End-to-end verifiable (E2E-V) voting protocols enable voters to check that their ballots have been correctly cast and recorded, and also enable anyone to check that the tally was correctly computed from the recorded votes. E2E-V voting protocols have been successfully designed for precinct-based...
Languages that include diacritics in speech but omit diacritics in writing to a certain degree result in written texts that are even more ambiguous than typically expected. Not including diacritics in written texts increases the number of possible word meanings and pronunciations, which poses a...
Inland waterways are complex socio-technical systems characterized by decentralized governance, dense dependency on limited collective resources, a highly interdependent network of transactional relationships, and susceptibility to both natural and manmade hazards and disruptions. The majority of...
Linguistic Code Switching (CS) is a phenomenon that occurs when multilingual speakers alternate between two or more languages or dialects during a single conversation. CS may occur at various linguistic levels, such as at sentence boundaries, mixing two or more languages in the same utterance, or...
Sexual and gender minorities (SGM) have unique health risks and health care needs, but medical students receive little training on SGM health (Obedin-Maliver, et al., 2011). This mixed methods study sought to learn from curricular champions in diverse settings to apply lessons learned at the...
Continuing demands for increased computing efficiency and communication bandwidth have led to the development of novel technologies with the potential to outperform conventional electronic solutions. With the success of long-haul optical communications, photonic devices interconnect at the board,...
Thermal atmospheric plasma technologies such as Argon Plasma Coagulation (APC), have been widely used in medicine to coagulate, cut and ablate tissues. The main effect of these plasmas is created through tissue heating. In contrast, the effect of non-thermal plasma, also referred to as Cold...
Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) has emerged as a promising photocatalyst because of its capability to utilize visible light and more solar energy, low cost in fabrication, great stability, and biocompatibility. However, the poor photocatalytic performance due to various factors and undesired...
Advances in optoelectronics are often led by discovery and development of materials featuring unique properties. Recently, ultra-thin film (0.5 to 20 nm) materials have demonstrated great potential for applications in integrated photonics for on-chip communication. However, due to the limitation...
In complex systems developments, engineers often need programmatic analysis models to help manage and make design and integration decisions. Programmatic analysis models assess cost, schedule and risk for a development program. Where there are significant choices available to an analyst about...