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Water Current, Volume 48, No. 4, Fall 2016

Water Current Newsletter

Water and natural resources tour examines Platte River basin June 27-29, 2017

Research workshops are local to global; efforts on grants, collaborations continue

Are Java Programming Best Practices Also Best Practices For Android?, Yoonsik Cheon

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

Android apps are written in Java. Android beginners assume that Java programming best practices are equally applicable to Android programming. In this paper, we perform a small case study to show that the assumption can be wrong. We port a well-written Java application to Android. A certain key assumption of object-oriented programming doesn't hold on the Android platform. Thus, some of the best practices in writing Java programs are not best practices for Android. In fact, they are anti-patterns that Android programmers should avoid. We show concrete examples of these anti-patterns or watch-outs along with their fixes.

Von Neumann-Morgenstern Solutions, Quantum Physics, And Stored Programs Vs. Data: Unity Of Von Neumann's Legacy, Olga Kosheleva, Martha Osegueda Escobar, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

In this paper, we show that several seemingly unrelated topics of John von Neumann's research are actually very closely related.

Cosmological Inflation: A Simple Qualitative Explanation, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

In this paper, we provide a simple qualitative explanation of the cosmological inflation -- a phenomenon that at the beginning of the Universe, its size was exponentially increasing.

Why Utility Non-Linearly Depends On Money: A Commonsense Explanation, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich, Mahdokhat Afravi

Departmental Technical Reports (CS)

Human decision making is based on the notion of utility. Empirical studies have shown that utility non-linearly depends on the money amount. In this paper, we provide a commonsense explanation of this empirical fact: namely, that without such non-linearity, we would not have a correct description of such a commonsense behavior as saving money for retirement.

Arboretum Annual Report 2015-2016, Glenn Dreyer

Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Quantifying Undisturbed (Native) Lands In Eastern South Dakota: 2013, Pete Bauman, Benjamin Carlson, Tanner Butler

Quantifying Undisturbed (Native) Lands in Eastern South Dakota: 2013

We employed simple GIS methods primarily utilizing the South Dakota Farm Service Agency’s Common Land Unit (CLU) data layers from 2013, along with 2012 US Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Agriculture Imagery Program (NAIP) county mosaic aerial imagery, to evaluate approximately 22.6 million acres of land in the 44 counties that comprise eastern South Dakota. Mapping of this total project area was done in three distinct project phases from 2014 through 2016. We utilized the CLU data layer, queried to show current and former cropland, to first identify and remove any areas with a cropping history, regardless of current land …

The Cosm Newsletter

COSM Newsletter

• Eagles in Training for STEM Careers
• The Department of Biology Welcomes New Faculty
• Biology Alumni Move Onward and Upward
• Georgia Southern's Elite 8 for REU-2016
• Geologists Investigate Salt Water Intrusion on a Georgia Barrier Island
• The Georgia Southern Sea Turtle Program at St. Catherines Island: The 2016 Sea Turtle Nesting Season
• Hatchlings
• The Department of Mathematical Sciences Welcomes New Faculty
• Eagles Win Third MacArthur Award
• Faculty member awarded new Patent on “Engineered lumenized vascular networks and support matrix”
• The Photonic Nanotechnology Computational Group
• Edwards participates in NSF "Ideas Lab" to Measure "Big G"
• Faculty Member Participates in Scholarly Activities
• Professors …

Improving The Spatial Allocation Of Functional Group Biomasses In Spatially-Explicit Ecosystem Models: Insights From Three Gulf Of Mexico Models, Arnaud Gruss, Elizabeth A. Babcock, Skyler Sagarese, Michael Drexler, David D. Chagaris, Cameron H. Ainsworth, Brad Penta, Sergio Derada, Tracey Sutton

Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Articles

Spatially-explicit ecosystem models, such as Ecospace, Atlantis, and OSMOSE, are key tools for achieving ecosystem-based fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM). In spatially-explicit ecosystem models, trophic interactions strongly depend on the way functional group biomasses are allocated spatially, which conditions patterns of spatial overlap between predators, prey, and competitors. Here, we review realized and ongoing improvements in the spatial allocation of functional group biomasses in Ecospace and OSMOSE models of the West Florida Shelf ("WFS Reef fish Ecospace" and "OSMOSE-WFS") and in the Atlantis model of the GOM ("Atlantis-GOM"). A habitat capacity model, which defines the spatial distribution …

Crystal Structure Of Di-Μl-Chlorido-Bis[Chloridobis( 1,2-Dimethyl-5-Nitro-1h-Imidazole-Κn3)- Copper(Ii)] Acetonitrile Disolvate, Patrick J. Quinlivan, Rita K. Upmacis

Faculty Papers and Publications

1,2-Dimethyl-5-nitroimidazole (dimetridazole, dimet) is a compound that belongs to a class of nitroimidazole drugs that are effective at inhibiting the activity of certain parasites and bacteria. However, there are few reports that describe structures of compounds that feature metals complexed by dimet. Therefore, we report here that dimet reacts with CuCl2•H₂O to yield a chloridebridged copper(II) dimer, [Cu₂Cl₄(C₅H₇N₃O₂)₄] or [Cu(μ-Cl)Cl(dimet)₂]₂. In this molecule, the CuII ions are coordinated in an approximately trigonal– bipyramidal manner, and the molecule lies across an …

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter, October 2016, University Of Northern Iowa. Iowa Waste Reduction Center.

Iowa Waste Reduction Center Newsletter

Contents:

--- Paint Disposal Problems...and Solutions
--- New Project Starts to Help Iowa Communities Reduce Food Waste
--- Sneak Peek - IWRC to Launch Brewery Certification Program
--- Industry News

Several Methods To Assess Groundwater Surface-Water Interactions In Lolo Creek, Montana, Michael Chambers

Graduate Theses & Non-Theses

This study addressed potential groundwater surface-water interactions along the lower reach of Lolo Creek in Lolo, Montana as part of a larger ongoing study conducted by the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology (MBMG) Groundwater Investigation Program (GWIP). The GWIP focus is to address the causes of late summer dewatering along the lower reaches of Lolo Creek. This study’s work attempts to: (1) identify gaining/losing reaches along a 6.5 km stretch and (2) test several methods for investigating groundwater and surface-water interactions. The methods included measuring incremental streamflow, hydraulic gradients, one-dimensional temperature profiles, and collection and evaluation of radon-222. Four …

Collecting, Preparing, And Synthesizing Well Log Data For Subsurface Mapping: Example From The Bakken Formation, Asel Sherimkulova

Graduate Theses & Non-Theses

Late Devonian and Early Mississippian Bakken Formation consists of three distinct members: the upper shale, middle, and lower shale. The upper and lower shales are excellent source rocks, rich in organic content. The organic material in the shales was derived from planktonic algae. Both the upper and lower shales were deposited during a transgressive event in hypoxic to anoxic conditions. The original total organic carbon content in the Bakken shales ranges from 20 to 22 weight percent, however; the content decreases to 10 to 17 weight percent as a result of maturation of hydrocarbons and primary expelling of oil. High …

The Investigation Of The Electrical Control Of Hemimicelles And Admicelles On Gold For Analyte Preconcentration, Dheyaa Hussein Al-Karawi

Masters Theses & Specialist Projects

Hemimicelles and admicelles are well-investigated wonders in modern science; they are surfactant monolayers and surface adsorbed micelles, respectively. Capacitance measurements for monitoring the formation of dodecyl sulfate (DS) surfactant monolayer on positively charged gold substrates (planar gold) and the adsorbance of 2-naphthol onto DS surfactant monolayer were performed. The investigation of the electrical control of DS at various concentrations (4, 6, 16, and 32 mM) below and above the critical micelle concentration (CMC= 8 mM) on gold surfaces for analyte preconcentration, prior to chromatographic analysis, is presented. Charged ionic surfactants, such as DS, drawn to a surface of opposite charge …

Siguria Në Magento, Besart Haxhidema

Theses and Dissertations

Në teknologji siguria e sistemit të cilin jeni duke përdorur për kryerjen e biznesit tuaj, është themeli mbi të cilin qëndron ai. Çdo platformë, apo çfarëdo sistemi çoftë ai, i cili përdorë rrjetin publik, është cak i sulmeve nga njerëzit keqbërës. Andaj ne si përdorues të një sistemi të tillë duhet t’i njohim këto lloje të sulmeve, në mënyrë që në të njejtë kohë të dijmë edhe si të veprojmë për mbrojtjen e të dhënave tona.

Fokusi kryesor i këtij punimi është elaborimi i mangësive në aspektin e sigurisë të cilat e karakterizojnë platformën Magento. Në vazhdimin e këtij punimi …

Siguria Në Wordpress Dhe Mbrojtja E Të Dhënave, Ardianë Krasniqi

Theses and Dissertations

Aktualisht ekzistojnë një numër i madh i ueb faqeve në web. Ky numër është në rritje pasi që bota po krijon lidhje të reja shoqërore, dhe teknologjia po e bënë më të lehtë për njerëzit të jenë të pranishëm në linjë (online) përmes një faqe interneti. Kjo rritje është duke u mundësuar nga përdorimi i teknologjive me burim të hapur (open source) si Sistemet për Menaxhim të Përmbajtjes (CMS). Mbi një e treta e faqeve të internetit janë mundësuar nga katër platforma kryesore: Wordpress, Joomla !, Drupal, dhe Magento.

Qëllimi kryesor i kësaj teme diplome është që të përqendrohet në …

Analizë Krahasuese E Algoritmeve Që Përdorën Në Imazhërinë Mjekësore, Ema Këpuska

Theses and Dissertations

Në fushën e njohjes së modeleve, për shkak të përfshirjes themelore të perceptimit njerëzor dhe pamjaftueshmërisë të matematikës standarde, për të arritur diagnostifikime të sakta nga imazhet e ndërlikuara janë paraqitur dy teknika të ndryshme fuzzy që janë aplikuar si një alternativë e përshtatshme.

Saktësia dhe shpejtësia e arritjes së ndarjes të të dhënave në mënyrë të duhur, arrihet rrallë herë. Për të bërë këtë të mundur, algoritmet e grumbullimit janë jashtëzakonisht të rëndësishme dhe esenciale në shëndetësi.

Imazhëria mjekësore është një ndër elementet kyçe në diagnostifikimin e sëmundjeve. Mirëpo, aplikacionet e krijuara deri më sot kanë disa dobësi. Gjithashtu, …

Analizimi Dhe Krahasimi I Algoritmit Rapidly-Exploring Random Trees Dhe Hybrid A* (Star) Te Moduli I Planifikimit Të Rrugës Te Automjetet Autonome Inteligjente, Plarent Haxhidauti

Theses and Dissertations

Planifikimi i rrugës, i trajektores dhe optimizimi i asaj rruge janë çështje problemaktike në fushën e robotikës. Për momentin veturat autonome janë në krye të hulumtimeve nga industria për shkak të avantazheve që i ofrojnë. Software-i është elementi kryesorë që e përfshinë autonominë e ofruar nga algoritmat planifikues që janë përgjegjës për marrjen e vendimeve të rëndësishme.

Përderisa automjeti transporton udhëtarë ose të mira materiale prej një pike fillestare deri në destinacion, planifikuesi i rrugës përmbanë metoda si kërkimi i shtegu për ta ndjekur, shmagja e pengesave dhe gjenerimi i trajektoreve që ofrojnë rehati.

Qëllimi i këtij hulumtimi është analizimi …

Analizimi Dhe Zhvillimi I Sistemit Për Menaxhimin E Konferencave, Muhamet Sherifi

Theses and Dissertations

Sistemet për menaxhimin e konferencave dhe administrimin e tyre janë shndërruar në asete për institucione që kanë të bëjnë me këtë lëmi, në këtë punim është propozuar një zgjidhje e centralizuar duke u bazuar në praktikat më të mira të sistemeve aktuale.

Fokusi kryesor në hartimin dhe zhvillimin e një ueb aplikacioni për menaxhimin e konferencave është bazuar tek siguria, disponushmëria dhe zgjërushmëria.

Duke analizuar sisteme të ngjashme kemi kuptuar që shumica e konferencave të mëdha kanë implementuar këto lloj sistemesh dhe kanë pasur përfitime të shumta.

Në këtë temë po ashtu jemi munduar të përshkruajmë dhe implementojmë veçoritë standarde …

Adaptueshmëria E Wordpressit, Valon Januzi

Theses and Dissertations

Meqë përdorimi i teknologjisë informative është fondamental për të ardhmen, atëherë edhe mësimi i përdorimit sa me efikas të teknologjisë është po aq i rëndësishëm. Me adaptushmeri të WordPressit kuptojm se sa është i lehtë dhe i kuptushëm përdorimi i ketij CMS.

Kjo temë e diplomes mbledh fakte që dëshmojnë se CMS është i adaptushëm në teknologji informative dhe është shumë i rëndësishem dhe i dobishem.

Në veqanti hulumtimi fokusohet se si ndahet Wordpress në pjesë të ndryshme për menaxhim dhe lehtësimin të përdorusit.Në hulumtim fokusohem të sqaroj disa nga metodat se si bëhet ndarja për menaxhim më të mirë …

Hypercode – Voice Aided Programming, Rinor Maloku

Theses and Dissertations

Existing input methods for inserting text into digital devices are slow and have a steep contrast of information exchange difference between human and computer. While programmers quickly retrieve information from the computer visualy, via the screen, it is a slow process of inserting information via mouse and keyboard. Speech Recognition can be incorporated as another input method to enable inserting continuous text into the computer for increased speed. Accuracy improvements of speech recognition is driven by incorporation of deep neural networks and thus made speech recognition another viable input method, which is used in smartphones, computers and smart homes, to …

The Prairie Post Quarterly Newsletter Of The High Plains Regional Climate Center- October 2016, Natalie Umphlett, Jamie Lahowetz, Crystal J. Stiles

Prairie Post: Quarterly Newsletter of the High Plains Regional Climate Center

Inside this issue:

Message from the interim director........................................1

Staff spotlight...........................1

Stakeholder engagement activities......................................2

Product highlight....................3

Partnership spotlight.............3

AWDN information.................4

Update on regional climate conditions..................................4

Regional news..........................5

Recent and upcoming travel and activities.............................6

Embedding Oriented Graphs In Books, Stacey R. Mcadams

Doctoral Dissertations

A book consists of a line L in [special characters omitted]3, called the spine, and a collection of half planes, called pages, whose common boundary is L. A k-book is book with k pages. A k-page book embedding is a continuous one-to-one mapping of a graph G into a book such that the vertices are mapped into L and the edges are each mapped to either the spine or a particular page, such that no two edges cross in any page. Each page contains a planar subgraph of G. The book thickness, denoted bt( …

Glaciers In Equilibrium, Mcmurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica, Andrew G. Fountain, Hassan J. Basagic, Spencer Niebuhr

Geology Faculty Publications and Presentations

The McMurdo Dry Valleys are a cold, dry polar desert and the alpine glaciers therein exhibit small annual and seasonal mass balances, often

Modeling The Thickness Of Perennial Ice Covers On Stratified Lakes Of The Taylor Valley, Antarctica, Maciej K. Obryk, Peter T. Doran, Jared A. Hicks, Christopher P. Mckay, John Charles Priscu

Geology Faculty Publications and Presentations

A 1-D ice cover model was developed to predict and constrain drivers of long-term ice thick-ness trends in chemically stratified lakes of Taylor Valley, Antarctica. The model is driven by surface ra-diative heat fluxes and heat fluxes from the underlying water column. The model successfully reproduced 16 a (between 1996 and 2012) of ice thickness changes for the west lobe of Lake Bonney (average ice thickness = 3.53 m) and Lake Fryxell (average ice thickness = 4.22 m). Long-term ice thick-ness trends require coupling with the thermal structure of the water column. The heat stored within the temperature maximum of …

Sales Management Portal, Venkata Chakradhar Bonthala, Mohammed Shoeb Ali Khan, Ateeqoddin Mohammed

All Capstone Projects

Our project aim is to design a Sales Management Portal which is helpful for an organization to provide flexibility to interact with the users and clients. Current design is mainly focused on the manager user.

In this project, we have provided the features like,

1. A search option: where manager user can track information of clients and all the users. Which was a major requirement.

2. Manager Console: Manager can create user accounts, can send messages and view details

3. Pipeline Reports: Manager can run various reports such as,

• List of prospects
• Reports of opportunities
• By date, by month, sales …

Sales Management Portal, Sai Mehana Kaparla, Pujitha Penugonda, Saikiran Paladugu, Srujan Kumar Tirunagari

All Capstone Projects

This is a web application which is used to bring both customers and management on to single platform.

Sales management is attainment of an organization’s sales goals in an effective and efficient manner through planning, staffing, training & controlling resources. It is a sales pipeline database portal where it can track all the logs of contacts and activities, opportunities, proposals and sometimes projects too. This application tracks all the activities taking place in the pipeline database and also involves in communicating with the staff and other employees. This application has the facility to accept or reject proposals if they do …

Sales Management Portal, Chamanth Kumar Guduru, Abdul Baseer Mohammed, Venkata Sai Krishna Pentyala, Sai Naveen Sare

All Capstone Projects

This helps to create a fully integrated software application to design for a company’s sales pipeline database portal, at which sales staffs enter clients' information into pipeline by keeping logs of contacts and activities, opportunities and proposals, and eventually projects. The portal enables management to oversee works and track progresses, and in the meantime to interact with and provide guidance to sales staff time.

Gsu Event Portal, Kranthi Kumar Naik Banoth, Hanuman Prasad Dharmapuri, Sravya Mokrala, Nagamani Veepuri

All Capstone Projects

This project deals with making a website, which gives data about the different sorts of events. The enrolled clients in this website can make or alter events and they can audit the quantity of enlistments that had happened for their occasion. There will be an administrator for the website to monitor all the activities, the administrator will have rights to check, alter or erase events and check client accounts. Along these lines, this webpage for the most part network clients to discover the insights about the events that happen around them and in the event that they are keen on …

Gsu Event Portal, Nandamuri Tirumala B, Raviteja Vadlamudi

All Capstone Projects

Creating an event landing page or website is a very important step in your event marketing tactic as it acts as a hub for all things associated to your event. Because this is the best way to reach maximum number of people. With the help of social media nowadays there is huge impact of web portals in the market. For an any event, there is need to create an awareness among the people that particular event is going to happen. With this portal we can reach people very easily make them know what is the event all about and who …