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State of Health Estimation in Lithium-ion Batteries Using Experimental and Model Driven Approaches
(2024-05-10)Meeting the demand for clean, renewable energy in the future will require the use of batteries to meet power demand at times of low supply. Having batteries with a large enough capacity and power output to meet this ... -
A Descriptive Study of Principal Use of Transformative Leadership Conversation
(2024-05-10)Leadership at the level of a school site matters with the school principal serving as a central source of influence (Dodson, 2015; Wallace Foundation, 2013). Leithwood et al. (2004) found principal leadership just behind ... -
A Lithic Analysis of School Land I (34DL64) A Northern Caddo Village in the Foothills of the Ozarks
(2024-05-10)School Land I (34DL64) is a Harlan Phase (A.D. 1050-1250) Caddo village site set in the Arkansas River basin at the confluence of the Grand and Elk Rivers in Delaware County, Oklahoma. This site was originally excavated ... -
A FRAMEWORK OF EPIDEMIC MODELING CONSIDERING PREVENTIVE BEHAVIORS: COMPARTMENTAL MODELING, TEXT ANALYTICS, AND MACHINE LEARNING
(2024-04-25)The goal of this research is to provide a novel framework for epidemic modeling incorporating metrics derived from social media to predict epidemic dynamics and to estimate the impact of preventive behaviors. This study ... -
LONELINESS AS IT STANDS IN RELATION TO THE HUMAN CONDITION: DAVID FOSTER WALLACE’S GRAPPLING WITH LONELINESS, DEPRESSION, AND A DESIRE TO LESSEN THE PAIN OF EACH
(2024-05-10)David Foster Wallace’s unique writing style hinges on difficulty. His approach to storytelling challenges the reader’s expectations, forcing them to actively engage with the characters and scenes rather than passively ... -
Performance Seal Testing Through The Evaluation Of The Leak Rate Of The Mechanical Seal
(2024-05-10)Sealing technology is important across various industries, particularly within the oil and gas sector. This technology encompasses the capability to obstruct the unrestricted flow of undesirable substances into reservoirs. ... -
Folding Proteins In-Silco
(2024-05-11)Determination of how proteins transform into their biologically relevant structure is an extraordinarily complex research area. They fold into their native state as a population of conformations on time scales that ... -
THE HEDGE FUND NEWSPAPER OWNERSHIP ERA: FACTORS THAT MAKE THE INDUSTRY VULNERABLE, AND THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS ON MEDIA MANAGEMENT AND THE ROLE OF JOURNALISM IN DEMOCRACY
(2024-05-11)This dissertation sheds light on the relationship between ownership and media management, particularly focusing on the impacts of hedge fund ownership in journalism. While the effects of hedge fund ownership have been ... -
"Fit for a Picture:" Aestheticizing Southwestern Utah and the Creation of Zion National Park
(2024-05-11)The exploration of the monumental landscapes of the trans-Mississippi West in the decades following the Civil War produced a vast archive of imagery detailing the strange new landforms that would not only elucidate the ... -
SHAPING THE FUTURE: THE EVOLVING ROLE OF NARRATIVES IN ORGANIZATIONAL COMMUNICATION AND SOCIAL INNOVATION.
(2024-05-10)This dissertation study examines and produces empirical evidence on how organizational members, who are food pantry employees, share stories and narratives created by the organizational group. This exploration provides ... -
DEVELOPING AN ALGORITHM INTEGRATING VOICE AND IMAGING ANALYSIS TO RECOGNIZE FACIAL FEATURES AND DEFICIENCIES AFTER ORAL SURGERY
(2024-05-10)According to the National Institute of Health (NIH), oral cancer is one of several major types of head and neck cancer (HNCs) and affects approximately 54,000 individuals in the United States each year. Recognized risk ... -
Modelling, Additive Manufacturing, and Testing of Knitted Materials
(2024-05-10)Knitting is a centuries-old textile fabrication technique utilizing a method of “interlooping,” where loops are pulled through each other until the final product is created. Certain patterns curl in on themselves, which ... -
THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE BEHAVIOR OF BOWED STRINGS UTILIZING A MAGNETIC PICKUP SYSTEM
(2024-05-10)Pickup systems for musical instruments generally serve the purpose of improving the perceived quality of instrument sound through appropriate amplification of electrical signals. While different pickups like a microphone ... -
Wet Bulb Globe Temperature and Associated Heat Waves in the United States Great Plains
(2024-05-10)Heatwaves are a leading contributor of weather-related mortality, globally contributing to thousands of deaths each year. The impacts on humans may be direct or indirect through avenues such as heat stress, strained medical ... -
Stressed Out: Resistance-nodulation-division (RND) and Major Facilitator Superfamily (MFS) Efflux Pump Mediated Survival Strategies of Acinetobacter baumannii
(2024-05-11)Originally discovered in soil microbial communities, reports of genus Acinetobacter associated infections started to increase around 1977 and continued to climb to frightening heights for the next 20 years resulting in ... -
Choosing Repertoire for the Percussion Methods Course
(2024-05-11)This document serves as a guide to finding band literature that is relevant and pedagogically beneficial for beginning percussion students. It can be an essential tool for the collegiate percussion methods instructor. In ... -
Intercultural Communication Competence Revisited: Reconciling Trait and Relational Perspectives Using Social Network Analysis
(2024-05-10)What it takes for communicators to interact competently with intercultural others remains a contested conceptual site. This dissertation addresses the debate between the individual and relational perspectives regarding the ... -
MORE ATTRACTIVE THAN EXPECTED? EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EMBODIED VIRTUAL AGENT IN ONLINE SHOPPING RECOMMENDATION: MODERATION EFFECT OF CAPABILITY AND MEDIATION EFFECT OF TRUST
(2024-05-11)This study explores the growing field of Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) in e-commerce, with a focus on embodied virtual agents (EVAs) that serve as virtual sales assistants. It examines how the physical attractiveness ... -
Biochemical insights into the unconventional approaches to energy conservation and electron transport in syntrophic metabolism
(2024-05-10)Methane produced from anaerobic digestion of organic wastes has great potential as an alternative to fossil fuels. Anaerobic digestion combines the production of renewable energy with environmental benefits, including the ... -
Exploring ParE Toxin Dynamics: from Impact to Quantification in Bacterial Cells
(2024-05-11)The increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in pathogenic bacteria has brought significant challenges to global public health. However, it has been decades since the discovery of the last antibiotic, making ...