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Improving Analysis Of Heavy To Extreme Precipitation Using Conditional Bias-penalized Optimal Estimation
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-03-10)Precipitation estimation is a very important topic from the societal perspective as heavy precipitation can cause flooding from which loss of lives and damage to properties can occur. In current practice, a number of spatial ... -
IMPROVING AUTOMATIC SUMMARIZATION FOR LOW- AND MODERATE-RESOURCE, MORPHOLOGICALLY COMPLEX LANGUAGES
(University of Texas at Arlington, 2018-05)Resource-poor, morphologically complex languages are at a disadvantage in natural language processing tasks, such as automatic text summarization or machine translation, due to the shortage of quality linguistic data ... -
Improving Compliance with Evidence-Based Practice Guidelines for Bipolar I Depression Treatment by Mental Health Clinicians
(College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2017-04-23)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Background: A large body of literature describes poor compliance among mental health providers with evidence-based practice (EBP) guidelines for Bipolar Disorder ... -
IMPROVING COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH OF HIGH MODULUS CARBON-FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERIC COMPOSITE WITH VARYING MODULUS FIBERS
(2019-12-06)There has been a strong demand in using high-modulus (HM) carbon-fiber composites potentially enabling lightweight aircraft structures with significant weight savings. However, extremely low fiber-direction compressive ... -
Improving Cooling Efficiency Of Servers By Replacing Smaller Chassis Enclosed Fans With Larger Rack-mount Fans
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-03-12)As a common practice in the data center industry, chassis fans are used to direct air flow independent from neighboring servers. However, these fans are less efficient compared to larger rack level counterparts and also ... -
Improving Ducting To Increase Cooling Performance Of High-end Web Servers Subjected To Signicant Thermal Shadowing -an Experimental And Computational Study
(Mechanical Engineering, 2014-12)Ensuring that all the critical components like CPU's receive sufficient amount of flow as per their requirement is an vital importance in implementing air cooling for IT equipments. In addition to that the overall system ... -
IMPROVING FLOOD FORECASTING USING CONDITIONAL BIAS-AWARE ASSIMILATION OF STREAMFLOW OBSERVATIONS AND DYNAMIC ASSESSMENT OF FLOW-DEPENDENT INFORMATION CONTENT
(2020-12-22)Accurate forecasting of floods is a long-standing challenge in hydrology and water management. Data assimilation (DA) is a popular technique used to improve forecast accuracy by updating the model states in real time using ... -
Improving Fracture Toughness Of Silicon Carbide Based Ceramics By Microstructure Tailoring
Ceramic materials are one of the most promising materials for wide variety of technical applications such as automotive, aerospace, medical, and other applications. They have very high strengths and high melting points ... -
Improving Gesture Recognition Performance Using The Dynamic Space-time Warp Algorithm
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2013-07-22)The DSTW algorithm was originally used as the fundamental algorithm for a gesture recognition software. When the need arose for implementing gesture recognition on-board a robotic vehicle, the original recognition software ... -
IMPROVING HYDROLOGIC PREDICTION FOR LARGE URBAN AREAS THROUGH STOCHASTIC ANALYSIS OF SCALE-DEPENDENT RUNOFF RESPONSE, ADVANCED SENSING AND HIGH-RESOLUTION MODELING
(2016-05-18)Due to urbanization and climate change, large urban areas such as the DallasFort Worth Metroplex (DFW) area is vulnerable not only to river flooding but also flash flooding. Due to the nonstationarities involved, projecting ... -
Improving Hydrologic Prediction Via Data Assimilation, Data Fusion And High-resolution Modeling
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2014-12)With population growth, urbanization and climate change, accurate and skillful monitoring and prediction of water resources and water-related hazards are becoming increasingly important to maintaining and improving the ... -
Improving Interaction in Online Liaison Services through Skype
(IGI Global, 2015-01)This article describes a pilot project of enhanced virtual reference services through a multifaceted model of services that includes the addition of Skype reference. The project was created as a response to a growing need ... -
Improving Medication Adherence Among Adult Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: A Pilot Study
(College of Nursing and Health Innovation, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2016-11-22)**Please note that the full text is embargoed** ABSTRACT: Background: Medication adherence reduces morbidity, premature mortality, and healthcare costs related to CHD treatment. Therefore, a patient-centered intervention ... -
Improving Memorization and Long Term Recall of System Assigned Passwords
(2016-12-20)Systems assigned password have guaranteed robustness against guessing attacks, but they are hard to memorize. To make system assigned passwords more usable, it is of prime importance that systems that assign random password ... -
IMPROVING MULTI-RESERVOIR WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM OPERATION USING ENSEMBLE FORECASTING AND GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS
(2019-05-16)The objective of this research is to improve the cost-effectiveness, reliability and resilience of water supply system operation through the utilization of ensemble forecasting and optimization of the operating policies. ... -
Improving Online Students’ Quality of Relationships, Academic Success, and Overall Satisfaction: A Comparative Study between Undergraduates Who Use and Who Do Not Use Student Affairs Resources
(2020-05-20)Online education is the fastest-growing option for student seeking completion of a degree from an institution of higher education. Students enjoy the increase pace of the coursework and the autonomy to complete it on their ... -
IMPROVING OPERATIONAL HYDROLOGIC FORECASTING VIA CONDITIONAL BIAS-PENALIZED MULTI-SENSOR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATION AND MULTI-MODEL STREAMFLOW PREDICTION
(2021-05-09)Many multivariate analysis techniques involve minimizing mean square error (MSE) or error variance under unbiasedness. In the presence of observation error, variance minimization tends to introduce negative and positive ... -
Improving optical contact for functional near-infrared brain spectroscopy and imaging with brush optodes
(OSA PublisherDepartment of Bioengineering, The University of Texas at Arlington, 2012-05-01)A novel brush optode was designed and demonstrated to overcome poor optical contact with the scalp that can occur during functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) and imaging due to light obstruction by hair. The ... -
Improving Performance and Security in Anonymity Systems
(2018-09-06)Tor is an anonymity network that provides online privacy for the Internet users. Tor hides the user's traffic among the others' traffic. The more users Tor attracts, the stronger anonymity it provides. Unfortunately, users ... -
Improving Post Processing of Ensemble Streamflow Forecast for Short-to-long Ranges: A Multiscale Approach
(2019-08-30)A novel multi-scale post-processor for ensemble streamflow prediction, MS-EnsPost, and a multiscale probability matching (MS-PM) technique for bias correction in streamflow simulation are developed and evaluated. The MS-PM ...