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The Impact Of Management Information Systems On Security Decision-Making: An Analytical Research For A Sample Of Security Services Officers At Al-Muthana Governorate, Ahmed Maraid Muhail, Yousif Aftan Abdullah

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The current research aims to identify the extent of the impact of management information systems on the level of security decision-making among a sample of security services officers in Muthana Governorate, and the researcher used the descriptive analytical approach to present, analyze and then explain the information, and collect data through the questionnaire as a main tool, designed based on international standards after making amendments to its paragraphs consisting of (40) paragraphs that included the two research variables, as well as through the field coexistence of the researcher and personal interviews, and the questionnaire was distributed to all research community …

Nonstationary Time Series Models Using Ardl And Nardl Estimation, Mayson Abid Hussein, Munaf Yousif Hmood

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The paper features an examination of the link between the behavior of the Money supply and Bank deposit in both an autoregressive distributed lag ARDL, plus a nonlinear autoregressive distributed lag NARDL framework. The regression relationship between any two nonstationary time series suffer from the problem of superior regression and the results may be incorrect and unreliable, and to overcome this problem the aim of this paper was find a balanced relationship in the long - run between the variables of Money supply and Bank deposits using the method of cointegration by focusing on the behavior of the residuals of …

Analysis Of Inflationary Burden Impact On The Consumption Of Iraqi Households, Tiba Raed Salahddin, Sameer Siham Dawood

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The research focused on examining the connection between the inflationary burden and the consumption patterns of Iraqi families. Inflation significantly impacts consumption, and Iraq is grappling with rising prices, leading to a crisis in the cost of living due to increased prices for essential goods and reduced government subsidies. The study aimed to provide insights into the inflationary burden phenomenon, highlight the primary channels affecting Iraqi families, and explore short and long-term consequences. It also aimed to identify the variables and causes contributing to the wage-price gap. Ultimately, the research sought to address the issue of the inflationary burden in …

Impact Of Public Debt Refinancing Techniques On Managing Public Budgeting In Iraq: An Analytical Study, Noor Abdul Razaq Abdul Wahaab, Azhar Hasan Hasan Ali

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

The use of public debt by the state as a primary financial instrument is an essential strategy for directing economic activity, ensuring economic stability, and fostering economic growth. Despite this, as the levels of public debt continue to climb, governments are increasingly resorting to debt refinancing methods that are focused on either replacing or rescheduling current debt or converting to a new kind of creditor via investment and securitization investment vehicles to relieve the burden of their debt. Utilization of these instruments is essential for effective management of the overall budget. The discovery that debt scheduling and the debt sustainability …

The Effect Of Knowledge Orchestration On Dynamic Capabilities: An Analytical Research In The Iraqi Media Network, Riyadh Yousuf Salman, Nisreen Jasim Mohammed

Journal of Economics and Administrative Sciences

This research aims to know the effect of the knowledge orchestra with its dimensions (knowledge mobilization, knowledge acquisition, knowledge coordination, knowledge sharing, and knowledge integration) on the dynamic capabilities with its dimensions (environmental sensing capabilities, opportunity investment capabilities, resource rearrangement capabilities, marketing capabilities, and technological capabilities). The main problem of this research was represented by the current question (Was the Iraqi Media Network able to invest the knowledge orchestra in achieving distinguished performance across having dynamic capabilities?). The Iraqi Media Network took a field of application for these variables, as the research sample included the senior leaders of the Iraqi …

Sensorimotor Grounding In Novel Word Acquisition, John Michael Hollander

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

Embodied models of language comprehension assume that words become associated with sensorimotor experiences during word learning. Novel word learning paradigms may provide insight into embodied effects, but studies in this domain have yet to account for how concepts and information known in first language (L1) might influence the sensorimotor encoding of new words and concepts. Further, research on embodiment and bilingualism suggests that second language semantic representations involve sensorimotor encoding, but because participants in these studies are already proficiently bilingual, the manner and degree to which L1 information influences newly learned word representations remain unclear. The experiments in this dissertation …

Rural African American Students' Narratives Of Mathematics Experiences And Identity, Austin Shamar Ferrell

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The purpose of this study was to explore the personal narratives of five recent African American high school graduates, from several rural educational backgrounds, to understand the impact of ruralness on the construction of their mathematics learning process and mathematics identity. Narrative interviewing was used to gain valuable data which was analyzed through a qualitative thematic analytical approach and linear reconstructed narratives. General analysis of the data revealed that African American college students, from a particular university in the Southern part of the United States, who have a rural K-12 mathematics educational experience have distinctive experiences while learning mathematics. Three …

Biostatistical Methods In High-Dimensional Estimation And Prediction Problems, Chengzhou Wu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

High-dimensional data, such as DNA methylation data, refers to datasets where the number of variables (features) exceeds the number of samples by a significant margin. In our research, our objective is to utilize advanced biostatistical methods to accurately estimate and predict outcomes from these complex datasets. In the first project, we aim to identify Differentially Methylated Regions (DMRs) within the human genome using a novel biostatistical method. These genomic regions or specific positions exhibit distinct methylation patterns across various phenotypes. Despite existing methodologies like EWAS and dmrff, challenges such as low statistical power, high false positive rates, and complexities in …

Neuropsychological Evaluation Of Retired Nfl Athletes With History Of Multiple Concussions: Examining Race-Norming Practices And Associations With Cognitive Functioning, Lauren Ashley-Marie Schenck

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

This dissertation investigates the neuropsychological outcomes of retired NFL athletes with a history of multiple concussions, focusing on race-norming practices and their associations with cognitive outcomes. The primary objective was to investigate whether race-norming in neuropsychological assessment impacts ratings of cognitive impairment in this population. A secondary goal was to determine if concussion history and other health-related conditions could predict cognitive impairment status. To explore these aims, a comprehensive approach was adopted, involving a detailed review of existing literature, data collection from retired NFL players with a history of multiple concussions (including comprehensive neuropsychological examination), and rigorous statistical analysis. Participants’ …

Algorithmic Methods For Metagenomic Data Analysis, Diem Trang Pham

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

DNA sequencing technologies have transformed genomics, allowing for the decoding of genetic information stored within an organism's DNA. Recent advances in Next-Generation Sequencing technologies (NGS) provide great opportunities to obtain, analyze, and understand genetic information of many species. Using NGS, researchers can obtain millions fragments of DNA, known as \textit{reads}, from different environments. Metagenomics, a study of DNA from environmental samples, explores microbial taxonomy and function. Analyzing metagenomic data is an important problem as recent studies shows the relation of microbial composition to certain diseases or disorders of human health. This task can be computationally expensive since microbial communities usually …

Woven Fabrics For Composite Reinforcement: A Review, Indraneel Chowdhury, John Summerscales

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

Fibres in different textile forms (woven, knitted, stitched, and non-crimp) are used to reinforce composites for multifaced applications, including automotive, aerospace, marine, rail, energy, construction, and defence sectors. Textile fabric-based fibre reinforcements for composites possess some outstanding features, such as good dimensional stability, subtle conformability, deep draw moldability/processability, lightweightness, high strength and stiffness, and low cost. The greatest advantage of textile fibre-reinforced composites is the freedom to tailor their strength and stiffness properties for specific applications. Therefore, the design of composites involves defining the fabric geometry, stacking sequence, and orientation of fibres to optimise the system. Compared to knitted, stitched, …

Three-Dimensional Medical Image Registration With Applications In Proton Therapy, Rui Liao

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Three-dimensional deformable image registration (DIR) is an important technique in medical imaging, facilitating the alignment of images acquired from different sources or at different times for clinical diagnosis and treatment planning. In clinical proton therapy dose planning, dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) has notably improved the accuracy of estimating the stopping-power ratio map, reducing proton beam range uncertainty. To address the inter-scan motion artifacts inherent in sequential DECT acquisition, we propose a novel motion-compensation scheme to incorporate a three-dimensional DIR method into the joint statistical iterative DECT reconstruction algorithm. We successfully demonstrate that inter-scan motion corrections can be integrated into the …

Future Climate Doubles The Risk Of Hydraulic Failure In A Wet Tropical Forest, Zachary Robbins, Jeffrey Chambers, Rutuja Chitra-Tarak, Bradley O. Christoffersen, L. Turin Dickman, Rosie Fisher, Alex Jonko, Ryan Knox, Charles Koven, Lara Kueppers

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications

Summary

• Future climate presents conflicting implications for forest biomass. We evaluate how plant hydraulic traits, elevated CO2 levels, warming, and changes in precipitation affect forest primary productivity, evapotranspiration, and the risk of hydraulic failure.
• We used a dynamic vegetation model with plant hydrodynamics (FATES-HYDRO) to simulate the stand-level responses to future climate changes in a wet tropical forest in Barro Colorado Island, Panama. We calibrated the model by selecting plant trait assemblages that performed well against observations. These assemblages were run with temperature and precipitation changes for two greenhouse gas emission scenarios (2086–2100: SSP2-45, SSP5-85) and two CO2 levels (contemporary, …

A Randomized Controlled Trial Testing The Effects Of A Social Needs Navigation Intervention On Health Outcomes And Healthcare Utilization Among Medicaid Members With Type 2 Diabetes, Amy Mcqueen, David Von Nordheim, Charlene Caburnay, Linda Li, Cynthia Herrick, Lauren Grimes, Darrell Broussard, Rachel E Smith, Dana Lawson, Yan Yan, Matthew Kreuter

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Health systems are increasingly assessing and addressing social needs with referrals to community resources. The objective of this randomized controlled trial was to randomize adult Medicaid members with type 2 diabetes to receive usual care (

Single-Fly Genome Assemblies Fill Major Phylogenomic Gaps Across The Drosophilidae Tree Of Life, Bernard Y. Kim, Hannah R. Gellert, Samuel H. Church, Anton Suvorov, Sean S. Anderson, Olga Barmina, Sofia G. Beskid, Aaron A. Comeault, K. Nicole Crown, Sarah E. Diamond, Steve Dorus, Takako Fujichika, James A. Hemker, Jan Hrcek, Thomas Werner, Et. Al

Michigan Tech Publications

AU Long-read: Pleaseconfirmthatallheadinglevelsarerepresentedcorrectly sequencing is driving rapid progress in genome assembly : across all major groups of life, including species of the family Drosophilidae, a longtime model system for genetics, genomics, and evolution. We previously developed a cost-effective hybrid Oxford Nanopore (ONT) long-read and Illumina short-read sequencing approach and used it to assemble 101 drosophilid genomes from laboratory cultures, greatly increasing the number of genome assemblies for this taxonomic group. The next major challenge is to address the laboratory culture bias in taxon sampling by sequencing genomes of species that cannot easily be reared in the lab. Here, we build …

Deepface: Deep-Learning-Based Framework To Contextualize Orofacial-Cleft-Related Variants During Human Embryonic Craniofacial Development, Yulin Dai, Toshiyuki Itai, Guangsheng Pei, Fangfang Yan, Yan Chu, Xiaoqian Jiang, Seth M Weinberg, Nandita Mukhopadhyay, Mary L Marazita, Lukas M Simon, Peilin Jia, Zhongming Zhao

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Orofacial clefts (OFCs) are among the most common human congenital birth defects. Previous multiethnic studies have identified dozens of associated loci for both cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) and cleft palate alone (CP). Although several nearby genes have been highlighted, the "casual" variants are largely unknown. Here, we developed DeepFace, a convolutional neural network model, to assess the functional impact of variants by SNP activity difference (SAD) scores. The DeepFace model is trained with 204 epigenomic assays from crucial human embryonic craniofacial developmental stages of post-conception week (pcw) 4 to pcw 10. The Pearson correlation coefficient between …

Social Media As A Coping Strategy For Indonesian Migrant Mothers In Hong Kong To Maintain Mothering Roles, Irfan Wahyudi, Panizza Allmark

Journal of International Women's Studies

In Hong Kong, Indonesian migrant domestic workers (IMDWs) are forced to leave behind young children in their home country. Often spending the majority of their time in their employer’s households, they must manage their limited personal time to maintain connections with their families back home. Many women IMDWs try to overcome distance limitations by performing transnational mothering using any available media to reach their children and to manage and witness their development. By using communication tools such as Internet-mediated calls for distance nurturing, they are able to keep up with their children’s lives and monitor day-to-day developments. This research examines …

Vulnerability Of Poor Women To Social Disasters During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Tuti Budirahayu, Emy Susanti, Siti Mas’Udah

Journal of International Women's Studies

This study describes the vulnerability of poor women when confronted with the shock of a social disaster in the form of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite increasing vulnerabilities, poor women managed the uncertain situation by utilizing their survival skills. This study was conducted in the middle of 2020 in 22 districts of East Java Province with 457 married women from low- income families serving as respondents. Data were descriptively analyzed and presented in the form of diagrams and narratives. According to the findings of this study, women’s vulnerability in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic is caused by a decrease in family …

South Africa: Global Perspective Of A Study Abroad Journey, Gustavo Alonso Chamu

History in the Making

travel narrative

Inaugural California Indian Studies And Scholars Association Conference, Gabrielle Velázquez, Lina Tejeda

History in the Making

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Biddy Mason Memorial Park, Ahlys Gandara

History in the Making

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Woman And Death In Nineteenth Century America, Kathleen Boswell

History in the Making

The nineteenth century saw a shift in the perceptions of death, as historians have noted how Victorian peoples (1837-1901) had a strange fixation with morbidity that we today find odd. This article seeks to understand these fixations with death within the context of nineteenth-century femininity, or what has been termed the Cult of Domesticity. As the topic of women and death is sparse, the examinations of leading death historians are compared while some new historical perspectives are used to address some gaps between death and domesticity. The context of Victorian societal norms is examined, along with popular mourning practices and …

A Question Of Womanhood, Ayden Kelly

History in the Making

Ideologies surrounding gender and sexuality have shifted drastically within the past several decades as cultural perspectives broaden to be more inclusive of individuals belonging to communities, all with unique lived experiences. Recent discourses around womanhood and who is considered as “woman enough” have caused intercommunal tensions between White women, women of color, and LGBT+ women. This essay will explore how the rhetoric around who is and who is not a ‘real’ woman has remained the same but not which groups it has targeted, as well as examine the history of the conditional nature of womanhood from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth …

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Mesa Verde National Park

Article on demands by activist to change Pitkin County's historical name

110th Congress, Mesa Verde National Park (Modify Boundary, Co - Senate Resolution 126) National Archives In Broomfield, National Park Service Of The United States

Mesa Verde National Park

Transcript from a Senate hearing on a number of Bills dealing with Mesa Verde and other park issues, including a Bill on the boundaries of Mesa Verde National Park.

94th Congress, Mesa Verde National Park Wilderness - Senate Resolution 1089 National Archives In Broomfield, United States Senate

Mesa Verde National Park

94th Congress, Mesa Verde National Park Wilderness - Senate Resolution 1089 National Archives in Broomfield on designation of certain lands in Mesa Verde National Park.

Computational Fluid Dynamics Visualization For Unmanned Aerial Systems In Bridge Inspections, Kristoffer B. Borgen, John Mott

Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering

Bridge inspections are an expensive and time-consuming process, varying significantly with a bridge’s style, height, width, and length. Inspections create interruptions that interfere with bridge use, as the examination requires partial or total closure, causing traffic delays. Unmanned aerial system (UAS) use has increased significantly over the past decade, including assistance and coordination during bridge inspections. However, the impact on a UAS from high winds and turbulent airflows induced by a bridge’s structure can decrease flight safety during inspections. Visualization of these hazards is difficult for UAS operators; therefore, a process to estimate the velocity and locations of these hazardous …

Energy Safety Management: A Training Model To Improve Flight Safety, Juan R. Merkt, Matthijs H. J. Amelink, David G. Sizoo

Journal of Aviation Technology and Engineering

Failing to properly manage an airplane’s energy state can be unforgiving. Mismanagement of mechanical energy (altitude and/or airspeed) is a contributing factor to three common types of fatal accidents in aviation: loss of control in flight, approach and landing accidents, and controlled flight into terrain. Recognizing the importance of energy management, the Federal Aviation Administration has incorporated new elements into the Airman Certification Standards, emphasizing knowledge of energy management concepts and the consequences of mishandling an airplane’s energy state. Unfortunately, no adequate guidance has been available in terms of defining key energy management concepts or suggesting how these should be …

Deep Neural Network Model For Display Color Calibration, Peter Kim, Vicky Wen, Ken Foo, Xiaoping Bai

Defensive Publications Series

This disclosure describes the training and use of a deep neural network model that can be used to perform color calibration of display devices. The color calibration model employs an encoder-decoder architecture and is trained on primary color calibration data. RGBW color measurement data is obtained for multiple devices and clustered based on the color difference(s) between devices. Multiple iterations based on CGC data from device clusters are performed to train the model until an error between the estimated CGC output by the model and true CGC converges to a minimum specified error. CGC LUTs generated for the devices are …

Analogous Response Redux: Vladimir Putin’S Aspirations For Altering The Maritime Balance, Jerome J. Burke

Newport Papers

Analogous Response was a term of analytical shorthand that American strategists and intelligence analysts developed in late 1983 and early 1984. The term characterized in two words a Soviet maritime strategy of deploying off the U.S. coast submarines armed with nuclear SLCMs. By making that deployment, the Soviet leadership could establish an endo-atmospheric nuclear threat to the continental United States (CONUS) that Marshal Nikolay V. Ogarkov, chief of the General Staff of the USSR, described as follows: “The Soviet systems to be deployed in the oceans and seas and relevant to the territory of the United States itself will be …