Browsing UTD Theses and Dissertations by Issue Date
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Neural Correlates of Trustworthiness Evaluations in Cross-Cultural Interactions
(2016-12)Studies researching the neural correlates of implicit appearance-based trust evaluations have implicated a number of brain regions, including the amygdala, prefrontal cortices, posterior superior temporal sulcus and the ... -
Reaction Time and the Task Evoked Pupil Response as Measures of Non-Volitional and Volitional Cognitive Effort
(2016-12)This study aimed to identify the utility of reaction time (RT) and the task evoked pupil response (TEPR) as measures of non-volitional and volitional cognitive effort. Stimulus probability was manipulated to measure ... -
Modeling of Permanent Magnet Machines Using Field Reconstruction Method
(2016-12)Permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) is becoming more prevalent in industry applications due to its high power and torque density. The magnetic field distribution in the airgap of the motor is critical in predicting ... -
Comprehensive Capacitance-Voltage Analysis Including Quantum Effects for High-K Interfaces on Germanium and Other Alternative Channel Materials
(2016-12)High mobility alternative channel materials to silicon are critical to the continued scaling of metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) devices. However, before they can be incorporated into advanced devices, some major issues ... -
Optimized Assembly and Utilization of Functional Materials Towards Designing Stable and Reliable Affinity Based Biosensing Platforms
(2016-12)A wide variety of biomarkers are found in human sweat such as electrolytes, metabolites, small molecules and proteins. This renders human sweat to be highly suitable for non-invasive, lancet-free diagnosis of biomarkers. ... -
Surface Engineering of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for Two-Dimensional Electronic Device Applications
(2016-12)Two-dimensional transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) are considered potential channel materials for emerging electronic devices in the roadmap beyond Si-CMOS technology. Layered TMDs offer intrinsically an ultrathin ... -
Predicting Arrest Trajectories in Micro-Places: A Test of Social Disorganization Theory
(2016-12)Although much has been learned about crime in micro-places, their development and continuity over time remains largely misunderstood. In 2006, Weisburd, Bushway, Lum and Yang were the first to develop trajectories of crime ... -
Detoxification of Titanium Implant Surfaces: Evaluation of Surface Morphology and Pre-osteoblast Cell Compatibility
(2016-12)Success of a dental implant is primarily assessed by its surface condition and its capability to biologically integrate with surrounding soft and hard tissues. When the surface of an implant is compromised by bacterial ... -
Government Issue and the Face of War: The Representation of Servicemen in American Literary and Visual Culture of the Second World War
(2016-12)Throughout the Second World War, a gulf existed between the experience of American civilians and that of the American combat soldier. Official propaganda posters sanctioned by the Office of War Information argued that the ... -
The Regulation of Neuronal Survival through the Modulation of Aberrant Cell Cycle Re-Entry
(2016-12)The complex nature of the neuron is made that much greater knowing there are billions of them forming trillions of synaptic connections all while working in concert with billions of non-neuronal glial cells. To further ... -
Mitochondrial Respiration Promotes Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Cell Proliferation and Function
(2016-12)Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related death both in the USA and worldwide. More than 80% of the lung cancer cases are non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Since Otto Warburg made the first observation that the ... -
X-band GaN MMIC inverse-F PA optimized for load modulation
(2016-12)This thesis details the design and layout of a X-Band Inverse Class F power amplifier designed for active load modulation in an RF-input / RF-output outphasing system. The amplifier is designed to maximize efficiency given ... -
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 ... -
The Neural Correlates of Encoding Memory Associations
(2016-12)A veridical memory for an episodic event contains multiple pieces of information, which include associations between different items in the environment, temporal information about when different items were experienced, and ... -
Thermal Analysis and Management of Switched Reluctance Machines
(2016-12)With limited resources of rare earth materials, electric motor manufacturers have been driven towards non rare earth solutions like switched reluctance machines (SRMs). Due to their simplicity, robust structure, low cost, ... -
Breast Cancer Detection by Magneto-Thermal Modeling of Biological Tissues
(2016-12)Breast cancer has adversely influenced women’s lives for many years. Yet, the current cancer detection methods come with disadvantages such as lack of reliability, health concerns, and high operational costs. This research ... -
Investigation of Improved Masking Noise for the Speech Privacy
(2016-12)Many sound masking products for the purpose of achieving speech privacy have emerged on the market in recent years. Over the time, quality of the masking noise has been improved a lot and still is studied for a better ... -
The Graphene Field Effect Transistor: A Large Scale Integration Approach
(2016-12)Owing to the continuous down scaling of devices as per Moore’s law and the simultaneous need to increase the processing efficiency of the transistor, graphene was found to be the potential candidate for the post silicon ... -
Death and the Invisible Hand: Contemporary Mexican Art, 1988-Present
(2016-12)This dissertation is about the presence of death in contemporary Mexican art, specifically the ways in which it transforms an ancient tradition while reflecting the sociopolitical changes brought about by the neoliberal ... -
Induction Generator Based More Electric Architectures for Commercial Transport Aircraft
(2016-12)In the trend toward more electric aircraft, optimizing the performance of the new electrical power system in terms of reliability, fault-tolerance, size, weight, e ffciency and cost is quite a challenging task, in which ...