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PRECLINICAL STUDIES: TREATMENT OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS AND RETINAL DEGENERATIVE DISEASE USING STEM CELLS
(2021-11-15)
Pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) isolated from an embryo or generated by ectopic expression of transcription factors can self-renew indefinitely and differentiate into all cell types found in the body. PSCs have the highest ...
DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL SHEAROGRAPHY FOR COMPLEX DEFECTS INSPECTION
(2021-11-09)
Digital shearography measures the first derivative of the object surface deformation, which has the advantages of high sensitivity, full field, non-contact, realtime and anti-disturbance. It is widely used in materials ...
EXPERIMENTAL IMPLEMENTATION OF A NEW DURABILITY / ACCELERATED LIFE TESTING TIME REDUCTION METHOD
(2021-11-13)
Fatigue can be defined as a cyclic degradation process resulting in a failure at lower stress levels than the ultimate load. Fatigue reliability is defined as the probability that a structure will perform its intended ...
2-D MODELING OF MOISTURE AND HEAT DIFFUSION IN ADHESIVELY BONDED JOINTS
(2021-11-15)
In this dissertation research, a novel two-dimensional model is proposed for adhesively-bonded Single Lap Joints (SLJ) under combined mechanical loads and moisture/heat diffusion. Governing partial differential equations ...
SOLUTION METHODOLOGY FOR CONSTRAINED EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS AND ITS APPLICATIONS WITH EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION IN STRUCTURAL CHARACTERISTICS IDENTIFICATION
(2021-11-15)
A numerical reverse algorithm was developed in this dissertation to find some unknown parameters of an object. For example, if the natural frequency of an object is known, find the mass of the particle placed at a specific ...
LOAD DISTRIBUTIONS IN BOLTED SINGLE LAP JOINTS UNDER NON-CENTRAL TENSILE SHEAR LOADING
(2021-11-16)
This study uses a numerically calibrated beam theory-based model to investigate the bolt load distributions in a preloaded two-bolt single lap joint under non-central tensile shear loading. The linear spring-based modeling ...
HOW FACULTY USE ONLINE SOCIAL SPACES TO DEVELOP THEIR TEACHING PRACTICES: AN ETHNOGRAPHIC STUDY OF THE #UNGRADING ONLINE COMMUNITY
(2021-11-09)
In higher education, faculty often teach in isolation, wondering if their practices reach and inspire students. If their institutions have teaching and learning centers, faculty might engage in discussions with colleagues ...
WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EARLY CHILDHOOD TEACHER TURNOVER, ADULT STAFF RESILIENCE AND RESILIENT LEADERSHIP PRACTICES AT LICENSED EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERS?
(2021-11-15)
This research investigated the relationship between adult resilience, resilient leadership practices, and variables that reflected turnover to learn if increasing adult resilience or resilience leadership practices is an ...
MATHEMATICAL MODELS, ANALYSIS AND SIMULATIONS OF THE HANDY MODEL WITH MIDDLE CLASS
(2021-12-06)
This study presents three different mathematical versions of the HANDY (Human And Nature DYnamics) model for the socioeconomic dynamics of a large stratified society. The basic model was introduced in the ground breaking ...
THE ROLE OF CD49f - INTEGRIN α6- IN HUMAN STEM CELL BIOLOGY
(2021-11-15)
Owing to the intrinsic capability for unlimited self-renewal and the ability to make all the cells in the body, pluripotent stem cells (PSC) are an ideal candidate to be used as starting material for cell therapies. The ...