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Documents From The December 03, 2020 Meeting Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana (Asum), University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

Senate Meeting Agendas and Minutes, 2007-Present

Combined agenda and meeting minutes from the December 03, 2020 meeting of the Associated Students of the University of Montana. The following resolution was discussed during the meeting:

SB 46_20/21- Resolution Establishing the ASUM Legislative Priorities

Association Between Medicaid Expansion Status And Lung Cancer Screening Exam Growth: Findings From The Acr Lung Cancer Registry., Neal Gupta, Ethan J. Halpern, Vijay M. Rao

Department of Radiology Faculty Papers

PURPOSE: To determine if Medicaid expansion is associated with increased volumes of lung cancer screenings.

METHODS: A quasi-experimental study was performed to compare the annual growth rates in lung cancer screenings between states that expanded Medicaid (n = 31) versus those that did not (n = 17). Using the American College of Radiology Lung Cancer Screening Registry, we calculated the average annual growth rate between 2016 and 2019 for both groups. Secondary analyses between these two groups also included calculations of the percentages of studies considered appropriate by USPSTF criteria.

RESULTS: No significant difference was identified in the average annual …

Investment In Uab Genomic Research Offers Significant Dividends, Alicia Rohan

Browse All News

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December 2020 Faculty Senate Packet, University Of Nebraska At Kearney Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Packets

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Inter-Annual To Inter-Decadal Spatiotemporal Effects Of Storm And Nourishment Events In North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Christina Mary Boyce

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

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New Course Explores What's Next For Restorative Justice, Racial Reckoning, Seattle University School Of Law

News Center Articles

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The Effect Of Area Deprivation On Covid-19 Risk In Louisiana, Madhav Kc, Evrim Oral, Susanne Straif-Bourgeois, Ariane L. Rung, Edward S. Peters

School of Public Health Faculty Publications

Background Louisiana in the summer of 2020 had the highest per capita case count for COVID-19 in the United States and COVID-19 deaths disproportionately affects the African American population. Neighborhood deprivation has been observed to be associated with poorer health outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between neighborhood deprivation and COVID-19 in Louisiana. Methods The Area Deprivation Index (ADI) was calculated and used to classify neighborhood deprivation at the census tract level. A total of 17 US census variables were used to calculate the ADI for each of the 1148 census tracts in Louisiana. The …

Increasing Nurse Knowledge Using A Formal Lung Transplant Education Program, Amy M. Stoddard, Donna Lynch-Smith, Kate Carlson Wrammert, Bobby Bellflower

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

This quality improvement project was completed to show that a formal lung transplant education course for nurses caring for lung transplant patients increased their knowledge. An eight-hour education course was developed by experts in the field of lung transplantation. A pretest was administered before the education course. A posttest was administered to determine if knowledge was improved. A three-month follow-up test was administered to determine knowledge retention. Based on the data analysis, nurse knowledge improved after formal education. Item analysis determined what areas of educational content need to be the focus of quarterly education. The education course was adopted as …

Student Affairs Newsletter, Georgia Southern University

Division of Student Affairs Newsletter (2020-2023)

• Message from the VP- Dr. Shay Little

• Staff Spotlight

• True Blue 5k

In Re: Christian Family Trust, 136 Nev. Adv. Op. 73 (Dec. 3, 2020), Nina Hebibovich

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

The Court determined whether a creditor of a settlor can satisfy its claim against the settlor’s trust in situations where the trustees approve the payment, but the trust does not expressly provide for payment of the claim. When the settlor’s interest in the trust is not exclusively discretionary, and there is not a profligate provision precluding payment of the claim, the Court held that a creditor may bring a claim against a settlor of a trust. In instances of a trust granting broad discretion to its trustees, the trustees may approve a creditor’s claim against the trust. In this matter, …

Managing Occupancy Through Tech Solutions During Covid-19 At Clemson University, Suzanne Rook Schilf, Kelsey Sheaffer, Christopher Vinson

Presentations

This project briefing detailed three occupancy-management technologies, and their accompanying policies and procedures, that were deployed by Clemson Libraries to address the challenges of operating a physical library during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

Clemson’s main library, Cooper Library, tracked occupancy through a combination of novel and existing solutions: 1) a home-grown access management system that uses institutional IDs, 2) a real-time entry/exit automatic counter, 3) seat and appointment booking through Springshare. The three-pronged approach allowed for immediate control and oversight, while providing safe and equitable access to the Clemson University community. Each project required unique policy and procedure planning. …

Industry Expo Program 2020, Allen E. Paulson College Of Engineering And Computing

Allen E. Paulson College of Engineering & Computing Industry Expo (2020-2021)

Program for the Industry Expo 2020

The George-Anne Inkwell Edition, Georgia Southern University

The Inkwell

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The George-Anne Daily, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

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Enhancement Of Regeneration Ratio And Thermal Durability For Regenerated Fiber Bragg Grating Based On Pre-Annealing Treatment And Multimaterial Fibers, Nurul Asha Mohd Nazal

Student Works (2020-2029)

Regenerated fiber Bragg grating (RFBG) or also known as regenerated grating (RG) is the creation of the temperature resistant grating through thermal erasure of seed grating (SG) followed by a rebirth of new grating in a annealing process. RG has shown to be a promising fiber Bragg grating component for operation under very high ambient temperature condition. Nonetheless, further investigation and improvement are required to better understand its formation mechanism and to enhance its performance. This study aims to enhance the regeneration ratio and thermal durability of the RG based on pre-annealing treatment and multimaterial fiber. In this work, the …

The Psychological Correlates Of Distinct Neural States Occurring During Wakeful Rest, T Karapanagiotidis, D Vidaurre, Andrew J. Quinn, Deniz Vatansever, Giulia L. Poerio, Adam Turnbull, N Ho, Robert Leech, Boris C. Bernhardt, Elizabeth Jefferies, Daniel S. Margulies, Thomas E. Nichols, Mark W. Woolrich, Jonathan Smallwood

School of Psychology

When unoccupied by an explicit external task, humans engage in a wide range of different types of self-generated thinking. These are often unrelated to the immediate environment and have unique psychological features. Although contemporary perspectives on ongoing thought recognise the heterogeneity of these self-generated states, we lack both a clear understanding of how to classify the specific states, and how they can be mapped empirically. In the current study, we capitalise on advances in machine learning that allow continuous neural data to be divided into a set of distinct temporally re-occurring patterns, or states. We applied this technique to a …

Hydroxychloroquine Prophylaxis And Treatment Is Ineffective In Macaque And Hamster Sars-Cov-2 Disease Models, Kyle Rosenke, Michael A. Jarvis, F Feldmann, Benjamin Schwarz, Atsushi Okumura, Jamie Lovaglio, Greg Saturday, Patrick W. Hanley, Kimberly Meade-White, Brandi N. Williamson, Frederick Hansen, L Pérez-Pérez, Shanna Leventhal, Tsing Lee Tang-Huau, Julie Callison, Elaine Haddock, Kaitlin A. Stromberg, Graham Sewell, Dana Scott, Catharine M. Bosio, David Hawman, Wit E De, H Feldmann

School of Biomedical Sciences

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Trump's Job Approval & Handling Of Covid-19 Unchanged In Nh 12/3/2020, Unh Survey Center

All UNH Survey Center Polls

Granite Staters' assessment of President Trump's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic is unchanged despite a spike in COVID-19 cases in New Hampshire and the country at large. Stress related to COVID-19 has increased since October among Granite Staters, particularly among men and older residents. Trump's loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election has had little impact on approval of his job performance or the overall direction of the country.

327 Van Brunt St. Llc V. Davis

All Decisions

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Bushell V. Bushell

All Decisions

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The George-Anne, Georgia Southern University

The George-Anne

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Scholars' Mine Quick Facts November 2020, Nancy S. Krost

Scholars’ Mine Statistics

Scholars' Mine Quick Facts are monthly reports of downloads, page hits, and other information about works in the institutional repository of Missouri S&T. A map with downloads by region is also included.

2020-2021 Performance Forum - December 3, 2020, Fabiola Parra, Sheng Yuan Kuan, Manuel Mendes Escobar, Robiyakhon Akromova, David Mersereau, Benjamin Kremer, Vishnu Ramankutty, Zulfiya Bashirova, Yunus Rajabiy, Davron Ziyadjanov

Performance Forum

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Residency Recruitment: Changes And Challenges, Karen A. Chojnacki, Md, Facs

Department of Surgery Presentations and Grand Rounds

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Winter Operations At Uni, December 3, 2020, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Response to COVID-19

Oultines the buildings and services available during the December 11, 2020 to January 19, 2021 winter interim.

A Density Functional Theory Study On Using Montmorillonite To Reduce Air Pollution, Triati Dewi Kencana Wungu, Meqorry Yusfi, Suprijadi Suprijadi

Makara Journal of Technology

In this study, density functional theory (DFT) method is used to investigate the possibility of using a smectite clay mineral called montmorillonite (MMT) in reducing heavy metals, such as Cd, through Cd adsorption. The mechanism of Cd adsorption in MMT is observed theoretically, and the tetrahedrally isomorphic substitution on the upper layer of MMT is considered to observe the role of Al and Fe in strengthening Cd adsorption. Two types of MMT are modeled in this study: Al-MMT and Fe-MMT. The Al-MMT means that Al substitutes one atom in the upper tetrahedral layer of MMT, while Fe-MMT means that Fe …

Influence Of Lithium Bromide On Electrical Properties In Bio-Based Polymer Electrolytes, Ahmad Faizrin Fuzlin, Bouchta Sahraoui, Ahmad Salihin Samsudin

Makara Journal of Technology

This research presents the influence of lithium bromide (LiBr) on the electrical properties of alginate in bio-based polymer electrolytes (BBPEs) system. Bio-based alginate was prepared using the solution casting technique with various LiBr compositions. The ionic conductivity and electrical properties of the prepared BBPEs samples were studied using electrical impedance spectroscopy over a frequency range of 50 Hz–1 MHz. A maximum ionic conductivity of 7.46 × 10−5 S cm-1 was obtained for a sample containing 15 wt. % lithium bromide-doped alginate BBPEs at ambient temperature (303 K). The electrical analysis revealed that the most conductive sample based on alginate-LiBr BBPEs …

Use Of Viscoplastic Damper For Improving The Resistance Of Steel Frames To Blast Loading, Gholamreza Abdollahzadeh, Hadi Faghihmaleki, Hamed Hamidi Jamnani, Atefeh Ebrahimi Bardar

Makara Journal of Technology

In this paper, we evaluated the effect of viscoplastic dampers on the response of steel frames under blast loading. We used SAP2000 software and link elements to investigate the responses of nine-story steel frames with and without dampers. The proposed viscoplastic damper is a new type of viscous damper. The application of this damper is based on the availability of its constituent materials. The damper acts as a viscoelastic damper at low levels of vibration, but it acts as a combination of viscoelastic operator and metal-yielding device at extreme levels of vibration. With respect to the height of the structure, …

Fatigue Life Enhancement Of Carbon Steel By Ball Burnishing Process., A. Ibrahim

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Burnishing, a plastic deformation process, becomes more popular in satisfying the increasing demands of machine component performance and reliability. Thus, investigating the burnishing parameters in order to improve the product quality is especially crucial. The objective of this research is 10 studies on the effect of the burnishing process on fatigue life. Experimental work was carried out on a CNC lathe to study the effect of burnishing parameters, such as, burnishing feed and burnishing force, on some surface characteristics such as; surface roughness, microhardness, and reduction in diameter. Then the effects of the burnishing parameters on the fatigue life are …

Evaluation Of Displacement And Mixing Modes Of Mechanical Ventilation Enclosure., S. Elagouz

Mansoura Engineering Journal

A numerical simulation using a computational fluid dynamics model is used to investigate and compare tire performance of displacement and mixing ventilation modes under different boundary conditions. The companion paper reports the results in terms of the thermal comfort and the indoor air quality. Four modes (cases 1, 2, 3 and 4) of displacement ventilations and (two modes (cases 5 and 6) of mixing ventilations are studied. The influence of Reynolds und Schmidt numbers on the performance of displacement and mixing ventilations are presented. The results show that the lower performance in case 6 for mixing ventilation while the higher …