Browsing 2015 UB Theses and Dissertations in the Proquest database by Title
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3-D printed flow-model tests of novel retrievable asymmetric stent flow diverters
(2015)This research introduces a novel device for the treatment of intra-cranial aneurysms (ICAs). Although the traditional endovascular devices to treat cerebral aneurysms such as coils and intracranial stents have served well, ... -
3D Parallel Imaging with Transition Auto-Calibration (3D-PITA)
(2015)Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) has drawn increasing attention from investigators in the past several years because of the fast development of modern biomedical engineering. A well designed MRI scanner can provide more ... -
A bio-adjuvant combination approach for the chemoprevention of oral cancer: Preclinical trials
(2015)Purpose: Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) activation is an early event in head and neck carcinogenesis. As a result, targeting EGFR has become an attractive strategy for chemoprevention. We examined the impact of ... -
A biomechanical characterization of intramedullary reaming in the human tibia
(2015)Intramedullary reaming is a technique used in orthopaedic trauma surgical procedures in which the intramedullary canal of a long bone is enlarged and prepared for the implantation of a nail to repair a fracture. Several ... -
"A city of shops, a nation of shopkeepers": Fixed-point retailing in the city of Rome, late 3rd c BCE to 2nd/3rd c CE
(2015)Retailing in ancient Rome remains a neglected area of study on account of the traditional view among economic historians that the retail trades of pre-industrial societies were primitive and unsophisticated. In addition ... -
A collection of procedures for non-standard hypothesis testing problems in order restricted spaces
(2015)In many practical situations the most appropriate alternative in hypothesis testing is order restricted, and is therefore in the investigators best interest to use testing procedures developed for the specific alternatives ... -
A Column Generation Approach to Solve Multi-Team Influence Maximization Problem for Social Lottery Design
(2015)The conventional Influence Maximization problem is the problem of finding such a team (a small subset) of seed nodes in a social network that would maximize the spread of influence over the whole network. This paper considers ... -
A comparison of 6 MV and 10 MV photon beams for volumetric modulated arc therapy
(2015)Purpose: To study the dosimetric differences of using 10 MV photons instead of 6 MV photons used for treatment plans incorporating VMAT. Methods and Materials: Ten distal esophageal cancer cases and ten prostate bed cancer ... -
A comparison of orthodontic adhesive removal methods: Introducing the Er:YAG laser technique
(2015)Objectives: To quantitatively and qualitatively evaluate five different adhesive clean-up procedures following orthodontic bracket removal. Methods : Sixty human extracted premolar teeth were cleaned, mounted, bonded with ... -
A comparison of verbal and nonverbal rapport-building techniques in interviews
(2015)Various verbal and nonverbal techniques have been linked to increased rapport between interactants in interviews. The current study attempts to reaffirm this contention by comparing the effectiveness of one verbal and one ... -
A computational study of crystallization data: Application and potential prediction
(2015)Protein crystallization is an ongoing bottleneck in the process of protein structure determination via X-ray crystallography. The advent of large structural biology projects such as the Protein Structure Initiative (PSI) ... -
A corpus-based study of change and variation in much, many, far and often as Negative Polarity Items
(2015)This dissertation takes a corpus-based approach to the diachronic development of the multal quantifiers and scalar adverbs much, many, far and often as Negative Polarity Items (NPIs) in English. NPIs are words or expressions ... -
A Dose Tracking System for real-time feedback to the physician during image-guided neurointerventional procedures using a biplane x-ray imaging system
(2015)Use of Biplane fluoroscopic image guided interventional procedures to treat cerebrovascular anomalies has increased over the past years. Physicians use Biplane imaging systems to get two, almost orthogonal projections of ... -
A geometric framework for parameter identification in solid objects
(2015)A bench-top experimental set-up for use by archaeologists as a portable 3-D scanning and reconstruction apparatus has been developed. The improved versions of the prototype system, realized in this work, are aimed at ... -
A grammar of Xong
(2015)This dissertation is a descriptive grammar of Xong, a language belonging to the Miao branch of the Miao-Yao family. Xong has approximately 900,000 speakers, the vast majority of whom live in Hunan and Guizhou Provinces in ... -
A home-based rehabilitation system for deficient knee patients
(2015)The Smart Health paradigm has opened up immense possibilities for designing cyber-physical systems with integrated sensing and analysis for data-driven healthcare decision-making. Clinical motor-rehabilitation has traditionally ... -
A new combined uncertainty and sensitivity assessment of spatial models with object-based features
(2015)Uncertainty and sensitivity quantification is not often performed in spatial analysis and modeling applications. One reason is the lack of tools which can handle various kinds of uncertainty associated with spatial data. ... -
A new method to model thickness distribution and volume of tephra deposits
(2015)Understanding tephra thickness distribution is important as it helps reconstruct the eruption histories of volcanoes. We present an algorithm that models tephra thickness with less subjectivity than is the case with ... -
A novel approach to using combinatorial AAV to knockdown the D2 autoreceptor from specific pathways
(2015)Mesolimbic dopamine neurotransmission is largely implicated in the motivation to abuse drugs. A number of studies have indicated that dopamine D2 receptor expression and function are altered in drug addicts. However, ... -
A paradox of high-achievement: Implementing Race to the Top (RTTT) policies in a high-achieving school district
(2015)The purpose of the Race to the Top grant is to empower states to institute educational reforms while transforming the lowest-performing schools. Since 2009, the State of New York has made educational reforms in alignment ...