Graduate Theses and Dissertations

Micropiles are a relatively new deep foundation technology in the United States. As an alternative to driven piles or drilled shafts, micropiles can provide substantial [...]

Kidney stone disease affects approximately 10% of the U.S. population. Conventional Holmium:YAG infrared laser lithotripsy is a standard minimally invasive treatment that[...]

ABSTRACTCHRISTINA ANNE WRIGHT. "How could love be wrong?" Gay activism and AIDS in Charlotte, 1970-1992. (Under the direction of DR. CHERYL HICKS) Sustained gay activis[...]

In the face of accelerating sea-level rise, people continue to live near anddevelop the coast. In the United States, we have chosen adaptation andprotection, via coastal [...]

ABSTRACTJOSEPH WILLARD. Ebony in Exile: An Examination of RevolutionaryBlack America and the Cuban Influence 1960s-1980s.(Under the Direction of DR. JURGEN BUCHENAU)In th[...]

Travel time reliability is commonly used in reference to the level of consistency in transportation service for a trip, corridor, mode or route in terms of its travel tim[...]

Objectives: This study examined activity planning for residents with dementia in care communities. My principal analysis explored how activity planning relates to reside[...]

This analysis examines the symbolic rape narratives of Oz and the cultural contexts in which they exist. It confronts visual images of male rape within the show to uncove[...]

Analyzing the price of PV generation systems in different market sectors shows that the portion of inverter cost and Balance of System (BoS) are increased due to advent o[...]

In this dissertation, the classic one dimension orthogonal wavelet construction scheme is discussed and extended to construct Parseval's frame wavelets in high dimension [...]