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Characterizing Dynamic Power And Data Rate Policies For Wirelessusb Networks, Jeffrey L. Barlow Jul 2006

Characterizing Dynamic Power And Data Rate Policies For Wirelessusb Networks, Jeffrey L. Barlow

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Wireless communication is increasingly ubiquitous. However, mobility depends intrinsically on battery life. Power can be conserved at the Media Access Control (MAC) layer by intelligently adjusting transmission power level and data rate encoding. WirelessUSB is a low-power, low-latency wireless technology developed by Cypress Semiconductor Corporation for human interface devices such as keyboards and mice. WirelessUSB devices conserve power by employing power-efficient hardware, dynamic power level adjustment and dynamic data rate adjustment. We characterize the effects on power consumption of dynamically adjusting node power using two dynamic power negotiation techniques as well as two reactive techniques. We also characterize the effects …

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How A Master Teacher Uses Questioning Within A Mathematical Discourse Community, Omel Angel Contreras Jul 2006

How A Master Teacher Uses Questioning Within A Mathematical Discourse Community, Omel Angel Contreras

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Recent scholarly work in mathematics education has included a focus on learning mathematics with understanding (Hiebert & Carpenter, 1992; Hiebert et al., 1997; Fennema & Romberg, 1999; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2000). Hiebert et al. (1997) discussed two processes that they suggested increase understanding and that are central to this study: reflection and communication. Learning mathematics with understanding requires that the students create a deeper knowledge of mathematics through reflection and communication. The environment in which such learning can take place must include patterns of behavior, known as social norms that promote deeper thinking. When the social norms …

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A Study Of The History Of The Office Of High Priest, John D. Lawson Jul 2006

A Study Of The History Of The Office Of High Priest, John D. Lawson

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This study is an examination of the office of high priest from its beginning with Adam as the first and down through the restoration of the Church in the last days. This study revealed that the office of high priest was the only priesthood office that was held from the time of Adam until the Melchizedek Priesthood was taken, generally, away from the congregation of Israel in Moses' day. The office did however remain but was exclusive only to a few. Another important aspect of the history of the office of high priest that will be shown is how the …

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"Th' Offense Pardons Itself": Sex And The Church In Othello And Measure For Measure, Jeffrey Wayne Windsor Jul 2006

"Th' Offense Pardons Itself": Sex And The Church In Othello And Measure For Measure, Jeffrey Wayne Windsor

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In 1604, James had newly ascended to the throne and England was now part of Great Britain. The Puritans-largely silenced during Elizabeth's reign-began again to assert political influence and call for reformation to both the state and the church. This is the context in which Shakespeare wrote Othello and Measure for Measure. In both plays, the role of the government in Cyprus or Vienna hinges upon the passions of a single authority figure. Both Angelo and Othello cause political unrest because they mismanage sexuality. In the case of Othello, his unfounded sexual jealousy leads to the death of Desdemona, Emilia, …

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The Effect Of Protein Dielectric Coefficient On The Ionic Selectivity Of A Calcium Channel, Douglas Henderson, Dezso Boda, Monika Valisko, Bob Eisenberg, Wolfgang Nonner, Dirk Gillespie Jul 2006

The Effect Of Protein Dielectric Coefficient On The Ionic Selectivity Of A Calcium Channel, Douglas Henderson, Dezso Boda, Monika Valisko, Bob Eisenberg, Wolfgang Nonner, Dirk Gillespie

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Calcium-selective ion channels are known to have carboxylate-rich selectivity filters, a common motif that is primarily responsible for their high Ca2+ affinity. Different Ca2+ affinities ranging from micromolar (the L-type Ca channel) to millimolar (the ryanodine receptor channel) are closely related to the different physiological functions of these channels. To understand the physical mechanism for this range of affinities given similar amino acids in their selectivity filters, we use grand canonical Monte Carlo simulations to assess the binding of monovalent and divalent ions in the selectivity filter of a model Ca channel. We use a reduced model where the electrolyte …

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Proud To Send Those Parachutes Off: Central Utah's Rosies During World War Ii, Amanda Midgley Borneman Jul 2006

Proud To Send Those Parachutes Off: Central Utah's Rosies During World War Ii, Amanda Midgley Borneman

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World War II affected individuals across the nation, both on the home front and on the front lines. Manti, Utah received a new industry, a parachute plant, in connection with the war. Hundreds of women from Sanpete County and neighboring counties were employed through the duration of the war in everything from sewing and inspection to supervision of production. Some of the women utilized childcare facilities, some formed a union, and many found community and familial support. For many of them, this wartime wage work provided a welcomed alternative to the work usually found in rural areas, such as farm …

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Microwave Remote Sensing Of Saharan Ergs And Amazon Vegetation, Haroon Stephen Jul 2006

Microwave Remote Sensing Of Saharan Ergs And Amazon Vegetation, Haroon Stephen

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This dissertation focuses on relating spaceborne microwave data to the geophysical characteristics of the Sahara desert and the Amazon vegetation. Radar and radiometric responses of the Saharan ergs are related to geophysical properties of sand formations and near surface winds. The spatial and temporal variability of the Amazon vegetation is studied using multi-frequency and multi-polarization data. The Sahara desert includes large expanses of sand dunes called ergs that are constantly reshaped by prevailing winds. Radar backscatter measurements observed at various incidence and azimuth angles from the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT), the ERS scatterometer (ESCAT), the SeaWinds scatterometer aboard QuikScat (QSCAT), and …

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Telling History Through The Stories Of Women: Julia Alvarez's In The Time Of The Butterflies And In The Name Of Salomé, Nicole Marie Carlson Jul 2006

Telling History Through The Stories Of Women: Julia Alvarez's In The Time Of The Butterflies And In The Name Of Salomé, Nicole Marie Carlson

Theses and Dissertations

My thesis discusses the ways in which Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies (1994) and In the Name of Salomé (2000) are revolutionary texts contesting traditional, male dominated history and redirecting historical and communal foci to the lives of Dominican women. I employ Walter Benjamin's theories found in his essays "The Storyteller" (1936) and "On the Concept of History" (1940) to assist my exploration of Alvarez's questions concerning the power and effect of storytelling, and the importance of reconstructing various historical voices and images, specifically, the importance of reconstructing female voices in male dominated cultures. I discuss the …

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The Nature And Frequency Of Mathematical Discussion During Lesson Study That Implemented The Cmi Framework, Andrew Ray Glaze Jul 2006

The Nature And Frequency Of Mathematical Discussion During Lesson Study That Implemented The Cmi Framework, Andrew Ray Glaze

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During a year-long professional development, the faculty members at an elementary school received instruction on mathematics and how to use the Comprehensive Mathematics Instruction framework. The instruction and the framework were consistent with the standards suggested by the National Council of Teacher of Mathematics (2000). This thesis analyzes the mathematical language used by three fifth-grade teachers who participated in lesson study to create a research lesson based upon the Comprehensive Mathematics Instruction framework.

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Numerical Modeling Of Blast-Induced Liquefaction, Wayne Yeung Lee Jul 2006

Numerical Modeling Of Blast-Induced Liquefaction, Wayne Yeung Lee

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A research study has been conducted to simulate liquefaction in saturated sandy soil induced by nearby controlled blasts. The purpose of the study is to help quantify soil characteristics under multiple and consecutive high-magnitude shock environments similar to those produced by large earthquakes. The simulation procedure involved the modeling of a three-dimensional half-space soil region with pre-defined, embedded, and strategically located explosive charges to be detonated at specific time intervals. LS-DYNA, a commercially available finite element hydrocode, was the solver used to simulate the event. A new geo-material model developed under the direction of the U.S. Federal Highway Administration was …

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A Microformatted Registry Alternative, Thomas R. Warne Jul 2006

A Microformatted Registry Alternative, Thomas R. Warne

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To effectively use Web services, providers and consumers need to be connected by a registry. Several registry solutions exist today, including UDDI and WSIL. Also, many organizations simply use Web pages to list available Web services and their descriptions. This research describes a microformat for representing Web service description documents. These microformatted documents can be converted back to the original format for use by machines. They can also contain additional information, making them more useful to people. A registry, allowing indexing and searching of microformatted service descriptions, is also described. The benefits of this solution include: using existing standards; allowing …

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Reading And Writing In Science: How Do The Reform Documents Attend To The Fundamental Sense Of Science Literacy?, Kimberly J. Frandsen Jul 2006

Reading And Writing In Science: How Do The Reform Documents Attend To The Fundamental Sense Of Science Literacy?, Kimberly J. Frandsen

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The purpose of this study was to examine and describe fundamental literacy messages found within three major science reform documents: Science for all Americans: Project 2061 (AAAS, 1990), Benchmarks for Science Literacy (AAAS, 1993), and the National Science Education Standards (NRC, 1996). A qualitative content analysis was performed in an effort to reveal any messages or statements supporting fundamental science literacy. Results from this study indicate that key science reform documents do in fact contain multiple messages supporting the fundamental sense of science literacy, however, the nature of these messages, the quantity, placement and presence of negative literacy statements may …

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The Familiar Foreign Country: Reading Mexico In Cormac Mccarthy, Jack Kerouac, And Katherine Anne Porter, Rachel Mae Ligairi Jul 2006

The Familiar Foreign Country: Reading Mexico In Cormac Mccarthy, Jack Kerouac, And Katherine Anne Porter, Rachel Mae Ligairi

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My thesis examines the discourse of Mexico in the works of three twentieth-century American authors-Cormac McCarthy, Jack Kerouac, and Katherine Anne Porter-in order to analyze representations of Otherness in modernism and postmodernism. I seek to destabilize the dividing line between these periods as well as to show how representation in postmodernity has become more problematic due in large part to the proliferation of consumer culture. Though the Mexico that McCarthy employs in Blood Meridian and the Border Trilogy (All the Pretty Horses, The Crossing, and Cities of the Plain) escapes many stereotypes, his Mexico is merely a staging ground that …

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Pka As An Upstream Kinase For Lkb1/Strad/Mo25, Seth Taylor Herway Jul 2006

Pka As An Upstream Kinase For Lkb1/Strad/Mo25, Seth Taylor Herway

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The LKB1/STRAD/MO25 complex (LSMK) has been identified as the major upstream kinase for AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK). PKA phosphorylates LKB1 at the Ser428 residue in humans and Ser431 residue in mice. We investigated PKA as an upstream kinase for LSMK. LKB1 that had been incubated with PKA prior to incubation with AMPK experienced up to a 51% increase in AMPK Kinase activity compared to LKB1 alone (p < 0.05). When blocked with a PKA Inhibitor, the kinase effect of PKA on LKB1 was eliminated. Rat epitrochlearis muscle tissue incubated with epinephrine experienced no increase in AMPK activity compared with controls indicating that epinephrine does not cause AMPK activity in this type of tissue. In conclusion, phosphorylation by PKA can increase the AMPKK activity of LKB1-STRAD-MO25 in vitro. Because LKB1 has been found to be constitutively active, it is postulated that phosphorylation by PKA may act to enhance LKB1-AMPK interaction and thus achieve its effect.

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The Effects Of 3-Phosphoglycerate And Other Metabolites On The Activation Of Amp-Activated Protein Kinase By Lkb1/Strad/Mo25, William John Ellingson Jul 2006

The Effects Of 3-Phosphoglycerate And Other Metabolites On The Activation Of Amp-Activated Protein Kinase By Lkb1/Strad/Mo25, William John Ellingson

Theses and Dissertations

Skeletal muscle contraction results in the phosphorylation and activation of the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) by an upstream kinase, AMPKK. The LKB1-STRAD-MO25 complex is the major AMPKK in skeletal muscle; however, LKB1-STRAD-MO25 activity is not increased by muscle contraction. This relationship suggests that phosphorylation of AMPK by LKB1-STRAD-MO25 during skeletal muscle contraction may be regulated by allosteric mechanisms. In this study we tested an array of metabolites including glucose-6-phosphate (G6P), fructose-6-phosphate (F6P), fructose 1,6-bisphosphate (F1,6-P2), 3-phosphoglycerate (3PG), glucose-1-phosphate (G1P), glucose-1,6-bisphosphate (G1,6-P2), adenosine diphosphate (ADP), carnitine (Carn), acetyl-carnitine (Acarn), inosine monophosphate (IMP), inosine, and ammonia for allosteric regulation. We found that …

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Seu-Induced Persistent Error Propagation In Fpgas, Keith S. Morgan Jul 2006

Seu-Induced Persistent Error Propagation In Fpgas, Keith S. Morgan

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This thesis introduces a new way to characterize the dynamic SEU cross section of an FPGA design in terms of its persistent and non-persistent components. An SEU in the persistent cross section results in a permanent interruption of service until reset. An SEU in the non-persistent cross section causes a temporary interruption of service, but in some cases this interruption may be tolerated. Techniques for measuring these cross sections are introduced. These cross sections can be measured and characterized for an arbitrary FPGA design. Furthermore, circuit components in the non-persistent and persistent cross section can statically be determined. Functional error …

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Intertextuality In The Fiction Of Cormac Mccarthy, Benjamin J. Burr Jul 2006

Intertextuality In The Fiction Of Cormac Mccarthy, Benjamin J. Burr

Theses and Dissertations

The moral and aesthetic complexity of Cormac McCarthy's fiction demands sophisticated theoretical reading paradigms. Intertextuality informed by poststructuralism is a theoretical approach that enables one to read the moral and aesthetic elements of McCarthy's work in productive ways. McCarthy's work is augmented by its connection to the works of other great artists and writers. As a result, McCarthy's work forces us to read his precedents from a different framework. An examination of the conversation between Martin Heidegger, Meyer Schapiro, Jacques Derrida, and Frederic Jameson about Van Gogh's A Pair of Boots creates an intertextual framework for examining the connection between …

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Reinforcement Programming: A New Technique In Automatic Algorithm Development, Spencer Kesson White Jul 2006

Reinforcement Programming: A New Technique In Automatic Algorithm Development, Spencer Kesson White

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Reinforcement programming is a new technique for using computers to automatically create algorithms. By using the principles of reinforcement learning and Q-learning, reinforcement programming learns programs based on example inputs and outputs. State representations and actions are provided. A transition function and rewards are defined. The system is trained until the system converges on a policy that can be directly implemented as a computer program. The efficiency of reinforcement programming is demonstrated by comparing a generalized in-place iterative sort learned through genetic programming to a sorting algorithm of the same type created using reinforcement programming. The sort learned by reinforcement …

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An Integrated Environmental Decisional Support System Framework Using Earth Observation, Cellular Automata And Multi-Agent System, S. De Luca, D. Maggio, M. Balsi Jul 2006

An Integrated Environmental Decisional Support System Framework Using Earth Observation, Cellular Automata And Multi-Agent System, S. De Luca, D. Maggio, M. Balsi

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The paper is about the modeling of natural disasters, taking in account both the natural elements than the human behaviors and working on mixed scenarios of forests, build-up area, rivers and roads. We propose a three steps methodology that spans from the earth observation to categorization towards environment forecast modeling and action planning. As case study, we focused on fire spreading. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing tools are used to implement this scenario, while a multi-layer cellular automata is used to model the environment evolution. Finally, a multi-agent system is used to model human behaviors. We evaluated the …

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Parameter, Data Input And Structural Uncertainty Propagating Through Coupled Models In A River Water Quality Modelling System, K. -E Lindenschmidt Jul 2006

Parameter, Data Input And Structural Uncertainty Propagating Through Coupled Models In A River Water Quality Modelling System, K. -E Lindenschmidt

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

This paper investigates three sources of uncertainty in a river water quality modelling system: parameters, input data and model structure. Emphasis is placed on structural uncertainty since this aspect has received less attention in the literature compared to parameter and input data uncertainty. Model structure is understood to be the equations and algorithms used to describe processes of substance transport and transformation in a model. Focus is given to two processes: i) sorption of heavy metals to suspended solids as a function of the fraction of organic carbon constituting the solids and ii) phytoplankton growth limitation by light extinction through …

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River Flow Simulation Within Ungauged Catchments In Lebanon Using A Semi-Distributed Rainfall-Runoff Model, A. Hreiche, C. Bocquillon, W. Najem Jul 2006

River Flow Simulation Within Ungauged Catchments In Lebanon Using A Semi-Distributed Rainfall-Runoff Model, A. Hreiche, C. Bocquillon, W. Najem

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Development of methodologies to achieve a priori parameter estimation of hydrological models is fundamental in ungauged basins. This study shows that a semi-distributed physical model can be applied to ungauged watersheds in Lebanon and its parameters can be estimated using physical approach and remote sensing techniques. Most of the Lebanese coastal watersheds are affected by an important seasonal snow cover. The snowmelt contributes up to about two thirds of the total yearly discharge of the catchments. Most snowmelt water infiltrates the limestone and discharges at several karsts springs. A physical model based on the snowmelt mechanisms using the standard energy …

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Managing For Visual Goals In The Ned-2 Decision Support System For Forests Ecosystems., Donald Nute, Mark Twery, Zhiyuan Cheng, Arlo Lyle, Cy Routh Jul 2006

Managing For Visual Goals In The Ned-2 Decision Support System For Forests Ecosystems., Donald Nute, Mark Twery, Zhiyuan Cheng, Arlo Lyle, Cy Routh

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

NED-2 integrates decision support tools for forested ecosystems developed by the NED-2 team with other third-party decision support tools. NED-2 is goal-driven and is designed to help manage for visual, wildlife, and ecological as well as traditional timber goals. Several tools are included to help manage for visual goals. (1) A knowledge based system can perform analysis of visual goals for the management unit. (2) A report generator incorporates the results of the visual goal analysis into detailed reports in HTML format. (3) If a shape file for the management unit is available, the results can also be displayed using …

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An Integrated Environmental Decisional Support System Framework Using Earth Observation, Cellular Automata And Multi-Agent System, S. De Luca, D. Maggio, M. Balsi Jul 2006

An Integrated Environmental Decisional Support System Framework Using Earth Observation, Cellular Automata And Multi-Agent System, S. De Luca, D. Maggio, M. Balsi

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The paper is about the modeling of natural disasters, taking in account both the natural elements than the human behaviors and working on mixed scenarios of forests, build-up area, rivers and roads. We propose a three steps methodology that spans from the earth observation to categorization towards environment forecast modeling and action planning. As case study, we focused on fire spreading. Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and remote sensing tools are used to implement this scenario, while a multi-layer cellular automata is used to model the environment evolution. Finally, a multi-agent system is used to model human behaviors. We evaluated the …

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Optimal Regional Partitioning For Wildfire Risk Characterization, Paolo Fiorucci, F. Gaetani, R. Minciardi Jul 2006

Optimal Regional Partitioning For Wildfire Risk Characterization, Paolo Fiorucci, F. Gaetani, R. Minciardi

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The efficiency of fire prevention and fire-fighting organization are strictly related with the identification of the elementary Administrative Units, whose physical characteristics and number/quality of resources affect significantly the occurrence and the dynamics of the considered phenomenon. In fact, wildland fire risk is determined by several factors such as vegetation, local climate condition, topography, socio-economical aspects, and, of course, wildfire fighting available resources. A power law distribution can be used to represent the frequency-area relationship empirical wildfire data. Thus, it is possible to think of characterizing a region by its wildland fire regime, which can be defined by the power …

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The Use Of Information And Communication Technology In Company Environmental Awareness Amplification, J. Fiala, Jiří Hřebíček, J. Ministr, J. Ráček Jul 2006

The Use Of Information And Communication Technology In Company Environmental Awareness Amplification, J. Fiala, Jiří Hřebíček, J. Ministr, J. Ráček

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Our investigation of over one hundred Czech companies with a certified Environmental Management System (EMS) has identified ten main barriers to EMS implementation. They obstruct the adoption of EMS principles and decrease environmental awareness of internal interested parties. We have developed a modified holistic model of creating and overcoming barriers in EMS implementation and in its continuous improvement through being based on five basic pillars and five interconnected business processes. Related to this is the development of a prototype for a web-based information system that supports overcoming barriers in the process of EMS implementation. The prototype, using mainly Java technologies, …

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Integrating 3d Hydrodynamic Transport And Ecological Plant Models Of The Savannah River Estuary Using Artificial Neural Network Models, Edwin Roehl, Ruby Daamen, Paul A. Conrads, Wiley Kitchens Jul 2006

Integrating 3d Hydrodynamic Transport And Ecological Plant Models Of The Savannah River Estuary Using Artificial Neural Network Models, Edwin Roehl, Ruby Daamen, Paul A. Conrads, Wiley Kitchens

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The Savannah Harbor is one of the busiest ports on the East Coast of the USA and is located just downstream of the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge (SNWR), which is one of the nation’s largest freshwater tidal marshes. The Lower Savannah River estuary has been studied for years by governmental agencies, water users, universities, and consultants having an interest in controlling water quality and predicting the potential impacts of a proposed harbor deepening. Consequently, many different databases have been created that describe the natural system’s complexity and behaviors. Variables having particular relevance include those describing bathymetry, meteorology, water level, and …

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Data Mining As A Tool For Environmental Scientists, J. M. Spate, Karina Gibert, Miquel Sànchez-Marrè, E. Frank, Joaquim Comas, Ioannis N. Athanasiadis Jul 2006

Data Mining As A Tool For Environmental Scientists, J. M. Spate, Karina Gibert, Miquel Sànchez-Marrè, E. Frank, Joaquim Comas, Ioannis N. Athanasiadis

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

Over recent years a huge library of data mining algorithms has been developed to tackle a variety of problems in fields such as medical imaging and network traffic analysis. Many of these techniques are far more flexible than more classical modelling approaches and could be usefully applied to data-rich environmental problems. Certain techniques such as Artificial Neural Networks, Clustering, Case-Based Reasoning and more recently Bayesian Decision Networks have found application in environmental modelling while other methods, for example classification and association rule extraction, have not yet been taken up on any wide scale. We propose that these and other data …

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From Research To Management: A Suite Of Gis-Based Watershed Modeling, Assessment And Planning Tools, D. J. Semmens, W. G. Kepner, D. C. Goodrich, D. Phillip Guertin, M. Hernandez, S. N. Miller Jul 2006

From Research To Management: A Suite Of Gis-Based Watershed Modeling, Assessment And Planning Tools, D. J. Semmens, W. G. Kepner, D. C. Goodrich, D. Phillip Guertin, M. Hernandez, S. N. Miller

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The Automated Geospatial Watershed Assessment (AGWA) tool is a GIS-based hydrologic modeling tool developed jointly by the U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development, USDA Agricultural Research Service, and University of Arizona. It was initially designed as a research tool for assessing the hydrologic impacts associated with landscape change at multiple scales, a context in which process-based models are a necessity. As potential management applications of the tool became more readily apparent and partners with specific management objectives were identified, AGWA was transformed into a highly versatile tool for environmental management and planning. A thoughtful software design facilitates linkages between …

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Ranking Regions Using Cluster Analysis, Hasse Diagram Technique And Topology, Guillermo Restrepo, Rainer Brüggemann Jul 2006

Ranking Regions Using Cluster Analysis, Hasse Diagram Technique And Topology, Guillermo Restrepo, Rainer Brüggemann

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

We developed the theoretical background of the application of Hierarchical Cluster Analysis HCA to the improvement of the understanding of Hasse Diagrams coming from the ranking process developed for the application of the Hasse Diagram Technique HDT. The use of HCA is based on the idea of the reduction of the number of elements considered in a poset (partially ordered set) by the selection of representatives from the original set to rank. We showed that the clusters arisen from HCA can be interpreted as similarity classes where one of its members (the nearest to the centre of the cluster) can …

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Integrating 3d Hydrodynamic Transport And Ecological Plant Models Of The Savannah River Estuary Using Artificial Neural Network Models, Edwin Roehl, Ruby Daamen, Paul A. Conrads, Wiley Kitchens Jul 2006

Integrating 3d Hydrodynamic Transport And Ecological Plant Models Of The Savannah River Estuary Using Artificial Neural Network Models, Edwin Roehl, Ruby Daamen, Paul A. Conrads, Wiley Kitchens

International Congress on Environmental Modelling and Software

The Savannah Harbor is one of the busiest ports on the East Coast of the USA and is located just downstream of the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge (SNWR), which is one of the nation’s largest freshwater tidal marshes. The Lower Savannah River estuary has been studied for years by governmental agencies, water users, universities, and consultants having an interest in controlling water quality and predicting the potential impacts of a proposed harbor deepening. Consequently, many different databases have been created that describe the natural system’s complexity and behaviors. Variables having particular relevance include those describing bathymetry, meteorology, water level, and …

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