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Dissertations and Theses: Recent submissions
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Convolutional Neural Network in Pattern Recognition
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Since convolutional neural network (CNN) was first implemented by Yann LeCun et al. in 1989, CNN and its variants have been widely implemented to numerous topics of pattern recognition, and have been considered as the most ... -
Utilizing Stochastic Resonance to Improve Agility and Rapid Stepping
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Falls in older adults are multifactorial and include cognitive impairment, sensory deficits,medication use, impaired postural control and balance, reduced strength and flexibility, and impaired agility. For older adults ... -
A Verified Achitecture for Trustworthy Remote Attestation
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Remote attestation is a process where one digital system gathers and provides evidence of its state and identity to an external system. For this process to be successful, the external system must find the evidence convincingly ... -
Open-Source Intelligence Investigations: Development and Application of Efficient Tools
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-22)Open-source intelligence is a branch within cybercrime investigation that focuses on information collection and aggregation. Through this aggregation, investigators and analysts can analyze the data for connections relevant ... -
Transcutaneous Ultrasound Loading of Piezoelectric-Driven Hernia Repair Mesh For Soft Tissue Healing
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Annually in the United States, over one million hernia repairs surgeries occur. A hernia is a painful medical impediment where a portion of soft tissue protrudes through a damaged section of abdominal wall. The only real ... -
Henry Albach, editor and agitator, 1914-1918
(University of Kansas, 1986-05-31)John Henry Albach, usually called Henry, was a newspaper owner and editor who represented two minorities in turn-of-the-century Lawrence, Kansas: the German-Americans and the Democrats. The son of a German immigrant who ... -
A comparison of self-esteem/self concept in gifted children and in children not identified as gifted
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An investigation of employee publications and their use as a source of organizational communication at DuPont
(University of Kansas, 1985-08-31)Employee publications are used extensively as a communication channel in organizations of every kind. This study explored the purpose of employee publication as perceived by editors and employees, what content editors deem ... -
Sentential negation in English and Arabic: A minimalist approach
(University of Kansas, 2001-08-31)This dissertation presents an analysis for sentential negation in English and Arabic within the framework of the Minimalist Program as outlined in Chomsky (1993, 1995). To provide a comprehensive analysis for sentential ... -
Lʹhistoire de Madame de Luz : an analysis of the novel and of its relationship to the development of the eighteenth-century French novel
(University of Kansas, 1970-05-31)The best literary critics of the contemporary period, contrary to those of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, tend to judge works of fiction impartially, according to the literary merits of the text and to the ... -
Study of the clay effect on crude oil combustion using thermogravimetric analyzer (TGA) and differential scanning calorimeter (DSC)
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The jazz piano style of Bill Evans
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Systematics and Macroevolutionary Dynamics of Carangiform Fishes: Integrating Genomic, Morphological, and Spatial Data
(University of Kansas, 2021-05-31)The carangiform fishes, which include approximately 1,100 species in 29–34 families, were initially recovered as a clade in DNA-based studies. Subsequent to its initial recovery, many molecular phylogenies have been published ... -
Dynamic Metasurface Grouping for IRS Optimization in Massive MIMO Communications
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Intelligent Reflecting Surfaces (IRSs) grant the ability to control what was once consideredthe uncontrollable part of wireless communications, the channel. These smart signal mirrors show promise to significantly improve ... -
Investigating the Effect of Stochastic Resonance on Balance in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease that affects the central nervous system. It is associated with balance and mobility impairments which increase the risk of falls. Some interventions to improve ... -
Invernet: An Adversarial Attack Framework to Infer Downstream Context Distribution through Word Embedding Inversion
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Word embedding has become a popular form of data representation that is used to train deepneural networks in many natural language processing tasks, such as machine translation, named entity recognition, information ... -
AN INVESTIGATION OF DISTORTION-INDUCED FATIGUE CRACKS IN STEEL HIGHWAY BRIDGES: FROM CRACK DETECTION TO FATIGUE RETROFIT
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Distortion-induced fatigue (DIF) cracking is the primary maintenance and structural safety concern in steel bridges built before the 1980s in the United States, requiring frequent inspections and costly repairs. Human ... -
Modified-Release Formulations for Cancer Therapy
(University of Kansas, 2022-05-31)Cancer is one of the most virulent diseases in modern times that is ranked as the secondleading cause of death worldwide. The conventional and modern treatment protocols (e.g. chemotherapy and immunotherapy) for cancer ...