<p>The goal of this study was to characterize the image quality of a dedicated, quasi-monochromatic x-ray spectrum, cone beam breast imaging system under scatter corrected and non-scatter corrected conditions for a variety ...
<p>An organism's ability to detect and interpret chemical signals from the surrounding environment is vital to its survival. In mammals, the vomeronasal organ provides an integral part of this requirement as it allows for ...
<p><bold>Abstract<bold></p><p><bold>Objective<bold>: The aim of this study was to determine the epidemiology of Chikungunya as an etiology of acute febrile illness in southern Sri Lanka.</p><p><bold>Method<bold>As part of ...
<p>This paper constitutes a partial answer to the question of when political</p><p>resistance campaigns that use primarily violent or nonviolent strategies occur. In doing so, it attempts to bridge the gap between discussions ...
<p>Accurate delivery of external beam radiation therapy relies on localization of the treatment target. For this work, the accuracy of an electromagnetic localization system (ELS) was first verified. Next, prostate ...
<p>I consider the problem of clustering multiple related groups of data. My approach entails mixture models in the context of hierarchical Dirichlet processes, focusing on their ability to perform inference on the unknown ...
<p>This thesis proposes an integrated procedure for identifying the nominal models of the deterministic part and the stochastic part of a system, as well as their model error bounds in different uncertainty structures (e.g. ...
<p>Under authoritarian rule, investors' fear that their assets will be arbitrarily confiscated by the government weakens their incentives to make an investment, unless the commitment that the authoritarian government will ...
<p><bold>Rationale and Objectives:</bold> Mammography is known to be one of the most difficult radiographic exams to interpret. Mammography has important limitations including superposition of normal tissue that can obscure ...
<p>This thesis explores the aeroelastic stability of a folding wing with an arbitrary number of wing segments. Simplifying assumptions are made such that it is possible to derive the equations of motion analytically. ...
<p>Abstract</p><p>INTRODUCTION</p><p>Clergy are a dynamic group of the population: they point people to God, navigate social and spiritual waters, provide advice and guidance, and teach and visit parishioners. Research ...
<p>Advancements in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical fields have led to the development of an expanding number of applications for certain recombinant proteins of interest. As such, the demand for efficient and cost ...
<p>We sought to understand the burden of influenza among febrile pediatric patients presenting to Webuye District Hospital in the municipality of Webuye, western Kenya. Overdiagnosis of malaria is a tremendous problem in ...
<p>Diffusion-weighted MRI (DWI) is an essential tool in clinical applications such as detecting ischemic stroke, and in research applications studying neuronal connectivity in the brain. Diffusion-weighted imaging with ...
<p>The purpose of this thesis was to examine progressive composite damage models available within LS-DYNA and to correlate the results of these models with drop weight impact testing and with the non-destructive evaluation ...
<p>In the vast majority of measured turbomachinery blade flutter occurrences, the response occurs predominately in a single mode. The primary reason for this single-mode flutter is that for turbomachinery applications the ...
<p>Chronic pain is a common problem among HIV-infected persons and yet data on the prevalence, character, severity and management of HIV-related pain is lacking. No studies have evaluated cross-cultural differences in ...
<p>There are three main x-ray based modalities for imaging the thorax: radiography, tomosynthesis, and computed tomography (CT). CT perhaps provides the highest level of feature resolution but at notably higher radiation ...
<p>Scholars have long recognized and debated the effects of the "security dilemma," where efforts by states to enhance their security can decrease the security of others. The severity of a security dilemma, and the prospects ...
<p>Many law professors and scholars think of the Supreme Court as a black box--issues and arguments go in to the Court, and decisions come out. The almost mystical nature that these researchers impute to the Court seems ...