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Pain Sensitivity and Inflammatory Gene Expression in Young and Aged Rat Spinal Cord in Response to Surgery and Morphine
Ruzga, Marissa ( 2020-12 )After surgery, older adults are particularly vulnerable to experiencing increased and poorly controlled pain (Halaszynski, 2013). Despite its common use after surgery, there is evidence that chronic morphine treatment ... -
Parameter Optimization to Maximize Luminescent Oxygen Sensor Perfomance Embedded in a Core-Shell Electrospun Nanofiber Design.
Arnold, Ryan ( 2020-05 )Oxygen is a critical molecule to several biological processes, making its detection important to several biomedical applications. Oxygen sensors designed using luminescent quenching molecules embedded in an electrospun ... -
Parametric Estimation of Crystallographic Texture Using Estimation Maximization
Ahlborg, Carl ( 2018-05 )The properties of materials are functions of their internal structure. Most engineering materials, including metals, are polycrystalline and composed of microscopic crystals. The crystallographic texture, the description ... -
A Parametric Study of Hypersonic Waverider Flight Mechanics in Optimized Trajectories during Atmospheric Entry
Richmond, Jonathan ( 2021-05 )Over the years, many aerospace corporations and agencies have attempted to develop hypersonic vehicles. However, until recently, they have only achieved very limited success due to a lack of air-breathing hypersonic ... -
Particulate Adhesion and Removal From Substrates
Beal, Patrick ( 2017-05 )One of the major issues plaguing the semiconductor industry is the adhesion of submicron-sized particles (called particulates) to silicon wafers (substrates) during wafer manufacturing. Such substrate contamination results ... -
PASSIVE TIME SYNCHRONIZATION IN SENSOR NETWORKS USING OPPORTUNISTIC FM RADIO SIGNALS
Balderas, Gerardo ( 2011-06 )ABSTRACT Time synchronization is a critical piece of infrastructure for any wireless sensor network. It is necessary for applications such as audio localization, beam-forming, velocity calculation, and duplicate event ... -
Peptide Expression and Purification to Elucidate the Mechanism of Vascular Alpha2C-Adrenoceptor Traslocation
Fidelibus, Robert ( 2012-06 )In response to physiological cold temperatures, cutaneous blood vessels constrict to reduce heat loss. This constriction is mediated by smooth muscle G protein-coupled α2C-adrenoceptors (α2C-ARs), which translocate from ... -
Perceived Instability and Co-Contraction in Patients Undergoing Total Knee Arthroplasty
Leszcz, Elizabeth ( 2019-05 )Osteoarthritis (OA) is a disease characterized by the breakdown of cartilage in a joint. It is most common in the knee joint, with 14 million Americans experiencing knee OA in the United States alone. Patients with knee ... -
Periodic hyperdamping inclusions in resonant metamaterials for control of broadband vibroacoustic energy
Bishop, Justin ( 2017-05 )The absorption of structural vibrations and noise is often essential to structural integrity and operator safety. These unwanted vibroacoustic energies are typically broadband, which presents a challenge to traditional ... -
pH Effects on Ceramic Membranes Fouled by Extracellular Polymeric Substances
Rosi, Anton ( 2016-05 )Biofouling has proven to be a primary challenge for membrane filtration. Biofouling occurs when microbes secrete extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) which adhere to membrane surfaces. EPS impede the flow of treated ... -
Phosphorus Doping on FeNC and CNx Catalysts in Oxygen Reduction Reaction in PEM Acidic Media
Qian, Kyle ( 2016-05 )Fuel cells catalysts are being researched to achieve higher activity and lower costs for oxygen reduction reaction. Iron nitrogen carbon (FeNC) and nitrogen carbon (CNx) catalysts hold promising potential for being ... -
PHOTOCLEAVABLE QUANTUM DOT-GOLD NANOPARTICLE SYSTEMS FOR SUPER-RESOLUTION IMAGING
Kevlich, Nikita ( 2013-05 )The ability to directly see structures and observe biological processes below the 200 nm resolution limit of traditional optical imaging methods would enable substantial advances in biology. Super-resolution imaging ... -
Photodegradation of Metolachlor in Natural and Constructed Wetlands
Marron, Corin ( 2008-06 )Agricultural wetlands receive a variety of nutrients and synthetic organic contaminants (SOCs), such as pesticides, from agricultural activities. Constructed wetlands have been proposed as a cost-effective and sustainable ... -
Photoluminescence System for Detecting Sub-Bandgap Photon Emission in Silicon
Patton, Ryan J. ( 2015-12 )Electro-optical systems are essential for the next generation of communication networks. As photonic devices become smaller, one sees a future where microelectronic and optical technologies are completely integrated. This ... -
Photosensitive Drag Reducing Surfactant-Counterion Additives to Achieve Enhanced Heat Transfer in Recirculating Systems
Pattison, Sean ( 2012-06 )The use of additives in drag reducing (DR) fluid transport is a phenomenon that was discovered in 1931 by Forest and Grierson who observed a reduction in energy loss in turbulent transport of wood pulp fiber suspensions ... -
Pilot Tone Signal Optimization for Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Vijaykumar, Abhishek ( 2021-05 )Pilot Tone (PT) is an emerging technology in the field of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Its ability to effectively encode physiological motions has made it an attractive choice for cardiac MRI, where respiratory ... -
Postural Control Variation in the Single Leg Anterior Reach
Talarico, Maria ( 2013-05 )The single leg anterior reach (SLAR) is often used to assess dynamic postural control. However, the SLAR has yet to undergo a balance plate assessment of postural control that may yield information on the movement ... -
Poverty Management App and Hospital Text Platform
Wang, Shuai ( 2015-05 )There are two parts of this honors research: designing an Android App for managing daily finances to avoid poverty, and a text platform for patients who have left a hospital after being admitted for a suicide attempt. The ... -
Power Generation for Wearable Electronics: Designing Electrochemical Storage on Fabrics
Vilkhu, Ramandeep ( 2018-05 )We report a new class of textiles with electrochemical functions which, when moistened by a conductive liquid (saline solution, sweat, wound fluid, etc.), generate DC voltage and current levels capable of powering wearable ... -
Power Management for an Electrified Bus
Stanislovaitis, Christopher ( 2014-05 )Transit buses are the most important form of public transportation, and there is a continuing effort to make them more fuel efficient to reduce their economic and environmental footprint. One means of improving the fuel ...