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Fabrication and characterization of antibacterial Polycaprolactone and natural Hydroxyapatite nanofibers for bone tissue scaffolds
(Wichita State University, 2013-05)Chronic osteomyelitis is a bone infection that may result in pain, pus, bone resorption and damage, and fractures. The disease often needs prolonged antibiotic therapy, and in many cases severe wounds and bone voids are ... -
Fabrication and characterization of electrospun polyacrylonitrile carbonized fibers as strain gauges in composites for structural health monitoring applications
(Wichita State University, 2017-07)This dissertation is aimed at developing new materials to be used as strain gauges in structural health monitoring (SHM) of composite aircraft structures. The unabated growth in air traffic has spurred increased demand in ... -
Fabrication and characterization of highly porous peek bionanocomposites incorporated with carbon and hydroxyapatite nanoparticles for scaffold applications
(Wichita State University, 2013-05)Bone regeneration has become essential due to various bone diseases, such as bone infections, tumors and resultant bone fracture, birth defects, or bone loss due to trauma or accident. Regeneration of bone is achieved ... -
Fabrication and characterization of polyvinylpyrrolidone and polyacrylonitrile electrospun nanocomposite fibers
(Wichita State University, 2010-12)Electrospun nanocomposite fibers were produced using polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP), polyacrylonitrile (PAN), multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), and Ni0.6Zn0.4Fe2O4 (NiZn ferrites) nanoparticles, and their physical properties, ... -
Fabrication of hydroxyapatite coated magnesium alloy for orthopedic bio-degradable metallic implant applications
(Wichita State University, 2013-07)Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys are potential biodegradable implant materials because of their alluring biological property. Moreover, they have attracted growing interest as a promising alternative for medical implant and ... -
Fabrication of metallic scaffolds for bone tissue engineering
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Fabrication of multifunctional nanocomposites using functionalized carbon nanofibers
(Wichita State University, 2013-08)In this work, several novel techniques to fabricate nano-engineered polymeric composites (or nanocomposites) containing functionalized carbon nanofibers (CNFs) were developed. The methodologies address current manufacturing ... -
Fabrication of niobium coated magnesium alloy for automotive & aerospace applications
(Wichita State University, 2014-12)Magnesium (Mg) and its alloys are being considered as potential materials to enhance fuel efficiency in the aircraft and automotive industries because of the light weight. However, the major limitation of Mg is its high ... -
Fabrication, modeling, and control of dielectric elastomer actuator: a systematic view
(Wichita State University, 2017-07)Dielectric elastomer (DE) is an important kind of electro active polymer. Its softness and unique movement generating mechanism make people recognize it as artificial muscle. Existing studies focusing on it have revealed ... -
Face recognition with Gabor phase
(Wichita State University, 2009-07)Face recognition is an attractive biometric measure due to its capacity to recognize individuals without their cooperation. This thesis proposes a method to dynamically recognize a facial image with the help of its valid ... -
Face to face and online social capital: The Wichita Twitter Community
(Wichita State University, 2010-08)This study looked at the exchange of online and offline social capital among a group of people who share both an online network (Twitter users) and live in the same offline community (Wichita, Kansas). The study, recognizing ... -
Facilitating a knowledge network: the role of communities of practice
(Wichita State University, 2013-07)Today, sophisticated consumers drive an organization's market share. They demand timely innovation and challenge an organization's capacity to manage its competencies. Communities of Practice (CoPs) harvest and disperse ... -
Facilitating language and literacy development: A dual language perspective
(Wichita State University, 2013-12)With an increasingly bilingual population, children have more opportunities for dual language education. Literacy activities at home have been correlated with reading and writing success; however, helping a child learn in ... -
Facilitating secure multicasting for mobile networks using Trusted Multicast Agents
(WIchita State University, 2007-07)Recent advances in wireless data and real time communication have stimulated the need to allow mobile users to send multicast data by using secure and seamless connectivity to the global Internet and with one another without ... -
Facility layout design considering risk for single-period and multi-period cases.
(Wichita State University, 2008-05)The most desirable characteristic of a facility layout is its ability to maintain its efficiency over time while coping with the uncertainty in product demand. A traditional facility layout design method is governed by the ... -
Factors associated with Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participants eating healthy foods and engaging in exercise
(2005-05)As barriers to engaging physical activities or consuming healthy foods increase, the frequency of reported exercise and consumption of healthy foods decreases. The purpose of this study was to develop an instrument that ... -
Factors correlating with revisions of ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard
(Wichita State University, 2018-12)Because of the importance placed on quality, many organizations are implementing the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9000 family of quality management standards. Today, these standards have been adopted ... -
Factors for success in breast cancer screening
(Wichita State University, 2016-05)One of the Healthy People 2020 initiatives within the U.S. is to increase the proportion of women who receive breast cancer screenings based on the most recent medical guidelines (c-17). Despite highly recognizable campaigns ... -
Factors influencing seismicity in south-central Kansas and northern Oklahoma
(Wichita State University, 2017-05)Waste water injection and seismicity in south-central Kansas and northern Oklahoma increased dramatically from 2010 to 2016. Areas with increased well counts, elevated disposal pressures, and elevated injection volumes ... -
Factors linked to future neuropsychology referral practices among medical residents
(Wichita State University, 2022-07)Neuropsychologists receive most of their patient referrals from neurologists, psychiatrists, and primary care physicians (Sweet et al., 2015). It is consequently important to understand how to facilitate these providers’ ...