Congenital stationary night blindness 1 (CSNBl) is a genetic disorder characterized in humans by night blindness, low visual acuity and myopia. CSNB 1 is caused by defects in genes that are involved in signaling between photoreceptors and...
Rising environmental concerns due to our rising population ad energy demand along with our excessive dependence on fossil fuels has created an urgent need to find clean, renewable and carbon free source of energy. Photoelectrochemical (PEC) water...
Visual learning; Animated films--Japan; Motion pictures in education; Audio-visual education
Our contemporary culture is laden with a glut of visual stimuli: advertising, packaging, television, film, the internet, digital-camera-wireless-web-access-mobile-phones. In a world filled with visually rhetorical media, it is imperative that the...
Computers and music have shared a rich history since the 1950s. Many languages and standards have been built around music. Yet even before the advent of the computer, music shared algorithmic ideas with mathematics which brought about many new...
Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818--Criticism and interpretation; Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818. The monk
When Ambrosio in Matthew Lewis's 1796 gothic masterpiece, The Monk , signs a contract relegating his soul to Satan and eternal damnation, he has reached the culmination of 442 pages of mental anguish, of his self wrestling with his conscience to...
Mixed media textiles--Kentucky--Louisville--Exhibitions; Mixed media painting--Kentucky--Louisville--Exhibitions
My work focuses on repurposing historic images and feminine objects to create a contemporary dialogue about the traditions of courtship, marriage and divorce. The use of textiles and feminine objects such as doilies, lace, slips and wallpaper serve...
Swarm Intelligence (SI) techniques were inspired by bee swarms, ant colonies, and most
recently, bird flocks. Flock-based Swarm Intelligence (FSI) has several unique features, namely
decentralized control, collaborative learning, high exploration...
This work examines our perception of distance within "action space" (about 2m ~ 30m), an ability that is important for various actions. Two general problems are addressed: what information can be used to judge distance accurately and how...
Neurosphere forming cells (NSFCs) have been derived from cultures of adult olfactory neuroepithelium obtained from patients and cadavers in serum rich medium. These neural progenitors remain undifferentiated when maintained in serum rich medium but...
Women's United Soccer Association; Women soccer players--History; Soccer for women; Professional sports
The purpose of this study is to examine the creation and demise of the WUSA, and to establish the league as a social movement organization (SMO) within the context of the rich body of social movement literature. In explaining the rise and fall of...
Recent advances in high throughput methodologies offer researchers the ability to understand complex systems via high dimensional and multi-relational data. One example is the realm of molecular biology where disparate data (such as gene sequence,...
Information technology--Study and teaching (Secondary); College preparation programs; Academic achievement
Career and Technical Education (CTE) has a long and rich history of achievement
among diverse populations. Two recent events have added to the complexity of CTE.
First, the accountability movement forces traditional programs to show growth...
The revolution in information technology and the explosion in the use of computing devices in people's everyday activities has forever changed the perspective of the data mining and machine learning fields. The enormous amounts of easily...
Middle school education--Case studies; Academic achievement--Kentucky; Home and school--Kentucky
This dissertation is a case study of 109 students and their parents from a small rural, middle school community in Western Kentucky. It seeks to determine the interrelationships between conservative Protestant Parent Values (Parent Rural Values and...
Louisville Medical College; Medical students; Teachers
Louisville Medical College 1891 - 1892. Composite photograph for Louisville Medical College in Louisville, Kentucky, of faculty and part of the graduating students in the medical school class of 1891-1892. Horseshoe-shaped grouping of individual...
Louisville College of Dentistry; Dental students; Women dental students; Teachers
Louisville College of Dentistry 1915 - Composite photograph of faculty and students in the dental school class of 1915 and faculty at Louisville College of Dentistry. Seven rows of oval individual photographs of men in formal suits. Two...
Fraternities & sororities; Meetings; Students; Student unions; University of Louisville--Buildings; Miller Information Technology Building (Louisville, Ky.)
View of the officers of Gamma Beta Phi prior to conducting a meeting in University Center on January 7, 1969. Gamma Beta Phi Meeting in the University Center on January 7, 1969. People: L to R: Donna Jo Willett; Fred Geswein; Jim Rich (Pres); Anne...
Buildings; University of Louisville--Buildings; Grawemeyer Hall (Louisville, Ky.); Choirs (Music); Fraternities & sororities
View looking northeast as Nu Sigma Chi Fraternity competes in the 1968 Fryberger Sing on the steps of Grawemeyer Hall - May 16, 1968. People: Jeff Woodward; Randy Stover; Bill Selvedge; Roger Newton; Gordon Buie; Bill Applegate; Richard Moore;...
Events; Fraternities & sororities; University of Louisville--Sports; University of Louisville--Football; Students
Nu Sigma Chi members holding a banner reading ""Nu Sigma Chi says: Hats off to you Cardinals"" at the pep rally for the University of Louisville homecoming game versus Kent State (November 1, 1968). People: Jim Rich.
