Faces constitute a susceptible portion of an image, which in this age has become vulnerable with the increasing use of applications involving face detectors. Increasing concerns over the privacy of people have led to ...

The work presented in this dissertation focuses on studying the anti-fouling behavior of "conflicted" interfaces, where phase separation is restricted or eliminated, using self-assembled monolayers (SAMs). The adsorbates ...

Due to the advances in remote sensors and sensor networks, different types of spatio-temporal datasets have become increasingly available. Revealing interesting spatio-temporal patterns from such datasets is very important, ...

Age, Period, and Cohort (APC) models have been applied to analyze disease incidence or mortality rates, and the estimated trend in age, period, and birth cohort effects. However, the identification problem -- the linear ...

The importance of beginner books in the lives of nascent readers cannot be understated. In an effort to recognize these critical tools for early reading, the American Library Association created the Theodor Geisel Award ...

Increasing college costs, coupled with decreasing financial aid has raised public concerns over the affordability of higher education. For the past four decades, the nation has seen the cost of tuition rise at levels that ...

The Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, op.73, completed in 1811, represents Beethoven's fifth and final contribution to this genre. This paper investigates the first movement of the Fifth Piano Concerto in light of the heroic ...

Motivated by proofs in extreme value theory, we investigate the statistical properties of certain chaotic dynamical systems, including the well-known dispersing billiard model. In particular, we prove the existence of a ...

Objective: Disability and functioning are central aspects of neuropsychological and psychological evaluations. Disability is often assessed by self-report measures, such as the World Health Organization Disability Assessment ...

Education has increasingly become the territory of women, and this shift is pronounced in the African American community where women earned well over the majority of bachelor degrees at 67% (Cuyjet, 2006; Knapp, Kelly-Reid, ...