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Application of Diametral Compression Test to Evaluation of Dentin-Adhesive Interface Bond Strength
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Bond strength test is crucial for evaluation of dentin-adhesive effectiveness and for informing the design of adhesive systems. Conventional bond strength techniques have limitations with respect to accuracy and suffer ... -
Code Cache Management in Managed Language VMs to Reduce Memory Consumption for Embedded Systems
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The compiled native code generated by a just-in-time (JIT) compiler in man- aged language virtual machines (VM) is placed in a region of memory called the code cache. Code cache management (CCM) in a VM is responsible to ... -
Experimental and Modeling Study of Electrochemical and Thermal Behavior of Lithium-ion Batteries
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)This research work starts with experimental investigations of the heat generation characteristics and the effectiveness of passive cooling of commercially available LiFePO4 batteries (7.25mm×160mm×227mm, 19.5 Ah) using ... -
Investigating Potential Wetland Development in Aging Kansas Reservoirs
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Reservoirs around the world are losing their storage capacity due to sediment infilling; and with this infilling, the quality or value of some reservoir uses such as boating, fishing and recreation are diminishing. However, ... -
Prediction of Capillary Pressure and Relative Permeability Curves using Conventional Pore-scale Displacements and Artificial Neural Networks
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Traditional network models use simplified pore geometries to simulate multiphase flow using semi-analytical correlation-based approaches. In this work, we aim at improving these models by (I) extending the numerical ... -
Analysis of the Effects of Adaptive Cruise Control (ACC) on Driver Behavior and Awareness Using a Driving Simulator
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The thesis was aimed at determining the effects of adaptive cruise control (ACC) on driver behavior and awareness using a fixed-base driving simulator. ACC provides enhanced assistance by automatically adjusting vehicle ... -
Method Development for the Quantification of Free, Interstitial, Surface, and Bound Water Content in Granular Sludge as a Predictor for Dewaterability
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)This purpose of this study was to develop a method to understand the relationship between granular sludge and its distribution of water with respect to dewatering potential. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was optimized ... -
An examination of potential correlation between abnormal personality and planetary position
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A Critical Study of the Chorus in the Plays of Robert Garnier
(University of Kansas, 1954-05)Conventions in Art are born rather than made: like most conventions the Greek Chorus is a beautiful accident, and like most accidents, it is not perfect. Superbly as its great dramatists adapt and modify this relic of ... -
A Systematic Degradation Kinetics Study of Gemcitabine Hydrochloride Injection Solution
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)This study was carried out to systematically evaluate the degradation kinetics of gemcitabine hydrochloride injection solution over the pH region 1–12 at 70°C. The degradation kinetics of gemcitabine were determined based ... -
Influence of antibody Fab charge, hydrophobicity, and hydrodynamic size on vitreous pharmacokinetics in rabbits
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)A better understanding of the molecular attributes contributing to vitreal elimination half-life could enable the design of improved therapeutics for the treatment of human posterior segment ocular disease. Here we have ... -
Quantification of Trace Levels of Active Oxygen in Pharmaceutical Excipients
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)Pharmaceutical drug products contain various excipients in combination with the active pharmaceutical ingredient (API), and those excipients have the potential to have as impurities reactive oxygen species that can react ... -
PXR IN BRAIN: NOVEL METHODS TO CHARACTERIZE ITS BIOLOGY
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Pregnane X receptor (PXR, NR1I2) belongs to the nuclear receptor superfamily of ligand-activated transcription factors and was identified in 1998. PXR is highly expressed in the liver and intestine, and is involved in ... -
Determination of Pharmacokinetic Parameters of Subcutaneous Zyklophin by Quantitative Determination of Zyklophin in Mouse Plasma by LCMS/MS Analysis For Assessment As A Potential Therapeutic Agent In The Treatment of Cocaine Addiction
(University of Kansas, 2016-12-31)Pharmaceutical agents targeting the μ opioid receptors (MOR) have been widely used in the treatment and management of pain. However, serious side effects and the prevalence of abuse have complicated their administration. ... -
IDENTIFYING FUNCTIONALLY SELECTIVE LIGANDS FOR THE SEROTONIN-2A RECEPTOR
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Atypical antipsychotics are used to treat schizophrenia and although atypical antipsychotics helped improve the management of positive symptoms, many patients are still suffering from negative and cognitive symptoms and ... -
Design and Synthesis of Functionally Selective Kappa Opioid Receptor Ligands
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)The ability of ligands to differentially regulate the activity of signaling pathways coupled to a receptor potentially enables researchers to optimize therapeutically relevant efficacies, while minimizing activity at ... -
Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase and Ubiquitin-dependent Degradation of Alpha-synuclein
(University of Kansas, 2017-05-31)Alpha-synuclein (αSyn) is one of the key proteins considered to be involved in the pathogenesis of the Parkinson`s disease (PD) and being the main component of Lewy bodies (LBs). Studies on the αSyn gene mutants and ... -
AN EXPLORATION OF ENROLLMENT AND RETENTION TRENDS OF BEGINNING BAND AND ORCHESTRA STUDENTS IN THE FIRST YEAR OF INSTRUCTION
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The purpose of this study was to explore student attitudes towards enrollment and retention in first-year beginning band and orchestra classrooms. A secondary purpose of this study was to investigate if different instrumental ... -
Bringing Hands Together Through Music: Dick and Georgia Bassett and the Association for Music in International Schools
(University of Kansas, 2017-12-31)The Association for Music in International Schools (AMIS) is an international music education organization that currently serves 93 international schools in 53 countries on five continents. AMIS supports the students, ...
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