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Neuromuscular Insights for the Design and Control of Hand-Assistive Robots
(2022-12-09)
Engineers often neglect the dynamics of neuromuscular control when developing hand-assistive robots. Models of the hand that decouple ‘peripheral’ kinematic and sensory dynamics from the ‘central’ dynamics of neural ...
The Neurophysiological Correlates of Choice on Engagement, Motivation, and Motor Skill Learning
(2017-07-22)
Autonomous practice conditions have time and again shown to be advantageous for motor skill learning, but the reason for this benefit is still unclear. Some studies suggest this benefit arises from increased motivation ...
Neuroprotection against Methamphetamine Induced Neurotoxicity: Applications for Parkinson’s Disease
(2009-05-04)
Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder associated with selective degeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons. It is the most common of the neurodegenerative movement disorders, affecting ...
Neuroprotective effects of bioactive compounds (resveratrol and genistein) in various mouse models
(2021-04-26)
Obesity is a complex disease which has adverse effects on various organ including liver, heart and brain. It was shown that obesity is a significant risk factor for developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and neurodegenerative ...
Neuroprotective effects of carnitinoid antioxidants in rodent models of mitochondrial dysfunction
(2016-07-27)
The pathological effects of mitochondrial dysfunction result from both oxidative damage and bioenergetic deficiency, and are more severe in cells and tissues with high metabolic energy demands such as neurons, skeletal ...
Neuroprotective effects of Resveratrol against oxidative stress and memory impairment in vivo and in vitro
(2016-06-13)
Resveratrol is a polyphenolic phytoalexin known to exert anti-diabetic, anti-inflammatory and neuroprotective effects. Various studies have reported a link between obese diabetic state and Alzheimer’s disease. The present ...
Neutrophil:Lymphocyte Ratio as a Possible Indicator of Chronic Anthropogenic Stress in Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera)
(2011-07-19)
Exposure to chronic stressors has negative impacts on wild animals. Heightened levels of glucocorticoid hormones commonly are measured to test for exposure to stress. Due to the fast-changing nature of circulating levels ...
Never Too Late: Baby Boomers in College in Preparation for the Third Age
(2018-05-04)
The objective of this study was to investigate the question of how motivation and ability interact in the decision to start or return to college among retirement-age Boomers and those within close proximity to retirement ...
New approach on Phenol-Formaldehyde resins for Wood Composites
(2020-07-30)
Almost two-thirds of the state of Alabama is covered by forest. This generates a substantial market for wood products. Engineered wood products named particleboards (PB) are useful for low load bearing applications. Even ...
A New Approach to Voting: An Accessible Voter Verifiable Paper Ballot
(2009-07-28)
The 2000 U.S. Presidential Election brought national attention to electronic voting
when an estimated 50,000 ballots were discarded and not counted. The body of research
presented in this thesis will describe a method ...
New Atomic Data For Iron-Peak Elements For Use In Astrophysical Modeling
(2013-07-25)
Supernovae (SN) and supernova remnant (SNR) plasmas represent some of the most
extreme and unusual objects in the universe. X-ray spectra of supernova remnant plasmas
are key to understanding the mechanism and dynamics ...
A New Class of Adsorptive Photocatalysts for Enhanced Adsorption and Destruction of 4-chlorophenol and perfluorooctanoic acid
(2019-12-05)
Four novel Ti-based adsorptive photocatalysts, namely titanate nanosheets (TNS), graphene grafted titania/titanate nanosheets (G/TNS), activated carbon modified titanate nanotubes (TNTs@AC), and iron doped, activated carbon ...
New Classes of Multivariate Gamma Survival and Reliability Models
(2006-08-15)
Multivariate modeling and analysis based on the multivariate normal distribution is well established and widely used. However, when the marginal distributions have only a positive support, such as time-to-event models, ...
New computational and data-driven methods for protein homology modeling
(2021-07-14)
Threading a query protein sequence onto a library of weakly homologous structural
templates remains challenging. In light of the recent advancements in residue-residue contact
prediction technologies powered by sequence ...
A New Concept Design of Directional Rumble Strips for Deterring Wrong-way Freeway Entries
(2016-05-03)
Wrong-way driving (WWD) on freeways has been identified as a serious traffic safety problem. Drivers who make wrong-way entries onto freeways pose a serious risk to the safety of other motorists and themselves. This study ...
New Concepts in Surface Modification for Biosensor Application-Polyaniline and Bacteriophage Surface Modification
(2008-12-15)
Polyaniline is one of the most promising conductive polymers for technological applications because of its unique electrooptical properties, ease of synthesis and low cost. An additional attribute is that polyanilines can ...
A New Deal for Writers: The Alabama Writers' Project and Its Contributions to American History
(2013-08-20)
At the height of the Great Depression and the New Deal, administrators and staff of the Federal Writers’ Project embarked on a series of literary undertakings to uncover and restore the nation’s cultural and historical ...
New Dendrimers and Lipids Based on 2,2′-Bi(glycerol), and Lewis Acid Dependent Rearrangements of a Protected Pinacol
(2017-04-25)
Chapter 1: 2,2'-Bi(glycerol), or 2,3-bis(hydroxymethyl)butane-1,2,3,4-tetraol is of interest because of its utility as a potential A6 core for novel dendrimers, and because it may lead to hitherto un¬known 2,2'-bi(triglyceride)s ...
A New Elections Federalism: Dual Election Administration Systems
(2022-11-29)
Dual election administration systems have a substantial history in the United States with differing characteristics over time and place. A dual election administration system creates categories of voters who are only ...
A New Era for Forest Operations in the Southeastern Region of the United States
(2018-12-10)
Forest operations in the southeastern region of the United States has remained relatively unchanged since the inception of conventional mechanized equipment. As new technologies are developed, new operational techniques ...