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Methods for Improving Visual Terrain Relative Navigation for Dynamic Aerial Systems
(2021-04-26)
One popular means of aerial localization and navigation in GPS-denied environments is visual terrain relative navigation. Terrain relative navigation involves performing image registration with sensed aerial camera imagery ...
Methods for Isolating Canine Mast Cell Progenitors, Melanocytes, and Keratinocytes
(2020-04-21)
One of the most difficult aspects of employing precision medicine in the treatment of cancer is determining the best targets to treat within the tumor. A trademark of cancers is that, while two patients may present similar ...
Methods for Minimizing Navigation Errors Induced by Ground Vehicle Dynamics
(2006-05-15)
A navigation system was designed using an extended Kalman filter for an autonomous ground vehicle competing in the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge. An overview of this system is provided, and errors in the navigation solution ...
Methods for monitoring and controlling freshwater harmful algal blooms
(2013-11-08)
Fresh water is critical for our survival, and its responsible use is necessary for the sustainability of our planet. Surface-water ecosystems are important sources of recreation and potable water are threatened by increasing ...
Methods for Optimization of a Launch Vehicle for Pressure Fluctuation Levels and Axial Force
(2008-08-15)
A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) code has been combined with a Genetic Algorithm (GA) to perform a shape optimization study on a two dimensional axisymmetric model of a typical launch vehicle. The objective of this ...
Methods for Scaling and Comparing Adsorption Datasets
(2008-08-15)
The presence of reactive groundwater contaminants are a great concern to many government agencies and private entities. The fate and transport of these contaminants is determined by their interactions with subsurface ...
Methods of Optimal Control for Fuel Efficient Class-8 Vehicle Platoons Over Uneven Terrain
(2022-08-18)
This thesis implements an NMPC control system to facilitate fuel-optimal platooning of
class-8 vehicles over challenging terrain. Prior research has shown that Cooperative Adaptive
Cruise Control (CACC), which allows ...
Methyl-coenzyme M reductase: Elucidating the process of activation and study of the effect of the methanogenesis inhibitor 3-nitrooxypropanol
(2014-12-17)
To use methane as a biocatalyst, it is important to establish a cell free system to convert the inactive form of methane forming enzyme i.e Methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR) to the active form. MCR catalyzes the reversible ...
Methyl-coenzyme M reductase: Expressing active recombinant enzyme in M. maripaludis, and investigating the activation process, and the mechanism of inhibition of 3-nitrooxypropanol and Studying the effect of Ionic liquids on the mononuclear rearrangement of heterocycles using QM/MM method
(2019-07-25)
The study of the biosynthesis of methane is appealing from both its potential role in biofuel production and environmental perspectives. Methane is the main component of natural gas, and it is also a potent greenhouse gas ...
Methylmercury Exposure in Adolescence: Effects on Delay Discounting and Sensitivity to d-Amphetamine in Mice
(2016-05-05)
Methylmercury (MeHg) is an environmental neurotoxicant that can be used to study how cortical damage during early development affects behavior later in life. The consequences of MeHg exposure in adolescence, a developmental ...
Metrology and Characterization of Electrically Conductive Filaments (ECF) for Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM).
(2019-12-05)
Current electronics manufacturing is composed of several processes, usually with a high energy, space and knowledge footprint costs to produce a working product. The product is assembled from subcomponents such as the PCB, ...
Mextram Bipolar Transistor Model Parameter Extraction Using Python
(2015-11-17)
This work implements Mextram 504 parameter extraction using python. A 50 GHz SiGe
HBT is used to demonstrate e ectiveness of this developed extraction program. Comparisons
with results extracted using built-in mextram ...
Mextram Model Development for Improved Distortion Modeling of SiGe HBTs
(2019-12-09)
Linearity of SiGe HBTs has been widely studied nowadays. The accuracy on modeling of the third order intercept point (IP3) always puts strict requirements on compact models that can reproduce measured IP3 characteristics ...
Micro-/Nanofabrication in Analytical Chemistry and Temperature Dependent Studies of Underpotential Deposition of Mercury(II) on Au(III)
(2007-05-15)
This dissertation studies three routes to fabricate micro-/nano-sized structures for the purpose of analytical chemistry and the underpotential deposition (UPD) of mercury(II) onto Au(111) electrodes.
In Chapter 2, we ...
Microbial Analysis of Shelled Eggs and Chemical and Functional Analysis of Liquid Eggs
(2007-12-15)
Research has shown that the incidence of Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) in commercially processed table eggs is approximately 1 in 20,000. Although there has been great evolution of the egg industry, cases of SE infection ...
Microbial Communities in Cogongrass (Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv.) Invaded Commercial Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda L.) Stands
(2015-12-16)
The economy of the southeastern United States is heavily influenced by the forest products industry with a 103 billion dollar industrial output. A significant amount of this industry relies on production forestry to meet ...
Microbial community analysis of Deepwater Horizon oil-spill impacted sites along the Gulf Coast using functional and phylogenetic markers
(2013-05-01)
We investigated the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on microbial assemblages in sediment, soil and seawater samples collected from sites along the Gulf Shore. Based on a GC/MS analysis only one sample from Bay ...
Microbial Growth Kinetics of a Defined Mixed Culture: Genomic Assay Application
(2012-03-29)
Microbial growth kinetics is often used to optimize environmental processes owing to its linkage to the breakdown of substrate (contaminants). However the quantification of bacterial populations in the environment is ...
Microbial Implication of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles
(2010-05-12)
Magnetite nanoparticles (Fe3O4) designed for remediation will be intentionally released into the environment; however, little is known regarding their impact on bacterial populations. Research was conducted to 1) investigate ...
Microbial Quality of Aquaculture Water Used for Produce Irrigation
(2018-07-23)
The use of recycled water from an aquaculture fish tank to irrigate produce, or aquaponics, has grown rapidly in the past decades, with a large diversity of system designs. Since the water is reused from the fish tank, ...