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  • Unoccupied aircraft systems in forest monitoring applications

    Creator:
    Barker, Matthew I.
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    In recent years, unoccupied aircraft systems (UAS) have become increasingly affordable and straightforward to incorporate in monitoring applications of forested ecosystems. This shift has facilitated interest in using these tools to monitor aspects of forest ecosystems including vegetation health, forest structure and composition, and potential habitat provided by these systems....
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    reduced MAE of water bath temperatures from 1.62 to 0.35 C (p < 0.001, β0 = 2.98 and β1 = 0.92, R 2

  • From work-first to learn first : navigating educational choices among TANF recipients through the lens of possible selves and stigma

    Creator:
    Jones, Terese D.
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    Individuals who are parents and students on TANF experience challenges accessing and persisting in higher education. This study explored the experiences of TANF recipients who are navigating a return to higher education and the impact of college on how they construct a future self. Two theoretical frameworks were used to...
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    ) requirements to receive state block grants to fund TANF (see p. 21 for further description), states are

  • Learning-based Techniques for Fast and Robust Motion Planning

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    Chow, Scott
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    Motion planning is a cornerstone of autonomous robots, enabling robots to safely and efficiently perform tasks such as package delivery, infrastructure inspection, and manipulation. However, as the field of robotics matures, robotic systems are being developed that (1) are challenging to analytically model, (2) require computationally expensive model-based controllers, and...
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Scott Chow

  • Determination of magnetoelastic parameters in magnetic thin films from FMR spectra

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    Masood, Khalid I.
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    The ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) phenomenon serves as a sensitive probe of the effective internal fields in a magnetic material. FMR spectroscopy has consequently become a well-established technique, extensively employed in assessing material properties such as magnetic anisotropy, Landé g-factor, damping parameter, and the magnetoelastic constants of magnetic materials. Determining these...
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  • Supporting merge comprehension when resolving merge conflicts

    Creator:
    Nelson, Nicholas
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    Distributed version control allows developers to manage software evolution among distributed development teams. But it does not eliminate all consistency and concurrency issues, and instead introduces additional complexity when merging code. And resolving merge conflicts is nontrivial when automated merging fails. In such cases, developers are forced to inspect the...
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  • Work Experience and Improvement Behavior: A Preliminary Study

    Creator:
    Azhar, Mina
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    Improvement behaviors, specifically double loop, have been linked to successful lean implementations. Although the lean literature supports individual cognitive transformation to double loop learning as an important element of lean success, there remains a strategic methodology to achieve sustainable double loop behavior. Perceptions toward behavior and employee satisfaction have been...
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  • Host-Induced Gene Silencing in Black Cottonwood for Control of Septoria Canker: Efficacy and Non-Target Impacts

    Creator:
    Gordon, Michael I.
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    Septoria canker remains the most important disease of poplars in intensively managed forest plantations. Genetic resistance has long been considered the best way to manage for this disease. Transgenic resistance mediated by RNA silencing against pathogens and pests (HIGS: host-induced gene silencing) has shown promise in other pathosystems but has...
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    historical distribution that is sympatric with its primary co-evolved host eastern cottonwood (P. deltoides

  • A Corpus Linguistic Analysis of Tabletop Role-Playing Game Blogging

    Creator:
    James, R. Paul
    Abstract:
    Tabletop role-playing games (TRPG) such as Dungeons & Dragons™ are widely known and enjoyed by diverse individuals across the world. However, TRPGs and their players historically have experienced significant stigmatization due to the misconception by some that fantasy role play leads to psychological dysfunction. While a large body of research...
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    , p. 5) to turn those worlds into a playground for their imaginations. Described by the New York

  • The treatment of criminal recidivism : corpus-based analyses

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    Texidor Maldonado, Carlos Obed
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    The dehumanization of Black, Indigenous, people of color (BIPOC) and marginalized communities does not end once an individual is released from an institution. The dehumanization process is kept alive with ineffective community supervision and the stigma associated with an individual’s incarnation history. Evidence of this continual dehumanization process is reflected...
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    the rate of non-Hispanic White males” (Enders et al., 2018, p. 366). The incarceration and

  • Influence of Novel Ocean Conditions on Life History Characteristics of a Nearshore Rockfish with Implications for Population Assessment and Management

    Creator:
    Rosemond, Rebecca C.
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    The California Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME), located on the eastern boundary of the North Pacific Ocean, is highly dynamic, with variable conditions driven by seasonal upwelling, regional oceanography, and broad scale climate patterns. In the last decade, the northeast Pacific Ocean has experienced several marine heatwaves (MHWs), prolonged periods...
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    : ____________________________________________________ Scott A. Heppell The California Current Large Marine Ecosystem (CCLME), located on the