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Local caching architecture for RFID tag resolution
(Wichita State University, 2007-12)Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) is set to become the standard in identification and tracking of items worldwide with projected numbers in tens of billions in a few years. With the reducing size and cost of RFID ... -
Local color and realism in Hamlin Garland's short stories
(Wichita State University, 1932-05)The purpose of this work has been to investigate and determine, by careful and methodical procedure, the characteristics of Hamlin Garland that cause him to be recognized as a local colorist and veritist of high note in ... -
Location-aware replication in virtual Hadoop environment
(Wichita State University, 2012-12)MapReduce is a framework for processing highly distributable tasks across huge datasets using a large number of compute nodes. As an implementation of MapReduce, Hadoop is widely used in the industry. Hadoop is a software ... -
Longitudinal associations of pickleball-playing with cognitive function and balance in community-dwelling older adults
(Wichita State University, 2021-05)Physical activity has been imputed to benefit both the physical and cognitive health of older adults and has been promoted within the scientific literature as a process through which age-related cognitive decline may be ... -
Looking through their eyes: an emic approach to community assets and strengths for African American youth
(Wichita State University, 2011-12)The goal of this study was to explore the community assets and strengths identified by African American youth that can contribute to positive youth development, taking into consideration the lived experiences and meanings ... -
Lorenzo D. Lewelling and Kansas populism
(Wichita State University, 2013-07)This research explores the Populist era in Kansas and the life of the state's twelfth governor, Lorenzo D. Lewelling. Lewelling is an important figure in the Populist movement in Kansas and his rise to power, and subsequent ... -
Loss of control prediction system for the longitudinal and lateral dynamics of an aircraft using Laplace methods
(Wichita State University, 2018-07)Loss-of-control events have contributed to many accidents worldwide to this date. A signi cant amount of research has been done to provide safer ight conditions and thus prevent such events from occurring. One such ... -
Loss of mercaptan sulfur in normal heptane by the use of caustic soda, refractive indices, densities, and viscosities of the lighter mercaptans
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The lost childhood of street children in Nepal
(Wichita State University, 2010-08)In the present situation of armed and political conflict in Nepal, protection of children is at stake. There is a pressing need in such an environment to address all aspects of children‟s rights in order to be able to reach ... -
Low Z-force Octaspot™ swept friction stir spot welds welding—conventional tool and process development approach
(Wichita State University, 2010-05)An investigation was conducted to develop low Z-force (normal/forge load) friction stir spot welds (FSSWs) using conventional tooling and process development approaches. Low Z-forces can be achieved by studying the ... -
Low-temperature carbon-based counter electrodes for hole transport free perovskite solar cells fabricated in ambient conditions
(Wichita State University, 2017-05)Perovskite solar cells are the much talked about and researched devices in the photovoltaic community. Most high-efficiency solar cells are prepared using an expensive hole transport layer which is unstable in ambient ... -
MAC layer misbehavior detection and reaction in wireless networks
(Wichita State University, 2012-07)IEEE 802.11 wireless LAN medium access control (MAC) provides transmission fairness to nodes in a network. A misbehaving node can modify its MAC and operate in a selfish manner to improve its own performance (throughput) ... -
Mac layer misbehavior effectiveness and collective aggressive reaction approach
(Wichita State University, 2010-12)Current wireless MAC protocols are designed to provide an equal share of throughput to all nodes in the network. However, the presence of misbehaving nodes (selfish nodes that deviate from standard protocol behavior in ... -
Machine learning in NO$\nu$A near detector vertexing
(Wichita State University, 2022-05)This work presents an alternative method for a reconstruction machine learning algorithm in place of the one currently used by the NO$\nu$A (NuMI Off-axis $\nu_e$ Appearance) group for the analysis of neutrino events at ... -
A macro level environmental performance comparison: dry machining process vs wet machining process
(2007-05)The metal cutting process, known as conventional machining process, utilizes cutting fluids to provide lubrication, cooling and easy chip removal. The long-term effects of cutting fluids disposal into the environment are ... -
Macrocyclic inhibitors of Norovirus 3CL protease
(Wichita State University, 2016-07)Noroviruses are the leading cause of foodborne illness in the U.S., accounting for >21 million infections per year and resulting in >70000 hospitalizations and nearly 800 deaths. Noroviruses are the primary cause of sporadic ... -
Magnetic and albumin targeted drug delivery for breast cancer treatment
(Wichita State University, 2011-07)This research work involves multifunctional magnetically targeted drug delivery microspheres for treatment against breast cancer. A combination therapy approach was followed by encapsulating two chemotherapeutics, ... -
The magnetic vector potential, Klein-Gordon equation and Klein’s paradox in relativistic quantum mechanics
(2007-05)This thesis evaluates solutions to the Klein-Gordon equation with scalar and vector potentials in the Symmetric and Landau gauges. The solution for the Klein-Gordon equation in the Symmetric gauge does reproduce elements ... -
Maintenance oriented optimal design of accelerated degradation testing
(2006-12)In this dissertation, the problem of using accelerated degradation testing data for reliability estimation is studied and demonstrated. Simulation and analytical approaches have been investigated. By simulation which ... -
Making dad proud: daughters' perceptions of impression management and breadth and depth in communication with their fathers
(Wichita State University, 2017-07)Father-daughter communication is an understudied area of interpersonal communication research. Communication in this dyad is also reported significantly less by daughters than communication in mother-daughter relationships. ...