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NAF-Based Logic Semantics: Proof-Theoretic Generalization and Non-Ground Extension
(2019-07-19)There are several semantics based for negation as failure in logic programming. These semantics can be realized with a combination of induction and coinduction, and this realization can be used to develop a goal-directed ... -
Nano-Electromechanical Active Resonant Devices
(2018-12)Over the last three decades, various functionalities ranging from frequency selection and timing to sensing and actuation have been successfully demonstrated for microscale and nanoscale electromechanical systems. Although ... -
Nano-Electronic Device with Enhanced Surface Chemistry for DNA Sequencing and Water Quality Monitoring
(2019-05)Forty years have passed since the Sanger DNA sequencing technique faced the world. In the past 20 years, the advancement of the sequencing technique has suddenly sped up. This development has shared interests with the ... -
Nanoelectronic Biosensors and Nanoimprinted Hybrid Perovskite Optoelectronic Devices
(2018-12)Over the past decades, the rapid development of semiconductor technology has triggered a boom in many science and technology fields and brought enormous change to our daily life. Recently, the emergence of nanomaterials, ... -
Nanostructured and Nanoporous Materials for Heterogeneous Catalysis
(2017-05)Nanostrucutured and nanoporous materials are the materials with at least one dimension and a pore size in nanoscale, respectively. The nanomaterials have been intensively studied for various applications ranging from energy ... -
Native Software Security Hardening in the Real World : Compatibility, Modularity, Expressiveness, and Performance
(2020-05)This dissertation presents a series of new technologies that significantly bridge the gap between theory and practice of software hijacking defenses based on control-flow integrity (CFI) and in-lined reference monitors ... -
NATO Burden-Sharing and Keeping the Peace: Crisis Response and the Military Capabilities Gap
(2020-12-15)Since NATO was founded in 1949, the issue of burden-sharing has been fiercely debated. Members have argued about what constitutes a fair contribution and who is getting the most benefit. During the early days, America’s ... -
Natural Language Understanding and Commonsense Reasoning Using Answer Set Programming and Its Applications
(2022-05-01)The goal of natural language understanding (NLU) research is to build systems that can exhibit human-like intelligent behavior. Intelligent behavior in humans includes both learning and reasoning. With the dramatic success ... -
Navigating the Partner Landscape - Understanding the Impact of External Resources and Partners on Universities in the Modern Economy
(2019-12)Earning an education is a life-altering experience on an individual and societal basis. Beyond individual impact, academic institutions contribute to a constructive community through expertise and energy in the form of ... -
Near Millimeter Wave CMOS Receiver and Transmitter
(2018-08)Electromagnetic waves in the millimeter (mm) and sub-millimeter wave (sub-mm) frequency ranges have caught a lot of attention. The waves at these frequencies can interact with gas molecules possessing dipole moments and ... -
Near Optimal Social Promotion in Online Social Networks
(2018-12)Due to dramatic growth of user population in the past decade, online social networks have become attractive channels for companies to launch marketing campaigns. We study a couple of closely related problems in online ... -
Negative Spatial Autocorrelation and its Impacts on Georeferenced Data Analyses : With Case Studies of Cancer Incidences
(2020-05)Spatial autocorrelation has been a popular research topic in spatial analysis for decades, mainly attributable to its frequent detection in georeferenced phenomenon. In addition, the presence of spatial autocorrelation ... -
Negotiating Belonging: The Church of the East's Contested Identity in Tang China
(2019-05)The Church of the East entered along the Silk Roads from Persia through Central Asia to China during the prosperous and cosmopolitan Tang dynasty, and the church, naming itself Jingjiao, enjoyed an official status before ... -
Negotiating the Right Way to Play Video Games
(2020-04-08)Video game players have often debate “the right way to play” video games. Given new online communication channels, such debates become more accessible. For example, players use online forums and social media to negotiate ... -
Neodymium Based Catalytic System for the Polymerization of Dienes, Lactones and Vinyl Monomers
(2018-08)Polydienes, polylactones, poly(methyl methacrylate), poly(methyl acrylate), polystyrene and poly(vinyl acetate) are some common polymers which are utilized in applications ranging from rubber industry to biomedical ... -
Networksir and Environmentalsir: Two Simple Distributed Mechanisms for Modeling Epidemics
(2020-12-08)The recent COVID-19 pandemic and its management has highlighted a need for new and innovative approaches to modeling epidemics. This thesis seeks to address some of those needs by providing a new framework for modeling ... -
Neural and Cognitive Mechanisms of Trait Mindfulness and Their Relationships to Negatively-Valenced Emotional Reactivity
(2021-07-21)Mindfulness, an attentive non-judgmental awareness and focus on present moment experiences (Kabat-Zinn, 1994), can be used to refer to a particular type of meditation practice, a state achieved during meditation practice ... -
Neural Correlates of Trustworthiness Evaluations in Cross-Cultural Interactions
(2016-12)Studies researching the neural correlates of implicit appearance-based trust evaluations have implicated a number of brain regions, including the amygdala, prefrontal cortices, posterior superior temporal sulcus and the ... -
Neural Mechanisms of Affective Processing in Obesity and Associations with Weight Loss
(2017-12)Obesity affects over one-third of the American population and is associated with a myriad of physiological and psychological health concerns. While obesity has a number of contributing factors, the most prevalent is ... -
Neural Network Models for Text Understanding
(2019-05)Text understanding is a key component of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). The traditional approaches to solve this problem are by joining the features selected from sentences and the ...