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Navigating Together: The Conav Testbed And Framework For Benchmarking Cooperative Localization, Rohith Boyinine, Jayanth Ammapalli, Anusna Chakraborty, Rajnikant Sharma, Kevin Brink, Clark N. Taylor

Faculty Publications

This paper presents CoNaV, a comprehensive framework for creating a multi-vehicle cooperative localization (CL) testbed designed to support the benchmarking, development, and deployment of cooperative navigation algorithms. Given the essential role of CL in improving localization accuracy for both defense and civilian applications, CoNaV provides a robust environment for rigorously validating algorithms under real-world conditions. By establishing a benchmark for CL algorithms, CoNaV lays a foundation for advancing research into more sophisticated and distributed CL solutions. This framework highlights the potential of cooperative navigation to enhance multi-vehicle operations and offers a scalable, practical approach for future developments in CL technology.

From Shocks To Solidarity And Superstition: Exploring The Foundations Of Faith, Aidin Hajikhameneh, Laurence R. Iannaccone

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Additive shocks can substantially increase cooperation in otherwise standard public goods game experiments. We study shocks that randomly adjust players’ earnings by a fixed positive or negative amount reported at the end of each round. These adjustments change neither the return to players’ contributions nor the information about other group members. We compare results across four treatments that employ the same group-level adjustment algorithm but frame it differently, with pre-play descriptions that range from omitting all useful information to accurately revealing its 50/50 random nature. In each treatment, overall contributions run about 50% higher than those obtained in the standard …

How We Could Have Libertarian Free Will Even If God Were A Total Know-It-All About The Future, Mark Balaguer, Rebecca Chan

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

We argue that libertarianism (roughly, the thesis that we have indeterministic, libertarian free will) is compatible with God's infallible foreknowledge. We use eternalism (roughly, the thesis that reality is a 4-dimensional block and that past, present, and future objects exist) as an explanatory stepping stone between libertarianism and God's foreknowledge: eternalism entails that (and comes close to explaining how) an omniscient God would know what we decide in the future even if we have libertarian free will. This account also explains what is wrong with standard fatalist arguments for the incompatibility of free will and God's foreknowledge.

On Modeling Agent Behavior Change Through Multi-Typed Information Diffusion In Online Social Networks, Masaaki Miyashita, Norihiko Shinomiya, Daisuke Kasamatsu, Genya Ishigaki

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

The rapid spread of information on online social networks (OSNs) has had both beneficial and detrimental societal impacts. Notably, the propagation of misinformation during events such as the COVID-19 pandemic has driven collective behavioral responses, sometimes exacerbating crises such as panic buying and bank runs. The toilet paper shortage in Japan in 2020 caused by people's selfish behavior owing to the diffusion of information to correct misinformation, which is considered a general phenomenon based on three sociological characteristics: a collective action problem, a self-fulfilling prophecy, and pluralistic ignorance. Understanding what kind and how information can inhibit selfish behavior to mitigate …

Physiological Effects Of Research Handling On The Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga Angustirostris), Lauren A. Cooley, Allyson G. Hindle, Cassondra L. Williams, Paul J. Ponganis, Shawn M. Hannah, Holger Klinck, Markus Horning, Daniel P. Costa, Rachel R. Holser, Daniel E. Crocker, Birgitte I. Mcdonald

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

Wildlife researchers must balance the need to safely capture and handle their study animals to sample tissues, collect morphological measurements, and attach dataloggers while ensuring their results are not confounded by stress artifacts caused by handling. To determine the physiological effects of research activities including chemical immobilization, transport, instrumentation with biologgers, and overnight holding on a model marine mammal species, we collected hormone, blood chemistry, hematology, and heart rate data from 19 juvenile northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) throughout a translocation experiment. Across our six sampling timepoints, cortisol and aldosterone data revealed a moderate hormonal stress response to handling accompanied …

The Multiple Classes Of Ultra-Diffuse Galaxies: Can We Tell Them Apart?, Maria Luisa Buzzo, Duncan A. Forbes, Thomas H. Jarrett, Francine R. Marleau, Pierre Alain Duc, Jean P. Brodie, Aaron J. Romanowsky, Anna Ferré-Mateu, Michael Hilker, Jonah S. Gannon, Joel Pfeffer, Lydia Haacke

Faculty Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activity

This study compiles stellar populations and internal properties of ultra-diffuse galaxies (UDGs) to highlight correlations with their local environment, globular cluster (GC) richness, and star formation histories. Complementing our sample of 88 UDGs, we include 36 low surface brightness dwarf galaxies with UDG-like properties, referred to as NUDGes (nearly UDGs). All galaxies were studied using the same spectral energy distribution fitting methodology to explore what sets UDGs apart from other galaxies. We show that NUDGes are similar to UDGs in all properties except for being, by definition, smaller and having higher surface brightness. We find that UDGs and NUDGes show …

White - Sprunt Family Papers - Accession 1770, White Family, Sprunt Family

Manuscript Collection

The White-Sprunt Family Papers consists of records and items pertaining to or belonging to the White-Sprunt family, and by extension the Little family and the Presto family, related to the Sprunt family by marriage. These records include newspaper clippings, photographs, family and business correspondence, postcards, vinyl records, a diary, a stamp from one of the family members, and a number of books owned or written by members of the White-Sprunt family.

Major Eleanor M. Roberts Papers - Accession 1796, Eleanor Marguerite Roberts

Manuscript Collection

The Major Eleanor M. Roberts Papers consist of records related to Major Eleanor M. Roberts (1916-2000) who was a 1938 graduate of Winthrop and a 25 year veteran of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and Women's Army Corps (WAC). This collection includes photographs, photocopies, postcards, report cards, illustrations, handwritten notes, military documents and certificates, service medals and ribbons, military dog tags, two photo albums, transcriptions of WWII correspondence, and Roberts family histories. An original draft and copy of Robert’s memoir Wings on My Heels, as well as material relating to Roberts’ time at Winthrop College like her Five …

American Association Of University Women - Rock Hill Chapter Records-Accession 1516, American Association Of University Women Rock Hill Chapter Records

Manuscript Collection

This collection consists of American Association of University Women Rock Hill Chapter bulletins, posters, illustrations, time cards, and branch yearbooks. This collection also contains invoices, meeting notes, and correspondence with colleges and other branches. The American Association of University Women (AAUW), was founded in 1881 as a non-profit organization that advances equity and education for women. The Rock Hill Chapter of the American Association of University Women was founded in 1925 or 1926 with Miss Anne W. Stevens serving as first president.

Mccandless Family Papers - Accession 1715, Mccandless Family, Caldwell Family, Crawford Family, Smythe Family

Manuscript Collection

The McCandless Family Papers consists of photographs and photo albums of the McCandless family, mostly from Chester, SC, and those related to them. Many of these photographs are tintypes, ambrotypes, and carte de visites. This collection also has a 10 ¾ x 13 ½ inch portrait photograph of Isabella Caldwell. Most of the photographs are of the McCandless family, but the Caldwell, Crawford, and Smythe Families appear prominently. The other family names featured include: Alexander, Beaty, Burdell, Craig, Curry, Herbeson, McCaughey, McElwie, Miller, Morrison, Meely, Pooser, Priestly, Russel, Saye, and Wherry.

Jack Weaver Genealogical Papers - Accession 1489, Jack Wayne Weaver, Hughes Family, Knox Family

Manuscript Collection

Dr. Jack Weaver was a professor of English at Winthrop University from 1967 until his retirement in 2003. The Jack Weaver Genealogical Papers consists of genealogical books, papers, family records, and genealogical files of Doctor Jack Weaver. Dr. Weaver conducted extensive research into the Scotch-Irish genealogical records in the United States. Prominent families featured in his research include the Hughes, Knox, and McGrew families.

John Thomas Falls Genealogical Collection - Accession 1800, John Thomas Falls Sr., Falls Family, Carroll Family, Mcswain Family, Hambright Family

Manuscript Collection

The John Thomas Falls Genealogical Collection consists of photographs, genealogical records, church and family histories, cemetery indexes, correspondence, research notes, and various records concerning the Falls family and related families (Carroll, Crawford, McSwain, Whitesides, and Hambright) of the Catawba region of North and South Carolina. A history of the Antioch Baptist Church (Blacksburg, S.C.), a copy of The Heritage of Cleveland County [N.C.], vol. 1 (1982), three copies of the Pisgah A.R.P Church’s cemetery indexes, a history of the Mount Paran Baptist Church (Blacksburg S.C.), a copy of Our Heritage: A History of Cleveland County [N.C.] (1976), Brent Holcomb’s 1980 …

Hardin Family Papers- Accession 1431, Hardin Family

Manuscript Collection

The Hardin Family Papers consists of papers related to the prominent Rock Hill, SC family of the same name and includes books, ledgers related to E. K. Hardin’s Batesburg Drug Co. based in Batesburg, SC, family bibles containing genealogical data including birth, death, and marriage dates, and a file dedicated to Paul Wooten who is related to the family by marriage. Some of the family surnames included in the bibles are Harden/Hardin, Barmore, Bates, Black, Clement, Clinkscales, Davis, Gambrell, Hutto, Jones, Prince, Rogers, Sealy, and Williams.

Major Eleanor M. Roberts Papers - Accession 1888, Eleanor Marguerite Roberts

Manuscript Collection

The Major Eleanor Marguerite Roberts Papers consists of records related to Major Eleanor M. Roberts (1916-2000) who was a 1938 graduate of Winthrop and a 25 year veteran of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) and Women's Army Corps (WAC). These papers, which consist of correspondence, genealogy, writings, diaries, and military papers. These documents not only tell about her career but also about her and her family’s participation in World War II including brothers, Harold Obediah Roberts (1914-1956), James William Roberts (1906-1989), Herbert Neely Roberts (1912-2001), Oliver Carlyle Roberts (1919-1996), and sister, Ella Lily Roberts Allen (1898-1985). Also, these papers …

Eldon Beaver Papers - Accession 1670, Eldon Beaver, Civilian Conservation Corp

Manuscript Collection

Eldon Beaver (1917-2019) was a member of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) company 1417 located in Rodman, SC. Eldon Beaver also worked for the Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company until retirement. This collection contains documents related to the CCC company 1417 men as documented by Eldon Beaver and his wife Chloe Beaver. He was also a Corporal in the US Army Air Corp during World War II. The Eldon Beaver collection includes photographs, reunion information, and member information. This collection also contains textile sample pieces from Eldon Beaver’s time working for the Rock Hill Printing and Finishing Company.

Sara Perry Mcleod Papers - Accession 1432, Sara Perry Mcleod, Winthrop College

Manuscript Collection

The Sara Perry McLeod Papers include a May Day program, newspaper clippings and photographs from a scrapbook, and Winthrop College yearbooks (Tatler) from Sara Perry’s student years. Sara Perry McLeod (1921–2011), a 1942 Winthrop College graduate, served as Maid of Honor during the May Day festivities in the spring of 1942. The bulk of the collection documents the 1942 May Day celebration, featuring images and articles related to that event, along with materials reflecting her time as a student at Winthrop.

John C. West Papers - Accession 1400, John Carl West Sr.

Manuscript Collection

This collection consists of photographs, scrapbooks, framed items, awards and certificates, videotapes, audiotapes, and other memorabilia pertaining to former governor of South Carolina (1971-1975) and ambassador to Saudi Arabia (1977-1981) John C. West. John Carl West, Sr. (1922-2004) married 1943 Winthrop Alumna Lois Rhame West (1921-2014) and the Lois Rhame West Health, Physical Education, and Wellness Center was named in her honor. John West, as South Carolina Governor, played a prominent role in Winthrop’s move to coeducation and signed the bill confirming Winthrop’s transition in 1974.

Bill Shepherd Sheet Music Collection - Accession 1435, Billy Austin Shepherd

Manuscript Collection

The Bill Shepherd Sheet Music Collection primarily consists of sheet music related to World War I and World War II collected by Billy Austin Shepherd. The collection includes 96 pieces dating from 1912 to 1971, with most materials originating from the periods 1916–1918 and 1940–1944.

Town And Country Garden Club Papers - Accession 1434, Garden Club, Town And Country

Manuscript Collection

The Town and Country Garden Club Papers includes photographs from various club events, newspaper clippings, awards and descriptions of Awards, and yearly member packets containing the names of members, monthly meetings and socials, by-laws, constitution and various information.

Mary Wright Williams Papers - Accession 1379, Mary Elizabeth Wright Williams

Manuscript Collection

The Mary Wright Williams Papers contain materials related to the student years and later accomplishments of Mary Elizabeth Wright Williams (1916–2009), a 1937 graduate of Winthrop College. Items include a 1936 edition of Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges and Universities featuring an entry on Mary Wright, as well as materials documenting her receipt of the Mary Mildred Sullivan Award in 1987. The Sullivan Award “recognizes a Winthrop alumna for selfless dedication of time, energy, and talent in service to others.”

Carolina Gateway Newspapers - Accession 1360, Carolina Gateway

Manuscript Collection

This collection consists of issues of The Carolina Gateway, a weekly newspaper published by The Lancaster News to serve the Indian Land community in Indian Land, South Carolina. First issued in 2004, The Carolina Gateway is not represented here in a complete run. The collection contains physical copies of the newspaper dated from June 14, 2006, through December 30, 2015, though gaps are present throughout.

Richardson Family Papers - Accession 1410, Richardson Family

Manuscript Collection

The Richardson Family Papers consist of letters, envelops, maps, building plans, a genealogy book, and newspaper clippings regarding the Richardson family of Seneca, S.C. The collection contains personal correspondence, war correspondence, maps, sketches of building plans, a book of the 1977 genealogy and newspaper clippings chronicling life in SC before, during, and after World War II, Florida in the 1930s, different stations of World War II, and Alaska in the 1960s onward.

Reverend Archibald Whyte Papers - Accession 1460, Archibald Whyte

Manuscript Collection

The Reverend Archibald Whyte Papers document the personal, religious, civic, and political activities of Reverend Archibald Whyte (1800–1865), a Presbyterian minister and community leader in York District, South Carolina, during the mid-nineteenth century. The collection (comprised of photocopies or original documents) spans primarily the 1850s through the Civil War era and reflects Whyte’s involvement in local religious life, agricultural organizations, land transactions, and Confederate-era civic affairs.

The collection includes correspondence written by or attributed to Reverend Whyte addressing family matters, neighborhood news, land disputes, political candidacies, and interactions with the Catawba Indians. Several letters appear to be drafts or intended …

Jerry L. Helton Collection - Accession 1588, Jerry L. Helton

Manuscript Collection

The Jerry L. Helton Collection documents the professional career and legacy of Jerry L. Helton, an accomplished tenor and longtime voice professor at Winthrop College. The collection includes a scrapbook containing concert and opera programs, correspondence, newspaper articles, and photographs related to Helton’s performance career and his service as a faculty member at Winthrop.

Additional materials outside the scrapbook include newspaper clippings, correspondence, performance programs, and teaching evaluations that further document Helton’s musical and academic work. The collection also contains thirty-five reel-to-reel audio tape recordings of Helton’s performances. Many of these recordings were made during his tenure as a professor …

Impact Of Bundled Care: Optimizing Pain Management Outcomes In Acute Care, Mary Kelly, Denise Danna, Marsha Bennett, Karen Rice, Helen Calmes, Paige Fisher, Mary Dioise Ramos

School of Nursing Faculty Publications

Purpose: Despite therapeutic advances, inadequate pain management in hospitalized patients often leads to chronic pain and opioid dependency. Nonpharmacologic strategies offer potential benefits, especially when integrated into a bundled care approach that enhances pain management and patient engagement. This research aimed to test the effect of a standardized bundle of evidence-based pain care strategies on medical-surgical patients' perceived pain quality outcomes. Design & Methods: This study employed a 2-group, quasi-experimental design to assess the impact of a unit-based intervention, PAIN-X Therapy, on pain care quality outcomes compared to usual pain care. Results: There were 365 participants included in the study …

Annual Fire Safety Report, 2024, Illinois State University, Environmental Health And Safety

Fire Safety Annual Reports

The Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) requires all institutions of higher education that provide residential housing facilities for students to develop an annual fire safety report. Elements of Illinois State University’s campus fire safety program consists of: fire prevention policies and practices, fire safety educational and training initiatives, description of fire protection equipment in the residence halls, emergency evacuation procedures, fire safety statistics, and plans for future improvements to the residence hall campus fire safety program. The annual fire safety report summarizes the elements of the campus fire safety program, which is administered and maintained by Environmental Health and Safety …

The Association Of Social Determinants Of Health And Type Ii Diabetes Self-Management Among Persons Living With Physical Disability (Mobility & Visual Impairments), Anita Aboagye

All ETDs from UAB

Type II Diabetes (T2D) management yield positive outcomes in glycemic control, lifestyle behaviors, knowledge enhancement, and self-care. Persons with disability (PWDs) - regardless of disability type - are faced with additional challenges in diabetes self- management. Moreover, PWDs exhibit adverse outcomes across various measures of social determinants of health (SDOH) compared to individuals without disabilities. This dissertation explored four research aims to examine the impact of adverse SDOH experiences on T2D self- management among persons with physical disability utilizing a preprint/reprint format - with each aim leading to a manuscript. Secondary data analysis using the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance …

Numerical Analysis And The Deal.Ii Implementation Of An Efficient And Robust Parameterized Ensemble Algorithm For Navier Stokes Flow In The Convection-Dominated Regimes, Brandiece Berry

All ETDs from UAB

Ensemble methods are widely used to approximate solutions for the Navier-Stokes Equations to account for inherent uncertainties within the system. This work goes about the numerical analysis and efficiency assessment of a fully discretized Ensemble Eddy Viscosity (EEV) model for the incompressible Stochastic Navier-Stokes Equations. The model is efficient due to the use of ensemble methods. Through a single coefficient matrix for $J$ realizations, we reduce computational cost and thereby ensure computational efficiency. It is found that the model is robust with the inclusion of the eddy viscosity term, as an additional uncertainty quantification. Finally, we verify theoretical convergence rates …

Wear Resistance Of 3d Printed Occlusal Splint Materials, Pierpont Flanders Brown

All ETDs from UAB

Statement of problem: Three-dimensional (3D) printing offers an efficient method to produce occlusal devices (splints). However, their wear resistance is poorly understood. Purpose: The purpose of this in vitro study was to compare the wear resistance of flexible and rigid 3D printed occlusal splint materials to milled and conventionally processed occlusal splint materials. By establishing such a comparison, this study will help provide clinicians with greater knowledge of which materials and methods will provide their patients with the most wear resistant and durable occlusal splint possible. Material and methods: Identical sized blocks (n=8) of 3 flexible 3D printed materials (KeySplint …

Reelin Regulation Of Striatal Physiology And Cocaine Reward, Kasey Lynn Brida

All ETDs from UAB

Drugs of abuse activate defined neuronal populations in brain reward structures such as the nucleus accumbens (NAc), which are thought to promote the enduring synaptic, circuit, and behavioral consequences of drug exposure. While the molecular and cellular effects arising from experience with drugs like cocaine are increasingly well understood, the mechanisms that sculpt NAc neuron participation are largely unknown. Here, we leveraged unbiased single-nucleus transcriptional profiling to identify expression of the secreted glycoprotein Reelin (encoded by the Reln gene) as a marker of cocaine-activated neurons within the rat NAc. Multiplexed in situ detection confirmed selective expression of the immediate early …