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Student Pages - Bird Diversity Data Collection (Day 1), Center For Urban Resilience

Module 06: Urban Biodiversity

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Lesson Plan: Biodiversity Game, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 06: Urban Biodiversity

The purpose of this lesson is to help students think about the factors that impact the biodiversity of an ecosystem as well as the characteristics of a community that allow it to be more sustainable. This lesson begins with a discussion on various factors that may impact the biodiversity of an area. Students then play a game to illustrate the idea that the more biodiverse a community, the more likely it is to survive various environmental impacts (it is more sustainable). Students will then read about and discuss factors that reduce biodiversity. When they play the game again, students will …

Improving Reader Motivation With Machine Learning, Tanner A. Bohn

Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository

This thesis focuses on the problem of increasing reading motivation with machine learning (ML). The act of reading is central to modern human life, and there is much to be gained by improving the reading experience. For example, the internal reading motivation of students, especially their interest and enjoyment in reading, are important factors in their academic success.

There are many topics in natural language processing (NLP) which can be applied to improving the reading experience in terms of readability, comprehension, reading speed, motivation, etc. Such topics include personalized recommendation, headline optimization, text simplification, and many others. However, to the …

Biis: The Last British Ice Sheet, A Review Of The Most Recent Major Glaciation Of Great Britain And Ireland, Benediktas Gaskevicius

Honors College Theses

The British Irish Ice Sheet was a substantial ice mass covering the British Isles during the most recent glaciation that ended around 11,700 years ago. Oftentimes referred to as the BIIS, it is subdivided into two sections, a western and eastern side that covered Great Britain and Ireland, with the Irish basin in the middle. Some notable areas of study around Great Britain and Ireland include the ’Bizzle’ in Northern England, which was transformed by the effects of the eastern margin of the BIIS, the Carstair Kames in Scotland, a locality known internationally for its esker system, The Minch region …

In The Spirit Of St. Peter Claver: Social Justice And Black Catholicism In San Antonio, Philip Lampe Ph.D.

Verbum Incarnatum: An Academic Journal of Social Justice

The editors want to take the space reserved for the abstract to say that this is the final piece of research that Phil Lampe completed before his passing. We publish it here posthumously in tribute to Phil’s tireless work for social justice, as editor of Verbum Incarnatum, as researcher of social-justice efforts in South Texas and Mexico, and as an educator committed to inspiring students to pursue justice in their lives outside the academy.

Social Justice In The Cigar Factory: The Finck Cigar Strikes, 1933-1935, Roger Barnes

Verbum Incarnatum: An Academic Journal of Social Justice

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A Participatory Action Research Study Of Police Interviewing Following Crisis Intervention Team Training, Maria Felix-Ortiz, Catherine Steele, Marisa Deguzman, Georgen Guerrero, Melissa Graham

Verbum Incarnatum: An Academic Journal of Social Justice

Estimates vary, but a third to one half of individuals shot and killed by police have a mental illness or disability, and many who are taken into custody languish in county jails where no treatment for their illness is available. The Crisis Intervention Team (CIT) model is an increasingly important adjunct to U.S. police training because it de-escalates tense situations, diverts people with mental illness away from jail and into treatment, and can reduce the risk of civilian deaths during a police encounter. As such, it is a strategy for reducing the social injustice of incarceration or deaths of people …

Promises Endure: Historical Views Of Nursing Faculty, Laura R. Muñoz

Verbum Incarnatum: An Academic Journal of Social Justice

Lessons learned from the history of an organization are valuable. This is especially true for an organization with the legacy held by the Ila Faye Miller School of Nursing and Health Professions at the University of the Incarnate Word. Memories recounted by nursing faculty were collected to enhance information provided in the two-volume chronicle written by Sister Patrice Slattery in 1995 entitled, “Promises to Keep” and the last history of the school, “The Story of One School of Nursing” written by Sister Charles Marie Frank in 1976.

Socastee Interview, Participant #16, April 29, 2021, Jennifer Mokos, Jaime Mccauley

Flood Survivor Interviews

A community member of the Rosewood neighborhood in Socastee is interviewed by a CCU student.

Solving The Heat Equation With Interfaces, Michael Bauer, Rex Llewellyn, Shauna Frank

Mathematics Student Work

When modeling systems made up of two materials with different thermodynamic properties, a physical interface can be introduced to account for the border where the materials meet. This interface separates our model’s standard grid into two regions, each with its unique physical properties. At these interfaces, boundary conditions can be imposed to represent the difference in heat and in heat flux between the different materials so that their interaction may be modeled accurately. Because standard finite difference methods are inadequate to deal with interfaces, a Matched Interface and Boundary (MIB) technique is investigated in this work to solve the heat …

Parallel Computation Of Action Potentials In The Hodgkin-Huxley Model Via The Parareal Algorithm, Eric Boerman, Khanh Pham, Katie Peltier

Mathematics Student Work

The Hodgkin-Huxley model is a system of differential equations that describe the membrane voltage of an axon as it fires the basic signal of the nervous system: the action potential. When charge-carrying ions such as sodium, potassium, and others are enabled to cross a selectively permeable membrane, the resulting current propagates along the length of the axon as a wave of altered ionic potential. However, the degree to which the membrane is permeable to sodium and potassium is itself gated by voltage; therefore, voltage depends on permeability and permeability depends on voltage. This interdependent cellular system is expressed as a …

Solving Parabolic Interface Problems With A Finite Element Method, Henry Brown

Mathematics Student Work

Partial differential equations (PDEs) dominate mathematical models given their effectiveness and accuracy at modeling the physical realities which govern the world. Though we have these powerful tools, analytic solutions can only be found in the simplest of cases due to the complexity of PDE models. Thus, efficient and accurate computational methods are needed to approximate solutions to PDE models. One class of these methods are finite element methods which can be used domain to provide close approximations to the PDE model in a finite domain. In this presentation, we discuss the use of a Discontinuous Galerkin (DG) Finite Element Methods …

Statistical Analysis Of Eclipse Refactoring Bug Reports, Lipika Chandrashekar, Jasmine Howard, Akash Kumar, Eric Lacker, Srilaxmi Paramaiahgari

Computer Science Student Work

Software refactoring is the process of making code changes to a program to improve its structure, design, and implementation, in such a way that it does not change the original program behavior. One example is the “rename” refactoring that changes program elements to new names that are easier to understand. Many software development tools, including Eclipse, offer various built-in refactorings such as rename, move, extract, etc. However, we discovered that over four thousand bugs related to Eclipse refactorings were reported as of January 2021. Many of these bugs get fixed after they are reported on the Eclipse bug report website …

Challenges And Opportunities In Precision Irrigation Decision-Support Systems For Center Pivots, Jingwen Zhang, Kaiyu Guan, Bin Peng, Chongya Jiang, Wang Zhou, Yi Yang, Ming Pan, Trenton Franz, Derek M. Heeren, Daran R. Rudnick, Olufemi P. Abimbola, Hyungsuk Kimm, Kelly Caylor, Stephen Good, Madhu Khanna, John Gates, Yaping Cai

Department of Biological Systems Engineering: Papers and Publications

Irrigation is critical to sustain agricultural productivity in dry or semi-dry environments, and center pivots, due to their versatility and ruggedness, are the most widely used irrigation systems. To effectively use center pivot irrigation systems, producers require tools to support their decision-making on when and how much water to irrigate. However, currently producers make these decisions primarily based on experience and/or limited information of weather. Ineffective use of irrigation systems can lead to overuse of water resources, compromise crop productivity, and directly reduce producers’ economic return as well as bring negative impacts on environmental sustainability. In this paper, we surveyed …

The Impact Of Decriminalizing Marijuana In Rhode Island On The Number Of Narcotic Related Arrests And Quantities Seized, Abigail Kojoian

Mathematics & Computer Science Student Scholarship

Major: Mathematics
Minor: Classics
Faculty Mentor: Dr. Asta Shomberg, Mathematics

A Deep Analysis And Algorithmic Approach To Solving Complex Fitness Issues In Collegiate Student Athletes, Holly N. Puckett

Honors College Theses

Sports are not simply an entertainment source. For many, it creates a sense of community, support, and trust among both fans and athletes alike. In order to continue the sense of community sports provides, athletes must be properly cared for in order to perform at the highest level possible. Thus, their fitness and health must be monitored continuously. In a professional sense, one can expect individualized attention to athletes daily due to an abundance of funding and resources. However, when looking at college communities and student athletes within them, the number of athletes per athletic trainer increases due to both …

2021- The Twenty-Fifth Annual Symposium Of Student Scholars

Symposium of Student Scholars Program Books

The full program book from the Twenty-fifth Annual Symposium of Student Scholars, held on April 29, 2021. Includes abstracts from the presentations and posters.

Quantum Simulation Using High-Performance Computing, Collin Beaudoin, Christian Trefftz, Zachary Kurmas

Masters Theses

Hermitian matrix multiplication is one of the most common actions that is performed on quantum matrices, for example, it is used to apply observables onto a given state vector/density matrix.

ρ→Hρ

Our goal is to create an algorithm to perform the matrix multiplication within the constraints of QuEST [1], a high-performance simulator for quantum circuits. QuEST provides a system-independent platform for implementing and simulating quantum algorithms without the need for access to quantum machines. The current implementation of QuEST supports CUDA, MPI, and OpenMP, which allows programs to run on a wide variety of systems.

Biomedical Applications And Syntheses Of Selected Anthraquinone Dyes, Richard Sirard

Senior Honors Theses

Anthraquinones are aromatic organic compounds that have multiple applications in the biomedical field. Some anthraquinone-based compounds are used as fluorophores to contrast cell nuclei while others act as chemotherapeutic agents. However, there are not many fluorescent anthraquinone cell stains currently available. In this study, commercially available anthraquinone dyes, in addition to other dye families and compounds, were reviewed for their unique properties, advantages, and drawbacks. The development and characterization of three novel anthraquinone fluorophores revealed promising photophysical characteristics, like large Stokes shifts. One of the compounds, RBS3, was chosen for fixed and live cell staining and exhibited desirable biomedical properties. …

Tannin Contents Of Sainfoin (Onobrycyhis Viciifolia Scop) Grown With Or Without Irrigation And Harvested At Different Growth Stages, Y. Wang, T. A. Mcallister, S. N. Acharya, K. H. Ominski, D. O. Krause

IGC Proceedings (1993-2023)

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Implications Of Excess Nitrogen For Intake, Diet Choice And Production Of Sheep Fed Temperate Pastures, Garry C. Waghorn, G. P. Cosgrove

IGC Proceedings (1993-2023)

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Modeling The Problem Of Integral Geometry On A Family Of Hyperbolic And Spherical Curves, Azamat Pirimbetov, N. Uteuliev, G. Djaykov

Karakalpak Scientific Journal

The problems of integral geometry in a strip on a family of curves of hyperbolic and spherical type are considered which have numerous applications in problems of geophysics, thermoacoustic and photoacoustic tomography. Explicit formulas are obtained for the Fourier image of the solution of integral geometry problems in the class of smooth compactly supported functions. Further, the obtained formulas are investigated for stability using numerical methods. To solve the problems, algorithms are constructed. Numerical and graphical results of applying these algorithms to solving the problems are presented.

Biodiversity Game Circle, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 06: Urban Biodiversity

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Rp Circle - Biodiversity Game, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 06: Urban Biodiversity

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Biodiversity Game - Bird And Plant Card, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 06: Urban Biodiversity

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Biodiversity Game - Event Cards, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 06: Urban Biodiversity

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Biodiversity Game - Starting Populations, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 06: Urban Biodiversity

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Student Pages - Biodiversity Game, Center For Urban Resilience

Module 06: Urban Biodiversity

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Lesson Plan: Bird Biodiversity Data Collection (Day 2), Center For Urban Resilience

Module 06: Urban Biodiversity

In this lesson, students go outside to collect data for the second time to answer their research questions for their bird biodiversity study. In their field notes, students are asked to think about what factors might impact the bird biodiversity on their site in order to make connections to the event cards from the biodiversity game in Lesson 6.

Student Pages - Bird Biodiversity Data Collection (2), Center For Urban Resilience

Module 06: Urban Biodiversity

No abstract provided.