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  • Application of a weighted Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) for Structure Comparison in Radiation Treatment Planning

    Creator:
    Fried, Zachary
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    Coded metrics that compare representations of structures within the human body to evaluate their similarity are considered useful for planning radiation therapy on cancer targets. However, existing metrics fail to take into account the dose of radiation that will be received by both the target, and surrounding non-target tissue, during...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    approved:_____________________________________________________ David Koslicki Coded metrics that

  • Analytical Platform to Study Bacterial Metabolism and their Interactions with Biomaterials using SECM

    Creator:
    Sheet, Partha S.
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    The microbial communities play a crucial role in maintaining human health and cause diseases through very complex microbial chemical interactions. Therefore, these microbial communities have drawn much attention to the scientific communities. To elucidate these complex microbial communities and the chemical interactions within it, one or more isolated species of...
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    Dissertation
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    Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans) and Streptococcus gordonii (S. gordonii) was investigated as a model system

  • Novel nanocomposite synthesis for high-performance thermoelectrics

    Creator:
    Eilertsen, James S.
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    Thermoelectric materials are playing a larger role in the global effort to develop diverse, efficient, and sustainable energy technologies: primarily through power-generating thermoelectric modules. The principal components of thermoelectric modules are solid-state thermoelectric materials – typically heavily doped semiconductors – that convert heat directly into electricity. However, this conversion efficiency...
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    Dissertation
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE DISSERTATION OF James S. Eilertsen for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in

  • Conformation and reactivity studies of some bicyclo(3.3.1) nonane derivatives

    Creator:
    Sturmer, David Michael
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    New syntheses for 2-bicyclo(3.3.1)nonanone and 7-bicyclo-(3.3.1)nonen-2-one were developed. The saturated ketone was prepared from phenol and acrylonitrile via a novel intramolecular S[subscript N]2 cyclization process. A Friedel-Crafts cyclization of 3-(3-cyclohexenyl)propanoyl chloride permitted synthesis of the unsaturated ketone from 4-cyclohexene carboxaldehyde. The formation of the bicyclo(3.3.1)nonane rather than a bicyclo(3.2.2)nonane skeleton...
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    Dissertation
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    )Nonane Derivatives AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF DAVID MICHAEL STURMER for the Ph. D. in Chemistry

  • Tuning Functional Properties of Pyrochlore and Related Oxides via Cation and Anion Substitutions

    Creator:
    Giampaoli, Gabriella C. S.
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    Inorganic structures play an important role in materials due to their versatility and diversity. A complete understanding of the structure of a material is vital to enhance the creation of new materials that fill voids in research. The rational design of these compounds is driven by the exploitation of structure-property...
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    Dissertation
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    thank the members of my graduate committee, Dr. Michael Lerner, Dr. May Nyman, Dr. David Cann, and Dr

  • Approaches to the total synthesis of verrucarol

    Creator:
    Hill, David E. (David Edwin) 1954-
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    Verrucarol is the sesquiterpene portion of a number of macrocyclic di- and triesters of potential medicinal importance. In this study, a novel approach to the synthesis of this fungal metabolite is presented. An A-B-C route was investigated in which C-3 and C-4 of the C-ring were emplaced using a [2+2]...
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    Dissertation
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    ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF David E. Hill for the degree of Doctor of_Philosophy in Chemistry presented on

  • A chemical study of the minerals from L-6 chondritic meteorites

    Creator:
    Curtis, David Ballantyne
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    Major and minor minerals have been separated from three L-6 chondritic meteorites (Alfianello, Colby (Wisconsin), and Leedey). Olivine, hypersthene, diopside, feldspar, troilite, chromite, phosphate minerals, and metallic minerals were analyzed for major, minor and trace elements using instrumental neutron activation analysis and radiochemical neutron activation analysis techniques. Concentrations df the...
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    Dissertation
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    meteorites AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF DAVID BALLANTYNE CURTIS for the DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Name of

  • Organic Crystalline Solids : Investigating their Capability, Storage Mechanism and Structural Evolution in Dual-Ion Batteries

    Creator:
    Rodríguez Pérez, Ismael A.
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    Widespread installation of renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar, has been delayed by the lack of suitable stationary energy storage solutions. Current large-scale technologies, such as pumped hydro and compressed air, are geographically restricted. This is where electrochemical energy storage - batteries or hybrid capacitors can play a...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ David (Xiulei) Ji Widespread installation of renewable energy sources, such as wind

  • Unlocking Water's Potential for Energy Storage: Abundant Materials for a Ubiquitous Problem

    Creator:
    Leonard, Daniel P.
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    Water is an absolute necessity for life as we know it. It provides a useful medium in which chemical reactions take place that allowed for the development of single cellular organisms. When combined with the evolutionary accident that was pho- tosynthesis, water became not only a useful medium chemical reactions,...
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    Dissertation
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    : Xiulei (David) Ji Water is an absolute necessity for life as we know it. It provides a useful medium in

  • Designing Dielectric Materials through Complex Metal Oxides

    Creator:
    Nikkel, Jason W.
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    This dissertation demonstrated that the electrical properties of complex oxide-based perovskite materials could be controlled through the careful modification of both material composition and structure. This was first shown through the modification of lead zirconate titanate (Pb(Zr0.52Ti0.48)O3, PZT) solid solutions with bismuth indate (BiInO3, BI) where the relative stability of...
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    Dissertation
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    David P. Cann This dissertation demonstrated that the electrical properties of complex oxide