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This collection of personal essays and short fiction investigates a post-9/11 America locked in forever war. Centered upon the American veteran and the veteran family experience, Anchor & Knife showcases wide-ranging narratives that...
Darwin Walking Backward follows Nolan and Elsa Grey, estranged half-siblings, whose father is suspected of drowning himself off Leap’s Island. Their father was an eminent evolutionary biologist whose fall from grace led him to Leap’s, ...
Polyelectrolytes can be used in a variety of forms from Layer-by-Layer assembled thin films to spun polyelectrolyte complex as free-standing membranes. The Layer-by-Layer methodology is used to adsorb oppositely charged polyelectrolytes...
In this dissertation, I examine how a particular mode of thinking has come about—that is, how an increasingly number of sport management scholars have conceived of sport-based inter-/trans-actions as "consumption" and those who engage...
This thesis is to identify the underlying structures of multivariate time series and propose a methodology to construct predictive VAR models. Due to the complexity of high dimensions in multivariate time series, forecasting a target...
With the advancement information and communication technologies, networked computing devices have been adopted to address real-world challenges due to their efficiency and programmability while maintaining scalability, sustainability, ...
Oxide ceramics are materials with a wide range of properties. Insulators are most common, however semiconductors, strongly correlated electron materials, and even superconductors are all relevant oxide materials. Here we seek to...
Although prevalent, death by suicide is a statistically rare event – making it difficult to identify factors that can best predict behavioral risk and inform suicide risk assessment and management. Experimental tests of theories of...
An atmospheric model is coupled to a sea surface temperature algorithm that calculates the diurnal variability in order to understand the responses to near surface winds and boundary layer temperature, pressure, and moisture in the north...
College student veterans may experience a variety of challenges as they transition from military life to student life, including adjusting to the academic environment, coping with mental health concerns such as depression and anxiety, ...
This work’s objective is to apply the model predictive control method to the intelligent energy management layer of the Future Renewable Electric Energy Delivery and Management system. This allows for optimal power reference signals to...
To better constrain the timing of panda's dietary shift from omnivorous to bamboo-exclusive herbivores, this study analyzed stable isotopes of carbon and oxygen in tooth enamel samples from two pygmy pandas from Yanliang Cave (early...
An objective index of the onset and demise of the Indian summer monsoon (ISM) is introduced. This index has the advantage of simplicity by using only one readily available variable, All-India rainfall (AIR), which has been reliably...
The dissertation presents the mathematical formulation, experimental validation, and application of a volume element model (VEM) devised for modeling, simulation, and optimization of energy systems in their early design stages. The...
Background. To characterize participant reasons for withdrawing from a diabetes focused longitudinal clinical observational trial (TEDDY) during the first three study years. Methods. 8677 children were recruited into the TEDDY study. At...
The purpose of this collective case study was to examine the different musical, social, and pedagogical factors that affected how piano repertoire is selected and programmed for the undergraduate degree recital. Additionally, this study...
This treatise examines how John Barrows helped contribute to the expansion of the horn repertoire. Barrows accomplished this in several ways. First, he had a very close relationship with composer Alec Wilder. Wilder wrote several pieces...
Clustering is an essential data mining tool that aims to discover inherent cluster structure in data. As such, the study of clusterability, which evaluates whether data possesses such structure, is an integral part of cluster analysis....
Health condition monitoring and failure detection play a crucial role in estimating the performance of solar panels such as degradation trend over time and occurrence of failures. Monitoring and detecting significant degradation can help...
This work explores first and foremost the nature of the Episcopal mission to the colonial Philippines from 1901 to 1918, while it was under the leadership of a missionary bishop named Charles Henry Brent. Missionaries, such as Brent, ...
The study conducted U-Pb isotopic dating of the pitchblende mineralization of the Coles Hill uranium deposit in Pittsylvania County, VA. The ore body is found along the Chatham fault and within the Martinsville Igneous Complex. In...
The trickster is a well-known and thoroughly studied mythological figure. Therefore, this thesis will not seek to further define the trickster figure, but rather take the trickster figure of Norse mythology, Loki, and uncover his unique...
These case studies examined the effect of music reinforced nonnutritive sucking on term infants receiving intravenous lines. Intravenous lines are a common invasive procedure that hospitalized infants endure. Subjects were between the...
It has been believed for over 30 years that matter will become a deconfined state of quarks and gluons at sufficiently high energy densities. As the energy density increases, deconfinement occurs due to Debye screening of the color...
Summer 2016 magazine from the FSU International Programs in Valencia, Spain with articles about faculty and staff involved with the program and student experiences while studying in Valencia.
Compared to the conventional Si semiconductors, SiC technologies can improve PV converter performance such as a higher power density while leading converters to a higher operating temperature, making the cooling system a significant...
Network of unmanned vehicles, are poised to be the next giant leap of technology. Such systems are already being used by the defense and law enforcement agencies. The US DoD and some very large private corporations are spending large...
The increasing interest and gradual adaptation of a DC electrical distribution system by the US navy and smart grid designs has demanded a change to the structure of the traditional electrical distribution system. The development of the...
Immediately upon our diagnosis, we are inundated with information about diabetes. In our visits with our healthcare team, we receive education from our healthcare providers, but we’re also surrounded by posters, handouts, pamphlets, ...
The aim of this dissertation is to fill in the vacant spots in the innovation and diffusion study, which are meaningful but have not had much work done previously. First, most policy diffusion studies have focused on the adoption of a...
Alzheimer's disease (AD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders and causes cognitive impairment and memory deficits of the patients. The mechanism of AD is not well known, due to the lack of study materials, e.g., human...
Four Movements in Search of a Composer draws inspiration from the play Six Characters in Search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello. Rather than a character sketch of the six Characters in this play, this piece centers around four moments...
Microwaves have been for their ability to heat water and food rapidly. And thanks to scientific technology and global marketing, the microwave oven was invented and got widely used in 1970's and 1980's. . Microwave radiation has specific...
"…we live in an age in which celebrity is often confused with greatness, in which a genius like Anders Eliasson – who lives as an ‘artistic monk' – can fall completely through the cracks of public awareness. In a sane world, Anders...
Say It In 6: "You learn so much about yourself!" Diana's research focuses on determining a prevention technique that can serve as a protective factor for all individuals. These protective factors can help mitigate the emotional distress...
In this dissertation, we explore the optimal design of group contests, with a primary application to organizational economics. A group contest is a strategic situation in which individuals belonging to a team expend costly effort with...
Top-down fabrication is widely used for producing micro to nanometer scale features for biomedical applications. Opposed to bottom-up approach, it is superior to control geometry, structure and composition of the product. Traditional top...
This thesis examines staged performances of traditional music in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia. It includes the history of traditional performing groups in Ethiopia and their purposes, the continuities and changes in...
We report here three patients who underwent combined Descemet's stripping with endothelial keratoplasty and transconjunctival pars plana vitrectomy for bullous keratopathy and posterior segment pathology. A surgical technique and case...
Mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) provide much of the annual rainfall over central equatorial Africa (CEA) during the March-April-May (MAM) and September-October-November (SON) rainy seasons. The characteristics and propagation of...
Evaluating the performance of models predicting a binary outcome can be done using a variety of measures. While some measures intend to describe the model's overall fit, others more accurately describe the model's ability to discriminate...
Say It In 6: "Greater impact upon our future generations." Barry Walton is a 2019 Guy Harvey Scholarship recipient. As a Marine, he learned to never cease in trying to reach his true potential, a mindset that he applies towards his...
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