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An Ensemble Model For Predicting Cardiovascular Disease Utilizing Nature Inspired Optimization, Annwesha Banerjee Majumder, Somsubhra Gupta, Sourav Majumder, Dharmpal Singh

Baghdad Science Journal

This paper represents an efficient model for heart disease prediction model utilizing an ensemble mechanism optimized through BAT algorithm. Worldwide mortality rates are widely acknowledged to be significantly influenced by the prevalence of cardiovascular disease, particularly in economically disadvantaged regions. The need to mitigate the potentially severe repercussions associated with this particular health concern highlights the requirement for accurate and timely outcome prediction. Proposed methodology incorporates Mutual Information for feature selection, Inter Quartile Range for outlier removal. The StandardScaler method is used to achieve feature-wise standardisation in order to mitigate any bias resulting from varying scale disparities. Gradient boosting is …

Predicting Movie Production Years Through Facial Recognition Of Actors With Machine Learning, Asraa Muayed Abdalah, Noor Redha Alkazaz

Baghdad Science Journal

This study used machine learning algorithms to identify actors and extract the age of actors from images taken randomly from movies. The use of images taken from Arab movies includes challenges such as non-uniform lighting, different and multiple poses for the actors and multiple elements with the actor or a group of actors. Additionally, the use of make-up, wigs, beards, and wearing different accessories and costumes made it difficult for the system to identify the personality of the same actor. The Arab Actors Dataset-AAD comprises 574 images sourced from various movies, encompassing both black and white as well as color …

Co2 In Flowing Freshwaters: Macro Scale Database Compilation, Addressing Ph Bias In Co2 Estimates, And Quantifying Cross-Scale Interactions, Timothy R. Toavs

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation focuses on carbon dioxide (CO₂) dynamics in flowing freshwaters, contributing to the growing body of knowledge about inland water carbon cycles. The research is structured into three main chapters, each progressing towards the objective of utilizing variability in flowing freshwaters to further understand carbon dynamics, anthropogenic land cover impacts, and potential impacts from a changing climate. Chapter one compiles a 30-year dataset of pCO₂ measurements from flowing freshwater systems across the contiguous United States. This dataset, referred to as CDFLOW, includes over 750,000 pCO₂ estimates from more than 35,000 locations. It serves …

Tolkien’S Transformative Women: Art In Triptych (2024), By Annie Brust, Sara Brown

Journal of Tolkien Research

Book review, by Sara Brown, of Tolkien’s Transformative Women: Art in Triptych (2024), by Annie Brust

Variability In Northeastern Early Paleoindian Period Basecamps: Implications For The Peopling Of New Landscapes, Anne Parfitt

Anthropology Theses and Dissertations

The Pleistocene peopling of the Americas remains a process we still do not fully understand. One primary reason for this is that in many regions of North America, it is not always possible to determine whether the earliest archaeological sites represent the activities of pioneering people, or of later populations. One area where the earliest sites are most likely to represent a founding population is Northeastern North America (e.g., the Great Lakes and New England-Maritimes regions), due to the relatively late deglaciation in this area. The earliest sites in this area include a dozen or so large, distinctive basecamps with …

Commencement [Program], December 21, 2024, University Of Northern Iowa

UNI Commencement Programs

The program of the commencement ceremonies, including a list of institutional leadership, a list of the departments by college, awards given at the ceremonies, and a list of undergraduate and graduate degree candidates. This commencement program is not an official graduate list.

Contents:

Board of Regents --- 2
Institutional Leadership --- 2
Ceremony Symbols & Traditions --- 3
Academic Honorary Organizations --- 4
University Ambassador Organizations --- 5
University Honors Program --- 6
Graduation with Honors --- 6
Legacy Graduates --- 6
Military Science --- 7
Merchant Scholarship --- 7
Outstanding Student Leader --- 7
Commencement Student Speakers --- 7 …

Two Birds, Two Stones: Separating Biodiversity Conservation From Patent Law, Jessie Sadlon

Nebraska Law Bulletin (Selected Issues)

The current decline in biodiversity is faster than any other point in human history.[1] Overexploitation is the leading driver of biodiversity loss; species are harvested at unreplenishable rates. Government, non-government, and industry representatives are searching for direction in addressing this rapid species loss. In particular, the World Intellectual Property Organization (“WIPO”) is looking to channel biodiversity conservation through patent systems by instituting an origin disclosure requirement within the patent application process. This paper explores the intersection of biodiversity and innovation, contending the origin disclosure requirement is an unjustified, ineffective mechanism to effectuate biodiversity conservation.

Part II describes the biodiversity crisis …

Regulation And Function Of Mec-2 Alternative Splicing In Single Cells, Canyon Calovich-Benne

Biological Sciences Theses and Dissertations

One mechanism for generating diversity at the single cell level is selective expression of a unique set of transcription factors (TFs) and RNA binding proteins (RBPs). These regulatory factors contribute to functions of cells by controlling cell fate, turning genes on and off, and processing of transcripts either co- or post-transcriptionally. Many genes, especially neuronal genes, have multiple different splicing events, promoters, and/or polyadenylation sites. Post-transcriptional coordination is in the infancy of being studied and the functional consequences of this coupling at the single cell level has yet to be explored. Here we show, mec-2 coordination of alternative transcription start …

Shapiro, Sandra "Sandy", Theodora Omotayo

Bronx Jewish History Project

Sandy discusses her experiences during World War II as a young girl and how those experiences shaped her life. Also, Sandy recounts her childhood memories of blackouts and brownouts during the war and her later discovery of the Holocaust's devastation, including the betrayal of Jewish residents in Amsterdam. She emphasized that her experience was more historical than personal memory. She also shares personal stories of friends and family affected by the Holocaust. Sandy reflects on how the influence of her parents' honesty, kindness, and activism, the idealism of post-WWII democracy, and the importance of seeking evidence over belief shaped her …

Finite-Difference Time-Domain Simulation For Interpreting Regional Infrasound Arrivals And Estimating Propagation Path Effects, Jesse Howard

Earth Sciences Theses and Dissertations

New full-wave infrasound simulation tools were developed based on an optimized finite-difference time-domain solution of 2D axisymmetric linear and nonlinear fluid dynamic equations. These tools were applied to estimate propagation path effects and enhance phase interpretation for regional infrasound arrivals. Middle-atmosphere full-wave predictions for a range of idealized atmospheres show that shadow zone arrivals and fast and slow arrival pair components from multiple ducts can be delineated using a combination of full-wave modeling and geometrical acoustics. Relationships between phase velocity and effective sound profile were established for each arrival type. Implications for source characterization were that amplitude and spectrum variation …

Movian: Advancing Human Motion Analysis With 3d Visualization And Annotation, Trudi Di Qi, Isaac Browen, David Zhang, Hector M. Camarillo-Abad, Franceli L. Cibrian

Engineering Faculty Articles and Research

Human motion analysis, including data visualization and annotation, is crucial for understanding human behavior and intentions during various activities, aiding in the development of innovative tools that support independent living. Current wearable sensing technology provides rich 3D spatial movement data but generates multimodal complex datasets that require specialized skills for effective analysis. Despite the need, limited research exists on tools for effective visualization and easy annotation of such complex motion data. MoViAn (Motion Data Visualization and Annotation) is an innovative 3D data analysis system offering enriched visual representations of 3D human motion data (e.g., gaze, hand movements), along with an …

Epigenomics-Based Approaches To Predict Transcriptional Regulators, Zeyu Lu

Statistical Science Theses and Dissertations

Transcriptional regulators (TRs), proteins controlling gene expression, play a critical role in health and disease. Dysregulated TRs have been implicated in various diseases and cancers, driving the development of computational methods using next-generation sequencing (NGS) data for TR identification. However, a systematic evaluation of these NGS-based methods has been lacking. This dissertation presents a comprehensive review of thirteen existing methods, benchmarking their performance using gene sets derived from TR perturbations.

We further address the emerging challenge of identifying TRs from epigenomic regions (peaks) using NGS techniques. Existing methods often rely on motif-based analysis or user-provided gene lists, both having severe …

Summed Series Involving 1F2 Hypergeometric Functions, Jack C. Straton

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

Summation of infinite series has played a significant role in a broad range of problems in the physical sciences and is of interest in a purely mathematical context. In a prior paper, we found that the Fourier–Legendre series of a Bessel function of the first kind J_N(kx) and modified Bessel functions of the first kind I_N(kx) lead to an infinite set of series involving ₁F₂ hypergeometric functions (extracted therefrom) that could be summed, having values that are inverse powers of the eight primes 1/ ( 2ⁱ 3^j 5^{k …}

Measuring And Improving Api Usability And Quality: A Comprehensive Framework And Empirical Study, Sultan Alanazy

Computer Science and Engineering Theses and Dissertations

Cloud computing provides on-demand access to flexible computing resources, enabling rapid application deployment without substantial infrastructure investment. Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) play an important role in ensuring the success of cloud applications. The primary users of APIs are the extensive community of application programmers who search, read, and understand APIs before integrating them into their applications or systems. In addition, developers often turn to online API support when seeking help. Problems in such support can result in incorrect API usage and integration problems. There is an urgent need to measure API usability and support issues to identify, characterize, and assess …

From The Alhambra To The Grammar Of Ornament: Materiality And Process In The Work Of Owen Jones, Rebecca Kendall

Art History Theses and Dissertations

Much of the growing scholarship regarding the once well-known nineteenth century architect, designer, printer, and design theorist Owen Jones (1807-1874) mentions one or both of his landmark publications, Plans, Elevations, Sections and Details of the Alhambra (1836-1845) or the Grammar of Ornament (1856), occasionally noting chromolithographic innovations made at their respective times of publication. However, scholars have not really looked at the physical manufacture of these influential books by Jones and how this printing process drives the project of translation from the Alhambra. The materials surrounding Jones, whether books in his library, the pencil or brush he holds or the …

Titanium Funds Llc, Plaintiff-Appellee V. Miu Parker, Defendant-Appellant. : Brief Of Appellee, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2020 –)

APPEAL FROM THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT SALT LAKE COUNTY, STATE OF UTAH HONORABLE TERESA WELCH

Chad C. Rasmussen, Appellee, Lucky’s Auto Credit LLC

Sixth Joint Disclosure Statement

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

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Extraordinary 21st Century Drought In The Po River Basin (Italy), Abel Andrés Ramírez Molina, Glenn Tootle, Giuseppe Formetta, Thomas Piechota, Jiaqi Gong

Biology, Chemistry, and Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles and Research

Recent research identified 2022 as being the year of lowest seasonal April–May–June–July (AMJJ) observed streamflow for the Po River Basin (PRB) in the past two centuries. Expanding upon this research, we applied filters (2-year to 30-year filters) to the AMJJ observed streamflow and identified the late 20th and 21st century as displaying extreme drought. In this study, we introduce PALEO-RECON, an automated reconstruction tool developed to leverage tree ring-based proxies and streamline regression processes. Using PALEO-RECON, we reconstructed the AMJJ streamflow, applying traditional regression techniques and using a nested approach in which 30-, 40-, and 50-year windows within the ~200-year …

Analyzing Handwriting Legibility In Children Using Smart Vs. Traditional Pen, Franceli L. Cibrian, Lauren Min, Yingying 'Yuki' Chen, Kayla Anderson, Oscar Gutierrez, Lizbeth Escobedo

Engineering Faculty Articles and Research

Handwriting, traditionally acquired through paper, pen, or pencil, is crucial for children’s development, learning, and communication. The legibility of letters holds crucial implications for children’s composition and even self-esteem. In order to ensure legibility, timely input from educators and parents is essential, although it primarily depends on their experience. With current technological advancements, smartpens, augmented with sensing capabilities, could offer a novel approach providing feedback. However, it is unclear if the smartpen’s weight and form factor could affect children’s handwriting legibility is unclearsmartpen’s weight and form factor could affect children’s handwriting legibility. This study involves 16 children aged 9 to …

Complexities, Benefits, Risks, And Clinical Implications Of Sodium Bicarbonate Administration In Critically Ill Patients: A State-Of-The-Art Review, Akram M. Eraky, Yashwanth Yerramalla, Adnan Khan, Yasser Mokhtar, Alisha Wright, Walaa Alsabbagh, Kevin Franco Valle, Mina Haleem, Kyle Kennedy, Chad Boulware

GME Publications

Sodium bicarbonate has been used in the treatment of different pathologies, such as hyperkalemia, cardiac arrest, tricyclic antidepressant toxicity, aspirin toxicity, acute acidosis, lactic acidosis, diabetic ketoacidosis, rhabdomyolysis, and adrenergic receptors' resistance to catecholamine in patients with shock. An ongoing debate about bicarbonate's efficacy and potential harm has been raised for decades because of the lack of evidence supporting its potential efficacy. Despite the guidelines' restrictions, sodium bicarbonate has been overused in clinical practice. The overuse of sodium bicarbonate could be because of the desire to correct the arterial blood gas parameters rapidly instead of achieving homeostasis by treating the …

Phenotypic And Genetic Heterogeneity Of A Pakistani Cohort Of 15 Consanguineous Families Segregating Variants In Leber Congenital Amaurosis-Associated Genes, Zainab Akhtar, Sumaira Altaf, Yumei Li, Sana Bibi, Jamal Shah, Kiran Afshan, Meng Wang, Hafiz Muhammad Jafar Hussain, Nadeem Qureshi, Rui Chen, Sabika Firasat

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) is a congenital onset severe form of inherited retinal dystrophy (IRD) and a common cause of pediatric blindness. Disease-causing variants in at least 14 genes are reported to predispose LCA phenotype. LCA is inherited as an autosomal recessive disease. It can be an isolated eye disorder or as part of a syndrome, such as Senior Loken or Joubert syndrome. Sequencing studies from consanguineous populations have proven useful for novel variants identification; thus, the present study aimed to explore the genetic heterogeneity of 15 consanguineous Pakistani families, each segregating a severe IRD phenotype using targeted next …

Parallel Circles: A Math Club As A University Math Circle, Sarah C. Cobb, Marcos Lopez

Journal of Math Circles

This paper will discuss a monthly social event for the University Math Club. Over the past several years, the event has been shaped by the philosophy of a Student Math Circle. We will discuss the event's organization and the ways it has benefited from the influence of the Math Circle community.

Who Is Allowed To Compose Catholic Church Music? Ferdinand Hiller's Insightful Report On The Sacred-Music Competition In Louvain (1866), Jürgen Thym, Ralph P. Locke

Yale Journal of Music & Religion

In 1866, a competition was held in Louvain (Belgium) for a new setting of the Latin Mass text; the aim was that the winning piece be accessible in style and require only choir and organ. The jury included, among others, the composers Berlioz, Saint-Saëns, and Ferdinand Hiller; the lexicographer Fétis; and Joseph d’Ortigue, music critic for the Journal des débats, editor of Le Ménestrel, and a prominent advocate for the regeneration of Catholic church music.

In 1880, Hiller—longtime director of the Cologne Conservatory—published an essay describing the competition in detail. His essay, never before translated or discussed, forms …

The Effectiveness Of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy In Treating Major Depression, Chloe Nehme

The Scholarship Without Borders Journal

Individuals differ in their view of themselves, others, and the world. Those with distorted and negative core beliefs are more likely to be pessimistic and exhibit maladaptive behaviors. Consequently, these individuals tend to experience major depression disorder, which is the most common diagnosis affecting 19% of adults aged 18 and older (National Institute of Mental Health, 2023). Moreover, Major depression causes the highest mortality rates among adults (Katayama, 2022). There are 21 million adults who experience at least one major depression episode, while 15 million experience major depression with severe impairments (National Institute of Mental Health, 2023). Adults aged 18 …

Practical Considerations For Xr Technologies Implementation In The Elementary School Curriculum, Tracey Jackson, Oscar Valenzuela, Linda Lee, Chloe Ford

The Scholarship Without Borders Journal

One of the modalities of the digital landscape that is gaining attention is extended reality (XR), a term that is used to encompass all technologies that merge the physical and virtual worlds (Marr, 2019). Through the evolving landscape of XR, students are now able to attend class, learn, and socialize with their teachers and peers from anywhere in the world. This literature review seeks to examine the existing research on practical, yet important considerations that need to be made when implementing XR technologies in the elementary school curriculum, such as instructor competency, social learning, learning transfer, and belonging.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 1, No. 10, 2003, Glynn Osburn, Tom Guderjan

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume one and issue ten of TCAS Benchmark.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 1, No. 9, 2003, Glynn Osburn, Tiffany Osburn, Carolyn Murphy, Gen Freix

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume one and issue nine of TCAS Benchmark.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 16, No. 9, 2002, Wendy Lockwood, Brian S. Shaffer

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume sixteen and issue nine of TCAS Benchmark.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 16, No. 6, 2002, Wendy Lockwood, Glynn Osburn

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume sixteen and issue six of TCAS Benchmark.

Tcas Benchmark, Vol. 16, No. 4, 2002 (Should Be No. 5), Wendy Lockwood, Eddie Osburn

North Texas Archeological Society Records

Volume sixteen and issue five of TCAS Benchmark. This issue is incorrectly labeled as issue four.