Browsing 2018-09-01 UB Theses and Dissertations (public) by Title
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GEOCHEMICAL CONSTRAINTS ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF Climacograptus? rugosus WITHIN THE LATE SANDBIAN-AGED BASAL UTICA SHALE; IMPLICATIONS ON TACONIC FORELAND BASIN DEVELOPMENT AND GRAPTOLITE COMMUNITY TURNOVER
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Within the basal portion of the Utica Shale, there are significant shifts in the geochemical composition of the rock. These shifts in both bulk element and trace metal concentrations represent rapid changes in the sediment ... -
Haudenosaunee Women Lacrosse Players: Making Meaning and Embodying Sovereignty
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Since the 1970s lacrosse has become the fastest growing sport in North America. It is now played by teams from six continents and over 50 nations at the international competitive level and is poised to be an Olympic sport ... -
Heteroatom-doped Graphene Nanotubes as Carbon Host Materials for High-Performance Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)In order to further increase the boundaries of energy storage, new battery chemistries must be explored with higher theoretical capacities than that of conventional lithium-ion batteries. Lithium-sulfur batteries have shown ... -
Holey Graphene Oxide Membranes for Water Desalination
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Holey reduced graphene oxide (r-HGO) was investigated for next-generation nanofiltration membranes for water desalination. The GO nanosheets were first etched with hydrogen peroxide to create holes to enhance the water ... -
Impact of Alpha-Lipoic Acid Ingestion on Glucose Tolerance in Subjects with Pre-Diabetes
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Alpha lipoic acid has been long examined for its potential in modulating metabolic responses, particularly as it relates to insulin sensitivity. This study evaluated the effects of supplementation with alpha lipoic acid ... -
Implementation of Tetris as a Model Counter
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Solving SharpSAT and MaxSAT problems is an important area of work. Here, we discuss implementing Tetris, an algorithm originally designed for handling natural joins, as an exact model counter for the SharpSAT problem and ... -
IN A “CULTURAL REMIX” ENGLISH CLASS: ENACTING DIALOGIC PEDAGOGY TO PROMOTE CRITICAL CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)This ethnographic case study examines the dialogic pedagogical practices of teaching multicultural multimodal texts in a secondary English Classroom. The research site is an English classroom in a suburban setting in a ... -
Industrial Gas Supply Chain Logistics: Global Liquid Helium Planning and SKU Rationalization Methodologies in Packaged Gas
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)We present applications and developments of operations research methodologies in the area of industrial gas supply chain logistics. The first problem studied regards the liquid helium business. The global supply chain for ... -
The Influence of Genomic Organization on the Diversity of Angiosperms
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)The origin and rapid diversification of flowering plants has captured the interest of scientists across fields of study including molecular phylogenetics, evolutionary and developmental genetics, morphology, paleobotany, ... -
Inhibitors of Monocarboxylate Transporters for the Treatment of Triple Negative Breast Cancer
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)The rapid transport of lactic acid by monocarboxylate transporters (MCTs), part of the solute carrier SLC16A gene family, represents a pivotal mechanism to sustain the growth of cancer cells but also preventing apoptosis ... -
Inhibitory control in adolescence: Developmental trajectories and relation to delinquent behavior
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Inhibitory control is a critical aspect of self-regulation and is hypothesized to develop throughout childhood and adolescence, reaching its peak in young adulthood. Despite its central role in several models of adolescent ... -
Innovations in Test Phantom Metrology for Ultrasonic Imaging in relation to Medical Imaging, Biometric Characterization, and 3-Dimensional Microfluidic Applications
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)This dissertation discusses the design, fabrication, and testing of a series of test phantoms for the testing and validation of a series of applications. These test phantoms focused on the replications of key physiological ... -
Input Certification for Secure Computation
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Secure multi-party computation (SMC) allows its participants to securely compute functionality without revealing their private input and has broad application across a diverse spectrum. In general, to prove the security ... -
Insider Threat on Databases: Modeling and Mitigation Techniques
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Insider threat is one of the most prevalent problems for organizations, including military, intelligence communities, and business enterprises. One of the crucial reasons why it is very difficult to deal with data leakage ... -
Intelligent Material Informatics Applications in Design and Manufacturing
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Material plays a key role in the product realization process. The shape of the product, material allocation, and its fabrication processes must be simultaneously considered in a concurrent manner for enabling quality product ... -
Interactions at the Surface-Adsorbate Interface: An Outlook Through Computational Work
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)The interaction between surfaces and adsorbates are discussed from the results of a multitude of different projects. Single molecule adsorption, molecular cluster formation, and hydrogen bonded molecular networks were ... -
Interfacial Properties of Carbon Dioxide–Water–Silica from Expanded Ensemble Monte Carlo Simulations
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)This dissertation demonstrates the use of expanded ensemble Monte Carlo simulations to compute the bulk phase coexistence conditions of CO2–H2O mixtures and the interfacial properties of these mixtures over model silica ... -
Investigating Virtual Environment and Optimal Behavior of Swarm Robots
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)This research encapsulated an innovative approach of implementing A.I based behavior trees in the research of swarm robotics. This work covers the manual development of Behavior Trees and their evolution. Behavior Trees ... -
Involvement of lipids in cellular senescence
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Cellular senescence is a state of permanent cell-cycle arrest that occurs following an extended period of proliferation in culture or in response to stress. This phenomenon is characterized by dramatic morphological changes ... -
Iron Catalysts Derived from Hybrid-ligand MOF for Oxygen Reduction Reaction
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)In the past decade, platinum-group-metal (PGM) free catalysts for oxygen reduction reaction are attracted extensive attention due to the high cost of PGM catalysts of proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFCs). In ...