Many dedicated-use computer systems sold as complete products require a turn-key design delivered to the customer. This requires a system which is stable, secure, and serviceable. Adaptability of the system to existing software applications is a...
Most of the structures in submillimeter-scale engineering are created from thin films, making them essentially two-dimensional (2D). Significant work has been done to fabricate 3D structures using self-folding, a deterministic form of...
Phenomenology and art; Art--Philosophy; Philosophy of mind; Husserl, Edmund, 1859-1938; Merleau-Ponty, Maurice, 1908-1961
This dissertation presents the philosophical concepts of Edmund Husserl on phenomenology and image-consciousness and explores the phenomenological project of Maurice Merleau-Ponty as I have sought to render them in my creative artwork. By building...
Green tea--Health aspects; Green tea--Therapeutic use; Polyphenols--Physiological effect; Drug delivery systems; Lungs--Cancer--Treatment
Green tea polyphenols (GTPs) are gaining increasing attention because of their potential anti-tumor effects. However, poor oral bioavailability limits their efficacy in vivo. In this dissertation, two hypotheses were tested: 1) GTPs administered...
Educational tests and measurements--Kentucky; Educational accountability--Kentucky; School improvement programs--Kentucky
High-stakes accountability, standards for improvement, global perspectives, and social considerations are re-defining the educational process. These powerful forces shake foundations and traditions, restructure organizational expectations, and...
Teaching--Methodology; Universities and colleges--Faculty--Attitudes
Conceptions of teaching and learning held by faculty in higher education broadly reflect two dominant approaches, those that are teacher-focused and content oriented, and those that are student-focused and learner oriented (Entwistle, Skinner,...
Cortical and tectal inputs to the caudal LPN in the rat were examined using anatomical and physiological techniques. Pyramidal cells in layer 6 of the visual cortex and wide-field vertical cells in the stratum opticum of the superior colliculus...
Musical pitch--Data processing; Sound--Recording and reproducing--Digital techniques
Many mathematical formulas and algorithms exist to identify pitches formed by human voices, and this has continued to be popular in the fields of music and signal pro-cessing. Other systems and research perform real time pitch identification...
Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805. Über die ästhetische Erziehung des Menschen in einer Reihe von Briefen; Schiller, Friedrich, 1759-1805--Philosophy; Play (Philosophy)
Friedrich Schiller's psychological theory of play, his hypothesis about human nature, is embedded in the Aesthetic Letters . Its trans-historical value owes much to the committed interest in life in the late Enlightenment, and the theory itself is...
Marconi, Guglielmo, marchese, 1874-1937; Radio broadcasting--Social aspects
This dissertation is a rhetorical analysis of Guglielmo Marconi's wireless. Texts surrounding the invention reveal intersections between technology and society and communicate information about the wireless through tropes of progress. The wireless...
The goal of this study was to investigate the relationships between school climate, school culture, teacher efficacy, collective efficacy, teacher job satisfaction and intent to turnover in the context of year-round education (YRE) calendars. The...
Hotels; Cobblestone streets; Street railroad tracks; Automobiles; Street lights; Buildings; Transportation
Address: 516 W. Jefferson Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Willard Hotel is shown facing a cobblestone road with trolley rails embedded in it. Street lamps with globed lanterns flank the entrance which is ornamented with three arches that extend up...
Rails are embedded in a cobblestone road alongside the Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio Freight building. A multi-car train is parked in front of the building. One of the cars is marked "N.Y.C. & H.R." while another says,...
Schools; St. Xavier High School (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; Domes; Fences; Buildings
Address: 118 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. St. Xavier's College, a Catholic High School for Boys, is housed in a building made of stone and brick and including a raised basement, three stories, and a dome with a cross on it. Stone steps lead...
Schools; St. Xavier High School (Louisville, Ky.); Educational facilities; Domes; Fences; Churches; Religious facilities; Steeples; Street railroad tracks; Buildings
Address: 118 W. Broadway, Louisville, Kentucky. St. Xavier's College, a Catholic High School for Boys, is housed in a building made of stone and brick and including a raised basement, three stories, and a dome with a cross on it. Stone steps lead...
Jefferson County Jail (Louisville, Ky.); Automobiles; Street railroad tracks; Buildings; Detention facilities; Jails
Address: 540 W. Liberty, Louisville, Kentucky. At the corner of Armory Place and Liberty Street is the Jefferson County Jail. The stone and brick building includes a raised basement plus three stories topped by two hexagonal towers with lightning...
Address: 945 S. Floyd Street, Louisville, Kentucky. Located at the corner of Floyd and Campbell Streets sits the garage of the Studebaker Sales Company of Kentucky. An emblem with a wheel and the word "Studebaker" is embedded into the...
A stone and brick house is pictured at an angle. The front of the building has an A-line design on the left side which is repeated in a truncated A-line for the entryway. This section is made of stone while the rest of the building is brick. The...
Wood and rope fences line a stretch of road approximately one half mile from Middletown, Kentucky. Utility lines and bushes are on the edges of the road as is an automobile. The road goes over a bridge with stone or concrete railings. A plaque is...
