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The Dao In China’S Growing Presence In The South Pacific, Yulian Maulida Khasanah, Mohamad Rosyidin, Marten Hanura

Global: Jurnal Politik Internasional

The rise of China as one of the great powers in the international politic has been the hottest topic in the 21st century. Following the economic reform led by Deng Xiaoping in 1978, China re-emerges stronger than ever with its influences covering major parts of the world. One region particularly stands out since the prior dominance of United States therein, the South Pacific. The study of this research will be limited to 10 PICs recognising China, Vanuatu, Cook Island, FSM, Fiji, Niuee, PNG, Samoa, Tonga, Solomon Islands and Kiribati. Under the Western International Relations Theory (IRT) however, the rise of …

Noteworthy Records Of Mammals From West-Central Mexico, Diego F. García-Mendoza, Celia López-González, Teresa Salas-H

Western North American Naturalist

We report for the first time the presence of 2 shrew species (Sorex altoensis and S. emarginatus) and 4 rodent species (Peromyscus merriami, P. schmidlyi, Reithrodontomys zacatecae, and Sigmodon leucotis) in the state of Nayarit, Mexico, as well as the occurrence of P. carletoni and P. schmidlyi in Jalisco and Zacatecas. We extend the known distribution range of the squirrel Sciurus aureogaster to northern Nayarit and report the presence of 2 subspecies of P. eremicus and 3 of Neotoma mexicana in near sympatry. We also confirm the presence of Tlacuatzin sinaloae and P. …

Cognitive Dissonance Undercuts Deterrence In The C-Suite: Why Otherwise Ethical Fda-Dependent Managers Keep Falling Down The Rabbit Hole Of 10(B) Class Action Litigation, Edwin Adlam Herod

Seton Hall Law Review

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Possibilities In Simulated Reality, Yuan Yuan

Theses

This thesis work is based on two simple questions- what is reality, and is there any way to determine if you live in a real world. Whether from ancient times or the present, the east or the west, or fiction movies to philosophical reflection, countless people have ruminated on these questions. The answer seems obvious that reality is anything we can perceive based on our perceptions, but it’s not necessarily factual even though it feels very real. A philosophical viewpoint called epistemological skepticism indicates that we cannot be certain of anything, and there is a philosophy hypothesis named simulation theory …

How Do Genetic Relatedness And Spatial Proximity Shape African Swine Fever Infections In Wild Boar?, Tomasz Podgórski, Kim M. Pepin, Anna Radko, Angelika Podbielska, Magdalena Łyjak, Grzegorz Woźniakowski, Tomasz Borowik

United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications

The importance of social and spatial structuring of wildlife populations for disease spread, though widely recognized, is still poorly understood in many host-pathogen systems. In particular, system-specific kin relationships among hosts can create contact heterogeneities and differential disease transmission rates. Here, we investigate how distance-dependent infection risk is influenced by genetic relatedness in a novel host-pathogen system: wild boar (Sus scrofa) and African swine fever (ASF).We hypothesized that infection risk would correlate positively with proximity and relatedness to ASF-infected individuals but expected those relationships to weaken with the distance between individuals due to decay in contact rates and …

Genotoxicity Evaluation Of Medical Devices: A Regulatory Perspective, Awadhesh N. Jha, Tirukalikundram S. Kumaravel, Tiruvathipuram N. Sathya, Ramalingam Balaje, Pitchaipillai Pradeepa, Desikan Yogaraj, Malliga R. Murali, K. R. Navaneethakrishnan, Sivasubramanian Murugan

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

This review critically evaluates our current regulatory understanding of genotoxicity testing and risk assessment of medical devices. Genotoxicity risk assessment of these devices begins with the evaluation of materials of construction, manufacturing additives and all residual materials for potential to induce DNA damage. This is followed by extractable and/or leachable (E&L) studies to understand the worst case and/or clinical exposures, coupled with risk assessment of extractables or leachables. The TTC (Threshold of Toxicological Concern) approach is used to define acceptable levels of genotoxic chemicals, when identified. Where appropriate, in silico predictions may be used to evaluate the genotoxic potentials of …

Active And Covert Infections Of Cricket Iridovirus And Acheta Domesticus Densovirus In Reared Gryllodes Sigillatus Crickets, Scott K. Sakaluk, Kristin Duffield, John Hunt, Ben M. Sadd, Brenda Oppert, José L. Ramirez, Karyna Rosario, Robert W. Behle

Faculty Publications – Biological Sciences

Interest in developing food, feed, and other useful products from farmed insects has gained remarkable momentum in the past decade. Crickets are an especially popular group of farmed insects due to their nutritional quality, ease of rearing, and utility. However, production of crickets as an emerging commodity has been severely impacted by entomopathogenic infections, about which we know little. Here, we identified and characterized an unknown entomopathogen causing mass mortality in a lab-reared population of Gryllodes sigillatus crickets, a species used as an alternative to the popular Acheta domesticus due to its claimed tolerance to prevalent entomopathogenic viruses. Microdissection of …

Seeding Rate Effects On Forage Mass And Vegetation Dynamics Of Cool-Season Grass Sod Interseeded With Sorghum-Sudangrass, John A. Guretzky, D. D. Redfearn

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Interseeding annual warm-season grasses into perennial cool-season grasses has the potential to increase summer forage mass and nutritive value. Knowledge of how seeding rate affects annual warm-season grass establishment, forage mass, and vegetation dynamics remains limited. From 2016–2017, we conducted a field experiment evaluating the effects of seeding rates on sorghum-sudangrass (Sorghum bicolor x S. bicolor var. sudanense) density and forage mass and on the frequency of occurrence of plant species in cool-season grass sod in Lincoln, NE. The experiment had a completely randomized design consisting of six replicates of four seeding rates [0, 14, 28, and 35 …

Nature And Nurture, Jessica Maffett

Theses

Nature and Nurture is an animated short film about a mother wolf raising her newborn cub through its first year of life. Humanity has started to develop near their home and we see how that affects their ecosystem and existence from the perspective of the wolves. It is fiction based on historical facts of grey wolf populations in the American Midwest from the 1960’s onward. Being a predator species, they have been viewed as the villain in the folklore of many different civilizations and have been considered a pest for the damages to livestock and farmland that they can cause …

Clustering Of Aromatic Residues In Prion-Like Domains Can Tune The Formation, State, And Organization Of Biomolecular Condensates, Alex S Holehouse, Garrett M Ginell, Daniel Griffith, Elvan Böke

2020-Current year OA Pubs

In immature oocytes, Balbiani bodies are conserved membraneless condensates implicated in oocyte polarization, the organization of mitochondria, and long-term organelle and RNA storage. In

Power, Policy, Profit: The Spanish Language In The United States, Eva C. Vazquez

Binghamton University Undergraduate Journal

Over the past several decades, the Spanish language has been considered secondary to English, specifically in the United States. However, this paper argues that Spanish is one of the primary languages in the country because it is the second most spoken language, despite efforts to maintain a monolingual nation. Due to the impact of capitalism, if one’s first language is not English, they are separated and viewed as inferior in society. After providing background on the history of Spanish in the United States, this paper explores the impact of power, Americanization, education and cheap work on the Spanish language with …

Imagining Multimodal And Translanguaging Possibilities For Authentic Cultural Writing Experiences, Lucía Cárdenas Curiel, Christina M. Ponzio

Journal of Multilingual Education Research

This article proposes ways to authentically amplify writer’s workshop for emergent bilinguals. Through the study of one bilingual teacher’s mediation in teaching, we examined the affordances that translanguaging and transmodal practices have for emergent bilingual students’ writing processes. In this case study, we focused on a writing sequence associated with the well-known Latin American holiday of the Day of the Dead, in which 3rd grade emergent bilinguals wrote “calaveras,” or literary poems, as part of an interdisciplinary language arts and social studies lesson. Our work is framed by sociocultural theories of mediation, literacy, and language. Under a multiliteracies pedagogy, we …

Feel And Touch: A Haptic Mobile Game To Assess Tactile Processing, Ivonne Monarca, Monica Tentori, Franceli L. Cibrian

Engineering Faculty Articles and Research

Haptic interfaces have great potential for assessing the tactile processing of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), an area that has been under-explored due to the lack of tools to assess it. Until now, haptic interfaces for children have mostly been used as a teaching or therapeutic tool, so there are still open questions about how they could be used to assess tactile processing of children with ASD. This article presents the design process that led to the development of Feel and Touch, a mobile game augmented with vibrotactile stimuli to assess tactile processing. Our feasibility evaluation, with 5 children …

Deepfakes Generated By Generative Adversarial Networks, Olympia A. Paul

Honors College Theses

Deep learning is a type of Artificial Intelligence (AI) that mimics the workings of the human brain in processing data such as speech recognition, visual object recognition, object detection, language translation, and making decisions. A Generative adversarial network (GAN) is a special type of deep learning, designed by Goodfellow et al. (2014), which is what we call convolution neural networks (CNN). How a GAN works is that when given a training set, they can generate new data with the same information as the training set, and this is often what we refer to as deep fakes. CNN takes an input …

Exercise Training Attenuates Ovariectomy-Induced Alterations In Skeletal Muscle Remodeling, Apoptotic Signaling, And Atrophy Signaling In Rat Skeletal Muscle, Eun-Jeong Cho, Youngju Choi, Jiyeon Kim, Jun Hyun Bae, Jinkyung Cho, Dong-Ho Park, Ju-Hee Kang, Jin Hwan Yoon, Eunmi Park, Dae Yun Seo, Sukho Lee, Hyo-Bum Kwak

Kinesiology Faculty Publications (Archived)

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Kelayakan Dan Pengaruh Modul Digital Usaha Dan Energi Berbasis Multimedia Interaktif Terhadap Penguasaan Konsep, Alvi Hasanati, Edi Supriana, Nandang Mufti

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

An interactive multimedia-based digital module developed to improve students' mastery of concepts. This research uses research and development (R&D) methods with the ADDIE model. The ADDIE model consists of 5 stages, is analysis stage, design stage, development stage, implementation stage, and evaluation stage. Inferential statistical data analysis used paired sample t-test. The results of data analysis show that the value of tcount = -32.879 > ttable = 2.080, then there is an influence of digital modules on concept mastery. The feasibility of digital modules is 93.5% and practicality is 88.5%. The results showed that development of digital modules is feasible and …

The Implementation Of Reading To Learn Pedagogy In Indonesian Junior Schools: Impact On Students’ Writing Skills And Students’ Perceptions, Nunung Suryati, Farah Ulfa Riadina, Retno Istiqomah, Asih Kusumawati

Jurnal Pendidikan: Teori, Penelitian, dan Pengembangan

This study investigates the effect of Reading to Learn Pedagogy on the writing skill of Indonesian students and their perceptions of the usefulness of the pedagogy. A quasi-experimental study involved 32 seventh graders and 54 ninth graders and two teachers of Junior High School in Indonesia. They were assigned into two groups: experimental and control. The treatment was conducted at eight sessions, including the pre-test and post-test. The scores of pre-test and post-test in writing were used as a base of quantitative data analysis, whereas the student questionnaire was used to obtain data on their perceptions of the usefulness of …

Bay Leaf Extract‐Based Near‐Infrared Fluorescent Probe For Tissue And Cellular Imaging, Benilde Adriano, Nycol Cotto, Neeraj Chauhan, Vinitha Karumuru, Meena Jaggi, Subhash C. Chauhan, Murali M. Yallapu

School of Medicine Publications

The development of fluorescence dyes for near‐infrared (NIR) fluorescence imaging has been a significant interest for deep tissue imaging. Among many imaging fluoroprobes, indocyanine green (ICG) and its analogues have been used in oncology and other medical applications. However, these imaging agents still experience poor imaging capabilities due to low tumor targetability, photostability, and sensitivity in the biological milieu. Thus, developing a biocompatible NIR imaging dye from natural resources holds the potential of facilitating cancer cell/tissue imaging. Chlorophyll (Chl) has been demonstrated to be a potential candidate for imaging purposes due to its natural NIR absorption qualities and its wide …

A Case Study On The National Digital Library Of India And Exploring Learning Resources For School Education, Deivam Muniyandi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The National Digital Library of India (NDLI) was created by the Ministry of Education as a National Mission Project on Education to engage, support, and inspire all learners across the country, regardless of age, demographics, or ability. The National Digital Library of India is a knowledge and information melting pot with a diverse range of lectures, courses, and archives in a variety of media forms organised, collated, and created by India's leading institutions. It is a platform that aims to make electronic learning resources available to all citizens of the country in order to motivate, empower, and encourage them to …

Nutrition, Atherosclerosis, Arterial Imaging, Cardiovascular Risk Stratification, And Manifestations In Covid-19 Framework: A Narrative Review., Smiksha Munjral, Puneet Ahluwalia, Ankush D Jamthikar, Anudeep Puvvula, Luca Saba, Gavino Faa, Inder M Singh, Paramjit S Chadha, Monika Turk, Amer M Johri, Narendra N Khanna, Klaudija Viskovic, Sophie Mavrogeni, John R Laird, Gyan Pareek, Martin Miner, David W Sobel, Antonella Balestrieri, Petros P Sfikakis, George Tsoulfas, Athanasios Protogerou, Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal, George D Kitas, Raghu Kolluri, Jagjit Teji, Mustafa Al-Maini, Surinder K Dhanjil, Meyypan Sockalingam, Ajit Saxena, Aditya Sharma, Vijay Rathore, Mostafa Fatemi, Azra Alizad, Vijay Viswanathan, P K Krishnan, Tomaz Omerzu, Subbaram Naidu, Andrew Nicolaides, Jasjit S Suri

Heart and Vascular Articles

Background: Atherosclerosis is the primary cause of the cardiovascular disease (CVD). Several risk factors lead to atherosclerosis, and altered nutrition is one among those. Nutrition has been ignored quite often in the process of CVD risk assessment. Altered nutrition along with carotid ultrasound imaging-driven atherosclerotic plaque features can help in understanding and banishing the problems associated with the late diagnosis of CVD. Artificial intelligence (AI) is another promisingly adopted technology for CVD risk assessment and management. Therefore, we hypothesize that the risk of atherosclerotic CVD can be accurately monitored using carotid ultrasound imaging, predicted using AI-based algorithms, and reduced …

Forage Productivity Of Panicum Maximum Pastures In Two Different Agropastoral Systems, Tsutomu Kanno, Manuel C. M. Macedo, J. A. Bono, J. D. G. Santos Jr., M. R. Correa, L. G. R. Beretta

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Forage productivity was evaluated for Panicum maximum pastures established after 4 years of soybean cultivation in the summer (PM-SO), and 4 years of rotation of soybeans in the summer and millet for winter grazing (PM-MI). In the PM-MI pasture, biomass and dry matter production were much lower than in the PM-SO, and the amount of copper and nitrogen in the top part of the plants in PM-MI were significantly lower than that in PM-SO. Thus, it was considered that the shortage of copper and nitrogen restricted photosynthesis and forage production in PM-MI.

The Formation Of Teacher Identity Through Video Reflections During Teaching Practicum, Melike Özüdoğru Dr.

i.e.: inquiry in education

This study aimed to investigate the identities of pre-service teachers and the effects of teaching practice and video reflections on the identities of pre-service teachers enrolled in the Turkish Language Teaching Department. In this study, a qualitative research design, mainly a case study, was employed. This study was conducted based on the voluntary participation of six senior pre-service teachers enrolled in the Teaching Practicum course in the spring semester of 2019. The data were collected through video reflections, pre-practice and post-practice teaching focus-group interviews. The data were analyzed through a cyclical – reiterative analysis process. The results showed that the …

Creating Digital Stories: A Case Study Of Turkish Preschool Environmental Education, Pelin Aksüt, Fatih Aydin

i.e.: inquiry in education

This study examined an integration of digital stories in teaching environmental concepts to preschool children aged 3-6 in Turkey. The participants were the forth-grade preservice teachers who used a variety of activities to implement environmental education plans. Structured questionnaires were employed as the main data collection tool. The Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) framework served as a springboard to analyze the data. The findings of this study demonstrate that creating and implementing digital stories in the preschool curriculum can enhance students' learning outcomes. Also the digital stories can be handled as a teaching method in the preschool period. As a …

Brigadier Frederick Haldimand - The Florida Years, Robert R. Rea

Florida Historical Quarterly

The British colonies of East and West Florida were the fruits of one war and fell from the grasp of George III as the result of another. Throughout their brief history runs a common theme: both were part of a military frontier and to both the presence of British army units was of prime importance— economically, administratively, and socially. Their civil governors were men of modest competence at best. Trade never developed as profitably as merchants hoped, nor did immigrants rush to claim their untilled soil. But the army provided a degree of stability, as well as security, in spite …

Civil War Letters Of Colonel David Lang, Bertram H. Groene

Florida Historical Quarterly

David Lang was born in Camden County, Georgia, in 1838, the oldest son among Robert and Margaret Lang’s seven children. Earlier his father had lived in Nassau County, Florida. After graduating from Georgia Military Academy in Marietta in 1857, Robert Lang returned to Florida with his family, settling near White Springs, where his son David became surveyor for Suwannee County.

Book Reviews, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

MINORCANS IN FLORIDA: THEIR HISTORY AND HERITAGE, by Jane Quinn, reviewed by J. Leitch Wright, Jr.; EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY FLORIDA AND ITS BORDERLANDS, edited by Samuel Proctor, reviewed by J. Barton Starr; KNIGHTS OF THE FOURTH ESTATE: THE STORY OF THE MIAMI HERALD, by Nixon Smiley, reviewed by Donald W. Curl; ED BALL: CONFUSION TO THE ENEMY, by Leon Odell Griffith, reviewed by Peter D. Klingman; JOHN HOLLIDAY PERRY, FLORIDA PRESS LORD, by Leon Odell Griffith, reviewed by Thomas Graham; ANTE-BELLUM PENSACOLA AND THE MILITARY PRESENCE, by Ernest F. Dibble, reviewed by John K. Mahon; TESTIMONY TO PIONEER BAPTISTS: THE ORIGIN AND …

José Alejandro Huau: A Cuban Patriot In Jacksonville Politics, Gustavo J. Godoy

Florida Historical Quarterly

On Sunday afternoon, April 9, 1905, the long funeral procession of José Alejandro Huau moved at a slow pace to the Old City Cemetery in East Jacksonville, Florida. United States Senator James P. Taliaferro, the former Jacksonville mayor, Judge Morris A. Dzialynski, and a large entourage of dignitaries, honorary pall bearers, and other mourners rode in the flag-draped carriages. Many people came on foot. The procession included a large Masonic honor guard. A huge array of floral wreaths surrounded the burial site, as Jacksonville lamented the loss of one of its most esteemed citizens.

"A Year Of Monkey War": The Anti-Evolution Campaign And The Florida Legislature, Mary Duncan France

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the summer of 1925, the world focused its attention on the sleepy town of Dayton, Tennessee, the site of the “Monkey Trial” of John T. Scopes. William Jennings Bryan, former secretary of state and the nation’s most zealous fundamentalist, and Clarence Darrow, the most famous trial attorney of his time, were the real antagonists, as they argued over the issue of the teaching of evolution. Both sides battled as if each believed the trial would produce the definitive statement on God and the creation of man.

Florida History In Periodicals, Florida Historical Society

Florida Historical Quarterly

This selected bibliography includes scholarly articles in the fields of Florida history, archeology, geography, and anthropology published in state, regional, and national periodicals in 1974. Articles, notes and documents which have appeared in the Florida Historical Quarterly are not included in this listing since they appear in the annual index of each volume. The present listing also includes articles appearing in journals not published on schedule and which were not included in the list published in the July 1974 issue of the Quarterly.

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Exile

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