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Annexin A5 - chlorambucil: A targeted therapeutic drug against leukemia and breast cancer
(2018-12-14)
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide and its incidence is increasing, particularly in developing countries. The survival rate of early stage breast cancer is 80% but falls to 24% for breast cancers ...
Human-Computer Interface Design in Human Factors: Weapons Drop
(2018-12-14)
In a technologically advanced world, aircraft users tend to get caught up in all of the automation. However, if the automated function stops working, the users are left with analog skills to meet their mission. For the ...
Calibration of a Handheld X-Ray Fluorescence Device to Detect Chemical Stabilizers in Soil Subgrades
(2018-12)
Chemically stabilized subgrades increase the overall quality of pavements compared to non-treated subgrades. Currently, there is no efficient way to detect chemical stabilizers (CS) in pavement subgrades. Generally, only ...
Analysis of Eye Tracking Data to Measure Situational Awareness in Offshore Drilling Operations
(2018-05-11)
In complex, high-stakes tasks such as offshore oil and gas drilling where substantial number of monitoring parameters involve in the operation, the analyses of human operator’s situational awareness (or situation awareness, ...
INVESTIGATION OF CASING DEFORMATION DURING HYDRAULIC FRACTURING CONSIDERING WELLBORE CENTRALIZATION AND CEMENT VOIDS
(2018)
The fast growth of shale gas development through horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing has expanded the extraction of hydrocarbon resources in countries such as the United States, China, and Argentina. Even though ...
A New Approach to Form Error Determination in Sculptured Surface Metrology
(2018-08-02)
This thesis presents a new approach to the determination of sampling points for CMM inspection of sculptured surfaces, for when the surface equations are not available. It is an implementation-based methodology that relies ...
TESTING STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS FOR FREE VIBRATION TO UNDERSTAND THEIR LINEAR DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS
(2018)
Dynamic forces such as strong seismic, wind, and impact loads can cause severe deterioration of structural elements in residential, commercial and other structural systems. In the field of structural health monitoring ...
AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF THE EARSPOOLS OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY AND SURROUNDING REGIONS
(2018)
Earspools dating from the Mississippi Period are found throughout the Southeast
region of North America. Some of these artifacts were recovered from sites in the
Arkansas and Red River Valley regions which share similarities ...
Risk factors for sexual violence among college students in dating relationships: An ecological approach
(2018-05-11)
Introduction: Amidst the environment of autonomy from parental authority and peer pressure of college life, college students are vulnerable to sexual violence in dating relationships. The American College Health Association ...
Helping Students Find Their Voices: A Study in Student Self-Advocacy
(2018-12)
This study explores student perceptions of self-advocacy, as well as the ways in which self-advocacy influences student success in the classroom. While there have been multiple research studies exploring the benefits of ...