• A Framework to Explore Spatio-Temporal Surveillance of Adverse Events For Post Market Approved Drugs & Vaccines 

  Askar, Ahmed Mohamed (2022)

  Discovering all drug and vaccine side effects during the development process is impos-sible. This dissertation aims to propose a framework in exploring spatiotemporal adverse event surveillance models by identifying adverse ...
• A Computational Based Approach Linking Spatial and Temporal Pattern Stiffness to Decreased Lung Function in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis 

  Sangobowale, John (2022)

  Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a chronic, progressive disease of unknown etiology that is characterized by the histopathological pattern of usual interstitial pneumonia. The pathogenic mechanisms that regulate the ...
• Exploring Urban Shrinkage via Computational Approaches: A Case Study of the City of Detroit 

  Jiang, Na (2022)

  While the world’s total urban population continues to grow, not all cities are witnessing such growth, some are actually shrinking. This shrinkage causes several problems to emerge including population loss, economic ...
• The Effects of Extracellular Vesicle-Associated Kinases on HIV-1 Pathogenesis 

  Mensah, Gifty A (2022)

  As of 2020, there were 37.7 million people living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus type 1 (HIV-1). Although great strides have been made in treatment options for HIV-1 and our understanding of the HIV-1 life cycle has ...
• Human Time Awareness and Feedback-Driven Improvements of Time Reproduction 

  Bader, Farah Nikhath (2022)

  Time perception is critical for cognitive and behavioral functions ranging from speech to motor control. Learning to time durations can cause errors; therefore, recognizing and correcting the temporal errors is essential ...
• Role of Structure Quality in the P53 Protein Comprehensive Mutagenesis Analysis 

  Sait, Shaimaa (2022)

  Mutations in tumor protein p53 play an important role in many human cancers, they are observed in about 50% of all tumors. p53 mutants cause various changes in cellular behavior and function. Accurate computational prediction ...
• Optimizing Search Plans for Teams of Mobile and Stationary Searchers With a New Class of Searchers Over a Multi-Zoned Domain and Finite Time 

  Grewe, Jarrod Grewe Keith (2022)

  This dissertation introduces a new search theory methodology, nicknamed Pathfinder, that can optimize teams of heterogeneous mobile and stationary searchers as well as searchers that can transport other searchers. In ...
• Development of Lagrange Multiplier Algorithms for Training Support Vector Machines 

  Aregbesola, Mayowa Kassim (2022)

  The Support Vector Machine (SVM) is a supervised learning method that is widely used for data classification and regression. SVM training times can be significant for large training dataset. In pursuit of developing efficient ...
• Behavioral and Physiological Dynamics of Musth in Asian Elephants 

  LaDue, Chase Andrew (2022)

  In-situ and ex-situ populations of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) are unsustainable in the long-term and require integrative approaches to address issues impacting their conservation status. Male elephants pose distinct ...
• The Role of Land-Atmosphere Interactions in the Improvement of Heatwave Prediction 

  Benson, David Oluwaseun (2022)

  Increased heatwave frequency across the United States has led to the need for improved predictability of heatwave events. A detailed understanding of land-atmosphere interactions and the relationship between soil moisture ...
• The Word for World is Forest: “Forests” and Worlds Otherwise on the Edge of the Frontier 

  Van Dexter, Kristina Amanda (2022)

  Despite global efforts, deforestation is increasing. Commodity-driven deforestation is the leading driver of global forest loss — forests that, to a large extent, were formed through Indigenous communities’ forest cultivation ...
• Computational Analysis of Autism Spectrum Disorder Biomarkers 

  Sait, Leena M. (2022)

  Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is one of the most common neurodevelopmental disorders. Worldwide, ASD tends to have a prevalence of one in 100 children, with an estimated prevalence of 1 in 44 children, according to CDC’s ...
• A Study of Forested Wetland Soil Color and Biogeochemistry in the Region of Northern Virginia: Implications for Wetland Ecology and Management 

  Schmidt, Stephanie A (2022)

  Soil color patterns are essential to understand hydrologic regime and biogeochemical processes in wetland ecosystems. The Munsell Soil Color Chart (MSCC) has been traditionally and predominantly used to identify and quantify ...
• Using Zero-inflated Regression and the Homophily Principle to Model Migration for Population Projections 

  Morefield, Philip (2022)

  Sub-national population projections have become an essential component of policy relevant environmental assessment research. This dissertation develops 96 unique migration models by combining spatial variables, regression ...
• Geographic Placement Stability of Children in Foster Care 

  Kulbicki, Kathryn Mary (2022)

  Children placed in the foster care system are some of the most vulnerable children due to the abuse and neglect that they experienced that led them to foster care. Once these children enter foster care, they continue to ...
• On Validated Equilibria and Bifurcations in Materials Science and Stochastic Dynamics 

  Rizzi, Peter (2022)

  Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) and their solutions provide a theoretically rich, widely applicable, and analytically challenging subfield of mathematics and physics. In the applied setting, analytical solutions are ...
• Application of Remote Sensing and Google Earth Engine for Agricultural Mapping in South Asia 

  Yu, Zhiqi (2022)

  Agricultural land use is one of the dominant land use types in South Asia (SA). A majority of SA population depends on agriculture for their livelihood. The agricultural activities and food production in SA are tightly ...
• Stratification and Arithmetic Dynamics on Character Varieties 

  Thomas , Cigole (2022)

  If G is a reductive algebraic group over Z, the G-character variety of a finitely presented group F parameterizes the set of closed conjugation orbits in Hom(F,G). The group of automorphisms, Aut(F), acts on the representation ...
• Developing Low-Density Lipoprotein Receptor-Related Protein-1 Agonists as a Therapeutic Strategy in Allergic Inflammatory Diseases 

  Austin, Dana (2022)

  Allergic inflammatory diseases such as atopic dermatitis, eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) and asthma are a consequence of persistent exposure to allergens leading to impaired innate immune mechanisms and dysregulated immune ...
• An Interoperable Framework for Planetary Defense Data Integration and Visualization to Support the Mitigation of Potential Hazardous Asteroids 

  Shams, Ishan Ahmed (2022)

  A large asteroid impact can cause catastrophic environmental effects, as was shown by the Chicxulub impact some 66 million years ago (Pope et al. 1997). In order to protect our planet from future near-Earth objects (NEOs), ...

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