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  • Exploration of regression models for cancer noncoding mutation recurrence

    Creator:
    Xu, Tanjin
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    An important impact of the genome technology revolution will be the elucidation of mechanisms of cancer pathogenesis, leading to improvements in the diagnosis of cancer and the selection of cancer treatment. Integrated with current well-studied massive knowledge and findings about the role of protein-coding mutations in cancer, demystifying the functional...
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    for Cancer Noncoding Mutation Recurrence Abstract approved: Stephen A. Ramsey An important impact

  • On asymmetric error-correcting codes

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    Cunningham, Robert Stephen
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    Historically, coding theory has dealt with binary codes correcting symmetric errors, in which errors are made in both 0 and 1 bits with equal likelihood. Within the past ten years, some study has been made of asymmetric codes, under the assumption that the only errors which occur are errors in...
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    THESIS OF Robert Stephen Cunningham for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science presented

  • A Formal Foundation for Variational Programming Using the Choice Calculus

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    Hubbard, Spencer
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    In this thesis, we present semantic equivalence rules for an extension of the choice calculus and sound operations for an implementation of variational lists. The choice calculus is a calculus for describing variation and the formula choice calculus is an extension with formulas. We prove semantic equivalence rules for the...
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    Coq proof assistant. c© Copyright by Spencer Hubbard June 1, 2016 All Rights Reserved A Formal

  • Visualization and analysis of sensor data for detecting microclimate cold air pools

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    Singh, Satpreet Harcharan
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    Cold air pools are spatiotemporal phenomena that occur when cold air from higher elevations roll down the slope to accumulate in lower elevations. Behaviors like this lead to microclimate anomalies such as the city of Corvallis (Oregon) experiencing persistent cold weather even on a sunny day. We analyze multivariate temperature...
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    studies to assess their performance under different microclimatic and sensor-performance conditions. c

  • Machine Learning Methods for the Discovery and Analysis of MicroRNAs

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    Bell, Jimmy D.
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    MicroRNAs are a highly conserved class of small endogenous RNA, about ~22nt in length, involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing and have prominent roles in disease and development. Though the process of microRNA discovery was once an arduous task, the advent of high throughput sequencing technology has resulted in novel microRNAs...
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    -7-Novel2 and fca-let-7-Novel3 (Figure 2.18a). The predicted novel miRs (Figure 2.18b-c) have

  • Causal Structure Learning from Experiments and Observations

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    Sinha, Meghamala
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    In this research, we address the problem of learning a single causal network structure from multiple dataset generated from different experiments. The experiments can be observational or interventional. We assume that each dataset is generated by an unknown causal network altered under different experimental conditions (interventions, manipulation or perturbation). As...
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    interventions. c©Copyright by Meghamala Sinha March 22, 2019 All Rights Reserved Causal Structure

  • The ChildsPlay Approach: Evaluating an Experimental Approach for Teaching Introductory CS at University

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    Nelson, Aiden J.
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    University students first learning about computer science (CS) can be intimidated and frustrated by programming. In addition, the general-purpose programming languages chosen for introducing students to programming contain several features that have the potential to overwhelm and distract them from focused curriculum topics, which can lead to reduced retention of...
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    programming) better prepare students for the subsequent C++ classes than the traditional approach

  • A comparison of box-cox and additive exponential models to estimate the depreciation of farm machinery

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    Wu, Jing
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    Farm machinery continues to increase in its importance to the agricultural sector. Depreciation, the decline in value of a durable asset over time, represents one of the largest costs of agricultural production. The general objectives of this study were to update and expand the number of Remaining Value (RV) functions...
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    the depreciation patterns for Box-Cox (B-C) and Additive- Exponential (A-E) functional forms; and

  • Object detection in biological images using a search-based framework

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    Lam, Michael
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    This thesis addresses a basic problem in computer vision, that of semantic labeling of images. Our work is aimed at object detection in biological images for evolutionary biology research. In particular, our goal is to detect nematocysts in Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) images. This biological domain presents challenges for existing...
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    candidate labelings, and then applies a cost function (C) to select the best- scoring prediction among the

  • Engineering Student Perspectives of a New Required Programming Course

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    Garcia Ramirez, Jessica
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    We present student perceptions of a new first-year engineering programming class that was designed by informed research practices. While the College of Engineering at Oregon State University saw a lot of major switching in the first year, there were not many students switching into computer science (CS). This could have...
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    program in a general-purpose language, such as Python or C++. Past research found that prior programming