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Isolation and Characterization of Polyurethane-Degrading Microorganisms
(2022-04-18)
Polyester polyurethanes (PUR) are one of most versatile synthetic polymers with various applications. However, tremendous quantities of end-of-life PUR is problematic and has caused negative impacts on the environment and ...
A Framework to Understand Engineering Identity Development and the Success of Women's Participation on Competitive Project Teams
(2022-04-21)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate undergraduate women participating on collegiate extracurricular competitive project teams (PT) in comparison to non-project team (non-PT) female students. The study determined ...
CEO's Formal Association with Nonprofit Organizations
(2022-04-20)
This dissertation explores why some large company CEOs elect to serve in nonprofit organizations. While public expectations regarding large companies contributing to solving social issues have recently increased, CEOs are ...
User- and Speed-Adaptability Enhancement of User Gait Phase Estimation for Robotic Transfemoral Prosthesis Control
(2022-02-08)
Even if they are not aware of it, healthy humans walk stably and comfortably. Amputee patients, on the other hand, have difficulty performing stable and comfortable walking due to their missing limbs. Powered prostheses ...
Mechanisms of Cell Penetration by SSRNA Bacteriophages
(2022-03-17)
Bacteriophages are being reevaluated for their therapeutic potential, however, the pathways and mechanisms guiding genome transfer from the phage capsid to the host cytoplasm, a critical step in the phage infection cycle, ...
Investigating the Effects of Environmental Factors on the Spread of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria in a Dairy Facility
(2022-04-22)
Widespread use and availability of antibiotics has led to infectious and pathogenic bacteria developing antibiotic resistance. Various environmental factors, such as temperature, relative humidity, and wind, can also induce ...
Hardware and Software Approaches to Increasing Accessibility of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
(2022-04-11)
This work presents a number of projects for increasing accessibility to magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy through hardware and software approaches. First, the feasibility of dynamic 31P MR ...
Fitness Effects of a Spontaneously Originating Selfish Mitochondrial Deletion Found in C. elegans
(2022-03-14)
The mitochondrion goes beyond just the “powerhouse of the cell”. As incredibly important as this organelle is, there is still much about its biology that remains unclear. Mitochondrial variation, historically, has often ...
Stochastic Programming Models: Community Health Pathways Scheduling and Optimal Vaccine Allocation
(2022-02-25)
The World Health Organization (WHO) designated the novel COrona VIrus (COVID-19) a global pandemic. This pandemic combined with the growing and aging population has created a crisis of unprecedented dimension regarding ...
Incorporating Process Safety into Heat Exchanger Network Synthesis
(2022-05-24)
Process safety of inter-connected equipment, such as heat exchanger networks (HEN), is paramount to the operation of chemical plants. While there exists considerable research on further improving HEN, little attention has ...