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(2014-04-19)Department: PathologyFactor XI (FXI) is the zymogen of a protease (FXIa) that contributes to blood coagulation by activating factor IX (FIX). This thesis presents several novel observations regarding the structure and function of FXI that will ...
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(2012-03-31)Department: ChemistryJohnston and coworkers recently reported a novel amide bond forming reaction wherein the amine acts as the electrophile and the carbon donor acts as the nucleophile (Umpolung Amide Synthesis). In the following study, the ...
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(2010-06-29)Department: Learning, Teaching and DiversityThis study synthesizes what is known about strategic reading pedagogy through a meta-analysis of research on multiple comprehension strategies instruction (MCSI) for young adolescents in grades 4-8. The average effect of ...
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(2003-12-17)Department: PsychologyCognitive impairment represents a core feature of schizophrenia and a major impediment to social and vocational rehabilitation. First generation antipsychotic (FGA) medications do not elicit robust cognitive changes, but ...
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(2006-08-01)Department: Education & Human DevelopmentThis meta-analysis reviews research published between 1966 and 2001 that explores the effects of various reading treatments on the reading fluency of elementary school students. The literature search, coding schemes and ...
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A Method for Automated Performance Evaluation and Tuning of Neural Oscillation Detection Algorithms (2021-11-16)Department: Electrical EngineeringThere are numerous methods to detect and characterize transient oscillatory events found in electrical signals from the brain representing local activity. These events can be used to time electrical stimulation to modulate ...
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(2009-07-29)Department: PhysicsA METHOD FOR MEASURING INTRUSION INTO CEMENTITIOUS MATERIALS CONTAINING PARAMAGNETIC SUBSTANCES USING µCT WITH CONTRAST AGENT PATRICK MICHAEL MARINE Thesis under the direction of Professor Michael Stabin ,Professor David ...
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(2020-06-16)Department: EconomicsFollowing the 2008 Financial Crisis, the field of Macroeconomics entered a remarkable phase of methodological transformation. The reason for this is twofold. First, the standard approach of locally approximating equilibrium ...
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(2008-08-18)Department: Biomedical EngineeringLiving cells and tissues experience mechanical forces in their physiological environments that are known to affect many cellular processes. Also of importance are the mechanical properties of cells, as well as the microforces ...
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(2008-04-14)Department: Nursing ScienceThis mixed method study explored continuing bonds in children who lived with advanced cancer, as well as in bereaved families who lost a child to cancer. The study also examined associations among continuing bonds, coping ...
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(2019-06-19)Department: Leadership and Policy StudiesThis mixed-methods dissertation uses benchmark data to explore how schools in a large urban district responded to shifting accountability policy incentives as the state changed from No Child Left Behind (NCLB) to a waiver ...
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(2010-12-06)Department: Electrical EngineeringEffective communication and user input are crucial to mobile human-robot interaction tasks, especially in cases where robots are deployed to assist with disaster relief, emergency response, or military applications. This ...
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(2003-07-21)Department: Biomedical EngineeringThe correlation between the stiffness and health of tissue is an accepted form of organ disease assessment. As a result, there has been a significant amount of interest in developing methods to image elasticity parameters ...
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(2014-07-15)Department: HistoryA Model for America investigates how black and white South Orange, New Jersey residents formed alliances in order to transform their community from a predominantly white community into a racially integrated community. ...
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(2005-06-17)Department: Chemical EngineeringThis dissertation presents an original theoretical model that lumps the multiple secondary organic aerosol (SOA) components in an organic aerosol mixture into a few lumped compounds, accounting for both temperature and ...
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(2005-12-20)Department: MathematicsAn ordinary differential equations model for strep throat infection is constructed to compute the bacterial population densities of genotype combinations with binary switches in contingency genes. Theoretical analysis for ...
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(2008-07-26)Department: Electrical EngineeringThis thesis addresses the problem of managing computing systems using an integration of model-based control techniques and efficient AI search strategies. The proposed control approach uses the system model to forecast ...
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(2008-10-01)Department: ReligionThis project provides a concrete theory and effective theological model of spiritual and psychological development for contemporary Korean Christians. Three interconnected major challenges of Korean spiritual and psychological ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2004)In this paper, we address two important issues in survival model selection for censored data generated by the Archimedean copula family; method of estimating the parametric copulas and data reuse. We demonstrate that for ...
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(2022-01-27)Department: Civil EngineeringMultiple variables affect the cost of highway projects and associated bid item prices. Such variables constantly change according to factors on the project, state, and national levels. In most states, the funding of highway ...