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Neuro Adaptive Control For Aerospace And Distributed Systems
(Electrical Engineering, 2010-11-01)Nonlinear and adaptive control is generally considered one of the most effective techniques for stabilizing complex nonlinear systems, where linear control techniques may fail completely. Thousands of research papers are ... -
Neuroadaptive Human-Machine Interfaces for Collaborative Robots
With an increasing number of collaborative robots or “co-robots” entering human environments, there is a growing need for safe, intuitive, and efficient (physical) Human-Machine Interfaces. Unlike industrial robots, co-robots ... -
Neurobiological correlates of stress and the pathophysiology of depression: associations among social victimization, IL-6, CRP, and BDNF Val66Met
(2016-10-25)Peer victimization, a common psychosocial stressor in adolescence, is linked to adverse health outcomes ranging from depression to changes in biological functioning. Social victimization is particularly harmful given the ... -
New Applications Of The Pauson-Khand Reaction And Studies Towards The Synthesis Of The Hamigerans
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2007-09-17)This dissertation is divided into two parts. The first part describes the dicobalt octacarbonyl mediated synthesis of medium sized rings via intramolecular Pauson-Khand (IMPK) reaction. The cyclization of 1,8-enynes has ... -
New Approach For Minimizing Human Errors In Hospital Operating Rooms By Using RFID Alerting Systems
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2013-07-22)Patient safety is an increasing concern in health care due to the fact the increasing number of medical errors. Most fatal medical errors happen in hospital operating rooms. This research proposes a unique approach that ... -
New Bonded Phase Materials For Separtions
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2013-03-20)Separations play an important role in day to day life as well as in science and technology. This dissertation focuses on novel and versatile techniques involving synthesizing new bonded chiral stationary phases (CSPs) and ... -
New CEO Appointment and Its Influence on Foreign Market Re-Entry Decisions
(2023-04-24)**Please note that the full text is embargoed until 04/21/2025** ABSTRACT: This dissertation investigates the effect of new CEO appointment on foreign markets re-entry decisions given that new CEOs are likely to bring a ... -
New Challenges in Social Media Marketing: Exploring the Interaction Effects of Age and Message Format on Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Outcomes
(2020-06-08)The prevalence of social media and their increasingly diverse user demographics have started to pose new challenges to marketing communication researchers and professionals. Guided by the media richness theory (MRT), this ... -
New conductometric detection methods for sensitive ion chromatographic measurement of weak electrolytes
(2015-11-24)Since Suppressed conductometric anion chromatography (SCAC) was proposed in the mid-1970s, SCAC has become a widely used tool for the determination of anion species in aqueous samples. Its application ranges from trace ... -
New Detonation Concepts For Propulsion And Power Generation
(Aerospace Engineering, 2012-07-25)A series of related analytical and experimental studies are focused on utilizing detonations for emerging propulsion and power generation devices. An understanding of the physical and thermodynamic processes for this ... -
New Development of Grid Generation and Image Analysis
(2020-08-05)Image segmentation and registration are indispensable tools for the aid in medical diagnoses by experts. The current gold-standard for image segmentation is manual labeling of pixels by experts which is cumbersome and ... -
New Developments In Cognitive Optimization
(Mechanical Engineering, 2012-07-25)This work presents an approach to solve function optimization problems using cognitive optimization. A cognitive search algorithm which is developed mimics human cognition in structure and characteristics. This algorithm ... -
New Developments Of The Deformation Method
(Mathematics, 2007-08-23)New developments of deformation method for grid generation are presented in this work. Theorems for three different cases and different methods for implementing deformation method are presented. One of the new developments ... -
New Equilibria For Noncooperative Games
(Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering, 2008-08-08)In this dissertation we present an alternative to the Nash Equilibrium (NE), which is regarded as the fundamental solution concept in game theory. An NE provides a solution in which no player can improve his payoff by ... -
A New Feature Descriptor For LiDARStrip Matching
(Electrical Engineering, 2014-07-14)Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data has been getting a lot of attention these days because of its applicability in various fields - city planning, disaster response & precaution, soil conservation, infrastructure or ... -
NEW FLEXIBLE MOLDABLE ION-EXCHANGE POLYMERS AND THEIR ANALYTICAL APPLICATIONS
(2021-08-03)This dissertation aims to improve the functionality of open tubular capillary ion chromatography (OTIC) in terms of the lower limit of detection (LOD) and higher sensitivity by fabricating a microchannel suppressor and ... -
New GC Separation Approaches And Analysis Of Antioxidants From Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis L.) And Their Stabilities By HPLC
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2012-04-11)Enantiomeric separations are of great interest in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and agrochemical industries due to the different therapeutic effects of enantiomers. Because of the high efficiency, sensitivity and ... -
New Graduate Nurses and Transition to Practice
A widely acknowledged transition to practice gap exists for nursing students who have recently graduated and are starting their first job as a registered nurse (RN). In an attempt to bridge this gap, new graduate nurses ... -
A New Integrative Data Mining Framework For Analyzing The Cancer Genome Atlas Data
(Computer Science & Engineering, 2014-03-10)Besides accuracy and efficiency, understandability is another key issue of predictive modeling in real-world applications, especially in biomedical and healthcare data analysis. We develop a new integrative framework to ... -
New Macrocyclic Glycopeptide Antibiotic For Chiral HPLC Stationary Phases And Ionic Liquids In Analytical Chemistry
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2011-07-14)The main focus of this dissertation is on the development of new chiral stationary phases for HPLC and GC and the application of ionic liquids in analytical chemistry. They will be discussed separately in two parts. ...