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Final 2021 Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) School Soil Sampling Field Sampling Plan (Fsp) Submittal #2 (Covering Highland View Christian School, Hillcrest Elementary, Kennedy Elementary, Silver Bow Montessori, & West Elementary), Pioneer Technical Services, Inc.

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Covid-19 Effects On The Canadian Term Structure Of Interest Rates, Federico Severino, Marzia A. Cremona, Eric Dadie

Documents

No abstract provided.

Intentional Design: Reaching The Most Excluded Girls In The Poorest Communities—A Guide For Practitioners And Advocates, Judith Bruce, Sophie Soares

Poverty, Gender, and Youth

The Intentional Design guide is a sourcebook that offers step-wise technical guidance for utilizing the Intentional Design approach, an evidence-based model for the design of girl-centered programs that generates a cycle of information collection and analysis.

The tools outlined in this guide have been applied in sites in 44 countries. Twenty-one detailed field reports—including an extensive discussion of the Abriendo Oportunidades program in Guatemala—set the scene in each context by describing key challenges and problems faced, present how tools were used, and explain the eventual resolutions of the Intentional Design process.

Public Health Programs Welcome First Epidemiologist To Faculty, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

Victoria Zigmont joins Department of Health, Exercise Science and Recreation Management

Collaboration And Authorship Pattern Of Research Outputs Published By Central Institute Of Plastics Engineering & Technology From 2005 To 2020: A Scientometric Analysis., Rajib Debnath , Research Scholar, Dlisc

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The present study focuses on the different attributes of authorship pattern in the literature published by Central Institute of Plastics Engineering and Technology (CIPET). For this purpose data is collected from Scopus database for the period from 2005 to 29.02.2020. A sum total of 591 papers were published during the period considered which is indexed in the Scopus database. The study aims to find out the pattern of publication, growth rate of publication, authorship pattern, collaborative index, collaborative coefficient, modified collaborative coefficient and co-authorship index etc. From the study it is found that the year 2019 was the most productive …

Lessons To Be Learned In Adoption Of Autonomous Equipment For Field Crops, James Lowenberg-Deboer, Karl Behrendt, Melf-Hinrich Ehlers, Carl R. Dillon, Andreas Gabriel, Iona Yuelu Huang, Ian Kumwenda, Tyler Mark, Andreas Meyer-Aurich, Gabor Milics, Kehinde Oluseyi Olagunju, Søren Marcus Pedersen, Jordan M. Shockley, David Rose

Agricultural Economics Faculty Publications

Autonomous equipment for crop production is on the verge of technical and economic feasibility, but government regulation may slow its adoption. Key regulatory issues include requirements for on-site human supervision, liability for autonomous machine error, and intellectual property in robotic learning. As an example of the impact of regulation on the economic benefits of autonomous crop equipment, analysis from the United Kingdom suggests that requiring 100% on-site human supervision almost wipes out the economic benefits of autonomous crop equipment for small and medium farms and increases the economies-of-scale advantage of larger farms.

Riyadh Neighborhood Residents’ Use And Satisfaction With Urban Green Spaces, Tahar Ledraa, Majed Hallawani, Awad Al-Qahtani

Emirates Journal for Engineering Research

Neighborhood urban green spaces are indispensable elements for residents’ rest and recreation. They are also of paramount importance to enhance quality of life within neighborhoods. However, these urban green spaces did not receive much research interest, particularly in cities of the developing world. Larger city parks seem to have been the focus of studies. The present study is undertaken under the contention that dissatisfaction with a service is the difference between what is expected from that service and what is really experienced out of it. The gap between expectancy and what is experienced in reality would lead to how satisfied …

The Development Of An Instrument To Measure Transdermal Hydrogen Sulfide As A Way To Evaluate Microvascular Health In Humans, Benjamin Thomas Matheson

Biomedical Engineering ETDs

Hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) is a gasotransmitter critical in maintaining microcirculation homeostasis. Impaired microcirculation occurs in multiple disease states such as peripheral vascular disease, diabetes mellitus (DM), and hypertension. Early detection and identification of patients with DM who are at risk for heart attack, stroke and amputation due to microvascular disease is crucial. Human skin is an accessible vascular bed that provides an opportunity to non-invasively measure H₂S, which could be used as a biomarker to evaluate microvascular health.

In this work, a novel H₂S gas sensor, called the transdermal arterial gasotransmitter sensor (TAGS^{TM …}

Collections And Intersections: A Facilitated Library Collection In Action, Heather Mcmullen

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

Over the last several years, Queen’s University Library has undertaken numerous collections initiatives in response to space and financial imperatives, increases in new academic programs and the launch of a shared library services platform. Further, the library has placed an increased emphasis on inclusive collections and Indigenous voices. These collections initiatives are examined within the frameworks of facilitated and collaborative collections, regional, national and North American partnerships and consortia, and intersections with shared print, access, resource sharing, digitization and preservation.

Fostering Innovation In The Library's Experiential Studio, C. Jeffrey Belliston

Proceedings of the IATUL Conferences

The paper focuses on the Harold B. Lee Library’s Experiential Studio, which is an interdisciplinary design space where students, faculty, and librarians from multiple colleges and departments can work together on solving compelling social problems. Many courses taught in the studio have employed design thinking processes to foster innovation and the studio itself is a product of design thinking with the most recent iteration having opened in January 2020. Some courses taught in the space since its inception in 2014 have been community collaborations—some local, some national, and some international. A local collaboration included working with the Lee Library to …

Unh Manchester Summer Preview Day, July 26, Unh Communications And Public Affairs

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.

Interfacial Engineering Of Bipolar Junctions For Electrochemical Processes, Subarna Kole

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

Water and energy scarcity are two of the main problems the world is facing today. A number of industrial processes like chemical manufacturing plants, energy production, electricity generation are heavily dependent on availability of a reliable source of water. Similarly, every step of water collection, treatment, and distribution, is an energy intensive process. The efficient use of electrochemical devices can help tackle some of these problems. Bipolar membranes (BPMs) have historically been deployed in electrodialysis setups for mineral acid and base production. The need to have disparate pH environments in electrochemical cells, and prevent species crossover, have motivated researchers to …

Registered Nurses' Perceptions Of Obesity, Elizabeth Pettifor

Dissertations

Obesity has become an epidemic in the United States (U.S.) population. Obesity is a risk factor for many health problems that ultimately lead to death or disability. Nurses in the U.S have a higher-than-average rate of overweight and obesity. The purpose of this exploratory, qualitative case study was to identify and recommend areas for change in the hospital environment to assist bedside nurses in the U.S to have a healthier lifestyle. Social media was used to conduct a purposeful sampling technique and recruit 10 registered nurses working full time at the bedside in the U.S who struggle with obesity. Semi …

النمذجة الهيدرولوجيِّة لتقدير الأمطار الفعالة والتبخر/النتح لحوض نهر الزرقاء-الأردن, نوح محمد علي حسن الصبابحه

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

الأمطار الفعالة، التبخر/ النتح، النمذجة الهيدرولوجية، نموذج (CropWAT)، نهر الزرقاء.

Medication Adherence Reminder System For Virtual Home Assistants: Mixed Methods Evaluation Study, Cythnia F. Corbett, Elizabeth M. Combs, Peyton S. Chandarana, Isabel Stringfellow, Karen Worthy, Thien Nguyen, Pamela J. Wright Phd, Ms, Med, Rn, Cen, Jason M. O'Kane

Faculty Publications

Background: Medication nonadherence is a global public health challenge that results in suboptimal health outcomes and increases health care costs. Forgetting to take medicines is one of the most common reasons for unintentional medication nonadherence. Research findings indicate that voice-activated virtual home assistants, such as Amazon Echo and Google Home devices, may be useful in promoting medication adherence.

Objective: This study aims to create a medication adherence app (skill), MedBuddy, for Amazon Echo devices and measure the use, usability, and usefulness of this medication-taking reminder skill.

Methods: A single-group, mixed methods, cohort feasibility study was conducted with women who took …

Investigation Of The Hydrogeology Of The Memphis Light, Gas, And Water Shaw Wellfield, Shelby County, Tennessee, Kate Marie Moore

Electronic Theses and Dissertations Archive

The dynamics of sources and pathways of recharged water to the semi-confined Memphis and confined Fort Pillow aquifers were investigated to assess the sustainability and vulnerability of groundwater resources within the Shaw wellfield located in Memphis, Tennessee. Geochemical and environmental tracer data were used to study compartmentalized groundwater flow in the Memphis and Fort Pillow aquifers, assess the vulnerability of the Memphis aquifer to modern water recharge (<60 years old), and to determine the source(s) and pathways of modern water recharge. Hydrologic tracer data indicate wells in the northwest corner of Shaw wellfield are vulnerable to modern water recharge, with wells 704 and 708 having up to 17% component of modern water. Isotopic data show the Fort Pillow aquifer water has an older and chemically distinct source from the Memphis aquifer, which supports groundwater flow to the Fort Pillow aquifer is compartmentalized from that in the Memphis aquifer.

Enhancing Existing Isolated Underpasses With Fencing Reduces Wildlife Crashes And Connects Habitat, Bridget M. Donaldson, Kaitlyn E. M. Elliott

Human–Wildlife Interactions

The impact of wildlife–vehicle collisions on drivers and wildlife populations has been gaining attention in the United States. Given the established success of wildlife crossings with fencing in reducing wildlife crashes and connecting habitat, information is needed on cost-effective means of implementation for departments of transportation. When wildlife crossings are constructed, they are often built into new road projects as a series of 2 or more underpasses and/or overpass structures connected by exclusionary fencing. Given limited transportation budgets and the prevalence of maintenance activities more so than new construction in many states, enhancing existing underpasses on previously constructed roads has …

Practical Perspective Of Market Efficiency And Comparison Of Empirical Efficiency Tests, Haoxiang Peng

Lingnan Theses (MPhil & PhD)

The Covid-19 pandemic outbreak caused huge impact on global financial markets. This paper uses Hurst exponent as methodology to revisit the traditional concept of market efficiency including stock markets and cybercurrency markets which becomes increasingly popular these years like Bitcoin and Ethereum. The empirical tests are based on two following hypotheses: 1. The inefficiency level of cybercurrency markets will be higher than stock markets. 2. The inefficiency level of cybercurrency markets and stock markets will both go up after the pandemic outbreak.

The three sufficient conditions raised by Eugene F. Fama for market efficiency are: (i) there are no transactions …

A Scientometric Introspect Of Literary Warrants Published In Annals Of Library And Information Studies (Alis) During The Last Decade, Manash Esh Mr, Dr. Saptarshi Ghosh

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Scientometric studies are enduring studies that portray an organized visual of messy data. The current study is a scientometric study based on secondary data sets included in Scopus. A corpus of 311 documents published in the journal Annals of Library and Information Studies (ALIS) from 2011 to 2020 was the population of the study. The study focused on several characteristics of the journal, including article distribution, average author per document, average document per year, authorship productivity, collaboration index, country-wise distribution of documents and citation analysis. The study retrieved the most prolific author contributing to this journal with 19 articles. The …

A Threatening Heresy: Cathar And Protestant Identity Against Catholicism In France Between The Albigensian Crusade (1209-1229) And The French Wars Of Religion (1562-1598), Jonathan Wright

History ETDs

The Albigensian Crusade (1209-1229) and the French Wars of Religion (1562- 1598) were two of the most violent moments in French history. Both involved the persecution of a perceived minority by Catholic forces, and both left irreparable scars on the area of Occitania in the south of France. Battles along river fronts and the clandestine boat smuggling of heretics were actions undertaken by a heretical Cathar group that confronted orthodox religion. Water became a critical part of the creation of a persecuted minority in Occitania. Intensifying Cathar heresy led to increased violence in the Wars of Religion as Catholic aggression …

أثر استخدام التلعيب في تنمية مهارات الوعي المعلوماتي لدى طالبات ما بعد التعليم الأساسي في سلطنة عمان, كريمة بنت عيسى الهطالية, جمال بن مطر السالمي, سالم بن سعيد الكندي, محمد مختار ساطور

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

التلعيب، الوعي المعلوماتي، سلطنة عمان

A Pilot Study For Evaluating Economic And Societal Impact Of Engineering Research A Pilot Study For Evaluating Economic And Societal Impact Of Engineering Research, Musaab Zarog

Journal of Arts and Social Sciences

Quantitative estimation of research societal and economic impact remains an ongoing issue. This is due to the difficulty to attribute specific economic or societal impact to particular research activity. Nevertheless, evaluating research impact is necessary to justify research spending especially for engineering research studies, as they are generally more costly than humanities or social studies for example. This work considered research impact evaluation in NSF (The National Science Foundation in the USA), EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in the UK), and TRC (The Research Council in Oman) to propose a low-cost survey-based approach to evaluate the engineering research …

Leveraging Multiple Data Sources: How Catch Data, Metadata, And Genetic Samples Can Aid The Recovery Of Endangered Smalltooth Sawfish (Pristis Pectinata), Kelcee Smith

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

The small population sizes characteristic of many imperiled species means that they are vulnerable to both demographic and genetic extinction threats. Responses to these threats (e.g., population trends, genetic diversity estimates) are often difficult to obtain, but critical for conservation. Thus, researchers studying imperiled species may have to consult multiple data sources, collaborate with a wide variety of stakeholders, or ask new questions about previously collected data. I used this approach to understand more about the United States (U.S.) population of Pristis pectinata, an endangered elasmobranch that has declined up to 95% due to habitat loss and bycatch in …

Exploring Ch’Timi’S History, Structure, And Decline: A Field Study Chez Les Ch’Tis, Felix Balak

The Pegasus Review: UCF Undergraduate Research Journal

This research investigated the history of the Ch’timi language and some of the differences between it and Standard French, as well as its decline and what, if anything, is being done to stop it. Ch’timi is a part of the Picard language group, spoken primarily in the north of France, and parts of Belgium. It is an endangered language, and few people still speak it to this day. This field research aims to determine how speakers of the language see it, whether they think it should be preserved, and whether anything is being done to keep it active. To answer …

Extracting Microplastic From Anhydrous Beach Sediment Utilizing Relative Terminal Velocities, Grace Robertson, Jackson Schuler

Student Works

The primary intent of this research was to investigate and develop a method to extract microplastics from anhydrous beach sediment. Microplastic is found abundantly in coastal sea environments, including aqueous bottom sediment, and beach sediment (Sagawa, Kawaai, & Hinata, 2018). The scope of the microplastic extraction method in this case is limited to strictly the anhydrous beach sediment. The Venturi Effect and Burnoulli’s Principle have been utilized in the design of a nozzle with airflow that has been injected with a sediment and microplastic heterogenous mixture. A nozzle was designed to operate at the specific terminal velocity of sediment such …

A Cross-Sectional Survey Of Online Health Information Seeking Behavior Pattern Of Undergraduate Students In A Nigerian Private University, Oluwaseun Eniola Adegbilero-Iwari, Tunrayo Oluwadare, Idowu Adegbilero-Iwari

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Given the wide-ranging influence of the internet on people in this digital age and the extensive reliance of young people on internet-enabled mobile devices, our study aimed to assess the pattern of online health information seeking behavior among undergraduate students in a Nigerian private university. Employing the cross-sectional survey design and purposive sampling technique, three hundred and four (304) undergraduates took part in the study. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect information on the socio-demographic characteristics, participant’s use of the internet, online health information seeking behaviour and use of online health information. The results showed that the mean age …

Altmetric For Top Three Covid-19 Research Articles Published In 2020 - An Overview, Stephen G

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

Around the world, researchers are working together to understand COVID-19. Knowing who’s talking about related research and what’s being said is critical to this effort. Altmetric put together resources to help the navigate altmetric data and evaluate the quality of discussions around corona virus literature. The objective of this study is to determine the top three research articles related with Covid-19 and published in 2020. Based on altmetric attention score “The proximal origin of SARS-CoV-2” is the first rank article out of three and it’s published in Nature journal. It has highly mentioned in News Stories, blog posts …

Status, Adequacy And Use Of Library Collection: A Study Of Govind Ballabh Pant University Of Agriculture & Technology And Indian Agricultural Research Institute, Tanveer Haider Naqvi Dr.

Library Philosophy and Practice (e-journal)

The study aimed to explore the status, adequacy, and use of library collection at the G.B. Pant University of Agriculture & Technology and Indian Agricultural Research Institute. A well-designed questionnaire was randomly administered to both the universities students in order to collect the relevant data. The five-point Likert scale and summated mean score have also been applied in questionnaire design and data analysis. The results presented substantial differences in the status, adequateness, use, purpose, and satisfaction in terms of library collections at both universities. Electronic resources and databases have turn out to be a major component of collection in meeting …

The Wifi Pineapple - The Forbidden Fruit Of Networking, Daniel Hautzinger

Summer Interdisciplinary Research Symposium

This project conducted a careful investigation into the capabilities of the Hak5 Wifi Pineapple Mark VII, which is a commercially available security and testing apparatus for wireless networks. This device has been used by cybersecurity engineers and companies to audit the networks of many different businesses. A key question of this investigation was whether the device is suitable for use in classroom environments. The risks, side effects, and propriety of the Pineapple were of particular focus. This project also investigated the ethical and legal implications that might arise from use or even casual reception of signal. The investigation concluded that …

Structural Damage Detection Using Machine Learning Techniques, Zhuolin Yuan

Summer Interdisciplinary Research Symposium

In order to ensure the integrity of the structure, timely and accurate detection and identification of structural damage during and after an extreme event or over the lifetime of a structure is a very important for safety and economic resons. Structural damage detection and identification techniques can be generally classified into two main categories based on whether they use dynamic or static test data. This research project will use convolutional neural networks, which will focus on leveraging the capabilities of several models and toolkits, including AlexNet, Tensorflow and Pytorch. We will establish baseline performance metrics for an existing CNN-based program …