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Essays on Environmental and Agricultural Economics
(2022-04-19)
Evaluating the impacts of outcomes by governments, firms, and individuals is a pivotal component of economic analysis. In this dissertation, I apply ex-ante and ex-post techniques to analyze topics surrounding pollution ...
Deep Semi-Supervised and Multi-Stage Learning for Medical Applications
(2022-01-06)
Machine learning techniques are widely used to build models for applications in healthcare. These models typically predict likelihood of a particular patient outcome in a given setting. For clinical utility, these models ...
Fused-Ring Heterocyclic Aromatic Compounds
(2022-03-16)
Fused-ring heterocyclic aromatic compounds represent an intriguing family of organic π-systems for fundamental chemistry and practical properties. The term “hetero-” indicates the presence of heteroatoms in the aromatic ...
Gene Editing in Rice and Peanut: Multiplex Editing, Protoplast Validation, and Prime Editing
(2022-04-19)
CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful and versatile genome-editing tool for introducing genetic changes for studying gene expression and improving crops, including rice (Oryza sativa L.) and peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.). Resistant ...
Functional Data Analysis and Applications on Paired Functional Data and Density Functions
(2022-04-27)
A reduced-rank mixed effects model is developed for robust modeling of paired observed func-tional data. In this model, the curves for each functional variable are summarized using a few functional principal components, ...
Investigation of The Effects of Electrowetting and Temperature on Interfacial Mechanics between Human Finger Skin Corneocyte and Nanoasperities
(2022-04-21)
A large subset of haptic surfaces employs electro-adhesion to modulate both adhesion and friction at a sliding finger interface. The current theory of electro-adhesion assumes that the applied electric field pulls the skin ...
Phenomic and Genomic Approaches to Understand Photoperiod Associated Flowering, Plant Height and Yield in Southern Maize (Zea Mays L.)
(2022-04-05)
Tropical maize germplasm holds a wealth of diversity that could be used for crop improvement. Phenomic and genomic tools can help characterize phenotypes associated with both crop improvement as demonstrated here. Phenomics ...
Geopolymer Treatment for Stabilization of Problematic Geomaterials
(2022-04-18)
Soil stabilization is often employed to enhance natural soils’ geotechnical properties. Due to the environmental impacts of commonly used calcium-based stabilizers, eco-friendly and sustainable additives such as biopolymers, ...
A Coupled Initialization Strategy to Represent Historical Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Decadal Variation and Prediction
(2022-04-14)
Decadal variations of the Atlantic meridional overturning circulation (AMOC) play a key role in decadal climate predictions. Previous studies suggest that forced ocean — sea-ice (FOSI) model simulations, which can represent ...
Design and Evaluation of a Robotic Weeding Platform and Metal Brush Actuators
(2022-01-11)
As the demand for organic food grows, the concern of herbicides usage rises, and the herbicide-resistant weed surges. Compared to chemical, mechanical weed control has become a favorite in agricultural production. Precision ...