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2024 Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium, Kentucky Water Research Institute

Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium

The program and proceedings contains details of the 2024 Kentucky Water Resources Symposium, including presentations, award winners, and poster presentations.

This symposium was planned and conducted as a part of the state water resources research institute annual program that is supported by Grant/Cooperative Agreement Number G21AP10631-02 from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The contents of this proceedings document and the views and conclusions presented at the symposium are solely the responsibility of the individual authors and presenters and do not represent the official views of the USGS or of the symposium organizers and sponsors. This publication is produced with …

2024 Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium, Kentucky Water Research Institute

Kentucky Water Resources Annual Symposium

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Single Maritime Boundary And Dual Maritime Regimes: Case Study Of Indonesia, Bebeb Abdul Kurnia Nugraha Djundjunan, Huala Adolf, Achmad Gusman Siswandi, Damos Dumali Agusman

Indonesian Journal of International Law

Various judgements of international tribunals have shown a trend of the use of Single Maritime Boundary (SMB) in solving maritime boundary disputes. The application of SMB by international tribunals are based on the submission of the parties in dispute, typically to simplify the maritime boundary delimitation process. The concept of the SMB line, which puts the Exclusive Economic Zone and Continental Shelf boundaries into one line, has grown into a deceptive perspective when taking into account that the provisions under the 1982 UNCLOS, particularly Articles 74 and 83, are the same. The application of SMBs is likely to be disadvantageous …

Alumni Entrepreneurs And Innovators Celebrated At Homecoming, Julia Perez

News and Events (Discontinued Series)

No abstract provided.

Corrigendum To “A Two-Stage Deformation Of The Anatolian Plate Deduced Frompaleomagnetic Signals: The Initial Age Of The Anatolian’S Escape” [Turkish Journal Ofearth Sciences 33 (3) 2024 243-259 ], Mualla Cengi̇z, Savaş Karabulut

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

This corrigendum is to address an issue regarding the manuscript's previous title. The authors have regrettably noticed that the title is incorrect in the original published version of this paper. To rectify this oversight and ensure the accuracy of the published work, the title has been corrected for your reference below: A two-stage deformation of the Anatolian plate deduced from paleomagnetic signals: the initial age of the Anatolian escape.

Link to the original submission: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/earth/vol33/iss3/2/

Emotional Display Rules Of Deaf Culture, Nicholas M. Gala, Lawrence Pick

JADARA

Emotional display rules refer to the expression of culturally prescribed and socially acceptable emotions across different people and situations (Wu & Schulz, 2020). The display rules among hearing adults across several cultures are well defined and depend on the type of emotion, the individuals involved in the exchange, and the situation. Regarding Deaf culture in the United States, this minoritized group may follow unique display rules (Hosie et al., 2000), but there has been almost no research conducted with this population and the existing studies have focused on youth. The present study explores perceived emotional expressions among a sample of …

Assessment Of Water Pollution In A Waste Storage Drainage Area (A Case Study In Eskişehir, Türkiye), Ali̇ Kayabaşi, Özlem Toygar Sağin, Candan Gökçeoğlu

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Before 2016, the Eskişehir city landfill was an irregular landfill. Since then, it has been transformed into a regulated landfill. This study aimed to investigate the presence of pollution in the landfill drainage area. For this purpose, water samples were collected from the landfill drainage area and the Kadirbey Farm Spring, upstream of the landfill area, during the rainy and dry seasons of 2021. Analyses of the heavy metal content, total dissolved soil (TDS), chemical oxygen demand, biochemical oxygen demand, pH, phenol material content, ammonia nitrogen content, and conductivity were conducted on the samples. Electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) measurements were …

Detecting Edges Of Geologic Sources From Gravity Or Magnetic Anomalies Through A Novel Algorithm Based On Hyperbolic Tangent Function, Hanbing Ai, Yunus Levent Eki̇nci̇, Ahmad Alvandi, Hazel Deni̇z Toktay, Çağlayan Balkaya, Arka Roy

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Directional derivative-based edge detectors are commonly used to outline the abrupt lateral variations in densities or magnetizations of geologic sources from potential-field datasets. Some subtle traces of faults, lithological contacts, and lineaments can be made more visible on anomaly maps using these algorithms. However, these algorithms generally suffer from common limitations such as blurry edges with low-resolution or faulty boundaries. To minimize these challenges, we proposed a new efficient edge detector that benefits from the hyperbolic tangent function. The performance of this detector was tested on the responses of a synthetic gravity model and Bishop's complex magnetic model. A Gaussian …

Strategic Deployment Of Service Vessels For Improved Offshore Wind Farm Maintenance And Availability, Chenyu Zhao, Adam Roberts, Ying Cui, Lars Johanning

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

This research explores the optimization of Operations and Maintenance (O&M) strategies for offshore wind farms using a sophisticated O&M simulator built on the Markov Chain Monte Carlo method. By integrating real-world constraints such as vessel availability and weather conditions, the study assesses O&M logistics’ impacts on wind farm availability, energy production, and overall costs across different scenarios in the Celtic Sea. Through comparative analysis of eight case studies involving various combinations of Crew Transfer Vessels (CTV) and Service Operation Vessels (SOV), the research highlights the critical role of strategic vessel deployment and the potential of permanent SOV stationing to enhance …

Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Butte Hill Revegetation Specifications (Bhrs), Mike Mcanulty

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

The Minutes Of The Marshall University Graduate Council Meeting, September 27, 2024, Marshall University Graduate Council

Graduate Council Minutes

No abstract provided.

An Archaeological And Archaeoseismological Perspective On Earthquakes In The Coastal Cities Of Western Anatolia In The 3rd Millennium Bce: Settlement Abandonment And Changes In Social Structures, Ümi̇t Gündoğan

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

This study investigates the impact of the earthquakes that occurred in the first half of the 3rd millennium BCE on Western Anatolian settlements, aiming to determine the dates of the earthquakes that happened during the prehistoric period using the earthquake layers of the settlements and associated C14 data. The focus of the paper is the investigation of the effects of two earthquakes that occurred in the region during the first half of the 3rd millennium BCE on the settlements of the region. The first earthquake occurred around 2800 BCE and damaged settlements in the area of İzmir. Evidence of this …

Sequence Stratigraphy And Hydrocarbon Potential Of The Paleozoic Successions On The Arabian Platform And Southeast Türkiye, Muhi̇tti̇n Şenalp, Sema Teti̇ker

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

In 1989, the first prolific hydrocarbon reservoirs were discovered by Saudi Aramco in the highly porous and permeable friable continental sandstones (Unayzah reservoirs) and shallow marine carbonates (Khuff reservoirs) of the Paleozoic successions in south of Riyadh, Central Arabia. These successions were strongly affected by tectonic movements (Caledonian and Hercynian orogenesis) and Early and Late Paleozoic Gondwana glaciations. Therefore, some sections were fully eroded or significantly reduced in their thickness. The sequence stratigraphic interpretation of the Paleozoic successions helped to understand the depositional environments and regional distribution of the source, reservoir and cap rock facies in an improved palynologic studies. …

Top To Bottom Interactive Velocity Analysis Using Travel-Time Ellipses And First Break Times From Walkaway Vertical Seismic Profiling Data: A Synthetic Study, Cemal Erdemi̇r

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

An interactive velocity analysis method is introduced in this paper and its efficacy is tested on various walkaway vertical seismic profile (WVSP) modeled data sets. In WVSP surveys, interval velocity profiles are determined fairly accurately along the VSP borehole using first break travel time picks from the zero-offset VSP (ZVSP) data. However the accuracy of these vertical velocities fade away quickly as the source distance (offset) from the VSP borehole increases due to possible horizontal changes in the geology or dips of the horizons. If the layer boundaries are not known, a simple approach type of ray tracing using horizontally …

Integrating Data-Driven And Mechanism-Driven Modeling In Drug Discovery And Hepatotoxicity Evaluation, Xuelian Jia

Theses and Dissertations

The pharmacological activities and hepatotoxicity significantly influence the success or failure of new drugs during drug discovery and development. Traditional experimental methods, such as animal models, are costly and time-consuming for chemical testing. There is a great need to develop in vitro and computational modeling to help identify the pharmacological activities and hepatotoxicity potential in the early stage of drug discovery and safety evaluation. In this dissertation, new computational models and associated modeling frameworks were described for predicting the biological profile and hepatotoxicity of chemicals. Firstly, a novel data mining and Quantitative Structure-Activity Relationship (QSAR) workflow was developed to construct …

Mathematics Group Earns National Award During Inaugural Year, Marvis Herring

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. – The Association for Women in Mathematics has honored the University of Mississippi with its 2024 Student Chapter Award for Community Outreach.

Fort Hays State University Tiger Weekly, September 27, 2024, University Relations

Tiger Weekly Newsletters

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Revealing Ultra-High-Energy Gamma-Ray Emission From The Ehwc J1825-134 Region With Hawc, Dezhi Huang, Dezhi Huang, Hazal Goksu, Hazal Goksu, A. Albert, R. Alfaro, C. Alvarez, A. Andrés, J. C. Arteaga-Velázquez, D. Avila Rojas, H. A. Ayala Solares, R. Babu, E. Belmont-Moreno, T. Capistrán, Y. Cárcamo, A. Carramiñana, F. Carreón, U. Cotti, J. Cotzomi, S. Coutino De Leon, E. De La Fuente, D. Depaoli, C. De Leon, R. Diaz Hernandez, J. C. Diaz-Velez, B. L. Dingus, M. Durocher, M. A. Duvernois, K. Engel, C. Espinoza, K. L. Fan, K. Fang, N. I. Fraija, J. A. Garcia-Gonzalez, F. Garfias, H. Goksu, M. M. Gonzalez, J. A. Goodman, S. Groetsch, J. P. Harding, S. Hernandez, I. Herzog, J. Hinton, D. Huang, F. Hueyotl-Zahuantitla, P. Huntemeyer, A. Iriarte, V. Joshi, S. Kaufmann, D. Kieda, A. Lara, J. Lee, W. H. Lee, H. Leon Vargas, J. Linnemann, A. L. Longinotti, G. Luis-Raya, K. Malone, J. Martinez-Castro, J. A. J. Matthews, P. Miranda-Romagnoli, J. Montes, J. A. Morales-Soto, M. Mostafa, L. Nellen, M. U. Nisa, R. Noriega-Papaqui, L. Olivera-Nieto, N. Omodei, Y. Perez Araujo, E. G. Perez-Perez, A. Pratts, C. D. Rho, D. Rosa-Gonzalez, E. Ruiz-Velasco, H. Salazar, D. Salazar-Gallegos, A. Sandoval, M. Schneider, G. Schwefer, J. Serna-Franco, A. J. Smith, Y. Son, R. W. Springer, O. Tibolla, K. Tollefson, I. Torres, R. Torres-Escobedo, R. Turner, F. Urena-Mena, L. Villasenor, Xiaojie Wang, I. J. Watson, F. Werner, K. Whitaker, E. Willox, H. Wu, H. Zhou

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

Located in the southern field of view of the High-Altitude Water Cherenkov (HAWC) observatory, the eHWC J1825-134 region is one of the most complicated gamma-ray emission sites on the galactic plane. The region contains a few PeVatron candidates that can accelerate particles up to PeV energies. Disentangling the overlapping gamma-ray emission and associating it with accelerators is crucial to understand the mechanism of cosmic-ray acceleration and gamma-ray production near the accelerators. In this talk, I will present each of the gamma-ray sources resolved in this region using 1910 days of HAWC data, including their spectra. Also, we have studied their …

Genomic And Socioeconomic Determinants Of Racial Disparities In Breast Cancer Survival: Insights From The All Of Us Program, Nubaira Rizvi, Hui Lyu, Leah Vaidya, Xiao Cheng Wu, Lucio Miele, Qingzhao Yu

School of Public Health Faculty Publications

Background: Breast cancer outcomes are worse among Black women in the U.S. compared to White women. While extensive research has focused on risk factors contributing to breast cancer; the role of genomic elements in health disparities between these racial groups remains unclear. This study aims to identify genomic variants and socioeconomic status (SES) determinants influencing racial disparities in breast cancer survival through multiple mediation analyses. Methods: Our investigation is based on the NIH-supported All of Us (AoU) program and analyzes 7452 female participants with malignant tumors of breast, including 5073 with genomic data. A log-rank test reveals significant racial differences …

An Edge Platform Streamlining Connectivity Between Modern Edge Devices And Cloud, Anderson Carvalho

Theses

The numerous uses of cloud, fog, and edge computing in a variety of industries are thoroughly examined in this thesis, with a special emphasis on smart factories, smart cities, and smart agriculture. It starts with an introduction to cloud computing, going over its history, importance in contemporary digital infrastructures, and related security concerns. It emphasizes the value of cloud computing for processing and storing data while addressing issues like guaranteeing low latency applications and possible improvements from container technologies. The conversation then shifts to fog computing, going over its history, designs, and uses. It focuses on how fog computing might …

Information-Theoretic Modeling Of Categorical Spatiotemporal Gis Data, David Percy, Martin Zwick

Geology Faculty Publications and Presentations

An information-theoretic data mining method is employed to analyze categorical spatiotemporal Geographic Information System land use data. Reconstructability Analysis (RA) is a maximum-entropy-based data modeling methodology that works exclusively with discrete data such as those in the National Land Cover Database (NLCD). The NLCD is organized into a spatial (raster) grid and data are available in a consistent format for every five years from 2001 to 2021. An NLCD tool reports how much change occurred for each category of land use; for the study area examined, the most dynamic class is Evergreen Forest (EFO), so the presence or absence of …

Prompt And Accurate Grb Source Localization Aboard The Advanced Particle Astrophysics Telescope (Apt) And Its Antarctic Demonstrator (Adapt), Ye Htet, Marion Sudvarg, Jeremy Buhler, Roger Chamberlain, Wenlei Chen, James Buckley, Roger D. Chamberlain, Corrado Altomare, Matthew Andrew, Blake Bal, Richard G. Bose, Dana Braun, Eric Burns, Michael L. Cherry, Leonardo Di Venere, Jeffrey Dumonthier, Manel Errando, Stefan Funk

Computer Science Faculty Research & Creative Works

We characterize the performance of our computational pipeline for real-time gamma-ray burst (GRB) detection and localization aboard the Advanced Particle-astrophysics Telescope (APT) – a space-based observatory for MeV to TeV gamma-ray astronomy – and its smaller, balloon-borne prototype, the Antarctic Demonstrator for APT (ADAPT), whose scientific focus will be the detection of MeV transients. These instruments observe scintillation light from multiple Compton scattering and photoabsorption of gamma-ray photons across a series of CsI detector layers. We infer the incident angle of each photon's first scattering to localize its source direction to a Compton ring about the vector defined by its …

"Not A Cookie Cutter Situation": How Neurodivergent Students Experience Group Work In Their Stem Courses, Sophia Salvatore, Claudia White, Stephen Podowitz

College of Life Sciences Faculty Papers

Background: Although group work is increasingly used in STEM courses and may lead to improved academic outcomes, there is evidence that some implementations of group work may lead to unintended barriers for certain students’ learning. Despite the growing number of neurodivergent undergraduate students, there is limited research on neurodivergent students’ experiences with group work in STEM courses. To address this knowledge gap, the current research investigated the experiences of 22 neurodivergent undergraduate students with group work in STEM courses at a range of institution types and in a variety of STEM disciplines. Participants shared experiences with in-class and out-of-class group …

Utility Of Individualised Homoeopathic Medicines In Improving Social Interaction In Childhood Autism: A Prospective, Open-Label, Single Arm Study, Sreeja Kudukayil Radhakrishnan Nair, Deepthi Gilla, Mohan Narvelil Devasia

Indian Journal of Research in Homoeopathy

Background: Childhood autism is a pervasive developmental disorder. There has been an upsurge in its prevalence in past few decades. The social deficit is the most disabling symptom of autism. There is an immediate need to explore new interventions to effectively address childhood autism. Objective: The objective of the study was to assess the usefulness of individualised homoeopathic medicine in improving social interaction in childhood autism. Materials and Methods: This one-year duration study was conducted in the outpatient department of the National Homoeopathy Research Institute in Mental Health, Kottayam, Kerala. Thirty-five children fulfilling the diagnostic criteria of childhood autism (as …

Optimal Radar Ranging Pulse To Resolve Two Reflectors, Andrew N. Jordan, John C. Howell, Achim Kempf, Shunxing Zhang, Derek White

Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research

Previous work established fundamental bounds on subwavelength resolution for the radar range resolution problem, called superradar [Phys. Rev. Appl. 20, 064046 (2023)]. In this work, we identify the optimal waveforms for distinguishing the range resolution between two reflectors of identical strength, leveraging results in quantum metrology. We discuss both the unnormalized optimal waveform as well as the best square-integrable pulse and their variants. Using orthogonal function theory, we give an explicit algorithm to optimize the wave pulse in finite time to have the best performance. We also explore range resolution estimation with unnormalized waveforms with multiparameter methods to …

The First Joint Observation By Kagra With Geo 600, N. Uchikata, R. Abbott, H. Abe, Teviet Creighton, Mario C. Diaz, Francisco Llamas, Soma Mukherjee, Gaukhar Nurbek, Volker Quetschke, Wenhui Wang

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

KAGRA conducted its first joint observation with GEO 600 for two weeks in April, 2020. We performed two types of all-sky searches and two searches dedicated to gravitational wave signals associated with gamma-ray burst events observed during the run. We did not detect any gravitational wave signals, which was expected given the sensitivity of both detectors at that time. However, we did confirm that several search pipelines used in the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaborations worked effectively on the KAGRA data. In this presentation we will report on the data quality of detectors and the search results.

Rotational Machine Fault Diagnosis Using Artificial Intelligence (Ai) Strategies For The Operational Challenges Under Variable Speed Condition: A Review, S. Sowmya, M. Saimurugan, Immanuel A. Edinbarough

Informatics and Engineering Systems Faculty Publications

Rotational machines in industries often encounter uncertainties during operation, are monitored and diagnosed through machine condition monitoring. Particularly when speed varies, Artificial Intelligence (AI) provides a great deal of support in recognizing machine faults efficiently. This paper reviews various articles that focused on fault identification in industrial rotating machines under varying speed condition using AI techniques. It investigates various machinery faults, experimental datasets and reputed institutions datasets, complex signals from faulty components and their processing method. Further, the involvement of intelligent based techniques in extracting and selecting suitable features to classify defects are comprehensively reviewed. In addition, as multi-signal fusion …

Preliminary Molecular Study Of Chloramphenicol Anchoring On Laccase Enzyme From Trametes Hirsuta, Hanzhola Gusman Riyanto, Afiten Rahmin Sanjaya

Makara Journal of Science

Antibiotics are one of emerging pollutants generally emitted from livestock production and the food industry to the environment. The presence of this pollutant could initiate the development of resistant bacteria that can be fatal to human health. The degradation of antibiotics using enzymes or microbe could be an alternative because the residue or intermediate product is less harmful than of the conventional method. This research aims to support a preliminary study of the degradation of antibiotics using enzyme through molecular docking via Molecular Operating Environment software and molecular dynamics (MD) study via CABSFLEX 2.0 and WebGro macromolecular simulations. The molecular …

Immobilization Of Ni(Ii) On Amine-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica As Catalyst For Benzyl Alcohol Acetylation Reaction, Wardah Nabilah, Eko Sri Kunarti, Fajar Inggit Pambudi

Makara Journal of Science

In this study, amine-functionalized and Ni(II)-immobilized mesoporous silica materials were synthesized. This research aimed to synthesize mesoporous silica based on rice husk ash functionalized with amine and immobilized with Ni(II). The activity of amine-functionalized and Ni(II)-immobilized mesoporous silica materials was studied for the acetylation of benzyl alcohol with acetic anhydride as the acetylating agent. First, mesoporous silica was synthesized using rice husk ash using the sol–gel method, followed by amine functionalization using (3-aminopropyl)triethoxysilane (APTES) and Ni(II) immobilization through ultrasonic treatment. The results obtained showed that amine-functionalized and Ni(II)-immobilized mesoporous silica (SiO₂/APTES/Ni(II)) were successfully synthesized, confirmed by Fourier transform …

First-Principles Calculations Of Thermoelectric Properties Of Fe-Based Full- Heusler Fe2cusi, Ai Nurlaela, Dwi Nanto, Anugrah Azhar, Elvan Yuniarti, Tony Kristiantoro, Dedi Dedi

Makara Journal of Science

A first-principle study using density functional theory (DFT) and Boltzmann transport was conducted to evaluate the thermoelectric (TE) properties of an Fe-based full-Heusler alloy. The compound studied is Fe₂CuSi with a Cu₂MnAl-type structure. The electronic properties of Fe₂CuSi were obtained using DFT calculations by running the Quantum ESPRESSO (QE) package. By contrast, TE properties, including electron thermal conductivity, electric conductivity, and Seebeck coefficient, were computed using a semi-empirical Boltzmann transport model solved through the BoltzTraP software at 50–1,500 K temperature range. The spin-orbit coupling effect on these properties was also evaluated, demonstrating notable effects …