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Fall 2016
Introduction: Expertise in motor skill develops through continued practice. Repetition of a task can lead to overall performance improving as well as an increase in the efficiency and effectiveness of a movement. Golf putting is an example of one such task that needs to be practiced in order to...
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Fall 2011
Cloud computing has emerged as a popular mechanism for deploying services and running applications. A key feature of many cloud environments is the use of virtual machines (VMs) as the unit of resource allocation. Multiple virtual machines running the same application may be co-located on a...
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Spring 2020
In this dissertation I explore how music can be used to assist in the process of reconciliation between the Sikhs and Muslims of East and West Punjab (respectively), who had exhibited centuries of interdependence - exemplified by the flourishing Sikh Empire, or Khalsa Raj, which encompassed the...
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Spring 2018
Crew performance is influenced not only by the environment where construction activities occur, but also by crew motivation, which has largely been overlooked in construction research. For many years, construction engineering researchers have observed that motivational differences within...
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Fall 2016
The full thesis for this degree consists of two concerts and a scholarly essay. The concerts, presented on March 2, 2014 and November 2, 2015 featured the following works: Gloria RV 589 by Antonio Vivaldi, Mass No. 2 in G Major D. 167 by Franz Schubert, Cantata BWV 6 – Bleib bei uns, denn es will...
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Fall 2019
This thesis, broadly speaking, deals with ontological security and the ways it is managed through multiple local Ukrainian enchantments with the “Western” and the “normal.” Starting with an analysis of media representations of police reform in Ukraine, I then follow hegemonic discourses on their...
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Spring 2024
Hydrogen as a fuel has the potential to reduce tailpipe carbon dioxide emissions of vehicles to near-zero, while also allowing for the generation of a hydrogen-based economy and lowering humanity's dependence upon oil. Hydrogen-diesel dual fuel combustion, where hydrogen and diesel are combusted...
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Imag(in)ing the cancerous body: representations of cancer in medical discourse and contemporary visual art
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This thesis examines representations of cancer in contemporary art, with a particular focus on unruly, un-idealized bodies at risk. In bringing together the discourses of art history and medicine, its aim is to engage conventions of visualizing cancer, and more importantly, to highlight the ways...