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Assessment Of Vector Control Strategies Based On Mass Aedes (Stegomyia) Mosquito Trapping (Agos Traps) Pilot Study In A Us-Mexico Border Region Of South Texas, Jesús A. Aguilar-Durán, Josue Ramírez, Mario A. Rodríguez-Pérez, Christopher J. Vitek, Nadia A. Fernández-Santos, José Guillermo Estrada-Franco

School of Integrative Biological & Chemical Sciences Faculty Publications

Background: Aedes (Stegomyia) aegypti and Ae. (Stegomyia) albopictus mosquitoes are major vectors of diseases including dengue, Zika, chikungunya, and yellow fever. The excessive use of chemical insecticides has caused resistance in mosquito populations, along with negative environmental impacts and harm to non-target organisms. In this regard, mosquito control strategies, such as passive mass trapping interventions with autocidal gravid ovitraps (AGO) offer a promising alternative. Here we report the results of a pilot study evaluating a passive mass trapping treatment using AGOs against Ae. aegypti in the city of Harlingen, Texas, USA, during the peak mosquito season.

Methodology: Three treatments were …

Pyrolysis Of Foliage From 24 U.S. Plant Species With Recommendations For Physics-Basedwildland Fire Models, Mahsa Alizadeh, Thomas H. Fletcher

Faculty Publications

Pyrolysis of 24 samples of foliage from three U.S. regions with frequent wildland fires (Southeastern U.S., northern Utah and Southern California) was studied in a fuel-rich flat-flame burner system at 765 ◦C (for Southeastern U.S. samples) and 725 ◦C (for northern Utah and Southern California species), with a heating rate of approximately 180 ◦C/s. These conditions were selected to mimic the conditions of wildland fires. Individual plant samples were introduced to the high temperature zone in a flat-flame burner and pyrolysis products were collected. Tar was extracted and later analyzed by GC/MS. Light gases were collected and analyzed by GC/TCD. …

Data For "Using Machine Learning, The Cloud, Big Data, Citizen-Science, And 200+ Environmental Predictors Towards Proposing Modern Add-Ons To Improve Conservation Management Plans For Squirrel Species In Alaska", Moriz Steiner, Falk Huettmann

Faculty

Context. Squirrel species in Alaska generally lack thorough conservation management plans, while all species are actively hunted with no bag limits, closed seasons, or any other restrictions, and the current ‘management’ is based on ambiguous hand-drawn distribution maps. This indicates a laissez-faire approach to Alaskan squirrel conservation management. Aims. Here, we attempt to improve this current situation by assessing the effectiveness of ensemble machine-learning prediction models as proposed add-ons to the traditional components of conservation management plans toward a more state-of-the-art approach to species conservation. Methods. We combined the Machine Learning algorithms TreeNet, CART, Random Forest, and Maxent with over …

Petition

Catholic Dioceses in Bankruptcy

No abstract provided.

October 31, 2025 Minutes, Swosu Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Minutes

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A Green Manufacturing Model: Joint Optimization Of Maintenance, Scheduling, And Sustainability, Ahmed Attia, Mohamed Darghouth, Ahmed Ghaithan, Awsan Mohamed, Noha Mostafa

Mechanical Engineering

This study proposes an integrated framework for sustainable manufacturing that jointly optimizes production scheduling, maintenance planning, and carbon-conscious energy management. A Mixed-Integer Nonlinear Programming (MINLP) model is developed to minimize makespan while maintaining machine reliability and ensuring compliance with greenhouse gas (GHG) emission limits. The model incorporates speed scaling as a decision variable, capturing the trade-off between processing time, energy consumption, and machine degradation. Preventive maintenance (PM) and minimal repair (MR) strategies are explicitly modeled using a Weibull-based failure distribution, and a carbon cap constraint is introduced to bound total emissions. A case study demonstrates the model's practical relevance, and …

Minnesota Supreme Court Rules On Trans Powerlifter’S Discrimination Claims, Arthur S. Leonard

Other Publications

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Bomba E: Tradition And Eclecticism In Selected Choral Works Of Ángel "Cucco" Peña, Luis F. Gonzalez

LSU Doctoral Dissertations

This monograph presents a musical analysis of three choral works by Puerto Rican composer Ángel “Cucco” Peña: Negra Majestad, Bomba E, and Aleluya Criollo. Although Peña is widely recognized for his contributions to popular music and production, these pieces highlight a lesser-known side of his creative output in the choral realm. Each work draws from traditional Puerto Rican genres—bomba, plena, and aguinaldo—while incorporating modern compositional techniques that reflect Peña’s eclectic style and his engagement with both popular and classical traditions.

The study situates these pieces within their historical and cultural contexts, particularly the African diaspora’s …

Post-Doctoral Intensities And Becomings In Writing, Mary Catherine Garland

Professional Services

This experimental poem emerged from thousands of words of prose written after completing a much-loved PhD. With writing often becoming trapped, insisting on circling the same themes, changing from prose to verse has been freeing: releasing academic writing from its usual constraints, enabling something other to emerge.

Between Two Minds: The Influence Of Numerical Labels On Survey Responses In A Cross-National Study, Gianmaria Bottoni, Eva Aizpurua

Faculty Publications

Previous research highlights the impact of nonverbal cues and visual layouts on respondents’ interpretations and answers to survey questions (Schwarz et al. in Pub Opin Q 55(4):570–582, 1991; Tourangeau et al. in Pub Opin Q 71(1):91–112, 2007; Toepoel and Dillman in Soc Sci Comput Rev 29(2):193–207, 2011). In this study, we investigate the effect of numerical values on responses to five questions measured using 11-point bipolar scales. These questions asked for evaluations of the general impact of climate change and its effects on different groups. Respondents were randomly assigned to scales ranging from 0 to 10, or from − 5 …

Pathways Linking Green Digital Transformation To Sustainable Development Through Knowledge Sharing And Dynamic Capabilities, Imane Belyamani, Manar Fawzi Bani Mfarrej, Syed Zamberi Ahmad, Abdul Rahim Abu Bakar

All Works

This study explores how Green Digital Transformation (GDT) affects Sustainable Development Performance (SDP), with a particular focus on the mediating roles of Green Knowledge Sharing (GKS) and Green Dynamic Capabilities (GDC). Drawing upon the Natural Resource-Based View (NRBV) and Knowledge-Based View (KBV), the research develops and empirically tests an integrative model using data from 386 SMEs in the UAE’s innovation-driven industries. Findings from Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) reveal that GDT significantly improves SDP, both directly and through the mediating influences of GKS and GDC. GKS acts as a key enabler, transforming digital investments into innovation and capability enhancement, …

Scales For Rating The Behavioral Characteristics Of Superior Students: A Preliminary Examination Of The Psychometric Properties Of The Greek Version Of The First Four Scales: Learning, Creativity, Motivation, And Leadership Scale, Eleni Rachanioti, Theodora Foti, Aikaterini Rafaella Geitona, Anastasia Tzalla, Anna Dougali, Olga Fragkomichelaki, Christina Bourmpou, Maria Staikopoulou, Aphrodite Papantoniou, Fotini Varlami, Irene Dinaki, Maria Tsiountala, Konstantinos Staikopoulos, Magda Dinou, Effie Katsadima, Tryfon Mavropalias, Harilaos Zaragas, Efthymia Efthymiou, Dimitra Katsarou, Georgios Kougioumtzis, Despina Moraitou, Maria Sofologi, Georgia Papantoniou

All Works

The Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students (SRBCSS; Renzulli et al., 2010) are notable for incorporating teachers’ informed evaluations in identifying gifted students. Teachers’ close interactions with students enable them to make meaningful judgments, and the SRBCSS provides a structured method to guide and strengthen their nominations. The aim of the present study was to gain insight into the psychometric properties of the Greek version of the first four Scales for Rating the Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students (SRBCSS), which assess various dimensions of giftedness. One hundred and forty-five (145) Greek primary and secondary education school (elementary …

The George-Anne Inkwell Edition, Georgia Southern University

The Inkwell

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The Mosaic, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

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Who Would Want To Be Led By You? An Examination Of Leadership Practices At A California Community College, Star Taylor

LMU Theses and Dissertations

Regardless of the type of leadership definition, leaders who are set on leading people and not just an organization make the best well-rounded and effective leaders. Jeffries (1998) insisted leadership is more than a job or a duty; she argued it is a calling. This study interrogates the leadership practices, purpose, style, and origin of the leaders of a California Community College (CCC) in order to ascertain whether they subscribe to the tenets that will enable them to truly serve and not just lead their constituents. There are only two research questions that guide this study: How do ACC administrators …

Safety And Efficacy Of Liver-Directed Radiotherapy After Chemoimmunotherapy For Advanced Cholangiocarcinoma: An Early Report From A Large Tertiary Cancer Center, Abdulmoiz Asif, Abdulmoid Asif, Michael K Rooney, Enoch Chang, Felicity Namayanja, Kimana Quentin, Sunyoung Lee, Ian Hu, Vincent Bernard, Prajnan Das, Emma B Holiday, Sonal Noticewala, Grace L Smith, Albert C Koong, Ethan B Ludmir, Milind Javle, Lianchun Xiao, Eugene J Koay

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

BACKGROUND: Recent randomized controlled trials have established chemoimmunotherapy as the standard of care for patients with advanced biliary cancers with a median overall survival (OS) of about thirteen months. No data exist to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of liver-directed radiotherapy (RT) for extrahepatic and intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) in the era of chemoimmunotherapy. The purpose of this study is to report our early experience treating patients with CCA using RT and chemoimmunotherapy.

METHODS: Twenty-eight patients with CCA who received chemoimmunotherapy sequentially and/or concurrently with RT were retrospectively analyzed. The median biologic equivalent dose (BED) of RT was 84.0 [interquartile range …

Women’S Mba Peers Affect Their Course Choices, Career Paths, And The Gender Pay Gap, Mallika Thomas

Employment Research Newsletter

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Architecture In Flux, Kristanti Dewi Paramita

ARSNET

Architecture exists in flux, shaped by the rapid social, cultural, and environmental transformation in current society. The articles in this edition of ARSNET explore various contexts and design methodologies that emerge amidst such rapid and often disruptive changes. The study discusses different conditions produced by such changes, from the inevitability of time that leads to deterioration, environmental pressures that create separation from nature, to high rates of urbanisation that led to limitation of living space and changes to users' livelihood. Discussions elaborated in this edition outline how architecture in flux may lead to alternative design approaches. These approaches range from …

Reconnecting The Wetlands Through Non-Discrete Architecture, Aulia Rahman

ARSNET

This design study explores non-discrete architecture as a form of architecture that connects nature and the built environment. Architecture often separates itself and its users from the natural setting, leading to environmental neglect and the gradual loss of
the natural environment. The idea of non-discrete architecture focuses on how the relationship between humans and nature can be reconstructed by creating spatial layers that can actively participate in living processes. This study focuses on the neglected wetland environment in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan. The inquiry begins by documenting the various experiences of nature in the area, from the abundance presence of wilderness …

Causal Predictive Modeling Of Survival Of Lung And Bronchus Cancer Patients Diagnosed During 2010–2011 In Texas, Zeinab Mohamed, Sidketa Fofana, Everardo Cobos, Manish K. Tripathi, Tamer Oraby

School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications

Background: Lung and Bronchus cancer is the most fatal type of cancer in the United States. According to the American Cancer Society, there were more than 127,000 deaths from lung cancer in 2023. Lung cancer care cost 23.8 billion dollars in 2020. In Texas, only 22.8% of lung cancer patients survived 5 years or more past diagnosis based on 2012-2018 data.

Aim: This study evaluates the survival length of lung and bronchus cancer patients in Texas using advanced statistical and machine learning methods applied to an 11-year cohort study from Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program. It also quantifies the …

Fresno’S Scribbles Bike Path: A Master Plan For Active Transportation, Holly Sowles, Uris Giron

Mineta Transportation Institute

The Fresno Scribbles Bike Path Master Plan, which represents a commitment to equitable active transportation and social infrastructure, is designed to enhance the quality of life for Fresno residents by providing safe, comfortable, and accessible biking and walking paths while promoting sustainability and fostering a sense of community. This report details the Intelligent Design Visualization Lab’s (IDVL) ongoing contribution to the Fresno City Scribbles Bike Campus initiative. This multifaceted urban intervention seeks to promote bike and pedestrian safety, enhance environmental resilience, and active transportation infrastructure through design, serving as a form of placemaking. In collaboration with the Fresno State Transportation …

Use Of Polymer Fiber To Improve Mechanical Properties Of Hma Containing Recycled Asphalt Pavement (Rap), Ashraf Rahim, Shadi Saadeh, Hani Al Zaraiee

Mineta Transportation Institute

A great percentage of highways and roads in California are constructed with Hot Mix Asphalt (HMA), and, as California infrastructure ages, these highways and roads must be maintained and rehabilitated. Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) is considered an excellent alternative to virgin (raw, unprocessed) materials because it reduces the use of virgin aggregate and binder. Also, the use of RAP decreases the amount of construction waste placed into landfills. This laboratory study investigated the effect of two different commercial polymer fibers on the mechanical properties of HMA with RAP. Three different HMA with RAP mixes were used in the study. One …

The Earliest Documents In Old Javanese, Arlo Griffiths, Titi Surti Nastiti, Wayan Jarrah Sastrawan

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This short contribution presents two recently discovered inscriptions from Central Java that are among the oldest documents in the Old Javanese language, namely a dated stone from Kesongo (685 Śaka/743 CE) and the Disunuh inscription (709 Śaka/787 CE). These two artefacts constitute new evidence that Old Javanese had become a written language in this part of Java already in the eighth century CE. Previously, the period of use of Old Javanese in epigraphy was reckoned to have begun in the ninth century, and in East Java, based on the Harinjing A inscription from Kediri, assumed to date to 726 Śaka/804 …

Sanskrit Educational Texts In Kawi Culture; The Case Of The "Kārakasaṁgraha", Zakariya Pamuji Aminullah, Yosephin Apriastuti Rahayu

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This article provides a revised critical edition and annotated translation of the Kārakasaṁgraha, a Sanskrit grammatical treatise as it has been preserved in Balinese manuscripts. The work is a synthesis of Indian grammatical traditions, notably including aspects of both Pāṇinian and Kātantra systems, which was probably recomposed in the premodern Indonesian archipelago. While its Sanskrit matrix is witness to local adaptation, the interspersed Old Javanese commentaries also show a striking reframing of grammatical discourse in ritual and cosmological idioms. Rather than merely clarifying rules of language, the glosses link grammatical analysis to devotional practice and calendrical systems, presaging a …

Vernacularization And Bilingualism Among The Sundanese; A Case Study Of Kawi Culture, Aditia Gunawan

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This article examines the linguistic landscape of pre-modern Sunda, drawing on documents from the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries. The study highlights the significant role of Old Javanese as a cosmopolitan-vernacular language among Sundanese intellectuals, shaping bilingual practices in the region. Employing the framework of language order, which posits that languages are hierarchically structured within a culture, this research seeks to address the question: what roles did Old Sundanese and Old Javanese play within the language order of Sundanese society? To answer this, the study first traces the circulation of Old Javanese texts in the Sundanese region, analysing their impact on …

The Middle Javanese Passive Prefix "Ing-", Agung Kriswanto, Dwi Puspitorini, Titik Pudjiastuti

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

Evidence from literary texts originating from the Mount Merapi-Merbabu milieu in Central Java demonstrates the existence of a variant of the passive marker -in- affix, which has been in use since the early period of Old Javanese: the passive prefix ing-. The six literary texts that serve as the sources for this study indicate that the ing- prefix began to emerge during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, coinciding with the development of Middle Javanese. Previous researchers have not paid much attention to the ing- prefix, as it was considered merely incidental, especially since ing- was also found in texts …

Archery And Target-Shooting In Pre-Islamic Java; What Can Be Known?, Jiří Jákl

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

In Java today, archery survives as a traditional discipline called jemparingan. Javanese archery involves targeting a pendulum-like target from a shooting distance of 35 to 50 metres. The archers take aim from a cross-legged seated posture (bersila) and typically wear traditional Javanese attire during competitions. Though archery has been practiced in Java for long time, there has been surprisingly little effort to study its rich history. This study aims to historicize the jemparingan by looking at the Old Javanese archery terminology and the origin of competitive (“contest”) archery in Indonesia. The evidence from pre-Islamic Java, textual, visual, …

Discourses On Pregnancy In Old Javanese Śaiva Texts From The Perspective Of Kawi Culture, Putu Eka Guna Yasa, Ida Bagus Arya Lawa Manuaba, I Wayan Cahyadi Surya Distira Putra

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

This article examines the discourse on pregnancy in the context of Kawi culture. The sources of data discussed here include texts of Śaiva persuasion across various genres and geographical areas, such as the Old Javanese Bhīṣmaprava from the Merapi-Merbabu region, the Old Javanese Bhīma Svarga from West Java, and a number of Old Javanese and Balinese texts from Bali, namely Tutur Aṅgastya Prāṇa, Śivāgama, Tutur Kanda Pat Bhūta, Dharma Kahuripan, and Uṣadha Mānak. According to their genres, these texts highlight either the theological, narrative, or practical (namely, from the perspective of healing) aspects of pregnancy. An intriguing feature …

Elly Kent (2022), "Artists And The People; Ideologies Of Art In Indonesia". Singapore: Nus Press., Aryo Danusiri

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

No abstract provided.

In Memoriam, Anthony Reid (1939-2025), Teuku Reza Fadeli

Wacana, Journal of the Humanities of Indonesia

No abstract provided.