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Linearlegions: A Linear Size Cardinality Estimator, N/A

Defensive Publications Series

Counting the number of unique items in a data set is of interest in many applications. For example, the owner of a web property, e.g., a video sharing website, a social media website, a search engine, etc., benefits from knowing the number of unique visitors to their site, the number of unique people that a certain advertisement was shown to, etc. This disclosure describes a practical cardinality estimator that uses O(m + log log N) space and has a conjectured O(1/sqrt(m)) relative error, where m is an accuracy parameter and N is the maximum cardinality that …

Students With Problems Of Professional Competency And Their Impact On Proficient Students In Counseling Programs, Jason S. Rose, Stephanie Persutte-Manning

Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision

Students with problems of professional competency (PPC) issues enact a negative toll on proficient students and require increased faculty attention. While there are resources aimed at supporting students with PPC, we will explore proficient students’ experience of stress and needed supports as a result of classmates with PPC.

Kinematic Models Of Successful Jump Shoot In Basketball From Different Positions, Khaled Atiyat, Osama Abdul Fattah, Iyad Yousef

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This study aimed at identifying the values of some kinematic variables to of jump shoot in basketballfrom three different positions (center, right side, left side) on distance (5.80 m) from the basket, as well to build a kinematic modelof jump shooting in at these centers.The subjects used consisted of (1) professional basketball player of the Jordanian national team (n=1)Individuals (age 35 years, and the height 197 cm, and the mass 92kg).The study examined the angles of flexion joints(elbow, shoulder, hip, knee, and ankle) at the preparatory phase, as well the angles of flexion joints(elbow and ankle) at the take-off phase, …

The Effect Of Processing Guessing Method On The Estimating Item/Person Statistics For Multiple-Choice Test According To Item Response Theory (Irt), Taha Alkursheh

An-Najah University Journal for Research - B (Humanities)

This study aimed at verifying the effect of the guessing on the items parameters, person’s ability and information function. To achieve this aim, a 30 item multiple – choice achievement test. The test had three different forms according Processing Guessing Effect. The responses of 200 examinees on the three forms were analyzed by Bilog–Mg3 programs according to the three parameter logistic model The results of two-way ANOVA revealed significant statistical differences between the means of item difficulty parameters. No Differences were found, however, between the means of item discrimination and the means person’s ability parameter.

Hot Stuff In The Kitchen, Jerry Zezima

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

I’m the very model of the modern modest man. That is why I am somewhat reluctant but still kind of excited to announce that there is a sex scandal going on in my house. And it involves, of all things, Tupperware.

Closest Jupiter, Saturn Conjunction In Almost 400 Years, Erik Johnson

Natural Science Faculty

If you've been looking up in the evening over the last several months, you may have seen some rather bright objects in the southern sky. Those are the planets Jupiter and Saturn, and on December 21 they are going to appear closer together than people have seen in nearly 400 years.

Review Of Γ’ Rafting Behavior In Nickel-Based Superalloys: Crystal Plasticity And Phase-Field Simulation, Zhiyuan Yu, Xinmei Wang, Fuqian Yang, Zhufeng Yue, James C. M. Li

Chemical and Materials Engineering Faculty Publications

Rafting is an important phenomenon of the microstructure evolution in nickel-based single crystal superalloys at elevated temperature. Understanding the rafting mechanism and its effect on the microstructure evolution is of great importance in determining the structural stability and applications of the single crystal superalloys. Phase-field method, which is an excellent tool to analyze the microstructure evolution at mesoscale, has been gradually used to investigate the rafting behavior. In this work, we review the crystal plasticity theory and phase-field method and discuss the application of the crystal plasticity theory and phase-field method in the analysis of the creep deformation and microstructure …

Pedagogy Of The Pandemic: A Case Study Of Emergency Remote Education In A Private Higher Education Institution In Egypt, Rania M Rafik Khalil, Shadia Fahim, Wadouda Badran, Hadia Fakhreldin, Maguid Hassan, Hani Ghali, Attia Attia, Sarah Khalil, Hassan Abdelhamid, Yasmine Abdel Moneim, Omar H. Karam

English Language and Literature

COVID19 caught almost every higher education institution off guard. The pandemic interrupted the teaching and learning process and required immediate implementation of emergency remote learning strategies. Teaching pedagogy turned to new ways of thinking about learning. Consequently, both academic staff and students had to adapt without warning to the challenges of teaching with advanced technology from home which was taking the world by storm. Overcoming this challenge in Egypt has been much easier for private universities in comparison to state universities because of the availability of facilities, funding, smaller cohorts and validation by partner western universities. This paper shares reflections …

Characterizing El Niño-Southern Oscillation Effects On The Blue Nile Yield And The Nile River Basin Precipitation Using Empirical Mode Decomposition, Justin A. Le, Hesham El-Askary, Mohamed Allali, Eman Sayed, Hani Sweliem, Thomas C. Piechota, Daniele C. Struppa

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

Using new mathematical and data-driven techniques, we propose new indices to measure and predict the strength of different El Niño events and how they affect regions like the Nile River Basin (NRB). Empirical Mode Decomposition (EMD), when applied to Southern Oscillation Index (SOI), yields three Intrinsic Mode Functions (IMF) tracking recognizable and physically significant non-stationary processes. The aim is to characterize underlying signals driving ENSO as reflected in SOI, and show that those signals also meaningfully affect other physical processes with scientific and predictive utility. In the end, signals are identified which have a strong statistical relationship with various physical …

The Economics Of Classroom 3-D Printing Of Open-Source Digital Designs Of Learning Aids, Nicole Gallup, Joshua M. Pearce

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

While schools struggle financially, capital for purchasing physical learning aids is often cut. To determine if costs could be reduced for learning aids, this study analyzed classroom-based distributed digital manufacturing using 3-D printing of open-source learning aid designs. Learning aid designs are analyzed in detail for their economic viability considering printing and assembly costs with purchased components and compared to equivalent or inferior commercial products available on Amazon. The results show current open-source 3-D printers are capable of manufacturing useful learning aids and that doing so provides high economic savings in the classroom. Overall, the average learning aid would save …

Urinary‐Nitrogen Output By Dairy Cows In Conventional And Organic Grazing Systems, I. M. Brookes, David J. Horne, A. R. Thatcher

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Potential Economic Benefit Of Intensification Of Beef Production In Australian Rangelands: An Operational Case Study Perspective, Mark A. Best

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Nguni--A New Old Cattle Breed For Rangelands In Communal Areas Of South Africa, Wolfgang Bayer, Brigid Letty, Rauri Alcock

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Effect Of Community Grazing Regulation On Degraded Grasslands In Inner Mongolia, Ian Auldist, Zihong Chen, E. Erdun Baolige

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Legumes Versus Nitrogen Fertilizer To Increase Production From Warm‐Season Grass Pastures, Bruce Anderson

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Can We Really Understand Our Grasslands With Short-Term Experiments?, Vivien G. Allen, David R. Kemp, David L. Michalk

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Ecosystem Response To Cell Grazing In Australian Rangelands, B. M. Alchin, M. Page, O. Bosch

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Relationships Between Pasture Management Inputs And Pasture Consumption Rates In Non‐Irrigateddairy Systems In South‐Eastern Australia, J. Tharmaraj, D. F. Chapman, J. Hill

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Comparison Of Grazing Behaviour Between Goat And Sheep In A Steppe Rangeland Of Iran, Abbasali Sanadgol, Leili Abolhassani, Hosein Bagheri

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

Supplementary Feed To Improve The Production Of Dairy Cattle Under Zero Grazing Condition In Bangladesh, M. A. S. Khan, M. A. Islam

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

No abstract provided.

A Model For Massless Gravitons In Radiation And Matter Dominated Universes, Ioannis Haranas, Eli Cavan, Ioannis Gkigkitzis

Physics and Computer Science Faculty Publications

A massless model of the graviton is explored by considering the minimum amount of information they can carry. The total entropy of the universe is calculated and compared to estimates from Super Massive Black holes and massive models of the graviton. The running cosmological constant is calculated using the entropy relation previously computed and compared to its experimentally accepted value. Both results are quantified considering radiation and matter dominated universes.

Essays In Monetary Policy For Emergingmarket Economies., Sargam Gupta Dr.

Doctoral Theses

The eectiveness of monetary policy in emerging market economies (EMEs) depends on both internal and external factors. Central banks in EMEs have been grappling with volatile capital ows and instability in exchange rates, as a result of unconventional monetary policies adopted by advanced economies (AEs) in the post Global Financial Crisis (GFC) period of 2008-2009 (see Dedola et al. (2017) and Korinek (2018)).1 Concerns related to the inadequacy of monetary policy in EMEs in stabilizing exchange rates have also been raised in a recent speech delivered by Agustin Carstens at the London School of Economics.2 Domestically, what makes monetary policy …

Arts Education: Benefits, Disparities, And Reaching For Equal Access, Madelaine Shreeman

Senior Honors Theses

Arts education is a unique way to engage students. The arts include, but are not limited to, music, theatre, visual/studio arts, poetry, and dance; they are powerful bridges for students to knowledge and classroom contribution. They assist students with lower academic achievement, problematic behavior, or those who have a likelihood of dropping out of school. While there are plenty of resources displaying the student benefits, there remain inequalities in access to arts education among students across America. Often, areas and schools that generally receive fewer opportunities or less arts funding are ones with more at-risk youth. Disproportionate arts access negatively …

Who Relocates, Where Do They Move, And Why?, Yung Chun, Jason Jabbari, Pranav Nandan, Andrew Foell, Michal Grinstein-Weiss

Social Policy Institute Research

The lack of socioeconomic mobility among marginalized populations leads to the concentration of poverty, a long-standing issue in American cities. Empirical studies on neighborhood effects have found that poverty concentration adversely affects the socioeconomic mobility of residents—associated with their economic well-being, employment, education, health, and safety—in lower-income neighborhoods. Through a variety of neighborhood revitalization projects, federal, state, and local governments have put enormous efforts into cutting the vicious cycle of poverty while increasing the socioeconomic mobility of lower-income households. One of these projects, the Choice Neighborhood Initiative, is a recent Federal effort to revitalize distressed public housing sites in American …

Clearance Of Solid Household Waste With The Reception Of Alternative Types Of Energy Carriers, Rakhmatullayev F, Turabdhanov S

Technical science and innovation

The research is devoted to improving the technology of obtaining alternative types of energy carriers by applying methods of pyrolysis of unclaimed types of solid domestic wastes of biological origin, which also allow solving the tasks of improving the ecological situation in the places of formation. The practical value and relevance of this research lies in the development of advanced technology for obtaining alternative fuels. The proposed pyrolysis unit allows producing gaseous and liquid hydrocarbons in a continuous cycle. In the atmosphere of the gasifying agent (air, oxygen, water vapor, carbon dioxide or their mixture), the gasification process is primarily …

Determining Count Of Yarn Without Measuring Its Length., Hamdy Ahmed Ebraheem

Mansoura Engineering Journal

A new method for measuring yam count is presented in this research work. This method depends on weight measurements. Yarn length measurement is avoided because of problems associated with it. The new test method is built on replacing yarn length measuring by weight measuring and then through pure mathematical relations yam count can be calculated. Yarn count is expressed as a function of yam weight and diameter of a cylinder. Before yarn is tested, it goes through a forming process using cylinders of a known diameter to get a new shape which can be mathematically assessed. Formed yarn is weighed. …

Evolutionary Approach-Based Methodology For Egyptian Utility Restoration., Magdy Mohamed El-Saadwi, A . Hassan, R. Ebrahim

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Restoration of a large electric grid after a partial or complete system blackout is a difficult task complicated by many factors, including unknown cause, abnormal operating conditions, infrequently used procedures and unpredictable system configurations. Large utilities must have different scenarios and tools to deal with this problem. The coordination and overall organization of the several aspects of the restoration process will largely determine the effectiveness of the restoration and its speed of progress. The most basic determinants of this organization are the relative roles played by the operator and the computer. Thus there arises a choice between two basic organizing …

Subnormality Of Powers Of Multivariable Weighted Shifts, Sang Hoon Lee, Woo Young Lee, Jasang Yoon

School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications

Given a pair of commuting subnormal Hilbert space operators, the Lifting Problem for Commuting Subnormals (LPCS) asks for necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a commuting pair of normal extensions of and ; in other words, is a subnormal pair. The LPCS is a longstanding open problem in the operator theory. In this paper, we consider the LPCS of a class of powers of -variable weighted shifts. Our main theorem states that if a “corner” of a 2-variable weighted shift is subnormal, then is subnormal if and only if a power is subnormal for some . As a …

Covariant Quantum White Noise From Light-Like Quantum Fields, Radhakrishnan Balu

Journal of Stochastic Analysis

No abstract provided.

Innovator - Winter 2020

Innovator

8 - A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

10 - WHAT’S HAPPENING AT JEFFERSON

16 - DEFINING THE FUTURE OF LEARNING AND WORK
How well are institutions of higher education preparing their graduates for the realities of work in the 21st century?

26 - IT’S IN OUR DNA
Innovative partnership leads to Jefferson Institute for Bioprocessing.

32 - JEFFERSON IS GLOBAL
Jefferson’s study away program provides life-changing experiences for students.

36 - PURSUING KNOWLEDGE AND IMPACT
Provost Mark L. Tykocinski, MD, explores the different research initiatives happening across Jefferson.

38 - LIVING THE DREAM
Jefferson grad orbits among the stars like …