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AN INVESTIGATION OF VELOPHARYNGEAL CLOSURE WITH LINEAR REGRESSION
(East Carolina University, 1/13/16)Cleft lip and palate is a common birth defect in the United States. Children diagnosed with this abnormality face difficulties during feeding, hearing and speech. Surgical methods exist to repair the cleft lip and palate ... -
Analysis of Electrospun Tβ4 Coated Scaffolds: A Tissue Engineering Study
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-18)Tissue engineering is a field within regenerative medicine that promotes the regeneration/repair of damaged or diseased tissue and organs. This field focuses on three aspects: cells, growth factors, and scaffolds to achieve ... -
Analysis of Testing Approaches for Web Applications Based on Each Choice and Pairwise Methods
(East Carolina University, 2016-04-25)Time and quality are important factors when determining the proper approach for software testing. A software program can often be used in various environments (different platforms, operating systems, browsers, networks, ... -
Analysis of the Impact of Tags on Stack Overflow Questions
(East Carolina University, 2022-04-26)User queries on Stack Overflow commonly suffer from either inadequate length or inadequate clarity with regards to the languages and/or tools they are meant for. Although the site makes use of a tagging system for classifying ... -
Applied Machine Learning for Cybersecurity in Spam Filtering and Malware Detection
(East Carolina University, 2020-11-17)Machine learning is one of the fastest-growing fields and its application to cybersecurity is increasing. In order to protect people from malicious attacks, several machine learning algorithms have been used to predict the ... -
Applying Mutable Object Snapshots to a High-level Object-Oriented Language
(East Carolina University, 2018-11-30)Software Engineers are familiar with mutable and immutable object state. Mutable objects shared across modules may lead to unexpected results as changes to the object in one module are visible to other modules sharing the ... -
Archival Document Processing using Cognitive Computing
(East Carolina University, 2019-07-22)The world, as we know it, is constructed in the form of knowledge. Our ancestors have passed their experiences to the next generation over time using handwritten documents. Although these old manuscripts are still available ... -
Artificial Intelligence-based Access Management System
(East Carolina University, 2023-04-27)The foundation of cybersecurity is identity and access management (IAM). Its methods, procedures, and guidelines control identity access to digital resources and define the scope of identity permission over the resources. ... -
Auto-Count Symbols in Portable Document Format (PDF)
(2021-04-22)Estimating electrical costs often involves counting symbols in a PDF document. Existing software has sped up this process compared to manual counting, but there is room for further improvement. The proposed solution ... -
Automated classification of massive scale image data
(East Carolina University, 2016-12-13)The diffraction image is a useful method to facilitate the representation of tiny entities such as the cell. It provides an efficient way to analyze the 3D morphological features of biological cells. However, the ... -
Automated Pavement Condition Assessment using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)
(East Carolina University, 2021-04-27)Assessing pavement condition is extremely essential in any effort to reduce future economic losses and improve the structural reliability and resilience. Data resulting from pavement condition assessment are used as a ... -
Automated Usability Evaluations using Client Side Usability Framework (CSUF)
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-04)Usability of a website is essential in order for a company to achieve its business goals. Evaluating a website for usability and accessibility is costly and time consuming primarily because it involves usability experts ... -
Automatic SQL query generation
(East Carolina University, 2017-07-19)Automatic generation of questions for learning assessment has been an area of research interest for long. The advent of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) as well as the goal of providing immediate contextualized feedback ... -
Baby Boomer Adoption of Healthcare Apps
(East Carolina University, 2016-05-03)In 2015, approximately 500 million smart phone users were estimated to use some type of health-related app. These apps are developed intending to promote health and wellness behavior in users. However, the simple availability ... -
Back-Projective Priming: Toward Efficient 3d Model-based Object Recognition via Preemptive Top-down Constraints
(East Carolina University, 2016-07-25)This thesis introduces back-projective priming, a computer vision technique that synergistically fuses object recognition and pose estimation by augmenting 3D models with geometric constraints. It also enables the use of ... -
Blending on-campus and online experiences through the use of virtually immersive technologies
(2011)Recently, there has been a great deal of attention put toward efforts to integrate teaching methodologies and strategies between face to face and online classrooms looking to maximize learning by combining delivery modalities. ... -
Can Steel Slag Be Used as an Aggregate in Concrete and How? A Technical Approach by and Testing and Theoretical Molding
(2016-05)Steel slag is the molten byproduct from steelmaking operations that is subsequently air-cooled for use. It has been used in cement manufacture and as unbound granular materials in construction. While numerous studies have ... -
Characterization and Biomimetic Fabrication Study of Fetal Membranes for Understanding and Prevention of Preterm Birth
(East Carolina University, 2022-04-25)Preterm birth is defined as a baby being born before 37 weeks gestation and is a large problem, affecting 10% of all pregnancies in the United States and world annually. Preterm birth can result in lifelong complications ... -
CHARACTERIZATION OF SOLID MODELS PRODUCED BY RAPID PROTOTYPING MACHINES
(2014)Parts produced by 3-D printers were tested to determine the mechanical properties and failure modes. Since 3-D printed parts are built up layer-by-layer, they do not have the same properties in all directions. In order ...