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Commercial Transportation, Stephen G. Lowry, Madeline E. Mcneeley, Kristy S. Davies, Yvonne S. Godfrey

Mercer Law Review

Commercial transportation involves all of the significant forms of passenger and property transportation across the United States. This Article covers five major areas: (1) trucking; (2) aviation; (3) limousines, taxis, rideshare services, and commercial transit; (4) autonomous vehicles; and (5) railroads. This Article surveys significant judicial and legislative developments in Georgia commercial transportation law during the period from the beginning of the 2012 regular session of the 151st Georgia General Assembly through May 31, 2017.

Each of the areas covered are subject to heavy federal regulation. Much of this Article discusses Georgia's interaction with federal regulations and laws pertaining to …

Premises Liability And Apportionment Following Martin V. Six Flags Over Georgia Ii, L.P., Madeline E. Mcneeley, Jed D. Manton

Mercer Law Review

A nineteen-year-old boy's innocent trip to an amusement park ended in a brutal beating and permanent brain damage. The boy's efforts to hold accountable those responsible for the tragedy ultimately resulted in much-needed clarification of Georgia's law regarding negligent security and apportionment of fault. It is now clear that a landlord can be held responsible for damages caused by criminal activity even when the damages occur beyond the four corners of the landlord's property. Likewise, Martin elucidates that errors in a jury's apportionment verdict can be retried without disturbing the verdict as to liability and damages.

Sustainable Clean Coal Technology With Power And Methanol Production, Xiaomeng Wang

Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

The coal-based chemical process is still indispensable in modern society due to the worldwide vast reserves and popular price of coal. Power generation and chemical production from coal still play an important role in the global chemical industrial market. Electricity generation and chemical production from coal is still the trend as long as the coal is plentiful and inexpensive. Modern chemical industry aims at sustainability and hence the development of clean coal technologies is critical.

Coal-based methanol economy, as an attractive liquid transportation fuel as well as an essential intermediate chemical feedstock, can fill a possible gap between declining fossil …

Berry Brook Watershed Management Plan –Implementation Projects Phase Iii, The City Of Dover, University Of New Hampshire Stormwater Center (Unhsc)

UNH Stormwater Center

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Hotels Wanted: Effect Of Renewed Diplomatic Relations Between The United States And Cuba On The Hospitality Industry, Anthony M. Alesandro

Journal of International Business and Law

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God's Grace And The Marketplace: Mainline Protestant Church, Faith And Business, Sarah Helene Duggin

Journal of International Business and Law

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Graduating Seniors: Celebrate Your Final Days At Ohio During Senior Week (December 1, 2017), University Communications And Marketing

OHIO News Articles Archive

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Coping With Finals Stress, Kate Springer

UNH Today Archive

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World Aids Day, Dawn Zitney

UNH Today Archive

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Label-Free Refractive Index Sensing With Free-Space Coupled Photonic Crystal Slabs, Yonghao Liu

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Label-free optical resonance sensors can detect small changes of refractive index (RI), which could be used for biochemical molecular detection, drug screening or gas detection. One of the most critical parameters in these sensors is the sensor detection limit (DL). Reducing DL can be achieved by increasing the resonance quality factors (Q) and the spectral sensitivity (S). Another critical research challenge in these sensors is the sensing specificity. In this thesis, based on Fano resonance principle in two-dimensional photonic crystal slabs (PCS) and the integration with gas separation columns, we investigated various free-space coupled on-chip optical resonance sensors for both …

Label Free Optical Detection Of Electrical Activity In Mammalian Neurons, Sarmishtha Satpathy

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

We describe an optical technique for label-free detection of the action potential in cultured mammalian neurons. Induced morphological changes due to action potential propagation in neurons are optically interrogated with a phase sensitive interferometric technique. Optical recordings composed of signal pulses mirror the electrical spike train activity of individual neurons in a network. The optical pulses are transient nanoscale oscillatory changes in the optical path length of varying peak magnitude and temporal width. Exogenous application of glutamate to cortical neuronal cultures produced coincident increase in the electrical and optical activity; both were blocked by application of a Na-channel blocker, Tetrodotoxin. …

Large Dimensional Analysis And Optimization For Massive Mimo Wireless Networks, Longwei Wang

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

The Last decade has seen a massive growth of wireless devices. Demands for high capacity and massive connectivity always increases. To meet the these requirements, massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology is proposed for the next generation wireless systems. With massive antenna arrays at the BS, the channel vectors between the users and the BS are asymptotically orthogonal, and the intercell interference can be eliminated with simple linear processing method. The effects of fast fading, and uncorrelated noise tend to disappear as the number of BS station antennas grows large. In this thesis, we mainly focus on the performance analysis and …

Algorithms For Building Compact Representatives And Processing Ranking Queries, Abolfazl Asudeh Naee

Computer Science and Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Ranked retrieval model has rapidly replaced the traditional Boolean retrieval model as the de facto way for query processing when a large portion of (big) data matches a given query. Returning all the query results in these cases is not efficient nor informative. Unlike the Boolean retrieval model, the ranked retrieval model orders the matching tuples according to an often proprietary ranking function and returns the top-k of them. In this dissertation, we study ranked retrieval model and propose exact and approximate algorithms for (i) building representatives for fast query processing, and (ii) online processing of ranking queries. We study …

Crypto Ransomware Analysis And Detection Using Process Monitor, Ashwini Balkrushna Kardile

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

Ransomware is a faster growing threat that encrypts user’s files and locks the computer and holds the key required to decrypt the files for ransom. Over the past few years, the impact of ransomware has increased exponentially. There have been several reported high profile ransomware attacks, such as CryptoLocker, CryptoWall, WannaCry, Petya and Bad Rabbit which have collectively cost individuals and companies well over a billion dollars according to FBI. As the threat of ransomware has become more prevalent, security companies and researchers have begun proposing new approaches for detection and prevention of ransomware. However, these approaches generally lack dynamicity …

On Chip Hybrid Photonic Crystal Surface Emitting Lasers, Shih-Chia Liu

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

We report here the design and experimental demonstration of optically pumped photonic crystal bandedge membrane lasers on silicon-on-insulator (SOI) and on bulk silicon (Si) substrates, based on heterogeneously integrated InGaAsP multi-quantum-well membrane layers transfer printed onto patterned photonic crystal cavities. Single mode lasing under room-temperature operation was observed at 1542 nm, with excellent side mode suppression ratio greater than 31.5 dB, for the laser built on SOI substrate. For the laser built on bulk Si substrate, the improved thermal characteristics are favorable for lasers operating potentially at higher temperatures and higher power. We also report the experimental and theoretical investigations …

Scalable Conversion Of Textual Unstructured Data To Nosql Graph Representation Using Berkeley Db Key-Value Store For Efficient Querying, Jasmine Manoj Varghese

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

Graph database is a popular choice for representing data with relationships. It facilitates easy modifications to the relational information without the need for structural redefinition, as in case of relational databases. Exponentially growing graph sizes demand efficient querying, memory limitations notwithstanding. Use of indexes, to speed up query processing, is integral to databases. Existing works have used in-memory approaches that were limited by the main memory size. This thesis proposes a way to use graph representation, indexing technique and secondary memory to efficiently answer queries. Textual unstructured data is parsed to identify entities and assign unique identification. The entities and …

Molecularly Engineered Surfaces For Early Cancer Diagnosis, Mohammad Raziul Hasan

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Early detection of cancer can have immediate and significant impact on effective treatments for cancer patients and better disease prognosis. In the early stage of cancer, symptoms are initially expressed at molecular and cellular scales. Identification and capture of cancer cells can greatly advance cancer research. This research work is aimed to introduce novel biosensors and technologies for early cancer detection. We developed a one-step method to create nanotextured polymer substrates and showed the effect of surface nanotexture on cancer cell adhesion and cell surface interactions. The nanotextured surface was functionalized with an antibody to selectively capture cancer cells from …

Massive Mimo Performance Analysis And Radar Sensor Networks Based Target Detection, Ganlin Zhao

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

In this dissertation, we apply massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) performance analysis and radar target detection based on radar sensor networks(RSN). In recent years, massive MIMO draws great interest for wireless communication re- searchers. As a highly scalable technology for 5G networks, massive MIMO will meet the increasing demand for wireless throughput. Also, radar target detection is also an important topic for military and civilian applications. Improving detection accuracy when target is embedded in strong background clutter is a challenging task. In Chapter 2, we investigate scaling law of theoretical transmission capacity limit in an uplink multi-user MIMO system. In 5G network …

Portable Wireless Antenna Sensor For Simultaneous Shear And Pressure Monitoring, Farnaz Farahanipad

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

Microstrip antenna-sensor has received considerable interests in recent years due to its simple configuration, compact size, and multi-modality sensitivity. Having a simple and conformal planar configuration, antenna-sensor can be easily attached on the structure surface for Structure Health Monitoring (SHM). As a promising sensor, the resonant frequency of the antenna-sensor is sensitive to different structure properties: such as planar stress, temperature, moisture, pressure and shear. As a passive antenna, antenna-sensor’s resonant frequency can be wirelessly interrogated at a middle range distance without using an on-board battery. However, a major challenge of antenna-sensor’s wireless interrogation is to isolate the antenna backscattering …

Social Coding Standards On Touchdevelop: An Empirical Study, Shivangi Kulshrestha

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

This study compares and contrasts the application development pattern on Microsoft’s mobile application development platform with leading version control and social coding sites like Github. TouchDevelop is an in-browser editor for developing mobile applications with the main aim to concentrate on ‘touch’ as the only input. Apart from being the first of it’s kind platform, TouchDevelop also allows users to upload their script directly to cloud. This is what makes this study interesting, since the API data of the app has never been studied before to follow social coding standards or version control techniques. Till today, all major IDEs, e.g …

Maximizing Code Coverage In Database Applications, Tulsi Chandwani

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

A database application takes input as user-defined queries and determines the program logic to be executed based on the results returned by the queries. A change in existing application or a new application is expected pass through extensive testing to cover the entire code and check all the cases possible in execution. Testing the code coverage of traditional or CRUD-based applications is a straightforward process backed by various tools and libraries. Unlike traditional applications, checking the code coverage of database applications is a complex procedure due to its inherent structure and the inputs passed to it. Measuring the code coverage …

Visual Logging Framework Using Elk Stack, Ravi Nishant

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

Logging is the process of storing information for future reference and audit purposes. In software applications, logging plays a very critical role as a development utility and ensures code quality. It acts as an enabler for developers and support professionals by providing them capability to see application’s functionality and understand any issues with it. Data logging has a widespread use in scientific experiments and analytical systems. Major systems which heavily uses data logging are weather reporting services, digital advertisement, search engines, space exploration systems to name a few. Although, data logging increases the productivity and efficiency of a software system, …

Igait: Vision-Based Low-Cost, Reliable Machine Learning Framework For Gait Abnormality Detection, Saif Sayed

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

Human gait has shown to be a strong indicator of health issues under a wide variety of conditions. For that reason, gait analysis has become a powerful tool for clinicians to assess functional limitations due to neurological or orthopedic conditions that are reflected in gait. Therefore, accurate gait monitoring and analysis methods have found a wide range of applications from diagnosis to treatment and rehabilitation. This thesis focuses on creating a low-cost and non-intrusive vision-based machine learning framework dubbed as iGait to accurately detect CLBP patients using 3-D capturing devices such as MS Kinect. To analyze the performance of the …

Rotordynamic Enhancement By Utilizing The Controlled Hydrostatic Injection Of Hybrid Air Foil Bearing, Behzad Zamanian Yazdi

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Air foil bearings (AFBs) are introduced as promising bearings for oil-free turbomachinery applications. Air foil bearing (AFB) technology has made substantial advancement during the past decades and found its applications in various small turbomachinery. AFBs provide reliable operation at high speed and high temperature with negligible power loss. However, rotordynamic instability, friction and drag during the start/stop, and thermal management are still challenges for further application of the technology. Hybrid Air Foil Bearing (HAFB) technology utilizes the radial injection of externally pressurized air into the traditional hydrodynamic AFB’s film thickness through orifices attached to the top foil. HAFB is one …

Optimization Of Aircraft Tow Steered Composite Wing Structures, Micheal Chamberlain Henson

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dissertations - Archive

An efficient methodology for design of aircraft composite wing structures is presented. The developed approach provides a flexible and integrated strategy to leverage advantages of composite material tow steering to achieve more effective wing designs. This is accomplished by including the coupling between OML geometry, aerodynamics and structural response. Structural and aerodynamic analyses are derived from parametric aircraft geometry and assembled into a framework for aero-structural wing sizing. A Ritz equivalent plate solution is extended to model composite materials with variable fiber path geometry. The structural modeling approach is implemented to automate creation of both Ritz and finite element analyses. …

A Micromechnics Approach To Predicting The Onset Yielding Envelope Of Particulate Composite Materials, Behrooz Karimi

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Composite materials fail for various reasons and extensive research has been conducted both experimentally and theoretically. However, theoretical prediction of composite failure by yielding seems scarce. Adding reinforcing elements to matrix significantly affects the structural behavior of composite materials. The inserted particles on one hand obstruct the progress of cracks and on the other hand cause stress concentration on the interface of the particle-matrix and eventually influence the ultimate strength of the material. In this research, we study the interface stresses and strength in particulate reinforced composites under uniform mechanical and thermal loading. We theoretically obtain failure envelopes for particulate …

Towards The Fabrication Of Bioresorbable Constructs With Customized Properties Using Additive Manufacturing, Prashanth Ravi

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Additive Manufacturing (AM) has been employed to fabricate medical constructs for over two decades. This dissertation investigates the effects of AM process parameters on raster level geometric features and structural properties of bioresorbable constructs. The development of an open architecture custom multi-process 3D printer employed for fabricating bioscaffolds and test structures is discussed. Bioresorbable polymers including a newly synthesized radiopaque polymer, poly (glycerol sebacate fumarate) gadodiamide (Rylar) and medical grade poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA) were investigated. In the first part, the effects of process parameters on raster geometry were investigated to aid in the fabrication of structures with improved geometric features …

Numerical Study Of Droplet Evaporation, Ritul Gandhi

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive

Droplet evaporation plays a vital role in various engineering fields such as air/fuel premixing, inkjet printing and many more. The high rate of power dissipation from the integrated circuits and chips of electronic devices creates a need for cooling it to achieve their optimal functionality. The high rate of cooling can be achieved by thin film evaporation of water by phase change as compared to the air cooling methods. Therefore, the study of droplet evaporation is necessary to understand the underlying physics and effects of different parameters on cooling performance. Numerical study of droplet evaporation has been done by using …

Space Launch Vehicle Design: Conceptual Design Of Rocket Powered, Vertical Takeoff, Fully Expendable And First Stage Boostback Space Launch Vehicles, David Michael Woodward

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive

Engineering design can be broken down into three phases: conceptual design, preliminary design, and detailed design. During the conceptual design phase, several potential configurations are studied towards the identification of the baseline vehicle. Although the least amount of detail is known about the design during the early conceptual design phase, the decisions made during this phase lock in major features effecting life-cycle cost and overall product success. As the next big space race begins, it is critically important to have a readily available tool for launch vehicle designers that is intuitive to use, easy to modify, cost effective, and provides …

A Methodology For Topology And Lattice Structure Optimization Of A Cargo Drone Motor Mount, Nagadurga Srinivas Sripada

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive

This work discusses a CAE driven methodology for designing a lightweight component by performing structural configuration on a given package space, creating a closed surface along this configuration using an interactive geometric modeling tool, and lastly generating lattice members that provide the required stiffness for the structure. The design process is explained starting with topology optimization performed on a single block with specific design constraints. It describes the effect of different parameters on the optimized results and how to analyze these results based on a given volume fraction constraint with the objective of minimizing the compliance. It then talks about …