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Title: SOLUTION OF A 1-D INVERSE PROBLEM BY THE CONVEXIFICATION METHOD
Author: Abney, Ray
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mathematics, Physics
Description: In this thesis, we demonstrate a method outlined by Dr. Mikhail Klibanov for solving a 1-D coefficient inverse problem by the convexification method. Our inverse problem in question concerns finding buried bombs, where the dielectric constants of ...

Title: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GLAZING ALTERNATIVES – A CASE STUDY OF TEMPERATURE DIFFERENTIALS
Author: Adara, Mojisola
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Power resources
Description: ABSTRACTThe demand on energy consumption is ever increasing, making it necessary to develop appropriate materials that can help maintain consumption levels. Windows in a building are very susceptible to heat loss and heat gain, which cause fluctua...

Title: Force and Moment Tire Data Modelling and Test Report Generation
Author: Agalgaonkar, Sudeep
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: For optimizing the performance of vehicles, tire force and moment data generated by a tire testing machine is crucial to automotive manufacturers. The data representation should involve more than the transmittal of raw data. Conceivable representa...

Title: Electrical Behavior During Cooling of Conductive Concrete
Author: Alhakim, MHD ALi
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Civil engineering
Description: Self-sensing concrete consists of embedded conductive materials allowing enhanced electric conductivity for assessing mechanical properties. This thesis describes the design of a self-sensing concrete with steel fabrication waste and the detection...

Title: INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION AND CULTURALLY SUSTAINING PEDAGOGY IN THE CLASSROOM: AN INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO PRE-SERVICE TEACHER EDUCATION
Author: Allen, Joseph
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: This dissertation study explores the experiences of undergraduate students in a pilot pre-service teacher education course that addresses communication and culture in the classroom. This study is driven by three research questions: 1) do PSTs’ per...

Title: Exploring an Intelligent Responsive Architecture through Gesture-based Interaction
Author: An, Yijing
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Information technology, Architecture, Building
Description: Architects are increasingly adopting gesture-based interaction to create responsive, engaging and inspiring spaces. However, there is no established theories providing guidelines to link gestures and spatial movement. This thesis critiques the pre...

Title: AFRICAN-AMERICAN MALES: DO THEY PERFORM BETTER ON STANDARDIZED READING AND MATHEMATICS TESTS IN TITLE I ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OR NON-TITLE I ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS?
Author: Anderson, Sony
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Education
Description: African-American males continue to slip through the cracks of the Education System in America. McSpadden McNeil et al. (2008) report that district officials continue to focus on school scores as if they are the only way to assess student progress....

Title: POLYDYNE DISPLACEMENT INTERFEROMETER USING FREQUENCY-MODULATED LIGHT
Author: Arablu, Masoud
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Electrical engineering, Optics
Description: A novel multi-frequency (polydyne) optical interferometry method is introduced and a prototype developed to evaluate its performance in a Michelson displacement interferometer configuration. The polydyne interferometer contains three main parts of...

Title: DISFLUENT SPEECH SEGMENTS DETECTION AND REMEDIATION
Author: Arbajian, Pierre
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Information science, Linguistics
Description: Speech remediation by identifying those segments which compromise the quality of speech content can be performed by correctly identifying portions of a recording which can be deleted without diminishing from the overall quality of the speech, but ...

Title: PERFORMANCE AND SPECIFICATION OF OPTICAL COMPONENTS WITH MID-SPATIAL FREQUENCY SURFACE ERRORS
Author: Aryan, Hamidreza
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering, Optics, Engineering
Description: The advent of sub-aperture computer-numerically controlled (CNC) manufacturing techniques has enabled new opportunities for high-performance optical components and systems. Freeform and other challenging designs are now possible like never before....

Title: Apoptotic T-cell derived microparticles containing sonic hedgehog modulate endothelial cell functions in inflammation via rho kinase pathway
Author: Attal, Neha
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Biology
Description: Impaired vascular regulation as a result of endothelial dysfunction is a major determinant of sepsis-associated liver failure. We have previously shown that inhibition of one signaling molecule rho-kinase (ROCK) predominantly restores endothelial ...

Title: INTERPROFESSIONAL BEDSIDE ROUNDS TO IMPROVE PATIENT PERCEPTION OF HEALTHCARE TEAM COMMUNICATION
Author: Austin-Connolly, Star
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: To improve patient outcomes, there is an increased emphasis on patient-centeredness and effective communication among the patient and healthcare team. Patients complete the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) ...

Title: Elucidating Dynamic Mechanisms for Extended Spectrum Antibiotic Resistance in Class A Beta-Lactamase through Machine Learning on Molecular Dynamics Simulations
Author: Avery, Christopher
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Biophysics, Physics
Description: Beta-lactamase is a protein which is produced in bacteria and is a primary cause of antibiotic resistance to Beta Lactam antibiotics. Beta Lactams are among the most common types of antibiotics (including penicillin) and thus understanding the res...

Title: CROSS-PLATFORM INDOOR NAVIGATION USING MIXED-REALITY
Author: Ayyanchira, Akshay Murari
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: Indoor navigation and localization are challenging due to the limits of available devices. A number of devices, such as GPS [3], beacons [5], infrared positioning system, ultrasonic positioning system and RF positioning system [21] have been explo...

Title: Characterization of Geometric Surface Features Using Statistically Based Analytical Tools
Author: Azimi, Farzad
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Mechanical engineering
Description: The nature and quality of a surface’s topography can play an important role in a part’s performance and expected longevity. The complexity of a surface topography means that while commonly used ISO 25178-2 height based statistical metrics are capa...

Title: IMPACT OF DELIRIUM EDUCATION ON A POST-SURGICAL UNIT
Author: BYRNES, TRU
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Nursing
Description: Background: Delirium is a common issue experienced by many geriatric patients. However, it is often under-recognized and misdiagnosed by nurses resulting in the delay of treatment. The literature indicates that staff education is vital in delirium...

Title: THE FRACTIONAL BISPECTRUM NOISE REDUCTION TECHNIQUE AND APPLICATIONS IN INTERFEROMETRY
Author: Babaie, Jonathan
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Optics
Description: In the field of optical metrology, there are many existing techniques for measurement of the surface profile or film thickness of a sample of interest. However, many of these common techniques break down when there exists a high level of noise in ...

Title: A Recurrent Neural Network Based Patch Recommender for Linux Kernel Bugs
Author: Bableshwar, Anusha
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Computer engineering
Description: Software bugs result in a variety of issues including system crashes, loss of system performance, incorrect output and security vulnerabilities. In this thesis, we explore the design of a patch recommender system for the Linux kernel. Software too...

Title: UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL MOVEMENTS THROUGH SIMULATIONS OF ANGER CONTAGION IN SOCIAL MEDIA
Author: Bacaksizlar, Nazmiye
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Sociology, Information technology, System theory
Description: This dissertation investigates emotional contagion in social movements within social media platforms, such as Twitter. The main research question is: How does a protest behavior spread in social networks? The following sub-questions are: (a) What ...

Title: Distributed Actionable Pattern Mining
Author: Bagavathi, Arunkumar
Date Created: 2019
Subjects--Topical: Computer science
Description: In recent years, the internet has become faster, computer storage has become larger, data collected by organizations as well as web and social media has grown tremendously. Data Mining tools require adaptations to cope with analyzing massive amoun...