Browsing 2018-09-01 UB Theses and Dissertations (public) by Title
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Understanding and Modeling New Transportation Markets with Emerging Vehicle Technologies
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Recent emerging vehicle technologies create new markets with new requirements for owning and operating these vehicles including battery electric vehicles (BEVs) and autonomous vehicles (AVs). BEVs with lower fuel consumption ... -
Understanding Self-Efficacy, Science Classroom Teaching and Learning Experiences and High school Science Achievement in Egypt and the United States
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)This study examines teachers’ and students’ self-efficacy in the US and Egyptian context. More specifically, the study examines teachers’ and students’ self-efficacy in twelve classrooms; six in the US and six in Egypt. ... -
Universal Design Frameworks for Policies in the Workplace: Case Studies and Best Practices
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Universal design has been used to establish spatial requirements and physical guidelines to benefit all users to the extent possible. Universal design is a field with similar goals as the industrial/human factors engineering ... -
Unwound Path
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)A new composition for chamber ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and percussion). The piece utilizes extended instrumental techniques, spectral analysis within acoustic orchestration, algorithmic generation ... -
Urban Circuitry: Community Building Through Noise in Downtown New York City 1973-1981
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Since the release of Please Kill Me by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain over twenty years ago there has been a veritable boon of musical oral histories. It seems that no major city nor music movement can be verified without ... -
USING AN INTELLIGENT UAV SWARM IN NATURAL DISASTER ENVIRONMENTS
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Due to their volatile behavior, natural disasters are challenging problems that often cannot be accurately predicted. An efficient method to gather updated information of the status of a disaster, such as the location of ... -
Ventilatory Control during Thermoneutral Head Out Water Immersion in Humans
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Carbon dioxide (CO2) retention, or elevated arterial or end tidal partial pressure of CO2 (PCO2), occurs during underwater diving and appears to be a consequence of alveolar hypoventilation. Water immersion induces several ... -
Visualizing The Cypher: Networking Relationships of Temporal Dance Environments
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)The Cypher is a spatial condition in hip-hop culture that is generatedfrom a series of relationships between body, space, and time. This conditionis inherently architectural as it utilizes bodies as a means of constructing ... -
Voices of Poverty: Narratives of Homeless and Slum Dwelling Women of India
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)This main objective of this study was intended to explore the “lived experiences” of the two sections of women who live in poverty in Patna, and in neighboring cities of Bihar in India. According to Besly et.al(2007) in ... -
VTA GABA Neuron Activation Disrupts Reward Seeking by Altering Temporal Processing
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)The ventral tegmental area (VTA) plays a critical role in reward-seeking, and is composed primarily of dopamine (~75%) and GABA (~25%) neurons. However, few studies have functionally evaluated the role of VTA GABA neurons ... -
Watercolors for chamber orchestra
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)Watercolors for chamber orchestra draws inspiration from my childhood, during which I spent countless hours mixing tube paints in a plastic palette and testing the resultant colors on newspapers. Written in four continuous ... -
What lies beneath the surface: A qualitative study exploring the experiences and beliefs of White students discussing race
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)This study explored the experiences and beliefs of White college students when discussing race and racial issues. A qualitative methodology with a phenomenological approach was used in order to acknowledge the relevance ... -
WOMEN PARTICPATION IN POLITICS AT THE GRASSROOTS IN KICUKIRO SECTOR IN RWANDA
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)This study seeks to investigate the level of women’s participation in politics in Kicukiro, Kicukiro sector, Kigali, Rwanda. There have been national and international policies to foster women participation in politics, ... -
WORKING TOWARDS A GUIDED EXPLORATION APPROACH: DESIGN-BASED RESEARCH OF A VISUAL ARTS PROGRAM IN A PRESCHOOL CLASSROOM
(State University of New York at Buffalo, 2018)There is an ongoing debate about the importance of visual arts in early childhood classrooms. On one hand, arts are viewed as essential to the learning and curriculum for young students. On the other hand, heightened ...