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A Novel Approach For Detection Fault In The Aircraft Exterior Body Using Image Processing, Noura Nayef Almansoori

Theses

The primary objective of this thesis is to develop innovative techniques for the inspection and maintenance of aircraft structures. We aim to streamline the entire process by utilizing images to detect potential defects in the aircraft body and comparing them to properly functioning images of the aircraft. This enables us to determine whether a specific section of the aircraft is faulty or not. We achieve this by employing image processing to train a model capable of identifying faulty images. The image processing methodology we use involves the use of images of both defective and operational parts of the aircraft's exterior. …

A Comparative Study On Microchip Implants In Humans And Wearable Devices, Ltifa Mohammed Almansoori

Theses

After the tragic covid pandemic in 2020, many things changed in the world, from learning physically all the way to e-learning, as the whole world was forced to switch digitally. It is expected that a lot of people will be more willing to invest in new technologies that aid in human development and among them are human microchip implants. The emerging technology of human microchip implants is slowly catching the attention of various countries around the world after the sudden surge of adoption in Europe. With the introduction of Biohax microchip implants in the UAE by Etisalat it is most …

Heat Transfer Analysis Of Microchannels Heat Sink With Sidewall Fins, Ahmad Ala Eddin Rahhal

Theses

This study aims to investigate Microchannel Heat Sinks with side wall fins through a model-based approach. The primary objective of the project is to design and analyze the thermal performance of straight Microchannel Heat Sinks with square and triangle-shaped fins on sidewalls. To examine their performance, a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation study is conducted using the ANSYS Fluent software. The study starts by creating a CAD model of the heat sink and then analyzing its thermal properties with the ANSYS Fluent software. From the CFD simulation study, numerical results are obtained for different operational and geometrical conditions. The study …

The Association Between College Instructors’ Trait Emotional Intelligence And Instructorstudent Relationship In A Uae Higher Education Institution, Salwa Habib Husain

Dissertations

The relationship between instructors and students in higher education institutions (HEIs) is a contributing factor to the students’ motivation to learn, emotional development and stability, and academic performance. The instructor’s trait Emotional Intelligence (EI) has been a focus in developing such positive relationships inside and outside the classroom setting. The extent to which instructors’ trait EI can contribute to a supportive and developmental relationship with students has not received due attention in research in the UAE. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the association between instructors’ trait EI and the Instructor-Student Relationship at one HEI in the …

Pathogen Risk Assessment On Arabian Felines In The United Arab Emirates, Laia Montserrat Stefano

Dissertations

The Arabian Peninsula has been known to harbour five species of felines, namely leopards (Panthera pardus), cheetahs (Acinonyx jubatus), caracals (Caracal caracal), sand cats (Felis margarita), and wildcats (Felis silvestris). Currently, their situation in the wild is critical in the region and ex situ breeding efforts are the greatest hope to restore their populations. However, these efforts need to go hand-in-hand with focus on their health, since pathogens are known to be a serious threat to animals under managed care. Globally, the potential pathogens of these five species include viruses, …

Hydrogen Storage In Depleted Gas Reservoirs: A Comprehensive Review, Nasiru S. Muhammed, Md Bashirul Haq, Dhafer A. Al Shehri, Amir Al-Ahmed, Mohammad M. Rahman, Ehsan Zaman, Stefan Iglauer

Research outputs 2022 to 2026

Hydrogen future depends on large-scale storage, which can be provided by geological formations (such as caverns, aquifers, and depleted oil and gas reservoirs) to handle demand and supply changes, a typical hysteresis of most renewable energy sources. Amongst them, depleted natural gas reservoirs are the most cost-effective and secure solutions due to their wide geographic distribution, proven surface facilities, and less ambiguous site evaluation. They also require less cushion gas as the native residual gases serve as a buffer for pressure maintenance during storage. However, there is a lack of thorough understanding of this technology. This work aims to provide …

April 2023, Volume 19, Number 1, Winthrop University Archives And Special Collections

Retrospect: News from the Louise Pettus Archives and Special Collections at Winthrop University

No abstract provided.

Challenges In Closing The Gap Between Evidence And Practice: International Survey Of Institutional Surgical Stabilization Of Rib Fractures Guidelines, Jeff Choi, Avanti Badrinathan, Ryan Shine, Cecilia Benz, Alyssa Toia, Sarahann Whitbeck, Mark Kryskow, Thomas White, Jordan Kirsch

School of Medicine Publications

Background: Surgical stabilization of rib fractures (SSRF) has gained increasing interest over the past decade, yet few candidates who could benefit from SSRF undergo operative management. We conducted an international survey of institutional SSRF guidelines comparing congruence between practice and contemporary evidence. We hypothesized that few guidelines reflect comprehensive evidence to facilitate standardized patient selection, operation, and post-operative management.

Methods: A request for institutional rib fracture guidelines was distributed from the Chest Wall Injury Society. SSRF-specific guideline contents were extracted using a priori-designed extraction sheets and compared against 28 SSRF evidence-based recommendations outlined by a panel of 14 international experts. …

Klrf1, A Novel Marker Of Cd56bright Nk Cells, Predicts Improved Survival For Patients With Locally Advanced Bladder Cancer, Neelam Mukherjee, Niannian Ji, Xi Tan, Chun-Liang Chen, Onika D. V. Noel, Maria Rodriguez-Padron, Chun-Lin Lin, David G. Alonzo, Tim H. Huang, Robert S. Svatek

School of Medicine Publications

Background

Bladder tumor-infiltrating CD56bright NK cells are more tumor cytotoxic than their CD56dim counterparts. Identification of NK cell subsets is labor-intensive and has limited utility in the clinical setting. Here, we sought to identify a surrogate marker of bladder CD56bright NK cells and to test its prognostic significance.

Methods

CD56bright and CD56dim NK cells were characterized with the multiparametric flow (n = 20) and mass cytometry (n = 21) in human bladder tumors. Transcriptome data from bladder tumors (n = 351) profiled by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) were analyzed. The expression levels of individual markers in intratumoral …

Characterizing The Response Of The Coastal Rio Grande To Upstream Damming, Timothy A. Goudge, John M. Swartz, Tian Y. Dong, David Mohrig

School of Earth, Environmental, & Marine Sciences Faculty Publications

Dams are major obstructions to the flow of water and the transport of sediment in rivers. Much work has shown the construction of dams, and storage of sediment in reservoirs, can lead to significant changes in the morphodynamic behavior of alluvial rivers; however, in most cases, the effect of damming has a finite downstream limit as sediment is supplied back to the river through channel bed/bank erosion and/or tributary inputs. Here we present a study of a natural experiment that isolates one source of sediment downstream of a dam – the lower Rio Grande, which has no major tributary inputs …

International Consensus Statement On Allergy And Rhinology: Allergic Rhinitis – 2023, Sarah K. Wise, Cecelia C. Damask, Lauren T. Roland, Charles Ebert, Joshua M. Levy, Sandra Lin, Amber Luong, Kenneth Rodriguez, Ahmad R. Sedaghat, Helene J. Krouse

School of Medicine Publications

Background

In the 5 years that have passed since the publication of the 2018 International Consensus Statement on Allergy and Rhinology: Allergic Rhinitis (ICAR-Allergic Rhinitis 2018), the literature has expanded substantially. The ICAR-Allergic Rhinitis 2023 update presents 144 individual topics on allergic rhinitis (AR), expanded by over 40 topics from the 2018 document. Originally presented topics from 2018 have also been reviewed and updated. The executive summary highlights key evidence-based findings and recommendation from the full document.

Methods

ICAR-Allergic Rhinitis 2023 employed established evidence-based review with recommendation (EBRR) methodology to individually evaluate each topic. Stepwise iterative peer review and consensus …

Examining Relationships Among Nursing Students' Views Of Suffering, Positive Thinking, And Professional Quality Of Life, Ruth Anne Engbers

Dissertations (1934 -)

Despite the association between nursing students’ exposure to suffering and the development of compassion fatigue, little research exists regarding promoting nursing students’ adaptation to caring for suffering patients and families. As a possible nursing shortage is projected, it is imperative to better understand the factors that impact this adaptation to ensure that nursing students can successfully transition into their nursing role. Although beliefs about the reasons for human suffering affect their ability to cope with their exposure to the suffering of others, there is no empirical data regarding nursing students’ views of suffering. Nursing students also report using positive reframing …

Molecular Cluster Complex Of High-Valence Chromium Selenide Carbonyl As Effective Electrocatalyst For Water Oxidation, Ibrahim Munkaila Abdullahi, Manashi Nath

Chemistry Faculty Research & Creative Works

Developing Simple, Affordable, and Environmentally Friendly Water Oxidation Electrocatalysts with High Intrinsic Activity and Low overpotential Continues to Be an Area of Intense Research. in This Article, a Trichromium Diselenide Carbonyl Cluster Complex (Et₄N)₂[Se₂Cr₃(CO)₁₀], with a Unique Bonding Structure Comprising Bridging Se Groups, Has Been Identified as a Promising Electrocatalyst for Oxygen Evolution Reaction (OER). This Carbonyl Cluster Exhibits a Promising overpotential of 310 MV and a Low Tafel Slope of 82.0 MV Dec⁻¹ at 10 MAcm⁻², with Superior Durability in an Alkaline Medium, for a Prolonged …

Organic Matter Assessment And Paleoenvironmental Changes Of The Middle Jurassic Main Source Rocks (Khatatba Formation) In The North Western Desert, Egypt: Palynofacies And Palynomorph Perspectives, Ahmed Mansour, Sameh S. Tahoun, Aya Raafat, Mohamed S. Ahmed, Francisca Oboh-Ikuenobe, Thomas Gentzis, Xiugen Fu

Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering Faculty Research & Creative Works

The Middle Jurassic in the north Western Desert, Egypt, was a time of complex tectonics and increased environmental perturbations attributed to the predominant sedimentation of organic carbon-rich fine siliciclastic and carbonate deposits of the Khatatba Formation. Although some studies have addressed the hydrocarbon potential and source rock characteristics of the Khatatba Formation, a regional-scale investigation of the prevalent paleoenvironmental conditions and organic matter characteristics is still necessary. In this study, the Khatatba Formation is investigated for detailed palynofacies analysis and palynomorph composition to assess organic matter kerogen types and reconstruct the depositional paleoenvironmental patterns on a regional scale. For this …

Development Of A Metal Droplet Generator For Studying Impact Dynamics, Xitong Xu

McKelvey School of Engineering Graduate Student Theses & Dissertations

Metal droplet-based 3D printing is a popular technique used for creating complex structures and multi-material components. However, accuracy is a significant challenge in this process due to complex thermal and dynamic behaviors that can negatively affect the final workpiece. To improve accuracy, the interactions between droplet impact dynamics and the deposition process of the droplets must be understood and ultimately controlled. In this thesis, I describe the optimization and implementation of an experimental setup for generating droplets of tin and for studying their impact dynamics. In particular, this thesis explains how an existing preliminary droplet generator was modified to produce …

Community Engagement Types And Tools, Molly Donovan, Extension Community & Economic Development

UNH Cooperative Extension

No abstract provided.

Adaptation Of High Spatio-Temporal Resolution Weather/Load Forecast In Real-World Distributed Energy-System Operation, Amir Ali Safaei Pirooz, Mohammad J. Sanjari, Young Jin Kim, Stuart Moore, Richard Turner, Wayne Weaver, Dipti Srinivasan, Josep M. Guerrero, Mohammad Shahidehpour

Michigan Tech Publications, Part 1

Despite significant advances in distributed renewable energy systems (DRES), the technology still faces several substantial challenges that prevent the large-scale adoption of these systems into a country’s energy sector. The intermittency of renewables, uncertainties associated with real-time multi-horizon weather and load forecasts, and lack of comprehensive control systems are among the main technical and regulatory challenges for the real-world adoption of DRES. This paper outlines the current state of knowledge in the real-world operation of DRES and also describes pathways and methodologies that enable and facilitate the uptake of DRES in a country’s energy sector.

Lrp6 High Bone Mass Characterized In Two Generations Harboring A Unique Mutation Of Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein 6, Michael P Whyte, Steven Mumm, Jonathan C Baker, Fan Zhang, Homer Sedighi, Shenghui Duan, Tim Cundy

2020-Current year OA Pubs

Osteoblast Wnt/

Dietary Soy Galactooligosaccharides Affect The Performance, Intestinal Function, And Gut Microbiota Composition Of Growing Chicks, K. D. Teague, G. Tellez-Isaias, Jianmin Chai, V. Petrone-Garcia, C. N. Vuong, A. Blanch, S. H. Rasmussen, K. Brown, Jiangchao Zhao, S. J. Rochell

Poultry Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

The objective of this experiment was to investigate the effects of the dietary soy galactooligosaccharides (GOS), raffinose and stachyose, on performance, gastrointestinal health, and systemic stress in young broilers. Birds were fed a GOS-devoid diet based on soy protein isolate (SPI) or the SPI diet with 0.9, 1.8, 2.7, or 3.6% added stachyose and raffinose in a ratio of 4:1 at the expense of corn starch. These 5 treatments were administered to 10 replicate cages of 8 birds. Performance was measured weekly and excreta moisture, N retention, apparent metabolizeable energy, and complete blood cell counts were …

Comparative- And Network-Based Proteomic Analysis Of Bacterial Chondronecrosis With Osteomyelitis Lesions In Broiler's Proximal Tibiae Identifies New Molecular Signatures Of Lameness, Jennifer Cook, Elizabeth Greene, Alison Ramser, Garrett J. Mullenix, Jalila S. Dridi, Rohana Liyanage, Robert F. Wideman Jr., Sami Dridi

Poultry Science Faculty Publications and Presentations

Bacterial Chondronecrosis with Osteomyelitis (BCO) is a specific cause of lameness in commercial fast-growing broiler (meat-type) chickens and represents significant economic, health, and wellbeing burdens. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the pathogenesis remain poorly understood. This study represents the first comprehensive characterization of the proximal tibia proteome from healthy and BCO chickens. Among a total of 547 proteins identified, 222 were differentially expressed (DE) with 158 up- and 64 down-regulated proteins in tibia of BCO vs. normal chickens. Biological function analysis using Ingenuity Pathways showed that the DE proteins were associated with a variety of diseases including cell death, organismal …

Inflation, Market Failures, And Algorithms, Rory Van Loo

Faculty Scholarship

Inflation is a problem of tremendous scale. But the leading response to inflation-raising interest rates-also poses economic risks. Raising interest rates rapidly may increase unemployment and heighten the chance of recession. This Article argues that there is a better way to think about antiinflation policy. Rather than defaulting to interest rate hikes that harm markets, policymakers should prioritize laws that lower prices while improving markets. Most importantly, there is evidence that businesses have raised prices by colluding with one another, exploiting consumers' behavioral and informational limits, and lobbying for protectionist laws that block competition. Artificial intelligence pricing algorithms and dark …

Beyond More Accurate Algorithms: Takeaways From Mccleskey Revisited, Ngozi Okidegbe

Faculty Scholarship

McCleskey v. Kemp¹ operates as a barrier to using the Equal Protection Clause to achieve racial justice in criminal administration.² By restricting the use of statistical evidence in equal protection challenges, McCleskey stifled the power of the discriminatory intent doctrine to combat the colorblind racism emanating from facially neutral criminal law statutes and governmental actions.³ But what if McCleskey had been decided differently? Given that Washington v. Davis⁴ held that the challenged law or governmental action had to be “traced to a discriminatory racial purpose,”⁵ could McCleskey have articulated an approach to equal protection doctrine …

The Long Shadow Of Inevitable Disclosure, Stacey Dogan, Felicity Slater

Faculty Scholarship

A growing body of evidence has highlighted the human and economic costs associated with contractual restrictions on employee mobility. News accounts describe abusive use of non-compete clauses to prevent low wage workers from seeking better options. Economists, meanwhile, have demonstrated that innovation and economic dynamism may suffer when employers can easily prevent their employees from changing jobs. While state legislatures have attempted to address these concerns by restricting employers' use of non-compete agreements, the Federal Trade Commission recently announced a plan to prohibit them altogether. As policymakers focus attention on contractual limits on employment mobility, however, a more insidious threat …

Climate Services: The Business Of Physical Risk, Madison Condon

Faculty Scholarship

A growing number of investors, insurers, financial services providers, and nonprofits rely on information about localized physical climate risks, like floods, hurricanes, and wildfires. The outcomes of these risk projections have significant consequences in the economy, including allocating investment capital, impacting housing prices and demographic shifts, and prioritizing adaptation infrastructure projects. The climate risk information available to individual citizens and municipalities, however, is limited and expensive to access. Further, many providers of climate services use black box models that make overseeing the scientific rigor of their methodologies impossible— a concern given scientific critiques that many may be obfuscating the uncertainty …

Understanding Dark Patterns In Home Iot Devices, Monica Kowalczyk, Johanna Gunawan, David Choffnes, Daniel J. Dubois, Woodrow Hartzog, Christo Wilson

Faculty Scholarship

Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices are ubiquitous, but little attention has been paid to how they may incorporate dark patterns despite consumer protections and privacy concerns arising from their unique access to intimate spaces and always-on capabilities. This paper conducts a systematic investigation of dark patterns in 57 popular, diverse smart home devices. We update manual interaction and annotation methods for the IoT context, then analyze dark pattern frequency across device types, manufacturers, and interaction modalities. We find that dark patterns are pervasive in IoT experiences, but manifest in diverse ways across device traits. Speakers, doorbells, and camera devices contain the most …

Librarians Present Panel At Asdah Conference, Katherine Van Arsdale

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

What Is New In The New Covenant?, Jiří Moskala

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

A Systematic Literature Review Of Mobile Applications To Assist People With Mild To Moderate Dementia In Their Daily Lives, Zehang Cheng, Kamal Sabran

Malaysian Journal of Computing (MJoC)

The popularity of smartphones has made mobile apps an essential tool for people in managing their daily lives. Helping people with dementia to make good use of mobile apps can reduce the stress on the patient's family and society. Mild and moderate dementia can be eliminated Mild and moderate dementia may be mitigated through simple teaching and human-centered design approaches that accommodate individuals with difficulty using mobile apps. This paper aims to identify the functionality and usability of mobile apps for people with dementia by reviewing mobile apps that assist people with mild to moderate dementia in their daily lives. …

Application And Design Of Production Room Layout With 5s Arc Method To Reduce Waste Case Study On Rubber Industry Production, Aldilo Dwi Rashindra, Ghiyats Septio Zulkarnaen, Yosi Pahala, Deslida Saidah

Malaysian Journal of Computing (MJoC)

This study aims to get good production facility layout recommendations to reduce material handling distance in the company. This is intended so that the production process can run optimally. This study examined the rubber processing industry located in Bogor patent where the production process in this industry still uses simple methods. This causes a significant amount of waste in the production system in the industry. Therefore, this study discussed the redesign of the production room layout by using ARC proximity (Activity Relation Chart), which is a method to see the level of intimacy between activities in the production process. It …

Mobile Application Luggage Tracking System Using Gps Module And Nodemcu, Nurul Fitriah Abdulham, Noorhayati Mohamed Noor

Malaysian Journal of Computing (MJoC)

In this paper, a mobile application for luggage tracking system to track a misplaced or stolen luggage is designed. The application is to help traveller to track their misplaced luggage or stolen in public places. The luggage tracking system is a prototype of device tracker using a GPS and NodeMCU which will be kept inside a luggage. The device will be tracked via GPS satellites and send the data to the GPS module, and the luggage's owner will be informed of its whereabouts through the mobile application. The luggage tracking system uses wireless communication, which is Wi-Fi with the assistance …