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Development of a finite element based injury metric for pulmonary contusion

Gayzik, Francis Scott (2008-07-22)

Motor vehicle crash (MVC) and its associated injuries remain a major public health problem world wide. In 2005 alone there were 6 million police-reported crashes in the United States resulting in 2.5 million injuries and ...

Comparison of Possible Optimization Methods for Design of Optical Filters

Kediyal, Prashant C (2004-03-22)

Wavefront coding for extending the depth of focus of imaging systems uses a cubic phase mask which has a single parameter phase variation. Using a single parameter puts a limitation on optimizing the function that serves ...

Diet Quality in Overweight and Obese, Older Adults with Knee Osteoarthritis

Austin, Gretchen Elizabeth (2002-05-02)

The concept of diet quality reflects the dietary guidance principles of macronutrient distribution, moderation, variety, and proportionality. The primary aim of this study was to assess the effect of the exercise and ...

Photorelease of caged alcohols from artificial metalloenzymes

Oshige, Eric Stephen (2007-02-20)

Nature frequently employs metalloenzymes to catalyze biological reactions. In the literature there is precedent for artificial metalloenzymes that serve to selectively cleave coordinated peptide and ester linkages. These ...

Parallel Firewall Designs For High-Speed Networks

Farley, Ryan Joseph (2005-12-08)

Firewalls enforce a security policy between two networks by comparing arriving packets against the policy rules to determine if they should be accepted or denied. Unfortunately, security processing imposes significant ...

Maternal transfer of antibodies in Xenopus laevis

Poorten, Thomas (2008)

The immune system of the African clawed frog, Xenopus laevis, includes nearly the full repertoire of lymphoid organs and immune cell types found in mammals. In contrast to the mammalian immune system, the development of ...

A Dialogical Roadmap to Peace: Israeli and Palestinian Feminists Building Bridges to Peace in the Shadow of the Wall

Devaney, Jessica Leigh (2006-04-28)

The feminist peace movements in Israel and Palestine are characterized by innovation and determination. This thesis examines the cooperative peacebuilding initiatives of two feminist organizations—the Palestinian Jerusalem ...

Increasing Energy Expenditure of Cardiac Rehabilitation Patients

Kreshel, Leigh Anne (2002-05-01)

The primary aim of this intervention was to determine if a bi-weekly behavioral intervention, including energy expenditure feedback collected from an accelerometer, would increase the exercise/physical activity energy ...

The Development and Validation of a Measure to Assess Desire for Physical Competence

White, Laura Jean (2003-04-17)

The purpose of the present study was to develop and validate a measure to assess desire for physical competence. From an initial pool of 46 items, 25 were selected through exploratory principle component analysis and by ...

Physical Activity and Body Image in Breast Cancer Survivors

Beckham, Jamie Michelle (2003-04-10)

With earlier detection and improved treatment techniques for breast cancer, more women are surviving breast cancer only to be presented with the challenge of coping with negative physical and psychological adjustments. ...

The Golem Speaks: A Study of Four Modern Jewish American Novels

Tytell, Frances Wilke (2005-04-21)

The golem is a figure of Jewish folklore, an artificial person—usually, although not always, male—created using the magic of the Kabbalah. The legend has evolved over millennia; its earliest versions have golems created ...

Neonatal Brain Injury and Calcium Homeostasis

Lema Tomé, Carla Maria (2008-08-01)

During development, the neonatal brain undergoes a period of synaptogenesis known as the brain growth spurt period. During this time, developing neurons are susceptible to injury due to environmental factors, including ...

Primary Succession of Lianas in an Amazonian Floodplain Forest

McManus, Erin Michael (2003-05-11)

Lianas (woody vines) are a major component of Neotropical forests. This investigation examined liana composition in a primary successional forest formed from bank erosion and main channel migration of the Manu River. ...

Photosynthetic carbon gain on an episodically dry year in Abies lasiocarpa and Picea engelmannii across a treeline ecotone

Brodersen, Craig Robert (2003-11-19)

Alpine treeline position, stability, and movement have been subject to debate for over a century. Of primary interest are the mechanistic factors involved in limiting the advancement of treeline to higher elevations. ...

Bioanatomic MRI of Brain Tumors in Animal Models: Implications for Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning and Assessment of Treatment Response

Atwood, Todd (2008-05-28)

Most current radiation therapy techniques for high-grade gliomas are based on anatomical magnetic resonance images (MRI) alone. Magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) and dynamic susceptibility contrast MRI (DSC-MRI) are ...

Explicit Bounds for Linear Difference Equations

Goedhart, Eva (2005-04-26)

This thesis provides explicit, applicable bounds for solutions of a wide class of second-order difference equations with nonconstant coefficients. Among the applications is an affirmative answer to a question of Stevi´c. ...

Structural and Functional Analysis of the Thioesterase Domain of Human Fatty Acid Synthase

Pemble, Charles Williford (2008-08-14)

Human fatty acid synthase (FAS) has recently become one of the most therapeutically relevant targets in the cell. Because of the strong correlation between the elevated expression levels of FAS and most aggressive carcinomas, ...

Made in the Image of Man: The Value of Christian Theology for Public Moral Discourse on Human Cloning

Pelser, Adam Christopher (2007)

Human cloning has over the past few decades moved from the realm of clever science fiction into the realm of controversial biotechnological reality. As a result, public discourse about the morality of human cloning has ...

The Essence of Wine: The Meaning of תירוש in the Hebrew Bible

Tolliver, David Mark (2007-05-03)

This thesis explores the meaning of the word תירוש in the Hebrew Bible, particularly in the context of agricultural jargon. Based on an examination of the etymology and history of translation of the term, as well as on a ...

A Novel Model of Task-Switching and Decision Making

Bentley, Nick (2008)

To survive, an organism must pursue multiple goals and switch between them at appropriate times, yet little is known about how a network of neurons can underlie such behavior. A network’s behavior can only change with an ...

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