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On-Road Remote Sensing Of Automobile Emissions In The Tulsa Area: Fall 2013, Gary A. Bishop, Donald H. Stedman Jan 2014

On-Road Remote Sensing Of Automobile Emissions In The Tulsa Area: Fall 2013, Gary A. Bishop, Donald H. Stedman

Fuel Efficiency Automobile Test Publications

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Neural And Behavioral Effects Of Being Excluded By The Targets Of A Witnessed Social Exclusion, Kaitlin R. Dunn Jan 2014

Neural And Behavioral Effects Of Being Excluded By The Targets Of A Witnessed Social Exclusion, Kaitlin R. Dunn

Honors Projects

The consequences of social exclusion can be extremely detrimental to physical and emotional well being, ranging from mild distress to extreme violence and aggression. Research findings indicate that witnessing exclusion is just as common as experiencing exclusion and can invoke similar levels of distress. As such, it is also important to examine responses and reactions to the targets after witnessing it. Accordingly, this study examined the association between witnessing and experiencing social exclusion and event-related brain potential (ERP) activity. ERPs were collected while participants played a game of Cyberball with the previous targets of a witnessed inclusion or exclusion and …

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Modelling Learning To Count In Humanoid Robots, Marek Rucinski Jan 2014

Modelling Learning To Count In Humanoid Robots, Marek Rucinski

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

This thesis concerns the formulation of novel developmental robotics models of embodied phenomena in number learning. Learning to count is believed to be of paramount importance for the acquisition of the remarkable fluency with which humans are able to manipulate numbers and other abstract concepts derived from them later in life. The ever-increasing amount of evidence for the embodied nature of human mathematical thinking suggests that the investigation of numerical cognition with the use of robotic cognitive models has a high potential of contributing toward the better understanding of the involved mechanisms. This thesis focuses on two particular groups of …

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The Contribution Of Planning-Related Motor Processes To Mental Practice And Imitation Learning, Bassem Khalaf Jan 2014

The Contribution Of Planning-Related Motor Processes To Mental Practice And Imitation Learning, Bassem Khalaf

School of Psychology Theses

It is still controversial whether mental practice – the internal rehearsal of movements to improve later performance – relies on processes engaged during physical motor performance and, if so, which processes these are. This series of experiments investigates this question. It utilizes a framework of ideomotor action planning theories, and tests whether mental practice may specifically draw upon planning- rather than execution-related motor processes, specifically those processes that “bind” intended action features to action plans. Experiments 1 to 4 utilize a classical stimulus response compatibility paradigm. Participants mentally practiced complex rhythms with either feet or hands while using the same …

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A Review Of The Hl-93 Bridge Traffic Load Model Using An Extensive Wim Database, Cathal Leahy, Eugene J. Obrien, Bernard Enright, Donya Hajializadeh Jan 2014

A Review Of The Hl-93 Bridge Traffic Load Model Using An Extensive Wim Database, Cathal Leahy, Eugene J. Obrien, Bernard Enright, Donya Hajializadeh

Articles

HL-93, the current bridge traffic load model used in the United States, is examined here. Weigh-in-motion from 17 sites in 16 states, and containing 74 million truck records, is used to assess the level of consistency in the characteristic load effects implied by the HL-93 model. The load effects of bending moment and shear force are considered on single-lane and two-lane same-direction slab and girder bridges with a range of spans. It is found that the ratio of WIM-implied to HL-93 load effect varies considerably from one load effect to another. An alternative model is proposed which achieves improvements in …

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Photocatalytic Activity Indicator Inks For Probing A Wide Range Of Surfaces, Suresh Pillai, Andrew Mills, James Hepburn, David Hazafy, Christopher O'Rourke, Nathan Wells, Josef Krysa, Michal Baudys, Martin Zlamal, Hana Bartkova, Claire E. Hill, Kim R. Winn, Morten E. Simonsen, Erik G. Sogaard, Swagata Banerjee, Rachel Fagan Jan 2014

Photocatalytic Activity Indicator Inks For Probing A Wide Range Of Surfaces, Suresh Pillai, Andrew Mills, James Hepburn, David Hazafy, Christopher O'Rourke, Nathan Wells, Josef Krysa, Michal Baudys, Martin Zlamal, Hana Bartkova, Claire E. Hill, Kim R. Winn, Morten E. Simonsen, Erik G. Sogaard, Swagata Banerjee, Rachel Fagan

Articles

Three photocatalyst inks based on the redox dyes, Resazurin (Rz), Basic Blue 66 (BB66) and Acid Violet 7 (AV7, are used to assess the photocatalytic activities of a variety of different materials, such as commercial paint, tiles and glass and laboratory made samples of sol-gel coated glass and paint, which collectively exhibit a wide range of activities that cannot currently be probed by any one of the existing ISO tests. Unlike the ISO tests, the ink tests are fast (typically < 10 min), simple to employ and inexpensive. Previous work indicates that the Rz ink test at least correlates linearly with other photocatalytic tests such as the photomineralisation of stearic acid. The average time to bleach 90% of the key RGB colour component of the ink (red for Rz and BB66 inks) and green for AV7 ink) is determined, ttb(90), for eight samples of each of the different materials tested. Five laboratories conducted the tests and the results revealed an average repeatability and reproducibility of: ca. 11% and ca 21%, respectively, which compare well with those reported for the current ISO tests. Additional work on commercial self-cleaning glass using an Rz ink showed that the change in the red component of the RGB image of the ink correlated linearly with that of the change of absorbance (at 608 nm) (as measured using UV/Vis spectroscopy) and the change in the a* component of the Lab colour analysis of the ink, as measured using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. As a consequence, all three methods generate the same ttb(90). The advantages of the RGB digital image analysis method are discussed briefly.

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Effects Of Age And Syntactic Complexity On Speech Motor Performance, Christopher Dromey, Kelsey Boyce, Ron Channell Jan 2014

Effects Of Age And Syntactic Complexity On Speech Motor Performance, Christopher Dromey, Kelsey Boyce, Ron Channell

Faculty Publications

Purpose: This study investigated the effect of age on articulatory movement and stability in young, middle-age, and older adults. It also examined the potential influence of linguistic complexity on speech motor control across utterances that differed in their length and grammatical complexity. Method: There were 60 participants in 3 age groups:20–30 years, 40–50 years, and 60–70 years, with equal numbers of men and women in each group. The speakers produced 10 repetitions of 5 different stimuli—each of which included the same bilabial-loaded phrase in different grammatical contexts—while their lip movements were recorded. Results: Participants from the 60-year-old group had significantly …

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William H. Ashley's Newly Discovered 1826 Fur Trade Journal, Jay H. Buckley Jan 2014

William H. Ashley's Newly Discovered 1826 Fur Trade Journal, Jay H. Buckley

Faculty Publications

Fur trade historians have longed for more documentation to answer questions relating to the for trade in 1826. That year marked William Ashley's last foray (and Robert Campbell's inaugural venture) into the Rockies. Fortunately, a missing piece of that puzzle has now been found in the form of an 1826 diary and rendezvous business record that provides some answers while simultaneously raising a few additional questions. The full diary, reproduced with transcription, follows this article.

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The Edition, 30th Of April, 2014, Dit News Society Jan 2014

The Edition, 30th Of April, 2014, Dit News Society

Student Publications

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Brain-Computer Music Interfacing: Interdisciplinary Research At The Crossroads Of Music, Science And Biomedical Engineering, Er Miranda Jan 2014

Brain-Computer Music Interfacing: Interdisciplinary Research At The Crossroads Of Music, Science And Biomedical Engineering, Er Miranda

School of Art, Design and Architecture

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Sharia Law, Trevan Hatch Jan 2014

Sharia Law, Trevan Hatch

Faculty Publications

Sharia is the Islamic legal code that serves as an ethical, practical, and religious guide for practicing Muslims. Sharia has been variously translated from Arabic as "the way," "the correcting path," or literally "the path leading to the watering place." Sharia has Sunni and Shia variations as well as different schools of jurisprudence within those traditions, but all sharia is rooter in the Qur'an (or Koran, the primary sacred text of Islam) and the lived example of the Prophet Muhammad, as discussed in the hadith (a body of traditions concerning the Prophet Muhammad's life and revelations). these two sources are …

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Universal Design Project St. Michael's House 2, Greta Usaite, Aisling Ni Cheallaigh, Bryoni Molloy, Dominic Walus Jan 2014

Universal Design Project St. Michael's House 2, Greta Usaite, Aisling Ni Cheallaigh, Bryoni Molloy, Dominic Walus

Students Learning with Communities

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The Recession Of 2008 And Its Impact On Light-Duty Vehicle Emissions In Three Western Us Cities, Gary A. Bishop, Donald H. Stedman Jan 2014

The Recession Of 2008 And Its Impact On Light-Duty Vehicle Emissions In Three Western Us Cities, Gary A. Bishop, Donald H. Stedman

Fuel Efficiency Automobile Test Publications

The global economic recession of 2008 - 2010 severely depressed light-duty vehicle sales in the United States. On-road fleets observed with a remote vehicle exhaust sensor in 2013 at three historical sampling locations in Denver, Los Angeles and Tulsa showed large reductions in the fleet fractions of 2009 model year vehicles of 40%, 38% and 35% respectively when compared to prerecession 2007 levels with the light-duty truck category suffering the largest percentage declines. The fleet fraction for these ~5 year old vehicles is normally reserved for vehicles more than twice their age. This resulted in a significant increase in the …

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Feat Math Ii And A Discussion Of Negative Measurements, Gary A. Bishop Jan 2014

Feat Math Ii And A Discussion Of Negative Measurements, Gary A. Bishop

Fuel Efficiency Automobile Test Publications

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On-Road Remote Sensing Of Automobile Emissions In The Denver Area: Winter 2013, Gary A. Bishop, Donald H. Stedman Jan 2014

On-Road Remote Sensing Of Automobile Emissions In The Denver Area: Winter 2013, Gary A. Bishop, Donald H. Stedman

Fuel Efficiency Automobile Test Publications

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Rsd Basics (Presentation), Donald H. Stedman, Gary A. Bishop Jan 2014

Rsd Basics (Presentation), Donald H. Stedman, Gary A. Bishop

Fuel Efficiency Automobile Test Publications

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Enhancing Usability Using Automated Security Interface Adaptation (Asia), Zarul Fitri Zaaba Jan 2014

Enhancing Usability Using Automated Security Interface Adaptation (Asia), Zarul Fitri Zaaba

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

Many users are now significantly dependent upon computer application. Whilst many aspects are now used very successfully, an area in which usability difficulties continue to be encountered is in relation to security. Thus can become particularly acute in situations where users are required to interact and make decisions, and a key context here is typically when they need to respond to security warnings. The current implementation of security warnings can often be considered as an attempt to offer a one size fits all solution. However, it can be argued that many implementations are still lacking the ability to provide meaningful …

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Supporting Learning By Tracing Personal Knowledge Formation, Witold Thaul Jan 2014

Supporting Learning By Tracing Personal Knowledge Formation, Witold Thaul

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

Internet-based and mobile technologies enable new ways of learning. They offer us new possibilities to access an enormous amount of knowledge at any time and everywhere. Among many advantages, the adaptations require a rethinking of our previous learning behaviour patterns and processes. The challenge for students is no longer to get access to information and knowledge, but to select the right one and to deal with the information and knowledge overflow. The aim of this research is to define, design and validate an advanced concept to support the contemporary learning processes. Therefore, the requirements for a new approach have been …

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Non-Linear Model Predictive Control Strategies For Process Plants Using Soft Computing Approaches, Kayode Olayemi Owa Jan 2014

Non-Linear Model Predictive Control Strategies For Process Plants Using Soft Computing Approaches, Kayode Olayemi Owa

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

The developments of advanced non-linear control strategies have attracted a considerable research interests over the past decades especially in process control. Rather than an absolute reliance on mathematical models of process plants which often brings discrepancies especially owing to design errors and equipment degradation, non-linear models are however required because they provide improved prediction capabilities but they are very difficult to derive. In addition, the derivation of the global optimal solution gets more difficult especially when multivariable and non-linear systems are involved. Hence, this research investigates soft computing techniques for the implementation of a novel real time constrained non-linear model …

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The Complete Genome Sequence Of Escherichia Coli Ec958: A High Quality Reference Sequence For The Globally Disseminated Multidrug Resistant E. Coli O25b:H4-St131 Clone., Brian M. Forde, Zakour Nl Ben, Mitchell Stanton-Cook, Minh Duy Phan, Makrina Totsika, Kate M. Peters, Kok Gan Chan, Mark A. Schembri, Mathew Upton, Scott A. Beatson Jan 2014

The Complete Genome Sequence Of Escherichia Coli Ec958: A High Quality Reference Sequence For The Globally Disseminated Multidrug Resistant E. Coli O25b:H4-St131 Clone., Brian M. Forde, Zakour Nl Ben, Mitchell Stanton-Cook, Minh Duy Phan, Makrina Totsika, Kate M. Peters, Kok Gan Chan, Mark A. Schembri, Mathew Upton, Scott A. Beatson

School of Biomedical Sciences

Escherichia coli ST131 is now recognised as a leading contributor to urinary tract and bloodstream infections in both community and clinical settings. Here we present the complete, annotated genome of E. coli EC958, which was isolated from the urine of a patient presenting with a urinary tract infection in the Northwest region of England and represents the most well characterised ST131 strain. Sequencing was carried out using the Pacific Biosciences platform, which provided sufficient depth and read-length to produce a complete genome without the need for other technologies. The discovery of spurious contigs within the assembly that correspond to site-specific …

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A Novel Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (Pi3k) Inhibitor Directs A Potent Foxo-Dependent, P53-Independent Cell Cycle Arrest Phenotype Characterized By The Differential Induction Of A Subset Of Foxo-Regulated Genes, Richard Hill, Ravi Kiran Reddy Kalathur, Sergio Callejas, Laura Colaço, Ricardo Brandão, Beatriz Serelde, Antonio Cebriá, Carmen Blanco-Aparicio, Joaquín Pastor, Matthias Futschik, Ana Dopazo, Wolfgang Link Jan 2014

A Novel Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase (Pi3k) Inhibitor Directs A Potent Foxo-Dependent, P53-Independent Cell Cycle Arrest Phenotype Characterized By The Differential Induction Of A Subset Of Foxo-Regulated Genes, Richard Hill, Ravi Kiran Reddy Kalathur, Sergio Callejas, Laura Colaço, Ricardo Brandão, Beatriz Serelde, Antonio Cebriá, Carmen Blanco-Aparicio, Joaquín Pastor, Matthias Futschik, Ana Dopazo, Wolfgang Link

School of Biomedical Sciences

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Differentially Expressed Micrornas In Maternal Plasma For The Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis Of Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21), J Kamhieh-Milz, Reham Fadl Hassan Moftah, Gürkan Bal, Matthias Futschik, Viktor Sterzer, Omid Khorramshahi, Martin Burow, Gundula Thiel, Annegret Stuke-Sontheimer, Rabih Chaoui, S Kamhieh-Milz, Abdulgabar Salama Jan 2014

Differentially Expressed Micrornas In Maternal Plasma For The Noninvasive Prenatal Diagnosis Of Down Syndrome (Trisomy 21), J Kamhieh-Milz, Reham Fadl Hassan Moftah, Gürkan Bal, Matthias Futschik, Viktor Sterzer, Omid Khorramshahi, Martin Burow, Gundula Thiel, Annegret Stuke-Sontheimer, Rabih Chaoui, S Kamhieh-Milz, Abdulgabar Salama

School of Biomedical Sciences

Objectives. Most developmental processes are under the control of small regulatory RNAs called microRNAs (miRNAs). We hypothesize that different fetal developmental processes might be reflected by extracellular miRNAs in maternal plasma and may be utilized as biomarkers for the noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of chromosomal aneuploidies. In this proof-of-concept study, we report on the identification of extracellular miRNAs in maternal plasma of Down syndrome (DS) pregnancies.Methods. Using high-throughput quantitative PCR (HT-qPCR), 1043 miRNAs were investigated in maternal plasma via comparison of seven DS pregnancies with age and fetal sex matched controls.Results. Six hundred and ninety-five miRNAs were identified. Thirty-six significantly differentially …

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A Review Of Virtualisation And Cloud Computing In Higher Education, Eileen O'Donnell Jan 2014

A Review Of Virtualisation And Cloud Computing In Higher Education, Eileen O'Donnell

Books/Book Chapters

Virtualisation in the classroom provides students with the impression that they are interacting with applications, services, and files which are stored locally, when in fact the applications, services, and files may be stored on a server off site, or at an alternative location on site. “Virtualization is a technology that permits the abstraction of the software from one computer and its easy deployment in another one, which may house additional virtualized machines” (Martín, Marrero, Urbano, Barra, & Moreiro, 2011, p. 349). Server virtualisation is when an Information Technology manager or computer administrator partitions a server to create several instances of …

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Undergraduate Writing Tutors As Researchers: Redrawing Boundaries, Lauren Fitzgerald Jan 2014

Undergraduate Writing Tutors As Researchers: Redrawing Boundaries, Lauren Fitzgerald

The Writing Center Journal

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Questioning In Writing Center Conferences, Isabelle Thompson, Jo Mackiewicz Jan 2014

Questioning In Writing Center Conferences, Isabelle Thompson, Jo Mackiewicz

The Writing Center Journal

No abstract provided.

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The Role Of Disciplinary Expertise In Shaping Writing Tutorials, Sue Dinitz, Susanmarie Harrington Jan 2014

The Role Of Disciplinary Expertise In Shaping Writing Tutorials, Sue Dinitz, Susanmarie Harrington

The Writing Center Journal

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The Role Of E-Portfolios In Finance Studies: A Cross-Country Study., Lucia Morales, Amparo Soler-Dominguez Dr., Valentina Tarkovska Jan 2014

The Role Of E-Portfolios In Finance Studies: A Cross-Country Study., Lucia Morales, Amparo Soler-Dominguez Dr., Valentina Tarkovska

Articles

This study explores the use of ePortfolios as an efficient assessment tool to support students pursuing a Business degree, where Finance is a major component. We conducted an analysis on the role of ePortfolios in Higher Education at Technological University Dublin (Republic of Ireland) and at Universitat Jaume I (Spain) for undergraduate studies. Our findings suggest that ePortfolios could be used to facilitate and enhance students self-regulated learning experiences where the role of the instructor is fundamental at early stages—to ensure that the learning process comply with basic academic standards—and diminishes as students become familiar with their course requirements, the …

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Enhancing Student's Learning With E-Portfolios In Financial Disciplines., Lucia Morales, Amparo Soler-Dominguez Dr., Valentina Tarkovska Jan 2014

Enhancing Student's Learning With E-Portfolios In Financial Disciplines., Lucia Morales, Amparo Soler-Dominguez Dr., Valentina Tarkovska

Articles

This study explores the contribution ePortfolios can make to the learning process when they are implemented in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), specifically in financial subjects. The idiosyncrasy of this particular discipline and the technical difficulties arising during the course require resourc es that can keep students engaged and constructively consolidate the contents learnt. The ePortfolio successfully performs these functions. Additionally, ePortfolio use promotes self- regulated learning, ultimately facilitating comprehension and enjoyment of the financial environment. Our findings suggest that students prefer to be more active in the classroom, and the learning-by-doing approach therefore appears to be more effective in technical …

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An Empirical Estimation Of Statistical Inferences For System Dynamics Model Parameters, Mohammed Mesabbah, Wael Rashwan, Amr Arisha Jan 2014

An Empirical Estimation Of Statistical Inferences For System Dynamics Model Parameters, Mohammed Mesabbah, Wael Rashwan, Amr Arisha

Conference papers

For system dynamics simulation (SD) models, an estimation of statistical distributions for uncertain parameters is crucial. These distributions could be used for testing models sensitivity, quality of policies, and/or estimating confidence intervals for these parameters. Assumptions related to normality, independence and constant variation are often misapplied in dynamic simulation. Bootstrapping holds a considerable theoretical advantage when used with non-Gaussian data for estimating empirical distributions for unknown parameters. Although it is a widely acceptable approach, it has had only limited use in system dynamics applications. This paper introduces an application of Direct Residual Bootstrapping (DRBS) for statistical inference in system dynamic …

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Continuous User Authentication Using Multi-Modal Biometrics, Hataichanok Saevanee Jan 2014

Continuous User Authentication Using Multi-Modal Biometrics, Hataichanok Saevanee

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics Theses

It is commonly acknowledged that mobile devices now form an integral part of an individual’s everyday life. The modern mobile handheld devices are capable to provide a wide range of services and applications over multiple networks. With the increasing capability and accessibility, they introduce additional demands in term of security. This thesis explores the need for authentication on mobile devices and proposes a novel mechanism to improve the current techniques. The research begins with an intensive review of mobile technologies and the current security challenges that mobile devices experience to illustrate the imperative of authentication on mobile devices. The research …

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