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Review Of Learner-Centered Pedagogy: Principles And Practice, Kayla Harris Dec 2019

Review Of Learner-Centered Pedagogy: Principles And Practice, Kayla Harris

Journal of Contemporary Archival Studies

Learner-Centered Pedagogy: Principles and Practice combines theory and application to explain why “who we are as people matters” in regards to learning. Although the text is written for instructional librarians teaching information literacy, the scenarios are easily adapted to a special collections context, making this a key text for any archivist, especially those with responsibilities for outreach or instruction.

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Identifying Customer Churn In After-Market Operations Using Machine Learning Algorithms, Vitaly Briker, Richard Farrow, William Trevino, Brent Allen Dec 2019

Identifying Customer Churn In After-Market Operations Using Machine Learning Algorithms, Vitaly Briker, Richard Farrow, William Trevino, Brent Allen

SMU Data Science Review

This paper presents a comparative study on machine learning methods as they are applied to product associations, future purchase predictions, and predictions of customer churn in aftermarket operations. Association rules are used help to identify patterns across products and find correlations in customer purchase behaviour. Studying customer behaviour as it pertains to Recency, Frequency, and Monetary Value (RFM) helps inform customer segmentation and identifies customers with propensity to churn. Lastly, Flowserve’s customer purchase history enables the establishment of churn thresholds for each customer group and assists in constructing a model to predict future churners. The aim of this model is …

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Personalized Detection Of Anxiety Provoking News Events Using Semantic Network Analysis, Jacquelyn Cheun Phd, Luay Dajani, Quentin B. Thomas Dec 2019

Personalized Detection Of Anxiety Provoking News Events Using Semantic Network Analysis, Jacquelyn Cheun Phd, Luay Dajani, Quentin B. Thomas

SMU Data Science Review

In the age of hyper-connectivity, 24/7 news cycles, and instant news alerts via social media, mental health researchers don't have a way to automatically detect news content which is associated with triggering anxiety or depression in mental health patients. Using the Associated Press news wire, a semantic network was built with 1,056 news articles containing over 500,000 connections across multiple topics to provide a personalized algorithm which detects problematic news content for a given reader. We make use of Semantic Network Analysis to surface the relationship between news article text and anxiety in readers who struggle with mental health disorders. …

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A Data Science Approach To Defining A Data Scientist, Andy Ho, An Nguyen, Jodi L. Pafford, Robert Slater Dec 2019

A Data Science Approach To Defining A Data Scientist, Andy Ho, An Nguyen, Jodi L. Pafford, Robert Slater

SMU Data Science Review

In this paper, we present a common definition and list of skills for a Data Scientist using online job postings. The overlap and ambiguity of various roles such as data scientist, data engineer, data analyst, software engineer, database administrator, and statistician motivate the problem. To arrive at a single Data Scientist definition, we collect over 8,000 job postings from Indeed.com for the six job titles. Each corpus contains text on job qualifications, skills, responsibilities, educational preferences, and requirements. Our data science methodology and analysis rendered the single definition of a data scientist: A data scientist codes, collaborates, and communicates – …

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Predict Missed Ship Date Occurrence And Determine Root Cause Of Missed Ship Dates For Xyz Furniture Company, Selwyn Samuel, Shon Mohsin, Rida Moustafa Dec 2019

Predict Missed Ship Date Occurrence And Determine Root Cause Of Missed Ship Dates For Xyz Furniture Company, Selwyn Samuel, Shon Mohsin, Rida Moustafa

SMU Data Science Review

In this paper we analyze sales data from 2016-2018 consisting of 5,547,066 records and 30 categorical variables for XYZ Furniture company (XYZ) and answer two questions of interest. The first is given the sales order data, can we predict if the shipment will miss the estimated delivery date that is generated from XYZ's internal shipment delivery date estimator. We run the data through Support Gradient Descent Boost, Random Forest, Shallow Neural Net, and Deep Neural Net models. The Deep Neural Net model provides the highest accuracy at 84.74% of predicting if a given record will miss the estimated ship date. …

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Molecularly Targeted Treatments For Urothelial And Renal Cell Carcinomas, Andre R. Jordan Dec 2019

Molecularly Targeted Treatments For Urothelial And Renal Cell Carcinomas, Andre R. Jordan

Open Access Dissertations

Bladder cancer (BCa) is the 4th most common cancer in men, and more often presents as advanced disease in women. Management of BCa is complicated and costly due to high rates of recurrence and progression, multifocality, and heterogeneity of tumors. The hyaluronic acid-HYAL-1 system is a molecular driver of BCa. Tumor cell-derived hyaluronidase, HYAL-1, degrades hyaluronic acid (HA) into angiogenic fragments (AGF: 10-12 disaccharides). AGF support tumor growth and progression. In preclinical models of BCa, we evaluated whether o-sulfated AGF (sHA-F) inhibits HYAL-1 HAase activity and has antitumor activity. At IC50 for HAase activity inhibition (5-20 µg/ml [0.4-1.7 µM]), sHA-F …

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Academic Affairs And Assessment Committee Agenda, December 17, 2019, Coastal Carolina University Dec 2019

Academic Affairs And Assessment Committee Agenda, December 17, 2019, Coastal Carolina University

Board of Trustees Agendas

No abstract provided.

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Board Of Trustees Agenda, December 17, 2019, Coastal Carolina University Dec 2019

Board Of Trustees Agenda, December 17, 2019, Coastal Carolina University

Board of Trustees Agendas

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Finance, Planning And Facilities Committee, December 17, 2019, Coastal Carolina University Dec 2019

Finance, Planning And Facilities Committee, December 17, 2019, Coastal Carolina University

Board of Trustees Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Fluorinated Coal Derived Carbons And Electrodes For Use In Battery Systems And Similar, Stephen M. Lipka, Christopher R. Swartz Dec 2019

Fluorinated Coal Derived Carbons And Electrodes For Use In Battery Systems And Similar, Stephen M. Lipka, Christopher R. Swartz

Center for Applied Energy Research Faculty Patents

An electrode including fluorinated and surface defluorinated coal is described, as well as methods of producing such and employing such within an electrical system. The coal in the electrodes is fluorinated at an amount of between 0.3 and 1 .4. The resulting coal products can be further surface defluorinated and maintain functionality within an electrical system.

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Implementing A Raman Shift For The Ro3qet Ozone Lidar, Ankar Shah Dec 2019

Implementing A Raman Shift For The Ro3qet Ozone Lidar, Ankar Shah

Honors Capstone Projects and Theses

No abstract provided.

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Fall Commencement Program, December 17, 2019, Coastal Carolina University Dec 2019

Fall Commencement Program, December 17, 2019, Coastal Carolina University

Commencement Programs

Program of Commencement Exercises at Coastal Carolina University.

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Finance, Planning And Facilities Committee Agenda, December 17, 2019, Coastal Carolina University Dec 2019

Finance, Planning And Facilities Committee Agenda, December 17, 2019, Coastal Carolina University

Board of Trustees Agendas

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Executive Committee Agenda, December 17, 2019, Coastal Carolina University Dec 2019

Executive Committee Agenda, December 17, 2019, Coastal Carolina University

Board of Trustees Agendas

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December 17, 2019: Today's Column On Hate Speech In The Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2019

December 17, 2019: Today's Column On Hate Speech In The Pennsylvania Capital-Star, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Today's column on hate speech in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.

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Think We’Re Powerless Against Hate Speech? The Constitution Provides Plenty Of Room To Address It, Bruce Ledewitz Dec 2019

Think We’Re Powerless Against Hate Speech? The Constitution Provides Plenty Of Room To Address It, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.

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Stephen L. Zegura (July 2, 1943–May 26, 2019), Rebecca Rogers Ackermann, Michelle Bezanson, Michael Hammer, David Raichlen Dec 2019

Stephen L. Zegura (July 2, 1943–May 26, 2019), Rebecca Rogers Ackermann, Michelle Bezanson, Michael Hammer, David Raichlen

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

No abstract provided.

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Population Structure Analyses Provide Insight Into The Source Populations Underlying Rural Isolated Communities In Illinois, Amanda C. Owings, Samuel Bonfim Fernandes, Marcus O. Olatoye, Amanda J. Fogleman, Whitney E. Zahnd, Wiley D. Jenkins, Ripan S. Malhi, Alexander E. Lipka Dec 2019

Population Structure Analyses Provide Insight Into The Source Populations Underlying Rural Isolated Communities In Illinois, Amanda C. Owings, Samuel Bonfim Fernandes, Marcus O. Olatoye, Amanda J. Fogleman, Whitney E. Zahnd, Wiley D. Jenkins, Ripan S. Malhi, Alexander E. Lipka

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

We have previously hypothesized that relatively small and isolated rural communities may experience founder effects, defined as the genetic ramifications of small population sizes at the time of a community’s establishment. To explore this, we used an Illumina Infinium Omni2.5Exome-8 chip to collect data from 157 individuals from four Illinois communities, three rural and one urban. Genetic diversity estimates of 999,259 autosomal markers suggested that the reduction in heterozygosity due to shared ancestry was approximately 0, indicating a randomly mating population. An eigenanalysis, which is similar to a principal component analysis but ran on a genetic coancestry matrix, conducted in …

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2019 December 17 - Medical Student Education Committee Minutes, Medical Student Education Committee, East Tennessee State University Dec 2019

2019 December 17 - Medical Student Education Committee Minutes, Medical Student Education Committee, East Tennessee State University

Medical Student Education Committee Minutes

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How The Atacama Skeleton Might Advance Discussion Of Responsible Conduct Of Research Responsibilities, Thomas May, Mariko Nakano-Okuno Dec 2019

How The Atacama Skeleton Might Advance Discussion Of Responsible Conduct Of Research Responsibilities, Thomas May, Mariko Nakano-Okuno

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Controversies resulting from genetic testing on skeletal remains of disputed stewardship raise important questions about obligations inherent on genetic researchers to assure ethical chain of custody. In this paper, we analyze and evaluate several proposed positions on whether such research should be published. Following jurisprudential standards for legitimate regulatory systems, we argue that responsible conduct of research requires reasonable attention to chain of custody, but cannot require guarantees, particularly in cases of ancient remains.

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Mitochondrial Genome Of An 8,400-Year-Old Individual From Northern China Reveals A Novel Sub-Clade Under C5d, Xiyan Wu, Chao Ning, Qingchuan Bao, Shizhu Gao, Fan Zhang, Sihao Wu, Tianjiao Li, Linyuan Fan, Tao Li, Xuan Yang, Dawei Cai, Yinqiu Cui Dec 2019

Mitochondrial Genome Of An 8,400-Year-Old Individual From Northern China Reveals A Novel Sub-Clade Under C5d, Xiyan Wu, Chao Ning, Qingchuan Bao, Shizhu Gao, Fan Zhang, Sihao Wu, Tianjiao Li, Linyuan Fan, Tao Li, Xuan Yang, Dawei Cai, Yinqiu Cui

Human Biology Open Access Pre-Prints

Ancient DNA studies have always refreshed our understanding of the human past that can’t be tracked by modern DNA alone. Until recently, ancient mitochondrial genomic studies in East Asia are still very limited. Here, we retrieved the whole mitochondrial genome of an 8,400-year- old individual from Inner Mongolia, China. Phylogenetic analyses show that the individual belongs to a previously undescribed clade under haplogroup C5d that was most probably originated in northern Asia and may have a very low frequency in extant populations that is not yet sampled. We further characterized the demographic history of mitochondrial haplogroups C5 and C5d, and …

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Reported Acquisition Practices Of Australian Dog Owners, Simone A. Blackman, Bethany J. Wilson, Alistair R. Reed, Paul D. Mcgreevy Dec 2019

Reported Acquisition Practices Of Australian Dog Owners, Simone A. Blackman, Bethany J. Wilson, Alistair R. Reed, Paul D. Mcgreevy

Rescue and Surrender of Companion Animals Collection

In Australia, the UK and the US dog ownership is prevalent with an estimated 40% of Australian households, 25% of UK households, and 50% of US households owning a dog. Once acquired, a dog usually becomes a family companion so, unlike a faulty product, it can rarely be returned or resold without some emotional impact on both the acquirer and the dog. Regarding the reality of dog relinquishment, there is a growing need for cross-disciplinary research that considers how dog owners are making their acquisition choices and, if prioritising different attributes, leads to more optimal acquisition choices. This research collected …

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Barlag Named President Elect Of The Forensic Science Institute Of Ohio, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences Dec 2019

Barlag Named President Elect Of The Forensic Science Institute Of Ohio, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Bishop Provides Valuable Community Outreach And Fungi Education, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences Dec 2019

Bishop Provides Valuable Community Outreach And Fungi Education, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

No abstract provided.

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Career Corner | Quitslund On ‘5 Reasons English Majors Land The Job’, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences Dec 2019

Career Corner | Quitslund On ‘5 Reasons English Majors Land The Job’, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Evans Is Fall 2019 Commencement Speaker, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences Dec 2019

Evans Is Fall 2019 Commencement Speaker, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Graduate Students Work To Preserve Prairie-Like Sites In Athens County, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences Dec 2019

Graduate Students Work To Preserve Prairie-Like Sites In Athens County, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

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Nih Grant Helps Carroll Examine How To Combat Mrsa Infections, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences Dec 2019

Nih Grant Helps Carroll Examine How To Combat Mrsa Infections, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Reducing Pressure Ulcers In Emergency Department Boarding Patients, Youa Yang Dec 2019

Reducing Pressure Ulcers In Emergency Department Boarding Patients, Youa Yang

Nursing and Health Professions Faculty Research and Publications

CRMC is a level one trauma and teaching hospital in Fresno, California. CRMC’s emergency department (ED) is licensed for 84 beds. When hall beds are added this ED can go up to 110 beds. CRMC sees over 9,000 patients a month. Due to an increase in hospital census and length of stay, this ED has a daily average of 30 inpatients boarding. In December of 2018, this ED had one hospital acquired pressure ulcers (HAPU). Barriers to preventing HAPU’s in the ED are rooms that are not big enough to accommodate hospital beds, inexperienced new nurses who are unaware of …

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Genetic Taster Status As A Mediator Of Neural Activity And Swallowing Mechanics In Healthy Adults, Angela M. Dietsch, Ross M. Westemeyer, William G. Pearson Jr., Douglas H. Schultz Dec 2019

Genetic Taster Status As A Mediator Of Neural Activity And Swallowing Mechanics In Healthy Adults, Angela M. Dietsch, Ross M. Westemeyer, William G. Pearson Jr., Douglas H. Schultz

Center for Brain, Biology, and Behavior: Faculty Publications

As part of a larger study examining relationships between taste properties and swallowing, we assessed the influence of genetic taster status (GTS) on measures of brain activity and swallowing physiology during taste stimulation in healthy men and women. Twenty-one participants underwent videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) and functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) during trials of high-intensity taste stimuli. The precisely formulated mixtures included sour, sweet-sour, lemon, and orange taste profiles and unflavored controls. Swallowing physiology was characterized via computational analysis of swallowing mechanics plus other kinematic and temporal measures, all extracted from VFSS recordings. Whole-brain analysis of fMRI data assessed blood …

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