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Title: A BROKEN HEART: THE IMPACT OF PEDIATRIC OPEN HEART SURGERY ON PARENTS' WELLBEING AND PARENTING
Author: McWhorter, Linda
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: According to the pediatric medical traumatic stress model, pediatric medicalexperiences can create posttraumatic stress symptoms (PTSS) in pediatric patients and intheir parents and siblings. While the impact of traumatic medical experiences has b...

Title: A Lifestyle Intervention for Women with Comorbid Type 2 Diabetes and Disordered Eating
Author: Vela, Alyssa
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Psychology
Description: Rates of type 2 (T2) diabetes continue to rise in the United States and around the world, with growth to epidemic proportions largely attributed to health behaviors such as poor diet, overeating, and lack of physical activity. T2 diabetes manageme...

Title: A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL CONSTRUCT OF ACCULTURATION, ACCULTURATIVE STRESS, AND COUNSELOR SELF-EFFICACY AMONG FOREIGN BORN COUNSELING STUDENTS
Author: Interiano-Shiverdecker, Claudia
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: The purpose of this study was to examine how cultural practices, cultural values, cultural identification, and acculturative stress related to counselor self-efficacy among foreign-born counseling students. A total of 93 foreign-born students curr...

Title: A Non-Invasive Wideband Isolated Current Sensor for High Frequency Power Electronics Applications
Author: Nibir, Shahriar Jalal
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: With the introduction of new generation of wide-bandgap (WBG) power devices, the size and volume of the modern power electronic converters are getting significantly miniaturized. For effective control of power converters maintaining high efficienc...

Title: A Novel Framework for Integrating Legacy Vehicles into an Intelligent Transportation System
Author: Rhoades, Benjamin
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: The last few years have seen rapid advancements in deploying semi and fully-autonomous vehicles into the mass market. Several car manufactures and technology companies have spent years developing these vehicles with aspirations to mass produce the...

Title: A Novel Principal and Independent Component Analysis Preprocessing Technique for Neural Network Classification of Electroencephalography Signals for Brain Computer Interface Development
Author: Major, Tyler
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: The field of brain computer interfaces (BCI) is growing rapidly. Innovations that help benefit disabled persons is the overall goal of the research, currently. Every brain computer interface consists of three basic parts: a sensing device, signal ...

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: A Quantitative Analysis of Per Pupil Expenditures on Instruction and Academic Outcomes in Michigan Public Schools
Author: Bryant, Amber
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: This research quantitatively explores the relationship between per pupil expenditures on instruction and academic outcomes on Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-STEP) in Michigan state public schools. This study particularly focuses ...

Title: A SINGLE-PIXEL HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING SYSTEM FOR CANCER MARGIN DETECTION
Author: Peller, Joseph
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Optics, Physics
Description: We have developed a hyperspectral imaging (HSI) system based on a single pixel camera design to detect differences in tissue properties based on the optical reflectance and autofluorescence spectra of the tissue. The long-term goal of this project...

Title: ACCELERATING THE DETECTION OF SPACE-TIME PATTERNS UNDER NON-STATIONARY BACKGROUND POPULATION
Author: Hohl, Alexander
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Geography
Description: The advancement of technology has enabled us to collect increasing quantities of spatial and spatiotemporal data at rapidly increasing rate through sensor systems, automated geocoding abilities and social media platforms, such as Facebook or Twitt...

Title: ACCURATE AND EFFICIENT CALCULATION OF SINGULAR ELECTROSTATIC POTENTIALS IN CHARGE-DIELECTRIC SPHERICAL AND JANUS PARTICLE SYSTEMS
Author: Retz, Caylah
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Molecular biology, Mathematics, Physics
Description: We introduce an efficient and accurate boundary element method for computing the electrostatic potential in closely-packed dielectric spheres and Janus particles. Close physical proximity occurs in modeling molecular ion interactions or colloidal ...

Title: ADAPTIVE CONTROL OF RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES FOR IMPROVING THE DISPATCHABILITY AND OPERATIONAL STABILITY OF RENEWABLE ENERGY INTEGRATED POWER SYSTEM
Author: Bhattarai, Rojan
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Renewable energy sources
Description: This dissertation presents a measurement based adaptive control framework for renewableenergy resources (RER) in order to improve the dispatch-ability and operationalstability of renewable energy integrated bulk power grid. The proposed techniquei...

Title: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE TORQUE CAPABILITIES OF HIGH GEAR RATIO MAGNETIC GEARBOXES
Author: Li, Kang
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering, Early childhood education, Electromagnetism
Description: Mechanical gears can be as small as those in traditional mechanical watches or as large as those in mechanical marine turbines. They can be seen in almost all transportation tools, for example, bicycles, cars, trains and airplanes. Though they hav...

Title: ANESTHESIA CARE TEAM TYPE AND HOSPITAL CHARACTERISTICS: ARE INCREASED LEVELS OF SUPERVISION ASSOCIATED WITH DIFFERENT ACUITIES AND OUTCOMES?
Author: Hewer, Ian
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Public health
Description: Anesthesia care in the United States is provided by a number of different practice models, that could involve nurses, physician’s assistants, and physicians working in teams or alone. Much of the variation in care models evolved over time based on...

Title: ARTIFICIAL FINANCIAL MARKET: AN AGENT-BASED APPROACH TO MODELING THE INFLUENCE OF TRADERS CHARACTERISTICS ON EMERGENT MARKET PHENOMENA
Author: Kamyab Hessary, Yasaman
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Computer science, Information technology
Description: Financial markets play a critical role in today's societies and are extremely important to the general health and efficiency of an economy. Solid understanding of the behavior of financial markets can benefit investors, governing organizations and...

Title: AUTOMATIC UNIT TESTING TO DETECT SECURITY VULNERABILITIES IN WEB APPLICATIONS
Author: Mohammadi, Mahmoud
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: Web applications consume data from different inputs. Some of these inputs originate from untrusted sources, such as user inputs which will be rendered in browsers or browser-based applications such as mobile apps. Many applications with these func...

Title: Adaptive Mobility Management for Next-Generation Small Cell Networks
Author: Nasrin, Wahida
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Electrical engineering
Description: Small cells are introduced as one of the key technologies of the new generation (5G) mobile networks. Among the existing small cell technologies, femtocells drew more research attention from both industry and academia because of their unplanned in...

Title: Algebraic Thinking of Sixth Graders Through the Lens of Multimodality
Author: Lentz, Ute
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics--Study and teaching
Description: This study explores ways in which sixth graders without prior formal algebra instruction attempt to generalize algebraic growing patterns. In a teaching experiment setting, two pairs of students solved the growing pattern tasks while having access...

Title: An Examination of Predictive Factors of Self-Efficacy among Supervisors who Conduct Cross-Racial Supervision: Social Influence, Racial Identity Attitudes, and Gender Self-Confidence
Author: Summers, LaTonya
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Education, Social sciences
Description: The counseling profession has become diverse and it is not uncommon for a person of color to be included in the supervisory dyad. Therefore, counselor supervisors are required to become competent in supervising people who are racially different fr...

Title: An Examination of Teachers’ Understanding and Use of Text Complexity and Complex Text in Second Grade Classrooms
Author: Smith, Delphia
Date Created: 2018
Subjects--Topical: Reading
Description: Communication in the 21st century is no longer limited to a mastery of literal level comprehension, although it is an essential element of understanding. Now, more than ever, it is paramount that students are able to read and critically analyze te...