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Machine-Learning Algorithms for Multispectral Autofluorescence Lifetime Imaging (maFLIM) Based Detection of Oral and Skin Cancer Lesions
(2022-04-20)
Accurate early diagnosis of malignant skin lesions is critical in providing adequate and timely treatment. Unfortunately, initial clinical evaluation of similarly looking benign and malignant skin lesions can result in ...
Improving Native Prairie Restoration Modeling for Flood Reduction Using Pedotransfer Functions
(2022-01-21)
Prairie restoration is widely viewed as beneficial because it can restore natural ecological and hydrologic function. Modeling of prairie restoration is essential to quantify the benefits of prairie lands. The accurate ...
Assessing Mutualisms and Population Genetics in an Invasive Ant and Aphid
(2022-01-31)
When invasive species arrive to new locations, they do not arrive alone. Invasive species come with a symbiotic entourage and can establish new interactions involving both microscopic and macroscopic organisms in their ...
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 ...