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(2011-12-13)Department: Biomedical EngineeringIn addition to the inherent chemical phase shift between different proton species, fat-water MRI k-space raw data are corrupted by several sources such as magnetic field inhomogeneity; chemical shift phase accumulated ...
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(2013-04-15)Department: MathematicsResiduated lattices, which generalize Boolean algebras and lattice-ordered groups, have been useful in the study of algebraic logic, particularly as an algebraic semantics for substructural logics. By equipping a residuated ...
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(2015-12-10)Department: Cell and Developmental BiologyDiabetic Retinopathy (DR) is a leading cause of blindness worldwide, and its prevalence is growing. Current therapies for DR address only the later stages of the disease, are invasive and are of limited effectiveness. ...
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An Investigation of the Innovation Culture Driving Transformation at a Higher Education Institution (2020-12)The Innovation Center at the center of this work has a dynamic and unique culture that drives organizational transformation. This capstone aims to develop an understanding of the elements that comprise their innovation ...
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(2023-08)This research project evaluated the effectiveness of the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME) Leadership Development Program (LDP). SAME is a prominent advocate for addressing national security infrastructure ...
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(2005-04-14)Department: Management of TechnologyA Supply Network (SN) is a collection of firms that maintain local autonomy but who interact together to fulfill customer requirements. SN researchers have focused on the need to understand the reasons behind the diversity ...
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(2011-07-29)Department: EnglishCharles Dickens’s novels are full of instances of parental inversion, in which cruel or hapless (and usually male) parents are cared for by their far more capable (and typically female) children. Our Mutual Friend features ...
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(2013-07-18)Department: Biomedical EngineeringPurpose: This study evaluates a new magnetic resonance imaging method for detecting calcium deposits, using their characteristic susceptibility effects, in practical conditions to provide insight into its clinical value ...
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(2012-07-31)Department: ReligionThis dissertation examines the differing construals of the public/private relationship as distinction, hierarchy and, paradox, and the theoretical implications of these construals, in order to gain clarity on the public ...
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(2009-07-17)Department: ReligionThis is the beginning of our writing and our writing is about the relationship between Abraham and his sons, it is about how this relationship affects all relationships, how the relationship between Abraham and his sons ...
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Analysis and hardening of all-digital phase-locked loops (ADPLLs) to single-event radiation effects (2017-09-25)Department: Electrical EngineeringIn deep sub-micron CMOS technologies, all-digital phase-locked loops (ADPLLs) are favored over conventional analog or mixed-signal phase-locked loops (A/MS) PLLs for providing the clock signals for modern integrated circuits ...
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(2016-07-27)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThe thesis presents the work on developing wire-actuated wrist for Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS). The benefits of MIS is to minimize surgical trauma, reduce rate of complications, shorten execution time and accelerate ...
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(2015-10-20)Department: Computer ScienceCyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are complex systems which involve tight interactions between physical dynamics, computational platforms, communication networks, and embedded software. The complex interactions prevent us from ...
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(2021-06-15)Department: Chemical & Physical BiologyMathematical models are becoming increasingly used to describe biochemical processes and understand the systems behavior that arises from protein-protein interactions involved in a biochemical pathway. These complex ...
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(2006-04-18)Department: Biomedical EngineeringOur brains process and interpret sensory information in order to generate perceptions of the environment or motivate behavior. However, the underlying mechanisms by which salient stimulus qualities are represented ...
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(2016-07-29)Department: Microbiology and ImmunologySeasonal influenza remains a worldwide health concern and recently, the novel avian influenza virus, H5N1, has infected and caused disease in humans, though the virus is not currently capable of human-to-human transmission. ...
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(Journal of Lipid Research, 2022-12)The cumulative exposure to apolipoprotein B (apoB)-containing lipoproteins in the blood during early adult life is a central determinant of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk. To date, the patterns and rates of ...
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(2021-03-25)Department: ChemistryThe development of novel analytical methods and instrumentation has enabled the characterization of increasingly complex samples. In particular, mass spectrometry (MS) is a technique that has found broad application in the ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2018)
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(2009-12-14)Department: Cell and Development BiologyBves is a transmembrane protein that influences cell migration, motility, and epithelial integrity through previously undefined mechanisms. In this dissertation, I present evidence that identifies the molecular basis for ...