SSETGami: Secure Software Education Through Gamification

Since web browsers have become essential to accomplishing everyday tasks, developing secure web applications has become a priority in order to protect user data, corporate databases and critical infrastructure against cyber-crimes . This research presents a game-like (gamification) approach to teach key concepts and skills on how to develop secure web applications. Gamification draws on motivational models, one of psychological theories. Gamification design has great potential over traditional education where we often find students demotivated and lecturers failing to engage them in learning activities. This research created game-like learning modules to teach top vulnerabilities and countermeasures for these top vulnerabilities in secure web developments including SQL injection, broken authentication and session management, cross site scripting, insecure direct object references, etc. In this paper, each module is self-contained with a module background, sample module questions, and the expected learning outcomes of each module

Aqueous Pyrolysis of Solid Wastes

The method of aqueous pyrolysis was investigated as an alternative for treating solid waste materials. The benefits of this treatment process were the production of gaseous products containing hydrocarbon gases, the reduction of volatile organic matter, volume reduction, and the destruction of toxic pollutants. The waste material processed by this method included raw municipal wastewater sludge, newsprint paper, grain dust, and a rubber waste.Environmental Engineerin

Statistical Analysis of Rice Supply and Demand Before and During Government Programs.

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Utilizing Electric Heat for the Operation of a Waste Sludge Digester

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Study of Consultant, Shared, and Part-time Dietitianstin Oklahoma and Texas

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Physiological description and comparison of a barbell and dumbbell complex among resistance trained males

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to provide a physiological description and comparison of a single workout complex based on different modalities (barbell and dumbbell) for male test subjects. METHODS: Ten (n=10, age (years): 24.40 ± 4.97, height (cm): 179.86 ± 5.79, weight (kg):88.06 ± 17.41, BMI (kg/m2): 27.15 ± 4.75) healthy male subjects were used for this three-week study. During week one, anthropometric measures were obtained, subjects estimated maximal aerobic capacity (VO2max) was determined during a Cooper 1.5-mile test and estimated 1 repetition maximum (1RM) values were obtained for determination of 40% 1RM of the upright row utilizing dumbbells and barbells. During week two, test subjects were fitted with a VO2 Master analyzer and heart rate monitor prior to performing either the barbell or dumbbell variation of a resistance training complex, utilizing a load of 40%1RM for the upright row. Metabolic and respiratory data including heart rate response, relative heart rate response, oxygen consumption, respiratory frequency, tidal volume, minute ventilation, ventilatory equivalents for oxygen, fraction of expired oxygen, metabolic equivalents, and energy expenditure were recorded throughout the duration of the workout. During week three, test subjects switched modalities of the workout and performed a single round of the complex workout following the same protocols from week two. Results: Significant differences in loads utilized for the barbell and dumbbell complexes were observed (p=0.002) with the barbell complex having higher values. Significant differences were also observed in time to completion between barbell and dumbbell complexes (p=0.001) with barbell complex time to completion being greater. Significant differences in energy expenditure between barbell and dumbbell complexes were also discovered (p≤0.05) with the barbell complex displaying overall greater caloric demands

Comparing Place Attachment and Visitors' Environmental Ethic: a Study of Lake Mcmurtry Visitors

The purpose of this study was to understand the relationship between visitors' place attachment at a nearby lake (Lake McMurtry) and their environmental ethic. This study utilized two scales, the Place Attachment scale (Williams & Vaske, 2003) and the New Ecological Paradigm scale (Dunlap, 2008) with both face-to-face and online surveys. A significant relationship was found between visitor's place attachment to Lake McMurtry and their environmental ethic (r(279) = .156, p<0.01); however, the relationship between place identity and environmental ethic was found to be stronger (r(279) = .347, p<0.01). A number of demographic variables were also collected and significant correlations were found with both place attachment and environmental ethic leading to conclusions that time associated with Lake McMurtry, the number of activities respondents participate in at Lake McMurtry, and respondent's levels of education all play a role in a person's environmental ethic and place attachment. It was concluded that the visitor's to Lake McMurtry could be identifying with a lake setting, since there are many in Oklahoma, but may not form strong attachments to Lake McMurtry specifically; therefore, utilizing the lake and its resources because it is nearby and convenient.Education (all programs

Study of the Effects of Sodium Chloride on Activated Sludge

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Interracial Marriage in the U.S. in 2006

Rates of black-white intermarriage in the United States have increased over the last sixty years, yet they remain at levels below other types of interracial/interethnic unions. Prior research has centered largely on individual-level factors associated with the formation of such unions, culminating in three not entirely consistent micro-level theories: status-caste exchange, status homogamy, and educational/economic success. Most of this literature does not consider contextual-level characteristics, which I argue should have an independent effect on the incidence of these unions. My dissertation explores these issues with microlevel and multilevel models using data from the 2006 American Community Survey. I examine both micro and macro level predictors of the odds of white women marrying black men, and black women marrying white men in the metropolitan areas of the U.S. in 2006. In my level one analyses, six logistic regression equations are estimated to test the efficacy of the abovementioned microlevel theories of interracial marriage for black and white women. Status-caste exchange theory is accorded no support from my investigation, and status homogamy theory receives inconsistent support for white women. The results clearly convey that educational/economic success theory is applicable for predicting intermarriage among white and black metropolitan women in the United States. Among white women, those with high occupational status and high annual income are more likely to be intermarried than those with low occupational status and lower income. Among black metropolitan women, those with high occupational status and high levels of education are more likely to be intermarried than those with low occupational status and low levels of education. In my multilevel analyses, four hierarchical generalized linear models are estimated to evaluate the likelihood of intermarriage for white and black women living in metropolitan areas in the United States. My results show that context matters in predicting and understanding intermarriage for both groups of women. Both the individual-level characteristics of the women, as well as the contextual-level characteristics of their metropolitan areas, were shown in my equations to impact their likelihood of being intermarried. Future research would benefit from the inclusion of social context in any consideration of intermarriage, particularly through the use of multilevel modeling, which until now, has not been utilized by researchers in this area