Weather In Middle-Earth Or Tolkien: The Weather-Master?, Jonas Mertens

Journal of Tolkien Research

Abstract

This article attempts to shed light on the use of weather in general and meteorological expressions in The Lord of the Rings, as J. R. R. Tolkien is well known to be a writer for whom the environment and natural world is closely intertwined with his storytelling. Both a manual count and a count which a digital text analysis tool were combined to find the frequency of previously selected weather terms. In total, more than 2,000 references were found in the books, with the words ‘sun’, ‘wind’ and ‘cold’ being the most abundant. Meteorological expressions are frequently encountered in …

Tradisi Dugderan Sebagai Strategi Promosi Pemasaran Wisata Di Kota Semarang, Nevin Maulana Rigitta, Anisatul Auliya

Jurnal Sosial Humaniora Terapan

The city of Semarang is a city that has many traditions influenced by the diverse ethnicities living there. These ethnic groups produce numerous traditions resulting from acculturation, one example being Dugderan. Dugderan is a tradition from Semarang that results from the acculturation of three ethnicities or races: Arab, Chinese, and Javanese. Based on this, Dugderan is one of the traditions inherent to the people of Semarang City. Therefore, the Semarang City Government, as the organizer of Dugderan, feels that this event could become a tourist attraction in Semarang City. This research discusses the Dugderan Tradition as a tool to promote …

On Device Security Agent To Mitigate Inference Attacks On Machine Learning Models, Hari Bhaskar S

Defensive Publications Series

The advent of on-device machine learning allows developers to deploy models on end-user devices. A trained machine learning model can be a representation of the dataset used to train the model and may carry knowledge of decision making based on training. Malicious actors can perform inference attacks to exploit open-ended, unprotected on-device machine learning models, e.g., by taking the device offline to block information from being sent to the cloud and sending several inference requests to extract the patterns of data and/or training of the machine-learning model. This disclosure describes an on-device security agent that monitors the patterns of inference …

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - July 6, 2023, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the July 6, 2023 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents include:

• Pathology residents present research at annual forum
• Basic medical sciences student wins travel award to national conference
• Fellowship-trained gastroenterologist joins internal medicine faculty
• Neurology resident elected to roles at national and state level

Taylor University Professor Featured On Wallethub, Taylor University

2023 Website News Stories

No abstract provided.

Michigancovid19outbreakreportcollection, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Outbreak Reports

This is a zipped file of all the pdfs uploaded to this collection, spanning from 2020-08-20 through 2023-04-27 for the overall outbreak reports, 2020-09-14 through 2022-06-13 for school outbreak reports, and 2022-06-21 through 2023-04-25 for ISD K-12 outbreak reports.

The zip file also includes a comma separated file that lists the metadata for each file, including the file name within the Michigan COVID-19 Outbreak Reports ScholarWorks Collection (ScholarWorksFileTitle), the archived URL (InternetArchiveLink), the description of the file within the Michigan COVID-19 Outbreak Reports ScholarWorks Collection (ScholarWorksAbstract), and any additional comments about the file within the Michigan COVID-19 Outbreak Reports ScholarWorks …

Osc Minutes 2023-07-06, Northern Illinois University

Operating Staff Council Archives

No abstract provided.

Lutein And Β-Carotene Characterization In Free And Nanodispersion Forms In Terms Of Antioxidant Activity And Cytotoxicity, Nourhan S. Elkholy, Mohamad Louai M. Hariri, Haitham S. Mohammed, Medhat W. Shafaa

Faculty Journal Articles

No abstract provided.

Factors Associated With Resilience Among Msw Students In The Face Of The Covid-19 Pandemic, Jose Carbajal, Donna Schuman, Warren Ponder, Christine Bishop, Amber Hall, Kristin Bolton

Faculty Publications

COVID-19 continues to affect the general population, and its impact on MSW students is unknown. Therefore, this study aims to examine resilience, attachment, and other mental health constructs among MSW students during COVID-19. U.S. MSW program directors were emailed the electronic surveys to distribute to their MSW students. Authors evaluated the bivariate relationship between the variables and conducted a multiple hierarchical regression predicting resilience. The findings suggest that individuals with higher levels of resilience have lower levels of depression and PTSD. Finally, attachment avoidance, attachment anxiety, and self-efficacy were statistically significant predictors of resilience in the hierarchical regression. This study …

The "Dark Side" Of Digital Product Upgrades, Liang Chen, Smu Office Of Research

Research@SMU Infographics

Companies can constantly release improved products to capture value from digital innovations, but there is a ‘dark side’ to doing so. A study by SMU Associate Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship Chen Liang and his co-researchers argues that while product upgrades are intended to capture value, they can also impose learning costs on customers, potentially destroying the value.

Osc Agenda 2023-07-06, Northern Illinois University

Operating Staff Council Archives

No abstract provided.

Gbmdeconvoluter Accurately Infers Proportions Of Neoplastic And Immune Cell Populations From Bulk Glioblastoma Transcriptomics Data., Shoaib Ajaib, Disha Lodha, Steven Pollock, Gemma Hemmings, Martina A Finetti, Arief Gusnanto, Aruna Chakrabarty, Azzam Ismail, Erica Wilson, Frederick S Varn, Bethany Hunter, Andrew Filby, Asa A Brockman, David Mcdonald, Roel G W Verhaak, Rebecca A Ihrie, Lucy F Stead

Faculty Research 2023

BACKGROUND: Characterizing and quantifying cell types within glioblastoma (GBM) tumors at scale will facilitate a better understanding of the association between the cellular landscape and tumor phenotypes or clinical correlates. We aimed to develop a tool that deconvolutes immune and neoplastic cells within the GBM tumor microenvironment from bulk RNA sequencing data.

METHODS: We developed an IDH wild-type (IDHwt) GBM-specific single immune cell reference consisting of B cells, T-cells, NK-cells, microglia, tumor associated macrophages, monocytes, mast and DC cells. We used this alongside an existing neoplastic single cell-type reference for astrocyte-like, oligodendrocyte- and neuronal progenitor-like and mesenchymal GBM cancer cells …

Specialized Late Cingulo-Opercular Network Activation Elucidates The Mechanisms Underlying Decisions About Ambiguity, Jordan E. Pierce, Nathan M. Petro, Elizabeth Clancy, Caterina Gratton, Steven E. Petersen, Maital Neta

Center for Brain, Biology, and Behavior: Faculty Publications

Cortical task control networks, including the cingulo-opercular (CO) network play a key role in decision-making across a variety of functional domains. In particular, the CO network functions in a performance reporting capacity that supports successful task performance, especially in response to errors and ambiguity. In two studies testing the contribution of the CO network to ambiguity processing, we presented a valence bias task in which masked clearly and ambiguously valenced emotional expressions were slowly revealed over several seconds. This slow reveal task design provides a window into the decision-making mechanisms as they unfold over the course of a trial. In …

100 Companies Championing Women: An Analysis Of Best Practices For Utah Companies, Susan R. Madsen, Karen Hill, Emily S. Darowski

Marketing and Strategy Faculty Publications

State leaders continue to boast that Utah is at the “forefront of innovative and awe-inspiring economic opportunity initiatives,”¹ with its robust list of accolades (e.g., the best-managed state in America, the top state for economic outlook and recovery, best economic outlook, best state to start a business). Yet, for the past eight consecutive years, Utah has been ranked as WalletHub’s worst state for women’s equality.² This includes being placed as 48th of 50th in “Workplace Environment,” which includes metrics such as income disparity, higher-income disparity, and the disparity in share of executive positions. Although some continue to justify …

Michigancovid19vaccinecollection, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Vaccine Data

This is a zipped file of all the pdfs uploaded to this collection, spanning from 2020-12-16 through 2023-04-26. It also includes a few additional pdfs: 2020-10-16_Michigan_COVIDVaccination_Plan.pdf; 2020-12-13_Michigan_COVIDVaccination_PrioritizationGuidance.pdf; 2020-12-13_Michigan_COVIDVaccine_FAQ.pdf; 2020-12-13_Michigan_COVIDVaccine_Infograph.pdf; 2021-01-21_Michigan_COVIDVaccine_Locations.pdf.

The zip file also includes a comma separated file that lists the metadata for each file, including the file name within the Michigan COVID-19 Vaccine Data ScholarWorks Collection (ScholarWorksFileTitle), the archived URL (InternetArchiveLink), the description of the file within the Michigan COVID-19 Vaccine Data ScholarWorks Collection (ScholarWorksAbstract), and any additional comments about the file within the Michigan COVID-19 Vaccine Data ScholarWorks Collection (ScholarWorksComments).

Usa V. Steven Wilkinson

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

Jerome Washington V. Gilmore

2023 Decisions

USDC for the Western District of Pennsylvania

When Planning Nuclear Waste Sites In Canada, Consider Ukraine’S Potential Nuclear Crisis, Erika Simpson

Political Science Publications

The article "When planning nuclear waste sites in Canada, consider Ukraine’s potential nuclear crisis" by Erika Simpson discusses the implications of nuclear waste management in Canada in light of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. The author emphasizes the lessons learned from the war in Ukraine, particularly regarding the vulnerabilities of nuclear power plants during conflicts, such as the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant. The article highlights the challenges of safely storing and managing high-level nuclear waste in Canada, proposing sites near significant water basins like the Great Lakes and Hudson’s Bay. The author stresses the importance of involving local communities and …

Anti-Rationalist Developments: Supernaturalism And The German Religious Awakening, Kevin M. Vander Schel

Religious Studies Faculty Scholarship

The emergence of post-Kantian theological rationalism in early-nineteenth-century German Protestantism ushered in a variety of novel theological approaches that sought to move beyond traditional presentations of doctrine to examine anew the rational and historical basis of religious faith. It also met with strong opposition from preachers and theologians, who rejected the accommodation with Enlightenment rationalism, defended the inescapably supernatural character of Christian revelation, and sought to reimagine the relation of Christian communities to the state and its civil and educational institutions. This chapter presents an inquiry into this opposition to theological rationalism, which proceeds in three parts. It explores: (1) …

Amicus Curiae Brief Of International Scholars In Support Of Appellee And Affirmance, Paul M. Levine, James J. East Jr., Carlos Ramos-Mrosovsky, Diane Desierto

Court Briefs

No. 23-7031, 23-7032
NextEra Energy Global Holdings B.V. v. Kingdom of Spain

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, Case Nos. 1:19-cv-1618 and 1:19-cv-1871 Hon. Tanya S. Chutkan, United States District Judge

From the Argument

ICSID Convention Article 54 requires the United States to enforce Appellees’ final ICSID awards in fulfillment of treaty obligations owed to every other Contracting State to the ICSID Convention. That the courts of the United States must enforce ICSID awards without the extensive review that Appellant demands is at the heart of the ICSID Convention’s multilateral framework for investor-state …

High-Performing Conductive Hydrogels For Wearable Applications., Hossein Omidian, Sumana Dey Chowdhury

HPD Articles

Conductive hydrogels have gained significant attention for their extensive applications in healthcare monitoring, wearable sensors, electronic devices, soft robotics, energy storage, and human-machine interfaces. To address the limitations of conductive hydrogels, researchers are focused on enhancing properties such as sensitivity, mechanical strength, electrical performance at low temperatures, stability, antibacterial properties, and conductivity. Composite materials, including nanoparticles, nanowires, polymers, and ionic liquids, are incorporated to improve the conductivity and mechanical strength. Biocompatibility and biosafety are emphasized for safe integration with biological tissues. Conductive hydrogels exhibit unique properties such as stretchability, self-healing, wet adhesion, anti-freezing, transparency, UV-shielding, and adjustable mechanical properties, making …

Probing Heavy Majorana Neutrinos And The Weinberg Operator Through Vector Boson Fusion Processes In Proton-Proton Collisions At √S = 13 Tev, A. Tumasyan

Department of Physics and Astronomy: Faculty Publications

The first search exploiting the vector boson fusion process to probe heavy Majorana neutrinos and the Weinberg operator at the LHC is presented. The search is performed in the same-sign dimuon final state using a proton-proton collision dataset recorded at √s = 13 TeV, collected with the CMS detector and corresponding to a total integrated luminosity of 138 fb⁻¹. The results are found to agree with the predictions of the standard model. For heavy Majorana neutrinos, constraints on the squared mixing element between the muon and the heavy neutrino are derived in the heavy neutrino mass range 50 …

Sharing Innovative Projects, July 6, 2023, Tisa Mason Ed.D.

Heart of a Tiger Columns

No abstract provided.

Eight Gardner-Webb Students Receive Grants For Focused Research, Office Of University Communications, Brandon Richmond

Gardner-Webb NewsCenter Archive

Eight new scholars received grants from the Summer Undergraduate Research Scholars Program (https://gardner-webb.edu/academics/enrichment-programs/summer-research-scholars/), one of Gardner-Webb University’s academic enrichment opportunities. Every year, the initiative allows a student to spend 40 hours a week working on a project for five weeks with the assistance of a Gardner-Webb professor. The students learn more in their fields and help advance the field itself. They also tap into the professors’ knowledge and experience on how to conduct and complete a scholarly project.

Development And Psychometric Performance Of The Family Willingness For Caregiving Scale (Fwcs), Cindy A. Wilk

Dissertations

Family members and close friends of ICU patients receiving mechanical ventilation often sit helpless at the bedside. Participation in care of their loved one may improve adaptation to the stressful situation and better prepare them for caregiving after discharge. The primary aim of this study was to develop and test the psychometric properties of the Family Willingness for Caregiving Scale (FWCS). The impetus for scale development was the lack of a valid instrument to measure caregiver willingness of family members for the ICU patient. The Facilitated Sensemaking Model (FSM) and adapted Psychosocial Assessment Model (PAM) provided the theoretical foundation for …

A Two-Layer Planning Approach For Crosslink-Enabled Earth Sensing Satellite Constellations, Skylar A. Cox, John H. Humble, Greg N. Droge

Space Dynamics Laboratory Publications

Current interest in spacecraft constellations for government and commercial uses continues to drive advancement in sophistication, capability, and mission complexity. As these systems proliferate, they require increased levels of automation to properly orchestrate in achieving the mission objectives. This paper develops a constellation planning capability for cross-link enabled Geospatial Intelligence missions. The planning for constellation coordination is performed using a two-level network flow approach, where the first level creates a communication plan, and the second layer determines the Earth sensing activities. A network flow method is used to simultaneously obtain a schedule for each unique satellite within the constellation and …

Increasing The Impact Of Utah State University’S Extension Water Check Program With 5-Second Metering, Mahmud Aveek, David E. Rosenberg, Camilo Bastidas, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Belize A. Lane, Kelly Kopp, Peter Mayer, Joe Fazio

Reports

Study Goal – Increase the volume of water saved by the Utah State University (USU) Extension landscape Water Check program because outdoor water use is the largest component of residential use with the largest opportunity to reduce use. We used 5-second water use data collected with Flume Smart Home Water Monitoring devices (Figure 1) at residential homes before and after a Water Check (Box 1; Figure 2) to answer four questions:

1. How much water did households save?

2. Which Water Check recommendations did participants implement?

3. Why did participants implement some recommendations and not others?

4. How to further reduce landscape water use?

Increasing The Impact Of Utah State University's Extension Water Check Program With 5-Second Metering, Mahmud Aveek, David E. Rosenberg, Camilo Bastidas, Jeffery S. Horsburgh, Belize A. Lane, Kelly Kopp, Peter Mayer, Joe Fazio

Reports

Study Goal – Increase the volume of water saved by the Utah State University (USU) Extension landscape Water Check program because outdoor water use is the largest component of residential use with the largest opportunity to reduce use. We used 5-second water use data collected with Flume Smart Home Water Monitoring devices (Figure 1) at residential homes before and after a Water Check (Box 1; Figure 2) to answer four questions:

1. How much water did households save?
2. Which Water Check recommendations did participants implement?
3. Why did participants implement some recommendations and not others?
4. How to further reduce landscape water use?

Assessing The Impact Of Spatial Resolution Of Uas-Based Remote Sensing And Spectral Resolution Of Proximal Sensing On Crop Nitrogen Retrieval Accuracy, Kianoosh Hassani, Hamed Gholizadeh, Saleh Taghvaeian, Victoria Natalie, Jonathan Carpenter, Jamey Jacob

Department of Agricultural and Biological Systems Engineering: Faculty Publications

Foliar nitrogen (N) plays a central role in photosynthetic machinery of plants, regulating their growth rates. However, field-based methods for monitoring plant N concentration are costly and limited in their ability to cover large spatial extents. In this study, we had two objectives: (1) assess the capability of unoccupied aerial system (UAS) and non-imaging spectroscopic data in estimating sorghum and corn N concentration and (2) determine the impact of spatial and spectral resolution of reflectance data on estimating sorghum and corn N concentration. We used a UAS and an ASD spectroradiometer to collect canopy- and leaf-level spectral data from sorghum …

University Of New Hampshire Dean's List, Robbin Ray

Media Relations

No abstract provided.