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A Generalized Class Of Circular Designs Strongly Balanced For Neighbor Effects, Hurria Ali, Mohammad Nasir, Muhammad Sajid Rashid, Khadija Noreen, Rashid Ahmed, Mahmood Ul Hassan

Journal of Statistics Applications & Probability

Minimal strongly balanced neighbor designs are useful (i) to minimize the bias due to neighbor effects economically, and (ii) to estimate the direct effect and neighbor effects independently. Such designs can easily be obtained for v odd and are available in literature. In this article, A generalized class of minimal circular designs strongly balanced for neighbor effects in blocks of equal and two different sizes have been constructed in which only v/2 unordered pairs of treatments do not appear as neighbors, where v is the number of treatments.

Cover Crop Performance Under A Changing Climate In Continuous Corn System Over Nebraska, G. Birru, A. Shiferaw, Tsegaye Tadesse, Brian D. Wardlow, V. L. Jin, M. Schmer, Tala Awada, T. Kharel, J. Iqbal

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Literature Circles Promote Accountability And Student Engagement With Assigned Reading In A Soil Science Class, Judith Turk

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Use Of Teaching Methods And Strategies And How They Affect The Student And Teacher Classroom Dynamics, Peyton Hargrove

Integrated Studies

There are many different teaching methods and strategies that are used in pedagogy, and it is critical that teachers understand and know the benefits and negatives of each method. Teaching methods can affect classroom dynamics, so knowledge of these methods can enhance or diminish interaction between students and teachers in a classroom. Although there is no evidence that one teaching method is more effective than the others, studies have shown that there are some methods that have greater impact on classroom dynamics. The results of the studies in this literature review show that the use of methods such as differentiation, …

Innovations Of Radiology, Damika Gregory

Integrated Studies

Change in health care has been rapid in the last two decades with new technologies being invented every day. The radiology department has seen many of these changes. With each new technology advancement, the employees in these departments must be willing to adapt and learn how to use new equipment in order to provide patients with more efficient care. Among the changes that have developed digital imaging, portable x-rays, artificial intelligence systems, MIP/three-dimensional reconstructions, electronic ordering, surgical imaging equipment, fluoroscopy, and automatic image stitching have significantly changed the way medical imaging has flowed and improved to benefit of the patient …

Sustaining Critical Approaches To Translanguaging In Education: A Contextual Framework, Anna Mendoza, Laura Hamman-Ortiz, Zhongfeng Tian, Shakina Rajendram, Kevin W.H. Tai, Wing Yee Jenifer Ho, Pramod K. Sah

College of Education Faculty Publications

Translanguaging remains a timely and important topic in bi/multilingual education. The most recent turn in translanguaging scholarship involves attention to translanguaging in context in response to critiques of translanguaging as a universally empowering educational practice. In this paper, seven early career translanguaging scholars propose a framework for researching translanguaging “in context,” drawing on the Douglas Fir Group's (2016) transdisciplinary framework for language acquisition. Examining translanguaging in context entails paying attention to who in a classroom wields power, as a result of their greater proficiency in societally valued languages, their more “standard” ways of speaking these languages, their greater familiarity with …

Correlation Between Consistent Healthy Habits And Mental Health, Kobe Guo, Lila Boukarim, Abby Muriel, Alexander Dilorenzo

Student-Created Sustainability Resources

• Displaying healthy habits, such as adhering to healthy diets or getting adequate sleep, has been linked to positive mental health outcomes in the past.

• We aimed to study the impact that frequency of healthy habits (such as exercise, diet, sleep, etc) had on mental health.
• The purpose of our study was to explore the relationship between consistency of healthy habits and mental wellbeing, resilience, and motivation through a self-reported survey.
• We found significant correlations between consistent healthy habits and positive mental health. Conversely, frequent negative habits were correlated to other negative habits (such as fast food consumption and low exercise) …

Exploring Leadership Styles And How They Impact A Lean Culture, Thomas Lencki

M.S. in Leadership

The purpose of this research is to explore how leadership styles effect a positive Lean culture and define a positive Lean culture. The results of this research will assist Lean practitioners as they play in integral part in creating a positive Lean culture. Creating and then fostering a positive Lean culture is valuable to leaders by improving innovation, working relationships and improved employee engagement. Learning more about how leadership styles impact a Lean culture will help future leaders create and foster a positive Lean culture.

2022 Celebration Of Faculty Scholars Condensed Program, University Of Northern Colorado Libraries

Celebration of Faculty Scholars

The condensed program of the 2022 Celebration of Faculty Scholars. This event recognized 257 faculty, over 1,000 publications, presentations, and creative works, and more than $5,000,000 in grants. This celebration recognizes faculty from across the colleges and demonstrates the breadth and depth of scholarly activity that enhances the experience of our students.

2022 Celebration Of Faculty Scholars Program, University Of Northern Colorado Libraries

Celebration of Faculty Scholars

The full program of the 2022 Celebration of Faculty Scholars. This event recognized 257 faculty, over 1,000 publications, presentations, and creative works, and more than $5,000,000 in grants. This celebration recognizes faculty from across the colleges and demonstrates the breadth and depth of scholarly activity that enhances the experience of our students.

Catalog | 2023-2024, Jacksonville State University

Announcements, Bulletins & Catalogs | Undergraduate

(2023-2024). In its early years as the State Normal School, JSU produced a variety of publications (announcements, bulletins, and catalogs) that contain course information combined with the types of information that would later be found in yearbooks. Examples include historical information about the school, lists of enrolled students and club officers, photographs of athletic teams and literary clubs, notes on alumni, faculty and campus facilities, and more.

Changing Blow Fly (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Populations In Orlando, Florida, United States, Amanda Roe, Russell J. Barnes, Leon G. Higley, Neal H. Haskell

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Blow flies (Diptera: Calliphoridae) were collected from various carrion baits in Orlando, Florida over 2 periods: Jun 2009 to Sep 2009 and Apr 2010 to Oct 2010. In a previous study conducted from 2002 to 2004 the dominant blow fly in Orlando, Florida, was Lucilia coeruleiviridis Macquart (Gruner et al. 2007). This collection documents a shift to Chrysomya megacephala Fabricius, as the most dominant blow fly species found in Orlando, Florida in 2009 to 2010. These field results have potential forensic implications, particularly in the analysis of cold cases.

Differentially Private Stochastic Convex Optimization In (Non)-Euclidean Space Revisited, Jinyan Su, Changhong Zhao, Di Wang

Machine Learning Faculty Publications

In this paper, we revisit the problem of Differentially Private Stochastic Convex Optimization (DP-SCO) in Euclidean and general `dp spaces. Specifically, we focus on three settings that are still far from well understood: (1) DP-SCO over a constrained and bounded (convex) set in Euclidean space; (2) unconstrained DP-SCO in `dp space; (3) DP-SCO with heavy-tailed data over a constrained and bounded set in `dp space. For problem (1), for both convex and strongly convex loss functions, we propose methods whose outputs could achieve (expected) excess population risks that are only dependent on the Gaussian width of the constraint set, rather …

Part 5: A Colorful Approach To Knot Theory (Or: “How Happy I Could Be With Ether”), Daniel Silver

A Five-Minute History of Knot Theory

Ralph Fox’s p-colorings offer the simplest yet effective invariants of knots. This exposition, based on the 2020 Lewis-Parker Lecture delivered by the author, introduces the method of knot coloring as well as some historical background.

Part 4: Ralph Fox - Topologist, Daniel Silver

A Five-Minute History of Knot Theory

This is a rare photograph of topologist Ralph Fox given to Dr. Daniel Silver by his friend and collaborator, Wilbur (Red) Whitten. Fox was a pioneer and tireless promoter of knot theory. An edited version of the photograph appears in Milnor, John Willard. The fundamental group. Vol. 2. Publish or Perish, 1995. Ralph Fox's signature can be seen in the upper right corner of the photograph.

Cover Crop Composition In Long-Term No-Till Soils In Semi-Arid Environments Do Not Influence Soil Health Measurements After One Year, Hunter Bielenberg, Jason D. Clark, Debankur Sanyal, Johnathon Wolthuizen, David Karki, Amin Rahhal, Anthony Bly

Agronomy, Horticulture and Plant Science Faculty Publications

Evaluating the influence of grass or broadleaf cover crops on soil health measurements is common in the northern US Midwest. However, the comparison among different cover crop mixtures, including blends of both grass and broadleaf species is limited. In 2018–2020, cover crop experiments were conducted in South Dakota at 11 site-years. Cover crops were planted in the summer after small grains harvest as mixtures of dominantly grasses or broadleaves, a 50/50 grass/broadleaf mixture, and a no cover crop control. Soil and above-ground plant residue samples were collected in the fall before winter termination and in the spring before corn planting. …

Identification Of Transtensional And Transpressional Features In The Sea Of Marmara Using Onshore-Offshore Seismic And Geodetic Data, Zeynep Coşkun, Ali̇ Pinar

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The scope of the study is to determine transtensional and transpressional features along the North Anatolian Fault beneath the Sea of Marmara, using seismic and geodetic data. For this purpose, focal mechanisms of small size NAF earthquakes, recorded by broadband stations and OBSs, have been derived and used as a tool to identify the transtensional and transpressional features. The focal mechanisms of: (1) small to moderate size events are obtained by the CMT inversion technique of Kuge (2003), using onshore waveform data from 2002?2015, (2) micro-earthquakes are obtained using the technique of Horiuchi (2015), using offshore waveform data recorded by …

Using Seasonal Climate Scenarios In The Forageahead Annual Forage Production Model For Early Drought Impact Assessment, M. Podebradska, B. K. Wylie, M. J. Hayes, D. J. Bathke, Y. A. Bayissa, S. P. Boyte, J. F. Brown, B. D. Wardlow

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Spatiotemporal Patterns Of Wolves And Sympatric Predators And Prey Relative To Human Disturbance In Northwestern Greece, M. Petridou, J. F. Benson, O. Gimenez, K. Kati

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Influence Of Place Attachment On Farmers’ Succession Plans: A Mixed Methods Study, M. E. Burbach, S. M. Kennedy, S. J. Kunert

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Foundational Conditions Enabling Participatory River Management In Watersheds Of Two Regulatorily Disparate States: A Mixed Methods Study, M. E. Burbach, S. Kennedy, W. M. Eaton, K. J. Brasier

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Investigating The Impacts Of Connected Vehicles On Driving Aggressiveness And Situational Awareness In Highway Crash Scenarios: A Driving Simulator Study, Abdalziz Alruwaili

College of Engineering & Technology (Batten) Posters

Psychological factors such as aggressiveness and situational awareness can impact driving performance. Connected vehicles (CV), equipped with advanced sensors and able to communicate safety messages to drivers, have the potential to influence driving performance by altering drivers’ aggressiveness and situational awareness. This paper aims to investigate the impacts of the CVs on driving aggressiveness and situational awareness in highway crash scenarios where a primary crash has already occurred, and a second crash may occur as a result. To achieve this goal, a driving simulator experiment was conducted, and questionnaires focused on driving aggressiveness and CV effectiveness were distributed. Structural equation …

Scalable Quantum Edge Detection Method For D-Nisq Imaging Simulations: Use Cases From Nuclear Physics And Medical Image Computing, Emmanuel Billias, Nikos Chrisochoides

The Graduate School Posters

Edge Detection is one of the computationally intensive modules in image analysis. It is used to find important landmarks by identifying a significant change (or “edge”) between pixels and voxels. We present a hybrid Quantum Edge Detection method by improving three aspects of an existing widely referenced implementation, which for our use cases generates incomprehensible results for the type and size of images we are required to process. Our contributions are in the pre- and post-processing (i.e., classical phase) and a quantum edge detection circuit: (1) we use space- filling curves to eliminate image artifacts introduced by the image decomposition, …

Exploring Human Perception While Reading Fake And Real News Articles, Yasasi Abeysinghe, Gavindya Jayawardana, Autumn Woodson, Efe Bozkir, Enkelejda Kasneci, Andrew Duchowski, Sampath Jayarathna

College of Sciences Posters

With the increased spread of misinformation on online platforms and the popularity of AI-generated text, there is a critical need to detect human perception regarding the truthfulness of news. Users’ believability in a news item influences the reading and sharing of that news. Hence, in order to reduce the spread of fake news online, it is important to understand how users' engagement with fake and real news and users' perceived believability impact their behavioral and physiological factors. In this work, we study human eye movements based on the truthfulness of news and their perceived believability. Using the publicly available FakeNewsPerception …

Metaenhance: Metadata Quality Improvement For Electronic Theses And Dissertations, Muntabir H. Choudhury, Lamia Salsabil, Himarsha R. Jayanetti, Jian Wu

College of Sciences Posters

Metadata quality is crucial for digital objects to be discovered through digital library interfaces. Although DL systems have adopted Dublin Core to standardize metadata formats (e.g., ETD-MS v1.1¹), the metadata of digital objects may contain incomplete, inconsistent, and incorrect values [1]. Most existing frameworks to improve metadata quality rely on crowdsourced correction approaches, e.g., [2]. Such methods are usually slow and biased toward documents that are more discoverable by users. Artificial intelligence (AI) based methods can be adopted to overcome this limit by automatically detecting, correcting, and canonicalizing the metadata, featuring quick and unbiased responses to document metadata. …

X-Disetrac: Distributed Eye-Tracking With Extended Realities, Bhanuka Mahanama, Sampath Jayarathna

College of Sciences Posters

Humans use heterogeneous collaboration mediums such as in-person, online, and extended realities for day-to-day activities. Identifying patterns in viewpoints and pupillary responses (a.k.a eye-tracking data) provide informative cues on individual and collective behavior during collaborative tasks. Despite the increasing ubiquity of these different mediums, the aggregation and analysis of eye-tracking data in heterogeneous collaborative environments remain unexplored. Our study proposes X-DisETrac: Extended Distributed Eye Tracking, a versatile framework for eye tracking in heterogeneous environments. Our approach tackles the complexity by establishing a platform-agnostic communication protocol encompassing three data streams to simplify data aggregation and …

Ar/Vr Teaching-Learning Experiences In Higher Education Institutions (Hei): A Systematic Literature Review, Belen Bermejo, Carlos Juiz, David Cortes, Jeroen Oskam, Teemu Moilanen, Jouko Loijas, Praneschen Govender, Jenniifer Hussey, Alexander Lennart Schmidt, Ralf Burbach, Daniel King, Colin O'Connor, David Dunlea

Articles

During the last few years, learning techniques have changed, both in basic education and in higher education. This change has been accompanied by new technologies such as Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (AR). The combination of these technologies in education has allowed a greater immersion, positively affecting the learning and teaching processes. In addition, since the COVID-19 pandemic, this trend has been growing due to the diversity of the different fields of application of these technologies, such as heterogeneity in their combination and their different experiences. It is necessary to review the state of the art to determine the …

Slow-Release Lanthanum Effectively Reduces Phosphate In Eutrophic Ponds Without Accumulating In Fish, C. Mccright, J. Mccoy, N. Robbins, S. Comfort

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Annual Report Of The Town Officers, Town Of Stoddard, New Hampshire 2023, Fiscal Year Ending 2022., Stoddard Town Representatives

Stoddard, NH Annual Reports

This is an annual report containing vital statistics for a town/city in the state of New Hampshire.

Nasa Student Launch - Payload, Eli Kirk

All Undergraduate Projects

A team of mechanical engineering, physics, and computer science students from Central Washington University have constructed a fully functional subscale model rocket to be flown at the NASA Student Launch competition. The rocket’s payload was designed to open the nose cone and take a photo of the rocket’s surroundings after descending from the launch. Smaller parts were constructed through machining and 3D printing that will be added to the purchased major component, the linear actuator, in order to perform the required tasks. These tasks are signaled by an attached electronics board, which will receive an RF command remotely, execute code, …