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The Island Of Florida, Earl R. Beck

Florida Historical Quarterly

In the Spring of 1899 Prometheus, a dignified and respectable German industrial and scientific weekly magazine, featured an article about “Project Ally Sloper,” an engineering scheme of enormous proportions designed to divert the Gulf Stream and alter the climate of North America and Western Europe. German readers were told that Americans, flushed with success from the Spanish-American War, were contemplating spectacular peacetime plans. The periodical proclaimed its “immeasurable confidence” that this project, like all American plans, would be carried through successfully.

Letters From A Journey Through The Federal Blockade, 1861-1862, Thomas Graham

Florida Historical Quarterly

The Civil War was only nine months old in January 1862, and many persons, North and South, still clung to the hope the war would soon be over. Florida was a long distance away from where the major military and political decisions affecting her future were being made. There had been little activity since the tumultuous early weeks of the war when the Confederacy took over many of the Federal installations within the state. Some of the more important fortifications like those at Key West and Fort Pickens in Pensacola were to be denied to the Confederates throughout the war. …

The Alachua Trail: A Reconstruction, Burke G. Vanderhill

Florida Historical Quarterly

Among numerous Indian pathways forming a network within the American Southeast at the time of European contact was one which led southward from the Altamaha River of Georgia to the Alachua country of Florida. (Fig. 1) This “Alachua Trail” was well known in the colonial period, a fact pointing to long aboriginal use. Today however the trail is unmarked and generally lost to memory, and only rare and tantalizingly brief references to it appear in the historical record.

Cseas Weekly Bulletin (December 6, 2021), Center For Southeast Asian Studies

CSEAS Bulletin

No abstract provided.

Columbia Chronicle (12/06/2021), Columbia College Chicago

Columbia Chronicle

Student newspaper from December 6, 2021 entitled The Columbia Chronicle. This issue is 20 pages. Cover story: "The Year in Review." Editors-in-Chief: Camryn Cutinello & Noah Jennings.

A Research Proposal: Implementing Walking Workstations In The Workplace For Mental And Physical Health Of Adult Workers, Kyla Shea

Master of Food Science

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Monthly Packet December 2021, Portland State University Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Monthly Packets

The December 6, 2021 Monthly packet includes the December agenda and appendices and the Faculty Senate minutes and attachments from the meeting held November 1, 2021.

It's Erma Time!, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop

Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog

It's Erma time, and the slate of speakers is nothing short of spectacular. Registration opens at noon (EST) on Thursday, Dec. 9, for the March 24-26 in-person Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop and a virtual package. Join us on the Dayton Riviera in the spring.

The Utah Statesman, December 6, 2021, Utah State University

The Utah Statesman

Weekly student newspaper of Utah State University in Logan.

Sensitivity Of Tremor Propagation To Model Parameters, Charles Paul Curtis Jr.

Theses and Dissertations

Although Essential Tremor (ET) is the most common type of tremor, many patients are left without satisfactory treatment options. One potential alternative treatment to medication or surgery is a wearable tremor-suppressing device. However, optimizing the effectiveness of such a device requires knowledge of which muscles/joints are most responsible for tremor. To answer this question, current efforts simulate tremor propagation using a model of the neuromusculoskeletal dynamics of the upper limb. To guide efforts to identify realistic model parameters and use the model to determine the mechanical origin of tremor, we performed preliminary parameter estimation work and a thorough sensitivity analysis …

Computing Agent Competency In First Order Markov Processes, Xuan Cao

Theses and Dissertations

Artificial agents are usually designed to achieve specific goals. An agent's competency can be defined as its ability to accomplish its goals under different conditions. This thesis restricts attention to a specific type of goal, namely reaching a desired state without exceeding a tolerance threshold of undesirable events in a first-order Markov process. For such goals, the state-dependent competency for an agent can be defined as the probability of reaching the desired state without exceeding the threshold and within a time limit given an initial state. The thesis further defines total competency as the set of state-dependent competency relationships over …

Antisocial Behavior Etiologies: Antisocial Behavior Etiologies, Sundus Hantoosh, Rasha Ameen, Seenaa Amin

Iraqi National Journal of Medicine

Antisocial behavior is a broad term that encompasses many facets of destructive behavior, most of which bring harm to another person or involve the violation of rights of others. Main antisocial behavior victims are young individuals, women and children. Numerous factors interact together for the development of aggression and antisocial behavior; these factors are social, environmental, physiological, neurological, and genetic. Consequently, this paper addresses the principal etiologic factors that participate in the development of antisocial behaviors for children, adolescents, and adult individuals._x000D_  _x000D_

Daily Eastern News: December 06, 2021, Eastern Illinois University

December

No abstract provided.

Art As Contextualization: Using Visual Communication As Christian Missions In Native American And Alaskan Cultures, Hali Gehring

Senior Honors Theses

Contextualization is an important aspect of Christian ministries and cross-cultural missions to create sustaining churches around the world. There are many forms of communication that use contextualization for religious purposes, such as theatre, story, art, and dance. These important forms of communication can be used with cultural practices to contextualize the Gospel to different people groups. For Native Americans and Alaskans, artistic works that promote cultural heritage are highly regarded. A beadwork piece that explains the Gospel could be a creative way to contextualize to Native American and Alaskans.

Rare And Low Frequency Genomic Variants Impacting Neuronal Functions Modify The Dup7q11.23 Phenotype, Farah Qaiser, Yue Yin, Carolyn B. Mervis, Colleen A. Morris, Bonita P. Klein-Tasman, Elaine Tam, Lucy R. Osborne, Ryan K.C. Yuen

School of Medicine Faculty Research

© 2021, The Author(s). Background: 7q11.23 duplication (Dup7) is one of the most frequent recurrent copy number variants (CNVs) in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), but based on gold-standard assessments, only 19% of Dup7 carriers have ASD, suggesting that additional genetic factors are necessary to manifest the ASD phenotype. To assess the contribution of additional genetic variants to the Dup7 phenotype, we conducted whole-genome sequencing analysis of 20 Dup7 carriers: nine with ASD (Dup7-ASD) and 11 without ASD (Dup7-non-ASD). Results: We identified three rare variants of potential clinical relevance for ASD: a 1q21.1 microdeletion (Dup7-non-ASD) and two deletions which …

Implementation Of An Oral Hygiene Protocol For Adults Patients On Acute Care Units, Sharon J. Boler

Student Scholarly Projects

Practice Problem: Patients diagnosed with non-mechanically ventilated aspiration pneumonia can result in increased levels of care, longer lengths of stay, and are 8.4 more likely to die while hospitalized. Oral hygiene protocols have led to promising outcomes, evidenced by fewer cases of aspiration pneumonia in adult patients on medical surgical units.

PICOT: The PICOT question that guided this project was in adult non-mechanically ventilated hospital patients, does an Oral Hygiene Protocol (OHP) compared to current practice affect hospital acquired aspiration pneumonia during hospitalization.

Evidence: Fourteen studies met inclusion criteria that support the implementation of an evidence – based oral hygiene …

Integration And Evaluation Of A New Nlp Method To Enhance The Performance Of Conversation Based Adaptive Instructional System (Cbais), Lijia Wang

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The proposed Master thesis is to develop, implement, and evaluate a new method that dramatically increases the efficiency and accuracy of conversation-based adaptive instruction systems (CbAISs). The outcome of the work will directly serve the ElectronixTutor (sponsored by the US Navy) project. The method developed will be applicable to Conversation-based AISs universally and domain-free.The work is guided by the cognitive principle of human learning. It is proven that one-to-one teaching achieves much better learning gain compared with teaching in traditional classrooms. The observed advantages of one-on-one teaching are largely due to the fact that it is adaptive and individualized. After …

Dual-Mobility Implants And Constrained Liners In Revision Total Hip Arthroplasty, Emanuele Chisari, Blair Ashley, Ryan Sutton, Garrett Largoza, Marco Dispagna, Nitin Goyal, P. Maxwell Courtney, Javad Parvizi

Rothman Institute Papers

Background

Instability remains the most common complication after revision total hip arthroplasty (THA). The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a difference in aseptic revision rates and survivorship between dual-mobility (DM) and constrained liners (CL) in revision THA.

Methods

We reviewed a consecutive series of 2432 revision THA patients from 2008 to 2019 at our institution and identified all patients who received either a CL or DM bearing. We compared demographics, comorbidities, indications, dislocations, and aseptic failure rates between the two groups. Bivariate and multivariate regression analyses were used to determine risk factors for failure, and …

Zeros Of A Two-Parameter Family Of Harmonic Trinomials, David Work

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis studies complex harmonic polynomials of the form $f(z) = az^n + b\bar{z}^k+z$ where $n, k \in \mathbb{Z}$ with $n > k$ and $a, b > 0$. We show that the sum of the orders of the zeros of such functions is $n$ and investigate the locations of the zeros, including whether the zeros are in the sense-preserving or sense-reversing region and a set of conditions under which zeros have the same modulus. We also show that the number of zeros ranges from $n$ to $n+2k+2$ as long as certain criteria are met.

Cedar: A Dimensionally Adaptive Flow Solver For Cylindrical Combustors, Ty R. Hosler

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis discusses the application, evaluation, and extension of dimensionally adaptive meshing to the numerical solution of velocity and pressure fields inside cylindrical reactors. Due to the high length to diameter ratios of many cylindrical reactor vessels the flow field can become axisymmetric, allowing for simplification of the governing equations and significant reduction in computational time required for solution. A fully 3D solver is developed from existing computational tools at BYU and validated against theoretical velocity profiles for pipe flow at various Reynolds numbers, as well as with experimental data for an axial-fired center jet with recirculating flow. Dimensionally adaptive …

Caregiver Decision-Making Concerning Involuntary Treatment In Dementia Care At Home, Vincent Ra Moermans, Angela Mhj Mengelers, Michel Hc Bleijlevens, Hilde Verbeek, Bernadette Dierckx De Casterle, Koen Milisen, Elizabeth Capezuti, Jan Ph Hamers

Publications and Research

Background: Dementia care at home often involves decisions in which the caregiver must weigh safety concerns with respect for autonomy. These dilemmas can lead to situations where caregivers provide care against the will of persons living with dementia, referred to as involuntary treatment. To prevent this, insight is needed into how family caregivers of persons living with dementia deal with care situations that can lead to involuntary treatment.

Objective: To identify and describe family caregivers’ experiences regarding care decisions for situations that can lead to involuntary treatment use in persons living with dementia at home.

Research design: A qualitative …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Educator, Board of Regents chair and GBI director to speak at Georgia Southern's Fall 2021 Commencement ceremonies

List Of Agency Banks Of Rbi As On December 6, 2021, Reserve Bank Of India

Documents

No abstract provided.

Chimes: December 6, 2021, Calvin University

Chimes

Commons Union still needs $45.5 million to get off the ground by Jocelyn Nunez Colon & Hadassa Ribeiro

Calvin's progress on carbon neutrality, sustainability murky during pandemic by Sarah Gibes

Veteran student orgs return, Student Senate proposes solution to CIL budget cut by Grace Toma

Calvin brings CPI housing plan to concerned neighborhood by Jocelyn Nunez-Colon

With no interim this year, January Series 2022 continues to adapt by Abigail Ham

Tough early-season schedules have women's, men's basketball teams making strides by Jamison Van Andel

Art professors show work in joint exhibitions at the Center Art Gallery by Ezra Craker

In …

The Plankton Lifeform Extraction Tool: A Digital Tool To Increase The Discoverability And Usability Of Plankton Time-Series Data, Clare Ostle, Kevin Paxman, Carolyn A. Graves, Mathew Arnold, Luis Felipe Artigas, Angus Atkinson, Anais Aubert, Malcolm Baptie, Beth Bear, Jacob Bedford, Michael Best, Eileen Bresnan, Rachel Brittain, Derek Broughton, Alexandre Budria, Kathryn Cook, Michelle Devlin, George Graham, Nick Halliday, P Hélaouët, Marie Johansen, David G. Johns, Dan Lear, Margarita Machairopoulou, April Mckinney, Adam Mellor, Alex Milligan, Sophie Pitois, Isabelle Rombouts, Cordula Scherer, Paul Tett, Claire Widdicombe, Abigail Mcquatters-Gollop

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

Abstract. Plankton form the base of the marine food web and are sensitive indicatorsof environmental change. Plankton time series are therefore an essentialpart of monitoring progress towards global biodiversity goals, such as theConvention on Biological Diversity Aichi Targets, and for informingecosystem-based policy, such as the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive.Multiple plankton monitoring programmes exist in Europe, but differences insampling and analysis methods prevent the integration of their data,constraining their utility over large spatio-temporal scales. The PlanktonLifeform Extraction Tool brings together disparate European planktondatasets into a central database from which it extracts abundancetime series of plankton functional groups, called “lifeforms”, according …

Student-Perceived Inclusivity In The Fyc Classroom: Embracing Multilingualism, Melinda Grant

Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones

The purpose of this study was to compare student perspectives on inclusivity in the first-year English composition classroom viewed explicitly through two distinct lenses: 1. a pre-post survey design that measures students’ perceptions of classroom inclusivity and 2. instructor-perceived observations that reflect upon methods of pedagogical delivery within a multimodal framework. The results provide a further understanding of how curriculum is being received in a diverse academic environment utilizing blended instructional modalities. While all students did not embrace purposeful means of translanguaging via code-meshing in classroom formative and summative writing opportunities, 100% of students surveyed indicated experiencing inclusivity in the …

Understanding Community And Engagement In Synchronous Online Writing Instruction, Conner Sutton

Master of Arts in Professional Writing Capstones

This capstone consists of an autoethnography based on the author's experiences as a synchronous online writing instructor. Using the current literature on synchronous writing instruction—as well as interviews with fellow instructors—this project explores how we define and measure classroom community and engagement from behind a webcam.

Pain Assessment In The Emergency Department, Lynnette Huddle

Master of Science in Nursing Final Projects

Aim: The aim of this integrative review was to synthesize studies that explore barriers to pain management in the Emergency Department.

Background: Pain remains one of the main reasons a person seeks help from the Emergency Department. However, patient's pain levels continue to be under-assessed and under-treated in Emergency Departments.

Design: Integrative Review Data Sources: A systematic review of Medline, PubMed, CINAHL, and Google Scholar electronic databases was performed. The articles were searched using the keywords, and the inclusion/exclusion criteria. Eleven studies published between 2011 and 2021 were found.

Review Methods: Studies were appraised using the John Hopkins Nursing Evidence-Based …

Hospital Effluents And Wastewaters Treatment Plants: A Source Of Oxytetracycline And Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteria In Seafood, Bozena Mccarthy, Samuel Obeng Apori, Michelle Giltrap, Abhijnan Bhat, James Curtin, Furong Tian

Articles

The present study employs a data review on the presence and aggregation of oxytetracycline (OTC) and resistance (AMR) bacteria in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), and distribution of the contaminated effluent with the aid of shallow and deep ocean currents. The study aims to determine the fate of OTC, AMR bacteria in seafood, and demonstrate a relationship between AMR levels and human health. This review includes (1) OTC, (2) AMR bacteria, (3) heavy metals in aquatic environments, and their relationship. Few publications describe OCT in surface waters. Although, OTC and other tetracyclines were found in 10 countries in relatively low concentrations, …