Rachel Henderson and Dr. Alan Mayo, Geology The proposal, by Private Fuel Storage, a Limited Liability Company representing several utilities, to store solid, spent nuclear fuel in Skull Valley requires that many variables be taken into consideration, one of which is groundwater. Groundwater contamination is not anticipated in the proposed short term storage of the […]
Archives for January 2014
Agent Decompositions in Reinforcement Learning Architectures
Nancy Owens Fulda and Professor Todd Peterson, Computer Science Reinforcement learning is a sub-discipline of machine learning in which an autonomous program, called an agent, learns to behave appropriately in its environment. Appropriate behavior is described in terms of numerical reinforcements which the agent receives for appropriate or inappropriate actions. By storing a running average […]
Effects of Ammine and Hydroxyl Groups on the Fluorescence of Chemosensors
Scott H Fredrickson and Dr. Paul Savage, Chemistry Introduction Diaza-crown ethers have the ability to bind many metal cations. When certain side arms are attached, a fluorescence increase can be observed when the metal binds to the crown.1,2,3,4 Via this increase in fluorescence, presence of metal cations can be detected. For industrial purposes, these molecules […]
Interactive, Three-Dimensional Web Presentation of Object-Oriented Java Concepts
Robert Franklin and Dr. Robert Burton, Computer Science The advent and subsequent widespread use of the Internet have facilitated and motivated hypermedia distance learning. Unfortunately, graphic images used in support of Internet-based distance learning usually are non-interactive and two-dimensional because computers have traditionally not been fast enough to perform the myriad of calculations needed to […]
Optical Modulation of Semiconductor Nanocrystal Transport
Brigham Russell Frandsen and Dr. Bret C Hess, Physics and Astronomy The area of nanoelectronic devices is a rapidly growing field as new devices and techniques are continually developed. This is an important field because it is hoped that devices of this scale will replace the current larger counterparts on computer microprocessors and other components, […]
Image Compression Using Triangular Meshes
G Thomas Finnigan and Dr. Thomas W Sederberg, Computer Science Motivation Image Compression is a way of decreasing the amount of space needed to store or transmit an image by removing redundant information. In many ways, compression it like folding clothing – the result takes up less space, but it not immediately usable. Compressing an […]
Nursing Curricula Changes: Reflections of Shifts in Health Care Delivery
Chloe Allen Maycock and Dr. Cynthia O’Neill Conger, Nursing My ORCA grant resulted in a 50 page thesis that I submitted for graduation with University Honors. The thesis was completed between April 1997 and August 1998. The focus of my thesis was change in nursing curricula. The convergence of change and nursing curricula are inevitable. […]
Investigation of The Mitochondrial B Haplotype Preponderance in The Lake Titicaca Basin Populations of Peru
Michael Malan and Dr. Scott R. Woodward, Molecular Biology Advances in recombinant DNA technology have greatly assisted the study of human population history by helping to shed light on human origins and relationships. Study of the extra nuclear mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) has been a most significant tool used in these investigations. Numerous studies designed with […]
Identification of The Regulatory Elements Responsible For The Control of PremRna Splicing of Intron-1 in Chicken Cox-2
Daniel L. Simmons and Dr. Orlan Kenneth Macdonald, Chemistry and Biochemistry In order to create a unique clone of chicken COX-2 it was necessary to insert a synthetic DNA tag into the full-length version of the COX-2 cDNA. First, a 21-nucleotide oligo and its complement were produced using a DNA synthesizer. The oligos were purified, […]
Calorimetric Investigation of the Complexation of Didodecylcalix[4]arene-crown-6 with Alkali Metal Cations in Acetonitrile
Dusten M. Macdonald and Dr. John D. Lamb, Chemistry and Biochemistry Processing and storage of medium and high level activity liquid nuclear wastes (MLW/HLW) present a major challenge for governments around the world. Gamma radiation from 137Cs, as well as radiation from 90Sr and other radionuclides present in the waste, complicates the already troublesome disposal […]
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