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The Herpetofauna Of The Virunga Mountains With Emphasis On Two Species of Albertine Rift Endemic Treefrogs Of The Genus Leptopelis.
(Biology, 2010-07-19)I present a short description of the biodiversity crisis, the Albertine Rift as a biodiversity hotspot, and a literature review of the taxonomy of the genus Leptopelis. I then present a list of the reptiles and anurans ... -
Heterogeneous Transcoding for Next Generation Multimedia Video Codecs for Efficient Communication
(2020-11-30)Innovations in the communication systems and technology are growing tremendously and the growth seen is unimaginable in the last forty years. In multimedia communication systems, technology has transformed from analog ... -
HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT? THE IMPACT OF FACE RECOGNITION SERVICES ON PRIVACY
(2019-12-12)The public at large is increasingly concerned with privacy online. While the focus is on the data privately collected by platforms, there are also privacy concerns in the realm of public data. Seemingly innocuous information ... -
Hiearchical Overlay For Service Composition In Pervasive Environments
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2007-09-17)The objective of pervasive computing is to allow users to perform their tasks in a transparent way regardless of device features. Resources on devices should be exploited to provide services in order to perform user tasks. ... -
Hierarchical microstructures to overcome the conflict between strength and toughness of hard coatings: TiN/Ni as a model system
(2022-07-13)In the recent times, industry's production speed has been increasing and thus, the production of parts needs to adapt and so do the materials used to manufacture them. Hence, tools exposed to more extreme conditions using ... -
Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Using Automatic Task Decomposition And Exploration Shaping
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2008-08-08)Reinforcement learning agents situated in real world environments have to be able to address a number of challenges in order to succeed at accomplishing a wide range of tasks over their lifetime. Among these, such systems ... -
Hierarchical Representation Learning with Connectionist Models
(2018-03-01)To unleash the power of big data, efficient algorithms which are scalable to millions of data are desired. Deep learning is one area that benefits from big data enormously. Deep learning uses neural networks to mimic human ... -
HIGH CONFIDENCE IDENTIFICATION OF CROSS-LINKED PEPTIDES BY MASS SPECTROMETRY CLEAVABLE CROSS-LINKING TECHNOLOGIES
(2019-12-06)Mass spectrometry (MS)-based chemical cross-linking technique is a potential tool for understanding the protein structure and protein-protein interactions. However, low abundances of cross-linked products and the data ... -
High Detectivity Pyroelectric Infrared Detector
(Electrical Engineering, 2011-07-14)The sensors which measure physical quantities by sensing them as thermal quantities and then converting the thermal signals into electrical signals are called thermal sensors. One such type of thermal sensor is a pyroelectric ... -
High Enthalpy Characterization Of The UTA Hypersonic Shock Tunnel
(Aerospace Engineering, 2014-03-10)In hypersonic wind tunnel testing, matching the flow enthalpy conditions for the hypersonic air-breathing corridor is of great importance in order to assure the validity of experimental results. The flow enthalpy of the ... -
A High Fill Factor CMOS Image Sensor For IR Camera Applications
(Electrical Engineering, 2010-11-01)In this thesis, a unit cell for high-SNR applications is presented. The proposed circuit is significantly smaller than other circuits that perform dark current subtraction because less circuitry is used inside the unit ... -
High Grade Control Of Linear Induction Motor Drives
(Electrical Engineering, 2008-04-22)Linear induction machines (LIM) have been widely utilized in military, transportation, aerospace due to the impressive advantages such as simple configuration, easy maintenance and high acceleration/deceleration. However, ... -
High Magnification Surface Topography based Digital Image Correlation (DIC) for Identifying Damage Accumulation and Crack Growth in Polycrystalline Nickel
(2023-08-09)Damage index parameters that have been formulated to identify damage localization in plastically deformed materials typically require all six stress or strain components. Recently, simulations through Crystal Plasticity ... -
High Order Compact Scheme For Discontinuous Differential Equations
(Mathematics, 2011-07-14)A high order implicit second derivative compact method is given which is similar the Adams-Moulton method, but requiring only two steps for sixth order. This method is used in both predictor-corrector and Newton's method ... -
High Order DNS For Late Flow Transition
(Mathematics, 2012-07-25)In this report, a new high order scheme for boundary points is introduced when calculating the derivative of smooth functions by Compact Scheme. The primitive function reconstruction method of ENO schemes is applied to ... -
HIGH ORDER DNS FOR VORTEX STRUCTURE IN LATE FLOW TRANSITION
(2017-08-02)Turbulence is still a world puzzle after over one hundred years research, and the current and classical theories brim with self-contradictions. C. Liu proposed a new theory on turbulence generation and structure after 28 ... -
High Order LES For Supersonic Ramp Flow Control With MVG
(Mathematics, 2012-07-25)An implicitly implemented large eddy simulation by using the fifth order bandwidth-optimized WENO scheme is applied to make comprehensive studies on ramp flows with and without control at Mach 2.5 and Re=5760. Flow control ... -
High Order Numerical Schemes For PDEs And Applications To CFD
(Mathematics, 2014-03-12)In the past two decades, many efforts have been made in developing high-order schemes with high resolution, such as compact scheme, essentially non-oscillatory scheme (ENO), weighted essentially non-oscillatory scheme ... -
High Order Weighted Compact Boundary Condition
(Mathematics, 2008-09-17)In multi-dimension flows, we expect to have problems at the boundaries when a shock hits or reflects at the boundary wall the remedy to this would be to develop weighted boundary conditions similar to the Weighted Compact ... -
High Performance Cluster And Grid Computing Solutions For Science
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2008-09-17)Computing for science has very peculiar requirements. There is an enormous amount of data to analyze to get useful information. This requires greater computing power, huge data storage and high-capacity network. High ...