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Full-Text Articles in Physical Sciences and Mathematics
Hampton Roads Sea Level Rise Preparedness And Resilience Intergovernmental Planning Pilot Project Charter, Old Dominion University
Hampton Roads Sea Level Rise Preparedness And Resilience Intergovernmental Planning Pilot Project Charter, Old Dominion University
Hampton Roads Intergovernmental Pilot Project: Charter
Charter of the Hampton Roads Sea Level Rise Preparedness and Resilience Intergovernmental Planning Pilot Project.
The mission of the two-year Pilot Project is to develop a regional “whole of government” and “whole of community” approach to sea level rise preparedness and resilience planning in Hampton Roads that also can be used as a template for other regions.
Strategies For Sensor Data Aggregation In Support Of Emergency Response, X. Wang, A. Walden, M. Weigle, S. Olariu
Strategies For Sensor Data Aggregation In Support Of Emergency Response, X. Wang, A. Walden, M. Weigle, S. Olariu
Computer Science Presentations
PDF of a powerpoint presentation from the Military Communications Conference (MILCOM), Baltimore, Maryland, October 7, 2014. Also available on Slideshare.
Climate Change And The Next Generation, Jugal Patel
Circulation, Vol. 20, No. 1, Center For Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University, Teresa Updyke
Circulation, Vol. 20, No. 1, Center For Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University, Teresa Updyke
CCPO Circulation
Fall 2014 issue of CCPO Circulation featuring article "Surface Current Mapping Using Radar Technology" by Teresa Updyke.
Predation Thresholds In Marine Microbial Communities Applied To Environments With Low Prey Abundances, Bonnie Bailey
Predation Thresholds In Marine Microbial Communities Applied To Environments With Low Prey Abundances, Bonnie Bailey
OES Theses and Dissertations
Prokaryotes (Bacteria and Archaea) comprise the largest component of biomass in the world's oceans. Their abundances are controlled by resource availability, viral infections and protist grazing. Many pico- and nano-eukaryotic predators grow almost as quickly as their prey, and greatly increase in numbers as soon as their prey do, leading in tum to depletion in prokaryotes. It is still unclear however, as to what extent microbial predators are able to feed in low prey environments, most prominently in the largest biome on Earth, the deep sea (below l 000 m depth). It has been hypothesized that in low prey environments, …
Crustal Accretion And Mantle Geodynamics At Microplates: Constraints From Gravity Analysis And Numerical Modeling, Katherine Ames
Crustal Accretion And Mantle Geodynamics At Microplates: Constraints From Gravity Analysis And Numerical Modeling, Katherine Ames
OES Theses and Dissertations
This study investigates crustal accretion and mantle geodynamics at microplates using mantle Bouguer anomaly (MBA) gravity calculations and exploratory numerical models. The Easter and Juan Fernandez microplates are located in the eastern Pacific Ocean along the Pacific, Nazca, and Antarctic plate boundaries. Both microplates formed 3-5 Ma and they are currently rotating clockwise at 15° myr-1 and 9° myr-1,respectively [ e.g., Searle et al., 1993]. The study area also encompasses the Easter /Salas y Gomez mantle plume located near the Easter microplate. Both microplates show a difference in average MBA between their west and east ridges, with …
Predictors Patterns And Processes Of Extinction Risk In Porgies And Seabreams (Family: Sparidae), Mia Theresa B. Conteros
Predictors Patterns And Processes Of Extinction Risk In Porgies And Seabreams (Family: Sparidae), Mia Theresa B. Conteros
Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations
A variety of human-induced changes are having profound impacts on the marine environment, and no area on the planet remains unaffected by the detrimental effects of our activities. These stressors can potentially lead to synergistic effects, causing accelerated biodiversity loss and diminished ecosystem functioning. Identification and understanding of the factors that drive species to heightened risk of extinction are important goals in conservation.
The Sparidae are commercially important and ecologically complex marine fishes; global extinction risk assessments using the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species methodology show that 9% (13 species) have increased vulnerability to population declines from intense fishing …
Numerical Studies Of The A6 Relativistic Magnetron Using Particle-In-Cell Simulations, Vineetha Jujjavarapu
Numerical Studies Of The A6 Relativistic Magnetron Using Particle-In-Cell Simulations, Vineetha Jujjavarapu
Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations
The magnetron became a major component in radar systems around the time of the World War II. More recent radar techniques require short microwave pulses (with nanosecond pulse-widths for ultra wideband operations) and high peak power in the Giga-Watt range. In order to achieve these specifications for the military, the magnetron needs to have both a fast start and the rapid growth rate of oscillations in order to serve as a microwave source for the short-pulse applications. These two factors depend on the geometry of the cathode. Other requirements include high conversion efficiency and low leakage current (in order to …
Study Of Polyaniline For Use In An Organic Field Effect Transistor, Thomas Martin Sprinkle
Study Of Polyaniline For Use In An Organic Field Effect Transistor, Thomas Martin Sprinkle
Chemistry & Biochemistry Theses & Dissertations
Polyaniline's emeraldine base form was synthesized via chemical polymerization in HCl acidic media utilizing ammonium persulfate as the oxidant. Synthesis was done at room temperature and -30 'C and characterized for differences by X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, and differential scanning calorimetry. Methanol soxhlet extraction was done to increase number average molecular weight from 77,400 to 81,000 and decrease the poly dispersity index from 3.82 to 2.14. Films were cast using N, N'- Dimethylpropyleneurea and N-Methylpyrrolidone and showed poor mechanical properties upon acidic doping.
Cyclic voltammetry was done with HC1 as the acidic media and an ITO coated slide as the …
Announcement: Vas Symposium Of State Of Virginia's Environment
Announcement: Vas Symposium Of State Of Virginia's Environment
Virginia Journal of Science
Announcement of and speakers scheduled for the Virginia Academy of Science Symposium on State of Virginia’s Environment Thursday, May 21, 2015 at James Madison University.
Survey Of The Ectoparasites Of The Invasive Small Indian Mongoose (Herpestes Auropunctatus [Carnivora: Herpestidae]) On St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, Kelsey L. Townsend, Karen E. Powers
Survey Of The Ectoparasites Of The Invasive Small Indian Mongoose (Herpestes Auropunctatus [Carnivora: Herpestidae]) On St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, Kelsey L. Townsend, Karen E. Powers
Virginia Journal of Science
In March 2012, live trapping surveys were conducted for invasive small Indian mongoose (Herpestes auropunctatus) on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Forty mongoose were sampled (31%, 9&) for ectoparasites, and cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) were discovered on 17 individuals. There was no difference in the number of ectoparasites per mongoose across age classifications (r = 0.109, P = 0.579). However, males had more cat fleas than females, even when mass was taken into account (males are generally heavier). Future behavioral studies may explain these sex differences. Although management suggestions from this research are limited, these …
Line Lists For The A2Π-X 2Σ+ (Red) And B2Σ+-X 2Σ+ (Violet) Systems Of Cn, 13c14n, And 12c15n, And Application To Astronomicalspectra, Christopher Sneden, Sara Lucatello, Ram S. Ram, James S. A. Brooke, Peter Bernath
Line Lists For The A2Π-X 2Σ+ (Red) And B2Σ+-X 2Σ+ (Violet) Systems Of Cn, 13c14n, And 12c15n, And Application To Astronomicalspectra, Christopher Sneden, Sara Lucatello, Ram S. Ram, James S. A. Brooke, Peter Bernath
Chemistry & Biochemistry Faculty Publications
New red and violet system line lists for the CN isotopologues 13C14N and 12C15N have been generated. These new transition data are combined with those previously derived for 12C14N, and applied to the determination of CNO abundances in the solar photosphere and in four red giant stars: Arcturus, the bright, very low-metallicity star HD 122563, and the carbon-enhanced metal-poor stars HD 196944 and HD 201626. When both red and violet system lines are detectable in a star, their derived N abundances are in good agreement. The mean N abundances determined in …
Roy L. Williams
Virginia Journal of Science
Obituary of Roy L. Williams who died July 28, 2014.
Camera Viewpoint Invariant Vehicular Traffic Segmentation And Classification, Jeffrey B. Flora
Camera Viewpoint Invariant Vehicular Traffic Segmentation And Classification, Jeffrey B. Flora
Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations
The goal of this intelligent transportation systems work is to develop a computer vision method that is view angle independent for segmenting and classifying vehicular traffic on highway systems. In order to achieve this goal, this work implements an algorithm for vehicle segmentation, feature extraction, and classification using the existing Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) infrastructure on networked traffic cameras. The VDOT traffic video is analyzed for vehicle detection and segmentation using an adaptive Gaussian mixture model algorithm. Speed estimation is performed using a single camera calibration. Size and shape features from morphological properties and texture features from histogram of …
Data Completion Methods For Improved Developmental Stage Annotation Of Drosophila Embryos In Images, Chitsanu Janyalikit
Data Completion Methods For Improved Developmental Stage Annotation Of Drosophila Embryos In Images, Chitsanu Janyalikit
Electrical & Computer Engineering Theses & Dissertations
Drosophila melanogaster is a dominant model organism for studying the function of animal genes in initial stages of embryogenesis. Usually, images containing Drosophila gene expression patterns are captured at different developmental stages to study the interconnection of animal genes. To achieve most biologically meaningful results, gene expression images from a similar stage should be compared. Currently, biologists manually classify embryos in images into different stages, which is time intensive and infeasible for current massively produced gene expression images. Therefore, there is a need to develop an automatic system for the annotation.
Gene expression information in embryo images usually appears as …
Discretized Agent-Based Model Of Infectious Disease Spread That Uses Contact Probability, Tyrell L. Gardner
Discretized Agent-Based Model Of Infectious Disease Spread That Uses Contact Probability, Tyrell L. Gardner
Computational Modeling & Simulation Engineering Theses & Dissertations
This study uses contact probability in an agent-based model to simulate the spread of an infectious disease. In order to perform the study, the agent-based model must first be discretized into events. Each agent in the model is given its own infectious disease state machine taken from the Susceptible-Exposed-Infected-Recovered (SEIR) model. The agents move between squares in a grid environment where each square represents a group. Groups have a contact probability as an attribute that is used to predict whether an agent comes in close contact with another agent. The transitions between the states in the SEIR model are easily …
Agenda, Hr Adaptation Forum
Agenda, Hr Adaptation Forum
September 19, 2014: Comparing Flooding and Sea Level Rise Risk Assessment Tools
No abstract provided.
The Sea Level Rise Inundation Tool, Molly Mitchell
The Sea Level Rise Inundation Tool, Molly Mitchell
September 19, 2014: Comparing Flooding and Sea Level Rise Risk Assessment Tools
No abstract provided.
Sea Level Rise Scenarios For Coastal Adaptation, Adam Parris
Sea Level Rise Scenarios For Coastal Adaptation, Adam Parris
September 19, 2014: Comparing Flooding and Sea Level Rise Risk Assessment Tools
No abstract provided.
"Archive What I See Now" Bringing Institutional Web Archiving Tools To The Individual Researcher, Michele C. Weigle, Michael L. Nelson, Liza Potts
"Archive What I See Now" Bringing Institutional Web Archiving Tools To The Individual Researcher, Michele C. Weigle, Michael L. Nelson, Liza Potts
Computer Science Presentations
PDF of a powerpoint presentation from the 2014 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Office of Digital Humanities (ODH) Project Directors' Meeting in Washington D. C., September 15, 2014. Also available form Slideshare.
Mcauliffe Launches Climate Change Commission, Bill Sizemore
Mcauliffe Launches Climate Change Commission, Bill Sizemore
News Items
No abstract provided.
2014 Life In Hampton Roads Survey, Part 5: Sea Level Rise And Environmental Risks, Public Affairs & News Bureau, Old Dominion University
2014 Life In Hampton Roads Survey, Part 5: Sea Level Rise And Environmental Risks, Public Affairs & News Bureau, Old Dominion University
News Items
[Introductory paragraphs]
The 2014 Life in Hampton Roads survey, conducted by the Old Dominion University Social Science Research Center (SSRC), contained an extensive battery of questions to determine how people in Hampton Roads felt about several environmental issues, with a major focus on sea level rise and flooding.
In all, 853 residents of Hampton Roads were interviewed over landline and cellular telephones for the fifth annual Life in Hampton Roads survey that was released this week in five parts.
The survey is designed to peer into social and economic indicators of quality of life in the region, with particular focus …
Odu's Toll Appointed To Governor's Climate Change Commission, Public Affairs & News Bureau, Old Dominion University
Odu's Toll Appointed To Governor's Climate Change Commission, Public Affairs & News Bureau, Old Dominion University
News Items
No abstract provided.
Circulation, Vol. 19, No. 2, Center For Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University
Circulation, Vol. 19, No. 2, Center For Coastal Physical Oceanography, Old Dominion University
CCPO Circulation
Summer 2014 issue of CCPO Circulation featuring article "Meeting the Challenge of Climate Change" by Dr. Hans Peter Plag, Mitigation & Adaptation Research Insititue (MARI)
A Framework For Web Object Self-Preservation, Charles L. Cartledge
A Framework For Web Object Self-Preservation, Charles L. Cartledge
Computer Science Theses & Dissertations
We propose and develop a framework based on emergent behavior principles for the long-term preservation of digital data using the web infrastructure. We present the development of the framework called unsupervised small-world (USW) which is at the nexus of emergent behavior, graph theory, and digital preservation. The USW algorithm creates graph based structures on the Web used for preservation of web objects (WOs). Emergent behavior activities, based on Craig Reynolds’ “boids” concept, are used to preserve WOs without the need for a central archiving authority. Graph theory is extended by developing an algorithm that incrementally creates small-world graphs. Graph theory …
Organic Copper Binding Ligands And Thiol Compounds Produced By Bacteria And In The Elizabeth River, Virginia, Christina Louise Dryden
Organic Copper Binding Ligands And Thiol Compounds Produced By Bacteria And In The Elizabeth River, Virginia, Christina Louise Dryden
OES Theses and Dissertations
This dissertation presents work focusing on copper and organic copper binding ligands in laboratory cultures and the Elizabeth River, Virginia. Laboratory cultures of the marine bacterium Vibrio parahaemolyticus were used to demonstrate the influence of elevated copper concentrations on copper-complexing ligand and thiol production. Copper-complexing ligands similar in binding strength to the strongest natural ligands were detected in V. parahaemolyticus cultures (log K′CuL = 11.8–13.2). A strong correlation (r2 = 0.973) was found between total thiol and copper-complexing ligand concentrations at all copper concentrations examined.
A yearlong seasonal study was undertaken in a heavily polluted estuary to ascertain …
Scalable Reasoning For Knowledge Bases Subject To Changes, Hui Shi
Scalable Reasoning For Knowledge Bases Subject To Changes, Hui Shi
Computer Science Theses & Dissertations
ScienceWeb is a semantic web system that collects information about a research community and allows users to ask qualitative and quantitative questions related to that information using a reasoning engine. The more complete the knowledge base is, the more helpful answers the system will provide. As the size of knowledge base increases, scalability becomes a challenge for the reasoning system. As users make changes to the knowledge base and/or new information is collected, providing fast enough response time (ranging from seconds to a few minutes) is one of the core challenges for the reasoning system.
There are two basic inference …
Spatial And Temporal Variability In Net Community Metabolism In The Middle Atlantic Bight, Georges Bank, And Gulf Of Maine: Observations Of Net Heterotrophic Phases In The Highly Productive Coastal Zone, Cory James Staryk
OES Theses and Dissertations
Net community metabolism (NCM), the balance between primary production and community respiration, was measured during two cruises, June 2011 and August 2012, in the Middle Atlantic Bight, Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine. Net heterotrophy was observed in Georges Bank and Gulf of Maine during the June 2011 cruise. During the August 2012 cruise, net heterotrophy was observed in the Middle Atlantic Bight and net autotrophy was observed in Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine. Dark community respiration increased (DCR) with biomass and temperature. Gross community production (GCP) also increased with Chl a, bicarbonate uptake, and temperature. Net …
Density Functional Theory Modeling Of It-Stacking And Electrophilic Donor-Acceptor Interactions With Application To Therapeutic Targeting Of Zinc-Finger Proteins, Patricia Beall Lutz
Density Functional Theory Modeling Of It-Stacking And Electrophilic Donor-Acceptor Interactions With Application To Therapeutic Targeting Of Zinc-Finger Proteins, Patricia Beall Lutz
Chemistry & Biochemistry Theses & Dissertations
Several viruses, including viruses that cause cancer, contain conserved zinc finger (ZF) proteins that are essential for viral reproduction, making them attractive drug targets for cancer and viral treatment. ZFs are small protein domains that have Zn2+ tetrahedrally coordinated to at least 2 Cys and His. They form three classes of ZFs depending on the amino acid ligands, CCHH, CCCH, and CCCC. Zn2+ is stable towards redox reactions; however, the Cys thiolates are redox active. Oxidation of the Cys thiolates release Zn2+, and the ZF loses its tertiary structure and can no longer bind DNA or …
Feasibility Of Mainstream Nitrite Oxidizing Bacteria Out-Selection And Anammox Polishing For Enhanced Nitrogen Removal, Pusker Raj Regmi
Feasibility Of Mainstream Nitrite Oxidizing Bacteria Out-Selection And Anammox Polishing For Enhanced Nitrogen Removal, Pusker Raj Regmi
Civil & Environmental Engineering Theses & Dissertations
Short-cut nitrogen removal avoids nitrite oxidation to nitrate by nitrite oxidizing bacteria (NOB) and allows a) reduction of formed nitrite to nitrogen gas via heterotrophic denitrification and/or b) oxidation of remaining ammonia with formed nitrite to nitrogen gas via anaerobic ammonia oxidation (anammox). The precondition for achieving shortcut nitrogen removal is suppression of NOB, which is favored by warm and high ammonia strength conditions found in internally generated ammonia-rich waste streams through anaerobic digestion of waste solids referred to as sidestreams or reject water. The discovery of anammox bacteria in the mid-1990s, which are capable of transforming NH4+ …