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Tethered Aerobraking Design for Repeatable Maneuvers
A propellantless maneuver that decreases the orbital energy of a satellite in orbit around the Earth has the potential benefits of reducing system mass and increasing longevity. Among other applications, space debris ... -
JAMMING IMPACT ON A BITCOIN SATELLITE RECEIVER
Satellite communication remains an important technology for networking. In 2004 over 80% of U.S. military satellite communications travelled over commercial satellites. More recently we have seen a rise in galactic enterprise ... -
Hate Crime Explained Through UCR Data During the Eras of Barack Obama’s and Donald Trump’s Political Power
Since the Trump administration took office, many believe that hate crime incidences have increased in the United States. Great attention has been directed towards the possibility of hate rhetoric by politicians and the ... -
MACHINE LEARNING TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO MUSICAL GENRE RECOGNITION
With the wealth of music available at the fingertips of users around the world, there isan ever-increasing need for automatic classification of music for cataloguing of music fororganization and quicker retrieval which is ... -
DEPRESSION, SUICIDE, ANXIETY AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER: PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF CHILD MALTREATMENT
The current study examined the effects of childhood maltreatment, which included retrospective self-reports of childhood sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, on several adverse mental health outcomes. Using data from ... -
STUDY OF LOCAL MEDIA PORTRAYAL OF UNDOCUMENTED LATINO IMMIGRATION IN US IMMIGRANT GATEWAYS, A
With increasing numbers of undocumented immigrants from Central America arriving in nontraditional destinations in the United States, some research has begun to articulate these new geographies. Local media portrayals of ... -
DIFFERENTIATION OF AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER SYMPTOMS FROM OTHER PERSONALITY TRAITS AND STYLES
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5; American Psychiatric Association, 2013) combined all previous autism diagnoses into a single diagnostic category, autism spectrum disorder (ASD). One critical ... -
EXAMINING PAYOFF-BASED LOG-LINEAR LEARNING IN A MEDICAL IMAGE SEGMENTATION CONTEXT
Accurately segmenting medical images is a challenging task. Clinical diagnosis, treatment planning, and equipment quality assurance are all applications that rely on accurate image segmentation. There are a wide variety ... -
Psycho-Path Less Travelled: The Potential Role of Distress Tolerance in Psychopathy, The
Psychopathy is characterized by deficits in affective and interpersonal functioning. Neglecting social reinforcements that are typically attained through the experience of empathy, which is lacking in people with high ... -
Gentrification And Its Effects On Changes In Neighborhood Socio-Economic Characteristics And Crime Patterns For The City Of Denver, Colorado From 1990 To 2015
This research examines gentrification and its effects on changes in neighborhood socioeconomic characteristics and crime patterns for the city of Denver, Colorado, from 1990 to 2015. Spatial analysis, regression, and web ... -
Advanced Predictive Control Strategies for Lithium-Ion Battery Management Using a Coupled Electro-Thermal Model
This thesis presents a novel application of model predictive control (MPC) to the problem of managing lithium-ion cell performance using a highly accurate low-order electro-thermal equivalent circuit model and is experimentally ... -
Military Impunity and PFAS: The Privilege to Pollute
In my research, I ask if the military has acted with impunity with respect to groundwater contamination near Fountain, Colorado. Polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been frequently used by the Department of Defense (DoD) ... -
FPGA-based Accelerators for Convolutional Neural Networks on Embedded Devices
Within the last decade, there has been a rapid growth in utilization of machine learning in various fields and applications. Techniques and algorithms employed for machine learning are also becoming more sophisticated. One ... -
Pathological Personality Traits and Personality Functioning in Later Life: An Evaluation of the Alternative Model of Personality Disorders
Historically, personality disorders have been conceptualized as qualitatively distinct clinical syndromes, based on operational criteria. Consistent with this model, ten distinct personality disorders are outlined in the ... -
MODEST REDUCTIONS IN FACE SKIN TEMPERATURE DO NOT IMPROVE TOLERANCE TO A SIMULATED HEMORRHAGIC CHALLENGE IN EXERCISE HEAT STRESSED INDIVIDUALS
Face cooling is associated with autonomic and cardiovascular alterations that accompany an increased blood pressure. Cooling the face increases in parasympathetic activity resulting in reductions in heart rate abate after ... -
EVALUATION OF CURRENT FLOOD CONTROL PRACTICES AND ALTERNATIVES WITHIN THE FOUNTAIN CREEK WATERSHED, COLORADO
ABSTRACTWithin the urbanized Fountain Creek Watershed, high volumes of rainstorms during the spring and summer months contribute to symptoms of urban stream syndrome. The urbanized watershed is experiencing issues of the ... -
What Does Worry Look Like? The Multifaceted Characterization of Worry in Relation to Anxiety Among Younger and Older Adults
Introduction. Worry is a ubiquitous human experience and core symptom of anxiety. The present study examined age differences regarding a variety of worry components among younger (age 18-30) and older (age 65+) adults as ... -
AUTOMATIC PARKING LOT DETECTION WITH IMAGE-BASED MACHINE LEARNING, DRONES AND MOBILE PLATFORMS
Many parking lot facilities suffer from capacity overloads and many times there are no monitoring tools to provide feedback. As a consequence, the people, wanting to park, become frustrated as there is considerably loss ... -
Impact of Competitive Congressional Districts on Compactness and Political Subdivision Splits in Colorado, The
Colorado voters approved Amendment Y to the state constitution in November 2018. This amendment calls for competitive congressional districts in Colorado. The problem is that creating competitive districts conflicts with ... -
Towards a Better Understanding of Human Caused Wildfire in Colorado with Spatial Data Mining
This study investigated the circumstances of human caused wildfire from 1992-2015 within Colorado’s Forested Mountain and North American Desert eco-regions using spatial data mining. This process successfully extracted ...
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