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Clap and Fling Interaction of Bristled Wings: Effects of Varying Reynolds Number and Bristle Spacing on Force Generation and Flow Structures
(2017-05-01)
The smallest flying insects with body lengths under 1 mm, such as thrips and fairyflies, typically show the presence of long bristles on their wings. Thrips have been observed to use wing-wing interaction via 'clap and ...
Assessing Horizontally-oriented Acoustic Methods for Gizzard Shad Abundance Assessments: Accuracy, Precision and Target Orientation
(2017-12-01)
Gizzard Shad (Dorosoma cepedianum) are an important prey species that are commonly sampled with gill nets. However, horizontally-oriented methodologies have the potential to produce better Gizzard Shad data with less effort. ...
Discursive constructions of sociolinguistic differences: A rhetorical analysis
(2017-05)
This study offers a new approach to language attitudes and ideologies which applies argumentation theory in a discourse-based analysis of the processes of sociolinguistic indexicality. This method is presented in the context ...
Screen Space Ambient Occlusion Using Partial Scene Representation
(2017-12-01)
Screen space ambient occlusion (SSAO) is a technique in real-time rendering forapproximating amount by which a point on a surface is occluded by surrounding geometry, whichhelps in adding soft shadows to diffuse objects. ...
Sparse signal recovery and detection utilizing side information
(2017-10)
In this dissertation, we investigate the signal recovery and detection task for compressive sensing and wireless spectrum sensing. First, we investigate the compressive sensing task for the difference frames of videos. ...
Grit as a Predictor of Illness-Related Distress and Psychosocial Outcomes in College Students with a Chronic Illness: A Path Analysis
(2017-07-01)
Adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with chronic illness are at increased risk for a host of negative psychosocial outcomes, including depression and anxiety. Although studies have shown that illness appraisals (e.g., ...
Modeling heat transfer in mass concrete floors with radiant heat from ground source systems
(2017-05)
Thermal properties of concrete have been extensively studied for the design of mass concrete structures regarding cracking and stress development considerations. The rise in blended cement with limestone and fly ash as a ...
Synthetic strategies for generating inorganic nanoparticles with optical, catalytic, and biological importance
(2017-12)
Solution-based synthesis methods have been widely used to synthesize nanocrystals as it provides control over the size and shape. As a result of the rapid success of the solution based synthesis methods, new applications ...
Comparative in Vivo and in Vitro Effects of Organophosphorus anticholinesterases in the Outbred CD-1 Mouse and Great Plains Toad
(2017-07-01)
Amphibians are generally less sensitive than mammals to the acute toxicity of organophosphorus (OP) insecticides, but the basis for these differences is unclear. This study compared in vivo sensitivity of a mammal (Mus ...
Complicating and clarifying disciplinary writing practices: The toggling move for building rhetorical flexibility
(2017-07)
Instructors across many disciplines integrate genre-based approaches into their instruction with the goal of preparing students to write effectively in academic and workplace settings. Though the instructional strategies ...