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  • The role of innate immunity in cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

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    Poole, Angela Z.
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    Cnidarians, such as corals and sea anemones serve as hosts to a variety of organisms including symbiotic dinoflagellates, bacteria, virus, and apicomplexans. As corals are vital to the health and productivity of the reef ecosystem it is important to understand how these organisms interact with each component of the holobiont....
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Angela Z. Poole for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • Computing entropy for Z²-actions

    Creator:
    Pierce, Larry A.
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    For a certain class of Z²-actions, we provide a proof of a conjecture that the ratio of the Perron eigenvalues of the transfer matrices of the free boundary restrictions converge to the entropy of that action. Also, a novel method for computing the entropy of Z²-actions is conjectured.
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    for computing the entropy of Z 2-actions is conjectured. Computing Entropy for Z2-actions by

  • Error control techniques for the Z-channel

    Creator:
    Oprisan, Paul
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    The asymmetric nature of bit errors in several practical applications provides grounds for efficient error control techniques. The Z-channel model and special classes of codes like asymmetric error detection codes and t-asymmetric error correcting/d-asymmetric error detecting codes can be successfully used in ARQ protocols for feedback error control enhancement. This...
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    Control Techniaues for the Z-channel Abstract approved: Bella Bose The asymmetric nature of bit errors

  • Calculation of Z-center energy levels

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    Johnson, Wilbur Vance
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    Calculation of Z-center energy levels CALCULATION OF Z

  • Improving the post-thaw processing of cryopreserved red blood cells using a combined approach of mathematical modeling and microfluidics

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    Lusianti, Ratih E.
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    This study lays the groundwork on potential techniques that could be employed to improve the post-thaw wash processing of cryopreserved human red blood cells. Transfusion of red blood cells is one of the most commonly practiced procedures in clinical medicine. Millions of red blood cell units are transfused to patients...
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    . Abstract approved: ____________________________________________________ Adam Z. Higgins This

  • The higher classification of the Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea)

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    Warren, Andrew D.
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    A comprehensive tribal-level classification for the world's subfamilies of Hesperiidae, the skipper butterflies, is proposed for the first time. Phylogenetic relationships between tribes and subfamilies are inferred using DNA sequence data from three gene regions: 943 bp of cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COI) (in the mitochondrial genome), 739 bp of...
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    Classification of the Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea) Abstract approved: Andrew V. Z. Brower A

  • Biogeochemical Processing of Freshwater Carbon in the Anthropocene

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    Buser, Jessica Z.
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    Freshwater systems cycle carbon along a spatial and temporal biogeochemical continuum, across which ecosystem processes contribute to transformations of organic matter (OM). Various ecological constraints impact rates OM transformation and production and consumption of the energetic end of respiration, methane. Microbiological processing and complete reduction of carbon substrates to methane...
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    Differential gene abundances ............................................... 141 39. CRD2.SF.2 Z-score of

  • Convergence Analysis Framework for Fixed-Point Algorithms in Machine Learning and Signal Processing

    Creator:
    Vu, Trung
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    Iterative algorithms are simple yet efficient in solving large-scale optimization problems in practice. With a surge in the amount of data in past decades, these methods have become increasingly important in many application areas including matrix/tensor recovery, deep learning, data mining, and reinforcement learning. To optimize or improve iterative algorithms,...
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    ratings in question marks. ported in Ω, i.e., [PΩ(Z)]ij =  Zij if (i, j) ∈ Ω, 0 otherwise

  • Multiple Instance Multiple Label Learning with Limited Supervision

    Creator:
    Nguyen, Tam
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    In weak supervision learning, label information can be provided at different levels of granularity. For example, in multi-instance multi-label learning, samples are organized into bags and labels for each class are provided at the bag level. For small datasets, this approach offers means of reducing the labeling efforts. However, in...
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    instance and class to label. (c3) Each query selects one instance, and then select which class to label

  • Rationalization and innovative design of asymmetric organocatalysts through computational investigation

    Creator:
    Johnston, Ryne Connell
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    My work on computing complex catalyzed organic transformations reveals that only a few subtle chemical factors, e.g. non-classical hydrogen bonding, (hyper)conjugation and steric effects, common across different catalyst manifolds are critical for catalysis and selectivity. Rational manipulation and exploitation of these factors has led to improved catalyst designs, which has...
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    ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Ryne Connell Johnston for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in