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Review Of “Energy Dissipation In Hydraulic Structures” By H. Chanson, A Borthwick
Review Of “Energy Dissipation In Hydraulic Structures” By H. Chanson, A Borthwick
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
No abstract provided.
Politics And Pragmatism: The United States And Israel Between Two Presidents, Christopher J. Parker
Politics And Pragmatism: The United States And Israel Between Two Presidents, Christopher J. Parker
College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations
This thesis examines the United States’ relationship with Israel and the wider Middle East between the Truman and Eisenhower administrations. The United States’ relationship with Israel has reverberated across the Middle East and studying its impact is critical for understanding past and present issues in the region. It begins with an examination of the factors that impelled President Truman to act against the advice of his Department of State and recognize Israel only minutes after it declared statehood in May 1948; arguing that, above all else, domestic political considerations lay at the heart of his decision. It then assesses the …
A Markov Decision Process Approach To Adaptive Contact Strategies, Artur Grygorian
A Markov Decision Process Approach To Adaptive Contact Strategies, Artur Grygorian
College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations
In the field of survey methodology, optimizing contact strategies helps organizations increase response rates using their allocated budget. Markov Decision Processes (MDP) are widely used to model decision-making strategies in situations where the outcomes have a random component. In this research, we use MDPs and adaptive sampling techniques to construct a strategy that, based on target audience characteristics, suggests the best contact policy. The data we use comes from the First Destination Survey conducted by the Office of Career Services at Georgia Southern University. The constructed model is quite flexible and can be used by other organizations to optimize their …
Teach Us To Teach You: Experiences Of Black Males In Urban High Schools In Georgia, Judy Ward
Teach Us To Teach You: Experiences Of Black Males In Urban High Schools In Georgia, Judy Ward
College of Graduate Studies: Theses & Dissertations
Why do we not ask our students what they need from us as teachers? This study is a look at my teaching through the eyes of my former students - ten black males in two urban high schools in Georgia. My research relies on critical race theory (Bell, 1992; Ladson-Billings & Tate, 2006) as a lens to analyze how institutional racism creates obstacles to black male achievement. I explore how an “opportunity gap” provides the foundation for an achievement gap between blacks and whites (Tate, 2008; Ladson-Billings, 2006a) that prevents black males from achieving academic success. I use counter-storytelling (Bell, …
Androdialysis: Analysis Of Android Intent Effectiveness In Malware Detection, A Feizollah, Nb Anuar, R Salleh, G Suarez-Tangil, S Furnell
Androdialysis: Analysis Of Android Intent Effectiveness In Malware Detection, A Feizollah, Nb Anuar, R Salleh, G Suarez-Tangil, S Furnell
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
The wide popularity of Android systems has been accompanied by increase in the number of malware targeting these systems. This is largely due to the open nature of the Android framework that facilitates the incorporation of third-party applications running on top of any Android device. Inter-process communication is one of the most notable features of the Android framework as it allows the reuse of components across process boundaries. This mechanism is used as gateway to access different sensitive services in the Android framework. In the Android platform, this communication system is usually driven by a late runtime binding messaging object …
Internet Risks For Children: Parents' Perceptions And Attitudes: An Investigative Study Of The Saudi Context, Norah Alqahtani, Steven Furnell, Shirley Atkinson, Ingo Stengel
Internet Risks For Children: Parents' Perceptions And Attitudes: An Investigative Study Of The Saudi Context, Norah Alqahtani, Steven Furnell, Shirley Atkinson, Ingo Stengel
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
Internet has become a part of our children's daily activities at home and at school. The benefits of the Internet for children are huge and include education and entertainment. However, the same technologies also pose some risks that parents need to identify and guard against. A lack of awareness can cause children to encounter serious danger and become victims of Internet criminals. To the best of the authors' knowledge, no previous research has been conducted in Saudi Arabia on parent's awareness of the risks of Internet use to their children and how Saudi's parents seek to mitigate those risks. This …
Harnessing Wave Power In Open Seas Ii: Very Large Arrays Of Wave-Energy Converters For 2d Sea States, Dali Xu, Raphael Stuhlmeier, Michael Stiassnie
Harnessing Wave Power In Open Seas Ii: Very Large Arrays Of Wave-Energy Converters For 2d Sea States, Dali Xu, Raphael Stuhlmeier, Michael Stiassnie
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
No abstract provided.
Composite Higgs Dynamics On The Lattice, Claudio Pica, Vincent Drach, Martin Hansen, Francesco Sannino
Composite Higgs Dynamics On The Lattice, Claudio Pica, Vincent Drach, Martin Hansen, Francesco Sannino
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
No abstract provided.
Exact Classical And Quantum Dynamics In Background Electromagnetic Fields, Tom Heinzl, Anton Ilderton
Exact Classical And Quantum Dynamics In Background Electromagnetic Fields, Tom Heinzl, Anton Ilderton
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
No abstract provided.
Depletion Of Intense Fields, D. Seipt, T. Heinzl, M. Marklund, S. S. Bulanov
Depletion Of Intense Fields, D. Seipt, T. Heinzl, M. Marklund, S. S. Bulanov
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
No abstract provided.
A Methodology Pruning The Search Space Of Six Compiler Transformations By Addressing Them Together As One Problem And By Exploiting The Hardware Architecture Details, Vasilios Kelefouras
A Methodology Pruning The Search Space Of Six Compiler Transformations By Addressing Them Together As One Problem And By Exploiting The Hardware Architecture Details, Vasilios Kelefouras
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
No abstract provided.
Life Cycle Assessment Of The Environmental Performance Of Conventional And Organic Methods Of Open Field Pepper Cultivation System, Efthalia Chatzisymeon, Spyros Foteinis, Alistair G.L. Borthwick
Life Cycle Assessment Of The Environmental Performance Of Conventional And Organic Methods Of Open Field Pepper Cultivation System, Efthalia Chatzisymeon, Spyros Foteinis, Alistair G.L. Borthwick
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
No abstract provided.
One-Dimensional And Two-Dimensional Green–Naghdi Equations For Sloshing In Shallow Basins, Mohammad R. Jalali, Alistair Borthwick
One-Dimensional And Two-Dimensional Green–Naghdi Equations For Sloshing In Shallow Basins, Mohammad R. Jalali, Alistair Borthwick
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
This paper presents a verified model of weakly non-linear wave sloshing in shallow basins, based on level I Green–Naghdi (GN) mass and momentum equations derived for mild-sloped beds. The model is verified for sloshing of an initially sinusoidal free surface perturbation in a square tank with a horizontal bed. The model is also used to investigate free surface sloshing of an initial Gaussian hump in closed square basins, over horizontal and non-uniform bed topographies. Analysis of the free surface slosh motions demonstrates that the model gives predictions in satisfactory agreement with the analytical solution of linearised shallow water theory obtained …
Characterization Of The Tidal Resource In Rathlin Sound, Alberto Pérez-Ortiz, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, James Mcnaughton, Alexandros Avdis
Characterization Of The Tidal Resource In Rathlin Sound, Alberto Pérez-Ortiz, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, James Mcnaughton, Alexandros Avdis
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
No abstract provided.
Electrochemical Oxidation Of Thallium (I) In Groundwater By Employing Single-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cells As Renewable Power Sources, Caixing Tian, Baogang Zhang, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Yunlong Li, Wen Liu
Electrochemical Oxidation Of Thallium (I) In Groundwater By Employing Single-Chamber Microbial Fuel Cells As Renewable Power Sources, Caixing Tian, Baogang Zhang, Alistair G.L. Borthwick, Yunlong Li, Wen Liu
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
No abstract provided.
Air Permeability Of Balsa Core, And Its Influence On Defect Formation In Resin Infused Sandwich Laminates, Rk Cullen, Sm Grove, J Summerscales
Air Permeability Of Balsa Core, And Its Influence On Defect Formation In Resin Infused Sandwich Laminates, Rk Cullen, Sm Grove, J Summerscales
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
Many large composite structures are manufactured using sandwich laminates to achieve high specific bending strength and stiffness. For wind turbine blades, the self-weight becomes increasingly important as blade size increases. Resin infusion of three-dimensional sandwich laminates can result in complex flow paths, and subsequent defect formation is difficult to predict. The core material used for sandwich construction and its interaction with liquid resins may also influence the formation of defects. In the case of balsa, this effect can be used to reduce defect severity. This paper considers the effect of cored sandwich laminate construction on the formation of defects. The …
Curing Resin Infused Composites In The Autoclave, R Wilkinson, Rk Cullen, J Summerscales
Curing Resin Infused Composites In The Autoclave, R Wilkinson, Rk Cullen, J Summerscales
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
There is increasing interest across the range of composites manufacturing processes for cost reduction with a current focus on out-of-autoclave (OOA) processes. However, for the highest performance composites, the maximum fibre volume fraction is limited by the compressibility characteristics of the reinforcement. For any specific reinforcement, vacuum-only processes cannot achieve fibre contents as high when additional external pressure is applied. Compression moulding in a hydraulic press creates limited compaction perpendicular to the line of action of the press. The autoclave is good for complex three-dimensional components. Autoclave processes normally use pre-impregnated reinforcements with a premium price for the impregnation process …
Distortional Buckling Of Perforated Cold-Formed Steel Channel-Section Beams With Circular Holes In Web, Long Yuan Li
Distortional Buckling Of Perforated Cold-Formed Steel Channel-Section Beams With Circular Holes In Web, Long Yuan Li
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
No abstract provided.
Analytical Investigation Of Hydrodynamic Performance Of A Dual Pontoon Wec-Type Breakwater, De Zhi Ning, X-L Zhao, M Zhao, Martyn Hann, Hai Gui Kang
Analytical Investigation Of Hydrodynamic Performance Of A Dual Pontoon Wec-Type Breakwater, De Zhi Ning, X-L Zhao, M Zhao, Martyn Hann, Hai Gui Kang
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
No abstract provided.
Asymptotic Residual Stress Distribution Induced By Multipass Welding Processes, P Ferro, F Berto, Nm James
Asymptotic Residual Stress Distribution Induced By Multipass Welding Processes, P Ferro, F Berto, Nm James
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
In the high cycle fatigue (HCF) regime, the fatigue strength of welded joints is influenced by residual stresses (RS) induced during welding processes. If the weld toe is modelled via a sharp V-notch, the distribution of weld toe residual stress can be shown to be asymptotic with a singularity which follows either the linear-elastic or elastic-plastic solution depending on parameters that range across material properties, specimen clamping conditions, and the welding process. For thicker plates, multipass welding is used instead of single-pass welding to reduce the heat input and hence the width of the fusion zone (FZ) and heat-affected zone …
New Effective Power Terms And Right-Angled Triangle (Rat) Power Theory, H Al-Bayaty, M Ambroze, Mz Ahmed
New Effective Power Terms And Right-Angled Triangle (Rat) Power Theory, H Al-Bayaty, M Ambroze, Mz Ahmed
School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics
No abstract provided.
Functionality Screens, Christopher Buccafusco, Mark A. Lemley
Functionality Screens, Christopher Buccafusco, Mark A. Lemley
Articles
Among intellectual property (IP) doctrines, only utility patents should protect function. Utility patents offer strong rights that place constraints on competition, but they only arise when inventors can demonstrate substantial novelty after a costly examination. Copyrights, trademarks, and design patents are much easier to obtain than utility patents, and they often last much longer. Accordingly, to prevent claimants from obtaining “backdoor patents,” the other IP doctrines must screen out functionality. As yet, however, courts and scholars have paid little systematic attention to the ways in which these functionality screens operate across and within IP law.We have four tasks in this …
Improving Syntactic Parsing Of Clinical Text Using Domain Knowledge, Min Jiang
Improving Syntactic Parsing Of Clinical Text Using Domain Knowledge, Min Jiang
Dissertations and Theses (Open Access)
Syntactic parsing is one of the fundamental tasks of Natural Language Processing (NLP). However, few studies have explored syntactic parsing in the medical domain. This dissertation systematically investigated different methods to improve the performance of syntactic parsing of clinical text, including (1) Constructing two clinical treebanks of discharge summaries and progress notes by developing annotation guidelines that handle missing elements in clinical sentences; (2) Retraining four state-of-the-art parsers, including the Stanford parser, Berkeley parser, Charniak parser, and Bikel parser, using clinical treebanks, and comparing their performance to identify better parsing approaches; and (3) Developing new methods to reduce syntactic ambiguity …
Understanding Pubmed Search Results Using Topic Models And Interactive Information Visualization, Zhiguo Yu
Understanding Pubmed Search Results Using Topic Models And Interactive Information Visualization, Zhiguo Yu
Dissertations and Theses (Open Access)
With data increasing exponentially, extracting and understanding information, themes and relationships from larger collections of documents is becoming more and more important to researchers in many areas. PubMed, which comprises more than 25 million citations, uses Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) to index articles to better facilitate their management, searching and indexing. However, researchers are still challenged to find and then get a meaningful overview of a set of documents in a specific area of interest. This is due in part to several limitations of MeSH terms, including: the need to monitor and expand the vocabulary; the lack of concept coverage …
Photoelectrochemical Cell Constructed From Bby Membrane With Various Substrate Materials, Yang Liu
Photoelectrochemical Cell Constructed From Bby Membrane With Various Substrate Materials, Yang Liu
Theses and Dissertations
Photoelectrochemical cells have been intensively studied in recent years with regard to using thylakoid and photosynthesis system I/II. BBY membrane is another protein complex that has potential to be utilized to build photoelectrochemical cells. Within the BBY membrane lies the highly active photosynthesis system II complex, which upon light activation, generates electrons transported within the electron transport chain during photosynthesis in green plants. This study presents an approach of immobilizing thylakoid or BBY membrane onto gold nanoparticle modified gold plate or multi-walled carbon nanotube (MWCNT) modified indium tin oxide vi (ITO) coated glass substrate. The results show that BBY membrane …
Novel Therapeutic Delivery Via Cell-Nanoparticle Hybridization, Remy C. Cooper
Novel Therapeutic Delivery Via Cell-Nanoparticle Hybridization, Remy C. Cooper
Theses and Dissertations
The immobilization of surface-modified polyamidoamine (PAMAM) dendrimers on the cell surface introduces a novel approach for efficient and specific cellular uptake of therapeutic-carrying nanoparticles. This cell surface-nanoparticle hybridization event takes place via bioorthogonal copper-free click chemistry between a dibenzocyclooctyne (DBCO) group on the dendrimer surface and azide-capped glycans expressed on the cell membrane through metabolic incorporation of azido sugars. This particular cell-nanoparticle hybridization method can be exploited to deliver a variety of therapeutic, genetic or fluorescent payloads directly into cells. Here, this method was employed to deliver plasmid DNA, siRNA and the hydrophobic anticancer drug Camptothecin (CPT) to enhance transfection …
Synthesis, Characterization, And Enhanced Magnetic Properties Of Iron Carbide Nanomaterials, Brent M. Williams
Synthesis, Characterization, And Enhanced Magnetic Properties Of Iron Carbide Nanomaterials, Brent M. Williams
Theses and Dissertations
Permanent magnets are classified as hard magnetic materials with the main purpose of generating flux for applications such as electric motors, turbines, and hard drives. High coercivity, magnetic remanence, and saturation values with high stability are some of the requirements for permanent magnets. Rare-earth magnets including neodymium and samarium based magnets are known to have superior magnetic properties due to their high magnetocrystalline anisotropy. However, due to the price of rare-earth materials development of alternate permanent magnets composed of inexpensive materials is an ongoing process. Previously cobalt carbide (CoxC) have shown promise as a potential rare-earth free magnet …
A Study Of Sediment Accretion Dynamics In Mature And Restored Tidal Freshwater Forested Wetlands In The James River Watershed Using Surface Elevation Tables And Marker Horizons, Ronaldo Lopez
Theses and Dissertations
Sediment accretion and elevation change in tidal forests, and the corresponding ability of these wetlands to keep pace with sea-level rise (SLR), represent data gaps in our understanding of wetland sustainability. Surface Elevation Tables and marker horizons were installed in three mature tidal forests and a restored tidal marsh, allowing us to measure elevation change, accretion, and subsidence. Additionally, we measured predictor variables to test for their significance in explaining accretion and elevation change rates. Mean accretion at our sites was 11.67 +/- 3.01 mm yr-1 and mean elevation change was -20.22 +/- 8.10 mm yr-1, suggesting …
Haasis Family Papers - Accession 234, Haasis Family, Julius Friedrich Haasis, Cuthbert Wead Haasis, Eleanor Wead Haasis
Haasis Family Papers - Accession 234, Haasis Family, Julius Friedrich Haasis, Cuthbert Wead Haasis, Eleanor Wead Haasis
Manuscript Collection
The Haasis Family Papers consist of family history data, correspondence, literary manuscripts, drawings, photographs, newspaper clippings, financial and legal papers, memorabilia, and other papers of the Haasis family of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, and Aiken, South Carolina. Includes club and organizational files for the American Association of University Women, American Rose Society, Smokey Mountains History Club, the Connecticut College Alumni Association, Aiken Naturalists Club, Edisto Beach Yacht Club, the Savannah River Valley Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers, and the Rutgers Alumni Association. Subjects include gardening, gold mining, South America, girl scouting, engineering, travel, Europe, China, and India. …
Hutchinson-Johnston Family Papers - Accession 1510, Hutchinson Family, Johnston Family, Hutchison Family
Hutchinson-Johnston Family Papers - Accession 1510, Hutchinson Family, Johnston Family, Hutchison Family
Manuscript Collection
The Hutchinson-Johnston Family Papers includes a family bible, a diary, military records, survey maps, titles of real estate, land deeds, wills and testaments, photographs (including prints, negatives, carte de visites, tintypes, and daguerreotypes) and scrapbooks, school records, church records, correspondences, court documents, and newspaper clippings regarding the Hutchinson (also spelled Hutchison) and Johnston family. Allied family names included in the collection include: Anderson; Belk; Ballantine; Caldwell; Campbell; Dick; Dunlap; Luckey;