Search results
-
-
Title
-
A CLOSER LOOK INTO WHY AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN LEAVE AND AVOID STEM MAJORS IN COLLEGE
-
Author
-
Bailey, Jr., Ricardo
-
Date Created
-
2017
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Sociology, Educational sociology, African Americans--Study and teaching, Ethnicity--Study and teaching
-
Description
-
African American males are underrepresented in university Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) programs as STEM majors in the United States. I will be investigating why this phenomenon is so prevalent in America’s collegiate STEM program...
-
-
Title
-
A COMPUTATIONAL SPECTRAL IMAGING TECHNIQUE AND ITS APPLICATION IN FORM METROLOGY
-
Author
-
Habibi, Nasim
-
Date Created
-
2017
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Optics
-
Description
-
Many existing systems for three-dimensional (3D) shape measurement require mechanical moving parts that limit the measurement speed. A non-contact optical system that does not requires any moving parts can, in principle, increase the speed of meas...
-
-
Title
-
A Delphi-Based Investigation on Principal Preparedness for Managing School Finance
-
Author
-
Christian, Arthur
-
Date Created
-
2017
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Management, Education--Finance
-
Description
-
Background. Research on principal preparedness for managing school finance is limited. Grounded in theory, principal preparation programs are wifout practical exercises for leadership readiness on budgets and finance. On its face, this topic is he...
-
-
Title
-
A LOAD-BASED TEMPERATURE PREDICTION MODEL FOR ANOMALY DETECTION
-
Author
-
Sobhani, Masoud
-
Date Created
-
2017
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Electrical engineering, Power resources
-
Description
-
Electric load forecasting, as a basic requirement for the decision-making in power utilities, has been improved in various aspects in the past decades. Many factors may affect the accuracy of the load forecasts, such as data quality, goodness of t...
-
-
Title
-
A NOVEL ANTIBODY FOR THE DETECTION AND TREATMENT OF PANCREATIC DUCTAL ADENOCARCINOMA
-
Author
-
Wu, Shuta
-
Date Created
-
2017
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Biology, Oncology
-
Description
-
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDA) remains the most aggressive cancer with a 5-year survival rate below 10%. Two of the major contributors to this dismal prognosis are late-stage diagnosis and limited treatment options. Common symptoms of PDA ...
-
-
Title
-
AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF NORWEGIAN HOUSE PRICES
-
Author
-
Oeding Amundstad, Kjetil
-
Date Created
-
2017
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Economics
-
Description
-
This study estimates an econometric model to explain changes in Norwegian house prices. This is useful as it expands the understanding of how and why Norwegian house prices move as they do. The study utilizes Statistics Norway’s house prices Index...
-
-
Title
-
ANCESTRAL COMPLEXITY AND LINEAGE SPECIFIC EXPANSIONS OF THE ANIMAL BZIP INTERACTOME
-
Author
-
Kane, Eric
-
Date Created
-
2017
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Bioinformatics, Evolutionary developmental biology
-
Description
-
Protein-protein interactions are central to the regulation and function of transcription factors in time- and cell-specific regulation of the genome. Increases in interactome complexity may serve as a mechanistic driver for evolutionary novelty. T...
-
-
Title
-
APPLICATION OF COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS IN PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
-
Author
-
SU, ZHEYUAN
-
Date Created
-
2017
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Information technology
-
Description
-
Simulation-based methods are becoming a promising research tool in financial markets. A general Complex Adaptive System can be tailored to different application scenarios. Based on the current research, we built two models that would benefit portf...
-
-
Title
-
ARMY MANAGEMENT STYLES AND THE SIMILARITIES WITHIN ATHLETICS
-
Author
-
Simmons, Jackson
-
Date Created
-
2017
-
Subjects--Topical
-
Military art and science
-
Description
-
When comparing athletes to soldiers in the military you discover that there is an abundance of similarities that link the two in how they prepare themselves both mentally and physically to accomplish the task at hand. There are different programs ...