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Using Machine Learning to Predict Damaging Straight-line Convective Winds
(2016-08-12)
Thunderstorms, including straight-line (non-tornadic) winds, cause an average of over 100 deaths and $10 billion of insured damage per year in the United States. In the past decade machine learning has led to significant ...
Affect, Emotion Regulation, and Leader Effectiveness: Examining the Role of Trait Affect and Emotion Regulation on Leader Problem Solving Performance
(2016-08)
Emotion-related constructs, such as affect and emotion regulation, have been identified as being critical to effective leadership. Prior research in both of these areas has tended to examine the role of these constructs ...
The Development of a Combined Approach for the Real-Time, Non-Destructive Monitoring of In Vitro Bone Tissue Engineered Constructs Utilizing Physio-Metabolic Markers
(2016-08)
Annually, over $2.5 billion is spent on more than 500,000 bone grafts in the US alone, with more than 2 million being implanted worldwide. The limited supply of autografts and complications associated with traditional ...
Assessment of Partial Joint Penetration Welds on Bolted End-plate Connections for use in Intermediate Moment Frames
(2016-05-13)
End-plate moment connections are a very common connection type used in the metal building industry today. Bolted end-plate connections are found where a rafter is joined to a column and consist of a steel plate welded to ...
The Intersection of Gender and Land in Post-Genocide Rwanda: Land Tenure Regularization and its Impact on Women
(2016)
Following the violent and destructive genocide of 1994, Rwandan women were especially vulnerable because social and legal barriers kept them from accessing resources that were already scarce. The government of Rwanda, ...
Geochemical Characterization of the Upper Mississippian Goddard Formation, Springer Group, in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma
(2016)
The Goddard Formation is the basal unit of the Late Mississippian-Early Pennsylvanian Springer Group of Oklahoma. This Formation is part of a stacked oil and condensate play in the South Central Oklahoma Oil Province ...
PARENTING & BULLYING: A REVIEW OF THE PARENT-CHILDREN RELATIONSHIP AND ITS EFFECTS ON A CHILD’S FREQUENCY OF BULLYING
(2016-05-13)
This research explores the relationship between the quality of children's relationship with their parents as perceived by the children and their frequency of bullying other children. The purpose of this research is to ...
The effects of temperature on compressive strength of rapid setting concrete
(2011)
Rapid setting concrete using Calcium Sulfoaluminate (CSA) cement has been around since the 1960's to meet the need for construction projects with limited time frames. These projects range from quick foundation work to rapid ...
The Use of Recycled Material Backfills to Mitigate the Effects of Expansive Soils on Subterranean Structures
(2016)
The extreme annual weather patterns of the Midwest United States have created a demand for basements as emergency shelters in both residential and commercial structures. However, with the majority of the Midwest experiencing ...