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Real-Time Gesture Recognition with Mini Drones
(2018-12-14)
Drones are being used worldwide to perform many functions - medical deliveries, video recording, and surveying to name a few. Their growing presence is paralleled by the growing world of Machine Learning (ML). This thesis ...
Climate Change Drives Divergent Outcomes for Stream Fishes in the Red River
(2018-12-14)
Climate change is expected to alter the distributions of stream fishes in ecosystems around the world, but climate projections vary widely among competing climate models. Conservation practitioners face the challenge of ...
New Insights Into Tenontosaurus tilletti (Dinosauria: Ornithopoda) From an Exceptionally Preserved Specimen
(2018-05)
Tenontosaurus tilletti Ostrom, 1970 is one of the most completely known Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian) dinosaurs, represented by more than thirty partial skeletons. Even so, some questions remain about the morphology of ...
Loosening the Emotions that Bind - Mindfulness and Ethical Decision Making
(2018-07-24)
Research has shown that negative emotions can influence the decision-making process and contribute to unethical behavior. It was hypothesized that mindfulness would decrease negative emotions and reduce their impact in the ...
The Soviet Sphere of Influence in the German Democratic Republic, 1945-1956
(2018-12)
In this thesis, I investigate the large impact that Soviet occupation had on what was originally the Eastern Zone of Germany, and eventually, the German Democratic Republic. Given the number of individuals in leadership ...
Design of a novel bioreactor for rotator cuff tendon tissue engineering
(2018)
Rotator cuff tears are a common cause of pain and disability due to injury and degradation of rotator cuff tendons. More than 250,000 patients require surgery each year, a majority of whom are over the age of 40. The current ...
Not My Mascot: Prejudice and Native American Mascots on Stereotype Activation and Attitudes Towards Native Americans
(2018)
There is an ongoing controversy based on the possible negative outcomes of using Native American mascots as symbols for sport teams. The present research examines the effect of using Native American (NA) sports mascots on ...
HYDRAULIC FORCE MODELING FOR RADIAL JET DRILLING
(2018)
Radial jet drilling (RJD) is a proven stimulation method to increase reservoir contact quickly and affordably while utilizing existing infrastructure and wellbores. RJD exploits a niche within the industry by targeting ...
PREDICTION OF EARLY STAGE LUNG CANCER PROGNOSIS AFTER SURGERY USING A NEW CAD-GENERATED IMAGING MARKER
(2018-05-11)
Due to cancer heterogeneity, identifying new clinical markers to more effectively predict prognosis of cancer patients plays an important role to improve efficacy of cancer treatment. Objective of this study is to develop ...
Observing system simulation experiment studies on the use of small UAV for boundary-layer sampling
(2018)
A long-desired component to the U.S. operational observing systems is the capability to measure vertical profiles of wind, temperature and moisture in the lower troposphere at high spatial and temporal resolution. This ...