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"Everything That He Sees": Placing The Egotistical Wordsworth In The Yarrow Poems, Gabriella Schwartz

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.

Migrating Languages: Cultural Mistranslation In Sembène Ousmane’S “The Promised Land” And Ágota Kristóf’S The Illiterate, Ester Luna

Criterion: A Journal of Literary Criticism

No abstract provided.

Acquisition Targeting: Toward Modelling Small Business Acquisition With Machine Learning, Jeremy Chambers

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA)

Small business acquisition suffers from a lack of information transparency, and many business buyers consequently value acquisitions differently. This project uses the case study methodology to analyze Sound Hardware Inc. and its management team to understand its context in-depth and provide a model that calculates an acquisition price in addition to offering business planning. It does this by using machine learning algorithms to reduce the number of engineered variables resulting in a priority list of factors contributing to value. This core process of dimensionality reduction is followed by a sample valuation that uses the results of the dimensionality reduction in …

“Religion’S Firm-Rooted Truths:” Richard Polwhele, Pulpit Oratory And Loyalist Romanticism In The English Province, Dafydd Moore

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

This article explores the rearguard action fought by the clergyman and writer Richard Polwhele against what he saw as the threat of Anglican Evangelicalism and Methodism in Cornwall during the French Revolutionary period, highlighting the connections between religious experience, rhetorical performance and politics. Whether it be through his theorizing of pulpit oratory, his rows with those he considered Enthusiasts or his understanding of ordination oaths, Polwhele maintained that religious belief should be regulated by rhetorical distance. Explaining this stance, the article shows how Polwhele’s theological and ecclesiological opposition to the Enthusiasm he regarded as dangerously inherent in Evangelical Protestantism also …

Advancing Statistical Literacy In Eye Care: A Series For Enhanced Clinical Decision-Making: Part 1: Introduction To Statistical Tools For Eye Care Research, Daniela Oehring, Pedro Miguel Serra

School of Health Professions

Purpose. Advancements in eye and vision care hinge on therigorous application of research and the precise interpretationof clinical data. However, the field of Eye and Vision Research(EVR) frequently encounters research waste attributed tomethodological flaws and improper statistical analyses, un-dermining the validity of studies and inefficiently utilisingsubstantial financial resources. This paper, the first instalmentin the series “Advancing Statistical Literacy in Eye Care: A Se-ries for Enhanced Clinical Decision-Making,” aims to addressthese challenges by enhancing the statistical literacy of eyecare professionals.Material and Methods. Through a comprehensive narrativeliterature review and the generation of simulated clinicaldatasets, this study identifies essential statistical concepts,common pitfalls, and …

Biostatistik In Ophthalmologie Und Optometrie: Eine Artikelserie Zur Unterstützung Evidenzbasierter Entscheidungsprozesse, Daniela Oehring, Pedro Miguel Serra

School of Health Professions

Zweck. Fortschritte in der Augen- und Sehversorgung basieren auf der Anwendung von Forschungsergebnissen und der präzisen Interpretation klinischer Daten. Dennoch treten in der Augen- und Sehforschung (EVR) häufig Forschungsverschwendungen auf, bedingt durch methodische Mängel und unangemessene statistische Analysen. Dies untergräbt die Validität von Studien und führt zu ineffizienter Nutzung erheblicher finanzieller Ressourcen. Dieser Artikel, der erste Teil der Serie „Entwicklung statistischer Kompetenzen in der Augenheilkunde: Eine Reihe zur Unterstützung evidenzbasierter Entscheidungsprozesse”, zielt darauf ab, diese Herausforderungen anzugehen, indem er die statistische Kompetenz von Fachkräften in der Augenheilkunde stärkt.Material und Methoden. Anhand einer umfassenden narrativen Literaturübersicht und der Erstellung simulierter klinischer …

Molecular Mechanism Governing The Plasticity Of Use-Dependent Spike Broadening In Dorsal Root Ganglion Neurons, Tyler D. Alexander, Stephen Tymanskyj, Kyle J. Kennedy, Leonard K. Kaczmarek, Manuel Covarrubias

SKMC Student Presentations and Publications

Use-dependent spike broadening (UDSB) results from inactivation of the voltage-gated K+ (Kv) channels that regulate the repolarization of the action potential. However, the specific signaling and molecular processes that modulate UDSB have remained elusive. Here, we applied an adeno-associated viral vector approach and dynamic clamping to conclusively demonstrate how multisite phosphorylation of the N-terminal inactivation domain (NTID) of the Kv3.4 channel modulates UDSB in rat dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neurons. The Kv3.4 phosphonull variant promotes slow recovery from inactivation, cumulative inactivation, and UDSB. In contrast, the Kv3.4 phosphomimic variant promotes fast recovery from inactivation and robust resistance to cumulative inactivation …

Quasi-Vertical Integration Model In Partnership Of Smes (Small Medium Enterprises) And The Role Of Competition Commission In Eu And Indonesia, Yayan Hernayanto, Kurnia Toha, Udin Silalahi

Indonesia Law Review

Partnerships between large and small companies should not be imagined as David and Goliath, enemies of each other. However, partnerships between large and small business actors are a mutually beneficial synergy. Partnerships with Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are not charity activities that prevent them from growing strongly. Guidance and assistance need to be provided so that they grow with a strong foundation. Both parties must agree to a fair transaction scheme, trade terms, and clauses that sustain this partnership and not cause SMEs to go bankrupt. Quasi-Vertical Integration is a model for conducting transactions in the manufacturing industry. This …

Exclusion Within Inclusive Education Policy: The Challenges Facing Urban Refugees In Accessing Education In Thailand, Mst Umme Habiba Fahmina Karim Dr.

Indonesia Law Review

Despite Thailand’s adoption of the Education for All policy in 2005, which grants all children, including refugees, access to free public education, refugee children largely remain excluded. Camp-based refugees attend informal, unrecognized education programs, while urban refugee children are categorised with migrant children in enrollment data. In 2023, only 34% of legal migrant children were enrolled in public schools, while refugees—often classified as "illegal migrants"—are either left out or attend unofficial community schools. This study examines the gap between policy and practice by exploring the experiences of urban refugees and perspectives of key stakeholders, including refugees, government agencies, and humanitarian …

The Urgency Of Artificial Intelligence Code Of Ethics, Tundjung Herning Sitabuana, Dixon Sanjaya, Ibra Fulenzi Amri, Nethan Nethan

Indonesia Law Review

The era of artificial intelligence has become a characteristic of industrial era 5.0 which has been used in various aspects. Potential economic value of AI has driven various forms of AI innovation development. Exploration of AI tends to override negative impacts of such developments. The emergence of ethical issues with presence of AI encourages the need for a law-based approach to establishing ethical standards to protect entire Indonesian nation. Therefore, this research was conducted to examine urgency for an AI code of ethics. This paper will normatively describe data qualitatively to answer urgency and development of AI code of ethics …

Rupture In The Legal Hierarchy: Normative Conflicts And The Subversion Of Agrarian Principles In Indonesia’S Omnibus Law, Waldus Situmorang, Mella Ismelina F. R., Rasji Rasji

Indonesia Law Review

This article examines the normative conflict between Law No. 6 of 2023 on the Establishment of Government Regulation in Lieu of Law on Job Creation and the Basic Agrarian Law (UUPA), specifically within the land law cluster. Using a normative approach and the theory of derogation, the article identifies three core areas of legal inconsistency: (1) the strengthening of Land Management Rights (Hak Pengelolaan), (2) foreign ownership of apartment units, and (3) the granting of land rights in aboveground and underground spaces. These legal inconsistencies not only create normative dualism but also generate legal uncertainty and threaten the principle of …

African American College Students’ Perceived Motivation And Engagement In Online Learning Environments, Juanita Sharpe

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

The current study delved into the problematic achievement gap between African-American graduates students and other groups, specifically in the online learning environment. African-American graduate students’ lower achievement is problematic due to its lost opportunity costs and social subjugation of an entire group of Americans. The study’s purpose was to improve our understanding of this problem in order to better inform the content and packaging of future academic delivery to this population. A qualitative methodology with a phenomenological design was used to cull the 1st hand experiences of African-American graduate students as to their online learning experiences. Self-determination and constructivism theories …

A Mother's Understanding Of Her Adolescent: A Social Anxiety Study, Cheronda Pinkard

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Social anxiety disorder (SAD) affects 1% to 13% of adolescents, often placing significant demands on their caregivers. Mothers frequently adapt their behaviors to accommodate their child’s anxiety, which may impact their well-being and the parent-child relationship. This qualitative study explored the lived experiences of mothers accommodating adolescents with SAD to understand better the emotional and relational toll of this caregiving role. The problem addressed is the limited understanding of how maternal accommodation affects mothers. Mental health practitioners, educators, and policymakers may benefit from this research by gaining insight into these families' challenges and informing family-centered interventions and support services. Guided …

Finite Element Method Stress Analysis Of Kammprofile Gasket Defects And Evaluation Of The Sealing Performance, Muhammad Afiq Azmansah, Ahmad Majdi A Rani, Fudhail Abd Munir

Platform: A Journal of Engineering

The Kammprofile gasket is used in various sectors, such as oil and gas, to create a secure seal between flanges, enduring high temperature and pressure conditions. The integrity of the industrial installations of the gasket flange joints relies significantly on an effective sealing mechanism. Gasket failures predominantly contribute to VOC emissions, impacting air quality and potentially causing respiratory issues. Therefore, the Finite Element Method (FEM) analysis using static structural was developed to analyse the influence of dimension variations and defects, specifically on pitch, serration depth and thickness of the Kammprofile gasket that drive the leakage in the flange gasketed joints …

Carbon Accounting Tool For Greenhouse Gas Emission Sources In Steam-Methane Reforming Facility, Farah Anissa Sukri, Syaza Izyanni Ahmad

Platform: A Journal of Engineering

Hydrogen production facility stands out as one of the significant CO2 contributors in the oil and gas industry. As hydrogen will emerge as a clean energy source in the future, this research will focus on carbon footprint assessment in hydrogen production facilities. This study aims to quantify the amount of carbon dioxide equivalent through direct and indirect emissions, comprised of stationary combustion, process emissions, and energy consumption. A comparative analysis has been conducted between the Steam-Methane Reforming (SMR) facility in company A. The study revealed that SMR-2 shows the highest CO2 emissions per production of 9.823 tCO2e/tH2, whereas SMR-1 has …

Quantitative Risk Assessment In Thermo-Chemical Waste-To-Energy Facilities, Fakhrul R. Ridzwan, Syaza Izyanni Ahmad

Platform: A Journal of Engineering

This study presents a Quantitative Risk Assessment (QRA) of thermo-chemical Waste-to-Energy (WtE) technologies, specifically incineration and gasification, by utilising simulation tools PHAST and SAFETI. Hazard identification, consequence analysis, and risk assessment were conducted to compare the safety profiles of these two technologies and proposed risk reduction strategies for a safer design. Accident scenarios were modelled for Tuas South Incineration and Borregaard Gasification facilities to analyse dispersion and effects of fire and explosion. Hazards indicated that only gasification exclusively involves flammable releases because it reacts as a partial combustion, with carbon monoxide and hydrogen as flammable byproducts. Results revealed that while …

Logistics Optimisation Of Oil Palm Fronds At Plantations For Energy Conversion, Nur Athira Arshad, Afşin Güngör, Shaharin Anwar Sulaiman

Platform: A Journal of Engineering

Oil palm frond (OPF) is a form of clean energy with a strong potential to generate electricity due to its abundance and consistent availability throughout the year. However, the pruned OPF is usually laid scattered on the ground throughout the vast areas of palm oil plantations. The logistics of handling pruned OPF pose a low efficiency of the supply chain system and may involve high delivery costs due to key factors such as high transportation cost of a low bulk density material and high labour cost. The optimal way of handling biomass prior to utilisation in a gasification plant remains …

Numerical Optimisation Of Co₂ Injection In A Sandstone Reservoir, Asiman Musayev, Hisham Khaled Ben Mahmud

Platform: A Journal of Engineering

This paper presents a study on the numerical optimisation of CO2 injection in sandstone reservoirs to maximise oil recovery. Using PETREL and CMG-GEM, the research explores various injection strategies, including Water-Alternating-Gas (WAG), miscible CO2, and CO2-N2 injection. The model was created based on a publicly available research paper on an onshore oil field in the Sirt Basin, Libya. The model was validated using historical production data from January 1967 to January 2003, resulting in a Global History Matching Error of 10.37%, indicating satisfactory accuracy. For miscible CO2 injection, the optimal maximum injection rate was 30 MMcfd. In the case of …

International Economic Agreements As Impediments To Carbon Tax Climate Change Mitigation: Is The Un Framework Tax Convention The Way Forward?, Edwin Vanderbruggen

Indian Journal of International Economic Law

This article outlines some of the international legal impediments to domestic environmental tax policies in furtherance of climate change mitigation, i.e. certain WTO rules on trade in goods, fuel tax exemptions in aviation treaties, and tax stabilisation provisions that are protected under the umbrella clause of investment treaties. It argues that international action is the most effective and often the only option to address those legal obstacles. The emergence of the United Nations Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (‘FTC’) is, in that regard, a timely development. Given the central institutional role UN-related bodies already have in climate change, sea …

History And The Teaching Of Dialect And Slang In Screenwriting, Mitch Olson, Chris C. Palmer

Faculty Articles

This article explores academic and industry perspectives on the use of dialect, slang, and historical language in screenwriting. It offers a chronological overview of major screenwriting manuals’ treatment of dialect and slang (or lack thereof) 1946-2020. It then presents survey data of 53 currently-practicing screenwriters’ views on working with dialect and historical language in scripts, as well as their sense of possible changes in the industry regarding attitudes towards diverse voice representation on the page. It concludes with examples from a teaching sequence that illustrates strategies for writing with dialect, researching it, and ethically considering its usage in scripts. Situating …

Catalyst For Syngas Conversion To Light Olefins, John Kuhn, Babu Joseph, Yang He

USF Patents

The present disclosure provides a composition. In an embodiment, a catalyst composition is provided and includes from 85 mol % to 95 mol % iron metal, and from 15 mol % to 5 mol % indium metal, wherein mol % is based on total moles of iron metal and indium metal. Also provided is a process of contacting, under reaction conditions, a gaseous mixture of carbon monoxide, hydrogen and optionally water with the catalyst composition. The process includes forming a reaction product composed of light olefins.

Functionalized Porous Organic Polymers As Uranium Nano-Traps For Efficient Uranium Extraction, Shengqian Ma, Qi Sun, Briana Aguila

USF Patents

Compositions are provided for efficient uranium extraction, for example from wastewater, seawater, or other water sources. The compositions can include a functionalized porous organic polymer functionalized with one or more uranium binding moieties, e.g. having a plurality of amidoxime or amidrazone groups covalently attached thereto. The compositions can include covalent organic frameworks, porous aromatic frameworks, and various porous organic polymers, especially those having a hierarchical pore size distribution over a range of pore sizes. The compositions can have functional groups such as amidoxime or an amidrazone covalently attached thereto. The hierarchical pore size distribution can be determined based upon at …

Lockout Systems And Methods, Srinivas Katkoori, Sheikh Ariful Islam

USF Patents

An exemplary integrated circuit design lockout system comprises an integrated circuit and a key obfuscated circuit embedded with the integrated circuit. The key obfuscated circuit is configured to verify that a user provides a valid key for the integrated circuit before the user is allowed to operate the integrated circuit. The exemplary integrated circuit design lockout system further comprises a lockout circuit embedded with the key obfuscated circuit, wherein the lockout circuit is configured to allow for a threshold number of failed attempts for the user to provide the valid key before the lockout circuit prohibits the user from making …

Systems And Methods For Immobilizing A Target Protein, Houman Yaghoubi, Arash Takshi, John Thomas Beatty

USF Patents

In some embodiments, a bioelectronic device includes an electrode, target proteins, and attachment mechanisms that immobilize the target proteins on the electrode, the attachment mechanisms comprising linker proteins that interface with the target proteins and attach the target proteins to the electrode.

System And Method For The Activation Of Active Ion Transporters Without The Consumption Of Adenosine Triphosphate (Atp) Molecules For The Treatment Of Muscle Fatigue, Wei Chen, Jason Edward Mast, Pengfei Liang

USF Patents

A system and method to control the Na/K pumps for the treatment or prevention of muscle fatigue by applying a synchronization modulation electric field that is effective in synchronizing the Na/K pumps down to individual steps throughout the pumping cycle, thereby synthesizing one ATP for each pumping cycle. The generated ATP molecule compensates the ATP consumed in extrusion of 3 Na ions and pumping 2 K ions such that the net-consumption of ATP for the Na/K pumps controlled by the system and method of the present invention is significantly reduced, theoretically to zero, thereby providing an effective treatment for muscle …

Epigenetic Modification Of Fungi And Uses Thereof, Bill J. Baker, Dennis E. Kyle, Mario Alberto Rodriguez-Pã©Rez, Anne-Claire D. Limon, Ala Azhari

USF Patents

Described herein are methods of epigenetic modification of fungi and uses thereof. Also described herein are compounds that can have antileishmanial activity and formulations thereof. Also described herein are methods of treating leishmanial infection in a subject that include the step of administering a compound or formulation thereof described herein to the subject.

Quarterly Report - 2nd Quarter, October 1 - December 31, 2024, Etsu Foundation, East Tennessee State University

ETSU Foundation Quarterly Reports

No abstract provided.

Automated Differentiation Of Wide Qrs Complex Tachycardia Using Qrs Complex Polarity, Adam M May, Bhavesh B Katbamna, Preet A Shaikh, Sarah Lococo, Elena Deych, Ruiwen Zhou, Lei Liu, Krasimira M Mikhova, Rugheed Ghadban, Phillip S Cuculich, Daniel H Cooper, Thomas M Maddox, Peter A Noseworthy, Anthony Kashou

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Wide QRS complex tachycardia (WCT) differentiation into ventricular tachycardia (VT) and supraventricular wide complex tachycardia (SWCT) remains challenging despite numerous 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) criteria and algorithms. Automated solutions leveraging computerized ECG interpretation (CEI) measurements and engineered features offer practical ways to improve diagnostic accuracy. We propose automated algorithms based on (i) WCT QRS polarity direction (WCT Polarity Code [WCT-PC]) and (ii) QRS polarity shifts between WCT and baseline ECGs (QRS Polarity Shift [QRS-PS]).

METHODS: In a three-part study, we derive and validate machine learning (ML) models-logistic regression (LR), artificial neural network (ANN), Random Forests (RF), support vector machine (SVM), …

I Second That Emotion: Examining The Association Between Emotion Regulation Skills And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms After A Traumatic Event In A Sample Of Black College Students, Cheyenne Ashley

Graduate Masters Theses

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) has been termed an “emotion disorder” due to its association with obstructing trauma survivors’ ability to regulate their emotions (Frewen & Lanius, 2006, as cited in Tull et al., 2020, p. 295). Previous research consistently shows individuals with PTSD experience significant difficulties in emotion regulation (ER) skills (e.g., Ehring & Quack, 2010). Despite the unique systemic challenges inherent in the experience of Black Folk which can exacerbate PTSD symptom severity (Carter, 2020; Bird et al., 2021), research focusing on Black trauma survivors remains limited.

This study utilized 3 self-report measures: the Difficulties in Emotion Regulation Scale …

Global Studies Minor And Certificate Program Information, Global Insight Editorial Team

Global Insight

No abstract provided.