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Author:

Wang, Charles Xiaoxue

Title:

THE INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECTS OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE AND THREE CONCEPT MAPPING STRATEGIES IN FACILITATING ACHIEVEMENT OF DIFFERENT EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES

Graduate Program:

Instructional Systems

Keywords:

concept mapping
prior knowledge
learning achievement
conept map

File:

Download etd_charleswang.pdf

Committee Members:

Francis M Dwyer Jr., Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Barbara L Grabowski, Committee Member
Kyle Leonard Peck, Committee Member
Edgar Paul Yoder, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Xiaoqiang

Title:

PHASE FIELD MODELS AND SIMULATIONS OF VESICLE BIO-MEMBRANES

Graduate Program:

Mathematics

Keywords:

Vesicle membrane
elastic bending energy
energetic variational approach
diffusive interface approximation
phase field model
numerical methods
three dimensional simulation
Navier-Stokes equation

File:

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Committee Members:

Qiang Du, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Chun Liu, Committee Member
Ludmil Tomov Zikatanov, Committee Member
Hongyuan Zha, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Xi

Title:

CHROMATIN AND DNA FUNCTION: RECURRING QUESTIONS AND EVOLVING ANSWERS

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

chromatin
DNA
transcription
chromatin mapping techniques

File:

Download 3.pdf

Committee Members:

Robert T Simpson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jerry L Workman, Committee Member
Song Tan, Committee Member
Andrew Thomas Henderson, Committee Member
Hong Ma, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Xi

Title:

Quantitative Measure of Regular Languages for Supervisory Control of Engineering Applications

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

coordinated robotics
behavior-based robotics
quantitative measure
regular language
discrete-event system
supervisory control

File:

Download XiWang-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shashi Phoha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Alok Sinha, Committee Member
Prof Mark Carpino, Committee Member
John Metzner, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Xibin

Title:

EFFECTS OF ZINC DEFICIENCY ON LONGITUDINAL BONE GROWTH IN JUVENILE CHICKENS AND YOUNG GROWING RATS

Graduate Program:

Nutrition

Keywords:

bone
zinc deficiency
cell proliferation
apoptosis
growth plate
in situ hybridization
immunohistochemistry

File:

Download etd.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary J Fosmire, Committee Member
Ronald Scott Kensinger, Committee Member
Sally E Johnson, Committee Member
Carol V Gay, Committee Member
Roland M Leach, Committee Chair/Co-Chair

Author:

Wang, Xinran

Title:

Protecting software from attack and theft via program analysis

Graduate Program:

Computer Science and Engineering

Keywords:

software security
software plagiarism detection
malware detection
program analysis

File:

Download Xinran-Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Sencun Zhu, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Sencun Zhu, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Peng Liu, Committee Member
Guohong Cao, Committee Member
Zan Huang, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yang

Title:

Varying-Coefficient Models: New Models, Inference Procedures, and Applications

Graduate Program:

Statistics

Keywords:

Monte Carlo simulation
semi-parametric
semiparametric
nonparametric regression
kernel regression
local likelihood
generalized likelihood ratio test
cross validation
Time-varying-coefficient model
Nonlinear
Local Linear
Varying-coefficient Model
forecasting
bandwidth
bootstraping
bootstrap

File:

Download phdthesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Runze Li, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jingzhi Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
James Landis Rosenberger, Committee Member
Damla Senturk, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Ying

Title:

ESSAYS ON MUTUAL FUNDS

Graduate Program:

Business Administration

Keywords:

Market Liquidity
Portfolio Holdings
Government Bond
Market Timing
Mutual Funds
Market Volatility

File:

Download wangdissertation2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Jingzhi Huang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Jean Helwege, Committee Member
James Alan Miles, Committee Member
Quang H Vuong, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yang

Title:

POWERED MOTION AT MICRO/NANOSCALES AND CONTROLLED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CATALYTIC MOTORS

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

nanofabrication
electroanalysis
colloidal science
microfluids
microscopy

File:

Download _Yang_Wang__PSU_Chemistry_2009.pdf

Committee Members:

Thomas E Mallouk, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Thomas E Mallouk, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Ayusman Sen, Committee Member
Mark Maroncelli, Committee Member
Darrell Velegol, Committee Member

Author:

Wang, Yong

Title:

THE APPLICATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF DIELECTRIC AND PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER DEVICES

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

polymer
PVDF
aromatic polyurea
dielectric
piezoelectric
electrical conduction
capacitor

File:

Download Dissertation_YongWang_2009_Final.pdf

Committee Members:

Qiming Zhang, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Qiming Zhang, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Heath Hofmann, Committee Member
Zhiwen Liu, Committee Member
Michael T Lanagan, Committee Member