cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Arabic Students’ Perspectives on Writing Center Use and the Impact of Tutoring on Their Writing
Creators: name: Alqahtani, Nouf
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023

description: How to effectively help learners of English as a second language (ESL) at writing centers in the United States is still a topic of discussion. North (2014) and Rafoth (2015) call for paying closer attention to the needs of multilingual writers when tutoring them by addressing both their higher-order and lower-order issues in writing. The writing center doctrine that is commonly followed in writing centers is to help tutees with writing as a process, not a product by focusing mainly on addressing writing higher-order issues (North, 1984). The help provided to them in writing tutorials also derives mainly from tutoring experts’ lore, and tutoring experience without enough empirical evidence to rely on (Cheatle, 2017). In this dissertation, I address this gap by sharing the results of a qualitative case study that aims to examine ESL Arabic students’ perspectives regarding the writing center’s assistance and to evaluate the currently used tutoring strategies to address their writing issues. Six Arabic students had tutoring sessions with five writing tutors. Each tutor had a minimum of two tutoring sessions with students over two months. I held semi-structured interviews with tutors and tutees as well as stimulated recall interviews with tutees only. These interviews were coded to identify the features of the students’ strengths and weaknesses in writing, and their expectations and perceptions in terms of tutoring. The students’ drafts were also coded to identify their writing issues. The tutoring strategies that tutors used to address the students’ writing issues were identified. The results showed that students were satisfied with the help provided to them in writing centers with some exceptions. The characteristics of Arabic students’ writing and needs are common among other populations of international and domestic students. Arabic students had higher and lower-order issues in their writing. For example, paper organization is the most common issue for all students. The tutors provided some effective tutoring strategies: instructional, cognitive, and motivational. The strategies could be implemented by writing teachers during student-teacher conferences with ESL students.
Examining the Roles of RAD51 Paralogs in Protecting Against APOBEC Mutagenesis in Human Cancer Cells Facilitated By CAS9-Mediated Duplex Sequencing
Creators: name: Bray, Nicholas Samuel
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: APOBEC
DNA damage
RAD51 paralogs
DNA Repair

description: Understanding the process of DNA damage and mutation accumulation is essential to understanding the origins of tumorigenesis. How DNA damage is induced and repaired or tolerated can drastically impact the mutation load, progression, and severity of cancer. APOBEC3A is a prominent cytidine deaminase enzyme that has been implicated in the mutagenesis of many cancers. APOBEC3A is part of a larger cytidine deaminase family that can edit DNA and restrict viruses through DNA damage. The dysregulated function of APOBEC3A can lead to mutation accumulation and tumorigenesis in human cells. APOBEC3A-induced DNA damage has been suggested to occur most frequently during replication in the replication fork where it has access to its preferred ssDNA substrate. It is currently not known exactly how human cells respond to APOBEC-induced ssDNA damage during replication and if error-free lesion bypass mediated by homologous recombination (HR) repair is a means to reduce APOBEC-induced mutation. Here, we attempt to elucidate the extent to which HR repair is utilized to limit APOBEC-induced damage, and what players of the HR pathway are most prominent. In conjunction with this goal, we also test a novel method, Cas9-mediated duplex sequencing, to aid in the identification of mutations from populations of human cancer cells.
Sustainability of No-Till, Organic, and Mixed Crop-Livestock Systems on the Palouse
Creators: name: Davis, Alexandra G
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Ecological Resilience
Ecosystem Services
Mixed Crop-Livestock
Organic
Soil Health
Sustainability

description: Modern agriculture in the United States is highly specialized, with a large degree of separation between crop and livestock systems and a heavy reliance on external inputs, such as synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. As discussed in Chapter 1 (Introduction), while these practices have increased crop yields, they have also contributed to greenhouse gas emissions, soil degradation, and natural resource depletion. Alternative systems, which include organic, no-till, and mixed crop-livestock systems, have been shown to have the potential to increase soil health and profitability. However, to assess the long-term sustainability of these alternative systems, it is necessary to integrate soil health measurements with ecological resilience theory, and to assign a monetary value to the ecosystem services provided by these agroecosystems. Major soil health concerns that threaten sustainability of cropping systems worldwide and in the Palouse region of the inland Pacific Northwest include erosion, soil organic matter loss, acidification, nutrient depletion, and declining soil biological health. In Chapter 2, we use historical trends from the Palouse region to demonstrate how ecological resilience theory can be used to compare the efficacy of different agricultural practices with regards to soil erosion, soil organic matter loss, and acidification. In Chapter 3, we then apply ecological resilience theory to evaluate the ecological and economic sustainability of four different cropping systems on the Palouse: a no-till system having a 3-year spring pea-winter wheat-spring wheat rotation with conventional herbicide and fertilizer use (NT); a mixed crop/livestock system having a 3-year pea-winter wheat-spring wheat rotation with livestock integration and reduced herbicide and fertilizer use (MIX); an organic system that integrates sheep and intercropping into an adaptive rotation with three years of alfalfa/grass hay and six years of grain cereals and legumes (ORGcrop); and an organic system that integrates sheep into an eight-year rotation with six years of alfalfa/grass hay and two years of grain cereals and legumes (ORGhay). Lastly, in Chapter 4, we estimate the monetary value of four ecosystem services associated with the major soil degradation processes of topsoil retention, pH stabilization, climate change mitigation, and N cycling, and a fifth ecosystem service of food/feed production.
title: Effects of hypoxia on fish: a metabolic approach
Creators: name: Gilmore, Kayla L.
name: Doubleday, Zoe A.
name: Gillanders, Bronwyn M.
Publisher: name: ASC 2015 - Theme session R
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Hypoxia has been associated with large scale mortalities in both marine and freshwater systems.However, it can also cause sub-lethal effects, with changes in behaviour, growth and reproductionOur aim was to identify the sub-lethal effects of reduced dissolved oxygen at several differenttemperatures on fish with a focus on metabolic performance. Our first experiment investigated theeffects of temperature and mild levels of hypoxia on metabolic rate of fish acclimated to experimentalconditions for varying lengths of times. Our second experiment assessed the individual andinteractive longer term effects of temperature and hypoxia on the survival and metabolic rate on twospecies of fish. However, one species only survived for 3 months under experimental conditions, andno further analyses were conducted. For the second species, which was exposed to experimentalconditions for 8 months, the hypoxia tolerance limit varied depending on exposure time to hypoxicconditions as well as by temperature. Results suggest that the current general tolerance limit of 2 mgL-1 is too low for some more sensitive species, but may be sufficient to ensure most species surviveunder current guidelines.
Optimizing Placement of Bioretention Systems in the Us Puget Sound Region
Creators: name: Mahat, Anish
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022

description: The Puget Sound Basin, Washington State, USA, is experiencing rapid population and urban growth in recent decades. The rapid population growth and urbanization has measurable effects on local ecosystems and natural resources, especially the streams and wetlands that are the vital spawning and rearing habitat for various species of salmons. Sustainable management practices and water-sensitive urban design strategies such as Green Stormwater Infrastructures (GSI) are being implemented to reduce the stormwater effect and protect the ecosystem. Among various types of GSI, bioretention systems are most widely adopted GSI as they mimic the pre-developed hydrologic condition and can be incorporated into diverse climatic and geologic situations with only minor design modifications. My thesis research focuses on developing a method for systematic, optimal placement of bioretention systems. The effectiveness of any GSI is dependent on its location. For optimal placement of the bioretention systems, I aimed to identify hydrologically sensitive areas to inform the decision making, specifically in the study area of the lower Puyallup River watershed. A Hydrologic Sensitivity Index (λ_HSI) approach was adapted, which indicates the likelihood of a location in a landscape to generates runoff. λ_HSI, in combination with the feasibility criteria specified by federal and state regulations, was used to develop the GIS-based framework that identifies suitable locations for siting bioretention systems. The suitability of identified sites was verified through ground-truthing. This study provides a systematic and transferable approach for optimal placement of bioretention systems to mitigate urban stormwater effects on the environment and ecosystems. ecosystems.
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titleType: Subtitle
title: Automated document management system as a key element of enterprise information exchange
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Year: 2020
Subjects: Ð±ÑÐ¼Ð°Ð¶Ð½ÑÐ¹ Ð´Ð¾ÐºÑÐ¼ÐµÐ½ÑÐ¾Ð¾Ð±Ð¾ÑÐ¾Ñ
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paper document circulation
electronic document circulation
business process automation
business process model
electronic document circulation system
economic efficiency

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description: This work is related to the study of the possibilities of accelerating the transfer of information in the electronic communications system of JSC âBaltiysky zavodâ. The author of the work studies approaches to automating the information exchange of an enterprise by choosing an electronic document management system that would meet the needs of the research object; the justification of the economic efficiency of the decision is also carried out.
title: Photographing the Pandemic
title: Self-Determination, Systems Thinking, and Arts-Based Practices in a Photography-Integrated STEM Afterschool Program
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Grace, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: arts-integration
self-determination
systems thinking
STEM Education

description: Arts-integrated STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) education has long debated the role of the arts within this interdisciplinary approach: does arts-integration solely serve STEM outcomes, or can it also benefit the arts? This study explored one approach – photography-integrated STEM – that equally balances art concepts around photography, storytelling, and visual thinking with STEM concepts around COVID disease science and systems thinking. Over the course of seven weeks, I and a team of facilitators implemented a photography-integrated STEM afterschool program in a rural housing development in central Washington with 19 youth (ages 7-11). I asked how youth exhibited self-determination, systems thinking, and arts-based practices in the context of this photography-integrated STEM program. This study used a qualitative methodology influenced by design-based research, ethnography, photovoice, and grounded theory. Informed by my analysis of field notes, audio recordings, and youth art, I use an analytic art show to demonstrate how youth transformed photography-integrated STEM activity through acts of self-determination. As a result of self-determination, youth created expansive possibilities for learning with regard to visual literacy and systems thinking. I propose a relationship between systems thinking and visual literacy and suggest future research into both this potential complementarity and self-determination in diverse learning environments.
Ferromagnetism in chromium-doped reduced-rutile titanium dioxide thin films
Creators: name: Wang, Zhenjun
name: Tang, Jinke
name: Zhang, Hongguo
name: Golub, Vladimir
name: Spinu, Leonard
name: Tung, Le Duc
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2004
Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics

description: Cr-doped reduced-rutile TiO2 thin films were grown on R-plane sapphire substrates by pulsed-laser deposition. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy results indicate that the films are single phase and reduced-rutile type. Superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer measurements show the films are ferromagnetic up to 400 K. A large magnetic moment of 2.9 μB per Cr atom is found for 6% Cr-doped reduced films at room temperature, and the saturation magnetization of the films decreases with increasing Cr doping. The temperature dependence of the resistivity shows semiconducting behavior.
Drilling of GFRP and CFRP Composite Materials With Process Monitoring
Creators: name: Koski, Jonathan William
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Fiber reinforced polymer

description: Fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) materials are continuing to see expanded use in industries that demand exceptional strength to weight ratios. Aerospace structures are becoming dominated by FRP materials for superior mechanical properties and resistance to fatigue relative to aluminum alloys. The production of FRP parts has traditionally come with high labor and material cost, but advances in technology for layup automation and production of source material are reducing cost on both sides of the equation and making these cutting-edge materials more accessible. However, machining of FRP parts is still often required after curing to net shape and challenges still exist due to rapid tool wear, inconsistent machining performance, and a high rate of defects. Some of these challenges can be overcome by an experienced machinist with a keen eye observing the process closely, but better advancements in machining automation will be critical to increase production rates and further reduce manufacturing costs of FRP parts. A critical part of improving this automation is to understand how to use sensor feedbacks generally to make interventions during the process, whether that means changing out a worn tool or modifying a machining parameter to prevent a defect.
description: In this research, drilling is performed on a hybrid form of glass fiber reinforced polymer (GFRP) that is built with two different layup techniques. The experiment involved tool material, feed rate, and state of tool wear as variables. From the sensor data collected during drilling, relations were analyzed with the state of drilling through the hybrid composite layers and hole quality outputs. Additionally, a second experiment involved deep hole drilling in carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) with the intent to observe chip clogging. This study involved the use of three tool materials. Sensor data was reviewed for evidence of chip clogging and relation to hole quality outputs.
description: From the hybrid GFRP drilling experiment, it was found that the hand layup side of the plate had more resistance to cutting than the vacuum bagged side. Both high speed steel (HSS) and carbide tools were used, with the carbide tool showing exceptional wear resistance, even when drilling numerous sacrificial holes in more abrasive CFRP. It was also found that progressive tool wear resulted in reduced magnitude of vibration, and worn tools produced more consistent hole diameter than fresh tools. The deep hole drilling of CFRP experiment found chip clogging to be confirmed with HSS tooling, and cobalt tooling to a lesser extent. The presence of chip clogging with carbide tooling was inconclusive and further research is needed. Spectrogram analysis showed changes in frequency response that correlated well with the onset of chip clogging, especially for HSS tooling.
Persecutory guilt, surveillance and resistance: The emotional themes of early childhood educators
Creators: name: Madrid, Samara
name: Dunn-Kenney, Maylan
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2010
Subjects: Education

description: This research examines the emotional themes and discourse of emotion of early childhood educators using a post-structuralist theoretical framework of emotion. The data selected and analyzed is taken from 4 two-hour discussion groups that were conducted over an eight-week period with four female early childhood educators. The emotional themes and patterns that emerged from the discussion groups and artifacts, teacher journals, and follow-up interviews were analyzed and then followed with a micro-level analysis. The findings revealed that the three most common emotion words discussed were 'stress', 'worry', and 'frustration', which were linked to surveillance and a discourse around persecutory guilt through institutional and relational systems, fostering implicit resistance among participants.
Menacanthus stramineus
Creators: name: Nasser, Mohamed
name: Al-Ahmed, Azzam
name: Shobrak, Mohammed
name: Aldryhim, Yousif
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Menoponidae
Menacanthus
Menacanthus stramineus

description: 3.6. Menacanthus stramineus (Nitzsch, 1818)  (Figure 3)
 Eomenacanthus stramineus (Nitzsch, 1818)
 Specimens examined (2): El-Hair 23/XII/1994 1(F); Riyadh bird market 8/III/2013 1(F).
 Type host: Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo L.
The chicken body louse is a well-known pest and a widespread species of chewing louse occurring on numerous Galliformes hosts. It is characterized by a pair of spine-like processes on the ventral side of the head and a pointed mesosternum. This species was first recorded from Saudi Arabia by Aldryhim (1991) from domesticated chickens. One female specimen was collected from an Indian Peafowl being sold at the Riyadh bird market in 2013.
description: Published as part of Nasser, Mohamed, Al-Ahmed, Azzam, Shobrak, Mohammed & Aldryhim, Yousif, 2015, Identification key for chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) infesting the Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) with one new country record and new host record for Saudi Arabia, pp. 88-94 in Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1312-44, http://zenodo.org/record/10973734
title: Drivers and Consequences of Altered Seasonal Patterns of Hypoxia in Chesapeake Bay, USA
Creators: name: Testa, Jeremy M.
name: Kemp, W. Michael
name: North, Elizabeth
Publisher: name: ASC 2015 - Theme session R
Year: 2024
Subjects: Ecosystem observation, processes and dynamics
Pressures, impacts, conservation, and management

description: No abstracts are to be cited without prior reference to the author.Hypoxia has been a feature of Chesapeake Bay for at least the past nine decades, where several cubic kilometers of hypoxic water develop in the estuary between May and September each year. Although the effects of watershed nutrient loading and climatic variability on inter-annual variability in the extent and duration of this hypoxic volume have been well studied, intra-annual variation has received less attention. An understanding of such intra-annual variation in hypoxia, such as in the timing of hypoxia onset and break-up, is key to better identifying controls and quantifying the potential impacts of hypoxia on upper trophic levels. An analysis of 30 years of observations of climate variables and water-column properties combined with numerical model simulations indicates that there has been a seasonal shift in the volume of hypoxic water in Chesapeake Bay, with hypoxia occurring earlier, with a reduced southern extent. This seasonal shift is likely related to changes in the temporal and spatial patterns of chlorophyll-a and with nutrient load changes to the estuary. A multi-year numerical model simulation that captures these seasonal shifts is used to quantify changes in the habitat availability for several key commercially important fish species. This study has implications for quantifying the linkage between nutrient loading, climate variability, hypoxia, and fish habitat in the Chesapeake Bay ecosystem over multiple time and space scales.
Computational Study of Receptor Mediated Endocytosis for Functional Nanoparticle Transport
Creators: name: Billah, Md Muhtasim
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Clathrin-dependent endocytosis
Clathrin-independent endocytosis
Inverse Problem
Monte Carlo simulation
Physics-informed Machine Learning
Receptor mediated endocytosis

description: Receptor mediated endocytosis (RME) is a frequently observed process used by bioparticles such as viruses, bacteria, and therapeutic drugs to enter cells. Traditionally, it was assumed that RME was always facilitated by the coat protein clathrin, but recent research has shown that there are also clathrin-independent RME pathways. These pathways are crucial for understanding how viruses, bacteria, and drugs enter cells as well as for delivering drugs to the affected cells. However, RME is a complex and multi-stage process that involves intricate interactions between the particles and cellular components, and therefore extensive research is needed. Numerous computational models have been proposed to augment experimental findings, but a comprehensive understanding of endocytic pathways remains challenging and elusive.This study utilized a stochastic model based on the Metropolis Monte Carlo method to investigate the internalization of nanoparticles into cells. The model takes into account ligand- receptor interactions, the formation of clathrin-coated pits, and membrane deformation during receptor-mediated endocytosis (RME). The model was used to examine the impact of critical physiochemical parameters, including the flexural rigidity and length of receptors, and the reaction cutoff distance, on both clathrin-dependent and clathrin-independent RME.
description: Furthermore, while spherical nanoparticles are currently the most commonly used nanocarriers in laboratory and clinical settings, advances in nanofabrication techniques have made it possible to create nanoparticles of various shapes that closely resemble viruses and bacteria found in nature. The development of nonspherical nanoparticles holds great promise for future drug delivery systems. Therefore, we expanded our model to explore the design considerations and overall endocytosis efficiency of rod-shaped nanoparticles in comparison to their spherical counterparts.
description: Finally, our simulation of the endocytosis process highlighted the significant impact of various physical, mechanical, and chemical factors, and a comprehensive study of these parameters can be an extensive undertaking. Therefore, incorporating more sophisticated computational algorithms during the simulation, or for post-processing the simulation results, holds promise. To explore this direction in future research, we have demonstrated a novel physics-based machine learning approach on a classic heat transfer problem in this study.
Metallic local-moment magnetocalorics as a route to cryogenic refrigeration
Creators: name: Gruner, Thomas
name: Chen, Jiasheng
name: Jang, Dongjin
name: Banda, Jacintha
name: Geibel, Christoph
name: Brando, Manuel
name: Grosche, F. Malte
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Strongly Correlated Electrons (cond-mat.str-el)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: Commercial adiabatic demagnetisation refrigerators still employ the same hydrated salts that were first introduced over 85 years ago. The inherent limitations of these insulating magnetocalorics - poor thermal conductivity at sub-Kelvin temperatures, low entropy density, corrosiveness - can be overcome by a new generation of rare-earth based metallic magnetocalorics. Here, we present the metallic magnetocaloric YbNi1.6 Sn as an attractive alternative to conventional refrigerants. YbNi1.6Sn retains high entropy into the 100 mK regime and avoids the noble metal constituents of alternative refrigerants. Demagnetisation tests demonstrate that YbNi1.6Sn enables economical and durable alternatives to traditional cooling devices for temperatures reaching below 120 mK. We find that the magnetocaloric properties of this material are facilitated by unusually small Kondo and RKKY interactions, which position YbNi1.6Sn in the extreme local moment limit on the generalised Kondo lattice phase diagram.
description: 9 pages, 4 figures
Histogram-Based Federated XGBoost using Minimal Variance Sampling for Federated Tabular Data
Creators: name: Lindskog, William
name: Prehofer, Christian
name: Singh, Sarandeep
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Federated Learning (FL) has gained considerable traction, yet, for tabular data, FL has received less attention. Most FL research has focused on Neural Networks while Tree-Based Models (TBMs) such as XGBoost have historically performed better on tabular data. It has been shown that subsampling of training data when building trees can improve performance but it is an open problem whether such subsampling can improve performance in FL. In this paper, we evaluate a histogram-based federated XGBoost that uses Minimal Variance Sampling (MVS). We demonstrate the underlying algorithm and show that our model using MVS can improve performance in terms of accuracy and regression error in a federated setting. In our evaluation, our model using MVS performs better than uniform (random) sampling and no sampling at all. It achieves both outstanding local and global performance on a new set of federated tabular datasets. Federated XGBoost using MVS also outperforms centralized XGBoost in half of the studied cases.
description: 6 figures, 5 tables, 8 pages, FLTA 2023 (together with FMEC 2023)
Saudi Arabian Multilingual Learners’ Utilization of Their Linguistic Repertoires to Make Rhetorical Choices in English Writing
Creators: name: Aldafas, Ahmed Hamad
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: intercultural rhetoric
linguistic repertoires
multilingual learners
rhetorical choices
translanguaging
translingual practices
Bilingual education

description: The writing nature of multilingual learners (MLLs) is quite unique in various ways, as they utilize multiple languages simultaneously to construct meaningful texts. However, such utilization is often unappreciated and discouraged in language classrooms across many contexts. With the theoretical foundations of Intercultural Rhetoric (IR) along with the basic recommendations of translanguaging and its practices, this qualitative study initiated an exploration of the English writing of Saudi Arabian college-level MLLs. The study involved nine students and their teacher in an academic English writing course at the University of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Data collection methods included three classroom observations, interviews with the students and their teacher, and students’ English essays. By employing an inductive thematic analysis of the data, the study revealed insightful and promising findings. The study found that the students mostly had positive attitudes toward the use of Arabic in their English writing with the encouragement of their current writing teacher. The students employed multiple translingual practices that were available at their disposal (i.e., translation, brainstorming, note-taking, and revising) to help them gain confidence, overcome challenges, develop their English language, and make their English writing more complex. The study also found that the students were highly aware of their audience’s expectations. Thus, they employed certain rhetorical choices (i.e., first and last sentences, pronoun preference, and transition words) to meet their audience’s expectations. Overall, this study provides a positive and beneficial example of how MLLs utilize all of their linguistic repertoires to compose meaningful writing with the encouragement of their teacher. The study offers some implications for researchers, language teachers, and policymakers.
Enhanced low field magnetoresistance in Sr2FeMoO6-glass composites
Creators: name: Wang, Xianjie
name: Zhang, Xingquan
name: Sui, Yu
name: Cheng, Jinguang
name: Liu, Zhiguo
name: Miao, Jipeng
name: Huang, Xiqiang
name: Lu, Zhe
name: Qian, Zhengnan
name: Su, Wenhui
name: Tang, Jinke
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2006
Subjects: Physical Sciences and Mathematics

description: In this paper, we report the enhancement of the low field magnetoresistance in Sr2FeMoO6-glass composites with different wt% percents of glass. The crystal structure of Sr2FeMoO6 does not change by adding glass, and the glass is most likely located at the grain boundaries. The low field magnetoresistance up to 1 T of Sr2FeMoO6-glass composites at 10 K all shows obvious butterfly-shaped field dependence other than the pure Sr2FeMoO6 bulk sample. The magnetoresistance of Sr2FeMoO6-glass composites at 10 K is enhanced gradually with increasing the glass concentration and reaches 39% with a wt% of 50%. The enhancement of low field magnetoresistance in Sr2FeMoO6-glass composites can be well explained by the spin-dependent tunneling at the glass boundaries, and it also allowed us to conclude that the spin polarization of Sr2FeMoO6 is at least 80% at low temperature.
title: Parenting stress and frontal EEG asymmetry
title: The mediating role of parent-child interactions
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Jones, Victoria
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: capability model
subject: emotion lateralization
subject: frontal EEG asymmetry
subject: parent-child interactions
subject: parenting stress
subject: Psychology
subject: FOS: Psychology

description: How a caregiver copes with stress about their parenting is crucial, as it can impact interactions with their children and their children’s social-emotional development. Previous research has implicated parent-child exchanges in child brain activity such as frontal encephalography (EEG) asymmetry; however, limited research exists examining how parenting stress may affect this, especially in novel stimuli tasks like “Masks.” To address this gap in the literature, the present study aimed to investigate the relationship between parenting stress, parent-child interactions (PCIs), and frontal EEG asymmetry. Parenting stress was hypothesized to predict frontal EEG asymmetry, with three PCIs (responsiveness/sensitivity, reciprocity/synchrony, and emotional tone) as mediators Specifically, mothers with higher parenting stress were hypothesized to exhibit lower quality PCIs, contributing to their infants exhibiting greater relative right frontal activation associated with withdrawal/avoidance and negative affectivity. Six mediation models were examined (parenting stress total and five parenting stress subscales). In each model, higher stress scores were associated with a trending significant increase in reciprocity/synchrony; however, this relationship was driven by a covariate effect of infant sex so mothers of boys used more reciprocal play than mothers of girls. In most models, parenting stress scores did not predict frontal activation. However, role restriction predicted frontal EEG asymmetry at a trending level independent of its effects on PCIs (c’ = -0.28, p = .051), so greater role restriction stress was associated with a shift toward right frontal activation, linked to negative affectivity and withdrawal. This suggests that parenting stress facets are important for understanding infant neurophysiology.
title: LGBTQ+ and Law & Order:SVU
title: A thesis project
titleType: Subtitle
Creators: name: Price, Ron
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2022
Subjects: Law & Order: SVU
LGBTQ
media
myths
representation
sex

description: Women are the most common victims of rape and sexual assault in the United States, though people who identify as LGBTQAI+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Queer, Asexual, Intersex), are at a higher risk. Sexually motivated assaults are becoming more common in the LGBTQAI+ community. According to previous research, Law and Order: SVU (Special Victims Unit) has provided narratives that debunk rape myth stereotypes (Hust et al., 2015). It is unclear, however, how it depicts LGBTQAI+ people. A content analysis of the crime drama series Law & Order: SVU investigated (over time) whether the episodic material accurately depicted the narratives of LGBTQAI+ characters who had been victims of sexual assault and violence. The various ways in which LGBTQAI+ characters were portrayed on television were analyzed using Albert Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory. Humans learn new behaviors by watching others model them, according to SCT (Bandura, 2001). Because sexual assault themes predominate in crime dramas, determining the presence of LGBTQAI+ representation was critical. By analyzing multiple seasons of Law & Order: SVU, researchers gained a better understanding of how LGBTQAI+ representation in the television show was presented to viewers and how (and whether) LGBTQAI+ representation evolved over time.
description: According to the current study's findings, viewers may receive complicated messages about LGBTQAI+ people involved in sexual assaults. Overall, perpetrators in these episodes were punished inconsistently for their crimes. Because the law is not always applied fairly or justly in Law & Order: SVU, LGBTQAI+ victims of sexually based crimes may be discouraged from coming forward. The portrayal of LGBTQAI+ people in the media has the power to influence public opinion (both positive and negative), as well as future legislative issues. Representation is also important because it may aid LGBTQAI+ individuals in developing self-awareness and acceptance. With crime dramas' continued popularity, more positive and accurate representation of LGBTQAI+ people on television could have a positive impact on community representation and engagement.
Interactions, Collaboration, and Decision Making Between School and Central Office Level Administrators in Dual Language Immersion Programs
Creators: name: Bona, Matt T.
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Collaboration
Decision Making
Distributed Leadership
Dual Language Immersion
Dual Language Immersion Leadership
Organizational Leadership

description: Currently there is a gap in research literature that displays examples of how central office and building level administrators interact, collaborate, and make decisions concerning dual language immersion programs. This qualitative single case study attempts to answer the following questions concerning this problem of practice: What are the forms of interaction and collaboration between central office leaders and school leaders in connection to the dual language immersion program in their district? How does decision making occur between central office leaders and school leaders concerning the dual language program in their district? How is leadership distributed between central office leaders and school leaders in decision making? The results of this study suggest the benefits of regular interactions and collaborations between dual language immersion administrators. This study also suggests the importance of administrators possessing a deep working knowledge of dual language immersion programming and pedagogy. Finally, this study leads to implications related to dual language immersion leaders, dual language immersion policy, and further research concerning dual language immersion leadership.
Summary of novel methods to reduce accelerator impedance
Creators: name: ARIES WP6 members
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2020

description: We review several important impedance-induced instabilities in circular lepton and hadron accelerators and modern approaches to analyse them. Specifically, we consider three representative large future accelerators, the FCC-ee, the High Luminosity LHC, and the FCC-hh projects as examples. We also survey some of the methods used to avoid, mitigate or suppress these instabilities, including some advanced beam feedback systems which are under development, and the possibility of coating the beam pipe with a high-temperature superconductor.
Academic Librarians' Attitudes about Advanced-Subject Degrees
Creators: name: Mayer, Jennifer
name: Terrill, Lori J.
Publisher: name: University of Wyoming. Libraries
Year: 2005
Subjects: Experience
Librarian education
Academic librarians
Attitudes
Library and Information Science

description: Academic librarians have various opinions on the importance of advanced-subject degrees in addition to a master's in library science (MLS). The authors conducted an online survey to collect opinions from academic librarians on this topic. Arguments in favor of having advanced-subject degrees include development of research skills, credibility, and overall improved job performance. Arguments against it include the fact that the MLS is — and should continue to be — our terminal degree, inadequate salaries, and the validity of developing subject expertise via other means. The need for advanced-subject degrees may vary by many factors, including individual career goals and local institutional culture.
Strategies for Intrusion Monitoring in Cloud Services
Creators: name: Weir, George R. S.
name: Aßmuth, Andreas
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Cryptography and Security (cs.CR)
subject: Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing (cs.DC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Effective activity and event monitoring is an essential aspect of digital forensic readiness. Techniques for capturing log and other event data are familiar from conventional networked hosts and transfer directly to the Cloud context. In both contexts, a major concern is the risk that monitoring systems may be targeted and impaired by intruders seeking to conceal their illicit presence and activities. We outline an approach to intrusion monitoring that aims (i)~to ensure the credibility of log data and (ii)~provide a means of data sharing that supports log reconstruction in the event that one or more logging systems is maliciously impaired.
description: 5 pages
Using a Socioecological Framework to Conserve Native Species in an Agroecosystem
Creators: name: Bussan, Samantha Kate
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: Agroecosystems
Butterflies
Cattle grazing
Conservation
Socioecological frameworks
Conservation Biology

description: Protected conservation areas are inadequate to preserve native species in the face of habitat loss and degradation. Approximately 90% of listed species are found in part or completely on private land. However, conservation on private land has unique challenges, necessitating the use of a socioecological framework to address conservation in agroecosystems. I apply this framework to form the foundation for conservation success in agroecosystems in western Washington. In Chapter 2, I conducted a systematic review of 115 studies that evaluated how cattle grazing affects butterfly communities and species. A majority of studies concluded that cattle grazing has either positive (n = 35) or inconclusive (n = 36) effects on grassland butterflies. Conclusions were heavily dependent upon management, environmental and evolutionary context. Low to moderate grazing intensity was the most beneficial management strategy for most butterflies.
description: In Chapter 3, I conducted a behavioral experiment with two common native butterfly species, silvery blues (Glaucopsyche lygdamus) and ochre ringlets (Coenonympha california) and compared movement parameters (step lengths, turning angles, and diffusion rates) between native prairies with no grazing; pastures under “conventional” management; and pastures under “conservation” management. I observed silvery blue females to have the lowest step lengths and diffusion rates in native prairies, indicating that prairies were high quality habitat. Step lengths and diffusion rates were intermediate in conservation grazing and highest in conventional grazing. I conclude that there is potential for conservation grazing to contribute to butterfly habitat in the landscape.
description: In Chapter 4, I surveyed livestock producers to better understand their perspectives on potential incentives for and barriers to implementing conservation strategies with their grazing operations. Direct financial assistance was the most highly-rated incentive, and potential loss of development rights with the presence of listed species was the most highly-rated barrier. Younger, more educated farmers were more likely to be interested in some incentives, though there was little difference in other incentives. I conclude that financial assistance programs for conservation grazing and outreach about programs that provide assurances against regulation are most likely to encourage conservation actions. Younger, more educated producers would likely be most receptive to conservation outreach efforts.
Annihilating Operators of Extended Riordan Arrays
Creators: name: Dickson, Jessica
Publisher: name: Washington State University
Year: 2023
Subjects: A-Sequence
Annihilating Operator
Generating Function
Overlay
Riordan Array
Template

description: An array (formally, a function D:ZxZ -> F) can be thought of as a matrix that extends infinitely in all directions. Extended Riordan arrays are lower triangular arrays that can be characterized by a triple that includes a starting element and two, potentially infinite, sequences called the A- and Z-sequence. Exploiting proprieties of the A-sequence, we look at which Riordan arrays can be alternatively characterized via the use of a finite template or overlay.
description: We discuss operators X and Y which shift an array right by one column or up by one row, respectively. A polynomial in X and Y that annihilates D is called a "template" whereas an "overlay" is an array with finite support that contains the coefficients of a template. Our research looks at new ways in which machinery such as templates and overlays can be applied to extended Riordan arrays.
MEHMONLARDAGI XIZMAT KO'RSATISH DARAJASINI  XORIJIY DAVLATLAR STANDARTI DARAJASIGA KO'TARISH
Creators: name: Namangan Davlat Universiteti Iqdisodiyot fakulteti "Mehmonxona xo'jaligini tashkil etish va boshqarish" yo'nalishi Magistranti Mamajonov Ravshanbek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description: Ushbu maqolada Mamlakatimizda mehmonxonalarda xizmatlar servisini tashkil etishga oid standartlar hamda xizmatlarga qo’yiladigan talablarni xorijiy mamlaktlar sifat  nazorati darajasiga ko’tarish haqida fikr mulohazalar va mavzuga oid ba’zi takliflar berilgan.

Kalit so‘zlar: Mehmonxona, joylashtirish vositalari, tadbirkorlik, bozor talabi, tashqi o‘zgarishlar, mehmonxonalarga talablar, Davlat Standartlari, kadrlar tayyorlash, professional.
Goniocotes parviceps
Creators: name: Nasser, Mohamed
name: Al-Ahmed, Azzam
name: Shobrak, Mohammed
name: Aldryhim, Yousif
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2015
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Psocodea
Philopteridae
Goniocotes
Goniocotes parviceps

description: 3.8. Goniocotes parviceps (Piaget, 1880)     Goniodes parviceps Piaget, 1880    Goniocotes yngarejsuf Eichler, 1950
 Type host: Pavo cristatus L.
description: Published as part of Nasser, Mohamed, Al-Ahmed, Azzam, Shobrak, Mohammed & Aldryhim, Yousif, 2015, Identification key for chewing lice (Phthiraptera: Amblycera, Ischnocera) infesting the Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) with one new country record and new host record for Saudi Arabia, pp. 88-94 in Turkish Journal of Zoology 39 (1) on page 90, DOI: 10.3906/zoo-1312-44, http://zenodo.org/record/10973734
Re-Identification of Aspergillus Subgenus Nidulantes Strains and Description of Three Unrecorded Species From Korea
Creators: name: Mageswari, Anbazhagan
name: Choi, Yunhee
name: Thao, Le Dinh
name: Lee, Daseul
name: Kim, Dong-Hyun
name: Hong, Seung-Beom
Publisher: name: Taylor & Francis
Year: 2024
Subjects: subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Genetics
subject: Evolutionary Biology
subject: Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: Ecology

description: Aspergillus subgenus Nidulantes with nine section forms the second largest subgenus of the fungi that comes under the genus Aspergillus. Species in this group of fungi are important as they are reported to play several important roles in the environment including influencing air quality in confined spaces, food spoilage, production of mycotoxins as well as in human pathogenicity. In the present study, 53 strains of Aspergillus subgenus Nidulantes (section: Nidulantes & Usti) isolated from Korea and preserved at the Korean Agricultural Culture Collection (KACC) were subjected to re-identification by using a combined dataset of partial β-tubulin (BenA), Calmodulin (CaM) gene sequences as well as their morphological data. We confirmed 14 species from 53 isolates in Korea. Of them, eleven species were reported in Korea previously (A. amoenus, A. baeticus, A. calidoustus, A. creber, A. insuetus, A. jensenii, A. nidulans, A. protuberus, A. sydowii, A. tabacinus and A. unguis), and three species (A. griseoaurantiacus, A. puulaauensis and A. sublatus) were previously unreported from Korea. We detailed the characteristic features of these three species, that remain unexplored in Korea.