Prioritization & Workflow Management Birds Of A Feather Session

The following is a revised protocol based on assessment of the birds of a feather session held as part of University Libraries Convocation, 11 August 2020. The session was held in response to staff concerns about prioritization and workflow management during the COVID-19 pandemic, and was held over Zoom. This was a peer-led session that was not affiliated with any organizational prioritization efforts or budget conversations. It is recommended that anyone wishing to replicate the session consider the power dynamics between facilitator and attendee, and revise as necessary to best fit your organizational context

User Interaction Aware Reinforcement Learning for Power and Thermal Efficiency of CPU-GPU Mobile MPSoCs

Mobile user’s usage behaviour changes throughout the day and the desirable Quality of Service (QoS) could thus change for each session. In this paper, we propose a QoS aware agent to monitor mobile user’s usage behaviour to find the target frame rate, which satisfies the desired user’s QoS, and applies reinforcement learning based DVFS on a CPU-GPU MPSoC to satisfy the frame rate requirement. Experimental study on a real Exynos hardware platform shows that our proposed agent is able to achieve a maximum of 50% power saving and 29% reduction in peak temperature compared to stock Android’s power saving scheme. It also outperforms the existing state-of-the-art power and thermal management scheme by 41% and 19%, respectively

An internet-based intervention with brief nurse support to manage obesity in primary care (POWeR+): a pragmatic, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial

Background The obesity epidemic has major public health consequences. Expert dietetic and behavioural counselling with intensive follow-up is effective, but resource requirements severely restrict widespread implementation in primary care, where most patients are managed. We aimed to estimate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an internet-based behavioural intervention (POWeR+) combined with brief practice nurse support in primary care. Methods We did this pragmatic, parallel-group, randomised controlled trial at 56 primary care practices in central and south England. Eligible adults aged 18 years or older with a BMI of 30 kg/m2 or more (or ≥28 kg/m2 with hypertension, hypercholesterolaemia, or diabetes) registered online with POWeR+—a 24 session, web-based, weight management intervention lasting 6 months. After registration, the website automatically randomly assigned patients (1:1:1), via computer-generated random numbers, to receive evidence-based dietetic advice to swap foods for similar, but healthier, choices and increase fruit and vegetable intake, in addition to 6 monthly nurse follow-up (control group); web-based intervention and face-to-face nurse support (POWeR+Face-to-face [POWeR+F]; up to seven nurse contacts over 6 months); or web-based intervention and remote nurse support (POWeR+Remote [POWeR+R]; up to five emails or brief phone calls over 6 months). Participants and investigators were masked to group allocation at the point of randomisation; masking of participants was not possible after randomisation. The primary outcome was weight loss averaged over 12 months. We did a secondary analysis of weight to measure maintenance of 5% weight loss at months 6 and 12. We modelled the cost-effectiveness of each intervention. We did analysis by intention to treat, with multiple imputation for missing data. This trial is registered as an International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial, number ISRCTN21244703. Findings Between Jan 30, 2013, and March 20, 2014, 818 participants were randomly assigned to the control group (n=279), the POWeR+F group (n=269), or the POWeR+R group (n=270). Weight loss averaged over 12 months was recorded in 666 (81%) participants. The control group lost almost 3 kg over 12 months (crude mean weight: baseline 104·38 kg [SD 21·11; n=279], 6 months 101·91 kg [19·35; n=136], 12 months 101·74 kg [19·57; n=227]). The primary imputed analysis showed that compared with the control group, patients in the POWeR+F group achieved an additional weight reduction of 1·5 kg (95% CI 0·6–2·4; p=0·001) averaged over 12 months, and patients in the POWeR+R group achieved an additional 1·3 kg (0·34–2·2; p=0·007). 21% of patients in the control group had maintained a clinically important 5% weight reduction at month 12, compared with 29% of patients in the POWeR+F group (risk ratio 1·56, 0·96–2·51; p=0·070) and 32% of patients in the POWeR+R group (1·82, 1·31–2·74; p=0·004). The incremental overall cost to the health service per kg weight lost with the POWeR+ interventions versus the control strategy was £18 (95% CI −129 to 195) for POWeR+F and –£25 (−268 to 157) for POWeR+R; the probability of being cost-effective at a threshold of £100 per kg lost was 88% and 98%, respectively. No adverse events were reported. Interpretation Weight loss can be maintained in some individuals by use of novel written material with occasional brief nurse follow-up. However, more people can maintain clinically important weight reductions with a web-based behavioural program and brief remote follow-up, with no increase in health service costs. Future research should assess the extent to which clinically important weight loss can be maintained beyond 1 year

Tiger Daily: September 1, 2017

ANNOUNCEMENTS · Shuttle Bus · Fresh Food Friday · TGOF Partners · FHSU Homecoming Weekend! · Fall Adjunct Training Classes · Novels 4 Hope · Faculty Development Funding · 2 Liter Bottles Wanted · Foundation Check Run · Reminder – Last Day for 100% Refund · Proper Email Usage · Certificates for Academic Advisors EVENTS THIS WEEK/WEEKEND · August and September Workshops Available – See Dates Below, 3:30pm to 5:00pm · United Way Campus Campaign Kickoff – September 6, 11:30am · Dedication of Victor E. Village – September 7, 4:00pm FUTURE EVENTS · Experiential Learning Week – September 11-15, See Times Below · Advanced Grant Writing – September 12, 9:00am to 4:00pm · Kent L. Brintnall Presents - A Queer & Present Danger: Playing to the Side of LGBT Politics – September 12, 7:00pm · United Way of Ellis County Power of the Purse Fundraiser – September 19, 11:30am to 1:30pm · Management Development Center’s Supervising with Confidence Workshop – September 27, 8:30am to 4:30pm SHARE WITH STUDENTS · Volunteer at Camp Tamah Shinga with Tiger In Service · Travel Abroad Information Session: France and Belgium (Spring Break 2018) · Mini Gold @ Forsyth Library · Back to School Picnic Surve

Smart Vehicle to Grid Interface Project: Electromobility Management System Architecture and Field Test Results

This paper presents and discusses the electromobility management system developed in the context of the SMARTV2G project, enabling the automatic control of plug-in electric vehicles' (PEVs') charging processes. The paper describes the architecture and the software/hardware components of the electromobility management system. The focus is put in particular on the implementation of a centralized demand side management control algorithm, which allows remote real time control of the charging stations in the field, according to preferences and constraints expressed by all the actors involved (in particular the distribution system operator and the PEV users). The results of the field tests are reported and discussed, highlighting critical issues raised from the field experience.Comment: To appear in IEEE International Electric Vehicle Conference (IEEE IEVC 2014

Tiger Daily: September 6, 2017

ANNOUNCEMENTS · Support Charlottesville #DearYoungPerson Postcard Campaign · Updates to the Tomanek Hall Testing Center · Flu Clinic · Job Opening with the FHSU Foundation · Forsyth Library Resource Trial - JoVE · Don’t Forget! Annual Student Organization Meetings · FHSU Homecoming Weekend! · Fall Adjunct Training Classes · Novels 4 Hope · Faculty Development Funding · 2 Liter Bottles Wanted · Foundation Check Run · Certificates for Academic Advisors EVENTS THIS WEEK/WEEKEND · August and September Workshops Available – See Dates Below, 3:30pm to 5:00pm · Dedication of Victor E. Village – September 7, 4:00pm · The American Soldier - September 8, 7:00pm FUTURE EVENTS · Experiential Learning Week – September 11-15, See Times Below · Advanced Grant Writing – September 12, 9:00am to 4:00pm · Science Café Presents: Enhancing the Classroom & Workplace with Virtual/Augmented Reality (V/AR) – September 12, 7:00pm · Kent L. Brintnall Presents - A Queer & Present Danger: Playing to the Side of LGBT Politics – September 12, 7:00pm · United Way of Ellis County Power of the Purse Fundraiser – September 19, 11:30am to 1:30pm · Management Development Center’s Supervising with Confidence Workshop – September 27, 8:30am to 4:30pm SHARE WITH STUDENTS · Volunteer at Camp Tamah Shinga with Tiger In Service · Travel Abroad Information Session: France and Belgium (Spring Break 2018

Production of Innovations within Farmer–Researcher Associations Applying Transdisciplinary Research Principles

Small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan West Africa depend heavily on local resources and local knowledge. Science-based knowledge is likely to aid decision-making in complex situations. In this presentation, we highlight a FiBL-coordinated research partnership between three national producer organisations and national agriculture research bodies in Mali, Burkina Faso, and Benin. The partnership seeks to compare conventional, GMObased, and organic cotton systems as regards food security and climate change