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Spring 2023 Program Guide, Academy Of Lifelong Learning

Program Catalogs

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Graduate, 2nd Place: Assessing The Knowledge, Attitude, And Everyday Life Practices Adopted Among Eastern Illinois University Students Towards Sustainability, Joel Holison

2023 Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creative Activity - Documents

The concept of sustainable development gained attention and came into focus with the publication of the Brundtland Report (Brundtland, 1987). later the Education for Sustainability (EfS) initiative was presented in 1997 through the “Thessaloniki Declaration” as a carrier of the common and single message (Knapp, 2000). Sustainable development is the way a country pursues its economic development that does not jeopardize the opportunity for future generations to achieve their development (Brundtland, 1987). Deforestation, land destruction, soil degradation, air and water pollution, and other types of environmental deterioration are paid in the name of economic progress. This detriment may outweigh the …

The Strategic Application Of Alternative Grading To Improve Retention And Enhance Equity (Spring 2023), Teshome Abebe, Michael Gillespie

EIU Think Tank Reports and White Papers

Universities across the United States have been using the Pass/Fail grading system for a variety of reasons and in many different ways. There are so many uses of the system as there are universities.

In general, universities have used the Pass/Fail grading system to: help reduce stress and pressure on students; provide more flexibility in course selection and encourage students to explore and pursue interest without fear of damaging their GPA; reduce perceived discrimination and bias in grading, providing more equitable opportunities for all students regardless of race, socioeconomic status or prior academic background; and to improve retention rates by …

Forevereiu (Spring 2023), Eastern Illinois University Alumni Association

ForeverEIU 2023

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Clemson Chronicle, Spring 2023, Clemson University

Clemson Chronicle

Clemson University's twice-yearly literary magazine, featuring creative prose, poetry, features, art and photography.

Southeastern Law Librarian Spring 2023, Seaall

Newsletters

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Analysis Of Hawk Mountain Wind Speed To Raptor Count Trends From 1976 Through 2021, Dale E. Parson

Computer Science and Information Technology Faculty

This analysis of summer 2023 is a sequel to the summer 2022 Analysis of Hawk Mountain Sanctuary Observation Data from 1976 through 2021, also available as a web page through end of 2024 here. A presentation of that and subsequent analysis presented at Kutztown University in November 2022 and to Hawk Mountain researchers in January 2023 is available as PDF slides here and also on the web through 2024 here. This work was funded by a Kutztown University Research Grant for spring 2022 through summer 2023. Analytical use of these data proceeded through a subset of projects in three courses …

From The Ashes Of The Old: The Old Left And The Southern Christian Leadership Conference, 1957-1965, Matthew Nichter

Faculty Publications

How did the “Old Left”—the socialist milieu of the 1930s and 1940s—shape the African American civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s? Focusing on the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), this article examines several mechanisms of Old Left influence: personnel overlap, network ties, and organizational alliances. New findings on the Old Left backgrounds of Rev. Joseph Lowery, C. T. Vivian, and many of Martin Luther King Jr.’s teachers and friends are presented. The support that SCLC received from “red” labor unions is also highlighted. The picture that emerges is not the elaborate Communist conspiracy imagined by J. Edgar Hoover’s …

Wormholes, Superfast Computations, And Selivanov's Theorem, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

While modern computers are fast, there are still many practical problems that require even faster computers. It turns out that on the fundamental level, one of the main factors limiting computation speed is the fact that, according to modern physics, the speed of all processes is limited by the speed of light. Good news is that while the corresponding limitation is very severe in Euclidean geometry, it can be more relaxed in (at least some) non-Euclidean spaces, and, according to modern physics, the physical space is not Euclidean. The differences from Euclidean character are especially large on micro-level, where quantum …

Faculty Notes, John Carroll University

Faculty Notes - John Carroll University

Spring 2023, Volume 16, Issue 1

Comparing U.S. Groups’ Openness To Pro-Animal Actions, Jo Anderson, Zach Wulderk

USA

As animal advocates know, an outreach tactic that is successful with one person will not necessarily be successful with all people. Advocates rarely launch campaigns with no idea of who will be seeing their ‘asks’ (i.e., requests for pro-animal actions). Even in the case of passive tactics such as billboards, advocates may know who frequents that part of the city. For example, they may be near a university, meaning their audience will include a high proportion of students. The United States public is diverse and groups of people can differ greatly in their opinions. Rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach, …

The Hidden Victims Of War, Drishti Khandelwal

Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics

This essay explores how the rights of women have been eroded by wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Captivating Video Editing Secrets: Unsupervised Deep Learning And Pyscenedetect Analysis Of Creative Strategies, Richard Anthony Álvarez

IPHS 484: Senior Seminar

No abstract provided.

Optimizing Kenyon College's Esg Score: Identifying Strategic Areas For Efficient Improvement, Max Lindsay-Capobianco

IPHS 484: Senior Seminar

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Ai Scouts In Baseball: How Ai Can Potentially Revolutionize Scouting In Professional Baseball, Parker Gibbons

IPHS 300: AI for Humanity

No abstract provided.

Cross-Cultural Differences In Product Marketing, Junaid Yeasir Fahim

IPHS 300: AI for Humanity

No abstract provided.

Comparing State-Of-The-Art Convolutional Neural Network Performance In Cancer Prediction Tasks, Cael Elmore

IPHS 300: AI for Humanity

No abstract provided.

College Of Nursing, Spring 2023, Jill Fier, Micayla Standish, Dave Graves, Addison Dehaven, Emily Weber

College of Nursing Magazine

College News
2 Nursing research continues growth
6 Marge and Ron Hegge Endowment
7 Leadership Challenge Opportunity
8 American Academy of Nursing Fellows
11 New faculty
12 Scholarly outcomes

Student News
14 A semester on the Emerald Isle
18 Madison Fitch: Future nurse

Alumni News
20 Corps of Jackrabbits excels in small-town Minnesota
23 Speaker promotes nursing-engineering collaboration

SDSU Foundation
24 Commitment to our people
25 Scholarships at SDSU

Discussing The History Of Ideas In A Data Science Seminar, Lubomir Stanchev

Computer Science and Software Engineering

As one part of an NSF-sponsored Data Science Fellowship at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, a group of faculty offered a unique one- unit quarter-long seminar on the history of ideas behind the core principles of Data Science. We present an overview of this seminar, its learning objectives, and outcomes and lessons learned.

Gender, Violence, And The Death Penalty, Sandra Babcock, Nathalie Greenfield

California Western International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Noise, Displacement, And Justice In Designing Urban Law And Policy For The Night, Sara Gwendolyn Ross

California Western International Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Bangladesh's International Crimes Tribunal: A Cautionary Tale And A Call For Hope, * Anonymous

California Western International Law Journal

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Proning Vs. Respiratory Pharmacotherapeutics In Hospitalized Covid-19 Patients, Sasha Hopfauf

Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters

The purpose of this research and literature review is to compare the use of prone positioning and respiratory pharmacotherapeutics within hospitalized COVID-19 patients and the outcomes associated with each. A literature review was performed using the databases PubMed, Clinical Key, DynaMed, and CINAHL. A variety of key terms were used when searching. Studies chosen were retrospective reviews, a cross sectional study, an interventional study, and a pilot study. Articles within the last three years were utilized after exclusion criteria was applied. A total of thirteen articles were included within this project. The research shows that pulmonary vasodilators such as inhaled …

Long Term Control Of T2dm And Weight Through Roux-En-Y Gastric Bypass Surgery Versus Weight Loss Medication, Alexandra Laber

Physician Assistant Scholarly Project Posters

• Type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) affects hundreds of millions of individuals in the United States and prevalence is increasing. • As a lifelong disease, interventions must be studied long-term. • This project aims to compare long term efficacity of Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery and several antidiabetic medications that result in weight loss in type II diabetics who have failed to achieve goals through first line treatment of diet, exercise, and metformin. • A literature review was completed using the electronic search database PubMed with a variety of MeSH terms and keywords. • Research showed strong evidence that surgery was …

Dominican Republic Greenhouse Automation, Pedro Alvarenga, Henry Kayser

Interdisciplinary Design Senior Theses

The development process involved meticulous engineering and integration of the electrical components, ensuring seamless functionality and performance. The AGS was designed to be affordable, scalable, and easily replicable, with the intention of expanding its implementation beyond the DR to other underserved communities globally. By optimizing resource management, conserving energy, and minimizing the carbon footprint, the AGS promotes environmental sustainability in food production. Overall, this senior design capstone project successfully developed a cost-effective and user-friendly Automated Greenhouse System, addressing food insecurity challenges in the DR. The project demonstrated professional excellence, fulfilled the mission of SCU's School of Engineering, and strengthened the …

Pedestrian Bridge For Discovery & Innovation, Matthew Hale, Dylan Stegman, Jake Porter

Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering Senior Theses

A new pedestrian bridge was designed adjacent to the Children’s Discovery Museum of San Jose spanning across the Guadalupe River in the Downtown San Jose area. This design includes structural, geotechnical, and construction components. The architectural aspects of the bridge include two intertwined mass timber arches, galvanized steel cables, and a deck consisting of wide flange I-beams and a proprietary structural glass deck system. These features allow the bridge to seamlessly integrate into the surrounding environment as well as expose structural components of a pedestrian bridge that would otherwise be covered by a traditional bridge deck. All disciplinary components of …

New Braunfels Stormwater Park, Glen Falconio, Judah Foster, Teagan Moore

Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering Senior Theses

Comal County, located in a region in Texas inundated by a high frequency of floods, has faced over $272 million in flood damages to properties and crops. The largest urban area in the county, New Braunfels has made efforts to increase the quantity of flood mitigation practices in the city through weir construction, stormwater runoff control requirements, and new drainage proposals. Still, there are older parts of the city lacking stormwater management projects. A stormwater park serving the region along the Dry Comal Creek has been conceptualized to manage stormwater, increase water quality in the creek, and provide recreational value …

George Colvile's Translation Of The Consolation Of Philosophy, Ian Cornelius

English: Faculty Publications and Other Works

The Consolatio philosophiae of the Roman statesman and philosopher Boethius (fifth/sixth century) was read and studied intensely in medieval western Europe and repeatedly translated into vernacular languages. Medieval commentaries on this text and translations of it claim attention today as case studies in a history of reading, for they exemplify the practices of medieval literary scholasticism. In an English context, the final flowering of this reading tradition may be placed in the year 1556, when John Cawoode printed a new translation of the Consolatio by a ‘George Coluile, alias Coldewel’. The translator remains unidentified. The translation is a medieval throwback …

The Sycamore, 2022-2023 Yearbook, Indiana State University

Student Yearbook

Connections

Finn Hall Community Spaces Redesign, Kaan Euchukanonchai, Kevin Liang, Niko Lopez

Civil, Environmental and Sustainable Engineering Senior Theses

Carbon emissions negatively impact the environment through climate change, air pollution, and rising sea levels, among many other factors. One large contributor to carbon emissions is industrialization, more specifically, the building sector. Based on Architecture 2030, a non-governmental organization whose primary mission is to build an environment free from carbon emissions, building operations and the construction industry contribute to 40% of carbon emissions (Architecture 2030). As more buildings are being constructed, the need for reducing carbon emissions increases. This senior design project looked at Finn Residence Hall, a dormitory on the premises of Santa Clara University. The current design of …