The use of web analytics on an academic library website

The entire thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file; a non-technical public abstract appears in the public.pdf file.Title from PDF of title page (University of Missouri--Columbia, viewed on January 27, 2011).Thesis advisor: Dr. Sanda Erdelez.Vita.Ph. D. University of Missouri--Columbia 2009.Academic libraries need to evaluate their electronic services in order to ensure their users' satisfaction. Libraries have been using evidence based evaluation traditionally. These practices have their imitations as they are time consuming and rely on outdated literature. Human Information Behavior studies offer a rich literature of users' behavior that could provide evidence of usage; nevertheless HIB studies are centered on smaller sample and hence lack generalization. Web analytics can address the gap in library service evaluation and HIB studies by providing quick access to aggregate information on real users' data collected unobtrusively. This study was conducted in an academic library setting. Two topics on the use of analytics for library decision-making and generalizing in HIB studies were addressed. The Library's web usability group was interviewed and their Google Analytics data were reviewed. Qualitative analyses were conducted on data obtained from the interview and Google analytics. There were concrete findings on the use of web analytics for Library decision-making that indicated its utility for enhancing the Library's online services and for improving navigation. However, there were noteworthy factors that could affect decision-making indirectly - the respondents' curiosity of users' behavior, the Library management practices, could influence decision-making in the Library along the way. Visitor trending data in Google Analytics further provided important aspects of the online users' behavior. Graphs indicated irregular patterns in users' behavior over a period of a semester. Further instances illustrated the differences in users behavior were based on their choice of sources. Visitors' technology preferences indicated factors that could influence users' information seeking. Finally, analytics can provide information on the Library's primary resources used.Includes bibliographical reference

Selfish Pups: Weaning Conflict and Milk Theft in Free-Ranging Dogs

Parent-offspring conflict theory predicts the emergence of weaning conflict between a mother and her offspring arising from skewed relatedness benefits. Empirical observations of weaning conflict has not been carried out in canids. In a field-based study on free-ranging dogs we observed that suckling bout durations reduce, proportion of mother-initiated suckling bouts reduce and mother-initiated suckling terminations increase, with pup age. We identified the 7th - 13th week period of pup age as the zone of conflict between the mother and her pups, beyond which suckling solicitations cease, and before which suckling refusals are few. We also report for the first time milk theft by pups who take advantage of the presence of multiple lactating females, due to the promiscuous mating system of the dogs. This behaviour, though apparently disadvantageous for the mothers, is perhaps adaptive for the dogs in the face of high mortality and competition for resources.Comment: 3 figures, 1 tabl

Research on Energy Harvesting and Wireless Charging Technology for Internet of Things (IoT) Applications

This ongoing research intends to build and test a prototype of a typical system that harvests energy from the environment and wirelessly transfers this energy to Internet of Things (IoT) devices.https://scholarworks.moreheadstate.edu/celebration_posters_2023/1031/thumbnail.jp

Exploring Barriers to ICT Use by Middle Class Indian Women

Nations have made great strides in providing physical access to digital technologies and educational opportunities, yet barriers still exist that prevent those who have strong physical and intellectual access to information and communication technology from taking full advantage of the information and opportunities the technology offers. Women in particular are affected by social barriers which may be quite subtle and are easily excluded from taking an active role in the information society. This study explores how Indian women incorporate information and communication technology (ICT) into their daily lives and what aidsor barriers they face in the process. This study contributes to an understanding of factors that lead to Indian women’s current use of ICT, reasons why Indian women choose to use ICT, and barriers to this usage

Unusual Metastases to Diaphragm and Spleen from Adenocarcinoma of Lung Detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT Imaging: A Case Report

Globally, carcinoma of lung is the predominant cause of cancer deathamong both men and women. While hematogenous spread from primarylung cancer to multiple other organs is frequently reported, metastases ofmalignant tumors to diaphragm and spleen are rare. Nowadays, Positronemission tomography (PET) with 18 F- fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) hasemerged in such a way that it has become an effective imaging technology for the evaluation of different carcinomas, particularly for cancerstaging and follow up after therapy. PET scan is able to provide metabolicinformation. In this case, we present an attractive unified PET/CT scanimage in a patient with lung carcinoma having unusual diaphragm andsplenic metastases. So, PET/CT imaging could strongly identified rareand unusual metastatic sites of cancer and added more appropriate stagingin patient with carcinoma of lung

CMOS First-Order All-Pass Filter With 2-Hz Pole Frequency

A CMOS fully integrated all-pass filter with an extremely low pole frequency of 2 Hz is introduced in this paper. It has 0.08-dB passband ripple and 0.029-mm 2 Si area. It has 0.38-mW power consumption in strong inversion with ±0.6-V power supplies. In subthreshold, it has 0.64-μW quiescent power and operates with ±200-mV dc supplies. Miller multiplication is used to obtain a large equivalent capacitor without excessive Si area. By varying the gain of the Miller amplifier, the pole frequency can be varied from 2 to 48 Hz. Experimental and simulation results of a test chip prototype in 130-nm CMOS technology validate the proposed circuit