• A Bayesian Hierarchical Framework for Pathway Analysis in Genome-Wide Association Studies 

  Zhang, Lei (2018-08-31)

  The genome-wide association studies (GWAS) aim to identify genetic variants, typically single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), associated with a disease/trait. A commonly used analytic strategy in GWAS is to test for ...

• Representation of War: Vietnam and Iraq Compared 

  Ye, Huiping (2018-11-08)

  Centered on the most representative and celebrated literature and films about the Vietnam and Iraq Wars, this dissertation aims to conduct a comparative study of the aesthetics and politics that have been mobilized in ...

• Stability, Bifurcation, and Continuation Theory for Perturbed Sweeping Processes 

  Wadippuli Achchige, Lakmi Niwanthi (2018-11-19)

  This dissertation is devoted to the development of a qualitative theory of perturbed sweeping processes, which are a combination of differential equations and a moving constraint. The differential equations involved are ...

• Evaluation of Local Field Potentials and Inflammatory Response to Chronic Microelectrode Arrays in Rat Motor Cortex 

  Shih, Ellen (2018-08-30)

  Neural interface devices are being developed for applications encompassing communication interfaces between prosthetics and patients and investigative tools for understanding complex neural circuitry. This work investigates ...

• Diagnosis of Inter Turn Short Circuit Fault in Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines 

  Qi, Yuan (2018-11-13)

  Inter turn short circuit (ITSC) fault is one of the most common faults in permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSM). ITSC fault has limited impact on system performance in early stages, but it can turn into several ...

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