Common pollutants present in cities, such as nitrogen dioxide (NO2), can cause a variety of adverse human health outcomes. Urban form (e.g., land cover and its spatial pa[...]

The synthesis and coordination chemistry of N-heterocyclic thione (NHT) and selone (NHSe) ligands containing a saturated pyrimidine ring and bulky aromatic substituents o[...]

Forests are increasingly affected by a variety of environmental disturbances, including emerging infectious diseases (EIDs) and wildfire, which have caused extensive tree[...]

Electric load forecasting has been integrated into the business decision making processes across virtually every segment of the power industry. Power companies use short-[...]

The research in this thesis focused on the use of Foraminifera to determine paleo-subenvironments and to quantify changes in the subenvironments through time at Fort Fish[...]

Wetlands play a critical role in our natural environment, such as improving water quality, controlling erosion and flooding, and protecting biodiversity. To better protec[...]

Electric load forecasting, as a basic requirement for the decision-making in power utilities, has been improved in various aspects in the past decades. Many factors may a[...]

Continuous advances in modern data collection techniques help spatial scientists gain access to massive and high-resolution spatial and spatio-temporal data. Thus there i[...]

Mutations are a primary source of genetic variation and a major driving force in evolution by influencing survivability (fitness), genetic disease, and the development of[...]

The spatial heterogeneity of microtopography where variation in elevation is less than a meter plays a significant role in ecological, hydrological, and biogeochemical pr[...]