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Evidence For A Simpatico Self-Schema In Studies Comparing Hispanics And Whites, Renee Holloway Aug 2006

Evidence For A Simpatico Self-Schema In Studies Comparing Hispanics And Whites, Renee Holloway

Psychology Dissertations - Archive

Considerable evidence exists that many Latin American cultures emphasize concept of simpatia or simpatico (Triandis, Martin, Lisansky, & Betancourt, 1984). The purpose of this research project was to test for evidence that Mexican-Americans use a simpatico self-schema more than White Americans do. Study 1 assessed the participants' reported self-schemas using the "Who am I?" paradigm (Gordon, 1968). As predicted, the Hispanic participants reported significantly more simpatico-related terms in their self-descriptions than the White participants. Study 2 also assessed the self-schema of the participants, using a traditional cognitive paradigm (Markus, 1977). However, none of the predicted hypotheses for that study were …

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Analysis And Optimal Design Of Beams Using Radial Basis Function, Yung-Kang Sun Aug 2006

Analysis And Optimal Design Of Beams Using Radial Basis Function, Yung-Kang Sun

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dissertations - Archive

The application of Multiquadric Radial Basis Function (MQ RBF) in the analysis and optimal design of beams are addressed in this dissertation. For static analysis, a new Least Square Collocation (LSC) method is introduced. For buckling and vibration analysis, Rayleigh-Ritz analysis procedures are presented using MQ RBF basis function. Numerical results show that LSC can provide better results than the classical collocation method when the same number of collocation points are used. In vibration analysis, MQ RBF-based Rayleigh-Ritz can be used to calculate natural frequency accurately for several hundred modes. The important question of choosing shift parameters is discussed and …

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Enhancement Of Cryoinjury By Use Of Eutectic Crystallization Of An Amino Acid Adjuvant, Chuo-Li Wang Aug 2006

Enhancement Of Cryoinjury By Use Of Eutectic Crystallization Of An Amino Acid Adjuvant, Chuo-Li Wang

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Theses - Archive

Enhancement of cryoinjury by use of eutectic formation was investigated to improve the efficacy of cryosurgery. Although the enhancement of cryoinjury associated with eutectic crystallization of sodium chloride (NaCl) has been demonstrated, its advantage can be maximized with adjuvants which are biocompatible and have higher eutectic temperature than NaCl. In this study, the feasibility of glycine, which is less toxic and have higher eutectic temperature than NaCl, was tested. Two groups of MCF-7 human breast cancer cell were suspended in isotonic saline with glycine, then were frozen and thawed on a directional solidification stage in the same protocol except that …

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Novel Approaches To Photoassisted Deposition Of Semiconductors And Nanocomposite Materials, Sashikala Somasundaram Aug 2006

Novel Approaches To Photoassisted Deposition Of Semiconductors And Nanocomposite Materials, Sashikala Somasundaram

Chemistry & Biochemistry Dissertations - Archive

This dissertation research begins with the use of TiO2-based photocatalysis for the reduction of metal ions with very negative reduction potentials. The indirect photocatalytic reduction of four metal ions: Cd2+, Zn2+, Mn2+, and Tl+ using formate radical anions generated in UV-irradiated aqueous TiO2 suspensions, is described. Using Tl+ as a model metal ion, a simple kinetics scheme was developed for the indirect reduction route, and the predictions from this model were shown to be in excellent agreement with experimental data. Titania-based photocatalysis was then used for the preparation of MSe/TiO2 "coupled" semiconductors. Heterogeneous photocatalysis using photoexcited TiO2 substrates was shown …

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Hourly Weather Forecast Analysis, Sothaya Rasmidatta Aug 2006

Hourly Weather Forecast Analysis, Sothaya Rasmidatta

Electrical Engineering Theses - Archive

Today, internet becomes one of the most important resources for useful information. However, since the authentic of the information is difficult to verify, one also has to take precaution when getting information from the internet. Utility companies need to forecast their load for unit commitment scheduling and system planning. The traditional approach for neural network forecasting relies on the temperature forecasting information from a single source. The customer loads are closely correlated with the temperature. Therefore, the accuracy of the load forecasting is affected by the temperature forecasting errors. The objective of this thesis is to reduce the temperature forecasting …

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Novel Techniques Of Fabricating Porous, Biodegradable Polymer Scaffolds For Sustained Drug Release, Mayur B. Uttarwar Aug 2006

Novel Techniques Of Fabricating Porous, Biodegradable Polymer Scaffolds For Sustained Drug Release, Mayur B. Uttarwar

Bioengineering Theses - Archive

Two types of porous scaffolds were made from biodegradable polymers and their drug release trends and rates were studied. In first method, the emulsion of PLLA in chloroform solution and PVA and acetaminophen in de-ionized water solution was made. The emulsion was blended with PLLA solution. The resultant emulsion was freeze vacuum dried. The drug release study was conducted in-vitro. In the second method, scaffolds had three layers. The top and bottom layers were made by blending PLLA solution with PVA solution. The middle layer was made by blending PLLA solution with a mixture of PVA and Acetaminophen in de-ionized …

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Drug Loaded Polymeric Blends For Developing Vascular Stents, Anup C. Dasnurkar Aug 2006

Drug Loaded Polymeric Blends For Developing Vascular Stents, Anup C. Dasnurkar

Bioengineering Theses - Archive

In-stent restenosis and neo-intimal hyperplasia are long-term limitations of metallic stents. Local delivery of medications to transluminal angioplasty sites to prevent restenosis is receiving worldwide attention. Development of localized application of antiproliferative agents, and gene therapy via bio-degradable coatings on metallic substrates proved to be successful in reducing restenosis but was limited by the problems of limited drug load, etc. The presence of a foreign object for a long period of time may lead to the further narrowing of the treated lesion. The rationale for usage of bioresorbable drug eluting stents is the ability to store large quantities of drug …

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Development Of An In-Vitro Assay For Neurotrophin-Induced Segregation Of Nociceptive And Proprioceptive Sensory Axons, Ebrahim Shabbir Bengali Aug 2006

Development Of An In-Vitro Assay For Neurotrophin-Induced Segregation Of Nociceptive And Proprioceptive Sensory Axons, Ebrahim Shabbir Bengali

Bioengineering Theses - Archive

Peripheral nerves have the capacity for regeneration and if properly repaired, axon extensions can regenerate even across gaps caused by peripheral nerve loss. Complete functional recovery after gap injury repair remains suboptimal due to the erroneous pathways taken by the regenerating axons leading to aberrant target innervation. A segregation of axonal types can facilitate efficient target direction and innervation leading to improved functional recovery. Novel two-dimensional and three-dimensional Y-shaped assays were developed to test whether the nociceptive and proprioceptive sensory axons from the dorsal root ganglia could be segregated through specific neurotrophin inducement; namely NGF and NT-3 respectively. A large …

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Development Of Targeting Nanoparticles Mimicking The Adhesive Properties Of Platelets, Arthur Lin Aug 2006

Development Of Targeting Nanoparticles Mimicking The Adhesive Properties Of Platelets, Arthur Lin

Bioengineering Theses - Archive

The development of biodegradable nanoparticles as drug delivery vehicles presents an improved avenue for intracellular targeted drug delivery. Biodegradable nanoparticles have demonstrated an ability to provide controllable, sustained drug release in vitro. However, in vivo studies have shown that nanoparticles are not effective at adhering to vascular walls under shear stress. The purpose of this study was to investigate methods to improve cellular uptake and targeting of nanoparticles in activated or inflamed endothelial cells (ECs) under fluid shear stress and to determine whether the material properties of a biodegradable polymer, poly (lactic-co-glycolic) acid (PLGA), affected cellular uptake. The hypothesis for …

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Anti-Viral Activity Of Quillaja Saponaria Molina Extracts Against Hiv-1 And Hiv-2, Jennifer Lee Sprayberry Aug 2006

Anti-Viral Activity Of Quillaja Saponaria Molina Extracts Against Hiv-1 And Hiv-2, Jennifer Lee Sprayberry

Biology Theses - Archive

It has been well established that extracts from the bark of the South American tree Quillaja saponaria Molina have the capacity to stimulate strong immune responses against exogenous antigen when used as an adjuvant. However, the anti-viral capacity of Q. saponins has not been well established. We document the anti-viral capacity of Quillaja saponaria extracts against HIV-1 and HIV-2. The extract appeared to interact with the gp120 subunit of HIV-1 and HIV-2 to produce a low anti-viral effect by blocking viral attachment. The extract was also observed to coat cells in a time dependent manner and block attachment to CD4 …

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General Response Of Kneading-Compacted Unsaturated Silty Sand Under Drained And Undrained True Triaxial Testing, Sangchul Pyo Aug 2006

General Response Of Kneading-Compacted Unsaturated Silty Sand Under Drained And Undrained True Triaxial Testing, Sangchul Pyo

Civil Engineering Theses - Archive

A comprehensive series of 36 drained and 36 undrained true triaxial tests was accomplished to investigate the stress-strain-strength behaviour of kneading-compacted unsaturated silty sand (SP-SM) under multi-axial stress states. Test specimens were prepared at three different initial moist contents (6, 8, 10%) to achieve different compaction-induced suction conditions prior to testing. All samples were then subjected to either a drained or undrained multi-axial stress paths, including conventional triaxial compression (CTC), triaxial compression (TC), triaxial extension (TE), or simple shear (SS) stress path. Initial compaction-induced matric suction was assessed via the SWCC of test soil. The experimental program focuses on soil …

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Photocatalytic Degradation Of Vocs, Toxics And Odors From Air Emissions Of Wastewater Treatment Plants And Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Mita Suresh Upadhyay Aug 2006

Photocatalytic Degradation Of Vocs, Toxics And Odors From Air Emissions Of Wastewater Treatment Plants And Municipal Solid Waste Landfills, Mita Suresh Upadhyay

Civil Engineering Theses - Archive

The 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) require more stringent controls of sources of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and hazardous air pollutants (HAPs). Air quality managers at the state level are responsible for developing State Implementation Plans (SIPs) to improve regional air quality. Both wastewater treatment and landfills facilities are sources of VOCs, HAPs and odors. This research examines the effectiveness of photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) in treating emissions from wastewater and landfill facilities. PCO rate constants of compounds such as methane, o-xylene, m-xylene, p-xylene and carbonyl sulfide are determined over titanium dioxide (TiO2) catalyst in a continuous mixed-batch reactor. The …

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Evaluation Of Resilient Modulus Of Cement And Cement-Fiber Treated Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (Rap) Aggregates, Ajay Potturi Aug 2006

Evaluation Of Resilient Modulus Of Cement And Cement-Fiber Treated Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (Rap) Aggregates, Ajay Potturi

Civil Engineering Theses - Archive

Natural aggregates derived from a variety of source rocks have been used as a road base material. But the extraction of natural aggregates resources is increasingly being constrained by urbanization, increased costs and environmental concerns. Thus, increased amounts of reclaimed materials are being used to supplement natural aggregates in road construction. The 1993 EPA report mentioned that approximately 73 million tons of asphalt pavement material was recycled annually, which amounts to about 80% of the asphalt removed from pavements each year. The use of Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP) materials in road construction reduces both the amount of construction debris disposed …

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The Role Of Cingulate Cortex In Spatial Learning And Pain Processing, Rebecca Weaver Aug 2006

The Role Of Cingulate Cortex In Spatial Learning And Pain Processing, Rebecca Weaver

Psychology Theses - Archive

Research implicates the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC) mediates the affective component of pain processing but not spatial learning. The Posterior Cingulate Cortex (PCC) mediates spatial learning but not pain processes. This study investigated the roles of each cortex in spatial learning and pain processing. Lesions were made using standard stereotaxic procedures on 96 animals. Inflammatory condition was induced via carageenan. Animals were randomly assigned between both MPWT and PEAP followed by Morris Swim Test or vice versa in order to prevent an order effect. As hypothesized, ACC lesioned animals resulted in no spatial learning decrement, but showed no avoidance behavior …

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Recirculating Loop Testbed For All Optical 2r Regeneration, Pallavi Govind Patki Aug 2006

Recirculating Loop Testbed For All Optical 2r Regeneration, Pallavi Govind Patki

Electrical Engineering Theses - Archive

This Master's thesis deals with building a recirculating loop testbed intended for proof-of-principle demonstration of multichannel all-optical 2R regenerator proposed in [1]. The proposed multichannel 2R regeneration scheme uses multiple highly-nonlinear-fiber (HNLF) sections separated by dispersion-compensating periodic-group-delay devices (PGDDs). The high cost and limited availability of these devices restrict us to working with just one PGDD, instead of 16 required by the scheme. Thus, for the proof-of-principle demonstration of the regenerator we have to put a single PGDD and a piece of HNLF into a recirculating loop through which light will circulate for required number of times. In this thesis, …

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Evolution Of Gender Differences In Adult Crying, Carrie Lane Aug 2006

Evolution Of Gender Differences In Adult Crying, Carrie Lane

Psychology Dissertations - Archive

The evolutionary function of gender differences in adult crying was investigated, specifically whether females were selected to cry more than males ostensibly to aid in their survival. Both studies were based on the idea that crying is a signal to others that attention is needed. Study 1 examined how female crying acts as a signal to alert males during a conflict that they have overstepped boundaries, and thus, crying prevents conflict escalation. Study 2 investigated female crying as a signal that requests help and acts as a catalyst in bonding between females, thus strengthening their social networks and increasing their …

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Human Trafficking: A Comparative Analysis Of The Perceptions Of College Students And Police Officers, Maria Balderas Aug 2006

Human Trafficking: A Comparative Analysis Of The Perceptions Of College Students And Police Officers, Maria Balderas

Criminology & Criminal Justice Theses - Archive

The purpose of this study is to examine the perception and knowledge of human trafficking in the United States. Specifically, the perception of college students at the University of Texas at Arlington and officers at the Arlington Police Department will be examined by survey. The scope of human trafficking varies depending on the degree of influence it has to a specific situation at a particular time (Seligson, 2005, p.59). Research addressing the deterrence of human trafficking and the response from various agencies will be reviewed (“UN Face Sheet”, 2006). Human trafficking will be reviewed from an international perspective to the …

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Optimization Models For Leishmaniasis Control: A Case For Bihar, India, Kaushik Gorahava Aug 2006

Optimization Models For Leishmaniasis Control: A Case For Bihar, India, Kaushik Gorahava

Industrial, Manufacturing, and Systems Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Leishmaniasis, is a family of infectious diseases, which mostly affects poor and developing countries. The highest prevalence and mortality rate of Visceral Leishmaniasis (VL) the world over occurs in Bihar state of India. Many disease control methods are available; however, procedures aimed at reducing sandfly population by spraying insecticide have been the most effective for controlling VL in Bihar. In this dissertation, optimization models for the control of Leishmaniasis are developed and analyzed. Novel optimization models are built and analyzed to identify the optimal amount of insecticide allocated for controlling the spread of VL in Bihar. Since the vector (disease …

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Context Aware Energy Conservation In Pervasive Computing Environments, Prathiba Joseph Aug 2006

Context Aware Energy Conservation In Pervasive Computing Environments, Prathiba Joseph

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

Extending battery lifetime is one of the most critical and challenging problems in mobile systems. When the mobile device sounds a low battery alarm, the user is given an ultimatum to quickly find a power source or suspend work. The greatest utility of mobile devices is their ability to be used anywhere, and at anytime. But power limitations of these devices seem to hinder this goal. The ever-growing needs of mobile users for increased lifetime of wireless devices imply that emerging wireless systems must be more energy-efficient than ever before. Cyber foraging or remote resource exploitation may be an efficient …

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Rf Mems And Integrated Manufacturing For Miniaturized Millimeter-Wave Systems, Ying Cai Aug 2006

Rf Mems And Integrated Manufacturing For Miniaturized Millimeter-Wave Systems, Ying Cai

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Recently millimeter-wave systems have attracted more attentions in applications owing to their short wavelengths, high resolutions, broad bandwidths and high environmental tolerance. However, the great challenges of high fabrication and assembly costs, bulky volume, and heavy weight of millimeter-wave systems call for new integrated manufacturing techniques and novel architectures. The micro hot embossing technique integrated with other microfabrication techniques could address these challenges. In this dissertation, the micro plastic hot embossing technique was presented for the fabrication of miniaturized millimeter-wave systems. The micro hot embossing on plastic materials demonstrated its advantages on significant costs, volume, and weight reduction, while maintaining …

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Electromagnetic Wave Scattering From Vegetation, Xiaoyan Huang Aug 2006

Electromagnetic Wave Scattering From Vegetation, Xiaoyan Huang

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

This dissertation contains the theoretical study of microwave scattering from vegetated media and the development of microwave scattering models with applications to these media. A vegetation canopy may consist of deciduous or coniferous leaves, branches, and trunks with certain size and orientation distributions. The formulation of the scattering model for each element of the canopy is carried out and its scatter patterns versus its size and orientation for like and cross polarizations are computed and presented. In particular, an extension is made where vegetation with a compound-leaf pattern is considered. For this type of vegetation, several leaves that form a …

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Evaluating Indexing And Routing Schemes For Spatial Queries In Sensor Networks, Raja Rajeshwari Anugula Aug 2006

Evaluating Indexing And Routing Schemes For Spatial Queries In Sensor Networks, Raja Rajeshwari Anugula

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

Recent advances in low-power sensing devices coupled with widespread availability of wireless ad-hoc networks, has fueled the development of sensor networks. These senor networks have various applications such as to monitor conditions at different locations (temperature, pressure, rainfall, vibrations etc.,), tracking of objects and so on. Each device is equipped with an energy source (usually with a battery), memory, CPU and communication bandwidth, which is severely constrained. Hence each sensor network is comprised of hardware for sensing, software for communication and computational algorithms. Spatial queries are commonly applied to sensor network, for example: "Find the highest temperature sensed in a …

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Device Level Vacuum Packaged Microbolometers On Flexible Substrates, Aamer Mahmood Aug 2006

Device Level Vacuum Packaged Microbolometers On Flexible Substrates, Aamer Mahmood

Electrical Engineering Dissertations - Archive

Micromachined microbolometers on flexible substrate have been fabricated and characterized. Liquid polyimide PI5878G made by HD Microsystems has been used to form the flexible substrate. Semiconducting Yttrium-Barium-Copper-Oxide (commonly referred to as YBCO) is the temperature sensitive material. These detectors are supported by thin micromachined layers of silicon nitride on flexible polyimide PI5878G. The devices were characterized for temperature dependent resistance (R(T)), the temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR, ), responsivity , detectivity (D*) and thermal conductance (Gth). A typical device had a resistance of 3.76 MI and a TCR of -2.63 %/K at 301 K. The measured thermal conductance was W/K. …

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An Application Of Parallel And Distributed Computing Methods To Approximate Pattern Matching Of Genetic Regulatory Motifs, Tushar Kumar Jayantilal Aug 2006

An Application Of Parallel And Distributed Computing Methods To Approximate Pattern Matching Of Genetic Regulatory Motifs, Tushar Kumar Jayantilal

Computer Science and Engineering Theses - Archive

Bioinformatics is a relatively new scientific field concerned with providing computational means and support to research in molecular biology and genetics. It draws from many different areas of computer science, including database theory, algorithm design and analysis, and artificial intelligence, to name just a few. In many applications, such as one described in this thesis, a biologist is interested in locating a particular pattern, or sequence motif, in a given string or set of strings over the four-letter DNA alphabet. In this thesis we present an efficient approach to locating promoter and other regulatory sequences in entire genomes or in …

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Nonlinear Control Of Microelectromechanical Systems (Mems) Devices, Kwadwo Osei Owusu Aug 2006

Nonlinear Control Of Microelectromechanical Systems (Mems) Devices, Kwadwo Osei Owusu

Electrical Engineering Theses - Archive

Different actuation principles have been developed for MEMS but electrostatic actuators are the most common. A significant drawback in the use of electrostatic actuators for some applications is their nonlinear voltage to position characteristics. Analog operation of these devices requires the use of feedback to stabilize and linearize them. Controlling and optimizing the operation of electrostatic controllers using feedback requires the establishment of the complete and accurate dynamical model of the device. In this thesis, we show how an optical switch driven by a MEMS electrostatic comb drive is controlled to guarantee its performance, stability and reliability for use in …

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3d Interconnects For Die And Wafer Stacks, Rachita Dewan Aug 2006

3d Interconnects For Die And Wafer Stacks, Rachita Dewan

Electrical Engineering Theses - Archive

3D integration results from the ever demanding trend towards smaller and lower-profile, lighter and lower cost packaged devices requires further package miniaturization. With the present System-on-chip (SOC) technology reaching its limitation in terms of functionality and cost, effort are being concentrated on exploring the third dimension, i.e. 3D integration. It provides a volumetric packaging solution for higher integration and performance and results in size and weight reduction. Approaches to achieve 3D integration are die and wafer stacking. A key technology to realize the potential of stacking is implementation of vertical electrical interconnects between die and wafer stacks. This thesis discusses …

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The Design And Analysis Of Optical Scanners For Optical Coherence Tomography, Naresh Dhaubanjar Aug 2006

The Design And Analysis Of Optical Scanners For Optical Coherence Tomography, Naresh Dhaubanjar

Electrical Engineering Theses - Archive

A miniature fiber optic scanner capable of two-dimensional scanning for medical imaging is designed and developed. The scanner is actuated externally using an electromagnet. Nickel gel, a soft ferromagnetic material, is coated on the optical fiber. The performance of the scanner is characterized. Finite element analysis is performed to validate the theoretical and experimental results. A design and analysis of a cantilever type electrostatic zipping actuator and a bidirectional vertical thermal actuator are presented. The actuation principle, lumped modeling analysis, experimental results, and finite element analysis of both actuators are presented. The actuators are characterized statically and dynamically using the …

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Modeling And Performance Evaluation Of A Power Electronic-Based Controlled Fuel Cell System, Yashar Ehsan Kenarangui Aug 2006

Modeling And Performance Evaluation Of A Power Electronic-Based Controlled Fuel Cell System, Yashar Ehsan Kenarangui

Electrical Engineering Theses - Archive

In fuel cell applications, design of an appropriate controller and selection of an Ultra-Capacitor require a suitable model of fuel-cell-systems that can adequately represent the significant characteristics of the system. Such a model, using lumped circuit elements, was developed in this thesis via a simple method without requiring fuel cell design parameters. To validate the model, simulation results from the model were compared against the results from experimental setups and satisfactory results were obtained. Later, this model was used in order to design a controller that meets the control objectives, namely, regulation of output voltage and attenuation of load current …

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Population Genetics Of Phanaeus Vindex And P. Difformis And Congruence With Morphology Across A Geographic Zone Of Species Overlap, Aaron Michael Dickey Aug 2006

Population Genetics Of Phanaeus Vindex And P. Difformis And Congruence With Morphology Across A Geographic Zone Of Species Overlap, Aaron Michael Dickey

Biology Theses - Archive

Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphisms (AFLPs) reveal that the rainbow scarabs Phanaeus vindex (MacLeay) and Phanaeus difformis (LeConte) are distinct evolutionary units which occur in sympatry at the Fort Worth Nature Center. The genetic structure at this location is distinctly bimodal with strong segregation of taxa based on soil type. In addition, certain allele frequencies within P. vindex locations exhibited a significant correlation with a precipitation gradient and other allele frequencies within P. vindex locations were significantly different on loam soil than on both sand and clay soils. Phanaeus vindex and P. difformis exhibit continuous morphological character states between two extremes, …

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Intersections Of Special Education Law And Juvenile Justice Policy And Practice, Katie Cadigan Aug 2006

Intersections Of Special Education Law And Juvenile Justice Policy And Practice, Katie Cadigan

Sociology & Anthropology Theses - Archive

The purpose of this research is threefold: to summarize law as it relates to youth with disabilities in juvenile justice facilities; to synthesize existing literature hypothesizing explanations for the disproportionate numbers of youth with disabilities involved with the juvenile justice system and proposing effective educational programs to serve those youth; and to discover the ways in which the educational programs and policy and procedures of two juvenile justice facilities both correspond with and contradict literature recommendations and special education law. Special education legislative documents, policy and procedure manuals for two juvenile justice facilities and personal reflections of my employment experiences …

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