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Seasonal Dynamics Of Karst Surface Dissolution Based On A Limestone Tables Experiment (Slovak Karst), Alena Gessert, Zdenko Hochmuth Sep 2023

Seasonal Dynamics Of Karst Surface Dissolution Based On A Limestone Tables Experiment (Slovak Karst), Alena Gessert, Zdenko Hochmuth

International Journal of Speleology

Chemical denudation in karst is the basic process of karst relief formation. However, it is influenced by many factors of varying intensity that depend on the climatic conditions and characteristics of each given location. Based on measurable results of weight loss of limestone tablets, we monitored the intensity of chemical denudation in two areas of the Slovak Karst, Silica Plateau and Jasov Plateau that are situated in the most developed karst plateau region of Slovakia. Both experimental sites are similar in terms of geographical conditions, thus comparable between them. In each locality, we placed three sets of standardized tablets at …

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Aggregated End-To-End Visibility And Its Application On Rapid And Automatic Outage Triage In Monitoring Microservices, Kyusoon Lee, Thomas Adamcik, Parker Roth, Jan-Jan Van Der Vyver Xiv, Mayur Kabra Sep 2023

Aggregated End-To-End Visibility And Its Application On Rapid And Automatic Outage Triage In Monitoring Microservices, Kyusoon Lee, Thomas Adamcik, Parker Roth, Jan-Jan Van Der Vyver Xiv, Mayur Kabra

Defensive Publications Series

In a microservice architecture, a user request can go through a large number of servers owned by several different teams before a response is returned. The request can fail due to failure in any of the servers. Troubleshooting an outage that affects the end user experience in microservice architecture can involve multiple teams and can take a substantial amount of time. This disclosure describes techniques to rapidly locate the root cause entity of a customer-facing failure to node(s) deep within the infrastructure of the service. Per the techniques, end user product teams mark requests with metadata known as critical user …

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Italy’S National Recovery And Resilient Plan: Will It Narrow The North-South Productivity Gap?, Luciano Mauro, Francesco Pigliaru Sep 2023

Italy’S National Recovery And Resilient Plan: Will It Narrow The North-South Productivity Gap?, Luciano Mauro, Francesco Pigliaru

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

We develop an endogenous growth model to simulate the long-term impact of Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP) on the persistent North-South productivity gap. Our model underscores public investment as a catalyst for sustained economic growth and highlights the reliance of local government quality on the surrounding social capital. In regions with low social capital, local investment management diminishes efficiency due to prevalent misappropriation. In contrast, centralized management enhances the effectiveness of public action in these situations. The NRRP’s overall effect therefore relies on the government level to which investment management is assigned. Our quantitative exercises show that compared …

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Spartan Daily, September 27, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications Sep 2023

Spartan Daily, September 27, 2023, San Jose State University, School Of Journalism And Mass Communications

Spartan Daily, 2023

Volume 161, Issue 16

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September 27, 2023, Csusb Sep 2023

September 27, 2023, Csusb

Coyote Chronicle (1984-)

No abstract provided.

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A Gentle Introduction To Chatgpt, Steven W. Holloway Sep 2023

A Gentle Introduction To Chatgpt, Steven W. Holloway

Libraries

A guest lecture on the state of commercial generative transformer technology, mid-2023, to a general audience at Staunton Public Library.

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September 27, 2023 Greenmail, University Of Alabama At Birmingham Sep 2023

September 27, 2023 Greenmail, University Of Alabama At Birmingham

GreenMail (student newsletter through 2024)

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Analysing Child Sexual Abuse Activities In The Dark Web Based On An Efficient Csam Detection Algorithm, Vuong Ngo, Christina Thorpe, Susan Mckeever Sep 2023

Analysing Child Sexual Abuse Activities In The Dark Web Based On An Efficient Csam Detection Algorithm, Vuong Ngo, Christina Thorpe, Susan Mckeever

Articles

Abstract: Child sexual abuse material (CSAM) activities are prevalent on the Dark Web to evade detection, posing a global challenge for law enforcement. Our objective is to analyze CSAM discussions in this concealed space using a Support Vector Machine model, achieving an accuracy of 87.6%. Across eight forums, approximately 28.4% of posts contained CSAM, with victim ages most commonly reported as 12, 14, 13, and 11 years old for YouTube, Skype, Instagram, and Facebook, respectively. Additionally, in forums discussing boys, the most frequently mentioned nationalities in CSAM posts were English, German, and American, accounting for 12%, 7.8%, and 6% of …

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Developing A Smart And Sustainable Public Transportation System: A Case Study In Camden, New Jersey, Zahra Vafakhah Sep 2023

Developing A Smart And Sustainable Public Transportation System: A Case Study In Camden, New Jersey, Zahra Vafakhah

Theses and Dissertations

The transportation sector is a major contributor to air pollution and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. As a significant source of emissions, public transportation presents an opportunity for mitigation through electrification. However, transitioning to an electric bus fleet necessitates substantial investments in bus procurement and charging infrastructure. To address the associated costs, this study introduces a mixed-integer linear mathematical model developed to optimize the location of on-route fast charging stations within bus networks. The central objective of this optimization formulation is to minimize the overall cost of establishing the charging infrastructure. The study employs a real-world case study focusing on a …

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Synlight: A Bicistronic Strategy For Simultaneous Active Zone And Cell Labeling In The Drosophila Nervous System, Michael A. Aimino, Jesse Humenik, Michael J. Parisi, Juan Carlos Duhart, Timothy J. Mosca Sep 2023

Synlight: A Bicistronic Strategy For Simultaneous Active Zone And Cell Labeling In The Drosophila Nervous System, Michael A. Aimino, Jesse Humenik, Michael J. Parisi, Juan Carlos Duhart, Timothy J. Mosca

Farber Institute for Neuroscience Faculty Papers

At synapses, chemical neurotransmission mediates the exchange of information between neurons, leading to complex movement, behaviors, and stimulus processing. The immense number and variety of neurons within the nervous system make discerning individual neuron populations difficult, necessitating the development of advanced neuronal labeling techniques. In Drosophila, Bruchpilot-Short and mCD8-GFP, which label presynaptic active zones and neuronal membranes, respectively, have been widely used to study synapse development and organization. This labeling is often achieved via the expression of 2 independent constructs by a single binary expression system, but expression can weaken when multiple transgenes are expressed by a single driver. Recent …

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Left Out To Dry: Understanding The Social Experiences Of Ground Depletion In Washington State's Columbia River Basin, Alexis Lisandro Guizar-Diaz Sep 2023

Left Out To Dry: Understanding The Social Experiences Of Ground Depletion In Washington State's Columbia River Basin, Alexis Lisandro Guizar-Diaz

Dissertations and Theses

Millions of water wells worldwide risk running dry due to overpumping, drought, and climate change. This study adopts a political ecology framework to investigate how economic structures and power dynamics shape the effects of groundwater depletion in a highly impacted region. It is based on qualitative fieldwork conducted in the Odessa Aquifer region of Washington State. This agriculturally productive region has experienced severe groundwater depletion, endangering communities and threatening water supplies for many, as agribusiness has intensively used deep water wells to irrigate high-value crops. This research addresses three key questions: 1) How do residents and households excluded from irrigation …

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Impacts Of Skin Color And Hypoxemia On Noninvasive Assessment Of Peripheral Blood Oxygen Saturation: A Scoping Review, Kawaiola C. Aoki, Maya Barrant, Mam Jarra Gai, Marina M. Handal, Vivian Xu, Harvey N. Mayrovitz Sep 2023

Impacts Of Skin Color And Hypoxemia On Noninvasive Assessment Of Peripheral Blood Oxygen Saturation: A Scoping Review, Kawaiola C. Aoki, Maya Barrant, Mam Jarra Gai, Marina M. Handal, Vivian Xu, Harvey N. Mayrovitz

HPD Articles

Standard pulse oximeters estimate arterial blood saturation (SaO2 ) non-invasively by emitting and detecting light of a specific wavelength through a cutaneous vascular bed, such as a digit or the ear lobe. The quantity measured at these peripheral sites is designated as oxygen saturation (SpO2 ). Most reliable pulse oximeters are calibrated from measurements of healthy volunteers using some form of oxygen desaturation method. As the degree of inducible hypoxemia is limited, the calibration below achievable desaturation levels is usually extrapolated, leading to potential measurement error at low SaO2 values, especially in highly pigmented skin. Such skin color-related errors (SCRE) …

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Managing Solar Energy Development To Balance Private Property Rights And Consumer Protection With The Protection Of Land And Communities, Tennessee. Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations. Sep 2023

Managing Solar Energy Development To Balance Private Property Rights And Consumer Protection With The Protection Of Land And Communities, Tennessee. Advisory Commission On Intergovernmental Relations.

Water and Utilities Reports

No abstract provided.

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Unh's Center Of Integrated Biomedical And Bioengineering Research Receives $10m Nih Grant, Sarah Schaier Sep 2023

Unh's Center Of Integrated Biomedical And Bioengineering Research Receives $10m Nih Grant, Sarah Schaier

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

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New Foods Produced With Genome-Editing Technique In The Global Marketplace, Stéphan Marette, Anne-Célia Disdier, John C. Beghin Sep 2023

New Foods Produced With Genome-Editing Technique In The Global Marketplace, Stéphan Marette, Anne-Célia Disdier, John C. Beghin

Cornhusker Economics

This Cornhusker Economics article builds upon a previous Cornhusker Economics article of September 8, 2021, on the heterogenous willingness to pay (WTP) for genome edited (GenEd) apples in France and the US (Beghin, 2022). Using graphical illustration, this new article summarizes in layman's terms two related economic analyses by Marette et al. (2022) and (2023). These analyses investigate Research and Development (R&D) investment in food innovations based on New Plant Engineering Techniques (NPETs), such as GenEd and traditional hybridization methods, and then in the context of international trade. With trade, innovators compete globally with their food novelties in each other’s …

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Differential Effects Of Pancreatic Cancer-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Driving A Suppressive Environment, Anurag Purushothaman, Jacqueline Oliva-Ramírez, Warapen Treekitkarnmongkol, Deivendran Sankaran, Mark W Hurd, Nagireddy Putluri, Anirban Maitra, Cara Haymaker, Subrata Sen Sep 2023

Differential Effects Of Pancreatic Cancer-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Driving A Suppressive Environment, Anurag Purushothaman, Jacqueline Oliva-Ramírez, Warapen Treekitkarnmongkol, Deivendran Sankaran, Mark W Hurd, Nagireddy Putluri, Anirban Maitra, Cara Haymaker, Subrata Sen

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) cells display extensive crosstalk with their surrounding environment to regulate tumor growth, immune evasion, and metastasis. Recent advances have attributed many of these interactions to intercellular communication mediated by small extracellular vesicles (sEVs), involving cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF). To explore the impact of sEVs on monocyte lineage transition as well as the expression of checkpoint receptors and activation markers, peripheral blood monocytes from healthy subjects were exposed to PDAC-derived sEVs. Additionally, to analyze the role of sEV-associated HA in immune regulation and tissue-resident fibroblasts, monocytes and pancreatic stellate cells were cultured in the presence of PDAC sEVs …

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The ‘Capability’ Of South African Energy Governance To Deliver Urban Sustainable Transitions, Stephen Essex, Federico Caprotti, Jiska De Groot, Jon Phillips, Lucy Baker, Peta Wolpe, Yachika Reddy Sep 2023

The ‘Capability’ Of South African Energy Governance To Deliver Urban Sustainable Transitions, Stephen Essex, Federico Caprotti, Jiska De Groot, Jon Phillips, Lucy Baker, Peta Wolpe, Yachika Reddy

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Critical to the trajectory and outcome of urban sustainable energy transitions is the ability of government institutions to foster conditions for change and innovation. In this paper, a theoretical perspective combining state power and local governance capability is used as a lens to examine the transition of the energy system in South Africa based on semi-structured interviews with a range of relevant stakeholders, supplemented by analysis of published academic and policy literature. The discussion highlights uneven transitional pathways across the country caused by variations in ‘capability’, together with continuing conflicting interests within the system which require more politically-informed policy processes.

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Faculty Senate Minutes, Georgia Southern University, Faculty Senate Sep 2023

Faculty Senate Minutes, Georgia Southern University, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Wind Symphony Sep 2023

Wind Symphony

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

Program for the Wind Symphony performance on September 27, 2023

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Senate Meeting, September 27, 2023, Academic Senate Sep 2023

Senate Meeting, September 27, 2023, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

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Lean Thinking As An Approach For Improving Client Communication During The Design Process, Ayman Ahmed Ezzat Othman, Ghada N. Mossad, Nishani Harinarain Sep 2023

Lean Thinking As An Approach For Improving Client Communication During The Design Process, Ayman Ahmed Ezzat Othman, Ghada N. Mossad, Nishani Harinarain

Architectural Engineering

Lean thinking is perceived as a successful strategy for saving time and cost, while improving at the same time the position in the market. Lean thinking is about eliminating waste and increasing the quality. When applied correctly, lean thinking is a well understood and well examined platform upon which to build firm practices. In the architectural profession miscommunication has a lot of consequences including time and cost overruns, conflict and ultimately project failure. The aim of this research was to investigate the role of lean thinking in improving the communication between the client and the architect during the design process. …

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Self-Organization For Community Resilience In An Invisible Agricultural Community, Anna Erwin, Chelsea A. Silva, Zhao Ma Sep 2023

Self-Organization For Community Resilience In An Invisible Agricultural Community, Anna Erwin, Chelsea A. Silva, Zhao Ma

School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

This study investigates how self-organizing efforts by residents of informal settlements, primarily migrant and informal farmworkers, shape community resilience in Majes, a water-scarce irrigation district in the Atacama Desert of Peru. We collected 45 semi-structured interviews with residents and authorities in Majes and analyzed findings through a framework of self-organizing. Analyses revealed that self-organizing by residents of informal settlements incorporated the three components of White’s theory of Community Agency and Community Resilience, which contends that marginalized communities increase resilience by fostering a commons praxis, practicing a prefigurative politics, and developing opportunities for economic autonomy. We also found …

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Bending Performance And Failure Mechanisms Of Hybrid And Regular Sandwich Composite Structures With 3d Printed Corrugated Cores, S.Z.H. Shah, Khurram Altaf, Juhyeong Lee, Tahir Sharif, Rizwan Saeed Choudhry, S. M. Hussain Sep 2023

Bending Performance And Failure Mechanisms Of Hybrid And Regular Sandwich Composite Structures With 3d Printed Corrugated Cores, S.Z.H. Shah, Khurram Altaf, Juhyeong Lee, Tahir Sharif, Rizwan Saeed Choudhry, S. M. Hussain

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Faculty Publications

The effect of core geometry and hybridization on the bending performance and failure mechanisms of carbon fibre-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and glass fibre-reinforced polymer (GFRP) corrugated sandwich composite structures (SCS) were experimentally investigated using a three-point bend test. The CFRP and GFRP corrugated cores and facesheets were produced using Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) and vacuum-assisted infusion processes, respectively. Three types of corrugated SCSs were built: SCSs with different core geometries (circular, square, trapezoidal, sinusoidal, and triangular), hybrid SCSs with different CFRP and GFRP cores and facesheets, and fully 3D-printed CFRP and GFRP SCSs. The corrugated SCS with square core geometry outperformed …

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The Parthenon, September 27, 2023, Evan Green, Conner Woodruff, Matt Schaffer, Chayce Matheny, Victoria Ware, Shauntelle Thompson, Rafael Alfonso, Scott Price Sep 2023

The Parthenon, September 27, 2023, Evan Green, Conner Woodruff, Matt Schaffer, Chayce Matheny, Victoria Ware, Shauntelle Thompson, Rafael Alfonso, Scott Price

The Parthenon

No abstract provided.

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The Bg News September 27, 2023, Bowling Green State University Sep 2023

The Bg News September 27, 2023, Bowling Green State University

BG News (Student Newspaper)

The BGSU campus student newspaper. September 27, 2023. Volume 103-Issue 06.

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Streamlining The Detection Of Human Thyroid Receptor Ligand Interactions With Xl1-Blue Cell-Free Protein Synthesis And Beta-Galactosidase Fusion Protein Biosensors, J. Porter Hunt, Tyler J. Free, Jackelyn Galiardi, Kevin M. Watt, David W. Wood, Bradley Charles Bundy Sep 2023

Streamlining The Detection Of Human Thyroid Receptor Ligand Interactions With Xl1-Blue Cell-Free Protein Synthesis And Beta-Galactosidase Fusion Protein Biosensors, J. Porter Hunt, Tyler J. Free, Jackelyn Galiardi, Kevin M. Watt, David W. Wood, Bradley Charles Bundy

Faculty Publications

Thyroid receptor signaling controls major physiological processes and disrupted signaling can cause severe disorders that negatively impact human life. Consequently, methods to detect thyroid receptor ligands are of great toxicologic and pharmacologic importance. Previously, we reported thyroid receptor ligand detection with cell-free protein synthesis of a chimeric fusion protein composed of the human thyroid receptor beta (hTRβ) receptor activator and a β-lactamase reporter. Here, we report a 60% reduction in sensing cost by reengineering the chimeric fusion protein biosensor to include a reporter system composed of either the full-length beta galactosidase (β-gal), the alpha fragment of β-gal (β-gal-α), or a …

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Video Based Estimation Of Surface Currents In A Tidal Inlet, Benjamin Middour, George Voulgaris, Douglas Cahl Sep 2023

Video Based Estimation Of Surface Currents In A Tidal Inlet, Benjamin Middour, George Voulgaris, Douglas Cahl

Faculty Publications

Oceanic surface currents are estimated from analysis of short duration video obtained by a nadir facing camera installed on a bridge over a tidal inlet. Data analyzed consisted of 13 two-minute video clips captured approximately every 40 min over a period of 8 hr, covering a significant portion of the tidal cycle. Surface current speed and direction estimates are obtained from each collected video using (i) a method originally developed for analysis of imagery from drones (CopterCurrents) and (ii) a particle tracking method. The horizontal (u, v) surface current velocity components and total horizontal velocity magnitude, obtained from the two …

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Separation Anxiety: Filming The Nicosia Buffer Zone, K Parker, S Moore Sep 2023

Separation Anxiety: Filming The Nicosia Buffer Zone, K Parker, S Moore

School of Art, Design and Architecture

Published in the first study on empty places in photography and the Covid-19 pandemic, Parker’s chapter examines the cinematographic depiction of ‘emptiness’ in the author’s site-specific essay film, Father-land (2018), made collaboratively with the film-maker Stuart Moore through an artists’ research residency in Nicosia, the only divided capital city in Europe. It details the process-based research methods that led to Father-land’s affective depiction of the politically-charged, ‘empty landscape’ of the Nicosia Buffer Zone, the demilitarized strip of land monitored by the United Nations, which has separated the Greek Cypriot south of Cyprus from the Turkish-occupied north since the violent conflict …

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Faculty Senate Agenda, Georgia Southern University, Faculty Senate Sep 2023

Faculty Senate Agenda, Georgia Southern University, Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Agendas

No abstract provided.

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Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, September 27, 2023, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Sep 2023

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, September 27, 2023, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

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