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Modeling And Analysis Of Soft-Test/Repair For Ccd-Based Digital X-Ray Systems, Byoungjae Jin, Nohpill Park, Koshy M. George, Minsu Choi, Mark B. Yeary

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

Modern X-ray imaging systems evolve toward digitization for reduced cost, faster time-to-diagnosis, and improved diagnostic confidence. For the digital X-ray systems, charge coupled device (CCD) technology is commonly used to detect and digitize optical X-ray image. This paper presents a novel soft-test/repair approach to overcome the defective pixel problem in CCD-based digital X-ray systems through theoretical modeling and analysis of the test/repair process. There are two possible solutions to cope with the defective pixel problem in CCDs: one is the hard-repair approach and another is the proposed soft-test/repair approach. Hard-repair approach employs a high-yield, expensive reparable CCD to minimize the …

Viewing The Learning Process: Assessment Via Usability Testing, Vicki M. Eller, Steve Eugene Watkins, Richard H. Hall

Business and Information Technology Faculty Research & Creative Works

Learning through Computer-Based Activities Provides a Multi-Modal Approach in Which the User Can Select the Educational Media and Process. Effective Development of These Activities Requires an Understanding of User Interactivity. Traditional Assessment, Such as Test Scores and Subjective Surveys, Looks at End Results and Attitudes. This Method Does Not Monitor the Learning Process. in Particular Developer Needs to Accommodate Diverse Usage Preferences and Choices. Hence, Assessment Should Involve Usability Measures that Are Quantitative and Qualitative. Usability Testing Records Usage Patterns and User Reactions. a Usability Laboratory Was Created at the University of Missouri-Rolla. It is Supplements the Traditional Assessment for …

Land Use Regulations To Promote Transit-Oriented Development In The City Of Campbell, Darcy A. Smith

Master's Projects

This planning report, prepared in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the granting of a Master of Urban Planning degree by San Jose State University, addresses the question of vv^hat opportunities exist for Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) in the city of Campbell, California, and what new land use regulations should be implemented to encourage successful TOD projects. Campbell, where I was employed as a planner between 1999 and mid-2003, currently has a unique new opportunity to encourage TOD projects because the city will soon have three new Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) light rail stations. These stations are under construction …

Exploring The Relationship Between Affordable Senior Housing With Public Transportation, Health Services, And Other Services In The City Of San Jose, Irene Liestiawati

Master's Projects

Changes in the composition and size of the population in the United States have led to some challenges that have to be addressed. One of the age groups that has increasing problems is the group of persons aged 65 years and over. The advancing technologies in health and better nutrition have implications for the needs of the elderly. Elderly housing problems are one of the implications that are caused by this elderly growth.

This study will undertake spatial analysis regarding conditions of the elderly in the City of San Jose by using U.S. census tract data and maps generated by …

Redevelopment And Gis As Tools For Altering Crime Patterns, Jason R. Naess

Master's Projects

This planning report seeks to demonstrate a relationship between crime, neighborhood disinvestment/blight, and therefore the location of redevelopment project areas. Establishing that relationship, the report also describes the use of GIS and crime mapping to identify and prioritize areas which merit priority in redevelopment spending.

The City of Oakland is tised as a model to demonstrate how a jurisdiction can use its current GIS crime-tracking system to identify and prioritize areas for redevelopment agency spending.

Housing And Santa Cruz A Case Study Of New Urbanism In Practice, Michelle Denise King

Master's Projects

Santa Cruz is a community of approximately 55,000 residents located on the Central Coast of California. The City is bordered by the Santa Cruz Mountains, the Monterey Bay, and a protected green belt, and is within commuting distance of several major metropolitan centers of the Monterey and greater Bay Areas. The City is known for its strong tourism base, proximity to Silicon Valley, cultural amenities, educational Institutions, natural beauty, and a high quality of life. These amenities distinguish Santa Cruz as one of the most sought-after communities in the Monterey Bay Area.

Design Review: The San Mateo County Experience, Farhad Mortazavi

Master's Projects

The purpose of this report is to develop a better understanding of the theory and process of Design Review as used by many jurisdictions, and applied to residential and commercial projects in San Mateo County as a case study. This report will explore the reasons for requiring design approval, its goals, and objectives.

Many communities, neighborhoods and areas in San Mateo County have deteriorated through poor planning, neglect of proper design standards, and the erection of buildings and structures unrelated to their sites, incompatible with the character of the neighborhood and insensitive to the natural environment. These conditions have existed …

Spatial Distribution Patterns Of Mistletoe (Antidaphne Viscoidea: Eremolepidaceae, And Phoradendron Undulatum: Viscaceae) On Psidium Guajava (Mrytaceae) In Monteverde, Costa Rica, December 2003, Matthew Greenfield

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Spatial distributions of mistletoe are noticeably clustered but unexamined in Monteverde, Costa Rica. To better understand their spatial structure, I examined the dispersion of two species of epiphytic mistletoe (Antidaphne viscoidea: Eremolepidaceae and Phoradendron undulatum: Viscaceae) within and between host trees. Six sites on one hill in Cañitas, Costa Rica were surveyed for data relating to dispersion structure (nearest neighbor distance and frequency within host trees). Additional study was done on the spatial dispersion on the host tree Psidium guajava, and it was found to have clustered dispersions. Indices of dispersion and tests comparing observed results to Poisson distributions showed …

Report, Economic Contributions Of The Finance And Insurance Sector In Florida's High Tech Corridor And The Rest Of Florida, December 2003, Usf Center For Economic Development Research

Center for Economic Development Research (CEDR) Collection

Commissioned by Innovative Insight, this report estimates the economic contributions of the finance and insurance sector to the economy in the 21 counties that make up the service areas of the University of South Florida and the University of Central Florida.

Structural Habitat Preferences In Norops Tropidolepis In The Presence And Absence Of Norops Humilis, December 2003, Greg Maximov

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Interspecific and intraspecific competitions are effectively reduced in populations of Anoline lizards through the use of niche separation. While much research has been done on this phenomenon, not much research addresses what happens to niche structure in the absence of a species. This project studies the effects of the absence of Norops humilis on the structural habitat preferences of N. tropidolepis in an area of cloud forest in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Between the 25th of October and the 14th of November 2003, an area of cloud forest above the Estación Biológica de Monteverde was searched thoroughly for Norops (Zones 3 …

Trail Length And Nutritional Value For Atta Cephalotes, December 2003, Erin Jacubec

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

The leaf-cutter ant Atta cephalotes has a complex society including workers who forage for leaf fragments used to grow fungus for food. The purpose of this project was to find if A. cephalotes’ head size and foraged leaf fragment size and quality changes with trail length. Twelve trail lengths were measured and fifty leaf fragments and ant head measurements were collected per trail. The leaf fragments and whole leaf samples were measured for nitrogen content and toughness. Results showed negative relationships between trail length and wet weight (simple regression, P=.0083) and trail length and dry weight (simple regression, P=.0007). Increasing …

Family Composition Of Vascular Epiphytes Varies By Directional Quadrant, December 2003, David N. Bums

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Vascular epiphytes are an extremely diverse and prevalent plant-form of neotropical cloud forests, and are strongly affected by abiotic factors including light and moisture. The goal of this study was to determine whether the family composition and diversity of vascular epiphytes living on pasture tree trunks differed by quadrant (northeast, northwest, southeast, and southwest). It was hypothesized that the northeast quadrant would exhibit the greatest diversity due to the mist-laden trade winds blowing from that direction. Twenty trees in a pasture surrounded by lower montane wet forest in Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica were divided into four quadrants and sampled for …

Effects Of Tree Buttresses On Nutrient Availability And Macroinvertebrate Species Richness, December 2003, Alyson P. Mack

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

This study tested the hypothesis that buttress microhabitats collect more leaf litter and have greater macroinvertebrate species richness, thereby increasing the leaf decomposition rate and providing more nutrient rich soil for the tree. Leaf litter deposition and decomposition rates, soil fertility (pH, [N], [P], |K]), and macroinvertebrate species richness (S, Smarg) were compared between microhabitats in buttressed and nonbuttressed trees and open areas in the lower montane cloud forest of Monteverde, Costa Rica. Results showed no significant difference between microhabitat types for soil pH levels (Kruskall-Wallis test, H= 3.188), soil [N] (Kruskall-Wallis test, H= 3.388), soil [P] (Kruskall-Wallis test, H= …

Flower Color And Shape Variation On An Elevational Gradient, December 2003, Sarah Fraser

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

Many flowering plant species have coevolved with pollinator species to form fairly specialized pollination systems that involve both color and shape of flowers, for example red and orange tubular-shaped flowers are attractive to hummingbirds and white, yellow, and blue disk and head shaped flowers are attractive to insects. In Monteverde, Puntarenas, Costa Rica an elevational gradient of pollinator animals has been observed such that cool temperatures in the high altitude regions limit insect activity to low elevations, thereby leaving the high elevation pollination to hummingbirds, leading to the hypothesis that flower color and shape patterns would reflect this pollinator gradient. …

A Survey Of The Herpetofauna Of The San Luis Valley, Costa Rica, In Three Microhabitats, December 2003, John Benjamin

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

I surveyed reptile and amphibian diversity in three types of microhabitats in the San Luis valley, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, an area whose herpetofauna has not yet been thoroughly inventoried. I sampled species richness and abundance using nine line transects of 150 m in length around the Ecolodge and Biological Station San Luis, located all 1150 m in elevation. Three transects were in riparian habitat,three were in forest habitat, and three were in pasture habitat. I found 14 species within the transect areas, and a total of 23 species in San Luis including specimens that were encountered outside the transects. Some …

Distribution Patterns Of The Tree Ferns Alsophila Erinacea And A. Polystichoides (Cyatheaceae) In Cloud Forests Of Monteverde, Costa Rica, December 2003, Stephen Gottschalk

Monteverde Institute: Tropical Ecology and Conservation

The effects of elevation on the tree ferns Alsophila erinacea and A. polystichoides (Cyatheaceae) distributions were examined between 1550 m and 1800 m in Monteverde, Costa Rica. Alsophila erinacea and A. polystichoides prefer similar habitat types and overlap almost completely in their elevational ranges, making them ideal species for comparison. Six transects were made in each of five-50 m elevational blocks between 1550 m and 1800 m for a total of 30 transects. Transects along a ridge trail were compared with those on a trail on the side of a slope and were found to contain considerably less Alsophila tree …

Supersweet Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2003, Elizabeth Maynard

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

Sixteen sweet corn cultivars including standard and modified supersweets were evaluated at the Pinney-Purdue Ag. Center, Wanatah, IN. Yield and ear quality characteristics are reported.

Jalapeño And Banana Pepper Cultivar Trials In Northern Indiana, 2003, Mario R. Morales, Elizabeth T. Maynard

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

This article reports on the evaluation of standard and new experimental cultivars of jalapeno and banana peppers. Yield, fruit size, and plant size are reported.

Grape Tomato Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2003, Elizabeth Maynard

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

Four grape tomato varieties were evaluated in a replicated trial at the Pinney-Purdue Agricultural Center in Wanatah, Indiana. A fifth grape variety and one cherry variety were observed in unreplicated plots. Yield, plant, and fruit characteristics are reported.

Rank-Aware Query Optimization, Ihab F. Ilyas, Rahul Shah, Walid G. Aref, Jeffrey S. Vitter, Ahmed K. Almagarmid

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Efficient Execution Of Sliding-Window Queries Over Data Streams, Moustafa A. Hammad, Walid G. Aref, Michael J. Franklin, Mohammed P. Mokbel, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Jalapeño Pepper Cultivar Observation In Northern Indiana, 2003, Mario R. Morales, Elizabeth Maynard

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

This article reports on an observation trial of standard Jalapeño cultivars. Yield, fruit size, and plant size are reported.

Pumpkin Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2003, Elizabeth Maynard

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

Pumpkin varieties and experimental lines were evaluated at the Kurtz Farm in Allen County, Indiana. Twenty-two jack-o-lantern types, 4 pie types, and 4 mini-pumpkins were included in the trial. Yield and fruit characteristics are reported.

Muskmelon Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2003, Elizabeth Maynard

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

Muskmelon varieties were evaluated at Garwood Orchards in LaPorte County. Six experimental hybrids were compared to the cultivar Vienna. Yield and fruit characteristics are reported.

Sugar-Enhanced Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2003, Elizabeth Maynard

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

Twenty-two sweet corn cultivars including homozygous se, heterozygous se, and mixed se and sh2 genetics were evaluated at the Pinney-Purdue Ag Center, Wanatah, IN. Yield and ear quality characteristics are reported.

Jalapeño And Banana Pepper Cultivar Trials In Northern Indiana, 2003, Mario R. Morales, Elizabeth T. Maynard

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

This article reports on the evaluation of standard and new experimental cultivars of jalapeno and banana peppers. Yield, fruit size, and plant size are reported.

Supersweet Sweet Corn Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2003, Elizabeth Maynard

Midwest Vegetable Trial Reports

Sixteen sweet corn cultivars including standard and modified supersweets were evaluated at the Pinney-Purdue Ag. Center, Wanatah, IN. Yield and ear quality characteristics are reported.

Understanding The Impact Of Shill Bidding In Online English Auctions, Bharat Bhargava, Mamata Jenamani, Yuhui Zhong

Department of Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.

Selected Bibliography Of Work About And Of Edward Said's Texts, Clare Callaghan

CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

No abstract provided.

Muskmelon Cultivar Evaluation For Northern Indiana, 2003, Elizabeth Maynard

Purdue Fruit and Vegetable Research Reports

Muskmelon varieties were evaluated at Garwood Orchards in LaPorte County. Six experimental hybrids were compared to the cultivar Vienna. Yield and fruit characteristics are reported.