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Neutrophil Dynamics Affect Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Granuloma Outcomes And Dissemination, Caitlin Hult, Joshua T. Mattila, Hannah P. Gideon, Jennifer J. Linderman, Denise E. Kischner

Math Faculty Publications

Neutrophil infiltration into tuberculous granulomas is often associated with higher bacteria loads and severe disease but the basis for this relationship is not well understood. To better elucidate the connection between neutrophils and pathology in primate systems, we paired data from experimental studies with our next generation computational model GranSim to identify neutrophil-related factors, including neutrophil recruitment, lifespan, and intracellular bacteria numbers, that drive granuloma-level outcomes. We predict mechanisms underlying spatial organization of neutrophils within granulomas and identify how neutrophils contribute to granuloma dissemination. We also performed virtual deletion and depletion of neutrophils within granulomas and found that neutrophils play …

The Prospector, October 5, 2021, Utep Student Publications

The Prospector

Headline: A Legacy of Excellence: Remembering Diana Natalicio

The Simulation Experiment Description Markup Language (Sed-Ml): Language Specification For Level 1 Version 4, Lucian P. Smith,, Frank T. Bergmann, Alan Garny, Tomáš Helikar, Jonathan Karr, David Nickerson,, Herbert Sauro, Dagmar Waltemath, Matthias König

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

Computational simulation experiments increasingly inform modern biological research, and bring with them the need to provide ways to annotate, archive, share and reproduce the experiments performed. These simulations increasingly require extensive collaboration among modelers, experimentalists, and engineers. The Minimum Information About a Simulation Experiment (MIASE) guidelines outline the information needed to share simulation experiments. SED-ML is a computer-readable format for the information outlined by MIASE, created as a community project and supported by many investigators and software tools. The first versions of SED-ML focused on deterministic and stochastic simulations of models. Level 1 Version 4 of SED-ML substantially expands these …

Liquid And Semisolid Lubricant Compositions , Methods Of Making , And Uses Thereof, Diana Berman, Kent Dean Chapman, Tervor Bradley Romsdahl, Edgar Benjamin Cahoon, Robert Earl Minto, Chunyu Zhang

Department of Biochemistry: Faculty Publications

Various liquid and semisolid lubricant compositions are provided, in particular lubricant compositions containing oil from the seeds of the Brassicaceae Orychophragmus violaceus, preferably those that have been esterified with one or more fatty acids such as palmitoleic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, lauric acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, or a combination thereof. In various aspects, lubricant compositions are provided that include a petroleum or a synthetic base oil and about 40 % or less by weight of a liquid lubricant composition containing oil from the seeds of the Brassicaceae Orychophragmus violaceus preferably those that have been esterified with one …

Independent- Oct. 5, 2021, Ankush Vyas

The Independent (1988-present)

No abstract provided.

Growing The Revolutionary Intellectual, Creating The Counterpublic Sphere, Peter Mclaren, Lilia D. Monzó

Education Faculty Books and Book Chapters

"Here we seek to illuminate some important nuances and articulations surrounding the challenges that face us as dissident intellectuals at this particular historical conjuncture and to explore ways in which the public intellectual can be reconceptualized and revitalized in revolutionary terms. This fits well with our goal for this essay— which intends to serve as a countervailing riposte to the role of the free- market intellectual and to insist on a materialist and indigenist recentering of the role of the intellectual in today’s social order."

Non - Naturally Occurring Porcine Reproductive And Respiratory Syndrome Virus ( Prrsv ) And Methods Of Using, Hiep Lai Xuan Vu, Fernando Osorio, William W. Laegreid, Asit K. Pattnaik, Fangrui Ma

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

A non - naturally occurring porcine reproductive and respi ratory syndrome virus ( PRRSV ) is provided herein , and methods of making and using the non - naturally occurring PRRSV also are provided

Masked Face Analysis Via Multi-Task Deep Learning, Vatsa S. Patel, Zhongliang Nie, Trung-Nghia Le, Tam Van Nguyen

Computer Science Faculty Publications

Face recognition with wearable items has been a challenging task in computer vision and involves the problem of identifying humans wearing a face mask. Masked face analysis via multi-task learning could effectively improve performance in many fields of face analysis. In this paper, we propose a unified framework for predicting the age, gender, and emotions of people wearing face masks. We first construct FGNET-MASK, a masked face dataset for the problem. Then, we propose a multi-task deep learning model to tackle the problem. In particular, the multi-task deep learning model takes the data as inputs and shares their weight to …

An Experimental Comparison Of Simple Measurements Used For The Characterization Of Sand Equestrian Surfaces, María Alejandra Blanco, Raúl Hourquebie, Kaleb Dempsey, Peter Schmitt, Michael L. Peterson

Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering Faculty Publications

Quantitative measurements of performance parameters have the potential to increase consistency and enhance performance of the surfaces as well as to contribute to the safety of horses and riders. This study investigates how factors known to influence the performance of the surface, incorporation of a drainage package, control of the moisture control, and introduction of a geotextile reinforcement, affect quantitative measurements of arena materials. The measurements are made by using affordable lightweight testing tools which are readily available or easily constructed. Sixteen boxes with arena materials at a consistent depth were tested with the Going Stick (GS), both penetration resistance …

Blockchain Copyright Exchange – A Prototype, Jiarui Liu

Buffalo Law Review

The copyright market for creative works such as music and movies traditionally involves a complex web of licensing transactions and exorbitant transaction costs. Out of every dollar that consumers pay, an artist who writes, performs, and produces her own work may receive less than fifteen cents while the rest are diverted to cover the costs of financing new production, marketing new works, and distributing royalties. Although artists are typically scheduled to receive royalties on a quarterly basis, a payment may lag as far as two years after users paid. Furthermore, if a collecting society is unable to identify the rightful …

On The Mathematical Modeling Of Slender Biomedical Continuum Robots, Hunter B. Gilbert

Faculty Publications

The passive, mechanical adaptation of slender, deformable robots to their environment, whether the robot be made of hard materials or soft ones, makes them desirable as tools for medical procedures. Their reduced physical compliance can provide a form of embodied intelligence that allows the natural dynamics of interaction between the robot and its environment to guide the evolution of the combined robot-environment system. To design these systems, the problems of analysis, design optimization, control, and motion planning remain of great importance because, in general, the advantages afforded by increased mechanical compliance must be balanced against penalties such as slower dynamics, …

Nusat I: History, Robert J. Twiggs

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

A PowerPoint Presentation created by Professor Bob Twiggs titled "NUSat I: History" from October 5, 2021.

Gpr21 Inhibition Increases Glucose-Uptake In Hepg2 Cells, Gemma K. Kinsella, Stefania Cannito, Valentina Bordano, John C. Stephens, Arianna C. Rosa, Gianluca Miglio, Valeria Guaschino, Valeria Iannaccone, John B.C. Findlay, Elisa Benetti

Articles

GPR21 is a constitutively active, orphan, G-protein-coupled receptor, with in vivo studies suggesting its involvement in the modulation of insulin sensitivity. However, its precise contribution is not fully understood. As the liver is both a major target of insulin signalling and critically involved in glucose metabolism, the aim of this study was to examine the role of GPR21 in the regulation of glucose uptake and production in human hepatocytes. In particular, HepG2 cells, which express GPR21, were adopted as cellular models. Compared with untreated cells, a significant increase in glucose uptake was measured in cells treated with siRNA to downregulate …

Representative Estimates Of Covid-19 Infection Fatality Rates From Four Locations In India: Cross-Sectional Study, Rebecca Cai, Paul Novosad, Vaidehi Tandel, Sam Asher, Anup Malani

Dartmouth Scholarship

Objectives To estimate age-specific and sex-specific mortality risk among all SARS-CoV-2 infections in four settings in India, a major lower-middle-income country and to compare age trends in mortality with similar estimates in high-income countries. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting India, multiple regions representing combined population >150 million. Participants Aggregate infection counts were drawn from four large population-representative prevalence/seroprevalence surveys. Data on corresponding number of deaths were drawn from official government reports of confirmed SARS-CoV-2 deaths. Primary and secondary outcome measures The primary outcome was age-specific and sex-specific infection fatality rate (IFR), estimated as the number of confirmed deaths per infection. The …

Impacts Of Automated Vehicle Technologies On Future Traffic, Xiaowei Shi

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Recently manufactured commercial vehicles are increasingly equipped with automated driving features. The adaptive cruise control (ACC) system, arguably the most common automated vehicle (AV) driving feature, is available on many new models of commercial vehicles in recent years. The ACC system is composed of a series of onboard sensors (e.g., millimeter-wave radars), computing and control units, which enables the commercial AVs to automatically maintain a safe headway between the subject AV and the lead vehicle by dynamically control the AV speed with real-time sensor information. Note that such commercial AVs are controlled by exact, prescriptive, and fast-responding computer-mechanical dynamic models …

Ensuring Survey Research Data Integrity In The Era Of Internet Bots, Marybec Griffin, Richard J. Martino, Caleb Loschiavo, Camilla Comer-Carruthers, Kristen D. Krause, Christopher B. Stults, Perry N. Halkitis

Publications and Research

We used an internet-based survey platform to conduct a cross-sectional survey regarding the impact of COVID-19 on the LGBTQ + population in the United States. While this method of data collection was quick and inexpensive, the data collected required extensive cleaning due to the infiltration of bots. Based on this experience, we provide recommendations for ensuring data integrity. Recruitment conducted between May 7 and 8, 2020 resulted in an initial sample of 1251 responses. The Qualtrics survey was disseminated via social media and professional association listservs. After noticing data discrepancies, research staff developed a rigorous data cleaning protocol. A second …

Nusat I: History, Robert J. Twiggs

Robert "Bob" Twiggs STEM Education Collection

A PowerPoint Presentation created by Professor Bob Twiggs titled "NUSat I: History" from October 5, 2021.

College Of Engineering News, Georgia Southern University

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

• GS engineering student competes on Netflix baking show

Academic Senate - Minutes, 10/5/2021, Academic Senate

Academic Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

The Status Of Support In Iranian Library Software, Fatemeh Kazemi Layegh, Mohsen Hajizeinolabedini, Amir Reza Asnafi

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The main purpose of this study is to identify the status of support in Iranian library software. This research is among the survey-analytical researches. The statistical population of the present study included commercial library software design companies active in Iran and also the managers of central libraries of public universities in Tehran. Descriptive statistics (frequency, mean) and inferential statistics with SPSS software (mean, standard deviation, t-test) were used to analyze the data. The status of library software support in the surveyed universities is such that the quality of services with an average of 3.49 and a standard deviation of 0.43 …

Undergraduate Students Use Of Electronic Resources Amid The Covd-19 Pandemic Lockdown, Kolawole Ogunbodede, Smart E. Ambrose Mr., Imade Idubor Mrs

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The paper examined the use of electronic resources among undergraduate students of Library and Information Science (LIS) in University of Benin, Benin City amid the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown in Nigeria. Two (2) research questions guided the study. The researchers adopted a descriptive survey design. The population of the study comprised 93 undergraduate students. Convenience sampling was done, as the entire respondents who filled the questionnaire were used for the study. An online questionnaire was the instrument used for data collection. Data were analyzed with frequency count, simple percentages, and mean. The findings revealed that the students mostly used Internet resources, …

Automatic Ink Redispersion In The Intermediate Tank By Using Magnetic Fields, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

When a supply is stored, the heavier pigments settle on the bottom part of the supply. Due to that,

prior to installing a new ink supply, it is necessary to do a certain number of shakes to ensure that the

ink is properly mixed.

In some printers, a printhead receives a stream of printing fluid from an Intermediate Tank, which is

supplied with ink from a supply tank by an ink pump. Depending on the Intermediate Tank orientation,

the heavier pigments settle on the deposit.

If the ink is not properly mixed, there would be depleted and enriched ink inside …

Process To Detect Air Leakages In A 3d Printer, Hp Inc

Defensive Publications Series

In 3D printers, the Powder fusion process occurs in a sealed environment called print chamber,

that is kept at negative pressure (relative to client room); the print chamber is sealed not only to

prevent undesired contamination of the client room, but also to avoid unwanted air leaks from

the client room (or by other zone of the 3D printer itself) to the print chamber. In fact, these air

leaks may cause unwanted airflows in the printing area: they cool down only a specific zone of

the printable area, changing the energy balance in this region and therefore affecting Part

Quality. …

A Kubernetes Native Approach To Distribute Webhook Events To Multiple Non-Exported Clusters, Prashanth Kumar, Luis Pabón

Defensive Publications Series

The proposed model is a Kubernetes native approach to distribute webhook events to multiple non-exported clusters. A single Kubernetes service is exposed to listen to external webhooks from a GipOps service. Non-exposed clusters connect to the exposed Kubernetes service to watch for updates from webhook events.

Getting Started With Coding, John Beatty

Sandbox Series

Over the past several years law librarians have become increasingly involved not only with their institutional repositories but also with automating aspects of their workflows for all sorts of common tasks related to faculty scholarship, law reviews, and more. In this sandbox John will share his story, share a wealth of resources for other librarians interested in learning to code as it relates to their roles with their IR, and engage in conversations with attendees to illustrate the variety of paths librarians have taken to develop this unique skill set.

Polymath Richard England To Join Jbs Advisory Board, Dan Shea

Journal of the Jussi Björling Societies of the USA & UK

In architectural circles. Malta's Richard England is famous for his work in the Mediterranean region where his buildings and designs have earned him numerous international awards. He also is a sculptor, published artist, poet, and philosopher whose work is widely admired, as you can see by going to any internet search engine and entering his name (with Malta, to gee to the right RE). But what brought him to my own attention first were his essays about opera and great singers published in internet sites like Grandi-Tenori and its online successor Opera Vivra (recommended!).

Human-Computer Interaction Research And Education--Crossing Boundaries Between Academic Research And Industry Practices, Yasushi Akiyama

Interface: The C3 Lab Knowledge Commons

In this paper, I will discuss my own experience and approaches to enhancing students' learning in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) classes by adopting an interdisciplinary approach that integrates academic research and industry practice. Due to the inherent interdisciplinarity of HCI, and to foster a set of "soft" skills known in Interdisciplinary Studies as the "cognitive toolkit," I invite expertise from the other departments at my university as well as industry professionals to give lectures, facilitate workshops, and oversee projects. These collaborations have produced several insights and have had a positive impact on the participants.

Webpage Analysis Of Indian Institute Of Management (Iim) And Indian Institute Of Technology (Iit) : A Webometric Study, Nisha Maharaj, Rohitkumar S. Parmar Mr., Ritesh J. Tandel Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The purpose of this research is to look at the website analysis of the 43 Indian institutions (IIT and IIM). The research focused on webometric analysis, which looked at the domain name, domain age, external and internal linkages, as well as all three types of web effects on all responder websites. The study also looks at how stakeholders from both inside and outside the country use websites. The goal of this study is to look into the webometric elements of India's all IIT and IIM institutions. A ranking of the university websites based on several webometric variables was attempted. The …

Enhancing The Scholarly Communication Through An Open Access Institutional Repository Of Bimstec Countries: An Analytical Study, Satyajit Nayak, Mitali Mohapatra

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study analyses the current status of BIMSTEC countries' Open Access Institutional Repositories register in OpenDOAR. Required data were obtained from the Directory of Open Access Institutional Repositories website. Then collected data have been analyzed and represented in graphical formats to understand the study results. The researchers assessed the BIMSTEC countries’ contribution to various parameters such as type of repository, content, disciplines, languages interface, and software used to build institutional repository. The study findings revealed that out of 150 repositories, the highest number of registration of repositories was taken place in the year 2013 and 2019, i.e., 18(12%). Most of …

The Health Sciences And Technology Academy: Re-Imagining Programmatic Delivery During The Covid-19 Pandemic, Sherron Mckendall, Alan Mckendall, Summer Kuhn, Catherine Morton, Mary Mcmillion, Sean Freeland

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

Out-of-school time academic/STEM programs provide educational enrichment to a myriad of student populations with some designed to assist those underrepresented and at-risk who desire to purse post-secondary studies. One such program in West Virginia (WV) is the Health Sciences and Technology Academy (HSTA), which provides hands-on, in person and engaging educational enrichment with the intent to increase the college going rates of Appalachia’s most vulnerable youth. In March 2020, HSTA key personnel encountered the task of redesigning program delivery due to the immediate shutdown of all in person operations resulting from the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-19 (COVID-19) pandemic. This paper discusses …