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Research On Configurable Simulation Integration Technology For Equipment Software, Yuanyuan Wang, Yuxin Duan, Guangzhao Song Nov 2020

Research On Configurable Simulation Integration Technology For Equipment Software, Yuanyuan Wang, Yuxin Duan, Guangzhao Song

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The problems of the traditional distributed digital simulation system are analyzed. The method of constructing the digital simulation system based on the equipment software is studied. The configurable simulation integration middleware is designed. The overall structure of the configurable middleware is designed and the design ideas of each module are briefly summarized. An example of a digital simulation system with networked transformation of equipment shows that the middleware can be effectively and flexibly configured and can provide support for constructing digital simulation system with software, which can be promoted and used in other simulation systems.


Effect Of New Titanium Alloy On Biomechanical Behavior Of Dental Implant, Jiwu Zhang, Qiguo Rong Nov 2020

Effect Of New Titanium Alloy On Biomechanical Behavior Of Dental Implant, Jiwu Zhang, Qiguo Rong

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Titanium alloy materials have excellent mechanical properties, chemical stability and biocompatibility, and have become the main raw materials for implants. However, the biomechanical compatibility of medical titanium alloys still needs to be improved in order to meet the long-term safety and functionality of patient's clinical treatment requirement. New medical titanium alloy materials with high strength and low modulus play an important role in reducing the loosening and shedding of implants caused by stress shielding. The effects of new medical titanium alloy materials and traditional medical titanium alloy materials on implant structure and stress distribution of jaw are compared and …


Fast 3d Medical Image Registration Based On Geometric Feature Invariants, Juping Gu, Tianyu Cheng, Jianping Wang, Hua Liang, Fengshen Zhao, Jiang Ling Nov 2020

Fast 3d Medical Image Registration Based On Geometric Feature Invariants, Juping Gu, Tianyu Cheng, Jianping Wang, Hua Liang, Fengshen Zhao, Jiang Ling

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the of large amount of computational data and low registration efficiency in 3D cranial medical image registration, a fast registration method based on geometric feature space constraints is proposed. The algorithm extracts three-dimensional contour point clusters, and proposes a feature construction method based on the optimal fitting ring of point clusters. The feature rings and the centroids of each layer are used as feature quantities, and the fast registration is completed by using Iterative Closest Point (ICP) method. The experimental results show that the method has less computation amount, high satisfactory registration accuracy and much faster registration …


A Pmbldc Motor Measurement And Control System Available For Zynq Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Zhiguo Zhou, Jiaen Sun, Jiabao Yu, Xuehua Zhou Nov 2020

A Pmbldc Motor Measurement And Control System Available For Zynq Hardware-In-The-Loop Simulation, Zhiguo Zhou, Jiaen Sun, Jiabao Yu, Xuehua Zhou

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to solve the modeling of permanent magnet brushless dc(PMBLDC) motor, it is difficult to modify the control algorithm, inconvenient to add and remove the closed loop, and has poor real-time measurement and control capability. Based on hall sensor position detection algorithm and PID control algorithm, combined with piecewise linear method to generate PWM waveform, Simulink graphical modeling platform is used, and a new closed-loop measurement and control method is proposed. A sudden load and sudden speed simulation are carried out to verify the established PMBLDC motor measurement and control system. The simulation results show that the system …


Research On Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem Based On Dynamic Interaction Layer, Zhang Xiang, Wang Yan, Zhicheng Ji Nov 2020

Research On Dynamic Flexible Job Shop Scheduling Problem Based On Dynamic Interaction Layer, Zhang Xiang, Wang Yan, Zhicheng Ji

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to quickly response to the unforeseen circumstances in flexible job shop, a dynamic flexible job shop scheduling model is constructed, which takes the overall production time and the completion time of emergency orders as the optimization objectives. For the model, a dynamic interaction layer (DIL) model, which has a better performance on DFJSP, is proposed to replace the scroll window. Particle swarm genetic hybrid algorithm (PSGA) is designed to combine the particle swarm optimization algorithm with the genetic algorithm to enhance the ability of local search. Aiming at the unexpected urgent orders in flexible job shop, …


Research On Multi-Objective Optimization Method Based On Model, Jianjun Liu, Guangya Si, Yanzheng Wang, Dachuan He Nov 2020

Research On Multi-Objective Optimization Method Based On Model, Jianjun Liu, Guangya Si, Yanzheng Wang, Dachuan He

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: There is a model-based algorithm for the optimization of multiple objective functions by means of black-box evaluation is proposed. The algorithm iteratively generates candidate solutions from a mixture distribution over the solution space and updates the mixture distribution based on the sampled solutions’ domination count, such that the future search is biased towards the set of Pareto optimal solutions. The proposed algorithm seeks to find a mixture distribution on the solution space so that each component of the mixture distribution is a degenerate distribution centered at a Pareto optimal solution and each estimated Pareto optimal solution is uniformly spread …


Research And Application Of A Lightweight Real-Time Human Posture Detection Model, Hongkun Zhu, Jiawei Yin, Wenyu Feng, Hua Liang, Minrui Fei, Kun Zhang Nov 2020

Research And Application Of A Lightweight Real-Time Human Posture Detection Model, Hongkun Zhu, Jiawei Yin, Wenyu Feng, Hua Liang, Minrui Fei, Kun Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The traditional OpenPose model has good accuracy but slow speed in human posture detection. In order to accelerate the detection speed and reduce the model on condition of the detection precision, based on the traditional OpenPose model, the residual network with second-order term fusion is used to extract the low-level features, the weights of the trained model are pruned by the L1 norm weight, and an improved OpenPose model is proposed. Experiments show that when the detection accuracy is approximately equal to original model, the model size reduces to about 8%, the parameters reduces by nearly 83%, and the …


Under Impact Of Non-Motor Vehicle Violation An Analysis On Vehicle Operation Efficiency, Sun Di, Zhou Jin, Sijia Liu, Xiaoming Zhang, Xueying Gao Nov 2020

Under Impact Of Non-Motor Vehicle Violation An Analysis On Vehicle Operation Efficiency, Sun Di, Zhou Jin, Sijia Liu, Xiaoming Zhang, Xueying Gao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to study the impact of non-motor vehicle violations on motor vehicle traffic efficiency at signalized intersections, the non-motor vehicle traffic behaviors are analyzed. An actual intersection is selected as study object, the main violation behaviors of on selected intersection are analyzed by using the linear regression model. For traffic light violation behavior of non-motor vehicles, the violation rate is modeled by using logistic model, and the results are analyzed. At the signal controlled intersection, non-motor vehicle violations affect the normal motor vehicles, and time is delayed. The delay time of motor vehicle under non-motor vehicle …


Research On Real-Time Simulation Method Of Bi-Sar Echo In Time-Varying Sea Scene, Guijie Diao, Ni Hong, Zhe Liu, Li Yang Nov 2020

Research On Real-Time Simulation Method Of Bi-Sar Echo In Time-Varying Sea Scene, Guijie Diao, Ni Hong, Zhe Liu, Li Yang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Based on bistatic scattering mechanism and the geometric relationship of bistatic synthetic aperture radar (Bi-SAR), a real-time simulation method of Bi-SAR radio frequency echo in time-varying sea scene is proposed. For the couple scattering in time-varying sea scene, a Bi-SAR echo signal model is established on the basis of multipath scattering model. The Bi-SAR system response function for time-varying sea target is calculated in real-time, using high performance computing technology, high-capacity real-time access technology and full-switching system designing. The simulation results show the effectiveness of the method.


A Fast Latin Hyper Cube Experiment Design Method Based On Soduku Grouping, Tiantian Zhang, Li Ni, Guanghong Gong, Yuanjie Lu Nov 2020

A Fast Latin Hyper Cube Experiment Design Method Based On Soduku Grouping, Tiantian Zhang, Li Ni, Guanghong Gong, Yuanjie Lu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to solve the long optimization time and parameter level combination explosion in the complex experiment design space of Latin Hypercube design, which is one of the most popular method in experiment design, a fast Soduku grouping-based method is proposed. The optimal seed design is expanded and transformed in the grouped spaces. Experiments are conducted to compare the Soduku grouping-based Latin Hypercube design method with other two commonly used Latin Hypercube design methods in the middle and high dimension experiment space. The results show that Soduku grouping method is more efficient in computation and has better space-filling performance.


Two Gd Atoms Adsorbed On Zigzag Graphene Nanoribbon:A First-Principles Study, Weifeng Xie, Zuo Xu Nov 2020

Two Gd Atoms Adsorbed On Zigzag Graphene Nanoribbon:A First-Principles Study, Weifeng Xie, Zuo Xu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A giant Rashba-type spin splitting is highly critical for the application of spintronics, but one-dimensional magnetic systems are rarely involved. In order to explore the characteristics and strength of Rashba effect in one-dimensional magnetic systems, two Gd atoms adsorbed on Zigzag graphene nanoribbon system is proposed. The characteristics and strength of the Rashba effect in different magnetization directions and the magnetic anisotropy of the system are analyzed through the first-principles calculations. The results show that the antiferromagnetic ground state system has strong Rashba strength and out-of-plane magnetic anisotropy. In addition, the Rashba effect in magnetic system needs to …


Echo Simulation And Verification Of High Resolution Range Profile, Xiaolin Li, Cheng Yu, Haifei Zang, Shuge Wang, Liu Li, Qingqing Yuan Nov 2020

Echo Simulation And Verification Of High Resolution Range Profile, Xiaolin Li, Cheng Yu, Haifei Zang, Shuge Wang, Liu Li, Qingqing Yuan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to realize the echo simulation and verification of high-resolution range profile in laboratory environment, the multi-scattering point model and wideband LFM echo signal model are given, and the time-domain convolution and high-precision delay realization methods in echo simulation process are described. According to the different signal bandwidth forms of the tested equipments, a wideband echo simulator is used to realize the corresponding high-resolution range image echo. By comparing with the digital simulation results of the target characteristic modeling software, the fidelity of the high-resolution range echo simulation is verified. Simulation verification is carried out with an aircraft …


Generalized Zero-Inflated Binomial Distribution Model Aimed At Air Quality Data Analysis, Benyue Su, Pengpeng Xu, Sheng Min Nov 2020

Generalized Zero-Inflated Binomial Distribution Model Aimed At Air Quality Data Analysis, Benyue Su, Pengpeng Xu, Sheng Min

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: For the problem of the quality monitoring and counting of excessive gas emissions in chemical industry parks, a generalized zero-inflated binomial distribution model is constructed. Statistics show that the times of number of excessive gas emissions has a typical zero-inflated feature. The traditional zero-inflated Poisson model and negative binomial regression model and so on will underestimate the probability of zero inflation. A generalized zero-inflated binomial distribution model is constructed by extending the traditional binomial regression model to a more general form. This model satisfies the characteristic that the expectation is less than the variance, and better solves the problems …


Hyper-Heuristic De Algorithm For Solving Zero-Wait Fermentation Process Schedulinge, Shen Peng, Wang Yan, Zhicheng Ji, Jianhua Zhang Nov 2020

Hyper-Heuristic De Algorithm For Solving Zero-Wait Fermentation Process Schedulinge, Shen Peng, Wang Yan, Zhicheng Ji, Jianhua Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A class of zero-wait fermentation process scheduling issues with batch process characteristics are researched. In order to solve the problem of easy deterioration in the process, a super heuristic difference algorithm is proposed, and the maximum makespan is minimized as the optimization goal. The algorithm is divided into two layers. The upper layer is an improved adaptive differential evolution algorithm to select and sort the heuristic operations in lower layer. The lower layer is combined and sorted into a new algorithm to operate on the problem domain, adding simulated annealing algorithm to avoid falling into local optimization. The method …


Multi-Agent Simulation Model For Covid-19 Virus Prevention And Control, Lihu Pan, Shipeng Qin, Xiaowen Li, Feiping Lu, Fenyu Yang Nov 2020

Multi-Agent Simulation Model For Covid-19 Virus Prevention And Control, Lihu Pan, Shipeng Qin, Xiaowen Li, Feiping Lu, Fenyu Yang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The prevention and control of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is the priority work to maintain the public health security of the world nowadays. The COVID-19 prevention and control model using multi-agent modeling and simulation technology is proposed. The model can simulate the different dynamic development trend of the epidemic under different prevention and control measures. Taking Taiyuan as an example, according to the researched COVID-19 transmission rules, the prevention and control simulation of COVID-19 has been achieved under the designing rule of the interactive infection process and status transition process between various resident agents. Multi-scenario simulation experiments are realized …


Modeling And Relevance Analysis Of Urban Epidemic Transmission And Work Resumption Intensity, Gan Mi, Yunyi Tian, Wenchang Zhang, Xihan Zhao Nov 2020

Modeling And Relevance Analysis Of Urban Epidemic Transmission And Work Resumption Intensity, Gan Mi, Yunyi Tian, Wenchang Zhang, Xihan Zhao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: On the basis of multi-source big data, the model for analyzing the population migration changes and manpower gaps caused by the COVID-19 epidemic in 34 typical cities across the country is constructed , and the work resumption intensity of other cities is predicited by using the migration base constructed. The SEIR model is used to estimate the basic reproduction number in each city since the simulate results show that it can emulate the transmission trend of this epidemic accurately, and the retrospective matrix analysis of the work resumption intensity is combined with the manpower gap to summarize the anti-epidemic …


Simulation Of Incentive Mechanism Simulation On Reverse Supply Chain Of Waste Products Based On Dual Drive, Dongshi Sun, Danlan Xie, Guan Feng, Ji Yuan Nov 2020

Simulation Of Incentive Mechanism Simulation On Reverse Supply Chain Of Waste Products Based On Dual Drive, Dongshi Sun, Danlan Xie, Guan Feng, Ji Yuan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In view of the current situation of coordination failure caused by different benefits of different entities in the waste reverse supply chain, based on system dynamics, a three-party evolutionary game model of residents, waste disposal institutions and production enterprises is constructed. Vensim simulation software is used to establish the stock-flow chart with the strategy selection probability as the horizontal variable. In the two cases of exogenous variable in constant and a time-trend, the simulation is carried out separately, and the strategy evolution path of the three parties is obtained without external interference. Through sensitivity analysis, the exogenous variables …


Design And Implementation Of Cloth Virtual Simulation System For Group Performance, Xiaotian Sun, Boxiang Xiao, Zhengdong Liu Nov 2020

Design And Implementation Of Cloth Virtual Simulation System For Group Performance, Xiaotian Sun, Boxiang Xiao, Zhengdong Liu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Clothing plays an important role in group performance activities and affects directly the overall performance effect. In order to achieve the goal of virtual design and virtual exercise of group performance costume, a virtual simulation system is designed and implemented. The human body model is established by CLO3D, and then individual clothing model is constructed. After the human body and clothing model are imported into Unity, the clothing material is adjusted and the texture map is added. The group model is generated by copying individual clothing models of human body and clothing in Unity. The interactive interface of virtual …


Multi-Year Incubation Experiments Boost Confidence In Model Projections Of Long-Term Soil Carbon Dynamics, Siyang Jian, Jianwei Li, Gangsheng Wang, Laurel A. Kluber, Christopher W. Schadt, Junyi Liang, Melanie A. Mayes Nov 2020

Multi-Year Incubation Experiments Boost Confidence In Model Projections Of Long-Term Soil Carbon Dynamics, Siyang Jian, Jianwei Li, Gangsheng Wang, Laurel A. Kluber, Christopher W. Schadt, Junyi Liang, Melanie A. Mayes

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Faculty Research

Global soil organic carbon (SOC) stocks may decline with a warmer climate. However, model projections of changes in SOC due to climate warming depend on microbially-driven processes that are usually parameterized based on laboratory incubations. To assess how lab-scale incubation datasets inform model projections over decades, we optimized five microbially-relevant parameters in the Microbial-ENzyme Decomposition (MEND) model using 16 short-term glucose (6-day), 16 short-term cellulose (30-day) and 16 long-term cellulose (729-day) incubation datasets with soils from forests and grasslands across contrasting soil types. Our analysis identified consistently higher parameter estimates given the short-term versus long-term datasets. Implementing the short-term and …


Time-Varying Parameter System Modeling Method Based On Zonotope-Ellipsoid Double Filtering, Ziyun Wang, Peiyu Wang, Yacong Zhan Nov 2020

Time-Varying Parameter System Modeling Method Based On Zonotope-Ellipsoid Double Filtering, Ziyun Wang, Peiyu Wang, Yacong Zhan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: The traditional system modeling method using zonotopes as the feasible parameter sets islikely to increase the computational complexity of the algorithm due to the increasing dimensions of the zonotope shape matrix. This paper proposes a time-varying parameter modeling systems method based on zonotope-ellipsoid double filtering technique. Considering the time-varying parameters, a zonotope with the minimum volume is obtained during the iterations of the intersection with the constraint strip. After transforming the shape matrix of the zonotope, the dimensionality reduction is performed, instead of directly finding the row sum of the extended shape matrix, to reduce the algorithm conservativeness originated …


Research On Improvement Of Parameters Calibration Method Of Microscopic Traffic Simulation Model, Chenjing Zhou, Yacong Gao, Rong Jian Nov 2020

Research On Improvement Of Parameters Calibration Method Of Microscopic Traffic Simulation Model, Chenjing Zhou, Yacong Gao, Rong Jian

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Model parameter calibration is the precondition of application of micro traffic simulation technology. In view of the lack of refined analysis in the model parameter calibration classification and calibration result determination, the corresponding improvement is proposed. The parameter calibration system divides global parameters and local parameters, provides a micro-simulation model parameter calibration method that combines engineering measurement and intelligent optimization. Based on the information entropy as the analysis index of the parameter calibration results, a method of parameter recursion after clustering is proposed. On the basis of the actual survey data of signalized intersections, A simulation experiments and …


Assessing Microbial Residues In Soil As A Potential Carbon Sink And Moderator Of Carbon Use Efficiency, Kevin M. Geyer, Jorg Schnecker, A. Stuart Grandy, Andreas Richter, Serita D. Frey Nov 2020

Assessing Microbial Residues In Soil As A Potential Carbon Sink And Moderator Of Carbon Use Efficiency, Kevin M. Geyer, Jorg Schnecker, A. Stuart Grandy, Andreas Richter, Serita D. Frey

Faculty Publications

A longstanding assumption of glucose tracing experiments is that all glucose is microbially utilized during short incubations of ≤2 days to become microbial biomass or carbon dioxide. Carbon use efficiency (CUE) estimates have consequently ignored the formation of residues (non-living microbial products) although such materials could represent an important sink of glucose that is prone to stabilization as soil organic matter. We examined the dynamics of microbial residue formation from a short tracer experiment with frequent samplings over 72 h, and conducted a meta-analysis of previously published glucose tracing studies to assess the generality of these experimental results. Both our …


Atmospheric Turbulence Study With Deep Machine Learning Of Intensity Scintillation Patterns, Artem V. Vorontsov, Mikhail A. Vorontsov, Grigorii A. Fillimonov, Ernst Polnau Nov 2020

Atmospheric Turbulence Study With Deep Machine Learning Of Intensity Scintillation Patterns, Artem V. Vorontsov, Mikhail A. Vorontsov, Grigorii A. Fillimonov, Ernst Polnau

Electro-Optics and Photonics Faculty Publications

A new paradigm for machine learning-inspired atmospheric turbulence sensing is developed and applied to predict the atmospheric turbulence refractive index structure parameter using deep neural network (DNN)-based processing of short-exposure laser beam intensity scintillation patterns obtained with both: experimental measurement trials conducted over a 7 km propagation path, and imitation of these trials using wave-optics numerical simulations. The developed DNN model was optimized and evaluated in a set of machine learning experiments. The results obtained demonstrate both good accuracy and high temporal resolution in sensing. The machine learning approach was also employed to challenge the validity of several eminent atmospheric …


New Methods For Deep Learning Based Real-Valued Inter-Residue Distance Prediction, Jacob Barger Nov 2020

New Methods For Deep Learning Based Real-Valued Inter-Residue Distance Prediction, Jacob Barger

Theses

Background: Much of the recent success in protein structure prediction has been a result of accurate protein contact prediction--a binary classification problem. Dozens of methods, built from various types of machine learning and deep learning algorithms, have been published over the last two decades for predicting contacts. Recently, many groups, including Google DeepMind, have demonstrated that reformulating the problem as a multi-class classification problem is a more promising direction to pursue. As an alternative approach, we recently proposed real-valued distance predictions, formulating the problem as a regression problem. The nuances of protein 3D structures make this formulation appropriate, allowing predictions …


Bert Efficacy On Scientific And Medical Datasets: A Systematic Literature Review, Clayton Cohn Nov 2020

Bert Efficacy On Scientific And Medical Datasets: A Systematic Literature Review, Clayton Cohn

College of Computing and Digital Media Dissertations

Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) [Devlin et al., 2018] has been shown to be effective at modeling a multitude of datasets across a wide variety of Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks; however, little research has been done regarding BERT’s effectiveness at modeling domain-specific datasets. Specifically, scientific and medical datasets present a particularly difficult challenge in NLP, as these types of corpora are often rife with technical jargon that is largely absent from the canonical corpora that BERT and other transfer learning models were originally trained on. This thesis is a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) of twenty-seven studies that were …


Construction And Test Method Of A Semi-Physical Simulation System For Laser Driving Guidance Weapon, Zhang Xiang, Mengyan Liu, Zhang Peng, Kewei Zhu, Xiaodong Yan Nov 2020

Construction And Test Method Of A Semi-Physical Simulation System For Laser Driving Guidance Weapon, Zhang Xiang, Mengyan Liu, Zhang Peng, Kewei Zhu, Xiaodong Yan

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: To achieve the previous semi-physical simulation of the laser beam-guided weapon, the two-dimensional translation system must be used. But the technical index of the two-dimensional translation system is not high enough to meet the requirements of the relative motion simulation speed and acceleration of the projectile. To solve the problem, a new method and test method for the semi-physical simulation system of laser driving guidance weapon is proposed. The “two-axis turret + load bracket” simulation system construction method is adopted to replace the linear motion of the two-dimensional translation system by the rotational angular motion of the …


Container-Based Automatic Packaging Technology For Complex System Simulation Application, Wang Shuai, Zhu Feng, Yiping Yao, Wenjie Tang, Yuhao Xiao Nov 2020

Container-Based Automatic Packaging Technology For Complex System Simulation Application, Wang Shuai, Zhu Feng, Yiping Yao, Wenjie Tang, Yuhao Xiao

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Container-based technology provides a new solution for the rapid and flexible deployment of complex system simulation applications. Container supports service-based packaging of simulation applications, which greatly reduces the difficulty of deploying simulation applications. Current packaging technology mainly relies on manually writing Dockerfile, which results in low packaging efficiency and human errors. A container-based automatic packaging technology for complex system simulation application is proposed, and the reusable library component template is defined. Combined image template is generated by combining simulation application and library component templates. Dockerfile is generated by the combined template after syntax optimization and error detection. The experiments …


Classical And Quantum Integrability: A Formulation That Admits Quantum Chaos, Paul Bracken Nov 2020

Classical And Quantum Integrability: A Formulation That Admits Quantum Chaos, Paul Bracken

School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations

The concept of integrability of a quantum system is developed and studied. By formulating the concepts of quantum degree of freedom and quantum phase space, a realization of the dynamics is achieved. For a quantum system with a dynamical group G in one of its unitary irreducible representative carrier spaces, the quantum phase space is a finite topological space. It is isomorphic to a coset space G=R by means of the unitary exponential mapping, where R is the maximal stability subgroup of a fixed state in the carrier space. This approach has the distinct advantage of exhibiting consistency between classical …


Enhancing Classroom Instruction With Online News, Michael D. Ekstrand, Katherine Landau Wright, Maria Soledad Pera Nov 2020

Enhancing Classroom Instruction With Online News, Michael D. Ekstrand, Katherine Landau Wright, Maria Soledad Pera

Computer Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Purpose

Investigate how school teachers look for informational texts for their classrooms. Access to current, varied, and authentic informational texts improves learning outcomes for K-12 students, but many teachers lack resources to expand and update readings. The Web offers freely-available resources, but finding suitable ones is time-consuming. This research lays the groundwork for building tools to ease that burden.

Methodology

This paper reports qualitative findings from a study in two stages: (1) a set of semi-structured interviews, based on the Critical Incident Technique, eliciting teachers’ information-seeking practices and challenges; and (2) observations of teachers using a prototype teaching-oriented news search …


An Ulk1-Independent Mechanism Of Atg9a Regulation In Basal Autophagy, Ashari Rashmi Kannangara Nov 2020

An Ulk1-Independent Mechanism Of Atg9a Regulation In Basal Autophagy, Ashari Rashmi Kannangara

Theses and Dissertations

Macroautophagy (hereafter referred to as autophagy) is the bulk degradation and recycling of cytoplasmic materials by forming a double membrane vesicle called the autophagosome. Autophagosome formation is regulated by the coordinated action of a set of proteins. ATG9A is the only multispanning transmembrane protein that plays an essential role in autophagosome formation, yet its function is largely elusive. Previous studies have shown that the C-terminus of ATG9A plays an important role in regulating its trafficking and proper function in autophagy. In line with that idea, we previously identified an AMPK- and ULK1- mediated phosphorylation on the C terminus of ATG9A …