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(2019-07-18)Department: ChemistryThe manipulation and tailoring of crosslinked materials to engineer new materials with enhanced properties has been a growing field of interest in the past decade. Recent advances in light-mediated polymerizations such ...
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(2014-03-25)Department: Civil EngineeringSystematic development of a new self-consolidating high-strength cementitious armor material, for use in protective construction against blast and ballistic impact, is presented. Multi-scale experimental methods are ...
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Development and quantification of an atlas-based method for model-updated image-guided neurosurgery (2007-12-27)Department: Biomedical EngineeringThis dissertation covers research regarding the use of computational models during brain tumor resection therapies. Systematic studies have shown that the brain tissue shifts during tumor resection therapies and that current ...
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(2012-04-17)Department: Mechanical EngineeringThis project designed, implemented, validated and tested a biofeedback system for wheelchair propulsion analysis which was named OptiPush Biofeedback System. The system includes an instrumented wheelchair wheel and biofeedback ...
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(2022-07-15)Department: Chemical EngineeringTypically, the proton conductivity of a polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) decreases when the relative humidity (RH) of the environment decreases or the temperature increases. This drawback significantly complicates the ...
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(2014-12-01)Department: Interdisciplinary Materials ScienceThe favorable conductive properties of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) offer opportunities for constructing CNT-based nanocomposites with improved thermal conduction for a range of potential applications. Such lightweight composite ...
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(2023-11-17)Department: Biomedical EngineeringThe risk and burden of treating skin and soft tissue infections using antibiotic therapies is increasing due to the rising incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and other Gram-positive, multidrug-resistant ...
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(2017-11-30)Department: Biomedical EngineeringPrecision medicine is the concept of incorporating patient-specific variability into prevention and treatment strategies. Precision medicine initiatives in oncology have primarily focused on the use of genetics to classify ...
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(2021-03-22)Department: Special EducationPeer-mediated interventions (PMIs) offer substantial benefits to middle school, high school, and post-secondary students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). However, with no valid and reliable measure ...
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(2008-11-20)Department: Nursing ScienceNURSING SCIENCE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF THE STUDENT ACTIVATION MEASURE RACHEL A. KINDER Dissertation under the direction of Professor Kenneth A. Wallston Student activation is defined as a level of engagement ...
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(2020-06-01)Department: OtherObjectives: Subjective cognitive decline (SCD), a self-reported concern about one’s memory or thinking, is emerging as a potential early marker of unhealthy brain aging, recognized by the recent operationalized definition ...
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(2015-03-24)Department: HistoryThis dissertation is a case study of Marsabit, Kenya and the history of pastoralists, administrators, missionaries, and others who resided on or near the mountain in the twentieth century. My research emphasizes the ...
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(2021-04-18)Successful development teams employ best practices to ensure sustainability and longevity within higher education. This study investigates the office of Alumni and Development Relations in a small midwestern liberal arts ...
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(2015-02-23)Department: ChemistryOne family of platforms to probe molecular interactions utilizes interferometry. Interferometry has a major advantage over other techniques in that it does not require the use of labels, which could affect interactions ...
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(2015-07-01)Department: Biomedical EngineeringCurrent treatment for moderate and severe mitral regurgitation (MR), due to degenerative mitral valve (MV) disease, is open-chest surgical repair or replacement, as there are no known pharmacologic therapies that directly ...
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(2014-12-02)Department: Interdisciplinary Studies: Environmental ManagementThe 2013 Report Card for the Nation’s Infrastructure, published by the American Society of Civil Engineers, estimates that more than 10% of the over 607,000 bridges in the United States are structurally deficient. Engendering ...
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(2013-08-04)Department: EpidemiologyLung cancer is deadly, killing more people than breast, colon and prostate cancer combined. Surgeons evaluating patients for lung cancer face a dilemma: to operate and subject the individual to operation associated mortality ...
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(2007-04-14)Department: Biomedical EngineeringHepatic fibrosis is a progressive disease in which progression is correlated to liver mechanical properties. This correlation may be used to assess the state of the disease, and hence methods to determine the elastic ...
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(2021-09-10)Department: NeuroscienceSepsis is a life-threatening illness characterized by acute organ dysfunction including encephalopathy that clinically manifests as delirium. Survivors experience persistent cognitive deficits that indicate lasting ...
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(2006-02-06)Department: Biomedical EngineeringSelective targeting of damaged or diseased cells is a concept with great potential to revolutionize the efficacy of systemically administered agents. Successful targeting preferentially delivers imaging agents and/or ...