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Automatic Behavioral Analysis from Faces and Applications to Risk Marker Quantification for Autism
(2018)
This dissertation presents novel methods for behavioral analysis with a focus on early
risk marker identification for autism. We present current contributions including
a method for pose-invariant facial expression recognition, ...
The Method of Constructal Design in Heat Exchangers
(2018)
This dissertation documents the usefulness of applying the Constructal design methodology
of heat exchangers to the thermal and flow performance of such architectures. Based
on the method of Constructal design, the system ...
HIV-1 as a Target for the Cas9 DNA Editing Enzyme and the Development of Novel sgRNA Expression Technology
(2018)
The CRISPR/Cas system has emerged as a powerful tool for the precise modification
of DNA in mammalian systems. In addition to the robust utility of Cas9 loaded with
its cognate single guide RNA (sgRNA) to modify cellular ...
The Theory and Modeling of Solar Cells Based on Semiconducting Quantum Dots
(2018)
Quantum dots (QDs) are promising building block materials for many emerging energy-harvesting
applications. We theoretically investigated the influences of the QD-QD (CdTe-CdSe)
charge transfer rates and mechanisms on QD ...
Structural and Dynamic Studies of RNA Bulge Motifs Utilizing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
(2018)
Bulges are ubiquitous building blocks of the three-dimensional structure of RNA. They
help define the global structure of helices and points of flexibility allowing for
functionally important dynamics, such as binding of ...
The Duality of Identities and Groups: The Effects of Status Homophily on Social Interactions and Relations
(2018)
Gender and racial stereotypes are a pervasive aspect of social life arising from the
consolidation of resources, statuses, and social roles and identities at the population
level. They are widely shared group-level associations ...
Copper-Based Nanowires for Printable Memory and Stretchable Conductors
(2018)
In the field of electronic materials, metal nanowires have been extensively studied
for both their syntheses and their properties in electronic composites and devices.
This dissertation addresses challenges in the field ...
Truth to Power: The Politics of Theological Free Speech in the Cappadocian Fathers and Augustine of Hippo
(2018)
This dissertation investigates the political grammars of truth-telling employed by
two sets of early Christian authors, the Cappadocian Fathers (Basil of Caesarea, Gregory
of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa), who wrote in ...
Essays on Monetary Policy and Asset Prices
(2018)
My Ph.D. dissertation is composed of two chapters studying how monetary policy influences
asset prices.The first chapter empirically explores the effects of the Federal Reserve
(Fed)'s large-scale asset purchasing (LSAP) ...
Will the CORDS Snap? Testing the Widely Accepted Assumption that Inter-Agency Single Management Improves Policy-Implementation
(2018)
Since the end of the Cold War, the US Government’s difficulties in implementing policies
requiring integrated responses from multiple agencies have led to a number of calls
to reform USG inter-agency policy-implementation; ...