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Growth Of The Imbrication Zone Along The Southeast Anatolian Orogenic Belt: Evidencefrom Fission Track Thermochronology From Gölbaşı Region (Se Turkey), Yusuf Topak

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

One of the major components of continental collision zones is their imbricated zones. Such a zone along the Southeast Anatolian Orogenic Belt (SAOB) is solely controlled by a still-active convergence and accretion system between the Anatolian Plate and Arabian platform since at least Late Cretaceous. The zone is characterized by NEE/SWW-trending, northward-dipping thrust slices that are squeezed between the Tauride Block to the north and the Arabian platform to the south. The units cropping out within the zone comprise Neo-Tethysrelated magmatic, ophiolitic, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks with Late Cretaceous to Miocene formation/metamorphism ages. The Karanlıkdere granitoid intrudes into Late Cretaceous …

The Active Fault Pattern Based On Morphotectonic And Structural Data In The South Ofulubat Lake And The Susurluk Valley Along The Southern Branch Of North Anatolian Faultzone: A Criticism Of The Bend Model In Northwest Anatolia, Gürol Seyi̇toğlu, Korhan Esat

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Field observations and morphotectonic evaluations on the south of Ulubat Lake and the Susurluk valley show that the dominant active fault pattern consists of northeast-southwest and east northeast-west southwest right-lateral faults and northwestsoutheast normal faults developing between these strike-slip faults. We redefined the active faults in the south of Ulubat Lake and discovered that these northeast-southwest right-lateral faults control the route of Susurluk River. Based on these discoveries and evaluations, we can claim that the "bend model" previously proposed for the region is not valid, as seen in the Mustafakemalpaşa Fault and Balıkesir-Kepsut Fault examples. Instead, we suggest that the …

Mineralogical, Petrological, And Geochemical Characteristics Of Şenkaya Chrysoprase,Turkey, Hami̇t Haluk Seli̇m, Aykut Güçteki̇n, Ferhan Şahi̇n, Mustafa Kaya, Beri̇l Kaya, Elanur Güner, Kami̇l Ömer Taş, Ahmet Karakaş, Yasemi̇n Kantarçeken

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Şenkaya chrysoprase is a gemstone and can be found near the Turnalı village located in the west-northwest of Şenkaya (Erzurum) county in the uplifted Kırdağ of Northeast Anatolia of Turkey. Chrysoprase only found in Şenkaya County and known with the same name commercially in Turkey is a light-dark green and cryptocrystalline structure gemstone encountered in the Örükyayla Mélange. Samples were collected from the field for defining mineralogical-petrographical, XRD, XRF, ICP-MS, optical cathodoluminescence microscopy (OCLM), FTIR-Raman and stable isotopic properties of Şenkaya chrysoprase. According to mineralogical and petrographic examination, Şenkaya chrysoprase has generally heterogeneous color distribution in macroscale and has 5 …

Skill Assessment Of A High Resolution (1/72 Degree) Black Sea Ocean Model, Bi̇lge Tutak

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The skill of a high-resolution Black Sea circulation model (ROMS) is assessed using the available satellite and field data for Sea Surface Height Anomaly (SSHA), Sea Surface Temperature, and CTD profiles. The model is configured to simulate the 9-year period between 2012 and 2021. The model's skill is assessed using standard analytical methods for error calculation such as Root Mean Square Error (RMSE) and correlation. Additionally, the model results are assessed using several more recent methods such as the relative operating characteristic (ROC). The results show that the model is capable of simulating daily mean SSHA with an RMSE value …

Further Contribution To The Early Miocene Woody Flora Of Galatian Volcanic Provincefrom Doğanyurt Village, Ankara (Turkey), Ünal Akkemi̇k, Stanila Iamandei, Hakan Çeli̇k

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Galatian Volcanic Province (GVP) located in central-north Anatolia had a rich woody flora. The purpose of the present study is to contribute to the early Miocene woody flora of the GVP from two fossil sites from Doğanyurt Village of the city of Beypazarı in the Province of Ankara. The fossil sites, which are near to each other, have small pieces of fossil woods. Total 16 fossil woods were collected from two neighbour sites. Three thin sections as transversal, tangential and radial sections from each sample were taken, and they were identified microscopically. As a result, ten fossil species were …

Stratigraphic Correlation Of The Givetian (Late Middle Devonian) Deposits In Qujing,Yunnan, Southwestern China And The Paleogeographic Implications, Jianhua Wang, Yunchuan Mi, Xiaorou Ma, Yukun Bi

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Detailed description of spatio-temporal framework of fossil-bearing strata is of fundamental significance for understanding the evolution of organisms and regional tectonics. The Qujing and Haikou formations are two lithological units exposed in eastern Yunnan, southwestern China, and both bear rich fossils indicative of a Middle Devonian age, while their relationship or lateral correlation remains unclear. Based on detailed observations of outcrops of these two formations in Qujing, eastern Yunnan, and as well as their typical rock characteristics and fossil contents, we propose that the two formations are basically contemporaneous heterotopic facies. From north to south of the Qujing area, the …

Geochemical And Petrographic Approach For The Origin Of The Limestone Blocks Of Thewalls Of The Great Temple Of Hattusha, Çorum (N-Turkey), İsmai̇l Ömer Yilmaz, Andreas Schachner, İbrahi̇m Tonguç Uysal, Ezgi̇ Ünal İmer

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The socle stones of the Great Temple in the Lower City of the Hittite capital city, Hattusha (Çorum Province) have been studied for the first time by petrographic and geochemical analysis (Sr isotope, stable isotope, and trace element geochemistry). Study objectives were to determine the carbonate facies of the stone samples used in the Great Temple and investigate their possible sources. Petrographic analysis of 10 limestone samples presents five clusters of different microfacies. Stable isotope (δ13C and δ18O) analysis displayed the presence of 5 groups in parallel with petrographic analysis. Trace element analysis of the same groups displayed considerable difference …

Petrology, Geochemistry, And Geodynamic Implications Of The Ediacaran Volcanism Of The Southwestern Edge Of The Saghro Massif (Eastern Anti-Atlas, Morocco), Rachid Zahour, Ghalem Zahour, Hassan El Hadi, Youssef Zerhouni, Zouhair Baroudi, Mounia Khoukhouchi

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The southwestern edge of the Saghro Massif experienced during the Ediacaran period an intense volcanic activity represented by basaltic andesites and acid rocks with ignimbritic dominance. The chemical characteristics of these rocks correspond to those of calc-alkaline orogenic magmatism related to a subduction zone. The genesis of these two rock groups does not seem to be controlled by the fractional crystallization process as a factor controlling their evolution. Partial melting of a lithospheric mantle still influenced by the Pan-African orogeny and a contaminated constituent of the lower continental crust is a likely source of the basaltic andesites. Ignimbrites represent the …

A History Of Pistacia Lentiscus And Pinus Brutia Trees And Their Ecological Changes In The Güllük Bay (Muğla, Sw Turkey) During The Last 400 Years, Demet Bi̇lteki̇n, Georg Schwamborn, Kürşad Kadi̇r Eri̇ş, Dursun Acar, Bi̇kem Ekberzade, Zahra Hashemi̇, Nuretti̇n Yakupoğlu, Ali̇ Mohammadi̇, Ömer Yetemen

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

In this study, we present pollen records together with a multiproxy analysis from a sediment core collected from the Güllük Bay (Bargilya Cove, Muğla, SW Turkey), covering the last 400 years. Pistachio shrubland was occupying around the Güllük Bay between 1613 and 1741 AD. However, after 1741 AD, the vegetation canopy suddenly changed and Turkish pine (Pinus brutia) was established. This supports that the main factor affecting the expansion of Pistacia lentiscus was precipitation rather than temperature after 1741 AD. This change is also indicated by high Sr-Ca values, reflecting arid conditions. Two anthropogenic phases developed in the region. The …

Sedimentary Records Of Trace Elements Contamination In Sediment Core From The Gulf Of Gemlik, Marmara Sea, Turkey: History, Contamination Degree, And Sources, Tuğçe Nagi̇han Arslan Kaya, Erol Sari, Mehmet Ali̇ Kurt

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The pollution history of aluminum (Al), chromium (Cr), cobalt (Co), lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), and mercury (Hg) were evaluated using geochemical and sedimentological properties of two sediment cores. The MD22A contained a mass-flow unit and two coccolith units. The upper coccolith was characterized by high organic matter, but it was relatively depleted in terms of all studied elements, suggesting dilution by high inorganic carbon. In the mass-flow unit, the relatively high Cr, Co, Zn, and Hg levels suggested additional contamination sources from the Kocadere Stream and Kocasu River. The ranges of Al, Cr, Co, Cu, Hg, Pb, and …

Shear Wave Velocity Estimation Based On The Particle Swarm Optimization Method Of Hvsr Curve Inversion In Bakauheni District, Indonesia, Ahmad Zaenudin, I Gede Boy Darmawan, Alhada Farduwin, Rahmat Catur Wibowo

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

The Nakamura method, known as horizontal to vertical spectral ratio (HVSR), has been used to analyze site effect assessment. Over the past decade, various HVSR curve inversion methods for near-surface geophysical surveys have been developed. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) inversion method has been applied to solve the HVSR inversion curve to estimate the shear wave velocity (Vs) value towards the depth. In this study, the HVSR curve inversion experiment has been applied with two synthetic data: noise-free data and the other is contaminated by 10% random noise. This research aims to find out how the PSO algorithm performs to find …

Mineralogical And Geochemical Signatures Of Weathering On Carbonate Rocks And Dynamic Young Land Surfaces In Muğla Polje (Sw Turkey), Ceren Küçükuysal, Murat Gül, Tural Aghayev, Merve Gülcan

Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences

Red soils as the weathering products in Muğla Polje (SW Turkey) show different occurrences either on hard and permeable limestone (terra rossa (TRs)) or within the matrix of transported sediments (alluvium-derived soils (ALs), alluvium-derived soils specifically from clastics (ALsc), paleosol (Pls), and colluvium-derived soils (CLs)). The purpose of this study is to unlock the effect of weathering on hard carbonate rocks and dynamic young land surfaces (alluvium and colluvium) in Muğla Polje for the first time in terms of mineralogical and geochemical compositions. TRs, the soils of more stable environments are clayey while ALs and CLs as being the soils …

Stochastic Models Of Jaya And Semi-Steady-State Jaya Algorithms, Uday Chakraborty

Computer Science Faculty Works

The Jaya algorithm and its variants have enjoyed great success in diverse application areas, but no theoretical analysis of the algorithm, to our knowledge, is available in the literature. In this paper we build stochastic models for analyzing Jaya and semi-steady-state Jaya algorithms. For these algorithms, the computational cost depends on how, at each iteration, the new individual fares against the existing individual. Costs must be incurred for any replacement of individuals and the subsequent update of the population-worst individual’s (and/or the population-best individual’s) index. We use the following two quantities as the main metrics for analysis: the expected number …

Reinforcement Learning Applied To The Shoals Marine Laboratory Smart Grid, Daniel C. Mattson

Honors Theses and Capstones

Reinforcement learning (RL) techniques have been applied to smart grids with a variety of applications. The most common objective is to optimize profit for one actor in the system. The goal of this work is to apply different RL models to the smart grid at the Shoals Marine Laboratory (SML) located on Appledore Island, Maine in an effort to reduce costs and minimize the amount of nonrenewable energy consumed on the island. The RL models implemented resulted in more sustainable practices in simulations, with a linear spline model outperforming the naive policy the SML currently uses. Future work includes extending …

Generally Covariant Theory Of Multipole Moment Conserving Quasiparticles, Gavin Eric Riley

Honors Theses and Capstones

This report represents the creation of a field theory which is capable of describing quasiparticle excitations that preserve 2^k -pole moments. These quasiparticles exhibit certain ’semidynamic’ properties such as individual particle immobility but free movement of bound 2^L-tuples. We provide a review of work done on dipole conserving fractons and their dynamics [1] and expand upon it to describe higher moment conserving systems with global quadratic (and higher) phase symmetry. This requires the selection of the temporal and spatial directions. The selection of a temporal direction is done with a foliation defined by an anisotropic scaling of space and time, …

Comparing Twins Ion Temperature Maps With Mms, Ampere, And Themis Observations During July 26, 2017 Reconnection Event, Isabella M. Householder

Honors Theses and Capstones

The solar wind releases a constant stream of ionized particles into space which causes complex behaviors to occur within Earth’s magnetosphere. These disruptions can initiate magnetic reconnection and cause flow reversal of ions in the magnetotail. Two flow reversal events were locally detected by the Magnetospheric Multiscale Mission (MMS) on July 26, 2017 at 0700 UT and 0730 UT. The Two Wide-Angle Imaging Neutral-Atom Spectrometers (TWINS) provide a global measurement of heated signatures of the magnetic field and detected an increase in ion temperature during these reconnection events without the presence of a geomagnetic storm. Active Magnetosphere and Planetary Electrodynamics …

Development Of A Fluxgate Magnetometer Model, Eleonora Olsmats

Honors Theses and Capstones

As a part of the UNH SWFO-L1 mission to monitor space weather and the sun’s behavior, the fluxgate magnetometer is an important component to measure external magnetic fields. The basic principle of a fluxgate magnetometer is to detect changes in the ambient magnetic field by inducing a magnetic field in a ferromagnetic material via a drive winding. Each magnetometer is unique due to the ferromagnetic properties of the core material which can be seen in the hysteresis loop which is a relationship between the magnetic field strength (H) and the induced magnetic field (B). Measuring the hysteresis of a fluxgate …

Biofabrication Of Magnetic Nanoparticles And Their Use As Carriers For Pectinase And Xylanase, Shady S. Hassan, Brendan Duffy, Gwilym A. Williams, Amit Jaiswal

Articles

In this study, superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (MNPs) were synthesized via exposure of fungal cell filtrate from Aspergillus flavus to aqueous iron ions. The extracellular synthesis of MNPs was monitored by UV–Vis spectrophotometry and showed an absorption peak at 310 nm. The morphology of MNPs was found to be flake-like, as confirmed by Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM), while the average crystallite size was ∼16 nm, as determined by X-ray diffraction (XRD). Energy dispersive X-ray (EDX) analysis was performed to confirm the presence of elemental Fe in the sample. Pectinase and xylanase were covalently immobilized on MNPs with efficiencies …

A Modified Spectroscopic Approach For The Real-Time Detection Of Pollen And Fungal Spores At A Semi-Urban Site Using The Wibs-4+, Part I, Emma Markey, Jerry Hourihane Clancy, Moisés Martínez-Bracero, Finnian Neeson, Roland Sarda-Estève, Dominique Baisnée, Eoin Mcgillicuddy, Gavin Sewell, David J. O’Connor

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The real-time monitoring of primary biological aerosol particles (PBAP) such as pollen and fungal spores has receivedmuch attention in recent years as a result of their health and climatic effects. In this study, theWideband Integrated Bioaerosol Sensor (WIBS) 4+ model was evaluated for its ability to sample and detect ambient fungal spore and pollen concentrations, compared to the traditional Hirst volumetric method. Although the determination of total pollen and fungal spore ambient concentrations are of interest, the selective detection of individual pollen/fungal spore types are often of greater allergenic/agricultural concern. To aid in this endeavour, modifications were made to the …

Thermalization And Quantum Information In Conformal Field Theory, Ashish Kakkar

Theses and Dissertations--Physics and Astronomy

The consequences of the constraints of conformal symmetry are far-reaching within
theoretical physics. In this dissertation we address a series of questions in conformal
field theory: 1) We calculate the spectrum of qKdV charges in a large central charge
expansion. 2) We determine the corrections to bulk information geometry from 1/N
contributions to holographic correlators. 3) We study the higher genus partitions
functions of CFTs associated with classical and quantum error-correcting codes.

High Performance Data Acquisition And Analysis Routines For The Nab Experiment, David Mathews

Theses and Dissertations--Physics and Astronomy

Probes of the Standard Model of particle physics are pushing further and further into the so-called “precision frontier”. In order to reach the precision goals of these experiments, a combination of elegant experimental design and robust data acquisition and analysis is required. Two experiments that embody this philosophy are the Nab and Calcium-45 experiments. These experiments are probing the understanding of the weak interaction by examining the beta decay of the free neutron and Calcium-45 respectively. They both aim to measure correlation parameters in the neutron beta decay alphabet, a and b. The parameter a, the electron-neutrino correlation coefficient, is …

Understanding The Degradation Mechanism In Methyl Ammonium Lead Halide Perovskite And Black Phosphorene Via Electrical Transport Study, Huda Saleh Aljeailan

Theses and Dissertations--Physics and Astronomy

This work seeks to understand the degradation mechanism of technically important material systems such as black phosphorene (BP), arsenic phosphorene (AsP) and Methyl ammonium lead iodide (CH₃NH₃PbI₃) perovskite. Degradation studies were conducted by studying the in-situ electrical transport properties (resistance and thermoelectric power (TEP)) of these materials in vacuum (under annealed condition) and after exposure to the ambient air.

BP and both exhibited p-type semiconducting (positive TEP) behavior under annealed conditions and the changes in their transport properties upon exposure to ambient air can be explained as due to the charge transfer between the …

The Synthesis And Biocatalytic Reduction Of Beta-Keto Alkynes, Rhema M. Francis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

The preparation of enantiopure homopropargyl alcohols (but-3-yn-ols) is of high importance to the scientific community. They are employed as valuable pharmaceutical intermediates and are opportune to generate antiviral nucleoside analogues. Chiral inducement of these molecules thus far has been poor (low ee) and has constituted a key challenge for asymmetric synthesis in the last few decades. Enzyme-catalyzed enantioselective reductions of ketones have become popular to produce thus-prepared synthons on an industrial scale. Among them, biocatalysts (dehydrogenases, reductases) emerge as a biodegradable option for chemical transformations, in comparison to chiral catalysts that employ highly toxic metals. This research investigates the catalytic …

The Application Of Deep Learning And Cloud Technologies To Data Science, Ian A. Trawinski

Electronic Theses and Dissertations

Machine Learning and Cloud Computing have become a staple to businesses and educational institutions over the recent years. The two forefronts of big data solutions have garnered technology giants to race for the superior implementation of both Machine Learning and Cloud Computing. The objective of this thesis is to test and utilize AWS SageMaker in three different applications: time-series forecasting with sentiment analysis, automated Machine Learning (AutoML), and finally anomaly detection. The first study covered is a sentiment-based LSTM for stock price prediction. The LSTM was created with two methods, the first being SQL Server Data Tools, and the second …

Neuromatch Academy: A 3-Week, Online Summer School In Computational Neuroscience, Bernard Marius 'T Hart, Titipat Achakulvisut, Ayoade Adeyemi, Athena Akrami, Bradly Alicea, Alicia Alonso-Andres, Diego Alzate-Correa, Arash Ash, Jesus J. Ballesteros, Aishwarya Balwani, Eleanor Batty, Ulrik Beierholm, Ari S. Benjamin, Upinder Bhalla, Gunnar Blohm, Joachim C. H. Blohm, Kathryn Bonnen, Marco Brigham, Bingni W. Brunton, John Butler, Brandon Caie, N Alex Cayco Gajic, Sharbatanu Chatterjee, Spyridon Chavlis, Ruidong Chen, You Cheng, H. M. Chow, Raymond Chua, Yunwei Dai, Isaac David, Eric E. J. Dewitt, Julien Denis, Alish Dipani, Arianna Dorschel, Jan Drugowitsch, Kshitij Dwivedi, Sean Escola, Haoxue Fan, Roozbeh Farhoodi, Yicheng Fei, Pierre-Étienne Fiquet, Lorenzo Fontolan, Jeremy Forest, Yuki Fujishima, Byron V. Galbraith, Mario Galdamez, Richard Gao, Julijana Gjorgjieva, Alexander Gonzalez, Qinglong Gu, Yueqi Guo, Ziyi Guo, Pankaj K. Gupta, Busra Tugce Gurbuz, Caroline Haimerl, Jordan B. Harrod, Alexandre Hyafil, Martin Irani, Daniel Jacobson, Michelle Johnson, Ilenna Simone Jones, Gili Karni, Robert E. Kass, Hyosub Edward Kim, Andreas M. Kist, Randal Koene, Konrad Kording, Matthew R. Krause, Arvind Kumar, Norma K. Kühn, Ray Lc, Matthew L. Laporte, Junseok Lee, Songting Li, Sikun Lin, Yang Lin, Shuze Liu, Tony Liu, Jesse A. Livezey, Linlin Lu, Jakob H. Macke, Kelly Mahaffy, A. Lucas Martins, Nicolás Martorell, Manolo Martínez, Marcelo G. Mattar, Jorge Aurelio Menendez, Kenneth D. Miller, Patrick J. Mineault, Nosratullah Mohammadi, Yalda Mohsenzadeh, Elenor Morgenroth, Taha Morshedzadeh, Alice Claudia Mosberger, Madhuvanthi Muliya, Marieke Mur, John D. Murray, Yashas Nd, Richard Naud, Prakriti Nayak, Anushka Oak, Itzel Olivos Castillo, Seyedmehdi Orouji, Jorge Otero-Millan, Marius Pachitariu, Biraj Pandey, Renato Paredes, Jesse Parent, Il Memming Park, Megan A. K. Peters, Xaq Pitkow, Panayiota Poirazi, Haroon Popal, Sandhya Prabhakaran, Tian Qiu, Srinidhi Ragunathan, Raul Rodriguez-Cruces, David Rolnick, Ashish Kumar Sahoo, Saeed Salehinajafabadi, Cristina Savin, Shreya Saxena, Paul Schrater, Karen Schroeder, Alice C. Schwarze, Madineh Sedigh-Sarvestani, K. Yuvaraj Sekhar, Reza Shadmehr, Maryam M. Shanechi, Siddhant Sharma, Eric Shea-Brown, Krishna V. Shenoy, Carolina L. Shimabukuro, Sergey Shuvaev, Man Ching Alison Sin, Maurice Smith, Nicholas A. Steinmetz, Karolina Stosio, Elizabeth Straley, Gabrielle Strandquist, Carsen Stringer, Rimjhim Tomar, Ngoc Tran, Sofia Triantafillou, Lawrence Udeigwe, Davide Valeriani, Vincent Valton, Maryam Vaziri-Pashkam, Peter Vincent, Gal Vishne, Pascal Wallisch, Peiyuan Wang, Claire Ward, Michael Waskom, Kunlin Wei, Anqi Wu, Zhengwei Wu, Brad Wyble, Lei Zhang, Daniel Zysman, Federico D’Oleire Uquillas, Tara Van Viegen

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The Effects Of Channel Incision And Land Use On Surface-Water/Groundwater Interactions In The Teanaway River Basin, Washington, Usa, Joseph Petralia

All Master's Theses

The Teanaway River basin, a major tributary to the Yakima River, is host to several restoration projects with the intention of returning the river channel to a more natural state and improving riparian habitat. These projects may also increase aquifer storage and potentially increase summertime streamflows. This study of the Teanaway Valley Family Farm, an 88-hectare parcel on the main-stem Teanaway River that was recently purchased by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, provides hydrogeologic data that will inform these restoration projects. Following the purchase of this land, ten wells were installed within and slightly above the floodplain in order …

Satellite Evidence Of Canopy-Height Dependence Of Forest Drought Resistance In Southwestern China, Peipei Xu, Wei Fang, Tao Zhou, Hu Li, Xiang Zhao, Spencer Berman, Ting Zhang, Chuixiang Yi

Publications and Research

The frequency and intensity of drought events are increasing with warming climate, which has resulted in worldwide forest mortality. Previous studies have reached a general consensus on the size-dependency of forest resistance to drought, but further understanding at a local scale remains ambiguous with conflicting evidence. In this study, we assessed the impact of canopy height on forest drought resistance in the broadleaf deciduous forest of southwestern China for the 2010 extreme drought event using linear regression and a random forest (RF) model. Drought condition was quantified with standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) and drought resistance was measured with the …

Automatic Cephalometric Landmark Detection On X-Ray Images Using Object Detection, Cheng-Ho King, Yin-Lin Wang, Chia-Ling Tsai

Publications and Research

We propose a new deep convolutional cephalometric landmark detection framework for orthodontic treatment. Our proposed method consists of two major steps: landmark detection using a deep neural network for object detection, and landmark repair to ensure one instance per landmark class. For landmark detection, we modify the loss function of the backbone network YOLOv3 to eliminate the constrains on the bounding box and incorporate attention mechanism to improve the detection accuracy. For landmark repair, a triangle mesh is generated from the average face to eliminate superfluous instances, followed by estimation of missing landmarks from the detected ones using Laplacian Mesh. …

Fixed Points Of Functions Below The Line Y = X, Grace Fryling, Harrison Rouse

Undergraduate Mathematics Day: Past Content

This paper concerns fixed points of functions whose graphs lie on or below the line y = x. Using the Monotone Convergence Theorem, we show that positive fixed points of such functions are “attracting on the right” so long as we include a couple of further assumptions about these functions near their fixed points. As an illustrative example, we confirm that this is the case for the function y = x sin x; the positive fixed points of this function “attract on the right” and “repel on the left.” Further, we generalize by showing that differentiability is in fact not …

Finding An Effective Shape Parameter Strategy To Obtain The Optimal Shape Parameter Of The Oscillatory Radial Basis Function Collocation In 3d, Quinnlan Aiken, Annika Murray, Ar Lamichhane

Undergraduate Mathematics Day: Past Content

Recent research into using the Method of Approximate Particular Solutions to numerically solve partial differential equations, has shown promising results. High levels of accuracy can be obtained when implementing this method, however the success of this collocation method is dependent on a shape parameter that is found in nearly all radial basis functions. If the shape parameter is not appropriately chosen, then it can provide an unacceptable result. Two shape parameter strategies are considered, a random variable shape parameter strategy and a leave-one-out cross validation strategy. The main objective of this work is to assess the viability of using these …