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2. The meaning of life in a developing universe

Author

Stewart, John E, Aerts, Diederik, Smart, John, and Vidal, Clement

Subjects
Philosophy: Ethics, Biology: Theoretical Biology, Psychology: Developmental Psychology, Biology: Evolution, Psychology: Evolutionary Psychology, Ethics, Theoretical Biology, Developmental Psychology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology
Abstract

The evolution of life on Earth has produced an organism that is beginning to model and understand its own evolution and the possible future evolution of life in the universe. These models and associated evidence show that evolution on Earth has a trajectory. The scale over which living processes are organized cooperatively has increased progressively, as has its evolvability. Recent theoretical advances raise the possibility that this trajectory is itself part of a wider developmental process. According to these theories, the developmental process has been shaped by a yet larger evolutionary dynamic that involves the reproduction of universes. This evolutionary dynamic has tuned the key parameters of the universe to increase the likelihood that life will emerge and produce outcomes that are successful in the larger process (e.g. a key outcome may be to produce life and intelligence that intentionally reproduces the universe and tunes the parameters of ‘offspring’ universes). Theory suggests that when life emerges on a planet, it moves along this trajectory of its own accord. However, at a particular point evolution will continue to advance only if organisms emerge that decide to advance the developmental process intentionally. The organisms must be prepared to make this commitment even though the ultimate nature and destination of the process is uncertain, and may forever remain unknown. Organisms that complete this transition to intentional evolution will drive the further development of life and intelligence in the universe. Humanity’s increasing understanding of the evolution of life in the universe is rapidly bringing it to the threshold of this major evolutionary transition.

Published
2009

3. The meaning of life in a developing universe

Author

Stewart, John E, Aerts, Diederik, Smart, John, and Vidal, Clement

Subjects
Philosophy: Ethics, Biology: Theoretical Biology, Psychology: Developmental Psychology, Biology: Evolution, Psychology: Evolutionary Psychology, Ethics, Theoretical Biology, Developmental Psychology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology
Abstract

The evolution of life on Earth has produced an organism that is beginning to model and understand its own evolution and the possible future evolution of life in the universe. These models and associated evidence show that evolution on Earth has a trajectory. The scale over which living processes are organized cooperatively has increased progressively, as has its evolvability. Recent theoretical advances raise the possibility that this trajectory is itself part of a wider developmental process. According to these theories, the developmental process has been shaped by a larger evolutionary process that involves the reproduction of universes. This evolutionary process has tuned the key parameters of the universe to increase the likelihood that life will emerge and develop to produce outcomes that are successful in the larger process (e.g. a key outcome may be to produce life and intelligence that intentionally reproduces the universe and tunes the parameters of ‘offspring’ universes). Theory suggests that when life emerges on a planet, it moves along this trajectory of its own accord. However, at a particular point evolution will continue to advance only if organisms emerge that decide to advance the evolutionary process intentionally. The organisms must be prepared to make this commitment even though the ultimate nature and destination of the process is uncertain, and may forever remain unknown. Organisms that complete this transition to intentional evolution will drive the further development of life and intelligence in the universe. Humanity’s increasing understanding of the evolution of life in the universe is rapidly bringing it to the threshold of this major evolutionary transition.

Published
2008

5. Launching Agricultural Land Reform in Republic of Moldova

Author

Stewart, John Todd

Subjects
republic of moldova, agricultural land reform, History of Eastern Europe, DJK1-77
Abstract

The great majority of Moldova’s agricultural land was decollectivized and privatized in the period 1995-2000 through the National Land Program, which was primarily financed by the U.S. Government. In this memoir, John Todd Stewart, who was U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova from 1995 to 1998, describes the origin and development of the “Land” program, which began with a single collective farm and rapidly expanded to all parts of the country.

Published
2019

6. The Future Evolution of Consciousness

Author

Stewart, John E

Subjects
Psychology: Developmental Psychology, Biology: Evolution, Psychology: Evolutionary Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology
Abstract

What potential exists for improvements in the functioning of consciousness? The paper addresses this issue using global workspace theory. According to this model, the prime function of consciousness is to develop novel adaptive responses. Consciousness does this by putting together new combinations of knowledge, skills and other disparate resources that are recruited from throughout the brain. The paper’s search for potential improvements in the functioning of consciousness draws on studies of the shift during human development from the use of implicit knowledge to the use of explicit (declarative) knowledge. These studies show that the ability of consciousness to adapt a particular domain improves significantly as the transition to the use of declarative knowledge occurs in that domain. However, this potential for consciousness to enhance adaptability has not yet been realised to any extent in relation to consciousness itself. The paper assesses the potential for adaptability to be improved by the conscious adaptation of key processes that constitute consciousness. A number of sources (including the practices of religious and contemplative traditions) are drawn on to investigate how this potential might be realised.

Published
2006

7. Future Psychological Evolution

Author

Stewart, John

Subjects
Biology: Sociobiology, Psychology: Developmental Psychology, Psychology: Evolutionary Psychology, Philosophy: Philosophy of Mind, Sociobiology, Developmental Psychology, Evolutionary Psychology, Philosophy of Mind
Abstract

Humans are able to construct mental representations and models of possible interactions with their environment. They can use these mental models to identify actions that will enable them to achieve their adaptive goals. But humans do not use this capacity to identify and implement the actions that would contribute most to the evolutionary success of humanity. In general, humans do not find motivation or satisfaction in doing so, no matter how effective such actions might be in evolutionary terms. From an evolutionary perspective, this is a significant limitation in the psychological adaptability of humans. This paper sets out to identify the new psychological capacity that would be needed to overcome this limitation and how the new capacity might be acquired. Humans that develop this capacity will become self-evolving organisms - organisms that are able to adapt in whatever ways are necessary for future evolutionary success, largely unfettered by their biological and social past.

Published
2001

11. Geometry of fully augmented links in doubled 3-manifolds

Author

Purcell, Jessica S., Reid, Corbin, and Stewart, John

Subjects
Mathematics - Geometric Topology, 57K32, 57K10
Abstract

Classical fully augmented links have explicit hyperbolic geometry, and have diagrams on the 2-sphere in the 3-sphere. We generalise to construct fully augmented links projected to the reflection surface of any 3-manifold obtained by doubling a compact 3-manifold. When the resulting manifolds are hyperbolic, we find bounds on their cusp shapes and volumes. Note these links include virtual fully augmented links, and thus our bounds apply to such links when they are hyperbolic., Comment: 15 pages, 6 figures

Published
2023

18. Assessing the Impact of a Novel Smartphone Application Compared With Standard Follow-Up on Mobility of Patients With Knee Osteoarthritis Following Treatment With Hylan G-F 20: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Author

Skrepnik, Nebojsa, Spitzer, Andrew, Altman, Roy, Hoekstra, John, Stewart, John, and Toselli, Richard

Subjects
Information technology, T58.5-58.64, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270
Abstract

BackgroundOsteoarthritis (OA) is a leading cause of disability in the United States. Although no disease-modifying therapies exist, patients with knee OA who increase walking may reduce risk of functional limitations. ObjectiveThe objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of a mobile app (OA GO) plus wearable activity monitor/pedometer (Jawbone UP 24) used for 90 days on the mobility of patients with knee OA treated with hylan G-F 20. MethodsPatients with knee OA aged 30 to 80 years who were eligible to receive hylan G-F 20 and were familiar with smartphone technology were enrolled in this randomized, multicenter, open-label study. Patients who had a body mass index above 35 kg/m2 were excluded. All patients received a single 6-mL injection of hylan G-F 20 and wore the Jawbone monitor. The patients were then randomized 1:1 to Jawbone and OA GO (Group A; n=107) with visible feedback (unblinded) or Jawbone only (Group B; n=104) with no visible feedback (blinded). The primary endpoint was mean change from baseline in steps per day at day 90 between Groups A and B. ResultsBaseline characteristics were similar between groups. There were significant differences between the increases in least squares (LS) mean number of steps per day (1199 vs 467, P=.03) and the mean percentage change (35.8% vs 11.5%, P=.02) from baseline in favor of Group A over Group B. There was a greater reduction in pain from baseline during the 6-minute walk test in Group A versus Group B. (LS mean change: −55.3 vs −33.8, P=.007). Most patients (65.4%) and surveys of physicians (67.3%) reported they would be likely or very likely to use/recommend the devices. Patient Activity Measure-13 scores improved from baseline (LS mean change for Groups A and B: 5.0 vs 6.9), with no significant differences between groups. The occurrence of adverse events was similar in the 2 groups. ConclusionsUse of a novel smartphone app in conjunction with a wearable activity monitor provided additional improvement on mobility parameters such as steps per day and pain with walking in the 6-minute walk test in patients with knee OA who were treated with hylan G-F 20. Results also highlight the amenability of patients and physicians to using mobile health technology in the treatment of OA and suggest further study is warranted.

Published
2017
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28. Constructing knots with specified geometric limits

Author

Fuchs, Urs, Purcell, Jessica S., and Stewart, John

Subjects
Mathematics - Geometric Topology, 57K32, 57K10, 30F40, 52C26
Abstract

It is known that any tame hyperbolic 3-manifold with infinite volume and a single end is the geometric limit of a sequence of finite volume hyperbolic knot complements. Purcell and Souto showed that if the original manifold embeds in the 3-sphere, then such knots can be taken to lie in the 3-sphere. However, their proof was nonconstructive; no examples were produced. In this paper, we give a constructive proof in the geometrically finite case. That is, given a geometrically finite, tame hyperbolic 3-manifold with one end, we build an explicit family of knots whose complements converge to it geometrically. Our knots lie in the (topological) double of the original manifold. The construction generalises the class of fully augmented links to a Kleinian groups setting., Comment: 27 pages, 9 figures. V2: Improved exposition

Published
2022
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29. Choose Your Own Adventure: Gamified Course Design in History of Science

Author

Stewart, John and Sheppard, Kathleen

Abstract

To combat high dropout rates and low motivation for online courses, we gamified a history of science course. To do so, we used an online educational program called 3DGameLab to convert what had been a well-liked face-to-face lecture and discussion course to an online format, for the purposes of long-distance teaching and learning. Within 3DGameLab, we prepared approximately three times as much content as would be taught in a face-to-face class. Clear tasks and immediate rewards in the form of experience points (XP) contributed to a transparent motivational system as compared to traditional grading. In this course, students completed their assignments asynchronously. Sustaining engagement is challenging in this format due to student self-management, but, with the game mode, students could repeat their attempts to pass a quest (a lesson) until they succeed (submit a passable response). The feedback cycle was short, and we found that students tend to persevere in the face of failure when they get rapid feedback, rather than quit. To test the adaptability of the asynchronous, gamified format, we also designed this course as a hybrid course. Students remained engaged when the feedback was quick, and the tasks were clearly set. We did not perform a quantitative study; the purpose of this article is to share a design study of our methods and subsequent experience with these modalities.

Published
2021

30. Semaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with obesity and prevalent heart failure: a prespecified analysis of the SELECT trial

Author

Abe, Mitsunori, Abhaichand, Rajpal K, Abhayaratna, Walter P, Abhyankar, Atul, Abidin, Imran B Zainal, Abou Assi, Hiba, Accini Mendoza, Jose L, Adas, Mine, Agaiby, John M, Agarwal, Devendra K, Agha, Maher, Ahmed, Azazuddin, Ahtiainen, Petteri, Aigner, Elmar, Ajay, Naik, Ali, Norsiah, Al-Karadsheh, Amer, Allison, Roy, Allison, Dale C, Alpenidze, Diana, Altuntas, Yuksel, Al-Zoebi, Ayham, Ambuj, Roy, Amerena, John, Anderson, Robert J, Ando, Toshiaki, Andrews, Robert, Antonova, Elizaveta, Appel, Karl-Friedrich, Arantes, Flávia B, Araz, Mustafa, Arbel, Yaron, Arenas León, José L, Argyrakopoulou, Georgia, Ariani, Mehrdad, Arias Mendoza, Maria A, Arif, Ahmed A, Arneja, Jaspal, Aroda, Vanita R, Aronne, Louis J, Arstall, Margaret, Asamoah, Njaimeh, Asanin, Milika, Audish, Hanid, Avram, Rodica, Badat, Aysha, Badiu, Corin V, Bakdash, Wa'el, Bakiner, Okan S, Bandezi, Vuyokazi N, Bang, Liew H, Bansal, Sandeep, Baranyai, Marietta, Barbarash, Olga, Barber, Mark, Barnum, Otis, Barone Rochette, Gilles, Bashkin, Amir, Baum, Seth, Bays, Harold E, Bazzoni Ruiz, Alberto E, Beckowski, Maciej, Beerachee, Yaswin, Bellary, Srikanth, Belousova, Lidia, Berk, Martin, Bernstein, Marc, Berra, Cesare, Beshay, Isaac, Bhagwat, Ajit, Bhan, Arti, Biggs, William C, Billings, Liana, Bitar, Fahed, Block, Bradley, Bo, Simona, Bogdanski, Pawel, Bolshakova, Olga O, Boshchenko, Alla A, Bosworth, Hayden, Botero Lopez, Rodrigo, Bôttcher, Morten, Bourgeois, Ronald, Brautigam, Donald, Breton, Cristian F, Broadley, Andrew, Brockmyre, Andrew P, Brodie, Steven K, Bucci, Marco, Budincevic, Hrvoje, Budoff, Matthew J, Buffman, Barry, Buljubasic, Nediljka, Buranapin, Supawan, Burgess, Lesley, Burguera, Bartolomé, Buriakovska, Olena, Buscemi, Silvio, Busch, Robert, Buse, John B, Buynak, Robert, Byrne, Maria, Caceaune, Elena, Cadena Bonfanti, Alberto J, Calinescu, Cornell V, Call, Robert S, Canecki Varzic, Silvija, Cannon, Kevin, Capehorn, Matt, Cariou, Bertrand, Carr, Jeffrey, Carrillo-Jimenez, Rodolfo, Casas, Marcelo, Castro, Almudena, Celik, Ahmet, Cercato, Cintia, Cermak, Ondrej, Cha, James Y, Chacon, Carolina, Chaicha-Brom, Tira, Chandra, Sandeep, Chettibi, Mohamed, Chevts, Julia, Christopher, Johann, Chrustowski, Witold, Cif, Adriana, Clark, Rebecca, Clark, Wayne, Clifford, Piers, Coetzee, Kathleen, Cogni, Giulia, Colao, Anna Maria, Colquhoun, David M, Concha, Mauricio, Condit, Jonathan, Constance, Christian, Constantin, Ciprian, Constantinescu, Silviana, Corbett, Clive, Cornett, George M, Correia, Marcelo, Cortinovis, Fiorenzo, Cosma, Dana, Creely, Steven, Cross, David, Curtis, Brian, Czochra, Wojciech, Daboul, Nizar Y, Dagdelen, Selcuk, D'agostino, Ronald, Dang, Cuong, Datta, Sudip, Davuluri, Ashwini K, Dawood, Saleem Y, De Jong, Douwe M, De La Cuesta, Carmen, De Los Rios Ibarra, Manuel O, De Pablo, Carmen, De Pauw, Michel, Dela Llana, Alexander, Delibasic, Maja, Delic-Brkljacic, Diana, Demicheli, Thibaud, Denger, Ralf J, Desai, Devang, Desai, Piyush, Desouza, Cyrus V, Dicker, Dror, Djenic, Nemanja, Dobson, Simon, Doi, Masayuki, Doran, Jesse A, Dorman, Reinhart, Dotta, Francesco, Dukes, Carl E, Duronto, Ernesto, Durst, Ronen, Dvoryashina, Irina V, Ebrahim, Iftikhar O, Eggebrecht, Holger, Egstrup, Kenneth, Ekinci, Elif I, Eliasson, Björn, Eliasson, Ken, Enache, Georgiana, Enculescu, Dan, English, Patrick, Ermakova, Polina, Ershova, Olga, Ezaki, Hirotaka, Ezhov, Marat, Farias, Eduardo, Farias, Javier M, Farsky, Pedro S, Ferreira, Daniel, Filteau, Pierre, Finneran, Matthew P, Folkens, Eric M, Fonseca, Alberto G, Fonseca, Luisa, Fordan, Steven, Fourie, Nyda, França, Sara, Franco, Denise R, Franek, Edward, Friedman, Keith, Frittitta, Lucia, Froer, Michael, Fuckar, Krunoslav, Fujii, Kenshi, Fujita, Ryoko, Fukushima, Yasushi, Fulat, Mohamed, Fulwani, Mahesh, Gajos, Grzegorz, Galyavich, Albert, Gambill, Michael L, Gandotra, Dheeraj, Winston, Gandy, Jr., Garcia Hernandez, Pedro A, García Reza, Raymundo, Garg, Naveen, Garg, Sandeep, Garvey, William T, Garza, Juan C, Gatta-Cherifi, Blandine, Gelev, Valeri, Geller, Steven A, Geohas, Jeffrey G, Georgiev, Borislav, Ghazi, Adline, Gilbert, Matthew P, Gilinskaya, Olga, Gislason, Gunnar, Gogas Yavuz, Dilek, González Albarrán, Olga, Gordeev, Ivan G, Gorton, Sidney C, Goudev, Assen, Gretland Valderhaug, Tone, Groenemeijer, Bjorn, Gul, Ibrahim, Gullestad, Lars, Gurieva, Irina, Guseva, Galina N, Hagenow, Andreas, Haluzik, Martin, Halvorsen, Sigrun, Hammoudi, Naima, Hanaoka, Keiichi, Hancu, Nicolae, Hanusch, Ursula, Harris, Kathleen, Harris, Barry, Hartleib, Michael, Hartman, Aaron N, Hata, Yoshiki, Heimer, Brian, Herman, Lee, Herzog, William, Hewitt, Eric, Heymer, Peter, Hiremath, Shirish, Hjelmesaeth, Joeran, Høgalmen, Rasmus Geir, Høivik, Hans Olav, Holmer, Helene, Horoshko, Olha, Houser, Patricia M, Hove, Jens D, Hsieh, I-Chang, Hulot, Jean-Sébastien, Hussein, Zanariah, Ilashchuk, Tetiana, Ilveskoski, Erkki, Ipatko, Irina, Iranmanesh, Ali, Isawa, Tsuyoshi, Issa, Moises, Iteld, Bruce, Iwasawa, Takamasa, Jabbar, Danish, Jackson, Richard A, Jackson-Voyzey, Ewart, Jacob, Stephan, Jaffrani, Naseem A, Jardula, Michael F, Jastreboff, Ania, Jensen, Svend E, Jerkins, Terri, Jimenez-Ramos, Silvia A, Jitendra Pal Singh, Sawhney, Johnson, Wallace, Joyce, John M, Jozefowska, Malgorzata, Jugnundan, Prakash, Jungmair, Wolfgang, Jurowiecki, Jaroslaw, Kadokami, Toshiaki, Kahali, Dhiman, Kahrmann, Gerd, Kaiser, Sergio E, Kalmucki, Piotr, Kanadasi, Mehmet, Kandath, David, Kania, Grzegorz, Kannan, J, Kapp, Cornelia, Karczmarczyk, Agnieszka, Kartalis, Athanasios, Kaser, Susanne, Kasim, Sazzli Shahlan, Kastelic, Richard, Kato, Toshiaki, Katova, Tzvetana, Kaul, Upendra, Kautzky-Willer, Alexandra, Kawanishi, Masahiro, Kayikcioglu, Meral, Kazakova, Elena E, Keeling, Philip, Kempe, Hans-Peter, Kereiakes, Dean J, Kerneis, Mathieu, Keski-Opas, Tiina, Khadra, Suhail, Khaisheva, Larisa, Kharakhulakh, Marina, Khlevchuk, Tatiana, Khoo, Jeffrey, Kiatchoosakun, Songsak, Kinoshita, Noriyuki, Kinoshita, Masaharu, Kitamura, Ryoji, Kiyosue, Arihiro, Klavina, Irina, Klein, Eric J, Klimsa, Zdenek, Klonoff, David, Klug, Eric, Kobalava, Zhanna, Kodera, Satoshi, Koga, Tokushi, Kokkinos, Alexander, Koleckar, Pavel, Könyves, László, Koren, Michael J, Kormann, Adrian P, Kostner, Karam, Kreutzmann, Kristin, Krishinan, Saravanan, Krishnasamy, Sathya S, Krivosheeva, Inga, Kruljac, Ivan, Kubicki, Ted, Kuchar, Ladislav, Kujawiak, Monika, Kunishige, Hideyuki, Kurtinecz, Melinda, Kurtz Lisboa, Hugo R, Kushnir, Mykola, Kyyak, Yulian, Lace, Arija, Lakka, Timo, Lalic, Nebojsa, Lalic, Katarina, Lambadiari, Vaia, Lanaras, Leonidas, Lang, Chim, Langlois, Marie-France, Lash, Joseph, Latkovskis, Gustavs, Lau, David, Lazcano Soto, José Roberto, Le Roux, Carel, Ledesma, Gilbert N, Lee, Li Yuan, Lee, Thung-Lip, Lee, Kelvin, Lehrke, Michael, Leite, Silmara O, Leksycka, Agata, Lenzmeier, Thomas, Leonetti, Frida, Leonidova, Viktoriia, Lepor, Norman, Leung, Melissa, Levchenko, Olena, Levins, Peter, Levy, Louis J, Lewis, Matthew, Liberopoulos, Evangelos, Liberty, Idit, Lindholm, Carl-Johan, Lingvay, Ildiko, Linhart, Ales, Liu, Ming-En, Liu, Jenny, Lofton, Holly, Logemann, Timothy, Lombaard, Johannes J, Lombard, Landman, Lorraine, Richard, Lovell, Charles F, Ludvik, Bernhard, Lukaszewicz, Monika, Lupkovics, Géza, Lupovitch, Steven, Lupu, Sirona, Lynch, Mary, Lysak, Zoreslava, Lysenko, Tatyana A, Maeda, Hajime, Maeda, Itaru, Mæng, Michael, Mahajan, Ajay U, Maher, Vincent, Maia, Lilia N, Makotoko, Ellen M, Malavazos, Alexis, Malecha, Jan, Malicherova, Emilia, Manita, Mamoru, Mannucci, Edoardo, Mareev, Viacheslav, Marin, Liliana, Markova, Tatiana, Marso, Steven P, Martens, F.M.A.C., Martinez, Cuper, Martinez Cano, Carlos A, Martins, Cristina, Masmiquel Comas, Luis, Matsumoto, Takashi, Mcdonald, Kenneth, Mcgowan, Barbara, Mcgrew, Frank, Mclean, Barry K, Mcpherson, David D, Merino Torres, Juan Francisco, Meyers, Peter, Meyhöfer, Sebastian, Mezquita Raya, Pedro, Milanova, Maria, Milicic, Davor, Miller, Gary, Mills, Richard E, Mîndrescu, Nicoleta M, Mingrone, Geltrude, Minkova, Dotska A, Mirani, Marco, Miras, Alexander, Mistodie, Cristina V, Mitomo, Satoru, Mittal, Sanjay, Miyake, Taiji, Miyamoto, Naomasa, Molony, David, Monteiro, Pedro, Mooe, Thomas, Moosa, Naeem, Morales Portillo, Cristobal, Morales Villegas, Enrique C, Morawski, Emily J, Morbey, Claire, Morin, Robert P, Morisaki, Kuniaki, Morosanu, Magdalena, Mosenzon, Ofri, Mostovoy, Yuriy, Munir, Iqbal, Muratori, Fabrizio, Murray, Ryan, Murthy, Avinash, Myint, Min, Myshanych, Galyna, Nafornita, Valerica, Nagano, Takuya, Nair, Sunil, Nakhle, Samer N, Natsuaki, Masahiro, Nayak, Bindu M, Nibouche, Djamel Eddine, Nicholls, Stephen, Nicolau, José C, Nicolescu, Georgiana, Nierop, Peter, Niskanen, Leo, Ntaios, George, Nygård, Ottar Kjell, Oaks, Joshua B, Obrezan, Andrey, O'donnell, Philip, Oguri, Mitsutoshi, Oguzhan, Abdurrahman, Oh, Fumiki, Ohsugi, Mitsuru, Okada, Yoshio, Okayama, Hideki, Onaca, Adriana, Onaka, Haruhiko, Oneil, Patrick, Ong, Tiong Kiam, Ong, Stephen, Ono, Yasuhiro, Opsahl, Paul J, Ostrowska, Lucyna, Oviedo, Alejandra, Ozdogan, Oner, Ozpelit, Ebru, Pagkalos, Emmanouil, Pagotto, Uberto, Páll, Dénes, Pandey, Amritanshu- Shekhar, Parkhomenko, Oleksandr, Parvathareddy, Krishna Malakondareddy, Patel, Minesh B, Patsilinakos, Sotirios, Paul, Neil, Pedersen, Sue, Pereira, Isabel, Pereira, Edward Scott, Perez Terns, Paula, Perez-Vargas, Elba A, Pergaeva, Yulia, Perkelvald, Alexander, Peskov, Andrey B, Peter, Jonathan, Peters, Karina, Petit, Catherine, Petrov, Ivo, Philis-Tsimikas, Athena, Pietilä, Mikko, Pinto, Fausto, Piros, Annamária, Piyayotai, Dilok, Platonov, Dmitriy, Poirier, Paul, Pop, Lavinia, Popa, Bogdan, Pop-Busui, Rodica, Poremba, John, Porto, Alejandro, Postadzhiyan, Arman, Pothineni, Ramesh B, Potu, Ranganatha P, Powell, Talessa, Prafulla, Kerkar G, Prager, Rudolf, Prakova-Teneva, Zhulieta R, Pratley, Richard E, Price, Hermione, Pulka, Grazyna, Pullman, John, Punt, Zelda E, Purighalla, Raman S, Purnell, Peter, Qureshi, Mansoor, Rabasa-Lhoret, Remi, Raikhel, Marina A, Rancane, Gita, Randeva, Harpal, Rasouli, Neda, Reurean Pintilei, Delia V, Reyes, Ciro R, Rezgale, Inga, Rice, Eva, Riley, Thaddeus H, Risser, Joseph A, Ristic, Arsen, Rivas Fernández, Margarita, Robbins, David, Robitaille, Yves, Rodbard, Helena W, Rodriguez Plazas, Jaime A, Römer, T.J., Rosen, Glenn, Rosman, Dr Azhari, Rossi, Paulo, Rudenko, Leonid, Ruffin, Omari, Ruhani, Anwar Irawan, Runev, Nikolay, Ruyatkin, Dmitriy, Ruzic, Alen, Ryabov, Vyacheslav V, Rydén, Lars, Saggar, Suraj, Sakamoto, Tomohiro, Salter, Tim, Samal, Aditya K, Samoilova, Yulia, Sanabria, Hugo D, Sancak, Seda, Sangrigoli, Renee, Sansanayudh, Nakarin, Santini, Ferruccio, Saraiva, José F, Sardinov, Ruslan, Sargeant, William, Sari, Ramazan, Sathananthan, Airani, Sathyapalan, Thozhukat, Sato, Atsushi, Sauter, Joachim, Sbraccia, Paolo, Schaap, J., Schaum, Thomas, Schiele, François, Scott, John, Segal Lieberman, Gabriella, Segner, Alexander, Senior, Roxy, Sergeeva-Kondrachenko, Marina Y, Serota, Harvey, Serusclat, Pierre, Sethi, Rishi, Shah, Manoj K, Shah, Neerav, Shalaev, Sergey, Sharma, Raj, Sharma, Sumeet, Shaydyuk, Oksana, Shea, Heidi C, Shechter, Michael, Shehadeh, Naim, Shirazi, Mitra, Shlesinger, Yshay, Shneker, Ayham, Shutemova, Elena, Siasos, Gerasimos, Siddiqui, Imran A, Sidey, Jennifer, Sigal, Felix, Sime, Iveta, Singh, Narendra, Siraj, Elias, Sivalingam, Kanagaratnam, Skoczylas, Grzegorz, Smith, Stephen K, Smolenskaya, Olga, Snyder, Brian, Sofer, Yael, Sofley, C.W., Solano, Royce, Sonmez, Yusuf A, Sorokin, Maxim, Soto González, Alfonso, Sotolongo, Carlos, Soufer, Joseph, Soyluk Selcukbiricik, Ozlem, Spaic, Tamara, Spriggs, Douglas, Sreenan, Seamus, Stahl, Hans-Detlev, Stamatelopoulos, Kimon, Stanislavchuk, Mykola, Stankovic, Goran, Stasek, Josef, Steg, Gabriel, Steindorf, Joerg, Stephan, Dominique, Stewart, John, Still, Christopher, St-Maurice, Francois, Stogowska-Nikiciuk, Barbara, Stoker, Jeff, Stokic, Edita, Strzelecka, Anna, Sturm, Kerstin, Sueyoshi, Atsushi, Sugiura, Toshiyuki, Sultan, Senan, Suplotova, Lyudmila A, Suwanagool, Arisara, Suwanwalaikorn, Sompongse, Sveklina, Tatiana, Swanson, Neil, Swart, Henk, Swenson, Bradley P, Szyprowska, Ewa, Tait, Graeme, Takács, Róbert, Takeuchi, Yuzo, Tamirisa, Aparna, Tanaka, Hideki, Tatovic, Danijela, Tellier, Guy, Teragawa, Hiroki, Teterovska, Dace, Thomas, Nihal, Thuan, Jean-Francois, Tinahones, Francisco, Tisheva-Gospodinova, Snezhanka, Toarba, Cristina, Todoriuk, Liudmyla, Tokmakova, Mariya, Tonstad, Serena, Toplak, Hermann, Tran, Henry, Tripathy, Devjit, Trusau, Aliaksandr, Tsabedze, Nqoba, Tsougos, Elias, Tsoukas, George M, Tuccinardi, Dario, Tuna, Mazhar M, Turatti, Luiz A, Tziomalos, Konstantinos, Udommongkol, Chesda, Ueda, Osamu, Ukkola, Olavi, Unubol, Mustafa, Urbach, Dorothea, Urina Triana, Miguel A, Usdan, Lisa, Vaidya, Bijay, Vale, Noah, Vallieres, Gerald, Van Beek, Andre P, Van De Borne, Philippe, Van Der Walt, Eugene, Van Der Zwaan, C., Van Nieuwenhuizen, Elane, Van Zyl, Louis, Vanduynhoven, Philippe, Varghese, Kiron, Vasileva, Svetla P, Vassilev, Dobrin, Vathesatogkit, Prin, Velychko, Valentyna, Vercammen, Chris, Verges, Bruno, Verma, Subodh, Verwerft, Jan, Vesela, Alica, Veselovskaya, Nadezhda G, Vettor, Roberto, Veze, Irina, Vijan, Vinod, Vijayaraghavan, Ram, Villarino, Adriana, Vincent, Royce, Vinogradova, Oksana, Vishlitzky, Victor, Vlad, Adrian, Vladu, Ionela Mihaela, Vo, Anthony, Von Engelhardt, Charlotte, Von Münchhausen, Candy, Vorobyeva, Olga, Vossenberg, T., Vrolix, Mathias, Vukicevic, Marjana, Vyshnyvetskyy, Ivan, Wadvalla, Shahid, Wagner, Jan, Wakeling, John, Wallace, James, Wan Mohamed, Wan Mohd Izani, Wander, Gurpreet S, Ward, Kathleen, Warren, Mark L, Watanabe, Atsuyuki, Weber, Bruce, Weintraub, Howard, Weisnagel, John, Welker, James, Wendisch, Ulrich, Wenocur, Howard S, Wierum, Craig, Wilding, John, William, Maged, Wilson, Pete, Wilson, Jonathan P, Wong, Yuk-Ki, Wongcharoen, Wanwarang, Wozniak, Iwona, Wu, Chau-Chung, Wyatt, Nell, Wynne, Alan, Yamaguchi, Hiroshi, Yamasaki, Masahiro, Yazici, Dilek, Yeh, Hung-I, Yotov, Yoto, Yuan, Qingyang, Zacher, Jeffrey, Zagrebelnaya, Olga, Zaidman, Cesar J, Zalevskaya, Alsu, Zarich, Stuart, Zatelli, Maria Chiara, Zeller, Helga, Zhdanova, Elena A, Zornitzki, Taiba, Zrazhevskiy, Konstantin, Zykov, Mikhail, Lincoff, A Michael, Ryan, Donna H, Colhoun, Helen M, Deanfield, John E, Emerson, Scott S, Kahn, Steven E, Kushner, Robert F, Plutzky, Jorge, Brown-Frandsen, Kirstine, Hovingh, G Kees, Hardt-Lindberg, Soren, Tornøe, Christoffer W, Deanfield, John, Scirica, Benjamin M, Ryan, Donna, Kosiborod, Mikhail N, Hardt-Lindberg, Søren, Frenkel, Ofir, Weeke, Peter E, Rasmussen, Søren, Lang, Chim C, and Urina-Triana, Miguel

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31. The Spectrum of Non-neoplastic Changes Associated With Breast Implants: Histopathology, Imaging, and Clinical Significance

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Marques-Piubelli, Mario L., Lyapichev, Kirill A., FNU, Aakash, Adrada, Beatriz, Stewart, John, Hunt, Kelly K., Clemens, Mark W., Iyer, Swaminathan, Wu, Yun, El Hussein, Siba, Xu, Jie, Ok, Chi Young, Li, Shaoying, Pierson, Diane M., Ferrufino-Schmidt, Maria C., Nahmod, Karen A., Yoga, Arthy, Hunsicker, Lisa, Evans, Mark G., Resetkova, Erika, Qiu, Lianqun, Khanlari, Mahsa, Garces, Sofia A., Bueso-Ramos, Carlos E., Medeiros, L. Jeffrey, and Miranda, Roberto N.

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2024
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32. Comparing Introductory Undergraduate Physics Learning and Behavior before and after the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Nemeth, Amanda, Wheatley, Christopher, and Stewart, John

Abstract

This study examines high school preparation measures [ACT/SAT scores, high school grade point average (HSGPA), and conceptual physics pretest scores], in-class behavior measures (homework submission rates and lecture attendance rates), and in-class achievement measures (homework and test averages) for the last two fully face-to-face prepandemic and the first two fully face-to-face postpandemic semesters of an introductory calculus-based electricity and magnetism class. This class was offered at a large eastern land grant university in the United States. The total number of students for the four semesters was 1033. While some significant differences were measured (higher postpandemic HSGPA, lower postpandemic conceptual pretest scores, higher postpandemic homework average (fall semesters only), and lower postpandemic lecture attendance (spring semesters only), none were larger than a small effect. As such, student achievement, attendance rates, and assignment completion rates were largely unchanged after the pandemic.

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2023
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33. Evaluation of Cost-Conscious Course-Embedded Research Projects in a Freshman Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Course

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Stewart, John F., Gustafson, John E., Moore, Michael E., Forshee, J. Lance, Canaan, Patricia, and French, Donald P.

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Students who experience research as undergraduates tend to remain in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields. Since course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are often expensive to implement, we developed a relatively inexpensive first-semester research course for majors entitled "Freshman Research in Biochemistry," in which approximately 100 students participated in an ongoing research project each year. During this course, students conducted laboratory work related to multiple research veins, and graduate teaching assistants (TAs) and the instructor ensured that sufficient data from the laboratory were made available to the students to analyze. During three unique course iterations, students worked on faculty research projects that included connecting contigs of the draft genome of a native Oklahoma bacterial Arhodomonas isolate capable of degrading petroleum hydrocarbons, cloning antibiotic resistance genes from the genus Elizabethkingia, and analyzing RNAseq data from Elizabethkingia anopheles challenged with cell wall-active antibiotics to determine gene function, gene differential expression, and relative gene genome location. During the course, students scored results, analyzed data, maintained laboratory notebooks, and presented posters in a symposium to faculty and graduate TAs. To determine positive impacts of the course on students, they completed the Laboratory Course Assessment Survey in two course sections. Survey data indicated/students agreed that the course included elements of Iteration, Collaboration, and Discovery and Relevance. Students also reported that they gained scientific skills but were ambivalent about whether instructor feedback was harsh. Examination of Student Survey of Instruction responses showed students thought positively about the course, but some considered it too difficult. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Biochemistry major cohort tracking revealed no effect of Freshman Research in Biochemistry on student persistence in the major or institution. Nonetheless, we consider the course a cost-conscious model for biochemistry and molecular biology departments for introducing research to first-year students.

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2023
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35. Myo1e overexpression in lung adenocarcinoma is associated with increased risk of mortality

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Jusue-Torres, Ignacio, Tiv, Richies, Ricarte-Filho, Julio C., Mallisetty, Apurva, Contreras-Vargas, Leglys, Godoy-Calderon, Maria Jose, Khaddour, Karam, Kennedy, Kathleen, Valyi-Nagy, Klara, David, Odile, Menchaca, Martha, Kottorou, Anastasia, Koutras, Angelos, Dimitrakopoulos, Foteinos, Abdelhady, Khaled M., Massad, Malek, Rubinstein, Israel, Feldman, Lawrence, Stewart, John, Shimamura, Takeshi, Danilova, Ludmila, and Hulbert, Alicia

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2023
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41. Managing DOD's hazardous materials

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Stewart, John N., Col

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HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES, DEFENSE REUTILIZATION AND MARKETING SERVICE, REFUSE AND REFUSE DISPOSAL
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1992

45. Using Machine Learning to Identify the Most At-Risk Students in Physics Classes

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Yang, Jie, DeVore, Seth, Hewagallage, Dona, Miller, Paul, Ryan, Qing X., and Stewart, John

Subjects
Physics - Physics Education
Abstract

Machine learning algorithms have recently been used to predict students' performance in an introductory physics class. The prediction model classified students as those likely to receive an A or B or students likely to receive a grade of C, D, F or withdraw from the class. Early prediction could better allow the direction of educational interventions and the allocation of educational resources. However, the performance metrics used in that study become unreliable when used to classify whether a student would receive an A, B or C (the ABC outcome) or if they would receive a D, F or withdraw (W) from the class (the DFW outcome) because the outcome is substantially unbalanced with between 10\% to 20\% of the students receiving a D, F, or W. This work presents techniques to adjust the prediction models and alternate model performance metrics more appropriate for unbalanced outcome variables. These techniques were applied to three samples drawn from introductory mechanics classes at two institutions ($N=7184$, $1683$, and $926$). Applying the same methods as the earlier study produced a classifier that was very inaccurate, classifying only 16\% of the DFW cases correctly; tuning the model increased the DFW classification accuracy to 43\%. Using a combination of institutional and in-class data improved DFW accuracy to 53\% by the second week of class. As in the prior study, demographic variables such as gender, underrepresented minority status, first-generation college student status, and low socioeconomic status were not important variables in the final prediction models., Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:2002.01964

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2020
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46. Extending Machine Learning to Predict Unbalanced Physics Course Outcomes

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DeVore, Seth, Yang, Jie, and Stewart, John

Subjects
Physics - Physics Education
Abstract

Machine learning algorithms have recently been used to classify students as those likely to receive an A or B or students likely to receive a C, D, or F in a physics class. The performance metrics used in that study become unreliable when the outcome variable is substantially unbalanced. This study seeks to further explored the classification of students who will receive a C, D, and F and extend those methods to predicting whether a student will receive a D or F. The sample used for this work ($N=7184$) is substantially unbalanced with only 12\% of the students receiving a D or F. Applying the same methods as the previous study produced a classifier that was very inaccurate, classifying only 20\% of the D or F cases correctly. This study will focus on the random forest machine learning algorithm. By adjusting the random forest decision threshold, the correct classification rate of the D or F outcome rose to 46\%. This study also investigated the previous finding that demographic variables such as gender, underrepresented minority status, and first generation status had low variable importance for predicting class outcomes. Downsampling revealed that this was not the result of the underrepresentation of these students. An optimized classification model was constructed which predicted the D and F outcome with 46\% accuracy and C, D, and F outcome with 69\% accuracy; the accuracy of prediction of these outcomes is called "sensitivity" in the machine learning literature. Substantial variation was detected when this classification model was applied to predict the C, D, or F outcome for underrepresented demographic groups with 61\% sensitivity for women, 67\% for underrepresented minority students, and 78\% for first-generation students. Similar variation was observed for the D and F outcome.

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2020

47. Extending Modified Module Analysis to Include Correct Responses: An Analysis of the Force Concept Inventory

Author

Yang, Jie, Wells, James, Henderson, Rachel, Christman, Elaine, Stewart, Gay, and Stewart, John

Subjects
Physics - Physics Education
Abstract

Brewe, Bruun, and Bearden first applied network analysis to understand patterns of incorrect conceptual physics reasoning in multiple-choice instruments introducing the Module Analysis for Multiple-Choice Responses (MAMCR) algorithm. Wells {\it et al.} proposed an extension to the algorithm which allowed the analysis of large datasets called Modified Module Analysis (MMA). This method analyzed the network structure of the correlation matrix of the responses to a multiple-choice instrument. Both MAMCR and MMA could only be applied to networks of incorrect responses. In this study, an extension of MMA is explored which allows the analysis of networks involving both correct and incorrect responses. The extension analyzes the network structure of the partial correlation matrix instead of the correlation matrix. The new algorithm, called MMA-P, was applied to the FCI and recovered much of the structure identified by MMA. The algorithm also identified sets of correct answers requiring similar physical reasoning reported in previous studies. Beyond groups of all correct and all incorrect responses, some groups of responses which mixed correct and incorrect responses were also identified. Some of these mixed response groups were produced when a correct response was selected for incorrect reasons; some of the groups helped to explain the gender unfairness previously reported for the FCI.

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2020
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48. Exploring the Structure of Misconceptions in the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation with Modified Module Analysis

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Wells, James, Henderson, Rachel, Traxler, Adrienne, Miller, Paul, and Stewart, John

Subjects
Physics - Physics Education
Abstract

Investigating student learning and understanding of conceptual physics is a primary research area within Physics Education Research (PER). Multiple quantitative methods have been employed to analyze commonly used mechanics conceptual inventories: the Force Concept Inventory (FCI) and the Force and Motion Conceptual Evaluation (FMCE). Recently, researchers have applied network analytic techniques to explore the structure of the incorrect responses to the FCI identifying communities of incorrect responses which could be mapped on to common misconceptions. In this study, the method used to analyze the FCI, Modified Module Analysis (MMA), was applied to a large sample of FMCE pretest and post-test responses ($N_{pre}=3956$, $N_{post}=3719$). The communities of incorrect responses identified were consistent with the item groups described in previous works. As in the work with the FCI, the network was simplified by only retaining nodes selected by a substantial number of students. Retaining nodes selected by 20\% of the students produced communities associated with only four misconceptions. The incorrect response communities identified for men and women were substantially different, as was the change in these communities from pretest to post-test. The 20% threshold was far more restrictive than the 4% threshold applied to the FCI in the prior work which generated similar structures. Retaining nodes selected by 5% or 10% of students generated a large number of complex communities. The communities identified at the 10\% threshold were generally associated with common misconceptions producing a far richer set of incorrect communities than the FCI; this may indicate that the FMCE is a superior instrument for characterizing the breadth of student misconceptions about Newtonian mechanics.

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2020
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50. Obituaries

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Stewart, John

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2002

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