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Human Performance in Cyber-Vulnerable Highly Automated Unmanned Aerial Systems
(2020-02-05)
Automation is ever present in today’s complex systems of systems. Originally created to ease workload and burden on the human operator and to increase safety by automating dangerous tasks, automation has become practically ...
The Current Usage and Applications of Traditional Christian Hymns for Teaching Choral Music in the Secondary Setting
(2020-02-12)
For generations Christian hymns were used as instructional tools and performance literature (Keene, 1982; Mark & Gary, 1992); however despite their ubiquitous presence in the choral music education profession, few studies ...
Utilizing cultural elements to enhance the sustainability of product
(2020-03-04)
In the early nineteenth century, the most important environmental issues were not a widespread concern. Humans believed that resources in the planet seemed immeasurably vast, and that nature itself would digest everything ...
Analyzing the Use of Publicly Available Multispectral Imagery to Guide the Creation of Soil Sampling Schemes
(2020-02-26)
As site-specific nutrient management has grown in popularity, the need for accurate soil fertility data has increased. Unfortunately, the cost of detailed soil sampling has prohibited many farmers and consultants from ...
The Role of Awareness in Differential Delay Eyeblink Classical Conditioning
(2020-02-04)
Eyeblink classical conditioning (EBCC) is an experimental procedure widely used for understanding learning and memory in a variety of species. In EBCC, a neutral conditioned stimulus (CS; a tone) is repeatedly paired with ...
High-Performance SAR-Assisted Hybrid ADC with Time Domain Signal Processing
(2020-02-19)
This dissertation presents types of basic and advanced ADC architectures and raises a high-performance hybrid ADC solution which achieves comparable performance compared with many state-of-the-art ADC architectures. The ...
Exploring and Measuring the Teaching and Development of Earth Systems Thinking Skills in Undergraduate Geoscience Courses
(2020-04-24)
The understanding of the development of Earth systems thinking (EST) is a major challenge in the field of geoscience education. Major questions exist relating to systems thinking teaching practices, student conceptions ...
Minimally invasive routes of AAV administration to treat GM1 gangliosidosis
(2020-04-17)
GM1 gangliosidosis is a lysosomal storage disease caused by a deficiency of lysosomal β-galactosidase (βgal), which results in the accumulation of GM1 ganglioside and fatal neurodegeneration. In the human type II (late ...
Conversion of Methane Using Two and Three Dimensional Metal Carbide Catalysts
(2020-04-22)
After various decades of research aiming to discover desirable catalysts for the direct conversion of methane into valuable products, the modern chemical industry is calling forth finding alternative materials to on-purpose ...
Australian Labradoodle Dystrophinopathy: A Novel Canine Model for the Study of Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cardiomyopathy
(2020-04-22)
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an X-linked recessive disorder that results in progressive damage to both skeletal and cardiac myocytes. As a result of improved ventilatory care, mortality in affected patients is ...