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Harnessing visual context information to improve face identification accuracy and explainability
(2024-05-08)
Face identification (FI) is ubiquitous and drives many high-stake decisions made by the law enforcement. A common FI approach compares two images by taking the cosine similar- ity between their image embeddings. Yet, such ...
Harsh Parenting and Trajectories of Adjustment across Late Adolescence: Autonomic Nervous System Activity as a Moderator of Risk
(2022-04-14)
Adjustment problems including internalizing symptoms (e.g., anxiety, depression) and externalizing behaviors (e.g., rule-breaking, aggression, hostility) increase across earlier adolescence but little is known about their ...
Hatchery, Nursery, Nutrition and Stock Evaluation of Redclaw Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus
(2009-08-03)
The redclaw crayfish (Cherax quadricarinatus) aquaculture industry has developed rapidly in tropical and subtropical regions of the world during the last decade. Important advances have been made; however, technology for ...
Hazard Exposures for Mechanized Logging Systems in the US South
(2015-08-19)
Logging is a very dangerous occupation with high injury and fatality rates. The logging
industry in the U.S is dynamic and has substantial variability by region. This research focuses on the hazard exposures for mechanized ...
Head Start Teacher Training: Impact on Inclusive Practices and Attitudes
(2007-05-15)
The purpose of this study was to identify the relationship of the three education levels in early childhood or related fields on Head Start teacher’s attitudes about inclusion and inclusive practices. Ninety-one Head Start ...
The Healing Garden: Studying Components of Healing Gardens and Expressing Them in Public Environments
(2017-05-05)
According to Robert Ulrich, as pointed out by Betsy
Severtsen in her article about healing gardens, our
world’s physical environment is being more widely
accepted as a direct influence on a person’s overall
health -- ...
Healing the hearts of bereaved parents: Impact of legacy artwork on grief in parents whose children died of cancer
(2019-06-13)
Approximately 12% of youth with cancer do not survive, representing a devastating loss for parents. Strategies to improve parent coping have been understudied, and no studies have examined the impact of legacy-making ...
Health Belief Model and Fatalism related to Breast Cancer Screening in Working Women
(2016-07-20)
Breast Cancer is the most common cancer in women, with the exception of cancers of the skin, and is responsible for thousands of deaths each year. The American Cancer Society indicates that breast cancer death rates and ...
Health Disparities within Rehabilitation Outcomes: A Theoretical Framework and Application
(2021-08-06)
In America 5.3 million men, women, and children are living with the often devastating and permanent long-term Traumatic Brain Injury-related disabilities. TBIs require thousands of dollars in resources for immediate and ...
Health Monitoring for Damage Initiation & Progression During Mechanical Shock in Electronic Assemblies
(2007-05-15)
Electronic products may be subjected to shock and vibration during shipping, normal usage and accidental drop. Highstrain rate transient bending produced by such loads may result in failure of fine-pitch electronics. Current ...
Health Monitoring for Flywheel Rotors Supported By Active Magnetic Bearings
(2006-08-15)
Magnetic bearings are not a new technology in themselves, yet the control and implementation of such devices is still a budding science. Magnetic bearings are particularly attractive for some applications because of the ...
Health Monitoring Smart Clothing: Understanding its Acceptance among Older Adults
(2020-07-08)
The overall purpose of this study was to investigate and understand the factors that affect older adults’ perception and intention to adopt health monitoring smart clothing. The specific objectives of this study were: (1) ...
Health of Fish Impinged on Cooling-Water Intake Screens
(2007-05-15)
Fish health evaluations were made between impinged and reference fish collected at and in the vicinity of Plant Barry (Mobile River, Mobile County, Alabama) from April 19, 2005, until May 19, 2005, and again from September ...
Health Related Outcomes among Heterosexual and Sexual Minority Youth and Young Adults
(2010-07-12)
Study I: Using data from Waves I thru IV of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), the current study compared initial levels, rates of change, and quadratic curvature in three measures of substance ...
Hearing Capabilities of the Atlantic Mudskipper (Periopthalmus barbarus) Across Mutiple Media.
(2021-04-27)
An animal’s sensory detection mechanisms are often shaped by the environment in which that animals lies. Amphibious fishes provide a rare opportunity to study how hearing has adapted to match the extremely unique lifestyle ...
Hearing evolution across the air-water interface: lessons from comparative audiometry in turtles and salamanders
(2016-12-12)
The physical differences between water and air present unique challenges to organisms living in both environments, including challenges to the sense organs. In the auditory system, acoustic impedance mismatch is a challenge ...
HEARING Safety Across Agricultural Education: A Three-Study Evaluation of Student Perceptions and Understanding of HEARING Safety
(2024-04-24)
The behavior relating to safety practices seen in agriculture, especially involving hearing, highlights a critical concern when examined. This dissertation reviews three studies focusing on the attitudes, perceptions, and ...
Hearts of San Francisco
(2008-05-15)
This thesis is comprised of a critical introduction and three short stories. The introduction explores my writing process and the struggles and frustrations I encountered and overcame when writing these stories. In the ...
Heat stress and ischemia/reperfusion cause oxidative stress via NADPH oxidase in hypothalamic neurons
(2009-04-29)
Ischemia/reperfusion-related injuries are associated with a wide range of diverse disorders including but not limited to aging, heat stroke, diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. Ischemia/reperfusion is known to cause oxidative ...
Heat Stress Induces Downregulation of Hippocampal Superoxide Dismutase-1; a Possible Mechanism for Heat-Related Neuronal Cell Death
(2006-12-15)
Exertional heat injury represents a major risk for people working or exercising in hot environments. Currently, no pharmacological therapies are available and little is known about the molecular response to heat stress in ...