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20201207_Announcing The New Hsc Policymanager Platform, David Lucero

HSLIC Blog Post

No abstract provided.

Performance Improvements For Next Generation Falling Particle Receiver Systems, Nathan R. Schroeder

Mechanical Engineering ETDs

Falling particle receiver (FPR) systems are a rapidly developing technology for concentrating solar power applications. Solid particles are used as both the heat transfer fluid and thermal energy storage media. Through the direct solar irradiation of the solid particles, flux and temperature limitations of tube-bundle receives can be overcome leading to higher operating temperatures and energy conversion efficiencies. Particle residence time, curtain opacity, and curtain stability affect the performance of FPR designs. As the particles fall through the receiver the curtain accelerates, increasing its transmissivity thus decreasing the amount of energy absorbed. Multistage release trough structures catch and release the …

A Review Of Mixed Methods Community-Based Participatory Research Applications In Mental Health, David E. Jones, Robin Lindquist-Grantz, Melissa Dejonckheere

Journal of Social, Behavioral, and Health Sciences

The aim of the paper was to methodologically review the intersection of mixed methods research (MMR) and community-based participatory research (CBPR) in the field of mental health research. We classify this intersecting approach as MMCBPR. The methodological review of empirical literature was conducted between October 2017 and March 2020 of full-text articles in Scopus, Pubmed, ProQuest Central, Web of Science, and EBSCOhost search engine databases in the English language. Twenty-nine studies meeting the inclusion criteria were included in the final analysis. We found some evidence of MMCBPR but it was limited by factors such as a lack of explicit rationales …

Week Of December 7, 2020, New York Medical College

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• Mill Etienne, M.D. '02, M.P.H., FAAN, FAES, Appointed Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion
• School of Medicine Class of 2024 Marks Start of Journey as Medical Professionals During White Coat Ceremony
• School of Medicine Class of 2024 Finds Developing White Coat Ceremony Oath as a Class Particularly Meaningful
• NYMC Receives New Holographic Patent Combined With 5G Wi-Fi
• GivingTuesday Supports Clinical Skills and Simulation Center
• NYMC and Touro Host Eighth Symposium on COVID-19
• SHSP Hosts 2020 Virtual Career Mentor Session
• NYMC Gives Thanks On Campus

Computational Investigation Of Spray Heat Exchanger Performance., Mohamed Mahmoud Awad, El-Sayed Negeed, A. Mariy, Mohamed Mahmoud Mahgoub

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Enhancement of the heat transfer coefficient is important for the design and operation of heat exchangers. In this study, a numerical model is built to investigate the performance of spray cooling heat exchanger as water is sprayed on a horizontal tube. The objectives of the study are 10 evaluate evaporation rate of the falling water film on a horizontal tube evaporator and obtaining the effect of the distance from the nozzle to the hot tube locution on the proportion rule and on heat transfer effectiveness. Moreover, the effect of droplet size distribution and the hot tube surface superheating temperature on …

A Living Example Of Ethical Leadership, Petr Cincala

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

State Of Utah, Plaintiff /Appellee V. Gino James Cecala, Defendant /Appellant : Reply Brief, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2020 –)

On Appeal from the Third Judicial District Court, Salt Lake County, Utah, The Honorable James Blanch

Jeffrey D. Mann, Attorneys for Appellee state of Utah

Gregory W. Stevens, Attorney for Appellant Gino James Cecala

Achieving High Reliability Organizations Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps - The Case Of Offshore Oil And Gas, Ahmed A. Alibage

Dissertations and Theses

The safety culture of so-called high-reliability organizations (HROs) encompasses values, routines, and work processes that allow an organization to prevent mistakes and quickly bounce back if unexpected events occur. It is said to provide a model for improving organizational resilience in the offshore oil and gas industry, where small errors can grow into accidents with devastating environmental, social, and economic impacts. To date, such a transfer of successful practices is impeded by a lack of system perspective that would allow researchers and practitioners to fully understand the safety dynamics in HROs, adjust them to the unique setting of offshore oil …

Clustered Hyperspectral Target Detection, Sean Onufer Stalley

Dissertations and Theses

Aerial target detection is often used to search for relatively small things over large areas of land. Depending on the size and signature of the target, detection can be a very easy or very difficult task. By capturing images with several hundred color channels, hyperspectral sensors provide a new way of looking at this task, both literally and figuratively. Hyperspectral sensors can be used in many aerial target detection tasks such as identifying unhealthy trees in a forest, searching for minerals at a mining site, or finding the sources of chemical leaks at a factory. The high spectral resolution of …

Intercultural Communication, Shannon Ahrndt

Open Educational Resources Collection

Intercultural Communication examines culture as a variable in interpersonal and collective communication. It explores the opportunities and problems arising from similarities and differences in communication patterns, processes, and codes among various cultural groups. It explores cultural universals, social categorization, stereotyping and discrimination, with a focus on topics including race, ethnicity, social class, religion, gender and sexuality as they relate to communication.

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Prevention Of Eating Disorders In Children: A Guide For Nurse Practitioners, Michelle Yeates, Jane Lassetter Phd, Rn

Student Works

Eating disorders are prevalent in Western society and are highly influenced by body dissatisfaction and disordered eating patterns. Disordered eating refers to unhealthy behaviors used to control and influence weight with the potential to become eating disorders. Eating disorders can lead to or further accelerate both physical and emotional damage. As such, it is important to determine possible contributing factors to decrease negative outcomes. Because parents are typically the primary caretakers of children, it is necessary for nurse practitioners (NPs) to know how to best educate parents in the prevention of eating disorders in their children. This clinical paper provides …

Invest In Sustainable Supply Chains, Nada Elmasry

Student Works

In recent years, the word “sustainability” has become a buzzword that businesses use to describe their organization’s strategy. Expectations for the products and services that consumers buy have increased. Consumers used to pick their products based on quality, cost, and brand. Consumers now expect businesses to implement sustainable measures that create a small environmental footprint. One way organizations are doing this is by investing in sustainable supply chains.

Building A Predictive Model For Stratigraphic Transitions And Lateral Facies Changes In The Cretaceous Almond Formation, Wyoming, Joseph E. Phillips

Theses and Dissertations

The Cretaceous Almond Formation, located in the Greater Green River Basin, records deposition of coastal plain fluvial sandstones and shallow marginal-marine sandstones in a net-transgressive sequence along the western margin of the Cretaceous Interior Seaway (CIS) from the late Campanian to early Maastrichtian. The Almond Formation is an important hydrocarbon reservoir, with development mainly along the Wamsutter Arch and the northeast margins of the Washakie Basin. Previous studies have primarily focused on outcrops along the eastern flank of the Rock Springs Uplift and subsurface data targeting the Wamsutter Arch. Further development of the Almond petroleum system requires extending our understanding …

Emily Dickinson: 19th Century Poet In A 21st Century World, Stephanie Merrigan

Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones

This capstone will discuss what channels mediate public access to literary content in the case of Emily Dickinson’s poems and letters. The discussion continues with how this was a problem for Dickinson while she was alive due to her reclusiveness and unorthodox punctuation. The capstone then looks at the other aspects of this in the roles that editors, the merchandise now made with lines from Dickinson’s work, and digital technologies play in that circulation, but also how they have played a role in making Dickinson a pop culture icon in the 21^st century.

The Sojourner, Adefolaju Edun

Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones

To me, a sojourner is a person who leaves his or her homeland in search of something only to return after a temporary period of staying in a foreign land. The search for something better led me to the United Kingdom, and shortly after, the USA. Initially, the reason for my travel was to find better opportunities. I have since discovered that my success and progress in life depend on my willingness to harness my greatness. During the process of writing this book, I discovered myself. I left Nigeria in my late teens, and I have been abroad ever since. …

Development Of Mping-Based Activation Tags For Crop Insertional Mutagenesis, Alexander Johnson, Edward Mcassey, Stephanie Diaz, Jacob Reagin, Priscilla S. Redd, Daymond R. Parrilla, Hanh T. Nguyen, Adrian Stec, Lauren A.L. Mcdaniel, Thomas E. Clemente, Robert M. Stupar, Wayne A. Parrott, C Nathan Hancock

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Modern plant breeding increasingly relies on genomic information to guide crop improvement. Although some genes are characterized, additional tools are needed to effectively identify and characterize genes associated with crop traits. To address this need, the mPing element from rice was modified to serve as an activation tag to induce expression of nearby genes. Embedding promoter sequences in mPing resulted in a decrease in overall transposition rate; however, this effect was negated by using a hyperactive version of mPing called mmPing20. Transgenic soybean events carrying mPing-based activation tags and the appropriate transposase expression cassettes showed evidence of transposition. Expression analysis …

Can Statcast Variables Explain The Variation In Weighted Runs Created Plus?, Ryan Kupiec

Student Research

The release of Statcast data in 2015 was revolutionary for data analysis in the game of baseball. Many analysts have begun using this data regularly, but none have used it exclusively. Often older, less reliable statistics (on-base percentage) are still used in favor of the newer statistics (weighted runs created plus). In this paper, we attempt to explain the variation in weighted runs created plus (wRC+) using Statcast variables such as exit velocity and launch angle. We find that exit velocity along with other Statcast variables, can explain as much as 70% of the variation in wRC+. Launch angle can …

1020-45 Realty Corp. V. Melendez

All Decisions

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Removal Of Some New Direct Sulpho Aryl Azo Dyes From Aqueous Solutions By Adsorption Onto Different Types Of Carbon., M. El-Sherbiny, M. Hanna, Ahmed Al-Sarawy, M. Farid

Mansoura Engineering Journal

A new group of direct arylazo dyestuffs that are based on the spiro 2-oxndole (3,2)-1,3' thiazolone moiety was successfully synthesized by the authors [1]. In view of the current interest in utilizing the sulpho arylazo dyestuffs for dyeing different types of fibers, the present paper describes the possibility of using carbon for their removal, as organic pollutants, from aqueous solutions. The removal of these dyestuffs from their aqueous solutions was carried out by using different adsorbents such as granular carbon, carbon soot, and powdered activated carbon (PAC) at different temperatures ranging from 25 C to 60°C. The adsorption of these …

Mapping The Production And Mobilization Functions Of Collective Action, Blaine G. Robbins, Ross L. Matsueda, Steven Pfaff

Sociology Faculty Articles and Research

Collective action is a fundamental feature of human social life. If public goods are to materialize, social norms are to emerge, and social protests are to succeed, individuals must act jointly to achieve their collective ends. But how can collective action evolve when individuals receive the benefits of a common good without contributing to its production? According to theories of the critical mass, the success of collective action hinges on the type of production function required for the provision of a common good. Production functions and mobilization functions, however, have proven difficult to observe empirically in large groups. Here, the …

Covid-19, Labor Demand, And Government Responses: Evidence From Job Posting Data, Xiaobing Shuai, Christine Chmura, James Stinchcomb

School of Professional and Continuing Studies Faculty Publications

Using high-frequency job advertisement data, this paper evaluates dynamics among COVID-19, labor market, and government policies. We find that COVID-19 has caused a significant decline in labor demand, by as much as 30%, measured by the number of job advertisements. But the pandemic did not result in noticeable changes in advertised wages. Regarding the roles of government policies, the study finds that the “stay-at-home” measures implemented by states appeared to suppress labor demand. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) program helps to stabilize the advertised wages, but also suppresses labor demand. Finally, the pandemic may increase labor demand for certain healthcare-related …

Advanced Commercial Mediation Training, New York Law School

Alternative Dispute Resolution - Past Events

The training will be offered online over a period of five weekday mornings. This course is approved under Part 146 by the New York State Unified Court System’s Office of ADR Program and satisfies Part 146 requirements with at least 16 hours of civil/commercial advanced mediation training. Successful participants will receive certification for Civil/Commercial Advanced Mediation Training and will earn 18.5 CLE credits.

Karakteristik Indeks Vegetasi Pada Berbagai Penggunaan Lahan Di Hulu Sub Das Cikapundung Melalui Interpretasi Citra Satelit Landsat 8, Muhammad Amir Solihin, Noviani Putri, Ade Setiawan, Daud Siliwangi, Machfud Arifin

Jurnal Kultivasi

Perubahan penggunaan lahan di hulu Sub DAS dapat berdampak pada kondisi DAS secara keseluruhan. Pemantauan kondisi eksisting perubahan penggunaan lahan diperlukan. Salah satu cara untuk memantau kondisi penggunaan lahan yaitu melalui monitoring indeks vegetasinya. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk melihat karakteristik indeks vegetasi pada penggunaan lahan di sebagian Hulu Sub DAS Cikapundung. Lokasi studi terletak di Desa Cikole, Cikidang, Cibodas, Wangunharja, dan Suntenjaya di Kecamatan Lembang. Penelitian ini dilakukan melalui interpretasi citra satelit landsat 8. Metode analisis yang digunakan berupa transformasi indeks vegetasi menggunakan NDVI untuk merepresentasikan tingkat kehijauan dan kerapatan vegetasi pada lokasi studi. Hasil analisis menunjukkan karakteristik NDVI yang …

Impact Of The Covid-19 On Religious Practices Of Muslim Students In Higher Education, Amir Duric

Muslim Student Life

Implications of religious practices in Islam go far beyond religiosity, and this paper analyzed the relationship between the COVID-19 pandemic and religious practices of Muslim students in higher education. The analyzed data is from the survey of the Muslim Student Life at Syracuse University and the Center for Islam in Contemporary World at Shenandoah University. The survey was conducted through a non-random convenience sampling from March 30th through April 10th of 2020 and had 498 responders. For this study, I analyzed 272 who provided their demographic information. The paper hypothesized and confirmed an overall increase in the engagement with the …

Factors Affecting Safety Action In Job Pertamina-Medco E&P Tomori Sulawesi, Meddy Harjanto, Zulkifli Djunaidi

National Journal of Occupational Health and Safety

Increasing oil and gas production is one of the main concerns for companies engaged in oil and gas mining Human behavior related to safety is an approach to analyze what is needed to make the safe action more possible and reduce risky behavior. Therefore, research is conducted on the factors that influence safe behavior so that these factors can be more optimized. This research is a quantitative study with a cross-sectional design. The population in this study amounted to 291 people. Data retrieval is done randomly with a sample of 130 respondents conducted using the simple random sampling method. Bivariate …

Ranking Aspect-Based Features In Restaurant Reviews, Jacob Ling Hang Chan

Theses and Dissertations

Consumers continuously review products and services on the internet. Others have frequently relied on those reviews in making purchasing decisions. Review texts are usually free-form and associated with a star rating on a 5-point scale. The majority of restaurants receive a 3.5 or 4 star rating on average, so a standalone star rating does not provide adequate information for readers to make a decision. Many researchers have approached the problem with sentiment analysis to classify a sentence or a text as expressing a positive or a negative review. Sentiment analysis, even at the fine-grained level, can only provide classification of …

2020-12-07 Newletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter from December 7, 2020.

Climate Change, Increased Wildfire Frequency, And Rodent-Exclusion Create Opportunities For Exotic Grass Invasion And Alter The Timing And Availability Of Soil Water, Joshua Clark Gilman

Theses and Dissertations

In deserts, global environmental changes, plant community structure, and soil water availability form a complex relationship characterized by direct and indirect relationships and feedbacks. Plant community structure is affected by the establishment and spread of invasive grasses, which form a positive feedback with wildfire. Plant community structure is also controlled by top-down trophic interactions by small-mammals and climate change, which alters the timing and amount of soil water. In deserts, soil water availability mediates the effects of global environmental changes and trophic interactions on plant community structure because it is the limiting resource for plant growth. In order to predict …

Professor Seeborg Says Covid Drives Retirements, But It's Not Best Time For Everyone, Dana Vollmer

Interviews for WGLT

On average, about 2 million people retire annually, but the Pew Research Center reports for 2020 that figure is already more than 3.2 million. Emeritus Professor of Ecconomics Mike Seeborg said that's a major reversal in the prior trend of delaying retirement, and talks about what's driving this change with WGLT's Dana Vollmer.

Nocebo-Hypothesis Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (Nh-Cbt) For Persons With Functional Neurological Symptoms (Motor Type): Design And Implementation Of A Randomized Active-Controlled Trial, Matt Richardson, Maria Kleinstäuber, Dana Wong

Psychology Faculty Publications

Introduction: Functional Neurological Symptom Disorders (FNSD) are associated with high levels of disability and immense direct and indirect health costs. An innovative interdisciplinary rehabilitation approach for individuals with functional neurological symptoms of motor type–Nocebo-Hypothesis Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (NH-CBT)—combines CBT and movement retraining with video feedback embedded in a comprehensive explanatory model of the etiology of FNSD. Methods: This protocol describes the development and implementation of a phase II, parallel group, randomized controlled trial with blinded outcome assessors to compare the efficacy of NH-CBT with an active control condition (supportive counseling and movement retraining). Individuals meeting diagnostic criteria of an FNSD …