Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Gain Dynamics in Nd:YVO4 Crystal, Bradley Robert Thompson
Creolizing Modern Buddhism: A Reply to Yarran Hominh & A. Minh Nguyen, Evan THOMPSON
SAASC Presents Jennifer Thompson from the J Paul Getty Trust Institutional Records and Archives, Jennifer Thompson
Building a More Sustainable and Accessible Internet: Lightweight Web Design with HTML and CSS, Chelsea Thompto
Patients with alcohol use disorders and their concerned others: Concordance of lived experience as amoderator of treatment outcomes, Christine Timko, Michael A. Cucciare, Kathleen M. Grant, Lance Brendan Young, Fernandas Rossi, Mai Chee Lor, and Erin Woodhead
Eff-YNet: A Dual Task Network for DeepFake Detection and Segmentation, Eric Tjon, Melody Moh, and Teng Sheng Moh
ON-CHIP RNA PURIFICATION USING ISOTACHOPHORESIS COUPLED WITH POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS, Tori Tonn, Crystal Han, Duc Tran, and Can Cenik
Designing a Deceptive Comment Detection Platform with a Rule-based Artificial Intelligent Architecture, A. Toplu and H. Liu
Model-based clustering, classification, and discriminant analysis using the generalized hyperbolic distribution: MixGHD R package, Cristina Tortora, Ryan P. Browne, Aisha ElSherbiny, Brian C. Franczak, and Paul D. McNicholas
Perceptions of the Influence of Cell Phones and Social Media Usage On Students’ Academic Performance, Anne Tran
Jóvenes Activos East Side mural, Mitchell Tran
Fake malware opcodes generation using HMM and different GAN algorithms, Harshit Trehan
Development of a reconfigurable control equivalent turbulence input model for multirotor UAS, Kevin V. Truong, Anthony Gong, Tom Berger, Mark B. Tischler, and Christina M. Ivler
University Scholar Series: Pei-Tzu Tsai, Pei-Tzu Tsai
A comparison of teres minor and infraspinatus muscle activation in the prone position, Masaaki Tsuruike and Todd S. Ellenbecker
Electromyography activity of the teres minor muscle with varying positions of horizontal abduction in the quadruped position, Masaaki Tsuruike, Todd S. Ellenbecker, and Connor Lauffenburger
Search Engine Design Perspectives, Virginia Tucker
Becoming an information architect: The evolving librarian’s skillset, mindset, and professional identity, Virginia M. Tucker
Librarians becoming information architects: Reshaped professional identities seen through a threshold concepts lens, Virginia M. Tucker
Search evolution for ease and speed: A call to action for what’s been lost, Virginia M. Tucker and Sylvia L. Edwards
Vital but not thresholds: Differentiating professional domain essentials and threshold knowledge, Virginia M. Tucker and Michelle Holschuh Simmons
HPV vaccination, information sources, and acculturation among Chinese college students aged 18–26 in the United States, Wei-Chen Tung, Yuting Lin, Hannah W. Chao, and Yinghan Chen
Additive Manufacturing of Functional Inconel 718 Parts from Recycled Materials, Hugo Tupac-Yupanqui and Amir Armani
Machine Learning to Detect Malware Evolution, Lolitha Sresta Tupadha
Dose-dependent sensorimotor impairment in human ocular tracking after acute low-dose alcohol administration, Terence L. Tyson, Nathan H. Feick, Patrick F. Cravalho, Erin E. Flynn-Evans, and Leland S. Stone
A second chance for a first impression: Sensitivity to cumulative input statistics for lexically guided perceptual learning, Christina Y. Tzeng, Lynne C. Nygaard, and Rachel M. Theodore
“A sentencing”: veteran educators’ perceptions of a constriction of English learner students’ opportunities across grade spans, Ilana M. Umansky, Luis E. Poza, and Misael Flores Gutierrez
Emilio Uranga’s Analysis of Mexican Being: A Translation and Critical Introduction, Emilio Uranga and Carlos Alberto Sánchez
Emilio Uranga’s Analysis of Mexican Being: A Translation and Critical Introduction, Emilio Uranga and Carlos Alberto Sánchez
Apá, Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz
MÁS-cara (poem), Rita E. Urquijo-Ruiz
Democracy and polarization comments on aikin and talisse's political argument in a polarized age, Anand VAIDYA
Is the Self Really that Kind of Illusion?, Anand J. VAIDYA
Multi-Factor Causal Disjunctivism: a Nyāya-Informed Account of Perceptual Disjunctivism, Anand Jayprakash Vaidya
The epistemology of modality and the problem of modal epistemic friction, Anand Jayprakash Vaidya and Michael Wallner
Multifidelity approaches for uncertainty estimation in wildfire spread simulators, Mario Miguel Valero, Lluís Jofre, and Ricardo Torres
Multifidelity prediction in wildfire spread simulation: Modeling, uncertainty quantification and sensitivity analysis, Mario Miguel Valero, Lluís Jofre, and Ricardo Torres
Updates from the Steinbeck Archives, Peter Van Coutren
Water in star-forming regions: Physics and chemistry from clouds to disks as probed by Herschel spectroscopy, E. F. Van DIshoeck; L. E. Kristensen; J. C. Mottram; A. O. Benz; E. A. Bergin; P. Caselli; F. Herpin; M. R. Hogerheijde; D. Johnstone; R. Liseau; B. Nisini; M. Tafalla; F. F.S. Van Der Tak; F. Wyrowski; A. Baudry; M. Benedettini; M. Kaufman; and For full author list, see comments below
From Preschool to Prison: How School Resource Officers Produce Criminality, Brenda Vargas Tapia
Design of Bit Move Block using Bandwidth Arbitration for Master Slave Communication, Saranya Vasudevan and Lili He
Using saildrones to validate arctic sea-surface salinity from the smap satellite and from ocean models, Jorge Vazquez-Cuervo, Chelle Gentemann, Wenqing Tang, Dustin Carroll, Hong Zhang, Dimitris Menemenlis, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Marouan Bouali, and Michael Steele
The Effects of Virtual Reality on Symptom Distress in Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant, Colleen Vega, Robin Whitney, Josef Hannah, and Grant Smith
Improving Facial Emotion Recognition with Image processing and Deep Learning, Ksheeraj Sai Vepuri
Insiders and Outsiders: Latino Researchers Navigating the Studying of the Police, Claudio G. Vera Sanchez and Edwardo L. Portillos
Assessing students' ability to develop a systematic approach to learning, Fabrizio Vergine, Lucia Capdevila, and Nikos J. Mourtos
Phenomenology of turbulence production in merging process of supersonic streamwise vortices, Fabrizio Vergine, Davide Viganò, and Luca Maddalena
Leveraging Materials in Topology Optimization: Inspiration from Design, Fashion, Art, and Architecture, Natasha Vermaak, Julia Daviy, and Virgina San Fratello
Examination of Flow Patterns During Droplet Formation and in Venous Valve Mimic Using μ-PIV, Vignesha Vijayananda
Working with immigrant communities to promote social justice: New ways of teaching library service, Michele Villagran
Memorial: Yvonne Jeannette Chandler (1957–2020): Mentor, Michele A.L. Villagran
Academic librarians: Their understanding and use of emotional intelligence and happiness, Michele A.L. Villagran and Lisa Martin
COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: Experts Examining Legal Responses, Michele A.L. Villagran and Marcelo Rodríguez
Engaging with global at the local: Developing equity, diversity and inclusion through international education experiences, Michele Villagran and Ellen Engseth
The open domain-specific architecture, Bapi Vinnakota, Ishwar Agarwal, Kevin Drucker, Dharmesh Jani, Gary Miller, Millind Mittal, and Robert Wang
Not so social: When social media increases perceptions of exclusions and negatively affects attitudes toward content, Gema Vinuales and Veronica L. Thomas
Empowering K-12 Science Teachers as Equity Advocates and Designers of Transformative Justice-Centered Science Learning Communities, Tammie Visintainer
An Examination of Bone Loss During Space Travel with Differential Gene Expression Analysis, Claudia Vo
Behavioral Integrity: Examining the Effects of Trust Velocity and Psychological Contract Breach, Gretchen R. Vogelgesang, Craig Crossley, Tony Simons, and Bruce J. Avolio
Internationalization of Chinese Research and Development, Max von Zedtwitz and Xiaohong Iris Quan
Improved shadow correction for the marine optical buoy, MOBY, Kenneth Voss, Edouard Leymarie, Stephanie Flora, B. Carol Johnson, Arthur Gleason, Mark Yarbrough, Michael Feinholz, and Terrance Houlihan
Neighborhood effects of safe routes to school programs on the likelihood of active travel to school, Carole T. Voulgaris, Reyhane Hosseinzade, Anurag Pande, and Serena E. Alexander
Meta-Analysis of Natural vs Pharmaceutical Interventions for Alzheimer's Disease, Tamara Vrublevskaya
Transposon mutagenesis for methylotrophic bacteria using Methylorubrum extorquens AM1 as a model system, Huong N. Vu, Gabriel A. Subuyuj, Ralph Valentine Crisostomo, and Elizabeth Skovran
Democratization of Artificial Intelligence for the Future of Humanity, Chandrasekar Vuppalapati
Democratization of Artificial Intelligence for the Future of Humanity, Chandrasekar Vuppalapati
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Agricultural Economics: Prognostic Data Analytics to Serve Small Scale Farmers Worldwide, Chandrasekar Vuppalapati
Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence for Agricultural Economics: Prognostic Data Analytics to Serve Small Scale Farmers Worldwide, Chandrasekar Vuppalapati
Crossing the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chasm, Albeit Ising Constrained IoT Edges and Tiny ML, for Creating a Sustainable Food Future, Chandrasekar Vuppalapati, Anitha Ilapakurti, Sharat Kedari, Raja Vuppalapati, Jaya Vuppalapati, and Santosh Kedari
Application of Machine Learning and Government Finance Statistics for macroeconomic signal mining to analyze recessionary trends and score policy effectiveness, Chandrasekar Vuppalapati, Anitha Ilapakurti, Sandhya Vissapragada, Vanaja Mamaidi, Sharat Kedari, Raja Vuppalapati, Santosh Kedari, and Jaya Vuppalapati
Virtual Fluidization Labs to Assist Unit Operations Courses, David R. Wagner and Fanny Huang
Data Augmentation with Malware as Images, Aditi Walia
Classification trees identify shared and distinct correlates of nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidal ideation across gender identities in emerging adults, Gemma T. Wallace, Bradley T. Conner, and Audrey M. Shillington
Cyberbullying Classification based on Social Network Analysis, Anqi Wang
Cyberbullying Classification based on Social Network Analysis, Anqi Wang and Katerina Potika
Do Multi-Use-Path Accessibility and the Clustering Effect Play a Role in Residents' Choice of Walking and Cycling?, Chih-Hao Wang and Na Chen
The role of external technology scouting in inbound open innovation generation: Evidence from high-technology industries, Chun Hsien Wang and Xiaohong Iris Quan
Security Threats and Countermeasures of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Communications, Li Wang, Yu Chen, Pu Wang, and Zheng Yan
Effects of drying on the structural characteristics and antioxidant activities of polysaccharides from Stropharia rugosoannulata, Qi Wang, Yalin Zhao, Xi Feng, Salam A. Ibrahim, Wen Huang, and Ying Liu
Burglaries and entry controls in gated communities, Zengli Wang, Lin Liu, Cory Haberman, Minxuan Lan, Bo Yang, and Hanlin Zhou
Effects of Extra-Curricular Project-Based Learning Experiences on Self-Efficacy and Interest in STEM Fields in High School, Taihao Kevin Wan
Retraining syntactic structures via script training in progressive aphasia: evidence for implicit learning in agrammatism, Lisa Wauters, Eduardo Europa, Gary Robinaugh, Kristin Schaffer, and Maya L. Henry
Text mining to identify the origin of chronic wasting disease, G. Webb
VLTI-MATISSE chromatic aperture-synthesis imaging of η Carinae's stellar wind across the Br α line: Periastron passage observations in February 2020, G. Weigelt; K. H. Hofmann; D. Schertl; B. Lopez; R. G. Petrov; S. Lagarde; Ph Berio; W. Jaffe; Th Henning; F. Millour; A. Meilland; F. Allouche; S. Robbe-Dubois; A. Matter; P. Cruzalèbes; D. J. Hillier; T. Madura; and For full author list, see comments below
Learning the health index of complex systems using dynamic conditional variational autoencoders, Yupeng Wei, Dazhong Wu, and Janis Terpenny
Sulfoglycodendrimer Therapeutics for HIV-1 and SARS-CoV-2, Lauren Wells, Cory Vierra, Janee’ Hardman, Yanxiao Han, Dustin Dimas, Lucia N. Gwarada-Phillips, Rachel Blackeye, Daryl K. Eggers, Celia C. LaBranche, Petr Král, and Katherine D. McReynolds
Microbe-Assisted Nanocomposite Anodes for Aqueous Li-Ion Batteries, Pei En Weng, Alexander Gooyandeh, Muhammad Tariq, Tianyu Li, Avinash Godara, Jocelyn Valenzuela, Steven Mancini, Samuel Ming Tuk Yeung, Ruth Sosa, David R. Wagner, Rohan Dhall, Nicole Adelstein, Katy Kao, and Dahyun Oh
The Right to Read: The Fight to Desegregate Southern U.S. Public Libraries, Laura Wertz
Pedagogical Note, George L. Whaley
Novel Eco-Friendly, Recycled Composites for Improved CA Road Surfaces, Daniel Whisler, Rafael Gomez Consarnau, and Ryan Coy
Trust and shared decision-making among individuals with multiple myeloma: A qualitative study, Robin L. Whitney, Anne Elizabeth Clark White, Aaron S. Rosenberg, Richard L. Kravitz, and Katherine K. Kim
Aestheticized Tragedy (Karuṇarasa) as an Intellectual Virtue, Lisa WIDDISON
Drivers of understory plant communities in Sierra Nevada mixed conifer forests with pyrodiversity, Kate Wilkin, Lauren Ponisio, Danny L. Fry, Brandon M. Collins, Tadashi Moody, and Scott L. Stephens
Methodological advances for studying gamma motor neurons, Katherine A. Wilkinson
Safety Considerations for All Road Users on Edge Lane Roads, Michael Williams, Marcial Lamera, Aleksander Bauranov, Carole Voulgaris, and Anurag Pande
Privacy Preserving for Multiple Computer Vision Tasks, Amala Varghese Wilson
User Experience Desires Personalization from Academic Library Websites, Sarah Wilson
