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2015 ISRB Release Decisions
(2017)This research evaluates the Washington State ISRB and its release determinations for community custody offenders. Documents relating to offender custody and the release hearing process are analyzed for content and variables ... -
A Biologically Plausible Mechanism for Phonology Acquisition in Human Infants
Infants go through a serial developmental process in language acquisition, which is observable as specific linguistic milestones: by around six weeks of age, infants coo; by about six months they begin to babble, entering ... -
A Nursery Rhyme from Another Summer
Abstract: This thesis was written as an experimental memoir on abuse and recovery. It explores these topics through poetry, prose, and experimental non-fiction. -
A Sequence Based Approach for Predicting Clinical Events
The data associated to each patient increases almost linearly as the patient flows through the continuum of care. Analysis of the data collected during a patient’s admission to the hospital reveals that it grows vertically ... -
A Sequentialization of Features Approach to Complex Event Sequence Prediction
Sequence based prediction takes an ordered list of events as input and makes predictions about the next event. Most existing work on sequence based prediction assumes that the sequences are simple, i.e. consisting of symbols ... -
A[not]her Nature
A[not]her Nature is a collection of collage poems (centos) written in response to environmental issues. The language in many of these poems is drawn from, or responds to, seminal works of nature writing in an attempt to ... -
Accelerating large-scale simulations of cortical neuronal network development
(2012-09-13)Cultured dissociated cortical cells grown into networks on mult-electrode arrays are used to investigate neuronal network development, activity, plasticity, response to stimuli, the effects of pharmacological agents, etc. ... -
Adaptive Probabilistic Topic Models for Social Networks
(2012-09-13)Online social networks such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook generate tremendous amount of text and social interaction data. On one hand, the increasing amount of available information has motivated computational research ... -
Advocating Social Policy Reform: Universal Basic Loan and US Welfare Schemes
(2018)This study reviews the history of US poverty and social policies and analyzes alternative solutions and reforms to current income support systems. It examines welfare schemes that aims to reduce wealth and income inequality ... -
Alabama Judicial Override: Is One Greater than Twelve? A Post-Furman Look at Potential Disparities in Capital Sentencing in Alabama
(2015)From low level drug offenses to capital murder, arrests and sentencing remain disproportionate in the United States. As a response to the Supreme Court’s Furman v. Georgia ruling against arbitrary sentencing in capital ... -
An alternative approach to emergency preparedness: a descriptive case study evaluation
(2011)The Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepares (SNAP) program offers an alternative approach to emergency preparedness from more conventional programs. Program participants, staff and other associated individuals in this ... -
An Evaluation of Complex Adaptive Evolvable System Simulation
Building models has been a human activity for centuries. Through the ages man has discovered patterns in how objects function together in the exchange of information, materials, and energy. We know these groups of objects ... -
Application of Machine Learning Techniques to Acute Myeloid Leukemia
This thesis is inspired by the position paper ”Predictive, personalized, preventive, par- ticipatory (P4) cancer medicine” [1]. The basic concept of P4 medicine was “The right patient with the right drug at the right dose ... -
Assessing the Economic Impacts of the Earned Income Tax Credit on Five Economically Depressed Counties in Southwest Washington State
(2015)An economic impact analysis of the earned income tax credit for tax year 2013 using the IMPLAN input output model demonstrates that $36,200,241 dollars in EITC expenditures from recipients creates 267 jobs, $9,360,085 ... -
Audio Screen: Unsighted Game Mechanics for Mobile Devices
Historically, most video games lean primarily on visual communication, making them inaccessible to the blind. Non-sighted gaming is beginning to gain some momentum, particularly with the proliferation of mobile devices, ... -
Autoorthography: an exploration of identity poetics with poetry
This paper explores a poetics of hiding through explorations of language, identity, and literary influences. My preliminary findings are presented as poetic prose, scientific descriptions and small memoirs. Though fragmented, ... -
Bag of Flesh: MFA Thesis
Bag of Flesh: MFA Thesis is a collection of short stories and poems centered on dysfunctional personalities. Using a range of voices, the book explores issues of identity and selfhood in restrictive societies. By employing ... -
Barriers to Fighting Against Human Trafficking Through Non-Profit Organizations and Programs
(2018)As human trafficking has become a global issue, many survivors of human trafficking are faced with a new challenge - navigating a world with the freedom to make their own choices. The definition of human trafficking has ... -
Barriers to Temporary Inter‐District Water Transfers in the Yakima River Basin: Irrigation District Perspective
(2016)Water marketing, or mechanisms to acquire and redistribute water such as temporary water transfers, can represent a valuable response to drought for irrigation districts. The Department of Ecology, the US Bureau of ...