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Deep Learning for Handwritten Text Recognition in Historical Documents
(2023)Recognizing handwritten text in historical documents using deep learning techniques poses significant challenges in the document analysis and recognition domain. Factors such as the variability and complexity of handwriting ... -
ASSESSMENT OF A REAL-TIME OPTIMAL COUPLING FREQUENCY MEASUREMENT SYSTEM IN COMPLEX ELECTRONIC DEVICES
(2023)The work provided in this thesis focuses on the development of an at-range tech- nique to identify optimal resonant frequencies of complex electronic devices. Prior to this work, the technique had shown promise at effectively ... -
HIGH POWER MICROWAVE WEAPONS FOR COUNTER UNMANNED AERIAL SYSTEMS: EXAMINING WEAPON TARGET ALLOCATION THROUGH SIMULATED ENGAGEMENTS
(2023)The rapid advancements in technology and increase in affordability have made unmanned aerial systems (UAS) a serious threat to military operations. Dealing with these UAS using convention air defense weapons can be costly ... -
Discovery of a Novel PI3K Inhibitor for Advanced Prostrate Cancer Therapy
(2023)Prostate cancer remains a significant global health burden, especially in its advanced stages where survival rates significantly decrease. This study aimed to discover a novel therapeutic candidate that targets the ... -
ESSAYS ON LABOR, MONEY, AND CAPITAL
(2023)An aging workforce and population decline give opportunity to increase the share of employee-owner managed firms in the U.S., such as employee stock ownership plans. This demographic shift is multifactor, with falling ... -
Rehab Me
(2023)After losing her job and finding out her husband has been keeping a big secret, Megan Walsh heads to the home she inherited from her grandmother, only to find it heavily water damaged from winter storms. As she searches ... -
Transforming Medical Image Segmentation with Enhanced U-Net Architectures and Adaptive Transfer Learning
(2023)Medical imaging has revolutionized healthcare by enabling accurate diagnosis, treatment planning, and monitoring of various diseases. Various modalities, such as computed tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ... -
The Cost of Which Means Nothing to You
(2023)“The Cost of Which Means Nothing to You” is a collection of short stories and essays with a focus on the pleasures and pitfalls of being an outsider. Key themes throughout the collection include parenting, adolescence, ... -
“We Deem It Entirely Fitting": Civil War Memory in Oklahoma
(2023)Scholars have published few pieces about Civil War memory in Oklahoma, and the existing studies focus primarily on Native Americans living in Indian Territory during Reconstruction. This study expands on the previous ... -
CHEMICAL STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING ANTI-DIABETIC GLUCAGON THERAPY
(2023)The pancreas functions to carry out one of the most critical functions in the human metabolism, viz. glucose homeostasis. It achieves homeostasis by producing hormones including insulin and glucagon which act on different ... -
Evaluation of the Degradation of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Using UV-activated Silica-based Granular Media (UV/SGM)
(2023)Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have become ubiquitous in the environment through production, industrial use, and consumer use. PFAS are recalcitrant, persistent, and bioaccumulative contaminants of concern which ... -
Hard to Read
(2023)This thesis is an exploration of abusive relationships in two parts, one fiction and one creative non-fiction. The first is a speculative novella in which cages on people’s heads indicate that they are the victim, or “prey,” ... -
sophomore
(2023)This is a collection of flash nonfiction, fiction and poetry. It is intended to speak to the “seconds” of life – the do-over-and-overs, the try-and-try-agains, the get-knocked-down-but-get-back-ups. It is intended to reflect ... -
END-OF-CENTURY CLIMATE CHANGE IN MISSOURI
(2023)Climate change is a significant threat to the environment and human society because it affects human health, reduces agriculture yield, and increases the number of extreme events. Researchers have been utilizing Atmosphere-Ocean ... -
TRAUMATIC BODIES AND DIASPORIC DISAFFECTION: A STUDY OF IRANIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH
(2023)This study is an effort to name a condition that has been generally overlooked by most scholars in trauma theory. Trauma has been mainly defined as a specific bodily condition resulting from the infliction of intense and ... -
Work Stories
(2023)Work Stories is a collection of short fiction inspired by the tales I heard, lived, and witnessed while working construction in rural Missouri. The characters featured in this thesis grapple with mental illness, ignorance, ... -
The Neighborhood
(2023)The Neighborhood addresses mental illness and racial identity in a horrific collection of stories that explore what it means to face ourselves and our circumstances every day. As a BIPOC living in a country of unrest and ... -
ML-CHIEFS: Machine Learning-based Corneal-specular Highlight Imaging for Enhancing Facial Recognition Security
(2023)Machine learning (ML) has significantly improved facial recognition systems' (FRS) accuracy, robustness, and reliability, making them one of the most viable biometric identity verification solutions in various authentication ... -
Development of Resistance to Antifungal Agents in Common Yeast Species
(2018)Pathogenic fungi are responsible for several serious diseases in both plants and animals with severe consequences in both medicine and agriculture. This makes treatment of fungal infections a prime concern for both economic ...