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“What Kinship Should Mean:” An Examination of the Ethnic and Nationalist Themes Within Beowulf Adaptations
(2017-04-24)
The purpose of this thesis is to critically examine Beowulf adaptations for moments in which the adapter chooses to emphasize themes of a community drawn along ethnic or national lines. These authorial choices reveal how ...
An Efficient Fusion Scheme for Human Hand Trajectory Reconstruction Using Inertial Measurement Unit and Kinect Camera
(2017-04-27)
The turn of 21st century has witnessed an evolving trend in wearable devices research and improvements in human-computer interfaces. In such systems, position information of human hands in 3-D space has become extremely ...
Evaluating Foreign Aid Effectiveness in Nepal
(2017-05-03)
Few studies have evaluated the effectiveness of donor aid in addressing health-and education-related Millennium Developmental Goals (MDGs). This research examines foreign aid and its effectiveness in reducing poverty through ...
Synthesis and Characterization of Microparticles for Templating Porous Shape Memory Polymer Scaffolds
(2017-04-28)
Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are proposed for use in a variety of medical devices, such as neural and peripheral embolism coils for aneurysm occlusion. These “smart” materials have unique advantages over shape memory alloys, ...
Investigation into the Ballistic Properties of Three-Dimensional Braided Fabrics
(2017-05-05)
High performance fabrics are an integral part of modern soft ballistic body armor. Currently, the most common practice has been to use woven fabrics in these applications. This work is intended as an early study exploring ...
Geolocation Inferencing on Social Media Using Gaussian Mixture Model
(2017-05-01)
Modeling human behavior over social media can provide valuable insights into crowd behavior. It can be used as sensory data to understand and predict how crowds react to a certain local or international event. This can ...
The Heteromorphism in Category Theory
(2017-04-27)
We explore an alternative interpretation to the abstract mathematical subject of category theory, by examining the role of the heteromorphism, a neglected concept in the field, in elucidating central categorical notions.
Allelic Exchange of the Flagellin Gene fliC of Clositridium difficile: Generation of a Knockout Mutant
(2017-04-24)
Clostridium difficile is an antibiotic-resistant Gram-positive bacterium. It has become a major concern for hospitals and acute care medical wards where antibiotics are used more readily. Therapies and preventative measures ...
Homework Effort and Course Performance: Evidence from a Field Experiment
(2017-05-10)
We conduct a field experiment at Texas A&M in which students enrolled in an online course are provided information about the correlation of homework effort on exam scores via a one-time email. Due to randomization of ...
Role of Lymphatic Endothelial Cell Caveolin-1 in Macromolecule Transport
(2017-04-25)
The lymphatic system is a network of capillaries, vessels, and nodes that span the length of our entire body. Lymphatic capillaries uptake immune cells, fluid, and macromolecules from the interstitium and transport this ...