Browsing by Type "Dissertation"
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A Comparative Study of Habitat Complexity, Neuroanatomy, and Cognitive Behavior in Anolis Lizards
(2012)Changing environmental conditions may present substantial challenges to organisms experiencing them. In animals, the fastest way to respond to these changes is often by altering behavior. This ability, called behavioral ... -
A comparison of reported experiences associated with different styles of hypnosis
(1981)Reported experiences were compared for subjects undergoing a traditional style of hypnosis, a cognitive behavioral style of hypnosis, and a "waking imagination" procedure similar to hypnosis but explicitly labeled "non- ... -
A Comprehensive Framework for Adaptive Optics Scanning Light Ophthalmoscope Image Analysis
(2019)Diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment of many ocular and neurodegenerative diseases, including achromatopsia (ACHM), require the visualization of microscopic structures in the eye. The development of adaptive optics ophthalmic ... -
A Computational Framework for Fracture Modeling in Coupled Field Problems
(2018)This dissertation proposes a family of computational frameworks for fracture modeling in coupled field problems. Fracture mechanics has been a topic of considerable interest for several decades due to the wide existence ... -
A Computational Synthesis of Genes, Behavior, and Evolution Provides Insights into the Molecular Basis of Vocal Learning
(2012)Vocal learning is the ability modify vocal output based on auditory input and is the basis of human speech acquisition. It is shared by few distantly related bird and mammal orders, and is thus very likely to be an example ... -
A Contemporary Analysis of Shifting Contours of Jewish and Christian Identities
(2021)This dissertation argues that the boundaries between ostensibly separable “Jewish” and “Christian” religious traditions were fluid in the past and remain so today through examination of four contemporary case studies evidencing ... -
A Controlled Breathing Intervention for Women Undergoing MRI-Guided Breast Biopsy: A Randomized Controlled Trial
(2020)Controlled breathing techniques are widely used to help people manage pain, and there is growing interest in using these approaches during painful outpatient medical procedures. The outpatient MRI-guided breast biopsy is ... -
A Covalent Modification Technique for Protein-Ligand Binding Analysis Using Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics Platforms
(2009)Currently there is a dearth of analytical techniques for studying protein-ligand interactions on the proteomic scale. Existing techniques, which rely on various calorimetry or spectroscopy methods, are limited in ... -
A Dangerous Undertaking: Appropriation Art, Intellectual Property, and Fair Use Since the 1990s
(2017)This dissertation is a historical examination of the broad and multifaceted role of appropriation in twentieth and twenty-first century American art. It argues for the complementarity of research in legal and art theory ... -
A Data-Driven Approach to Uncovering the Neural Dynamics of Anxiety
(2022)Anxiety is a behavioral state induced by low-threat, uncertain situations in which perceived danger is diffuse. The anxiety state is then accompanied by increased vigilance and risk assessment to one’s surroundings. Recent ... -
A Data-Retaining Framework for Tail Estimation
(2020)Modeling of extreme data often involves thresholding, or retaining only the most extreme observations, in order that the tail may "speak" and not be overwhelmed by the bulk of the data. We describe a transformation-based ... -
A Defense of Basic Prudential Hedonism
(2020)Prudential hedonism is a school of thought in the philosophy of welfare that says that only pleasure is good for us in itself and only pain is bad for us in itself. This dissertation concerns an especially austere form of ... -
A Dialogical Approach to Human Rights: Institutions, Culture and Legitimacy
(2009)In this study I address the moral and cultural disagreement and conflict regarding the interpretation of human rights norms that threatens the legitimacy of the human rights enterprise. Such disagreements present an opportunity ... -
A Discrete Monolayer Cardiac Tissue Model for Tissue Preparation Specific Modeling
(2010)Engineered monolayers created by using microabrasion and micropatterning methods have provided a simplified in vitro system to study the effects of anisotropy and fiber direction on electrical propagation. Interpreting the ... -
A Distributed Optimal Control Approach for Multi-agent Trajectory Optimization
(2013)This dissertation presents a novel distributed optimal control (DOC) problem formulation that is applicable to multiscale dynamical systems comprised of numerous interacting systems, or agents, that together give rise to ... -
A Dynamical Nephrovascular Model of Renal Autoregulation
(2014)The main functions of the kidney take place in the nephrons. For their proper operation, nephrons need to be supplied with a stable blood flow that remains constant despite fluctuations of arterial pressure. Such stability ... -
A Formal Framework for Designing Verifiable Protocols
(2017)Protocols play critical roles in computer systems today, including managing resources, facilitating communication, and coordinating actions of components. It is highly desirable to formally verify protocols, to provide a ... -
A Framework for Dissecting and Applying Bacterial Antibiotic Responses
(2017)An essential property of microbial communities is the ability to survive a disturbance. This is readily observed in bacteria, which have developed the ability to survive every antibiotic treatment at an alarming rate, considering ... -
A Friend in Need: The Influence of Friendship on the Psychosocial Adjustment of Youth with Chronic Health Conditions
(2015)Friendship has consistently been found to act as a buffer against psychological maladjustment for healthy youth and youth experiencing difficulties including parental divorce and natural disasters. Less known is the role ... -
A Generalized Lyapunov Construction for Proving Stabilization by Noise
(2012)Noise-induced stabilization occurs when an unstable deterministic system is stabilized by the addition of white noise. Proving that this phenomenon occurs for a particular system is often manifested through the construction ...
