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Characterizing Inoculum Density and Plant Phenotypic Variation at High Spatial Resolution
(2022-04-19)
Agroecosystems, even when crops are planted in monoculture, are complex and characterized by heterogeneity. Disease incidence and inoculum density vary across space and time, but explanation for this variation enhances ...
Impact Metrics for Residential HVAC Systems using Cloud-Based Smart Thermostat Data
(2022-04-20)
The aggregation of data from connected smart thermostats installed in a huge number of residential buildings has expedited the remote detection and diagnosis of faults in Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) ...
Development of a Measure for Prediction of Compliance in Adolescent Orthodontic Patients: An Examination of Oral Hygiene Compliance During Orthodontic Treatment
(2022-04-19)
Background and Objective:
The importance of patient compliance on the outcome of orthodontic treatment is well established. Unfortunately, despite the crucial role it plays, providers lack an instrument to assist in ...
Smoothing Income or Not? Households’ Payment Choice Between Credit and Debit at Point-of-Sale
(2022-03-17)
A basic element of consumer behavior can be observed through shopping trips. Today’s consumers have access to different monetary instruments to pay for goods and services. In the U.S., debit cards and credit cards are the ...
Simple Depictions, Complex Memories: Contextualizing Postwar Portrayals of Sexual Violence in the Holocaust
(2022-04-14)
In 1943, the New York Times ran an article titled “93 Choose Suicide Before Nazi Shame.” The article described the story of ninety-three Bais Yaakov girls, Orthodox schoolgirls, in a Polish ghetto who committed suicide to ...
Servant Leadership and Faith-Based Organizations: Exploring Follower and Leader Perceptions
(2022-04-11)
Effective leadership is vital to the function and success of any organization. This simple reality has prompted copious research into the subject of leadership and its practice in organizational contexts. In 1977, Robert ...
High-Aspect-Ratio Three-Dimensional Polymer and Metallic Microstructures using Two-Photon Polymerization
(2022-04-21)
Achieving small feature microelectromechanical system (MEMS) fabrications is currently very challenging when the 3D microstructure is not feasibly compatible with conventional 2D lithography workflow. Here, we present a ...
Advancing Regulatory Decision Making of UVCB Substances Through Novel Analytical Techniques
(2022-03-14)
Substances of unknown and variable composition, complex reaction product and biological material (UVCB) are one of the most challenging areas in regulatory science and risk assessment. The obscured compositional characterization ...
Improving Static Analysis for Software Security at Compile-time and Runtime
(2022-04-11)
Software security is a crucial factor in software development and maintenance. Static analysis approaches can help secure software in different ways. First, it can help identify vulnerabilities ahead-of run. For example, ...
Modeling and Analysis of Hydraulic Fracture Skin and Its Control on Shale Gas Production From Horizontal Wells
(2022-04-13)
It is widely recognized that hydraulic fracturing creates a region of altered permeability near the fracture/matrix interface. Although we have a limited understanding, it is believed this region plays an important role ...