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Investigations of the Mechanical and Microstructural Properties of the Atrioventricular Heart Valve Leaflets and Chordae Tendineae
(2020-05)The unidirectional blood flow through the heart is facilitated by the atrioventricular heart valves – namely the mitral valve and the tricuspid valve. The two atrioventricular heart valves (AHVs) are composed of soft tissue ... -
Investigations of the Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of the Atrioventricular Heart Valve Leaflets
(2019-05-10)Atrioventricular heart valves (AHVs), namely the mitral and tricuspid valves, regulate unidirectional blood flow from the atria to the ventricles in the left and right sides of the hearts, respectively. These valves can ... -
Investigations of the Microstructural and Mechanical Properties of the Four Heart Valves
(2021-05)The four heart valves (HVs) regulate the unidirectional flow of blood throughout the four chambers of the heart. The artioventricular heart valves (AHVs) enforce this unidirectional flow between each atrium and the respective ... -
Investigations of the Tricuspid Heart Valve Function: An Integrated Computational-Experimental Approach
(2019-05-10)The objective of this research is to employ both in silico modeling and in vitro experimental characterization methods to enhance the understanding of the biomechanical function of the tricuspid heart valve. A finite ... -
THE INVISIBLE OTHER IN CROSS-CULTURAL CARE: INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL GRADUATES/ NONNATIVE PHYSICIANS IN PROVIDER-PATIENT INTERACTIONS
(2017-05-12)The field of cross-cultural care has been primarily focused on examining doctor-patient communication when patients are minorities, immigrants, and refugees, conceptualizing nonnative physicians/ International Medical ... -
IOT system for Bluetooth based Origin-Destination studies
(2019)Designing and modelling a transportation system is a complicated, yet crucial task that demands comprehensive study of public needs. An important aspect of the process is specifying the characteristics of traffic schemes, ... -
IOT SYSTEMS FOR TRAVEL TIME ESTIMATION
(2017-12-20)This research introduces new approach for vehicle re-identification by computing Relative Entropy and Pearson correlation between ILD signatures, and then estimating TT based on the highest correlated signatures. To clear ... -
IRO TŲWAHI WISAHMA NĄHA: THE SEVENTH GENERATION, UNDERSTANDING JIWERE LANGUAGE STATUS AND RECLAMATION THROUGH COMMUNITY INPUT
(2019-12)Although several scholars have focused their work on Jiwere (Otoe) and related dialects of Chiwere, no published descriptions have come directly from members of the speech community themselves. This lack of self-determination ... -
Is Gangaikonda Cholapuram built based on Vaastu Sastra?
(2019-12-13)The Cholas (848 CE – 1279 CE) established an imperial line and united a large portion of what is now South India under their rule. The Cholas, known worldwide for their bronze sculptures, world heritage temples and land ... -
IS THERE A MARRIAGE OR PARENTHOOD INCOME PENALTY AMONG POLICE?: A CASE STUDY OF OCCUPATIONAL GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR
(2018-05)Research has found an earnings advantage for married men as well as men with children. In contrast, married women and women with children often receive a much smaller wage premium, or even face a wage penalty. Most research ... -
Isolation and structural analysis of secondary metabolites from the fungi Aspergillus terreus and Remersonia thermophila
(2022-05-13)Aspergillus terreus has shown to inhibit M. genitalium whereas Remersonia thermophila has shown to exhibit antitrichomonal activity. The compounds that were responsible for activity in their respective assays were rapidly ... -
"It Turns You Inside Out": The Emotional Effects of Working Within the Capital Punishment System
(2022-08-04)While previous literature on the emotional effects of capital punishment has examined the experiences of the family members of victims and the family members of accused or convicted capital murderers, little research has ... -
"It's Not A Treaty, It's A Legal Binding Agreement": Fort Lawton, Red Power, and the Struggle for Indigenous Land Reclamation
(2023-05-12)In 1970, over one hundred Native American activists occupied the Fort Lawton military base in Seattle, Washington. The protestors, disgruntled over the federal government’s termination of tribal lands and lack of support ... -
Ittibaapishiꞌat Ittachapa: Chickasaw and Choctaw Relations in Indian Territory, 1839-1856
(2022-05-13)My thesis explores the relations between the Chickasaw and Choctaw Nations from 1839 to 1856. In 1839, the majority of Chickasaws were living in Indian Territory under the Choctaw Nation tribal government and in 1856, the ... -
Javanese Wayang Kulit Performed in the Classic Palace Style: An Analysis of Rama's Crown as Told by Ki Purbo Asmoro
(2016)The wayang kulit is the most widespread form of wayang (theatrical play/performance) in Indonesia, and is considered to be one of Indonesia’s highest art forms. In the modern Indonesian language, wayang can be translated ... -
Jews and Other Okies’: How Jews Extended the Frontier in Indian Territory and Oklahoma, 1867-1952
(2024-05-10)The topic of this thesis revolves around Oklahoma Jews and how their lives and works have shaped and challenged conceptions of Oklahoma History. Like many in the American West, Jews came to Oklahoma for economic opportunities ... -
Joining Up with the Union: California's Place in the Nation and the Meaning of Military Service in the Civil War
(2020-05-08)Prior to the start of the Civil War, California had been a state for less than a dozen years and was populated by a diverse group of people from around globe, many of whom had been lured to the state by the call of gold. ... -
Keeping Calm and Carrying On: Relating Proactive Personality, Affect Spin, and Affect Pulse to Learning and Adaptive Task Performance
(2018-07-20)The purpose of this laboratory study involving 214 undergraduate students learning a complex videogame was to address the gaps in the empirical literature regarding the non-cognitive traits that comprise the construct of ... -
THE KEROGEN 3D SOLID STATE STRUCTURE MODELING AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN RESERVOIR SIMULATION
(2016-12-16)A 3D solid state Green River Oil Shale kerogen model was built in this thesis through the following two steps: 1. a molecular nanocluster model of kerogen composed of seven molecules was built based on an adsorption method; ...