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Protection Against Contagion In Complex Networks, Pegah Hozhabrierdi

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In real-world complex networks, harmful spreads, commonly known as contagions, are common and can potentially lead to catastrophic events if uncontrolled. Some examples include pandemics, network attacks on crucial infrastructure systems, and the propagation of misinformation or radical ideas. Thus, it is critical to study the protective measures that inhibit or eliminate contagion in these networks. This is known as the network protection problem.

The network protection problem investigates the most efficient graph manipulations (e.g., node and/or edge removal or addition) to protect a certain set of nodes known as critical nodes. There are two types of critical nodes: (1) …

On The Prudential Power Of Beliefs And Fittingness Of Attitudes, Teresa Bruno-Niño

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The Resonance Constraint is a crucial claim in the contemporary literature about well-being: if something is good for a person, it must resonate with her. As Connie Rosati and Peter Railton put it, a person’s well-being must be “suited” to her, it should be “compelling or attractive” and it should not be “intolerably alienating.” Surprisingly, the Resonance Constraint and the phenomenon of resonance itself have received little direct attention. This dissertation explores the phenomenon of resonance and its impact for theories of well-being and theories of ill-being.

In chapter 1, I focus on one aspect of resonance that has been …

The George-Anne Inkwell Edition, Georgia Southern University

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India’S Economy At 75 : Part I, Ishrat Husain Dr.

Faculty Research - Newspaper and Magazine Articles

India was considered by its colonial rulers as the brightest jewel in the British crown as it was relatively well-endowed in terms of natural and human resources, physical infrastructure, and entrepreneurship. India’s social and economic indicators at the time of independence were similar to those in the countries of Southeast Asia and China in terms of level of poverty, illiteracy, and health status. When independence was achieved, continuity with the past was least disrupted as the majority of the experienced civil servants who administered British India opted to serve the newly independent country. Another advantage was that the political party …

The Case For Personality Assessments In Executive Protection, Alan Saquella

Publications

When it comes to hiring executive protection or security professionals, employers have much to consider today than in years past. To start, they need to ensure a candidate has the proper qualifications and skills to fill the open position. One way is to conduct personality assessments. On that note, it is similarly crucial that applicants have a dependable and trustworthy character.

Rocket Measurements Of Electron Energy Spectra From Earth’S Photoelectron Production Layer, Glyn A. Collinson, Alex Glocer, Dennis Chornay, Robert Mitchell, Rob Pfaff, Tim Cameron, Et. Al.

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Photoelectrons are crucial to atmospheric physics. They heat the atmosphere, strengthen 28 planetary ambipolar electric fields, and enhance the outflow of ions to space. However, 29 there exist only a handful of measurements of their energy spectrum near the peak of 30 photoproduction. We present calibrated energy spectra of pristine photoelectrons at their 31 source by a prototype Dual Electrostatic Analyzer (DESA) instrument flown on July 11 32 2021 aboard the Dynamo-2 sounding rocket (NASA № 36.357). Photopeaks arising from 33 30.4nm He-II spectral line were observed throughout the flight above 120km. DESA also 34 successfully resolved the rarely observed …

Odu Researchers Attempt To Forecast Flood Impacts In Real Dollars, News @ Odu

News Items

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Fsec Meeting Minutes September 26, 2022, University Of Rhode Island Faculty Senate

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes

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Cultural Transmission Vectors Of Essential Knowledge And Skills Among Tsimane Forager-Farmers, Eric Schniter, Hillard Kaplan, Michael Gurven

ESI Publications

Humans transmit cultural information to others in a variety of ways that can affect productivity, cultural success, and ultimately fitness. Not all potential transmitters are expected to be equally preferred by learners or equally willing to influence their culture acquisition. Across socioeconomic opportunities and ages in the human life course, costs and benefits to both learners and potential transmitters are expected to vary, affecting rates of culture transmission from different vectors. Here we examine reported patterns of culture transmission contributing to 92 essential skills among a sample of 421 Tsimane forager-farmers native to Bolivia. Consistent with the expectation that the …

War Sanctions Steadily Degrade The Russian Maritime Sector, James Kraska

International Law Studies

This article originally appeared in Articles of War, the online publication of the Lieber Institute at the U.S. Military Academy, June 7, 2022, https://lieber.westpoint.edu/war-sanctions-steadily-degrade-russian-maritime-sector/.

Effect Of Skeletal Muscle Loss During Neoadjuvant Imatinib Therapy On Clinical Outcomes In Patients With Locally Advanced Gist, Ping'an Ding, Honghai Guo, Xiaoxiao He, Chenyu Sun, Scott Lowe, Rachel Bentley, Qin Zhou, Peigang Yang, Yuan Tian, Yang Liu, Li Yang, Qun Zhao

Student Publications

Background: Currently, the effect of skeletal muscle loss during neoadjuvant imatinib therapy on clinical outcomes in patients with locally advanced gastrointestinal stromal tumors (LA-GIST) remains unclear. This study aims to investigate the relationship between changes in skeletal muscle and postoperative complications, survival and tumor response in patients with LA-GIST during neoadjuvant therapy with imatinib.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed pre- and post-treatment computed tomography images of 57 GIST patients who underwent radical surgery after neoadjuvant therapy with imatinib from January 2013 to March 2019. Skeletal muscle index (SMI) was measured at the L3 vertebral level in all patients. A cut-off value …

Disposable E-Cigarettes And Associated Health Risks: An Experimental Study

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The use of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), including disposable e-cigarettes, has been prevalent. Existing chemical analyses of ENDS focused on e-liquids rather than aerosols and failed to consider particle sizes and aerosol respiratory deposition fractions, which are key factors for inhalation doses. This study investigated the organic chemical and metal constituents in size-segregated ENDS aerosol and assessed the deposited doses and health risks of these substances. Aerosol chemical analyses were conducted on two popular disposable ENDS products: Puff Bar (Grape) and Air Bar (Watermelon Ice). An ENDS aerosol was generated and delivered into a Micro-Orifice Uniform Deposit Impactor to …

Bone Marrow Endothelial Cells Increase Prostate Cancer Cell Apoptosis In 3d Triculture Model Of Reactive Stroma

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

The bone marrow tumor microenvironment (BMTE) is a complex network of cells, extracellular matrix, and sequestered signaling factors that initially act as a hostile environment for disseminating tumor cells (DTCs) from the cancerous prostate. Three-dimensional (3D) culture systems offer an opportunity to better model these complex interactions in reactive stroma, providing contextual behaviors for cancer cells, stromal cells, and endothelial cells. Using a new system designed for the triculture of osteoblastic prostate cancer (PCa) cells, stromal cells, and microvascular endothelial cells, we uncovered a context-specific pro-apoptotic effect of endothelial cells of the bone marrow different from those derived from the …

Pancancer Analysis Of A Potential Gene Mutation Model In The Prediction Of Immunotherapy Outcomes

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Background: Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) represents a promising treatment for cancer, but predictive biomarkers are needed. We aimed to develop a cost-effective signature to predict immunotherapy benefits across cancers.

Methods: We proposed a study framework to construct the signature. Specifically, we built a multivariate Cox proportional hazards regression model with LASSO using 80% of an ICB-treated cohort (n = 1661) from MSKCC. The desired signature named SIGP was the risk score of the model and was validated in the remaining 20% of patients and an external ICB-treated cohort (n = 249) from DFCI.

Results: SIGP was based on …

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Guest Artist Recital Series: Shawn Roy, Bass-Baritone; Chan Kiat Lim, Pianist; August 26, 2022, Shawn Roy, Chan Kiat Lim

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Senate Executive Committee Minutes, Georgia Southern University, Faculty Senate Sec

Faculty Senate Executive Committee Minutes

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The George-Anne Daily, Georgia Southern University

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Writing As Liberatory Practice: Unlocking Knowledge To Locate An Academic Field, Alicja Syska, Carina Buckley

School of Law, Humanities and Social Sciences

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The Marine Gastropod Conomurex Luhuanus (Strombidae) Has High-Resolution Spatial Vision And Eyes With Complex Retinas, Allison R. Irwin, Suzanne T. Williams, Daniel Isaac Speiser, Nicholas W. Roberts

Faculty Publications

All species within the conch snail family Strombidae possess large camera-type eyes that are surprisingly well-developed compared with those found in most other gastropods. Although these eyes are known to be structurally complex, very little research on their visual function has been conducted. Here, we use isoluminant expanding visual stimuli to measure the spatial resolution and contrast sensitivity of a strombid, Conomurex luhuanus. Using these stimuli, we show that this species responds to objects as small as 1.06 deg in its visual field. We also show that C. luhuanus responds to Michelson contrasts of 0.07, a low contrast sensitivity …

Newsroom, Georgia Southern University

Newsroom (2006-2023)

• Twelve startups Selected in First Batch of Savannah Logistics Innovation Center and Plug and Play’s Accelerator Program
• The Image in the Mirror or the Number on the Scale, Which Counts? When it Comes to Depression, it’s a Weighted Issue.

Adaptation Of Quinoa (Chenopodium Quinoa Willd.) To Australian Environments, Richard Snowball, Harmohinder S. Dhammu, Mario Francesco D'Antuono, David Troldahl, Ian Biggs, Callen Thompson, Mark Warmington, Amanda Pearce, Darshan L. Sharma

Grain and Other Field Crops Research Articles

Quinoa is being evaluated in cropping systems in many countries outside of its natural range of South America. Very few attempts have been made by farmers or researchers to grow or evaluate quinoa under Australian environments. Given the growing popularity of quinoa with consumers, new commercial opportunities for farmers and international interest in the crop, it was timely to undertake a comprehensive evaluation of the potential of quinoa in Australia. Two advanced selections and nine germplasm lines (six of Chilean and three of Bolivian origin) identified in an earlier project were tested in 23 field trials at 14 locations on …

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Georgia Southern Golf Course Newsletter, Georgia Southern University

Athletics: News & Publications

• Get Golf Ready - only $149!
• Time to Renew your Golf Annual Pass!
• Youth can play for ONLY $5!
• What is Get Golf Ready?

The Referential Abbreviations Used By Linnaeus And Other Authors From 1758 Through 1779 For Describing Species Of Scarabaeoidea (Insecta: Coleoptera), Auke J. Hielkema

Insecta Mundi

A list of abbreviations regarding literature, collections and persons as used by early authors (1758–1779) of scarabaeoid beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) is given together with modern referrals to the Literature Cited. Notes regarding referential errors are included. Hyperlinks to all mentioned and freely online available publications are provided.

The Dacine Fruit Flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) Of Oceania, Luc Leblanc

Insecta Mundi

A key, an annotated checklist with detailed distribution, biological and host information, and color photographic plates are provided for the 91 species of dacine fruit flies (Diptera: Tephritidae: Dacini) known to occur in Oceania. Dacus virgatus Coquillett, previously a synonym of Bactrocera psidii (Froggatt), is in­stead considered a junior synonym of B. facialis (Coquillett). The species originally described in 1971 as Dacus (Asiadacus) perpusillus Drew, later reassigned as Bactrocera (Sinodacus) perpusilla (Drew) and in re­cent years as Zeugodacus (Sinodacus) perpusillus (Drew) actually belongs to genus Dacus, and is transferred back to Dacus, …

Cross-Cultural Study Of The Personality Inventory For The Dsm-5 (Pid-5) Across The Portuguese And The United Arab Emirates (Uae) Community And Clinical Populations, Olga Coelho, Rute Pires, Ana Sousa Ferreira, Bruno Gonçalves, Samia A. Alkhoori, Mohamed Sayed, Amany Elrasheed, Maryam Aljassmi, Joana Henriques-Calado, Joana Stocker

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Aims: The present paper focused on compare the PID-5 mean score levels across two matched community and clinical samples of Portugal and the UAE. Background: The generalizability and universality of the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders has been thoroughly studied through the Personality Inventory for DSM-5 (PID-5) across countries and languages. However, studies comparing Western and Middle Eastern countries are still limited, in particular those who assess the PID-5 measurement invariance. Objectives: We examined measurement invariance of the PID-5 scales across matched Emirati and Portuguese clinical and nonclinical groups, as well as compare and contrast the PID-5 mean score levels …

Uab Department Of Theatre Announces New Season Of Plays For 2022-2023, Shannon Thomason

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What Primary Sources Teach: Lessons For Every Classroom, Jen Hoyer, Julia Pelaez, Kaitlin Holt

Publications and Research

Build confidence in delivering primary source–based instruction with easily adaptable, skill-based lessons that can be used in a variety of learning environments. Each lesson offers suggestions for differentiating instruction with diverse audiences, worksheets, and activity templates.

What Primary Sources Teach provides practical and transferable lesson plans focused on skill-based instruction, including step-by-step instructions; ideas for differentiation; corresponding teaching tools, such as worksheets and activity templates; and suggestions for assessment. This book includes resources that are intuitive to classroom teachers and easily adoptable by librarians and informal educators tasked with translating their current primary source-based instruction to a K–12 environment.

This …

A Patient With Erdheim-Chester Disease Limited To Central Nervous System

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD) is a rare, sporadic, non-Langerhans cell histiocytosis, a multisystem disorder, which has higher mortality when presented with CNS involvement. We report a 46-year-old woman who has ECD with exclusive CNS involvement. She presented with intracranial hemorrhage and had a poor response to corticosteroid and interferon. She required multiple debulking procedures and eventually responded well to cobimetinib. She has not had any other organ involvement thus far. This report highlights that CNS involvement may be the only manifestation of ECD and sometimes may require a repeat biopsy with IHC testing for excellent treatment outcomes.