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Modeling of molecular and particulate transport in dry spent nuclear fuel canisters
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2007)
There are two important phenomena associated with the depressurization of a dry spent nuclear fuel canister after the formation of a through-wall pinhole breach. The first phenomenon is the release from the canister of any ...
Analytical earth-aerocapture guidance
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
Aerocapture is a technique of employing a single atmospheric pass to inserts a spacecraft from a hyperbolic orbit, approaching from deep space, into an elliptical (captured) orbit around its destination planet. After ...
The kinetics of non-catalyzed supercritical water reforming of ethanol
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
feed rate was varied between 6.4 g/min and 19.7 g/min, the ethanol feed rate was varied between 0.17 g/min and 2.2 g/min, and the pressure was fixed at 24.2 MPa. All ethanol fed was converted into gaseous products: hydrogen, carbon dioxide, methane...
Process engineering to produce defined hierarchical structures of diatoms for wastewater polishing and micropollutant removal
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2019)
- and nanostructures, as well as removal efficiency of nutrients in a membrane bioreactor (MBR). Second, we determined the changes in morphology and nanostructure of diatoms at different hydraulic retention times (HRTs ranging from 3 h to 24 h). We also developed a...
Functional characterization of two putative mobile elements of the 'Mycoplasma mycoides cluster'
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2008)
-living organisms. This dissertation focuses on the functional characteristics of two recently characterized putative mobile elements of the ruminant-infecting Mycoplasma mycoides cluster: a 3.4-kb cryptic plasmid, pMyBK1, of Mycoplasma yeatsii, and an approximately...
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 ...
Development of highly selective fluorescent sensors for detection of glycolipids in vesicles and visualization of glutamate for neuronal imaging
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2020)
[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Fluorescent sensors are very useful tools for exploring chemical biology and advanced medical research. Herein, we propose four different ...
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...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
Nonlinear mechanics and testing of highly flexible one-dimensional structures using a camera-based motion analysis system
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2006)
Both experimental and theoretical investigations are conducted for the dynamics of cables and strings. The exact equations of motion for finite but small amplitude vibration of string were derived based on a fully nonlinear ...
Adaptive array signal processing using the concentric ring array and the spherical array
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
This thesis introduces new methods for partial adaptive beamforming using concentric ring and spherical arrays for acoustic signals on a partially known interference environment. We propose novel methods to choose intra-ring ...
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...
Anion and solvent influences on the self-assembly of copper(I) coordination solids
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2005)
and the reaction conditions involved will be discussed. This presentation will be divided into four major sections. The first section covers an in-depth look at those structural variances found among the copper(I) coordination solids synthesized using 4,4...