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Firearm Detection Using Wrist Worn Tri-Axis Accelerometer Signals
Gunshot detection traditionally has been a task performed with acoustic signal processing. While this type of detection can give cities, civil services and training institutes a method to identify specific locations of ... -
Geomagnetically induced currents caused by interplanetary shocks with different impact angles and speeds
(AGU, 2018-05-15)The occurrence of geomagnetically induced currents (GICs) poses serious threats to modern technological infrastructure. Large GICs result from sharp variations of the geomagnetic field (dB/dt) caused by changes of large‐scale ... -
Positive site selection bias in meta-analyses comparing natural regeneration to active forest restoration
(AAAS, 2018)Several recent meta-analyses have aimed to determine whether natural regeneration is more effective at recovering tropical forests than active restoration (for example, tree planting). We reviewed this literature and found ... -
Stability of cnoidal wave frequency combs in microresonators
(OSA Publishing, 2018)We determine the regions in the parameter space of microresonators where cnoidal waves (Turing rolls) are stable. Solitons are included as a special limit. We identify conditions to efficiently obtain broadband frequency combs. -
Design and experimental results of the 1-T Bitter Electromagnet Testing Apparatus (BETA)
(AIP, 2018-05)The Bitter Electromagnet Testing Apparatus (BETA) is a 1-Tesla (T) technical prototype of the 10 T Adjustable Long Pulsed High-Field Apparatus. BETA’s final design specifications are highlighted in this paper which include ... -
Contemporary Issues in Group Learning in Undergraduate Science Classrooms: A Perspective from Student Engagement
(ASCB, 2018)As the use of collaborative-learning methods such as group work in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics classes has grown, so has the research into factors impacting effectiveness, the kinds of learning ... -
Tracking deforestation and tree plantation expansion in a Costa Rican biological corridor using a Landsat time series
(2012)We evaluated forest policies and programs to reestablish connectivity in a fragmented tropical landscape spanning approximately 2500 km2: the San Juan-La Selva Biological Corridor (SJLSBC) in northern Costa Rica. National ... -
How Do We Talk Ourselves Into These Things? Challenges with Adoption of Biometric Authentication for Expert and Non-Expert Users
(ACM, 2018)Biometric authentication offers promise for mobile security, but its adoption can be controversial, both from a usability and security perspective. We describe a preliminary study, comparing recollections of biometric ... -
Towards Supporting Mobile Device Users Facing Severely Constraining Situational Impairments
(ACM, 2018)A subset of “Situationally Induced Impairments and Disabilities” (SIID), termed “Severely Constraining Situational Impairments” (SCSI), was explored at the user task and motivational level, to better understand the challenges ... -
Kapton Polyimide-Based EEG Microelectrode Array and Interfaces for Mice Brainwave Recordings and Analysis
(SPIE, 2018)There is a rise in the study of functional connectivity among various cortical regions and investigations to uncover causal links between a stimulus and the corresponding neural dynamics through electrophysiological imaging ... -
Efficient methods for the estimation of the multinomial parameter for the two-trait group testing model
(2018)Estimation of a single Bernoulli parameter using pooled sampling is among the oldest problems in the group testing literature. To carry out such estimation, an array of efficient estimators have been introduced covering a ... -
Multimodal Data Fusion: An Overview of Methods, Challenges and Prospects
(IEEE, 2015)In various disciplines, information about the same phenomenon can be acquired from different types of detectors, at different conditions, in multiple experiments or subjects, among others. We use the term “modality” for ... -
Application of Graph Theory to Assess Static and Dynamic Brain Connectivity: Approaches for Building Brain Graphs
(IEEE, 2018)Abstract: Human brain connectivity is complex. Graph-theory-based analysis has become a powerful and popular approach for analyzing brain imaging data, largely because of its potential to quantitatively illuminate the ... -
PREDATOR PLAYBACK, FORAGING HEIGHT, AND PHYLOGENY AFFECT GAP CROSSING BEHAVIOR IN TROPICAL FOREST BIRDS
(Neotropical Ornithological Society, 2017)The effects of fragmented landscapes on tropical bird movements remain poorly understood, partly due to a dearth of experimental tests of gap crossing behavior. To learn more about the factors involved in gap crossing ... -
Childhood Trauma and Dissociative Intimate Partner Violence
(Sage, 2018)The present study assesses childhood abuse/neglect as a predictor of dissociative intimate partner violence (IPV) among 118 partner-abusive men. One third (36%) endorsed dissociative IPV, most commonly losing control (18%), ... -
Spatial alterations of De Novo purine biosynthetic enzymes by Akt-independent PDK1 signaling pathways
(PLOS ONE, 2018)A macromolecular complex of the enzymes involved in human de novo purine biosynthesis, the purinosome, has been shown to consist of a core assembly to regulate the metabolic activity of the pathway. However, it remains ... -
Volcanic Cloud and Aerosol Monitor (VOLCAM) for Deep Space Gateway
(2018)Frequent (~15 min) imaging of reflected solar ultra-violet (UV) and thermal ifrared (TIR) radiation of the whole Earth from cislunar vantage point offer unique possibilities to answer NASA’s Earth System Science (ESS) ... -
Environmental and spatial drivers of taxonomic, functional, and phylogenetic characteristics of bat communities in human-modified landscapes
(PeerJ, 2016)Background. Assembly of species into communities following human disturbance (e.g., deforestation, fragmentation) may be governed by spatial (e.g., dispersal) or envi-ronmental (e.g., niche partitioning) mechanisms. Variation ... -
LIDAR PROFILING IN THE LOWER TROPOSPHERE: EXPERIENCE FROM PECAN
(EPJ, 2018)Results from the PECAN (Plains Elevated Convection at Night) campaign are discussed. In particular, the utility of simple backscatter lidars/ceilometers in quantifying atmospheric dynamics parameters and variables as well ... -
How Long Do Restored Ecosystems Persist?
(Missouri Botanical Garden, 2017)Why do some restored ecosystems persist for centuries while others are quickly converted to alternative land uses or land covers? We propose that restored ecosystems have a temporal dimension that is variable, often finite, ...
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