Leading in color in academia: a latinx chair’s experience of resiliency and hope - Reyes, Loida (Navigating Academia During COVID-19: Perspectives and Strategies from BIPOC Women, 2023)
On Wednesday, January 20, 2021, Kamala Harris broke through the gender and racial barrier that has kept men at the top ranks of American politics for over two centuries. This moment singlehandedly challenged the definition of leadership and who “fits” in that traditional model. Reyes examines the challenges and highlights three lessons of leading in color in academia today, being the first Latina to chair her department. Her journey reflects similar experiences of women of color who are burdened by the emotional toll that comes with being a part of systemic change, by virtue of leading while of color. To begin dismantling systemic racism and sexism, organizations must commit to addressing the issues head-on by reexamining policies, practices, and work environments that have perpetuated systemic inequalities. Greater supports are needed for women of color to be effective as their contributions are invaluable in achieving true systemic change.
Keywords: Academia; Hope; Latinx experiences; Resiliency; dept.swk

Grow through what you go through - Ortiz, Chelsea L. (Navigating Academia During COVID-19: Perspectives and Strategies from BIPOC Women, 2023)
Being a millennial person-of-color in the twenty-first century is exhaustive in itself—adding the vulnerabilities of a global pandemic magnified that undertaking. As women, we bear the responsibilities of balancing our professional life with our family life; our role as a partner or friend with our role as an individual being; and our mental health with our social health. “Grow Through What You Go Through” explores the value of saying “Yes, I can do this too” when COVID-19 gave many a reason to say, “I’ve had enough.” Between being a supportive partner and family member to many who experienced financial and educational setbacks and being an important part of preparing the next set of future nurses to lead and excel during a global pandemic, COVID-19 enlightened my perspective on who I was at the start of COVID-19 and the person I would turn out to be by the end of it.
Keywords: COVID-19; Coping; Resilience; dept.nur

Lessons for My Daughters (Taught to Me by bell) - Hutchinson, Brandon L. A. (Navigating Academia During COVID-19: Perspectives and Strategies from BIPOC Women, 2023)
As a tenured professor at a predominantly white institution (PWI), I am aware of the hardships we face in the academy; as a mother of three Black girls, a wife to a Black man, I am full. And yet, I must make space to see my own self clearly. Each day as a Black woman, I must set the intention to save my own life.
Keywords: Identity; Introspection; Self-care; dept.eng

Self-Identification in Black, Red, Brown, and White: A clarion call to address medical racism in Native American communities - Boudreaux, Mary (Navigating Academia During COVID-19: Perspectives and Strategies from BIPOC Women, 2023)
This chapter provides a brief autobiographical account of her multiethnic and racial background as a Louisiana Creole in south Louisiana. The author points out that among all racial and ethnic groups in the United States, Indigenous people are the only ones that require some form of lineal Native American descent or blood quantum. The chapter provides an ancestry account of two American Indian tribes along the bayous of south Louisiana, the Chitimacha, and the United Houma Nation. While one federally recognized tribe has attempted to remove all relations to individuals of Black, Negro, or African American descent, the other has closed enrollment to new members (despite lineal descent), with the unifying factor among these communities being establishing progenitors. Finally, the author articulates how lack of access to resources related to issues such as COVID-19 has perpetuated the historical legacy of medical racism in tribal and underserved communities in the United States.
Keywords: COVID-19; Medical racism; Native American; Tribal communities; dept.edl

Navigating academia during COVID-19: perspectives and strategies from BIPOC women - Njoku, Anuli; Evans, Marian (Springer International Publishing, 2023)
Keywords: BIPOC faculty; Covid-19; Gender and Education; dept.pch; narrative inquiry; professional development; trauma

My Face-Eating Octopus - Furey, Rachel (Harpur Palate, 2023)
Keywords: dept.eng; literary-nonfiction

A Case Study Using Zoom Touch Gestures: How Does the Size of a Training Dataset Impact User’s Age Estimation Accuracy in Smartphones? - Hossain, Md Shafaeat (2023 IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP), 2023)
In this paper, we focus on improving the age estimation accuracy on smartphones. Estimating a smartphone user’s age has several applications such as protecting our children online by filtering age-inappropriate contents, providing a customized e-commerce experience, etc. However, accuracy of the the state-of-the-art age estimation techniques that use touch behavior on smartphones is still limited because of the lack of sufficient amount of training data. We perform rigorous experiments using zoom gestures on smartphones and demonstrate that increasing the amount of training data can significantly improve the age estimation accuracy. Based on the findings in this study, we recommend creating a large touch dynamics-based age estimation data set so that more accurate age estimation models can be built and in turn, can be used more confidently.
Keywords: Behavioral sciences; Data models; Estimation; Filtering; Support vector machines; Training; Training data; age estimation; dept.csc; smart computing; smartphone; touch dynamics; zoom gesture

Improved versions of crow search algorithm for solving global numerical optimization problems - Sheta, Alaa; Braik, Malik; Al-Hiary, Heba; Mirjalili, Seyedali (Applied Intelligence, 2023)
Over recent decades, research in Artificial Intelligence (AI) has developed a broad range of approaches and methods that can be utilized or adapted to address complex optimization problems. As real-world problems get increasingly complicated, this requires an effective optimization method. Various meta-heuristic algorithms have been developed and applied in the optimization domain. This paper used and ameliorated a promising meta-heuristic approach named Crow Search Algorithm (CSA) to address numerical optimization problems. Although CSA can efficiently optimize many problems, it needs more searchability and early convergence. Its positioning updating process was improved by supporting two adaptive parameters: flight length (fl) and awareness probability (AP) to tackle these curbs. This is to manage the exploration and exploitation conducts of CSA in the search space. This process takes advantage of the randomization of crows in CSA and the adoption of well-known growth functions. These functions were recognized as exponential, power, and S-shaped functions to develop three different improved versions of CSA, referred to as Exponential CSA (ECSA), Power CSA (PCSA), and S-shaped CSA (SCSA). In each of these variants, two different functions were used to amend the values of fl and AP. A new dominant parameter was added to the positioning updating process of these algorithms to enhance exploration and exploitation behaviors further. The reliability of the proposed algorithms was evaluated on 67 benchmark functions, and their performance was quantified using relevant assessment criteria. The functionality of these algorithms was illustrated by tackling four engineering design problems. A comparative study was made to explore the efficacy of the proposed algorithms over the standard one and other methods. Overall results showed that ECSA, PCSA, and SCSA have convincing merits with superior performance compared to the others.
Keywords: Crow search algorithm; Engineering problems; Meta-heuristics; Optimization; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Introduction - Morrissey, John; Heidkamp, C. Patrick; Garland, Michaela; Krak, Louie (Demanding Sustainability: Pillars to (Re-)Build a Shared Prosperity, 2022)
This chapter introduces the 5 ‘pillars’ through which to (re-)build a shared sustainable prosperity. The five pillars aim to provide a framework through which policymakers, decision-makers, politicians, community groups and the corporate sphere might begin to consider, map out and plan for just transitions in their domains. The theoretical framing combines socio-technical transitions, social justice and just transitions perspectives; the novelty of our proposed approach here is the further inclusion of resilience perspectives, to account for the shifting relations between sustainability and resilience. Our understanding of sustainability aligns with a ‘strong sustainability’ perspective, whereby ecological limits represent ‘hard’ limits to development, limits which need to be acknowledged and respected.
Keywords: Just transitions; Pillars; Social justice; Socio-technical transitions; Strong sustainability; Sustainable prosperity; dept.egm

Aphasia, alexia, and agraphia - Purdy, Mary H. (Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Third Edition: Volume 1-3, 2023)
Aphasia is a language disorder that occurs as a result of brain damage. It affects auditory comprehension, verbal expression, reading, and writing due to the disruption of specific language components such as phonology, semantics, and/or syntax. A hallmark characteristic of aphasia is anomia, or impaired word retrieval. This may occur in the context of fluent speech (normal rate, rhythm and prosody) or nonfluent speech (hesitant and agrammatic verbal output). Other characteristics of aphasia vary depending on the specific location and extent of brain damage. Alexia and agraphia are acquired impairments in reading and writing, respectively. These deficits may occur in isolation but more commonly co-occur with aphasia. Assessment and treatment of aphasia, alexia, and agraphia focuses on identifying and restoring impaired function as well as determining the impact of the impairment of quality of life and developing compensatory strategies to manage persisting deficits. This article describes the symptoms associated with aphasia, alexia, and agraphia, the subtypes and neurological correlates of each impairment, the general trajectory of recovery, and assessment and treatment approaches. © 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Keywords: Acquired language disorders; Agraphia; Alexia; Aphasia; Communication disorder; Dysgraphia; Dyslexia; Dysphasia; dept.cmd

Event-by-event correlations between Λ ( ¯¯¯ Λ ) hyperon global polarization and handedness with charged hadron azimuthal separation in Au + Au collisions at √ s N N = 27 GeV from STAR - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2023)
Global polarizations (P) of Λ (¯¯¯Λ) hyperons have been observed in noncentral heavy-ion collisions. The strong magnetic field primarily created by the spectator protons in such collisions would split the Λ and ¯¯¯Λ global polarizations (ΔP=PΛ−P¯¯¯Λ<0). Additionally, quantum chromodynamics predicts topological charge fluctuations in vacuum, resulting in a chirality imbalance or parity violation in a local domain. This would give rise to an imbalance (Δn=NL−NR⟨NL+NR⟩≠0) between left- and right-handed Λ (¯¯¯Λ) as well as a charge separation along the magnetic field, referred to as the chiral magnetic effect (CME). This charge separation can be characterized by the parity-even azimuthal correlator (Δγ) and parity-odd azimuthal harmonic observable (Δa1). Measurements of ΔP, Δγ, and Δa1 have not led to definitive conclusions concerning the CME or the magnetic field, and Δn has not been measured previously. Correlations among these observables may reveal new insights. This paper reports measurements of correlation between Δn and Δa1, which is sensitive to chirality fluctuations, and correlation between ΔP and Δγ sensitive to magnetic field in Au+Au collisions at 27 GeV. For both measurements, no correlations have been observed beyond statistical fluctuations.
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Search for the chiral magnetic wave using anisotropic flow of identified particles at energies available at the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2023)
The chiral magnetic wave (CMW) has been theorized to propagate in the deconfined nuclear medium formed in high-energy heavy-ion collisions and to cause a difference in elliptic flow (v2) between negatively and positively charged hadrons. Experimental data consistent with the CMW have been reported by the STAR Collaboration at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), based on the charge asymmetry dependence of the pion v2 from Au+Au collisions at √sNN=27 to 200 GeV. In this comprehensive study, we present the STAR measurements of elliptic flow and triangular flow of charged pions, along with the v2 of charged kaons and protons, as a function of charge asymmetry in Au+Au collisions at √sNN=27, 39, 62.4, and 200 GeV. The slope parameters extracted from the linear dependence of the v2 difference on charge asymmetry for different particle species are reported and compared in different centrality intervals. In addition, the slopes of v2 for charged pions in small systems, i.e., p+Au and d+Au at √sNN=200 GeV, are also presented and compared with those in large systems, i.e., Au+Au at √sNN=200 GeV and U+U at 193 GeV. Our results provide new insights for the possible existence of the CMW and further constrain the background contributions in heavy-ion collisions at RHIC energies.
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Global polarization of Λ and ¯¯¯ Λ hyperons in Au + Au collisions at √ s N N = 19.6 and 27 GeV - STAR Collaboration (Physical Review C, 2023)
In relativistic heavy-ion collisions, a global spin polarization, PH, of Λ and ¯¯¯Λ hyperons along the direction of the system angular momentum was discovered and measured across a broad range of collision energies and demonstrated a trend of increasing PH with decreasing √sNN. A splitting between Λ and ¯¯¯Λ polarization may be possible due to their different magnetic moments in a late-stage magnetic field sustained by the quark-gluon plasma which is formed in the collision. The results presented in this study find no significant splitting at the collision energies of √sNN=19.6 and 27 GeV in the BNL Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions Beam Energy Scan Phase II using the STAR detector, with an upper limit of P¯¯¯Λ−PΛ<0.24% and P¯¯¯Λ−PΛ<0.35%, respectively, at a 95% confidence level. We derive an upper limit on the naive extraction of the late-stage magnetic field of B<9.4×1012 T and B<1.4×1013 T at √sNN=19.6 and 27 GeV, respectively, although more thorough derivations are needed. Differential measurements of PH were performed with respect to collision centrality, transverse momentum, and rapidity. With our current acceptance of |y|<1 and uncertainties, we observe no dependence on transverse momentum and rapidity in this analysis. These results challenge multiple existing model calculations following a variety of different assumptions which have each predicted a strong dependence on rapidity in this collision-energy range.
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Modeling predictors of medication waste reduction intention in Algeria: extending the theory of planned behavior - Mouloudj, Kamel; Njoku, Anuli; Asanza, Dachel Martínez; Bouarar, Ahmed Chemseddine; Evans, Marian A.; Mouloudj, Smail; Bouarar, Achouak (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2023)
COVID-19 caused an increase in the demand for medications, which led to an increase in pharmaceutical waste and there is no doubt that this contributes to environmental pollution. Hence, it became necessary to search for how to protect and improve the environment by encouraging the behavior of medication waste reduction. Accordingly, this study aims to investigate the factors affecting intentions to reduce medication waste. Considering this, we develop an extended theory of planned behavior (TPB) framework by incorporating the constructs of moral obligation, environmental awareness, and medication waste risk perception. Using the convenience sampling method and based on a self-administered questionnaire, a total of 225 usable responses were collected in five Algerian cities. The results showed that positive attitudes (β = 0.316, p < 0.001), moral obligation (β = 0.291, p < 0.001), environmental awareness (β = 0.227, p < 0.001), perceived behavior control (PBC) (β = 0.151, p = 0.001), greater perceived risks (β = 0.127, p < 0.001), and subjective norm (β = 0.096, p < 0.05) significantly and positively influence the medication waste minimization intention. Furthermore, our analyses revealed that the extended TPB model explained 73.40% of the intention variance. In conclusion, we have explored the intentions, and there may be a gap between intent and actual behavior. Therefore, we recommend future studies to examine the factors affecting the actual behavior of medication waste reduction and to investigate environmental ethics and religious commitment as predictors of waste reduction intentions.
Keywords: Africa; dept.pch; environmental health; environmental pollution; medication ecotoxicity; medication waste; moral obligation; peer-reviewed; perceived risk; pharmaceutical waste; theory of planned behavior; unused medications

The Cassock Does Not a Monk Make. Or Does It? Fake and Real Monks from the Orthodox East in the Russian Empire (19th — Early 20th Сentury) - Chrissidis, Nikolaos (Istoriya, 2023)
Monastic tonsure of citizens of the Russian Empire abroad became a particularly complex issue during the latter half of the nineteenth century, when Mt. Athos became a favorite destination of those interested in assuming the monastic habit outside the empire. The Russian authorities sought to control and regulate such tonsures by establishing procedures for checking their validity, and by ruling out automatic recognition of them in the empire. Individuals who were tonsured as monks abroad manipulated or tried to manipulate such regulations in order to facilitate travel back and forth from the Russian Empire for their own purposes. The result was that the real and apparent ambiguities that such rules allowed for were exploited by both state authorities and by real or fake monks themselves. The essay seeks to offer some perspectives on this phenomenon by focusing on four cases preserved in archival records. © 2023 Ltd "Integration: Education and Science". All rights reserved.
Keywords: Mount Athos; St. Panteleimon Monastery; dept.his; fake monks; monasticism; peer-reviewed; tonsures abroad

Staying Connected While Staying Distant: Social Media Engagement of Food Banks in Texas in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic - Hoang, Thanh Thi (Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance, 2023)
This study explores the social media engagement of human service nonprofits during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. We analyzed 2,726 tweets from 15 food banks in Texas to understand their communication and audience engagement on social media. During the early outbreak, food banks were more active on social media, and these organizations primarily shared community-building and informational content. Before the pandemic, community-building content led to the highest engagement level. However, action and informational content saw greater engagement during the crisis. Our findings reveal that online audiences perceive the importance of each content type differently in varying circumstances. By understanding preferences and needs of online audiences, human service nonprofits can harness the power of social media to amplify their impact while operating during times of crisis.
Keywords: Audience engagement; crisis; dept.psc; food banks; peer-reviewed; social media

Enhanced Capuchin search algorithm using cooperative island model with application of evolutionary feedforward neural networks - Thaher, Thaer; Awad, Mohammed; Sheta, Alaa; Aldasht, Mohammed (2023 International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Communication, Networking and Services (ICCNS), 2023)
This paper introduces an enhanced version of the Capuchin Search Algorithm (CapSA) called ECapSA. CapSA draws inspiration from the collective intelligence of Capuchin monkeys and has shown success in solving real-world problems. However, it may encounter challenges handling complex optimization tasks, such as premature convergence or being trapped in local optima. ECapSA employs a local escaping mechanism operating the abandonment limit concept to exploit potential solutions and introduce diversification trends. Additionally, the ECapSA algorithm is improved by integrating the principles of the cooperative island model, resulting in the iECapSA. This modification enables better management of population diversity and a more optimal balance between exploration and exploitation. The efficiency of iECapSA is validated through a series of experiments, including the IEEE-CEC2014 benchmark functions and training the feedforward neural network (FNN) on seven biomedical datasets. The performance of iECapSA is compared to other metaheuristic techniques, namely differential evolution (DE), sine cosine algorithm (SCA), and whale optimization algorithm (WOA). The results of the comparative study demonstrate that iECapSA is a strong contender and surpasses other training algorithms in most datasets, particularly in terms of its ability to avoid local optima and its improved convergence speed.
Keywords: Capuchin search algorithm; Computational modeling; Feedforward neural networks; Market research; Metaheuristics; Sociology; Training; Whale optimization algorithms; dept.csc; island model; population diversity; training neural networks

What the HETE/PETE? - Benes, Sarah; McMullen, Jaimie; Seymour, Clancy; Jones, Emily; Cardina, Catherine; Ramsey, Victor; Centeio, Erin (Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 2023)
The K-12 health and physical education professions are largely guided and supported by three entities. They include state departments of education, national and state professional associations, and teacher education programs (i.e., health education teacher education [HETE] and physical education teacher education [PETE]). From the outside looking in, it may seem that HETE and PETE programs are not dissimilar, yet both disciplines continue to operate largely within individual vacuums, each being historically undermined and marginalized. Therefore, questions regarding the purpose and relevance of K-12 health and physical education programs are continually raised. These common challenges may have a negative impact on recruitment of health and physical education teachers, retention of HETE and PETE programs, and ultimately the learning outcomes of youth in schools. In this article, we review critical challenges faced by both HETE and PETE programs with the hope that this can lead to collaboration, advocacy, and meaningful change.
Keywords: dept.hms; peer-reviewed

Tuning the parameters of cutting machines using particle swarm optimization: a comparison study - Sheta, Alaa; Braik, Malik; Baareh, Abdelkarim (2023 IEEE Jordan International Joint Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (JEEIT), 2023)
In this study, we conducted experiments to model the temperature of two manufacturing processes using various metaheuristic search algorithms. The two processes adopted were the P05 horny steel tool and the AISI304 stainless steel castings machines. Our approach involves building a data-driven model, as traditional search methods for modeling manufac-turing problems often need help finding the global optimum when faced with a complex objective function and numerous decision variables. Bio-inspired metaheuristic search algorithms have shown promising performance in handling multi-model optimization functions, and efficiently exploring the search space to attain more global results. We applied several metaheuristic search algorithms to find the optimal tuning parameters of a temperature-based model. The results from the case studies demonstrate that Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) provided the best performance in tuning model parameters, resulting in minimum modeling error.
Keywords: Biological system modeling; Cutting tools; Engineering optimization problem; Linear programming; Manufacturing processes; Metaheuristics; Parameter estimation; Particle swarm optimization; Search methods; Space exploration; Steel; dept.csc

Diagnosis of obstructive sleep apnea using machine learning - Sheta, Alaa; Subramanian, Shyam; Surani, Salim R.; Braik, Malik (2023 IEEE Jordan International Joint Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Technology (JEEIT), 2023)
Sleep apnea is a sleeping disorder affecting more than 20 % of all American adults, associated with intermittent air passageway obstruction during sleep. This results in intermittent hypoxia, sympathetic activation, and an interruption of sleep with various health consequences. The diagnosis of sleep apnea traditionally involves the performance of overnight polysomnography, where oxygen, heart rate, and breathing, among other physiologic variables, are continuously monitored during sleep at a sleep center. However, these sleep studies are expensive and impose access issues, given the number of patients who need to be diagnosed. There is hence utility in having an effective triage system to screen for OSA to utilize polysomnography better. In this study, we plan to explore using several machine learning algorithms to utilize pre-screening symptoms to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Per our experimental results, it was found that Decision Tree Classifier (DTC) and Random Forest (RF) provided the highest classification accuracies compared to other algorithms such as Logistic Regression (LR), Support Vector Machines (SVM), Gradient Boosting Classifier (GBC), Gaussian Naive Bayes (GNB), K Neighbors Classifier (KNC), and Artificial Neural Networks (ANN).
Keywords: Artificial neural networks; Biomedical monitoring; Classification; Diagnosis; Gaussian processes; Machine learning; Machine learning algorithms; Predictive models; Sleep apnea; Sleeping disorder; Support vector machines; dept.csc

Extending Student (R)esponse to (E)ngagement in a Bilingual Classroom: An Analysis of Identity-Infused Classroom Discourse - Ferraro, Marisa (Empowering Students Through Multilingual and Content Discourse, 2023)
The growing diversity of students in schools has raised important questions regarding how students learning English and discipline-content simultaneously succeed academically. This challenge has been exacerbated by disparities in resources among multilingual communities throughout the COVID-19 pande...
Keywords: dept.cur

Trusted residents and housing assistance to decrease violence exposure in New Haven (TRUE HAVEN): a strengths-based and community-driven stepped-wedge intervention to reduce gun violence - Tong, Guangyu; Spell, Virginia T.; Horton, Nadine; Thornhill, Thomas; Keene, Danya; Montgomery, Christine; Spiegelman, Donna; Wang, Emily A.; Roy, Brita (BMC Public Health, 2023)
We describe the rationale and study design for “TRUsted rEsidents and Housing Assistance to decrease Violence Exposure in New Haven (TRUE HAVEN),” a prospective type 1 hybrid effectiveness/implementation study of a multi-level intervention using a stepped wedge design. TRUE HAVEN aims to lower rates of community gun violence by fostering the stability, wealth, and well-being of individuals and families directly impacted by incarceration through the provision of stable housing and by breaking the cycle of trauma.
Keywords: Collective wellbeing; Community-based intervention; Gun violence; Housing stability; Incarcerated population; Learn as you go; Multi-component implementation; Stepped wedge design; Structural racism; dept.swk; peer-reviewed

Feature Selection based nature inspired Capuchin Search Algorithm for solving classification problems - Braik, Malik; Hammouri, Abdelaziz; Alzoubi, Hussein; Sheta, Alaa (Expert Systems with Applications, 2024)
Identification of the optimal subset of features for Feature Selection (FS) problems is a demanding problem in machine learning and data mining. A trustworthy optimization approach is required to cope with the concerns involved in such a problem. Here, a Binary version of the Capuchin Search Algorithm (CSA), referred to as BCSA, was developed to select the optimal feature combination. Owing to the imbalance of parameters and random nature of BCSA, it may sometimes fall into the trap of an issue called local maxima. To beat this problem, the BCSA could be further improved with the resettlement of its individuals by adopting some methods of repopulating the individuals during foraging. Lévy flight was applied to augment the exploitation and exploration abilities of BCSA, a method referred to as LBCSA. A Chaotic strategy is used to reinforce search behavior for both exploration and exploitation potentials of BCSA, which is referred to as CBCSA. Finally, Lévy flight and chaotic sequence are integrated with BCSA, referred to as LCBCSA, to increase solution diversity and boost the openings of finding the global optimal solutions. The proposed methods were assessed on twenty-six datasets collected from the UCI repository. The results of these methods were compared with those of other FS methods. Overall results show that the proposed methods render more precise solutions in terms of accuracy rates and fitness scores than other methods.
Keywords: Binary Capuchin Search Algorithm; Classification; Feature Selection; Optimization; Transfer function; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Alberti's Linguistic Innovations - Vena, Michael (Italian Literature: Roots and Branches . Essays in Honor of Thomas Goddard Bergin, 1976)
Keywords: dept.wll

Luigi Chiarelli (1880-1947): Profile of a Playwright - Vena, Michael (Connecticut Review, 1974)
Keywords: dept.wll; ⛔ No DOI found

Influence of performance feedback and academic performance on parent–family involvement and parent satisfaction in US schools - Venugopal Prabhakar, G.; Swapna Bhargavi, G.; Ramesh Reddy, P.; Shehab, M. (Journal of Community Psychology, 2023)
Parental and family involvement in schools has been a concern for educators and administrators. The authors set out to assess the path directions and significance of the interrelationships between Performance Feedback (PF), Academic Performance (AP) on Parent–Family Involvement (PFI), and Parent Satisfaction (PS) in schools. This study utilizes data from the PFI in Education Survey 2019 under the National Household Education Surveys program done by the US Department of Education. The sample for this research is 954 parents. Structural equation modeling was employed using AMOS. Results establish the three research propositions: influence of PFI on PS with the mediation of AP and PF, influence of AP on PS is moderated by PF, influence of AP on PFI is moderated by PF. The findings are important for school administrators and all stakeholders for ensuring greater PFI, improved PF and AP of students, and higher PS. This study is unique in assessing the interactional effects of the variables considered. The study also establishes mediating and moderating influences and offers new insights in understanding the influences on PFI and PS and some bidirectional effects. © 2023 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
Keywords: academic performance; dept.bus; parent satisfaction; parent–family involvement; peer-reviewed; performance feedback

Preface - Jain, F.; Broadbridge, C.; Gherasimova, M.; Tang, H. (Nanostructures For Electronics, Photonics, Biosensors, And Emerging Systems Applications, 2022)
Keywords: dept.phy

Acculturation Processes of International Labour in Switzerland in the Hospitality Organisations - Ermolaeva, P.; Sisson, A.D. (African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2023)
The following research examines the acculturation processes of migrants, working in Switzerland, particularly in the hospitality industry. Due to rapid globalisation and lack of investigation on worker’s adaptation, there remains a gap in the research based on the employees’ cultural clash occurrence. The study explores potential tools which might simplify cultural adaptation and provide a better understanding of international communication for any future employees coming to live and work in Switzerland. Semi-structured interviews with participants from different nationalities were conducted to identify the importance of effective acculturation, the adaptation issues, and the influence of those on work and life in Switzerland. The results demonstrate that the most efficient way to acculturate in Switzerland is integration to the culture and traditions of the country and its history through understanding their values, norms, practices. Moreover, Switzerland was viewed as a very conservative and strict country where one must work hard to be accepted. Those participants who tried to separate, assimilate, or marginalise tend to experience tougher acculturation. Language, namely Swiss German or German, was highlighted as the most essential to learn or to be provided by the workplace. Lastly, current research identified a link between successful acculturation with job opportunities and development. Since salaries and job opportunities are not the same for the foreign workers in comparison to Swiss employees on the same position there might be a potential recommendation for improvement. Little to no link has been found between acculturation and psychological well-being, financial status, and health conditions. © 2023 AJHTL /Author(s)
Keywords: Hofstede’s framework; acculturation; adaptation; dept.rec; international labour; migrant workers; peer-reviewed; ⚠️ Invalid DOI

SoccerNet: A Gated Recurrent Unit-based model to predict soccer match winners - AlMulla, Jassim; Islam, Mohammad Tariqul; Al-Absi, Hamada R. H.; Alam, Tanvir (PLOS ONE, 2023)
Winning football matches is the major goal of all football clubs in the world. Football being the most popular game in the world, many studies have been conducted to analyze and predict match winners based on players’ physical and technical performance. In this study, we analyzed the matches from the professional football league of Qatar Stars League (QSL) covering the matches held in the last ten seasons. We incorporated the highest number of professional matches from the last ten seasons covering from 2011 up to 2022 and proposed SoccerNet, a Gated Recurrent Unit (GRU)-based deep learning-based model to predict match winners with over 80% accuracy. We considered match- and player-related information captured by STATS platform in a time slot of 15 minutes. Then we analyzed players’ performance at different positions on the field at different stages of the match. Our results indicated that in QSL, the defenders’ role in matches is more dominant than midfielders and forwarders. Moreover, our analysis suggests that the last 15–30 minutes of match segments of the matches from QSL have a more significant impact on the match result than other match segments. To the best of our knowledge, the proposed model is the first DL-based model in predicting match winners from any professional football leagues in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. We believe the results will support the coaching staff and team management for QSL in designing game strategies and improve the overall quality of performance of the players.
Keywords: Decision tree learning; Forecasting; Machine learning; Machine learning algorithms; Neural networks; Neurons; Qatar; Sports; dept.csc; peer-reviewed

Erratum to: Evidence of mass ordering of charm and bottom quark energy loss in Au+Au collisions at RHIC - STAR Collaboration (The European Physical Journal C, 2023)
Keywords: dept.phy; peer-reviewed

Event-Related Potentials in Assessing Visual Speech Cues in the Broader Autism Phenotype: Evidence from a Phonemic Restoration Paradigm - Harwood, Vanessa; Baron, Alisa; Kleinman, Daniel; Campanelli, Luca; Irwin, Julia; Landi, Nicole (Brain Sciences, 2023)
Audiovisual speech perception includes the simultaneous processing of auditory and visual speech. Deficits in audiovisual speech perception are reported in autistic individuals; however, less is known regarding audiovisual speech perception within the broader autism phenotype (BAP), which includes individuals with elevated, yet subclinical, levels of autistic traits. We investigate the neural indices of audiovisual speech perception in adults exhibiting a range of autism-like traits using event-related potentials (ERPs) in a phonemic restoration paradigm. In this paradigm, we consider conditions where speech articulators (mouth and jaw) are present (AV condition) and obscured by a pixelated mask (PX condition). These two face conditions were included in both passive (simply viewing a speaking face) and active (participants were required to press a button for a specific consonant–vowel stimulus) experiments. The results revealed an N100 ERP component which was present for all listening contexts and conditions; however, it was attenuated in the active AV condition where participants were able to view the speaker’s face, including the mouth and jaw. The P300 ERP component was present within the active experiment only, and significantly greater within the AV condition compared to the PX condition. This suggests increased neural effort for detecting deviant stimuli when visible articulation was present and visual influence on perception. Finally, the P300 response was negatively correlated with autism-like traits, suggesting that higher autistic traits were associated with generally smaller P300 responses in the active AV and PX conditions. The conclusions support the finding that atypical audiovisual processing may be characteristic of the BAP in adults.
Keywords: audiovisual; dept.psy; event-related potentials; peer-reviewed; phonemic restoration; speech perception

Utilization of instrumentation in swallowing assessment of surgical patients during COVID-19 - Warner, Heather; Coutinho, Jennifer M.; Young, Nwanmegha (Life, 2023)
The aim of this study is to describe a measured return to instrumental dysphagia assessments for our vulnerable surgical patient population, such that best practice patterns could be resumed and our staff kept safe from transmission of COVID-19. A retrospective medical record review provided data on clinical practice patterns of swallowing assessment in an at-risk surgical patient population. Outcomes of this study support protocols that allow clinicians to safely resume the use of instrumental assessment and return to best practice in dysphagia assessment for our surgical patient population.
Keywords: COVID-19; Fiberoptic Endoscopic evaluation of swallowing; deglutition; dept.cmd; dysphagia; peer-reviewed; surgical; swallowing assessment

Group well-child care as a facilitator of psychoeducation: pediatrics residents’ perspectives - Nogelo, Patricia Faraone; Oldfield, Benjamin J; Fenick, Ada M; Rosenthal, Marjorie S (Health Education Research, 2023)
Psychoeducation, where clinicians teach problem-solving skills in a supportive environment, can help address families’ social vulnerabilities and promote well-being. Group well-child care (GWCC) may provide unique opportunities for pediatric residents to improve their skills in psychoeducation. Our aim was to characterize pediatric residents’ perspectives and experiences of communication while conducting both individual well-child care and GWCC. We used a longitudinal qualitative study design to conduct 15 semistructured interviews with five pediatric residents who facilitated GWCC. Using the constant comparative method, we characterized pediatric residents’ perspectives and experiences of communication while conducting both individual well-child care and GWCC. Four themes emerged. Residents perceived that GWCC (i) enabled families to honestly share their knowledge and parenting practices, (ii) allowed time and a space for families to share personal stories and scenarios, (iii) facilitated discussions of maternal health and psychosocial matters, toward which residents felt ambivalence, and (iv) fostered skills in psychoeducation that transferred to the rest of their clinical practice. When pediatric residents lead GWCC, they perceive that they can facilitate key aspects of psychoeducation, enabling them to assist families in meeting complex social needs. Residents describe that they transfer psychoeducation skills learned in GWCC to the rest of their practice.
Keywords: dept.swk; peer-reviewed

Preface - Jain, F.; Broadbridge, C.; Gherasimova, M.; Tang, H. (International Journal of High Speed Electronics and Systems, 2023)
Keywords: dept.phy

Genetic Algorithm Based Service Broker Policy to find Optimal Datacenters in Cloud Services - Chowdhury, S.; Katangur, A.; Sheta, A.; Psayadala, N.R.; Liu, S. (2023 8th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Big Data Analytics, ICCCBDA 2023, 2023)
In modern-day computing, cloud services are widely used in every aspect of life. So, user satisfaction depends on the effectiveness and efficiency of cloud services. Service broker policy of the cloud maintains the effectiveness and efficiency of cloud services. Service broker policy provides the rules and norms based on which a data center is selected for a userbase request. This paper proposes a genetic algorithm-based service broker policy that provides the optimal sequence of data centers for different userbases based on their requirements. This research aims to find an optimal data center for userbases that can achieve user satisfaction by minimizing the cloud service's response time and data processing time. We have experimented with our proposed genetic algorithm-based service broker policy in the CloudAnalyst platform based on different real-world scenarios. Simulation results indicate that our proposed genetic algorithm outperforms existing traditional algorithms. © 2023 IEEE.
Keywords: cloud computing; dept.csc; genetic algorithm; service broker policy

Autonomic modulation, spontaneous baroreflex sensitivity and fatigue in young men after COVID-19 - Latchman, Peter L; Yang, Qin; Morgenthaler, Diane; Kong, Lingsong; Sebagisha, J.; Melendez, Luke; Green, Cheryl A.; Bernard, Stanley; Mugno, Raymond; De Meersman, Ronald (Physiological research, 2023)
Impaired autonomic modulation and baroreflex sensitivity (BRS) have been reported during and after COVID-19. Both impairments are associated with negative cardiovascular outcomes. If these impairments were to exist undetected in young men after COVID-19, they could lead to negative cardiovascular outcomes. Fatigue is associated with autonomic dysfunction during and after COVID-19. It is unclear if fatigue can be used as an indicator of impaired autonomic modulation and BRS after COVID-19. This study aims to compare parasympathetic modulation, sympathetic modulation, and BRS between young men who had COVID-19 versus controls and to determine if fatigue is associated with impaired autonomic modulation and BRS. Parasympathetic modulation as the high-frequency power of R-R intervals (lnHFR-R), sympathetic modulation as the low-frequency power of systolic blood pressure variability (LFSBP), and BRS as the -index were measured by power spectral density analysis. These variables were compared between 20 young men who had COVID-19 and 24 controls. Independent t-tests and Mann-Whitney U tests indicated no significant difference between the COVID-19 and the control group in: lnHFR-R, P=0.20; LFSBP, P=0.11, and -index, P=0.20. Fatigue was not associated with impaired autonomic modulation or BRS. There is no difference in autonomic modulations or BRS between young men who had COVID-19 compared to controls. Fatigue did not seem to be associated with impaired autonomic modulation or impaired BRS in young men after COVID-19. Findings suggest that young men might not be at increased cardiovascular risk from COVID-19-related dysautonomia and impaired BRS.
Keywords: Autonomic Nervous System; Baroreflex; Blood Pressure; COVID-19; Cardiovascular System; Heart Rate; Humans; Male; dept.hms; dept.mat; dept.nur; dept.pch; dept.ss; peer-reviewed

Shifting Sustainable Lifestyle Practices and Behaviour During Times of Pandemic Disruptive Change: Implications for on-Going Socio-Technical Transitions - Axon, Stephen; Lent, Talia; Njoku, Anuli (Energy Research & Social Science, 2023)
COVID-19 has extensively reshaped lifestyle practices, supply chain dynamics, and climate mitigation efforts. The resulting crises from the pandemic in relation to local and community sustainability practices have not yet been investigated in depth. There is a need to explore the individual characteristics and responses from rapid transitions of lifestyles at various scales. Analysing how the COVID-19 pandemic has shaped and altered sustainable living practices, and the motivations supporting them, has yet to be determined but is crucial to gain further insight to improve management responses to large-scale disruptive change. Presenting empirical findings from semi-structured interviews in New Haven County, Connecticut, this study elucidates the ways in which the lifestyles have been altered and how they responded while specifically highlighting the consequences for behavioural routines and sustainable lifestyle practices. As a result of lockdowns and pandemic mitigation responses, individual sustainability engagement fluctuated with participants shifting dietary, mobility, and energy and food consumption patterns. Specifically, participants emphasised substantial decrease in daily travel during initial phases of the pandemic alongside increased online shopping and energy use at home. Though changes to consumption practices were replaced former habits with unsustainable ones, individuals also noted how they co-opted the pandemic over time to pursue sustainable actions at home. As a macro-level ‘window of opportunity’ and disruptive change, this study illustrates how sustainable lifestyle practices were reshaped; some by choice, some by force, and some reflecting a forced choice. These findings have clear implications for the stability of maintaining sustainable practices influenced by landscape-level shocks.
Keywords: Behaviour change; COVID-19; Energy use; Food consumption; Social practices; Transport; dept.egm; dept.pch; peer-reviewed

Depression and Suicide in Children and Adolescents: Prevention, Intervention, Postvention. - Patros, Philip G. (1989)
Keywords: dept.csp; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Public Shells. - Morgan, Alfred Powell (1991)
Keywords: dept.fin; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Essentials of Financial Markets and Institutions. - Abugri, Benjamin A. (No date of leave provided to cataloger : Finance.)
Keywords: dept.fin; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

(Connecticut Historic Theatres) - Peterson, Thom (1991)
Keywords: dept.thr; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Severely Disabled Readers. - Gunning, Thomas (1992)
Keywords: dept.rdg; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Making of a Puritan Mediator. - Smith, Leann E. (Fall., 1992)
Keywords: faculty_collection; sabbatical_report; unidentified

Proceedings of the Education Congress for - Education Congress (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dept. of Public Instruction)
Keywords: Congresses; Education; Pennsylvania; dept.edu; faculty_collection

Dwight Neighborhood Study Area Report: A Center for Urban Studies Project - Levi, Benjamin N.; Muller, Bruce P.; Gonzales, J. Ernest (Southern Connecticut State College)
Keywords: Cities and towns; Connecticut; New Haven; New Haven (Conn.); New Haven; Urban policy; Study and teaching; dept.psy; faculty_collection

[Chaos Theory and Its Application in Nursing Science] - Vicenzi, Angela (1995)
Keywords: dept.nur; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Contemporary Legal Issues Affecting Professional in Human Service Fields. - Killion, Susan (1992)
Keywords: dept.nur; faculty_collection

Professional Nurse Traineeship. - Beatty, Ellen (1988)
Keywords: dept.nur; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Community Health Nursing. - Milone-Nuzzo, Paula (1988)
Keywords: dept.nur; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Toxicity Data for Migrant Chemicals in Plastic Containers. - Horrigan, Philip (1997)
Keywords: dept.che; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Chemistry Notes. - Condon, William (1991)
Keywords: dept.che; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Field Training in the Use of New Sonic Tracking Equipment at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. - Haakonsen, Harry (1989)
Keywords: dept.che; faculty_collection

Survey of Organic Laboratory Methods. - Panicci, Ronald (1989)
Keywords: dept.che; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Effect of Pressure on Pellet Formation of Polycrystaline Superconductors Ybco Versus Ybcago. - Bidarian, Abe (1999)
Keywords: dept.phy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Laboratory Research in Spectral Attenuation in Optical Fibers. - Dolan, James (1995)
Keywords: dept.phy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

[ Development of a Device That Would Continuously Monitor Build-up of Fluid in the Lungs ] - Wolf, Elizabeth (1990)
Keywords: dept.phy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

[Marketing Papers] - Spence, Mark T. (Fall;Marketing., 1999)
Keywords: dept.mkt; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Supervised Visitation. - Lynch, Barbara (2000)
Keywords: dept.mft; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Training and Identity in a Collaborative Program. - Major, Patricia (2003)
Keywords: dept.sed; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Computer Access Evaluations for Persons with Disabilities. - Heinisch, Barbara (1995)
Keywords: dept.sed; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Role of Constructivism in the Mathematics Education of Learning Disabled Students. - Johnston, Elizabeth (1994)
Keywords: dept.sed; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Roads to Reading Disability: When Poor Readers Become "Learning Disabled" - Spear-Swerling, Louise (1993)
Keywords: dept.sed; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Case Studies on Teaching Special Needs and at-Risk Students. - Piazza, Robert (1992)
Keywords: dept.sed; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

A Study of Methods of Integrating Whole Language Instruction and Direct Instructional Procedures. - Taylor, Maravene (1991)
Keywords: dept.sed; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Educating and Training the Mentally Retarded in Israel. - Levy, Irwin (Spring ; Special Education., 1990)
Keywords: dept.sed; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Phonologic and Orthographic processes in literacy development. - Dreyer, Lois (Spring;Special Education & Reading.)
Keywords: dept.sed; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Development of a Schoolwide Behavioral Support Plan for East Hartford High School. - Cipriano, Robert E. (2004)
Keywords: dept.rec; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Leadership Development: An Experiential Approach. - Shattuck, J. Bruce (Spring;Recreation/Leisure., 1997)
Keywords: dept.rec; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Analysis of the Best Professional Practices in Therapeutic Recreation. - Cipriano, Robert E. (1992)
Keywords: dept.rec; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Common Characteristics of Successful Public Park and Recreation Delivery Systems. - O'Sullivan, Ellen (1990)
Keywords: dept.rec; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Pre-Competition Anxiety and Self-Confidence of Wheelchair Basketball Players from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. - Yang, Jinjin (2005)
Keywords: dept.hms; faculty_collection

Kinematic Analysis of a Dynamic Balance Task by Children Who Are Deaf. - Sabbatical Report - Martens, David (Spring;Exercise Science., 1998)
Keywords: dept.hms; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Development of Balance Performance Norms for the Biodex Balance System. - Finn, Joan (1997)
Keywords: dept.hms; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Physiological Indices of Elite Junior - I Alpine Skiers. - Axtell, Robert (1996)
Keywords: dept.hms; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Peak Performance Motion Analysis System. - Martens, David (1990)
Keywords: dept.hms; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

(Here's Looking at You, 2000) - Ranker, H. Joseph (1990)
Keywords: dept.hms; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

A Comparison Between "Fan Fiction" and "Professional Fan Fiction" - Clerc, Sue (2006)
Keywords: dept.lib; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Colonel James Bowie. - Holmer, Paul L. (1995)
Keywords: dept.lib; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Pharos: The Ancient Lighthouse of Alexandria, Egypt. - Clarie, Thomas C. (1990)
Keywords: dept.lib; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Statistical Analysis of the Holdings, Circulation and Acquisitions of the Buley Library Book Collection. - Kobus, Julia (1988)
Keywords: dept.lib; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Electoral Realignment and the Outlook for American Democracy. - Sabbatical Report - Paulson, Arthur C. (2006)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Employment in the Academe: The Impact of Public and Judicial Opposition to Affirmative Action. - Rai, Kul B. (2003)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Impact of Public and Judicial Opposition to Affirmative Action. - Rai, Kul B. (2003)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection

Contra the New Deal: Roosevelt and His Critics 1933-1940. - Weed, Clyde (2003)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Globalization: People, Politics, and Places. - Critzer, John (2002)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Eager to Share?: Women Representatives in Britain, France and the United States. - Applewhite, Harriet (Academic year-2002; Political Science., 2001)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Realignment and Party Revival. - Paulson, Arthur C. (Spring;Political Science., 1998)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Przemysl, Poland; a Study in Regard to Its East Europe/West Europe Frontier. - Best, Paul J. (1997)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Affirmative Action in Higher Education. - Rai, Kul B. (Spring;Political Science., 1996)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Center-Right Political Coalitions in American National Politics. - Weed, Clyde (1996)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection

Affirmative Action in Higher Education. - Critzer, John (1995)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Greek Civil War of 1946-1949. - Iatrides, John O. (1992)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Governing Through Turbulence: Leadership and Change in the Late 20th Century. - Walsh, David (1991)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection

The Lemko-Rusyns in the 20th Century: A Study in the Development of National Consciousness. - Best, Paul J. (1988)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Public Activities and Studies Related to the Social Role of People with Disabilities. - Gelbach, Robert (1988)
Keywords: dept.psc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Interdisciplinary Management of Stroke Clients. - Purdy, Mary H. (2006)
Keywords: dept.cmd; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Communication Disorders and Persons with Developmental Disabilities. - Cascella, Paul W. (2002)
Keywords: dept.cmd; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Translation of Gottfried Taubert's Rechtschaffener Tantzmeister. - Russell, Tilden A. (2006)
Keywords: dept.mus; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Minuet. - Russell, Tilden A. (1999)
Keywords: dept.mus; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Connecticut Teachers' Perceptions and Evaluation of Their Competence to Teach English Language Learners in Elementary Classrooms. - Achhpal, Beena (2007)
Keywords: dept.edu; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Heeling Hearts and Soul Friends. - Duke, Suzanne (2005)
Keywords: dept.edu; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Indigenous Mathematics of Native North Americans. - DeCesare, Rich (2007)
Keywords: dept.mat; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

(Research into Expectations of College Mathematics Instructors) - Nowlan, Robert A. (1994)
Keywords: dept.mat; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Discrete Mathematics. - Gulati, Bodh R. (1992)
Keywords: dept.mat; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Integration of the Use of Computer Technology in Teaching Mathematics. - Bass, Helen (1991)
Keywords: dept.mat; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Study of Symbolic Computation Systems (Computer Algebra Systems) - Meck, Michael (1990)
Keywords: dept.mat; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Lifespan Development. - Anthis, Kristine (2007)
Keywords: dept.psy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

EdPsych Modules. - Durwin, Cheryl C. (2007)
Keywords: dept.psy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Re-Examining the Long-Term Effects of Experiencing Parental Death in Childhood on Adult Psychopathology. - Jacobs, John R. (2006)
Keywords: dept.psy; faculty_collection

Learning and Behavior. - Mazur, James E. (2004)
Keywords: dept.psy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Resource Manual for Psychology and Law. - Tolchin, Gerald (Fall;Psychology., 2000)
Keywords: dept.psy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Animal Choice Behavior. - Mazur, James (Fall ; Psychology., 1995)
Keywords: dept.psy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Psychology and the Law. - Tolchin, Gerald (1991)
Keywords: dept.psy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Guide for Psychology Majors: A Student Handbook. - Flannelly, Linda (1990)
Keywords: dept.psy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Revision of an Interactive Computer Program. - Harmon, Duane (1990)
Keywords: dept.psy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

(MMPI and Rorschach) - Muller, Bruce (1990)
Keywords: dept.psy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Extending the Developmental Interpretation of Delusions and Hallucinations.. - Glick, Marion (1988)
Keywords: dept.psy; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Origins of Tool Use and the Earliest Archaeological Record. - Rogers, Michael J. (2007)
Keywords: dept.ant; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

A Culture of News. - Manzella, Joseph (2000)
Keywords: dept.ant; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Results of an Analysis of Carnivore Tooth Mark Shape. - Selvaggio, Marie (2000)
Keywords: dept.ant; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Effects of System Noise and Bribery on Collective Decision Rules. - Bodo, Peter (2008)
Developed and used Monte Carlo simulation models to test the effects of system moise and bribery on collective decision rules. He wrote simulation software, ran the simulations after debugging the software, analyzed the results and wrote a research paper, and presented the paper at the annual conference of the Eastern Economic Association. The paper will be published next year.
Keywords: dept.eco; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Occupational Mortality, Age at Marriage and Marital Fertility in Early Twentieth Century England and Wales. - Mills, Judith Woerner (2003)
Keywords: dept.eco; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

[Translation of 2 Books on the Financing of the French Crown in the 13th Century] - Eldridge, Robert (2001)
Keywords: dept.eco; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Currency Substitution in Developing Countries. - Andoh, Samuel (Spring; Economics/Finance., 2000)
Keywords: dept.eco; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Effects of the Hungarian Privatizations on the Structure of the Hungarian Industry. - Bodo, Peter (1999)
Keywords: dept.eco; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

"Banking It Before the Bar" - Crakes, Gary (1997)
Keywords: dept.eco; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Sino-American Relations and the Dependence Theory. - Hsu, David (1994)
Keywords: dept.eco; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Combining Ranked Mean Value Forecasts. - Mostaghimi, Mehdi (1993)
Keywords: dept.eco; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Management Science. - Hsiao, James (1990)
Keywords: dept.eco; faculty_collection

The Quality Imperative. - Clark, Jere (1989)
Keywords: dept.eco; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Entrepreneurial Women of Jazz: An Historical, Multidisciplinary Investigation. - Oppedisano, Jeannette M. (2008)
Keywords: dept.bis; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Using an Ounce of Prevention - Does It Reduce Health Care Expenditures and Rea; Pound of Profits: A Study of the Financial Impact of Wellness and Health Risk Screening Programs. - Phillips, Janet (2008)
Keywords: dept.acc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

International Accounting Standards Committee: A Political History. - Kirsch, Robert (2000)
Keywords: dept.acc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Struggling for - Profit Hospitals Sink Further After Sale to Not-for-Profit Owners. - Phillips, Janet (Spring;Accounting., 2000)
Keywords: dept.acc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Embroidered Lines and Cut Threads: Women's Domestic Needlework in the Italian Diaspora. - Inguanti, Joseph J. (2008)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Realm and Representation: Art and Cartography in Late Medieval France. - Serchuk, Camille (2008)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Hysterical Sustenance: A Painted Investigation into Nature and Artiface, Food and Still Life. - Brownell, Mia (2005)
Results from sabbatical resulted in grants, peer review and extensive exhibitions. Several paintings were done examining the traditions of food as a subject in still life using genetically modified food.
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Rome as a Work of Art and 17th Century Dutch Art. - Levine, David A. (2003)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Ozias Blue and Me. - Carr, T. Wiley (Fall;Art., 2001)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Italian-American Landscape of the New York-New England Region. - Inguanti, Joseph (2001)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Pictorial Political Propaganda of the French Court in the Reign of Charles Vii, 1422-1461. - Serchuk, Camille (2001)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Human Element Within Societal Structures, Mixed Media Outdoor Sculptural Works. - Sierpinski, Cort (Spring;Art., 2001)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

[Collage and Assemblage Art] - Guagliumi, Arthur (2000)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Design and Production of an Animated Short for CD-Rom and Internet. - Bills, Mitchell (Fall;Art., 1998)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Pre-Columbian. - Zeidenbergs, Olafs (1997)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Dutch Artists of the 17th Century. - Levine, David (Spring; Art., 1995)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Greater New Haven shopkeepers. - Cyr, Don (1990)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Assemblage art. - Guagliumi, Arthur (1990)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Indian Buddhist Art. - Weinstein, Lucie (1990)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

[ Anasazi ] - Zeidenbergs, Olafs (1990)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

(Work in the Areas of Sculpture and Glass Research) - Pelletieri, Peter (1989)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Catalogue of the Africana Collection, SCSU. - Pospisil, Zdenka (1989)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

(German Goldsmithing) - Rueger, Paul (1989)
Keywords: dept.art; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Novelty and Creativity. - Gilliland, Rex (2009)
Keywords: dept.phi; faculty_collection

Education in the Global Knowledge Society. - Gorniak, Krystyna (2007)
Keywords: dept.phi; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Creating Two Book Manuscripts. - Bynum, Terrell (2001)
Keywords: dept.phi; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Phenomenology in Poland. - Górniak, Krystyna (Spring; Philosophy., 1999)
Keywords: dept.phi; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Jacques Lacan and the Poetic Unconscious. - Pettigrew, David (Fall;Philosophy., 1998)
Keywords: dept.phi; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Information Ethics: A Comprehensive Introduction. - Bynum, Terrell Ward (1995)
Keywords: dept.phi; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Scholarly Use of Electronic Resources: A Study of Citations and References Cited in Electronic Journal Articles. - Kim, Hak Joon (2009)
A study was conducted using 2,734 citations and references to electronic resources cited in 94 scholarly and peer reviewed ejournals published between 2005 and 2008. Study illustrated problems that occur when users attempt to access e-sources cited in e-journal articles.
Keywords: dept.ils; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Digital Libraries, Its Theory and Practices. - Liu, Yan Quan (2009)
Thirteen chapters and 47 sections of the book"Digital libraries, its theory and practices" were worked on and the book is ready to send to the publisher. Did a paper that was accepted by the journal Library Hi Tech. Visited China and gave 2 seminars in 2 universities in China.
Keywords: dept.ils; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Storytelling: Interdisciplinary Applications for the Elementary Curriculum. - Nowlan, Gwendolyn (2002)
Keywords: dept.ils; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Needs Assessment Survey Instrument to Identify Library Support Needs for on-Line Master of Library Science Students at Southern Connecticut Sate University. - Okobi, Elsie Rogers Halliday (2002)
Keywords: dept.ils; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

American Encounters with Nazism: Sources of Early Experiences with the Hitler Movement. - Triolo, Victor (Spring;Library Science., 1997)
Keywords: dept.ils; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Incorporation of Pome Fruit Germplasm Inventory into the Grin Database System. - Triolo, Victor (1994)
Keywords: dept.ils; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Film Quotations; 11,000 Lines Spoken on Screen. - Nowlan, Gwendolyn Wright (1993)
Keywords: dept.ils; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Doctoral Program. - Disbrow, Nancy (1990)
Keywords: dept.ils; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Innovation in Educational Leadership: Global Theory, Global Research, Global Practice. - Magno, Catherine (2009)
Keywords: dept.edl; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Long Standing Problems in Mayfly Taxonomy: Diagnosing Nymphs and Adults of Procloeon and Centroptilum and Description of Adults of the Endangered Species, Acanthametropus Pecatonica. - Burian, Steven K. (2010)
Keywords: dept.bio; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Mayflies of New England and Atlantic Canada. - Burian, Steven (Spring;Biology., 1999)
Keywords: dept.bio; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Connecticut Birding Guide. - Sabbatical Report - Smith, Dwight R. (1996)
Keywords: dept.bio; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Research for Books on the Traditional Japanese Concepts of Nature. - Samuel, Edward (1993)
Keywords: dept.bio; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Manual of Ornithology. - Proctor, Noble S. (1990)
Keywords: dept.bio; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Using Action Research to Build a Learning Organization in a New School of Pharmacy. - Hopkins, Pamela (2010)
Keywords: dept.mgt; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Role of Chance in CEO Selection. - Stepanovich, Paul (2010)
Keywords: dept.mgt; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Evolution and Commercialization of Wind Power Technology. - Laird, Kenneth R. (2005)
Keywords: dept.mgt; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Riga, Latvia Sabbatical Leave. - Frank, Ellen J. (2003)
Keywords: dept.mgt; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

[Teaching, Learning and Researching Experiences] - Kidney, James (1999)
Keywords: dept.mgt; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Integration of Computer Usage in Management and Law Courses. - Prasad, Durga (1993)
Keywords: dept.mgt; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Daily Business Etiquette. - Frank, Ellen (1992)
Keywords: dept.mgt; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Use of Census-Based Geographic Automata Systems in Understanding the Spread of Infectious Disease. - Vitale, Joseph (2010)
Keywords: dept.csc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Google Hacking. - Lancour, Lisa (2005)
Work in the area of Google Hacking resulted in two presentations, 2 publications, a grant of $2500, and incorporation of results in two courses (Web Security CSC553)and (Information Security CSC453).
Keywords: dept.csc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Bioinformatics Education. - BarandaranSeyed, Taraneh (2003)
Keywords: dept.csc; faculty_collection; sa

[Book Publication of Computer Work Developed During My Academic Career] - Frew, Robert (Fall;Computer science., 1999)
Keywords: dept.csc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Temporal Analysis of ISCCP Image Sequences. - DaPonte, John (1998)
Keywords: dept.csc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Networking Technology and Concepts. - Elahi, Ata (1997)
Keywords: dept.csc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Development of an Image Classification Application. - Baradaran-Syed, Taranch (1996)
Keywords: dept.csc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Application of Chaotic Dynamics to Epidemiological and Biomedical Problems. - Vitale, Joseph (1995)
Keywords: dept.csc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

(Computer Vision) - Parikh, Josephine (1990)
Keywords: dept.csc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

History of Geography as a Science in the Republic of Paraguay. - Yacher, Leon I. (2010)
Keywords: dept.egm; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Henry's F. Pittier's Contributions to the Geography of Costa Rica and Venezuela. - Yacher, Leon I. (1995)
Keywords: dept.egm; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

A Wholistic View of Environmental Education. Rationale. - Stone, A. Harris (Spring ; Center of the environment., 1991)
Keywords: dept.egm; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Law of the Sea. - Glassner, Martin Ira (1989)
Keywords: dept.egm; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Curriculum Innovation Program Fellowship "Serving the Community Through Service Learning" - Jackson, Shirley A. (2011)
Dr. Jackson worked on her Curriculum Innovation Program fellowship, "Serving the community through service learning," completed write-up for Ethnic Studies Curriculum-Related Activity Grant for "Ethnic Studies Program Development at Southern Connecticut State University," worked on several articles and two book proposals encompassing research of race issues and their representation in contemporary cartoons, as well as attended conferences, both as a presenter and a chair, participated in workshops, and reviewed textbook chapters and an article.
Keywords: SCSU; Sabbatical leave report; dept.soc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Exploring the Links Between Student Learning and Instructor/Course Evaluation. - Polka, Joseph A. (2006)
Keywords: dept.soc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Student Retention/Attrition. - Polka, Joseph (1998)
Keywords: dept.soc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

The Social Charcteristics of Recent Graduated of Irish Universities Who Emigrate for Overseas Employment. - Ryan, Michael (1991)
Keywords: dept.soc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

History of American Women's Resistance to War: Anthology of Writings. - McCarthy, Katherine (1990)
Keywords: dept.soc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Racism in the United States. - Doob, Christopher Bates (1988)
Keywords: dept.soc; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report

Report for Sabbatical Leave, Spring 2011. - Piemontese, Luisa (2011)
Studied contemporary poetry in Spanish by Spanish-speaking authors living in Connecticut. Works of four poets were chosen for a bilingual anthology. Seventy five percent of poems selected for this publication were translated and their analytical study completed. In addition, audio interviews were completed, and multimedia presentation, including photos, biographies, and bilingual readings was compiled and given. Publishing companies were identified for submission of the anthology's proposal.
Keywords: Connecticut; Poets, Spanish American; United States; dept.wll; faculty_collection; sabbatical_report