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Application-Driven Traffic Sensor System Acceptance Tests for Intelligent Transportation Systems
(2017-05)Transportation agencies strive to keep people and goods moving. Operation and maintenance of transportation infrastructure is key to accomplish their objectives. Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) applications rely ... -
An Approach to Improve Single Photon Detectors for Highly Sensitive Applications
(2018-12)The problem of detecting a single photon is receiving considerable attention with the development of new single photon detectors in biophotonics, stressed free-space optical communication, low probability of intercept ... -
Arabic Speech Recognition Systems
(2017-05)Arabic automatic speech recognition is one of the difficult topics of current speech recognition research field. Its difficulty lies on rarity of researches related to Arabic speech recognition and the data available to ... -
ASSESSING THE EFFECTS OF SENSITIZING TUNGSTEN OXIDE WITH ZINC TELLURIDE
(2017-05)This thesis is a comparison study of the performance of plain tungsten oxide (WO₃) thin films and tungsten oxide thin films sensitized with zinc telluride (ZnTe) as photoelectrocatalysts. Tungsten oxide and zinc ... -
Assessing the Hydrodynamic and Economic Impacts of Biofouling on the Hull of Surface Vessels Using Numerical Methods
(2017-04)Marine fouling on the hull of surface vessels is a topic of increasing importance in the maritime field for its environmental and financial impacts. Recent research developments have introduced mathematical models dealing ... -
An Assessment of Environmental Literacy among Undergraduate Students at Two National Universities in Hubei Province, China
(2015-12)In China, there have been several national environmental surveys and studies of environmental literacy (EL) variables, but no broader assessment of EL in any population. This study investigated the status of EL among ... -
Assessment of the Correlation between Memory Span Test Result and Attention using a Wireless EEG System
(2016-09)The process to encode, retain and retrieve information is known as memory. Ever since models for short-term memory and working memory systems were proposed, the function and importance of the short-term memory and working ... -
An Authentication Framework For Wearable Devices
(2018-07)The popularity of wearable devices (WDs) has been growing rapidly in recent years because of the convenience they add to users lives. Although WDs may be considered an extension of mobile computing devices (e.g., ... -
Authorship is continuous: detecting plagiarism in student code assignments with version control
(2012-06)In academia, the conflict between plagiarist and instructor is reaching a crescendo. The increasing availability of source material available from the Internet, either for free or for hire, is met by the increasing ... -
Automated Software for the Detection of Bolide Events
(2018-05)The proper detection and analysis of bolide events ensures that we will once day be prepared for a big, catastrophic impact by a meteor. The data obtained from the analysis of these detected smaller events will provide ... -
Automatic Anuran Species Recognition via Vocalization
(2018-12)Species recognition of Anuran vocalization is an important problem in ecology, which is costly and time consuming. Recently, biologists have turned to machine learning techniques to automate the process. An automated ... -
Automatic Speech Recognition Adaptation for Various Noise Levels
(2018-05)The automatic speech recognition (ASR) is a set of complicated algorithms that convert the intended spoken utterance into a textual form. Acoustic features, which are extracted from the speech signal, are matched against ... -
Benthic Foraminiferal Distributions in a Shallow Subtropical Estuary and the Influence of Environmental Factors
(2016-12)Benthic foraminiferal communities are potentially useful tools for assessing and monitoring estuarine ecosystems and as bioindicators of water quality and pollution. To evaluate this indicator for the Indian River Lagoon ... -
Bioprinting of 3D Perfusable Structures Using an Extrusion-Based System
(2019-06-14)Bioprinting is a technique of creating 3D cell laden structures by accurately dispensing biomaterial to form complex synthetic tissue. Bioprinting is a process of additive manufacturing where the cell functionality and ... -
Boundary Value Problems in a Multidimensional Box for Higher Order Linear and Quasi-Linear Hyperbolic Equations
(2018-05)Boundary value problems in a multidimensional box for higher order linear hyperbolic equations are considered. The concept of associated problems are introduced. For general boundary value problems there are established: (i) ... -
BUILDING EXPOSURE STUDY IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA AND APPLICATION TO THE FLORIDA PUBLIC HURRICANE LOSS MODEL
(2016-12)Modeling hurricane events with models such as the Florida Public Hurricane Loss Model (FPHLM) is essential for insurance and reinsurance companies to estimate projected losses. Additionally, the models can be used by ... -
Building Panoramic Image Mosaics of Coral Reefs
(2018-04)Panoramic image mosaic is an important tool for accessing the preserving condition of coral reefs sites. In recent years, a number of methods and applications are made to create panoramic image mosaics by stitching a ... -
Butanol and Ethanol Production from D-glucose in a Fixed-Film Fluidized Bed Clostridium acetobutylicum Biological Reactor
(2017-12)The development of biologically created fuel is proving to be not only an environmentally conscious research path but also a commercially viable means of production due to abundant lignocellulosic biomasses and carbohydrates. ... -
Calibration of the RapidScat Microwave Brightness Temperature
(2019-05)NASA RapidScat is the first satellite scatterometer that flown in non-Sun-synchronous orbit. Its unique orbit enabled collocated measurements with multiple satellite remote-sensing instruments that usually fly in ... -
The Capacitated Transfer Point Covering Problem (TPCP): Expanding Delivery Network Coverage with Minimal Resources
(2018-05)Retail delivery services have begun using unmanned systems in attempts to reduce the time from a customer’s order to when the product arrives at its intended destination. Utilizing these systems are beneficial to both ...