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Local Lagged Adapted Generalized Method Of Moments And Applications, Olusegun Michael Otunuga, Gangaram S. Ladde, Nathan G. Ladde

Mathematics Faculty Research

In this work, an attempt is made for developing the local lagged adapted generalized method of moments (LLGMM). This proposed method is composed of: (1) development of the stochastic model for continuous-time dynamic process, (2) development of the discrete-time interconnected dynamic model for statistic process, (3) utilization of Euler-type discretized scheme for nonlinear and non-stationary system of stochastic differential equations, (4) development of generalized method of moment/observation equations by employing lagged adaptive expectation process, (5) introduction of the conceptual and computational parameter estimation problem, (6) formulation of the conceptual and computational state estimation scheme and (7) definition of the conditional …

Trophic Ecology Of Green Turtles (Chelonia Mydas) From Dry Tortugas National Park, Florida, David C. Roche

HCNSO Student Theses and Dissertations

Located 100 km west of Key West, Florida, Dry Tortugas National Park (DRTO) is a largely untouched subtropical marine ecosystem that serves as an important developmental habitat, nesting ground, and foraging area for several species of sea turtles, including green turtles. The Park supports a recovering population of green turtles comprised of resident juveniles, subadults, and adults of both sexes; nesting females include residents and migrating females that only return to nest. Stable isotope analysis has been applied widely to describe the trophic ecology of green turtles, from urbanized bays with significant anthropogenic input, to relatively pristine ecosystems with healthy …

Secondary Structure Adopted By The Gly-Gly-X Repetitive Regions Of Dragline Spider Silk, Geoffrey M Gray, Arjan Van Der Vaart, Chengchen Guo, Justin Jones, David Onofrei, Brian R Cherry, Randolph V Lewis, Jeffery L Yarger, Gregory P Holland

Chemistry Faculty Publications

Solid-state NMR and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations are presented to help elucidate the molecular secondary structure of poly(Gly-Gly-X), which is one of the most common structural repetitive motifs found in orb-weaving dragline spider silk proteins. The combination of NMR and computational experiments provides insight into the molecular secondary structure of poly(Gly-Gly-X) segments and provides further support that these regions are disordered and primarily non-β-sheet. Furthermore, the combination of NMR and MD simulations illustrate the possibility for several secondary structural elements in the poly(Gly-Gly-X) regions of dragline silks, including β-turns, 3

Looking Into The Crystal Ball: Requirements Evolution Over Time, Alicia M. Grubb, Marsha Chechik

Computer Science: Faculty Publications

Goal modeling has long been used in the literature to model and reason about system requirements, constraints within the domain and environment, and stakeholders' goals. Goal model analysis helps stakeholders answer 'what if' questions enabling them to make tradeoff decisions about their project requirements. However, questions concerning the evolution over time of stakeholder requirements or changes in actor intentionality are not explicitly addressed by current approaches. In this paper, we tackle this problem by presenting a method for specifying changes in intentions over time, and a technique that uses simulation for asking a variety of 'what if' questions about such …

De Haas-Van Alphen Study Of Role Of 4f Electrons In Antiferromagnetic Cezn₁₁ As Compared To Its Nonmagnetic Analog Lazn₁₁, S. F. Blake, Halyna Hodovanets, A. Mccollam, S. L. Bud'ko, P. C. Canfield, A. I. Coldea

Physics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We present a de Haas-van Alphen study of the Fermi surface of the low-temperature antiferromagnet CeZn₁₁ and its nonmagnetic analog LaZn₁₁, measured by torque magnetometry up to fields of 33T and at temperatures down to 320mK. Both systems possess similar de Haas-van Alphen frequencies, with three clear sets of features -- ranging from 50T to 4kT -- corresponding to three bands of a complex Fermi surface, with an expected fourth band also seen weakly in CeZn₁₁. The effective masses of the charge carriers are very light ( < 1m_e) in LaZn₁₁ but a factor …

A Grand Unified Model For Liganded Gold Clusters, Wen Wu Xu, Beien Zhu, Xiao Cheng Zeng, Yi Gao

Xiao Cheng Zeng Publications

A grand unified model (GUM) is developed to achieve fundamental understanding of rich structures of all 71 liganded gold clusters reported to date. Inspired by the quark model by which composite particles (for example, protons and neutrons) are formed by combining three quarks (or flavours), here gold atoms are assigned three ‘flavours’ (namely, bottom, middle and top) to represent three possible valence states. The ‘composite particles’ in GUM are categorized into two groups: variants of triangular elementary block Au₃(2e) and tetrahedral elementary block Au₄(2e), all satisfying the duet rule (2e) of the valence shell, akin to …

Structural Reinforcement Through Liquid Encapsulation, Alin Cristian Chipara, Peter Samora Owuor, Sanjit Bhowmick, Gustavo Brunetto, S. A. Syed Asif, Mircea Chipara, Robert Vajtai, Jun Lou, Douglas S. Galvao, Chandra Sekhar Tiwary

Physics & Astronomy Faculty Publications

The liquid inside a solid material is one of the most common composite materials in nature. The interface between solid–liquid plays an important role in unique deformation. Here, model systems of two polymers (polydimethylsiloxane–polyvinylidenefluoride) are used to make sphere of solid with liquid inside it.

Ransomware In High-Risk Environments, Shallaw M. Aziz

Information Technology Capstone Research Project Reports

In today’s modern world, cybercrime is skyrocketing globally, which impacts a variety of organizations and endpoint users. Hackers are using a multitude of approaches and tools, including ransomware threats, to take over targeted systems. These acts of cybercrime lead to huge damages in areas of business, healthcare systems, industry sectors, and other fields. Ransomware is considered as a high risk threat, which is designed to hijack the data. This paper is demonstrating the ransomware types, and how they are evolved from the malware and trojan codes, which is used to attack previous incidents, and explains the most common encryption algorithms …

Effects Of Time And Diffusion Phase-Lags In A Thick Circular Plate Due To A Ring Load With Axisymmetric Heat Supply, R. Kumar, N. Sharma, P. Lata

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

The purpose of this paper is to depict the effect of time, thermal, and diffusion phase lags due to axisymmetric heat supply in a ring. The problem is discussed within the context of DPLT and DPLD models. The upper and lower surfaces of the ring are traction-free and subjected to an axisymmetric heat supply. The solution is found by using Laplace and Hankel transform techniques. The analytical expressions of displacements, stresses and chemical potential, temperature and mass concentration are computed in transformed domain. Numerical inversion technique has been applied to obtain the results in the physical domain. Numerically simulated results …

Asymptotic Behavior Of Even-Order Damped Differential Equations With P-Laplacian Like Operators And Deviating Arguments, Qingmin Liu, Martin Bohner, Said R. Grace, Tongxing Li

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Research & Creative Works

We study the asymptotic properties of the solutions of a class of even-order damped differential equations with p-Laplacian like operators, delayed and advanced arguments. We present new theorems that improve and complement related contributions reported in the literature. Several examples are provided to illustrate the practicability, maneuverability, and efficiency of the results obtained. An open problem is proposed.

An Efficient And Long-Time Accurate Third-Order Algorithm For The Stokes–Darcy System, Wenbin Chen, Max Gunzburger, Dong Sun, Xiaoming Wang

Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Research & Creative Works

A third order in time numerical IMEX-type algorithm for the Stokes–Darcy system for flows in fluid saturated karst aquifers is proposed and analyzed. a novel third-order Adams–Moulton scheme is used for the discretization of the dissipative term whereas a third-order explicit Adams–Bashforth scheme is used for the time discretization of the interface term that couples the Stokes and Darcy components. the scheme is efficient in the sense that one needs to solve, at each time step, decoupled Stokes and Darcy problems. Therefore, legacy Stokes and Darcy solvers can be applied in parallel. the scheme is also unconditionally stable and, with …

Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper Reflectance And Ndvi 27-Year Time Series Inconsistencies Due To Satellite Orbit Change, Hankui Zhang, David P. Roy

GSCE Faculty Publications

The Landsat 5 Thematic Mapper (TM) sensor provided the longest single mission terrestrial remote sensing data record but temporally sparse station keeping maneuvers meant that the Landsat 5 orbit changed over the 27 year mission life. Long-term Landsat 5 TM reflectance inconsistencies may be introduced by orbit change induced solar zenith variations combined with surface reflectance anisotropy, commonly described by the Bi-directional Reflectance Distribution Function (BRDF). This study quantifies the local overpass time and observed solar zenith angle changes for all the Landsat 5 TM images available at two latitudinally separated locations along the same north-south Landsat path (27) in …

Towards Decision Making Under Interval Uncertainty, Andrzej Pownuk, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

In many practical situations, we know the exact form of the objective function, and we know the optimal decision corresponding to each values of the corresponding parameters x_i. What should we do if we do not know the exact values of x_i, and instead, we only know each x_i with uncertainty -- e.g., with interval uncertainty? In this case, one of the most widely used approaches is to select, for each i, one value from the corresponding interval -- usually, a midpoint -- and to use the exact-case optimal decision corresponding to the selected values. …

Why Rsa? A Pedagogical Comment, Pedro Barragan Olague, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

One of the most widely used cryptographic algorithms is the RSA algorithm in which a message m encoded as the remainder c of m^e modulo n, where n and e are given numbers -- forming a public code. A similar transformation c^d mod n$, for an appropriate secret code d, enables us to reconstruct the original message. In this paper, we provide a pedagogical explanation for this algorithm.

A Simple Geometric Explanation Of Occam's Razor, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

Occam's razor states that out of possible explanations, plans, and designs, we should select the simplest one. It turns out that in many practical situations, the simplest explanation indeed turns out to be the correct one, the simplest plan is often the most successful, etc. But why this happens is not very clear. In this paper, we provide a simple geometric explanation of Occam's razor.

Specifying A Global Optimization Solver In Z, Angel F. Garcia Contreras, Yoonsik Cheon

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

NumConSol is an interval-based numerical constraint and optimization solver to find a global optimum of a function. It is written in Python. In this document, we specify the NumConSol solver in Z, a formal specification language based on sets and predicates. The aim is to provide a solid foundation for restructuring and refactoring the current implementation of the NumConSol solver as well as facilitating its future improvements. The formal specification also allows us to design more effective testing for the solver, e.g., generating test cases from the specification.

The Subject Librarian Newsletter, Statistics, Fall 2016, Sandy Avila

Libraries' Newsletters

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Cows - Clean Ocean Wave Sculpture, Kim Bernard

Artist in Residence: Kim Bernard

Description and images from Kim Bernard's University of New England Artist in Residence fall semester 2016 culminating project. Kim worked with UNE students and faculty to gather ocean debris and weave it into a permanent art installment at UNE's Arthur P. Girard Marine Science Center.

Efficient Processing Of Similarity Queries With Applications, Mingjie Tang

Open Access Dissertations

Today, a myriad of data sources, from the Internet to business operations to scientific instruments, produce large and different types of data. Many application scenarios, e.g., marketing analysis, sensor networks, and medical and biological applications, call for identifying and processing similarities in "big" data. As a result, it is imperative to develop new similarity query processing approaches and systems that scale from low dimensional data to high dimensional data, from single machine to clusters of hundreds of machines, and from disk-based to memory-based processing. This dissertation introduces and studies several similarity-aware query operators, analyzes and optimizes their performance.

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Random Variational-Like Inclusion And Random Proximal Operator Equation For Random Fuzzy Mappings In Banach Spaces, Rais Ahmad, Iqbal Ahmad, Mijanur Rahaman

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

In this paper, we introduce and study a random variational-like inclusion and its corresponding random proximal operator equation for random fuzzy mappings. It is established that the random variational-like inclusion problem for random fuzzy mappings is equivalent to a random fixed point problem. We also establish a relationship between random variational-like inclusion and random proximal operator equation for random fuzzy mappings. This equivalence is used to define an iterative algorithm for solving random proximal operator equation for random fuzzy mappings. Through an example, we show that the random Wardrop equilibrium problem is a special case of the random variational-like inclusion …

On The Convergence Of Two-Dimensional Fuzzy Volterra-Fredholm Integral Equations By Using Picard Method, Ali Ebadian, Foroozan Farahrooz, Amirahmad Khajehnasiri

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

In this paper we prove convergence of the method of successive approximations used to approximate the solution of nonlinear two-dimensional Volterra-Fredholm integral equations and define the notion of numerical stability of the algorithm with respect to the choice of the first iteration. Also we present an iterative procedure to solve such equations. Finally, the method is illustrated by solving some examples.

Dispersion Characteristics Of Non-Newtonian Fluid During Transportation Of Nanoparticles In Permeable Capillary, Rekha Bali, Nivedita Gupta, Swati Mishra

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

The present analysis deals with the dispersion characteristics of blood described as Herschel- Bulkley fluid in capillary with permeable walls for fluid and impermeable for the nanoparticles. The contribution of molecular and convective diffusion is recalled from the Taylor and Aris coefficient of diffusion. The effective longitudinal diffusion depends on three parameters namely rheological parameter, pressure parameter, and the permeability parameter. We investigate the influence of the longitudinal transport of nanoparticles with permeable blood vessels on the effective dispersion. It shows that the effective diffusion of nanoparticles reduces with increase in radius of the plug region (i.e., the volume of …

Weighted Inequalities For Riemann-Stieltjes Integrals, Hüseyin Budak, Mehmet Z. Sarikaya

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

In this paper first we define a new functional which is a weighted version of the functional defined by Dragomir and Fedotov. Then, some inequalities involving this functional are obtained. Finally, we apply this result to establish new bounds for weighted Chebysev functional.

A Generalized Polynomial Identity Arising From Quantum Mechanics, Shashikant B. Mulay, John J. Quinn, Mark A. Shattuck

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

We establish a general identity that expresses a Pfaffian of a certain matrix as a quotient of homogeneous polynomials. This identity arises in the study of weakly interacting many-body systems and its proof provides another way of realizing the equivalence of two proposed types of trial wave functions used to describe such systems. In the proof of our identity, we make use of only elementary linear algebra and combinatorics and thereby avoid use of more advanced conformal field theory in establishing the aforementioned equivalence.

On Arresting The Complex Growth Rates In Rotatory Triply Diffusive Convection, Jyoti Prakash, Renu Bala, Kanu Vaid, Vinod Kumar

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

Linear stability of a triply diffusive fluid layer (one of the components may be heat) has been mathematically analyzed in the presence of uniform vertical rotation. Upper bounds for the complex growth rate of an arbitrary oscillatory perturbation of growing amplitude are derived which are important especially when at least one of the boundaries is rigid so that exact solutions in closed form are not obtainable. Further, it is proved that the results obtained herein are uniformly valid for any combination of dynamically free and rigid boundaries. It is also shown that the existing results of rotatory hydrodynamic Rayleigh Benard …

A Numerical Scheme For Generalized Fractional Optimal Control Problems, N. Singha, C. Nahak

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

This paper introduces a generalization of the Fractional Optimal Control Problem (GFOCP). Proposed generalizations differ in terms of explaining the constraint involved in the dynamical system of the control problem. We assume the constraint as an arbitrary function of fractional derivatives and fractional integrals. By this assumption the restriction on constraint, to be of some prescribed function of fractional operators, is removed. Deduction of necessary optimality conditions followed by particular cases and examples has been provided. Additionally, we construct a solution scheme for the suggested class of (GFOCP)’s. The formulation of this scheme is done by implementing the Adomian decomposition …

On The Slow Growth And Approximation Of Entire Function Solutions Of Second-Order Elliptic Partial Differential Equations On Caratheodory Domains, Devendra Kumar

Applications and Applied Mathematics: An International Journal (AAM)

In this paper we consider the regular, real-valued solutions of the second-order elliptic partial differential equation. The characterization of generalized growth parameters for entire function solutions for slow growth in terms of approximation errors on more generalized domains, i.e., Caratheodory domains, has been obtained. Moreover, we studied some inequalities concerning the growth parameters of entire function solutions of above equation for slow growth which have not been studied so far.

Resource Assessment Report Western Rock Lobster Resource Of Western Australia, Simon De Lestang, Nick Caputi, Jason R. How

WA Marine Stewardship Council report series

The western rock lobster Panulirus cygnus (George) is taken by commercial and recreational fishers throughout its geographic range along the lower west coast of Western Australia. The main commercial fishery for P. cygnus is the West Coast Rock Lobster Managed Fishery (WCRLMF), which is Australia’s largest single-species fishery, currently worth about $400 million annually. Western rock lobster provides the basis for the economies of a number of coastal towns and also supports a recreational fishery.

Modelling Random Antibody Adsorption And Immunoassay Activity, Dana Mackey, Eilis Kelly, Robert Nooney

Articles

One of the primary considerations in immunoassay design is optimizing the concentration of capture antibody in order to achieve maximal antigen binding and, subsequently, improved sensitivity and limit of detection. Many immunoassay technologies involve immobilization of the antibody to solid surfaces. Antibodies are large molecules in which the position and accessibility of the antigen-binding site depend on their orientation and packing density. In this paper we propose a simple mathematical model, based on the theory known as random sequential adsorption (RSA), in order to calculate how the concentration of correctly oriented antibodies (active site exposed for subsequent reactions) evolves during …

Canada’S Regional Adaptation Collaboratives And Adaptation Platform: The Importance Of Scaling Up And Scaling Down Climate Change Governance Experiments, Adam Wellstead, Michael Howlett, Sreeja Nair, Jeremy Rayner

Department of Social Sciences Publications

Policy experiments have often been touted as valuable mechanisms for ensuring sustainability transitions and climate change adaptation. However problems exist both in the definition of ‘experiments’, and in their design and realization. While valuable, most experiments examined in the literature to date have been small-scale micro-level deployments or evaluations of policy tools in which the most problematic element revolves around their “scaling-up” or diffusion. The literature on the subject has generally neglected the problems and issues related to another class of experiments in which macro or meso-level initiatives are ‘scaled-down’ to the micro-level. This paper examines a recent effort of …