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Haar Wavelet Approach For Numerical Solution Of Two Parameters Singularly Perturbed Boundary Value Problems, Sapna Pandit, Manoj Kumar

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

In this paper, we proposed an efficient numerical method based on uniform Haar wavelet for the numerical solutions of two parameter singularly perturbed boundary value problems. Such type of problems arise in various field of science and engineering, such as heat transfer problem with large Peclet numbers, Navier-Stokes flows with large Reynolds numbers, transport phenomena in chemistry and biology, chemical reactor theory, aerodynamics, reaction-diffusion process, quantum mechanics, optimal control theory etc. In present study more accurate solutions have been obtained by wavelet decomposition with multiresolution analysis. An extensive amount of error analysis has been carried out to obtain the convergence …

An Improved Unit-Linking Pcnn For Segmentation Of Infrared Insulator Image, Kebin Cui, Baoshu Li, Jinsha Yuan, Ping Wang

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

To segment the infrared insulator image efficiently, an improved Unit-linking PCNN algorithm, which makes improvements on both the linking coefficient b and the standard for choosing the best segmented image, is proposed in this paper. The relationship of the gray value of each neuron is used to determine the linking coefficient b and MSE, which consider the relationship between the gray value of the original image and the segmented image, is used to determine the best segmented image. The proposed algorithm is tested on both the standard test images and the aerial infrared images and the results show that the …

An Efficient Gene Selection Technique Based On Fuzzy C-Means And Neighborhood Rough Set, Jiucheng Xu, Tianhe Xu, Lin Sun, Jinyu Ren

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Selecting genes from microarray gene expression datasets has become an important research, because such data typically consist of a large number of genes and a small number of samples. Avoiding information loss, neighborhood mutual information is used to evaluate the relevance between genes in this work. Firstly, an improved Relief feature selection algorithm is proposed to create candidate feature subsets. Then, the cohesion degree of the neighborhood of an object and coupling degree between neighborhoods of objects are defined based on neighborhood mutual information. Furthermore, a new initialization method of cluster centers for the Fuzzy C-means (FCM) algorithm is proposed. …

Maximum Entropy For Image Segmentation Based On An Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization, Chengming Qi

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

Abstract: Image segmentation is applied widely to image processing and object recognition. Threshold segmentation is a simple and important method in grayscale image segmentation. Information entropy can characterize the grayscale in formation of image and distinguish between the objectives and background. In this paper, we use exponential entropy instead of logarithmic entropy and propose a new multilevel thresholds image segmentation method based on maximum entropy and adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization (APSO). This proposed algorithm takes full account of the spatial information and the gray information to decrease the computing quantity. The APSO takes advantage of the characteristics of particle swarm …

Research And Creative Activity July 1, 2013 – June 30, 2014: Major Sponsored Programs And Faculty Awards For Research And Creativity, Elizabeth Banset

Office of Research and Economic Development: Publications

This booklet highlights the successes of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln faculty during the fiscal year July 1, 2013-June 30, 2014. It lists the funding sources, projects and investigators on major grants and sponsored program awards received during the year; published books and scholarship; fellowships and other recognition; intellectual property licenses; and performances and exhibitions in the fine and performing arts.

Flourishing Rights, Wendy A. Bach

Scholarly Works

Flourishing Rights reviews Clare Huntington’s Failure to Flourish: How Law Undermines Family Relationships, recently published by the Oxford University Press. This review explores the way that specific issues at the heart of the relationship between poor families and the state affects Huntington’s thesis and proposals. The review largely applauds the book but concludes that a robust form of rights protection, when combined with the impressive policy arguments Huntington marshals, might actually make real the audacious idea that everyone has a right to flourish.

The State As A Person?: Anthropomorphic Personification Vs. Concrete Durational Being, Robert Oprisko Ph.D., Kristopher Kaliher

Journal of International and Global Studies

In “The State as Person in International Theory,” Wendt explores the analysis and comparison of the classic unit of international relations to a human subject. In an unprecedented manner, Wendt takes his comparison to the limit, finding connections between the biological aspects of personhood as well as the social. In this essay, we use a structure similar to Wendt’s but come to different conclusions. Using the works of Searle’s intentionality and Mitzen’s ontological security, among others, we find that the social category of state personhood is determined to be both accurate and helpful for progressing IR theory. We depart from …

Land Conservation In The Lower Presumpscot Watershed: Vision, Values & Priorities, Vanessa Levesque, Matt Craig, Stephen Engle

Publications

This report comes out of a multi-year collaborative effort between participating land trusts, municipalities, and other conservation practioners to develop shared vision, values and priorities for land conservation in the lower Presumpscot River watershed. For more information and to download the report, visit http://www.presumpscotcoalition.org/vvp.html.

Please send an email to [email protected] to request a paper copy or a better electronic copy of this report.

Twelve Presumpscot River Watershed maps associated with this report can be found by following the links below:

Presumpscot River Watershed Map: Aquatic Habitat (Map)

Presumpscot River Watershed Map: Combined Values for Conservation (Map)

Presumpscot River Watershed …

Himmelfarb Headlines - November/December 2014, George Washington University, Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library

Himmelfarb Headlines (2009 - present)

News and information about Himmelfarb Health Sciences Library of interest to users. Includes articles on NIH public access policy, social media, and profiles on Peter LaPuma and Meaghan Corbett

Classical And Quasi-Newton Methods For A Meteorological Parameters Prediction Boundary Value Problem, Ioannis Famelis, Georgios Galanis, Matthias Ehrhardt

Applied Mathematics & Information Sciences

We study the numerical solution of a Boundary Value problem for second order quadratic differential equations which arises in the numerical prediction of meteorological parameters. In the present work, we use finite differences and focus on the numerical solution of the resulting nonlinear system. More precisely, we apply classical Newton’s and Quasi-Newton methods paying attention to the special sparse form of the Jacobian matrix and modify appropriately the LU factorization in order to reduce significantly the required floating point operations. Furthermore, we implement and study in depth the behavior of all the proposed procedures in respect of their accuracy, stability …

Rationale, Design, And Method Of The Diabetes & Women’S Health Study – A Study Of Long-Term Health Implications Of Glucose Intolerance In Pregnancy And Their Determinants, Cuilin Zhang, Frank B. Hu, Sjurdur F. Olsen, Allan Vaag, Robert Gore-Langton, Jorge E. Chavarro, Wei Bao, Edwina Yeung, Katherine Bowers, Louise Groth Grunnet, Seth Sherman, Michele Kiely, Marin Strøm, Susanne Hansen, Aiyi Liu, James Mills, Ruzong Fan

Publications and Research

Women who develop gestational diabetes mellitus or impaired glucose tolerance during pregnancy are at substantially increased risk for type 2 diabetes and comorbidities after pregnancy. Little is known about the role of genetic factors and their interactions with environmental factors in determining the transition from gestational diabetes mellitus to overt type 2 diabetes mellitus. These critical data gaps served as the impetus for this Diabetes & Women’s Health study with the overall goal of investigating genetic factors and their interactions with risk factors amenable to clinical or public health interventions in relation to the transition of gestational diabetes mellitus to …

Music Education, Aesthetics, And The Measure Of Academic Achievement, Karl Madden, David Orenstein, Alexei Oulanov, Yelena Novitskaya, Ida Bazan, Thomas Ostrowski, Min Hyung Ahn

Publications and Research

Grades and test scores are the traditional measurement of academic achievement. Quantitative improvements on standardized scores in Math/Science/Language are highly-coveted outcomes for meeting accreditation standards required for institutional program funding. Music and the Fine Arts, difficult to assess by traditional academic achievement measurement, and often devalued as so-called “luxury” subjects, struggle for necessary funding. Showing measureable collateral value to other academic subjects—such as math—in order to justify music program funding is dubious. To objectify the purpose of music education in terms of its influence on other subjects is to overlook aesthetic value. The scholarly literature recognizes an historical tendency to …

Zhang, E., Kleinman, A., & Tu, W. (Eds.). (2011). Governance Of Life In Chinese Moral Experience. The Quest For An Adequate Life. London & New York: Routledge., Viktor Friedmann

Journal of International and Global Studies

Book review.

The Journal Of Erw And Mine Action Issue 18.3 (2014), Cisr Journal

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Pacific Islands | Program Management | Notes from the Field | Research and Development

Stony Brook Press, V. 36, N. 03, Stony Brook University. Stony Brook Press.

Stony Brook Press

v. 36, n. 03, v.:ill. ; 38 cm (original analog pub.)

Development And Testing Of A Rapid Multiplex Assay For The Identification Of Biological Stains, Kevin M. Legg

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

While DNA profiling makes it possible to individualize biological stains, the identification of the stain itself can present forensic serologists with a significant challenge. Current antibody- and enzyme activity-based assays used by forensic practitioners for biological stain identification yield only presumptive results. Positive results with non-target body fluids or cross-reactivity with non-human sources has also been well documented. Some tests can consume unacceptable quantities of precious evidence while for some body fluids (vaginal fluid and menstrual blood) there are simply no available tests at all.

This research presented here aims to develop and rigorously test a fast, accurate, and sensitive …

Cavitation In Vial Drop Subjected To Mechanical Shock, Houman Babazadehrokni

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Cavitation is a phenomenon that occurs when the local pressure falls down below the critical pressure. Previous work from the Randolph lab demonstrated that protein aggregates can form when a vial of therapeutic solution is dropped onto a hard surface. The process by which this occurs is most likely shock induced cavitation. During this process, hot spots can be created with temperatures and pressures reaching thousands of Kelvin and hundreds of atmospheres, respectively, leading to degradation of protein therapeutics. This work will extend previous efforts by exploring differences generated by change in vial materials, solutions, drop methods and fill volumes. …

Stem Stories, November 2014, #1, Marcy Seavey

STEM Stories

Featured Event - UNI STEM Ambassadors debut at Cedar Valley STEM festival

Quality Control And Stress Response In Mammalian Ribosome Biogenesis, Minshi Wang

Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Theses and Dissertations

Ribosomes are essential cellular components that translate mRNAs to proteins. The cytoplasmic ribosome in eukaryotes is a large molecular machine composed of 4 ribosomal RNAs (rRNAs) and ~80 ribosomal proteins (RPs). Ribosome biogenesis is a highly complicated process that involves transcription and processing of rRNA precursors (pre-rRNAs), their proper folding, assembly with RPs, and transport of pre-ribosomal particles from the nucleus to the cytoplasm. Besides rRNAs and RPs, numerous proteins and small RNAs work as trans-acting factors in this intricate process. Surveillance systems act along the entire ribosome synthesis pathway to eliminate defective processing intermediates and promote integrity of the …

Biological Gematria, . Anil

Word Ways

The gematria or alphanumeric values (AV) of the 837 biotypes in the M-W Pocket Dictionary ('06) range from 12 (bee=2+5+5) to 176 (whippoorwill).

Academic Affairs Update, November 2014, University Of Northern Iowa. Office Of The Provost And Executive Vice President For Academic Affairs.

Academic Affairs Update

Inside this issue:

-- Retention Council Efforts Show Results
-- Retention Council Initiatives
-- Call for Submissions: NAR Bicentennial Conference

Effects Of Shallow Water Aerobic Exercise Training On Arterial Stiffness And Pulse Wave Analysis In Older Individuals, Lori Sherlock, Sara Fournier, Evan Devallance, Kyuwan Lee, Stacee Carte, Paul Chantler

International Journal of Aquatic Research and Education

No abstract provided.

Rulers, Rhetoric, And Ray-Guns: A Post Colonial Look At 90'S Alien Invasion Media, Logan Matthew Hudspeth

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

This thesis opens discussion on American alien invasion films of the 90s as a self-critique, a reaction to being an imperial power at the end of the Cold War. The alien menace in these films is not the "other" but rather the U.S. itself being the colonizer or conqueror looking to expand its sphere of influence. Furthermore, it discusses how Presidential rhetoric in the films play a role in this postcolonial reading. Specific works studied are: Independence Day (1996), Mars Attacks! (1996), Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998), and The Puppet Masters (1994).

The Unexonerated: Factually Innocent Defendants Who Plead Guilty, John H. Blume, Rebecca K. Helm

Cornell Law Review

No abstract provided.

Campus Master Plan Update - November 2014, Facilities Management, East Tennessee State University

Campus Facility Master Plans

No abstract provided.

Kentucky Warbler (Vol. 90, No. 4), Kentucky Library Research Collections

The Kentucky Warbler

No abstract provided.

Ceteal News, November/December 2014, Ceteal, Coastal Carolina University

CeTEAL Newsletter

• CCU’s Office of Research Services Supports Faculty Seeking Grants
  Karen Fletcher, Pre-Award Services Manager, Office of Research Services
• Examining Children’s Interests in Science
  Catherine Scott, Assistant Professor of Elementary Education, Spadoni College of Education
  
• Studying Multiracial Identity
  Hephzibah Strmic-Pawl, Assistant Professor of Sociology, College of Science
• Studying Bacteriophages with Student Researchers
  Paul Richardson, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, College of Science
• Local Economic Study Can Inform or Benefit from Broader Research
  Robert Salvino, Research Economist/Associate Professor of Finance and Economics, Wall College of Business
• Studying the Expression of Shared Attitudes and Values
  Amanda Brian, Assistant Professor of History, College of Humanities …

Faculty Research Interest Database, David Owerbach

Office of Research Institutional Research and Scholarship

No abstract provided.

Using Plants To Detect Landmines, News Brief

The Journal of Conventional Weapons Destruction

Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) in Richmond, Virginia (U.S.) are investigating how plants can be used to detect buried explosives, such as landmines, in areas of dense vegetation, where traditional demining methods are difficult.

Nurturing Native Plants: A Guide To Vegetative Propagation Of Native Woody Plants In Utah, Larry Rupp, Adrea Wheaton

CWEL Extension Fact Sheets

No abstract provided.