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DEPLETION IN INVESTOR CONFIDENCE ENTAILS REFLECTION OF REGULATORS:VIEWING THE DISCLOSURE REGULATION FOR THE PRIMARY SECURITIESMARKET IN BANGLADESH IN LIGHT OF THE DESIGN AND DISTRIBUTIONOBLIGATIONS IN AUSTRALIA
Get PDFGamification in Diverse Language Learning Settings
No full textIn this presentation, we discuss and analyze best researched based teaching practices to address a significant language learning need; specific to English Language Learning. Gamification- which is including game play in classroom instruction- emphasizes an engaging and low stakes learning environment for students across language and grade levels. Our research highlights these benefits, and showcases games developed for individual language learners
Evolutionary Optimization of Problems with NP-hardness
No full textMy research was to pick out a computational problem with NP-hardness that had a single objective and then optimize it using evolutionary optimization. The problem that I chose was the longest path problem, which means, given an undirected acyclic graph, find the longest possible path to reach all nodes. This problem is important as it represents taking the longest path for situations that someone would want to cover the most amount of ground while visiting three areas, such as touring an area on a vacation. Pymoo was used to define my problem statement, create an objective function, and solve the optimization. For the longest path problem, I started out by designing a graph class that generates graphs from random values. The class was very flexible as it allowed a multitude of customization just from the line that you called it, as it had different inputs for things such as the random seed number or the number of nodes. After creating my graph class, I took a set of random points that would be based on a single objective, to make the cost as large as possible. The problem would define this cost in minimizing problem, with the Euclidean distance of the path taken plus a massive penalty for any nodes that are revisited. As such, the score would take all these values and define the lower of a score as better. After this I would generate a number of generations with a size of the population of my choosing. For each population, the best half were taken to the next run. This would continue until the number of generations had taken place in which the longest path should’ve been found. In the end, I found that my algorithm generated better results the larger the populations were and the greater number of times it ran, which proves that my algorithm works successfully
Scanning Memory and its Relation to Visual Searches
No full textThe research looks into potential changes from short-term memory due to generational differences. Previous research has seen that people have a bias towards numeric data in their short-term memory, and tend to use an exhaustive strategy during short-term recall. However, a case study that I ran on myself showed a bias towards letters over numbers instead, which I hypothesized as growing up in a world where I did not have to memorize many phone numbers or addresses because of the prevalence of technology. Because of this, I believe that the newer generations, who were also raised in the same sort of environment, may have differing results than that of previous findings. I have decided to run an experiment on a group of undergraduate students to see the trends and patterns among their memory and performance. This paper details the background to the experiment, the methodology used during it, the results of the experiment, and how these results can be analyzed alongside their implications
Psilocybin Utilization in Alcohol Use Disorder
Get PDFAlcohol use disorder (AUD) is a medical condition that arises from the inability to control alcohol consumption regardless of negative consequences. Over 10% of the US population met the diagnostic criteria for having AUD in 2022.1 Each individual presents with symptoms of AUD differently and may therefore need more personalized treatment. Research has shown that using a combination of currently available pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment options provides the best results for patients with AUD. However, there still remains a pressing need for the development of newer treatment options. Psilocybin, a naturally occurring psychedelic compound, is currently under investigation due to its potential therapeutic benefits in various neuropsychiatric illnesses. While there has been an increase in research regarding psilocybin’s clinical application, little is known about its efficacy in the AUD patient population. Currently, only one clinical trial has been completed evaluating the effectiveness of psilocybin in AUD. The results of the trial concluded that psilocybin produced statistically significant outcomes compared to placebo for patients with AUD, including a reduction in heavy drinking days and some instances of abstinence. However, completion of additional studies is needed to further strengthen the evidence for the use of psilocybin in AUD
Aristotle on Artificial Products
No full textIn the contemporary discussion of artifacts, philosophers grapple with what is known as the continuum problem—the problem of drawing a clear distinction between what is and what is not artificial. They begin with the standard definition of artifacts as “objects made intentionally, in order to accomplish some purpose.” But this definition turns out to be rather vague; instead, it raises a number of questions. For example, if chairs and beds are the obvious instances of artifacts, then are nonhuman animal products (such as spider webs and beaver dams) also artifacts? Is it possible for nonhuman animals to ‘intend’ and create something? And why should intentionality be the essential defining feature of artifacts? For instance, if a concrete path constructed for the purpose of walking from one building on a college campus to another is an obvious example of an artifact, what about a path unintentionally created in a grassy field by students repeatedly walking along the same line from one building to another? What about a path created by an elephant herd? Do not all these paths serve exactly the same purpose? What about the degree of modification? For instance, if a glass paperweight with a beautiful design is an obvious example of an artifact, then what about a rock that is used as a paperweight? Does the naturally occurring rock become an artifact by simply taking it inside one’s house to use for a specific purpose? And, what about some other things that are created by human beings, such as sawdust, a musical performance, a society, or a state? Are they all artifacts
Body Mass Index of Male and Female Athletes at ONU from 2000-2023
Get PDFTitle: Body Mass Index of Male and Female Athletes at ONU from 2000-2023
Introduction/Background:
Body Mass Index (BMI) is a quick and simple measurement examining the ratio of body mass to height. Many athletes are larger than their non-athlete counterparts due to increased muscle mass and may have elevated BMI’s. The NCAA’s Division III has the largest number of athletes (\u3e200,000 participants) and comprises nearly 40% of all the athletes in the three NCAA athletic Divisions. Despite the number of athletes participating in Division III athletics, little is known about their overall physical characteristics and BMI.
Purpose:
Determine the BMI of male and female athletes at ONU.
Methods:
Height in inches and weight in pounds were measured in athletes in 19 men’s and women’s sport teams at ONU from 2000-2023. BMI was determined by the following formula: [(Weight in pounds) ÷ (Height in inches)2]*703. Athletes’ BMI was determined from their most recently recorded height and weight measurements.
Results:
All data are expressed as mean ± SEM. All data were analyzed via a one-way ANOVA. Of the 6147 athletes, ~70% were male (4442) and ~30% were female (1705). BMI of males was significantly higher than females (26.51 ± 0.12 vs. 23.97 ± 0.17,