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Ferroelectric System Dynamics and the Properties of Ferroelectric / Two-Dimensional Electron Gas Heterostructures: a Ginzburg–Landau Study
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)
Understanding the electronic response of materials to applied electric fields is an
outstanding goal in solid-state theory. One aspect of this goal is to accurately predict the
electric polarization of certain materials ...
Modeling HIV-1 Infection in the Brain: The Effect of the Blood-Brain Barrier
(2019)
Despite the advancement of antiretroviral therapy (ART), the development of HIV associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) remains a major concern among HIV infected patients. As many ART drugs may fail to penetrate the ...
Modeling HIV-1 Infection and Immune Responses Under Drugs of Abuse
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2018)
The frequent use of drugs of abuse among HIV infected individuals is a major
concern. Drugs of abuse, such as opiates, have been widely associated with enhanc
ing HIV replication, accelerating disease progression, and ...
Design of Instrumentation and Methodologies for Determination of Free Neutron Characteristics
(University of Missouri -- Kansas City, 2017)
Measuring neutron source‐dependent free neutron properties over a large neutron energy range, with human‐portable instrumentation, continues to push the frontier of neutron detection instrumentation design and analysis ...
Application of Ab Initio Calculations and Molecular Dynamics to Collagen and Brome Mosaic Virus
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations are no more accurate than the underlying
force field which represents the molecular interactions. In this thesis, we have
calculated ab initio atomic partial charges for proteins of ...
Spatiotemporal Modeling and Analysis of Disease Spread in Wildlife
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2018)
Wildlife and wildlife diseases have been frequent topics in mathematical epidemiology. However, due to the complexity of real-world systems and the varying degree of randomness in the behavior of any one individual organism, ...
A Hybrid Modeling Approach to Assess the Efficacy of Control Measures on Paratuberculosis on U.S. Dairy Farms
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2016)
Paratuberculosis, also known as Johne's disease or JD, is a chronic contagious
infection, caused by Mycobaterium avium paratuberculosis (MAP). This fatal disease
is incurable and causes considerable economic losses to ...
The role of the tribal elder in teaching calculus through an ethnomathematics lens
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-04-19)
In action research study I was the classroom teacher of high school-aged African American students participating in the six-week summer portion of the Reach Up program. The purpose of Reach Up is to help students improve ...
Ab initio computational applications to complex biomolecular systems
(University of Missouri--Kansas City, 2012-01-17)
A series of biomaterial related systems ― including water and DNA molecules ―
have been studied using ab initio (first-principles) methods. By investigating the properties
of water as the preliminary step, the hydrogen ...
Generalized Koszul Properties of Commutative Local Rings
(2014)
We study several properties of commutative local rings that generalize the
notion of Koszul algebra. The properties are expressed in terms of the Ext algebra
of the ring, or in terms of homological properties of powers ...