Spatial datasets contain information relating to the locations of incidents of phenomena for example, crime and disease. Areas that contain a higher than expected incidence of the phenomena, given background population and census datasets, are of particular interest. By analysin…
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This thesis comprises two stages that empirically investigate and evaluate the perceptions and importance of service elements expectations of professional baseball spectator in Taiwan. Study I is designed to collect the perception of spectators service elements expectations focu…
Rare, arctic relict plant populations of Minnesota, found in the cool and moist microclimate produced along the cold waters of Lake Superior, face an uncertain future due to anthropogenic climate change. In this study, we used a variety of approaches to examine the contemporary …
The purpose of this thesis is to demonstrate and analyze how Nike’s Dream Crazier commercial reframes the rhetoric used in the media surrounding female athletes to create a new athletic identity for female athletes. Dream Crazier reframes the language used in the media with the …
This research presents a multi-scalar work on the effects of human disturbance on high Andean forests in Colombia. It focuses on the analysis of vegetation composition and structure and on the dynamics of forest cover change and connectivity through time in selected localities a…
K-means is the most popular algorithm for clustering, a classic task in machine learning and related fields. It is even listed among the top ten algorithms in the entire data mining field. Although shown to be effective in many practical situations, k-means has a few well known …
While much has been written about our nation’s first First Ladies, not much attention has been paid to the rhetoric of these women. As the New Republic worked to build and create a democracy, Martha Washington, Abigail Adams, and Dolley Madison had the treacherous task of naviga…
Childhood sexual abuse (CSA) contributes to depression in various populations and this link has been established using robust longitudinal studies. However, limited studies have examined this link using person-centered approaches, such as with cluster analysis, and longitudinall…
Clustering of expressed sequence tags (ESTs) is a vital step in EST analysis pipeline. The main goal of clustering is to gather overlapping ESTs from the same transcript of a single gene into a distinct cluster. A simple way to cluster ESTs is by comparing their similarity in a …
Insecticide application via indoor residual spraying (IRS) and long-lasting insecticide-treated bednets (LLIN) has been a key component in combating malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, with pyrethroids being the traditionally recommended insecticides. However, the resistance of Anoph…
Almost two thousand years ago, Claudius Ptolemy created a guide to drawing maps of the world, identifying the names and coordinates of over 8,000 settlements and geographical features. Using the coordinates of those cities and landmarks which have been identified with modern loc…