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A Deep Learning Framework For Consensus Based Multilabel Classification And Image Generation, Digya Acharya
A Deep Learning Framework For Consensus Based Multilabel Classification And Image Generation, Digya Acharya
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In this thesis we address the problem of consensus based multi-label classification. In the general multi-label classification problem, an input is assigned to multiple classes without any constraints. However, there are applications where the multi-label classification needs to be solved under the constraint of a consensus among the assigned labels. We address this problem here using a deep learning approach. We conduct experiments with the MNIST dataset and establish the possibility of using such approaches for traditional multi-class problems. Furthermore, we demonstrate the use of our consensus based classifier in a generative adversarial framework for training a generator for handwritten …
Development Of An Optimization Framework For A Circulation Control Airfoil With A Morphing Trailing Edge, Micajah Schweikert
Development Of An Optimization Framework For A Circulation Control Airfoil With A Morphing Trailing Edge, Micajah Schweikert
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This research investigates the impact of a circulation control airfoil with a deformable trailing edge, on lift-to-drag ratio, to evaluate the use of deformation to reduce the momentum coefficient of blowing (C μ). A framework is developed for optimization of the deformable trailing edge on a NACA 0015 consisting of: a developed parametrization method (Chord Limited discontinuous Morphing Class Shape Transformation), Bayesian optimization, an objective function (Cl ⁄ Cd), a developed communication method, and a Computational Fluid Dynamics solver (Ansys Fluent). The optimization takes place over five blowing actuations (C μ=0, 0.05, 0.1, 0.15, and …
Mandhar Smart Application For The Visual Pollution In Muhaisnah-2 Area – Dubai Uae, Hamda Mohamed Alharmoudi
Mandhar Smart Application For The Visual Pollution In Muhaisnah-2 Area – Dubai Uae, Hamda Mohamed Alharmoudi
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People naturally love beauty, beautiful views, and a beautiful environment. Beauty is the human eye that makes him happy and brings pleasure to his heart. If sport feeds the body and science feeds the mind, then beauty feeds the soul and the mind, all the beauty around us feeds the brain that has a positive impact on human life, and the distortion that we encounter in our life has a negative impact on us. Therefore, visual pollution is defined as, everything that is inconsistent with the beauty of the environment that surrounds us which create a harmful change for the …
Intelligent Navigation Service Robot Working In A Flexible And Dynamic Environment, Said Abdallah
Intelligent Navigation Service Robot Working In A Flexible And Dynamic Environment, Said Abdallah
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Numerous sensor fusion techniques have been reported in the literature for a number of robotics applications. These techniques involved the use of different sensors in different configurations. However, in the case of food driving, the possibility of the implementation has been overlooked. In restaurants and food delivery spots, enhancing the food transfer to the correct table is neatly required, without running into other robots or diners or toppling over. In this project, a particular algorithm module has been proposed and implemented to enhance the robot driving methodology and maximize robot functionality, accuracy, and the food transfer experience. The emphasis has …
A Modified Model For The Long-Term Prediction Of Tropospheric Scintillation From Coarse-Resolution Atmospheric Data, James L. Suggs Jr.
A Modified Model For The Long-Term Prediction Of Tropospheric Scintillation From Coarse-Resolution Atmospheric Data, James L. Suggs Jr.
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It has been well established that scintillation, or random fades and enhancements of a propagating wave due to turbulence-induced fluctuations of the refractive index, can have deleterious effects on radar and satellite communications systems, especially for frequencies above 10 GHz (3 cm). Kolmogorov theory characterizes turbulence along a given propagation path in terms of the refractive index structure parameter C(superscript 2)(subscript n) . Tropospheric scintillation models are typically driven by C(superscript 2)(subscript n)(z) profiles developed from atmospheric measurements/predictions of pressure, temperature, relative humidity, and wind speed/direction along a given propagation path. In this work, high-resolution distributions of outer-scale, wind shear, …
Math Anxiety And Performance Following Observational Learning And Performance Pressure, Michael G. Duthie
Math Anxiety And Performance Following Observational Learning And Performance Pressure, Michael G. Duthie
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Past research demonstrated that a variety of factors contribute to the severity of math anxiety and its detriments on math performance. The present study examined the influence of performance pressure, sex, second-hand success or failure of a male or female, and problem difficulty on math anxiety and performance. The design included a 2 (Participant sex: male, female) x 2 (Student actor sex: male, female) x 2 (Video outcome: success, failure) x 2 (Problem difficulty: easy, difficult) x 2 (Pressure: low, high) mixed design. Participants (UAH students, n = 232) were recruited from introductory psychology courses and completed the study via …
Investigation Of Behavioral And Cognitive Traits Affecting Dispersal Tendencies In Eastern Mostquitofish (Gambusia Holbrooki), Jennifer Dougherty
Investigation Of Behavioral And Cognitive Traits Affecting Dispersal Tendencies In Eastern Mostquitofish (Gambusia Holbrooki), Jennifer Dougherty
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Dispersal plays an important role in ecological and evolutionary processes. Despite being important to population and invasion dynamics, more information is needed to understand what traits act as drivers of dispersal tendencies. Here, we examined how different behavioral, environmental, and cognitive traits predicted dispersal tendency in the Eastern mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki). We examined how chronic exposure to an antidepressant affects different behaviors and dispersal in wild- caught G. holbrooki. We then tested additional behaviors and their relationship to dispersal tendency. We found that exposure to fluoxetine did not affect performance in any of the behavioral assays or on dispersal. In …
Augmented Reality-Supported Spatially Aware Visual Links For Multiple Displays And Devices, Jordan Gilbreath
Augmented Reality-Supported Spatially Aware Visual Links For Multiple Displays And Devices, Jordan Gilbreath
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Visual data analysis and sensemaking can benefit from utilizing multiple displays to organize large amounts of information. However, analyzing information scattered across multiple displays can be challenging. Existing solutions to solving this problem often require mental effort to understand cross-display relationships. A hybrid approach, named AR-SAViL, is presented which addresses this problem by using an augmented reality headset to track displays and their contents in real time, drawing visual links directly between related information. The performance of the system is evaluated through exploration of an existing dataset and expert review, and findings suggest AR-SAViL has potential to assist visual analysis …
A Case For Simple, Low-Cost Autotuning Heuristics For Efficient Performance Of Irregular Algorithms, Phillip Allen Lane
A Case For Simple, Low-Cost Autotuning Heuristics For Efficient Performance Of Irregular Algorithms, Phillip Allen Lane
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Irregular algorithms (i.e., algorithms that make irregular memory accesses) are notorious for being difficult to optimize on parallel architectures due to load imbalance in the number of computational operations and memory access overheads. However, they are critically important as they include algorithms for sparse linear algebra and graph algorithms. Common optimizations include schedulers, orderings, and data structures that try to mitigate workload imbalance across computational units. Many current mitigations of this problem necessitate expert tuning by high-performance engineers. Methods for autotuning, which do not require an expert, are developing a trend towards large complex heuristics that are expensive in both …
Variation In Diet Between Cave And Surface Populations Of The Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon Glutinosus), Megan A. Carter
Variation In Diet Between Cave And Surface Populations Of The Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon Glutinosus), Megan A. Carter
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The diet of the Northern Slimy Salamander (Plethodon glutinosus), a facultative cave-dweller, was examined at two pairs of subterranean and terrestrial sites in northern Alabama as its diet has remained largely unstudied. I investigated if salamanders are feeding in the darkness of caves and indirectly looked at specialization by examining gut contents via non-lethal gavaging for a year. A total of 52 salamanders were gavaged with cave salamanders rarely having stomach contents. Moreover, cave specimens ingested fewer prey items and a less diverse prey base compared to surface specimens. Eighty-four unique prey items/taxa were recovered across all sites. …
Excitation Of The Dominant Transverse Electric Mode Of A Microstrip Patch Antenna Using A Coplanar L-Strip Feeding Technique, Matthew A. Adams
Excitation Of The Dominant Transverse Electric Mode Of A Microstrip Patch Antenna Using A Coplanar L-Strip Feeding Technique, Matthew A. Adams
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Microstrip patch antennas are employed in a variety of commercial and military applications due to their versatility, low profile, and ability to be easily fabricated. In this thesis, a microstrip patch antenna is made from artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) unit cells that excite the dominant transverse electric (TE) mode via an L-strip coplanar with the AMC patch layer. Integration of the L-strip into the unit cell layer of the AMC patch and the ground layer of the AMC patch is investigated and full-wave analyzed. To improve gain radiation pattern symmetry about the broadside direction, the AMC patch is shifted laterally …
Experimental Investigation Of Swept Bio-Inspired Wing Planforms, Arnab Chatterjee
Experimental Investigation Of Swept Bio-Inspired Wing Planforms, Arnab Chatterjee
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The aerodynamic efficiency of the Swift (Apus Apus) and its resultant wing morphology merit further study for applications towards micro aerial vehicles (MAVs). Three bio-inspired wing planforms form the focus of this study to investigate the impact of sweep and spanwise chord variation on their local flow physics. The suction side flow characteristics are investigated using 2D particle image velocimetry (at Re = 4.0 × 104 and 6.0 × 104) to identify the effects induced by the planform geometry, followed by direct force measurements (at Re = 6.0 × 104) to correlate the …
Flexible Microfluidic Device With Nonplanar Interdigitated Microelectrodes, Saud Alssaidy
Flexible Microfluidic Device With Nonplanar Interdigitated Microelectrodes, Saud Alssaidy
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The lab-on-a-chip concept has improved significantly in recent years to meet global demand for various applications with the advent of new technologies. Much progress has been achieved, but many microfluidic devices still suffer from design limitations in terms of sensitivity and selectivity because they use rigid, fragile substrate materials and conventional electrodes, which do not provide high sensitivity or selectivity and suffer from signal-to-noise ratio issues. This work proposes a novel device architecture that uses flexible, transparent top and bottom layers integrated with (nonplanar interdigitated microelectrodes) to create a sandwich-like flexible substrate base. The top and bottom layers consist of …
Energy Consumption Forecasting Using Machine Learning, Mahdi Mohammadigohari
Energy Consumption Forecasting Using Machine Learning, Mahdi Mohammadigohari
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Forecasting electricity demand and consumption accurately is critical to the optimal and costeffective operation system, providing a competitive advantage to companies. In working with seasonal data and external variables, the traditional time-series forecasting methods cannot be applied to electricity consumption data. In energy planning for a generating company, accurate power forecasting for the electrical consumption prediction, as a technique, to understand and predict the market electricity demand is of paramount importance. Their power production can be adjusted accordingly in a deregulated market. As data type is seasonal, Persistence Models (Naïve Models), Seasonal AutoRegressive Integrated Moving Averages with eXogenous regressors (SARIMAX), …
Solar-Powered Bike Lanes, Eman Al Ali
Solar-Powered Bike Lanes, Eman Al Ali
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The problem of lack of bike paths in urban areas is a common problem with the increase in the number of riders. Riding the bikes in the main roads due to the lack of cycling tracks affects negatively on the urban area, its residents, visitors, and in many other aspects. To solve this problem, this study examines the design of a solar-powered cycling path in one of the areas of Umm Al Quwain city that located in the northern region of the United Arab Emirates. The research included secondary data sources derived from best practices research for solar-powered cycling paths …
The Artemis Project: Exploring Mass Communication Utilizing A Visual Exploration Of Influential Imagery., Brooke K. Collins
The Artemis Project: Exploring Mass Communication Utilizing A Visual Exploration Of Influential Imagery., Brooke K. Collins
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Society struggles to have difficult conversations. Polite silence is often preferred to dredging up uncomfortable topics. This silence is deafening as the majority of Americans do not consider topics such as The American Sex Trafficking Crisis. In a post-pandemic world, how do we initiate difficult conversations in both digital forums and public domains? The Artemis Project seeks to visually explore this gap in conversation, undergoing an optical investigation of utilizing design and illustrative practices as tools for mass communication. This project conceptualizes the development and application of imagery to introduce a conversation, facilitating understanding and empathy. In short, The Artemis …
Esaal (Smart Delivery System In Dubai), Banout Alketbi
Esaal (Smart Delivery System In Dubai), Banout Alketbi
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Delivery sector has been facing many issues lately due to covid 19 pandemic mainly delivering items and packages late and some of them being in bad condition. The new smart delivery system ( will help in making the delivery system in Dubai more sustainable and at the same time more accurately functioning The proposed system will achieve that by running on their own tracks that are especially made for them to deliver Furthermore, the new designed system will be running and functioning depe nding on solar energy. These routes will be designed to have way to all of the areas …
Amazon Reviews Using Sentiment Analysis, Ammar Rashed Hamdallah
Amazon Reviews Using Sentiment Analysis, Ammar Rashed Hamdallah
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The intense competition to attract and maintain customers online is compelling businesses to implement novel strategies to enhance the customer experiences. It is becoming necessary for companies to examine customer reviews on online platforms such as Amazon to understand better how customers rate their products and services. The purpose of this study is to investigate how companies can conduct sentiment analysis based on Amazon reviews to gain more insights into customer experiences. The dataset selected for this capstone consists of customer reviews and ratings from consumer reviews of Amazon products. Amazon product reviews enable a business to gain insights on …
Analyzing The Arguments And Opinions Surrounding Space Privatization, Henry Yaeger
Analyzing The Arguments And Opinions Surrounding Space Privatization, Henry Yaeger
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As space exploration technology advances and more private actors engage in independent space activities, national governments and international organizations need to reform and modernize their approach to regulating private space activities in order to better capture and distribute the benefits of those activities. This paper examines several disparate suggestions and ideas found in 38 articles ranging from current space policy literate to international treaties in order to generate four possible policy approaches to private space activities: the Status Quo, Self-Regulation, New International Treaties and Expanded Public-Private Partnership models. It then compares and contrasts these four alternatives to determine which can …
Using Characters To Narrow Culture Gaps, Xiangyu Han
Using Characters To Narrow Culture Gaps, Xiangyu Han
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There are a lot of different cultures around the world. It is hard for people with various cultural backgrounds to understand each other. Language is the most direct expression of cultural barriers. With the different structures of languages, communication becomes unsmooth. People can get to know each other better if we narrow down the gaps. The research here discusses the possibility of building a connection between language characters through the graphic. This work will use Chinese and English as an experimental. Images and pictures are the most visual information for people to read. And languages are the most direct information …
Calculating Common Vulnerability Scoring System’S Environmental Metrics Using Context-Aware Network Graphs, Christopher Thomas Enoch
Calculating Common Vulnerability Scoring System’S Environmental Metrics Using Context-Aware Network Graphs, Christopher Thomas Enoch
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Software vulnerabilities have significant costs associated with them. To aid in the prioritization of vulnerabilities, analysts often utilize Common Vulnerability Scoring System’s Base severity scores. However, the Base scores provided from the National Vulnerability Database are subjective and may incorrectly convey the severity of the vulnerability in an organization's network. This thesis proposes a method to statically analyze context-aware network graphs to increase accuracy of CVSS severity scores. Through experimentation of the proposed methodology, it is determined that context-aware network graphs can capture the required metrics to generate modified severity scores. The proposed approach has some accuracy to it, but …
Health, Productivity, And Engagement: Using Modular Product Design To Integrally Improve The Workplace Environment, Xinyue Guo
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With the fast pace of city life and workplace stress, there are growing concerns in relation to well-being and staying healthy. As a space that has relatively undefined functions in a work environment, breakrooms are increasingly expected to contribute to reducing these concerns. However, the vast majority of workplace breakrooms that exist are insufficiently designed achieving only basic functions such as sitting and eating. This thesis questions why existing workplace breakrooms are so neglected, when they have great potential to play a much more important role in the workplace. Firstly, this thesis discusses current literature and qualitative research on the …
Two Moons, Chuhan Peng
Two Moons, Chuhan Peng
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People may think that they can better understand the world through convenient technology in this Internet age. The fact is that even though we can search almost everything on Google, we still live and are confined to a small world. What's worse, big smart data will provide you with "privately customized" information services based on your specific situation. People gradually become accustomed to a voice and are more inclined to think that the world is what they see. This has also led to the fact that people of different social classes and cultural environments may be very different, and they …
Suno ("Listen"), Kajal Kohli
Suno ("Listen"), Kajal Kohli
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Suno (“Listen” in Hindi) is a 3D Animated Short that revolves around our main character Sid’s day in his life where he decides to find someone who would listen to him about what he’s going through without passing judgement of their own. Sid is an 18-year-old boy living in a typical Indian household with his parents and grandmother. Sid has always been a brilliant student academically and has had accolades in sports rendering him in what one may call an astounding over-all achiever. Even so, he has started to feel burned out and depressed. He has gone into his own …
Pun Monster: How To Effectively Maintain Fitness And Improve Socialization, Yue Yuan
Pun Monster: How To Effectively Maintain Fitness And Improve Socialization, Yue Yuan
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With the global outbreak of the COVID-19 in 2020, national governments have introduced policies of home quarantine and closing public places, and following social distances. As people spent more time at home, lifestyles changed dramatically, people spent more time looking at their phones and computers, and eating habits changed. This has brought about weight gain and increased anxiety and stress. People have started to do fitness activities at home, but have encountered various problems such as lack of motivation to exercise and lack of peers to supervise each other. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the key factors …
Access To Physical Activity: How Does Access To Physical Activity In Deaf Adolescence Affect Their Activity Levels In College?, Kenly Nicole Vater Ciampaglione
Access To Physical Activity: How Does Access To Physical Activity In Deaf Adolescence Affect Their Activity Levels In College?, Kenly Nicole Vater Ciampaglione
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Background: Individuals who identify as deaf and hard of hearing are overlooked or excluded from public health research, surveillance, and outreach and education programs. Studies have shown that there is a connection between motor skill development in children and their participation in physical activities. Generally, deaf children lag in motor skill development when compared to their hearing peers, and these developmental discrepancies can be minimized with increased participation in physical activity and sports. Purpose: This project involved the creation and validation of a survey that retrospectively assessed how both parental hearing status and the number of barriers experienced by a …
Rocks, Xuting Liu
Rocks, Xuting Liu
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ROCKS is a 2D animation thesis film of 6 minutes and 20 seconds and talks about a young woman dealing with difficult memories of her father who is an astronaut and his decision to go away on a long space flight when she was a young girl. The story is about memory, family and making peace with the past, as well as the progress of growing up. The major software used during the entire production process include: Adobe Photoshop, TVPaint, Adobe After Effect and Procreate. It is inspired by some of my own experience as a young girl, and the …
Fruffeltin, Jared Ratzel
Fruffeltin, Jared Ratzel
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Fruffeltin is a short 2D animated film following the journey of a goofy children’s book character trying to win back the affection of a child after being replaced by a fighting video game. The film’s core message regarding mental health awareness is illuminated through the visualization of character-driven animation, juxtaposing environments and symbolic details. The concept stems from my own personal growth trajectory and reflection upon it within the framework of animated creatures and robots. The narrative follows Fruffeltin, a children’s book character with three leaves on his head, who lives to make a young boy laugh by performing silly …
Ivalet – A Smart Parking Reservation System, Aaesha Alrefaei
Ivalet – A Smart Parking Reservation System, Aaesha Alrefaei
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In the current time with the continuously increasing population in the world generally and in big cities like Dubai particularly, many problems arise related to traffic and transportation. Due to covid-19 virus spread pandemic, WHO is submitting different regulations and recommendation for the need of social distancing along with avoiding any activities that might increase the possibility of the virus spread and minimize the number of infected people to save more lives. The need for decreasing the usage of the public transportation in Dubai have created parking issues in the city, streets, and buildings. One of the preferred solutions by …
Underwater, Yuan Zheng
Underwater, Yuan Zheng
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This thesis seeks to highlight the importance of work-life balance to our mental health. By experiencing an imbalanced life from the first-person view, this thesis focuses on using an abstract visual style to present the character’s inner world and the desperation for relaxation.