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Precision Spraying Using Variable Time Delays And Vision-Based Velocity Estimation, Paolo Rommel Sanchez, Hong Zhang

Henry M. Rowan College of Engineering Departmental Research

Traditionally, precision farm equipment often relies on real-time kinematics and global positioning systems (RTK-GPS) for accurate position and velocity estimates. This approach proved effective and widely adopted in developed regions where RTK-GPS satellite and base station availability and visibility are not limited. However, RTK-GPS signal can be limited in farm areas due to topographic and economic constraints. Thus, this study developed a precision sprayer that estimated the travel velocity locally by tracking the relative motion of plants using a deep-learning-based machine vision system. Sprayer valves were then controlled by variable time delay (VTD) queuing and dynamic filtering. The proposed velocity …

Determining The Structure And Function Of A Bacteriophage Called Leozinho, Leonardo Rodrigues Venturotti

Biology Student Work

A research team, having discovered a bacteriophage named Leozinho a couple of years ago, embarked on a mission to unravel the structure of an unidentified gene, gp_61. They utilized ESMatlas, Foldseek, and ChimeraX to predict the structure of gp_61 and afterwards various laboratory procedures were employed to facilitate the growth of the gene. Ultimately, the experiment was concluded with the successful cloning of gp_61 into a plasmid vector for protein expression.

Office Of Research & Sponsored Programs, Cal Poly Humboldt

Newsletters

In this issue:

RCPEJ Awards Announced

Featured Funding Opportunities

Frequently Asked Reimbursement Questions Answered

Ucimco Endowment Semi-Annual Presentation, Fall 2023, Will Alain, Billy Cardino, Tyler Causa, Patrick Collins, Bill Cook, Cole Grubbs, Kieran Hollander, Dylan Hollick, Jared Minnichbach, Alexandra Nenish, Jordan Pick, Kipp Ransome, Kirk Ransome, Kyle Rosenfeld, Tyler Sargent, Michael Scheller, Max Shilstone, Mckade Trauger, Nick Troha

Business and Economics Presentations

The Ursinus College Investment Management Company (UCIMCO) consists of groups of student analysts who manage endowment-style and stock selection funds on behalf of the college endowment. This presentation, by the endowment team, examines performance and investment philosophy while discussing selections in the portfolio including: fixed income, U.S. and international equities, real estate and commodities.

A Not-So-Stable Environment: An Assessment Of Stable Isotopic Niches Of The Non-Native European Flounder And Native Salmonids In The Westfjords, Iceland, Annamarie Cross

Iceland: Climate Change and The Arctic

No abstract provided.

Preventative Mental Health Measures For Ministerial Leaders, Claire Phypers

Selected Honors Theses

Pastoral care and responsibilities come with a particular weight that can feel overwhelming at times for those engaged in ministry. In a world where mental health seems to be making all the headlines, there appears to be an overall lack of conversation surrounding the emotional well-being of clergy. This thesis aims to create a more holistic perception of mental health among ministerial leaders and pinpoint preventative measures that can be put in place to protect the hearts and minds of pastors as they fulfill the callings on their lives. In conducting this research, a mixed-method survey was completed by twenty-one …

Alumni Journal - Volume 94, Number 3, Loma Linda University School Of Medicine

Alumni Journal, School of Medicine

Editorials

2 | From the Editor
4 | From the President
6 | From the Dean

News

8 | Alumni News
10 | This & That
12 | APC 2024 Preview
14 | School of Medicine News
16 | Students
18 | AIMS Report: BARAKA: Hope and Healing for Sudanese Refugees
20 | Department Report: Pathology & Human Anatomy

Features

14 | Women in Medicine: Stories of Experience, Contributions, and Accomplishments
26 | Women in Medicine: A Conversation
32 | Early Hightory of Women in Medicine at LLU
34 | One Doctor's Story of Teaching and Healing in Angola
38 …

Water Current, Volume 55, No. 3, Fall 2023

Water Current Newsletter

No abstract provided.

The Water Question: Coverage, Conflict, And Confusion In Negaunee During The Typhoid Fever Epidemic Of 1889, Sam Brink

Upper Country: A Journal of the Lake Superior Region

Epidemic disease and the strain it places upon communities is the source of crucial insight into the structures and intricacies of community life. This assessment of the course of the 1889 Negaunee typhoid fever epidemic uncovers a variety of perspectives on the treatment and mitigation of the disease between August and November of 1889 in a diverse and densely-populated Iron Range town. These perspectives, presented primarily in the contemporary medical literature and the pages of The Weekly Mining Journal newspaper, illustrate a complex state of contention and conflict between Negaunee area residents and state health authorities. Investigation of community responses …

The Future Of U.S. Agricultural Biotechnology And Trade: Summary Of A Roundtable Discussion

Yeutter Institute Publications

The United States is one of the largest and highest-yield agricultural producers and exporters in the world. But the world’s population is growing, and growing conditions themselves are changing. Farms face shifting weather patterns, more frequent and severe storms, floods, and drought, and changing pest and disease pressures. What farmers plant and how they plant it are evolving to keep pace with these changes. Future global food security, sustainability, and U.S. leadership in agriculture will depend on the domestic and international policy and regulatory landscapes for agricultural biotechnology innovation. The Clayton Yeutter Institute of International Trade and Finance at the …

Fy2024 Faculty Salaries Over $50,000, Clemson University

Salary Reports

No abstract provided.

Benthic Macroinvertebrate Populations And Water Quality Of Aquatic Systems, Nicholas Duellman

Fall Showcase for Research and Creative Inquiry

Macroinvertebrates are key indicators of aquatic health. We surveyed 3 distinct locations in the Appomattox River basin to gather data regarding conductivity and water temperature correlation on species diversity among three locations. There were significant correlations between species diversity and conductivity.

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Greetings

People

Range and pasture update

Technical note

Ranch update

Highlighted research

GSL Open House agenda

GSL spotlight

Joint Force Quarterly 111 (4th Quarter, October 2023), National Defense University Press

Joint Force Quarterly ARCHIVES

No abstract provided.

Learning Opportunities 2023/2024, Illinois Mathematics And Science Academy

Course Catalogs

The graduation requirements of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy are established by the IMSA Board of Trustees. Each semester students must take a minimum of five academic courses (2.5 credits) for a letter grade (not Pass/Fail) not including Fine Arts, Wellness, SIR, Internship, and Independent Study. Students may enroll in a maximum of eight courses each semester including academic courses, Fine Arts, Wellness, SIR, Internship, and Independent Study. The College and Academic Counselor approves enrollment for students in all courses and experiences. Only courses taken for a letter grade will count toward graduation credit.

Classified Information: The Newsletter Of The Lloyd Sealy Library, Lloyd Sealy Library, Cuny John Jay College Of Criminal Justice

Reports and Publications from John Jay College

Classified Information was a publication that informed the College about Library services, personnel, upcoming events, new technologies, and available resources.

Deciphering The Habitability Of The Early Earth: Insights From The Coupled Evolution Of The Crust-Mantle-Atmosphere-Ocean System, Meng Guo

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Life on Earth traces back to the planet's early geological eons, namely the late Hadean and early Archean. However, direct geological evidence from this period is scarce, necessitating reliance on understanding crust-mantle differentiation and the evolution of atmosphere and oceans to study early Earth habitability. Despite its importance, significant debate surrounds the specific characteristics of Earth's early environment. In this dissertation, we focus on deciphering the chemical and physical evolution of the coupled crust-mantle-atmosphere-ocean system throughout Earth's history, providing insights into continental formation, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, and ocean pH—essential factors influencing the emergence and development of life on Earth. …

Greener Routes To Biomass Valorization: Lignin Upgrading Using Electrochemical Method, Fang Lin

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Due to the concerns over the global environmental impact of fossil fuel use, the conversion of renewable biomass to fuels and useful chemicals has attracted increasing attention. Lignin has emerged as a promising candidate due to its unique aromatic backbone structure and its natural abundance coupled with its underutilization as a feedstock. The growing interest in lignin as a renewable feedstock for aromatic platform chemicals has led to increased research efforts into its valorization, particularly through controlled depolymerization into smaller aromatic building blocks. One of the most common bonds in lignin’s complex structure is the C-O bond, and these bonds …

Biopsychosocial Markers Of Social Adversity As Risk Factors For Mental Illness, Meghan Alexandra Collins

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Stress and adversity are strong predictors of poor mental health outcomes among individuals at clinical high-risk for psychosis (CHR). Furthermore, atypical neurodevelopment during adolescence has been proposed as a biological mechanism that contributes to psychosis onset. Approximately 20% of youth who meet CHR criteria will go on to develop a psychotic disorder within two years. Thus, delineating the mechanisms linking adversity and neurodevelopment with conversion to psychosis is important for enhanced risk identification and early intervention. There is a lack of clarity in the existing literature regarding which types of adversity are most predictive of poor clinical outcomes among CHR, …

Understanding The Effect Modifications Of 2d Materials Have On Conductivity Using Terahertz Spectroscopy, Matt David Capobianco

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Due to the current condition of our climate, we need to continue implementing greener methods into our energy infrastructure. While green energy production has been effectively implemented, there is still a need for greener energy storage. Heterogenous photocatalysis can store energy from the sun in chemical bonds, via alternative fuel production, in order to achieve greener energy storage. 2D materials are a class of heterogenous photocatalysts that are of major interest due to their manipulability, large surface areas, and more. A key property of these heterogenous photocatalysts is photoconductivity, which directly correlates to their photocatalytic rate. Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy is …

The Role Of Mechanical Forces In Biological Motion And Morphology, Sorosh Amiri

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Mechanical forces are essential in many life processes. The mechanical machinery of cells \textbf{--} the cytoskeleton is a complex system of force-bearing and active force-generation components. These components dynamically interact far from equilibrium in order to perform or facilitate biological functions at the cell scale such as shape change, migration, and polarization. Collectively, cells orchestrate single-cell mechanical functions to give rise to emerging mechanics at the tissue scale, such as embryo development or collective migration. Despite a good understanding of molecular mechanisms of force generation and force bearing, it is still unclear how molecular mechanics leads to cell-scale or tissue-scale …

Environmental Surveillance Of Viral Pathogens For Identifying Infectious Disease Outbreaks, Alessandro Zulli

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

The detection and quantification of viral infectious disease outbreaks is necessary for theeffective implementation of public health interventions that protect human health. Communicable viral diseases are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide and prior pandemics have had acute economic and social impacts. However, the identification and tracking of community wide outbreaks for most human viruses across the developed and developing world does not occur due to resource constraints. The goal of this dissertation’s research is to develop the science and methodology that underpin the environmental surveillance of viruses, focusing specifically on wastewater monitoring for identifying and tracking viral …

Early And Late Stage Mechanisms Of Autophagosome Formation, Taryn J. Olivas

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

During autophagosome biogenesis, the incorporation of transmembrane proteins into the expanding phagophore is not readily observed. In addition, the membrane surface area of the organelle expands rapidly, while the volume of the autophagosome is kept low. This means that canonical methods for membrane biogenesis do not apply to autophagosomes. Exciting developments in recent years support a new mechanism that could explain these unique attributes of this double-membrane organelle. Several recent studies have suggested the autophagosome expands predominantly through the direct protein-mediated transfer of lipids through the lipid transfer protein ATG2.As these lipids are only introduced into the cytoplasmic-facing leaflet of …

Mechanisms Of Immunopathology Following Covid-19 And Vaccination In Children & Early Life Immunity In Neonates, Anjali Ramaswamy

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Children and babies have unique infectious and inflammatory susceptibilities and are at an increased risk for developing severe disease or autoinflammatory sequelae from infections. However, many pediatric autoinflammatory diseases are poorly understood, as are mechanisms by which humans mount immune defenses in early life. We uncovered novel immunopathologic mechanisms underlying two childhood inflammatory conditions linked to COVID-19 infection and vaccination: multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) and vaccine-adjacent myopericarditis, respectively. We leveraged a systems approach to study these conditions, using multiomic single-cell RNA sequencing and serum profiling. We found key signatures of MIS-C that include innate immune triggering, and an …

Neuroimaging And Genetic Studies: Toward An Understanding Of Human Psychological Traits, Shiying Wang

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Human psychological traits involve multiple domains of individual differences in human behaviors, such as cognitive abilities, personalities, and psychiatric disorders. These psychological traits are closely linked to well-being. Therefore, studying the biological basis of psychological traits is crucial for improving the overall quality of life. Both genetics and neuroimaging are highly related to human psychological traits. Numerous studies have shown the strong genetic influence on individual differences in human psychological traits. Furthermore, neuroimaging, a non-invasive technique to examine brain structure and function, has evolved into a powerful tool for analyzing human psychological traits. The purpose of this dissertation is to …

Tackling Fgfr Fusion-Positive Cancers With A Novel Synergistic Combination Of Fgfr And Hdac Inhibitors, Zechen Wang

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

FGFR genomic alterations have been implicated in a number of cancers as oncogenesis driver genes. However, despite the approval of several FGFR inhibitors as targeted therapies for the treatment of cancer patients with FGFR aberrations in recent years, durable responses for FGFR inhibitors are still uncommon and most patients relapse to metastatic disease. In particular, FGFR2 fusions have been detected in ~15% of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (ICC) patients. ICC is a highly aggressive bile duct carcinoma, with a dismal 5-year overall survival rate for patients at advanced stages. Therefore, there is a desperate and urgent need for the development of new …

A Multi-Modal Investigation Of The Basic Neural Processing Mechanisms Of Real Human Face Viewing, Megan Kelley

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

The neural processing of real human faces during direct interaction remains unknown. Prior research has established that face simulations do not capture the full breadth of processing that occurs during real face viewing, demonstrating the need for new approaches. Here we present multimodal methodological developments which combine fNIRS with EEG and eye-tracking, as well as a novel paradigm for disrupted viewing of another real face as well as a robot control, which enables probing of the impact of time and continuity on real face specific neural processing networks. We hypothesized that the spatial and temporal complexity of information extraction from …

Data-Driven Mapping Between Functional Connectomes Using Optimal Transport, Javid Dadashkarimi

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

Open-source, publicly available neuroimaging datasets---whether from large-scale data collection efforts or pooled from multiple smaller studies---offer unprecedented sample sizes and promote generalization efforts. Releasing data can democratize science, increase the replicability of findings, and lead to discoveries. Due to patient privacy, computational, and data storage concerns, researchers typically release preprocessed data with the voxelwise time series parcellated into a map of predefined regions, known as an atlas. However, releasing preprocessed data also limits the choices available to the end-user. This is especially true for connectomics, as connectomes created from different atlases are not directly comparable. With the absence of gold …

Religion And The Politics Of Gender, Radha Sarkar

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

This dissertation seeks to understand how religion shapes political outcomes related to women's participation. Much political science scholarship emphasizes the material or structural aspects of religion in shaping political commitments. In contrast, I highlight the importance of religious norms and beliefs, conveyed chiefly by clerical leaders. I delve into the Colombian case and compare the effects of Catholic and Pentecostal teachings about women's roles and attributes. With survey experimental data, text-as-data techniques, and interview-based fieldwork, I demonstrate that Catholic sermons tend to elicit benevolent sexism, a mindset that seeks to protect women who occupy traditional male roles in the public …

Novel Methods For Identification And Inference In Public Health, Jinghao Sun

Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Dissertations

This dissertation consists of three essays, each one tackling issues related to "identification'' in the statistical methods used in public health research. In the context of statistics, ``identification'' refers to the process of learning the values of the parameters or characteristics of a model or system after obtaining an infinite number of observations from it. In these essays, I draw attention to the limitations of current methods, which often hinge on specifying a limited set of data generating processes (DGPs). However, these DGPs may fail to correspond accurately with the intricacies of actual situations or with the pre-existing knowledge within …