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Title: The electrostatic precipitation of soaps from oils
Creator: Dowse, G. M., Brueckner, M. O.
Date: 2009, 1921
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/electrostaticpre00dows
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology; Bibliography: leaves 23-24

Title: The electrification project of the Chicago surburban service of the Chicago Burlington & Quincy R. R.
Creator: Stadeker, Gilbert I, Downton, Percival A
Date: 1909
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology; Bibliography: leaves 50-54

Title: Electrolytic survey of loop district in Chicago and electrolysis of water mains
Creator: Buehler, M. A., Jacobson, J. H.
Date: 2009, 1908
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/electrolyticsurv00bueh
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Electro magnets as applied to motor control
Creator: Whitmore, Ray, Whitmore, Robert W.
Date: 2009, 1917
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/electromagnetsas00whit
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Electrification work of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railway from Harlowtown, Montana to Avery, Idaho
Creator: Curtis, Marston
Date: 2009, 1916
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/electrificationw00curt
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology, 1916 B.S. in Electrical Engineering, 1916

Title: Electrolytic deposition of copper from matte
Creator: Wiard, W. H., Smith, H. C.
Date: 2009, 1909
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/electrolyticdepo00wiar
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: IMPACT OF HUMOR STYLES ON PREDICTING ATTITUDINAL CHANGE IN A HUMOR BASED ANTI- STIGMA INTERVENTION
Creator: Konadu, Fokuo J.
Date: 2014, 2014-05
Description: Research has shown public stigma to be a large barrier in mental health recovery. Humor based intervention programs have been found to be an...
Show moreResearch has shown public stigma to be a large barrier in mental health recovery. Humor based intervention programs have been found to be an effective tool in reducing stigmatizing attitudes towards minority social groups and increasing positive attitudes towards controversial social topics. Using 131 participants, this study investigated the role of positive (affiliative and self-enhancing) and negative (aggressive and selfdefeating) humor styles in predicting post-intervention attitudinal change for a humor based anti-mental health stigma program. Participants completed humor styles, affirming and stigmatizing attitudes measures. Then as the intervention they watched a mental health related standup comedy routine. Stigma and affirming attitudes measures were repeated post-intervention. There was a significant inverse relationship found between individuals who enjoy affiliative (reduce intra-interpersonal tension by making others laugh) , self-enhancing (to help one cope) and self-defeating (excessively belittle of oneself) humor styles and stigmatizing attitudes. However, results indicate participant humor styles were not significant predictors of post intervention stigma and affirming attitudes scores. These findings advocate for the consideration of person-level factors in creating humor based intervention programs. Humor based intervention programs may need to be targeted towards specific types ofhumor styles in order to impact participant attitudes post intervention.
M.S. in Psychology, May 2014
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Title: COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT, DEPRESSION, AND INFLAMMATION IN OLDER HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS
Creator: Fong, Wing Man
Date: 2015, 2015-07
Description: Cancer is a common disease that increases in prevalence with age; it predominantly affects individuals over the age of 55. Cancer can be...
Show moreCancer is a common disease that increases in prevalence with age; it predominantly affects individuals over the age of 55. Cancer can be associated with a number of health complications due to the disease itself and/or its treatments such as higher risk of infection, anemia, fatigue, and cognitive dysfunction. Risks of developing these complications increase with age. Despite the increased vulnerability among older individuals, the existing literature and clinical trials show a disproportionately low enrollment rate for this population. This study aimed to provide to a mechanism-based understanding of cognitive impairment in older patients with hematologic malignancy who were scheduled to undergo hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Emerging evidence suggests that a significant portion of older persons with cancer demonstrate cognitive impairment prior to HSCT, and that cognitive deficits prior to HSCT are related to post-transplant complications. Hence, the goals of the study were to characterize cognitive impairment in older cancer patients prior to HSCT, and to examine the relations between cognitive impairment, depression, and inflammation. Sixty-one patients with hematologic malignancy participated in the current study and were administered a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment. Results showed that 50% of the sample was impaired on verbal memory. Correlation analyses revealed a significant association between depression and attention, with inflammation found to be a non-significant mediator. Possible alternative explanations with implications for future research and limitations of the study were discussed.
Ph.D. in Psychology, July 2015
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Title: Flow of heat through pipe covering
Creator: Schwartz, Frank H., Zemke, Arthur W.
Date: 2009, 1920
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/flowofheatthroug00schw
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: A PILOT STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFICACY OF A MENTOR BASED ANTI- STIGMA MENTAL HEALTH CURRICULUM FOR BACCALAUREATE NURSING STUDENTS
Creator: Fokuo, Joyce Konadu Mansah
Date: 2017, 2017-07
Description: Stigma towards people with mental illness by healthcare providers results in disparities in help-seeking, treatment, and quality of care....
Show moreStigma towards people with mental illness by healthcare providers results in disparities in help-seeking, treatment, and quality of care. Within the health care system, professionals such as nurses and nursing students endorse negative stereotypes about people with mental illness. Using 23 nursing students this pilot study evaluated the efficacy and feasibility of a five-week manualized consumer-led mentorship program as a supplement to a mental health theory and clinical curriculum for baccalaureate nursing students. Participants completed measures on intended personal and professional behaviors, stigmatizing attitudes and affirming attitudes measures pre-intervention, post-intervention and at one-month follow-up. Feasibility measures were also completed by students, mentors and faculty members’ post-intervention. Results suggest a significant decrease in stigmatizing attitudes post intervention. The effect was maintained at one-month follow-up. There was also a significant decreased in affirming attitudes post intervention. This effect was unexpected and not maintained at one-month follow-up. Affirming attitudes significantly increased at one-month follow-up. There was no statistically significant change in intended personal and professional behaviors. Program feasibility was high for face-to-face meeting and participants were overall satisfied with the integration of the supplemental program. These findings suggest that a consumer-led mentoring program can effectively reduce mental health stigma within student nursing populations.
Ph.D. in Psychology, July 2017
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Title: AN OVERVIEW OF THE APPLICATION OF FIBER REINFORCED POLYMER COMPOSITES IN STRUCTURAL REHABILITATION
Creator: Elhassan Abdelrahman, Aymen Mohamed
Date: 2014, 2014-05
Description: Seismic bridge design practice started in the United States in the mid-1970s. Bridges designed according to pre-1970 design codes may be...
Show moreSeismic bridge design practice started in the United States in the mid-1970s. Bridges designed according to pre-1970 design codes may be seismically vulnerable. This vulnerability is generally because of inadequate reinforcement detailing, which may compromise the strength and ductility of bridge piers, columns and bents. The lack of adequate strength and ductility may lead to bridge failure under seismic loads. Several rehabilitation methods have been used to retrofit the deficient columns and piers so that their performance under potential seismic loads can be improved. Among these methods includes using: (1) concrete jackets; (2) steel jackets; and (3) fiber reinforced polymer composites. The latter method has attracted bridge engineers in recent years because of its easy application and it versatility to be used in bents and columns with non-circular cross sections. The objective of this thesis is to provide a summary of the current practice in using this type of material in bridge retrofit applications. The thesis presents an overview of fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite materials behavior and properties, and their composition. Furthermore, the behavior of reinforced concrete columns, when confined with FRP jackets, is reviewed. Available design methods used for determining the FRP jacket thickness and other design properties needed for application in seismic retrofitting of reinforced concrete columns are also reviewed, presented and discussed.
M.S. in Civil Engineering, May 2014
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Title: A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT METHODS OF DETECTING INATTENTIVE RESPONDING ON SELF-REPORT PERSONALITY MEASURES
Creator: Fleischer, Michael
Date: 2016, 2016-05
Description: The goal of this study was to identify the best indices for detecting inattentive respondents. This was accomplished by collecting data from...
Show moreThe goal of this study was to identify the best indices for detecting inattentive respondents. This was accomplished by collecting data from respondents who were attentive and inattentive. Five different methods for detecting inattention were com- pared to determine which of these methods were the most effective. The indices used for detecting inattention were: instructional items, nonsensical items, Fleischer type items, total time, and psychometric consistency. These were classified into two types item based indices and non-item based indices. It was hypothesized and found that Fleischer items were viewed as less awed or out of place when compared to nonsen- sical and instructional item types. Additional hypotheses tested the effectiveness of each the indices and supported the hypothesis, in finding the Fleischer type and total time to be the best identifiers of inattentive respondents. The final hypothesis did not find support that removing inattentive respondents would yield only better relia- bilities. The results were mixed and the interpretation of this and the other findings results are discussed in detail in the following paper.
Ph.D. in Psychology, May 2016
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Title: EFFECT OF ORGANIZATIONAL JUSTICE ON EMPLOYEE HEALTH
Creator: Cruz, Jaime L.
Date: 2013, 2013-05
Description: Although many studies in the justice literature have examined organizational justice and organizational outcomes, less research has been...
Show moreAlthough many studies in the justice literature have examined organizational justice and organizational outcomes, less research has been conducted on organizational justice and employee health. Specifically, this study examined the relationship between employees’ perceptions of organizational justice dimensions – distributive, interactional and procedural justice in relation to proximal health outcomes (i.e., general well-being, insomnia, emotional exhaustion, alcohol consumption and emotional eating). It was hypothesized that lower levels of perceived justice at work would be associated with worse health related outcomes. With the study’s sample size of 339, results partially supported the hypotheses. Explicitly, results indicated that lower perceptions of distributive and interactional justice were related to increased emotional exhaustion and poorer overall health assessments (general well-being) in employees. Additionally, procedural justice perceptions were found to interact with individuals’ use of heuristic devices in that those who were more inclined to use heuristic devices when making justice judgments displayed a significant relationship between procedural justice perceptions and certain health outcomes (i.e., emotional eating) while individuals less inclined to utilize heuristics did not display a significant relationship between the aforementioned justice and health measures. In sum, this study, provides a much needed starting point for organizational scholars to begin to address and understand the relationship between justice perceptions and health related outcomes at work.
PH.D in Psychology, May 2013
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Title: SMART GRID COORDINATION OF A CENTRALIZED POWER AND COOLING FOR AN URBAN COMMUNITY
Creator: Franco, Diego Pacheco
Date: 2016, 2016-05
Description: Because the world’s fossil fuel reserves are finite, it is essential to substantially improve the efficiency of all energy consumers. Heating,...
Show moreBecause the world’s fossil fuel reserves are finite, it is essential to substantially improve the efficiency of all energy consumers. Heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) accounts for 45% of energy consumption in residential buildings. Thus, this project studied and proposed solutions to improve the efficiency of such systems. The project begins with an analysis of a cooling system using electric chillers for a new hypothetical residential community in the Chicago area. Then, two new hybrid configurations were proposed: the utilization of electric and absorption chillers and then this system was augmented with a Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system. A simulation environment based on Matlab/Simulink®, using the concepts of Economic Model Predictive Control (EMPC) was developed to evaluate the performance of these configurations. The main benefits found were the increasing energy efficiency, the environmental impacts reduction and a reduction of more than 70% in operating costs (in some cases, profit was generated).
M.S. in Chemical Engineering, May 2016
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Title: Formation of aluminium nitride
Creator: Rudd, E. B., Veit, L. L.
Date: 2009, 1921
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/formationofalumi00rudd
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: The floor distribution of water from automatic sprinkler heads
Creator: Goppelsroeder, Roy A. C., Peterson, Leonard A, Grasse, C. A.
Date: 2009, 1916
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/floordistributio00gopp
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Forces set up in a conductor by a current pinch effect
Creator: Mastro-valerio, Giuseppe
Date: 2009, 1909
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/forcessetupincon00mast
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Floor distribution of standard automatic sprinkler heads
Creator: Kula, J. S., Foschinbaur, L. A., Schreiner, R. F.
Date: 2009, 1917
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/floordistributio00kula
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology

Title: Forest Canon Reservoir
Creator: Hayden, Albert, Jr, Hayden, Julian
Date: 2009, 1907
Publisher: Armour Institute of Technology
Description: http://www.archive.org/details/forestcanonreser00hayd
Thesis (B.S.)--Armour Institute of Technology; Bibliography : leaf 8

Title: EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN FOR TRAFFIC SIGN RECOGNITION USING MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS
Creator: Han, Yan
Date: 2016, 2016-12
Description: Traffic sign recognition system, taken as an important component of an intelligent vehicle system, has been an active research area and it has...
Show moreTraffic sign recognition system, taken as an important component of an intelligent vehicle system, has been an active research area and it has been investigated vigorously in the last decade. It is an important step for introducing intelligent vehicles into the current road transportation systems. Based on image processing and machine learning technologies, TSR systems are being developed cautiously by many manufacturers and have been set up on vehicles as part of a driving assistant system in recent years. Traffic signs are designed and placed in locations to be easily identified from its surroundings by human eyes. Hence, an intelligent system that can identify these signs as good as a human, needs to address a lot of challenges. Here, ―good‖ can be interpreted as accurate and fast. Therefore, developing a reliable, real-time and robust TSR system is the main motivation for this dissertation. Multiple TSR system approaches based on computer vision and machine learning technologies are introduced and they are implemented on different hardware platforms. Proposed TSR algorithms are comprised of two parts: sign detection based on color and shape analysis and sign classification based on machine learning technologies including nearest neighbor search, support vector machine and deep neural networks. Target hardware platforms include Xilinx ZedBoard FPGA and NVIDIA Jetson TX1 that provides GPU acceleration. Overall, based on a well-known benchmark suite, 96% detection accuracy is achieved while executing at 1.6 frames per seconds on the GPU board.
Ph.D. in Computer Engineering, December 2016
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