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Cooperative aerial manipulation with force control and attitude stabilization
(2018-12)
Ranging from autonomous flying cars, fixed wing and rotorcraft UAVs, there has been a tremendous interest in aerial robotics over the last decade. This thesis presents contributions to the state-of-art in cooperative payload ...
El Hollywood: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Alfonso Cuaron, and Guillermo Del Toro
(2018-07-01)
The three Mexican filmmakers, Alfonso Cuaron, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, and Guillermo del Toro, dubbed The Three Amigos by scholar Deborah Shaw, have received a lot of critical attention in recent years. While the term ...
Soil Physical Properties as Affected by Nitrogen and Biochar Amendments
(2018-07)
Biochar in combination with selected inorganic and organic sources of nitrogen is receiving attention due to its ability to promote crop yield and stabilize the soil. A greenhouse experiment was carried out for two years ...
Using a Tissue-Engineered Vascular Model to Develop Mast Cells from Stem Cells
(2018-07-01)
Over the last few decades, the prevalence of allergic diseases has increased dramatically in developed nations. Mast cells (MCs) play a key role in allergic responses. However, it is difficult to isolate high numbers of ...
Design and Development of Variable Pitch Quadcopter for Long Endurance Flight
(2018-05-01)
The variable pitch quadrotor is not a new concept but has been largely ignored in small unmanned aircraft, unlike the fixed pitch quadcopter which is controlled only by changing the RPM of the motors and only has about 30 ...
Pathways to student success: An examination of graduation models
(2018-05)
National high school graduation rates have been relatively stagnant, hovering around 80% for the past decade according to the National Center for Education Statistics. However, the U.S. falls short of the U.S. Department ...
Impact of Participation in FFA Career Development Events and Competency of Coaches on Students' Motivation
(2018-05-01)
Career and leadership development events (CDEs/LDEs) have maintained a prominent position in the National FFA Organization throughout the organization's history. These competitive events have been promoted as tools for ...
Shifting Perspectives: The Effects of Age and Ideology on Black Women's Voting Preferences
(2018-07-01)
This research looks at Black female voters and evaluating if as age increases, left-leaning preferences decrease. Using data from the Cooperative Congressional Election Study (CCES) I perform an ordered logit analysis using ...
Value Creation Model of the Online Meal-Kit Delivery Service
(2018-07-01)
The online meal-kit delivery service (OMDS) is one of the growing retail business models in the retail industry. Consumers attribute value to OMDS purchases based on a combined assessment of their personal resources and ...
Effects of Turbidity on Habitat Selection by Fishes Under the Threat of Predation
(2018-12-01)
Previous literature indicates Bluegill (Lepomis macrochirus) sacrifice optimal foraging behavior for refuge in dense vegetation while under the threat of predation, resulting in reduced growth rates. The majority of these ...