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The Peacemakers: Navigating the Intersection of Biblical Justice and Contemporary Policing
For Christians seeking to enter the field of policing, the question of justice is answered by two separate sources. Conceptions of justice are presented by both the contemporary justice system and the Bible. The history and current state of American policing reveal a sense of justice that is concerned with fighting crime and defending the rights of the vulnerable. There are, however, inherent limitations when operating within a system made by man. Biblical justice goes further by prioritizing restoration and redeemed relationships within its conception of justice. Reconciling these two perspectives equips Christian police officers with a framework with which they can navigate policing in a way that best glorifies God and effects true justice
Running to Lose: The Muslim Brotherhood and Parliamentary Elections
Streaming video requires RealPlayer to view.The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.Nathan Brown is professor of political science and international affairs and director of the Institute for Middle East Studies at George Washington University. His area of expertise includes comparative politics of the Middle East, democratization and constitutionalism, rule of law in the Arab world, and Islam and politics. Brown is author of Peasant Politics in Modern Egypt (Yale University Press, 1990), The Rule of Law in the Arab World (Cambridge University Press, 1997), Constitutions in a Nonconstitutional World: Arab Basic Laws and the Prospects for Accountable Government (SUNY Press, 2002), in addition to several articles and edited collections on Arab politics and society, constitutionalism, and democracy. His most recent book, Palestinian Politics After the Oslo Accords: Resuming Arab Palestine, was published by the University of California Press in 2003. He is currently completing a book on Islamist political movements in the Arab world. Brown serves as a nonresident senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; he was named a Carnegie Scholar for 2009-2011. Brown received his M.A. and Ph.D. in politics and near Eastern Studies from Princeton University. He received his B.A. with honors from the University of Chicago.The Ohio State University. Honors and ScholarsThe Ohio State University. Department of Political ScienceThe Ohio State University. Middle East Studies CenterOhio State University. Mershon Center for International Security StudiesEvent Web page, streaming video, event photo
Lingering in the Word: Author\u27s take on How Daily Bible Reading can Change Lives
Nina Atcheson is the Adventist Identity Officer for Adventist Schools Australia. But she is also a writer and now published author. In the lead up to the launch of As Light Lingers, she answers questions from Nathan Brown about her new book and how spending time with the Bible can change our lives
Summer Fades but Hope does not: Author\u27s Authentic Take on the Life Experience of Young Adults
The Scholarly Erasure and Response of Indigenous Peoples: A Case Study of the Coahuilitecan Peoples of Southern Texas and Northern Mexico
Deep Reinforcement Learning for the Design of Structural Topologies
Advances in machine learning algorithms and increased computational efficiencies have given engineers new capabilities and tools for engineering design. The presented work investigates using deep reinforcement learning (DRL), a subset of deep machine learning that teaches an agent to complete a task through accumulating experiences in an interactive environment, to design 2D structural topologies. Three unique structural topology design problems are investigated to validate DRL as a practical design automation tool to produce high-performing designs in structural topology domains.
The first design problem attempts to find a gradient-free alternative to solving the compliance minimization topology optimization problem. In the proposed DRL environment, a DRL agent can sequentially remove elements from a starting solid material domain to form a topology that minimizes compliance. After each action, the agent receives feedback on its performance by evaluating how well the current topology satisfies the design objectives. The agent learned a generalized design strategy that produced topology designs with similar or better compliance minimization performance than traditional gradient-based topology optimization methods given various boundary conditions.
The second design problem reformulates mechanical metamaterial unit cell design as a DRL task. The local unit cells of mechanical metamaterials are built by sequentially adding material elements according to a cubic Bezier curve methodology. The unit cells are built such that, when tessellated, they exhibit a targeted nonlinear deformation response under uniaxial compressive or tensile loading. Using a variational autoencoder for domain dimension reduction and a surrogate model for rapid deformation response prediction, the DRL environment was built to allow the agent to rapidly build mechanical metamaterials that exhibit a diverse array of deformation responses with variable degrees of nonlinearity.
Finally, the third design problem expands on the second to train a DRL agent to design mechanical metamaterials with tailorable deformation and energy manipulation characteristics. The agent’s design performance was validated by creating metamaterials with a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) constitutive material that increased or decreased hysteresis while exhibiting the compressive deformation response of expanded thermoplastic polyurethane (E-TPU). These optimized designs were additively manufactured and underwent experimental cyclic compressive testing. The results showed the E-TPU and metamaterial with E-TPU target properties were well aligned, underscoring the feasibility of designing mechanical metamaterials with customizable deformation and energy manipulation responses. Finally, the agent\u27s generalized design capabilities were tested by designing multiple metamaterials with diverse desired loading deformation responses and specific hysteresis objectives. The combined success of these three design problems is critical in proving that a DRL agent can serve as a co-designer working with a human designer to achieve high-performing solutions in the domain of 2D structural topologies and is worthy of incorporation into a wide array of engineering design domains
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