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  • Propagation of polarized light in skeletal muscle 

    Li, Xin (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    Skeletal muscle is a very important tissue in animals and humans. Optical polarization imaging is a non-invasive method to study biological tissues and provides unique polarization contrast. An imaging system was developed ...
  • Regulation of calcium signaling by p130PH in astrocytes 

    Cui, Wenju, 1984- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    Ca2+ signaling is a characteristic form of astrocyte excitability, but its role in ischemia is not clearly understood. Our previous study (Ding et al., 2009) demonstrated that astrocytes exhibit enhanced Ca2+ signaling ...
  • Remote health monitoring for asset management 

    Morris, Scott Edward (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    This project explored the development of real-time monitoring technology to be used for effective asset management. There is a critical need to develop technologies to assess and monitor the condition of these bridges over ...
  • Simulation algorithms for fractal radiation 

    Camps Raga, Bruno F., 1976- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    [ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This thesis presents a method to analyze a series of structures, referred to as fractals, that radiate electromagnetic waves. The fractal series are ...
  • Streaming video using cooperative networking 

    Zhu, Yingnan, 1978- (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    The main objective of this dissertation is to improve the overall video streaming performance in various networking environments, such as IP-multicast in wired network and wireless mesh networks (WMNs), using cooperation ...
  • Synthesis and testing of soy-based polyols : phosphate and glycerolysis oligomers 

    Lubguban, Arnold A. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    Soy-based polyols are important industrial prepolymeric materials that use renewable resource. They react with isocyanates to produce polyurethanes (PU) and can be produced at costs less than polyols derived from petrochemicals. ...
  • Thermal-hydraulic optimization for high production of low-enriched uranium based molybdenum-99 

    Scott, Jeff (Jeffrey William) (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    Globally, more than 20 million samples of technetium-99 are used annually to diagnose many different forms of cancer. Despite this, there are only four main nuclear reactors worldwide that produce molybdenum-99, the parent ...
  • Thermal-mechanical analysis of targets for high volume production of molybdenum-99 using low-enriched uranium 

    Turner, Kyler K. (University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
    Techenetium-99m is diagnostic radioactive medical isotope that is currently used 30,000 times a day in the United States. All supplies of techenetium-99m's parent isotope molybdenum-99 currently originate from nuclear ...