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Air Pollution Differences Between Nations With Different Economic Profiles, Alliyah Sato
Air Pollution Differences Between Nations With Different Economic Profiles, Alliyah Sato
Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters
The economics of a country plays an important role in determining what that country considers as its priorities. A developed country, such as the U.S., is powerful economically. As a result, it has the resources and tools to focus on other aspects of the nation. One of these features is the environment. Countries undergoing urbanization and industrial development processes, such as China, are emitting large amounts of pollutants into the atmosphere. Although it has adverse health and ecological effects, China has shown very little reduction of its emissions from 2000-2014. It relies heavily on coal burning as a source of …
Effects Of El Niño On Ecological Growth Along Californian And Peruvian Coasts, Alexandra Sidun
Effects Of El Niño On Ecological Growth Along Californian And Peruvian Coasts, Alexandra Sidun
Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters
This study examines the mechanisms of El Niño to further understand the ecological effects it may have along the Californian and Peruvian coasts. El Niño is the warm phase of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO). While it is a global phenomenon, these two locations were investigated for their nearly equal and opposite conditions during storm months. California, which is in an extreme state of drought, often receives heavy rainfall during El Niño and understanding its potential effects is crucial. El Niño causes upwellings along the CA coast and warm water from the region displaces the normally cool waters along …
Assessing Water Quality In The Gulf Of Mexico Using Remote Sensing Data., Alliyah Thomas
Assessing Water Quality In The Gulf Of Mexico Using Remote Sensing Data., Alliyah Thomas
Student Scholar Symposium Abstracts and Posters
Hypoxia, or oxygen depletion, is a process that occurs in conjunction with eutrophication. In hypoxic conditions the dissolved oxygen levels in the water column sink to unlivable conditions for the marine organisms causing them to flee or die. Despite efforts of improvement, the annual summer Gulf of Mexico dead zone continues to be a serious threat to aquatic ecosystems. The 2012 smaller than usual dead zone was a false indicator of future improvement. The 2012 dead zone decrease was connected to the drought and inability of large amounts of runoff to flow into the gulf. Water quality analysis was done …
Study The Mechanism Of The Prompt Emission Of Gamma-Ray Bursts, Wei Deng
Study The Mechanism Of The Prompt Emission Of Gamma-Ray Bursts, Wei Deng
UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
The prompt emission of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs) has been detected over 40 years, but the mechanism of the prompt emission is still a mystery. The problem can be summarized as several debatable questions: What is the energy composition of the jets/outflows? What is the energy dissipation mechanism? How are the particles accelerated during the energy dissipation process? What is the radiation mechanism to produce the observed prompt emission? In order to solve these problems, several theoretical models have been proposed, including the classical "internal shock (IS)" model, the "dissipative photosphere" model, the "magnetic dissipation" model, and so on. Different models …
Formal Aspects Of Non-Rigid-Shape-From-Motion Perception, Vicky Froyen, Qasim Zaidi
Formal Aspects Of Non-Rigid-Shape-From-Motion Perception, Vicky Froyen, Qasim Zaidi
MODVIS Workshop
Our world is full of objects that deform over time, for example animals, trees and clouds. Yet, the human visual system seems to readily disentangle object motions from non-rigid deformations, in order to categorize objects, recognize the nature of actions such as running or jumping, and even to infer intentions. A large body of experimental work has been devoted to extracting rigid structure from motion, but there is little experimental work on the perception of non-rigid 3-D shapes from motion (e.g. Jain, 2011). Similarly, until recently, almost all formal work had concentrated on the rigid case. In the last fifteen …
Object Recognition And Visual Search With A Physiologically Grounded Model Of Visual Attention, Frederik Beuth, Fred H. Hamker
Object Recognition And Visual Search With A Physiologically Grounded Model Of Visual Attention, Frederik Beuth, Fred H. Hamker
MODVIS Workshop
Visual attention models can explain a rich set of physiological data (Reynolds & Heeger, 2009, Neuron), but can rarely link these findings to real-world tasks. Here, we would like to narrow this gap with a novel, physiologically grounded model of visual attention by demonstrating its objects recognition abilities in noisy scenes.
To base the model on physiological data, we used a recently developed microcircuit model of visual attention (Beuth & Hamker, in revision, Vision Res) which explains a large set of attention experiments, e.g. biased competition, modulation of contrast response functions, tuning curves, and surround suppression. Objects are represented by …
Robust Super-Resolution By Fusion Of Interpolated Frames For Color And Grayscale Images, Barry K. Karch, Russell C. Hardie
Robust Super-Resolution By Fusion Of Interpolated Frames For Color And Grayscale Images, Barry K. Karch, Russell C. Hardie
Russell C. Hardie
Multi-frame super-resolution (SR) processing seeks to overcome undersampling issues that can lead to undesirable aliasing artifacts in imaging systems. A key factor in effective multi-frame SR is accurate subpixel inter-frame registration. Accurate registration is more difficult when frame-to-frame motion does not contain simple global translation and includes locally moving scene objects. SR processing is further complicated when the camera captures full color by using a Bayer color filter array (CFA). Various aspects of these SR challenges have been previously investigated. Fast SR algorithms tend to have difficulty accommodating complex motion and CFA sensors. Furthermore, methods that can tolerate these complexities …
A Collaborative Adaptive Wiener Filter For Multi-Frame Super-Resolution, Khaled Mohamed, Russell Hardie
A Collaborative Adaptive Wiener Filter For Multi-Frame Super-Resolution, Khaled Mohamed, Russell Hardie
Russell C. Hardie
Factors that can limit the effective resolution of an imaging system may include aliasing from under-sampling, blur from the optics and external factors, and sensor noise. Image restoration and super-resolution (SR) techniques can be used to improve image resolution. One SR method, developed recently, is the adaptive Wiener filter (AWF) SR algorithm. This is a multi-frame SR method that combines registered temporal frames through a joint nonuniform interpolation and restoration process to provide a high-resolution image estimate. Variations of this method have been demonstrated to be effective for multi-frame SR, as well demosaicing RGB and polarimetric imagery. While the AWF …
Impact Of Detector-Element Active-Area Shape And Fill Factor On Image Sampling, Restoration, And Super-Resolution, Russell C. Hardie, Douglas R. Droege, Alexander J. Dapore, Mark E. Greiner
Impact Of Detector-Element Active-Area Shape And Fill Factor On Image Sampling, Restoration, And Super-Resolution, Russell C. Hardie, Douglas R. Droege, Alexander J. Dapore, Mark E. Greiner
Russell C. Hardie
In many undersampled imaging systems, spatial integration from the individual detector elements is the dominant component of the system point spread function (PSF). Conventional focal plane arrays (FPAs) utilize square detector elements with a nearly 100% fill factor, where fill factor is defined as the fraction of the detector element area that is active in light detection. A large fill factor is generally considered to be desirable because more photons are collected for a given pitch, and this leads to a higher signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR). However, the large active area works against super-resolution (SR) image restoration by acting as an additional …
Computationally Efficient Video Restoration For Nyquist Sampled Imaging Sensors Combining An Affine-Motion-Based Temporal Kalman Filter And Adaptive Wiener Filter, Michael Rucci, Russell Hardie, Kenneth Barnard
Computationally Efficient Video Restoration For Nyquist Sampled Imaging Sensors Combining An Affine-Motion-Based Temporal Kalman Filter And Adaptive Wiener Filter, Michael Rucci, Russell Hardie, Kenneth Barnard
Russell C. Hardie
In this paper, we present a computationally efficient video restoration algorithm to address both blur and noise for a Nyquist sampled imaging system. The proposed method utilizes a temporal Kalman filter followed by a correlation-model based spatial adaptive Wiener filter (AWF). The Kalman filter employs an affine background motion model and novel process-noise variance estimate. We also propose and demonstrate a new multidelay temporal Kalman filter designed to more robustly treat local motion. The AWF is a spatial operation that performs deconvolution and adapts to the spatially varying residual noise left in the Kalman filter stage. In image areas where …
Modeling Visual Features To Recognize Biological Motion: A Developmental Approach, Giulio Sandini, Nicoletta Noceti, Alessia Vignolo, Alessandra Sciutti, Francesco Rea, Alessandro Verri, Francesca Odone
Modeling Visual Features To Recognize Biological Motion: A Developmental Approach, Giulio Sandini, Nicoletta Noceti, Alessia Vignolo, Alessandra Sciutti, Francesco Rea, Alessandro Verri, Francesca Odone
MODVIS Workshop
In this work we deal with the problem of designing and developing computational vision models – comparable to the early stages of the human development – using coarse low-level information.
More specifically, we consider a binary classification setting to characterize biological movements with respect to non-biological dynamic events. To this purpose, our model builds on top of the optical flow estimation, and abstract the representation to simulate the limited amount of visual information available at birth. We take inspiration from known biological motion regularities explained by the Two-Thirds Power Law, and design a motion representation that includes different low-level features, …
Multiperiodicity, Modulations, And Flip-Flops In Variable Star Light Curves. Iii. Carrier Fit Analysis Of Lq Hydrae Photometry For 1982–2014, Nigul Olspert, Maarit J. Käpylä, Jaan Pelt, Elizabeth M. Cole, Thomas Hackman, Jyri J. Lehtinen, Gregory W. Henry
Multiperiodicity, Modulations, And Flip-Flops In Variable Star Light Curves. Iii. Carrier Fit Analysis Of Lq Hydrae Photometry For 1982–2014, Nigul Olspert, Maarit J. Käpylä, Jaan Pelt, Elizabeth M. Cole, Thomas Hackman, Jyri J. Lehtinen, Gregory W. Henry
Information Systems and Engineering Management Research Publications
Aims. We study LQ Hya photometry for 1982–2014 with the carrier fit (CF) method and compare our results to earlier photometric analysis and recent Doppler imaging maps.
Methods. As the rotation period of the object is not known a priori, we utilize different types of statistical methods first (least-squares fit of harmonics, phase dispersion statistics) to estimate various candidates for the carrier period for the CF method. Secondly, a global fit to the whole data set and local fits to shorter segments are computed with the period that is found to be optimal.
Results. The harmonic least-squares analysis of all …
Revealing Important Nocturnal And Day-To-Day Variations In Fire Smoke Emissions Through A Multiplatform Inversion, Pablo E. Saide, David A. Peterson, Arlindo Da Silva, Bruce Anderson, Luke D. Ziemba, Glenn Diskin, Glen Sachse, Johnathan Hair, Carolyn Butler, Marta Fenn, Jose L. Jimenez, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Anne E. Perring, Joshua P. Schwarz, Milos Z. Markovic, Phil Russell, Jens Redemann, Yohei Shinozuka, David G. Streets, Fang Yan, Jack Dibb, Robert Yokelson, O. Brian Toon, Edward Hyer, Gregory R. Carmichael
Revealing Important Nocturnal And Day-To-Day Variations In Fire Smoke Emissions Through A Multiplatform Inversion, Pablo E. Saide, David A. Peterson, Arlindo Da Silva, Bruce Anderson, Luke D. Ziemba, Glenn Diskin, Glen Sachse, Johnathan Hair, Carolyn Butler, Marta Fenn, Jose L. Jimenez, Pedro Campuzano-Jost, Anne E. Perring, Joshua P. Schwarz, Milos Z. Markovic, Phil Russell, Jens Redemann, Yohei Shinozuka, David G. Streets, Fang Yan, Jack Dibb, Robert Yokelson, O. Brian Toon, Edward Hyer, Gregory R. Carmichael
Chemistry and Biochemistry Faculty Publications
We couple airborne, ground-based, and satellite observations; conduct regional simulations; and develop and apply an inversion technique to constrain hourly smoke emissions from the Rim Fire, the third largest observed in California, USA. Emissions constrainedwithmultiplatform data show notable nocturnal enhancements (sometimes over a factor of 20), correlate better with daily burned area data, and are a factor of 2–4 higher than a priori estimates, highlighting the need for improved characterization of diurnal profiles and day-to-day variability when modeling extreme fires. Constraining only with satellite data results in smaller enhancements mainly due to missing retrievals near the emissions source, suggesting that …
First Steps Of Putting Research Into Practice: Utilizing Concept Inventories To Identify Biochemistry Misconceptions And The Development Of A Guided Inquiry Activity To Correct The Identified Misconceptions, Ellen Humphreys
Master of Science in Chemical Sciences Theses
It is known that students leave science classes with an incomplete or incorrect understanding of some of the concepts covered in the courses. Identification of these misconceptions is difficult, as it usually involves conducting an hour long one-on-one interview with a student. Concept inventories were developed as a way for professors to identify misconceptions in their classroom in an efficient manner. However, there is no collection of biology, chemistry and biochemistry concept inventories and there has been no analysis of the quality of these inventories. One goal of the research was to collect these inventories and do the much needed …
Calculating The Shear And Divergence Of Light Rays, Matthew Witherell
Calculating The Shear And Divergence Of Light Rays, Matthew Witherell
Honors Program Theses and Projects
The purpose of this research was to calculate the shear and divergence of light rays bundles as they pass black holes. We defined a Lagrangian using the Schwarzchild metric then used the Euler-Lagrangian equation to create 6 first order OED’s for the light rays path. Next we found tangent vectors to the light ray so we could calculate Ψ0. In order to calculate the shear and divergence the method of calculation required simultaneously solving 16 ordinary differential equations. We used Mathematica to calculate how these light rays act but first we had to use calculus and algebra to derive these …
Operational Semantics For Featherweight Lua, Hanshu Lin
Operational Semantics For Featherweight Lua, Hanshu Lin
Master's Projects
Lua is a small, embedded language to provide scripting in other languages. De- spite a clean, minimal syntax, it is still too complex for formal reasoning because of some syntactic sugar or specific syntax structures in Lua.
This thesis develops Featherweight Lua (FWLua), following the tradition of lan- guages like Featherweight Java[1] and Featherweight JavaScript[2]. The goal is to develop a core of language features that, while remaining simple enough for formal reasoning, also remain faithful to the central characteristics of the language. Specifi- cally for Lua, the core features that are essential for our modeling include:
∙ First-class functions …
Comparative Analysis Of Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms For Text Feature Selection, Shuang Wu
Comparative Analysis Of Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms For Text Feature Selection, Shuang Wu
Master's Projects
With the rapid growth of Internet, more and more natural language text documents are available in electronic format, making automated text categorization a must in most fields. Due to the high dimensionality of text categorization tasks, feature selection is needed before executing document classification. There are basically two kinds of feature selection approaches: the filter approach and the wrapper approach. For the wrapper approach, a search algorithm for feature subsets and an evaluation algorithm for assessing the fitness of the selected feature subset are required. In this work, I focus on the comparison between two wrapper approaches. These two approaches …
Using Hidden Markov Models To Detect Dna Motifs, Santrupti Nerli
Using Hidden Markov Models To Detect Dna Motifs, Santrupti Nerli
Master's Projects
During the process of gene expression in eukaryotes, mRNA splicing is one of the key processes carried out by a complex called spliceosome. Spliceosome guarantees proper removal of introns and joining of exons before the translation process. Precise splicing is essential for the production of functional proteins. Spliceosome detects specific sequence motifs within an mRNA sequence called splice sites. Two of the splice sites are the 5’ and 3’ sites that border all the introns. Normal splicing process if disrupted by mutation may lead to fatal diseases. In this work, we predict splice sites in a human genome using hidden …
Using Probabilistic Graphical Models To Solve Np-Complete Puzzle Problems, Fengjiao Wu
Using Probabilistic Graphical Models To Solve Np-Complete Puzzle Problems, Fengjiao Wu
Master's Projects
Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGMs) are commonly used in machine learning to solve problems stemming from medicine, meteorology, speech recognition, image processing, intelligent tutoring, gambling, games, and biology. PGMs are applicable for both directed graph and undirected graph. In this work, I focus on the undirected graphical model. The objective of this work is to study how PGMs can be applied to find solutions to two puzzle problems, sudoku and jigsaw puzzles. First, both puzzle problems are represented as undirected graphs, and then I map the relations of nodes to PGMs and Belief Propagation (BP). This work represents the puzzle grid …
Geothermobarometry And Petrographic Interpretations Of Christensen Ranch Meta- Banded Iron Formation From The Ruby Range, Montana, Jacob Hughes
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
The Ruby Range in southwestern Montana was tectonically uplifted during the mountain-building event of the Big Sky orogeny. Contained within the Christensen Ranch Formation, made up of sedimentary units metamorphosed during the Big Sky orogeny, are a small number of metamorphosed banded iron formations (BIFs). It is the presence and composition of these BIFs which is the focus of this research, principally their depositional origin, relationship to surrounding sedimentary packages, elemental and mineral compositions, and lastly, peak metamorphic conditions. Samples were collected, cut into thin sections, and powdered for textural and compositional analyses employing polarized light microscopy, Raman microscopy, scanning …
Applications Of Latin Hypercube Sampling Scheme And Partial Rank Correlation Coefficient Analysis To Mathematical Models On Wound Healing, Hannah M. Pennington
Applications Of Latin Hypercube Sampling Scheme And Partial Rank Correlation Coefficient Analysis To Mathematical Models On Wound Healing, Hannah M. Pennington
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Latin hypercube sampling and Partial Rank Correlation Coefficient procedure (LHS/PRCC) can be used in combination to perform a sensitivity analysis that assesses a model over a global parameter space. Through this analysis, the uncertainty of the parameters and therefore the variability of the model output in response to this uncertainty can be observed. Latin hypercube sampling divides the parameter space into equiprobable regions and sample without replacement, producing a global, unbiased selection of parameter values. For montonic, non-linear relationships, the correlation between the outputs and parameters can be understood by performing a Partial Rank Correlation Coefficient procedure. This sensitivity analysis …
Sustainable Campus: Engaging The Community In Sustainability, Linda Too, Bhishna Bajracharya
Sustainable Campus: Engaging The Community In Sustainability, Linda Too, Bhishna Bajracharya
Linda Too
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to identify the major factors necessary for engaging university campus community in sustainability. While general awareness in sustainability issues has improved in recent years through mass media coverage, this knowledge is not always translated into actual sustainable practice. Studies have indicated that there are many factors for engaging the community in sustainability.
Design/methodology/approach – A multi-disciplinary literature review is first undertaken to distil the drivers that enhance participation in sustainability programmes by the university community. Next, to illustrate the applicability of the factors identified in the community engagement framework, two case studies …
Testimony Before The House Committee On National Security And The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, George H. Baker Iii
Testimony Before The House Committee On National Security And The House Committee On Oversight And Government Reform, George H. Baker Iii
George H Baker
The Commission to Assess the threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse, on which I served as principal staff, made a compelling case for protecting critical infrastructure against the nuclear electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and geomagnetic disturbances (GMD) caused by severe solar storms. Their 2008 Critical Infrastructure Report explains EMP effects, consequences, and protection means for critical infrastructure sectors. EMP and GMD are particularly challenging in that they interfere with electrical power and electronic data, control, transmission, and communication systems organic to nearly all critical infrastructures. The affected geography may be continental in scale. EMP and GMD events thus represent …
Academic Incoherence: The State Of Sustainability Literature Today, Anthony Philip Stine
Academic Incoherence: The State Of Sustainability Literature Today, Anthony Philip Stine
Student Research Symposium
The traditional tools associated with researching and presenting findings in contemporary sustainability literature include very little representation on moral forms of discourse. In the context of social sustainability this is problematic due to the inherently normative nature of the discourse. A citation analysis reveals very little representation of Christian moral environmental claims in the sustainability literature today despite growing concern amongst Christians for the state of the environment today.
Nwa 8614: The Least Heated Winonaite, Karla Farley, Alexander M. Ruzicka, Katherine Armstrong
Nwa 8614: The Least Heated Winonaite, Karla Farley, Alexander M. Ruzicka, Katherine Armstrong
Student Research Symposium
Northwest Africa 8614 is classified as a winonaite on the basis of oxygen isotope ratios, mineralogy, and highly reduced chemistry. Unlike other winonaites, it contains numerous and readily apparent chondrules. Here we discuss various features of NWA 8614 and the possible significance of the meteorite.
Petrological and chemical analyses were performed using optical microscopy with a DM2500 Leica petrographic microscope and a Zeiss Sigma VP-FEG scanning electron microscope (SEM) with a high-efficiency energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS). Oxygen isotopes were analyzed by Karen Ziegler at the University of New Mexico on acid-washed samples to remove terrestrial weathering products.
Owing to the …
Design, Construction, And Utilization Of Physical Vapor Deposition Systems For Medical Sensor Fabrication, Nicholas Sayre, Abdul Almetairi, Alex Chally, Joe Kowalski, Erik J. Sánchez
Design, Construction, And Utilization Of Physical Vapor Deposition Systems For Medical Sensor Fabrication, Nicholas Sayre, Abdul Almetairi, Alex Chally, Joe Kowalski, Erik J. Sánchez
Student Research Symposium
The development of a novel blood glucose sensor is realized through construction of a homemade plasma coating system and utilization of semiconductor manufacturing processes in a small scale cleanroom environment. Photolithography, plasma sputtering, chemical etching and thin film measurement technologies are used in the medical sensor fabrication process. General process flow will be discussed, and system design and the plasma sputtering process will be presented as it is achieved by the system currently under development.
The Smallest Intersecting Ball Problem, Daniel J. Giles, Mau Nam Nguyen
The Smallest Intersecting Ball Problem, Daniel J. Giles, Mau Nam Nguyen
Student Research Symposium
The smallest intersecting ball problem involves finding the minimal radius necessary to intersect a collection of closed convex sets. This poster discusses relevant tools of convex optimization and explores three methods of finding the optimal solution: the subgradient method, log-exponential smoothing, and an original approach using target set expansion. A fourth algorithm based on weighted projections is given, but its convergence is yet unproven. Numerical tests and comparison between methods are also presented.
Non-Orientable Objects As Gaming Surfaces, Haley P. Bourke, Paul Latiolais
Non-Orientable Objects As Gaming Surfaces, Haley P. Bourke, Paul Latiolais
Student Research Symposium
Developed in Python, Klein Space Fighter is an interactive learning tool and mathematically themed arcade game that allows the player to combat on different mathematical surfaces including a 2D Klein bottle. The app is available for Android and desktop devices, and will be made available for iOS in the future.
To receive an invitation to download the app through Google Play, contact me at HaleyoBourke@yahoo.com
Structure From Motion Elevation Model For Adding Topographic Correction To Ground Penetrating Radar, Leslie A. Mowbray
Structure From Motion Elevation Model For Adding Topographic Correction To Ground Penetrating Radar, Leslie A. Mowbray
Student Research Symposium
High resolution elevation models have become a standard tool in environmental, geological and archaeological investigations, however; the cost of acquiring Lidar in remote areas, on small project sites or over repeated time intervals remains prohibitively expensive. Here, open-source software and GIS are used to create a digital elevation model (DEM) from aerial photos in a process known as Structure from Motion (SfM). This process is a fraction of the cost of Lidar acquisition, and is shown to produce a model with comparable resolution. The photos used here were taken from a camera hung from a balloon flown at Mickey Springs …
Urban Scale Modeling Of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide And Validation Of Emission Inventories, James E. Powell, Christopher L. Butenhoff, Andrew L. Rice
Urban Scale Modeling Of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide And Validation Of Emission Inventories, James E. Powell, Christopher L. Butenhoff, Andrew L. Rice
Student Research Symposium
There exists a pressing need for high resolution emissions inventories for cities. For greenhouse gases, cities and regions need a careful analysis of their carbon footprint to design effective policies to control and mitigate emissions. High resolution emissions inventories can be used in conjunction with meteorology models and atmospheric measurements to place top-down constraints on emissions. High resolution emissions inventories for criteria pollutants like NOx, CO, and O3 enable urban-scale air pollution modeling down to the neighborhood level. For example, the Vulcan project estimates CO2 using county-scale vehicle miles traveled (VMT) from the National Mobile Inventory …