cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Design Review and New Construction in the Charleston Historic District
Creators: name: Hare, James K.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Architecture -- South Carolina -- Charleston
subject: Charleston (S.C.) -- Historic districts
subject: Historic preservation -- Theses

description: This thesis examines a number of questions about design review in historic districts. Does the design review process when it is closely associated with a historic district impede creative architectural expression? Or, is the process equal in power to the range of influences that exert formative pressure on architects during the design process? Are the claims valid that the design review process, particularly when it is associated with management of change in a historic district, subordinates new construction to subjective standards for appropriate architectural design? And, does the design review process improperly intercede between the architect and architectural creativity? Charleston, South Carolina, which pioneered the use of the design review process to manage change in a historic district through its landmark 1931 zoning ordinance, provided an excellent environment for examining these questions. The record of Charleston's Board of Architectural Review, which spans seven decades, a variety of economic and social conditions, several major expansions of the historic district, and the evolution of the preservation ethic in the city, was examined in detail. Charleston's experience with design review was contrasted with another important historic community-Santa Fe, New Mexico. Charleston's community of architects was surveyed to learn how it is influenced by and reacts to the design review process. Finally, two new construction projects completed in the mid-1990s in Charleston's historic district were evaluated to see how they were influenced by design review. Contrary to much of the criticism directed toward Charleston's Board of Architectural Review, the research presented in this thesis demonstrates that the design review process in Charleston does not impose specific preferences for architectural styles and forms - either traditional or contemporary - on new construction in the city's historic district. The thesis also shows, however, that design review does have a significant impact on the creative process involved with the design and realization of Charleston's new buildings. Architects in Charleston consciously anticipate the influence the design review process has on their work and they frequently modify creative impulses to conform to preconceptions about the aesthetic preferences of the city's design review board. This thesis concludes that design review is a powerful tool for managing change in historic districts. To ensure that the design review process does not negatively impede the progression of architectural design in the communities that employ it, the goals of the process must be well defined for the architects and their clients who are obligated to comply with them.
On Nietzsche, Homer, and Dissimulation
Creators: name: Van Fossen, Joel
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: In this thesis, I focus on two undervalued aspects of Nietzsche's admiration of the ancient Greeks: the healthy psychology of the Greeks, and the origins of this health in Homeric poetry. I argue that Homer was a cultural physician for the ancient Greeks and is responsible for creating a new, healthy set of values through his epic poetry. In turn, these Homeric values brought Greece into its 'tragic age''a time during which Greek culture was 'the highest authority for what we may term cultural health' (PTAG 1). Moreover, Homer's success as a cultural physician comes from his ability to lie poetically lie. So, I also give an account of how Nietzsche thinks this kind of lying is psychologically possible through what I call Nietzschean dissimulation.
Rights, Alienation & Forfeiture
Creators: name: Byas, Jason
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: If one has a right merely in virtue of being a person, she cannot lose that right as long as she remained a person ' or so I argue. After sketching out what I mean by 'natural rights,' 'inalienable rights,' and 'nonforfeitable rights,' I give some reasons to think any instance of the first would also have to be an instance of the latter two. I then respond to critiques of inalienability by A. John Simmons and Andrew Jason Cohen. After which, I apply the argument given for why natural rights would have to be inalienable as a reason to think they would also have to be nonforfeitable. Then I respond to the idea that the nonforfeitability of natural rights would conflict with self-defense by outlining an alternate account of self-defense. In closing, I consider some potential implications of the inalienability and nonforfeitability of natural rights, should such natural rights exist.
In Defense of the State-Based Account of Harming
Creators: name: Lee, Joseph
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: According to the dominant account of harming, to harm an agent is to cause her to occupy a harmed state. Matthew Hanser rejects this 'state-based' account, arguing that each version of it faces counterexamples. Instead, Hanser argues, to harm an agent is to cause her to suffer harm, where suffering harm is undergoing an event: in particular, it is losing or being prevented from receiving a basic good. In this thesis, I argue that this 'event-based' account is, at best, a version of the state-based account. The identity of any event as the suffering of a harm, I argue, derives from the fact that it causes the agent to occupy a harmed state. I then defend the 'counterfactual comparative' version of the state-based account against three prominent objections. The intended upshot of my arguments is that the state-based account of harming is superior to its event-based counterpart.
Ion-acoustic solitons in a relativistic Fermi plasma at finite temperature
Creators: name: Dey, R.
name: Banerjee, G.
name: Misra, A. P.
name: Bhowmik, C.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Plasma Physics (physics.plasm-ph)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: The theory of ion-acoustic solitons in nonrelativistic fully degenerate plasmas and nonrelativistic and ultra-relativistic degenerate plasmas at low temperatures is known. We consider a multi-component relativistic degenerate electron-positron-ion plasma at finite temperatures. Specifically, we focus on the intermediate region where the particle's thermal energy $(k_BT)$ and the rest-mass energy $(mc^2)$ do not differ significantly, i.e., $k_BT\sim mc^2$. However, the Fermi energy $(k_BT_F)$ is larger than the thermal energy and the normalized chemical energy ($ξ=μ/k_BT$) is positive and finite. Two different parameter regimes with $β\equiv k_BT/mc^2<1$ and $β>1$, relevant for astrophysical plasmas, are defined, and the existence of small amplitude ion-acoustic solitons in these regimes are studied, including the critical cases where the known KdV (Korteweg-de Vries) theory fails. We show that while the solitons with both the positive (compressive) and negative (rarefactive) potentials coexist in the case of $β<1$, only compressive solitons can exist in the other regime $(β>1)$. Furthermore, while the rarefactive solitons within the parameter domains of $β$ and $ξ$ can evolve with increasing amplitude and hence increasing energy, the energy of compressive solitons reaches a steady state.
description: 23 pages, 8 figures; To appear in Scientific Reports (Nature)
Autoetnografía sobre los costos de romper el techo de cristal: El Pito y la Cracia
Creators: name: Korstanje, María Alejandra
Publisher: name: AAPRA
Year: 2024
Subjects: poder
política
sistema científico
sistema de partidos
mujeres empoderadaS

description: RESUMENDentro de la extensa literatura feminista, existe un tema poco explorado aún: el de las mujeres que están en espacios donde se ejerce el poder, con las consecuencias que vivir o habitar en esos espacios tiene en nuestras experiencias vitales. Hasta aquí nos hemos concentrado en las dificultades de llegar a los mismos, pero aún no hay estudios sobre qué implica para nosotras, desde la corporalidad, la salud mental y las posibilidades reales de tomar decisiones el llegar, excepcionalmente, pero cada vez un poco más, a esos lugares. Escribo un ensayo y no un trabajo de investigación cuali o cuantitativo ya que el número de mujeres en esa situación es aún muy bajo para pensar tendencias. Abordo mi propia experiencia en lugares de toma de decisiones en políticas científicas y brevemente en mi incursión en partidos políticos, esperando que esto sea un puntapié a futuras reflexiones colectivas.
Is Moral Anger Justified? A Functionalist Defense Of Feeling And Expressing Moral Anger
Creators: name: Sahi, Razia
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Derk Pereboom argues that since we are not ultimately morally responsible for our thoughts and actions, it is irrational and unfair to feel and express moral anger towards agents for their wrongdoings. Furthermore, he argues, moral anger is not practically beneficial, typically causing more harm than good. Thus, he proposes that we replace moral anger with moral sadness, or disappointment in response to agents' wrongdoings. I offer a functional account of moral anger to argue that moral anger has important intrapersonal and interpersonal functions that cannot be served by moral sadness. I show that when we feel and express moral anger in the right contexts, it a) promotes long-term wellbeing, b) benefits relationships, and c) is the best way to change agents' future behavior. I conclude by discussing implications of my functional account for Pereboom's claim that moral anger is rational and fair only if we are ultimately morally responsible.
Vicious Virtues: The Role of Naturalism and Irreligion in Hume's Treatise
Creators: name: Elalouf, Samuel
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: In his Treatise of Human Nature, David Hume offers an elaborate account of the origins of property and suggests modesty has a similar origin. In this paper, I draw on Hume's discussions of modesty and property to extract his account of the origin of modesty. Modesty and property are ultimately regulated by pride and selfishness according to Hume. I argue that these choices of passions, as the grounds of their related virtues, express an intentionally irreligious and anti-Christian approach. Furthermore, I argue that reading Hume in the context of irreligion not only helps understand his own theory, but also explains his different relationships to Shaftesbury and Hutcheson. I conclude that readers of Hume must consider his irreligious motives alongside his skeptical and naturalistic methods if they are to understand him in a historically accurate way, and make sense of how he approaches his project in the Treatise.
Procedural Memory Is Not All You Need: Bridging Cognitive Gaps in LLM-Based Agents
Creators: name: Wheeler, Schaun
name: Jeunen, Olivier
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Large Language Models (LLMs) represent a landmark achievement in Artificial Intelligence (AI), demonstrating unprecedented proficiency in procedural tasks such as text generation, code completion, and conversational coherence. These capabilities stem from their architecture, which mirrors human procedural memory -- the brain's ability to automate repetitive, pattern-driven tasks through practice. However, as LLMs are increasingly deployed in real-world applications, it becomes impossible to ignore their limitations operating in complex, unpredictable environments. This paper argues that LLMs, while transformative, are fundamentally constrained by their reliance on procedural memory. To create agents capable of navigating ``wicked'' learning environments -- where rules shift, feedback is ambiguous, and novelty is the norm -- we must augment LLMs with semantic memory and associative learning systems. By adopting a modular architecture that decouples these cognitive functions, we can bridge the gap between narrow procedural expertise and the adaptive intelligence required for real-world problem-solving.
description: Accepted to the workshop on Hybrid AI for Human-Centric Personalization (HyPer), co-located with ACM UMAP '25
‘Misdiagnosed and Misunderstood’: Insights into Rarer Forms of Dementia through a Stepwise Approach to Co-Constructed Research Poetry
Creators: name: Camic, Paul M.
name: Sullivan, Mary Pat
name: Harding, Emma
name: Gould, Martha
name: Wilson, Lawrence
name: Rossi-Harries, Sam
name: Grillo, Adetola
name: McKee-Jackson, Roberta
name: Cox, Susan M.
name: Stott, Joshua
name: Brotherhood, Emilie V.
name: Windle, Gill
name: Crutch, Sebastian J.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: This study investigated co-constructed research poetry as a way to understand the lived experiences of people affected by rarer dementia and as a means to use poetry to convey those experiences to healthcare professionals. Using mixed methods, 71 people living with rarer dementia and care-partners (stakeholders) contributed to co-constructing 27 poems with professional poets; stakeholders’ verbatim words were analysed with descriptive qualitative analysis. Stakeholders were also surveyed and interviewed about their participation. Healthcare professionals (n = 93) were surveyed to elicit their responses to learning through poetry and its acceptability as a learning tool. Poems conveyed a shared narrative of different aspects of lived experience, often owing to atypical symptoms, misunderstandings by professionals, lack of support pathways, and a continuous struggle to adapt. Stakeholder surveys indicated it was a valuable experience to both co-create and respond to the poems, whilst group interviews revealed people’s experiences of the research poetry were characterised by reflection on lived experience, curiosity and exploration. Healthcare professionals’ responses reinforced poetry’s capacity to stimulate cognitive and affective learning specific to rare dementia support and prompt both empathy and critical thinking in practice. As the largest poetry-based study that we are aware of, this novel accessible approach of creating group poems yielded substantial information about the experiences and needs of those affected by rarer dementia and how poetry can contribute to healthcare education and training.
title: The Role of Universities Within the Qualification and Verification Process of EuP Requirements for Turbomachines using the Example of Rotodynamics Pumps
Creators: name: Ludwig, Gerhard
name: Taubert, Paul
name: Pelz, Peter F.
Publisher: name: UNSPECIFIED
Year: 2022

description: Besides general Energy using Products (EuP) related issues concerning the qualification approaches for rotodynamic pumps this paper demonstrates a practical example how universities are able to support the work of market surveillance by providing their neutral scientific expertise as well as their infrastructure in the frame of product verification. This example based on the work achieved within a small pilot project funded by the Ministry of Environment, Climate and Energy Economics of Baden-Württemberg respectively the affiliated market surveillance authority. The small project consists of a round robin test to verify the MEI (Minimum Efficiency Index) of a single stage end suction centrifugal pump.
Too Tired to be Fair: Reactive Attitudes and Irrelevant Influences
Creators: name: Haskell, Amanda
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Reactive attitudes are distinctively moral emotions that occur when a moral harm has occurred. Recent studies in moral psychology suggest that our reactive attitudes may be influenced by factors extraneous to moral evaluation, such as hunger, sleep deprivation, and negative moods. I argue that these influences lead us to sanction unfairly. Even though reactive attitudes may be a natural response to perceived moral wrongdoing, we cannot justifiably inflict undeserved harm. However, if we can learn to recognize and eliminate the effects of these irrelevant influences, then we can use our reactive attitudes productively in holding others morally accountable.
The Current State of Interior Documentation: Will it Satisfy a Reconstruction Goal?
Creators: name: Edwards, Carrie Ellen
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Interior architecture -- United States -- Conservation and restoration
subject: Interior architecture -- Documentation -- Standards
subject: Historic preservation -- Theses

description: This thesis examines the interior documentation in Presidential house museums and sites associated with Presidents. The research evaluates the accuracy of the interior documentation that exists, or is planned, and if it is sufficient to affect a reconstruction in the event a building is lost in a natural or man-made disaster. The research includes a comprehensive survey of 34 Presidential sites to provide site, interpretation, and documentation information, as well as the current state of disaster planning and policies regarding reconstruction. The focus of the thesis is on the need for accurate interior documentation to satisfy a reconstruction goal, if reconstruction is deemed necessary or desired. Its other purpose is to raise awareness of current thinking regarding reconstruction and proactive planning for a disastrous event. The study makes it clear that many historic properties do not have the financial ability, or skilled human resources, to create accurate documentation to satisfy a reconstruction goal. The thesis addresses these limitations and makes recommendations to overcome them. Survey results indicate that a lack of interpretive focus on the interior may influence the amount of accurate interior documentation existing at these sites, as well as plans to record interiors in the future. This thesis suggests a need to adjust current thinking regarding the physical attributes of interiors as they are interpreted and recorded in historic buildings. The nature of our world's volatile environment is further indication of the need to reevaluate the current state of interior documentation for historic buildings. Disaster planning and policies can mitigate circumstances where historic resources bear a risk of loss, but does not proactively address issues involved with reconstruction were a tragic event to occur. The thesis recommends that a document referred to as a "recovery plan" be developed. It defines the personnel responsible for its creation and maintenance and suggests repositories for its safe keeping.
Hyalarctia tepica Dyar 1915
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Hyalarctia
Hyalarctia tepica

description: Hyalarctia tepica Dyar, 1915
Hyalarctia tepica Dyar, 1915b: 369.
TYPE LOCALITY. — Mexico, [Nayarit], Itapa [Istapan], near Tepic.
TYPE SPECIMEN. — Holotype male no. 16 444 (USNM).
description: Published as part of Vincent, Benoît & Laguerre, Michel, 2014, Catalogue of the Neotropical Arctiini Leach, [1815] (except Ctenuchina Kirby, 1837 and Euchromiina Butler, 1876) (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Erebidae, Arctiinae), pp. 137-533 in Zoosystema 36 (2) on page 313, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
National Identity, Social Justice, and Internal Minorities: A Critique of David Miller's Liberal Nationalism
Creators: name: Bora, Shaila
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: In this thesis I argue that David Miller has not successfully generated an account of nationalism that is liberal. I first present Miller's account the nation, national identity and national culture. I then draw out how the ability of internal minorities to contest repugnant elements of national identity or culture is deeply ties to the liberal character of nationalism. I then argue that the exclusion of particular identities that is required by Miller's public sphere deprives internal minorities of the epistemic resources they need to challenge repugnant elements of national culture or identity. This puts the liberal character of Miller's nationalism into question. After I provide a rebuttal on behalf of Miller that leads to a reinterpretation of his view. However, I argue the modified account is still unsatisfactory in providing a means for contestation. Consequently I conclude if Miller is to provide an account of nationalism that is truly liberal he needs to tell a different story about the role of particular identities in public sphere deliberation.
Identifying and Evaluating Young Children with Developmental Central Hypotonia: An Overview of Systematic Reviews and Tools
Creators: name: Hidalgo Robles, Álvaro
name: Paleg, Ginny S.
name: Livingstone, Roslyn W.
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: Children with developmental central hypotonia have reduced muscle tone secondary to non-progressive damage to the brain or brainstem. Children may have transient delays, mild or global functional impairments, and the lack of a clear understanding of this diagnosis makes evaluating appropriate interventions challenging. This overview aimed to systematically describe the best available evidence for tools to identify and evaluate children with developmental central hypotonia aged 2 months to 6 years. A systematic review of systematic reviews or syntheses was conducted with electronic searches in PubMed, Medline, CINAHL, Scopus, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Google Scholar, and PEDro and supplemented with hand-searching. Methodological quality and risk-of-bias were evaluated, and included reviews and tools were compared and contrasted. Three systematic reviews, an evidence-based clinical assessment algorithm, three measurement protocols, and two additional measurement tools were identified. For children aged 2 months to 2 years, the Hammersmith Infant Neurological Examination has the strongest measurement properties and contains a subset of items that may be useful for quantifying the severity of hypotonia. For children aged 2–6 years, a clinical algorithm and individual tools provide guidance. Further research is required to develop and validate all evaluative tools for children with developmental central hypotonia.
The Role of the "Subject's Power" in Kant's Account of Desire
Creators: name: Feldblyum, Leonard
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Understanding Kant's account of desire is vital to the project of evaluating his views about moral psychology, as well as his account of freedom qua autonomy. In Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View, Kant claims that 'Desire (appetitio) is the self-determination of a subject's power through the representation of something in the future as an effect of this representation' (7:251). My goal is to clarify which of the subject's specific capacities Kant means by the 'subject's power,' and what role this capacity plays in desire. I argue that the subject's power cannot be her capacity to act. Rather, the subject's power is best understood as her capacity to generate the psychological states that cause action. I call these motivational states 'activation signals'. Desire consists in the self-determination of the subject's capacity to generate activation signals by her representation of the object of desire together with an accompanying incentive.
Identifying and Preserving Symbolism: Montana's County Courthouses
Creators: name: Filicetti, Paul Nicholas
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Courthouses -- Montana -- Conservation and restoration
subject: Historic preservation -- Montana
subject: Montana -- Buildings, structures, etc
subject: Historic preservation -- Theses

description: Individual county courthouses of Montana are symbolic of the county seat and county. As a group, they are symbolic of the development of the State of Montana. Historic courthouses of Montana represent not only the contribution of individuals who developed the county seat and established the county, but of Montana's proud cultural heritage, history, and statehood. The county courthouse is the primary locus both physically and symbolically of the county seat, local county government, and county development in the State of Montana. This thesis investigates symbolic elements in the architectural character of a select group of Montana county courthouses. It describes the building type, defines symbolism, identifies five goals of county courthouse symbolism, defines architectural character, and identifies, by analysis of architectural character, symbolic elements in three Montana courthouses: the Madison County Courthouse in Virginia City, the Missoula County Courthouse in Missoula, and the Gallatin County Courthouse in Bozeman. The focus of the analysis is the courthouse site, main elevation, and lobby. This thesis identifies and discusses symbolic elements in the architectural character of the courthouse. It asks what symbolic elements are evident in that architectural character and discussed how the preservation of the symbolic elements maintains courthouse symbolism. The hypothesis presented assumes the site, main elevation, and lobby of the courthouse contains physical, identifiable symbolic elements. The hypothesis of this thesis is correct: symbolic elements are evident in the architectural character of the courthouse site, main elevation, and lobby. The symbolic elements do strengthen courthouse imageability; their identification is integral to the preservation process. Goals of county courthouse symbolism are evident in the architectural character of the courthouse. Significant elements of courthouse symbolism are found in the site, main elevation, and lobby. The county courthouse is the public symbol of county government, development of the county seat, and Montana's proud cultural heritage. Identifying and preserving symbolic elements in the architectural character of the courthouse site, main elevation, and lobby is imperative to preserve the public symbol. Symbolic elements are irreplaceable. The complex layering of symbolism builds imageability associated with legitimizing government and reinforcing democratic society.
Supplementary document for An evaluation of resonant scanning as a high-speed imaging technique for two-photon imaging of cortical vasculature - 5661608.pdf
Creators: name: Zhou, Annie
name: Engelmann, Shaun
name: Mihelic, Samuel
name: Tomar, Alankrit
name: Hassan, Ahmed
name: Dunn, Andrew
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2022
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

description: CAD drawing for custom resonant galvanometer scanning mirror mount
Same-Sex Marriage as a Waste of Time: The Importance of Norms and the Impotence of Law
Creators: name: Venezia, Gaetano
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Many expect legally-recognized same-sex marriage (SSM) to have significant effects on people's behavior. This stance regarding SSM's effects reflects a persistent, wide-spread belief that the law has a significant and reliable effect on social norms. However, I will argue that belief in the law's capacity to effectively change social norms does not adequately take account of the nature of social norms, how they actually change, and the limits of government intervention. Through examining SSM and these factors more closely, I cast doubt on the claim that the law significantly, reliably, and effectively challenges mainstream, marital social norms. Instead, SSM is better seen as an indicator of gradual changes in conceptions of marriage. When explaining changes in marital social norms, we should not waste our time on SSM, rather we should look to non-state factors.
Nietzsche on Realism in Art and the Role of Illusions in Life-Affirmation
Creators: name: Le Blevennec, Marie
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: In this paper, I investigate Nietzsche's views about realism in art, and use the resulting textual evidence to explain the connection between realism, health and life-affirmation. First, I show that Nietzsche's contrasting claims about artists like Flaubert and Stendhal reflect a distinction between two types of realism: the unhealthy realism of Flaubert, and the healthy realism of Stendhal. I then use this understanding of healthy realism in art to argue that for Nietzsche, healthy realism is vital for life-affirmation. Finally, I apply this evidence to a debate between Daniel Came and Bernard Reginster concerning whether Nietzsche thinks life-affirmation requires falsifying reality using illusions, especially artistic illusions, for the purpose of masking life's terrible truths. Against Came, I argue that Nietzsche's remarks about realism in art support Bernard Reginster's claim that Nietzsche abandons his emphasis on illusion in The Birth of Tragedy in favor of tough-minded realism about life's terrible truths.
Aristotle's Appeal to Nature and the Internal Point of View
Creators: name: Kemp, M
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Aristotle believes that certain pursuits are objectively choice worthy regardless of our attitudes towards them. Moreover, in order to have the correct beliefs about which actions are choice worthy, they must have acquired the right dispositions during their upbringing. Bernard Williams argues that Aristotle's theory of moral education undermines belief in objective values. In response to Williams, Julia Annas argues that Aristotle does not ground ethics in the external point of view, but rather in the desires and commitments that people already have. In this thesis, I argue that Aristotle held the view to which Williams objects and that Williams' objection fails. Aristotle's appeals to nature shows that he does not ground values in individual desires and commitments. Moreover, moral education does not alone undermine our confidence in the truth of our commitments.
Can Global Workspace Theory Solve the Frame Problem?
Creators: name: Rivers, Katelyn
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: The Frame Problem originated as an obstacle for classical, symbolic A.I. that was adopted, expanded, and reformulated by philosophers. The version of the problem that I focus on, the Holism Problem, points out the difficulty in programming systems to recognize and consider mostly relevant information, given that relevance is context-sensitive. My goal in this thesis is to determine whether the Global Workspace Theory (GWT) can solve the holism problem. GWT proposes that distributed parallel processing, global broadcast, and chaotic itinerancy can solve the problem by providing a system with 1) the speed to search through information, 2) access to the information it needs to compute relevance, 3) the ability to synthesize information. I argue that GWT fails to enable a system to recognize any relevant information because it inadequately responds to the Epistemological Holism Problem, which requires successfully determining the norms by which a system can recognize relevance.
The Problems of Impartiality: Attention, Deliberation, and Having "One Thought Too Many"
Creators: name: Marrone, Stephen
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: Much has been written about Bernard Williams' remarks (1981) regarding the (imagined) man faced with the choice of saving either a drowning stranger or his drowning wife. For Williams, the man's justification for saving his wife ought not to be any kind of practical syllogism, but simply, "because she is my wife." Susan Wolf claims (2012) that the standard response to Williams', which she dubs the Standard View, has been inadequate. Wolf then considers and rejects a potential response to the Standard View'what she calls the "virtuous attention" view. Such a view, Wolf argues, is merely a variation of the Standard View. In this paper, I argue that the virtuous attention view is not a variation of the Standard View. While Wolf's reading of Williams is correct, I argue that a developed version of the virtuous attention view can actually provide support for Wolf's reading of Williams.
On polynomials associated to Voronoi diagrams of point sets and crossing numbers
Creators: name: Claverol, Mercè
name: Heras-Parrilla, Andrea de las
name: Flores-Peñaloza, David
name: Huemer, Clemens
name: Orden, David
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Combinatorics (math.CO)
subject: Computational Geometry (cs.CG)
subject: Discrete Mathematics (cs.DM)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Three polynomials are defined for given sets $S$ of $n$ points in general position in the plane: The Voronoi polynomial with coefficients the numbers of vertices of the order-$k$ Voronoi diagrams of $S$, the circle polynomial with coefficients the numbers of circles through three points of $S$ enclosing $k$ points of $S$, and the $E_{\leq k}$ polynomial with coefficients the numbers of (at most $k$)-edges of $S$. We present several formulas for the rectilinear crossing number of $S$ in terms of these polynomials and their roots. We also prove that the roots of the Voronoi polynomial lie on the unit circle if, and only if, $S$ is in convex position. Further, we present bounds on the location of the roots of these polynomials.
description: 18 pages, 3 figures, published in Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science
Ensuring the Maintainability and Supportability of "Vibe-Coded" Software Systems: A Framework for Bridging Intuition and Engineering Rigor
Creators: name: Maes, Stephane
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2025
Subjects: Artificial Intelligence
AI
Explainable AI
IDEA
Maintainability
Supportability
Software
VIBE4M
vibe coding
AI coding
software development
Intent

description: This paper addresses the emerging concept of "vibe-coding"—the translation of intuitive feelings or high-level intentions directly into software code. While potentially accelerating development or enabling novel forms of creation, such code inherently risks being opaque, poorly understood, and difficult to maintain.

We propose the Intent-Driven Explicable Architecture (IDEA) framework, a novel approach designed to ensure that vibe-coded software remains maintainable, understandable, and supportable throughout its lifecycle. IDEA integrates techniques for formalizing intuitive inputs, constraining code generation using established software engineering principles, automatically generating explanations linking code to intent, and incorporating rigorous human-in-the-loop validation. We argue that by structuring the translation process and embedding traceability and explicability, IDEA mitigates the primary risks associated with intuition-driven code generation, paving the way for its responsible exploration.
description: Cite as: Stephane H. Maes, (2025), “Ensuring the Maintainability and Supportability of "Vibe-Coded" Software Systems: A Framework for Bridging Intuition and Engineering Rigor”, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15354102, https://shmaes.wordpress.com/2025/05/06/ensuring-the-maintainability-and-supportability-of-vibe-coded-software-systems-a-framework-for-bridging-intuition-and-engineering-rigor/, May 6, 2025.
Feminist Aims and A Trans-Inclusive Definition of "Woman"
Creators: name: Kirkland, Katie
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: Katharine Jenkins argues that Sally Haslanger's focal analysis of gender problematically excludes non-passing trans women from the category 'woman.' However, Jenkins does not explain why this exclusion contradicts the feminist aims of Haslanger's account. In this paper, I advance two arguments that suggest that a trans-inclusive account of 'woman' is crucial to the aims of feminism. I claim that the aims of feminism are to understand and combat women's oppression. First, I argue that denial of trans identities reinforces cultural ideas that perpetuate both transphobic violence and sexual violence against women. Consequently, a feminist account of 'woman' that fails to respect trans identities indirectly contributes to the oppression of women. Second, I prove that non-passing trans women are oppressed as women through the internalization of sexual objectification. I then conclude that an account of 'woman' that excludes non-passing trans women cannot successfully advance a complete understanding of women's oppression.
Is Representational Content Determinable?- A Conceptualist Response To Travis
Creators: name: Yang, De
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: It has long been a common assumption that perceptual experience has representational content. Yet, in 'The Silence of the Senses' (2004), Charles Travis challenges this widely-accepted assumption by arguing that perceptual experience cannot determine which content it represents and therefore cannot be representational. It constitutes a significant threat to conceptualism, which usually accepts the assumption. Challenged by Travis, John McDowell (2009b) reformulated his conceptualism by arguing that conceptualism is in fact compatible with perceptual experience being non-representational. However, I find this response of McDowell hardly satisfactory. Instead, I argue that McDowell's reformulation of conceptualism is faced with great difficulties and doesn't sufficiently addresses Travis' argument. I then attempt to develop a different response to Travis. By referring to Siegel (2006), I argue that by regarding anticipation as constitutive of perceptual experience, conceptualists avoid Travis' critique while retaining the idea of perceptual experience being representational.
Encouraging the Use of Accurate or Appropiate Colors for the Interiors of Historic Residential Properties
Creators: name: Ellis, Christopher R.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Paint -- History
subject: Color in interior decoration -- History
subject: House painting -- History
subject: Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration
subject: Historic preservation -- Theses

description: When owners of a historic residential property decide to repaint the interior of their house, they have three options: accurate colors that positively match the historic colors of the property; appropriate colors based on the period and style of the property; or arbitrary colors solely based on the owners' personal taste without taking the style and period of the architecture into consideration. All three of these options impact the integrity of the property either positively or negatively. The goals of this thesis are to educate owners of historic residential properties about the important relationship between color and architecture and encourage them to use accurate or appropriate colors for the interior of their historic residential properties. The thesis recommends an evaluation process which considers a property's National Register status and use to determine its significance. The author defines acceptable preservation treatments for different property types and the various sources of professional assistance available to historic residential property owners. This thesis also discusses how accurate and appropriate historic colors are determined, reviews several historic color palettes from leading paint manufacturers, and examines the need for interior color standards. Chapter III synthesizes this information to create a decision tree that allows historic homeowners to trace the steps of each color decision for any given property and to determine the impact each decision will have on the integrity of the property. Finally, this thesis provides a review of incentives for owners of historic residential properties to choose accurate or appropriate colors over arbitrary colors.
title: The Learning CART Module: Bilingual/Bicultural Application
Creators: name: Habana-Hafner, Sally
name: Shadduck, Janna
name: Avazian, Andrea
Publisher: name: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Year: 1997
Subjects: subject: Education

description: Leaders can be effective educators to their peers inside and outside their community. As practitioners, they are in a position to draw on existing cultural knowledge and to discover new knowledge in developing innovative practices and techniques. But they learn best when they themselves are active learners and educators. Participation in community projects, formal training, and the exchange of resources and ideas will help them hone their skills as educators. The repeated cycles of reflection and practical experience characteristic of this action learning makes leaders well qualified to become trainers. This module is designed to help community leaders and community development practitioners share bilingual/bicultural experiences, become familiar with issues and terminology, and reach an understanding of the complex worlds of bilingual and bicultural communities. It starts by exploring the meaning of primary, dominant, and bicultural identities. Then tensions and conflicts arising out of the intersection of these cultures are addressed. In context of issues of power, dominance, and resistance, a theoretical framework describing different cultural responses is described. Finally, the differing cultural attitudes of the primary and Americanized cultures are discussed.
Aristotle on Virtuous Disharmony: Mixed Actions and the Virtue/Continence Distinction
Creators: name: Gillard, James
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: According to many contemporary Aristotelian ethicists, virtuous action should be enjoyable for the virtuous person, and the virtuous life is characterised by pleasantly virtuous activity. In this paper, however, I will argue that Aristotle offers us a strikingly different view of the virtuous emotions, one which moreover fits far better with our ethical intuitions. On my interpretation of the Nicomachean Ethics, the virtuous person may have mixed feelings whenever virtue requires them to act against their ordinarily virtuous dispositions. I argue that such cases may occur rather frequently for certain kinds of virtuous persons, for example those who must cause pain to others in order to act virtuously. This more complex account of the virtuous emotions has the potential to offer more plausible responses to problems in, for instance, applied medical ethics. The better interpretation of Aristotle, I suggest, is also the more plausible ethical view.
The Historic Private Places of St. Louis, Missouri: Enduring Urban Forms
Creators: name: Bivens, Matthew Scott
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2003
Subjects: subject: Gated communities -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History
subject: Public-private sector cooperation -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- History
subject: Cities and towns -- Missouri -- Saint Louis -- Growth
subject: Historic preservation -- Missouri -- Saint Louis
subject: Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- History
subject: Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Buildings, structures, etc. -- Conservation and restoration
subject: Historic preservation -- Theses

description: This thesis examines the development of the historic private places of St. Louis, Missouri from 1851 to 1905 as a means of providing essential services, infrastructure, restricted land use and to assure the security of persons and property in a period of urban expansion preceding the adoption of citywide planning and zoning. During this period, local private developers adopted the private place as a response to the common problems associated with industrial city growth. After 1905, St. Louis's private places were eclipsed by subsequent periods of municipal activity in city planning and the adoption of a zoning plan by 1918. St. Louis's private places are significant for many reasons: for their architecture, for their architects, for their residents, and for their association with important historical events; but perhaps more importantly, private places made a major contribution to urban design in St. Louis during a period before direct municipal involvement with regulated land-use. This thesis will not focus on individual developers, nor will it elaborate on significant architects and builders. It will not analyze extraordinary architectural details or ingenious construction methods. Rather, this thesis demonstrates the great impact that St. Louis's early private places had on local urban development as private responses to a series of public problems. It proves that the historic private places of St. Louis have endured the test of time and should be given more attention and recognition in the study of urban history and will hopefully encourage continued preservation of these places.
Epistemic Entrapment - The Right of Exit
Creators: name: Neal, Brennan
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2018

description: In 'Epistemic Exploitation,' Nora Berenstain argues that an epistemic injustice of epistemic exploitation occurs 'when privileged persons compel marginalized persons to educate them about the nature of their oppression' (569). While Berenstain accurately identifies norms of inquiry that ought to be avoided, her account ultimately establishes more barriers to the project of resisting oppression than it removes, necessitating the development of an alternative normative framework. Rejecting her account, I develop a normative model of inquiry through the isolation of a yet unidentified epistemic injustice: epistemic entrapment. I argue that the normative directives entailed by my account of epistemic entrapment mitigate the harmful norms of inquiry Berenstain identifies without establishing further barriers to the project of resisting oppression. Finally, I argue that marginalized individuals have a limited obligation to respond to inquiry into the conditions of their oppression.