Browsing Theses by Date "2017-05"

Interoperability between Operating Systems and Microprocessors on Embedded Platforms

Contributor:Sim, Mong Tee;
Date Submitted:2017-05

Software designs and programming are limited by the hardware resources including the memory capacity and the CPU clock frequency of the system. This has opened up research and investigation into efficient computing systems ...

Optimizing Pedestrian Flow In Airports

Contributor:Jordan, Gabriel;
Date Submitted:2017-05

Denver International Airport has expressed interest in discovering innovative techniques to optimize pedestrian flow in its massive airport which contains upwards of 53 million passengers each year that travel through the ...

Portable Measurement of Steady State Energy Expenditure and VO2 Using the Zephyr BioHarness

Contributor:Robison, Brandon;
Date Submitted:2017-05

Robison, Brandon Thomas (M. Sc, Sports Medicine) Portable Measurement of Steady-State Energy Expenditure and VO2 using the ZephyrTM BioHarnessTM: A Validation study Thesis directed by Associate Professor Craig Elder ...

Defining Interactions Between GI20219 and the Female Reproductive Tract in Drosophila arizonae

Contributor:Jordan, Erin;
Date Submitted:2017-05

Internal fertilization is tightly coordinated and requires molecular components from both males and females. Molecular machinery evolves rapidly and interactions between male and female donated components are highly ...

Analysis of Biological Effects of Cell Phone Radiation on Human Body Using Specific Absorption Rate ( SAR) and Thermoregulatory Response

Contributor:Rashid, Tanghid Ben;
Date Submitted:2017-05

In the past several year's much attention has been paid to health implication of electromagnetic (EM) waves. With the increase in the number of mobiles phones and the longer periods these products used near the human body, ...

Deforestation narratives and forest use realities of the Anjozorobe-Angavo Forest Corridor Protected Area, central Madagascar

Contributor:Wright, Kate;
Date Submitted:2017-05

Natural resource management in southern Africa increasingly utilizes community-based conservation (CBC) to engage communities near protected areas in the conservation of critical natural resources. CBC is often touted as ...

EVALUATING THE INFLUENCE OF IRRIGATION ON GROUNDWATER IN NORTHERN BIG HORN COUNTY

Contributor:Blais, Nicole;
Date Submitted:2017-05

Previous work on the Bighorn Valley north of Hardin, Montana (Meredith et al., 2009) indicated that the primary source of recharge to the alluvial aquifer was from irrigation canal leakage, not the application of flood ...

Resilience and the State of the Water Sector Industry Fifteen Years after 911

Contributor:Collins, Carol A.;
Date Submitted:2017-05

Resilience is a concept that transcends social communities, populations and transforms global communities. Guided by Hollings seminal work in 1973 scholars have adapted Holling’s resilience model across multiple disciplines. ...

OFFENDER EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS: A META-ANALYSIS REGARDING OFFENDER WORK OPPORTUNITIES AND POST-RELEASE OUTCOMES

Contributor:Rush, Michael L.;
Date Submitted:2017-05

ABSTRACT Employment is a critical component during reentry and provides recently released offenders with legitimate income while establishing a foothold in the community. Correctional departments facilitate vocational ...

Pimp Chatter: Examining Online Pimp Recruitment Techniques

Contributor:Baxter, Natassia C.;
Date Submitted:2017-05

Use of the Internet within the sex industry and the larger sex trafficking network is widespread and advancing quickly at a time when globalization is making the Internet more available to those within the network, including ...

MILITARY SEXUAL ASSAULT: AN ANALYSIS OF HOW PRINT NEWS MEDIA FRAMES THE U.S. MILITARY DURING TIMES OF SCANDAL

Contributor:Kuhl, Steven Richard;
Date Submitted:2017-05

Sexual violence in the Military is woven into history, with stories and myths that date back to the times of ancient Rome. For example, military conquests thousands of years ago, involved looting, pillaging, and raping and ...

Heritability of Personality Traits Across the Lifespan: A Twin Study

Contributor:Buffie, Michelle Lyn;
Date Submitted:2017-05

Numerous behavioral genetic studies of cognitive and behavioral phenotypes as a function of aging have been conducted, but no lifespan investigations to date have assessed the heritability of a common form of psychopathology, ...

OLDER ADULTS ATTITUDES ON AGING AND PERCEPTION OF LATE-LIFE SUICIDE

Contributor:Williams, Kadija N.;
Date Submitted:2017-05

Although middle-age to older-age adults hold the highest rates of suicide in the United States, the general public and media often fail to focus on this disturbing trend. This phenomenon may be driven by negative generalized ...

Manhood & Makeup: Hegemonic Masculinity in Sport Competition Shows

Contributor:Gromelski, James Scott;
Date Submitted:2017-05

Manhood is a complicated concept that has necessitated research and discussion for decades. Accordingly, the recent influx of feminine scholarship has reduced the amount of attention paid to masculinity. Dominant ideologies ...

Comparative Gastrointestinal Microbiomes of Feeding Specialist Sciurus aberti and Generalist S. niger

Contributor:Reed, Andrew;
Date Submitted:2017-05

The nutritional value of an organism’s diet plays an integral part in the evolution of their feeding strategy. In return, the morphology of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract evolves to facilitate either an intake, or ...

I've Got 99 Friends, But Is Taylor Swift One? An Examination of Effects of Social Media Interactions on Parasocial Relationships

Contributor:Dobias, Amanda;
Date Submitted:2017-05

Parasocial relationships (PSRs), or perceived relationships with media personae, was examined in light of degree of social media feedback from a celebrity, as well as perceived authenticity of celebrity self-presentation. ...

Characterization and Simulation of the Shading Induced Hot Spot Reliability Problem in Silicon Photovoltaic Solar Modules

Contributor:Lundquist, Paul Mark;
Date Submitted:2017-05

The formation of a damaging hot spot on a solar cell in a non-uniformly illuminated solar photovoltaic module was characterized and simulated. Hot spot power is the product of reverse bias voltage and current through the ...