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E-Scooter Black Box, Soham Phadke, Suvass Ravala, Joshua Jerome, Raghav Batra, Mubashir Hussain

Computer Science and Engineering Senior Theses

The burgeoning market for shared e-scooters is significantly hampered by the short lifespan of commercial e-scooters, which currently average just three months due to rough handling by users. To address this challenge, our project aims to extend the lifespan of shared e-scooters through an innovative onboard solution that discourages detrimental riding behaviors.

Our solution integrates a portable sensor hub from STMicroelectronics to capture ride data, which is then processed and sent via a user’s iOS app to a Google Firebase backend. A machine learning model running in the cloud analyzes the data to extract valuable metrics. These metrics are displayed …

Smokejumper Obituary: Marshall, Curtis A. (Redding 1968), National Smokejumper Association

Smokejumper Obituaries

No abstract provided.

The Budget Proposal As A Constructive Collections Engagement Tool And Practice, Evan Rusch, Pat Lienemann, Heidi J. Southworth, Nat Gustafson-Sundell

Library Services Publications

At Minnesota State University Mankato (MNSU), our story might sound familiar. After more than a decade of flat or decreased budgets, we have cancelled hundreds of journal subscriptions and numerous journal packages. We do occasionally add journals, but only by cancelling others. We often say we are “managing library decline,” and our primary objective is to cut cleanly and accurately, so that we can continue to support accreditation and an evolving curriculum. Over the years, we have developed various tools to guide our cuts and we have demonstrated these at NASIG and elsewhere. These tools have also served for collection …

L'Aquila: In The Mountains Of Abruzzo, Jean Lavigne

Environmental Studies Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

Academic Village Finance Authority Board Of Directors Meeting - Notice And Agenda 06/07/2024, Uc Law Sf

2024 Board of Directors Agenda and Materials

No abstract provided.

Board Of Directors Quarterly Meeting - Notice And Agenda 06/07/2024, Uc Law Sf

2024 Board of Directors Agenda and Materials

No abstract provided.

Board Of Directors Quarterly Meeting - Open Session Book 06/07/2024, Uc Law Sf

2024 Board of Directors Agenda and Materials

No abstract provided.

The Wicked Problem Of Climate Change And The Challenge Of Engagement: Exploring Educational Approaches And Possibilities For Information Literacy, Andrea Baer

Libraries Scholarship

Climate change is a prime example of a “wicked problem”: it is characterized by complexity and unboundedness and has no complete or simple solutions, though communities can develop constructive interventions that address particular aspects of the problem (for example, in cities increasing green spaces that have a cooling effect). Because the problem of climate change is so expansive and the answers to it remain limited in scope and impact, engaging with the topic inevitably evokes difficult emotions like uncertainty, overwhelm, despair, and grief. So it is understandable that a common response to the realities of climate change has been denial …

Usa V. John Jackson

2024 Decisions

USDC for the District Court of the Virgin Islands

2024 Denominational Survey Results, Calvin University

CRCNA Denominational Survey Results

As part of the denominational ministry plan, Our Journey , the CRCNA has contracted with DataWise Consulting to administer an annual denominational survey. The results from the 2024 survey have now been compiled.

All CRC-affiliated adults and older youth are welcome to respond to this survey as they are led. However, in order to ensure a healthy number of responses to the survey each year, CRC leaders have randomly assigned every CRC church to one of five “cohorts.” Each cohort includes about 20 percent of all active congregations, and each congregation will be asked to engage in active recruitment of …

Mri Measurement Of Cerebral Perfusion In Severe Congenital Heart Disease: Just The First Step, Kevin B. Kilgallon, Ira M. Cheifetz

Faculty Scholarship

Two questions on the mind of many parents of children with complex congenital heart disease (CHD) are: Will my child survive? And, how will their life be affected? As diagnostic procedures, along with medical and surgical treatments, for these infants have improved over the recent decades, more and more of these children are surviving into adolescence and adulthood. Despite these advances in care, children with complex CHD are at higher risk of neurodevelopmental disability (NDD) and decreased quality of life (QOL) compared to their peers without CHD.1,2

Improved Liver Disease Prediction From Clinical Data Through An Evaluation Of Ensemble Learning Approaches, Shahid Mohammad Ganie, Pijush Kanti Dutta Pramanik, Zhongming Zhao

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

PURPOSE: Liver disease causes two million deaths annually, accounting for 4% of all deaths globally. Prediction or early detection of the disease via machine learning algorithms on large clinical data have become promising and potentially powerful, but such methods often have some limitations due to the complexity of the data. In this regard, ensemble learning has shown promising results. There is an urgent need to evaluate different algorithms and then suggest a robust ensemble algorithm in liver disease prediction.

METHOD: Three ensemble approaches with nine algorithms are evaluated on a large dataset of liver patients comprising 30,691 samples with 11 …

Cardozo Law News Brief: June 7, 2024, Benjamin N. Cardozo School Of Law

Cardozo Law News Brief 2024

Featured Faculty:

• Betsy Ginsberg
• Alexander Reinert
• Emmanuel Arnaud
• Jocelyn Getgen Kestenbaum
• Gabor Rona
• Jessica Roth

Campus News:

• Cardozo Celebrates The Class of 2024 at 46th Annual Commencement

2024-06-07 Minutes & Appendices, Longwood University

Board of Visitors Meeting Minutes 1964-

No abstract provided.

Medial Temporal Lobe Surface Features And Cognition In Aging Amyloid-Positive Individuals, Jacob Johnston

Undergraduate Honors Theses

Memory consolidation and metabolism are known to differ between amyloid-beta plaque positive (A+) and negative (A-) amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment (aMCI) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) dementia participants despite similar medial temporal lobe (MTL) volume between groups. Using high-dimensional surface analysis (shape characterization), this study identified structural differences in the medial temporal lobe between A+ aMCI, A+ AD dementia, and amyloid-negative (A-) healthy control groups (CON), specifically in the CA1 and subiculum regions of the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex. Additionally, regional brain surface-based features were correlated with procedural and episodic memory measures, finding positive associations between CA1 integrity and episodic memory …

Composing Pedagogically-Informed Choral Literature For Adolescent Males, Rachel Olson

Undergraduate Honors Theses

The “missing males” phenomenon, the disparity between males and females enrolled in choral ensembles in junior high and high school settings, has long been a concern among music educators (Koza, 1993). This gap in choral enrollment is often attributed to challenges associated with the male changing voice, prescribed gender roles, and a lack of suitable repertoire (Ayres, 2020, Lucas, 2011; Hawkins, 2015). The decline of male choral singers poses significant obstacles to fostering balanced and inclusive choral communities. Through an extensive review of existing literature and pedagogical insights from choral experts, this paper reviews the physiological changes associated with voice …

Malnutrition Alters Protein Expression Of Kndy Neuropeptides In The Arcuate Nucleus Of Mature Ewes, Jennifer F. Thorson, Ligia D. Prezotto

Department of Animal Science: Faculty Publications

The neuropeptides kisspeptin, neurokinin B, and dynorphin A are imperative for the pulsatile secretion of gonadotropin-releasing hormone and luteinizing hormone to ultimately regulate reproductive cyclicity. A population of neurons co-expressing these neuropeptides, KNDy neurons, within the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus (ARC) are positioned to integrate energy status from afferent neuronal and glial cells. We hypothesized that KNDyexpressing neurons in the ARC of mature ewes are influenced by energy balance. To test this hypothesis, ovary-intact, mature ewes were fed to lose, maintain, or gain body weight and hypothalamic tissue harvested during the luteal phase of the estrous cycle. Fluorescent, multiplex …

Rural, K-12 East Tennessee School Principals’ Perceptions Of Principal Preparation Programs And Ongoing Professional Development Opportunities, Whitney Butler

Ed.D. Dissertations

There were concerns in both quantity and quality of principal candidates regarding training experiences and principals being prepared to lead schools. Research was limited when it came to principal preparation programs (PPPs) training rural, East Tennessee school principals to become instructional leaders and school district leaders providing ongoing professional development opportunities for rural principals. Due to the overall lack of research regarding these facets, further research was necessary to understand how PPPs advisors and school district leaders needed to better prepare rural school principals to lead instructionally. Twenty rural school principals responded to a questionnaire regarding principals’ perceptions of PPPs …

Resource-Constrained 2d Scene Recovery With Single-Photon Cameras, Daphne Ariadne Kurzenhauser

Dissertations and Theses

The modern world is built of images. However, in our goal to photograph and replicate what the human eye is capable of seeing, we are throttled by the restrictions of conventional imaging sensors in high- and low-illumination environments. Single-photon cameras (SPCs) have recently emerged as a promising alternative to conventional camera sensors for capturing images in challenging conditions such as high-dynamic range and fast scene motion. Compared to traditional CMOS cameras, SPCs exploit the arrival of individual photons rather than using an aggregate photon count to compute the brightness of pixels. However, SPCs are extremely resource-intensive, making them inconvenient for …

Leslie Davenport, Oral History Interview, 2024, Finn Vincent-Fix, Akaiia Ridley

Oral Histories

In this interview community member Leslie Davenport shares their experiences at Ypsi Pride, detailing that their first Pride was the first time they felt they were in a safe place. Davenport shares that they are deaf but love music, and they are still exploring what music they like after recently leaving Christianity. They share that Ypsi Pride is full of friendly people but would be more accessible if there was an interpreter by the stage.

Audrey, Oral History Interview, 2024, Finn Vincent-Fix

Oral Histories

In this interview a genderfluid community member named Audrey shares their experiences with Ypsi Pride, explaining that they were grateful to be there. Audrey explores their history with activism, detailing their involvement with the encampment for Palestine on U of M's diag, the work they do preserving queer history, and their radio show. They express that they want others to have compassion for themselves and those around them, and that the future is worth fighting for.

Leslie Arcure, Oral History Interview, 2024, Finn Vincent-Fix

Oral Histories

In this interview EMU student Leslie Arcure shares their experiences with Ypsi Pride, specifically exploring how Ypsi Pride is less corporate/capitalistic then other Pride events she has gone too. Arcure also discusses her interest in film and political history, some of her favorite films, and reading books on conservatism as a self-identified socialist.

Jesse Carr, Oral History Interview, 2024, Akaiia Ridley

Oral Histories

In this interview with community member Jesse Carr they share their experiences with Ypsi Pride, detailing that this is their second Ypsi Pride. Carr discusses their recent autism diagnosis and the positive impact it has had on their ability to enjoy Pride, and expressed to younger generations of queer people that living to adulthood is worth the wait despite the hardships.

Leif, Oral History Interview, 2024, Kat Hacanyan

Oral Histories

In this interview community member Leif shares their experiences at Ypsi Pride, explaining that they were there reading Tarot for This, That, and the Odder Thing. Leif also speaks about their time living in London and France, the lack of a goth scene in the Ypsi area, and the fact that Ypsi has an "anything that's weird" scene instead that they prefer.

Inspire : Vol 7 Issue 6, Department Of Medicine

INSPIRE – Department of Medicine Archives

• Message from the Chair
• Medicine at National and International Forums Digestive disease week (DDW) 2024
• ACGME-I Self-Empowerment Workshop for Program Coordinators
• The 2nd International Collaborative Mycology Conference
• World hypertension day
• Research Module
• SIMPACT 2024
• Combatting Corticosteroid Misuse: Safeguarding Skin Health in Pakistan
• 2024 Inter Departmental Cricket Tournament
• Featured Fellow: Dr. Shahid Khan
• Poem Section
• What Academics Are Reading

2024 June 7 - Tennessee Weekly Drought Summary, Tennessee Climate Office, East Tennessee State University

Tennessee Climate Office Weekly Drought Summaries

No abstract provided.

Sherry Beers V. County Of Northumberland

2024 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

In Re: Ronald William Kipps

2024 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Kenneth Reid V. Garza

2024 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Energy Transfer Lp V. John Ficara

2024 Decisions

USDC for the District of New Jersey