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Spatial Analysis Of Fatal Automobile Crashes In Kentucky, William Nathan Oris
Spatial Analysis Of Fatal Automobile Crashes In Kentucky, William Nathan Oris
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Fatal automobile crashes have claimed the lives of over 33,000 people each year in the United States since 1995. As in any point event, fatal crash events do not occur randomly in time or space. The objectives of this study were to identify spatial patterns and hot spots in FARS (Fatal Analysis Reporting System) fatal crash events based on temporal and demographic characteristics. The methods employed included 1) rate calculation using FARS points and average daily traffic flow; 2) planar kernel density estimation of FARS crash events based on temporal and demographic attributes within the data; and 3) two case …
Multiple Storm Event Impacts On Epikarst Storage And Transport Of Organic Soil Amendments In South-Central Kentucky, Sean M. Vanderhoff
Multiple Storm Event Impacts On Epikarst Storage And Transport Of Organic Soil Amendments In South-Central Kentucky, Sean M. Vanderhoff
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
The groundwater in agricultural karst areas is susceptible to contamination from organic soil amendments and pesticides. During major storm events during 2011, dye traces were initiated using sulphorhodamine-B, fluorescein and eosine in a groundwater recharge area where manure was applied to the ground. Fecal coliform samples were collected from significant storm events from January-September 2011. Water samples and geochemical data were collected every four hours before, during, and between the storm events from a waterfall in Crumps cave flowing from the known recharge area to track the transport and residence time of the epikarst water and organic soil amendments during …
Cagan Type Rational Expectations Model On Time Scales With Their Applications To Economics, Funda Ekiz
Cagan Type Rational Expectations Model On Time Scales With Their Applications To Economics, Funda Ekiz
Masters Theses & Specialist Projects
Rational expectations provide people or economic agents making future decision with available information and past experiences. The first approach to the idea of rational expectations was given approximately fifty years ago by John F. Muth. Many models in economics have been studied using the rational expectations idea. The most familiar one among them is the rational expectations version of the Cagans hyperination model where the expectation for tomorrow is formed using all the information available today. This model was reinterpreted by Thomas J. Sargent and Neil Wallace in 1973. After that time, many solution techniques were suggested to solve the …
On The Ethical Possibility Of Sustainability: A Challenge For Higher Education, Eric Bain-Selbo
On The Ethical Possibility Of Sustainability: A Challenge For Higher Education, Eric Bain-Selbo
Education for Sustainability Summer Institute
At the heart of the sustainability movement are two questions central to its viability: Are human beings capable of treating the Earth ethically? Are human beings capable of acting morally responsibly for the benefit of distant future generations? Answers to both questions are unclear. This paper draws upon the work of 20th century critical theorists to identify the ethical core of these questions. In the process, the paper will show what would be necessary for us to answer these questions affirmatively. The paper concludes with reflections about how higher education, and interdisciplinary inquiry in particular, can be critical to …
Empirical Methods For Predicting Student Retention- A Summary From The Literature, Matt Bogard
Empirical Methods For Predicting Student Retention- A Summary From The Literature, Matt Bogard
Economics Faculty Publications
The vast majority of the literature related to the empirical estimation of retention models includes a discussion of the theoretical retention framework established by Bean, Braxton, Tinto, Pascarella, Terenzini and others (see Bean, 1980; Bean, 2000; Braxton, 2000; Braxton et al, 2004; Chapman and Pascarella, 1983; Pascarell and Ternzini, 1978; St. John and Cabrera, 2000; Tinto, 1975) This body of research provides a starting point for the consideration of which explanatory variables to include in any model specification, as well as identifying possible data sources. The literature separates itself into two major camps including research related to the hypothesis testing …
Empirical Methods-A Review: With An Introduction To Data Mining And Machine Learning, Matt Bogard
Empirical Methods-A Review: With An Introduction To Data Mining And Machine Learning, Matt Bogard
Economics Faculty Publications
This presentation was part of a staff workshop focused on empirical methods and applied research. This includes a basic overview of regression with matrix algebra, maximum likelihood, inference, and model assumptions. Distinctions are made between paradigms related to classical statistical methods and algorithmic approaches. The presentation concludes with a brief discussion of generalization error, data partitioning, decision trees, and neural networks.
Topscholar®, Creating Opportunities [Brochure], Connie Foster, Jennifer Wilson
Topscholar®, Creating Opportunities [Brochure], Connie Foster, Jennifer Wilson
TopSCHOLAR® Presentations and Reports
No abstract provided.
Environmental Assessment & Monitoring Regime For Atrazine In Drinking Water For Kentucky
Environmental Assessment & Monitoring Regime For Atrazine In Drinking Water For Kentucky
Student Research Conference Select Presentations
To describe occurrence in the environment & sampling regime of atrazine in public water supplies in Kentucky.
41st Annual Wku Student Research Conference, Student Research Council, Western Kentucky University
41st Annual Wku Student Research Conference, Student Research Council, Western Kentucky University
Student Research Conference Select Presentations
No abstract provided.
Imo Social & Fair Trade Programme, Laura Johnson
Imo Social & Fair Trade Programme, Laura Johnson
Fair Trade Universities' National Convergence
No abstract provided.
The State Of The Fair Trade Movement, Jeff Goldman, Executive Director
The State Of The Fair Trade Movement, Jeff Goldman, Executive Director
Fair Trade Universities' National Convergence
No abstract provided.
Topscholar® Creating Opportunities [2011 Brochure], Connie Foster, Jennifer Wilson
Topscholar® Creating Opportunities [2011 Brochure], Connie Foster, Jennifer Wilson
TopSCHOLAR® Presentations and Reports
No abstract provided.
Profiles In Science For Science Librarians: "What Lives Where, And Why": Alfred Russel Wallace, And The Field Of Biogeography, Charles H. Smith
Profiles In Science For Science Librarians: "What Lives Where, And Why": Alfred Russel Wallace, And The Field Of Biogeography, Charles H. Smith
DLPS Faculty Publications
Biogeography, the study of animal and plant distribution, has a history extending back to at least the eighteenth century. But it was not until the work of Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel Wallace in the mid-nineteenth century that it really came into its own as a science. Darwin’s importance notwithstanding, it was really Wallace who put the field on the map, and many of today’s research threads can be traced back to his influence. This article provides a summary review of Wallace’s life and work and biogeography as a field of study, including Wallace’s role in its development.
Ua3/9/2 I.T. Division Annual Report + Tactical Plan, Wku Information Technology
Ua3/9/2 I.T. Division Annual Report + Tactical Plan, Wku Information Technology
WKU Archives Records
Annual report of WKU Information Technology Division submitted to WKU President Gary Ransdell. Report is housed in UA3/9/2 Subject Files.