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Variance Of Td-Mosaic Dual-Vortex Interactions Between In-Fa And Cempaka (2021) In The North Pacific, Tsorng-Lin Chia, Guang-Yang Pan, Ji-Chyun Liu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

A study of the different types of dual-vortex interactions or “Fujiwara effects” between two storms is crucial for considerably improving weather forecasts. This study combined remote sensing images, empirical formulas based on the possibility of storm interaction (Liou–Liu formula), and vector addition techniques to accurately analyze In-Fa and Cempaka typhoons and the surrounding weather patterns during the 2021 typhoon season in the North Pacific. Although the distance separating the typhoons In-Fa and Cempaka was 1,800–2,040 km, the influence of middle air flow and a tropical depression (TD) caused a "vector superposition TD-mosaic double-vortex" interaction between the two typhoons. Therefore, this …

Optimal Deployment Of Flood Emergency Response Materials Under Stochastic Demands, Shangyao Yan, Jenn-Rong Lin, Chia-Fu Ku

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

This study aims to develop a planning model for the deployment of flood emergency response materials under stochastic demands. For ease of modeling, a deterministic demand model is first proposed, from which the stochastic model is further extended. These models are used to determine the allocation of materials the transport truck routes and distribution of the stockpiled materials to emergency sites. The models are formulated as multiple integer network flow problems with special side constraints which are characterized as NP-hard in terms of optimization. To solve the complicated stochastic model efficiently, we also develop a solution algorithm based on a …

God And Satan: A Look At Martin Luther’S Titles For Satan And What They Reveal About The Relationship Between God And Satan, Alexandria M. Shick

Master of Art Theology Thesis

Shick, Alexandria M. “God and Satan: A Look at Martin Luther’s Titles for Satan and What They Reveal About the Relationship Between God and Satan.” M.A. Thesis, Concordia Seminary, 2022 87 pp.

The relationship between God and Satan is complex and intertwined. There is a tendency in Christianity to overemphasize Satan’s power and his place in the realm of evil and in so doing neglect and disregard what it means for God to be truly omnipotent. Luther understood Satan as being under God’s will, only having the ability to act where, when and how God allowed or permitted. The complex …

Graph-Based Heuristic Solution For Placing Distributed Video Processing Applications On Moving Vehicle Clusters, Kanika Sharma, Bernard Butler, Brendan Jennings

Articles

Vehicular fog computing (VFC) is envisioned as an extension of cloud and mobile edge computing to utilize the rich sensing and processing resources available in vehicles. We focus on slow-moving cars that spend a significant time in urban traffic congestion as a potential pool of onboard sensors, video cameras, and processing capacity. For leveraging the dynamic network and processing resources, we utilize a stochastic mobility model to select nodes with similar mobility patterns. We then design two distributed applications that are scaled in real-time and placed as multiple instances on selected vehicular fog nodes. We handle the unstable vehicular environment …

Asset Values Of Trees Vary Among Age And Condition, Aidan Castricone

Biology Student Scholarship

Trees are utilized everywhere for visual, physical or functional means with an example being on Providence College campus. We have 1,403 trees part of an inventory and management plan. As part of this plan that was updated this past December 2021 each tree has an asset value calculated with consideration of the size, species, condition, and location. What was not clear in the management plan was whether one factor held more weight in the calculated value compared to another factor. This research focuses on the influence that the age and condition of the tree have on the tree asset value. …

The African Diaspora In Contemporary Italy: The Challenges Of The Migration Crisis In Lampedusa, Daniel Varela

CISLA Senior Integrative Projects

This senior integrative research will unpack the trials of displaced African people migrating into Italy. The migration crisis is a byproduct of our complicated international system riddled with wars, poverty, and persecution of marginalized groups. This study will focus on intersectional identities to facilitate a demand advocating for a group of people with limited agency, autonomy, and visibility. Some key questions to be answered in this study are: What challenges facing migrants in Italy within narratives in film and literature? How do positionality and locality play a role in migrant narratives?

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 12 Issue 19, Wofford College. Department Of Environmental Studies

The Fierce Green Fire

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The Community Health Worker: Improving Prenatal Health In Rural And Minority Populations, Deirdre A. Martinez

DNP Qualifying Manuscripts

The United States continues to have an unacceptably high rate of preventable deaths among pregnant and new mothers—the highest rate among developed countries. Pregnancy outcomes are especially poor in minority, rural, and medically-underserved populations, with lack of access to healthcare being identified as a primary factor in poor pregnancy outcomes and pregnancy-related deaths. It is imperative that action be taken to reverse this disturbing trend. Introduction of the Community Health Worker (CHW) into the multidisciplinary healthcare team is a solution that results in increased access to healthcare, along with many other positive health outcomes, and is one way in which …

Parental Alienation In Family Court: Attacking Expert Testimony, John E.B. Myers, Jean Mercer

Child and Family Law Journal

In child custody litigation, when a parent raises the possibility of child abuse, the accused parent may respond that the parent wo has raised the possibility of abuse is alienating the child in an effort to gain an unfair advantage in court. The parent accused of abuse may offer expert testimony on parental alienation. A voluminous and contentious social science literature exists on parental alienation. Family law attorneys often lack ready access to social science literature. The purpose of this article is to give family law attorneys information from the parental alienation literature that can be used to cross-examine experts …

Hopefully Enduring: How North Carolina’S Divorce Laws Violate The First Amendment, Maren H. Lowrey

Child and Family Law Journal

The phrase “til death do us part” is both poetic and aspirational. It is the ubiquitous vow Americans make to one another when they marry[1] and embark on what is “hopefully enduring.”[2] But life does not always meet the aspirational marks we set and that is most true in the context of marriage and divorce. Each state enjoys nearly exclusive control over this intimate relationship, which results in different regulatory schemes across the United States.[3] Changes in Supreme Court jurisprudence over time ensured state regulation of marriage did not run afoul of the Constitution.[4] These decisions …

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Mgrre_Lithstriplog_Wolters, S. S. 1_21005077900000, Mgrre Western Michigan University

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Mgrre_Lithstriplog_Buskirk, Henry 1_21005075730000, Mgrre Western Michigan University

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Mgrre_Lithstriplog_Snell, B. 1_21005077830000, Mgrre Western Michigan University

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Mgrre_Lithstriplog_May, James H. & Wilma 1_21005096930000, Mgrre Western Michigan University

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Mgrre_Lithstriplog_Vanderwiede, A. & R. And Boeskool, H. 1_21005064570000, Mgrre Western Michigan University

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2022-05-20 Michiganoverview_Covidbedppe, Michigan Department Of Health & Human Services

Michigan COVID-19 Hospital Data

Contains the tables Statewide Hospital Capacity Report for COVID-19, COVID-19 Metrics, Statewide Hospital Available PPE Tracking for COVID-19, as well as the tables PPE Days On Hand and Patient Census.

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Facilitated-Resuscitation For Out Of Hospital Cardiac Arrest, Gloria Ho

Yale School of Medicine Physician Associate Program Theses

Survival rates for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest are abysmal and have largely remained unchanged over the last several decades. A recent single center study of patients with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest found that early cannulation with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation could improve mortality rates. It is unclear if these findings are generalizable to and reproducible at other hospitals. The goal of this study is to assess the rate of survival to hospital discharge for patients treated with early extracorporeal membrane oxygenation compared to standard advanced cardiovascular life support. To this end, we will conduct a multi-center, intention-to-treat, randomized controlled trial in adults with …

Online Yoga For Children With Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders: A Randomized Control Trial, Olivia Hollyer

Yale School of Medicine Physician Associate Program Theses

Functional abdominal pain disorders are characterized by disordered bowel motility and hypersensitivity without organic cause. Children who meet the criteria for functional abdominal pain disorders have difficulty managing abdominal pain due to a lack of effective pharmacotherapeutic options. Several in-person alternative therapies have been beneficial for this population, including yoga. However, access barriers and lack of flexibility in therapy structure result in low adherence. We propose a randomized controlled trial to study the effectiveness of a 12-week online yoga course compared to a treatment-as-usual group on abdominal pain intensity for children with functional abdominal pain disorders. We will measure abdominal …

Time To Surgical Referral In Non-Hispanic White And Black Patients With Primary Hyperparathyroidism, Jordan Lidsky-Everson

Yale School of Medicine Physician Associate Program Theses

Primary hyperparathyroidism is the excessive secretion of parathyroid hormone by one or more parathyroid glands, resulting in hypercalcemia. Primary hyperparathyroidism can be safely cured by parathyroidectomy, but there are well-established racial differences in disease burden at the time of parathyroidectomy with Black patients exhibiting greater serum calcium, parathyroid hormone levels and parathyroid gland size compared to non-Hispanic White patients. However, few studies investigate what factors contribute to these differences. We hypothesize that Black patients experience greater time between presentation with hypercalcemia and surgical referral date than non-Hispanic White patients. To test this hypothesis, we will carry out a retrospective review …

Efficacy Of Topical Silymarin In Melasma Treatment During Pregnancy And Breastfeeding, Warunee Nowak

Yale School of Medicine Physician Associate Program Theses

Melasma is a common hyperpigmentation disorder that negatively impacts quality of life. Melasma predominately affects women of reproductive age and is commonly acquired during pregnancy. Current treatment options focus on prevention with limited therapies available once melasma has developed for patients who are pregnant or breastfeeding. One potential therapy that has shown promise for the treatment of melasma is silymarin, a derivative of milk thistle. However, the effect of silymarin on melasma in the pregnant and breastfeeding population has never been investigated. This double-blind randomized placebo-controlled trial will investigate whether topical silymarin can improve the severity of melasma in pregnant …

The Effects Of Mindful Meditation Skills-Training For Healthcare Providers On Patient Satisfaction, Gaia Mohr-Tonachini

Yale School of Medicine Physician Associate Program Theses

Mindfulness-based interventions have become an increasingly popular and accepted approach to reducing burnout, depression, anxiety, and stress among healthcare professionals. However, the effects of how a mindfulness-based intervention might impact a clinician’s patient care and patient-provider relationship are not known. In this study, we aim to discover if providing healthcare professionals with a Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction program will improve their patient-provider relationship as indicated by a statistically significant change in Press Ganey patient satisfaction scores. Providers recruited from Yale Health will be randomized into an intervention group or wait-list control group. Mean patient satisfaction scores will be analyzed for each …

Interpersonal And Social Rhythm Therapy For Perinatal Women At Risk For Bipolar Disorder, Aubrey Presnell

Yale School of Medicine Physician Associate Program Theses

Bipolar disorder is a lifelong diagnosis with high morbidity. The perinatal period represents a high-risk interval for conversion to bipolar disorder, thought to be amplified by the destabilizing effects of sleep and daily rhythm disruption. Interpersonal and social rhythm therapy, an effective adjunctive treatment for bipolar disorder, also shows promise as an intervention for adolescents at familial risk for bipolar disorder; however, it has not been evaluated in at-risk perinatal women. Utilizing a randomized control trial, we will investigate the benefit of interpersonal and social rhythm therapy in reducing symptom burden among perinatal women at risk for bipolar disorder. We …

Scaling And Placing Distributed Services On Vehicle Clusters In Urban Environments, Kanika Sharma, Bernard Butler, Brendan Jennings

Articles

Many vehicles spend a significant amount of time in urban traffic congestion. Due to the evolution of autonomous vehicles, driver assistance systems, and in-vehicle entertainment, these vehicles have plentiful computational and communication capacity. How can we deploy data collection and processing tasks on these (slowly) moving vehicles to productively use any spare resources? To answer this question, we study the efficient placement of distributed services on a moving vehicle cluster. We present a macroscopic flow model for an intersection in Dublin, Ireland, using real vehicle density data. We show that such aggregate flows are highly predictable (even though the paths …

Board Of Trustees Meeting Minutes 2022-05-20, Bowling Green State University

Board of Trustees Meeting Minutes

The official meeting minutes of Bowling Green State University's Board of Trustees.

Medical School Watercooler Newsletter - May 20, 2022, Lindsey Lyle

Watercooler Newsletter

This is the May 20, 2022 edition of the Frederick P. Whiddon College of Medicine's newsletter - Watercooler.

Contents include:

• Pediatric neurosurgeon joins USA COM faculty
• Medical students present at national meeting on internal medicine
• Phung presents on vascular anomalies at international scientific meeting
• MCI researchers study rare gynecologic melanomas
• Meet a Med Student: Nicholas Viyuoh

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Mgrre_Lithstriplog_Charbonneau, J Henry 1_21011163540000, Mgrre Western Michigan University

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Mgrre_Lithstriplog_Graczyk, Peter 1_21005085890000, Mgrre Western Michigan University

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