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Prediction of Sensory Texture Characteristics of Deli Meat Using Instrumental Analysis
(2016-05-05)
The objective of Experiment 1 was to develop a method that has the ability to measure multiple readings on the same deli meat sample and have those readings be highly correlated with descriptive sensory data. Texture profile ...
Prediction of Structural Health of Pavement Preservation Treated Pavements Using Neural Networks
(2023-05-17)
Structural testing of pavements is required to ensure their strength, durability, and longer service life. Destructive testing methods are less costly but more time-consuming and pose a safety risk for road users and crew ...
Prediction of the Erector Spinae Muscle Lever Arm Distance for Biomechanical Models
(2013-04-22)
Low Back Pain (LBP) remains the U.S.’s most significant and costly injury. Improved
biomechanical modeling of the lumbar spine may allow better evaluation of LBP risk. To
calculate the forces acting on the spine, accurate ...
A Predictive Autorotation Entry Analysis Using Bayesian Multi-Model Estimation Detection
(2017-11-29)
Improvements to achieving helicopter autorotation in an event of engine or driveshaft failure is an issue that has and always will be present in the engineering landscape. Questions include, “how much of a performance hit ...
A Predictive Model of Disordered Eating: The Role of Negative Appearance-Based Commentary in Familial and Romantic Relationships
(2014-07-24)
A multitude of interpersonal factors have previously been identified within the literature as contributing to the development of disordered eating. However, current literature suggests negative interaction patterns and ...
Predictive Modeling for University Technology Transfer Success for Automation and Robotics
(2024-04-29)
Technology transfer, particularly within the context of Industry 4.0, is a complicated process full of challenges. Integrating and commercializing advanced technologies of Industry 4.0, such as automation and robotics, ...
The Predictive Nature of Anxiety, Adult Attachment, and Counseling Experience on Counseling Self-Efficacy
(2016-06-17)
The purpose of this study was to develop a model of counseling self-efficacy, including models for areas of counseling self-efficacy (i.e., helping skills, sessions management, and counseling challenges) using counseling ...
Predictive Text Analytics and Text Classification Algorithms
(2016-05-23)
In this dissertation, there are three research studies that are mainly based on text analysis. In the first study, a sentiment analysis is performed for extracting and identifying the general rating of the customer reviews ...
The Predictive Validity of MACI Derived Clusters for Juvenile Sex Offenders
(2013-08-02)
The Millon Adolescent Clinical Inventory scores from 648 juvenile sex offenders aged 12 - 19 (M = 15.88, SD = 1.43) were examined using cluster analysis in order to replicate five personality-based clusters identified in ...
Predictors and Consequences of Disruptions in Sleep among Children
(2012-05-10)
This dissertation includes two studies. In the first study, children’s emotional insecurity
was examined as a process variable and as a moderator of effects using three waves of data
spanning five years. Participants ...
Predictors of Dissemination Success of STEM Learning Innovations: An Empirical Investigation
(2014-07-03)
Although a great deal of work has been done to develop new educational innovations, in the field of engineering, few innovations have found widespread acceptance in the classroom. Therefore, frameworks that conceptualize ...
Predictors of Quality Caregiving in the "Family Child Care Partnerships" Home Visitation Program
(2005-12-15)
The primary focus of this study is to describe the Family Child Care Partnerships (FCCP) program and examine the possible relations among key features and processes of the FCCP training program in an attempt to identify ...
Preemptive Self-healing System (PSS) Against Rogue AP
(2015-12-08)
Rogue Access Points (APs) are critical threats in the information infrastructure. Once victim’s devices connect to Rogue APs, adversary can launch multiple stage attacks (e.g. Memory-Scraping). Traditional defense methods ...
Preexposing a stimulus may enhance its subsequent extinction
(2013-12-04)
Extinction, the repeated exposure to a stimulus following conditioning results in decreased conditioned responding (i.e., conditioned fear), has long been used as a therapeutic treatment to attenuate various anxiety ...
Preference for Accumulated and Distributed Token Exchange-Production Schedules: Effects of Task Difficulty and Variable Token-Production Schedules
(2018-06-06)
Organisms allocate behavior to simultaneously available schedules of reinforcement as a
function of different dimensions of reinforcement (e.g., delays, magnitude, response effort).
Previous research suggests that ...
The Preference for the Aesthetic Middle: A Perceived Risk Based Explanation and the Moderating Role of Aesthetic Expertise and Product Confidence
(2018-04-27)
In the context of the aesthetics of consumer products, this study proposed an explanation for the preference for the aesthetic middle based on the psychological construct of perceived risks. The study proposed two research ...
Preferential Seating for College Students with Adhd: Is It an Effective Accommodation?
(2007-12-15)
Given that adjusting student seating is a frequent intervention recommended for many students with ADHD, one would expect solid empirical evidence to support this recommendation. However, the available literature is not ...
Prejudice by Any Other Name: Conditional Support of Gay Males by Heterosexuals
(2015-01-09)
In U.S. popular culture, it is often easy to find both unambiguously supportive and unambiguously non-supportive statements in terms of the rights of sexual minorities. Although unambiguous attitudes are often expressed, ...
Preliminary Assessment of Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) Rhizomes: An Underutilized Aquatic Vegetable Crop
(2014-08-18)
Lotus (Nelumbo nucifera Gaertn.) is a perennial aquatic edible plant which offers a wide diversity of potential health benefits including improving learning and cognitive memory, anti-obesity activity, anti-HIV activity, ...
Preliminary Assessment of the Petroleum Source-Rock Potential of Upper Eocene Kopili Shale, Bengal Basin, Bangladesh
(2016-08-05)
The upper Eocene Kopili Shale occurs throughout the northern end of the Bengal Basin, including on the northwestern Indian Platform and in deeper basin areas (e.g., Sylhet Trough) of northeastern Bangladesh. The Kopili-equivalent ...