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- Title
- A comprehensive geospatial knowledge discovery framework for spatial association rule mining
- Author
- Dao, Thi Hong Diep
- Date Created
- 2013
- Subjects--Topical
- Geography
- Description
- Continuous advances in modern data collection techniques help spatial scientists gain access to massive and high-resolution spatial and spatio-temporal data. Thus there is an urgent need to develop effective and efficient methods seeking to find u...
- Title
- Analysis of Tip Injection Parameters at Different Tip Clearance Sizes on the Performance of the Transonic Axial Compressor Rotor
- Author
- Sheikhshahrokhdehkordi, Mohammadamin
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering
- Description
- The main objective of this thesis is to investigate the near-stall endwall flow structures of the gap between the blade and the casing on the performance and the rotor stability of a transonic compressor rotor with and without high-speed endwall a...
- Title
- Bridge Scour Detection Using Terrestrial LiDAR and Advanced Quantification Techniques
- Author
- Shanmugam, Navanit Sri
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Scour is an important factor affecting the hydraulic structures of a bridge. Remote sensing techniques such as terrestrial LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) can help speed up the inspection process and provide high-resolution records of the exte...
- Title
- Characterization of microtopography and its impact on carbon dynamics in coastal wetlands using close-range remote sensing
- Author
- Shukla, Tarini
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Remote sensing, Environmental sciences, Biogeochemistry
- Description
- The spatial heterogeneity of microtopography where variation in elevation is less than a meter plays a significant role in ecological, hydrological, and biogeochemical processes. The microtopography can be categorized into microtopographic feature...
- Title
- Finite Element Modeling of A Pier-On-Bank Bridge Scour
- Author
- Chavan, Vidya Subhash
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Scour is a critical condition change for a bridge hydraulic system, especially during storms and subsequent flooding. Caused by swiftly moving water, scours remove sand and soil, creating holes surrounding a bridge pier compromising the integrity ...
- Title
- MULTISCALAR MODELING OF POLYCENTRIC URBAN-REGIONAL SYSTEMS: ECONOMIC AGGLOMERATION, SCALE DEPENDENCY AND AGENT INTERACTIONS
- Author
- Gong, Zhaoya
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Geography, Geodesy, Area studies
- Description
- This dissertation aims to study the causal relationship between the underlying processes of agglomeration economies and the formation of certain spatial structures at both intra- and inter-urban scales within the extent of megaregions. First, on t...
- Title
- Modeling and Evaluating Wastewater-Derived Pesticides in Surface Water
- Author
- Adjidjonu, Denise
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Environmental engineering
- Description
- Pesticide use has reached alarming levels globally, causing potential risks to human health and the environment. With its high population densities and rapid development, California emerges as one of the country's leading users of pesticides in th...
- Title
- NEIGHBORHOOD CONDITIONS IN RELATION TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS
- Author
- Zuo, Huifang
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Education
- Description
- In the United States, the academic achievement gap between European American and African American students has been identified as one of the major problems related to educational equity. Students’ academic achievement has been largely examined fro...
- Title
- NO BOUNDARY FOR SPATIAL INTERACTIONS — EXPLORATORY SPATIAL FLOW DATA ANALYSIS
- Author
- Tao, Ran
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Geography, Sex role
- Description
- Spatial interaction (SI) represents meaningful human relations between areas on the Earth’s surface, such as the reciprocal relations and flows of all kinds among industries, markets, regions, cities, or logistics centers. With the widespread adop...
- Title
- Rethinking Few-Shot Learning For Speech, Continual Learning And Privacy
- Author
- Parnami, Archit
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science, Artificial intelligence
- Description
- The availability of large amounts of labeled training data is a major contributing factor (and a bottleneck) to the recent progress in the field of Deep Learning. However, collecting and labeling data is a time consuming and expensive process. Oft...
- Title
- SPACE-TIME DYNAMICS OF SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL WATER CONSUMPTION IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA
- Author
- Zhou, Yuhong
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Geography, Government policy, Water resources development--Management
- Description
- Water availability has become a more significant economic and policy issue in contemporary America. Although emerging as an attractive tool to water authorities, demand-side water management in urbanized areas is more complicated due to the high c...
- Title
- SPATIAL COMPETITION BASED ON CUSTOMERS' CHOICE HISTORIES: A STUDY OF TRADE FLOWS
- Author
- Kashiha, Mona
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Geodesy, Economics, Area studies
- Description
- In a world of differentiated firms, customers with the same observable characteristics reveal different choice behaviors. This research contributes to the modeling of competition in a market characterized by spatially differentiated firms and sign...
- Title
- STUDY OF HIGH-SKILL MANUFACTURING IN THE SPACE ECONOMY: UNDERSTANDING THE LOGIC OF NETWORK AND KNOWLEDGE DIFFUSION THROUGH ITS CITIES
- Author
- Shen, Daidai
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Geography
- Description
- The study of city relations and the concept of network analysis have been a major focus in urban and economic geography for decades. Yet, we are still facing many contemporary research challenges on questions regarding the network structures defin...
- Title
- Spatiotemporal Modeling of Disease Spread Through Micromobility Systems
- Author
- nikparvar, behnam
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Geographic information systems, Geodesy, Geography, Epidemiology
- Description
- New modes of public transportation such as micromobility are rapidly growing in urban areas. Bike sharing and e-scooter sharing, for example, have been advanced to solve the first/last mile problem, providing quick access to bus stops and train st...
- Title
- Spatiotemporal Prediction Modeling of Dengue Fever in Colombia, South America Based on Temperature and Precipitation
- Author
- Sirbaugh, Megan
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Geodesy, Meteorology, Epidemiology
- Description
- Dengue fever is a prominent mosquito-borne viral disease in the tropics that is estimated to infect as many as 400 million people per year. Dengue is endemic to Colombia, South America and it is crucial to be able to predict when outbreaks may occ...
- Title
- The Influence of Road, Road Verge and Landscape Characteristics on the Occurrence of Raptor-Vehicle Collisions
- Author
- Bates, Jennifer
- Date Created
- 2023
- Subjects--Topical
- Geography, Ecology, Wildlife conservation
- Description
- The increasing prevalence of roads has had a corresponding impact on the risk of road mortality for wildlife, particularly for avian species such as birds of prey that commonly make use of foraging opportunities along roadside verges. Birds of pre...
- Title
- The relative effects of habitat amount, habitat configuration, and urbanization intensity on forest breeding birds
- Author
- Shoffner, Alexandra
- Date Created
- 2016
- Subjects--Topical
- Ecology, Conservation biology
- Description
- It is clear that urbanization causes changes in landscape structure that adversely affect biodiversity. However, the relative impacts of different components of landscape structure remain unclear. Using the 2006 National Land Cover Database and 20...