The purpose of this dissertation was to explore the role that parent-related environmental risk factors (poor parental monitoring and mental health) and adolescent social-emotional coping skills play in the development of ...
This study examined the effects of dietary copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn) on spatial learning/memory and social preference in a mouse model of late onset Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Previous research has indicated that excess ...
Upon conviction and incarceration, individuals receive the stigmatizing label “criminal offender.” Criminal offenders are exposed to stigma after being released from jail or prison, with laws that marginalize them from ...
The approach-and-landing is one of the most complex procedures in airline operations. To mitigate the potential risks in this phase of flight, airlines and regulators have published stabilized approach criteria that require ...
Digital information goods include computer software, music, movies, electronic version of newspapers and magazines, electronic books, video games, and other multimedia products. These goods are characterized by a relatively ...
Component-based software architectures (CBSAs) are a well-known approach for building increasingly complex software systems from components that are intended to be distributed and autonomic. However, CBSAs often run in ...
The growing complexity of modern real-time embedded systems makes component-based software engineering (CBSE) technology more desirable. Although many ideas have been proposed for building component-based real-time embedded ...
NURBS stands for a "Non-Uniform Rational B-Spline" type of surface. Ship hull forms are represented by NURBS in most of the modern Computer Aided Ship Design (CASD) environments. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based ...
This dissertation details a physiological exploration of voice and brass tuba physical methods in order to suggest a synthesized and integrated tuba training pedagogy, which may enhance tone timbre. Voice and brass tuba ...
Background: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is chronic disorder that contributes to multiple physiological and psychological conditions. Obstructive sleep apnea contributes to high rates of morbidity and mortality and has ...
Network forensics is the science that addresses the capture, recording and analysis of network events and traffic for detecting intrusions and investigating them, attributing blame and supporting a case against potential ...
On November 17, 1962, President Kennedy dedicated Dulles International Airport. Located on the border of Fairfax and Loudoun Counties, Dulles International was the world’s first airport built to accommodate jetliners. ...
Moving Target Defenses (MTDs) are techniques used to defend computer networks that seek to delay or prevent attacks during any phase of the cyber kill chain by dynamically changing the makeup of the systems or network such ...
Agricultural studies and food security have become critical research topics due to continuous growth in human population and simultaneous shrinkage in agricultural land. In spite of modern technological advancements to ...