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- Convolutional neural networks have become a staple in computer vision and image processing tasks. The capacity for these networks to perform visual pattern recognition in a data-driven fashion has prompted explosive growth in a myriad of applications. That said, despite their popularity, there are still facets of these networks that...
- Subject:
- Electrical engineering
- Creator:
- Punjabi, Arjun Naresh
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/21/2021
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- etdadmin_upload_739005 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15062
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- Description:
- Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have exceptional properties and are mass-producible at the ton scale as aggregated powders, but their difficulty in processing is a significant barrier to widespread use. Even after decades of research, there still isn’t a solvent for CNTs that is massively available, easily removable, and non-damaging. The need...
- Keyword:
- Cresol and Carbon Nanotube
- Subject:
- Nanoscience
- Creator:
- Chiou, Kevin
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/21/2021
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- etdadmin_upload_742961 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15105
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- Description:
- Transcriptome profiling including whole genome bulk and single cell RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) enables the quantitative study of transcript changes at either tissue or single cell level. With the advancement in next generation sequencing technology, it is now part of routine lab practice. More than other high-throughput technologies, computational algorithms are...
- Keyword:
- single cell RNA-seq, RNA-seq, and Clustering algorithm
- Subject:
- Bioinformatics
- Creator:
- Ren, Ziyou
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/21/2021
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15101 and etdadmin_upload_742881
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- This thesis contains three chapters studying macroeconomics and trade. The chapters are organized into two topics: inflation expectations and perceptions, and the effect of trade intermediation on economic activity. In the first chapter, I investigate whether households are significantly harmed by inaccurate beliefs about inflation. The chapter analyzes two established...
- Keyword:
- Entrepot, Surveys, Inflation Perceptions, Interest Rates, and Savings Behavior
- Subject:
- Economics
- Creator:
- Montag, Hugh
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/21/2021
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15109 and etdadmin_upload_743158
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- Description:
- Uterine leiomyomas (fibroids) are a major source of gynaecologic morbidity in reproductive age women and are characterised by the excessive deposition of a disorganised extracellular matrix, resulting in rigid benign tumours. Clinically, leiomyoma patients usually present with pelvic pain, urinary incontinence, as well as heavy cyclic and non-cyclic bleeding. Curative...
- Subject:
- Molecular biology, Bioinformatics, and Biology
- Creator:
- Moyo, Mthabisi Bongani
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/21/2021
- Date Created:
- 2019-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- etdadmin_upload_723828 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15028
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- Description:
- Across the United States, public school districts are facing critical budget crises. To keep cuts away from the classroom, bus transportation is a common area to look for cost reductions. This thesis studies two fundamental problems that arise in public school transportation: the bus route design problem and the school...
- Subject:
- Operations research
- Creator:
- Zeng, Liwei
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/21/2021
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15120 and etdadmin_upload_743801
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- Description:
- Early-stage oxidation and corrosion mechanisms of CoCrMo and NiCrMo alloys can be analyzed on the nanoscale by transmission electron microscopy. Both alloys are attractive for a broad array of applications such gas turbines and aircraft engine components as they are known for their excellent corrosion resistance and mechanical properties at...
- Keyword:
- CoCrMo, Applied sciences, Electron microscopy, Corrosion, Oxidation, and Tribology
- Subject:
- Materials Science and Engineering
- Creator:
- Lin, Alex Yu-Wei
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/21/2021
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15082 and etdadmin_upload_741813
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- Description:
- The engineering of human reproduction is one of the defining scientific advances of the past century. Methods to specifically engineer the testis have an equally long and rich history, and have experienced significant progress over the past two decades, leading to current-day breakthroughs which are shifting the paradigms by which...
- Keyword:
- testis, model, organoid, reproduction, microenvironment, and explant
- Subject:
- Bioengineering, Biology, and Endocrinology
- Creator:
- Edmonds, Maxwell Ethan
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/21/2021
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- etdadmin_upload_743728 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15119
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- Description:
- The groups that we identify with help to make us who we are. This dissertation investigates the impact of the way that each of us understands those identities, through the newly introduced construct of collective self-concept clarity (Gardner & Garr-Schultz, 2017). Two aspects of collective self-concept clarity are introduced and...
- Keyword:
- intragroup motivation, collective self-concept clarity, authenticity, intergroup bias, well-being, and identity
- Subject:
- Social psychology and Psychology
- Creator:
- Garr-Schultz, Alexandra
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/21/2021
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15100 and etdadmin_upload_742713
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- Description:
- Background: Glioblastoma (GBM) tumors are the most malignant brain cancers and are characterized as Grade IV astrocytomas by the World Health Organization. GBM tumors can be classified into three molecular subtypes known as proneural, classical, and mesenchymal. In addition, GBM tumors also have a small population of cells known as...
- Keyword:
- LY6K, Methylation, Glioblastoma, ERK1/2, and CAV-1
- Subject:
- Molecular biology, Oncology, and Neurosciences
- Creator:
- Sastry, Namratha G
- Owner:
- Scholarly Digital Publishing
- Language:
- en
- Date Uploaded:
- 01/21/2021
- Date Created:
- 2020-01-01
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Alternate Identifier:
- etdadmin_upload_733180 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:15049