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The Kinematics and X-ray Emission Mechanism of the Large-Scale Jet of 3C 111
(2016-12)Relativistic jets are the most energetic manifestation of the active galactic nucleus (AGN) phenomenon. AGN jets are observed from the radio through gamma rays and carry copious amounts of matter and energy from the ... -
Language Relations on Twitter: A Network Science Approach
(2017-04)Online social networks (e.g., Twitter and Facebook) play a vital role in the spreading of information in today’s world. Interestingly, the spread of information is enabled by the existence of an underlying connectivity ... -
Late Holocene Climate and Vegetation Change in Central Michigan
(2017-05)Understanding the effects of drought and temperature change on eastern North America will be key in the context of future climate change. Perhaps the best method to understand how drought and temperature will impact this ... -
Late Quaternary Vegetation and Climate History from the Lake Junín Plateau
(2021-07)Whether the Andean ecosystem is resilient against future climate change remains unclear. A 2018 IPCC special report identified that warming more than 1.5ºC above pre-industrial temperatures by the year 2100 would be a major ... -
Lateral and Torsional Seismic Vibration Control for Torsionally Irregular Buildings
(2019-05)During strong earthquakes or wind gusts, it is likely that buildings with torsional irregularity in the plan have an can be seriously damaged, partially collapsed or fully collapsed. This is because Torsionally Irregular ... -
Lighting a Path to Biofouling Prevention: Investigating the Effect of Ultraviolet Light on Biofouling
(2018-12)Ultraviolet light (UV) is considered an environmentally friendly antifouling method because it disrupts biological growth without the release of harmful toxins. The application of UV for the marine shipping industry is ... -
Linear Theory of Alfvén Wave Reflections at a Density Discontinuity
(2019-04)One of the most important outstanding problems in solar physics is explaining why the corona is much hotter than the surrounding solar atmosphere, called the Coronal Heating Problem (CHP). There has been much work in ... -
Living Docks: Structural Implications and Determination of Force Coefficients of Oyster Mats on Dock Pilings in the Indian River Lagoon
(2020-05)Brevard County, Florida, is facing rapid population growth and increased pollution entering the Indian River Lagoon (IRL), impairing water quality and damaging the ecosystem. This is problematic not only for public health ... -
Low Complexity Transmission Schemes for Future Wireless Communication Systems
(2017-05)Future of mobile communication technologies is coupled with multi-antenna systems. Recent research results encourage a massive increase in the number of base station antenna elements in order to meet high data rate ... -
Lower Order Perturbations of Critical Fractional Laplacian Equations
(2018-07)We give suffcient conditions for the existence of nontrivial solutions to a class of critical nonlocal problems of the Brezis-Nirenberg type. Our result extends some results in the literature for ... -
A Machine Learning Approach to Forecasting SEP Events with Solar Activities
(2020-12)Solar energetic particles (SEPs) are fast-moving events which can cause severe damage to astronauts and their equipment, and can disrupt communications on Earth. There are no clear patterns in solar activities which indicate ... -
Machine Learning Approach To Predict Mortality Rates Based On Hospital Clinical Data
(2021-05)This thesis integrates fundamental concepts from conventional statistics with the more explanatory, algorithmic, and computational techniques offered by machine learning to predict early mortality risk of surgical patients. ... -
Machine Learning for Classifying Malware in Closed-set and Open-set Scenarios
(2018-04)Anti-malware vendors regularly receive large amount of suspected malware files to be examined. However, the sheer number of files makes manual analysis time-consuming. Therefore, it is important to automate this process. ... -
Machine Learning in the State Design Pattern
(2019-12)As the Internet of Things revolution continues to become more prevalent in humanity's daily routine, securing these devices is paramount. Society has seen a substantial increase in activity in the cyber-warfare battle ... -
Machine Learning Models on Prognostic Outcome Prediction for Cancer Images with Multiple Modalities
(2019-12)Machine learning algorithms have been applied to predict different prognostic outcomes for many different diseases by directly using medical images. However, the higher resolution in various types of medical imaging ... -
A Machine Learning-Based Approach to Predict and Optimize the Performance of Zero Energy Building (ZEB): A Case Study for Florida
(2021-12)Machine learning is currently one of the most searched fields aiming to solve real-life problems. Building simulation software tools help engineers estimate building energy behaviors before the actual construction, ... -
Maintenance and Improvement of the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model
(2016-12)The Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model (FPHLM) predicts insurance losses due to hurricane events. This thesis describes maintenance tasks of the vulnerability component of the FPHLM. First, it explores the applicability ... -
The Making of the Modern Airport Executive: Causal Connections Among Key Attributes in Career Development, Compromise, and Satisfaction in Airport Management
(2004-05)The purpose of this study was to identify specific career development attributes of contemporary senior-level airport executives and to evaluate the relationship of these attributes to the level of satisfaction airport ... -
Managed Containers for Increased Cyber-Resilience
(2017-12)Traditional defense mechanisms are no longer adequate in protecting critical infrastructure and mission critical systems. These systems require to be always-on-always-connected. High availability and data integrity become ... -
Mapping Tools for Measuring Gross Motor Function in Conductive Education
(2017-03)Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a collection of disorders caused by disturbances in the developing brain before, during, or just after birth that affect the development of movement and posture resulting in limitations in activity. ...