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Hierarchical Task Learning Through Human Demonstration
(2019)In order for robots to carry out a task sequence, it must be translated in such a way that they can understand. One way this can be done is by using a task tree representation. Currently this method does not allow robots ... -
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The Effects of Voice Pitch on Perceptions of Robots
(2019)While previous research in human-robot interaction (HRI) has shown people respond similarly to vocal cues in robot speech as they do with human speech, there has been minimal research into the effects of voice pitch. This ... -
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Identifying housekeeping gene promoters in deer tick, Ixodes scapularis
(2019)Ixodes scapularis is a major vector of the bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, the main pathogen responsible for Lyme Disease. However, understanding of the acquisition and spread of tick-borne diseases has been hampered by ... -
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Identifying housekeeping gene promoters in deer tick, Ixodes scapularis
(2019)Ixodes scapularis is a major vector of the bacterium, Borrelia burgdorferi, the main pathogen responsible for Lyme Disease. However, understanding of the acquisition and spread of tick-borne diseases has been hampered by ... -
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Prevalence of Mental Illness Among Latino Youth
(2019)Mental illness a marginalized area of public health, particularly for Latino youth ages 10-18. A unique combination of socioeconomic and cultural factors contribute to why Latino youth experience a higher prevalence of ... -
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Predict pedestrians' trajectories by estimating their motion planners
(2019)Predicting an agent's (in this case human's) trajectory is a challenging, yet crucial step in robotic research. Humans have "internal planners" that govern their paths, which allow them to dynamically plan their trajectories. ... -
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Road Networks as Catalysts for Plant Invasion of Burned Landscapes
(5/6/2019)Invasive species pose one of the greatest threats to ecological integrity and economic viability in dryland ecosystems, including Nevada's Great Basin. The positive feedback between invasive annual plants and wildfire ... -
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Being and Freedom: Ahmed, Irigaray and Beauvoir on Subjectivity Lack and Liberation
(5/6/2019)In this essay, I explore the concept of lack and its presence in the thought of Simone de Beauvoir, Luce Irigaray and Sara Ahmed. Simone de Beauvoir's The Ethics of Ambiguity establishes an ethical system based on the ... -
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Stereological Assessment of Purkinje Cell Densities in Autism
(5/6/2019)Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is heterogeneous neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impairments in social interaction, communication, and is often accompanied by repetitive or stereotyped behaviors. The cerebellum ... -
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Genotyping of CRISPR-Edited Mice and Axonal Localization Patterns of Calmodulin 1 3’UTR Isoforms
(5/6/2019)Calmodulin (CaM) is a key calcium-signal transducer in multiple cell types and is known to influence neuron differentiation, development, and maturation. Calmodulin 1 (Calm1) is one of many genes that encode for the CaM ... -
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Contagion Dynamics on an Adaptive Network: Norovirus as a Case Study
(5/6/2019)In the field of public health and epidemiology, creating an epidemic model that accurately reflects real world contact networks has proven to be a complicated task. Contact networks model how individuals in a population ... -
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SLIT-2 conditional knock-out in parvalbumin-expressing interneurons lead to anxiety deficits
(5/6/2019)Parvalbumin-expressing (PV) interneurons innervate a large amount of neighboring pyramidal neurons and establish perisomatic inhibition of pyramidal neurons. The lack of perisomatic inhibition is one of the factors for ... -
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Unsupervised Detection of Unclassified Objects via Graph-based Segmentations and Image Saliency Fusion for Automated Incremental Learning
(5/6/2019)Current state-of-the-art machine learning systems efficiently identify known classes of objects with a high rate of success. However, their inference capabilities become limited in the presence of objects for which little ... -
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Effect of the MS Bacteriophage on STEC O157:H7 Populations in Beef
(5/6/2019)Objectives: This research was conducted to evaluate the killing efficiency of the Mello-Shebs (MS) O157:H7 bacteriophage against three strains of STEC O157:H7 in vitro and on beef surface under aerobic conditions. Materials ... -
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Case Marking in the Pyramid Lake Dialect of Northern Paiute: A Speaker-Based Approach
(5/6/2019)Numu, or Northern Paiute, is a language indigenous to the Great Basin area and is spoken by the Numu people. Although there have been some scholarly works examining the Numu language, most are not particularly accessible ... -
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Opportunity and Estrangement in Born-Translated Literature: An Analysis of Yiyun Li's Language and Self-Translation.
(5/6/2019)My thesis traces World Literature from Goethe's coining of the phrase to contemporary discussions of World Literature. Whereas Goethe's idea of Weltliteratur is situated in the distinction between different national ... -
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The impacts of Human-Made Structures in Marine Environments
(5/6/2019)The creation of human-made marine features can benefit some species. For example, the restoration or conservation of marine ecosystems may place environmentally safe structures that coral, sponges, and invertebrates use ... -
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Virtual Reality: Creating a New Game Inspired by Successful Previous Games
(5/6/2019)Virtual Reality: Creating a New Game Inspired by Successful Previous Games Virtual Reality (VR) as a gaming platform is a relatively new technology but has nevertheless quickly generated its own unique take on video games. ... -
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Impact of Twitter on Political Views
(5/6/2019)In our contemporary time, social media provides a venue for an extension of our society and human experiences. As such, social media is conducive to political practices, including the mere dissemination of political discourse ... -
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Nevada Volunteers and Service Enterprise Certification
(5/6/2019)This research analyses the benefits and drawbacks associated with the Service Enterprise (SE) training administered by Nevada Volunteers, the Governor's commission that manages volunteer programs in the state. Nevada ...