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Variability of North Atlantic hurricanes: seasonal versus individual-event features
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Tropical cyclones are affected by a large number of climatic factors, which translates into complex patterns of occurrence. The variability of annual metrics of tropical-cyclone activity has been intensively studied, in particular since the sudden activation of the N Atl in the mid 1990's. We provide first a swift overview on previous work by diverse authors about these annual metrics for the NAtl basin, where the natural variability of the phenomenon, the existence of trends, the drawbacks of the records, and the influence of global warming have been the subject of interesting debates. Next, we present an alternative approach that does not focus on seasonal features but on the characteristics of single events [Corral et al Nature Phys 6, 693, 2010]. It is argued that the individual-storm power dissipation index (PDI) constitutes a natural way to describe each event, and further, that the PDI statistics yields a robust law for the occurrence of tropical cyclones in terms of a power law. In this context, metho...
Corral, Alvaro
Two Cases of Orbital Myositis as a Rare Feature of
which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Myositis has been reported as a rare manifestation of Lyme disease, and the Lyme disease spirochetes can be an important consideration in the differential diagnosis of unusual cases of myositis, especially in patients who live in or travel to endemic areas. We report the case of two patients who presented with focal orbital myositis which are rare localization for Lyme disease. Myositis were confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging. Diagnosis criteria for Borrelia burgdorferi (B. burgdorferi) infection was supported by (i) medical history (tick bite in an endemic area), (ii) systemic clinical findings (Erythema migrans, neurological manifestation or arthritis), (iii) positive Lyme serology and/or the detection of B. burgdorferi DNA by polymerase chain reaction, as well as (iv) exclusion of other infectious and inflammatory causes. The current cases are reviewed in the context of findings from previous myositis descriptions. 1.
Article Id; Lyme Borreliosis; Arnaud Sauer; Claude Speeg-schatz; Yves Hansmann
A Cognitive Bias Approach to Feature Selection and Weighting for Case-Based Learners
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Research in psychology, psycholinguistics, and cognitive science has discovered and examined numerous psychological constraints on human information processing. Short term memory limitations, a focus of attention bias, and a preference for the use of ... Keywords: case-based learning, feature set selection, feature weighting, instance-based learning, natural language learning
Claire Cardie
Blasting for abandoned-mine land reclamation (closure of individual subsidence features and erratic, undocumented underground coal-mine workings). Final report
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The study has examined the feasibility of blasting for mitigating various abandoned mine land features on AML sites. The investigation included extensive field trial blasts at sites in North Dakota and Montana. A blasting technique was used that was based on spherical cratering concepts. At the Beulah, North Dakota site thirteen individual vertical openings (sinkholes) were blasted with the intent to fill the voids. The blasts were designed to displace material laterally into the void. Good success was had in filling the sinkholes. At the White site in Montana erratic underground rooms with no available documentation were collapsed. An adit leading into the mine was also blasted. Both individual room blasting and area pattern blasting were studied. A total of eight blasts were fired on the one acre area. Exploration requirements and costs were found to be extensive.
Workman, J.L.; Thompson, J.
Surface Mesoscale Features as Potential Storm Predictors in the Northern Great Plains�Two Case Studies
Two mesoscale case studies in the semi-arid climate of southeastern Montana were carried out on 1 May and 3 June 1980. I May was an unstable, rainy day with two rain periods over the mesonet area, and 3 June was a potentially unstable day, with a ...
Andr�A. Doneaud; James R. Miller Jr.; David L. Priegnitz; Lakshmana Viswanath
Ground penetrating radar technique to locate coal mining related features: case studies in Texas
The goal of this research project is to identify the efficacy of the ground penetrating radar (GPR) technique in locating underground coal mine related subsidence features at Malakoff and Bastrop, Texas. The work at Malakoff has been done in collaboration with the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC). RRC has been carrying out reclamation of abandoned underground coal mines at Malakoff since the early 1990�?s. The history of the specific mining operations (at Malakoff and Bastrop) that took place in the early 1900�?s has been difficult to ascertain; therefore, the use of a geophysical techniques like ground penetrating radar to identify hidden voids and potential subsidence features is vital for future reclamation process. Some of the underground mine workings at the field site have collapsed over time affecting the topography by creating sinkholes. GPR data, employing 25 MHz, 50 MHz and 100 MHz frequency antennae, have been collected in common offset patterns and azimuthal pattern. GPR data indicate the mine tunnels possibly connecting existing sinkholes by radargram hyperbolae that correspond with mine openings observed visually or during reclamation. This study also denotes the importance of understanding the variable physical properties of the stratigraphy, which could lead to false alarms by misinterpretation of the radar signals. Natural and man-made above-ground structures cause obstructions in data collection, and hence an optimal design is required for each survey. RRC successfully ground-truthed the data during its reclamation process. In turn, the acquired geophysical data helped to guide the reclamation. At Bastrop, GPR data along with historical documentation led to the conclusion that coal mining did exist in this region but is not a major concern to the immediate stability and safety of the field site. It can be concluded from both the studies that the GPR technique identifies anomalous shafts/tunnels possibly connecting potential failure.
Save, Neelambari R
Water Planets in the Habitable Zone: Atmospheric Chemistry, Observable Features, and the case of Kepler-62e and -62f
Water planets in the habitable zone are expected to have distinct geophysics and geochemistry of their surfaces and atmospheres. We explore these properties motivated by two key questions: whether such planets could provide habitable conditions and whether they exhibit discernable spectral features that distinguish a water planet from a rocky Earth-like planet. We show that the recently discovered planets Kepler-62e and -62f are the first viable candidates for habitable zone water planet. We use these planets as test cases for discussing those differences in detail. We generate atmospheric spectral models and find that potentially habitable water planets show a distinctive spectral fingerprint in transit depending on their position in the habitable zone.
Kaltenegger, L; Rugheimer, S
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Numerical Simulations of the Subsynoptic Features Associated with the AVE-SESAME I Case. Part I: The Preconvective Environment
A series of mesoscale numerical simulations of the AVE-SESAME I case (10 April 1979) were performed in order to analyze the dynamical processes that result in the production of an environment favorable for the development of severe local ...
John W. Zack; Michael L. Kaplan
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PETSc: Features
Features Features Home Download Features Component Details Diagram GPUs Theads Documentation Applications/Publications Miscellaneous External Software Developers Site PETSc is intended for use in large-scale application projects, many ongoing computational science projects are built around the PETSc libraries. PETSc is easy to use for beginners. Moreover, its careful design allows advanced users to have detailed control over the solution process. PETSc includes a large suite of parallel linear, nonlinear equation solvers and ODE integrators that are easily used in application codes written in C, C++, Fortran and now Python. PETSc provides many of the mechanisms needed within parallel application codes, such as simple parallel matrix and vector assembly routines that allow the overlap of communication and computation.
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Feature Article Feature Article * $ &RPSDULVRQ RI 6HOHFWHG (,$'DWD:LWK2WKHU'DWD 6RXUFHV A Comparison of Selected EIA-782 Data With Other Data Sources by Theresa E. Hallquist Introduction The Petroleum Marketing Division (PMD) of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) collects information re- lating to petroleum market prices and volumes on the EIA-782 survey. One way PMD assesses the quality of these data is to compare the data with other sources. Large, irreconcilable differences among data series could indicate the need for improvement in survey design or implementa- tion, or may be due to conceptual differences. For more de- tailed information on the EIA-782 survey, refer to the notes at the end of this article. PMD compares its EIA-782 series of petroleum market prices and volumes with both internal and external data sources
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Five Five Questions for Sudip Dosanjh Special Feature: Five Questions for Sudip Dosanjh September 27, 2013 Sudip-wide.jpg Sudip Dosanjh Sudip Dosanjh is Director of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing (NERSC) Center at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. NERSC's mission is to accelerate scientific discovery at the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science through high performance computing and extreme data analysis. NERSC deploys leading-edge computational and data resources for over 4,700 users from a broad range of disciplines. As a result of this support for science, NERSC users published 1,900 research papers in 2012. To continue its mission, NERSC will be partnering with computer companies to develop and deploy pre-exascale and exascale systems during the next
Chuck Ankenbrandt Chuck Ankenbrandt Chuck Ankenbrandt is our featured scientist this quarter. Chuck has been a Fermilab physicist since 1973 and is a member of the Accelerator Division. He is also heavily involved in educational activities at the Lab. As the father of five children ranging in age from 33 to 8 and the stepfather of four more, Chuck has had a lot of personal educational experience, too! Chuck, thanks for taking the time to talk with us. Would you start by telling us about your current activities at Fermilab? There are three main things now. I'm Experimental Coordinator for the Accelerator Division. I'm designing a high-intensity Fermilab Booster and I'm working with the Education Office on a variety of physics-related activities. What do you do as Experimental Coordinator?
Multifamily Individual Heating and Ventilation Systems, Lawrence, Massachusetts (Fact Sheet), Building America Case Study: Efficient Solutions for New and Existing Homes, Building Technologies Office (BTO)
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Privacy issues with DNA databases and retention of individuals' DNA information by law enforcement agencies: the holding of the European Court of Human Rights case S and Marper v. United Kingdom should be adapted to American Fourth Amendment jurisprudence
When law enforcement agencies collect, retain, and use individuals' DNA information in DNA databases for crime prevention purposes the presumption of innocence is reduced for those individuals. Collection and use of DNA information has benefits, greatly ... Keywords: DNA, DNA databases, European Court of Human Rights, comparative law, constitutional law, criminal procedure, fourth amendment, privacy
Michael Lwin
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Bookmark and Share Printable Version Bookmark and Share Printable Version Feature News The following feature stories take an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at how NREL is advancing energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. You may subscribe to receive weekly news features by e-mail or via RSS feed. NREL Features RSS Feed (XML) 2013 December 2013 New Test Facility to Improve Wind Turbines New Test Facility to Improve Wind Turbines Five-megawatt dynamometer will accelerate the development of next-generation wind energy technologies. Bright Ideas Chase Investor Dollars at Forum Bright Ideas Chase Investor Dollars at Forum Annual Industry Growth Forum sponsored by NREL is where green technology seeks greenbacks. NREL Takes Efficiency to the Great Outdoors NREL Takes Efficiency to the Great Outdoors
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Predicting Individual Fuel Economy
To make informed decisions about travel and vehicle purchase, consumers need unbiased and accurate information of the fuel economy they will actually obtain. In the past, the EPA fuel economy estimates based on its 1984 rules have been widely criticized for overestimating on-road fuel economy. In 2008, EPA adopted a new estimation rule. This study compares the usefulness of the EPA's 1984 and 2008 estimates based on their prediction bias and accuracy and attempts to improve the prediction of on-road fuel economies based on consumer and vehicle attributes. We examine the usefulness of the EPA fuel economy estimates using a large sample of self-reported on-road fuel economy data and develop an Individualized Model for more accurately predicting an individual driver's on-road fuel economy based on easily determined vehicle and driver attributes. Accuracy rather than bias appears to have limited the usefulness of the EPA 1984 estimates in predicting on-road MPG. The EPA 2008 estimates appear to be equally inaccurate and substantially more biased relative to the self-reported data. Furthermore, the 2008 estimates exhibit an underestimation bias that increases with increasing fuel economy, suggesting that the new numbers will tend to underestimate the real-world benefits of fuel economy and emissions standards. By including several simple driver and vehicle attributes, the Individualized Model reduces the unexplained variance by over 55% and the standard error by 33% based on an independent test sample. The additional explanatory variables can be easily provided by the individuals.
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The Advanced CANDU Reactor{sup TM} (ACR{sup TM}) is a Generation III+ pressure tube type reactor using light water coolant and heavy water moderator. The ACR-1000 reactor design is an evolutionary extension of the proven CANDU reactor design. The ACR-1000 incorporates multiple and diverse passive systems for accident mitigation. Where necessary, one or more features that are passive in nature have been included for mitigation of any postulated accident event. This paper describes how the use of passive design elements complements active features enhances reliability and improves safety margins. (authors)
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Individual differences in sentence processing
This thesis aims to elucidate shared mechanisms between retrieval in sentence processing and memory retrieval processes in nonlinguistic domains using an individual differences approach. Prior research in individual ...
Troyer, Melissa L
Real-time rendering of textures with feature curves
The standard bilinear interpolation on normal maps results in visual artifacts along sharp features, which are common for surfaces with creases, wrinkles, and dents. In many cases, spatially varying features, like the normals near discontinuity curves, ... Keywords: Curvilinear feature rendering, GPU algorithms, distance function, normal mapping, resolution independence
Evgueni Parilov; Denis Zorin
Pairwise feature-interaction testing for SPLs: potentials and limitations
A fundamental problem of testing Software Product Lines (SPLs) is that variability enables the production of a large number of instances and it is difficult to construct and run test cases even for SPLs with a small number of variable features. ... Keywords: combinatorial testing, feature interaction, feature model, model-based testing, product lines, reusable test model
Sebastian Oster; Marius Zink; Malte Lochau; Mark Grechanik
Mining Test Cases To Improve Software Maintenance
Finding TestTracing Features to Test Cases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5.4.2 Finding Test Intents Using
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Individual energy conservation behaviors
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Beck, P.; Doctors, S.I.; Hammond, P.Y.
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Features - Archive Features - Archive photo Industrial Building 3 addition Fermilab Today-November 5, 2010 IB3 addition nears completion The future site of Fermilabs new materials laboratory space has evolved from a steel outline to a fully enclosed building over the past five months. Read full column photo Fermilab Today-October 22, 2010 Recovery Act gives LBNE team chance to grow Thanks to funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the collaboration for the Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment, LBNE, has expanded its project team. Read full column photo cooling units Fermilab Today-October 15, 2010 Local company completes FCC roof construction A local construction company recently completed work on the roof of the Feynman Computing Center, an important step in an ongoing project funded by
. of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology¥ Dept. of Electrical and a conventional spectral-based system achieves a signifi- cantly lower error rate than that of the individual-level features, such as the usage or duration of particular words, prosodic features, etc., for speaker
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Feature Tracking Using Reeb Graphs
Tracking features and exploring their temporal dynamics can aid scientists in identifying interesting time intervals in a simulation and serve as basis for performing quantitative analyses of temporal phenomena. In this paper, we develop a novel approach for tracking subsets of isosurfaces, such as burning regions in simulated flames, which are defined as areas of high fuel consumption on a temperature isosurface. Tracking such regions as they merge and split over time can provide important insights into the impact of turbulence on the combustion process. However, the convoluted nature of the temperature isosurface and its rapid movement make this analysis particularly challenging. Our approach tracks burning regions by extracting a temperature isovolume from the four-dimensional space-time temperature field. It then obtains isosurfaces for the original simulation time steps and labels individual connected 'burning' regions based on the local fuel consumption value. Based on this information, a boundary surface between burning and non-burning regions is constructed. The Reeb graph of this boundary surface is the tracking graph for burning regions.
Weber, Gunther H.; Bremer, Peer-Timo; Day, Marcus S.; Bell, John B.; Pascucci, Valerio
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Announcements Announcements Hopper Featured Announcements Hopper OS upgrade and new SW set to default next Wed, Feb 27 February 21, 2013 by Helen He | 0 Comments 1) There will be a scheduled hardware and software maintenance for Hopper next Wednesday, February 27, from 7 am to 7 pm Pacific time. This is a major OS upgrade. Most applications are highly recommended to recompile (or at least relink) after the maintenance. C++ and PGAS applications are recommended to recompile and relink. Please plan your work accordingly and check the NERSC Message of the Day (MOTD) for status update: http://www.nersc.gov/live-status/motd/. 2) After the maintenance, the following software versions will be set to default on Hopper: -- pgi/12.9.0 -- gcc/4.7.2 -- cce/8.1.3 -- intel/126.96.36.199
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9 9 Extreme Drilling Laboratory Is Ready to Rock and Roll The Extreme Drilling Laboratory The Extreme Drilling Laboratory is located at the NETL Morgantown site. Initial research operations will begin in 2010. The Extreme Drilling Laboratory (XDL) at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) proudly announces the much-anticipated debut of its prototype Ultra-deep Drilling Simulator (UDS), the rock star of the XDL. Drilling research will begin soon at an experimental well site with pressures reaching 30,000 pounds of force per square inch and temperatures exceeding 480 °F at the bottom of the well. One of the many unique features of this extreme drilling research is that 100 percent of the drilling will occur above ground. In addition, the UDS operating pressure
Salient Biological Features, Systematics,
Salient Salient Biological Features, Systematics, and Genetic Variation of Populus Gancho T. Slavov and Peter Zhelev Abstract The genus Populus includes morphologically diverse species of decid- uous, relatively short-lived, and fast-growing trees. Most species have wide ranges of distribution but tend to occur primarily in riparian or mountainous habitats. Trees from this genus are typically dioecious, flower before leaf emer- gence, and produce large amounts of wind-dispersed pollen or seeds. Seedlings are drought- and shade-intolerant, and their establishment depends on distur- bance and high soil moisture. Asexual reproduction is common and occurs via root sprouting and/or rooting of shoots. Fossil records suggest that the genus appeared in the late Paleocene or early Eocene (i.e., 50-60 million years BP). According to one commonly used classification, the genus is comprised
Entropic measures of individual mobility patterns
Understanding human mobility from a microscopic point of view may represent a fundamental breakthrough for the development of a statistical physics for cognitive systems and it can shed light on the applicability of macroscopic statistical laws for social systems. Even if the complexity of individual behaviors prevents a true microscopic approach, the introduction of mesoscopic models allows the study of the dynamical properties for the non-stationary states of the considered system. We propose to compute various entropy measures of the individual mobility patterns obtained from GPS data that record the movements of private vehicles in the Florence district, in order to point out new features of human mobility related to the use of time and space and to define the dynamical properties of a stochastic model that could generate similar patterns. Moreover, we can relate the predictability properties of human mobility to the distribution of time passed between two successive trips. Our analysis suggests the exist...
Gallotti, Riccardo; Esposti, Mirko Degli; Rambaldi, Sandro
Individual Permit for Storm Water
Individual Permit Individual Permit Individual Permit for Storm Water The Individual Permit authorizes the discharge of storm water associated with historical industrial activities at LANL from specified solid waste management units and areas of concern, collectively referred to as Sites. October 15, 2012 Sandia Canyon Wetlands Sandia Canyon Wetlands in the early morning looking north. Get Expertise Environmental Communications & Public Involvement Email In the Individual Permit, to 'minimize' means to reduce and/or eliminate discharges of pollutants in storm water to the extent achievable. What is the Individual Permit for Storm Water? The Permit - NPDES No. NM0030759 - was issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6, on September 30, 2010 to Los Alamos National
Features of Westerly Waves Propagating over Southern Africa during Summer
Middle latitude westerly waves skirting the southern tip of Africa during summer were examined for consistent features. Composite, upper air rawind soundings for two independent cases were analyzed. The thermodynamic and dynamic fields were ...
Bruce Kelbe
Turkish constituent chunking with morphological and contextual features
State-of-the-art phrase chunking focuses on English and shows high accuracy with very basic word features such as the word itself and the POS tag. In case of morphologically rich languages like Turkish, basic features are not sufficient. Moreover, phrase ...
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CenterFeaturesFeatures and Releases Archive CenterFeaturesFeatures and Releases Archive Media Contact Lynne Roeder lynne-dot-roeder-at-pnnl-dot-gov @armnewsteam Field Notes Blog Topics Field Notes89 AGU 3 AMIE 10 ARM Aerial Facility 2 ARM Mobile Facility 1 6 ARM Mobile Facility 2 47 BAECC 1 BBOP 4 MAGIC 12 MC3E 17 SGP 2 STORMVEX 29 TCAP 3 Search News Search Blog News Center All Categories What's this? Social Media Guidance News Center All Categories Features and Releases Facility News Field Notes Blog feed Events feed Employment Research Highlights Data Announcements Education News Archive What's this? Social Media Guidance Features and Releases Archive 2013 Dec 30 Pole Position: New Field Campaigns Explore Arctic and Antarctic Atmosphere Nov 13 Research Flights Completed for Biomass Burning Field Campaign Nov 07 MAGIC Takes a Bow
Argonne Transportation - 2002 Features Archive
2 Features Archive Argonne Completes Evaluation of DOE Fuel Cell System Argonne National Laboratory has finished testing the U.S. Department of Energys (DOE's) first...
Argonne Transportation - 2007 Features Archive
7 Features Archive Argonne's Lithium-Ion Battery Technology Offers Reliability, Greater Safety Argonne's an internationally recognized leader in the development of lithium-battery...
DOE software featured at ESTSC
DOE software featured at ESTSC Multi AdminSystem Tracking-Environment Resource: MASTER is an open-source software package available from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory...
Bayesian Nonparametric Latent Feature Models
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Miller, Kurt Tadayuki
Explains Vehicle Technologies to Illinois Companies and Government Explains Vehicle Technologies to Illinois Companies and Government Illinois chamber of commerce Attendees lined up for the test drive opportunities. On August 16, 2011, Argonne participated in the event, "Taking the Future Out for a Spin," organized by the Illinois Chamber of Commerce and held at the Autobahn Racing Country Club in Joliet, Il. Argonne researchers Glenn Keller and Henning Lohse-Busch were on hand to help attendees understand the advanced technology vehicles at the event. Lohse-Busch gave a presentation titled, "Current and Future Trends in Alternative Fuel Vehicles: A Research Perspective." Folks attending had the opportunity to drive a variety of advanced hybrid cars, including plug-in hybrids, electric vehicles and natural gas vehicles around a one and one-half mile closed racing course. Car manufacturers Chevy, Nissan, Tesla, Think, Mitsubishi and Ford provided electric vehicles, including the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf. Hybrid vehicles were provided by Toyota, Porsche, Kia, Cadillac and Ford. Chevy, VPG, Green Alternative Systems and Freightliner provided vehicles that run on compressed natural gas.
Engineers (SAE) Hybrid Task Force Committee. Harper's current research involves power line communication technology (PLC) and plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) communication...
Individuals and Modality Hisashi Komatsu*
Individuals and Modality Hisashi Komatsu* Hiroshima City University School of Information Sciences 151-5 Ozuka, Numata-cho, Asa-minaini-ku, Hiroshima 731-31, Japan Tel.: +81-82-830-1615, 1500 e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com Abstract In this paper, I argue that the modality contained in declarative
Newsletter Features | Department of Energy
About Us » News & Blog » Newsletter Features About Us » News & Blog » Newsletter Features Newsletter Features Below are featured articles from the Indian Energy Beat newsletter. Download full issues of the newsletter. September 6, 2013 The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians are converting waste vegetable oil and grease to biofuel in an effort to reduce the environmental impact of their energy use. Fuel from Waste Helps Power Two Tribes The Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians had plenty of used vegetable oil and grease on hand and a desire to convert the waste to biofuel to reduce the environmental impact of their energy use. The Tribes participated in a demonstration project with the intent to share their experience and lessons learned so that other Tribes
Feature-guided image stippling
This paper presents an automatic method for producing stipple renderings from photographs, following the style of professional hedcut illustrations. For effective depiction of image features, we introduce a novel dot placement algorithm which adapts ...
Dongyeon Kim; Minjung Son; Yunjin Lee; Henry Kang; Seungyong Lee
Nature Climate Change features Los
Nature Climate Change features Los Alamos forest research February 27, 2013 New print edition of journal tags tree-stress project for cover story LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Feb. 27,...
Argonne Transportation - 2006 Features Archive
6 Features Archive SAE International Environmental Excellence in Transportation (E2T) Award Runner-Up Michael Wang of Argonne National Laboratory was honored as a runner-up in the...
INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN JOB AID INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN JOB AID Log into to ESS>Click the IDP drop down menu>Click Start Page Click on "Create a new IDP" NOTE: This screen also gives you the option to change supervisors, view, update and rollover your IDP. Your initial IDP will be (blank) in the goal column for your 3 Short Range and Long Range goals, so click on the word/link (Modify) to enter goals. Enter your Goal in the box below>Click Save This window will appear>Click on one of the Activity boxes below to enter an activity. You can add more than one activity per goal. This window will appear so you can enter the detailed information for your activities. You can select one of the 3 save options on the bottom. To View your IDP>Click on View current IDP (example is below this screen
Learning Feature Weights from Customer Return-Set Selections
This paper describes LCW, a procedure for learning customer preferences represented as feature weights by observing customers' selections from return sets. An empirical evaluation on simulated customer behavior indicated that uninformed hypotheses about customer weights lead to low ranking accuracy unless customers place some importance on almost all features or the total number of features is quite small. In contrast, LCW's estimate of the mean preferences of a customer population improved as the number of customers increased, even for larger numbers of features of widely differing importance. This improvement in the estimate of mean customer preferences led to improved prediction of individual customer's rankings, irrespective of the extent of variation among customers and whether a single or multiple retrievals were permitted. The experimental results suggest that the return set that optimizes benefit may be smaller for customer populations with little variation than for customer populations with wide variation.
L. Karl Branting
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News & Awards News & Awards News Releases Honors & Awards News Features Advanced Materials Home | Science & Discovery | Advanced Materials | News & Awards | News Features News Features 1-2 of 2 Results Nanotech toolbox July 01, 2013 - One of the most remarkable aspects of this super-small-scale world is that, under the right conditions, bits and pieces of materials will put themselves together-a natural phenomenon known as self-assembly. For example, polymer molecules, like the ones used to make plastic bags, organize themselves into a variety of structures based on what's going on in their environment. New family of tiny crystals glow bright in LED lights May 23, 2013 - Minuscule crystals that glow different colors may be the missing ingredient for white LED lighting that illuminates homes and
Green Power Network: Featured Reports
Alphabetical Listing Alphabetical Listing Categorical Listing Chronological Listing Featured Reports Featured Reports Selected from from our Library of Green Power Publications Some of the following documents are available as Adobe Acrobat PDFs. Download Adobe Reader. Feature Report Heeter, J., T. Nicholas, 2013. Status and Trends in the U.S. Voluntary Green Power Market (2012 Data). NREL Report No. TP-6A20-60210. (PDF 1.2 MB) Heeter, J., 2013. Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) Tracking Systems: Costs & Verification Issues (Presentation). NREL/PR-6A20-60640. (PDF 517 KB) Heeter, J., P. Armstrong, L. Bird, 2012. Market Brief: Status of the Voluntary Renewable Energy Certificate Market (2011 Data). NREL/TP-6A20-52925 (PDF 974 KB) Bird, L., A. Reger, and J. Heeter, 2012. Distributed Solar Incentive
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Featured Webinars | Open Energy Information
Featured Webinars Featured Webinars Jump to: navigation, search This page highlights the webinars conducted by the Coordinated Low Emissions Assistance Network, Clean Energy Solutions Center, Enhancing Capacity for Low Emissions Development Strategies program, and the LEDS Global Dialogue Working Group. Finance Webinars CESC-Webinar: Building an Innovation and Entrepreneurship Driven Economy: How Policies Can Foster Risk Capital Investment in Renewable Energy CESC-Webinar: Financial and Policy Innovations to Support Energy Efficiency: Energy Performance Contracting and On-Bill Financing Implementation Webinars GHG Inventory Webinars Low-carbon plans/TNAs/NAMAs Webinars CLEAN-Capacity Building and Training for Low Emissions Development Planning CLEAN-Linked Open Data (LOD) Webinar
Thermodynamics for individual quantum systems
We present a framework for extending thermodynamics to individual quantum systems, including explicitly a thermal bath and work-storage device (essentially a 'weight' that can be raised or lowered). We then prove that the second law of thermodynamics holds in our framework, and give a simple protocol to extract the optimal amount of work from the system (equal to its change in free energy). Our results apply to any quantum system in an arbitrary initial state, in particular including non-equilibrium situations. The optimal protocol is essentially reversible, similar to classical Carnot cycles, and indeed, we can use it to construct a quantum Carnot engine.
Paul Skrzypczyk; Anthony J. Short; Sandu Popescu
On selecting Gabor features for biometric authentication
We describe a Gabor feature selection technique that allows us to develop a fast and robust Gabor-feature based biometric system. Existing Gabor based methods use a huge number of Gabor features to represent the patterns. Our experiments on different ... Keywords: Gabor features, automated identification, biometrics, ear authentication, equal error rate, feature selection, finger authentication
Loris Nanni; Alessandra Lumini
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Individual energy-conservation behaviors
One important basis for sound energy policy is an understanding of how American consumers view and practice energy conservation. Project Monitor, a study of consumers' energy attitudes and behavior surveyed more than 1000 household consumers to determine individual attributes, situational factors, attitudes, and perceptions that influence (or fail to influence) energy conservation. Using these data, the authors related specific types of energy conservation - general, winterization, heating, cooling, appliance, transportation, and electricity reductions - to 24 demographic, situational, attitudinal, and perceptual variables in the household sample. To determine the characteristics that differentiate conservers from nonconservers, simple correlations are made between each of the independent variables and the dependent measures of conservation; the results of multivariate regression analyses are used to estimate the effects of the independent variables simultaneously. Also measured were the effects on households of two exogenous events during the period of the study. It concludes with recommendations for implementing and increasing energy conservation. 296 references, 42 tables.
Notices Affected Public: Individuals and
23 Federal Register 23 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 23 / Thursday, February 3, 2011 / Notices Affected Public: Individuals and households; not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal Government, State Educational Agencies or Local Educational Agencies. Total Estimated Number of Annual Responses: 22,760. Total Estimated Number of Annual Burden Hours: 8,725. Abstract: The study is being conducted as part of the National Assessment of Title I, mandated by Title I, Part E, Section 1501 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. The study is designed to identify school programs and instructional practices associated with improved language development, background knowledge, and comprehension outcomes for children in prekindergarten through third grade. Analyses will estimate the
PETSc: Features: Nvidia GPU support
Nvidia GPU support Nvidia GPU support Home Download Features Component Details Diagram GPUs Theads Documentation Applications/Publications Miscellaneous External Software Developers Site PETSc algebraic solvers now run on Nvidia GPU systems. This sometimes provides an alternative high-performance, low-cost solution technique. We recommend working with petsc-dev if you wish to work witht his feature. If you use the PETSc GPU code in your published work, please cite the following paper: @article{minden2010preliminary, title={Preliminary implementation of PETSc using GPUs}, author={Minden, V. and Smith, B.F. and Knepley, M.G.}, journal={Proceedings of the 2010 International Workshop of GPU Solutions to Multiscale Problems in Science and Engineering}, year={2010} } WARNING: Using GPUs effectively is difficult! You must be dedicated and
Argonne Transportation - 2005 Features Archive
5 Features Archive 5 Features Archive South African Science Park Street Naming Michael Thackeray of Argonne National Laboratory's Chemical Engineering Division was recently honored as one of 11 notable South African scientists and innovators to have streets named after them in Pretoria's new Innovation Hub science park. (More...) Electrochemical Society Battery Division Research Award Michael Thackeray of Argonne National Laboratory received the 2005 Research Award of the Battery Division of the Electrochemical Society. The award was established in 1958 to recognize outstanding contributions to the science and technology of primary and secondary cells and batteries and fuel cells. (More...) SAE Barry D. McNutt Award for Excellence in Automotive Policy Analysis Steve Plotkin of Argonne's Center for Transportation Research was the winner of the Society for Automotive Engineers (SAE) 2005 Barry D. McNutt Award, which recognizes the importance of sound policy analysis and inspires members of the mobility community in government, industry and elsewhere to strive for excellence. (More...)
Argonne Transportation - 2003 Features Archive
3 Features Archive 3 Features Archive Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Fellow Ali Erdemir of Argonne's Energy Technology Division has been named a Fellow of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE). Last year, Erdemir received the Al Sonntag Award and the Allan A. Manteuffel Award from STLE's Chicago chapter for his development of a carbon coating that showed the lowest coefficient of friction (less than .001) when tested in a dry nitrogen atmosphere. (More...) Argonne Researcher Honored for Career in Engine Research The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) honored Argonne's Ramanujam (Raj) Sekar by elevating his membership to the status of a Fellow, in recognition of his many "significant engineering achievements and contributions to the engineering profession" over a career spanning more than 33 years. Sekar manages the Engine and Emissions Research Group at Argonne's Transportation Technology R&D Center. (More...)
Argonne Transportation - 2000 Features Archive
0 Features Archive 0 Features Archive Argonne Technology Wins R&D 100 Award Argonne researchers have won an R&D 100 Award for developing a catalyst that may help bring environmentally friendly electric cars to the marketplace. These awards are given annually by R&D Magazine to the 100 most significant technical products of the year. (More...) Argonne's Automotive Recycling Processes Win Awards The automobile shredder industry recovers over 10 million tons of ferrous (iron-containing) scrap annually from obsolete automobiles and sells the metals at a significant profit. After metals recovery, though, the auto recyclers are left with about 5 million tons of nonmetallic auto shredder residue (ASR) to dispose of annually. Argonne's processes to recover valuable plastics from this scrap have won two prestigious awards. (More...)
Comparing visual features for morphing based recognition
This thesis presents a method of object classification using the idea of deformable shape matching. Three types of visual features, geometric blur, C1 and SIFT, are used to generate feature descriptors. These feature ...
Wu, Jia Jane
Security Cases
security-cases Office of Hearings and Appeals 1000 security-cases Office of Hearings and Appeals 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC, 20585 202-287-1566 en PSH-13-0103 - In the Matter of Personnel Security http://energy.gov/oha/downloads/psh-13-0103-matter-personnel-security PSH-13-0103 - In the Matter of Personnel Security On January 29, 2013, the Individual completed and submitted a Questionnaire for National Security Positions (QNSP) to a Local Security
Mesoscale Surface Pressure and Temperature Features Associated with Bow Echoes
This study examines observed mesoscale surface pressure, temperature, and wind features of bow echoes. Bow-echo events in the area of the Oklahoma Mesonet are selected for study to take advantage of high-resolution surface data. Thirty-six cases ...
Rebecca D. Adams-Selin; Richard H. Johnson
Analytical features: a knowledge-based approach to audio feature generation
We present a feature generation system designed to create audio features for supervised classification tasks. The main contribution to feature generation studies is the notion of analytical features (AFs), a construct designed to support the representation ...
Fran�ois Pachet; Pierre Roy
Argonne Transportation - 2001 Features Archive
1 Features Archive 1 Features Archive SAE Award for Excellence in Oral Presentation Christopher Powell of Argonne National Laboratory's Center for Transportation Research (CTR) received a Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Award for Excellence in Oral Presentation for his presentation entitled "X-Ray Measurement of High Pressure Diesel Sprays" at the March 2001 SAE World Congress in Detroit, Michigan. (More...) Discover Award Finalist, Transportation: Using X-Ray Vision to Study Fuel Spray Processes Inside Engines By using high-brilliance X-rays from Argonnes Advanced Photon Source, researchers are able to obtain never-before-possible, time-resolved and quantitative information on the structure of gasoline and diesel fuel sprays at the very moment they enter the engine cylinder. Before the new X-ray vision technique, the portion of fuel sprays nearest the injector nozzle (the first one inch) had been too opaque for visible light to penetrate, leaving engine designers and manufacturers to guess at conditions inside the fuel spray
Transplanting assembly of individual carbon nanotubes
Handling and assembling individual nanostructures to bigger scale systems such as MEMS have been the biggest challenge. A deterministic assembly of individual carbon nanotubes by transplanting them to MEMS structures is ...
Kim, Soohyung
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Individualized Site Training | National Nuclear Security Administration Our Mission Managing the Stockpile Preventing Proliferation Powering the Nuclear Navy Emergency Response...
DOE Green Energy (OSTI)
The DCX-2 is a large, complex experimental apparatus. Its aim is the generation of a hot, dense plasma by the injection and dissociation of 600-kev hydrogen molecNoneular ions in a magnetic-mirror field. For facilitating this process, the molecular ions are given a long path in the machine, and the ion- pumping action of the plasma is used to maintain the vacuum. The major component systems of the apparatus are the ion source and accelerator, highvoltage power supply, magnet system, beam-injection duct, vacuum system, and dissociating arc. The design, construction, and performance of each component system, the constructional features not peculiar to any one component, and the instruments and techniques available for plasma study are described. (auth)
Bell, P.R.; Culver, J.S.; DeCamp, S.M.; Ezell, J.C.; Kelley, G.G.; Lazar, N.H.; Mackin, R.J. Jr.
,- A Model for Syringe Grading Based on Extracted Features From High Dimensional Friction Data
In the biomedical products industry, measures of the quality of individual clinical specimens or manufacturing production units are often available in the form of high dimensional data such as continuous recordings obtained from an analytical instrument. These recordings are then examined by experts in the field who extract certain features and use these to classify individuals. To formalize and quantify this procedure an approach for extracting features from recordings based on nonparametric regression is described. These features are then used to build a classification model which incorporates the knowledge of the expert automatically. The procedure is presented via an example involving the grading of syringes from associated friction profile data. Features of the syringe friction profiles used in the classification are extracted via smoothing splines and grades of the syringes are assigned by an expert tribologist. A nonlinear classification model is constructed to predict syringe grades based on the extracted features. The classification model makes it possible to grade syringes automatically without
Gerry Gray; David Martin; Perry Haal; Series M. Oconnel; G. Gray; P. Haal; Michael O' connell; Doug Nychka; Gerry Gray; David Martin; Perry Haal
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About About Printable Version Share this resource Send a link to Alternative Fuels Data Center: News and Features to someone by E-mail Share Alternative Fuels Data Center: News and Features on Facebook Tweet about Alternative Fuels Data Center: News and Features on Twitter Bookmark Alternative Fuels Data Center: News and Features on Google Bookmark Alternative Fuels Data Center: News and Features on Delicious Rank Alternative Fuels Data Center: News and Features on Digg Find More places to share Alternative Fuels Data Center: News and Features on AddThis.com... More in this section... Project Assistance News & Features Spanish Resources Contacts News and Features The Alternative Fuels Data Center (AFDC) helps transportation decision makers find alternative fuel information, data, and tools through
Modern Geothermal Features | Open Energy Information
Modern Geothermal Features Modern Geothermal Features Jump to: navigation, search GEOTHERMAL ENERGYGeothermal Home Print PDF Modern Geothermal Features Dictionary.png Modern Geothermal Features: Active geothermal manifestations such as hot springs, fumaroles, steaming ground, mud pots, mud pools, mud volcanoes, or geysers. Other definitions:Wikipedia Reegle When geothermal systems have conduits available to the surface, they cause surface manifestations (or geothermal features). These features may vary between steam seeps (fumaroles) or pure fluid manifestations (geysers and hot springs) causing spectacular mineral formations (e.g. sinter terraces, tufa mounds). These types of manifestations are clear indications of an underlying geothermal system. Geothermal systems with no modern surface
Waste Form Features, Events, and Processes
The purpose of this report is to evaluate and document the inclusion or exclusion of the waste form features, events and processes (FEPs) with respect to modeling used to support the Total System Performance Assessment for License Application (TSPA-LA). A screening decision, either Included or Excluded, is given for each FEP along with the technical bases for screening decisions. This information is required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in 10 CFR 63.114 (d, e, and f) [DIRS 156605]. The FEPs addressed in this report deal with the issues related to the degradation and potential failure of the waste form and the migration of the waste form colloids. For included FEPs, this analysis summarizes the implementation of the FEP in TSPA-LA, (i.e., how the FEP is included). For excluded FEPs, this analysis provides the technical bases for exclusion from TSPA-LA (i.e., why the FEP is excluded). This revision addresses the TSPA-LA FEP list (DTN: MO0407SEPFEPLA.000 [DIRS 170760]). The primary purpose of this report is to identify and document the analyses and resolution of the features, events, and processes (FEPs) associated with the waste form performance in the repository. Forty FEPs were identified that are associated with the waste form performance. This report has been prepared to document the screening methodology used in the process of FEP inclusion and exclusion. The analyses documented in this report are for the license application (LA) base case design (BSC 2004 [DIRS 168489]). In this design, a drip shield is placed over the waste package and no backfill is placed over the drip shield (BSC 2004 [DIRS 168489]). Each FEP may include one or more specific issues that are collectively described by a FEP name and a FEP description. The FEP description may encompass a single feature, process or event, or a few closely related or coupled processes if the entire FEP can be addressed by a single specific screening argument or TSPA-LA disposition. The FEPs are addressed in associated analysis or model reports. The assignments were based on the nature of the FEPs so that the analysis and resolution of screening decisions reside with the subject-matter experts in the relevant disciplines.
R. Schreiner
Combining rough set and case based reasoning for process conditions selection in camshaft grinding
Case Based Reasoning (CBR) is a novel paradigm that uses previous cases to solve new, unseen and different problems. However, redundant features may not only dramatically increase the case memory, but also make the case retrieval more time-consuming. ... Keywords: Camshaft grinding, Case based reasoning, Case evaluation, Case reclassify, Feature reduction, Genetic algorithm, Rough set
X. H. Zhang; Z. H. Deng; W. Liu; H. Cao
Feature Tracking on the Unit Sphere
Techniques used in a previous study of the objective identification and tracking of meteorological features in model data are extended to the unit sphere. An alternative feature detection scheme is described based on cubic interpolation for the ...
K. I. Hodges
Transfer in Reinforcement Learning via Shared Features
We present a framework for transfer in reinforcement learning based on the idea that related tasks share some common features, and that transfer can be achieved via those shared features. The framework attempts to capture ...
Konidaris, George
October 30 Webinar to Feature Successful Tribal Renewable Energy Projects |
October 30 Webinar to Feature Successful Tribal Renewable Energy October 30 Webinar to Feature Successful Tribal Renewable Energy Projects October 30 Webinar to Feature Successful Tribal Renewable Energy Projects October 24, 2013 - 11:34am Addthis The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Indian Energy, the DOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy's Tribal Energy Program, and the Western Area Power Administration (Western) will present the next Tribal Renewable Energy Series webinar, Renewable Energy Case Studies-Tribal and Developer Perspectives, on Wednesday, October 30, 2013. "This is a unique opportunity to hear firsthand about some of the innovative programs and practices Tribes have leveraged to successfully implement renewable energy projects," said Randy Manion, Renewable Energy Project Manager at Western. "In this final webinar of the 2013 Tribal
Individual Development Plan | Department of Energy
Individual Development Plan Individual Development Plan Individual Development Plan To be effective, training decisions made at the organizational and departmental levels must be informed by the needs of the individual. An individual development plan (IDP) is cooperatively developed between a supervisor and an employee to identify training needs that address mandatory training, essential competencies, legal requirements, career development and professional growth. This allows the employee and supervisor to focus limited resources in the area of greatest need for the individual and the organization. IDPs should be updated annually. The IDP tool resides in the Employee Self Service (ESS) system, a web-based application for all DOE Federal Employees. For instructions on using the IDP tool, visit the ESS website (once logged
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Chapter 5 - Individuals and Agencies Contacted
5-1 CHAPTER 5 INDIVIDUALS AND AGENCIES CONTACTED NEPA regulations require that federal, state, and local agencies with jurisdiction or special expertise regarding environmental...
Experimental comparison of orthogonal moments as feature extraction methods for character recognition
The selection of a good feature extraction technique is very important in any classification problem. Moments, especially orthogonal moments, seem to be a powerful option in the case of digital image compression, description and recognition. Nowadays, ... Keywords: character recognition, feature extraction, orthogonal moments
Miguel A. Duval; Sandro Vega-Pons; Eduardo Garea
Relict Geothermal Features | Open Energy Information
Relict Geothermal Features Relict Geothermal Features Jump to: navigation, search GEOTHERMAL ENERGYGeothermal Home Print PDF Relict Geothermal Features Dictionary.png Relict Geothermal Features: No definition has been provided for this term. Add a Definition Relict geothermal surface feature, include the mineral formations left behind by hot springs, fumaroles, and geysers as well as the alteration of minerals by geothermal waters (e.g. opalization of sediments). Such alteration and deposits are indicators of past hydrothermal activity. Though surface activity has ceased in many areas, relict geothermal features may indicate the presence of a still active geothermal system below the surface. Retrieved from "http://en.openei.org/w/index.php?title=Relict_Geothermal_Features&oldid=600720"
Supporting collaborative help for individualized use
In this paper, we seek to advance the research around utilizing collaborative help for supporting individualized use of technologies. We do this by shedding light on the ways that users of MythTV, a highly flexible open-source software system for home ... Keywords: appropriation, collaborative help, configuration, individualized use, mythtv, pervasive systems, tailorability
Jina Huh; Mark W. Newman; Mark S. Ackerman
Property:TopoFeatures | Open Energy Information
Property Property Edit with form History Facebook icon Twitter icon » Property:TopoFeatures Jump to: navigation, search Property Name TopoFeatures Property Type String Description Describes topographic features within the vicinity of the field (e.g. volcanic features, rift valleys, extensional features) that may be significant reflections of underlying geothermal resources. This is a property of type Page. Subproperties This property has the following 4 subproperties: G Geysers Geothermal Area L Lightning Dock Geothermal Area S Soda Lake Geothermal Area Stillwater Geothermal Area Pages using the property "TopoFeatures" Showing 23 pages using this property. A Amedee Geothermal Area + Horst and Graben + B Beowawe Hot Springs Geothermal Area + Horst and Graben +
Spatial Feature Evaluation for Aerial Scene Analysis
High-resolution aerial images are becoming more readily available, which drives the demand for robust, intelligent and efficient systems to process increasingly large amounts of image data. However, automated image interpretation still remains a challenging problem. Robust techniques to extract and represent features to uniquely characterize various aerial scene categories is key for automated image analysis. In this paper we examined the role of spatial features to uniquely characterize various aerial scene categories. We studied low-level features such as colors, edge orientations, and textures, and examined their local spatial arrangements. We computed correlograms representing the spatial correlation of features at various distances, then measured the distance between correlograms to identify similar scenes. We evaluated the proposed technique on several aerial image databases containing challenging aerial scene categories. We report detailed evaluation of various low-level features by quantitatively measuring accuracy and parameter sensitivity. To demonstrate the feature performance, we present a simple query-based aerial scene retrieval system.
Swearingen, Thomas S [ORNL] [ORNL; Cheriyadat, Anil M [ORNL] [ORNL
Neighborhoods and Individual Preferences: A Markovian Model
recent years. But agent- based models, despite their powerkey features of their agent-based models. In this MarkovianMare rely on agent-based (microsimulation) models to draw
Tuljapurkar, Shripad; Bruch, Elizabeth E.; Mare, Robert D.
ARM - Feature Stories and Releases Article
9 Feature Stories and Releases Open House Draws Crowd to ARM Climate Research Facility Display Mild summer temperatures helped bring thousands of visitors through the gates of...
July 26, 2012 Feature Stories and Releases Capturing Aerosol Evolution at Cape Cod From July 2012 to June 2013, nearly sixty instruments are obtaining atmospheric data from the...
NETL: NewsRoom - Feature Stories
Feature Stories September 2013 NETL's Supercomputer Addresses Energy Issues on Two Fronts August 2013 Adapting Energy Research for Further Innovations: A Little Sharing Among...
December 11, 2007 Feature Stories and Releases National User Facility Leads to Multidisciplinary Climate Research Contact: Lynne Roeder, ARM Public Information Officer,...
features the familiar faces of Professor Polar Bear, Teacher Turtle, and PI Prairie Dog. These "mascots" represent the ARM Climate Research Facility's research locales in...
Facility News, Feature Stories and Releases Research Flights Completed for Biomass Burning Field Campaign Bookmark and Share The Gulstream-1 heads toward a smoke plume during a...
Identifying Transition State Features of Enzymatic Conformational...
remains a challenging task. We employ computational strategies in conjunction with NMR experiments to reveal - in atomistic resolution - features of transition states and...
March 31, 2008 Feature Stories and Releases Aerosols and Clouds: A Complex Climate Connection New data will help researchers examine cloud composition and resulting effects on...
Digital Mapping Of Structurally Controlled Geothermal Features...
Gps Units And Pocket Computers Jump to: navigation, search GEOTHERMAL ENERGYGeothermal Home Conference Paper: Digital Mapping Of Structurally Controlled Geothermal Features With...
GPS Units And Pocket Computers Jump to: navigation, search OpenEI Reference LibraryAdd to library Conference Paper: Digital Mapping Of Structurally Controlled Geothermal Features...
Nonrobustness Property of the Individual Ergodic Theorem
Main laws of probability theory, when applied to individual sequences, have a �robustness� property under small violations of randomness. For example, the law of large numbers for the symmetric Bernoulli scheme holds for a sequence where ...
V. V. V'yugin
Private Citizens/Individuals Written Comments | A
Citizens/Individuals Written Comments | A Citizens/Individuals Written Comments | A 74BPrivate Citizen/Individual's Written Comments Private Citizens/Individuals Written Comments | 1 While anecdotal suggestions of health effects from wind turbine sound can be found online, No evidence exists regarding direct negative health effects associated with wind turbine sound in any peer reviewed, scientific papers or studies. Impacts to birds and bats are disclosed in Section 220.127.116.11-Migratory Birds - Direct and Indirect Effects by Alternative and 188.8.131.52-Bats - Direct and Indirect Effects by Alternative, respectively. Impacts to Birds and Bats will be minimized by MM-BIO-5 Bird and Bat Conservation Strategy. Additionally, refer to Appendix B-4: Bird and Bat Conservation Strategy (formerly known as the Avian and Bat
Inhibiting Individual Notch Receptors Improves Treatment
Inhibiting Individual Notch Inhibiting Individual Notch Receptors Improves Treatment Inhibiting Individual Notch Receptors Improves Treatment Print Wednesday, 27 July 2011 00:00 Notch receptors constitute a family of evolutionarily conserved transmembrane proteins that function as conduits for cell communication, regulating cell fate and growth. Aberrant activation of any of the four human Notch receptors has been linked to diseases, particularly cancer, making the Notch pathway a compelling target for new drug studies. A research team from Bay Area companies Genentech and Exelixis has synthesized highly specialized antibody inhibitors that specifically inhibit only Notch1 or Notch2, acting through a potent and novel mechanism of Notch inhibition. These antibodies, characterized at ALS Beamline 5.0.2, could provide the tools to therapeutically target individual Notch receptors, avoiding the intestinal toxicity ascribed to treatment with more than one, or a pan-Notch, inhibitor.
Individual working memory capacity is uniquely correlated with feature-based attention when combined with spatial attention
of mental storage capacity. 87-114. Zhang, W. , & Luck, S.of working memory capacity. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review,of mental storage capacity. The Behavioral and Brain
Bengson, Jesse J.; Mangun, George R.
Web credibility: features exploration and credibility prediction
The open nature of the World Wide Web makes evaluating webpage credibility challenging for users. In this paper, we aim to automatically assess web credibility by investigating various characteristics of webpages. Specifically, we first identify features ... Keywords: classification, feature analysis, regression, web credibility
Alexandra Olteanu; Stanislav Peshterliev; Xin Liu; Karl Aberer
We present a framework for transfer in reinforcement learning based on the idea that related tasks share some common features, and that transfer can be achieved via those shared features. The framework attempts to capture the notion of tasks that are ...
George Konidaris; Ilya Scheidwasser; Andrew Barto
Preserving the feature record: a systematic analysis of cooking and heating features from the Richard Beene site (41BX831), Texas
Natural and cultural archaeological features at the Richard Beene site (41BX831) occur in deeply buried, well-stratified, and well-dated contexts representing the Holocene period. This thesis establishes a comprehensive, systematic feature classification system, the Feature Evaluation and Analytical System or FEAS, and shows its far ranging utility using the Beene site as a case study. Field descriptions and laboratory analysis of ninety two fire-cracked rock and rockless features were codified based on content, morphology, function, contextual associations, and age. An image database was compiled for visual interpretation and comparative purposes (photos, graphics, and digital images). Emphasis on the relevance of preserving substantive archaeological research collections by better integrating and maintaining primary feature materials and data is addressed throughout this work.
Clabaugh, Patricia Ann
Archives and History Office: Short Features
Features > Short Features Features > Short Features Short Features in SLAC History 40th SLAC celebrated its 40th Anniversary in 2002 with a series of events and a photo book. 50th SLAC celebrated its 50th Anniversary in 2012 with a series of events and a special anniversary website: Celebrating 50 Years of Discovery. APS Burton Richter, Sid Drell , Martin Perl , and Herman Winick made presentations at the American Physical Society (APS) Centennial Celebration and Meeting ( March 20-26 1999). Angiogram The first synchrotron radiation coronary angiogram recorded on a human subject occurred in May 1986 at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory (SSRL). BaBar BaBar was dedicated on August 13, 1999. Beam Trees Beam trees are not actually beams or trees. Blue Book The Blue Book is a SLAC classic written to document for posterity the design and building of SLAC's two-mile accelerator. Available in full-text from the SLAC Library.
An Investigation into Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) Features for Massively Parallel Processor Systems
A study has been completed into the RAS features necessary for Massively Parallel Processor (MPP) systems. As part of this research, a use case model was built of how RAS features would be employed in an operational MPP system. Use cases are an effective way to specify requirements so that all involved parties can easily understand them. This technique is in contrast to laundry lists of requirements that are subject to misunderstanding as they are without context. As documented in the use case model, the study included a look at incorporating system software and end-user applications, as well as hardware, into the RAS system.
Passive Safety Features for Small Modular Reactors
The rapid growth in the size and complexity of commercial nuclear power plants in the 1970s spawned an interest in smaller, simpler designs that are inherently or intrinsically safe through the use of passive design features. Several designs were developed, but none were ever built, although some of their passive safety features were incorporated into large commercial plant designs that are being planned or built today. In recent years, several reactor vendors are actively redeveloping small modular reactor (SMR) designs with even greater use of passive features. Several designs incorporate the ultimate in passive safety they completely eliminate specific accident initiators from the design. Other design features help to reduce the likelihood of an accident or help to mitigate the accident s consequences, should one occur. While some passive safety features are common to most SMR designs, irrespective of the coolant technology, other features are specific to water, gas, or liquid-metal cooled SMR designs. The extensive use of passive safety features in SMRs promise to make these plants highly robust, protecting both the general public and the owner/investor. Once demonstrated, these plants should allow nuclear power to be used confidently for a broader range of customers and applications than will be possible with large plants alone.
Ingersoll, Daniel T [ORNL
Nature climate change features Los Alamos forest research
Nature climate change features forest research Nature climate change features Los Alamos forest research The print issue features as its cover story the tree-stress research of...
Inhibiting Individual Notch Receptors Improves Treatment Print Inhibiting Individual Notch Receptors Improves Treatment Print Notch receptors constitute a family of evolutionarily conserved transmembrane proteins that function as conduits for cell communication, regulating cell fate and growth. Aberrant activation of any of the four human Notch receptors has been linked to diseases, particularly cancer, making the Notch pathway a compelling target for new drug studies. A research team from Bay Area companies Genentech and Exelixis has synthesized highly specialized antibody inhibitors that specifically inhibit only Notch1 or Notch2, acting through a potent and novel mechanism of Notch inhibition. These antibodies, characterized at ALS Beamline 5.0.2, could provide the tools to therapeutically target individual Notch receptors, avoiding the intestinal toxicity ascribed to treatment with more than one, or a pan-Notch, inhibitor.
Sources Of Average Individual Radiation Exposure
Of Average Individual Radiation Exposure Of Average Individual Radiation Exposure Natural background Medical Consumer products Industrial, security, educational and research Occupational 0.311 rem 0.300 rem 0.013 rem 0.0003 rem 0.0005 rem Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, LLC, provides radiological protection services and oversight at the Savannah River Site (SRS). These services include radiation dose measurements for persons who enter areas where they may be exposed to radiation or radioactive material. The results are periodically reported to monitored individuals. The results listed are based on a radiation dose system developed by the International Commission on Radiation Protection. The system uses the terms "effective dose," "equivalent dose" and units of rem. You may be more familiar with the term "millirem" (mrem), which is 1/1000 of a rem.
Optimal Sequencing of Individually Rational Contracts
Multiagent researchers have worked on the problem of determining optimal contracts between self-interested agents. In particular, Sandholm et al. [1, 8] have both theoretically and experimentally studied the necessity and usefulness of di#erent contract types under the assumption of individually myopically rational contracting. We study a variant of sequential contracting where the goal is to maximize social welfare through a fixed-length sequence of individually rational contracts. The space of possible contract sequences is exponential. We compare a greedy deterministic heuristic with a stochastic genetic algorithm based approach for this optimal sequential contract selection problem. We focus on sub-additive domains where individually rational contracts are feasible with side payments. We show that the GAbased approach consistently outperforms the deterministic heuristic by generating larger social welfare.
Partha Sarathi Dutta; Sandip Sen
Security Cases | Department of Energy
July 31, 2012 July 31, 2012 PSH-12-0042 - In the Matter of Personnel Security Hearing This case involves an Individual who failed to meet his financial obligations during the final years of his first marriage. The Individual reported the repossession of his motor vehicle and a home foreclosure to the Local Security Office (LSO) in 2008. The LSO subsequently conducted a series of three Personal Security Interviews (PSI) of the Individual, the most recent on February 1, 2012. July 27, 2012 PSH-12-0050 - In the Matter of Personnel Security Hearing The individual's present employer, a DOE contractor, has requested a DOE access authorization for the individual. The individual completed and submitted an Electronic Questionnaire for Investigations Processing (QNSP) in November 2011. DOE Exhibit 8. Based on issues contained in the
Computational features of the CACECO containment analysis code. [LMFBR
A code, CACECO, has been written to assist in the analysis of containment situations peculiar to sodium cooled reactors. Typically, these situations involve relatively slow energy release processes and chemical reaction heat. Two examples are given to illustrate some of the code's features. These particular cases illustrate the potential for hydrogen formation in the containment building, but show that time is available to take corrective action. The code is suitable for other problems involving passive heat absorption in massive structures over long periods of time.
Peak, R.D.; Stepnewski, D.D.
LEDSGP/tools/features | Open Energy Information
LEDSGP/tools/features LEDSGP/tools/features < LEDSGP | tools Jump to: navigation, search LEDSGP Logo.png Advancing climate-resilient low emission development around the world Home About Tools Expert Assistance Events Publications Join Us Tools Activities Inventory LEDS Toolkits Knowledge Portals Featured Tools Featured Tools The following resources can be used to support different stages of low emissions development planning. Click here to add a capacity building or training resource to the inventory. Webinar on Development Impact Assessment for Low Emissions Development: As part of this webinar, several members of the LEDS Global Partnership set out to review existing approaches to capturing and communicating development benefits of climate action and propose a new tool for communicating development benefits to policy makers as part of a LEDS
ARM - AGU Presentations Featuring ARM Data
CenterAGU Presentations Featuring ARM Data CenterAGU Presentations Featuring ARM Data Media Contact Lynne Roeder lynne-dot-roeder-at-pnnl-dot-gov @armnewsteam Field Notes Blog Topics Field Notes89 AGU 3 AMIE 10 ARM Aerial Facility 2 ARM Mobile Facility 1 6 ARM Mobile Facility 2 47 BAECC 1 BBOP 4 MAGIC 12 MC3E 17 SGP 2 STORMVEX 29 TCAP 3 Search News Search Blog News Center All Categories What's this? Social Media Guidance News Center All Categories Features and Releases Facility News Field Notes Blog feed Events feed Employment Research Highlights Data Announcements Education News Archive What's this? Social Media Guidance AGU Presentations Featuring ARM Data Monday, December 13 Presentation Type Session ID and Presentation Title Presenters Time and Location A11H. Atmospheric Sciences General Contributions: Clouds and Aerosol-Cloud Interactions I
ARM - 2012 AMS Presentations Featuring ARM Data
2 AMS Presentations Featuring ARM Data 2 AMS Presentations Featuring ARM Data Media Contact Lynne Roeder lynne-dot-roeder-at-pnnl-dot-gov @armnewsteam Field Notes Blog Topics Field Notes89 AGU 3 AMIE 10 ARM Aerial Facility 2 ARM Mobile Facility 1 6 ARM Mobile Facility 2 47 BAECC 1 BBOP 4 MAGIC 12 MC3E 17 SGP 2 STORMVEX 29 TCAP 3 Search News Search Blog News Center All Categories What's this? Social Media Guidance News Center All Categories Features and Releases Facility News Field Notes Blog feed Events feed Employment Research Highlights Data Announcements Education News Archive What's this? Social Media Guidance 2012 AMS Presentations Featuring ARM Data Monday, January 23 Presentation Type Session ID and Presentation Title Presenters Time and Location Oral Invited J2.1, Next-Generation Global Precipitation Data for Hydrometeorogical Applications Arthur Y. Hou, Dalia Bach Kirschbaum 11:00 AM, 256
August 17, 2009 Feature Stories and Releases The Air is Rare Up There Science team ascends nearly to height of Everest's base camp for atmospheric data Dave Turner (left) and...
Multimedia Semantic Features and Image Content Description
Content-based indexing and retrieval of images and video requires a proper semantic description for image content. This paper discusses the mapping of high-level, application-specific, features to the visual primitives that are accessible through image ...
M. Cavazza; R. J. Green; I. J. Palmer
December 7, 2010 Feature Stories and Releases User Facility Highlights at 2010 AGU Fall Meeting Scientists from around the world use data from the U.S. Department of Energy's...
10, 2009 Facility News, Feature Stories and Releases Highlights from DOE Scientific User Facility at AGU Fall Meeting 2009 Scientists from around the world use data from the U.S....
Minimizing Binding Errors Using Learned Conjunctive Features
We have studied some of the design trade-offs governing visual representations based on spatially invariant conjunctive feature detectors, with an emphasis on the susceptibility of such systems to false-positive recognition errors�Malsburg's classical ...
Bartlett W. Mel; J�zsef W. Fiser
We have studied some of the design trade-offs governing visual representations based on spatially invariant conjunctive feature detectors, with an emphasis on the susceptibility of such systems to false-positive recognition errors�Malsburg�s ...
Bartlett W. Mel; J�sef W. Fiser
Topology-based Feature Definition and Analysis
Defining high-level features, detecting them, tracking them and deriving quantities based on them is an integral aspect of modern data analysis and visualization. In combustion simulations, for example, burning regions, which are characterized by high fuel-consumption, are a possible feature of interest. Detecting these regions makes it possible to derive statistics about their size and track them over time. However, features of interest in scientific simulations are extremely varied, making it challenging to develop cross-domain feature definitions. Topology-based techniques offer an extremely flexible means for general feature definitions and have proven useful in a variety of scientific domains. This paper will provide a brief introduction into topological structures like the contour tree and Morse-Smale complex and show how to apply them to define features in different science domains such as combustion. The overall goal is to provide an overview of these powerful techniques and start a discussion how these techniques can aid in the analysis of astrophysical simulations.
Weber, Gunther H.; Bremer, Peer-Timo; Gyulassy, Attila; Pascucci, Valerio
Feature extraction for structural dynamics model validation
This study focuses on defining and comparing response features that can be used for structural dynamics model validation studies. Features extracted from dynamic responses obtained analytically or experimentally, such as basic signal statistics, frequency spectra, and estimated time-series models, can be used to compare characteristics of structural system dynamics. By comparing those response features extracted from experimental data and numerical outputs, validation and uncertainty quantification of numerical model containing uncertain parameters can be realized. In this study, the applicability of some response features to model validation is first discussed using measured data from a simple test-bed structure and the associated numerical simulations of these experiments. issues that must be considered were sensitivity, dimensionality, type of response, and presence or absence of measurement noise in the response. Furthermore, we illustrate a comparison method of multivariate feature vectors for statistical model validation. Results show that the outlier detection technique using the Mahalanobis distance metric can be used as an effective and quantifiable technique for selecting appropriate model parameters. However, in this process, one must not only consider the sensitivity of the features being used, but also correlation of the parameters being compared.
Hemez, Francois [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Farrar, Charles [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Park, Gyuhae [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Nishio, Mayuko [UNIV OF TOKYO; Worden, Keith [UNIV OF SHEFFIELD; Takeda, Nobuo [UNIV OF TOKYO
Real-time individualized virtual humans
This tutorial will present the latest techniques to model fast individualized animatable virtual humans for Real-Time applications. As a human is composed of a head and a body, we will analyze how these two parts can be modeled and globally animated ...
Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann; Daniel Thalmann
Information Resources: Member Case Studies: LED Street Lighting...
Member Case Studies: LED Street Lighting Programs in Algona (IA), Asheville (NC), and Boston (MA) This May 8, 2013 webcast featured presentations from DOE Municipal Solid-State...
Therapeutic Antibody Targeting of Individual Notch Receptors
Therapeutic Antibody Targeting of Individual Notch Receptors Print Therapeutic Antibody Targeting of Individual Notch Receptors Print Notch receptors are widely expressed transmembrane proteins through which mammalian cells communicate to regulate cell fate and growth, and defects in Notch signalling are linked to many cancers. Using phage display technology, a multi-department team at Genentech has produced synthetic antibodies that act as potent and specific antagonists of Notch1 and Notch2. The cover, by Gregóire Vion of Salamander Design Studios (www.grgwr.com), depicts communication between a ligand-expressing cell (right) stimulating Notch signalling in an adjacent cell. The receptor-cell membrane expresses Notches 1 and 2 (red and blue); action of a specific antagonist means that only the blue signal is transduced to the nucleus. Article Link (PDF)
Visualizing Individual Nitrogen Dopants in Monolayer Graphene
In monolayer graphene, substitutional doping during growth can be used to alter its electronic properties. We used scanning tunneling microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, x-ray spectroscopy, and first principles calculations to characterize individual nitrogen dopants in monolayer graphene grown on a copper substrate. Individual nitrogen atoms were incorporated as graphitic dopants, and a fraction of the extra electron on each nitrogen atom was delocalized into the graphene lattice. The electronic structure of nitrogen-doped graphene was strongly modified only within a few lattice spacings of the site of the nitrogen dopant. These findings show that chemical doping is a promising route to achieving high-quality graphene films with a large carrier concentration.
L Zhao; R He; K Rim; T Schiros; K Kim; H Zhou; C Gutierrez; S Chockalingam; C Arguello; et al.
Individual variation in cooperative behaviour in meerkats
help or advice along the way include: Neil Jordan, Krys Golabek, Andrew Bateman (and Dr. Love), Lucy Browning, Martha (Maple) Nelson-Flower, Caroline Dingle and Jenny Oates. I have also received considerable help and guidance from many... or hormonal pathway (Sih et al., 2004a). Theoretical models have demonstrated how differences in state variables, such as body size or energy reserves, in tandem with behavioural experience, can result in consistent individual differences between foraging...
English, Sin�ad
Satellite stories featured in Lab lecture series
February » February » Satellite stories featured Satellite stories featured in Lab lecture series Space adventures will be featured in the upcoming Frontiers in Science lecture series "Small Satellites on a Shoestring: The LANL Experience." February 14, 2008 Los Alamos National Laboratory sits on top of a once-remote mesa in northern New Mexico with the Jemez mountains as a backdrop to research and innovation covering multi-disciplines from bioscience, sustainable energy sources, to plasma physics and new materials. Los Alamos National Laboratory sits on top of a once-remote mesa in northern New Mexico with the Jemez mountains as a backdrop to research and innovation covering multi-disciplines from bioscience, sustainable energy sources, to plasma physics and new materials.
Supai salt karst features: Holbrook Basin, Arizona
More than 300 sinkholes, fissures, depressions, and other collapse features occur along a 70 km (45 mi) dissolution front of the Permian Supai Formation, dipping northward into the Holbrook Basin, also called the Supai Salt Basin. The dissolution front is essentially coincident with the so-called Holbrook Anticline showing local dip reversal; rather than being of tectonic origin, this feature is likely a subsidence-induced monoclinal flexure caused by the northward migrating dissolution front. Three major areas are identified with distinctive attributes: (1) The Sinks, 10 km WNW of Snowflake, containing some 200 sinkholes up to 200 m diameter and 50 m depth, and joint controlled fissures and fissure-sinks; (2) Dry Lake Valley and contiguous areas containing large collapse fissures and sinkholes in jointed Coconino sandstone, some of which drained more than 50 acre-feet ({approximately}6 {times} 10{sup 4} m{sup 3}) of water overnight; and (3) the McCauley Sinks, a localized group of about 40 sinkholes 15 km SE of Winslow along Chevelon Creek, some showing essentially rectangular jointing in the surficial Coconino Formation. Similar salt karst features also occur between these three major areas. The range of features in Supai salt are distinctive, yet similar to those in other evaporate basins. The wide variety of dissolution/collapse features range in development from incipient surface expression to mature and old age. The features began forming at least by Pliocene time and continue to the present, with recent changes reportedly observed and verified on airphotos with 20 year repetition. The evaporate sequence along interstate transportation routes creates a strategic location for underground LPG storage in leached caverns. The existing 11 cavern field at Adamana is safely located about 25 miles away from the dissolution front, but further expansion initiatives will require thorough engineering evaluation.
Neal, J.T.
Munitions related feature extraction from LIDAR data.
The characterization of former military munitions ranges is critical in the identification of areas likely to contain residual unexploded ordnance (UXO). Although these ranges are large, often covering tens-of-thousands of acres, the actual target areas represent only a small fraction of the sites. The challenge is that many of these sites do not have records indicating locations of former target areas. The identification of target areas is critical in the characterization and remediation of these sites. The Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) of the DoD have been developing and implementing techniques for the efficient characterization of large munitions ranges. As part of this process, high-resolution LIDAR terrain data sets have been collected over several former ranges. These data sets have been shown to contain information relating to former munitions usage at these ranges, specifically terrain cratering due to high-explosives detonations. The location and relative intensity of crater features can provide information critical in reconstructing the usage history of a range, and indicate areas most likely to contain UXO. We have developed an automated procedure using an adaptation of the Circular Hough Transform for the identification of crater features in LIDAR terrain data. The Circular Hough Transform is highly adept at finding circular features (craters) in noisy terrain data sets. This technique has the ability to find features of a specific radius providing a means of filtering features based on expected scale and providing additional spatial characterization of the identified feature. This method of automated crater identification has been applied to several former munitions ranges with positive results.
Roberts, Barry L.
Security Cases Security Cases Security Cases RSS December 23, 2013 PSH-13-0103 - In the Matter of Personnel Security On January 29, 2013, the Individual completed and submitted a Questionnaire for National Security Positions (QNSP) to a Local Security Office (LSO). In this QNSP, the Individual admitted that he had used a neighbor's internet connection without permission on several occasions in 2010 and 2011, and had downloaded copyrighted software and media to his computer without permission from the copyright holders from 2000 through 2006. Exhibit 7 at 18-19. December 20, 2013 PSH-13-0102 - In the Matter of Personnel Security On December 20, 2013, a Hearing Officer determined that an individual's security clearance should be restored. In reaching this determination, the
Improving the Detection of Wind Features In Backscatter LIDAR Scans Using Feature Extraction.
??This thesis presents the results of applying image segmentation techniques to incoherent LIDAR data to improve the detection of wind features. Improving the detection and� (more)
Rotthoff, Eric
Application of Feature Calibration and Alignment to High-resolution Analysis: Examples Using Observations Sensitive to Cloud and Water Vapor
Alignment errors, i.e. cases where coherent structures (�features�) of clouds or precipitation in the background have position errors, can lead to large and non-Gaussian background errors. Assimilation of cloud-affected radiances using additive ...
Thomas Nehrkorn; Bryan Woods; Thomas Aulign�; Ross N. Hoffman
Electric quantum walks with individual atoms
We report on the experimental realization of electric quantum walks, which mimic the effect of an electric field on a charged particle in a lattice. Starting from a textbook implementation of discrete-time quantum walks, we introduce an extra operation in each step to implement the effect of the field. The recorded dynamics of such a quantum particle exhibits features closely related to Bloch oscillations and interband tunneling. In particular, we explore the regime of strong fields, demonstrating contrasting quantum behaviors: quantum resonances vs. dynamical localization depending on whether the accumulated Bloch phase is a rational or irrational fraction of 2\\pi.
Maximilian Genske; Wolfgang Alt; Andreas Steffen; Albert H. Werner; Reinhard F. Werner; Dieter Meschede; Andrea Alberti
Analysis of individual lipoproteins and liposomes
We describe the application of single molecule detection (SMD) technologies for the analysis of natural (serum lipoproteins) and synthetic (liposomes) transport systems. The need for advanced analytical procedures of these complex and important systems is presented with the specific enhancements afforded by SMD with flowing sample streams. In contrast to bulk measurements which yield only average values, measurement of individual species allows creation of population histograms from heterogeneous samples. The data are acquired in minutes and the analysis requires relatively small sample quantities. Preliminary data are presented from the analysis of low density lipoprotein, and multilamellar and unilamellar vesicles.
Robbins, D.L.; Keller, R.A.; Nolan, J.P. [and others
An orthogonal access modifier model for feature-oriented programming
In feature-oriented programming (FOP), a programmer decomposes a program in terms of features. Ideally, features are implemented modularly so that they can be developed in isolation. Access control is an important ingredient to attain feature ... Keywords: feature-oriented programming, orthogonal access modifier model
Sven Apel; J�rg Liebig; Christian K�stner; Martin Kuhlemann; Thomas Leich
Individual & Team Training | Y-12 National Security Complex
Individual & Team ... Individual & Team Training Florida Department of Transportation law enforcement officers conduct a radiological survey of abandoned vehicle. The Nuclear and...
7, 2012 [Feature Stories and Releases] 7, 2012 [Feature Stories and Releases] Southern Great Plains Site in Path of Tornado Bookmark and Share Property of several SGP site personnel took a hit during the April 30 tornado. Site operations manager John Schatz shared this photo of damage to and around his barn. Property of several SGP site personnel took a hit during the April 30 tornado. Site operations manager John Schatz shared this photo of damage to and around his barn. On April 30, at about 10:30 p.m, a tornado touched down in Medford, Oklahoma, northwest of the Central Facility at ARM's Southern Great Plains site. The storm track moved southeast, passing through several counties and leaving a path of destruction in its wake. In spite of winds in excess of 80 mph and baseball-sized hail, ARM instruments and structures
November 14, 2011 [Feature Stories and Releases] November 14, 2011 [Feature Stories and Releases] New Study Reveals and Quantifies Magnitude of Long-term Aerosol Effects on Clouds and Precipitation Bookmark and Share Cloud radars measure an incoming storm at the ARM Southern Great Plains site in Oklahoma. Cloud radars measure an incoming storm at the ARM Southern Great Plains site in Oklahoma. 10 years of data from ARM Southern Great Plains site corroborate satellite measurements; match model A study published in Nature Geoscience this week reveals a trend that atmospheric scientists have been mulling for decades: the effects of aerosols on clouds and rainfall. Some studies have suggested that aerosols-tiny particles in the air, such as dust and soot-may make clouds "drier" while others studies suggest they may intensify storm
November 16, 2010 [Feature Stories and Releases] November 16, 2010 [Feature Stories and Releases] Future Field Campaigns Span Atlantic Ocean to Indian Ocean Bookmark and Share Each year, the ARM Climate Research Facility reviews proposals to use key components of the Facility for extended field campaigns. The Department of Energy recently announced the selection of major ARM field campaigns that will take place from 2011 through 2014. Studies led by principal investigators Chuck Long, Carl Berkowitz, and Scot Martin will examine atmospheric circulation in the tropics, and aerosol-cloud interactions in the North Atlantic and Amazon Basin, respectively. ARM MJO Investigation Experiment on Gan Island (AMIE-Gan). Led by Chuck Long of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, this campaign is part of a large international research effort involving two island-based and two
3, 2012 [Feature Stories and Releases] 3, 2012 [Feature Stories and Releases] SGP Site Staff Share Successes, Challenges in the Name of Science Bookmark and Share Large-scale observation network in Korea opens door to new collaborations Daniel Hartsock and Dr. Kyungjeen Park look on as Pat Dowell describes the operation of a disdrometer at the SGP site. A sensor under the instrument's 'hood' measures rain rate and drop size distribution. Daniel Hartsock and Dr. Kyungjeen Park look on as Pat Dowell describes the operation of a disdrometer at the SGP site. A sensor under the instrument's 'hood' measures rain rate and drop size distribution. Dr. Kyungjeen Park, Korea Meteorological Administration, faces a tremendous responsibility: develop a microscale observing capability to support a major urban atmospheric measurement and modeling project. The project is to
28, 2011 [Feature Stories and Releases] 28, 2011 [Feature Stories and Releases] Storm Study in Oklahoma Records Extreme Weather Events Bookmark and Share During MC3E, convective clouds like these were measured by NASA research aircraft and numerous radars throughout the ARM Southern Great Plains site, including these radars at the SGP Central Facility. During MC3E, convective clouds like these were measured by NASA research aircraft and numerous radars throughout the ARM Southern Great Plains site, including these radars at the SGP Central Facility. On June 6 at 6:30 p.m., the last launch of more than 1400 weather balloons marked the end of field operations for the six-week Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment, or MC3E, at the ARM Southern Great Plains site. Led by Mike Jensen, MC3E principal investigator from Brookhaven
December 30, 2013 [Feature Stories and Releases] December 30, 2013 [Feature Stories and Releases] Pole Position: New Field Campaigns Explore Arctic and Antarctic Atmosphere Bookmark and Share Each year, the ARM Climate Research Facility receives proposals to use key components of the Facility for extended or intensive field campaigns to improve understanding of atmospheric processes that are relevant to regional and global climate. The Department of Energy has selected the following field campaigns that take place from 2014 through 2016. ARM West Antarctic Radiation Experiment (AWARE) McMurdo Station is a scientific outpost located on the southern tip of Ross Island, Antarctica. McMurdo Station is a scientific outpost located on the southern tip of Ross Island, Antarctica. West Antarctic is an area nearly devoid of atmospheric and climate
August 13, 2012 [Feature Stories and Releases] August 13, 2012 [Feature Stories and Releases] Up Close and Personal at Cape Cod National Seashore Bookmark and Share Visitors make their way to the ARM Mobile Facility, located on a coastal bluff near the Highlands Center at Cape Cod National Seashore. Visitors make their way to the ARM Mobile Facility, located on a coastal bluff near the Highlands Center at Cape Cod National Seashore. Enjoying fair skies and ocean breezes, a large and enthusiastic crowd gathered at the Highlands Center at Cape Cod National Seashore in late July to officially kick off the year-long Two-Column Aerosol Project, or TCAP. About 50 area stakeholders, four staff from the Massachusetts federal and state Congressional delegations, and several DOE officials joined project partners from the ARM Facility and National Park Service (NPS) who
May 13, 2009 [Feature Stories and Releases] May 13, 2009 [Feature Stories and Releases] Preparations Heat Up for Field Campaign in Chile Bookmark and Share Test period simulates daily operations for remote deployment in Atacama Desert Science and operations team members observe data transmitted from the weather balloon launched during training for RHUBC-II. Science and operations team members observe data transmitted from the weather balloon launched during training for RHUBC-II. At an elevation of more than 5000 meters on the Atacama Desert in Chile, the site for the second phase of the upcoming Radiative Heating in Underexplored Bands Campaign is not only very high, but also remote. To reduce the potential for surprises, the science and operations team completed a comprehensive beta test at the Pagosa Springs Staging Facility
September 28, 2011 [Facility News, Feature Stories and Releases, September 28, 2011 [Facility News, Feature Stories and Releases, Publications] Pass the lotion; new study shows drying trend over Great Plains Bookmark and Share Analysis of infrared energy levels useful for similar evaluations at local scale Illustration of seasonal infrared energy trends observed at the ARM Southern Great Plains site between 1996 and 2010. Click on image to enlarge. Illustration of seasonal infrared energy trends observed at the ARM Southern Great Plains site between 1996 and 2010. Click on image to enlarge. In a study published this month in the Journal of Climate, researchers found less infrared energy reaching Earth's surface above the Great Plains region of the United States. This decrease in infrared energy is due to a decrease in the amount of water vapor and fewer clouds over this
8, 2009 [Facility News, Feature Stories and Releases] 8, 2009 [Facility News, Feature Stories and Releases] Thumbs-Up for Radar Design Reviews-Key Recovery Act Milestone Bookmark and Share Of the $60 million allocated to the ARM Climate Research Facility by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, nearly half that amount is designated for 18 new scanning radars as well as upgrades to the baseline ARM millimeter wave cloud radars (MMCR) located throughout the Facility. In November, ARM engineering staff led a series of preliminary design reviews with the radar vendors to discuss progress thus far. All participants agreed to move forward with the plans and detailed designs presented, marking the completion of a key milestone in achieving the Recovery Act deployment schedule. Kevin Widener Kevin Widener "This review gives us the first look of what the radar physically looks
9, 2010 [Feature Stories and Releases] 9, 2010 [Feature Stories and Releases] Mobile Facility Completes First Test at Sea Bookmark and Share Rich Coulter and Brad Orr, co-managers for the AMF2, install instruments on the bow of the RV Connecticut for operational testing in June. Rich Coulter and Brad Orr, co-managers for the AMF2, install instruments on the bow of the RV Connecticut for operational testing in June. In mid-June, the second ARM Mobile Facility, or AMF2, faced its first test on the open seas off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Led by Rich Coulter, AMF2 co-manager from Argonne National Laboratory, the AMF2 team installed a subset of AMF2 instruments on the RV Connecticut to test their operation in a marine environment and to experience the potential problems likely to be encountered during a long-term shipboard deployment.
January 6, 2010 [Feature Stories and Releases] January 6, 2010 [Feature Stories and Releases] Cirrus Clouds Hold Clues to Climate Bookmark and Share Research flights will obtain most comprehensive data set to-date for climate models Cirrus clouds can blanket the entire sky, so they obviously affect how the sun's energy is transferred between Earth and space. But how much? That's an important question for scientists grappling with future climate change scenarios. In January, scientists sponsored by the Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility began a five-month aircraft campaign to gather data from cirrus clouds in the skies above Oklahoma. Using an instrumented research aircraft equipped with various probes and sensors, their goal is obtain a new and comprehensive
October 17, 2013 [Feature Stories and Releases] October 17, 2013 [Feature Stories and Releases] New Climate Research Site in the Azores Fills Critical Data Gap Bookmark and Share Newly installed on Graciosa Island in the North Atlantic Ocean, instruments at this Department of Energy research site measure incoming and outgoing energy, clouds, aerosols, and precipitation for climate studies. Newly installed on Graciosa Island in the North Atlantic Ocean, instruments at this Department of Energy research site measure incoming and outgoing energy, clouds, aerosols, and precipitation for climate studies. How do atmospheric scientists study the flow of energy above the Atlantic Ocean? For starters, they need data-ideally on a continual basis. And that's exactly what they now have, thanks to a new climate research site
23, 2008 [Feature Stories and Releases] 23, 2008 [Feature Stories and Releases] Field Campaigns for 2010 Range from the Arctic to the Azores Bookmark and Share With the recent awards, the ARM Mobile Facility deployment on Graciosa Island in the Azores is extended from its original 9-month duration, beginning in May 2009 and now lasting through November 2010. With the recent awards, the ARM Mobile Facility deployment on Graciosa Island in the Azores is extended from its original 9-month duration, beginning in May 2009 and now lasting through November 2010. The Department of Energy recently announced the selection of major ARM field campaigns that will take place in 2010. Studies led by principal investigators Rob Wood, Hans Verlinde, and Jay Mace will examine marine, mixed-phase, and cirrus clouds in the Azores, Alaska, the Great Plains, and
February 26, 2007 [Feature Stories and Releases] February 26, 2007 [Feature Stories and Releases] Arctic Winter Provides Window of Opportunity to Improve Climate Models Bookmark and Share Dry winter conditions allows scientists to explore elusive portions of the electromagnetic spectrum Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 In conjunction with other scientific activities taking place during International Polar Year 2007-2008, today an international research team begins a three-week field campaign in Barrow, Alaska. The experiment, which is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility, uses a new suite of sophisticated instruments to provide the first simultaneous high-resolution dataset of Arctic clear sky and cirrus cloud properties in the
December 9, 2010 [Feature Stories and Releases] December 9, 2010 [Feature Stories and Releases] Scientists Begin 5-month Study of Cloud Life Cycles Bookmark and Share Instruments at four mountain sites gather data to improve climate models. For Immediate Release: Thursday, December 9, 2010 Just outside Thunderhead Lodge in the Steamboat Springs ski area, one of the ARM Mobile Facility sites hosts a scanning cloud radar and several other instruments. Just outside Thunderhead Lodge in the Steamboat Springs ski area, one of the ARM Mobile Facility sites hosts a scanning cloud radar and several other instruments. Steamboat Springs, Colorado - Ski season is snow season, and snow season means clouds-exactly what a team of atmospheric scientists in "Ski Town USA" are anticipating. For the next five months, a dense collection of
8, 2005 [Feature Stories and Releases] 8, 2005 [Feature Stories and Releases] International Climate Researchers Meet in U.S. to Simulate Flight Operations for Tropical Storm Cloud Experiment Bookmark and Share Press Release Media Contact: Lynne Roeder, 509.372.4331 Technical Contact: Mike Janes, 925.294.2447 The Southern Surveyor research vessel will be equipped with a full compliment of surface-based instrumentation for measuring atmospheric and oceanographic properties. The ship will also serve as one of the locations for launching radiosondes (weather balloons), as well as a surface site for measuring energy fluxes. The Southern Surveyor research vessel will be equipped with a full compliment of surface-based instrumentation for measuring atmospheric and oceanographic properties. The ship will also serve as one of the locations
May 19, 2008 [Feature Stories and Releases] May 19, 2008 [Feature Stories and Releases] A Quest for Answers About Aerosols Bookmark and Share Data will enhance understanding of regional effects and global transport of aerosols Contact: Lynne Roeder, ARM Public Information Officer, 509.372.4331 The Pacific Rim includes countries and cities located around the edge of the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Rim includes countries and cities located around the edge of the Pacific Ocean. Aerosols are tiny airborne particles, such as dust from farming and soot from industrial plants. Aerosols in China are very dense and have diverse properties which have been observed in the atmosphere across the Pacific Rim. The atmosphere over China provides a natural testbed for studying the climatic effects of aerosols, which the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
19, 2007 [Feature Stories and Releases] 19, 2007 [Feature Stories and Releases] Marked Improvements Shown in Global Weather Forecast Model Bookmark and Share Contact: Lynne Roeder, ARM Public Information Officer, 509.372.4331 Example of an ECMWF analysis. Example of an ECMWF analysis. One of the world's foremost weather forecast models is showing dramatic improvements thanks to the pairing of two recent advancements in the representation of radiative transfer in global weather and climate models. Developed with funding from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program, the new components simulate the absorption and scattering of sunlight ("solar radiation") in the atmosphere and better represent small-scale cloud variability. Their application to the forecast model of the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) solves a
February 15, 2013 [Feature Stories and Releases] February 15, 2013 [Feature Stories and Releases] A Homecoming Party at the Los Angeles Shipping Dock Bookmark and Share Department of Energy's mobile climate observatory completes its first extended marine operation Early this January, curious workers at the Los Angeles shipping dock watched as engineers using cranes unloaded radars and other equally fragile scientific instruments from a cargo ship, at times without even looking at how they were carrying out the operation. "It is a strange dance," laughs Nicki Hickmon, acknowledging but at the same time brushing aside any concerns one may have regarding impending catastrophes. "Our team works hard to secure everything, and with some luck and skilled contractors, we've avoided instrument mishaps," assures
Gender Recognition Based on Sift Features
This paper proposes a robust approach for face detection and gender classification in color images. Previous researches about gender recognition suppose an expensive computational and time-consuming pre-processing step in order to alignment in which face images are aligned so that facial landmarks like eyes, nose, lips, chin are placed in uniform locations in image. In this paper, a novel technique based on mathematical analysis is represented in three stages that eliminates alignment step. First, a new color based face detection method is represented with a better result and more robustness in complex backgrounds. Next, the features which are invariant to affine transformations are extracted from each face using scale invariant feature transform (SIFT) method. To evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm, experiments have been conducted by employing a SVM classifier on a database of face images which contains 500 images from distinct people with equal ratio of male and female.
Yousefi, Sahar
Structural Features that Contribute to Market Power
In this paper we report an experiment that examines a primary concern of policy makers: how a structural feature of electric power networks can contribute to the exercise of market power by well-positioned players in deregulated markets. One such feature is the distribution of ownership of a given set of generating assets. For example, two large firms could be allocated baseload and intermediate generators such that either firm would be willing to withhold unilaterally the capacity of its intermediate generators from the market, to benefit from the supra-competitive prices which would result from only selling its baseload units. Conversely, ownership of the some of the intermediate generators from each of these firms could be transferred to two other firms, so that no one firm can unilaterally restrict output to spawn supra-competitive prices.
Stephen J. Rassenti; Vernon L. Smith; Bart J. Wilson
Semantic Features for Classifying Referring Search Terms
When an internet user clicks on a result in a search engine, a request is submitted to the destination web server that includes a referrer field containing the search terms given by the user. Using this information, website owners can analyze the search terms leading to their websites to better understand their visitors needs. This work explores some of the features that can be used for classification-based analysis of such referring search terms. We present initial results for the example task of classifying HTTP requests countries of origin. A system that can accurately predict the country of origin from query text may be a valuable complement to IP lookup methods which are susceptible to the obfuscation of dereferrers or proxies. We suggest that the addition of semantic features improves classifier performance in this example application. We begin by looking at related work and presenting our approach. After describing initial experiments and results, we discuss paths forward for this work.
May, Chandler J.; Henry, Michael J.; McGrath, Liam R.; Bell, Eric B.; Marshall, Eric J.; Gregory, Michelle L.
March 27, 2009 [Facility News, Feature Stories and Releases] March 27, 2009 [Facility News, Feature Stories and Releases] Ceremony in the Azores Recognizes Scientific Collaborations Bookmark and Share A mix of green pastures and isolated white-housed villages dot the landscape of Graciosa Island. The ARM Mobile Facility will be located near the airport at the northern end of the island. A mix of green pastures and isolated white-housed villages dot the landscape of Graciosa Island. The ARM Mobile Facility will be located near the airport at the northern end of the island. In a signing ceremony at the Laboratorio Regional Engenharia Civil in Ponta Delgada, the Azores, government officials from the United States and Portugal formally recognized agreements for scientific collaboration related to the ARM Mobile Facility deployment on Graciosa Island. The
, 2011 [Feature Stories and Releases] , 2011 [Feature Stories and Releases] AMIE, What You Wanna Do? Bookmark and Share Data spanning the Maldives to Papua New Guinea will help scientists analyze far-reaching tropical weather cycle This view shows a subset of the ARM Mobile Facility instruments operating at the Gan Island airport for the AMIE campaign. To see the complete collection, see the image set in Flickr. This view shows a subset of the ARM Mobile Facility instruments operating at the Gan Island airport for the AMIE campaign. To see the complete collection, see the image set in Flickr. Like the lyrics in the song from the 1970s, the ARM Mobile Facility is going to stay in the Maldives "for a while, maybe longer"-about six months, actually-in support of the ARM Madden Julian Oscillation (MJO)
, 2010 [Feature Stories and Releases] , 2010 [Feature Stories and Releases] Field Campaign Begins in Sacramento to Study Aging Aerosols Bookmark and Share Scientists will use measurements from the CARES campaign to examine how various gases and aerosol particles evolve and mix during the course of a day. Scientists will use measurements from the CARES campaign to examine how various gases and aerosol particles evolve and mix during the course of a day. Starting this week, dozens of researchers are on location in Sacramento for the Carbonaceous Aerosol and Radiative Effects Study, or CARES. Using a combination of more than 50 instruments at two ground sites and on two aircraft, the team will measure the evolution of black carbon and secondary aerosols in the Sacramento urban air plume. This information will lead to a
July 8, 2013 [Feature Stories and Releases] July 8, 2013 [Feature Stories and Releases] Aerosol Research Heats Up During Summer Fire Season Bookmark and Share Smoke plumes rise from a forest fire. Smoke plumes rise from a forest fire. While the impacts of wildfires on people and the surrounding environment are apparent, the effect on the atmosphere from smoky soot particles-a type of aerosol-is much less so. Whether from grass, timber, or brush, each type of biological material releases its own sooty chemical signature that interacts differently with sunlight, clouds, and other particles in the sky. How does this mingling affect Earth's climate? Enter the Biomass Burning Observation Project, or BBOP. Beginning in July, scientists funded by the U.S. Department of Energy will maneuver a high-tech research aircraft into the plumes of wildfires to
Diagnostic Case Studies of the Northern Annular Mode
Recent observational studies of the northern annular mode (NAM) indicate that significant case-to-case variability exists in the structural evolution of individual events. In particular, certain NAM events remain confined to stratospheric ...
Robert X. Black; Brent A. McDaniel
Novel Features of the Transport Coefficients in Lifshitz Black Branes
We study the transport coefficients, including the conductivities and shear viscosity of the non-relativistic field theory dual to the Lifshitz black brane with multiple U(1) gauge fields by virtue of the gauge/gravity duality. Focusing on the case of double U(1) gauge fields, we systematically investigate the electric, thermal and thermoelectric conductivities for the dual non-relativistic field theory. In the large frequency regime, we find a nontrivial power law behavior in the electric AC conductivity when the dynamical critical exponent z>1 in (2+1)-dimensional field theory. The relations between this novel feature and the `symmetric hopping model' in condensed matter physics are discussed. In addition, we also show that the Kovtun-Starinets-Son bound for the shear viscosity to the entropy density is not violated by the additional U(1) gauge fields and dilaton in the Lifshitz black brane.
Jia-Rui Sun; Shang-Yu Wu; Hai-Qing Zhang
INL featured in video presented at Copenhagen conference
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Hilburn, Ryan M
DISCOVERY AND ANALYSIS OF 21 {mu}m FEATURE SOURCES IN THE MAGELLANIC CLOUDS
Spitzer Space Telescope mid-infrared spectroscopy has been obtained for 15 carbon-rich protoplanetary nebulae (PPNe) in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and for two other such stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). Of these 17 PPNe, the unidentified 21 {mu}m feature is strong in 7 spectra, weak in 2 spectra, and very weak or questionable in 4 spectra. Two of the four spectra without the 21 {mu}m feature have a very strong feature near 11 {mu}m, similar to a feature observed in some carbon-rich planetary nebulae (PNe) in the LMC. We attribute this feature to unusual SiC dust, although the feature-to-continuum ratio is much larger than for SiC features in Galactic or Magellanic Cloud carbon star spectra. The remaining two objects show typical carbon-rich PPNe spectra with no 21 {mu}m features. One of the LMC objects that lacks the 21 {mu}m feature and one SMC object with a questionable 21 {mu}m detection may have mixed dust chemistries based upon their spectral similarity to Galactic [WC] PNe. The 13 objects that either definitely or may show the 21 {mu}m feature have distinct dust shell properties compared to the Galactic 21 {mu}m objects-the 21 {mu}m features are weaker, the estimated dust temperatures are significantly higher, the unidentified infrared (UIR) bands are stronger, and the UIRs show more structure. Four of the 21 {mu}m objects appear to show normal SiC emission features in their spectra. Many of the PPNe show strong 30 {mu}m features, although this feature carries less of the total mid-infrared emission than is normally the case for the Galactic 21 {mu}m PPNe. The LMC objects are in the LMC halo rather than in the LMC bar. The estimated luminosities of these PPNe vary from 4700 to 12,500 L{sub sun}.
Volk, Kevin; Meixner, Margaret; Gordon, Karl D. [Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218 (United States); Hrivnak, Bruce J. [Department of Physics and Astronomy, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN 46383 (United States); Matsuura, Mikako [Department of Physics and Astronomy, UCL-Institute of Origins, University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT (United Kingdom); Bernard-Salas, Jeronimo [Institut d Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS/Universite Paris-Sud 11, 91405, Orsay (France); Szczerba, Ryszard [N. Copernicus Astronomical Center, Rabianska 8, 87-100 Torun (Poland); Sloan, G. C. [Department of Astronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 (United States); Kraemer, Kathleen E. [Air Force Research Laboratory, AFRL/RVBYB, 29 Randolph Road, Hanscom AFB, MA 01731 (United States); Van Loon, Jacco Th. [Astrophysics Group, Lennard-Jones Laboratories, Keele University, Staffordshire ST5 5BG (United Kingdom); Kemper, F.; Woods, Paul M.; Zijlstra, Albert A. [Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, Alan Turing Building, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL (United Kingdom); Sahai, Raghvendra [Jet Propulsion Laboratory, MS 183-900, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109 (United States); Gruendl, Robert A. [Astronomy Department, University of Illinois, 1002 West Green Street, Urbana, IL 61801 (United States); Tielens, Alexander G. G. M. [Leiden Observatory, P.O. Box 9513, NL-2300 RA Leiden (Netherlands); Indebetouw, Remy [Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, P.O. Box 400325, Charlottesville, VA 22903 (United States); Marengo, Massimo, E-mail: email@example.com [Department of Physics and Astronomy, Iowa State University, A313E Zaffarano, Ames, IA 50011 (United States)
The purpose of this report is to evaluate and document the inclusion or exclusion of engineered barrier system (EBS) features, events, and processes (FEPs) with respect to models and analyses used to support the total system performance assessment for the license application (TSPA-LA). A screening decision, either Included or Excluded, is given for each FEP along with the technical basis for exclusion screening decisions. This information is required by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at 10 CFR 63.114 (d, e, and f) [DIRS 173273]. The FEPs addressed in this report deal with those features, events, and processes relevant to the EBS focusing mainly on those components and conditions exterior to the waste package and within the rock mass surrounding emplacement drifts. The components of the EBS are the drip shield, waste package, waste form, cladding, emplacement pallet, emplacement drift excavated opening (also referred to as drift opening in this report), and invert. FEPs specific to the waste package, cladding, and drip shield are addressed in separate FEP reports: for example, ''Screening of Features, Events, and Processes in Drip Shield and Waste Package Degradation'' (BSC 2005 [DIRS 174995]), ''Clad Degradation--FEPs Screening Arguments (BSC 2004 [DIRS 170019]), and Waste-Form Features, Events, and Processes'' (BSC 2004 [DIRS 170020]). For included FEPs, this report summarizes the implementation of the FEP in the TSPA-LA (i.e., how the FEP is included). For excluded FEPs, this analysis provides the technical basis for exclusion from TSPA-LA (i.e., why the FEP is excluded). This report also documents changes to the EBS FEPs list that have occurred since the previous versions of this report. These changes have resulted due to a reevaluation of the FEPs for TSPA-LA as identified in Section 1.2 of this report and described in more detail in Section 6.1.1. This revision addresses updates in Yucca Mountain Project (YMP) administrative procedures as they pertain to this report; the current procedures are addressed in Section 2. This revision also addresses updates to the technical basis in supporting analysis and model reports and corroborative documentation, as presented in Sections 4 and 6 of this report. Finally, Sections 4, 5, and 6 of this report provide additional information pertaining to the relevant FEPs-related Acceptance Criteria presented in ''Yucca Mountain Review Plan, Final Report'' (YMRP) (NRC 2003 [DIRS 163274], Sections 18.104.22.168.1.3 and 188.8.131.52.3.3).
Jaros, W.
Feature extraction from large CAD databases using genetic algorithm
Syntactic recognition, Graph based method, expert systems and knowledge-based approach are the common feature recognition techniques available today. This work discusses a relatively newer concept of introduction of Genetic Algorithm for Features Recognition ... Keywords: Crossover, FEV representation, Feature recognition, Fitness function, Homologising, Hybrid approach, Offspring, Pocket feature, Search time, Solution path
Pralay Pal; A. M. Tigga; A Kumar
Selecting highly optimal architectural feature sets with Filtered Cartesian Flattening
Feature modeling is a common method used to capture the variability in a configurable application. A key challenge developers face when using a feature model is determining how to select a set of features for a variant that simultaneously satisfy a series ... Keywords: Approximation algorithm, Feature modeling, Optimization, Resource constraints
Jules White; Brian Dougherty; Douglas C. Schmidt
Method of identifying features in indexed data
DOE Patents (OSTI)
The present invention is a method of identifying features in indexed data, especially useful for distinguishing signal from noise in data provided as a plurality of ordered pairs. Each of the plurality of ordered pairs has an index and a response. The method has the steps of: (a) providing an index window having a first window end located on a first index and extending across a plurality of indices to a second window end; (b) selecting responses corresponding to the plurality of indices within the index window and computing a measure of dispersion of the responses; and (c) comparing the measure of dispersion to a dispersion critical value. Advantages of the present invention include minimizing signal to noise ratio, signal drift, varying baseline signal and combinations thereof.
Jarman, Kristin H. (Richland, WA); Daly, Don Simone (Richland, WA); Anderson, Kevin K. (Richland, WA); Wahl, Karen L. (Richland, WA)
of LaborEstimating the Income Loss of Disabled Individuals: The Case of Spain
Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and not those of IZA. Research published in this series may include views on policy, but the institute itself takes no institutional policy positions. The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent nonprofit organization supported by Deutsche Post Foundation. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its international network, workshops and conferences, data service, project support, research visits and doctoral program. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. IZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be
Maria Cervini-pl�; Jose I. Silva; Judit Vall-castello; Maria Cervini-pl�; Jose I. Silva; Judit Vall-castello
Spearing High Net Wealth Individuals: The Case of Online Fraud and Mature Age Internet Users
Every day dangerous criminals are targeting high net wealth members of our community as they venture onto the internet. Statements from twenty-nine community organizations and mature age internet users were analyzed using structured coding techniques ... Keywords: Criminal, Fraud, Internet, Mature, Phishing, Spear
Nigel Martin, John Rice
Understanding individual and collective mobility patterns from smart card records: A case study in Shenzhen
Understanding the dynamics of the inhabitants' daily mobility patterns is essential for the planning and management of urban facilities and services. In this paper, novel aspects of human mobility patterns are investigated ...
Ratti, Carlo
1999 Commercial Buildings Characteristics--Conservation Features and
U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Indexed Site
Conservation Features and Practices Conservation Features and Practices Topics: Energy Sources and End Uses End-Use Equipment Conservation Features and Practices Conservation Features and Practices The 1999 CBECS collected information about HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning) system, building shell, and lighting conservation features and practices plus information on off-hour reduction of end-use equipment. In general, commercial buildings that were larger than average were more likely to have used these conservation features or measures. Detailed tables HVAC Conservation Features and Practices Among HVAC conservation features and practices, commercial buildings owners and managers widely performed maintenance on their HVAC systems (Figure 1). Approximately the same percentage of buildings and floorspace were served by other HVAC conservation features.
Evaluation of Coal Combustion Product Damage Cases
In 2007, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) published an assessment that identified 67 coal combustion product (CCP) management with groundwater or surface water impacts that were categorized as proven or potential damage cases. This report provides further evaluation of these cases, including additional data obtained from power companies and public sources. Volume 1 provides an overview and summary of findings, and Volume 2 provides descriptions of individual cases.
In 2007, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) published an assessment that identified 67 coal combustion product (CCP) management facilities with groundwater or surface water impacts that were categorized as proven or potential damage cases. This report provides further evaluation of these cases, including additional data obtained from power companies and public sources. Volume 1 provides an overview and summary of findings, and Volume 2 provides descriptions of individual cases.
Richards Barrier LA Reference Design Feature Evaluation
The Richards Barrier is one of the design features of the repository to be considered for the License Application (LA), Richards was a soil scientist who first described the diversion of moisture between two materials with different hydrologic properties. In this report, a Richards Barrier is a special type of backfill with a fine-grained material (such as sand) overlaying a coarse-grained material (such as gravel). Water that enters an emplacement drift will first encounter the fine-grained material and be transported around the coarse-grained material covering the waste package, thus protecting the waste package from contact with most of the groundwater. The objective of this report is to discuss the benefits and liabilities to the repository by the inclusion of a Richards Barrier type backfill in emplacement drifts. The Richards Barrier can act as a barrier to water flow, can reduce the waste package material dissolution rate, limit mobilization of the radionuclides, and can provide structural protection for the waste package. The scope of this report is to: (1) Analyze the behavior of barrier materials following the intrusion of groundwater for influxes of 1 to 300 mm per year. The report will demonstrate diversion of groundwater intrusions into the barrier over an extended time period when seismic activity and consolidation may cause the potential for liquefaction and settlement of the Richards Barrier. (2) Review the thermal effects of the Richards Barrier on material behavior. (3) Analyze the effect of rockfall on the performance of the Richards Barrier and the depth of the barrier required to protect waste packages under the barrier. (4) Review radiological and heating conditions on placement of multiple layers of the barrier. Subsurface Nuclear Safety personnel will perform calculations to determine the radiation reduction-time relationship and shielding capacity of the barrier. (5) Evaluate the effects of ventilation on cooling of emplacement drifts and dusting potential. (6) Evaluate drift conditions and configurations to determine the suitability of Richards Barrier installation methodology. (7) Perform cost assessment of barrier material placement. (8) Evaluate the feature with criteria that will be supplied by the License Application Design Selection (LADS) Team. (9) Comment on the use of depleted uranium as a Richards Barrier material.
N.E. Kramer
Features, Events, and Processes: system Level
The purpose of this analysis report is to evaluate and document the inclusion or exclusion of the system-level features, events, and processes (FEPs) with respect to modeling used to support the total system performance assessment for the license application (TSPA-LA). A screening decision, either Included or Excluded, is given for each FEP along with the technical basis for screening decisions. This information is required by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) at 10 CFR 63.113 (d, e, and f) (DIRS 156605). The system-level FEPs addressed in this report typically are overarching in nature, rather than being focused on a particular process or subsystem. As a result, they are best dealt with at the system level rather than addressed within supporting process-level or subsystem-level analyses and models reports. The system-level FEPs also tend to be directly addressed by regulations, guidance documents, or assumptions listed in the regulations; or are addressed in background information used in development of the regulations. For included FEPs, this analysis summarizes the implementation of the FEP in the TSPA-LA (i.e., how the FEP is included). For excluded FEPs, this analysis provides the technical basis for exclusion from the TSPA-LA (i.e., why the FEP is excluded). The initial version of this report (Revision 00) was developed to support the total system performance assessment for site recommendation (TSPA-SR). This revision addresses the license application (LA) FEP List (DIRS 170760).
D. McGregor
Features of the Java commodity grid kit.
In this paper we report on the features of the Java Commodity Grid Kit (Java CoG Kit). The Java CoG Kit provides middleware for accessing Grid functionality from the Java framework. Java CoG Kit middleware is general enough to design a variety of advanced Grid applications with quite different user requirements. Access to the Grid is established via Globus Toolkit protocols, allowing the Java CoG Kit to also communicate with the services distributed as part of the C Globus Toolkit reference implementation. Thus, the Java CoG Kit provides Grid developers with the ability to utilize the Grid, as well as numerous additional libraries and frameworks developed by the Java community to enable network, Internet, enterprise and peer-to-peer computing. A variety of projects have successfully used the client libraries of the Java CoG Kit to access Grids driven by the C Globus Toolkit software. In this paper we also report on the efforts to develop serverside Java CoG Kit components. As part of this research we have implemented a prototype pure Java resource management system that enables one to run Grid jobs on platforms on which a Java virtual machine is supported, including Windows NT machines.
von Laszewski, G.; Gawor, J.; Lane, P.; Rehn, N.; Russell, M.; Mathematics and Computer Science
On the semantics of phi features on pronouns
This thesis investigates three topics relating to the semantics of phi features on pronouns. Part I focuses on gender features on pronouns. Following previous studies (Cooper 1983, Heim & Kratzer 1998), I claim that they ...
Sudo, Yasutada, Ph. D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A Stochastic Algorithm for Feature Selection in Pattern Recognition
We introduce a new model addressing feature selection from a large dictionary of variables that can be computed from a signal or an image. Features are extracted according to an efficiency criterion, on the basis of specified classification or recognition ...
S�bastien Gadat; Laurent Younes
ARPA-E Announces 2012 Energy Innovation Summit Featuring Bill...
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New Features of the Edison XC30 - Differences from Hopper
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A Climatological Perspective of Transient Synoptic Features during NAME 2004
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Arthur V. Douglas; Phillip J. Englehart
Design features for decontamination in new plutonium facilities
Specific features for preventing, containing, controlling, and removing contamination in the Plutonium Recovery and Waste Treatment Facility are outlined. (LK)
Freiberg, K.J.; Haynes, C.G.
Temporal features in TV news and weather forecasts
The paper is aimed at investigating the specific features of temporal component as manifested in authentic TV speech
Red Opal: product-feature scoring from reviews
Online shoppers are generally highly task-driven: they have a certain goal in mind, and they are looking for a product with features that are consistent with that goal. Unfortunately, finding a product with specific features is extremely time-consuming ... Keywords: e-commerce, feature extraction, product reviews, search
Christopher Scaffidi; Kevin Bierhoff; Eric Chang; Mikhael Felker; Herman Ng; Chun Jin
Waterless Urinals: Features, Benefits and Applications
Billions of gallons of water are used annually to flush toilets in the United States. Consequences of this usage include consumption of natural resources and construction of new infrastructure to treat and transmit potable water and wastewater. Waterless, or no-flush urinals, may help mitigate these effects and offer other advantages, including lower utility charges, improved restroom hygiene, and decreased fixture maintenance. Some notable caveats include possible lack of acceptance by users, odor control problems, and rejection by code officials. As urine is about 96% liquid, no additional water is really needed to wash it down the drain. The waterless, urinal, looking much like its conventional counterpart, takes advantage of this concept with generally positive results. This paper will discuss the design, applications, operation, maintenance, advantages, and disadvantages of waterless urinals. The results of two surveys of current users will be shared. A case study from a Texas school district will be also presented.
Bristow, G.; McClure, J. D.; Fisher, D.
Category:Relict Geothermal Features | Open Energy Information
source source History View New Pages Recent Changes All Special Pages Semantic Search/Querying Get Involved Help Apps Datasets Community Login | Sign Up Search Category Edit History Facebook icon Twitter icon » Category:Relict Geothermal Features Jump to: navigation, search GEOTHERMAL ENERGYGeothermal Home Category:Relict Geothermal Features Geothermalpower.jpg Looking for the Relict Geothermal Features page? For detailed information on Relict Geothermal Features, click here. Pages in category "Relict Geothermal Features" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total. A Alunite Argillic-Advanced Argillic Alteration C Carbonate Deposition H Hydrothermal Alteration Hydrothermal Deposition H cont. Hydrothermally Altered Rock Hydrothermally Deposited Rock L Leach Capping
A detection of bright features in the microwave background
We report the characterization of bright, compact features in the cosmic microwave background radiation (CMBR) detected during the June 1992 and June 1994 balloon flights of the Medium Scale Anisotropy Measurement (MSAM1-92 and MSAM1-94, respectively). Spectral flux densities are determined for each feature at 5.7, 9.3, and 16.5 cm^{-1}. No viable counterparts for these features were found in source catalogs at 5 GHz or at 100 \\mum. The measured spectrum of each feature is consistent with a temperature fluctuation in the CMBR. The existence of these features is consistent with adiabatic fluctuation models of anisotropy in the CMBR.
Kowitt, M S; Cottingham, D A; Fixsen, D J; Inman, C A; Meyer, S; Page, L A; Puchalla, J L; Ruhl, J E; Silverberg, R F
Video Transit Training for Older Travelers: A Case Study of the Rossmoor Senior Adult Community, California
Video Transit Training for Older Travelers Case Study of theto develop a transit training video for residents of themunity in California. The video features familiar community
Shaheen, Susan A; Rodier, Caroline J
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Enforcement Cases
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Case Study Case Study M2M Smart Grid Investment Grant 1 An irrigation pump connected to a web---to---wireless controller designed by M2M Communications. Agricultural Demand Response Program in California Helps Farmers Reduce Peak Electricity Usage, Operate More Efficiently Year---Round The development of a two---way, web---to---wireless controller for irrigation pumps is the foundation for an agricultural demand response program in California. Designed by M2M Communications of Boise, Idaho, the controller is part of an irrigation load control system that also includes sensors, smart meters, and other monitoring equipment. Partially funded with $2.2 million in Recovery Act stimulus funds awarded by the U.S. Department of
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Name of Petitioner: Name of Petitioner: Date of Filing: Case Number: Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585 JUL 2 2 2009 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS Appeal Dean P. Dennis March 2, 2009 TBA-0072 Dean D. Dennis filed a complaint of retaliation under the Department of Energy (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708. Mr. Dennis alleged that he engaged in protected activity and that his employer, National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec ), subsequently terminated him. An Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) Hearing Officer denied relief in Dean P. Dennis, Case No. TBH-0072, 1 and Mr. Dennis filed the instant appeal. As discussed below, the appeal is denied. I. Background The DOE established its Contractor Employee Protection Program to "safeguard public
FOIA Cases
foia-cases Office of Hearings and Appeals 1000 foia-cases Office of Hearings and Appeals 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC, 20585 202-287-1566 en FIA-13-0077 - In the Matter of John F. Garrity http://energy.gov/oha/downloads/fia-13-0077-matter-john-f-garrity FIA-13-0077 - In the Matter of John F. Garrity On January 3, 2014, the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) issued a decision denying an appeal (Appeal) from a Privacy Act determination issued
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Individual Differences in the Social Psychology of Money.
??ABSTRACT INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN THE SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY OF MONEY by Jason Anthony Tate Master of Arts in Psychology Psychological Science Option California State University, Chico� (more)
Tate, Jason A.
Controlling Composition at the Individual FePt Nanoparticle Level
CNT Based Thermoelectric Devices for Energy Harvesting � Controlling Composition at the Individual FePt Nanoparticle Level � Corrosion Rates and Mechanical�...
Individual player developmental model in ice-hockey.
??In the past few years, there has been plenty of discussion about individual player development in Finnish hockey hockey-scene. Rarely you hear the actual models� (more)
Varmanen, Jukka
Imaging individual mRNA molecules using multiple
at their 3¢ termini to detect individual mRNA molecules. We constructed a doxycycline-controlled gene GFP 3
van Oudenaarden, Alexander
Low Dose Program Highlight: Do Heritable Differences in an Individual...
Differences in an Individual's Immune System Predict Differential Sensitivity to Low Dose Radiation Exposure? Brynn Voy, University of Tennessee Knoxville, and Oak Ridge...
Reproducible domain wall pinning by linear non-topographic features in a ferromagnetic nanowire
We demonstrate that for multilayered magnetic nanowires, where the thickness and composition of the individual layers have been carefully chosen, domain walls can be pinned at non-topographic sites created purely by ion irradiation in a focused ion beam system. The pinning results from irradiation induced alloying leading to magnetic property modification only in the affected regions. Using Lorentz transmission electron microscopy, we have studied the pinning behavior of domain walls at the irradiation sites. Depending on the irradiation dose, a single line feature not only pinned the domain walls but also acted to control their structure and the strength of their pinning.
Basith, M. A.; McVitie, S.; McGrouther, D.; Chapman, J. N. [School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ (United Kingdom)
Individual Virtual Competence and Its Influence on Work Outcomes
Witnessing both opportunities and challenges in virtual work arrangements, researchers have explored a number of technological, social, and organizational factors in order to improve virtual work effectiveness. However, there is limited understanding ... Keywords: Individual Virtual Competence, Individual Work Outcomes, Virtual Organization, Virtual Work
Yinglei Wang; Nicole Haggerty
Exact distribution of individual displacements in linear probing hashing
This paper studies the distribution of individual displacements for the standard and the Robin Hood linear probing hashing algorithms. When the a table of size m has n elements, the distribution of the search cost of a random element is ... Keywords: Linear probing, distributional analysis, individual displacements
Alfredo Viola
Information flow between composite stock index and individual stocks
We investigate the strength and the direction of information transfer in the U.S. stock market between the composite stock price index of stock market and prices of individual stocks using the transfer entropy. Through the directionality of the information transfer, we find that individual stocks are influenced by the index of the market.
Kwon, Okyu
Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Individual Fishing Quota
2009 Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Individual Fishing Quota Annual Report National Marine Fisheries the completion of the third Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) season in the Gulf of Mexico. This year's report to lower quotas implemented in recent years. In the western Gulf of Mexico, average landings per trip
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Case Studies Case Studies Find out more about how energy efficiency upgrade programs across the United States are using innovative financing mechanisms, high-demand promotions, tailored contractor training, and more to drive the number of building upgrades through a holistic, whole-home approach. Use the lessons they learned to accelerate your own program's journey to success. The case studies below provide extensive, beneficial insight from Better Buildings Neighborhood Program partners and others on the topics of: Driving Demand Financing Service Delivery Workforce Development. Topic Title Description Program Featured Sector Source Year Service Delivery Best Offer Ever Produces Upgrades in Record Time Provides examples of lessons learned through the implementation and monitoring of Austin Energy's Best Offer Ever promotion. The promotional offer generated a record number of home upgrades in just six months.
Efficient Computation of Topological Features from Point Data and Shapes |
Efficient Computation of Topological Features from Point Data and Shapes Efficient Computation of Topological Features from Point Data and Shapes January 16, 2014 10:30AM to 11:30AM Presenter Fengtao Fan, Postdoc Interviewee Location Building 240, Room 1404-1405 Type Seminar Series Abstract: The topological features of an object are features which are preserved while continuously deforming the object. Examples are the dimension of an object and the number of holes in it. In contrast, the geometric features of an object such as its volume can dramatically change under such deformations. The robustness of topological features makes them more appealing for analyzing objects in the presence of noise, which is inevitable in practice. Researchers in various areas such as topological data analysis, computer graphics, visualization, and sensor networks have
Unifying weighting and case reduction methods based on rough sets to improve retrieval
Case-Based Reasoning systems usually retrieve cases using a similarity function based on K-NN or some derivatives. These functions are sensitive to irrelevant or noisy features. Weighting methods are used to extract the most important information ...
Maria Salam�; Elisabet Golobardes
NNSA Mission Featured on NPR | National Nuclear Security Administratio...
By NNSA Public Affairs NNSA Blog NNSA's successful removal of all remaining highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Ukraine was featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" this past...
Intrinsic Feature-Based Pose Measurement for Medical Imaging ...
Tracking is done without using extrinsic markers, fiducials, or other added features. Optical images are acquired from two or more cameras with infrared or visible
Sandia technologist Richard Simpson featured for helping solve Sandia's
technologist Richard Simpson featured for helping solve Sandia's technologist Richard Simpson featured for helping solve Sandia's unique problems | National Nuclear Security Administration Our Mission Managing the Stockpile Preventing Proliferation Powering the Nuclear Navy Emergency Response Recapitalizing Our Infrastructure Continuing Management Reform Countering Nuclear Terrorism About Us Our Programs Our History Who We Are Our Leadership Our Locations Budget Our Operations Media Room Congressional Testimony Fact Sheets Newsletters Press Releases Speeches Events Social Media Video Gallery Photo Gallery NNSA Archive Federal Employment Apply for Our Jobs Our Jobs Working at NNSA Blog Home > NNSA Blog > Sandia technologist Richard Simpson featured for helping ... Sandia technologist Richard Simpson featured for helping solve Sandia's unique problems
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Inside RHIC News Features title description Brookhaven National Laboratory conducts research in the physical biomedical and environmental sciences as well as in energy technologies...
VEHICLE SPECIFICATIONS Vehicle Features Base Vehicle: 2010 Volkswagen
Golf TDI Bluemotion VIN: WVWZZZ1KZAW388111 Seatbelt Positions: 5 Standard Features: Air Conditioning Power Locks Power Steering Power Brakes Power Windows Cruise Control...
Health Physics journal features U.S. radiological response to...
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Querying for Feature Extraction and Visualization in Climate Modeling
The ultimate goal of data visualization is to clearly portray features relevant to the problem being studied. This goal can be realized only if users can effectively communicate to the visualization software what features are of interest. To this end, we describe in this paper two query languages used by scientists to locate and visually emphasize relevant data in both space and time. These languages offer descriptive feedback and interactive refinement of query parameters, which are essential in any framework supporting queries of arbitrary complexity. We apply these languages to extract features of interest from climate model results and describe how they support rapid feature extraction from large datasets.
Johnson, C. Ryan [University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK); Glatter, Markus [University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK); Kendall, Wesley [University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK); Huang, Jian [University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK); Hoffman, Forrest M [ORNL
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Microsoft Windows Server 2003 security enhancements and new features .
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Montehermoso, Ronald Centeno.
Radio-adaptive regimen attenuates features of cellular senescence
Radio-Adaptive Regimen Attenuates Features of Cellular Senescence Albert Davalos Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Abstract Recent work from several laboratories suggest that...
Reconstruction and Identification of Features in Planar and
... born--Columbus, Ohio 1981-1983 . ... compared to as medical tomography, does not have ... important features, and then do subsequent processing on ...
Structure of continental rifts: Role of older features and magmatism
Recent geological and geophysical studies in several continental rifts have begun to shed light on the details of the processes which govern the structural evolution of these important exploration targets. In Kenya and Tanzania, the classic East African rift has been the object of several investigations which reveal that its location follows the boundary (suture ) between the Tanzanian craton (Archean) and Mozambiquan belt (Proterozoic), The Baikal rift also follows a similar boundary, and the Mid-continent rift of North America appears to do the same. Rifts themselves often act as zones of weakness which are reactivated by younger tectonic regimes. The classic North American example of this effect is the Eocambrian Southern Oklahoma aulacogen which was deformed to create the Anadarko basin and Wichita uplift in the late Paleozoic. The Central basin platform has a similar history although the original rift formed at [approximately]1,100Ma. Integration of geophysical data with petrologic and geochemical data from several rift zones has also provided a new picture of the nature and extent of magmatic modification of the crust. An interesting contradiction is that Phanerozoic rifts, except the Afar region, show little evidence for major magmatic modification of the crust whereas, at least in North America, many Precambrian rifts are associated with very large mafic bodies in the crust. The Kenya rift displays evidence for modification of the lower crust in a two-phase magmatic history, but upper crustal magmatic features are limited to local intrusions associated with volcanoes. In this rift, complex basement structure plays a much more important role than previously realized, and the geophysical signatures of basement structure and magmatism are easy to confuse. If this is also the case in other rifts, additional rift basins remain to be discovered.
Keller, G.R. (Univ. of Texas, El Paso, TX (United States))
Computer-aided diagnosis of Alzheimer's type dementia combining support vector machines and discriminant set of features
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly and affects approximately 30 million individuals worldwide. With the growth of the older population in developed nations, the prevalence of AD is expected to triple over the ... Keywords: 42.30.Sy, 87.19.xr, 87.57.R, Alzheimer's type dementia, Computer-aided diagnosis, Feature extraction, Support vector machines
J. Ram�Rez, J. M. G�Rriz, D. Salas-Gonzalez, A. Romero, M. L�Pez, I. �Lvarez, M. G�Mez-R�O
Attribution Bias, Market Condition, and Trading Behavior of Individual Investors
Theory predicts that attribution bias creates overconfident traders and thus causes excessive trading in the market. This paper tests this prediction by comparing the trading behavior of individual investors in different market conditions. In a bull market, investors suffer more from attribution bias and therefore should be more overconfident and trade more excessively. Using the trading records of Chinese individual investors from January 2005 to November 2008, we find that individual investors trade more excessively in a bull market than in a bear market, where excessive trading is measured following Odean (1999) and Barber and Odean (2001). Specifically, we find that in the bull market the securities bought by individual investors significantly underperform those sold in the subsequent periods of one and three months. In the bear market, however, individual investors do not make the similar suboptimal trading decisions as they do in the bull market. In addition, the poor trading decisions made in the bull market are due to poor security selection, and not due to poor market timing. Furthermore, we demonstrate that individual investors turn their portfolios more frequently and their performance measured by market abnormal returns is significantly worse in the bull market than in the bear market. Overall, these results provide strong evidence that attribution bias creates overconfident traders and thus causes excessive trading in the market. Key words: Attribution bias, individual trading behavior, bull market, and bear market.
Zhen Shi A; Na Wang B
A Bayesian feature selection paradigm for text classification
The automated classification of texts into predefined categories has witnessed a booming interest, due to the increased availability of documents in digital form and the ensuing need to organize them. An important problem for text classification is feature ... Keywords: Bayesian feature selection, Metropolis search, Mixture model, Text classification
Guozhong Feng; Jianhua Guo; Bing-Yi Jing; Lizhu Hao
Randomized locality sensitive vocabularies for bag-of-features model
Visual vocabulary construction is an integral part of the popular Bag-of-Features (BOF) model. When visual data scale up (in terms of the dimensionality of features or/and the number of samples), most existing algorithms (e.g. k-means) become unfavorable ...
Yadong Mu; Ju Sun; Tony X. Han; Loong-Fah Cheong; Shuicheng Yan
Computer Hard Drive Geolocation by HTTP Feature Extraction
files of a set of computers acquired in China, part of a larger research data set of real user data [10Computer Hard Drive Geolocation by HTTP Feature Extraction Technical Report UCSC-SSRC-12-04 May://www.ssrc.ucsc.edu/ #12;Computer Hard Drive Geolocation by HTTP Feature Extraction Ziqian Wan Sichuan University Alex J
Miller, Ethan L.
Cross-lingual information retrieval by feature vectors
This paper investigates query translation in cross-lingual information retrieval, especially the challenges caused by ambiguity and polysemi. We base our ideas on feature vectors and our method uses context during the translation of queries. Achieving ... Keywords: cross-lingual information retrieval, feature vector, query expansion
Jeanine Lilleng; Stein L. Tomassen
Feature Extraction Based on Maximum Nearest Subspace Margin Criterion
Based on the classification rule of sparse representation-based classification (SRC) and linear regression classification (LRC), we propose the maximum nearest subspace margin criterion for feature extraction. The proposed method can be seen as a preprocessing ... Keywords: Dimensionality reduction, Face recognition, Feature extraction, Finger knuckle print recognition, Linear regression classification
Yi Chen; Zhenzhen Li; Zhong Jin
Feature-based clustering for electricity use time series data
Time series clustering has been shown effective in providing useful information in various applications. This paper presents an efficient computational method for time series clustering and its application focusing creation of more accurate electricity ... Keywords: electricity distribution, electricity use data, feature extraction, feature-based clustering, load curves, time series clustering
Teemu R�s�nen; Mikko Kolehmainen
Dominant Feature Identification for Industrial Fault Detection and Isolation Applications
Fault Detection and Isolation (FDI) is crucial to reduce production costs and down-time in industrial machines. In this paper, we show how to find a reduced feature subset which is optimal in both estimation and clustering least square errors using a ... Keywords: Least Square Error (LSE), Neural Network (NN), Principal Component Analysis (PCA), Principal Feature Analysis (PFA), Singular Value Decomposition (SVD)
Jun-Hong Zhou; Chee Khiang Pang; Frank L. Lewis; Zhao-Wei Zhong
Classification of raster maps for automatic feature extraction
Raster maps are widely available and contain useful geographic features such as labels and road lines. To extract the geographic features, most research work relies on a manual step to first extract the foreground pixels from the maps using the distinctive ... Keywords: color histogram, color moments, color-coherence vectors, content-based image retrieval, image similarity, luminance-boundary histogram, raster map classification
Yao-Yi Chiang; Craig A. Knoblock
Automatic texture feature selection for image pixel classification
Pixel-based texture classifiers and segmenters are typically based on the combination of texture feature extraction methods that belong to a single family (e.g., Gabor filters). However, combining texture methods from different families has proven to ... Keywords: Multiple evaluation windows, Multiple texture methods, Supervised texture classification, Texture feature selection
Domenec Puig; Miguel Angel Garcia
On the role of morphosyntactic features in Hindi dependency parsing
This paper analyzes the relative importance of different linguistic features for data-driven dependency parsing of Hindi, using a feature pool derived from two state-of-the-art parsers. The analysis shows that the greatest gain in accuracy comes from ...
Bharat Ram Ambati; Samar Husain; Joakim Nivre; Rajeev Sangal
Magnetic mirror fusion systems: Characteristics and distinctive features
A tutorial account is given of the main characteristics and distinctive features of conceptual magnetic fusion systems employing the magnetic mirror principle. These features are related to the potential advantages that mirror-based fusion systems may exhibit for the generation of economic fusion power.
Post, R.F.
Characterization of Individual Nanoparticles and Applications of Nanoparticles in Mass Spectrometry
The chemical characterization of individual nanoparticles (NPs) = 100 nm in diameter is one of the current frontiers in analytical chemistry. We present here, a methodology for the characterization of individual NPs by obtaining molecular information from single massive cluster impacts. The clusters used in this secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) technique are Au4004+ and C60+. The ionized ejecta from each impact are recorded individually which allows to identify ions emitted from a surface volume of ~10 nm in diameter and 5-10 nm in depth. The mode of analyzing ejecta individually from each single cluster impact gives insight into surface homogeneity, in our case NPs and their immediate surroundings. We show that when the NPs (50 nm Al) are larger than the size of the volume perturbed by the projectile, the secondary ion emission (SI) resembles that of a bulk surface. However, when the NP (5 nm Ag) is of the size range of the volume perturbed by projectile the SI emission is different from that of a bulk surface. As part of this sub-assay volume study, the influence of neighboring NP on the SI emission was examined by using a mixture of different types of NPs (5 nm Au and 5 nm Ag). The methodology of using cluster SIMS via a sequence of stochastic single impacts yield information on the surface coverage of the NPs, as well as the influence of the chemical environment on the type of SI emission. We also present a case of soft landing NPs for laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry. NPs enhance the SI emission in a manner that maintains the integrity of the spatial distribution of molecular species. The results indicate that the application can be extended to imaging mass spectrometry.
Rajagopal Achary, Sidhartha Raja
Low Dose Radiation Research Program: Biological Response of Individual...
Response of Individual Cells Following Electron Microbeam Irradiation L. A. Braby and J. R. Ford Texas A&M University, College Station Texas In recent years studies with low doses...
Property:ModernGeoFeatures | Open Energy Information
ModernGeoFeatures ModernGeoFeatures Jump to: navigation, search Property Name ModernGeoFeatures Property Type Page Description Describes modern surface manifestations present in vicinity of the resource area (e.g. hot springs, fumaroles, mudpots, geysers). See also Modern_Geothermal_Features This is a property of type Page. Subproperties This property has the following 12 subproperties: B Beowawe Hot Springs Geothermal Area Brady Hot Springs Geothermal Area D Desert Peak Geothermal Area H Heber Geothermal Area L Lightning Dock Geothermal Area R Raft River Geothermal Area Roosevelt Hot Springs Geothermal Area S Salton Sea Geothermal Area San Emidio Desert Geothermal Area S cont. Soda Lake Geothermal Area Steamboat Springs Geothermal Area Stillwater Geothermal Area Pages using the property "ModernGeoFeatures"
Digital Mapping Of Structurally Controlled Geothermal Features With GPS
Digital Mapping Of Structurally Controlled Geothermal Features With GPS Digital Mapping Of Structurally Controlled Geothermal Features With GPS Units And Pocket Computers Jump to: navigation, search OpenEI Reference LibraryAdd to library Conference Paper: Digital Mapping Of Structurally Controlled Geothermal Features With GPS Units And Pocket Computers Abstract Hand-held global positioning system (GPS) units and pocket personal computers (PCs) were used to map surface geothermal features at the Bradys Hot Springs and Salt Wells geothermal systems, Churchill County, Nevada, in less time and with greater accuracy than would have been possible with conventional mapping methods. Geothermal features that were mapped include fumaroles, mud pots, warm ground, sinter, and a variety of silicified rocks. In both areas, the digital mapping was able to resolve structural
High-resolution Urban Image Classification Using Extended Features
High-resolution image classification poses several challenges because the typical object size is much larger than the pixel resolution. Any given pixel (spectral features at that location) by itself is not a good indicator of the object it belongs to without looking at the broader spatial footprint. Therefore most modern machine learning approaches that are based on per-pixel spectral features are not very effective in high- resolution urban image classification. One way to overcome this problem is to extract features that exploit spatial contextual information. In this study, we evaluated several features in- cluding edge density, texture, and morphology. Several machine learning schemes were tested on the features extracted from a very high-resolution remote sensing image and results were presented.
Vatsavai, Raju [ORNL
Nature Climate Change features Los Alamos forest research
Nature Climate Change Features Forest Research Nature Climate Change Features Forest Research Nature Climate Change features Los Alamos forest research The print issue features as its cover story the tree-stress research of LANL scientist A. Park Williams and partners from the U.S. Geological Survey, University of Arizona and several other organizations. February 27, 2013 Burned trees in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico after the 2011 Las Conchas fire. Image by Craig D. Allen, USGS. Burned trees in the Jemez Mountains of New Mexico after the 2011 Las Conchas fire. Image by Craig D. Allen, USGS. Contact Nancy Ambrosiano Communications Office (505) 667-0471 Email New print edition of journal tags tree-stress project for cover story LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Feb. 27, 2013-The print issue of the journal Nature Climate Change released this week features as its cover story the
NNSA Mission Featured on NPR | National Nuclear Security Administration
Mission Featured on NPR | National Nuclear Security Administration Mission Featured on NPR | National Nuclear Security Administration Our Mission Managing the Stockpile Preventing Proliferation Powering the Nuclear Navy Emergency Response Recapitalizing Our Infrastructure Continuing Management Reform Countering Nuclear Terrorism About Us Our Programs Our History Who We Are Our Leadership Our Locations Budget Our Operations Media Room Congressional Testimony Fact Sheets Newsletters Press Releases Speeches Events Social Media Video Gallery Photo Gallery NNSA Archive Federal Employment Apply for Our Jobs Our Jobs Working at NNSA Blog Home > NNSA Blog > NNSA Mission Featured on NPR NNSA Mission Featured on NPR Posted By NNSA Public Affairs NNSA Blog NNSA's successful removal of all remaining highly enriched uranium (HEU) from Ukraine was featured on NPR's "All Things Considered" this past
Digital Mapping Of Structurally Controlled Geothermal Features With Gps
Digital Mapping Of Structurally Controlled Geothermal Features With Gps Digital Mapping Of Structurally Controlled Geothermal Features With Gps Units And Pocket Computers Jump to: navigation, search GEOTHERMAL ENERGYGeothermal Home Conference Paper: Digital Mapping Of Structurally Controlled Geothermal Features With Gps Units And Pocket Computers Details Activities (1) Areas (1) Regions (0) Abstract: Hand-held global positioning system (GPS) units and pocket personal computers (PCs) were used to map surface geothermal features at the Bradys Hot Springs and Salt Wells geothermal systems, Churchill County, Nevada, in less time and with greater accuracy than would have been possible with conventional mapping methods. Geothermal features that were mapped include fumaroles, mud pots, warm ground, sinter, and a variety of silicified rocks. In both areas, the digital mapping was able to resolve
The diversity of smallholder wool production and its marketing aspects : a case study at Xume, Eastern Cape, South Africa.
?? Small-scale wool production at Xume is marked by diversity in technical features and marketing aspects. This study presents the typology case study conducted at� (more)
Nkonki, Busisiwe
Sustainable Building Case Studies | Department of Energy
Case Studies Case Studies Sustainable Building Case Studies October 4, 2013 - 4:58pm Addthis These case studies feature examples of sustainably designed buildings and facilities from Federal agencies and industry. High Performance Federal Buildings Database The High Performance Federal Buildings database presents a sampling of sustainable buildings projects in the Federal Government. This database taps into the existing U.S. Department of Energy High Performance Buildings database, showcasing only Federal case study examples. Third-Party Certification ENERGY STAR for Federal Agencies: A site that provides access to the ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager, the Federal High Performance Sustainable Buildings Checklist, and ENERGY STAR qualified products, and much more. Green Globes: A Web-based program from the Green Building Initiative for
Science.gov, Now with Multimedia, New Search Features, Spanish...
October 9, 2012 Science.gov, Now with Multimedia, New Search Features, Spanish Translations Spanish Version Debuted Oak Ridge, TN - Science.gov, the gateway to U.S. federal science...
Combining Object and Feature Dynamics in Probabilistic Tracking
Objects can exhibit different dynamics at different scales, a property that isoftenexploited by visual tracking algorithms. A local dynamicmodel is typically used to extract image features that are then used as inputsto a ...
Taycher, Leonid
Discriminative features in reversible stochastic attribute-value grammars
Reversible stochastic attribute-value grammars (de Kok et al., 2011) use one model for parse disambiguation and fluency ranking. Such a model encodes preferences with respect to syntax, fluency, and appropriateness of logical forms, as weighted features. ...
Dani�l de Kok
Discrete Feature Approach for Heterogeneous Reservoir Production Enhancement
The report presents summaries of technology development for discrete feature modeling in support of the improved oil recovery (IOR) for heterogeneous reservoirs. In addition, the report describes the demonstration of these technologies at project study sites.
Dershowitz, William S.; Curran, Brendan; Einstein, Herbert; LaPointe, Paul; Shuttle, Dawn; Klise, Kate
Storm Morphology and Rainfall Characteristics of TRMM Precipitation Features
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) Precipitation Radar (PR), TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI), and Visible and Infrared Scanner (VIRS) observations within the Precipitation Feature (PF) database have been analyzed to examine regional ...
Stephen W. Nesbitt; Robert Cifelli; Steven A. Rutledge
VEHICLE SPECIFICATIONS Vehicle Features Base Vehicle: 2011 Hyundai
1 Hyundai Sonata VIN: KMEHC4A43BA004932 Seatbelt Positions: 5 Standard Features: Air Conditioning Power Locks Power Steering Power Brakes Power Windows Cruise Control Front Disc...
l1 regularization in infinite dimensional feature spaces
In this paper we discuss the problem of fitting l1 regularized prediction models in infinite (possibly non-countable) dimensional feature spaces. Our main contributions are: a. Deriving a generalization of l1 regularization ...
Saharon Rosset; Grzegorz Swirszcz; Nathan Srebro; Ji Zhu
Bring Your Green to Work: Video featuring Danny Seo | ENERGY...
Green to Work: Video featuring Danny Seo Green guru Danny Seo tells viewers how to save energy in buildings Join green guru Danny Seo behind the scenes of an ENERGY STAR...
Extending the entity grid with entity-specific features
We extend the popular entity grid representation for local coherence modeling. The grid abstracts away information about the entities it models; we add discourse prominence, named entity type and coreference features to distinguish between important ...
Micha Eisner; Eugene Charniak
A graphical user interface for feature-based opinion mining
In this paper, we present XOpin, a graphical user interface that have been developed to provide a smart access to the results of a feature-based opinion detection system, build on top of a parser.
Pedro Balage Filho; Caroline Brun; Gilbert Rondeau
Pre-Show Report and Features on Selected Exhibitors
Nov 22, 2010 ... Pre-Show Report and Features on Selected .... about 12,000MT equivalent of coal and reduce 32,000MT of CO2 emission. Because of this�...
Physical and Chemical Features of Pretreated Biomass that Influence...
Physical and Chemical Features of Pretreated Biomass that Influence Macro-Micro-accessibility and Biological Processing Rajeev Kumar 1,3 and Charles E. Wyman 1,2,3 1 Center for...
GOOGLE EARTH QUICK GUIDE (1)Google Earth Features
GOOGLE EARTH QUICK GUIDE (1)Google Earth Features The Google Earth of the Google Earth window. Often when opening up the Google Earth program, the view Bar Controls View Screen #12;GOOGLE EARTH QUICK GUIDE Controls. The following
Smith-Konter, Bridget
Speaker verification in noisy environment using missing feature approach
In order to handle speech signals corrupted by noise in speaker verification and provide robustness to systems, this paper evaluates the use of missing feature (MF) approach with a novel combination of techniques. A mask estimation based on spectral ...
Dayana Ribas; Jes�s A. Villalba; Eduardo Lleida; Jos� R. Calvo
Scalable Feature Mining for Sequential Data Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab.
Scalable Feature Mining for Sequential Data Neal Lesh Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab. 201, DNA sequences, web usage data, multiplayer games, and plan execution traces. In sequential domains
Zaki, Mohammed Javeed
A Regional Model Study of Synoptic Features over West Africa
Synoptic weather features over West Africa were studied in simulations by the regional simulation model (RM) at the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies. These pioneering simulations represent the beginning of an effort to adapt regional ...
Leonard M. Druyan; Matthew Fulakeza; Patrick Lonergan; Mahaman Saloum
Search for multifractal features in Cherenkov arrival time
Extensive air shower products are fractal in nature. Both simulated and experimental Cherenkov images display multifractal properties. In this paper we explore the possibility of searching multifractal features in Cherenkov arrival times.
A. Razdan
Property:RelictGeoFeatures | Open Energy Information
RelictGeoFeatures RelictGeoFeatures Jump to: navigation, search Property Name RelictGeoFeatures Property Type String Description Describes evidence of ancient surface manifestations in the vicinity of the resource area (e.g. hydrothermally altered rock, hydrothermally deposited rock) This is a property of type Page. Subproperties This property has the following 8 subproperties: B Beowawe Hot Springs Geothermal Area Brady Hot Springs Geothermal Area D Desert Peak Geothermal Area L Lightning Dock Geothermal Area R Roosevelt Hot Springs Geothermal Area S San Emidio Desert Geothermal Area Soda Lake Geothermal Area S cont. Steamboat Springs Geothermal Area Pages using the property "RelictGeoFeatures" Showing 9 pages using this property. A Amedee Geothermal Area + Hydrothermal Deposition +
An adaptive keyboard with personalized language-based features
Our research is about an adaptive keyboard, which autonomously adjusts its predictive features and key displays to current user input. We used personalized word prediction to improve the performance of such a system. Prediction using common English dictionary ...
Siska Fitrianie; Leon J. M. Rothkrantz
Hispanic Heritage Month - Honoring a Heritage and Individual Success |
Hispanic Heritage Month - Honoring a Heritage and Individual Hispanic Heritage Month - Honoring a Heritage and Individual Success Hispanic Heritage Month - Honoring a Heritage and Individual Success October 10, 2012 - 9:59am Addthis Dr. Karina Edmonds, the Department's Technology Transfer Director, speaks with Joan Michelson of Green Connections Radio about women in STEM last July. This week she is receiving a Career Achievement Award from Women of Color Magazine. Dr. Karina Edmonds, the Department's Technology Transfer Director, speaks with Joan Michelson of Green Connections Radio about women in STEM last July. This week she is receiving a Career Achievement Award from Women of Color Magazine. Dot Harris Dot Harris The Honorable Dot Harris, Director, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 - October 15,
Active Brownian Particles. From Individual to Collective Stochastic Dynamics
We review theoretical models of individual motility as well as collective dynamics and pattern formation of active particles. We focus on simple models of active dynamics with a particular emphasis on nonlinear and stochastic dynamics of such self-propelled entities in the framework of statistical mechanics. Examples of such active units in complex physico-chemical and biological systems are chemically powered nano-rods, localized patterns in reaction-diffusion system, motile cells or macroscopic animals. Based on the description of individual motion of point-like active particles by stochastic differential equations, we discuss different velocity-dependent friction functions, the impact of various types of fluctuations and calculate characteristic observables such as stationary velocity distributions or diffusion coefficients. Finally, we consider not only the free and confined individual active dynamics but also different types of interaction between active particles. The resulting collective dynamical beha...
Romanczuk, Pawel; Ebeling, Werner; Lindner, Benjamin; Schimansky-Geier, Lutz
Feature-Based Statistical Analysis of Combustion Simulation Data
We present a new framework for feature-based statistical analysis of large-scale scientific data and demonstrate its effectiveness by analyzing features from Direct Numerical Simulations (DNS) of turbulent combustion. Turbulent flows are ubiquitous and account for transport and mixing processes in combustion, astrophysics, fusion, and climate modeling among other disciplines. They are also characterized by coherent structure or organized motion, i.e. nonlocal entities whose geometrical features can directly impact molecular mixing and reactive processes. While traditional multi-point statistics provide correlative information, they lack nonlocal structural information, and hence, fail to provide mechanistic causality information between organized fluid motion and mixing and reactive processes. Hence, it is of great interest to capture and track flow features and their statistics together with their correlation with relevant scalar quantities, e.g. temperature or species concentrations. In our approach we encode the set of all possible flow features by pre-computing merge trees augmented with attributes, such as statistical moments of various scalar fields, e.g. temperature, as well as length-scales computed via spectral analysis. The computation is performed in an efficient streaming manner in a pre-processing step and results in a collection of meta-data that is orders of magnitude smaller than the original simulation data. This meta-data is sufficient to support a fully flexible and interactive analysis of the features, allowing for arbitrary thresholds, providing per-feature statistics, and creating various global diagnostics such as Cumulative Density Functions (CDFs), histograms, or time-series. We combine the analysis with a rendering of the features in a linked-view browser that enables scientists to interactively explore, visualize, and analyze the equivalent of one terabyte of simulation data. We highlight the utility of this new framework for combustion science; however, it is applicable to many other science domains.
Bennett, J; Krishnamoorthy, V; Liu, S; Grout, R; Hawkes, E; Chen, J; Pascucci, V; Bremer, P T
Improvements in intrinsic feature pose measurement for awake animal imaging
Development has continued with intrinsic feature optical motion tracking for awake animal imaging to measure 3D position and orientation (pose) for motion compensated reconstruction. Prior imaging results have been directed towards head motion measurement for SPECT brain studies in awake unrestrained mice. This work improves on those results in extracting and tracking intrinsic features from multiple camera images and computing pose changes from the tracked features over time. Previously, most motion tracking for 3D imaging has been limited to measuring extrinsic features such as retro-reflective markers applied to an animal's head. While this approach has been proven to be accurate, the use of external markers is undesirable for several reasons. The intrinsic feature approach has been further developed from previous work to provide full pose measurements for a live mouse scan. Surface feature extraction, matching, and pose change calculation with point tracking and accuracy results are described. Experimental pose calculation and 3D reconstruction results from live images are presented.
J.S. Goddard, J.S. Baba, S.J. Lee, A.G. Weisenberger, A. Stolin, J. McKisson, M.F. Smith
In a sample of 54 galaxy clusters (0.04 < z < 0.15) containing 3551 early-type galaxies suitable for study, we identify those with tidal features both interactively and automatically. We find that {approx}3% have tidal features that can be detected with data that reach a 3{sigma} sensitivity limit of 26.5 mag arcsec{sup -2}. Regardless of the method used to classify tidal features, or the fidelity imposed on such classifications, we find a deficit of tidally disturbed galaxies with decreasing clustercentric radius that is most pronounced inside of {approx}0.5 R{sub 200}. We cannot distinguish whether the trend arises from an increasing likelihood of recent mergers with increasing clustercentric radius or a decrease in the lifetime of tidal features with decreasing clustercentric radius. We find no evidence for a relationship between local density and the incidence of tidal features, but our local density measure has large uncertainties. We find interesting behavior in the rate of tidal features among cluster early-types as a function of clustercentric radius and expect such results to provide constraints on the effect of the cluster environment on the structure of galaxy halos, the build-up of the red sequence of galaxies, and the origin of the intracluster stellar population.
Adams, Scott M.; Zaritsky, Dennis [Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721 (United States); Sand, David J.; Graham, Melissa L. [Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network, 6740 Cortona Dr., Suite 102, Santa Barbara, CA 93117 (United States); Bildfell, Chris; Pritchet, Chris [Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Victoria, P.O. Box 3055, STN CSC, Victoria, BC V8W 3P6 (Canada); Hoekstra, Henk [Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 2, NL-2333 CA Leiden (Netherlands)
NREL: News Feature - NREL Brings Precision, Savings to Energy...
costs would mean huge savings. At the individual building scale, a 200,000-square-foot office building that pays 2 per square foot in energy costs annually can save tens of...
Feature: Information Security, Business and the Internet - Part 2
This article considers the perception of a selected number of small to medium-sized enterprises towards the security problems of E-commerce. It emphasizes the need for common sense and personal responsibility of individual business users. The centralized ...
Clive Blatchford
Using GIS and Individual-Level Data for Whole Communities
Geographic Information Systems (GIS) can assist the reintegration of the estranged fields of American political and social history when focused on individual-level political and social information for whole communities of moderate size. This article ... Keywords: GIS, historical geography, political history
Donald A. Debats
Learning to Be Thoughtless: Social Norms and Individual Computation
This paper extends the literature on the evolution of norms with an agent-based model capturing a phenomenon that has been essentially ignored, namely that individual thought � or computing � is often inversely related to the strength of ... Keywords: agent-based computational economics, evolution of norms
Joshua M. Epstein
Fish recognition based on the combination between robust feature selection, image segmentation and geometrical parameter techniques using Artificial Neural Network and Decision Tree
We presents in this paper a novel fish classification methodology based on a combination between robust feature selection, image segmentation and geometrical parameter techniques using Artificial Neural Network and Decision Tree. Unlike existing works for fish classification, which propose descriptors and do not analyze their individual impacts in the whole classification task and do not make the combination between the feature selection, image segmentation and geometrical parameter, we propose a general set of features extraction using robust feature selection, image segmentation and geometrical parameter and their correspondent weights that should be used as a priori information by the classifier. In this sense, instead of studying techniques for improving the classifiers structure itself, we consider it as a black box and focus our research in the determination of which input information must bring a robust fish discrimination.The main contribution of this paper is enhancement recognize and classify fishes...
Alsmadi, Mutasem Khalil Sari; Noah, Shahrul Azman; Almarashdah, Ibrahim
This Month's Feature on .EDUconnections: University of Wisconsin-Madison |
This Month's Feature on .EDUconnections: University of This Month's Feature on .EDUconnections: University of Wisconsin-Madison This Month's Feature on .EDUconnections: University of Wisconsin-Madison April 15, 2011 - 3:10pm Addthis Andy Oare Andy Oare Former New Media Strategist, Office of Public Affairs This month, .EDUconnections, puts the spotlight on the University of Wisconsin. UW-Madison ranks as one of the most prolific research universities in the world, providing a learning environment where faculty, staff and students can critically examine our natural world in a way that will help improve the quality of life for all. Two of their research programs, the Energy Institute and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, are directly supporting the work of the Department of Energy's scientific research programs.
Chicago Business Features Argonne Woman in Nuclear Physics | Department of
Chicago Business Features Argonne Woman in Nuclear Physics Chicago Business Features Argonne Woman in Nuclear Physics Chicago Business Features Argonne Woman in Nuclear Physics January 9, 2012 - 4:08pm Addthis Kawtar Hafidi is an experimental nuclear physicist, working in the medium energy physics group at Argonne. Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory. Kawtar Hafidi is an experimental nuclear physicist, working in the medium energy physics group at Argonne. Image courtesy of Argonne National Laboratory. Chicago Business has the scoop about Kawtar Hafidi, an Argonne National Laboratory nuclear physicist who just snagged the Association for Women in Science's 2011 Innovator Award for her research in the field of the color of quarks. Hafidi is one of many women in science who's changing the equation to accomplish the Department's mission. At Argonne, she leads
Cosmological toolkit project featured on DOE energy website | Argonne
Cosmological toolkit project featured on DOE energy website Cosmological toolkit project featured on DOE energy website October 2, 2013 Tweet EmailPrint Researchers from Argonne National Laboratory, in partnership with Fermilab and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, are developing a state-of-the-art toolkit for analyzing cosmological simulation data. The work was recently featured on the DOE website Energy.gov. Leading the Argonne team are Salman Habib, senior physicist and computational scientist in Argonne's High Energy Physics and Mathematics and Computer Science Divisions, and Ravi Madduri, project manager in the MCS Division. The multilaboratory team seeks to create an open platform with a web-based front end that will allow scientists to transfer, search, and analyze the complex data being generated by galaxy-formation simulations. Key to this
New Features of the New Features of the Edison XC30 New Features of the Edison XC30 - Differences from Hopper While the Edison and Hopper systems have similar programming environments and software, there are some key architectural differences between the two systems. This page describes those differences. Compute nodes Edison Phase I has a total of 16 cores on each compute node, compared to Hopper's 24. Edison, like Hopper, has two sockets on each compute node, but instead of four "NUMA" memory domains, Edison has only two. Edison uses Intel processors, unlike Hopper which has processors from AMD. Edison's processors have Intel Hyper-Threading (HT) enabled, which means you can run with 32 virtual cores per node. At run time you can decide to run with 16 cores per node (the default setting) or 32 virtual cores per
New Features of the Edison XC30 New Features of the Edison XC30 New Features of the Edison XC30 - Differences from Hopper While the Edison and Hopper systems have similar programming environments and software, there are some key architectural differences between the two systems. This page describes those differences. Compute nodes Edison and Hopper both have a total of 24 cores on each compute node. Edison, like Hopper, has two sockets on each compute node, but instead of four "NUMA" memory domains, Edison has only two. Edison uses Intel processors, unlike Hopper which has processors from AMD. Edison's processors have Intel Hyper-Threading (HT) enabled, which means you can run with 48 logical cores per node. At run time you can decide to run with 24 cores per node (the default setting) or 48 logical cores per node.
Argonne's pyroprocessing and advanced reactor research featured on WGN
Argonne's pyroprocessing and advanced reactor research featured on WGN Argonne's pyroprocessing and advanced reactor research featured on WGN radio Director's Welcome Organization Achievements Highlights Fact Sheets, Brochures & Other Documents Multimedia Library About Nuclear Energy Nuclear Reactors Designed by Argonne Argonne's Nuclear Science and Technology Legacy Opportunities within NE Division Visit Argonne Work with Argonne Contact us For Employees Site Map Help Join us on Facebook Follow us on Twitter NE on Flickr Celebrating the 70th Anniversary of Chicago Pile 1 (CP-1) Argonne OutLoud on Nuclear Energy Argonne Energy Showcase 2012 Highlights Bookmark and Share Argonne's pyroprocessing and advanced reactor research featured on WGN radio Uranium dendrites These tiny branches, or "dendrites," of pure uranium form when engineers
New Features of the Hopper XE6 - Differences from Franklin
New Features of the Hopper XE6 New Features of the Hopper XE6 New Features of the Hopper XE6 - Differences from Franklin While the Franklin and Hopper systems are both have similar programming environments and user software, there are some key architectural differences between the two systems. This page describes those differences and how they may improve your productivity. More Cores per Node and Multiple Sockets per Node Hopper has a total of 24 cores on each node. With more cores per node, you may want to explore adding OpenMP to applications. Hopper also has two sockets on each compute node whereas Franklin only has one. Please see the Hopper mutli-core FAQ page for a discussion of effectively using all 24 cores per node and the Hopper configuration page for more system specification details.
A ��string of feature graphs�� model for recognition of complex activities
Videos usually consist of activities involving interactions between multiple actors, sometimes referred to as complex activities. Recognition of such activities requires modeling the spatio-temporal relationships between the actors and their individual variabilities. In this paper, we consider the problem of recognition of complex activities in a video given a query example. We propose a new feature model based on a string representation of the video which respects the spatio-temporal ordering. This ordered arrangement of local collections of features (e.g., cuboids, STIP), which are the characters in the string, are initially matched using graph-based spectral techniques. Final recognition is obtained by matching the string representations of the query and the test videos in a dynamic programming framework which allows for variability in sampling rates and speed of activity execution. The method does not require tracking or recognition of body parts, is able to identify the region of interest in a cluttered scene, and gives reasonable performance with even a single query example. We test our approach in an example-based video retrieval framework with two publicly available complex activity datasets and provide comparisons against other methods that have studied this problem. 1.
U. Gaur; Y. Zhu; B. Song; A. Roy-chowdhury
DOE Science Showcase - Featured Climate Change Research from DOE Databases
Featured Climate Change Research from DOE Databases Featured Climate Change Research from DOE Databases Search Results from DOE Databases View research documents, citations, accomplishments, patents, and projects related to climate change, one of the primary scientific challenges addressed through the Incite Program. Climate Change Information Bridge Energy Citations Database DOE R&D Accomplishments Database DOE Data Explorer Climate Modeling Information Bridge Energy Citations Database DOE R&D Accomplishments Database DOE Data Explorer Ocean Turbulence and Climate Information Bridge Energy Citations Database DOE Accomplishments Database DOE Data Explorer Cloud Simulation and Models Information Bridge Energy Citations Database DOE Accomplishments Database DOE Data Explorer Global Warming Information Bridge Energy Citations Database
Hue Histograms to Spatiotemporal Local Features for Action Recognition
Despite the recent developments in spatiotemporal local features for action recognition in video sequences, local color information has so far been ignored. However, color has been proved an important element to the success of automated recognition of objects and scenes. In this paper we extend the space-time interest point descriptor STIP to take into account the color information on the features' neighborhood. We compare the performance of our color-aware version of STIP (which we have called HueSTIP) with the original one.
Souza, Fillipe; Ch�vez, Guillermo; Ara�jo, Arnaldo
Never Again: Remembering the Holocaust, as Government and as Individuals |
Never Again: Remembering the Holocaust, as Government and as Never Again: Remembering the Holocaust, as Government and as Individuals Never Again: Remembering the Holocaust, as Government and as Individuals May 1, 2012 - 10:27am Addthis President Barack Obama and Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel light candles in the Hall of Remembrance during a tour of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) President Barack Obama and Nobel Peace Prize laureate and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel light candles in the Hall of Remembrance during a tour of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., April 23, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Last week, President Obama spoke at the United States Holocaust Memorial
Contributions to Sustainability by Communities and Individuals: Problems and Prospects
This report examines relationships between a comprehensive set of definitions of and viewpoints on the concept of Sustainability and the abilities of communities and individuals in the United States to meet the behavioral prescriptions inherent in these definitions and viewpoints. This research is timely because sustainability is becoming a cornerstone of national and international environmental strategies designed to simultaneously achieve environmental, economic, and social goals. In the United States, many communities have adopted sustainability principles as the foundation for both their environmental protection efforts and their socioeconomic development initiatives. This research is important because it highlights serious problems communities and inviduals may have in achieving sustainability expectations, and illustrates how much work is needed to help communities and individuals overcome numerous considerable and complex constraints to sustainability.
MacGregor, D.; Tonn, B.E.
Individual User Behavior Leading Factor in Comfort Control
With global warming effects and exploding energy prices it is necessary to further optimize the energy performance of buildings. Intelligent Agents technology for individual climate control for each user of a building in combination with feedback on the energy consumption (costs) leads to better acceptance of the individual comfort and a reduction of the energy consumption. Agents at room level with knowledge of the actual preferences of the occupants are used to improve the distribution of the available HVAC resources of the building and lead to better performance with less energy consumption and at lower costs. At building level an agent is used to optimize the settings of HVAC-controls and lead to peak reduction. The technology was tested in field tests in different office buildings in the Netherlands.
Zeiler, W.; Boxem, G.; Van Houten, M. A.; Wortel, W.; Van Der Velden, J. A. J.; Kamphuis, R.; Hommelberg, M.; Broekhuizen, H.
This paper presents IEC/SC 45B Radiation protection instrumentation and its standards for individual monitoring of ionising radiation: IEC 61526 Ed. 3 for active personal dosemeters and IEC 62387-1 for passive integrating dosimetry systems. The transposition of these standards as CENELEC (European) standards is also discussed together with the collaboration between IEC/SC 45B and ISO/TC 85/SC 2.
Voytchev, Miroslav [IRSN; Ambrosi, P. [Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB); Behrens, R. [Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB); Chiaro Jr, Peter John [ORNL
Security of quantum key distribution with arbitrary individual imperfections
We consider the security of the Bennett-Brassard 1984 (BB84) protocol for Quantum Key Distribution (QKD), with arbitrary individual imperfections simultaneously in the source and detectors. We provide the secure key generation rate, and show that only two parameters must be bounded to ensure security; the basis dependence of the source and a detector blinding parameter. The system may otherwise be completely uncharacterized and contain large losses.
�ystein Mar�y; Lars Lydersen; Johannes Skaar
Water Efficiency Case Studies | Department of Energy
Case Studies Case Studies Water Efficiency Case Studies October 8, 2013 - 9:59am Addthis These case studies feature examples of water-efficiency projects implemented by Federal agencies. They are organized by corresponding best management practice (BMP). U.S. Department of Energy Y-12 National Security Complex: BMP 1 - Water Management Planning: A water assessment at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, provided a comprehensive understanding of current water-consuming equipment and applications while identifying key areas for efficiency improvement. U.S. Army Fort Huachuca: BMP 2 - Information and Education programs: The U.S. Army Fort Huachuca contracted the University of Arizona Cooperative Extension to provide comprehensive water and energy conservation awareness
Renewable Energy Case Studies | Department of Energy
Energy » Renewable Energy Case Studies Energy » Renewable Energy Case Studies Renewable Energy Case Studies October 7, 2013 - 9:46am Addthis Photo of photovoltaic arrays in front of a red mountain with a blue sky backdrop. Federal agencies often turn to photovoltaics for energy, like this National Park Service deployment. These case studies and application briefs feature examples of renewable energy projects at Federal facilities. Transpired Solar Collector at NREL's Waste Handling Facility Uses Solar Energy to Heat Ventilation Air: The transpired solar collector on NREL's Waste handling Facility uses solar thermal technology to reduce electric heating loads. U.S. Army Fort Knox: Using the Earth for Space Heating and Cooling: Overview of the geothermal/ground source heat pump project at the U.S. Army
We review theoretical models of individual motility as well as collective dynamics and pattern formation of active particles. We focus on simple models of active dynamics with a particular emphasis on nonlinear and stochastic dynamics of such self-propelled entities in the framework of statistical mechanics. Examples of such active units in complex physico-chemical and biological systems are chemically powered nano-rods, localized patterns in reaction-diffusion system, motile cells or macroscopic animals. Based on the description of individual motion of point-like active particles by stochastic differential equations, we discuss different velocity-dependent friction functions, the impact of various types of fluctuations and calculate characteristic observables such as stationary velocity distributions or diffusion coefficients. Finally, we consider not only the free and confined individual active dynamics but also different types of interaction between active particles. The resulting collective dynamical behavior of large assemblies and aggregates of active units is discussed and an overview over some recent results on spatiotemporal pattern formation in such systems is given.
Pawel Romanczuk; Markus B�r; Werner Ebeling; Benjamin Lindner; Lutz Schimansky-Geier
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Feature Exploration for Mining Coronal Loops from Solar Images
Coronal loops are especially important in analyzing some important phenomena related to the Sun such as the controversial coronal heating problem. The analysis requires astrophysicists to manually sift through thousands of images in order to acquire ... Keywords: feature extraction, coronal loops, SOHO, data mining, solar
Nurcan Durak; Olfa Nasraoui
Automated geometric features evaluation method for normal foot skeleton model
"Normal foot model" is a geometric model of a healthy human foot. As the comparison of the processed feet requires a reference ideal healthy foot parameterization it was necessary to create such a model by defining skeleton geometric features and generating ...
Bartosz Borucki; Krzysztof Nowi?Ski; Micha? Chlebiej; Andrzej Rutkowski; Pawe? Adamczyk; Jacek Laskowski
Property:Special Physical Features | Open Energy Information
Physical Features Physical Features Jump to: navigation, search Property Name Special Physical Features Property Type Text Pages using the property "Special Physical Features" Showing 25 pages using this property. (previous 25) (next 25) C Carderock 2-ft Variable Pressure Cavitation Water Tunnel + The 2-Foot Variable Pressure Cavitation Water Tunnel is a vertical plane, closed recirculating, variable-speed, variable-pressure, open jet test section, closed jet test section, and semi-rectangular test section. Carderock 3-ft Variable Pressure Cavitation Water Tunnel + The 3-ft Variable Pressure Cavitation Water Tunnel is a vertical plane, closed recirculating with resorber, variable-speed, variable-pressure, two interchangeable circular test sections. Carderock Circulating Water Channel + The Circulating Water Channel is a vertical plane, open to the atmosphere test section with a free surface in a closed recirculating water circuit, variable speed, rectangular cross-sectional shape facility. There are 10 large viewing windows on either side of the test section at different elevations and 9 in the bottom; movable bridge spans the test section for ease and versatility in mounting models, rigging bridge is capable of taking towing loads at any one of numerous points up to 35,584 N
Integrating a differential evolution feature weighting scheme into prototype generation
Prototype generation techniques have arisen as very competitive methods for enhancing the nearest neighbor classifier through data reduction. Within the prototype generation methodology, the methods of adjusting the prototypes' positioning have shown ... Keywords: Classification, Differential evolution, Feature weighting, Nearest neighbor, Prototype generation, Prototype selection
Isaac Triguero; Joaqu�N Derrac; Salvador Garc�A; Francisco Herrera
Comparison of metrics for feature selection in imbalanced text classification
Abstract: Class imbalance problems are often encountered in real applications of automatic text classifications especially at the so-called ''one-against-all'' settings and thus handling the problem with satisfactory performance is substantially important. ... Keywords: Combination framework, Feature selection, Imbalanced data, Poisson distribution, Text classification, k-NN classifier
Hiroshi Ogura; Hiromi Amano; Masato Kondo
38 renewable energy focus July/August 2009 Feature article
38 renewable energy focus July/August 2009 Feature article Compact electrical generators losses; it's a tantalising vision for the renewables sector. Making it a reality could transform.: Illustration shows magnified view of high temperature superconductor cable. #12;renewable energy focus July
Hampshire, Damian
Prostate cancer grading: Gland segmentation and structural features
In this paper, we introduce a novel approach to grade prostate malignancy using digitized histopathological specimens of the prostate tissue. Most of the approaches proposed in the literature to address this problem utilize various textural features ... Keywords: Benign, Carcinoma, Gland segmentation, Gleason grading system, Nuclei, Prostate cancer
Kien Nguyen; Bikash Sabata; Anil K. Jain
Optimal Project Feature Weights in Analogy-Based Cost Estimation
Optimal Project Feature Weights in Analogy-Based Cost Estimation: Improvement and Limitations, IEEE Abstract--Cost estimation is a vital task in most important software project decisions as measured by standard metrics. Index Terms--Software cost estimation, analogy-based cost estimation, project
Semi-supervised cast indexing for feature-length films
Cast indexing is a very important application for content-based video browsing and retrieval, since the characters in feature-length films and TV series are always the major focus of interest to the audience. By cast indexing, we can discover the main ...
Wei Fan; Tao Wang; JeanYves Bouguet; Wei Hu; Yimin Zhang; Dit-Yan Yeung
Mining Deformation Features of Complex Engineering Slope via Safety Monitoring
A nonlinear regression model is presented in this article for mining deformation features of complex engineering slope on the basis of various monitoring data. It is aimed to discover the factors which have evident effect on slope deformation, as well ... Keywords: high steep slope, deformation mining, nonlinear regression, secular distortion, Jinping 1 hydropower station
Linwei Wang; Zaobao Liu; Dan Jin; Qingxiang Meng
Feature level fusion of face and palmprint biometrics
This paper presents a feature level fusion of face and palmprint biometrics. It uses the improved K-medoids clustering algorithm and isomorphic graph. The performance of the system has been verified by two distance metrics namely, K-NN and normalized ... Keywords: Ffeature level fusion, K-medoids artitioning algorithm, biometrics, face, isomorphic graph, palmprint
Dakshina Ranjan Kisku; Phalguni Gupta; Jamuna Kanta Sing
Exploring high-level features for detecting cyberpedophilia
In this paper, we suggest a list of high-level features and study their applicability in detection of cyberpedophiles. We used a corpus of chats downloaded from http://www.perverted-justice.com and two negative datasets of different nature: cybersex ... Keywords: Cyberpedophilia, Emotion detection, Sentiment analysis
Dasha Bogdanova, Paolo Rosso, Thamar Solorio
SVM based feature selection: why are we using the dual?
Most Support Vector Machines (SVM) implementations are based on solving the dual optimization problem. Of course, feature selection algorithms based on SVM are not different and, in particular, the most used method in the area, Guyon et al.'s Recursive ...
Guillermo L. Grinblat; Javier Izetta; Pablo M. Granitto
Face images feature extraction analysis for recognition in frequency domain
In this paper a novel technique to extract facial features for recognition in frequency domain using Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT) is presented. In pre processing phase facial tilt and varying image background challenges have been addressed to improve ... Keywords: DFT, dimension reduction, face recognition, facial tilt, image background, image decimation
M. Almas Anjum; M. Younus Javed
Efficient Fingerprint Matching Technique Using Wavelet Based Features
This paper details the work of an efficient fingerprint matching technique via the use of wavelet based features. It is a kind of image based processing technique. So first core point is detected via using the hybrid technique. Then wavelet is applied ...
Nabeel Younus Khan; Muhammad Younus Javed
COG - Special Features of Interest to Criticality Safety Practitioners
COG is a modern, general-purpose, high fidelity, multi-particle transport code developed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory specifically for use in deep penetration (shielding) and criticality safety calculations. This paper describes some features in COG of special interest to criticality safety practitioners.
Buck, R M; Heinrichs, D P; Krass, A W; Lent, E M
A Novel Feature Extraction for Robust EMG Pattern Recognition
Varieties of noises are major problem in recognition of Electromyography (EMG) signal. Hence, methods to remove noise become most significant in EMG signal analysis. White Gaussian noise (WGN) is used to represent interference in this paper. Generally, WGN is difficult to be removed using typical filtering and solutions to remove WGN are limited. In addition, noise removal is an important step before performing feature extraction, which is used in EMG-based recognition. This research is aimed to present a novel feature that tolerate with WGN. As a result, noise removal algorithm is not needed. Two novel mean and median frequencies (MMNF and MMDF) are presented for robust feature extraction. Sixteen existing features and two novelties are evaluated in a noisy environment. WGN with various signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs), i.e. 20-0 dB, was added to the original EMG signal. The results showed that MMNF performed very well especially in weak EMG signal compared with others. The error of MMNF in weak EMG signal with...
Phinyomark, Angkoon; Phukpattaranont, Pornchai
Keypoint identification and feature-based 3D face recognition
We present a feature-based 3D face recognition algorithm and propose a keypoint identification technique which is repeatable and identifies keypoints where shape variation is high in 3D faces. Moreover, a unique 3D coordinate basis can be defined locally ...
Ajmal Mian; Mohammed Bennamoun; Robyn Owens
Minutiae feature analysis for infrared hand vein pattern biometrics
This paper proposes a novel technique to analyze the infrared vein patterns in the back of the hand for biometric purposes. The technique utilizes the minutiae features extracted from the vein patterns for recognition, which include bifurcation points ... Keywords: Biometrics, Infrared, Minutiae, Vein pattern
Lingyu Wang; Graham Leedham; David Siu-Yeung Cho
A proximal point algorithm for sequential feature extraction ...
Throughout the paper, we use � to denote either the Frobenius norm of a matrix ...... In this example, we use a 80-by-50 black-and-white bitmap image of a sailboat. .... features could be associated with a certain orientation of the face or lighting.
Effects-based feature identification for network intrusion detection
Intrusion detection systems (IDS) are an important element in a network's defences to help protect against increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks. IDS that rely solely on a database of stored known attacks are no longer sufficient for effectively detecting ... Keywords: Classification, Clustering, Decision trees, Feature selection, Intrusion detection
Panos Louvieris, Natalie Clewley, Xiaohui Liu
Dead or Alive: finding zombie features in the Linux kernel
Variability management in operating systems is an error-prone and tedious task. This is especially true for the Linux operating system, which provides a specialized tool called Kconfig for users to customize kernels from an impressive amount of ... Keywords: Linux, features, language, preprocessor, software product lines, tool support
Reinhard Tartler; Julio Sincero; Wolfgang Schr�der-Preikschat; Daniel Lohmann
Surface Features of Winter Monsoon Surges over South China
The surface features associated with two kinds of winter monsoon surges over south China are studied: the easterly surge (ES) and the northerly surge (NS). Surface meteorological parameters over the region 15��50�N, 90��130�E for the surges that ...
M. C. Wu; Johnny C. L. Chan
Feature interactions in integrated services of networked home appliance
Abstract. This paper proposes a service-centric framework for the feature interaction problem in integrated services of the home network system (HNS). To formalize the HNS, we extensively use an object-oriented approach where each networked appliance (or the HNS environment) is modeled as an object consisting of properties and
Masahide Nakamura; Hiroshi Igaki; Ken-ichi Matsumoto
The electrical resistivity method in cased boreholes
The use of downhole current sources in resistivity mapping can greatly enhance the detection and delineation of subsurface features. The purpose of this work is to examine the resistivity method for current sources in wells cased with steel. The resistivity method in cased boreholes with downhole current sources is investigated using the integral equation (IE) technique. The casing and other bodies are characterized as conductivity inhomogeneities in a half-space. For sources located along the casing axis, an axially symmetric Green's function is used to formulate the surface potential and electric field (E-field) volume integral equations. The situations involving off-axis current sources and three-dimensional (3-D) bodies is formulated using the surface potential IE method. The solution of the 3-D Green's function is presented in cylindrical and Cartesian coordinate systems. The methods of moments is used to solve the Fredholm integral equation of the second kind for the response due to the casing and other bodies. The numerical analysis revealed that the current in the casing can be approximated by its vertical component except near the source and the axial symmetric approximation of the casing is valid even for the 3-D problem. The E-field volume IE method is an effective and efficient technique to simulate the response of the casing in a half-space, whereas the surface potential approach is computationally better when multiple bodies are involved. Analyzing several configurations of the current source indicated that the casing response is influenced by four characteristic factors: conduction length, current source depth,casing depth, and casing length. 85 refs., 133 figs., 11 tabs.
Schenkel, C.J.
Input Feature Extraction for Multilayered Perceptrons Using Supervised Principal Component Analysis
A method is proposed for constructing salient features from a set of features that are given as input to a feedforward neural network used for supervised learning. Combinations of the original features are formed that maximize the sensitivity of ... Keywords: feature extraction, feature selection, multilayered perceptron, principal components, saliency
Stavros J. Perantonis; Vassilis Virvilis
A comparison of phasing algorithms for trios and unrelated individuals
Knowledge of haplotype phase is valuable for many analysis methods in the study of disease, population, and evolutionary genetics. Considerable research effort has been devoted to the development of statistical and computational methods that infer haplotype phase from genotype data. Although a substantial number of such methods have been developed, they have focused principally on inference from unrelated individuals, and comparisons between methods have been rather limited. Here, we describe the extension of five leading algorithms for phase inference for handling father-mother-child trios. We performed a comprehensive assessment of the methods applied to both trios and to unrelated individuals, with a focus on genomic-scale problems, using both simulated data and data from the HapMap project. The most accurate algorithm was PHASE (v2.1). For this method, the percentages of genotypes whose phase was incorrectly inferred were 0.12%, 0.05%, and 0.16 % for trios from simulated data, HapMap Centre d�Etude du Polymorphisme Humain (CEPH) trios, and HapMap Yoruban trios, respectively, and 5.2 % and 5.9 % for unrelated individuals in simulated data and the HapMap CEPH data, respectively. The other methods considered in this work had comparable but slightly worse error rates. The error rates for trios are similar to the levels of genotyping error and missing data expected. We thus conclude that all the methods considered will provide highly accurate estimates of haplotypes when applied to trio data sets. Running times differ substantially
Jonathan Marchini; David Cutler; Nick Patterson; Matthew Stephens; Eleazar Eskin; Eran Halperin; Shin Lin; Zhaohui S. Qin; Heather M. Munro; Gon�alo R. Abecasis; Peter Donnelly; For The International Hapmap Consortium
Equilibrium magnetic states in individual hemispherical permalloy caps
The magnetization distributions in individual soft magnetic permalloy caps on non-magnetic spherical particles with sizes ranging from 50 to 800 nm are investigated. We experimentally visualize the magnetic structures at the resolution limit of the x-ray magnetic circular dichroism photoelectron emission microscopy (XMCD-PEEM). By analyzing the so-called tail contrast in XMCD-PEEM, the spatial resolution is significantly enhanced, which allowed us to explore magnetic vortices and their displacement on curved surfaces. Furthermore, cap nanostructures are modeled as extruded hemispheres to determine theoretically the phase diagram of equilibrium magnetic states. The calculated phase diagram agrees well with the experimental observations.
Streubel, Robert; Schmidt, Oliver G. [Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden, 01069 Dresden (Germany); Material Systems for Nanoelectronics, Chemnitz University of Technology, 09107 Chemnitz (Germany); Kravchuk, Volodymyr P.; Gaididei, Yuri [Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, 03143 Kiev (Ukraine); Sheka, Denis D. [Radiophysics Faculty, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kiev, 01601 Kiev (Ukraine); Makarov, Denys [Institute for Integrative Nanosciences, IFW Dresden, 01069 Dresden (Germany); Kronast, Florian [Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin fuer Materialien und Energie GmbH, 12489 Berlin (Germany)
Maximally exposed offsite individual location determination for NESHAPS compliance
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires the use of the computer program CAP88 for demonstrating compliance with the National Emission Standard for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS.) One of the inputs required for CAP88 is the location of the maximally exposed individual (MEI) by sector and distance. Distances to the MEI have been determined for 15 different potential release locations at SRS. These locations were compared with previous work and differences were analyzed. Additionally, SREL Conference Center was included as a potential offsite location since in the future it may be used as a dormitory. Worst sectors were then determined based on the distances.
Simpkins, A.A.
Pullout Resistance of Individual Longitudinal and Transverse Geogrid Ribs
displacement transformers LVDTs connected to various locations along the geogrid specimen using inextensible was applied using an air bag. Use of this pneumatic system for normal load application allowed good control during testing using two air bags. Also in this case, use of a pneumatic normal loading system allowed
Zornberg, Jorge G.
Handbook for preparation of Individual Procurement Action Report
The Procurement and Assistance Data System (PADS) provides a mechanism for collecting, assembling, organizing, and presenting acquisition and assistance data for the Department of Energy (DOE). This handbook and associated documents establish a uniform system to report acquisition/assistance data to PADS for the collection, processing, and dissemination of official statistical data on the Department`s acquisition and assistance actions. The data provides, based on information available at the time of request, a basis for any recurring and special reports to the senior procurement executive, Congress, General Accounting Office (GAO), Federal executive agencies, Office of management and Budget (OMB), and the general public. It provides information for measuring and assessing the extent to which small business firms and small disadvantages business enterprises are sharing in DOE placement, and for other acquisition and assistance policy and management control purposes. The Handbook for the Preparation of the Individual Procurement Action Report (IPAR) has been designed in two sections; Procurement and Financial Assistance to support the individual forms.
Features Index - ORNL Review - Vol. 40, No. 3, 2007
ORNL Review in PDF Format PDF Format ORNL Review in PDF Format PDF Format in FLASH Format A Matter of Degrees The Future of Climate Change Research Features in This Issue - Volume 40, Number 3, 2007 Editorial: A Matter of Degrees Multiple lines of evidence have convinced a large majority of the scientific community that a steady stream of greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution has produced a pattern of sustained global warming. More... FEATURED RESEARCH The Most Complex of Subjects ORNL is marshaling talent for one of humankind's most important studies. More... Keeping A Record One of the world's most comprehensive climate databases is a key tool for researchers. More... Towers of Knowledge A radio tower? A cell-phone tower? No, it's a flux tower. More... Modeling the Future Supercomputers produce breakthroughs in climate research. More...
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Articles Articles News Featured Articles 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 Science Headlines Presentations & Testimony News Archives Contact Information Office of Science U.S. Department of Energy 1000 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20585 P: (202) 586-5430 Featured Articles Print Text Size: A A A Subscribe FeedbackShare Page Brookhaven Lab scientists (from left) Kumudu Mudiyanselage, Ashleigh Baber, Fang Xu, and Dario Stacchiola. 01.08.14FROM THE LABS Catching Catalysts in Action External link Researchers at Brookhaven Lab have demonstrated an unprecedented ability to follow chemical reactions in real-time, and see the play-by-play of energy conversion. Read More » The Coherent X-ray Imaging experimental station at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source. 01.06.14ARTICLE
This Month's Feature on .EDU Connections: Iowa State University |
EDU Connections: Iowa State University EDU Connections: Iowa State University This Month's Feature on .EDU Connections: Iowa State University February 2, 2011 - 11:23am Addthis Andy Oare Andy Oare Former New Media Strategist, Office of Public Affairs Iowa State University's vision is to lead the world in advancing the land-grant ideas of putting science, technology and human creativity to work. Its mission is to create, share and apply knowledge to make Iowa and the world a better place. This month, ISU is being featured on .EDUconnections, a site hosted by Office of Science and Technical Information that spotlights colleges and universities supported by the Department of Energy and highlights their achievements, researchers and students. Iowa State is widely recognized for its comprehensive and interdisciplinary
This Month's Feature on .EDU Connections: Central Carolina Community
Central Carolina Central Carolina Community College This Month's Feature on .EDU Connections: Central Carolina Community College January 13, 2011 - 3:36pm Addthis Andy Oare Andy Oare Former New Media Strategist, Office of Public Affairs The work of students at Central Carolina Community College (CCCC) is powering the school -- literally. Students are constructing a testing plant to produce biofuels, which will fuel college vehicles and equipment. CCCC offers a variety of scientific and technical programs with an emphasis on sustainable energy technologies. This month, CCCC is being featured on .EDU connections, a site hosted by Office of Science and Technical Information that spotlights colleges and universities supported by the Department of Energy and highlight their achievements, researchers and students.
Estimating Missing Features to Improve Multimedia Information Retrieval
Retrieval in a multimedia database usually involves combining information from different modalities of data, such as text and images. However, all modalities of the data may not be available to form the query. The retrieval results from such a partial query are often less than satisfactory. In this paper, we present an approach to complete a partial query by estimating the missing features in the query. Our experiments with a database of images and their associated captions show that, with an initial text-only query, our completion method has similar performance to a full query with both image and text features. In addition, when we use relevance feedback, our approach outperforms the results obtained using a full query.
Bagherjeiran, A; Love, N S; Kamath, C
Biosensor method and system based on feature vector extraction
A system for biosensor-based detection of toxins includes providing at least one time-dependent control signal generated by a biosensor in a gas or liquid medium, and obtaining a time-dependent biosensor signal from the biosensor in the gas or liquid medium to be monitored or analyzed for the presence of one or more toxins selected from chemical, biological or radiological agents. The time-dependent biosensor signal is processed to obtain a plurality of feature vectors using at least one of amplitude statistics and a time-frequency analysis. At least one parameter relating to toxicity of the gas or liquid medium is then determined from the feature vectors based on reference to the control signal.
Greenbaum, Elias; Rodriguez, Jr., Miguel; Qi, Hairong; Wang, Xiaoling
Commercial Building Energy Asset Score Features | Department of Energy
Score Score Features Commercial Building Energy Asset Score Features The Asset Scoring Tool evaluates buildings by use type. The initial version of the Asset Scoring Tool included: office, school, retail, and unrefrigerated warehouse buildings. Phase II currently under development, which will be used for the 2013 Pilot, includes library, lodging, multi-family housing, and courthouse buildings, as well as mixed-use types of buildings that incorporate Phase I and II. You can enter small and large commercial buildings, and an Asset Score will be equally applicable to new and existing buildings. Inputs You can enter these building characteristics: General information-number of floors, footprint dimension, orientation, and use type Envelope components-roof, exterior wall, and floor types and
Solar Magnetic Feature Detection and Tracking for Space Weather Monitoring
We present an automated system for detecting, tracking, and cataloging emerging active regions throughout their evolution and decay using SOHO Michelson Doppler Interferometer (MDI) magnetograms. The SolarMonitor Active Region Tracking (SMART) algorithm relies on consecutive image differencing to remove both quiet-Sun and transient magnetic features, and region-growing techniques to group flux concentrations into classifiable features. We determine magnetic properties such as region size, total flux, flux imbalance, flux emergence rate, Schrijver's R-value, R* (a modified version of R), and Falconer's measurement of non-potentiality. A persistence algorithm is used to associate developed active regions with emerging flux regions in previous measurements, and to track regions beyond the limb through multiple solar rotations. We find that the total number and area of magnetic regions on disk vary with the sunspot cycle. While sunspot numbers are a proxy to the solar magnetic field, SMART offers a direct diagnos...
Higgins, Paul A; McAteer, R T James; Bloomfield, D Shaun; 10.1016/j.asr.2010.06.024
NREL: A Year in Clean Energy Innovations; A Review of NREL's 2011 Feature Stories
This document is a compilation of articles featuring NREL research and development, deployment, commercialization, and outreach activities in 2011. The feature stories can be found online at http:www.nrel.gov/features/.
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Safety Functions and Other Features of Lethal Activated Denial Systems
STD-1193-2010 STD-1193-2010 April 2010 DOE STANDARD Safety Functions and Other Features of Lethal Activated Denial Systems U.S. Department of Energy AREA SAFT Washington, D.C. 20585 DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT A. Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited. NOT MEASUREMENT SENSITIVE DOE-STD-1193-2010 i TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD ...................................................................................................................... ii 1. SCOPE AND PURPOSE .........................................................................................1 2. APPLICABILITY ....................................................................................................1 3. NORMATIVE REFERENCES ................................................................................2
Specific features of geothermal steam turbine control and emergency system
There are significant construction as well as operational differences between geothermal and conventional steam turbines. These result in specific features associated with geothermal steam turbine control and emergency system. Several aspects of geothermal steam turbine control have been considered. Some proposals of geothermal steam turbine control have been presented. Among others the following operation modes have been considered: Driving turbine, driving well, turbine power and well steam pressure coupled control.
Domachowski, Z.; Gutierrez, A.
Absorption Features in Spectra of Magnetized Neutron Stars
The X-ray spectra of some magnetized isolated neutron stars (NSs) show absorption features with equivalent widths (EWs) of 50-200 eV, whose nature is not yet well known.To explain the prominent absorption features in the soft X-ray spectra of the highly magnetized (B{approx}10{sup 14} G) X-ray dim isolated NSs (XDINSs), we theoretically investigate different NS local surface models, including naked condensed iron surfaces and partially ionized hydrogen model atmospheres, with semi-infinite and thin atmospheres above the condensed surface. We also developed a code for computing light curves and integral emergent spectra of magnetized neutron stars with various temperature and magnetic field distributions over the NS surface. We compare the general properties of the computed and observed light curves and integral spectra for XDINS RBS 1223 and conclude that the observations can be explained by a thin hydrogen atmosphere above the condensed iron surface, while the presence of a strong toroidal magnetic field component on the XDINS surface is unlikely.We suggest that the harmonically spaced absorption features in the soft X-ray spectrum of the central compact object (CCO) 1E 1207.4-5209 (hereafter 1E 1207) correspond to peaks in the energy dependence of the free-free opacity in a quantizing magnetic field, known as quantum oscillations. To explore observable properties of these quantum oscillations, we calculate models of hydrogen NS atmospheres with B{approx}10{sup 10}-10{sup 11} G(i.e., electron cyclotron energy E{sub c,e}{approx}0.1-1 keV) and T{sub eff} = 1-3 MK. Such conditions are thought to be typical for 1E 1207. We show that observable features at the electron cyclotron harmonics with EWs {approx_equal}100-200 eV can arise due to these quantum oscillations.
Suleimanov, V. [Insitute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Kepler Center for Astro and Particle Physics, Eberhard Karls University, Sand 1, 72076 Tuebingen (Germany); Kazan Federal University, Kremlevskaya str. 18, 42008 Kazan (Russian Federation); Hambaryan, V.; Neuhaeuser, R. [Astrophysikalisches Institut und Universitaets-Sternwarte Jena, Schillergaesschen 2-3, 07745 Jena (Germany); Potekhin, A. Y. [Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, Politekhnicheskaya str., 26, St. Petersburg 194021 (Russian Federation); Pavlov, G. G. [Pennsylvania State University, 525 Davey Lab., University Park, PA 16802 (United States); Adelsberg, M. van [Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kohn Hall, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106 (United States); Werner, K. [Insitute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Kepler Center for Astro and Particle Physics, Eberhard Karls University, Sand 1, 72076 Tuebingen (Germany)
Language Specific Issue and Feature Exploration in Chinese Event Extraction
In this paper, we present a Chinese event extraction system. We point out a language specific issue in Chinese trigger labeling, and then commit to discussing the contributions of lexical, syntactic and semantic features applied in trigger labeling and argument labeling. As a result, we achieved competitive performance, specifically, F-measure of 59.9 in trigger labeling and F-measure of 43.8 in argument labeling. 1
Zheng Chen; Heng Ji
Gulf Stream and Ring Feature Analyses for Forecast Model Validation*
A series of Gulf Stream forecast model test cases were developed for the Data Assimilation and Model Evaluation Experiment (DAMEE). The model initialization and verification procedure relies heavily on a series of accurate synoptic snapshots of ...
Scott M. Glenn; Michael F. Crowley
GOOgle Features and anatomY (GOOFY) Project Proposal
Google is a huge and powerful search engine. It provides lots of services e.g.: Google Directory, Google Groups, Google Scholar, etc. I don�t want to present them as they�re easy to find. What I�d like to show are system features and system anatomy. How does it work? How did it start? When does it fail? More and less common knowledge about Google. 2 Project Stages 1. history + common knowledge (total 2h- already done + 1h presentation) � authors, name, place, motivation- mainly taken from the first paper about Google [?] � improvement over the years 2. system features (total- 12h + 2h presentation) � PageRank- read [?], search for modern algorithms 6h � anchor texts- how do they use them? 2h � other features 4h 3. system anatomy (architecture) (total 12h + 2h presentation) � architecture overview from [?] 1h- already done � data structures from [?] 3h � crawlers 5h � indexers 3h 4. problems, failures (total>9h + 2h presentation) � problems with PageRank- anyone can get you! 3h � Search Engine Optimization (SEO)- how can you trick Google? 6h � anything interesting I find during searching for above xh 3
Anna Moleda
Evolving a New Feature for a Working Program
A genetic programming system is created. A first fitness function f1 is used to evolve a program that implements a first feature. Then the fitness function is switched to a second function f2, which is used to evolve a program that implements a second feature while still maintaining the first feature. The median number of generations G1 and G2 needed to evolve programs that work as defined by f1 and f2 are measured. The behavior of G1 and G2 are observed as the difficulty of the problem is increased. In these systems, the density D1 of programs that work (for fitness function f1) is measured in the general population of programs. The relationship G1~1/sqrt(D1) is observed to approximately hold. Also, the density D2 of programs that work (for fitness function f2) is measured in the general population of programs. The relationship G2~1/sqrt(D2) is observed to approximately hold.
Stimpson, Mike
Deep PDF parsing to extract features for detecting embedded malware.
The number of PDF files with embedded malicious code has risen significantly in the past few years. This is due to the portability of the file format, the ways Adobe Reader recovers from corrupt PDF files, the addition of many multimedia and scripting extensions to the file format, and many format properties the malware author may use to disguise the presence of malware. Current research focuses on executable, MS Office, and HTML formats. In this paper, several features and properties of PDF Files are identified. Features are extracted using an instrumented open source PDF viewer. The feature descriptions of benign and malicious PDFs can be used to construct a machine learning model for detecting possible malware in future PDF files. The detection rate of PDF malware by current antivirus software is very low. A PDF file is easy to edit and manipulate because it is a text format, providing a low barrier to malware authors. Analyzing PDF files for malware is nonetheless difficult because of (a) the complexity of the formatting language, (b) the parsing idiosyncrasies in Adobe Reader, and (c) undocumented correction techniques employed in Adobe Reader. In May 2011, Esparza demonstrated that PDF malware could be hidden from 42 of 43 antivirus packages by combining multiple obfuscation techniques [4]. One reason current antivirus software fails is the ease of varying byte sequences in PDF malware, thereby rendering conventional signature-based virus detection useless. The compression and encryption functions produce sequences of bytes that are each functions of multiple input bytes. As a result, padding the malware payload with some whitespace before compression/encryption can change many of the bytes in the final payload. In this study we analyzed a corpus of 2591 benign and 87 malicious PDF files. While this corpus is admittedly small, it allowed us to test a system for collecting indicators of embedded PDF malware. We will call these indicators features throughout the rest of this report. The features are extracted using an instrumented PDF viewer, and are the inputs to a prediction model that scores the likelihood of a PDF file containing malware. The prediction model is constructed from a sample of labeled data by a machine learning algorithm (specifically, decision tree ensemble learning). Preliminary experiments show that the model is able to detect half of the PDF malware in the corpus with zero false alarms. We conclude the report with suggestions for extending this work to detect a greater variety of PDF malware.
Munson, Miles Arthur; Cross, Jesse S. (Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO)
CSIRO GASLAB Network: Individual Flask Measurements of Atmospheric Trace
GASLAB Network GASLAB Network CSIRO GASLAB Network: Individual Flask Measurements of Atmospheric Trace Gases (April 2003) data Data Investigators L.P. Steele, P.R. Krummel, and R.L. Langenfelds Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) DOI 10.3334/CDIAC/atg.db1021 Data are available for four atmospheric trace gases at nine stationary sites and one moving platform (aircraft over Cape Grim, Tasmania, and Bass Strait, between the Australian continent and Tasmania). The trace gases are carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), carbon monoxide (CO), and hydrogen (H2). Measurements of δ13C from CO2 are also included in this database. The nine stationary sites are, from north to south: Alert, Canada; Shetland Islands, Scotland; Estevan Point, Canada; Mauna Loa, Hawaii; Cape Ferguson,
Under conditions resulting from surface and underground detonations of atomic bombs, tests were conducted on Chemical Corps impregnated and unimpregnated protective clothing, Individual Protective Mask M9A1 with M11 Canister, Tank Collective Protector E26 and E22, and Protective Ointment M5. Both impregnated and unimpregnated clothing were capable of preventing contact between the skin and radioactive dusts. Unimpregnated clothing demonstrated better contanmination-decontamination characteristics, but the secondary radiation from all clothing was negligible. The protective cover was effective in preventing contamination of clothing. The M9A1 mask with M11 canister furnished complete protection against inhalation of radioactive dust. The flltering efficiencies of the E26 tank collective protectors were found to be very high, and no deficiencies were found in the unit. The filtering efficiencies of the E22 tank collective protectors were also high. Panels coated with M5 ointment were found to be much more highly contaminated than bare panels. (auth)
Hendrickson, J.R.
Bilateral Persistent Sciatic Artery Aneurysm Discovered by Atypical Sciatica: A Case Report
We report a case of a bilateral persistent sciatic artery aneurysm, diagnosed by atypical sciatica on computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging. The different variants, the revealing features, and possible treatment are discussed.
Mazet, Nathalie [Hotel-Dieu, Radiologie (France); Soulier-Guerin, Karine; Ruivard, Marc [Hotel-Dieu, Medecine Interne (France); Garcier, Jean-Marc; Boyer, Louis [CHU G. Montpied, Radiologie B (France)], E-mail: email@example.com
A Case Study of a Ross Ice Shelf Airstream Event: A New Perspective
A case study illustrating cloud processes and other features associated with the Ross Ice Shelf airstream (RAS), in Antarctica, is presented. The RAS is a semipermanent low-level wind regime primarily over the western Ross Ice Shelf, linked to ...
Daniel F. Steinhoff; Saptarshi Chaudhuri; David H. Bromwich
RobbyDBMS: a case study on hardware/software product line engineering
The development of a highly configurable data management system is a challenging task, especially if it is to be implemented on an embedded system that provides limited resources. We present a case study of such a data management system, called RobbyDBMS, ... Keywords: FeatureC++, domain engineering, feature oriented software development, hardware product lines, software product lines
J�rg Liebig; Sven Apel; Christian Lengauer; Thomas Leich
In Case of Emergency
In Case of Emergency In Case of Emergency Print FirePolice Emergency: ext. 7911 Cell phone or off-site: 510-486-7911 When dialing from off-site, the following numbers need to be...
DTW-based Phonetic Alignment Using Multiple Acoustic Features
This paper presents the results of our effort in improving the accuracy of a DTW-based automatic phonetic aligner. The adopted model assumes that the phonetic segment sequence is already known and so the goal is only to align the spoken utterance with a reference synthetic signal produced by waveform concatenation without prosodic modifications. Instead of using a single acoustic measure to compute the alignment cost function, our strategy uses a combination of acoustic features depending on the pair of phonetic segment classes being aligned. The results show that this strategy considerably reduces the segment boundary location errors, even when aligning synthetic and natural speech signals of different gender speakers.
S�rgio Paulo; Lu�s C. Oliveira
Colorado Vehicle Fleets Case Study Analysis
Experiences with Compressed Natural Gas in Experiences with Compressed Natural Gas in Colorado Vehicle Fleets Case Study Analysis August 2012 Case Study Analysis August 2012 2 Acknowledgements The Colorado Energy Office would like to thank the following individuals and organizations for their participation in the case studies: Jay Valentine, City of Grand Junction Joseph Noorlag, Republic Services Victor Lovato, Denver International Airport The Colorado Energy Office would also like to thank the following people for their review and input to this document: Wendy DaFoe, National Renewable Energy Laboratory John Gonzales, National Renewable Energy Laboratory Alexine Hazarian, Encana Natural Gas Inc. Paul Kerkhoven, NGV America Charlie Kerr, Cummins-Westport Inc. Sheble McConnellogue, Northern Colorado Clean Cities
Discovery of metabolite features for the modelling and analysis of high-resolution NMR spectra
This study presents three feature selection methods for identifying the metabolite features in nuclear magnetic resonance spectra that contribute to the distinction of samples among varying nutritional conditions. Principal component analysis, Fisher ... Keywords: NMR spectra, OSC, bioinformatics, classification, data mining, feature selection, metabolite features, metabolomics, multivariate statistical analysis, nuclear magnetic resonance, orthogonal signal correction
Hyun-Woo Cho; Seoung Bum Kim; Myong K. Jeong; Youngja Park; Nana Gletsu Miller; Thomas R. Ziegler; Dean P. Jones
Enhancing evolutionary instance selection algorithms by means of fuzzy rough set based feature selection
In recent years, fuzzy rough set theory has emerged as a suitable tool for performing feature selection. Fuzzy rough feature selection enables us to analyze the discernibility of the attributes, highlighting the most attractive features in the construction ... Keywords: Evolutionary algorithms, Feature selection, Instance selection, Nearest neighbor, Rough sets
Joaqu�n Derrac; Chris Cornelis; Salvador Garc�a; Francisco Herrera
Employment Of Fuzzy Logic In Feature Diagrams To Model Variability In Software Families
The features of software family members may vary according to the needs of particular market segments or purposes. The assessment of what will be common and what will be variable feature may result from particular needs and market strategies. Further, ... Keywords: FODA feature diagrams, feature diagram tree, fuzzy representation, knowledge base, power plant description
Silva Robak; Andrzej Pieczy?ski
Unsupervised feature selection for biomarker identification in chromatography and gene expression data
A novel approach to feature selection from unlabeled vector data is presented. It is based on the reconstruction of original data relationships in an auxiliary space with either weighted or omitted features. Feature weighting, on one hand, is related ... Keywords: adaptive similarity measures, feature selection
Marc Strickert; Nese Sreenivasulu; Silke Peterek; Winfriede Weschke; Hans-Peter Mock; Udo Seiffert
Feature article: adoption of an official ISEA glossary
The International Society for Exposure Analysis (ISEA) and its Nomenclature Committee have been involved since the mid-1990s in an intermittent but ongoing effort to develop an official ISEA glossary. Several related activities have stimulated greater interest and discussion nationally and internationally on a common exposure language. Among these activities are a 1997 Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology feature article on exposure and dose definitions and a 1999-initiated project of the International Programme on Chemical Safety (IPCS) (WHO/ILO/UNEP) to confront terminology issues hindering harmonization in the area of exposure assessment. Recently the ISEA members voted in support of adopting the IPCS glossary as the official ISEA glossary, and the ISEA Executive Board agreed to accept this recommendation. In this feature article we (1) describe the process through which the ISEA adopted the IPCS glossary as the official ISEA glossary, (2) present the joint IPC S/ISEA glossary of terms and their definitions, and (3) discuss plans for how the glossary can be used by ISEA and updated over time by ISEA and IPCS. The glossary is intended to be a living document that reflects the latest usage and maintains international harmonization of exposure terminology that can be practically applied to improve communication in exposure and related fields.
Zartarian, Valerie; Bahadori, Tina; McKone, Thomas
Individual Radiation Protection Monitoring in the Marshall Islands: Enewetak Atoll (2002-2004)
The United States Department of Energy (U.S. DOE) has recently implemented a series of strategic initiatives to address long-term radiological surveillance needs at former U.S. nuclear test sites in the Marshall Islands. The plan is to engage local atoll communities in developing shared responsibilities for implementing radiation protection monitoring programs for resettled and resettling populations in the northern Marshall Islands. Using the pooled resources of the U.S. DOE and local atoll governments, individual radiological surveillance programs have been developed in whole body counting and plutonium urinalysis in order to accurately assess radiation doses resulting from the ingestion and uptake of fallout radionuclides contained in locally grown foods. Permanent whole body counting facilities have been established at three separate locations in the Marshall Islands including Enewetak Island (Figure 1) (Bell et al., 2002). These facilities are operated and maintained by Marshallese technicians with scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) providing on-going technical support services. Bioassay samples are collected under controlled conditions and analyzed for plutonium isotopes at the Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry at LLNL using state-of-the art measurement technologies. We also conduct an on-going environmental monitoring and characterization program at selected sites in the northern Marshall Islands. The aim of the environmental program is to determine the level and distribution of important fallout radionuclides in soil, water and local foods with a view towards providing more accurate and updated dose assessments, incorporating knowledge of the unique behaviors and exposure pathways of fallout radionuclides in coral atoll ecosystems. These scientific studies have also been essential in helping guide the development of remedial options used in support of island resettlement. Together, the individual and environmental radiological surveillance programs are helping meet the informational needs of the U.S. DOE and the Republic of the Marshall Islands. Our updated environmental assessments provide a strong scientific basis for predicting future change in exposure conditions especially in relation to changes in lifestyle, diet and/or land-use patterns. This information has important implications in addressing questions about existing (and future) radiological conditions on the islands, in determining the cost and estimating the effectiveness of potential remedial measures, and in general policy support considerations. Perhaps most importantly, the recently established individual radiological surveillance programs provide affected atoll communities with an unprecedented level of radiation protection monitoring where, for the first time, local resources are being made available to monitor resettled and resettling populations on a continuous basis. As a hard copy supplement to Marshall Islands Program website (http://eed.llnl.gov/mi/), this document provides an overview of the individual radiation protection monitoring program established for the Enewetak Atoll population group along with a full disclosure of all verified measurement data (2002-2004). Readers are advised that an additional feature of the associated web site is a provision where users are able calculate and track doses delivered to volunteers (de-identified information only) participating in the Marshall Islands Radiological Surveillance Program.
Hamilton, T F; Kehl, S; Hickman, D; Brown, T; Marchetti, A A; Martinelli, R; Johannes, K; Henry, D
Universal features of polymer shapes in crowded environment
We study the universal characteristics of the shape of a polymer chain in an environment with correlated structural obstacles, applying the field-theoretical renormalization group approach. Our results qualitatively indicate an increase of the asymmetry of the polymer shape in crowded environment comparing with the pure solution case.
Viktoria Blavatska; Christian von Ferber; Yurij Holovatch
Analysis of potential used oil recovery from individuals. Final report
To assist the Department of Energy in its investigation of methods for recycling used motor oil, Market Facts conducted a telephone survey of individuals who change their own motor oil. The study examined the amount of oil used, oil change practices, oil disposal methods, and perceptions and attitudes toward used motor oil disposal and oil recycling. The results of this survey are presented in this report. The findings of this study confirm the generally held view that about half the vehicle households in the United States now do their own oil changes and additions. These do-it-yourselfers (DIY) households account for almost two-thirds of the motor oil consumed by all US households and produce about one-third of one billion gallons of used motor oil annually. At least half of this used motor oil, more than 170 million gallons, is returned to the environment in a form that pollutes the ground and endangers the water supply. Measures such as requiring information about proper disposal and the need for recycling used oil to be printed on motor oil containers have been taken in many states. The need for reminder advertising and reinforcement education and information and practical measures to ease the burden of compliance is suggested. These results suggest that careful consideration be given to the logistics of these measures. The most appealing of the measures would appear to be making a special container available to DIY oil changers. Employing civic groups as collection agents would also seem to be attractive.
Gottlieb, M.
Multifamily Individual Heating and Ventilation Systems, Lawrence, Massachusetts (Fact Sheet)
The conversion of an older Massachusetts building into condominiums illustrates a safe, durable, and cost-effective solution for heating and ventilation systems that can potentially benefit millions of multifamily buildings. Merrimack Valley Habitat for Humanity (MVHfH) partnered with U.S. Department of Energy Building America team Building Science Corporation (BSC) to provide high performance affordable housing for 10 families in the retrofit of an existing mass masonry building (a former convent). The original ventilation design for the project was provided by a local engineer and consisted of a single large heat recovery ventilator (HRV) located in a mechanical room in the basement with a centralized duct system providing supply air to the main living space and exhausting stale air from the single bathroom in each apartment. This design was deemed to be far too costly to install and operate for several reasons: the large central HRV was oversized and the specified flows to each apartment were much higher than the ASHRAE 62.2 rate; an extensive system of ductwork, smoke and fire dampers, and duct chases were specified; ductwork required a significant area of dropped ceilings; and the system lacked individual ventilation control in the apartments
Metzger, C.; Ueno, K.; Kerrigan, P.; Wytrykowska, H.; Van Straaten, R.
N reactor individual risk comparison to quantitative nuclear safety goals
A full-scope level III probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) has been completed for N reactor, a US Department of Energy (DOE) production reactor located on the Hanford Reservation in the state of Washington. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) provided the technical leadership for this work, using the state-of-the-art NUREG-1150 methodology developed for the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The main objectives of this effort were to assess the risks to the public and to the on-site workers posed by the operation of N reactor, to identify changes to the plant that could reduce the overall risk, and to compare those risks to the proposed NRC and DOE quantitative safety goals. This paper presents the methodology adopted by Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) and SNL for individual health risk evaluation, its results, and a comparison to the NRC safety objectives and the DOE nuclear safety guidelines. The N reactor results, are also compared with the five NUREG-1150 nuclear plants. Only internal events are compared here because external events are not yet reported in the current draft NUREG-1150. This is the first full-scope level III PRA study with a detailed quantitative safety goal comparison performed for DOE production reactors.
Wang, O.S.; Rainey, T.E.; Zentner, M.D.
Real-time individualized training vectors for experiential learning.
Military training utilizing serious games or virtual worlds potentially generate data that can be mined to better understand how trainees learn in experiential exercises. Few data mining approaches for deployed military training games exist. Opportunities exist to collect and analyze these data, as well as to construct a full-history learner model. Outcomes discussed in the present document include results from a quasi-experimental research study on military game-based experiential learning, the deployment of an online game for training evidence collection, and results from a proof-of-concept pilot study on the development of individualized training vectors. This Lab Directed Research & Development (LDRD) project leveraged products within projects, such as Titan (Network Grand Challenge), Real-Time Feedback and Evaluation System, (America's Army Adaptive Thinking and Leadership, DARWARS Ambush! NK), and Dynamic Bayesian Networks to investigate whether machine learning capabilities could perform real-time, in-game similarity vectors of learner performance, toward adaptation of content delivery, and quantitative measurement of experiential learning.
Willis, Matt; Tucker, Eilish Marie; Raybourn, Elaine Marie; Glickman, Matthew R.; Fabian, Nathan
Purpose: To describe a methodology for reconstruction of doses due to medical exposures for members of the Techa River Cohort (TRC) who received diagnostic radiation at the clinic of the Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine (URCRM) in 1952�2005. To calculate doses of medical exposure for the TRC members and compare with the doses that resulted from radioactive contamination of the Techa River. Material and Methods: Reconstruction of individual medical doses is based on data on x-ray diagnostic procedures available for each person examined at the URCRM clinics and values of absorbed dose in 12 organs per typical x-ray procedure calculated with the use of a mathematical phantom. Personal data on x-ray diagnostic examinations have been complied in the computerized �Registry of x-ray diagnostic procedures.� Sources of information are archival registry books from the URCRM x-ray room (available since 1956) and records on x-ray diagnostic procedures in patient-case histories (since 1952). The absorbed doses for 12 organs of interest have been evaluated per unit typical x-ray procedure with account taken of the x-ray examination parameters characteristic for the diagnostic machines used at the URCRM clinics. These parameters have been evaluated from published data on technical characteristics of the x-ray diagnostic machines used at the URCRM clinics in 1952�1988 and taken from the x-ray room for machines used at the URCRM in 1989�2005. Absorbed doses in the 12 organs per unit typical x-ray procedure have been calculated with use of a special computer code, EDEREX, developed at the Saint-Petersburg Research Institute of Radiation Hygiene after Professor P.V. Ramzaev. Individual accumulated doses of medical exposure have been calculated with a computer code, MEDS (Medical Exposure Dosimetry System), specifically developed at the URCRM. Results: At present, the �Registry of x-ray diagnostic procedures� contains information on individual x-ray examinations for over 9,500 persons including 6,415 TRC members. Statistical analysis of the Registry data showed that the more frequent types of examinations were fluoroscopy and radiography of the chest and fluoroscopy of the stomach and the esophagus. Average absorbed doses accumulated by year 2005 calculated for the 12 organs varied from 4 mGy for testes to 40 mGy for bone surfaces. Maximum individual medical doses could reach 500�650 mGy and in some cases exceeded doses from exposure at the Techa River. Conclusions: For the first time the doses of medical exposure were calculated and analyzed for members of the Techa River Cohort who received diagnostic radiation at the URCRM clinics. These results are being used in radiation-risk analysis to adjust for this source of confounding exposure in the TRC.
Shagina, N. B.; Golikov, V.; Degteva, M. O.; Vorobiova, M. I.; Anspaugh, L. R.; Napier, Bruce A.
LC-IMS-MS Feature Finder: Detecting Multidimensional Liquid Chromatography, Ion Mobility, and Mass Spectrometry Features in Complex Datasets
We introduce a command line software application LC-IMS-MS Feature Finder that searches for molecular ion signatures in multidimensional liquid chromatography-ion mobility spectrometry-mass spectrometry (LC-IMS-MS) data by clustering deisotoped peaks with similar monoisotopic mass, charge state, LC elution time, and ion mobility drift time values. The software application includes an algorithm for detecting and quantifying co-eluting chemical species, including species that exist in multiple conformations that may have been separated in the IMS dimension.
Crowell, Kevin L.; Slysz, Gordon W.; Baker, Erin Shammel; Lamarche, Brian L.; Monroe, Matthew E.; Ibrahim, Yehia M.; Payne, Samuel H.; Anderson, Gordon A.; Smith, Richard D.
Exoplanet orbital eccentricities offer valuable clues about the history of planetary systems. Eccentric, Jupiter-sized planets are particularly interesting: they may link the 'cold' Jupiters beyond the ice line to close-in hot Jupiters, which are unlikely to have formed in situ. To date, eccentricities of individual transiting planets primarily come from radial-velocity measurements. Kepler has discovered hundreds of transiting Jupiters spanning a range of periods, but the faintness of the host stars precludes radial-velocity follow-up of most. Here, we demonstrate a Bayesian method of measuring an individual planet's eccentricity solely from its transit light curve using prior knowledge of its host star's density. We show that eccentric Jupiters are readily identified by their short ingress/egress/total transit durations-part of the 'photoeccentric' light curve signature of a planet's eccentricity-even with long-cadence Kepler photometry and loosely constrained stellar parameters. A Markov Chain Monte Carlo exploration of parameter posteriors naturally marginalizes over the periapse angle and automatically accounts for the transit probability. To demonstrate, we use three published transit light curves of HD 17156 b to measure an eccentricity of e = 0.71{sup +0.16}{sub -0.09}, in good agreement with the discovery value e = 0.67 {+-} 0.08 based on 33 radial-velocity measurements. We present two additional tests using Kepler data. In each case, the technique proves to be a viable method of measuring exoplanet eccentricities and their confidence intervals. Finally, we argue that this method is the most efficient, effective means of identifying the extremely eccentric, proto-hot Jupiters predicted by Socrates et al.
Dawson, Rebekah I. [Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, MS-10, Cambridge, MA 02138 (United States); Johnson, John Asher, E-mail: email@example.com [Department of Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California Boulevard, MC 249-17, Pasadena, CA 91125 (United States)
EDUconnections: University of EDUconnections: University of Wisconsin-Madison This Month's Feature on .EDUconnections: University of Wisconsin-Madison April 15, 2011 - 3:10pm Addthis Andy Oare Andy Oare Former New Media Strategist, Office of Public Affairs This month, .EDUconnections, puts the spotlight on the University of Wisconsin. UW-Madison ranks as one of the most prolific research universities in the world, providing a learning environment where faculty, staff and students can critically examine our natural world in a way that will help improve the quality of life for all. Two of their research programs, the Energy Institute and the Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center, are directly supporting the work of the Department of Energy's scientific research programs. The university is well known for helping students to develop an
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International Publication International Publication OE's SGIG Program Featured in International Publication April 6, 2012 - 2:10pm Addthis An article in the March 2012 issue of the quarterly publication Metering International focuses on DOE's Smart Grid Investment Grant program, highlighting how the program is improving the reliability and resiliency of the US electric grid. The article examines the need to protect the grid and the benefits of modernization, including reduced demand, increased capacity, and faster recovery. OE's Debbie Haught, who oversees the SGIG program, and Joseph Palladino, who leads the analysis of the program, authored the piece. Metering International provides information on trends and developments in the industry. Download the article. Addthis Related Articles
NREL: News Feature - Sustainable Solutions Abundant in New Offices
Sustainable Solutions Abundant in New Offices Sustainable Solutions Abundant in New Offices May 24, 2010 Content on this page requires a newer version of Adobe Flash Player. Get Adobe Flash player. When it comes to designing an interior decorative feature for one of the most energy efficient office buildings in the world, very few would consider bringing in a beetle to do the job. But that's what happened at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Research Support Facility (RSF) located on the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) campus. In June, the RSF will become home to more than 800 workers from DOE and NREL and building visitors will be greeted with a soaring, two-story high wall entirely covered with wood harvested from the bark beetle infestation that has killed millions of pine trees in the Western U.S.
VEHICLE SPECIFICATIONS Vehicle Features Base Vehicle: 2010 Honda
Honda Honda Civic Hybrid VIN: JHMFA3F24AS005577 Seatbelt Positions: 5 Standard Features: Air Conditioning Power Locks Power Steering Power Brakes Power Windows Cruise Control Front Disc Brakes Rear Disc Brakes Front Wheel Drive Regenerative Braking Anti-Lock Brakes Traction Control Air Bags AM/FM Stereo with CD State of Charge Meter 1 Weights Design Curb Weight: 2877 lb Delivered Curb Weight: 2982 lb Distribution F/R (%): 57/43 GVWR: 3792 lb GAWR F/R: 1973/1841 lb Payload 2 : 810 lb Performance Goal: 400 lb Dimensions Wheelbase: 106.3 in Track F/R: 59.1/60.2 in Length: 177.3 in Width: 69.0 in Height: 56.3 in Ground Clearance: 6.0 in Performance Goal: 5.0 in Tires Manufacturer: Bridgestone
VEHICLE SPECIFICATIONS Vehicle Features Base Vehicle: 2010 Smart
Smart Smart Fortwo MHD VIN: WME4513341K406476 Seatbelt Positions: 2 Standard Features: Air Conditioning Power Locks Power Steering Power Brakes Power Windows Cruise Control Front Disc Brakes Rear Drum Brakes Rear Wheel Drive Anti-Lock Brakes Traction Control Air Bags AM/FM Stereo with CD player Weights Design Curb Weight:1,818 lb Delivered Curb Weight: 1.742 lb Distribution F/R (%):44/56 GVWR: 2,244 lb GAWR F/R: 968/1,452 lb Payload 1 : 426 lb Performance Goal: 400 lb Dimensions Wheelbase: 73.5 in Track F/R: 50.5/54.5 in Length: 106.1 in Width: 61.4 in Height: 60.7 in Ground Clearance: 6.25 in Performance Goal: 5.0 in Tires Manufacturer: Continental Model: ContiproContact Size: Front -P155/60/R15
Special Feature: Reducing Energy Costs with Better Batteries
Reducing Energy Costs with Better Batteries Reducing Energy Costs with Better Batteries Special Feature: Reducing Energy Costs with Better Batteries September 9, 2013 Contact: Linda Vu, +1 510 495 2402, email@example.com Electricvehicles8331019248.jpg Electric vehicles lined up in Cascade Locks. Credit: Oregon Department of Transportation A better battery-one that is cheap and safe, but packs a lot of power-could lead to an electric vehicle that performs better than today's gasoline-powered cars, and costs about the same or less to consumers. Such a vehicle would reduce the United States' reliance on foreign oil and lower energy costs for the average American, so one of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) goals is to fund research that will revolutionize the performance of next-generation batteries. In honor of DOE's supercomputing month, we are highlighting some of the
Combining Spatial and Telemetric Features for Learning Animal Movement Models
We introduce a new graphical model for tracking radio-tagged animals and learning their movement patterns. The model provides a principled way to combine radio telemetry data with an arbitrary set of userdefined, spatial features. We describe an efficient stochastic gradient algorithm for fitting model parameters to data and demonstrate its effectiveness via asymptotic analysis and synthetic experiments. We also apply our model to real datasets, and show that it outperforms the most popular radio telemetry software package used in ecology. We conclude that integration of different data sources under a single statistical framework, coupled with appropriate parameter and state estimation procedures, produces both accurate location estimates and an interpretable statistical model of animal movement.
Kapicioglu, Berk; Wikelski, Martin; Broderick, Tamara
The primary purpose of this Analysis/Model Report (AMR) is to identify and document the screening analyses for the features, events, and processes (FEPs) that do not easily fit into the existing Process Model Report (PMR) structure. These FEPs include the 3 1 FEPs designated as System-Level Primary FEPs and the 22 FEPs designated as Criticality Primary FEPs. A list of these FEPs is provided in Section 1.1. This AMR (AN-WIS-MD-000019) documents the Screening Decision and Regulatory Basis, Screening Argument, and Total System Performance Assessment (TSPA) Disposition for each of the subject Primary FEPs. This AMR provides screening information and decisions for the TSPA-SR report and provides the same information for incorporation into a project-specific FEPs database. This AMR may also assist reviewers during the licensing-review process.
D.L. McGregor
Features of MCNP6 Relevant to Medical Radiation Physics
MCNP (Monte Carlo N-Particle) is a general-purpose Monte Carlo code for simulating the transport of neutrons, photons, electrons, positrons, and more recently other fundamental particles and heavy ions. Over many years MCNP has found a wide range of applications in many different fields, including medical radiation physics. In this presentation we will describe and illustrate a number of significant recently-developed features in the current version of the code, MCNP6, having particular utility for medical physics. Among these are major extensions of the ability to simulate large, complex geometries, improvement in memory requirements and speed for large lattices, introduction of mesh-based isotopic reaction tallies, advances in radiography simulation, expanded variance-reduction capabilities, especially for pulse-height tallies, and a large number of enhancements in photon/electron transport.
Hughes, H. Grady III [Los Alamos National Laboratory; Goorley, John T. [Los Alamos National Laboratory
Non-contact feature detection using ultrasonic Lamb waves
Apparatus and method for non-contact ultrasonic detection of features on or within the walls of hollow pipes are described. An air-coupled, high-power ultrasonic transducer for generating guided waves in the pipe wall, and a high-sensitivity, air-coupled transducer for detecting these waves, are disposed at a distance apart and at chosen angle with respect to the surface of the pipe, either inside of or outside of the pipe. Measurements may be made in reflection or transmission modes depending on the relative position of the transducers and the pipe. Data are taken by sweeping the frequency of the incident ultrasonic waves, using a tracking narrow-band filter to reduce detected noise, and transforming the frequency domain data into the time domain using fast Fourier transformation, if required.
Sinha, Dipen N. (Los Alamos, NM)
Automated Solar Feature Detection for Space Weather Applications
The solar surface and atmosphere are highly dynamic plasma environments, which evolve over a wide range of temporal and spatial scales. Large-scale eruptions, such as coronal mass ejections, can be accelerated to millions of kilometres per hour in a matter of minutes, making their automated detection and characterisation challenging. Additionally, there are numerous faint solar features, such as coronal holes and coronal dimmings, which are important for space weather monitoring and forecasting, but their low intensity and sometimes transient nature makes them problematic to detect using traditional image processing techniques. These difficulties are compounded by advances in ground- and space- based instrumentation, which have increased the volume of data that solar physicists are confronted with on a minute-by-minute basis; NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory for example is returning many thousands of images per hour (~1.5 TB/day). This chapter reviews recent advances in the application of images processing t...
P�rez-Su�rez, David; Bloomfield, D Shaun; McAteer, R T James; Krista, Larisza D; Byrne, Jason P; Gallagher, Peter T
A Case for Climate Neutrality: Case Studies on Moving Towards...
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Automated feature detection and identification in digital point-ordered signals
A computer-based automated method to detect and identify features in digital point-ordered signals. The method is used for processing of non-destructive test signals, such as eddy current signals obtained from calibration standards. The signals are first automatically processed to remove noise and to determine a baseline. Next, features are detected in the signals using mathematical morphology filters. Finally, verification of the features is made using an expert system of pattern recognition methods and geometric criteria. The method has the advantage that standard features can be, located without prior knowledge of the number or sequence of the features. Further advantages are that standard features can be differentiated from irrelevant signal features such as noise, and detected features are automatically verified by parameters extracted from the signals. The method proceeds fully automatically without initial operator set-up and without subjective operator feature judgement.
Oppenlander, Jane E. (Burnt Hills, NY); Loomis, Kent C. (Clifton Park, NY); Brudnoy, David M. (Albany, NY); Levy, Arthur J. (Schenectady, NY)
Comparing Shape and Texture Features for Pattern Recognition in Simulation Data
Shape and texture features have been used for some time for pattern recognition in datasets such as remote sensed imagery, medical imagery, photographs, etc. In this paper, we investigate shape and texture features for pattern recognition in simulation data. In particular, we explore which features are suitable for characterizing regions of interest in images resulting from fluid mixing simulations. Three texture features--gray level co-occurrence matrices, wavelets, and Gabor filters--and two shape features--geometric moments and the angular radial transform--are compared. The features are evaluated using a similarity retrieval framework. Our preliminary results indicate that Gabor filters perform the best among the texture features and the angular radial transform performs the best among the shape features. The feature which performs the best overall is dependent on how the groundtruth dataset is created.
Newsam, S; Kamath, C
Automatic feature detection and identification in digital point-ordered signals
A computer-based automated method to detect and identify features in digital point-ordered signals. The method is used for processing of non-destructive test signals, such as eddy current signals obtained from calibration standards. The signals are first automatically processed to remove noise and to determine a baseline. Next, features are detected in the signals using mathematical morphology filters. Finally, verification of the features is made using an expert system of pattern recognition methods and geometric criteria. The method has the advantage that standard features can be located without prior knowledge of the number or sequence of the features. Further advantages are that standard features can be differentiated from irrelevant signals features such as noise, and detected features are automatically verified by parameters extracted from the signals. The method proceeds fully automatically without initial operator set-up and without subjective operator feature judgment.
Oppenlander, J.E.; Loomis, K.C.; Brudnoy, D.M.; Levy, A.J.
Standard Bullets and Casings
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ISCCP Cloud Properties Associated with Standard Cloud Types Identified in Individual Surface Observations
Individual surface weather observations from land stations and ships are compared with individual cloud retrievals of the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP), stage C1, for an 8-yr period (1983�91) to relate cloud optical ...
Carole J. Hahn; William B. Rossow; Stephen G. Warren
Case Study 7 - IAQ Design
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Feature Detection, Characterization and Confirmation Methodology: Final Report
This is the final report of the NUMO-LBNL collaborative project: Feature Detection, Characterization and Confirmation Methodology under NUMO-DOE/LBNL collaboration agreement, the task description of which can be found in the Appendix. We examine site characterization projects from several sites in the world. The list includes Yucca Mountain in the USA, Tono and Horonobe in Japan, AECL in Canada, sites in Sweden, and Olkiluoto in Finland. We identify important geologic features and parameters common to most (or all) sites to provide useful information for future repository siting activity. At first glance, one could question whether there was any commonality among the sites, which are in different rock types at different locations. For example, the planned Yucca Mountain site is a dry repository in unsaturated tuff, whereas the Swedish sites are situated in saturated granite. However, the study concludes that indeed there are a number of important common features and parameters among all the sites--namely, (1) fault properties, (2) fracture-matrix interaction (3) groundwater flux, (4) boundary conditions, and (5) the permeability and porosity of the materials. We list the lessons learned from the Yucca Mountain Project and other site characterization programs. Most programs have by and large been quite successful. Nonetheless, there are definitely 'should-haves' and 'could-haves', or lessons to be learned, in all these programs. Although each site characterization program has some unique aspects, we believe that these crosscutting lessons can be very useful for future site investigations to be conducted in Japan. One of the most common lessons learned is that a repository program should allow for flexibility, in both schedule and approach. We examine field investigation technologies used to collect site characterization data in the field. An extensive list of existing field technologies is presented, with some discussion on usage and limitations. Many of the technologies on the list were in fact used during the characterization of Yucca Mountain and elsewhere by LBNL personnel. The study also includes emerging technologies and identifies the need to develop better estimation of important parameters for repository siting. Notable emerging technologies include 3-D seismic and satellite-based remote sensing and wireless micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) sensors. They enable cost-effective and ubiquitous monitoring to be applied for site characterization. We list and classify the types of uncertainties involved in site characterization. Uncertainties can exist in all aspects of site characterization: data, interpretation, conceptualization, and modeling. We use the Swedish program to exemplify such uncertainties. We also devote a chapter on geochemical issues regarding the interaction between groundwater and natural and engineered barrier materials. A recommendation has been made to take advantage of the recent advancement in geochemical modeling capabilities in natural systems. Although it is not of immediate relevance at the preliminary investigation stage, it serves as a good reminder that geochemical investigation efforts should not be overlooked at any stage in the repository program. We construct a synthetic preliminary-investigation site based on an extensive data set available from a geoscientific project in Japan, which we use as a 'real' site to evaluate uncertainties resulting from hydrogeological modeling and examine strategies for characterizing a new site. We plan various preliminary-investigation configurations and conduct preliminary numerical investigations at the synthetic site. We construct a model of the 'real' site for each PI configuration, make predictions of particle travel times, and compare against the 'real' data obtained from the 'real' model. We conclude that drilling as many as nine boreholes does not necessarily improve the understanding of the site compared to drilling as few as three boreholes, unless there is an underlying stru
Karasaki, Kenzi; Apps, John; Doughty, Christine; Gwatney, Hope; Onishi, Celia Tiemi; Trautz, Robert; Tsang, Chin-Fu
This is the final report of the NUMO-LBNL collaborative project: Feature Detection, Characterization and Confirmation Methodology under NUMO-DOE/LBNL collaboration agreement, the task description of which can be found in the Appendix. We examine site characterization projects from several sites in the world. The list includes Yucca Mountain in the USA, Tono and Horonobe in Japan, AECL in Canada, sites in Sweden, and Olkiluoto in Finland. We identify important geologic features and parameters common to most (or all) sites to provide useful information for future repository siting activity. At first glance, one could question whether there was any commonality among the sites, which are in different rock types at different locations. For example, the planned Yucca Mountain site is a dry repository in unsaturated tuff, whereas the Swedish sites are situated in saturated granite. However, the study concludes that indeed there are a number of important common features and parameters among all the sites--namely, (1) fault properties, (2) fracture-matrix interaction (3) groundwater flux, (4) boundary conditions, and (5) the permeability and porosity of the materials. We list the lessons learned from the Yucca Mountain Project and other site characterization programs. Most programs have by and large been quite successful. Nonetheless, there are definitely 'should-haves' and 'could-haves', or lessons to be learned, in all these programs. Although each site characterization program has some unique aspects, we believe that these crosscutting lessons can be very useful for future site investigations to be conducted in Japan. One of the most common lessons learned is that a repository program should allow for flexibility, in both schedule and approach. We examine field investigation technologies used to collect site characterization data in the field. An extensive list of existing field technologies is presented, with some discussion on usage and limitations. Many of the technologies on the list were in fact used during the characterization of Yucca Mountain and elsewhere by LBNL personnel. The study also includes emerging technologies and identifies the need to develop better estimation of important parameters for repository siting. Notable emerging technologies include 3-D seismic and satellite-based remote sensing and wireless micro electro mechanical systems (MEMS) sensors. They enable cost-effective and ubiquitous monitoring to be applied for site characterization. We list and classify the types of uncertainties involved in site characterization. Uncertainties can exist in all aspects of site characterization: data, interpretation, conceptualization, and modeling. We use the Swedish program to exemplify such uncertainties. We also devote a chapter on geochemical issues regarding the interaction between groundwater and natural and engineered barrier materials. A recommendation has been made to take advantage of the recent advancement in geochemical modeling capabilities in natural systems. Although it is not of immediate relevance at the preliminary investigation stage, it serves as a good reminder that geochemical investigation efforts should not be overlooked at any stage in the repository program. We construct a synthetic preliminary-investigation site based on an extensive data set available from a geoscientific project in Japan, which we use as a 'real' site to evaluate uncertainties resulting from hydrogeological modeling and examine strategies for characterizing a new site. We plan various preliminary-investigation configurations and conduct preliminary numerical investigations at the synthetic site. We construct a model of the 'real' site for each PI configuration, make predictions of particle travel times, and compare against the 'real' data obtained from the 'real' model. We conclude that drilling as many as nine boreholes does not necessarily improve the understanding of the site compared to drilling as few as three boreholes, unless there is an underlying structure that is larger than the spacing of the boreholes. The
Sustainable Features of McKinney ISD Elementary School
Students planning to attend McKinney Independent School District's newest 70,000 square foot elementary school when it opens in the fall of 2000 are in for a special treat. In addition to standard elementary school curriculum, students will have the unique opportunity to study wind and solar energy, feed their frogs and take care of the school's water habitat, learn in classrooms illuminated by the sun rather than electric light, water their bean plants (which they keep in the school's greenhouse) with harvested rainwater, and check the weather at the campus weather station. This project was named by the American Institute of Architects to the Earth Day Top 10 List for Environmentally Responsible Design Projects in the nation Sustainable design is environmentally sensitive architecture and engineering - the ability to meet today's needs without compromising the resources available to future generations. Environmental conservation is only one of the reasons to consider sustainable design. Studies are showing that the various environmental benefits of sustainable design also benefit our children in the classroom. Another major element of sustainable design is called "Eco Education", a concept that incorporates the sustainable school into the curriculum so that students can understand its design and how it impacts the environment. It's a tremendous teaching tool for students to learn about environmental conservation. Harvesting rainwater is a perfect example. By collecting rainwater from the roof of the building and channeling it to one of six on-campus storage tanks, . enough water can be collected to flush toilets and water the grounds. Other elements of sustainable design include site planning and landscape management; the use of recycled building materials; solar systems; wind energy; geothermal energy (using the Earth's natural energy to heat and cool the building), energy recovery, and high energy efficiency. The primary goal of sustainable design is to protect a site's existing environment. As much as possible, we need to understand and maximize the natural conditions of a new project's site and incorporate its features into the overall design. That's what sustainability is all about. The purpose of this paper is to present the specific sustainable features of the McKinney ISD Elementary School and the process of integrating sustainability criteria in all phases of the school's life cycle
McClure, J. D.; Estes, J. M.; Keep, G.
A Business Case for Home Performance Contracting
This report was prepared by PNNL for the DOE Building America program. The report provides information for businesses considering entering the home performance contracting industry. Metrics discussed include industry trends and drivers, specific points of entry, business models, startup costs, and marketing strategies. The report includes detailed analysis of eight businesses around the country that have successfully entered the home performance contracting industry. Data is provided on their financial structures, program participation, marketing efforts, and staff training. This report will be distributed via the DOE Building America website, www.buildingamerica.gov. Individual case studies will also be cleared separately.
Baechler, Michael C.; Antonopoulos, Chrissi A.; Sevigny, Maureen; Gilbride, Theresa L.; Hefty, Marye G.
Nickel-hydrogen battery with oxygen and electrolyte management features
A nickel-hydrogen battery or cell having one or more pressure vessels containing hydrogen gas and a plurality of cell-modules therein. Each cell-module includes a configuration of cooperatively associated oxygen and electrolyte mangement and component alignment features. A cell-module having electrolyte includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode adapted to facilitate oxygen diffusion, a separator disposed between the positive and negative electrodes for separating them and holding electrolyte for ionic conductivity, an absorber engaging the surface of the positive electrode facing away from the separator for providing electrolyte to the positive electrode, and a pair of surface-channeled diffusion screens for enclosing the positive and negative electrodes, absorber, and separator and for maintaining proper alignment of these components. The screens, formed in the shape of a pocket by intermittently sealing the edges together along as many as three sides, permit hydrogen gas to diffuse therethrough to the negative electrodes, and prevent the edges of the separator from swelling. Electrolyte is contained in the cell-module, absorbhed by the electrodes, the separator and the absorber.
Sindorf, John F. (Pewaukee, WI)
Feature Extraction and Selection for Pattern Recognition of Two-Dimensional Hydrometeor Images
New feature extraction techniques are developed for two-dimensional binary images of ice particles and raindrops. These features are employed in the statistical classification of these patterns into one of seven basic hydrometeor shapes. These ...
Mizanur M. Rahman; Edmund A. Quincy; Raymond G. Jacquot; Michael J. Magee
A transfer model using a typed feature structure rewriting system with inheritance
We propose a model for transfer in machine translation which uses a rewriting system for typed feature structures. The grammar definitions describe transfer relations which are applied on the input structure (a typed feature structure) by the ...
R�mi Zajac
Vehicle Technologies Office: Fact #371: May 9, 2005 Electronic Features on
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Balanced feature matching in probabilistic framework and its application on object localisation
A new algorithm of feature matching is proposed after balancing analysis of adjacency matrix of the matching model in a probabilistic framework. Considering all the interaction of the two feature point sets, a probabilistic model is established and solved ...
Ying Chen; Chunlu Ai
Improving the dynamic hierarchical compact clustering algorithm by using feature selection
Feature selection has improved the performance of text clustering. In this paper, a local feature selection technique is incorporated in the dynamic hierarchical compact clustering algorithm to speed up the computation of similarities. We also present ...
Reynaldo Gil-Garc�a; Aurora Pons-Porrata
Three Years of TRMM Precipitation Features. Part I: Radar, Radiometric, and Lightning Characteristics
During its first three years, the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite observed nearly six million precipitation features. The population of precipitation features is sorted by lightning flash rate, minimum brightness temperature, ...
Daniel J. Cecil; Steven J. Goodman; Dennis J. Boccippio; Edward J. Zipser; Stephen W. Nesbitt
Feature-Point Detection Using Distance Transforms: Application to Tracking Tropical Convective Complexes
The identification, tracking, and statistical analysis of tropical convective complexes using satellite imagery is explored in the context of identifying feature points suitable for tracking. The feature points are determined based on the shape ...
NREL: A Year in Clean Energy Innovations: A Review of NREL's Feature Stories
The publication is a compilation of various feature stories published on NREL's public Web site, nrel.gov, throughout 2009.
Wavelet-based feature extraction using probabilistic finite state automata for pattern classification
Real-time data-driven pattern classification requires extraction of relevant features from the observed time series as low-dimensional and yet information-rich representations of the underlying dynamics. These low-dimensional features facilitate in situ ... Keywords: Feature extraction, Pattern classification, Probabilistic finite state automata, Symbolic dynamics, Time series analysis
Xin Jin; Shalabh Gupta; Kushal Mukherjee; Asok Ray
Spectral features detection of speech emotion and speaking styles recognition based on HMM classifier
This paper deals with the influence of the spectral features in recognizing emotions and speaking styles from speech signals. Through out this study MFCC and Mel band energies are used as the base features. The investigation shows that each feature mentioned ... Keywords: HMM-based classifier, MFCC, SUSAS database, emotion, mel band energies, speaking style
Monia Kammoun; Noureddine Ellouze
Medical image segmentation using cooccurrence matrix based texture features calculated on weighted region
An improvement of texture based 2D or 3D image segmentation method is proposed, aimed at medical image analysis. Segmentation of organs or disease diagnosing is the targetted problem. Features based on cooccurrence matrix are studied. A new approach ... Keywords: 3D image analysis, Haralick features, bioinformatics, cooccurrence matrix, image segmentation, medical image analysis, texture features
Ludvik Tesar; Daniel Smutek; Akinobu Shimizu; Hidefume Kobatake
Class-specific feature polynomial classifier for pattern classification and its application to handwritten numeral recognition
The polynomial classifier (PC) that takes the binomial terms of reduced subspace features as inputs has shown superior performance to multilayer neural networks in pattern classification. In this paper, we propose a class-specific feature polynomial ... Keywords: Class-specific feature polynomial classifier, Handwritten digit recognition, Neural classifiers, Numeral string recognition, Pattern classification
Cheng-Lin Liu; Hiroshi Sako
Endoscopic Feature Tracking and Scale-Invariant Estimation of Soft-Tissue Structures
In this study, we introduce a software pipeline to track feature points across endoscopic video frames. It deals with the common problems of low contrast and uneven illumination that afflict endoscopic imaging. In particular, irregular feature trajectories ... Keywords: endoscopy, factorization method, feature tracking
Chia-Hsiang Wu; Yung-Nien Sun; Yi-Chiao Chen; Chien-Chen Chang
Evaluation of Interest Point Detectors and Feature Descriptors for Visual Tracking
Applications for real-time visual tracking can be found in many areas, including visual odometry and augmented reality. Interest point detection and feature description form the basis of feature-based tracking, and a variety of algorithms for these tasks ... Keywords: Dataset, Evaluation, Feature descriptors, Interest point detectors, Visual tracking
Steffen Gauglitz; Tobias H�llerer; Matthew Turk
Feature-based classifier ensembles for diagnosing multiple faults in rotating machinery
Recent researches in fault classification have shown the importance of accurately selecting the features that have to be used as inputs to the diagnostic model. In this work, a multi-objective genetic algorithm (MOGA) is considered for the feature selection ... Keywords: Ensemble, Fault diagnosis, Feature selection, Multi-objective genetic algorithms, Rotating machinery
E. Zio; P. Baraldi; G. Gola
Writer-independent off-line signature verification using surroundedness feature
The paper presents a novel set of features based on surroundedness property of a signature (image in binary form) for off-line signature verification. The proposed feature set describes the shape of a signature in terms of spatial distribution of black ... Keywords: Feature selection, Shape, Signature verification, Surroundedness, Texture
Rajesh Kumar; J. D. Sharma; Bhabatosh Chanda
Invariance via group-integration: a feature framework for 3D biomedical image analysis
One very generic approach towards the construction of features achieves invariance against a certain transformation via integration over the respective mathematical group. In this paper we present a general framework for invariant feature design via ... Keywords: classification, group-integration, invariant features, landmark-detection, segmentation
J. Fehr; O. Ronneberger; J. Schulz; T. Schmidt; M. Reisert; H. Burkhardt
NREL: News Feature - Building Panels Protect, Provide Comfort
Building Panels Protect, Provide Comfort Building Panels Protect, Provide Comfort October 30, 2009 Walking into a building constructed before the days of heating systems and air conditioning, such as a southwestern adobe, still elicits a sense of comfort and coziness. The concept of using thermal mass in walls to help maintain the temperature of a building is not new. And now, this tried and true method is being used to regulate comfort systems of NREL's Research Support Facilities (RSF), one of the most energy efficient buildings in the world. "In this case, the exterior skin of the building is doing more than just keeping the weather out," Philip Macey, project manager for RNL, the design firm for the RSF, said. "Precast panels installed as the walls are actually part of the heating and cooling system for the building.
Case No. VBU-0016
16 16 September 15, 1999 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Appeal Name of Petitioner:Gary Roybal Date of Filing:June 23, 1999 Case Number:VBU-0016 On October 6, 1998, Gary Roybal (Roybal) filed a complaint under the Department of Energy (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program, codified at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. The regulations governing the program were revised in a new interim final rule that took effect on April 14, 1999. Along with other procedural changes, the interim final rule reassigned the investigative function to the Office of Hearings and Appeals. All of the pending whistleblower cases in the investigative stage, including Roybal's case, were then transferred to OHA. The OHA investigator assigned to the case dismissed Roybal's complaint on June 11, 1999. On June 23,
Case No. VWZ-0009
AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motion to Dismiss Name of Petitioner: Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. Date of Filing: March 8, 1999 Case Number: VWZ-0009 This decision...
Science DMZ Case Studies
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Case tool evaluation system
An automated system that uses an analytical approach to evaluate Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools is currently being developed. this system is referred to as the CASE Tool Evaluation System. The following general criteria will be used: overall tool functionality; tool stability; cost; interfaces with other software; customization; ease of use; output produced; hardware and operating system needs; documentation; training and vendor support; repository interface; methodologies; and vendor stability. in Phase 1 CASE tools will be eliminated that do not meet certain must-have'' characteristics specified by the user. Phase 2 will further reduce the size of the tool list by retaining those tools that possess desirable, but not absolutely necessary'' characteristics, also specified by the user. Phase 3 will employ the Analytic Hierarchy Process, developed by Dr. Thomas L. Saaty, to rank the tools. Users will be able to supply tools of their own choosing, in addition to tools that are generated via normal use of the system. All three phases will interact with a database that stores objective information about CASE tools. The use of the Analytic Hierarchy process (AHP) distinguishes this method of CASE tool evaluation from others. As used in this system, the AHP is a method of breaking down the complex, unstructured problem of selecting a CASE tool into its component evaluation criteria and candidate tools. These criteria and tools are arranged into a hierarchical order. Each criterion and tool is assigned a subjective numerical value (by experts or users or both). These values are then synthesized to determine which have the highest priority. The result will be a ranked list of CASE tools tailored to the needs and desires of the user.
Green, P.L.; Andreae, P.V.; Pennewell, W.J.; Clinard, L.A.; Thomas, B. Jr.; Tarrant, P.M.
Optical features of nanosize iron and molybdenum sulfide clusters
In the bulk state FeS{sub 2} and MoS{sub 2} are optically opaque, narrow bandgap semiconductors and MoS{sub 2} have bandgaps that with no optical applications. We demonstrate that nanosize FeS{sub 2} can be adjusted to the visible and even UV region of the spectrum by control of the cluster size. This opens up a host of applications of these materials as inexpensive solar photocatalysts. We demonstrate that the band-gap of both materials shifts to the blue with decreasing size but ceases shifting when a size of {approximately}3 nm (in the case of MoS{sub 2}) is attained. We interpret this observation as a change from bulk quantum confinement of the hole-electron pair of a tiny semiconductor to a set of discrete molecular-like transitions more characteristic of a whopper molecule. Room temperature photoemission studies of these clusters demonstrate that, while photoemission shifts to the blue with increasing bandgap for large clusters, small clusters have photoemission exclusively from trapped sub-bandgap surface states. Chemical modification of the surface to introduce hole or electron traps can result in either an enhancement or a decrease in the photoluminescence. In addition, we report our results concerning chemical purification and preliminary surface characterization of MoS{sub 2} clusters by chromatography.
Wilcoxon, J.P.; Samara, G.; Newcomer, P.
Security of differential phase shift quantum key distribution against individual attacks
We derive a proof of security for the Differential Phase Shift Quantum Key Distribution (DPSQKD) protocol under the assumption that Eve is restricted to individual attacks. The security proof is derived by bounding the average collision probability, which leads directly to a bound on Eve's mutual information on the final key. The security proof applies to realistic sources based on pulsed coherent light. We then compare individual attacks to sequential attacks and show that individual attacks are more powerful.
Edo Waks; Hiroki Takesue; Yoshihisa Yamamoto
Propensity score analysis in the Genetic Analysis Workshop 17 simulated data set on independent individuals
Workshop 17 simulated data set on independent individuals.Workshop 17 simulated data set on independent individualspower in this small data set by limiting the genomic
Lin, Chen; Sathirapongsasuti, Fah J; Kerner, Berit
The Market-oriented Contribution of Individuals: Translating Strategy into Action.
??This research explores the management problem of how individuals can influence the development of a strategic orientation within a firm. A market orientation strategy builds� (more)
Schlosser, Francine
Racial Identity Development and Psychological Adjustment in Biracial Individuals of Minority/Minority Racial Group Descent.
??Based on the theoretical framework of symbolic interactionism and race as a social construct, individuals with biological parents racially distinct from each other have biracial� (more)
Walker, Kizzie Paule
Individual differences in categorization : exploring the relationship between working memory capacity and categorization behavior.
??Individual differences are found in categorization behavior. For example, different people learn to categorize at different rates. Likewise, different people select different strategies to categorize� (more)
Craig, Stewart
GENII dose calculations for offsite maximum individual and populations from Plutonium Finishing Plant
Document describes the potential dose consequences to the offsite maximum individual and population for ground and stack level releases at the offsite receptors from the Plutonium Finishing Plant.
Nguyen, L.V.
Are individual forgiveness interventions for adults more effective than group interventions? A meta-analysis.
?? Several questions remain unanswered to date: What type of forgiveness intervention is more effective, individual or group treatment, psychotherapeutic or psychoeducational approach, long-term or� (more)
Rainey, Cheryl A.
Utility Energy Service Contract Case Studies | Department of Energy
Case Studies Case Studies Utility Energy Service Contract Case Studies October 7, 2013 - 3:25pm Addthis These case studies feature examples of successful projects that involved utility energy service contracts (UESC). Coast Guard Multi-Site UESC Project: Twelve-site project with 21 energy-conservation measures reduced electricity consumption by 19.1%, water consumption by 64.2%, and natural gas consumption by 21.1%. National Institute of Health: Saved at least $5 million in annual energy costs at its main campus in Bethesda, Maryland, through energy conservation measures. General Services Administration Ted Weiss Federal Building: Multiple energy conservation measures and utility services saved $256,000 in annual energy costs and 64,872 Btu per gross square foot. Patrick Air Force Base: Base-wide energy program implemented to exceed
Case No. VWX-0014
VWX-0014 VWX-0014 November 29, 1999 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS Supplemental Order Name of Case:Frank E. Isbill Date of Filing:November 4, 1999 Case Number: VWX-0014 This Decision supplements an Initial Agency Decision, dated September 27, 1999, issued by the undersigned Hearing Officer of the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) of the Department of Energy in a case involving a "whistleblower" complaint filed by Frank E. Isbill (the complainant) under 10 C.F.R. Part 708. See Frank E. Isbill, 27 DOE ¶ 87,529 (1999). In the Decision, I found that NCI Information Systems, Inc. (the contractor), a DOE contractor, had violated the provisions of 10 C.F.R. § 708.5 by removing the complainant's supervisory duties in reprisal for his making protected disclosures related to a
Case No. VBZ-0057
57 57 November 1, 2000 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motions to Dismiss Name of Petitioner: Janet K. Benson Date of Filings: April 6, 2000 August 7, 2000 Case Numbers: VBZ-0057 VBZ-0058 This determination considers Motions to Dismiss(1) filed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Laboratory)(2) under the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708. In these Motions, the Laboratory contends that the claims asserted by Janet Benson in OHA Case No. VWA-0044 are defective as a matter of law and should not be determined on the merits.(3) The Laboratory makes the following arguments in support of these Motions: (1) The Laboratory cannot be held liable for any acts of reprisal that occurred prior to September 23, 1994, the date it agreed to comply with Part 708 (OHA Case No. VBZ-0057);
Case No. VBZ-0028
28 28 October 12, 1999 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motion to Dismiss Name of Petitioner: Sandia Corporation Date of Filing: August 24, 1999 Case Number: VBZ-0028 This decision considers a "Motion to Dismiss" filed by the Sandia Corporation (Sandia) on August 24, 1999. In its Motion, Sandia seeks judgment on the record of Complaint filed by Dr. Jiunn Yu (Yu) under the Department of Energy's (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program, which is codified at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. Yu's Complaint under 10 C.F.R. Part 708 has been assigned Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) Case No. VBH-0028. The present Motion has been assigned Case No. VBZ-0028. The Department of Energy established its Contractor Employee Protection Program to safeguard "public
Case No. VWZ-0011
1 1 May 19, 1999 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motion to Dismiss Name of Petitioner: West Valley Nuclear Services Co., Inc. Date of Filing: May 18, 1999 Case Number: VWZ-0011 This decision considers a "Motion to Dismiss" filed by West Valley Nuclear Services, Inc. (West Valley) on May 18, 1999. In its Motion, West Valley seeks the partial dismissal of a Complaint filed by John L. Gretencord (Gretencord) under the Department of Energy's (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program, which is codified at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. Mr. Gretencord requested a hearing on his Complaint under 10 C.F.R. Part 708 on March 19, 1999, and it has been assigned Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) Case No. VWA-0033. The present Motion has been assigned Case No. VWZ-0011.
Case No. VBR-0002
VBR-0002 VBR-0002 January 24, 2000 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Supplemental Order Name of Petitioner: Westinghouse Savannah River Company Date of Filing: November 12, 1999 Case Number: VBR-0002 This supplemental order concerns a Motion for Reconsideration (Case No. VBR-0002) filed by Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC) on November 12, 1999. The reconsideration motion relates to an Initial Agency Decision issued by the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) of the Department of Energy (DOE) on November 2, 1999 (Case No. VBH-0002). In the Initial Agency Decision, I granted relief to the Complainant on the whistleblower complaint he had filed against WSRC under 10 C.F.R. Part 708.(1) I found that WSRC had failed to prove by "clear and convincing" evidence
Case No. VWD-0004
4 4 July 1, 1999 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motion for Discovery Supplemental Order Names of Petitioners:Princeton University General Physics Corporation Date of Filing: June 10, 1999 Case Number: VWD-0004 This decision will consider a Motion for Discovery filed jointly by Princeton University (Princeton) and General Physics Corporation (GPC) on June 10, 1999 with the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) of the Department of Energy (DOE). The discovery motion relates to a hearing requested by David Turner under the DOE's Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708 (Part 708). The OHA has assigned Mr. Turner's hearing request Case No. VWA-0038, and the discovery request under consideration Case No. VWD-0004. I. Background A. The DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program
Case No. VBH-0025
5 5 June 22, 2000 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS Initial Agency Decision Name of Case: Alizabeth Aramowicz Smith Date of Filing:July 6, 1999 Case Number: VBH-0025 This Initial Agency Decision concerns a whistleblower complaint filed by Alizabeth Aramowicz Smith, a former contractor employee at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. As explained below, Smith's complaint should be denied. This case arises under the Department of Energy's Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708, the "whistleblower" regulations. The whistleblower regulations prohibit a contractor from retaliating against a contractor employee who engages in protected conduct. Protected conduct includes disclosing information that the employee believes reveals 1) a substantial violation of a law, rule, or
Case No. VWD-0002
2 2 May 21, 1999 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motion for Discovery Supplemental Order Name of Petitioner:Frank E. Isbill Date of Filing: May 4, 1999 Case Number: VWD-0002 This determination will consider two requests for discovery filed with the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) on May 4, 1999, by Frank E. Isbill (the complainant). These requests (which have been grouped together as one Motion for Discovery, Case No. VWD-0002) concern the hearing requested by the complainant under the Department of Energy's Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708 (Part 708). He requested this hearing on March 29, 1999 (Case No. VWA-0034) in connection with the Part 708 complaint he filed against NCI Communications, Inc. (the contractor). The DOE recently
Case No. VWZ-0017
7 7 November 10, 1999 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motion to Dismiss Name of Petitioner: University of California Date of Filing: October 6, 1999 Case Number: VWZ-0017 This decision considers a Motion to Dismiss filed by the University of California (the University) on October 6, 1999. In its Motion, the University seeks dismissal of the complaint filed against it by Charles Montaño under the Department of Energy's (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program, which is codified at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. Montaño's complaint under Part 708 has been assigned Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) Case No. VWA-0042. The present Motion has been assigned Case No. VWZ-0017. The Department of Energy established its Contractor Employee Protection Program to safeguard "public
Case No. VWZ-0010
0 0 May 12, 1999 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motion to Dismiss Name of Petitioner: West Valley Nuclear Services Co., Inc. Date of Filing: April 27, 1999 Case Number: VWZ-0010 This decision considers a "Motion to Dismiss" filed by West Valley Nuclear Services, Inc. (West Valley) on April 27, 1999. In its Motion, West Valley seeks the dismissal of a Complaint filed by John L. Gretencord (Gretencord) under the Department of Energy's (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program, which is codified at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. Mr. Gretencord requested a hearing on his Complaint under 10 C.F.R. Part 708 on March 19, 1999, and it has been assigned Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) Case No. VWA-0033. The present Motion has been assigned Case No. VWZ-0010.
Case No. VBH-0023
3 3 March 31, 2000 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS Initial Agency Decision Name of Case: Stephanie A. Ashburn Date of Filing:July 6, 1999 Case Number: VBH-0023 This Initial Agency Decision concerns a whistleblower complaint filed by Stephanie A. Ashburn, a former fellow of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE). As explained below, Ashburn's complaint is denied. This case arises under the Department of Energy's Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708, the "whistleblower" regulations. The whistleblower regulations prohibit a contractor from retaliating against a contractor employee who engages in protected conduct. Protected conduct includes disclosing information that the employee believes reveals 1) a substantial violation of a law, rule, or
Case No. VBZ-0047
47 47 August 30, 2000 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motion for Summary Judgment Name of Case: Edward J. Seawalt Date of Filing: August 23, 2000 Case Number: VBZ-0047 This decision will consider a Motion for Summary Judgment that Contract Associates, Inc., ("the contractor") filed on August 23, 2000. The contractor moves to deny a complaint filed by Edward J. Seawalt ("Mr. Seawalt" or "the complainant") under the Department of Energy's (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708. Mr. Seawalt's complaint has been set for a hearing under Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) Case No. VBH-0047. I. Background The Department of Energy established its Contractor Employee Protection Program to safeguard "public
Case No. VBX-0014
VBX-0014 VBX-0014 April 25, 2000 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS Supplemental Order Name of Case: Roy Leonard Moxley Date of Filing:January 10, 2000 Case Number: VBX-0014 This Decision supplements an Initial Agency Decision, dated December 29, 1999, that I issued as the Hearing Officer in a case involving a "whistleblower" complaint. The complaint was filed by Roy Leonard Moxley under the Department of Energy's Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708. See Roy Leonard Moxley, 27 DOE ¶ 87,546 (1999) (the Initial Agency Decision). In that Decision, I found that Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC), a DOE contractor, had violated the provisions of 10 C.F.R. § 708.5 by reducing Mr. Moxley's salary grade level (SGL) from SGL 31 to SGL
Project Finance Case Studies
Finance Case Finance Case Studies FUPWG Meeting October 21, 2010 RENEWABLE ENERGY * Solar, wind, biomass and geothermal power resources show great promise to positively impact both the environment and energy security. * While these technologies are coming down in cost, there is often no price associated with carbon content, causing renewable energy to remain more expensive than fossil fuels in most markets. * Utilizing Treasury Cash Grant, Investment and Production Tax Credits, Renewable Energy Credits and state rebates is essential to a project's viability. WATER and WASTEWATER * With operating budgets stretched, many public-sector utilities are struggling to upgrade critical water treatment facilities to comply with changing environmental regulations or to maintain system efficiencies.
Laboratories for the 21st Century Case Studies | Department of Energy
Case Studies Case Studies Laboratories for the 21st Century Case Studies October 8, 2013 - 10:51am Addthis These case studies feature examples of energy-efficient laboratories for the 21st century. The Featured Concepts Table outlines technologies covered in each case study. Fume Hood Sash Stickers Increases Laboratory Safety and Efficiency at Minimal Cost Molecular Foundry at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Science and Technology Facility at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Center Process and Environmental Technology Laboratory at Sandia National Laboratories Louis Stokes Laboratories Building 50 National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory Georgia Public Health Laboratory Marian E. Koshland Integrated Natural Science Center at Haverford
The Case for Electric Vehicles
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Individual plant examination program: Perspectives on reactor safety and plant performance. Parts 2--5: Final report; Volume 2
This report provides perspectives gained by reviewing 75 Individual Plant Examination (IPE) submittals pertaining to 108 nuclear power plant units. IPEs are probabilistic analyses that estimate the core damage frequency (CDF) and containment performance for accidents initiated by internal events. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) reviewed the IPE submittals with the objective of gaining perspectives in three major areas: (1) improvements made to individual plants as a result of their IPEs and the collective results of the IPE program, (2) plant-specific design and operational features and modeling assumptions that significantly affect the estimates of CDF and containment performance, and (3) strengths and weaknesses of the models and methods used in the IPEs. These perspectives are gained by assessing the core damage and containment performance results, including overall CDF, accident sequences, dominant contributions to component failure and human error, and containment failure modes. Methods, data, boundary conditions, and assumptions used in the IPEs are considered in understanding the differences and similarities observed among the various types of plants. This report is divided into three volumes containing six parts. Part 1 is a summary report of the key perspectives gained in each of the areas identified above, with a discussion of the NRC`s overall conclusions and observations. Part 2 discusses key perspectives regarding the impact of the IPE Program on reactor safety. Part 3 discusses perspectives gained from the IPE results regarding CDF, containment performance, and human actions. Part 4 discusses perspectives regarding the IPE models and methods. Part 5 discusses additional IPE perspectives. Part 6 contains Appendices A, B and C which provide the references of the information from the IPEs, updated PRA results, and public comments on draft NUREG-1560 respectively.
Retrospective Case Studies
This project, Retrospective Case Studies (RCS) operates directly under DGE's Resource Exploration and Assessment program. The overall objectives of this project are: (1) to improve the general and specific level of understanding of geothermal systems, and (2) to improve tools and technology for geothermal exploration and assessment.
Wright, Phillip M.
29, 2012 29, 2012 PSH-12-0097 - In the Matter of Personnel Security Hearing On November 29, 2012, an OHA Hearing Officer issued a decision in which he determined that an individual's DOE access authorization should not be restored. The Individual had been charged with committing a sexual battery. Although the Individual had testified that a jury had acquitted him of this charge, the Individual did not provide any documentation that he had been acquitted. Nor had the Individual presented sufficient evidence to resolve the concerns raised by his conduct. The Individual had also intentionally provided misleading information during a personnel security interview. November 29, 2012 PSH-12-0080 - In the Matter of Personnel Security Hearing On November 29, 2012, an OHA Hearing Officer issued a Decision in which she
July 19, 2011 July 19, 2011 TSO-1013 - In the Matter of Personnel Security The individual works for a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor and is an applicant for a DOE access authorization. In the report of a background investigation, the Office of Personnel Management noted that the individual had a history of anger, unusual behaviors, animal abuse, illegal drug use, court-ordered anger management, and counseling. The Local Security Office (LSO) interviewed the individual on June 9, 2010, regarding these concerns in a Personnel Security Interview (PSI). July 15, 2011 TSO-1003 - In the Matter of Personnel Security Hearing The individual has been employed by a Department of Energy (DOE) contractor since 2010. His employer requested that DOE grant the individual a clearance. The individual completed a Questionnaire for National Security
Fractured reservoir discrete feature network technologies. Final report, March 7, 1996 to September 30, 1998
This report summarizes research conducted for the Fractured Reservoir Discrete Feature Network Technologies Project. The five areas studied are development of hierarchical fracture models; fractured reservoir compartmentalization, block size, and tributary volume analysis; development and demonstration of fractured reservoir discrete feature data analysis tools; development of tools for data integration and reservoir simulation through application of discrete feature network technologies for tertiary oil production; quantitative evaluation of the economic value of this analysis approach.
Dershowitz, William S.; Einstein, Herbert H.; LaPoint, Paul R.; Eiben, Thorsten; Wadleigh, Eugene; Ivanova, Violeta
Basics of Feature Selection and Statistical Learning for High Energy Physics
This document introduces basics in data preparation, feature selection and learning basics for high energy physics tasks. The emphasis is on feature selection by principal component analysis, information gain and significance measures for features. As examples for basic statistical learning algorithms, the maximum a posteriori and maximum likelihood classifiers are shown. Furthermore, a simple rule based classification as a means for automated cut finding is introduced. Finally two toolboxes for the application of statistical learning techniques are introduced.
Anselm Vossen
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Homes, Christopher C.
Mark Your Calendar! TIAA-CREF announces Individual Counseling Sessions at
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Linhardt, Robert J.
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Salama, Khaled
Transportation of Chemicals EHS has been made aware of two occurrences of individuals attempting to transport
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Yener, Aylin
Biomass and Bioenergy 31 (2007) 646655 Estimating biomass of individual pine trees using airborne lidar
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Industrial process heat case studies. [PROSYS/ECONMAT code
Commercially available solar collectors have the potential to provide a large fraction of the energy consumed for industrial process heat (IPH). Detailed case studies of individual industrial plants are required in order to make an accurate assessment of the technical and economic feasibility of applications. This report documents the results of seven such case studies. The objectives of the case study program are to determine the near-term feasibility of solar IPH in selected industries, identify energy conservation measures, identify conditions of IPH systems that affect solar applications, test SERI's IPH analysis software (PROSYS/ECONOMAT), disseminate information to the industrial community, and provide inputs to the SERI research program. The detailed results from the case studies are presented. Although few near-term, economical solar applications were found, the conditions that would enhance the opportunities for solar IPH applications are identified.
Hooker, D.W.; May, E.K.; West, R.E.
NREL: A Year in Clean Energy Innovations: A Review of NREL's Feature Stories, 2010
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Capitalization of energy efficient features into home values in the Austin, Texas real estate market.
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Comparing mental rotation and feature matching strategies in adults and children with behavioral and neuroimaging techniques
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Autonomous adaptive environmental assessment and feature tracking via autonomous underwater vehicles
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Complete guidance for mastering the tools and techniques of the digital revolution With the digital revolution opening up tremendous opportunities in many fields, there is a growing need for skilled professionals who can develop data-intensive systems and extract information and knowledge from them. This book frames for the first time a new systematic approach for tackling the challenges of data-intensive computing, providing decision makers and technical experts alike with practical tools for dealing with our exploding data collections. Emphasizing data-intensive thinking and interdisciplinary collaboration, The Data Bonanza: Improving Knowledge Discovery in Science, Engineering, and Business examines the essential components of knowledge discovery, surveys many of the current research efforts worldwide, and points to new areas for innovation. Complete with a wealth of examples and DISPEL-based methods demonstrating how to gain more from data in real-world systems, the book: Outlines the concepts and rationale for implementing data-intensive computing in organizations Covers from the ground up problem-solving strategies for data analysis in a data-rich world Introduces techniques for data-intensive engineering using the Data-Intensive Systems Process Engineering Language DISPEL Features in-depth case studies in customer relations, environmental hazards, seismology, and more Showcases successful applications in areas ranging from astronomy and the humanities to transport engineering Includes sample program snippets throughout the text as well as additional materials on a companion website The Data Bonanza is a must-have guide for information strategists, data analysts, and engineers in business, research, and government, and for anyone wishing to be on the cutting edge of data mining, machine learning, databases, distributed systems, or large-scale computing.
Kelling, S. [Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Fink, D. [Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Hochachka, W. [Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Rosenberg, K. [Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Cook, R. [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); Damoulas, C. [Department of Computer Science, Cornell University; Silva, C. [Department of Computer Science, Polytechnic Institute of New York; Michener, W. [DataONE, University of New Mexico
Case No. VWZ-0020
20 20 February 3, 2000 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motion to Dismiss Name of Case: Lucy B. Smith Date of Filing: October 14, 1999 Case Number: VWZ-0020 This determination will consider a Motion to Dismiss filed by Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC) on October 14, 1999. WSRC seeks dismissal of three allegations of retaliation by reason of failure to rehire submitted by Lucy B. Smith under the Department of Energy's Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708. In a submission dated December 6, 1999, WSRC further requests dismissal of a discovery request made by Ms. Smith regarding hiring by subcontractors of WSRC. I. Background Ms. Smith's Part 708 complaint arises from her employment as a chemist with WSRC at DOE's Savannah
Case No. VWD-0006
6 6 August 10, 1999 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motion for Discovery Name of Petitioner:Lucy B. Smith Date of Filing: August 2, 1999 Case Number: VWD-0006 This determination will consider a Motion for Discovery filed with the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) by Lucy B. Smith. This Motion, dated July 20, 1999, concerns the hearing requested by Ms. Smith under the Department of Energy's Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708 (Part 708). She requested this hearing on May 5, 1999 (Case No. VWA-0041) in connection with the Part 708 complaint she filed against Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC). I. Factual Background Ms. Smith's Part 708 complaint arises from her employment as a chemist with WSRC at DOE's Savannah
Case No. VBD-0059
59 59 June 8, 2001 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motion for Discovery Name of Case: Janet L. Westbrook Date of Filing: June 5, 2001 Case Number: VBD-0059 This determination will consider a Motion for Discovery filed with the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) by UT-Battelle, LLC, the company that manages the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Motion relates to a hearing soon to be held on a complaint that Janet L. Westbrook filed under the Department of Energy's Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708 (Part 708). For the reasons stated below, the motion is denied. Ms. Westbrook worked at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as a radiological engineer. She claims that she has persistently disclosed various safety-related concerns and as a result experienced hostility and
Case No. VBD-0063
63 63 August 14, 2001 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motion for Discovery Name of Petitioner:Bruce R. Field Date of Filing: August 2, 2001 Case Number: VBD-0063 This determination will consider a Motion for Discovery filed with the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) by Bruce R. Field (Field). This Motion, dated August 2, 2001, concerns the hearing requested by Field under the Department of Energy's Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708 (Part 708). Field requested this hearing on April 24, 2001 (Case No. VBH-0063) in connection with the Part 708 complaint he filed against the management and operating contractor, Midwest Research Institute (MRI) for the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).(1) I. Background Field's complaint arises from his employment at NREL as a Project Manager. During the period 1994 to
Case No. VWZ-0016
6 6 November 8, 1999 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motion to Dismiss Name of Petitioner: Charles Montaño Date of Filing: October 4, 1999 Case Number: VWZ-0016 This decision considers a Motion to Dismiss filed by Charles Montaño (Montaño) on October 4, 1999. In his Motion, Montaño seeks dismissal of the hearing scheduled to begin on November 16, 1999 and judgment on the existing record for the Whistleblower Complaint that he filed against the University of California (the University) under the Department of Energy's (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program, which is codified at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. His Complaint under 10 C.F.R. Part 708 has been assigned Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) Case No. VWA-0042. The present Motion has been
Case No. VBU-0050
50 50 June 15, 2000 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS Decision of the Director Name of Case: Darryl H. Shadel Date of Filing: May 30, 2000 Case Number: VBU-0050 Darryl H. Shadel (the complainant) appeals the dismissal of his whistleblower complaint under 10 C.F.R. Part 708, the DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program. As explained below, I have determined that the complaint was improperly dismissed, and that further processing should be accorded. I. Background A. The DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program Part 708 prohibits contractors from retaliating against contractor employees who engage in protected conduct. Protected conduct includes disclosing information that the employee believes reveals a substantial and specific danger to employees (a protected disclosure). If a contractor retaliates against an employee
Case No. VBH-0034
4 4 September 29, 1999 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS Initial Agency Decision Name of Case: Jennifer S. Gentry Date of Filing: August 24, 1999 Case Number: VBH-0034 This Initial Agency Decision concerns a whistleblower complaint filed by Jennifer S. Gentry, a former employee (hereinafter the employee) of Golder Federal Services Incorporated, formerly Golder Associates, Inc. (Golder). Golder was a subcontractor for EG&G, then the managing and operating contractor at DOE's Rocky Flats site (hereinafter the term "contractors" refers to both Golder and EG&G). The employee alleges that she made protected disclosures concerning health and safety matters, and as a result, the contractors took retaliatory actions against her. For the reasons explained below, I have
Case No. VBI-0045
VBI-0045 VBI-0045 June 22, 2000 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS Decision and Order Name of Case: Joseph P. Carson Date of Filing: March 14, 2000 Case Number: VBI-0045 On March 14, 2000, Joseph P. Carson (Carson) filed a "Whistleblower Reprisal Complaint per section 3164 of the NNSA Authorization Act for FY 2000." Carson is employed by the Department of Energy (DOE) as a Safety Engineer, nominally assigned to the Office of Oversight, Planning and Analysis, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oversight, Office of Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health (EH), but he is currently stationed in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In the March 14, 2000 complaint, Carson alleges that in 1999 he made a number of protected disclosures about Glenn Podonsky, a senior
Case No. VBU-0039
39 39 November 30, 1999 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS Decision of the Director Name of Case: Edward J. Seawalt Date of Filing: November 2, 1999 Case Number: VBU-0039 Edward J. Seawalt (the complainant) appeals the dismissal of his complaint against Contract Associates, Inc. (the Contractor) under the Department of Energy (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708. The program prohibits a DOE contractor from retaliating against an employee for disclosing certain information (a protected disclosure). As explained below, I have determined that Mr. Seawalt's appeal should be granted in part and his complaint remanded for further processing. I. Background A. The DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program The DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program is set forth at 10 C.F.R. Part 708. The DOE recently
Case No. VWZ-0012
2 2 August 6, 1999 DECISION AND ORDER OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Motion to Dismiss Name of Case: Lucy B. Smith Date of Filing: June 30, 1999 Case Number: VWZ-0012 This determination will consider a Motion to Dismiss filed by Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC) on June 30, 1999. WSRC seeks dismissal of the underlying complaint filed by Lucy B. Smith under the Department of Energy's Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708. I. Background Ms. Smith's Part 708 complaint arises from her employment as a chemist with WSRC at DOE's Savannah River Site. Ms. Smith alleges that she made three protected disclosures involving health and safety concerns to WSRC officials during the last half of 1996. Subsequently, on January 20, 1997, Ms. Smith received a Reduction in Force notice from WSRC. Ms. Smith then filed a complaint with the United
EDO: Case Studies
EDO Case Studies EDO Case Studies Technology Transfer / Technology Assistance Technology identifies anomalies in complex financial data Identifying atypical information in financial data early could help determine problematic financial trends such as the systemic risk that recently put the U.S. and global financial systems in a downward fall. Recognizing such anomalous information can also help regulators understand markets, and identify the potential need of new rules and regulations. Additionally, it can help investors and advisors better manage their investment and savings portfolios. The AnomalatorTM software, developed at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, uses advanced mathematical algorithms to identify unusual trends in complex financial data and graphically show how it compares with
Case No. VWA-0040
0 0 December 13, 1999 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS Initial Agency Decision Name of Case: Rosie L. Beckham Date of Filing: April 27, 1999 Case Number: VWA-0040 Rosie L. Beckham (hereinafter the complainant) filed a complaint against her former employer, KENROB and Associates, Inc. (hereinafter the contractor) under the Department of Energy (DOE) Contractor Employee Protection Program, 10 C.F.R. Part 708. The program prohibits a DOE contractor from retaliating against an employee for disclosing certain information (a protected disclosure). A DOE office investigated the complaint and issued a report, which concluded that the complainant was not entitled to relief. The complainant requested a hearing, and I was appointed to conduct the hearing and issue an
Case No. VBH-0021
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