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Space-time forecasting and evaluation of wind speed with statistical tests for comparing accuracy of spatial predictions
(2010-10-12)
High-quality short-term forecasts of wind speed are vital to making wind power a
more reliable energy source. Gneiting et al. (2006) have introduced a model for the average
wind speed two hours ahead based on both spatial ...
Incidental Noticing and EFL Students’ Subsequent Second Language Learning in Synchronous Text-based Discussion: An Investigation of Both NES-NNES and NNES-NNES Dyads
(2010-10-12)
This dissertation investigated Taiwanese English as Foreign Language (EFL)
learners' incidental noticing and their subsequent language learning in relation to learner
proficiency level and dyadic type in a text-based ...
The Effect of Environmental Contaminants on Mating Dynamics and Population Viability in a Sex-Role-Reversed Pipefish
(2010-07-14)
Understanding how anthropogenic activity impacts the health and viability of wildlife
populations is one of the most important tasks of environmental biology. A key concern
related to bi-products of human activity is the ...
A Concurrency and Time Centered Framework for Certification of Autonomous Space Systems
(2010-07-14)
Future space missions, such as Mars Science Laboratory, suggest the engineering of some of the most complex man-rated autonomous software systems. The present process-oriented certification methodologies are becoming ...
Fractional Snow-Cover Mapping Through Artificial Neural Network Analysis of MODIS Surface Reflectance.
(2010-07-14)
Accurate areal measurements of snow-cover extent are important for hydrological and climate modeling. The traditional method of mapping snow cover is binary where a pixel is approximated to either snow-covered or snow-free. ...
Automation of the Laguerre Expansion Technique for Analysis of Time-resolved Fluorescence Spectroscopy Data
(2010-07-14)
Time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy (TRFS) is a powerful analytical tool for quantifying the biochemical composition of organic and inorganic materials. The potentials of TRFS as nondestructive clinical tool for tissue ...
Measurement of Water Vapor Concentration using Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy
(2010-07-14)
Tunable diode laser spectroscopy and the Beer-Lambert relation has been used to measure the absorption of water vapor both in an absorption cell and in a shock tube. The purpose of this thesis is to develop a laser diagnostic ...
Visualization of Ant Pheromone Based Path Following
(2010-07-14)
This thesis develops a simulation and visualization of a path finding algorithm based on
ant pheromone paths created in 3D space. The simulation is useful as a demonstration of
a heuristic approach to NP-complete problems ...
Growing Minds: The Relationship Between Parental Attitudes About Children Spending Time Outdoors And Their Children's Overall Health
(2010-07-14)
The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between the attitudes of parents toward outdoor environments and their children spending time outdoors, and how these attitudes related to their children's ...
Sequential Monte Carlo Methods With Applications To Communication Channels
(2010-07-14)
Estimating the state of a system from noisy measurements is a problem which arises in a variety of scientific and industrial areas which include signal processing,
communications, statistics and econometrics. Recursive ...