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Development of Neodymium-Based Catalysts for the Polymerization of Dienes and Cyclic Esters
(2019-05)High-quality elastomeric materials from the polymerization of dienes are in high demand in industry. However, polymerizing the dienes with greater than 98% cis-1,4 content, with controlled molecular weight remains a ... -
Interleaver Design and Throughput Enhancement Technique
(2019-01-14)In constrained interleaving (CI), the flexibility of the frame size is limited and the interleaving gain is lowered as the number of rows increases because of the row/column structure of traditional CI. We propose a single ... -
Oligomycin Sensitivity Conferring Protein and Mitochondrial Deficits in the Aging Brain and Alzheimer's Disease
(2019-01-10)Brain aging is the strongest risk factor for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), in particular its sporadic form. However, the mechanism underlying the development of AD as a result of aging remains elusive. In recent years, ... -
Nano-Electronic Device with Enhanced Surface Chemistry for DNA Sequencing and Water Quality Monitoring
(2019-01-22)Forty years have passed since the Sanger DNA sequencing technique faced the world. In the past 20 years, the advancement of the sequencing technique has suddenly sped up. This development has shared interests with the ... -
Dynamic Wireless Power Transfer for Electric Vehicles
(2019-01-17)The transportation industry consumes 29% of energy, out of which Gasoline accounts for 56% of the transportation fuel. Extensive use of gasoline leads to the emission of harmful gases which are hazardous to the environment. ... -
Development of Non-Invasive Responsive Agents for Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(2019-01-22)Molecular imaging involves visualizing bioactive molecules or biological parameters in vivo at the molecular level in a live organism. In Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), inorganic complexes with paramagnetic ions, are ... -
Interactions between Athabasca Valles Flood Lavas and the Medusae Fossae Formation (Mars): Implications for Lava Emplacement Mechanisms and the Triggering of Steam Explosions
(2019-01-22)Volcanic rootless constructs (VRCs), or rootless cones, have been identified in southwestern Elysium Planitia, atop the Athabasca Valles Flood Lava (AVFL), specifically within the Athabasca Valles outflow channel, Cerberus ... -
Using a Comprehensive Characterization of the Physical Environment and Machine Learning to Forecast the Abundance of Airborne Pollen
(2019-04-18)It is known that approximately 50 million Americans have allergic diseases. Airborne pollen is a significant trigger for several of these allergic diseases. Among all sources, Ambrosia (ragweed) is known for its abundant ... -
Three Essays on the Demand for Military Expenditures and Terrorist Group Survival
(2019-04-01)This dissertation contains three chapters. The first two chapters study the demand for military expenditure in the Asia-Pacific region, and the third chapter studies terrorist group survival. Applying a spatial panel ... -
Isolation of a FOXC2 Targeting Ligand for the Development of Cancer Metastasis Therapeutics
(2019-04-05)Often cancer patients face obstacles such as metastatic progression, recurrence and chemoresistance. These obstacles are correlated to poor patient survival rates, and high recurrence rates. At the forefront of these ... -
Quantifying Experience and Task Performance in 3D Serious Games
(2019-04-16)Mixed reality systems allow the development of different 3D immersive games, by immersing a live captured 3D model of a person in a virtual environment and enabling interactions and collaborations among geographically ... -
Design and Applications of Gold Nanoparticles for Ion Sensing and Cancer Therapeutics
(2019-04-23)Gold nanoparticles have been studied extensively because their size- and shape-dependent chemical, physical, and optical characteristics, as well as, their surface chemistry that makes them a more powerful tool in a variety ... -
Applying Item Response Theory Modeling to Identify Social (Pragmatic) Communication Disorder
(2019-04-12)Social (pragmatic) communication disorder (SPCD) is a new diagnostic category (American Psychiatric Association, 2013) that describes individuals with severe deficits in social communication who do not also meet the criteria ... -
Promoting Normal: Jewish Culture in Occupied Amsterdam
(2019-04-19)Amsterdam is a unique city in Holocaust history. It was home to a thriving, highly-assimilated Jewish community, some of whom could trace their presence in the city back to the sixteenth century. Is also stands apart in ... -
Evaluation of Surface Morphology, Antibacterial Efficacy and Biocompatibility of Dental Cements in Simulated Oral Environment
(2019-04-30)Dental cements were used in conventional crown restorations for many decades before being utilized in cement-retained restorations in order to make a connection between the implant body and the crown. Cementation is the ... -
Cydoc : A Framework for Detecting and Mitigating Cyberattack
(2019-05-06)Cybersecurity has increasingly become important in many parts of our society. Nonetheless, cyberattacks continue to occur, which sometimes are reported to lead to undesirable consequences, such as financial loss, stolen ... -
AI Based Orthodontics
(2019-05-08)Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a science or technology by virtue of which machines inculcate human intelligence by implementing intelligent algorithms. This research study could be generalized as an application understanding ... -
Selective Stimulation of the Vagus Nerve for the Mitigation of Laryngeal Side Effects
(2018-08)Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is an FDA-approved treatment for epilepsy and depression. VNS is further being investigated for a number of other maladies, including tinnitus, Crohn’s disease, and heart failure. While the ... -
A Real-Time Solution Enabling Humanoids to Efficiently Identify Faces and Facial Expressions
(2018-08)Owing to the advantages and effectiveness of using humanoids in the field of therapy and rehabilitation, there is a need for robots to have the capability to recognize a person and understand his/ her emotional state based ... -
In Situ Studies of the Surface Chemistry Reactions Involved in Gas-Phase Deposition and Etching of Thin Dielectric Films
(2018-08)In this dissertation, key aspects of the surface chemistry associated with gas phase deposition and etching are discussed. Atomic layer deposition (ALD) is a gas-phase deposition technique primarily known for its superior ...
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