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Javalite - An Operational Semantics For Modeling Java Programs, Saint Oming'o Wesonga

Theses and Dissertations

Java is currently a widely used programming language. However, there is no formal definition of Java's semantics. Consequently, Java code does not have a universal meaning. This work discusses recent attempts to formalize Java and presents a new formalism of Java called Javalite. In contrast to common approaches to formalization, Javalite is purely syntactic in its definition. Syntactic operational semantics use the structure of the language to define its behavior. Javalite models most Java features with notable exceptions being threads, reflection, and interfaces. This work presents an executable semi-formal model of Javalite in PLT Redex. Being executable means that Javalite …

The Probability Distribution Of The Sum Of Several Dice: Slot Applications, Ashok K. Singh, Rohan J. Dalpatadu, Anthony F. Lucas

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

The probability distribution of the sum of two fair dice is used to calculate the house advantage of various bets in craps, and is readily available in probability and statistics books and gaming literature. The probability distribution of the sum of A: dice (for k >= 3) is derived in this paper using the method of moment generating function. A recursion formula for deriving the probability distribution of the sum of k dice (for k >= 3) from the probability distribution of the stun of k-1 dice is also given. There are no gaming books or journal articles that demonstrate …

The Evf Model: A Novel Framework For Understanding Gambling And, By Extension, Poker, Arthur S. Reber

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

There are several senses in which the term gambling is used. All have liabilities, problems that have muddied the waters in scientific research, generated conflicting legal decisions, compromised debates over ethical and moral issues, and have led to uneven legislation. Here, a novel framework for the term is offered, based on two continuous variables: a) the Expected Value (EV) of any arbitrary game and, b) the inherent Flexibility (F) of that game. This EVF model produces a classification system for all the enterprises that can or have been called gambling. It is one that allows for more measured decisions to …

Clustering High Dimensional Sparse Casino Player Tracking Datasets, Ross Iaci, Ashok K. Singh

UNLV Gaming Research & Review Journal

In this article, we propose an iterative procedure for clustering sparse high dimensional transaction datasets, specifically two casino player tracking datasets. a common problem in clustering sparse datasets with very large dimensions is that in addition to classical techniques of clustering being unable to provide useful results, latent variable methods used for clustering often do not lead to sufficient data reduction to yield useful and informative results either. initially, we propose a straightforward resorting of the full dataset and then define an information based sparsity index to subset the sorted data. this new dimension reduced dataset is less sparse, and …

Could The Best Of Tightrope Walkers Manage To Walk The Line Between Race-Consciousness And Race-Predominance? An Analysis Of Race-Based Districting In Light Of Miller V. Johnson, Sean Simpson

Pepperdine Law Review

No abstract provided.

"We Will Teach What Democracy Really Means By Living Democratically Within Our Own Schools:" Lessons From The Personal Experience Of Teachers Who Taught In The Mississippi Freedom Schools, George W. Chilcoat, Jerry A. Ligon

Education and Culture

No abstract provided.

Performative Energies And Cultures: Ornament And (As) Structure, Banush Shyqeriu

UBT International Conference

Recently a great concern and interest has risen on ornament, which pushes us to render back its genesis, its worse times and its new frontiers. This paper will be presented through a methodology which employs historical, theoretical and cultural implications of ornament in Architecture, as well as the present interest and developments on it, in the scope of advances in design and emerging technologies. A key figure in this discourse is the 19th century German architect Gottfried Semper. His interest in ornament, textile and tectonics through searching the origins of Art and Architecture, provides us with crucial facts for the …

Mechatronics And Mechatronics Management, Peter Kopacek

UBT International Conference

Mechatronics bringing together a number of technologies mechanical engineering, control engineering, electrical engineering, electronic engineering,computer technology. Mechatronics as an umbrella integrates areas of technology like measurement systems and sensors, actuation systems and drives, systems behavior, control, and microprocessor systems. Education in Mechatronics is highly interdisplinary. Graduates with a BSc or MSc degree in Mechatronics get usually higher or medium management positions in Industry requiring some knowledge in management. Therefore an education program ―Mechatronics Management‖ was developed by an international consortium and implemented at UBT in Prishtina

Dynamic Modeling And Analysis Of Propulsion Effect Of 3 Dof Robot, Ahmet Shala, Xhevahir Bajrami

UBT International Conference

Dynamical Modeling of robots is commonly first important step of Modeling, Analysis and Control of robotic systems. This paper is focused on using Denavit-Hartenberg (DH) convention for kinematics and Newton-Euler Formulations for dynamic modeling of 3 DoF - Degree of Freedom of 3D robot. The process of deriving of dynamical model is done using Software Maple. Simulations are done using Matlab/Simulink for analysis of propulsion effect under Earth gravity when First Link rotates with 1000 rpm, second Link can move free in vertical direction and Third Link can rotates free around their rotations axle. Simulations results shows very good propulsion …

Material Balance Adjustement In Raw Material Processing, Migena Hoxha, Piro Zoga, Aida Bode

UBT International Conference

Circuit of one processing plant was studied in order to adjust the mass balance. The granulometric composition of the streams that belong to grinding and classifying processes was analysed, while the chemical content was determined only at the streams related to separation process. Three connection matrixes are considered in this paper, one corresponding to the size fraction equations, the second corresponding to the chemical content measurements and the third, the solid flow rate balance. The technique used consisted of filtering all the data by a weighted least-squares procedure. Then running the output data in a custom designed feature of the …

Nanotechnology And His Effects In Medicine, Hatixhe Bilibashi

UBT International Conference

Nanotechnology is a great revolution in the field of information technology that has effects on almost every aspect of the human society nowadays. It is one of the technologies with huge potentials in many directions. Nanotechnology can be defined as the manipulation, precision-placement, modeling and manufacture of material at the nanometer scale (One meter consists of 1 billion nanometers) ( 10〗^(-9) of a meter). ).Therefore nanotechnology can help save the lives of many people. Main fields in medicine where nanotechnology can be found are the control and prevention of cancer, diagnostication of the drug dependance, diagnostication of the diabet es, …

The Surface Distribution Of Oil Spills, The Environmental Status Of The Visoka Oilfield, Its Rehabilitation Ways: Case Study, Nevton Kodhelaj, Aida Bode, Piro Zoga, Nevina Koja, Esmeralda Zeqo, Dulian Zeqiraj

UBT International Conference

Visoka oilfield was explored in 1963 through the well G-622. In this oilfield had been drilled more than 170 production wells. Through all this years of its exploitation, mainly because of the outdated technology, the environmental pollution reached really dramatic values. The pollution extends on the Visoka village, affecting so the life for the entire community. The oil spills, the gas emissions and the formation water affected and polluted and ―k illed‖ the Gjanica River, its delta and the Adriatic coast in the Semani beach. Due to the technology and the completely wrong policies, used in the past, the wells …

Advancement Of The Plastering Machine, Bujar Ademi, Peter Kopacek

UBT International Conference

Automation of water flow at plastering machines is a solution which serves the process of plastering, to adhere international standards.Automation of water flow by taking signals from the condition of the material depending on humidity. So its output is used to influence the increase or decrease of the amount of water flow in the valve.Water flow automation is a system which consists of several components in which the already, develop different processes. To realese the feedback we need a sensor which is built by piezoelemnt in which we have the phenomenon of the frequency. With which we have to create …

The Effectiveness Of The Use Of Solar Panels In Hotels Of Durres Area, Asllan Hajderi, Shkelqim Gjevori

UBT International Conference

In the present study is analyzing the case of the application of solar energy with vacuum tube collectors for heating water for sanitary needs in hotels of Durres areas. In recent years there has been a special interest by the leading authorities to the EU countries and the U.S., for the use of renewable energies in general and solar energy in particular. This is mainly related with the reduction of environmental pollution from gas CO2, which directly influences the greenhouse effect and global warming. Unlike other forms of renewable energy, like wind turbines, photovoltaic panels and biomass usages, the use …

Computer Aided Analysis Of Kinematics And Kinetostatics Of Six-Bar Linkage Mechanism Through The Contour Method, Qelaj Mehmet, Likaj Ramë

UBT International Conference

In this paper is presented a six-bar linkage mechanism of the pump for oil extrusion. In this mechanism are introduced even higher kinematic pairs. Dimensions and other incoming links will be adopted as necessary. For the six-bar linkage mechanism will be carried out the kinematic analysis and for all linkages will be presented the displacement, velocity and acceleration. The analysis will be performed by MathCad software, while kinetostatic analysis will be carried out using Contour Method, comparing results of two different software‘s MathCAD and Working Model. The simulation parameters will be computed for all points of the contours of mechanism.

Water Resources Systems Planning And Management, Piro Zoga, Aida Bode, Ramiz Balla, Nevton Kodhelaj, Spartak Kucaj

UBT International Conference

The most fundamental human needs of water are for drinking, cooking and personal hygiene. In order to fulfill these needs, the quality of the water used should cause no risk to human health. The quality of the water in nature also affects the condition of ecosystems all living organisms depend on. At the same time, humans use water bodies as convenient sinks for the disposal of domestic, industrial and agricultural wastewaters. This, of course, degrades the quality of those water bodies. Water resources management involves the monitoring and management of water quality as much as the monitoring and management of …

Urban Waste Water Discharges And Their Treatment: Case Study Waste Water Treatment Plant Of Kavaja (Wwtpk), Aida Bode, Nevton Kodhelaj, Piro Zoga, Doriana Xhulaj

UBT International Conference

WWTPK is the first plant built sewage purification in the Republic of Albania (RA). This plant it is placed in the Kavaja region, district of Tirana. For this is an important area sewage treatment and waste water treatment according to the standards of the Ministry of Environment, Forestry and Water Management (MoE) in Republic of Albania and not directly discharged untreated in nature. In order to determine productivity of the IPUZ and to predict the future of the operation, the results of the analysis of BOD, COD, SS are produced. According to chemical analyzes carried out in the period from …

Research Of Agronomic And Quality Traits Of Winter Barley Varieties (Hordeum Vulgare L.) Under Growing Conditions In The Republic Of Kosovo, Nexhdet Shala, Bakir Kelmendi

UBT International Conference

The object of this paper is the research of agronomic and quality trains of winter varieties (hordeum vulgare L.) their adaptability and specific reactions towards growing conditions in the Republic of Kosovo. During three year trails on localities in Dukagjini area and area of Kosovo we researched 5 winter barley varieties. Environment has been explored together with estimation of significant parameters of grain yield, hectoliter weight, protein and starch content. Impact of year, location and variety on grain yield, hectoliter grain weight, protein and starch content has been estimated by analysis of variance. Environmental effects of planting barley cultivars in …

Subject Matter In John Dewey: Making Objects Of Knowledge, J. J. Chambliss

Education and Culture

The aim of this essay is to characterize Dewey's attempts to put "broken" experience back together as an inquiry into the nature of subject matter. In a syllabus for "Introduction to Philosophy," a course taught at the University of Michigan in 1892, John Dewey worked on a problematic that was to continue to engage him right down to his collaborative work with Arthur F. Bentley, which culminated in the essays published as Knowing and the Known in 1949. Beginning with a "General Statement of Nature of Experience" in the 1892 syllabus, Dewey pointed out that "our experience is simply what …

School Reform And The Tragic Sense Of Possibility, Richard A. Gibboney

Education and Culture

No abstract provided.

Longitudinal Functional Models With Structured Penalties, Madan G. Kundu, Jaroslaw Harezlak, Timothy W. Randolph

Johns Hopkins University, Dept. of Biostatistics Working Papers

Collection of functional data is becoming increasingly common including longitudinal observations in many studies. For example, we use magnetic resonance (MR) spectra collected over a period of time from late stage HIV patients. MR spectroscopy (MRS) produces a spectrum which is a mixture of metabolite spectra, instrument noise and baseline profile. Analysis of such data typically proceeds in two separate steps: feature extraction and regression modeling. In contrast, a recently-proposed approach, called partially empirical eigenvectors for regression (PEER) (Randolph, Harezlak and Feng, 2012), for functional linear models incorporates a priori knowledge via a scientifically-informed penalty operator in the regression function …

Estimating Proportions By Group Testing: A Frequentist Approach, Charles Katholi

Probability & Statistics Seminar

Group testing is a statistical method for estimating proportions of a factor in a population by testing pools of subjects rather than individuals. Although group testing has been in the literature since 1943, the use of the method has increased dramatically in the last two decades because of the development of screening methods based on DNA amplification by PCR. The probability model for this approach is presented and a short history of the method and a survey of known results are given. Two cases are distinguished; when the pool sizes are equal and when they are not equal. A new …

The Tiger Vol. 106 Issue 21 2012-11-02, Clemson University

Tiger Newspapers

No abstract provided.

Campus Report, Vol. 40, No. 3, University Of Dayton

Campus Report

The publication for faculty and staff of the University of Dayton. Mirror of Hope; Common Academic Program; new financial aid model.

Reporter - November 2nd 2012, Rit Reporter Staff

University Publications

No abstract provided.

Agenda And Minutes, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg General Education Committee Meeting, November 2, 2012, University Of South Florida St. Petersburg. Faculty Senate. General Education Committee

USF St. Petersburg General Education Committee Meetings

Agenda and minutes from the November 2, 2012, meeting of the General Education Committee of the University of South Florida St. Petersburg's Faculty Senate.

Conformations Of Islet Amyloid Polypeptide Monomers In A Membrane Environment: Implications For Fibril Formation, Mojie Duan, Jue Fan, Shuanghong Huo

Chemistry

The amyloid fibrils formed by islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) are associated with type II diabetes. One of the proposed mechanisms of the toxicity of IAPP is that it causes membrane damage. The fatal mutation of S20G human IAPP was reported to lead to early onset of type II diabetes and high tendency of amyloid formation in vitro. Characterizing the structural features of the S20G mutant in its monomeric state is experimentally difficult because of its unusually fast aggregation rate. Computational work complements experimental studies. We performed a series of molecular dynamics simulations of the monomeric state of human variants in …

Mechanism Of Action Studies On A New Class Of Anticancer Nucleosides, Megan E. Browning

Theses and Dissertations

We have completed mechanism of action studies on a new class of anticancer nucleosides typified by a novel nucleoside discovered in our lab, MAP-870. In order to study the mechanism of MAP-870, several experiments were completed on a colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line, HT-29, including trypan blue cell count, sulforhodamine B assays, flow cytometry of cell cycle, propidium iodide incorporation, and phosphatidylserine externalization, Caspase-Glo3/7 assays, DNA fragmentation gel, cyclophilin A release gel, PAMPA, and confocal imaging. Sulforhodamine B assays show that MAP-870 does indeed cause growth inhibition and cell death in the model tested. PAMPA assays show that MAP-870 does not …

Coastal Physical Vulnerability Of Surabaya And Its Surrounding Area To Sea Level Rise, Sayidah Sulma, Eko Kusratmoko, Ratna Saraswati

Makara Journal of Technology

The study for coastal vulnerability to sea level rise was carried out in Surabaya and its surrounding area, it has focused on calculations of the physical vulnerability index were used coastal vulnerability index (CVI) methods. It was standardized by the multi criteria analysis (MCA) approach according to the study area. The score of each physical variable derived from remote sensing satellite data and the results of studies that have been done, such as modeling results and thematic maps, and then integrated into geographic information systems (GIS). Result of this study shows that the coastal areas of Gresik, Surabaya, and Sidoarjo …