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Title: POST-DISASTER INVESTIGATION OF STRUCTURES IN EASTERN INDIA AT VISAKHAPATNAM AFTER VERY SEVERE CYCLONE HUDHUD
Author: ALHAIDER, IBRAHEEM
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: This thesis reports a systematic post-disaster assessment of structures after the Very Severe Cyclone (VSC) Hudhud in eastern India during October 2014, which is the strongest storm event to hit any Indian city. Started as a tropical storm in the ...

Title: Deep Learning for Sentiment and Emotion Detection in Multilingual Contexts
Author: Abdullah, Malak
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: Social media is growing as a communication medium where people can express online their feelings and opinions on a variety of topics in ways they rarely do in person. Detecting sentiments and emotions in texts have gained a considerable amount of ...

Title: FOCUSING, IMAGING AND RESONACE PROPERTIES OF MICROPHOTONICS STRUCTURES AND DEVICES
Author: Abolmaali, Farzaneh
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: Structures and devices built using microspherical building blocks attract significant attention in recent years due to an extraordinary high-quality factor (Q>106) of whispering gallery modes in dielectric microspheres and due to their ability to ...

Title: FREE BODIES IN UNSTEADY VISCOUS FLOWS AND SIMPLE MECHANICAL ANALOGS: NONLINEAR DYNAMICS AND UNDERACTUATED CONTROL
Author: Abrajan Guerrero, Rodrigo
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Mechanics, Robotics
Description: In this dissertation we study the interactions between free bodies and unsteady viscous flows, with particular interest in locomotion and in particle transport in streaming flows.For self-propelling bodies, we present systems with two different me...

Title: A Post-Processing Approach for Solar Power Combined Forecasts of Ramp Events
Author: Abuella, Mohamed
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: The growing integration level of wind and solar energy resources introduces new regulating and operating challenges in the electric grid. Ramp-rate limits of conventional power plants in the generation mix impose an operating constraint on renewab...

Title: Integrated Active and Reactive Power Management of Power Distribution System Considering Distributed Energy Storage and PV Farms
Author: Ahmed, Muhammad
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: Modern electric distribution system with distributed Photo-Voltaic (PV) farms and energy storage units have been facing technical challenges due to the difficulty in managing them collectively. This dissertation presents new solutions for energy m...

Title: SPATIAL AND SITING ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABLE BIOMASS BASELOAD POWER GENERATION FOR NIGERIA
Author: Akinde, Adedolapo
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Power resources, Environmental management
Description: A new dawn in Nigeria’s power generation landscape requires renewable energy development. Episodic power supply, and too frequent outages characterizes the centralized power grid in Nigeria, thus frustrating efforts towards economic development. T...

Title: SECURING MOBILE HYBRID APPLICATIONS THROUGH CONFIGURATIONS - FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE
Author: AlJarrah, Abeer
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: Mobile hybrid apps have the potential to dominate the mobile and IoTs apps market. Cross-platform or hybrid apps are providing a promising development choice that appeals to a great body of developers. This development approach \wraps" standard we...

Title: Reduction of Readmissions to Hospitals Based on Actionable Knowledge Discovery and Personalization
Author: Al-Mardini, Mamoun
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: Healthcare spending has been increasing in the last few decades. One of the main reasons for this increase is hospital readmissions, which is defined as a rehospitalization of a patient after being discharged from a hospital within a short period ...

Title: Development of Bridge Management Tools for Predicting Bridge Replacement Projects
Author: Alar, Aidan
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: One of the responsibilities of the NCDOT is the prioritization of highway bridge replacement projects throughout the North Carolina transportation system. The Priority Rating Index (PRI) is a multi-criteria formula that is currently used to provid...

Title: PATHOGENIC CONTAMINATION OF PRIVATE WELLS: DISPARITIES IN ACCESS TO SAFE DRINKING WATER IN GASTON COUNTY, NORTH CAROLINA?
Author: Alcorn, Alexandra
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Public health
Description: In the United States, groups within the population of private well users may face disparities in access to safe drinking water. Since private well operations and water quality are mostly unregulated, private well users may not be aware when they a...

Title: Synthesis and Reactivity of N-Heterocyclic Chalcogenone Complexes of Copper and Silver
Author: Allen, Alexander
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Chemistry, Inorganic, Chemistry, Organic, Analytical chemistry
Description: This presentation outlines the synthesis and characterization of several unusual two-coordinate copper(I) and silver(I) complexes supported by bulky N-heterocyclic thione (NHT) and selone (NHSe) ligands. More specifically, copper(I) complexes of t...

Title: Parent preferences on disability language regarding their preschool-aged child with special needs
Author: Alpaugh, Lindsay
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Special education, Early childhood education
Description: The purpose of the study was to examine the disability language preference of parents with a child with special needs who is between the ages of three and five. Specific research questions included: What form of disability language do parents choo...

Title: Formal Techniques for Cyber Resilience: Modeling, Synthesis, and Verification
Author: Alsaleh, Mohammed Noraden
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: As cyber vulnerability and complexity increases, cyber attacks become highly sophisticated and inevitable. Therefore, cyber resilience is necessary to make cyber capable of misleading attackers in reaching their goals, resisting their progress, an...

Title: MOISTURE AND HEAVY METAL STABILIZATION FOR COAL COMBUSTION RESIDUALS USING SODIUM POLYACRYLATE
Author: Annamraju, Sai Sahithi
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering, Environmental engineering, Geotechnical engineering
Description: Due to the recent (2015) federal regulations pertaining to disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR) from electric utilities, methods to dewater the CCR impoundments, establish structural stability, and mitigate the leaching of heavy metals from...

Title: DATA-DRIVEN DIAGNOSTICS OF ISSUES RELATED TO POWER SYSTEM DYNAMICS USING PMU MEASUREMENT
Author: Arefi, Mahmoodreza
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Engineering
Description: This work investigates the use of data driven techniques to diagnose issues related to power system dynamics. The source behind the data are simulated Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU) measurements. First, this study examines the application of Weight...

Title: STRATIGRAPHY AND SOILS OF FLUVIAL TERRACES ON THE CATAWBA RIVER, NC AND SC: LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN US
Author: Arey, Jordan
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Geomorphology, Geology, Soil science
Description: Few studies provide data that can document the long-term landscape evolution of the Piedmont of the southeastern United States. Here we present the results of field mapping and a soil chronosequence for fluvial terraces along a ~46 km reach of the...

Title: AN ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CORNER KICK NUMBERS AND FOOTBALL OUTCOMES
Author: Ashimolowo, Toyosi
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Economics, Regression analysis
Description: Corner kicks are arguably important during match play, but questions remain about the impact of corner kicks on match outcomes. This study analyzes the relevance of corner kicks numbers and their importance to match outcomes, then compares this re...

Title: “Afraid to Breathe”: Understanding North Carolina’s Experience of the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic at the State, Local, and Individual Levels
Author: Austin, Lauren
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: History, Public health, Government policy
Description: This dissertation is the first comprehensive, detailed study of a single state’s experience of the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic at state, local and county, and individual levels. Its two articles provide quantitative analyses of a unique new state...

Title: Hierarchical Control Strategies for Spatiotemporally Varying Systems with Application to Airborne Wind Energy
Author: Bafandeh, Alireza
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering
Description: Wind energy represents a leading renewable resource for the production of clean and sustainable electricity for on- and off-grid networks. Nevertheless, tower and foundation costs, which typically represent about 30 percent of the total installati...