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  • Writing into the Unknown: Speculative, Arts-Based Writing as Creative Composition and Design Research Method

    Article thumbnail: Writing into the Unknown: Speculative, Arts-Based Writing as Creative Composition and Design Research Method
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    Description/Abstract:
    How do arts-based writing endeavors catalyze generative thinking and support research development in design students’ thesis endeavors? This paper offers reflections from an industrial design masters student, a graphic design masters student, and their arts education professor in a School of Design at a Research I institution. Informed by theoretical and historical contexts of the design discipline and perspectives from composition studies and fine arts practice, we explore the potential of arts-based writing as an evocative, speculative tool and a distinctive form of reflective practice for the development of graduate design research. We suggest that arts-based writing’s iterative process, dialogic engagement, and speculative approach to knowledge-construction provide critical, reflective structures for working through uncertainties and thus are uniquely responsive to the evolving epistemologies of the transdisciplinary university. Three focal questions guide this reflection: What is arts-based writing? What role does arts-based writing play in students’ design research endeavors? How can arts-based writing practices support the growth of speculative and pragmatic design research?
    Creator/Author:
    Daiello, Vittoria; Casey, Davida, and Bruner, Olivia
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/17/2017
    Date Modified:
    05/11/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Wood, Plywood and Veneer, Cranbrook, the New Bauhaus and the W. P. A.: the Origins of the Eames Chair of 1946

    Article thumbnail: Wood, Plywood and Veneer, Cranbrook, the New Bauhaus and the W. P. A.: the Origins of the Eames Chair of 1946
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Lloyd C. Engelbrecht (born 1927) is Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Cincinnati. His article, “Wood, Plywood and Veneer, Cranbrook, the New Bauhaus and the W. P. A.: the Origins of the Eames Chair of 1946,” had its origins in a paper presented at a symposium, “Bauhaus, New Bauhaus, W. P. A.: Chairs for Mid-Century,” October 17, 1981, at the Mid-America Conference of the College Art Association, meeting in Milwaukee. The article was expanded and eventually completed in 1987, but it was never published. The author asked that his late wife, June-Marie F. Engelbrecht (1930-2009), be given credit for her immense amount of help with the research and writing of the article.
    Creator/Author:
    Engelbrecht, Lloyd C.
    Submitter:
    Lloyd C. Engelbrecht
    Date Uploaded:
    10/15/2014
    Date Modified:
    07/27/2016
    Date Created:
    2014-10-15
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • What is worth doing in design research?

    Article thumbnail: What is worth doing in design research?
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    Description/Abstract:
    IASDR 2017 Guest Speaker Meredith Davis has taught for forty-seven years and served as head of the Department of Graphic Design, Director of Graduate Programs in Graphic Design, and Director of the PhD Design program at NC State University. She is an AIGA fellow and national medalist, Alexander Quarles Holladay Medalist for Teaching Excellence, and fellow and former member of the accreditation commission of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, for which she drafted the national standards for the evaluation of college-level design programs. She serves as a member of the education advisory committee of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian National Design Museum and is a former president of the American Center for Design. Meredith is a frequent author–including four books on design and design education– and serves on the editorial boards of She Ji and Design Issues. Her research includes a two-year study of design-based teaching and learning for the National Endowment for the Arts, which received a CHOICE award from the National Association of College and Research Libraries. She has served on the development teams for two National Assessments of Educational Progress, most recently for the scenario-based evaluation of 21,500 students in Technology and Engineering Design Literacy. She authored a five-year research study of teaching critical and creative thinking across the college curriculum, featured in a study by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on the effectiveness of higher education in preparing students for innovation jobs. She has reviewed proposals for the Smithsonian Office of Education and Museum Studies, National Science Foundation, US Department of Education, Institute of Museum and Library Services, and Canadian Foundation for Innovation, and her work has been funded by the Kenan Institute for Engineering, Science and Technology; National Endowment for the Arts; Worldesign Foundation; and several state commissions.
    Creator/Author:
    Davis, Meredith
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    02/05/2018
    Date Modified:
    03/01/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • We're Here For the Humans

    Article thumbnail: We're Here For the Humans
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    IASDR 2017 Guest Speaker Bob Schwartz joined GE Healthcare (GEHC) in December 2007 as General Manager, Global Design & User Experience. With five studios in four countries, Bob is responsible for overseeing the Global Design function encompassing human factors, industrial design, ergonomics, user-interface, environmental design, and design research. As a strategic driver of organic business growth, his team focuses on the look, feel usability and end-to-end experience of GEHC products and services. Bob is also the GE Healthcare Global Executive Sponsor of the People with Disabilities Network. Since 2009, Global Design/UX has been the recipient of 19 medals from the International Design Excellence Awards (IDEA) and was listed, in 2011, by Fast Company magazine as a Corporate Design Stronghold. In 2015, Bob’s career trajectory was cited by Fast Company as among the top Chief Design Officers. In 2015 the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) named him among the 50 most notable industrial designers of the last 50 years. Bob was recently elected Chair of the Board of the Design Management Institute. Continuously engaged in Design education throughout his career, he is a two-term member of the Board of Trustees of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design and its Executive Committee and is Chair of its Academic Excellence Committee. Bob is also a member of the Design Management Advisory Board at Northwestern University and has had similar roles at Savannah College of Art and Design and Carnegie Mellon University. Further, he has also held a design faculty appointment at the University of Cincinnati. While at P&G, Bob applied his leadership to developing the School Collaboratives Program there and has created similar relationships in his other roles with academic institutions globally. Bob joined GEHC from Procter & Gamble, where he was a global design leader working to transform the design function there to a strategically relevant capability, which is now comprised of 350 global designers and design managers. Prior to P&G, Bob was Vice President, New Product Development, at Levolor Kirsch, a division of Newell Rubbermaid, where he brought innovation to the home decor industry. At Motorola, Bob was the Director of Design, responsible globally for all key product lines within the Commercial, Government, Industrial and Consumer Products businesses. As Executive Director and COO for the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) Bob forged an unprecedented relationship with Business Week magazine to annually publish the Industrial Design Excellence (IDEA) awards and later the Catalyst Awards. This accomplishment led to Bob receiving a United Nations appointment to the People's Republic of China as Senior Advisor for Design. He has also testified before Congress on a Bill to establish a US Design Center in the Dept. of Commerce. Bob was also the Director, Science and Technology Programs for AdvaMed, where he forged strong partnerships with the FDA, HCFA and Congress and lobbied and directed policy and voluntary standards research for circulatory and cardiovascular devices, healthcare information systems and the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Prior to this, Bob was the head of Corporate Industrial Design and Architecture for the American Red Cross, where he implemented new nation-wide mobile blood collection, tissue banking and disaster services systems and blood center laboratory designs. Most notably, Bob was inducted into the IDSA Academy of Fellows at the 2007 World Congress of Industrial Design, for his outstanding contributions to the industry. Bob has a Masters degree in Industrial Design from the Rhode Island School of Design, where he was a Roddy Scholar, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial & Graphic Design from the Kansas City Art Institute.
    Creator/Author:
    Schwartz, Robert
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    03/22/2018
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Virtual Reality in Healthcare

    Article thumbnail: Virtual Reality in Healthcare
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    This paper presents a prime aspect of Augmented and Virtual Reality development in the field of healthcare. We explored several recent works and articles and a comparison between generic application development and immersive technology-based application is included. The paper talks about more practical approaches that can be taken to enhance the effectiveness of the application. The resources (infrastructure) to complete this study are provided by the University of Cincinnati’s Center for Simulation and Virtual Environment Research (UCSIM). And several experiments and projects in the field of health care are used as a reference to make conclusions.
    Creator/Author:
    Ajmera, Himanshu and Gonen, Bilal
    Submitter:
    Himanshu Ajmera
    Date Uploaded:
    07/22/2019
    Date Modified:
    01/30/2021
    Date Created:
    2019-05-08
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Virtual cybersecurity testbeds for industrial Internet of Things

    Article thumbnail: Virtual cybersecurity testbeds for industrial Internet of Things
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Modern industrial equipment are networked to interact with both internal and external systems, enabling automated decision-making with minimal or no human intervention. While this new environment creates efficiencies, it exposes the environment to cyber threats. This chapter explores the use of cybersecurity testbeds to study best practices in architecting and defending environments that contain industrial systems. Cybersecurity testbeds – physical, virtual, and hybrid – are used in different sectors for research and validation. Virtual testbeds hold promise as they enable design flexibility, reconfiguration, and scale to support various types of research studies. This chapter discusses the value of virtual cybersecurity testbeds and demonstrates a case study on the use of virtual testbeds using a simple industrial control system and a common attack. The concepts apply to more complex set ups and more complex attack structures. Virtual cybersecurity testbed can support researchers, practitioners, and educators interested in defending critical infrastructure environments and industrial systems.
    Creator/Author:
    Mandalapu, Rohit
    Submitter:
    Rohit Mandalapu
    Date Uploaded:
    05/19/2026
    Date Modified:
    05/19/2026
    License:
    Open Data Commons Open Database License (ODbL)

  • Vibration Control Using Fuzzy-Logic-Based Active Damping

    Article thumbnail: Vibration Control Using Fuzzy-Logic-Based Active Damping
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    In this study a general approach is introduced for the design of a robust control law for suppression of structure borne vibration. This control law is based on a passive design in the form of dynamic vibration absorbers. Passive absorbers minimize vibration at a speciŽ c frequency, but their performance is improved by introducing adaptive tuning of the absorber. An adaptive dynamic vibration absorber is tuned to the forcing frequency, using classical methods. The tuning ratio is time varying and adapts itself to variations in the forcing frequency. However, the uniqueness of the approach in this study is that the damping parameter of the absorber is continuously varied by means of a fuzzy-logic control algorithm to provide a lower sound pressure level. The inputs of the fuzzy control law are the displacement and velocity of the main structure. The effectiveness of the control algorithm for active vibration control is demonstrated using MATLAB® simulations of a single-degree-of-freedom plant. This methodology provides superior performance in the presence of signiŽ cant mistuning compared to a more conventional approach.
    Creator/Author:
    Weller, Tanchum; Cohen, Kelly, and Ben-Asher, Joseph Z.
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/08/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2003-04
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Using practice-led industrial/product design research to explore opportunities to support manufacturing-related enterprise in Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) countries

    Article thumbnail: Using practice-led industrial/product design research to explore opportunities to support manufacturing-related enterprise in Overseas Development Assistance (ODA) countries
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    Description/Abstract:
    The profession of industrial/product design has the capacity to support wealth generation through a product-driven supply chain that extends across services that include manufacturing, distribution, sales and maintenance. Moving away from the more typical manufacturing approaches of developed countries, where the resources available to support designers employ advanced technologies and materials, this paper discusses an on-going UK Arts and Humanities Research Council-funded project to explore ways in which industrial/product design can provide opportunities for entrepreneurship and employment in countries on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee (DAC) List and receive Overseas Development Assistance (ODA). Through practice-lad research with participants from Uganda, Kenya, Indonesia and Turkey; industrial/product design educators/researchers/practitioners shared knowledge and expertise and engaged in creative activity to translate propositions into proposals with the potential for manufacture in each of the four countries. The findings, articulated product visualisations, indicate significant potential to support manufacturing in countries in a variety of levels of economic development by adding value to the packaging of traditional foods; integrating low-cost imported components to add value to indigenous crafts and materials; producing contemporary furniture designs using materials that can be considered as traditional materials; and employing unorthodox and unexpected materials.
    Creator/Author:
    Evans, Mark and Whitehead, Timothy
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/17/2017
    Date Modified:
    10/08/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • User Operate Consistency of Experience on Daily Commodities

    Article thumbnail: User Operate Consistency of Experience on Daily Commodities
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    This research expected to innovation designs can develop by more detail user-experience, that also reduce users unfamiliar and depressed; therefore, we investigated that people cognitive process on operated daily commodities, and we planned a tool to analyze users the area of contact and frequency. In experiment, we selected three objects whose size and shape are similar but haven’t limited way of operation. After that, we excluded feature of shape and make them consistent. We studied 30 participants response to operation and affordance, and analysis that by qualitative and quantitative. The result showed the participants have consistent posture of grasp, area of contact and way of operation in the same experimental situation; in addition, even the grip are the same, but following different functional parts, users still response a corresponding way of operation. So we suggest that shape only be as one of design factors on simple design style, and not the main factor. Designer should find other design techniques to enhance the user’s cognitive operation.
    Creator/Author:
    Yeh, Wen-Dih and Huang, I-Nung
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/21/2017
    Date Modified:
    02/08/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Use of XFOIL in Design of Camber-Controlled Morphing UAVs

    Article thumbnail: Use of XFOIL in Design of Camber-Controlled Morphing UAVs
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The standard curriculum for Aerospace Engineering students at the University of Cincinnati includes AEEM361 Integrated Aircraft Engineering. The goal of this course is to instruct students in the tools and methodology of aircraft design. The integrated aspects of aircraft design are underscored by introducing prejunior (between sophomore and junior) students to the state-of-the-art morphing technology, inspired by bat and bird flight, which can enable an aircraft to adapt its shape to best suit the flight condition thereby enhancing mission performance. In this article, we present the development of unique software tools, which provide undergraduates an opportunity to design airfoils for morphing aircraft. Morphing is introduced in the form of “on demand” camber as well as sweep change with the aim of improving aerodynamic efficiency for a multiobjective (several design points) mission profile. The Global Hawk UAV mission in general and its LRN1015 airfoil in particular is in focus due to the relative long mission times spent at the two different flight conditions, namely high-speed dash and low-speed loiter. We are using several tools to virtually simulate a morphing wing including XFOIL to perform fast and relatively accurate two-dimensional steady-flow simulations of different morphed configurations using a camber-controlled morphed wing to maneuver. In this article we detail AeroMorph, the educational MATLAB-based tool developed for design of a camber-controlled morphing of airfoils with the aim of improving aerodynamic efficiency and exploration of the basic relationships between flap deflection and airfoil morphing based on a camber change.
    Creator/Author:
    Cohen, Kelly; Abdallah, Shaaban, and LaFountain, Cody
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/13/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2012-12
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • The Unspoken Arms Race: Neurowarfare

    Article thumbnail: The Unspoken Arms Race: Neurowarfare
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    An expanded version of "The Future of Conflict: Neurowarfare", both of which discuss emerging neurotechnology, neuroscience, and their implications for war, politics, medicine, ethics, and society.
    Creator/Author:
    Turner, Grant
    Submitter:
    Grant Turner
    Date Uploaded:
    10/15/2021
    Date Modified:
    10/15/2021
    Date Created:
    2021-10-02
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

  • Understanding the [design] problem in addressing human-building interfaces

    Article thumbnail: Understanding the [design] problem in addressing human-building interfaces
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    As society shifts towards an increasingly sustainable future, high-performance buildings can provide a means to meet sustainability and energy efficiency goals. Occupants in high-performance buildings are often expected to interact with building systems to maintain individual levels of comfort and productivity. However, the critical role of the human-building interface is often ignored (Day & Heschong, 2016). Too often, building controls are not intuitive and poorly understood by typical users. Conversely, some buildings rely on entirely automated building systems (e.g. lighting, shading, HVAC systems), which take control away from occupants. This approach is largely unpopular with building occupants. The literature suggests people desire and prefer control of their interior environments (e.g., Escuyer & Fontoynont, 2001). Designing a high-performance building that effectively engages users presents a more complex problem than most designers are prepared to handle. Design teams require an ability to see the whole situation—from how the parts of the system work to how users will engage and adapt the system. This ability relies on systematic efforts to understand broad swaths of human behavior and design research, which go beyond computation or modeling (e.g., Huppatz, 2015; Rittel & Webber, 1973). In this context, design and design research supports third order (activities and processes) and fourth order (environments, organizations, and systems) design problems (Buchanan, 1999). Creating design teams, who can comprehend a whole situation, requires reframing how clients and designers understand design problems. This draft paper links theory about design problems with practical processes for using design research to improve the human-building interface.
    Creator/Author:
    Day, Julia and Orthel, Bryan
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/17/2017
    Date Modified:
    11/17/2017
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Understanding Decision-Making Needs of Open Government Data Users

    Article thumbnail: Understanding Decision-Making Needs of Open Government Data Users
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Open Government Data (OGD) promotes transparency, innovation, and value creation that makes information gathered by the government about the city and community open to all. The City of Cincinnati Open Government Data Portal allows citizens to access local data as part of a local OGD initiative. Although these datasets are available and are used by a broad audience, little is known about how users engage with this data and the general usability of the platforms. To learn more about this audience, this study is conducted in two steps 1)- a think-aloud activity and 2)- an online survey. Through these activities, we aim to gather information about how the users are interacting with the available data and for what purpose are they interacting with different sections of the portal. After gathering relevant data from the think-aloud activity, we aim to generate a questionnaire by analyzing all the information collected in the previous event at a larger scale. Using a web-based survey shared with individuals via Qualtrics, we will explore the use of the portal to gain more insight and knowledge on user requirements and their suggestions. The endpoint of this study is to develop insights that will help us understand user expectations and how changes could benefit the portal.
    Creator/Author:
    Murthy, Svati Sundara
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2020-04-14
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Tunisian Victory and Anglo-American Film Propaganda in World War II

    Article thumbnail: Tunisian Victory and Anglo-American Film Propaganda in World War II
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    After the liberation of North Africa, in 1943, it was discovered by policy makers within the Grand Alliance that both the British and Americans were in the process of making documentary films about the Operation Torch campaign. Fearful that separate films would highlight potential dissension with the Anglo-American alliance, the director Frank Capra was dispatched to London to coordinate his U.S. Army documentary with his British counter-parts. Instead of a smooth process, the joint film project bogged down in inter-service and inter-allied rivalry’s that delayed the completion of Tunisian Victory for over a year.
    Creator/Author:
    Krome, Frederic
    Submitter:
    Frederic Krome
    Date Uploaded:
    10/18/2016
    Date Modified:
    05/23/2019
    Date Created:
    1996
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • The True Glory and the Failure of Anglo-American Film Propaganda in the Second World War

    Article thumbnail: The True Glory and the Failure of Anglo-American Film Propaganda in the Second World War
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    In an effort to promote an image of Allied unity on the eve of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Western Europe, a Joint Anglo-American Film Commission was established with the goal of making a series of short documentaries on the liberation of the continent. Unfortunately, despite the prior planning, the plans for a series of joint films fell victim to competing ideologies about how to showcase the allied campaign. In an effort to salvage the situation the American film maker George Stevens was brought in to make a single long documentary, highlighting the campaign from D-Day to VE-Day. The resulting film, The True Glory, won an Oscar for best documentary of 1945, but in fact was the result of a failure of Allied film propaganda policy.
    Creator/Author:
    Krome, Frederic
    Submitter:
    Frederic Krome
    Date Uploaded:
    10/19/2016
    Date Modified:
    05/23/2019
    Date Created:
    1998
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Triangulation as an experimental approach: Interpreting the synergistic relationship between the visual syntax, practical mechanisms and theoretical frameworks of typography used in brand marks of cultural festivals

    Article thumbnail: Triangulation as an experimental approach: Interpreting the synergistic relationship between the visual syntax, practical mechanisms and theoretical frameworks of typography used in brand marks of cultural festivals
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Typography is an important visible element of a cultural festival’s brand mark, yet is overlooked within cultural festival research. An abundance of work has been published that examines cultural festivals from cultural, economic, tourism, and place-making perspectives, yet there is a shortfall in scholarly research addressing the key role typography performs to engage audience participation through cultural festivals’ primary brand driver – the brand mark. This paper critically considers triangulation as a constructive and effective research framework for enquiry into typography deployed in the brand marks of cultural festivals and provides a roadmap to further research. Offering an analysis of how and in what way typography is being used in the brand marks for cultural festivals, this paper contributes a discussion of appropriate research methods in the examination of this material. Triangulation is engaged as a research technique combining the methods 1) content analysis, 2) case study (text analysis) and 3) a semiotic analysis of typography as a framework to advantage three perspectives on typography, capturing the complexities of the phenomenon. Through a pilot study of 20 cultural festival brand marks from English speaking countries in 2016, the findings show that triangulation of three methods is beneficial to uncovering a rich and nuanced understanding of the role of typography in brand marks. Although many research methods are available to design researchers, the authors argue that triangulation, is an appropriate method to analyze typography used in the brand marks of cultural festivals as it allows for the emergence of a heterogeneous understanding of the discipline.
    Creator/Author:
    Meyrick, Tonya
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/28/2017
    Date Modified:
    10/04/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Transformations in pharmaceutical research and development, driven by innovations in multidimensional mass spectrometry-based technologies

    Article thumbnail: Transformations in pharmaceutical research and development, driven by innovations in multidimensional mass spectrometry-based technologies
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    Description/Abstract:
    In the pharmaceutical industry, there is a tremendous need for qualitative and quantitative analysis of target analytes such as peptides, proteins, drugs, metabolites, biomarkers, impurities, and degradation products in various mixtures including synthetic reactions, in vitro cultures, biological fluids, drug substances, finished products, and many others. To provide adequate specificity for analysis in these complex mixtures, multidimensional analytical techniques are required. Mass spectrometry plays a central role in many of these multidimensional approaches to mixture analysis because it provides an unparalleled combination of sensitivity and specificity that is useful for both molecular identification and quantitative applications. Recent innovations in mass spectrometry and industrial implementation of these advances have transformed many aspects of pharmaceutical research and development. Data that were previously unattainable, or were not collected due to exorbitant cost or time constraints, can now be obtained using mass spectrometry-based technologies. The impact of these innovations has been most dramatically felt in early stages of discovery, as more data are available to make critical decisions, such as selecting compounds for advancement to costly preclinical and clinical trials. New MS technologies have also accelerated the progression of drug candidates through development and toward regulatory approval. Here, five major categories of pharmaceutical applications of mass spectrometry are reviewed. They are new chemical entity characterization, biomacromolecule characterization, bioanalytical quantitation, metabolite identification, and impurity and degradation product identification. A brief historical perspective and evolution of technologies for each application area are presented. Those discussions are followed with a description of the current strategies for implementation of the tremendous capabilities of the state-of-the-art approaches, along with representative applications. In addition, emerging technologies for each application area are presented to indicate the future directions of instrumentation for mixture analysis in the pharmaceutical industry. (Int J Mass Spectrom 212 (2001) 135–196) © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V.
    Creator/Author:
    Harbol, Kevin L.; Greis, Kenneth D.; Hoke, Steven H.; Morand, Kenneth L.; Baker, Timothy R., and Dobson, Roy L. M.
    Submitter:
    Kenneth Greis
    Date Uploaded:
    03/03/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/07/2017
    Date Created:
    2001-11
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Tonken's House

    Article thumbnail: Tonken's House
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Article about Frank Lloyd Wright's designed house in Amberley Village a suburb of Cincinnati.
    Creator/Author:
    Meyer, Elizabeth A.
    Submitter:
    Elizabeth A. Meyer
    Date Uploaded:
    09/22/2021
    Date Modified:
    09/22/2021
    Date Created:
    2018
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Tilt Brush: The Utilization of a Virtual Reality Intervention for Evaluating Self-Reported Anxiety, Depression, & Stress

    Article thumbnail: Tilt Brush: The Utilization of a Virtual Reality Intervention for Evaluating Self-Reported Anxiety, Depression, & Stress
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    With the prevalence of anxiety, depression, and stress among young adult populations, adaptive and innovative treatment options must be considered for the future. While there are various approaches to mental health treatment, art therapy is one traditional method that has been used to treat the symptoms of mental health disorders across various health contexts and populations. Some art therapists have even integrated information and communication technologies (ICTs) into their practices. With these factors in mind and considering the prominence of ICTs use among student populations, this study seeks to understand how the immersion and presence afforded by one such technology, virtual reality (VR), can impact the outcomes of art therapy practices. Through the use of an arts-based VR application, Tilt Brush, this study compares traditional art therapy methods as they are employed in and outside of VR. Through the comparison of self-reported measures, we can better understand the possibilities and effectiveness of art therapy practices delivered via Tilt Brush VR.
    Creator/Author:
    Schaaf, Andrea
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2019-04-11
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Systematic evaluation of data-independent acquisition for sensitive and reproducible proteomics—a prototype design for a single injection assay

    Article thumbnail: Systematic evaluation of data-independent acquisition for sensitive and reproducible proteomics—a prototype design for a single injection assay
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Data-independent acquisition (DIA)-based proteomics has become increasingly complicated in recent years because of the vast number of workflows described, coupled with a lack of studies indicating a rational framework for selecting effective settings to use. To address this issue and provide a resource for the proteomics community, we compared 12 DIA methods that assay tryptic peptides using various mass-isolation windows. Our findings indicate that the most sensitive single injection LC-DIA method uses 6 m/z isolation windows to analyze the densely populated tryptic peptide range from 450 to 730 m/z, which allowed quantification of 4465 Escherichia coli peptides. In contrast, using the sequential windowed acquisition of all theoretical fragmentions (SWATH) approach with 26 m/z isolation windows across the entire 400–1200 m/z range, allowed quantification of only 3309 peptides. This reduced sensitivity with 26 m/z windows is caused by an increase in co-eluting compounds with similar precursor values detected in the same tandemMS spectra, which lowers the signal-to-noise of peptide fragment-ion chromatograms and reduces the amount of low abundance peptides that can be quantified from 410 to 920 m/z. Above 920 m/z, more peptides were quantified with 26 m/z windows because of substantial peptide 13C isotope distributions that parse peptide ions into separate isolation windows. Because reproducible quantification has been a long-standing aimof quantitative proteomics, and is a socalled trait of DIA, we sought to determine whether precursor-level chromatograms used in some methods rather than their fragment-level counterparts have similar precision. Our data show that extracted fragment-ion chromatograms are the reason DIA provides superior reproducibility. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
    Creator/Author:
    Haffey, Wendy D.; Norris, Jeremy L.; McCullumsmith, Robert E.; Heaven, Michael R.; Cobbs, Archie L.; Funk, Adam J., and Greis, Kenneth D.
    Submitter:
    Kenneth Greis
    Date Uploaded:
    03/03/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/07/2017
    Date Created:
    2016-01
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Surveying Stakeholders: Research Informing Design Curriculum

    Article thumbnail: Surveying Stakeholders: Research Informing Design Curriculum
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    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Fundamental to design education is the creation and structure of curriculum. Neither the creation of design curriculum, nor the revaluation of existing curriculum is well documented. With no clear documentation of precedent, best practices are left open to debate. This paper and presentation will discuss the use of a survey as a research tool to assess existing curriculum at Iowa State University in the United States. This tool allowed the needs and perspectives of the program’s diverse stakeholders to be better understood. Utilizing survey methods, research revealed the convergence and divergence of stakeholders’ philosophies, theories and needs in relation to design curriculum. Accreditation and professional licensing provide base level of guidelines for design curriculum in the United States. However, each program’s curricular structure beyond these guidelines is a complicated balance of resources, facilities, faculty, and the type of institution in which it is housed. Once established, a program’s curriculum is rarely reassessed as a whole, but instead updated with the hasty addition of classes upon an existing curricular structure. Curriculum is infrequently re-addressed, and when it is, it is typically based on the experience and opinions of a select group of faculty. This paper presents how a survey was developed to collect data to inform curricular decision- making, enabling the reduction of faculty bias and speculation in the process. Lessons learned from the development of this research tool will be shared so it might be replicated at other institutions, and be efficiently repeated periodically to ensure currency of a program’s curriculum.
    Creator/Author:
    Quam, Andrea
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/16/2017
    Date Modified:
    02/08/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • A Study on the Entrepreneurial Path of Design-led Startups in Taiwan

    Article thumbnail: A Study on the Entrepreneurial Path of Design-led Startups in Taiwan
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The phenomenon of design entrepreneurship has received attention in the field of design. The trend of design entrepreneurship emerges in Taiwan and becoming a new career option for designers. Entrepreneurial activities can promote economic growth through innovation and knowledge spillovers. Studies on designer entrepreneurship are warranted because it proposes the possibility of entrepreneurial innovation, contributing to industrial and economic development. A multiple case study was employed, and seven design-led startups were selected as case study subjects to explore and conclude how these firms integrate their own profession and acquire resources to construct the value chain so as to keep the company operational and profitable. According to the results, the value chain of design-led startups is identified. The findings are further discussed to provide a better understanding of the entrepreneurial path of design-led startups in Taiwan.
    Creator/Author:
    Tung, Fang-Wu
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    03/05/2018
    Date Modified:
    03/05/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • A Study on Design for Diagnostic Tool for Language Processing Ability with Aging

    Article thumbnail: A Study on Design for Diagnostic Tool for Language Processing Ability with Aging
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The deterioration of linguistic abilities is a natural phenomenon along with aging. Therefore, various assessment tools have been developed to measure linguistic abilities of seniors and diagnose degenerative diseases such as dementia. Although most of the tools are composed of images, there are not many studies focusing on the visual design, which could significantly affect performance of the subject. In this regard, this research aims to suggest a design guideline for linguistic ability assessment tools concerning the key characteristics of the elderly, focusing on visual contents and interface. Existing related researches were mostly conducted in English-speaking countries. In order to assess the language processing abilities of Korean-speaking elders more accurately, it is necessary to develop language processing assessment tools that reflect the unique linguistic features and structure of the Korean language. Regarding the existing tools, there is a lack of research on aging, focusing on ‘verb naming. In the literature review section, the paper investigated the physical, cognitive and emotional characteristics of the elderly and extracted the key elements to consider when designing for the elderly. Also, design principles were found based on case studies and problem analysis of the existing assessment tools for language processing abilities. Lastly, we created a prototype model using ‘verb naming.’ Using the model, we have conducted an experiment and comparative analysis between different age groups to verify the validity of contents. In conclusion, we provided a design guideline for visual contents and interface of linguistic assessment tools, focusing on elderly users.
    Creator/Author:
    Choi, Yoo Mi
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/14/2017
    Date Modified:
    10/18/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Study of the implementability of tactile feedback while operating touch panel device -From two directions of efficacy & feasibility-

    Article thumbnail: Study of the implementability of tactile feedback while operating touch panel device -From two directions of efficacy & feasibility-
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    In a few years, the number of apparatuses with touch panel displays like smartphones will increase. People who are visually impaired, hearing impaired and disabled can use tactile feedback for receiving incoming communications. However, opportunities for tactile feedback applications are limited. Our hypotheses follow: as there are haptics patterns suitable for use cases, we will design haptics samples of tactile feedback and inspect their effectiveness. This study focuses on haptics patterns showing a relationship between the user’s impression and various use situations. Previous studies have been insufficient, so our target subjects inspected a limited number of objects. This study consists of two inspections: 1) We collected various haptics patterns that users had defined and analyzed the first inspection. For the next inspection, we manufactured a smartphone prototype. We matched the impression of eight haptics patterns types that we got from the subjects in the first analysis with different situations and tested various replies. Tests were repeated and recorded for various situations. As different haptics vibrations were added to emails, we inspected whether subjects could distinguish a difference in their meanings. Thus, we added different haptics patterns that corresponded to various situations. We concluded the hypothesis was effective for subjects. We could inspect the hypotheses in relation to subjects’ impressions of the haptics pattern. 2) Additionally, we obtained different results between elders and youths. Consequently, we suggested design guidelines for the new tactile feedback of the smartphone application. We suspect that haptics will be possible for a variety of interactive designs.
    Creator/Author:
    Kubo, Masayoshi and Wakasugi, Jien
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/21/2017
    Date Modified:
    02/15/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Storytelling Technique for Building Use-case Scenarios for Design Development

    Article thumbnail: Storytelling Technique for Building Use-case Scenarios for Design Development
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Numerous studies have dealt with what kind of value narrative can have for creating a more effective design process. However, there is lack of consideration of storytelling techniques on a stage-by-stage level, where each stage of storytelling technique can draw attention to detailed content for creating use-case scenarios for design development. This research aims to identify the potential implications for design development by using storytelling techniques. For the empirical research, two types of workshops were conducted in order to select the most appropriate storytelling technique for building use-case scenarios, and to determine the relationship between the two methods. Afterwards, co-occurrence analysis was conducted to examine how each step of storytelling technique can help designers develop an enriched content of use-case scenario. Subsequently, the major findings of this research are further discussed, dealing with how each of the storytelling technique steps can help designers to incorporate important issues when building use-case scenarios for design development. These issues are: alternative and competitor’s solution which can aid designers to create better design features; status quo bias of user which can help the designer investigate the occurring reason of the issue; and finally, social/political values of user which have the potential of guiding designers to create strengthened user experience. The results of this research help designers and design researchers concentrate on crucial factors such as the alternative or competitor’s solution, the status quo bias of user, and social/political values of the user when dealing with issues of building use-case scenarios.
    Creator/Author:
    Nam, Ki-young and Jang, Sukwoo
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/20/2017
    Date Modified:
    01/09/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Speed Dating with Design Thinking: An empirical study of managers solving business problems with design

    Article thumbnail: Speed Dating with Design Thinking: An empirical study of managers solving business problems with design
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The concept of design thinking has received increasing attention during recent years, particularly from managers around the world. However, despite being the subject of a vast number of articles and books stating its importance, the effectiveness of this approach is unclear, as the claims about the concept are not grounded on empirical studies or evaluations. In this study, we investigated the perceptions of six design thinking methods of 21 managers in the agriculture industry as they explored employee and business-related problems and solutions using these tools in a 6-hour workshop. The results from pre and post-survey responses suggest that the managers agreed on the value design thinking could bring to their own domains and were able to articulate on how they can use them in solving problems. We conclude by proposing directions for research to further explore adaptation of design thinking for the management practice context.
    Creator/Author:
    Ringholz, David; Dhadphale, Tejas, and McKilligan, Seda
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    12/06/2017
    Date Modified:
    10/15/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Spatio-temporal Estimation Of Wildfire Growth

    Article thumbnail: Spatio-temporal Estimation Of Wildfire Growth
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    This work presents a methodology for real-time estimation of wildland fire growth, utilizing afire growth model based on a set of partial differential equations for prediction, and harnessing concepts of space-time Kalman filtering and Proper Orthogonal Decomposition techniques towards low dimensional estimation of potentially large spatio-temporal states. The estimation framework is discussed in its criticality towards potential applications such as forest fire surveillance with unmanned systems equipped with onboard sensor suites. The effectiveness of the estimation process is evaluated numerically over fire growth data simulated using a well-established fire growth model described by coupled partial differential equations. The methodology is shown to be fairly accurate in estimating spatio-temporal process states through noise-ridden measurements for real-time deploy ability.
    Creator/Author:
    Sharma, Balaji R.; Cohen, Kelly, and Kumar, Manish
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/08/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2013-10
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Spatio-temporal estimation of wildfire growth

    Article thumbnail: Spatio-temporal estimation of wildfire growth
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    This work presents a methodology for real-time estimation of wildland fire growth, utilizing a fire growth model based on a set of partial differential equations for prediction, and harnessing concepts of space-time Kalman filtering and Proper Orthogonal Decomposition techniques towards low dimensional estimation of potentially large spatio-temporal states. The estimation framework is discussed in its criticality towards potential applications such as forest fire surveillance with unmanned systems equipped with onboard sensor suites. The effectiveness of the estimation process is evaluated numerically over fire growth data simulated using a well-established fire growth model described by coupled partial differential equations. The methodology is shown to be fairly accurate in estimating spatio-temporal process states through noise-ridden measurements for real-time deployability.
    Creator/Author:
    Sharma, Balaji R.; Cohen, Kelly, and Kumar, Manish
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/03/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2013-10
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Spatially Distributed Forcing and Jet Vectoring with a Plasma Actuator

    Article thumbnail: Spatially Distributed Forcing and Jet Vectoring with a Plasma Actuator
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The ability to spatially alter both the amount of body force along the span of a plasma actuator and the angle of the resulting jet relative to the surface has been demonstrated. A dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuator consists of two electrodes separated by a dielectric barrier, which imparts momentum to the surrounding fluid parallel to the dielectric. To investigate a technique to shape the spanwise body force created by the plasma actuator, a control volume momentum balance was used. By shaping the buried electrode along the span of the actuator, the local volume of plasma generated can be controlled, which is related to the local body force. Pressure measurements were taken in the boundary layer behind the actuator to calculate the momentum imparted to the flow at various spanwise locations corresponding to different electrode widths. Particle image velocimetry data were then used to show that spatially varying, steady jets could be created with the use of only one actuator by varying the width of the buried electrode in a quiescent flow. The angle of the jet created, relative to the dielectric, by a plasma synthetic jet is also investigated. By pointing two plasma actuators at each other, an inverted impinging jet can be created as a result of the two independent jets colliding. By altering the strength of one of the jets relative to the other, the angle of separation can be changed. Particle image velocimetry data were taken to show the effects of altering the voltage (strength) applied to one of the actuators relative to the other. It was found that, with this method, jet vectoring could be achieved. The angle of the jet could be controlled a full 180 deg through small changes in the voltage applied to the electrodes, also in a quiescent flow.
    Creator/Author:
    Enloe, C. L.; Cohen, Kelly; Porter, C.; McLaughlin, T., and Abbas, A.
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/13/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2009-06
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Solely Magnetic Genetic/Fuzzy-Attitude-Control Algorithm for a CubeSat

    Article thumbnail: Solely Magnetic Genetic/Fuzzy-Attitude-Control Algorithm for a CubeSat
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    A genetic algorithm was used to optimize performance of a fuzzy inference system acting as a controller for a magnetically actuated CubeSat. A solely magnetically controlled satellite is a nonlinear, underactuated system for which the uncontrollable axis varies as a function of orbit position and attitude; variation is approximately periodic with orbit position. Therefore, controllability is not guaranteed, making solely magnetic control a less than ideal option for spacecraft requiring a high degree of pointing accuracy or spacecraft subject to relatively large disturbances. However, for small spacecraft, such as CubeSats, with modest pointing and disturbance rejection requirements, solely magnetic actuation is a good option. The genetic-algorithm-tuned fuzzy controller solution was compared to a similar linear quadratic regulator solution that was tuned to minimize the cost function used by the genetic algorithm. Both were optimized with respect to a single set of initial conditions. The genetic-algorithm-tuned fuzzy controller was found to be a lower-cost solution than the linear quadratic regulator for the optimized set of initial conditions. Additionally, a Monte Carlo analysis showed the genetic-algorithm-tuned fuzzy controller tended to settle faster than the linear quadratic regulator over a variety of initial conditions.
    Creator/Author:
    Cohen, Kelly; Putman, Philip T., and Walker, Alex R.
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/13/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2015-09
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Social Networks of Technology Caregivers and Caregivees

    Article thumbnail: Social Networks of Technology Caregivers and Caregivees
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The paper focuses on exploring the social networks of technology caregivers and caregivees and also work on learning their preferred mode of information exchange. Responses from the participants of the study will throw light on the relationships between different efficacies (discussed in detail in the paper) that may have an impact on an individual’s decision. Participant’s responses are recorded through well constructed surveys that have been distributed around by word of mouth or specific social media platforms which will also prove if being a power user has any effect on the end result. The responses will be analyzed and the various efficacy constructs such as self efficacy, community collective efficacy will be kept in mind.
    Creator/Author:
    Kaushik, Sanjana and Elrod, Nathan J.
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2020-04-14
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Snack Food Package Design: Exploratory Study on Children’s Snack Choices and Design Elements

    Article thumbnail: Snack Food Package Design: Exploratory Study on Children’s Snack Choices and Design Elements
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Packaging is an essential element of design for both consumers and businesses. Product packaging functions both as a communication tool for product information and for brand messages. In addition, the role of visual elements and messages on snack packages are not well understood. This is particularly true from the standpoint of influencing the selection of snack food in children, even though there has been growth in the economic power of children as a consumer group. Therefore, this study examines: 1) the role of design variables such as typography, images, and the stylistic combination of these visual elements in affecting children’s snack food selection; 2) the role of health messages on children’s snack food selections; and 3) the role of perceived ‘healthiness’ in influencing children’s snack food selections. Digitally- simulated snack package images were created and sixty children ages 9 to13 were recruited for this study. From these design variables, ‘preferred-selections’ and ‘perceived healthy-selection’ of children in this age group were identified.
    Creator/Author:
    Ladjahasan, Nora and Kang, Sunghyun R.
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/21/2017
    Date Modified:
    10/18/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Smart Home Repos: Taking Data from Devices

    Article thumbnail: Smart Home Repos: Taking Data from Devices
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    This is an ongoing research project focused on creating a framework for capturing various artifacts concerning Internet of Things devices. Research has shown a severe lack of frameworks focusing on collecting data from and about IoT devices. Mozilla’s WebThings Gateway focuses on collecting this information from the devices. This project expects to find methods of IoT data collection through a proposed test-bed utilizing the WebThings Gateway.
    Creator/Author:
    Mahajan, Pranav
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2020-04-14
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Setting the Course: Instilling, Comprehension, Curation, and Implementation of Research in Four year, College Graphic Design Programs

    Article thumbnail: Setting the Course: Instilling, Comprehension, Curation, and Implementation of Research in Four year, College Graphic Design Programs
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Graphic design students require a foundation in understanding, utilizing and conducting research. The discipline would benefit from standards for quantitative, qualitative, mixedmethods and practical approaches to graphic design-specific research. This paper examines the role of graphic design research in college-level graphic design pedagogy. This study is motivated by two research questions: [1] what theoretical analysis and practical approaches to graphic design research are graphic design educators currently implementing? [2] How can college-level graphic design educators build a culture of research literacy in graphic design baccalaureate programs? Literature describing the theoretical and practical instruction of graphic design research in college-level graphic design education is limited. The intention of this study is to advance the understanding of how graphic design educators define and implement graphic design research, first through qualitative analysis of a survey of four-year, graphic design degree program professors across the U.S. followed by in-depth interviews with published educators practicing research. The study’s interviews elaborate on the specifics of graphic design research through the lenses of professors developing and implementing graphic design research in four-year undergraduate programs, in their own practices, and in the discipline-wide conversation and study of graphic design research itself. In the study’s conclusion, potential future research is discussed.
    Creator/Author:
    Dersch, Madonna G.
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/17/2017
    Date Modified:
    10/08/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Service Design as a Way to Engage Communities

    Article thumbnail: Service Design as a Way to Engage Communities
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    In an equally distressed and burgeoning community just outside of our major metropolitan city, there is a history of transformation efforts—from creative placemaking, to affordable housing initiatives, to economic re-development—which have all seemed to fall short in the area of community engagement. From the creation of neighborhood festivals that have low resident turnout, to a backlash of discouraged citizens who feel unheard and uninformed, there was a need to re-consider how to involve this unique community—made up of four very distinct neighborhoods— in the imminent re-development of the area in which they live. In the winter of 2016, our service design and creative strategy consultancy was brought in to a city-wide visionary community development project tied to our rapidly approaching bicentennial, in order to utilize service design methodologies as a way to engage communities and to design with organizations and community residents according to their needs and desires. This short paper will highlight a case study of an ongoing collaboration between our consultancy; a non-profit organization dedicated to the growth of it’s community; a higher education institution with a legacy of community engagement; a local office of the country’s largest community development corporation focused on Creative Placemaking and community revitalization; and, most importantly, various residents and stakeholders. The accompanying poster will visualize the process of engagement of various community stakeholders, tailored design research methods, and mechanisms for assessing short- and longterm community impact.
    Creator/Author:
    Wada, Terri and Napier, Pamela
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/28/2017
    Date Modified:
    02/02/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Securing A Small Office Home Office Network: Integrating A Supervised Neural Network Algorithm

    Article thumbnail: Securing A Small Office Home Office Network: Integrating A Supervised Neural Network Algorithm
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Small office home office networks have become a target for many threat actors, hackers and cyber attackers and hence there is an urgent need to secure the network from such attackers. Most small office home office network users do not see the need to provide enough security to their networks because they assume no one is going to hack them forgetting that the biggest threat of our small home networks today comes from the outside. The challenge of misconfiguration of routers, firewalls and default configurations in our small home networks renders the network vulnerable to attacks such as DDos , phishing attacks , virus and other network attacks hence the need to implement a detection algorithm to help identify flaws in the pattern of the small office network. It turns out that about 75% of existing approaches focused on intrusion detection in 802.11 wireless networks of a SOHO and not the entire network. These approaches do not efficiently secure the network entirely leaving the rest prone to attacks can occur with or without the internet. This paper proposes to add another layer of security to the other preventive measures in a SOHO network by designing, implementing and testing a supervised neural network algorithm to identify attacks on the small home network and also to send a notification to users to keep them informed of the activities on their network. The supervised neural network algorithm will have a dataset representing both attacks and non-attacks which will be used in the training phase. The system should be able to detect and identify the various attacks and anomalies when they occur on the network and help keep the users informed.
    Creator/Author:
    Azumah, Sylvia Worlali and Li, Chengcheng
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2020-04-14
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Scraping The Deep Web: A 3-Dimensional Framework For Cyber-Threat Intelligence

    Article thumbnail: Scraping The Deep Web: A 3-Dimensional Framework For Cyber-Threat Intelligence
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Cyberspace is one of the most complex systems ever built by humans. The utilization of cybertechnology resources are used ubiquitously by many, but sparsely understood by the majority of the users. In the past, cyberattacks were usually orchestrated in a random pattern of attack to lure unsuspecting targets. However, the cyber virtual environment is an ecosystem that provided a platform for an organized and sophisticated approach to launch an attack against a specific target group or organization by nefarious actors. In 2019, the average cost of cyber-attack in the US was about $1.6 million. This paper proposes a 3D framework to signal new threat alert before the actual occurrence of the threat on the surface web to alert cybersecurity experts and law enforcement agencies in preventive measures or means of mitigating the severity of damage caused by cyberattacks. The methodology combines information extracted from the deep web through a smart web crawler with socio-personal and technical indicators from twitter which is mapped with OTX (Open Threat Exchange). The OTX is an open-source cyber threat platform managed by security experts. The OTX endpoint security tool(OTX python SDK) will be used to identify a new type of cyber threats. The effectiveness of the framework will be tested using the machine learning algorithm precision-recall rate.
    Creator/Author:
    Adewale, Adewopo Victor and Gonen, Bilal
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2020-04-14
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Scaffold for designing modern products by reinterpreting the technique and philosophy of traditional crafts

    Article thumbnail: Scaffold for designing modern products by reinterpreting the technique and philosophy of traditional crafts
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The technique and philosophy of traditional crafts are relevant aspects of our culture that should be passed on to future generations. However, using traditional crafts in modern life in their original form can be a challenge. It is essential to reinterpret them in the modern context, keeping the essence of tradition. For this purpose, we conducted case studies of Koishiwara and Yame in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan, where Japanese traditional crafts are still manufactured. We used Koishiwara Pottery and Yame-Fukushima Buddhist Altar manufacturing as our investigation objects, conducted studies on their historical background and performed detailed observations of manufacturing techniques and processes. Thereafter, we developed the concept of “KATA” in Japanese, generally translated as type or prototype. “KATA” has several other meanings; in this study, we subdivided the concept into three elements, namely, shape, pattern, and style. We used “KATA” to build a framework to be used as a scaffold to help analyze the techniques and background of traditional crafts and reinterpret them to design products in the modern context. Based on reinterpretations, we developed a series of prototypes of modern tableware with the essential techniques of traditional crafts to verify the usefulness of the framework.
    Creator/Author:
    Ikeda, Minako
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/21/2017
    Date Modified:
    02/08/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Saints and Sons: Painting Power, Piety, and the Performance of Nobility in Zurbarán’s Saint Peter Nolasco Recovering the Image of the Virgin of El Puig.

    Article thumbnail: Saints and Sons: Painting Power, Piety, and the Performance of Nobility in Zurbarán’s Saint Peter Nolasco Recovering the Image of the Virgin of El Puig.
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The young boy in Francisco de Zurbarán’s (1598-1664) Saint Peter Nolasco Recovering the Image of the Virgin of El Puig (1630) has been suggested to be either Zurbarán’s son, Juan de Zurbarán (1620–1649), or the son of James I of Aragon, Alfonso of Castile (1229–1260). Despite visual dominance, most scholars do not address the boy, and those who do offer conflicting identifications. This paper bridges the gap between these varying opinions, and concretely identifies the most formally important figure in this commission that defined Zurbarán’s career. The argument is built on the writings of Zurbarán scholar Martin S. Soria, as well as a comparison to Zurbarán’s body of work at large, primarily his tendency to create from life, and his suspected self-portrait, The Crucified Christ with a Painter (1650). I conclude that the child in the piece is likely a culmination of Juan and Alfonso and explore the implication of Zurbarán depicting his child in the noble and pious role of James the Conqueror’s son, paying witness to the rediscovery of the Virgin of El Puig. The combined figure of Juan and Alfonso gains significance through an exploration of historical context surrounding the legend of the Virgin of El Puig and its key figures. By drawing parallels between 17th-century Spanish colonialism contemporary to Zurbarán’s time and 13th-century Reconquista depicted in the painting, Zurbarán uses this composite figure to assert a vision of his lineage as triumphant and divinely favoured. Ultimately, this paper continues and expands upon Soria’s writings on the subject, and places Zurbarán within a Baroque tradition of artists, such as Velázquez, who used painting to assert their profession as divinely-inspired, nobel, and distinct from craftsmen.
    Creator/Author:
    Krimmer, Ruby
    Submitter:
    Ruby Krimmer
    Date Uploaded:
    04/28/2025
    Date Modified:
    04/28/2025
    Date Created:
    April 25, 2025
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Sacred Vs. Modern Design A Case from Iraq

    Article thumbnail: Sacred Vs. Modern Design A Case from Iraq
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    This project is being built on the site of a thousand-year-old mosque, one of five sacred places in Iraq. People visit the place to pray, not simply because it is an old mosque, but rather because they think that the last descendant of the Prophet Mohammed will eventually be resurrected with Jesus Christ and will pray there. In 2006, an architect was hired to design the building. The premises were: 1) the design should promote the concept of sacredness, 2) this project should show belonging to the society, and 3) it should last for centuries. The results were controversial, however, by the time it was revealed to the public, the foundations had already been casted, in the hopes that people would eventually accept it. On the contrary, visitors and pilgrims became upset and began to protest the design. The construction process was thus halted in 2008, and we were hired to utilize the same foundations for a new design, one that fitted with the pilgrims' notions of “sacredness”. We began the project by surveying people’s ideas about what mosques on “holy” sites might look like, determining what a “sacred” place meant to them, and why some places are “sacred.” We discovered that most people think that “sacred” places should seem old. They also singled out some “sacred” examples for us. All these examples have one characteristic: the all hide “a certain kind of mystery”. We studied those examples and then developed our proposal, it was approved in 2011 and will be opened for public in 2018.
    Creator/Author:
    Falah, Shubber
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/17/2017
    Date Modified:
    10/04/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • A ROS-activatable agent elicits homologous recombination DNA repair and synergizes with pathway compounds

    Article thumbnail: A ROS-activatable agent elicits homologous recombination DNA repair and synergizes with pathway compounds
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    We have designed ROS-activated cytotoxic agents that are active against AML cancer cells. In this study the mechanism and synergistic effects against cells co-expressing the AML oncogenes MLL-AF9 fusion and FLT3-ITD was investigated. The agent had an IC50 value of 1.8±0.3 μM with a selectivity of 9-fold compared to untransformed cells. Treatment induced DNA strand breaks, apoptosis, and cell cycle arrest. Proteomics and transcriptomics revealed enhanced expression of the pentose phosphate pathway, DNA repair, and pathways common to cell stress. Western blotting confirmed repair by homologous recombination. Importantly, RAC1 treatment was synergistic in combination with multiple pathway targeting therapies in AML cells but less so in untransformed cells. Taken together, these results demonstrate that RAC1 can selectively target poor prognosis AML and do so by creating DNA double strand breaks that require homologous recombination.
    Creator/Author:
    Wunderlich, Mark; Mulloy, James C.; Greis, Kenneth D.; Merino, Edward J.; Thowfeik, Fathima Shazna; Wyder, Michael; AbdulSalam, Safnas F., and Kadekaro, Ana L.
    Submitter:
    Kenneth Greis
    Date Uploaded:
    03/03/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/07/2017
    Date Created:
    2015-09
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Research on the user behavior between China and USA elderly people in public space

    Article thumbnail: Research on the user behavior between China and USA elderly people in public space
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The user experience difference between China and USA elderly people in using public space was discussed in this paper based on the questionnaire process. 1960 elderly people were selected from the four cities in Shanghai (China), Wuxi (China), New York City (USA), Cincinnati (USA) to complete the questionnaire, and the result shows the similarities and differences between the elderly people in China and USA. That is: The using frequency of the public space for the former is much higher than the later; the main purpose of the former in public space is sports and fitness, and relaxation is the chief choice of the later; weather condition and easy communication are the key factors for former to participate in public space, while timing is that for the later; all the elderly people in the two countries are favorite on the sports and fitness, but the party chatting is the feature of the former and the sightseeing is the feature of the later; the facility requirement is the most important attributes for the former to the public space, and the interaction design is the unique demands of the later, while the former had no interests on that demands. In the end, the reason for all the similarities and differences were analyzed in this paper, and the culture, the economics, as well as the politics factors were discussed in detail.
    Creator/Author:
    Wei, Na and Xin, XiangYang
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/30/2017
    Date Modified:
    02/08/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • The Research on Design Framework for Citizen Science

    Article thumbnail: The Research on Design Framework for Citizen Science
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Citizen science is a process in which ordinary citizens contribute to scientific research. How to create citizen science design framework to achieve better awareness, initiative and action is our research focus. This paper will explore citizen science design in the context of smart city, on the basis of activity theory and by means of digital social innovation. “Smart City” concept provides new elements including social communication, collaborative design and innovative community to citizen science. With the rapid development of science and information & communication technologies (ICTs) and with the arrival of Web 2.0, social innovation is endowed with digital factors so as to be evolved to digital social innovation (DSI) which gives various design perspectives on citizen science and also plays an important part in establishing citizen science evaluation model. In this paper, a citizen science design framework consisting of citizen science content model, design model and evaluation model is proposed by discussing related theories, models and citizen science cases. It acts as not only design lead to inspire two citizen science case practices, but also an evaluation term in the view of citizen science. The framework and models developed in this research will hopefully be leveraged and refined to support citizen science design in the future.
    Creator/Author:
    Wang, Lu; Fu, Zhiyong, and Lin, Jia
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/17/2017
    Date Modified:
    02/05/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Relative Importance of Blockchain in Health Care: Enhancing data sharing and mitigating cyber security crimes

    Article thumbnail: Relative Importance of Blockchain in Health Care: Enhancing data sharing and mitigating cyber security crimes
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    This paper looks at the opportunities and challenges of implementing blockchain technology across the medical sector and provides a clear view which can enable blockchain for more extents. After a notable research on underlying blockchain technology which offers distributed governance, immutable audit trail, provenance of data, robustness and privacy, we contrasted blockchain innovations and identified prominent applications of it in historically decentralized healthcare sectors. As the healthcare industry faces many challenges like unauthorised data sharing, lack of data transparency, ransomware, data breaches and cyber crimes, blockchain is one of the best ways to enhance data sharing and to mitigate prominent cyber crimes. By proper designing of a decentralized and immutable blockchain network where the data is dispersed among credentialed social insurance experts guarantees that cybercriminals cannot touch single patient’s confidential data, which facilitates encryption or cryptography of personal data where no patient’s emergency data is at extreme hazard. Blockchain trust-worthy cloud is one of the most powerful and secure ways of storing high confidential data. After analysing Blockchain implementations and identifying its potential in healthcare, we conclude with several promising directions for future research.
    Creator/Author:
    Ponnakanti, Hari Priya; Ozer, Murat, and Gonen, Bilal
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2020-04-14
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Refined Structure of the Lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania donovani

    Article thumbnail: Refined Structure of the Lipophosphoglycan of Leishmania donovani
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The primary structure of the major surface glycoconjugate of Leishmania donovani parasites, a lipophosphoglycan, has been further characterized. The repeating PO4-6Galp beta 1-4Man disaccharide units, which are a salient feature of the molecule, are shown to terminate with one of several neutral structures, the most abundant of which is the branched trisaccharide Galp beta 1-4(Manp alpha 1-2)Man. The phosphosaccharide core of lipophosphoglycan, which links the disaccharide repeats to a lipid anchor, contains 2 phosphate residues. One of the core phosphates has previously been localized on O-6 of the galactosyl residue distal to the lipid anchor; the second phosphate is now shown to be on O-6 of the mannosyl residue distal to the anchor and to bear an alpha-linked glucopyranosyl residue. Also, the anomeric configuration of the unusual 3-substituted Galf residue in the phosphosaccharide core is established as beta. The complete structure of the core is thus PO4-6Galp alpha 1-6Galp alpha 1-3Galf beta 1-3[Glcp alpha 1-PO4-6]Manp alpha 1-3Manp alpha 1-4GlcN alpha 1-. This further clarification of the structure of lipophosphoglycan may prove beneficial in determining the structure-function relationships of this highly unusual glycoconjugate.
    Creator/Author:
    Ferguson, Michael A. J.; Turco, Salvatore J.; Thomas, Jerry R.; Gorin, Philip A. J.; Homans, Steven W.; McConville, Malcom J.; Greis, Kenneth D., and Thomas-Oates, Jane E.
    Submitter:
    Kenneth Greis
    Date Uploaded:
    03/01/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/07/2017
    Date Created:
    1992-05
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Re-clarifying Design Problems through Questions for Secondary School Children

    Article thumbnail: Re-clarifying Design Problems through Questions for Secondary School Children
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    It is believed that secondary school students often define design problems in the design coursework superficially due to various reasons such as lack of exposure, inexperience and the lack of research skills. Questioning techniques have long been associated with the development of critical thinking. Based on this context and assumption, the current study aimed to explore the use of questioning techniques to enable pre-tertiary students to improve their understanding of design problems by using questions to critique their thinking and decision-making processes and in turn, generate more effective design solutions. A qualitative approach is adopted in this study to identify the trajectories of students during design problem identification and clarification process. Using student design journals as a form of record for action and thoughts, they are analysed and supplemented by hearing survey with the teacher-in-charge. From the study, the following points can be concluded: 1) questions can be a useful tool to facilitate a better understanding of the design problem. 2) The process of identification and clarification of design problem is important in the development of critical thinking skills and social-emotional skills of the students. 3) It is important that students are given time and opportunity to find out the problems by themselves. 4) Teachers can be important role models as students may pick up questioning techniques from teacher student discussions. 5) Departmental reviews and built-in professional development time for weekly reviews on teaching and learning strategies are necessary for the continual improvement D&T education.
    Creator/Author:
    Wei Leong, LEE; Hwee Mui, Grace KWEK, and Wei Leong, Leon LOH
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    12/01/2017
    Date Modified:
    02/08/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Reassessing US Grand Strategy – Part 1: The Current State of US Grand Strategy

    Article thumbnail: Reassessing US Grand Strategy – Part 1: The Current State of US Grand Strategy
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    This is part one of a mini-series attempting to grapple with US grand strategy and the potential need for its re-assessment. The goal of this series is to introduce readers to grand strategy, ideally prompting more to grapple with US grand strategy and grand strategy more broadly. The author is fleshing out their own ideas, so don’t take the work as gospel, but rather as a starting point for your own journey. In part one, an overview of the current state of US grand strategy is given. In part two, grand strategy is defined as a concept, a more detailed argument for the need of reassessment is put forth, and resources on grand strategy are listed for interested readers. In part three, four typologies of US grand strategic thought are summarized and contrasted with what US grand strategy has arguably been since the end of WWII. In part four, some general thoughts on the means and ends of reassessing US grand strategy will be described. Additional articles on grand strategy may appear over time.
    Creator/Author:
    Turner, Grant
    Submitter:
    Grant Turner
    Date Uploaded:
    09/18/2021
    Date Modified:
    09/18/2021
    Date Created:
    2021-08-11
    License:
    Attribution 4.0 International

  • Purification and Characterization an Extracellular Phosphoglycan from Leishmania donovani

    Article thumbnail: Purification and Characterization an Extracellular Phosphoglycan from Leishmania donovani
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    An extracellular phosphoglycan (exPG), present in the culturem edium of the promastigote form L oefi shmania donovani, was purified and structurally characterized. The purification scheme included ethanol precipitation of the culture medium, anion exchange chromatography, hydrophobic chromatography on phenyl-Sepharose, and preparative polyacrylamgeild e electrophoresis. Structural analysis by ‘H-’H NMR, methylation linkage analysis, and glycosidase digestion revealed that the exPG consisted of thfoel lowing structure: (CAP)+[P04-6Galp@1-4Manpal]lo-11-POr6GalpB1-4Man. The capw as found to be ones eovf eral small, neutral oligosaccharides, the most abundant of which was the trisaccharide Galp@l-4(Manpal-2)Man. The results indicated structural analogy to the cellular-derived lipophosphoglycan (LPG) from L. donovani. The important exceptions are a lacko f the lipid anchor, the entire phosphosaccharide core, and several of the repeating disaccharide units. Although the function of exPGis presently unknowni,t may play a protective role for the promastigote in the insect vector or during infection of a mammalian host
    Creator/Author:
    Turco, Salvatore J.; Thomas, Jerry R.; Homans, Steven W.; Ferguson, Michael A.; McConville, Malcolm J., and Greis, Kenneth D.
    Submitter:
    Kenneth Greis
    Date Uploaded:
    03/01/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/07/2017
    Date Created:
    1992-04
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • The Pulse of a Nation: A Study on the Cybersecurity Issues Plaguing the Healthcare Industry

    Article thumbnail: The Pulse of a Nation: A Study on the Cybersecurity Issues Plaguing the Healthcare Industry
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    In this paper, I study how medical records are being used by cyber-criminal for financial gain and patient manipulation. I studied what kind of criminal organizations may be involved in these operations and confirmed incidents from the black market. I conducted a literature review which generated several sources from online databases. I determined five major criminal factions that are most likely to use compromised medical records, determined possible motivations and looked at several cases of medical records being sold on the black market. The healthcare industry’s digitization efforts have left it tremendously ill-equip to combat emerging threats. It is evident that the healthcare industry must take extreme measures in order to counteract the evolving threat landscape. It is my hope that the findings of paper will being to shed light on these issues and help healthcare professionals understand what kind of threats the industry is facing.
    Creator/Author:
    Angel, William
    Submitter:
    William Angel
    Date Uploaded:
    10/10/2018
    Date Modified:
    10/10/2018
    Date Created:
    2018-04-23
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Prototyping the not-yet-existing for research and innovation: a possible process model for design research.

    Article thumbnail: Prototyping the not-yet-existing for research and innovation: a possible process model for design research.
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Design argument and ability to recognize complex systems (Rittel & Webber, 1973) and find a way to modify them, has led other disciplines to try to understand design process and apply it to other areas of knowledge. Creative solutions and ability to innovate (Verganti, 2009) have made design a valuable resource on the contemporary economy. Nevertheless, there is still a polemic about the meaning and model of the process of academic research in the field of design (Muratovski, 2015), the ways in which design research should be conducted and the specific knowledge that is produced with the design research process. This paper tries to recognize the prototype as a basic element of the process of design, since is connected to a specific type of knowledge and based on that; it also proposes a model of the use of prototypes as a research tool based on four different theoretical concepts which importance in the field of design have been strongly stablished by different academic communities around the world.
    Creator/Author:
    de la Rosa, Juan
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/17/2017
    Date Modified:
    10/04/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Proposal of a Time Theory

    Article thumbnail: Proposal of a Time Theory
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    A new formula has been developed that determines the passage of time. In the paper, this is particularized for cases of temporary dilation due to speed and gravity. Additionally, using the previous equation, an interpretation of the nature of black holes, their formation, growth, and dimension can be developed. Moreover, and based on all of the above, a different way of understanding mass and space is proposed. Which ultimately implies an alternative expression that relates mass and energy.
    Creator/Author:
    Viaña, Javier
    Submitter:
    Javier Viana
    Date Uploaded:
    09/06/2019
    Date Modified:
    09/06/2019
    Date Created:
    2016-06-10
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Proposal for Design Support Application Based on Extended ADT Model

    Article thumbnail: Proposal for Design Support Application Based on Extended ADT Model
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Understanding the user’s situation is very important in the design process. There are many ways to understand a user’s situation – a designer might observe a user’s situation or a user might record their own situation in Human Centered Design (HCD) file. However, the latter of these methods has not been very popular mainly because of the burden it place on the users. This research proposes a new smartphone-based design support application, named “HN camera”, which can be used to record the users’ situation, without any additional burden on them. This application is based on the ‘Extended Alethic/Deontic/Temporal (ADT) model’ concept. A user or a designer can understand and record the user’s situation based on the Physical factor, the Kansei factor, and the Cultural factor using HN Camera. The application was used in visualizing and analyzing tourists’ travel as a service design. Through this, the effectiveness of the proposed application was clarified.
    Creator/Author:
    Kang, Namgyu
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/21/2017
    Date Modified:
    10/23/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Promised Land, Crusader State: The Eight Traditions of US Diplomacy and Foreign Policy

    Article thumbnail: Promised Land, Crusader State: The Eight Traditions of US Diplomacy and Foreign Policy
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    An overview of Walter A. McDougall's 1997 book "Promised Land, Crusader State: The American Encounter with the World Since 1776" with some concluding thoughts.
    Creator/Author:
    Turner, Grant
    Submitter:
    Grant Turner
    Date Uploaded:
    10/10/2021
    Date Modified:
    10/10/2021
    Date Created:
    2021-10-08
    License:
    Attribution 4.0 International

  • Product Identity Footprint: A Set Of Tools To Clarify The Front End Of Industrial Design Projects In Order To Start And Develop Products The Right Way.

    Article thumbnail: Product Identity Footprint: A Set Of Tools To Clarify The Front End Of Industrial Design Projects In Order To Start And Develop Products The Right Way.
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Having observed that many industrial design projects are started with the wrong approach, producing loss of resources, time, and professional relationships, this article presents a set of three tools that enables a clearer view of the Fuzzy Front-end (Vogel, Cagan). The first tool helps to understand the design order (Buchanan) of the product to be developed, and to place it in the utilitarian product universe (practical and economically biased), the transitional-wholistic product universe (practical, economic, and emotionally balanced), or the emotional product universe (viscerally and symbolically biased). The second identifies a product’s global purpose composed by its practical, economic, and emotional purposes, as well as the value factors they include (practical and indicative function, usability, practical or emotional cost-benefit, visceral appeal, and symbolic meaning). The third tool involves the type of project to be undertaken (vision, new development, major enhancement, or minor enhancement). Applicable to all disciplines of design, the three tools comprise the product identity footprint, which helps inform the selection of appropriate strategies to start a project the right way. It can increase the efficiency of the product development process by providing an agreed view that can be shared with all the development team, from the project sponsor to the engineering, marketing, planning, and creative departments.
    Creator/Author:
    Rodriguez Cuevas, JM and Islas Munoz, JA
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/30/2017
    Date Modified:
    01/30/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • A Process Mining Approach to Improving Defect Detection of SysML Models

    Article thumbnail: A Process Mining Approach to Improving Defect Detection of SysML Models
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The development of complex and dependable systems like autonomous vehicles relies increasingly on the use of systems modeling language (SysML). In fact, SysML has become a de facto standard for systems engineering. With model-driven engineering, a SysML model serves as a reference for the early defect detection of the system under design: the earlier the errors are detected, the less is the cost of handling the errors. Mutation testing is a fault-based technique that has recently seen its applications to SysML behavioral models (e.g., state machine diagrams). Specifically, a system's state-transition design can be fed to a model checker where mutants are automatically generated and then killed against the desired design specifications (e.g., safety properties). In this paper, we present a novel approach based on process mining to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the SysML mutation testing based on model checking. In our approach, the mutation operators are applied directly to the state machine diagram. These mutants are then fed as traces into a process mining tool and checked according to the event logs. Our initial results indicates that the process mining approach kills more mutants faster than the model checking method.
    Creator/Author:
    Alenazi, Mounifah; Niu, Nan, and Savolainen, Juha
    Submitter:
    Nan Niu
    Date Uploaded:
    09/02/2019
    Date Modified:
    09/05/2019
    Date Created:
    2019-09-02
    License:
    Open Data Commons Attribution License (ODC-By)

  • Preserving Public Health: A Literature Review

    Article thumbnail: Preserving Public Health: A Literature Review
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    We recognize our past—history and heritage—as crucial to who we are (Grenville, 2007; Lowenthal, 2008; Nietzsche, 1874/1980). Significant regulatory and popular effort is expended in protecting places, buildings, and behaviors that link us to this past. International governance organizations recognize free association with history as a fundamental human right (e.g., Blake, 2011). Tangible representations of the past (e.g., objects, buildings, landscapes) are preserved as reminders of this past. Given the broad agreement that connections to the past are important parts of human existence, what are the connections between individuals’ security in knowledge of their own history and measures of public health? The literature connecting preservation and public health is neither direct nor voluminous. A search for literature revealed a gap in knowledge about ways that preservation and public health relate. While some literature demonstrates possible connections between the two fields, no identified articles argue for the connection. Two examples from the preservation literature (Appler, 2015; Kearney & Bradley, 2015) explain situations where preservation issues have affected public health concerns, but do not acknowledge public health as part of their discussion. This exploratory essay briefly outlines core principles of public health and a review of literature from the public health and preservation and heritage fields that aligns with these principles. The essay concludes targeted research into the relationship preservation-public health is needed.
    Creator/Author:
    Orthel, Bryan D.
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/28/2017
    Date Modified:
    10/04/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Preserving Craft Heritage by Forging Rural-Urban Connections

    Article thumbnail: Preserving Craft Heritage by Forging Rural-Urban Connections
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    This study aims to explore the difficulties of preserving cultural heritage in rural areas and to inform better designs of computer systems to support such preservation. In this case study, we observed and documented craft cultures in three rural villages in China. Our methods include photo-ethnography, interview and observation. From analyzing various types of data, we were able to identify issues of cultural heritage preservation, including cultural identity and values. We propose a conceptual system design for an installation and software connecting rural craftspeople and people who appreciate crafts, as a means of fostering a mutual relationship of support and appreciation. We believe this relationship can help preserve cultural heritage in rural areas. Some of the system installation elements were prototyped in scale models. The paper’s primary contribution is the design field research, analysis of design field research, and conceptualization.
    Creator/Author:
    Blevis, Eli; Wei, Huaxin, and Tan, Haodan
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/30/2017
    Date Modified:
    10/25/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • PREDICTION AND DETECTION OF DEPRESSION USING FOREST TREE ALGORITHM

    Article thumbnail: PREDICTION AND DETECTION OF DEPRESSION USING FOREST TREE ALGORITHM
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Depression is a common illness that negatively affects feelings, thoughts and behaviors and can harm regular activities like sleeping. It is a leading cause of disability and many other diseases (Choudhury, et al 2013, Mathur et al, 2016, Watkins et al, 2013). According to WHO (World Health Organization) 1 statistics, more than 300 million people over the world are affected in depression and in each country at least 10% are provided treatment. Poor recognition and treatment of depression may aggravate heart failure symptoms, precipitate functional decline, disrupt social and occupational functioning, and lead to an increased risk of mortality (Cully, et al 2009). Early detection of depression is thus necessary. Unfortunately the rates of detecting and treating depression among those with medical illness are quite low (Egede, 2007). This research proposes a solution of using random forest classifier algorithm to detect and predict detection. A mobile application will be developed in order to collect user data and make prediction.
    Creator/Author:
    Halliday, Nnennaya
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2019-04-11
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Predicting Future Shooting Crime Locations Using Principles of Data Analytics (SHOPS)

    Article thumbnail: Predicting Future Shooting Crime Locations Using Principles of Data Analytics (SHOPS)
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Shooting crime is a serious public health problem in the US. The analysis of any historical crime data reveals that crime is non-randomly distributed in time and space. Based on this notion, hot spots policing has gained its momentum to effectively predict future crime locations. Recent studies; however, pointed out that traditional hot spots policing occasionally predict rare crimes such as homicides and shootings due to their less frequent recurring counts in a given place and time (specifically for shorter time periods such as weeks and months). Given this context, we developed a new shooting prediction system (SHOPS) to explore whether recent dynamic/mobility activity patterns of known violent individuals increase the prediction of short-term fatal and non-fatal shootings compared to the traditional hot spots policing. Findings suggest that SHOPS predicts fatal and non-fatal shooting locations more precisely by identifying fewer hotspot locations. Policy implications of the study were discussed in the conclusion section.
    Creator/Author:
    Varlioglu, M. Said and Ozer, Murat
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2019-04-11
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • The Prairie School House a Study Guide Prepared by Lloyd C. Engelbrecht

    Article thumbnail: The Prairie School House a Study Guide Prepared by Lloyd C. Engelbrecht
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Lloyd C. Engelbrecht (born 1927) is Professor Emeritus of Art History at the University of Cincinnati. This study guide was used to illustrate some of his classroom presentations and also on-site visits with his students to Prairie School buildings. This version of the study guide dates from May 10, 1994.
    Creator/Author:
    Engelbrecht, Lloyd C.
    Submitter:
    Lloyd C. Engelbrecht
    Date Uploaded:
    10/15/2014
    Date Modified:
    07/27/2016
    Date Created:
    2014-10-15
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • PD and Fuzzy Logic Control for Earthquake Resilient Structures

    Article thumbnail: PD and Fuzzy Logic Control for Earthquake Resilient Structures
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    This research was conducted within the framework of a National Science Foundation sponsored summer Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU) students. This research considers small-scale and mathematical models of simple one-story structures that are subjected to free and base-motion excitations and installed with and without passive damping devices to gain an understanding of their dynamic behavior while reviewing active and semi-active damping means being applied and researched today. Using computer programming and numerical methods, the goal is to understand and counteract catastrophic disasters to structures caused by earthquakes. The research is broken down into a number of MATLAB simulations and experiments in order to understand basic dynamic and control features required to design earthquake resilient buildings. These experiments include free vibration experiments to test for the stiffness of columns for different heights and to test for the natural frequency and damping ratio of a one-story structure under different mass loads. Active PD control was then applied to an experimental system experiencing accelerations attributed to the Northridge 1994, Kobe 1995, El Centro 1940, and Mendocino 1992 earthquakes. Robustness comparisons were made between (1) P control; (2) D control; and (3) PD control for the above earthquake inputs to the shaker. A fuzzy logic controller was developed to effectively control transient vibrations. The uniqueness of this control concept is that the fuzzy control continuously varies the damping characteristics of a semi-active tuned mass damper (TMD). It was concluded that a fuzzy logic based TMD was more effective than a regular passive TMD, by providing half the settling times.
    Creator/Author:
    Thesing, Laura; Edalath, Sanooj; Cohen, Kelly; McElwain, Brittany; Kukreti, Anant, and Alvarez, Pedro
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/13/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2014-03
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Patient 360: Collaborating on Cancer Care

    Article thumbnail: Patient 360: Collaborating on Cancer Care
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    *Use Related Links URL to access presentation video Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and Premera Blue Cross show you how we conducted design research to build a collective understanding of the cancer care experience. We will provide detailed instructions, with checklists, on how to recreate a similar collaboration, including how we worked and what we worked on. You will walk away knowing how we shared skills and resources, built credibility and equal playing fields, and delivered research insights to both our organizations from multiple perspectives and vantage points. Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) brings together the leading research teams and cancer specialists from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle Children's and UW Medicine. Based in Seattle, SCCA is one of the top five Adult Cancer Care facilities in the United States as ranked by U.S. News & World Report. Shay Ghassemian, User Experience Designer in Digital Health, and Katie Rehfield, Patient Experience Specialist, will be facilitating this workshop. Premera Blue Cross is a not-for-profit health insurance company serving 2 million people across the United States. As the largest health plan in the Pacific Northwest, Premera offers a wide range of products for individuals and families, Medicare recipients, and employers ranging from small business to Fortune 100 companies. Irish Malig, Senior Manager of Experience Strategy, Robert Racadio, Design Research Manager, Design Strategists Sara Bell, Paul Braun, and Ryan Rosensweig, and Darci Brown, Healthcare Implementation Manager in Provider Experience, will all be facilitating this workshop. Presented by Shay Ghassemian and Robert Racadio
    Creator/Author:
    Seattle Cancer Care Alliance and Premera Blue Cross
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    01/26/2018
    Date Modified:
    04/24/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Passive Damping Augmentation for Vibration Suppression in Flexible Latticed Beam-Like Space Structures

    Article thumbnail: Passive Damping Augmentation for Vibration Suppression in Flexible Latticed Beam-Like Space Structures
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    For a Timoshenko beam model the equations of motion, representing the anisotropic continuum model of a two-dimensional, latticed, large space structure, are extended to include coupling between the extensional, shear and bending modes. This analytical model, applied to a 20-bay, orthogonal, tetrahedral, cantilevered truss structure, is used to determine the transient response when subjected to a unit impulse. It is demonstrated that for beam-like structures having a fixed bending stiffness and beam mass an increase in diagonal stiffness, on account of the stiffness of the vertical girder, leads to a rise in the transverse shear rigidity. This results in higher natural frequencies and a reduction in peak displacement. In addition, in an asymmetrical truss configuration, coupling between the extensional and shear modes raises the maximum peak displacement compared to that obtained for a symmetric truss. The model is modified to investigate the introduction of passive damping in the form of several dynamic vibration absorbers. For a fixed absorber mass budget, a simple yet efficient absorber parameter optimization procedure, based on the classical steady state criteria of a 2-DOF system, is developed to design several absorbers each tuned to a different modal frequency. It is found that inclusion of transverse shear rigidity, as a design parameter in damping augmentation studies, reduces settling time for predetermined maximum peak displacements.
    Creator/Author:
    Weller, T. and Cohen, Kelly
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/08/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    1994-08
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Parallel Projections

    Article thumbnail: Parallel Projections
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Parallel Projections investigates two types of postindustrial site: the architectural and the agricultural; it conflates (projections of and into) spaces as means of making visceral our intellectual comprehension of the relationships between materiality, surface, place and history. Parallel Projections is not meant for specific places but for specific kinds of spaces: defunct industrial buildings, abandoned urban edifices, and mechanized natural landscapes. The authors, living in places (Iowa and Ohio) that have both been radically altered by scalar economic shifts, adapt alien (guest) project components to their native (host) contexts. Both types of spaces, host and guest, as spaces of urban and rural abandonment, share surfaces that are compelling palimpsests. These surfaces are encrusted with nearly-obliterated histories, emptied by changes in production methods and habits of occupation and revealed by ghost texts. In opposition to the idea that these sites should be whitewashed and redrawn, the authors see them as grounds for new layers that can receive projections of phenomena from other postindustrial sites and as repositories for material evidence that deepens, rather than erases, the evidence of their pasts.
    Creator/Author:
    Goché, Peter and Krukowski, Samantha
    Submitter:
    Samantha Krukowski
    Date Uploaded:
    02/06/2019
    Date Modified:
    05/23/2019
    Date Created:
    2018-05
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • An Overview of the next phase of Virtualization

    Article thumbnail: An Overview of the next phase of Virtualization
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Hypervisor-based hardware virtualization- also known as the first phase of virtualization uses Virtual Machines (VM) to provide better hardware resource utilization and application isolation. A VM provides some level of portability, but still requires a full operating system (OS) with all the binaries and libraries required to run the service it hosts. Therefore, moving an application from a development to a production environment for instance is no different than moving them between two Physical Machines (PM). Container-based virtualization-sometimes known as the next phase of virtualization addresses some of these limitations by providing virtualization at the OS level. Docker is an open source engine launched in 2013 by a company called Docker, Inc. Docker is used to manage the lifecycle of containers. Using containers, it is no longer necessary to dedicate an entire VM to an application in order to provide isolation, thus saving OS license costs. In this project we plan to formulate a generic model that can be used to fine tune a container-based setup for maximum performance benefit.
    Creator/Author:
    Chengcheng Li and Nitin Mathur
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2019-04-11
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • OPTIMIZING PATIENT-CENTERED MOBILE APPLICATIONS USING DATA MINING TECHNIQUES

    Article thumbnail: OPTIMIZING PATIENT-CENTERED MOBILE APPLICATIONS USING DATA MINING TECHNIQUES
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The healthcare industry is thriving and the abundant amount of data involved raises call for help relating to managing and maintaining them. It becomes a hassle to keep the data in it’s required place and to pull and retrieve whenever necessary. The search for a proper data mining technique to enhance the process is always appreciated and encouraged. Our era is controlled by the upcoming technologies that are fast paced and yield great results. There is always a scope for improvement and optimization. Every individual from every generation has been an avid user of mobile phone and its applications. Healthcare facilities have slowly begun to depend on applications and technologies associated and supported by mobile phones and other networking platforms in order to have everyone within the facility and also the patients who have ties to the facility have access to the information that they are entitled to have.
    Creator/Author:
    Kaushik, Sanjana
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2019-04-11
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Optimal Fireline Generation for Wildfire Fighting in Uncertain and Heterogeneous Environment

    Article thumbnail: Optimal Fireline Generation for Wildfire Fighting in Uncertain and Heterogeneous Environment
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Fire is a natural component of many ecosystems but wildland fires often do pose serious threats to public safety, properties and natural resources. Forest fire acts as a dominant factor in reshaping of terrain and change of the ecosystem of a particular area. The total damage due to wildland fire shows an increasing trend over the past decade. Forest Fire Decision Support Systems (FFDSS) have been developed for the last thirty years all over the world that supplies valuable information on forest fire detection, fire behavior and other aspects of forest fires but lacks in developing intelligent fire suppression strategies. In this paper, an effort has been made to generate intelligent fire suppression strategies with efficient resource allocation using the Genetic Algorithm based optimization tool in a heterogeneous and uncertain scenario. The goal of this research is to perform intelligent resource allocation along with the generation of optimal firelines that minimizes the total burned area due to wildland fire. The solutions generated at each generations of the Genetic Algorithm (GA) are used to build the firelines in a heterogeneous terrain where advanced forest fire propagation model is used to evaluate the fitness values of each generated solutions. The optimal firelines thus obtained through the Simulation-Optimization technique minimizes the total damage due to wildland fire and eliminates the chance of any fire escape i.e., firefront reaching the fireline positions before they are built. Such techniques integrated with the existing FFDSS hold promise in effectively controlling forest fires.
    Creator/Author:
    Manish, Kumar; Cohen, Kelly, and HomChaudhuri, Baisravan
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/03/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2010-07
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • On the Substance of Absence: Filling the Historical Void

    Article thumbnail: On the Substance of Absence: Filling the Historical Void
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    A 1948 exhibition catalogue of the work of Alberto Giacommetti, with an essay by Jean-Paul Sartre, highlights the relationships between sculpture and psychoanalysis, phenomenology, existentialism.
    Creator/Author:
    Krukowski, Samantha
    Submitter:
    Samantha Krukowski
    Date Uploaded:
    02/06/2019
    Date Modified:
    05/23/2019
    Date Created:
    1994
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Numerical Simulations of a Feedback-Controlled Circular CylinderWake

    Article thumbnail: Numerical Simulations of a Feedback-Controlled Circular CylinderWake
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The effect of feedback flow control on the wake of a circular cylinder at a Reynolds number of 100 is investigated in direct numerical simulation. The control approach uses a low-dimensional model based on proper orthogonal decomposition (POD). The controller applies linear proportional and differential feedback to the estimate of the first POD mode. The range of validity of the POD model is explored in detail. Actuation is implemented as displacement of the cylinder normal to the flow. It is demonstrated that the threshold peak amplitude below which the control actuation ceases to be effective is in the order of 5% of the cylinder diameter. The closed-loop feedback simulations explore the effect of both fixed-phase and variable-phase feedback on the wake. Whereas fixed-phase feedback is effective in reducing drag and unsteady lift, it fails to stabilize this state once the low drag state has been reached. Variable-phase feedback, however, achieves the same drag and unsteady lift reductions while being able to stabilize the flow in the low drag state. In the low drag state, the near wake is entirely steady, whereas the far wake exhibits vortex shedding at a reduced intensity. A drag reduction of 15% of the drag was achieved, and the unsteady lift force was lowered by 90%.
    Creator/Author:
    Cohen, Kelly; Siegel, Stefan, and McLaughlin, Thomas
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/10/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2006-06
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Nonlinear estimation of transient flow field low dimensional states using artificial neural nets

    Article thumbnail: Nonlinear estimation of transient flow field low dimensional states using artificial neural nets
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Feedback flow control of the wake of a circular cylinder at a Reynolds number of 100 is an interesting and challenging benchmark for controlling absolute instabilities associated with bluff body wakes. A two dimensional computational fluid dynamics simulation is used to develop low-dimensional models for estimator design. Actuation is implemented as displacement of the cylinder normal to the flow. The estimation approach uses a low dimensional model based on a truncated 6 mode Double Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (DPOD) applied to the streamwise velocity component of the flow field. Sensor placement is based on the intensity of the resulting spatial modes. A non-linear Artificial Neural Network Estimator (ANNE) was employed to map the velocity data to the mode amplitudes of the DPOD model. For a given four sensor configuration, developed using a previously validated strategy, ANNE performed better than two state-of-the-art approaches, namely, a Quadratic Stochastic Estimator (QSE) and a Linear Stochastic Estimator with time delays (DSE).
    Creator/Author:
    Cohen, Kelly; Mclaughlin, Thomas; Seidel, Jurgen; Siegel, Stefan, and Aradag, Selin
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/13/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2011-07
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • A New Method for Project-Based Learning in International Design Workshop Setting

    Article thumbnail: A New Method for Project-Based Learning in International Design Workshop Setting
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Design oriented educational institution around the world, project based learning is well practiced in local setting as well as global setting. Communication is one of the significant aspect in this learning settings. Currently, many design projects are implemented by members beyond their belonging organization, creating difficulties in face to face communication, especially when members are in different countries. This study proposes a new method for project-based learning in design education program implemented on international design workshop and discuss about outcome through empirical program. This method is composed in three phases. First phase is online pre-workshop session using SLACK, where each member do their own researching and surveying on the specific topic related to the project, share and discuss them with other members. The second phase is face to face workshop, which all members gather in one place to work on the project intensively to make their group design proposal. The lastly in the post workshop phase, each member get back online to make reflection on the project, feedback them on the proposal, and make improvements. Also, compile and publish a project reports on the overall program for documentation. Through out the program, SLACK platform is used for basic communication and sharing data and information. S This program are operated in an international design workshop called “Global Design Workshop” of Chiba Institute of Technology(CIT, Chiba, Japan), with students from Chiba University(CU, Chiba, Japan) and Tunghai University(THU, Taichung, Taiwan) . The theme of the workshop was “New work place, space, style using IoT technologies.
    Creator/Author:
    Nagao, Toru; Ishizuka, Akio; Inasaka, Akiyoshi, and Oda, Hirokazu
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/21/2017
    Date Modified:
    02/01/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Multi-Agent Maze Exploration

    Article thumbnail: Multi-Agent Maze Exploration
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Mazes have intrigued the human mind for thousands of years, and have been used to measure cognitive abilities of laboratory animals. In recent years, mazes have been used to examine the artificial intelligence of robots by observing their ability to traverse mazes using algorithm for maze exploration and exploitation.A simulation of a multi-agent system is used to demonstrate the benefits of utilizing a group of several robots in maze exploration. Using a behavioral algorithm based on Tarry’s algorithm, it is shown that the group performance improves and becomes more robust as the number of robots increases. In addition, the amount of data transfer required for group coordination can be minimized to a small set of data items, which is independent of either the number of robots in the group or the maze size.As a result, the above multi-agent approach can be scaled up to mazes or groups of any size, as indicated by the results of the MATLAB-based simulation.
    Creator/Author:
    Cohen, Kelly and Kivelvitch, Elad H.
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/13/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2010-12
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Moving graphic design forward with service design methods: Diversifying the role of graphic design among small local industry projects

    Article thumbnail: Moving graphic design forward with service design methods: Diversifying the role of graphic design among small local industry projects
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The field of graphic design has continually evolved to encompass a wide scope of skills. From designing graphics to designing business strategies, graphic designers can be incorporated into all stages of industry projects. For some graphic designers around the world, broad uses of design practices are recognised as significant and are being applied to a breadth of large scale business and community sector frameworks. However, these skills are frequently underutilised and their value overlooked among small business projects. Perth-based design jobs, for example, are commonly outcome-driven and graphic designers are typically hired by clients at the end stage of business projects to only make project artefacts such as websites, business cards or brochures. Gjoko Muratovski, Director of The Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design at DAAP, University of Cincinnati, puts forth that big businesses has benefitted greatly from integrating design’s intrinsic methods into all aspects of product and service development. In his paper titled Paradigm Shift: Report on the New Role of Design in Business and Society he states that “With the growing reputation of design as a catalyst for business innovation, designers are being invited to take on executive roles. Jonathan Ive (Apple, Inc.), Mark Parker (Nike, Inc.), David Butler (The Coca-Cola Company), and Todd Simmons (IBM Corporation) are perhaps the most notable examples of this emerging trend” (2015, p. 121). Literary statements such as this one, depict the rise of design using corporate giants as example. A discussion about the expansion of design amongst smaller business sectors, however, appears to be lacking. This report looks to explore this as the broad idea of my PhD. My paper views that there is gap in Perth local graphic design profession – graphic designers are not engaging with broader and more holistic design strategies such as those employed in service design. As part of my PhD project, this paper will discuss the literature review, research methods and design philosophy relevant to design strategies and processes used in graphic designers in Perth.
    Creator/Author:
    Ormsby, Erica
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/28/2017
    Date Modified:
    05/23/2019
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Model-Independent Vibration Control of Flexible Beam-Like Structures Using a Fuzzy Based Adaptation Strategy

    Article thumbnail: Model-Independent Vibration Control of Flexible Beam-Like Structures Using a Fuzzy Based Adaptation Strategy
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The present study deals with an AFCA (Adaptive Fuzzy Control Algorithm) for an Euler-Bernoulli approximation of a two-dimensional version of a cantilever beam-like orthogonal tetrahedral space truss. Transient disturbances, modeled as a unit impulse, excite all the modes of the beam. The resulting transverse displacement at the free end of the beam and its corresponding rate are observed by sensors placed there, and active control of the beam is provided by a collocated force actuator. A design methodology for the closed-loop control algorithm that is independent of an exact mathematical model (space-state model, F.E.M., etc.) of plant dynamics and which is based on fuzzy logic is presented. First, the behavior of the open-loop system is observed. Then, the control force applied to the system emulates the behavior of a dynamic vibration absorber which is tuned to the measured fundamental frequency. This approach not only assures inherent stability associated with passive absorbers, but also circumvents the phenomenon of modal spillover. The damping and the mass ratios of the absorber adapt themselves by using a fuzzy decision-making process. This results in relatively quick settling times, low overshoots and dying out of vibration within a few seconds. When the control force is turned off after a mere 16 seconds, almost all the vibrational energy is dissipated. In addition, the performance of the AFCA is insensitive to varying initial conditions. To demonstrate the robustness of the control system to changes in the temporal dynamics of the cantilever beam, the transient response to a considerably perturbed plant is simulated. The Young's modulus of the beam was raised as well as lowered substantially, thereby significantly perturbing the natural frequencies of vibration. The mode shapes, however, remain unchanged. For these cases, too, the AFCA provides similar settling times and rates of vibrational energy dissipation.
    Creator/Author:
    Abramovich, Haim; Weller, T.; Cohen, Kelly, and Levitas, Joseph
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/08/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    1997-03
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Minimal Criteria: Minimizing User Input and User Interface for Faster Output in Minimalistic Mobile Applications

    Article thumbnail: Minimal Criteria: Minimizing User Input and User Interface for Faster Output in Minimalistic Mobile Applications
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The principles of minimalist design are evident in much of the technology we use today. This is especially the case with mobile applications. The most successful of which attempt to minimize the amount of user input needed to provide users with the information they are seeking. Although many mobile applications use data gathered by in-system activity such as a GPS to minimize input from users—some systems require user input, such is the case with roommate matching. This study utilizes the RoomUP mobile application as a testbed to define minimal criteria that can be used to gather user input and produce a compatible roommate match. Participatory design with prospective student users is used to reduce the number of variables and provide recommendations for a minimalistic user interface. The resulting prototype is then used to verify that it meets design goals and supports a satisfactory user experience.
    Creator/Author:
    Maddirala, Sumanth
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2019-04-11
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • A methodology for cyberthreat ranking

    Article thumbnail: A methodology for cyberthreat ranking
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recommends that organizations perform cyber risk assessments regularly to identify security vulnerabilities and to control levels of exposure to threats. We discuss a method to customize the ranking of cyber threats based on the organization’s maturity level of implementing NIST controls and we use FAIR model’s LEF component as a measure of the severity of cyber threats. The methodology integrates NIST maturity levels to calculate the resistance strength factor and produce the LEF values for each threat. The LEF value is then used to represent the severity level of the threat to the specific organization. This hybrid risk assessment approach will help stakeholders make data-informed decisions on improving security measures and provide accurate values that represent the current security state of their organization.
    Creator/Author:
    Bakare, Adeyinka and Said, Hazem
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2020-04-14
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Mechanism of insulin sensitization by BMOV (bis maltolato oxo vanadium); unliganded vanadium (VO4) as the active component

    Article thumbnail: Mechanism of insulin sensitization by BMOV (bis maltolato oxo vanadium); unliganded vanadium (VO4) as the active component
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Organovanadium compounds have been shown to be insulin sensitizers in vitro and in vivo. One potential biochemical mechanism for insulin sensitization by these compounds is that they inhibit protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs) that negatively regulate insulin receptor activation and signaling. In this study, bismaltolato oxovanadium (BMOV), a potent insulin sensitizer, was shown to be a reversible, competitive phosphatase inhibitor that inhibited phosphatase activity in cultured cells and enhanced insulin receptor activation in vivo. NMR and X-ray crystallographic studies of the interaction of BMOV with two different phosphatases, HCPTPA (human low molecular weight cytoplasmic protein tyrosine phosphatase) and PTP1B (protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B), demonstrated uncomplexed vanadium (VO ) in the active site. Taken together, these findings support phosphatase inhibition as a mechanism for insulin sensitization by BMOV 4 and other organovanadium compounds and strongly suggest that uncomplexed vanadium is the active component of these compounds.
    Creator/Author:
    Diven, Conrad; Peters, Kevin G.; Evdokimov, Artem; Howard, Brian W.; Soper, Shari; Genbauffe, Frank; Greis, Kenneth D.; Rastogi, Vinit; Eby-Wilkens, Elaine; Pokross, Matthew, and Maier, Matthew
    Submitter:
    Kenneth Greis
    Date Uploaded:
    03/01/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/07/2017
    Date Created:
    2003-09
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • A Market-based Solution to the Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem

    Article thumbnail: A Market-based Solution to the Multiple Traveling Salesmen Problem
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    This paper describes a market-based solution to the problem of assigning mobile agents to tasks. The problem is formulated as the multiple depots, multiple traveling salesmen problem (MTSP), where agents and tasks operate in a market to achieve near-optimal solutions. We consider both the classical MTSP, in which the sum of all tour lengths is minimized, and the Min-Max MTSP, in which the longest tour is minimized. We compare the market-based solution with direct enumeration in small scenarios, and show that the results are nearly optimal. For the classical MTSP, we compare our results to linear programming, and show that the results are within 1 % of the best cost found by linear programming in more than 90 % of the runs, with a significant reduction in runtime. For the Min-Max case, we compare our method with Carlsson's algorithm and show an improvement of 5 % to 40 % in cost, albeit at an increase in runtime. Finally, we demonstrate the ability of the market-based solution to deal with changes in the scenario, e.g., agents leaving and entering the market. We show that the market paradigm is ideal for dealing with these changes during runtime, without the need to restart the algorithm, and that the solution reacts to the new scenarios in a quick and near-optimal way.
    Creator/Author:
    Cohen, Kelly; Kumar, Manish, and Kivelevitch, Elad
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/13/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2013-01
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Market-Based Solution to the Allocation of Tasks to Agents

    Article thumbnail: Market-Based Solution to the Allocation of Tasks to Agents
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Tasks allocation is a fundamental problem in multiagent systems. We formulate the problem as a multiple traveling salesmen problem (MTSP), which is an extension to the well known traveling salesman problem (TSP), both considered to be NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems. We propose a solution in which agents interact in an economic market to win tasks situated in an environment. The agents strive to minimize required costs, defined as either the total distance traveled by all agents or the maximum distance traveled by any agent. Using a set of simple market operations, the agents come up with a solution for task allocation. In this work we examine the processing speed of the market-based solution (MBS), as well as the quality vs. optimal solutions achieved using enumeration for a 3 agents by 8 tasks scenario. We show that the MBS is both quick and close to optimal. We then show that the MBS can be scaled to more complicated problems, by comparing its results with results from genetic algorithm (GA) and clustering. We also show the robustness of the MBS to changes in the scenario, e.g. the addition and removal of tasks or agents.
    Creator/Author:
    Cohen, Kelly; Kumar, Manish, and Kivelevitch, Elad
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/13/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2011-10
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Mapping Communication Design through the Web

    Article thumbnail: Mapping Communication Design through the Web
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Design is by nature an interdisciplinary, dynamic, and fluid discipline (Cross, 1982; Friedman, 2003). To define what design is has proved to be a very difficult—if not impossible and meaningless—exercise (Friedman, 2000), making also the understanding of the evolution of both the design discipline and practice a complex challenge. A rapidly changing technological landscape increases the breadth of design both in geographical terms and by extending to new domains, merging with different and new disciplines. Communication Design especially, being closer to the information and the media spheres, is the most sensitive and receptive design area. Communication Design finds online a fertile ground for its growth and developments, thus the online environment and the Web especially can be explored, dug, and mapped as mirrors of that evolution. The aim of our research is to map through the Web the complexity of the intersections between design as a discipline and design as a field of practice. Our exploration and representation of the online design territory covered four online environments: Behance, Wikipedia, Google, and the websites of the top one hundred design universities. The study has been conducted by using digital, statistical, and visualization methods. This exploration seeks neither to confirm theories nor predict the future, rather, it wants to make explicit and observable what Communication Design has become today. It aims to screenshot the state of the art, the emerging paths, in order to understand where and how it is going to develop. The attempt is to make design as a complex phenomenon visible, through the construction of a set of maps and representations for professors, students, and associations. These representations are tools to trigger reflections on the discipline
    Creator/Author:
    De Rossi, Giulia and Ciuccarelli, Paolo
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    01/09/2018
    Date Modified:
    10/15/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Low-dimensional modelling of a transient cylinder wake using double proper orthogonal decomposition

    Article thumbnail: Low-dimensional modelling of a transient cylinder wake using double proper orthogonal decomposition
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    For the systematic development of feedback flow controllers, a numerical model that captures the dynamic behaviour of the flow field to be controlled is required. This poses a particular challenge for flow fields where the dynamic behaviour is nonlinear, and the governing equations cannot easily be solved in closed form. This has led to many versions of low-dimensional modelling techniques, which we extend in this work to represent better the impact of actuation on the flow. For the benchmark problem of a circular cylinder wake in the laminar regime, we introduce a novel extension to the proper orthogonal decomposition (POD) procedure that facilitates mode construction from transient data sets. We demonstrate the performance of this new decomposition by applying it to a data set from the development of the limit cycle oscillation of a circular cylinder wake simulation as well as an ensemble of transient forced simulation results. The modes obtained from this decomposition, which we refer to as the double POD (DPOD) method, correctly track the changes of the spatial modes both during the evolution of the limit cycle and when forcing is applied by transverse translation of the cylinder. The mode amplitudes, which are obtained by projecting the original data sets onto the truncated DPOD modes, can be used to construct a dynamic mathematical model of the wake that accurately predicts the wake flow dynamics within the lock-in region at low forcing amplitudes. This low dimensional model, derived using nonlinear artificial neural network based system identification methods, is robust and accurate and can be used to simulate the dynamic behaviour of the wake flow. We demonstrate this ability not just for unforced and open-loop forced data, but also for a feedback-controlled simulation that leads to a 90% reduction in lift fluctuations. This indicates the possibility of constructing accurate dynamic low-dimensional models for feedback control by using unforced and transient forced data only.
    Creator/Author:
    Luchtenburg, D. M.; Cohen, Kelly; Seidel, Jurgen; Fagley, Casey, and Siegel, Stefan G.
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/10/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2008-09
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • A LOOK AT EDGELESS HYBRID-CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE – AN OPTIMIZED SOLUTION FOR MULTI-SITE BACKUP, DISASTER RECOVERY AND HIGH AVAILABILITY

    Article thumbnail: A LOOK AT EDGELESS HYBRID-CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE – AN OPTIMIZED SOLUTION FOR MULTI-SITE BACKUP, DISASTER RECOVERY AND HIGH AVAILABILITY
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Cloud computing has been one of the major disruptive technology of this century changing the entire face of IT infrastructure across all spectrum. This has led to tremendous development, improvement and cost efficient means of securing IT infrastructures. Virtualization is the backbone driving the numerous cloud solutions and also making them marketable in the pay-as-you-use mechanism for all kind of deployment. This research is focus on improving the security and performance of cloud storage, backup and disaster recovery by evaluating the possibility of eliminating the Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Recovery Time Objective (RTO). A live synchronization between production and Disaster Recovery (DR) sites is presented. We considered the mechanism behind Virtual Machines (VM) and hypervisor interaction with physical memory on host computers and evaluated the ability of VM to read/write directly to a unified multiple storage locations. Dependencies, requirements and guidelines for implementing this solution would also be analyzed.
    Creator/Author:
    Li, Chengcheng and Efosa, Ogbomo
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2019-04-11
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • The Limp-2/scarb2 Binding Motif On Acid Beta-glucosidase Basic And Applied Implications For Gaucher Disease And Associated Neurodegenerative Diseases

    Article thumbnail: The Limp-2/scarb2 Binding Motif On Acid Beta-glucosidase Basic And Applied Implications For Gaucher Disease And Associated Neurodegenerative Diseases
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Background: Acid -glucosidase is trafficked to the lysosome by LIMP-2. Results: A unique 11-amino acid sequence on acid -glucosidase was critical for its LIMP-2-dependent targeting to the lysosome. Conclusion: This sequence is essential for oligosaccharide-independent targeting of synthesized acid -glucosidase to the lysosome. Significance: Modification of this sequence has basic/therapeutic implications for Gaucher disease and its comorbidities (e.g. Parkinson disease).
    Creator/Author:
    Grabowski, Gregory A.; Haffey, Wendy D.; Greis, Kenneth D., and Llou, Benjamin
    Submitter:
    Kenneth Greis
    Date Uploaded:
    03/03/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/07/2017
    Date Created:
    2014-09
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Let’s Get Divorced: Pragmatic and Critical Constructive Design Research

    Article thumbnail: Let’s Get Divorced: Pragmatic and Critical Constructive Design Research
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Over the last two decades, constructive design research (CDR) — also known as Research through Design — has become an accepted mode of scholarly inquiry within the design research community. CDR is a broad term encompassing almost any kind of research that uses design action as a mode of inquiry. It has been described as having three distinct genres: lab, field, and showroom. The lab and field genres typically take a pragmatic stance, making things as a way of investigating what preferred futures might be. In contrast, research done following the showroom approach (more commonly known as critical design (CD), speculative design, or design fictions) offers a polemic and sometimes also a critique of the current state embodied in an artifact. Recently, we have observed a growing conflict within the design research community between pragmatic and critical researchers. To help reduce this conflict, we call for a divorce between CD and pragmatic CDR. We clarify how CDR and CD exist along a continuum. We conclude with suggestions for the design research community, about how each unique research approach can be used singly or in combination, and how they can push the boundaries of academic design research in new collaboration with different disciplines.
    Creator/Author:
    Zimmerman, John; Forlizzi, Jodi; Hekkert, Paul, and Koskinen, Ilpo
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/17/2017
    Date Modified:
    02/02/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • The Language of the Self: Rejecting the Surrealist focus on Psychoanalysis in Leonora Carrington’s Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse)

    Article thumbnail: The Language of the Self: Rejecting the Surrealist focus on Psychoanalysis in Leonora Carrington’s Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse)
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    This project will explore the artist Leonora Carrington’s Self-portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse, ca. 1937-38) and its relationship to and rejection of the male-centric, sexist ideology of psychoanalysis that governed the Surrealist movement. As outlined in Andre Breton's First Manifesto of Surrealism (1924), Freudian psychoanalysis had a great influence on Breton, the movement's founder (1896-1966). He believed in Freud's tenets and theories regarding dreams and the unconscious as a liberating and radical force that could tear down society’s systems of oppression. Yet there is a willful ignorance in Breton’s philosophy on the deep-rooted misogyny of Freud’s psychology and how the institution of psychoanalysis ignores the realities of female development and existence within inherently sexist societal structures of that period. However, Leonora Carrington rejected psychoanalytic theory as it pertained to her art. She refused to be categorized within sexist ideologies and asserted herself as a creative artist with her own interpretations of her work, positing her own ideologies in the process. She demonstrated her identity through her work and found liberation by developing her own feminist consciousness. Through researching Carrington's work, I want to expand on her ability to challenge the sexist paradigms of Surrealism and to reaffirm how her rejection demonstrates that female nonconformity is not only revolutionary but also necessary for female artistic freedom today. Other scholars have delved into this driving aspect of Carrington’s work but I will be utilizing Helene Cixous’ concept of “ecritutre feminine” in order to demonstrate how Carrington developed a “pictorial language” of her own within her work Self-Portrait (Inn of the Dawn Horse). I will use Cixous’ seminal work, "The Laugh of the Medusa," to expand on this idea and how Carrington developed that language, constituted of her own personal symbols, which is on full display in her self-portrait.
    Creator/Author:
    Morriss, Ella
    Submitter:
    Ella Morriss
    Date Uploaded:
    04/26/2026
    Date Modified:
    04/26/2026
    Date Created:
    2026-04-27
    License:
    CC0 1.0 Universal

  • The landscape of archival employment: A study of professional archivist job advertisements, 2006-2014

    Article thumbnail: The landscape of archival employment: A study of professional archivist job advertisements, 2006-2014
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The archival profession has long attempted to define what constitutes a professional archivist. These debates over education, training, and certification have lasted decades, however few studies have been completed on how the employment market for archivists has changed in response to these professional challenges. This study looks at almost a thousand professional archivist job advertisements between late 2006 and early 2014 to understand the current prevailing recruitment criteria. It is broader in scope and time period than other recent studies. Overall, the market was determined to be mostly stable during the study period.
    Creator/Author:
    Tansey, Eira
    Submitter:
    Eira Tansey
    Date Uploaded:
    01/27/2016
    Date Modified:
    01/27/2016
    Date Created:
    2015-06-05
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • John deKoven Hill and the Corbett House

    Article thumbnail: John deKoven Hill and the Corbett House
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    House designed by deKoven Hill in Cincinnati's Hyde Park neighborhood
    Creator/Author:
    Snadon, Patrick and Meyer, Elizabeth A.
    Submitter:
    Elizabeth A. Meyer
    Date Uploaded:
    09/22/2021
    Date Modified:
    09/22/2021
    Date Created:
    2018
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Issues of Devices and Applications for Supporting Walking in Older People - Focus on the Information Provision

    Article thumbnail: Issues of Devices and Applications for Supporting Walking in Older People - Focus on the Information Provision
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Japan has become a super-aging society, with the number of older people (over the age of 65) at a historical high both in absolute numbers (33 million) and as a proportion of the total population (26.0%). Walking is known to be associated with positive psychological improvements such as in subjective sense of wellbeing, life satisfaction, and a sense of purpose in life, as well as improvements in physical and mental function, such as arm/leg muscle strength and standing balance. In this study, we focus on information about functions for assisting walking, comparing and contrasting the information provided by existing products that support walking with the goal of clarifying issues from an information-provision viewpoint. We conducted interviews with eight older people who go for walks on a daily basis, asking about their thoughts before, during, and after walking. From 110 total comments, we obtained 30 comments relating to the action of walking. Furthermore, we investigated the functions of 11 devices and 20 applications that support walking, and from 24 functions, we focused on 20 functions relating to the action of walking. By comparing and contrasting the twin perspectives of “information items” and “information content” with visualization levels identified in the field of management, we clarified issues relating to devices and applications for supporting walking among older users, from the viewpoint of information provision.
    Creator/Author:
    Tamura, Ryoichi and Ariyoshi, Yohei
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/30/2017
    Date Modified:
    03/22/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • IoT Emergency Detection Devices

    Article thumbnail: IoT Emergency Detection Devices
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    In a world where technology continues to vastly grow and improve, IoT devices have increasingly become more and more a part of people’s everyday lives. Although that is the case there is a need to understand how to better use these devices for threat detection. This paper presents early work to understand gaps in this regard using a review of previously used techniques to identify known threats to households. Through the use of smart home device clusters we seek to effectively reduce the amount of false alarms and create a more reliable resource for home residents.
    Creator/Author:
    Tresenwriter, Isaac
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2020-04-14
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Intrusion Detection System in Smart Home Network Using Artificial Immune System and Extreme Learning Machine Hybrid Approach

    Article thumbnail: Intrusion Detection System in Smart Home Network Using Artificial Immune System and Extreme Learning Machine Hybrid Approach
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Internet of Things (IoT) enabled smart homes to have made our daily lives easier, but these conveniences have also introduced security concerns. IoT devices hold security risks as well as smart home hubs and gateways. Gateways present a centralized point of communication among devices that can create a backdoor into network data for hackers but also present a detection opportunity. Intrusion detection is a common way to detect anomalies in network traffic. This paper introduces early work on an intrusion detection system (IDS) by detecting anomalies in the smart home network using Extreme Learning Machine and Artificial Immune System (AIS ELM). AIS uses the clonal Algorithm for the optimization of the input parameters, and ELM analyzes the input parameter for better convergence in detecting anomalous activity. The larger goal of this work is to apply this approach to a smart home network gateway and combined it with a push notification system that will allow the homeowner to identify any abnormalities in the smart home network and take appropriate action.
    Creator/Author:
    Alalade, Emmanuel Dare
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2020-04-14
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Introduction: Enhancing Intelligence in Aerospace Systems

    Article thumbnail: Introduction: Enhancing Intelligence in Aerospace Systems
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Not available.
    Creator/Author:
    Gregory, Irene; Figueroa, Fernando; Cohen, Kelly; Ingham, Michel; Atkins, Ella; Obayashi, Shigeru; Truszkowski, Walt; Garg, Sanjay; Blackmore, Lars; Doyle, Richard, and Nguyen, Nhan
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/10/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2009-03
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Interdisciplinary Trends in Design Education: the Analysis of Master Dissertation of College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University

    Article thumbnail: Interdisciplinary Trends in Design Education: the Analysis of Master Dissertation of College of Design and Innovation, Tongji University
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    This paper expounds the background of Chinese design education as well as the orientation of the design education of Tongji University in the new times, it also collects 458 master thesis of College of Design and Innovation during 2010-2016 as analyzed sample. Based on the coding of subject classification, quantitative analysis and content analysis are made in order to understand the interdisciplinary education status of College of Design and Innovation from the two perspectives: the overall cross-disciplinary performance and the relationship between different cross-disciplinary directions.
    Creator/Author:
    Ren, Lisha and Wang, Yan
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/30/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/24/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • An Interdisciplinary Exploration of an Analog Tool to Elicit Socio-Cultural Narratives

    Article thumbnail: An Interdisciplinary Exploration of an Analog Tool to Elicit Socio-Cultural Narratives
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Eliciting multiple stakeholder narratives is a critical factor when designing systems, services or products. This research explores how the use of an analog tool (the picture postcard) in the digital age can be used to elicit socio-cultural stories to support design for ‘social practice’. The process combines people and things by using a participatory design approach and material culture studies to design, explore and analyze the complex nature of interactions between social ideals and the artefact. The study emphasizes ‘slow immersion and design’ by creating prolonged interactions that allow people to sit with someone else’s perspective while also introspecting about their own. In an age of echo-chambers, the research examines the impact of reducing the risk of fragmentation (where people assign themselves into homogenous groups leading to an amplification of pre-existing views (Sunstein, 2001)) on participants’ ability to generate and sustain a healthy exchange of honest, social narratives. The research findings reveal a deep bonding between participants and a reduction of implicit biases that initiates a broader range of discussions within a given socio-cultural topic. The space for ‘elastic interaction’ (articulation of ideas without fear of judgment; when and how they want it to be expressed) allows honest thoughts to manifest. The findings also reveal that this process slowly allows for an empathetic acceptance of another’s perspectives. The poster illustrates the research through these various approaches: the process of slow immersion and design research with a combination of postcard exchanges, one-on-one interviews and participatory design research activities to help elicit the stories for a sociocultural co-design space.
    Creator/Author:
    Venkataraman, Hemalatha
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    02/12/2018
    Date Modified:
    02/12/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • Integration of Computations and Experiments for Flow Control Research With Undergraduate Students

    Article thumbnail: Integration of Computations and Experiments for Flow Control Research With Undergraduate Students
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The methods and outcome of a senior undergraduate project related to the control of a turbulent cylinder wake flow using plasma actuators are summarized in this article. The study integrates computational fluid dynamics (CFD) with experimentation and combines fluid mechanics with flow control research, crossing the boundaries between engineering disciplines.Comput. Appl. Eng. Educ.
    Creator/Author:
    Cohen, Kelly; McLaughlin, Thomas; Seaver, Christopher A., and Aradag, Selin
    Submitter:
    Kelly Cohen
    Date Uploaded:
    02/08/2017
    Date Modified:
    04/05/2017
    Date Created:
    2009-02
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Integrating NIST Framework into FAIR model for Quantitative Risk Assessment of Cyber Threats

    Article thumbnail: Integrating NIST Framework into FAIR model for Quantitative Risk Assessment of Cyber Threats
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    As incessant cyber-attacks on organizations increase in complexity and destructiveness with the aim to disrupt services and steal information, proactive measures are critically needed to mitigate these attacks, cyber security risk assessment tops the list of measures. This study provides an overview of cybersecurity risk assessment, various types of frameworks, and the difference between qualitative and quantitative cybersecurity risk assessments. The aim of this early research is the creation of a hybrid system which integrates an existing cybersecurity risk assessment system based on the NIST framework into the Factor Analysis of Information Risk (FAIR) model, an analytic risk assessment model that enables true quantitative measurement. In this study, we propose a hybrid-assessment tool which will be used to describe and compare the impact of using NIST driven values as inputs for the resistance strength to determine the Loss Event Frequent (LEF) and Annual Loss Expectancy (ALE) of a risk scenario as opposed to using experts’ opinion as user inputs for determination of the LEF and ALE values.
    Creator/Author:
    Gilany, Yahya; Kunapareddy, Vivek; Bakare, Adeyinka, and Said, Hazem
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2019-04-11
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Industrial Artificial Intelligence

    Article thumbnail: Industrial Artificial Intelligence
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a cognitive science to enables human to explore many intelligent ways to model our sensing and reasoning processes. Industrial AI is a systematic discipline to enable engineers to systematically develop and deploy AI algorithms with repeating and consistent successes. In this paper, the key enablers for this transformative technology along with their significant advantages are discussed. In addition, this research explains Lighthouse Factories as an emerging status applying to the top manufacturers that have implemented Industrial AI in their manufacturing ecosystem and gained significant financial benefits. It is believed that this research will work as a guideline and roadmap for researchers and industries towards the real-world implementation of Industrial AI.
    Creator/Author:
    Jay Lee, Jaskaran Singh, Moslem Azamfar
    Submitter:
    azamfamm@mail.uc.edu
    Date Uploaded:
    08/24/2019
    Date Modified:
    09/02/2019
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Implementation of a hybrid machine learning technique for network intrusion detection

    Article thumbnail: Implementation of a hybrid machine learning technique for network intrusion detection
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The current rapid growth in the computer and internet development has ushered in numerous cybersecurity challenges which are constantly evolving with time. The current cybersecurity solutions are no longer optimal in tackling these emerging cyber threats and attacks. This paper proposes the creation of a cybersecurity dataset to be used for a hybrid machine learning (ML) approach of supervised and unsupervised learning for an effective intrusion detection system. The proposed model entails a five-stage process which starts at the setup of a simulated network environment of network attacks to generate a dataset which feeds into the data normalization stage and then to data dimension reduction stage using the principal component analysis as a feature extraction method after which the data of reduced dimension is clustered using the k-Means method to bring about a new data set with fewer features. This new dataset is afterward classified using the enhanced support vector machine (ESVM). The proposed model is expected to provide a high-quality dataset and an efficient intrusion detection system in terms of intrusion detection accuracy of 99.5%, short train time of 3seconds and a low false-positive rate of 0.4%.
    Creator/Author:
    Eichie, Maxwell
    Submitter:
    Jess Kropczynski
    Date Uploaded:
    05/15/2020
    Date Modified:
    05/15/2020
    Date Created:
    2020-04-14
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • An IEC 62366-Based Case Study of a User Interface Design Process for a Rehabilitation Device

    Article thumbnail: An IEC 62366-Based Case Study of a User Interface Design Process for a Rehabilitation Device
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    The authors performed a usability improvement study for a shoulder continuous passive motion (CPM) rehabilitation device based on the usability engineering process of IEC 62366, a mandatory standard for the development of medical devices. To enhance the usability of the entire development process for a shoulder CPM device, the authors 1) performed user research to determine design requirements and 2) evaluated the usability of the device. Requirements for a shoulder CPM device were derived through rehabilitation device comparisons, functional analysis, context inquiry and observation, and interviews. The authors used expert reviews and comparison usability evaluation methods for shoulder CPM prototyping. The methods and techniques of these design researches were declared in IEC 62366, but IEC 62366 does not include any guideline in detail. The results of this study can be used to guide the development of a user interface that meets the level of usability standards required for medical devices.
    Creator/Author:
    Kweon, O Seong; Kim, Agnes Jihae, and Lee, Byeong-Jong
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/21/2017
    Date Modified:
    02/12/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International

  • How We Got to the Same Place (Almost): the Universality of the Music Called "Jazz"

    Article thumbnail: How We Got to the Same Place (Almost): the Universality of the Music Called "Jazz"
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    A conversation between two friends who are not musicians and whose personal histories could hardly be more different. Through a series of conversations we explored those journeys, compared and contrasted our stories, and discussed just why this music affects us so deeply. We discussed specific musicians in terms of whether we liked, did not like, or were indifferent to their music, and why we either agreed or not. In these conversations we posed various questions to each other, hoping to discover and articulate certain essences that we might share. One thing we agreed upon up front is that we are neither musicians nor music critics. In fact, we’re not convinced that the field of music criticism is even a valid endeavor. Music description and personal reaction, however, is another matter. In our conversations we tried to describe our reactions to specific musicians and “schools” of music, without labeling the music as “good” or “lousy”. You will see that this doesn’t prevent us from disagreeing and disagreeing in spirited fashion, while always trying to focus on why our personal reaction is what it is.
    Creator/Author:
    Marine, Stephen and Grier, Melvin
    Submitter:
    Stephen Marine
    Date Uploaded:
    02/17/2019
    Date Modified:
    05/23/2019
    Date Created:
    2019-01
    License:
    Attribution 4.0 International

  • How to Teach Industrial Design? : A Case Study of College Education for Design Beginners

    Article thumbnail: How to Teach Industrial Design? : A Case Study of College Education for Design Beginners
    Type:
    Article
    Description/Abstract:
    Industrial design education has existed for a long time as part of the university system, but the curriculum and contents of each subject vary considerably from school to school. In recent years, the introduction of new concepts that change the definition of design has blurred the boundaries of design, making the curriculum different. Establishing a standard curriculum to address these challenges is an important task, but it is necessary to fully understand how design education actually takes place and to share content with educators. This paper aims to contribute to the debate on industrial design education by fully disclosing the process and results of the first stage of industrial design education of a university by autobiographical method. The first course, Product Design Practice 1, is a studio class based on a task feedback iteration system. Students are required to submit assignments showing weekly progress. The instructor reviewed the assignments submitted before the class and gave written comments in class. In addition, details of the design process and method that are difficult to identify as novice students are learned through twelve case studies and applied to the project. This Task Feedback Repeating Class system gives students the opportunity to implement design ability while gaining detailed skills with a comprehensive view. Through this process, the researcher got a reflection on the class and implications for the improvement of the class.
    Creator/Author:
    Rhi, Joomyung
    Submitter:
    Lora Alberto
    Date Uploaded:
    11/30/2017
    Date Modified:
    10/15/2018
    Date Created:
    2017-10-31
    License:
    Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International