Browsing 2018-09-01 UB Theses and Dissertations (public) by Title
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Seatwork Chunking: Evaluation Of The Efficacy Of A Presentation Accommodation For Children With ADHD
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Children with ADHD encounter difficulties in academic performance and in their ability to succeed in highly-structured environments (e.g., classrooms) where they are expected to behave in developmentally appropriate ways ... -
Short Term Effect of Botulinum Toxin A among Individuals with Headache Attributed to TMD: A Pilot Study
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Introduction: Botulinum toxin is a protein produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Botulinum toxins’ main motor mechanism of action is the inhibition of acetylcholine neurotransmitter release at presynaptic ... -
Simulating the Spatial Spread of an Influenza Epidemic through an Urban Transportation Environment
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)The spread of infectious diseases in densely populated urban areas and how to curb it is a topic of concern for the policymakers. This paper contributes to the research area of modeling the disease spread by considering ... -
SMOOTHED PARTICLE HYDRODYNAMICS METHOD FOR COMPRESSIBLE MULTIPHASE TURBULENT FLOW WITH APPLICATION TO VOLCANIC PLUME MODELING
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Numerical models are broadly used to understand dynamics of volcanic plume development and forecast volcano plume hazards. All existing 3D volcano plume models adopt mesh-based Eulerian numerical methods. SPH (smoothed ... -
Social Presence in Social Media: Persuasion, Discourse, and Design
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)New age information systems such as social media sites, virtual worlds, and virtual communities have made users’ presence in the information system more salient, bringing in the notion of “social presence,” which is the ... -
Spatial and Temporal Variability in Bacterial Communities in Surface and Groundwater at Lake Erie Beaches with Varying Water Quality
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Microbial pollution is a crucial issue in the Laurentian Great Lakes. Recreational water quality is assessed by culturing Fecal Indicator Bacteria (FIB), specifically E. coli and Enterococcus spp. If the concentration is ... -
Spatial Variations of Drought-Induced Forest Mortality: Integrating Plant Hydraulics and Distributed Hydrology
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Rapidly changing environmental conditions have recently exposed woody vegetation to unusual drought and caused increased mortality in many ecosystems across the globe. It remains challenging for ecosystem models to predict ... -
Stationary and Time-Varying Factors Affecting Highway Accident Occurrence and Injury-Severity: Addressing Unobserved Heterogeneity with Alternate Random Parameters and Latent Class Models
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)In contemporary accident research, unobserved heterogeneity is recognized as one of the most challenging statistical modeling misspecification issues. Unobserved heterogeneity (i.e., unobserved characteristics varying ... -
Structural Analysis of the Utica Group in Four Un-Oriented Cores from the Mohawk Valley, New York State: Implications for Tectonics, Burial History, Timing of Vein Formation and Hydrocarbon Migration
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)I examined 518.8 m of Utica Group in four un-oriented cores from the Mohawk Valley in New York State and collected fracture data at eight field sites. In cores 74-NY-5, 74-NY-9, 74-NY-10, and 75-NY-11, I recorded 267 ... -
STUDIES ON THE ROLE OF STEROL AND NON-STEROL ISOPRENOIDS IN RETINAL HEALTH AND DISEASE
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)The mevalonate pathway generates several biologically important products, including both sterol (e.g., cholesterol (Chol)) and non-sterol (e.g., dolichol) isoprenoids, which are required for a variety of cellular functions. ... -
Supervised and Unsupervised Learning for Semantics Distillation in Multimedia Processing
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)In linguistic, "semantics" stands for the intended meaning in natural language, such as in words, phrases and sentences. In this dissertation, the concept "semantics" is defined more generally: the intended meaning of ... -
Synthesis and characterization of two dimensional transition metal dichalcogenide heterostructures
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Two dimensional (2D) semiconductor materials, like transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDCs) and their heterostructures, are researched extensively in recent years due to their excellent electrical and optical properties. ... -
Synthesis of Aqueous-based Mn-catalyst for oxygen reduction reaction
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Fuel cell is an integral part in our daily life. Platinum catalyst is known as the best catalyst, however, because of high cost, scientist spent several years to establish non-noble catalyst for fuel cell. Iron was thought ... -
Synthesis of Star and Network Architectures from Reactive Molecular Bottlebrushes
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)The development of smart materials using branched architectures requires robust synthetic methods. Several approaches have been investigated to access cross-linked structures or self-assembled organizations using bottlebrush ... -
SYNTHESIS, INTERCONVERION, CATION INCORPORATION, AND APPLICATIONS OF PLASMONIC COPPER SULFIDE-BASED NANOMATERIALS
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)A diverse array of colloidal semiconductor nanomaterials has been synthesized and studied over the past few decades. They are being explored or employed in many emerging applications based on their unique physical, chemical, ... -
Targeting Mitochondria for Rhabdomyosarcoma Therapy
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is a malignant soft-tissue sarcoma in children, accounting for about 40% of pediatric soft-tissue tumors. The two main subtypes of RMS widely studied are embryonal RMS (eRMS) and alveolar RMS (aRMS). ... -
Targeting polyamine metabolism in prostate cancer: Determining the role of reactive oxygen species in the response to treatment with a novel combination of the polyamine analogue, BENSpm, and the MTAP inhibitor, MTDIA
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Prostatic luminal epithelial cells secrete polyamines into the lumen at a uniquely high rate. This leads to a metabolic demand to replenish metabolites used up during that process. To support this, there is increased flux ... -
Temporal Data Exchange and Repair
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Temporal data isneeded by many organizations and individuals to support audit trails. With temporal data one can represent when a fact is true and for how long. The temporality offacts is also critical in diverse domains, ... -
The effect of episodic future thinking on the relative reinforcing value of snack food
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Obesity is a complex disease that generally results from a chronic state of positive energy balance, which may be attributed, in part, to food choices made over time. Overeating of high energy dense (HED) foods may be ... -
THE EFFECT OF INSULINE LIKE GROWTH FACTOR-II AND CHROMECEPTIN ON OSTEOBLAST CELLS
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)IntroductionThe insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) are the most abundant growth factors stored in bone andproduced by osteoblasts. They have an important role in regulating osteoblast function and bonedevelopment and ...