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FEMA Display, in Coordination with Disaster Awareness Week
Get PDFBibliography and photographs of a display of government documents from Minnesota State University, Mankato.https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/lib-services-govdoc-display-weather/1011/thumbnail.jp
I Call It Hunting : Centuries of Violence Against Native American Women
Get PDFNative American and Pacific Islander women are missing and murdered at an alarming and relentless rate. The history of violence against this population starts with European contact in the fifteenth century and continues to this day with Native women suffering the highest rate of sexual assault per capita in the nation. This panel presentation held in observance of the International Day of Eliminating Violence Against Women concludes with a recognition of Native American resilience and actions all Americans can take to help reduce these crimes
Fall 2023 Library Newsletter
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MNSU French Students’ Perspectives on Classroom Testing, Feedback Practices and their Impact on Learning
Get PDFThis research aims to examine MNSU French students’ perspectives on classroom testing, feedback practices and their impact on learning. Using an online questionnaire, data were collected from 18 students enrolled in French 102, French 202, French 404 and French 452. The results indicated that the students in the French program at MNSU positively perceived the classroom testing and feedback practices. They understood the purposes and benefits of classroom testing and feedback provision as these encouraged them to study in order to retain the content, tracked and checked their learning progress in relation to their learning objectives, and provided them with feedback that they utilized to improve. They also recognized that both the classroom testing and feedback had a positive impact on their learning. On the one hand, classroom testing required them to review the course materials for better retention, and on the other hand, feedback pointed out their mistakes, clarified the points they misunderstood and helped them to close up the gap between their performance and desired goals. However, a low percentage of the participants reported that they needed to spend more time on chapters to successfully process the content. They also suggested that quizzes and exams should be more spaced out
Use of Speech Recognition Tools to Predict Mistakes in Audio Book Recordings
Get PDFThis thesis documents the feasibility of creating an automated system to identify mistakes and errors in audiobook performances, with the intent of helping to speed up and streamline the otherwise-lengthy process of audiobook production and editing. The primary method being explored is to compare the intended script with the audio recording of the performance, as evaluated and transcribed by an automatic speech recognition (ASR) system, and to search for discrepancies between the two. Other topics examined include the background and history of audiobooks and ASR systems, the difficulties of creating a bespoke machine-learning system for a specific performer, the strengths and limitations of freely-available tools such as Kaldi and Aeneas, as well as the possibility of using statistical and mathematical techniques to try to identify the patterns of certain unwanted artifacts within the performance. The results of the experiments conducted were promising, but fell short of full success in several ways. Most importantly, the Kaldi-based system did not achieve error recognition with a sufficiently high degree of confidence or consistency when using a speaker-independent model. Additionally, the designed purpose of many ASR systems are at odds with this project\u27s intent, in that for most applications, they are built to accommodate errors and ignore background noise. This work demonstrates that there is potential to improve the performance and accuracy of existing ASR tools for error detection
Life History, Resource Allocation, and Phenology of Diploid Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) Collected from Populations in Ohio and New York
Get PDFFlowering rush (Butomus umbellatus) is an invasive wetland perennial monocot that is native to eastern Europe that invaded north America in the early 1900’s. Flowering rush made its way to the Great Lakes in the mid-1950’s and has now invaded lake and wetland systems along the U.S. – Canadian border causing a host of issues related to water quality and water use. Within the current invaded range two cytotypes, a diploid and a triploid, have been documented which much of the current research and developed management strategies have been largely on the triploid. Research presented here is on the diploid cytotype which is considerably understudied compared to its triploid counterpart. One study was aimed at understanding the phenology and resource allocation of diploid flowering rush from three study sites: Mentor Marsh, OH; Tonawanda, NY; and Unity Island, NY. It was found that diploid flowering rush had the aboveground tissue peak in early to mid-summer with little resource investment. Once the aboveground tissue peaked, the generated carbohydrate content was then diverted to the rhizome and rhizome bud tissues for long-term storage as starch and vegetative reproduction which peaks right before wintertime. Along with sexual reproduction occurring in the flowers, diploid flowering rush produces rhizome buds, which act as vegetative propagules, on a scale almost twenty times higher than the triploid cytotype. With high reproductive output, diploid flowering rush presents itself as a threat for further spread in the U.S.
Alongside understanding the phenological patterns of diploid flowering rush, abiotic factor influences were analyzed using ecological niche modeling. This was done to model site specific abiotic effects as well as the potential for further spread within the U.S. Diploid flowering rush displayed plastic responses to its environment with each study site being affected by different abiotic variables from levels of soil organic carbon content to precipitation seasonality. From ecological niche modeling, diploid flowering rush was determined to have high suitability along the east coast of the U.S. Records from the U.S. Geological Survey Nonindigenous Aquatic Species database were used to determine that numerous populations of flowering rush occupy areas of high suitability based on the generated ecological niche models. Research done on diploid flowering rush suggests that management should be aimed to control the aboveground tissue using herbicide treatments. This management should be done early in the growing season for effective control, otherwise, flowering rush will be minimally affected by ill-timed management. However, further research should be done to optimize management strategies further for populations of diploid flowering rush
Refiguring Motherhood Beyond Biology
No full textThis book unpacks and interrogates dominant constructions of mothering, making use of interdisciplinary, ideological and theoretical perspectives to investigate how new rhetorics of mothering can expand the realm of maternal care-givers beyond the biological definitions of motherhood.
This diverse collection is at the cutting-edge of rhetoric, feminism, and motherhood studies, and the chapters challenge the confines of biological parenting as heteronormative within the neo-liberal nuclear family. The contributors examine, how despite the diversity of parental relationships, many are excluded by the understanding of mothers biologically tied to their children. The volume seeks to expose the underpinnings of biological primacy and argues that 21st-century families and familial circumstances are ill-served by biological ideology. Topics include Re-Imagining Queer Black Motherhood, Chicana Feminist approaches to reproductive justice, the commercialization and medicalization of infertility, and ableism and motherhood.
This is a unique and fascinating book suitable for students and scholars in gender studies, sexuality studies, communication studies, sociology, and cultural studies.https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/university-archives-msu-authors/1454/thumbnail.jp
What Can a Remote Access Hardware Trojan do to a Network-on-Clip?
No full textInterconnection networks such as Network-on-Chips (NoCs) for multi/manycore processors are critical infrastructure of the system as they enable data communication among the processing cores, caches, memory, and other peripherals. Given the criticality of the interconnects, the system can be severely subverted if the interconnection is compromised. The threat of Hardware Trojans (HTs) penetrating complex hardware systems such as multi/many-core processors is increasing due to the increasing presence of third-party players in a System-on-chip (SoC) design. Even by deploying naïve HTs, an adversary can exploit the NoC backbone of the processor and get access to communication patterns in the system. This presentation discusses the design of an HT embedded in the NoC router that can leak sensitive information regarding traffic patterns to an external malicious attacker; who, in turn, can analyze the HT payload data with advanced algorithms such as machine learning to infer the applications running on the processor or reverse engineer architectural Intellectual Property (IP) of the system. This presentation also entertains the idea of using a routing obfuscation technique to achieve a trade-off between defense against HTs and performance penalties
Stories of Impact - Undergraduate Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities
No full textUndergraduate research is often described as a high impact practice. It has been found to promote student engagement, retention, and future success. However, little time is spent discussing the specific mechanisms or outcomes that justify this label. This presentation will use micro-stories to explore the experiences of students with undergraduate research and the resulting impacts. Lessons learned from programs operated through the Undergraduate Research Center will be shared, as will results of recent alumni surveys
ACUE Effective Online Teaching Practices Information Session
No full textMinnesota State Mankato ONLINE will again be sponsoring faculty to participate in the Effective Online Teaching Practices course offered by ACUE starting in Fall 2023. Join us for this information session with ACUE course facilitators and ACUE staff to see the course in action and learn more about the timeline for registration