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Capricious Weather, Larry Burgess

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

It’s winter in Dayton, but will we have winter weather?

Honoring The Maafa, Nick Thompson

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

University of Dayton honors the plight of Africans brought to America into slavery with Maafa Commemoration Week.

Messaging In Mongolian, Mary Kate Newman

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

The University of Dayton men’s basketball social media team has been taken over by Mongolian fandom.

View Finder: Liquid Assets, Larry Burgess

Materials from the University of Dayton Magazine Website

Liquid, liquid, everywhere on campus at the University of Dayton

Se(3)-Based Finite-Time Fault-Tolerant Control Of Spacecraft Integrated Attitude-Orbit, Yafei Mei, Ying Liao, Kejie Gong, Xingyu Zheng

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For relative motion spacecraft, when the actuator fails and the external disturbance and system uncertainty occur simultaneously, a finite-time fault-tolerant control method is proposed on the basis of the robustness of sliding mode control. A single-rigid spacecraft integrated attitude-orbit model is established based on Lie Group SE(3), and the relative motion spacecraft error dynamic equation is derived in exponential coordinates. A class of non-singular fast terminal sliding surface is designed, and the equivalent adaptive method is adopted to design the controller to estimate and compensate the total disturbance. The proposed fault-tolerant control algorithm can be independent from fault diagnosis …

Research On Image Super-Resolution Reconstruction Based On Loss Extraction Feedback Attention Network, Hong Sun, Yuxiang Zhang, Yuelan Ling

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Since the first application of convolutional neural network to the field of super-resolution image reconstruction (super-resolution convolutional neural network, SRCNN), a large number of studies have proved that deep learning can improve the effect of image reconstruction. Aiming at the too many parameters in the image super-resolution network and the insufficient utilization of image features resulting in less available high-frequency information, a loss extraction feedback attention network (LEFAN) is proposed to reuse parameters in a circular way and increase the reuse of low-resolution image features to capture more high-frequency information. The loss caused in the reconstruction process is extracted …

Non-Polar Ether-Based Electrolyte Solutions For Stable High-Voltage Non-Aqueous Lithium Metal Batteries, Zheng Li, Harsha Rao, Rasha Atwi, Bhuvaneswari M. Sivakumar, Bharat Gwalani, Scott Gray, Kee Sung Han, Thomas A. Everett, Tanvi A. Ajantiwalay, Vijayakumar Murugesan, Nav Nidhi Rajput, Vilas G. Pol

Purdue University Libraries Open Access Publishing Fund

The electrochemical instability of ether-based electrolyte solutions hinders their practical applications in high-voltage Li metal batteries. To circumvent this issue, here, we propose a dilution strategy to lose the Li+/solvent interaction and use the dilute non-aqueous electrolyte solution in high-voltage lithium metal batteries. We demonstrate that in a non-polar dipropyl ether (DPE)-based electrolyte solution with lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl) imide salt, the decomposition order of solvated species can be adjusted to promote the Li+/salt-derived anion clusters decomposition over free ether solvent molecules. This selective mechanism favors the formation of a robust cathode electrolyte interphase (CEI) and a solvent-deficient electric double-layer structure at …

The Montclarion, February 16, 2023, The Montclarion

The Montclarion

Student Newspaper of Montclair State University

Oxygen Delivery With High Risk Hypoxemia Esophagogastroduodenoscopy, Josh Faught

Group: Samford University Moffett & Sanders School of Nursing

An EGD is considered a reduced airway access case due to patient positioning and the insertion of an endoscope. The endoscope can contribute to airway obstruction, and it prevents the anesthetist from using a mask for oxygen delivery. Therefore, oxygen is typically administered via SNC with EtCO2 monitoring capability. This form of oxygen administration limits the maximum deliverable FiO2 to 0.4 because SNCs can only effectively deliver 4-6 L/min of oxygen. Propofol, benzodiazepines, and occasionally opioids are commonly administered sedatives during these procedures, all of which are respiratory depressants. The combination of these factors poses a risk of hypoxemia, especially …

Serum Cotinine As A Predictor Of Lipid-Related Indices In Turkish Immigrants With Type 2 Diabetes: A Clinic-Based Cross-Sectional Study, Shiryn D. Sukhram, Gustavo G. Zarini, Lemia H. Shaban, Joan A. Vaccaro, Avinash R. Sukhram, Fatma G. Huffman

Publications and Research

Background: Turkish immigrants form the largest ethnic minority group in the

Netherlands and show a higher prevalence of (i) cardiovascular disease (CVD),

(ii) cigarette smoking, and (iii) type 2 diabetes (T2D) as compared to the native

Dutch. This study examines the association of CVD risk factors: serum cotinine, as

an indicator of cigarette smoke, and lipid-related indices among first-generation

(foreign-born) Turkish immigrants with T2D living in deprived neighbourhoods in the

Netherlands.

Methods: A total of 110 participants, physician-diagnosed with T2D, aged 30 years

and older, were recruited by convenience sampling from the Schilderswijk

neighbourhood of The Hague in a clinic-based …

Towards A Diagnosis Of Cardiac Amyloidosis: Single Center Experience With (99m) Technetium Pyrophosphate Planar Imaging And Opportunities For Standardization Of Diagnostic Workflow, Mariam Saleem, Besher Sadat, Meredith Van Harn, Karthikeyan Ananthasubramaniam

Cardiology Articles

Background and Objectives: Cardiac amyloidosis is a disorder caused by amyloid fibril deposition in the extracellular space of the heart. Almost all forms of clinical cardiac amyloidosis are transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTR) or light chain amyloidosis. (99m) technetium pyrophosphate ((99m)Tc PYP scan) has changed the landscape of the non-biopsy diagnosis of ATTR cardiac amyloidosis (ATTR-CA) by providing remarkably high diagnostic accuracy. We examined our experience with PYP scans in patients undergoing workup for ATTR-CA and evaluated the diagnostic workflow in patients with intermediate PYP scan results.

Materials and Methods: Retrospective chart review study in which we analyzed data of 84 patients …

Factors Associated With Response To Growth Hormone In Pediatric Growth Disorders: Results Of A 5-Year Registry Analysis, Judith L. Ross, Moshe Fridman, Nicky Kelepouris, Kristine Murray, Nils Krone, Michel Polak, Tilman R Rohrer, Alberto Pietropoli, Neil Lawrence, Philippe Backeljauw

Department of Pediatrics Faculty Papers

Context: Growth hormone (GH) therapy can increase linear growth in patients with growth hormone deficiency (GHD), Turner syndrome (TS), Noonan syndrome (NS), and Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), although outcomes vary by disease state.

Objective: To assess growth and identify factors associated with growth response with long-term GH therapy.

Methods: Data from pediatric patients with GHD, TS, NS, and PWS obtained at GH treatment initiation (baseline) and annually for 5 years in the ANSWER Program and NordiNet® IOS were analyzed retrospectively. Height standard deviation score (HSDS) was assessed over time, and multivariate analyses determined variables with significant positive effects on growth outcomes …

Norm C. Mayhew, Petitioner / Appellant V. Utah Labor Commission, Darrell W. Anderson Construction, Inc, And/Or Workers Compensation Fund, Respondents / Appellees : Brief Of Respondents, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2020 –)

Brief of Respondents Darrell W. Anderson Construction Inc. and WCF Mutual Insurance Company

Michael Gary Belnap, Virginius Dabney, Stony V. Olsen, Attorneys for Petitioner/Appellant Gordon Mark Stone

Michele L. Halstenrud, Hans Scheffler, Attorneys for Respondents/Appellees Darrell W. Anderson Construction Inc. and WCF Mutual Insurance Company, Christopher T. Hill, Attorney for Respondent/Appellee Utah Labor Commission

The Cowl - V. 87 N. 12 - February 16, 2023

The Cowl

The Cowl - student newspaper of Providence College. Vol. 87 No. 12 - February 16, 2023. 16 pages.

Stb Owners Llc V. Martis

All Decisions

No abstract provided.

Listening To The World: A Brief Survey Of World Music, Antoni Pizà

Publications and Research

A short and engaging introduction to music around the world.

Listen to the world. Explore music from around the globe. Acquaint yourself with a variety of international music styles and traditions. Investigate issues in popular music from both a social perspective (such as race, religion, language, economics, gender, diaspora, and politics), as well as an intrinsically musical position (beat, pitch, meter, rhythm, form, timbre, texture). Learn about how music reinforces values and negotiates tradition with innovation; how rural and urban contexts inform musical experiences; how soundscapes shape identity. Learn how to collect sounds and ask questions: what is this instrument’s …

The Colby Echo (2023-02-16), Colby College

The Colby Echo

Published by the students of Colby College since 1877, The Colby Echo is the weekly, editorially independent student-run newspaper of Colby College in Waterville, Maine. Published monthly, 1877-1886; semi-monthly, 1886-1897; and weekly during the academic year, 1898-present.

Akt/Mtor Signaling Modulates Resistance To Endocrine Therapy And Cdk4/6 Inhibition In Metastatic Breast Cancers, Maysa M. Abu-Khalaf, K. Alex Hodge, Christos Hatzis, Elisa Baldelli, Emna El Gazzah, Frances Valdes, William M. Sikov, Monica M. Mita, Neelima Denduluri, Rita Murphy, Daniel Zelterman, Lance Liotta

Kimmel Cancer Center Faculty Papers

Endocrine therapy (ET) in combination with CDK4/6 inhibition is routinely used as first-line treatment for HR+/HER2− metastatic breast cancer (MBC) patients. However, 30–40% of patients quickly develop disease progression. In this open-label multicenter clinical trial, we utilized a hypothesis-driven protein/phosphoprotein-based approach to identify predictive markers of response to ET plus CDK4/6 inhibition in pre-treatment tissue biopsies. Pathway-centered signaling profiles were generated from microdissected tumor epithelia and surrounding stroma/immune cells using the reverse phase protein microarray. Phosphorylation levels of the CDK4/6 downstream substrates Rb (S780) and FoxM1 (T600) were higher in patients with progressive disease (PD) compared to responders (p = …

Exploring The Impact Educational Interventions Have On Nursing And Medical Students’ Attitudes And Empathy Levels Towards People With Disability: A Systematic Review, William Evans, Dominika Lisiecka, Dawn Farrell

Publications

This systematic review aimed to explore the impact educational interventions have on undergraduate nursing and medical students' attitudes and empathy levels towards people with disability. There are over one billion people with some form of disability currently. A growing body of research reveals that nurses and doctors display negative attitudes including decreased empathy towards people with disability. A systematic review using narrative synthesis of chosen randomized controlled trials was employed. A comprehensive search was completed in June 2021 on six databases (CINAHL, Medline, Science Direct, Health Research Premium - PROQUEST, Scopus. Cochrane Library). The search strategy yielded 21,616 studies and …

Validation Of An Operationalized Model Of Iso-Ahola’S Theory Of Tourism Motivation: A Case In Point-To-Point Suborbital Space Travel, Brian T. Musselman, Scott R. Winter

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

The purpose of the study was to validate Snepenger, King, Marshall, and Uysal’s (2006) model of Iso-Ahola’s (1982) theory of tourism motivation for use in point-to-point suborbital space tourism research. No previous research was discovered, which assessed point-to-point suborbital space flight within the theoretical foundation of the theory of tourism motivation. Snepenger et al.’s (2006) model was assessed as published, and exploratory factor analysis (EFA) failed to produce data fitting the four dimensions. The researchers modified the item descriptions based on research. Using a second sample, the modified model was assessed. EFA produced four factors with adequate convergent and discriminant …

Evaluating System Usability, Workload Suitability, And User Experience Of Game-Based Virtual Reality In Spaceflight Education And Training, Lana Laskey, Joseph R. Keebler

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

Game-based instruction and immersive virtual reality are enhanced pedagogical methods beneficial in training environments involving complex disciplines, ranging from medical applications to construction engineering technology. This study investigated the use of game-based virtual reality (GBVR) when applied to the complex field of spaceflight education and training. As modern society places increasing demand on space-based amenities, the need for proficient satellite operators will also increase, requiring more accessible and advanced training options. Satellite ground control training scenarios, immersed in the GBVR environment, were developed and deployed to university student participants. Multiple validated scales were employed to measure the GBVR system regarding …

Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems To Investigate The Detectability Of Burmese Pythons In South Florida, Joseph Cerreta, William Austin, David Thirtyacre, Scott S. Burgess, Peter Miller

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

Burmese pythons are an invasive, non-native species of snake to southern Florida and attempts at eradicating the snakes had yielded mixed results. The current rate of detection had been reported as 0.05%. The purpose of this research project was to determine if a UAS equipped with a near-infrared (NIR) camera could be used to detect pythons at a higher rate when compared to a RGB camera. The approach involved collecting 55 images from RGB and NIR cameras, over carcass pythons at flying heights of 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 meters. A likelihood ratio consisting of a true positive rate …

Gender Diversity In Aviation: What Is It Like To Be In The Female Minority?, Mallory K. Casebolt

Journal of Aviation/Aerospace Education & Research

This qualitative phenomenological study sought to explain what it is like to be a gender minority in the aviation industry to bring awareness of the personal experiences lived by women in aviation to identify if the experiences of gender minorities in aviation contribute to the lower number of women in aviation. This research sought to bridge the existing gap in the literature related to women in aviation by seeking the personal perceptions and experiences of 10 women in aviation to understand what it’s like to be a gender minority (female) in aviation, to help improve the gender imbalance in the …

February 16, 2023, James Madison University

The Breeze, 2020-

The Breeze is the student newspaper of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Schwalb, Susan, Sophia Maier Garcia

Bronx Jewish History Project

Susan Schwalb’s father was raised on the Lower East Side to immigrant parents, while her mother grew up on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx. Her mother’s family was German immigrants from the mid-19th century, and owned and operated restaurants. Her grandparents would sell their restaurant and move to Miami, but her uncle owned a famous restaurant in Manhattan that Schwalb would visit as a child. Her mother’s family was wealthy for the time, with extravagant birthday parties that once involved an elephant. Her parents met in the Catskills and Schwalb was born in 1944.

Schwalb grew up in the …

The Brief (Edition #24, February 2023), William & Mary Law School

The Brief

No abstract provided.

Gene Bigler Oral History Interview, Gene Bigler, Lorenzo Spaccarelli

Raymond College

No abstract provided.

Alexis Doutre, Appellant, V. Box Elder County; Brigham City; Union Pacific Railroad Company; And Utah Department Of Transportation, Appellees : Reply Brief, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2020 –)

On appeal from the Second Judicial District Court, Weber County, Honorable Noel S. Hyde, District Court No. 180906306

Susan Black Dunn, Attorney for Appellee Box Elder County, Matthew D. Church, Attorney for Appellee Brigham City

Troy L. Booher, Beth E. Kennedy, Taylor P. Webb, Attorneys for Appellant Alexis Doutre

Erda Community Association, Inc. Ryan Sorensen; Kalem Sessions; And Denise Moody-Martin. Appellants V. Grantsville City, Appellee. : Brief Of Appellant, Utah Court Of Appeals

Utah Court of Appeals Briefs (2020 –)

On appeal from the Third Judicial District Court, Tooele County, Honorable Teresa Welch, District Court No. 200301207

Robert Keller, Brett Coombs, Attorneys for Appellee

Janet M. Conway, Attorney for Appellants

How Noise Thresholds Affect The Information Content Of Stellar Flare Sequences, Elmer C. Rivera, Jay R. Johnson, Jonathan Homan, Simon Wing

Faculty Publications

Systems that exhibit discrete dynamics can be well described and reconstructed by considering the set of time intervals between the discrete events of the system. The Kepler satellite has cataloged light curves for many Sun-like stars, and these light curves show strong bursts in intensity that are associated with stellar flares. The waiting time between these flares describes the fundamental dynamics of the stars and is driven by physical processes, such as flux emergence. While it is rather straightforward to identify large flares, the identification of weaker flares can be challenging because of the presence of noise. A common practice …