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Joint Source-Channel Coding For A Quantum Multiple Access Channel, Mark M. Wilde, Ivan Savov

Faculty Publications

Suppose that two senders each obtain one share of the output of a classical, bivariate, correlated information source. They would like to transmit the correlated source to a receiver using a quantum multiple access channel. In prior work, Cover, El Gamal and Salehi provided a combined source-channel coding strategy for a classical multiple access channel which outperforms the simpler separation strategy where separate codebooks are used for the source coding and the channel coding tasks. In this paper, we prove that a coding strategy similar to the Cover-El Gamal-Salehi strategy and a corresponding quantum simultaneous decoder allow for the reliable …

Joint Topic Modeling For Event Summarization Across News And Social Media Streams, Wei Gao, Peng Li, Kareem Darwish

Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems

Social media streams such as Twitter are regarded as faster first-hand sources of information generated by massive users. The content diffused through this channel, although noisy, provides important complement and sometimes even a substitute to the traditional news media reporting. In this paper, we propose a novel unsupervised approach based on topic modeling to summarize trending subjects by jointly discovering the representative and complementary information from news and tweets. Our method captures the content that enriches the subject matter by reinforcing the identification of complementary sentence-tweet pairs. To valuate the complementarity of a pair, we leverage topic modeling formalism by …

Engineering Students' Paper Takes Second Place In National Competition, Edwin Smith

University of Mississippi News

Ole Miss duo bests entries from 11 other engineering colleges

2012-11-02 General Education Council Meeting Minutes, Morehead State University. Faculty Senate., General Education Council.

Faculty Senate Records

General Education Council meeting minutes from November 2, 2012.

On Regular And Binary Matroids Without Small Minors, Kayla Davis Harville

Combinatorics Seminar

A matroid is a mathematical set system that is a common generalization of the concepts of a graph and of a projective geometry. Many important results in combinatorics deal with excluded-minor characterizations of classes of graphs and matroids. One famous example of such a result is Kuratowskis Theorem which states that a graph is planar if and only if it is K5K33free. Guoli Ding and Cheng Liu have characterized many classes of graphs that are H-free for graphs H with fewer than twelve edges. We have extended some of their results to the class of regular 3-connected matroids. Dillon Mayhew …

How Six Secondary Science Teachers Make Curricular And Pedagogical Decisions: Influencing Factors, Wade V. Forester

Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Improved Optical Probe For Measuring Phytoplankton Suspension Concentrations Based On Optical Fluoresensce And Absorption, Retno Wigajatri Purnamaningsih, Nining Betawati Prihantini

Makara Journal of Technology

This paper discusses the results of improved optical probe that works according to optical fluorescence and absorption phenomena for measuring the phytoplankton suspension concentrations. Measurements are made on the Scenedesmus sp. culture. The laboratory test has shown that range of concentration from 104 up to around 1 x 106 cells/mL; fluorescence intensity at λ = 685 nm; and logarithmic of transmission intensity at λ = 405 nm are proportional to the cell concentration linear with proportional constant γ = 4 × 10-5 and β = –2 × 10-7 mL/cell respectively.

Mechanical And Thermal Properties Of Polypropylene Reinforced By Calcined And Uncalcined Zeolite, Nurdin Bukit

Makara Journal of Technology

This study was carried out to compare mechanical and thermal properties of polypropylene (PP) reinforced with uncalcined and calcined zeolites. The PP samples were reinforced with zeolites at various quantities of 2, 4, and 6 (wt %). The comparison of the two types of zeolite was based on mechanical properties, including tensile strength, elongation at break, and Young’s modulus, and thermal characteristics analyzed using DSC, and DTA/TGA technique. The results obtained clearly revealed that both zeolites were able to significantly increase tensile strength and Young’s modulus of the samples, with calcined zeolite was found to work better. Addition of calcined …

Russell Vs. Dewey On Education, Michael J. Rockler

Education and Culture

Bertrand Russell and John Dewey, major philosophers of the twentieth century, shared many important views on education. However, it is both interesting and instructive to note their differences about the nature of content, the role of democracy in education and the process of individual development. Both philosophers were progressive educators who wanted schools to be experiential and secular. While many aspects of Dewey's thinking about schooling remain a definitive part of modern pedagogy, Russell's perspectives add dimensions missing from Dewey which were derived from Russell's unique life experiences and intellect.

A Quantitative Simulation Study Of Obesity Development Among A Young Population, Grant Zhao, Kevin Hall

International Journal of Exercise Science: Conference Proceedings

Purpose: Studying the process of obesity development among a real human population is difficult due to its impracticalities and ethical limitations. Our study aims to discover quantitative relationships and patterns in body weight change and obesity development via a novel approach - mathematical modeling of human metabolism and body weight simulation. Methods: Using publicly available data from the CDC, 1000 male and 1000 female individuals 18 years of age were randomly generated as a virtual population following a normal distribution in body weight and height. Three sample groups, each consisting of 100 male and 100 female individuals, were randomly selected …

Reflection And Passion In Teaching, Maxine Greene

Education and Culture

In the current efforts to account for the failings of American education, the searchlight of attention has been turned to the quality of teaching. The implication seems to be that teaching, among all the variables that affect colleges and schools, is most susceptible to management and repair. The themes recur in state after state: career ladders, merit pay, teacher testing, job analysis, effectiveness measures, definitions of "mastery." Salary increases are made contingent on their adoption. Official interest, however, focuses on their motivational and managerial aspects; and there is a taken-for-grantedness with respect to the idea that enhanced teacher quality will …

Training And Educating: A Critique Of Technical-Mindedness In Teacher Education, Landon Beyer

Education and Culture

No abstract provided.

The Economic Impact Of Latin American & Other Immigrants Iowa, Nebraska And The Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area, Christopher Decker, Jerry Deichert, Lourdes Gouveia

Latino/Latin American Studies Reports

Although recent research from the Pew Hispanic Center suggests that the rate of recent immigration to the United States has slowed considerably, other studies clearly show that immigrants make substantial economic contributions to the communities in which they settle.

This report focuses attention on the quantitative economic impact of first-generation, foreign-born individuals on the Omaha-Council Bluffs economy as well as the Nebraska and Iowa state economies in 2010.

Geochemistry And Geochronology Of The Central Metasedimentary Belt Boundary Thrust Zone Thrust Sheets In Southern Ontario, Grenville Province, Kenjo Agustsson

Natural Resources Management and Environmental Sciences

Studies of pre-Grenvillian (1.4–1.3 Ga) plutons offer insight into the dynamics of arc amalgamation and backarc rifting prior to continental collision in the Ottawan orogeny. The Central Metasedimentary Belt boundary thrust zone (CMBbtz) is a northeast–southwest trending thrust zone consisting of metaplutonic thrust sheets enveloped in gneissic tectonites and calcitic– dolomitic marbles. Tonalitic CMBbtz thrust sheets (Dysart and Redstone) are made up of upper amphibolite-facies, foliation-concordant metatonalites (+ amphibole ± biotite ± accessory zircon and titanite) and amphibolites (± biotite ± clinopyroxene), and are located in the southern Ontario Grenville Province. These thrust sheets are thought to have formed and …

Focusing On Size And Energy Dependence Of Electron Microbursts From The Van Allen Radiation Belts, Harlan E. Spence, J. B. Blake, A. B. Crew, S. Driscoll, D. M. Klumpar, B. A. Larsen, Jason S. Legere, S. Longworth, E. Mosleh, T. P. O'Brien, Sonya S. Smith, L. Springer, W. Widholm

Physics & Astronomy

No abstract provided.

Radar Signal Delay In The Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati Gravity In The Vicinity Of The Sun, Ioannis Haranas, Omiros Ragos, Ioannis Gkigkitzis

Physics and Computer Science Faculty Publications

In this paper we examine the recently introduced Dvali-Gabadadze-Porrati (DGP) gravity model. We use the space time metric in which the local gravitation source dominates the metric over the contributions from the cosmological flow. Anticipating ideal possible solar system effects we derive expressions for the signal time delays in the vicinity of the sun, and for various angles of the signal approach. We use the corresponding numerical value for the parameter r₀ to be equal to 5 Mpc, and from that we calculate that the time contribution due to DGP correction to the metric is proportional to b^{3/2 …}

Requests Of Brown By Lc Classification: November 2012, Ruth E.. Souto

HELIN Monthly Loan Statistics

Requests of Brown from other HELIN libraries - November 2012

The Fierce Green Fire: Vol. 3 Issue 8, Wofford College Environmental Studies Program

The Fierce Green Fire

No abstract provided.

Women's Tennis Media Guide 2012-13, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

The 2012 Wofford College women’s tennis media guide is a publication of the Wofford athletic media relations office. Editor: Ryan Bridges. Editorial assistance provided by Brent Williamson and Katie Hangstefer. Research conducted by Phillip Stone of the Wofford Library Archives. Photographs provided by Willis Glassgow, Mark Olencki, and Ryan Bridges. Headshots by Mark Olencki.

Men's Tennis Media Guide 2012-13, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

The 2012 Wofford College women’s tennis media guide is a publication of the Wofford athletic media relations office. Editor: Ryan Bridges. Editorial assistance provided by Brent Williamson and Katie Hangstefer. Research conducted by Phillip Stone of the Wofford Library Archives. Photographs provided by Willis Glassgow, Mark Olencki, and Ryan Bridges. Headshots by Mark Olencki.

Men's Basketball Media Guide 2012-2013, Wofford College. Department Of Athletics

Media Guides

No abstract provided.

Gsu View, 2012-11, Office Of Marketing And Communications

GSU View

Newsletter published by Governors State University 2007-current.

Impact Of An Online Homework Program On The Achievement Of College Students Enrolled In First Semester General Chemistry, Brian D. Huesgen

Dissertations

Technology is finding an ever increasing role in university level courses. One area of particular interest is the use of online or computer based homework programs. This study investigated the potential impact of one of the leading commercial chemistry homework management systems on the performance of students in a first semester general chemistry course. Two groups of students were identified, one which used a basic homework program and one which used a Web-based, customizable, problem-grading application that was provided prompt feedback. The 2005 American Chemical Society First Semester General Chemistry Exam as the benchmark of understanding general chemistry. No statistically …

Math Students Selected To Attend Field Of Dreams Conference In Arizona, Winthrop University

Winthrop News 2012

• Johnakin Martin and Hannah Swan have been chosen to attend the Field of Dreams Conference in Phoenix, Ariz.
• The conference will run from Nov. 2-4 at Arizona State University.
• The conference is sponsored by the National Alliance for Doctoral Studies in Mathematical Sciences.

Logic Modeling And The Ridiculome Under The Rug, Michael L. Blinov, Ion I. Moraru

UCHC Articles - Research

Logic-derived modeling has been used to map biological networks and to study arbitrary functional interactions, and fine-grained kinetic modeling can accurately predict the detailed behavior of well-characterized molecular systems; at present, however, neither approach comes close to unraveling the full complexity of a cell. The current data revolution offers significant promises and challenges to both approaches - and could bring them together as it has spurred the development of new methods and tools that may help to bridge the many gaps between data, models, and mechanistic understanding.

Have you used logic modeling in your research? It would not be surprising …

How I Would Like Semantic Web To Be, For My Children., Raghava Mutharaju

Kno.e.sis Publications

Semantic Web, since its inception, has gone through lot of developments in its relatively nascent existence; right from people's perception, to the standards and to its adoption by the industry and more importantly by the scientific community. This impressive growth only seems to increase. In this paper, we project this growth to the next 10 years and highlight some of the facets on which Semantic Web could have a major impact on. We also present the challenges that Semantic Web and its community has to deal with in order to get there.

Evolutionary And Practical Implications Of Pseudo-Estrus Behavior In Florida Panthers (Puma Concolor Coryi), John F. Benson, Mark A. Lotz, E. Darrell Land, Dave P. Onorato

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Estrus behavior by females for reasons other than reproduction (pseudo-estrus) has been reported in species of primates and felids, and alternative hypotheses have been put forth to explain its evolution and function. We observed 3 separate cases of pseudo-estrus behavior by 2 Puma concolor coryi (Florida Panther) females while they were nursing young (old) kittens. We used VHF and GPS telemetry data, genetic pedigree analysis, and visual observations to provide insight into the evolutionary and practical implications of this behavior for Panthers. We suggest that female Panthers likely consort with males while nursing kittens to maintain amicable relations with these …

Lynx Tale, November 2012, Lindenwood University

Lynx Tale

The Lynx Tale was a Lindenwood University-Belleville student centered newspaper that informed students on upcoming events and news on campus.

Zadeh's Vision Of Going From Fuzzy To Computing With Words: From The Idea's Origin To Current Successes To Remaining Challenges, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

No abstract provided.

Scholarworks Statistics - November 2012, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

For the month of November 2012, ScholarWorks recorded a total of 26,169 full-text downloads and 13,296 page views.