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The Reemergence Of Eradicated Disease Due To Ecological Impact Of Climate Change, Claudia Kolakowski
The Reemergence Of Eradicated Disease Due To Ecological Impact Of Climate Change, Claudia Kolakowski
Theses and Dissertations
Global warming is radically changing aspects of the Earth. As scientists continue to research the effects, the ramifications of melting permafrost is coming to light. We build off of a previously existing Anthrax model in the hopes to include climate change as a factor in Anthrax spread. Chapter II develops a simplified version of an Anthrax model. Parameters for the model are found by using previous research and eigenvalues are analyzed in order to find thresholds and equilibria. Chapter III consider the general solutions of the model through eigenvalues and eigenvectors. This model is then extended to include a parameter …
Adventures In The "Islands" - Enhancing Student Engagement In Teaching Statistics, Leszek Gawarecki
Adventures In The "Islands" - Enhancing Student Engagement In Teaching Statistics, Leszek Gawarecki
Mathematics Presentations And Conference Materials
The factors for enhancing student engagement frequently identified are active and problem-based learning as well as real-life experience relevant to students' interests. The importance of using real data in teaching statistics has been repeatedly emphasized and its importance is growing. However, data collection, as part of a student project, faces serious practical problems. It is time-consuming, may require access to equipment, or raise ethical issues.
The Pencil Code, A Modular Mpi Code For Partial Differential Equations And Particles: Multipurpose And Multiuser-Maintained, The Pencil Code Collaboration, Chao-Chin Yang
The Pencil Code, A Modular Mpi Code For Partial Differential Equations And Particles: Multipurpose And Multiuser-Maintained, The Pencil Code Collaboration, Chao-Chin Yang
Physics & Astronomy Faculty Research
The Pencil Code is a highly modular physics-oriented simulation code that can be adapted to a wide range of applications. It is primarily designed to solve partial differential equations (PDEs) of compressible hydrodynamics and has lots of add-ons ranging from astrophysical magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) (A. Brandenburg & Dobler, 2010) to meteorological cloud microphysics (Li et al., 2017) and engineering applications in combustion (Babkovskaia et al., 2011). Nevertheless, the framework is general and can also be applied to situations not related to hydrodynamics or even PDEs, for example when just the message passing interface or input/output strategies of the code are to …
Sars-Cov-2 And Rohingya Refugee Camp, Bangladesh: Uncertainty And How The Government Took Over The Situation, Md. Md. Kamrujjaman, Md. Shahriar Mahmud, Shakil Ahmed, Md. Omar Qayum, Mohammad Morshad Alam, Md. Nazmul Hassan, Md. Rafiul Islam, Kaniz Fatema Nipa, Ummugul Bulut
Sars-Cov-2 And Rohingya Refugee Camp, Bangladesh: Uncertainty And How The Government Took Over The Situation, Md. Md. Kamrujjaman, Md. Shahriar Mahmud, Shakil Ahmed, Md. Omar Qayum, Mohammad Morshad Alam, Md. Nazmul Hassan, Md. Rafiul Islam, Kaniz Fatema Nipa, Ummugul Bulut
Mathematics Faculty Publications
Background: Bangladesh hosts more than 800,000 Rohingya refugees from Myanmar. The low health immunity, lifestyle, access to good healthcare services, and social-security cause this population to be at risk of far more direct effects of COVID-19 than the host population. Therefore, evidence-based forecasting of the COVID-19 burden is vital in this regard. In this study, we aimed to forecast the COVID-19 obligation among the Rohingya refugees of Bangladesh to keep up with the disease outbreak’s pace, health needs, and disaster preparedness. Methodology and Findings: To estimate the possible consequences of COVID-19 in the Rohingya camps of Bangladesh, we used a …
Symbolic Rees Algebras, Eloísa Grifo, Alexandra Seceleanu
Symbolic Rees Algebras, Eloísa Grifo, Alexandra Seceleanu
Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications
We survey old and new approaches to the study of symbolic powers of ideals. Our focus is on the symbolic Rees algebra of an ideal, viewed both as a tool to investigate its symbolic powers and as a source of challenging problems in its own right. We provide an invitation to this area of investigation by stating several open questions.
Long-Term Dynamics Of The Kidney Disease Epidemic Among Hiv-Infected Individuals, Heather Gudaz, Henry A. Ogu, Elissa J. Schwartz
Long-Term Dynamics Of The Kidney Disease Epidemic Among Hiv-Infected Individuals, Heather Gudaz, Henry A. Ogu, Elissa J. Schwartz
Spora: A Journal of Biomathematics
One of many risks facing HIV+ individuals is the development of kidney dysfunction and end stage kidney disease (ESKD). A differential equation-based mathematical model was developed to assess the impact of antiretroviral therapy on the progression to kidney disease and on reducing mortality due to kidney failure. Analytical and numerical predictions of long-term HIV+ ESKD prevalence show that therapy can lead to either extremely low levels of disease prevalence or increased prevalence, depending on drug efficacy levels and mechanisms of action. Maintenance of HIV+ ESKD prevalence below one individual is possible with sufficient efficacy (e.g., 99%) against the progression from …
The Mean-Reverting 4/2 Stochastic Volatility Model: Properties And Financial Applications, Zhenxian Gong
The Mean-Reverting 4/2 Stochastic Volatility Model: Properties And Financial Applications, Zhenxian Gong
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Financial markets and instruments are continuously evolving, displaying new and more refined stylized facts. This requires regular reviews and empirical evaluations of advanced models. There is evidence in literature that supports stochastic volatility models over constant volatility models in capturing stylized facts such as "smile" and "skew" presented in implied volatility surfaces. In this thesis, we target commodity and volatility index markets, and develop a novel stochastic volatility model that incorporates mean-reverting property and 4/2 stochastic volatility process. Commodities and volatility indexes have been proved to be mean-reverting, which means their prices tend to revert to their long term mean …
Principles For Determining The Motion Of Blood Through Arteries, Sylvio R. Bistafa
Principles For Determining The Motion Of Blood Through Arteries, Sylvio R. Bistafa
Euleriana
Translation of Principia pro motu sanguinis per arterias determinando (E855). This work of 1775 by L. Euler is considered to be the first mathematical treatment of circulatory physiology and hemodynamics.
Computational Modelling Enables Robust Multidimensional Nanoscopy, Matthew D. Lew
Computational Modelling Enables Robust Multidimensional Nanoscopy, Matthew D. Lew
Electrical & Systems Engineering Publications and Presentations
The following sections are included:
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Present State of Computational Modelling in Fluorescence Nanoscopy
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Recent Contributions to Computational Modelling in Fluorescence Nanoscopy
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Outlook on Computational Modelling in Fluorescence Nanoscopy
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References
Theory And Application Of Hypersoft Set, Florentin Smarandache, Muhammad Saeed, Muhammad Saqlain, Mohamed Abdel-Baset
Theory And Application Of Hypersoft Set, Florentin Smarandache, Muhammad Saeed, Muhammad Saqlain, Mohamed Abdel-Baset
Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications
Aims and Scope Florentin Smarandache generalize the soft set to the hypersoft set by transforming the function �� into a multi-argument function. This extension reveals that the hypersoft set with neutrosophic, intuitionistic, and fuzzy set theory will be very helpful to construct a connection between alternatives and attributes. Also, the hypersoft set will reduce the complexity of the case study. The Book “Theory and Application of Hypersoft Set” focuses on theories, methods, algorithms for decision making and also applications involving neutrosophic, intuitionistic, and fuzzy information. Our goal is to develop a strong relationship with the MCDM solving techniques and to …
Symbolic Rees Algebras, Eloísa Grifo, Alexandra Seceleanu
Symbolic Rees Algebras, Eloísa Grifo, Alexandra Seceleanu
Department of Mathematics: Faculty Publications
We survey old and new approaches to the study of symbolic powers of ideals. Our focus is on the symbolic Rees algebra of an ideal, viewed both as a tool to investigate its symbolic powers and as a source of challenging problems in its own right. We provide an invitation to this area of investigation by stating several open questions.
A Numerical Method For Solving Fuzzy Initial Value Problems, Safa Emad Al-Refai
A Numerical Method For Solving Fuzzy Initial Value Problems, Safa Emad Al-Refai
Theses
In this thesis, the optimized one-step methods based on the hybrid block method (HBM) are derived for solving first and second-order fuzzy initial value problems. The off-step points are chosen to minimize the local truncation error of the proposed methods. Several theoretical properties of the proposed methods, such as stability, convergence, and consistency are investigated. Moreover, the regions of absolute stability of the proposed methods are plotted. Numerical results indicate that the proposed methods have order three and they are stable and convergent. In addition, several numerical examples are presented to show the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed methods. …
Modeling And Analysis Of Affiliation Networks With Subsumption, Alexey Nikolaev
Modeling And Analysis Of Affiliation Networks With Subsumption, Alexey Nikolaev
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
An affiliation (or two-mode) network is an abstraction commonly used for representing systems with group interactions. It consists of a set of nodes and a set of their groupings called affiliations. We introduce the notion of affiliation network with subsumption, in which no affiliation can be a subset of another. A network with this property can be modeled by an abstract simplicial complex whose facets are the affiliations of the network.
We introduce a new model for generating affiliation networks with and without subsumption (represented as simplicial complexes and hypergraphs, respectively). In this model, at each iteration, a constant number …
Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic Analytical Overview With Machine Learning Predictability, Anthony Tanaydin, Jingchen Liang, Daniel W. Engels
Sars-Cov-2 Pandemic Analytical Overview With Machine Learning Predictability, Anthony Tanaydin, Jingchen Liang, Daniel W. Engels
SMU Data Science Review
Understanding diagnostic tests and examining important features of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infection are essential steps for controlling the current pandemic of 2020. In this paper, we study the relationship between clinical diagnosis and analytical features of patient blood panels from the US, Mexico, and Brazil. Our analysis confirms that among adults, the risk of severe illness from COVID-19 increases with pre-existing conditions such as diabetes and immunosuppression. Although more than eight months into pandemic, more data have become available to indicate that more young adults were getting infected. In addition, we expand on the definition of COVID-19 test and discuss …
National Numeracy Network Officers And Board Of Directors, Milo Schield
National Numeracy Network Officers And Board Of Directors, Milo Schield
Numeracy
National Numeracy Network Officers and Board of Directors in the year 2020.
Green's Function For The Schrodinger Equation With A Generalized Point Interaction And Stability Of Superoscillations, Yakir Aharonov, Jussi Behrndt, Fabrizio Colombo, Peter Schlosser
Green's Function For The Schrodinger Equation With A Generalized Point Interaction And Stability Of Superoscillations, Yakir Aharonov, Jussi Behrndt, Fabrizio Colombo, Peter Schlosser
Mathematics, Physics, and Computer Science Faculty Articles and Research
In this paper we study the time dependent Schrödinger equation with all possible self-adjoint singular interactions located at the origin, which include the δ and δ'-potentials as well as boundary conditions of Dirichlet, Neumann, and Robin type as particular cases. We derive an explicit representation of the time dependent Green's function and give a mathematical rigorous meaning to the corresponding integral for holomorphic initial conditions, using Fresnel integrals. Superoscillatory functions appear in the context of weak measurements in quantum mechanics and are naturally treated as holomorphic entire functions. As an application of the Green's function we study the stability …
Numerical Integration Through Concavity Analysis, Daniel J. Pietz
Numerical Integration Through Concavity Analysis, Daniel J. Pietz
Rose-Hulman Undergraduate Mathematics Journal
We introduce a relationship between the concavity of a C2 func- tion and the area bounded by its graph and secant line. We utilize this relationship to develop a method of numerical integration. We then bound the error of the approximation, and compare to known methods, finding an improvement in error bound over methods of comparable computational complexity.
Numerical Reconstruction Of Spalled Particle Trajectories In An Arc-Jet Environment, Raghava S. C. Davuluri, Sean C. C. Bailey, Kaveh A. Tagavi, Alexandre Martin
Numerical Reconstruction Of Spalled Particle Trajectories In An Arc-Jet Environment, Raghava S. C. Davuluri, Sean C. C. Bailey, Kaveh A. Tagavi, Alexandre Martin
Mechanical Engineering Faculty Publications
To evaluate the effects of spallation on ablative material, it is necessary to evaluate the mass loss. To do so, a Lagrangian particle trajectory code is used to reconstruct trajectories that match the experimental data for all kinematic parameters. The results from spallation experiments conducted at the NASA HYMETS facility over a wedge sample were used. A data-driven adaptive methodology was used to adapts the ejection parameters until the numerical trajectory matches the experimental data. The preliminary reconstruction results show that the size of the particles seemed to be correlated with the location of the ejection event. The size of …
Analyzing And Creating Playing Card Cryptosystems, Isaac A. Reiter
Analyzing And Creating Playing Card Cryptosystems, Isaac A. Reiter
Honors Student Research
Before computers, military tacticians and government agents had to rely on pencil-and-paper methods to encrypt information. For agents that want to use low-tech options in order to minimize their digital footprint, non-computerized ciphers are an essential component of their toolbox. Still, the presence of computers limits the pool of effective hand ciphers. If a cipher is not unpredictable enough, then a computer will easily be able to break it. There are 52! ≈ 2^225.58 ways to mix a deck of cards. If each deck order is a key, this means that there are 52! ≈ 2^225.58 different ways to encrypt …
Fourth Down Decision Making: Challenging The Conservative Nature Of Nfl Coaches, Will Palmquist, Ryan Elmore, Benjamin Williams
Fourth Down Decision Making: Challenging The Conservative Nature Of Nfl Coaches, Will Palmquist, Ryan Elmore, Benjamin Williams
DU Undergraduate Research Journal Archive
This thesis analyzes the hypothesis that coaches in the National Football League are often too conservative in their decision making on fourth downs. I used R Studio and NFL play-by-play data to simulate actual football plays and drives according to different fourth down strategies. By measuring expected points per drive over thousands of simulated drives, we are able to evaluate the effectiveness of different fourth down strategies. This research points to a number of conclusions regarding the nature of NFL coaches on fourth downs as well as the complexity of modeling and simulating decision making in a complex sport such …
Optimal Tile-Based Dna Self-Assembly Designs For Lattice Graphs And Platonic Solids, Leyda Almodovar, Joanna Ellis-Monaghan, Amanda Harsy, Cory Johnson, Jessica Sorrells
Optimal Tile-Based Dna Self-Assembly Designs For Lattice Graphs And Platonic Solids, Leyda Almodovar, Joanna Ellis-Monaghan, Amanda Harsy, Cory Johnson, Jessica Sorrells
Mathematics Faculty Publications
A design goal in self-assembly of DNA nanostructures is to find minimal sets of branched junction molecules that will self-assemble into targeted structures. This process can be modeled using techniques from graph theory. This paper is a collection of proofs for a set of DNA complexes which can be represented by specific graphs, namely Platonic solids, square lattice graphs, and triangular lattice graphs. This work supplements the results presented in https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.00035
Basic Probability Theory, Jose Luis Menaldi
Basic Probability Theory, Jose Luis Menaldi
Mathematics Faculty Research Publications
Long title: Basic Probability Theory: Independent Random Variables and Sample Spaces. Chapters: Elementary Probability - Basic Probability - Canonical Sample Spaces - Working on Probability Spaces - A Solutions to Exercises.
Spectra Of Weighted Composition Operators With Quadratic Symbols, Derek Thompson, Jessica Doctor, Timothy Hodges, Alexander Mcfarland, Scott Kaschner
Spectra Of Weighted Composition Operators With Quadratic Symbols, Derek Thompson, Jessica Doctor, Timothy Hodges, Alexander Mcfarland, Scott Kaschner
Mathematics Student Projects
Previously, spectra of certain weighted composition operators on the Hardy space were determined under one of two hypotheses: either the compositional symbol converges under iteration to the Denjoy-Wolff point uniformly on the entire open unit disk rather than simply on compact subsets, or it is “essentially linear fractional.” We show that if the compositional symbol is a quadratic self-map of the open disk of parabolic type, then the spectrum of associated weighted composition operators can be found when these maps exhibit both of the aforementioned properties, and we determine which symbols do so.
A Unified Approach For Constructing Confidence Intervals And Hypothesis Tests Using H-Function, Weizhen Wang
A Unified Approach For Constructing Confidence Intervals And Hypothesis Tests Using H-Function, Weizhen Wang
Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications
We introduce a general method, named the h-function method, to unify the con- structions of level- exact test and 1− exact confidence interval. Using this method, any confidence interval is improved as follows: i) an approximate interval, including a point estimator, is modified to an exact interval; ii) an exact interval is refined to be an interval that is a subset of the previous one. Two real datasets are used to illustrate the method.
Coloring Permutation-Gain Graphs, Daniel Slilaty
Coloring Permutation-Gain Graphs, Daniel Slilaty
Mathematics and Statistics Faculty Publications
Correspondence colorings of graphs were introduced in 2018by Dvoˇr ́ak and Postle as a generalization of list colorings of graphswhich generalizes ordinary graph coloring. Kim and Ozeki observed thatcorrespondence colorings generalize various notions of signed-graph col-orings which again generalizes ordinary graph colorings. In this notewe state how correspondence colorings generalize Zaslavsky’s notionof gain-graph colorings and then formulate a new coloring theory ofpermutation-gain graphs that sits between gain-graph coloring and cor-respondence colorings. Like Zaslavsky’s gain-graph coloring, our newnotion of coloring permutation-gain graphs has well defined chromaticpolynomials and lifts to colorings of the regular covering graph of apermutation-gain graph
Multicomponent Fokas-Lenells Equations On Hermitian Symmetric Spaces, Vladimir Gerdjikov, Rossen Ivanov
Multicomponent Fokas-Lenells Equations On Hermitian Symmetric Spaces, Vladimir Gerdjikov, Rossen Ivanov
Articles
Multi-component integrable generalizations of the Fokas-Lenells equation, associated with each irreducible Hermitian symmetric space are formulated. Description of the underlying structures associated to the integrability, such as the Lax representation and the bi-Hamiltonian formulation of the equations is provided. Two reductions are considered as well, one of which leads to a nonlocal integrable model. Examples with Hermitian symmetric spaces of all classical series of types A.III, BD.I, C.I and D.III are presented in details, as well as possibilities for further reductions in a general form.
Multifractional Brownian Motion And Its Applications To Factor Analysis On Consumer Confidence Index, Christopher Box
Multifractional Brownian Motion And Its Applications To Factor Analysis On Consumer Confidence Index, Christopher Box
CMC Senior Theses
This thesis aims at introducing a new way to model time series objects in statistics using multifractional processes. It provides a detailed review of Brownian motion, fractional Brownian motion and extends the above 2 models to multifractional processes. To demonstrate a successful application to the real world, we perform pattern analysis on consumer confidence and household spending behavior. The analysis is conducted through investigating the local Holder regularity of the consumer confidence index and household expenditure. In the analysis, we first model consumer confidence index and household expenditure with a multifractional stochastic processes. We then use the index, pointwise Holder …
Mathematical Modeling Of Lung Inflammation: Macrophage Polarization And Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury With Methods For Predicting Outcome, Sarah B. Minucci
Mathematical Modeling Of Lung Inflammation: Macrophage Polarization And Ventilator-Induced Lung Injury With Methods For Predicting Outcome, Sarah B. Minucci
Theses and Dissertations
Lung insults, such as respiratory infections and lung injuries, can damage the pulmonary epithelium, with the most severe cases needing mechanical ventilation for effective breathing and survival. Furthermore, despite the benefits of mechanical ventilators, prolonged or misuse of ventilators may lead to ventilation-associated/ventilation-induced lung injury (VILI). Damaged epithelial cells within the alveoli trigger a local immune response. A key immune cell is the macrophage, which can differentiate into a spectrum of phenotypes ranging from pro- to anti-inflammatory. To gain a greater understanding of the mechanisms of the immune response in the lungs and possible outcomes, we developed several mathematical models …
The Graph Menagerie: An Exploration Of The Intersection Of Math, Biology, And Art, Maggie Barry
The Graph Menagerie: An Exploration Of The Intersection Of Math, Biology, And Art, Maggie Barry
WWU Honors College Senior Projects
This project explores interdisciplinarity with a focus on how math and biology can interact with art. My main objective was to create art by graphing the silhouettes of animals. I selected ten animals from a variety of classes and habitats and used a collection of equation types such as linear, quadratic, trigonometric, and circular to draw an outline of each animal. I performed stretches, compressions, and shifts to control the size and position of each equation and set domains and ranges to determine how much of each line was visible on the graph. In the first section of this paper, …
Solving And Applications Of Multi-Facility Location Problems, Anuj Bajaj
Solving And Applications Of Multi-Facility Location Problems, Anuj Bajaj
Wayne State University Dissertations
This thesis is devoted towards the study and solving of a new class of multi-facility location problems. This class is of a great theoretical interest both in variational analysis and optimization while being of high importance to a variety of practical applications. Optimization problems of this type cannot be reduced to convex programming like, the much more investigated facility location problems with only one center. In contrast, such classes of multi-facility location problems can be described by using DC (difference of convex) programming, which are significantly more involved from both theoretical and numerical viewpoints.In this thesis, we present a new …