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The Function and Genetic Interactions of Zebrafish atoh1 and sox2: Genes Involved in Hair Cell Development and Regeneration
(2010-10-12)
The sensory cells of the inner ear, hair cells, provide vertebrates with the ability
to detect auditory stimuli and balance. In mammals, cochlear hair cells, those
responsible for hearing, do not regenerate. Zebrafish ...
Instruments of Empire: Colonial Elites and U.S. Governance in Early National Louisiana, 1803-1820
(2011-02-22)
The United States confronted new problems of territorial expansion with the Louisiana
Purchase, as it involved, for the first time, the transfer in sovereignty of a territory that
contained a population who by birth, ...
Hypertextual Ultrastructures: Movement and Containment in Texts and Hypertexts
(2010-01-14)
The surface-level experience of hypertextuality as formless and unbounded, blurring boundaries among texts and between readers and writers, is created by a deep structure which is not normally presented to readers and ...
Wavelets, Self-organizing Maps and Artificial Neural Nets for Predicting Energy Use and Estimating Uncertainties in Energy Savings in Commercial Buildings
(2010-01-14)
This dissertation develops a "neighborhood" based neural network model
utilizing wavelet analysis and Self-organizing Map (SOM) to predict building baseline
energy use. Wavelet analysis was used for feature extraction of ...
Sorption of Arsenic, Mercury, Selenium onto Nanostructured Adsorbent Media and Stabilization via Surface Reactions
(2011-02-22)
The overall goal of this study is to evaluate the ability of novel nanostructured adsorbent media (NTAs, iron sulfides (FeS2 and FeS)) to remove arsenic, selenium and mercury from ash and scrubber pond effluents. The NTAs ...
Loss of the Dream: Stories of Mid-Life Divorce
(2011-02-22)
The divorce experiences of seven mid-life women were investigated using
Bohannan's (1970) and Hagemeyer's (1986) divorce theories as a framework to guide
the research. In-depth interviews and visual interpretation were ...
Planting a Seed: An Examination of Nature Perception, Program Processes, and Outdoor Experience
(2011-02-22)
The purpose of this study was to conduct research to (a) better understand children’s perceptions of nature and (b) aid in opening the “black box” related to programmatic processes and outcomes in outdoor education research. ...
Network and Index Coding with Application to Robust and Secure Communications
(2011-02-22)
Since its introduction in the year 2000 by Ahlswede et al., the network coding paradigm has revolutionized the way we understand information flows in networks.
Traditionally, information transmitted in a communication ...
Photocurable Inorganic-Organic Hydrogels for Biomedical Applications
(2011-02-22)
There are two primary objectives of this dissertation research. The first objective
was to prepare a library of inorganic-organic hydrogels from methacrylated star
polydimethylsiloxane (PDMSstar-MA) and diacrylated ...
A Micromechanical Model for Viscoelastic-Viscoplastic Analysis of Particle Reinforced Composite
(2011-02-22)
This study introduces a time-dependent micromechanical model for a
viscoelastic-viscoplastic analysis of particle-reinforced composite and hybrid composite.
The studied particle-reinforced composite consists of solid ...