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Inferring Vortex And Dust Devil Statistics From Insight, Brian Jackson, Justin Crevier, Michelle Szurgot, Ryan Battin, Clément Perrin, Sébastien Rodriguez

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

The InSight mission has operated on the surface of Mars for nearly two Earth years, returning detections of the first marsquakes. The lander also deployed a meteorological instrument package and cameras to monitor local surface activity. These instruments have detected boundary layer phenomena, including small-scale vortices. These vortices register as short-lived, negative pressure excursions and closely resemble those that could generate dust devils. Although our analysis shows that InSight encountered more than 900 vortices and collected more than 1000 images of the Martian surface, no active dust devils were imaged. In spite of the lack of dust devil detections, we …

Exploring Factors That Influence Computational Thinking Skills In Elementary Students’ Collaborative Robotics, William H. Stewart, Youngkyun Baek, Gina Kwid, Kellie Taylor

Educational Technology Faculty Publications and Presentations

Recently educational robotics has expanded into curriculum beyond traditional STEM fields, and which can also be used to foster computational thinking (CT) skills. Prior research has shown numerous interdisciplinary benefits related to CT, however, these influential factors have often been investigated with relatively few variables. This study investigated factors that may lead to 4th and 5th grade elementary school students’ development of computational thinking skills in collaborative robotics activities by hypothesizing a model which proposed that a problem solving inventory, intrinsic motivation, and enjoyment were the main predictors of computational thinking skills. The model was then tested by surveying students …

Effects Of Air-Injection Pressure On Airflow Pattern Of Air Sparging, Arvin Farid, Atena Najafi, Jim Browning, Elisa Barney Smith

Civil Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

Air sparging is a remediation technology for treating soil/groundwater contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). VOC removal during air sparging is rendered less effective because of the random formation of air channels, creating preferential paths for airflow, thus limiting remediation to these channels, referred to as a zone of influence (ZOI). Pulsation is a popular method used to improve the effectiveness of air sparging through cyclic operation, with the hope that air channels would form elsewhere. Pulsation makes air sparging more time-consuming. This paper studies the effects of one cycle of pulsation and air pressure on the airflow pattern and …

Experiences In Archaeology, Social Justice, And Democratic Principles: The 2016-2019 Archaeological Field School At The University Of Hawai'i West O'Ahu, William Belcher, Suzanne Falgout, Joyce Chinen, Robert Kalani Carriera, Johanna Fuller

Department of Anthropology: Faculty Publications

From 2016 to 2019, the University of Hawai‘i West O‘ahu conducted archaeological field schools at Honouliuli National Historic Site to teach our students basic archaeological skills. Because the site was the largest Japanese and Japanese American concentration camp on O‘ahu, the field school initiated a program related to social justice and democratic principles for the imprisonment of US citizens and legal residents based on racial and national profiling. The demography of O‘ahu created a special bond to the incarcerees’ stories and the students of Asian and Hawaiian descent. Through field trips, student discussion, and curriculum development, we focused on the …

Fish & Wildlife News: Fall 2021, Matt Trott

Fish and Wildlife News

No abstract provided.

Time Series Forecasting Using Machine Learning, Anav Dutt

IPHS 484: Senior Seminar

No abstract provided.

Research On Knowledge Discovery Based On Deep Integration Of Multidimensional Data Knowledge Content And Relevance In Big Data Environment, Xiao Tan, Hui Li, Haiyun Xu

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]As a knowledge service directly involved in problem solving and decision making in the big data environment,it is necessary to effectively discover deep knowledge in multi-source heterogeneous data.Through sorting out the knowledge service environment,we can have a better understanding of the methods and technologies of knowledge discovery based on the current content and multi-dimensional association and fusion.[Method/process]Articles from the perspectives of both at home and abroad and the general situation of knowledge discovery,in the big data and the fourth driven by knowledge discovery research paradigm is facing new challenges,from multidimensional data knowledge content and associated deep fusion method,the application of …

Identification Of Key Factors Influencing Public Health Emergency Information Disclosure Based On Dematel Method, Xinhua Liang, Li Zhao

Journal of Scientific Information Research

[Purpose/significance]Information disclosure is not only an important premise and guarantee for the government to effectively respond to public health emergencies,but also a basic requirement for emergency management.To identify and analyze factors of public health emergency information disclosure is helpful to improve the quality and effect of emergency information disclosure and improve the ability of emergency response and disposal of public health emergencies.[Method/process]Based on the theoretical framework of Mallet F J mass communication model, factors indications of Public Health Emergency Information Disclosure are built.By comprehensively sorting out factors of information disclosure of public health emergencies from the four dimensions of government, …

An Ecological And Holistic Analysis Of The Epistemic Value Of Law Libraries, Paul D. Callister, Dana Neacsu

Faculty Works

We examine the libraries' roles within the "epistemic foundation of society.” Our analysis is in response to the omission of Yale Law Dean Gerken of the role of libraries in her recent article about legal education's new focus and to remarks by AALS President Vicki Jackson that suggest an uncertain role for libraries. We have adapted holistic ecological media theory, as developed by Ronald Deibert, to reject a technologically deterministic view of libraries as having no future. We have considered the role of law libraries in the social epistemology or cognitive authority of the legal community, the role of law …

Nevada Campaign Financing: U.S. House Of Representatives, 2020, Kristian Thymianos, Olivia K. Cheche, William E. Brown Jr.

Elections & Governance

In the 2020 election cycle, Nevada’s U.S. House of Representatives delegation fundraised a combined total of $9,994,636. This fact sheet summarizes the campaign donations and expenditures of these representatives. The data are collected from the Open Secrets website.

A Hidden Emergency: Transgenerational Inheritance In The Next Generation Of Rwandans, Neila Gross

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Cases of physiological and psychological health disorders in the generation succeeding generation of the 1994 genocide are rising at an alarming pace. The presented work herein details a qualitative and quantitative approach to understanding the transmission of trauma from the surviving population of the 1994 Genocide Against Tutsi in their offspring using the APA PTSD System Scale-Interview (PSS-I). Several variables including age, gender and background were employed in this study. The results indicate that offspring born of targeted survivors of the 1994 Genocide Against Tutsi show increased trends of experiencing PTSD symptoms with children born in 1994 exhibiting the greatest …

Political Processes Of Displacement In Infrastructure Development: The Case Of Aldeia Da Luz And The Alqueva Dam, Cordelia Walz

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

In 2002, the residents of Aldeia da Luz left their village for the final time, displaced to make room for the Alqueva Dam, a massive regional hydropower and irrigation project almost half a century in the making. The Alqueva Multipurpose Project was marketed by the Portuguese government as a way to develop the impoverished region of the Alentejo and bring innovation to the agricultural sector. The village of Luz was the only physical obstacle to this goal and, therefore, its residents were dispossessed, sacrificed for the development of the greater Alentejo region. However, unlike many other large-scale infrastructure projects that …

Taking The Waste Out Of Wastewater: Evaluation And Implementation Of Sustainability Measures At Base Aérea N.°5’S Wastewater Treatment Plant, Abigail Monahan

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

Wastewater treatment is a critical process by which the concentration of pollutants in wastewater are reduced to minimize the resulting effluent’s impact on human health and the environment. Base Aérea N.°5, an airbase located in Monte Real, Portugal, is striving to enhance their wastewater treatment methods to decrease the impact of the treated effluent on the environment. They can reduce the effluent’s impact by implementing more advanced wastewater treatment to decrease the concentration of micropollutants and pathogens in the effluent, and they can reuse the treated effluent to decrease the volume of freshwater they extract. This work seeks to evaluate …

An Evaluation Of The Organic Carbon Content Found In Fucus Vesiculosus And Ascophyllum Nodosum From Skutulsfjörður And Eyjafjörður, Iceland, Sylvie Alexander

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

In response to global warming and changing climate, carbon sequestration through macroalgal cultivation has emerged as a possible climate change mitigation technique. Macroalgal cultivation’s relationship to carbon sequestration however is still not well understood. It is imperative to understand macroalgae’s connection to carbon sequestration to evaluate if macroalgal cultivation can help combat climate change. There is a gap in literature regarding the carbon content of Icelandic macroalgae and therefore the contribution of Icelandic macroalgae to national and global carbon sequestration estimates. This paper aims to address this knowledge gap by evaluating organic carbon content of Fucus vesiculosus and Ascophyllum nodosum …

Homoepitaxial Β-Ga2o3 Transparent Conducting Oxide With Conductivity Σ = 2323 S Cm−1, Hyung Min Jeon, Kevin D. Leedy, David C. Look, Celesta S. Chang, David A. Muller, Stefan Badescu, Vladimir Vasilyev, Jeff L. Brown, Andrew J. Green, Kelson D. Chabak

Physics Faculty Publications

Conductive homoepitaxial Si-doped β-Ga2O3 films were fabricated by pulsed laser deposition with an as-deposited 2323 S cm−1 conductivity (resistivity = 4.3 × 10−4 Ω-cm, carrier concentration = 2.24 × 1020 cm−3, mobility = 64.5 cm2 V−1 s−1, and electrical activation efficiency = 77%). High quality homoepitaxial films deposited on commercial (010) Fe-compensated β-Ga2O substrates were determined by high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and x-ray diffraction. The β-Ga2O3 films have ∼70% transparency from 3.7 eV (335 nm) to 0.56 eV (2214 nm). The combination of high conductivity and transparency offers promise for numerous ultrawide bandgap electronics and optoelectronic applications.

Personnel Policy Of The Associated Students Of The University Of Montana As Of November 23, 2021, University Of Montana--Missoula. Associated Students

ASUM Governing Documents, 2019-present

Personnel policy of the Associated Students of the University of Montana (ASUM) as of SB30-21/22: Resolution Amending Section 4.22 of Personnel Policy.

Fall 2021, Echoes Staff

Rose Echoes

No abstract provided.

The Effect Of Homework On Summative Assessments, Elizabeth Anderson

Master's Theses & Capstone Projects

The purpose of this action research study was to determine if homework completion had an effect on how students performed on summative assessments. This action research study was conducted in a high school classroom in Northwest Iowa. An Algebra and Algebra 2 class were used during this research process. Quantitative data was collected on homework completion and summative assessment scores for three consecutive chapters covered in each respective class. The results of this study showed while there is a positive correlation between the two variables, no significant conclusions could be made from the collected data.

Promise - Fall 2021, The University Of Texas Md Anderson Cancer Center

Promise: A Publication for Friends of MD Anderson

• Walmart's support of Boot Walk benefits medical students
• Memorial gift supports pediatric cancer research
• Meet the 2021 Andrew Sabin Family Fellows
• Get to know the Boot Walk co-chairs
• Classic sounds to mark MD Anderson's 80th anniversary
• Board of Visitors senior member leaves legacy of generosity
• Pisters receives recognition as top leader in local, national rankings
• Family's gifts support efforts aimed at defeating pancreatic cancer
• Employee’s breast cancer journey inspires company to support cancer research
• Accredited endoscopy technician training program a first for Texas
• SPORE collaborations spur scientific advances
• Estate gift reflects couple’s gratitude
• Get to know Board of Visitors member …

Introduction To The Principles Of Economics, Lynn University Digital Press, Andrea Camargo (Editor)

Lynn University Digital Press Books

Introduction to the Principles of Economics is explicitly edited for the accelerated course in BUS 180: Principles of Economics. The compilation textbook is designed to make introductory economics accessible to college students and is divided into three parts: Introductory Concepts, Microeconomics, and Macroeconomics. Theoretical economic foundations have been applied and related to actual events and policies to increase reader comprehension and practical application. Course: BUS 180

Cortical Feedback And Gating In Odor Discrimination And Generalization, Gaia Tavoni, David E. Chen Kersen, Vijay Balasubramanian

Open Access Publications

A central question in neuroscience is how context changes perception. In the olfactory system, for example, experiments show that task demands can drive divergence and convergence of cortical odor responses, likely underpinning olfactory discrimination and generalization. Here, we propose a simple statistical mechanism for this effect based on unstructured feedback from the central brain to the olfactory bulb, which represents the context associated with an odor, and sufficiently selective cortical gating of sensory inputs. Strikingly, the model predicts that both convergence and divergence of cortical odor patterns should increase when odors are initially more similar, an effect reported in recent …

Deep Learning-Based Method To Accurately Estimate Breast Tissue Optical Properties In The Presence Of The Chest Wall, Menghao Zhang, Shuying Li, Yun Zou, Quing Zhu

Open Access Publications

SIGNIFICANCE: In general, image reconstruction methods used in diffuse optical tomography (DOT) are based on diffusion approximation, and they consider the breast tissue as a homogenous, semi-infinite medium. However, the semi-infinite medium assumption used in DOT reconstruction is not valid when the chest wall is underneath the breast tissue.

AIM: We aim to reduce the chest wall's effect on the estimated average optical properties of breast tissue and obtain accurate forward model for DOT reconstruction.

APPROACH: We propose a deep learning-based neural network approach where a convolution neural network (CNN) is trained to simultaneously obtain accurate optical property values for …

Investigation Of Effect Of Modulation Frequency On High-Density Diffuse Optical Tomography Image Quality, Weihao Fan, Hamid Dehghani, Adam Eggebrecht

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Cd177 Modulates The Function And Homeostasis Of Tumor-Infiltrating Regulatory T Cells, Myung-Chul Kim, Nicholas Borcherding, Kawther K. Ahmed, Andrew P. Voigt, Gaurav Pandey, Et Al

Open Access Publications

No abstract provided.

Recognizing The Vulnerable: Perspectives, Attitudes, And Interests Of Women With Uterine Factor Infertility Towards Uterus Allotransplantation, Helen Xun, Darya Fadavi, Halley Darrach, Nicole Fischer, Pooja Yesantharao, Franca Kraenzlin, Amanda Nickles Fader, James H. Segars, Justin M. Sacks

Open Access Publications

BACKGROUND: Uterine allotransplantation (UTx) is a novel therapy to allow women with uterine factor infertility (UFI) to bear their own children. To date, over 60 UTx have been performed, resulting in 15 live births. Our study investigates the attitudes, perspectives, and interests of women with UFI towards UTx.

METHODS: Anonymous questionnaires were distributed electronically to women diagnosed with UFI at Johns Hopkins Hospital between the years 2003 and 2018.

RESULTS: Thirty-one women with UFI were identified, resulting in 10 completed surveys. The average age was 31.7 ± 6.31 years, and the average age of diagnosis was 20 years (range 14-31); …

Labrad : Vol 46, Issue 4 - October 2021, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi

LABRAD - Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Radiology Archives

• Role of Barcoding in a Clinical Laboratory to Reduce Pre-Analytical Errors
• Congenital Dyserythropoietic Anemia: The Morphological Diagnosis
• Digital Imaging in Hematology: A New Beginning
• Metabolomics: Identification of Fatty Acid Oxidation (FAO) Disorders
• Next-Generation Sequencing for HLA Genotyping
• Urine Metabolomics to identify Organic Academia
• Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) of Solid Tumor
• Importance of using Genomic Tool in Microbial Identification
• Radiology Practice in 21st Century: Role of Artificial Intelligence
• Case Quiz
• Best of the Recent Past
• Polaroid

Inspire : Vol 4, Issue 10, Department Of Medicine

INSPIRE – Department of Medicine Archives

Content

• Message from the Chair
• Medicine at National and International Forums
• In-depth- featuring Professor Dr. Muhammad Irfan
• Featured Faculty- Dr Nanik Ram “…Dedication, hard work, patience and honesty are keys to success …”
• Faculty’s –Favorite poem
• What are Academics Around the World Reading This Month?
• Publications

Development-Induced Displacement In Kiryandongo District: A Case Study Of The Karuma Hydroelectric Power Plant, Remington Fritz

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

This paper assesses the effects of the development induced displacement due to the Karuma Hydroelectric Power Plant on the Awoo village and surrounding areas in Karuma Town. Recently, Uganda has pursued several large-scale development projects that have repeatedly displaced people. Despite having strong displacement and resettlement framework, there is a continued pattern of failing to implement such framework, threatening the livelihood and well-being of those displaced.

Interview with key informants from several government agencies, such as the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development the National Environmental Management Authority and Ugandan Generation Electricity Company Ltd have illustrated the political framework and …

Disability And Healthcare Access In Morocco: Social And Cultural Influences, Christa Shipman

Independent Study Project (ISP) Collection

I stepped into the SIT Multiculturalism and Human Rights program as a pre-physical therapy student with experience working and volunteering in the disability rights arena. Striking personal encounters with Moroccans combined with these past experiences drew me to investigate how social and cultural factors influence access to healthcare for people with disabilities. I hypothesized that access to medical care is limited by social or cultural mindsets, perceptions, or beliefs for those in my target population. This subject is relevant to Morocco as a developing country and as a society with, in some cases, fixed social dynamics, while in other areas …

Research Support Newsletter: East Falls (Fall 2021), Elizabeth D'Angel

The AC's Research Support Newsletter (Formerly AISR Connections)

New Resources

• LGBTQ+ Source
• Nvivo12
• OpenAthens

Grants & Funding

• Jefferson Open Access Publishing Fund
• Pivot-PR

Statistical Tools

• SAS

Citation Tools

• Sciwheel
• RefWorks

Publishing & Communication

• Office for Writing, Publishing, and Communication
• Jefferson Digital Commons

Support

• PRISMA
• Library Consultations

Events