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Improving Post Processing of Ensemble Streamflow Forecast for Short-to-long Ranges: A Multiscale Approach
(2019-08-30)A novel multi-scale post-processor for ensemble streamflow prediction, MS-EnsPost, and a multiscale probability matching (MS-PM) technique for bias correction in streamflow simulation are developed and evaluated. The MS-PM ... -
Improving Privacy And Performance In Anonymous Communications
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2011-03-03)Anonymous communications systems provide an important privacy service by keeping passive eavesdroppers from linking communicating parties. However, an attacker can use long-term statistical analysis of traffic sent to and ... -
Improving Probabilistic Quantitative Precipitation Forecasting Using Machine Learning and Statistical Postprocessing Methods
(2021-12-09)The objective of this research is to address the limitations inherent in conventional statistical postprocessing schemes to generate probabilistic quantitative precipitation forecasts (PQPFs) and improve postprocessed ... -
Improving Productivity Of Tunnel Boring Machines
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2013-07-22)Tunneling with tunnel boring machines (TBMs) is one of the most mechanized and sophisticated processes within the construction industry. However, there are risks when venturing down several hundred feet where the conditions ... -
Improving public transit services: Does collaborative transit services among public transit providers make them more efficient?
(2017-04-28)The network effect is the postulation that the utility of a product to a consumer increases as its consumption increases (Clement, 2004). If a parallel is drawn in transit service usage, the utility for transit services ... -
Improving Quality Of Service In XML Data Stream Processing Using Load Shedding
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2012-07-25)In recent years, we have witnessed the emergence of new types of systems that deal with large volumes of streaming data. Examples include nancial data analy- sis on feeds of stock tickers, sensor-based environmental ... -
Improving Receiver Station-keeping In Aerial Refueling By Formulating Tanker Motion As Disturbance
(Aerospace Engineering, 2010-03-03)During aerial refueling operations, the receiver aircraft should hold position within a “refueling box” to maintain the boom-receptacle connection while the tanker aircraft flies in a racetrack maneuver. Prior research ... -
IMPROVING REGIONAL HYDROLOGY FORECASTING FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS REGION UTILIZING CONDITIONAL ENSEMBLE STREAMFLOW AND HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL CONDITION PREDICTIONS WITH ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK MODELING
(2017-05-10)The predictive skill of hydrologic variables such as streamflow and soil moisture, in North Central Texas, has improved substantially in the recent decades. However, substantial model-data biases are still present during ... -
Improving Scoliosis Rehabilitation
Scoliosis, a disease that mainly affects children, is a deformity of the spinal column in all three dimensions. Treatment for scoliosis aims at straightening the spine with minimal discomfort to the patient. Current ... -
IMPROVING THE ANALYSIS AND PREDICTION OF COASTAL FLOODING DURING HURRICANE LANDFALLS THROUGH COUPLED AND INTEGRATED MODELING
(2022-12-19)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 12/16/2024** ABSTRACT: As the intensity and frequency of landfalling tropical storms are likely on the rise in a warming climate, coastal communities are increasingly ... -
Improving the Bit Error Rate Performance Of GSM System Using A Independent Component Analysis based Non-linear Filter
(Electrical Engineering, 2008-08-08)Presently, call drop out is considered a major problem in wireless communication. A large percentage of call drops take place due to network congestion, handover failure and high bit error rate.Our main objective is to ... -
IMPROVING THE IMPINGEMENT COLD PLATE THERMAL DESIGN USING NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL APPROACH
(2021-05-15)Conventional cooling methods for an IC chip uses heat spreader to transfer heat from the chip end of the spreader to the opposite end of the spreader which then uses air or water to remove heat and thereby maintaining the ... -
IMPROVING THE LIVABILITY AND THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES OF HOSPITAL CAMPUSES IN NORTH TEXAS BY INTEGRATING ARTFUL RAIN DESIGN AND HEAT ISLAND MITIGATION
(2021-05-07)Despite these efforts and signs of progress, such design and planning efforts have failed to thoroughly integrate restorative design principles and sustainable strategies into the landscape architecture of healthcare ... -
Improving the Quality of Low Bitrate LPC Speech Codec Using Gamma-chirp Filterbank
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)In this thesis, two methods for getting higher speech quality in low bit-rate LPC coder in comparison with the original LPC coder were presented. In order to improve the quality of the speech, the embedded method which can ... -
Improving the Rainfall and Flood Frequency Analyses Using Stochastic Storm Transposition Method
(2015-12-14)Reproduction and realization of historical rainfall events provides foundations for flood and rainfall frequency analyses and the advancement of meteorological studies. Stochastic storm transposition (SST) is a method for ... -
Improving time and space efficiency of trie data structure
(2018-08-15)Trie or prefix tree is a data structure that has been used widely in some applications such as prefix-matching, auto-complete suggestions, and IP routing tables for a long time. What makes tries even more interesting is ... -
Improving Tor Performance By Modifying Path Selection
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2014-12)Tor is a popular volunteer-based overlay network that provides anonymity andprivacy for Internet users. Using the Onion Proxy (OP) client, users connect to anetwork of Onion Routers (ORs) and send their traffic through an ... -
IMPROVING WATER QUALITY FORECASTING USING DATA ASSIMILATION
(2015-12-08)Population growth increases agricultural, industrial and human activities which threaten the quality of water resources, especially water supply sources such as lakes and reservoirs. In potentially high-impact situations ... -
“In a Way It’s a Violation”: Pap Smear Knowledge and Beliefs Among Underserved Women in Substance Abuse Treatment
(2017-05-03)Due to many factors, women in substance abuse treatment are at high risk of contracting the human papillomavirus (HPV) and developing cervical cancer. Despite this, the likelihood of accessing preventative healthcare, ... -
In Another Time With (an)other Race: Representations Of Race And National Narratives In Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim And Fallout 3
The video games Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 3 provide simulations of systems of racial marginalization within the context of competing narratives of nation. By utilizing Ian Bogost’s concept of unit operations in ...