Thesis (M.S.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Computational Engineering. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S. in Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Michael Zyda, Bret Michael. Includes bibliographical references (p. 111-114). Also available online.

Thesis (M.S. in Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation)--Naval Postgraduate School, December 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Wolfgang Baer, David W. Laflam. Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63). Also available online.

Thesis--Ph. D., University of Hong Kong. / Contents: v.1. Text.- v.2. Appendices. Typewritten.

Thesis--M. Phil., University of Hong Kong, 1979. / Photocopy of typewritten.

Thesis PlanB (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Stout, 2009. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S. in Modeling, Virtual Environments, and Simulation)--Naval Postgraduate School, June 2003. / Thesis advisor(s): Rudolph P. Darken, Joseph A. Sullivan. Includes bibliographical references (p. 77). Also available online.

A computational neural and biomechanical system for human bicycle pedaling is developed in order to study the interaction between the central nervous system and the biomechanical system. It consists of a genetic algorithm, artificial neural network, muscle system, and skeletal system. Our first finding is that the genetic algorithm is a robust tool to formulate human movement. We also find that our developed models are able to handle mechanical perturbation and neural noise. In addition, we observe variability and repeatability of pedaling motion with or without perturbation and noise. Movement phase dependent feedback nature is seen through computation too. This system shows many human movement qualities and is useful for further neural and motor control investigations. / text

The finite-difference time-domain method is used to simulate the propagation of focused beams used for stimulated emission depletion (STED) microscopy as they scatter through layers of biological cells. Depletion beams that facilitate axial and lateral confinement of the fluorescence emission are modeled, and the effective point spread function of the system as a function of focal depth is assessed under one- and two-photon excitation. Results show that the lateral depletion beam retains a well-defined minimum up to the maximum simulation depth of 42 µm. In addition, the relative spatial shift between excitation and de-excitation beam foci is less than 44 nm for all simulated depths. PSF calculations suggest that sub-diffraction imaging is possible beyond the maximum simulated depth, as long as the fluorescence emission is detectable. However, strong attenuation of the fluorescence emission by the axial confinement beam may make this beam unsuitable for sub-diffraction imaging in scattering samples. / text

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