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Design And Implementation Of An Instrument Package For Measuring Process Conditions In An Expeller, Md Masud Rana

LSU Master's Theses

The expeller process variable has gained increasing attention in research to validate process flow models. The expeller process is a mechanical method used to extract oil and water from seeds, nuts and polymers. Various factors, such as the speed of the press, size, and shape of the expeller, temperature, pressure, and moisture content, impact the efficiency and quality of the oil and water extraction process. By understanding these variables, researchers can develop accurate process flow models to predict the efficiency and quality of the oil and water extraction process. In this research, A custom instrumentation package have designed and implemented …

Catalyst Journal Of The Amateur Yacht Research Society, J Perry, C Mccowen, I Ward, R Fish, M Howard, J Graham-Jones

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

CATALYST is a journal of yacht research, design and technology published by the Amateur Yacht Research Society, BCM AYRS, London, WC1N 3XX, UK 3. Innov-Sail – 29 to 31 May 2023 by John Perry 8 Regional NWLG Windemere meeting - 6th June 2023ncrease of subscription from September 2023 10 Balanced Foils, Part 2, by Ian Ward 29 Artificial Intelligence by Richard Fish 35 Howard Fund revisited : The Winners and the Losers By Mike Howard

A Comprehensive Drosophila Resource To Identify Key Functional Interactions Between Sars-Cov-2 Factors And Host Proteins, Daniel Bressan, Yan Huang, Mengqi Ma, Sara Sanz Juste, Jonathan C Andrews, Kristy L Jay, Marketta Sneider, Ruth Schwartz, Mei-Chu Huang, Danqing Bei, Hongling Pan, Liwen Ma, Wen-Wen Lin, Ankush Auradkar, Pranjali Bhagwat, Soo Park, Kenneth H Wan, Takashi Ohsako, Toshiyuki Takano-Shimizu, Susan E Celniker, Michael F Wangler, Shinya Yamamoto, Hugo J Bellen, Ethan Bier

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Development of effective therapies against SARS-CoV-2 infections relies on mechanistic knowledge of virus-host interface. Abundant physical interactions between viral and host proteins have been identified, but few have been functionally characterized. Harnessing the power of fly genetics, we develop a comprehensive Drosophila COVID-19 resource (DCR) consisting of publicly available strains for conditional tissue-specific expression of all SARS-CoV-2 encoded proteins, UAS-human cDNA transgenic lines encoding established host-viral interacting factors, and GAL4 insertion lines disrupting fly homologs of SARS-CoV-2 human interacting proteins. We demonstrate the utility of the DCR to functionally assess SARS-CoV-2 genes and candidate human binding partners. We show that …

Real-Time Length Sensing Of Braided Pneumatic Actuator Using Ir Time-Of-Flight Sensor, Luon B. Chung

Dissertations and Theses

Braided Pneumatic Actuators (BPAs) are used widely in robotics as artificial muscles because of their similar characteristics to biological muscles. When a BPA is pressurized, it expands in the radial direction and contracts in the longitudinal direction. The contraction generates a pulling force that is dependent on the input pressure and BPA length. Biological muscle also behaves in the same way where a pulling force is generated on a contraction. To control BPAs on a robot, the real-time pressure and length measurements are necessary. In this dissertation, I present a new method to measure length of BPAs in real-time using …

A Follow-Up Survey To Assess Stakeholders’ Perspectives On Weed Management Challenges And Current Practices In Nebraska, Usa, Shawn T. Mcdonald, Debalin Sarangi, Jennifer M. Rees, Amit J. Jhala

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Stakeholders across the state of Nebraska, USA, were surveyed in 2019–2020 to assess problem weeds and weed management practices in agronomic crops. A total of 420 complete responses were obtained across four Nebraska districts (Northeast, Panhandle, Southeast, and West Central). Accumulated across the state, 65.5% of farmed or scouted crop ground in Nebraska was under no-till production, with the major crops being corn and soybean representing 39.3% and 30.7% of agronomic crop production area, respectively. Palmer amaranth, horseweed, waterhemp, kochia, and giant ragweed were ranked the most problematic weeds. In a 2014–2015 survey, Palmer amaranth was the sixth most problematic …

How Do We Teach Social Justice? A Cross-Disciplinary Synthesis Of Social Justice Andragogy, Bagmi Das, Isabel Farrell, Kriti Vashisht, Alexandra Gantt, Elisabeth Simpson, Adrianne Johnson

School of Social Work Faculty Publications

Social Justice is a critical component of many of the helping disciplines. Similar goals govern these different disciplines, which are reflected in the scholarship of their professional training. However, the crossover in scholarship is limited. This review of social justice andragogy literature from various fields in the United States creates a conversation among these helping disciplines so that they may be able to learn from each other. From these separate realms of scholarship, the authors have derived terms and recommendations of what these disciplines may learn from one another through their shared obstacles and through processing of their work.

Measure To Harmonize And Improve Port State Control Procedures Worldwide, Jing He

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Special Collections As Muse: The Use Of Rare Books And Archives To Inspire Creative Works, Adriana Harmeyer, Tracy Grimm

Libraries Faculty and Staff Scholarship and Research

The unique and varied collections held by archives and special collections within many academic libraries offer fertile ground for the creative endeavors of students, faculty, and professional artists. This chapter explores direct and indirect methods librarians and archivists may engage creators with primary source materials. Academic libraries do not necessarily need to build art-focused collections in order to support the research of creators. More than subject content, successful engagement with creators is developed by means of collaborative relationships with arts faculty, artists, and galleries to reach student creators and introduce concepts of primary source research as a source of inspiration. …

The Prospector, August 29, 2023, Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: Back to School Issue

Entry Receptor Ldlrad3 Is Required For Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis Virus Peripheral Infection And Neurotropism Leading To Pathogenesis In Mice, Natasha M Kafai, Hana Janova, Matthew D Cain, Yael Alippe, Stefanie Muraro, Alan Sariol, Michelle Elam-Noll, Robyn S Klein, Michael S Diamond

The Brown Foundation: Institute of Molecular Medicine

Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is an encephalitic alphavirus responsible for epidemics of neurological disease across the Americas. Low-density lipoprotein receptor class A domain-containing 3 (LDLRAD3) is a recently reported entry receptor for VEEV. Here, using wild-type and Ldlrad3-deficient mice, we define a critical role for LDLRAD3 in controlling steps in VEEV infection, pathogenesis, and neurotropism. Our analysis shows that LDLRAD3 is required for efficient VEEV infection and pathogenesis prior to and after central nervous system invasion. Ldlrad3-deficient mice survive intranasal and intracranial VEEV inoculation and show reduced infection of neurons in different brain regions. As LDLRAD3 is a determinant …

Calculating The Difference In Stiffness Of Living T Cells Through Micropipette Aspiration, Minju Lee

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) accounted for 17.9 million deaths in 2019, with fibrosis contributing to nearly a quarter of these fatalities [1,2]. Fibrosis, characterized by excessive connective tissue formation, has been strongly linked to T cells, essential components of the immune system. This study explores the mechanisms of T cell activation and the subsequent changes in biophysical properties like diameter, stiffness, and elasticity, aiming to develop therapeutic strategies for fibrosis-related diseases, including CVD. Utilizing the micropipette aspiration technique, we accurately assessed T cell stiffness and observed a change in bulk cell stiffness upon activation. The results demonstrated increased fluid-like behavior in …

High Foxa1 Levels Induce Er Transcriptional Reprogramming, A Pro-Metastatic Secretome, And Metastasis In Endocrine-Resistant Breast Cancer, Xiaoyong Fu, Resel Pereira, Chia-Chia Liu, Carmine De Angelis, Martin J Shea, Sarmistha Nanda, Lanfang Qin, Tamika Mitchell, Maria L Cataldo, Jamunarani Veeraraghavan, Vidyalakshmi Sethunath, Mario Giuliano, Carolina Gutierrez, Balázs Győrffy, Meghana V Trivedi, Ofir Cohen, Nikhil Wagle, Agostina Nardone, Rinath Jeselsohn, Mothaffar F Rimawi, C Kent Osborne, Rachel Schiff

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Staff Publications

Aberrant activation of the forkhead protein FOXA1 is observed in advanced hormone-related cancers. However, the key mediators of high FOXA1 signaling remain elusive. We demonstrate that ectopic high FOXA1 (H-FOXA1) expression promotes estrogen receptor-positive (ER+) breast cancer (BC) metastasis in a xenograft mouse model. Mechanistically, H-FOXA1 reprograms ER-chromatin binding to elicit a core gene signature (CGS) enriched in ER+ endocrine-resistant (EndoR) cells. We identify Secretome14, a CGS subset encoding ER-dependent cancer secretory proteins, as a strong predictor for poor outcomes of ER+ BC. It is elevated in ER+ metastases vs. primary tumors, irrespective of ESR1 mutations. Genomic ER binding near …

Occupation And Risk Of Traumatic Brain Injury In The Millennium Cohort Study, Jose-Miguel Yamal

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

INTRODUCTION: Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an occupational health hazard of military service. Few studies have examined differences in military occupational categories (MOC) which take into consideration the physical demands and job requirements across occupational groups.

METHODS: This study was approved by the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Institutional Review Board. Data for this cross-sectional study were obtained from the Naval Health Research Center's Millennium Cohort Study, an ongoing DoD study. Univariate analyses were employed to calculate frequencies and proportions for all variables. Bivariate analyses included unadjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% CI for the association between …

Crabr-Net: A Contextual Relational Attention-Based Recognition Network For Remote Sensing Scene Objective, Jinwei Han, Xiangning Chen

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Remote sensing scene objective recognition (RSSOR) plays a serious application value in both military and civilian fields. Convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have greatly enhanced the improvement of intelligent objective recognition technology for remote sensing scenes, but most of the methods using CNN for high-resolution RSSOR either use only the feature map of the last layer or directly fuse the feature maps from various layers in the "summation" way, which not only ignores the favorable relationship information between adjacent layers but also leads to redundancy and loss of feature map, which hinders the improvement of recognition accuracy. In this study, a …

College Of Engineering News, Georgia Southern University

College of Engineering & Computing: News & Publications (2010-2023)

• Alumna Macy Spears (MSCE ’23) to Join Tharpe Engineering Group
• MSME Student Earns 1st Place for Paper at ASME Conference

A Comprehensive Analysis : Confronting Challenges And Developing Solutions For Maritime Education And Training In The Era Of Maritime Automous Surface Ships, Lei Jin

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Onboard Carbon Capture And Storage (Occs) : Feasibility Analysis And Policy Measures, Weixuan Wang

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

A Study Of Cruise Ship Safety Management System In China, Fei Liu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Improving Pilot Boarding Arrangements To Prevent Transfer Accidents, Wenduan Song

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Research On Prevention And Management Of Seafarer Fatigue, Yiheng Xu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Tanker Vetting Process : From Charterer Perspective, Xuesong Hu

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Research On China Ship Co2 Emission Reduction Path：Under Imo Stage Targets, Biao Yi

World Maritime University Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Book Review: Team America: Patton, Macarthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, And The World They Forged, Wylie W. Johnson

Parameters Bookshelf – Online Book Reviews

Author: Robert L. O’Connell

Reviewed by Rev. Dr. Wylie W. Johnson, US Army War College class of 2010

Although early twentieth-century America’s Army was small, meagerly funded, short on equipment, and rife with other struggles, it saw the rise of great leaders. Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged focuses on four of them. They came from different backgrounds, yet “Together they accounted for 19 stars; together they brought about victory in their generation. Two became Chief of Staff of the Army. One rose to become the US Commander in Chief.”

Hypothyroidism Following Radiotherapy For Head And Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review Of The Literature And Opportunities To Improve The Therapeutic Ratio, Michael K Rooney, Lauren M Andring, Kelsey L Corrigan, Vincent Bernard, Tyler D Williamson, Adam S Garden, Anna Lee, Amy C Moreno, William H Morrison, Jack Phan, David I Rosenthal, Michael Spiotto, Steven J Frank

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

(1) Background: Radiotherapy (RT) is a central component for the treatment of many head and neck cancers. In this systematic review of the literature, we aimed to characterize and quantify the published evidence on RT-related hypothyroidism, including estimated incidence, clinical risk factors, and dosimetric parameters that may be used to guide clinical decision making. Furthermore, we aimed to identify potential areas of improvement in the prevention and clinical management of RT-induced hypothyroidism, including the role of modern advanced therapeutic techniques. (2) Methods: We conducted a systemic review of the literature in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and …

Hypothyroidism Following Radiotherapy For Head And Neck Cancer: A Systematic Review Of The Literature And Opportunities To Improve The Therapeutic Ratio, Michael K Rooney, Lauren M Andring, Kelsey L Corrigan, Vincent Bernard, Tyler D Williamson, Adam S Garden, Anna Lee, Amy C Moreno, William H Morrison, Jack Phan, David I Rosenthal, Michael Spiotto, Steven J Frank

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

(1) Background: Radiotherapy (RT) is a central component for the treatment of many head and neck cancers. In this systematic review of the literature, we aimed to characterize and quantify the published evidence on RT-related hypothyroidism, including estimated incidence, clinical risk factors, and dosimetric parameters that may be used to guide clinical decision making. Furthermore, we aimed to identify potential areas of improvement in the prevention and clinical management of RT-induced hypothyroidism, including the role of modern advanced therapeutic techniques. (2) Methods: We conducted a systemic review of the literature in accordance with Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and …

Aggregated Molecular Phenotype Scores: Enhancing Assessment And Visualization Of Mass Spectrometry Imaging Data For Tissue-Based Diagnostics, Livia S Eberlin, David M Reif, Erin S Baker

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) has gained increasing popularity for tissue-based diagnostics due to its ability to identify and visualize molecular characteristics unique to different phenotypes within heterogeneous samples. Data from MSI experiments are often assessed and visualized using various supervised and unsupervised statistical approaches. However, these approaches tend to fall short in identifying and concisely visualizing subtle, phenotype-relevant molecular changes. To address these shortcomings, we developed aggregated molecular phenotype (AMP) scores. AMP scores are generated using an ensemble machine learning approach to first select features differentiating phenotypes, weight the features using logistic regression, and combine the weights and feature abundances. …

Strategic Intelligence For Sacred Sites, Pierre Fournie

International Journal of Religious Tourism and Pilgrimage

The polysemous aspect of pilgrimage constitutes a very old human activity, sometimes religious and alternatively secular, make it a complex matter to approach and handle. The exact number of pilgrims visiting sacred sites remains undetermined, and ranges, according to sources, between 200 and 400 million people yearly (Griffin & Raj, 2017). Pilgrimages are often associated with tourism and generate, in several countries, comfortable amounts of revenue. Public or private companies manage sacred sites and at the same time, areas of services for pilgrims and accompanying persons, and an intense network of shops, places for food and accommodation, grow, sometimes haphazardly. …

Elion: An Intelligent Chinese Composition Tutoring System Based On Large Language Models, Chanjin Zheng, Shaoyang Guo, Wei Xia, Shaoguang Mao

Chinese/English Journal of Educational Measurement and Evaluation | 教育测量与评估双语期刊

For a long time, Chinese language teachers in primary and secondary schools have been confronting challenges of heavy workload, low efficiency, and difficulty in improving the quality of composition evaluations. This article introduces “ELion”, an intelligent Chinese composition tutoring system based on large language models. The system utilizes deep linguistic features to evaluate the quality of compositions and provide interpretable feedback. By discussing the overall design, evaluation framework structure, and scoring algorithm principles of ELion, this paper addresses the theoretical, technical, and engineering issues of intelligent evaluation of Chinese compositions in the educational context. Small-scale experiments conducted in schools demonstrate …

Reaction Pathways, Kinetic Modelling And Parameter Estimation Of Heterogeneous Catalytic Trans-Esterificationprocess, Owolabi,R. U, Aderinsola A. P

Mansoura Engineering Journal

The kinetics of heterogeneous catalyzed trans-esterification between castor oil and methanol was studied and modeled. Kinetic data was obtained from a perfectly mixed slurry batch reactor. The modeling was conducted via the modified-hattori mechanism to determine the exact rate controlling step for the reaction. A total of five rate expressions were formed, which were as a result of; methanol adsorption, Triglyceride adsorption, Formation of the complex, Surface reaction and Glycerol desorption. Evaluation of best fitting model and parameter estimation was done using the nealder simplex least square optimization algorithm with the aid MATLAB software. The result from the regression analysis …

Improving Square Skirted Foundations Behavior On Sand, Tamer Al-Shyoukhi, Ayman Altahrany, Mahmoud Elmeligy

Mansoura Engineering Journal

Shallow foundations' behavior is enhanced by using skirts to confine the soil beneath the foundation. The bearing capacity and settlement of skirted foundations resting on the sand are influenced by the size of the skirt cell and shear strength of sand. Experimental modelling was carried out on an axially square-skirted footing resting on sand in this study. Plaxis-3D software was used for numerical analysis to support the experimental results. The numerical analysis results validated the experimental results. The outcomes of the study demonstrated that skirts wider than the footing size increased the bearing capacity of skirted foundations. In the case …