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Anti-Vax Fear* Speech: A Public-Health-Driven Policy Initiative When Counter-Speech Won't Work (*Fake, Flawed, Fraudulent, False, Endangering, And Reckless), Barbara Pfeffer Billauer

Health Matrix: The Journal of Law-Medicine

No abstract provided.

A Hybrid Data And Hypothesis-Driven Model For Software Development In Support Of The Machine-Learning Paradigm, Anthony D. Bowman

All ETDs from UAB

istorically, research has often been conducted in a hypothesis-driven manner with software development methodologies created to support those efforts. However, in recent years data-driven approaches to research have seen a dramatic rise in prominence. While software development methodologies such as agile development, extreme programming, and the waterfall model have allowed developers to tackle increasingly complex problems, they were not designed to efficiently support data-driven approaches such as the machine learning paradigm. To address the need to support the different programmatic requirements of both classical, hypothesis-driven as well as data-driven development, novel development strategies are warranted. In this research, we adapted …

Ludwig Wittgenstein, Mathematics, Therapy And Life: Research From The Group On Education, Language And Cultural Practices In Brazil, Elizabeth Gomes Souza, Carolina Tamayo, Marcia Maria Bento

The Mathematics Enthusiast

This article aims to describe discursive regularities of theses and dissertations by researchers from the Group “Research, Education, Language, Cultural Practices” - Phala and their effects for / on Mathematics Education. Due to the nature of the proposed study, three axes of description emerged: (1) starting cultural archive and the literatures-traces triggered with respect to Mathematics; (2) therapeutic analog movements operated in research, and (3) aesthetics and writing style. We identified that the archives, taking deconstructionist therapy as a research lens, expand the debates about the understanding of Mathematics as a fixed, linear, compartmentalized, abstract and hierarchical set of knowledge, …

Incorporating Hemodynamic Cognitive Neuromarkers For Personalized Assistive Communication Technology, Seyyed Bahram Borgheai

Open Access Dissertations

A Brain computer interface (BCI) for communication bypasses standard efferent neural pathways towards peripheral nerves and muscles and directly translates brain activity into symbolic commands to facilitate communication in people with motor impairments. Although a range of access options have been developed, there are still many challenges, particularly for those with severe motor-control limitations. Limitations in availability of access options and the accuracy they provide may lead to patient frustration. Hence, many conventional non-invasive BCIs that rely on eye-gaze control and alternative communicative solutions, such as eye-tracking systems, fail to provide successful and efficient communication in people with severe motor …

Overview Of U.S. Foreign Language Education Policy, Karin P. Hartmaier

Senior Honors Theses and Projects

Foreign language education policy has been a topic of concern in the USA since the time of the founding fathers. A paradox of American society is that it is a nation formed from a “melting pot” of immigrants, while the pressure to assimilate to a uniform American culture has resulted in a dominantly monolingual population. With changes in immigration rates and shifts in the national origins of immigrants, the attitudes and perspectives of the general public toward foreigners and foreign languages have also adjusted over time. This literature review will give an overview of how current events and public opinion …

Prevalence And Associated Factors Of Alexithymia Among Medical Students: A Cross-Sectional Study From Saudi Arabia, Mohammed A. Aljaffer, Ahmad H. Almadani, Saleh A. Alghamdi, Ibrahim M. Alabdulkarim, Mohammed A. Albabtain, Rayed M. Altameem, Abdulrahman A. Almugren, Abdulaziz F. Alomairy, Abdulaziz A. Alghofaily

Neurosciences

Objectives: To assess the prevalence of alexithymia and its associated factors among medical students at King Saud University (KSU), Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at KSU, including 420 medical students from all years of medical college (i.e., first to the fifth year), by using an electronic questionnaire distributed during August 2021. The questionnaire consisted of sociodemographic-related questions and the 20-item Toronto alexithymia scale (a validated scale in the literature). Results: The prevalence of alexithymia among the participants was found to be 26.9%. A statistically significant association between alexithymia and gender ( p =0.013) was …

Scamle Journal 2022 Full Volume

South Carolina Association for Middle Level Education Journal

No abstract provided.

A Retrospective Study Comparing The Effects Of Dynamic Tape In Addition To Treatment On Adults With Upper Extremity Tendinopathy Versus Treatment Alone: A Focus On Elbow Tendinopathy, Lindsey Heaton

OTD DEx Reports - College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

"Tendinopathy is a common overuse injury in the athletic and working population that is commonly treated with therapeutic tapes. Dynamic Tape (DT) is a biomechanical tape that works mechanically and alters movement patterns to absorb load and re-inject that energy back into the body without limiting range of motion. There is minimal research on the efficacy of DT for elbow tendinopathy. In addition to this, there was not yet a protocol on how to use DT for upper extremity tendinopathies. The researchers used these limitations to design a project with the intent to prove the efficacy of DT as a …

Occupational Therapy’S Role In Supporting Teachers’ Social-Emotional Learning (Sel) Skill Development, Cailtin Read

OTD DEx Reports - College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

"Adult social-emotional learning (SEL) has become an increasingly popular topic. SEL has been around for over 20 years with the focus on improving the skills of students. Research has shown that teachers who have better SEL skills have better relationships with their students and in return, those students are more engaged in learning (APA, 2020). The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge and use of SEL skills by general education teachers and identify if more support was needed to enhance their skills and to promote positive, successful school days. Participants (n = 5) included teachers and staff …

Strategic Thinking About Racism In American Zoning, Richard H. Chused

NYLS Law Review

No abstract provided.

University Of Memphis Magazine, 1999 Summer

University of Memphis Magazine

Cover Story, "Art of the Question" by Les Seago

Eminent Faculty Award winner Art Graesser attempts to teach a computer to think.

Also featured, "SpringFest"

Thousands enjoyed the third annual festival, held on the lawn of the Ned R. McWherter Library. The festival, held on the east lawn of the Ned R. McWherter Library, featured more than 100 booths and exhibits and offered such activities as arts-and-crafts sales, face-painting, story-telling, glimpses into cyberspace and information from the city's many neighborhood associations.

University Of Memphis Magazine, 2021 Spring

University of Memphis Magazine

Cover Story, "Academic Heisman" by Trent Shadid

Brady White, Memphis football's all-time winningest starting quarterback and a Ph.D. candidate, ended his career with the perfect honor.

Also featured, "The Gray Man" by Trent Shadid

UofM alumnus Mark Greaney has established himself among the top current novelists in his genre. Now, his work is set to become a Netflix adaptation starring Ryan Gosling.

University Of Memphis Magazine, 2005 Fall

University of Memphis Magazine

Cover Story, Message from the President.

Also featured, "Delivering success"

Corporate donations - such as a recent $5 million gift from FedEx - are expanding innovative research opportunities at the UofM's FedEx Institute of Technology.

The Columns, 1964 Spring

The Columns

IN THIS ISSUE:

"A NEW LOOK FOR ALUMNI" Plans for 1964 Alumni Program are Reviewed

"OUR 23-ACRE CLASSROOM" Classroom Anthropological Theory is Put Into Practice at Chucalissa Indian Town

"GROWING PAINS AT MEMPHIS STATE" Memphis State Looks Ahead in Campus Planning

Cover design by Bill Moody Memphis State senior, majoring in Advertising Design. The children in the photo represent the generation that will enter college in the 1970s, a critical period in MSU's expansion program. Photo by Gil Michael

The Columns, 1958 June

The Columns

In this issue:

"President Smith Knows Need For Scholarships"

President J. M. Smith knows from personal experience the financial difficulties of attending college. That's why he was careful to make provisions for scholarships when registration fees were increased recently.

"Professional Approach Pays For University's Journalists"

"Literature in a hurry ... " That's how Matthew Arnold once described journalism. To 197 students enrolled in Memphis State's bustling young Department of Journalism, the definition is still meaningful. In a newly-equipped writing laboratory in which practical situations are simulated, students daily turn out news stories, advertisements, radio copy and creative feature articles- all …

The Columns, 1972 June

The Columns

On the cover: "Hawaii here I come!" was Walter S. "Stoney" Warren's ('58) reaction after hearing his name announced as the winner of the free eight-day Hawaiian vacation for two awarded Alumni Day, April 29 (see page 14). Upon departing from Memphis International Airport he and his wife, Donna ('60), receive le is and alohas from American Airlines Stewardess Toini Laine. They were accompanied by 170 MSU alumni who made the trip, sponsored by the Association.

"Tiger Rag changes name"

A new name has been approved for Memphis State University's campus newspaper. Next fall, the Tiger Rag will become the …

The Columns, 1988 Spring

The Columns

Cover Story, "Proposed Pyramid Arena New Home for Tiger Basketball?"

On the cover is an exterior view of the proposed Pyramid arena which could be the future home court for MSU Tiger basketball. Shown here is an interior view of the arena with its planned 20,000 seats for basketball fans. Pyramid photos by Mike McElya '88.

Also featured, "MSU Pom-Pom Squad Three Time Champs"

MSU's Pom-Pom Squad took top honors in the National Dance Competition in San Diego, CA in January, winning the event for the third consecutive year—that's every time the competition has been held.

The Columns, 1979 December

The Columns

Cover Story, "Non-verbal communication: Your body has a language all its own" by Dr. Bobby G. Greer and Joyce E. Greer

We have come to place a great deal of emphasis on the printed and spoken word. Yet, we are all aware, if we think about it, that there is much more to human interaction than the mere linguistic symbols (words) exchanged between two individuals. We unconsciously place more emphasis than we think on other aspects of behavior—appearance, gestures, tone of voice, etc. Until the past few years, you could find very little in popular literature on this, subject, yet …

Memphis State Magazine, 03:04, 1984 Fall

Memphis State University Magazine

Annual Report of the President.

Memphis State Magazine, 10:01, 1991 Spring

Memphis State University Magazine

Cover Story, "From Russia with Art"

Beginning this month, Memphis will display a fabulous exhibition of art treasures from the renowned State Hermitage Museum in Leningrad. Fulfilling its role as a primary resource in the community, Memphis State University has joined with city officials to coordinate some of the educational components for the Catherine the Great exhibit.

Also featured, "In Search of Eloquence"

Although the art of writing dates back to 6000 B.C., communicating through words is still a craft to be perfected. Through MSU's creative writing programs, students are learning the fundamentals of language arid discovering new methods of …

Melody And Memory: Black Language In The Low Country, Dywanna Smith, Kenesha Johnson

South Carolina Association for Middle Level Education Journal

Black Language has historically been marginalized as a broken form of Standard English forcing the speakers of this language to conform and devalue their native tongue. This impact has led to a negative stigma on Black Language and forced Black people to relinquish their cultural literacies. This study reflects on understanding why Black Language must be recognized as a legitimate language. It also illustrates why Black Language should be welcomed into the classroom as it provides a pathway to self-actualization affording Black students the opportunity to self-define and self-validate their existence. Special emphasis is placed on how language impacts adolescent …

Awaken The Dreamer: An Ontology Of Dreams In The Raven Cycle, Dreamstrider, And The Dreamwalker Trilogy, Clinton J. Visser

Theses : Honours

Existing scholarship on dreams in Young Adult (YA) Literature tends to revolve around the analysis and understanding of dreams using a psychanalytic approach. Using theorists like Freud and Jung, scholars analyse dreams to predict the future development of the self. My thesis, however, veers away from such psychoanalytic studies and focus more on the ontological and liminal powers of dreams. Within The Raven Cycle, Dreamstrider, and The Dreamwalker Trilogy dreams are used by dreamer protagonists as tools to access a constant state of becoming— the liminal space where the recognition and transformation of the self occurs. The use of dreams, …

Teaching Cultural Competence In Law School Curricula: An Essential Step To Facilitate Diversity, Phyllis C. Taite, Nicola Boothe

Faculty Articles

No abstract provided.

An Analysis On Network Flow-Based Iot Botnet Detection Using Weka, Cian Porteous

Dissertations

Botnets pose a significant and growing risk to modern networks. Detection of botnets remains an important area of open research in order to prevent the proliferation of botnets and to mitigate the damage that can be caused by botnets that have already been established. Botnet detection can be broadly categorised into two main categories: signature-based detection and anomaly-based detection. This paper sets out to measure the accuracy, false-positive rate, and false-negative rate of four algorithms that are available in Weka for anomaly-based detection of a dataset of HTTP and IRC botnet data. The algorithms that were selected to detect botnets …

Evaluating The Performance Impact Of Fine-Tuning Optimization Strategies On Pre-Trained Distilbert Models Towards Hate Speech Detection In Social Media, Aidan Mcgovern

Dissertations

Hate speech can be defined as forms of expression that incite hatred or encourage violence towards a person or group based on race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation. Hate speech has gravitated towards social media as its primary platform, and its propagation represents profound risks to both the mental well-being and physical safety of targeted groups. Countermeasures to moderate hate speech face challenges due to the volumes of data generated in social media, leading companies, and the research community to evaluate methods to automate its detection. The emergence of BERT and other pre-trained transformer-based models for transfer learning in the …

Exploring 3d Data Reuse And Repurposing Through Procedural Modeling, Rachel Opitz, Heather Richards-Rissetto, Karin Dalziel, Jessica Dussault, Greg Tunink

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

Most contemporary 3D data used in archaeological research and heritage management have been created through ‘reality capture,’ the recording of the physical features of extant archaeological objects, structures, and landscapes using technologies such as laser scanning and photogrammetry (Garstki 2020, ch.2; Magnani et al. 2020). A smaller quantity of data are generated by Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Building Information Modeling (BIM) projects, and even fewer data are generated through procedural modeling, the rapid prototyping of multi-component threedimensional (3D) models from a set of rules (Figure 8.1.). It is unsurprising therefore that in archaeology and heritage, efforts around digital 3D …

"What's Worth Risking Eternal Damnation For": Modernism, Language And The Social Impact Of Art In The Works Of James Joyce, Hozier, And Lil Nas X, Saranpat Chiangprom

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This research investigates the notion of human sexuality in selected modernist literary works from James Joyce to postmodern music by Hozier and Lil Nas X regarding the criticism of institutionalized beliefs and the depiction of sexualities. From the sexual and spiritual awakening in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man to the public onanism scene in Ulysses, Joyce has intensified one's apostasy and sexuality by optimizing and experimenting with the multiplicity of the meaning of words. The postmodern music selected for analysis which comprises a mid-tempo soul song titled "Take Me to Church" by Andrew John Hozier-Byrne, and …

The Acoustic Measurement Of English Vowel Duration Regarding Final Consonant Voicing Produced By L1 Thai Speakers, Chalita Taothong

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

This acoustic study focuses on the phonetic phenomenon in English called the voicing effect in which vowel duration followed by voiced consonants is longer than those followed by voiceless consonant counterparts. This study aims to 1) study the duration of English vowels preceding voiced consonants longer than vowels preceding voiceless consonants, which are produced by L1 Thai speakers. 2) investigate the influence of English tense and lax vowels on the vowel duration ratio regarding voiced and voiceless final consonants, which are produced by L1 Thai speakers. Participants include 10 students studying at Chulalongkorn University from various faculties. The research instruments …

บทบัญญัติของกฎหมายที่ใช้บังคับในคดีละเมิด: การวิเคราะห์คำพิพากษาศาลไทยด้วยกระบวนการเรียนรู้เชิงลึก, ทวีศักดิ์ ชูศรี

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

การประมวลผลเอกสารทางกฎหมายโดยใช้การประมวลผลภาษาธรรมชาติเป็นงานวิจัยที่น่าสนใจในการศึกษาอย่างมาก เนื่องจากการกำหนดหมวดกฎหมายสำหรับคดีในศาลมักต้องมีการปรึกษาหารือกับทนายความซึ่งมีค่าบริการที่สูงมาก ทำให้ประชาชนทั่วไปไม่สามารถเข้าถึงการใช้บริการดังกล่าวได้ จึงเป็นจุดเริ่มต้นในการจัดทำงานวิจัยนี้ ด้วยการสร้างระบบที่สามารถดึงข้อมูลส่วนกฎหมายที่เหมาะสมตามข้อเท็จจริงที่เกี่ยวข้องของคดีในศาล เพื่อให้บรรลุงานวิจัยนี้ ทางคณะผู้วิจัยได้รวบรวมชุดข้อมูลที่ครอบคลุมของคดีในศาลฎีกาจากประเทศไทย รวมถึงดึงข้อเท็จจริงจากเอกสารของโจทก์และจำเลยโดยใช้การผสมผสานระหว่างการเรียนรู้ของเครื่องและระบบที่ใช้กฎเป็นพื้นฐานเพื่อการวิเคราะห์การประมวลผลภาษาธรรมชาติเพิ่มเติม แนวทางที่ของงานวิจัยนี้นำเสนอมุ่งเน้นไปที่ระบบค้นคืนมาตราที่เกี่ยวข้องด้วยข้อมูลชุดฝึกที่มีจำนวนน้อย โดยใช้ข้อเท็จจริงของโจทก์เป็นข้อมูลเข้า ซึ่งระบบนี้จะสามารถจัดการกับมาตราต่างๆ ของกฎหมาย รวมถึงส่วนที่ไม่ค่อยพบหรือไม่ได้อยู่ในชุดการฝึกอบรม โดยที่ระบบจะทำงานได้ดีกว่ามาตรฐานพื้นฐาน โดยสรุป การวิจัยนี้มีเป้าหมายเพื่อสร้างระบบดึงข้อมูลส่วนกฎหมายที่เหมาะสมตามข้อเท็จจริงที่เกี่ยวข้องของคดีในศาลที่เข้าถึงได้และแม่นยำมากขึ้น ทางคณะผู้วิจัยหวังว่าจะลดความจำเป็นในการปรึกษาทนายความที่มีค่าบริการที่สูง และมอบเครื่องมือที่มีค่าสำหรับผู้เชี่ยวชาญด้านกฎหมายและบุคคลที่เกี่ยวข้องในกระบวนการพิจารณาคดีในศาล

An Analytical Network Process (Anp) Model For Choosing Optimal Public-Private Partnership (Ppp) Contract Types For Infrastructure Projects, Su Lae Yee Zaw

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

With the rapid social and economic development, a great deal of expenditure is crucial for the nation's infrastructure development. Nevertheless, the governments of many developing nations have been experienced with the limited budget and technical inability to deliver effective public infrastructures. Public-private partnership (PPP) has been adopted as an alternative collaboration arrangement between the government and the private sector in many nations to overcome these challenges. PPP can be defined as a long-term contract between a public agency and a private entity for rendering public facilities, including design, construct, finance, operate, and manage the project. The PPP contract types can …