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Localization in challenging environment using geometric and machine learning techniques
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The establishment of robust sensor network applications requires accurate and non complex positioning techniques using a full or partial set of ...
Organic-inorganic hybrid materials for arsenic adsorption : surface complexation and intraparticle diffusion
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
performance under different pH conditions, respectively. Surface complexation models (SCM) can be developed to simulate the adsorption performance as a function of pH, arsenic concentrations, and ionic strength. And estimation of important adsorption...
Semi-analytical terminal and automatic approach and landing trajectory planners for unpowered reusable launch vehicle
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] A new guidance scheme for the terminal area energy management (TAEM) phase of an unpowered reusable launch vehicle (RLV) has been developed. The main ...
Investigating the role of arginine 21 in the structure and function of human [alpha]a-crystallin
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Cataractogenesis in the eye lens occurs as a result of protein aggregation. Of the multiple mutations in [alpha]A-crystallins associated with the ...
Investigating the role of arginine 21 in the structure and function of human [alpha]A-crystallin
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Cataractogenesis in the eye lens occurs as a result of protein aggregation. Of the multiple mutations in [alpha]A-crystallins associated with the ...
Reliability-based analysis of settlements of shallow foundations on cohesionless soils
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Although settlements of foundations on cohesionless soils usually are small, it is important to be able to predict them because the primary ...
An investigation into thermoelectric coolers
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
A thermoelectric cooler (TEC) is a type of cooler that uses the electricity between the junction of two materials to cause a temperature drop. These coolers operate using the Peltier effect. Effectively, a TEC uses electrical ...
Evaluation of micro-dystrophin based and dystrophin-independent AAV gene therapies for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
the impact of hinge 1 (H1) and hinge 4 (H4) regions in the function of a micro-dystrophin ([micro]Dys) construct. Two novel micro-dystrophins were engineered by complete deletion of either hinge 1 or hinge 4 and packaged in AAV9. Three separate groups of 3...
Investigating short-term and long-term binder performance of high-RAP mixtures containing waste cooking oil
(Periodical Offices of Chang- an University, 2019)
The environmental and economic benefits of recycling asphalt pavements have received much attention in recent years. Because of the increase in the cost of raw materials and energy carriers, the reuse of large portions of ...
Influence of site conditions on near-field effects in multi-channel surface wave measurements
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
Geophysical measurements using surface wave methods (SWM) are in widespread use as a means to non-destructively and non-intrusively characterize geotechnical site conditions for a variety of applications. Surface wave ...
Regulation of early trophoblast differentiation and development
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
have used immunohistochemical staining for specific pluripotent markers Oct-4 and SSEA 3 and differentiation marker SSEA 1 to assess the effect of low oxygen tension on the development of hES cells. We observed that low O[subscript 2] tension prevents...
Radionuclide production and separation techniques for radiopharmaceutical development and nuclear waste processing
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] With increasing cancer incident rates and advancements in nuclear medicine, the demand for optimizing pathways to produce radionuclides or investigating ...
Gravitomagnetic Accelerators
(arXiv, 2010)
We study a simple class of time-dependent rotating Ricci-flat cylindrically symmetric spacetime manifolds whose geodesics admit gravitomagnetic jets. The helical paths of free test particles in these jets up and down ...
Quasi-metric geometry : smoothness and convergence results
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)
This thesis has two distinct yet related parts, the first pertaining to geometry on quasi-metric spaces with emphasis on the Hausdorff outer-measure, the natural extension of the Gromov-Pompeiu-Hausdorff distance to ...
Biomineralizers from the proterozoic to today : assessing taxonomy and paleoecology through the lens of taphonomy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] The onset of metazoan predation is presumed to have triggered an evolutionary arms race of prey defenses, including the advent of biomineralization. ...
Mechanisms of inhibition and resistance to antiviral drugs targeting human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis B virus (HBV)
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2012)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Although human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) are very different viruses, the replication of their genome involves ...
Numerical and experimental investigations on capillary-driven thin-film evaporation with applications in pumped two-phase loop and loop thermosyphon
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
and tubular wick posts. The evaporation mode transition from flooded to thin-film evaporation was detected by the evaporator thermal resistance which is directly related with the liquid level in the monolayer wick base. In Chapter 4, an active flow control...
Spectropolarimetric constraints on interstellar grain models
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2018)
, attributed to absorption by amorphous H2O ice, and 9.7 µm feature, attributed to absorption by amorphous silicates, appear concurrently in all sources with molecular clouds intervening along the line of sight, indicative of both ice and silicates as important...
The precision of retrieving temporal information : behavioral and electrophysiological studies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
The knowledge of when an event took place provides benefits to episodic memory, such as distinguishing among multiple traces and learning event sequences. As a tool for understanding memory, time is appealing given its ...
Impaired spatial learning and increased locomotor activity in TgCRND8 mice as a model of Alzheimer's disease
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2010)
(8-9 months old), in addition to a 4 month-old cohort of both transgenic and wild-type female mice. Performance was assessed using three behavioral measures: touch escape, the Barnes maze, and an open-field test. No differences in irritability were...