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Autonomous Monocular Obstacle Detection For Avoidance In Quadrotor Uavs, Panos Valavanis Jun 2019

Autonomous Monocular Obstacle Detection For Avoidance In Quadrotor Uavs, Panos Valavanis

USF Tampa Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) research and development and applications have witnessed unprecedented levels of growth in the past two decades. Although military applications have dominated the market, it is anticipated and expected that civilian and public domain applications will be dominant in the future. Consequently, gradual and timely integration of unmanned aviation into the National Airspace System (NAS) is a real challenge, and roadmaps towards achieving full integration are already in place in the US, Canada, Australia, South Africa and European Union (EU). However, before com- plete integration of manned-unmanned aviation, additional challenging problems need to be addressed and solved, …


Insuring The Unthinkable, George A. Mocsary Jun 2019

Insuring The Unthinkable, George A. Mocsary

Faculty Book Chapters

Recent mass shootings have led to public and private responses implicating insurance The public response consisted of calls to require firearm owners to purchase liability insurance and has been discussed at length elsewhere This article examines the private response the steady proliferation of ÔÇ£active shooter insuranceÔÇØ more recently called ÔÇ£active assailant insuranceÔÇØ collectively ASAA insurance Although these policies cover the forprofit businesses nonprofit institutions and even municipalities that purchase them rather than shooting victims or others impacted by a tragic event benefits would flow through to these individuals if a covered event occursbr brThis article assays ASAA insurance along several …


In Search Of China’S First Library: Materials, Housing And Arrangement, Junli Diao Jun 2019

In Search Of China’S First Library: Materials, Housing And Arrangement, Junli Diao

Publications and Research

Historically, the origin of libraries has an intimate association with written records supporting administrative or ritual functions at the palace or temple. This article attempts to discuss the possibility of the existence of China’s first library in the Shang dynasty (c.1570-1045 BCE) during the beginning of the formative period of Chinese civilization. The article analyzes and synthesizes both paleographical and archaeological evidence from the perspective of available materials, houses, and arrangement, which answers the questions of what the books were made of, where they were stored, and how they were arranged. The article ends with a conclusion that there is …


Full Issue, Rodrigo Galiza Jun 2019

Full Issue, Rodrigo Galiza

Andrews University Seminary Student Journal

No abstract provided.


Being “In The World” But “Not Of The World”: A Reflection On John 17:14–18, Boubakar Sanou Jun 2019

Being “In The World” But “Not Of The World”: A Reflection On John 17:14–18, Boubakar Sanou

Andrews University Seminary Student Journal

No abstract provided.


“I Wish'd Myself A Man, / Or That We Women Had Men's Privilege”: Troilus And Cressida At The Royal Shakespeare Company, Marcia Eppich-Harris Jun 2019

“I Wish'd Myself A Man, / Or That We Women Had Men's Privilege”: Troilus And Cressida At The Royal Shakespeare Company, Marcia Eppich-Harris

Early Modern Culture

No abstract provided.


Eng 5006-600: Studies In 20th-Centuty British Literature, Robert Martinez Jun 2019

Eng 5006-600: Studies In 20th-Centuty British Literature, Robert Martinez

Summer 2019

No abstract provided.


Optimum Arrangement Of Navy Ship Equipment For Radar Cross Section Reduction, Joon-Tae Hwang, Suk-Yoon Hong, Jee-Hun Song, Hyun-Wung Kwon Jun 2019

Optimum Arrangement Of Navy Ship Equipment For Radar Cross Section Reduction, Joon-Tae Hwang, Suk-Yoon Hong, Jee-Hun Song, Hyun-Wung Kwon

Journal of Marine Science and Technology–Taiwan

Multiple reflections on navy ship equipment cause unexpectedly high radar cross-section (RCS) distributions based on the location of each equipment on the ship. No RCS reduction method has been considered to date because the directions of reradiated electromagnetic waves are difficult to predict. In this study, an equipment arrangement design system for navy ships was developed to minimize RCS to reduce the radar detection range of naval ships by the enemy. To minimize the possibility of operating range interferences among equipment, optimal equipment arrangement areas and operation ranges were determined with reference to real navy ships. Various arrangements were tested …


Reflections On Reading, John E. Jackson Jun 2019

Reflections On Reading, John E. Jackson

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Maritime Strategies For The Xxi Century: The Contribution Of Admiral Castex, Paul A. Povlock, Lars Wedin Jun 2019

Maritime Strategies For The Xxi Century: The Contribution Of Admiral Castex, Paul A. Povlock, Lars Wedin

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Bombs Without Boots: The Limits Of Airpower, Dale C. Rielage, Anthony M. Schinella Jun 2019

Bombs Without Boots: The Limits Of Airpower, Dale C. Rielage, Anthony M. Schinella

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


The ‘Stan, Richard J. Norton, Kevin Knodell, David Axe, Blue Delliquanti Jun 2019

The ‘Stan, Richard J. Norton, Kevin Knodell, David Axe, Blue Delliquanti

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Like War: The Weaponization Of Social Media, Doyle Hodges, P. W. Singer, Emerson T. Brooking Jun 2019

Like War: The Weaponization Of Social Media, Doyle Hodges, P. W. Singer, Emerson T. Brooking

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


The American Military: A Concise History, Marc Beaudreau, Joseph T. Glatthaar Jun 2019

The American Military: A Concise History, Marc Beaudreau, Joseph T. Glatthaar

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


“They Were Playing Chicken”—The U.S. Asiatic Fleet’S Gray-Zone Deterrence Campaign Against Japan, 1937–40, Hunter Stires Jun 2019

“They Were Playing Chicken”—The U.S. Asiatic Fleet’S Gray-Zone Deterrence Campaign Against Japan, 1937–40, Hunter Stires

Naval War College Review

The current environment is not the first time the United States has faced a destabilizing challenge in the western Pacific. In 1937, Japanese forces in China undertook a campaign to expel U.S., British, and other Western interests from that country as part of imperial Japan’s effort to dominate East Asia. The gray-zone tactics used during the Japanese campaign of 1937–40, and the deterrence actions of the U.S. Asiatic Fleet, can help shed light on the situation in the China Sea today.


Storm Clouds On The Horizon—Challenges And Recommendations For Military Recruiting And Retention, Christopher J. Mcmahon, Colin J. Bernard Jun 2019

Storm Clouds On The Horizon—Challenges And Recommendations For Military Recruiting And Retention, Christopher J. Mcmahon, Colin J. Bernard

Naval War College Review

In light of current Department of Defense (DoD) priorities to increase the size of the military forces, new strategies must be developed to recruit and retain high-quality personnel with the right expertise to fill the expanding number of open billets. DoD should consider modifying existing policies to address this need, lest serious personnel issues overtake other force priorities.


Back To Basics—Research Design For The Operational Level Of War, Margaret M. Polski Jun 2019

Back To Basics—Research Design For The Operational Level Of War, Margaret M. Polski

Naval War College Review

The military-research criteria gap has been a challenge for researchers and planners. By examining the nature of war fighting and exploring how we could better assess, select, and evaluate research methods, we will create a more informed research process, ultimately leading to improved practices and more-credible outcomes.


Preparing Today For The Mines Of Tomorrow, Joshua Edwards Jun 2019

Preparing Today For The Mines Of Tomorrow, Joshua Edwards

Naval War College Review

Maritime mining long has been called on to support various naval strategies. However, shifting objectives and naval priorities call for new analysis. By adapting methodologies developed for land mines, we can find measures of effectiveness (MOEs) aligned to operational objectives, explore developmental mining concepts, and present new MOEs for maritime mining operations.


Nato’S Selective Sea Blindness—Assessing The Alliance’S New Navies, Thomas-Durell Young Jun 2019

Nato’S Selective Sea Blindness—Assessing The Alliance’S New Navies, Thomas-Durell Young

Naval War College Review

The navies of NATO countries fall into two categories: old and new. The new navies lack modernization and readiness, making them deficient in their contributions to NATO security priorities. Sea blindness is a problem across the spectrum of NATO governments and illuminating this problem is now more important than ever in light of an increasingly aggressive Russia.


From The Editors, Carnes Lord Jun 2019

From The Editors, Carnes Lord

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Summer 2019 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College Jun 2019

Summer 2019 Full Issue, The U.S. Naval War College

Naval War College Review

No abstract provided.


Passing: Richard (Dick) Downs, Steve Reyna Jun 2019

Passing: Richard (Dick) Downs, Steve Reyna

UNH Today Archive

No abstract provided.


Late Imperial And Soviet "Show" Trials, 1878-1938, David M. Crowe Jun 2019

Late Imperial And Soviet "Show" Trials, 1878-1938, David M. Crowe

History Faculty Books and Book Chapters

"According to Cassidy, the imperial 'show' trials, which began in the 1870s, were a series of 'highly publicized public spectacles that spread the ideas of Russian radicalism even as they condemned the radicals themselves to imprisonment, exile, hard labor, civil death, or execution.'4 They also became a source of 'popular entertainment' that drew large audiences and helped, according Elizabeth A. Wood, create a link in the public imagination between 'revolution and trials.' Georgii Plekhanov, one of Russia's foremost Marxists, saw the 'revolutionary trials in the 1870s and 1880s' as 'the greatest historical drama which is called the trial of …


Globalisation And Consolidation Of Dependency And Underdevelopment In Africa, Rashid Ating Jun 2019

Globalisation And Consolidation Of Dependency And Underdevelopment In Africa, Rashid Ating

Research Publications (2016 to 2020)

Globalisation is a process which transformed the world into a single political economy. Africa is one of the continents that is sharply affected by globalisation. This paper examined the impacts of globalisation in consolidating Africa's economic and political dependency and underdevelopment. The problem is globalisation comes up with many opportunities, especially for developing countries, but, Africa failed to utilize the opportunities. The paper is a conceptual paper which used secondary sources of data for analysis and interpretations. The work discovered that Africa found itself more caged in a circle of dependency and underdevelopment despite all the trade negotiations, open opportunities, …


Admired Doctor's Generosity Aids Aspiring Engineers, Bill Dabney Jun 2019

Admired Doctor's Generosity Aids Aspiring Engineers, Bill Dabney

University of Mississippi News

No abstract provided.


The Perils And Promises Of Artificial General Intelligence, Brian S. Haney Jun 2019

The Perils And Promises Of Artificial General Intelligence, Brian S. Haney

Journal of Legislation

No abstract provided.


Disbelieved Through Millennia: Cassandra As Woman Truth-Teller And Translator, Marissa Lewis Jun 2019

Disbelieved Through Millennia: Cassandra As Woman Truth-Teller And Translator, Marissa Lewis

Honors Projects

This paper investigates two major characterizations of the mythological figure Cassandra, reading her in Aeschylus’ Agamemnon and Seneca’s Agamemnon as a woman truth-teller and translator. It develops a notion of translation as negotiation of discursive space and breaking open of boundaries, including boundaries between pairs of languages, experiences, times, and places. This sense of translation draws on the reception theory of Charles Martindale and privileges the discursive location of the translator as integral to their translation; a specifically female translator occupies different discursive spaces than her male counterpart due to the social experience of gender. In Aeschylus’ Agamemnon, Cassandra’s …


Mapping Maya Hinterlands: Lidar Derived Visualization To Identify Small Scale Features In Northwestern Belize, Jeremy Mcfarland, Marisol Cortes-Rincon Ph.D. Jun 2019

Mapping Maya Hinterlands: Lidar Derived Visualization To Identify Small Scale Features In Northwestern Belize, Jeremy Mcfarland, Marisol Cortes-Rincon Ph.D.

Humboldt Journal of Social Relations

This paper will discuss the processes and methods of relief visualization of LiDAR-derived digital elevation models (DEM’s) and classification of secondary data to identify archaeological remains on the ancient Maya landscape in northwestern Belize. The basis of the research explores various Geographic Information System (GIS) and cartographic techniques to visualize topographical relief. Graphic terrain maps assist archaeologists with predictive settlement patterns. The Relief Visualization Toolbox (RVT 1.3) aids to visualize raster DEM datasets in the predictive identification and interpretation of small-scale archaeological features. This dataset and methodology can be utilized to answer questions of population estimates, mobility costs, and effectiveness …


Middle Waters: A Visual Historical Fiction Of The Osage Nation, Tori H. Forster Jun 2019

Middle Waters: A Visual Historical Fiction Of The Osage Nation, Tori H. Forster

Honors Projects

The following project is in two parts: A series of concept art and illustration pieces surrounding the history of the Osage Nation, and a research paper detailing that history and exploring the process of creating the aforementioned visual pieces. The artworks are designed around an original story set during the 1920s on the Osage reservation, and explore past history of the Osage people as a part of that. The paper also discusses the author’s personal response to the research, and explores themes of ignorance and social justice as the project draws to a close.


Middle Waters: A Visual Historical Fiction Of The Osage Nation, Tori H. Forster Jun 2019

Middle Waters: A Visual Historical Fiction Of The Osage Nation, Tori H. Forster

Honors Projects

The following project is in two parts: A series of concept art and illustration pieces surrounding the history of the Osage Nation, and a research paper detailing that history and exploring the process of creating the aforementioned visual pieces. The artworks are designed around an original story set during the 1920s on the Osage reservation, and explore past history of the Osage people as a part of that. The paper also discusses the author’s personal response to the research, and explores themes of ignorance and social justice as the project draws to a close.