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Author:

Subbu, Aparna

Title:

Pattern Recognition using Symbolic Dynamic Filtering

Graduate Program:

Electrical Engineering

Keywords:

Symbolic dynamics
Analytic signal
Markov modeling
Pattern recognition
Image understanding
Anomaly Detection

File:

Download Aparna_Dissertation.pdf

Committee Members:

Asok Ray, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Constantino Manuel Lagoa, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Shashi Phoha, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Asok Ray, Committee Member
Jeffrey Scott Mayer, Committee Member
Alok Sinha, Committee Member

Author:

Bigham, Abigail Winslow

Title:

Evidence for Natural Selection in High Altitude Human Populations

Graduate Program:

Anthropology

Keywords:

HIF pathway
Hypoxia
Natural Selection
High Altitude
Andes
Tibet

File:

Download Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Mark Shriver, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mark Shriver, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kenneth Monrad Weiss, Committee Member
Jeffrey Arnold Kurland, Committee Member
Kateryna Dmytrivna Makova, Committee Member

Author:

Coca, Adiel

Title:

Chemistry and Biology of some tannin analogues and studies toward the synthesis of lihouidine

Graduate Program:

Chemistry

Keywords:

lps
lihouidine
tumor necrosis factor alpha
tnf
ellagitannin
tannin
lipopolysaccharide
coriariin a
pgg
beta penta galloyl glucose

File:

Download Full_Thesis-PDF.pdf

Committee Members:

Ken S Feldman, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Blake R Peterson, Committee Member
Raymond Lee Funk, Committee Member
Ming Tien, Committee Member

Author:

Henry, Amelia

Title:

Root traits for sustainable low-input agro-ecosystems

Graduate Program:

Integrative Biosciences

Keywords:

root traits
low-fertility soil

File:

Download Thesis_final.pdf

Committee Members:

Jonathan Paul Lynch, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Kathleen Marie Brown, Committee Member
Peter J A Kleinman, Committee Member
Surinder Chopra, Committee Member

Author:

Narayanan, Anand

Title:

The Origins and Evolution of Weak Low Ionization Quasar Absorption Line Systems

Graduate Program:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Keywords:

quasar absorption lines
galaxies
intergalactic medium
spectroscopy
absorption lines
circumgalactic gas
high velocity clouds

File:

Download Thesis_AN.pdf

Committee Members:

Jane Camilla Charlton, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric D Feigelson, Committee Member
Derek Brindley Fox, Committee Member
Gordon Paul Garmire, Committee Member
Milton Walter Cole, Committee Member

Author:

Tewari, Ashutosh

Title:

PRIOR KNOWLEDGE BASED IDENTIFICATION OF TAKAGI-SUGENO-KANG FUZZY MODELS FOR STATIC NONLINEAR SYSTEMS

Graduate Program:

Engineering Science and Mechanics

Keywords:

Knowledge-based systems
Data driven models
Neuro-fuzzy models
TSK fuzzy models
Artificial Intelligence

File:

Download PhDDissertationTewari.pdf

Committee Members:

Dr Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Dissertation Advisor/Co-Advisor
Mirna Urquidi Macdonald, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Joseph Paul Cusumano, Committee Member
Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Committee Member
Soundar Rajan Tirupatikumara, Committee Member

Author:

Armstrong, Brian Arthur

Title:

The Ethical Purpose of Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus

Graduate Program:

Philosophy

Keywords:

Tractatus
Wittgenstein
ethics

File:

Download Armstrong_Thesis.pdf

Committee Members:

Dale Jacquette, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Vincent M Colapietro, Committee Member
Emily Rolfe Grosholz, Committee Member
Denise Haunani Solomon, Committee Member

Author:

Craven, Brent Alan

Title:

A FUNDAMENTAL STUDY OF THE ANATOMY, AERODYNAMICS, AND TRANSPORT PHENOMENA OF CANINE OLFACTION

Graduate Program:

Mechanical Engineering

Keywords:

olfaction
canine
nasal airway
biofluids
biomimcry
artificial nose

File:

Download Craven_PhDDissertation_2008.pdf

Committee Members:

Gary Stuart Settles, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Eric G Paterson, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Thomas Charles Baker, Committee Member
Kendra V Sharp, Committee Member
Savash Yavuzkurt, Committee Member

Author:

Parker, Beth A.

Title:

Age and Sex Differences in Local Vasodilation and Exercise Hyperemia

Graduate Program:

Kinesiology

Keywords:

femoral artery
leg blood flow
sex differences
aging
leg vascular conductance
flow-mediated dilation

File:

Download Final_Dissertation_Copy.pdf

Committee Members:

David Nathan Proctor, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
William Lawrence Kenney Jr., Committee Member
Donna Hope Korzick, Committee Member
James Anthony Pawelczyk, Committee Member
Steven Howard Zarit, Committee Member

Author:

Edwards, Beth Q.

Title:

STUDIES IN TOBACCO HARM REDUCTION: THE ROLE OF CONTEXT IN SUBJECTIVE EFFECTS AND BEHAVIORAL RESPONSES TO A REDUCED EXPOSURE TOBACCO PRODUCT

Graduate Program:

Biobehavioral Health

Keywords:

tobacco
harm reduction

File:

Download Edwards_Beth_dissertation_final_112707.pdf

Committee Members:

Lynn T Kozlowski, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Laura Klein, Committee Chair/Co-Chair
Frank Martin Ahern, Committee Member
William T Ross, Committee Member