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Partnering With Communities To Understand Social Determinants Of Health (Sdoh) Impacts On Access To Shared Micromobility, Elizabeth K. Mcclain, Kaitlynn Walker, Ganesh Kumar, Ashley Bright, Clare Aziz, Ann W. Banchoff, Zacharia N. Doueiri, Abby C. King, Suman Mitra

Civil Engineering Faculty Publications and Presentations

This study explored the facilitators and barriers of community bike share use in a mid-sized city with high incidence of poverty and racial diversity using a community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) photovoice framework with the Stanford Our Voice (OV) Discovery Tool digital application. Community members participated in one of three community citizen science walks with follow up focus groups facilitated by osteopathic medical student researcher to address “What makes it easy or hard to ride a bike using the bike share?” Twenty-seven diverse community members partnered with four osteopathic medical students exploring vulnerable individuals’ lived experiences, beliefs/understanding of the Social …

Re: Comment Letter For Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Residential Metals Abatement Program (Rmap) Individual Site Work Plan (Iswp) Attic Remediation – 3 Pintlar Peaks Dr. (Dated October 24, 2024), Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Internet Of Things-Based Automated Solutions Utilizing Machine Learning For Smart And Real-Time Irrigation Management: A Review, Bryan Nsoh, Abia Katimbo, Hongzhi Guo, Derek M. Heeren, Hope Njuki Nakabuye, Xin Qiao, Yufeng Ge, Daran R. Rudnick, Joshua Wanyama, Erion Bwambale, Shafik Kiraga

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

This systematic review critically evaluates the current state and future potential of real-time, end-to-end smart, and automated irrigation management systems, focusing on integrating the Internet of Things (IoTs) and machine learning technologies for enhanced agricultural water use efficiency and crop productivity. In this review, the automation of each component is examined in the irrigation management pipeline from data collection to application while analyzing its effectiveness, efficiency, and integration with various precision agriculture technologies. It also investigates the role of the interoperability, standardization, and cybersecurity of IoT-based automated solutions for irrigation applications. Furthermore, in this review, the existing gaps are identified …

The Diamond, November 8, 2024, Dordt University

Dordt Diamond

• Front Page: Dordt Students to Attend UN Climate Change Conference; Election Night Watch Party: Dordt Students Witness History in the Making; Retired Missionary and Wife of Martyr, Phyliss Masters Gives Testimony at Dordt
• News: Cell Phone Bans Spreading Throughout Northwest Iowa Schools; Dodgers Beat Yankees 4-1 to Win World Series; Students Experience Rejuvenation Through The Well
• Feature: The Conjuring Meets Little Women: Dordt Professor Releases First Novel; Senior Spotlight; Northwestern Gears Up for NCDC; Professor Natalie Griffioen Joins the Philosophy Department
• Politics: Defenders Vote in their First Presidential Election; Trump's Leapfrog Return; Dordt Students Discuss …

Machinal (2024) | Program, Jacksonville State University

Department of Theatre & Film Performance Archive

Performed 8-11 November 2024; Sophie Treadwell's "Machinal" is an Expressionist play based on the murder trials of Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray. The play was directed by Carolyn Conover, stage management by El Hataway and Lydia Roan (assistant), technical direction by John Davis, costume design and makeup design by Skylee Vaughn, choreography by Alison Woodward and Carolyn Conover (intimacy choreographer), intimacy/dance captains were Semaje Newton and Stanton Yarboro, lighting design by Alli Angel, scenic design by Addie Zaner, sound design by Randy Blades. This item is contained within the Theatre & Film Production Archive.

Development Of A Coating For Radiative Cooling Of Buildings, Sudhansh Pramod Harkut

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This thesis investigates passive daytime radiative cooling (PDRC), aiming to enhance cooling efficiency for building applications. The study addresses the pressing need for effective and cost-efficient cooling solutions to mitigate global warming and reduce energy consumption. The research begins with a detailed literature review, tracing the evolution of radiative cooling materials and identifying existing research gaps. Experimental investigations involved testing various coatings, including combinations of aluminium phosphate, sodium silicate, polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF), and wollastonite. Among the tested configurations, an acrylic-based coating incorporating barium sulphate (BaSO4) and calcium carbonate (CaCO3) was found to maintain temperatures around ambient levels under intense solar …

Unlocking Intracellular Oncology Targets: The Unique Role Of Antibody-Based T-Cell Receptor Mimic (Tcrm) Therapeutics In T-Cell Engagers (Tces) And Antibody-Drug Conjugates (Adcs), Jeffrey Molldrem, Dongxing Zha

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Effectively targeting intracellular tumor-associated proteins presents a formidable challenge in oncology, as they are traditionally considered inaccessible to conventional antibody-based therapies and CAR-T cell therapies. However, recent advancements in antibody engineering have revolutionized this field, offering promising new strategies to combat cancer. This review focuses on the innovative use of T-cell receptor mimic (TCRm) antibodies within the therapeutic frameworks of T-cell engagers (TCE) and antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs). TCRm antibodies, designed to recognize peptide-MHC complexes rather than cell surface proteins, integrate the capacity of T-cells to reach intracellular targets with the unique strengths of antibodies. When incorporated into T-cell engaging therapeutics, …

Results From A Multi-Laboratory Ocean Metaproteomic Intercomparison: Effects Of Lc-Ms Acquisition And Data Analysis Procedures, Mak A. Saito, Jaclyn K. Saunders, Matthew R. Mcilvin, Erin M. Bertrand, John A. Breier, Margaret Mars Brisbin

School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Metaproteomics is an increasingly popular methodology that provides information regarding the metabolic functions of specific microbial taxa and has potential for contributing to ocean ecology and biogeochemical studies. A blinded multi-laboratory intercomparison was conducted to assess comparability and reproducibility of taxonomic and functional results and their sensitivity to methodological variables. Euphotic zone samples from the Bermuda Atlantic Time-series Study (BATS) in the North Atlantic Ocean collected by in situ pumps and the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) Clio were distributed with a paired metagenome, and one-dimensional (1D) liquid chromatographic data-dependent acquisition mass spectrometry analysis was stipulated. Analysis of mass spectra from …

Ucc Minutes Nov 8, 2024, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee

Undergraduate Currirculum Committee Minutes

No abstract provided.

Re: Comment Letter For The Butte Priority Soils Operable Unit (Bpsou) Butte Hill Revegetation Specifications (Dated September 2024), Molly Roby

Silver Bow Creek/Butte Area Superfund Site

No abstract provided.

Three-Dimensional Technique For Accurate Pavement Macrotexture Measurement Using Surface Volume Parameters, Alireza Pourhassan, Ahmed A. Gheni, Mohamed A. Elgawady

Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

This study introduces a novel three-dimensional (3D) pavement macrotexture measurement technique using ISO 25178 Surface Volume Parameters (SVP). The method calculates pavement material volume and texture height using cutoff thresholds based on the cumulative probability density function of measured heights. The research aims to optimize these cutoff thresholds for accurate 3D analysis of pavement macrotexture. The study evaluates the performance of various 3D and 2D parameters—assessing their repeatability, reliability, and accuracy—across thirty pavement samples with diverse macrotexture conditions. Findings show that the 3D SVP method, with optimized cutoff thresholds, strongly correlates with sand patch mean texture depth (MTD) and exhibits …

Study No. 8, Chinese Amphibious Warfare: Prospects For A Cross-Strait Invasion, Andrew S. Erickson, Conor M. Kennedy, Ryan D. Martinson

CMSI Studies in Chinese Maritime Development

Through concerted efforts over the past quarter-century, the People's Republic of China has achieved the most dramatic military buildup since World War II. Previously limited in its ability to conduct its Joint Firepower Strike, Joint Blockade, and Joint Island Landing Campaigns against Taiwan, the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is making rapid progress across the board as it prepares to meet the requirements of Xi Jinping’s Taiwan-focused Centennial Military Building Goal of 2027. Drawing on research, writing, and insights from some of the world’s leading experts, CMSI’s latest edited conference volume probes key questions concerning Beijing’s determined pursuit of the Chinese …

Ephb4-Rasa1 Inhibition Of Piezo1 Ras Activation Drives Lymphatic Valvulogenesis, Di Chen, Yipei Tang, Philip E Lapinski, David Wiggins, Eva M Sevick, Philip D King

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: EPHB4 (ephrin receptor B4) and the RASA1 (p120 Ras GTPase-activating protein) are necessary for the development of lymphatic vessel (LV) valves. However, precisely how EPHB4 and RASA1 regulate LV valve development is unknown. In this study, we examine the mechanisms by which EPHB4 and RASA1 regulate the development of LV valves.

METHODS: We used LV-specific inducible EPHB4-deficient mice and EPHB4 knockin mice that express a form of EPHB4 that is unable to bind RASA1 yet retains protein tyrosine kinase activity (EPHB4 2YP) to study the role of EPHB4 and RASA1 in LV valve development in the embryo and LV …

Flocs As Vectors For Microplastics In The Aquatic Environment, Nan Wu, Stuart Grieve, Andrew Manning, Kate Spencer

School of Biological and Marine Sciences

No abstract provided.

Perceptions Of Faculty And Students In Online Learning: Lessons From The Covid-19 Pandemic, Sumita Sarma, Sharmin Attaran, Mohsen Attaran

Marketing Department Faculty Journal Articles

The COVID-19 pandemic significantly changed how universities provide education -- teachers switched to online teaching methods, while students quickly adapted to the online learning environment. This study adopts the Community of Inquiry (CoI) framework to examine differences in student and faculty perceptions of online learning due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Student and faculty perceptions can be used to evaluate and ultimately improve the quality of education. This study used survey methods and data collection instruments with a Likert scale sample of 150 students and 150 faculty from a US university. This study’s results indicate a significant difference …

Development Of A Magnetic Led-Based Sterilisator For Inactivation Of Contaminant Bacteria, Yonatan, Suryani Dyah Astuti, Khusnul Ain, Deny Arifianto, Ahmad Khalil Yaqubi, Perwira Annissa Dyah Permatasari

Polytechnic Journal

Nosocomial infections are caused by viruses, bacteria, and fungi that patients acquire while receiving treatment in a healthcare facility. These infections often result from cross-contamination, either through the hands of healthcare workers or contaminated medical equipment. Staphylococcus aureus is a well-known pathogen responsible for many infections, from mild skin conditions to severe sepsis or multiorgan failure. Sterilization is a process designed to eliminate or destroy all forms of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, and viruses, on objects or in environments, preventing them from reproducing or causing infections. This study aims to evaluate combining a static magnetic field with photodynamic inactivation to …

Hope Vs. Hate: Understanding User Interactions With Lgbtq+ News Content In Mainstream Us News Media Through The Lens Of Hope Speech, Jonathan Pofcher

Theses

This thesis makes three contributions. First, via a substantial corpus of 1,419,047 comments posted on 3,161 YouTube news videos of major US cable news outlets, we analyze how users engage with LGBTQ+ news content. Our analyses focus both on positive and negative content. In particular, we construct a fine-grained hope speech classifier that detects positive hope speech, negative, neutral, and irrelevant content. Second, in consultation with a public health expert specializing on LGBTQ+ health, we conduct an annotation study with a balanced and diverse political representation and release a dataset of 3,750 instances with fine-grained labels and detailed annotator demographic …

A Bibliometric Analysis Of Social Perception And Academic Trends On Gender And Race In Ophthalmology, Hassaam S Choudhry, Jason Dossantos, Siddhant Kumarapuram, Helen N Nguyen, Hannaan S Choudhry, Aakriti G Shukla, Angela Elam, Mona A Kaleem

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

Background: Gender and race disparities in ophthalmology have gained increased attention in recent years due to their clinical and societal significance. This study aimed to assess the number of publications related to gender and race in ophthalmology, factors associated with increased scholarly impact, determine journals with the greatest output, and identify leading institutions and countries contributing to this literature.

Methods: This bibliometric analyzed published literature from January 2000 to June 2022. Article publication year, authors, journal, citations, institution, and country were collected. Focuses included history/biographies, career analysis, pay gap, recruitment/retention, scholarly productivity, training, and disparities. Citations per year, …

Student Perceptions Of A Novel No-Cost Mobile Application For Ophthalmic History And Physical Examination, Soryan Kumar, Anagha Lokhande, Spandana Jarmale, Arnav Kumar, Samantha Rosenthal, Grayson W. Armstrong, Michael Migliori, Jamie Schaefer

Journal of Academic Ophthalmology

Background: Mobile applications have shown promise in enhancing medical trainee performance. In ophthalmology, a comprehensive mobile app can streamline the trainee education process by providing guidance for patient intake. Language barriers pose additional challenges impacting the quality of care for Spanish-speaking patients; literature has documented the adverse impacts of inadequate translation on quality of medical care for both trainees and patients. We aim to develop a free mobile application to guide medical trainees through the ophthalmic patient intake process and assist with Spanish-language translation.

Methods: We developed EyeCheck as a free mobile application for ophthalmology trainee education with …

Dynamic Pricing System For Recommerce Transaction, Madhusudan St

Defensive Publications Series

The present disclosure related to a technique for real-time dynamic pricing recommendations. The technique includes fetching historical data and transactional information related to the plurality of products and corresponding similar products based on queries. The technique further include calculating optimal pricing recommendations based on the fetched historical data and transactional information. Subsequently, the technique include distributing price recommendations for recommerce transaction to the plurality of merchants

Assessing Temporal Video Quality Of Video Conference, Björn Sundman, Alex Bau

Defensive Publications Series

A frame identification system and method that receives a source video and generates, for each frame of the source video, a graphical symbol. The aforementioned graphical symbol is resistant to video artifacting and minimally affects the quality of the transmitted media. frame identification system generates, using the graphical symbol for each frame of the source video, a watermarked video. The frame identification system receives, from an image capturing device, a plurality of provisional frame IDs of the watermarked video. Each frame ID of the plurality of provisional frame IDs corresponds to a frame of the watermarked video captured by the …

Criminals As Heroes: Problems And Pedagogy In Popular Culture [Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal Of Popular Culture And Pedagogy Volume 6, Issue 2 (August 2019)], Anna S. Cohenmiller, Kelli Bippert

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

Criminals as Heroes: Problems and Pedagogy in Popular Culture [Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy Volume 6, Issue 2 (August 2019)]

Editorial

Critically Evaluating the Fictional World through Popular Culture, Kelly Bippert and Anna CohenMiller

Guest Editorial

What Hot Criminals, Anti-Heroes, and Bob Dylan Can Teach Us, Kathryn (“Kate”) Lane and Roxie James

Articles

If Androids Dream, Are They More Than Sheep?: Westworld, Robots and Legal Rights, Amanda DiPaolo

Nature vs. Nurture in Albuquerque: What Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul Teach Us About How We Talk about Criminals, Max Romanowski

Breaking the Rules: Playing Criminally in …

Breaking The Rules: Playing Criminally In Video Games, James Tregonning

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

Video games have long courted controversy for their frequent valorisation of criminality. However, in this article, I consider heroic criminals in video games from a different perspective. I focus on two games – Lucas Pope’s Papers, Please (2013) and Osmotic Studio’s Orwell (2016) – that position the player as a low-level government operative in a fictional authoritarian regime. Players are expected to process information for their governments, although they are also given opportunities to undermine or subvert the regime. Thus, the trope of heroic criminal is used to comment on the function and role of the state. It becomes …

If Androids Dream, Are They More Than Sheep?: Westworld, Robots And Legal Rights, Amanda J. Dipaolo

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

The robot protagonists in HBO’s Westworld open the door to several philosophical and ethical questions, perhaps the most complex being: should androids be granted similar legal protections as people? Westworld offers its own exploration of what it means to be a person and places emphasis on one’s ability to feel and understand pain. With scientists and corporations actively working toward a future that includes robots that can display emotion in a way that can convincingly pass as that of a person’s, what happens when androids pass the Turing test, feel empathy, gain consciousness, are sentient, or develop free will? The …

Assessing Climate Change-Induced Drought In Abu Dhabi, Salem Anwar Alblooshi

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

This thesis examines trends of drought related to climate change in a region within the Abu Dhabi Emirate through advanced remote sensing and statistical trend analysis techniques. To analyze long-term trends in temperature, precipitation, evapotranspiration, and groundwater levels, we use Google Earth Engine (GEE) as our primary data extraction and analysis tool, covering the years from 2002 to 2016. Evaluation of MODIS Land Surface Temperature data indicated a statistically significant warming trend each month, with rates reaching as high as 0.1°C/year. Although precipitation patterns revealed significant variability without any major trends, evapotranspiration values showed a predictable increase, especially during the …

Reading Into Creativity: New Approaches In Concept And Practice [Dialogue, Volume 5, Issue 2 (June 2018)], Anna S. Cohenmiller, Kurt Depner

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

Reading into Creativity: New Approaches in Concept and Practice [Dialogue: The Interdiscplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedogogy, Volume 5, Issue 2 (June 2018)]

Editorial

Embracing Changes and Creativity in Popular Culture and Pedagogy, Anna S. CohenMiller and Kurt Depner

Working with Students

Teaching Technical Writing through Designing and Running Escape Rooms, Marijel (Maggie) Melo and Antonnet

Johnson Deconstructing "Proper Condom Use" as an Introduction to Literary Analysis, Julie Stewart, Tom Clark, and Marilyn Clark

Working with Teachers

The Stonewall Books: LGBTQ-Themed Young Adult Novels as Semiotic Beacons, Marcos Antuna, Janis Harmon, Roxanne Henkin, Karen Wood, and Kyle Kester

Working …

The Stonewall Books: Lgbtq-Themed Young Adult Novels As Semiotic Beacons, Marcos Antuna, Janis Harmon, Roxanne L. Henkin, Karen Wood, Kyle Kester

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

In a society where the LGBTQ community continues to feel the stings of prejudice and discrimination, a straightforward means of conveying accurate information about LGBTQ student lives is urgently needed. The Stonewall Awards, an annual literary prize for “exceptional merit relating to the gay/lesbian/bisexual/ transgender experience” (American Library Association, 2016), has the potential to serve as an appropriate semiotic beacon for both the acceptance of LGBTQ students as well as LGBTQ self-affirmation. This study investigated the perceptions of secondary school students and future high school teachers toward two Stonewall Award-winning novels. The findings revealed obvious similarities as well as critical …

Teaching Technical Writing Through Designing And Running Escape Rooms, Marijel (Maggie) Melo, Antonnet Johnson

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

While many instructors recognize how the integration of popular culture and student interests can enhance student engagement and learning, this pedagogical approach remains rare in technical writing courses. In this article, we provide an end-to-end outline of an escape room project assigned to junior and senior level undergraduates, including an overview of our pedagogical rationale, institutional context, instructional materials, and synthesis of work produced by students. By collaborating on a range of technical documentation, students learn through experience that can be leveraged beyond the classroom and in their professional pursuits. Moreover, we aim to provide teachers with an example of …

Tackling Toxicity And Harassment In Online Environments Through The Use Of Artificial Intelligence, Heba Saleous

Thesis/ Dissertation Defenses

With the increase in popularity of online communities, such as social media platforms, online games, and chatroom servers, there is a need to improve chat and content moderation. Platforms have reported an increase in the prevalence of toxic behavior and hate speech. Meanwhile, moderators are reporting difficulties in keeping up with the amount of data to check as well and the type of content they are exposed to, which further harms their own mental health. The main objective of this work is to address the challenges that exist within online communities with the rising prevalence of hate speech. Additionally, some …

Social Justice From The Twilight Zone: Rod Serling As Human Rights Activist, Hugh A. D. Spencer

Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy

Rod Serling achieved critical acclaim in the First Golden Age of Television writing realist teleplays that express a strong moral sense and social consciousness. With the decline of anthology drama at the close of the 1950s, Serling created The Twilight Zone, which would become a forum for telling relevant stories while circumventing commercial and bureaucratic interference. As a means of exploring Serling’s use of drama as a tool for social justice, this paper compares themes from The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery with charter and constitutional statements of human rights. The United Nations’ Universal Declaration of Human Rights is …