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Controlled Vascular Cellular Growth By Microstructured Patterned Surfaces On Implantable Biodegradable Polymer Scaffold.
(Biomedical Engineering, 2010-03-03)
The technological advances in the field of MEMS and biodegradable polymers with elastomeric properties have opened new areas of application for engineering of soft tissues such as blood vessel, heart valves, cartilage, ...
Generation Planning And Market Operation Strategies In The Southwest Power Pool Energy Imbalance Service Market
(Electrical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
The transition of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) from its traditional operation under tariff towards the new market environment has significant impact on the utilities in the SPP footprint, both in terms of planning and ...
Performance Studies On Rigid Pavement Sections Built On Stabilized Sulfate Soils
(Civil & Environmental Engineering, 2007-08-23)
Soils of Southeast Arlington are highly expansive and rich in sulfates. They undergo sulfate induced heaving when traditional calcium based stabilizers are used for soil stabilization (Puppala et al. 1998). Traditional ...
An Empirical Examination Of The Influence Of Information Technology And Trust On Supply Chain Dyad Relationships And Performance
(Information Systems & Operations Management, 2007-08-23)
Reacting to increased competition, companies are adopting inter-organizational information systems (IOS) that share information across the supply chain partners. This sharing requires trust. To better understand the ...
Equine Assisted Therapy And Exercise With Eating Disorders: A Retrospective Chart Reveiw And Mixed Method Analysis
(Social Work, 2008-09-17)
Eating disorders are a group of devastating mental illnesses that chronically affect millions of young women and men of all ages and ethnicities in industrialized nations. Mainstream treatment approaches thus far have ...
Miniature Optical Coherence Tomography Probe
(Biomedical Engineering, 2007-08-23)
A piezo based optical scanner for high speed optical coherence tomography (OCT) has been developed. Design of the miniature probe has been optimized to take advantages of the high speed depth scanning that can be achieved ...
Supramolecular Chemistry Of Nitrogen Dioxide
(Chemistry & Biochemistry, 2007-08-23)
Supramolecular chemistry has been defined as "chemistry beyond molecules", and involves investigating molecular systems held together reversibly by inter-molecular forces, not by covalent bonds. This dissertation discusses ...
A Causal Analysis Of Developmental Assets, Behaviors And Delinquency Among Hispanic Youth In Texas
(Social Work, 2007-08-23)
The purpose of this study was to identify the main predicting developmental assets for the prevention of juvenile delinquency among Hispanic youth in Texas by adopting advanced research methods. According to Benson (1995), ...
Women In The Twentieth Century : Modernity, Feminism, And Islam In Turkey
(Sociology, 2007-08-23)
Presenting the effects of religion especially upon the family, gender roles, and the workforce is important. Islam's compatibility or incompatibility with modernization and feminism is one of the most important issues ...
Study Of NIRS Based Motor Cortex Activation Patterns In Cerebral Palsy Affected Kids Using Image Based Metrics
(Biomedical Engineering, 2008-09-17)
In recent years the National Institutes of Health has placed great emphasis on addressing the emergent need to accelerate translation of laboratory discoveries into clinical practice. The proposed study is very much aligned ...