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Ellsberg Re-Revisited: An Experiment Disentangling Model Uncertainty And Risk Aversion, Loïc Berger, Valentina Bosetti Apr 2016

Ellsberg Re-Revisited: An Experiment Disentangling Model Uncertainty And Risk Aversion, Loïc Berger, Valentina Bosetti

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

The results of an experiment extending Ellsberg’s setup demonstrate that attitudes towards ambiguity and compound uncertainty are closely related. However, this association is much stronger when the second layer of uncertainty is subjective than when it is objective. Provided that the compound probabilities are simple enough, we find that most subjects, consisting of both students and policy makers, (1) reduce compound objective probabilities, (2) do not reduce compound subjective probabilities, and (3) are ambiguity non-neutral. By decomposing ambiguity into risk and model uncertainty, and jointly eliciting the attitudes individuals manifest towards these two types of uncertainty, we characterize individuals’ de- …

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Annual Graduate Faculty Meeting [Program], April 28, 2016, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College. Apr 2016

Annual Graduate Faculty Meeting [Program], April 28, 2016, University Of Northern Iowa. Graduate College.

Annual Graduate Faculty Meeting & Awards Ceremony Programs

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Spartan Daily, April 28, 2016, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Apr 2016

Spartan Daily, April 28, 2016, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2016

Volume 146, Issue 36

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The Setonian, April 28, 2016, Seton Hall University Apr 2016

The Setonian, April 28, 2016, Seton Hall University

2016

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Computations In Symplectic Geometry, Luis Diogo Apr 2016

Computations In Symplectic Geometry, Luis Diogo

Dynamical Systems Seminar

Symplectic manifolds are a generalization of the notion of phase space in classical mechanics. Their study has received a lot of attention in recent years, and they relate to many other areas in mathematics, including dynamics, algebraic geometry and mathematical physics. We will discuss a central tool in symplectic geometry, called Hamiltonian Floer homology. It is quite useful, but also hard to compute, and we will explain how to calculate it in a relevant class of examples. This is joint work with Sam Lisi.

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Joint Committee On Academic Planning Minutes April 28, 2016, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate Apr 2016

Joint Committee On Academic Planning Minutes April 28, 2016, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Committee Reports and Appendices

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Infinite Color Urn Models., Debleena Thacker Dr. Apr 2016

Infinite Color Urn Models., Debleena Thacker Dr.

Doctoral Theses

In recent years, there has been a wide variety of work on random reinforcement models of various kinds. Urn models form an important class of random reinforcement models, with numerous applications in engineering and informatics and bioscience. In recent years there have been several works on different kinds of urn models and their generalizations. For occupancy urn models, where one considers recursive addition of balls into finite or infinite number of boxes, there are some works which introduce models with infinitely many colors, typically represented by the boxes.As observed in [51], the earliest mentions of urn models are in the …

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An Empirical Analysis Of Efficiency And Profitability Ratios In The U.S. Retail Industry, Sergio Ribera Boigues Apr 2016

An Empirical Analysis Of Efficiency And Profitability Ratios In The U.S. Retail Industry, Sergio Ribera Boigues

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the College of Business and Technology Morehead State University in Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Course IET 699 - Thesis by Sergio Ribera Boigues on April 28, 2016.

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Effects Of Goal Settings On Student Achievement, Zachary W. Mayse Apr 2016

Effects Of Goal Settings On Student Achievement, Zachary W. Mayse

Morehead State Theses and Dissertations

A capstone submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in the College of Education at Morehead State University by Zachary W. Mayse on April 28, 2016.

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Essays On Strategy-Proofness And Implementation., Sonal Yadav Dr. Apr 2016

Essays On Strategy-Proofness And Implementation., Sonal Yadav Dr.

Doctoral Theses

This thesis comprises of three chapters relating to strategy-proofness and implementation. We provide a brief description of each chapter below.1.1 A Hurwicz Type Result in a Model with Public Good Production We consider a two-good model with an arbitrary number of agents. One of the goods is a public good and the other is a private good. Each agent has an endowment of the private good and the private good can be converted into the public good using a well-behaved production function. A Social Choice Function (SCF) associates an allocation with each admissible preference profile. We impose the following requirements …

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The Comment, April 28, 2016, Bridgewater State University Apr 2016

The Comment, April 28, 2016, Bridgewater State University

The Comment

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Optimizationon Improving Dissolved Quantity Of Cordycepin From Cordyceps Militari Juice By Ultra-High Pressure Processing, Zhu Shuangjie, Dong Lili, Pan Jian, Du Qingfei, Luo Xia, Zhang Weizhu Apr 2016

Optimizationon Improving Dissolved Quantity Of Cordycepin From Cordyceps Militari Juice By Ultra-High Pressure Processing, Zhu Shuangjie, Dong Lili, Pan Jian, Du Qingfei, Luo Xia, Zhang Weizhu

Food and Machinery

In order to study the ultra-high pressure extraction of cordycepin from Cordyceps militaris fresh juice, the effect of opration conditions such as pressure, time, solid-liquid ratio and cycle number were analyzed. On the basis of single-factor test, the optimum extraction technology of cordycepin and mathematical regression model were established by response surface methodology. The result showed that the optimal extraction conditions were as followed: extraction pressure of 418 MPa, extraction time of 33 min, solid-liquid ratio of 1∶2 (m∶V), cycle number of 1. Under these conditions, the measured value of dissolved quantity of cordycepin was 84.69 mg/g of extract, to …

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Psychometric Properties Of The Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale, Thomas G. Plante, Jesus Mejia Apr 2016

Psychometric Properties Of The Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale, Thomas G. Plante, Jesus Mejia

Psychology

The Santa Clara Brief Compassion Scale (SCBCS) is a five-item scale intended to operationalize and measure compassion. Santa Clara University has been administering the SCBCS, along with other demographic questions, to all new entering as well as exiting graduating students for the past decade. Previous research has utilized compassion scores and demographic data collected from these surveys in both between and within-subject designs to examine compassion among these undergraduate students. The purpose of the current study was to examine the reliability and validity of the SCBCS through various psychometric tests utilizing 6,763 responses that have been collected in recent years. …

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The Farmers' Market Experience: Food To Fuel The Body And Soul, Ellery Brett Hinson Apr 2016

The Farmers' Market Experience: Food To Fuel The Body And Soul, Ellery Brett Hinson

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

This thesis examines the rise in popularity of the farmers' market through ethnographic research of the Fredericksburg Farmers' market. The farmers' market shopper has become a well known stereotype -- a white, upper-middle class suburbanite who sees it as their moral duty to support their local community and economy through their consumer power. I argue that these shoppers are buying more than just healthy local food. Their interactions with the market and vendors build an experience that feels more authentic and real than the larger capitalist society the market exists within. Through their consumption of the farmers' market and its …

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Preservice Teacher Development Through Math Camp Involvement, Kelly Largent Apr 2016

Preservice Teacher Development Through Math Camp Involvement, Kelly Largent

Honors Projects

This research study investigated the role that involvement in Math Camp had on the development of preservice math teachers at Bowling Green State University. The research question was, In what ways do preservice teachers perceive their development through math camp involvement and how do they plan to use this development in their future classrooms? Since 2013, there have been 134 BGSU preservice teachers that have participated in Math Camp. All of these individuals were solicited to participate in the research study. Fifteen responded to the solicitation and participated in the study. Each participant completed a brief survey as well as …

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Aging Affects Postural Tracking Of Complex Visual Motion Cues, Haralampos Sotirakis, Anastasia Kyvelidou, L. Mademli, Nicholas Stergiou, Vassilia Hatzitaki Apr 2016

Aging Affects Postural Tracking Of Complex Visual Motion Cues, Haralampos Sotirakis, Anastasia Kyvelidou, L. Mademli, Nicholas Stergiou, Vassilia Hatzitaki

Journal Articles

Postural tracking of visual motion cues improves perception–action coupling in aging, yet the nature of the visual cues to be tracked is critical for the efficacy of such a paradigm. We investigated how well healthy older (72.45 ± 4.72 years) and young (22.98 ± 2.9 years) adults can follow with their gaze and posture horizontally moving visual target cues of different degree of complexity. Participants tracked continuously for 120 s the motion of a visual target (dot) that oscillated in three different patterns: a simple periodic (simulated by a sine), a more complex (simulated by the Lorenz attractor that is …

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Special Issue: Electrocatalyst And Electrocatalysis In Fuel Cells Preface, Zi-Dong Wei Apr 2016

Special Issue: Electrocatalyst And Electrocatalysis In Fuel Cells Preface, Zi-Dong Wei

Journal of Electrochemistry

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Recent Progress In Non-Precious Metal Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts With An Encapsulation Structure, Mei-Ling Xiao, Jian-Bing Zhu, Chang-Peng Liu, Jun-Jie Ge, Wei Xing Apr 2016

Recent Progress In Non-Precious Metal Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalysts With An Encapsulation Structure, Mei-Ling Xiao, Jian-Bing Zhu, Chang-Peng Liu, Jun-Jie Ge, Wei Xing

Journal of Electrochemistry

Platinum-based materials, the state-of-the-art catalysts for fuel cells, suffer from prohibitive costs, limited resources and insufficient durability. Accordingly, tremendous efforts were made in searching for efficient, durable and inexpensive alternatives to precious-metal electrocatalysts for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR). Transition-metals (Fe, Co)/nitrogen co-doped hybrids, heteroatom (N, P, S, F, et al) doped carbons and composites with transition-metals encapsulated in graphitic layers are reported as the most efficient non-precious metal ORR catalysts. Among the various non-precious metal ORR catalysts, transition-metals encased in graphitic layer catalysts are a novel type of catalysts for ORR with high activity and durability, and thus, the …

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Dynamic Simulation Of Oxygen Reduction Reaction In Pt/C Electrode For Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Shang Li, Fen Zhou, Lei Chen, Mu Pan Apr 2016

Dynamic Simulation Of Oxygen Reduction Reaction In Pt/C Electrode For Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, Shang Li, Fen Zhou, Lei Chen, Mu Pan

Journal of Electrochemistry

It is an urgent need to reduce the Pt loading in electrode for practical fuel cell applications worldwide. Herein, we theoretically investigate the oxygen distribution, generated current, and minimum Pt loading of Pt/C electrode for practical applications based on kinetic model of oxygen reduction reaction. The results indicate that with increasing electrode effective thickness to 40 mm, serious concentration polarization is expected for Pt/C electrode. To generate a power density of 1.4 W⋅cm-2 (2.1A⋅cm-2@0.67 V) for fuel cell, the cathode catalyst layer thickness in PEMFC should be as thin as 3 mm. The minimum Pt loading will …

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Multi-Scaled Carbon Supported Platinum As A Stable Electrocatalyst For Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Yu-Ping Li, Lu-Hua Jiang, Su-Li Wang, Gong-Quan Sun Apr 2016

Multi-Scaled Carbon Supported Platinum As A Stable Electrocatalyst For Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Yu-Ping Li, Lu-Hua Jiang, Su-Li Wang, Gong-Quan Sun

Journal of Electrochemistry

The stability of carbon supports is essential for electrocatalysts of fuel cells. Herein, the mesoporous carbon with the high graphitic degree (highly graphitic mesoporous carbon, HGMC) was synthesized by using resorcinol as the carbon precursor, SiO2 as the templates and urea as the reducing agent. The as-prepared HGMC was characterized by XRD, Raman spectroscopy, TEM, N2 adsorption. The stability of HGMC was evaluated by mimicking the start-up/shut-down conditions of fuel cells in a three-electrode system referring to the NREL standard. The obtained HGMC is of moderate surface area (187.4 m2•g-1) and is chemically stable under …

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Recycling Mf Solid Waste Into Mesoporous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon With Iron Carbide Complex In Graphitic Layers As An Efficient Catalyst For Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Can-Yun Zhao, Lin Huang, Yong You, Ying-Fang Yao, Xiao-Gang Su, Hong Wan, Jian-Guo Liu, Cong-Ping Wu Apr 2016

Recycling Mf Solid Waste Into Mesoporous Nitrogen-Doped Carbon With Iron Carbide Complex In Graphitic Layers As An Efficient Catalyst For Oxygen Reduction Reaction, Can-Yun Zhao, Lin Huang, Yong You, Ying-Fang Yao, Xiao-Gang Su, Hong Wan, Jian-Guo Liu, Cong-Ping Wu

Journal of Electrochemistry

Nitrogen-doped carbon materials with iron ions are known as catalytic growth agents for the oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) in fuel cells, but the design and synthesis of high-performance and low-cost catalysts still remain a significant challenge. Herein, we present a cost-effective approach to dispose of MF solid waste as the precursor for the synthesis of MCFes catalyst with the favorable structure features such as the high specific surface area, abundant active sites and suitable pore structure. The results showed that the MCFe-10/10/2 had specific surface area as high as 780.7 m2•g-1 and high efficient catalytic activity comparable …

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Recent Progresses In Molybdenum-Based Electrocatalysts For The Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Ze-Xing Wu, Jie Wang, Jun-Po Guo, Jing Zhu, De-Li Wang Apr 2016

Recent Progresses In Molybdenum-Based Electrocatalysts For The Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Ze-Xing Wu, Jie Wang, Jun-Po Guo, Jing Zhu, De-Li Wang

Journal of Electrochemistry

Electrochemical catalytic production of hydrogen has been considered as a promising and sustainable strategy for clean and renewable energy technologies. Molybdenum-based non noble metal catalysts for the hydrogen evolution reaction have attracted extensive attention due to its effective catalytic performance. In this review, the recent progresses in molybdenum-carbide, phosphide, nitride and sulfide electrocatalysts are presented. In addition, the strategies to improve the catalytic performance are analyzed and the prospects for the future development trends are expected.

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Rambling Between "Zhong Yong" And "Catalysis", Zi-Dong Wei Apr 2016

Rambling Between "Zhong Yong" And "Catalysis", Zi-Dong Wei

Journal of Electrochemistry

“Zhong Yong” represents a traditional Chinese wisdom, which was first proposed by Confucius and continuously richened by his followers. “Zhong Yong” pursues the balances among all kinds of contradictions, and insists that neither “too much” nor “not enough” is good. For a successful catalyst, on which the adsorption of reactants must be not so strong and not so weak either. On this point of view, there are the same pursuits for “Zhong Yong” and catalysis. In this paper, the author starts his story with a conversation between Confucius and his student, followed by 3 interesting stories happening in the ancient …

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Musings On Inspiration: Inducing Inspiration And Increasing Donations To Charity, Rebekah Selbrede Apr 2016

Musings On Inspiration: Inducing Inspiration And Increasing Donations To Charity, Rebekah Selbrede

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

This study examined different methods for inducing inspiration, sex differences in inspiration induction, and whether inducing inspiration would increase donations to charity. We found that men and women responded differently to various methods of inducing inspiration. Women were most inspired by the video and reflection groups, while men's inspiration did not differ by induction method. For women, but not men, inspiration mediated the relationship between induction method and amount of donation pledged indicating that their willingness to donate to charity increased as they felt more inspired. Despite differences in inspiration, men and women did not differ in amount donated, which …

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Integrating Twitter Into The Classroom, Toria Felton Apr 2016

Integrating Twitter Into The Classroom, Toria Felton

Master of Education in Instructional Design and Technology Plan II Graduate Projects

The purpose of this project was to research, create, and implement lesson plans that utilized Twitter in the classroom. This project was also used to gauge how students felt about using social media in the classroom. It showed professors how to effectively and easily use the app in the classroom, which helped them to connect with more students and work on a platform that was of interest to many of the students.

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Uno News April 28, 2016 University Of Nebraska Names Teaching, Research And Engagement Awardees, University Communications Apr 2016

Uno News April 28, 2016 University Of Nebraska Names Teaching, Research And Engagement Awardees, University Communications

Employee-Related

University Announcement: University of Nebraska Names Teaching, Research and Engagement Awardees.

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Design And Separation Mechanism On Separator For Pea Embryo Skin By Centrifugation, Dong Huanjun, Li Jiapeng, Sun Chuanzhu Apr 2016

Design And Separation Mechanism On Separator For Pea Embryo Skin By Centrifugation, Dong Huanjun, Li Jiapeng, Sun Chuanzhu

Food and Machinery

A centrifugal pea embryo skin separator was designed, and its separation mechanism was also analyzed. The embryo skin did the circular motion under the action of the friction force when it entered the high-speed rotating disk and was thrown out by overcoming the friction force.Due to the different apparent density between the bean embryo and skin, the larger apparent density of the bean embryo was throwninto the outside received barrel, and the smaller apparent density of the bean skin was fallen into the inside received barrel. So chang the height of the received barrel relative to the separation disc can …

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Research Of Super High Pressure Food Processing Equipment’S Synchronization Control System, Luo Wei Apr 2016

Research Of Super High Pressure Food Processing Equipment’S Synchronization Control System, Luo Wei

Food and Machinery

High pressure sterilization equipment’s strict sealing requires the synchronization system which push plug’s movement must have high synchronization accuracy. However, because of the dynamic load, friction, oil leakage, the plugeasily prone to deflection, which are greatly affecting the sealing performance. Considering about this problem, the synchronous system’s mathematical model was established. And then, the control method was also proposed: a PID control was using to the horizontal motion. And the fuzzy PID was used to control the deflection movement. The simulation results show that: the plug under this control strategy not only has a high precision horizontal motion, but also …

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Wsu Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, April 28-29, 2016 Apr 2016

Wsu Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes, April 28-29, 2016

Board of Trustees Minutes

Minutes from the Wright State University Board of Trustees Meeting held on April 28-29, 2016.

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The Ko-Lee Key Exchange Protocol With Generalized Dihedral Groups, Christopher Lloyd Apr 2016

The Ko-Lee Key Exchange Protocol With Generalized Dihedral Groups, Christopher Lloyd

Departmental Honors & Graduate Capstone Projects

Given an arbitrary abelian group A, one may form the generalized dihedral group D(A). As D(A) is usually non-abelian, this makes it a possible candidate for use with certain non-commutative key exchange protocols. Specifically, we examine the security of using D(A) with the Ko-Lee key exchange protocol. An appropriate presentation for D(A) is developed alongside methods for computing within the group in the context of the Ko-Lee protocol. Lastly we show that for such groups Ko-Lee is susceptible to a polynomial time attack.

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