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Investigation Of Neural Correlates Between Perception Of Pain And Hemodynamic Response Measured In The Pre-frontal Cortex Using Functional Near Infra-red Spectroscopy
(Biomedical Engineering, 2011-10-11)Perception of pain is multi-dimensional, comprising three major psychological dimensions: sensory-discriminative, motivational-affective and cognitive-evaluative. This dissertation study investigates the cognitive evaluation ... -
INVESTIGATION OF OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF NOBLE METAL AND SUPERCONDUCTING THIN FILMS AND DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF METAMATERIAL SOLAR ABSORBERS
(2023-05-12)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 05/12/2024** ABSTRACT: An extensive study of light-matter interactions leading to the generation of photon drag voltage under surface plasmon resonance conditions in noble ... -
An Investigation Of Peripheral Blood Volume And Oxygen Saturation Change In Obstructive Sleep Apnea
(Biomedical Engineering, 2010-11-01)Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a type of sleep disordered breathing in which the airway collapse partially or fully and causes arousal to resume breathing. In a 2009 National sleep foundation poll of 1000 people, 63% ... -
Investigation of petrophysical properties and fluid migration in unconventional oil/gas reservoirs
(2019-05-07)Petrophysics deals with the physical and chemical properties of petroleum-bearing rocks and their interactions with associated fluids. The investigation of petrophysical properties of interest, such as porosity, specific ... -
An Investigation Of Pipe Jacking Loads In Trenchless Technology
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2012-07-25)Pipe jacking is a trenchless technology method of installing pipes under existing facilities such as roads and railroads. Predicting jacking forces is important for planning, design, and construction phases of these projects. ... -
Investigation Of Pool Boiling Heat Transfer With Nanofluids
(Mechanical Engineering, 2007-08-23)This investigation conducts pool boiling experiments under saturated conditions (Tsat=60°C) using nanofluids as coolants. Four different nanofluids were tested including zinc oxide (ZnO)-water, aluminum oxide (Al2O3)-water, ... -
Investigation Of Potential Virulence Factors In Pathogenic Marine Bacteria
(Biology, 2014-09-17)Coral reefs provide numerous ecological and economic functions and are critical to biodiversity in marine environments. Critical to coral reef health and diversity is the microbial consortium within the coral host along ... -
Investigation Of Power System Blackouts And Reliability Improvement For Power Distribution Systems
(Electrical Engineering, 2008-04-22)Modern power systems often consist of thousands of equipments, each of which may have an affect on the security of the system. The trend toward deregulation has forced utilities to operate their systems closer to security ... -
INVESTIGATION OF PREFRONTAL COGNITION RESPONSES TO TRANSCRANIAL LASER STIMULATION IN PTSD USING FUNCTIONAL NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY
(2016-05-31)In recent years low level laser therapy (LLLT) has been of great research interest because of its therapeutic applications in psychiatry, neurology and ophthalmology. In-vivo transcranial delivery of LLLT has shown to ... -
An Investigation Of Productivity Loss Due To Outdoor Noise Conditions
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2011-07-14)Most people in day to day life at one time or other get irritated or distracted by surrounding noises. The irritation might have resulted in minor aggravation or may have been dramatic enough to hinder their work. This ... -
INVESTIGATION OF PROTOPORPHYRIN IX AND COPPER CYSTEAMINE NANOPARTICLES TO IMPROVE CURRENT CANCER TREATMENT METHODS
(2020-07-23)This research is focused on using nanotechnology to improve current cancer treatment methods, particularly photodynamic therapy and chemotherapy. Photodynamic therapy, being a local treatment method with low systemic ... -
Investigation of range verification in carbon ion therapy using Monte Carlo simulation
(2020-08-11)Carbon ion therapy is one of the advanced forms for radiotherapy and currently only available in few developed countries. Unlike conventional radiation therapy methods, carbon ion therapy has high potential in treating ... -
INVESTIGATION OF RATE PRESSURE PRODUCT AS A METRIC TO QUANTIFY CARDIAC WORKLOAD IN SLEEP APNEA EVENTS
(2024-01-09)An investigation on the use of rate pressure product (RPP) to measure the cardiac workload in sleep apnea patients is presented. RPP is the product of systolic blood pressure (SBP) and heart rate (HR). The application of ... -
Investigation Of Redox-active Ruthenium(II) Polypyridyl Complexes As Potential Anti-cancer Drugs
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2009-09-16)Stereospecific binding of ruthenium metallointercalators with DNA is of particular interest because of the potential for improved targeting of specific sites in DNA. The present studies are focused on new metallointercalator, ... -
Investigation of reuse of coal fly ash to mitigate landfill methane gas
(2017-06-08)Methane (CH4) is a powerful greenhouse gas (GHG), contributing 32% of current climate forcing (US EPA, 2015). In 2014 the White House released the “Strategy to Cut Methane Emissions” as part of the Climate Action Plan. ... -
Investigation Of Ruthenium (II) Polypyridyl Dimers As Potential Chemotherapeutic Agents
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2007-08-23)The exploration of transition metal complexes as chemotherapeutic agents is still a relatively unexplored but promising area of research. Chapter 1 highlights the most successful anticancer drugs and potential drugs based ... -
INVESTIGATION OF SCALABLE HEVC AND ITS BITRATE ALLOCATION FOR UHD DEPLOYMENT IN THE CONTEXT OF HTTP STREAMING
(2015-12-07)High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC/H.265) [1] is the state of the art video compression standard, which provides bitrate reduction in the range of 50% when compared to the previous Advanced Video Coding (AVC/H.264) [5] ... -
Investigation Of Side Wall Effects On An Inward Scramjet Inlet At Mach Number 8.6
(Aerospace Engineering, 2013-10-22)Experimental and computational studies were conducted to evaluate the performance of a scramjet inlet as the side cowl length is changed. A slender inward turning inlet with a total length of 304.8 mm, a span of 50.8 mm ... -
Investigation Of Spectral Properties Of A DFB Laser Source
(Electrical Engineering, 2013-10-22)We determine the linewidth characteristic of a DFB laser source by conducting experiments employing a coherent detection setup. We use an instrument grade external semiconductor laser device as the local oscillator and the ... -
INVESTIGATION OF STRENGTH-ENHANCEMENT MECHANISM AND SIZE EFFECT ON ULTIMATE SHEAR STRENGTH OF STEEL FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETE (SFRC) SLENDER BEAMS
(2016-05-10)This research study consists of two separate phases. In the first phase, an experimental study was conducted to identify the shear-enhancement and failure mechanisms behind the ultimate shear strength of steel fiber-reinforced ...