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Modules, Mandates, & Morals: A Self-Study Of The Creation Of An Online Secondary Holocaust Course, Alexander C. Ledford

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

This dissertation examines the process of the analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation of an online secondary Holocaust education course. Employing self-study methodology, it critically examines the decision-making of the researcher as they engage in the tasks of each phase of the ADDIE model of instructional. Special attention has been paid to the intersection of prevailing pedagogical and curricular recommendations from scholars in the fields of both Holocaust education and instructional design, a practice that has not received adequate scholarly attention. Drawing upon both bodies of literature, the researcher stresses the use of pedagogical practices which are put forward as …

Joint Concert: Chiarts Choir And Isu Concert Choir, February 20, 2023, Mark Grizzard, Charles Taylor

School of Music Programs

Center for the Performing Arts
February 20, 2023
Monday Afternoon
4:00 p.m.

State Variation In Squamous Cell Carcinoma Of The Anus Incidence And Mortality, And Association With Hiv/Aids And Smoking In The United States, Zahed Shahmoradi, Alan G Nyitray, Keith Sigel, Gary M Clifford, Naomi Jay, Vivian Colon Lopez, Gregory M Barnell, Elizabeth Y Chiao, Elizabeth A Stier, Karen J Ortiz-Ortiz, Jeslie M Ramos-Cartagena, Kalyani Sonawane, Ashish A Deshmukh

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

PURPOSE: Squamous cell carcinoma of the anus (SCCA) incidence and mortality rates are rising in the United States. Understanding state-level incidence and mortality patterns and associations with smoking and AIDS prevalence (key risk factors) could help unravel disparities and provide etiologic clues.

METHODS: Using the US Cancer Statistics and the National Center for Health Statistics data sets, we estimated state-level SCCA incidence and mortality rates. Rate ratios (RRs) were calculated to compare incidence and mortality in 2014-2018 versus 2001-2005. The correlations between SCCA incidence with current smoking (from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System) and AIDS (from the HIV Surveillance …

College Of Business News, Georgia Southern University

College of Business: News & Publications

• Parker Alumni Talk About Tenet Advisors, a Startup Company Offering Integrated Family Office Solutions
• Alumna Spotlight: Courtney Ashley

"Moving Forward, Together" Black History Month Festival

Bailey School of Music Concert Programs

Moving Forward, Together is a celebration of Black artists and will feature many of our wonderfully talented faculty and students.

College Of Education News, Georgia Southern University

College of Education: News & Publications (2003-2023)

• College of Education earns accreditation from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP)
• Williams-Johnson edits special issue for top journal
• COE undergrads assist in district-wide Project Eaglet
• Teacher Candidates Provide Targeted Tutoring
• Teacher certification now easier for paraprofessionals

2023 February 20 - Faculty Senate Agenda And Minutes, Faculty Senate, East Tennessee State University

Faculty Senate Agendas and Minutes

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A Mathematical Investigation Of Landauer’S Principle, Paul Bracken

School of Mathematical & Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications

A minimal mathematical approach is used to state Landauer’s principle in a precise, general way. The results are obtained by means of a rigorous development which is based on the use of quantum statistical mechanics. A mathematical form of the principle results as an equality rather than an inequality. The equality version does imply the original statement of the principle as introduced by Landauer.

20 February – Red, White, And Blue On The Runway: A Facebook Live Event With Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell, Georgia Southern University

Library Publications (1999-2023)

• 20 February – Red, White, and Blue on the Runway: A Facebook Live Event with Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell

The George-Anne Reflector Magazine Newsletter, Georgia Southern University

George-Anne Media Group: Newsletters & Magazines

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Five Things You Should Know This Week, Georgia Southern University

A Few Things You Should Know This Week (2020-2023)

Third annual Employee Engagement Survey coming soon; info sessions this week

Armstrong Task Force Listening Tour

Free Days in February

Final Eagle home basketball games are this week

Ethics training required for all employees

Sexual Assault Awareness Week begins today with the Clothesline Project

Repurposing Atovaquone As A Therapeutic Against Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Aml): Combination With Conventional Chemotherapy Is Feasible And Well Tolerated, Alexandra Mclean Stevens, Eric S Schafer, Minhua Li, Maci Terrell, Raushan Rashid, Hana Paek, Melanie B Bernhardt, Allison Weisnicht, Wesley T Smith, Noah J Keogh, Michelle C Alozie, Hailey H Oviedo, Alan K Gonzalez, Tamilini Ilangovan, Alicia Mangubat-Medina, Haopei Wang, Eunji Jo, Cara A Rabik, Claire Bocchini, Susan Hilsenbeck, Zachary T Ball, Todd M Cooper, Michele S Redell

Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy Staff Publications

Survival of pediatric AML remains poor despite maximized myelosuppressive therapy. The pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP)-treating medication atovaquone (AQ) suppresses oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) and reduces AML burden in patient-derived xenograft (PDX) mouse models, making it an ideal concomitant AML therapy. Poor palatability and limited product formulations have historically limited routine use of AQ in pediatric AML patients. Patients with de novo AML were enrolled at two hospitals. Daily AQ at established PJP dosing was combined with standard AML therapy, based on the Medical Research Council backbone. AQ compliance, adverse events (AEs), ease of administration score (scale: 1 (very difficult)-5 (very easy)) …

Tcr-Engineered Adoptive Cell Therapy Effectively Treats Intracranial Murine Glioblastoma, Maximilian O. Schaettler, Rupen Desai, Anthony Z. Wang, Alexandra J. Livingstone, Dale K. Kobayashi, Andrew T. Coxon, Jay A. Bowman-Kirigin, Connor J. Liu, Mao Li, Diane E. Bender, Michael J. White, David M. Kranz, Tanner M. Johanns, Gavin P. Dunn

2020-Current year OA Pubs

BACKGROUND: Adoptive cellular therapies with chimeric antigen receptor T cells have revolutionized the treatment of some malignancies but have shown limited efficacy in solid tumors such as glioblastoma and face a scarcity of safe therapeutic targets. As an alternative, T cell receptor (TCR)-engineered cellular therapy against tumor-specific neoantigens has generated significant excitement, but there exist no preclinical systems to rigorously model this approach in glioblastoma.

METHODS: We employed single-cell PCR to isolate a TCR specific for the Imp3

RESULTS: We isolated and characterized the 3×1.1C TCR that displayed a high affinity for mImp3 but no wild-type cross-reactivity. To provide a …

Hydrogel Encapsulation Of Genome-Engineered Stem Cells For Long-Term Self-Regulating Anti-Cytokine Therapy, Kelsey H Collins, Lara Pferdehirt, Leila S Saleh, Alireza Savadipour, Luke E Springer, Kristin L Lenz, Dominic M Thompson, Sara J Oswald, Christine T N Pham, Farshid Guilak

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Biologic therapies have revolutionized treatment options for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but their continuous administration at high doses may lead to adverse events. Thus, the development of improved drug delivery systems that can sense and respond commensurately to disease flares represents an unmet medical need. Toward this end, we generated induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) that express interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra, an inhibitor of IL-1) in a feedback-controlled manner driven by the macrophage chemoattractant protein-1 (Ccl2) promoter. Cells were seeded in agarose hydrogel constructs made from 3D printed molds that can be injected subcutaneously via a blunt needle, thus simplifying implantation …

Comparison Of Two Diagnostic Assays For The Detection Of Serum Neutralizing Antibody To Porcine Epidemic Diarrhea Virus, Justin Brown, Korakrit Poonsuk, Ting-Yu Cheng, Chris Rademacher, Erin Kalkwarf, Liying Tian, Lauren A. Mckeen, Chong Wang, Luis Gimenez-Lirola, Gimenez-Lirola Baum, Locke A. Karriker

Nebraska Center for Virology: Faculty Publications

Lactogenic immunity is important for the protection of piglets against many pathogens including porcine epidemic diarrhea virus. Circulating neutralizing antibodies levels in sow sera may help determine if a detectable immune response could confer protection to piglets. Neutralizing antibodies can be detected through various diagnostic assays. This study evaluated the diagnostic characteristics of two neutralizing antibody assays for porcine epidemic diarrhea virus neutralizing antibodies in serum of challenged gilts. Four treatment groups, control, non-vaccinated, vaccinated prior to challenge, and vaccinated following challenge, were comprised of 20 gilts. Serum sample were collected from each gilt prior to and following challenge with …

Combining Corn N Recommendation Tools For An Improved Economical Optimal Nitrogen Rate Estimation, Curtis J. Ransom, Newell R. Kitchen, James J. Camberato, Paul R. Carter, Richard B. Ferguson, Fabián G. Fernández, David W. Franzen, Carrie A. M. Laboski, David Brenton Myers, Emerson D. Nafziger, John E. Sawyer, John F. Shanahan

Department of Agronomy and Horticulture: Faculty Publications

Improving corn (Zea mays L.) nitrogen (N) rate fertilizer recommendation tools can improve farmers’ profits and mitigate N pollution. Numerous approaches have been tested to improve these tools, but to date improvements for predicting economically optimum N rate (EONR) have been modest. This work’s objective was to use ensemble learning to improve our estimation of EONR (for a single at-planting and split N application timing) by combining multiple corn N recommendation tools. The evaluation was conducted using 49 corn N response trials from eight states in the US Corn Belt and three growing seasons (2014–2016). Elastic net and decision …

Development Of A Slow-Degrading Polymerized Curcumin Coating For Intracortical Microelectrodes, Alexis M. Ziemba, Mary Clare Crochiere Woodson, Jessica L. Funnell, Douglas Wich, Bailey Balouch, Deniz Rende, Dahlia N. Amato, Jonathan Bao, Ingrid Oprea, Dominica Cao, Neda Bajalo, Evon S. Ereifej, Jeffrey R. Capadona, Edmund F. Palermo, Ryan J. Gilbert

Chemical and Biochemical Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Intracortical microelectrodes are used with brain-computer interfaces to restore lost limb function following nervous system injury. While promising, recording ability of intracortical microelectrodes diminishes over time due, in part, to neuroinflammation. As curcumin has demonstrated neuroprotection through anti-inflammatory activity, we fabricated a 300 nm-thick intracortical microelectrode coating consisting of a polyurethane copolymer of curcumin and polyethylene glycol (PEG), denoted as poly (curcumin-PEG1000 carbamate) (PCPC). The uniform PCPC coating reduced silicon wafer hardness by two orders of magnitude and readily absorbed water within minutes, demonstrating that the coating is soft and hydrophilic in nature. Using an in vitro release model, curcumin …

Strengthen Building Of Basic Reach Capacity For Semiconductor Research To Light Up “Beacon” Towards Realizing The Self-Reliance And Self-Improvement Of Semiconductors, Junwei Luo, Shushen Li

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

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Construct 3e Theory For S&T Budget Performance Evaluation, Improve Effectiveness Of S&T Budget, Ruhan A, Xiaoxuan Li

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The current practices of S&T budget performance evaluation in China put more weight on efficacy than efficiency and effectiveness. This study puts forward an innovative 3E theory in the field of S&T budgeting performance evaluation based on Peter Checkland's 3E evaluation model and the existing practices of S&T budget performance evaluation in China. To unswervingly uphold and approach the new request for improving the S&T input effectiveness emphasized at the 20th National Congress of the CPC, it is a must to carry out a comprehensive S&T budget performance evaluation in the new era on the basis of the 3E theory …

Analysis And Thinking On Developing Evolution Of National Innovation System, Defang He, Fuqiang Tang, Tao Chen, Xianfeng Luo, Fangjuan Yang

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

As an important support for national security and socio-economic development, the national innovation system has been evolving continuously in the process of long-term historical evolution and selective construction. Based on the law of science and technology development, this study combines history study and logical analysis, and reveals the universal law and general trend of the national innovation system. Under the new development situation, this study also puts forward a common framework of national innovation system. The construction practice of China's national innovation system is summarized and suggestions are put forward to improve the overall efficiency of national innovation system.

Exploring International Rare Earth Industry Landscape Changes And China’S Strategic Responses, Yiding Wu, Zilong Peng, Dan Lai, Shen Zhao, Lu Wang, Weiqiang Chen, Peng Wang

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Rare earth elements are widely identified as critical raw materials to underpin high-end technological innovation and the development of emerging industries, which makes them as important strategic minerals deserved by key international great powers. Since 2011, the United States and other developed nations are quickly fostering the development of their supply chains and industrial ecosystems of rare earth out of China's engagement. Consequently, the new diversified supply pattern of rare earth has been formalizing at global level. Under this full supply chain view, this study performs a deep-dive analysis of international rare earth industry landscape changes in the key stage …

Marine Ecological Protection And Restoration: International Agendas And China Action, Ke Duan, Zhengyan Liu, Shengkang Liang, Yanbin Li, Dongliang Lu

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

International conventions and initiatives can promote collective action against global crises, and strengthen the efforts of countries to take concerted actions. This study summarizes the important international agendas related to marine ecological conservation and restoration, and analyzes China's policy mechanism in recent years. It believes that the policies in China and international documents are synergistic and effective in jointly strengthening efforts to respond to the global crisis. This study also puts forward some countermeasures and suggestions for China to build a detailed regional marine ecological map, strengthen ecological corridor restoration, improve scientific and technological support systems, and promote international cooperation …

Practice Of Building Biomedical Innovation Highland In The United States And Its Enlightenment To China, Xiaoling Ma

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The modern pharmaceutical industry began with the large-scale production of chemical drugs. With the radical innovation of basic sciences, such as life science, biomedicine has become the focus of the pharmaceutical industry, with broad prospects. Since World War II, the U.S. government, enterprises and scientific community have cultivated the biomedical industry and scientific foundation, created an environment for innovation, established an effective life science innovation system, and gradually become the innovation highland of biomedicine in the world. Building a biomedical innovation highland is an important part of China to become the world science center. China can learn from U.S. experience …

Analysis On Bottleneck And Prospect Of Integrated Circuit Talent Training Oriented To Sci-Tech Self-Reliance And Self-Strengthening At Higher Levels, Kaixuan Guan, Jiang Yu, Jianzhong Zhou, Feng Chen, Yan Han

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

The most essential feature of building a new development paradigm is to achieve sci-tech self-reliance and self-strengthening at higher levels. The integrated circuit industry, as an important pillar to achieve this essential feature, is facing a severe external situation. China's chip shortage pain begins with a shortage of talents. The structural problem of uneven development at the overall level of the industry makes it more difficult to effectively gather and distribute talents. To achieve sci-tech self-reliance and self-strengthening at higher levels, we need to be both demand-oriented and problem-oriented, which means not only to pay attention to the core technology …

Study On Building New-Type Think Tanks With Chinese Characteristics—Perspectives Of Systems Engineering, Science Communication, Etc., Liang Xi, Yan Ying, Baoyu Jia

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Science and technology think tank is an important part of new type of think tanks with Chinese characteristics, with core values that lie in giving their professional advantages in scientific research for scientific decision-making by the Communist Party of China and Chinese government. This study summarizes the main theories and Marxism's views on think tanks, analyzes the new situation of the construction of new think tanks with Chinese characteristics in the new era, summarizes the three characteristics of "special", "new", and "intelligent" new think tanks with Chinese characteristics, and discusses the theoretical basis, organizational structure and operation mechanism of the …

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Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

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Thin Film Deposition Of Mop, A Topological Semimetal, Robert Browning, Paul Plachinda, Raj Solanki

Physics Faculty Publications and Presentations

MoP is a topological semimetal which has drawn attention due to its unique electrical and optical properties resulting from massless electrons. In order to utilize these properties for practical applications, it is necessary to develop a technique to produce high-quality, large-scale thin films of this 2D material. We report below our initial results of growth of MoP thin films using atomic layer deposition (ALD), where the film grows layer-by-layer. These films were grown on 5 cm × 5 cm silicon oxide coated Si wafers. Resistivity versus temperature measurements show that these films are metallic and includes a partial superconducting phase. …

Do Bankrupt Firms Recognize Publicly Available Bad News In A Timely Fashion?, Mariem Khalifa, Samir Trabelsi

All Works

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether managers of bankrupt firms are more or less conditionally conservative in their financial reporting relative to non-bankrupt firms. The study further examines the cross-sectional differences in conditional conservatism among bankrupt and non-bankrupt firms. Design/methodology/approach – The study employs a sample of US firms to investigate conditional conservatism in firms that experience financial distress and go bankrupt relative to non-stressed non-bankrupt firms. The study also uses switching regression models to identify the drivers of the cross-sectional difference in conditional conservatism among bankrupt and non-bankrupt firms. Findings – Empirical results …