• Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Advance Problem-Solving with Quantum Annealers 

  Ayanzadeh, Ramin (2020-01-20)

  We show how to advance quantum information processing, specifically problem-solving with quantum annealers, in the realm of artificial intelligence. We introduce SAT++, as a novel quantum programming paradigm, that can ...

• The English-Only Movement and the Political Legitimacy of Linguistic Minority Rights: The Case of Spanish in the United States 

  Balosa, David M. (2020-01-20)

  This interdisciplinary study is a contribution to the field of sociolinguistics, intercultural communication studies and related major field of research. Its contribution consists of addressing the problem of recognition ...

• Historical Simulations and the Mechanics of Conquest: How Game Mechanics Tell Stories About the Past 

  Arvizu, Andrew (2020-01-20)

  Over the past decade, historical simulations have become one of the most popular genres of video games. With audiences in the millions, these historically themed games represent mass-market works of popular history. This ...

• Heads and Hearts: Interactive Relations of Left Ventricular Mass and Sociodemographic Factors on Cognitive Outcomes in Urban Dwelling African American and White Adults. 

  Alsina, Eduardo Alejandro (2020-01-20)

  Degree of hypertrophy of the left ventricle, indexed by greater LVM, is a measure of subclinical CVD that is prognostic of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Much is known about the relations of select subclinical CVD ...

• Rapid Detection of Bacteria in Blood 

  Al-Adhami, Mustafa M (2020-01-20)

  Sepsis is the leading cause of death in U.S. hospitals. It is usually caused by an acute infection in the bloodstream, and treatment requires the timely prescription of antibiotics. Rapid detection of bacterial presence ...

• Security Issues in Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Routing Protocols. 

  Adegoke, Adekeye (2020-01-20)

  With the rapidly increasing demand for portable and flexible communications which has led to an evolution in networking between unmanned aerial vehicles, the potential attack surface for unmanned aerial vehicles has also ...

• Synthesis of Acyclic Flexible Nucleoside Analogues Against Emerging and Reemerging Infectious Diseases. 

  Yates, Mary (2019-01-01)

  Flaviviruses, such as Dengue (DENV) and Zika (ZIKV) viruses, represent a severe health burden due to their ease of transmission, propensity to become epidemics, and the development of unexpected pathologies. While there ...

• Functional analysis of the rlsA gene in Volvox carteri 

  Williams, James Trevor (2019-01-01)

  Multicellularity is arguably one of the most important evolutionary innovations of life on Earth, however, its origins are not fully understood. The volvocine green algae, a clade of algae that includes Volvox carteri, are ...

• One Man Trance 

  Ables, Brandon Waylan (2020-01-20)

  Where we humans spend most of our time becomes representative of our subconscious. Our everyday movements and mannerisms are recorded in our environments. Your self becomes the space. Your rooms become your existing knowledge ...

• Factors Affecting Thermodynamic Modeling of Aerosol pH 

  Battaglia Jr., Michael (2019-01-01)

  Aerosol acidity (pH) is a fundamental property of aqueous particles that affects many chemical and physical processes in the atmosphere. Overall, aerosol pH is a vitally important but ultimately poorly represented parameter ...

• Structural and Molecular Analysis of Melanopsin Phototransduction Activation, Deactivation, and Re-sensitization 

  Valdez-Lopez, Juan Carlos (2020-01-20)

  The visual pigment melanopsin is expressed in intrinsically photosensitive retinal ganglion cells in the mammalian retina, which regulate non-image forming visual tasks such as circadian photoentrainment and pupil constriction, ...

• PARALLEL P-ADAPTIVE IMPLICIT HIGH-ORDER FLUX RECONSTRUCTION METHODS FOR UNDER-RESOLVED TURBULENT FLOW SIMULATION 

  Wang, Lai (2019-01-01)

  A simplified flux reconstruction method, i.e., the compact direct flux reconstruction method, is developed using the compact finite difference approach within the standard element. It can be regarded as a differentiation ...

• Four Point Bend Testing of Shipboard Sensitized Aluminum-Magnesium Alloy to Characterize Effect of Surface Ultrasonic Shot Peening on Stress Corrosion Cracking 

  Vail, Caroline (2019-01-01)

  High strength aluminum-magnesium (Al-Mg) alloys are commonly used in naval structural applications but sensitization of their microstructures can lead to stress corrosion cracking (SCC). Sensitized microstructures contain ...

• Detecting Offensive Social Media Text in Nepali Language 

  Timilsina, Sandesh (2020-01-20)

  Over the recent years, there has been an enormous increase in user-generated content on the internet. As a result of sentiments and opinions being freely shared on social media platforms, readers are at the increased risk ...

• Quarantined and Sequestered: Tattoo Charlie's and Tattoo Regulation in Baltimore, 1938 to 1980 

  Tucker, Zachariah Davis (2020-01-20)

  The scholarship on American tattoo history is characterized by its chronological gaps and lack of varied perspectives or methodological approaches. This research focuses on a Baltimore tattoo business?s history from 1938 ...

• VISUAL COMPUTATIONAL CONTEXT: USING COMPOSITIONS AND NON-TARGET PIXELS FOR NOVEL CLASS DISCOVERY 

  Turner, JT (2019-01-01)

  During the deep learning revolution in computer science that has occoured since 2006, two factors have pushed our ability to successfully learn from large-scale data sources: exponential growth in computational power and ...

• Dead Wood: Growing, Wasting, and Harvesting Baltimore's Urban Forest 

  shcheglovitova, Mariya (2020-01-20)

  US cities are ?going green,? evoking utopian images of tree lined streets, lush parks, and swimmable waterways. But as a practice, ?going green? is messy. When sustainability advocates attempt to green cities they inevitably ...

• HIGH SCHOOL MATH COURSE ENROLLMENT AMONG HIGH MATH ABILITY STUDENTS: GENDER, RACE/ETHNICITY, MOTIVATION, AND CONTEXT 

  Thompson, Joy Alexis (2020-01-20)

  National goals to increase the STEM workforce and representation of minorities in the STEM workforce underscore the need to consider secondary pathways into such fields. This study examined the motivational (competence ...

• COMPARING JAVASCRIPT FRAMEWORKS TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF WEB APPLICATIONS 

  Thummala, Aravind sai (2019-01-01)

  JavaScript has been in existence for many years already and is one of the most widely known and used front-end programming languages in web application development. Many web applications today are very interactive and the ...

• Ethnic-racial socialization practices, gender, and academic achievement among high school adolescents 

  Telfer, Nicole A (2020-01-01)

  Academic achievement is an important determinant of adolescent outcomes (Skinner, McHale, Wood, & Telfer, 2018). Moreover, parents sometimes engage in ethnic-racial socialization (ERS) practices in an effort to increase ...

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