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Title: A novel positional sensor for 3D vascular reconstruction
Author: Merritt, John
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Information technology
Description: Abstract Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is a device that is surgically inserted into a femoral artery, or vein, to aid in the diagnosis of cardiovascular disease. Correctly locating the IVUS tip facilitates accurate 3D vascular reconstruction. Re...

Title: Advances in Modern Botnet Understanding and the Accurate Enumeration of Infected Hosts
Author: Nunnery, Christopher
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Information technology, Information science
Description: Botnets remain a potent threat due to evolving modern architectures, inadequate remediation methods, and inaccurate measurement techniques. In response, this research exposes the architectures and operations of two advanced botnets, techniques to ...

Title: Development of a multi-layered botmaster based analysis framework
Author: Paxton, Napoleon
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Computer science, Information technology
Description: Botnets are networks of compromised machines called bots that come together to form the tool of choice for hackers in the exploitation and destruction of computer networks. Most malicious botnets have the ability to be rented out to a broad range ...

Title: Power, Influence Tactics, and Influence Processes in Virtual Teams
Author: Boughton, Marla
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Organizational behavior, Management, Information technology
Description: Current studies of power, influence tactics, and influence processes in virtual teams assume that these constructs operate in a similar manner as they do in the face-to-face (FtF) environment. However, the virtual context differs from the FtF envi...

Title: RUNNING PARALLEL APPLICATIONS ON A HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENT WITH ACCESSIBLE DEVELOPMENT PRACTICES AND AUTOMATIC SCALABILITY
Author: Villalobos, Jeremy
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Computer science, Information technology
Description: Grid computing makes it possible to gather large quantities of resources to work on a problem. In order to exploit this potential, a framework that presents the resources to the user programmer in a form that maintains productivity is necessary. T...

Title: TOWARD SYSTEMATIC DESIGN OF KNOWLEDGE-INTENSIVE SERVICE DELIVERY NETWORKS
Author: Dong, Su
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Management, Social structure, Information technology
Description: Effective management of IT-enabled services is becoming increasingly important. These services are often delivered by networks of knowledge workers who constitute Knowledge Intensive Service Delivery Networks (KISDN). This dissertation contributes...

Title: USING BIOINFORMATICS TO ANALYZE THE ROLE OF MICROBIAL TAXA IN COMPLEX ECOSYSTEMS
Author: Sanapareddy, Nina
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Medicine, Bioinformatics, Information technology
Description: Microbes are abundant on earth and play a crucial role in the environment they inhabit. Before the dawn of metagenomics, the study of the effect of microorganisms on their environment was limited due to use of low throughput techniques that could ...

Title: User-centric secure cross-site interaction framework for online social networking services
Author: Ko, Moo Nam
Date Created: 2011
Subjects--Topical: Information technology
Description: Social networking service is one of major technological phenomena on Web 2.0. Hundreds of millions of users are posting message, photos, and videos on their profiles and interacting with other users, but the sharing and interaction are limited wit...