Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a prevalent neurodegenerative disease in not only the US but worldwide. Approximately, as of 2020, around 5.8 million Americans, ages 65 and over may be living with AD. AD is a disease where the ...

NASA satellite data products are part of the recent big data explosion. An example of this are the individual physically referenced and processed footprints of data from the AIRS satellite (L2 Data Product), Each 2.3 MB ...

This dissertation describes dragonfly species of Hanover County, Virginia, which species are most likely to be first colonizers of a new or re-constructed impoundment, which species are never found as first colonizers, and ...

Observers of financial markets have long noted that asset prices are very volatile and commonly exhibit jumps (price spikes). Thus, the assumption of a continuous process for asset price behavior is often violated in ...

Previous studies have documented extensive interactions between the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and the Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO). These studies have primarily focused on interactions during individual El ...

As of 2020, there were 37.7 million people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1). Although great strides have been made in treatment options for HIV-1 and our understanding of the HIV-1 life cycle has ...

There are many organizations where location and time are critical to the success of their mission. These organizations desire to improve the performance of their teams with the technology they are using to locate an entity ...

The North Atlantic sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies associated with the Atlantic multidecadal variability (AMV) have major impacts on the regional and global climate. Therefore, understanding the AMV mechanisms can ...

The mechanisms responsible for the East Asian Summer Monsoon (EASM) changes in a global warming scenario are investigated. Previous studies have shown that the EASM response to a warmer climate is primarily caused by the ...

Acoustic communication involves the transmission and reception of signals that carry important messages, such as territory ownership, mate attraction, and predation risk. However, background noise can interfere with acoustic ...