Mary Jane Miller, interviewed by Elizabeth Bunten

Mary Jane Miller, interviewed by Elizabeth Bunten, May 9, 2003. Miller, age 80, talks about her family; enlisting in the Navy (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) in World War II; her family and friends’ reaction to her enlistment; her basic training experience; the relationship between male officers and female enlisted; her not going overseas during the war; whether she would do it all again; changes in opportunities for women in the military; leaving the Navy after the war; delivering a top secret message; and working under women officers. Text: 8 pp. transcript. Recording: No recording.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mf144/1084/thumbnail.jp

Space and the Psychology of Personality Types: How Personality Influences Reactions to Architectural Space

Copyright © 2016, The Honors Undergraduate Research Journal, University of Oklahoma. All rights revert to authors.Researchers in both architecture and psychology agree that open office plans can have significant negative consequences for employees. This, though, is where universal agreement ends: researchers in both fields have struggled to identify specific and repeatable negative effects of open offices. Some studies have linked open plans to privacy concerns and decreased job satisfaction (Oldham & Brass, 1979, p. 267; Brennan et al., 2002, p. 279), but others have found better communication and increased job satisfaction for some types of employees (Zalesny & Farace, 1987, p. 253). Employee reactions to open office spaces seem to vary by task, organizational status, age, and a myriad of other factors, which makes it difficult for architects to determine how offices should be designed.The mixed results on open offices are indicative of larger problems in the environment-behavior field. Psychological research should inform architectural design solutions, but before that can happen, communication between architectural and psychological researchers must improve. The environment-behavior discipline provides a forum for this communication, but current research in the field is published in several different journals and interested parties are unlikely to see all relevant studies. For example, environment-behavior researchers often ignore purely psychological research that might be relevant to their studies of behavior and perception.This paper reviews literature on open offices and personality characteristics to illustrate how psychological research can enhance environment-behavior research. Psychological research suggests that personality dimensions like introversion/extraversion may explain mixed responses to open offices, but personality factors are largely ignored in existing environment-behavior studies. Architects strive to design specifically for their clients and occupants, but are often forced to guess about how occupants will respond to a space. Improved communication between designers and psychologists may lead to better understanding of how different people react to the same architectural spaces.The Honors Undergraduate Research Journal (THURJ) is a publication of the Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College at the University of Oklahoma. The views expressed in THURJ are solely those of the contributors and should not be attributed to the Editorial Staff, the Honors College, or the University of Oklahoma.undergraduat

Road Weather Severity Based on Environmental Energy

Effective and efficient removal of snow and ice from public roadways is a key outcome for winter road maintenance operations. This outcome depends on the severity of the wintry weather as well as the quality and quantity of resources used to treat the roadways. Wintry weather conditions vary substantially from hour-to-hour, storm-to-storm, and season-to-season. Many different transportation departments have used empirical statistical models and machine learning methods based upon weather parameters to develop indices to estimate the severity of winter weather. Many of these previous studies used summary statistics, such as the number of days with certain events (snowfall, freezing rain, frost), to provide a seasonal index of winter severity. While summarizing the winter severity for the entire season is quite useful, providing information over shorter time periods will allow for more precise evaluation of maintenance performance during a winter season. A winter weather severity index has been developed that can be used to evaluate the performance of winter weather maintenance. This project involves the development of a physically-based analysis of winter severity, using estimates of the hourly rate of deposition of new snow/ice and the energy required melt it. The “Road Weather Severity Based on Environmental Energy” (RWSBEE) index can be considered an accumulation of energy, beyond that which is available from the environment, needed to melt snow/ice that has been deposited on the road surface on an hourly basis. The energy not provided by the environment that would be required to melt new snow can be thought of as a measure of the work required to remove the new snow from the road surface. We expect that RWSBEE will provide a clearer understanding of the severity of the weather, allowing INDOT to better evaluate their performance, assist with after-action review of recent storms, and improve the reaction to future weather events. Measurable improvements in the winter maintenance decision-making process are expected as a result. Winter weather conditions that occur across different regions vary substantially from hour-to-hour, storm-to-storm, and season-to-season. The methods of road maintenance for fighting snow and ice can also vary between different maintenance units. It is important for organizations that perform road maintenance to be able to quantify the severity of the winter weather conditions, for purposes of monitoring, planning, and evaluating their performance. The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) currently uses estimates of winter weather hours to quantify the severity of winter weather. The definition of a “weather hour” is fairly straightforward: any hour when wintry precipitation (snow, ice pellets, freezing rain) is falling with air temperatures below 35 °F. While this definition is reasonable, it does not take into account numerous factors that can strongly affect road conditions and subsequent efforts needed for road treatment, such as: precipitation rate, wind speed, and availability of sunshine. Consequently, INDOT has determined that the information provided by the weather hour estimates result in wide variations in roadway treatment expenses across Indiana. In order to more accurately and effectively evaluate the performance of winter maintenance, it is important to have detailed data related to winter weather conditions that provide useful information regarding the impact of winter weather on road conditions. State-of-the-art weather information can provide a clearer understanding of the severity of the weather, allowing INDOT to better evaluate their performance, assist with after-action review of recent storms, and improve the reaction to future weather events

2021-2022 Statewide Utah Angler Survey Report

Continuing an effort that dates to 1967, we collected data through a statewide survey of licensed anglers in an effort to understand their preference and behaviors. Anglers were surveyed across the state of Utah, as well as nonresident anglers who purchased a Utah fishing license. This research was guided by objectives developed by the Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) as and our research team at the Institute of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism at Utah State University. In the report, we provide statewide statistics and comparisons between the DWRs five management regions. The objectives and key findings are:Objective 1. Define the characteristics of Utah anglersObjective 2. Produce a snapshot of angling in Utah over a 12-month periodObjective 3. Identify what motivates Utah anglersObjective 4. Identify what fish species anglers expected to catch, caught, and prefer to catchObjective 5. Gauge anglers’ perceptions and knowledge of native and nonnative fish species in UtahObjective 6. Explore Utah anglers’ perceptions of, and experiences with, crowdingObjective 7. Identify potential areas where managers can create or promote opportunities for Utah anglers to combine recreational activities to enhance the angling experienceThe report provides tables and figures and explanations pertaining to each of the research objectives outlined above. In addition, statewide and regional statistics are provided to showcase the unique trends associated with Utah anglers and angling resources in Utah

Optimizing the Locations of Coca-Cola Vending Machines Across KSU – Marietta Campus

The following project was conducted on the Kennesaw State Marietta Campus. The purpose of this project was to optimize the placement of the vending machines across campus to increase sales revenue, and to optimize the delivery route for the new locations. We conducted 100 surveys to determine which buildings with vending machines have the highest and lowest foot traffic based on students selecting which buildings they visit. We then selected the top two from the results and out of the bottom 10, we randomly selected the bottom 2 due to multiple buildings having the same number of visits. The top two buildings were the Joe Mack Wilson Student Center and the Atrium Building. The bottom two were the West Parking Deck and the Mathematics Building. We gathered data on arrival and service times of the vending machines at these four locations to help build our arena simulation to predict sales revenue and number of customers, over the course of 22 days, 15 hours per day. We were able to see what the number of customers would be, the total sales revenue, and the vending machine utilization. It was determined that West parking Deck had no service times during our recordings and therefore deemed as a location that was not generating sales revenue. It was also determined that the mathematics building had a low utilization rate of 7.2% while the Student Center had 49.4% utilization and the Atrium had 43.4% utilization. The math building also had a small amount of foot traffic and a low sales revenue of just $2250.00 which was over$10,000 lower than the top two locations. In the end, we determined four vending machines needed to be relocated and we concluded that it would be most profitable to add two into each of the top two buildings. This resulted in an estimated $7,000 increase in sales revenue across the Student Center and Atrium. The new vendor route was also determined using a program called IOR tutorial and the overall route was reduced from 4,490 meters to 4,050 for a total distanced saved of 440 meters

On the Emergent Spectra of Hot Protoplanet Collision Afterglows

We explore the appearance of terrestrial planets in formation by studying the emergent spectra of hot molten protoplanets during their collisional formation. While such collisions are rare, the surfaces of these bodies may remain hot at temperatures of 1000-3000 K for up to millions of years during the epoch of their formation. These object are luminous enough in the thermal infrared to be observable with current and next generation optical/IR telescopes, provided that the atmosphere of the forming planet permits astronomers to observe brightness temperatures approaching that of the molten surface. Detectability of a collisional afterglow depends on properties of the planet's atmosphere -- primarily on the mass of the atmosphere. A planet with a thin atmosphere is more readily detected, because there is little atmosphere to obscure the hot surface. Paradoxically, a more massive atmosphere prevents one from easily seeing the hot surface, but also keeps the planet hot for a longer time. In terms of planetary mass, more massive planets are also easier to detect than smaller ones because of their larger emitting surface areas. We present preliminary calculations assuming a range of protoplanet masses (1-10 M_\earth), surface pressures (1-1000 bar), and atmospheric compositions, for molten planets with surface temperatures ranging from 1000 to 1800 K, in order to explore the diversity of emergent spectra that are detectable. While current 8- to 10-m class ground-based telescopes may detect hot protoplanets at wide orbital separations beyond 30 AU (if they exist), we will likely have to wait for next-generation extremely large telescopes or improved diffraction suppression techniques to find terrestrial planets in formation within several AU of their host stars.Comment: 28 pages, 6 figures, ApJ manuscript format, accepted into the Ap

An Sp185/333 gene cluster from the purple sea urchin and putative microsatellite-mediated gene diversification

Abstract Background The immune system of the purple sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus purpuratus, is complex and sophisticated. An important component of sea urchin immunity is the Sp185/333 gene family, which is significantly upregulated in immunologically challenged animals. The Sp185/333 genes are less than 2 kb with two exons and are members of a large diverse family composed of greater than 40 genes. The S. purpuratus genome assembly, however, contains only six Sp185/333 genes. This underrepresentation could be due to the difficulties that large gene families present in shotgun assembly, where multiple similar genes can be collapsed into a single consensus gene. Results To understand the genomic organization of the Sp185/333 gene family, a BAC insert containing Sp185/333 genes was assembled, with careful attention to avoiding artifacts resulting from collapse or artificial duplication/expansion of very similar genes. Twelve candidate BAC assemblies were generated with varying parameters and the optimal assembly was identified by PCR, restriction digests, and subclone sequencing. The validated assembly contained six Sp185/333 genes that were clustered in a 34 kb region at one end of the BAC with five of the six genes tightly clustered within 20 kb. The Sp185/333 genes in this cluster were no more similar to each other than to previously sequenced Sp185/333 genes isolated from three different animals. This was unexpected given their proximity and putative effects of gene homogenization in closely linked, similar genes. All six genes displayed significant similarity including both 5' and 3' flanking regions, which were bounded by microsatellites. Three of the Sp185/333 genes and their flanking regions were tandemly duplicated such that each repeated segment consisted of a gene plus 0.7 kb 5' and 2.4 kb 3' of the gene (4.5 kb total). Both edges of the segmental duplications were bounded by different microsatellites. Conclusions The high sequence similarity of the Sp185/333 genes and flanking regions, suggests that the microsatellites may promote genomic instability and are involved with gene duplication and/or gene conversion and the extraordinary sequence diversity of this family

Outdoor Recreation Use and Indicators of the Ecological, Physical, and Social Characteristics of Recreation Settings in the Central Wasatch: Phase 1 Interim Report

The purpose of this study is to explore how outdoor recreation use and its associated impacts can be quantified and monitored over time within the canyons. Establishing indicators of the ecological, physical, and social characteristics of recreation settings throughout the canyons is an essential first step to quantifying and monitoring change. Our goal is to establish a set of indicators that are collaboratively generated and grounded in the best-available science and reflect the unique needs and concerns of the diverse stakeholders and interest groups who use, manage, and depend on the canyons. Through the work detailed below, the Central Wasatch Commission, the State of Utah, and the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest will gain a clear understanding of what data on outdoor recreation use currently exist and what data are essential to understand the ecological, physical, and social characteristics of recreation settings

A faster pseudo-primality test

We propose a pseudo-primality test using cyclic extensions of $\mathbb Z/n \mathbb Z$. For every positive integer $k \leq \log n$, this test achieves the security of $k$ Miller-Rabin tests at the cost of $k^{1/2+o(1)}$ Miller-Rabin tests.Comment: Published in Rendiconti del Circolo Matematico di Palermo Journal, Springe