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Large-scale analysis, management, and retrieval of biological and medical images
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Biomedical image data have been growing quickly in volume, speed, and complexity, and there is an increasing reliance on the analysis of these data. Biomedical scientists are in need of efficient and accurate analyses of ...
Heat transfer enhancement of vapor condensation heat exchanger
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
A typical vapor condensation condenser consists of two major heat transfer processes, i.e., vapor condensation and forced convection. In order to enhance heat transfer, the condensation heat transfer utilizing the porous ...
Multi-camera high-throughput plant root phenotyping system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Plant root phenotyping is a key component in plant breeding and selection for desireable root properties. Preferable root traits can not only help a plant to grow faster but also allow for more dense and deep root system ...
A fast and accurate robotic grasp method using deep learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
I have developed a system that is capable of quick and accurate detection of target objects using the deep learning method. Adding orientation with depth sensing then allows a robot to grasp the objects. The existing ...
Dynamic construction of trie-based automata for approximate K-mer matching on heterogeneous CPU-GPU systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
In recent decades, mapping of a variety of species' genomes has taken place. With the proliferation of advanced and specialized hardware architectures such as GPUs, the process has been greatly accelerated. GPUs may ...
Animal stay region detection and behavior analysis based on GPS trajectories
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Nowadays, GPS technology is becoming an important tool in tracking and understanding wild animal behaviors. For example, Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) has put GPS collars on more than 80 black bears and more ...
Measurements of fission product sorption on graphite
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Nuclear source estimations for high and very high gas temperature reactors (VHTRs) require data for fission product (FP) adsorption on graphite at high temperatures. The adsorption and vapor pressures of silver on nuclear ...
Reliability-based design (RBD) of shallow foundations on rock masses
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The reliability-based design (RBD) approach that separately accounts for variability and uncertainty in load(s) and resistance(s) can be incorporated ...
Evaluation of finger plate and flat plate expansion devices
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The objective of this project was to learn the causes of premature deterioration of MoDOT finger plate and flat plate expansion devices under high traffic volumes and use that information to design new Load and Resistance ...
Map-guided hyperspectral image superpixel segmentation using semi-supervised partial membership latent Dirichlet allocation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Many superpixel segmentation algorithms which are suitable for the regular color images like images with three channels: red, green and blue (RGB images) have been developed in the literature. However, because of the high ...
Critical analysis and evaluation of different automata processing accelerators on large-scale datasets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Many established and emerging applications perform at their core some form of pattern matching, a computation that maps naturally onto finite automata abstractions. As a consequence, in recent years there has been a ...
Enhancement of the cooling performance of microchannel heat sinks
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
In this report, four different strategies to enhance the cooling performance of a micro pin fin heat sink are investigated and their effect to improve its cooling efficiency are examined. The employment of nanoparticles ...
Assessing the biocompatibility of different sizes and concentrations of gold nanoparticles conjugated to decellularized tissue scaffolds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
Gold nanoparticles conjugated to decellularized scaffolds have been studied previously within the fields of tissue engineering and biomaterials. They hold much potential for applications in soft tissue repair and improved ...
Parallel gene upstream comparison via multi-level hash tables on GPU
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
The region of DNA immediately in front of a gene body (also called upstream region) contains short (8-20 base) sequence motifs that help to control when that gene is turned on and off. Unfortunately, these motifs are ...
High-throughput visual knowledge analysis and retrieval in big data ecosystems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2015)
Visual knowledge plays an important role in many highly skilled applications, such as medical diagnosis, geospatial image analysis and pathology diagnosis. Medical practitioners are able to interpret and reason about ...
Design and testing of optimal personal protective equipment for high energy radiation on earth and beyond
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2016)
This study incorporates an experimental and an associated modeling investigation of human protective shielding methodologies for two extreme environments: first responders or military personnel in the case of nuclear or ...
A parametric study of a curved nuclear fuel plate in a narrow channel using numeric fluid structure interaction modeling
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
In 2004 the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) was established by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to quickly identify, secure, remove and/or closely monitor nuclear and radiological materials ...
Vehicle detection using morphological shared-weight neural network in the multiple instance learning framework
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
In this thesis, we design and implement an algorithm for object detection in aerial images based on the morphological shared-weight neural network (MSNN). The multiple instance learning (MIL) framework is used to avoid the ...
Clinical translation of nanomaterials for early detection of genetic abnormalities in fetus and retinopathy in neonates and adults
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Nuclear medicine covers a wide variety of radionuclides to meet demands of disease. In the current study, first we have looked at the application of mono-amine mono-amide ligands for Re(V), 99mTc(V), and 186Re(V) with ...
Chemically-induced controlled growth of CsPbBr3 perovskite nanocrystals
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2017)
Trihalide perovskite nanocrystals have recently emerged as a new class of superior nanoscale semiconductors due to their outstanding optoelectronic properties. A family of all-inorganic CsPbX3 (X=Cl, Br, and I) perovskite ...