Browsing by Type "Master's thesis"
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3D Animated Painting: Walking Inside of the Painting of The Goddess of the Luo
(2020)Increased consumption of virtual museum content today has fueled the development of new ways of improving the ‘museum experience.’ The sophisticated needs and expectations of the modern visitor in the pursuit of education, ... -
A Bayesian Dirichlet-Multinomial Test for Cross-Group Differences
(2016)Testing for differences within data sets is an important issue across various applications. Our work is primarily motivated by the analysis of microbiomial composition, which has been increasingly relevant and important ... -
A Bayesian Forward Simulation Approach to Establishing a Realistic Prior Model for Complex Geometrical Objects
(2018)Geology is a descriptive science making itself hard to provide quantification. We develop a Bayesian forward simulation approach to formulate a realistic prior model for geological images using the Approximate Bayesian ... -
A Bayesian Hierarchical Model with SNP-level Functional Priors Applied to a Pathway-wide Association Study.
(2010)Tremendous effort has been put into study of the etiology of complexdiseases including the breast cancer, type 2 diabetes,cardiovascular diseases, and prostate cancers. Despite large numbers of reported disease-associated ... -
A Bayesian Model for Nucleosome Positioning Using DNase-seq Data
(2015)As fundamental structural units of the chromatin, nucleosomes are involved in virtually all aspects of genome function. Different methods have been developed to map genome-wide nucleosome positions, including MNase-seq and ... -
A Bayesian Strategy to the 20 Question Game with Applications to Recommender Systems
(2017)In this paper, we develop an algorithm that utilizes a Bayesian strategy to determine a sequence of questions to play the 20 Question game. The algorithm is motivated with an application to active recommender systems. We ... -
A Caribbean Coupling Beyond Black and White: The Interracial Marriage of Catherine and Edward Marcus Despard and its Implications for British Views on Race, Class, and Gender during the Age of Reform
(2014)*Designated as an Exemplary Master's Project for 2014-15 British Army colonel, Edward Marcus Despard, and Catherine Despard, a woman from the Caribbean and most likely of African descent, were married some time during the ... -
A Cell Decomposition Approach to Robotic Trajectory Planning via Disjunctive Programming
(2012)This thesis develops a novel solution method for the problem of collision-free, optimal control of a robotic vehicle in an obstacle populated environment. The technique presented combines the well established approximate ... -
A Century of Sleeplessness: Zheng Guangzu, Lower Gentry and Religion, 1776-1866
(2023)In this thesis, I probe the incremental religious and social changes in the local society that led up to the great transformations of the mid-19th century. I use the word “sleeplessness” both literally and figuratively. ... -
A Clinic Based Survey Investigating Self-Reported Oral Health-Related Quality of Life, Number of Natural Teeth, and Oral Hygiene Habits Among Elderly Singaporeans
(2017)Background: Global aging poses various challenges for both developing and developed countries. The proportion of older adults in developed countries is currently much higher than in developing countries. Health authorities ... -
A Collimator Setting Optimization Algorithm for Dual-arc Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy in Pancreas Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy
(2019)Purpose: To develop an automatic collimator setting optimization algorithm to improve dosimetric quality of pancreas Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy (VMAT) plans for Stereotactic Body Radiation Therapy (SBRT). Methods: ... -
A Commentary on Ovid's Ceyx and Alcyone Narrative (Met. XI.410-748)
(2015)This thesis seeks to analyze the longest story in Ovid's Metamorphoses, tale of Alcyone and Ceyx. Despite its length, its placement within the entire work, and the presence of the work's eponymous hero, Morpheus, the Alcyone's ... -
A Comparative Review of Computational Methods as Applied to Gold(I) Complexes and Mechanisms
(2016)In the last two decades, the field of homogeneous gold catalysis has been extremely active, growing at a rapid pace. Another rapidly-growing field—that of computational chemistry—has often been applied to the investigation ... -
A Comparative Study of Radiomics and Deep-Learning Approaches for Predicting Surgery Outcomes in Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC)
(2022)Purpose: To compare radiomics and deep-learning (DL) methods for predicting NSCLC surgical treatment failure. Methods: A cohort of 83 patients undergoing lobectomy or wedge resection for early-stage NSCLC from our institution ... -
A Comparative Study of the Chinese Trickster Hero Sun Wukong
(2016-04-20)Sun Wukong is a fictional hero from the Chinese classic The Journey to the West. As a well-known trickster, Wukong has a lot of similarities with several other tricksters around the world. In order to analyze him, I try ... -
A Comparison Of Multiple Imputation Methods For Categorical Data
(2015)This thesis evaluates the performance of several multiple imputation methods for categorical data, including multiple imputation by chained equations using generalized linear models, multiple imputation by chained equations ... -
A Comparison of Serial & Parallel Particle Filters for Time Series Analysis
(2014)This paper discusses the application of parallel programming techniques to the estimation of hidden Markov models via the use of a particle filter. It highlights how the Thrust parallel programming language can be used ... -
A Comparison of the Attitudes of Human Resource (HR) Executives and HR Practitioners on the Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)-Enabled Tools in Recruiting
(2022)As part of the technological growth in HR, companies are developing and adopting AI-enabled solutions for recruitment of qualified talent for a job opening. AI-enabled recruiting tools provide a variety of potential benefits ... -
A Comprehensive Needs Assessment to Identify Priority Program Targets for Mosquito Vector Control and related Diseases in Belmopan, Belize
(2017)This was a mixed-methods study aimed to comprehensively assess factors associated with mosquito control in Belmopan, Belize, in order to better inform stakeholders on the effectiveness of their efforts. A knowledge, attitudes, ... -
A Comprehensive Study of Guanosine-5'-triphosphate Hydrolysis by the Bacterial Cell Division Protein FtsZ
(2018)The bacterial protein FtsZ plays a vital role in cytokinesis in prokaryotes as it polymerizes to form an FtsZ ring (Z ring) at the division septum midcell. FtsZ exhibits a GTP hydrolysis activity and attempts have been made ...
