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Enhanced Minority Class For Oil Spill Detection By Integrating Weighted Data Class Into Mask R-Cnn Architecture (Wmask-Rcnn), Abubakar Salihu Abba, Noorfa Haszlinna Binti Mustaffa, Siti Zaiton Mohd Hashim, Musa Adamu Wakili, Nor Haizan Mohamed Radzi, Zuriahati Mohd Yunos

Baghdad Science Journal

Efficient detection and precise classification of oil spills in marine environments remain challenging, mainly due to the oil spill class imbalance within Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) datasets, which reduces deep learning model performance and often leads to false negatives. Moreover, traditional deep learning models have limited generalization efficiency, making their performance unreliable when tested on new oil spill patterns. Existing models, such as two-stage Region-Based Convolutional Neural Networks (R-CNN), are inefficient in detecting small oil spill patterns because of class imbalance. In response, this study introduces WMask-RCNN, an improved oil spill detection framework based on satellite imagery that focuses on …

Paradoxes Of Customary Land Formalization: A Comparative Study Of Papua New Guinea And Indonesia From A Political Anthropology Perspective, Adi Prasetijo

Antropologi Indonesia

This article studies the dynamics of customary land ownership in Papua New Guinea (PNG), where approximately 97 percent of land is collectively held by clans. Drawing on insights from political anthropology—particularly normative pluralism (Griffiths, 1986; von Benda-Beckmann, 2006), Polanyi's double movement (Filer, 2014), along with cosmological perspectives on land and identity (Weiner & Glaskin, 2007; Ingold, 2021), it analyzes how government efforts to formalize customary land through the Land Act 1996 and the Incorporated Land Groups (ILG) Act 2009 generate three principal paradoxes: (1) protection versus exclusion, (2) recognition versus commodification, and (3) negotiation versus rigidity. The study blends an …

Fair + Equitable October 2026, International Association Of Assessing Officers

Fair + Equitable

The October 2026 issue of Fair + Equitable celebrates the 2026 Annual Conference and examines what happens when real crime meets real estate. Also in this issue:

• The 2026 IAAO Awards
• Social Media Guide for Assessors
• A New Standard for Ratio Studies
• The Complexities of Cannabis Property Assessment
• Making CEAA Recognition More Achievable
• Member News and New Designees

Pressure-Induced Electronic, Structural And Optical Properties Of Ru-Linbo3 Perovskite: A Dft+U Study, Zahraa M. Saab, Hussein A. Miran

Baghdad Science Journal

Owing to its remarkable features, lithium niobate (LiNbO₃) has been deployed in wide range of applications. In this study, the structural, electronic, and optical properties of the pristine LiNbO₃ and Ru substituted B-site of LiNbO₃ were investigated by employing density functional theory approach (DFT) within CASTEP code based on (GGA-PBE). Moreover, different hydrostatic pressures (0, 5, 10, 15, and 20 GPa) were applied. The results revealed that the optimized lattice parameters and energy bandgap are in well agreement with the published results. Besides, the insertion of Ru atoms at Nb site of LiNbO₃ leads to …

Risk-Aware Scheduling In Distributed Systems Using Reinforcement Learning And Mined Traffic Patterns, Donia Fadil Chalob, Jaber Karimpour, Zolfaghar Salmanian

Baghdad Science Journal

Large-scale networked systems now face security threats that shift faster than fixed schedulers can follow. Conventional scheduling optimizes throughput and latency, and treats security as an afterthought. This paper takes a different approach: a reinforcement learning framework for risk-aware scheduling, with its risk signal drawn from multi-modal analysis of UNSW-NB15 traffic – statistical profiling, DBSCAN and Gaussian mixture clustering, and sequential pattern mining. The pipeline runs in two phases. First, preprocessing and feature engineering turn raw network data into usable scheduling features. Second, DQN and PPO agents learn scheduling policies under a dynamic, risk-weighted reward. The balance between security and …

Structural And Thermal Characterization Of Chitosan/Pva/Vitamin Matrices And Their Histological Impact On Cell Proliferation And Tissue Remodeling In Wound Healing, Estabraq Hasan Rashed, Hanaa Shuker Mahmood

Baghdad Science Journal

The healing of wounds is one of the complex biological processes, which involves appropriate coordination of cellular and molecular reactions and the production of innovative biomaterials turned out to be the prerequisite to enhance the efficiency of the healing process. The objective of this study was to prepare and evaluate a Vitamin A-loaded chitosan/polyvinyl alcohol (CS/PVA) biodegradable composite film for potential wound-healing applications. The composite films were fabricated by means of the 98: 2 CS/PVA mixture with various concentration of vitamin. A physicochemical characterization was done using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) …

Individual And Community-Level Trauma And Resiliency From Tornadoes, Taylor M. Guerin

Master of Arts in Human Services

This research paper’s goal was to examine the extent and impact of tornado-related PTSD on individual and community levels in relation to factors such as property damage, mass displacement, cumulative trauma, and seasonal retraumatization. The United States has the most tornado touchdowns globally, placing communities in supercell-prone areas, including Tornado Alley, at higher risk of repeated storm trauma that can affect emotional well-being, sense of safety, and overall financial security (Strader et al., 2024). This researcher utilized a comprehensive literature review approach to examine rates of PTSD, the long-term effects of tornado recovery, the risk of community-level trauma, and to …

Resolving Satellite And In Situ Mismatches In Net Primary Production Using High-Frequency In Situ Bio-Optical Observations In The Subpolar Northwest Atlantic, Kitty Warsi Kam, Emmanuel Devred, Stephanie Alam Clay, Mohammad M. Amirian, Andrew J. Irwin, Dariia Atamanchuk, Uwe Send, Douglas W. R. Wallace

Publications and Research

Net primary productivity (NPP) plays a central role in biological carbon pump (BCP) and global carbon cycling, but NPP estimates in high-latitude regions remain highly uncertain despite their disproportional contribution to the global carbon sink. Previous studies identified discrepancies among satellite- and in situ-derived NPP estimates, but the drivers of disagreement remain poorly resolved due to limited high-frequency observations. Here, we present continuous depth-resolved estimates of in situ NPP from the Central Labrador Sea (56°N) in the subpolar Northwest Atlantic, reconstructed from daily bio-optical profiles collected between May and November 2016, and a 40-year dataset of photosynthesis parameters derived from …

Progressive Remodeling Of Global Protein Interaction Networks In A Mouse Model Of Tauopathy, Weiwei Lin, Sadhna Phanse, Sophie J F Van Der Spek, Noah Lampl, Morgan C Stephens, Zihan Wang, Joseph T Nigro, Alejandro Rondon Ortiz, Ryan Hekman, Anna Lourdes F Cruz, Rebecca Roberts, Lulu Jiang, Juan Botas, Andrew Emili, Benjamin Wolozin

Faculty, Staff and Students Publications

Neurodegenerative disease is marked not just by loss of proteins or cells, but by dynamic rewiring of macromolecular interaction networks that precede and drive pathology. Here, we present a temporally resolved, systems-scale map of multi-protein complex remodeling in a tauopathy model, integrating co-fractionation mass spectrometry, quantitative phosphoproteomics, and machine learning to decode phosphorylation-dependent shifts in protein interactomes across disease progression. This interactomic atlas serves as a resource to investigate functional assemblies, including MAPT-Dpysl2 and Cyfip1-actin, as well as ptk2b-Kars/Dars and ptk2b-Msn-Farsb-complexes, that modulate early disease phenotypes in vivo. Notably, it captures the composition, dynamics, and regulatory state of protein complexes …

Who Holds The Power: A Discourse Analysis Surrounding Human Trafficking, Maria Bernardo

The Compass

Narratives surrounding human trafficking in the United States have shaped public understanding through government, media, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Human trafficking is a complex global issue involving exploitation using force, fraud, or coercion for numerous purposes. Through the examination of intertextual relationships among government reports, victim narratives, and media coverage, this project aims to look at dominant narratives about human trafficking while comparing them to policy. While policy criteria describes indicators, literature argues how human trafficking is not clearly defined. A common issue in literature is the definition of a trafficked person. There is often a debate between what scholars …

The Compass, Issue 13, The Compass

The Compass

No abstract provided.

The Oriental Religions In Roman Paganism, Franz Cumont

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

New York : Dover Publications, [1956]

Call #: BL805 .C8 1956

Contains underling and marginal lining

PDF information: 47 pages - 15.6 MB

Clinical Comparability Of A Computer-Based Vision Screening Platform To Snellen Acuity In A Young Adult Population, Meghan E. Garvey, Lindsey Stroop, Jacob Just, Brynn Palmer, Andrew Burchett, Donald J. Kosiak Jr

Aesculapius Journal (Health Sciences & Medicine)

Background: Military readiness depends on timely access to accurate health screening tools. The use of digital technologies for visual acuity testing may reduce bottlenecks during large-scale Physical Health Assessment (PHA) events and improve the efficiency of provider workflow. This study evaluated a computer-based vision screening (CBVS) platform against the traditional Snellen chart in a non-military, college-aged sample to assess clinical comparability and test-retest reliability.

Methods: Visual acuity was assessed in 68 college-aged adults (77.9% female, 73.5% Non-Hispanic White; mean age = 20.9 years) using both a Snellen chart and the CBVS platform, with assessments performed in randomized order to minimize …

The Greeks And Their Gods, Wkc Guthrie

Hannah Arendt Marginalia - All

Boston : Beacon Press, 1955.

Call : BL781 .G8 1955

Arendt copy contains underlining and marginal lining

PDF Information : 106 Pages, 53.2 MB

The Shorthorn: August 12, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: August 11, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shortorn: August 4, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: August 9, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: July 28, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: August 2, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: July 26, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: July 19, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: July 12, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: July 14, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: June 23, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: June 21, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: June 9, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: June 7, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: May 31, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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The Shorthorn: May 3, 1988

The Shorthorn Newspaper Collection: 1980s

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