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1-g Shake Table Experimental Evaluation of Building Settlements Founded on Liquefiable Soils
(2016)Post-disaster reconnaissance of areas affected by recent earthquakes in Japan and New Zealand has documented extensive damage to buildings with shallow foundations resulting from liquefaction-induced settlement. Current ... -
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15 to Finish: Exploring Campus Population Experiences and Policy Implementation
(2017)This qualitative study examined the lived experiences of key campus stakeholders and policy implementation. Using semi-structured interviews, key stakeholders were asked about their experiences with 15 to Finish: a 2014 ... -
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21st Century Hall: Proxemics and Gender Interactions in Contemporary Research
(2010)Nonverbal communication is an everyday occurrence that is unavoidable; such behavior becomes second nature. How we stand, sit, move, gaze and gesture are just a few examples of how messages are sent without uttering a ... -
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3-D Data Processing to Extract Vehicle Trajectories from Roadside LiDAR Data
(2018)Accurate, high-resolution vehicle data including location, speed, and direction is essential to connected-vehicle applications, micro-level traffic performance evaluation, and adaptive traffic control. The connected-vehicle ... -
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3000 years of environmental change at Zaca Lake, California, USA
(2014)This study uses pollen and sediments to generate a 3000 year record of vegetation and climate along the southern California coast, and discusses implications for regional anthropologic models of Native American cultural ... -
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3D Characterization of the Astor Pass Geothermal System, Washoe County, Nevada
(2013)Seismic reflection interpretation, detailed analysis of well cuttings, stress field analysis, and construction of a 3D geologic model have been used in the characterization of the stratigraphic and structural framework of ... -
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3D-FAST: Three-Dimensional Fourier Analysis of Pavement Structures Under Transient Loading
(2018)3D-FAST is a finite-layer model to compute pavement mechanical responses under dynamic (i.e., time-variable) non-uniform load of any shape. Surface loads, including vertical load and braking shear loads are discretized ... -
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3D-Move Simulation of TSDDs for Pavement Characterizations
(2015)State highway agencies (SHAs) spend billions of dollars each year on various transportation infrastructure assets to meet legislative, agency and public expectations. Recently, some organizations in the USA and Europe have ... -
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3D-Printed Five-Fingered Robotic Hand Actuated by Twisted Strings
(5/1/2020)A robotic hand actuated by twisted strings, servo motors, and DC motors is developed that can mimic nearly every movement of the human hand. The robot has four fingers and one thumb that can be independently controlled by ... -
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5 ns Electric pulses evoke longer-lived calcium responses in adrenal chromaffin cells than the physiological stimulus: an experimental and computational study
(2019)Nanosecond duration electric pulses of high electric field magnitudes (>1 MV/m) are being explored by our group as a novel type of electric stimulus for evoking catecholamine release from neuroendocrine adrenal chromaffin ... -
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5 Year Analysis of Company ESG Ratings Verses Financial Performance
(2019)Environmental Social Governance adds a new dimension to investing by targeting companies that pursue ethical policies and practices outside of normal business operations. However, there is a lack of information regarding ... -
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A "New Man" in Northern Nevada's Consolidation Discourse
(2014)This dissertation is a rhetorical analysis that explores the discourse of the consolidation of local government services in Northern Nevada for adaptations of ancient rhetorical theories of ethos. I argue that the ancient ... -
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A 1H NMR Network Approach for the Study of Specialized Metabolites: Development and Applications
(2021)The history of the World could not be told without mentioning specialized metabolites. Long before we had the notion of organic molecules, we were already sailing across the oceans in the pursue of their valuable sources, ... -
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A Basic Evaluation of Distraction
(2013)AbstractThe author developed and applied a laboratory preparation to evaluate the effects of distraction on performance under varying conditions. "Distraction" occurs when there is suppression in the frequency of a response. ... -
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A Bayesian Multilevel Model for the Psychometric Function using R and Stan
(2020)A common neuroscience topic is to determine the temporal order of two stimuli, and is often studied via a logistic model called a psychometric function. The data arises from repeated sampling of subjects across a variety ... -
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A Behavior Analytic Account of Stereotype Threat
(2022)Although behavior analysis has contributed substantially to the understanding and study of learning in humans, cultural influences are often either overlooked or not accounted for in how they impact individuals in their ... -
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A Behavior Analytic Approach to Childbirth: A Contingency Analysis and Preliminary Investigation
(2016)The “cascade of interventions” associated with analgesia use during childbirth has contributed to the U.S. having some of the poorest birth outcomes of any developed nation (Clark, Belfort, Byrum, Meyers, & Perlin, 2008; ... -
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A Behavior Analytic Evaluation of a Cultural Adaptation of Acceptance and Commitment Training (ACTr) for Latinx Parents of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)
(2022)An area that is growing in the field of behavior analysis is in the domain of cultural and language adaptations. Despite the substantial evidence to support the use of cultural adaptations in evidence based treatments ... -
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A behavior analytic examination of social loafing
(2020)Social loafing is a phenomenon in which individuals working in groups exert less effort than when they work alone, resulting in substantial losses in productivity. Social loafing has a broad empirical and theoretical ... -
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A Bivariate Distribution Connected with Poissonian Maxima of Exponential Variables
(2009)In this work we present a bivariate distribution of X and N, where N has a Poisson distribution and X is the maximum of N independent, identically distributed exponential variables. The joint bivariate distribution is ...
