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In Vivo Examination of Lamina Cribrosa Microarchitecture and Optic Nerve Head Geometry in Normal Human Aging and Early Glaucoma
(2016-06-02)Purpose: The lamina cribrosa likely plays an important role in the pathogenesis of glaucoma. The goals of this dissertation were to better understand differences in lamina cribrosa microarchitecture and optic nerve head ... -
INAPPROPRIATE ANTICHOLINERGIC MEDICATION USE IN ELDERLY PATIENTS
(2013-08)OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was (i) to determine the prevalence of inappropriate anticholinergic medication use in the elderly in general and elderly with dementia patients in specific (ii) to determine the ... -
Incorporating Expressive Writing into a Personalized Normative Feedback Intervention to Reduce Alcohol Use among College Students
This study combines personalized normative feedback (PNF) and expressive writing into a brief intervention to reduce drinking among undergraduates. Limitations of PNF interventions include reactance, defensiveness, and a ... -
Incorporation of Benzobisoxazole Cruciforms into Metal-Organic Frameworks and the Development of Fluoride sensors Based on Benzobisoxazole Cruciforms
(2013-08)Fully π-conjugated cross-shaped molecules known as molecular cruciforms have been studied for applications as versatile fluorescence sensors because they are characterized by spatially isolated frontier molecular orbitals, ... -
Increasing Recovery Potential in a Tight Oil Reservoir
(December 2)Low estimates for primary oil recovery from tight oil reservoirs ranging from 5 to 10 percent prompt growing interest in enhanced oil recovery. The key to the success of any displacement process is assuring no connection ... -
Incremental Conductance Algorithm for Maximum Wind Power Extraction Using Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator
(2013-05)Wind energy is by far the fastest growing renewable energy due to its free availability and environmental benefits. Maximum power extraction is a way to realize high power efficiency for Wind Energy Conversion System (WECS). ... -
Influence of Lexical Versus Procedural Knowledge in Sentence Production in Response to Thematic Role Assignment Treatment
(2017-05)We tested whether one source of variability in treatment response and generalization for sentence production (Mitchum, Greenwald, & Berndt, 2000; Rochon, Laird, & Scofield, 2000) in individuals with non-fluent agrammatic ... -
Influence of Light Exposure on the Melanopsin Driven Pupil Response and Circadian Rhythm
(2018-05-14)Exposure to increasing amounts of artificial light during the night may contribute to the high prevalence of reported sleep dysfunction. Release of the sleep hormone melatonin is mediated by the intrinsically photosensitive ... -
Influence of Runtime Parameters on the Performance of Parallel Applications
(2012-12)Most parallel and sequential applications achieve a low percentage of the theoretical peak performance of a given processor and platform. While some of the reasons for this performance problem, such as cache utilization ... -
INFORMATION GAIN FEATURE SELECTION BASED ON FEATURE INTERACTIONS
(2013-12)Analyzing high-dimensional data stands as a great challenge in machine learning. In order to deal with the curse of dimensionality, many effective and efficient feature-selection algorithms have been developed recently. ... -
Information Security and Innovation; Guide to Secure Technology Innovation Initiatives
(2016-05)Organizations need to innovate and evolve or go into extinction- to cope with demands of being innovative and meet the current and future needs of customers, organizations must be prepared to embrace technologies in the ... -
INFORMING LEADERSHIP PRACTICES: EXPLORING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STUDENT ENGAGEMENT IN SCIENCE AND A FIELD EXPERIENCE AT THE HOUSTON ZOO
(2013-05)The science most adults in the United States learned was derived from informal science broadcast programming outside the classroom (Ogden et al., 2011; National Research Council, 2009; Falk et al., 2010). Evaluations over ... -
Inhibition of Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate Crystallization Using Organic Growth Modifiers
(2013-05)Inhibition of calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM), the most common component in human kidney stone diseases, was investigated using various structural derivatives of citrate, a known inhibitor of COM crystallization. Bulk ... -
Inhibition of Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Inhibits Tumor Growth in a Murine Model of Breast Cancer
(December 2)It has been shown that endocannabinoids exert a pro-apoptotic effect on cancer cell lines which typically have mutated apoptosis mechanisms. It is known that FAAH is a downstream regulator of endocannabinoid levels which ... -
Injury, Inflammation, and the Effect of the Metabolic Syndrome on the Mouse Cornea
(December 2)PURPOSE: The cornea is susceptible to injury and internal systemic damage that can affect its transparency, and subsequently, vision quality. The health of the cornea, the most innervated tissue in the body, depends on ... -
Inside the Community College Developmental Math Classroom: Understanding Differences between Faculty and Students' Attitudes and Experiences
(2015-08)This study provides a better understanding of how student and faculty perceive the developmental math classroom experience and the impact on students’ ability to successfully complete developmental math courses. A significant ... -
INSIGHTS INTO THE BINDING AND CATALYTIC MECHANISMS OF BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS LACTONASE AND INTERACTIONS OF A PTEN-BINDING INHIBITORY PEPTIDE
(2013-05)The lactonase enzyme (AiiA) produced by Bacillus thuringiensis (B. thuringiensis) serves to degrade autoinducer-1 (AI-1) signaling molecules in what is an evolved mechanism by which allows B. thuringiensis to better compete ... -
Instability of a Vortex Column Due to Turbulence Generated Axial Flow
(2013-12)Axial flow generated by turbulence on an initially two-dimensional vortex column, the Lamb-Oseen vortex, is studied theoretically and by direct numerical simulation of the Navier-Stokes equations. Azimuthally wrapped ... -
Institutional Foundations of Military Coups: Constitutional Design and Military Centrality
(2015-05)This dissertation examines how the likelihood of military coups varies depending on a country’s adopted institutions. I focus on two types of institutions—parliamentary versus presidential structures, and the military’s ... -
Institutional Responsiveness in Subnational Policymaking: An Examination of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Laws
(May 2013)The rapid adoption of the initial sex offender registration and notification laws during the 1990s presents two questions about the agenda-setting behavior of subnational policymaking institutions. If sex crime rates were ...