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Consistency Of Ct Number And Electron Density In Treatment Planning System Versus Ct Scanner, And Dosimetric Consequences, Evan Makdasy Hana Jan 2019

Consistency Of Ct Number And Electron Density In Treatment Planning System Versus Ct Scanner, And Dosimetric Consequences, Evan Makdasy Hana

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The Computer Tomography (CT) scanned images are very important for the Treatment Planning System (TPS) to provide the electron density of the different types of tissues that the radiation penetrates in the path to the tumor to be treated. This electron density is converted to an attenuation coefficient, which varies with tissue for each structure and even varies by the tissue volume. The purpose of this research is to evaluate the CT numbers, and convert them into relative electron densities. Twenty-five patients’ data and CT numbers were evaluated in the CT scanner and in Eclipse and were converted into relative …

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Chloride Diffusivity And Aging Factor Determined On Field Simulated Concrete Exposed To Seawater, Farhad Fakheri Raof Jan 2019

Chloride Diffusivity And Aging Factor Determined On Field Simulated Concrete Exposed To Seawater, Farhad Fakheri Raof

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Chloride diffusivity in high performance concrete is influenced by the exposure environment, aside from the concrete mixture properties like, water to cementitious ratio (w/cm) and presence of add-on pozzolans. In this study, a set of concrete specimens (eleven-different concrete mixtures) were cast and exposed to three different environmental conditions (Tidal, Splash and Barge) in which the solution was seawater or brackish water. These exposures simulated environmental field conditions. After the specimens had been wet cured for 32 days (on average), the specimens were exposed to three different field simulation conditions for up to 54 months. The specimens under the field …

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Comparison Of Measured And Computed Lateral Penumbra For A Proteusplus Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy System, Michael Leyva Jan 2019

Comparison Of Measured And Computed Lateral Penumbra For A Proteusplus Pencil Beam Scanning Proton Therapy System, Michael Leyva

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The lateral penumbra of a proton pencil beam scanning system (PBS) is of great importance in sparing of organs at risk and normal tissue when treating patients. The purpose of this current work is to measure the lateral penumbra of the Ion Beam Applications (Ion Beam Applications, Louvain‐la‐Neuve, Belgium) ProteusPLUS PBS Proton Therapy System and compare the measurements with the computed results from the RayStation proton treatment planning system. The lateral penumbra (80%-20%) was measured using EBT-3 Gafchromic film in the water tank. The lateral penumbra was studied for various parameters such as range, depth, and air gap. The computed …

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Contributions To Quantum-Safe Cryptography: Hybrid Encryption And Reducing The T Gate Cost Of Aes, Hai Pham Jan 2019

Contributions To Quantum-Safe Cryptography: Hybrid Encryption And Reducing The T Gate Cost Of Aes, Hai Pham

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Quantum cryptography offers a wonderful source for current and future research. The idea started in the early 1970s, and it continues to inspire work and development toward a popular goal, large-scale communication networks with strong security guarantees, based on quantum-mechanical properties. Quantum cryptography builds on the idea of exploiting physical properties to establish secure cryptographic operations. A particular quantum-based protocol has gathered interest in recent years for its use of mesoscopic coherent states. The AlphaEta protocol has been designed to exploit properties of coherent states of light to transmit data securely over an optical channel. AlphaEta aims to draw security …

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Critical Sexual Theory And Postcolonial Studies: Assessing Disability Policies And Narratives Of Women With Disabilities In Nepal, Tulasi Acharya Jan 2019

Critical Sexual Theory And Postcolonial Studies: Assessing Disability Policies And Narratives Of Women With Disabilities In Nepal, Tulasi Acharya

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This dissertation explored the lives of women with disabilities who have to suffer more than men with disabilities despite prevailing disability policies in Nepal that emphasize nondiscrimination against people with disabilities. The study explored the idea that there are policy gaps between disability policies and the narratives of women with disabilities. This dissertation used critical sexual theory and postcolonialism as critical frameworks and narrative analysis as a method to analyze the disability policies and narratives of women with disabilities to explore policy gaps and the need for supportive gender policies. The researcher analyzed the literary works of five female Nepali …

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Cultural Influences On Mother-Child Conversations In Monolingual European American, Monolingual Hispanic American And Bilingual Hispanic American Mothers, Katherine Alexandra Filippi Shanks Jan 2019

Cultural Influences On Mother-Child Conversations In Monolingual European American, Monolingual Hispanic American And Bilingual Hispanic American Mothers, Katherine Alexandra Filippi Shanks

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Adult-child interactions vary between cultures. For example, Hispanic parents are characterized by a more adult-centered style of interaction with children, while European American parents are more child-centered. Little is known about the influences cultural differences may have on the ways that Spanish-English bilingual parents speak to their children in each language. To address this question, 17 monolingual Spanish-speaking Hispanic American mothers, 22 monolingual English-speaking European American mothers, and 33 Spanish-English bilingual mothers were videorecorded in toy-play interactions with their children. The bilingual mothers and children were recorded in two sessions, one in which they were instructed to speak English and …

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Descriptive Exploratory Study Of Individuals’ Use Of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields, The Micro-Pulse, For Pain Relief, Stacey Ravid Jan 2019

Descriptive Exploratory Study Of Individuals’ Use Of Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields, The Micro-Pulse, For Pain Relief, Stacey Ravid

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Pain has caused innumerable suffering to countless individuals and has impacted their lives in profound ways. There are many detrimental effects of pain including decreased ability to work, depression, isolation, increased pharmaceutical use, and addiction. Pain, on a worldwide scale, remains ineffectively treated and alternative solutions for managing pain are needed. Pain is conventionally treated with pharmaceuticals, primarily narcotics. Continuation of medications for these painful conditions often causes dependence and addiction. The pain and narcotics cycle contributes to the opioid epidemic. The cost in human lives is immense. Pulsed Electromagnetic Field (PEMF) is a holistic modality used for various ailments. …

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Dialogues About Race Relations: What Kind Of Talk Is Needed To Overcome Racial Conflict?, Eyck Roxanne H Ten Jan 2019

Dialogues About Race Relations: What Kind Of Talk Is Needed To Overcome Racial Conflict?, Eyck Roxanne H Ten

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The Trayvon Martin shooting of 2013 and the Michael Brown shooting of 2014 by a White security guard and White police officer sequentially led to the Black Lives Matter movement which has grown internationally to 40 chapters. Police agencies have responded with active community outreach programs to proactively reduce conflict. The question arises whether a language of peace such as Rosenberg’s Nonviolent Communication would be an effective tool to be used in instances of conflict similar to the carnage involving Black men and White police officers between 2013-2017. Local members of the Black community, Black Lives Matter, and law enforcement …

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Development Of An Elastic Polymer-Based Drug Delivery System For Tissue Regeneration, Negar Firoozi Jan 2019

Development Of An Elastic Polymer-Based Drug Delivery System For Tissue Regeneration, Negar Firoozi

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

In spite of the vast research on polymer-based tissue regeneration, extensive studies to develop an elastic and cell-promoting polymer biomaterial are still ongoing. However, using a renewable resource and a simple, environment-friendly synthesis route to synthesize an elastic polymer has not been successfully achieved yet. The objective of this work was to develop an elastic polymer for tissue engineering and drug delivery applications by using non-toxic, inexpensive and renewable monomers. A new nature-derived renewable material, xylitol, was used to synthesize an elastic polymer with the presence of a crosslinking agent, dodecanedioic acid. Here a simple melt condensation polymerization method was …

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Determinants Of Women's Attitude Towards Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence From Bangladesh, Md Tareq Ferdous Khan Jan 2019

Determinants Of Women's Attitude Towards Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence From Bangladesh, Md Tareq Ferdous Khan

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This thesis uses Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2014 data to identify the important determinants due to which women justification towards intimate partner violence (IPV) varies. Statistical analyses reveal that among the individual-level independent variables age at first marriage, respondent's education, decision score, religion, NGO membership, access to information, husband's education, normalized wealth score, and division indicator have significant effects on the women's attitude towards IPV. It shows that other than religion, NGO membership, and division indicator, the higher the value of the variable, the lower the likelihood of justifying IPV. However, being a Muslim, NGO member, and resident of …

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Effects Of Electromagnetic Hydrolysis On Dissolved Oxygen In Small Ponds, Matthew Iles Jan 2019

Effects Of Electromagnetic Hydrolysis On Dissolved Oxygen In Small Ponds, Matthew Iles

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This pilot study was conducted to determine if an Electron Magnetics Oxygen and Hydrogen (EMOH) device can increase the dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration of a residential surface water. By using EMOH, DO concentration will increase and allow bacteria to remove the substrate that creates blue-green algae for which the City of Boynton Beach (City) receives complaints. Those complaints center on odors and the visual appearance of the ponds. The study was conducted in-situ at the INCA Pond system in the City of Boynton Beach, Florida with data collection taking place bi-weekly, using surface aeration techniques. Water sampling was conducted in …

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Diffeomorphism Invariant Cosmological Sector In Loop Quantum Gravity, Phillip Mendonca Jan 2019

Diffeomorphism Invariant Cosmological Sector In Loop Quantum Gravity, Phillip Mendonca

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

1In this dissertation we work out in detail a new proposal to define rigorously a sector of loop quantum gravity at the diffeomorphism invariant level corresponding to homogeneous and isotropic cosmologies, and propose how to compare in detail the physics of this sector with that of loop quantum cosmology. The key technical steps we have completed are (a) to formulate conditions for homogeneity and isotropy in a diffeomorphism covariant way on the classical phase space of general relativity, and (b) to translate these conditions consistently using well-understood techniques to loop quantum gravity. To impose the symmetry at the quantum level, …

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Developing The Covert Traumatic Experience Scale (Cotes): A Retrospective Early Psychosocial Trauma Assessment Tool, Tiffany E. Vastardis Jan 2019

Developing The Covert Traumatic Experience Scale (Cotes): A Retrospective Early Psychosocial Trauma Assessment Tool, Tiffany E. Vastardis

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The purpose of this study was to develop and explore the factor structure of a retrospective assessment instrument designed to identify the presence of early covert traumas in an individual’s history. Covert traumas are those which are psychosocial, and often interpersonal, in nature (Altobelli, 2017). While a deficiency in the available body of research addressing such traumas currently exists, limited research suggests that experiences of such phenomena may affect individual potential across various domains of development, functioning, health, and well-being (van der Kolk, 2014). In addition, the residual effects of such traumas may exacerbate adverse adult outcomes, such as experiences …

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Dietary Variability In A Group Of Mixed-Species Cercopithecus Monkeys (Cercopithecus Mitis, C. Ascanius And C. Mitis X C. Ascanius) In Mkenke Valley, Gombe National Park, Tanzania, Sarah Crawford Jan 2019

Dietary Variability In A Group Of Mixed-Species Cercopithecus Monkeys (Cercopithecus Mitis, C. Ascanius And C. Mitis X C. Ascanius) In Mkenke Valley, Gombe National Park, Tanzania, Sarah Crawford

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This research represents the first multi-year investigation of the feeding ecology of Gombe’s Cercopithecus populations. The main goal of this study was to identify dietary overlap and distinctiveness among the phenotypes in our study group, a mixed species group of guenons comprised of C. ascanius, C. mitis, and C. ascanius x C. mitis hybrids. Field assistants collected feeding data using ad libitum observations as well as instantaneous scan sampling at 30-minute intervals from July 2014 to December 2018. A total of 63 plant species were identified in our group’s diet. Results indicate that a significant difference exists between the diets …

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Electric Power Distribution Systems: Optimal Forecasting Of Supply-Demand Performance And Assessment Of Technoeconomic Tariff Profile, Roxana Melendez Jan 2019

Electric Power Distribution Systems: Optimal Forecasting Of Supply-Demand Performance And Assessment Of Technoeconomic Tariff Profile, Roxana Melendez

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

This study is concerned with the analyses of modern electric power-grids designed to support large supply-demand considerations in metro areas of large cities. Hence proposed are methods to determine optimal performance of the associated distribution networks vis-á-vis power availability from multiple resources (such as hydroelectric, thermal, wind-mill, solar-cell etc.) and varying load-demands posed by distinct set of consumers of domestic, industrial and commercial sectors. Hence, developing the analytics on optimal power-distribution across pertinent power-grids are verified with the models proposed. Forecast algorithms and computational outcomes on supply-demand performance are indicated and illustratively explained using real-world data sets. This study on …

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Engineering Channels In Porous Calcium Phosphate Bioceramic Scaffolds For Bone Tissue Regeneration, Xuesong Wang Jan 2019

Engineering Channels In Porous Calcium Phosphate Bioceramic Scaffolds For Bone Tissue Regeneration, Xuesong Wang

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Inadequate nutrition exchange and slow transportation in a porous scaffold often resulted in insufficient vasculature formation, which hindered rapid bone regeneration. In this study, interconnected porous beta-tricalcium phosphate (b-TCP) scaffolds with channeled geometry were fabricated. In vitro fluid transportation and degradation of the scaffolds were performed. Cell attachment, migration, proliferation, and differentiation were carried out under both static and dynamic culturing conditions. A computational simulation model and a series of immunofluorescent staining were implemented to understand the mechanism of cell behavior in respond to different scaffolds geometry. We then implanted scaffolds into rat critical-sized calvarial defects to further evaluate channels’ …

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Coupled Effect Of Geosynthetics And Randomly Distributed Fibers On The Stability Of Reinforced Slopes, Caique Martins Jan 2019

Coupled Effect Of Geosynthetics And Randomly Distributed Fibers On The Stability Of Reinforced Slopes, Caique Martins

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The coupled effect of using geosynthetic reinforcement and randomly distributed fibers on the stability of slopes was evaluated using finite element modeling and limit equilibrium methods by analyzing a case study in Oslo, Norway. The main objective was to simulate the failure condition of the original slope and quantify the improved stability of a hypothetical reinforced slope constructed with geosynthetic layers and distributed discrete fibers. The stability of the slope was evaluated in both the short-term condition with its' undrained shear strength parameters, and the long-term drained condition. Results indicate that the combination of the techniques was found to have …

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Emotional Reactions To Stationary And Moving Animals, Peter Krystal S St. Jan 2019

Emotional Reactions To Stationary And Moving Animals, Peter Krystal S St.

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Appraisal theory posits that the addition of new, relevant, information can alter the outcome of the appraisal process for a given emotional elicitor, such as an animal. The current study aimed to explore whether the addition of animal movement would sufficiently influence the intensity of emotional reactions and action motivation ratings for animals. The current study compared self-reported emotional reactions and self-reported action motivations for still images and videos for six animal categories (snakes, spiders, cockroaches, tortoises, deer, and ducks). Our findings indicate that movement increases the intensity of relevant emotional reactions to cockroaches, tortoises, deer, and ducks, but not …

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Effects Of A Faith-Based Health Devotional On Illness Representation Of High Blood Pressure In African Americans, Gina C. Daye Jan 2019

Effects Of A Faith-Based Health Devotional On Illness Representation Of High Blood Pressure In African Americans, Gina C. Daye

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

The African American population has persistently suffered a greater disease burden from uncontrolled high blood pressure than any other ethnic/racial group. There have been many attempts to reduce the health disparity but with little changes in adverse outcomes over the years. As African Americans are very religious and incorporate spirituality into their everyday lives, this research followed a faith-based approach and was conducted in the church setting. The study was guided by the Illness Representation Model (IRM) and the Theory of Culture Care Diversity and Universality (TCCDU). One hundred male and female participants were recruited from five African American churches …

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El Seno Escondido: Nodrizas Y Nanas Como Agentes Maravillosos En La Novela Latinoamericana De La Segunda Mitad Del Siglo Veinte, Betsaida L. Casanova Jan 2019

El Seno Escondido: Nodrizas Y Nanas Como Agentes Maravillosos En La Novela Latinoamericana De La Segunda Mitad Del Siglo Veinte, Betsaida L. Casanova

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

In Latin America, wet nurses and nannies have played a relevant role in the transmission of legends, myths, medicinal knowledge, popular beliefs, and the religious practices of marginalized groups. This historical reality also ties them closely to the vitality of the marvelous real in Latin American culture and history as theorized by Alejo Carpentier. This dissertation focuses on examining the characters of wet nurses and nannies, especially in connection with the expression of the marvelous real in Latin American novels published in the second half of the twentieth century. Employing primarily Alex Woloch’s theory of characterization, this dissertation explores the …

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Emulation Of Safety Control Systems For Theme Park Rides, Cole P. Hirapara Jan 2019

Emulation Of Safety Control Systems For Theme Park Rides, Cole P. Hirapara

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Emulation of safety control systems is a form of computerized design validation completed during the design or fabrication stage of an engineering project. Emulation, a method of validating a system between the typical cases of computer simulation and experimental testing, provides a means to test physical systems while removing the limitation of the requirement for physical equipment. The use of emulation could mitigate the unique risks of theme park attractions in engineering design and business operation. This thesis considers the unique risks associated with the engineering of safety-related control systems for theme park attractions and rides, and how emulation and …

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Electrical Impedance Sensing Of Erythrocytes And Cytoadhesion, Jia Liu Jan 2019

Electrical Impedance Sensing Of Erythrocytes And Cytoadhesion, Jia Liu

Electronic Theses and Dissertations 2010 - 2019

Electrical impedance of cells is a sensitive indicator of changes in cellular structure and biophysical characteristics. Integration of electrical impedance sensing in microfluidics can be a useful tool for characterization of blood cells for their disease state, such as sickle cell disease and malaria. The first part of this dissertation presents application of a microfluidics-based electrical impedance sensor for the study of sickle cell disease. Dynamic cell sickling-unsickling process of blood cells in response to cyclic hypoxia was measured. Strong correlation was found between the electrical impedance data and patients’ hematological parameters such as levels of sickle hemoglobin and fetal …

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Neutrosophic B*Gα-Closed Sets, S. Saranya, M. Vigneshwaran Jan 2019

Neutrosophic B*Gα-Closed Sets, S. Saranya, M. Vigneshwaran

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Dombi Interval Valued Neutrosophic Graph And Its Role In Traffic Control Management, D. Nagarajan, M. Lathamaheswari, S. Broumi, J. Kavikumar Jan 2019

Dombi Interval Valued Neutrosophic Graph And Its Role In Traffic Control Management, D. Nagarajan, M. Lathamaheswari, S. Broumi, J. Kavikumar

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Separation Axioms In Neutrosophic Crisp Topological Spaces, Ahmed B. Al-Nafee, Riad K. Al-Hamido, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2019

Separation Axioms In Neutrosophic Crisp Topological Spaces, Ahmed B. Al-Nafee, Riad K. Al-Hamido, Florentin Smarandache

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Novel Open Source Python Neutrosophic Package, Haitham A. El-Ghareeb Jan 2019

Novel Open Source Python Neutrosophic Package, Haitham A. El-Ghareeb

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Some Similarity And Entropy Measurements Of Bipolar Neutrosophic Soft Sets, P. Arulpandy, M. Trinita Pricilla Jan 2019

Some Similarity And Entropy Measurements Of Bipolar Neutrosophic Soft Sets, P. Arulpandy, M. Trinita Pricilla

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems Jan 2019

Full Issue, Neutrosophic Sets And Systems

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Neutrosophic Model For The Analysis Of Administrative Offences On Sexual Abuse In The Ecuadorian Educational System, Klever Anibal Guaman Chacha, Eduardo Hernández Ramos, Cesar Ochoa Dias, Telmo Salomón Coba Toledo Jan 2019

Neutrosophic Model For The Analysis Of Administrative Offences On Sexual Abuse In The Ecuadorian Educational System, Klever Anibal Guaman Chacha, Eduardo Hernández Ramos, Cesar Ochoa Dias, Telmo Salomón Coba Toledo

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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Use Of Neutrosophy For The Analysis Of The Social Reintegration Factors Of Released Prisoners In Ecuador, Leny Cecilia Campaña Muñoz, Holman Steven Sánchez Ramos, Johanna Rocío Cabrera Granda Jan 2019

Use Of Neutrosophy For The Analysis Of The Social Reintegration Factors Of Released Prisoners In Ecuador, Leny Cecilia Campaña Muñoz, Holman Steven Sánchez Ramos, Johanna Rocío Cabrera Granda

Neutrosophic Sets and Systems

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