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Bayesian analysis for sparse functional data
(2018-05)
This dissertation mainly presents a novel Bayesian method for sparse functional data. Specifically, two models are proposed, one of which models all individual functions with a common smoothness and the other groups ...
Description of the anthropometric and physiological profile of tactical officers
(2011-07)
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Assessing student behaviors and motivation for actively learning biology
(2017-05)
Vision and Change states that one of the major changes in the way we design biology courses should be a switch in approach from teacher-centered learning to student-centered learning and identifies active learning as a ...
Online community rituals
(2012-05)
Scope and Method of Study: The purpose of this research is to investigate online community rituals and the role that ritual experiences play in building and sustaining online communities. Specifically I explore: (1) What ...
Frontier apart: Identity, loyalty, and the coming of the Civil War on the Pacific Coast
(2014-07)
The development of a Western identity, derivative and evolved from Northern, Midwestern, and Southern identities, played a significant role in determining the loyalty of the Pacific States on the eve of the Civil War. ...
First-language Cherokee speakers' perceptions of school experiences
(2016-12)
In this dissertation I examine the perceptions of the experiences that first-language Cherokee speakers had of their school experiences, and of the higher education or career choices that they made beyond high school, in ...
Establishing governing equations for 3D cell culture in perfusion bioreactors
(2014-05)
Culturing cells and regenerating tissues in vitro on 3D scaffolds involves several challenges, such as efficient nutrient transportation, uniform stress distribution, and the removal of wastes. Bioreactors not only allow ...
Developmental signaling and acute lung injury
(2014-05)
The present study is initiated to explore the potential implication of developmental signaling in AEC I injury, acute inflammatory response, and host defense against pathogen invasion during the pathogenesis of ALI/ARDS.
Development of microwave dielectric algorithms for sensing corn stalks
(2012-05)
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One little, two little, three little stereotypes: A history of native culture and imagery in American cinematic cartoons
(2017-12)
The first depiction of Native Americans in American cinematic animation appeared in 1924. Over the course of the near one hundred years since that first depiction, federal Indian policy and the portrayal of Indians in ...