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Using Disruptive Coloration and Ultraviolet Light to Prevent Barnacle Settlement
(2020-08)Biofouling or the accumulation of unwanted micro and macro organisms is problematic for the shipping industry. Barnacles are one of the most abundant fouling organisms and their settlement on ship hulls can result in costly ... -
Using immersive virtual reality to assess context-dependency of locomotor skill learning in people with Parkinson's disease
(2019)Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder resulting from a loss of multisystem degenerations and neurotransmitter deficiencies such as dopaminergic and cholinergic degenerations [1]–[4]. The ... -
Using observations of distant quasars to constrain quantum gravity
(2011-11-23)Aims. The small-scale nature of spacetime can be tested with observations of distant quasars. We comment on a recent paper by Tamburini et al. (2011, A&A, 533, A71) which claims that Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations ... -
Using the Operant Model of Effective Supervision to Predict Employee Engagement for Leaders in a Hospital System
(2018-03)Leadership has been a popular topic of conversation for decades. Despite an abundant amount of attention the topic has received, the literature seems to fall short when describing what effective leaders do in a day to ... -
Using Variations of Shape and Appearance in Alignment Methods for Classifying Human Actions
(2014-11)In this dissertation, we address the problem of recognizing human-action from videos. The recognition aims at recovering action information from the image sequences using different features such as variations of the human ... -
Using Video-Based Feedback and Self-Monitoring to Improve Athletic Coaching Interactions
(2019-07)The present study examined if video-based feedback combined with self-monitoring will improve the quality of specific feedback statements delivered by coaches. The study involved four collegiate softball coaches. The ... -
Using Virtual Reality to Augment Distance Learning
Traditional methods of online and distance learning leave something to be desired. Interaction between the teacher and students is limited, and students oftentimes miss out on many of the benefits of being present for a ... -
UV observations of the cool DBQA5 white dwarf LDS 678A: Limits on the atmospheric composition, pressure shift, and gravitational redshift derived from C I 2479
(1991-02)We present a high-resolution ultraviolet spectrum of the helium-rich degenerate LDS 678A, obtained with the International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) satellite. LDS 678A is the coolest metallic line degenerate (DQ or DZ) ... -
V344 Lyrae: A touchstone Su UMa cataclysmic variable in the Kepler field
(2011-10-24)We report on the analysis of the Kepler short-cadence (SC) light curve of V344 Lyr obtained during 2009 June 20 through 2010 March 19 (Q2-Q4). The system is an SU UMa star showing dwarf nova (DN) outbursts and superoutbursts, ... -
The Vacuum Buffer
(2001)Image-based rendering (IBR) techniques have the potential of alleviating some of the bottlenecks of traditional geometry-based rendering such as modeling difficulty and prohibitive cost of photorealism. One of the most ... -
Validation of an External Bioreactor Filtration Loop Prototype for a Tissue Engineering Test Bed
(2019-05)As a cell line thrives within a culture, some of the cells undergo the natural process of death. Whether it is due to apoptotic or necrotic causes, cell death is a significant hurdle for tissue engineering and cell ... -
Validation of Arterial Distensibility Neural Network Model with Clinical Data
(2021-05)Cardiovascular diseases continue to plague the world as the number one killer of adults each year. As cardiovascular diseases can start with seemingly no symptoms, heart disease has been coined as the silent killer. With ... -
A Validation of the Cross Cultural Competence Navigator
(2017-09)Cross cultural competency (3C) is defined as an individual’s capability to effectively function in culturally diverse contexts, which is influenced by a set of individual antecedents. In the literature 3C has been characterized ... -
Validity and Reliability of a Mini - Situational Judgment Test (SJT) for Pilots
(2014-07)Situational judgment test (SJT) was developed by Hunter (2002) to test pilot judgment. SJT is very useful. However, this test takes too long for participants to complete. A mini-SJT was developed with shortened questions. ... -
Value Based Methodology to Evaluate Sensors for Bridge Structural Health Monitoring Systems
(2016-08-24)Structural health monitoring (SHM) systems have become important tools in the transportation industry to help monitor the behavior and health of civil structures. Today, there is a real concern about the health of bridges ... -
Valued Living and Fibromyalgia
(2020-02)Prior research has attempted to identify links between trauma and chronic illness, specifically, Fibromyalgia (FM). Due to the lack of understanding of the etiology of FM and the high reports of trauma and stress and FM, ... -
Variability of Paralarval-Squid Occurrence in Meter-Net Tows from East of Florida, USA
(2017-12)We attempted to determine cross-shelf, diel, and seasonal distribution patterns of paralarval cephalopods off eastern Florida during a 5-year study that employed both open-net and discrete-depth closing-net sampling. Based ... -
Variability timescales in the M87 jet: signatures of E^2 losses, discovery of a quasi period in HST-1, and the site of TeV flaring
(2009-06-11)We investigate the variability timescales in the jet of M87 with two goals. The first is to use the rise times and decay times in the radio, ultraviolet, and X-ray light curves of HST-1 to constrain the source size and the ... -
Variable-resolution video moire error map system for inspection of continuously manufactured objects
(1993-05-28)Moire techniques can be a powerful tool to determine deviation of a manufactured shape from a desired shape. In a traditional moire system, distorted gratings on an object are viewed through an undistorted grating. The ... -
The Variation in the Occurrence of Diatoms in the External Mucus of Florida Sharks
Elasmobranch skin has been extensively studied for its drag-reducing hydrodynamic structure and its implications for reduction in ship fuel cost1. Shark mucus and biofilm may also have antifouling properties of interest ...