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Are smarter neighborhoods, more walkable?
(2019-12-06)
This dissertation seeks to investigate the association between smart city initiatives and neighborhoods’ walkability. The preference for living in walkable neighborhoods has grown remarkably since 2017, in comparison to ...
AN ANALYTICAL, NUMERICAL, AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF AUTOMATED DAMAGE ASSESSMENT FOR CONCRETE STRUCTURES
(2021-05-09)
This dissertation presents the automated damage assessment studies for concrete structure. Three major studies are performed to: 1) understand the theoretical wave scattering model to evaluate the internal vertical crack, ...
SPATIAL SIMILARITY MEASURES WITH APPLICATIONS TO MAP INTEGRATION AND IMPROVING ACCURACY OF MAP DATA SETS
(2019-12-03)
These days we live in a digital era where most societies rely on applications that depend on digital data. One popular type of digital data that is the basis many of applications is spatial data. Road network maps are one ...
Building Information Modeling using Revit for Architects and Engineers
(Mavs Open Press, 2022)
This book offers a web-based multimedia platform to enable students in Architecture, Civil Engineering, and Construction Engineering to learn fundamentals of BIM using Revit and be able to create building architectural, ...
THE EFFECTS OF A NOVEL QUARTERLY CPR TRAINING PROGRAM ON HOSPITAL BASIC LIFE SUPPORT PROVIDERS' ADULT AND INFANT CPR SKILLS
(2021-05-09)
This article-based dissertation consists of two manuscripts related to the effects of a novel quarterly cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training program on hospital basic life support (BLS) providers’ adult and infant ...
At the Nexus of Dallas' Neighborhood Arts Districts and Tax Incremental Financing Zones: the Question of Affordable Housing in a Socially Just Economy
(2019-12-06)
This dissertation examines the effects of urban economic development policies on affordable housing and the resident working-class populations within neighborhood arts district (NAD) and the Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) ...
THE EFFECT OF CRIME ON RIDERSHIP, AN IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS OF HOW TRANSIT STATION NEIGHBORHOOD CHARACTERISTICS PREVENT CRIME AND ENCOURAGE RIDERSHIP
(2020-06-01)
Factors influencing public transit ridership have been widely explored in recent decades. While planners believe that density and mixed land use around transit stations will increase public transit ridership, criminology ...
SINGLE STEP FABRICATION OF SHAPE MORPHING 3D SURFACES
(2020-06-04)
Shape-changing materials that can adopt programmable 3-dimensional (3D) shapes offer promise for a wide range of applications. Form the formation of the leaves and flowers to the shaping of complex organs, the analogues ...
How History is Made: A Student’s Guide to Reading, Writing, and Thinking in the Discipline
(Mavs Open Press, 2022)
Learn what it means to think like an historian! Units on “Thinking Historically,” “Reading Historically,” “Researching Historically,” and “Writing Historically” describe the essential skills of the discipline of history. ...
Introduction to Social Work: A Look Across the Profession
(Mavs Open Press, 2022)
This book takes students on a journey through many but not all of the different possibilities in social work. Social work is a profession focused on helping people live their best lives by working with people individually, ...