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An empirical relation between normalized radar cross sections (NRCS) and wind vectors, known as the geophysical model function (GMF), has been established for specific wavelengths, such as Ku-band and C-band, by using scatterometermeasured NRCS and buoy or model winds [1][2]. On the contrary, L-band NRCS dependence on wind fields has been investigated by using airborne and spaceborne Synthetic ...

In this report, the results from my CS224D final project are given and explained. The project was based on the application of relatively new neural network architectures, namely convolutional neural networks over word embeddings, to the task of authorship identification. The problem was posed as a classification task and models were evaluated over two datasets, a baseline of my own collection a...

We consider a promising application in Vehicular Cyber-Physical Systems (VCPS) called On-road Ad Delivery (OAD), where targeted advertisements are delivered via roadside APs to attract commuters to nearby shops. Different from most existing works on VANETs which only focused on a single technical area, this work on OAD involves technical elements from human factors, cyber systems and trans port...

This paper presents Synergo, a new collaboration support environment that monitors the activity and permits visualization of various quantitative parameters, like density of interaction, symmetry of the activity, degree of collaboration etc, particularly useful for understanding the mechanics of collaboration. Synergo has been proposed as a testbed for analysis of small-group model-building syn...

In a recent special issue of RESPIRATORY CARE, Daniel Talmor presented a very nice review of airway management during a mass-casualty event.1 He rightly pointed out that only experienced clinicians should perform intubation in these circumstances, and that training clinicians for the sole purpose of providing intubation during a mass-casualty event is unwise. He also listed anesthesiologists, c...

A simple idea underpins the scientific process: All results should be subject to continued testing and questioning. Given the particularities of our international IS discipline, different viewpoints seem to be required to develop a picture of the merits and limits of testing and replication. Hence, the authors of this paper approach the topic from different perspectives. Following the ongoing d...

The detection of coal/shale interfaces close to the surface using ground penetrating radar (GPR) is difficult because the echo is drowned in unwanted signal components. These components are susceptible to changes in amplitude and cannot be removed well by standard preprocessing techniques. Second order correlation based methods such as matched filtering fail to locate the echo reliably under th...

duce the spread of Gram-negative bacteria.1 Meta-analyses have found that many nonpharmacologic interventions can significantly reduce the rate of ventilator-associated pneumonia; these include kinetic bed therapy, subglottic secretion drainage, heatand-moisture exchangers (rather than heated humidifiers), and oral decontamination with chlorhexidine.6 Environmental controls can prevent a large ...

Emiria Soendjojo is a senior majoring in food science. As a sophomore in Dr. Lisa Mauer’s lab, she learned standard microbiological laboratory techniques and applied them to the analysis of fresh produce obtained from grocery stores and farmers’ markets. Following this research experience, Soendjojo worked with H. J. Heinz Company in Escalon, California, as a microbiologist intern on a spoilage...