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An Adaptive Jam-Resistant Cross-Layer Protocol for Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks In Noisy Environments
(2009-03-10)
This dissertation contributes a jam-resistant communications protocol for use in a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET). Specific focus is given to the network layer routing of packets within a MANET. A MANET is a self-organizing ...
Adaptive Rate Control based on Collision and Frame Aggregation Awareness
(2014-06-23)
The innovative advances in mobile technologies have facilitated remarkable growth in the use of mobile devices such as smart phones, e-book readers, and tablet PCs. Since a significant amount of wireless traffic is generated ...
Adaptive Scheduling Using Support Vector Machine on Heterogeneous Distributed Systems
(2011-07-06)
Since the advent of the modern von Neumann computer in the 1940s,
startling advances have been made in computing technology
with the creation of innovative, reliable, and faster electronic components,
from vacuum tubes ...
An Adaptive Single-Hop Medium Access Control Layer For Noisy Channels
(2009-05-04)
The work presented in this dissertation is for a contribution to the data link layer and its responsibility of managing the physical channel in a mobile ad-hoc network (MANET). Wireless networks in general are susceptible ...
Adaptive Steering Actuator Delay Compensation for a Vehicle Lateral Control System
(2023-05-01)
This thesis presents an adaptive control algorithm for steering actuator delay compensation in a ground vehicle lateral control system. Unknown and time-varying actuator delay values are considered. Many active safety ...
Adaptive TCP Flow Control for Improving Performance of Mobile Cloud Clusters
(2014-04-23)
Significant innovations in mobile technologies are enabling mobile users to make real-time actionable decisions based on balancing opportunities and risks in order to take coordinated actions with others in the workplace. ...
Add It Up: FYFL A Financial Literacy Tool for K-12 Eduation
(2011-08-04)
There are different ways used to engage learners through online learning environments. Especially for kids the online learning environment must be more interactive, fun, colorful, and must have good usability techniques ...
Addiction Counseling Self-Efficacy of Mental Health Counselors-in-Training
(2015-07-24)
The purpose of this study was to examine the level of mental health counselors-in-training self-efficacy in providing addiction counseling and the modalities of addiction related counseling education. In addition, the ...
Adding Insult to Industry: Alabamian Newspaper Framing of Tennessee River Pollution
(2018-05-31)
Media coverage of environmental topics typically reflects the environmental friendliness
of the intended audience. When local media covers environmental problems in a historically industrial, non-environmental area, the ...
Additive Manufacturing of Engineered Polymeric Flexible Structures
(2023-05-15)
Polymer-based additive manufacturing (AM) processes allow the flexibility, rapid, and low-cost fabrication of complex geometries. In recent years, fused filament fabrication (FFF), also known as fused deposition modeling ...
Additive Manufacturing of Fatigue Resistant Austenitic Stainless Steels by Establishing the Process-Structure-Property Relationships
(2019-12-10)
This work presents a multidisciplinary approach (relating microstructure features to mechanical properties) to utilize additive manufacturing as a tool to fabricate superior, fatigue resistant materials. The ultimate goal ...
Additive Nanomanufacturing of Flexible Hybrid Electronics
(2023-05-04)
There is always great interest in finding new advanced manufacturing techniques to pave the way for realization of future flexible and wearable electronics. Direct printing of functional materials, structures, and devices ...
Addressing the Limitations of Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: An Application of Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling
(2021-07-16)
To date, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) has been the predominant method for empirically evaluating the latent factor structure of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). A voluminous CFA literature provided a strong ...
Adenoviral Vectored Gonadotropin Releasing Hormone Vaccine for Estrus Suppression in Mares
(2017-07-27)
The objective of this study was to evaluate an adenoviral vectored gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH) vaccine as a method to suppress estrus behavior and cyclicity in mares. An additional objective was to determine the ...
Adherence to ADHD medication during the transition to college: Experiences, needs, and challenges
(2016-05-05)
Self-management of chronic illness is an abrupt challenge for adolescents as they transition into adulthood. This struggle is most evident when they move away to college and no longer have instrumental support for disease ...
Adipokine Responses to Exercise Repeated on Successive Days in Men with Metabolic Syndrome
(2010-07-21)
Leptin and adiponectin are two insulin-sensitizing adipokines that may be influenced transiently by exercise and contribute to the post-exercise improvement in insulin-mediated glucose uptake. The influence of exercise on ...
Adiponectin alters hippocampal synaptic function: a mechanism for amelioration of synaptic deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease
(2019-12-06)
The hormone adiponectin, the most abundant adipokine, is an important regulator of metabolic function, and recent evidence suggests that adiponectin plays an essential role in the cross-talk between adipose tissue and brain ...
Adiponectin Expression and Oxidative Stress in Hearts of Mice Fed a High-fat Diet
(2013-07-09)
Evidence suggests that excess superoxide generation leading to oxidative stress and/or the reduced capacity of organisms to regulate oxidative/redox environments play a major role in the initiation and progression of obesity ...
Adipose tissue and liver adaptations in exercised versus non-exercised rats fed a ketogenic diet, western diet, or standard rodent chow
(2016-03-31)
BACKGROUND: We investigated the effects of a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet (KD), versus other diets, on adipose tissue, liver and serum biomarkers in exercise-trained versus sedentary rodents. METHODS: Male Sprague-Dawley ...
Adjoint Orbits of Borel Subgroup on Maximal Nilpotent Subalgebra of Types A and C.
(2021-11-18)
We describe the adjoint orbits of a Borel subgroup on a maximal nilpotent algebra of Types A and C.
In Chapter 1, we provide a historical background and motivation behind the study. We highlight the
important works in ...