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Automatic Behavioral Analysis from Faces and Applications to Risk Marker Quantification for Autism 

Hashemi, Jordan (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, ...
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The Method of Constructal Design in Heat Exchangers 

Almerbati, Abdulrahman (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 ...
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HIV-1 as a Target for the Cas9 DNA Editing Enzyme and the Development of Novel sgRNA Expression Technology 

Mefferd, Adam (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 ...
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The Theory and Modeling of Solar Cells Based on Semiconducting Quantum Dots 

Liu, Ruibin (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 ...
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Structural and Dynamic Studies of RNA Bulge Motifs Utilizing Nuclear Magnetic Resonance 

Merriman, Dawn Kellogg (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 ...
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The Duality of Identities and Groups: The Effects of Status Homophily on Social Interactions and Relations 

Morgan, Jonathan Howard (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 ...
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Copper-Based Nanowires for Printable Memory and Stretchable Conductors 

Catenacci, Matthew Joseph (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 ...
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Truth to Power: The Politics of Theological Free Speech in the Cappadocian Fathers and Augustine of Hippo 

Benedict, Jennifer (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 ...
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Essays on Monetary Policy and Asset Prices 

Oh, Tae-Rog (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) ...
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Will the CORDS Snap? Testing the Widely Accepted Assumption that Inter-Agency Single Management Improves Policy-Implementation 

Howell, Patrick (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; ...
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AuthorDatta, Nandini (2)Abadi, Ehsan (1)Abdelmagid, Yakein (1)Abernethy, Diana (1)Al-Saadon, Rachael (1)Albalawi, Hassan Fahad (1)Aldrup-MacDonald, John P (1)Alexander, Kathryn J. (1)Almerbati, Abdulrahman (1)ALQAHTANI, BANDAR (1)... View MoreDate Issued
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