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The Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship

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Divine Simplicity And Naming God, Michael Martin

Aristos

This essay explores the doctrine of divine simplicity (DDS) within the framework of classical theism, addressing its compatibility with the plurality of divine attributes. This essay outlines classical theistic arguments for God's existence that are essential to understanding DDS, and establishes that denial of either DDS or the proof of God's existence implicitly negates the other. The DDS maintains that God is absolutely simple, devoid of parts, and physical or metaphysical, affirming His utter transcendence. However, this essay highlights certain distinct attributes that can be logically assigned to God, such as goodness, knowledge, and power. Consequently, an objection emerges: if …

Energy Crop Yield Simulation And Prediction System Based On Machinelearning Algorithm, Jie Zhang, Zhidong Liu

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The yield of energy crops has been widely questioned by the public, but few researchers have analyzed the yield prediction of these crops, which has greatly limited their distribution and use. Based on this, in this study, a machine learning algorithm was used to design an energy crop yield simulation and prediction system, and this system was used to analyze the yields of four common energy crops. First the factors that affect the yield of energy crops are discussed, and then, the analysis of the machine learning algorithm and its application in the yield prediction of energy crops is presented, …

Exploration Of Agricultural Iot Breeding Tracking Based On A Saliency Visual Targettracking Algorithm, Fuzhi Wang, Changlin Song, Daijun Jiang

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The Internet of Things (IoT) is a development trend in modern industry and life. It can not only reduce the cost of industry and agriculture, but also improve the quality of products and the quality of people’s lives. Therefore, IoT breeding is the embodiment of modern intelligent agriculture. For example, in the estrus detection of beef cattle, the quality of video images when tracking beef cattle is reduced due to changes in external climate conditions and the difference between daytime and nighttime illumination. This paper introduces a visual target tracking algorithm based on saliency, so that it has better applicability …

Wofford Today Winter 2023, Wofford College. Office Of Marketing And Communications

Wofford Today

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Effects Of Beet Supplements On Cardiovascular Response Using A Noninvasive Blood Pressure Cuff, Nicholas M. Hughes

Master's Theses

A Calibrated Cuff Plethysmography device was built, tested for verification, and used to experiment on human subjects to measure the cardiovascular response of consuming a beet supplement, specifically looking at arterial compliance and pressure-area curves. Each subject was tested four times. A baseline was measured under normal conditions and after five-minute hyperemia conditions. 10 subjects were given 6 ounces of water mixed with either purple Kool-Aid (control), a SuperBeets supplement, or a SuperBeets Sport supplement and after 45 minutes, measurements were taken undergoing normal and hyperemia conditions once more. The verification testing demonstrated the calibration of the device was effectively …

Origin, Rise And Development Of American Upland Cotton And Their Status At Present. Second Edition, Ed. By F.M. Bourland, J. O. Ware

AAES Research Reports and Research Bulletins

American Upland cotton (Gossypium hirsutum) is a Dixie product. Although the stocks of the species were brought from elsewhere, new types (through series of adaptational changes) formed this distinctive group—the final characteristics of which are a product of the Cotton Belt of the United States. These biological processes were considerably aided by man and the steps of development possibly were about as follows: (a) natural selection took place in the earlier introductions, (b) seed were saved from the more choice stocks, (c) series of subsequent introductions were obtained from the better sources, (d) these were acclimatized and the superior ones …

Power-Up With Emotional Intelligence: Exploring Flight Attendant Leadership And Crew Resource Management In A Dynamic Post-Pandemic Travel Environment, Carlin Laviolet Clarke

Dissertations

In the post-pandemic travel environment, disruptive passengers fail to accept flight attendants’ leadership and cause unruly incidents that compromise flight safety, damage airlines, and present behavioral challenges that can lead to physical harm (Al-Arshani, 2021; Albert, 2016; Araiza, 2022; Albert, 2016; FAA, 2021; Inspire Academy, n.d.-a.; International Air Transport Association [IATA], n.d.-b; James, 2022; Pederson et al., 2021; Ramona & Anbro, 2017; Timmis et al., 2018; TSA, 2021; Wong & Neustaedter, 2017). Flight attendants rely on Crew Resource Management (CRM) skills to manage inflight incidents; however, CRM promotes team effectiveness and flight attendants are often dispersed throughout the cabin and …

Justice On Trial: A Multifaceted Analysis Of Capital Punishment, Abby Long

Honors Theses

There is an ongoing debate surrounding the criminal justice system, focusing specifically on the controversial topic of capital punishment. Highlighting a startling statistic—one in nine death row inmates being exonerated— a pivotal question arises of what factors influence sentencing outcomes? Seven variables, number of sentences, income of offender, region of sentencing, race of offender, gender of offender, and political affiliation of sentencing state, are considered to understand the variations in sentencing outcomes and assess the fairness of the current judicial process. Using an OLS regression analysis of data from all 50 U.S. states, the paper seeks to better understand capital …

Bingroup2: Statistical Tools For Infection Identification Via Group Testing, Christopher R. Bilder, Brianna D. Hitt, Brad J. Biggerstaff, Joshua M. Tebbs, Christopher S. Mcmahan

Department of Statistics: Faculty Publications

Group testing is the process of testing items as an amalgamation, rather than separately, to determine the binary status for each item. Its use was especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic through testing specimens for SARS-CoV-2. The adoption of group testing for this and many other applications is because members of a negative testing group can be declared negative with potentially only one test. This subsequently leads to significant increases in laboratory testing capacity. Whenever a group testing algorithm is put into practice, it is critical for laboratories to understand the algorithm’s operating characteristics, such as the expected number of …

Perceived Power By Nurse Managers In Dialysis Units: A Qualitative Case Study, Janie Griner

Dissertations

Nurses comprise the largest workforce in health care but lack power despite their numbers. Nurses have suffered short-staffing, burnout, job dissatisfaction, unsafe work settings, and cumbersome technology for decades. The dialysis nurse manager is an important component of the dialysis unit and plays a role in the retention and recruitment of nurses. Using a case study approach this qualitative, thematic analysis described dialysis nurse managers’ perception of power in dialysis units. A review of the current research revealed a gap involving dialysis nurse managers’ perception of power in the dialysis unit. The following research question was developed: • How do …

Spatial Visualization Of High School Geometry Students, Jennifer Crissey

Dissertations

Spatial ability has been defined as “the innate ability to visualize that a person has before any formal training has occurred, i.e., a person is born with ability” (Sorby, 1999, p. 21) and is comprised of spatial orientation and spatial skills.Each of these facets are used in everyday life. High school students can enhance their spatial visualization skills through experiences and instruction. The purpose of this study was to test an intervention with the aim of increasing high school geometry students’ spatial visualization skills. The participants in this study were high school geometry students who were randomly placed in either …

Good Practices And Common Pitfalls In Climate Time Series Changepoint Techniques: A Review, Robert B. Lund, Claudie Beaulieu, Rebecca Killick, Qiqi Lu, Xueheng Shi

Department of Statistics: Faculty Publications

Climate changepoint (homogenization) methods abound today, with a myriad of techniques existing in both the climate and statistics literature. Unfortunately, the appropriate changepoint technique to use remains unclear to many. Further complicating issues, changepoint conclusions are not robust to perturbations in assumptions; for example, allowing for a trend or correlation in the series can drastically change changepoint conclusions. This paper is a review of the topic, with an emphasis on illuminating the models and techniques that allow the scientist to make reliable conclusions. Pitfalls to avoid are demonstrated via actual applications. The discourse begins by narrating the salient statistical features …

Lasiodiplodia Theobromae Keratitis: A Rare Tropical Fungal Keratitis In A Non-Tropical Climate, Calvin Hamerski, A D. Proia

Osteopathic Medicine, Jerry M. Wallace School of

PURPOSE: We present the clinical and histopathological findings of a geographically unique fungal keratitis case in North Carolina. . is a rare cause of fungal keratitis, and all but one of the 51 previously reported cases have occurred in patients living in the tropics. OBSERVATIONS: A man in his early 50s developed keratitis after being struck in the left eye by a piece of debris while using a flexible-cord weed trimmer. Intracapsular lensectomy and penetrating keratoplasty were necessary when initial antimicrobial therapy was ineffective. The best-corrected visual acuity was 20/40 four years postoperatively. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPORTANCE: Our patient is only …

A Short Dialogue: The Son Of Theophrastus’ Question Is Discussed In A Peripatetic Conversation Between Aristotle And Theophrastus And Nichomachus Among The School, Xavier Harrison

Aristos

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The Role Of Safety Interventions In Decreasing Unplanned Extubations In Pediatrics: A Benchmark Study, Wesley Bray

MSN Capstone Projects

Unplanned extubation (UE) is the removal of an endotracheal tube from a patient any time before their planned extubation. In layman’s terms it is when a patient loses their airway before they were ready. These events lead to longer hospital stays, cost hospitals thousands of dollars for each case and can cause severe complications for the patient including death. Pediatric patients are a population that are at risk of UEs more so than the general population due to their inability to understand what is going on in the hospital due to their age and development, as well as their ability …

Mentorship In Academia And Career: A Scholarly Personal Narrative Of A Latina Millennial’S Experience, Alyssa S. Cortes Kennedy

Theses & Dissertations

This dissertation, my scholarly professional narrative (SPN), is a self-reflection of mentoring experiences as a Latina millennial in academia and professional settings. These experiences are told through the art of storytelling using testimonio, which promotes a critical awareness of cultural intersectionality and intercultural understanding through first person narrative. My experiences with mentorship in personal, academic, and professional workspaces include mentors who may or may not have influenced my own journey as a doctoral student and business professional as a Latina millennial. Using testimonio helps explain certain cultural challenges, specific scenarios or experiences, familial responsibilities, and cultural barriers, and how …

Automation Complacency On Humans And Cyber-Physical Systems In The Energy Sector, Shannon Olaveson

Cyber Operations and Resilience Program Graduate Projects

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) and the Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) enable industrial systems and technology to work together to achieve increased connectivity and operational efficiency through the use of automation. Because automation requires less human interaction to run industrial tasks, a reliance may form on this integration to take over an otherwise manual process. This reliance can cause human behavior to affect operational safety and security, leading to unintentional outcomes or vulnerable areas of adversarial opportunity. The energy sector is one of the most critical infrastructure areas becoming a part of the rise to automation, resourcing gas, oil, and electricity …

Using Behavior Skills Training And A Group Contingency To Promote Mask-Wearing In An Early Childhood Special Education Classroom, Kaitlyn Smith, Hannah Macnaul, Marie Kirkpatrick

The Journal of Special Education Apprenticeship

Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the resulting pandemic had widespread implications on the safety of the job tasks teachers are charged with each day. The Center for Disease Control (CDC, 2020) recommends people age 2 years and older should wear masks in public settings; however, for children with disabilities, wearing a mask may be difficult and as such, is not required. Special education teachers and students in particular are at high risk for exposure and contracting COVID-19. Therefore, behavior-analytic strategies that can teach and reinforce appropriate mask-wearing should be evaluated. Given the environment of schools at the time of the study, mask-wearing …

The Ham, December 1, 2023, Beacon Staff

The Beacon, 2023-2024

Great beast erupts from under dormitory; How to keepeth thy valorous health at NW; Mailroom decrees and expectation; Speculations surface over SGA's sworn; Tis yon jousting tournament for Hucas's job; Sistine Chapel doth come to Northwestern; North men spend time at Northwestern;

Sustainable Development In Light Of The Bahraini National Action Charter, Ali M. Aldada, R. Alrasheed, M. Khalifa

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

The objectives of the National Action Charter of Bahrain include improving the quality of life, encouraging investment in the green economy, providing job opportunities, developing skills, promoting environmental management, protecting the environment and biodiversity, developing civil society, and encouraging womens participation in economic and political life. The National Action Charter has achieved great success in achieving the goals of sustainable development in Bahrain, as it contributed to improving the quality of life, providing job opportunities, protecting the environment, and raising awareness of the importance of sustainable development. In order to sustain this success, the National Action Charter requires a commitment …

Quadratic Transmuted Modified Size-Biased Lehmann Type-Ii Distribution, M. Ibrahem, M. M. Nassar, S. S. Radwan, A. Elmasry

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

In this paper, a two-parameter generalization of Modified Size-Biased Lehmann Type-II distribution is obtained, with the purpose of obtaining a more flexible model relative to the behaviour of hazard rate functions. Various statistical properties of this distribution including the density, hazard rate functions, quantile function, mode, moments, incomplete moments, moment generating functions, Lorenz, Bonferroni and Zenga curves, Rényi entropy and distribution of 𝑟# order statistics have been derived. The method of maximum likelihood estimation has been used to estimate the parameters of the Quadratic Transmuted-Modified Size-Biased Lehmann Type-II distribution and its performance is discussed by following a simulation study. Real …

Understanding And Forecasting Of Credit Defaulters Using R- Programming, V. Bhatt, P. Pathak, S. Rastogi, Venkata M. Bhimavarapu, P. Tapas, S. Kadam

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

In Technology has provided numerous significant benefits to the financial industry. Financial transactions are now much smoother and faster than they were previously. Creditworthiness is a measure of how likely you are to repay your debt obligations, and it supports lenders decide whether or not to extend new credit to you. The current paper attempts to comprehend credit defaulters and develops a model to aid in understanding the determinants and prediction. A dataset of 376 responses was divided into training and testing data sets in proportions of 70% and 30%, respectively. The authors used traditional Binary Logistic Regression, Deep Learning, …

Estimation Of Diversification Effects/Benefits Using The Generalised Pareto Distribution - Extreme Value Gumbel Copula Model, O. Jakata, D. Chikobvu

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

The objective of this paper is to estimate the diversification effects/benefits of an investment in a portfolio consisting of the South African Industrial (J520) and the Financial (J580) Indices using the Generalised Pareto Distributions (GPDs) with an extreme value Gumbel copula. The GPD is used as the marginal distribution to both assets to better characterise the extreme risk of returns in both Indices tails. The extreme value Gumbel copula captures the dependence structure (co-movement) of the financial assets in the portfolio. The Akaike information criterion (AIC) and Bayesian information criterion (BIC) goodness of fit tests and the scatterplots indicate that …

A Study Of The Saudi Stock Market Using Some Statistical Models, Abdelgalal O. I. Abaker, Abdalla S. Mahmoud, Badawi O.Mohammed, Ali R. R. Alzahrani, Adil. O. Y. Mohamed, Azhari A. Elhag

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

The objective of this paper is to estimate the diversification effects/benefits of an investment in a portfolio consisting of the South African Industrial (J520) and the Financial (J580) Indices using the Generalised Pareto Distributions (GPDs) with an extreme value Gumbel copula. The GPD is used as the marginal distribution to both assets to better characterize the extreme risk of returns in both Indices tails. The extreme value Gumbel copula captures the dependence structure (co-movement) of the financial assets in the portfolio. The Akaike information criterion (AIC) and Bayesian information criterion (BIC) goodness of fit tests and the scatterplots indicate that …

Analyzing University Administrations Impact On Faculty Digital Self-Learning, Hanadi Alrashdan, Najwa Darawsheh, Saierah Aabed, Miriam Bsoul, Suzan Ganayem, Menas Mhameed

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

The study aimed to identify the role of the university administration in enhancing the level of faculty members’ practice of digital heutagogy from the faculty members’ point of view, and the descriptive survey method was used. The study sample consisted of (352) faculty members, who were randomly selected from the study population of (2478). Members, and to achieve the objectives of the study, the (electronic) questionnaire was used as a tool for the study. The results showed that the role of the university administration in enhancing the level of faculty members’ practice of digital Hetogeology from the faculty members’ point …

Common Law Statutes, Charles W. Tyler

Notre Dame Law Review

The defining feature of a “common law statute” is that it resists standard methods of statutory interpretation. The category includes such important federal statutes as the Sherman Act, § 1983, and the Labor Management Relations Act, among others. Despite the manifest significance of common law statutes, existing caselaw and legal scholarship lack a minimally defensible account of how courts should decide cases arising under them. This Article supplies such an account. It argues that judges should decide cases arising under common law statutes by applying rules representing a consensus among American courts today—i.e., rules that jurisdictions generally have in common. …

Recognizing Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome In Primary Care, Brittney Hulsey

PA Faculty Publications

Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a complex autonomic disorder characterized by abnormal tachycardia on standing. This disorder predominantly affects young women, with a peak incidence between ages 20 and 30 years. POTS often is associated with a variety of symptoms, including dizziness, palpitations, fatigue, generalized weakness, anxiety, and exercise intolerance, which can significantly impair patient quality of life. Primary care providers (PCPs) often are the first healthcare professionals to whom patients present. This article provides an overview of POTS, including diagnostic criteria and the importance of a thorough clinical evaluation to rule out other causes of symptoms. PCPs play …

Exploring Local Elected Officials' Capacity To Govern Effectively, Mario King

Dissertations

A successful local government exemplifies inclusivity, innovation, and deliberate decision-making, all advancing responsible management of taxpayers' resources. In this qualitative investigation, a phenomenological approach is employed to delve into the lived experiences of local elected officials. The aim of this study was to gain insights into the capacity of these local elected officials for success in governance. Subsequently, the insights from these local elected officials' experiences are harnessed to evaluate their influence and impact on municipal performance.

The management of municipal performance encompasses the provision of social services, the maintenance of fiscal operations, and adherence to statutory obligations (Avellaneda, 2008). …

Criminal Justice Update - December 2023, Delaney Rabenold

Criminal Justice Updates

The Criminal Justice Update is a monthly newsletter created by the Adams County Bar Foundation Fellow providing updates in criminal justice policy coming from Pennsylvania's courts and legislature as well as the US Supreme Court.

Contents:

• Updates from PA Governor's Office (no new updates this month)

• Updates from the PA Legislature

• Updates from the Courts

  • U.S. Supreme Court (no updates this month)

  • PA Supreme Court (no updates this month)

  • PA Superior Court