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Comparing The Use Of Electronic Information Resources By Lecturers In Babcock University And Tai Solarin University Of Education In Ogun State, Nigeria., Obinna Nwokike, Temitope Osisianwo

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

There is no doubt that the utilization of electronic information resources has proven to be a more reliable means of meeting information needs of various lecturers and students in Nigerian universities. This study compared the utilization of electronic information resources in Babcock University and Tai Solarin University of Education in Ogun state. A cross sectional survey was carried out on a sample of 264 lecturers using a questionnaire. The study found that there was a significant difference in the utilization of electronic information resources by lecturers in Babcock University and Tai Solarin University of Education. The utilization of search engines …

Efficient End-To-End Autonomous Driving, Hesham Eraqi

Theses and Dissertations

Steering a car through traffic is a complex task that is difficult to cast into algorithms. Therefore, researchers turn to train artificial neural networks from front-facing camera data stream along with the associated steering angles. Nevertheless, most existing solutions consider only the visual camera frames as input, thus ignoring the temporal relationship between frames. In this work, we propose a Convolution Long Short-Term Memory Recurrent Neural Network (C-LSTM), which is end-to-end trainable, to learn both visual and dynamic temporal dependencies of driving. Additionally, We introduce posing the steering angle regression problem as classification while imposing a spatial relationship between the …

A Scientometric Study On The Metrics Of Computer Society Transactions On Ieee, Manase Prabu, Senthil Kumar R

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

ABSTRACT

This paper presents a Scientometric Study on “Metrics of Computer Society Transactions on IEEE” for the study period 2007-2016 (Ten Years). The following areas such as the year-wise distribution of contribution, impact factor of the journals, year of inception of the journals, periodicity of the journals, citation analysis, collaboration of countries for research, funding agencies, the collaboration of organizations by country wise and area of research concentration have been analyzed. 30 journals have been identified for the study of Computer Society Transactions on IEEE. These journals have been identified based on various quality parameters such as impact factor, citations, …

An Assessment Of Research Trends On Fiscal Policy, Shabir Hussain Khahro, Shoail Farooq, Tauha Hussain Ali Dr, Nafees Ahmed Memon Dr, Qasim Hussain Khahro

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Fiscal policy has been a topic of research interest for researchers. It plays a very important role in the economic growth of any country. Fiscal policy does not only achieve economic development, but eliminates the hindrances that assist economic stability. Based on the significance of the term. This paper evaluates the research output of the term fiscal policy since 1970 in different fields using the Scopus database. The data was collected from the Scopus database and were analyzed using Microsoft Excel to analyze the research trends on fiscal policy. It is concluded that fiscal policy has been a topic of …

Professional Books Of Interest, Pat Gallant, Kathy Highfield

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.

The Well-Stocked Bookshelf, Ed Spicer, Marguerite Foshee

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.

Of Cabbages And Kings: Reviews Of Books For Children, Lynette Autrey, Katie Rener, Leah Van Belle, Maggie Wunderlich

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.

Inspire, 2014, V3 N4, Fall, Advocate Aurora Health

Aurora Health Care Books, Documents, and Pamphlets

Aurora Health Care Foundation, Wisconsin: Newsletter from the Aurora Health Care Foundation. This issue contains a story on two parents' experiences with their sons in the NICU, donor spotlights, and a research update.

Annual Report Facts Brochure, Aurora Health Care, 1995, Advocate Aurora Health

Aurora Health Care Books, Documents, and Pamphlets

Aurora Health Care, Wisconsin: A 1995 Aurora Health Care brochure with statistics and information on Aurora Medical Group, Aurora Family Care, Hartford Memorial Hospital, Lakeland Medical Center, Milwaukee Psychiatric Hospital, St Luke's Medical Center, Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center, Sinai Samaritan Medical Center, Two Rivers Community Hospital, Valley View Medical Center, Visiting Nurse Association of Wisconsin, and West Allis Memorial Hospital.

Brochure included as part of the 1995 Annual Report for Aurora Health Care

Major-General Roger Rowley And The Failure Of Military Reform, 1958-1969, Peter Kasurak

Canadian Military History

Many consider the pre-Unification Canadian Army to have achieved the apogee of professionalism, but long-term progress did not result. Major-General Roger Rowley led three major reforms of the Canadian Army and the Canadian Forces during the 1958-1969 period: the reform of the Canadian Army Staff College, the restructuring of the Army through the Army Tactics and Organization Board and the reform of the military profession and officer development through the Officer Development Board. The failure of Rowley’s initiatives reveals the limits of knowledge-based professionalism, collegial decision making and the development of a national strategic perspective in the armed forces of …

Cultivating Digital Literacy In Our Schools: Constructing Qualit Professional Development, Haley Albertsen, Barb Auth, Tara Mulvany

Michigan Reading Journal

No abstract provided.

Mission-Centered Collaborative Bridges To Increase Stem Motivations, Colleen Duffy

Journal of Vincentian Social Action

Many school administrators are enthusiastic about implementing new educational initiatives but have their plans thwarted because they are faced with the reality of insufficient resources. This can greatly limit the expansion of K-12 educational programs and deprive students of valuable learning opportunities. Additionally, teacher preparation programs are required to meet state mandates such as providing field experiences for preservice teachers that promote the authentic application of knowledge in PK-12 classrooms, but regional competition for placement opportunities create tremendous obstacles for higher education faculty. This essay describes the creation and implementation of a mission-centered mutually beneficial K-12 and intercollegiate partnership that …

Fall Commencement Program, December 18, 2020, Coastal Carolina University

Commencement Programs

Program of Commencement Exercises at Coastal Carolina University.

The Algorithm Project Research And Modeling Of Information Systems, Victoria Kuznetsova, S.B. Dovletova, Mixriddin Raximov, Gulnora Muxtorova, Kim Yelena

Bulletin of TUIT: Management and Communication Technologies

Pre-project research is a strategic stage of the object design process, based on the results of which a decision is made on the level of competitiveness, development prospects, setting a task for the project, labor intensity and feasibilityof creating a system in general.

The existing methods of pre-project research have a high degree of generalization and are practically not formalized in any way. The disadvantage of these methods is that they consider only specific individual prototypes and are aimed at finding solutions to current problems and eliminating individual shortcomings of a particular prototype. Thus, it Is Concluded that It Is …

Effective Early Treatment Of Microcystis Exponential Growth And Microcystin Production With Hydrogen Peroxide And Hydroxyapatite, Ian Struewing, Nathan Sienkiewicz, Chiqian Zhang, Nicholas Dugan, Jingrang Lu

Faculty Publications

: Mitigating cyanotoxin production is essential to protecting aquatic ecosystems and public health. However, current harmful cyanobacterial bloom (HCB) control strategies have significant shortcomings. Because predicting HCBs is difficult, current HCB control strategies are employed when heavy HCBs have already occurred. Our pilot study developed an effective HCB prediction approach that is employed before exponential cyanobacterial growth and massive cyanotoxin pro‐ duction can occur. We used a quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) assay targeting the toxin‐encoding gene mcyA to signal the timing of treatment. When control measures were applied at an early growth stage or one week before the exponential …

Empowering Higher Education Extension Workers For Community Engagement: The Case Of A Certificate Course Offered By A Comprehensive University In Manila, Mark Anthony D. Abenir, Abegail Martha S. Abelardo, Veronica Michelle L. Moreno

Goal 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Even though community engagement is an important function of higher educational institutions (HEIs), many HEI personnel across the world are in need of training in this area. In the extant literature, trainings for community engagement in an HEI context are well studied in countries of the Global North. However, there seems to be a dearth of literature about this field in the Philippines. Our research addresses this gap by delving into the certificate course on community engagement and organizing offered by the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila. Specifically, this study describes the content and conduct of the course, …

Adaptive Courseware Implementation: Investigating Alignment, Course Redesign, And The Student Experience, Patricia O'Sullivan, Janelle Voegele, Tonya Buchan, Raiza Dottin, Kari Goin Kono, Misty Hamideh, Wendy S. Howard, Jennifer Todd, Lee Tyson, Stanley Kruse, Johannes De Gruyter, Kevin Berg

Current Issues in Emerging eLearning

In this paper, four institutions share student and faculty feedback on the implementation of adaptive courseware through a common case study: biology for undergraduate non-majors. Additionally, each institution has provided a second case study of their choice. Together, researchers at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, CO, Portland State University in Portland, OR, University of Central Florida in Orlando, FL, and the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS consider student perception of the benefits to the implementation of adaptive courseware, and how the deliberate alignment between adaptive courseware and course organization and structure impacts student experience. This paper highlights the …

Modeling Residence Time Distribution Of Chromatographic Perfusion Resin For Large Biopharmaceutical Molecules: A Computational Fluid Dynamic Study, Kevin Vehar

KGI Theses and Dissertations

The need for production processes of large biotherapeutic particles, such as virus-based particles and extracellular vesicles, has risen due to increased demand in the development of vaccinations, gene therapies, and cancer treatments. Liquid chromatography plays a significant role in the purification process and is routinely used with therapeutic protein production. However, performance with larger macromolecules is often inconsistent, and parameter estimation for process development can be extremely time- and resource-intensive. This thesis aimed to utilize advances in computational fluid dynamic (CFD) modeling to generate a first-principle model of the chromatographic process while minimizing model parameter estimation's physical resource demand. Specifically, …

Designing And Teaching Adaptive+Active Learning Effectively, Peter Van Leusen, James Cunningham, Dale P. Johnson

Current Issues in Emerging eLearning

To fulfill the promise of providing all learners with access to education, institutions of higher education are exploring personalized learning for individuals with different skills, abilities, and interests. These universities have turned to an instructional model that combines adaptive courseware and learner-centered instruction. This is often referred to as active learning. Despite growth in adaptive courseware and generous support through national organizations, successful implementation of adaptive systems is mixed (SRI Education, 2016). This article highlights the need for a systems approach and illustrates this approach through design and pedagogy decisions that have contributed to the success of adaptive learning at …

Roy Goines, Kelli Johnson

Publications

Roy Goines was born on January 3,1938 in Barboursville, West Virginia, to a family with five sisters and two brothers. Goines attended Douglass High School in Huntington, West Virginia and graduated in 1955. He received a scholarship to play football at Marshall University where he studied accounting. At Marshall University, Goines was on the Dean’s List, listed on the Who’s Who list of students, and was second in command of the ROTC.

Design And Synthesis Of Pyrimidine Based Fused Heterocyclics In The Potential Treatment Of Cancer And Opportunistic Infection, Farhana Islam

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Dose-limiting toxicities of clinically used agents and development of resistance are two significant limitations in cancer chemotherapy. Microtubule targeting agents (MTAs) are a structurally diverse set of compounds that disrupt microtubule dynamics and exert their anticancer effect. Combination chemotherapy with antiangiogenic agents and microtubule targeting agents has shown an advantage against both these drawbacks. Single agents with dual antiangiogenic activity and cytotoxicity would afford a therapy that circumvents pharmacokinetic problems of multiple agents, avoid drug-drug interactions, lower the drug dose, decrease overlapping toxicities, and delay or prevent tumor cell resistance. The work in this dissertation reflects the progress of fused …

The Launch 2020: A Senior Cabaret, Otterbein Theatre And Dance Department

2020-2021 Season

No abstract provided.

My Face Is Not The Problem, Malique I. Morris

Capstones

In 2019, after a weekend full of rejection in the gayest neighborhood in Los Angeles, I became so ashamed of my phenotypically black facial features, I completely stopped looking in the mirror. As it turns out, I’m one of many black people who have internalized anti-blackness to such an extent. Skin bleaching is a multi-billion-dollar sector of the cosmetics industry, with Africa being its biggest market, and studies show that black people with darker skin and wider noses are more likely to be killed during encounters with the police. So, an honest conversation about systemic racism is actually a conversation …

Direct Measurement Of The Cosmic-Ray Carbon And Oxygen Spectra From 10 Gev/ N To 2.2 Tev/ N With The Calorimetric Electron Telescope On The International Space Station, O. Adriani, Y. Akaike, K. Asano, Y. Asaoka, M. G. Bagliesi, E. Berti, G. Bigongiari, W. R. Binns, M. Bongi, P. Brogi, A. Bruno, J. H. Buckley, N. Cannady, G. Castellini, C. Checchia, M. L. Cherry, G. Collazuol, K. Ebisawa, H. Fuke, S. Gonzi, T. G. Guzik, T. Hams, K. Hibino, M. Ichimura, K. Ioka, W. Ishizaki, M. H. Israel, K. Kasahara, J. Kataoka, R. Kataoka, Y. Katayose, C. Kato, N. Kawanaka

Faculty Publications

In this paper, we present the measurement of the energy spectra of carbon and oxygen in cosmic rays based on observations with the Calorimetric Electron Telescope on the International Space Station from October 2015 to October 2019. Analysis, including the detailed assessment of systematic uncertainties, and results are reported. The energy spectra are measured in kinetic energy per nucleon from 10 GeV/n to 2.2 TeV/n with an all-calorimetric instrument with a total thickness corresponding to 1.3 nuclear interaction length. The observed carbon and oxygen fluxes show a spectral index change of ∼0.15 around 200 GeV/n established with a significance >3σ. …

Retention Outcomes Of A Nursing Engagement Platform: A Program Evaluation, Kimberly Denning

Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Manuscripts

Nursing leaders continue to face challenges with retaining an adequate nursing workforce. This project assesses the value and feasibility of a nursing engagement platform that was conducted for its effectiveness on retaining nurses in the Salt Lake City Veterans Affairs (VA) hospital. The platform consists of educational release time, monetary incentives, and tuition reimbursement. This project aims to analyze the organization's current nursing engagement platform for effectiveness in increasing nursing retention, nursing satisfaction, and patient satisfaction while reducing nursing turnover. A retrospective data analysis was used to compare nursing retention from the previous year and data analysis was conducted on …

2020: The Year In Photos, Haley Herfurth

Browse All News

No abstract provided.

Visualization Of Large Networks Using Recursive Community Detection, Xinyuan Fan

Master's Projects

Networks show relationships between people or things. For instance, a person has a social network of friends, and websites are connected through a network of hyperlinks. Networks are most commonly represented as graphs, so graph drawing becomes significant for network visualization. An effective graph drawing can quickly reveal connections and patterns within a network that would be difficult to discern without visual aid. But graph drawing becomes a challenge for large networks. Am- biguous edge crossings are inevitable in large networks with numerous nodes and edges, and large graphs often become a complicated tangle of lines. These issues greatly reduce …

Dna Polymerase Ε: Replication Error Prevention And Consequences Of A Cancer-Associated Mutation, Chelsea R. Bulock

Theses & Dissertations

Genome integrity is necessary to prevent mutations and disease. During eukaryotic DNA replication, DNA polymerases ε (Polε) and δ (Polδ) synthesize the leading and lagging strand, respectively. Polε and Polδ also have exonuclease activity that acts in series with post-replicative mismatch repair (MMR) to remove replication errors. Defects in proofreading and MMR lead to an increase in mutations and cause cancer in humans. This dissertation focuses on several unresolved issues involving the relationship between Polε and Polδ in replication error avoidance. First, despite an abundance of data supporting the one-strand-one-polymerase replication fork model, defects in the fidelity of Polε have …

Anti-Muc4Β Antibodies As A Novel Therapeutic Modality For The Treatment Of Pancreatic Cancer, Catherine Orzechowski

Theses & Dissertations

The deregulation of cell surface glycoproteins, such as mucins, is a hallmark of many tumors of epithelial origin. The transmembrane mucin MUC4, is differentially overexpressed in several malignancies, including pancreatic, breast, ovarian, lung, cervical, and head and neck cancers. Of all the aforementioned cancers, the role of MUC4 has been the most thoroughly in pancreatic cancer (PC), which is the 4th leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. While MUC4 is undetectable in the normal or inflamed pancreas (pancreatitis), its expression progressively increases during PC progression and its higher expression correlates with poor survival. The role of MUC4 …

Pandemic Driven Innovation: Development Of An Alternative Respiratory Pathogen Self-Collection Device, Thang Nguyen

Theses & Dissertations

The SARS-CoV-2 virus outbreak has underscored numerous weak links in our biodefense countermeasures against highly communicable diseases. Many believe it was our lack of an effective testing model that allowed the virus to become a global pandemic within a short period. The gold standard collection method for the SARS-CoV-2 virus involves mechanical debridement of the nasopharyngeal cavity with a stiff swab applicator, which has been known to cause pain and injury to patients, subsequently resulting in low patient acceptance of the procedure. Due to the invasive nature of the nasopharyngeal swab collection method, it may not be conducive to the …