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3D dynamic in vivo imaging of joint motion: application to measurement of anterior cruciate ligament function
(2019)More than 400,000 anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries occur annually in the United States, 70% of which are non-contact. A severe consequence of ACL injury is the increased risk of early-onset of osteoarthritis (OA). ... -
3D Microwave Imaging through Full Wave Methods for Heterogenous Media
(2011)In this thesis, a 3D microwave imaging method is developed for a microwave imaging system with an arbitrary background medium. In the previous study on the breast cancer detection of our research group, a full wave inverse ... -
3D Object Representations for Robot Perception
(2019)Reasoning about 3D objects is one of the most critical perception problems robots face; outside of navigation, most interactions between a robot and its environment are object-centric. Object-centric robot perception has ... -
3D Printable Lithium Ion Batteries and the Effect of Aspect Ratio of CuAg Nanowires on Graphite Anode Performance.
(2018)The majority of consumer electronic devices, electric vehicles, and aerospace electronics are powered by lithium ion batteries because of their high energy and power densities. Commercially available lithium ion batteries ... -
A "Trinitarian" Theology of Religions? An Augustinian Assessment of Several Recent Proposals
(2007-05-04)Contemporary theology is driven by a quest to make the doctrine of the Trinity “relevant” to a wide variety of concerns. Books and articles abound on the Trinity and personhood, the Trinity and ecclesiology, the Trinity ... -
A 3D Active Microwave Imaging System for Breast Cancer Screening
(2008-12-11)A 3D microwave imaging system suitable for clinical trials has been developed. The anatomy, histology, and pathology of breast cancer were all carefully considered in the development of this system. The central component ... -
A Bayesian Model of Cognitive Control
(2014)"Cognitive control" describes endogenous guidance of behavior in situations where routine stimulus-response associations are suboptimal for achieving a desired goal. The computational and neural mechanisms underlying this ... -
A Beautiful Noise: A History of Contemporary Worship Music in Modern America
(2015)How did rock and roll, the best music for worshipping the devil, become the finest music for worshipping God? This study narrates the import of rock music into church sanctuaries across America via the rise of contemporary ... -
A Biopsychosocial Study of the Mammography Pain Experiences of Breast Cancer Survivors
(2009)Based on a biopsychosocial model of mammography pain, the current study assessed if specific biological and psychosocial factors were associated with higher reported mammography pain in early stage breast cancer survivors. ... -
A CG-FFT Based Fast Full Wave Imaging Method and its Potential Industrial Applications
(2015)This dissertation focuses on a FFT based forward EM solver and its application in inverse problems. The main contributions of this work are two folded. On the one hand, it presents the first scaled lab experiment system ... -
A Class of Tetrahedral Finite Elements for Complex Geometry and Nonlinear Mechanics: A Variational Multiscale Approach
(2019)In this work, a stabilized finite element framework is developed to simulate small and large deformation solid mechanics problems involving complex geometries and complicated constitutive models. In particular, the focus ... -
A Clonal Analysis of Zebrafish Heart Morphogenesis and Regeneration
(2014)As vertebrate embryos grow and develop into adults, their organs must acquire mass and mature tissue architecture to maintain proper homeostasis. While juvenile growth encompasses a significant portion of life, relatively ... -
A Cloud-Based Infrastructure for Cancer Genomics
(2020)The advent of new genomic approaches, particularly next generation sequencing (NGS) has resulted in explosive growth of biological data. As the size of biological data keeps growing at exponential rates, new methods for ... -
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 Comprehensive Study of Guanosine-5'-triphosphate Hydrolysis by the Bacterial Cell Division Protein FtsZ
(2018)The bacterial protein FtsZ plays a vital role in cytokinesis in prokaryotes as it polymerizes to form an FtsZ ring (Z ring) at the division septum midcell. FtsZ exhibits a GTP hydrolysis activity and attempts have been made ... -
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 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 ...
