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Perception About Gmos Between The Usa And Europe Through Twitter, Feng Chang Jan 2017

Perception About Gmos Between The Usa And Europe Through Twitter, Feng Chang

Computer Science

Twitter is one of the most popular social networking and microblogging services in the internet world. By the end of Jan 24, 2017, there were at least 100 million active users daily around the world. Due to such a huge number of people, it is a great channel to collect information about almost anything existing in the world. Based on this information, we could also analyze the popular topics which are widely discussed. For the work of my paper, the target is to find out the perception about GMOs, but also focused on the difference in perceptions between Europe and …

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Dynamic Light Trail Construction In Wavelength Division Multiplexing (Wdm) Optical Networks, Betty Elizabeth Amuge Jan 2017

Dynamic Light Trail Construction In Wavelength Division Multiplexing (Wdm) Optical Networks, Betty Elizabeth Amuge

Computer Science

This paper addresses dynamic light trail construction issues in a WDM optical network. This construction was done with an objective to consume a minimum number of resources, such as, the number of free wavelengths, while ensuring that the light trails were always available and had backups especially in cases of failure. A simulation study had been carried out in a previous study in 2010 (27), and this paper took it further by implementing the proposed dynamic light trail routing algorithms using the Java language as well as running additional simulations. The paper then presented numerical results that compared and evaluated …

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Using Learning Styles To Improve Software Requirements Quality: An Empirical Investigation, Anurag Goswami Jan 2017

Using Learning Styles To Improve Software Requirements Quality: An Empirical Investigation, Anurag Goswami

Computer Science

The success of a software organization depends upon its ability to deliver a quality software product within time and budget constraints. To ensure the delivery of quality software, software inspections have proven to be an effective method that aid developers to detect and remove problems from artifacts during the early stages of software lifecycle. In spite of the reported benefits of inspection, the effectiveness of the inspection process is highly dependent on the varying ability of individual inspectors. Software engineering research focused at understanding the factors (e.g., education level, experience) that can positively impact the individual’s and team inspection effectiveness …

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Gpu Enabled Particle Swarm Optimization, Bala Venkata Rama Kishore Killada Jan 2017

Gpu Enabled Particle Swarm Optimization, Bala Venkata Rama Kishore Killada

Computer Science

GPUs are massively parallelized devices. They were designed to handle billions of pixels per second. It is does this by embracing an incredible level of parallelism. GPUs in fact can leverage any other parallel algorithms developed for super computers. Many disciplines in science and engineering are achieving high speedups on their codes using GPUs. This paper implements a GPU-enabled Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm and evaluates the scalability of the algorithm. Several experiments were conducted comparing the CPU with the GPU implementation, analyzing the scalability of the GPU implementation with regards to increases in population size and dimension, as well …

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Women’S Experiences Of Personalised Support For Asthma Care During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review Of The Literature, Graham R. Williamson, A O’Connor, Elmslie Jones Kayleigh Jan 2017

Women’S Experiences Of Personalised Support For Asthma Care During Pregnancy: A Systematic Review Of The Literature, Graham R. Williamson, A O’Connor, Elmslie Jones Kayleigh

School of Nursing and Midwifery

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Using Message Queuing To Drive Polyglot Identity And Access Management Development, Richard Ernest Orvin Frovarp Jan 2017

Using Message Queuing To Drive Polyglot Identity And Access Management Development, Richard Ernest Orvin Frovarp

Computer Science

This paper describes a method of using an Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) broker, RabbitMQ in particular, to facilitate the management of accounts across a variety of systems. Higher education poses a unique challenge in the management of accounts due to the wide variety of systems involved. The Central IT department of an organization, those that usually run management systems, does not always have control over what systems are chosen, but needs to be able to manage them nonetheless. Unique requirements of each of the systems requires custom integration. That integration can be limited in what platform or languages are …

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Context Specific Module Mining From Multiple Co-Expression Graph, Md Shakhawat Hossain Jan 2017

Context Specific Module Mining From Multiple Co-Expression Graph, Md Shakhawat Hossain

Computer Science

Gene co-expression networks can be used to associate genes of unknown function with biological processes or to find genes in a specific context, environment responsible for a disease. We provide an overview of methods and tools used to identify such recurrent patterns across multiple networks, can be used to discover biological modules in co-expression networks constructed from gene expression data and we explain how this can be used to identify genes with a regulatory role in disease. However, existing algorithms are very much costly in terms of time and space. As network size or number increases, mining such modules get …

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Finding Hidden Relationships Between Medical Concepts By Leveraging Metamap And Text Mining Techniques, Weikang Yang Jan 2017

Finding Hidden Relationships Between Medical Concepts By Leveraging Metamap And Text Mining Techniques, Weikang Yang

Computer Science

A lot of efforts have been made in order to make new discoveries in the biomedical filed. However, those valuable information may be hidden in text without applying appropriate text mining techniques. In this paper, I utilize MetaMap, a powerful biomedical tool provided by National Library of Medicine (NLM), along with appropriate text mining techniques, to detect hidden connections between biomedical concepts. The huge volume of Medline documents are used as data source and experimental data, where more than 20 million titles and abstracts of Medline articles are analyzed. On top of this corpus, biomedical concept queries are enabled to …

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Implementation Of Weighted Centroid Neural Network For Edge Preserving Image Compression, Amarender Reddy Depa Jan 2017

Implementation Of Weighted Centroid Neural Network For Edge Preserving Image Compression, Amarender Reddy Depa

Computer Science

Image compression is a type of data compression applied to images. The objective of image compression is to reduce the cost for storage or transmission. Image compression is associated with removing redundant information of image data. Image storage is required for several purposes like document, medical images, etc. In this paper, an edge preserving image compression algorithm based on an unsupervised competitive neural network called weighted centroid neural network (WCNN), is implemented and compared to the other algorithms. The WCNN algorithm allots more representative vectors from the edges of the image than the interior of the image thus helping in …

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Evaluating Fitness Of Patch-Based Terrains In The Use Of Video Games, Lohit Bhurale Jan 2017

Evaluating Fitness Of Patch-Based Terrains In The Use Of Video Games, Lohit Bhurale

Computer Science

This paper deals with current an existing evolutionary algorithm used in procedural terrain generation content for video games which is gaining interest to lessen the development costs and meet desired user requirements in creating levels, maps, and 3D terrain. Our approach demonstrates the advantages of a two-level interactive parent selection mechanism with seamless patching done during the generation process, using genetic algorithm and evolutionary strategies. Genetic algorithm is applied with crossover and mutation to evolve the layout of the patches. On the other hand, evolutionary strategy is also evaluated. We have conducted a series of runs, resulting in visually comparing …

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Emerging Public: The Public Library's Role In Building Community, Nicholas Braaksma Jan 2017

Emerging Public: The Public Library's Role In Building Community, Nicholas Braaksma

Architecture Theses

How can architecture create context and facilitate understanding of the information presented in public libraries through both physical and digital media to encourage community engagement? This thesis analyzes the architectural relationship between the public, information, and the city. Historically, library buildings have acted as the interface through which the public accessed information. As the way we access information has changed, libraries have changed as well. The proliferation of easy and remote access to information can lead to the assumption that libraries, as portals to information, are obsolete. However, information that is less exclusive is also less edited, driving the amount …

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Consumer Sentiment Analysis Using Twitter, Rumana Rashid Jan 2017

Consumer Sentiment Analysis Using Twitter, Rumana Rashid

Computer Science

Sentiment analysis is the task of finding people’s opinions about specific objects/matters. Ordinary people’s opinions affect the decision-making process. Today, there is a massive explosion of “sentiments” available on social media, e.g. Twitter. Twitter is one of the most popular worldwide social-networking services. Twitter is a widely-used way to get people’s opinion about some topics when you read their posts. In this study, a model was coded in R environment and implemented and tested using a large dataset to estimate people’s opinions concerning specific topics that can be used for implementing better decision in market research. To achieve this goal, …

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Development And Validation Of An Oecd Reproductive Toxicity Test Guideline With The Mudsnail Potamopyrgus Antipodarum (Mollusca, Gastropoda), K Ruppert, C Geiß, C Askem, R Benstead, R Brown, M Coke, V Ducrot, P Egeler, H Holbech, Th Hutchinson, Kl Kinnberg, L Lagadic, Page G Le, A Macken, P Matthiessen, S Ostermann, A Schimera, C Schmitt, A Seeland-Fremer, Aj Smith, L Weltje, J Oehlmann Jan 2017

Development And Validation Of An Oecd Reproductive Toxicity Test Guideline With The Mudsnail Potamopyrgus Antipodarum (Mollusca, Gastropoda), K Ruppert, C Geiß, C Askem, R Benstead, R Brown, M Coke, V Ducrot, P Egeler, H Holbech, Th Hutchinson, Kl Kinnberg, L Lagadic, Page G Le, A Macken, P Matthiessen, S Ostermann, A Schimera, C Schmitt, A Seeland-Fremer, Aj Smith, L Weltje, J Oehlmann

School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences

Mollusks are known to be uniquely sensitive to a number of reproductive toxicants including some vertebrate endocrine disrupting chemicals. However, they have widely been ignored in environmental risk assessment procedures for chemicals. This study describes the validation of the Potamopyrgus antipodarum reproduction test within the OECD Conceptual Framework for Endocrine Disrupters Testing and Assessment. The number of embryos in the brood pouch and adult mortality serve as main endpoints. The experiments are conducted as static systems in beakers filled with artificial medium, which is aerated trough glass pipettes. The test chemical is dispersed into the medium, and adult snails are …

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Plant Domestication, James P. Smith Jr Jan 2017

Plant Domestication, James P. Smith Jr

Botanical Studies

No abstract provided.

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Economically Important Plants Arranged Systematically, James P. Smith Jr Jan 2017

Economically Important Plants Arranged Systematically, James P. Smith Jr

Botanical Studies

No abstract provided.

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Vascular Plants Of Trinidad Head, Humboldt County, California, James P. Smith Jr Jan 2017

Vascular Plants Of Trinidad Head, Humboldt County, California, James P. Smith Jr

Botanical Studies

No abstract provided.

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Vascular Plants Of The Horse Mountain Serpentines Humboldt County, California, James P. Smith Jr, John O. Sawyer Jr. Jan 2017

Vascular Plants Of The Horse Mountain Serpentines Humboldt County, California, James P. Smith Jr, John O. Sawyer Jr.

Botanical Studies

No abstract provided.

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Checklist Of The Vascular Plants Of The Kangaroo Lake Area Siskiyou County, California, James P. Smith Jr Jan 2017

Checklist Of The Vascular Plants Of The Kangaroo Lake Area Siskiyou County, California, James P. Smith Jr

Botanical Studies

No abstract provided.

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A Checklist Of The Vascular Plants Of The Deadfall Lakes Area, Trinity County, California, James P. Smith Jr Jan 2017

A Checklist Of The Vascular Plants Of The Deadfall Lakes Area, Trinity County, California, James P. Smith Jr

Botanical Studies

No abstract provided.

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Dichotomous Keys - Their Structure And Use, James P. Smith Jr Jan 2017

Dichotomous Keys - Their Structure And Use, James P. Smith Jr

Botanical Studies

No abstract provided.

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Grasses Of The United States: Number Of Genera And Taxa By State, James P. Smith Jr Jan 2017

Grasses Of The United States: Number Of Genera And Taxa By State, James P. Smith Jr

Botanical Studies

No abstract provided.

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Publication Dates Of Selected Vascular Plant Families, James P. Smith Jr Jan 2017

Publication Dates Of Selected Vascular Plant Families, James P. Smith Jr

Botanical Studies

No abstract provided.

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California Vascular Plants: A Numerical Conspectus As Seen In Six Standard Floras, James P. Smith Jr Jan 2017

California Vascular Plants: A Numerical Conspectus As Seen In Six Standard Floras, James P. Smith Jr

Botanical Studies

No abstract provided.

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How Do Healthcare Professionals Interview Patients To Assess Suicide Risk?, Rose Mccabe, Imren Sterno, Stefan Priebe, Rebecca Barnes, Richard Byng Jan 2017

How Do Healthcare Professionals Interview Patients To Assess Suicide Risk?, Rose Mccabe, Imren Sterno, Stefan Priebe, Rebecca Barnes, Richard Byng

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

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Realising The Full Potential Of Primary Care: Uniting The ‘Two Faces’ Of Generalism, Joanne Reeve, Richard Byng Jan 2017

Realising The Full Potential Of Primary Care: Uniting The ‘Two Faces’ Of Generalism, Joanne Reeve, Richard Byng

Peninsula Medical School

Faced with an unprecedented mismatch between presented health needs and resources available, we must rethink both how we deliver healthcare and what care we deliver. Work has already started on the ‘how’: notably with efforts to strengthen access and integration — improved coordination of the comprehensive care needed to meet a diverse range of needs.2 It is defining ‘what’ to deliver that is proving more challenging. To address emerging problems of over- and under-treatment associated with the undue specialisation of healthcare,3 we need to strengthen delivery of generalist medical care.4 This means that we need to bolster the capacity to …

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Literacy Narratives Of Pre-Literate And Non-Literate Adult Refugee Women, Fawzia Sebi Riji Jan 2017

Literacy Narratives Of Pre-Literate And Non-Literate Adult Refugee Women, Fawzia Sebi Riji

English

This study focuses on the Literacy Narratives of Pre-Literate and Non-Literate Adult Refugee Women in the Fargo-Moorhead community. Personal interviews were conducted to gather data. The recorded interviews were then transcribed and analyzed using three predetermined categories. Findings from the categories: motivation, learning strategies, and preferred materials are presented in the results section. Through analysis, five main motivators have emerged in the findings of the four literacy narratives: being committed to learning, being a role model for their kids, getting better employment opportunities for supporting the family, getting a GED, and being competent in English. The participants’ literacy narratives show …

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Effect Of Time And Day Of Admission On Hospital Care Quality For Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation In England And Wales: Single Cohort Study, Cm Roberts, D Lowe, E Skipper, Mc Steiner, R Jones, C Gelder, Jr Hurst, Ge Lowrey, C Thompson, Ra Stone Jan 2017

Effect Of Time And Day Of Admission On Hospital Care Quality For Patients With Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Exacerbation In England And Wales: Single Cohort Study, Cm Roberts, D Lowe, E Skipper, Mc Steiner, R Jones, C Gelder, Jr Hurst, Ge Lowrey, C Thompson, Ra Stone

Peninsula Medical School

No abstract provided.

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Echo: Elemental Architecture As A Method Of Cleansing Freshwater In The Wake Of Industrialization, Kara Iliff Jan 2017

Echo: Elemental Architecture As A Method Of Cleansing Freshwater In The Wake Of Industrialization, Kara Iliff

Architecture Theses

Existing as a force powerful enough to shape the face of the earth, yet delicate enough to sustain the life within our bodies, water is an element with which humans have continuously sought balance. Water has eternally been a source of repetitive daily ritual: collection, hydration, and cleansing. Out of necessity and convenience, our cities have been built right up against shorelines and grown inland. With the rise of industrial architecture, the ruination of our irreplaceable resources is the fatal flaw of our technological advances. Duluth, Minnesota is a shoreline city born from the lure of Lake Superior’s freshwater and …

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Surfing The Semester: A Study Of The Flow Of Active Learning Implementation, Rebecca Sue Davidson Reichenbach Jan 2017

Surfing The Semester: A Study Of The Flow Of Active Learning Implementation, Rebecca Sue Davidson Reichenbach

Biological Sciences

Instructional reforms have been called for on a national level. Little data exists as to how changes take place. This study explored the implementation of active learning practices by non-tenure and tenure track faculty over the course of a semester. Faculty were introduced to evidence based pedagogy through workshops and faculty learning communities. Their instructional practices within a semester were tracked through observations conducted using the Classroom Observation Protocol for Undergraduate STEM (COPUS). Interviews were conducted to gain insight into reasons for instructional trends. A general trend downward was observed through the semester but was not found to be statistically …

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Identity Theory And The Lunar Chronicles: Expanding The Study Of Identity In Young Adult Literature, Sarah Rose Silvernail Jan 2017

Identity Theory And The Lunar Chronicles: Expanding The Study Of Identity In Young Adult Literature, Sarah Rose Silvernail

English

This Master’s Thesis applies Identity Theory from Social Psychology to The Lunar Chronicles, a young adult novel series by Marissa Meyer. In this thesis, I explain the theory in detail, apply it to the text, and discuss what can be gained by applying such a theory to young adult literature. Young adult literature (YAL) works with the concept of identity, and applying a Social Psychological theory of identity to YAL can provide a new vantage point from which to examine the concept of identity as portrayed in YAL. Through my application of Identity Theory to the texts, I demonstrate how …

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