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Neutrogeometry & Antigeometry Are Alternatives And Generalizations Of The Non-Euclidean Geometries, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

No abstract provided.

Faculty Senate Chronicle October 7, 2021, Heather M. Loughney

The University of Akron Faculty Senate Chronicle

Minutes for the regular meeting of The University of Akron Faculty Senate on October 7, 2021

Estimating The Correlation Between Semi-Competing Risk Survival Endpoints, Lexy Sorrell, Yinghui Wei, M Wojtys, Peter Rowe

Peninsula Medical School

Time-to-event, bivariate, semi-competing risk data occur when a terminal event can censor a non-terminal event, but not vice versa. There are potential correlations between these endpoints as they are measured on the same individual. However, traditional methods to estimate the correlations cannot be used directly due to the censoring of time-to-event endpoints. We develop methods using a copula-based approach to study the dependence structures between the two survival endpoints. We use a variety of copulas to estimate the correlation between endpoints and to acknowledge different dependence structures. The estimated association parameter in the copula function is transformed into Spearman's rank …

Space And Defense – Volume Twelve – Number Two – Summer 2021, Space And Defense Journal

Space and Defense

No abstract provided.

Biographical Data And Black Box Empiricism: Lessons Learned For Algorithmic Assessments In Personnel Selection, Ketaki Sodhi, Marc Cubrich

Psychology from the Margins

As the popularity of biodata in selection assessments grew in the 1980s and into the 1990s, the field of industrial and organizational psychology witnessed many attempts to develop biodata theories and guide the development of biodata items. The insights that emerged from this body of research are increasingly relevant in the current era of big data, artificial intelligence (AI), and machine learning. More than ever, AI and machine learning are being used to score candidates and make hiring recommendations. Many organizations are using data-driven approaches to develop machine learning and AI algorithms, which are frequently atheoretical, based on correlations or …

Impact Of Internet Blockade Post Abrogation Of Article 370 Of Indian Constitution On Doctoral Students Pursuing Research In Kashmir, Safat Mustaq Misgar, Zahid Ashraf Wani, Arshia Ayoub

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

This paper aims to gauge the impact of internet blockade on the research students pursuing research in Kashmir post abrogation of article 370 of Indian constitution that granted political autonomy to erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir. In order to collect the data survey method was employed. A close-ended questionnaire was distributed among the select group. The data for the study was gathered from these questionnaires as per the objectives was analysed and interpreted to reach logical conclusions. The study revealed that the majority (76.92%) of researchers are of the view that the internet is a backbone for education and …

21st-Century Multidisciplinary Collaboration In Research In Library, Jesubukade E. Ajakaye, Samuel Oke Ogunniyi Phd

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Multidisciplinary collaboration is the hallmark of research in 21^st century. Several academic disciplines or professional specialisations can now come together in an approach to solve a problem. Nowadays, most research projects are multifaceted and multidisciplinary, necessitating diverse and various set of expertise, knowledge, and backgrounds to bring about accomplishments. Digital humanity is a typical example of 21st-century multidisciplinary collaboration. Experts and scholars come together to research case studies and knowledge of various fields of study are employed to achieve a common goal. The approach to multidisciplinary collaboration is evident in all fields such as health and medical practices, financial …

The Role Of Professional Development On Job Satisfaction Of The Lis Professionals, Latika Singh, Research Scholar, Ajay Pratap Singh, Professor

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Professional development (PD) implies the overall and systematic development of employees. It is a method to procure current knowledge and skills. In this digital environment, it becomes more crucial that LIS professionals should be professionally developed. Professional development is one of the elements which affects job satisfaction of employees. It is imperative for LIS professionals as it increases their level of satisfaction and improves their performance. LIS professionals must participate in professional development activities that have a positive impact on job satisfaction. Professionally developed and satisfied LIS professionals can deliver better service to their users.

Extensive Livestock Production And Emerging Social Ethics For Animals, Bernard E. Rollin

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

The last 50 years have witnessed a dazzling array of social ethical revolutions in Western society. Such moral movements as feminism, civil rights, environmentalism, affirmative action, consumer advocacy, homosexual rights, children’s rights, the student movement, antiwar activism, public rejection of biotechnology, have forever changed the way governments and public institutions comport themselves. And this is equally true for private enterprise; to be successful, businesses must be seen as operating solidly in harmony with changing and emerging social ethics. It is arguable that morally based boycotting of South African business was instrumental in bringing about the end of apartheid, and similar …

The Importance Of Animal Comfort For Animal Production In Intensive Grassland Systems, P. H. Hemsworth, J. L. Barnett

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

Animals utilise a wide range of regulatory systems to control the conditions within their bodies or homeostasis. These regulatory systems control for example, body temperature, nutritional state, water balance, social interactions and fear and these systems react to environmental and endogenous stimuli so as to correct or prevent displacements from the optimal range. The behavioural and physiological responses utilised by the animal are usually proportional to the challenge to homeostasis. The stress response commences with the central nervous system perceiving a potential challenge to homeostasis. Once the central nervous system perceives a threat, it develops a biological response or defence …

Effect Of Caloric Stress On Milk Production And Animal Comfort, Mónica B. Sacido, F. Loholaberry, N. Sánchez, J. Intruvini

IGC Proceedings (1977-2023)

The objective of this study was to determine the effect of the environmental factors on the animal behaviour of grazing dairy cows, estimated through the THI (Temperature-Humidity Index) and the relationship with the daily milk production, quality of milk, consumption and the detection of zeal. The study was carried out in Azul , in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina and was developed from December 1999 to February 2000. The effect of the half shade was quantified based on the production in litres of milk/day, % protein, % fat and detection of zeal. In the period analyzed, the THI usually …

Corruption And Its Manifestations In The Field Of Public Education At The Present Stage Of Development Of The Republic Of Uzbekistan, Abdullayeva Malikabonu Erkin Qizi

ProAcademy

The article deals with the concept and signs of corruption in national and international legislation. Based on the analysis of legal definitions of the concept of corruption, lists of acts of corruption in conjunction with the provisions of the most significant international legal acts that laid the foundations for understanding corruption, an attempt is made to determine the list and content of essential features of this social and legal phenomenon. As significant signs of corruption, the author singled out: social harm (danger), sphere of existence, subject of corruption, subjects, use by the subject of corruption of official (official) powers or …

Is High-Speed Rail Green? Evidence From A Quasi-Natural Experiment In China, Ling Nie, Zhongxiang Zhang

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei Working Papers

Existing studies have investigated the environmental dividends of substituting high-speed rail for other energy-intensive vehicles from an engineering standpoint, but they have yet to explore the economic effects of high-speed rail and the associated carbon emission reduction benefits. To fill the research gap, we use panel data from 285 Chinese cities between 2004 and 2014, and employ a difference-in-difference model to empirically examine the impact of high-speed rail opening on CO2 emissions. Our results show that the opening of high-speed rail reduces local carbon emissions significantly. This finding is robust and is unaffected by outliers, control group selection, time trends, …

Engineering Professor's Invention Receives Mda Grant, Shea Stewart

University of Mississippi News

Dehumidification system could slash energy costs for air conditioning

Educational Policies Committee Minutes, October 6, 2021, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of 2 September 2021 Minutes
• Curriculum Subcommittee Report
• Academic Standards Subcommittee Report
• General Education Subcommittee Report
• Other Business

Professional Responsibility, Legal Malpractice, Cybersecurity, And Cyber-Insurance In The Covid-19 Era, Ethan S. Burger

St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, law firms conformed their activities to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and state health authority guidelines by immediately reducing the size of gatherings, encouraging social distancing, and mandating the use of protective gear. These changes necessitated the expansion of law firm remote operations, made possible by the increased adoption of technological tools to coordinate workflow and administrative tasks, communicate with clients, and engage with judicial and governmental bodies.

Law firms’ increased use of these technological tools for carrying out legal and administrative activities has implications …

Curriculum Subcommittee Minutes, October 6, 2021, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of 2 September 2021 Minutes
• Program Proposals
• Semester Course Approval Reviews
• Other Business

Daily Eastern News: October 06, 2021, Eastern Illinois University

October

No abstract provided.

Massive Open Online Courses For Professional Certificate Programs? Perspectives On Professional Learners’ Longitudinal Participation Patterns, Hengtao Tang Ph.D., Wanli Xing

Faculty Publications

Massive open online courses (MOOCs) have been integrated into higher education systems as an option for delivering online professional degree and certificate programs; however, concerns about whether employed professionals actively participate in MOOCs remain unresolved. Some researchers have described learners’ employment as the major cause of attrition from MOOCs, but research has not addressed how employed learners interact with MOOCs over time. Understanding employed professionals’ trajectory of participation patterns across course time is thus essential to improving the effectiveness of MOOCs. This study investigated the log data of learner participation to explore how attrition occurs in a professional MOOC, focusing …

Virtual Reality In Healthcare: An Occupational Therapy Perspective, Wyatt Mead, Alexandra Harnica, Marion Marxer, Trent Paveglio

Masters Projects

Abstract

Object: There is limited research about how virtual reality is used in therapeutic settings and how specifically occupational therapy finds it valuable, when in the OT process to use VR, and across what setting and diagnosis it is utilized in. This descriptive study design is intended to determine when practitioners utilize VR during the OT process, what their aims are for using it, the types of VR systems being utilized, as well as anecdotal comparison of outcomes using VR versus other therapy modalities. To further explore this, qualitative one on one interviews will be conducted with practicing Occupational Therapists …

A Data-Driven Statistical Description For The Hydrodynamics Of Active Matter, Ahmad Borzou, Alison E. Patteson, J. M. Schwarz

Physics - All Scholarship

Modeling living systems at the collective scale can be very challenging because the individual constituents can themselves be complex and the respective interactions between the constituents may not be fully understood. With the advent of high throughput experiments and in the age of big data, data-driven methods are on the rise to overcome these challenges. Although machine-learning approaches can help quantify correlations between the various players, they do not directly shed light on the underlying physical principles of such systems. Here, we present a data-driven method for obtaining the phase-space density of active matter systems such that the solution to …

A Bioinformatic And Biochemical Analysis Of Cruciviruses, George William Kasun

Dissertations and Theses

Cruciviruses are novel ssDNA viruses discovered through metagenomics and direct environmental DNA amplification and cloning. The genomes of cruciviruses suggest that gene transfer between RNA and DNA viruses occurred due to the presence of putative protein-encoding genes that are homologous to both ssRNA and ssDNA viruses. In order to gain a better understanding of this group of viruses both bioinformatic analyses and in vitro biochemical experiments were employed. The results of the bioinformatic analyses show that cruciviruses are a highly diverse group of ssDNA viruses. Their placement within established ssDNA phylogenies is difficult due to heterogeneity in their putative replication-associated …

Educational Policies Committee Agenda, October 6, 2021, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of 2 September 2021 Minutes
• Curriculum Subcommittee Report
• General Education Subcommittee Report
• Other Business

Fall Open House, October 16, Kassidy Taylor

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

State V. Peevy Respondent's Brief Dckt. 48752

Not Reported

No abstract provided.

Remote, Unsupervised Functional Motor Task Evaluation In Older Adults Across The United States Using The Mindcrowd Electronic Cohort, Andrew Hooyman, Joshua S. Talboom, Matthew D. De Both, Lee Ryan, Matthew J. Huentelman, Sydney Y. Schaefer

Physical Therapy Faculty Articles and Research

COVID-19 has impacted the ability to evaluate motor function in older adults, as motor assessments typically require face-to-face interaction. One hundred seventy-seven older adults nationwide completed an unsupervised functional upper-extremity assessment at home. Data were compared to data from an independent sample of community-dwelling older adults (N = 250) assessed in lab. The effect of age on performance was similar between the in-lab and at-home groups. Practice effects were also similar. Assessing upper-extremity motor function remotely is feasible and reliable in community-dwelling older adults. This test offers a practical solution for telehealth practice and other research involving remote or geographically …

Spectrum, Volume 47, Issue 4, Sacred Heart University

Newspapers (Obelisk & Spectrum)

Highlights include: Women Leading SHU -- Hungary’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Law -- Food Insecurity On Campus -- Intramural Sports Are Back -- Are You Getting the Covid Booster Shot? -- Missing Coverage for Missing BIPOC -- Discovery Science Center and Planetarium Reopens -- Fun at Fall Fest -- Men's golf finished fourth at the University of Hartford Invitational -- Women’s Ice Hockey Makes a Return

Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach Update, October 6, 2021, Office Of Research, Economic Engagement And Outreach

Office of Research, Economic Engagement and Outreach

No abstract provided.

College Of Engineering News, Georgia Southern University

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

• PCEC 2021-22 Faculty Research Seed Grant Awards Announced

Curriculum Subcommittee Agenda, October 6, 2021, Utah State University

Educational Policies Committee

• Approval of 2 September 2021 Minutes
• Program Proposals
• Semester Course Approval Reviews
• Other Business