Browsing by Author "Abebe, Ash"

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An Analysis of Item Response Theory

Jones, Stuart (2019-07-02)

This paper examines a field of psychological and educational measurement testing theory called Item Response Theory. The paper delves into the basics of the theory, its theoretical and statistical background, and discusses ...

Analyzing the Association between Impulsivity, Diabetes, Eating Behavior, Physical Activity Behavior, and Medication Adherence

Lertpichitkul, Thanasak (2015-12-07)

Background: Impulsivity has been shown to be associated with many unhealthy lifestyle factors: obesity, unhealthy eating, and decreased physical activity, all of which are associated with having diabetes. However, no study ...

Atomic Characterization of L_1 And The Lorentz-Bochner Space L^X(p,1) for With Some Applications

Kermausuor, Seth Kwame (2016-12-09)

In the 1950s, G. G Lorentz introduced the spaces $\Lambda(\alpha)$ and $M(\alpha)$, for $0<\alpha<1$ and showed that the dual of $\Lambda(\alpha)$ is equivalent to $M(\alpha)$ in his paper titled 'Some New Functional ...

Consumer adaptation mediates top-down regulation of ecosystems across a nutrient gradient

Chislock, Michael IV (2016-03-07)

Individuals within a species frequently differ in important traits, and these differences are known functions of genetic, epigenetic, and environmental influences. While evolutionary biologists have been studying ...

Credit Delivery Analyses and Climate Impact Issues: The Case of Ghana and Southeastern US

Quaye, Frederick Murdoch (2015-07-22)

The first paper examines the impact of the microfinance sector on small/ micro enterprises in Ghana. The study uses 2007 BEEPS data and employs the financing constraints approach to study if the presence of microfinance ...

Economic and Econometric Evaluation of the Turkish Labor Market

Guneysu Atasoy, Filiz (2017-07-06)

This dissertation is organized in three chapters that deal with issues on labor market changes in Turkey. The first chapter estimates how historical internal migration impacted the gender pay gap in the Turkish Labor Market ...

Food Demand, Food Sensory Preferences and Attributes Explaining Food Price Differences

Traore, Togo (2016-12-12)

This dissertation evaluates staple food demand in Burkina Faso, specialty coffee sensory attributes and their relation with coffee quality and the effect of material and reputation attributes on specialty coffee quality ...

High Strain Rate Material Characterization of Lead-Free SAC Solder Alloy and Solder Joint Reliability under Vibration and Thermal Loads

Yadav, Vikas (2022-12-09) ETD File Embargoed

Electronics will experience high and low working temperatures during operations, handling, and storage in severe environments applications such as automotive, oil and gas, aerospace, medical technologies, and defense ...

Nonparametric Analysis of Temperature and Carbon Source Effects on vfr Gene Expression and Regulation

Gao, Shiqi (2016-04-27)

Since temperatures and carbon sources are potential conditions that affect gene expression and regulation, experiments of vfr expression and regulation in the organism Pseudomonas aeruginosa were designed and performed to ...

Robust Simultaneous Inference for Functional Data

Costa Lima, Italo Raony (2017-04-20)

Advancements in modern technology have enabled the collection of complex, high- dimensional data sets, such as curves, 2D or 3D images, and other objects living in a functional space, thus boosting the investigation of ...

Robust Variable Selection Methods for Grouped Data

Lilly, Kristin (2015-07-23)

When predictor variables possess an underlying grouping structure in multiple regression, selecting important groups of variables is an essential component of building a meaningful regression model. Some methods exist to ...

Single Index Model for Tensor Data: Theory and Application

Wang, Rui (2021-09-09)

Modern scientific applications are frequently producing data sets where the data are not in the form of vectors but instead higher order tensors. For instance, multi-channel MEG signals in biomedical engineering, gene ...

Statistical methods for identification of NF-κB related genes and their expression profiles in channel catfish after bacterial infection

Wang, Xiaozhu (2017-04-16)

Interactions of NF-κB family, IκB family and IKK complex are key components of NF-κB pathway that is essential for many biological processes including innate and adaptive immunity, and inflammation and stress responses. ...