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Ableism And Museum Art Education: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study Of Museum-Based Visual Studio Art Teachers, Elizabeth W. Buck May 2025

Ableism And Museum Art Education: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study Of Museum-Based Visual Studio Art Teachers, Elizabeth W. Buck

Doctor of Education Program Dissertations

All people, including individuals with disabilities, who participate in hands-on visual art can experience various benefits. However, visual studio art teachers, especially museum-based teachers, have various backgrounds that do not always include education or training in serving individuals with disabilities. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore how museum-based visual studio art teachers perceived that their training and preparation informed their awareness of ableism and ability to serve students with disabilities in art museums in the New England region of the United States. Twelve museum-based, visual studio art teachers participated in this study through semi-structured interviews. Through …

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Reliability Analysis Of The Porto Velho Pier - Rio Grande/Rs Throughlimit Equilibrium And Finite Element Method, Luiza Antiqueira Da Silva Neta, Diego De Freitas Fagundes, Antônio Marcos De Lima Alves May 2025

Reliability Analysis Of The Porto Velho Pier - Rio Grande/Rs Throughlimit Equilibrium And Finite Element Method, Luiza Antiqueira Da Silva Neta, Diego De Freitas Fagundes, Antônio Marcos De Lima Alves

Seatific Journal

This study analyzes the global stability of the Porto Velho pier, a structure in the port complex of the city of Rio Grande - RS, Brazil. This structure is a gravity pier with a length of 640 m which has been showing excessive displacements in a 150 m stretch. Limit Equilibrium and Finite Element tools associated with the Monte Carlo and FOSM Methods were applied. Four scenarios will be analyzed that represent the evolution of the erosion of the base of the pier structure, in which it can be concluded that as the loss of soil and rockfill of the …

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The Effect Of Various Bulbous Bow Forms On The Resistance Of A Black Sea Type Fishing Boat, Dursun Saral May 2025

The Effect Of Various Bulbous Bow Forms On The Resistance Of A Black Sea Type Fishing Boat, Dursun Saral

Seatific Journal

In this study, resistance analyses of a 35-meter-long Black Sea Type Fishing Boat with various bow forms were conducted using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). The boat's bow shapes included a normal bow without a bulb, a special bulb, a special-elliptical bulb, and an elliptical bulb. To determine the resistance values of these forms, the Realizable k-ε model was chosen as the turbulence model, and the Volume of Fluid (VOF) method was applied. Resistance analyses were performed at five different speeds (5.5, 7.5, 9.5, 11.5, and 13.5 knots), within the Fn range of 0.15 to 0.40. Shear, pressure, and total resistance …

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Ensuring Environmental Sustainability In The Context Of Innovation Through High-Quality Training Of Seafarers Using Vr Technologies, Serhii Voloshynov, Vadym Danyk, Alona Yurzhenko May 2025

Ensuring Environmental Sustainability In The Context Of Innovation Through High-Quality Training Of Seafarers Using Vr Technologies, Serhii Voloshynov, Vadym Danyk, Alona Yurzhenko

Seatific Journal

The paper examines the use of VR technologies in the provision of quality training for seafarers, particularly in the context of innovations to ensure environmental sustainability. The authors review the current training provisions for seafarers and highlight the need for a more environmentally conscious approach to it. They then discuss the advantages of using VR in training scenarios and explore how this technology can be used to provide high-quality training that promotes sustainable practices. The article provides a detailed analysis of the different VR applications that can be used to develop seafarers' knowledge in relation to green sustainability including modelling …

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Numerical Investigation Into The Effect Of Duct Use On The Performance Of Controllable Pitch Propellers, Ahmet Yurtseven May 2025

Numerical Investigation Into The Effect Of Duct Use On The Performance Of Controllable Pitch Propellers, Ahmet Yurtseven

Seatific Journal

In this study, CFD methods are used to solve the complex flow around a CPP propeller with ducts. It is aimed to investigate the performance differences between ducted and non-duct propeller versions. In particular, the values of pitch changes and blade spindle torques at different advance coefficients were determined. STAR-CCM+, a commercial computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code, was used in the study. The k-ε model was preferred to predict turbulence in the flow. In addition to the coefficients of performance such as thrust coefficient, torque coefficient and propeller efficiency, the study also examined the blade spindle torque that provides the …

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A Domestic Waste Heat Recovery System: Mathematical Model Of A Green Kitchen Module, Stefano Maria Spagocci May 2025

A Domestic Waste Heat Recovery System: Mathematical Model Of A Green Kitchen Module, Stefano Maria Spagocci

Seatific Journal

A lumped parameter model of a domestic heat storage/recovery system is described. This is a typical green kitchen application, where the heat dissipated by kitchen appliances is stored in suitable materials by temperature rise and/or phase transitions. To this aim, sensible heat materials and phase change materials are considered. Based on the model, a number of design solutions are proposed, making use of fixed beds or shell-and-tube heat exchangers, where heat is stored in spheres or cylinders made up of (or encapsulating) suitable materials. The best solution (a PCM-based shell-and-tube exchanger) corresponds to ~50×50×25 cm, ~30 kg modules.

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Low-‎Computational Adaptive Mpc Algorithmization Strategy For Over ‎And ‎Undershoots ‎Instantaneous ‎Water ‎Heaters Stability, Ismael Ehtiwesh May 2025

Low-‎Computational Adaptive Mpc Algorithmization Strategy For Over ‎And ‎Undershoots ‎Instantaneous ‎Water ‎Heaters Stability, Ismael Ehtiwesh

Seatific Journal

Tankless gas Hot Water users' ‎comforting perception ‎is severely affected by ‎sudden ‎changes ‎in temperature ‎apart from ‎the ‎desired temperature. The instability of the ‎water ‎temperature ‎with ‎overshoots and ‎undershoots is the ‎most common disadvantage ‎that ‎appears ‎mainly ‎because of the sudden changes in ‎the water flow demanded by ‎users ‎and ‎the ‎response delays inherent to ‎the heating system. ‎Classical ‎controllers for heat ‎cells have ‎difficulties in ‎responding ‎to ‎temperature ‎instability in a timely manner because ‎they do not ‎have the ‎capacity to anticipate ‎the ‎effects ‎of sudden variations in water flow ‎rate. ‎The ‎model ‎predictive control with adaptive function …

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Ships And Sea Structures With A Hydrodynamic Perspective, Odd Magnus Faltınsen May 2025

Ships And Sea Structures With A Hydrodynamic Perspective, Odd Magnus Faltınsen

Seatific Journal

This article concentrates on aspects of marine technology such as fish cages, ships, sea structures, and marine operations. It addresses net cages and closed-containment fish farms through sloshing while discussing both displacement and high-speed vessels. The ship topics under consideration include CO2 emissions in waves, dynamic instabilities, whipping and springing, maneuvering in waves, and sloshing-induced slamming in prismatic LNG tanks. The considered sea structures include offshore platforms used for gas and oil exploration and production and for renewable energy. The article also discusses lowering and lifting of objects through the free surface from ships and addresses the accidental dropping of …

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Metamodels For Seakeeping Assessment Of Fishing Vessels, Giorgio Trincas, Roberto Rocchi May 2025

Metamodels For Seakeeping Assessment Of Fishing Vessels, Giorgio Trincas, Roberto Rocchi

Seatific Journal

The most significant goals of this paper are: (i) to provide additional insight on the influence of hull form parameters on seakeeping performance of typical Mediterranean fishing vessels; (ii) to develop efficient and reliable metamodels for fast and reliable evaluation of seakeeping performance in am multiattribute decision-making environment; (iii) to facilitate and speed up the selection of the design with the best possible seakeeping performance at conceptual design stage. To enhance the accuracy and applicability of predictions of seakeeping characteristics and to find out guidelines for design scope, new metamodels have been developed from an extended database of 57 cases, …

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Computational Prediction Of Hydrodynamic Coefficients For Heave Motion, Ferdi Çakıcı, Emre Kahramanoğlu, Süleyman Duman, Ahmet Dursun Alkan May 2025

Computational Prediction Of Hydrodynamic Coefficients For Heave Motion, Ferdi Çakıcı, Emre Kahramanoğlu, Süleyman Duman, Ahmet Dursun Alkan

Seatific Journal

In this study, the hydrodynamic coefficients associated with heave motion are obtained by using unsteady Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes (URANS) approach. The well-known Wigley hull is selected for the calculations of uncoupled added mass and damping coefficients (A33, B33) in deep water. Numerical simulations are performed for six different oscillation frequencies at the Froude number 0.3. First, the 3D ship model is forced in the heave direction with certain frequencies and then the hydrodynamic coefficients are computed with the help of Fourier series expansion. Numerical results are compared with those obtained by the experiments and strip theory. The verification and validation study …

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Enhanced Image Retrieval Under Scene Changes For Indoor Localization Using 3d Gaussian Splatting And Object Masking, Jongwon Lee, Hongsheng Yu, Chao Guo, Fengtao Fan May 2025

Enhanced Image Retrieval Under Scene Changes For Indoor Localization Using 3d Gaussian Splatting And Object Masking, Jongwon Lee, Hongsheng Yu, Chao Guo, Fengtao Fan

Defensive Publications Series

We propose a method for image retrieval in indoor scenes that are subject to perceptual changes caused by the temporal replacement of common household objects. To address this challenge, we propose a method that masks out these dynamic regions in either the query or database images, allowing retrieval based on the static scene elements. Additionally, we augment the database by rendering images from unseen viewpoints using 3D Gaussian splatting, thereby making candidate matches more likely to be retrieved from an augmented database. Each design choice is supported by the corresponding supporting experiments. Through evaluation on a dataset collected in several …

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Audio-Video Synchronization Using Machine Learning, Avichal Rakesh, Mozart Alexander Louis May 2025

Audio-Video Synchronization Using Machine Learning, Avichal Rakesh, Mozart Alexander Louis

Defensive Publications Series

Audio and video components of a video can fall out of alignment for a variety of reasons, e.g., since they are recorded separately, due to encoding errors, etc. The viewing experience is degraded when audio and video are out of sync. Manual synchronization is expensive. This disclosure describes the use of a machine learning model to determine synchronization information for audio and video streams that are to be synchronized. The audio and video streams are provided as input to a multimodal model, e.g., a large language model that can handle both audio and video. The model is tasked with outputting …

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Scalable Real-Time Bias Detection And Mitigation In Ai-Based Application Evaluation, Puneet Mahajan May 2025

Scalable Real-Time Bias Detection And Mitigation In Ai-Based Application Evaluation, Puneet Mahajan

Defensive Publications Series

Employing artificial intelligence (AI) for evaluating AI applications poses a number of challenges, including the detection and mitigation of various biases. This disclosure describes a multi-faceted approach for dynamically identifying and mitigating biases in AI-based evaluation. Potential biases can be detected by analyzing inconsistencies and discrepancies between the outputs of the primary and auxiliary evaluator models via an ensemble learning framework, optionally assisted by human evaluators. Specific adversarial examples can be generated and used to identify hidden biases in the primary AI evaluator. Detected biases can be mitigated by employing reinforcement learning to make continuous real-time adjustments to counteract the …

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Enhanced Text Entry Assistance On Smart Devices Using Generative Artificial Intelligence, Yuanbo Zhang, Yuqing Zhong, Yang Lu, Xu Liu, Shumin Zhai, Renjie Liu, Lan Wei, James Su, Haoyue Tong, Haicheng Sun, Fan Yang May 2025

Enhanced Text Entry Assistance On Smart Devices Using Generative Artificial Intelligence, Yuanbo Zhang, Yuqing Zhong, Yang Lu, Xu Liu, Shumin Zhai, Renjie Liu, Lan Wei, James Su, Haoyue Tong, Haicheng Sun, Fan Yang

Defensive Publications Series

Users entering text on smart devices can receive artificial intelligence (AI) assistance for spelling and grammar corrections, content generation, content refinement, exploration, etc. However, providing a coherent user interface (UI) for AI assistance across different applications and device form factors can be challenging. The disclosure describes techniques of text input assisted by generative AI that enable frictionless content creation, revision, and exploration using a software keyboard-based user interface that is consistent across applications and devices. A user experience (UX) flow that is cognizant of the ambiguity inherent in content creation and open-ended content revision enables human-AI interactivity. A suitable large …

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Faculty Authors And Creators Reception 2025 - Annotated Bibliography, Erin Sheffner May 2025

Faculty Authors And Creators Reception 2025 - Annotated Bibliography, Erin Sheffner

Faculty Authors and Sponsored Grant Recipients Reception Bibliographies

An annotated bibliography compiled by the University Library of the publications featured at the annual Faculty Authors and Creators Reception held May 8th, 2025 at Governors State University.

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Gardner-Webb Celebrates Achievements Of Nearly 500 Graduates, Office Of University Communications May 2025

Gardner-Webb Celebrates Achievements Of Nearly 500 Graduates, Office Of University Communications

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Gardner-Webb University hosted its Spring Commencement Ceremony on Thursday, May 8, at 6:30 p.m. in Lutz-Yelton Convocation Center. Families and guests celebrated the achievements of nearly 500 students in traditional undergraduate, online, and graduate programs of study.

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Staff Education To Standardize Handoff Communication Protocols: Enhancing Patient Safety, Delali Adjele Tetteh-Assiakoley May 2025

Staff Education To Standardize Handoff Communication Protocols: Enhancing Patient Safety, Delali Adjele Tetteh-Assiakoley

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Summary This doctor of nursing practice (DNP) staff education project focused on providing a staff education program on standardized handoff communication protocols to enhance patient safety and communication efficiency and effectiveness of information exchange at the practicum site. The practice problem is the lack of consistency regarding handoff communication, which results in miscommunication, inefficiencies, and possible preventable patient harm. Under conditions of poor handoff communication, medical errors, delays in treatment, and adverse patient outcomes are well documented. The project sought to improve the nursing staff’s knowledge of standardized handoff tools through a structured education program guided by the following practice-focused …

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Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp V. Secretary United States Department Of Health And H May 2025

Astrazeneca Pharmaceuticals Lp V. Secretary United States Department Of Health And H

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

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Us Bank Na V. B R Penn Realty Owner Lp May 2025

Us Bank Na V. B R Penn Realty Owner Lp

2025 Decisions

USDC for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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Usa V. Rufus Williams May 2025

Usa V. Rufus Williams

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey

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James Bailey V. Tektronix Inc May 2025

James Bailey V. Tektronix Inc

2025 Decisions

USDC for the District of Delaware

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“Crusades Against Bolshevism”?: International Dimensions Of The Russian Civil War In Four Countries, Maxwell R. Markwald May 2025

“Crusades Against Bolshevism”?: International Dimensions Of The Russian Civil War In Four Countries, Maxwell R. Markwald

Student Scholarship

The Russian Civil War (1917-1922), fought between Bolshevik and anti-Bolshevik factions, was one of the most pivotal conflicts of the 20th century. It led directly to the rise of the world’s first socialist state, the Soviet Union, which for decades was at the forefront of the international communist movement and a major global power until its collapse in 1991, around 70 years after its founding. The victory of the Bolsheviks was not always a guaranteed outcome, however. In fact, to an outside observer in February of 1917, it would have appeared one of the less likely. The six months that …

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Too Old For Dolls? Assessing The Efficacy Of Doll Therapy In Reducing Major Neurocognitive Disorder Symptoms To Alleviate Caregiver Burden, Ginny Price May 2025

Too Old For Dolls? Assessing The Efficacy Of Doll Therapy In Reducing Major Neurocognitive Disorder Symptoms To Alleviate Caregiver Burden, Ginny Price

Honors Theses

Dementia, formally known as major neurocognitive disorder (MNCD), is a complex condition that disables the independence of a person in completion of daily activities. This disorder results in the need for assistance from several caregivers to ensure that their needs are properly met. As their condition declines, the volume of needs increases, placing more responsibility on the caregiver, increasing their stress, and leading to a complication known as caregiver burden. Doll therapy is a non-pharmacological intervention that focuses on alleviating certain behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. It is the aim of this literature review to determine the efficacy of …

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Robert Harriott V. Attorney General United States May 2025

Robert Harriott V. Attorney General United States

2025 Decisions

Agency

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Artificial Intelligence For Lawyers And Law Students: Crutch, Craft, Or Catalyst?, David S. Kemp May 2025

Artificial Intelligence For Lawyers And Law Students: Crutch, Craft, Or Catalyst?, David S. Kemp

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

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Quantitative Ai Risk Assessments: Opportunities And Challenges, David Piorkowski, Michael Hind, John Richards May 2025

Quantitative Ai Risk Assessments: Opportunities And Challenges, David Piorkowski, Michael Hind, John Richards

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

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Patients Are Entitled To Moore: Determining The Relationship Between Phenotype, Genotype, Spleens, Data, And Informed Consent, Charles E. Binkley May 2025

Patients Are Entitled To Moore: Determining The Relationship Between Phenotype, Genotype, Spleens, Data, And Informed Consent, Charles E. Binkley

Seton Hall Journal of Legislation and Public Policy

No abstract provided.

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Growing Through Simulated Realities: Proxy-Tuning Llms With Embodied Multi-Task Planning, Sirui Wang May 2025

Growing Through Simulated Realities: Proxy-Tuning Llms With Embodied Multi-Task Planning, Sirui Wang

Dartmouth College Master’s Theses

This thesis presents a method for teaching large language models (LLMs) to perform embodied multi-task planning using simulation data and a lightweight training technique called proxy-tuning. Traditional LLMs are strong in language understanding but struggle with tasks that require reasoning and planning in real-world environments. To address this, we construct a dataset based on VirtualHome, a simulator that models household activities using input commands. We extract individual tasks from the simulator and combine them into multi-task plans, optimizing for coherence and efficiency. These plans are formatted as Q&A pairs to train models to generate step-by-step instructions that complete multiple tasks …

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School Nurses' Role In Creating A Culture Of Preparation For Cardiac Emergencies, Dena L. Hinkle, Marisa A. Dressler, Katherine M. Miller, Shannon L. Beetz May 2025

School Nurses' Role In Creating A Culture Of Preparation For Cardiac Emergencies, Dena L. Hinkle, Marisa A. Dressler, Katherine M. Miller, Shannon L. Beetz

Nursing Department Graduate Presentations/Conferences

Recent legislation in Illinois schools has focused on enhancing cardiac preparation in schools by establishing written emergency plans that are to be disseminated to employees within thirty days from the start of the school year. This web-based education tool was created as a centralized hub for employees to locate pertinent information regarding cardiac emergencies. The intent is to increase cardiac emergency preparedness in schools with access to evidence-based resources and content. The project began by performing a literature review to collect data on cardiac emergencies within the school, leading to the development of the web-based educational portal. The Cognitive Theory …

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Integrating Music Content Into The Secondary Mathematics Classroom: Facilitating The Process Of Designing Interdisciplinary Lessons, Denae Bumpus May 2025

Integrating Music Content Into The Secondary Mathematics Classroom: Facilitating The Process Of Designing Interdisciplinary Lessons, Denae Bumpus

Honors Projects

Many people enjoy music, and music has a multitude of connections to mathematics, so it makes sense for a mathematics classroom to incorporate musical elements into the instruction, but the literature has shown that many math teachers do not have a strong enough musical background to feel confident in incorporating music into the math class. Therefore, this research sought to provide a resource to help secondary mathematics teachers integrate age-appropriate musical applications to their mathematics lessons which connects standards of mathematics into standards of music. Specifically, the paper connects the Ohio Standards of Mathematics for Geometry with the course objectives …

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