The secondary visual pathway, from the retina through the superior colliculus and pulvinar nucleus has been linked to spatial attention (Snow et aI., 2009; Arend et aI., 2008) movement planning and motor response to visual stimuli (Wilke et aI....
Energy independence requires that the nation reduce its dependence on foreign oil imports. This can be achieved through electrification of transportation vehicles if proper battery technology can be developed. In addition, the renewable energy...
The following thesis examines the relationship between site geology and ground motion amplification for medium sized earthquake events in the Ohio Valley area. This thesis also includes a Rapid Screening Guide that can be used to estimate...
This dissertation addresses two different problems: 1) coronal loop detection from solar images: and 2) salient contour group extraction from cluttered images. In the first part, we propose two different solutions to the coronal loop detection...
Nanostructured materials; Nanotubes; Nanoparticles; Drug delivery systems; Diagnostic Imaging
Nanomaterials have many intriguing applications in biology and medicine. Unique properties such as enhanced electrical properties, increased chemical reactivity and resistance to degradation, novel optical properties and comparable size to that of...
Understanding of the band structure of the new nano materials is essential to have a deeper insight into their optical and electrical properties. Along with the existing techniques used for characterization of nano-materials, it is also important...
This thesis is based on work done as part of a bigger project supported by Naval Research Laboratories (NRL). A MOSIS fabricated micro hotplate is simulated using the CAD software CoventorWare. There are three different sized hotplates in one die;...
Public housing--Kentucky--Newport; Urban renewal--Kentucky--Newport; Newport (Ky.)--Economic conditions
This dissertation examines the outcomes of the Housing Opportunities for People Everywhere (HOPE VI) program in one American city, Newport, Kentucky. HOPE VI also improved the quality of life and satisfaction of former public housing residents who...
Trucking--Management; Freight and freightage--Cost control; Freight and freightage--Planning
Freight imbalance is a problem that negatively affects drivers and carriers within the truckload trucking industry. One result of this problem is that the industry experiences high annual driver turnover, exceeding 130% annually. The turnover can...
Outside a wooden house with one and two story sections, a horse and buggy is parked and another horse grazes beside a tree. A woman and two children or--possibly--seated adults sit on the porch, and a man leans on the outside of a four board fence...
Racetracks (Horse racing); Keeneland Association (Lexington, Ky.); Buildings; Building construction
Buildings nearing completion for 1936 opening, Keeneland Association, Lexington Kentucky. Buildings with one to three-story sections of different sized stone and dark windows. The buildings have two layered tops like the tops of castles. The...
Racetracks (Horse racing); Keeneland Association (Lexington, Ky.); Buildings; Building construction
Buildings nearing completion for 1936 opening, Keeneland Association, Lexington, Kentucky. A three-story section of the buildings, from the left side. The buildings are of different sized stone and dark windows, and have two layered tops like the...
Racetracks (Horse racing); Keeneland Association (Lexington, Ky.); Buildings; Building construction
Buildings nearing completion for 1936 opening, Keeneland Association, Lexington, Kentucky. Panoramic photograph of two to three-story buildings of different sized stone and dark windows. At the sides the buildings have two layered tops like the...
Buildings; Public accommodation facilities; Hotels; Brown Hotel (Louisville, Ky.); Parlors
Parlor, The Brown Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky. Medium sized room with white walls and worn area rug. Two windows with floral drapes on rods, the inner drapes drawn. Secretary with glassed in bookshelf; desk chair; sofa; armchair; and three small...
Laborers; Quarrying; Rocks; United States. Works Progress Administration
Loading rock at Wolfe County, Kentucky. Seven young men in overalls or jeans and white shirts surround a wheelbarrow and bend to hit rocks with mallets. The rocks are fist sized and light in color. The men are surrounded by a wall of dark boulders.
Snow-covered tree at Cherokee Park in Louisville, Kentucky. Circular photograph of large snow-covered tree with branches expanding in a circle. This tree is flanked by two medium sized similar trees. Spaced between the trees are three small pine...
