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Epizoic Diatom Assemblages on Freshwater Turtles
(2016-05)
Although freshwater turtles and their epibiotic hosts are a good model for studying epibiotic interactions (including basking, the effects of turtle species, and geographic variation), information on diatom-turtle relationships ...
Optimal Facility Location for Interdependent Infrastructure Network Recovery
(2017-05)
Modern communities heavily depend on critical infrastructure networks such as power, water, transportation, telecommunications, gas, etc. Since daily life requires these networks to be operational, it is important that ...
Left Out?: The Political Left in Contemporary German Politics
(2016)
This thesis argues that the left wing in Germany is primed to form a governing coalition in Germany following ten years of center-right rule. Thuringia is the case study within this paper because of the unique position of ...
A 16-Year Observational Analysis of Land-Atmosphere Coupling in Oklahoma Using Mesonet and North American Regional Reanalysis Data
(2018-08)
Global “hot spots” for land atmosphere coupling have been identified through various studies. One particular region that has been identified in many of these global studies is the Southern Great Plains (SGP) of North ...
Effect of Carbon Nanotubes on Moisture Absorption Properties of Epoxy Laminates
(2016-08)
There have been conflicting studies for how multi-walled carbon nanotube reinforcement will affect the moisture absorption properties of an epoxy laminate. The carbon nanotubes were meant to act as a hindrance for the ...
Blood Damage Analysis using Computational Fluid Dynamics of Blood Flow through a Functioning and Malfunctioning Bileaflet Artificial Heart Valve
(2018-08)
Artificial heart valves are an invaluable tool to treat heart defects and diseases. However, these prosthetic devices may expose the blood to turbulent flow conditions leading to unnaturally high stress that can damage ...
Passive Actuation of a Planetary Rover to Assist Sandy Slope Traverse
(2016)
This thesis introduces the design of a novel locomotive methodology. The problem being addressed is the traverse of unmanned locomotion over sandy inclined traverses. This is a special terramechanical issue regarding terrain ...
SEASONAL AND CLIMATIC MODEL OF LESSER PRAIRIE-CHICKEN DEMOGRAPHICS
(2017-05)
Abstract
The lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) has suffered substantial losses in both population number and occupied range over the last century. Although the species has been the focus of range-wide ...
Developing Affordable Smart Solutions for Police Reporting
(2018-08-02)
Due to the high costs of many eCitation systems currently on the market, many
police agencies are still using pen and paper to fill out their citations. This traditional
citation method may be cost effective. However, ...
A NOVEL POST-HOC MATCHING PROCEDURE USING STATISTICAL LEARNING METHODS
(2016)
In this thesis, a statistical learning method is leveraged to create a novel measure for conducting post-hoc matching between a treatment group and a candidate set. Post-hoc matching is a necessary element in many non-random ...