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Architecture Of Florence: Brunelleschi, The Medici, And Their Influence, Anton Jerabek

Architecture Cultures Student Papers

Florence, Italy emerged as a significant center, and ultimately the birthplace of Renaissance architecture, playing a pivotal role in the artistic and cultural transformation of the era. Located in Tuscany, Florence benefited from a combination of influential factors that contributed to a flourishing artistic movement. From the 14th to 17th centuries, the city thrived economically due to its active trade network, which resulted in the accumulation of substantial wealth among merchant families.

Exploring The Multifaceted Spaces Of Villa D’Este Gardens: A Transformative Journey Through Italy, Amelia Horstman

Architecture Cultures Student Papers

Embarking on a study abroad adventure in Italy presented me with the extraordinary opportunity to immerse myself in the architectural wonders of the Villa d’Este Gardens. Nestled in Tivoli, a small town 30 kilometers from Rome, this Renaissance masterpiece captivated my senses and evoked a profound appreciation for the harmonious integration of architecture, landscape design, and historical significance. This essay recounts a historical tapestry of the gardens and my personal experiences and reflections on the diverse array of spaces and moments I encountered within the captivating gardens, revealing the transformative power of this architectural marvel

Molecular Dissection And Testing Of Prss37 Function Through Lc-Ms/Ms And The Generation Of A Prss37 Humanized Mouse Model, Alexander Saltzman, Mei Leng, Sureshbabu Nagarajan, Anna Malovannaya, Masahito Ikawa, Thomas X Garcia, Martin M Matzuk

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

The quest for a non-hormonal male contraceptive pill for men still exists. Serine protease 37 (PRSS37) is a sperm-specific protein that when ablated in mice renders them sterile. In this study we sought to examine the molecular sequelae of PRSS37 loss to better understand its molecular function, and to determine whether human PRSS37 could rescue the sterility phenotype of knockout (KO) mice, allowing for a more appropriate model for drug molecule testing. To this end, we used CRISPR-EZ to create mice lacking the entire coding region of Prss37, used pronuclear injection to create transgenic mice expressing human PRSS37, intercrossed these …

Application Of 3d Printing In Medicine: Technologies And Challenges, Khan Rajib Hossain, Marzan Mursalin Jami, Abu Shyeed, Khadiza Khatun, Kamrul Hasan, Khadijatul Cobra, Firoz Ahmed

Al-Bahir

With the rapid development of 3D printing technology, its application scope has involved various fields such as aerospace, the automobile industry, medical treatment, food and others. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the release of "levetiracetam instant tablets," made with 3D printing technology. This means that 3D printing could be used to mass-produce drugs. This article reviews the principles, advantages, and challenges of 3D drug printing technologies: stereolithography, inkjet printing, powder-liquid bonding, and fused deposition, and looks forward to their future development in the preparation of solid preparations of medicine. With the continuous development of computer control, 3D …

Enhanced Acousto-Optic Properties Of Silicon Carbide Based Layered Structure, Namrata Dewan Soni

Al-Bahir

This study investigates the feasibility of using silicon carbide-based layered surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices in acousto-optic applications. The acousto-optic properties of the temperature-stable layered structure TeO3/SiC/128oY-X LiNbO3 are investigated through theoretical analysis. This analysis includes the evaluation of key parameters such as the overlap integral, figure of merit, and diffraction efficiency. The SAW propagation characteristics and field profiles required for these calculations are obtained using SAW software. Results show that the layered structure has high diffraction efficiency of nearly 96% and a promising value for the acousto-optic figure of merit, indicating potential use in low driving power acousto-optic devices. …

Automated Onboarding And Time-Sensitive Network (Tsn) Flow Creation Of Devices In A Tsn Network Environment, Robert Barton, Indermeet Gandhi, Maik Gunter Seewald

Defensive Publications Series

Techniques described herein provide for automating a time-sensitive network (TSN) configuration using an edge inventory system. In particular, according to techniques described herein, an asset inventory system discovers a TSN-capable device, identifies the requirements of the TSN-capable device, and adds a TSN tag to the asset inventory system that describes the function of the device. The asset inventory system provides instructions to on-board the device to a network as TSN-mandatory and sets the latency bounds for the network based on known or discovered characteristics of the device.

Deterministic Information Pull And Aggregation In A Destination-Oriented Directed Acyclic Graph (Dodag) Topology, Pascal Thubert, Jerome Henry, Patrick Wetterwald

Defensive Publications Series

Techniques are presented herein that support a deterministic collection method in the form of a scheduled pull mechanism, whereby a collection point may compute a schedule and then distribute the same so that all of the collecting nodes and network nodes can optimally transmit, aggregate, and relay information to the collection point. Under aspects of the presented techniques, a distributed set may be organized as a Destination-Oriented Directed Acyclic Graph (DODAG) topology to the collection point. The above-described schedule may then be generated whereby the DODAG parents emit only after all of their children (and, recursively, all of their descendants) …

A Linguistic Study Of Relative Clauses In George Bernard Shaw's "Arms And The Man", المدرّس المساعد يونس مهدي صالح

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

The study tries to shed light on the relative clauses used in literary texts namely Shaw's 'Arms and the Man'. A relative clause is a dependent clause that modifies or describes an antecedent i.e. a preceding noun. Relative clauses are of great importance since they help in understanding sentences as well as providing a choice for writers to vary their texts. Relative clauses consist of three elements: head noun, modifying clause and relativizer. Literary authors shape the language of their texts to suit their purposes. The study postulates that relative clauses are common in the play and relative pronouns functioning …

مظاهر الانزلاقات الارضية المؤثرة في طريق كويه - بيستانه في جبل هيبت سلطان ( دراسة في الجيومورفولوجيا التطبيقية ), ا.م.د. سنور أحمد رسول

Midad AL-Adab Refereed Quarterly Journal

يتناول هذا البحث مخاطر الانزلاقات الأرضية التي يتعرض لها طريق هيبت سلطان وتاثيراته في الانسان والبيئة. وذلك في منطقة الطريق الرابط بين كوية وبيستانة على جبل هيبت سلطان والذي يعبر الجبل بطريق متعرج (زكزاك)، وهو طريق رئيسي تستخدمه السيارات وشاحنات النفط. يتعرض هذا الطريق الى مخاطر حركة المواد (MASS WASTING ) بأنواع عديدة في أماكن عديدة إلا أن أكثرها خطرا هي الحركات التي يتعرض لها الطريق في جزئه العلوي، حيث تميل الطبقات الصخرية بزاوية كبيرة تصل الى أكثر من (60 درجة) وباتجاه انحدار الجبل ومجاورة الطريق من الجهة الأخرى للوادي وبانحدار يصل الى ( 8- 14 ْ). يتعرض هذا …

Enhancing Video-Based Learning Using Knowledge Tracing: Personalizing Students’ Learning Experience With Orbits, Shady Shehata, David Santandreu, Philip Purnell, Mark Thompson

Natural Language Processing Faculty Publications

As the world regains its footing following the COVID-19 pandemic, academia is striving to consolidate the gains made in students’ education experience. New technologies such as video-based learning have shown some early improvement in student learning and engagement. In this paper, we present ORBITS predictive engine at YOURIKA company, a video-based student support platform powered by knowledge tracing. In an exploratory case study of one master’s level Speech Processing course at the Mohamed Bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence (MBZUAI) in Abu Dhabi, half the students used the system while the other half did not. Student qualitative feedback was universally …

Structural Diversity And Stress Regulation Of The Plant Immunity-Associated Calmodulin-Binding Protein 60 (Cbp60) Family Of Transcription Factors In Solanum Lycopersicum (Tomato), Vanessa Shivnauth, Sonya Pretheepkumar, Eric J. R. Marchetta, Christina A. M. Rossi, Keaun Amani, Christian Castroverde

Biology Faculty Publications

Cellular signaling generates calcium (Ca2+) ions, which are ubiquitous secondary messengers decoded by calcium-dependent protein kinases, calcineurins, calreticulin, calmodulins (CAMs), and CAM-binding proteins. Previous studies in the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana have shown the critical roles of the CAM-BINDING PROTEIN 60 (CBP60) protein family in plant growth, stress responses, and immunity. Certain CBP60 factors can regulate plant immune responses, like pattern-triggered immunity, effector-triggered immunity, and synthesis of major plant immune-activating metabolites salicylic acid (SA) and N-hydroxypipecolic acid (NHP). Although homologous CBP60 sequences have been identified in the plant kingdom, their function and regulation in most species remain unclear. In …

Climatic Clustering And Longitudinal Analysis With Impacts On Food, Bioenergy, And Pandemics, John Lagergren, Mikaela Cashman, Verónica G.Melesse Vergara, Paul R. Eller, Joao Gabriel Felipe Machado Gazolla, Hari B. Chhetri, Jared Streich, Sharlee Climer, Peter Thornton, Wayne Joubert, Daniel Jacobson

Computer Science Faculty Works

Predicted growth in world population will put unparalleled stress on the need for sustainable energy and global food production, as well as increase the likelihood of future pandemics. In this work, we identify high-resolution environmental zones in the context of a changing climate and predict longitudinal processes relevant to these challenges. We do this using exhaustive vector comparison methods that measure the climatic similarity between all locations on Earth at high geospatial resolution relative to global-scale analyses. The results are captured as networks, in which edges between geolocations are defined if their historical climate similarities exceed a threshold. We apply …

Daily Sbar Sheet For Pediatric Patients With Central Lines, Jordan M. Enzwiler

Dissertations

Problem: The patient’s daily central line Theraworx baths were not being documented and completed at a mid-Missouri teaching hospital. After completing a retrospective chart review for 2022, 8.35% (n=90) of daily central line Theraworx baths were documented. Daily central line baths decrease central line-associated bloodstream infections (CLABSI), prolonged hospital stays, and costs.

Methods: The quality improvement (QI) project utilized a pilot retrospective and prospective pre-post-design. A retrospective chart review on daily central line Theraworx baths was conducted on patients two years and older within the pediatric service line who had a central line. A situation, background, assessment, and recommendation (SBAR) …

Harnessing Large Language Models For Simulink Toolchain Testing And Developing Diverse Open-Source Corpora Of Simulink Models For Metric And Evolution Analysis, Sohil Lal Shrestha

Association of Computing Machinery Open Access Agreement Publications-Archive

MATLAB/Simulink is a de-facto standard tool in several safety-critical industries such as automotive, aerospace, healthcare, and industrial automation for system modeling and analysis, compiling models to code, and deploying code to embedded hardware. On one hand, testing cyber-physical system (CPS) development tools such as MathWorks’ Simulink is important as a bug in the toolchain may propagate to the artifacts they produce. On the other hand, it is equally important to understand modeling practices and model evolution to support engineers and scientists as they are widely used in design, simulation, and verification of CPS models. Existing work in this area is …

Ways To Participate In Ongoing Regulation Around Artificial Intelligence Ethics In The United States, Wilhelmina Randtke

University Libraries: Faculty Presentations

In January 2021, the US passed the National Artificial Intelligence Initiative Act of 2020. The goal is a cohesive federal AI initiative, and part of that is safety, ethics, and transparency. The act includes funding appropriations for 2021-2025, and roll out takes place over that time. In implementing this law, there is recent and ongoing activity to regulate AI in the US. Regular calls for public participation go out to the public on www.federalregister.gov in the form of open ended questions on which input is requested, and feedback on reports or action plans.

The linked data community is uniquely positioned …

A Deep Learning Approach To Photo–Identification Demonstrates High Performance On Two Dozen Cetacean Species, Philip T. Patton, Ted Cheeseman, Kenshin Abe, Taiki Yamaguchi, Walter Reade, Ken Southerland, Addison Howard, Erin M. Oleson, Jason B. Allen, Erin Ashe, Aline Athayde, Robin W. Baird, Charla Basran, Elsa Cabrera, John Calambokidis, Júlio Cardoso, Emma L. Carroll, Amina Cesario, Barbara J. Cheney, Enrico Corsi, Jens Currie, John W. Durban, Erin A. Falcone, Holly Fearnbach, Kiirsten Flynn, Trish Franklin, Waly Franklin, Bárbara Galletti Vernazzani, Tilen Genov, Marie Hill

Faculty, Staff, and Students

1. Researchers can investigate many aspects of animal ecology through noninvasive photo–identification. Photo–identification is becoming more efficient as matching individuals between photos is increasingly automated. However, the convolutional neural network models that have facilitated this change need many training images to generalize well. As a result, they have often been developed for individual species that meet this threshold. These single-species methods might underperform, as they ignore potential similarities in identifying characteristics and the photo–identification process among species. 2. In this paper, we introduce a multi-species photo–identification model based on a state-of-the-art method in human facial recognition, the ArcFace classification head. …

Role Of Biotechnology In Creating Sustainable Agriculture, Saurav Das, Manjit Kumar Ray, Dinesh Panday, Piyush Kumar Mishra

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

This narrative review paper discusses the role of biotechnology in the development of sustainable agriculture. The paper begins by defning sustanability and highlights the importance of biotechnology in establishing sustainable agriculture. Sustainable agriculture is an approach that prioritizes meeting current food and fiber production needs while conserving and enhancing natural resources for future generations. To achieve agricultural sustainability, it is necessary to strike a balance between economic viability, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility. This can be difficult, especially in the face of biotic and abiotic stresses such as pests, diseases, climate change, soil degradation, and water depletion. The prevalence of …

Unh Researchers Examining Use Of Ribbed Mussels In Marsh Restoration, Nicholas Gosling

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

College Of Engineering News, Georgia Southern University

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

• NSF Awards $2.5 Million to Georgia Southern Researchers to Build Future IT Workforce

Analytical Advances In Homeowner Flood Risk Quantification Considering Insurance And Hazard Mitigation, Md Adilur Rahim

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Accurate economic loss assessment for natural hazards is vital for planning, mitigation, and actuarial purposes. The widespread and costly nature of flood hazards, with the economically disadvantaged disproportionately victimized, makes flood risk assessment and mitigation particularly important. Recent studies have made advancements in assessing flood risk at individual building level. But these methods require solving an integral equation every time the analysis is run, which is computationally intensive. In addition, analyses to date do not consider insurance (i.e., coverage, deductible) information and thus do not estimate the portion of risk that homeowner and insurer bear. Although existing research does consider …

A Qualitative Study On Malaysian Academics' Perceptions And Suggestions On Gamified Learning, Mohd. Elmagzoub Eltahir, Nagaletchimee Annamalai, Arulselvi Uthayakumaran, Samer H Zyoud, Bilal Zakarneh Dr, Najeh Rajeh Alsalhi

The Qualitative Report

This study explores lecturers' perceptions and suggestions on integrating gamified lessons in Malaysian higher institutions. The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed the norm of traditional classroom teaching by accelerating digital integration amongst educators and necessitating the need to address classroom gamification. To further understand educators' perceptions, we conducted in-depth interviews with 25 lecturers. We thematically analyzed the interviews by following the steps undertaken by Braun and Clarke (2006) to identify the emerging themes. The findings determine that educators found gamification suitable in teaching and learning activities during the set induction, reinforcement and assessment of specific skills. Several misconceptions also evident …

Impact Of High School Career And Technical Education On Graduation Rates, Outcomes, And The Skills Gap In The Midwestern United States, Amy Tague

Theses and Dissertations

This study examines the relationship between high school graduation requirements, electives, and career and technical education (CTE) requirements in the Midwestern United States. Data on overall high school graduation rates, high school CTE-concentrator graduation rates, and post-high school graduation workforce postsecondary enrollment rates were analyzed for several Midwestern states. The findings indicate variability in the number of electives allowed across these states, with some states showing a positive correlation between higher elective allowance and CTE concentrator graduation rates. Post-high school graduation workforce entry rates varied among these states, with Illinois exhibiting the highest rate above the national average. However, the …

Economic Performance Amongst English Seaside Towns, Sheela Agarwal, Steven Jakes, Sanzidur Rahman, Stephen J. Page

Plymouth Business School

Within urban and tourism studies, although much research has focused on uneven city prosperity and competitiveness, little is known about factors influencing seaside town economic performance. We adopt a place-based approach to understand its determinants amongst 58 of England’s largest seaside towns drawing on a bespoke database. Through Partial Least Square analysis, Spearman’s Rank Correlation and general linear regression modelling for panel data with random effects, we identify the ‘leaders’ and ‘laggers’ along with a set of associated socio-economic characteristics. These insights enhance understanding of how and why economic performance differs amongst these towns. We highlight implications for addressing such …

Effect Of Genetic Diversity On Cortical Bone Phenotype And Response To Mechanical Loading, Nicole Migotsky

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

There is a complex interplay between genetics and bone tissue, for both bone morphology and the ability to remodel. Understanding the genetic basis of bone traits in the adult skeleton facilitates the discovery of novel genes or pathways as therapeutic targets for low bone mass. To this end, a genetically diverse mouse population has been created by The Jackson Laboratory using eight Inbred Founder strains. These eight inbred strains were cross-bred for multiple generations to produce the Diversity Outbred (DO) mice, a population with random assortments of genes more closely modeling the human population. Using all eight Inbred Founder strains …

Covid-19 Pandemic And Library And Information Professionals In Cameroon: Challenges And Opportunities, Roseline Bawack

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Libraries and Information professionals in Cameroon are in crisis, undergoing a somewhat paradigmatic paralysis in information and knowledge dissemination. The emergence of Information technology and Artificial Intelligence have worsened the situation by transforming the way information is captured, organized, packaged, stored, and disseminated for utilization. As if that is not enough, the covid-19 came unexpectedly which took everyone, including libraries and information professionals by surprise bringing along several challenges. Library and information professionals have no other option but to face these challenges, transform some of these challenges into opportunities, and design strategies to enable them remain resilient during the covid-19 …

Neurofibromatosis Type 1-Associated Optic Pathway Gliomas: Current Challenges And Future Prospects, Yunshuo Tang, David H Gutmann

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Optic pathway glioma (OPG) occurs in as many as one-fifth of individuals with the neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) cancer predisposition syndrome. Generally considered low-grade and slow growing, many children with NF1-OPGs remain asymptomatic. However, due to their location within the optic pathway, ~20-30% of those harboring NF1-OPGs will experience symptoms, including progressive vision loss, proptosis, diplopia, and precocious puberty. While treatment with conventional chemotherapy is largely effective at attenuating tumor growth, it is not clear whether there is much long-term recovery of visual function. Additionally, because these tumors predominantly affect young children, there are unique challenges to NF1-OPG diagnosis, monitoring, …

Woodlot Wanderings July 2023, Ray Berthiaume

UNH Cooperative Extension

No abstract provided.

Benchmarking Australian Enabling Programs For A National Framework Of Standards, Charmaine Davis, Chris Cook, Suzi Syme, Sarah Dempster, Lisa Duffy, Sarah Hattam, George Lambrinidis, Kathy Lawson, Stuart Levy

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Enabling education programs in Australia assist students, who would otherwise have been excluded from higher education, to transition into undergraduate study. These programs emerged independently in response to the needs of individual universities and the varying cohorts of students they serve. The exclusion of these programs from the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) has meant they remain unregulated, with no national framework for standards. The development of academic standards is a dynamic, consensus driven process, and benchmarking provides a method through which academics from across institutions can work in partnership to reach shared understandings and improve and align practices. This practice …

Complying With New And Existing Biometric Data Privacy Laws, Ariel Latzer

The Journal of Business, Entrepreneurship & the Law

After providing an overview of the history behind biometric information, this article will discuss the Illinois Biometric Privacy Act (BIPA)—which laid the foundation for biometric privacy regulations in the United States—and then discuss the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and its amendments in the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). It will also briefly touch on biometric information regulations in other states and then delve into how some notable companies are currently using individuals’ biometric information to give readers a general idea of what is happening to their personal information and highlight areas businesses should take note of in order to …

Eco-Friendly Web Search Engines: Fit For Purpose?, Marydee Ojala

Midwest Business Librarian Summit (MBLS)

No abstract provided.