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Investigating The Implementation Of USAF Damage Tolerant Risk Analysis With A Structural Health Monitoring System
(Electrical Engineering, 2011-07-14)The recent improvements in micro fabrication, power management, and distributed sensor networks have made Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) an appealing solution for decreasing costs, decreasing risk of catastrophic ... -
INVESTIGATING THE MICROEVOLUTIONARY PROCESSES THAT PROMOTE AND MAINTAIN BIODIVERSITY AND TRAIT NOVELTY
(2021-08-02)Gene flow, mutation, selection, and genetic drift influence patterns of speciation, adaptation, and biodiversity. In the age of genomics, we have been increasingly able to understand the interplay between these ... -
Investigating The Optical Signals In The Brain And Spinal Cord During Nociception
(Psychology, 2010-07-19)Neuroimaging technologies have been widely used to study brain functioning based on a tight correlation between neurons and neighboring vasculature during neural activation, called neurovascular coupling. However, many ... -
Investigating the Short-term and Long-term Impact of COVID-19 on Cardiovascular Health
(2022-08-15)Recent data indicates that the risk of developing cardiovascular disease (CVD) is augmented following coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Moreover, emerging data indicates that almost 50% of individuals who had COVID-19 ... -
Investigation Of KeV Beta Particle Transportation In Matter
Nuclear imaging is widely used in medicine for more accurate diagnoses and more effective treatment for cancer. Current emission tomography techniques used in clinics may not efficiently detect ... -
INVESTIGATION AND DISCOVERY OF NOVEL TRANSITION METAL CYSTEAMINE SYSTEMS WITH HALOGENS FROM THE FIRST PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS
(2021-12-20)Cu-cysteamine (Cu-Cy) is a material that has the cysteamine bonded with Cu. It is a molecular photosensitizer which can be activated by visible, ultraviolet light, and X-rays to generate reactive oxygen species (ROS). Cu-Cy ... -
Investigation And Modeling Of Voltage And Current Unbalance On A Three-phase Submersible Pump
(Electrical Engineering, 2013-07-22)During the summer months of 2011, a North Texas subdivision experienced tripping difficulty with the submersible pump which is used to transfer water from an underground well to an above ground water storage tank. The ... -
INVESTIGATION AND PROPOSED REMEDY OF VIBRATION PROBLEM IN INDUSTRIAL CRANE SYSTEM DUE TO HUMAN OPERATION
A recent investigation of a crane system began when a facilities manager reported a runway beam under-going torsional vibration during operations. The investigation revealed the runway beam’s twisting was caused by resonance ... -
INVESTIGATION INTO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POSTURE AND PSYCHOLOGY: THE PSYCHOLOGICAL RAMIFICATIONS OF FORWARD HEAD AND ROUNDED SHOULDER POSTURE
(2022-05-18)Embodied cognition speaks to the notion that the mind and body are inherently linked, and directly influence one another. Nonverbal communication experts hold the thought that sustaining chronic postures can impact an ... -
Investigation of 1064-nm laser fluence within tissue phantoms and its in vivo effects on human brain networks
(2018-05-22)For the past few decades there has been an increasing interest in the usage of near infrared (NIR) laser in the medical optics field. This is due to a number of studies conducted on different animal models utilizing NIR ... -
Investigation of Additive Manufacturing Using Industrial Robots
(2016-05-10)Conventional additive manufacturing platforms are controlled using G-code, a numerical control language used to define the process parameters and move- ment of the print head. First, a digital model of the desired shape ... -
Investigation Of Bamboo As Reinforcement In Concrete
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)This study investigated the feasibility of using bamboo as a reinforcement alternative to steel in concrete structural members. The specifications studied were the bamboo's tensile strength and its pullout characteristics ... -
Investigation Of Brain Activities Using Two State-of-the-art Diffuse Optical Imagers
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-09-17)Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) and diffuse optical imaging (DOI) are increasingly used to detect hemodynamic changes in the cerebral cortex induced by brain activity. The new commercially available DOI systems CW5 and ... -
Investigation Of Brain Activity In Prefrontal Cortex Under Noxious Pain Stimuli And During Psychological Test Using Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy
(Biomedical Engineering, 2011-07-14)Functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) is a non-invasive functional neuroimaging technique, which measures changes in oxy-hemoglobin (HbO) and deoxy-hemoglobin (HbR) concentrations based on the principle of near ... -
Investigation Of Breast Tumor Hemodynamics By Near Infrared Spectroscopy: Applications To Cancer Therapy Monitoring
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-08-23)Hyperoxic gas interventions using carbogen (95% O2 and 5% CO2) or oxygen has been tried to increase the tumor oxygenation since it will enhance the therapeutic effects on the tumors. Others in the laboratory had previously ... -
Investigation of Clinoptilolite Zeolite as a Candidate System for Study by Positron Annihilation
(2021-04-14)This thesis reports on the characterization of a clinoptilolite zeolite (〖Na〗_3 [〖Al〗_3 〖Si〗_15 O_36 ]12H_2 O) using Energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX/EDS) for chemical analysis, low energy Secondary Electron (SE) ... -
Investigation Of Co-pyrolysis Between Sargassum Macroalgae And Polystyrene
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2012-07-25)Biomass is one source of renewable energy which helps minimize greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, specifically carbon dioxide (CO2), since biomass utilizes CO2 via photosynthesis. Various conversion processes are applied to ... -
Investigation of Computational Determination of Elastic Properties for Silicon Nitride and Silicon Carbonitride Materials
(2020-08-10)Silicon nitride and silicon carbonitride materials are versatile materials exhibiting useful properties at high temperatures and pressures. This study investigates the use of molecular dynamics simulations to determine ... -
An Investigation Of Concurrent Variations In Blood Oxygen Saturation And Cerebral Blood Flow During Apnea
(Biomedical Engineering, 2013-07-22)Sleep apnea derived from Greek word "apnoia" which means "without air or temporary interruption in breathing", is a sleep - associated breathing disorder that involves a decrease or complete stop in airflow despite a ... -
INVESTIGATION OF COPLING STRENGTH AND DIRECTIONALITY BETWEEN EEG AND FNIRS AT RESTING STATE USING PERMUTATION CONDITIONAL MUTUAL INFORMATION
(2016-08-26)The motivation of study is to combine multimodality approach EEG-fNIRS to study relationship between neural activity and hemodynamic response applying information theory concepts. Investigating human brain function can be ...