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A 40nm CMOS Single-Ended Switch-Capacitor Harmonic-Rejection Power Amplifier for ZigBee Application
This thesis describes a single-ended switch-capacitor harmonic-rejection power amplifier for the 915 MHz ISM band for ZigBee applications. A multipath feed-forward harmonic-rejection technique is employed to suppress the ... -
A Bayesian Network Model of Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma Incorporating Gene Expression Profiles
Radiation therapy is a treatment for metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma, which allows precision targeting of certain groups of lymph nodes. A Bayesian network predictive model was developed aiming to help ... -
A Benefit-Risk Assessment Framework for Development of Clinical Guidelines in Diagnostic Radiology
Background The body of this dissertation focuses on benefit-risk assessment in diagnostic radiology guideline development. We look specifically at structuring and making more transparent the role of expert consensus in ... -
A Biocultural Examination of Student Learning Behaviors in Large Undergraduate Lectures
Humans rely on culturally acquired information. Survival and reproductive success often hinge on whether or not individuals are culturally adapted to the environment they live in. These cultural variants can include important ... -
A Biologically Plausible Mechanism for Phonology Acquisition in Human Infants
Infants go through a serial developmental process in language acquisition, which is observable as specific linguistic milestones: by around six weeks of age, infants coo; by about six months they begin to babble, entering ... -
A Biomechanically and Anatomically Realistic Foot Model (BAREFOOT)
Traditionally, investigators utilize human studies, cadaver studies, and finite element model studies to conduct lower limb biomechanical research. In other realms of biomechanics, a fourth alternative has been recently ... -
A Bouquet of Benefits: Floriculture and Ecosystem Gifts in an Urban Industrial Zone
The floral industry is at once global and personal. Humans have shaped the landscape to create the simple gift of a cut-flower for thousands of years. Although regional floriculture in the western U.S. is robust, the US. ... -
A BROTHERHOOD WITH ONE SISTER: A COLLECTIVE CASE STUDY OF WOMEN CONDUCTORS OF COLLEGIATE MEN’S CHOIRS
Despite efforts to create gender equitable work places, there is evidence that gender typecasting and stereotyping is still a large issue in the modern work force. In choral music, there is a multitude of female elementary, ... -
A Cabin in the City: searching for refuge in the dense urban fabric
The pioneer cabin was originally a modest dwelling protecting its inhabitants from the wilderness in which they lived. Over the years it has evolved to become a symbol of simplicity and solitude in American culture. As the ... -
A Case Study of COVID-19 Impact on Public Transportation Ridership in Seattle — From Social Demographic Perspective
From the beginning of 2020, the coronavirus has caused varying degrees of impact on countries around the world. Many cities all over the globe have implemented shutdown policies to curb the spread of the virus. Economic ... -
A Case Study of Polar Bear Co-Management in Alaska
The Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) guides an institutional and structure and process for conservation and acknowledges Alaskan Natives’ subsistence on marine mammals. The United States Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) ... -
A case study of positive youth development through environmental conservation
This case study investigates the processes by which Positive Youth Development (PYD) occurs in the Generation Green program of the U.S. Forest Service. Data were gathered using the qualitative methods of participant-observation ... -
A Case Study of the Desert Mountain Comprehensive Assessment, Research, and Evaluation (CARE) Process
In 2002, President George W. Bush’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education outlined issues within the nation's education system that hindered adequate service to students. The report identified three overarching ... -
A Certain Idea of Space: How Leaders Shape Military Space Posture in Europe
Why do regional powers facing similar external constraints adopt different approaches to the military uses of space? The history of Western European space actors, from the Cold War through the present, demonstrates variation ... -
A Characterization of Cephalad Transcriptome Changes in the Spaceflight Environment and Mapping the Epitranscriptomic Landscape of Pluripotent Stem Cells
Throughout the process of cellular differentiation, cell trajectories are shaped by different epigenomic and epitranscriptomic regulatory mechanisms. These trajectories eventually land cells into their terminal cell state, ... -
A City Divided: Rethinking the Role of the Transit Station in Metro Atlanta
Atlanta’s public transit system, known by the acronym MARTA, has been underused by Atlantans since its inception and has gained a city-wide reputation for being unreliable and unsafe. This stigma, rooted in social divisions ... -
A City for Everyone Promoting Housing Equity and Diversity Through Seattle’s 2024 Comprehensive Plan Major Update
Like many U.S. cities, Seattle’s built environment has been shaped by both public policy and market forces which have created a racially and economically segregated city. Up to 70 percent of land zoned for residential use ... -
A City Full of Holes: Exploration and Experimentation in the Terrain Vague
A City Full of Holes explores the design potential of the unintentional spaces within the urban landscape left over by city planning, architecture and civil engineering. Through a tactical engagement with the built environment ... -
A Coaching Intervention for Teaching Caregivers Different Ways of Playing with Their Children with Disabilities
Children with disabilities often engage in less complex play and fewer spontaneous pretend play behaviors. Research has highlighted the value of providing caregivers with sustained support to promote their active involvement ... -
A cocktail of rapamycin, acarbose and phenylbutyrate prevents age-related cognitive decline in mice by altering aging pathways
Aging is a primary risk factor for cognitive dysfunction and exacerbates multiple biological processes in the brain, including but not limited to nutrient sensing dysregulation, insulin sensing dysfunction and histone ...