University of Colorado Colorado Springs

COMPETING EXISTENTIAL MOTIVES: A STEP TOWARD INTEGRATION

Contributor:Mantovani, Josh;
Date Submitted:2019-05

Multiple theories claim to explain the phenomenon of worldview defense. Terror management theory claims that people defend their beliefs because of the fear of death; other theories (e.g., meaning maintenance model) claim ...

MOD BST based resonator and filters

Contributor:Matoug, Abdulhamid Khalifa;
Date Submitted:2019-05

Tunable and switchable BST FBAR with different composition (BST6040 doped and undoped, BST7030, BST8020 and BST9010) are designed, simulated and fabricated on silicon and sapphire substrates. BST with different composition ...

SPEAKER RECOGNITION: EVALUATION FOR GMM-UBM AND 3D CONVOLUTIONAL NEURAL NETWORKS SYSTEMS

Contributor:Alghamdi, Mohammad S.;
Date Submitted:2019-05

The Speaker Recognition (SR) systems are more accurate than ever in verifying and identifying the human voice which is one of the most convenient biometric characteristics of the human identity. Research and development ...

Toxic Masculinity in Children's Animated Films: The Importance of Portrayal

Contributor:Grimme, Elizabeth Anne;
Date Submitted:2019-05

This thesis defines toxic masculinity as social and physical traits that are harmful to not only women, but men as well. It outlines these detrimental traits as racism, homophobia, and sexism, and offers gender constancy, ...

EFFICIENT COMPUTATION OF QUANTUM DOT PROPERTIES: APPLICATION OF MODIFIED CHARGE EQUILIBRATION TO LARGE INCLUSIVE SETS OF WURTZITE CDSE NANOCRYSTAL STRUCTURES

Contributor:Weeks, Nathan John;
Date Submitted:2019-05

Semiconducting quantum dots (QDs) exhibit tunable size dependent properties, leading some to designate these materials as “artificial atoms”. Synthetic methods of CdSe QDs have been highly refined and typically involve ...

Jury Nullification: Convincing Your Fellow Jurors to Break the Law

Contributor:Kilcoyne, Timothy;
Date Submitted:2018-12

Delivering a verdict that goes against the law, termed jury nullification, is a seldom studied phenomenon which has severe implications for the judicial system. Research on the topic suggests that those who know about ...

Open Set Text Classification Using Neural Networks

Contributor:Venkataram, Vinodini Molukuvan;
Date Submitted:2018-12

In a closed set environment, classiﬁers are trained on examples from a number of known classesandtestedwithunseenexamplesbelongingtothesamesetofknownclasses. However, in most real-world scenarios, a trained classiﬁer is ...

Examination of Concentrations of THC and its Major Metabolites in Postmortem Blood Using Solid-Phase Extraction Preparation Methods and Analysis by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Contributor:Tully, Andrea Kristin;
Date Submitted:2018-12

As of 2018, in the United States, thirty states have legalized cannabis for medical use and nine states have legalized cannabis for recreational use. In the state of Colorado, by law, a driver may be prosecuted for Driving ...

Relationship between Dissociation, Personality Disorders, and Neurocognitive Disorder, The

Contributor:Brausam, Megan Nicole;
Date Submitted:2018-12

Peritraumatic dissociation is a disturbance of emotion and/or cognition during or immediately after a traumatic experience. Trait dissociation describes these same emotional/cognitive disturbances in daily functioning. ...

Examining the Effectiveness of Online Mindfulness and Nature Interventions on Improving Cognitive Functioning in a Trauma-Exposed Sample

Contributor:Bartel, Alisa;
Date Submitted:2018-12

Mindfulness and nature-based treatment interventions are increasingly used to reduce stress, including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). However, little is known about their mechanisms of change or influence on cognitive ...

Construal Level of Embodied Episodic Representations

Contributor:Fiala, Jacob;
Date Submitted:2018-12

Despite advancements in the study of personality, many traits continue to lack a neurocognitive theoretical basis. In the current study, a theory was proposed for the personality dimension of abstractedness. It was ...

Neural Networks For Automatic Polyphonic Piano Music Transcription

Contributor:Ender, Johnathon Michael;
Date Submitted:2018-12

Automatic Music Transcription is the process of producing an accurate musical representation from a polyphonic audio signal and continues to challenge state-of-the-art techniques. To produce reliable transcriptions, human ...

HIDDEN VARIABLE RESULTANT APPROACH FOR CLASSICAL COMPUTER VISION PROBLEMS

Contributor:Nonell Pare, Jordi;
Date Submitted:2018-12

Many problems in computer vision may be formulated as minimal problems; problems that require a minimal number of inputs and solving them equals to solve a system of non-linear polynomial equations with a finite number ...

Relationship Between Homicide Hot Spots, Victim Characteristics, and Economic Disadvantage in a large Urban City in Colorado

Contributor:Collett, Kevin Dennis;
Date Submitted:2018-12

This research utilized geographic information system map capabilities to analyze homicide hotspots within a large city in east central Colorado. Previous literature has found numerous examples of the influence of social ...