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Joshua Davis: Author of Spare Parts
No full textCitation: K-State First (2016). Joshua Davis: Author of Spare Parts [Flier]. Manhattan, Kansas: K-State First.Flyer advertising Joshua Davis's author talk at Kansas State University
Steven Johnson Author Talk Poster
No full textK-State Book NetworkA poster advertising an author talk by Steven Johnson at Kansas State University on September 3, 2014. Steven Johnson's book "The Ghost Map" was the 2014-2015 common book
Mercer 5: A probable new globular cluster in the Galactic bulge
No full textWe present a detailed study of a dust-obscured Galactic star cluster Mercer 5 ([MCM2005b] 5) in an extremely crowded field in the Milky Way. Near-infrared (near-IR) photometry from United Kingdom Infrared Digital Sky Surveys (UKIDSS) and the Son of ISAAC on the New Technology Telescope (SofI/NTT), combined with near-IR spectroscopy also from SofI, indicates that it is almost certainly a Galactic globular cluster, located at the edge of the Galactic bulge. The cluster suffers ~9 mag of visual extinction, with strong evidence for an extinction gradient across the cluster. A simulation of the differential reddening in the cluster using empirical data from NGC 6539 (chosen because it had high signal-to-noise ratio data and low field star contamination) as a template mimics the observations extremely well. This simulation and other arguments are used to indicate that the most prominent clump of stars in the colour-magnitude diagrams is a horizontal branch clump. On this basis we conclude that the cluster is at a distance of ~5.5kpc and suffers from visual extinction ranging from ~8.5 to ~12.5 mag. Alternative explanations for its nature, such as a young cluster or an old open cluster, are much less likely, on the grounds of no visible main sequence or stars with IR excesses for the former and location versus lifetime arguments for the latter. © 2011 The Authors Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society © 2011 RAS
The covering number for some Mercer kernel Hilbert spaces
No full textAbstractIn the present paper, we investigate the estimates for the covering number of a ball in a Mercer kernel Hilbert space on [0,1]. Let Pl(x) be the Legendre orthogonal polynomial of order l, al>0 be real numbers satisfying ∑l=0+∞lal<+∞. Then, for the Mercer kernel functionK(x,t)=∑l=0+∞alPl(x)Pl(t),x,t∈[0,1],we provide the upper estimates of the covering number for the Mercer kernel Hilbert space reproducing from K(x,t). For some particular al we give the lower estimates. Meanwhile, a kind of l2-norm estimate for the inverse Mercer matrix associated with the Mercer kernel K(x,t) is given
k -Fractional Variants of Hermite-Mercer-Type Inequalities via s-Convexity with Applications
No full textThis article is aimed at studying novel generalizations of Hermite-Mercer-type inequalities within the Riemann-Liouville k-fractional integral operators by employing s-convex functions. Two new auxiliary results are derived to govern the novel fractional variants of Hadamard-Mercer-type inequalities for differentiable mapping Ψ whose derivatives in the absolute values are convex. Moreover, the results also indicate new lemmas for Ψ′, Ψ′′, and Ψ′′′ and new bounds for the Hadamard-Mercer-type inequalities via the well-known Hölder’s inequality. As an application viewpoint, certain estimates in respect of special functions and special means of real numbers are also illustrated to demonstrate the applicability and effectiveness of the suggested scheme
New Generalized Hermite–Hadamard–Mercer’s Type Inequalities Using (k, ψ)-Proportional Fractional Integral Operator
No full textIn this paper, by using Jensen–Mercer’s inequality we obtain Hermite–Hadamard–Mercer’s type inequalities for a convex function employing left-sided (k, ψ)-proportional fractional integral operators involving continuous strictly increasing function. Our findings are a generalization of some results that existed in the literature
Science Communication Sample Slide Deck
No full textSample slides to accompany the book chapter:
Weaver, K. D., Mercer, K., & Lamont, G. (2021). “The RADAR framework for evaluating sources of information.” In S. Rowland & L. Kuchel (Eds.) Science + SciComm + Work: A guide for teaching science communication. Springer Nature
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
No full textThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Self-Efficacy of K-12 Mathematics Teachers in Teaching Math
No full textThe need to understand the differences in the self-efficacy of K-12 mathematics teachers based on teachers’ characteristics and school factors is imperative because research has shown teachers’ self-efficacy to be a mediating factor on students’ academic achievement. As such, education policymakers and school administrators need to understand variances in teachers’ self-efficacy so that they could better implement programs to enhance and support the self-efficacy of teachers. This quantitative research used an exploratory cross-sectional design. The study consisted of 50 K-12 inservice teachers from two rural districts in a southeastern state in the United States. The study examined differences in teachers’ sense of self-efficacy (TSES) for teaching mathematics at the K-12 level based on teachers’ gender, teaching experience, education level, and school type (elementary school, middle school, and high school). Findings suggest that teachers’ overall sense of self-efficacy and subscales efficacies (student engagement, instructional strategies, and classroom management) based on school factors and demographic variables were comparable in the context of rural teachers in the southeast United States. The findings of insignificant differences in teachers’ sense of self-efficacy that were discovered in this research might be due to the positive working environment among staff and the dual role of principals as teachers and school leaders that are characteristic of schools in rural settings. Based on the findings of this research, future studies might want to examine the influence of suburban and urban environments on teachers’ sense of efficacy for teaching mathematics in K-12 settings, for the experiences of teachers in rural settings might be unique when compared to teachers in other school environments.Morrissey , SusieFord, Deana J.Deagle , Tracey R.D.Phil
The hand of Wilbur Mercer
No full textPreprint of a commissioned essay for Boom! Studios comics adaptation of Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", published in issue no. 21.Discusses the role of religion and ethics in Philip K. Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" in light of Dick's broader religious thought
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