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SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

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Diligence And Belated Appeals: Ark R. App P.-Civ. 4(B)(3) In Theory And Practice, Johnathan D. Horton

Arkansas Law Review

A series of Arkansas appellate decisions addresses a recurring issue—the entry of a final order without notice to one or more litigants. Appellate deadlines run from the date of entry of a final order, so the lack of notice typically results in the inability to perfect an appeal, as a party unaware of the entry of a final order is unlikely to timely perfect an appeal. This troublesome issue has arisen in Arkansas with sufficient frequency to merit a specific provision in the Arkansas Rules of Appellate Procedure—Civil.4 If a party can satisfy its requirements, Rule 4(b)(3) of the Arkansas …

Demand Forecasting For Lucky Cement, Muhammad Arsalan Rashid

CBER Conference

As we know that demand is the Quantities of a good or service that people are ready to buy at various prices within some given time, other factors besides price held constant I tried to forecast the sales for next years. I removed seasonality factors and applied other determinants to predict the demand. By using values of independent variables in my Regression, the Annual Sales of Lucky Cement for period 2020-2021 is found to be around 7.9 Million Tons.

Minutes, College Of Liberal Arts Executive Committee Meeting, Thursday, March 4, 2021, College Of Liberal Arts Executive Committee

Executive Committee Minutes

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The George-Anne Inkwell Edition, Georgia Southern University

The Inkwell

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Simulations Let Students, Staff Practice High-Stakes Skills, From Social Marketing To Surgery, Matt Windsor

Browse All News

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An Investigation Of Parent Distributions And Long-Term Trends Of Average Maximum And Minimum Temperature In The Limpopo Province Of South Africa, Anna M. Seimela, Daniel Maposa

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

In studying natural hazards or disasters that occur due to temperature extremes such as heat waves and cold waves, it is crucial to understand the underlying distributions of the maximum and minimum temperatures at a particular site or region. The present study intends to investigate the parent distributions of maximum and minimum temperatures at various sites in the Limpopo province of South Africa. The parent distributions were investigated at four meteorological stations in Limpopo province, namely: Mara (1949-2018), Messina (1934-2009), Polokwane (1932-2018) and Thabazimbi (1994-2018). Four candidate parent distributions; normal, lognormal, gamma and Weibull distributions, were fitted to the average …

Estimation Of Parameters Of Inverse Lomax Distribution Under Type-Ii Censoring Scheme, Ankita Sharma, Parmil Kumar

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

In this paper, Bayesian and E-Bayesian estimation of unknown parameters of Inverse Lomax probability distribution based on Type-II censored samples has been obtained under De Groot Loss Function (DLF), Al-Bayyati Loss function (ABLF), Entropy Loss Function (ELF), Linex Loss Function (LLF) and Minimum Expected Loss Function (MELF). To derive these estimators, we have considered a conjugate gamma prior and uniform hyperprior distributions. The Monte Carlo simulation method has been used to generate a Type-II censored data from Inverse Lomax probability distribution. The performance of the estimators has been tested and compared by computing mean square error (MSE). Further, the relationship …

Size- Biased Poisson-Ishita Distribution And Its Applications To Thunderstorm Events, Kamlesh Kumar Shukla, Rama Shanker

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

In the present paper, a size-biased Poisson-Ishita distribution (SBPID) has been proposed, which is the size- biasing of the Poisson-Ishita distribution (PID) introduced by Shukla and Shanker (2019). The moments about origin and moments about mean have been obtained and hence expressions for coefficient of variation, skewness, kurtosis and index of dispersion have been derived and their behavior explained graphically. The estimation of its parameter has been discussed using method of moments and maximum likelihood estimation. The applications of SBPID have been explained through real datasets relating to thunderstorm events. The goodness of fit of SBPID has been found satisfactory …

March 3, 2021 Faculty Senate Minutes, University Of South Carolina

Faculty Senate

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Bridging The Gap: Using Reservoir Ecology And Human Serosurveys To Estimate Lassa Virus Spillover In West Africa, Andrew J. Basinski, Elisabeth Fichet-Calvet, Anna R. Sjodin, Tanner J. Varrelman, Christopher H. Remien, Nathan C. Layman, Brian H. Bird, David J. Wolking, Corina Monagin, Bruno M. Ghersi, Peter A. Barry, Michael A. Jarvis, Paul E. Gessler, Scott L. Nuismer

School of Biomedical Sciences

Forecasting the risk of pathogen spillover from reservoir populations of wild or domestic animals is essential for the effective deployment of interventions such as wildlife vaccination or culling. Due to the sporadic nature of spillover events and limited availability of data, developing and validating robust, spatially explicit, predictions is challenging. Recent efforts have begun to make progress in this direction by capitalizing on machine learning methodologies. An important weakness of existing approaches, however, is that they generally rely on combining human and reservoir infection data during the training process and thus conflate risk attributable to the prevalence of the pathogen …

Cwu Faculty Senate Minutes 03/03/21, Janet Shields

Faculty Senate Minutes

These are the official Central Washington University Faculty Senate minutes for the March 3, 2021, regular meeting.

External Disruptions To Qualitative Data Collection: Addressing Risks Relating To Brexit And Researcher-Participant Rapport, Shukru Esmene, Nick Kirsop-Taylor

The Qualitative Report

In this paper we present the importance of detailing the contextual conditions of a qualitative study to highlight any potential participant-researcher tensions. We emphasize the importance of understanding context in rich detail to expose societal complexities while maintaining positive participant-research rapport. Through two cases, this paper considers that bracketing, reflexivity, and transparency can be applied to form appropriate strategies to deal with external disruptions to qualitative fieldwork. The cases draw on Brexit’s impact on two studies conducted in the United Kingdom. In so doing, we argue that time, relevance, and the individuals involved can coalesce to express varied influences on …

Environmental Conditions Associated With Natural Shade-Tolerant Conifer Regeneration In Forest Park, Portland, Oregon, Matt Cook

Urban Ecosystem Research Consortium of Portland/Vancouver

Forest Park is a 5,100-acre urban forest located in Portland Oregon. Due to its proximity to urban development the park has been impacted by various anthropogenic stressors including logging, fragmentation, invasive species, air pollution and recreation use. This legacy of land degradation coupled with natural disturbances has resulted in changes to forest structure, composition, and function—threatening the long-term sustainability of the park. Forest Park provides many ecosystem services, and the local community depends on its sustained ecological integrity. Past research in Forest Park had identified a lack of Western hemlock and Western red cedar seedlings and saplings in the most …

Great Lakes, Great Books Diverse Texts, Lynette Marten Suckow

Michigan Reading Journal

Book reviews of juvenile and teen literature with themes of cultural diversity.

A Call For Something Better: Classrooms As Foundations Of Respectful Argument For Civic Engagement, Mark Dziedzic, Bryn Orum, Linda Denstaedt

Michigan Reading Journal

“Building Something Better: Civically Engaged Conversation with Contested Issues ” promotes essential elements teachers used to design text sets and student experiences supportive of inclusive classrooms that recognize diversity of perspectives as a strength. The National Writing Project’s College, Career, and Community Writers Program served as a framework for looking closely at the role of teaching practice to develop classroom conversations focused on contested social issues and text sets that disrupt prior thinking and open the door to multiple perspectives, stakeholders, and voices. The ideas presented in this article emerged in collaboration with teachers using C3WP to rethink their curriculum …

An Exponential Trend And Mapping Of Research In Web 2.0, Baskaran C. - -

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study analyses the research paper on the publications of Web 2.0 during 2000-2019 and total no. 7123 publications recorded over the period of study. A maximum 825 (12.08%) of the publications appeared in 2016, followed by 793(11.61%),745(10.91%), and 730(10.69%) of the publications that appeared in the year 2015,2017 and 2018. Relative Growth Rate (RGR) and Doubling Time (Dt) of the publications on Web 2.0 global data during 2000-2019. The analysis made on the records based on Web of Science (WoS). The majority of 5743 (84.12%) of the publications appeared in Journals. The study dictates that the majority 134 (1.96%) …

Academic Senate - Agenda, 03/02/2021, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Agendas

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Geography Colloquium | Borders Of Our Minds, March 19, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Plant Biology Colloquium | Spectroscopy Of Plants, March 12, Ohio University College Of Arts & Sciences

All Forum Articles

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Providing Stability And Deterrence: The Us Army In Indopacom, Carol V. Evans

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Quantitative Analysis And Performance Evaluation Of Target-Oriented Replication Strategies In Cloud Computing, Quadri Waseem, Wan Isni Sofiah Wan Din, Sultan S. Alshamrani, Abdullah Alharbi, Amril Nazir

All Works

Data replications effectively replicate the same data to various multiple locations to accomplish the objective of zero loss of information in case of failures without any downtown. Dynamic data replication strategies (providing run time location of replicas) in clouds should optimize the key performance indicator parameters, like response time, reliability, availability, scalability, cost, availability, performance, etc. To fulfill these objectives, various state-of-the-art dynamic data replication strategies has been proposed, based on several criteria and reported in the literature along with advantages and disadvantages. This paper provides a quantitative analysis and performance evaluation of target-oriented replication strategies based on target objectives. …

Parameters Spring 2021, Usawc Press

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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The George-Anne Daily Special Report, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

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Umn Morris Chancellor Michelle Behr Announces Retirement, Communications And Marketing

Campus News Archive

University of Minnesota Morris Chancellor Michelle Behr plans to retire as chancellor at the end of the academic year. During her tenure, Chancellor Behr has led the Morris campus through a strategic visioning and planning process, reaffirmation of accreditation, and record-breaking years of private giving.

Echo Care Of The Elderly: Innovative Learning To Build Capacity In Long-Term Care, Navena R. Lingum, Lisa Guttman Sokoloff, James Chau, Sid Feldman, Shaen Gingrich, Cindy J. Grief, Raquel M. Meyer, Andreaa L. Moser, Salma Shaikh, Anna Theresa Santiago, Rosalind Sham, Devin J. Sodums, David K. Conn

Project ECHO Bibliography

Background

Older adults are entering long-term care (LTC) homes with more complex care needs than in previous decades, resulting in demands on point-of-care staff to provide additional and specialty services. This study evaluated whether Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) Care of the Elderly Long-Term Care (COE-LTC)—a case-based online education program—is an effective capacity-building program among interprofessional health-care teams caring for LTC residents.

Methods

A mixed-method, pre-and-post study comprised of satisfaction, knowledge, and self-efficacy surveys and exploration of experience via semi-structured interviews. Participants were interprofessional health-care providers from LTC homes across Ontario.

Results

From January–March 2019, 69 providers, nurses/nurse …

Echo Care Of The Elderly: Innovative Learning To Build Capacity In Long-Term Care, Navina R. Lingum, Lisa Guttman Sokoloff, James Chau, Sid Feldman, Shaen Gingrich, Cindy J. Grief, Raquel M. Meyer, Andrea L. Moser, Salma Shaikh, Anna Theresa Santiago, Rosalind Sham, Devin J. Sodums, David K. Conn

Project ECHO Bibliography

Abstract Background: Older adults are entering long-term care (LTC) homes with more complex care needs than in previous decades, resulting in demands on point-of-care staff to provide additional and specialty services. This study evaluated whether Project ECHO® (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) Care of the Elderly Long-Term Care (COE-LTC)-a case-based online education program-is an effective capacity-building program among interprofessional health-care teams caring for LTC residents. Methods: A mixed-method, pre-and-post study comprised of satisfaction, knowledge, and self-efficacy surveys and exploration of experience via semi-structured interviews. Participants were interprofessional health-care providers from LTC homes across Ontario. Results: From January-March 2019, 69 providers, …

Ecological Risk Assessment Of Managed Relocation As A Climate Change Adaptation Strategy, Aviv Karasov-Olson, Mark W. Schwartz, Julian D. Olden, Sarah Skikne, Jessica J. Hellmann, Sarah Allen, Christy Brigham, Danielle Buttke, David J. Lawrence, Abraham J. Miller-Rushing, Jeffrey T. Morisette, Gregor W. Schuurman, Melissa Trammell, Cat Hawkins Hoffman

United States National Park Service: Publications

Executive Summary

Changing climate and introduced species are placing an increasing number of species at risk of extinction. Increasing extinction risk is increasing calls to protect species by relocating, or translocating, them to locations with more favorable biotic or climatic conditions. Managed relocation, or assisted migration, of species entails risks to both the conservation target organisms being moved as well as the recipient ecosystems into which they are moved.

Recognizing this risk, calls have been made for practitioners interested in considering a managed relocation project to engage in a serious risk assessment prior to advancing a project. We engaged a …

Remittances, Ethnic Diversity, And Entrepreneurship In Developing Countries, Isil Yavuz, Berrak Bahadir

Economics Faculty Working Papers

This paper examines the moderating influence of home country ethnic diversity in the relationship between migrant remittances and new business creation in developing countries. By employing the theories of transaction cost, social network, social identity, and trust, we argue that ethnic diversity is negatively associated with new business creation; nevertheless, it strengthens the positive association between migrant remittances and new business creation in developing countries. We test our hypotheses on 64 developing countries over an 11-year period (2006-2016). This paper contributes to entrepreneurship literature by emphasizing the importance of home country ethnic diversity in channeling migrants’ remittances to new business …

Moran Eigenvector Filtering Of Multi-Year Yield Data With Application To Zone Development, Dan S. Long, Daniel A. Griffith, Craig K. Kvien, David E. Clay

Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Faculty Publications

A time‐series of yield monitor data may be used to identify field areas of consistently low or high yield to serve as productivity zones for site‐specific crop management. However, transient factors that affect yield in 1 yr, but not every year, detract from this approach. The objective of this study was to illustrate Moran eigenvector spatial filtering (MESF) with results from analysis of multi‐year crop yield data from two farm fields in the United States. The MESF method accounts for temporal autocorrelation within a common factor map representing the correlation across years and partitions stochastic geographic variation into spatially structured …