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Sustainability Hub Newsletter - December 2022, Jacqueline Jergensen, Neyda Gilman, Jennifer Embree

Library Sustainability Resources

In our last issue of the year, read about how to get involved with sustainability focused student groups, the Reclaiming Turtle Island documentary featuring a local activist, food resources on campus, the Move Out Spring Internship, sustainable holiday tips, and other announcements!

Rsif Sénégal 2022 - Français, Regional Scholarship And Innovation Fund (Rsif)

Rsif Country Progress Reports

Le Sénégal, membre fondateur du PASET, a apporté une contribution au Rsif de 2 millions de dollars en 2020. Il y a 15 doctorants sénégalais actifs sélectionnés par concours (53% de femmes) dans cinq domaines thématiques dans cinq universités hôtes africaines différentes. L'Université Gaston Berger a été sélectionnée de manière compétitive comme université hôte africaine Rsif en TIC, y compris l'intelligence artificielle et la science des données en 2017. Le programme de doctorat en informatique du Centre d'Excellence Africain en Mathématiques, Informatique et TIC (MITIC) accueille 17 doctorants Rsif (41% de femmes) de huit nationalités africaines. Il y a déjà …

Rsif Senegal Country Report 2022 - English, Regional Scholarship And Innovation Fund (Rsif)

Rsif Country Progress Reports

Senegal is a founding member of PASET and contributed USD 2 million to Rsif in 2020. There are 15 competitively selected Senegalese active Rsif PhD students (53% women) in five thematic areas in five different African Host Universities. University of Gaston Berger was competitively selected as an Rsif African Host University in ICT, including artificial intelligence and data science in 2017. The PhD programme in Computer Science at the African Center of Excellence (MITIC) is hosting 17 Rsif PhD scholars (41% women) from eight African nationalities. There is one Rsif alumni who graduated from UGB and 14 journal publications by …

Rsif Rwanda Country Report 2022, Regional Scholarship And Innovation Fund (Rsif)

Rsif Country Progress Reports

. Rwanda is the current chair of PASET and the first country to make a second additional USD 2 million contribution to Rsif. There are 22 competitively selected Rwandan Rsif PhD students in five thematic areas in eight different African Host Universities across the continent. There are so far four Rwandan Rsif alumni and 39 publications by Rwandan Rsif students. University of Rwanda was competitively selected as an Rsif African host university in ICT, including artificial intelligence and data science in 2019. The ACE Internet of Things (IoT) is hosting 18 Rsif funded students (44% women) from eleven different nationalities. …

Rsif Mozambique Country Report 2022 - English, Regional Scholarship And Innovation Fund (Rsif)

Rsif Country Progress Reports

Mozambique contributed USD 6 million to Rsif in 2021. There are 32 competitively selected Mozambican Rsif doctoral scholars (31% women and 78% faculty) in all five thematic areas in ten different Rsif African host universities across the continent. Twelve Rsif funded research and innovation projects are under implementation by Mozambican institutions.

Rsif Kenya Country Report 2022, Regional Scholarship And Innovation Fund (Rsif)

Rsif Country Progress Reports

Kenya was the first country to contribute USD 2 million to Rsif in 2018 followed by Rwanda, and Kenya is the former chair of PASET. There are 25 competitively selected Kenyan Rsif doctoral scholars (68% women) in four thematic areas in eight different Rsif African Host Universities across the continent. There are so far 3 Kenyan Rsif alumni and 32 publications by Kenyan Rsif students. Two Kenyan universities were competitively selected as Rsif African host universities: University of Nairobi in Energy, including renewables (PhD in Physics) and Kenyatta University in Minerals, Mining and Material Science area (PhD in Material Science). …

Rsif Burkina Faso Rapport Pays 2022 - French, Regional Scholarship And Innovation Fund (Rsif)

Rsif Country Progress Reports

Le Burkina Faso a apporté une contribution au Rsif de 2 millions de dollars en 2020. Il y a 16 doctorants Rsif Burkinabè sélectionnés par concours (1 femme, 15 hommes) inscrits dans quatre domaines thématiques dans sept universités hôtes africaines différentes à travers le continent. Douze d’entre eux ont commencé leurs études en 2022. Il y a déjà 4 publications par les doctorants Rsif Burkinabè. L’Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE) a été sélectionnée de manière compétitive comme université hôte africaine du Rsif dans l’énergie, y compris les énergies renouvelables et a admis sa première cohorte d'étudiants …

Rsif Burkina Faso Country Report 2022 – English, Regional Scholarship And Innovation Fund (Rsif)

Rsif Country Progress Reports

Burkina Faso contributed USD 2 million to Rsif in 2020. There are 16 competitively selected Burkinabè Rsif doctoral scholars (1 woman, 15 men) registered in four thematic areas in seven different Rsif African host universities across the continent. Twelve of these started their studies in 2022. There are so far 4 journal publications by Burkinabè Rsif students. Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement (2iE) was competitively selected as an Rsif African host university in Energy including renewables and admitted its first cohort of Rsif funded students in 2022. 2iE is hosting 13 Rsif students from five different African …

Chicago Alliance For Equity In Computer Science, Steven Mcgee, Lucia Dettori, Ronald I. Greenberg, Andrew M. Rasmussen, Dale F. Reed, Don Yanek

Computer Science: Faculty Publications and Other Works

Each year, about 14,000 Chicago Public Schools (CPS) students graduate with one year of high school computer science (CS) in fulfillment of the district’s CS graduation requirement. This accomplishment was the culmination of a decade of work by the Chicago Alliance for Equity in Computer Science (CAFÉCS), which includes CPS teachers and administrators, university CS faculty, and educational researchers. CAFÉCS research indicates that CPS significantly increased the capacity of schools to offer the Exploring Computer Science (ECS) introductory course, resulting in a rapid, equitable increase in students’ participation in CS. Making CS mandatory did not negatively impact performance in ECS. …

Color Resolved Cherenkov Imaging Allows For Differential Signal Detection In Blood And Melanin Content, Vihan A. Wickramasinghe

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

Cherenkov imaging in radiation therapy allows a video display of the irradiation beam on the patient’s tissue, for visualization of the treatment. High energy radiation from a linear accelerator (Linac) results in the production of spectrally-continuous broadband light inside tissue due to the Cherenkov effect; this light is then attenuated by tissue features from transport and exits from the delivery site. Progress with the development of color Cherenkov imaging has opened the possibility for some level of spectroscopic imaging of the light-tissue interaction and interpretation of the specific nature of the tissue being irradiated. Generally, there is a linear relationship …

Characterizing Climb And Propeller Performance For A Fixed Pitch, Single-Engine, Electric Aircraft, Austin Lawrence Andwan

Theses and Dissertations

Electric aircraft are on the horizon. Both industry and regulators have an abundance of flight tests ahead to ensure safe operation of these new aircraft. Conventional performance standards regaurding edurance, climb performance and cruise conditions are largely not applicable to assessing an electrically propulsed aircraft. While battery technologies are the current barrier for electric aircraft, there also hasn’t been much flight testing to reveal their unique performance trends. This experiment focus’s on characterizing some of these performance trends obtained through a level flight and climb test in the Pipistrel Velis Electro. The rate-of-climb did not exhibit a decrease when the …

Comparison Of Stability And Control Characteristics Of The Pipistrel Virus Sw And Pipistrel Velis Electro, Sean Gregory Gunther

Theses and Dissertations

This document finds the stability and control affects of electric powerplant conversion on a pre-existing internal combustion powered Pipistrel Virus SW through comparison with the Pipistrel Velis Electro. Testing included analysis of both static and dynamic stability on the longitudinal and lateral-directional axes of the airplane. Due to the light sport airplane being used in testing, some of the intedended tests were unable to be performed, however, conclusions were still capable of being made. The primary conclusion is that electric conversion of an airframe has no significant negative consequences, with the airplane still exhibiting positive stability on all three axes. …

A Voice And Facial Recognition System To Protect Students From Being Forgotten Inside School Buses In The Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia, Ibrahim Alferaih

Theses and Dissertations

In this research, we discuss the situation of students in the three to eight year old age group. Every day in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during school days, more than 1,000,000 students are transported throughout the country by more than 15,000 school buses. Everything is dependent on the human element. During school transportation around the world, many children are forgotten inside the school bus and with many of them eventually going missing or even dying. The bus driver is usually busy and tired due to the focus on the road, which may make him lose focus on those on …

By The Inch, It’S A Cinch: The Case For Go-Ing Slow In First-Year Legal Writing Courses, Patrick J. Long

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

Title Ix In Historical Context: 50 Years Of Progress And Political Gamesmanship, Helen A. Drew, Marissa Egloff, Josie Middione

Journal Articles

On the fiftieth anniversary of Title IX, it is important to recognize both its historic nature and how it has evolved in political and social context. This Article will begin by examining the history of women’s athletics pre–Title IX, focusing on what activities women participated in, why, and how societal norms shaped their ability to do so. Next, the Article will examine the status of women’s athletic opportunities as Title IX was first proposed, with an emphasis upon its nexus to the women’s rights movement and the Equal Rights Amendment initiative. The Article will then provide historical background for key …

An Investigation Into The Role Of Technology In The Evolving Paradigms Of Teaching For The Educator And Learner In The Higher Education Sector Of Ireland, Jack Godley

Theses

The research done throughout the writing of this Thesis has been in service of understanding the processes behind the use of emergent educational technologies and quantifying the merit of those technologies in the classroom of tomorrow. Emergent technologies exist on the cutting edge of possibilities. The thesis will delve into the correct means of choosing an emergent technology based on the needs of the end-user—the lecturer—through understanding their concerns, abilities, and insights. A framework was developed with the goal of bolstering the academic with the correct cutting-edge technology. Understanding the background of the research—detailed in the literature review—reveals that individual …

Addressing Mexico City’S Water Crisis Via Wastewater Reclamation In The Mezquital Valley, Holden Nicholas Moore, Duncan Drapeau

Sustainability and Social Justice

Urbanization and climate change are resulting in extensive water scarcity across the globe. Mexico City is a prime example of this relationship. Due to neoliberal water policy reform and exponential urbanization along with inadequate water infrastructure and wastewater management systems, Mexico City is already experiencing issues in terms of water quality and equitable distribution. Climate change is projected to exacerbate these issues due to increasing temperatures and changes in annual precipitation trends resulting in water becoming more scarce or even hazardous through droughts and flooding events. For there to be effective adaptation methods, factors that result in vulnerability need to …

Braiding Properties Of Worldline Configurations In Hardcore Lattice Bosons, Fabio Lingua, Wei Wang, Liana Shpani, Barbara Capogrosso-Sansone

Physics

In this manuscript, we study braiding properties of worldline configurations for a variety of ground-states of hardcore Bose–Hubbard models in two dimensions. Configurations are collections of particle paths and result from the path-integral formulation of statistical mechanics. For hard-core bosons, configurations can be seen as geometric braids and therefore can be assigned a certain topological structure, i.e. a way to classify braiding events among worldlines. By means of Monte Carlo calculations, we study superfluid phase and a variety of insulating phases and observe that ground-states of different quantum phases correspond to different probability distributions of braiding properties.

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Biomolecular Effects Of Dance And Dance/Movement Therapy: A Review, Ivana Lopez-Nieves, Charles E. Jakobsche

Chemistry

The positive health impacts of dance and dance/movement therapy can be seen all the way down to the molecular level. This narrative-style review illustrates this connection by presenting a collection of clinical and preclinical studies that evaluate the effects of dance activities on hormones and other small-molecule metabolites within the human body. The results of these studies show that dance activities can increase levels of nitric oxide, serotonin, estrogen hormones, and HDL cholesterol, while they can decrease levels of dopamine, serum glucose, serum triglycerides, and LDL cholesterol. Levels of cortisol can either be increased or decreased, depending on the type …

A Review Of Impacts Of Tracking Devices On Birds, Erica A. Geldart, Lesley-Anne Howes, Hazel Wheeler, Stuart A. Mackenzie

North American Bird Bander

No abstract provided.

Atlantic Flyway Review Spring 2021 Report, Aaron Given

North American Bird Bander

No abstract provided.

Species Snapshot - Black Vulture, Steven Gabrey

North American Bird Bander

No abstract provided.

Pretrial Consequences: The Impact Of New York State Bail Reforms On Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Pretrial Outcomes, Esther Laaninen

Student Theses

This study investigates the impact of New York’s 2020 Bail Reforms on racial and ethnic disparities in pretrial outcomes for New York State. 2019, 2020, and 2021 arraignment data from the Office of Court Administration Pretrial Release Datasets are used to determine whether racial and ethnic disparities for White Non Hispanic, Black Non Hispanic, Hispanic, and other race defendants narrowed after the implementation of the new law. The results from descriptive analysis, binary logistic regressions, and ANOVA tests suggest that racial-ethnic disparities have not abated, even though the proportion of defendants required to pay cash bail has sharply declined among …

Inventory Reveals Wide Biodiversity Of Edible Insects In The Eastern Democratic Republic Of Congo, Jackson Ishara, Rodrigue Ayagirwe, Katcho Karume, Gustave N. Mushagalusa, David Bugeme, Saliou Niassy, Patchimaporn Udomkun, John Kinyuru

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

In response to growing food demand, edible insects are perceived as an opportunity to alleviate food insecurity. With its wide edible insects’ biodiversity, the Democratic Republic of Congo is one of Africa’s most critical entomophagous. This study aimed at giving a first insight on inventory showing diversity, perception, consumption, availability, host plants, harvesting techniques and processing techniques of edible insects in South-Kivu, DRC. It recorded twenty-three edible insects belonging to nine families and five orders, some of which are consumed in the larval, adult, egg and pupa stages. Rhyncophorus phoenicis, Alphitobius diaperinus, Macrotermes subhyalinus and Acheta domesticus were the most …

Potential Distribution Of Fall Armyworm In Africa And Beyond, Considering Climate Change And Irrigation Patterns, Bipana Paudel Timilsena, Saliou Niassy, Emily Kimathi, Elfatih M. Abdel-Rahman, Irmgard Seidl-Adams, Mark Wamalwa, Henri E.Z. Tonnang, Sunday Ekesi, David P. Hughes, Edwin G. Rajotte, Sevgan Subramanian

All Peer-Reviewed Publications

The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (FAW), first invaded Africa in 2016 and has since become established in many areas across the continent where it poses a serious threat to food and nutrition security. We re-parameterized the existing CLIMEX model to assess the FAW global invasion threat, emphasizing the risk of transient and permanent population establishment in Africa under current and projected future climates, considering irrigation patterns. FAW can establish itself in almost all countries in eastern and central Africa and a large part of western Africa under the current climate. Climatic barriers, such as heat and dry stresses, may limit …

The Use Of Virtual Reality As A Standard Of Care In Verified Burn Centers, Emily Werner

Nursing Masters

This study explored whether the use of virtual reality (VR) was a standard of care during burn care at burn verified facilities in the United States. Surveys were sent to American Burn Association verified burn centers to investigate if VR was being used as a standard of care, if protocols for using VR are in place and how they were developed, and what barriers these facilities are facing and several other topics investigated. Out of the 64 facilities surveyed, 21 responses were collected. Burn facilities reported 63.2% do not use and 36.8% do use VR while performing burn dressing changes …

2022-12-00 Newsletter, Morehead State University. Staff Congress.

Staff Congress Records

Staff Congress newsletter from December of 2022.

We Can Help You Host Events/Conferences Content, Alice Sherwood

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Did you know that the TMC Library can help you with the review process, acceptance of speakers, event advertisement, registration, and finally the archiving of materials from the event?

New Exhibit In The Library Street Level, Sandra Yates

TMC Library Newsletter (2015-)

Visit the TMC Library Street Level so you can check out the exhibit in the large case between the two classrooms. This seasonal exhibit features materials from the McGovern Historical Center’s San Jacinto Lung Association Records. During the holidays they would sell Christmas Seals to fund their efforts in fighting tuberculosis.

Executive Summaries

The Foundation Review

No abstract provided.