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Yield, Feeding Value And Ensiling Characteristics Of Clone-13 (Pennisetum Purpureum), Sujatha Premaratne, G. G. C. Premalal, S. M. S. Setunga, J. M. S. Jayawardana
Yield, Feeding Value And Ensiling Characteristics Of Clone-13 (Pennisetum Purpureum), Sujatha Premaratne, G. G. C. Premalal, S. M. S. Setunga, J. M. S. Jayawardana
IGC Proceedings (1993-2023)
A study was carried out to find out the effect of frequency of defoliation on yield and feeding value of clone-13 (Pennisetum purpureum) in Sri Lanka. Three frequency of harvesting, namely 45, 60 and 75 days were used and, fresh yield per plot was measured. Sub samples were taken for dry matter determination and proximate analysis. According to results, frequency of harvesting of 60 days can be recommended for clone-13 under no fertilizer regime. In addition, effect of growth stage on ensiling characteristics of clone-13 was also studied. Clone-13 was harvested at 45, 60, 75 or 90 days …
Aerobic Stability Of Grass Silage Mixed With A Range Of Concentrate Feedstuffs At Feed-Out, P. O’Kiely, M. Clancy, E. M. Doyle
Aerobic Stability Of Grass Silage Mixed With A Range Of Concentrate Feedstuffs At Feed-Out, P. O’Kiely, M. Clancy, E. M. Doyle
IGC Proceedings (1993-2023)
Mixing supplementary concentrates with silage at feed-out could shorten aerobic stability or increase the rate or extent of aerobic deterioration of silage. This experiment quantified such possible effects by twelve contrasting feedstuffs. Four samples (each 6 kg) of unwilted, precision-chop, well preserved grass silage (216 g dry matter (DM) kg-1 and pH 4.0) were incubated at 20oC for 6 days in polystyrene containers alone or with the addition of 400 g (solid ingredients were milled) of wheat grain, barley grain, maize grain, molasses beet pulp, citrus pulp, molasses, soybean meal, maize gluten, sunflower meal, rapeseed meal, dry …
Survival Of Escherichia Coli 0157:H7 Added To Grass At Ensiling And Its Influence On Silage Fermentation, P. O’Kiely, C. Byrne, D. Bolton
Survival Of Escherichia Coli 0157:H7 Added To Grass At Ensiling And Its Influence On Silage Fermentation, P. O’Kiely, C. Byrne, D. Bolton
IGC Proceedings (1993-2023)
Escherichia coli can cause health problems in humans and livestock. It is frequently found in faeces and soil, both of which can contaminate grass harvested for silage-making. To determine the survival of E. coli 0157:H7 during ensilage, and its influence on ensilage, unwilted precision-chop grass was ensiled in laboratory silos with the following additive treatments: (a) no additive, (b) E. coli 0157:H7 (Ec - non-infectious strain, at log10 4.5 colony forming units (cfu) g-1), formic acid (FA), and (d) Ec + FA. Silos were stored at 15oC. Three silos per treatment were opened on days …
The Efficacy Of Plant-Based Dietary Program In Patients With Diabetes: A Pilot Study, Reuben Adatorwovor, Nisha Sharma, Dakota Mccoy, Sharon Wasserstrom, Matthew Robinson, Jacquelyn Nyenhuis, Sowmya Suryanarayanan
The Efficacy Of Plant-Based Dietary Program In Patients With Diabetes: A Pilot Study, Reuben Adatorwovor, Nisha Sharma, Dakota Mccoy, Sharon Wasserstrom, Matthew Robinson, Jacquelyn Nyenhuis, Sowmya Suryanarayanan
Biostatistics Faculty Publications
Dietary choices play a key role in insulin sensitivity among diabetes patients. An 8-week pilot study was conducted to evaluate whether a mostly plant-based dietary program will lead to improvement in biochemical markers in adults with diabetes. The dietary program included educational presentations, weekly cooking demonstrations and small group discussions. A sample of thirty-two adults with diabetes (types 1 and 2) were recruited and seventeen (53%) completed the study. Matched-pair tests and Fishers exact tests were used to compare the changes in means and proportion of the participants’ responses. There were changes in HbA1c, lipids, CRP (mg/L), cholesterol (mg/dL), HDL …
Staying One Step Ahead Of The Growing Electric Vehicle Market, Russell Molter
Staying One Step Ahead Of The Growing Electric Vehicle Market, Russell Molter
Honors Projects
Electric vehicles are becoming more popular among drivers as they become more affordable and as people become more aware of the benefits of electric vehicles. Because of this, the demand for electric car chargers is quickly increasing across the country. This includes BGSU’s campus. Right now, there are seven chargers available on campus, but with the trends in how the electric vehicle market is growing, BGSU should create a plan to install many more chargers to meet the increasing demand for charging stations. This strategy will allow BGSU to keep up with the growing electric vehicle market, which will additionally …
Antimicrobial Activity Of Bacterial Virus Components: An Empirical Investigation Of The Killing Capacity Of Toxins From Burkholderia, Kyle Walny
Honors Projects
Given the growing issue in healthcare of antibiotic resistance, effective and safe alternative treatment methods are required. One of these possible alternative treatment methods is bacteriotoxins including bacteriocins and tailocins. The focus of this study is a bacteriotoxin from Burkholderia cenocepacia (ATCC 25608), which was induced for toxin using a modified UV light induction procedure and tested against a variety of Pseudomonas and Burkholderia for its killing capacity. Various other pathogenic strains were then induced with UV light and tested. The results showed that the toxin from ATCC 25608 was very effective against most of the Burkholderia tested and warrants …
How Can Stem Retention Rates At Bgsu Be Increased Both In And Out Of The Classroom?, Josalyn A. Coffee
How Can Stem Retention Rates At Bgsu Be Increased Both In And Out Of The Classroom?, Josalyn A. Coffee
Honors Projects
Previous research in STEM student retention rates showed a gap in knowledge regarding why this group of student experience higher rates of burnout than other groups of students. This study investigated the barriers STEM students at BGSU experienced. A survey was sent out to STEM and non-STEM students alike that asked questions regarding student’s personal history before attending BGSU, their course experiences at BGSU, and the levels of support they have outside of BGSU. The survey data showed that there was little difference in the rates that students switch majors solely based on being in the STEM field. The data …
Effects Of Dry Matter Content And Microbial Additive On Tifton 85 (Cynodon Dactylon Ssp.) Wilted Silage Fermentation Parameters, Luiz Gustavo Nussio, F. G. Castro, J. M. Simas, C. M. Haddad, P. Toledo, A. L. Merchan
Effects Of Dry Matter Content And Microbial Additive On Tifton 85 (Cynodon Dactylon Ssp.) Wilted Silage Fermentation Parameters, Luiz Gustavo Nussio, F. G. Castro, J. M. Simas, C. M. Haddad, P. Toledo, A. L. Merchan
IGC Proceedings (1993-2023)
The objective of this study was to evaluate the wilting and the addition of a bacterial-enzymatic additive effects on the fermentation parameters of Tifton 85 (Cynodon dactylon spp.) silage. Forage was stored as 326 kg bales wrapped with a plastic film. Treatments consisted of 5 forage dry matter levels (20-30%, 30-40%, 40-50%, 50 -60% e 60 a 70%) without additive and 3 dry matter levels (20-30%, 40-50%, e 60-70%) with additive. Buffered propionic acid solution was sprayed onto 60-70% dry matter bales, prior to wrapping, determining an additional treatment. Core samples were taken at 0, 6, 12 hours …
Dry Matter Losses In Tanzânia Grass (Panicum Maximum, Jacq, Cv. Tanzânia) Silage, M. A. A. Balsalobre, Luiz Gustavo Nussio, P. M. Santos, R. F. Crestana, R. N. S. Aguiar, M. Corsi
Dry Matter Losses In Tanzânia Grass (Panicum Maximum, Jacq, Cv. Tanzânia) Silage, M. A. A. Balsalobre, Luiz Gustavo Nussio, P. M. Santos, R. F. Crestana, R. N. S. Aguiar, M. Corsi
IGC Proceedings (1993-2023)
A spring cut of Tanzânia grass (Panicum maximum, Schum, cv. Tanzânia) was harvested (20% DM), in a 60-day regrowth sward. Laboratory silos (20 L) were filled with chopped forage. Nine treatments, in a 3 x 3 factorial arrangement with four replication each. Treatments consisted on the addition of 3 levels of dehydrated and pellet citrus pulp (CP) (0, 5 and 10%- fresh basis) combined with 3 particle sizes (Larger (1), medium (2) and smaller (3)). After 60 days silos were opened, effluent and gas yield was calculated. Reduction in particle size lowered gas losses in silage. Major benefit …
Possibilities To Avoid Growth Of Clostridia And/Or Fungi In Wilted Silage By Use Of Organic And Inorganic Salts, Martin Knický, P. Lingvall
Possibilities To Avoid Growth Of Clostridia And/Or Fungi In Wilted Silage By Use Of Organic And Inorganic Salts, Martin Knický, P. Lingvall
IGC Proceedings (1993-2023)
The hygienic quality of silage will be of great importance in the future as poor quality not only influences the animal production but also the animal health and the food quality. This study examined the impact of mixtures of sodium benzoate (NaB), sodium nitrite (NaN), hexamine (HMTA), sodium propionate (NaP), sodium bisulphite, and propionic acid on low and high wilted clover/grass. The silage (crop wilted to 300 or 600 g DM kg-1 of fresh weight) consisted of about 50% red clover (Trifolium pratense) and 50% timothy (Phleum pratense) and the study covered 7 additive treatments. …
Entropy Analysis Of Boolean Network Reduction According To The Determinative Power Of Nodes, Matthew J. Pelz, Mihaela T. Velcsov
Entropy Analysis Of Boolean Network Reduction According To The Determinative Power Of Nodes, Matthew J. Pelz, Mihaela T. Velcsov
Mathematics Faculty Publications
Boolean networks are utilized to model systems in a variety of disciplines. The complexity of the systems under exploration often necessitates the construction of model networks with large numbers of nodes and unwieldy state spaces. A recently developed, entropy-based method for measuring the determinative power of each node offers a new method for identifying the most relevant nodes to include in subnetworks that may facilitate analysis of the parent network. We develop a determinative-power-based reduction algorithm and deploy it on 36 network types constructed through various combinations of settings with regards to the connectivity, topology, and functionality of networks. We …
Secure And Privacy-Preserving Crowdsensing Using Smart Contracts: Issues And Solutions, Alfredo J. Perez, Sherali Zeadally
Secure And Privacy-Preserving Crowdsensing Using Smart Contracts: Issues And Solutions, Alfredo J. Perez, Sherali Zeadally
Computer Science Faculty Publications
The advent of Blockchain and smart contracts is empowering many technologies and systems to automate commerce and facilitate the exchange, tracking and the provision of goods, data and services in a reliable and auditable way. Crowdsensing systems is one type of systems that have been receiving a lot of attention in the past few years. In crowdsensing systems consumer devices such as mobile phones and Internet of Things devices are used to deploy wide-scale sensor networks. We identify some of the major security and privacy issues associated with the development of crowdsensing systems based on smart contracts and Blockchain. We …
Seasonal Flammability Comparisons Of Native And Exotic Plants In The Post Oak Savannah, Blackland Prairie, And Pineywoods Ecoregions Of Texas, Michael Tiller
Seasonal Flammability Comparisons Of Native And Exotic Plants In The Post Oak Savannah, Blackland Prairie, And Pineywoods Ecoregions Of Texas, Michael Tiller
Electronic Theses and Dissertations
East Texas’ diverse landscape can present year-round wildfire seasons that can be influenced by seasonal and regional differences in climate and physiography. Greater insight into the fundamental thermal behavior of wildland fuels can aid in fire behavior prediction and development of fire-resistant plant lists. This study focused on estimating seasonal and regional flammability characteristics of five evergreen species: yaupon (Ilex vomitoria), Chinese privet (Ligustrum sinense), greenbrier (Smilax spp.), eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana), and escarpment live oak (Quercus fusiformis); and two deciduous species: Chinese tallow (Triadica sebifera) and southern …
A Multilayer Network Model Of The Coevolution Of The Spread Of A Disease And Competing Opinions, Kaiyan Peng, Zheng Lu, Vanessa Lin, Michael R. Lindstrom, Christian Parkinson, Chuntian Wang, Andrea L. Bertozzi, Mason A. Porter
A Multilayer Network Model Of The Coevolution Of The Spread Of A Disease And Competing Opinions, Kaiyan Peng, Zheng Lu, Vanessa Lin, Michael R. Lindstrom, Christian Parkinson, Chuntian Wang, Andrea L. Bertozzi, Mason A. Porter
School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences Faculty Publications and Presentations
During the COVID-19 pandemic, conflicting opinions on physical distancing swept across social media, affecting both human behavior and the spread of COVID-19. Inspired by such phenomena, we construct a two-layer multiplex network for the coupled spread of a disease and conflicting opinions. We model each process as a contagion. On one layer, we consider the concurrent evolution of two opinions — pro-physical-distancing and anti-physical-distancing — that compete with each other and have mutual immunity to each other. The disease evolves on the other layer, and individuals are less likely (respectively, more likely) to become infected when they adopt the pro-physical-distancing …
An Assessment Of Grass Regeneration Nurseries At The Western Regional Plant Introduction Station, 1994-1997, V. L. Bradley, R. C. Johnson
An Assessment Of Grass Regeneration Nurseries At The Western Regional Plant Introduction Station, 1994-1997, V. L. Bradley, R. C. Johnson
IGC Proceedings (1993-2023)
The Western Regional Plant Introduction Station (WRPIS), Pullman, WA, USA, maintains over 17,000 accessions of forage and turf grasses that are mostly wind cross-pollinated and highly heterogenic. Regeneration procedures have been refined over the past nine years to include improved isolation distance and increased plant populations for regeneration. The grass regeneration nurseries planted from 1994 through 1997 were evaluated using data recorded in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) and it was found that approximately 78% of the regenerations were successful. Reasons for failures were contributed to inadequate plant number, presence of disease, seed shattering, and unsuitable growing environment. Several …
Assessment Of Ensilability Of Six Tropical Grasses Using Three Different Approaches, B. Zierenberg, K. Friedel, A. Glatzle, A. Chudy
Assessment Of Ensilability Of Six Tropical Grasses Using Three Different Approaches, B. Zierenberg, K. Friedel, A. Glatzle, A. Chudy
IGC Proceedings (1993-2023)
The preparation of well-preserved silages is considered increasingly important in the tropics and subtropics. In these regions silage production played a minor role in the past, as ensilability of tropical grasses is generally considered poor. In this study ensilability of six tropical grasses grown in the Paraguayan Chaco Boreal (Panicum maximum cv. Gatton, Cynodon plectostachyus, Cynodon sp. cv. Tifton 85, Digitaria eriantha var. pentzii, Panicum maximum cv. Tanzania and Digitaria milanjiana) was assessed in three different ways: (1) The chemical determination of the ratio between water soluble carbohydrates (WSC) and buffer capacity (BC), (2) the biological …
Improving The Feeding Value Of Cotton Stalk, Wheat Straw And Rice Straw With Ozonation, Meiji Okamoto, Masaaki Hanada, R. Aoyama, R. Kim, N. Kaiga
Improving The Feeding Value Of Cotton Stalk, Wheat Straw And Rice Straw With Ozonation, Meiji Okamoto, Masaaki Hanada, R. Aoyama, R. Kim, N. Kaiga
IGC Proceedings (1993-2023)
The experiment was conducted to study the effect of ozone treatment on the feed value of cotton stalk, wheat straw and rice straw. These feeds were cut into 2 cm and 4 cm lengths, and rolled before ozonizing. The ozonizing periods were 30 min. 60min and. 120 min. The Acid Detergent Lignin (ADL) concentration of the feeds decreased with ozone treatment. Except for rice straw, the short cutting treatment (2cm) decreased the concentration of ADL and Cellulose of the ozonized cotton stalk and wheat straw. Rolling and ozone treatment were effective in decreasing the ADL concentration of cotton stalk. IVDMD …
Fermentation Quality Of Phasey Bean And Guineagrass Silages, Y. Imura, T. Namihira, Yasuhiro Kawamoto
Fermentation Quality Of Phasey Bean And Guineagrass Silages, Y. Imura, T. Namihira, Yasuhiro Kawamoto
IGC Proceedings (1993-2023)
Silages were made from guineagrass (Panicum maximum Jacq. var. maximum) and phasey bean (Macroptilium lathyroides (L.) Urb.) at three-growth stages. The silages were investigated in relation fermentation quality. Phasey bean silage showed a better fermentation quality than guineagrass silage. The latic acid to total acid ratio of phasey bean silage was higher than 500g/kg DM, and the volatile basic nitrogen to total nitrogen ratio was lower than 100g/kg. It is concluded that phasey bean is an unique legume suitable for good silage fermentation.
Equisingular Approximation Of Analytic Germs, Aftab Yusuf Patel
Equisingular Approximation Of Analytic Germs, Aftab Yusuf Patel
Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
This thesis deals with the problem of approximating germs of real or complex analytic spaces by Nash or algebraic germs. In particular, we investigate the problem of approximating analytic germs in various ways while preserving the Hilbert-Samuel function, which is of importance in the resolution of singularities. We first show that analytic germs that are complete intersections can be arbitrarily closely approximated by algebraic germs which are complete intersections with the same Hilbert-Samuel function. We then show that analytic germs whose local rings are Cohen-Macaulay can be arbitrarily closely approximated by Nash germs whose local rings are Cohen- Macaulay and …
Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis Of Movie Reviews, Samuel Onalaja, Eric Romero, Bosang Yun
Aspect-Based Sentiment Analysis Of Movie Reviews, Samuel Onalaja, Eric Romero, Bosang Yun
SMU Data Science Review
This study investigates a comparison of classification models used to determine aspect based separated text sentiment and predict binary sentiments of movie reviews with genre and aspect specific driving factors. To gain a broader classification analysis, five machine and deep learning algorithms were compared: Logistic Regression (LR), Naive Bayes (NB), Support Vector Machine (SVM), and Recurrent Neural Network Long-Short-Term Memory (RNN LSTM). The various movie aspects that are utilized to separate the sentences are determined through aggregating aspect words from lexicon-base, supervised and unsupervised learning. The driving factors are randomly assigned to various movie aspects and their impact tied to …
Reading Level Identification Using Natural Language Processing Techniques, William Arnost, Ellen Lull, Joseph Schueder, Joseph Engler
Reading Level Identification Using Natural Language Processing Techniques, William Arnost, Ellen Lull, Joseph Schueder, Joseph Engler
SMU Data Science Review
This paper investigates using the Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers (BERT) algorithm and lexical-syntactic features to measure readability. Readability is important in many disciplines, for functions such as selecting passages for school children, assessing the complexity of publications, and writing documentation. Text at an appropriate reading level will help make communication clear and effective. Readability is primarily measured using well-established statistical methods. Recent advances in Natural Language Processing (NLP) have had mixed success incorporating higher-level text features in a way that consistently beats established metrics. This paper contributes a readability method using a modern transformer technique and compares the results …
Predicting Power Using Time Series Analysis Of Power Generation And Consumption In Texas, Joshua Eysenbach, Bodie Franklin, Andrew J. Larsen, Joel Lindsey
Predicting Power Using Time Series Analysis Of Power Generation And Consumption In Texas, Joshua Eysenbach, Bodie Franklin, Andrew J. Larsen, Joel Lindsey
SMU Data Science Review
Due to the recent power events in Texas, power forecasting has been brought national attention. Accurate demand forecasting is necessary to be sure that there is adequate power supply to meet consumer's needs. While Texas has a forecasting model created by the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), constant efforts are required to ensure that the model stays at the state-of-the-art and is producing the most reliable forecasts possible. This research seeks to provide improved short- and medium-term forecasting models, bringing in state-of-the-art deep learning models to compare to ERCOT’s forecasts. A model that is more accurate than ERCOT’s own …
Emotion Integrated Music Recommendation System Using Generative Adversarial Networks, Mrinmoy Bhaumik, Patrica U. Attah, Faizan Javed
Emotion Integrated Music Recommendation System Using Generative Adversarial Networks, Mrinmoy Bhaumik, Patrica U. Attah, Faizan Javed
SMU Data Science Review
Music can stimulate emotions within us; hence is often called the “language of emotion.” This study explores emotion as an additional feature in generating a playlist with a deep learning model to improve the current music recommendation system. This study will sample emotions from certain subjects for each song in a sample of the data. Since the effect of music on emotion is subjective and is different person to person, this study would need a considerable number of subjects to reduce subjectivity. Due to the limited resources, a portion of the data will be labeled with emotion from subjects and …
Alternative Methods For Deriving Emotion Metrics In The Spotify® Recommendation Algorithm, Ronald M. Sherga Jr., David Wei, Neil Benson, Faizan Javed
Alternative Methods For Deriving Emotion Metrics In The Spotify® Recommendation Algorithm, Ronald M. Sherga Jr., David Wei, Neil Benson, Faizan Javed
SMU Data Science Review
Spotify's® recommendation algorithm tailors music offerings to create a unique listening experience for each user. Though what this recommender does is highly impressive, there is always room for improvement given that these techniques are not fully prescient. This study posits that in addition to creating certain features based on audio analysis, incorporating new features derived from album art color as well as lyrical sentiment analysis may provide additional value to the end user. This team did not find that a significant difference existed between color valence and Spotify® valence; however, all other comparisons resulted in statistically significant difference of means …
Clinical Diagnosis Support With Convolutional Neural Network By Transfer Learning, Spencer Fogleman, Jeremy Otsap, Sangrae Cho
Clinical Diagnosis Support With Convolutional Neural Network By Transfer Learning, Spencer Fogleman, Jeremy Otsap, Sangrae Cho
SMU Data Science Review
Breast cancer is prevalent among women in the United States. Breast cancer screening is standard but requires a radiologist to review screening images to make a diagnosis. Diagnosis through the traditional screening method of mammography currently has an accuracy of about 78% for women of all ages and demographics. A more recent and precise technique called Digital Breast Tomosynthesis (DBT) has shown to be more promising but is less well studied. A machine learning model trained on DBT images has the potential to increase the success of identifying breast cancer and reduce the time it takes to diagnose a patient, …
Covid-19 - A Graph Network Approach, Nibhrat Lohia, Rajesh Satluri, Suchismita Moharana, Venkat Kasarla
Covid-19 - A Graph Network Approach, Nibhrat Lohia, Rajesh Satluri, Suchismita Moharana, Venkat Kasarla
SMU Data Science Review
The effects of COVID-19 and its spreads are attributed to various factors. This study uses CDC open-source data on COVID-19 effected population with features ranging from location to ethnicity, to create a Knowledge Graph to measure the similarity between COVID-19 cases and estimate the risk for people likely affected by COVID-19. This data could be used to find correlations between distinct factors, like ethnicity and pre-existing health conditions, to find the vulnerability of a given COVID-19 patient. Using the Jaccard similarity coefficient, in the knowledge graph, we are able to identify and explore relationships between COVID-19 cases as well as …
Rocket Learn, Daanesh Ibrahim, Jules Stacy, David Stroud, Yusi Zhang
Rocket Learn, Daanesh Ibrahim, Jules Stacy, David Stroud, Yusi Zhang
SMU Data Science Review
Abstract. This paper covers the development, testing, and implementation of Reinforcement Learning methods designed to autonomously learn and optimize Rocket League play. This study aims to analyze and benchmark model frameworks commonly used in Reinforcement Learning applications. These models can be applied to tasks ranging in difficulty from simple to superhumanly complex, and this study will begin with and build upon simple models performing simple tasks. It will result in complex models performing difficult tasks. Models will be allowed to train autonomously on the game using mass parallelization to expedite training times with the goal of maximizing reward function scores. …
Real-Time Voice Biometric Speaker Verification, Inderbir Dhillon, Jason Rupp, Aniketh Vankina, Robert Slater
Real-Time Voice Biometric Speaker Verification, Inderbir Dhillon, Jason Rupp, Aniketh Vankina, Robert Slater
SMU Data Science Review
Abstract. Automated speaker verification has been an area of increased research in the last few years, with a special interest in metric learning approaches that compute distances between speaker voiceprints. In this paper, three metric learning systems are built and compared in a one-shot speaker verification task using contrastive max-margin loss, triplet loss, and quadruplet loss. For all the models, spectrograms are created from speaker audio. Convolutional Neural Network embedding layers are trained to produce compact voiceprints that allow users to be distinguished using distance calculations. Performances of the three models were similar, but the model with the best EER …
Pokégan: P2p (Pet To Pokémon) Stylizer, Michael B. Hedge, Morgan Nelson, Thomas Pengilly, Michael Weatherford
Pokégan: P2p (Pet To Pokémon) Stylizer, Michael B. Hedge, Morgan Nelson, Thomas Pengilly, Michael Weatherford
SMU Data Science Review
This paper covers the development, testing, and implementation of an automatic framework for converting common images of pets into a Pokémon cartoon with the style of a Pokémon trading card. The technique will first implement object detection for common animals to facilitate image segmentation and apply the appropriate style transfer model to ensure the most aesthetic stylization. It explores various methods to address artifacts in the results of common neural style transfer techniques using Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs). This research sets up a framework to create an app that converts user-submitted pet pictures to Pokémon styled images using the most …
Machine Learning Approach To Distinguish Ulcerative Colitis And Crohn’S Disease Using Smote (Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique) Methods, Kris Ghimire, Walter Lai, Yasser Omar, Thad Schwebke, Jamie Vo
Machine Learning Approach To Distinguish Ulcerative Colitis And Crohn’S Disease Using Smote (Synthetic Minority Oversampling Technique) Methods, Kris Ghimire, Walter Lai, Yasser Omar, Thad Schwebke, Jamie Vo
SMU Data Science Review
Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) affects a sizable portion of the US population, causing symptoms such as vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Despite the disease’s prevalence, the precise cause is not fully understood. This study consists of endoscopic and histological data from patients diagnosed with IBD and a control population for reference. The machine learning models' focus is to classify patients into IBD types. Several models were analyzed, including decision trees, logistic regression, and k-nearest neighbors. In addition, various methods of SMOTE were applied to determine the most effective transformation and ensuring that the dataset is balanced. The best model with …