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Representing Social Influencers And Influence Using Power-Law Graphs, Chiara Francalanci, Ajaz Hussain, Francesco Merlo

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

This paper focuses on semantic networks that represent the user opinions expressed by social media users on a given set of topics. These networks are found to follow a power-law degree distribution of nodes, with a few hub nodes and a long tail of peripheral nodes. While there exist consolidated approaches supporting the identification and characterization of hub nodes, research on the analysis of the multi-layered distribution of peripheral nodes is limited. In social media, hub nodes represent social influencers. However, the literature provides evidence of the multi-layered structure of influence networks, emphasizing the distinction between influencers and influence. The …

Educational Attainment: An Analysis Of Teenage Parenthood And Dropout Prevention Programs, Megan Mccook

Gettysburg Economic Review

This paper explores how teenage parenthood affects students’ high school education attainment, and evaluates the effectiveness of dropout prevention programs that offer on-site childcare. I use data from the High School Longitudinal Study (2009), collected by the National Center for Educational Statistics through the US Department of Education. These data combine survey responses from students, their parents, and school staff. Using school fixed effects and instrumental variable estimation I evaluate the impact of teenage parenthood on the probability of dropout. Female students with a child have, on average, 13.8 percentage points higher likelihood of dropping out of high school. The …

Intrinsic Unrealism: The Ineffectiveness Of Neoclassical Economic Models, Robert N. Meyer

Gettysburg Economic Review

The idea of equilibrium and the usefulness of the neoclassical models that employ it are questionable due to the unrealistic built-in assumptions that they utilize, which have androcentric biases and fail to consider the open-endedness of human choice. This essay will replace the idea that neoclassical economic models are effective and that realism does not matter in the field of economics. It will rely on historical and contemporary sources in the areas of Philosophy, Sociology, Politics, and of course, Economics to explain why these unrealistic and androcentric assumptions nullify the usefulness of the neoclassical models that employ them. The essay …

Game Theoretic Analysis Of Kabaddi, Swati Singh, Dayal Pyari Srivastava, C. Patvardhan

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

Strategy making is important in daily life, especially in sports. Game Theory is useful for studying and analyzing various aspects of competitive games and for mathematically determining the best strategies to be employed. Such studies have not been conducted for Kabaddi. In this paper, an attempt is made to fill this gap. An attempt is made to improve the efficiency of game play by aiding the strategy making of coaches/players with the techniques of game theory. Towards this end, matrices are constructed by observing the matches for the season 7 of pro Kabaddi league 2019. Then the points gained using …

Call For Papers And Guidelines, Jonathan S. Gore

Kentucky Journal of Undergraduate Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Using Interprofessional Collaboration To Assist Refugees, Hannah E. Hoekstra

Social Work Masters Capstone Projects

This capstone will demonstrate my competency and ability to use interprofessional collaboration with the nine Eastern Kentucky University (2022a) Master of Social Work (MSW) program interprofessional social work practice competencies. I will begin by describing my practicum setting and learning goals (EKU, 2022b) for the MSW program, as well as the two sub-groups within the agency I primarily worked with. Next, I will do a literature review of previously researched interprofessional collaboration with the two sub-groups, before demonstrating my practice of the nine competencies using my practicum experiences. I will then finally end with evaluating the effectiveness of interprofessional collaboration …

Taylor University Catalog 2023-2024, Taylor University

Undergraduate Catalogs

The 2023-2024 academic catalog of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Taylor University Graduate Catalog 2023-2024, Taylor University

Graduate Catalogs

The 2023-2024 graduate catalog of Taylor University in Upland, Indiana.

Artificial Intelligence: Challenges For Future Growth, Jeffrey Forguson, Jeffrey Forguson

Integrated Studies

This paper discusses the challenges facing artificial intelligence (AI) as it relates to replicating the human brain and how these challenges are perceived by the human employee. Through my research I found approximately 19 challenges facing the growth and future development of A.I. in the workplace. A.I. is in 93% of all global industries and the remaining 7% are seriously looking into it. I reviewed academic sources to determine the challenges facing the advancement of A.I. in the workplace. A.I. extends all the way back to the 18^th century Industrial Revolution. Since that time, human employees have feared becoming …

Teaching Strategies For Diverse Learning Styles, Angela Daniel

Integrated Studies

Abstract

Students tend to perform best when they are taught, at least in part, with the learning style that they favor. There are three major learning styles: visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. Students that favor a visual learning style prefer to have content delivered in a way that contains many visual elements. If a student prefers an auditory style, they respond best with a style that’s delivery is given in a lecture or discussion format. Kinesthetic learners need to have movement incorporated within the content. Teachers need to explore a variety of teaching strategies to best accommodate these broad learning styles. …

Euniwell: Maximising Academic And Social Outcomes In Engineering Education, Neil Cooke, S Chung, Kim Hawwash, D Cottle, E Caporali, G Bartoli, J Forss, J Andersson, P Chargé

Practice Papers

The ERASMUS+ European University for Well-Being (EUniWell) alliance’s mission aims to resolve the paradox of Europeans’ relative prosperity against the global security and sustainability challenge. “Maximising Academic and Social Outcomes in Engineering Education” is a project which interprets this contradiction for engineering educators; how to best teach non-technical skills to ensure engineers make the utmost contribution to societal wellbeing? Appreciably, the social outcome for the person who becomes an engineer is positive because the profession is relatively well-paid. Therefore, engineering education is good for social mobility providing the learning environment narrows attainment gaps between disadvantaged and mainstream cohorts. Accordingly, our …

On A New Subclass Of Biunivalent Functions Associated With The $(P,Q)$-Lucas Polynomials And Bi-Bazilevic Type Functions Of Order $\Rho+I\Xi$, Hali̇t Orhan, İbrahi̇m Aktaş, Hava Arikan

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

Using $ (p, q) $-Lucas polynomials and bi-Bazilevic type functions of order $\rho +i\xi,$ we defined a new subclass of biunivalent functions. We obtained coefficient inequalities for functions belonging to the new subclass. In addition to these results, the upper bound for the Fekete-Szegö functional was obtained. Finally, for some special values of parameters, several corollaries were presented.

Global Bifurcation Of Positive Solutions For A Class Of Superlinear First-Order Differential Systems, Lijuan Yang, Ruyun Ma

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

We are concerned with the first-order differential system of the form $$\left\{ \begin{array}{ll} u'(t)+a(t)u(t)=\lambda b(t) f(v(t-\tau(t))), &t\in\mathbb{R},\\ v'(t)+a(t)v(t)=\lambda b(t)g(u(t-\tau(t))), &t\in\mathbb{R},\\ \end{array} \right. $$ where $\lambda\in\mathbb{R}$~is a parameter. $a,b\in C(\mathbb{R},[0,+\infty))$ are two $\omega$-periodic functions such that $\int_0^\omega a(t)\text{d}t>0$,~$\int_0^\omega b(t)\text{d}t>0$,~$\tau\in C(\mathbb{R},\mathbb{R})$ is an $\omega$-periodic function. The nonlinearities~$f,g\in C(\mathbb{R},(0,+\infty))$~are two nondecreasing continuous functions and satisfy superlinear conditions at infinity.~By using the bifurcation theory,~we will show the existence of an unbounded component of positive solutions, which is bounded in positive $\lambda$-direction.

On The Properties Of Solutions For Nonautonomous Third-Order Stochastic Differential Equation With A Constant Delay, Ayman Mohammed Mahmoud, Doaa Ali Mohamed Bakhit

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this work, complete Lyapunov functionals (LFs) are constructed and used for the established conditions on the nonlinear functions appearing in the main equation, to guarantee stochastically asymptotically stable (SAS), uniformly stochastically bounded (USB) and uniformly exponentially asymptotically stable (UEAS) in probability of solutions to the nonautonomous third-order stochastic differential equation (SDE) with a constant delay as \begin{align*} \begin{split} \dddot{x}(t)&+a(t)f(x(t),\dot{x}(t))\ddot{x}(t)+b(t)\phi(x(t))\dot{x}(t) +c(t)\psi(x(t-r))\\&+g(t,x)\dot{\omega}(t)=p(t,x(t),\dot{x}(t),\ddot{x}(t)). \end{split} \end{align*} In Section 4, we give two numerical examples as an application to illustrate the results.

Jackson-Type Theorem In The Weak $L_{1}$-Space, Rashid Aliev, Eldost Ismayilov

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

The weak $L_{1}$-space meets in many areas of mathematics. For example, the conjugate functions of Lebesgue integrable functions belong to the weak $L_{1}$-space. The difficulty of working with the weak $L_{1}$-space is that the weak $L_{1}$-space is not a normed space. Moreover, infinitely differentiable (even continuous) functions are not dense in this space. Due to this, the theory of approximation was not produced in this space. In the present paper, we introduced the concept of the modulus of continuity of the functions from the weak $L_{1}$-space, studied its properties, found a criterion for convergence to zero of the modulus of …

On The Measure Of Noncompactness In $L_P(\Mathbb{R}^+)$ And Applications To A Product Of $N$-Integral Equations, Mohamed M. A. Metwali, Vishnu Narayan Mishra

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this article, we prove a new compactness criterion in the Lebesgue spaces $L_p({\mathbb{R}}^+), 1 \leq p < \infty$ and use such criteria to construct a measure of noncompactness in the mentioned spaces. The conjunction of that measure with the Hausdroff measure of noncompactness is proved on sets that are compact in finite measure. We apply such measure with a modified version of Darbo fixed point theorem in proving the existence of monotonic integrable solutions for a product of $n$-Hammerstein integral equations $n\geq 2$.

Global Regularity For The 3d Axisymmetric Incompressible Hall-Mhd System With Partial Dissipation And Diffusion, Meilin Jin, Quansen Jiu, Huan Yu

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this paper, we study the Cauchy problem for the 3D incompressible axisymmetric Hall-MHD system with horizontal velocity dissipation and vertical magnetic diffusion.We obtain a unique global smooth solution of which in the cylindrical coordinate system the swirl velocity fields, the radial and the vertical components of the magnetic fields are trivial. This type of solution has been studied for the MHD system in [17][16] and [15] and for the Hall-MHD system with total dissipation and diffusion in [11]. Some new and fine estimates are obtained in this paper to overcome the difficulties raised from the Hall term and the …

Einstein's Model Of "The Movement Of Small Particles In A Stationary Liquid" Revisited: Finite Propagation Speed, Akif Ibragimov, Zeev Sobol, Isanka Hevage

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

The aforementioned celebrated model, though a breakthrough in Stochastic processes and a great step toward the construction of the Brownian motion, leads to a paradox: infinite propagation speed and violation of the 2nd law of thermodynamics. We adapt the model by assuming the diffusion matrix is dependent on the concentration of particles, rather than constant it was up to Einstein, and prove a finite propagation speed under the assumption of a qualified decrease of the diffusion for small concentrations. The method involves a nonlinear degenerated parabolic PDE in divergent form, a parabolic Sobolev-type inequality, and the Ladyzhenskaya-Ural'tseva iteration lemma.

On $\Gamma$-Hypersemigroups, Niovi Kehayopulu

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

The results on $\Gamma$-hypersemigroups are obtained either as corollaries of corresponding results on $\vee e$ or $poe$-semigroups or on the line of the corresponding results on $le$-semigroups. It has come to our attention that Theorem 3.22 in [4] cannot be obtained as corollary to Theorem 2.2 of the same paper as for a $\Gamma$-hypersemigroup, $({\cal P}^*(M),\Gamma,\subseteq)$ is a $\vee e$-semigroup and not an $le$-semigroup. Also on p. 1850, l. 12 in [4], the "$le$-semigroup" should be changed to "$\vee e$-semigroup". In the present paper we prove Theorems 3.26 and 3.28 stated without proof in [4]. On this occasion, some further …

On Bell Based Appell Polynomials, Zeynep Özat, Mehmet Ali̇ Özarslan, Bayram Çeki̇m

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

Recently, several Bell based polynomials such as Bernoulli, Euler, Genocchi and Apostol versions were defined and investigated. The main aim of this paper is to introduce the general family of Bell based Appell polynomials, which includes many new members in addition to the existing ones, and to investigate their properties including determinantal representation, recurrence relation, derivative formula, addition formula, shift operators and differential equation. Furthermore, we introduce 2-iterated Bell-Appell polynomials and investigate their similar properties. With the help of this 2-iterated family, we also obtain the closed form summation formulae between the usual and the generalized versions of the Bell …

On $K$-Generalized Lucas Sequence With Its Triangle, Abdullah Açikel, Amrouche Said, Hacene Belbachir, Nuretti̇n Irmak

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this paper, we investigate several identities of $k$-generalized Lucas numbers with $k$-generalized Fibonacci numbers. We also establish a link between generalized $s$-Lucas triangle and bi$^{s}$nomial coefficients given by the coefficients of the development of a power of $(1+x+x^{2}+\cdots+x^{s}),$ with $s \in \mathbb{N}.$

On The Geometry Of Nearly Trans-Sasakian Manifolds, Aligadzhi R. Rustanov, Tatiana L. Melekhina, Svetlana V. Kharitonova

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

The geometry of nearly trans-Sasakian manifolds is researched in this paper. The complete group of structural equations and the components of the Lee vector on the space of the associated $G$-structure are obtained for such manifolds. Conditions are found under which a nearly trans-Sasakian structure is a trans-Sasakian, a cosymplectic, a closely cosymplectic, a Sasakian structure or a Kenmotsu structure. The conditions are obtained when the nearly trans-Sasakian structure is a special generalized Kenmotsu structure of the second kind. A complete classification of nearly trans-Sasakian manifolds is obtained, i.e. it is proved that a nearly trans-Sasakian manifold is either a …

A Generalization Of The Notion Of Helix, Pascual Lucas, Jose Antonio Ortega-Yagues

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

In this paper we generalize the notion of helix in the three-dimensional Euclidean space, which we define as that curve $\alpha$ for which there is an $F$-constant vector field $W$ along $\alpha$ that forms a constant angle with a fixed direction $V$ (called an axis of the helix). We find the natural equation and the geometric integration of helices $\alpha$ where the $F$-constant vector field $W$ is orthogonal to its axis.

Polynomials Taking Integer Values On Primes In A Function Field, Tuangrat Chaichana, Vichian Laohakosol, Rattiya Meesa, Boonrod Yuttanan

Turkish Journal of Mathematics

Let $\mathbb{F}_q[x]$ be the ring of polynomials over a finite field $\mathbb{F}_q$ and $\mathbb{F}_q(x)$ its quotient field. Let $\mathbb{P}$ be the set of primes in $\mathbb{F}_q[x]$, and let $\mathcal{I}$ be the set of all polynomials $f$ over $\mathbb{F}_q(x)$ for which $f(\mathbb{P})\subseteq\mathbb{F}_q[x]$. The existence of a basis for $\mathcal{I}$ is established using the notion of characteristic ideal; this shows that $\mathcal{I}$ is a free $\mathbb{F}_q[x]$-module. Through localization, explicit shapes of certain bases for the localization of $\mathcal{I}$ are derived, and a well-known procedure is described as to how to obtain explicit forms of some bases of $\mathcal{I}$.

The Generalized Lyapunov Function As Ao’S Potential Function: Existence In Dimensions 1 And 2, Haoyu Wang, Wenqing Hu, Xiaoliang Gan, Ping Ao

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Research & Creative Works

By using Ao's decomposition for stochastic dynamical systems, a new notion of potential function has been introduced by Ao and his collabora-tors recently. We show that this potential function agrees with the generalized Lyapunov function of the deterministic part of the stochastic dynamical sys-tem. We further prove the existence of Ao's potential function in dimensions 1 and 2 via the solution theory of first-order partial differential equations. Our framework reveals the equivalence between Ao's potential function and Lyapunov function, the latter being one of the most significant central notions in dynamical systems. Using this equivalence, our existence proof can also …

Three Solutions For Discrete Anisotropic Kirchhoff-Type Problems, Martin Bohner, Giuseppe Caristi, Ahmad Ghobadi, Shapour Heidarkhani

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Research & Creative Works

In this article, using critical point theory and variational methods, we investigate the existence of at least three solutions for a class of double eigenvalue discrete anisotropic Kirchhoff-type problems. An example is presented to demonstrate the applicability of our main theoretical findings.

Application Of The Hvsr Technique To Map The Depth And Elevation Of The Bedrock Underlying Wright State University Campus, Dayton, Ohio, Devika L. Ghuge

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Estimating sediment thickness and bedrock surface geometry is critical for many hydrogeologic studies. The horizontal-to-vertical spectral ratio (HVSR), a passive seismic method is a unique, non-invasive technique for speedily estimating bedrock depth. To record ambient seismic noise, the H/V method employs a single broadband three-component seismometer. A field assessment was conducted on the Wright State University Campus in Dayton, Ohio, to determine the depth (z) and elevation of the bedrock. Data were collected at 60 different locations. A known value for the depth of bedrock on campus was determined using the log from a local water well available from the …

Encryption And Compression Classification Of Internet Of Things Traffic, Mariam Najdat M Saleh

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The Internet of Things (IoT) is used in many fields that generate sensitive data, such as healthcare and surveillance. Increased reliance on IoT raised serious information security concerns. This dissertation presents three systems for analyzing and classifying IoT traffic using Deep Learning (DL) models, and a large dataset is built for systems training and evaluation. The first system studies the effect of combining raw data and engineered features to optimize the classification of encrypted and compressed IoT traffic using Engineered Features Classification (EFC), Raw Data Classification (RDC), and combined Raw Data and Engineered Features Classification (RDEFC) approaches. Our results demonstrate …

High Sensitivity Of The Tiger Beetle, Cicindela Circumpicta, To Toxicity From Pyrethroids And Neonicotinoids, And Implications For Ecosystem Function And Species Extinctions, S. Svehla, T. Brosius, Leon Higley, T. Hunt

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Efficient Cloud-Based Ml-Approach For Safe Smart Cities, Niveshitha Niveshitha

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Smart cities have emerged to tackle many critical problems that can thwart the overwhelming urbanization process, such as traffic jams, environmental pollution, expensive health care, and increasing energy demand. This Master thesis proposes efficient and high-quality cloud-based machine-learning solutions for efficient and sustainable smart cities environment. Different supervised machine-learning models for air quality predication (AQP) in efficient and sustainable smart cities environment is developed. For that, ML-based techniques are implemented using cloud-based solutions. For example, regression and classification methods are implemented using distributed cloud computing to forecast air execution time and accuracy of the implemented ML solution. These models are …