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Distributed Monitoring Of Moving Thermal Targets Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles And Gaussian Mixture Models, Gustavo Vejarano, Yuanji Huang, Pavithra Sripathanallur Murali

Electrical and Computer Engineering Faculty Works

This paper contributes a two-step approach to monitor clusters of thermal targets on the ground using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and Gaussian mixture models (GMMs) in a distributed manner. The approach is tailored to networks of UAVs that establish a flying ad hoc network (FANET) and operate without central command. The first step is a monitoring algorithm that determines if the GMM corresponds to the current spatial distribution of clusters of thermal targets on the ground. UAVs make this determination using local data and a sequence of data exchanges with UAVs that are one-hop neighbors in the FANET. The second …

Diet, Gut Microbiota, And Histidine Metabolism Toward Imidazole Propionate Production In Relation To Type 2 Diabetes, Hongbo Yang, Kai Luo, Brandilyn A Peters, Yi Wang, Yanbo Zhang, Martha Daviglus, Amber Pirzada, Christina Cordero, Bing Yu, Robert D Burk, Robert Kaplan, Qibin Qi

Faculty, Staff and Student Publications

Objective: To examine associations of serum imidazole propionate (ImP), histidine, and their ratio with incident type 2 diabetes (T2D) and related dietary and gut microbial factors in U.S. Hispanic/Latino people.

Research design and methods: In the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos, we evaluated serum ImP, histidine, and ImP-to-histidine ratio at baseline (2008-2011) and their cross-sectional associations with dietary intake and prospective associations with incident T2D over ∼12 years (n = 4,632). In a subsample with gut microbiota data during a follow-up visit (2016-2018), we examined gut microbial species associated with serum ImP and their potential interactions with dietary intake. …

Shared Genetic Architecture Of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder With Cardiovascular Imaging, Risk, And Diagnoses, Jie Shen, Wander Valentim, Eleni Friligkou, Cassie Overstreet, Karmel W. Choi, Dora Koller, Christopher J. O’Donnell, Murray B. Stein, Joel Gelernter, Haitao Lv, Ling Sun, Guido J. Falcone, Renato Polimanti, Gita A. Pathak, Edward Trapido, Ariane Rung, Et Al.

School of Public Health Faculty Publications

Patients with post-traumatic stress disorder face increased cardiovascular risk. This study examines shared genetic regions between post-traumatic stress disorder and 246 cardiovascular conditions across electronic health records, 82 cardiac imaging, and health behaviors defined by Life’s Essential 8. Post-traumatic stress disorder is genetically correlated with cardiovascular diagnoses in 33 regions, imaging traits in 4 regions, and health behaviors in 44 regions. Potentially shared causal variants between post-traumatic stress disorder and 17 cardiovascular conditions were observed in 11 regions. Subsequent observational analysis in AllofUS cohort showed post-traumatic stress disorder is associated with 13 diagnoses even after accounting for socioeconomic factors and …

Eeg Based Real Time Classification Of Consecutive Two Eye Blinks For Brain Computer Interface Applications, Masud Rabbani, Nafi Us Sabbir Sabith, Anubhav Parida, Iysa Iqbal, Sayed Mashroor Mamun, Rumi Ahmed Khan, Farhad Ahmed, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed

Computer Science Faculty Research and Publications

Human eye blinks are considered a significant contaminant or artifact in electroencephalogram (EEG), which impacts EEG-based medical or scientific applications. However, eye blink detection can instead be transformed into a potential application of brain–computer interfaces (BCI). This study introduces a novel real-time EEG-based framework for classifying three blink states: no blink, single blink, and two consecutive blinks in one model. EEG data were collected from ten healthy participants using an 8-channel wearable headset under controlled blinking conditions. The data were preprocessed and analyzed using four feature extraction techniques: basic statistical, time-domain, amplitude-driven, and frequency-domain methods. The most significant features were …

High Frequency Factor Analysis With Partially Observable Factors, Dachuan Chen, Wenqi Lu, Siyu Xie

Research Collection School Of Economics

This paper considers a novel factor structure – Partially Observable Factor Model – where both observable factors and latent factors exist in the model simultaneously. Such factor structure can make sure both interpretability and goodness-of-fit at the same time. Necessary estimation methodologies for this partially observable factor model are developed in this paper for the high frequency data. The proposed estimation methodology is robust to jumps, microstructure noise and asynchronous observation times simultaneously.When the observable factors are exogenous, we provide the estimation theory for the integrated eigenvalues of the residual covariance matrix, which including the bias-corrected estimator, central limit theorem …

Faithful Amid Challenges, Denis Kaiser

Lake Union Herald

No abstract provided.

Seconds From Impact: Anticipatory Vehicular Crash Prediction Using Video Vision Transormers, Ryan P. Geisen

Master's Theses

Vehicular collisions represent a significant public health concern, necessitating re search into advanced emergency notification systems. While deep learning has shown promise in accident detection, a research gap persists in applying state-of-the-art transformer architectures to the task of anticipatory, real-time crash prediction from video. This thesis addresses this gap by developing and evaluating a Video Vision Transformer (ViViT) for the binary classification of imminent vehicular collisions. Utilizing a curated dataset of 1,493 unique collision sequences, this study systemati cally investigates the impact of temporal context by comparing the ViViT against a single-frame Vision Transformer (ViT) baseline and conducting comprehensive exper …

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Advisory Council

No abstract provided.

The Impact Of Teachers’ Cultural Competence On Curriculum Development In Advanced English Courses, Rhine D. Kirkland

Theses and Dissertations

As student demographics become increasingly more diverse, it is imperative that classroom teachers are responsive to the needs of learners from varied backgrounds. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of teachers’ cultural competence on their curriculum development in advanced English courses. This case study provided insight on the use of administrative instructional coaching as a professional learning approach to aid in teachers’ creation and implementation of culturally responsive curriculums based on the tenets of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy. The analysis and triangulation of survey, interview, document, and observation data yielded key themes regarding the considerations and conditions …

A Neuro-Symbolic Ai Approach To Scene Understanding In Autonomous Systems, Ruwan Tharanga Wickramarachchige Don

Theses and Dissertations

Effectively understanding scenes requires a unified representation of scene data and background knowledge. A neuro-symbolic AI approach to scene understanding leverages such a unified representation to enable advanced expression, inference, and labeling of scenes, improving the perception of autonomous systems.

Scene understanding remains a central challenge in the machine perception of autonomous systems. It requires the integration of multiple sources of information, background knowledge, and heterogeneous sensor data to perceive, interpret, and reason about both physical and semantic aspects of dynamic environments. Current approaches to scene understanding primarily rely on computer vision and deep learning models that operate directly on …

Labrad : Vol 50, Issue 1 - July 2025, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi

LABRAD - Departments of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine and Radiology Archives

• EDITORIAL
• ARTICLES
• Molecular Integration in Diagnostic Medicine: The Convergence of Laboratory and Imaging Disciplines Toward Precision Healthcare
• Diagnosis of Odontogenic Cysts: Integrated Approach; Radiology-Pathology Correlation
• Radiologic Correlation in Bone Pathology Diagnosis - Essential Aspect
• Integrated Diagnostics in Microbiology: A Comprehensive Approach to Tuberculosis Diagnosis
• Integrated Diagnostics in Multiple Myeloma
• Sweat and DNA: A Unified Approach to Diagnosing Cystic Fibrosis
• Integrated Breast Biopsy and Predictive Marker Testing: A New Era in Streamlined Cancer Diagnostics
• Unmasking the Hook Effect in Prolactinomas: A Diagnostic Trap Requiring an Integrated Approach
• Radiology-Pathology Correlation: A Cornerstone of Integrated Diagnostic Accuracy
• Integrated Diagnostic Assessment of von Willebrand …

Feedback Frequency And Skill Learning In College Athletes: "A Multivariate Analysis", Andrew Gannon

Doctorate in Kinesiology

This study aims to look at feedback frequency with college athletes through augmented feedback with a novel sports skill. While there is research on feedback frequency, much of that research has been conducted using children and general population college students as participants; there is very limited research on athletes as participants. Athletes possess a unique characteristic as they are typically advanced in motor skills and routinely receive feedback in the practice of their sport. Participants in the study were NCAA Division II college athletes (N=82) from one of nine sports. Using a modified golf putt, participants tried to land a …

Advanced Study Of Nickel-Titanium Alloy: Effects Of Point Defects On Mechanical And Thermodynamic Properties, Diego Armando Juarez Rosales

Open Access Theses & Dissertations

High-throughput first-principles calculations of point defects are emerging as a powerful tool to accelerate materials discovery in applications [1]. Substitutional, antisite, and vacancy defects can play an important role in the mechanical and thermal properties of intermetallic alloys [2]. In this present work I compute the thermal and mechanical properties of shape-memory alloy nickel-titaniun (NiTi) in the B19â?? martensitic and B2 austenitic phases from molecular dynamics (MD), using a second nearest neighbor (2NN) modified embedded atom method (MEAM) [3] classical potential in the temperature range from 200K to 600K and composition range from 45 atomic percent to 55 atomic percent …

Impactor Displacement As A Predictor Of Thoraco-Abdominal Organ Injury: Comparison Of Isolated Organ To Whole Body Tests., Jack Seifert, Jared Michael Koser, Alok Shah, Lance Frazer, Frank A. Pintar, Narayan Yoganandan, Dan Nicolella, Brian D. Stemper

Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

Purpose

Body armor is used to protect the wearer from penetrating injuries. However, when the armor defeats the projectile, it deforms at high rates into the wearer, referred to as back face deformation (BFD). This deformation can cause a variety of superficial and internal injuries and consequently should be considered when designing body armor. However, current design standards do not adequately consider the effects of BFD, and new data are necessary to inform future design thresholds for BFD. The objective of this study was to develop blunt impact injury risk curves for in vitro thoraco-abdominal organs and determine their applicability …

Sepsis: I Can Catch Your Lies – A New Paradigm For Deception Detection, Anku Rani, Dwip Dalal, Shreya Gautam, Pankaj Gupta, Vinija Jain, Aman Chadha, Amitava Das, Amit P. Sheth

Publications

Deception is the intentional practice of twisting information. It is a nuanced societal practice deeply intertwined with human societal evolution, characterized by a multitude of facets. This research explores the problem of deception through the lens of psychology, employing a framework that categorizes deception into three forms: lies of omission, lies of commission, and lies of influence. The primary focus of this study is specifically on investigating only lies of omission. We propose a novel framework for deception detection leveraging NLP techniques. We curated an annotated dataset of 876,784 samples by amalgamating a popular large-scale fake news dataset and scraped …

Designing A Portable And Accessible Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy System For Real-Time Detection Of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia, Allison Scarbrough, Diana Moses, Tongtong Lu, Bing Yu

Biomedical Engineering Faculty Research and Publications

Significance: Over 80% of cervical cancer cases occur in lower-to-middle income countries (LMIC’s). This is partly because current screening techniques lack affordability, accessibility, and/or reliability for use in LMIC’s.

Aim: To develop an optical technique for cervical cancer screening that is affordable, accessible, and reliable for use in LMIC’s.

Approach: We developed a portable diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS) system, which costs < $2500 USD to manufacture, and employs a Raspberry Pi to extract the absorption (μ_a) and reduced scattering (μ'_s) coefficients of biological tissue. The system was subject to travel and intentional rough handling. It was further used to capture 320 DRS spectra taken from 64 tissue-mimicking phantoms. Two …

It’S Time To Dare Greatly At The Ada, Michele Tulak-Gorecki Dds

The Journal of the Michigan Dental Association

Dr. Michele Tulak-Gorecki, a candidate for ADA president-elect, outlines her platform, emphasizing the urgency for bold, collaborative leadership within the ADA. She addresses member concerns following the executive director's resignation, focusing on rebuilding trust and enhancing oversight. Her vision confronts declining membership, financial issues, and the flawed association management system (AMS) rollout, advocating for increased transparency and financial literacy. Tulak-Gorecki stresses the ADA's vital role in advocacy and unity across the tripartite model to protect the profession's standing. She calls for collective action to create a transparent, inclusive, innovative, and unified ADA

Worldline Modeling Of Ultra-Intense Lasers For N-Photon Scattering Processes, I. Ahumada, P. Copinger, J. P. Edwards, K. Rajeev

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics

The modeling of present and future ultra-intense lasers demands techniques that go beyond the standard diagrammatic approach to non-perturbatively fully capture the effects of strong fields. We illustrate the first-quantized path integral representation for strong-field quantum electrodynamics as a means of accessing the laser being treated as a background field, which is treated without recourse to perturbation theory. We examine an all-multiplicity construction for N-photon scattering processes for complex scalars and spinors, showing compact Master Formulae for tree-level scattering. Several background fields are considered, including plane waves, impulsive parallel propagation waves, non-null fields, and homogeneous fields (constant-crossed fields) with low-energy …

Outcomes Of Specialist Physiotherapy For Functional Motor Disorder: The Physio4fmd Rct, Physio4fmd Study Group, Glenn Nielsen, Louise Marston, Rachael Maree Hunter, Alan Carson, Laura H. Goldstein, Kate Holt, Teresa C. Lee, Marie Le Novere, Jonathan Marsden, Irwin Nazareth, Hayley Noble, Markus Reuber, Jon Stone, Ann Marie Strudwick, Beatriz Santana Suarez, Mark J. Edwards

School of Health Professions

Background: Functional motor disorder often causes persistent disabling symptoms that are associated with high healthcare costs. In recent years, specialist physiotherapy, informed by an understanding of functional motor disorder, has emerged as a promising treatment, but there is an absence of evidence of its effectiveness from large randomised controlled trials. Methods: We conducted a pragmatic, multicentre, randomised controlled trial, comparing specialist physiotherapy for functional motor disorder to treatment as usual, which was defined as community neurological physiotherapy. The primary outcome was the Short Form questionnaire-36 items Physical Functioning domain at 12 months (scale range 0–100, with 100 indicating optimum health). …

A Conversation About Stare Decisis, Debra A. Livingston, John Q. Barrett

Faculty Scholarship

John Q. Barrett (“JQB”)

Chief Judge Debra Ann Livingston, welcome back to St. John’s.

The Chief Judge has been a friend to us for many years. It is an honor to host someone of her talent and someone in her position: the Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

We’re going to have a conversation for the first part of the program, about judging, her work, and stare decisis. But first, we need to meet you and hear a little bit about your background — where you are from — and the path that took …

Wealth Taxes Under The Constitution: An Originalist Analysis, David M. Schizer, Steven G. Calabresi

Faculty Scholarship

A federal wealth tax is high on the wish list of progressives, but is it constitutional? This Article shows that under the original public meaning of the Constitution, a wealth tax is a “direct tax” that must be apportioned. This means that the percentage of revenue collected in each state must match its percentage of the population. For instance, if two states both have three percent of the population, each must provide three percent of the revenue. This leads to an unappealing outcome: if one state is less wealthy, it needs a higher tax rate to supply its share.

Article …

Utilizing Natural Language Processing To Optimize Business Processes, Olt Kondirolli

Theses

This Capstone project explores the potential of Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques in optimizing decision-making and organizational workflows across various domains. The Capstone project uses three case studies to demonstrate how sentiment analysis, frequency analysis, and topic modeling can analyze unstructured textual data to provide insightful findings. The first case study evaluates employee satisfaction using sentiment analysis, uncovering trends across departments and roles to guide targeted organizational interventions. The second case study focuses on student feedback at a higher education institution, using sentiment and frequency analyses to identify key areas for improvement in academic programs and services. The third case …

Development Of Nanopocket Membranes For The Isolation And Purification Of Extracellular Vesicles, Munther Alsudais

Theses

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a crucial role in intercellular communication and serve as significant biomarkers for various diseases. EVs carry biomolecules such as lipids, proteins, DNA, and RNA, which reflect the physiological state of their cells of origin, making them promising tools for non-invasive diagnostics and therapeutic applications. Effective isolation of EVs is essential for advancing scientific understanding of their biological roles and unlocking their clinical potential. Porous membranes have been widely used for the purification of various biological species from biological fluids. While membranes have prove highly effective for general size-based separation, recent innovations have focused on structurally refined …

Garcia V. State, 141 Nev. Adv. Op. 16 (Apr. 17, 2025), Grace Michaelson

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

THE DISTRICT COURT PROPERLY DENIED RELIEF BECAUSE PAROLE ELIGIBILITY FOR JUVENILE NONHOMICIDE OFFENDERS ARISES BY OPERATION OF LAW AND DOES NOT REQUIRE RESENTENCING OR CORRECTION OF A LAWFUL JUDGMENT.

Virgin Valley Water Dist. Vs. Paradise Canyon, Llc, 141 Nev. Adv. Op. 19 (Apr. 24, 2025), Cassandra White

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

A GOVERNMENT AGENT IS CONSIDERED A PRIVATE PARTY IN CONTRACT DISPUTES, A JUDGE DETERMINES QUESTIONS OF LAW, THE COVENANT OF GOOD FAITH AND FAIR DEALING DOES NOT APPLY TO ACTIONS THAT COMPLY WITH A CONTRACT, ONLY A PERMIT HOLDER IS REQUIRED TO SHOW BENEFICAL USE OF PUBLIC WATER, UNAMBIGOUS CONTRACT PROVISIONS SHOULD BE CONSIDERED, A JUDGE CANNOT TAKE JUDICIAL NOTICE OF THEIR OWN FACTS, ATTORNEY COMMENTS SHOULD NOT BE IRRELEVANT AND INFLAMMATORY, AND TIME LIMITS CANNOT BE ARBITRARILY ENFORCED.

State V. Desavio, 141 Nev. Adv. Op. 25 (May 22, 2025), William Ewell

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

DISMISSAL OF CLAIM WITHOUT PREJUDICE APPROPRIATE NEXT STEP WHEN STATE AGENCY FAILS TO REMEDY ONGOING PREJUDICE AGAINST INCOMPETENT DEFENDANT IN VIOLATION OF COURT ORDER

In Re: Pub. Records Request To Las Vegas Metro. Police Dep’T, 141 Nev. Adv. Op. 26 ((May 29, 2025), Alexander Stevens

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

NPRA CONTROLS DISCLOSURE OF POLICE INVESTIGATIVE RECORDS

State Of Nevada V. Eighth Judicial District Court, 141 Nev. Adv. Op. 27 (June 5, 2025)., Jacob M. Ginsburg

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

An order resolving a motion to correct an illegal sentence is not a final judgment or verdict and is therefore appealable by the state.

United Healthcare Ins. Co. Vs. Fremont Emergency Servs., 141 Nev. Adv. Op. 29 (Jun. 12, 2025), William Boyden

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

NEVADA SUPREME COURT RULES EMERGENCY PROVIDER CAN RECOVER FOR UNJUST ENRICHMENT AGAINST INSURER BUT NOT IMPLIED CONTRACT OR INSURANCE STATUTES.

Kosor, Jr. V. S. Highlands Cmty. Ass’N, 141 Nev. Adv. Op. 34 (Jun. 18, 2025), Grace Michaelson

Nevada Supreme Court Summaries

A statutory pre-suit alternative dispute resolution requirement, like NRS 38.310, is a mandatory procedural rule, not a jurisdictional bar, and may be waived or forfeited if not timely raised.