cometadata/datacite-rtg-text-other-reclassification-records huggingface dataset:
Bulges in cosmological simulations
Creators: name: Obreja, Aura
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Cosmological simulations have started to reach the resolutions required to study the fine structure of galaxies, and in particular their messy central regions. Also, in the last few years the astrophysics community has started to adopt powerful methods emerging from the research into machine learning. In this talk, I will show how an agnostic, data-driven approach (Gaussian Mixtures clustering in n-dimensional dynamical feature spaces) is capable of separating a few distinct dynamical components that can coexist in the central regions of simulated galaxies. We grouped these components into: 1) classical bulges (very bound, compact, spherical, non-rotating), 2) pseudo bulges (bound, compact, flatten, some rotation), 3) spheroids (bound and extended), 4) stellar halos (loosely bound and very extended), and 5) inner disks (bar-like, compact, strong rotation). Additionally, this clustering method in some cases separates thin from thick disks, while in other galaxies detects only one large scale single disk. These dynamical selected components at redshift 0 have different formation histories: the progenitor material of classical bulges and spheroids collapses first and the fastest inside the progenitor dark matter halo, followed by the material of pseudo bulges and inner disks. The inner stellar halos contain the oldest stars, but a large fraction of them (~65% in mass) are accreted at low redshifts, resulting in a high average collapse/accretion timescale (~6.2 Gyr). The collapse timescale for all the other central components varies between ~3.4 (spheroids) and ~4.8 Gyr (inner disks). The distinct dynamical properties of these components translate into different, but significantly overlapping stellar
 population properties (age, metallicities, alpha-enhancement). Adapting the same clustering method for real galaxies observed with IFU has the potential to clarify the extent to which simulations are realistic (eg. how many observed galaxies are truly bulgeless?). In the case of a positive response, the simulations could be directly use to constrain the formation patterns of individual observed galaxies.
Feminist Perspectivism: A Revised Standpoint Theory
Creators: name: Lindsay, Chevan
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2016

description: The heart of this thesis is an examination into the relevant differences between Nietzsche's perspectivism and standpoint theory. Briefly, both standpoint theory and perspectivism have been subjected to various charges that dissolve into two major ones, which are worthy of additional scrutiny: the charges of essentialism and incoherence. My overall argument in thesis is that standpoint theory, in spite of recent feminist defense, is still susceptible to these charges, and this proves counterproductive to its aims of combatting marginalization. Moreover, I argue that Nietzsche's perspectivism provides a corrective to the short comings of standpoint theory.
Second-order optimality conditions for the bilinear optimal control of a degenerate equation
Creators: name: Kenne, Cyrille
name: Djomegne, Landry
name: Zongo, Pascal
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2022
Subjects: subject: Optimization and Control (math.OC)
subject: Analysis of PDEs (math.AP)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 35B50, 35K65, 35Q93, 49J20, 49K20

description: The main purpose of this paper is the study of second-order optimality conditions for the bilinear control of a strongly degenerate parabolic equation. The equation is degenerate at the boundary of the spatial domain. The well-posedness of the state equation, as well as weak maximum principles are established. We prove some differentiability properties of the control-to-state operator and the existence of optimal solutions. Finally, we derive first- and second-order optimality conditions for the system.
description: 19 pages
Make Me Gay: What Neuro-interventions Tell us about Sexual Orientation and Why it Matters for Gay Rights
Creators: name: Vierra, Andrew
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2016

description: Note: This work has been updated in a modified version in Vierra, Andrew. 2020. 'Make Me Gay: What Neurointerventions Tell Us About Sexual Orientation and Why It Matters for the Law.' In Neurointerventions and the Law: Regulating Human Mental Capacity. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

This thesis challenges the restrictive definition of 'gay' used in legal discourse, argues for the adoption of a broader definition that is inclusive of more gay individuals, and demonstrates that the adoption of a broader definition would help frame gay rights debates in a way that is more acceptable to both progressives and conservatives. Current legal arguments for gay rights use 'gay' to refer almost solely to individuals that have exclusively'largely immutable'same-sex erotic desires. However, 'gay' should be understood to include a more diverse group of individuals. Thus, the current restrictive use of the term 'gay' either captures too many people or too few. Too many people, for conservatives, because gay rights are extended to many gay individuals that are not included in the restrictive definition. Too few people, for progressives, because the restrictive use of the term 'gay' doesn't capture the entire gay community.
Supplementary document for Electrotunable 180 degrees achromatic linear polarization rotator by dual-frequency liquid crystal - 5661490.pdf
Creators: name: Chang, Li-Min
name: Feng, Ting Mao
name: Lin, Kuan-Wu
name: Tseng, Heng-Yi
name: Li, Cheng-Chang
name: Guo, Duan-Yi
name: Jau, Hung-Chang
name: Wang, Chun
name: Lin, Tsung-Hsien
Publisher: name: Optica Publishing Group
Year: 2025
Subjects: Uncategorized

description: Detail of the mixture and cell condition
Tell Me the Good Stuff: User Preferences in Movie Recommendation Explanations
Creators: name: Ahmad, Juan
name: Hellgren, Jonas
name: Said, Alan
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2025
Subjects: subject: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
subject: Human-Computer Interaction (cs.HC)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Recommender systems play a vital role in helping users discover content in streaming services, but their effectiveness depends on users understanding why items are recommended. In this study, explanations were based solely on item features rather than personalized data, simulating recommendation scenarios. We compared user perceptions of one-sided (purely positive) and two-sided (positive and negative) feature-based explanations for popular movie recommendations. Through an online study with 129 participants, we examined how explanation style affected perceived trust, transparency, effectiveness, and satisfaction. One-sided explanations consistently received higher ratings across all dimensions. Our findings suggest that in low-stakes entertainment domains such as popular movie recommendations, simpler positive explanations may be more effective. However, the results should be interpreted with caution due to potential confounding factors such as item familiarity and the placement of negative information in explanations. This work provides practical insights for explanation design in recommender interfaces and highlights the importance of context in shaping user preferences.
description: Adjunct Proceedings of the 33rd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization
Overcoming Diminished Motivation
Creators: name: Morciglio, Jumana
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2016

description: Self-control is required when an agent encounters some opposition to acting on her better judgments. One such opposition is diminished motivation, that is, a lack of desire to act on a better judgment. Thomas Connor compares two views of successful self-control, actional (i.e. the view that self-control is produced by a motivated action) and non-actional (i.e. the view that self-control consists of having unmotivated thoughts), and argues that non-actional views are better at explaining successful self-control in cases of diminished motivation. I reject Connor's suggestion that successful self-control is likely to be non-actional by presenting two arguments: (1) non-actional views do not possess an advantage in explaining successful self-control because of a failure to provide an account of how self-controlling thoughts arise when self-control is required, and (2) actional views can account for successful self-control in the case of diminished motivation, namely, by prescribing minimally taxing strategies of self-control.
Parents, Politicians, and the Public: Hume's Natural History of Justice is Humean Enough
Creators: name: Collison, Scott
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: David Hume argues that reflections upon public utility explain the psychological foundations of justice and the moral feelings attendant on it. Adam Smith objects that Hume's theory of justice is psychologically implausible. A just punishment attracts the approval of every citizen on Hume's alleged view. Not every citizen can consider the abstract public interest every time, Smith observes, so Hume can't have explained all of justice. I argue, in response, that Smith's objection has not accounted for all of the causal processes that Hume draws upon in support of reflections upon public utility. Conventions establish the very possibility of public interest, and socializing processes lend the public interest its moral salience. Human nature includes a species-general passion for acquiring property for the sake of family. The motivational centrality and universal scope of this passion, coupled with the dramatic psychological power of sympathy, generates the first moral feelings. Social conditioning develops those feelings into attitudes about reward and punishment. Hume's theory of justice, with his conjectures about sociocultural processes, is both psychologically plausible and more complex than commentators tend to appreciate.
UMIRobot: An Open-{Software, Hardware} Low-Cost Robotic Manipulator for Education
Creators: name: Marinho, Murilo M.
name: Lin, Hung-Ching
name: Zhao, Jiawei
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Robotics (cs.RO)
subject: FOS: Computer and information sciences

description: Robot teleoperation has been studied for the past 70 years and is relevant in many contexts, such as in the handling of hazardous materials and telesurgery. The COVID19 pandemic has rekindled interest in this topic, but the existing robotic education kits fall short of being suitable for teleoperated robotic manipulator learning. In addition, the global restrictions of motion motivated large investments in online/hybrid education. In this work, a newly developed robotics education kit and its ecosystem are presented which is used as the backbone of an online/hybrid course in teleoperated robots. The students are divided into teams. Each team designs, fabricates (3D printing and assembling), and implements a control strategy for a master device and gripper. Coupling those with the UMIRobot, provided as a kit, the students compete in a teleoperation challenge. The kit is low cost (< 100USD), which allows higher-learning institutions to provide one kit per student and they can learn in a risk-free environment. As of now, 73 such kits have been assembled and sent to course participants in eight countries. As major success stories, we show an example of gripper and master designed for the proposed course. In addition, we show a teleoperated task between Japan and Bangladesh executed by course participants. Design files, videos, source code, and more information are available at https://mmmarinho.github.io/UMIRobot/
description: Accepted on IROS 2023, 8 pages. Fixed a few typos
Nietzsche on Honor and Empathy
Creators: name: Ganesh, Akshay
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Moral philosophers like Martha Nussbaum, Philippa Foot, and Michael Weber argue for what I call the 'Neo-Stoic Reading' of Nietzsche, which includes two claims: first, Nietzsche allegedly recommends the relentless pursuit of self-interest at the expense of other persons; second, he denies empathy any major role in the ethical life. I will argue that the Neo-Stoic view misses an important unifying theme in Nietzsche's ethics and his criticism of morality'his investment in the value of honor'and that Nietzsche's ethical recommendations involving empathy and even altruism can be better understood by situating them within an historical tradition of honor-based ethics.
Reconciling New Mechanism and Psychological Explanation: A Pragmatic Approach
Creators: name: De Vivo, Michael
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2016

description: Recently, Gualtiero Piccinini and Carl Craver (2011) have argued that functional analyses in psychology lack explanatory autonomy from explanations in neuroscience. In this thesis I argue against this claim by motivating and defending a pragmatic-epistemic conception of autonomous psychological explanation. I argue that this conception of autonomy need not require that functional analyses be distinct in kind from neural-mechanistic explanations. I use the framework of Bas van Fraassen's Pragmatic Theory of Explanation (van Fraassen 1980) to show that explanations in psychology and neuroscience can be seen as seeking understanding of autonomous levels of mechanistic phenomena.
San Diego's Asian Pacific Thematic Historic District: Defining the Goals in Revitalization of an Ethnic Historic District
Creators: name: Casey, Barbara A.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2002
Subjects: subject: Historic districts -- California -- San Diego -- Conservation and restoration
subject: Chinese -- California -- San Diego -- History
subject: Chinese Americans -- California -- San Diego -- History
subject: City planning -- California -- San Diego
subject: Chinatown (San Diego, Calif.)
subject: Historic preservation -- Theses

description: This thesis examines the problems, processes, stated goals and potential revitalization of an ethnic historic district located in downtown San Diego undergoing significant redevelopment. Historic preservation history and philosophy are examined as they relate to authenticity of historic sites. Factors affecting revitalization of the historic district such as economic redevelopment strategies and ethnic diversity are also examined. All these factors have contributed to the slow progress in revitalizing the district. The thesis includes six chapters. The history of the original ethnic group inhabiting the site, the Chinese, was reviewed. The history of the district was reviewed. Archival and library research was conducted. Research interviews were conducted of community players involved in the revitalization efforts. The central question of the thesis was whether the goals for revitalization of the historic district were clearly stated and whether redevelopment goals were in conflict with preservation goals. Secondary questions included whether knowledge about authenticity was important for the advocates of revitalization and what role authenticity played in contributing to the heritage tourism value of the district; and whether the involvement of the ethnic group represented was important to achieving historic preservation goals. The findings did support the supposition that the goals for the different advocates for revitalization of the historic district were in conflict. Specifically the redevelopment goals conflicted with the historic preservation goals. The findings of the thesis did not support the supposition that the goals were not clearly stated for the historic district. The findings support the supposition that the lack knowledge about the role of authenticity in historic preservation ,exists among the key advocates for revitalization. The findings support the supposition that the involvement of an ethnic group in the historic preservation process of designating and revitalizing an ethnic historic district are necessary to achieve the goals of preservation. Heritage tourism of ethnic historic resources must include authenticity of the site for traditional historic preservation goals to be achieved.
Is Kant's Account of Free Will Coherent?
Creators: name: Dumond, Paul
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Whether Kant's account of free will is coherent or not depends upon how we interpret him. On the one hand, if we understand Kant as providing some metaphysical solution to the problem of free will, which secures the reality of free will for agents, then his account seems to be incoherent. One the other hand, if we understand Kant's account as merely providing a defense of the assumption, or idea of freedom for practical purposes, then his account seems to be useful and coherent. I will argue that the latter account of free will is the one that Kant provides in his works, and will illustrate how this account might shed light on to our epistemic limits and our nature as human beings.
Turuptiana obliqua Walker 1869
Creators: name: Vincent, Benoît
name: Laguerre, Michel
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2014
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Erebidae
Turuptiana
Turuptiana obliqua

description: Turuptiana obliqua Walker, 1869
Turuptiana obliqua Walker, 1869: 19.
Sallaea ochrosterna Felder & Rogenhofer, 1874: pl. 101, fig. 10. — Type locality: Mexico. — Type specimens: Undisclosed number of male syntypes (?).
Robinsonia perfecta Edwards, 1884b: 60. — Type locality: [Mexico], [Veracruz], [Jalapa]. — Type specimens: Described from 2 female syntypes (AMNH; two female specimens labeled TYPE and one female (!) specimen labeled Type (Edwards’ hand) and TYPE).
TYPE LOCALITY. — [Centrali or South America].
TYPE SPECIMENS. — Undisclosed number of male syntypes (BMNH; one of the syntypes labeled TYPE).
REMARK
One of the female specimens of Robinsonia perfecta is labeled Lectotype by A.Watson (1967, unpublished).
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 pages 312-313, DOI: 10.5252/z2014n2a1, http://zenodo.org/record/5395344
The history of the inner Milky Way: Variable stars across the Galactic Bulge and Nuclear Stellar Disc
Creators: name: Sanders, Jason
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2022

description: Variable stars are precision tools for decoding the formation and evolution of the Milky Way's bar/bulge. Not only do variable stars often follow tight period-luminosity relations enabling accurate 3D mapping, but their pulsations are often related to intrinsic properties such as age and metallicity. For instance, the asymmetry of RR Lyrae light curves is often related to their metallicity, whilst the periods of Mira variable stars are believed to be related to their age. From this information we can begin to disentangle the sequence of events that formed the Milky Way's bar/bulge. I describe searches for variable stars across the Galactic bulge and the nuclear stellar disc using the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey. The first of these is a targeted search for Mira variable stars within the nuclear stellar disc. ~1800 Mira variables have been discovered from which variation of proper motion dispersion with period suggests the bar formed ~8-10 Gyr ago. The second approach is a supervised classification of 490 million light curves from which ~40000 high-confidence RR Lyrae ab have been found. I will describe ongoing efforts to model the joint kinematic-metallicity distribution of this population for deciphering the early formation history of the bar-bulge.
Darwinian Domain-Generality: The Role of Evolutionary Psychology in the Modularity Debate
Creators: name: Lundie, Michael
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Evolutionary Psychology (EP) tends to be associated with a Massively Modular (MM) cognitive architecture. I argue that EP favors a non-MM cognitive architecture. The main point of dispute is whether central cognition, such as abstract reasoning, exhibits domain-general properties. Partisans of EP argue that domain-specific modules govern central cognition, for it is unclear how the cognitive mind could have evolved domain-generality. In response, I defend a distinction between exogenous and endogenous selection pressures, according to which exogenous pressures tend to select for domain-specificity, whereas the latter, endogenous pressures, select in favor of domain-generality. I draw on models from brain network theory to motivate this distinction, and also to establish that a domain-general, non-MM cognitive architecture is the more parsimonious adaptive solution to endogenous pressures.
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Participatory Modeling to Support Paradigm Shifts in Public Health: An Application to Obesity and Evidence-Based Policymaking
Creators: name: Giabbanelli, Philippe J.
name: MacEwan, Grace
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) of British Columbia suggested that a paradigm shift from weight to well-being could address the unintended consequences of focusing on obesity and improve the outcomes of efforts to address the challenges facing both individuals and our healthcare system. In this paper, we jointly used artificial intelligence (AI) and participatory modeling to examine the possible consequences of this paradigm shift. Specifically, we created a conceptual map with 19 experts to understand how obesity and physical and mental well-being connect to each other and other factors. Three analyses were performed. First, we analyzed the factors that directly connect to obesity and well-being, both in terms of causes and consequences. Second, we created a reduced version of the map and examined the connections between categories of factors (e.g., food production, and physiology). Third, we explored the themes in the interviews when discussing either well-being or obesity. Our results show that obesity was viewed from a medical perspective as a problem, whereas well-being led to broad and diverse solution-oriented themes. In particular, we found that taking a well-being perspective can be more comprehensive without losing the relevance of the physiological aspects that an obesity-centric perspective focuses on.
BRST and Related Superfield Approach to a Few Interesting Models of Point Particles and a Model of Bosonic String: A Brief Review
Creators: name: Rao, A. K.
name: Chauhan, B.
name: Malik, R. P.
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th)
subject: FOS: Physical sciences

description: In this brief review-cum-research article, we discuss a few key aspects of the off-shell nilpotent (anti-)BRST symmetry transformations, Curci-Ferrari (CF) type restriction(s), coupled Lagrangians/Lagrangian densities, etc., for the 1D diffeomorphism (i.e. reparameterization) invariant models of $(i)$ a non-relativistic and non-SUSY free particle, $(ii)$ a scalar (i.e. non-SUSY) relativistic free particle, $(iii)$ a spinning (i.e. SUSY) relativistic free particle, and $(iv)$ a 2D diffeomorphism invariant model of a specific bosonic string theory within the framework of BRST and related supervariable/superfield approach. We take up a new 1D diffeomorphism invariant model of an interacting scalar relativistic particle with the electromagnetic field. The latter is treated as a constant background variable and is, therefore, independent of the evolution parameter. We show that the universal nature of the CF-type restriction is maintained in the case of this new model, too. We exploit the modified Bonora-Tonin supervariable/superfield approach (MBTSA) to BRST formalism in the context of the 1D and 2D diffeomorphism invariant theories to prove the universal nature of the CF-type restriction(s). We further demonstrate that the 1D diffeomorphism invariant models of all kinds of particles are described by the singular Lagrangians. This singular nature has, to the best of our knowledge, not been explicitly shown elsewhere. Thus, these 1D models also respect the gauge symmetry transformations which are generated by the first-class constraints that exist on them. The equivalence of the 1D diffeomorphism and gauge symmetries is also established under specific conditions..
description: LaTeX file, 45 pages, minor typos fixed, journal reference given
Preserving St. Mary's County Tobacco Barns: The Influence of the Tobacco Buyout and the Changing Economic and Agricultural Landscape
Creators: name: Wilson, Teresa I.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Barns -- Conservation and preservation -- Maryland
subject: Saint Mary's County (Md.)
subject: Historic preservation -- Theses

description: This thesis investigates threats to tobacco barns in St. Mary's County, Maryland and suggests ways in which the barns may be preserved. In reviewing the architectural history of the barns, the basic timber framing is traced to show how the building form changed over time and to illustrate its functional versatility in the face of a constantly changing agricultural economy. The history of tobacco cultivation and of the fluctuations of the tobacco market demonstrate the uncertainties associated with growing the crop. By the late twentieth century, for instance, many farmers had already switched to other crops or enterprises, thereby creating the first threat to tobacco barns-abandonment. Beginning this year (2001) the Tobacco Crop Conversion Program approved by the Maryland General Assembly will pay remaining tobacco growers to stop planting the crop. Approximately fifty-six percent of the growers have decided to participate, potentially spelling an end to tobacco cultivation in Maryland. This thesis looks at the Tobacco Buyout Program to determine what effect it could have upon the survival of tobacco barns. If the Tobacco Conversion Program is successful in helping farmers develop new crops, tobacco barns may be adapted for new uses. However, if agricultural diversification does not succeed, farms and the tobacco barns on them will disappear. A survey of tobacco farmers included in this thesis probes how farmers plan to participate in the Buyout and enumerates their ideas for new uses for former tobacco barns. Sprawl is a major threat to tobacco barns and to the agricultural landscape of St. Mary's County. Growth patterns in the County that were examined, using information from annual reports prepared by the Department of Planning and Zoning, and statistics provided by the Maryland State Department of Planning indicate a majority of residential development is ironically permitted within Rural Preservation Districts. The County is now hoping to counteract this trend and direct new housing toward areas already zoned for growth. Relevant sections of the proposed Unified Land Development Code for St Mary's illustrate how the County plans to direct residential growth and preserve farmland. Less significant threats to tobacco barns such as replacement by metal barns, demolition by neglect, and dismantling for sale of the timbers are also considered. To counteract these threats, a combination of current tax incentives, agricultural zoning overlays, land easements, and the Scenic Byways and Rural Legacy Programs is described. A summary of Maryland's Smart Growth Initiative illustrates the helpful effect it may have on the implementation of local and state programs to preserve and protect tobacco barns and the agricultural landscape of St. Mary's County.
A Critique of Catharine MacKinnon's Sex-Based Theory of Rape
Creators: name: Malone, Meagan
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: In a critique of sex-based theories of rape, Aletta Brenner suggests that feminists such as Catharine MacKinnon rely on a harmful set of assumptions when theorizing about the law of rape leading to harms to victims and perpetrators. I defend MacKinnon's position in order to demonstrate how MacKinnon's theory does not employ the assumptions Brenner suggests and therefore does not lead harms. However, I highlight one concern of Brenner's that MacKinnon's theory does not adequately address: that MacKinnon insists that all rape is sex based. I posit that in Same Sex Mutual Intimate Partner Violence, rape appears to be sexual-orientation based rather that sex based and suggest that MacKinnon's theory ought to make distinctions that allow the law to be sensitive to those most vulnerable to rape.
New Mexico Military Institute: Development of the Campus Plan and Architectural Syle 1890-1930
Creators: name: Peters, Ronald L.
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Military education -- United States -- History
subject: Campus planning
subject: Historic preservation -- Theses

description: This thesis studies the New Mexico Military Institute (NMMI) campus located in Roswell, New Mexico. It compares NMMI's curriculum, campus plan, and architectural style to the United States Military Academy, the Virginia Military Institute, and Fort Union and assesses their influence on the development of NMMI's campus and architecture. The New Mexico Military Institute looked to the military and its leadership, educational curricula, directives, and regulations in developing its campus plans and building designs. The U.S. military system exerted greater influence on the design of the New Mexico Military Institute campus than collegiate planning concepts, national trends, or popular architectural styles of the period. It was, in fact, the development of this country's m111tary system that lead to the creation of the military school as an alternate form of public education. Military education was encouraged with the passage of the Morrill Act in 1862, but many of this country's colleges and universities provided military training only as an adjunct to their traditional curricula. In an attempt to understand the process of NMMI's development and design, this thesis reviews the history and development of the campus, its architecture, and its architects from 1890-1930. It takes into consideration campus planning concepts that were occurring simultaneously in other parts of the country and discusses how they may have influenced the development of NMMI's campus design. Social attitudes, military training concepts, and architectural developments at this time in history are explored to assess their influence on the creation of NMMl's campus plan and the selection of its architectural style.
Dignity And Disability: Toward A Relational Approach
Creators: name: Gary, Mercer
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: As many scholars have noted, the concept of 'dignity' has historically been defined in several ways, creating conflict and confusion when the concept is invoked in the present. The concept has also been historically exclusive of various groups of individuals; some contemporary accounts still do not understand certain individuals with disabilities as possessing dignity. I examine the strength of three strands of dignity definitions and determine whether any groups are unjustifiably excluded due to disability status. Eva Kittay puts forward a theory that purports to include all humans which, although promising, is vulnerable to critique. I offer revisions of Kittay's account that address the charge of over-inclusion. However, I note the lingering issues with my revision, particularly that even the best version of Kittay's account requires the acceptance of some sort of speciesism.
John Hopper Coxhead: The Client Connections
Creators: name: Mingus, Nancy Blumenstalk
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Architecture -- United States
subject: Historic preservation -- Theses

description: John Hopper Coxhead practiced architecture in the United States from 1882 until 1934. This thesis examines this architect's links to his clients, analyzes the patterns found in those connections, and demonstrates that, during his thirty-three years of private practice from 1887 through 1920, Coxhead received most of his commissions from his religious and social ties, primarily through his Baptist and Catholic patrons. This thesis briefly examines the works of major contemporary architects and literature describing architectural trends to set a context for Coxhead's work. It also presents the results of research to confirm specific commissions, including the review of architectural journals and building permits, the search for building images, and investigations of Coxhead's clients. These results are presented in three chapters. The first summarizes the environment in Buffalo, New York, where Coxhead practiced for thirty-one years. The second presents the architect's background and that of his major clients, and analyzes his connections to several of the city's most influential men of their era as well as to his major client groups. The final chapter looks at the commissions arranged by client group, including photographs of each property when available. The appendix provides a list of Coxhead commissions as of May 2001 with the dollar value of the commission, its client connection and specific citation. John Hopper Coxhead's work spanned the most architecturally significant period in American history. This study provides not just information on Coxhead's commissions and client relationships, but also provides insights on how architects practiced during that time.
Kant's Singularity Thesis
Creators: name: Vanderbeek, Robert
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: In this paper, I defend an interpretation of Kant's Singularity Thesis: the claim that the formulae of the Categorical Imperative are in fact representations of a single, underlying law. I proceed by answering two questions: (1) How should we state the underlying law' And (2) How can we best understand the relationship between the formulae and this law they supposedly represent' My account focuses on the concept of rational agency and how Kant develops it in the Groundwork. I will argue that the formulae are three ways of expressing, thinking about, or applying the Categorical Imperative ' understood as Kant's statement of the supreme principle of morality ' corresponding to three features of rational agency.
Transcriptional Response of Salmonella enterica to Bacteriophage Treatments with Differential Multiplicities of Infection
Creators: name: Wong, Catherine W. Y.
name: Wang, Siyun
Publisher: name: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Year: 2024

description: Salmonella enterica (S. enterica) is a causative agent of numerous foodborne outbreaks, as current industrial measures may be <90% effective. Therefore, bacteriophages have been suggested as an antimicrobial treatment against S. enterica, but it is currently unclear if there is an optimal bacteriophage multiplicity of infection (MOI) against S. enterica. Two bacteriophage cocktails at MOIs 1, 10, 100, 1000 and 10,000 were co-inoculated against four S. enterica strains (S. Enteritidis, S. Newport, S. Muenchen and S. Typhimurium), and populations were estimated on days 0–3. The transcriptional profiles of 20 genes previously indicated to be differentially expressed after bacteriophage treatment were studied by extracting RNA from all four S. enterica strains after bacteriophage SE14, SF5 and SF6 treatment on days 0, 1 and 3, and RT-qPCR was conducted to determine the expression of the 20 selected genes. The results showed that an MOI of 1000 was the most optimal in reducing S. Enteritidis populations to undetectable levels from day 0 to 3. The cas1 (SOS response) and mod (DNA modification and recombination) genes were highly upregulated between 2.5- and 5-fold on day 0 for S. Enteritidis S5-483 and S. Typhimurium S5-536 at MOIs of 1000 and 10,000. On day 3, hsdS (DNA modification and recombination) was upregulated by ~1-fold for S. enteritidis S5-483 after an MOI of 1000. Understanding an optimal bacteriophage MOI can be beneficial to implementing effective and optimal bacteriophage treatments in the industry. Knowledge of S. enterica’s transcriptional response after bacteriophage treatment provides further insight into how S. enterica can survive bacteriophage infection.
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: 2025
Subjects: Classical and Physical Optics

description: CAD drawing for custom resonant galvanometer scanning mirror mount
Search for resonant production of dark quarks in the dijet fnal state with the ATLAS detector
Creators: name: ATLAS Collaboration
Publisher: name: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2024

description: This paper presents a search for a new Z ′ resonance decaying into a pair of dark quarks which hadronise into dark hadrons before promptly decaying back as Standard Model particles. This analysis is based on proton-proton collision data recorded at √ s = 13 TeV with the ATLAS detector at the Large Hadron Collider between 2015 and 2018, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 139 fb−1 . After selecting events containing large-radius jets with high track multiplicity, the invariant mass distribution of the two highest-transverse-momentum jets is scanned to look for an excess above a data-driven estimate of the Standard Model multijet background. No signifcant excess of events is observed and the results are thus used to set 95% confdence-level upper limits on the production cross-section times branching ratio of the Z ′ to dark quarks as a function of the Z ′ mass for various dark-quark scenarios.
Luck and the Limits of Equality
Creators: name: Jeffers, Matthew
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: A recent movement within political philosophy called luck egalitarianism has attempted to synthesize the right's regard for responsibility with the left's concern for equality. The original motivation for subscribing to luck egalitarianism stems from the belief that one's success in life ought to reflect one's own choices and not brute luck. Luck egalitarian theorists differ in the decision procedures that they propose, but they share in common the general approach that we ought to equalize individuals with respect to brute luck so that differences in distribution are only a consequence of the responsible choices that individuals make. I intend to show that through the application of its own distributive procedures, the luck egalitarian approach actually undermines its original motivation by making the lives of individuals subject to brute luck.
Edge Computing: Empowering Real-Time Data  Processing and Connectivity
Creators: name: Tyagi, Shekhar
name: Tyagi, Abhishek
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2024

description:  In an increasingly interconnected world driven by the Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and autonomous systems, the demand for low-latency, high-bandwidth data processing has never been greater. Traditional cloud computing infrastructure, while powerful, faces limitations such as latency, bandwidth constraints, and privacy concerns. In response to these challenges, edge computing has emerged as a transformative paradigm, decentralizing data processing and bringing computation closer to the source of data generation. This article provides a comprehensive overview of edge computing, exploring its fundamental principles, diverse applications, key technologies, benefits, challenges, and future prospects.
Political Chemicals: Drugs, Rights, and the Good Life
Creators: name: Goldstein, Benjamin
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Recreational drug use, whether publicly acknowledged or privately hidden, has long been a common activity within human societies. Though this comes with serious hazards, it also produces benefits, which often go unrecognized. Given the current prohibitory policies, it is important to consider whether such use ought to be restricted. I will do just that, focusing on whether recreational drug use can be part of a reasonable conception of the good life, as well as whether restrictions constitute an infringement on freedom. I will argue that, in moderation, recreational drug use constitutes a positive good for a large group of people, and that criminalization places an unfair burden upon these people, which breaches the liberal principle of neutrality.
Habana Vieja: Reinforcing Current Preservation Philosophies and Programs to Endure Potential Challenges that Will Arise in Transitional Cuba
Creators: name: Hutchinson, Leigh Ann
Publisher: name: Maryland Shared Open Access Repository
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Historic districts -- Cuba
subject: Cuba -- Historic buildings -- Conservation and restoration
subject: Historic preservation -- Theses

description: Current preservation initiatives within Old Havana, Cuba, were reviewed as to their effectiveness to protect the globally-significant resources of the World Heritage Site. The impact of the country's economic crisis on the manner with which preservation is approached and implemented has been significant. The growth of heritage tourism economics continues to play an important role in the implementation of the Master Plan for the Integrated Revitalization of Old Havana. Although the impending transition of Cuba to a post-Castro system of government has had limited impact to date, changes are occurring within the country. Preliminary investigation of published materials lead to the initial hypothesis that Cuba was not handling the preservation of Old Havana in an appropriate manner. Initial opinions were that it was focusing too heavily on revenue generation and not enough on the integrity and authenticity of the historical and cultural resources, as well as allowing foreign investors and influences to overrun the neighborhood. However after an on site visit, conducted in January 2000, it was determined that these presumptions were for the most part incorrect. Old Havana does not appear to be infested with non-traditional businesses, such as foreign retail chains and boutiques. Structures are being rehabilitated through the efforts of professionals and newly trained resident craftsmen and laborers. Needed revenues are being generated. Funds are distributed for social projects as well as reinvested into other preservation and revenue-generating ventures, resulting in a sustainable approach to preservation and revitalization of Old Havana. Since efforts thus far have been effective, it is in the country's best interest to strengthen current approaches and programs in preparation for the impending transition and growth of the tourism industry. If current laws, policies and procedures are reviewed and reinforced, rehabilitation work in Old Havana will likely continue through the transition and withstand tourism-related pressures. Foreign investment, real estate development and property distribution methods should be a first priority.
Nearly Optimal Approximation of Matrix Functions by the Lanczos Method
Creators: name: Amsel, Noah
name: Chen, Tyler
name: Greenbaum, Anne
name: Musco, Cameron
name: Musco, Chris
Publisher: name: arXiv
Year: 2023
Subjects: subject: Numerical Analysis (math.NA)
subject: FOS: Mathematics
subject: 65F60, 65F50, 68Q25

description: Approximating the action of a matrix function $f(\mathbf{A})$ on a vector $\mathbf{b}$ is an increasingly important primitive in machine learning, data science, and statistics, with applications such as sampling high dimensional Gaussians, Gaussian process regression and Bayesian inference, principle component analysis, and approximating Hessian spectral densities. Over the past decade, a number of algorithms enjoying strong theoretical guarantees have been proposed for this task. Many of the most successful belong to a family of algorithms called Krylov subspace methods. Remarkably, a classic Krylov subspace method, called the Lanczos method for matrix functions (Lanczos-FA), frequently outperforms newer methods in practice. Our main result is a theoretical justification for this finding: we show that, for a natural class of rational functions, Lanczos-FA matches the error of the best possible Krylov subspace method up to a multiplicative approximation factor. The approximation factor depends on the degree of $f(x)$'s denominator and the condition number of $\mathbf{A}$, but not on the number of iterations $k$. Our result provides a strong justification for the excellent performance of Lanczos-FA, especially on functions that are well approximated by rationals, such as the matrix square root.
Toward a Marxist Environmental Ethic: Restoration and Preservation in Focus
Creators: name: Indergand, Kristen
Publisher: name: Georgia State University
Year: 2017

description: Restoration seeks to heal the environment and make amends for damages done by human interference.  Preservationists, however, claim that restoration is anthropocentric, hubristic, and ultimately misguided.  I defend restoration against these criticisms, and examine narratives from Karl Marx and Lynn White, Jr. to explain human alienation from nature.  I use a synthesis of lessons from Marx and White to favor a restoration paradigm over a preservationist model.