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Longer Term Dynamics of Bit Error Rates using Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) Software Defined Radios for Indoor Environments
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)In a wireless channel, we encounter several problems like multipath fading, interference, reduced spectrum efficiency which makes the system less reliable. In our thesis, we made an analysis of performance of different ... -
Re-imaging the Spaces of Femininity: Vanessa Bell and the Domestic Interior
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)This study charts British artist Vanessa Bell’s (1879-1961) manipulation of the feminine interior during the most experimental years in her practice, 1910 through 1915. Bell’s forays into decorative design and her ... -
Effects of Alpha-Tocopherol Antioxidant on the Bonding Properties of Resin Adhesive to Dentin Bleached with Sodium Perborate
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Previous reports have shown diminished capacity for bonding after bleaching teeth. Reversal of the bond strengths back to pre-bleached levels can be obtained with application of 10% alpha-tocopherol in a 2-hour time ... -
Robust Content Identification and De-Duplication with Scalable Fisher Vector In video with Temporal Sampling
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Robust content identification and de-duplication of video content in networks and caches have many important applications in content delivery networks. In this work, we propose a scalable hashing scheme based Fisher ... -
Permeable Reactive Concrete For Enhanced Heavy Metal Removal With Optimization Of Individual Components
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)Catastrophic release of heavy metals in Colorado, U.S or Minas Gerais, Brazil exposed the importance heavy metal contamination have on the surrounding peoples and environment. Permeable reactive barriers (PRBs) are an ... -
Novel Non Precharging Single Bitline 8T Static Random Access Memory
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)Novel 8T SRAM design, employs individual bit-line (BL) and word-line (WL) for each operation. The read operation uses read word-line (RWL) and read bit-line (RBL) respectively. On other hand the write operation employs ... -
Nanoscale Nonvolatile Memory Circuit Design using Emerging Spin Transfer Torque Magnetic Random Access Memory
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)The spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) is suitable for embedded and second level cache memories in the mobile CPUs. STT-MRAM is a highly potential nonvolatile memory (NVM) technology. There ... -
Straight Jackets, and Other Escapes
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Ghost Fists
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)Ghosts animate the stories and essays of this collection in ways both bodied and disembodied—as loops, as refrains, as stories that can’t be outrun. Moving across time and space to consider collective memory in Cambodia, ... -
Irreverent Faith: Neoclassicism, Catholicsm, and Humor in Francis Poulenc's Sacred Choral-Orchestral Works
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Francis Poulenc's (1899-1963) music, along with that of his early twentieth-century French contemporaries, occupies a unique place in the classical music canon. Its accessibility, and often its humor, led many scholars ... -
The Laboring Irish: Developing Community and Industry in Early Kansas City
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)By 1880, the Kansas City community had experienced phenomenal growth. Since 1820, the new city had evolved from a fur trading post, an outfitting center for western trails, a trading center for Native Americans, a ... -
Advanced Light Field Frame Prediction For Optimized Compression
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Current light field compression techniques lack robustness to handle both rate distortion optimized motion compensation as well as latency during the encoding and decoding process. This paper focuses on a contribution ... -
Analyzing Bit Error Rate using Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) Software Defined Radio in Indoor and Outdoor Environments
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Wireless Communications had radical growth because of the necessity of people being connected. However, interference, noise, and multiple fading have adverse effects to a reliable system. Bit Error Rate has its own ... -
Automated Prediction of Hepatic Arterial Stenosis
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Several thousand life-saving liver transplants are performed each year. One of the causes of early transplant failure is arterial stenosis of the anastomotic junction. Early detection of transplant arterial stenosis ... -
A Framework for Ultra Reliable Low Latency Mission Critical Communication
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Mission-critical communication is one of the central design aspects of 5G communications. But there are numerous challenges and explicit requirements for development of a successful mission-critical communication system. ... -
Electronic Structure in the Organic-based Magnet [Feᴵᴵ(TCNE)(NCMe)₂][FeᴵᴵᴵCl₄] using the Orthogonalized Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals Method with Hubbard U
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)The Hubbard U parameter is applied to the organic-based magnet [Feᴵᴵ(TCNE)(NCMe)₂][FeᴵᴵᴵCl₄] using the Orthogonalized Linear Combination of Atomic Orbitals (OCLAO) methods. The Local Spin Density Approximation (LSDA) ... -
Simulation and Experimental Testing of Additively Manufactured Strain Gauges
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Additive manufacturing has seen a rapid increase as a method of fabricating both design phase prototypes and end-user products. The increase in development of the technology has driven the development of new products such ... -
A Stress Process Model of Caregiver Depression in the Health and Retirement Study
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)This paper answers the research question, “What factors influence caregiver strain for an adult providing parental care”? Drawing on the stress process model and role theory, the three major conceptual domains of the ... -
Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis using Microwave Imaging via Space-Frequency Algorithm
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)The conventional breast cancer detection methods have limitations ranging from ionizing radiations, low specificity to high cost. These limitations make way for a suitable alternative called Microwave Imaging, as a ... -
Elbow Joint Contact Mechanics: Multibody and Finite Element Methods
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2017)Only a few millimeter thick articular cartilage is a very specialized connective tissue which withstands high compressive and shear forces while protecting the bone from excessive loading, and provides a smooth ...