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Simple And Fast Fabrication Methodology For Platinum And Carbon Ultramicroelectrodes (Ume) In Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy (Secm), Emma Mae Lord, Jiju Joseph, Samantha M. Gateman, Zhifeng Ding

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

Scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) is a highly versatile method for measuring and imaging a wide range of systems. When paired with an intricately made ultramicroelectrode (UME) probe, SECM becomes an even more powerful tool for imaging microscale features in a system. However, purchasing these UME’s comes at a high cost with less ability for modification. Having high quality UME’s expands the ability of SECM and enables precise measuring and imaging in a wide range of applications such as solar cells in Dr. Ding’s lab, and corroding metals in Dr. Gateman’s lab. To combat this issue of high cost and set …

Travelling Wave Solutions On A Cylindrical Geometry, Karnav R. Raval

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

Fluid equations are generally quite difficult and computationally-expensive to solve. However, if one is primarily interested in how the surface of the fluid deforms, we can re-formulate the governing equations purely in terms of free surface variables. Reformulating equations in such a way drastically cuts down on computational cost, and may be useful in areas such as modelling blood flow. Here, we study one such free-boundary formulation on a cylindrical geometry.

Where Are The Habitable Planets In Our Local Group Of Galaxies?, William C. Windsor

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

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Absence Of Visitors During Lockdown Reveals Natural Variation In Carbon Dioxide Level In The Glowworm Cave, Waitomo, New Zealand, David J. Merritt, Chris Hendy Dr, Shannon Corkill Ms

International Journal of Speleology

Waitomo Glowworm Cave is a highly visited cave where the highlight is viewing the bioluminescence display of a large colony of glowworms. Anthropogenic carbon dioxide build-up in the cave is prevented by management of chimney-effect ventilation aided by a network of microclimate sensors. A cave door prevents ventilationunder drying conditions and promotes it when necessary to clear CO₂ and when inflowing air has high relative humidity. A COVID-19-related nationwide “lockdown” in New Zealand from March 2020 resulted in neither staff nor visitors being present in the cave for 60 days, and provided an opportunity to assess the natural microclimate …

Updating The Outdated Apollo Mission Lunar Impactite Classifications, Marc Mechem

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

NASA's Apollo program had six manned missions that successfully landed on the Moon, in which all returned with lunar material. Included in this lunar material were lunar impactites, being described as lunar rocks that have been affected by one or more impact events. These samples were classified about 50 years ago and have not been updated since, despite our knowledge regarding both terrestrial and lunar impactites having grown. This study aims to suggest updated classifications for the 43 total Apollo mission lunar impactite samples the University of Western has currently in their possession. This study could help develop future lunar …

Investigating Classical Be Stars & Their Surrounding Disks, Shivam Gupta

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

Identify physical conditions of B-emission stars at certain positions over specific wavelengths. Classify stars based on colors and Identify the spectral type of a star and temperature based on its absorption lines. Summarize the changes and excess in flux over certain wavelengths of multiple B-emission stars while also looking at the flux when filtered over the V, B, U and K bands. Identify properties of the Be stars and evaluate how changing certain properties effect the stars and their surrounding disks.

Exploring The Use Of Covellite As A Proxy For Corrosion Of Native Copper By Sulphur Reducing Bacteria, Manan K. Joshi

Undergraduate Student Research Internships Conference

We are analyzing the effect of sulphate reducing bacteria on native copper, and using that evidence to further support the initiative of having a deep geological repository to store nuclear material. Sulphate reducing bacteria are a concern for the deep geological repository as they cause the corrosion of regular copper. However native copper has gone billions of years without corrosion, which could either mean that it had not been exposed to sulphate reducing bacteria over the billions of years, or native copper is able to withstand corrosion despite the contact of sulphate reducing bacteria. We can find out by trying …

Synthesis And Characterization Of D5-Barbarin For Use In Barbarin-Related Research, Sucheta Kudrimoti, Jacob Machin, Adedamola S. Arojojoye, Samuel G. Awuah, Rodney Eisenberg, Clara Fenger, George Maylin, Andreas F. Lehner, Thomas Tobin

Maxwell H. Gluck Equine Research Center Faculty Publications

Based on structural similarities and equine administration experiments, Barbarin, 5-phenyl-2-oxazolidinethione from Brassicaceae plants, is a possible source of equine urinary identifications of aminorex, (R,S)-5-phenyl-4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol-2-amine, an amphetamine-related US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) controlled substance considered illegal in sport horses. We now report the synthesis and certification of d₅-barbarin to facilitate research on the relationship between plant barbarin and such aminorex identifications. D₅-barbarin synthesis commenced with production of d₅-2-oxo-2-phenylacetaldehyde oxime (d₅-oxime) from d₅-acetophenone via butylnitrite in an ethoxide/ethanol solution. This d₅-oxime was then reduced with lithium aluminum …

Evaluating The Sensitivity Of Heatwave Definitions Among North Carolina Physiographic Regions, Jagadeesh Puvvula, Azar M Abadi, Kathryn C. Conlon, Jared J. Rennie, Hunter Jones, Jesse E. Bell

School of Natural Resources: Faculty Publications

Exposure to extreme heat is a known risk factor that is associated with increased heat-related illness (HRI) outcomes. The relevance of heat wave definitions (HWDs) could change across health conditions and geographies due to the heterogenous climate profile. This study compared the sensitivity of 28 HWDs associated with HRI emergency department visits over five summer seasons (2011–2016), stratified by two physiographic regions (Coastal and Piedmont) in North Carolina. The HRI rate ratios associated with heat waves were estimated using the generalized linear regression framework assuming a negative binomial distribution. We compared the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC) values across the HWDs …

A Revised Synthesis Of 6-Alkoxy-2-Aminopurines With Late-Stage Convergence Allowing For Increased Molecular Complexity†, Lavleen Mader, John J. Hayward, Lisa A. Porter, John F. Trant

Chemistry and Biochemistry Publications

6-Alkoxy-2-aminopurine derivatives are potent inhibitors of Cyclin Dependent Kinases (CDKs), with some selectivity towards CDK2 and thus have potential as cancer therapeutics. Development of these inhibitors for targeting CDK2-cyclin A/E complexes has previously involved a thorough investigation of structure activity relationships of the C-2 amine moiety. However, the established synthesis of these compounds, which uses the alcohol reagent as solvent, limits the complexity of the O-6 functionality which is required for more selective targeting. Herein we report an improved and refocused synthesis of a model CDK2 inhibitor (NU6247), affording convenient access to inhibitors with O-6 substituents whose parent alcohol is …

Furman Landscapes Archaeological Project: Spring 2022, Andrew Womack, Anna Blackman, Miller Cassidy, Kate Jones, Meadow Knapp, Dayna Thomas, Mallory Tutterrow, Brynn Schmitt, Ellie Winters

Earth and Environmental Sciences Publications

This project included an archaeological survey by Prof. Andrew Womack and students in ANT-304 Archaeological Methods and Theory in Spring of 2022 on the campus of Furman University. The archaeological survey, located on campus property, exists as part of ongoing research conducted by the “Furman Landscapes Archaeological Project” in order to garner a better understanding of the land-use and occupation history of the current Furman campus. Our focus this season was on the remains of a historic structure visible in aerial photos from the 1940s, but with only a foundation are surrounding debris visible today. Our survey and test excavations …

Transformnet: Self-Supervised Representation Learning Through Predicting Geometric Transformations, Muhammad Ali, Sayed Hashim

Computer Vision Faculty Publications

Deep neural networks need a big amount of training data, while in the real world there is a scarcity of data available for training purposes. To resolve this issue unsupervised methods are used for training with limited data. In this report, we describe the unsupervised semantic feature learning approach for recognition of the geometric transformation applied to the input data. The basic concept of our approach is that if someone is unaware of the objects in the images, he/she would not be able to quantitatively predict the geometric transformation that was applied to them. This self supervised scheme is based …

Purification Of Artepillin C (Arc) With Anticancer Activities From Supercritical Co2-Ethanol Extracts Of Brazilian Green Propolis By Using Adsorption Column Chromatography, Lin-Hsiang Chuang, Wen-Chin Chen, Wen Pei, Ming-Hsi Chuang, Todd Hsu, Po-Chao Chuang

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Phenolic compounds with varying phenolic structures are present in both terrestrial and marine organisms. Artepillin C (ARC) is a prenylated phenolic compound produced specifically in Brazilian green propolis. Earlier studies have demonstrated the potential of ARC as a dietary supplement for cancer prevention due to its ability to suppress tumor growth and metastasis. Here we report the development of an effective adsorption chromatography combined with supercritical CO2 extraction for the massive purification of ARC. A mixture of supercritical CO2 and ethanol extract of Brazilian green propolis was passed through a stainless chromatographic column packed with protruding metals at 4,000 psi …

A Stochastic Sailing Speed Optimization And Vessel Deployment Problem In Liner Shipping, Dung-Ying Lin, Pak Weng Leong

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

In this research, we consider the stochastic sailing speed optimization and vessel deployment problem and examine the trade-off between sailing speed and the number of vessels required to provide a certain service in international liner shipping. Solving this kind of stochastic program is a challenging task. To address this issue, we construct a mathematical formulation based on Ng (1) and Ng (2) and enhance the linearization techniques from Wang and Meng (3) so that problem instances of an even larger scale can be solved. The proposed formulation has been numerically applied to solve realistic cases, and the empirical results show …

Vehicle Assignment For Chemicals Transportation, Yu-Liang Liu, Juan Huang, Ching-Wu Chu

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Vehicle assignment is a significant challenge faced by chemical logistics companies. The chemical industry typically outsources the delivery of chemicals to professional logistics companies to meet customers' complex and demanding needs. In this regard, this research explores the case study of a logistics company that selects its delivery modes and formulates its vehicle assignment plans based on its personnel’s experience rather than any formal system and plans its vehicle routes on the day before the delivery. This study seeks to improve the efficiency and immediacy of logistics companies’ vehicle assignments, understand vehicle route planning, maximize space utilization, and minimize transportation …

A Hybrid Finite Difference Method For Singularly Perturbed Delay Partial Differential Equations With Discontinuous Coefficient And Source, Nitika Sharma, Aditya Kaushik

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The article presents a hybrid finite difference scheme to solve a singularly perturbed parabolic functional differential equation with discontinuous coefficient and source. The simultaneous presence of deviating argument with a discontinuous source and coefficient makes the problem stiff. The solution of the problem exhibits turning point behaviour across discontinuity as tends to zero. The hybrid scheme presented is a composition of a central difference scheme and a midpoint upwind scheme on a specially generated mesh. At the same time, an implicit finite difference method is used to discretize the time variable. Consistency, stability, and convergence of the presented numerical approach …

Simulating And Predicting Offshore Oil Spills By Using Cellular Automata, Lin Liu, Wanwu Li, Yumeng Cui, Guanghui Hu, Hang Li

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

In recent years, offshore oil spill accidents have caused substantial damage to both marine organisms and marine ecology. Accurate simulation and prediction of oil spills could provide a scientific basis for assessing losses due to oil spills and provide support for emergency decisions regarding oil spills. We analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of existing oil spill models and constructed an offshore oil spill model based on cellular automata (CA). By considering both the flow field and wind field, we formulated new CA rules for the diffusion and drift of a pollution zone, and in our model, the cellular state in …

Design And Testing Of A Bearing Less Piezo Jet Micro Heat Sink, Rong-Tsu Wang, Jung-Chang Wang, Sih-Li Chen

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

The present study utilized piezoelectric ceramics (PC) as actuators to design five new piezoelectric heatsinks and preliminarily investigated the different design types and their operating conditions, such as the frequency, placement distance, thickness between piezoelectric sheets, piezoelectric sheet size, and noise produced. The results showed that when the micro heatsink bearingless piezo jet was placed too close to the heat source, the high temperature sucked back the surrounding fluids, causing the fluid chamber temperature to rise and the cooling effect to be reduced. Therefore, the heatsink should be placed between 10 and 20 mm from the heat source. With the …

Investigating The Causes Of Stope Instability At Golden Valley Mine, Ashley Ruvimbo Sabao, Prosper Munemo, Peter Kolapo

Journal of Sustainable Mining

The study is based on mining operations that are concentrated in a ground exposed to flooding with varying stope dimensions. Stope stability was assessed in the four stopes, which resembled the mine’s different ground conditions using the stability graph complemented by the equivalent linear over break slough (ELOS) stability approach. The stability graph showed that the stopes in rock masses exposed to flooding fell in the potentially unstable and caving zones whereas the ones that were not affected by flooding fell in the stable zones. The ELOS approach showed that mining the previously flooded rock masses resulted in high over-breaks …

The Art Of Analysis, Christopher Hammond

Open Educational Resources

Christopher Hammond, Professor of Mathematics at Connecticut College, has written an introductory textbook in real analysis. This resource is freely available for anyone to use, either individually or in a classroom setting.

The primary innovation of this text is a new perspective on teaching the theory of integration. Most introductory analysis courses focus initially on the Riemann integral, with other definitions discussed later (if at all). The paradigm being proposed is that the Riemann integral and the “generalized Riemann integral” should be considered simultaneously, not separately – in the same manner as uniform continuity and continuity. Riemann integrability is simply …

Image Dehazing Network Based On Densely Connected Residual Block And Channel Pixel Attention, Weidong Jin, Shuli Zhang, Peng Tang, Man Zhang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Abstruct: A lot of research achievements have been made in image dehazing based on neural network,but there aiming at the fog residue, even the color distortion and texture loss, in complex outdoor image dehazing, an image dehazing network based on densely connected residual block and channel pixel attention is proposed. Densely connected residual blocks are used to extract and fuse the features of foggy images,and the repair module with channel pixel attention mechanism is used to repair the color and texture of the feature maps. The experimental results show that, compared with the existing methods, the proposed method and …

Research On Motion Recognition And Tracking For Space Survey And Launch Tasks, Bin Ren, Xiaoyu Wang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Space survey and launch task has high precision and long cycle, and needs to be exposed to direct sunlight for a long time, so that the non-contact action calibration and comparison in a virtual working environment is an efficient way to improve the mission completion success rate. Aiming at the real-time motion tracking of aerospace personnel, a keyframe optimization algorithm for the action recognition is proposed. According to the bone data in the depth image, the bone features are extracted, and the keyframes are extracted by the feature threshold. The characteristic data of the keyframe is input into bi-directional …

Sensorless Control Of Pmsm Based On An Anfis Optimized Flux Sliding Mode Observer, Huilin Zhang, Yujie Jin, Haima Yang

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the low estimation accuracy of rotor speed and position and the system chattering in sensorless control of permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM), an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) is proposed to optimize the flux sliding mode observer(FSMO). Compared with the traditional sliding mode observer, the FSMO improves the estimation accuracy of the rotor flux. The FSMO optimized by ANFIS realizes the on-line adjustment of the observer gain and reduces the system chattering. The improved PLL improves the estimation accuracy of the rotor speed and position. A simulation platform is established to verify the results which show …

Simulation Of Unmanned Tank Clusters Cooperative Combat Based On Military Rules, Chunyan Wang, Hao Ren, Minchi Kuang, Danfeng Wu, Xiangshu Cao, Heng Shi

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Modern warfare is developing towards the unmanned, informatized, and intelligent form. Being the important combat equipment in the future land warfare, unmanned tanks have greater advantages of mobility, safety, and economy. Single unmanned tank can not fulfill the complex tasks of large-scale battles as the cooperation of unmanned tank clusters can do. Focuses on the collaborative applications of unmanned tank clusters, the single unmanned tank system model is established, including dynamic control, decision-making, and weapon armor. A collaborative perception model of unmanned tank clusters is designed considering the unmanned tank's own state and the fusion situation. Based on the …

Modeling Of Traffic Flow Velocity Control Strategy For Human-Machine Mixed Driving At Signalized Intersections, Jianxu Zhang, Shuai Hu, Hongyi Jin

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: In order to analyze the influence of speed control strategy of autonomous vehicle on the operation characteristics of traffic flow, a deterministic decision-making model for intersections with artificially driven vehicles considering the driver's influence on the acquisition of driving information is constructed. An automatic driving speed control strategy considering the influence of the speed of preceding vehicle is proposed, and the continuous Cellular Automata update rules for signalized intersections are constructed respectively. By introducing the different penetration rates of automatic driving, road saturation and control area length parameters, the influence of CAV speed control strategy on the traffic …

Research On Passenger Ship Evacuation Simulation Based On Social Force Model, Qimiao Xie, Shuaishuai Guo

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the influence of group behavior and different evacuation methods on the passenger ship evacuation process. Three evacuation methods of passengers arriving at the assembly stations with and without group behavior are provided, and the passenger assembly time, congestion area, congestion timing and duration are analyzed. The simulation results show that the group behavior has a significant effect on the passenger assembly time and increases the variation range of the passenger assembly time, and the congestion area with and without group behavior remains the same. The influences of group behavior on the congestion timing and duration are complicated, …

Layout Planning Of Metro-Based Underground Logistics System Network Considering Fuzzy Uncertainties, Wanjie Hu, Jianjun Dong, Rui Ren, Zhilong Chen

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aming at the network design and optimization of metro-based urban underground logistics under uncertainties, the facility components of two-tier metro-based underground logistics system (M-ULS) are proposed. Focus on the comprehensive costs and system utilization rate, a M-ULS network flow assignment model is established based on the expectation of environmental benefits of underground freight transport. a M-ULS network location-allocation-routing fuzzy random programming model is established, and a crisp linearization method is presented. A solution portfolio combining discrete binary chaos particle swarm optimization-genetic algorithm and exact algorithms is designed for combinatorial optimization. Effectiveness of the presented models and algorithms is verified …

Variable Pitch Control Of Wind Power Generation System Based On Wiener Model, Yue Xu, Li Jia, Xuanyi Fu

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Strong nonlinearity and large fluctuation are the characteristics of wind power generation system. Quickly controlling the output power of wind turbines within the rated range under wind speed random changes is the major problem of wind power system control. Aiming at the pitch control of 5 MW wind turbines, a pitch control scheme for wind power generation systems based on the Wiener model is proposed. On the basis of the special structure in which the linear and nonlinear links of the Wiener model can be separated, the controlled object of a generalized wind power system with linear properties …

Parallel Live Performance Simulation Based On A Multidimensional Hierarchy And Application, Jingsi Yang, Tianyu Huang, Gangyi Ding, Lijie Li, Peng Li

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: A parallel simulation method is proposed for modern live performance. By decomposing the live performance process from the top down, this method assists creators in delivering stage design and control with time and space constraints, which is unattainable for traditional live performances. A multi-layer constraint hierarchy is constructed to apply parallel simulation to art performances. The live performance procedure is continuously optimized by leveraging the circulation of data between virtual and physical stages. The parallel simulation method for stage space has been applied to a digital TV stage for ten years. The experiments show that parallel live performance simulation …

Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance Control Of Three-Order Multi-Robot Cooperative Formation, Yuchao Zhang, Yuan Jiang, Jiyang Dai

Journal of System Simulation

Abstract: Aiming at the obstacle avoidance and consensus control of underwater vehicles formation in a 3D complex environment, a cooperative formation dynamic obstacle avoidance control algorithm is proposed. An adaptive repulsion gain term based on the speed of dynamic obstacles is established and it is introduced into the repulsion potential field function to enable the robot to safely avoid static and dynamic obstacles. The potential field function based on the gain term of the potential field and the communication weight between the AUVs are defined to solve the robots of easy self collision and leaving the formation. The total acceleration …