ACTIVE-ating Artificial Intelligence: Integrating Active Learning in an Introductory Course In spring 2013, several colleagues and I received an award, from the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation1 at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, to create a new classroom, using additional funding donated by BAE Systems and Northrup Grumman. The ACTIVE Center2 is designed to provide a dynamic physical...

Twentythree varieties of sorghum, Sorghum bicolor, were evaluated for susceptibility to the cotton root -knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita race 3. Eggs per gram of root were used as a measure of nematode reproduction and host susceptibility. The nematode reproduced on all varieties tested Mean egg counts were lowest on the varieties Northrup King (NK) KS -737, MF.; NK 1580,M; NK Ks -735 M.F....

Background: Childhood obesity is a major public health threat. Increased fitness may have a positive influence on cognitive performance in both adults and children. Purpose: To examine which aspects of children’s fitness assessment are associated with their performance on four different academic areas. Methods: FITNESSGRAM measures aerobic capacity, abdominal strength, upper body strength/endur...

Background: The magnetic resonance technique of arterial spin labeling (ASL) allows myocardial perfusion to be quantified without the use of a contrast agent. This study aimed to use a modified ASL technique and T1 regression algorithm, previously validated in canine models, to calculate myocardial blood flow (MBF) in normal human subjects and to compare the accuracy and repeatability of this c...

Myelomeningocele (MM) is the most severe form of lumbosacral open neural tube defect (NTD) compatible with survival and it results in various degrees of disability. Approximately 4 in 10,000 live births are affected in the United States (US). Mexican Americans, the fastest growing ethnic population in the US, have the highest prevalence rate for NTDs follows by Caucasian Americans. Occurrence o...

Few universities are currently offering an online course with collaborative learning component in Instructional Design. This study shared information on an on-going evaluation of online Instructional Design courses from 94 graduate students who have taken this course, hoping to find out the most effective way to deliver similar courses. This research focused on how effectively the instructor in...

O-Plan is a command, planning and control architecture with an open modular structure intended to allow experimentation on, or replacement of, various components. The research is seeking to determine which functions are generally required in a number of application areas and across a number of di erent command, planning, scheduling and control systems. O-Plan aims to demonstrate how a planner, ...

An important aspect of energy conservation in mitochondria, chloroplasts, and chromatophores is the temporal and sequential interrelationships between electron transport, proton movements (and the resultant proton gradient), highenergy intermediates or states, and the ultimate formation of adenosine 5'triphosphate (ATP).1-4 At present, two quite dissimilar alternative postulations are under con...

An accurate, effcient and scalable cubed-sphere grid framework is described for simulation of magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) space-physics flows in domains between two concentric spheres. The unique feature of the proposed formulation compared to existing cubed-sphere codes lies in the design of a cubed-sphere framework that is based on a genuine and consistent multi-block implementation, leading to...

Neuroendocrine neoplasias (NENs) represent a heterogeneous group of diseases with a wide spectrum of morbidity and lethality. These tumors can arise in almost any organ of the body, with the pancreas and the gastrointestinal tract being the most common primary sites (Yao et al. 2017). NENs are mainly considered sporadic diseases, although 5–20% of all cases occur in the context of genetic syndr...