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Fine Structure Of Magnetic Reconnection: Impact On Reconnection And Dissipation Rates, Steven Ver Bryck Heuer Sep 2025

Fine Structure Of Magnetic Reconnection: Impact On Reconnection And Dissipation Rates, Steven Ver Bryck Heuer

Doctoral Dissertations

Magnetic reconnection is a fundamental process in magnetized plasmas where stored magnetic energy is converted to heat and kinetic energy. The objective of this thesis is to examine the role of small-scale structure of the reconnection region and the background plasma conditions on the rate that reconnection converts and dissipates magnetic energy. This is done using in situ data from NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission and particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations of reconnection for different regimes. First, we introduce a new technique for measuring the reconnection rate and demonstrate its accuracy for the simplest regime of reconnection. Next, we show that it …


Resolving The Role Of Wave-Induced Pressure Gradients On The Movement Of Sediments In Nearshore Environments, Melissa Marry Sep 2025

Resolving The Role Of Wave-Induced Pressure Gradients On The Movement Of Sediments In Nearshore Environments, Melissa Marry

Doctoral Dissertations

Characterizing the hydrodynamic forces responsible for the initiation of sediment motion is fundamental for improved understanding of large-scale sediment transport processes in nearshore environments. Traditional sediment transport models assume incipient sediment motion is only driven by the force applied by bed stress (Bagnold, 1966; Shields, 1936) while more recent work has shown that incipient motion is influenced by the forcing of the horizontal pressure gradient due to surface gravity waves (Foster et al., 2006; Frank et al., 2015; Sleath, 1999). Wave-induced vertical pressure gradients can also destabilize the sediment bed through the process of momentary liquefaction (Florence et al., 2022b; …


Essays On International Trade, Aochen Xiao Sep 2025

Essays On International Trade, Aochen Xiao

Doctoral Dissertations

This dissertation has two chapters.In Chapter 1, I develop a model of international trade with innovation and trade surplus to examine the effects of China’s large trade surplus on productivity. I abstract from future benefits from holding a present trade surplus and focus on the present gains in productivity. I find that the average productivity increase caused by trade surplus ranges from 1.2 percentage points to 5.46 percentage points when the innovation cost changes. These results explain China’s long-term export promotion policies and align with its new policy goal of developing “new productivity forces”. I also identify a negative effect …


Technologies To Support Remote Work For Collaborative Groups, Alberta Ansah Sep 2025

Technologies To Support Remote Work For Collaborative Groups, Alberta Ansah

Doctoral Dissertations

The nature of work continues to evolve, particularly in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. While a substantial number of employees have returned to traditional, in-person work environments, many continue to engage in remote or hybrid work arrangements. Online meetings are a significant aspect of remote work, and while there has been a significant increase in this area, there are still aspects of these meetings that are not fully understood. Existing research in this area has primarily focused on the development of tools to facilitate meeting execution and content management. In contrast, relatively few studies have explored the social dynamics …


Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica, Genomics In A Well-Mixed Estuarine System: Examining Population Structure, Viability, And Response To Stressors, Alyssa Strickland Sep 2025

Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea Virginica, Genomics In A Well-Mixed Estuarine System: Examining Population Structure, Viability, And Response To Stressors, Alyssa Strickland

Doctoral Dissertations

Eastern oysters, Crassostrea virginica, are foundational estuarine species that contribute to a variety of ecosystem services including water filtration, nutrient cycling, habitat creation, and shoreline protection. However, populations have declined due to disease, overharvesting, habitat loss, and climate change, especially in northern systems such as New Hampshire’s Great Bay Estuary (GBE), located in the Gulf of Maine, one of the world’s fastest warming waters. This dissertation uses genomic and transcriptomic approaches to understand the drivers of population structure, decline, and resilience in GBE oyster populations, aiming to aid restoration and aquaculture. Chapter 1 used low-coverage whole-genome sequencing to understand population …


Uncovering The Plant-Microbe-Permafrost Paradigm As It Relates To Soil Priming And Arctic Carbon Cycles, Sean Robert Schaefer Sep 2025

Uncovering The Plant-Microbe-Permafrost Paradigm As It Relates To Soil Priming And Arctic Carbon Cycles, Sean Robert Schaefer

Doctoral Dissertations

Permafrost, or perennially frozen soil, covers approximately 25% of the northern hemisphere and contains over half of the world’s soil organic carbon stocks. Permafrost-affected regions are rapidly warming, resulting in ecosystem changes including permafrost thaw and a shift from sedge-dominated to shrub-dominated plant communities. As permafrost thaws, it releases previously unavailable compounds to plants and microorganisms. Plant root inputs can then stimulate the decomposition of thawed permafrost, increasing greenhouse gas emissions in a process called priming. Permafrost thaw increases the decomposition of previously frozen soil organic matter (SOM); however, the extent of decomposition is highly dependent on plants and their …


Addressing Economic Valuation Issues Of Outdoor Recreation: Case Studies Of Lake Michigan Invasive Carp And Plum Island Visits, Iris Tryfoni Sep 2025

Addressing Economic Valuation Issues Of Outdoor Recreation: Case Studies Of Lake Michigan Invasive Carp And Plum Island Visits, Iris Tryfoni

Doctoral Dissertations

Environmental valuation is the process of assigning monetary value on environmental goods and services, which do not easily have market prices. It is, however, possible to over- or underestimate the economic valuation of outdoor recreation issues, specifically (1) recreational fishing and (2) beach recreation. Despite their different focuses, both case studies share a common objective of refining methodologies to better understand and address complex environmental issues from an economic perspective. Traditional recreation valuation techniques often lack explicit connection to ecology, which can be impacted by various factors. Addressing this gap, in the first part of my dissertation, I propose a …


Mentors The Hidden Beneficiaries Of Mentoring, Mona Behl, Sarah Clem, Colleen Mouw, Sonya Legg, Erin Hackett, Kristin Burkholder, Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Sarah T. Gille, Lauren A. Freeman, Karan Venayagamoorthy, Jerry L. Miller Sep 2025

Mentors The Hidden Beneficiaries Of Mentoring, Mona Behl, Sarah Clem, Colleen Mouw, Sonya Legg, Erin Hackett, Kristin Burkholder, Kristopher B. Karnauskas, Sarah T. Gille, Lauren A. Freeman, Karan Venayagamoorthy, Jerry L. Miller

Marine Science

The community-based mentorship program MPOWIR (Mentoring Physical Oceanography Women+ to Increase Retention) supports late-stage graduate students and early-career professionals who identify as women or non-binary genders. Its participants engage in mentorship training and professional development, facilitate group mentoring, and draw attention to barriers women and non-binary genders face in physical oceanography. MPOWIR was created to increase the retention of women in physical oceanography in early career stages but has unexpectedly benefited the MPOWIR community beyond graduate students and early career professionals. Senior leaders participating as mentors in MPOWIR report a renewed sense of purpose, new research collaborations, a chance to …


Long-Term Patterns In The Relative Abundance Of Common Snook As A Factor Of Shifting Environmental Conditions In The Florida Coastal Everglades, Jordan A. Massie, Ryan J. Rezek, Rolando O. Santos, W. Ryan James, Natasha M. Viadero, Ross E. Boucek, Jennifer S. Rehage Sep 2025

Long-Term Patterns In The Relative Abundance Of Common Snook As A Factor Of Shifting Environmental Conditions In The Florida Coastal Everglades, Jordan A. Massie, Ryan J. Rezek, Rolando O. Santos, W. Ryan James, Natasha M. Viadero, Ross E. Boucek, Jennifer S. Rehage

Marine Science

Objective Environmental variability as a factor of climate change and water management can result in fluctuations in the abundance and distribution of fish populations from year to year, with either negative or positive effects depending on behavioral and physiological requirements and the ability to adapt to changing conditions. Variability in water levels can also influence prey availability, affecting predator abundance in seasonal foraging areas. In this study, our objective was to better understand how environmental variation has affected the relative abundance of Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis in the freshwater/estuarine habitats of Everglades National Park. Methods Electrofishing data over 17 years …


Linking Hydrology, Temperature, And Energetics: Global Change Implications For The Foraging Ecology Of A Generalist Predator, Mack White, W. Ryan James, Justin S. Lesser, Ryan J. Rezek, Jonathan R. Rodemann, Ross E. Boucek, Rolando O. Santos, Jennifer S. Rehage Sep 2025

Linking Hydrology, Temperature, And Energetics: Global Change Implications For The Foraging Ecology Of A Generalist Predator, Mack White, W. Ryan James, Justin S. Lesser, Ryan J. Rezek, Jonathan R. Rodemann, Ross E. Boucek, Rolando O. Santos, Jennifer S. Rehage

Marine Science

Objective: The objective of this study was to quantify the effects of temperature, hydrology, and body size on the diet and energy requirements of a generalist predator, Common Snook Centropomus undecimalis (hereafter, “snook”), to gain a better understanding of predator–prey dynamics in the wake of global change. We first ask how temperature, hydrology, and body size influence the occurrence of fish, invertebrates, and empty stomachs in the diet of snook. Next, we model the energetic requirements of snook as a function of body size and temperature. Last, we use predation simulations to test how changes in prey quality, together with …


Open Repository @ Binghamton Monthly Additions And Top Downloads - August 2025, Caitlin Holton Sep 2025

Open Repository @ Binghamton Monthly Additions And Top Downloads - August 2025, Caitlin Holton

Library Created Resources

Newly added work in the Open Repository @ Binghamton (ORB) from 8/1/2025-8/31/2025. Top downloads from same time frame.


Open Tdm: How The Open Movement Is Transforming The Way Academic Libraries Support Text And Data Mining Research, Kate F. Boyd, John Knox Sep 2025

Open Tdm: How The Open Movement Is Transforming The Way Academic Libraries Support Text And Data Mining Research, Kate F. Boyd, John Knox

Faculty and Staff Publications

Edited volume, published by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the book provides librarians with the skills necessary to support researchers using text and data mining (TDM). Chapter 24 focuses on the open access aspects of TDM and how librarians and scholars are assisting each other in learning these new skills. Librarians from USC and UNC Wilmington share their paths to understanding and supporting TDM on their campuses.


Phishing Hunter: Phishing Domain Detection System, Connor Tess Sep 2025

Phishing Hunter: Phishing Domain Detection System, Connor Tess

Master's Theses and Capstones

Phishing domains are a common and effective attack vector that malicious actors use to fool users into believing that they are going to a trusted website in the hopes of compromising users. These attacks can also be referred to as phishing attacks because the domain in which malicious attackers act has a hook to trick users into going to the domain that users believe is legitimate. These malicious actors mislead users into believing they are visiting the intended site, when in reality they have been led to a website hosted by the actors. The purpose of this paper is to …


Quality Improvement Project The Role Of Targeted Education And Its Impact On Self-Efficacy And Cognitive Impairment Recognition Among Medical Assistants, Jicky Guzman Sep 2025

Quality Improvement Project The Role Of Targeted Education And Its Impact On Self-Efficacy And Cognitive Impairment Recognition Among Medical Assistants, Jicky Guzman

Doctor of Nursing Practice Projects

Primary care teams develop lasting relationships with patients that can reveal subtle cognitive changes during routine visits (e.g., identity verification and brief mobility checks). Yet, cognitive decline often goes unnoticed and poorly documented, which can lead to delayed care. This quality improvement (QI) project addressed a gap in the detection of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), among frontline staff. It assessed whether an educational intervention could improve self-efficacy in recognizing early cognitive impairment, measured by the General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES). Guided by Bandura’s Self-Efficacy Theory and Lewin’s change model, a quasi-experimental pretest–posttest study was conducted at …


Artificial Intelligence In Research: Compliance Implications, Rani Muthukrishnan Sep 2025

Artificial Intelligence In Research: Compliance Implications, Rani Muthukrishnan

Office of the Provost (Archived)

With new developments in Artificial Intelligence surfacing every day, Institutional Review Boards and Human Research Protection Programs have their work cut out for them. While the possibilities are endless and great, so too are the risks, and research administrators must learn to navigate this new terrain responsibly, ethically, and in full compliance with government and institutional standards.


Mckee Minute September 2025, Southern Adventist University Sep 2025

Mckee Minute September 2025, Southern Adventist University

McKee Minute – McKee Library This Month

The September 2025 edition of McKee Minute includes information on digital newspaper access, information literacy modules, Libby account updates, and Hispanic Heritage Month.


Frsc 498-001: St: Forensic Anthropology, Sai Casadozapico Sep 2025

Frsc 498-001: St: Forensic Anthropology, Sai Casadozapico

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Chem 125a-013: General Chemistry Lab I, Pin Gu Sep 2025

Chem 125a-013: General Chemistry Lab I, Pin Gu

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Chem 125a-103: General Chemistry Lab I, Pin Gu Sep 2025

Chem 125a-103: General Chemistry Lab I, Pin Gu

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Chem 125-017: General Chemistry I, Kevin Koh Sep 2025

Chem 125-017: General Chemistry I, Kevin Koh

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Chem 121-001: Funds Of Chemical Principles I, Gregory Edens Sep 2025

Chem 121-001: Funds Of Chemical Principles I, Gregory Edens

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Chem 121-003: Fund Of Chemical Principles I, Gregory Edens Sep 2025

Chem 121-003: Fund Of Chemical Principles I, Gregory Edens

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Frsc 365-101: Mobile Forensics, John Lucich Sep 2025

Frsc 365-101: Mobile Forensics, John Lucich

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Eps 202-451: Technology, And Environment, Michael Bonchonsky Sep 2025

Eps 202-451: Technology, And Environment, Michael Bonchonsky

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Chem 126-005: General Chemistry Ii, Gregory Edens Sep 2025

Chem 126-005: General Chemistry Ii, Gregory Edens

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Chem 125a-101: General Chemistry Lab I, Pin Gu Sep 2025

Chem 125a-101: General Chemistry Lab I, Pin Gu

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Chem 125a-009: General Chemistry Lab I, Alfredo Castro Sep 2025

Chem 125a-009: General Chemistry Lab I, Alfredo Castro

Chemistry, Environmental and Forensic Science Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Biol 200-001, 003, 005, 007, 009, 011: Concepts In Biology, Michael Nelson Sep 2025

Biol 200-001, 003, 005, 007, 009, 011: Concepts In Biology, Michael Nelson

Biology Syllabi

No abstract provided.


Biol 201-H01: Foundations Of Biology: Cell & Molecular Lecture - Honors, Mary Konsolaki Sep 2025

Biol 201-H01: Foundations Of Biology: Cell & Molecular Lecture - Honors, Mary Konsolaki

Biology Syllabi

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Biol 342-001: Developmental Biology, Allison Edgar Sep 2025

Biol 342-001: Developmental Biology, Allison Edgar

Biology Syllabi

No abstract provided.