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Towards Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Systems, Sheng Cai Dec 2016

Towards Autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Systems, Sheng Cai

Theses and Dissertations

As an emerging technology, autonomous Unmanned Vehicle Systems (UVS) have found not only many military applications, but also various civil applications. For example, Google, Amazon and Facebook are developing their UVS plans to explore new markets. However, there are still a lot of challenging problems which deter the UVS’s development. We study two important and challenging problems in this dissertation, i.e. localization and 3D reconstruction. Specifically, most GPS based localization systems are not very accurate and can have problems in areas where no GPS signals are available. Based on the Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) and Inertial Navigation System (INS), …

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Vortex Detection In Cfd Datasets Using A Multi-Model Ensemble Approach, Randa Bassou Dec 2016

Vortex Detection In Cfd Datasets Using A Multi-Model Ensemble Approach, Randa Bassou

Theses and Dissertations

Over the past few decades, visualization and application researchers have been investigating vortices and have developed several algorithms for detecting vortex-like structures in the flow. These techniques can adequately identify vortices in most computational datasets, each with its own degree of accuracy. However, despite these efforts, there still does not exist an entirely reliable vortex detection method that does not require significant user intervention. The objective of this research is to solve this problem by introducing a novel vortex analysis technique that provides more accurate results by optimizing the threshold for several computationally-efficient, local vortex detectors, before merging them using …

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“Through My Eyes”, A New Narrative Model Using Memories As Self And Intergenerational Discovery, Rui Tang Dec 2016

“Through My Eyes”, A New Narrative Model Using Memories As Self And Intergenerational Discovery, Rui Tang

Theses - ALL

What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? According to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, a good life isn’t about wealth or fame. Instead, effective social interactions keep us, especially older adults, happier and healthier. Narrative projects like the oral history and collective memory are widely employed to invite older adults to share their memories about historical significant events. Although there were modest benefits in reducing participants’ social isolation (Bornat 16), the approaches of these projects are limited to narrative analysis, rather than narrative itself. The tension between older adults’ …

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“Through My Eyes”, A New Narrative Model Using Memories As Self And Intergenerational Discovery, Rui Tang Dec 2016

“Through My Eyes”, A New Narrative Model Using Memories As Self And Intergenerational Discovery, Rui Tang

Theses - ALL

What keeps us happy and healthy as we go through life? According to psychiatrist Robert Waldinger, the director of a 75-year-old study on adult development, a good life isn’t about wealth or fame. Instead, effective social interactions keep us, especially older adults, happier and healthier. Narrative projects like the oral history and collective memory are widely employed to invite older adults to share their memories about historical significant events. Although there were modest benefits in reducing participants’ social isolation (Bornat 16), the approaches of these projects are limited to narrative analysis, rather than narrative itself. The tension between older adults’ …

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Emu Today, December 9, 2016, Eastern Michigan University Dec 2016

Emu Today, December 9, 2016, Eastern Michigan University

EMU Today

No abstract provided.

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An Assessment Of The Effects Of Parental Incarceration On Intragenerational And Intergenerational Mobility, Timothy E. Mcclure Dec 2016

An Assessment Of The Effects Of Parental Incarceration On Intragenerational And Intergenerational Mobility, Timothy E. Mcclure

Theses and Dissertations

In the past 40 years, the U.S. has experienced its largest expansion of incarceration. Sociological research has begun to examine the effects the dramatics rises in incarceration in the United States on other areas of social life. One area of research has examined the effects of parental incarceration on children. In this study, I examined the effects of parental incarceration on intragenerational and intergenerational socioeconomic mobility using data from nationally-representative sample of respondents who had been studied from adolescence to young adulthood. Specifically, I examined the effects of parental incarceration prevalence and duration on three measures of socioeconomic status—household income, …

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Predictive Capabilities Of Advanced Turbulence Models In The Wake Region Of A Wall Mounted Cube, Benjamin Hugh Taylor Dec 2016

Predictive Capabilities Of Advanced Turbulence Models In The Wake Region Of A Wall Mounted Cube, Benjamin Hugh Taylor

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis seeks to investigate the predictive capabilities of Advanced turbulence models in the wake region of a wall-mounted cube. Dynamic Hybrid RANS/LES (DHRL), Hybrid RANS/LES (HRL) models, Nonlinear Explicit Algebraic Reynolds Stress Model (NEARSM), One- and Two-equation models, and numerical flux schemes will be compared against Direct Numerical Simulation (DNS) results to determine which model, or combination of models, produce the closest replication. The simulations were ran in Loci-Chem using both built-in features and modular code additions. The simulation results show the Shear Stress Transport (SST) model ran with NEARSM and Optimized Gradient REconstruction (OGRE) scheme gives better results …

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Characterization Of Microparticles Through Digital Holography, Nava Raj Subedi Dec 2016

Characterization Of Microparticles Through Digital Holography, Nava Raj Subedi

Theses and Dissertations

In this work, digital holography (DH) is extensively utilized to characterize microparticles. Here, “characterization” refers to the determination of a particle’s shape, size, and, in some cases, its surface structure. A variety of microparticles, such as environmental dust, pollen, volcanic ash, clay, and biological samples, are thoroughly analyzed. In this technique, the microscopically fine interference pattern generated by the coherent superposition of an object and a reference wave fields is digitally recorded using an optoelectronic sensor, in the form of a hologram, and the desired particle property is then computationally extracted by performing a numerical reconstruction to form an image …

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The Accidental Martyr, Shannon Moore Dec 2016

The Accidental Martyr, Shannon Moore

History & Classics Student Scholarship

Hayward Shepherd, a black railroad porter in Harper’s Ferry, was the first man killed in John Brown’s raid, an insurrection intended to free Shepherd’s own race from the grips of slavery. Many Democratic newspapers in both the North and South initially reported that Brown’s men shot Shepherd specifically because he refused to take up arms on the side of the abolitionists. Republican presses instead tended to use passive phrases when describing Shepherd’s death, suggesting that they did not want to report the fact that an anti-slavery group had killed a free black man. These moderate presses remained far less opinionated …

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Inhibitory Control Processes And The Strategies That Support Them During Hand And Eye Movements, Lauren M. Schmitt, Lisa D. Ankeny, John A. Sweeney, Matthew W. Mosconi Dec 2016

Inhibitory Control Processes And The Strategies That Support Them During Hand And Eye Movements, Lauren M. Schmitt, Lisa D. Ankeny, John A. Sweeney, Matthew W. Mosconi

Psychology: Graduate Student Scholarship

Background and Aims: Adaptive behavior depends on the ability to voluntarily suppress context-inappropriate behaviors, a process referred to as response inhibition. Stop Signal tests (SSTs) are the most frequently studied paradigm used to assess response inhibition. Previous studies of SSTs have indicated that inhibitory control behavior can be explained using a common model in which GO and STOP processes are initiated independent from one and another, and the process that is completed first determines whether the behavior is elicited (GO process) or terminated (STOP process). Consistent with this model, studies have indicated that individuals strategically delay their behaviors during SSTs …

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A Wilderness And Art Therapy Program For Children With Social Concerns, Ashlynn C. Wardle Dec 2016

A Wilderness And Art Therapy Program For Children With Social Concerns, Ashlynn C. Wardle

Honors Projects

For my honors project, I created an alternative therapy program for children with special needs. Activities were designed to support children with varied needs such as children with autism, ADHD, or learning disabilities. The program utilizes the most successful factors from the fields of art therapy, wilderness therapy, special education, applied behavior analysis, and speech and language therapy the program to form age appropriate, educational, and fun art and wilderness opportunities.

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Implementing Vocational Training At Escuela Quiteña De Estudios Bíblicos, Joshua K. Marcum Dec 2016

Implementing Vocational Training At Escuela Quiteña De Estudios Bíblicos, Joshua K. Marcum

Doctor of Ministry Theses and Dissertations

This DMin project addressed the problem of the absence of a viable training model to equip graduates of EQEB (Escuela Quiteña de Estudios Biblicos) for self-sustaining ministry. Based upon a theology of vocation, the project implemented and evaluated the inclusion of a technical-skills component to EQEB’s current seminary training. The project followed the integration of sixteen EQEB students in the vocational program implemented during the 2015-2016 school year. Qualitative research data gathered from five group interviews with these students, my own field notes, and a faculty interview provided the substance upon which I based the project´s findings. Over a seven-month …

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Evidence Based Protocol: Improving Depression Assessments In Primary Care, Katherine E. Hoffhines Dec 2016

Evidence Based Protocol: Improving Depression Assessments In Primary Care, Katherine E. Hoffhines

Master's Projects

Depression is a destructive condition that can have a profoundly negative impact on quality of life, wellbeing, and health (Thase, Stowell, Berry, Mencia & Blum, 2014). Worldwide, depression is the leading cause of medical disability costing the health care system over $210 billion annually (World Health Organization, 2014; Greenberg, Fournier, Sisitsky, Pike & Kessler, 2015). The World Health Organization (2016) estimates depression affects 350 million people of all ages globally. One and three adults in the U.S. will experience a major depressive episode during their lifetime (Kessler, Petukhova, Sampson, Zaslavsky & Wittchen, 2012; Rubin, Ciechanowski, Egede, Lin & Lustman, 2004). …

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Evidence Based Protocol: Discharge Delays In The Acute Care Setting, Kylie C. Schaberg Dec 2016

Evidence Based Protocol: Discharge Delays In The Acute Care Setting, Kylie C. Schaberg

Master's Projects

According to Batalden, Nelson, Godfrey and Lazar (2011, p, 25), the clinical microsystem is a “place where patients, families and health caregivers meet” and encompasses all interactions from the moment a patient enters the system up to and including when the patient leaves the system. In order to understand the complex and dynamic changes that occur at the microsystem level, a thorough assessment must be completed. The purpose of this chapter is to gain a greater understanding of the mechanism of the microsystem and the effects that this microsystem has on the process for discharging patients from the hospital setting …

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Postdischarge Calls In The Ed: Improving Quality And Efficiency, Megan E. Pashnik Dec 2016

Postdischarge Calls In The Ed: Improving Quality And Efficiency, Megan E. Pashnik

Master's Projects

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Daily Eastern News: December 09, 2016, Eastern Illinois University Dec 2016

Daily Eastern News: December 09, 2016, Eastern Illinois University

December

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Lisa Penunuri And Barry Siegwart, Plaintiffs/ Appellants, Vs. Sundance Partners, Ltd; Sundance Holdings, Llc; Sundance Development Corp; Robertredford;Redford 1970 Trust; Rock Mountain Outfitters, L.C.; And Does I-X . Defendants/ Appellees., Utah Supreme Court Dec 2016

Lisa Penunuri And Barry Siegwart, Plaintiffs/ Appellants, Vs. Sundance Partners, Ltd; Sundance Holdings, Llc; Sundance Development Corp; Robertredford;Redford 1970 Trust; Rock Mountain Outfitters, L.C.; And Does I-X . Defendants/ Appellees., Utah Supreme Court

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (2000–2020)

ON CERTIORARI FROM UTAH COURT OF APPEALS The Honorable Frederick Voros, Presiding

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Everett P. Wilson Jr. And Darla Wilson, Appellees/Respondents, And Educators Mutual Insurance Association Appellant/Petitioner, Vs. Cade M. Krueger, Defendant, Utah Supreme Court Dec 2016

Everett P. Wilson Jr. And Darla Wilson, Appellees/Respondents, And Educators Mutual Insurance Association Appellant/Petitioner, Vs. Cade M. Krueger, Defendant, Utah Supreme Court

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (2000–2020)

From the Utah Court of Appeals February 25,2016 ruling reversing the final decision of the Utah Fourth District Court

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Lisa Penunuri And Barry Siegwart, Plaintiffs/ Appellants, Vs. Sundance Partners, Ltd; Sundance Holdings, Llc; Sundance Development Corp; Robertredford;Redford 1970 Trust; Rock Mountain Outfitters, L.C.; And Does I-X . Defendants/ Appellees., Utah Supreme Court Dec 2016

Lisa Penunuri And Barry Siegwart, Plaintiffs/ Appellants, Vs. Sundance Partners, Ltd; Sundance Holdings, Llc; Sundance Development Corp; Robertredford;Redford 1970 Trust; Rock Mountain Outfitters, L.C.; And Does I-X . Defendants/ Appellees., Utah Supreme Court

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (2000–2020)

ON CERTIORARI FROM UTAH COURT OF APPEALS The Honorable Frederick Voros, Presiding

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Everett P. Wilson Jr. And Darla Wilson, Appellees/Respondents, And Educators Mutual Insurance Association Appellant/Petitioner, Vs. Cade M. Krueger, Defendant, Utah Supreme Court Dec 2016

Everett P. Wilson Jr. And Darla Wilson, Appellees/Respondents, And Educators Mutual Insurance Association Appellant/Petitioner, Vs. Cade M. Krueger, Defendant, Utah Supreme Court

Utah Supreme Court Briefs (2000–2020)

FROM THE UTAH COURT OF APPEALS' FEBRUARY 25, 2016 RULING REVERSING THE FINAL DECISION OF THE UTAH FOURTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

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The Scarlet - Volume Xcvi, No. 10 (December 9, 2016), Scarlet Staff Dec 2016

The Scarlet - Volume Xcvi, No. 10 (December 9, 2016), Scarlet Staff

The Scarlet (Student Newspaper) (2011-present)

The December 9, 2016 edition of The Scarlet (est. 1939), Clark University's student-run newspaper. The Scarlet is intellectually and editorially independent of the University.

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An Introduction To Service Rifle Shooting, Robert Donoho Dec 2016

An Introduction To Service Rifle Shooting, Robert Donoho

Master of Education in Instructional Design and Technology Plan II Graduate Projects

This project utilized instructional design techniques to develop an online training program to teach gun safety and introduce people to the sport of military rifle shooting, using the AR-15 rifle. The online training course supports the mission of the Civilian Marksmanship Program; to promote marksmanship training and safety to United States citizens. Concerns regarding the efficacy of teaching marksmanship in an online format were identified and addressed. The ADDIE model of instructional design was used to create the three learning modules; Introduction to Service Rifle, the Fundamentals of Marksmanship, and Service Rifle Positions. Participants in the training included U. S. …

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Tutor In A Bag: Reaching Struggling Readers, Lillian Hoskinson Dec 2016

Tutor In A Bag: Reaching Struggling Readers, Lillian Hoskinson

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

Tutor in a Bag is a tutoring program designed to match novice adult tutors with struggling early readers. The program trains tutors with varied backgrounds to work with struggling readers using evidence-based instructional strategies and data collection methods. Tutors attended an initial training session to receive materials, practice each component of the lesson plan, and to receive fundamental training on use of reading games and strategies supporting solid reading instruction at a brisk pace. Each designated struggling reader was paired with a tutor for 10 weekly, thirty-minute sessions driven by each student’s individual needs. Support for the tutors was provided …

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Data Logging System For A Synthetic Aperture Radar Unit, Nicholas J. Testin, Philip Davis, Ian Dorell, Alexander Gillespie Dec 2016

Data Logging System For A Synthetic Aperture Radar Unit, Nicholas J. Testin, Philip Davis, Ian Dorell, Alexander Gillespie

KSU Journey Honors College Capstones and Theses

A small, existing radar unit lacked the ability to automatically store the data it was receiving, which made its use clunky and cumbersome. A system was constructed to allow an on-board microprocessor to track distance traveled, and automatically store the data output from the radar unit to a portable memory unit for later data processing. Distance traveled is determined using a specially designed mobile cart, which electronically converts the rotation of a wheel into an electrical signal while also providing stability for taking accurate radar measurements. The output data from the radar unit is stored as a properly-formatted sound file …

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Technical Debt Decision-Making Framework, Zadia Codabux Dec 2016

Technical Debt Decision-Making Framework, Zadia Codabux

Theses and Dissertations

Software development companies strive to produce high-quality software. In commercial software development environments, due to resource and time constraints, software is often developed hastily which gives rise to technical debt. Technical debt refers to the consequences of taking shortcuts when developing software. These consequences include making the system difficult to maintain and defect prone. Technical debt can have financial consequences and impede feature enhancements. Identifying technical debt and deciding which debt to address is challenging given resource constraints. Project managers must decide which debt has the highest priority and is most critical to the project. This decision-making process is not …

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The Effect Of Economic Factors On Murder Rate In Usa, Militha Komireddy Dec 2016

The Effect Of Economic Factors On Murder Rate In Usa, Militha Komireddy

Research Papers

No abstract provided.

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Management Of Coastal Navigation Channels Based On Vessel Underkeel Clearance In Transit, Brandan Scully Dec 2016

Management Of Coastal Navigation Channels Based On Vessel Underkeel Clearance In Transit, Brandan Scully

Theses and Dissertations

The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) spends approximately $2 billion annually to investigate, construct, and maintain projects in its portfolio of coastal navigation infrastructure. Of that expenditure, approximately $1 billion is spent annually on maintenance dredging to increase the depth of maintained channels. The USACE prioritizes maintenance funding using a variety of metrics reflecting the amount of cargo moving through maintained projects but does not directly consider the reduction in the likelihood for the bottom of a vessel's hull to make contact with the bottom of the channel that results from maintenance dredging investments. Net underkeel clearance, which …

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Network Interdiction Models And Algorithms For Information Security, Apurba Kumer Nandi Dec 2016

Network Interdiction Models And Algorithms For Information Security, Apurba Kumer Nandi

Theses and Dissertations

Major cyber attacks against the cyber networks of organizations has become a common phenomenon nowadays. Cyber attacks are carried out both through the spread of malware and also through multi-stage attacks known as hacking. A cyber network can be represented directly as a simple directed or undirected network (graph) of nodes and arcs. It can also be represented by a transformed network such as the attack graph which uses information about network topology, attacker profile, and existing vulnerabilities to represent all the potential attack paths from readily accesible vulnerabilities to valuable target nodes. Then, interdicting or hardening a subset of …

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Validation Of A Mesh Generation Strategy For Predicting Ice Accretion On Wings, Rania Bassou Dec 2016

Validation Of A Mesh Generation Strategy For Predicting Ice Accretion On Wings, Rania Bassou

Theses and Dissertations

Researchers have been developing techniques to predict inlight icing in order to determine aircraft behavior under different icing conditions. A key component of the techniques is the mesh generation strategy. Automated meshing facilitates numerical simulation of ice accretion on realistic aircraft configurations by deforming the surface and volume meshes in response to the evolving ice shape. The objective of this research is to validate an ice accretion strategy for wings, using a previously developed meshing strategy. The intent is to investigate the effect of varying numerical parameters, on the predicted ice shape. Using this framework, results are simulated for rime …

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Large Eddy Simulation Study Of The Effect Of Large Wind Farms On Humidity, Oumnia El Fajri Dec 2016

Large Eddy Simulation Study Of The Effect Of Large Wind Farms On Humidity, Oumnia El Fajri

Theses and Dissertations

Atmospheric boundary layer flows around wind turbines distributed in a large wind farm can be examined by the use of large eddy simulation (LES), which is based on the assumption that large eddies in the flow are anisotropic and depend on the mean flow and the configuration geometry, while smaller eddies are isotropic and homogeneous, and can be modeled via subgrid scale models. In this thesis, a pseudo-spectral LES code with inflow conditions imposed through a precursor concurrent simulation is utilized to model the flow around a single wind turbine or a large wind farm operating in thermally-stratified conditions. The …

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