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Artificial Intelligence and Large Language Models in Energy Systems and Climate Strategies: Economic Pathways to Cost-Effective Emissions Reduction and Sustainable Growth 

Taheri Hosseinkhani, Nima; Taheri, Nima; 0009-0007-5564-7839 (2025-07-23)
Artificial intelligence (AI) and large language models (LLMs) are revolutionizing energy systems and climate strategies by enhancing efficiency, enabling precise resource management, and supporting sustainable economic ...

Evaluating the Economic Impact, Equity Implications, and Long-Term Prospects of AI-Powered Personalized Learning in Education by Mid-Century 

Taheri Hosseinkhani, Nima; Taheri, Nima; 0009-0007-5564-7839 (2025-07-23)
This study examines the transformative impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on education, focusing on personalized and adaptive learning systems that tailor instruction to individual student needs. It traces the historical ...

Economic Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence Integration in Global Healthcare: Balancing Costs, Outcomes, and Investment Value 

Taheri Hosseinkhani, Nima; Taheri, Nima; 0009-0007-5564-7839 (2025-07-23)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming global healthcare by enhancing diagnostic accuracy, operational efficiency, and personalized treatment, while presenting complex economic, ethical, and regulatory challenges. ...

The Electoral Consequences of Sudden Exogenous Shocks: Psychological, Socioeconomic, and Institutional Pathways Influencing Voting Behavior 

Taheri Hosseinkhani, Nima; Taheri, Nima; 0009-0007-5564-7839 (2025-07-22)
Sudden external shocks such as natural disasters, terrorist attacks, pandemics, and economic crises profoundly disrupt political equilibria and influence voting behavior through complex psychological, socioeconomic, and ...

Household preparedness for tornado hazards: The 2011 disaster in DeKalb County, Alabama 

Chaney, Philip L.; Weaver, Greg S.; Youngblood, Susan A.; Pitts, Kristin (2021-02-02)
This paper contributes to existing knowledge on factors that influence adoption of hazards adjustments for tornadoes. The Protective Action Decision Model provides the theoretical basis for the study, which was conducted ...

Automated Phonetic Transcription Grading Tool 

Speights Atkins, Marisha; Bailey, Dallin J.; Seals, Cheryl D.; Li, Guorui; Bassy, Robertson; Cao, Yang; Li, Sicheng; Bennett, Abigail; Ren, Chaohui; Ren, Chang; Mishra, Ishaan; Luan, Yaoxuan; Liu, Jueting (2020-07-27)
The Automated Phonetic Transcription Grading Tool (APTgt) is an online Learning Management System (LMS) that facilitates the comparison of phonetic transcriptions for instruction and clinical training purposes. It uses an ...

Automated Phonetic Transcription Comparison Tool 

Bailey, Dallin J.; Speights Atkins, Marisha; Seals, Cheryl D.; Cao, Yang; Li, Sicheng; Bennett, Abigail; Liu, Jueting; Luan, Yaoxuan; Mishra, Ishaan; Speights, Marisha (2020-05-22)
The Automated Phonetic Transcription (APT) Comparison Tool (APTct) is an online tool that facilitates the comparison of phonetic transcriptions for a variety of clinical and research purposes. It uses an IPA graphical ...

Intelliturk: Speech Intelligibility Perception Study Platform for Amazon Mechanical Turk 

Speights Atkins, Marisha; Livio, Javier; Tran, Bihn; Willoughby, Katherine E. (2019-10-17)
A web application, IntelliTurk, was developed using Microsoft .NET Technologies to investigate the difficulties listeners in the general population might encounter when listening to speakers from different speech disorder ...

SEED - Speech Exemplars and Evaluation Database 

Speights Atkins, Marisha; Boyce, Suzanne E.; Willoughby, Katherine E.; Bailey, Dallin J.; Speights, Marisha (2018-05-23)
This is a database of recordings of children's speech patterns, with and without pathologies.

Development and Validation of an Explicit Aggressive Beliefs and Attitudes Scale 

Michel, Jesse S; Pace, Victoria L; Edun, Anya; Sawhney, Ena; Thomas, Jeffrey (2014-12-03)
This work outlines the development and validation of a new self-report measure that assesses explicit aggressive beliefs and attitudes within the normal adult population (using 7 samples, total N = 3,533). These explicit ...

The Newest Tool for Technical Communicators-Redux 

Mackiewicz, Jo (2013-01-14)
SUMMARY This article discusses color properties and color systems, re-examines and supports Jan V. White’s advice to technical communicators to use color to increase document usability, and discusses what technical ...