Symmetric piezoresistive microcantilever beams have been demonstrated in previous research to be capable of sensing the presence of surrounding gas. This occurs as the damping effect of the gas changes the beam resonance behavior. Device...
Swarm Intelligence (SI) techniques were inspired by bee swarms, ant colonies, and most
recently, bird flocks. Flock-based Swarm Intelligence (FSI) has several unique features, namely
decentralized control, collaborative learning, high exploration...
This project will provide a service-oriented architecture to handle sensor data in real time as the information comes in. There are two types of sensors we're implementing into our project, mobile sensors and stationary sensors. These sensors...
Recently, social multimedia-sharing websites, which allow users to upload, annotate, and share online photo or video collections, have become increasingly popular. The user tags or annotations constitute the new multimedia "meta-data". We...
This dissertation is concerned with investigating robust approaches for the control of pneumatic muscle systems. Pneumatic muscle is a novel type of actuator. Besides having a high ratio of power to weight and flexible control of movement, it also...
Images, Photographic--Databases; Image processing--Digital techniques; Data mining; Cluster analysis
The performance of content-based image retrieval systems has proved to be inherently constrained by the used low level features, and cannot give satisfactory results when the user's high level concepts cannot be expressed by low level features. In...
Vertical axis wind turbines (VAWTs) are devices to convert wind energy into electricity. Unlike horizontal axis wind turbines (HAWT) where the main rotor shaft is set horizontally, VAWTs use vertical rotor shaft. Unlike HAWTs, VAWTs can be...
Online organizations are always in search for innovative marketing strategies to better satisfy their current website users and lure new ones. Thus, recently, many organizations have started to retain all transactions taking place on their website,...
Business logistics; Production management; Manufacturing processes; Industrial efficiency
In today's competitive business environment, companies face enormous pressure and must continuously search for ways to design new products, manufacture and distribute them in an efficient and effective fashion. After years of focusing on reduction...
Human being can easily acquire information by showing the object than reading the description of it. Our brain stores images that the eyes are seeing and by the brain mapping, people can analyze information by imagination in the brain. This is the...
High solids processing of biomass slurries provides the following benefits: maximized product concentration in the fermentable sugar stream, reduced water usage, and reduced reactor size. However, high solids processing poses mixing and heat...
"Venus is represented rising out of the water in accord with the conventions of the Aphrodite Anadyomene type. The triton and dolphin, which recall the maritime setting, were sometimes depicted alternately with two cupids accompanying the...
Segregation in education; African American construction workers; Construction workers; African Americans; Labor unions; Race relations; Laborers' International Union of North America; Women construction workers; African Americans--Employment; A....
Oral history interview conducted with James "Jimmy" Stewart on April 4, 1979 by Mary Bobo. Mr. Stewart, business manager for Local 576 of the Laborers' International Union of North America discusses segregation in education in Tennessee...
Louisiana Purchase Exposition (1904 : Saint Louis, Mo.); Exhibitions; Forestry
In the Forestry building at the World's Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, arches made of small logs spell out "Kentucky" connect tree trunk pillars in a large room with a metal-beamed ceiling. There are displays in the background. One display...
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people; Fraternal organizations; Awards
Harvey E. Garrett of Louisville, Kentucky wearing dark-framed glasses, a suit and bow tie, holding onto the handle of a trophy. The photograph has some discoloration. Typed on back of image: Harvey E. Garrett, Louisville Optimist Club, Awarded...
Albert Ivison of Louisville, Kentucky holding the handle to a trophy, wearing a tuxedo. The photograph has been cut so that only his image is visible, there are small cracks over the entire surface, and it's yellowing from age. Handwritten on back...
Indians of North America; Children; Animals; Danger; Rescue work; Buildings; Textbooks; Steam engines
Woodblock prints of, from top to bottom starting at top left: Indigenous people, most holding spears and one holding a quiver of arrows on his back, confer; two birds; turkey approaching boy wielding stick (with hoop and hat on the ground) and...
This set of woodblock prints was reprinted in the 1980s. With the exception of "Bottled by Barton Distilling Company Bardstown, Nelson County, Kentucky," the images duplicate the earlier prints in this collection. Woodblock prints of,...
