Browsing College of Engineering (MU) by Thesis Semester "2011 Fall"
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Membrane wastewater treatment processes for improved nutrient removal and degradation of synthetic organic nitrogen compounds
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)The eutrophication problem in US wastewater treatment plants becomes more serious with increasing discharge of nutrients from wastewater to water bodies. The US EPA has required more stringent discharge standards on nutrients ... -
Mining host-pathogen interaction from biomedical literature
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] With infectious diseases affecting humans, animals, and plants, the knowledge on mechanisms of infection is critical in designing drugs as well as ... -
A model-based, generative and stochastic method for human motion capture using hierarchical particle filters
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Searching in probability spaces can prove to be an impractical task due to the high- dimensionality of the state vector. In the context of tracking ... -
Modeling a hydraulic hybrid drivetrain : efficiency considerations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Increasing petroleum prices and environmental concerns have caused a demand for more fuel efficient vehicles. Hybrid vehicles provide a solution to this demand, and hydraulic hybrid vehicles are shown to have a cheaper ... -
Modeling network vulnerability over space and time
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] Transportation networks play an important role in moving freight, people, data and energy. Therefore, ensuring continuity in these services is an ... -
Modeling the impact of polystyrene microparticles on toxicity of phenol to Artemia
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The increasing use and availability of micro and nanoparticles for use in science, technology and daily consumer products has led to unique challenges ... -
Models of neuronal subcircuits in the crustacean cardiac ganglion and the mammalian perirhinal cortex
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] This dissertation deals with four related studies that involve simulations of computational models of neurons and neuronal networks at varying levels ... -
Neutron exposure from electrom linear accelerators and a proton accelerator : measurements and simulations
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)The risk of developing radiation induced secondary cancers in patients undergoing external beam radiotherapy is a concern; particularly from secondary neutrons generated during delivery of high energy photon and proton ... -
Nonfouling polyampholyte polymer brushes with protein conjugation capacity
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT REQUEST OF AUTHOR.] The elimination of nonspecific protein adsorption is a very important challenge in many biomaterial applications. This work reports on the multi-functional ... -
Object detection with large intra-class variation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)For object detection, the state-of-the-art performance is achieved through supervised learning. The performances of object detectors of this kind are mainly determined by two factors: features and underlying classification ... -
Pattern recognition of mixed signals using guided under-determined source signal separation
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)In typical problems involving pattern recognition, the challenge lies in selecting a good set of features and in devising a reliable algorithm to recognize any particular vector of such features. In general, even when noise ... -
Photoacoustic detection and spectral analysis of hemozoin in human leukocytes as an early indicator of malaria infection
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Malaria is a blood borne infection affecting hundreds of millions of people worldwide. Usually, malaria is diagnosed only after a patient presents symptoms, including high fever, nausea, and, in advanced cases, coma and ... -
Polyurethane foams made from bio-based polyols
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Polyurethane (PU) foams have great applications in industry. The raw materials of PU, polyol and isocyanate, are conventionally derived from petroleum. Bio-based polyols are promising substitutes for petrochemical polyols ... -
Regional heterogeneity of adventitial elastin in the arteriolar wall reflects differences in the mechanical environment
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Adventitial elastin provides structural and mechanical support for arterioles. While elastin quantities are known in arterioles, the structure of elastin fibers and distribution of elastin throughout the vessel was unknown. ... -
Reliability-based methodology for bridge inspection planning
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)This research program was created with the goal of improving bridge safety and reliability while also improving the allocation of bridge inspection resources. The research reported herein was completed as a part of a larger ... -
Resource-efficient portable video communication system design for wildlife monitoring and interaction tracking
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)In this research, we focus on algorithm development and system design for resource-efficient portable video communication system design and their application in wildlife monitoring and interaction tracking. The capability ... -
A systematic study of medication errors and their dynamics in hospital medication service processes
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)[ACCESS RESTRICTED TO THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI AT AUTHOR'S REQUEST.] Medication errors are serious threats to patient safety in acute care settings. In past studies, medication errors have not been studied from a system ... -
Thermal-mechanical analysis of a low-enriched uranium foil based annular target for the production of molybdenum-99
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)One of the US department of Energy's global threat reduction initiative goals is to eliminate the use of high-enriched uranium from the production of the radio-isotope Molybdenum-99. One strategy to achieve this goal is ... -
Visual recognition using hybrid camera
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2011)Visual recognition is an exciting but difficult task. Recent dramatic advance in compute vision technology has made some promising progress. For example, the launch of hybrid camera provides both RGB and depth information ...