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Mgrre_Thinsections_Mgrre-135_3, Mgrre Dec 2022

Mgrre_Thinsections_Mgrre-135_3, Mgrre

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Mgrre_Thinsections_Mgrre-132_14, Mgrre Dec 2022

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Open-Source Benchmarking Of Ibd Segment Detection Methods For Biobank-Scale Cohorts, Kecong Tang, Ardalan Naseri, Yuan Wei, Shaojie Zhang, Degui Zhi Dec 2022

Open-Source Benchmarking Of Ibd Segment Detection Methods For Biobank-Scale Cohorts, Kecong Tang, Ardalan Naseri, Yuan Wei, Shaojie Zhang, Degui Zhi

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

In the recent biobank era of genetics, the problem of identical-by-descent (IBD) segment detection received renewed interest, as IBD segments in large cohorts offer unprecedented opportunities in the study of population and genealogical history, as well as genetic association of long haplotypes. While a new generation of efficient methods for IBD segment detection becomes available, direct comparison of these methods is difficult: existing benchmarks were often evaluated in different datasets, with some not openly accessible; methods benchmarked were run under suboptimal parameters; and benchmark performance metrics were not defined consistently. Here, we developed a comprehensive and completely open-source evaluation of …


Approved Programs 12-6-22, Angela Brock Dec 2022

Approved Programs 12-6-22, Angela Brock

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Mgrre_Thinsections_Mgrre-132_5, Mgrre Dec 2022

Mgrre_Thinsections_Mgrre-132_5, Mgrre

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Mgrre_Thinsections_Mgrre-132_19, Mgrre Dec 2022

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Mgrre_Thinsections_Mgrre-134_5, Mgrre Dec 2022

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Mgrre_Thinsections_Mgrre-133_001, Mgrre Dec 2022

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Mgrre_Thinsections_Mgrre-133_003, Mgrre Dec 2022

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Mgrre_Thinsections_Mgrre-133_002, Mgrre Dec 2022

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Mgrre_Thinsections_Reno 1-27_3, Mgrre Dec 2022

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Mgrre_Thinsections_Mgrre-135_3, Mgrre Dec 2022

Mgrre_Thinsections_Mgrre-135_3, Mgrre

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Ucc Minutes 12-6-22, Angela Brock Dec 2022

Ucc Minutes 12-6-22, Angela Brock

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Understanding Cnc Capacity Through Production Time Estimation, Kaitlin Bluhm Dec 2022

Understanding Cnc Capacity Through Production Time Estimation, Kaitlin Bluhm

Honors Theses

Landscape Forms is a high-end outdoor furniture company. This thesis was completed at the Landscape Forms woodshop located in Kalamazoo, MI. Landscape Forms initially reached out regarding their CNC machines being the bottleneck and it was determined that the current product standards and capacity of the CNC machines at Landscape Forms were not accurate. This causes issues when planning and scheduling their incoming orders. During this thesis, two tools were developed over the course of two semesters. The first tool helped to create accurate product standards for their CNC machines depending on the different product types and second, a CNC …


Industry 4.0, Zachary Zeitler Dec 2022

Industry 4.0, Zachary Zeitler

Honors Theses

The ultimate goal of this project is to automate quality control processes on various machines which include 3D printers, welders, routers, CNCs, and more. Using the “Digital Twin” approach, we want to automate monitoring, data collection, data analysis, and corrective action. Our involvement begins with building a new piece of software that can perform two specific functions and collect data from cameras. We are not attempting to analyze the data, make corrective action, or design a final version of the physical attributes. Our software provides the user with the ability to capture an image set or a 3D scan and …


A High-Accuracy Detection System: Based On Transfer Learning For Apical Lesions On Periapical Radiograph, Yueh Chuo, Wen-Ming Lin, Tsung-Yi Chen, Mei-Ling Chan, Yu-Sung Chang, Yan-Ru Lin, Yuan-Jin Lin, Yu-Han Shao, Chiung-An Chen, Patricia Angela R. Abu Dec 2022

A High-Accuracy Detection System: Based On Transfer Learning For Apical Lesions On Periapical Radiograph, Yueh Chuo, Wen-Ming Lin, Tsung-Yi Chen, Mei-Ling Chan, Yu-Sung Chang, Yan-Ru Lin, Yuan-Jin Lin, Yu-Han Shao, Chiung-An Chen, Patricia Angela R. Abu

Department of Information Systems & Computer Science Faculty Publications

Apical Lesions, one of the most common oral diseases, can be effectively detected in daily dental examinations by a periapical radiograph (PA). In the current popular endodontic treatment, most dentists spend a lot of time manually marking the lesion area. In order to reduce the burden on dentists, this paper proposes a convolutional neural network (CNN)-based regional analysis model for spical lesions for periapical radiographs. In this study, the database was provided by dentists with more than three years of practical experience, meeting the criteria for clinical practical application. The contributions of this work are (1) an advanced adaptive threshold …


Eat Your Invasives: A Practical And Historical Analysis Of Foraging For Invasive Foods, Grace Hartman Dec 2022

Eat Your Invasives: A Practical And Historical Analysis Of Foraging For Invasive Foods, Grace Hartman

Honors Projects

This paper discusses both the historical and modern role of foraging and why people may decide to forage, as well as barriers new foragers may face and how they can be overcome. Furthermore, the paper discusses how foraging for invasive species can be used as a method of conservation and how simple foraging can be encouraged for this reason.


Ultrafast Electron Diffraction: Visualizing Dynamic States Of Matter, D. Filippetto, P. Musumeci, R. K. Li, B. J. Siwick, M. R. Otto, Martin Centurion, J. P. F. Nunes Dec 2022

Ultrafast Electron Diffraction: Visualizing Dynamic States Of Matter, D. Filippetto, P. Musumeci, R. K. Li, B. J. Siwick, M. R. Otto, Martin Centurion, J. P. F. Nunes

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

Since the discovery of electron-wave duality, electron scattering instrumentation has developed into a powerful array of techniques for revealing the atomic structure of matter. Beyond detecting local lattice variations in equilibrium structures with the highest possible spatial resolution, recent research efforts have been directed toward the long-sought-after dream of visualizing the dynamic evolution of matter in real time. The atomic behavior at ultrafast timescales carries critical information on phase transition and chemical reaction dynamics, the coupling of electronic and nuclear degrees of freedom in materials and molecules, and the correlation among structure, function, and previously hidden metastable or nonequilibrium states …


Social Networks And Instructional Reform In Stem: The Teaching‑Research Nexus, John Skvoretz, Katherine Kappelman, Ariel Marcy, Jacob D. Mcalpin, Jennifer E. Lewis, John P. Ziker, Karl Mertens, Brittnee Earl, Susan E. Shadle, Brian A. Couch, Stephanie Feola, Luanna B. Prevost, A. Kelly Lane, Blake Whitt, Marilyne Stains Dec 2022

Social Networks And Instructional Reform In Stem: The Teaching‑Research Nexus, John Skvoretz, Katherine Kappelman, Ariel Marcy, Jacob D. Mcalpin, Jennifer E. Lewis, John P. Ziker, Karl Mertens, Brittnee Earl, Susan E. Shadle, Brian A. Couch, Stephanie Feola, Luanna B. Prevost, A. Kelly Lane, Blake Whitt, Marilyne Stains

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

Instructional reform in STEM aims for the widespread adoption of evidence based instructional practices (EBIPS), practices that implement active learning. Research recognizes that faculty social networks regarding discussion or advice about teaching may matter to such efforts. But teaching is not the only priority for university faculty – meeting research expectations is at least as important and, often, more consequential for tenure and promotion decisions. We see value in understanding how research networks, based on discussion and advice about research matters, relate to teaching networks to see if and how such networks could advance instructional reform efforts. Our research examines …


College Teaching And Ai, Leo Irakliotis Dec 2022

College Teaching And Ai, Leo Irakliotis

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Artificial Intelligence will reshape the way we assess student learning in ways that no one has prepared us for.


Possibilities For Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, Jeffrey Edward Black Dec 2022

Possibilities For Inertial Electrostatic Confinement Fusion, Jeffrey Edward Black

Dissertations and Theses

While most of the fusion energy research is focused on magnetic confinement, there have been several alternative confinement methods aimed at the development of smaller and less expensive reactors. A number of these devices utilize a spherically convergent beam of recirculating ions, a technique known as inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC). This study looks at several aspects of IEC devices, including measurements of the fusion rate of an IEC device with a wire mesh electrode cathode, and a solid titanium cathode. In addition, several computational studies were performed to explore the possibilities for IEC fusion. These include development of a 1D-1P …


Larval Ecology Of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus Thynnus): New Insights From Otolith Microstructure, Biotic, And Abiotic Analyses From The Gulf Of Mexico And Mediterranean Sea, Estrella Malca Dec 2022

Larval Ecology Of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus Thynnus): New Insights From Otolith Microstructure, Biotic, And Abiotic Analyses From The Gulf Of Mexico And Mediterranean Sea, Estrella Malca

All HCAS Student Capstones, Theses, and Dissertations

Atlantic bluefin tuna (ABT), Thunnus thynnus, spawn in the Gulf of Mexico (GoM) and the Mediterranean Sea (MED). Spawning occurs within narrow temporal and environmental parameters. Efforts to characterize growth of ABT in wild conditions revealed a wide range of growth variability during the early life stages. This series of studies examined potential biotic and abiotic influences of larval growth from seven ABT cohorts, and identified several key drivers of growth for this commercially valuable species. A detailed investigation of larval dynamics using otolith microstructure was conducted as follows. First, companion growth curves and stable isotope analysis from the same …


High Resolution Modeling Of Vegetation Reveals Large Summertime Biogenic Co2 Fluxes In New York City, Dandan Wei, Andrew Reinmann, Luke D. Schiferl, Roisin Commane Dec 2022

High Resolution Modeling Of Vegetation Reveals Large Summertime Biogenic Co2 Fluxes In New York City, Dandan Wei, Andrew Reinmann, Luke D. Schiferl, Roisin Commane

Advanced Science Research Center

Cities are beginning to monitor atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) to assess the efficacy of their climate policies. However, changes in anthropogenic CO2 emissions must be separated from biospheric CO2 fluxes which have a large seasonal cycle. Urban vegetation (e.g. lawns, trees along street and in parks, etc) in developed land covers is often omitted in regional biogenic CO2 flux models. We set up a biosphere model to estimate the regional biogenic CO2 fluxes in New York City (NYC) and assess the importance of vegetation within developed land covers. The model incorporates a high-resolution (30 …


A Synopsis Of Institutional Repositories In Nigerian University System: Advantages And Challenges, Samson Adesina Akinola, Dolapo P. Olagoke, Opeyemi F. Opawale Dec 2022

A Synopsis Of Institutional Repositories In Nigerian University System: Advantages And Challenges, Samson Adesina Akinola, Dolapo P. Olagoke, Opeyemi F. Opawale

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The academic communities have undoubtedly been struggling for some years now with difficulties in disseminating and communicating research findings. This is as a result of the ever increasing high cost of journals, which are the traditional medium for research communication and how this as affected libraries budget, most especially in the depressed economy of developing countries. The financial difficulties being experienced by academic publishers have also added to this pain. Many academics have their research work stored in Microsoft (MS) words and other digital formats on their computers, but only very few of them ponder on the long term preservation …


Meertens Number And Its Variations, Chai Wah Wu Dec 2022

Meertens Number And Its Variations, Chai Wah Wu

Communications on Number Theory and Combinatorial Theory

In 1998, Bird introduced Meertens numbers as numbers that are invariant under a map similar to the Gödel encoding. In base 10, the only known Meertens number is 81312000. We look at some properties of Meertens numbers and consider variations of this concept. In particular, we consider variations of Meertens numbers where there is a finite time algorithm to decide whether such numbers exist, exhibit infinite families of these variations and provide bounds on parameters needed for their existence.


An Investigation Of Elementary Mathematics Teachers’ Questioning Skills, Hülya Yildizli, Gülden Günaydin Dec 2022

An Investigation Of Elementary Mathematics Teachers’ Questioning Skills, Hülya Yildizli, Gülden Günaydin

i.e.: inquiry in education

This study aims to investigate the primary school mathematics teachers’ questioning skills in class. It also includes observation of the questioning skills of two elementary school mathematics teachers. This mixed-methods research study follows an explanatory sequential design. Initially, quantitative data were collected from 265 primary school mathematics teachers through a questioning survey developed by the researchers. On the other hand, qualitative data were obtained by observing two teachers who answered this survey and were easily accessible to the researchers for six weeks. One of the researchers was in the role of participant-observer in this observation process, and both teachers were …


Edtec Tour Of What’S Possible: Challenging Concepts Of Technology Use In The Classroom Through Breakoutedu, Jon M. Clausen Dec 2022

Edtec Tour Of What’S Possible: Challenging Concepts Of Technology Use In The Classroom Through Breakoutedu, Jon M. Clausen

i.e.: inquiry in education

While teacher education candidates and faculty have improved their knowledge and skills with technology, challenges remain regarding their understanding of how to integrate technology effectively within their pedagogical practices. One solution is to provide models of purposeful technology integration within instruction that embeds digital pedagogy throughout the learning process. This paper describes how a teacher education program is addressing the need to engage candidates and faculty around issues of technology integration and adoption. This is done through participation in a Breakout EDU game focused on introducing candidates, and faculty to what might be possible when integrating technology within their instructional …


Examining Preservice Mathematics Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Development In The Natural Setting Of A Teacher Preparation Program, Büşra Kartal Dec 2022

Examining Preservice Mathematics Teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge Development In The Natural Setting Of A Teacher Preparation Program, Büşra Kartal

i.e.: inquiry in education

This study examined preservice elementary mathematics teachers’ technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) development throughout their final year in the natural setting of a teacher preparation program. Data were collected from thirty-eight preservice teachers via a TPACK self-assessment scale with seven subdomains at the beginning and end of the final year. Descriptive statistics, correlation and regression analysis were used. Results showed that participants had significantly positive gains in their PK, TK, TPK, PCK, and TPACK with medium to large effect sizes. Correlation analysis indicated that participants developed a more integrative understanding of TPACK. Participants’ TCK, TPK, and PCK were significant predictors …


The Impact Of Teacher Research On Classroom Practice And Teacher Autonomy, Connie Dilucchio, Heather Leaman Dec 2022

The Impact Of Teacher Research On Classroom Practice And Teacher Autonomy, Connie Dilucchio, Heather Leaman

i.e.: inquiry in education

Abstract:
Faculty instructors of a master’s level teacher research course share findings from a study on the impact of teacher researcher on classroom practice and teacher autonomy. Authors describe the M.Ed. program and research capstone course where graduate students (practicing teachers) complete a semester-long research project. They share their qualitative inquiry examining the impact of teacher research on participants who completed teacher research 2010-2018. Findings derived from surveys and interviews suggest that teachers (a) adapt their instructional practices and their thinking about learners’ needs and (b) develop confidence and a greater sense of autonomy following a semester-long research experience. Authors …


Investigating The Effect Of Differentiated Instruction On Academic Achievement And Self-Directed Learning Readiness In An Online Teaching Profession Course, Fatma Özüdoğru Dr. Dec 2022

Investigating The Effect Of Differentiated Instruction On Academic Achievement And Self-Directed Learning Readiness In An Online Teaching Profession Course, Fatma Özüdoğru Dr.

i.e.: inquiry in education

This research investigated the effect of differentiated instruction on Turkish preservice teachers’ academic achievement and self-directed learning readiness in an online teaching profession course. The study utilized a pretest-posttest control group design. Data were collected through an achievement test and a self-directed learning readiness scale. The independent samples t-test, paired samples t-test and analysis of covariance were used to analyze the data. The findings revealed that online differentiated instruction had a significant impact on the academic achievement of preservice teachers while it did not create a significant difference in terms of self-directed learning readiness. As a reult, it is seen …