This dissertation presents an analytical investigation that examined the seismic performance of steel stud backed and Concrete Masonry Units (CMU) backed masonry veneer wall systems, under in and out - of - plane loads, in medium rise building...
Optimal trajectory generation is an essential part for robotic explorers to execute the total exploration of deep oceans or outer space planets while curiosity of human and technology advancements of society both require robots to search for...
Three-dimensional imaging in medicine; Lungs--Cancer--Diagnosis
Many lung diseases or injuries can cause biomechanical or material property changes that can alter
lung function. While the mechanical changes associated with the change of the material properties
originate at a regional level, they remain largely...
Corner of Jefferson and Fourth Street in Louisville, Kentucky; Liberty Inn restaurant has entrances on both streets with Stevens' Hat Works between. People in motion on sidewalk and crossing street. Title supplied by cataloger.
Storefronts; Streets; Carts & wagons; Awnings; People
Street scene in Kansas City, Missouri. There are many horse-drawn carts in the crowded streets, some apparently "parked" and others in motion. People stand by carts and walk about the street. Several colorful umbrellas can be seen by the...
Herbig Ae stars are young stars usually surrounded by gas and dust in the form of a disk and are thought to evolve into planetary systems similar to our own. We present a multi-wavelength examination of the disk and environment of the Herbig Ae...
Determining the mechanical properties of the spine is a significant step in understanding the behavior of the spine under normal conditions. Although a limited amount of data for cyclic loading is currently available, the tests are not completely...
Spinal cord--Wounds and injuries; Stretch (Physiology)
An increasing amount of healthcare resources is used for the treatment and prevention of contractures in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI), with stretch and passive movements remaining the most prominent intervention methods. The results of...
A dirt road meets a paved road. A few men stand with horses at the intersection where railroad tracks also pass by. Houses line the dirt road. A wagon or other vehicle is in motion on the paved street. Title supplied by cataloger.
Portraits; Portrait photographs; Men; Business people
Portrait of Charles N. Koch wearing a bow tie and jacket, his hair parted down the middle. Crop marks outline his image, and the photograph is missing corners and marred with discolorations and age. Handwritten on front of image: Cusick....
Full-length character portrait of writer Irvin S. Cobb standing before a backdrop of a forest, wearing a fedora and overcoat with combat boots, and holding a cigar. Born June 23, 1876 in Paducah, Kentucky, Cobb gave "an illustrated lecture on...
Performance art; Video recording; Motion pictures; Film stills; Myths; Fairy tales; Allusions; Artificial limbs; Artists; Women; Hairstyles; Posing; Interiors; Rooms & spaces; Architectural elements; Walls; Windows
Film still from recorded performance. "Rebecca Horn's early performances involved her strapping surreal prostheses to her body or wearing elaborate costumes. The allusions to fairy tale and myth were unmistakable but rarely specific. Since...
"During the 1960s Rauschenberg, like many other artists, increasingly used silkscreen transfers to create a kaleidoscope of images deriving from the daily press and motion pictures even more than from the example of the Dadaists (plate...
A two-story brick building with white-clad girls and women sitting in or leaning from a few of its open windows. The building, at which hosiery is produced, emits dark smoke from its chimney. Two white ducks stand at the edge of the dirt sidewalk...
A man in glasses and shirt sleeves establishes 'Scene A', set in a drawing room. Another man, in jacket and bow tie, primps. This filmstrip, evidently part of a motion picture, has been identified only as "Lillian Kemble, Will Rising's wife;...
This dissertation is concerned with investigating robust approaches for the control of pneumatic muscle systems. Pneumatic muscle is a novel type of actuator. Besides having a high ratio of power to weight and flexible control of movement, it also...
Ligaments--Wounds and injuries; Knee--Wounds and injuries; Women athletes--Wounds and injuries
Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries are among the most common injuries incurred by both recreational and professional athletes. ACL injuries often occur during popular contact sports like basketball, football, volleyball and baseball, and...
Image processing; Computer vision; Pattern recognition systems
Image segmentation is one of the most important problems in image processing, object recognition, computer vision, medical imaging, etc. In general, the objective of the segmentation is to partition the image into the meaningful areas using the...
Estimating and analysis of deformation, either rigid or non-rigid, is an active area of research in various medical imaging and computer vision applications. Its importance stems from the inherent inter- and intra-variability in biological and...
Heart--Diseases--Diagnosis; Diagnostic imaging; Magnetic resonance imaging; Imaging systems in medicine
Many cardiac diseases, such as myocardial ischemia, secondary to coronary artery disease, may be identified and localized through the analysis of cardiac deformations. Early efforts for quantifying ventricular wall motion used surgical implantation...
