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The Sunflower, v.129, no.25 (April 10, 2025)
No full textArticle(s): OSAT implements stricter testing policies. Amid a rise in academic integrity reports, the Office of Student Accommodations & testing responds with updated policies. -- Goin' 50 in a 15: Drag artists bring 50s flare to 15th annual drag show -- Student body president announced -- Wang, Nguyen build on friendship in Student Government campaign -- Engineering dean leaving for provost position at Cal State East Bay -- University faces 4-5% budget shortfall, almost 4% tuition increase is possible -- One man band: WSU philosophy professor collects an eclectic array of instruments -- 'Celebrating your authentic self': Makers and Masterpieces at the Ulrich Museum of Art -- 'A Minecraft Movie' garners a first watch, but not much more than that -- Amazon is a win for the job market, but at what cost? -- Women's bowling advances to NCAA Final Four -- Baseball outlasted in series at Charlotte -- Baseball run-rules Newman in front of Wichita students -- Softball wins two in series at UAB -- Musical mayhem: Battle of the Bands competition raises money for local foster care organization.Photograph(s): One of the computer testing rooms belonging to the Office of Student Accommodations & Testing. The room includes several clocks and reminders that the room is one under video-surveillance. p. 1 -- Matthew Eimer talks about OSAT's updated policies. p. 1 -- Saturn Starz and Tolu Storm dance together on stage during their first performance of the show. The pair performed two double performances during the show. p. 1 -- Imele get close to audience member Delaney Jones during the 15th Annual Wichita State Drag Show on April 4. Imele is a WSU graduate student who will pursue a Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles next year researching queer regional rhetoric. p. 1 -- Lounixa takes cash tips from the audience during the 15th Annual Wichita State Drag Show. Lounixa made her drag debut at the 2023 Miss Wichita Pride Supreme Pageant. p. 1 -- Headlining drag queen Loosey LaDuca holds up her hand in the WuShock symbol. LaDuca previously competed in season 15 of "RuPaul's Drag Race." p. 1 -- Jia Wen Wang and Amy Nguyen smile and are congratulated by other Student Government senators as the unofficial election results are read on April 9. p. 1 -- Jia Wen Wang and Amy Nguyen smile for a photo in the office where they shared their first hug. The pair were selected for student body president and student body vice president, respectively, in unofficial election results. p. 2 -- Portrait of professor of philosophy Patrick Bondy. p. 3 -- Illustrations of various instruments Patrick Bondy owns. p. 3 -- The Wichita Sketch Club create shadow portraits of guests using bright lights and paper taped to the walls. Guests then used the portraits as templates to build off of. p. 3 -- Portrait of Mya Scott, assistant editor. p. 4 -- Illustrations of Minecraft elements, including cube of grass, cube of tree trunk and a Minecraft monster riding a duck. p. 4 -- Portrait of Piper Pinnetti, opinion editor. p. 4 -- Illustration of Amazon expanding in Bel Aire, Kansas. p. 4 -- Women's bowling photo. p. 5 -- Students from USD 259 play "Simon Says" during Wichita State's baseball game on April 8. The Shockers beat Newman via run-rule, 14-2. p. 5 -- Senior Josh Livingston fist bumps USD 259 students while he is on deck against Newman. Livingston hit 1-2 with an RBI in the 14-2 run-rule win on April 8. p. 5 -- Junior Jaden Gustafson talks with outfield and hitting coach Anthony Miller. Gustafson hit 2-3 with three RBI, which included his first collegiate home run. p. 5 -- Harrison Steele finishes his set by singing his song, "Finding Myself." This was the final song of the Battle of the Bands. p. 6 -- Ashley Stilwell dances to Chronic Audio covering "Seven Nation Army," a 2003 song by rock band The White Stripes. Chronic Audio was the first band to perform at the Battle of the Bands on April 5 and ultimately took home the victory. The event featured local bands competing with each other to raise money for a local non-profit supporting foster care advocacy. p. 6 -- A member of CASA of Sedgwick County announces the winner of the Battle of the Bands. The event was a fundraiser for Wichita's foster children. p. 6 -- The lead singer of the band Rebel Outlaws sings "Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue" by Toby Keith. The band performed this song as a tribute to veterans. p. 6 -- Lead singer and guitarist of Chronic Audio open the Battle of the Bands. The Battle of the Bands was hosted by CASA of Sedgwick County at WAVE on April 5. p. 6 -- Gabrielle Mercedes from Chronic Audio kisses her daughter on the forehead while holding her award for winning the Battle of the Bands. "Do not ever stop dreaming, no matter what life throws at you. You do not abandon your dreams," Mercedes said. "You always keep going and pushing and keep doing it because life will answer your dreams.” p. 6 -- "Marvel Queen," part of the CASA of Sedgwick County crew, sings a song to entertain the crowd in between artists. She was a special guest performer at the Battle of the Bands at WAVE concert venue on Saturday, April 5. p.
5G NR sidelink time domain based resource allocation in C-V2X
No full textThis study explores the need for efficient resource allocation in fifth generation (5G) New Radio (NR) sidelink communication for cellular vehicle-to-everything (C-V2X) applications. With the advent of 5G networks, C-V2X can enable direct connection between neighboring vehicles and infrastructure without relying on the cellular network. However, direct communication between devices in 5G NR sidelink makes resource allocation more challenging than in a cellular network. Efficient resource allocation is essential to maintain dependable communication, especially in crowded and interference-prone contexts. There are different type of resource allocation methods such as time-domain, frequency-domain, and power-domain resource allocation, which can be used separately or in combination to achieve efficient resource allocation. In this study, the authors discuss time domain based resource allocation method based on packet generation time and packet allocation time. The implications of efficient resource allocation in 5G NR sidelink in C-V2X include increased signal-to-noise ratio, reduced interference, lower latency, and increased network capacity. The proposed approach is demonstrated on a Network Simulator (NS3.34) along with the traffic scenarios generated using Simulated Urban Mobility (SUMO). Our results demonstrate that time allocation is a promising approach to achieve efficient resource allocation, enabling safer and more effective transportation systems for C-V2X applications
Re-identification and automatic update for biometrics
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Exploring ECG-FM foundation model for ECG classification
No full textPresented to the 21st Annual Symposium on Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects (GRASP) held at the Rhatigan Student Center, Wichita State University, April 11, 2025.Research completed in the School of Computing, College of Engineering, Wichita State University, and at the Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique.Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death globally, with over 30% of all fatalities annually. Early and accurate detection is crucial to tackle heart failure through timely intervention. Electrocardiogram (ECG) signals are vital in diagnosing a wide range of cardiac conditions. In recent years, Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based models have shown to outperform humans in ECG interpretation. However, training these models often requires large labeled datasets, significant training time, and computational resources. In addition, the lack of datasets and training codes used in many of these models restricts their real-world applicability.
Foundation models have emerged as an alternative, pre-trained on massive ECG recordings and applicable to various tasks, including ECG classification and abnormal cardiac troponin detection. One notable example is the ECG-FM model, which is pretrained on more than 2 million ECG segments. The initial evaluation of the model across 13 ECG classes has shown an average accuracy of 94.2%, precision of 80.3%, recall of 88.8%, F1-score of 85.1%, specificity of 95.0%, and AUC-ROC of 97.2%.
Motivated by these results, this study aims to fine-tune ECG-FM on publicly available ECG datasets and compare its performance against conventional ECG classification models. While fine-tuning and final comparisons are still in progress, we hypothesize that the fine-tuned ECG-FM model will achieve superior performance compared to conventional ECG classification models, while reducing development time and computational costs. This study may set the stage for adaptation of foundation models in clinical settings and replace the need for developing task-specific models in the cardiovascular field.Graduate School, Academic Affairs, University Librarie
Laser shearography end effector for industrial robot system
No full textWSU inventors: Waruna Seneviratne, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, College of Engineering, John Tomblin, Caleb Saathoff, Christopher Pini, NIARApplication No: 18/049,462 filed October 25, 2022. Patent no: US 12360057 B2 granted July 15, 2025.A laser shearography end effector for inspection in an automated inspection and repair system for composite parts. A laser shearography system including an excitation system and a laser shearography camera is supported on a frame for movement with the frame. A slave tool changer is secured to the frame for releasably and operatively connecting the inspection tool to an industrial robot such that the industrial robot can move the inspection tool along a work piece as the laser shearography system inspects the work piece and such that the laser shearography end effector is interchangeable with at least one other automatic inspection end effector or repair end effector of the automated inspection and repair system
Categorizing music, classifying people: Music research and race studies in the Czech lands
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The Sunflower, v.129, no.26 (April 17, 2025)
No full textArticle(s): 'It's bananas what they pay us': Unionized university staff gear up for pay negotiations -- SGA makes several changes to how it allocates funding -- Shocker cheer team wins national championship -- Up in flames: Students help with controlled burns in rural Kansas -- I can see CLEAR-ly now: State literacy initiatives shape School of Education -- Here's what students asked university leadership at recent virtual town hall -- Mirrored experiences, opposite personalities: How high school softball rivals became friends, roommates at WSU -- Men's basketball signs 3-point sniper in transfer portal -- Women's bowling's season ends at NCAA Final Four -- Women's basketball lands Wichita native in transfer portal -- AJ McGinnis adds name to transfer portal -- Wichita State disc golf team reflects on national championship experience -- Baseball's pitching implodes in loss at Kansas -- Softball struggles against No. 22 Oklahoma State -- 'Peeps' This: Sunflower staff ranks Peeps marshmallows -- It is bananas: WSU workers deserve more than the leftover peel -- Musical mania: Wichita State's Musical Theatre Company did a production of 'The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals,' a show about a town taken over by musical demons that force their hosts to sing and dance or die. -- The one fairy ring safe to walk into: Annual Pride Prom hosted in Marcus Welcome Center -- Plundering the pirates: Softball offensive leads to series win against East CarolinaPhotograph(s): AFT Kansas Director of Member Services Amy Jensen gives a banana sticker to Joe Hanford. Jensen passed out stickers to passersby in the Rhatigan Student Center, asking them to show their support for the union’s request for increased wages. p. 1 -- Illustration of bananas. p. 1 -- Shocker cheer team. p. 1 -- Graduate student Parker Binns acts as a blower at the prescribed fire. Students can volunteer with WSU’s field station to conduct controlled burns in the state. p. 2 -- Biology major Alex Dudley acts as an igniter at the prescribed fire. p. 2 -- A prescribed fire burns at the Ninnescah Reserve. The controlled burning took place on April 11 in Viola, Kansas. p. 2 -- Photo illustration of books with a blueprint background. p. 3 -- Kimberly Wilson, a professor in the department of Intervention Services & Leadership in Education (ISLE), introduces the Kansas Blueprint for Literacy and the Center for Literacy Education, Advancement, and Research (CLEAR) initiatives to Faculty Senate. According to Wilson’s Jan. 13 presentation, Kansas Blueprint for Literacy and CLEAR hope to help 90% of Kansas students reading at or above grade level by 2033. p. 3 -- Students play pickleball on the newly opened courts. The grand opening of the new pickleball courts was held on April 10. p. 3 -- A screenshot of the April 10 virtual town hall. p. 3 -- Photo of Kenyon Giles, junior guard at UNC Greensboro who committed to the Shockers. p. 4 -- Freshman Gabby Scott smiles as she returns to her fellow teammates after run ruling the East Carolina Pirates on April 11. Scott secured the Shockers two RBIs. p. 4 -- Freshman pitcher Ryley Nihart pitches against South Florida on March 28 in Wilkins Stadium. Nihart helped the Shockers achieve a 9-4 win against the Bulls in their first game of their weekend series. p. 4 -- Photo of Jaila Harding, basketball player transferring to WSU. p. 4 -- From left to right: Kyle Schluben, Micah Williams, Remington Putter and Joey Wise pose during the College Disc Golf National Championship. The four-day tournament was held in Rock Hill, South Carolina. p. 5 -- Peeps marshmallows. p. 6 -- Portrait of Mya Scott, assistant editor. p. 6 -- Portrait of Piper Pinnetti, opinion editor. p. 6 -- Stephanie Martin, a second shift custodial supervisor, shares why she joined the WSU Local 6405 union, which represents WSU facilities and maintenance employees. Martin and other union members tabled in the Rhatigan Student Center on Tuesday, April 15. p. 6 -- Elena Cianciolo holds out her arms and smiles creepily at the audience. Cianciolo was performing the musical number “Join Us (And Die).” p. 7 -- Student performers gesture towards the door, calling the main character onto the stage. This was during the opening number, “The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals.” p. 7 -- Nicholas Dreier chokes Joshua Duran. Dreier’s character was a part of the government operation P.E.I.P., a special unit that was designed to deal with the strange and paranormal. p. 7 -- Joshua Duran and Aubrey Johnson hug on stage as their characters are reunited after almost dying. p. 7 -- Joshua Duran slams his hand onto the coffee counter. Duran’s character, Paul, was in hysterics after witnessing his boss sing and hearing his love interest, Emma sings at the coffee shop she works at. p. 7 -- Senior Camryn Compton sprints toward first base after catching an East Carolina ball. Compton secured two RBIs for the Shockers on April 11. p. 8 -- Graduate student Ellee Eck loads up on second plate, preparing to run during the game against East Carolina University on April 11. Eck scored three times and secured a pair of hits and an RBI during the game. p. 8 -- Senior Camryn Compton and her teammates celebrate with the WSU crowd after a run-rule victory against the East Carolina Pirates on April 11. p. 8 -- Freshman Ryley Nihart pitches in the first game of a three-game series against East Carolina University on April 11. Nihart led the Shockers to an 11-2 victory. p. 8 -- Junior Sami Hood sends the ball toward third base during the game against the East Carolina Pirates on April 11. Wichita State won the match, 11-2. p. 8 -- Before the start of the match against East Carolina University, members of the Wichita State softball team circle and play a warmup game. The Shockers run ruled the Pirates in a 11-2 win in one of three matches on April 11. p. 8 -- Graduate student Ellee Eck congratulates junior Taylor Sedlacek after a successful run during the first game of a three-part series against East Carolina University. The Friday win propelled the Shockers into the rest of the weekend’s success. p. 8 -- A Shocker fan uses a bubble gun following Wichita State’s first home run against East Carolina University on April 11. The 11-2 win propelled the Shockers into the rest of the successful weekend. p.
Forward Together: A monthly newsletter, May 2025
No full textWichita State celebrates 2,289 stories of grit, growth and graduation -- (Forward Together podcast): May's 'Forward Together' podcast episode features students in ROTC - President Rick Muma celebrates distinguished faculty and staff members -- Faculty recognized for their accomplishments at annual University Faculty Awards -- Wichita Biomedical Campus marks one year since its groundbreaking -- Wichita State, Connected Nations, Newby Ventures break ground on new Internet Exchange Point at WSU -- Relive Shocker Nation's 2024-25 academic year in photos -- Track and field student athletes show dominance at AAC Outdoor Championship -- Wichita State to host AUSL, TBT and NBC games over the summer -- Read more about the spring 2025 Shocker graduates -- President Rick Muma recognizes campus community with Rick Rewards -- ‘The College Tour’ episode featuring Shocker Nation is now live on Prime Vide
Polyphonic communities: New methods for documentary ethics
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Relationships between white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) browsing intensity, slope aspect, and understory plant communities in Kansas cross timbers woodlands
No full textThesis (M.S.)-- Wichita State University, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Biological SciencesIncreases in white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) densities in eastern and central North America have caused concern about their impacts on forests and woodlands. It is well documented that deer have robust negative impacts on woody species recruitment; however, little is known about how deer affect understory herbaceous plant communities. My study investigates the relationship between deer browsing intensity and species composition of herbaceous plant communities in Kansas Cross Timbers oak woodlands. Further, I address how slope aspect affects understory species composition and mediates effects of deer browsing intensity. I conducted a regional survey across 19 woodland understory plant communities on northeast and southwest facing slopes. In each community, deer browsing intensity was quantified using damage to juvenile post oaks and blackjack oaks. Data collection quantified plant species composition, litter depth, slope aspect and slope steepness. Surprisingly, results show a significant positive relationship between deer browsing intensity and Shannon Diversity Indices, over a range of low to moderate browsing intensities. However, deer browsing did not increase exotic species cover as predicted and was not a strong driver in plant species composition. Further, slope aspect, steepness and canopy cover appear as the strongest explanatory variables for differences in plant community composition. This study suggests there is minimal effect of deer on Cross Timbers woodland understory plant community composition. My findings illustrate that landscape features, such as slope aspect and steepness, play a role in shaping these plant communities and perhaps influencing the relationship between plants and animals