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The Suppression Of Ocean Waves By Biogenic Slicks, Nathan J. M. Laxague, Christopher Zappa, Shantanu Soumya, Oliver Wurl

Faculty Publications

Surface waves are significantly damped by biogenic surfactants which accumulate at the ocean's surface from the high latitudes to the tropics. The growth, development, and breaking of short wind-driven surface waves is a key mediator of the air-sea exchange of momentum, heat, and trace gases consequently, the effect of surfactant compounds in the uppermost millimeters of the ocean in damping short surface waves bears on earth's climatic processes. The mechanisms through which surfactants suppress waves have been studied in great detail through careful laboratory experimentation in quasi one-dimensional wave tanks. However, the spatial scales over which this damping occurs in …

The Predictive Relationship Between The Percentage Of High School Students Experiencing Homelessness And On-Time Graduation, Michelle Lee Wiggs

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

The purpose of this predictive correlational study was to determine how accurately the percentage of students in Oklahoma high schools who graduate on-time be predicted by the percentage of those students who experienced homelessness during their four years of high school. The theoretical framework for this study came from Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, resiliency theory, and grit theory. A bivariate linear regression analysis was conducted to examine predictive relationships between the criterion variable, percentage of students who graduated from high school on-time of Oklahoma high school students, and the predictor variable, percentage of youth experiencing homelessness (YEH). Archival data from …

Obedience, Courage, And Loyalty: The 81st “Wildcat” Division During World War I, Harold Allen Skinner Jr

Doctoral Dissertations and Projects

When the United States entered the First World War in April 1917, the United States Army was rated on par with the armies of Portugal and Belgium. Yet by November 1918, the United States had organized and deployed a two million-man-strong American Expeditionary Force (AEF) to Europe. The speed at which the US Army deployed twenty-nine divisions into the Western Front upended European strategic calculations and hastened the collapse of the Central Powers coalition in late 1918. Yet, the story of the AEF has been marginalized in American historiography, a historical vacuum filled instead by Euro-centric historians who minimized the …

Tumor-Promoted Changes In Pediatric Brain Histology Can Be Distinguished From Normal Parenchyma By Desorption Electrospray Ionization Mass Spectrometry Imaging, Anna C Krieger, João Meidanis, Junier M Gutierrez, Thais M S Bezerra, Luciano Queiroz, Alex A Rosini Silva, Iva L Hoffmann, Camila M M Daiggi, Helder Tedeschi, Marcos N Eberlin, Livia S Eberlin, José A Yunes, Andreia M Porcari, Izilda A Cardinalli

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Background: Central nervous system (CNS) tumors are the second most frequent type of neoplasm in childhood and adolescence, after leukemia. Despite the incorporation of molecular classification and improvement of protocols combining chemotherapy, surgery, and radiotherapy, CNS tumors are still the most lethal neoplasm in this age group. Mass spectrometry imaging (MSI) is a powerful tool to map the distribution of molecular species in tissue sections. Among MSI techniques, desorption electrospray ionization (DESI-MSI) has been demonstrated to enable reliable agreement with the pathological evaluation of different adult cancer types, along with an acceptable time scale for intraoperative use.

Methods: In the …

Investigating Linguistic Sexismin Popular Ilokano Songs, Salirick Andres

Mabini Review

This study investigates linguistic sexism within the lyrics of ten popular Ilokano songs using Sarah Mills’ feminist stylistics framework. Analysis focused on both word-level and discourse-level elements, exploring how gender roles and biases are embedded in song lyrics. Despite the pervasive presence of gendered language in many cultures, this research reveals that the selected Ilokano songs largely employ gender-neutral language and portray both male and female characters without obvious bias. The absence of gendered generic words and balanced descriptions of characters challenge traditional views on linguistic sexism in Ilokano, a language spoken by millions in the Philippines and globally. These …

Inefficiencies In Water Supply And Perceptions Of Water Use In Peri-Urban And Rural Water Supply Systems: Case Study In Cali And Restrepo, Colombia, Diana Carolina Callejas Moncaleano, Saket Pande, Melissa Haeffner, Juan Pablo Rodríguez Sánchez, Luuk Rietveld

Environmental Science and Management Faculty Publications and Presentations

Introduction:

Water scarcity is a significant global challenge that frequently manifests as inadequate water supply for domestic purposes. However, domestic water insecurity can occur even in regions where water is naturally abundant. Despite Colombia’s plentiful surface water resources, rural and peri-urban communities often experience limited access to water. Existing water supply systems are frequently susceptible to poor maintenance, particularly in remote areas where much of the infrastructure remains outdated. Consequently, water is often lost through leaks or unintentional non-domestic use. Although a regulatory framework for water usage exists, it does not consistently translate into effective implementation.

Methodology:

Based on an …

Performance Evaluation Of Geopolymer Concrete Masonry Units And Geopolymer Masonry Mortars Incorporating Recycled Aggregates, Elen Abuowda

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

Sustainable construction materials have been commonly adopted to replace primary components in concrete, namely cement and natural aggregates. Yet, the combined effect of utilizing geopolymers and recycled aggregates in masonry, one of the oldest construction products and methods in the world, has not been widely investigated. Therefore, this thesis evaluates the feasibility of utilizing recycled aggregates in slag-fly ash blended geopolymer concrete masonry units and mortars for masonry wall construction applications. A blend of slag and fly ash served as the precursor binding material. A sodium-based alkaline solution was employed to activate the blended binder. Natural aggregates were substituted with …

Open Research For Robustifying Data-Centric Systems, Manuel Rigger, Jinsheng Ba, Wenjing Deng, Rajdeep Singh Hundal, Nathee Jaywaree, Yuancheng Jiang, Yuxi Ling, Shuxin Li, Qiuyang Mang, Jovyn Tan, Ming Wei Tan, Chi Zhang, Tongjun Zhang, Suyang Zhong

Singapore Open Research Conference 2024

Lightning talk “Open Research for Robustifying Data-Centric Systems” by Winner of the Singapore Open Research Awards 2024, Assistant Professor Manuel RIGGER from National University of Singapore. Abstract: The NUS TEST lab has actively promoted and conducted open research in programming languages and software engineering. We provide publicly available artifacts for all our research projects, chair or participate in artifact-evaluation processes, and actively engage with companies and researchers based on our open-source tools. One focus area is increasing the reliability of data-centric systems. We have developed impactful tools such as SQLancer, in which we have realised multiple novel approaches, which allowed …

Optimizing Open Research: Data And Code Sharing At S-Lab, Chen Change Loy, Geong Sen Poh, Chee Guan Koh, Moi Moi Siew, Jin Boon Ng

Singapore Open Research Conference 2024

Lightning talk “Optimizing Open Research - Data and Code Sharing at S-Lab” by Winner of the Singapore Open Research Awards 2024, Professor Chen Change LOY from Nanyang Technological University.

S-Lab for Advanced Intelligence (S-Lab) is committed to advancing transparency, reproducibility, and collaboration within the scientific community. By sharing data, demos, and codes on publicly discoverable platforms such as DR-NTU (Data), OpenMMLab, OpenXLab, GitHub, and Hugging Face, we make our codes and datasets open and reusable. We believe that by making open data and code FAIR - Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable, they can be scrutinised, and reused by fellow researchers …

Pre-Mortem: Unf.A.I.R - The Death Of Open Research, Min-Yen Kan

Singapore Open Research Conference 2024

Despite the calls for more open research by their proponents, adoption towards Open Research lags. Looking through the lens of a pre-mortem, we'll deconstruct the failure of a hypothetical open research project (in part in terms of F.A.I.R.-ness: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable) and take away how to design open research for better success.

Cover, Editors' Note, Front Matter, Lauren Zucker, Susan Chenelle, Katie F. Whitley

New Jersey English Journal

No abstract provided.

[Full Issue] Cultivating Joyful Teaching And Learning In Ela

New Jersey English Journal

No abstract provided.

Motivating Marketing Research Respondents To Provide More Elaborated Answers, Michał Ścibor-Rylski

Journal of Marketing and Consumer Behaviour in Emerging Markets

Modern marketing research faces a challenge how to increase the respondents’ productivity and encourage them to give more elaborated answers in the open-ended questions. It’s relevant both for CAWI quantitative projects and the qualitative approaches. The initial research in this area shows that gamified tasks including storytelling enhancements might be a solution to the stated problem. The research project was aimed at the verification of effectiveness of the gamified methods, i.e., questions including a storytelling context, with the use of a bigger, quantitative sample of the regular marketing research respondents – participants of the professional research panel. The research was …

Automatic Tool Selection To Reduce Large Language Model Latency, Derik Clive Robert, Ankur Garg, Jitesh Vinod Punjabi, Pavan Kumar Reddy M, Nihal Sandeep Balani, Rushin Shah

Defensive Publications Series

Large language models (LLMs) can interact with external tools to retrieve real-time information, make reservations, etc. While complete tool specifications for the external tools can be included in the prompt of an LLM, doing so increases context size and latency. This disclosure describes techniques that use small tool-selector models alongside large language models to select tools that are appropriate to the task specified in the prompt. The techniques preserve prompt space by ensuring that the LLM accesses the full specifications of a relevant tool only when necessary. The techniques enable an LLM to handle complex requests, such as multi-step tasks …

Faculty Senate Minutes 2024-11-12, The University Of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Faculty Senate.

Faculty Senate Minutes

No abstract provided.

Pathways Of Participation: Community Engagement And Collaborative Adaptation In Disaster Contexts Across Diverse Environments, Ria Mukerji

Geography ETDs

This paper broadens the concept of effective community participation in disaster risk reduction by analyzing three case studies that emphasize unconventional, locally driven approaches. Using a multi-case study method, I examine forms of participation that challenge traditional top-down models and focus on local knowledge and community agency. In Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico, a co-designed environmental data dashboard with Pueblo members demonstrates how integrating Indigenous knowledge can enhance disaster preparedness. The Soldados Dam case in Ecuador shows how power imbalances drive community stakeholders to become protestors, emphasizing the need for adaptive engagement to prevent conflict. In Pajaro, California, a marginalized community’s …

Demonstrating Awareness On The Impact Of Vapes In Society, Jean Carlos Cortez-Rivera, Kianie Cruz Rosado, Andrea De Jesús Navia, Kenneth Hartú Rodríguez, Dayrimar Marchena Santiago

College of Pharmacy Student Research

Vaping, initially marketed as a smoking cessation tool, has become a public health concern due to its widespread use, particularly among youth. Despite claims of harm reduction compared to traditional cigarettes, vaping products pose significant health risks. These include respiratory issues, cardiovascular complications, and neurological impacts, largely driven by nicotine addiction and exposure to toxic substances. Vaping's appeal, fueled by extensive advertising and enticing e-liquid flavors, has led to an epidemic among adolescents, with notable social and economic consequences. Additionally, the improper disposal of vaping devices poses environmental hazards, contributing to pollution and carbon emissions. While advocates argue that vaping …

Contributions Of Mirror-Image Hair Cell Orientation To Mouse Otolith Organ And Zebrafish Neuromast Function., Kazuya Ono, Amandine Jarysta, Natasha C Hughes, Alma Jukic, Hui Ho Vanessa Chang, Michael R Deans, Ruth Anne Eatock, Kathleen E Cullen, Katie S Kindt, Basile Tarchini

Faculty Research 2024

Otolith organs in the inner ear and neuromasts in the fish lateral-line harbor two popu- lations of hair cells oriented to detect stimuli in opposing directions. The underlying mechanism is highly conserved: the transcription factor EMX2 is regionally expressed in just one hair cell popu- lation and acts through the receptor GPR156 to reverse cell orientation relative to the other popu- lation. In mouse and zebrafish, loss of Emx2 results in sensory organs that harbor only one hair cell orientation and are not innervated properly. In zebrafish, Emx2 also confers hair cells with reduced mechanosensory properties. Here, we leverage mouse …

Gatekeeper Competition Policy, Herbert Hovenkamp

Michigan Technology Law Review

Antitrust policy in the United States has always had special rules for dominant firms. As Justice Scalia once observed:

Where a defendant maintains substantial market power, his activities are examined through a special lens: Behavior that might otherwise not be of concern to the antitrust laws—or that might even be viewed as procompetitive—can take on exclusionary connotations when practiced by a monopolist.

Stratigraphy And Geochronology Of The Eocene Volcanosedimentary Units In The Hekimhan-Darende (Malatya) Region: Implications For The Development Of The Gürün Curl, Emrah Yalçin Ersoy, Osman Candan, İbrahi̇m Uysal

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

We present new radiometric (Ar-Ar) age data from the volcanic rocks occurring in the Eocene strata in the Hekimhan and Gürün-Darende (Malaya) regions. The Eocene units in these regions are represented separately by the Tohma and Darende formations, respectively. The two basaltic volcanic interlayers in the Tohma Formation, occurring in the lower and upper parts of the succession yielded Ar-Ar isochron ages of 51.75±0.76 and 42.66±0.43 Ma, respectively, indicating a deposition age of Ypresian-Lutetian interval for the unit. The andesitic volcanic rocks in the basal parts of the Darende Formation yielded an Ar-Ar isochron age of 37.35±0.72 Ma, revealing that …

Frand Arbitration Will Destroy Frand, Barbara Lauriat

Michigan Technology Law Review

Standard essential patent-licensing disputes have been raising the costs of business in the telecommunications industry for over a decade. As technology and interconnectivity extend beyond mobile phones into the Internet of Things (“IoT”), the number of these disputes will only increase. While many academics, policymakers, and stakeholders support arbitration to resolve these disputes, this article warns of the potential long-term consequences of doing so on a large scale.

Standard Setting Organizations usually require the owners of patented technology included in industry standards to commit to licensing on Fair, Reasonable, and Non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) terms to avoid potential abuse of their market …

The Unfairness Of Fair Machine Learning: Leveling Down And Strict Egalitarianism By Default, Brent Mittelstadt, Sandra Wachter, Chris Russell

Michigan Technology Law Review

In recent years, fairness in machine learning (ML), artificial intelligence (AI), and algorithmic decision-making systems has emerged as a highly active area of research and development. To date, most measures and methods to mitigate bias and improve fairness in algorithmic systems have been built in isolation from policymaking and civil societal contexts and lack serious engagement with philosophical, political, legal, and economic theories of equality and distributive justice. Many current measures define “fairness” in simple terms to mean narrowing gaps in performance or outcomes between demographic groups while preserving as much of the original system’s accuracy as possible. This oversimplified …

The Implications Of Chatgpt For Legal Services And Society, Andrew Perlman

Michigan Technology Law Review

On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released a chatbot called ChatGPT.1 To demonstrate the chatbot’s sophistication and its potential implications, both for legal services and society more generally, most of this paper was generated in about an hour through prompts within ChatGPT. Only this abstract, the preface, the outline headers, the footnotes, the epilogue, and the prompts were written by a person. ChatGPT generated the rest of the text with no human editing. To be clear, the responses generated by ChatGPT were imperfect and at times problematic, and the use of an AI tool for law-related services raises a host of …

Temperature Anisotropy Instabilities Driven By Intermittent Velocity Shears In The Solar Wind, Simon Opie, Daniel Verscharen, Christopher H K Chen, Christopher J. Owen, Philip A. Isenberg, Luca Sorriso-Valvo, Luca Franci, Lorenzo Matteini

Faculty Publications

Where and under what conditions the transfer of energy between electromagnetic fields and particles takes place in the solar wind remains an open question. We investigate the conditions that promote the growth of kinetic instabilities predicted by linear theory to infer how turbulence and temperature-anisotropy-driven instabilities are interrelated. Using a large dataset from Solar Orbiter, we introduce the radial rate of strain, a novel measure computed from single-spacecraft data, which we interpret as a proxy for the double-adiabatic strain rate. The solar wind exhibits high absolute values of the radial rate of strain at locations with large temperature anisotropy. We …

From "Open Ocean" To "Exposed Aquaculture": Why And How We Are Changing The Standard Terminology Describing "Offshore Aquaculture", Tyler Sclodnick, Michael Chambers, Barry Antonio Costa-Pierce, Tobias Dewhurst, Nils Goseberg, Kevin Gerald Heasman, Wolf Isbert, Gesche Krause, Daniel Wieczorek, Till Markus, Bela H. Buck

Faculty Publications

The term “offshore” with regards to aquaculture has hitherto encompassed various perspectives, including technology, geographic location, legal jurisdiction, and more. To resolve the ambiguity in this term and understand its implications for current and future aquaculture development, “offshore” should be resolved into two separate metrics: distance from shore and energy exposure. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) distinguishes between internal waters, territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and the high seas, but currently has no precise definition for “offshore” in its provisions, and therefore no applicable laws pertaining to “offshore” aquaculture. Regulating a …

From "Open Ocean" To "Exposed Aquaculture": Why And How We Are Changing The Standard Terminology Describing "Offshore Aquaculture", Tyler Sclodnick, Michael Chambers, Barry Antonio Costa-Pierce, Tobias Dewhurst, Nils Goseberg, Kevin Gerald Heasman, Wolf Isbert, Gesche Krause, Daniel Wieczorek, Till Markus, Bela H. Buck

Faculty Publications

The term “offshore” with regards to aquaculture has hitherto encompassed various perspectives, including technology, geographic location, legal jurisdiction, and more. To resolve the ambiguity in this term and understand its implications for current and future aquaculture development, “offshore” should be resolved into two separate metrics: distance from shore and energy exposure. The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) distinguishes between internal waters, territorial sea, contiguous zone, exclusive economic zone (EEZ), and the high seas, but currently has no precise definition for “offshore” in its provisions, and therefore no applicable laws pertaining to “offshore” aquaculture. Regulating a …

Clarifying Ethical Dilemmas Of Using Artificial Intelligence In Research Writing: A Rapid Review, Ndubuisi Friday Ugwu Phd, Adewumi Segun Igbinlade Phd, Raphael E. Ochiaka Phd, Ugoma Deborah Ezeani Phd, Nnaemeka Chijioke Okorie Mr, Jacob Kehinde Opele Phd, Toyin Segun Onayinka Phd, Obinna Iroegbu Phd, Ogechi Kate Onyekwere Phd, Adijat Bolanle Adams Dr, Precious Aigbona Ms, Folasade Busayo Ojobola Phd

Higher Learning Research Communications

Objective: The purpose of the study was to clarify, through the lenses of experts and frontline publishers, ethical dilemmas related to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in research writing.

Method: We conducted a rapid review of expert opinions and publishers’ policy statements on ethical considerations in using AI for research writing. We included articles published in journals indexed by academic databases that met the criteria. We also included the policy statements and guidelines of seven reputable publishers.

Result: The use of AI in scientific writing is acceptable, contingent on addressing ethical considerations bordering on plagiarism, transparency, and disclosure. While …

Ksu Concert Choirs | "We Shall Overcome"

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

KSU Concert Choirs

Inferring Tlb Configuration With Performance Tools, Cristian Agredo, Tor J. Langehaug, Scott R. Graham

Faculty Publications

Modern computing systems are primarily designed for maximum performance, which inadvertently introduces vulnerabilities at the micro-architecture level. While cache side-channel analysis has received significant attention, other Central Processing Units (CPUs) components like the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) can also be exploited to leak sensitive information. This paper focuses on the TLB, a micro-architecture component that is vulnerable to side-channel attacks. Despite the coarse granularity at the page level, advancements in tools and techniques have made TLB information leakage feasible. The primary goal of this study is not to demonstrate the potential for information leakage from the TLB but to establish …

Crosslinked Colloidal Cellulose Nanocrystals And Methods Of Preparation And Use Thereof, Jin-Woo Kim, Joseph N. Batta-Mpouma, Joshua Sakon

Patents Granted

This invention relates generally to covalently crosslinked colloidal cellulose nanocrystals (xCNC) and methods of preparation and use thereof. The colloidal cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) are covalently crosslinked in aqueous suspension to generate a network showing tunable physicochemical properties. The xCNC structures are tunable in terms of their physicochemical properties and arrangement within the hydrogel network. The covalent crosslinking of solitary sulfonated (—OSO.sub.3) CNCs can be accomplished without prior hydroxyl replacement or functionalization.