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Using Novelty Seeking Reward Evolution Strategies to Train Generative Adversarial Networks
(2018-12-14)Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) are a subclass of deep generative models that aim to implicitly learn to model a data distribution. While GANs have gained wide research attention, and achieved much success, when ... -
Using Radiosonde Observations to Assess The 'Three-Ingredients' Method to Forecast QLCS Mesovortices
(2022-08)Quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) mesovortices have a propensity to produce impactful severe weather outcomes, including tornadoes and enhanced straight-line wind damage. Despite advances in understanding the origins ... -
Using Techno-Economic Assessments to Determine the Degree of Centralization in Municipal Wastewater Infrastructure in the Context of Urban Environments
(2019-12-13)Rapid urbanization, aging infrastructure, high energy demand, and water scarcity challenge the strong reliance and sustainability of centralized municipal wastewater infrastructure. On the other hand, decentralized ... -
USING THE INTEGRATIVE MODEL TO PREDICT INITIATION OR MAINTENANCE OF RECOMMENDED SLEEP BEHAVIOR IN COLLEGE STUDENTS
(2017-05-12)Introduction: Sleep deprivation is a serious public health concern in the United States that often goes unnoticed, particularly among college students and young adults. Government initiatives such as Healthy People 2020 ... -
Using the Integrative Model to Predict Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Adults Attempting Weight Loss in Southern Oklahoma
(2016-05-14)Adult obesity is a serious problem in the United States as approximately 68.5% of adults are overweight or obese. Obesity is caused by many factors including lifestyle behaviors, psychological and physiological circumstances, ... -
USING THE INTEGRATIVE MODEL TO PREDICT VEGETABLE SUBGROUP CONSUMPTION AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS
(2016)Although eating the recommended amount of vegetables is associated with many health benefits, vegetable consumption is low among college students in the United States. “Vegetable consumption” is a behavioral category, ... -
Using the Travel Cost Method to Value Environmental Education in the State of Oklahoma
(2020-05-08)As a society, an integral part of improving environmental stewardship is accomplished through environmental education and training. Although public and private entities supported by grants and public funding provide a range ... -
Using TikTok as a Reflective Teaching Tool
(2023-05)The purpose of this paper is to better understand the current reflective teaching practices of in-service teachers and to determine whether TikTok may be an effective and sustainable reflective teaching tool. There has ... -
Using video games in the secondary English classroom for the teaching of writing and rhetorical skills
(2021)English Language Arts (ELA) teachers are searching for new and novel ways to engage students in classroom activities involving reading and learning reading/writing-related skills, such as rhetoric or the use of literary ... -
Using Young Adult Literature as the Cornerstone of Literacy: Pairing Young Adult Novels with the Classics
(2016-05-13)English classes are still relying on novels taught consistently since the eighties if not earlier. Though our students have changed drastically since that time, our teaching methods and texts have not. And now, only 20% ... -
UTILIZING A SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH FRAMEWORK TO ELICIT AFRICAN AMERICAN’S PERCEIVED CONTROL BELIEFS ABOUT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2018-08-02)African Americans’ Perceived Behavior Control (PBC) beliefs about physical activity were evaluated utilizing the Healthy People 2020 (HP2020) Social Determinants of Health (SDoH) framework. Thirty one-on-one semi-structured ... -
Utilizing Flow Perfusion Bioreactor Systems as Novel Platforms for Cancer Research
(2023-08-04)Cancer remains a leading cause of death worldwide, with no signs of slowing down. In 2023 alone, the projected number of deaths from cancer is 600,000, with projected incidences at almost 2 million. Mortality rates have ... -
Validation of Portable Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence (PHXRF) on Stabilized Subgrade Projects for Construction Quality Control and Geotechnical Forensic Investigations
(2016-05-13)Problematic subgrade soils are often strengthened through pozzolanic reactions and/or cementing using various types of chemical stabilizers, such as lime, cement kiln dust, and fly ash. The amount of stabilizer needed for ... -
Vapor-Phase Adsorptive Separation of Bio-Oil Components Using Activated Carbon
(2018-12)Biofuels processes involve the upgrading of components produced by fractionation of cell wall biopolymers. However, the fractionation is not selective to high-value components, and separation is necessary. The use of ... -
VariantFlow: Interactive Storyline Visualization Using Force Directed Layout
(2016-08-12)The study of literature is changing dramatically by incorporating new opportu- nities that digital technology presents. Data visualization overturns the dynamic for literary analysis by revealing and displaying connections ... -
Variation in time averaging and taphonomic character of shell beds in Lake Tanganyika, Africa: Paleoenvironmental and stratigraphic implications of shell beds in rift lakes
(2018-05-11)Large regions of the littoral lake bottom along structural platforms in Lake Tanganyika, Africa, are carpeted with shell beds of late Holocene age. The viviparous gastropod Neothauma tanganyicense (Neothauma) is the lead ... -
A Ventilation Analysis of Bruce Goff's Bavinger House
(2019-05-10)Bruce Goff’s Bavinger house was deemed a peculiar marvel during its early years after construction. Originally completed in 1955, the architectural style was considered far outside the box, unorthodox and unconventional. ... -
Verification of 10-Meter Wind Forecasts from NSSL-WRF in Predicting Severe Wind-Producing MCSs
(2016-12-16)Predicting convective winds associated with mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) remains a major challenge for operational severe weather forecasters. To assess the performance of the Weather Research and Forecasting Model ... -
Verification of the Tornado and Lightning Plumes and Evaluation of a New Kernel for the Tornado and Lightning Plumes
(2020-07-30)Though tornado forecasts have been of interest much longer, the National Weather Service (NWS) has been issuing tornado alerts and warnings for more than 50 years. On 1 October 2007, the NWS began issuing storm-based ... -
A Verilog Implementation of Weighted Sum Multiobjective Optimization for use in Cognitive Radar
(2021-12-17)As wireless technologies continue to become more ubiquitous in a variety of different applications, the electromagnetic spectrum will become increasingly saturated. Billions of wireless devices that utilize the spectrum ...