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Archaeoastronomy: Comparing Astronomic Traditions of Torres Strait Islanders with Quantitative Evidence
(2024-05-10)
Located north of Cape York in Australia lies the Torres Strait and the indigenous people who call it home. Torres Strait Islanders have a rich culture including song, dance, folk tales, and other traditions. Western ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
WHEN TO FOLLOW, WHEN TO BREAK, WHO TO BLAME: CITIZEN PERCEPTIONS OF STREET-LEVEL SERVICE INTERACTIONS
(2024-05-10)
In this dissertation, I combine insights from public administration with those of political science, public policy, and social psychology to better understand how citizens think about and understand their governments. In ...
CARBON DIOXIDE AND WATER INJECTION-INDUCED FRACTURING: IMPLICATIONS FOR CARBON GEOSEQUESTRATION
(2024-05-03)
To safely sequester carbon dioxide (CO2) in the subsurface, it is vital to maintain the injection pressure below the formation breakdown pressure, which is dominantly governed by lithology, principal stresses, and presence ...
ACTIVATION OF MURINE DENDRITIC CELLS THROUGH STING PATHWAY INTERACTIONS WITH GLYCATED CHITOSAN
(2024-05-10)
N-dihydrogalactochitosan (Glycated Chitosan, GC) is a promising immunoadjuvant for cancer therapeutics. Synthesized from chitin and galactose, GC stimulates the innate and adaptive antitumor immune responses more potently ...