Browsing 2013 UMKC Theses - Freely Available Online by Thesis Semester "2013 Summer"
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A comparative study of surrogate musculoskeletal models using various neural network configurations
(2013)The central idea in musculoskeletal modeling is to be able to predict body-level (e.g. muscle forces) as well as tissue-level information (tissue-level stress, strain, etc.). To develop computationally efficient techniques ... -
Cooperative relaying using USRP and GNU radio
(2013)Wireless communication systems have shown a tremendous development in recent years. New technologies are born day to day. With today's technology, users can communicate with each other from any corner of the world. But ... -
Correlates of gender and achievement in introductory algebra based physics
(2013)The field of physics is heavily male dominated in America. Thus, half of the population of our country is underrepresented and underserved. The identification of factors that contribute to gender disparity in physics is ... -
Decoupling of HSV1 Vhs protein mRNA decay and translation stimulation functions
(2013)Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 is a member of the alphaherpesvirinae subfamily within the family Herpesviridae. This virus has both a lytic and latent cycle. Primary infection occurs when the virus enters epithelial cells ... -
"Defective childhoods": television news and the social construction of the 'child in need'
(2013)The modern media, particularly television news, produces and airs news reports and special programs presenting social justice and human rights stories. Some of these news reports feature children with identified emotional, ... -
A new filtering index for fast processing of SPARQL queries
(2013)The Resource Description Framework (RDF) has become a popular data model for representing data on the Web. Using RDF, any assertion can be represented as a (subject, predicate, object) triple. Essentially, RDF datasets ... -
Photovoltaic (PV) Type Solar Generators and their effect on distribution systems
(2013)Distribution systems are designed to operate in radial mode (the simplest system topology) without any generation on the system, unidirectional power flow from the distribution substation to the customers via main feeder(s) ... -
The post-conflict odyssey of German communist veterans of the Spanish Civil War, 1939-1989
(2013)In early February of 1939, hundreds of German communists counted among the international volunteers who suffered a crushing rout in what proved their final campaign on behalf of the Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil ... -
(Re)constructing Johann Sebastian Bach: reception history and performance practice in New York City during the Great War
(2013)The perception of Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) in New York City during the time of the Great War can be illuminated through two threads: 1) reception history and reputation, and 2) contemporary performance practices. ... -
The spider in the web: the weaving of a new, Lancastrian England in the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries
(2013)In late-fourteenth century England, the third surviving son of King Edward III, John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, became obsessed with gaining control of the nation and establishing a Lancastrian legacy that would one ... -
A study of graph partitioning techniques for fast indexing and query processing of a large RDF graph
(2013)In recent years, the Resource Description Framework (RDF) [34] has become increasingly important for the Web and in domains such as defense and healthcare. Companies such as the New York Times [40], Best Buy [39], and ...