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Iterative L1 Regularized Limited Memory Stochastic BFGS Algorithm and Numerical Experiments for Big Data Applications
(2017-07-01)
This research is motivated by challenges in addressing optimization models arising in Big Data. Such models are often formulated as large scale stochastic optimization problems. When the probability distribution of the ...
Investigating Enterprise Risk Management in the Context of Grain and Farm Supply Cooperatives
(2017-05-01)
Enterprise risk management (ERM) provides a framework for risk management that assesses and analyzes the broad spectrum of risks facing an organization and considers the organizations capacity to withstand risk and appetite ...
Relationship of self-compassion and level of outness with emotional distress in transgender individuals
(2017-07)
The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship of self-compassion and level of outness, as well as influential demographics of transgender individuals with emotional distress in a sample of 234 transgender ...
Risk Management Cash Requirements and Optimal Marketing Strategies for Winter Grazed Stocker Cattle
(2017-05-01)
Some agricultural producers use futures contracts and put options as a means of managing price risk. Producers who do not use risk management strategies might be turned away from them due to the margin requirements or the ...
Midwersterns' Consumer Preference for Goat Meat in a Blind Sensory Analysis
(2017-05-01)
Goat meat is commonly eaten around the world, though only rarely by Americans, and it is unclear whether this is due to its taste or some other reason. A blind sensory analysis was performed to determine U.S. consumers' ...
Effect of Dietary Source and Concentrations of Copper, Manganese, and Zinc on Growth Performance and Immune Response of Nursery Pigs.
(2017-05-01)
Two experiments were conducted to evaluate dietary source and concentrations of copper, manganese, and zinc on growth performance and the immune response of nursery pigs. Experiment 1 and 2 evaluated two sources of copper, ...
Investigation of Scaling Effects Due to Varying Dielectric Materials in Asymmetric Surface Dielectric Barrier Discharge Actuators
(2017-07-01)
To understand completely the range of uses for asymmetric surface dielectric barrier discharge (SDBD) actuators, a thorough knowledge of how geometrical, material, and interactional changes affect the actuator is necessary. ...
Competencies required for success at the single and multi-management levels in hotels
(2017-05)
This study compared the competencies important for the success of single unit managers (line management) versus the competencies important for the success of multi-unit managers (mid and executive-level management) within ...
Design, synthesis and characterization of eumelanin-inspired small molecules and polymers as novel organic semiconductors
(2017-07)
Over the past few decades, organic semiconductors (OSCs) have become a rapidly growing research field due to their diverse range of applications in electronics such as organic photovoltaics, organic light emitting diodes, ...
Effects of Freeze-dried Strawberries on Biochemical Variables, Markers of Inflammation and Knee Function in Obese Adults with Radiographic Evidence of Knee Osteoarthritis
(2017-05-01)
Osteoarthritis (OA) is characterized by inflammation, joint pain and cartilage degeneration. OA remains without any effective pharmacological cure. Persons at risk of developing OA include obese individuals. We have ...