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The Brain In Balance: Tales From A Cellular Biochemist Studying Space And Time, Mark Decoster

Science Seminars

One definition of the brain is that it senses change. This change can be input to our traditional senses such as light, taste, and touch, to name a few. Sensing change and recording it is also important to deciding output (or not), such as responding to a question or avoiding danger. Short-term through long-term sensing of change may also be stored into memory. This process of sensing change and responding to it with storage may be defined as learning when it helps with the process. At the cellular and biochemical levels, cells in the brain may be excited or inhibited, …

Allisions, Collisions And Groundings: Estimating The Impact Of The Physical Oceanographic Real Time System (Ports(R)) On Accident Reduction, Eric Wolfe, Kenneth N. Mitchell

Journal of Ocean and Coastal Economics

Reductions in the rates of domestic allisions, collisions and groundings (ACGs) are the result of technological advances as well as implementation of best practices in the maritime industry. This study estimates long-term gross benefits derived from expanded implementation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System (PORTS®) with respect to reductions in ACG rates in the United States. Following PORTS® installations that provided expanded coverage of U.S. ports and adjoining areas, concomitant decreases in accident rates occurred. While previous estimates suggested that between twenty and sixty percent of grounding accident reductions were due to PORTS®, current research …

Meeting Minutes, Wku Graduate Council

Graduate School

Meeting minutes.

A Reinforcement Learning (Rl) Model For Dynamic Optimization Of Switch Port/Queue Buffer Allocation, Imran Pasha

Defensive Publications Series

Techniques are described herein for a reinforcement learning (RL) model for dynamic optimization of switch port/queue buffer allocation. According to the described techniques, a trained neural network model can be installed on a switch or on a network management server to dynamically adjust the shared/dedicated buffer allocation for the low/high priority queues in case of a frame loss. The dynamic buffer adjustment continues till the port/queue no longer experience a frame loss.

The Impact Of Online Homework, Time On Homework, Gender, And Metacognition In Improving Student Achievement In Undergraduate Biology Courses, Donald Bishop Cook Jr

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

This study sought to address a gap in the literature to determine whether a relationship exists between use of online homework and student achievement in undergraduate biology courses. Previous studies have examined other STEM courses, but few have considered biology. The purpose of the study was to determine whether homework grades in online homework systems can predict student achievement in introductory undergraduate biology courses. This study utilized a correlational analysis by multiple regression using archival data to determine whether final course grades in undergraduate biology courses can be predicted by grades on online homework, time spent on online homework, gender, …

Please Welcome

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Adam Bodzin, MD, has joined the Division of Transplant Surgery. Dr. Bodzin completed the General Surgery Residency Program at Jefferson in 2013 and a Transplant Surgery Fellowship at UCLA Medical Center. He sees patients at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Lankenau Medical Center

Hien Dang, PhD, has joined the Division of Surgical Research. Dr. Dang received a PhD in Molecular Medicine from Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine. Most recently she was a Postdoctoral Fellow supported by a Cancer Research Training Award at the National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. There, she worked in the …

Rosalind Page Doesn’T Give Up — She Gives Back

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

The 67-year-old Philadelphia native actively manages a number of chronic conditions, including asthma, high blood pressure and spinal pain. And she’s a two-time champion, beating breast cancer in 2006 and again in 2015. Since February 2016, she has expressed her appreciation for the Jefferson Breast Care Center through monthly gifts supporting two of her providers: surgical oncologist and high-risk breast specialist, Adam Berger, MD, FACS, and radiation oncologist, Nicole L. Simone, MD.

She lauds all her Jefferson physicians for their expertise as well as their care and concern, noting that she especially values how they speak with her and address …

Awards & Accomplishments

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Geno Merli, MD, is the 2018 recipient of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College Career Educator Award.

Drs. Melissa Lazar, Joshua Marks, David Rittenhouse, and Alliric Willis, each received a Sidney Kimmel Medical College Dean’s Award for Excellence in Education.

Scott Cowan, MD, was appointed Medical Director of Quality and Safety at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Gerald Isenberg, MD, has been named President-Elect of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Medical Staff.

Lisa Bevilacqua, MD (PGY1), received the Patricia Numann Medical Student Award from the Association of Women Surgeons (AWS). Named in honor of the founder of …

Jcirp Achieves Global Reach And Local Impact

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Since its launch in 2014, the Jefferson Center for Injury Research and Prevention (JCIRP) has been designed on the model for Injury Control Research Centers (ICRCs) put forth by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As one of just 30 ICRCs in the U.S., JCIRP remains committed to addressing the challenges outlined in the CDC Injury Research Agenda for 2009-2018 and the Pennsylvania Injury Prevention and Control Plan. “We are making great strides in fostering interdisciplinary collaboration across campus and community borders – all with the goal of saving lives and reducing disability,” says Stanton Miller, MD, MPH, …

Meet The Interns

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

The Department has welcomed an impressive group of categorical interns selected from over 1350 applicants to our program. These doctors, who matched with Jefferson, started on June 20, 2018. Please welcome (from left to right):

Prashanth Palvannan, MD Rutgers New Jersey Medical School

Lisa Bevilaqua, MD Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Brian Till, MD College of Medicine at University of Vermont

Uzma Rahman, MD Stony Brook University School of Medicine

Walker Lyons, MD Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University

Devon Pace, MD University of Illinois College of Medicine

We are also pleased to welcome the following preliminary …

Department Of Surgery Launches Opioid Reduction Initiative

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Fourth year general surgery resident Megan Lundgren, MD, and a team of researchers led by Scott Cowan, MD, FACS, Vice Chair for Quality for the Department of Surgery, initiated a project aimed at examining Jefferson’s opioid prescribing practices in the perioperative period. The team surveyed more than 400 patients who had undergone general surgery procedures at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. After identifying how many opioids each had been prescribed, they interviewed patients to understand how many they actually took, how many pills were left over and how the leftover pills were being stored and/or disposed of.

“The results of that …

1968 - Fifty Years On..., Charles Yeo

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

As a senior member of the surgical community here at Jefferson, I have immense faith in our future. It is worth underscoring the famous quote of George Santayana, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”

Events this year have prompted me to recall the crucial events of my teenage years, specifically the year 1968. Three sources have served to underscore my memories: a CNN special, the Jan/Feb issue of Smithsonian entitled “The Year that Shattered America,” and an exhibit at the Minnesota History Center in St. Paul, MN. Seismic events occurred in 1968: (1) in January, …

A Bold Benchmark

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

Richard W. Hevner served in the U.S. Marines and is an executive with Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC. While he may not seem an obvious choice to spearhead a bold breast cancer initiative, that’s exactly what he’s doing as part of his role on the Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center Advisory Council.

Known as Project 200K by 2024, the initiative aims to increase mammograms within the Jefferson Enterprise to 200,000 per year in just six years. It’s a goal that Hevner is passionate about achieving: “By increasing the number of mammograms, we can also perform more biopsies and surgical procedures and, ultimately, …

Jefferson Breast Care Center Offers Innovative And Comprehensive Care

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

In honor of October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Jefferson Breast Care Center recently hosted a Breast Cancer and Related Diseases Symposium for patients, families and other members of the public. On Saturday, October 20, they gathered in the Dorrance H. Hamilton Building on Jefferson’s Center City campus to learn about some of the latest advances in clinical treatments and research into breast cancer.

The Jefferson Breast Care Center now offers patients a seamless experience from diagnosis to treatment—weaving together breast imaging, pathology, radiation and medical oncology, and surgical oncology, along with the region’s leading plastic surgeons for cosmetic mastectomies …

Full Issue: Volume 13, Number 2 - Fall 2018

Jefferson Surgical Solutions

A publication for friends and colleagues of Jefferson’s Department of Surgery

In This Issue

Clinical Integration

Department of Surgery Launches Opioid Reduction Initiative - Page 2

Changing Lives Through Research

JCIRP Achieves Global Reach and Local Impact - Page 3

Awards & Accomplishments

Page 3

Those Who Give

Rosalind Page Doesn't Give Up - She Gives Back - Page 4

Adhesives: Liquid Fasteners For Modern Manufacturing, Colin Senechal, Peter Carbutt

Amgen Seminar Series in Chemical Engineering

Adhesives are currently used in many industries worldwide, but are sometimes overlooked by engineers as a high-performance method of joining parts in an assembly. In fact, adhesives can often provide strong advantages over other methods of assembly such as riveting, bolting and even welding, in a variety of applications.

An Engineer from ITW Performance Polymers, a regional manufacturer of high-performance structural adhesives, will discuss some typical adhesive chemistries, the mechanisms of adhesion, general comparisons with other assembly methods, and a few current market applications with industry leading brands of Plexus, Devcon, and Insulcast.

State Ex Rel. Holmes V. Gainer: The Legislative Pay Raise And The Disappearing West Virginia Constitution, Matthew L. Clark

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Pbis: A Shared Positive Culture- Into The Neighborhood And Beyond, Lauren Flanagan, Donya Henderson

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

PBIS: A Shared Positive Culture – Into the Neighborhood and Beyond

Throughout our PBIS process, Mainstay Academy has sought to include community members in promoting a positive and lasting change with our students, staff, parents and other community stakeholders by focusing on our core values of being safe, respectful and responsible community members. By promoting a positive shared culture through the PBIS process, a more informed, tolerant, supportive, and safe community can be achieved.

This presentation will illustrate how Mainstay Academy, a member of the Georgia Network of Educational and Therapeutic Supports, has worked to expand PBIS involvement to create …

2. Gapbs Conference Day 2 Presenter Information And Locations, Gapbs Conference

Georgia Association for Positive Behavior Support Conference

Conference Program Day 2

A Comparison Of Student Pharmacist Clinical Interventions During An Internal Medicine Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experience (Appe) In A High-Income Versus Low-Income Setting, Ellen Schellhase, Monica Miller, Shelby Wilkinson, Rakhi Karwa

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

Objectives: Compare and contrast the number and type of interventions made by student pharmacists who participated in an adult internal medicine APPE in the US to an internal medicine APPE in Kenya.

Methods: A US-based faculty-led, four-week internal medicine APPE with interprofessional team rounding that provides care for underserved patients in an urban setting and hosts 16 students annually was compared to a faculty-led, eight-week internal medicine APPE in Kenya that hosts on average 24 students annually. Starting May 2017 – January 2018 a standard clinical intervention collection form was used by all students on these two APPEs starting …

Assessment Of Intercultural Learning Within An Interdisciplinary Empathy Course Within An Honors College, Ellen Schellhase, Monica Miller

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

Objective: The objective was to assess the intercultural learning of students enrolled in an interdisciplinary, active learning course with a focus on empathy and healthcare within an Honors College.

Methods:

This 2-credit course met twice weekly for active-learning session for 16 weeks. Topics covered included cultural dimensions, mindfulness, learning styles and four intercultural core competencies. Assignments included an intercultural development plan, on-line discussion board reflections for three required service-learning activities and completion of a Cultural Competence Badge. Students assessed their empathy using several different scales and completed the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI) assessment at the beginning and end of the …

Construction And Nursing Students, Building A Playground For Bauer Family Services, Daphene Koch, Deborah A. Spoerner, Abby Berg, Rebecca C. Johnson, Mary Erin Hoying

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.

Grow Local: Integrating Sustainability And Community Building Through Urban Gardening, Franklin Wagner

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.

Epics Gaqt: Nandi Clean Kitchen Study, Yichen Fan

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.

Construction And Nursing Students, Building A Playground For Bauer Family Services, Daphene Koch, Mary Erin Hoying, Deborah A. Spoerner, Rebecca C. Johnson, Abby Berg

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

Poster Session

The Nature Of Teaching: Connecting K-5 Teachers And Students With Nature, Rebecca Busse

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.

Hands Of The Future, Inc.: Connecting Youth With Nature, Amee Waltman, Rebecca Busse

Engagement & Service-Learning Summit

No abstract provided.

System For Supplying High Shear Starch To A Gypsum Board Machine And Methods Of Manufacturing Gypsum Board Using High Shear Starch, National Gypsum Company

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure provides systems for supplying high shear starch to a gypsum board machine and methods of manufacturing gypsum board using high shear starch. These systems and methods may improve the effectiveness and efficiency of starch utilized as a gypsum core binder and may further improve the core qualities of wallboard.

All or a portion of the starch used in the gypsum board manufacturing process may be high shear starch. The starch may be sheared continuously and fed to the slurry in the pin mixer. The high shear starch may be produced by feeding desired amounts of dry starch, …

Rationalized Clustering In Machine Learning, Diveplane Corporation, Christopher Hazard Phd

Defensive Publications Series

[0001] In machine learning, there are currently debates about what an explanation or explainable model is and what is necessary for a given purpose. This post details the concepts of explanation and interpretation to help clarify the difference between the two; discusses how, although interpretation is preferable, explanation is the only option for many machine learning techniques; and then details a clustering technique that aids explanation for unsupervised machine learning.