Human-computer interaction; Computer vision; Human-machine systems; Nonverbal communication
Hand gesture recognition (HGR) is an important research topic because some
situations require silent communication with sign languages. Computational HGR
systems assist silent communication, and help people learn a sign language.
In this thesis. a...
Corpus callosum; Diagnostic imaging; Autism--Diagnosis
Early detection of human disease in today’s society can have an enormous impact
on the severity of the disease that is manifested. Disease such as Autism and Dyslexia,
which have no current cure or proven mechanism as to how they develop, can...
This paper investigates the development and applications of the Black-Scholes
formula. This well-known formula is a continuous time model used primarily to price
European style options. However in recent decades, observations in financial market...
Computer vision; Pattern recognition systems; Human face recognition (Computer science)
Humans have the uncanny ability to perceive the world in three dimensions (3D), otherwise known as depth perception. The amazing thing about this ability to determine distances is that it depends only on a simple two-dimensional (2D) image in the...
Women--Kentucky--Louisville; Social reformers--Kentucky--Louisville--History; Morel, Louise C., b. 1871
Louise C. Morel was a leading social reformer in Louisville from 1917 through the early 1940s. Morel's work is a primary example of the continuation of Progressive Era ideals into the decades after the traditional end of the Progressive Era....
During the 1960's, nearly ninety percent of black women in the South worked as
domestic servants. While much has been written depicting the dehumanizing and
exploitative conditions in which they lived, their contributions to human rights...
English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching (Higher)
This dissertation is a case-study of three instructors and five of their students in first-year composition who were making the transition from print to multimodal composition. This study examines the similarities and differences in the ways...
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Steel hull of the MISSISSIPPI (Way #3977) on grade at Howard Shipyard. This hull (185 ft. x 38 ft. x 7.2 ft.) was built for the stern wheel inspection boat MISSISSIPPI in 1927. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hull was towed to...
Tugboats; Stern wheelers; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Stern wheel towboat JOHN BARRETT (Way T1393), also known as "One Arm John" because she only had one stack, alongside the hull of the MISSISSIPPI (Way # 3977) at Howard Shipyard. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hull, which...
Tugboats; Stern wheelers; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Stern wheel towboat JOHN BARRETT (T1393), also known as "One Arm John" because she only had one stack, alongside the hull of the MISSISSIPPI (Way # 3977) at Howard Shipyard. Owned by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the hull, which was...
Our research activities are based on the catalytic systems that provide resource-saving synthetic methodologies through gold-catalyzed reactions of alkynes and alkenes. We have worked on three applications: i) an effective and straightforward...
A wireless sensor network consists of a large number of low-power nodes equipped with wireless radio. For two nodes not in mutual transmission range, message exchanges need to be relayed through a series of intermediate nodes, which is a process...
Tugboats; Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Launch of a steel hull into the Ohio River at Howard Shipyard in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1931. The hull (75 ft. x 24 ft. x 4.5 ft.) was builty for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Cincinnati. Towboats CROWN HILL and ED. J. HOWARD are tied to...
Launchings; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Launch of a hull at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana in 1924. According to the photographer's notes, the hull is for the "Pittsburgh derrick."
Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Men work on a small steel hull on the grade at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. According to the photographer's notes, this is a "derrick boat hull."
Ferries; Boat & ship industry; Howard Ship Yards and Dock Company
Men working on a large steel catamaran ferry hull at Howard Shipyard in Port Fulton (now Jeffersonville), Indiana. The hull appears to be for the LOUISIANA (Way #3597), which was built in 1926.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. Portions of this issue are very faded.
The Louisville Leader was an African-American newspaper published from 1917 to 1950 by I. Willis Cole in Louisville, Kentucky. This issue says Vol. 17. No. 30. but is actually Vol. 17. No 32. There are small portions missing along the sides of each...
African American soldiers--History--18th century; United States--History--War of 1812--Participation, African American; Great Britain. Corps of Colonial Marines--African Americans
This research will address several key historical realities overlooked in reference to African Americans during the War of 1812. One, that African Americans played a significant role in the successes of United States military conflicts during the...
Juvenile delinquents--Rehabilitation; Juvenile delinquents--Mental health services; Juvenile delinquents--Psychology; Juvenile delinquents--Substance use
Juvenile delinquency with co-occurring substance abuse and mental health disorders has become an increasing problem within the United States. In part this can be attributed to the excessive number of delinquent youth entering the juvenile justice...
