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- Patient classification from fMRI brain activation patterns.
- Brain -- Magnetic resonance imaging. ; Brain mapping. Brain -- Localization of functions. ; Diagnostic imaging. ; Pattern perception. ; Patients -- Classification. ; Alzheimer's disease -- Diagnosis. ; Schizophrenia -- Diagnosis. ; Brain damage --...
- Earlier work has suggested that various neurological or neuropsychiatric disorders may result in characteristic spatial patterns in brain activation, potentially allowing their detection from maps of brain activity under different conditions....
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- On-line metasearch, pooling and system evaluation.
- Information retrieval -- Mathematical models. ; Electronic information resource searching. ; Computer algorithms. ; Decision making -- Data processing. ; Mathematical optimization.
- This thesis presents a unified method for simultaneous solution of three problems in Information Retrieval--metasearch (the fusion of ranked lists returned by retrieval systems to elicit improved performance), efficient system evaluation (the...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Automatic spectral classification.
- Stars -- Spectra -- Classification. Stars -- Open clusters.
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- Examining relationships between health beliefs and medical decisions in the context of medical uncertainty.
- Medical care -- Decision making. Health attitudes. Prostate -- Cancer -- Treatment -- Decision making. Prostate -- Cancer -- Patients -- Attitudes. Uncertainty. Video recording in medicine.
- This dissertation used two studies to evaluate the appropriateness of a theoretical model exploring the relationships between screening/treatment beliefs and intending to be screened or treated for prostate cancer (P-CA). Study One examined...
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- Sampling for complexity in rendering / by Jiawei Ou.
- As the visual effect and movie industries are striving for realism and high fidelity images, physically based lighting, global illumination, realistic materials, and highly tessellated geometry are gradually accepted and used in movie and game...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- A framework of computational opinions / by Fei Yu.
- We have a limited understanding of how an opinion is originated, how an opinion and information supporting and explaining it gets conveyed, and how the communicated opinion is perceived and processed by others. One direction of current research...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Utilization and health outcomes in a spatial model of the US health care system / by Laura C. Yasaitis.
- Objectives: This dissertation comprises three essays on geographic variations in healthcare, and the association between utilization and health outcomes. I first explore associations between outpatient visits and Medicare beneficiaries'...
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- Analysis of zooplankton dynamics: case studies of temporal succession controlled by the predator, Asplancha, and of diel cycles in Keratella.
- Freshwater zooplankton. Predation (Biology).
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Oxidative demethylation at C-4 of steroids.
- Methylation. Hydroxylation. Steroids.
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- Spectroscopic analyses of type Ia supernovae / by Jerod Parrent.
- After decades of searching we have yet to find the progenitor systems for type Ia supernovae. In fact most of what we know about this homogeneous class of supernovae is from spectral features associated with the incinerated remains of the C+O white...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Access control in and for the real world / by Sara Sinclair.
- Access control is a core component of any information-security strategy. Researchers have spent tremendous energy over the past forty years defining abstract access-control models and proving various properties about them. However, surprisingly...
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- Determining anthropogenic and natural controls on the global mercury cycle using lake sediment and ice cores ; by Samuel Adams Beal Jr.
- While anthropogenic emissions of the toxic element mercury (Hg) to the atmosphere are currently rising, major uncertainties remain in determining the relative impacts of anthropogenic activity and natural processes on the global Hg cycle. In this...
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- In vivo degradation in modern orthopaedic UHMWPE bearings and structural characterization of a novel alternative UHMWPE material / by Steven D. Reinitz.
- Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) remains the most common bearing material for total joint arthroplasty. Advances in radiation cross-linking and other post-consolidation treatments have led to a rapid differentiation of polyethylene...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Opinion dynamics in social networks / by Qi Gu.
- Opinion dynamics is a complex procedure that entails a cognitive process when it deals with how a person integrates influential opinions to form revised opinion. Early research on opinion formation and social influence can be traced back to the...
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- Quantifying optical tomography methods for biomolecular sensing / by Jennifer-Lynn H. Demers.
- Diffuse optical imaging techniques can be combined with standard imaging technologies such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging to allow measurement of spectroscopic signals pertaining to the molecular components of...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Secure collaboration in an open environment.
- Internet -- Security measures. Public key infrastructure (Computer security). Digital signatures. Peer-to-peer architecture (Computer networks) -- Security measures.
- The Internet has become a virtual place where people not only operate in isolation but also interact with other Internet users. Collaborative systems are becoming more popular. Applications now being introduced could provide better remote education...
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- Ground and space observations of medium frequency auroral radio emissions / by Matthew C. Broughton.
- The auroral zone is a rich source of natural radio emissions that can be observed in space and at ground-level. By studying these waves, scientists can gain insight into the plasma processes that generate them and use the near-Earth space...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Sexual selection and sexual conflict in Anolis lizards : from molecules to populations / by M. Catherine Duryea.
- Sexual selection is a driver of biodiversity and creates spectacular forms of variation. However, only recently have we begun to understand how this variation operates on the postcopulatory level and how cryptic mechanisms affect male-male...
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- Shared decision making for people with severe mental illness.
- Mentally ill -- Care -- Decision making. Mental illness -- Treatment -- Decision making. Mental health services -- Decision making. Mental health -- Information services. Medical informatics. Mental Disorders -- drug therapy.
- Objective. We explored preferences and perceptions about treatment decision-making roles among persons with severe mental illness and evaluated two computer-based medication values clarification tools. Methods. In this study we conducted a pilot...
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- Learning, retention and transfer in backward masking.
- Masking (Psychology). Memory. Learning.
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- The role of attributions, affect, and expectancies in effort.
- Motivation (Psychology). Attribution (Social psychology). Affect (Psychology). Expectation (Psychology).
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- Characterization of short latency respiratory-related evoked potentials (RREPs) recorded using a noncephalic reference.
- Respiration -- Regulation. Respiratory organs -- Physiology. Neurophysiology.
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- Dendritic cell Fcγ receptor expression and function
- Fc receptors. Dendritic cells. Immune recognition.
- Three types of Fc receptors for IgG, FcyRI (CD64), FcyRII (CD32), and FcyRIII (CD 16) are expressed differentially on blood leukocytes. In particular, CD64 and CD32 are constitutively expressed on mononuclear phagocytes of the human myeloid system....
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- Implementation, characterization, and applications of a scanning Kelvin probe force microscope.
- Scanning force microscopy. Scanning electron microscopes -- Design and construction. Semiconductors -- Analysis.
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- A frequency analysis of the tidal volume controller in CO2 regulation in decerebrate cats with peripheral denervations.
- Respiration. Carbon dioxide in the body.
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- Investigation of dynamic sea ice processes in the Weddell Sea during 1992.
- Sea ice -- Antarctica -- Weddell Sea.
- Through a series of case studies, signal processing and statistical tools, analyses of dynamic sea ice processes of drift, deformation, and ice pack expansion and decay are investigated for the Weddell Sea region during 1992. Cavitating fluid (CAV)...
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- Investigation of the reactivity of nitrogen substituted oxyallyl cations.
- Nitrogen compounds. Allyl compounds.
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- Kinetic characterization of metabolism and antibody production of a hybridoma cell line in high density homogeneous perfusion culture.
- Hybridomas -- Metabolism. Hybridomas -- Growth. Cultures (Biology).
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- Spectroscopic and magnetic studies of jack bean urease: pH and buffer effects on the Ni(II) coordination.
- Urease. Urease -- Magnetic properties. Nickel. Hydrolysis. Canavalia ensiformis.
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- Helicon measurements in metals.
- Electromagnetic loaves. Metals.
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- The adaptation of a potential function controller for control of a dynamic multi-robot system.
- Robots -- Control systems -- Design and construction. Mobile robots. Robots -- Dynamics.
- This thesis examines the issues of vehicle and information dynamics in the control of a multi-robot system using a radial-basis potential function controller. Distributed control of multi-robot systems requires each robot to communicate state...
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- The chronology and stratigraphic evolution of the Kashmir and Peshawar intermontane basins, northwestern Himalaya.
- Geology, Stratigraphic. Geology -- India -- Kashmir Vale of. Geology -- Pakistan -- Peshawar.
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- Semantic integration in sentence memory
- Memory. Semantics. Recognition (Psychology)
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- Bottom-up effects of nutrient enrichment on plants, pollinators, and their interactions.
- Meadow ecology -- Colorado. Angiosperms -- Nutrition. Angiosperms -- Pollination. Plants -- Effect of nitrogen on. Insect pollinators -- Ecology -- Colorado. Mountain plants -- Ecology -- Colorado. Bees -- Ecology -- Colorado. Bees -- Nutrition --...
- Nutrients play fundamental roles in biological systems, affecting plant growth and quality, community structure, and species interactions. Although the effects of nutrients on primary and secondary production have been well documented, their...
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- The effects of social and health consequences on the drinking cognitions and behavior of young people /
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- Settling for limited privacy: how much does it help?
- Computer security. ; Computer networks -- Security measures. ; Internet -- Security measures. ; Cache memory. ; Electronic voting. ; Information retrieval.
- This thesis explores practical and theoretical aspects of several privacy-providing technologies, including tools for anonymous web-browsing, verifiable electronic voting schemes, and private information retrieval from databases. State-of-art...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Facial expressions and identity as social cues for biologically relevant learning
- Facial expression.; Threat (Psychology) ; Amygdaloid body -- Psychophysiology. ; Learning Psychology of. ; Memory. ; Attention.
- The experiments comprising this thesis aimed to characterize the neural and behavioral correlates of learning about and responding to the predictive information conveyed by social cues. Facial expressions are cues that convey critical information...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Microwave tomographic imaging using dielectric contrast in temperature and tissue content
- Breast -- Cancer -- Tomography. ; Breast -- Cancer -- Imaging. ; Microwave imaging in medicine. ; Breast -- Electric properties. ; Breast Neoplasms -- diagnosis. ; Diagnostic Imaging -- methods.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Teaching diverse orthopaedic patient populations about deliberative decision making skills : testing a design strategy for online patients' decision aids
- Clinical medicine -- Decision making. ; Medical informatics. ; Patient participation. ; Osteoarthritis -- Treatment. ; Knee -- Diseases -- Treatment. ; Decision Making. ; Decision Support Techniques.
- Problem Statement. Effective patients' decision aids (PtDAs) help patients understand clinical information and reduce decisional conflict. PtDAs that also explicitly provide guidance through four """"Deliberative Steps"""" may achieve additional...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- A model for eclipsing cataclysmic variables.
- Cataclysmic variable stars. ; Eclipsing binaries.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Theory of surface impedance resonances in superconductors.
- Superconductors.
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- The optical spectrum of SCO X-1
- Stars -- Spectra
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- Electrostatic waves in an inhomogeneous plasma.
- Plasma waves.
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- Structural and compositional aspects of low-grade metamorphic chlorite.
- Chlorites. Metamorphism (Geology). ; Clay -- Analysis -- Maine. ; Clay -- Analysis -- Pennsylvania.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Synthesis and kinetic studies of a .delta.4-3-ketosteroid isomerase model.
- Isomerases. Enzymes. ; Steroids.
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The role of government in encouraging the market penetration of newly-emerging energy technologies: a parabolic trough case study.
- Solar energy industries -- United States.; Solar collectors -- United States. ; Subsidies -- United States.
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- Assessing communication skills in medical education: development of the patient video interview.
- Medicine -- Study and teaching -- Audio-visual aids. ; Communication -- Audio-visual aids. ; Medical history taking. ; Physician and patient. ; Psychometrics.
- The Patient Video Interview (PVI) is an instrument designed to assess communication skills in medical education that overcomes some of the drawbacks of other assessment methods. Three studies were conducted to: (a) determine a measurement system...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- microRNA in Porifera : evolution of a molecular mechanism in sponges / by Jeffrey Robinson
- Sponges are a historically ambiguous taxon, often considered primitively simple representatives of early Metazoa, living fossils from the era before the complex morphological features of the bilaterian phyla appeared in the Cambrian. Yet recent...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- The sturucture and function of brain networks underlying self-evaluation / by Robert S. Chavez
- Humans have a seemingly unique capacity to reflect upon information about the self to form evaluative attitudes that influence their quality of life and predict mental health outcomes. While psychologists have devoted decades of research to the...
- Dartmouth Dissertations
- Biological significance of VIVID photocycle length and the control of gene expression by the Neurospora clock / by Arko Dasgupta
- Sensing light from the environment using photoreceptors is of great adaptive significance to eukaryotes. A prominent feature of the photochemistry of these receptors is the photocycle length, the time taken to decay from the initial signaling light...
- Dartmouth Dissertations

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