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Relevance Of The Obstacles To The Achievement Of Food Sovereignty In Ecuador, Analysis Through The Neutrosophic Soft Set, Tannia Cristina Poveda Morales, Silvia Elizabeth Bonilla Veloz, Diego Armando Freire Muñoz

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Analysis Of Nutritional Orientation In University Students, María Gabriela Balarezo García, Andrés Eduardo Gallegos Cobo, Miguel Eduardo Ramos Argilagos

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Analysis Of Sustainable Development Indicators Through Neutrosophic Correlation Coefficients, Jesús Estupiñán Ricardo, Ariel José Romero Fernández, Tanya Tupamara Camargo Martínez, Wilson Alfredo Cacpata Calle

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Application Of Neutrosophy In The Study Of The Factors That Influence Ecuadorian Tourism Development, Sharon Diznarda Álvarez Gómez, Ariel José Romero Fernández, Manuel Ricardo Rivas Bravo

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Genetic Algorithm For Solving The Vehicle Routing Problem With Uncertain Travel Times, Rafael Rojas-Gualdron, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Describing Polymers Synthesized From Reducing Sugars And Ammonia Employing Ftir Spectroscopy, Ghassan Faisal Mohsin, Wasan J. Al-Kaabi, Azalldeen Kazal Alzubaidi

Baghdad Science Journal

Melanoidins can be diagnosed using the Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) technique. UV/Vis is an effective tool for both qualitative and quantitative analysis of chemical components in melanoidin polymers. The structural and vibrational features of melanoidin synthesized from D-glucose and D-fructose are identical, according to FTIR spectra, with the only difference being the intensity of bands. Using FTIR spectra, the skeleton of melanoidin is divided into seven major regions. The existence of the C=C, C=N, and C=O groups in all melanoidins formed from fructose and glucose with ammonia is confirmed by the areas ranging from 1600 to 1690 cm-1, and the …

Safety And Efficacy Of Hsp90 Inhibitor Ganetespib For Neoadjuvant Treatment Of Stage Ii/Iii Breast Cancer, Julie E Lang, Andres Forero-Torres, Douglas Yee, Christina Yau, Denise Wolf, John Park, Barbara A Parker, A Jo Chien, Anne M Wallace, Rashmi Murthy, Kathy S Albain, Erin D Ellis, Heather Beckwith, Barbara B Haley, Anthony D Elias, Judy C Boughey, Rachel L Yung, Claudine Isaacs, Amy S Clark, Hyo S Han, Rita Nanda, Qamar J Khan, Kristen K Edmiston, Erica Stringer-Reasor, Elissa Price, Bonnie Joe, Minetta C Liu, Lamorna Brown-Swigart, Emanuel F Petricoin, Julia D Wulfkuhle, Meredith Buxton, Julia L Clennell, Ashish Sanil, Scott Berry, Smita M Asare, Amy Wilson, Gillian L Hirst, Ruby Singhrao, Adam L Asare, Jeffrey B Matthews, Michelle Melisko, Jane Perlmutter, Hope S Rugo, W Fraser Symmans, Laura J Van 'T Veer, Nola M Hylton, Angela M Demichele, Donald A Berry, Laura J Esserman

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

HSP90 inhibitors destabilize oncoproteins associated with cell cycle, angiogenesis, RAS-MAPK activity, histone modification, kinases and growth factors. We evaluated the HSP90-inhibitor ganetespib in combination with standard chemotherapy in patients with high-risk early-stage breast cancer. I-SPY2 is a multicenter, phase II adaptively randomized neoadjuvant (NAC) clinical trial enrolling patients with stage II-III breast cancer with tumors 2.5 cm or larger on the basis of hormone receptors (HR), HER2 and Mammaprint status. Multiple novel investigational agents plus standard chemotherapy are evaluated in parallel for the primary endpoint of pathologic complete response (pCR). Patients with HER2-negative breast cancer were eligible for randomization to …

Numerical Solution Of Biharmonic Equation Using Modified Bi-Quintic B-Spline Collocation Method, Atallah El-Shenawy, Mohamed El-Gamel, Dina Reda Jaheen

Mansoura Engineering Journal

In the following work, the numerical investigation of biharmonic equation is explored. The approximate solution is approximated at specific points in the solution domain by using the collocation method based on the modified bi-quintic b-spline basis functions. These modified basis functions vanish at the boundary points. The main properties of these basis functions are discussed in detail. The method is based on reducing the proposed problem to a linear system of equations. The boundary conditions are combined in the resulting linear system of equations in specific order to guarantee that the approximate solution coincides with the exact solution at the …

Household Perception And Infestation Dynamics Of Bedbugs Among Residential Communities And Its Potential Distribution In Africa, Dennis M. Mbuta, Fathiya M. Khamis, Bonoukpoè M. Sokame, Florence Ng’Ong’A, Komivi S. Akutse

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Bedbugs have experienced an extraordinary upsurge in the recent past across the world. This cross-sectional study aimed to explore the community perception of the pest outbreaks, the population dynamics, and dispersal patterns under different habitat systems. A survey was conducted within communities in nine counties in Kenya, where geographical coordinates of the sites of bedbug presence were recorded and maximum entropy distribution modelling (MaxEnt) was used to map and predict the potentially suitable habitat, while system thinking and system dynamics approach with Vensim PLE 8.0.9 software was applied to implement bedbug infestation dynamics. Our results indicated that majority of the …

The Possibilities Of Explicit Striga (Striga Asiatica) Risk Monitoring Using Phenometric, Edaphic, And Climatic Variables, Demonstrated For Malawi And Zambia, Emily Kimathi, Bester Tawona Mudereri, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Saliou Niassy, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, Tobias Landmann

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Food insecurity continues to affect more than two-thirds of the population in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), particularly those depending on rain-fed agriculture. Striga, a parasitic weed, has caused yield losses of cereal crops, immensely affecting smallholder farmers in SSA. Although earlier studies have established that Striga is a constraint to crop production, there is little information on the spatial extent of spread and infestation severity of the weed in some SSA countries like Malawi and Zambia. This study aimed to use remotely sensed vegetation phenological (n = 11), climatic (n = 3), and soil (n = 4) variables to develop a …

Diagnosing Covid-19 Infection In Chest X-Ray Images Using Neural Network, Salim M. Zaki, Mustafa Musa Jaber, Mohammed A. Kashmoola

Baghdad Science Journal

With its rapid spread, the coronavirus infection shocked the world and had a huge effect on billions of peoples' lives. The problem is to find a safe method to diagnose the infections with fewer casualties. It has been shown that X-Ray images are an important method for the identification, quantification, and monitoring of diseases. Deep learning algorithms can be utilized to help analyze potentially huge numbers of X-Ray examinations. This research conducted a retrospective multi-test analysis system to detect suspicious COVID-19 performance, and use of chest X-Ray features to assess the progress of the illness in each patient, resulting in …

The Case For Integrated Pest Management In Africa: Transition From A Pesticide-Based Approach, Ramasamy Srinivasan, Manuele Tamò, Sevgan Subramanian

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

Pest management in major cropping systems has long been dominated by chemical pesticides in Africa. Smallholder farmers have perceived pesticides as insurance to protect their crops. Consumers are less aware of pesticide-related food-safety issues, and markets providing economic incentives to producers who adopt alternatives to pesticides have been slow to emerge. Hence, overuse of pesticides has been constantly increasing. Although African countries have a number of pesticide-related policies, they are inadequately implemented. However, significant investment has been made on integrated pest management (IPM) innovations in recent decades. Resistant cultivars, agroecological approaches, biological control, and biopesticides have been developed against key …

Using Graph Mining Method In Analyzing Turkish Loanwords Derived From Arabic Language, Abbood Kirebut Jassim, Muneam Jabbar Hamzah, Ahmed Hussein Aliwy

Baghdad Science Journal

Loanwords are the words transferred from one language to another, which become essential part of the borrowing language. The loanwords have come from the source language to the recipient language because of many reasons. Detecting these loanwords is complicated task due to that there are no standard specifications for transferring words between languages and hence low accuracy. This work tries to enhance this accuracy of detecting loanwords between Turkish and Arabic language as a case study. In this paper, the proposed system contributes to find all possible loanwords using any set of characters either alphabetically or randomly arranged. Then, it …

Design And Implementation Of 2d Convolution On X86/X64 Processors, Vasilios Kelefouras, Georgios Keramidas

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

In this paper, a new method for accelerating the 2D direct Convolution operation on x86/x64 processors is presented. It includes efficient vectorization by using SIMD intrinsics, bit-twiddling optimizations, the optimization of the division operation, multi-threading using OpenMP, register blocking and the shortest possible bit-width value of the intermediate results. The proposed method, which is provided as open-source, is general and can be applied to other processor families too, e.g., Arm. The proposed method has been evaluated on two different multi-core Intel CPUs, by using twenty different image sizes, 8-bit integer computations and the most commonly used kernel sizes (3x3, 5x5, …

A Tokenized Future: Regulatory Lessons From Crowdfunding And Standard Form Contracts, Darian M. Ibrahim

UC Law Journal

This Article examines the world of risk investing in the cryptoeconomy. The broader crypto market is booming despite the latest downturn. People and institutions are buying in. The question is now how to regulate it.

This Article first tackles the question of whether coins, tokens, and other investable cryptoassets are securities. Second, for those cryptoassets that are not securities, this Article seeks to find a regulatory solution that balances promoting innovation with investor protection, just as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) would do. To strike the right balance, this Article adopts a proposal by Ian Ayres and Alan Schwartz …

Forensic Linguistics: Science Or Fiction?, Abigail Shim

UC Law Journal

The history of linguistics is meager and splintered due to the subject’s interdisciplinary nature. In the postwar era, the discipline attempted to revive as a scientific one, spearheaded by Noam Chomsky and his theory of generative grammar. Linguistics consequently broke away from the predominant structuralist approach of the nineteenth century, returning to rationalist roots. But with the rise of computer technology, Chomsky’s critiques of empirical, applicational linguistic approaches have lost their force. As academic linguistics splinters off again, loses its scientific edge, and regroups with the humanities, linguistics applied in the forensic context may implicate more questions than it answers, …

En’S Adventure: Exploring Modern Design Mechanics In Retro Adventure Games, Frank Fasola

Theses

This project focuses creating a small game prototype that can be used to build a full game around. The primary focus is to create a short experience to establish the mechanics and gameplay of the game. Games made in the style of retro games are released every year, but most of these games strive to provide the same experience from the late 1980s. The project is a top down 2D retro adventure game made using modern techniques and learning from game development in the 30 years since these games were released.

Fitting Solar Panel Brdf Parameters To Out-Of-Plane Empirical Data, Michael R. Gross

Theses and Dissertations

The bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) describes material reflectance by describing how incident irradiance reflects into all possible scatter angles as a function of incident angle. However, a solar panel has unique features that are not featured in any of these previously known models. A previous project at the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) created a novel microfacet-like BRDF to model a solar panel with a prominent diffractive feature present which had not been previously modeled. This BRDF was coded into MATLAB for modeling purposes and C++ to test its speed with a MEX function call. A previous thesis …

Evaluating Deep Learning Explanations On Risc-V Assembly As A Reverse Engineering Aid, Daniel F. Koranek

Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation addresses several problems surrounding the detection of malware using deep learning models trained on assembly language examples. First, it examines the feasibility of detecting examples of malice using deep learning models trained on RISC-V instruction traces. Next, it examines whether models for detecting trace features and code features in RISC-V assembly can be made explainable (providing rationale for a model’s decision based upon the model’s internal workings) or interpretable (providing additional rationale as model output to support a human’s agreement with the model output). Third, this work examines ways in which it is possible to give additional contextual …

Exploring The Effects Of Tree Roots On Infiltration Process, Nazife Onaral

Masters Theses

Effects of the root structures on soil infiltration dynamics are not clearly defined. Imaging the complex tree root structures and movement of water through the root ball is a challenging task to achieve without damaging the trees and roots by conventional methods. Commonly used methods are invasive, labor-intensive, and not easily accessible. Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) has commonly been used to characterize soil profiles and it can be a reliable tool to map complex root structures with a novel high-resolution circular data collection technique. Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) is another reliable geophysical method to image infiltration processes by the change …

Measuring Competition Between The Great Powers Across Africa And Asia Using A Measure Of Relative Dispersion In Media Coverage Bias, Elizabeth Gooch, Stone Goethe, Nicholas Sobrepena, Eric Eckstrand

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Senior leaders in the US Department of Defense, as well as global affairs strategists and academics, have argued that China’s economic growth is associated with a dramatic increase in competition for resources and Chinese influence abroad. We aim to ascertain whether and where competition between great powers exists and to characterize China’s growing influence. Our main contribution is that we create a measure of competition among the United States, China, Russia, India, and France within African and Asian countries. We draw our data from a large media database that records news articles published since March 2015. We sum the quantity …

The Evolution Of Extraordinary Self-Sacrifice, D. B. Krupp, Wes Maciejewski

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

From a theoretical perspective, individuals are expected to sacrifice their welfare only when the benefits outweigh the costs. In nature, however, the costs of altruism and spite can be extreme, as in cases of irreversible sterility and self-destructive weaponry. Here we show that “extraordinary” self-sacrifice—in which actors pay costs that exceed the benefits they give or the costs they impose on recipients—can evolve in structured populations, where social actions bring secondary benefits to neighboring kin. When given information about dispersal, sedentary actors evolve extraordinary altruism towards dispersing kin. Likewise, when given information about dispersal and kinship, sedentary actors evolve extraordinary …

Optimal Test Plan Of Step Stress Partially Accelerated Life Testing For Alpha Power Inverse Weibull Distribution Under Adaptive Progressive Hybrid Censored Data And Different Loss Functions, Refah Alotaibi, Ehab M. Almetwally, Qiuchen Hai, Hoda Rezk

Mathematics Faculty Publications (Archived)

Accelerated life tests are used to explore the lifetime of extremely reliable items by subjecting them to elevated stress levels from stressors to cause early failures, such as temperature, voltage, pressure, and so on. The alpha power inverse Weibull (APIW) distribution is of great significance and practical applications due to its appealing characteristics, such as its flexibilities in the probability density function and the hazard rate function. We analyze the step stress partially accelerated life testing model with samples from the APIW distribution under adaptive type II progressively hybrid censoring. We first obtain the maximum likelihood estimates and two types …

Financial Literacy Among Buffalo State College Undergraduate Students, Toni Martinucci

Public Administration Master’s Projects

Financial literacy can be complex and difficult for college students to comprehend. Many students struggle to afford college and are faced with large amounts of student loan debt. Financial awareness needs to be addressed early on for students to make informed decisions about college costs, student debt, and financial aid. However, financial aid applications, terms and conditions, and eligibility requirements are difficult for many students to comprehend on their own. The purpose of this study is to access financial literacy among undergraduate students at Buffalo State College. A quantitative approach is used in this study by implementing a web-based cross-sectional …

Factors Predicting Family And Consumer Sciences Teachers' Levels Of Self-Efficacy In Stem Education, Charlene Wirfel Smith

STEMPS Theses & Dissertations

Education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has become widely promoted in recent years. Quality STEM education could maintain or increase the number of individuals preparing for careers in these fields and increase STEM literacy for the population. Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) education has always used science to improve home life while reinforcing technology, engineering, and mathematics principles through hands on, relevant learning activities in the classroom. However, it is not usually recognized as a STEM subject. The purpose of this study was to determine what factors may affect FCS teachers’ level of self-efficacy in teaching STEM education …

Design Of Ethical Autonomous Agents For Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Fuzzy Logic, Gavin Giovanni Smith

Theses and Dissertations

Autonomous systems have, over the years become part of our everyday lives. These systems have been deployed to executed a diverse range of applications in different industries; finance, healthcare, military, and in particular, the flight industry. With the rise of UAVs, new opportunities arose, but with those opportunities came new pitfalls within any industry. For UAVs, one of the pitfalls came in the form of ethical decisionmaking, which led to a variety of questions. Can the Autonomous systems within UAVs be designed with ethics in mind? Which ethical guidelines would we use to implement such a system? How would we …

Towards The Use Of Modern And Basic Skills In Teaching Arabic To Non-Native Speakers At The Junior Secondary Schools’ Level In Nigeria/ نحو استخدام المهارات الأساسية الحديثة في تعليم اللغة العربية للناطقين بغيرها في المرحلة المتوسطة في نيجيريا, Ahmad Garba

Al-Arabi: Journal of Teaching Arabic as a Foreign Language

Language is one of the features that human being is differed from other creatures, and it constitutes a great cognitive manifestation and mental characteristics. On this basis, the process of teaching languages in general requires necessary skills and

Integrative Physiology-Coupled Pilot-Centered Flight Simulation, Shawn C. Harrison

Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Maintaining the pilot’s physiological performance envelope within the limits of human capabilities may be crucial for avoiding hazardous physiological episodes in fighter aircraft that compromise safety. The main physiological episode of interest is impaired pilot respiration, better known as hypoxia caused by a high fraction of inspired oxygen (FiO₂) at high altitudes and variation in accelerative gravitational forces (g-forces). Integrated into fighter aircraft is an Onboard Oxygen Generating System (OBOGS) developed to mitigate the necessity of gaseous and liquid oxygen cannisters [1]. OBOGS act as a life support in hypoxic environments by providing oxygen-rich air, thereby oxygenating the …

From Lesson Plan To Observation To Self-Assessment In A Chinese As A Second Language Class, Yu-Shan Lin

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

This portfolio is a compilation of what the author has learned in the field of Chinese as a second language in the Master of Second Language Teaching program at Utah State University. There are three main sections in the portfolio. The first section contains the author’s teaching philosophy statement, with a focus on the communicative approach, a game-based approach, and alternative assessment. The second section consists of a reflection on a classroom observation. The main paper presents how the author designed a lesson plan and implemented it, as well as her analysis and introspection on a video recording of the …

A Study Of Electron Plasma Oscillations Using The Nimrod Code, Mckay Murphy

All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023

A plasma, whether ”hot” or ”cold,” magnetized or unmagnetized, electrostatic or electromagnetic, exhibits normal modes of oscillation. Critical to understanding the stability of a plasma is the study of these normal modes. Waves originate from the long-range electric interactions between charged particles. This work will consider a class of waves known as Langmuir waves. These waves occur when a group of electrons are displaced with respect to the ions, with the electric Coulomb force playing the role of the restoring force of the oscillation [1]. Since the mass of ions is much greater than that of electrons, we can approximate …