction. After this my instructor had the class propose a topic and choose 15 relevant sources. Then the class chose 8 sources to create an annotated bibliography with. In March I began the writing process slowly and tediously, but competition with a friend created a positive and fun environment. As we worked, we read our papers to …

The Colfax Massacre: A Culmination Of Political And Racial Disparity, Lian F. Mitzian

Line by Line: A Journal of Beginning Student Writing

I wrote this paper for the interdisciplinary humanities course The Development of Western Culture in a Global Context. My writing process consisted of first examining various primary and secondary sources on Southern Reconstruction and the Colfax Massacre. This gave me an understanding of how historians have come to understand the event throughout time. In my research, I found two categories of interpretations, which I then used to organize my ideas and develop my own understanding of the implications of the event.