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Implementation of Parallel Programming to Improve Transaction Speed and Scalability in Blockchain Systems
(North Dakota State University, 2021)
This thesis presents a parallel mining architecture model intended to be used in blockchain systems to improve transaction speed and network scalability while maintaining decentralization. Typical blockchain validation ...
Blockchain-Based Trust Model: Alleviating the Threat of Malicious Cyber-Attacks
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Online communities provide a unique environment where interactions performed among its subscribers who have shared interest. Members of these virtual communities are typically classified as trustworthy and untrustworthy. ...
Sentiment Analysis of Tweets for Hate Speech Detection Using Binary Classification Algorithms and BERT
(North Dakota State University, 2023)
In the modern world, social media wields a lot of power. Twitter, particularly, has provided people a platform to express their opinions about everything under the sun from mundane everyday life to politics, race, religion ...
CareCompanion: A Virtual Assistant for Enhancing Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia Patients
(North Dakota State University, 2023)
Patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Associated Dementias (ADRD), as well as older adults, grapple with issues such as memory loss, trouble navigating, and feelings of loneliness. These challenges influence their daily ...
Evaluation of Convolutional Neural Networks Against Deepfakes Using Transfer Learning
(North Dakota State University, 2023)
The main objective of this paper is to evaluate ResNets, DenseNet, Inception and VGG, against deepfake images, to answer the question: How effectively these Convolutional Neural Network can distinguish between deepfake ...
Digital Deception and the Illusion of Choice: How Dark Patterns Undermine Informed Consent GDPR
(North Dakota State University, 2023)
Our investigation builds on prior research to examine global e-commerce data privacy, focusing on compliance with GDPR and CCPA laws introduced in 2018 and 2020. This study reveals uneven adherence to GDPR and CCPA regulations ...
Adaptive Mesh Refinment Applications for Adviction-Diffusion Problems Using Amrex
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
In this paper we implemented an adaptive mesh refinement in high performance computing environment to study a wide range of problems in engineering. They are nonlinear Fisher-Kolmogorov equation, heat equation, advection ...
Evaluation and Evolution of NAOnto- A Profile Ontology of Native American Diabetes Patients
(North Dakota State University, 2020)
Diabetes is one of the deadliest diseases worldwide. Its prevalence is highest amongst the American Indian (AI) community. The existing ontology-based self-management tools for native Americans lack comprehensiveness and ...