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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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; ...