30233 research outputs found
Sort by
DATA: Ecological niche modeling applications to infectious diseases
No full textThis is the dataset that accompanies the recent publication in Biodiversity Informatics, by Islam et al. that can be found at https://journals.ku.edu/jbi/article/view/23725Ecological niche modeling (ENM) is a widely used analytical approach for predicting species distributions and has been applied to study spatial epidemiology of infectious diseases by identifying potential transmission-risk areas. However, research evaluating the fundamental components and assumptions of ENM in disease systems remain limited, raising concerns about its reproducibility and transparency. To address this gap, we conducted a systematic review and evaluated articles on ENM applications to infectious diseases between 2020 and 2022. We reviewed 78 articles to extract information following a checklist provided by (Zurell et al. 2020) and summarized the information for each component (e.g., study subject, location, duration). The spatial extent of study areas varied from village to global scales, temporal duration ranged from 1 to 101 years, and the organismal levels ranged from individuals (57.7%) to populations (33.3%). Less frequently reported components included temporal autocorrelation tests (2.66%), algorithmic uncertainty (28.21%), temporal resolution (35.90%), background data (44.87%), coordinate reference system (41.02%), model performance of validation data (46.15%), and model averaging (20.51%). Our findings highlight a lack of consistency and transparency in disease ecology and biogeography studies, which may lead to misleading ENM applications in spatial epidemiology. Researchers and reviewers applying ENM to disease systems should clearly report these fundamental modeling components to ensure biologically sound and actionable health. This article outlines the best practices in modeling disease systems and identifies major gaps in the current literature
Zbornik radova s međunarodnoga naučnog simpozijuma održanog na Cetinju 6–8. septembra 2023.
No full textElectronic (PDF) version of proceedings of the 4th biennial meeting of the Cetinje Philological Days conference, held in Cetinje, Montenegro, 6-8 September 2023.SADRŽAJ / Contents
POZDRAVNE RIJEČI 5
PLENARNA IZLAGANJA / Plenary lectures
Adnan ČIRGIĆ
Fakultet za crnogorski jezik i književnost nakon litijaške kontrarevolucije 15
Искра ХРИСТОВА-ШОМОВА Съставът на календарните сборници (панигирици) от Рилския и Зографския манастир в сравнение със сборниците от цетине и плевля 21
Mate KAPOVIĆ Različitost (jezičnih) nacionalizama: slučaj bivše Jugoslavije 37
Mate KAPOVIĆ Not All (Language) Nationalisms Are Built the Same: The Case of Former Yugoslavia 67
Marijan DOVIĆ Njegoš kao nacionalni pjesnik i (kulturni) svetac 99
RASPRAVE / Papers
Emina BERBIĆ-KOLAR Suvremeni prinosi proučavanju govora Bačkoga Brega u kontekstu očuvanja hrvatske staroštokavštine u Vojvodini 127
Robert BONJKOVSKI Jotovani oblici u interpersonalnoj, javnoj komunikaciji u Crnoj Gori kao prirodno kulturno i jezičko blago crnogorskog jezika (u kontekstu jotovanih oblika u udžbenicima za crnogorski jezik za gimnazije) 137
Aleksandar ČOGURIĆ Erlangenski rukopis – pjesme bošnjačkoga epskoga korpusa i pjesme o senjskim i udbinskim junacima u tvorbi hrišćanskih pjevača 151
Nikola DANIŠOVÁ-BARTOŠKOVÁ Medieval Legend of St. George in the Context of Intercultural Mythological Connections 169
Helena DRAGIĆ Toponimi u vezi s likom i djelom Petra Kružića 187
Marko DRAGIĆ Mijat Tomić u povijesnim predajama i povijesnom kontekstu 203
Elod DUDAS Srednjojužnoslovenski jezici u vrtlogu ideologija i predrasuda 223
Mieczysław DZIEKOŃSKI
Najnoviji metodi zatiranja montenegristike 235
Martin HENZELMANN Jezički i semiotički pejzaž u zaštićenim područjima Crne Gore 251
Francisco JAVIER JUEZ GÁLVEZ Manje poznati španski prepjev jednoga odlomka Gorskoga vijenca iz 1957. 261
Alenka JENSTERLE DOLEŽAL Od romance k tragediji: poetika trenutka v ljubezenski poeziji slovenke Kristine Šuler 275
Božidar JEZERNIK Petko Miletić (1897–1940) – od najvećeg heroja do najgoreg izdajnika 289
Peter JORDAN Place Names as (Positive or Negative) Brands With Examples From Europe 315
Мери ЈОСИФОВСКА Профилаксата во системот на
именување кај Mакедонците 339
Alen KALAJDŽIJA Leksičke jedinice i metaforički nagovještaji opscenosti i lascivnosti u tekstovima alhamijado (bosnevijske) poetske pismenosti 349
Tomasz KAMUSELLA Discriminating the Belarusian language in Belarus after 1995. 365
Karin MARC Slovensko-italijanska kontrastivna frazeologija s pojmovnega področja hrana 437
Jakov MARKOVIĆ Crkva Sv. Jovana Krstitelja u Lipi u kontekstu proučavanja seoskog sakralnog nasljeđa 459
Andrijana NIKOLIĆ Moć tišine i glasa u romanu Moć tišine Dejana Vukovića 475
Jussi NUORLUOTO Napomene o Gorskom vijencu povodom dvaju izdanja iz 1997. 487
Monika OLĘDZKA The Issue of Interculturallism and the Use of New Technologies in Teaching Polish as a Foreign Language 497
Cvijeta PAVLOVIĆ Književnost i kultura: Žmegačevi kruzi koji se šire 509
Деница ПЕТРОВА Разказ за султан Мехмед II в Белополския летопис (манастир Николяц № 49) 521
Aleksandar RADOMAN Proučavanje peraških pjesmarica do sredine XX vijeka 529
Jakov SABLJIĆ The discursive discovery of Montenegro in Through savage europe, a travelogue by Harry De Windt 551
Melida TRAVANČIĆ & Milan MARKOVIĆ Rekonstrukcija prošlosti kroz priču o sadašnjosti u romanima Čovjek bez prošlosti Aleksandra Hemona i Mađarska rečenica Andreja Nikolaidisa 585
Сунчица ТРИФУНОВСКА ЈАНИЌ & Душко ДЕСПОТОВСКИ & Веселинка ЛАБРОСКА Семантика на глаголите оди и иде – македонско-црногорски паралели 617
Tina VARGA OSWALD Kulturna geografija u romanu Neoplanta Lászla Végela 631
Ljudmila VASILJEVA Poznati ukrajinski istraživač jezika i kulture lužičkih Srba Konstantin Trofimovič 651
Илија ВЕЛЕВ Ново навраќање кон словенската служба за Св. Климент Охридски и развојот на охридската химнографска школа 669
Miloslav VOJTECH Slika crne gore u slovačkoj književnosti 19. veka 679
Saša VOJTECHOVÁ POKLAČ Motiv sokola v slovenski in slovaški književnosti 703
Vukota VUKOTIĆ Pokušaji uspostavljanja crkvene unije u Crnoj Gori ‒ Neka se sjedine nebesa ‒ 723
Благојка ЗДРАВКОВСКА-АДАМОВА & Суада ЏОГОВИЌ & Новица ВУЈОВИЌ Компаративен приказ на кохезивните врски во македонскиот и во црногорскиот јазик 759
PRILOZI / Addenda 78
Paying APCs: 8 Years of an Open Access Fund
No full textIntroduction:
The University of Kansas began a pilot subvention fund for article processing charges (APCs) in 2012. In fiscal year 2015 (FY2015), the Open Access Authors Fund (OAAF) shifted from a pilot program to an established program and changed various requirements, the amount of funds available each month, and the review process to ensure that those early in their career had opportunities to publish openly. This article explores the OAAF from its re-conception to the end of FY2022.
Methods:
Applicants’ information is stored in a Google Sheet, which was exported to Microsoft Excel. Authors’ emails were replaced with random identifiers for deidentification. Pivot tables were created to support data analysis, and the “COUNT” and “AVERAGE” functions were used to summarize the statistics.
Results:
The OAAF received 473 applications and paid 173 awards during this period. Most applications and those earning funding came from science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields, with researchers at the medical school being the majority. APC fees increased through this 8-year period, causing the number of grants to decrease.
Discussion:
Requests for funds to publish openly increased, as did the fees charged by publishers. Graduate students received the largest number of grants and the highest total of awarded funds. Unsurprisingly, STEM fields asked for and received the most funding.
Conclusion:
Overall, the fund in its new configuration achieved its goal to provide funding to those assumed to need it most, but, by FY2022, it demonstrates that this model is no longer a desired method for researchers to participate in open access publishing
Core Competencies in Practice: Exploring Catalogers’ Alignment with Professional Standards
No full textThe purpose of this article is to report on a recent study that explores how well the self-assessed knowledge and skills of cataloging and metadata librarians correlate with the knowledge and skills described in the Core Competencies for Cataloging and Metadata Professional Librarians that was revised in 2023 by a group formed by the American Library Association’s Core Metadata & Collections Leadership Team. A questionnaire gathered basic demographic information and invited participants to rate their understanding of the Knowledge core competencies, as well as rate how often they utilize the Skill/Ability core competencies. The results suggest that cataloging and metadata professional librarian participants of this study view themselves as having a good or full understanding of most Knowledge core competencies, even if many participants did not regularly use the Skill/Ability core competencies that include that knowledge
Strategies to Support Suburban School Districts Experiencing Demographic Shifts
No full textSuburban school districts across the United States are undergoing considerable demographic change, transforming historic perceptions of suburban homogeneity. This policy brief, produced by the Geography of Education Policy Analysis Lab (GEPAL) at the University of Kansas, details strategies for growing a deeper sense of community in suburban schools experiencing these shifts. Recommended strategies include professional development centered on culturally responsive pedagogy, partnerships with local universities for demographic analysis, and cross-policy collaboration on housing and student mobility. By proactively addressing resegregation risks, suburban districts can adopt policies that encourage integration, strengthen community cohesion, and extend educational opportunities for all students
Innovations that changed mammalogy: frozen tissue collections
No full textFreezing has proven to be an ideal means for preserving tissues for molecular research on mammals. Here, we trace the origins, early practices, and rapid growth of frozen tissue collections to better understand the history, science, and people that led to the early development and recent growth of these internationally valuable research resources. Frozen tissue collections grew gradually from rudimentary beginnings in the early 1970s but have expanded rapidly in recent years, providing data for studies on biodiversity, phylogenetics, emerging pathogens, isotopes, and contaminants, among other avenues of research. Over the decades, field collecting and tissue storage have changed significantly. In the mid-1980s, for example, the development of polymerase chain reaction—which allowed researchers to amplify a specific segment of DNA many times over—reinforced the importance of frozen tissue resources to the burgeoning field of molecular genetics. Ultracold mechanical freezers that hold tissues at −80 °C became, and remain, popular because of their ease of use and delayed DNA degradation. Portable liquid nitrogen dewars have evolved from rudimentary metal tanks to compact “dry shippers” with an absorbent liner that can maintain tissues at low temperatures for 30 d without being refilled and are commonplace in the field. Larger, vapor-phase nitrogen cryotanks are becoming increasingly popular for long-term tissue preservation because they safeguard tissues from thermal fluctuation that may be induced by temporary electrical failures. More than 1.5 million tissue samples associated with museum voucher preparations are now preserved in research collections worldwide, allowing for in-depth study of mammalian genetics and investigation of research questions that were unimaginable even a few years ago
Mathematical Connections between Convolutional Neural Networks and the Scattering Transformation
No full textConvolutional neural networks (CNNs) are used in visual recognition tasks because they learn parameters, or weights, that are composed of hidden layers to form one classification in many settings. Standard CNN architectures are surprisingly stable, even though the stability is not ensured a priori. The goal of this paper is to consider a mathematically rigorous architecture that uses steps analogous to those in the neural network architecture. Stéphane Mallat, in his paper “Group Invariant Scattering,” provides one of the earliest attempts by creating the scattering transformation and its finite approximation, the windowed scattering. Importantly, it is invariant to diffeomorphic translation. We review and rederive many of his proofs and constructs, adding context and details where pertinent. We also briefly review a construction of wavelets and basic principles of measure theory, which are used in both the scattering and the windowed scattering. Next, we review extensions of this theory: representing the scattering transformation on a stochastic process, ensuring the scattering works over translations/rotations in a Lie Group, and creating the duality argument, which attempts to avoid the restrictions imposed by the scattering. Finally, we implement the scattering transformation on both the CIFAR-10 dataset and a publicly available dataset from TensorFlow (datasets.bee_dataset). Results include similar (though at times decreased) accuracy but improved stability compared to that of two Keras Conv2D and MaxPooling2D layers
FROM FOE TO FRIEND: THE CINEMATIC REDEMPTION OF THE GERMAN CHARACTER IN HOLLYWOOD, 1940-1955
No full textBetween 1940 and 1955 Hollywood reimagined and recast the German character on American screens, transforming their portrayals from monolithic villains of the second World War to humanized victims in the immediate postwar years and finally to indispensable partners of the emerging Cold war. The analysis draws on fifteen widely distributed and pervasive feature films, including Casablanca, Walt Disney’s Education for Death, Alfred Hitchcock’s Notorious, The Big Lift and Decision Before Dawn, and pairs close readings of narrative structure and character depictions with evidence from the Office of War Information directives, State Department memoranda, studio correspondence, box office coverage and contemporary reviews. Together, this study traces a clear cinematic arc to show how Hollywood and popular cinema deliberately aligned itself with the United States to reflect American foreign objectives, respond to significant geopolitical events and attempt to influence American cultural attitudes towards the German people. In doing so, the findings show that cinematic portrayals and narratives ultimately translated diplomatic priorities into persuasive entertainment, softening earlier stereotypes and redefining the German character as a democratic, American ally, thereby smoothing Germany’s transition from enemy to an essential cornerstone of the Western alliance. While prior research has explored propaganda films and the portrayal of America’s wartime enemies, much of the existing scholarship has either focused on depictions of the Japanese or been confined within an analysis for specific genres or limited timeframes. This project addresses that gap by analyzing a broader range of films across a longer historical arc, situating the transformation of the German image within the larger framework of U.S. geopolitical interests while emphasizing cinema’s power to influence audience perceptions, advance the enemy’s rehabilitation, and support broader foreign policy aims. In doing so, it offers a critical contribution to understanding how cultural production intersects with geopolitics and helps construct the foundations of the United States’ modern international relationships
Pro Volleyball Federation: Strategic Marketing Communications Plans
No full textThis project was submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Master of Science in Journalism degree.This capstone project presents a comprehensive marketing communications plan for the Pro Volleyball Federation (PVF), a rising force in professional women’s sports. Developed by the Spring 2025 cohort of the University of Kansas Digital and Integrated Marketing Communications master’s program, the plan addresses PVF’s goals to build national visibility, deepen fan engagement, and attract new sponsors in a competitive sports media landscape.
Our approach combined primary research from stakeholder interviews and survey results with secondary sources of market insights to identify target audiences and perform a SWOT analysis for PVF. This revealed key opportunities to enhance brand identity and community engagement, activate and grow a loyal base of supporters, and scale the organization’s impact through strategic partnerships. The plan centers on three core objectives: Build, Activate, and Scale. Each is supported by actionable strategies grounded in the PESO marketing model of paid, earned, shared, and owned media.
Key recommendations within the plan include unifying PVF’s brand voice, expanding influencer and content partnerships, and creating immersive fan experiences around signature events. By delivering clear, consistent messaging across integrated marketing channels, the plan aligns communications with PVF’s broader mission of being the premier professional women's volleyball league. Together, these efforts aim to strengthen PVF’s brand equity and accelerate growth both on and off the court
Roundtable: Indigenous Feminisms in History, Scholarship, and the Classroom
No full textThese are the slides from a presentation given at the Western History Association (WHA) 2025 Conference held in Albuquerque, New Mexico on 10/14/2025.This proposed roundtable seeks to generate a discussion regarding—in the words of Tk’emlúpsemc scholar Sarah Nickel—“the long roots of Indigenous feminism,” as well as the range of Indigenous feminist theories, practices, and expressions that inform our respective teaching and scholarship in the present. The roundtable emerges from a forthcoming special issue of Women and Social Movements in the United States focused on Indigenous women and gender history. As part of this special issue, an interdisciplinary group of Native and non-Native scholars and activists will analyze a single text, broadly defined, that they locate within one or more genealogies of Indigenous feminism. Intended first and foremost as a pedagogical resource, the special issue will provoke conversation and questions regarding the methods, parameters, evolution, and goals of Indigenous feminist thought and action across time and space. We envision this proposed roundtable as an opportunity to reflect on these themes and questions, while sharing strategies for bringing Indigenous feminist histories and theories into the classroom. Special issue co-editors Mary Klann and Brianna Theobald will chair the roundtable; discussants will include nine of the special issue’s contributors