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Estimating Meteorological Visibility Range Under Foggy Weather Conditions: A Deep Learning Approach, Hazar Chaabani, Naoufel Werghi, Faouzi Kamoun, Bilal Taha, Fatma Outay, Ansar Ul Haque Yasar

All Works

© 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. Systems capable of estimating visibility distances under foggy weather conditions are extremely useful for next-generation cooperative situational awareness and collision avoidance systems. In this paper, we present a brief review of noticeable approaches for determining visibility distance under foggy weather conditions. We then propose a novel approach based on the combination of a deep learning method for feature extraction and an SVM classifier. We present a quantitative evaluation of the proposed solution and show that our approach provides better performance results compared to an earlier approach that was based on the combination …

Local And Global Dynamic Bifurcations Of Nonlinear Evolution Equations, Desheng Li, Zhi-Qiang Wang

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

We present new local and global dynamic bifurcation results for nonlinear evolution equations of the form ut + Au = fλ(u) on a Banach space X, where A is a sectorial operator, and λ ∈ R is the bifurcation parameter. Suppose the equation has a trivial solution branch {(0, λ) : λ ∈ R}. Denote Φλ the local semiflow generated by the initial value problem of the equation. It is shown that if the crossing number n at a bifurcation value λ = λ0 is nonzero and moreover, S0 = {0} is an isolated invariant set of Φλ0 , then …

Did They Learn Anything? - Learning Assessment In A General Business Analytics Course, Zsolt Ugray, Brynja Kohler

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications

There is a projected need for 2 to 4 million of business translators who are not only experts in their business disciplines but also conversant and familiar with the use and limitations of business analytics. Preparing business students to step into the business translator role requires a general introductory analytics course. This paper presents a multi-component learning assessment to evaluate the depth of learning from such a course. This learning assessment is novel in a sense that it uses four distinct tools, both quantitative and qualitative ones, to measure students’ improvements in a comprehensive manner.

Law Schools, Bar Passage, And Under And Over-Performing Expectations, Jeffrey S. Kinsler, Jeffrey Omar Usman

Law Faculty Scholarship

The focus of this article is to build a foundation for exploring whether there is a meaningful solution to help address the bar passage problem that can be found looking to the legal education programs of law schools that are particularly successful in preparing students to pass the bar exam. To accomplish this aim, a critical and essential step is to begin to identify the law schools that are adding the most in terms of assisting their students to pass the bar exam. That first critical step is the step taken by this article. A common-sense assumption, which finds support …

Title Ix Policy Changes From An Administrative Law Perspective, Amy Moore

Belmont Criminal Law Journal

Transcript of a presentation given during the 2018 Symposium by Amy Moore looking at administrative law for a better handle on how to treat all of the documents that come along with Title IX, that interpret the pieces. There are a lot of pieces of Title IX, and a lot of different types of documents, but this presentation focuses on the sexual harassment guidance documents.

Leadership And Isteam For Females In Elementary Schools (Life): An Integrated Approach To Increase The Number Of Women Pursuing Careers In Stem, Bruce G. Bukiet, James Lipuma, Nancy Steffen-Fluhr

STEM for Success Resources

2018 Poster presentation for the Leadership and iSTEAM for Females in Elementary Schools (LiFE), project, NJIT

Attorney Advertising In 'The Litigators' And Modern-Day America: The Continued Importance Of The Public's Need For Legal Information, David L. Hudson Jr.

Law Faculty Scholarship

This Essay addresses the phenomenon of attorney advertising from several vantage points. Part II of the Essay addresses how best-selling author John Grisham depicts attorney advertising in his great book The Litigators. Part III discusses the legal framework of how the U.S. Supreme Court protected attorney advertising as a form of protected commercial speech. Part IV addresses how the states and bar regulators have treated attorney advertising. Finally, Part V addresses the recent Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers Report and the American Bar Association’s proposed changes to the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct regarding attorney advertising. Part V briefly …

Thirty Years Of Hazelwood And Its Spread To Colleges And University Campuses, David L. Hudson Jr.

Law Faculty Scholarship

This Article first examines K-12 student speech law before Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier and then discusses the Hazelwood decision. Next, the article focuses on the spread of Hazelwood and its deferential standard to the college and university level. This section examines cases from five different areas where the standard has been utilized with increasing frequency. Finally, the Article offers a few concluding thoughts on the Hazelwood standard and why it should be limited, if not interred.

First Amendment Tests From The Burger Court: Will They Be Flipped?, David L. Hudson Jr.

Law Faculty Scholarship

This article provides an overview of the Lemon test, Miller test, and the Central Hudson test, assessing how they fared in subsequent years, and offers thoughts on their continuing vitality.

Losing The Spirit Of Tinker V. Des Moines And The Urgent Need To Protect Student Speech, David L. Hudson Jr.

Law Faculty Scholarship

This essay first examines the Tinker case and reminds readers of the powerful language Justice Fortas used in his majority opinion. It explains that the test from Tinker was designed to be a speech-protective standard for student litigants. The second part of the essay evaluates several recent cases, which demonstrate that the once speech-protective standard in Tinker has become a test that is often favorable and deferential to school officials embroiled in student, free-speech controversies.

Essay: Justice Thurgood Marshall, Great Defender Of First Amendment Free-Speech Rights For The Powerless, David L. Hudson Jr.

Law Faculty Scholarship

This essay explains that Justice Thurgood Marshall’s passionate defense of freedom of expression can be seen most clearly in his defense of free-speech rights even when the government acts not as sovereign, but as warden, employer, or educator. In other words, Marshall’s commitment to free-speech is shown most forcefully by how he consistently protected the free-expression rights of inmates, public employees, and public school students.

Richard Carlyon: A Network Of Possibilities, Ashley Kistler, Chris Burnside, Paul Ryan

Books and Book Chapters

This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition, Richard Carlyon: A Network of Possibilities, Reynolds Gallery, January 19 - March 9, 2018. The exhibition, curated by Ashley Kistler, included a selection of Carlyon's work made over the span of fifty years, and focused on the "network of possibilities" that took shape from the artist's sense of experimentation, curiosity, and agile thinking. The selected pieces include painting, ink drawings, and collage.

Cirt News - January 2018, Center For Instruction & Research Technology (Cirt)

CIRT News

This issue contains the following articles:

Faculty Spotlight: Using Outcomes in Canvas to Report and Evaluate Student Achievement of Learning Objectives

Director's Message: Online Learning Updates

Upcoming Events

Digital Thinking: Data Visualization Applications Available through CIRT

Best Practices Online: Test Security

Canvas News

Faculty Domains Updates

New in CIRT

Image Processing: Iris Detection, Samuel Jungert, David Spencer

Electrical and Computer Engineering

The purpose of this project is to use image processing techniques to detect the eye’s iris center. A camera with a wide angle lens and near Infrared (IR) sensitivity is used as input. An algorithm processes the input image data and distinguishes features such as face, eye region, and iris.

Auto-Locking Knee Brace, Kareena Hudson

Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Auto-Locking Knee Brace provides a support system for those with weak or otherwise unreliable knees. It functions by detecting sudden changes in direction and locking the brace into place to help prevent a fall. The knee brace is worn regularly and programmed to be able to identify the difference between normal movement and a fall risk. When a fall risk is detected the knee brace is programmed to lock into place preventing the fall. If a fall is falsely detected, or after stability is regained, the knee brace contains a lock-release mechanism. All the user has to do is …

Open Eyes Smart Application, Austin Goddard

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Open Eyes is a smart home application that combines machine learning and computer vision techniques into an Alexa smart home app that works through your Amazon Echo device. The application will fulfill several purposes. It will notify the home user when unknown guests have entered, track commonly lost objects and communicate a catalog of objects detected. Open Eyes uses deep learning neural networks and computer vision to observe its surroundings and provide users with information they require. It is operated by simple voice commands such as “Who is in my living room?” or “Where is my phone?”. The system should …

The Pocket Generator A Self-Charging Backup Battery, Cadin White

Electrical and Computer Engineering

The purpose of this project was to provide a personal external power source for small electronic devices such as smart phones. The objective was to use triboelectric effects between materials with different electron affinities in order to store energy from mechanical movement. This effect allowed the pocket generator to collect energy as it was carried by a person throughout their daily routine. Directing that energy into a rechargeable battery allowed that energy to be used later for powering a personal electronic device.

สมบัติทางกายภาพของพอลิแล็กทิกแอซิด/เทอร์โมพลาสติกพอลิยูรีเทนเสริมแรงด้วยนาโนซิลิกา/มอนต์มอริลโลไนต์ไฮบริดคอมพอสิต, ณัฐสุดา ปาลวัฒน์

Chulalongkorn University Theses and Dissertations (Chula ETD)

จุดประสงค์ของงานวิจัยนี้ คือ การปรับปรุงสมบัติทางกายภาพของพอลิแล็กทิกแอซิด โดยการเติมเทอร์โมพลาสติกพอลิยูรีเทน ออร์กาโน-มอนต์มอริลโลไนต์และ/หรือนาโนซิลิกา โดยขั้นแรกพอลิเมอร์ผสมพอลิแล็กทิกแอซิด/เทอร์โมพลาสติกพอลิยูรีเทนที่อัตราส่วนต่าง ๆ (ร้อยละ 10 ถึง 50 โดยน้ำหนัก เทอร์โมพลาสติกพอลิยูรีเทน) ได้ถูกเตรียมเพื่อวิเคราะห์สมบัติทางกายภาพ ซึ่งพบว่า ความทนแรงกระแทก การยืดตัว ณ จุดขาด การเกิดผลึกเย็น ความทนไฟ และการดูดซึมน้ำได้รับการปรับปรุง ขณะที่ความทนแรงดึง ยังส์มอดุลัส ความทนแรงดัดโค้ง เสถียรภาพทางความร้อน และการย่อยสลายทางชีวภาพมีค่าลดลงเมื่อเติมเทอร์โมพลาสติกพอลิยูรีเทนในพอลิเมอร์ผสมพอลิแล็กทิกแอซิด/เทอร์โมพลาสติกพอลิ-ยูรีเทน เนื่องด้วยพอลิเมอร์ผสมพอลิแล็กทิกแอซิด/เทอร์โมพลาสติกพอลิยูรีเทนที่อัตราส่วน 70/30 โดย-น้ำหนักมีสมบัติเชิงกลที่เหมาะสม จึงได้ถูกเลือกเพื่อนำไปเตรียมเป็นทั้งคอมพอสิตและไฮบริดคอมพอสิตด้วยออร์กาโน-มอนต์มอริลโลไนต์ที่ปริมาณ 1, 2, 3, 4 และ 5 ส่วนโดยน้ำหนักต่อเรซินผสมร้อยส่วน และด้วยการคงปริมาณสารตัวเติมทั้งหมดที่ 5 ส่วนโดยน้ำหนักต่อเรซินผสมร้อยส่วน (ออร์กาโน-มอนต์มอริล-โลไนต์/นาโนซิลิกาที่อัตราส่วน 5/0, 2/3, 2.5/2.5, 3/2 และ 0/5) ตามลำดับ จากการทดสอบ พบว่า การเติมออร์กาโน-มอนต์มอริลโลไนต์และ/หรือนาโนซิลิกาในพอลิเมอร์ผสม 70/30 พอลิแล็กทิกแอซิด/เทอร์โมพลาสติกพอลิยูรีเทน ปรับปรุงยังส์มอดุลัส ความทนแรงดัดโค้ง การเกิดผลึกเย็น เสถียรภาพทางความร้อน และความทนไฟ เมื่อเปรียบเทียบกับพอลิเมอร์ผสมนี้ ขณะที่ความทนแรงกระแทก ความทนแรงดึง และการยืดตัว ณ จุดขาดลดลง นอกจากนี้ บรรดาคอมพอสิตทั้งหมด ไฮบริดคอมพอสิตออร์กาโน-มอนต์มอริลโลไนต์/นาโนซิลิกาที่อัตราส่วน 2/3 มีสมบัติความทนแรงดึงสูงสุด ขณะที่การเติมนาโนซิลิกาเพียงชนิดเดียวที่ปริมาณ 5 ส่วนโดยน้ำหนักต่อเรซินผสมร้อยส่วน มีความทนแรงกระแทก ความทนแรงดัดโค้งและเสถียรภาพทางความร้อนสูงสุด

Structural, Transport, And Topological Properties Induced At Complex-Oxide Hetero-Interfaces, Justin K. Thompson

Theses and Dissertations--Physics and Astronomy

Complex-oxides have seen an enormous amount of attention in the realm of Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science/Engineering over the last several decades. Their ability to host a wide variety of novel physical properties has even caused them to be exploited commercially as dielectric, metallic and magnetic materials. Indeed, since the discovery of high temperature superconductivity in the “Cuprates” in the late 1980’s there has been an explosion of activity involving complex-oxides. Further, as the experimental techniques and equipment for fabricating thin films and heterostructures of these materials has improved over the last several decades, the search for new and …

Rr Lyrae Calibration Using Sdss, Single-Epoch Spectroscopy, Stacy Long

Theses and Dissertations--Physics and Astronomy

I use single-epoch, SDSS spectroscopy of RR Lyraes identified in the Catalina survey to separate the spectra into same-temperature groups. Then I draw temperature-phase diagrams of the groups. I find shocked stars, improperly phased stars, low amplitude stars, and a few that are more likely eclipsing binaries. The RR Lyraes are then given precise metallicities by measurements of the CaII K and H-β, H-γ, and H-δ lines. This leads to better distance measurements, which allow me to confirm a distinction between the inner and outer galactic halo.

Magnetic Field Design To Reduce Systematic Effects In Neutron Electric Dipole Moment Measurements, James Ryan Dadisman

Theses and Dissertations--Physics and Astronomy

Charge-Conjugation (C) and Charge-Conjugation-Parity (CP) Violation is one of the three Sakharov conditions to explain via baryogenesis the observed baryon asymmetry of the universe (BAU). The Standard Model of particle physics (SM) contains sources of CP violation, but cannot explain the BAU. This motivates searches for new physics beyond the standard model (BSM) which address the Sakharov criteria, including high-precision searches for new sources of CPV in systems for which the SM contribution is small, but larger effects may be present in BSM theories. A promising example is the search for the electric dipole moment of the neutron (nEDM), which …

Probing The Low-X Gluon Helicity Distribution With Dijet Double Spin Asymmetries In Polarized Proton Collisions At √S = 510 Gev, Suvarna Ramachandran

Theses and Dissertations--Physics and Astronomy

The proton is a complex subatomic particle consisting of quarks and gluons, and one of the key questions in nuclear physics is how the spin of the proton is distributed amongst its constituents. Polarized deep inelastic scattering experiments with leptons and protons estimate that the quark spin contribution is approximately 30%. The limited kinematic reach of these experiments, combined with the fact that they are only indirectly sensitive to the electrically neutral gluon, means they can provide very little information about the gluon contribution to the spin of the proton. In contrast, hadronic probes, such as polarized proton collisions provide …

Η' Decay To Π+Π-Π+Π−, Ehsan Jafari

Theses and Dissertations--Physics and Astronomy

With the use of chiral theory of mesons [1], [2] we evaluate the decay rate of η′ → π⁺π⁻π⁺π⁻. Our theoretical study of this problem is different from the previous theo- retical study [3] and our predicted result is in a good agreement with the experiment. In this chiral theory we evaluate Feynman diagrams up to one loop and the decay rate is calculated with the use of triangle and box diagrams. The ρ⁰ meson includes in both type of diagrams as a resonance state. Divergent integrals in the loop calculations …

Nanoscale Devices Consisting Of Heterostructures Of Carbon Nanotubes And Two-Dimensional Layered Materials, Mohsen Nasseri

Theses and Dissertations--Physics and Astronomy

One dimensional carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and two-dimensional layered materials like graphene, MoS₂, hexagonal boron nitride (hBN), etc. with different electrical and mechanical properties are great candidates for many applications in the future. In this study the synthesis and growth of carbon nanotubes on both conducting graphene and graphite substrates as well as insulating hBN substrate with precise crystallographic orientation is achieved. We show that the nanotubes have a clear preference to align to specific crystal directions of the underlying graphene or hBN substrate. On thicker flakes of graphite, the edges of these 2D materials can control the orientation …

Back Matter, North American Bird Bander

North American Bird Bander

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Appropriate Preconditioning Of The Uterine Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Response Inhibits Preterm Labor, Judith Ann Ingles

Wayne State University Dissertations

Introduction: In this study, we are testing the overarching hypothesis that preconditioning the myometrial UPR allows for the maintenance of non-apoptotic CASP3 activity and thus sustains uterine quiescence. We have previously demonstrated that the pregnant uterus facilitates uterine quiescence through UPR mediated activation of non-apoptotic CASP3, yet the mechanism in which CASP3 utilizes to avoid its apoptotic cell fate is unresolved. There is a growing body of evidence including our own that demonstrates remote and direct preconditioning with minor stresses propagates cytoprotective mechanisms that allow for the avoidance of apoptotic cell death upon exposure to a subsequent more damaging stress, …

Attitudes, Practices, And Knowledge About Human Lactation Among Nursing Students, Ana Maria Linares, Angeline Do Nascimento Parente, Caroline Coleman

Nursing Faculty Publications

Nurses are on the front line of the healthcare system and should, therefore, have the evidence-based knowledge to manage breastfeeding. The objective of this study was to assess the attitudes and knowledge about human lactation among a group of nursing students. An anonymous online survey was sent to all College of Nursing students at a local university in Kentucky. Nursing students participating in the survey favored breastfeeding over formula feeding for infants. Lack of knowledge and various misconceptions about breastfeeding were reported. Whether a nursing student has or has not completed a class about human lactation during the nursing program, …

Front Cover, North American Bird Bander

North American Bird Bander

No abstract provided.

Back Cover, North American Bird Bander

North American Bird Bander

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Cover, North American Bird Bander

North American Bird Bander

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