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Assessing Khumbu Region Glaciers Mass Balance Change Using Geospatial Techniques From 2012 To 2024, Yashvi Jagatbhai Shah

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

The glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalaya are critical for sustaining the water supply of South Asia's major rivers, upon which over 230 million people, both in the mountainous regions and lowland areas, depend. Climate change is driving rapid glaciers melt near the summit of Mount Everest, located at an elevation of approximately 7,906 meters (25,938 feet). This has resulted in glacier thinning occurring up to 80 times faster than the original ice formation. However, due to their disposition in a complex topographic setting and inaccessible terrain, continuous glacier observations pose significant challenges.

This study evaluated the mass balance of …

Leveraging Business Intelligence Tools For Enhancing Career Services In Higher Education, Vedanti Aghaw

Electronic Theses, Projects, and Dissertations

In today’s competitive job market, career services in higher education are crucial for equipping students with the skills and readiness they need to succeed professionally. Yet, traditional career service models often fall short of addressing the evolving needs of students due to limited abilities in tracking engagement, evaluating program effectiveness, and predicting job market trends.

This study addresses three key research questions: Q1. How can BI tools improve data-driven decision-making within career services? Q2. What role does predictive analytics play in enhancing career success forecasting? Q3. How can BI tools assist in optimizing resource allocation within career centers?

The findings …

Fpga-Based Sensors For Distributed Digital Manufacturing Systems: A State-Of-The-Art Review, Laraib Khan, Sriram Praneeth Isanaka, Frank Liou

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The combination of distributed digital factories (D2Fs) with sustainable practices has been proposed as a revolutionary technique in modern manufacturing. This review paper explores the convergence of D2F with innovative sensor technology, concentrating on the role of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) in promoting this paradigm. A D2F is defined as an integrated framework where digital twins (DTs), sensors, laser additive manufacturing (laser-AM), and subtractive manufacturing (SM) work in synchronization. Here, DTs serve as a virtual replica of physical machines, allowing accurate monitoring and control of a given manufacturing process. These DTs are supplemented by sensors, providing near-real-time data to …

Artificial Intelligence And Cracks In The Foundation Of Intellectual Property, Robin C. Feldman

Faculty Scholarship

Our implicit image of progress and the standards we use to calibrate human contribution to progress are quietly at risk from the onslaught of artificial intelligence (AI). AI has the potential to significantly shrink the pool of creative work that is protectable by intellectual property (IP) law and the range of information that is protectable, as well as shrinking the value proposition of IP regimes themselves.

As society faces this changing landscape, we must tread carefully to distinguish fears about AI from the task of defining the boundaries of intellectual property, whose theoretic concepts aren’t designed to bear such weighty …

Supporting Cancer-Related Fatigue Self-Management: A Conversation Analytic Study Of Nurse Counsellor And Cancer Survivor Consultations, Oluwaseyifunmi Andi Agbejule, Stuart Ekberg, Nicolas H. Hart, Raymond J. Chan

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Purpose: Cancer-related fatigue (CRF) is a prevalent and distressing symptom experienced by people affected by cancer. A breakdown of the clinician-patient partnership and suboptimal clinician communication has been identified as a significant barrier to implementing into clinical practice effective self-management strategies for CRF. This study examined the use and impact of communication practices employed by trained cancer nurse counsellors when providing CRF self-management support to cancer survivors.

Methods: Interactions from 41 telehealth consultations between three nurse counsellors and 23 cancer survivors in a CRF self-management support clinic in Queensland, Australia were recorded and analysed using conversation analysis methods.

Results: Analysis …

Jamming Precoding In Af Relay-Aided Plc Systems With Multiple Eavessdroppers, Zhengmin Kong, Jiaxing Cui, Li Ding, Tao Huang, Shihao Yan

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Enhancing information security has become increasingly significant in the digital age. This paper investigates the concept of physical layer security (PLS) within a relay-aided power line communication (PLC) system operating over a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channel based on MK model. Specifically, we examine the transmission of confidential signals between a source and a distant destination while accounting for the presence of multiple eavesdroppers, both colluding and non-colluding. We propose a two-phase jamming scheme that leverages a full-duplex (FD) amplify-and-forward (AF) relay to address this challenge. Our primary objective is to maximize the secrecy rate, which necessitates the optimization of the …

Spatial Transcriptomics Reveals Discrete Tumour Microenvironments And Autocrine Loops Within Ovarian Cancer Subclones, Elena Denisenko, Leanne De Kock, Adeline Tan, Aaron B. Beasley, Maria Beilin, Matthew E. Jones, Rui Hou, Dáithí Ó Muirí, Sanela Bilic, G. Raj K. A. Mohan, Stuart Salfinger, Simon Fox, Khaing P. W. Hmon, Yen Yeow, Youngmi Kim, Rhea John, Tami S. Gilderman, Emily Killingbeck, Elin S. Gray, Paul A. Cohen, Yu Yu, Alistair R. R. Forrest

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

High-grade serous ovarian carcinoma (HGSOC) is genetically unstable and characterised by the presence of subclones with distinct genotypes. Intratumoural heterogeneity is linked to recurrence, chemotherapy resistance, and poor prognosis. Here, we use spatial transcriptomics to identify HGSOC subclones and study their association with infiltrating cell populations. Visium spatial transcriptomics reveals multiple tumour subclones with different copy number alterations present within individual tumour sections. These subclones differentially express various ligands and receptors and are predicted to differentially associate with different stromal and immune cell populations. In one sample, CosMx single molecule imaging reveals subclones differentially associating with immune cell populations, fibroblasts, …

Genome-Wide Cross-Disease Analyses Highlight Causality And Shared Biological Pathways Of Type 2 Diabetes With Gastrointestinal Disorders, Emmanuel O. Adewuyi, Tenielle Porter, Eleanor K. O’Brien, Oladapo Olaniru, Giuseppe Verdile, Simon M. Laws

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Studies suggest links between diabetes and gastrointestinal (GI) traits; however, their underlying biological mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we comprehensively assess the genetic relationship between type 2 diabetes (T2D) and GI disorders. Our study demonstrates a significant positive global genetic correlation of T2D with peptic ulcer disease (PUD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), gastritis-duodenitis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and diverticular disease, but not inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We identify several positive local genetic correlations (negative for T2D – IBD) contributing to T2D’s relationship with GI disorders. Univariable and multivariable Mendelian randomisation analyses suggest causal effects of T2D on PUD and gastritis-duodenitis and …

Higher Habitual Intakes Of Flavonoids And Flavonoid-Rich Foods Are Associated With A Lower Incidence Of Type 2 Diabetes In The Uk Biobank Cohort, Alysha S. Thompson, Amy Jennings, Nicola P. Bondonno, Anna Tresserra-Rimbau, Benjamin H. Parmenter, Claire Hill, Aurora Perez-Cornago, Tilman Kühn, Aedín Cassidy

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Aim: To examine the associations of a diet high in flavonoid-rich foods, as reflected by a “Flavodiet Score” (FDS), the major individual food contributors to flavonoid intake, and flavonoid subclasses with type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk in the UK Biobank cohort. Materials and methods: Flavonoid intakes were estimated from ≥2 dietary assessments among 113,097 study participants [age at enrolment: 56 ± 8 years; 57% female] using the U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) databases. Multivariable Cox proportional hazards models were used to investigate associations between dietary exposures and T2D. Results: During 12 years of follow-up, 2628 incident cases of T2D were …

Barriers And Enablers To Promoting Grandchildren’S Physical Activity And Reducing Screen Time: A Qualitative Study With Australian Grandparents, Timothy Budden, David Coall, Ben Jackson, Hayley Christian, Andrea Nathan, Michelle I. Jongenelis

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Background: With an increasing number of grandparents providing care to their grandchildren, calls have been made for these caregivers to be considered important stakeholders in encouraging children’s engagement in health-promoting behaviors, such as physical activity. Understanding the perspectives of grandparents who provide care is crucial to informing efforts that aim to increase children’s physical activity, yet little is understood about their perceptions of specific barriers and enablers to promoting children’s physical activity and reducing screen time. The present study sought to explore these perceptions. Methods: Semi-structured focus groups and individual interviews were conducted with grandparents who reported providing care to …

Organizational Factors Enabling Augmented Analytic And Bi 4.0 Implementation Success, Randy A. Williams, Gazi Murat Duman, Elif Kongar, Nasir J. Sheikh

Engineering and Technology Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

The implementation of modern Business Intelligence (BI) 4.0 and Augmented Analytics solutions is drastically influenced by organizational factors, which are widely recognized as significant drivers of success. Many researchers endeavor to understand critical success factors of BI implementation using various models, most all of which include Organizational components, along with others. Earlier studies have suggested components within the Organizational perspective play a critical role in driving overall BI implementation success. However, the research on organizational factors that focus on the advanced version of BI and augmented analytics is not well established. Addressing this need, the current work focuses on filling …

Blinding Of Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Is Compromised In Typically Developing Children Compared To Young Adults, Sophia Bertrand, Tonya Rich, Samuel Nemanich

Occupational Therapy Faculty Research and Publications

Achieving successful blinding is a persistent challenge for clinical trials involving transcranial direct current stimulation. Studies involving populations with increased sensory sensitivity, such as children, could be at risk for increased bias from inadequate blinding due to unique sensation of stimulation relative to adults. The objectives of this study were 1) To examine differences in transcranial stimulation blinding between children and young adults and its relationship to sensory sensitivity. 2) To test the efficacy of an ActiSham protocol for participant blinding, compared to a traditional sham protocol. Typically developing right-handed children (N = 12, 5–14 yr) and young adults (N …

Intellectual Property, Innovation And Economic Inequality, Daniel Benoliel, Peter K. Yu, Francis Gurry, Keun Lee

Faculty Scholarship

While growing disparities in wealth and income are well-documented across the globe, the role of intellectual property rights is often overlooked. This volume brings together leading commentators from around the world to interrogate the interrelationship between intellectual property and economic inequality. Interdisciplinary and globally oriented by design, the book features economists, legal scholars, policy analysts, and other experts. Chapters address the impact of intellectual property rights on economic inequality, the effect of economic inequality on the protection and enforcement of these rights, and the potential use of innovation law and policy to help reduce economic inequality. The volume also tackles …

More Than Semantics? Navigating The "Policy ∗ Design" Concepts' Landscape, Diana Pamela Villa-Alvarez, Adam Wellstead

Michigan Tech Publications

Scholarship from the design discipline and policy sciences has produced rich empirical and theoretical knowledge on the intersection of policy and design. However, using concepts that pair “policy” and “design” in various ways, often with different meanings, can confuse practitioners and scholars alike. This confusion is further exacerbated by the sheer variety of online information, including peer-reviewed articles, books, reports, blogs, courses, and the websites of prominent scholars, practitioners, and policy actors. To address this, we analyze “Policy * Design” concepts from a Google Search Engine scraping tool and, in doing so, identify four distinct approaches: “policy design,” “design for …

A Word From The Writing Team (December 2024), Pam Walter, Mfa

A Word From the Writing Team (Newsletter)

This issue includes:

• Publication Spotlight
• Enter the Annual Theresa and Charles Yeo Writing Prize by December 31, 2024
• Sign up for the December 6th Writing Retreat (Online)
• Write that Baby in 9 Weeks
• The OPWPC Canvas Page offers helpful tools

Building Bridges: A Cohort Model For Content-Based Language Learning And Multilingual Learner Success, Marry E. Royers

Teacher Education Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity

Building Bridges: Cohort Model Preliminary Steps

1: Identify the need within the school.

2: Cohort Selection

3.Attitudes and experiences pre-test for both teachers and students

Teachers gather student pre-PD survey data

PLC CYCLE STEP 1 Review student survey data Micro PD part 1 with ML teacher Set goals for the PLC cycle.

Professional Development Cycle

PLC CYCLE STEP 2 Reflection or progress, affirmations, and group troubleshooting. Micro PD part 2 with ML teacher

PLC CYCLE STEP 3 Reflection or progress, affirmations, and group troubleshooting.

Focus of Professional Development:

1.Content-Based Language Learning 2.Asset-based Pedagogy & Culturally Relevant Teaching 3.Implementing Academic Conversations …

An Exploration Of Refugee Policy Using Social Construction Theory & The Narrative Policy Framework, Daniel S. Amoruso

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

Social Construction Theory and Narrative Policy Framework are cohesive products to assess policymaking by examining social construction variables and the formation of narratives. Although I use each independently and together, using them in conjunction helps to ascertain the difference between what someone does and says. Often, there is a substantive disconnect between the two. As with many policy arenas, interest in refugee policy has ebbed and flowed over the past ten years as the United States fluctuates from Democrat to Republican and back to Democrat administrations. Various administrations, media outlets, and separate communities often portray refugees differently; some favorably toward …

Where And How Are Undergraduate Students Developing Dispositions Needed For The Geoscience Workforce?, Kaelyn Lagerwall

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

Dispositions, such as the desire to learn, work ethic, initiative, and organization, are defined as internal attributes, attitudes, or values that stimulate action. Rather than being intrinsic traits, dispositions can be learned and are considered a dynamic and evolving arrangement of interconnected components. Dispositions are highly desired and valuable to the workforce, playing a critical role in gaining and maintaining employment; they are frequently mentioned in job advertisements for bachelor-level geoscientists. Therefore, it is important to understand where and how geoscience students are developing these dispositions as part of their degree programs. We surveyed faculty in geoscience departments at two …

Constructing A Blueprint For A Professional Development Module On Interventions For Bullying And Self-Advocacy For Nursing Faculty, Glenn Murphy

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

Bullying remains a persistent issue among nursing faculty. Nursing faculty often claim they do not have the communication skills or the confidence to address bullying behaviors and to advocate for themselves. Instead, they often avoid the perpetrators or accept bullying as part of the nursing education environment. One possible solution involves creating a professional development module for nursing faculty. My Delphi study led to the creation of a blueprint for a professional development module on interventions for bullying and self-advocacy for nursing faculty. Over the three rounds of online questionnaires, an expert panel of nursing faculty suggested content areas, recommended …

Faculty Innovativeness In Higher Education: Exploring The Influence Of Demographic And Psychological Factors, Jared M. Pyles

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

This study explored the relationship between innovativeness and various demographic and psychological factors among full-time faculty at a private higher education institution in the Midwest United States. The study focused on understanding how risk aversion, gender, age, years of experience, and leadership roles influence a faculty member's level of innovativeness and examined the interrelated effects of these variables. Employing a quantitative research design, data were collected through a self-administered online survey with 129 full-time faculty members, achieving a response rate of 49%.

The findings revealed no significant direct relationship between innovativeness and risk aversion. However, categorical age emerged as a …

From Classroom To Career: Preparing Future Geoscientists For Workforce Success, Gregory Shafer

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

The wide range of career opportunities for geoscience students, combined with a changing workforce, makes it more challenging for undergraduate programs to adequately prepare students for their careers. Therefore, it is important for geoscience programs to have a comprehensive view of the workforce needs and what barriers students may encounter when transitioning to the workforce. This dissertation identifies key skills and competencies essential for bachelor-level geoscientists, as well as potential barriers for recent graduates entering the workforce. The study analyzed entry-level geoscience job advertisements using a case-insensitive code matching function in MATLAB and conducted interviews with geoscience employers to identify …

Procedural Justice And Therapeutic Jurisprudence In Idaho Drug Treatment Courts, Norma Dianne Jaeger

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

This qualitative multi-case study of the operations of Idaho drug treatment courts explores the application of two theoretical frameworks: therapeutic jurisprudence and procedural justice. Semi-structured interviews, based on a phronetic iterative approach and analysis, were conducted with 20 enrolled participants and 10 judges from courts and communities of varying sizes, located in four geographic areas of Idaho. Responses suggest that these courts operate from a foundation of therapeutic jurisprudence and effectively apply procedural justice practices: respectful treatment, trust, and participant voice. The study identifies participants’ multiple life changes, including addiction recovery, as important elements of the courts’ outcomes and validates …

Understanding The Present And Preparing For The Future In Collegiate Esports, Marc C. Dearmond

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

While esports continues to grow as a varsity sport across higher education campuses, new programs are being built focusing on esports as a field of study. However, more research is needed about how esports programs are being administered on college campuses and how these programs are being measured for success. This three-article dissertation focuses on esports at the collegiate and undergraduate levels. The first study is a literature review focused on topics of research available for reading assignments in an online program based on the esports ecosystem as defined by Anderson et al. (2018). It contains an examination of current …

Immersive Simulations In Tourism Education: A Case Study, Eric Hawkinson

Boise State University Theses and Dissertations

This research employed a mixed-method case study approach to explore the experiences of participants in immersive tourism simulations within vocational tourism studies. Utilizing the ”My Hometown Project,” a virtual tourism platform, the study designed and deployed tourism simulations where groups of students guided guests through virtual tours, blending immersive technology with face-to-face interaction in the ”Future Hub,” an innovative immersive learning laboratory. A mixed-methods approach was adopted, collecting reports from groups post-simulation (Shared Immersive Experience Reports - SIER) for qualitative insights and administering post-simulation surveys to measure presence and motivation quantitatively. This approach aimed to provide a comprehensive understanding of …

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Buffalo Law Review

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Is International Law Progressive, Cormac Macamhlaigh

Buffalo Law Review

The rise of authoritarian populism in recent years has raised the question of whether international law can be coopted for authoritarian purposes. Tom Ginsburg has recently argued for the rise of what he calls “authoritarian international law” which, he claims, is undermining the hitherto progressive ethos of international law since the foundation of the United Nations. This paper critically examines this category of authoritarian international law. Adopting a Dworkinian interpretive methodology to the question of the normativity of international law, it argues that a putative authoritarian international law is incompatible with the normativity of international law as currently understood. This …

Equivalence Of Eval-Readback And Eval-Apply Big-Step Evaluators By Structuring The Lambda-Calculus's Strategy Space, Pablo Nogueira Iglesias, Álavaro García-Pérez

Artículos científicos

We study the equivalence between eval-readback and eval-apply big-step evaluators in the general setting of the pure lambda calculus. We study ‘one-step’ equivalence (same strategy) and also discuss ‘big-step’ equivalence (same final result). One-step equivalence extends for free to evaluators in other settings (calculi, programming languages, proof assistants, etc.) by restricting the terms (closed, convergent) while maintaining the strategy. We present a proof that one-step equivalence holds when the ‘readback’ stage satisfies straightforward well-formedness provisos, the ‘eval’ stage implements a ‘uniform’ strategy, and the eval-apply evaluator implements a ‘balanced hybrid’ strategy that has ‘eval’ as a subsidiary strategy. The proof …

Diseño, Cultura Visual Y Género. Prefacio Cuaderno 251, M. Mar Martínez-Oña

Artículos científicos

En esta edición, reunimos una serie de artículos que abordan temas como la necesidad de visibilizar a las mujeres diseñadoras, la representación de género e incluso de estereotipos en diversos productos audiovisuales, el impacto del diseño en la sociedad, y las prácticas artísticas que cuestionan las normas de género. Cada contribución ofrece una perspectiva única y enriquecedora, invitando a los lectores a reflexionar sobre cómo el diseño y la cultura visual pueden ser agentes de cambio social.

La Reescritura De La Bruja Y La Princesa En La Publicidad De Lujo: Un Análisis De El Jardín De Los Sueños De Gucci, Ana Vicens Poveda

Artículos científicos

Desde las primeras obras publicitarias, las marcas han sexualizado la imagen de la mujer ha sido, destacando especialmente las dedicadas a la moda, el lujo y la cosmé- tica. Retratada como objeto de deseo, la mujer se representa definida por el hombre que la mira y el hombre que la construye - o reconstruye- a través del objetivo. El actual para- digma de comunicación y publicidad está siendo liderado por las marcas de lujo, líderes en inversión publicitaria y pioneras en el uso del storytelling como herramienta clave de diferenciación. Resulta revelador que, en la creación de esta nueva narrativa, …

Mujeres Diseñadoras: Sonia Delaunay (1885-1979), M. Mar Martínez-Oña

Artículos científicos

El presente artículo visibiliza la obra de la diseñadora Sonia Delaunay, quien es considerada como una artista innovadora dentro de las Vanguardias artísticas europeas del siglo XX. Se pretende analizar aplicando la perspectiva de género la obra de una de las diseñadoras más importantes de principios del siglo XX, utilizando a su vez diversas me- todologías como la revisión bibliográfica y el método iconográfico, etc. Siendo el objetivo principal analizar y visibilizar el diseño realizado por Sonia Delaunay, quien desarrolló un diseño multidisciplinar en el que interactúo con diferentes propuestas artísticas cata - logadas en diversas áreas del diseño actual. …