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Automatic Recall Of Software Lessons Learned For Software Project Managers, Tamer Mohamed Abdellatif Mohamed, Luiz Fernando Capretz, Danny Ho

Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications

Context: Lessons learned (LL) records constitute the software organization memory of successes and failures. LL are recorded within the organization repository for future reference to optimize planning, gain experience, and elevate market competitiveness. However, manually searching this repository is a daunting task, so it is often disregarded. This can lead to the repetition of previous mistakes or even missing potential opportunities. This, in turn, can negatively affect the organization’s profitability and competitiveness.

Objective: We aim to present a novel solution that provides an automatic process to recall relevant LL and to push those LL to project managers. This will dramatically …

Can We Rely On Smartphone Applications?, Sonia Meskini, Ali Bou Nassif, Luiz Fernando Capretz

Electrical and Computer Engineering Publications

Smartphones are becoming necessary tools in the daily lives of millions of users who rely on these devices and their applications. There are thousands of applications for smartphone devices such as the iPhone, Blackberry, and Android, thus their reliability has become paramount for their users. This work aims to answer two related questions: (1) Can we assess the reliability of mobile applications by using the traditional reliability models? (2) Can we model adequately the failure data collected from many users? Firstly, it has been proved that the three most used software reliability models have fallen short of the mark when …

Stem Stories, November 2019, Brooke Wiese

STEM Stories

Undergraduate Research - Faith Luce

Algebra Seminar | Pallone On Amenable And Simple Bases For The Algebra Of Entangled Polynomials, Nov. 14, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Smile, You’Re On Camera: A Discussion Of The Privacy Rights Of Teachers In The Modern Day Classroom, Dakota Brewer

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Nonprofit College Crash: Enforcing Board Fiduciaries Through Increased Accountability And Transparency In The Irs Form 990 Procedure, Patrick R. Baker, Paula Hearn Moore, Kaleb Paul Byars

Brigham Young University Education and Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Educator Stress: Finding Solutions To Combat Negativity, Exhaustion, And Burnout, Kevin Kusy, Sarah O'Leary-Driscoll

Faculty Publications & Research

What are habits of mind necessary for effective teaching?

• high levels of uncertainty
• attention to others
• mental flexibility
• emotion regulation
• relationship management skills
• working with conflict creatively
• being resilient after conflicts
• practicing forgiveness and relationship reengagement after conflict.

Microcredentials: Promoting Imsa's Signature Strategy, Angela Rowley, Nicole Ross

Publications & Research

Signature Strategy: A Model for Interactive Online Educator Development

Micro credentialing is a process through which professionals can gain credit or recognition for learning new skills, requiring less time and less monetary commitment than certification or degree programs. Typically, micro credential programs offer education in specified skills. For example, a teacher can gain a micro credential in Inquiry-based questioning techniques. Micro credentials may be obtained for learning broad concepts, such as STEM education. While there is no set template or regulation on micro credential programs (anyone can offer and distribute these credentials), most require the student to demonstrate skill acquisition …

Discovery Of An Egfr Inhibitor For The Treatment Of Lung And Other Cancers, Jodie Meng '20

Student Publications & Research

The Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR), a transmembrane protein involved in the regulation of signaling pathways, is frequently overexpressed in epithelial tumors. First generation EGFR TKIs, such as erlotinib and gefitinib, traditionally improved outcomes for non-small-cell lung carcinoma and pancreatic cancer patients by attaching competitively and reversibly to the ATP binding domain of EGFR. Second-generation EGFR TKIs have been developed to combat resistance among patients, despite demonstrating toxic side effects. In the present study, 1400 selective inhibitors were designed based on the molecular scaffolds of first and second generation EGFR TKIs. Results were refined by parameters outlined in Lipinski’s rule. …

Exploration Of The Auditory System And The Prevention Of Hearing Loss From Chemotherapy, Zahra Vasi '20

Student Publications & Research

Cisplatin is one of the most common chemotherapeutic drugs prescribed by doctors around the world, however among the drug’s many side effects is an increase of ROS levels in the body. This results in mitochondrial destruction which causes damage to the auditory system and hearing loss. However, Honokiol, a traditional Chinese drug with mitochondrial protection and anti-tumor properties has been shown to prevent hearing loss from Cisplatin. This study aims to identify the effects of Cisplatin and Honokiol on the auditory system through hearing tests and analysis of the inner ear on a cellular and subcellular level in order to …

“Twins In Blood Only: Zadie Smith's White Teeth And The Failure Of Foils”, Leah Kind

Faculty Publications & Research

My presentation is titled, “Twins in Blood Only: Zadie Smith’s White Teeth and the Failure of Foils”. I initially conceived of this to be a conference paper, but as I jumped into the novel with a class of high school juniors and seniors last spring, I realized that it was the germ of a conference paper, but also a truly dynamic teaching text. What follows is my experiences teaching the novel, as well as how my students and myself worked through some of the more complex and troubling aspects of the plot. I’m retaining my focus on the role of …

Tuberculosis, Jodie Meng '20, Shouri Bochetty '21, Elizabeth Murphy '20, Rachel Mason '20

Human Diseases Graphic Novels

No abstract provided.

Bell's Palsy Disease, Frances Balto, Grace Federici, Bala Ramaraju, Saisu Talasu

Human Diseases Graphic Novels

No abstract provided.

Melanoma, Esha Dani '20, Krishna Thakkar '20, Prarthana Prashanth '21, Srilalana Appasani '21

Human Diseases Graphic Novels

No abstract provided.

Huntington's Disease, Frances Balto, Grace Federici, Bala Ramaraju, Saisu Talasu

Human Diseases Graphic Novels

No abstract provided.

Addisons Disease, Kailey A. Light '21, Tori Shepherd '21, Jemea Hilmara '20

Human Diseases Graphic Novels

No abstract provided.

Pneumonia, Brennan Shapiro '20

Human Diseases Graphic Novels

No abstract provided.

Usft Digital Scholarship Services Annual Report: Fy 2018-2019, Digital Scholarship Services

Digital Commons @ USF Publications

This is the annual report for FY 2018-2019, the third full year of DSS.

A Comparison Of Modern Clarinet Concertos, University Of Denver

Musicology and Ethnomusicology: Student Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Algebra Seminar | Left Braces On, Nov. 5 And Krull Dimension On, Nov. 7, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Ring Theory Seminar | Nonsingular And Cononsingular Properties Via Endomorphism Ring Of Modules, Nov. 8, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

Computing Without Computing: Dna Version, Vladik Kreinovich, Julio C. Urenda

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

The traditional DNA computing schemes are based on using or simulating DNA-related activity. This is similar to how quantum computers use quantum activities to perform computations. Interestingly, in quantum computing, there is another phenomenon known as computing without computing, when, somewhat surprisingly, the result of the computation appears without invoking the actual quantum processes. In this chapter, we show that similar phenomenon is possible for DNA computing: in addition to the more traditional way of using or simulating DNA activity, we can also use DNA inactivity to solve complex problems. We also show that while DNA computing without …

Deep Learning (Partly) Demystified, Vladik Kreinovich, Olga Kosheleva

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

Successes of deep learning are partly due to appropriate selection of activation function, pooling functions, etc. Most of these choices have been made based on empirical comparison and heuristic ideas. In this paper, we show that many of these choices -- and the surprising success of deep learning in the first place -- can be explained by reasonably simple and natural mathematics.

Contributions Of Agriculture, Smesand Non-Smes Toward Povertyreduction In Bangladesh, Prashanta K. Banerjee, Matiur Rahman

International Review of Business and Economics

This paper studies the contributions of bank-based financing to agriculture, SMEs and non-SMEs in the overall poverty reduction in Bangladesh. Annual data are used from 1980 to 2015. ARDL bounds testing approach is applied for evidence of cointegration among the variables and VECM is subsequently estimated. The empirical results show that financing of non-SMEs significantly reduces overall poverty in the long run. To this effect, SMEs play a marginal role in the current state of affairs. In contrast, agricultural financing reveals, otherwise.

Voluntary Simplicity And Materialism: Different Cognitive And Attitudinal Drivers And Different Effects On Self-Brand Connections, Vladimir Pashkevich

International Review of Business and Economics

No abstract provided.

Gulf Of Mexico Hypoxia: Past, Present, And Future, Nancy N. Rabalais, R. Eugene Turner

Faculty Publications

One of the largest human-caused areas of bottom-water oxygen deficiency in the coastal ocean is on the northern Gulf of Mexico continental shelf adjacent to the Mississippi River, which discharges nitrogen and phosphorus loads into its surface waters. The beginnings of seasonal hypoxia (≤2 mg l−1 dissolved oxygen) in this area was in the 1950s with an acceleration in the worsening of severity during the 1970s. Currently, the bottom area of hypoxic areas can approach 23,000 km2, and the volume, 140 km3. Ecosystems, people, and economies are now at risk within the Mississippi River watershed and in the northern Gulf …

Properly Handling Negative Values In The Calculation Of Binding Constants By Physicochemical Modeling Of Spectroscopic Titration Data, Nathanael P. Kazmierczak, Douglas A. Vander Griend

University Faculty Publications and Creative Works

To implement equilibrium hard-modeling of spectroscopic titration data, the analyst must make a variety of crucial data processing choices that address negative absorbance and molar absorptivity values. The efficacy of three such methodological options is evaluated via high-throughput Monte Carlo simulations, root-mean-square error surface mapping, and two mathematical theorems. Accuracy of the calculated binding constant values constitutes the key figure of merit used to compare different data analysis approaches. First, using singular value decomposition to filter the raw absorbance data prior to modeling often reduces the number of negative values involved but has little effect on the calculated binding constant …

The Imprint Of Spiral Arms On The Galactic Rotation Curve, Stacy S. Mcgaugh

Faculty Scholarship

We discuss a model for the Milky Way obtained by fitting the observed terminal velocities with the radial acceleration relation. The resulting stellar surface density profile departs from a smooth exponential disk, having bumps and wiggles that correspond to massive spiral arms. These features are used to estimate the term for the logarithmic density gradient in the Jeans equation, which turn out to have exactly the right location and amplitude to reconcile the apparent discrepancy between the stellar rotation curve and that of the interstellar gas. This model also predicts a gradually declining rotation curve outside the solar circle with …

An Introduction To Shape Dynamics, Patrick R. Kerrigan

Physics

Shape Dynamics (SD) is a new fundamental framework of physics which seeks to remove any non-relational notions from its methodology. importantly it does away with a background space-time and replaces it with a conceptual framework meant to reflect direct observables and recognize how measurements are taken. It is a theory of pure relationalism, and is based on different first principles then General Relativity (GR). This paper investigates how SD assertions affect dynamics of the three body problem, then outlines the shape reduction framework in a general setting.

Bridgewater Review, Vol. 38, No. 2, November 2019

Bridgewater Review

No abstract provided.