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Applications of Machine Learning for Real-time Road Anomaly Identification
Infrastructure degradation is becoming a wide-reaching problem in the United States, and there is a need to determine ways to intelligently distribute taxpayer money when addressing the issues. This paper investigates the ...
Engineering MR Technology for Low-Cost Portable Device Design
(2015-09-15)
Magnetic Resonance Imaging is an invaluable tool used in many fields, and is a mainstay of medical imaging. Conventional MRI scanners are impractical to move and prohibitively expensive, weighing thousands of pounds and ...
Modeling Alzheimer's Disease: a Statistical Approach to Understanding Pathogenesis Across Brain Regions
(2015-11-12)
With a rapidly aging U.S. population, Alzheimer’s disease is a growing public health concern. Key to the success of future Alzheimer’s disease psychopharmacological clinical trials is understanding its complex pathogenesis ...
Mood and Personality Predictors of Art Preference
(2015-11-12)
Research by Swami (2015) indicates that aesthetic stimuli may improve our understanding of individual differences in artistic preferences. However, those findings were exploratory and more comprehensive measures of individual ...
In Vitro Mechanical Studies of Implantable Truss Technology for Total Knee Arthroplasty Designs
(2015-07-23)
Total Knee Arthroplasty (TKA) is a common treatment for patients with severe knee pain due to osteoarthritis, a condition characterized by the loss of articular cartilage or injury. Most patients that opt to proceed with ...
Fabrication of Nanoparticles to Treat Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus
(2015-11-11)
Staphylococcus aureus (SA) lung infections are a major problem for patients with cystic fibrous (CF). As these infections are difficult to treat, they can be life-threatening.1 Moreover, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus ...
Charitable Giving in the Great Recession
(2015-12-09)
While we know the aggregate numbers for how charitable giving was affected by the Great Recession in 2007-2009, there is a lack of knowledge on how the recession affected giving on a more individual level. Using the Panel ...
Effects of Burning on Relative Abundances and Morphological Characteristics of Green Tree Frog (Hyla cinerea) in Texas
(2015-09-04)
Wildfires are natural phenomena that can impact native fauna by altering their habitats. In
2011, a large wildfire occurred in 2011 near Bastrop, Texas. Bastrop area is known for its
famous Lost Pines region which is a ...
S-Ketamine as an Anti Depressant in a Rodent Spinal Cord Contusion Model
(2015-11-10)
In addition to the physical effects, spinal cord injury (SCI) also impacts quality of life and psychological wellbeing. Compared to the rate of 8.6% in the general population, the incidence of major depressive disorder ...
Protein Antibiotic of Phage M
(2015-11-18)
Phage mediated lysis of bacteria is one of the most common events in the biosphere, and a greater understanding of phage lysis mechanisms may lead to the development of novel antibacterial therapies. As they encode a single, ...