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Design and analysis of a nuclear reactor core for innovative small light water reactors

Creator:: Soldatov, Alexey I.
Abstract:: In order to address the energy needs of developing countries and remote communities, Oregon State University has proposed the Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor (MASLWR) design. In order to achieve five years of operation without refueling, use of 8% enriched fuel is necessary. This dissertation is focused on core design...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: SMALL LIGHT WATER REACTORS. By Alexey I. Soldatov A DISSERTATION Submitted to Oregon

Plutonium Recycling via Iterative Mixed-Oxide Fuel Reprocessing

Creator:: Perlin, Michael A.
Abstract:: Poster presented at Idaho National Laboratory for the 2014 Fuel Cycle Technologies Annual Review Meeting.
Resource Type:: Poster
Full Text:: Michael A. Perlin, Dr. Alexey I. Soldatov Oregon State University, Department of Nuclear Engineering and

Thermal hydraulic and fuel performance analysis for innovative small light water reactor using VIPRE-01 and FRAPCON-3

Creator:: Mai, Anh T.
Abstract:: The Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor (MASLWR) is a small natural circulation pressurized light water reactor design that was developed by Oregon State University (OSU) and Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) under the Nuclear Energy Research Initiative (NERI) program to address the growing demand for energy and electricity....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: encouragement and advice that Dr. Woods has given me. I would like to thank Dr. Alexey Soldatov for all

Medical radionuclides and their impurities in wastewater

Creator:: Hay, Tristan Ryan
Abstract:: NCRP report No.160 states that medical exposure increased to nearly half of the total radiation exposure of the U.S. population from all sources in 2006 (NCRP 2009). Part of this increase in exposure is due to the rise in nuclear medicine procedures. With this observed growth in medical radionuclide usage,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: common radiopharmaceuticals, including Tc-99m and I-131, and locate and quantify levels of these

An analysis of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant Radiological Environmental Monitoring Program sampling results from the Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, dairy herd milk, post-Fukushima

Creator:: Treinen, Richard M.
Abstract:: This study focuses on iodine-131 detected in milk samples from the Dairy Science Unit at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, California following events at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant in March of 2011. The samples were collected as part of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant (DCPP) Radiological Environmental...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Physics Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my thesis will become part of the permanent

Feasibility study on a soluble boron-free small modular reactor

Creator:: Mart, Justin R.
Abstract:: The elimination of soluble boron creates several advantages for Small Modular Reactor (SMR) operation. Most of these advantages are realized through significant core simplification (removal of pipes, pumping, and purification systems), the removal of the corrosive effects of soluble boron, and from improved safety effects. However, removing soluble boron creates...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Dr. Alexey Soldatov for his specific help in navigating and analyzing the reactor analysis software

Galvanostatic control of ion selective electrodes with the solvent polymeric membrane

Creator:: Perera, Hasini R.
Abstract:: Detection technique that proposed utilizing electrochemically controlled, reversible ion extraction into polymeric membrane in an alternating galvanostatic/ potentiostatic mode was introduced. This method is studied in detail to comprehend the advantages of the novel sensor (pulstrode) compared to the potentiometric ion selective electrode (ISE), studies included possible applications and limitations....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: : Alexey Y. Shvarev Detection technique that proposed utilizing electrochemically controlled, reversible

Polyion sensors based on induced ion extraction

Creator:: Fordyce, Katherine
Abstract:: A novel method for detecting the peptidase activity of clinically relevant peptidases was investigated using solid-contact electrochemical polyion sensors under chronopotentiometric control. Complete instrumental control over ion-extraction was accomplished by incorporating a lipophilic electrolyte into the ion-selective membrane; the sensors had no intrinsic ion-exchange capabilities. The sensors were used to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: approved: Alexey Y. Shvarev A novel method for detecting the peptidase activity

Implementing a Run-time Library for a Parallel MATLAB Compiler

Creator:: Malishevsky, Alexey
Abstract:: Programming parallel machines has been a difficult and unrewarding task. The short lifespan of parallel machines and their incompatibility have made it difficult to utilize them. Our goal here is to create an environment for parallel computing which allows users to take advantage of parallel computers without writing parallel programs....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Alexey Malishevsky Major Professor: Dr. Michael J. Quinn A Research Paper submitted to Oregon State

Test case prioritization

Creator:: Malishevsky, Alexey Grigorievich
Abstract:: Regression testing is an expensive software engineering activity intended to provide confidence that modifications to a software system have not introduced faults. Test case prioritization techniques help to reduce regression testing cost by ordering test cases in a way that better achieves testing objectives. In this thesis, we are interested...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF Alexey Grigorievich

Right as rain? The value of water in Willamette Valley agriculture

Creator:: Kalinin, Alexey V.
Abstract:: Signs of climate change across the Pacific Northwest indicate changing patterns of timing and availability of stream flow. Declining summer low flows, decreasing snow pack, higher temperatures and an increasing fraction of mountain precipitation falling as rain, raise concerns about future reliability of stream flows. These changes will likely affect...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Alexey V. Kalinin, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my appreciation to

Catalytic desymmetrization of D₂d̳-symmertic proprochiral tetrasubstituted biphenyl compounds: a novel approach to the synthesis of axially chiral C₂-symmetric molecules

Creator:: Gunderson, Jeremey Tyson
Abstract:: Many D2d-symmetric 2,2',6,6'-tetrasubstituted biphenyls are readily prepared via net oxidative dimerization of appropriate 1,3-disubstituted benzenes. Conversion of such proprochiral compounds to useful C2-symmetric chiral biphenyls requires formal replacement of two substituents on opposing aryl ring units with alternate groups. This under exploited desymmetrization tactic has been demonstrated for the generation...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Total synthesis of sparteine alkaloids from a common tetraoxobispidine intermediate

Creator:: Melbardis, John
Abstract:: In previous work (Blakemore et al. Org. Lett. 2005, 7, 4721; Heterocycles 2006, 70, 609), successful elaborations of the lupine alkaloids (±)-α-isosparteine (dl-2) and (±)-β-isosparteine (dl-3) were realized from a common tetraoxobispidine precursor, 3,7-diallyl -2,4,6,8-tetraoxo-3,7-diazabicyclo[3.3.1]nonane (93). Herein, the tetraoxobispidine approach to lupine alkaloids was extended to a total synthesis of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Genomic Investigations of Diversity within the Milkweed Genus Asclepias, at Multiple Scales

Creator:: Weitemier, Kevin A.
Abstract:: At a time when the biodiversity on Earth is being rapidly lost, new technologies and methods in genomic analysis are fortunately allowing scientists to catalog and explore the diversity that remains more efficiently and precisely. The studies in this dissertation investigate genomic diversity within the milkweed genus, Asclepias, at multiple...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Applications of Holographic Optical Tweezers: Multiplexed Fluorescence Spectroscopy and the Micromechanics of Type-I Collagen

Creator:: Cibula, Matthew A.
Abstract:: The development and some applications of holographic optical tweezers (HOT) are presented. Our HOT system uses a spatial light modulator (SLM) to control the location and properties of the optical trap. We have developed a method for optimizing the diffraction efficiency of a SLM that can be applied in situ...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Fluorescence Spectroscopy and the Micromechanics of Type-I Collagen AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF

Performance of hybrid methods for representative nonproliferationproblems

Creator:: Bevill, Aaron M.
Abstract:: Adjoint-derived weight windowing is a hybrid deterministic/Monte Carlo method to simulate radiation transport. In adjoint-derived weight windowing, a deterministic adjoint solution is used to create weight windows for a Monte Carlo simulation. The intent of this work is to identify factors that reduce the Figure of Merit (FOM) of Monte...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Benchmarked simulation of antineutrino source terms for light water reactors during normal operation and diversion scenarios

Creator:: Somasundaram, Elanchezhian
Abstract:: Detection of reactor antineutrinos for non-proliferation applications has been researched extensively across the globe and is considered as a potential technology to remotely monitor reactor operations without any intrusions to reactor components. Reactor antineutrino detection experiments have been conducted in the past and have proven successful in detecting the changes...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: guidance throughout my graduate studies. I also would like to thank Dr. Alexey Soldatov for his

Developing simple load sharing utilities (SLSU) for SWARM

Creator:: Zhao, Yan
Abstract:: With the strong shift toward network-centric cluster-computing workload management has become increasingly important in both industrial and academic environments. To fully harness the distributed computing resources of the 32 PC's in our department, I developed a workload monitoring system together with a few utilities for users to submit either sequential...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Alexey Malishevsky. Their comments have helped me to implement my project. I greatly appreciate the

Proof of concept of the use of RAVEN and RELAP5-3D for risk informed safety margin characterization

Creator:: Riley, Thomas H.
Abstract:: This project was a proof of concept of the use of the RAVEN software, a tool developed for the Risk Informed Safety Margin Characterization (RISMC) approach, with RELAP5-3D. This novel approach combines older probabilistic and mechanistic approaches to look at how and why the complex systems of a nuclear power...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my thesis will become part of the permanent

Relationships, communication, and power in Willamette Valley watershed councils : toward building resilient collaborative pathways

Creator:: Myhre, Andrea L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research is to investigate how stakeholders involved in collaborative watershed groups in Oregon work with each other to form ideas and take action. Most collaboration efforts include encouraging a high level of trust with a great value placed on relationships and partners, being open and flexible,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: of government bureaucracy. I studied the process of the collaborative approach in four watershed

Pixel- and Frame-level Video Labeling using Spatial and Temporal Convolutional Networks

Creator:: Lei, Peng
Abstract:: This dissertation addresses the problem of video labeling at both the frame and pixel levels using deep learning. For pixel-level video labeling, we have studied two problems: i) Spatiotemporal video segmentation and ii) Boundary detection and boundary flow estimation. For the problem of spatiotemporal video segmentation, we have developed recurrent...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: using deep learning. For pixel-level video labeling, we have studied two problems: i) Spatiotemporal

Net farm income and the role of water development projects

Creator:: Anderson, William J.
Abstract:: The recent 2013 Oregon State Board of Agriculture report identified several ways to improve agricultural income in Oregon. Recommendations to improve water development are at the top of the report's list of objectives. In this study, I analyze the relationship between net cash farm income (NCFI) and a cross-sectional set...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: development are at the top of the report’s list of objectives. In this study, I analyze the relationship

Enabling Virtual Globes for A Visual-Auditory User Experience of Spatial Data

Creator:: Gune, Aditya N.
Abstract:: Geographical datasets are large, complex, and can be difficult for users to navigate and derive meaning from. These datasets, as well as the unique insights derived from them, provide tremendous opportunity for social change -- many of the global challenges humankind is currently facing can benefit from analytics or visualization...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: immersive and multimodal way that enhances the user’s cognition of the data. In this thesis, I investigate

Modeling spintronics devices in Verilog-A for use with industry-standard simulation tools

Creator:: Engelbrecht, Linda M.
Abstract:: As the semiconductor industry works to integrate increasingly more "non-CMOS" devices onto CMOS ICs, compact model development has become an important step in the circuit/system verification tool flow. This research focuses on the two- and three-dimensional modeling of the physical phenomena that occur in nanoscale magnetic devices. This includes the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: -perpendicular-to-plane, spin transfer torque (STT) as stimulus. All device compact models have electrical I/O

Designing Diversity and Inclusion Processes and Tools for Sustainable Open Source

Creator:: Guizani, Mariam
Abstract:: Over time, Open Source Software (OSS) has become indispensable in the creation and upkeep of software products, serving as the fundamental building block for widely used solutions in our daily lives, including applications that enable communication, entertainment, and productivity. A sustainable OSS ecosystem is one that attracts and retains a...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: domains, Open Source itself is challenged in terms of the Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) of its community

Guided Translation of Algorithmic Notation into Functional Programs

Creator:: Fedorin, Danila
Abstract:: The use of board games for teaching introductory computer science is a promising recent avenue of research. The goal is to introduce computing concepts through their use in the implementations of simple games, thereby keeping students engaged through their learning process. However, there is a gap between students' algorithmic descriptions...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -suited for immediate ex- ecution. In this thesis, I present a system aimed at helping students refine

Molecular mechanisms underlying the high oleic acid phenotype in sunflower

Creator:: Schuppert, Gunnar Felix
Abstract:: Wildtype sunflower typically produces 12-24% oleic acid (18:1) and 70-82% linoleic acid (18:2). High-oleic sunflower, by contrast, produces up to 80-94% oleic acid. The monounsaturated oleic acid has a greater oxidative stability than the polyunsaturated linoleic acid, predominant in wildtype sunflower, and has greater nutritional benefits than polyunsaturated and saturated...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Two Sides of a Coin: Adversarial-Based Image Privacy and Defending Against Adversarial Perturbations for Robust CNNs

Creator:: Rajabi, Arezoo
Abstract:: Emergence of highly accurate Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs) with the capability to process large datasets, has led to their popularity in many applications, including safety/security-sensitive (e.g. disease recognition, self-driving cars). Despite the high accuracy of convolutional neural networks, they have been found to be susceptible to adversarial noise added to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: cloud image storage setting. We propose and evaluate two adversarial-based protection methods: (i) a

The higher classification of the Hesperiidae (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea)

Creator:: Warren, Andrew D.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: inferred using DNA sequence data from three gene regions: 943 bp of cytochrome oxidase subunit I (COl) (in

PengpumkiatRapidSynthesisLong.PDF

Creator:: Pengpumkiat, Sumate, Koesdjojo, Myra, Rowley, Erik R., Mockler, Todd C., and Remcho, Vincent T.
Abstract:: Chemical synthesis of oligonucleotides is a widely used tool in the field of biochemistry. Several methods for gene synthesis have been introduced in the growing area of genomics. In this paper, a novel method of constructing dsDNA is proposed. Short (28-mer) oligo fragments from a library were assembled through successive...
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Selenoprotein W : Purification and characterization of its interaction with calmodulin

Creator:: Bauman, Andrew Thomas
Abstract:: Selenoprotein W (SeW) is a protein whose function is unknown, but potentially plays a vital role in calcium metabolism, as an indirect link has been established with white muscle disease (WMD). White muscle disease occurs in selenium deficient animals, and is characterized by the precipitation of calcium in muscle, leading...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: (Kr). The K values for Nterm and Rmid were determined to be < I nM, whereas the K for Cterm was

Polymeric submicron optical ion-selective sensors

Creator:: Bychkova, Valeriya
Abstract:: Ion-selective polymeric optical sensors – ion optodes – are a promising alternative to ion-selective electrodes and fluorescent dyes for analytical and biological applications, e.g. extra- and intracellular measurements. They are non-toxic, highly selective robust probes for ionic fluxes monitoring. A large-scale fabrication of ion optodes using a solvent displacement method...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Auxiliary Tasks for Efficient Learning of Point-Goal Navigation

Creator:: Desai, Saurabh Satish
Abstract:: Top-performing approaches to embodied AI tasks like point-goal navigation often rely on training agents via reinforcement learning over tens of millions (or even billions) of experiential steps – learning neural agents that map directly from visual observations to actions. In this work, we question whether these extreme training durations are...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and Computer Science Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my thesis will become part of the

A Deep Action Segmentation and Its Explanation with a Dictionary of Meaningful Attention Maps

Creator:: Trigkakis, Dimitrios
Abstract:: This thesis addresses the problem of temporal action segmentation in videos, where the goal is to label every video frame with the appropriate action class present. We focus on the domain of NFL football videos, where action classes represent common football play types. For action segmentation, we use a temporal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Automated Trunk Diameter Measurement

Creator:: Sankari, Pico
Abstract:: This thesis describes an automated method to estimate tree trunk width in a commer-cial apple orchard. Trunk cross sectional area, which is an important consideration with regards to nutrient uptake, is a feature being integrated in a decision support system for precision Nitrogen management. The data used to generate the...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
Full Text:: Engineering Toni Doolen, Dean, Oregon State University Honors College I understand that my project will

Simulated antineutrino signatures of nuclear reactors for nonproliferation applications

Creator:: Misner, Alex C.
Abstract:: Antineutrino detectors could provide a valuable addition to current safeguards regimes. Antineutrinos are an attractive emission to monitor due to their low interaction cross-section that prevents them from being shielded and the dependence of their spectrum on the power level and isotopic content of a reactor core. While there are...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Window Axial Vision Transformer for Image Classification

Creator:: Lee, Jisoo
Abstract:: Currently, a popular approach to image classification uses the deep Transformer architecture. In a Transformer, the attention mechanism enables the model to learn efficiently with fewer computational resources than the convolutional neural networks (CNNs). In this thesis, we study the sparse attention mechanism widely used in the Transformers developed specifically...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Science Head of the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Dean of the Graduate School I

An Exploration of Used Fuel Sharing in Multi-Reactor Power Plants

Creator:: Lilley, Benjamin C.
Abstract:: Nuclear fuel management is an optimization problem on many levels. Finding “viable” solutions for the core reload design problem is difficult without expert knowledge and software automation. Small modular reactors with a shared used fuel pool demonstrate a novel opportunity for fuel cycle optimization. A Python package was developed and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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OME : A Framework for Running Spatially Explicit System Dynamics Models

Creator:: Wingo, Patrick C.
Abstract:: The Open Modeling Environment (OME) is a tool developed to address some known shortcomings in ecological System Dynamics (SD) modeling research. OME provides a common set of methods for interacting directly with spatial information, reducing the need for modelers to create their own methods for doing so. The environment is...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Engineering Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my thesis will become part of the permanent

System model of a natural circulation integral test facility

Creator:: Galvin, Mark Robert, 1967-
Abstract:: The Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics (NE/RHP) at Oregon State University (OSU) has been developing an innovative modular reactor plant concept since being initiated with a Department of Energy (DoE) grant in 1999. This concept, the Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor (MASLWR), is an integral pressurized water...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Open Set Learning with Counterfactual Images

Creator:: Neal, Lawrence W.
Abstract:: In open set recognition, a classifier must label instances of known classes while detecting instances of unknown classes not encountered during training. To detect unknown classes while still generalizing to new instances of existing classes, this thesis introduces a dataset augmentation technique called counterfactual image generation. This approach, based on...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Tunable thermal switching via DNA-based nano-devices

Creator:: Chien, Chih-Chun, Velizhanin, Kirill A., Dubi, Yonatan, and Zwolak, Michael
Abstract:: DNA has a well-defined structural transition-the denaturation of its double-stranded form into two single strands-that strongly affects its thermal transport properties. We show that, according to a widely implemented model for DNA denaturation, one can engineer DNA 'heattronic' devices that have a rapidly increasing thermal conductance over a narrow temperature...
Resource Type:: Article
Full Text:: vapor atmosphere. Such environment is essential for our purposes since (i) it suppresses solvent

A case for application-based linear transformers : applied towards text-to-spectrogram

Creator:: Agostinelli, Victor
Abstract:: Various natural language processing (NLP) tasks necessitate deep models that are fast, efficient, and small based on their ultimate application at the edge or elsewhere. While significant investigation has furthered the efficiency and reduced the size of these models, reducing their downstream latency without significant trade-offs remains a difficult task....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Deep Convolutional Network on Point Clouds for 3D Scene Understanding

Creator:: Wu, Wenxuan
Abstract:: As one of the most popular data types, the point cloud is widely used in various appli- cations, including computer vision, computer graphics and robotics. The capability to directly measure 3D point clouds is invaluable in those applications as depth information could remove a lot of the segmentation ambiguities in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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How Should A Deaf Car Drive?

Creator:: Grant, Denue, Jr.
Abstract:: This thesis seeks to determine whether a self-driving car's behavior should depend on the hearing status of its passengers: namely, hard-of-hearing (including deaf) or hearing. It is believed that auditory deprivation provokes adaptations in visual attention. These adaptations may lead to atypical movement patterns that can translate to different driving...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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2013 Fall OSU Extended Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: TBA Stern, S. INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY I 522 400 16966 1 TBA TBA Major Restrictions

2012 Fall OSU Extended Campus schedule of classes

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2014 Summer OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

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2011 Fall OSU Extended Campus schedule of classes

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2010 Fall OSU Extended Campus schedule of classes

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2013 Fall OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Generalizing WYSIWYT for use in the screen transition paradigm

Creator:: Brown, Darren
Abstract:: How can rigorous forms of testing be supported in a way that is both compatible with the visual aspect of visual programming languages, and usable by the audiences using those languages - even when the audience has no background in software engineering? Visual programs are likely to contain at least...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in the acquisition of my cottage. I would also like to thank Dragos Margineantu, Alexey Malishevsky

Modeling Porosity: The Visco-Elastic Edition

Creator:: Holland, Eleanor
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: classical porous medium equation. The solvability of an elliptic boundary-value problem for (I + ηA(v))u

Practical Reinforcement Learning for Bipedal Locomotion

Creator:: Dao, Jeremy
Abstract:: Reinforcement learning has emerged as a popular tool for solving control tasks, with multiple works focusing on the complex and dynamic task of locomotion. However, the naive application of reinforcement learning to this problem often produces maladaptive policies that exploit the model or reward function. This results in behavior that...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: the Department of Robotics Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my project will become part

Generation of full-length cDNA clone and functional analysis of leader proteases of grapevine leafroll-associated virus-2

Creator:: Liu, Yu-Ping
Abstract:: Papain-like leader proteases are found in diverse families of human, animal, plant, and fungal positive-strand RNA viruses. In addition to autocatalytic processing, these proteases play a variety of roles in the virus life cycle. In particular, the leader protease (L-Pro) of a prototype member of the Closterovirus genus, Beet yellows...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: helped me to feel comfortable with everything in the lab when I first came here. Thanks to Dr. Alexey

Interactive 3D line integral convolution on the GPU

Creator:: Lakshmanan, Vasumathi
Abstract:: The Line Integral Convolution (LIC) is a mainstay of flow visualization. It is, however, computationally intensive, which limits its interactivity. Also, when used to view three-dimensional (3D) vector fields, the resulting images are dense and cluttered, making it difficult to perceive the flow on the interior parts of the field....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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An analysis of control area synchronization on the convergence of distributed state estimators

Creator:: Clarke, Blaise
Abstract:: This honors undergraduate thesis examines the process of simulating power system state estimation, the use of the alternating direction method of multipliers in the problem of distributed power system state estimation, and provides a rudimentary asynchronous implementation of the above for a linearized DC power system. The asynchronous implementation is...
Resource Type:: Honors College Thesis
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Semantic embodied navigation : developing agents that navigate from language and vision

Creator:: Krantz, Jacob
Abstract:: Autonomous robotic agents are on their way to becoming in-home personal assistants, construction assistants, and warehouse workers. The degree of autonomy of such systems is reflected by the manner in which we specify goals to them; the abstraction of low-level commands to high-level goals goes hand-in-hand with increased autonomy. In...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Mental Models of Mere Mortals with Explanations of Reinforcement Learning

Creator:: Anderson, Andrew A.
Abstract:: How should reinforcement learning (RL) agents explain themselves to humans not trained in AI? To gain insights into this question, we conducted a 124 participant, four-treatment experiment to compare participants’ mental models of an RL agent in the context of a simple Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game. The four treatments isolated...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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A SNP resource for Douglas-fir: de novo transcriptome assembly and SNP detection and validation

Creator:: Howe, Glenn T., Yu, Jianbin, Knaus, Brian, Cronn, Richard, Kolpak, Scott, Dolan, Peter, Lorenz, W. Walter, and Dean, Jeffrey F. D.
Abstract:: (0) Save to: more options A SNP resource for Douglas-fir: de novo transcriptome assembly and SNP detection and validation Author(s): Howe, GT (Howe, Glenn T.)[ 1 ] ; Yu, JB (Yu, Jianbin)[ 1 ] ; Knaus, B (Knaus, Brian)[ 2 ] ; Cronn, R (Cronn, Richard)[ 2 ] ; Kolpak,...
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Full Text:: isogroups with more than 1 isotig (I the database. §Singletons are 454 reads that did not assemble with any

Rendering and Simulation for Tires Rolling on Snow

Creator:: Clucas, Alexander
Abstract:: Modeling tire-snow interaction is important in designing effective snow tires, which directly affects road safety during wintry weather. Unfortunately, tires have complex tread designs and the physical properties of snow have not been characterized. We employ the Material Point Method (MPM) for simulating a material that mimics the fracturing and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Additive Manufacturing of Austenitic Oxide Dispersion Strengthened Alloy Using Powder Feedstock Gas-atomized with Elemental Yttrium via Laser Directed Energy Deposition

Creator:: Yang, Seongun
Abstract:: This study investigates the microstructure and mechanical properties of an austenitic Oxide Dispersion Strengthened (ODS) steel produced by the Laser Directed Energy Deposition (LDED) process using powder feedstock atomized with elemental yttrium. The Microstructure of the samples was characterized by electron microscopy, and mechanical properties were measured using a tensile...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Robust Reference-Free Sim-to-Real Reinforcement Learning for Bipedal Locomotion

Creator:: Siekmann, Jonah A.
Abstract:: In recent years, model-free Deep Reinforcement Learning (RL) has become an increasingly popular alternative to more traditional model-based or optimization-based control methods in solving robotic legged locomotion. However, deploying RL in the real world can be a significant undertaking. Constructing reward functions which compel controllers to learn the desired behavior...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Associate Dean of Graduate Studies for the College of Engineering Dean of the Graduate School I understand

Predictive methodologies for substrate parasitic extraction and modeling in heavily doped CMOS substrates

Creator:: Sharma, Ajit
Abstract:: This thesis presents an automated methodology to calibrate the substrate profile for accurate prediction of substrate parasitics using Green's function based extractors. The technique requires fabrication of only a few test structures and results in an accurate three layered approximation of a heavily doped epitaxial silicon substrate. The obtained substrate...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: coupling and optmization. Thanks also to Alexey Malishevsky for all his help with WThX. I remain thankful

Further Development of MPM and its Applications in Modeling Wood-Adhesive Bonds

Creator:: Hammerquist, Chad C.
Abstract:: This work is a culmination of a series of published works related to the use of the Material Point Method (MPM) in modeling wood adhesive bonds. The use of wood as construction material has the potential to play a small role in the solution to the current CO2 and climate...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Applying uncertainty and sensitivity on thermal hydraulic subchannel analysis for the multi-application small light water reactor

Creator:: Brigantic, Adam
Abstract:: Small modular reactors (SMRs) are a recent advancement in commercial nuclear reactor design with growing interest worldwide. New SMR concepts, such as the Multi-Application Small Light Water Reactor (MASLWR), must undergo a licensing processes established by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) prior to commercial operation. Given the lack of...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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2011 Fall OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: REPORTING I 317 001 15832 4 TR 0800-0950 9/26/11-12/2/11 M 0730-0920 12/5/11 BEXL 415 GRP FNL

Semiconductor Nanocrystals as Detection Components in Microfluidic Analytical Systems

Creator:: Pengpumkiat, Sumate
Abstract:: Miniaturized and portable microfluidic analytical platforms have been widely explored in the broad field of chemical analysis. The concept of microfluidics offer a number of important advantages, including low reagent consumption, low-cost detection, high sample throughput, and shorter analysis time. Semiconductor nanocrystals or quantum dots have been extensively utilized in...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Use of BC-523a liquid scintillator for simultaneous neutron spectroscopy and gamma counting with the implementation of a neutron history reconstruction algorithm

Creator:: Frey, Wesley D.
Abstract:: Real-time, high efficiency neutron spectroscopy has, historically, been a persistent challenge in the field of radiation detection and, for the most part, has gone unsolved. The most promising method to resolve this challenge, is the boron-capture technique using an organic scintillation system (BC-523a). Detectors that utilize this method possess an...
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Methods for Detection and Recovery of Out-of-Distribution Examples

Creator:: Ratzlaff, Neale J.
Abstract:: Deep neural networks currently comprise the backbone of many applications where safety is a critical concern, for example: autonomous driving and medical diagnostics. Unfortunately these systems currently fail to detect out-of-distribution (OOD) inputs and can be prone to making dangerous errors when exposed to them. In addition, these same systems...
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Quantum and Classical Simulation of Electronic Transport at the Nanoscale

Creator:: Gruss, Daniel S.
Abstract:: Time-dependent electronic transport is increasingly important to the state-of-the-art device design and fabrication. The development of nanoscale sensing, the harnessing and control of structural fluctuations, and the advancement of next-generation materials all require a treatment of quantum dynamics beyond the level of traditional methods and a more nuanced approach to...
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2013 Summer OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: / DELTA I 508 002 74599 3 TBA TBA Lambert, M. WS/ DELTA II 508 003 74600 3 TBA TBA

2012 Summer OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: I 599 002 72194 3 TBA TBA Courtney, E. ST/ QUAN ANL IN ED RESEARCH II 599

Luminescent sulfides and solution-deposited oxide thin films

Creator:: Anderson, Jeremy T.
Abstract:: Solid state luminescent sulfides are prepared as powders in order to elucidate the relationship between structure and light emission. While the sulfides studied in this dissertation are known phosphors, materials are investigated in a variety of new ways. Elementary properties and structures of MgS are reviewed, and preparation of MgS...
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Endogenous and antiviral RNA silencing pathways in Arabidopsis

Creator:: Chapman, Elisabeth J.
Abstract:: RNA silencing pathways are required for a wide variety of processes in most eucaryotes. In plants, small-interfering RNA (siRNA) arising from transposons and other repetitive sequences is associated with heterochromatin formation and maintenance. MicroRNAs and trans-acting siRNAs encoded at discrete loci function as negative regulators of gene expression by triggering...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: friendship. CONTRIBUTION OF AUTHORS Alexey I. Prokhnevsky and Kodetham Gopinath produced cDNA clones

Establishment and dynamics of methane-oxidizing microbial communities in marine sediments

Creator:: Klasek, Scott A.
Abstract:: Marine sediments are vast sources and reservoirs of methane, a potent greenhouse gas. Most of this methane is anaerobically oxidized by archaea before it can reach the overlying ocean, though the efficiency of this process often depends on methane fluxes and mechanisms of fluid transport. Anaerobic methanotrophic archaea, or ANME,...
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Full Text:: Head of the Department of Microbiology Dean of the Graduate School I

2014 Winter OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: MANAGEMENT I 321 001 38458 4 MW 1200-1350 1/6/14-3/14/14 R 0930-1120 3/20/14 BEXL 328 BEXL 328

2011 Summer OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: I 599 002 7231 9 3 TBA TBA Courtney, E. ST

Toward Disentangling the Activations of the Deep Networks via Low-dimensional Embedding and Non-negative Factorization

Creator:: Khorram, Saeed
Abstract:: In this thesis, we introduce a novel Explanation Neural Network (XNN) to explain the predictions made by a deep network. The XNN works by embedding a high-dimensional activation vector of a deep network layer non-linearly into a low-dimensional explanation space while retaining faithfulness i.e., the original deep learning predictions can...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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Conformational Consequences: Calcium Regulates the Association Between Dysferlin C2A & PI(4,5)P2

Creator:: Otto, Shauna C.
Abstract:: Dysferlin is a ∼230 kDa terminally anchored membrane protein that is ubiquitously expressed, but is particularly enriched in skeletal and cardiac muscle tissue. Mutations covering the length of the protein have been linked to muscle wasting diseases including limb-girdle muscular dystrophy and Myoshi myopathy. Dysferlin has been shown to play...
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Ideal Thumbnail-Preserving Encryption for Balancing Image Privacy and Usability

Creator:: Tajik, Kimia
Abstract:: In this dissertation, we propose Ideal Thumbnail-Preserving Encryption (Ideal TPE), as a special case of format-preserving encryption, to balance image privacy and usability concerns in a cloud environment. We first introduce a concrete construction for Ideal TPE, that provably leaks nothing about the plaintext (unencrypted) image beyond its thumbnail. We...
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High-Dimensional Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback

Creator:: Curran, William
Abstract:: State-of-the-art personal robots need to perform complex manipulation tasks to be viable in complex scenarios. However, many of these robots, like the PR2, use manipulators with high degrees of freedom. High degrees of freedom are desirable from a functionality standpoint, but make the learning task more difficult by adding a...
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Quantum dot plasmon coupling : Fundamental study and applications

Creator:: Kannegulla, Akash
Abstract:: The dissertation focuses on the engineering of light-matter interaction using plasmonic nanoparticles and metamaterials to achieve enhanced luminescence and based on which to improve the performance of biosensing and light-emitting technologies. We designed and fabricated a spectrum of nanostructures to exhibit particular dispersion relations capable of controlling the spontaneous emission...
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Exploring the impact of test suite granularity and test grouping technique on the cost-effectiveness of regression testing

Creator:: Qiu, Xuemei
Abstract:: Regression testing is an expensive testing process used to validate changes made to previously tested software. Different regression testing techniques can have different impacts on the cost-effectiveness of testing. This cost-effectiveness can also vary with different characteristics of test suites. One such characteristic, test suite granularity, reflects the way in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
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2015 Summer OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: 1-16 TBA TBA Croom, D. 10 0 10 0 0 0 WS/ DELTA I 508 002 73691 3 TBA

Magnetic particles for selective extraction of trace analytes in microfluidic devices

Creator:: Tennico, Yolanda H.
Abstract:: The development of micro total analysis systems (µTAS), also called “lab-on-a-chip”, or microfluidic analysis systems, is presented in this dissertation. Various research areas, covering subjects from magnetic particles synthesis to novel microchip fabrication techniques, are explored to develop a lab-on-a-chip system capable of performing magnetic bead-based bioassays. These devices are...
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Supporting merge comprehension when resolving merge conflicts

Creator:: Nelson, Nicholas
Abstract:: 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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Characterizing and Addressing Dataset Shift with Deep Learning

Creator:: Olson, Matthew L.
Abstract:: This dissertation delves into understanding, characterizing, and addressing dataset shift in deep learning, a pervasive issue for deployed machine learning systems. Integral aspects of the problem are examined: We start with the use of counterfactual explanations in order to characterize the behavior of deep reinforcement learning agents in visual input...
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Modeling and development of fabrication method for embedding membrane based microvalve in bulk microfluidic device

Creator:: Abhinkar, Bindiya S.
Abstract:: PDMS membrane-based microvalves are becoming increasingly more important for the control of fluid flow within MECS applications such as microreactors used to synthesize nanoparticles and biological macromolecules. The motivation for pursuing PDMS membrane-based microvalves is for implementing a plug flow microreactor to simulate slug flow yielding a narrower residence time...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: LabVIEW programs. I am very thankful to both Dr. Alexey Shvarev and his student Hasini Perera

Modeling and analysis of a heat transport transient test facility for space nuclear systems

Creator:: Wheeler, Adam
Abstract:: The purpose of this thesis is to design a robust test facility for a small space nuclear power system and model its physical behavior under different scenarios. The test facility will be used to simulate a 1-10kWe nuclear reactor, its electrical generation, and heat removal capabilities. This simulator will be...
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Light-matter interactions : from the photophysics of organic semiconductors to high spatial resolution optical tweezer-controlled nanoprobes

Creator:: Kendrick, Mark J.
Abstract:: Studies of light-matter interactions in organic semiconductors and in optical tweezer trapping of nanoparticles are presented. In the research related to organic semiconductor materials, a variety of novel materials and their composites have been characterized, and physical mechanisms behind their optoelectronic properties have been established. Three novel functionalized hexacene derivatives...
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Robust and Efficient Classification of Videos in the Wild

Creator:: Mahasseni, Behrooz
Abstract:: Recognizing human actions in videos is a long-standing problem in computer vision with a wide range of applications including video surveillance, content retrieval, and sports analysis. This thesis focuses on addressing efficiency and robustness of video classification in unconstrained real-world settings. The thesis work can be broadly divided into four...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Wasserstein β-Diversity Metrics over Graphs: Derivation, Efficient Computation and Applications

Creator:: McClelland, Jason
Abstract:: Microbial ecology has been transformed by metagenomics, the study of the genetic in-formation in entire communities of organisms. In the following we develop metagenomic tools arising from the classic Wasserstein metric as applied to questions regarding the diversity between microbial communities. We provide a novel proof of the characteriza-tion of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Action Segmentation in Videos: Deep Models, Prediction Diffusion, and Deep-Temporal Augmentations

Creator:: Aziere, Nicolas
Abstract:: This paper addresses the high model complexity and overconfident frame labeling of state-of-the-art (SOTA) action segmenters. Their complexity is typically justified by the need to sequentially refine action segmentation through multiple stages of a deep architecture. However, this multistage refinement does not take into account uncertainty of frame labeling predicted...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
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Sub-diffraction light propagation and imaging in planar negative refraction waveguides

Creator:: Wangberg, Robyn
Abstract:: In this dissertation we study the electromagnetic properties of planar waveguides with non-magnetic strongly anisotropic dielectric cores. We develop an analytical description of the mode propagation in these systems and show that the index of refraction can be either positive or negative depending on the specific material parameters. Propagating modes...
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2011 Spring OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: web SOC. Brown, L. COST MANAGEMENT I 321 001 5514 1 4 TR 1200-1350 3/28/11- 6/3

The beetle tree of life reveals that Coleoptera survived end-Permian mass extinction to diversify during the Cretaceous terrestrial revolution

Creator:: Mckenna, Duane D., Wild, Alexander L., Kanda, Kojun, Bellamy, Charles L., Beutel, Rolf G., Caterino, Michael S., Farnum, Charles W., Hawks, David C., Ivie, Michael A., Jameson, Mary Liz, Leschen, Richard A. B., Marvaldi, Adriana E., McHugh, Joseph V., Newton, Alfred F., Robertson, James A., Thayer, Margaret K., Whiting, Michael F., Lawrence, John F., S´lipin´ski, Adam, Maddison, David R., and Farrell, Brian D.
Abstract:: Here we present a phylogeny of beetles (Insecta: Coleoptera) based on DNA sequence data from eight nuclear genes, including six single-copy nuclear protein-coding genes, for 367 species representing 172 of 183 extant families. Our results refine existing knowledge of relationships among major groups of beetles. Strepsiptera was confirmed as sister...
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Learning cost-sensitive diagnostic policies from data

Creator:: Zubek, Valentina Bayer
Abstract:: In its simplest form, the process of diagnosis is a decision-making process in which the diagnostician performs a sequence of tests culminating in a diagnostic decision. For example, a physician might perform a series of simple measurements (body tem- perature, weight, etc.) and laboratory measurements (white blood count, CT scan,...
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Full Text:: Engineering and Computer Science Dean of the Graduate School I understand that my dissertation will become

2012 Fall OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
Resource Type:: Other
Full Text:: REPORTING I 317 001 15546 4 TR 0800-0950 9/24/12-11/30/12 W 2000-2150 12/5/12 BEXL 328 GRP FNL

2010 Fall OSU Corvallis Campus schedule of classes

Creator:: Oregon State University
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Full Text:: Location Registration Restrictions Fees Instructor EXTERNAL REPORTING I 317 001 1630 8 4

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