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Implementation Of Medical Imaging With Telemedicine For The Early Detection And Diagnoses Of Breast Cancer To Women In Remote Areas, Alphonsine Imaniraguha

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Nowadays, the cancer topic has become a global concern. Furthermore, breast cancer persists to be the top leading cause of death to women population and the second cause of cancer death after the lung cancer globally. Various technologies and techniques have been searched, developed and studied over the years to detect the disease at the early stage; the early diagnosis saves many lives in both developed and developing countries. The detection of cancer through a screening process before its symptoms emerge increases the survival rate dramatically (Li, Meaney and Paulsen). Moreover, sufficient knowledge of the disease, qualified staff, accurate, appropriate …

Counting Points On Elliptic Curves Over Zp, Suresh Sundriyal

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The mathematics of elliptic curves has been studied since ancient times. These mathematical structures have found applications in varied fields. More recently, there has been a growing interest in applying these structures to cryptography. Various such applications have been proposed. Elliptic curve based cryptographic algorithms have been shown to provide greater security with shorter key sizes than the conventional RSA based cryptosystems, making them more memory e cient and less processor intensive. One of the fundamental requirements of all such elliptic curve cryptographic algorithms is that the order of the group of points satisfying the elliptic curve meet a certain …

Elliptic Curve Cryptography: Generation And Validation Of Domain Parameters In Binary Galois Fields, Peter Wozny

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Elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) is an increasingly popular method for securing many forms of data and communication via public key encryption. The algorithm utilizes key parameters, referred to as the domain parameters. These parameters must adhere to specific characteristics in order to be valid for use in the algorithm. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), in ANSI X9.62, provides the process for generating and validating these parameters. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has identified fifteen sets of parameters; five for prime fields, five for binary fields, and five for Koblitz curves. The parameter generation and validation processes …

Automated Generation Of Sw Design Constructs From Mesa Source Code, Keith Needels

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This thesis is concerned with the Reverse Engineering of Mesa code. Mesa is a programming language used by the Xerox Corporation especially designed for ultra large scale software projects. Many Xerox projects have considerable amounts of code already developed and in service with very little up to date design documentation. The maintenance phase of Software requires that updates will occur continuously in response to customer demands. Software engineers, often not the original designers, will need to gain a thorough understanding of the code to make reliable changes. This thesis proposes to outline Software tools developed in Mesa that will extract …

How Modes Of Interviewing Affect Self-Disclosure, Sara Elizabeth Nicholls

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This study examined how different modes of interviewing affect the self-disclosure of sensitive information in emerging adults. Participants included 61 students ages 18 to 22 years old who attended a Western New York university. Internalizing behaviors such as feelings of depression and anxiety were measured using three questionnaire formats: face-to-face, computer, and paper/pencil. Results showed that participants answered significantly different between the interview modes on 6 of the 21 questions. Those in the computer group were significantly more likely to endorse "No" on questions pertaining to feelings of depression and anxiety. These results suggest that the computer mode may be …

Si Dios Quiere ..., Katrina Marcelle D'Autremont

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This thesis explores issues of closeness and distance within families. By looking at how aspects of cultural identity further complicate this dynamic as well as how photography is used as a way of mapping a family character, this thesis encompasses topics ranging from Argentine artists to early daguerreotype photography. Using her own Argentine- American heritage as a subject for the photographs, the artist focuses on her grandfather's apartment in Argentina, which acts as a stage, and character in her family story. Traditional modes of photographic posing are borrowed and explored in this work, not only to reference the old photographs …

Model Evaluation And Measurement Optimization For The Reproduction Of Artist Paint Surfaces Through Computer Graphics Renderings, Ying Chen

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Light reflection models for computer graphics have been developed over the past several decades. For real paint surfaces, it is possible to model their bidirectional reflectance distribution function with simple models. A framework was established to evaluate two simple reflection models, Phong and Torrance-Sparrow, which were used to render artist paint surfaces under different illumination angles. An image acquisition system was devised to capture the images under selected illuminated angles. The parameters of the specular and the diffuse components were estimated with these image sequences. At the evaluation stage, both physicallybased metrics and psychophysical techniques were used to evaluate the …

Perceptions Of Advertising In Online Social Networks: In-Depth Interviews, Zeljka Hadija

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Advertising in online social networks is a major unexplored advertising area. However, interactivity on the Internet shifts the ways in which users perceive advertising, and whether they perceive it at all. This research study focuses on college students, users of online social networks, as main sources of information that helps advertisers understand the ways in which advertisements are perceived online. Through the personal in-depth interviews, using Zaltman Metaphor Elicitation Technique, it has been revealed that only 20% of online social network users notice advertisements while using online social networks. The content found in online social networks inhibits viewing advertisements. This …

Hidden Structure Revealed, Minkyu Lee

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This MFA Thesis is based on the aesthetic philosophy that all forms and structures are essentially made from cubes. This premise has inspired and shaped my explorations over the last two years of graduate study. Shape and meaning of ‘cubes’ can be simplified to the smallest molecular units of objects. The geometric forms I construct reflect this. I have mostly created vessel-oriented forms, but now I find that I can also make sculptures that reflect the same point of view. The shape of the earth is a theme and inspiration for this thesis project. Craters, which show their inner side, …

The Manufactured Experience, Debra Ruzinsky

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Repeatedly what I see around me are places and messages that generate manufactured experiences, manipulated by someone with an agenda to promote. My thesis work, entitled "Sweet Reassurance," is a personal approach to re-invention; a conceptually driven body of work that explores my obsession with irony, a need to vent frustration with public policy, complacency, and misguided priorities. The work springs from a notion to create proposals for architectural projects that are rather absurd and could never really be realized. They are my brand of visionary architecture, existing somewhere between the Utopian and the Dystopian. I have developed a vocabulary …

Establishing Universal Screening Risk Indicators Using Reading Curriculum-Based Measurement And The Developmental Reading Assessment, Adrienne M. Zonneville

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The current study examined the abilities of Dynamic Indicator of Basic Early Literacy Skills Oral Reading Fluency (DORF) and the Developmental Reading Assessment (DRA) to be used as screening measures for predicting performance on the yearly state reading assessment in New York. Data from 194 students’ performance on DORF, DRA, and the English Language Arts (ELA) assessment were examined from an existing data base. Participants’ scores on the DORF and the DRA in third grade were compared to their performance on the fourth grade ELA. Screening cut scores were developed for each benchmarking period to assist in identifying students who …

Development, Fabrication, And Characterization Of A Vertical-Diffused Mos Process For Power Rf Applications, Kazuya Tokunaga

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High power radio frequency (RF) applications have become important because of a growing demand from the wireless market. With their superior switching speed, power Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors (MOSFETs) have become one of the well-known technologies used in high power RF systems. The primary focus of this thesis work was the development, fabrication, and characterization of discrete Verticaldrain lateral-Diffused MOS (VDMOS) power transistors using an interdigitated source/gate design. Several types of high power devices were also presented for comparison to the VDMOS structure. This thesis describes the overall purpose and the objectives of the proposed project, and provides the methodology …

Experimental Investigation On The Effects Of Surface Roughness On Microscale Liquid Flow, Tim Brackbill

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Microfluidics has become of interest recently with shrinking device sizes. Roughness structures left from machining processes on the inside of tubes and channels that were once not a concern may now create relative roughness that exceeds 5%. Confusion still exists in the literature as to the extent of the effects of roughness on laminar flow. This work aims to experimentally examine the effects of different roughness structures on internal flows in high aspect ratio rectangular microchannels. A total of four test sections were fabricated to test samples with different patterned rough surfaces, and to also vary the two opposite surfaces …

Reincarnating The Micro Universe, Jeong Ah Bae

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My “Reincarnation Series” traces the meaning of life, rebirth and the cycle of transformation. It is an outcome of my quest to bridge the internal and external worlds of human experience, rich with polarities and full of complementary forces and opposite energies, properties, and attributes. This blending of contrasts in our world creates beauty. My work stems from my belief in Buddhism and portrays the full engagement in the world of a person’s unreserved presence, including mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual energies. My work reveals how each individual is in a fluid web, within and without consciousness, receptive to growth. …

The Influence Of Street Culture On Brand Identity In Graphic Design, Holly Parshall

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Problem Statement: This thesis explores the influence of street culture on brand identity in graphic design. Aspects of street culture include skateboarding, hip-hop, rap, punk, and street art. Street art is traditionally thought of as illegal or rebellious mark-making of public property or property that does not belong to the person making marks on it. Street art can also be defined as a means of crafting personal expression through the enhancement or augmentation of a natural or man-made environment. In this study, brand identity is defined as "the controllable and fundamental elements of a company, product, or service brand, such …

Deep Freeze And The Nssa Labs, Jay Snell

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This work represents a formative evaluation of the effect of Deep Freeze on the labs in the Networking, Security, and Systems Administration department. This department maintains 4 labs for student use and has implemented Deep Freeze, a software package intended to maintain a standard set of configurations on each computer. In order to provide a proper focus to the evaluation, the process consisted of identifying specific evaluation questions, first through a diverging process, including the input of key stake holders, followed by a converging process. The data was collected using both a survey instrument and interviews, providing both quantitative and …

Computational Model Of Mst Neuron Receptive Field And Interaction Effect For The Perception Of Self-Motion, Chen-Ping Yu

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Biologically plausible approach is an alternative to conventional engineering approaches when developing algorithms for intelligent systems. It is apparent that biologically inspired algorithms may yield more expensive calculations when comparing its run time to the more commonly used engineering algorithms. However, biologically inspired approaches have great potential in generating better and more accurate outputs as healthy human brains. Therefore more and more new and exciting researches are being experimented everyday in hope to develop better models of our brain that can be utilized by the machines. This thesis work is an effort to design and implement a computational model of …

Weee And Rohs: Are They Spurring Innovation Among Small And Medium Sized Electronics Businesses In The U.S.?, Frances L. Cabrera

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Eight small businesses in the electronics industry from Rochester, NY were studied in order to determine whether the European Union’s directives, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) and Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directives (RoHS) are spurring innovation in the US. Innovation was defined as any change in the design and manufacturing of the products, in the internal organizational structure and management of the business, or in the market strategies pursued by the small businesses that created a benefit beyond RoHS and WEEE compliance. Because WEEE and RoHS are based upon extended producer responsibility principles, this innovation would complement the findings …

Efficient Data Access Techniques For Large Structured Data Files, Payal Patel

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The project focuses on programming solutions like multi-threaded reading, preprocessing of data, and using memory mapped files provided by the Java New I/O API to reduce I/O bottlenecks which is one of the major performance degrading factors for faster data access. The project also explores the possibility of utilizing databases as a solution to study and compare the performance of database querying over flat file reading.

The Road Ahead: A Dynamic, Interactive, And Multidimensional Flash Website, Hung-Ju Hsia

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Everyone has several dreams in his/her life. To be an International student in the United States, I am fulfilling one of my dreams. At December 17th 2001, I stepped on the United States, a dream territory where I had never been to, and started a fantastic journey. Everything was so fresh to me. In California, I felt the warm sunshine, friendly people, and a vigorous life style. In New York, I found beautiful snow, a serious attitude on working, and a stylish life style. Traveling across the country, I realized why people call America a dream territory. Maybe two years …

Chemistry, Hiroki Sato

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Chemistry by Hiroki Sato, M.F.A Thesis, Rochester Institute of Technology, 2008 A description of the creation of a 3D computer animated film, "Chemistry," a project whose goal is to invoke an emotional response in the audience as they watch a reaction between a crystal and a light bulb in a laboratory. Includes thesis proposal, budget, timeline, original story boards, color stills, and a code for a Maya Python tool that helps to create and animate some complex geometrical objects.

Methods Of Analysis Of Ultrasonic Echoes To Determine Solid Propellant Burning Rates, Marcus A. Marshall

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The work presented here is a study of two new digital methods for determining the burning rate of a solid propellant sample using the ultrasonic pulse-echo technique. Previous work in laboratory-scale burning rate measurement is reviewed with an emphasis on the pulse-echo technique. The two new digital methods, which are named the "Digital Zero Crossing Method" and the "Digital Cross Correlation Method", are explained along with a background on the equipment used in conjunction with these methods. The two new methods are then compared to the original analog method of determining the solid propellant burning rate. From the results, the …

Uncertainty Analysis Of Probability Of Kill In Indirect Fire Simulations, Lisa M. Fink

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The objective of this thesis is to analyze the uncertainty of indirect fire weapons against targets of various types and vulnerabilities as they appear on the battlefield. In order to analyze the effectiveness and associated uncertainty of a firing event, the appropriate analytical methods must be selected, and then weapon and target characteristics can be applied. Such characteristics include sensor error, aiming and delivery errors of weapons, and target vulnerabilities.For this analysis, a Monte Carlo simulation was used to conduct probability of kill calculations. The uncertainties of the sensor, shooter and round were analyzed to understand the overall impact those …

Experimental Investigation Of The Qu Tube Heat Pipe, Sean F. Entrekin

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Hardware-Assisted Path Profiling In Microprocessor Systems Implemented On Top Of An Fpga, Brett A. Boren

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Experimental And Analytical Development Program Of The Sequential Feed System, Christopher Morton

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Evaluation Of Nutrient (Protein) – Organism (Fish) Relationship Using A Saturation Kinetic Model, Zainab Saad Abdul Rahman

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The primary objective of this thesis was to demonstrate that the net nutrient (protein) deposition and weight gain as a function of nutrient (protein) intake fits the Saturation Kinetic Model and utilize the model parameters to describe and predict intake-deposition relationship.

Groups of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus, fry (0.01 g) and small fingerlings (0.15 g) were each separately fed twelve semi purified diets in triplicates to the fingerling and duplicate to the fry trial. Each test diet contains a percentage of protein. Protein levels were 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50 and 54 percent …

Removal Of Selected Heavy Metals From Wash Water Generated From Ready-Mix Concrete Trucks, Dubai, Uae., Imad Juma Mohammed Abunqira

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Dubai is one of seven Emirates that form the United Arab Emirates. The Emirate of Dubai is currently undergoing a fast-paced construction boom that involves huge amounts of concrete mixes. Such mixes are usually delivered to the site in ready form. The major environmental issue with ready-mix concrete production around the world is water pollution. The wash water generated from ready-mix concrete trucks is extremely alkaline and contains significant levels of heavy metals. Removal of heavy metals from the wash water is an environmental problem and economic concern. This demonstrates the urgent need for safe, feasible and economical methods for …

Methyl Bromide Alternatives For Post-Harvest Disinfestation Of Dates, Shamsa Hareb Al-Dhahery

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Methyl bromide is a highly effective fumigant to control infestation of dates by insects such as saw-toothed grain beetle, Oryzaephilus surinamensis. The use of methyl bromide will be phased out by 2015 due its adverse effects on Ozone layer. Therefore, environmentally friendly and cost-effective alternatives for controlling insects in dates during storage are needed. Such a treatment should not degrade quality of dates.

The objective of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of conventional heating, freezing, and microwave heating as alternatives to methyl bromide fumigation and to determine the effect of these treatments on date’s quality. Date samples …

Effect Of Oilfield Brine On Groundwater Quality In Marmul Area, Sultanate Of Oman, Salim Ahmed Sakroon

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During a period of 28 years, more than 96 million m³ of oilfield produced water was re-injected in the shallow aquifer at Marmul oilfield area, and changed groundwater characteristics. The 10 wells of Shallow Water Disposal (SWD) have been used to inject water in shallow groundwater aquifers of Dammam and Rus formations. The disposal of oilfield produced water to shallow aquifer has been continuing since 1980, with approximately 96 Mm³ of produced water having been disposed and an estimation of approximately 9600 m³ oil has been disposed of in this case until the beginning of 2008.

The …