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(2006-12-07)Department: Mechanical EngineeringAn impedance-based control strategy to enable a user to walk at a pre-defined speed on the treadmill using a two degree of freedom transfemoral prosthesis with powered knee and ankle joints is presented. The strategy is ...
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(2023-10-31)Department: Mechanical EngineeringWhile lower limb exoskeletons for aboveground locomotion have been developed, few attempts have been made to develop an exoskeleton to augment human swimming. The design of exoskeletons for aboveground activities has ...
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(2015-12-07)Department: Computer ScienceInjury, loss of life, and tremendous financial tolls have for years plagued drivers in the United States and in nearly every industrialized nation in the world. Despite the associated risks, driving remains an essential ...
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(2008-08-06)Department: Computer ScienceVirtual environments provide people with the opportunity to experience environments remote from their actual physical surrounding. Virtual environment systems could have a huge impact in education, entertainment, ...
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(2012-04-21)Department: Mechanical EngineeringDESIGN AND EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF A HIGH ENERGY DENSITY ELASTOMERIC STRAIN ENERGY ACCUMULATOR By John Michael Tucker Thesis under the direction of Professor Eric J. Barth This project entails the design and demonstration ...
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(2008-12-06)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThis thesis evaluates the use of inexpensive, disposable, microfluidic chips to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) that has undergone three forms of sample preparation: one containing purified genomic ...
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(2023-11-16)Department: ChemistryInterleukin-6 (IL-6) is an inflammatory cytokine involved in the immune response but when dysregulated becomes problematic. We are interested in IL-6 due to its involvement in preterm birth, musculoskeletal infection, and ...
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(2014-03-04)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThis thesis provides an overview of the design and modeling of a hydraulic strain energy accumulator made out of an elastomeric material. The document first presents the theory and reasoning behind the design and fabrication ...
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(2011-04-15)Department: Biomedical InformaticsPediatric asthma exacerbations account for >1.8 million ED visits annually. Guidelines can decrease variability in asthma treatment and improve clinical outcomes; however, guideline adherence is inadequate. We evaluated a ...
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(2013-04-08)Department: Biomedical InformaticsBIOMEDICAL INFORMATICS DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPUTERIZED INFORMATICS TOOL TO FACILITATE CLINICIAN ACCESS TO A STATE’S PRESCRIPTION DRUG MONITORING PROGRAM DATABASE STEVEN JOHN WHITE Thesis under the direction ...
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(2005-12-13)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThis thesis presents the design, dynamic characterization, and implementation of a free piston compressor (FPC). The FPC is a proposed device that utilizes combustion of a hydrocarbon fuel to compress air into a high-pressure ...
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(2009-07-30)Department: Environmental EngineeringThis research involved the development of a new information system to improve inland waterway spill response. A review of current decision-support tools used to aid in spill response suggested that improvements were needed. ...
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(2021-11-19)Department: Computer ScienceAs COVID-19 continues to spread around the world, it is increasingly important to pay attention to the mental health of those who are isolated at home. Love In A Big World (LBW) offers a content-driven mental health solution ...
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(2016-07-27)Department: Mechanical EngineeringToward improving surgery and patient care, this work presents the development of needle-sized surgical tools and robotic systems that incorporate distal articulation mechanisms. In the human body, there are numerous critical ...
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(2022-03-27)Department: Biomedical EngineeringSmall interfering RNA (siRNA) has emerged as a potent regulator of gene expression, with the potential to treat a variety of previously “undruggable” diseases. However, its clinical translation has been limited due to short ...
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(2019-03-11)Department: Chemical EngineeringI detail the rational design and optimization of STING-NPs: a nanoparticle delivery platform that stimulates innate immunity and T cell activation through targeted activation of the stimulator of interferon genes (STING) ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2020-04)With Climate Change at the center of many global political and policy debates, a Pigouvian tax on carbon dioxide emissions remains a favorite solution among economists and other policy experts. However, asymmetric ...
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(2011-02-17)Department: Computer ScienceQuality of service (QoS)-enabled publish/subscribe middleware provides many configurable policies that increase flexibility and functionality but present many challenges. Configuring QoS policies has become more complicated ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2015)In this paper, I explore what it might mean to take the body as the focus of design to support learning in mathematics classrooms, and more specifically, to support learning to work with graphs. I will provide an overview ...
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(2015-07-27)Department: Mechanical EngineeringIn efforts to improve the abilities of surgeons through robotic technology, surgical systems need to be equipped with haptic feedback to better provide a sense of realism for the doctor performing an operation. The benefits ...