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Ferroelectric System Dynamics and the Properties of Ferroelectric / Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Heterostructures: a Ginzburg–Landau Study
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)
Understanding the electronic response of materials to applied electric fields is an
outstanding goal in solid-state theory. One aspect of this goal is to accurately predict the
electric polarization of certain materials ...
Labor Market Outcomes and Employment Policy
(2020)
The first chapter contains an empirical analysis of labor market outcomes. Using the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages microdata, individual labor market experiences are tracked over time. Not only is the employment ...
Enabling Electronic Structure Calculations of High Z Element Containing Materials Using Dirac Relativistic DFT Methods
(2020)
Novel properties may be induced in a host material by doping it with high Z elements to alter its underlying electronic states. Presently, no method exists that can accurately capture both large system sizes and the intricate ...
Anisotropic Mesh Adaptation for Image Segmentation based on Partial Differential Equations
(2020)
As the resolution of digital images increases significantly, the processing of
images becomes more challenging in terms of accuracy and efficiency. In this dissertation,
we consider image segmentation by solving a partial ...
Modeling HIV-1 Infection in the Brain: The Effect of the Blood-Brain Barrier
(2019)
Despite the advancement of antiretroviral therapy (ART), the development of HIV associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) remains a major concern among HIV infected patients. As many ART drugs may fail to penetrate the ...
Three Essays on Public Money Creation, Endogenous Bank Credit Creation, and Remaining Empirical Issues: Interest Rates and Inflation
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
This dissertation examines the interconnectedness between money/credit creation and its
empirical relevance to macroeconomic variables. It takes the position that the amount of
money/credit created for GDP-related ...
Modeling Pressurized Stairwells with Open Doors
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2019)
Stairwells are essential to occupant exiting from tall (high-rise) buildings. In order to
maintain tenable environments in the stairwells, modeling building and fire codes allow the
use of a stair pressurization system ...
Musculoskeletal Modeling of The Human Elbow Joint
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Comprehensive knowledge of the in vivo loading of elbow structures is essential in
understanding the biomechanical causes associated with elbow diseases and injuries, and
to find appropriate treatment. Currently, in ...
A Hybrid Modeling Approach to Assess the Efficacy of Control Measures on Paratuberculosis on U.S. Dairy Farms
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Paratuberculosis, also known as Johne's disease or JD, is a chronic contagious
infection, caused by Mycobaterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP). This fatal disease
is incurable and causes considerable economic losses to ...
Modeling the Effects of Drugs of Abuse on HIV Infections with Two Viral Species
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)
Injection drug use is one of the greatest risk factors associated with contracting human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and drug abusers infected with HIV suffer from
a higher viral load and rapid pathogenesis. Replication ...
Application of Ab Initio Calculations and Molecular Dynamics to Collagen and Brome Mosaic Virus
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations are no more accurate than the underlying
force field which represents the molecular interactions. In this thesis, we have
calculated ab initio atomic partial charges for proteins of ...
Design of Instrumentation and Methodologies for Determination of Free Neutron Characteristics
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)
Measuring neutron source‐dependent free neutron properties over a large neutron energy range, with human‐portable instrumentation, continues to push the frontier of neutron detection instrumentation design and analysis ...
Spatiotemporal Modeling and Analysis of Disease Spread in Wildlife
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Wildlife and wildlife diseases have been frequent topics in mathematical epidemiology. However, due to the complexity of real-world systems and the varying degree of randomness in the behavior of any one individual organism, ...
Essays on Investment Stagnation and Financialization
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
The three essays composing this manuscript examine the problem of capital accumulation from three distinct perspectives. the first essay offers a historical-dynamical view into the work of the pioneer of investment stagnation, ...
Instruction Type and Student Major as they Relate to Student Success in College Level Developmental Mathematics Classes
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
The low success rate of developmental (or remedial) mathematics courses is a hot
topic at the higher education level. In this research, student success is considered in terms of
final grade, D/F percentage, and withdrawal ...
A Longitudinal study of modeling-based college algebra and its effect on student achievement
(2020)
Low success rates and high withdrawal rates in gateway courses like College Algebra have deterred some students from attaining their educational goals. The university of study developed a Modeling-Based College Algebra ...
RUPEE: A Big Data Approach to Indexing and Searching Protein Structures
(2021)
Given the close relationship between protein structure and function, protein structure searches have long played an established role in bioinformatics. Despite their maturity, existing protein structure searches either ...
Development of pulsed power sources using self-sustaining nonlinear transmission lines and high-voltage solid-state switches
(2021)
The demand for short pulses capable of delivering high peak power is increasing by leaps and bounds over the last few decades. These pulses are garnering attraction from a wide variety of end-users associated with the ...
Vision task driven image super-resolution and image enhancement
(2021)
In visual object recognition problems, low-light exposure, and low-quality images present great challenges in a variety of navigation and surveillance use cases. Recent advancements in deep learning-based methods may ...
Modeling HIV-1 Infection and Immune Responses Under Drugs of Abuse
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
The frequent use of drugs of abuse among HIV infected individuals is a major
concern. Drugs of abuse, such as opiates, have been widely associated with enhanc
ing HIV replication, accelerating disease progression, and ...