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5. Programs And Algorithms, Zhiqu Lu, Likun Zhang, Lei Cao

Gulf Research Program Data Sets

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6. Supplemental Materials, Zhiqu Lu, Likun Zhang, Lei Cao

Gulf Research Program Data Sets

This data set contains all conference presentations, manuscripts, technical reports, posters.

The Effects Of Exercise On Breastmilk Composition And Supply: A Critical Literature Review, Jewell Mcroy

Masters Theses, 2020-current

It is well established that breastfeeding provides dual benefits to both the mother and the infant and is the preferred method of providing nutrients to infants essential for growth and development. Participating in regular physical exercise is also well-supported by research to be beneficial to one’s overall health and quality of life. Currently there are no physical activity guidelines developed for women who are postpartum and breastfeeding. An online database search was conducted; three articles met the inclusion criteria and were included within the review. Studies were included if there were direct measures of human breastmilk composition, supply/volume, and included …

Growth Strategies Through Mergers And Acquisitions In Knowledge-Based Companies – The Case For Architect/Engineer (A/E) Professional Service Firms (Psfs), Terry A. Ruhl

College of Business Theses and Dissertations

Analyses of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) across industries are prevalent in the literature. Yet, this research reveals that at least half, if not more, of all M&A activity fails to meet strategic, operational, and financial objectives, and can result in declining employee and customer satisfaction. The research herein develops a model framework for alternative growth strategies in the architecture/engineering (A/E) industry, with a specific focus on the antecedents of successful M&A among A/E professional service firms (PSFs).At the center of the model is the Resource Based View of the Firm, where leadership capacity, cash, and capital flows yield an affordable …

Effects Of Urbanization On Buff-Bellied Hummingbirds In Subtropical South Texas, John S. Brush, Timothy Brush, Alexis Racelis

Cities and the Environment (CATE)

Urbanization and its associated processes affect wildlife in a variety of ways. Understanding how this increasing land use type affects biological communities is important for conservation efforts. Hummingbirds (family Trochilidae) are one taxon that has showed positive responses to varying intensities of urban development. We surveyed for Buff-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia yucatanensis), a species on its northern range-limits, in urban woodlands, residential, natural, and revegetated habitats. We examined how urbanization is affecting Buff-bellied Hummingbird populations in South Texas with point-count surveys and GIS analysis. We found that Buff-bellied Hummingbirds had greater relative abundances in urban settings when compared with …

Large Animal Genetic Engineering Summit 2020, Irina A. Polejaeva

Funded Research Records

No abstract provided.

Effects Of Sea Ice Seasonal Evolution And Oil Properties On Crude Oil Upward Migration Through Sea Ice, Marc Oggier

Geosciences

Sea ice plays an essential role in polar ecosystems as a habitat for organisms at the base of the food web. Receding Arctic perennial sea ice, potential oil and gas reserves, and increasing industrial activities in the Arctic are likely to increase oil extraction and transport in the maritime Arctic. Despite a decrease in summer sea ice extent, Arctic waters remain covered with sea ice for much of the year, increasing the risk of an oil spill in and under Arctic sea ice. This dissertation addresses the need for a quantitative understanding of the timing of and constraints on oil …

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Roads And Airfields Constructed On Permafrost: A Synthesis Of Practice, Billy Connor, Douglas J. Goering, Mikhail Kanevskiy, Erin Trochim, Kevin L. Bjella, Robert L. Mchattie

AIDC Project Reports

This synthesis provides the practicing engineer with the basic knowledge required to build roadway and airports over permafrost terrain. Topic covered include an overview of permafrost, geotechnical investigations, slope stability, impacts of climate, and adaptation strategies during the design, construction and maintenance phases. The purpose of the synthesis is not to provide a comprehensive body of knowledge or to provide a complete how‐to manual. Rather the synthesis provides a working knowledge for those working in permafrost regions such that the practicing engineer will be able to work with subject matter experts to obtain the desired project outcomes.

Scattering Of Goldstone Bosons And Resonance Production In A Composite Higgs Model On The Lattice, V Drach, T Janowski, C Pica, S Prelovsek

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

No abstract provided.

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

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On The Effective Finite Element Simplification Of Bolted Joints: Static And Modal Analyses, Abdulrahman Mohammad Ibrahim

Theses

In this paper, the finite element simplification of a standard bolted joint configuration is investigated. Static and modal analyses of a 3D model are used for benchmarking three different simplified finite element models using Siemens NX software. More specifically, the three simplified finite element models utilize beam elements, spring elements and a coupled shell-beamspring elements model. Four margin of safety criteria with respect to slipping, gapping, yield strength and ultimate strength were evaluated. Results show comparable values in the yield and ultimate margins of safety of all three simplified finite element models. Additionally, a parametric analysis relative to bolt size …

Suicide By Cop: A Secondary Analysis Using Open-Source News Data, Mckayla Nolan

Theses

Suicide by cop (SBC) has recently become a known phenomenon in the United States, Canada, Australia and parts on the United Kingdom as another way to complete suicide (Patton & Fremouw,2015). SBC refers to when an individual creates a scenario in which law enforcement agencies are called and have to use deadly force in order to protect themselves and the people around the individual who is attempting to take their life (Mohandie, Meloy, & Collins, 2009). The term suicide by cop was originally coined by a police officer and psychologist Karl Harris in 1983 and is the term that is …

Challenges Of Using A Blended Learning Approach: A Flipped Classroom In An English Teacher Education Program In Mexico, Edgar Emmanuell Garcia-Ponce, Irasema Mora-Pablo

Higher Learning Research Communications

Objectives: The objective of the study was to understand the views, experiences, and challenges that preservice English teachers perceived in a flipped classroom, which was implemented in a language teacher education program following our institution’s desire to promote blended learning.

Method: Two focus groups were conducted with the students (19). We analyzed the data using thematic analysis.

Results: The results show that the students perceived flipped practices as innovative and beneficial for their learning. However, their responses also reveal that the autonomy required from them and taking more responsibility for their own learning were particularly challenging because of their lack …

Scholarly Communications In Knowledge Economy By A Premier Indian Chemical Sciences R&D Laboratory - Csir-Ncl : A Scientometric Evaluation, Gati Krushna Nayak, Sudam Charan Sahu, Vaishali S. Khaparde, Sudeshna Tripathi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper made an attempt to analyze publications of CSIR-NCL, Pune a reputed world class 70 years renowned Chemistry & Chemical Engineering R&D Laboratory during the last 10 years w.e.f. 2010-2019 as reflected in SCOPUS multidisciplinary international database. The total number of 5372 research publications have been downloaded and analyzed according to the objectives. This paper gives a complete view of the evaluation of research outcomes of the CSIR-NCL, Pune the productive and influential in innovative research. This paper vigorously tries to give a complete view of the evaluation of research outcomes of the CSIR-NCL, Pune in India that ought …

The Megaton Mission : The Role Of The Nuclear Arms Race In 1950s British Imperialism, Joseph David Daniel Holding

Lingnan Theses (MPhil & PhD)

In August 1945, the Pacific theatre of the Second World War came to a dramatic close with the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Following this, tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union grew tremendously and the two superpowers set about developing even more destructive bombs in case these tensions reached a breaking point. The nuclear bomb came to symbolise power in the post-war era. However, they were not the only powers with nuclear programmes in the 1950s. Churchill, and successive Conservative governments, were keen in joining the nuclear arms race. Operation Grapple was …

Quantifying Deepfake Detection Accuracy For A Variety Of Natural Settings, Pratikkumar Prajapati

Master's Projects

Deep fakes are videos generated from a starting video of a person where that person's face has been swapped for someone else's. In this report, we describe our work to develop general, deep learning-based models to classify Deep Fake content. Our first experiments involved simple Convolution Neural Network (CNN)-based models where we varied how individual frames from the source video were passed to the CNN. These simple models tended to give low accuracy scores for discriminating fake versus non-fake videos of less than 60%. We then developed three more sophisticated models: one based on choosing test frames, one based on …

Malware Classification Using Lstms, Dennis Dang

Master's Projects

Signature and anomaly based detection have long been quintessential techniques used in malware detection. However, these techniques have become increasingly ineffective as malware becomes more complex. Researchers have therefore turned to deep learning to construct better performing models. In this project, we create four different long-short term memory (LSTM) models and train each model to classify malware by family type. Our data consists of opcodes extracted from malware executables. We employ techniques used in natural language processing (NLP) such as word embedding and bidirection LSTMs (biLSTM). We also use convolutional neural networks (CNN). We found that our model consisting of …

Brian Reynolds, Public Visibility, And Gay Stardom, Finley Freibert

Faculty and Staff Scholarship

Once gracing the covers of numerous gay newspapers and magazines, Brian Reynolds was a key figure of Los Angeles’ emergent gay adult film industry of the late 1960s. He had all but disappeared from gay adult film historiography until he re-emerged as a cover model for a scholarly journal in 2012, to illustrate pioneering scholarship that initiated contemporary Pat Rocco studies. This article puts the story of Brian Reynolds in dialogue with critical star studies in order to offer a recovery history of Reynolds. Reynolds’ rise to celebrity and sudden relegation to obscurity underscores the historical instability of gay pornographic …

Book Review: The Commander In Chief: The Qualities Needed Of Leaders Of Freedom-Loving Nations In The 21st Century, Elizabeth Gingerich

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

No abstract provided.

Common Denominators Of Great Leadership, Emilio F. Iodice

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

No abstract provided.

Building Relationships And Resolving Conflicts: Infusing Critical Thinking Into Workplace Practices, Joseph P. Hester

The Journal of Values-Based Leadership

As we are now living in a world characterized as a “new normal,” nothing is more important than leaders who are adept at critical thinking enabling them to enhance their businesses by making judicious decisions while remaining sensitive to the needs of their employees. When talking about critical thinking, often neglected is the descriptor “critical.” Among other things, “critical” means significant, vital, essential, and analytical, and involving skillful judgment as to truth and merit. From the point of view of commonsense, “critical” may also imply an effort to see a problem or situation clearly and truthfully in order to make …

Embedded Backup Path Information For Stateless Srv6 Micro Segment Identifier Node Protection, Nagendra Kumar Nainar, Kamran Raza, Carlos M. Pignataro, Rajiv Asati

Defensive Publications Series

Techniques presented herein provide for the ability to improve Topology Independent Loop-Free Alternate Fast Re-route (TI-LFA) with node protection by embedding backup path information (on a per segment basis) in a stack itself. In particular, techniques herein introduce a Node protected Prefix/Adjacency Segment Identifier (NP-SID) with a new (yet simple) forwarding semantic that can be used to embed backup path information directly in a segment stack. The NP-SID is always followed by the backup node information in the segment stack and the forwarding semantic to the NP-SID will involve a lookup on the backup information only if a protected node …

Bgp-Mvpn Source Discovery For Multiple Rendezvous Points, Aswin Kuppusami, Vengada Prasad Govindan, Mani Panchanathan

Defensive Publications Series

In multi-site Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) Multicast Virtual Private Network (MVPN) deployments, it is common to have site local Rendezvous Points (RPs) behind each of the Provider Edge (PE) nodes that participate in MVPN communications. Multiple RPs are necessary for de-centralized management and are used to make receivers join the RP most suited to them in multicast. However, it has always been a problem in such topologies that have multiple RPs for receivers to find sources. Presented herein are techniques that provide a mechanism for MVPN source-discovery that can greatly improve the efficiency of source discovery. In addition, techniques herein …

The Last Iron Gate: Negotiating The Incarceral Spaces Of John Edgar Wideman's Brothers And Keepers, Michael P. Moreno

Journal X

No abstract provided.

Ms 76a Box 1 Notebook 18 - Wilson, Payne, Chapman, Strait, Sims, Dills, Lycan, Merritt, Carpenter, Jordan, Benedict, White, Love, Spears, Porter; Miscellaneous, Fred Bussey Lambert

0236: Fred B. Lambert Papers, 1809-1964

The Fred B. Lambert Collection contains notebooks with notes related to local history and genealogy collected over the years by Fred B. Lambert. A full index and guide to the Fred B. Lambert Collection can be found on our guides to collections page.

Ms 76a Box 1 Notebook 16 - Typed Copies From Mrs. Helen Kent, No. 3; Miscellaneous (133 P.), Fred Bussey Lambert

0236: Fred B. Lambert Papers, 1809-1964

The Fred B. Lambert Collection contains notebooks with notes related to local history and genealogy collected over the years by Fred B. Lambert. A full index and guide to the Fred B. Lambert Collection can be found on our guides to collections page.

Ms 76a Box 1 Notebook 12 - Newspaper Clippings On Dundas, Turley, J. W. Peyton, Etc., Fred Bussey Lambert

0236: Fred B. Lambert Papers, 1809-1964

The Fred B. Lambert Collection contains notebooks with notes related to local history and genealogy collected over the years by Fred B. Lambert. A full index and guide to the Fred B. Lambert Collection can be found on our guides to collections page.

Ms 76a Box 1 Notebook 1 - Armstrong Rankin Family (162 P.), Fred Bussey Lambert

0236: Fred B. Lambert Papers, 1809-1964

The Fred B. Lambert Collection contains notebooks with notes related to local history and genealogy collected over the years by Fred B. Lambert. A full index and guide to the Fred B. Lambert Collection can be found on our guides to collections page.

Ms 76 Box 9 Notebook 7 - Rafting On The Guyandotte. Roughs Of Guyan, Etc. Sam Bias, Contains All On This Subject., Fred Bussey Lambert

0236: Fred B. Lambert Papers, 1809-1964

The Fred B. Lambert Collection contains notebooks with notes related to local history and genealogy collected over the years by Fred B. Lambert. A full index and guide to the Fred B. Lambert Collection can be found on our guides to collections page.