PTSD is a moderately heritable disorder that causes intense and chronic suffering in many afflicted individuals. The pathogenesis of PTSD is not well understood, and genetic mechanisms are particularly elusive. Neurotransmitter ...

The Generalized Unsafety Theory of Stress proposes that physiological markers of generalized stress impair learning of safe cues in stressful environments. Based on this model, chronic problems inhibiting physiological ...

In this dissertation, we study multi-robot coordination in the context of multi-target tracking. Specifically, we are interested in the coordination achieved by means of submodular function optimization. Submodularity ...

The ability of cells within the adaptive immune system to develop into specialized subsets allow for a robust and tailored immune response in the advent of an infection or injury. Here, CD4+ T-cells are a crucial component ...

The objective of this study was to describe the perceptions of the support and professional development activities for and needed by novice school administrators (NSAs) in southwestern Virginia. A qualitative methods ...

Organizations in the private and public sector provide employee training for different reasons and cover a variety of subject and skill areas. In some cases, training is provided without implementing the complete instructional ...

This dissertation presents an approach to reconstruct degenerate near-planar road surface in three-dimensional (3D) while automatically detect road defects. Three techniques are developed in this dissertation to establish ...

Energy efficient appliances and devices are becoming increasingly necessary as emissions from electricity production continue to increase the severity of global warming. Many of such appliances have not been substantially ...

According to Fossati and Guzdail, many CS instructors rely on their intuition, feedback from students and anecdotal advice from other instructors to make course improvements. Guzdail noted that: "Computing educators' ...

In an increasingly globalized world and with rapid advancement in technology, there is a need to grapple more intently with social implications of engineering and technology. In the engineering community, these trends ...