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Paul Swinford – A Tribute, Jeremiah Farrell

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

No abstract provided.

Kate Jones – A Tribute, Karen Farrell, Jeremiah Farrell

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

Kate is also an accomplished recreational mathematician and poet. To try to match in a small way her creative ability, we offer three puzzle-games in her honor: O'BEIRNE's TRI-HEX, PAPPUS and "KATe JONES". These three are specific examples of (9,3) symmetric configurations. More generally an (n,r) configuration is a collection of n "points"and n "lines" subject to the following requirements:

Rl: Any two points belong to at most one line.

R2: Each line has r points, and each point belongs to r lines.

Intermittency On Simultaneous Observations Of Riometer At Several Antarctic Locations, E. M. Ovalle, A. J. Foppiano, M. V. Stepanova, Allan T. Weatherwax

Physics Faculty Publications

It is well known that auroral radio wave absorption, as measured by riometers, consists of periods of relative quiescence which are interrupted by short bursts of activity. Such patterns in activity are observed in systems ranging from the stock market to turbulence, i.e. they exhibit intermittency. In the case of the auroral absorption it has also been found that intermittency strongly depends on the magnetic local time, being largest in the night-time sector. This can be interpreted as indicating that the precipitating particles responsible of the absorption exhibit intermittency, especially near the substorm eye, where the level of turbulence increases. …

Pgx: Pharmacogenomics During Generation X, Jerry Yee

Nephrology Articles

No abstract provided.

An Evaluation Of An Adaptive Learning Tool In An Introductory Business Course, Tim A. Rogers

Dissertations

Adding technology to the classroom has been an instructional strategy used by many higher-education institutions to increase student success, but merely adding computers, multimedia devices, and other technology to the classroom with pedagogical arbitrariness has proven to have little effect. The purpose of this study was to determine if using the adaptive learning technology (ALT) tool, LearnSmart, in seated introductory business courses would result in a statistically significant difference in unit exam scores, to analyze changes in exam performance through different time increments used of the ALT, and to investigate correlations between the student’s metacognition in the ALT module and …

Comparing The Effectiveness Of Flipped Classroom And Traditional Classroom Student Engagement And Teaching Methodologies, Michael T. Holik

Dissertations

Studies exist on the effectiveness of learning in a flipped classroom learning setting; however, there is limited research available regarding the success or failure rates of flipped classroom learning in technical culinary arts programs. This study, using an action-based research approach, was designed to gather evidence from a technical education program to determine if students perform better in the flipped classroom or traditional classroom. Multiple instruments were designed to gather information about the culinary flipped classroom format. Instructor and student perceptions about the learning in each type of classroom were explored, levels of student engagement were recorded, and final course …

Combined Effects Of Pesticides And Trematode Infections On Hourglass Tree Frog Polypedates Cruciger., Uthpala A. Jayawardena, Jason R. Rohr, Ayanthi N. Navaratne, Priyanie H. Amerasinghe, Rupika S. Rajakaruna

Integrative Biology Faculty and Staff Publications

The impact of widespread and common environmental factors, such as chemical contaminants, on infectious disease risk in amphibians is particularly important because both chemical contaminants and infectious disease have been implicated in worldwide amphibian declines. Here we report on the lone and combined effects of exposure to parasitic cercariae (larval stage) of the digenetic trematode, Acanthostomum burminis, and four commonly used pesticides (insecticides: chlorpyrifos, dimethoate; herbicides: glyphosate, propanil) at ecologically relevant concentrations on the survival, growth, and development of the common hourglass tree frog, Polypedates cruciger Blyth 1852. There was no evidence of any pesticide-induced mortality on cercariae because all …

Price-Level Regulation And Its Reform, James Ming Chen

Marquette Law Review

Price-level, or “price-cap,” regulation offers an alluring alternative to the traditional technique of monitoring a regulated firm’s profits. This Article contrasts price-level regulation with conventional cost-of-service ratemaking and with Ramsey pricing. Price-level regulation stands as a market-based, incentive-driven “third way” between traditional regulation and complete deregulation. Although some jurisdictions have set price caps according to operating cost and rate-of-return calculations that clearly parallel those steps in conventional ratemaking, this Article will focus on price-level methodologies that combine an economy-wide measure of inflation with an x-factor reflecting total factor productivity within a regulated industry.

After addressing the simpler component of price-level …

Fostering Metacognition In K-12 Classrooms: Recommendations For Practice, Markeya S. Peteranetz

The Nebraska Educator: A Student-Led Journal

This article makes the case for why it is important for educators to intentionally foster students’ metacognition. Metacognition is often defined as thinking about thinking, but it is more complete to describe it as including knowledge, awareness, and control of one’s own cognition and human cognition in general. Two primary components of metacognition, knowledge of cognition and regulation of cognition, are presented and described with regard to learning contexts. Metacognition grows as part of cognitive development and can also be further enhanced through instruction at all levels of schooling. Research that indicates metacognition can be increased through instruction and is …

Investigating Collaborative Inquiry: A Case Study Of A Professional Learning Community At Lennox Charter High School, Alyce H. Prentice

LMU Theses and Dissertations

The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher perceptions of Collaborative Inquiry embedded in a Professional Learning Community during departmental collaboration time and to explore the elements deemed most important to creating and/or maintaining this collaboration model at Lennox Charter High School. Teachers at Lennox Charter High School participated in this study.

This mixed-methods case study triangulated survey, focus group, interview, and observation data to examine departmental collaboration and to define the elements most important to maintaining and improving Collaborative Inquiry at Lennox Charter High School.

These elements were explored through the lens of research on Professional Learning Communities …

Trace Element Inputs From Natural And Anthropogenic Sources In An Agricultural Watershed, Middle Provo River, Utah, Timothy Holman Goodsell

Theses and Dissertations

Water chemistry in rivers is impacted by a variety of natural and anthropogenic processes including agricultural runoff, urban runoff, storm runoff, groundwater inputs, and the built environment. In this study we used trace element concentrations (including As, B, Ce, Co, Cu, Li, Mn, Rb, Sb, Sr, Tl, V, and Zn) and continuous measurements of flow rates and specific conductance to investigate dynamic processes affecting water quality in a rapidly urbanizing agricultural area typical of the western U.S. The middle Provo River, located in northern Utah, USA, was selected as the study area because it is well instrumented with water quality …

Multi-Year Optimization Of Malaria Intervention: A Mathematical Model, Harry J. Dudley, Abhishek Goenka '15, Cesar J. Orellana '17, Susan E. Martonosi

All HMC Faculty Publications and Research

Malaria is a mosquito-borne, lethal disease that affects millions and kills hundreds of thousands of people each year, mostly children. There is an increasing need for models of malaria control. In this paper, a model is developed for allocating malaria interventions across geographic regions and time, subject to budget constraints, with the aim of minimizing the number of person-days of malaria infection.

Radiation Safety Design For High Energy Electron Flux Environments Testing, Heather Tippets

Senior Theses and Projects

No abstract provided.

The Perverse Effects Of Subsidized Weather Insurance, Omri Ben-Shahar, Kyle D. Logue

Articles

No abstract provided.

Willingness To Use A Public Bicycle System: An Example In Nanjing City, Peiyu Feng, Wenquan Li

Journal of Public Transportation

The purpose of this paper is to examine the influence factors on willingness to use a public bicycle system and to analyze the impact of each. Ordered Logit and Probit models were used to analyze the change in user willingness after improvements were made. Data were collected from a random survey conducted in September and October 2014 in Nanjing, China. The findings of this research indicate seven factors that most influence willingness to use a public bicycle system, including socioeconomic factors and journey restrictions. Socioeconomic factors (gender, employment, and car ownership) have more impact on user willingness than journey restrictions. …

Optimization Of Main Public Transport Paths Based On Accessibility — Case Study: Mashhad, Iran, Houman Shadab Mehr, Mohamad Rahim Rahnama, Mohamad Ajza Shokouhi, Ezatollah Mafi

Journal of Public Transportation

Transport planning is an important aspect of urban planning. In this regard, enhancement of public transport systems and guiding urban travels towards them has found a crucial role in traffic improvement, preventing capital waste, and achieving sustainable cities. Mashhad, Iran, the second largest city in Iran, with a population of three million, has two main systems of public transport, light rail transit (LRT) and bus rapid transit (BRT). In designing these lines, not enough attention was paid to urban sustainability principles and maximizing access. The aim of this study was to redesign the main public transport lines using the approach …

The Sluggs Survey: Chromodynamical Modelling Of The Lenticular Galaxy Ngc 1023, Arianna Cortesi, Ana Chies-Santos, Vincenzo Pota, Caroline Foster, Lodovico Coccato, Claudia Mendes De Oliveira, Duncan Forbes, Michael Merrifield, Steven Bamford, Aaron Romanowsky, Jean Brodie, Sreeja Kartha, Adebusola Alabi, Robert Proctor, Andres Almeida

Faculty Publications

Globular clusters (GCs) can be considered discrete, long-lived, dynamical tracers that retain crucial information about the assembly history of their parent galaxy. In this paper, we present a new catalogue of GC velocities and colours for the lenticular galaxy NGC 1023, we study their kinematics and spatial distribution, in comparison with the underlying stellar kinematics and surface brightness profile, and we test a new method for studying GC properties. Specifically, we decompose the galaxy light into its spheroid (assumed to represent the bulge+halo components) and disc components and use it to assign to each GC a probability of belonging to …

Switchonstem.Ie Resources To Support Higher Education Engagement Activities, Julie Dunne, Ciaran O'Leary, Cathy Mcfadden

Conference papers

This paper outlines the roll-out of a project called SwitchOnSTEM.ie that aims to enhance Irish Higher Education (HE) STEM engagement with second level pupils. Through providing freely available all-in-one resources for hands-on activities that can be used by HE staff and students at STEM events, it aims to remove barriers to participation in STEM engagement. The project was funded by Science Foundation Ireland’s SFI-Discover programme in 2015.

An interdisciplinary STEM team from five Higher Education Institutions in Ireland was formed and initially collaborated with a more experienced UK based HEA National STEM Project funded researcher. Together the team designed high …

Simulating Electric Charges And Electric Force In Android, Arlind Hajredinaj

Theses and Dissertations

Simulating physics phenomena is somewhat complicated, depending on what is to be simulated, the laws, the amount of space, the time. It all breaks down to the scale of the universe that we are going to simulate, we might want to draw objects, which means we need a screen that has pixels, a pixel size can be a meter, half a meter, millimeter or down to the smallest distance the Planck length which is 1.616199(97)×10⁻³⁵, we can simulate Newtonian laws, laws of Thermodynamics, theory of relativity, particles of light and such, the more physics we want to add …

Menaxhimi Dhe Implementimi I Web Shërbimeve, Leart Rudi

Theses and Dissertations

Shërbimetweb kanë tërhequr vëmendjen si një zgjidhje e mundshme për të ndarë njohuritë dhe logjikat e aplikimit në mesin e agjentëve të ndryshëm heterogjen.

Një qasje klasike për këtë temëështë duke e përdorur SOAP, një protokoll W3C i cilli ka për qëllim për të shkëmbyer informacion të strukturuar.

Web Shërbimet e bazuara REST. Akronimi REST qëndron për transferimin e përfaqësimit të gjendjës, ky thelb do të thotë se çdo URL unik është një përfaqësim i ndonjë objekti.

Ju mund të merrni përmbajtjen e këtij objekti, duke përdorur një HTTP GET; atëherë ju mund të përdorni një post, PUT ose DELETE …

Hyrja E Kostt-It Në Tregun E Telekomunikimeve, Valon Berisha

Theses and Dissertations

Nevoja për komunikim e ka shoqëruar njerëzimin që nga fillimet e tij. Përgjatë viteve sisteme të ndryshme e kanë ofruar këtë mundësi, mirëpo gjithmonë kërkesa për brez dhe shpejtësi ishin më të mëdha se sa mundësitë që ofroheshin dhe kjo ka shtyrë përpara zhvillimin e teknologjisë telekomunikuese.

Komunikimi me fibra optik ka ofruar një zgjidhje afatgjate pasi që ofron: shpejtësi, besueshmëri, jo interferencë, kapacitet të madh transmetimi dhe kostoja e tyre tani nuk është e lartë.

Në këtë temë jemi munduar që të propozojmë zgjidhje për shfrytëzimin e infrastrukturës optike në KOSTT edhe për nevoja të palëve tjera, pasi që …

How To Select And Buck Logs For Railroad Ties, Terry Conners

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

Railroad ties are rectangular pieces of wood with specified dimensions that are used to hold steel rails apart by a fixed distance in track. They’re dried, treated with a wood preservative and installed in track with various types of hardware to support the load and to keep the wood from being crushed and worn away during service. Specifications for ties vary slightly from one customer to another.

Trails As Resource Connections In Your Community, Jayoung Koo

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

A trail is a linear path segment that is naturally or intentionally created by users (humans and/or animals) to traverse their landscape and connect destinations. As a collective, a trail system is comprised of multiple paths that are connected in an overall network that may include paths exclusively in towns or in nature, but also connect one place to another place. Effectively laid out trails can fulfill multiple goals and objectives and also have significant indirect benefits for communities. Depending on the form or function, there are different types of trails to be considered (Table 1). Trail systems can include …

Trailblazers: Two Case Studies For Community Trails, Jayoung Koo

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

Trails function as beneficial resources for communities in support of their various goals; although how projects are implemented and what specific features are created will differ depending on a community’s geographic location, socio-economic context and potential, and historical and cultural assets. While the essence of a trail project may seem simple and universal in nature, different communities with different contexts, shapes and sizes can apply a range of trail planning strategies and approaches to fit their needs and physical community. Ultimately, each community’s trail project will differ from their neighbor’s as well as from the perceived “ideal” trail. In any …

Trail Planning, Jayoung Koo

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

There are two general ways to begin a trail project in a community. The first method is for the community (client) to hire design or planning professionals such as landscape architects, urban planners or engineers to lead a trail project on behalf of the community. The second way involves a grass roots approach where a community gets the project started and develops the conceptual ideas on their own and then later brings in professionals during the design phase. Regardless of the approach for the initial phase, professionals need to be involved to eventually construct the trail(s) but how much of …

Kentucky Nutrient Management Planning Guidelines (Kynmp) [2016], Stephen F. Higgins, Kylie Schmidt, Amanda A. Gumbert

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

Nutrients are constantly cycling through farms. Nutrients come onto a farm in the form of feed, commercial fertilizers, manure, or compost, and they leave the farm with harvested crops, sold livestock, and off-site disposal of manure and other waste. Sometimes nutrients are even lost to the air, soil, or water. Nutrient management allows farmers to use nutrients (specifically nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium) wisely for optimal economic benefit with minimal impact on the environment.

Approximately 80 percent of nutrients fed to an animal passes through the gut and into its manure. If managed correctly, the nutrients and organic matter in this …

Genetically Engineered Crops: Emerging Opportunities, Paul C. Vincelli

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

Biotechnology is “any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use.” This definition encompasses many, many applications, including traditional ones such as fermentation of alcoholic beverages.

In certain biotech crops, their genetic material (DNA) has been purposefully manipulated in the laboratory. These genetically engineered crops are often called “GMOs,” an acronym for “genetically modified organisms.” These GMOs are the focus of this publication.

Plant Diseases [2016], Kimberly Leonberger, Kelly Jackson, Robbie Smith, Nicole Ward Gauthier

Agriculture and Natural Resources Publications

Anyone who has ever planted a garden knows not only the rewards of beautiful flowers, fruit, and/ or vegetables, but also the disappointment when plants become diseased or damaged. Many factors cause plants to exhibit poor vigor, changes in appearance, or even death. Both abiotic (non-living) and biotic (living) factors can negatively impact plant heath. Disorders that result from non-living factors (such as nutrient deficiencies, over/under watering, temperature stress, and chemical damage) are discussed in subsequent chapters. This chapter focuses on those living organisms that cause disease: fungi, water molds, bacteria, viruses, nematodes, phytoplasmas, and parasitic plants.

Plant Community Composition And Structure Monitoring For Scotts Bluff National Monument, 2011-2015 Summary Report, Isabel W. Ashton, Christopher J. Davis

United States National Park Service: Publications

Executive Summary

The Northern Great Plains Inventory & Monitoring Program and Fire Effects Program have been monitoring vegetation in Scotts Bluff National Monument for over 18 years. While methods have changed slightly, this report summarizes data from over 80 locations from 1998-2015. Below, we list the questions we asked using these data and provide a summarized answer. For more details see the full report. A summary of the current condition (2011-2015) and trends (based on 1988-2015) in plant communities at Scotts Bluff is found in Table ES-1.

1. What is the current status of plant community composition and structure of …

Flight Physician - March, 2016, Civil Aviation Medical Association

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A twenty-five page newsletter of the Civil Aviation Medical Association. The newsletter provided news about civil aviation medicine and information related to the organization.