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Loudness Discomfort Levels: A Retrospective Study Comparing Data From Pascoe (1988) And Washington University School Of Medicine, Jennifer N. Keller
Loudness Discomfort Levels: A Retrospective Study Comparing Data From Pascoe (1988) And Washington University School Of Medicine, Jennifer N. Keller
Independent Studies and Capstones
Loudess discomfort levels (LDLs) were gathered from three Washington University School of Medicine sites, for a total of 325 subjects (total ears=454). These levels were compared to mean LDLs reported by Pascoe (1988). The results revealed that the mean LDL measured at WUSM (ie., the IHAFF procedure) is significantly different that the LDL reported by Pascoe (1988).
A Resource Guide: Mainstreaming A Child With A Hearing Impairment: What Teachers Need To Know, Erin Lanfer
A Resource Guide: Mainstreaming A Child With A Hearing Impairment: What Teachers Need To Know, Erin Lanfer
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper is intended as a resource for teachers by providing information and teaching strategies to help meet the needs of children with a hearing impairment in the mainstream educational setting.
Emotion Perception In Speech: Discrimination, Identification, And The Effects Of Talker And Sentence Variability, Kristen P. Peters
Emotion Perception In Speech: Discrimination, Identification, And The Effects Of Talker And Sentence Variability, Kristen P. Peters
Independent Studies and Capstones
The primary goal of this project is to study the ability of adult cochlear implant users to perceive emotion through speech alone. A secondary goal of this project is to study the development of emotion perception in normal hearing children to serve as a baseline for comparing emotion perception abilities in similarly-aged children with impaired hearing.
The Social Difficulties Children Encounter Transitioning From A Self-Contained Deaf Education Program Into A General Education Program, Gina Marie Martino
The Social Difficulties Children Encounter Transitioning From A Self-Contained Deaf Education Program Into A General Education Program, Gina Marie Martino
Independent Studies and Capstones
This study examines the difficulties, particularly social, a child who is deaf/hard of hearing encounters transitioning from a self-contained program into the general education setting. The information gathered was used to create a children's story as a helpful tool.
Are There Hazardous Auditory Effects Of High-Frequency Turbines And Ultrasonic Dental Scalers On Dental Professionals?, Susanna Storm Bono
Are There Hazardous Auditory Effects Of High-Frequency Turbines And Ultrasonic Dental Scalers On Dental Professionals?, Susanna Storm Bono
Independent Studies and Capstones
The purpose of this pilot study was to survey dentists in the St. Louis area to assess their subjective opinion of commonly used dental handpieces as well as history of noise exposure and use of hearing protection. Selected handpieces were then chosen to measure their output levels and determine if emissions are hazardous to the auditory system.
Comparison Of Video And Toy Reinforcers To Motivate Infants/Toddlers For Hearing Tests, Kelly Clarke
Comparison Of Video And Toy Reinforcers To Motivate Infants/Toddlers For Hearing Tests, Kelly Clarke
Independent Studies and Capstones
This paper is a study of the effectiveness between video and toy reinforcer types to motivate infants/toddlers for hearing tests. No significant differences were found between age groups or gender. Toy reinforcers were found to produce on average two more threshold estimates compared to video reinforcers. Variety, color and animation of animals may have contributed to this difference.
Predicting The Ability To Lip-Read In Children Who Have A Hearing Loss, Jeanne Breitmayer Flowers
Predicting The Ability To Lip-Read In Children Who Have A Hearing Loss, Jeanne Breitmayer Flowers
Independent Studies and Capstones
This study aims to discover if a variety of factors related to a child's education and audiologic history predict a child's ability to lip-read.
Comparison Of Nrt Based Maps And Preferred Maps In Adult Nucleus Ci24 Cochlear Implant Users, Melissa Sestak
Comparison Of Nrt Based Maps And Preferred Maps In Adult Nucleus Ci24 Cochlear Implant Users, Melissa Sestak
Independent Studies and Capstones
Comparison of subjects' preferred MAPs worn in everyday life and MAPs created using electrically evoked compound action potentials using neural response telemetry measures in adult Nucleus CI24 implant users.
Newborn Hearing Screening: A Retrospective Analysis Of Hit And False Positive Rates In The Nicu And How They Are Influenced By Risk Factors For Hearing Loss In A Suburban Birthing Hospital, Maria Goldenberg
Independent Studies and Capstones
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a hearing screening program, particularly focusing on hit and false positive rates in the NICU and WBN at a top-rated birthing hospital in Saint Louis, MO. Additionally, the study examined how these rates may be influenced by risk factors for hearing loss.
An In-Vitro Investigation Of Frictional Resistance Of Self-Ligating And Ceramic Brackets When Subjected To Different Ligation Methods And Tipping Angles, Todd S. Bovenizer
An In-Vitro Investigation Of Frictional Resistance Of Self-Ligating And Ceramic Brackets When Subjected To Different Ligation Methods And Tipping Angles, Todd S. Bovenizer
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Objectives. To investigate the frictional resistance of two new ceramic brackets, two self-ligating bracket, and one standard stainless steel bracket with several methods of ligation. The size and composition of the archwires will also be varied. The wires used are all stainless steel and the sizes are .018, 19X25, and 21X25. The frictional forces obtained in this study will be more useful when compared in a relative manner to one another, as opposed to the actual forces that will be measured. Methods. Each bracket and wire was placed in an Instron machine and tested for 120 seconds. During this time …
A Translator For Automated Code Generation For Service-Based Systems, Sanjib (Sean) Banerjee
A Translator For Automated Code Generation For Service-Based Systems, Sanjib (Sean) Banerjee
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Service based systems are playing a major role in industry today, everything from the verification of credit cards to booking airplane reservations are using some form of a service based approach. This unfortunately brings up a really big problem, how do we know that these services are actually doing what they are supposed to? Or, how do we know the service based system doesn't get somehow compromised when handling sensitive information.;A collaborative project involving Arizona State University and West Virginia University began in 2004 to first create a language, called alpha-calculus. We can prove that the code written in alpha-calculus …
Integration Of Statistical And Neural Network Method For Data Analysis, Krishna Kumar Chavali
Integration Of Statistical And Neural Network Method For Data Analysis, Krishna Kumar Chavali
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The issues that are to be considered while selecting data analysis methods are data type and expected solution type. Incorrect selection of either can lead to incomplete solution leading user taking an uninformed decision. The software developed for this thesis (SANE - Statistical And NEural network data analysis) is aimed at enabling a user to use advanced data analysis techniques to handle a given research issue. An effective navigation system is designed for user to select the analysis method by responding to a set of questions. SANE provides web based data analysis using statistical and neural networks methods. The statistical …
Empirical Analysis Of Software Reliability, Margaret L. Hamill
Empirical Analysis Of Software Reliability, Margaret L. Hamill
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This thesis presents an empirical study of architecture-based software reliability based on large real case studies. It undoubtedly demonstrates the value of using open source software to empirically study software reliability. The major goal is to empirically analyze the applicability, adequacy and accuracy of architecture-based software reliability models. In both our studies we found evidence that the number of failures due to faults in more than one component is not insignificant. Consequently, existing models that make such simplifying assumptions must be improved to account for this phenomenon. This thesis' contributions include developing automatic methods for efficient extraction of necessary data …
Predicting Inflation, And The Relationship Between Financial Integration, Financial *Development And Economic *Growth, Lillian T. Kamal
Predicting Inflation, And The Relationship Between Financial Integration, Financial *Development And Economic *Growth, Lillian T. Kamal
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Three essays are presented. The first essay re-visits the P* model (developed by Hallman, Porter and Small, 1991) with an application to US data. The central idea behind the P* model is that the price level is determined by the money stock, output and velocity. This study brings together criticisms of the P* model together in an attempt to address the major concerns with an improvement upon the existing model. A horse race is then run between the original P* model, two variant P* models, and three other models---an atheoretic naive AR process and an ARMA process as well as …
Enlightened Defense: The National Security *Policy Of Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Leonhard
Enlightened Defense: The National Security *Policy Of Thomas Jefferson, Robert R. Leonhard
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
The triumph of Thomas Jefferson and the Democratic Republicans in 1800 left the deposed Federalists aghast at what this Francophile, anti nationalist, reputedly atheistic president might do to the country. Despite Jefferson's impulses toward pacifism, national isolation, the diffusion of political power, and healing faction, the eight years of his two administrations were destined to be as calm as a hurricane. The turbulent situation in Europe had already made a mockery of Washington's advice to avoid entanglement, and during Jefferson's presidency, the dangers only increased.;Jefferson's ideas on national security were diametrically opposed to those of Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists. …
Transactional Distance And Student Motivation: Student Perception Of Teacher Immediacy, Solidarity Toward Peer Students And Student Motivation In Distance Education, Hye Yoon Jung
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Transactional Distance Theory is conceptually significant in that the core nature of distance in distance education is not a geographical or temporal distance but a psychological or communicational distance between students and their teacher(s), as well as among students. In spite of the conceptual significance of the transactional distance theory, the interrelationships among the construct variables and propositions of the theory are unclear. The majority of studies on transactional distance theory either used the theory solely as a conceptual framework, or proposed the refinement of the theory. Literature review indicated that the theory was found to be invalid and unreliable. …
Does Physical Disability Truly Create Impairment In Adjustment To College Life?, Jennifer R. Hurst
Does Physical Disability Truly Create Impairment In Adjustment To College Life?, Jennifer R. Hurst
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
This research utilized a mixed methods design to explore the differences between students with and without disabilities in perceived social support, coping style, self efficacy, and college adjustment. In addition, the influence of athletic participation on the above variables was examined in the sub-sample of students with disabilities. Neither survey nor interview results supported any differences between students with disabilities and students without disabilities on the study variables. Results suggested that discrepancies in college outcome variables (i.e. matriculation and persistence) were not a result of differences in disability status, but are the result of differences in adjustment, perceived social support, …
Shape Based Automated Mapping Of Histological Mouse Brain Sections, Manasa Danda
Shape Based Automated Mapping Of Histological Mouse Brain Sections, Manasa Danda
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
In the development of an automatic image mapping system for mouse brain images, we focus on obtaining the best match in the two dimensional atlas images for the query image of a mouse brain section. The matching issue has to deal with the tissue distortions and tears, which are routinely encountered and possible scale, rotation and shear changes. With the goal to achieve high performance for image matching, a dual-stage approach is proposed which is based on radial distributions and region-based template matching.;Our main challenge is identifying shape features and corresponding distance metrics that produce effective characterization of 2D sections …
Classification Of Dental X-Ray Images, Usman Qureshi
Classification Of Dental X-Ray Images, Usman Qureshi
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Forensic dentistry is concerned with identifying people based on their dental records. Forensic specialists have a large number of cases to investigate and hence, it has become important to automate forensic identification systems. The radiographs acquired after a person is deceased are called the Post-mortem (PM) radiographs, and the radiographs acquired while the person is alive are called the Ante-mortem (AM) radiographs. Dental biometrics automatically analyzes dental radiographs to identify the deceased individuals. While, ante mortem (AM) identification is usually possible through comparison of many biometric identifiers, postmortem (PM) identification is impossible using behavioral biometrics (e.g. speech, gait). Moreover, under …
Portable Transparent Indenter Instrumentation For Material Surface Characterization, Julio A. Noriega
Portable Transparent Indenter Instrumentation For Material Surface Characterization, Julio A. Noriega
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
A portable Transparent Indenter Measurement (TIM) instrument that combines Instrumented Indentation Testing characteristics with optical microscopy through a transparent half ball indenter has been developed. The TIM instrument can provide the following experimental data: (a) the load applied as the indenter penetrates the specimen, (b) the displacement of the piezoelectric tip, and (c) the indented area. All these data are used to obtain the material stress-strain curve, through the determination of the elastic modulus, yield strength, and strain hardening exponent.;Using the TIM instrument and based on Hertz elastic contact theory, a new method to obtain material elastic modulus is developed. …
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Latex Modified Concrete For Bridge Deck Overlays, Dony Cherian Oommen
Carbon Fiber Reinforced Latex Modified Concrete For Bridge Deck Overlays, Dony Cherian Oommen
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Latex modified concrete deck overlay systems are used nationwide. However, cracking, spalling and delamination have been observed both in the case of old and new bridge deck construction. Such problems have also been observed even before a newly constructed bridge deck has been opened to traffic.;In this investigation, the effect of reinforcing Latex Modified Concrete (LMC) with carbon fibers is examined. The study focuses on formulation of the mix design and laboratory test methods to evaluate the potential of using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Latex Modified Concrete (CFLMC) for bridge deck overlays. A tension test method of concrete was perfected during …
Lossless Compression Of Hyperspectral Images, Sushil Kamalchand Jain
Lossless Compression Of Hyperspectral Images, Sushil Kamalchand Jain
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Band ordering and the prediction scheme are the two major aspects of hyperspectral imaging which have been studied to improve the performance of the compression system. In the prediction module, we propose spatio-spectral prediction methods. Two non-linear spectral prediction methods have been proposed in this thesis. NPHI (Non-linear Prediction for Hyperspectral Images) is based on a band look-ahead technique wherein a reference band is included in the prediction of pixels in the current band. The prediction technique estimates the variation between the contexts of the two bands to modify the weights computed in the reference band to predict the pixels …
College Dating And Social Anxiety: Using The Internet As A Means Of Connecting To Others, Sarah B. Stevens
College Dating And Social Anxiety: Using The Internet As A Means Of Connecting To Others, Sarah B. Stevens
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
With the advent and widespread use of the Internet, various online media are being used to connect and maintain social relationships in individuals of all ages. Social relationships are vital to healthy development, and individuals with social and/or dating anxiety may have marked difficulty in establishing appropriate, supportive relationships due to fear of negative evaluation by others. For these individuals, the Internet may open up avenues of communication, and provide an outlet through which relationships can be formed and preserved. This study investigated the characteristics of computer and Internet use in young adults, to determine whether individuals who were high …
Genetic Analysis Of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus Mykiss): Strain Identification Via Microsatellites And Analysis Of Expressed Sequence Tags In Intestine, Liver, Kidney, And Ovary, Amanda B. Stewart
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Implementation of modern fishing techniques and hatchery technologies necessitates use of genetics in management of fishery stocks. Genetic analysis of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, will assist development of superior strains of a valuable aquacultured species. This study was to (1) develop polymorphic microsatellite markers to examine for variation among rainbow trout strains and develop an identification panel of microsatellites to distinguish individual strains, and (2) to identify novel genes and estimate relative gene expression profiles (expressed sequence tags from rainbow trout liver, intestine, kidney, and ovary non-normalized libraries). Thirty-seven microsatellites were identified by screening 576 clones from TAGA and ATG-repeat …
Signaling Pathways Involved In Regulation Of Glucose -6 -Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6pd) By Arachidonic Acid, Indrani Talukdar
Signaling Pathways Involved In Regulation Of Glucose -6 -Phosphate Dehydrogenase (G6pd) By Arachidonic Acid, Indrani Talukdar
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is the rate-limiting enzyme of pentose phosphate pathway and provides NADPH for de novo fatty acid biosynthesis. For the later reason, G6PD is known as a lipogenic enzyme. Insulin induces expression of G6PD mRNA via activating the PI3 kinase pathway in primary rat hepatocytes. Addition of arachidonic acid, a polyunsaturated fatty acid, in the medium interferes with the PI3 kinase pathway, and thus inhibits the insulin-mediated induction of G6PD. Arachidonic acid in the presence of insulin induces p38 MAP kinase pathway over insulin treatment alone. Activation of p38 MAP kinase by arachidonic acid interferes with the insulin …
Comparing Mothers And Fathers On Acceptability Of Parent-Training Approaches, Knowledge Of Behavioral Principles, And Parenting Behaviors, Jennifer D. Tiano
Comparing Mothers And Fathers On Acceptability Of Parent-Training Approaches, Knowledge Of Behavioral Principles, And Parenting Behaviors, Jennifer D. Tiano
Graduate Theses, Dissertations, and Problem Reports (ETD)
Although most child research is conducted with mothers as the primary source of data, results often are applied to fathers. Yet, mothers and fathers engage in different interactions with children and may have varying attitudes and knowledge of parenting. This project compared mothers and fathers on a variety of parenting measures. Participants included a community sample of 80 parents (40 mother-father pairs) and their male child between the ages of two and seven. This study evaluated potential differences between mothers and fathers on treatment acceptability, knowledge of behavioral principles, and observed parenting behaviors. Results indicated that mothers prefer response cost …
Ancillary Service And Self-Referral Arrangements In The Medical And Legal Professions: Do Current Ethical, Legislative, And Regulatory Policies Adequately Serve The Interests Of Patients And Clinets?, Benjamin P. Falit
South Carolina Law Review
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