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Enhanced rateless coding and compressive sensing for efficient data/multimedia transmission and storage in AD-HOC and sensor networks
(2012-12)
In this dissertation, we investigate the theory and applications of the novel class of FEC codes called rateless or fountain codes in video transmission and wireless sensor networks (WSN). First, we investigate the rateless ...
High Protein Preterm Formula: Effect on Growth and Outcomes in Preterm Infants Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-07-01)
The purpose of this study was to evaluate if increasing the amount of protein provided to preterm infants improved growth and blood urea nitrogen levels without adverse outcomes. Additional expected outcomes were a decrease ...
Outcomes Evaluation of the Eagle Adventure Program
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-05-01)
There is an increasing prevalence of Native American children diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, a chronic condition that is usually adult-onset. Get Fresh! Eagle Adventure program is a theoretically-based, diabetes primary ...
Health careers opportunity program: Deterrents faced by minority students in a post-baccalaureate medical education program
(2012-05)
Scope and Method of Study: Research indicates that the effort to increase the number of minorities underrepresented in medical schools across the United States has wavered for more than 40 years and has never reached ...
Every Garden Tells a Story: Sustainable Development in a Newly Emergent Community Garden
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-12-01)
Gardens, by their very nature, have the ability to speak to us about the role they play in the communities in which they are placed. Each story is unique and tied to the perspectives of those involved in the sowing, planting, ...
Culture shocked: The intercultural experiences and insights of Returned Peace Corps Volunteer educators
(2012-12)
Under the auspices of globalization, U.S. educational institutions are becoming increasingly culturally diverse, raising questions about meaning, ethical relationships, and curriculum. Further, American educators at all ...
College Students' Volunteering Transformative Learning Experiences
(Oklahoma State University, 2012-12-01)
The purpose of this study was to explore how college students' identified when and how their frames of reference are influenced and changed through the experiences they have while in the higher education environment while ...
Influence of environmental and personal variables of motivation on creativity
(2012-07)
Scope and Method of Study: Cultivating creativity is considered as a prominent curricular goal for the preparation for the future which might have more new information and technology and more challenge. Creative ideation ...
Quantitative structure-property relationship modeling & computer-aided molecular design: Improvements & applications
(2012-05)
Scope and Method of Study: The objective of this work was to develop an integrated capability to design molecules with desired properties. An automated robust genetic algorithm (GA) module has been developed to facilitate ...
How social networks influence female students' choices to major in engineering
(2012-05)
Scope and Method of Study: This study examined how social influence plays a part in female students' choices of college major, specifically engineering instead of science, technology, and math. Social influence may show ...