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Process Induced Defects in Liquid Molding Processes of Composites
(2017-11)
Liquid Composite Molding (LCM) processes are cost efficient manufacturing alternatives to traditional autoclave technology for producing near-net shape structural composite parts. However, process induced defects often ...
Encounters with Alcabitius: Reading Arabic Astrology in Premodern Europe
(2017-08-01)
This project examines the transmission and reception in medieval and early modern Europe of the Introduction to Astrology, written by the tenth-century Arabic author al-Qabīṣī and known to his Latin readers as Alcabitius. ...
Nurturing as Safe Exploration Promotes the Evolution of Generalized Supervised Learning
(2017-08-01)
The ability to learn is often a desirable property of intelligent systems which can make them more adaptive. However, it is difficult to develop sophisticated learning algorithms that are effective. One approach to the ...
Modernization and ethnicity in China: a study of everyday ethnicity and urban renewal in Hui neighborhoods
(2017-07-12)
Though much of the international attention given to China’s ethnic politics focuses on minority groups’ resistance to the Chinese state, relations between the state and ethnic Hui Muslims are not marked by resistence, ...
WHAT EFFECTIVE LANGUAGE TEACHERS DO: A CASE STUDY OF 5 HIGH-ACHIEVING UNIVERSITY SPANISH INSTRUCTORS
(2017-05)
The quality of instruction in foreign language classes can be widely variable. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to uncover the approaches to instruction enacted by five high-achieving university Spanish ...
The Development, Validation, and Generalizability of the Technological Adaptive Expertise Scale
(2017-05)
Technology is rapidly changing and with it the need for the ability to adapt to change increases. Whether consciously or unconsciously, users of technology may have developed varying degrees of technological adaptability. ...
Indigenous Rights in Japan: The Effects of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples on the Ainu
(2017-05)
This thesis examines how Japan internalizes international Indigenous rights norms. The application of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (DRIP) in Japan relating to Ainu Indigenous rights provides a narrow ...
Effects of Postprandial Hypertriglyceridemia on Ischemic-Reperfusion Injury
(2017-05-12)
Background: Cardiovascular disease, including ischemic-reperfusion injury, is the number one cause of mortality in the United States. Among numerous contributing factors, a westernized high fat diet can negatively affect ...
The Context-Aware Learning Model
(2017-12)
The ultimate goal of this research is to build a novel, generalized, arbitrary-depth, neural controller that performs reward- and experience-based neuromodulatory learning, which is online, bootstrapping, interactive, ...
The Dynamics of Identity in Determining French Bilateral Aid: An Empirical Study of Colonialism and Françafrique
(2017-05-12)
In 2013, France sent more than $3 billion in Official Development Assistance (ODA) to the African continent. The biggest aid recipients were Senegal and Morocco, both former members of the short-lived French Union. Senegal ...