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NAFTOON: REFLECTIONS ON OIL IN IRANIAN SOCIETY
(2017-01-01)Naftoon is a multimedia art project in which I integrate video, audio, photo, and animation to explore the essential role of oil in Iranian society. Using the natural substance of oil as a medium and a metaphor, I consider ... -
Nanostructures Encapsulating Antimalarial Drugs for Improved Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Treatment
(2020-01-01)Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) causes damaging inflammation in multiple organs via the accumulation of immune complexes. These complexes activate plasmacytoid DCs (pDCs) via TLR7 and TLR9, contributing to disease ... -
Neighborhood Social Environment and Lower Extremity Function in Older Adults
(2020-01-01)Background: Research examining the linkages between neighborhood social environments and physical function in older adults is scarce. In order to reduce functional health disparities in older adulthood, it is critical to ... -
NESTING HABITAT, FOOD RESOURCE AVAILABILITY, AND LONG-TERM OCCUPANCY DYNAMICS IN THE ENDANGERED FLORIDA GRASSHOPPER SPARROW (AMMODRAMUS SAVANNARUM FLORIDANUS)
(2020-01-20)Determining the cues by which an organism selects habitat for nesting or territory occupancy is important for conservation of endangered or threatened species. Understanding the role of vegetation and resources in habitat ... -
Network Analytics towards Drug Repositioning using Phosphorylated Proteins.
(2019-01-01)Drug Repositioning is an approach to discovering a new use of old drugs. However, current successes in drug repositioning have primarily been a result of serendipity or clinical observations, such as the observed use of ... -
Network Anomaly Detection via Persistent Homology
(2019-01-01)Network anomaly detection has wide ranging applications, to include fraud prevention and cybersecurity. This paper introduces several methods of network anomaly detection derived from topological data analysis (TDA). At a ... -
Neural biomarkers of risk for psychosis
(2015-01-01)Schizophrenia is a potentially debilitating mental disorder which is usually preceded by one to two years of attenuated psychotic symptoms. The identification of individuals at psychosis-risk has relied on self-report and ... -
Neural Correlates of the Relationship between Optimism and Pain Perception in a Conditioned Pain Modulation Paradigm
(2018-01-01)Introduction: Pain is a pervasive public health problem in the United States. Despite its prevalence, the variables influencing pain processing remain poorly understood. It is now accepted that psychological factors such ... -
Neural networks in Atmospheric Scattering Calculations
(2009-01-01)For the majority of the particles in the atmosphere, calculations of scattering energy loss are increasingly accurate in proportion to the computing time afforded them. Accurate radiative transfer calculations, even with ... -
Neuroevolution-Based Inverse Reinforcement Learning
(2016-01-01)Motivated by such learning in nature, the problem of Learning from Demonstration is targeted at learning to perform tasks based on observed examples. One of the approaches to Learning from Demonstration is Inverse Reinforcement ... -
NEW METHODS IN MODAL ANALYSIS AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE IDENTIFICATION
(2017-01-01)Modal analysis is a subject of structural dynamics, as it describes properties of a linear structure in the modal space with modal properties, including natural frequencies, modal damping ratios, and mode shapes. With the ... -
Non-invasive Brain Monitoring and Stimulation
(2018-01-01)The ability to excite or block brain circuits at any desired location with focused neuromodulation techniques is critically important not only for understanding how the brain works, but also for the treatment of neural ... -
NON-INVASIVE WEARABLE WRISTBAND FOR HEART RATE AND RESPIRATION RATE ESTIMATION USING PHOTOPLETHYSMOGRAPHY WITH MOTION ARTIFACT REMOVAL
(2018-01-01)Actively monitoring the heart rate and respiration rate is very essential as there exists a high correlation between these parameters and different cardiovascular events. Photoplethysmography (PPG) based heart rate monitoring ... -
Non-Linear, Large Deformation Modeling of All-Elastomer MEMS Tactile Sensors with Bionic and Robotic Applications
(2018-01-01)The study is motivated by the need to develop highly sensitive tactile sensors for both robotic and bionic applications. The ability to predict the response of an elastomeric layer under severe pressure conditions is a key ... -
Nonlinear Interaction between a Frequency Signal and Neighboring Data Channels in a Commercial Optical Fiber Communication System
(2018-01-01)We theoretically investigate the feasibility of transmitting a frequency signal in an interstice of the data channels in a commercial wavelength division multiplexed optical fiber communications system. We will give an ... -
Nonlinear Optical Properties of Novel Forms of Enriched Carbon Disulfide
(2010-01-01)The ultimate goal of designing molecules with large third-order nonlinearities is to incorporate them into optical switching and limiting devices. To achieve this, the molecules must have large and fast optical nonlinearities. ... -
Nonlinear Optics at Ultralow Power using Metastable Xenon in a High Finesse Cavity
(2017-01-01)Single-photon cross phase shifts and other single-photon nonlinearities have numerous applications in all-optical quantum information processing. Generating these nonlinearities though can be difficult. This has been done ... -
Novel Inhibitors of the Hepatitis C Virus
(2016-01-01)Several analogs of the natural product UK-1 have been identified as potent inhibitors of hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication in a replicon assay. One set of inhibitors has been shown to inhibit the HCV non-structural protein ... -
Novel Machine Learning Tools to Enhance Mortality Prediction
(2020-01-01)The tremendous growth of clinical data, both in healthcare institutions and personal devices, has led to the development of smart systems that can analyze this data to understand patterns and make predictions. The goal of ... -
Numerical Investigation of Biotransport in a Tumor with Uncertain Material Properties
(2019-01-01)In biomedical engineering, it is a challenge to deliver therapeutic agents to the entire tumor region effectively due to its material heterogeneity. Therefore, one basic issue that needs to be resolved is whether there is ...