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U.S. Power Politics and the United Nations: Vote Buying in the Security Council
(2018-05)This article examines the phenomenon of vote buying in the United Nations (UN) and its consequences for the international community. Expanding on the robust link the literature draws between UN Security Council (UNSC) ... -
U.S. Supreme Court Use of Social Science Research to Inform Constitutional Criminal Law and Procedure Opinions Throughout the 2001 – 2015 Terms
(2017-05)The call for policies supported by evidence based research have increased over the past few decades. The United States Supreme Court is one of the entities that influence criminal procedure/civil liberties through their ... -
Understanding and Optimizing Vagus Nerve Stimulation Directed Cortical Plasticity
(2018-05)Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) is a tool that has been used to treat epilepsy, depression and enhance memory. In the last few years VNS has been observed to direct cortical plasticity when paired with a sensory or motor ... -
Understanding Daily Adolescent Disclosure: Associations with Mother and Adolescent Daily Mood
(2019-08)Adolescent disclosure is important to foster a healthy parent-adolescent relationship and has implications for reducing adolescents’ involvement in risky behaviors. However, the adolescent literature has not considered ... -
Understanding Influences and Biases in Decision Making: Three Meta-Analyses on Information Processing
(2017-12)In this dissertation, I conduct three meta-analyses exploring how consumers process information in the presence of marketing appeals meant to influence their decision-making. In Essay 1, I undertake a meta-analysis of 26 ... -
Understanding Lochner: Testing Three Rival Theoretical Perspectives
(2017-05)The Lochner v. New York case initiated a great debate among judicial scholars. Conventional wisdom surrounding Lochner is that Justice Holmes’ dissent exposed unwarranted judicial activism by the majority, while some ... -
Unique Architectures Built on Chiral Polycarbodiimides
(2017-05)The helix is a very fascinating and unique macrostructure that can be found in biological systems, as well as, throughout nature. The ability to transfer this basic structure into synthetic architecture will offer many ... -
University Presidents and Performance: Testing the Theory of Publicness Fit
(2019-08)For more than half a century, scholars have examined the qualities that distinguish public organizations from their private sector counterparts with the goal of understanding how and whether these distinctions influence ... -
Unraveling Alzheimer's Disease: Relations Between Neuroimaging and Neuropsychological Measures
(2017-05)Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a multifaceted disease that includes psychiatric, cognitive, and neurologic components. To better understand the progression of AD it is important to investigate how cognition and neuroimaging ... -
User Customizable Real-Time Single and Dual Microphone Speech Enhancement and Blind Speech Separation for Smartphone Hearing Aid Applications
(2018-05)Speech Enhancement (SE) is a vital algorithmic component in the Hearing Aid pipeline. Over the years, several algorithms have been developed to work in real-time and to improve the quality and intelligibility of speech. ... -
Using a Comprehensive Characterization of the Physical Environment and Machine Learning to Forecast the Abundance of Airborne Pollen
(2019-05)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 ... -
Using infrared spectrometry to deduce fluid history from a geothermal energy exploration core at Emigrant Peak Geothermal Prospect, Northern Fish Lake Valley, Nevada, U.S.A.
(2016-12)The purpose of this study was to test the possibility of using infrared (IR) spectrometry in mineral identification from a core (EM 17-31), from the Emigrant Peak geothermal prospect in northern Fish Lake Valley, Nevada. ... -
Vagus Nerve Stimulation and Rehabilitation Improves Recovery of a Motor Task after Neurological Injury
(2015-06-25)Ischemic stroke and spinal cord injury are neurological injuries that produce persisting motor deficits. Additionally, the majority of those suffering from impairments due to ischemic stroke or spinal cord ... -
Valuating and Modelling the Spatial Distribution of Ecosystem Services: Traditional Uses versus Commercial Logging
(2019-08)Ecosystem services derived from tropical plants sustain indigenous societies and make significant contributions to global economies. Often, multiple ecosystem services are obtained from the same plant species which ... -
Variable Frequency Operation of Stand-Alone Doubly Fed Induction Generator Connected to the DC system
(2018-05)This research focuses on the stand-alone operation of doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) with variable stator frequency. In stand-alone configuration, the stator side is connected to a three phase diode rectifier and a ... -
Variational Methods for Graph Models with Hidden Variables
(2018-05)In this thesis, we focus on the Markov Random Field graph. We gradually transition to Hidden Markov Model and work exclusively with binary graphs. We then utilize produced graphical model to train machine learning model ... -
Vibration Analysis and Mitigation in Switched Reluctance Machine Drives
(2017-05)High power density and high speed electric drive systems are required for many applications like hybrid electric vehicles, compressors and electric aircrafts. Permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs), Induction machines ... -
Viral Tool Development for Investigations of Learning and Memory
(2018-08)Developing new viral tools to investigate biological and behavioral phenomena is important to push neuroscience research to new avenues that were once limited by expensive and time consuming transgenic and knockout rodent ... -
Virtual Constraint Control of Powered Prosthetic Legs: Unifying the Gait Cycle
(2018-05)The lower limb amputee population is gradually increasing, primarily due to complications from vascular diseases. The vast majority of lower limb amputees use mechanically passive prosthetic legs, which are unable to provide ... -
Virtual Environments as Communication Technologies of Faith
(2017-08)In consideration of the United Methodist faith, this project answers the research question, “Do inherent qualities of virtual environments offer additional faith communication dimensions that are different from other media ...