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Electronically Steerable Antenna Array using PCB-based MEMS Phase Shifters
(2006-08-15)
In this thesis, a novel approach for cost effective fabrication and assembly of MEMS based Electronically steerable antenna (ESA) arrays’ using flexible printed circuit processing techniques has been developed. The critical ...
Electrophoretic deposition (EPD) of functional metal oxide nano/micro-structures for VOC sensor devices
(2016-08-05)
In this dissertation, two nano/micro-structured functional metal oxides, ZnO and NiO, were synthesized by a simple hydrothermal and precipitation method. Synthesized particles were then electrophoretically deposited as a ...
Elemental and isotope geochemistry of Smackover Formation brine in southwest Alabama
(2024-07-01)
This study investigates the geochemical evolution of brines within the Smackover Formation in southwest Alabama through elemental and isotopic analyses, coupled with geochemical modeling techniques. Major ion and trace ...
Elementary Assistant Principals as Instructional Leaders: Characteristics and Experiences That Contribute to Their Perceptions of Readiness for the Role
(2016-05-26)
The purpose of this quantitative study was to identify the characteristics and experiences of elementary assistant principals that contributed to their perceptions of readiness to serve as instructional leaders. Data were ...
Elementary Education Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes Toward Reading
(2007-05-15)
This study investigated the self-reported reading attitudes of pre-service teachers enrolled in a children’s literature course at the university level. The Mikulecky Behavioral Reading Attitude Measure (MBRAM) was administered ...
Elementary Preservice Teachers' Conceptions of Common Approaches to Teaching Science and Mathematics
(2011-11-22)
This study investigated preservice teachers’ thinking about common approaches to math and science education for elementary children in grades K-6. Specifically, this study focused on preservice teachers' thinking on the ...
Elementary Submodels of Function Spaces
(2023-08-11)
In this thesis we develop the now-standard tool of elementary submodels and apply the technique to topological function spaces. We show that many cardinal relations regarding function spaces hold in suitable models. ...
Elementary Teacher Beliefs of Mathematics Discourse During Whole Class Discussions
(2021-11-15)
The art of teaching and learning mathematics is rooted in the discourse that takes place between the teacher and students and among students. This discourse creates understanding, recognition of confusion, and corrections ...
Elementary Teachers’ Perceptions of Teacher-Student Relationships and Associations with Project Lead the Way
(2024-05-07)
This study is motivated by the primary research question, “Is Project Lead the Way (PLTW) instruction associated with elementary teachers' perceptions of their relationships with students and how?” Previous research has ...
Elements of Comprehensive Musicianship: A Survey Addressing the Attitudes and Approaches of Middle School and High School Choral Directors
(2020-05-05)
This study included an anonymous online questionnaire and investigated the attitudes and opinions of middle school and high school choral directors regarding the use of comprehensive musicianship components in their ...
Elicitation of Teacher Beliefs Related to School Garden Experiences
(2021-08-03)
This elicitation study focused on teacher beliefs about the school garden and how that relates to school garden experiences. The Extended Technology Acceptance Model (Venkatesh & Davis, 2000) was used as a theoretical model ...
Elizabeth Acevedo: Traducción e identidad
(2022-05-10)
El objetivo de esta tesis es investigar la traducción de la obra literaria de Elizabeth Ace-
vedo, poeta neoyorquina de origen dominicano nacida en 1988, así como el motivo de la enorme importancia de la realización de ...
Elucidate the Neuro-Pharmacodynamic Actions of 3-Hydroxypterostilbene
(2022-11-29)
Pterostilbene (dimethyl ether analog of resveratrol) is a metabolically stable natural bioactive and has exhibited substantial pharmacological activities. 3-Hydroxypterostilbene is a natural pterostilbene analog and an ...
Elucidating Biological Questions with Bioinformatics Tools, with a Case Study of Tube Worm Hemoglobin
(2015-07-24)
The goal of my Master’s Thesis research was to utilize sequenced data in conjunction with new data to investigate the sulfur binding hemoglobin of the annelid family Siboglinidae. To accomplish this, multiple bioinformatic ...
Elucidating Interactions within Photoautotroph-Methanotroph Cocultures at Both Systems and Molecular Levels
(2021-07-20)
In the US, the biogas produced from anaerobic digestion (AD) of industrial, municipal, and agricultural waste streams has a great potential as a renewable feedstock. To tap into the immense biogas potential while reducing ...
Elucidating the Cognitive Deficits following Doxorubicin treatment
(2014-12-11)
Chemotherapeutic drugs are effective in the treatment of various types of tumors;
however, the optimal clinical effectiveness is limited due to secondary effects including
cognitive impairment, also known as “chemobrain”, ...
Elucidating the dopaminergic neurotoxicity of kainic acid
(2020-08-21)
Dopamine is an essential catecholamine neurotransmitter in the central and peripheral nervous system. This monoaminergic neurotransmitters is required for the maintenance of several physiological functions (control of ...
Elucidating the flavin reductase mechanism in the alkanesulfonate monooxygenase system from Escherichia coli
(2006-12-15)
The two-component alkanesulfonate monooxygenase system from Escherichia coli is comprised of an FMN reductase (SsuE) and a monooxygenase enzyme (SsuD) that together catalyze the oxidation of alkanesulfonate to the corresponding ...
Elucidating the Neurotoxic Effects of Piperazine Derivatives in Human Neuroblastoma Cells through Oxidative Stress, Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Apoptosis
(2015-07-24)
Designer drugs are synthetic structural analogues/congeners of controlled substances with slightly modified chemical structures intended to mimic the pharmacological effects of known drugs of abuse so as to evade drug ...
Elucidating the Role of Integrin Linked Kinase Pathway in Moderate Drinking Prenatal Alcohol Exposed Rat Model
(2015-11-18)
Alcohol and nicotine are well known teratogen which has been reported to have large scale effect on developing fetus. Prenatal alcohol cause many deleterious effect during fetal development which either persist throughout ...