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Sustainable Land Initiative Infographics, Riley M. Cameron, H. Rain Mazumder, Peyton Fraley, Sarah Sykora

Graphic Communication

The Sustainable Land Initiative (SLI) is a collaborative program between farmers, Resource Conservation Districts (RCDs), and universities that is aimed at hastening the California agricultural industry’s adoption of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) practices to mitigate and adapt to the effects of climate change on the environment. One aspect of the program involves removing the various barriers that local farmers face during the CSA practice adoption process, which includes a lack of outreach and education. To help tackle this obstacle, our senior project team has developed infographics on three different CSA practices with two main objectives: educate growers on the benefits of …

Metallurgical Impact Of Switching From Hammer Units To Hydraulic Presses For Forging, Cole Hawker, Jacob Reed

Materials Engineering

Carlton Forge Works (CFW) is evaluating the retirement of its hammer units in favor of hydraulic presses to address safety concerns in forging aerospace components. This paper investigates the metallurgical implications of this transition, emphasizing the importance of superior microstructures and meeting industry standards and customer requirements. The alloys in question are Titanium-6Al-4V (Ti64) and Inconel 718 (INCO 718), which comprise a majority of CFW’s production. Ti64's high specific strength and thermal stability make it ideal for aerospace applications, while INCO 718 is recognized for superior high-temperature creep performance. Defects like freckles and white spots in INCO 718 are analyzed …

History Of The Leaning Pine Arboretum, Angelica Hokunani Chidester

English

The Leaning Pine Arboretum, located on the campus of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, was founded in 1973 by a conglomerate of faculty of the horticultural sciences. The author sat with current and retired faculty to curate a written history based on oral interviews which investigated the development of the 5-acre garden across fifty years of volunteer work, student employees, class projects, and senior projects. Professor Emeritus Tom Eltzroth became the first director of the Arboretum and established the core design principle of celebrating the five Mediterranean climates of the world: Australia, California, Chile, the Mediterranean basin, and …

Predicting Language Proficiency Using A Multiple Regression Model, Madisen Barrieau

Senior Honors Theses

Businesses that design language learning products have a common goal to impart language proficiency to users. Many variables play a role in reaching language proficiency, including time spent in study, method of learning, use of technology, motivation, and more. This study involved creating several multiple regression models in R on a dataset featuring many of these variables. This research sought to identify the relative weight and measurability of these variables unto the goal of predicting language proficiency. Several regression models were created, and the best model showed that language similarity and length of residence in target culture, among other factors, …

The Clinical Application Of Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy In Severe Subcutaneous Emphysema: A Case Series, Luis Fernandez, Reginald Carl Baptiste, Rebekah Bjorklund, Ala'a Alkhatib, Nesiya Sheriff, Claudia Sanchez, Mary Anne Obst, Rebecca Swindall

School of Medicine Faculty Publications and Presentations

Severe subcutaneous emphysema (SSE) is the presence of a high-volume accumulation of air in the subcutaneous tissue caused by traumatic injuries, infections, iatrogenic causes, or can also manifest spontaneously. A variety of techniques have been reported, with varying levels of success.

We present a multicenter case series detailing four patients who developed SSE and were treated with Incisional Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (INPWT). All patients significantly improved with the INPWT treatment within 6 to 48 h. Our experience suggests INPWT is a valuable procedure available for treating SSE and recommend prospective randomized studies be conducted to determine targeted patient selection …

Assessing The Circular Economy Funds: Performance, Fees, Risks, And Sustainability, Fei Fang, Sitikantha Parida

School of Business

We studied various fund investing options in the circular economy sector. We found that most circular economy mutual funds and exchange-traded funds charge higher fees and take higher risks than their benchmarks. However, they appear to have underperformed their benchmarks during their short existence so far. Most of these funds are rated as sustainable and low-carbon funds. Investors keen on circular economy startups may consider private equity/venture capital funds, but most of these funds are exclusive to institutional and accredited investors.

California Threats And Harassment Initiative (Cathi) One Pager, Violence, Inequality And Power Lab Kroc Institute For Peace And Justice

Kroc IPJ Research and Resources

The presence and growth of threats and harassment impairs community cohesion, further undermining the ability to address our collective challenges. The University of San Diego is investigating the scale and scope of these issues and their impact on elected officials as well as on local democratic institutions. This data is from a 2023 survey of elected officials in Imperial, Riverside, and San Diego Counties about their experiences with threats and harassment.

The 2023 study was led by the University of San Diego's Violence, Inequality, and Power Lab (VIP Lab) to create a comprehensive understanding of the threat environment of locally …

Front Matter, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

Front Matter for Volume 122, Issue 8 of Michigan Law Review

Standing And Probabilistic Injury, Curtis A. Bradley, Ernest A. Young

Michigan Law Review

Standing to sue often turns on questions of probability. For example, public law plaintiffs must show that they are likely to be affected by allegedly unlawful government surveillance or environmental policies, and consumers may wish to sue private defendants over false credit reporting or data breaches that may or may not cause them financial or reputational harm in the future. This Article offers a framework for resolving a wide range of these “probabilistic standing” issues. Our core claim is that courts and commentators ask too much of standing doctrine in probabilistic cases. First, scholars sometimes seek a unified theory of …

Agency Use Of Indirect Benefits To Justify Regulation, Abe Eichner

Michigan Law Review

Executive agencies have long used indirect benefits—meaning benefits beyond the express purpose of a regulation—to justify their rulemakings. However, the statutes that provide agencies with regulatory authority rarely explicitly direct agencies to consider indirect benefits. Lower courts disagree over whether consideration of indirect benefits is permissible, and the Supreme Court has reserved the question for a future case. Courts and existing scholarship have largely asked whether particular statutory provisions authorize consideration of indirect benefits. This Note contends that, even without such statutory authorization, indirect benefits are presumptively permissible because they further three traditional administrative law values: rational decisionmaking, transparency, and …

Bounded Extraterritoriality, Ruth Mason, Michael S. Knoll

Michigan Law Review

Twenty-first-century politics has inspired a new mode of interstate rivalries and reprisals consisting not of the tariffs that plagued the Founding but rather of regulations with significant impacts outside the enacting state’s borders. Employing the dormant Commerce Clause doctrine of extraterritoriality, the Supreme Court has limited overbroad state regulations, but the extraterritoriality doctrine is unclear both in its normative grounding and practical application. This Article proposes a conceptual framework that situates the prohibition of extraterritoriality as an aspect of horizontal federalism. Our conceptualization of extraterritoriality enables us to distinguish it from two dormant Commerce Clause doctrines with which it is …

Speaking Authorship: Honoring Indigenous Language Sovereignty In Joint Authorship Doctrines, Nancy Fu

Cardozo Law Review

In 2022, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council unanimously voted to banish the Lakota Language Consortium (LLC) and its two European founders from the reservation. The LLC began working with the Tribe in the early 2000s to document the Lakota language and created numerous recordings of Lakota elders, a Lakota dictionary, and many other educational materials. However, the LLC registered those works’ copyrights solely under its own name, so Tribe members must now seek the LLC’s permission to use or access them, which may require payment and may not be granted at all, even for recordings of the requestor’s own …

Microbiological And Physicochemical Changes In Rabbit Meat During Ambient Storage, Marielle Gamboa, Dennis Marvin Santiago, April Shayne Sulabo, Mary Ann Torio

The Philippine Agricultural Scientist

This study aimed to evaluate the changes in rabbit meat during storage at ambient temperature (30 ± 1ºC) for nine hours. The study focused on two rabbit muscle parts: the hind leg and the saddle, investigated in terms of microbiological parameters such as aerobic plate count (APC) and total coliform count (TCC); and physicochemical parameters such as pH, color, total myoglobin concentration, and lipid oxidation. Data obtained were subjected to statistical analysis at a 5% significance level (p < 0.05). Results revealed that the pH of both portions of rabbit muscle decreases over time during storage. This decrease is attributed to the growth of acid-producing microorganisms, which ultimately leads to spoilage in rabbit meat. On the contrary, color values (L*, a*, and b*) showed an increasing trend in both muscle portions, indicating a discoloration of rabbit meat during storage. Both lipid oxidation and total myoglobin content of rabbit meat did not change significantly during storage, but lipid oxidation varied between muscle parts. Based on the microbiological analysis of rabbit meat, both aerobic plate count (APC) and total coliform count (TCC) increased significantly during storage in both muscle portions. Results of the study suggest that freshly slaughtered rabbit meat must remain at ambient storage for the shortest time, as this storage condition will cause spoilage of meat, making it unfit for human consumption.

Baseline Characterization Of Semen From Philippine Native Chickens: Banaba, Joloano And Paraoakan, Darcy Pamulaklakin, Carla Alilie Junsay, Consuelo Amor Estrella, Percival Sangel

The Philippine Agricultural Scientist

The study aimed to characterize and establish baseline data on the quantity and quality of fresh avian semen utilizing a sample of Philippine native roosters. Twenty-two heads each were acquired from breeds Banaba, Joloano, and Paraoakan. The baseline data analysis revealed significant variations in semen volume among different genetic groups, with Banaba displaying the highest volume, followed by Joloano and Paraoakan. Banaba also exhibited the highest semen pH value of 7.27 when compared to the other two genetic groups (P < 0.05). Across various genetic groups of native chickens, the majority of semen samples demonstrated a thick and creamy consistency and color (42.6%), followed by thin and creamy (32.9%), with a statistical significance of P < 0.05. Furthermore, variations in sperm concentration were observed among genetic groups, with Paraoakan having the highest sperm concentration, followed by Banaba and Joloano (P < 0.05). When the semen from Banaba and Joloano native roosters were extended in Ringer’s solution, it exhibited good motility, with more than 50% of spermatozoa in motion, even after six hours of extension. In contrast, the pooled extended semen from Paraoakan native roosters displayed poor motility, particularly after eight hours of extension (P < 0.05). The study also showed that storage temperatures did not significantly affect all the sperm quality parameters of Banaba and Joloano. However, for Paraoakan, samples stored at low temperatures of 5 – 10ºC had significantly higher percent motile and progressive sperm, and lower percent static sperm than those stored at room temperature (22 – 25ºC) (P < 0.05).

Isolation And Identification Of Entomopathogenic Fungi From The Soils Of Northwest Iran And Their Biological Control Efficacy On The Flour Moth (Ephestia Kuehniella) [Research Note], Mohadeseh Moghasem, Manizheh Jamshidi, Reza Khakvar, Sevil Nematollahi

The Philippine Agricultural Scientist

Entomopathogenic fungi have the potential to serve as alternatives to or supplements for chemical pesticides in insect biocontrol, with many of these fungi being utilized in commercial and integrated pest control practices globally. This study aimed to isolate and evaluate the efficacy of various entomopathogenic fungi for the biocontrol of the flour moth, Ephestia kuehniella (Lep: Pyralidae). Multiple isolates of entomopathogenic fungi were acquired from soils across different districts of Azerbaijan province in northwest Iran, and their virulence against E. kuehniella larvae was assessed. Seventeen isolates representing diverse entomopathogenic fungi were isolated and purified using the soil trap method from …

Growth And Yield Of Lettuce (Lactuca Sativa Var. Crispa) In Varying Irrigation Water Salinity And Leaching Fractions, Berkant Odemis, Derya Kazgöz Candemi̇r, Koray Çapar

The Philippine Agricultural Scientist

This study aimed to determine the response of yield and yield parameters of the ‘Cospirina’ lettuce plant, known to be moderate salinity tolerant, to different levels of salt water applications and different leaching rates in the Eastern Mediterranean Region of Hatay Province, Türkiye. Lettuce was irrigated at three different irrigation water salinity levels (EC0 = 0.5 dS m^-1-control, EC2 = 2 dS m^-1, EC4 = 4 dS m^-1) and four different leaching fractions (LF0 = 0%, LF1 = 10%, LF2 = 20%, LF3 = 30%). Irrigation water salinity was adjusted by adding different amounts …

Usability Analysis Of The Ronnie Baugh (Oggun Ii) Tractor Using The Single Usability Metric [Research Note], John Lester Remot, John Kenneth Punongbayan, Stephanie Caridad Landicho, Alan Marco Mercado, Josefa Angelie Revilla, Omar Zubia

The Philippine Agricultural Scientist

Agricultural mechanization is one of the policies created by the Philippine government to alleviate systemic problems facing the country. In 2020, a local company was licensed to manufacture the American-designed Ronnie Baugh tractor (RBT), which aims to enable smaller-scale production with low-cost and customizable features. This study assessed the usability of the RBT and evaluated the appropriateness of its design for Filipino tractor operators using the single usability metric (SUM). A total of 21 participants were classified according to their age and experience (A – young and experienced, B – old and experienced, and C – young and inexperienced) and …

A Book Review: In Dubious Battle, Young B. Choi

KAUPA Letters

No abstract provided.

Kaupa Letters: Volume 11, Issue 5, Korean American University Professors Association

KAUPA Letters

No abstract provided.

01 - Researched Argument Essay, Kristin B. Leaman, E. C. Mcgregor Boyle

Annotated Bibliography Researched Argument Essay

No abstract provided.

04 - Finding Wikipedia Sources, Kristin B. Leaman, E. C. Mcgregor Boyle

Annotated Bibliography Researched Argument Essay

No abstract provided.

5 - The Publication Cycle, Ula Gaha

Scholarly Article Analysis

No abstract provided.

08 - An Introduction To Mis/Disinformation, Melissa Chomintra

Annotated Bibliography Researched Argument Essay

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Who’S Next: Elementary Principals’ Process For Identifying Future School Leaders In Washtenaw County, Michigan, Jennifer Bookout

All NMU Master's Theses

This qualitative study investigated how six experienced elementary school principals in Washtenaw County identify internal candidates for future principal positions, aiming to enhance understanding of educational leadership and succession planning. The research addresses two primary questions: (1) How do principals identify prospective internal candidates for school leadership? and (2) What competencies or characteristics do principals use to determine candidates' suitability for school leadership? Three themes emerged for the first question: informal recognition of leadership potential through daily interactions; providing leadership opportunities such as leading committees or mentoring teachers; and engaging in direct conversations about career goals. For the second question, …

7 - Backward Reference Search Worksheet, Kristin B. Leaman, E. C. Mcgregor Boyle

Scholarly Article Analysis

No abstract provided.

On Chatgpt: Pedagogical And Academic Musings, John J. Han

KAUPA Letters

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Advances In Bone And Orthopedics 2024 Edition, Jean-Philippe Berteau, Laurent Pujo-Menjouet

Publications and Research

We are delighted to present the latest edition of ”Advances in Bone and Orthopedics,” a comprehensive compilation of pioneering research and innovative developments in the field. This volume brings together a selection of peer-reviewed abstracts from BONITOS 2024, the Fourth Season of the Bone and Orthopedics Interdisciplinary Symposium, held on May 31st, 2024, at the College of Staten Island in New York. This symposium, a hallmark event in the calendar of professionals dedicated to bone health and orthopedic excellence. The contributions within this volume reflect the breadth and depth of research presented at BONITOS 2024. These abstracts represent cutting-edge studies …

Investigating H2s Occurrence In Bakken Oil-Producing Wells Using Sulfur Isotopes In Gas, Water, And Rock Samples, Alexander V. Chakhmakhchev, Marc D. Kurz, T. Austin Mcrae, Xue Yu, Arash Abarghani, Darren D. Schmidt, Nicholas A. Azzolina, Bethany A. Kurz, James A. Sorensen

EERC Publications, Papers, & Presentations

This work investigated multiple mechanisms that can potentially lead to H₂S in the oil production stream of Bakken wells, including TSR, BSR, source rock generation, migration from deeper or shallower formations that contain H₂S, and geomechanical mechanisms related to reservoir stimulation work.

Lithospheric Evolution Of The South-Central United States Constrained By Joint Inversion Of Receiver Functions And Surface Wave Dispersion, Tuo Wang, Stephen S. Gao, Kelly H. Liu, Kevin L. Mickus, Ling Chen

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

In the present study, we use broadband seismic data recorded by 190 stations of the EarthScope program's Transportable Array to construct a 3-D shear wave velocity model for the upper 180 km using a non-linear Bayesian Monte-Carlo joint inversion of receiver functions (RFs) and Rayleigh wave dispersion curves. Ambient noise and teleseismic data are used for obtaining Rayleigh wave phase velocity dispersion curves. A resonance removal filtering technique is applied to the RFs contaminated by reverberations from the thick sedimentary layers that cover most of the region. Our observations of the higher crustal shear velocities (∼3.40 km/s) beneath the Sabine …

Smart Hpa: A Resource-Efficient Horizontal Pod Auto-Scaler For Microservice Architectures, Hussain Ahmad, Christoph Treude, Markus Wagner, Claudia Szabo

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Microservice architectures have gained prominence in both academia and industry, offering enhanced agility, reusability, and scalability. To simplify scaling operations in microservice architectures, container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes feature Horizontal Pod Auto-scalers (HPAs) designed to adjust the resources of microservices to accommodate fluctuating workloads. However, existing HPAs are not suitable for resourceconstrained environments, as they make scaling decisions based on the individual resource capacities of microservices, leading to service unavailability and performance degradation. Furthermore, HPA architectures exhibit several issues, including inefficient data processing and a lack of coordinated scaling operations. To address these concerns, we propose Smart HPA, a …