• A multi-criteria ranking algorithm (MCRA) for determining breast cancer therapy 

  Hasan, Mostafa; Buyuktahtakin, Esra; Elamin, Elshami (Elsevier, 2019-01)

  Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths among women. The selection of an effective, patient specific treatment plan for breast cancer has been a challenge for physicians because the decision process involves a ...

• Impact of process parameters on mechanical properties of 3D printed polycaprolactone (PCL) parts 

  Mehraein, Hootan (Wichita State University, 2018-07)

  Rapid prototyping is an innovative and powerful technology used for direct layer-by-layer fabrication of parts from a 3D computer model. Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is the most common and simplest technique in 3D ...

• Nurse staffing and skill-mix optimization in inpatient settings using a stochastic modeling approach 

  Eimanzadeh, Parisa (Wichita State University, 2018-07)

  This dissertation is embargoed to August 2019.

• Medical applications of rapid prototyping: a review of the current state of technology 

  Sundaram, Lakshmi (Wichita State University, 2018-07)

  Rapid prototyping (RP) also known as additive manufacturing (AM) or three-dimensional (3D) printing is a collection of techniques that aid faster production of prototypes. RP has a wide variety of applications in fields ...

• Supplier assessment process for manufacturing companies with existing suppliers 

  Patel, Ravi J (Wichita State University, 2018-07)

  In the global supply chain, appropriate and sustainable suppliers play a vital role in supply chain development and feasibility. In any big organization with a large number of suppliers, it is necessary to divide suppliers ...

• Time-variant reliability-based design optimization using sequential kriging modeling 

  Li, Mingyang; Bai, Guangxing; Wang, Zequn (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2018-03-21)

  This paper presents a sequential Kriging modeling approach (SKM) for time-variant reliability-based design optimization (tRBDO) involving stochastic processes. To handle the temporal uncertainty, time-variant limit state ...

• Intra-fraction motion prediction in MR-guided radiotherapy using Markov Modeling 

  Mirzapour, Azam; Mazur, Thomas R.; Sharp, Gregory; Salari, Ehsan (John Wiley and Sons, 2018-06-11)

• Optimizing chemoradiotherapy to target metastatic disease and tumor growth 

  Badri, Hamidreza; Salari, Ehsan; Watanabe, Yoichi; Leder, Kevin (INFORMS, 2018-04-05)

  The majority of cancer-related fatalities are due to metastatic disease. Chemotherapeutic agents are administered along with radiation in chemoradiotherapy (CRT) to control the primary tumor and systemic disease such as ...

• Advancements in Unit Process Life Cycle Inventories (UPLCI) Tools 

  Overcash, Michael; Griffing, Evan M.; Vozzola, Eric; Twomey, Janet M.; Flanagan, W.; Isaacs, J. (Elsevier, 2018)

  Interest in environmental benefits and impacts of products continues to evolve. Direct macro-creation of pieces, parts, and components assembled into products is an essential final step, requiring energy and chemical ...

• Measurement of resilience in job shop system 

  Alquraish, Mohammed M. (Wichita State University, 2018-05)

  This dissertation is embargoed to May 2019.

• The effects of a fatiguing lifting task on postural sway among males and females 

  Bannon, Helen; Hakansson, Nils A.; Jakobsen, Markus D.; Sundstrup, Emil; Jorgensen, Michael J. (Elsevier, 2018-06)

  Lifting and falls comprise a large proportion of work related injuries. Repetitive lifting to the point of fatigue can affect postural sway, which is associated with fall risk. To investigate the effects of lifting and ...

• A study of temperature effects in modulation-assisted machining 

  Natarajan, Arvind (Wichita State University, 2017-12)

  Machining is a process that involves extreme physical and chemical interactions between cutting tools and work materials. The extreme interactions lead to high tool wear and intensive energy expenditure; and, to mitigate ...

• Rolling pattern and energy requirements when rolling from supine to side-lying on rigid and soft surfaces 

  Agrawal, Rahul Omprakash (Wichita State University, 2017-12)

  Rolling is an activity that most people perform repeatedly on a daily basis. Rolling and repositioning oneself in bed serves to improve comfort, circulation, and sleep quality and prevent decubitus ulcers, commonly referred ...

• Large-scale online environmental mapping: from theory to implementation 

  Rabanimotlagh, Ahmad (Wichita State University, 2017-12)

  Within the context of environmental studies, environmental mapping addresses the monitoring and analysis of physical processes appearing in the nature, such as atmospheric or oceanic transformations. In such studies, often ...

• Life cycle and energy analysis of products and hospital systems 

  Alshqaqeeq, Fadhel Y. (Wichita State University, 2017-12)

  There is a relationship between the healthcare sector and treatment of the patient in the delivery of service. During the process of this relationship, waste and CO2 are generated, which increases over time. Compared to ...

• Advanced fusion diagnosis with evolving data streams for health management of complex engineered systems 

  Abdolsamadi, Amirmahyar (Wichita State University, 2017-12)

  Effective health diagnostics for engineered systems provide tremendous benefits such as improved safety, reliability, and reduced costs of operation and maintenance. Extensive literature review on health diagnostics and ...

• Stochastic dynamic resource allocation for HIV prevention and treatment: An approximate dynamic programming approach 

  Cosgun, Ozlem; Buyuktahtakin, Esra (Elsevier, 2018-04)

  Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a key global health concern, with 33 million people living with HIV worldwide and 2.7 million new infections occurring annually. To prevent the spread of this widely prevalent epidemic ...

• Predicting engineering student attrition risk using a probabilistic neural network and comparing results with a backpropagation neural network and logistic regression 

  Mason, Cindi R.; Twomey, Janet; Wright, David W.; Whitman, Lawrence E. (Springer Nature, 2018-05)

  As the need for engineers continues to increase, a growing focus has been placed on recruiting students into the field of engineering and retaining the students who select engineering as their field of study. As a result ...

• Concurrent validity of heart rate measures using a wrist worn activity tracker during treadmill walking 

  Shargawi, Anas A.; Hafez, Khaled A. (Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)

  Introduction: Wearable technology devices are becoming increasingly popular. Many of these devices offer features allowing users to monitor health related biometric information. One biometric variable commonly measured is ...

• Learning robotic grasping strategy based on natural-language object descriptions 

  Rao, Bharath (Wichita State University, 2018-04-27)

  Given the description of an object's physical attributes, humans can determine a proper strategy and grasp an object. Accomplishing a similar feat with robotic hands is considerably challenging despite significant progress ...

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