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- Title
- “MY BABY COULD LIVE THE BEST LIFE”: FAMILY PERSPECTIVES ON SERVICES FOLLOWING A PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS OF DOWN SYNDROME
- Author
- Martin, Zachary
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Special education, Education, Early childhood education
- Description
- Screenings and diagnostic tests provide individuals the opportunity to receive a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome as early as the first trimester of pregnancy. Post-diagnosis, families are presented with opportunities for services and supports ...
- Title
- WIND TOWER TECHNOLOGY: THE IMPACT OF CROSS-SECTION AND TURBINE SELECTION ON THE GENERATED POWER
- Author
- Corbett, Jonathan
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering, Renewable energy sources
- Description
- ABSTRACTJONATHAN CONRAD CORBETT. Wind Tower Technology: The Impact of Cross-Section and Turbine Selection on the Generated Power (Under the direction of DR. NAVID GOUDARZI, with DR. PRAVEEN RAMAPRABHU as chair of committee) The performance of wind...
- Title
- WEIGHT FACTOR DETERMINATION AND FUND ALLOCATION OF PAVEMENTS BY COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
- Author
- Patil, Chaitali Ramakant
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering, Transportation
- Description
- The purpose of this study is to determine the most efficient and ideal weight factors by performing the Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) using the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) Pavement Management System (PMS) and using the idea...
- Title
- WALKING TO METRICALLY CUED MUSIC: HOW IT AFFECTS GAIT AND BALANCE IN HEALTHY OLDER ADULTS
- Author
- Grant, Darryl
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Kinesiology, Gerontology
- Description
- Introduction: Gait impairments are a major cause of falls in older adult populations, associated with decreased functional capacity and increased morbidity. Recent studies have reported using rhythmic auditory stimuli to positively influence motor...
- Title
- Volume Microenvironment Self-Consistent Constraint Theory Applied to Protein Stability Prediction
- Author
- Johannessen, Nicholas
- Date Created
- 2021
- Subjects--Topical
- Biophysics, Physics
- Description
- Controlling thermodynamic stability is a challenge in protein engineering. Engineering a protein by introducing mutations into its sequence to increase efficacy can destabilize the protein thermodynamically, preventing it from functioning in its i...
- Title
- Visualization and Structuring of Bibliographic Recommendations
- Author
- McQuaigue, Matthew
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science
- Description
- This study analyzes methods to structure and visualize bibliographic recommendations efficiently while conveying important information for users. Most of the work being developed in the realm of bibliography visualizations is surrounding the quest...
- Title
- Visual sonar: Estimating depth using sound waves and neuromorphic cameras
- Author
- Bagepalli, Abhijith
- Date Created
- 2020
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering
- Description
- This thesis proposes a novel method to recover depth of scene objects using an acoustic source and a calibrated neuromorphic camera or event camera sensor. The proposed system is a non-contact, monocular depth estimation method that observes subtl...
- Title
- Visibility of Two-Wheeled Motorists Approaching Left Turning Vehicles Under Nighttime Conditions
- Author
- Spivey, Heath
- Date Created
- 2014
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering, Civil engineering
- Description
- The number of fatal crashes on United States roadways has declined substantially since 2002, yet the number of fatalities involving two-wheeled motorists has consistently increased over the same period. Examining incidents involving a two-wheel mo...
- Title
- Vector-based Mecanum-Drive Robotic System with Machine Vision and Sensor Fusion for Soccer Training
- Author
- Briggs, Bartholomew
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Robotics
- Description
- This research proposes the use of a robotic system for soccer training. The purpose of this research is to devise, build, and demonstrate a vector-based mecanum-drive robot to act as an impediment to a soccer player dribbling toward a known goal t...
- Title
- Vascular Function in Patients With Chronic Ankle Instability and Healthy Adults
- Author
- Bruce, Casey
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Physiology, Neurosciences
- Description
- CASEY BRUCE. Vascular function in patients with chronic ankle instability and healthy adults. (Under the direction of DR. ABBEY THOMAS FENWICK)Introduction: Patients with CAI display impaired sensorimotor output and deficits in afferent/sensory pr...
- Title
- VISUAL ANALYTICS FOR LARGE SCALE ETHNOGRAPHY: EXPLORING COMPUTATIONAL AND ETHNOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE OCCUPATION AND UTILIZATION OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT
- Author
- Danilowicz, Steven
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science, Architecture
- Description
- Observational data within Post Occupancy Evaluations (POE) has had the problem of being deemed as ‘unreliable’ due to the fact that it is not based on quantifiable, empirical evidence. Even though ethnographic observation is quite effective and ha...
- Title
- VISION-GUIDED ROBOT FOR PLANETARY HABITAT ASSEMBLY
- Author
- Whitlow, Kohl
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Engineering
- Description
- The focus of this research is to develop a vision-guided autonomous system for structure or habitat construction on distant planets/moons in support of NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD). The proposed approach would use building bl...
- Title
- VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF A STEEL TWIN I-GIRDER PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE: STRUCTURAL IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION OF PEDESTRIAN EXCITATION MODELS
- Author
- Moss, Jonathan
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Civil engineering
- Description
- Excessive vibration of footbridges caused by pedestrian excitation is an important design consideration that has received increased attention in recent years following serviceability-related failures of several notable pedestrian bridges. Numerous...
- Title
- VERTICAL HYDRAULIC GRADIENTS AND GROUNDWATER-SURFACE WATER INTERACTION UNDER A PRE-RESTORATION PIEDMONT URBAN STREAM, CHARLOTTE NC
- Author
- Haydin, Derick
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Hydrology
- Description
- ABSTRACTDERICK RUSSELL HAYDIN. Vertical hydraulic gradients and groundwater surface water interaction under a pre-restoration Piedmont urban stream, Charlotte, NC. (Under the direction of Dr. DAVID VINSON)The hyporheic zone is a dynamic environmen...
- Title
- VARIATION OF WHEEL ALIGNMENT UNDER DIFFERENT LOAD CONDITIONS WITH A COMPARISON TO KINEMATICS AND COMPLIANCE TEST DATA
- Author
- Paradkar, Sagar
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Mechanical engineering
- Description
- Passenger car suspension and wheel angles have a strong influence on ride, handling, and tire wear. These angles are affected by both static vehicle alignment (as done at a wheel alignment shop) and by changes due to vehicle loading while driving....
- Title
- Utilizing fluorescently tagged undecaprenyl phosphate as a means to study lipid A modification in Bordetella pertussis.
- Author
- Black, Theresa
- Date Created
- 2022
- Subjects--Topical
- Chemistry
- Description
- Bordetella pertussis is a gram-negative bacterium that is the causative agent of whooping cough, a highly contagious disease that can be fatal in very young children. The outer membrane of the bacteria consists mainly of lipolysaccharide (LPS), an...
- Title
- Utilizing Image Segmentation for the Extraction of Heart Rate Variability in the Pursuit of Updating Mental Health Therapeutic Validity Processes
- Author
- Johnson, Lauren
- Date Created
- 2019
- Subjects--Topical
- Electrical engineering, Cognitive psychology
- Description
- Image and signal processing modalities play critical roles in the diagnosis and treatment efficacy of medical complications in people today. However, these tools have not yet been utilized to aid in the clinical diagnosis or treatment of neurocogn...
- Title
- Using an Economic Incentive and Marketing Strategy for Healthy Food and Beverage Purchases at Sports Stadiums
- Author
- Stephens, Casey
- Date Created
- 2017
- Subjects--Topical
- Public health
- Description
- The prevalence of chronic disease and obesity is a public health problem in the United States. Nearly 37% of adults are obese. Federal agencies and foundations such has the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJ), Center for Disease Control and Preve...
- Title
- Using Virtual Fracture Reduction Software To Explore Features For Fracture Severity Prediction.
- Author
- Tikekar, Rewa
- Date Created
- 2015
- Subjects--Topical
- Diagnostic imaging
- Description
- Current medical treatment for comminuted bone fractures, i.e., traumatic bone fractures that result in many bone fragments, is based upon fracture severity classifications that physicians determine subjectively. Due to the subjectivity in the inte...
- Title
- Using Topological Data Analysis for Text Classification
- Author
- Doshi, Pratik
- Date Created
- 2018
- Subjects--Topical
- Computer science
- Description
- I show that by applying discourse features derived through topological data analysis(TDA), namely homological persistence, we can improve classification results on thetask of movie genre detection, including identification of overlapping movie gen...