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Advances in medical infrared thermography
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The association between illness and body temperature dates back to the beginnings of medicine. Over the last few years, infrared thermography has attracted increased attention in various medical applications due to ...
An investigation of the single-molecule biophysics of membrane systems with atomic force microscopy
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Cell membranes define the boundary of the fundamental unit of all organisms. They maintain the biochemical gradients of the cell and are carefully regulated by various membrane proteins and factors. Understanding of these ...
Human-assisted self-supervised labeling of large data sets
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
There is a severe demand for, and shortage of, large accurately labeled datasets to train supervised computational intelligence (CI) algorithms in domains like unmanned aerial systems (UAS) and autonomous vehicles. This ...
Spatial politics and genre in the 21st century Arabic novel in English
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This dissertation is a study of four 21st century Arabic novels translated to English, each of which narrates a regionally specific process of state-sanctioned property theft. I argue that the authors of these novels use ...
From the body to language: life and mind in literature and film from the Modernist Era to the present
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
My dissertation focuses on the ways in which twentieth-century literature intersects with theories of living systems and biosemiotics, the biological capacity for meaning making. My critical readings highlight the process ...
Morphological evolution of the hosts of far-infrared/submillimeter galaxies
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Luminous and Ultra-luminous InfraRed Galaxies (LIRGs, LIR = 10^11-12L; ULIRGs, LIR [greater than] 10^12L) were discovered as the brightest objects in the infrared sky. While they are rare objects in the local universe, ...
Protein-DNA interaction prediction and protein structure modeling by machine learning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Proteins are large, complex molecules that perform most essential functions within organisms. In this work, we mainly focus on two important aspects that determine their functional properties: the tertiary structure of the ...
Spontaneous cluster formation in stoichiometric quantum critical systems
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
Metallic systems with magnetic ions embedded which have been prepared to undergo a second-order phase transition at zero Kelvin (called the quantum critical systems) historically appear to fall into two distinct categories: ...
Rites of leaving
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
The school of Stoic philosophy traces its roots back to 300 B.C.E and thrived until the 4th century C.E, when it fell into decline and was ultimately assimilated into other systems of philosophy. It experienced a limited ...
Broadband rotational spectroscopy in Laval flows: applications in astrochemistry and dynamics
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2022)
This dissertation presents the successful implementation of a Chirped pulse Uniform Flow (CPUF) apparatus capable of conducting experiments at low temperatures to examine photodissociation/reaction dynamics and kinetics ...