Oklahoma State University–Stillwater

About: Oklahoma State University–Stillwater is a education organization based out in Stillwater, Oklahoma, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Large Hadron Collider. The organization has 18267 authors who have published 36743 publications receiving 1107500 citations. The organization is also known as: Oklahoma State University & OKState.

Contrasting diversity values: statistical inferences based on overlapping confidence intervals.

Abstract: Ecologists often contrast diversity (species richness and abundances) using tests for comparing means or indices. However, many popular software applications do not support performing standard inferential statistics for estimates of species richness and/or density. In this study we simulated the behavior of asymmetric log-normal confidence intervals and determined an interval level that mimics statistical tests with P(α) = 0.05 when confidence intervals from two distributions do not overlap. Our results show that 84% confidence intervals robustly mimic 0.05 statistical tests for asymmetric confidence intervals, as has been demonstrated for symmetric ones in the past. Finally, we provide detailed user-guides for calculating 84% confidence intervals in two of the most robust and highly-used freeware related to diversity measurements for wildlife (i.e., EstimateS, Distance).

An ANP and fuzzy TOPSIS-based SWOT analysis for Turkey's energy planning

Abstract: Energy planning involves a perpetual process of reevaluating alternative energy strategies. Authorities responsible for energy planning and management have to adjust their strategies according to new and improved alternative solutions based on the sustainability criteria. In this study, we propose an integrated hybrid methodology for the analysis of Turkey’s energy sector using Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis, Analytic Network Process (ANP) process, and weighted fuzzy Technique for Order Performance by Similarity to Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) to formulate and holistically analyze the energy strategy alternatives and priorities. The methodology proposed in this study allowed identifying the relevant criteria and sub-criteria using a SWOT analysis. Then, ANP approach, which is one of the popular multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) methods, is employed to determine the weights of each SWOT factors and sub-factors. Finally, fuzzy TOPSIS methodology is conducted to prioritize alternative energy strategies. We discuss the obtained results for the development of long-range alternative energy strategies. The results showed that turning the country into an energy hub and an energy terminal by effectively using the geo-strategic position within the framework of the regional cooperation is the most important priority. On the other hand, using the nuclear energy technologies within the energy supply strategies found to be the least favored priority.

Functoriality for the classical groups

Abstract: Functoriality is one of the most central questions in the theory of automorphic forms and representations [1,2,35,36]. Locally and globally, it is a manifestation of Langlands’ formulation of a non-abelian class field theory. Now known as the Langlands correspondence, this formulation of class field theory can be viewed as giving an arithmetic parameterization of local or automorphic representations in terms of admissible homomorphisms of (an appropriate analogue) of the Weil-Deligne group into the Langlands dual group or L-group. When this conjectural parameterization is combined with natural homomorphisms of the L-groups it predicts a transfer or lifting of local or automorphic representations of two reductive algebraic groups. As a purely automorphic expression of a global non-abelian class field theory, global functoriality is inherently an arithmetic process. In this paper we establish global functoriality from the split classical groups Gn = SO2n+1, SO2n, or Sp2n to an appropriate general linear group GLN , associated to the natural embedding of L-groups, for globally generic cuspidal representations π of Gn(A) over a number field k. We had previously presented functoriality for the case Gn = SO2n+1 in [6], but were limited at that time by a lack of suitable local tools in the other cases. The present paper is by no means a simple generalization of [6]. There were serious local problems to be overcome in the development of the tools that now allow us to cover all three series of classical groups simultaneously and that will be applicable to other cases of functoriality in the future. In addition, we have completely determined the associated local images of functoriality and as a result are able to present several new applications of functoriality, including both global results concerning the Ramanujan conjecture for the classical groups and various applications to the local representation theory of the classical groups. There are several approaches to the question of functoriality: the trace formula, the relative trace formula, and the Converse Theorem. In this work we use the Converse Theorem, which is an L-function method. The Converse Theorem itself states that if one has an irreducible admissible representation Π ≃ ⊗Πv of GLN(A), then Π is in fact automorphic if sufficiently many

Bottom-line mentality as an antecedent of social undermining and the moderating roles of core self-evaluations and conscientiousness.

Abstract: We propose that an employee's bottom-line mentality may have an important effect on social undermining behavior in organizations. Bottom-line mentality is defined as 1-dimensional thinking that revolves around securing bottom-line outcomes to the neglect of competing priorities. Across a series of studies, we establish an initial nomological network for bottom-line mentality. We also develop and evaluate a 4-item measure of bottom-line mentality. In terms of our theoretical model, we draw on social-cognitive theory (Bandura, 1977, 1986) to propose that supervisor bottom-line mentality is positively related to employee bottom-line mentality (Hypothesis 1). On the basis of conceptual arguments pertaining to bottom-line mentality (Callahan, 2004; Wolfe, 1988), we hypothesize that employee bottom-line mentality is positively related to social undermining (Hypothesis 2). We further predict a moderated-mediation model whereby the indirect effect of supervisor bottom-line mentality on social undermining, through employee bottom-line mentality, is moderated by employee core self-evaluations and conscientiousness (Hypothesis 3). We collected multisource field data to test our theoretical model (i.e., focal-supervisor-coworker triads; N = 113). Results from moderated-mediation analyses provide general support for our hypotheses. Theoretical and practical implications of bottom-line mentality and social undermining are discussed, and areas for future research are identified.