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i3DTI: Interactive 3D Tele-Immersion
(2017-05)3D Tele-Immersion (3DTI) approaches offer collaborative augmented virtuality, by immersing multiple geographically distributed users in a single virtual world. Multiple cameras are used to capture remote users and ... -
IC Laser Trimming Speed-up Through Wafer-Level Spatial Correlation Modeling
(2019-12)Laser trimming is used extensively to ensure accurate values of on-chip precision resistors in the presence of process variations. Such laser resistor trimming is slow and expensive, typically performed in a closed-loop, ... -
Identification of Ligands Selectively Targeting Breast Cancer Stem Cells via Combinatorial Chemical Library Screening
(2018-08)Cancer stem cells (CSCs), also known as tumor-initiating cells (TICs), play critical roles in the resistance to anti-cancer therapies, tumor metastasis and tumor relapse. An innovative synthetic binder to cancer stem ... -
Identifying Dangerous Places to Homeless People: An Application of Risk Terrain Modeling
(2019-05)Spatial analysis in criminology is an emerging area due to the rapid development of technology. The spatial analysis can forecast future crime locations by considering prior crime and risk factors that potentially lead ... -
Identifying Differences in the Neural Correlates Underlying Semantic and Syntactic Development
(2018-05)Language comprehension requires millisecond level processing of semantic and syntactic information, yet children seem to integrate and comprehend all of this information with relative ease. Although this is done effortlessly, ... -
iGrab Hand Orthosis: Design and Development Using Twisted and Coiled Polymer Muscles
(2017-12)Four million Americans are suffering from upper limb malformation due to various neurological disorders. Efforts have been made to develop orthosis and prosthesis to improve the quality of life of those individuals. This ... -
Illicit Financial Outflows Through Trade Misinvoicing in Developing Countries: the Influence of Market Concentration
(2019-05)This master’s thesis examines the effect of market concentration on illicit financial outflows in developing countries. It argues that firms are more willing to shift funds illicitly abroad using the channel of trade ... -
Immiscible Polymer Blend Membranes for High Pressure, High Temperature H2/CO2 Separation
(2016-12)High pressure and high temperature separation of H2/CO2 is of great interest for clean energy generation in processes such as coal gasification. Flat and tubular membranes of the polybenzimidazole (PBI)/6FDA-DAM immiscible ... -
Impact of Manufacturing Imperfections and Extreme Thermal and Physical Stress on the Performance of Electrochemical Energy Converters
(2017-07-25)This thesis discusses important factors that affect the performance of a machine. These are categorized based on the manufacturing processes of the magnetic steel and effects of high-energy magnets on the rotor core of ... -
Impacts of Location Uncertainty on Statistical Modeling of Georeferenced Data
(2017-12)Uncertainty in data analysis has been a critical topic in numerous fields, such as public health, medicine, civil engineering, ecology and other natural sciences, and many of the social sciences, including geospatial ... -
Impacts of Physical Layer Impairments on Optical Network Performance
(2017-05)Nowadays, dynamic traffic demands --- including high-definition video streaming requested by mobile devices and large bulks of data transfers taking place between data centers --- continue to increase in volume over time. ... -
Implementing Appropriate Multivariate Methods for Higher Quality Results from Genetic Association Studies in Substance Abuse Populations
(2017-05)For nearly a century, detecting the genetic contributions to cognitive and behavioral phenomena has been a core interest for psychological research. Recently, this interest has been reinvigorated across many related domains ... -
Improving Quality of Experience for HTTP Adaptive Video Streaming: From Legacy to 360° Videos
(2019-05)Video streaming is driving the growth in Internet traffic. HTTP Adaptive Streaming (HAS) is the widely adopted solution for this purpose. When network conditions are highly variable, users experience low video quality, ... -
In Circuit Frequency Response Analysis for Control Design and Monitoring of Power Converters
(2018-05)In power electronic applications, frequency response analysis (FRA) data is used to analyze the plant, design the control and verify the control design. Traditionally, external equipment is used to measure the frequency ... -
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 ... -
Incentive Mechanisms for Inventory Control and Promotion Planning in Value Chain Management
(2017-12)Today's value chains consist of multiple economic agents interacting at different levels so that a product or service is delivered to its end customers in an efficient fashion. This dissertation explores the role of ... -
Incorporating Novel Functionality on In Vitro Microelectrode Arrays
(2018-05)The microelectrode array (MEA) is an inexpensive, high throughput platform for measuring and recording extracellular electrical potentials from a culture of electrogenic tissues. However, this technology is not without ... -
IncRDD: Incremental Updates for RDD in Apache Spark
(2017-05)Data is constantly changing. Today, there can be incremental updates to the existing data. As the data is evolving with new updates, the results of big data applications gradually become out of date and stale. It is required ... -
Increased Heme Flux and Mitochondrial Resporation Enhance Tumorigenic Functions in Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cells
(2019-12)Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths in United States, and about 85% of the cases are Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Many targeted therapies have been developed to treat lung cancer. Unfortunately, ... -
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science: Mahendralal Sircar and His Science, Morality, and Nationalism
(2018-05)Mahendralal Sircar (1833 – 1904) is known as a prominent homeopathic doctor and the founder of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS) in 1876, but scholars rarely refer to his role in promoting ...